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e vestorday. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) showers this afternoon and Light 08! llx,v tonlght; tomorrow fafr; slight- der. Temperatures—Highest owest, 38, at 4 at 3 p.m. m. today. . CODLIDGE TO SPEAK | ‘!Lemoon will be spent by the VPresi- ull report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,431 Intered @ 00 TR e 29,787, 55 Smed "Was second class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1925—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. * (UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. ONHOOVER'S WORK TOHELP BUSINESS President on Way to New York to Address Chamber of Commerce. SECRETARY IS POWER IN CABINET COUNCILS Executive Leaves Early Today on Trip to Gotham—Advised of Father's Condition. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. NEW YORK, November 19.—Presi- dent Coolidge is coming to the Me- tropolls today to interpret the busi- ness side of the Government to the world's financtal and business center. The President has not been in New Vork in a long time, and while he has been overwhelmed with Invita tions, he selected the one tendered by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York as the most fitting occasion for an address that he has | had in his mind for some time—| namely, the strides that the Govern- ment is making to stimulate and ald Yousiness. What the public generally perhaps does not appreciate is that when Mr. Coolldge talks about what the Go: ernment is doing for private busine: he really means what Herbert Hoover | 1s doing. Hoover Big Factor. These things are not always appar- ent to the casual observer, but the fact is that the Secretary of the Depart- ment of Commerce has become in the very nature of things the most power- ful factor in Washington in relation to the Nation's business. Little by little bureaus and divisions which have been located in other depart- ments have been brought into the De- partment of Commerce. Also Mr. | Hoover, through his modesty and ! earnest search for the most efficient | way to do things, has convinced his | | cubinet colleagues that he is not try- ing to steal their thunder. ., 50 bie_gets co-operation. And, since 'Mr. Hoover has so many important; matters under his supervision, he has to make many decisions right along | which, of cou , are subject to Mr.| Coolidge's approval, so that he really: wields a tremendous power. For in! nine cases out of ten the matters are | of a technical nature and the Presi-| dent cannot take time to look intoi tliem personally, So he takes the word | \ of his Cabinet secretary. | Works on Big Scale. ! It's because Mr. Hoover has his| fingers on so many things that some . writers have called him the “economic | President of the United States,” as distinguished from Mr. Coolidge as| political President, by which one doesn’t mean partisan politics but ad-| ministration policles. ~ Mr. Coolidge | _shapes the general policy based on! suggestions from his cabinet, but|life. basically he allows them to mange the | affairs with which they are most fa- | wiliar. 1 Mr. Hoover is a phenomenon so far | ws public men of the present genera- | tion go. Trained in the hard school| of war excitement, when everything | was done on a big scale, he stiil does things with the same breadth of vie yoint. Besides his activities in the D rtment of Commdrce, he has unofil- | clally guided many business move- ments so that they could bring them-| selves into harmony with the desires | of the Government. Adviser of First Rank. | Mr. Hoover has been the principal | authority in the Government on super- | power, on radio, on coal and, to a large | extent, he has been interested in for- eign debts and shipping policy. In| =hort, wherever the problem touches! economics, he has 1 a good deal to| Most of it has not been printed, but | in the inner councils he is regarded | as an adviser of first rank. Secretary | Mellon wields an equal influence on | purely flscal questions, but Mr. | Hoover’s province has heen even wider, for he has taken the whole field | of economies. Being an engineer by profession, he | has tackled the t i ematic | way, earning the admiratidn of Presl- | dent Coolidge, who has grown more and wmore to lean on him. So when the President tells what the Govern ment is doing, for business, he is tel ing what Herbert has outlined | in his capacity as Secretary of Com- merce and what he—the President- has seen fit to approve, for be it said to Mr. Coolidge's credit. he has not, hesitated to accept the advice of cabi- net members who have shown them- | selves thorough masters of a given | problem. | 'y PRE SIDENT LEAVES. i Will Go to Father's Bedside If He| Is Reported Worse. P