Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1925, Page 2

DISAPPOINTED FANS EXPRESSCROUCHES Contest Editor of The Star Deluged With Angry, Wist- ful, Appealing Letters. Tt was a veritahle avalanche of let-| tere that swept into The Star Building and onto the desk of the world series | ticket contest editor hefore the fate- ful nosn hour. the deadline for entry in the “howl” competition, became | history today ! Justice Brandei Daughter Speaks In Supreme Court The daughter of a justice of the Supreme Court appeared in that tribunal vesterday as counsel in the oral argument of a case. She was Miss Susan Brandeis, daughter of Justice Louls D. Brandeis, and appeared of coun- sel for Joseph P. Margolin, a New York lawyer. convicted of violating the statute prohibiting acceptance of a fee larger than $3 for the preparation and presentation of an afidavit to the Vetarans' Rureau. She was dressed In brown, ap- peared at the bar without a hat and confined herself (o a state- ment of the facts in the case. As s6on as she arose 1o apeak her father withdrew from the bench. The letters came by apecial delivery, rezistered mail. messenger and in the | hands of the writers themselves. Some were accompanied with threats, some | had ill-concealad bribes and & number | resorted to vampish methods in the | hope of influencing the apathetic edi- | tors in his decision H There were scented letters. the frag- | rance of which for the moment aimost | overpowered them with thoughts of | vomance. There were letters whose | feminine a perked themselvs up in thir most attractive costumes | and hrought their handiwork to The | Star in person. There was even one | voung lady who offered to sit close | heside the contest editor if he would | award her a ticket Varisthes of Howls. of endlese va- others | verse. There rieties, in Al ware howls mant in serlous vein. claverly worded prose or showed that a seat to the big | is one of the most valuable, the most covetcd commodities in the | National Capital today | It snon hecame apparent that the | editors of thiz paper got themsslves | linad up for an almost superhuman task when they decided fo zive away tickets to seat 17, row 2. section .| pper grandstand. to the disappoint- | ad fan whn wrote the witties: letiar | on the subiect “Why I Should Have Gatten a World Series Ticket. The worst part of it is that they have got to pick the lucky writers | in time fo announce their nantes in | tomorrow’s Star. Consider some of | the following epiatles. and then weep | for perplexen edttors | Used Un I smen: 1 hase hall game since withonut it costir eries pire’s Pass, have artended every | 14 that I eould | e anvthing. and | that has been quite a few. as 1 ance | had fend at knew one of the umpires and through my friend conld | nze the nmpire’s T have lost | track of my friend cet my hase | hall from rthe spori enlimne of tha | daily “Gen ey = mueh as any one | when the team In<ec and fake |1 as| a matter of e when thev win as ton much praise mizht swell theix i heads and he had for the team. “T did not try o raserve anv tick. | for 1 Aid not helieve that Wash. ngton would win the pennant. and have heen willinz all season tn bat A toothpick to 0 that they wouldn't repeat. and 1 don't see how thev did T am <till giving the same ndds that Pittshu will win the 17 Washingtor © 1 am znine ont to the Old Roldiers” Home and ovean a team a into professinnal bhase ball ek st werios Should Have Had Choice. “Tt <eems tn me that has supported ths team have should he given spacial consid 3 isn. and Clark Grifith should have ke a black of tlckets nndl he found aut Faw many 1 wanted and then =ell the reet “1 don’t sea why The Star doésn't zive All thrae ticksts ta nne persan ae 1 wonld like tn ses a1l the zames | free. Anvway, | zusss the eear will| he hehind et comathinz elss will_he ~ith 1t “Pleacq me tieket Anv or trva aheart af time. a< [ am nat work ine ant plenty af time tn ~at off anyv ‘ “Reepactfnlly W, H. STMMO “3917 Fighth Kirest ane wha the way 1 Teend A Tt “Dear ir: Now, wanldn’t vau think Mt had nanded vou s lamon If wera an ald maid and dnomad ta - in solitary hlies and then Yop that ta he deprived of the ane ple ure that would make life hesrahle 2 ceat ar one of the warld sories zamee> And hoth of these o have come from the hand o wouldn 't it sour von® “The Old Maid's Lement (Miss) M. K. CARPF 3021 0 Sirsst.” Summer in Aretie. “Dear Mr. Editor “I have heen spandinz my Snmmer vacation with the MaeMillan Aretie | expadition. Probably von have read name. Ryrd. signed o radio mes., sages svery day last pring. It vou will eall up the Navs Department. they will tell vou that Comdr. Byrd is in charge of the N section of the expedition. We wers 1,000 miles north of Fiah sailing north when I read in the papers that Wash- | ington had won the Natinnal Leazns championship. and T immediatcly ra. ned and took passage on another steamer siraight hack home o seé the world seriek. When I made applica- | tion for tickets 1 wag left out in the old. which made me sick. Hoping rou will hear this just and honest plea. I remain. sincerely. | CURLEY RYRD. “University of Marytand.” ot Contest K lnext-vear' Toe Weher, 1347 i 1 | i Tiel I've hean a for 20.004 Irving eireet . for “wait n years Got Deal.” “Editor: 1 have hean getting a hum