Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1925, Page 3

‘Twenty-three Billion Dollats for Food That's what Uncle Sam's family spends annually to eat. There is a wide variety in this vast consumption of food be- cause of ice. Ice keeps fresh such perishables as meats, fish, fowl, milk, eggs, etc., in transportation and in storage until ready to serve. In Washington, American Ice keeps sweet and fresh the temping per- iskables in homes, restaurants, clubs and hoggls. American ICE Company clean, pure GARAGE Is just 03 esay Call Lin, 10-100 WASHINGTON Construetion € 201 Fenton Court ‘CHAMBER TO URGE UNITY IN COAL WAR Letters to Ask Other Bodies to Uphold Coolidge in The Washngton Chamber of Com merce will today send out letters te | mber of commorce and hoard of trade in the United States repre senting cities over 25,000 population urging them to supy President Coclidge in his nou-intervention atti | tude on the coal strike and the ac ton of the United States Chamber of Commerce in urging that the strike “be permitted to settle itselt alone| economic lnes | The local chamber at its la-t full| meeting praised the attitude of i fonal chamber and of President | dge, lauded The Star's coal dem- | onstration and adopted a resotution rging that the operators and miners | ilowed to work out thelr own so- | Feeling that the pub) together and force periodical coal strikes to a f ! the Washington chamber | out the letters | olution and the | stand n 1 fssue has sent 1 its owr tion National Chambe the same time slon trade organizations ‘ountry on the que: of the attitude of cach of the throughout the n. Iy | Favors Elective School Board. | | At the meeting of the board of di- ; rectors last night that body went on record in favor of the election of the | | school board by the citizens of the ! ity. The sentiment of the board was | that it was an entering wedge for suffrage In the National Capital as well as a good method of getting | representative citizens to administer | and large | structed THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19 pointed to the of pianes with He said t recommendation | 2 'f the general bourd in 1915 that two exclusively for the i REID TAKES PERSONAL OFFENSE AT BAN ON INSULTING TACTICS Creates Tension by Reaction to Court Warning That, Witnesses Must Be Treated Fairly—Both Coun- sel Meant, Gen. Howze Declares. veloped an answer to his question that this type plane never had carried | .000-pound bomb to an altitude of | 6,000 feet. Comdr. Whitinz previously | | haa testified that the full load ceiling | p- | of the C8 was 6.500 feet. He added | N MITCHELL TRIAL Defense Counsel, in Question- ing Witnesses, Seek to De- velop Contradictions. Prosectition witnesses were put un- the hut added fore that boar: Cireat thought and tion. and with th the United States is leading had recommended craft « period ritish questi, ain's air force, into the record The P arate n put o the Efftish unified 2 wgain Reld er to 1r. ut out ustained d Ma, 1t red with Says U. ‘We lead the world in We are behind in c: serted Com told in de Guilion e witness was qualified to ess his opinio Britain’s air unitied plan. He withdrew his questions, howeves asked inst ire io the air service. il of the y | made by Great Britain, Italy, Japan fleet, hat Col. Mitchell | he building of two some time during n 1919 and 1925, \s four years be he Nuvy general recommendation: Service Cited. & then turned experiences with 1) . and the prosecu art of a re national defensc some modificatior operations wis ng dropped f The torpedo Coradr. compare fx | tvpe craft in ot ked M. vés," Reld. to Bri What th the ey work “Then . fieer?" sion, obzervs vigorous ob. line of stioning osecutic L& court U of these objections. expiained that he | came in erin the ped offensivel “I sald we i when we get tl of the success of policies under a minatic nee pert 1d how America t Britain with re on the in the hold. Leads World. mitted naval avia- ler: The witness | ovisions being France operation of planes and he declared that 1l other | . Whith alr they had th below. for Mr. Reid den Whiting _said, vornbly is the It the Navy pursuit planes to sea it is not equip- | that the rom th's altf planes with are with her navies. purpose fon and of cannot ver knew of a 2,000-pound bomb tude. the fleet equal or same the British bring pursult planes to sea?" | : repifed the witness %Can we carry pursuit planes to Have No Pursuit Planes. ‘\We could if we had them.” Well, have we any?” planes offensive take, The British can?” an hem." m on the he h