Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness with rising temperature tonight and tomorrow; minimum temperature tonight about 17 degrees. Tempe 24 at 2 p.am, vesterday am. today. Full report on puge 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered post ol second class matter Washington, D. C: NORMAL TAX RATE CUTS PASS SENATE WITHOUT DEBATE Opponents Open Fire Against Inheritance and Publicity Clauses’ Repeal. No. 29,858, NORRIS WON'T BE RUSHED DESPITE TIME SHORTAGE | Ldvocates of Measure Prepared .o Press for Action on It Be- fore February 10. L JOHN A MACREADY, first - SLIGHT RELIEF DU A from | FROM INTENSE COLD 17 Degrees Predicted as Low Mark for Tonight—7 Hit This Morning. in Wi in the which the n for tearned i Wlowed | il over isidera in- | A #0 10 20 per cent in the maxi- | by the items went hos neome v on, ever, surtax Jtes provided to this indicated Utah, will u 1 the surtax n § Senator sion of polar weather t meren down to a low * the Win a f tion below 7 degrees at 6 welock this morning— will linger ove the Natiol i today and tonight. but with some mod- ion. The weather man, whose | forecast of 7 for early this morning hit the mark almost squarely on the head, believed the themometer might ot up to 25 degrees tod , but there was little prospect of it going higher. Tonizht it will hit the tobog: gan again, but, he believes, will D at about 17 degrees. There is no snow or rain in sight for the next 36 hours at least. but a | disturbance now over C may rates imes hetwee 000 isions for re- ind pub, apened ¢ the prov inhevitance tax pavments today Republican, Nebras- degrees opposition inst bill. has given no- cake all the time guments. s t inetion will he by March . he declared rday he would not be forced into action to permit it. an ¥moot of the finance com \ charge of the bill, vester- ive his views to the Senate, a v Democrat on the committee, | This mo: $ rously defen®@ed repeal of the | with a s fux. and the proponents | Winter of 12 degrees on J: dy to press for action on |t W not an _extraordi | perature for a Washington Winter, < started | however, s surpassed by a tem- <terday, the Senate launched into | perature degrees recorded here ny Jdebate miter a few pages of |aimost exactly a year ago. itions had been disposed of. Sena- iadl Gets: 96 Below. poot has deciared, however, he ’p the measure constantly be-| yyushington can consider itself until it3s pe {comfortable today when it reads | about temperatures of 20 below zero at Canton, N. Y.. for instance, and 16 below at Greenville, Me. Is{ The coldest weather reported for ! North America today was recorded it Doucet, about 200 miles northwest of Montr where a temperature of roup, |56 below zero was reached i The p cold wave zeneral over the wrrying unusuail temperatures far south Floridi, although the r ped fros of cloudy <kies e swept the reinia morni Norris the if the will pre Senator din terms he to 1 compared i 'd for the meast e. While readin £ the bill w3 will k for the Senate PASSAGE CERTAIN. Available for Cloture If It Necessary. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. surgent of Nebraska bill hevond | Sentiment | The drive by the i Ted by Senator Norris delay a _vote on the March 15 will not-suce in the Senate is overwhelmingly in favor of early action: in if cloture | €s¢ has to be imposag there will he a two- | thivds vote available to do so. : antd Thie inaurgent [Republicans O ohon | Weather Bureau! e e | ported wind velocities vhich they 4 v -1 20 to 70 miles an hour vesterduy, but the Democratic part gales moderating today. 1 n as are the I ! Storm swarnings hung out along the hwout the South and I st shipping advance notice. of stronghoids Wheres th (hé morthwester, but navigation is be- u-v‘mymfw s lisved to have suffered in spite of it. unl taxpuye t ve to! Vi pressure individ- son reton he reh 15 that no politi ippears likely. Ice Skaters Out. were 1 glven another s on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool when it was thrown open to skaters this morn- inz. The ice was reported of good thickness evervwhere except on the of the pool: Whether 4 be permitted there toni led on how the ice stood up dui- the day. Iee skater: | chance to cut fi urse, will offer <o will the insur it ihese can b quickly of hy a mjority vote. On final passaze. it would ap pear probable even at this date that il PRI he epidemic of fires that