Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1925, Page 2

T9 T omw SUMMERAL BACKS HAWANIAN DEFENSE Declares Col. Mitchell Did Not Know of Air Serv- ice Program. \ administration as waiian 1 had Defending his commanding general of the Ha department, which Col. Mitchel indirectly charged was ‘“guilty almost treasonable administration” hecause up to 1923 there were na war plans for the employment of the Air Service in protection of the islands Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, now commanding the 2d Corps Area. tes- tified before the Mitchell court-mar- tinl today that there were plans for the Air Service in defense of the territory that the accused on his visit did mot discuss with him Gen. Summerall. the cou for mer president. was relieved from sit- ng on the tribunal a few moments the trial opened October 28 on llenge of the defense that he was hiased. The defense based its chalienge on his refusal to comply With the report made to him by Col Mitchell, then a brigadier general after an inspection of the Air Serv- ire In Hawaii in 1923. In reply to the challenge at that time, Gen. Sum- merall stated in open court the re- port was “unsound. unfair and. ig- norant.” e zed alout e in w defense the ct proceedings this .morning the report Col. Mitchell 'h he declared there wére T for the islands in existence at that time. Gen. Summer all, under direct examination by Maj Francis B. Wilbv advocate, testified he did not read the report until Col. Mitchell had left 7. then was forwarded to the chief of sir service with a_letter from him, which was produced in evidence, that was held to be secret because it re. forred to emplovment of troops in de- fense of the islands. M h ma no Says chell Uninformed. n. Summerall took the stand after | J. MeNair, who testified Sat had completed his testimony this morning. Maj. McNair was at- tached Gen. Summerall's staff Hawaii and he re islands. Representative Frank R Neid contended today there were no plans at that time and insisted they were “field orders” as Maj. McNair had termed them After Gen. Summerall was sworn he was asked if he knew the accused and, looking directly at the court and not at the defense side. he replied, “Yes.” The usual follow-up question to point him out was omitted. Asked to outline his duties as com manding general of the Hawaiian de. partment, Gen. Summerall said was charged with “training, supply and equipment of all military forces in my command: organization of all vesources and military forces for war and preparation of plans for employ. ment as troops and execution in case of emergency.’ “\When the accused did he report to vou asked Maj. Wilby ‘He came to my office and saw me."” ‘Did he explain the purpose of his wvisit?" visited Hawail on arrival?” Every Facility Offered. There v no Miseussion of purpose of his visit other than that 1 offered him any facilities. he might need in connection ith: an or. I had received from the.War.De partment.” “Did you ance?” “Yes “Did you know of his visit?' “An order had been received to the effect that he would make an inspec- tion.” “During his visit did he frequently come to your office and discuss it with Yo i ‘I recall seeing him only three or four times. He didn't discuss with me any particular mattef about his in- spection At war plans in existence which included the Air Service”" ‘Yes.' Did he discuss them with you?" o. the render him every assist. the exact purpose Says Air Force Increased. Gen. Summerall then detailed the development of the Air Service Hawaii at that time. A few months before the accused's visit, he said, the Air Service had one observation squadron, one pursuit squadron and one bombardment squadron, all equip- ped with DH's. Two general staff offi cers visited Hawali in 1922, and the witness said, “during our conferences all recognized the need of increase in the Air Service there. They assured me no other trdops were Sor assignment to Hawaii The only way to increase the Air Eervice was to reduce the strength of the other arms. The Field Artillery was reduced and two squadrons of 4r troops, one hombardment and one pursuit, were added. This was made effective in the Spring of 1923. the accused visited Hawail we had an organization of two bombardment and two pursuit squadrons with new | equipment and one ohservation. were perfecting themselves equipment and with Thev with the the added per- sonnel as a result of the reduftion of | the Field Artillery. Asked if he consulted the Air officer on the addition of Air Service troops, the witness replied he had and did on all other occasions Declares Program Prepared. “What steps did you take to train the Air Service troops?” “I had programs drawn up, reports submitted and made frequent visits and personnel inspections to deter- in | also gaye testimony | that the accused had not been made | acquainted with plans for defense of ! he | the time of his visit were any | in | available When | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘Rail Direetorship Ends. | ! _JAMES C. DAVIS DAVIS CONCLUDES RAIL DIRECTORSHIP Resigns After Fine Record in Closing War Administra- tion Affairs. assistant trial judge | By the Associated Press. James C. Davis. director general of rajlronds, presented his resignation to President Coolidze today. having com pleted his work winding up the affairs the office. Secretary Mellon is expected to be named to take over the records of the office and the large