Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1925, Page 5

RIFFS CONFIDENT . OF BEATING FRENCK First Correspondent With Moorish Army Finds Spirit of Victory. BY VINCENT SHEEHAN. Special Correspondent of The Star and North | American Newspaper _Allance with | RMT Armiies | GENERAL HEADQUAR- | Targhzuit 9, by courier 1o Tangier, September 5. | Rombarded on all sides, land | and air. and cut off from all supply | centers of food. arms and ammunition. | A\hd-elKrim's little rebel state is still -arrying on 1t7is not only carrying on. hut Is actually displaying greater spirit and greater unity in the face of these new dangers than it showed when Spain alone was the enemy. In my four days’ journey across the Djebata country from Tangier, and in one day here at general headquarters, I have seen no evidence of panic in the face of the might of France. Telephones Are Extended. During the past six months the Riff telephone system, consisting of French field telephones bought in Algiers be- fore the beginning of hostility with France, has been extended through- | out the Djebala country and now reaches from a point near Tangier to outposts all along the Taount front | hetween Taza and Fez. Sidi Mohammed. voungzer brother of Abd-el-Krim, sits here at Targhzuit, hix zeneral hendauurters, and directs the ‘campalgn on three fonts. Ha | keepe in constant and direct communi cation with his brother. Abd.el-Krim, | who is at Adjdir, on the Riff coast. | Takes Job Easily. i Foch himseif could not g0 ahout the foh of generalissimo more casily with more authoritative efficiency than this Riff general who. still in his early thirties. has carried out | military victories in the field while | his brother Abd-el-Krim was buflding up an orderly government through- ont the countr i The general staff at Riff headquar- | ters certainly shows a confidence which | is jmpressive—a compieie confidence in the ability of one RIiff warrior to withstand at least 10 Frenchmen or Spaniards, a confidence in the mili- \ary efficiency of Moroccan weather, a confidence in the ineffectiveness of Furopean aviation. and finally a su preme confidence in the semi-legen- dary genius of their two leaders, the Krim brothers. Method of Entry. September by by sea, or | | today | commercial THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. - 2%777 held by Spares. Medite,, B rportion of Spanisi flanqz:erc{‘i( (172 oro .. € e cO e/-Krim MCenter of -T2r2iregy Map shows French line at opening of recent offensive. The Spanish troops are shown in the photo intrenched on the heights of Beni-Hosmar, showing the artillery fire bursting on’ Ben-Kar- rich, where the Kiffs are intrenched. CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN PACT EFFECTIVE OCT. 1 Reciproesal Commercial Gives Preferential Rates to Many Products. Associa MELBOURNE. Australia ber 25.—The Commonwea announces that the reciprocal treaty between Canada and Australia will come into operation on October 1. The treaty. under which Australia is 10 zive to Canada British preferen- tial custom rates on certain articles, was ratified recently by the Canadian and Australian Parliaments. It pro- vides for reduced rates on Canadian fish, textiles, gloves. fypesetting ma- chines, typewriters. adding machines, corsets, iron and steel tubs, goloshes and vehicle parts. Canada in return gives special rates on Australian fresh and canned meats, lard, tallow, beeswax, butter, canned vegetables, dried fruits, pears, quinces, apricots and necta- rines, canned fruits, honey. glue. essential oils! fruit Treaty Customs Br the Pross pulp sugar, | and | Gazette | =y Bz one st10l 2eld by |GERMAN TARIFF CHANGED | PARIS ENDS SMALLPOX. eggs, cheese, | |New Rates Will End System of |Only Three Cases Reported in City Licensing Imports. BERLIN. September 25 (#).— Ger During Past Year. PARIS. September 25 (#).- Small D. RODGERS FAVORS AR ADVISORY BODY | Hawaiian Flight Commander| Defends Navy Conduct | of Pacific Hop. Br the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO. Septemher 25 | —Emphatic indorsement of an ad- visory air board. such as that called by President Coolidge. 