usually ttends a cold wave as result of L o oten¥ L averhested fur 1 kindred O e n ‘auses was not much in evidence much may 1 drive g ennct s 18 the admin tion leade I\’ to hpany, .h"“fl“»r' had to figl ‘ e e tion | fire that did not e o | into_the cold n am zent Republica disy 10 et give more of amendmen administration of rushing the meas opposition alwayse wa Senator Smoot thoroughly de ht one far in time for il : occurred ‘ the roofl of the c i rks from a 1ze and it w Tea i irted v extinguish- th a damage of about $40. Three small fires called out appa- vesterday afternoon and last The the throazh 15 more time. 1o have th ited and fully con- | PEC sidered. but he doesa o want dil TIEht: tactics introduced. By holding i sessions a_few times he can -1 ST termine whether thers is any | EOLB sy effort to delay the bill or ane i amend it i There is alway 00d deal of poli ties in o tax bill ¢ Aly as between | canservitive als. The latter vt e I Tl much Afimunition in the desire of | CHICAGO, January 28 (P).—Across the conservaives to reduce taxes for | horthern United States, from coast to the benefit of persons of wealth. The | C0ast. the forces of Winter ran riot to- late Senator La lette alwavs used spite promised only for the to introduce a substitute tax bill ¢ middle section. i In the face of heavy szales on the substitute tarifl bill emboc o e i L embodving IS cifie, shipping battled mountainous + 3 ced for shelter. < forme sse of his, Seis and v o oo the cold cctions are only a The radicals would like to make their record so they ean | LI \ hefore the country, especiaily rural communities (ttempt prove that the conservatives fav the larger husiness interests country in their tax plan. is w WE! COUNTRY. Roads, | Fires and Suffering Reported. Blocked Intense the whole i 1 The con few month: sub-zero numerous in the large sectiyns reported of the season. g0 was incre; which _drove age 3, Column. and intenss In the the coldest weathel suffering in Chi numerous _fire: ontinued on F of o Democrats Seek Cuts, own home. | ch WASHINGTON MACREADY FORGED TOGIVEUPALTITUDE TEST AT 36,000 FEET Failure of Supercharger‘ Drives Army Flyer Down | in Dayton Attempt. SHOWS NO ILL EFFECTS | FROM THRILLING EFFORT Started Flight Prepared to Me:t Record Temperature of 82 1-3 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION , D. ¢, FRIDAY, Degrees Below Zero. sciated Press ., Ohio, ching an altity 100 feet in an attempt 1o set 4 new world e 1. Lieut. John A Macready was fo ed to d nd at 10 today, due to the supercharger of his plane failing to function prop- | erly. The flyer showed no ill effects | of his experience. Lieut. Macready took off from Me Cook Field 10:10, central .\HfllllAl'tl“ time., g All the plane’s recording instru- | ments were sealed by Orville \\'rmhL! | 1 | muary 29.—After it chairman of the contest committee of the National Aeronautic As: ortly before the take-off. as the plane was pronounced read) for the test, Macready donned his gro- | tesque cumbersome clothes to protect himself from the intense cold of the lmitless space he intends to piercy climbed into the cockpit of the plane, | taxied over zen ground and be- | gan to ascend in sweepgng, graceful | spirals. Air. | The plane, built entirely for climb- ' ing pury < and not possessed of any great speed. roared over the of the group of officials and specta tors gathered to see whether Lieut. | Macready can bring the altitude rec ord back to this country. H As the flyer gained altitude, he in- creased the range of spiraling, and| eventually the Winter sky swallowed | man and plane. The ship became in- visible from the zround after a height of between 20,000 and 25,000 feet was reuched. At the apex of his altitude, Mac- ready was to swing in a circle approxi mately 85 miles from the landin fields here, New and unknown tem- peratures were expected. In previous attempts Macready has run into tem- peratures of $21: degrees below zero. Macready's clothes fortified him against almost any temperature, and ! a special apparatus to provide him | oxygen would have made it ible | for him to exist in the rarified stratas | of air. ation, As soon Disappears i ARMS PARLEY FUND VOTED BY SENATE $50,000 Appropriation for Geneva Conference Is Ap- proved Unanimously. By the Ascociated Press. Congressional sunction necessary in participation in the pre- arms conference discussions at Geneva was completed today