deal from the \Washingion team all season. For example. it cost me 75 cents 1o repair a tear in my trousers that 1 got climhing over the limber vard fence tn sée the openinz zame. TWhy don't they také the nails out of the fence? “Then I wanted 10 find out whe was playing on the team this vear, and gof | eharzed a nickal for a program, which fe ton much. éven if it wae a Canadian Aime I save the hov. The ather game I saw was on Fridax. when | used my hrother's Scout uniform, and a smart | nsher wouldn't let me sit In a hox | eont T waited m a ple of dave after| TWashinzton cinchéd the pennant to write for reservations. hecauss || thought Philly would win: I didn't | want 10 g0 to the dern seriss—1 jnst wamed a few hox séais tn show my triends. who have heen going to every game and who only got l||nthrl| ceate. Then I was zning to <ell them at a fancy price. And. can vou fmagine: That zuy Evnon didn't even gend me regrete! ‘Yo Matt Fenton. 118 Massachu- setts avanue.” His Advice Goaod. “Dear sir: It The Evening Star really wants to see our team take | ment | day {were award where a real fan is appreciated. | sa S. D. HOWELLS DIES, INU. S. POST 30 YEARS Brother of Author, Aged 85 Years, Retired as G. P. 0. Worker in 1919—Served in War. Samuel Dean Howells vears old, brother of the late William Deéan Howells, author, of New York, dled At his residence, 338 B street north- east, vesterday, Mr. Howells was a retived pro reader and watchman of the Govern Printing Office, where he was employed more than 30 years was retired in 1919, He was a eran of the Union Army. a member of the Phil Sheridan Post and prominent in Masoni here. He was a member of Stanshury Lodge, No. 24, F. A, A, M., and was a past patron of Ituth Chapter. O, R He is survived hy two daughters, Mrs, ence F. Schavey and-Mrs Ithel r I services will he conducted sidence tomorrow afterncon 1 oclock. Interment will he in Arlington Cemetes PARADE OF CHILDREN CLOSES CARNIVAL | Columbia Heights Festival Presents Gala Event. Postponed From Friday. Children zarhed In sala held the spotlight last night in the conclnding program of the Fall sireat carnival stag by the Coinm! Heights Busin Men'e Associntion Fonrieenth street from Columbia 1o Monroe street The program for the vounzsters which had heen postponed from Fri hy rain. last night drew children in great throngs from all paris of the city “The celebration ahout & oclock by the United States wise Sohotka costumes on 1o opened at led by Mise car of was a parade Army Band queen of the val, was followed hy her court Lonor in decoratad automobiles. A lonz eolumn of children. dressed as clowns. Indiang. old men and women devils. flowers and chickens, fol- lowed. After the children had paradad hrough the carnival area twice while 1he jndzes were <electing the win nerw. ihere was a concerted rush on the judzes’ stand. where the 23 prizes d. John C. Mulford was chairman of the prize committee. Winners of the contasts were: Most heantiful costume—Kirst prize, Vara Bovello, 3330 Gaorgia avenue second pr Marion Leary. 822 D street sou and third prize Ruth Kreiter, hirty-third place Most original costume First prize Philip and Virginia May Firmin, 1438 Harvard strest: sacond prize. Roydie Barms. 2020 Thirteenth streat. and Rovello, 3330 Georgia avenus Lorraine MceKay, 782 Morton 1. third prize. Most comical co Helen Brizas. 1311 Spri ond_prize. Benny Mv voad. and third prize. 2300 Thirtesnth street Firat road: 1633 Park Vieann, ime. re. Parsy Six Murder Cases cused of Dry Violations. Special Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND. Va.. More than 0 indictments were asked by the State in the corporation court for Richmond vesterday when tribunal got down to work for the first day of the session. .Judge Wil- liam A. Monenre presided at the apen. ing of the term. and Judge H. B. Gregory of Ttoanoke is to coms here Wednesaday Richardson. who is still inc There are wix murders. sev of manslaughter. hurglaries. rohh and ahant 100 easges of liquor law vie- latians. The court is axpected to he in session the éntire month. the game? All thie and more. taa, for T always start the clapping and the baoing that rattlés the opposing hatter and makes him punch the air. It was meé that influenced Bucky to n John&on in that last game last and we hrought home the hacon. ! don't aftar =eries, ‘1 told cardhoard and cinch the title, hody pulled a bone when the: inoked my request for ticketa vear. “CHARLES A PHILLI 1348 leffersan street.’ Will Bring Luck. “Dear Editor: 1 wroté e ets for the world series and all 1 got was a card of regréts. Don't you think have me say the Some- over. S, the following entitles me to tickets? | "I only attended four games of last world series and W ington won every one. I have seen ~d hy Washington this they cinim 1 hring the hest of luck to tha team. My house numbers will prove that. Finally. et rid of. and haven't any othér way to dispose of it 711 Seventh st “(Three naturals.) PINDELL, et northeast. Might Teave Town. J. R. Glisson of 707 Fifth atreet writes that “tha téam never had a thance t6 win anything until 1 moved 1o town 1wo vears age and commenced to pull for them." adding. “oh, well, T rafn move tn Philadelphia next year Baumann, Md., oseph H. Bowie, \wrapped and addressed. and stuck thém in my pocket, inténding