Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 32

Current‘ N_eszs“ Events Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students. Finding Col. William Mitchell, tor- Mer assistant chief of the Army Air Service. zuilty as charged, the Army éourt-martial which tried him sen- tenced him to suspension of rank, command and duty, with forfeiture of Al pay and allowances for a period of five vears, and adjourned sine die late Thursday evening. The sentence, Which is vet to be approved by Presi- dent Conlidge, was unexpected. duction in rank or possible dis from the service had been for Now the question remaining Whether Col. Mitchell will accept the @blivion into which the sentence has sent him or break Army regu Itions by continuing his attack on in both services. Two open to Col. Mitchell, but | eventually end of three years ist to withdeaw her troops from Baikan | was guilty of violating he | with demnity of about $219,000. dar; seemed to hang was hope of another indorse | as to Turkey's action now hinges on a meeting of the National A: territory, was passed upon league council in Geneva The verdict reached was t by the it week. Greece greement Bulgaria and must pay an in- nother attempt to mediate a boum dispute between two nations in the balance last after the council of the league the contested district of belongs under British ontrol. Turk: spokesmen at Geneva hinted that never accept this des the way, is the World Court at Brussels, and which ippealed to the league council in setflement. Decision wee mbly at THE SUNDAY unanimous, declared that “an alarm- ing situation” exists in the Army and Navy Alr Services. There is little let-up apparent in | the fiood of proposed legislation which has heen dumped on both houses of Congress. The number of bills and resolutions already introduced in the House, for instance. far exceeds last year’s record, and 5,500 of them have been recorded by the clerk's office. Senator Robert M. La Folleite is a0t going to sail ander false colors. Having received notification that he would be given regular committee as- signments, despite his stutus as an “Insurgnt-Republican,” he declared in a formal letter to the chairman of the committee on committees last week that it was his intention to ad- here to the progressive principles and policies of government for which his father, the Jate Senator La Folletts, stood.” Mr. La Follette's letter was in the way of a warning that he wished to be perfectly understood before his committee assignments were made. Gerald P. Nye, appointed by the Governor of North Dakota to be Sen- ator, and whose appointment has been contested because of its alleged illegality, it being argued that there is no legislation authorizing the Gov- STAR. probably will lose his seat. An un- favorable report on his seating was made to the Senate last week by the Senate elections committee, the vote being 9 to 2. The appointment will now come before the Senate for pro- longed debate. Recognition of the Soviet Republic {by the United States was asked in a resolution introduced in the House last week by Victor Berger, Socialist, of Wisconsin, who said he would ask hearings on his resolution some time soon. He characterized this coun- try’s policy teward Russia as “un- successful and stupld.” WASHINGTON, Economic “Two real questions vital to the su- premacy of the nation” are conserva- tion of resources and the reclamation of land lost to agriculture,” according to Secretary of the Interior Work and Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, who addressed a conference on reclama- tlon and colonization of jdle lands here last week. Secretary Work warned his hearers that we must be- &in, as our forefathers did, in the Fast, but instead of conquering the land, as they did, we must restore the land that they abandoned. During the last fiscal year 11,328 miles of roads were bullt by Federal D. ¢, 30 per cent over the roads completed in the preceding year. The figures were revealed in the annual report of the Bureau of Public Roads. The amount of “hard money” (gold and silver coin) in circulation in the United States ig about $5.294,000,000, according to the annual report of the Treasurer of the United States. The value of nickels was pluced at $59,050,- 414.25, while the pennles amount to $43,619,643.26. Seven nations—Great Britain, Bel- gium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Hun- gary, Lithuania and Poland—pald in stailments on their war debts to the United States last week, the payments totalling $95,25 —the largest amount ever received in one day from the debtor allies, An interesting sidelight on the char- acter of residents of Washington, the Nation's Capital, is shown in figures just issued from the office of the col- lector of internal revenue for this Dis- trict, which shows that Washington has 77,835 income tax payers, as against 71,301 for Baltimore. Balti- more {s nearly twice as large as Wash- ington. Educational A collection of 225 rare editions of DECEMBER 20, 1925—PART 1. hibition at the Baker University, in Baldwin, Kan. The collection was willed to the university by the late Blshop Willlam A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopel Church and a graduate of the {nstitution. The old- pe;t fzr’éhe Bibles is a Latin manuscript of 1226, Thirtytwo young men have been elected for the Rhodes scholarship this year, it was announced last week. They were chosen from 420 candi- dates representing 