when the Senate, by unanimous vote, ap- proved a House resolution to appro- priate £50,000 to defray the expenses of n delegates. Chairman Borah of the foreign re- lations committee called up the reso- lution, reporting the committee had unanimously favored its adoption Without any discussion of the pro- s which was forwa ¢ President Coolidge v the House with on enting vote, the resolution adopted. enator Swan m. Democrat, . told the Senate minorit of the foreign relatio vored the resolution. NEW CABINET ORDERED | BY JAPANESE REGENT By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, January ~Reijiro V katsuki, who yesterday appoint- ed premier ad interim following the death of Viscount Kato, today | was summoned by Prince Regent net. Wakatsuki, who was minister of | home affairs in the Kato cabinet and i a leader of the Kenescikai Part which Viscount Kato president, | tods was appointed its pres It is expected that W reappoint all the ministers binet who resizned on the death of count Kato. Owing to the ne. | cessity of naming one new minister, a zeneral shuffling of the cabinet | posts is expected. | The family of the late premier has | decided that the funeral shall be a | private one, with Buddhist rites, | It Is understood Kato left a large | fortune. was Vi mem- | s commit- | the | ) The Diet will reassemble on Mon- day. are do-| of the | would not only Bisinis Bur) in respect to! The Democrats, i the ame thing mendments offered reduce the ta © big would zo much further 1 incomes. The administration is | n the defensive becanse it has the | responsibility of decision. The Demo- | By the Associated Pr crats say the taxes can be reduced by ! LONDON, January 29.—Tongue- = much as $500,000.000, but they do| twisting words may be eliminated not have the burden of making the| from the test for drunkenness whicl Government revenues meet ex ! 2 committee of the British Medical when that sum is taken ou -| Associztion is endeavoring to stand- ceipts. So the Democrats argue the | yydize. A number of the other com- deeper cuts can be made and the Re-| moner methods of sifting the intoxi- publicans simply answer that they cannot be. | It's all so complicated and so dif- | cult to determine in advance of re. | now applied here include repeating eipts just how much they successfully one or more of the fol- amount to that one argument is as | lowing phrases: The Leith police dis- zood as another from an abstract | misseth us; the sea ceaseth and its Ciewpoint. The Democrats might not [ sufficeth us: truly rural; British con- w offering the same cuts were they | stitution and Methodist Episcopai. n power, while the Republicans, as a Other tests are: Standing motion- iminority nan_\.hnngm be taking the | very position the Democrals are as- . .y suming, IRadio P: 18, a sense, 1 Miny ation test also may be eliminated as being altogéther too old-fashioned. Some of the tests of sobriety as | | | “Breath Smelling” Machine May Replace| Tongue-Twisting Words as Sobriety Test less with hands clasped behind head, with feet together; standing on one leg with eyes closed; touching the tip of the nose with one finger with eyes shut: bending down and touch- ing the right toe with the left fore- | finger; standing with heels together and eyes closed. without wobbling: walking a chalk line; testing the pulse beats, and examining the pupils of the eves. Some of the doctors are opposed to tongue-twisting phrases on the xround that a sober person might very easily stumble over some of them. One of the members of the association has a machine. worked with the aid of chemicals, on which 1cohol reacts when held So as to be armed by o persoe ibin | through e of approximately | f JANUARY 29, 1926— FIKFTY- PETLCF TN ¢ Foening Star. WO PAGES. GREAT FALLS BILL Power Project Changed to Avoid Conflict With Nor- ris Plan. Legislation to authorize the hydro- electrical development of Great Falls on the Potomac to supply light, heat and to the National Capital and surrounding area, which is de- signed to be an important lnk in the Washington-to-Boston superpow- er zone, was introduced in the House today by Representative R. Walton Moore, Democrat, of Virginia. Mr. Moore has been co-operating with Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee, who assisted in preparation of the bill and joins with Mr. Moore in sponsoring the legisla- tion. power Received Former 0. K. The most mate