Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 5

SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.. DECEMBER 13, 1925—PART 1. TRIAL OF MITCHELL NEAR CLOSE, [Hundreds of Letters to Santa Claus EAGUE AWA"’ING gl At Dead Mail Office; Address Unknown P T ANT []PERA"BN Recess Ts Granted on Awsurance That This Week| RULES ARE ISSUED izt svomsr e s v o s i s e U. S, ARMS REPLY . i it o a : 6. ; . wiseacres at the City Post Office over | children, it will have to go down with of_arbitratic a0 ey Will See End of Trial—*‘Almost Treason the contents of certain mysterfous | other unsolved muysteries of the Dost o arba o lcion and wecu Charge Disputed by Witness. Ballou Circular letters that are rapldly flowing into! Office Department. i \r"f::nt? Compulsory Provisions to All Principals. Alifas* Warns of Effort to Ciose Navy Yards and Shops of Government. Explains (h;‘nlgeugr‘l’;e:ue;‘:’fix;g' Out of respect for Santa Claus f‘;"{‘Geneva Anxious to Know If}t The ram of dis: ment are without | the children these letters will not s aspects, including doubt addressed to Santa Claus.|opened at the Post Office, but Mr However, there are a few on which| Mooney has announced t if an opinions as to the intended recipient [one can be found who is willing range from Col. “Billy” Mitchell to|help out Santa by answering the le President Coolidge. One of the let-|ters in the expected manner they wil ters came in with the address cover-|be turned over to him. ing the whole front of the envelope ard of Education has adopted |and written in a hand that only Santa America Will Join in Pre- [ \oun Teet by the aperstion of the covenant & r Kreements liminary Study. o 3 o e “In answer to the charge nable administrathon,” Mr. inspection trip, Col. Mitchell based Geclioed SVeLYELaL Lo daxe ftin lis charge of “no defense plans in|unde: that understanding.” Maj. Mc- Sl Gy 7% Nair emphasized, however, that the Labor last was warned of the| Under cross-examination by Mr |Droject was under preparation a con-| . p, . };l‘niuufl ind Mists and 1. the witness sald that he. as o »*"1!;:';‘#"’“3 time before the vieit of the | o5 for carrying the provisions | Claus could hope to read hodies effected here at a e nember of the staff of the command- | accused. i .| Of the compuisory school act passed | There seems to be some slight dif- F‘f::::‘;;l‘\ nd iriday “to combat Gov 5 general of the Hawaliun depart- &(,I(',,l:'l’\"c" ‘1:'21.:”;,3515%:3‘ h::;; {tf':'}fc by the last Congress in which the | ference of opinion among the young- ro : 7 2 ; ¢ participation in; purely com: fment ‘and concerifed with war plans |(% Qum froms the de.|OUrs of study required in private and | sters as to the exact location of San. | Counterfeiter Gets Better Color in fussing navy reductions except as an mercial activities.” . !iid not discuss the application of avi | COUTt & memorancum trom the de | parochial schools, the requirements|ia’s home and toy factory, Among Latest I: o sl ol i 1o Ostensilly the conterence proposcd | ation In the defense of the island | pArtment adjutant Lo the communding | for Toachers of such schools and the | the Places desliiated on the Jetsers test Issue. |Ezimiensias & huole R ¢ o el W e o ¥ith the accused nor was Col. Miteh | RIEr8, B GO (000 (1 Whese offi. | CUrTiculum for their students were set {are the North Pole, Canada; Tovland,| An ambitious counterfeiter, whose | (it (tered tonisnt in e ey were ivary in The" porivate industry, but Judging by |1l furnished with any set of defensc | (SIIEHS w0 Gon: itchell overy op. | O, BArity with those of the public Virginla; No Man's Land, The Ice| technique is beginning to show im-| ation to e e e Rty well be denominated ‘mterference with | n his direct examination Maj. Me. | Portuntt o see the Alr Serwice units| “A circular explaining the provisions | “Wherever He May ;X,f'“"“(‘:\"\,mu“"‘x provement, has just produced a “sec- |in the Le: : sa ket : =y, marted, seach Government on the part of privice | Vair said that shortly after the ciose of | /i order that the department may de | pas been sent to all schools concerned | the fact that the carriers in these|ond edition” of bogus §5 bill sjct studles ; : 7 = business.’ > Alifas, president « World War the then commanding | T I M e atd that Sin case fAy)dl’:‘rl. (::"l;;x“k])l‘s(;l llsa‘ll;;\;; superin- | sections had to be called Into the|handiwork having again come 10 s s s eeneral conter 1 \ stri % ational Associa e 3 EartTaent | Pl fu % case ent of the District public schools, | cities handl e h DRt S el 7 i o of Machi Wi represents | e Morton, directed that war plans | lie makes recommendations or sugges {11 W fiquirements: Tminter Mooney his wamouncd (s |Possession of the Secret Service | Amerscan Lteation s Tt this arte e e i . ! BnE e should . 