to mail them at the poft officé the next morn- That into He | vet- | prize. | ser- Up—100 Ac-| that | and to préeside for Judge | u s0.” but send me the | this ! Iy for tick- | games play- | season and | won 20 and tied 1. Therefore. I | 1 have a straw hat to! “1 had rain checks all neatly | THE EVENING LABORATORY HEAD TAKEN N RY RAD Chemical Firm Used Alcohol for Beverage Making, Agents Charge. An investigation covering several weeks, conducted by Maj. A. Hart, i general revenue agent. assisted by| Agenta J. H. Malseed, Leroy Cook and R. E. Grissett, resulted in the arrest of | Marcus E. Williams, vice president {of the Alexandria Laboratory Co. Inc., 715 North St. Asaph street, Alex- {andria, Va., vesterday afternoon, and | selzure early this morning of an alleged redistilling plant on the prem- ises of the president of the company, Hampton, 1002 Quebec place, this elty. Detectives Casey and Billman of the third police precinet ll‘f‘nmplnl‘d‘ the revenue agenta At the time of Willlams® arrest in thia city, when an automobile and 50 gallons of alcohol were selzed. Following Williams' ar { rest, the agents seized the company’s plant in Alexandria and took posses sion of 400 gallons of alcohol. Bond for Willlams' appearance was fixed at $10,000. after he had bhéen ques tioned by Maj. A. H. Green. assistant | to Prohibition Director Andrews. and | Attorney McGovern, counsel for the prohibition unit. Had Permit for Aleohol. 1t ix said by revenue agents that the Alexandria firm had a permit to ohtain approximately 900 gallon& of | denatured alcohol a month 10 he used |'in the preparation of toflet a It 1= alleged that large quantiti the fuld were hrought fo s for vedistilling in order that it might be sold for beverage purposes. denatured product wax received by mpany from Baltimore. Hart said Williams, who was married only « month ago. said had heen double-c wed in hig ¢ imgs with the alcohol, and promised to make a full statement that would implicate higher-ups. alleged that Williams was fol- 1o the Alexandria plant vester- | day by the revenue agents and was | aeen fo leave with alcohol that had been taken from a drum Followed to Capital. was followed until he reached | hefore heing placed under avrest. Automohile and alcohol were taken in charze by the ravenue szents. while the 400 gallons of alen hol seized in Alexzndria was turnad | over to the United States marshal in Alexandrin, having heen seized on a warrant issved by ('nited Staies Com- He this eity { ana | tact missioner Phillips Warrants have been fssued f erai other persons. ft ix stated. in i cluding persons in New York alleged | 10 be implicated. Charges of illegal | | possesaton. transporting and conspir- | iacy to violate the drw law were pre. | | Potred against Wildams. It s | | planned to have the prisoner make | further statement to Maj. Green he. fore beinz arraigned before nited | States Commissioner Needham €. Turnage- this afternoon. ey |DIFFERENCE IN DEBT . FIGURES TAKEN UP | IN CZECH PARLEY i f (Continued from First Page) inarmuch as no for- ! {all others hérs, mal apéning statements from #ach | were made public after the first ses. | sion. Whether such remarks were | made ioday was not divulged. but it was nndersiood the opening statement had embodied the grestings of the| two commissions In An informal man- ner. Neparis reaching tha Treasury to. dav that the Tralians have again post- ponad tha sailing date of their debt | commiselon nntil October 20 caused | no perturbation. Officiale reiterated | that they had aseurance from the Halian Embassy that the commission from .Rome surely would be here this monih and therafore there was no ! canse 10 fear that Italy had changed I her mind following the virtual collaps of the neo-Ameriean negotiations | last week. The next debtor from Europe in i prospect here In Waghington is Ru- | mania. according to latest advices. It L has not heen determined just wheén the | Rumanian commission will bé here. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York 7 ? ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Alhert Ballin. JHambure. & American® Merchant . Tondon. rt St. George. .. . - Hamilton Carinthia . iverpool. 8 Adriatic Liverposl. Minnewaska London, Andania . 1thAmpton. Cristohal Cristobal, VAIparaisg. La_ Guayra, e Rington, DUE TODAY. . Montavide, Barcelona. : -Danzig. | ®outhampton. & -Gothenburg. | Hambu Sapt. 2. o Havana Okt ] Kingston. 8apt. ; WEDNESDAY. ... Pirasus, Sapt. .. %an Juan’ Ot i Santa Ter Carabobo Yoro Crintina’ Edison . | Porto Ricn H Olay Masaro Berlin Munamar Fort Victorie voie. Bermuda, Oct Havre. 8apt. 3 DUE FRIDAY Southamnton, Oct Rotterdam. 8 | OUTGOING STEAMERS, SATLED YESTERDAY. i ’;lnl";,lll‘.olfl"l.l‘al‘ A a8t Sond i saike Bremen—Rremen 5 rasident Wilkon—Nanies : | Stavangartjord—Berzen Pt SATL) WEDNESDAY Southampton Pittehurgh—Antwérn | Truiitio—san e ¢ivas—Cristobal Lid | Harry_ Lucksnba ristobai.. " | Fort” &1 Georga—Rermmida. 5 pe—Monté Chriati SAILING THURS srican Merchant—ILondon. . ‘eatnhalia—Hamburk j Eatuna—Capt Tawn, 3 ty o Mélhourne—Port Said. .. gnim...fln LR retania dam TODAY."" 333 3 Xz 2k k2 2533 2333333 e T i bl orto Rico—t Bhequi 333333 reze i alh—PirasuA inArko—Nantau %lymplc———snulhnmnl Minnésotan—Cristohal { time and again 1aw once and for all. ~ STAR. WASHINGTON, Missing $1,000,000 in Wrapped in Newspaper Thrown in Vault By the Ascociated Pross. ROCKMART, GA., October 6.