quantity of 1 road securities which the Government still owns as a result of its operation. | Mr. Davis will return to the private practic of law at home in Des Moines. , The final report of Mr. Davis' accom plishment went to the President some {time ago. and drew from Mr. Coolidge {a letter in which the retiring officer | was named as “a public servant who | has performed a particularly efficlent, | able and difficult task.” Work Is Well Done. “I am informed and believe that the task of examining. determining and liquidating the enormous mass of aims that have grown oui of the lations between the Gov- ernment and the railroads was prob ably the greatest of its sort in the axperience of this country, perhaps of the world.” the President added. “I recall that it was almost universally prophesied that this work could not be performed without developing a maze of eontroversy and litigation, ex pensive to all parties and likely to postpone final settlement for many | vears. Under vour direction all these uncomfortable anticipations have been dissipated, and You now approach the completion of -vour task with the re hi settlements without any gation. “So remarkable a showing entitles You to the heartiest congratulation, and in extending them to yvou I must add a word of recognition for the a titude which the railroad executives | have taken. To their liberal disposi- | tion is. of course, due a large measure of credit for this series of settlements. I believe the accomplishment thus ef- fected marks a new epoch in relations of the Government and the carriers. Because I strongly feel that vou have resort to liti sible tions 1 extend my heartlest felicita- Summary of Work. The operation which drew this e pression from Mr. Coolidge is best dis- closed in the summarized figures of the railroad administration. Railroads. when turned back to private own ship, presented claims to the Govern ment for a total of $1.014.402 account of under maintenance, compensation, depreciation and other accounts. The Government had claims against the railroads ibased on expenditures for mainte- nance ahove standard during the con trol period. Mr. Davis has now every account settled, and the Government has ac tually paid out $48,379.000, or less than 5 per cent of the original total of the ims which the Government faces. Finally, there was an immense num- ber of lawsuits started against the Government by users of railroads, for loss, damage and overcharge claimed Auring the control period. Practical 11 of these have been closed out, hough one group of them, arising from Minnesota forest fires in 1918, which railroads were adjudged to have caused, cost the Government about $15,000,000. In spite of all the settle- | ments,” during recent vears the rail- |road administration has been a con- {inuous source of revenue to the Treasury, since $495.705,000 of loans made to the carriers during the control | period have been repaid out of a total | of $695,241,000 advanced. Bernstorff's Nephew Killed. WURZBURG, Bavaria. Germany, December 14 (#).—Prince Loawen: { stein, S-vear-old nephew of Count von | Bernstorff. former Ambassador to the United States, was killed by an auto | mobile today near the home of his i mother, Princess Loewenstein. Th | young prince was bob sleighing when struck mine the efficiency of the Alr Service.” | These reports were submitted to the chief of the Air Service, he added. The questoining then switched to antiaircraft tests in New York and New Jersey last Summer, which were held in the territory supervised by Gen. Summerall as commanding the 2d_Corps area. The witness testified that before the anti-aircraft and searchlight tests were conducted, Air ervice officers were sulted, and they ‘“heartily ap- proved” the program as issued by him He furtber added that specific orders were issuet that Air Service officers should not he submitted to any undue irden or physical strain. Defense witnesses had testified that as a result of towing targets all Summer, virtu- #llv every pilot was forced to take sick leave Defends Searchlight Tests. The further contention of the de- fense that lives of airmen were used as “pawns” when ordered to fly from Zamp Vail, N. J., 60 miles at night to Camp Dix for the searchlight tests was answered by Gen. Summerall with the statement that airmen had told him there were “safe night landing titions.” When the court recessed for luncheon at 2:30 o'clock. Gen. Sum- merall #till was under direct examina- tion Much of the testimony of Maj. Me- Nair was halted on the grounds that it included confidential subjects. and for a time the witness answered Mr. Reid's questions in ertlnf, The de- fense counsel occupied a long period in geograph T BT the islands in the Hawalian group and drew from him that up to al discussione of the size | 1923 the field orders covered only the the Island of Oahu. The witness re. fused to admit that this left the other islands unprotected, but he did say | there were no separate field orders | for the others. “All were covered in that der.” he explained one or- | natural atrdomes and well adapted for that purpose. The occupancy of one by a hostile power would throw open all others to an air attack and make them vulnerable, he admitted. Oahu, however, Maj. McNair ex- plained. is the only vital military area of the group, because Pearl Harbor and many oil tanks are located there. “Are the tanks close together?” asked Mr. Reid. “They are fairly close