Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1925, Page 2

ra - ONE-MAN CONTROL FAVORED FOR SHIPS Foolidge May Ask Congress “ %o Abolish Present Board to End Long Fight. President Coolidge has taken an ac- tive interest in the Shipping Board difficulties, which admittedly have bpought affairs in the board to an avute stage. Closely following a conference with Chairman O'Connor of the Shipping Board, the President yesterday summoned to the White House Commissioners Plummer and Hill to obtain their views. While the President is not under- stood to have reamched any definite conclusion, it was indicated that the suggestion is being advanced that if no solution of the baard’s difficuities s reached before Congress convenes, the President should recommend that the board be abolished and its func- tions transferred to some other agency, perhaps with the authority vested in one person. Control Power Doubtful. At the same time, it was stated for Mr. Coolidge that there- was & con- siderable doubt whether the board could be directed at all in the admin- istration of its affairs now on the ground that it was an independent bureau under the jurisdiction of neither the executive nor legislative branch of the Government. In the midst of the general discus wione, Laigh C. Palmer, president of the Fleet Corporation and center of | one phase of the controversy, Te- frained from comment beyond say- ing that he had “enough business to do going along with things as they are here.’ So far as known, no ap- pointment has as yet been made for him to see Mr. Coolidge. While there were some Intimations that the board would move to oust Mr. Palmer if he did not voluntarily retire, there were other indications of a disposition on the part of some of the commissioners opposed to the Fleet Corporation president to permit Mr. Coolidge to obtain all the infor- ‘mation he desired and indicate his wviews before any extreme action was resorted to. When Mr. Palmer a few years ago was elected to his present office by the board, at the suggestion of Mr. Coolidge and with the approval of several administration Senators and Representatives, the board requested that he place his resignation on file #o that it could be avaflable at any time. In recent weeks Commissioner Haney has repeatedly moved its ac- ceptance. The motion never has been raconded because several commission- ers said they did mot want to be laced m the position of challenging F‘h‘slden( Coolidge, who, from the first, had urged that Mr. Palmer be given all support possible in admin- Istering the Fleet Corporation as the egent of the board. Haney Recess Appointee. It was the, gmphatic opposition of Mr. Haney {0"Mr. Palmer which led the President at Swampscott this Summer to request the commis- sioner's resignation. This was re- fused by Mr. Haney, who declared the telegram of the President alleged that he had violated an understanding to support Mr. Palmer when he was yeappointed upon the expiration of bis term last June. The commissioner insisted that he had told the President explicitly of his position and that.there was no understanding as a condition of . his reappojntment. Mr. Coolidge has not pressed the point since and has not indicated whether he would send Mr. Haney's name to the Senate in December, the reappointment in June being a recess one. The entire question promises to be taken up by Congress this Winter, #ither in connection with the confirma- ton by the Senate of Mr. Haney or his successor, or in connection with shipping legislation which the ad-| ministration may recommend. Evi- dence is accumulating that an effort Wil be made to abolish the Shipping PBoard and transfer the Fleet Corpora- tion to the Commerce Department. Senator Edge, Republican, New Jersey, in a statement yesterday reiterated his determination to press for such legislation. The charge is made by the Presi- dent’s critics that he has interfered with an independent office of the Gov- ernment established by Congress and no more beholden to the executive Yranch than the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Com- mission or the Tariff Commission. On the other hand, administration spokes men contend that the President is re sponsible for enforcing the laws and administering the Government, and that his efforts with reference to the Shipping Board have been solely to make the best of a situation marked ¥y division of authority and duplica ion of functions, in which the develop- | ment of an adequate merchant marine was in danger of being seriously im- paired. Majority Against Palmer. Commissioners opposed to Mr. Palm @r contend that he has not been suc- | cessful in developing the merchant narine, but instead that he has with- Mrawn ships for reasons of economy Avithout consideration of commerce Meeds and to the advantage of foreign hip owners, and that his policies have een in general far apart from those ©f the board, while, it is charged, his operation reports to the board have been misleading. Mr. Palmer has contended that he &vas attempting to administer the erchant marine economically and ef- ficlently, that whereas some ships fave been withdrawn there has heen fno decrease in business, the increased effciency having made possible the carrying of equivalent cargoes on fewer ships, and that his reports t the board have followed the standard 4zed forms of the past several years. ""Whereas the President may urge the board to adopt measures, it is Teld that he has few legal powera in the matter, and that, even if he should yeiterate his support of Mr. Palmer, he could not remove any of the com- missioners without Those commissioners said to be op- osed to Mr. Palmer are O'Connor, lummer, Haney. Thompson and Ben- son, while those favorable to his con- tinuance in office gre Lissner, who is mow in Europe, and Hill. The board is not