Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1925, Page 5

THE ING STAR, WASHINGT( BOARD DEFENDS U.S.COTTONREPORT Department of Agriculture, Answering Critics. Refuses to Change its Figures. Crit Septen report issucd tment of d e or- that behind responsi Agricu frequer them. T . upon whic rlier reports inua the tten fre rents that in reports ssions ¢ » the b thousands « e percent inned rmed sources. rop picwed and fully othe: the Corrected. its U man, vield than ex t the re- Some St the i the 1 vari pessi eports re: possible Methods. which ve at belt the rt, while mike sections of eem to be rd Familiar With n the board board is thor method ESTATE LISTING $80,000 DISPOSED OF BY WILL with th the crop. Two Churck Each to Receive $1,000 by Julia Cottle. Deceased Bequeathed 0,000 is which letters t surt Church £1,000 il Church 5 lay ording to the | Sherley, National nsists | rneys the ator, cc in nk, { amour to $15,000 Katherine 1 Wills, Bac For intestina! di Ask prders ir phiysician about i Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE ANTITOXIN INSTIT 1515 U St. NW, NOTICE TC SUBSCRIBERS To avoid omission in receive ing The Star when changing address give at least two days’ advance notice. Always give old address as well as the new address. er Peeress - Typist | Appears in London I And Making Good By t Titled red in the ranks Affairs, and, good is Howard, sister | who recently entered th | a well known firm i nd & to. a | Lady Con of Lord Carlisle rvice of nd that the task much less arduous than the training she underwent to make | herself an expert at shorthand and | typewriting. The Howards have considered an interest conventional family weial circl It w lind, Countess of temperance vie had all slic contents of the cellars Castle Howard poured into the drains. lways heen ng and un. in English the famous lisle, who. WACNILLAN'S SHP | HALTS FOR REPAIRS - | Bowdoin, Carrying Com-, mander’s Flag, Shows Ef- ! fects of Stormy Voyage. ; The Millan day at where after week, mail fl f the Mac-| spent Sun Labrador overhaulin of the past ved the f from home Bowdoin, Aretic_expedition, Hopedale Harbor, it underwent an s stormy vo: and the men re the have had than two months Comdr. MacMillan rad; tional aphic cie pects both the Bowdoin ind the Peary will put in at Wiscasset, Me., October | Rips will stop for supplies Nova Sc , € ecting to! about Oct ther Cl in ed Na that he ex- ar and Cold. . 1d weather at the best we have had says a radio messa the Bowdoin, sent vesterday “Our deck load of & ferred quickly to whole ship is undergot uling after our dthaab, Hope in a from | inz dale is month and the thorough voy Greenland, L 1d tidal observe: mfield home nos tinue their natur: h of here to con 1 history and mag nd photogaaphy )-mile trip bac onight in an open power boat. Koelz’ collection of speci mens, which e won the admira tion of the Danish scientists we met in Greenland, threaten to overflow both ships. Gaver has obtained some remarkable color photographs despite tdverse conditions will make the the Bowdoin Work of Observer Rigg. has done much original work 1t all ports of call. Reinarts reports radio conditions much better, both ships should be in constant to the stations of the Am tadio Relay League, whose eagi efficient co-oper much to us all. GRILL VAN .SWERiNGENf ON TERMINAL PROFITS the principal { ate ‘merger witness before the | I_mm'\r- » Commission to. day to ss-examination by counsel for dissenting Chesapeake and Ohio minority stockholde The witness denied that he associates had ever had any i ade by cont and terminal proj i Van Sweringen hold. | ind realty and railroad | ies were intr | 0. P. ator of plan, was - his | erest | the MRS. C. W. PLUMMER DIES | Had Been R’eside'x{tvof ‘Washington for Several Years. Mrs. Charles Warner Plumumer, widow of Charles Warner Plummer of | New Bedford. Mass., died at the Graf- | ton Hotel yesterday. She had been a | resident of this city since the death of | husband several years ago. i he body was taken to New Bed- | today, where fune services | will be conducted tomorrow. She is survived by a nephew, He e Lee Washington, consul general at Liverpool, England, and a Lrother. | indaw, Henry M. Plummer of New | 1ford. i 1929 16th StN.W. Two rooms, kitchen, bath and porch — first floor. Rent, $60 Two rooms, kitchen and bath—second floor front— $67.50 C. W. Simpson Co. 734 15th St. N.W. Franklin 5700 —a) a Thi: SLIP COVERS pri 627 F