ident Coolidge left early today | sor New York, where he will make a | spoech tonight at the 167th annual | bunquet of the Chamber of Commerce | of the State of New Yor Accom- panied by Mrs. Coolidge and small yarty of friends, the Executive de- parted in a special section of a Penn- sylvania railroad train at 9 o'clock this morning. This address, which will be delivered before u large gathering composed mostly of business and financial men and which will be broadeast by radio, is the second of two Important speeches before the opening of Con- cress next month. The other one was Yielivered at the annual meeting of the American _Legion last month in ©Omaha, Nebr. In his address tonight the President is expected to discuss pricipally the business and financial situation in the country and the ques- tion of so-called business legislation. He, however, is expectéd also to touch upon some of the major domestic and foreign problems of the Government. Mrs. Coolidge to Shop. The journey to New York was ar- ranged so as to give Mrs. Coolldge an hour or two in the afternoon to visit the stores. Althouga she does practically all her shopping in Wash- ngton, it is thought likely she may nake a few purchases during her ‘our of the New York shops. The ent in his rooms at the Waldorf- Astoris Hotel, during which time he [Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) { considerable period she has been liv- | do with any anticipated crisis, but is COURT ENDS PROBE OF FOLEYSACTON INDGBLECASE Captain Declares Paper. Was Intended Only to Help Mrs. i Lansdowne. ROSENDAHL DEFENDS RECORD OF COMMANDER Says It Is Slander to Hint }:Ie Took Out Airship Against- Better | Judgment. i sl By the Atso(‘)d[e‘d Press. I The Shenandoah court of inquiry | : today~ concluded its investigation of the charges of Mrs, Margaret Lans- downe and will announce its opinion Little Hope Felt for British Dowager, 80—King in | QxBEOwEOD QUEEN ALEXANDRA. regarding them tomorrow. 1t heard from Capt. Paul Foley, ac- cused by the widow of the Shenan- doah’s captain of trying to eway her testimony, & complete disavowal of any Intention except that of being helpful to her. | Then it listened to a Statement by Lieut. Comdr. G. E. Rosendahl, senior surviving officer of the wrecked diri- Attendance. | gible, denouncing as “a slander of the dead” any insinuation that Comdr. IL.'mnduwna took the Shenandoah on By the Associated Press. her fatal Western flight when he be- LONDON, November 19.—Dowager the Queen Alexandra, mother of Kingl George, is critically ill from heart attack, it is officially announced. The statement of Rosendahl, placed The Queen, whose eighty-first | unexpectedly before the court just as birthday falls on December 1, suf-|it pas preparing to adjourn, sustained | fered the attack this morning. The| until the end the nervous tension that | statement issued from her home, San- | has gripped court and spectaors since the hearing began Tuesday morning. lieved her in from weather. Jeopardy Sustains Tension. ?:?lgl_mm Castle, this afternoon | the NeartnE BB S ey had lett the v e witness stand with the statement that ‘Her majesty Queen Alexandra, | pis whole attitude toward Mrs. Lans- who for some time past has been fail- | downe as a. prospecive witness has ing in health, suffered a severe heart | been that of “an honorable man,” attack this morning. Her niajesty’s, who supposed at the time that he wa CoRdltion e it | dealing with “an honorable woman. (Signed) “F. G. WILLIAMS, | Rosendahl then told the court that i SIR THOMAS HORDER.~ | 1D the interest of justice” it should E e tDER"| permit him to speak. King at Sandringham. (T have made this statsement for King George and Queen Mary are| '€ sake of EEDIAY, - Jhio cousd, . 80 at Sandringham, where they ha\*e{;hf*ul};zsr%mg;‘;mz f)“v“e‘: ,:‘x‘l‘;ypf)’;' been staying at York Cottage since | 2OF i ast Saturday. It is recalled that|Sible funcled, perverted or prejudicial Alexandra was reported late in June | Variations thereof. to have developed heart trouble and Regeats Statement. that a rumor of her death was circu- | (ape Foley repeated to the naval lated in London on October 16. The | csutt i S e grave nature of today's officlal state- | oo gy megs > ™ 3 ment has led London to expect the | «:Immodig worst in view of her advanced Age. | of {hn o m Y mflsfixfi“{‘zflt -.Quesn.. Alexandra’s strength has | my duty €6 #a3 for my husband things been failing for a long time and for a | which he was no longer in a positfon gons to say for himself; that he was op- ing in the quiet part of Sandringham. | oo 24V, (06 DO N doah . While able on most days to take ttle | the Midwestern flight during the rides in the country, her health has | thunderstorm period and had (protest- been