expected to take any action in the matter before next week at least, one reason being that Chairman O'Connor was called to Buf- falo vesterday by the death of a Prother and will not return for sev- #ral days. Astor Child Il in France. PARIS, September 26 (#) —John Bacob Astor, posthumous heir of Col. John JaJcob Astor, who was drowned n the Titanic disaster, is lving ill of gyphold fever at the American hospl- %al, Neuilly. It was stated at the hos- last night that he s “doing Rum Ring Heads to Be Paroled. ATLANTA, September 26 (#). fhree Haar brothers and J. liams, members of the $avannah “rum ring,” will be released on parole during the day, John W. nook, warden of the Atlanta federal nitentiary, announced this morning. showing cause. | MITCHELL WORKING ON PROBE EVIDENCE Plans What He Hopes Will Be Final Blow for New Aviation Policy. Returning to Washington to strike what he hopes will be a final clinch- ing blow in favor of a more adequate air defense of the Nation, Col. Willlam Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Air Seryice, plunged deep into work at his apartment at the Willard Hotel today, laying the groundwork for the testimony he will glve when the peak of the air investigation is reached next Tuesday. itchell arrived in Washington last night on a traln from St. Louts, little advance notice of his arrival in the Capital being given, as he had traveled from his post in Texas to St. Louis by automobile. Col. and Mrs. Mitchell expect to go by automobile to their country home near Middleburg, Va., tomorrow, where the former will continue work on the voluminous testimony which he began at the ,Willard Hofel this morning. Will Be in Parade. Col. Mitchell will take part in a pa- rade of more than 500 members of the local American Legion between 5and 6 o'clock this afternoon from the Dis- trict Building down Pennsylvania ave- nue to the Peace Monument, where the entire group will embark in auto- mobiles for a barbecue to be held by the District department of the Legion At Eighteenth street and Benning road northeast. Col. Mitchell tenta- tively accepted the invitation to at- tend the barbecue last night, and gave Legion committee headed by William F. Franklin. According to Franklin, Col. Mitchell will march down the Avenue in full flying uniform. Col. Mitchell is a mem- ber of a Wisconsin Post of the Forty and Eight, a military organization connected with the Legion, which is sponsor for the barbecue. i Col. Mitchell s not expected back ih Washington before Monday night and will devote much of his time at Mid- dleburg to work on his testimony. Deep in his work at his hotel Col. Mitchell denied himself to callers to. day. while Brig. Gen. Fechet of the Army Air Service, his immediate su- perior, took one of the Army planes out for a spin at Bolling Field, part of his regular tour of duty as the flying head of a fiving service. Gen. Fechet's office in the Munitions Building resem- bled reunion week at college today with Air Service officers coming in from all quarters of the country, pre- paring to arrange the testimony they will give before the Air Board when the second and most imvortant week of the hearings opens on Tuesday. Col. Mitchell had not made an ap- pointment to call on Secretary of War Davis, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief ‘of the Air Service, or Gen. Fechet, although it was said he might call at the War Department to extend personal greetings to his friends. A rousing reception was given Col. Mitchell upon his arrival here from Texas last night. A drum and bugle corps supplied by two American Legion posts and a few hundred citizens greeted the former assistant Army air chief at Union Station as he arrived with Mrs. Mitchell. Seized by . friends and admirers when he appeared at the gate, the colonel was holsted to their shoulders and carried through the station. Above, the noise he managed to make himself heard by questioners. how- ever, but he indicated only that he has ‘‘ceased firing” for a time, at least, at the administration of the Army and Navy Air Services. ‘Il wait until I'm before the board before saying anything more,” he de- clared. Asked about the 800 pounds of manuscript en route to be used in his testimony, the colonel sald: “I have nothing to sav about that, efther.”” - Still held aloft, Mitchell was carried to a waiting automobile while a pa rade formed behind him to the crash- ing of bugles and drums. Greetings of Veterans. Tn the parade were two uniformed veterans of the Spanish-American War. Two standard bearers of the American Legion posts carried the American flag and a Legion banner. Others bore hastily written placards bearing the inscriptions: “The Costello Post Greets Col. Mitchell—the American,” and “The McGroarty-O'Connell Post Welcomes You.” The colonel, wearing a broad- rimmed Texan hat adorned with a snake band, was jovial as he greeted and shook hands with many of the crowd. Mitchell is listed with more than a score of other Army and Navy avia- tors who have been summoned by the board. which will reopen its inquiry on Monday. The colonel is expected to take the stand on the following day. Comd plane P Steecle, John Rodgers of the sea No. 1 and Capt. George W commanding officer of the | | naval ‘air station at Lakehurst, N. J., are to appear during the week. The Ifst of officers to include, however, several whom the board de | sired to hear, and who are stationed at distant posts, and the departments, | with the consent of the board, sub. tituted others whom they belleve qualified to testify in their place. | Among this number are Comdr. | ! Jerome C. Hunsaker, naval attache at London, and Comdr. John H. Towers, A member of the court of inquiry into the Shenandoah disaster. They may be called later. Officers Summoned. Resides Capt. Steele, naval officers summoned are Capt. E. 8. Land, Comdr. H. C. Richardson, Comdr. 