St. N.W. UPHOLSTER FURNITURE suite. upholstering piece living room is oni MADE TO ORDER | .ty MERICAN UPHOLSTERY CO. Phone. Write Call—Man Bring nd s new ve the price of living room Our charges for A three- uite s charge is for labor only. Tapestries and Velours 3eautiful selection to choose from; You at extraordinary low ces. wiii Phone Main 8139 Samples | !down to the chief of the a | adjutant { would | many WEAVER IS NAMED GNLAW PROBE BODY Realtor Is Picked by Hoover in Investigation of Mechanics’ Liens. John L. Weaver, past president of the tion of Real appointed by s 1 e t and ational Associa e Boards, has been ary of Commerce Hoover as the representative of the associ A special commit tee to investigate mechanics” 1ien laws. he committee act as an ad v body to the Department of Commerce in the drafting f a standard State mechanics lien act. The depart ment points out there is much con- fusion and ex- pense the differen, in laws in various parts loc will vise me of the “In secret Weaver country. framink the vy Hoover siat he e in having thorough i 1s is be ith the new act ¥ Hoover urges that if the act is to receive wide support there must be no question that it was framed im- partially and that it will do justice to all parties. The natior the committee 'he Nati lation," to Mr new lej letter is the benefits of ition of the in c ard include the followin Association of Real F the of Commissioners Laws, the American Institute of tects, the American cil, the idings of the Uniform State chi oun- rtment »{ Labor, 1 General Cont e National Association of nd the National Association |FLYERS AT INQUIRY BACK PATRICK IDEA OF ONE AIR SERVICE (Continued from First Page.) tol, first pursuit =ro imander )rps area to the adjutant 1p requested te the ymmander adjutant gen general sent service, vho could either recommend or disap: ve the project. It then was rned to the adjutant general, who it 10 G-3 of the general staff, from where it went to the chief of s nd then back to the al, who transferred it ea commander. From commander the first its authority to the e corps uit make the | was requ Anothe: given 1 ¥ nd the time War Depa for fund and the available. No Personalities in System. “Personalities do not _enter this, however,” declared Maj “It is the intricate system ar Department Air ice was allowed to handle a handful of his own planes this would eliminate these circuitous channels.” In answer to a specific question from Representative Carl Vinson fo n elaboration of the “slowness of ction,” Maj. Kilner said “If ice jam occurred out in the Middle West speed probably save a village. The civilians out there would wire the chief of air dispatch a homber and brea But he can’t do anything about it. ave to take it up with eneral staff and probably the key man would be v the time authority was g t have he nd 2 Another handi in the which Maj. Kilner said was a cause for much dissatisfaction concerned t officers of junior rank. second lieutenant,” Maj. Kilner — — _—— = OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS Now Located in Our Own Bldz. S22 14th St. Onposite Franklin Park AFLIN Est. 1889 example of delays Maj. Kilner. SIX days e request was m rument by the . to finance the w time they were was psed le of into of the the ice He “A said, 0, Healy’s Drug Store 1907 Nichols Ave. Anacostia Is a Star Branch If you live in the neighborhood of Healy’s Drug Store in Anacostia, please feel perfectly free to leave your Classified Ads for The-Star there. They will be efficiently taken care of—and pear in the first available edition. There are no fees for Branch Office serv- ice—only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined. Results justify the preference. “Around the Corner” is a Star _Branch Office tion on | | fer involved by | an obvious | I groups represented on National Conference make the | ¢ re- | = weeks after it | who said one | between | made | Kilner. | f the chief of | would | ervice to | the | e flood would | service % {Blind Negro With Knife Wins Grim Duel,| Killing Assailant After Being Attacked The remarkable s of how a|forced to use his knife to save his own blind negro, alleg have heen at- | life, ed by a drunken man of his own | armed with a_stick, fought enzied duel with his assailant be hind Nature's blanket of darkness |that and emerged a victor was unfolded to | W a_coroner’s jury at the morgue this | afternoon over the knife-gashed body of the loser. The