Numerous ose manded the take them to sea The witness was subjected to lengthy matter 1 qualified as a | of questions out the fact that the Langley, avy's experimental carrie nes ready for action and §0 However, the witness ad flying_deck | commodate only about 10 at one time. and in order to get more planes in the m the fiy take the air to make room for those . car- can ac fr dy Asks Information Source. source of examination by the de- esterday afternoon’s ses- E of the Mitch trial. | In one instance, that of Grover Loe- ining, noted aeronautical engineer, who' designed the amphibian planes | used by the Navy for the MacMillan Arctfc expedition, Col. Mitchell's counsel succeeded in getting the wit- ness to apparently contradict himself through means of a letter introduced in the record. Loening’s Previous Statement. Loening had testified to the effect that Mitchell's charge that the Mac- Miilan planes were “designed for use in the tropics,” was incorrect, as he had always had in mind their use for icy region: but Representative Frank R. Reid, chief counsel for the accused, produced a letter written by | Loening to Col. Mitchell, in which the | former "sald: “If you feei you must | eriticize the Navy, please remember that my amphibian planes were de. | signed for use in Hawail and the Car tbbean Sea." Mitchell's reply to this letter and an- other response from Loening also were read into the record. Loening's second communication defended his planes for “all purposes.” Locning Resents Attacks. Mr. | In Loening’s reply to Col | ufacturer showed strong {of Col. Mitchell's attacks on his am- | phiblan plane as an Arctic ship. letter pointed out that while it wi true he had boosted his ship for use e e L IBRISK CROSS-FIRE PIGEONS DIE IN BLAZE. |PLEA FOR IMPROVED Capitol Heights Garage Believed Ignited by Incendiary. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., Decem- ber 2.—Fire believed to have been of incendlary origin yesterday destroyed a garage of T. A. Thomas. A number of pigeons perished. The fire depart- ment responded, as did firemen from the District of Columbla and Seat Pleasant. FEET OF FAT WOMEN UNDER AVERAGE IN SIZE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2.—There is a saying that fat women may always | expect consolation. The latest is that they have smaller feet than their slimmer sisters, who take great pride in borlike figures. George M. Spa ing the national convention of Shoe Denlers here January 7-9, sponsible for the statement. at people are usually boned,” he said have more area over which to sprea their flesh and do not show obesity small- All the golfing, health walking and | other forms of exercise in which the modern woman is indulging has not enlarged her feet, but has made them smalier and rauscular, the shoe man observed. | likely prove harmful to his business as 21 manufacturer. Lieut. Col. T. C. Turner, U. & M. C., in charge of the first aviation group at Quantico, Va., testified in defense of the DI type plane when first put on the stand, but under cross-exami nation admitted his flying equipment was far from sufficient “What nation can we lick with these S Mitcheil's response, the aircraft man- | planes now. in service?” Mr. Reid ask- resentment | ed the witness, “Cuba,” Col. Turner replied with The | a smile. ngler, who is arrang- | ““Large-boned people | | ice, | Office and other relief activities under EDUCATION SYSTEM La Fayette University Head In- forms President of Move for New Project. Dr. John H. McCracken of eastern Pennsylvania, president of Lafayette University and a member of the Amer ican Council of Education, informed the President today of a determination on the part of the council to bring | about the enactment of a law creating 2 department of education in the Fed- eral Government. He told the Presi- dent that the council, which fs made up of officers of all the educational in stitutions of the country, feels that the Federal Government has falled to give proper assistance to the States and municipalities in the advancement of education, and that the time had come when the Federal Government should ta tion in this country Dr. McCracken said that a bill, separate from the general reorganiza- tion Dill, which provides for the de. partment of education and rellef, will be introduced in the coming ses- sion which will provide for the crea- tion of a separate department of the Government to be devoted to educa tion. If this matter of legislation fails | to pass, the council then will give its support to the reorganization bill, | feeling