so poor that she has been forced | ed so doing to the Navy Department. to_abandon her visits to London. My husband regarded the Shenasdoah More than a year ago it was an-|a¢s man.of-war. He was ready at all nounced that she would not appear at | {imag to take the ship out for military any further public functions, and last | : oo year for the first time she wis URablo | e g oron otiteny Gape To 10 USIng to appear on Alexandra rose day,| +Haq I known at the time I @c- hich has long been a feature of her | cepted the invitation of the court to " 2 appear-before it that the correspond- People Expected. ence’in the case would have been in- The Queen mother has had constant | troduced into the record of the court, visits from members of the royal}as it since has been, I would not have family in her retirement. One of the | accepted the invitation to appear. first acts of the Prince of Wales upon | ' ‘As things now are I am not only his return from South Ameriea was | willing, but would prefer to leave tha to visit his grandmother, with whom | entire matter to the judgment of the he has been a great favorite. court, in which I have every confl- As far as is_known officially, the | dence.’” presence of the King and Queen Mary Thought Note Personal. at Sandringham today had nothing to Capt. Foley said that only a single typewritten copy of the statement was made, “as the matter was one personal to Mrs. Lansdowne,” and that for the same reason the notes from which the statement was typed health. As the evening papers con- | were destroyed immediately after- taining the news appeared on the | ward. Mrs. Lansdowne testified be- streets great crowds rushed to buy | fore the Mitchell court that she de- them, for no woman of the royal fam. | stroyed the copy sent to her. one of thelr customary visits. This afternoon’s announcement by the Queen mother’s physician was the | first intimation the public had that | the aged Queen was not in her usual ily in the history of England has had Explaining that as judge advocate o firmer place in the hearts of the|of the Shenandoah court it was his whole people than Alexandra. ! duty to interview Mrs. Lansdowne be- i v |fore her appearance as a witness, | Capt. Foley sald he arranged for the EXPERT CRA(:KSMAN meeting through Mrs, William B. Mason, Mrs. Lansdowne's aunt. Dur- {ing this telephone conversation it de- | veloped that the captain had known ROBS MARKET SAFE| Siisred hat the caniain ad known and it was arranged that when he called that evening he would bring Mrs, Foley with him. After reciting that besides himself and Mrs. Foley there were present at Obtains About $400, Using Jim- mies and Chisels on | the interview Dr. and Mrs. Mason and Hi Mrs. Lansdowne, Capt. Foley gave nges. | this version of the conversation and —_— of subsequent events. | “The conversation in connection An expert cracksma probably | with the Shenandoah was opened by with an assistant, broke open a safe | Mrs. Lansdowne in the following lan- in the Old Dutch Market, at 811 |guage: ‘Well, Capt. Foley, what does | Fourteenth street, last night or early 4’ lh}?l &;::ml't lnte‘;\«:l m“{y“wu{:‘ me?i‘a’ro today, and stole approximately $400, | Whic! replled: ‘Well, Mrs. ns- ket | downe, I do not know that the court The safe was taken from the office | i, engs to do anything with you. If on the first floor of the store to the | voy will tell me what is on your mind cellar. It was tumbled down the | perhaps I can better advise vou.! e cellar steps, almost’ demolishing the : S Summarizes Conversation. The cracksmen worked entirely on| ‘“Then ensued a general exchange the hinges: using safe jimmies ana | Of conversation which summarized chisels to pry under the edges .~r|(“\’-'l‘s Bb:a‘i:x -':;ntfo:low;: Mrs. Lans- the door. {/dorae . n the statements made by her In Lakehurst she had e y the Vi opening from the Ohio FHotel fur- | ;:el?:e 2::3:%3 she h:d ni’ixr“fl?';’ifi nace room, on tth\ south slmo the ! time criticized or meant to criticize market basement, was examined by v Vavy first observers with the belfef n.:.‘:.“s"hisi‘iii';fiefi' e \;&ier;pxee:fnfi:layt this afforded the method of en-{(omdr. Lansdowne was opposed to trance. Detective George Darnall, | gending the Shenandoah on the Mid. with his assistant, . Detective James | western flight during the thunder. Springmann, made a close inspec- | storm period and that he had protest- tion of this hole, however, 4nd found |ed so doing to the Navy Department. dust and soot on ‘it about half an | She said that Comdr. Lansdowne re- inch thick. 