85 colleges and universities, as compared with the 344 candidates {n 1922. Edward G. Lowry, ir., a 22-vear-old Washington boy and a graduate of the local graded schools, won the scholarship as a representa- tive of this_ district, which includes Maryland. Mr. Lowry tried for the appointment last year, but was beaten, so he tried again'and won. A movement which may result in one of the strongest engineering schools in the United States was an nounced last week from Chicago, where negotiations were reported be- tween Northwestern University and the Armour Institute of Technology toward a merger of the two institu- tions. The proposal {s for the uni- versity to absorb gradually the Ar- mour Institute over s period of five TRAVELERS TO 0BSERVE CHRISTMAS EN ROUTE British Railway to Have Trees, Serve Dinner With Trimmings and Give Presents. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19.—Hundreds of people wiil indulge in’Christinas | merriment, this year while speeding through an express train at 60 miles an hour. To insure that passengers under- taking long journeys shall not miss the traditional Yuletide celebration | the London Midland and Seottish Rail way on Christmas day will provide festivities for its passengers as nearly ux possible like those which will be going on about the fireside of homes throughout the country. The restaurant cars will have Christ mas trees and will be festooned with ' holly. Mistletoe will be hung in con- ' venient and Inviting places. A regular Christmas dinner with all the trim- mings will be served and gifts will be distributed. H The high price of potatoes has in- the English countryside in || BUILD ASSOCIAl'llq’l%N PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Commencing January 1, 192¢ Assets Over $10,500,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Secy. ernor of North Dakota to fil. vacan- cies in the Senate by appointmen and State government co-operation, this amount an increase of the Bible, some of them the rarest in existe) ha vears, during which the Armour in- Angora. stitute will keep its own name. retire from the Army, having the ne rvice for or he ma gn, as the law permits Army officers to do in time of pe He may neither retire 10r resign. however, as long as he is oing punishment, so that some action by his superiors would he may completed retirement creased the demand for subsmuul ; foods. James C. Davis, appointed during the war as director general of rail- roads, resigned last week, having com- pleted a task which involved the ex- amination, determination and liquida. tion of the enormous mass of claims and counterclaims between the Gov- ernment and the railroads, growing out of the Government's control of the roads during the war. He has | succceded by Secretary of the | Treasury Mellon. An idea of the situ- ation at the end of the war is gained by figures which show that the rail roads had claims against the Govern | ment for $1,014,402,000 on account of | undermaintenance, unpaid comper tion, depreciation and other account while the Government had claims against the roads for $440,353,000 Lattle prob- | based on expenditures for maintaining out on the floors |above standard during the war. aviation is already | 4, Col. Mitchell sclined to com ment on the nce, taking the view that it w i be out of pl hefore the President has approy His chief counsel v sentative Frank R, id of Missouri, commented at some length, issuing a statement to the fect t the trial was the latest attempt by the Army seneral staff to “get” Mitchell, and that he will continue to fight “to the end While Col. Mi yorary retiren ably will be of Cong becoming bate. cor hell nt. fought wi popula t and rep into tem for de-| Moore of Pittsburgh. rhe first | HO Several months ugo as move in this direction came the day | SMeric Anmbassador to Spain, has | after the sentence was made public, | V€T UP his post and is returing to e e ve 1 Gumitia of | the United States. He remained in | New Yor troduced u bill designed | SPin after bis resignation until last Yew ok Intraduced o ongnod | week. Tho President has nominated tal in trials for violation of the ninty- | Ofden . Hammond of New Jersey to sixth art fwnr., Under this bill 30 | Succeed him. Mr. Hammond is a real estate operator and a prominent Re- days’ from the Army |SState oper: ) would 1 xXimum penalty which | Publican leader of that State. couid be incurred for violating the article. The 1 general court-martial subje True to the predictions of some “long range” weather forecas France is experiencing the mos: c weather in the last 30 vears. Reports from other Buropean countries bear out pre- | dictions that the present Winter will be a record breake pened so far to substant port far this cou cerned, however. country, editorially, the actlon of upholding the the Army. £ the commends in in the necessary Before pac wleries, with women predominating, tue Senate began last week consideration of the pro vosal that the United States shall ad here to the World Co Debate got under way Thursday. when Senator Swanson Virginia, uuthor of the vesolution to ratify the World Court | protocol with the Harding-Hughes Coolidge reservations, delivered a four-hour address, emphasizing that the World Court is independe the L ns, an its o as s 15 icon- Congress The Debt [ debt settlements made by the inding Commission since the last Co ss were brought up in the nate for ratification last week and | met opposition from