together,” the witness replied. “But they are so constructed that the oll will not burn if bombed.” “Do you mean to say they hold un- | burnable ofl?"" “Unburnable when we don't want it to burn.” After having hammered away at the point that the other islands in the group were not protected physically bv military forces and leaving the | matter there, Mr. Reid finished his ! cross-examination. Maj. Wilby then asked: {""What is vour opinion of a com- | manding officer who divider his com- mand into eight or nine parts and has them separated by 100 miles or more?"” “He is gullty of a crime in opening himself up to defeat in detail,” Maj. AlcNalr replied, , that markable record 6f having made these | contributed much to making this pos- | of 440,353,000, | He testified under cross-examination | that most of the Hawaiian Islands are REPORTER QUIZZED IN DIPLOMA CASE St. Louis Man Questioned in Trial of Heads of Two Schools. T. Brundoge. a reporter of a . Louis newspaper, who has written series of articlex concerning alleged diploma mills” in Connecticut and Missouri, subjected to cross.ex amination by Attorneys Harry Hegi oseph D. Kelly, counsel for * Helmuth P. Hol! ler. president ntal University, and Dr. Ralph A. Voight of Kansas City, Mo, at their trial hefore Justice Stafford and a jury in Criminal Divi- sion 2. Holler and Voight are charged with using the mails to defraud in con- nection with the issuance of degrees at small prices and after little or no in- struction according to the cla‘ms of the prosecution Brundige testified for the Govern- ment Friday and told how he oh- tained a degree of “mastery of sur- gery” {n 57 days, after mailing his application to Dr. Voigt. He sald he had been detailed to expose a na- tional organization supposed to be onducting “diploma mills.” of which | the Oriental University is sald to have heen a part Under cross - examination dige was unable to identify literature of the Oriental University as that iisplayed to him by Vaigt, and clalmed to be unable to give the de- ltalls of certain conversations with Voigt and with twe other physicians who were jointly indicted and who pleaded guilty to the indfctment The witness was shown coples of the newspaper by which he is employe and the articles which he admitted writing and was asked why he could not remember when the matter had been fresh in his mind for some- time. LISSNER REPORTED T0 HAVE RETIRED Shipping Board Commis- sioner’s Rumored Action Laid to Ill Health. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 14.—Til health seemed today to have forced the retirement of Meyer Lissner as a commissioner of the United States Shipping Board. Although the Los Angeles Times says that the commissioner has def initely decided to submit his resigna tion. which, according to dispatches from Washington has been expected for some time, it was sald at the home of his brother, Dr. Henry H. Lissner, he continues to consider it. An announcement will be made within the next few davs, it was stated. Mr. Lissner was described by his brother s having come to California to emjoy x much needed rest. The commiesioner has served ga the Ship- ping Board for nearly five vears, hav ing been appointed by President Hard ing in June, 1 His term does not eXpire until 1978 upported Palmer Mr. Lissner has been in sympathy with the administration shipping pr gram calling for the centralized can- trol of the Government fleet. He sup ported lLeigh C. Palmer, president of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation, in the latter’s recent fight with the Shipping Board. | | The White House had not at noon today received the resignation Mever Lissner of Los Angeles as a member of the United States Ship- ping Board. Reports that Mr, Lissner, who now is in Los Angeles, would shortly resign did not come as any surprise to the White House, inas- much as Mr. Lissner is understood to have intimated to the President and others in Washington during the past few months that he desired to retire because of ill health. Mr | Lissner had a long talk with the President less than a month ago, dur- | ing which they went over the entire Shipping Board question and dur- ing which Mr. Lissner is understood to have made known his wishes about retiring. Senators Are Asked. President Coolidge asked Senators MeNary and Stanfield of Oregon and Jones of Washington, who are natu- rally interested in a succe or to Bert E. Haney of Oregon, & member of the Shipping Board, who s not to be re ! | | nominated by the President, t submit | names of Republicuns as well as Democrats. This has been interpreted | a8 meuning that Mr. Coolidge is con- sidering naming a Republican to suc ceed Mr. Haney, who is a Democrat, and a Democrat to succeed Mr. Liss- ner, who is a Republican. WARC T REVENUEVSHOWS INCREASE IN NOVEMBER Decrease in Operating Cost Also Reflects in Books of Bus Co. for Month. Revenues of the Washington Rapid Transit Company in November in- creased $211.01 over the preceding month, aceording to a financial re. port filed today with the Public Util. itles Commission. The operating ex- penses also showed a decrease of $951.41 under October’s total of $37, 086.47. These figures, it was indicated, will have important bearing on the com- mission when it considers at a public hearing December 30, the petition of Willlam McK. Clayton for a reduction in fare on the company’s busses. Mr. Clayton’s petition contended that the ompany’s earnings