Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1925, Page 2

[ werd ‘‘flapper’’ when. s - be only after due deliberation and a g » REORGANIZINGPLAN FATE IS IN BALANCE Smoot-Brown Proposal May Be Abandoned by Coolidge if Better One Offers. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. There is a growing feeling amons high Government officials that Presi- dent Coolidge may shift his support from the Smoot-Brown plan for re- organizing the executive departments of the Federal Government if the lat- ter is found to have little chance of success at the next session of Con- Rress. e President Coolidge is just as insist- ent as ever upon legislation to attain | reorganization, and is going to see to it that it is given a prominent place in the legislative program the coming sesston of Congress. But he is known 1o feel very doubtful about its kindly treatment when it finaily comes before Congress. Besides this, the President 18 understood to feel that the Smoot- Brown plan, even though it passes, Wwill not make it possible to bring about a logical and effective reorgani- zation, or the kind of improvement he is looking for. Realizes Its Weakness. Those close to the President say | there is no mistaking his belief that { reorganization is ahsolutely PS((‘IVV]{I; in the interest of efficiency and econ- | omy. He is determined that some-| thing: be done without further delay " He has put his stamp of approval| upon the Smoot-Brown plan, but )l!) is represented as feeling now that as it stands it is far from a model. President Coolidge {s not one to act quickly. That is, he rarely acts upon rash judgment. Therefore if he drops the Smoot-Brown reorganization plan. and turns to some other plan, it will careful study of all the complexities involved, and most important will be what he considers in the best interest of the Government Senator Edge's plan whole matter over to the Executive| and give him sweeping powers to transfer and co-ordinate Govrenment activities at will unquestionably im pressed President Coolidge as having merit. He has not given it any real serious thought, but on its face it does not look so bad to him. ' He has ad mitted that much. He also has ad- mitted that he would be in favor of any practical plan that can be en- acted. It is thought not unlikely that the subject may be brought up at a cab- inet session in the near future, inas- much as each member of the Presi- dent’s portfolio is directly interested in reorganization. Some of thg cabinet have given the impression that their interest in reorganization is nothing much more than an interest in it only so far as his individual department is concerned. However, other mem bers of the President's official family who have given this great govern- mental problem considerable thought and study, are eager to put their shoulder to the wheel this Winter to get through a real organization meas- ure. Oppose One-Man Feature. to turn the One of the latter class of the cab. inet said today that while he believes Senator Edge's proposal has consider- able merit he doubts the wisdom of esting the Executive as an individual with such unlimited powers. The Pres ident aiready is burdened down with far too much direct administrative labor and authority. The plan ad- vanced by Senator Edge also might tend to set up a cry of “despotism,” it is contended. This cabinet member, along with other officers high in the administra- tion, is not very hopeful regarding the outcome of the Smoot-Brown plan this Winter. Besides this, they have no hesitancy in saying that even If it passes, ft will not answer the pur- pose of reorganization. As the plan stands today, and as it will be sub- mitted ‘to Congress, it has been shorn of its best features. Since the plan has been in the making at the Capitol practically every item originally ap- proved by the President and his cab- inet has met with opposition of some vested official, or it has disturbed some vested habit and offended some organized minority. Also, it hasj aroused the paid propagandists. Pe- culiarly enough, all these vested officials, vested habits, organized pro- pagandists are in favor of every item of reorganization in the administra- tion's original plans except that which affects the bureau or the activity in which they are specially interested. The plan from its orfgin has been hitterly opposed. If the opposition 10 certain items has always been so great that every time the bill was ready for consideration on the floor more changes were made in 1t, until finally, it became surrounded with a confusing fog of opposition. The President is not unmindful of all this and it is thought that he will come to the conclusion that inasmuch the original plan has been so radi Ny changed and trimmed down, it utterly falls to meet the purposes of reorganization. He may therefore abandon that bill and get behind something that will not only give more promise of passage but which will give more evidence of making practical reorganization possible. Coolidge Noncommittal. Whether the President will shift over to the Edge proposal or some- other plan, yet to be made known, is a matter of conjecturs. To sum up the President’s ideas, first of all there must be a grouping of all agencies of the Government having the same pre- | dominant major purposes under the same administrative supervision. Then there should be a separation of the semi-judicial and the semi-legislative