4 . garded the Shenandoah as a man-of- The entry is believed to have been | war and that he was opposed to using effected through the rear door. Police ! her on pelitical flights. believe that more than one yeggman | - “Shefurther stated that she was at operated because of the weight of | a lo8S to know exactly what to say to the safe and the opening operation. | the court gs everything that she had Manager Frank W. Payne of the|intended to say had already been said market stated that this was _the | in the records of the court. second time a robbery had ocetrred | “She further said that had she there. The first was last Jane. | known that the correspondence would — e ‘I be incorporated into the record as it COACHES ARE DERAILED. had been she would not have accepted the invitation of the court to be pres- ent, and that as a-matter of fact she Woman Hurt When Freight Side- swipes Passenger Train. would lke not to appear before the TOLEDO, Ohio, November 19 (#).— court, but didn’t very wel] see how she could gracefully avold doing so. One woman passenger was slightly injured when the engine and four “In conversation with her I stated that insomuch as she had not been summoned by the court as a witness passenger cars of a southbound Penn- sylvania passenger train were derailed at Walbridge, Ohio, near here, early | that it would be the first time so far train by a freight. Trafic on the | personally very much prefer and I and was appearing at her own request ibisiamorniog. as I knew that a woman had appear line will be held up severa)l hours. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) A yawning hole in the cellar wall, | and in view of the fact that she was the widow of Comdr. Lansdowne, and The wreck is said to have resulted | ed as a witness at an inquiry of this from . sideswiping of the passenger | character, I, as judge advocate, would {to examine members of the crew and U. 5. ORDERS PROBE OF STEAMSHIP FIRE Clyde Line Official Discredits Rumor That Fatal Blaze Was Incendiary. By the Associsted Press. LEWES, Del., November 19.—The Federal Bureau of Steamboat Inspec- tion today began an Investigation of the burning of the Clyde liner Lenape. Fyom the headquarters of the bureau in Washington orders were sent to the Philadelphia and New York inspectors survivors. The Philadelphia inspectors were ordered to examine the still smoulder ing hull of the Lenape, lying on the flats 5 miles north of here. The Lenape beached and &cuttled there T her more than 360 pas- sengers and crew were taken off the burning ship yesterday, with the loss of one life. The New York inspectors will ques tion nfembers of the crew and sur-| vivord who returned to that city last night. Capt. Willtam Park, superintendent of the Clyde Line; William Compton, New York representative of Lloyds, Ltd., «nd D. W. Burbage, Clyde Line agent here, are conducting a separate investigation. “We will determine today what is to be done with the wrecked steamer,” Mr. Burbage sald. Evidence of Firebug. Capt. Park scouted the theory that the fire was of incendiary origin. “There is no reason for us to believe that,” he sald. “We have found nothing to indicate such a cause. 1 realize that it looks strange that the Lenape, like the Mohawk, was on fire soon after leaving New York, but it just seems to-have been misfortune.” ‘When his attention was drawn to a published interview with John Dakin, chief steward of the Lenape, that he believed the fire started in three or four places and may have not been an accident, Capt. Park sald that was only Dakin's opinion. “I don't think Dakin has anything to bear that out,” he added. Capt. Charles Devereaux and sev- eral members of the crew left today for New York. “I have never heard of anything to compare to the quiet manner in which the man and woman passengers con- ducted themselves under said the captain. “All were brave and the passengers and men of my crew de- serve high praise.” William Sheldon, Long Branch, J., and Mrs. Mary J. Uric, Jackson ville, Fla., taken to the Beebe His- pital here from the Lenape, were still in the- institution today. They suf- fered from exposure and shock. Eleven = passengers were _injured, none seriously, in getting into life. boats. Some of the passengers and crew returned to New York, whence the vessel sailed, while others were taken by special train to Jacksony Fla., bound. Robert Leverton, aged 60, of Wil- limansett, Mass., was drowned in a leap as the vessel grounded behind the Delaware breakwater. Loss More Than $3,000,000. The wrecked hull of the Lenape represents a loss of $3,000,000. In the fire, 49 motor cars, all the bag- gage and most of the valuables of the passengers were lost. A few| passengers criticized the conduct of | the crew as the burning ship fought | her way shoreward and as the sur. | vivors were being taken off, but the great majority had nothing but praise. Capt. . Devereaux stood on the bridge until the crew had left. Final- 1y he jumped into the water from the bridge and was picked up. — CHIHILI CAPITAL FALLS BEFORE TENG’S ATTACK General Opposed to Chang, Man- churian War Lord, Seizes City After Hard Fight. By the Associated Press. PEKING, November 19.