exceed a fair re- turn on its investment. The November financial showed that the tot ovperating in- | come amounted to $39,690.39, as comn- pared with $39,479.38 for October, $160,000 BUILDING BEGUN of Maryland Dining | report University Hall Work Gets Under Way. Work on the new $160,000 dining hall at the University of Maryland was begun this morning. The build- ing will occupy a part of the site of the old dormitory destroyed by fire in 1914, The main hall will accommodate 800 persons and there will be a cafe- [terfa and private dining hall. The | money for this work was appropriated |at the last session of the Legislature. About 20 seats of the southeast por- tion of the present dining hall will be ! torn aw During the construction students will be compelled to eat in | shifts. o Honduras has millions of acres of vellew pine, rich in turpentine and resin, Brun. | Old Kri Yearly Visits Special Correspondent NORTH POLEVILLE, know Santa Claus. But stop to think of what you know more than that he lives up in the land that he ha and hat, 2 with his t Eskimoland In the many away, in have brou; peaple. But t Barly ind his W Iskimos t the seal ptain hody was Eskimos, him. So | meet Sa SANTA CLAUS, i him if he would allow us At last we found a who thought she could dit So one day we started off. with o traveled for many days and nights. R this country the sun does not shine fou moon shining on the snow makes it a Such a flerce wind was blowing face it, and the snow wi hardly see. This wind. the old Eskime of Layluk, the North W No Eski Layluk is a flerce spirit and every time he shakes the folds of h colder, until everything is covered with cannot hunt or fish While this fierce Aging the eaptain took a picture of | his reindeer teams and the wild Lay- | luk. He froze his fingers and Layluk | blew the camera full of snow, but we got our picture, which we are sending vou hy wireless. ‘Then Layviuk seem ed to feel that he was defeated, the wind grew less, and we were able to go through the pass in the moun ains. | Reindeer Find Food. The next day a great level et us to t e snowstorm was | we found ourselves on plain, called a tundra which was covered with reindeer | moss. Our reindeer dug through the { snow with their sharp little hoofs and | shoveled the snow away with their | | antlers, and had a great feast of the moss, while Mrs. Cap cooked a hot meal. Soon after. the reindeer grew restless, tossed the tlers the air, and ran i their would let them. This meant they smelled a reindeer herd wanted to be off 1o join their brot So the captain quickly loaded the sleds again. and let the reindeer have their own way Off they darted. as if they had neither sleigh nor load behind them. They went in great leaps and bounds, throwing the hard i{snow from their hoofs. so that people on th sleds had to lie and cover ol face You know how hot,apd sticky ven get when vou rt {THe reindeer does not prespire through his skin as we do, but throws his head up and opens his me wide, throu which g clouds of | steam rush into the freezing It to ride behind a pak the big moon sank ridge of mountains see hundreds and thousands of rk spots all over great plain It was vast herd elndeer. A few minutes more and our ds were right among them, and our ndeer stopped, panting from their !fast run. We pitched camp and bu a Ponfire, with the reindeer all around us looking at the fire with great, soft brown eves. re that and rs be we even the hind hegan a low o RUNITO BE PUSHED Every Avenue Leading Into City Watched by U. S. and Local Officers. of Coast | Guard, hibitlon agents and police will continue et forts to satisfy the illegal market for Christmas liquor in Washington, car: rying on the campalgn launched with umerous arrests ovér the week end. This was indicated today from sev- eral sources of authority it was learned that special attention is to be paid to all the avenues of trans- portation leading into the Capital. Roads and waterways are under con- stant surveillance hy men armed with the authority of their particular branch of the Federal or city service, and any effort to bring into the Capi- tal large supplies of liquor. officials Vigilance the customs pre unrelenting against where great is the finding of the home of the correspondent ? captain’s wife (shall we call he & 1 to ask questions. We thought haps even have {0 muke honest-to-goodness moving pictures of him. | little wrinkled old MONDAY, DE WHITE CASTLE OF SANTA FOUND BY EXPLORER IN GREAT NORTH Lives in Frozen Land of Fairies and Gnomes, Keeping Great Herds of Reindeer for to Children. BY HOLLY BERRY, t The Star in Fskimoland. 1. December 14 (by Wireless).