change in the which was favorably reported to House by the District commit- in the Sixthy-eighth Congress is the provision with regard to operat- ing and distributing the power. In the pew bill introduced today this ix left open, and thus any grounds for conflict Detween the Moore-Zthiman bill and the Norris measure is nar- rowed. Since the Great Falls blll was re- ported in the last Congress the land and rights at 15 have passed to the North American Co. control purchase of stock of the Washington Raflway and Electric Co. It is understood that this new holding corporation is much interested in power development. Must Acquire Lands. the tee The Moore-Zihlman bill that— Actual comstruction shall not commenced on any unit of the com: plete project until (e necessary lands and easements for flowage for such unit have been acquired by purchase or condemnation or agreements made for such purchase, on terms deemed provid RETIRiEMEN.TS BRING | POLICE POST CHANGES ! Lieut. Hess Retains Place—Evans Is Retired With Six Others in Department. Numerous changes in the personnel of the Metropolitan Police Department, including the retirement of six ser- geants and one private for physical disability, were approved today by the board of District Commissioners, on recommendation of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. The Commissioners declined to re- tire Lieut. Willlam P. Hess, who was recommended for retirement by the board of police and fire surgeons. The retirement board, however, held that Lieut. Hess, with the exception of blood pressure, is in good physical condition and declined to recommend retirement. le';h# offic retired follow: Detec- tive Sergt. Harry Evans, Sergts. Owen ¢. Ryon, John R. Evans, John J. Whalen, James H. Lutten and John L. Kilmartin and Pvt. John H. Gib- son. Pvt. H. K. Wilson was detailed to fill the vacancy created by tivement of Detective Sergt. with an. additional compensation of 8600 a vear, while Pvts. O. It - ders, N. O. Holmes, L. E. Williams and C promoted to sergeancies to succeed the five retired sergeants. All changes ! will become effective February 1. {SHOTS KILL RICH ITALIAN. Chicago Grocer, Wounded When Brother Was Slain, Dies. CHICAGO, January 29 (®).—An- tonlo Morici, wealthy wholesale grocer, who, With his brother Agos- tino, was shot as they rode in their automobile Wednesday night, died in a hospital early today. The brother died soon after the.shooting. A coroner’s jury failed to solve the cause of the slaying. The police held two theories, one that Moricis had failed to contribute to the defense of two Italians recently convicted of slaying a policeman, and the other that they h'ud refused to heed the theais of @ Dk ‘WOman Drives Off Collector of Bills With Water Pistol Angered by the istent pres. ence of a hill collector, Hattie M. Morris of 627 Pennsylvania avenue sought means to drive him away. As the collector. Ralph L. Melman, confronted her at her door. Mr Morris whipped forth what seemed to be a pistol. The collector fled. Brought into court today on the charge of assault, the only weapon that could be introduced was toy witer pistol. After due reflection upor the case, Judze ( s A Schuldt took the defendant’s per- sonal bond and ordered the “pistol” returned to her. It was the first time in the his- tory of the court that a pistol had been ordered returned to a defend- ant. JUDGE ANDERSON CLEARED N PROGE Nomination to Federal Bench Unanimously 0. K.d by Subcommittee. per: By the Associated Prese. A unanimous favorable the nomination of Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson of the western Tennessee district was ordered today by the Senate judiciary committee. The action was taken after a sub- committee which investigated the charges against the nominee had re- ported that nothing was found reflect- inz on Judge Anderson’s morals, in- tegrity and standing in the com- munity. We came to the conclusion,” said Senator Means, Republican, Colorado, head of the subcomlttee, “that he dis- liked the criminal side of the court and was in the habit of listening to the district attorney, who is the worst vou could possibly get and who ought o be removed.” S. E. Murray is the district at- torney referred to and was on the stand before the subcommittee. He assumed all responsibility for the methods employed in disposing of a number of prohibition and other cases. t was pointed out to Judge Ander- son.” Senator Means continued, “that he would have to give as much at- tention to criminal cases as civil cases.” ‘There was then left only the ques- tion of mental competency. Judge Anderson took the stand and made a splendid showing. I am frank to say that if he had not testified the recom- mendation of the committee would be directly opposite from what it is now.” report on ACID-HURLING MANIAC IS WOMAN ATTACKER Attempts to Disfigure Chicagoans. None of Victims Has Seen Assailant. By Consolidated Press. CHICAGO, January 29.