1. A. Mitscher, Comdr. R. H. Paunack, Lieut. R. A. Ofstie, Comdr. P. N. L. Bellinger, Comdr: R. D. Weyerbacker, Comdr. H. T. Bartlett, Lieut. J. 8. Farnsworth, Lieut. 8. P. Ginder and Lieut. W. . Patterson. The Army list failed to include Brig. Gen. James E. Fechet, assistant air chief, and it was learned that no re- quest for his presence had reached the desk of Acting Secretary of War Davis. NAVY BAND HEAD CLEARED OF MISMANAGEMENT Investigation of reports of alleged mismanagement in the Navy Band have been completed by the special board of inquiry appointed by Rear Admiral B. F. Hutchinson, comman- dant of the Washington Navy Yard, he sald today. While the official re- port of the result of the inquiry has not been submitted to Admiral Hutchinson by Capt. Yates Stirling, president of the board of inquiry, Ad- miral Hutchinson said that it had found mno basis for charges against any one in the band. He indicated that there may be some changes made in the organiza- final assent today to an American fmew THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, POLICE CLERKSHIP IN SALARY TANGLE Hesse Promotion Leaves Matter of Paying His Suc- cessor Badly Complicated. A technical question has arisen as to what appropriation can be used to pay the salary of the new chief clerk of the Police Department to be ap. | pointed within a few days to succeed | Edwin B. Hesse, who was named to | succeed M. Sullivan as superintend. | ent, it became known today. Officials of the Police Department, it was learned, will confer sometime tomorrow with Maj. Daniel J. Dono- van, District auditor, who passes upon all expenditures, to find out how the chief clerk is to be paid and what his salary will be. Unusual Wording of Act. The question s understood to havh resulted from the unusual wording of the police appropriation act for the current fiscal vear. Because of the desire of Congress to confer upon Mr. Hesse the rank of assistant superin- tendent his salary as chief clerk was included in the paragraph with the salaries of the uniformed members of the force. District officials say that the rank of assistant superintendent for the chief clerk was meant to apply only to Mr. Hesse while he held that office, and that his promotion to superintend- ent causes the office of chief clerk to revert back to a civilian position. This, it is understood, has raised the | problem of providing a salary for a new chief clerk for the balance of the current fiscal year. New Police Head Busy. Meanwhile the new superintendent is one of the busiest men in the Dis trict Bullding. He testified before the Budget Bureau this morning on the police estimates for next year and is also striving to arrange his affairs as chief clerk so that he can assume the duties of superintendent next weelk. Maj. Danifel Sullivan, the retiring superintendent, ed’ the District Building today for the first time in weeks and was warmly greeted by his associates—the men with whom he served the greater part of his life. They all joined in expressing the hope that he would enjoy the retjrement he earned by 3 years of service. Members of the department are con- tributing to a fund to be presented to the retiring superintendent as a mark of the esteem in which he was held by the rank and file of the forge. | Maj. Hesse received numerous. let- | ters of congratulation this morning. | and one which he prized most highly was a telegram from former Maj. | Richard Sylvester and Mrs. Sylvester who are at their Summer home in | Harpers Ferry. Mr. Hesse served un- der Maj. Sylvester for a number of years. DIVORCES REFUSED TO SCOTT AND WIFE BY MICHIGAN JUDGE (Continued from First Page.) Park apartment hotel, Washington and an unnamed man with whom Mre. Scott is alleged to have become acquainted while traveling in Europe | in the Summer of 1922 The hearing of the case before | Judge Frank Emerick at Alpena early | this year was interrupted to permit both sides to obtain additional data, | Boston nevy | story until the ship reached port, | London stated that the Chewink and and was resumed early in August. The testimony was fringed with ! stories of liquor-drinking and gam-| bling parties at Washington, and the names of several Congressmen or for- mer Congressmen were heard. | On the congressional trip to Pan- ama aboard the steamer Cristobal, | Mrs. Scott charged that her husband | and other Congressmen gambled and drank. There was testimony that a | quantity of liquor was taken aboard the steamer at Panama, and that| what was not consumed was unload- | ed from the boat at Norfolk, Va., and | taken to the Washington homes of the Congressmen. It was testifled that | some of the liguor went to the Scott apartment, although Mr. Scott denied | this. { That Mrs. Scott was “indiscreet” in entertaining man guests in her apart- ment during the absence from Wash- ington of her husband was charged by the Representative. This was de- nied by Mrs. Scott, for whom wit- nesses testified that her conduct was orderly. The Scotts were married in 1914. Mrs. Scott, prior to her marriage, was a graduate nurse. Pending a decision on the petitions, Mrs. Scott has been allowed $50 a month temporary ali- mony, in addition to special allow- ances to enable her to obtain deposi- tions which were used at the trial. LAWYER FILES SUIT FOR $1,600 IN FEES Abmer Siegal, attorney, yesterday filed suit for $1,600 against Jerry C. South and Louts Little, attorneys, and the firm of W. B. Hibbs & Co,, deposi- tary, alleging this amount is due him for services to South. In his declaration Siegal states that South agreed if Siegal would intro- duce Little to him and “cause Little to retain” South as counsel for certain clients, South would pay Siegal one- third of all sums for retainers and fees from such arrangement. Slegal states he did so. He