defendant, Shavus year-old resident of was held for the grand vivid account of the str had been given the jur the wife | | of the dead man, Mrs. Walter Carter, | | and another witness, Charles Robin | The authc man_handicapped by total <hould have wielded a knife with telling effect. Carter died from stab wounds In the abdomen. While Brown did not take the stand | in_his own behalf, the w roborated the prisoner’s orig to the police. to the effect that he was testified that 1d been drinking and was remonstrat with his wife over her demands he come into his home at 1230 i court when the blind man ap- peared and was “drafted” to aid the wife in her efforts. Carter, it was asserted, then went into the house and got a large stick with which he hit the blind man over returned to the was informed, it with an axe. He did however, it was testified. d he was represented as hav- | ing propped it against the house and en into a clinch with the sight- | less colored man, who whipped out his knife an d it with fatal ef- fect The story of the of the weirde: ner's jur loth witne 30. urt., jury after a | nge battle the jury rim duel was one - heard by the coro- ned as its members nge happenings. MARSHAL resigned as | Who much unpleasantness. | ~quipment is all right. | enough of it. The | is like a new men fly it the this They canses fecl the but there is not new training plane shoe—the more th more they like nd in two or three | months we will have worked out all | the bugs. and I'm sure it will be the | best in the world. Maj. Royce gave the board details | of training at the primary school. He said the type of men applying for ol Army aviation is not as good as| it could be. Physical qualifications | are paramount in learning to fly, the | ajor said, and, by way of illustrat- the particular qualifications re- quired. he said tha s than 80 out of | 400 were able to pass the physical ex- | ood O0I¥ | amination for f The ; g | Using Old Establishment. | “We are trying to do a 1925 job with | L is turn it over 10, 1417 establishment. Officers and | irmen re not getting any-| cadets must live in barracks that are | e now, and if we are to get any in terrific shape. A flying student | where, the flving men have got 10|must be surrounded with the best be in control.” i «conditions.” Advocates Unified F Asked by Senator Bingham 5 had reported officially on this condi . Hor e aes. | Uon. Maj. Royce said he had, but had officer to a o ses. | U : ! 3 ® ° | received “no unswer. sion of the board's hearing, advocated | “(per officers called before the com- | | emphatically the creation of an inde-| ({0 Sy o Testify and who per eI oty e haps will appear at the afternoon A session are: Lieut. Col. Benjamin D. we have somebod defense of the country ut. Col. J. A. Paegelow, ‘he present contention Is t E Maj. B. Q. Burwell, force is to protect the Army Navy. Only by an independent ice can we defend the country. is no provision for preventing it from | air a . and there are no facilities | for co-ordinating both. Maj. Hickham's views on the air| force were in contrast with the opin- | i N | T i e aa ronce. | unhampered in giving testimony. Re “!ports that departmental authorities | Do previnpslyenig sk wd | Uere not giving a free rein to Army ! e A {and Navy officers to express their D i views befors the board are understood Whom are kraduates of West P to have prompted the lefters. have been flying for many vears, this experience, coupled with several | vears in executive positions, is regard ed as of much value in support of thelr testimony. | Maj. Kilner did not adopt the view point of many Alr Service officers who are close followers of Col. Mitchell with respect to the We make | ntentions, he declared, “that we “does not hold much weight in a con nce with brigadier general aj. Kilner outlined to the c mittee in a pr d statement, difference betwe air force n said, there would be observat anes schooled to operate with th for spotting and with the; ound forces, and the air officy {this unit would live with branches. howeve mly other 75 being bombardment and which would operate applied independentl: the fleet and troop: : situation 1 by airmen,” Maj. Kilner added hest means of developing and apply- in defense vf the coun- LYAUTEY POSTIN could tion with and of unders FI French 28.