—A new variety of moron—an acid thrower— who attempts to disfigure women for the fun of it, is active on the streets here. early a dozen women have fallen victim to his strange mania, and yet not one of them has seen her assail- ant. His motive is as mysterious as ihe attacks, which have come in widely scattered parts of the city. The latest victim, Miss Lucille Clarkeof Evanston, was caught in the heart of Chicago’s downtown district. “I was walking down Jackson houlevard to work,” Miss Clark told the police, “when I felt a burning sensation on the calves of my legs. I saw that my stockings were turn- ing red in a number of little spots. realized what had happened. A doc- tor's attention was needed to care for the wounds that resulted.” Besides suffering the burns, the victim also lost a dress and a fur jacket, which were eaten out by the acid. Recently on the North Side a girl lost a coat and a skirt in a similar The burning got intense and soon I! COML N CHARG "HRURES HELDUP Unable to Get Evidence BeforesProbers, D. C. Deal- ers Assert. Though the joint congressional com mittee investigating fuel prices in Washington have held hearings for week, the local retail dealers have never been permitted to submit the figures and testimony which would settle the question of profiteering, so far as Washington is concerned. ac cording to Ward W. Griffith, chairman of the legislative committee of the Re- tail Coal Merchants' Board of Trade. Nothing has been developed in the hearing chamber thus far which either conyicts or exonerates Washington coal merchants of the charge leveled at them by Senator David A. Reed that they have been gouging the public, according to close observers. The deal- ers declare they are ready to disprove this charge if once given the oppor- tunity. o Almast a Propaganda Bureau. The bituminous operators of western West Virginia and Pennsylvania, whose fuel is reported to be piling up around their mines bacause the east ern part of the United States has re- fused to burn it, have almost reduced the committee’s investigation to the status of a propaganda bureau for broadcasting information about their wares, in the opinion of many persons who have listened in on the hearings held thus far. Literature extolling the virtues of coal from this or that bftuminous field has n passed around the hearing room without objection; the chamber is literally filled with high-priced at- torneys representing the operators; every day some new company sends its representative to plead with the committee to save Washington from high retail prices by making its coal available. Interest Is General. Not only Washington but a great ‘many other large communities, it is held, are vitally interested in knowing whether profiteering has been going on among retail dealers here, statistics having been produced to show that coal prices in the National Capital have advanced materially less in the last 12 years than in a dozen or more other cities. Mr. Griffith, however, bluntly told Senator Neely during the hearing yvesterday that up to the present time the committee has not permitted the dealers to submit the figures which would settle the con- troversy so far as Washington prices are concerned. 