Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1925, Page 4

SHERIDAN CHARGES ' BRING HOT RETORT H — | Mitchell Trial ~ Testimony/| | “Dangerous Half Truth,” | Pacific Aircraft Chief Says. B tha Associated SAN DIEGO, ( . November 21| lieut. Comdr il F. Smith, chief { of staft of the aircraft squadrons, bat ile fleet, yvesterday made a spirited | repiv to eritic ed inst the | personnel _and equipment of the| United States naval aircraft carrier langley by Lieut. H. W. Sheridan, Army aviato testifying before the Mitchell court-martial His story.” said Comdr. Smith. in ah interview, “is extremely dangerous because he told only a half truth, o ting a vital part of what actually orcurred during the Hawalian flight | maneuvers { “The entire report of the Honolulu critique, as quoted by the purported | stenographic notes taken by Lieut.| Sheridan of Admiral Willlams' re-| marks, would be flluminating if the | Nrmy aviator had testifled as to what | agtually occurred : Lieut. Sheridan’'s testimony that| there were 6 crashes when 14 planes | were sent aloft is open to the same | cfiticism. \When one considers that ! almost 1.000 landings have been made | oh the Langley and that not a single | person has been killed, and remem- | bers that this type of flving is the| most sporting fying in the world, the | Its are phenomenal he flying of the Langley’s officers ahd crew during the search the AN-9 No. 1 is ample refutation as to whether the planes can be flown on oF off the carrler without trouble. Muring this period of eight days inf kinds of weather 14aving and coming abc lev without a single casualty MITCHELL TO TAKE * STAND ON MONDAY TO DEFEND VlEWSi planes were rd the Lang- trom Fir: able a native of that State as Mr. Reid.” You should be.” ‘Have you ever had any sea serv: ige ‘No, except for days."” “From that service are vou able to tell when a ship is about to be col- lided with?" “I can see when a ship is about to be collided with without sea service.” Witness” Retort Warm. ‘Do vou know that this near-colli- hetween the Langle; battleship West Virginia was caused hy a broken steering gear that dis- abled the ship temporarily?"” ‘I don’t know it, and I don't believe it.” “Do you know that all of the ves: sels to the rear In the line were forced to come to a stop because the break in the steering apparatus “*No. Do vou know that the admiral in charge of aircraft, who was on the bridge of the Langley with the cap- tain of the Langley, has several times | commended highly the captain of the | Langley for preventing an imminent | collision when this breakdown oc- cuarred?” \ No. I don’t know that, because | there wasn't any admiral on the Lang- lay, “Do you know that the officer in charge of aircraft has several tim commended the captain of the Lang- | ley for his able seamanship in pre- | venting this collision?’ “I have heard that the captain of the Langley was praised, and he de- | rerved to be. He was a good cap 1ain.” In your testimony you criticized the Camden for not coming alongside the Langley.” “I did nothing of the kind. faid that the C; ongsid statement of 1 merely mden was ordered to and didn't. It was a| Says Maneuver Impossible. “Do you not know that the decision | of the umpires there was that it was unquestionably an impossible maneu- o ? erybody knew it was impos- | u tes ified that four planes were | damaged in ) 1ding on the Lar ndings did you see? i , sir.” en do you think you " the 3 “I have T riticized pilots. T think they are fine, T were the best lot of Navy pilots I have | ever seen “Do vou not know damaged planes v the next morning. and t the ef- iefency the flving squadron the ext day was 100 per cent ‘It is unbelievable.” Halting abruptly S ination, Maj. Gullion turned fto court and make a curt motion that all of Lieut. Sheridan’s testimony given the day before be stricken Trom the racord, and then sat down. Mr. Reld immediately swung into action. 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Church, Tenleytown, will officiate. Miss Riley had lived at Lake for the last seven yea is survived by her mother, a Merritt Riley, and four sister: H. Trail, Mrs. F. Purna, Miss and Mrs. Scott Price of Phoenix, ASKS $25,000 DAMAGES. Wash employe Saranac Ariz. O cover sault : Joseph Low Reed has filed suit to re. alleged as Schaller 's he went to an tment house (o consult a phy n November 29 last when the two defendants attacked him in the lobby of the building. The suit grew out of a meeting of tenants to protes ened increase in renta A John W. Wood and Walter C. ston appear for the plaintift. Balder- ABBOTT HEADS ENGINEERS W YORK, November 21 (#).