—Paoti fu, provincial capital of Chihili, 100 miles southeast of Peking, has been captured by.an army under Gen. ‘Teng Pao-San of the group opposed to Mar- shal Chang Tso-Lin. The city fell after considerable fighting with the re- {(fl;\g forces of the Manchurian leader. to which port the craft was AMOY, China, November 19 = The defeated Swatow. army ot‘{!’em Chen Chiungming is_entering impor- tant points in south Fukien province. The Cantonese Red army js control- uninanmung province and threatens o invade Fukign, e CHINA WINS TARIFF AUTONOMY; TO ABOLISH INLAND TRANSIT TAX Unrestricted Rights, Beginning in 1929, to Be Given in Treaty Agreed Upon—Complete Victory for Country Seen in Decision. By the Associated Press. PEKING, November 16 —The pow- ers represented at the Chinese cus- toms conference today unanimously and unconditionally cceded to the Chinese demand for the enactment of a treaty giving China unrestricted tariff rights, beginning January 1, 1929, China agrees to abollsh the likin or special tax {mposed upon goods in inland transit, on the same date. The action of the conference was taken at a joint meeting of the first and second committees, which adopted a subcommittee resolution reading as follows: “The es of the powers sembled in this conference resolved to adopt the following article relating to tariff autonamy with a view to incor- porating it together with other moai- ters to be hereafter agreed upon in a treaty which is to be signed by this conference: ‘he contracting powers othe n China hereby recognize China's right to enjoy tariff autonomy; they agree to remove the tariff restrictions which are contained in the existing treaties between themselves respec tively and China, and consent to the £oing into_effect of the Chinese na tional tariff law on January 1, 19: The governyient of the republic of China declares that the likin shall he abolished simultaneously with en- forcement of the tariff law, and further declares that abolition of the likin_ shall be effectively carried out by the first day of the first month of the eighteenth vear of the republic (January 1, 192 nmittees were appointed on the rates and purposes to be served by the interim surtaxes which are to be applied. Adjournment was taken, Fubject to the call of the chair. The subcommittee on purposes will deal with: First, the matter of com- pensation to the provinces in lieu of " (Continued on Page ‘olumn TALAN DEPUTIES 0UST COMMONSTS All Forcibly Ejected From Chamber After One Speaks Against Mussolini. By the Associated Press ROME, November 19.—The Com- munist members of the Chamber of Deputies were forcibly ejected from the chamber by enraged Fascists to- day after a scuffle brought on by the speech of the Communist deputy, Maffi in protest against vesterday's demonstration in the chamber in fa- vor of Premier Mussolini. Maffi declared that yesterday's man- ifestation, a few days after the pre- mier's escape from assassination, rep- resented ‘‘neither thought nor s the the sentiments of the laboring or of the whole Italian people. a: Roberto Farinacei, secretary gen- eral of the Fascist party, immediately leaped from his seat and rushed across the floor of the chamber, shouting in Maffi’s face: “When one speaks ill of the Duce this must be the answer found.” The next instant he landed a blow in Mafli's face. At this juncture the Facist deputies rushed in'a body to the extreme left of the chamber, grabbed the other Communist deputies and shoved them to the door. There the Communists were forcibly ejected under a rain of blows. Such a t@mult was aroused that the sitting was suspended for 10 minutes. Shortly after the sitting was re- sumed Premier Mussolini entered the chamber and the entire assembly and galleries rose to recelve him. STOREKEEPERS EXPECT MRS. COOLIDGE TO SHOP Sales People on Their Toes for Christmas Buying Visit on New York Trip. By the Associated Press. i NEW YORK, November 19.—— Salespeople in New York stores were on their toes today in expectation of an early Christmas opping visit from Mrs. olidge. The President is to speak tonight before the New York State Chamber of Commerce at the Waldorf. The presidential party, which in- cludes Frank W. Stearns, friend of the President, and Dwight W. Mor- row, head of the Alrcraft board, is due to-arrive at 1:55 p.m. Arrangements have been made for broadcgsting the speech set for 9 p.m., throughout the country over a dosen radio stations. The President has made no_en- gagements to confer with New York political leaders. Unless there is an unexpected change for the worse in the condi tion of the President's father, Co! John C. Coolidge, who is ill at Ply- mouth, Vt, President and Mrs. Coolidge expect to leave for Wash- COOLIDGE'S FATHER REPORTED BETTER Colonel Has Relapse, But Rugged Constitution Is Expected to Win. By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Vt., November 19.