10 operate in | conjunciion with the Army and Navy Depariments for the development of this country’s air service was voiced by Comdr. John Rodgers at a ban- | quet tendered him and the four mem- bers of the crew of the Navy sea- plane P No. 1. last_night. The air board which Comdr. Rodgers rec- ommended would not have the! breadth of power of that advised by Col. William Mitchell 1 Comdr. Rodgers defended the Navy | Department in its conduct of the at- tempted San Franclsco-Hawaiian {of maval air affairs. - He denled that | | he or any of his men had been “com- | pelled against their wills and better | | judgment” to attempt the Hawalian | | Mght. “The men in the Naval Afr Service, as in other branches, do not | need pushing ahead 30 much as they | need holding back.” he declared. “This vas exemplified in the action of the pilots of the land planes sen ‘flll' to search for us, and who disre garded radfo instructions from their | commander 10 return to their hase when the fear arose that such search : Iby land planes was too hazardous. When these pllois finally returned with fuel tanks nearly empty and their commander demanded to know why they ha 1o return soon man ‘that they his instructions “The air service is most tant, and we should n leave its de | velopment for future zenerations. We | should do everything in our power 1n |develop the science of flving with | both land 2nd seaplanes. This coun- | try should hive a competent advisory air board, not hecause the Army and av | to upervise aircrafi development, | but so that in an emergency there | will not be a flood of idle criticism | directed 4t what some have been pleased to call ‘swivel chair bureay jerats they replind as one had failed 10 receive impor UPHOLD MITCHELL. Reserve Flyers Support Colonel in Air Policy Criti~ism. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER. 25. jflight and in general in its handling |~ v Departments are not competent | 1925. | Convicted I i WINFIELD JONES, Former Washington newspaper man, who, with his brother, was convicted in Baltimore of conspiracy to divert | alcohol. SUMMERALL OPPOSES | UNIFIED AIR SERVICE No War Experience Shows Need for One Force. He Tells Veterans' Body. Br the Ascocin NEW YORK. September May. | Gen. Charles I'. Summerall. command ing officer of the °d Corps Area. in a speech before the annual convention of the Military Order of the World War, vesterda: declared himself op-| posed 1o the proposed divorce of the Air Service from the War and Navy | Departments | At tthe morning session Lisut. Col €. R. Ross of New York Citv advo cated encouraging patriotism and com- | batting radicalism. He spoke of the | “strong and growing radical element | among the working classes,” but gave | it as his opinion that the “laboring | people of the country are sound and | frustworthy.” and suggested patriot- | ism as a means of continuing this condition | Addressing the hundred delegates gathered at the convention. Gen. Sum- | merall said “There is no experience in war and | no present development in this or any | country to support the extravagant ' claims for a separate aviation army or for replacing the other armed forces by airplanes. It seems to m that the public is beinz misled by fan Py Lin each { Baton. Mitchell Sends 800 Lbs. of Records For Air Inquiry Request from Col. Willlam Mitchell ' llowed to ship 300 pounds of or nd permi- War I Mitchell tele hip SUES 2 DOCTORS IN'DEATH OF WIFE W. A, Eaton Asks $10,000 Each From Drs. R. Y. Sul- livan and Truman Abbe. manusc Washing sion gzranted partment offici .phed for uments uthority te The TONIO. Tex., (). —Documents and manuseripts weighing 800 pounds and filling 16 hoxes, shipped 1. William Miteh- ell. deposed Sth Corps Area air officer, Washinzion, are semi-officlal re . which are hic personal propert: Thomas W. Hastey, aciing id last night Gen. Ernest Hinds Sth Corps Area hing of the chipment Marine Corps Orders. M. E Tealty Haiti Va Norfoll but | T L. Kimes. at ond Lieut. V. J appointed Maj. W. C. Stout d list. pt. B.J. Millner has heen tran ferred from St. Thomas, Virgin Island« 1o New York City. First Lieut. G. ¢ Thomas from the cruiser Tulsa Charleston, ind Second Liev Ferguson from Quantico Parris Island, €. € September Dra. Robert and Truman Abbe were sued for $10. Young Sullivan to 1ch in separ upreme Conrt Willizm Arthnr Baton of the estate Talia 1 Who died in Gieorgetown Hospital M 12, She had heen by the twa physieians The plaintiff. suing as tor af the estate of his deceased wife suit alleges nezlizence in 1b treatment. declar that @ selntion was used during preparation cystoscopic oneratinn used by physicians in which resulted in o danzerous illness and ultimately in the death of Mrs te suits in the District Maj of today for damazes b command dAminieiiaro o the ek of nnder treatment Shearer an of the 15t Mar have heen crdere Other officer: are Capt. A. Kin Va. Second Lis Pensacola. and Hultman, recentl administra | Maj for 2 dered t MacCrone and Capt Dr. Sullivan Called In. have been placed on the The suit against Dr. Sullivan expert in X-ray wogk. sets forth th the patient was updes the