and advisory functions. placing the former under joint minds, the latter under single responsibility, and final- 1y the President himself should be re. lleved of much of his present vast amount of direct administrative labor. The President realizes that on the executive side of the Federal Govern- ment there are now more than 200 different bureaus, boards and commis- sions with a total of 550,000 employes. For the most part they have been thrown hodgepodge into 10 depart- ments, under that many cabinet offi- cers. But there are more than 40 in- dependent establishments of the Gov- ernment either directly under the President or Congress. As these 200 hureaus and agencles are now grouped and organized there are two primary streams of confusion and . public wasta. The President has said so himself in advocating reorganization legislation since hes has been in the ‘White House. There is a confusion of basic principles; there is a grouping of Federal bureaus which divides responsibility, There consequently arises a lack of definite national ofes, and direct wastes arise from p and conflicts. Indirectly large costs are imposed upon citizens by the noattering of functions and the undue complexity of our laws and regula- tions of {ndependent agencies. Secretary Hodver, a firm believer In governmental reorganization, re- cently described this condition by say- ing, “There are too many floating is- lands in this dismal swamp.” A resclution introduced in the Flor- 14s Legislatur3 forbids the use of the Teterring! weman, _ NATIGNAL PHOTE Postmaster General Harry S. New photogr: before the President’s THE EVENING ay as he was testifying ation Board. (Continued from First Page.) expressed confidence that the depart- ment had achieved that ambition. He showed how the average time it takes to transfer a letter by air mail from New York to San Francisco is between 34 and 36 hours. “To send the same letter by train" he con- tinued, “‘would take five days—with lvvuk" And a letter mailed In New York at the close of business could be delivered In Chicago before the re- opening of business there the next morning. “The opportunity for savings to banks and business houses afforded by this service is very great,” he said. “The service is growing in popularity. At the rate of our receipts for the last week it is fair to estimate that the total receipts on the New York-to- Chicago services for the year will be | about a million dollars.” Glover Backs New. Members of the board questioned | Mr. Glover about this same subject, and he substantiated all of Mr. New's statements. The Alr Mail Service, he said, had saved financial institutions more than $2,500,000 in interest rates last year by transporting their se- curities days earller than train mail service could have done it. A single pouch of mail is the only loss cherged to the Alr Mail Service in all of its existence, he sald. This, he added, is far lower than the train services can show. 4 Mr, Glover also cited statistics to show how alr travel is far safer today than it was in 1919. During that year, he testified, there was one death in the Alr Mall Service for every 64,995 miles traveled. This year there has heen one death for every 1,250.777 miles traveled. No country In the world, he declared, has developed its alr mail service to the | extent the United States has. The statement of Postmaster Gen- | eral New, in detall, as delivered before the board, follows: Tells of Air Mail. “Our activities in the air,” the Post- master General continued, “have been directed toward the performance of an important public service in a manner to demonstrate to men of means that commercial aviation Is a possibility. This is what we have had in mind in carrying the transcontinental air mall. It is not our belief that the Govern: ment should permanently continue to provide thix service under Govern- ment auspices and at Government ex- pense, but. the service is a most im- portant one, and if it was possible for it ever to. be undertaken by private agencles, it was firat necesmary to demonstrate that it was an entirely feasible thing. “The department meveral years ago, in co-operation with the War Depart. ment, made several well meant but unsatisfactory experiments with the air mall; for instance, a service was estabiished between New York and ‘Washington, for which the War De- partment for a_short time furnished both planes and pflots. It was later taken over completely by the Post Office Department, but it was never a success for the reason that the dis- tance between terminals, approximate- 200 miles, was too short to permit of any substantial saving in time and it was discontinued. Two other routes, one between Chicago and St. Louls, the other between Chicago and the Twin Citles, undertaken in 1920, also failed to justify their cohtinuance and were abandoned. Larger Scals Necessary. “It became apparent that if the service was ever golng to amount to anything it had to be undertaken on a much greater scale of operation and between points far more dis tantly separated. ' Service on sections of the present transcontinental line was inaugurated at different times, that between Cleveland and Chicago and Cleveland and New York in 1919, but it was not until September 8 1920, that through service between New York and San Francisco was a tempted. Even then the carriage was not continuous. Malil would be trans- ported by plane from San Francisco to Salt Lake City or some other point along the line, then given to the Rail- road Majl Service for night, to be picked up again by plane at a point farther along the next morning. “It was not long, however, until it became apparent that if the service was to amount to anything it had to be operated by night as well as by day. To do this required the estab- lishment of a lighted alrway to guide pllots, illuminated landing flelds and many other special facilities, includ- ing equipment of planes themselves. This airway was New York to Rock Springs, Wy 1,886 miles, at an expense of $514,405. 