adds that Little deposited $5,000 with the Hibbs firm with the proviso that $1,- 500 be passed to the account of South immediately as retainer, leaving $3,500 as a balance. Of this balance $200 was permitted to be used for necessary expenses and the remainder, $3,300, is still in the hands of the depositary, which should be turned over to South, according to the plaintiff’s declaratios The suit i to recover $1,600 of this tion. but said none was contemplated in the leadership. When the report is received by him, probably next Wednesday, the admiral sald, he would send it alodg to the Navy De- partment for such action as it de- sired to take, balance, which, it is alleged, the Hibbs firm refuses to turn over without Lit- tle’'s order. All of the attorneys mentioned ap- , The 51 was rammed “about half Notable Disasters To Undersea Craft March 23, 1922—British sub- marine sunk by destroyer in practice maneuvers off Gibral- tar; 23 lost. March 2 1915—The United States submarine F-4 sank off Honolulu, with a loss of 26. August’ 21, 1928 — Japanese submarine sank at dack at Kobe; 86 lost. October 28, 1923—United States submarine 0-5 collided with steamer Abangarez at the At- lantic entrance to Panama Canal; three drowned. January 10, 1924—British sub- marine L-24 sunk off Portland, England, in collision with Brit- ish battleship Resolution; 43 lost. March 19, 19%i—Japanese sub- marine No. 13 sunk in colllsion off Sasebo with Japanese battle- ship Tatsu: 49 lost. Jdanuary 13, 1925—8.19 went aground on outer bar of New Orleans Harbor; crew safely landed; boat was removed two months later. August 31, 1925—Announced at Rome that Italian submarine Sebastian Veniero lost in ma- neuvers off Siclly; fifty officers and men were_sboard. CREW OF 34 TRAPPED IN SUNKEN SUBMARINE; HOPE OF RESCUE HELD| (Continned from First Page.) | that the craft ‘was a total wreck They sald she might lie at the bottom of the 125 feet of water with all her | hatches closed and many of the men in her alive Ships being rushed to the aid of the | submarine besides the Putnam includ. ed a salvage ship with diving and hoisting apparatus from Newport; three submarines from New London and the submarine salvage ship Vul-| can from New York. Efforts were | being made to communicate with an- other salvage ship somewhere at sea ships were being sent from the vard, although a rescue vessel stood by throughout the night walting for orders to proceed. Steamer Believed Undamaged. It was not helieved that the City of Rome sustained any damage from the crash with the submarine. Her cap- tain's message indicated that she was | in good condition and proceeding to Boston. Efforts to learn details from | him by wireless were futile and it was not expected that he would tell hix The City of Rome plies regularly between Boston and Savannah with freight and passerigers and follows the outside course around Cape Cod. It was reported that she might come through the canal today, however, but officers of the line were without ad- ¥ices on this score. Radio messages received from New the submarines S-1, 8-3, 8-49 and S-10 were being sent to the scene of the collision. They will endeavor to locate the sunken vessel with listening gear. The commander of the control force, it was reported, was proceeding to the scene of the Camden. The Camden is | a 9.000-ton auxiliary cruiser. | Thirty-seven men comprised the personnel of the S51. The officers, in addition to Lieut. Rodney H. Dobson, Included Lieuts. ilarold M. Pino, J. D! Haselden, T. A. Glasscock and F. D. | Foster. The S-51 was attached to the patrol force of the Atlantic, and was | 3ut on a practice cruise. Her station | was New London. | S-51 Submerged When Struck. | The S-51 left New London Septem- | ber 20. The theory prevailed early this morning that she possibly was submerged when struck by the City | of Rome. The §-51 was of 1,500 tons burden | submerged. and of 2,000 tons burden running on the surface. She had a 4-inch gun forward and five tor-| pedo tubes using 21-inch projectiles. Lieut. Dobson, a junior grade offi- cer, joined the United States Navy during the World War and is sald to | have been the voungest officer of] his rank in the.Navy. His parents and a brother live in Brockport, N. Y. He | also has a brother, George Dobson of | Rochester, N. Y., and a sister living in Californfa. He was married and | lived with his wife and young son at the submarine base in New Lon- don. ‘way from the stern to the conning ower” on the port side, according to a brief message received by the navy yard here from Capt. Diehl of the City of Rome. The steamer will dock in Charlestown at about 2 p.m., the message said. Divers to Seek S-51 NEW YORK, September 26 UP).— Brooklyn navy yard was informed to- day that the U. S. S. Camden, flight to the scene of the sinking of the ship of the Atlantic fleet, was speeding submarine S-51 and would have charge of the attempts to raise the craft. The Navy salvage ship Falcon and a Mer- ritt Chapman salvage lighter also were hurrying to the scene from New York. The Falcon, which salled from the Brooklyn yard this morning, is equip- ped as a sumbarine attendant. She carried three expert deep-sea divers, who will attempt to locate the sunken submarine. Lieut. Henry H. Hartley was in command. SHIP CAPTAIN CRITICIZED. | | Should Have Stayed at Scene, Wilbur’s Opinlon, The steamship City of Rome should have remained on the spot, unless urgently impelled to leave after ram- ming the submarine S.51 last night, Secretary Wilbur declared today. The conduct of the captain of the City of Rome, the Secretary added, would be inquired into in connection with the investigation that would be ordered, and if it was found that there had been any criminal act or negligence on his part action would be taken against him. Assumed All Lost. Apparently the City of