— Election of William L. Abbott of Chi- cago as president of the American Soclety of Mechanical Engineers announced following a mail vote of the members. Vice presidents chosen were: William T. MaGruder, Ohio University; Prof. Alexander ( Christie, Johns Hopkins University, and Roy V. Wright, New York, editor of the Railway Age. Erik Oberg of New York was elected treasurer. Mr. Abbott is chief operating engi- neer of the Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. was nation-wide more than 17.000 Prof. Maj. Gullion could have under- stood the witness' replies, declaring that Lieut. Sheridan had demonstrated that he not only knew what he was not talking about, but showed that Maj. || Gullion didn’t know what he was talk. ing about himself. Counsel asserted the witness had not criticized any- thing, but had merely told the court what he saw. Maj. Gullion arose and said that he didn't think the court needed any ex- planation of the motion to strike out, ut Col. Blanton Winship, law mem- ber of the court, thought otherwise. Accordingly, the prosecution contend- ed that Lieut. Sheridan had shown under cross-examination that he was incompetent to testify regarding naval matters. Without deliberation Col. Winship recommended that the prosecution’s motion be overruled, and the court adopted the recommendation The testimony was concluded with one question "which Gen. Howze, president of the court, put to the wit- ness. JHow old are you?” Gen. wenty-eight, replied “That's all,” the court responded Howze the lieutenant and |t THE SECRET SOCIETIES | BANC.K.DINTTALY Senate Adopts Measure. Mussolini Favors Blow to Free Masonry. EVENING { By the Associated Press ROME, Noyember The bill abol- ishing secret societies in Ttaly, already approved by the Chamber of Deputies, was adopted by the Senate yesterd; 182 votes to 10. The voting was pre- ceded by a lengthy discussion, with Premier Mussolini as the final speak- er. e refuted the assertions of pre vious speakers that the Fascist cam paign against Free Masonry was tend. ing to isolate ltaly from the civilized nations. Mussalini dec the abolition of this were true, but the fact was that only today hundreds of ~American | bankers were offering subscriptions | to millions of Americans for a loan of $100.000,000 to Ialy. “1 declare, ided emphatically, “that an isold country does not re celve such credit.’ Answering the argument that the government's real purpose in pushing the measure through parlinment was 10 strengthen the Fascist regime, Mus- solini asserted: “It is right for each regime to make laws to defend it | self.” Among the few who opposed the bill, only Senator Croce spoke, saying that it the law was intended to pacify the population it would have the opposite effect. He thought it unfortunate that such a law should be introduced at a e when “conditions of public lib ity are very disturbed in Italy.” This statement met with ated inter- ruptions by the st Senators, red he would favor e Masonry even if | Aeroplanes in ice decorated the ta- bles at dinner given to Capt. 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Nearly a thousand persons attended the thirty-fifth annual concert of the Vaughn Bible Class of Calvary Bap- tist Church, in the Church Sunday school house, Eighth and H streets, last night. Music was furnished by many of Washington's leading musiclans and entertainers, who were called upon for numerous encores by the large au dience present. The music covered a wide varfety, consisting of many classical numbers and popular airs. ‘Those appearing in the concert in- cluded the following: The National Male Quartet, WANTED | A DELICATESSEN STORE our | neighborhood. We have the aeant | store. WIll rent It to a responsible person who will keep a clean, high-class | shov. 7 1515 U St. N.W. com- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1925. posed of W. F. Raymond, first tenor; A. C. Wilkins, second tenor; Fred East, baritone, and J. C. Smith, basso, with Prof. Thomas Moss, accompanist; Esther Cutchen, planist; David E. 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