63, and the first through day and night service was started July 1, 1924. Schedule Now Maintained. “Since that time we have been able to meet our schedules with a degree of regularity that has been highly ratifying. Of courss thers have $een instances of delays and interrup- tions, just as thers have been to pas- senger trains. I am inclined to think that inquiry would develop that our delays have been less numerous than those of the rallroads. ““The schedule westbound, New York to San Francisco, a distance of 2,665 miles, is 34 hours and 20 minutes, which includes stops at 15 stations for service and exchange of mail; that for to-wny | minutes. 4 tm eestbound trip fa 29 hours and 15 NEW ENTERS AVIATION FIGHT AGAINST SEPARATED SERVICE Tells of Achievements of Air Mail Made With Aid of War Department and Defends Conduct of Flying Branch. established from | | the 30th of last June we flew on this | transcontinental route 2,076.764 miles, with a percentage of 96. That is to say, we flew that many miles with {mail. Including mail, ferry and test we flew 2,501,555 miles. New Rates Adopted. “Up to the establishment of the night Aight planes had been loaded to their capacity with mall carrying or dinary postage. At this time, how ever, new express rates were adopted. | At these rates we carried during the fiscal year 1925 9,300,520 first-class let- ters, or 232513 pounds, the total ex cess revenue received for these being $602,627.54. The excess postage for the month of July of this year was $60.433.65. “1 was a member of the Senate com- mittee on military affalrs during the war and & member of its subcommit tee on aviation, and I know something of the great difficulty this Government | encountered in providing the air equip- ment necessary to the successful prose- cution of the war and the tremendous waste at which-the effort to do this was carried forward. It is generally known that the Government spent nearly a billion dollars on planes dur- ing the war, largely because no one in this country knew anything about their manufacture and there were no facilities for it. $10,000,000 Spent on Mails. “Up to this time the Post Office De- partment on all its afr mafl operations has spent about §10,000,000. For the sum spent we have carried on the service to date and are now taking in about $60,000 a month on the trans- continental line alone. We have built about 1,900 miles of lighted airway, built our shops at Maywood, our hangars at all division points, paid all operating expenses and have on | hand assets valued at $3,655,000 as of September 15, 1925. “The service has attracted atten- tion and that it justifies itseif by re- sults will, I think, be conceded. The degree of success of the effort to at- tract capital to a new industry and stimulate Interest in aeronauties is best set forth by the result of the de- partment’s recent bids for private conduct of elght new air mail routes. “We recelved 19 blds, coming from 12 different companies and individu- als. Some of them were perhaps in. formal. Some of them may, and prob ably will, be rejected for obviously Rood reasons, but they have been made in good falth and represent a real purpose on the part of the bidder to undertake the service. New Routes Planned. “On September 21 we advertised for four new routes, bids for which will be opened November 21, 1925. All of these routes tle up with the trans- continental route. “Mention 6f the New York-Chicago night route should not be omitted. A apecial night service is now being giv- en between these two citles. Wes bound, the shibs leave Hadley Fileld at 930 pm. arriving at Maywood Fleld, Chicago, at 5:45 a.m. They leave Chicago at 7:30 p.m. and arrive at Hadley Fleld at § a.m. “By means of this service, a letter mailed at the close of the business day in either New York or Chicago will be delivered at the other end of the route on the first regular city garrter delivery of the following morn. ng. “The opportunity for savings to banks and business firms afforded by this service is very great. It was | established with the 1st of last July, and is now carrying an average bf over 200 pounds a day in each direc- tion. At the rate of our receipts for the last week, it is fair to estimate that the total receipts on these two services for the year will be about one million dollars. Disadvantages Overcome. “The department has done this at obvious disadvantage. It has been compelled to rely for the most part upon planes originally received from the Army surplus, since which time we have either built anew or remod- eled our own planes at the Maywood shops. “I do not hesitate to say that we have never yet had a plane that is really suited for our purposes. To carry mail to good advantage a plane must be speclally designed for the amount and distribution of weight to be carried, the