— Col. Jobn C. Coolidge, father of the Prestdent, has lost ground in his fight against heart block and bladder trou- ble. Dr. Albert M. Cram, who last night admitted that his patient had failed slightly, hopes that the rugged consti- tution which aided Col. Coolidge to quick recovery after an operation last June again will stand him in good stead. Although Dr. Cram makes no effort to conceal the seriousness of he situa- tion, he looks for ultimate improve- ment. Maj. James I. Coupal, presidential physiclan, who came to Plymouth in connection with the earlier illness of the §2-year-old patient, is keeping in touch with things here. Better This Morning. Whether Maj. Coupal wili be sent to Col. Coolidge's bedside again ap- parently depends on developments of the next few days and wishes of the President. Some improvement in the condition of Col. Coolidge was noted today by his physician, Dr. Cram, after a visit at his patient’s bedside lasting more than an hour and a half. Dr. Cram found that heart attacks suffered during the night had been less severe than on the previous days and expressed the hope that the com- plete rest which he had ordered would result in a material change for the better. The patient’s condition, how- ever, remains serious, he said. Dr. Cram said the colonel was able to take some liquid nourishment this morning, but nothing solid. Coolidge received with interest (Continued on Page 2 1) 1,000 Beer Mugs Fly In Fascist Meeting Staged in Saxony By the Associated Press. GHEMNITZ, Saxony, Germany, November 19.—A thousand beer glasses, 500 coffee cups and 600 tebles and chairs were used us arguments with smashing effect in a discussion of the topic Lenin or Hitler" staged by local Fascisti last evening. (Hitler is the Ba- varian Fascist leader.) When the beer mug Battle was over, §0 of the participants re- quired bandages and one was so severely hurt that he died. When the police reached the hall many of the Communists jumped through the broken windows fnto the garden. The ringleaders when arrested were found to be armed with clubs. g e CHANGE T0 DICTATE COAL TERMS SEEN Bituminous Drive Here Push- ed Harder as Settlement Rumors Are Heard. Faint indications that the hard coal industry may soon settle its inter- necine wrangle should not confuse the people of Washington into relinquish- ing one fota of enthusiasm in their own war on the high prices of anthra- cite, In the opinion of expert fuel engi- neers here. Instead, they should carry forward their “burn bituminous” cam- paign until the concelt has been thor- oughly knocked out of both sides of | the hard coal industtry, they say. Never before had such a golden opportunity to dic tate their own terms to the controlling forces of a necessa industry as in the present instance, it is said. If the public lets both the anthracite coal operators and miners know it is through with worry over efther coal strikes or coal bills, it is predicted that there will soon be an end to both of these nuisances. Five Stations Open. Thousands of persons have already learned that bituminous coal gives more heat with no more trouble and dirt than anthracite. There reason why every person in Wash ington should not learn the same les- son. Under the co-operative direction of The Star and the Coal Merchants’ Board of Trade, five instruction sta- tions were in operation here today. Tomorrow ariother will open, and by Saturday it is expected a seventh wiil| witness be started. These stations are o scattered that any one of them is within immediate access of every residential section of the National Capital. They are open every day at the following hours: 10 a.m. until noon, 3 p.m. until 5 and 8 pm. until 9. The best engineers ob- tainable are in charge, and they will be present every minute of these hours not only to show by actual demonstration how to burn soft codl, but also to answer questions abouf furnace trouble, either with soft ccal, hard coal or coke. In addition to the demonstration stations in Burleith, Petworth and at 108 Seventh street northeast, which have been running for several days, it was planned to put into operation a hot-air plant today at 1734 Corcoran street. Examination of the furnace, however, "disclosed that repair men had partially dismantled the furnace and it would not be ready for several days. It was then decided to open the house