treatment and in the care of Dr. Truman Abhe when the latter deemed it advisable to call in Dr. Sullivan The case at the time of the death of Mrs. Eaton. who left four children. attracted wide attention in this city d a coroner's inquest returned dict that there was no eriminal enlpability attaching. A1 that It was sei forth by witnesses wrong solution h. injection in 1reatin siclans testifying at the coroner’s in. quest attributing the alleged tution 10 a mistaken reading Jabel on the bortle S. C Sleep Walker Shot as Burglar. Genrge Beckman, a laver of Covington. Ky sleap. Tecently he Killed bv RnInh Lohre. who i him RBeckman failed warning appa not sufficient to wake him <hat 1ime t the heen nsed for zn Mre phe voung hrick walked in his was shot and an electr heed the usy hecause it was and Lohre of the rently Nurses' Mistake Seen. that time. it is alleged alsn. that a mistake had heen made the physician believing the hottle to tthe physician believing that it con tained a solution ordinarily used in such a case, when in reality it con talned a solution admitted by -physi- clans to be harmful in such a case Wilton J. Lambert and R. H. Yeat man filed the suits in hehalf of Mr D. J. KAUFMAN INC. 'At 17th & H Sts. Branch = | Safe Deposit Boxes #2%aYear | I Lincoln National Bank T was at 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. My method of entry inte the Riff |eucalvptus oil. lines was an adventure which will in i ' s WILL LAY CORNER STONE. terest many. On Friday afternoon at | > o'clock 1 sat on the terrace of the Bishop Freeman to Conduct Serv- ices This Afternoon. ciful and irresponsible talk emanatin: from a source, either without expe rience or whose experience in war is limited to the very narrow field of aviation.” Although admitting plane has become an “invaluable and indispensable adjunct” in military af fairs. the general contended that the | airplgne, as an individua) unit hrl«édi' the complete military qualities of the | Army. pox has been virtually stamped out in | Paris. Only three cases occurred dur ing the past vear. says a report to the Municipal Council, and these were all of a mild characte Freedom from the disease is aitrib- uted to insistence by health authori {many’s whole system of licensing im- Iports wartually is abolished with the {15t of next month, when new tariffs !voted by the Reichstag go into effect. |Only a few articles. and these not af fecting the United States, will require L licensing after thar date [ties upon vaccination. Every one of Automobile dealers sending cars |the hables horn in the mater- into the country from abroad will pay (Nity homes durinz the vear was vac a tarift based on weight, the rate de- |CiNated. as well as 50,000 hospital pa- | creasing for the heavier machines. |tients and 48000 children attending |This rate will function until July, |Primary schools. reduction is scheduled DENVER, Colo.. September 25 () Resarve officers of the aviation unit of the 103d Division, Army Reserve, comprising the States of Colorado, | New Mexico and Arizona. announced vesterday the adoption of a resolution supporting Col. William Mitchell, sor- mer asgistant Army air chief, in his criticism of the Army and Navy Air Service policies. 3 The resolution declares for a unified air service under the control of quali fled 2ir pilots. Hotel Cecil at Tangler, where zroups of English tourists were idly watch ing the gunboats of three nations as they rode at anchor in the sunny harbor. As had been previously ar. ranged, a certain RIff tribesman hap- pened to stroll along the pavement heneath the hotel terrace. He looked up vacantly once or twice, then started to walk away toward the that the air | Home of the “2-Pants” Suit Home of the Mallory Hat The corner stone of the new parish house of the Church of Our Savior will be laid this afternoon at cere- monies to be conducted by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. Ground was broken when a heach where Tangier’s many sight- seeing visitors disport themselves under the African sun. I strolled along after him to the end nf the beach, where he turned sharply into the sand dunes and began to stride along ata brisker pace. Fifteen minutes later I caught up with him hatween two big hollow dunes. Here a sllent and swift operation took place. The tribesman opened a bundle which he was carrying under his arm and in three minutes T had donned a huge shapeless gown. the djeellaba_of the Moorish peasant | Given Careful Instructions. | With my hood pulled well down over my face, | returned to the promenade. Again following my silent guide, he | Jad me into a small house in the hv qnarter of th pwn, toward the out- | <kirts of Tangie Ahd-el-Krim's regular agents, put me throush i severe examination and gave me a few last instructions about hew to pass the French guards. Copyrimht. 