distance at which it can take off, the rate of speed at which it can be landed, and various other considerations of importance, “We have recently Invited pro- I'AR, | by | of the ship, will come in for more de WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER LANSDOWNE APPEAL FOR DELAY IN FLIGHT DENIED, STEELE SAYS Lakehurst Commandant Tells Probers Shenandeah Chief Wanted Time for Improving Mooring Facilities in West. (Continued from First Page.) suspended for a time on the control wires running into the interior of the ship and back 1o the rudders. _ The weight of the car, thus swing ing In the air, as the Shenandoah tossed about, probably caused the wires to cut through other frames of the craft amidship before they finally parted and the control car plunged a thousand or more feet to the earth. This theory, as well as the condi tion of the gas cells and the valves which the helium could be let out tailed attention later. when additional | experts are called after thev have examined the wreckage, and the state. ments made to the court by survivors. Just when these experts and the other witnesses who are to be ex amined will be called is a matter upon which the court ls expected to pass within the next few davs. It may be that to facilitate the in- quiry “the court will move later to Washington, where many of the ex- perts are located. NAVY DEFENDS ACTION. the | Says Whole Issue Was Concerned With State Fair Dates. By the Asaociated Preas Navy Department officials sald to- | day a misapprehension evidently had | developed 1n testimony before the naval court of inquiry into the Shen- andoah disaster at Lakehurst on the position of Lieut. Comdr. Lansdowne | in reference to the time of making the flight These officlals declared the dirigible's commander in suggesting a date for the flight had been actuated by & bellef that it would be impossible for the henandoah during the figst week of September to take In all the State fairs she had been asked to visit in | the Middle West. On August 4 he | suggested that the flight be made the | second instead of the first week in | September, saying that thereby ad ditional time would be gained for eparations at Scott Fleld, IIL, | Lansdowne | August | ond week and Detroit to receive and land or moor the craft on its fight. The department, in reply, pointed out to him that the State fairs ran for several days, and that by leaving September ’ on the schedule as ul timately spted most of them could be visited The recommendation for the second week In September was disapproved, ranking officials of the department said today, for that reason, and wea- ther conditions did not enter into the deciston. The correspondence with was conducted Bureau of Aeronauties and reau of N Secretary bur was e Coast, and he sald today that after his return here 17 no correspond- ence with Comdr. Lansdowne on the trip, Cupt. Steele, the Lakehurst com- mandant, was in Washington a few lays ago, the Secretary added, and told him' that Comdr. Lansdowne's only apprehension concernirg the trip was a fear that he would not be able to reach Des Moines before the fair closed there. Say Dates Were Confused. It was insisted by responsible of- ¢fals at the department that the dis approved recommendation of Comdr. Lansdowne for a delay until the sec in September was based wholly on a misapprehension on his part to the dates of the middle west- ern State fairs. The fiight schedule as finally laid down, Navy officials sald. was only tentative In that Comdr. Lansdowne had complete discretion to change the ftinerary and the time of depar- ture as his judgment might dlctate. ‘The flight at first had been sug- gested for July, but when Comdr. Lans- downe pointed out the danger of thunderstorms in the Middle West at that time of the vear, it was decided to defer it until September. It was this set of clrcumstances, it was declared at the department, which led Secretary Wilbur to say in a public statement after the wreck of the Shenandoah that Cmdr. Lans downe had “fixed the time of the flight and had power to change it or abandon the flight altogether if his Judgment =0 dictated. Comdr. by the the Bu Wil WILBUR FIGHTS TO KEEP NAVY FRONT SOLID IN INVESTIGATION Determined That Nothing Be Said to Cause Removal of Aviation Control, Secretary Leaps to Aid of Officers Questioned. Secretary Wilbur {8 in fighting mood over the latest attempt to take from the custody of the Navy its most recently adopted child, surnamed Aviation. He is determined that if a unified air service is to come, it will not be on the recommendation of any statements from naval officers. Opposed at_the outset to an investi- gation, Mr. Wilbur spent more than an hour before the President’s board of inquiry vesterday morning and openly coached the ranking officers who followed him on the stand As'a result the Navy presented a solid front in opposition to any change in the present admlinistration of avia- tlon. particularly as it regards the aval Alr Service. Rear Admiral berle, Rear Admiral Strauss, Rear Admiral Moffett and other high offi- cers unqualifiedly supported his de- mand that the problems of naval avia- tion be left to the Navy to solve. Testimony Shaken. But tfward the close of the hear- Ing yvesterday Secretary Wilbur and his forces stumbled over an unex- pected obstacle in the shape of severe cross-examination. It was then, with some of the officers obviously