at 2708 Ontario road north- west, and operation of that station was inaugurated immediately. _In the meantime the owners of the Corcoran street house, Stone & Fair- fax, are arranging to donate another place, which will be announced by the first of the week. The fifth station to begin functioning will be the house at 6611 Fifth street, Takoma Park, D. C., which will open at 3 o’'clock this after- noon. This house was donated by H. L. Thornton, and John Meiklejohn donated his services as an engineer. The Takoma Park house will not open in the mornings, but will be open every day from 2 p.m. until 5 and from 7 o'clock tonight until §:30. Chevy Chase Station. Beginning Monday, a new station will be opened in Chevy Chase, Md. at 4601 Leland street. The house was donated by M. and R. B. Warren, 925 Fifteenth street northwest, and it will be open &t the regular hours along with the other stations. Tt is fully ex. pected that a station will be opened at Hyattsville simultaneously. These, it is” believed, will rather thoroughly cover the suburbs of Washington. Beginning at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, the house at 2025 Seventh street northeast will be opened. An englineer for it was obtained at noon today. 1It, too, will observe the reg- ular hours for demonstrations, with the exceptions of Tuesday and Thurs- day evenings. The man selectad to take charge there found that he would be obliged to devote those eve. nings to some ccllegiate work. Pamphlets containing instructions for the burning of coal and coke in domestic furnaces, prepared Ly Prof. L. P. Breckenridge for the fuels di- vision of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, have been print- ed in large quantities and may now be .obtained either from the front counter of The Star business office or at any of the demonstration sta- tions. These. should be read care- fully by all persons who intend to use either soft coal or cok Durkin Waves Farewell to Mother As He Eludes Chicago Police Again By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—Martin J. Durkin, police slayer, who has eluded every effort 10 capture him since No- vember 11, was reported today to have left Chicago, after coming here a week ago from New York in a stolen auto with Mrs. Harriet Galow, his cousin. As he left he waved a farewell to his mother, to whom a suicide note purporting to be from him was found last week with bullet-torn and bloody clothing on the Michigan boulevard bridge. The Tribune today said that search- ers have admitted that Durkin es- caped by train to New York after aluding a police trap October 29 and killing a detective sergeant. Policemen armed with shotguns searched the train, but Durkin pre- tended he was asleep and was not dis- turbed, the newspaper said. ington shortly after midnight. Radio Programs—Page 42.° He lived for a week in a New York hotel under the name of McMillan, ‘walked about the streets, visited the- aters and went to Mre. Galow’s home, - even though it wus watched by Fed- eral agents. He drove a stolen automobile from New York to Chicago though his left arm was useless from wounds. Arriv- ing here he arranged with Mrs. Galow to plant the suicide note and clothing on the bridge, and called on Dr. David V. Omens, who extracted the slugs and bullet from his wounds. To Dr. Omens he confided that he had gone about Chicago freely. He even sent a letter to the Tribune by & boy. Tapped wires and Mrs. Galow's story under questioning have brought out the story of the slayer's move- ments, the Tribune said. A woman giving her name as ““Mrs. Louise Decker” was held for ques- tioning as to any connection she might have with Durkin after she called at a suburban hotel and re- ceived a malled package .containing two pistols. At the time she ordered the weapons she also purchased an automobile, - -~ P ve - have the consumers| is no| | declared that the present fiving equip | i | FAMOUS AVIATORS SUPPORT CHARGES OF COL. MITCHELL Rickenbacker, Chambers and Wade Add Touches to Dark Picture. WAR ACE CALLS NATION ONLY EIGHTH AIR POWER Declares It Was “‘Suicide” to Send Men in Airships Without Parachutes. Three of America’s outstanding fi: ers rallied in the defense of Col. Wil liam Mitchell today at his court-mar tial and added a fgw striking embel lishments to the dark picture of the country’s air power that he has al ready painted Eddle Rickenbacker, American ace of aces; Reed M. Chambers, Ricken backer’s fellow ace and recipient of elght decorations for bravery, and Lieut. Leigh Wade, round-the-world fiyer, were the witnesses who added a few strokes to Col. Mitchell's work. All three testified in support gen erally of various statements made by the accused in criticism of the Gov ernment’s air