—After search extending from Georgia to the financial centera of New York, ap- proximately $1,000.000 in stocks and bonds belonging to the eatate of | Thomas J. Flournoy has been found | wrapped in an old newspaper and | chucked away in the cement vault of the Southern States Portland (‘ement Co.. of which he was president. Mr. Flournoy came to Rockmart ahout vears ago from Kentucky. He died here September The Fidelity and Columbia Trust Co. of Louisville. in administering the estate, found that he was worth about 000 in securities, although only half of this amount could he I Efforts to locate the remainder of the fortune led to a close scrutiny of | he also was president D. C., TUESDAY, Securities Found the firaproof vault at thé plant here, used by the company in safeguarding o and valuable papérs, i Examination of a package wrapped | in a newspaper ievealsd the much- sought treasure. Mr. Flournoy. who was more or less A recluse, died at the age of 66, He was unmarried and his estate will he divided among nieces and nsphews living h and in Kentucky. Just why Mr. Flournoy left the valuable package loose in the cement plant's vault nstead of in fhe vaults of the Farmers and Merchants' Natfonal Bank of Rockmart, of which notknown. Mr. Flournoy had extensive interest At Paducah. Ky.. and his body wa carried to Princeton, Ky., his old home for Interment. MITCHELL CHARGES DENIED BY NAVAL AIRMAN IN PROBE‘ (Continued from Fi Page.) “all must be of one mind to insnre teamwork. A separaté promotion list would make further dissatisfaction in the Navy by giving preferred treat- ment to aviators, who already receive special consideration. It is undesir able to have a separate corps and un necessary to have promotion. Some | officers spaak of being naval aviators first and naval officers second, and this, 1 think, is disloyal to the mother service."” Lieut. Dillon. the next witness. told | the board that naval aviators are| laboring under what they helieve to be | prejudice due to conservalism And lnck of faith “by the old order.” The department, he said. has made recom mendations “to take away part of o uniform —-that s, our wings. We are proud ot our wings, They are the inaignia of the fraternity of the air. we worked hard to sarn them.” | of aviation ronservatism and even In some cases to ultra-conservatism. Time and proper education will cure this. But | it i8 not believed necessary to “‘wait and see” to the degree that is ap- parently desfred by the conservative group. On Account of sdme of th wild claimé made by the proponen there is undoubtedly a | more conservative attitude on the | part of some in the naval service, which tenas to indicate that theyv be. litile naval aviation. “I do not believe that this belittling attitude is intentional, but it never- theless exists to a minor degree. Some of this belittling attitude is due to Ignoran and some of it s dué to a lack of experience in the problems which are presented by the advent of a new fighting arm. 1 feel that this belittling attitude Is very unfortunate and has a detrimental effect on the progress of naval aviation. It is alxo A source of unrest. not only with the naval aviation, hut those of mors mature age It 1= a mat- t than of antagonism but nevertheless the feeling sxists that naval aviation is not properly He told Senator Bingham. in reply to a question on this subject. that the Rureau of Navigation had indorsed the aholition of the wings on the ground that they are “badges.” and It is not necessary to indicate an aviaior by this means. He also told the board of a reported movement in the department (o take away the fiving naval aviators, and. Lileu sald, “in view of the sualties are greater, we understand this,” our cannot Favors Separation. The witnesa indorsed (he separate air corps tdea provided naval aviators wonld he as *d of command of ear rie “We never will develop the maximum eMciency in naval aviation under the present management.” he declared. “We are no better off now as regards personnel. than we were four vears ago. In that time we gained only 12 officers. The Naval Alr Service should have its own au tonomous organization Changes to. ward this and should he made hy law instéad of departmental rezulation to | avoid this whols quastion coming up Right now we are wasting much time in preparing dope for different committees the air eraft prohlem It muxt he ssttled hy My recommen. | dation fo straighten out the present | disratisfaction would be to allow us ! to have our own budget. our own per- | control over operations, con. | ining and a separate pro motion lisi.” | Lieut. Comdr. Mitscher. who Isarned } to Ay in 1915 and has about 2,000 | hours in the air. declaired any s tem which would aseure permanent | duty and promotion in aviation, with | privilege to command carrlers, would have his hearty indorsement. Says Fxperience Is Vital. | Aviation s mo important. he de.