discon- certed by the pointed questions that were hurled at them from members of the board, that Secretary Wilbur assumed personal command of the verbal defenses. Time and again Admiral Moffett was asked questiona that worrfed Mr. Wilbur so acutely that he leaped up and answered them himself, offering statistics to substantiate his state- ments. Once Admiral Moffett recom- mended a change that apparently so irritated Mr. Wilbur and Admiral Eberle that the latter took the stand at the conclusion of the cross-exami- nation and endeavored to correct the statement. Earlier testimony had shown that the personnel of the Naval Air Service 18 picked by officers who know how to navigate a battleship but are ignorant of the operations of a seaplane. It had also been shown that “aviators are born, not made.” As a resuit, Senator Bingham sought to learn what Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, thought of non-fiying officers selecting and controlling the flying personnel. Thus pinned down, Admiral Moffett admitted the service would he im- proved, “brought up to 100 per cent. which it is not now,” if the matter of selecting the officers and men for the fiying corps were left entirely in the hands of the Bureau of Aeronautics He further admitted that not all of the recommendations of the bureau, manned by flying men, were approved by the Bureau of Operations, manned by non-fiying men. The whole Navy, as represented at the hearing, was as jumpy as a cat. Numerous times Secretary Wilbur prompted the chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and once, seemingly dis- tressed by Admiral Moffett's answer to a question, he mumbled that “the admiral might not be listening care- fully.” Then came the formal de- nouncement fram Admiral Eberle. The chief of naval operations, wrom Admiral Moffett is responsible as his superior officer, recalled to the stand, frankly sald he belleved the Navy air chief had given ‘‘the wrong impression” as to how many of his recommendations had bheen rejected by the Bureau of Operations. Admiral Eberle took issue with Adrairal Mof- fett on the question of giving the Bureau of Aeronautics complete con- trol over air personnel. Navy in Tight Place. He took the positlon that if the Alr Bervice were given autonomy, so should the Ordnance Service and all other branches be given equal rights. Admiral Eberle avolded going into the highly special nature of the Air Serv- ice, however, pointing out by general statements that “we wouldn't have a Navy i each branch of the service were permitted to detall its own per- sonnel.” It was an unfortunate situation for the Navy, and the Navy visibly squirmed. The atmosphere of the whole hearing room seemed to teem with a fear that somebody might say something that was not ““just = that somehow somebody might uncon- sciously “‘spill the beans.” And sev- eral times when those precious bea rolled dangerously close to the ed, Secretary Wilbur leaped into the breach nd shooed them back. SIXTY AUTO TAG CASES TO BE HEARD IN COUNTY Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 23.— Sixty cases in which District of Co- lumbia autoists are charged with fail- ing to procure Maryland license plates are on docket for trial in police court today. It is not probable that all will be heard. . Seventy-five hearings have resulted in many fines, but a majoity of the de- fendants, summoned last week by po- licemen stationed at the principal highways leading into Washington, were dismissed on showing that they were not residents of Maryland or drove automoblles belonging to Wash- ington firms. Twenty cases were postponed when the defendants falled to appear in court. About thirty cases were slated for hearing before Judge Samuel J Kyle of\ Takoma Park. The arrests numbered more than 170. The drive was discontinued Monday, when Judge Riggs announced that sufficlent had been accomplished to draw, attention to the seriousness of the Maryland law. — e ployed in the service, he added, the morale of more than 700 is “excellent,” and the 40-0dd pilots were all satis posals for specially designed planes, and if our hopes of success in that line are realized We can do even bet- ter than we have In the past. “It is true of the Post Office De- partment that if we had more money we think we could produce better re- sults. It is necessary to try new de- vices if there is to be any progress. [We do not want the Government to have to do all this. Private industry, once thoroughly engaged, will do it for itself just as it has in every other “I am leaving the committee a com- plete statement of every fact relating to the department’s service. If there is anything that the committee de- sires to know and which is not ex- plicit, we will be glad to furnish it upon request.” Praises Morale. Carl F. Egge, superintendent of the air mail service, who followed Mr. lm. declared morale among the -n‘lm' of the service is 100 per ‘oen$ perfect, Of the 745 mrinl om- fled and interested in their work. He explained the-pay scale and told the board he figured that it costs about 50 cents a mile to transport mail by alr. Examination of all of the Post Office Department officlals developed the fact that the department would have no objection to its contracting com- panies carrying passengers, provid- ing it had equipment to insure the safety f both the passengers and the malil. Mr. New voluntarily re-entered the hearing at this stage