—We all Iivery one loves him, and likes to hear stories about him. about Santa Claus. Can you tell any of ice and snow near the North Pole, a white beard and wears a red sult and that once a year he drives away m of swift reindeer and visits good children everywhere, golng down the chimney | and leaving presents? e last few years men have discovered things. Explorers ships, in airplanes and on foo ght back tales of strange lands and and he greatest story, you will all agree, santa Claus. Capt. F. E. Klenschmidt up North among the pictures. The captain this Winter ife were away aking moving took pictures of the way the Eskimos lived in | their snow houses and hunted the polar bear, and herded thei The Star sent its correspondent to visit the the walrus. le saw how they reindeer. was nearly Christmas time when fved, and, of course, every talking about Santa Claus. The »f course, are the nearest neighbors of It Santa Claus and ought to know something about pondent and the Mrs. Cap?) began The Star's corre for Santa's Home. it would he a wonderful thing Claus and call on him in his home, tea with him. and then ask Start n Ioskimo woman, called An-nung home of Santa Claus ur reindeer teams headed North, and it was night all the time, for in three months in the Winter, but the Imost as light as day that even the reindeer could hardly whirling and swirling in such a fury that we could | , woman told us, came from the cave 10 had ever been beyond it. because black coat, black as the Arctic night, the weather grows colder and and the Eskimos i coat thick ice and snow All at once there stood beside our campfire a little old man, not more han three feet high, with wrinkled face and white, frost-covered whisk- ers. He came so suddenly that had no idea where he came from. It was just as if a dwarf had stepped out of the storybook of “Snmow White." ‘Won't vou come over to the fire nd have a cup of hot tea?’ I asked politely. The little man was not at all bash ful, and made himself right at home He could understand our language as well as the lang e of the Eskim “Why did vou come way up her near the North Pole”” he asked. “‘Can I help vou in any way?" He was so quick and thoughtful that we named him “Assistant.” The Cap n told him that we were tak ing moving pictures, and showed him the eamera. ““Ho! 1 have made many movie cameras for the children,” Assistant. Santa’s Castle Home. Why, vou must he one of Little Men!" said Mrs. Cap. “We have come all the way up here to see him and take pictures of hmi for the chil- dren.” Assistant shook his head, and said that Santa might let grown-ups see him, but he would never show him- self to children. But 1 will go back and ask him if he will let you come.” sald Assis tant. He promised to be back in the morning, or rather, when the moon came up again, - All night we dreamed of little men and fairies all around us, and when we woke up we found our camp" fire already burning. breakfast already cooked and Assistant waiting for us. He brought us the great and won derful news that Quickly we harnessed our teams and as the great reindeer herd parted to make wayv for us, we saw in the distance a beautiful white shimmering castle, the Home ‘of Santa Claus! little said (Tomorrow: A Day astle.) in Santa Claus’ WAR ON CHRISTMAS PRESS CLUB SELLS BUILDING BONDS $5,000,000 Securities Dis- pensed to Finance Construc- tion of Headquarters. Financing the building in, Washingte of National Press has just been ed through the sale to P. W. Chapman & Co., Inc Blyth, Witter & Co., an@® White, Weld & Co., of an is sue of $3,000,000 first mortgage ¢ per cent sinking fund gold bonds, compl The un- derwriting of this issue will enable the | Naticnal Press Club, which will own and operate the building through the National Press Club Corporation, to start construction work soon. The barkers plan to offer the bonds for public subscription within the next four or five days. The building will be on the site of the Ebbitt House at the southeast cor- ner of Fourteenth and F streets. The first mortgage bonds, which will be secured by a fifst lien on the predicted, would meet with failure. Plans for use of airplanes, if neces- sary to assist in the campaign against speedboats known to have en. tered Chesapeake Bay with loads of lquor, were kept secret bv those in charge, but It is known that every resource avallable to the Govern- ment will he thrown into the fight if I needed. The Coast Guard has tight- ened lts cordon at the Virginia Capes and s patrolling the Bay itself. Survey of the activities in Wash ington over the week end reveal 121 arrests for the 48 hours ending at 8 am. this morning Real rye whisky Is exceptionally | scarce in local bootleg circles, ace 1- | {ing to Capt. Guy E. Burlinzame, head of the “fiying squadron.” It has been some time since any real lquor was Seized In raids, he said, most of it coming fromi stills operated by ama teurs. { Arrests during the two-day perfod | for offenses resulting from the han- | dling and consumption of liquor are! Shown on police reports as follows Sale of intoxicants, 39; lllegal posses- sion of them, 31; transporting manufaucturing, 1: intoxication. 121; driving automobiles while intoxicated, 11; driving horse-drawn vehicle whils intoxicated, 1; drinking in public, 2. Small quantities of liquor and an automoblle were seized in connection with the arrests. | | 1 | | Edge to Discuss Wet Bill | By the Associated Press. Senator FEdge, Republican, New | Jersey, today notified the Senate that | tomorrow he would discuss his bill | for modification of the Volstead act to | permit the manufacture and sale of 2.75 per cent besr. The announce- ment was greeted with broad smile and the clearing of throats from bot! sides of the aisle and galleries, land and building owned in fee, will, it iz expected, be priced at 991, and in- terest. to vield over 6 per cent. The bonds are dated December 1, 1925, and mature December 1, 1959, but through the sinking fund provisions the entire loan will he paid off prior to maturity. The sinking fund will begin to operate December 1, 1927. For sinking fund purposes the bonds are callable upon 30 days’ notice at 103 and interest to and including December 1, 1936; there. after at 102 and interest to and includ- ing June 1, 1959. In connection with the completion of the financing for the new structure the personnel of the National Press Building_Corporation has been made public. John Hays Hammond is presi. dent and John Joy Edson is treasure The directors include Edward B. M Lean, Henry L. Swelnhart, James William_Bryan, Arthur S. Henning, tobert V. Ileming, L. C. Probert and others. BANS HAT TIrPP‘ING. Italy Adopts Old Custom “Roman Salute.” of ROME, November 24 (by mail).