policies. Capt. Ricken backer, among other things. told the court that America stands eighth among the nations of the world in re gard to air power, naming. under cross-examination, France, England, Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan and Poland as leading this Natioon His statement first was stricken ot but by cross-examination it again g into the record in a different form. Scores Parachute Lack. The witness said it was “suicide” to send aviators aloft in an airship witl out parachutes, in the same way that it would be to send & £hip to sea with- out life preservers. Col. Mitchell had made substantially the same clalm his arralgnment of the Navy f criminal negligence” in_ connection with the Shenandoah crash. Rickenbacker and Chambers bot: ment of the Army would be useless the event of another war, and tho { former added that they are extremels dangerous under any conditions. “The graveyards near the varloue fiving fields prove this to be so0,” the announced, but his remark was ruled out on objection by the prosecution. = Lieut. Wade criticized the Navy's handling of the Hawalian flight, de claring that 200 miles apart, in his opinion, was too great a distance be tween pilot ships. Make Flight Hazardous. Hle sald that ships this distance apart, in his opinion, would make the flight hazardous to human life. Answering a hypothetical line of questions, Lient. Wade said that there should have been only two men aboard the Hawal planes, and that they should have used smoke bombs for getting their bearings, instead of de pending on radio Representative Frank R. Reid, chie? | counsel for Col. Mitchell, announced today that the defense would complete { | | { Field, Tex., who was the Army { Service observer aboard the aircraft its case this afternoon or tomorrow and that the accused would take the | stand in his own behalf. Lieut. H. W. Sheridan of Kei carrier Langley at the Hawailan ma- neuvers, told of an incident during the operations when the Langley { came within five feet of being “de- stroyed” through collision with the West Virginia on leaving San Fran cisco Harbor for the Hawalian Islands His testimony about the maneuvers was objected to by the prosecution on the grounds it might be secret, but the witness replied: “There is nothing secret about it unless we want to sup he condition of aviation in the Suprised at Figures. Both Rickenbacker and Chambers expressed surprise at figures quoted by Maj. &Francis B. Wilby, general staff member of the prosecution, re garding the percentage of hits made by American anti-aircraft batteries during the World War. Both aces agreed that their experlences had taught them that anti-aircraft fire was absolutely ineffective and Chambe announced that the figures quoted by Maj. Wilby “were extraordinary.” “T have wondered why I was not officially credited with more German planes,” Chambers announced to .the court. When the prosecution asked Ricke; backer if he did not know that offictal records showed that America's bomb ing planes during the war flew at al titudes over 12,000 feet, the witness responded vigorously that he certainl: dld not know it, and challenged the accuracy of the records. He said he never flew above 10,000 feet Asked if he knew why the records should be falsified he sald he couldn't express an opinion about that, but told the court that he wouldn't he surpmsed at anything stated In the offici records. Saw Only One Hit. After relating his war record, M Chambers told of the futility of using anti-alrcraft fire, as demonstrated during his service over the front. He said that he had never seen an-ef fective anti-alrcraft hit and had seen only one plane brought down during the war by artillery, the projectile being in this instance a shell. The witness declared that the w fiyers held anti-alrcraft gunfire “in absolute contempt,” and declared that in his opinion it gave no protection whatever against planes. After an objection by the prosecu- tion had been overruled, Mr. Cham. bers sald that if existing aircraft was put into service in another war they would be of no use.. He said they would be destroyed in a short while by the enemy pilots, if the planes themselves didn’t first kill their own pilots. Record of Army. Under cross-examination by Maj. ‘Wilby, who sought the witness' opin- fon regarding figures quoted to show the effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire in the World War, Mr. Chambers ex- pressed great surprise that such record was claimed by the Army. R Wilby asked Mr. Chambers if he was aware that out of 520 shots fired by the 5th Anti-Aircraft Battery during the war, one enemy plane was brought down and out of 2,116 shots fired by the 2d Baf two planes were +{Coxtinued on: Page 3, Column 1)