to point out that he did not believe, however, in government subsidies for privately op- erated air lines at this time. Paul Henderson, general manager of the Alr Transport, Inc., of Chicago, whom Mr. Glover succeeded in the air mail service, testified that he at first had looked upon the air mail as “an impractical sort of a fad”; but had changed from ‘“a skeptic to an enthu- siast.” Commercial aviation, he said, was in need of ‘Federal w Federal understanding and co-operation,” s 2, & END OF COOL SPELL BY FRIDAY IS SEEN Weather Bureau Hesitant About Declaring Hot Weather Is Thing of Past. Authentic Fall weather which des- cended upon a grateful Washington public yesterday in anticipation of the opening of the calendar Fall sea- son today, is due to continue for a day or so with little change in tempera- ture, Forecaster Weightman said to- da Mr. Welghtman was hesitant, how- ever, about venturing any prognosti- cation to the effect that there would be no more sweltering days this year. “Hot weather has been known to strike the country late in September,” he sald. Bhowers were predicted for late this afternon and tonight, with cool, cloudy weather in the offing for to- morrow and possibly Friday. The thermometer in its sudden col- lapse yesterday fell to the level of 53 degrees at 6 o'clock this morning, re- maining at or near that point untfl near noon. It had climbed one degree at 11 o'clock, but was not expected to go much higher today Showers were forecast generally over the eastern section of the Nation today, with cloudy weather promised for tomorrow. RUBBER SEEDS OFFERED. Flipino Senate Passes Bill to Spread Culture in Islands. MANTLA, September 23 (#).—The Senate yesterday passed a bill ap- propriating approximately $30.000 an- nually for the free distribution of rubber seeds to farmers. The spon- sors of the bill hope to develop the rubber industry on a large scale in & few years through the free distri- ‘bution of seeds. . mbfllm&lfi’gfllfl —— to| ME] years old, WVIN Four-and-one-hzlf of the patient, giving a trapdoor effec heart had been res take two stitches over the wound. The child, at Children’s Hospital, is The hours after he for a wound in the heart, accidentally inflicte pair of scissors. It was necessary for Dr. . H. ved he was able to Iift the heart fro JONES, had been operated on when the child fell on » . Schoenfeld to cut two gibs and when the membrane covering the Its position and operation in ulll toc y 20 minutes. overing no Art Treasures Showered on Italian Princess as Bridal Gifts. Royal Families of Nine Nations Are Represent- ed at Ceremonies. By the Assoctated Press. RACCONIGI, Italy, September 23— With time-hallowed ritual, beautifully simple, yet rich in dignity and so-| lemnity, Princess Mafalda, the youth- | ful second daughter of the ruling | house of Italy, today became the bride of Philip, Prince of Hes: | Members of the royal families of | Italy, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ru- | mania, Serbla, Belgium, Austria and | Montenegro und representatives of | the dynusties of Great Britain and | Spain witnessed the ceremonies “The function of this morning in the great hall and chapel of the ancient Savoy Castle of Raccenigl was un usual, not only in the assembling of a | remarkable gathering of princes and | princesses “of the blood,” but in trans- cending the wounds of the war and uniting the daughter of the Catholic Italian royal family with the son of & Protestant German house famed for its early welcoming of Lutheran re- forms. Pope Grants Dispensation. of the differences ligion of the bride and groom, Pope | Pius granted a special dispensation | for the marriage. Philip promised that | any children of the union would be brought up in the faith of mother, without interference or re straint from him. Also the prince renounced all rights to his succession to the head of the house of Hesse, which fact makes it certain that Ma- falda always will remain a Catholic, | for if her husband ever became the | reigning prince of Hesse, it would be necessary for his wife and children to | adhere to the Lutheran faith The spacious marble-paved billiard room of the castle had beén trans- formed into a bower of flowers. The | walls were covered with paintings and heraldic tapestries of rich red and | golden hues, interwoven with black. | It was here that the civil ceremony was performed The bridal procession was headed by | King Victor Emmanuel with Princess Mafalda on his arm, and Prince Philip | accompanying Queen Helena. The: were followed into the bridal hall by the guests. The King, the Queen and | Queen Mother Margherita took seats | in armchairs-on one side of a velvet- covered table, and Princess Mafalda, | Prince Philip, Premier Mussolini and former Premier Tittoni sat on the other side. Signor Tittoni read the marriage articies of the civil code, after which the marriage contract was | signed with a gold pen by the bride and groom and by the King and Queen as witnesses. Mass Is Omitted. The wedding party then formed into procession again and marched through the halls of the castle to the chapel on the ground floor, where the extremely | brief but solemn ceremony of the Ro- man Catholic Church was performed by Mgr. Beccaria. chaplain of the court of Italy. Because of the differ- ence of religion of the bride and groom the nuptial mass was omitted, but otherwise the ceremony conformed to the