several quarters, Senator Reed of Missouri nator Johnson of Ci Senator | orris of Nebraska all declaring that he recent settlements with Belgium and Italy should be further analyzed and more information given on the ove Senate ratification. nat Ml‘hr- d also introduced a resolutl forei the foreign relations com- find out what governments ns or individuals in this Svent money, and how iluence ratification of the The resolution went over rules. sional joint select com- Senu ~en was followed in deba tors Lenroot of Wiscon of Montana, who spoke in w ratification, and Borah of L last named, chairman of the relations committee of (b the leader of the farces vatif While the: diract mitt or co count much Sen opposi » is little doubt that World Court resolution wiil be 1 sar oy by the Senate, the smail but v nder THe ganized opposition to the measure ex- | 11y U pects to stave off a vote for some | initien annointed in March. 1954, to i time to come \\(nh th of Un-| vegtizaie the shipping situation, re. imited debate s | ported last week to Congress that with the fact that the House will be | fI7t0 (00 SHeelt, 1o, Congross that as other importa evident that the Ceed in postponir 10 The policy to as P | The Lampert committee, appointed the House to investigate the con- | dition of the air services and aireraft | vean noses, ropesn 1 State Ke! a’ dinner York by 1ations: the policies of hi fended it azain especiaily as it concerned debts and loans and exclusion the United State a1l foreigners whether prince or peasant, who seck 0 preach radical doctrine avoidance of Eu-| This ogss declared siven in his honor the Cecuneil on T tary Secretary of | g, last week_at in New | j; efgn Re- | outlined { and de criticism foreign from lities 1atio t minority report follows ‘-‘ f b il e, | the ideq 1 by President Coolidge | ¢ 5 for separation of the two agencies and | 3 fer to the Fleet Corporation of ¥ ) this countr | e hority over the fleet's opera commitied regards foreign rela would leave to the Shipping | tlons is full co-operation with Euro-| . powers it n(n\\" powers for ull legitimate pur- k H this country, reported last week 4 my and Navy have been | if not backward, in eat importance of - over ~ | Makes this my »e7y Happies? Christmas ALE! ! BETTER A. G. HERRMANN 750 Tenth S.E. recogni | airpower. ng the g The f the French io agree financial recovery of any cabinet or| r to draft a plan a hopeful of adod forefront again the nomentum er whether vernment system can survive -and the belief, expressed n some quarters, that France must irrender dictat under ihe The inabilit on apy plan for and the ins nance mi hich even tion brings t 1alk wl he spec resen forth from its tissue and ribbons. For that wife of yours, The Hoover you give her is more than a machine. She sees an end to her years of needless toil, hours of back-aching effort, as she reads the message you've written on the card. She knows—or she’ll learn soon—that her Hoover is the best electric cleaner to be had. And that adds a lustre to your own thought- fulness and consideration of her. Of course you desire above all things to make this Christmas a “red letter” day in the calendar of your married years. You'll choose something that will light dear eyes with happiness. Something that will seem to halt the harsh tread of Time and make him f've over a treasure of leisure hours, pleasure ours. All this you'll seereflected in her eyes on this Christmas momn when her Hoover gleams St. uidane " wl her from The past v ) be u long of find a w putting France faet juis Loucheur, put forward only e as minlster of | e und Hriand’s eab wilderness d_auother has come seekir n her men w0 Guaranteed 14K Solid Gold umber of forced to get ister then aj Doumer to thi world sits back and waits to see the outcome. Doumer is described as ty who inspire »f the par Deputies. se to the financi 1 solid, confi es in! He s | com Chan ywn to be aver cated and sem nary hemes which have been advanced and believes that the : es is simply—in- | ohservers of the| on are quoted to the ef- France must suffer by in- her taxes she would | from the morass which has since the war. But until he does decide to suffer and submit taxation, as other countries 1o high | \ / ) nave, she will stick behind 2 su ey cunsb to a fate ax yet unknown. 3 ' to take part in the proceedin BEAUTIFULLY committee of the Leag n > make plans for a disarmamen JEWELED 1 .87 that sing rge her ir a c has been rec ed and ade it i Wasnington. 1t disciored || TIMED REGULATED 1at the subjects to be discussed in- We wish to make it clear that «lude all related and 1nd ses armaments ion these Watches are neither Plate iffened, but are axpressed the hope t “it will be eed by us as well as the ble to count on the full and direct | co-operation of the United States for nufacturer to be Solid 14-kt. Gold through and through, and a work which so concerns the peace of the wor oviet Russia amped, so there can be no This was a chance will not accept the invitation, which was sent to her at thé same time it s oming as it does just before Christmas, it is a won- e to this country. 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Woodward & Lothrop Lansburgh & Bro. Dulin & Martin Co. The Hecht Co. House & Herrmann H. F. Dismer Edgar Morris Sales Co. ment."” The recent flare-up between Greece and Bulgaria,- which threatened a Fialkan war and which ended when he League of Nations council met Lurriedly in Pawis and ordered Greece