| clared. that it must he a spécial duty | and cannot be handled by inexperi- | enced men. While admitting that | there is much diasatisfaction in naval | aviation. Comdr. Mitacher said he naver heard the question of promotion A% heing the canse. Lisut. Comdr. Davie irfdorsed the | views of his colleagues who had tee. | tified praviously on the cause and curs | for the present illa. Chairman Dwight | Morrow aaid today the hoard would | finish ita taking of tastimony of naval | aviators and officers tomorrow eve. | ning and would adfourn to enable | thres or four memhérx to attend the | races in Naw York the latter part of | this week. He said Admiral Moffett. | chief of naval aviatlon. probably would ba given An opportunity to tea- tify tomorrow. Challenges Subordinates. Capt. Yarnell. who as a nen-fiving officer has been in command of an air station for 15 months, challenged “any naval aviator who served un der me to cite apecific instances when he had been handicaped in his opera- tiona or the development of aviation has suffered through any act of mine. The witness declared that most of the units of naval aviation have bean in command of non-fiying ofMcers for the past seven vears and flights have been made to Panama, Cuba. and other long distances. The demand by naval aviators that carriers he com. manded by flving officers met with | hix approval. Capt. Yarnell sald, “if. the naval aviator is qualified in sen | Rees Branch Most Vital. J Visualizing that naval aviation will v =oon he the most important arm of the flest. Capt. Emory Scott Land. chief of the materials division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, told the hoard late vesterday afternoon that “T fu ther visualize that {n the near futur it will dominate other features in the | Nav: ultimately heing the majol branch, and will hecome ths fightin; 1ine of the Navy.. These jdeas are not visionary, a8 {8 evidenced by the re- markable deviopmnt of aviation dur. ing the paat faw year. Capt. Land, who endeavored to qual- ify as an airplane pilot, but war re. jacted on account of Age, succéeded in_ winning his obtervérs wings in 1922. He sald he concentrated hix efforts on getting young naval con-| structors qualified in 1922 and 1923, but last year the policy was changed 0 that naval constructors, who take the course at Pensacola, are not desig- nated as gaval aviators and-are not permitted to wear wings. Capt. Land is a member of the Construction Corpe. The witnéas indorsed the “Whiting pian” A8 presented to the hoard earlier in the day by Comdr. Kénneth Whit- Ing. This plan would give a naval officer permanent duty in aviation | continued. | om, | Vaiero . - Korean appreciated. Design Held Slow Work. “Tha department, being the reser voir of information from all the ap- | erating units. should he ahead of the fleet in ideas, but it is to be remem bered that it takes time to convert approved ideas Into production work. The war-time idea that there were Spring styles. Summer styles and Fall styles of airplanes no longe tal or, if it does obtain. ft is entively in P2 It requires from two to three years from the time a design Is con- cefved to the time that the produc job is in the operating units. “Aviation is in s infancy. but it ia a lusty infant and demands Atten- tion and nutrition. With regard to the development of material. criticisma have heen made and probably will continue to he mage with regard to the technical personnei in charge thereof. So far as personnel ed. my answer fo the above ticism ix 4 question. ‘Where are vout Roing to get technical personnel more capable of developing aviation ma- terial than vou have al the present time? The Navy trains ita officer per. sonnel at the Naval Academy. and gives Ita speclalistx post-graduate | work at the hest institutions in the United States. if not in the world. They sacure their practical sxperience in the same manner as Ix obtained in any other vocation. Transferring thi personnel 1o some other form of or- kAnlzation would not furnish any ad- ditional hrains to the personnel Most of the world's best designers of aircraft have been fiyers at one time or another during their live There are marked éxcep- it is a fairlv good rule to £0 by. Technical officers are nacessar: in design. assembly and repair. inspec tion and procurement. Their technical | Ability is undoubtedly eénhanced if added thereto is ability to Ay even| if for no othee purpose than for ob. Rervation purposes. “There should, ' therefore, he no bans put on them in any way. and if they réceive the same training from A fiving point of view as their fellow cers receive ther should be treat- ed in the same manner: on tions. but Urges Same Training. “To he apecific. If naval construe- torg are aseigned to naval aviation du- tise which involve Aiving, they should he given tha mame courses and be | qualifidd in the same manner am| thelr brothers in the line. They | should he eligible for assignment t6 | duty the same as other qualifiad off cers. the only reatriction being that of command afloat, and this restrie- tion should not apply to an alrplane unit. In other worde, they should ha amalgamated into the organization of which they are a part. and ability only should “determine their assign- ment to duty. If this is net done there {r little future for spacialistx (naval constructors) in aviation. They are divorced from their regular pro. feasfon And after a few years will not ha able to return. “My concluding comment with re- gard to personnel ia that I place loy- alty to the service and loyAlty to the cause above all other considerations. 