Rome, when she saw the submarine go down, re- garded all on board as lost, he said, whereas such is not necessarily the case with a submarine. Reports from the steamer indicated to him that the three survivors are injured, and the captain of the City of Rome may have felt that it was his duty to get the men to shore as soon as possible. Navy that the men should be placed tn the naval hospital at Chelsea, Mass., just outside of Boston. The y is proceeding on the theory that there are men alive on peared in the Langley case, in which a liquor conspiracy was charged. Lit- tle is a member of the Pittshurgh bar. ~ | without losx of life. | four He has informed the | down, as given by the City of Rome, is 18 'miles due east of the northern tip of Block Island, and the depth is 129 feet, the S-51 had bulkheads to withstand pressure at 200 feet. Naval dispatches indicate the vessel was struck on the port side between the conning tower and the stern. De- claring the three men rescued were from the engine room staff, they as- serted it was entirely possible the bulkheads were holding with men in other parts of the ship, where they might remain for several days with the oxygen apparatus and other equip- ment at hand. One man was rescued from O-5 Pan- ama several years ago after being down three days. Lights May Have Been On. It was pointed out by officials that the S-51 might have had her lights showing, and that the City of Rome did not see them. They assumed that visibility was good because the bearings given by the City of Rome were from shore lights several miles away. Such bearings are often in- accurate, Secretary Wilbur sald, and for this reason he believed It have been desirable for the Rome to have remained to guide sal- VAgIng craft (o the scene. Records show that the heaviest loss of life previously sustained by the American Navy in a submarine dis- aster was on March 24, 1915, when 26 were lost in the sinking of the F-4 off Honolulu. The exact ®use of the F-4 loss never was definitely determined. Seven Accidents Listed. Apart from the sinking of the F-4 the records show seven submarine ac- cidents, all in the last six years. The G-2 on July 30, 1819, sank at her mooring on the West Coast, with the loss of three men. The H-1 on March 24. 1920, ran on the beach at Magda- lena Bay, with the loss of one officer and three enlisted men. The S-5, on September 1, 1920, sank off the Delaware Capes, without loss of life. The R6 sank at San Pedro, Calif., September 26, 1921, with the loss of two lives. The R8 and R-11 were in collision August 20, 1923, in Pearl Har- bor channel, without loss of life. and the 8.6, the same vear, was in coliision with a destroyer at Chefoo, The 0-5. on Octo ber 28, 1923, was in collision with a steamer in Terimon RBav, near the Panama Canal, and sank, with the loss of two lives. Navy officers, trying at long dis- tance to account for the disaster, de- clared it was the custom of subma rines to take officers and men out for engineering and training runs from New London. and asserted it would be logical for the vessel to be cruising on the surface at night, recharging its batteries for diving operations, which are usually conducted in daylight. Death Watch Is Kept. In cruising on the surface at night, it was added, the conning tower hatch is kept open for. purposes of ventili- zatfon. Usually only one man is kept on deck ax watch. If the collision oocurred upder much circumstances it is believed those below had no chance of escape. BOAT OF LATEST TYPE. Was Launched in 1921, and Ranked ‘With Largest. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., September 6 (#).—The submarine S-51, sunk off Block Island, was built by the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. of thix city, wax launched September 20, 1921, and was | the latest submarine of that class built by the company. The S-51 was 240 feet long, 21 feet 10 inches in breadth, mean draft of 13 feet 6 inches, and had a displacement of 993 tons. Her battery consisted of five 21-inch tor- pedo tubes, four forward and one aft. She was equipped with a submer- sible radio equipment Diesel engines, each driving a twin screw with 950 horsepower behind it. When submerged the submarine was propelled by an electrical engine of equal power. The strength, would have had 4 officers |{and 38 men aboard. Simon Lake, inventor of the even keel type of submarine of which the “S” boats bulilt at the plant of the Lake Submarine Co. were today when informed of the disaster which had overtaken the S.51. “The S-51 was the last submarine built at the Lake plant in Bridgeport,’ he sald. “It was the very last word {in submarine boat construction and devices | was equipped with electrical that permitted the men in the control room to detect the approach of a running submerged. The purpose of these electrical sound-detecting de- vices was to give the men in the con- trol room an opportunity to change their course if they found that another vessel was bearing down upon them."” DAVIS IS BELIEVED CHOICE TO SUCCEED SECRETARY WEEKS (Continued from First Page.) Department to the War Department by saying with much emphasis that he prefers to remain where he is. President Coolidge is understood to have received other suggestions, but these have not greatly impressed him, it is said by some of his assoclates, all of which gives rise to the present feeling of certainty that the President is all set to appoint Dwight Davis, and that he is merely waiting for the time to arrive when he will make the announcement. The President is known to not only like Mr Davis personally, but to have a high regard for his ability as an executive. He is especiaily well pleased with the manner {n which he has administered the affairs of the War Department throughout the six months he has acted as its head dur- ing the illness of