htat a half loaf is better than none, as Dr. McCracken expressed it The objectlon of the council to the educational and relief department as provided in the Federal reorganization bill {3 that it consolidates the Bureau of Education, the Public Health Serv- Veterans’ the Penslon one departmental head. Dr. Mc- Cracken contends that betier results would be obtained if only the Bureau of Education and the Public Health Service were included in the ¢ i nation. steps to promote educa- | SureRelief' FOR INDIGESTION _ A~ | g 6 BELLANS | Hot water | Sure Relief FOR SALE BY JOHN P. AGNEW & CO. if 728 14th St. . Main 3068 FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS | CAN YoU | AFFORD | TO RENT? Comdr. Whiting’s information on for carriers and asked if it alwavs Comdr. Whiting replied s correct, but it was naval attache reports, the school affairs of the city. Charlescountries with regard to catapults for | W. Darr explained that the indorse- |launching planes at sea, and operates | ment of the suggestion to elect school | More planes with the fleet than Great board officlals would evidence (o |Britain despite the fact that the latter Congress the desire of the citizens | dation is ahead with respect to air- in the tropics, that did not mean that he hed regurded it not equally | adaptable for operatfon in colder | climates. ~He sald the best proof of If you are a person of consid- erable means, to whom the given in GIVING AWAY of forty to Paul Pearlman 1711 G St. N.W. Enterprise Serial Building Association 643 Louisiana Ave. N.-W. _ 55th issue of stock now open r subscription. Shares of stock, $1.00 each, payable monthl Five per cent interest paid on stock withdrawn. James E. Connelly, President James F. Shea, Secretary ——— ——. 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Edge- | combe, Thomas W. McGuire, F. P. Orbello, Mrs. S. A. Gentry and Louis E. Snyder. 'RHINELANDER TRIAL IS NEARING THE END Maurict Morris | Stork, | A. Cor- | H.| i | | vorce Suit Begins Summation of Evidence. 7/ the Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. November 2 —Isaac N. Miils, chief counsel for |Leonard Kip Rhinelander, who is | {cuing his mulatto wife, Alice Reatrice Jones Rhinelander, for annuiment of their marriage, today began summa- | | tion of evidenc the plaintiff, Al- | I most with the first words of his burst | |of oratory, which Mills had indicated {would continue for a day and a half, {the plaintiff attorney appealed to the | | white jury on a basis of racial dis. | tinction. { “Leonard will hail a verdict for the !plaintiff as a prisoner on the steps {of the scaffold hal pardon from | the governor,” Mills declared. B; | = | Suit Against Non-Resident Real-| tors, Alleging Commission Due. Sult to recover $23,000 as commis on on the exchange of real estate s filed yester in the District upreme Court by the C. W. Simpson | | Co., Inc., realtors. against Brooks S. | Hutchinson, Clyde E. Hutchinson, Cohen C. Arnold and the Annapolis | Co., all of Fairmont, W. Va. Through | Attorneys Barnard & Johnson the real | estate firm says it was employed by |the defendants to n - | exchange of coal lands tions. and elaimms Jare pseitels. Droseniod on"or oo S e SIMMS. are aile o make erada e Kiving yo ty shades at o money. THE SHADE FACTORY _ 1109 14th St. N.W. Main 10428, None “Just Like It” “jugt as good.” We're sols tamons PROLEE T ool Fafier 08t irable. Fust-reaisting « market Syt KOCNS ROOFING 110 3rd St. S.W. _COMPANY Phoue Main 9! The Quality of Our Printing Onde & parallel only in the Broquct of the best. HIGH GRADL. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED - J PRIN BYRON S. ADAMS, ZEiyms, Have You a Printing Need? Consult this million dollar printing plant for profitable results. The National Cagi&al Press __1210-1212 D ST. HAVE YOUR ROOF EPAIRED NOW A little repairing NOW mieht save you the price of a new roof later. Call % up for Roof advice. T IRONCLAD iy v Maw 14 | ginla for $500.000 for which it was to | | receive a commisslon of $25,000. | company asserts\that it arranged with the Wardman Construction Co. tc trade the Annapolis Hotel at Eleventh | { and H streets northwest for the prop- | |erty of the defendants, but the de. | fendants, although requested, have | failed to pay the agreed commission. || S | [GIRL’S SLAYER CON\)ICTED'Q Roland Dix Given 15 Years at!| Rocky Mount, Va. i | ROCKY MOUNT, Va., December 2 || | #P).