— In the new Italy the French custom of tipping the hat has been discarded officially in favor of the “Roman sa- Iute” of the upraised right arm. At | least it must be thus henceforth in | the Parliament Building, where by cial ordinance employes must salute the P'remier, the President and the vice president of the Chamber ““Rom- anly.” A8 for mere deputies, whose fune- tion is no longer to make but only to approve the laws of the nation, they are to be greeted by ‘“respectful silence.” pe- have gone far | we | nta would see us. | CEMBER 14, GEN. ROGERS DIES OF HEART ATTACK Author of Sensational Charge Against Gen.<Hart Expires in Philadelphia. 1925. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers, chief duastermaster of the Ameioan) Bix: peditionary Forces under Gen. Per- shing, whose charges that his suc- cessor, Maj. Gen. Willlam H. Hart, had unscrupulously conspired to has: ten his retirement, tion in the Army some months ago, died in Philadelphia late Saturday night, according to an Associated Press dispatch from that city today. Gen Rogers’ accusations came with staggering suddenness. Gen. Hart had served under him as assist- ant chief quartermaster. Two years ter he had been retired and his su- bordinate had succeeded to the post, Gen. Rogers filed charges with the War Department, accusing his for- mer assistant with having published derogatory articles intended to preju- dice officfals and prevent his reap- pointment to command of the quar- termaster’s department. The charges were investigated by the inspector general of the Army, and on October 23 it was formally_an nounced that the investigating officer conld find no hasis for proceedings and the case was dropepd. Witnesses | named by Gen. Rogers are reported to have reversed statements accredited to them. and it ws aid n. Rogers. refused to appear, pleading 11l ith | n. Rogers was a victim of heart | disease, and had been ill for a long | time prior to his death | Philadelphia for treatment several months ago. He was under the care of specialists and lived in his in the greatest seclusion because of his serious condition. Although the death occurred late Saturday night, it was not announced until this morning. Gen. Rogers was born in Wash- ington, D. €., Januar 29, 1867, but received his appointment to the Army from Michi n, where he lived for a number of years, Enlisted in i | | | oo he | panish War. Gen. Rogers hegan his long mili- tary career of more than a quarter century, which ended with his retire- ment as Quartermaster General the Army on August 2 a voluntary enlistment {1sh-American War, in 1803. He re- ceived appointment as major and was assigned as pavmaster. He remained lin the service following the war and jwas appointed deputy pavmaster gen- eral April, 1907, and then to a col- oneley and acting paymaster general in 1909 Gen through Rogers continued to advance the ranks in the Quarter- master Division and served under Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz during the expedition to Mexico in 1914 Later he was placed in charge of the supply problems of the punitive ex- pedition’s forces under Gen. Pershing in 1916, Gen. Rogers was brigadier general in France with Gen. Pershing master general of the A. E He was retired August disabled in line of duty awarded a distinguished lal. Rogers was a member of the boarg of commissioners of the United States Soldiers” Home here for several {vears. He resided, in recent vears of his staV in W ington, at the Wood ward apactments. i commissioned a ind went to quarter- F. in 1918 | | 'HEALTH AID GIVEN BY D. C. COLORED Prominent Members of Race Ac- tively Support Sale of Christ- mas Seals. Prominent men and colored race in ing an interest mas seal for the women of the Washington are tak in the annual Christ sale now being eonducted bhenefit of heaith activities of the Washington Tuberculosis Asso- ciation. A num her of requests for additional seals have heen received at the campaign headquarters in the Social Serv e Ylouse, 1022 Eleventh street (ficials of the lassociation feel that this increased interest f« due to the recently stur ed program to disseminate health in | formation among the colored people of the city. This program was inaugu. rated after an invAstigation by the Health Department, reports of which indicated « slight increase, rather than | decrease, in the colored death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis. At a recent meeting of the Tuberculosis i ed. the concensus was that the greater number of the colored sufferers from this disease reached an advanced stage because of their economic pressure and the consequent fear of being out of work. It was felt that this was due to the reluctance with which colored patients sought medical advice, so bulletins were circulated by the association call- ing attention to the fact that frae ex aminations were offered by the Health | Department in its special clinic at 403 | Fifteenth street for all