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4 Tanant 3 NATIONAL Y. M.C.A. | HERE IS PROPOSED Council May Take Action In- volving New Buildings - for Capital. The National Council, Young Men's Christian Association, today was for- nally presented with a proposal which may result eventually in revolutionary changes in the organization’s repre- sentation and bulldings in Washing- ton. The formal report from the general board called upon the association of tbe United States “To r cognize the Targe, unique and exceedingly vital na- tional and international ministry ren- dered to the brotherhqod v the asso- iation at our National C apital, and to devise ways and means to make pos- <ible an enlargement and strengthen- Ing of this far-reaching service.” This recommendation, couched in genéral terms, was referred to a com- mittee and will re ive conslderation of the council latet May Centralize lere. From well informed sources, lhow- ever, iL was learmed that the move- Washing in- not only of new city, but the in- formal consideration of Lringing to Natlonal Capital the 1 Aquar- ters he Y. M. C. A. in New York City. Willtam Knowles Cooper, general secretla of the Y. M. C A., was among those who admitted that much thought is being given to the ques. tion by the delegates here and that already a very o derable sentiment s grown in favor of bringing the national headquarters from New York to Washington. The question of buildings has not been decided, but it is known that some leaders have in mind the con struction not only a headquarters of impre: veness and dignity, but also a model Y. M. C. A. plant which would bLoth serve Wash. ington nees d become a demon- etrating unit for the m Americans who visit the XNatlonal Capital In additior headquarters or «'. A. building h plans for the toward a concerning problems ngs for this ment ies proposal for a st a4 new Y. M is known that e looking branches to serve needs as at present t Walter Iteed Hospt- : lored | the Soldier Sailors and M: b at et, but also residential ssctions in th d Northwest. Bookwalter Report. First intimation that the Washing- ton project was receiving serfous con- sideration came yesterday when Dr. John K. Mott, general secretary of the National Council, called attention to a report he had from A. G. Bool walter, exccutive secretary of the tern reglon, in which #_ prelimi- survey had been made. This sur- vey had been in uccord with the ac tion of the National Council at Buf- talo. The Y. M. C. A. in Washington now housed in several structures throughout the cil practically all of which, according to Willlam Knowles Cooper, general secretary, are not modern. The War Department is already ask ing, Cooper’ explained, that a new building be erected at Walter Reed Hospital soctation to take the place of the temporary war-time now serving the purpose. appropriated funds for a permanent Red Cross building at Walter Reed, which 18 to be erected along with the new group early next vear. The cost of the Washington asso ciation’s work, which is of a distinctly national character, it was said, last vear amounted to §13,712, or 41 per ent of the total amount contributed by Washington citizens for the year. GRAND MASTER VISITS TWO MASONIC LODGES Stansbury and Brightwood Organ- izations Receive Officers at Visitation. national | PROCLAMATION “By the President of the United States of America. “A proclamation: “The season approaches when in accordance with a long established and respected custom, & day is set apart'to give thanks to Almighty God for the manifold blessings which his gracious and benevolent provi- dence has bestowed upon us as a Nation and as Individuals. “We have been brought with safety and honor through another year, and, through the generosity of Nature, He has blessed us with resources whose potentiality in wealth is almost incalculable; we are at peace at home and abroad; the public health is good; we have been undisturbed by pestilence or great catastrophe; our harvest and our industries have been rich in productivity; our commerce spreads over the whole world, and labor has been well rewarded for its remunerative service. “’As we have grown and prospered in material things, so also should ‘we progress in moral and spiritual things. We are a God-fearing people who should set ourselves against evil and strive for righteousness in itving and observing the golden rule, we should, from our abundance, help and serve those less fortunately placed. We shoulld bow in gratl- tude to God for His many favors. ow, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November next as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and I recommend that on that day the people shall cease from their daily work, and in their homes or in thelr accustomed places of worship, devoutly give thanks to the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have received, and to seelk His guidance that they may deserve a continuance of his favor. “In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the City of Washington the 26th day of October, in the r of Our Lord, 1925, and of the independence of the United States of America, the 150th. “CALVIN COOLIDGE.” EBERLE ASKS “UNDERSTANDING” AT CELEBRATION OF NAVY DAY Future of Service Branch