Catholic ritual. Those attending the ceremonies were the King and Queen, the Queen Mother, Crown Prince Humbert, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, Prince Amadeo, Duke of Apulia; Prince Ay- mon, Dike of Spoleto; Prince Victor Emmanuel, Count of Turin: Prince Louls, Duke of the Abruzzl: Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa; Prince Phill- bert, Duke of Pistola; Prince Ferdl- nand, Duke of Udine; Prince Adalbert, Duke of Bergamo; Princess Laetitia, Dowager Duchess of Aosta; Princess Adelaide, daughter of the Duke of Genoa, and Count Calvi di Bergolo and his countess, who was Princess Yolanda, oldest daughter of the Ital- ian King and Queen. The royal guests from other coun- tries, included former King George of Greece, Prince Christopher of Greece, Crown Prince and Princess Charles of Rumania; Prince and Princess Paul of Jugoslavia; Prinos Danilo, the abdicated King of Monte- negro; Arch-Duke Francis Joseph lof the former ruling house of Aus- tria; Princess Trene, sister of former King George of Greece: Princess Marie Jose, daughter of the King and Queen of the Belglans: Princess Olga, wife of Prince Paul of Jugoslavia: Prince Aage of Denmark, who comes from the house of Calvi di Bergolo, and Princess Francoise D'Orleans and her sister, Princess Anne. Bridal Gifts Artistie. The gifts to the bridal couple were numerous, beautiful and costly. Among them is a massive silver statue of the Tyrrhenian ptune, the ancient god of the Adriatic, which is the work of the Sculptor Glam- blogna. It was sent with the compli- ments ofg§he Italian government. The Senate sent a beautiful example of Renaissance furniture, Premier Mus- solini two silver vases, the City of Rome an antique vase mounted on a column, the city of Turin a painting by Grosso and the employes of the Because in_ re- | MAFALDA BECOMES BRIDE IN SCENE OF RARE BEAUTY thelr | - royal household a silver table center. Most of the gifts are objects of art, such as paintings, statues and tapes- tries. | Incess Mafelda was bormn In Rome jovember 19, 1902. Prince Phillp of Hesse is the son of Prince Frederick-Charles of Hesse and Marguerite, Princess of Prussia. He was born at Rumpenhaim No- vember 6, 1806, His mother is a sis- ter of former Emperor Willlam of Germany. Philip belongs to the Landgraves of Hesse, as distinguished from the rand dukes. His family is Lutheran. ts feudal seat is Chateau Philipps- ruhe, near Hanrau. The first bearer of the name was Charles, Landgrave Jof Hease-Cassel, ‘who_was born in 1832, Hesses oarry titles of prince LNITED FuoTos S MAFALDA. Lip. and princess and are called “Hoheite” (highness). Prince Philip has thres brothers, Prince Wolfgang, a twin, and Prince Richard and Prince Christopher, also twins. During the afternoon the King and Queen will malntain their dignity as | soverelgns, but will drop formallit the early evening, when, as happy par- ents among relatives and friends, they will renew the rejoicing, with the atrical and musical performances, dancing and other amusements, until about 11 o'clock, when the married | couple will leave by motor car on their honeymoon in Germany. On the eve of the union, as the nobles celebrated within the confines of the anclent royal castle, hundreds of poor villagers, among them widows and relatives of soldiers who had died that Italy might live, were guests at a modest banquet provided at the ex- of the crown in the village hos- The royal family made a sur- prise visit during the meal and were greeted with a great ovation, many of the war widows and the aged openly weeping from pleasure at the ex- traordinary honor. Liberal monetary gifta also were received from the sov- ereigns. CALL MASS MEETING ON CHILD HEALTH Parents’ Groups Meet to Discuss Plans for Session to Be Held on October 26. Plans for a big mass meeting to be held on October 26 at Central High School were discussed by a general committee called by Mrs. William Wolfe Smith, representing the Moth- ers’ Congress and Parent-Teacher Assoclation of the District of Colum- bla, held this morning in the studio of Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, di- rector of the public service and edu- cational department of Crandall theaters. Mrs. Smith presided. The meeting was attended by representatives of the several organizations for the pro- motion of child welfare in the Dis- trict. They included Miss Margaret H. Craig, director child health, edu- cational department, Washington Tu- berculosis Assoclation: Miss Ellen C. Lombard, Board of Education, chair- man home education, Mothers’ Congress and Parent-Teacher Association; Mrs. Edith H. Hunter, community center department; Mrs. W. T. Bannerman, chairman legislation, Parent-Teacher octation; Mrs. G. W. Lady, chair- man pre-school education, Parent- Teacher Aseociation: Dr. Lofs Meek, educational secretary, American As- soclation of University Women; Miss Edith M. Peckham, assistant to na- tional director, American Junior Red Cross; Mrs. Joseph Sanders and Mrs. Albert Baggs, Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation; Mrs. Del Rose Macan, dra matic _director, Philadelphia Inter- state Dairy Council, guest speaker; Ivan C. Weld, vice president Cham- ber of Commerce and representing Chestnut Farms Dairy, guest speak- er, and L. R. Alderman, specialist adult education, Bureau of Education. Entertainment. features for the day of the mass meeting were discussed. An qutstanding feature will be a play which will be presented by Mrs. Del Rose Macan. Mrs. Macan's “health plays” have beefi most successful in Philadelphia and. elsewhere. She will be assisted here by Mrs. Edith M. Hunter. They also discussed the showing of motion pictures depicting in detall methods by whioh the care of the child can be taught. It is proposed to have showings of these films In the neigh- borhood houses throughout the city at stipulated dates, at which time an ao- companying address will be made by 2 member of one of the child welfare organizations. 