1t ia my opinion that Iovaity it one of the greatest attributes in the world. Naval aviation demanda fair DAY And A square deal. “It the Navy Department will mest thess requirementa half way, no major changes are eamntial. if not. then some operation must he per: formed such as the establithment of & line corps, in order to produce the re- sulta desired by naval aviation and de- manded by the people of the Unitad States.” Other Witnesses. Other officers who testified at the afternoon &éasion wers Comdr. P. N. L. Rellinger of the hattle fieat. Lisut. F. P. Sherman of the naval air sta- fon at Pensacola. Fla.. and Lieut. C. C. Champion of the Bureau of Aere- nautics. Comdr. Bellinger oppored giving the Army control of the const defense, declaring it to be against the “‘principles of good judgment.” Comdr. Bellinger, /who plioted the ill.fated NC-1,0n the 1918 transatlantic flight, urged that naval aviation be recog: nized as the “combatant arm” of the Navy. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY FIRST colts and Obliqué after a probationary service, but not | until he could qualify to commandi carriere and tenders. In lieu of the ‘Whiting_plan.” Capt. Land favored | ight line” in the Navy. | Work Is Specialized. “No matter what the decision may be with regard t6 flving.” hé told the board, “1 believe a very large ma- jority. with anv real knhowledge of aviation, will admit that the tachnieal side of Aviation I8 very much a life- | time job of specialized work. 1 “One of the difficultiea in connec- i SECON ndor .. ourds THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.301 -old d up; 8 furiengh. R h Clean L 10 W ‘thI&! iee . argarey Sioe Buena Visth Glem Theisen i e : : Afjumeir. 103 m:;“‘fm ;L 10 FOURTH I\AC‘I:‘:PHM. $1.800: tha Poco- 1 mije. Miamette . OCTOBER 6. UNION MEN ASK | vestigation of public | H. Carter at Washington. | Sampson of tin 1925. OUSTING OF CARTER Three Resolutions Call for “"Removal or Probe of Public Printer. By the Assoc Three resolutiona were pres efore the annual convention of the | American Faderation of Lahor today calling either for the removal br in- Printer George William 8. the Pittsburgh Central Lahor Unlon declared Mr. Carter had heen guilty of action detrimental to the printing industry and urged that the executive councll take such atepa deemed necesmary to ald in his removal. The other resolutionk called upon President Coolidge to order an stigation. A resolution offered by Cloth, Hat. Cap and Millinery Workers' In ternational Union urged the Federa- fon to g0 on record as vehsmently opposed 1o attemptx to fostér the spirit th j of militarisam, whether it be through the citizen military training camps or any other means. Al resolutions were referred to { committeex without debage. Fritz Tarnow, representing the dele. gation of 15 German trade unionist which came to America recently for the purpose of investigating industrial conditions, addressed the and told of the struggle of trade unionism in Germany since the war. He received a warm, welcome, the delegates standing and cheering He said that theré now were 5000, 000 organized unioniata in Germany. that their financial condition was con stantly improving and that they were mostly loval to the German republic. “Only fools and political blockheads helieve that there will be a return to the old regime in Germany,” he sald, while the audience cheered.” The con: vention received Invitations to hold next vear's session et KNacramento, calif. Detroit, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Birmingham, Ala. Selection will not be made until the final day's session. The convention adjourned shortly before noon until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. WISCONSIN IS JOINED IN FIGHT FOR WATER Minnesota. Ohio and Pennsylvania Ask to Enter Suit Against Chicago and Illinois. New forces were injected vesterday into the fizht heing made hy Wis consin 1o prevent the further diver- sion of water from lLake Michigan at Chicago. Minnesota. Ohio and Pennsvivania joined in asking the Supreme Court to make them parties to the suit which Wisconsin had ught against the Chicago Sanitary District and the State of Nlinois. The motion was taken under advisement. Counkel for the Sanitary District and for Illinoia asked that thes be given six months to prépare an answer, but Chisf Justice TAaft indi- cated that no such timé would be allowed 1t i# tha intention of the four States 1o confend that only Congress has authority 1o permit the diversion of whter from the Lakes. And that the permit issued by the Secretary of War it not valid. Michigan also has given notice through her attorns: general that she intends soon to join in the fight, taking the position that Congress cannot authorize diversion of water from navigable streams when it injuriously affacts navigation. GEN. PATRICK RENAMED CHIEF OF AIR SERVICE Action of President Assures His Reatirement in Rank of Major General Gen. Mason M. Patrick has been reappointed by the President chief of the Army Afr Service with the rank of major general for a stcond term of four years, beginning October 5 Hin regular statur in the Army ix that of colonel of Enginsers. and but for his reappointment as head of the Afr Service he would have resumed hix Auties in the Engineer Corps in that grade. He will reach the atatu- tory retirement age Dacember 13, 19. and as he will then hold the office of ¢hief of Air Service, he will be retired in the grade of major géneral, under the provisiont of A spectal act of Congress Authorizing Ruch action in the cases of chiefx of military buraaus. ; — e . FIVE HURT IN CRASH. STAMFORD, Conn., Ootoher 8 (). — The New York-to-Boston Express No. 54 over the New York, New Haven and Hartford Raliroad was in an ac- cident. due to a spreading rail. near the Stamford station this noon. The laAt three coaches 1eft the iron. Five persont were reported hurt, one seri- ously. September Circulation Daily .. .: 91’638 Sunday . . 