Assured With Support, He Declares in 150th Anniversary Address—Raps Critics and Propagandists. This 1s Navy day. aside as a day to focus attention on the first line of defense. It is the 150th anniversary of the Navy and the anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, a strong sup- porter of the Navy in his day. As Rear Admiral W. E. Eberle, chief of naval operations, expressed it today in an address at the east end of the Navy Building, it is a day on which the Navy asks “and hopes It has been set {for the understanding and support =, i of the people of the country, for with 1004 ¥ this assurance we feel that the fu- ture of the Navy will be bright, that its tasks will be made easier and that, ndeed, the security of our great Republic will be forever guaranteed.” The Washington Navy Yard was open to visitors, that they might see the multitudinous activitles at the Na s gun factory. Ships there, the presidential Mayflower; the cretary of the Navy's vacht, the ph. the training ship of the Naval Reserves of the District of Columbia, the United States destrover Allen, and a mine sweeper, were all bedecked with vagi-colored signal flags. Snappy crews were ready to carry around vieitors and show them the great guns and the intricate instruments which a ship of the Navy must carry. Visitors See Activitles. After a band concert this morn- ng, followed by a guard mount, people were permitted to visit the va- ricus shops and observe the making of guns, big and little, the pouring of molten metal in the molds, and the testing basin where models of ships are towed, and with the aid of delicate instruments it is deter- mined just how big her power plant ust be to drive her through the ater ot the desired speed. The exerclses outside the Navy Building were started at noon with a concert by the marine band from the United States Marine Corps Fast Coast__expeditionary base at Quan- tico, Va. Walter Bruce Iowe presided at these exercises, and when he intro- duced Admiral Eberle as the speaker of the day buglers rendered the naval honors befitting the occasion. “The day wnd year are peculiarly appropriate in which to extend to vou and to the country at large the 's greeting and its desire for & spirit of sincere comradeship,” he told his audience. “It {s my pleasure to represent the Navy Department is occaslon and to carry to you tings and sincere good er of Masons of rict of Columbia, m- panied by the officers of the Grand Todge, made Brightwood the scene of vo official grand visitations last evening, calling, in turn, on Stans- bury Lodge, No. 24, and later on Virightwood Lodge, No. 43, the latter ® ansbury. Both lodges meot i Brightwood Hall, erected a few years ago by Stansbury Lodge. it c what is declared to be the most beautiful lodge room in the District of Columbia. There was an unusually large at- tendance of members of both lodges. 10 official visitors were welcomed tanshury Lodge by Its master, lnton R. Colvin, and to Bright- nd Lodze by Henry C. Steln, ynaster. Grand Master Fulkerson re- sponded. He found very little to criticize, and much to commend, in the records submitted by the re- wpective secretaries and treasurers. In the Grund Lodge line last eve. ning was Frederick G. Alexander, who was grand master of Masons in the vear 1892, and who is the second senior Uving past grand master of this Masonic jurisdiction. He was master of Stansbury Lodge during the years 188 Grand Master Ful- kerson paid him a special tribute. Also present last evening was Benfa- min W. Summy, the oldest living past master, and & charter member, He was master in the year 1877. Following the visitations a colla- tion was served and entertainment features presented, the two lodges named being joint hosts. The grand master and his officers will officially visit Takoma Lodge, No. 29, meeting in Takoma Park, thls evening at 8 o'clock. The Grand Lodge tomorrow afternoon will lay the corner stone of the new Sibley Hospital, and tomorrow evening will make a grand visitation to Chevy thase Lodge, No. 42, meeting in the ball at 5612 Connecticut avenue. GREEK EVACUATION OF BULGARIA BEGUN AT LEAGUE ORDER (Continued from First Page) 1ary, who_sald his information was that the Bulgarians had only pene- trated Greece to a depth of from five to fifty meters (55 yards) brought a statement from M. Carapanos that the Hulgarians had advanced into Greece Tor @ distance of between 400 and 500 meters (roughly a third of a mile). Jie admitted that the Greeks had oc- cupled Bulgaria to a depth of eight Kilometers (about five miles), but ex- plained that this was the re:‘ulé’ot a turning movement carrled out pre- vent @ frontal attack by the Bulga- rians, “Moreever,® ha added, “we After sketching the early history of the Navy and {ts growth, Admiral Eberle led up to the War of 1812, and said that it wus during this war that the first battleship, propelled by steam, wus authorized. and for years developments were made aulong those lines. “What would John Paul Jones say could he return to pace once more the deck of a battleship, and see it sur- rounded and protected by its screen of destroyers and submarines; what would he say could he see the alr- planes gracefully rising from the deck of a carrier and disappear in the biue