3 : ek deyne i A ) ; % e 1ote, | DOON nd she in Washin Nt e e rEInAl et | headquarters imuediately in order All Schools on One Basis. S L TR Lo “:n“‘.::;"%::l; T ot e | morrow or Mon A o5 Clope Nateh: it that time the project was revised s olanaTs Mn Reld. | pite and parochial schools must at cen heard in out-of- f,;"'u;(,’fi:fllfir;c?-lx'.’.',,-‘: ool e i'\\'““ o o hy i = i and pro | TOM_time to time as conditions "t ¢ replied the | tha s aial the amount required in| heway places which indicate that| The details of both issues are so|ernment, like ! 1 pons ranged and our knowledge \,;— | e l:‘“fl; 'm«" ::{:I! f“-r “;;‘ "um'flvunr;l- Santa Claus is well pleased with the | similar that Moran is certain that| = tnd ( i e, posed, o more wiete. The -“!-'”10‘ character of the. fnstruetion Phe othe | restored faith in him among the chil-| they are the output of one person. | to collaborate in Genev: t v other who used to be one ¢ des e ¥ St 4 4 production o n-made goods,” Tests of Orders Made. | s some inuicy about some ques: :,f,,’,.",f,“,,',.’,',‘.',"‘,yi'-’f'{'f,.f‘.'.rr‘{:;“;'.:i'f,i e Alitas ¢ competltion | Wers there any tests of thejfielq {jtionsithats e ot | Subjects or School actlvities pursued s unfair ¥ rders?”’ asked Maj. Wilby | 0 % n 3 school o o workman, but S r were. Gen. Summerall [ war plans or not. I have some recol chool whish are ';m’l‘ offe ';njmh]{xfl ce betwee us of wanted to ses what the troops them.- | lection that it was about communi- | 70000 red in the made goods an - E elves would do in an emergency, | cations. { credited of production work ca r they were familiarized with the | Communications In Plan. Vederal Government in i ans. Fearing they would become %f wprg communications gemerally materfal and supplies for car ter of common knowledge, he is-| .o ed 4 TRNLFor defense? Private Instruction. ' the several departme ued an order safeguarding them, the | “*U3E0 Regarding private, individual in leral Government | ey ‘helng that the actual details| «Thavs entirely everything you re-| struction. the board said e o aris and | would ‘beiimicwn by irelatively few!| member2: _ “A chiid shall be deemed legally in i1 equipped navy vards and S attendance at school within the mean for the purpose of Did the accused see tho then ex-| .y Reld produced a document|ing of this act if he or she is receiving PHsfEnts Uredito <0 ing defense plans when he visited | entitled *Preliminary Report of In-|brivate instruction which coincides in and repair naval vessels and “f' I pection Made by Brig. Gen Mitchell,” | duration with the annual period dur. i R e knowledge. I feel quite | und asked the witness if he ever had | {ng which the public schools are open Government's own use not forf tain 1 would have known it if he | 3 copy of it In his possessiom. for puplls of like age, and provided e to brivate citizens, There is a | o0 “It looks very much like the re:|that the number of hours of instruc ide difference between the Gover “\Were vou aware of the purpose of | port left at the time of his departure,” | tion or supervised study per week, un. Casb s Hm;\fl"l"l'l" ""{‘m“}"'}g nis visit?” replied Maj. McNair. - der a private teacher or teachers e odutias alll Bortsi ot RimElies ‘ot in detall. There was some| “Did you look at it at the time?” |deemed competent by the Superintend. e I o aoa the Gy ition as to just what he was| “I made a hasty examination of it.” | ent of schools, shall be not less than to private citizens and the G He was very active and| “Was there any discussion of it |the minimum for children of like age mentRao’ S ONI 's moving about, but we were at ‘There was in the public schools. Provided fur- (o find ot what detalls he was| “Do you want to tell the court that | ther, however, that in case of private I found out more about this|Gen. Mitchell was not furnshed a|tutorship of a single child or small i purpose of the | before he left. I was called | set of plans for the defense of the |group of children, the advantage in cont! " . its purpose s t i i individual instructlon may \ken ceeits hat : salipyiitiel [0 THRRTE B2 ‘When we looked over the report |into consideration by the superintend. it Cof Staff weith a copy of his re |we did not see the statement ‘there | ent of schools as Justifying « decrease « 4 3 1the | 0. He discussed it while I was ir |are no war plans in existence. in the whole number of hours of in- War Depa purchased fre the office and went over it rapidly. 