100’818 of "PHE EVENING and SUNDAY" AR Jolemnly swear that fhe actual nix lex of 1h pasers aimbd. Roid and ‘durink the month of Septembar. Was A follo DAL Shairihy F ] o Som-tome 9o § Copies. it = 1 i Leas adjustments. otal dails Aet eircul 0tAl AVA) net R’l Daily Avark, Mervice. ate. Daily Averake net circulation. ’ RUNDAY. i delegates | HARDING MEMORIAL DESIGN APPROVED Grading of Site for $550,000 Project to Begin Next | Month. i = i T | Grading in preparation for construc tion at Marion. Ohin, of the memorial to President Harding will bagin next month, trustees of the Harding Me- }mm‘hl Asrociation, mesting vesterday at the War Department, having ap- proved the plans under which tha work wlill be atarted Construction of the memorial will hegin next Spring |and ix expected 1o he completed within | two vears. The trustees anthorized the expand- {iture of not more than $550.000 en the memorial itself. This will absorh | substantially all of the funds thus | tar collecied, leaving more than $200, 000 to he ralsed to provide for ik perpetual care of the memorial. which will be situated just south of the vault in the Marion Cemetery. where the bodies of the late President and Mrs Harding now rest The grounds sur rounding the memorial will cover ap- proximately 30 acres. The Aesign chosen for the memorial calls for a marble circular colonnade open to the sky and with a grass plot inclosed within the stonework. In accordance with the desire of Mr. and Mrs. Harding. their bodies will lia in the ground beneath this grass plot, inclosed In concrete. The trustesx re.slected members of | (he executive committee and added {its personnel Josiah Bindley of Marion and Malcolm Jennings of o lumbus, Ohlo. ADMIRAIL LEIGH C. PALMI:'R WORLD SERIES RUM WAR PLANS MAPPED Dry Armies to Be Placed in Balti- more and Capital to Dam Flow of Liquor. Kpecial Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, October 6. Raxe hall fans will have nothing stronger than | pop with which to celebrate victory | or to wash down the bitter taste of defeat in the world zeries if Edmund CHILD SAYS MOTHER Budnitz, prohibition administrator for THREATENED To KILL plank to make the meries dry. ’Boy. Aged 12, Testifies in His Fa- Enforcement of the law at the base ball ciassic will be the first test of the ther's Suit for Limited Divorce. new prohibition regime under control of Brig. Gen. Lincoln Andrews, Ansisy ant Secretary of the Treasury. Responsibility for aridity in Wash Ington has been placed on the shoul ders of Administrator Budnitz For more than a week Budnltz has Mark O. Davis, jr., 12.vear-old, tes tifiled today against his mother, Mre Maude E. Davis, at a hearing hefore Leen mapping out his plana, but with |hlef Justice McCov in Equity Di the new policy of secrecy he has en. | yision 1 of the suit for a limited di Joined on hi« force few detalls have vorce brought hy Mark O. Davis. iDee 1z koW "‘inll! who charges that his wife as It i=x planned to concentrate a large saulted him and threaténed his life number of agents in Baltimore and | The wife has filed a crosebill in which another small army in Washingion in | she makes charges of misconduet. an attempt to dam the flow of liquor | The hoy. whe has heen residing with 8¢ 13 Source his father at 2810 Adams Mill road Much of the §500.000 cargo of im- | mince the couple separated laxt April ported whikky and wine seized at Bur- | tolq of repeated auarrels hetween hi- lington, N. V.. last Fridax was in-|parents and asserted that his mothe tended to he run into Baltimore and | threatened to kill his father. The Washington to supply thirsty hase | witness also faid his mother heat hin hall fans, it is =aid with a metal-backed halrhruth =an« 5 . = sven threatensd to kll him. Th R. E. OLDS TAKES POST. | nther child of the couple, a girl. re 1 sides with the mother Attorneys Wilten J. Lamhert. | It Sworn In Today as Assistant|Ralph Burton and Tench T. Ma: 5 appear for the dentist. while the w Becretary of State. is represented hy Attorney Henry Davis. The hearing Is expectrd Robert E. Olds of Minnesota vester- | . . {day assumed the dutiex of Assistant| 050 SeVeral dave. Secretary of State. in succession to = i John V. 4. MacMurray, recently ap- pointed United Riates minister 1o BELIEVE BODY BEALE China. Mr. Olds arrived at New York e Saturday from London, where he rep. State Troopers Partly Iden* resented the Washington Government | on the British American Jolnt Arbitea: | Lo 05 (O ACs DI lon Tribunal. & subscribéd to the | w 0Ath of office At the State Department | .m"i%»':.-‘n“\’-’,';-”\’-.‘.?fi sr:ié'a 1?:1“?1“.