those unable to pay. Asst. Supt. Garnet C. Wilkinson of divisions 10 to 13, comprising the col ored schools of the District, ix co. ing the principals of the schools dis- play the health bulletins and death rate charts furnished by the associa- tion Dr. Harvey Wiley will broadcast a five-minute talk from station WCAP at 7:25 o'clock this evening on the Christmas seals health campaign of the Tuberculosis Assoclation, of which he is vice president. Reports given out at the social serv- ice house at noon today state that the sale is still about $14,000 short of the ouota necessary to continue the health work next yvear. HOUSE WO Two new woman members of the House will have an important part in the deliberations of the women's In- dustrial conference to meet here January 1821, inclusive, the Labor Department announced today. Mrs. John J. Rogers of Massachusetts and Mrs. Julius Kahn of California will speak Monday evening, January Secretary Davis will make the main address of the evening on the topic, “Working Women and the American Delegates from nearly every na | tional women's organization and every organization having a large propor- tion of woman members will attend the conference. Mrs. Rogers is to speak on “What Massachusetts Has Done for Women ‘Workers,” and Mrs. Kahn's subject will be “Industrial Standards for Women in California.” caused a_sensa- | apartment | of | " | cure enactment of the public service | Board when this subject was discuss. operating with the association by hav. ! 18. | Dies in Philadelphia MODERN INSURANCE CO0E ASKED N BIL {D. C. Welfare Measure Next | to Be Offered, Senator Capper Declares. | He went to | The bill to give Washington a mod- | ern insurance code was introduced in |tire Senate today by Senator Capper, chatrman of the District committee. | This measure has the support of me! District Commissioners and Sonnl(\r‘ Capper is hopeful of obtaining enact ment at this session Senator Capper also expects to in troduce either today or tomorrow, the | public welfare bill and a bill to author- | |70 an adaitional $600.000 to complete | | the link between Rock | Creek and Potomac Parks Senator Capper stated today that {an earnest effort will be made to se welfare | bill at this session In the last Con | gress this bill passed the House. but failed to come to a vote in the Senate during the closing days of the session This measure also is being strongly urged by the Commissioners and vari ous organizations. It would create in the District government a beard of public welfare, in which would be con- solidated the functions now distributed among several hoards, including the Board of Charities and the Beard of Children’s G rdians. Senator Capper stated todayv that he expected 10 call 2 meeting of the Sen ate District committee Wednesday morning to organize and to name sub. | committees to begin work on the sev eral District bills that already ha been introduced. One of the first mat ters waiting the attention of the com- | mittee is the nomination of Commis sioner Fenning MARINE CORPORAL INDICTED IN DEATH Kulick, Who Shot Man ‘in Barracks Row, Accused of Murder. connectin | \ | | ! | i | John Kulick. a corporal of marines, | was indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of murder in the first degree in connection with the death | of John Ban, an enlisted man, at the Marine Barracks November 8. Kulick was detafled to awaken the marines and.when he reached the bunk of Ran. it is said. pulled back the covers and | when Ban pulled the covers over | himself again Kulick is said to have | slapped him on the lex. An.alter cation ensued, and Kulick drawing | his pistol shot Ban through the head. | Murder in the first degree is also | charged in an indictment against Joseph Albe Picard. an employe of Columbia Hospital, who shot and kill- | ed Joseph F. Steins. another em plove, “becuuse he asked him to kill him.” The tragedy occurred Novem- | ver 11 lust at the hospital. Pica said to have told the police he no harm because Steins had mad request before and & gun then used would not explode. Picard said he | exchanged it for a larser weapon and when he ugain asked Steins If hg wanted to die the victim repeated the request. Alleged Stabber Indicted. i Robert Lee Wiggins, colored, is the | {third to be indicted for murder in the | first degree. He is charged with! | stabbing to death Henry L. Butler lalso colored, following a dispute over the refusal of a woman to accom {pany Wiggins to a dance. The | | tragedy took place Navember 15. at {210 Sixty-gsecond street northeast Manslaughter is charged in an in dictment against Joseph R. Shields, |eolored. who is sald to have stabbed | | Willie Snipes following a dispute nver |a girl at 1212 Delaware avenue south. | west November 10. | | Six cases were dropped bv the| | grand jurors, who considered the evi. | |dence insufficient. Those exonerated and the charges of which they were freed. are: Farl L. Sawver. forgery Elmer N. Neal, joy riding: Hillman P. Halloway, blackmail: Joseph . Lang ford, a: ult with dangerous weapon Francis Deegan, interfering with a revenue officer, and Arthur Johnson, homicide. Others indicted and the against them are: John Henry Christine Purdy, Howard T. Fi aMas Howard T erg! on: Edward | Hansborough, Mamie McDonald, John Lyons, Edna Prince, Frances Wash ingion, aligs Frances Johnson, and | Marfe DeVaughn, violating Harrison | narcotic act; John Saunders, alias John | Strhohe; George