Secretary Weeks. He considers Mr. Davis as now being thoroughly familiar with all the de- tains of the department and the Army itself, and is, therefore, Inclined to feel that, if for no other reason, the promo- tion of Mr. Davis would unquestion- ably be a judicious and advantageous one. . Moreover, President Coolidge is en- deavoring to carry out a policy of promoting from the ranks of the Government serivce whenever it is possible to do so. He prefers this manner of making appointments to the more importgnt posts to the se- lection of men from the outside who are unfamilar with the burdens they would be called upon to assume. Besides viewing Mr. Davis' promo- tion as a just reward for the valuable services he already has performed and as being in accordance with his policy, those who are close to the President the submarine. The point where the 851 -went say that he is not entirely unmindful N China, | and had two | 51, if operated at full crew | the | | finest _examples, was visibly affected steamship when the submarine was SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925. FOR BRITISH MOVE Delegate to League Warns Britain—Sees State of War Now. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 26.—The state- ment that Mosul is Turkish and that the Turkish army, the peace strength of which s 160,000, is prepared to en- force this claim in warfare, is attribut- ed to Ruchdi Bey, head of the Turkish delegation to the councl of the League of Natlons. The correspondent of the Daily Express in Geneva quotes the Turkish statesman as announcing that it is the determination of his country to possess this province in Mesopo- tamia, rich in ofl Jands, and to repudi- ate the British claim that it must be given to the Kingdom of Irak. Ruchdl is sald to have complained bitterly that Irak troops recently made incursions into Mosul across the so- called Brussels line of the frontier and thereby involved the loss of many lives. “If British troops enter the disputed territory, they will be repulsed,” Ruchdl is quoted as having said. When asked whether he considered that a sort of state of war already ex- isted between Turkey and Great Brit- ain, the Turkish delegate replled, { vaguely: “Naturally we will repulse any invasion of Turkish territory, if vyou call that wa Ruchdi said it depended entirely on Great Britain whether there would be ar. ‘ear that the tense situation over Mosul might result in a clash at arms betwcen Turkey and Great Britain frequently has been voiced both here and at Geneva, especially since the counell of the League of Nations on September 19 passed to The Hague Court certain points involved in the dispute, thereby delaying a settlement of it for at least three months. This fact caused irritation and regret among both parties to the dispute, and was widely regarded as endangering an ultimate agreement. Ruchdi Bey left Geneva for Angora vesterday. It remains to be seen whether his gov- erpment will back up the statements he is reported to have made before his departure Whatever danger there may be of an outbreak of fighting seems= to lie for the moment In the question how far the loeal commanders are able to con- |trol their forces. The Irak troops, under British officers, are on one side of the frontier faced cloely Turkish troops on the other side. Ex- perience too often has shown that in | such circumstances guns have a way | of going off of themselves, with re- | sultant hostilities It meems that the local st Mosul has been heightened by charges and counter-charges of the f{ll-treat- ment of natives. These charges al- ready have been brought to the notice of the council of the League of tions at Geneva and are to be a su ject of investigation by a representa- tive of the league. POLICE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS SEEK TO CURB TICKET SCALPERS (Continued from First Page.) fon in world serfes tickets. We will arest and assist inthe prosecution of every person whom we find selling these tickets in public places.” H There was some doubt in the minds | of the police officials as to their au- | thority in dealing with scalpers who tablish themselves in impromptu offices” off the public thoroughfares. | It was indicated that the phrase “pub- | lic places” might be interpreted to em | brace certain semi-private places of | assembly, such as, possibly, hotel lob- | bies, ete., | The police and revenue officials will rry out this year a campaign simi- !1ar to that of last yvear. when several | “brokers” along Pennsylvania avenue | were arrested and taken into court. | Their cases eventually were nolle | prossed. however, but not until their ampered of the favorable possibilities that | would naturaliy be expected to follow the election of Dwight T. Davis. M than one of Mr. Coolidge’s advisers, in either advocating or just merely sanc- tioning Mr. Davis' promotion, have re- minded the former that this choice would be well received generally throughout the coun . especially in Missouri, Mr. Davis' native State. They point out also that, measured by its political aspect, the appoint- ment would be a most happy and for- tunate one. Would Please Missouri. Although President scrupulously declined 1o make ap- pointments to the more important places of the Government, merely be- cause of any political = advantage, he is not entirely unaware of the fact that the promotion of Dwight Davis would meet with the approval of the various Republican factions in Missouri, and there are quite a few. He also has been reminded that to give that section of the country this recognition at this time could not but help carry more than ordinary welght not only in the elections to be held in 1926, but in the national election in 192§. Mr. Davis' appointment to succeed Mr. Weeks has been urged, not only by party leaders in his State, but by men