‘ this morning in the presence of Seere- | who came h3re to view a body yesterday morning in the presence of | nacted of heing that of Frad G. Fen Secertary Kellogg. U'ndérsecretary | the missink Ringhamton. N. Y. i1 Grew and other officiale. Percy F.|gurance man. =aid todev they were « { Allen, chief of the appointment Ai- the apinfon that it is Reale’s. Th | vision. administered the oath. | body had heen Rent tn the Star | Secretary Kellogg's new assistant. | Anatomical Board hers from Bi in addition to hix executiva dutiex, will | ford, Pa.. where the man it said e expected 1 give spacial Attention | have died from illuminating zat j 10 important legal quéstion® ronktant- | State troopers are Frank E. Devin {1y Arising in the consideration of for- {and James ¥. Skelly of Troop C. Sii | #ign relations And arbitration. nev. N. ¥ . | “Wa are positive . thiz ix Realr FIREM | body.” zajd Devins. “The hody he EMAN IS DEMOTED. | ix'that ot a man of abour ers the description af Real: v Notifed Beale's relatives | enme nn to MAKP certain of the | tification. We alsn have ask Mra. Catherine Turner. boardingha | _The District Commissionars have | keeper at Bradford. where the m Approved a récommendation of the [was found asphyxiated, to come he lri:-ll:oymrllmnu trial hoard demot. i ng Lieut. L. M. Carroli of No. 13 i Bieibs Conipany 1o, e Tark ob House Member Improving. vate At the résult of having heen | Speial Dispatch 1o The Star. tound guilty by the trial hoard of | WINCHESTER, Va.. Oetoher ¢ charges of ‘intoxication and conduct | Representative T. W. Harrison of unbecoming an officer. The trial seventh Virginia district. was repor hoard also recommended a fine of 3100. | at his home here today to he | The recommendation for demotion | fring slowly from injuries sustair was made xeveral wetks ago, but | when hit automobile skidded | counsel for Carroll noted an appeal to | crashed into A Iarge tres at the r the Commissioners. side. b 2.2.0.2.2.2.0.2.2.2.0.0.2.0 0088808820 A Staff of Eight Specialists will report the World Series for Star readers Nothing will escape their vigilance and every interesting detail will be graphically de- scribed in the reports of each game. Robert T. Small Consolidated Press . pert. John B. Foster Editor Spalding Base Rall Guide. Lieutenant Convicted of Intoxica- | tion Is Reduced to Ranks. an | Bucky Harris Manager of the World Champons. Bill McK echnie Manager of the Pirates, Natignal ILeéague Penrint Winners. John McGraw Manager of the Giants, National League Champions in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924. John B. Keller Base Ball Expert of The Star. Ex- Denman Thompson Sports - Editor of The Star. Fred Lieb Former President Base Ball Writers’ Associa- tion and Official Scorer, World Series, 1922, 1923, 1924. Everybody is a fan this year—and every- body will want to know about the games in which Washington will seek to hold fast to the title of World. Champions. ‘edelr:mbl Sy Ambwsaador 104 i ACE—Purse. $2.000: FIFTH R {mll& : claiming < gl Akes E i Blase .. lfi Jaisgor w . 1 Su . Eln and Eas.. 100 Sun Pal o Pus 5 “eMorbink Sun... 108 . 110 Ford 107 iutenant 11 D110 Thé Enginésr U111 108 ine. night the mice got my pocket and chewed up the rain chacks and letter. and frustratéd my attempt to secure tickats by proof of know just what aur players ought (o | atrandance. The following day 1 again 49 ip A0 emergency. Tt's my unérring | wrote for tickets. Determined that the aq¥feR velled oitt from the stand. |mics would not atop my second at. when - followed by .Iohnson, Covey,|(smpt. 1 mailed the letier that eve. atc.. that “wine (ha& gamés. Fre. | ning at the post ofice, <o that it would quently have L[ véllad. “Take &t AwAy in the morning mail. That time, Zach.' and when that worthy | night the post office was robbed. and hesded my pleading he pulled himaeif | my letter stolen. Thus my second at- out of a tight place. Havan't I vell- | rempt for tic went for. naught. e4 '‘Get the hook’ whén T =aw Mar-(* & ¢ | wrote Again, but was re- berry hlowing up. and di4n’t Bucky | minded that my application had been vank him forthwith and thereby save | received too late.” " Have The Star—Evening and Sunday— delivered direct to your home by Star Carrier u tion with naval aviation i the same dificulty that &ny pioneer develop- ment éncounters. Thia difficulty has béen due to the gross exaggération and the éxtremely optimistic claims made by somé of the proponents of wviation. Aétion and reaction. heing ‘qual but opposite in directions. have 1turally caused a cértain amount of 1prising in the naval service against hese grossly exaggerated claima vhich have béen 80 thoroughly dis- wminated to thé public. “Older men feel that s halanes .dmust be. struck and this. tends to the serise. £at mé into the park by héok or crook. Now let me tell vou why. I've seen a lor of games and | Astrea—Port au Prince.’.”."." ] QAILING SATURDAY. Iair—Valetta . ....... 5 tho—AugTa Lo sorge Washington: Shtiar—co gen_ . ... ieuw Amaterdam—RotLard: ina Maria_ Cristina—Cadiz. ‘ameronia—G1 z i Day» 14k Lesx adjustments Total Sundar net qreujation. Averae nei ol Sus: s R i‘.y}u:‘:\ e Aba - o2 Net U L N ACE—Pursé. $1.500: 108 “éparnove 111 *Van 116 *Appreritice all Aaimed. . WeaTber: clearitrack ast. 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