overhead; what would he say could he lsten in on the radio and hear the re ports of scouts hundreds of miles away or the reports of planes direct- ing the fall of shot over the horizon? Certainly since the days of that heroic figure our Navy has changed in its material aspect, in its diversified types, in its tremendous might. Spirit Praised. “It is that spirit carried on down through the generations which causes the Navy to do whatever it is called upon to do in spite of all obstacles; it {5 the same spirit in the Navy of today that actuated and inspired our forefathers when called upon to fight for thetr liberties, out of which was born the glory of this great Republic; it s a spirit born of service at sea and exemplitied in the wise rules of conduct, the scrupulous courtesles of the sea, and the high ideals of duty as proclaimed and practiced by all of our great seamen, from John Paul Jones down; & spirit which will carry on, and it i{s our trust and our con- viction, to the enduring glory of our Navy and our country “When misfortunes have fallen to the lot of the naval service—and they, fortunately, have been very few— there have been those who have bit- terly criticized the Navy in general, even before the cause has been deter- mined or the responsibility has been fixed. There have been those who, in- spired by the insidious forefgn propa- ganda of the world's enemles of law and order, have sought by every means in thelr power to undermine the interest of our citizens in their Navy and to turn their enthusiasm for the Navy into contempt, and con- tempt into hatred.” Following the celebration at the Navy Building, the work of placing wreaths on naval heroes was started, under the auspices of patriotic so- cleties. The first to recefve this honor was the statue of John Paul Jomes, at the foot of Seventeenth street. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, with Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, went to Philadelphia to address the Cham- ber of Commerce, and tonight talks on the Navy will be spread through- out the country by way of the radlo, when Secretary Wilbur, Comdr. John Rodgers and Lieut. Comdr. Byrd will talk. U. S. HOLDS MINERS CAN GO TO COURTS TO UPHOLD CONTRACTS (Continued from First Page.) ment intervention—but this time to uphold the wage agreement. Claims “Secret Documents.” Although John Lewis claims to have “secret documents’” showing the part the Federal Government played in the Jacksonville conference, officlals here insist that these relate only to the get-togather movement and in no way involve the Federal Government in any responsibility for what wes agreed upon. The only thing the Washing- ton administration did was to assure operators and miners that if they at- tended the Jacksonville parley they would not be subject to prosecution as in the old days for fixing prices as prohibited under the Serman anti- trust law. Messages of congratulation from President Coolidge to both op- erators and miners cannot be con- strued, it i3 argued by the Govern- ment now, as any responsibility as- sumed for what was in the agree- ments between operators and miners, Can Look to Courts. The contracts wers valld, and if broken the miners can look to the courts for relle—that’s the conclusion officials have reached and they are un- able to understand why the case isn't carried there. If the courts will not recognize the damage done by broken contracts, then the administration will feel a responsibility to ask Congress to determine measures of relief. Under no circumstances does the administra- tion feel it should force operators to keep thelr agreements or ask miners to agree to a lower wage than they had been assured in thelr contracts. Meanwhile the threat of a strike in wanted to occupy strategic points.” Both the Greek and Bulgarian spokesmen charged that responsibility for the conflict rested on the shoulders of the other country, and Bulgaria, like Greece, demanded reparation, The council adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning to awalit ad- vices whether the Athens and Sofia governments had ordered mutual evacuation within the 24 hours laid down by tha council's edict of last meeting. Meanwhile instructions were baing dispatched this afternoon for the mili- tary officers of the powers in Athens and Sofia to eurvey tha eyacustion, and rspett. to the forntier,’ the bituminous fields is being held over the whole situation. The anthracite strike is sald to be merely a lever whereby the leaders of the miners’ union hope to force a change in the bituminous fields. It is estimated that whereas origin- ally about 65 per cent of the opera- tions in the soft coal flelds were under union and 35 per cent under non-union conditions, the situation today is that about 70 per cent of the coal is being mined under non-union and 30 per cent under union ecales. Naturally, John Lewis will lose his hold on the miners unless he can get most of the fields working under union scales. Simi- larly his hand will be strengthened with the non-union men if he can demonstrate his power to force the operators to mine most of the coal under union scale of wages. The ques- tion is whether the miners in those union fields, where the operators are keeping the Jacksonville agreement, can be induced to strike simply as a part of a maneuver of John Lewis to punish the thres operators who broke their agreements. So far as offictals here are con- |} cerned, they don’'t see why the miners AIR SERVICE SURE OF CONGRESS' AID Poll Shows Most Members Favor Increased Funds to Develop Flytng. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. More generous provision for avia- tion will probably be made by the incoming Congress as a result of Col. Mitchell's criticisms and the result- ant discussion, it is indicated in in- terviews with many members of Congress. Even those who question Mitchell's conduct and those who are not satisfied with the way present appropriations are expended feel that insubordinate speech or unwise ex- penditure ought not to prejudice Congress against making adequate allotment of funds, so that the Air Service, military as well as commer- clal, may be abreast of, if not supe- rlor to, any other air organization in the world. In commercial aviation the United States must lead, members of Con- gress feel, and the question of mili- tary aviation development involves essentlally the proposed reorganiza- tion of the War and Navy Depart- ments, and possibly their consolida- tlon. ~ Accordingly, the question of encouraging commercial aviation and aeronautical science and of providing adequately for building up an efficient military air service will be discussed from many angles during the coming session. Favored by Capper. “I think the time has come when the nation must make more generous provision for aviation,” sald Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, a Repub- Ican member of the military affairs committee. “We should have an air corps, just as we have a Marine Corps, and it should have a fiyer at its head, phatically declared Senator Capper. In no branch of governmental activ- ity are highly trained skill and knowl- edge and experience xo essential to progress, particularly at this time. “Commercially, the United States must soon lead all nations in the afr. This s bound to come because of our wide expanse of territory. Senator Kenneth McKellar of Ten- nessee, who a3 a member of the ap- propriations committee will pass di- rectly upon the question of larger allotment of Federal funds for the development of aviation, and as a member of the post offices and post road committee, is deeply interested in the question from the commerctal side, since the Post Office Department Is today the biggest user of alrplanes for corumerctal purposes: “I believe,” says Senator McKellar, “that it would be well to consolidute the Army and Navy in one depart- ment, and aviation should be a sepa- rate bureau in that department.” Senator Frank Willls of Ohio, Re- publican, i3 a member of the com- merce committee, concerned with the development of commercial aviation, and is a_member of the committes on expenditures in the executive de- partments. He keeps well informed on how appropriations made for avia- tions are spent. “While I am in favor of generous provision for aviation,” Senator Wil- lis says, “Just now I am more inter. ested in the development of a more economical program for the spending of the money Congress appropristes. Sheppard in Line. Senator Morris Sheppard. Democrat, of Texas, a member of the military affairs and commerce committees, sa) “Yes, thers should be i more generous provision for aviation.” So @lso_does Representative Roy G. Fitz gerald. Republican, of Ohio. Repre sentative Fitzgerald is an enthusiastic aviator and has persistently urged more adequate appropriations. Renator Cole L. Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, also says that there should be more generous provision for lation. Representative W. B. Bowling of Alabama, Democrat, joints the chorus, saying: “I am heartily in favor of lib- eral appropriation for the development of our alr service. When I was a mem- ber of the committes on post office and post roads I heartily supported the plan to establish air mails, believing it to be a wise policy not only as furnishing a speedier transmission of the malls, but us an encouragement to commer- clal aviation, the training of pilots, the development of aeronautics in gen- eral.” Representativea Anning S. Prall, Democrat, of New York, who is on the committee to investigate the Air Service, holds that “there should not be a more generous appropriation for aviation. The amount appropriated by Congress,” he says, “is sufficient. The fault is not in the amount appro- priated. It les in its expenditure. More intelligerice in spreading it out, less duplication of effort—concentra- tion on the big idea—idle and foolish sxperimentation should be stopped,” he ihsists. DR. SCOTT TO SPEAK. The League of Republican Women will hold its first general meeting of the season November 3 at 3 pm. in the gridiron room of the New Wi lard Hotel. Mrs. Albert M. Read, chairman of the program committee, has secured for the speaker of the afternoon, Dr. James Brown Scott of the Carnegie Peace Endowment. Dr. Scott has recently returned from Eu- rope, and will speak on the Locarno security treaty. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,500; 2-year-olds: 8 furlongs. *Queen Sieprite claiming: delay taking thelr arguments to the|* courts to secure respect for contracts in the same way that other business |2 folks do. (Copyright, 1028.)