1823, tn Umited States. Great Britam. South Ariarica and japan. hy North | American Newspaper Alliaice. Al rights reserved. | WILL HELP Rl?‘Fl.\ N Finglish Surgeon Plans to Enter Rebel | Country. Rr Cable t0 The Star and Chicago Dail PARIS. September 25.—D. Griffen, the English military surgeon who is attempting to give military aid to Abd-el-Krim, has assembled his equipment_at Tangier and plans to anter the RIff within a week. Dr. Griffen’s adventurous has progressed with every suc far, according to a telegram re; by the correspondent today. D Griffen reached Tangler early in the week and met friends who arranged 1o smugglc him through the lines Dr. Griffen’s plans cannot be re vealed in full dstail on account of the secrecy which is essential to his siccess. Abd-elKrim has arranged | for a column o Riff warriors o meet Griffen ha;f wav helween Larache and | Sheshuan and escort him to Adjir. If | he succeeds reaching Adijic Dr Griffen, who has had the widest ex serfence in tropical medicine. hopes 1o esiablish # military hospital to at tend the RIff wounded and act as medical adviser to Ahd-el-Krim, whose nephew he knew in London it is not certain whether Dr. Grif fen is making his first trip alone. as he originally planned. armed onl: with a red cross on one arm and a red crescent on the other, or whether his agents succeeded in outfitting hix rxpedition (Copsright. MOORS GATHER /I"0R[’ER. News Ernest tempt ved 1825, by Chicagg Daily Newe.) | FEZ. French Morocco, Sepiember » (®).Tribesmen friendly to France are active all along the battle front ogainst the dissident Moors. With ihis exception calm continues fo pre vail. The rehellious Moors are eathering together their forces for the establishment of positions at the \wa ends of the froni—in the Taza area in the East and on the Ouez: jector in the West. They ave being lampered, however. by incessant | bombings from French airplanes. One of the planes which started out in a thick fog Wednesday has not heen heard from. Reports from native sources indi | gate that there is uneasiness. amount- | Iz almost to discouragement, among sertain large tribes supporting Abd- »)-Krim, the Rifflan war lord. in conse. | yuence of the French operations along the Ouergha River. ! Some of the Branes, Tsouls and | sther tribes, which have not submit ted to the French, are reported to! have sent delegates to Abd-el-Krim »=king him to conclude an immediate ace with France. The Riffian leader is said to have replied that he was resolved to continue the war. He as- sured the tribesmen that he was con- rentrating an army of 17,000 men and | that within 10 days he would launch an overwhelming offensive. In the opinfon of the military au- thorities here, Abd-el-Krim Is concen- trating his atténtion on the spuflsh‘ still front and seemingly has not aban- doned his plan of making a hig drive in the region of Tetuan, notwithstand. Ing the checke his forces have met Wwith in that quarter. Au, The house is located on the church Irving It is the first of a group of buildings, which are plan- ned for the plot, including a church | for the use of the Brookland parish. Rev. parish, has been there but two vears, but he early became actively engaged nr streets northeast. in Here an aged Arab woman. one of % ist 2. operty at Sixteenth and E. H. Stevens, rector the building movement. The new parish house, of designed by Delos Smith, will contain an au- ditorium on the second floor with a seating capacity of 300. It will con- {tain, also, a gallery and stage. and | dressing room: 19 R A e e |a 1ater date. Spanisfl Have a Biarritz. the famous French vacation is San Sebastian, where Peter Great of Russia and Austrian mo: resor the, years ago went waters. It is at present the King Spain’s Summer resort. chemically scented in the olden day as the kings apparently didnt ca waters. THE BOYS SHOP ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE B STORE The First Longing That first urge to “look like Dad™ has advanced in recent vears so that the boy of 13 to 18 can buy his long - trouser suit along with his collegiate brother. Suits at $22.50 include coat, vest, long trousers and extra pair of golf knickers. Others from $20 to $30. Boys’ Pull-Over and Coat Style Sweaters at $5.00 Fancy sweaters, jacquards, plain colors, checks and plaids—the whole family. Al sizes—from age 4 to 14. Other sweaters, $3.30 to $12.30. 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