—Marshal L eral of French Mo GIBRALTAR it he| = Reports from Cel the Spanish victof was most complet in casualties was mates place the at 1,500 Apparently the to die rather tha of them, according die, meeting the paniards rifle butts. consequently nywhere yntil d with the wred. | the | | Maj. John H. John A. Austin At the opening of the session today, Chairman Morrow read letters from ecretary Wilbur and Acting Sec- retary of War Davis refterating that | Army and Navy witnesses would be i The were Ho - m Peace-Loving. From the Stillson Zenith “What's the shape of the earth?”) asked the teacher. calling suddenly upon Willie. “Round."” How do you know it's round?” “All vight,” said Willie, “it's square, | t need a fleet. If our fleet were | then. I don’t want to start any argu eliminated a transoceanic enemy could | ment about it.’ | establish land air bases. But if our| = { fleet conquered an opposing fleet no - e - Youilquickiytrade for Studebaker day I know of that could carry bombs Pouser Durability-Finish | appeared? general today. French Governor Gives Up Office—Spanish Capture Sector. By the Associated Press. Morocco, Stff fighting between the s Moroccan forces recently, dec killed with hanc Are they getting shabby looking? Then you need new ones. them 1o measure at factory prices. Call us up for estimate-. (MEN GF RANK HELD 10 BACK RUM PLOT ' British Aristocracy Implicat- ed in Scheme Involving Mme. Casares’ Ship. | | LONDON. sSeptember of the British aristocra nd known financiers of both England and he Western Hemisphere wer »f the scheme to deliver whisky America’s “rum row,” from oria de ( res’ much | ship. the Serrett, ated in Member in advertised neral it 2 qu r w the fac Casares, divorced Argentinian and formerly British film actr has announced that she merely leased her ship to others and had nothing to do with the cargo the rum-running scheme, which came to naught recently when a_controversy arose over the payment of the crew Although quently had “rum runn LYAUTE French governor the General been it RESIGNS Serrett fre. eferred to stated the vessel never actually made a trip| | with whisky and that this was to | have been her first. Plans of the Ba planned Halifax e the 12 2 t upon runner, which would chances on_deliv ods in the United that she 5 and unload he | mile limit off the | some real rum | pay cash and ts for General Some of the men involved figure | in the British “Who's Who" the social register and clusive circles The whisky now is being hond here, and Mme. tiating for the sa with which she trouble. nish ang sl Troubles Accumulate. pver the Riff On Saturday . but that the co supply gave out and she ran up the heavy. Some esti. ‘water flag.” Then the firemen sent and wounded 18 ation to the wages which they claimed were due. arly this morning unknown persons proke into the ship ores. The wire- | le pparatus also w the | it is reported that something is the and | matter with the hoilers. Mme. de alties | ¢ sares hopes to go to N York and in September itey, gove rocco, has resizned. held Casares is ne- e of the ship having” further is the Riffians n give w: to the report bayonets of grenades Moorish ¢ heavy. w Are Those preferred Most did Window Shades Your Home? Have holes We'll make s the ocean, deliver the missiles | urn, and there is no plane (h}l(} There’s But Little Time could come over to bomb regardless of —to get households in whether it got back.” | Low Rank in High Office. order for Winter. Noth- ing else is so important Maj. Kilner was followed on the! as properly functioning stand by Maj. Rovce, who like Maj Kilner been flying a number of PLUMBING, so let us overhaul yours now. flown many types of TRepair, and replacements He declared specificall acute dissatisfaction in the Air § at the lowest prices con- 2 sistent with best wofk and was due to the fact that offic { holding down position: higher grades. *They feel.” he said. ‘that they don't get the proper con- sideration with the higher ranking officers. There are men in high command. its, who are holding down po- intended for captains and When they must deal with other branches of the service, invari- ably they are inferior in rank, and service Most Desirable ‘Qflfices Z ET Strietly Modern Building Bright Ofces—facing park i MADDUX, MARSHALL, MOSS & MALLORY, INC. 1108 16th St Main 8930 P L U M B 1 N G 10 Th Maurice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing--Tinning . Phot Mai : 621 F Street e fain ik g Uz 7 7 Tires-Guaranteed Street at /th--- R L0000 Miles e Hecht Co. 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