1 Did vou tell him then that you|struction; and provided further, that private contractors instead of being [ Hhe e his gomng over | had plans for employment of the|in the case of any boy of girl fn M. broduced In the Governmer e olan rvice?” ; ful employment, the superintendent of hops. If to duplicating activities . We didn't know he had|schools also may take into considera. vernment to I cited pamphlet o | Questioned their existence. tion in estimating the above minimum large, well x “Had there been some discussion |equivalences for the purpose of this irsenals, paid for by the taxpayers' D eterse and polnted out this wae | With him about the conditlon of the fact, the character and surroundings of money, in order that private concerns | (9st fefense wnd powtet, UL th S WiC 1ulands the occupation in question: 5o far as mayimaic xnrrrfim‘ out “§ ‘x‘.uéwm i | effect the Navy was no good and it No. | these may bear upon the educational T e e e ot this competition so | Wouldn't do in time of need, and we Summerall in Command. ¥alile, If any,itherpof.” would have to do it anyway. *TWho sas the commanding general hat their charges can be increased, it ; is also logical to insist that the Pos Referred to Base Need. then? there any a ate arrang Office Department should be abolished | “Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall.” | pocre, §7% degunts ;”;_‘h"‘,’;::‘;’:'i“;‘f* and the distribution of mall he placed | “Did he make reference to the me-| “Noiw, are you able to state to the | of forced landings in the watersr P. in the hands of pri riies. If | cessity for alr bases on the other|court that he told Gen. Mitchell there | " “They are not all to be desired. We ay; this theory is carried to its logical |islands?” was a set of plans for the employment | haq to restrict flying over the water Next lusion all Government buildings | *'Yes; but it was not an original 1dea |of the Alr Service? hecause there were not enough patrol Year might be vacated in order that pri-[at that time. e fully recognized the| *I can't state th: boat. ‘e bullders and landlords be encour- | possibility of hostile aircraft base: [ “Did you ask Gen. Mitchell for any | aged and hat the ‘open door of oppor- | belng established on the other islands. | information 10 help “you work out | when Gen. Mitchell was therer” Tonity’ might he especially applied to | There was no essential point brought | plans for the Air Service A “Nonoion b, oG e sianses were their respective lines of business at} up in the report ‘\‘\:;;udmuia be ac- ;No. T should have liked to talk | selected.” lic 1se. | cepted ch we had not alread: | with him but found no opportun! 5 P e ebram of this employers' | contemplated or fully recognized in| “Were you too busy?” Documents Produced. conference if carried out {vould mean |our plan: e The witness produced some docu- ihe closing down of the Washington| “Did his plans differ materially from Did he ever refuse to talk to you?” | ments and charts on this subject and Navy Yard and the letting of thethe plans in the field orders “No." it was for the purpose of examining Work to such concerns as the Mid-| “Yes, they did differ. The plan of Were you afraid of him because he | these, which Mr. Reid said would re- Vile and Bethlehem Steel companies | the accused was an outline to be de- [was a brigadier general?” auire’ about two hours, that the re- . the closing down of | veloped locally. These two plans may [ *No, I hardly saw him. cess was requested. Vavy Yard and substi-|differ widely and still be effective. The outstanding witnesses vet to tuting the Newport News Shipbuild-|Both might well insure proper em- o, his time was at his own dis- | be called by the prosecution are Gen ing Co.; closing down the other navy |ployment of troops in emergency. |posal.” Summerall and Maj. Gen. Denis F _(Continued from First Page) guishing . vil and military aft, and whether it would be pos . | le to jud the military IMPROVES IN TECHNIQUE. | ™ Ao vt wros A, December 12.—With Ja- | naval armaments pun, € and italy opposed to dis - - Equal to the Occasion ny discussion by you s to whether any plans for the em labor in so t is opposed 2 *hools, shall be properly equivalent of other sub- Jects taught in the public day schools. Finds Theory Ilogical. v epartment and t nt Army and vy action ir o RANG. B Set in beautiful 18-kt. white gold, hand-pierced mounting. Has the appearance of a 2-carat solits 7S Pay $1 a Week = S LNl I EENRINII NN TS DN WRIST WATCH E&D% /. Pay Next Year A popular model that com- bines beauty with absolute Reliability. 15 jewels, guaranteed move- d you have any listening devices g Give the kind of gifts you yourself like to receive! Gifts worthy of your friendship and affection—GIFTS THAT LAST. vards for the same reason, and pre- {Our plans for the Air Service were venting the United States Shipping |quite brief. Its actions were put down Board from having any of fts work as problematic in what would follow “Are you willing to state now that Gen. Mitchell never said if you wanted any help he would be glad to furnish Nolan, deputy chief of staff. Gen. Summerall, when challenged to sit as a member of the court martial at the ment, @ gusranteed 14-kt. solid white or green They don’t cost any more than the ordi- case. Our guarante new movement free one fails to give service. SNNIVTINNNN I S nary cnes. Come to KAY’S and judge for yoursel what a few quarters will do! ! Open a CHARGE ACCOUNT and PAY NEXT YEAR as convenient. Cash—or confidential CREDIT—you get the same prices and same Guarantee. erformed at the navy yards, and thus |in an emergency. Our plans didn't |it?” beginning of the trial because he had z(lrlfu:‘:n!dnmnal burden to the Amer-jattempt to go into detail. The ac- Interest Elsewhere. : lf\l;“' hill"lluv\hml .