prominent in business and civic and private life, among them being Charles Nagle, former Secretary of Commerce, who was influential in swinging the German vote to Presi. dent Coolidge In the last election. Sen- ator George H. Williams, who suc- ceeded the late Senator Spencer. is highly enthusiastic over the promotion of Mr. Davis. Pleased By Stand. The stand taken very recently by Mr. Davis following the Shenandoah disaster and the sensational charges made by Col. Mitchell against the re- sponsible officers of the Army and Navy in connection with the handling of the aircraft branch of the country’s defense is known to have been par- ticularly pleasing to the President. When Acting Secretary Davis declared in favor of holding an inquiry such as was afterward called by President Coolidge, in the face of a negative po- sition taken by Secretary Wilbur of the Navy, he is said to have made a most favorable impression upon the President. This is thought to have gone a long way toward the latter practically deciding then and there that this young Missourian would fit well in the cabinet. Although Secretary Weeks is unger- stood to be gaining in health, it is known that he has not fully recover- ed from his serious iliness and little hope is held out for his complete re- covery. Secretary Weeks, while not announcing formally that he intends to retire has made it very clear to friends that he has made up his mind to comply with the wishes and advice of his family and his physicians by giving his attention in the future f his health and wellbeing instead of to the affairs of the War Department. He has Mmdicated that before resigning he would come to Washington for a brief period. more for the purpose of clear- ing up certain matters and cleaning out his -desk. | Coolidge has { |Ohio Bank Bandit | Was Anderson, P. O. ‘ Inspectors Assert , G s e By the Aseociated Prees. TROY, Ohlo, September .26. The hold-up of the Tipp Natlo: Bank, Tippecanoe City, south of here, last Friday was com- mitted by George ‘Dutc! son, notorious gunman, for whom a Nation-wide search is In prog- ress. This was announced yester- day by 16 post office inspectors at the conelusion of their investi tion. Anderson was in this sec- tion about the time of the robbery, and circumstances stamp it as his work, the inspectors said. The robber told Cashier Staley that “I'm Dutch Anderson” when he relieved him of about $100. He failed to get more because the time lock on the vault was set. MORAN WL HEAD BOYS CLUB DRVE District Banker to Direct Work of Raising $250,000 for Building and Budget. Announcement was made today of | the appointment of Howard Moran, | banker, to the position of chairman of the executive committee for the| Boys' Club drive for $250,000 with which to bufld and equip a new building and for a two-vear budget The announcement was made at & meeting of the executive committee in the club’'s campaign headquarters in the Munsey Building In announcing the selection of Mr. Moran for_the place, Edwin C. - ham snd William 1. Radcliffe, who headed the committes which decided on the chairman, said they had con- sidered the names of several of the most prominent persons in the ci for the post, but that after delibera tion they thought Mr. Moran thel | most available for many reasons. | Moran Accepts Post. | Mr. Moran, who was present at the meeting, accepted the post of chair- man of the campaign executive com- | mittee and made a short statement in which he sald ha was so certain of the worthiness of the project that if his colleagues Worked with him as| he expected they would the $250,000 would be raised The executive committes also ap- proved the personnel of the publicity | subcommittee selected hy Frank R.| Jelleff. its chairman. The committee | is an follows: John Callan O'Laugh- | lin, James D. Preston, Joseph A Burkhart, Kemper F. Cowing., Thom- | as R. Shipp, Frederick P. H. Siddons nd Roland §. Robbins. The commit tae will have its first meeting Mon- | day to pass on a number of publicity | suggestions. | It was announced that the Wash- | ington Railway and Electric Co. and the Capital Traction Co. would ¢ tribute _advertising on their car | fronts for the period of the cam- paign. it also was announced tha Barron G. Collier, New York adver tising man, had contributed adve tising on cards inside the street car Harrls & Ewing have agreed to suy ply free photographs. The Munsey Trust Co. has contributed office space | and furniture. | There was spirited discussion over the selection of chairmen for the im- | portant teams and initial gifts com.- | mittee. A number of names were | suggested for each place, but no de cision was reached. Mr. Moran. who will head the eam- | palgn, is vice president of the Ameri can Security and Trust Co. He is vice president of the Bank lers’ Association of the District, one of the trustees of the Better Busi- ness Rureau, treasurer of the Wash- {ington Federation of Churches, one | {of the directors of the Board of |Trade and u member of the Uni versity Club and Mid-City Citizen's Association. Alligators Rout Bathers. Two circus alligators were thrown | mto the Elk River in Kansas several years ago when the show dishanded, land these amphibians poked their heads into a group of bathers near Howard, Kans., recently. The bath- ers were forced to scurry from the water. The alligators had not heen seen heretofore and created a great sensation until their presence was ex- plained. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York Daylight Saving Time. ESTERDAY. i Southampion. Sept. 1 Bremen. Sent’ 17 | ©Bremen. Sept. 16 | 2T Onlo) Sent 13 | 3 Trinidad. Sept. 16 | DUE TODAY | . .. Antwerp, S 7 DUE SUNDAY. uthagpton ARRIVED Y Aquitania ... Columbus .. President Hard Stavangertjord Matura ... Lapland Caronla Duilio President ‘Wilsou Tuscani; Calamare Naple: L Glungow. Port Limon. DUE MONDAY. Southern Cross......Rio de Janeiro, Sept s Liverpool. Sept JIII0000 0 Liverpool. Sept Cristobal. Sept Hamilton. Sept ~Hamburg. Sept London Sept e “Havre. Sept Puerto Colombia.’ Sept. DUE TUBSDAY. Southam: Sept .-Callao. Sept Hamburg. Sept OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILED YESTERDAY. Hor laland—Valetta .. Bird City—Covenhagen . Homeric—Soutl unamar—Nassau . . reestad—Montevideo Ottgr—Monte Christi Pr.\ Der Nederlanden Prince .. 2 Grasse . . Bridgetown .. iestic ton. quibo Orbita . President Roosevelf Paris—Havre .. Veendatm—Rotie Franconia—Liverpool Lancastria—London Transylvania—Glasgow Conte_ Rox Siboney—Havana ... Martinigue—Port au’ Prince. San Juan—8an Juan : Weatern World—Rio de Jabeiro Baltic—Liverpool Panama—Cristobal Silvia—St. Johns Iroquois— Turki E Eastern Glen—Capetown. Acongagua—Vaiparaiso Fort _Victorta. Toloa—FPort Limon. Lempvira—Porto Cor Minnetonka—London » SAILING SUNDAY. St. Oswald—Montevideo SAILING TUESDAY. 8 Ventana—Bremen. TN e A Comaysgus—Puerto Cprisa. SAILING WEDNESDAY. Liberty Land—Naples. Presideni Harding—B, Homestead—Port Said. uitania—Southampton ew Brooklyn—Teneriffe. Dante alighieri—Napl bo_ Hatteras—Barcelor Columbus—Bremen . Venezuela—Puarto Colombi Caracae—San Juan. Santa Marta—Crist Hait—st. Thomas alter A. Lucken ort 8t. Geo; rre—] | daughter, she said | not only L 1o build | Hospital, | The Engineer NGHVIDOW SLAN, WOMAN, 3, LD Former Beaten With Ham- mer, Latter Found In ~ Swoon Beside Her. By the Amsociated Prese. BAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 26.—Mystery today surrounded the life of Mrs. Ada McCobb, 69, wealthy widow found dying in her room, with Mrs. Mabel Longworth Sheridan, 30, in a swoon beside her. Mrs. McCobb's head had been crushed with a ham- mer and $10,000 worth of her jewels were missing. In a trunk nearby jew- els valued at $30,000 remained touched. Mrs. Sheridan was arrested and has refused to talk. Jier mother, Mrs. W. M. Longworth, operator of the room ing house in which Mrs. McCobb stayed, sald Mra. Sheridan took lunch upstairs to Mrs. McCobb vesterday. A short time later she heard scream- ing and, accompanied by a mald, rushed upstairs and found Mrs. Mc Cobb's door barred. Running sround & porch and tearing off a screen, she entered a window. Mrs. Longwortt told the police that hoth women were on the floor, and Mrs. McC'obb's hands were around her daughter's neck. The was in a swoon Letters found among Mrs. McCobb's effects hore name of Thomas Churchill of San Francisco. A mes sage from Mrs. Churchill said Mrs McCobb was a friend of her family and her husband had heen dead man; years. Mr. McCobb had been a New York financfer. The dead woman had spent Winters in San Antonlo for ma years. She always wore many jeweis She frequently spoke of tours of Eu- rope and referred to members of the nobility, with whom she xaid she was acquainted. She is known to ha had extensive interests in Mexico City, where she frequently visited Mrs. McCobb had no relatives here and officers have been unable to find any one in whom the woman confided un- the 1$5,000,000 INVESTED IN SHRINE HOSPITALS Almas Temple Potentate Reports on Building and Operating Insti- tutions for Crippled Children. Five miilion dollars has heen inves ed in buil of Ch Canad by and operating the chair Cripplec iners n Hospi for in the 1 ling Lansburgh tentate of Almas hospital sessments upe million member ave given treatment dren whose pay surgeons’ fees and since the movement by the Imperial Co Verftable mirac pedic surgery have been accomplished in numerous cases, and bovs and girls who have been thought condemned to be hopeless cripples for life have been enabled to self-sup re. The Hospitals for attracted the the surgical profession oughout North America, rope. hosp es bein ris received Henr of the Mystic Iy skilled Shrine surg pare Crippled attention but These able, no f clircumsta supported by t mands upon the re wholly ¢ epted undes are buil hrine without eral pu ' ictions 4s'to race or rel ren or their parents, jations enter arit- ans and de units w . Louis. the t ul total of neisco, Pc 5 in cities of Minneapolis- Springfield, M Montreal Shreveport ; _Spokane. Winnipeg lu. Hospitale now at Philadelphia and Chicago will add more than beds to the total. The Shrine expects aind operate additional hospi- tals as funds permit DR. HOWARD RESCUED. Mmerican Dostor Held by Chinese Bandits Is Freed. PEKING Harvey September 2§ (P).—Dr. Howard of the Rockefeller Peking, kidnaped by bandits has been rescued. in July, Caillaux to Be Guest, Finance Minister Caillaux, heading the French debt commission, will be the guest of the Overseas Writers at luncheon, the Hamilton Hotel, at 1 o'clock tomorrow RAC $2.000: the Har- Handicap: - . FIRST 136 furlongs; $1.300 H. Garth entry. $Rockover Little Wracklette Bar Light Also eligibie: *Recky Siin Billy Man H #Pas Girl IBrush By. Superfine THIRD RACE—Six turlon claiming: 3-year-olds and up Mabel K. ,.. Lanoil Mumbeo Jambo’ | M z allivant. . The Peruvian. FOURTH RACE—Six furlonge: the Bayview purse: 2-year-olde. 106 Rock Se Bioma o S Beneficient. Cupid's Nurse ¥Abprentice allowance claimed. FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1400: the Middie- barg purse, S-year-olds and up: 1 mile and 70 yaru chelor's Last. .o Patecatnt 140t 108 Bl Bare Revoke . 100 s RACE—Purse. $1.300: claiming: 3« vearotts mad ups 1 mile nnd 70" vard *Levoy ....... 104 Kiffuehanda 11 100 Wild Heather . 108 SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.300: Ing e Fotareolds S up: 1AL e *Tra . 108 *French Lady... it 11 108 Betle of Bovee. Bramion 118 Demiiomn Poor Sport 'T';‘: C’I:.)‘/‘dkm ‘der. ST Nowe Tady T Rue. 110 Ducks and Drakes B: ?Al!’flr . tFI'W):""l:.l" *Roller *Apprenties on. Weather clear: track. fast. 99 Ove e 108 ~e 103 RSE] clainy k4 i