* i il GREENWOOD SUED. Ernest H. Greenwood, member of the Board of Education, borrowed $5.50 from his attorney in December, 1923, to purchase theater tickets and has not returned the amount, accord- ing to a suit filed today in the District Supreme Court by 8. Duncan Bradley, member of the bar, to recover §1,095.79 from Mr. Greenwood. Another item of account is a loan of $100 made in January, 1924, on which Mr. Greenwood has paid only $50, leaving a balance of $50. Mr. Bradley also claims compensation for legal services rendered the defendant from July 30, 1924, which he values at $1,000, and for expenses of $42.29 in- curred in connection with the legal work. Mr. Bradley says he has fre- quently requested payment, but has not been able to get it. He is repre- ;:;fl.ed by Attorneys Bell, Marshall & ce. Navy Ship Damaged. PANAMA CANAL ZONE, October 27 (P).—A message says the U. 8. 8. Seattle has damaged her propelling machinery, is traveling at reduced Hhocrow. The. catise ‘et he. famage morrow, e cause 18 mot, reported, SECOND RACE—Purse, $1,00; claiming: 1ds: 8 furlongs. 100Casns Belll 108%Deadfall PrmL!’ls Apple.. 105Barlight THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.3 3-year-olds and up; 6 furlong: $t. Lawrence. *Ed_Pendletos Blackstone “Clear View Clem Theisen . *Drumbeat Mideinette Star Bright. Julia M. .00 Exalted Ruler.. 118 FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1.300; graded | 41163 )lund:clb. grade C, first division; all ages: Scorcher 111 B Dentaria FIFTH RACE—Purse, handicap, grade A: all ages: +Prince Hamlet. 1 Joy_Smoke . Harry Baker 118 Erica 1: tH. G. Bedwell entry. SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: : aicap. wrads B all ages: 1 paer 2d hao Zebruege ... .. 113 Aucilla Slow and Easy.. 114 Black Bart, Deronda 199 Laddie Buck. Ten Sixty 109 Digit SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1,30 handicap, grade C, second divielon: all ages; 1 mile. Sun Rajah . ilver Slipper 118 The Che p HE Lot ehassador 108 g | | D. 0, TUESDAY, To Push Aviation '3 ¥ @horrrs Luungy Ahove: Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, and below, Senator Kenneth: McKellar of Tenunessee. DIEGEL RETAINS LEAD IN TOURNEY Shoots 71 at Burning Tree Club for Total of 217 for 54 Holes. Leo Dicgel, of Great Neck, Long Is- land, who led a field of 50 amateur and professional golfers in the first 35 holes of the Middle Atlantic open golf championship at the Burning Tree Club yesterday, added to his lead today by scoring a 71 on the third round of the championship for a 64-hole total of 217. Joe Turnesa of Falrview, N. Y.. who was five shots back of Diegel begin- ning the third round today, lost three more strokes to the Canadian open champion this morning, and started the last round this afterncon efght strokes behind Diegel. Turnem was around in 74 this morning for a H4-hole N. Y., was in third place at the conclusion of the third round, with 54-hole total of 2. Kline added a this morning to his 154 total of yes- terday. Other Scores Today. Other scores of the leaders follow: James Thompson of Richmond, Va., 156—74—229; Cyril Walker, Engle- wood, N. J., 154—76— George J. Voigt, amateur, Bannockburn, 156— John Farrell, Quaker Ridge, N. Y 6—232; Charles Betschler, Maryland Country Club, 154—78—232; R. C. McKimmie, unattached, 152— 81—2! FEddie Towns, Friendship, D. C., 152—86—237. Diegel, the leader, was out this morning in 35, the same as Turnesa. | Diegel picked up threa shots on the Fairview professional through the six- teenth hole and added another at the seventeenth, only to lose two shots to Turnesa at the eighteenth, where Die- gel's second shot was trapped and he recovered poorl: A 6 on the final hole gave Diegel a score of 71, where a par 4 would have siven him 69, only 1 over par for the Course. McKimmie, who was tied for third place at the close of the first day, took @ 9 on the eighteenth hole this morning, where a par 4 would have given him 76 and out him in fourth place. A topped-tee shot and a lost ball cost him 9 on the final hole. Voigt Leads Amateurs. CGeorge J. Voigt of Bannockburn, the District amateur champion, led’ the amateur contingent over the first two rounds with 81—74—155, and also led many of the professionals. Willie Mac- farlane, the national open champion; Mike Brady and Gene Sarazen, Jack Forrester und Clarence Hackney, all of whom were entered in the tourna- ment, did not appear. Jghn Farrell, New York star, who finished third in the national open this year, had & fine 76 on his first round, but inferior putting gave him an 80 in the afternvon. His total of 156 left him 10 shots back of Diegel commenc- ing the third round. The Burning Tree course yesterday was long and slow from the heavy rains of the past five days, although the putting greens were admirably suited for fine putting. The Summary. Leo Diegel, Glen Oak, 72—74 %mfll. 2 “‘Tfii" 73—74—15 wne. ' Friendahip. 