(ht— report of Col. ican merchant marine, which already | cused went quite fully into what part| “No. I have no doubt if I had va‘ . characterized the survey as is making a tremendous struggle for | the Air Service would play after ac-|asked him, he would hgve been cor-| - ' Unsound and ignorant existence without having highcharges | tion began. However, since he didn’t | gial. I hesitated to bother him. He — for repalr of its vessels levied upon|know where the actiogp would begin |was interested in other things. In all the 15 years she has been it by private concerns operating for (he confined himself to air tactics. For Was he interested in war plans’ flying in the air, Mrs. L. 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The _greatest jamond Dinner D2 Beautiful assortment of Solid-silver and Silver-plated Cigarette Cases, guaranteed quality. done by certain favored private con.| ' E = 3 - o, emphatically replied the wit- Phone Main 8108-8100 fmerors ot in the Government's own | would have questioned certatn parts, | | (30" €™ S 604-610 Sth St. N.W, shops, and we are firmly convinced | o o 0 e 1 ed There were three | .- Then you had no conversation with $7 ropms. $6 weekly: $10.50 rooms, 13 that if the work is done in the Gov.| WEOCY SXPE fant he | Gen. Mitchell regarding the use of an | §1§ ®ith tilet, shower anc lavaiory. of0 ernment’s own shops that . more | POIOts in the plan we couldmt ue-| T, o3 L - ® Wotter equitable and wider distribution | EPI—alt reconnoistance, communica:| ™ wrpe only conversation I recall was | [FESEE—— tion and control of anti-aircraft de- 3 T‘- hl 4 . - : | fenses. The total scope really cov- : 3 CEgRUyeiyrnenia il expended takes place, and that our{ o o%=, 206 "gle e had in con.|the nature of greetings and casual| M i G Federal Government saves money | reo ORIY Ol remark f i § thereby.” e ow search your recollection. Was | M u E a er TR | Doceniber, 10287 (0ol Mubchen [N To ot commRlRT L I | charged none was In exlstence.) Pl oo b d development, and it was well covered D rintlds INVITATION ACCEPTED | {1 e report of the accused. In this | A¥_over to the island of Hawail. Are —_— !'he satd flights could be ?ude every s i {day in the vear. If he had seen some Ziocal Garrisons tofAttend National )T 0 o 2 e o have e would have | Convention in Philadelphia Dur- |qualified it. While he was there elab | orate arrangements were made for | Throt seneral orders issued by | When the time came to leave he | Union, this week imeement we | and the plane was taken over by boat. | made that Natior mander Cape. | 1L was used by him on Hawali and | Chauncey O. rd b “on | then returned by boat.” | behalf of the local ga e o nvii | Maj. McNair also testified that dur- | during the sesquientennial celebra. | Plans were beinz revised and rewrlt- | tion next mer. when the thirty- in accordance with instructions eighth ional convention will be |from the War Department. As a re-| held aptember 6 to 10, 1t, project was perfected and ex- | The appointment of Harlan Wood | Panded. 1t was decided io rewrite it | of Garrison No. 104 as chairman of , entirely and place it In definite form snnounced. Maj. 1&. H. Andrew, U.|He said this project approved by | S. A., retired, heads the list of addi-|the War Department in August, 1924, tional nation: A% deputy | 2nd the prosecution sought to intro of department at Thomas H. |duce it in evidence. O'Brien of Hyde “epart.| Mr. Reid objected, declaring the ment of lsetis: Gen. & D, | project was formed after Col. Mitch- | Minn., and L Preston of the sen. Guy V. Henry Garrison, No. 9, | Washington, D. C., also are confirmed ar natlonal deputies. in their respec- o 1875 tive dep tments and garrisons. Karl Elsing of Somerville, depart ment of Massachusetts; Harry W err of « No. 150, at United States, whether the work {af£ood one. I¢ It had been presented Hotel ]nn among American citizens of the funds | at the time of his arrival. It was in ing Sesquicentennial Fete. jhim to iy to the Islund of Hawall. | tation to the n Philadelphia | ng Col. Mitche t the defense | the national legisiative committee is |because so many detalls were involved. | Sturgis. G: No. 120, $t. 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