—Roland Dix, on trial here for the | murder of Doris Holcomb, 13-year-old | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb of near Sydnorsville on the evening of October 20, was found|| guilty of murder in second degree by a || sentence fixed at 15 years in the penitentiary. After two days of hear- ing the case was given to the jury yesterday morning. Secretary Davis Gues Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 2.—Sec. retary of Labor James J. Davis was guest of honor today at a dinner at the rooms of the Chamber of Com- merce Club. He was taken on a tour of historical places. Tonight Mr. Davis to make an address in the ki, ool auditorium before the ! of Washington for suffrage. 'xl' has water piercing | planes gunfire. 1.000 | there is i the N; 99, | Nav. aft one the Ital Commander bombing ton by which Col. on Describes Bombings. _| He told of numerous cha | being exploded |of the dropping of a 14-inch shell from which the explosive charge had been In the latter case, he sald, sole removed. it was the depth | would penetrate he that it was pound bomb had been exploded | ““¢ against her hull, pounds of mated the explosive power of such a | bomb. He also denied that | ing to drop a non the hese tests. Says 99 Planes Are Ready. deck Turned over | examination, n't a single fighting plane in all of Mr. Reld went Into great detail on the performance of the new torpedo, - | bombing and known as the ( carriers. carrier two others in that ship rench into a has no carr of the has come in for Mitchell, conduct of those tests. | that it was the | nerability of the s explosion; bombs her than of % vy on activa duty today ¢k & can compare with the Army pursult plane now in service. 3 | questioning on the numb, ancls J.|in " the various squadrons 1230 Connecticut Avenue. publications sonal conv vho had | The obj He said that Japan | in com 0 oand | proc of conversion; are converting one rier resent, and s. told of he Wi ng: critictsm defended the He explained plun to test the vul- ; first. to unde second, to armor v dropped from air. | Originall deck, and third, 1o Comdr ct of M Whiting congressional ¢ battleship % | hait and | tion on the tw effect. but sin launc it develops the rume Whit he was aboard tion he time tha the I are es of TNT he b her hull and Sgin against good us, fons | ot intention to find the a rmor-piercing shell deck. He dented ' to say that a the; but declares e misleading’ ke mdr. Whit de used he TNT lared the | ed ti approxi- | of the - part of t it was mislead- | bomb on during | xplosive the Washington e the | alongside; ta Mr. Reid for eross the witness iestified and d the prot et of g | bomb, | ont | the of the ship o) that After lengthy of planes | with the | giv: When Mr | the t ing, he said should be s W the witn scouting plane of the ed. The S and finally de luncheon Fine Gifts Portrait photographs from. doz An exquisite miniature. A portrait colored in oils Platinum prints, each Genuine Diminuettes, each. Many other gems of our art from. Sunday 10 to 1 Appoint Studio Open Phone Main 4400 for Portraits of Quality. Teleph: d and pers ship of this type obtained ng facllit n improvement edge to this effect battleship a_battleship. in three phases, he said, first, to de- effect against the hottom | of high explosives placed in the water to determine the an armor-plerci bullt like a ! had given a very what took place and what w court photographs with een the ships in « s ir. Reid's ex. Sy mmittees half firs: s to I and B nce suid British ang It is on th per ses his conc on th it ny hiag ing his year, an > seen the he seen foreign carriers since 1918 when | €1 and from persons stion mination ilong this line was to exonerate the accused from sta nts made befol that the | British ships Rodney and Nelson were | conditions. battleships Comdr. Whiting sald carriers. | t informa. ) the same ave been what was had not i a French e informa uston that e Langle etter than, of He admitted the possibility | in the method of | retarding the speed of airplanes once hit the deck of forelgn carriers, i no positive me\.‘ vigorously defend- | test conducted against the huil | Washington the d declared avy did not attempt to give the airplane bombs could The ng shell, pped from a; tve deck, and, third, | st the which embodied the latest in battleship construction. nfire aga Reid read tests were | effect of n airplane sides testimon 7 by Admiral Hilary Jones befc | fleet the witness arrived at a total of | the Lamy which ready for action. " | amphibtan the f that the amphibians were | effictent under fey conditions was the { record they mgdc with the MacMillan | expedition in" the far North. 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