7 Spencer, Green Spring Valley, 74—78—1 R MeRimmie, unattached, 73—70—152 Willip ~ Kline, Gards ity 17- 7—154 Charlen Befschler: Margiand C. €787 164; Cyril Walker, n(le-ood. TT—TT— 1341 Zhnetn ‘Aflen, Tajbot County C.'C. 75-—79—154: G, voigt, Bannockbu vy Chase. Burning ) ningham, Burning Donnachie, Tree. '8: E agerstown, 817 hilmont, B3—78— 2.000: graded | sional. ,1 e, 11{:;" 126 138 | Meaa 12| g 115 | Wood” Waanington: 82—81—17 Ge mfl:flg"' h, 1 ugh. i umen - Roche. Daye Thomsun, Rock Creek, 8 Baltimore, ‘Washington _ G. . A._ B." Thorn, Town ‘and” Country, L teur) . 3o — Hopenien s (HVESE colimirs, S84 185! rare Hufty (amateur!. Congressional §2—83—165; Dan Horgan, s 8383 166: James L. Crabb_ Congres: 84—82—168: “John Edmonson, anerch, 858 4y Warner Myther: re Ford, 83—85—167; Al Ciuci, Fresh ow, 88—78—167; Mel Shorey, West = Pnk.”u:-._ssf_mn:mx;nm Sack an Spring. 80—83—168: Howas FoedDRHS. R—84—172; William 3 Warren 5—89—174: and C.C. Pe B e rrmon, CManar. b3—0o—184: Jules H . Indian Spring, 90—O6— 104, Withdrew—Wilfred Thompson, Hermitage: i Hooger, Indian”spring: J; F picgor 5 nox. . Brogks, Bob Mc- Joseph Smith Len Shepherd. Socialist Candidate in 1900 Dies. LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 27 A. and 10 | P).—Job Harriman, attorney, candi- date trm— vxcz‘ !;:.‘u‘:ml\;«;m the So- clalist perty ticl , died yes. terday at Slerta Madre, it became snown today, N OCTOBER 27, 1995. ARMY PILOT FLYS 232 MILES AN HOUR, WINNING CUP RACE Lieut. Doolittle Breaks All Records for World Seaplane Event. Airman’s Adroit Turns Cut Huge Distance From Flight. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. BAY SHORE PARK. Baltimore, Md. October 27.—A small, quiet, un- assuming Army pilot, who invaded for the first time the Navy's specfal fleld of aviation, today is undisputed king of seaplane speed throughout the world, and holders of all sea- plane records for fast flying, whether it be for short straightaway dashes or closed course performances, hive abdicated in favor of Lieut. James H. Doolittle of McCook Field, Day- ton, Ohio. While the torpedo-like black and gold Army racer was roaring around & 80-mile triangular course in Chesa- peake Bay yvesterday afternoon, the malled fist of fate, which has foilow- ed naval aviation projects, since the dawn of the present calendar year, struck down two of the sea service's outstanding pilots and forced them to battle for their lives over and on the turbulent waters. This same fate s kind to hte foreign visitors, who, er many misfortu finally got one pline aplece in vace and finished second and the third Event Unparelleled. History was created in_profound and far-reaching terms at Bay Shore Park, Md., a few miles below Balti- more, yesterday afternoon, where the international contest for the Jucques Schnetder Cup was held, and to the little band of Baltimore aviation en- thusiasts who constitute the Balti- more Flylng Club, the promoters of the race, goes the honor of sponsor- ing the greatest aeronautical event ever held, not ouly in America but the world. The United States, thanks to Lieut. Doolittle, now “two legs” on the Schneider trophy and one more vic- tory will give this country perma- nent possession. Had the | vear declared a “fiy-over” when for- {eign entrants thruogh loss of their racing planes, failed to appear, the trophy today would have been per- ! manent Amerfcan possession. But the Navy’s spirit of sportsmanship adopted ‘the other course, with the result that foretgn nations have put it down as the finest example of i ternational competition ever nessed. Wins Navy Acclaim. Lieut. Dootlittle and his Army Cur tiss racer established the astounding | speed for seaplanes of 232572 miles { per hour for « 210-mlle course. Over- shadowing this record, however, was the manner in which the race was flown. Naval officers, many of whom stand high in the opinion of their colleagues as splendid seaplane pilots, pronounced his flying as the most beautiful they ever saw. He placed that roaring racer on the course at the sturt, never veered an inch to right or left and sat there for 210 miles as though the plane running on tracks. control of the ship, a most difficult craft to maneuver, for the slightest touch of the controls brings an immediate and marked response, thrilled the spectators at the Bay Shore plerhead beyond their control. From the first lap on, when Lieut. Doolittle approached the home pylon and made an acute angle turn by ng over on one wing, it was immie” to the audience for the re- mainder of the afternoon. On the first turn at the home pylon the Army pilot went a little wide, but on the remaining six rounding points he flew what appeared to be about 10 feet mbove the pier—they saw him coming und he was gone. Throughout the race the new Cur. tiss V-1400 motor of 600 horse-power never missed a beat, nor did the pro- peller miss @ revolution. When the plane landed it was as clean as though it never had loft the hangar. As he made the final lap, Lieut. Doo- little flashed over the pler and the} finish line and shot straight up into the sky. He “played around” up there for awhile, and landed. The crowd forgot about the others and rushed to the rails to see him. A surface boat took him In tow and paraded the ship up and down the water in front of the pler, while Jimmie sat on the lower wing and modestly acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd. Ten minutes after he was on the ground again and had disposed of the