1t {s planned that the entire program on the day of the mass meeting will be broadcast so that the benefit will be far-reaching. i Miss Kate O'Flanigan. recently ap- pointed assistant secretary of the Western Union Telegraph Co., is the first woman .to win an ezecutiwe po- | sition with sgat pompsngy 'BREWERS LEADER QUITS AS PROTEST Feigenspan Opposed to Re- ported Beer Compromise With Anti-Saloon League. By the Associated Press. s NEWARK, N. ). September 23— Christian W. Feigenspan, president of the Christian Felgenspan Brewery of Newark, has offered his resignation as president of the 1'nited States Brewars’ Association because of his opposition to the reported attempt of representa tives of th tion to reach a corn promise with the Anti-Saloon League nodification of the Volstead law 1e resignation may be acted of the | Lrustee in New York tomorsow Feigenspan will not attend setation whick Newark brewers who learned of his action said t sproved of his stand it the people themselves should de termine whether they wanted modifica tion and that it was not a fit subject for compromise. They also asserted th sentiment was swinging toward a relaxation of resirictions and tha modification would shortly be brought about by popular demand withaut th assistance of the Anti-Saloon League DENY COMPROMISE PLAN Brewers Say They Depend on of Nation. NEW YORK, September The United States Brewers' tion, in conference here today a formal denial to reports that association and the Anti-Saloo League would get together today to discuss a compromise on modification of the Volstead act. Hugh F. Fox, secrefary of the as- soclatic said that no meetl had been called on the subject. b that published reports of the n ter would be considered at an executive session tomorrow. It individual pian & meeting with League leaders, he sald, as @ private enterprise. In his statement Mr. Fox said “Informal conversations between Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler and othe attorneys or their clients may afford the basis for interesting rumors they are quite unimportan When, vielding to the pressure public sentiment, the executive board of the Anti-Saloon League is willing to have the Volstead act modified it will be time to take Mr. Wheeler and his assoclates seriousiy The United States Brewers' Asso- cation is firmly convinced that beer will come back; good, palatable Mght lager beer, such as the 2% per cent article which was so popular during the war. We belleve that | coma | back in response to a general demand not because of anything that the brewers may do, nor by the favor of the Anti.& ague. Eventual- ly we be t the temperance sentiment country will not only acquiesce in the modification of the Volstead act. but tha ment will be found supporting | demand for it Mr. Fox asserted that brewers would comply strictly with restrictions on alcoholic_content that might be m posed. During the war, he said, thare was no complaint that they exceedvd the 2% per cent limit Action 23 @ Associa inn Ant ) it was purely of the senti the | LEAGUE MAKES PROTEST. Anti-Saloon Leaders Object to Light Wine Proposal. The Anti-Saloon League has no notion of agreeing to any modifica- tion of the Volstead act to permit the sale of “so-called light wines and beer,” Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the league, said here to- day in commenting upon reports of efforts to bring about a compromise between the brewers and the league “No plan has been presented to | the league by the brewers” he sald “If they do present such a plan It | will be acted upon first of all by tha legislative committee and by the executive committes and board of directors. “Various representatives of the brewing groups have propossd achemes for changing the law, claim- ing it would be in the interest of law enforcement. Thus far none of them ever appealed to the Anti-Saloon League or its constituency.” SEAMEN TO END STRIKE. Trouble to Be Settled in Few Hours, Melbourne Reporta. LONDON. September 23 (#).—Ad- vices to the Exchange Telegraph from Melbourne, Australia, quote a prom inent trade union official as esserting that the seamen’s strike “will be set- tled within & few hours.” The waterside workers are said to have - decided unanimously to com- | mence work on all ships, even If fresh crews are obtained. and this is expected to hasten termination of the dispute The seamen went out in protest against the action of their union offictals in agreeing to a wage reduc tion of approximately $5 a month HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES TOMORROW., TRAT BACB—Puree, 33,0001 elaimta .(;unahu};‘ 4-yearolds and up: sbont mile Comdr. am 13 m Coffro! Foxcatcher . 131 Double Tip. SECOND RACE—Purse. $1,300: 2.year-olds: Bla furlongs. Weat Point Also eligibie— Samuel Ross entry. ‘va. 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