M. Hammond and| Wainwright Beckett, joyriding; Oscar P. Webster, embezzlement and lar- ceny after trust; Alfred R. Knowles, | Frederick McLean and Raymend Crawford, grand larceny; Forest Pettry and Paul Gwinn, violating na tional motor vehicle theft act: Isaac Bear, assault with dangerous weapon and assault with intent to kill; Russell Edward Hunter, assault with danger- |ous weapon; Clarence Willlams and Edyard Driver, robbe John B.! NeViaser, William Lascollett, J. Ralph | Davis and Frank M. Carter, non-sup- port- minor children; William .!osephy Hannan, sodomy; Willlam A. Wright, | carnal Knowledge. | charges horter, uson, | | 3 | Granted Rehearing. | Charlotte Anita Whitney, convicted of violating the California criminal syndicalism law. and whose appeal | recently was dismissed by the Su- preme Court, today was granted a sehearing. o { transportation {ican public {as an | Roard ! the RUSSIA BIDS ANEW FOR RECOGNITION Borah Says Soviets Now Willing to Deal Reasonably With Hughes’ Terms. The question of recognition by tha United States of the Russian Sovier government was again in the lime- light today because of a statement by Senator Borah of Idaho, chairmar | of the foreign relations comm the effect that the Soviet government was prepared to deal in a eatisfactors manner with the matters which were lald down by former Secretary Hughes as necessary 1o nition this country. Senator Borah in his statement: “I am in a position to most authentic authority as matters of debt, the confiscat of property and propaganda, X is ready to deal with these matters the most reasonable and satisfact way." Will Call Up Resolution. nator Borah has before the Sen solution declaring the favorable to recognition of t #an government. He asked 1o it lie on the table when he last week, and it is expected he eall it na disc n ate on the that so far at a seasonable 1 tions committes long time government offered resol gress and spoke He that Russia furnishes a gre for American nd that there is nothing to he feared by th try from a recognition of government The dinner g vice president Bank, to R [ by Reeve S e Chase ¢ Amer o Nationa e Bank 2dded 4 gro o Ne P mer York possible has T 1 government Purchasing Live Stock in U S the Middle Weat as an indication o of extending very great trade of the United Siates with ing " espec P the Rus have 1o =upp. bir will vast amount o f various kinds in the near ire. d Ame: a should be in pos: tion to deal with her advantageously It was learned today that her of Senators hesides Borah have reached the conc that the United States should give very serious censideration to t question of Rus recognitin Some who were formerly opposed uch action have come around to he lteve recognition shonld HOUSE PASSES TAX RATE REDUCTIONS IN REVENUE BILL a o a num Senator (Continued from First Page) d new auto to any com continue accessories party we shal tires, part mobiles, are not u promise, and that the Federal on mol which since 1817 han There are Federal affect a greater numl han the levies on tires sories, ks and mobiles preser for th and reduction i the last that your honorable committee and the (ongress should takes steps to eliminate the entire 5 per cent tax. press unjus £900,000 00 parts, feel Burden on Transportation. should be recalled that burden on the growing b svstem of the eountis unjust tax upon a mass transportation which has met with the approval of the Amer The truck vou have ex empted. The bus you continue to tax You have long simce dropped all other taxes upon other methods of trans portation and communication We recognize that your committee desires to be fair with the motorist and have a due regard for the finan cial welfare of the Nation, but we should recall also that every con ceivable tax has been loaded upon the motorist by practically every taxing agency and we feel that the motorist individual and a class, has more thanthis share of the Tt is a hea and is an a system of e carried far war burder G. 0. P. LOSES FIGHT ON SHIP BOARD IN HOUSE COMMITTEE (Continued from First Page.) called attention to reduction in ex- penditures and improvement in serv fee. including consolidation, and savs: We cannot overlook the fact that these desirable accomplishments have come during the year in which there has been the nearest to a separation of operating functions in the Shipping in the vear in which the re- sponishility for the operating resuits has been lodged in largest measure in the Fleet Corporation.’ While the minority refer by name to the Admiral Leigh C. Paime of the Fleet Corporation administration to which had reference Agree on Many Details. The minority report also declares that the operation of the fleet, which is largely technical, should be under the officers of the Fleet Corporation as shipping men, rather than the Shipping Board, whose members have never been engaged, prior their ap pointment to the board, In the ship. ping business. The report savs that board should b continued, how ever, s a regul agency. The majority and minority reports were in accord in many recommenda- tions, such as those calling for patron- age by the Government of American Ships, use of American ships for mail carriers, the placing of the Fleet Cor- poration on a basis similar to private- Iy operated companies. report does not egime of former as president it was his the report Only 10 Days Christmas Is Coming SHOP EARLY And Increase Your Enjoyment of the Holiday Season