flood of con- gratulations he was eeen walking about the restricted hangar area with the unconcern of a spectator Wwho didn’t know what it was all about. Patrick Praises Flyer. Among those to congratulate him was his chief, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, who beamed upon the little fiyer with the pride of a father. But not even the major general could get Jimmie to become loquacious. Appar- ently the winner placed less value and importance on his flying than all the witnesses of the feat. After Doolittle zoomed the flnish was discovered that Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the naval air station at Anacostia and Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie of the Bureau of Aeronautics, pilots of planes supposed to be identical with Doolittle’s, had not been heard from. Concern and_apprehension for their safety was felt, owing to the difficulty of handling the high-speed ships on making landings and also in maneu- vering them on the water. Speed boats were dispatched hither and yon, and finally one returned with Lieut. Cuddihy in tow. Lieut. Ofstie, riding at the end of a line and another motor boat, was brought in at dark. These two pllots, however, had ex- | with directional control. lino and the excitement dled down, it | LIEUT. JAMES H. DOOLITT! at Philadelphia, where it will be stored until another race. Lieut. Ofstie, who, like his team- mate, arrived at the hangars smear- ed with oil and carbon, had perhaps as close a call as Lieut. Cuddihy. He was between the second and third pylons “when everything cut cold.”” The propellor just stopped turning, he said, and despite the fact that Lieut. Ofstie gave every gadget in the cockpit & try, nothing happened. Hits Water Gently. With the wind on his tail, a preca- rious situation for an ordinary slow land or seaplane, this highly sensitive racer was forced to go down. ‘‘When I couldn't get her to cough again,” declared Lieut. Ofstie. “I had to put down right awav without any formali- ties. It was a piece of good luck that she hit the water gently and squarely and staved there” Ile no sooner landed when he was besieged with surface boats, and, yielding to the first one, wus towed back to land. The j required almost two hou Ofstie wasn't gure last night ppened. “It was either eto drive shaf shaft carried awa “We won't be uble nitely until the motor is and minutely examined.” Lieut. Ofs flew the ship used in tha Pulitzer race by Lieut J. Williams, which was beaten for fimst place by the black racer that yesterday all honors for eeaj Lieut. Cuddihy’'s racer was the “dog ship,” or practice plane, for both Army and Navy pilots Both pilots were loud in their pi for the race Doolittle flew as they sav le air. “On_ the straight —I forget just what lap.” suf Ofstie, “he came up behind and passed me with a speed of miles an hour faster. I, like George, had been making gentle and wide turns at the pylons, because 1 knew 1 wouldn't lose any fiylng speed. I saw Jimmie shoot right up to one and wrap himself around it, so I de- cided to do it. I confess I cannot see any advantage in either turn. I know my revolutions dropped down about 60 as the result of the sharp bank turn, and that's all.” Yester- day's flight was Lieut. Ofstie’s second in the racer. His first was Friday when the navigability and seawo ness trials were held. Would Have Taken Honors. Although both Navy pilots would not have won the race if they had ved in the air, Lieut. would have finished second and Lieut. Ofstie third. The former's average time for all laps, including the sixth, 0.452 miles per hour, while the . including the ffth lap, was 218.307. Capt. Hubert the mag Broad, a small, deli cate-looking Englishman, flew the only British ship that the elements and fate would permit to take the air to second place. It was the Gloster III, resembling in a degree the old Curtlss cers, and powered with a 702-horsepower direct-drive Napier Lion engine. Ife completed the race th an average speed of 199.169 and reported that his only difficulty was The ship, he sid, had a tendency to veer to the right and left on the course, but he did not think this made an appreciable difference in speed. ‘The Italian team at the last moment was unable to get one of its boat sea- planes into the air owing to motor trouble. Pilot Glovanni de Briganti, was given the ship to have beert flown by Riccardo Morselli. Morselli had to tay on the ground, and his failure to get into the race brought him to tears. Briganti, who, like Capt. Broad, “placed” in the race owing to the fail- ure of the Navy's crack ships, won third place at a speed of 168.444 miles an hour. The timer's stand failed to give him the finish signal at the end of the seventh lap and he continued on the eighth and was heard from three hours later. He ran out of fuel, he explained, and alighted in an area whero there were no surface boats. Comdr. J. P. Callan, U. S. N., Haison officer with the Italian team, dispatch- ed several hoats on a search of the course and brought the pilot back to Baltimore about 19 o'clock. Prizes Are Presented. Watches and plaques were pre- sented the pilots and alternates at a smoker held later {n the evening. Brief addresses were made by Gen. Patrick, Comdr. Homer C. Wick, cap- tain of the Navy racing team; the Brit- ish and Italian team captains and the pilots themselves. Lieut. Doolittle re lated how in learning to fly seaplanes during his month's tour of duty in the Navy at the air station here he broke up one plane and ruined another one so that it never will fly again. Nev- perfences of which few persons learn- ad. Lieut. Cuddihy on his seventh lap reached the climax of trouble that hed been brewing in his beau- |tiful blue racer almost since the start. “A puff of black smoke and dust flew back in my face just as I reached the third pylon,” he told the writer. “After 1 made the turn the revolu- tions dropped, the ofl temperatures went way above normal and the pres- sure dropped. She was spitting smoke and oll, and, regardless of what the instruments read, 1 decided to get down while I wag healthy. Motor Catches Fire. “Just as I landed the motor caught fire. Flames leaped out of the in- take manifold and I began fighting ertheless, he declared he obtained the | highest ~co-operation from Comdr. Wick, and, he concluded, to win the race “is like biting the hand that fed you.” Telegrams from Rear Admiral Wil- liam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, who was in Des Moines for a Navy day address, were read. His message to Gen. Patrick said: “Please extend my congratulations to your grand Jimmie Doolittle.” Officially reported statistics for Lieut. Doolittle’s performance over the 50-kilometer course follow: Cnxlrl:uhuvru Cumula- them with a cushion wedged between | me and the side of the ship and a handkerchief I had in my hand. I finally got them out, but it was a close race. By that time 15 boats had rushed to me in all directions and they towed me in."” On his arrival at the hangars Lieut. Cuddihy was met by Lieut. Doolittle. The Navy pllot grasped the winner by the hand and congrat- ulated him heartily, while it was evi- dent he was holding back his emo- tions. Lieut. Doolittle, appreciating his rival's feelings, slapped him on the back and saild, “George, old boy, I'm mighty sorry you didn’t finish.” The two then launched into a discus- sion of the engine trouble. The little blue racer was smeared with ofl and scorched with flames. The motor was ruined entirely and mecbanics were installing a new one today in order that Lieut. Cuddihy might fly the plans to ‘the naval aircraft factory HEAT PROBLEMS SOLVED. Armstrong and Old Western Schools Are Reopened. Two of the heating problems which have confronted school officials since the inception of cool weather were set- tled yesterday with the reopening of Armstrong High School and the old section of Western High School. Western was run on a double-shift system while the heating plant in the new addition was being connected with the radiators in the old building. Armstrong students attended class at Dunbar High School while the Arm- strong heating plant was being in- atalled. % Cuddihy | whose plane was thus affected, then| GOOLIDGE FAVORS SMOOT MEASURE Has No New Idea on Question of Reorganization, But Will Support It. President Coolidge has no new ides, on the question reorganization of ths Federal Departments, a White House spokesman declared today. e committed to the Smoot bill whic passed the House of Representat! last year, but falled to live throug! the Senate. 5 The President is understood to have expressed a strong desi: to see simflar measure providing for the re organization of the Governme partments taken up at the com sion of Congress and passed, and he i represented as having intimated that he would give such legislation 1 hearty support. At the same time, it was s the President’s desire lic buildings progra gress are the same fs_understood to h willingness to lend his support approval to a public buildings bill ilar to the one that failed of p during session of Cor together wtion tion. On the ot out that N I i i as ever to oppose the passage of b ing legislation which be « strued as a ‘“pork bill. hopes that the coming Congre: sea fit to adopt ing a lump sum to be ernment building pre Washington in the g Such a measure would follow general ideas of the Elllott bill, Congress shelved at its last s The Elllott bill appropriated §1 000,000, half of which was to be use for Federal bufldings in the District Columbia. and in the S entire umount, howeve: spent under the retary of the master Gene possibility of that with reorganiz pent for a Gov The President expressed hir favorably have come to Congress and laic the House way. i the tax problen commonweal of this 1 tion Congress will be bette | consider the reduction of taxe sproach the problem with idea of what the commu: N need first | President Coolidge is understood tc {feel that the States should be give | as broad control as possible over the industrial and financial probler would like to leave these qu much as pe e it possi o tax legislation to tomorrow cloudy colder tomorrow lowed rain ; moderate west colder with fros increas cloudi in tonight; tom ness followed Ly warmer in south colder tomo northwest w by_tomorrow West Virginia—Increasing cloud ness, probably rain, in extreme wes portion late tonight; tomorrow rai changing to snow and colder tomc row afternoon or night. 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