4 An example of what happens in the committee hearings each day might be cited from yesterday, which was rather typical. At the opening of the hear- ing, at the request of Senator Neely, a physician from Clarksburg, W. Va., which s in the center of the Fair- mount fleld, was called to the stand. He testified about getting a ton of Fairmount coal on the co-operative plan, told how quickly it would burn and was asked to give expert testi- mony as to the supply of Fairmount coal that was available, with which request he complied. The witness now makes his home in Washington. He sald the coal he got cost about $6.69 in his cel- lar. He did not know whether it was. for a long ton or a short ton, and added that the same coal would cost in Washington $14 a ton. Mr. Griffith developed that he paid $6.69 for a short ton. of 240 pounds less (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. »p “From Press to Home Within the Hour”, The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,334 TWO CENTS. IMITCHELL ESCAPES - SENTENCE AS DAVIS had not been suflicle iy D in | Stormy Petrel of Air Force wried him. LeaveS Army Sunday at Midnight. (#) Means Associated Pre: Mitchell Granted Too Much Leniency In Weeks’ Opinion By the Amsociated Press | LOS ANGELES, January 29— | John W. Weeke, former Secretary | of War, who with Mrs. Weeks and | party arrived here today en route to Honolulu, declared that Col NAVALARPLANS | BROADSIDE EXPECTED Three Dirigibles and Base on| Pacific Urged in 5-Year $14,000,000 Program. “For Good of Service” Not In- cluded in Acccpmy:e of Col- onel's Plea to Be Freed. i | The resiznation Mitehell fronmthe United submitted Ly him W Gen. Rohert Davis cepted by the Sec at midnight Sund tor will citizens ter ntillating stormy career of 25 years in the mi itary forces of the Nation. The acceptance of " Cal. Willia I States Arm da today etary ¢ the f Navy plans for expenditure of $i4 | 600,000 a five-vear period for lighterthan-air craft development was ' described todiy by Rear Admiral Wil A Moffett, the na air chief, re the House naval committee. The money would be used for these | purposes: | " Two airigibles of 6,000,000 cubic feet | : i auized | capaetty, at a cost of §4.000,000 each. | the War Department at noon in thesr A tratning dirigible to cost $1,500,-| Words: “The Secretary of War ha B | decided that the resignation of Col | William Mitchell, Air Srv.ce, will 1 jaccepted, to take effect Februa {1926. The Adjutant General of th { Army has been notified to this effect over W Tiam by as tablishment of a lighter-thun-air base on the Pacific Coast, at a cost of $4.500,000, It is also proposed to expend $1.- ,000 annually for maintenance of | existing lighter-than-air facilities. Ofg s = s - this amount $1.000.000 would be f0rY veur sentence or ercabes the iy continuance of ihe Lakehurst Alr Sta- | rank, command and duty and forfe: tion, $300,000 for co-operation with the | ure of half his pay, which was ma Bureau of Mines in helium produc- | €ffective Tuesday ' when Preside: tion and $150,000 for experimental | (olidge approved the findings of work. Army general court-martial, with | ervations, which tried, convicted an ng the njne 6 Escapes Army Sentence. Would Carry 30 Men. Although it was not made entirely | ' lear, it was indicated that Admiral|, Moffett was speaking only for the !y Bureau of Aeronautics of the VY. | hee id a dirigible for triining pur about half the size of thel 1 Shenandoah, would carry | offered by an officer under an complement of 30 men | sentence for violation of the Under questioninz by Chairman But-! of war sufficiently indicated the ler of the committee he testified that | cumstances under which Col. Mitchell avy desired the craft primarily | is to be separated from the militars 1o train men to handle the two pro- ! service, Y posed 6,000,000-cubic-foot airships. It| President Coolidge was relieved o ngress should reduce the proposcd |the necessity rther dealing with lizhter-than-air building program, he ! the * under powers del added, the Navy would first eliminate | egated to Davis. . MNeverthe the training ship and depend‘upon |less, the Executive gave his approval the Los Angeles to tram the crews |of the acceptance, as all Atmy for the proposed aircraft. | cers’ commissions are signed by hi Wants $1,000,000 Now. |and the only authority for their tern nation is the President or the official Admiral Moffett said the Navy de-|to whom he has given that power. sired $1,000,000 immediately to start! work on the training dirigible, which Mitchell Is Silewt. could be completed wWithin 18 months. | Neither Col. Mitchell nor his cour The department would ask for bids|sel before the court-martial, Repre on the ship from commercial firms. | sentative Frank R. Reid of Illino: This dirigible would have a 1,250,000 | would make any comment when cubic foot capacity, he asserted, or|formed of the acceptance. Tt more than six times that of the pro-!clearly indicated, however, that after posed allmetal dirigible contemplated | the resignation becomes effective, 4 by the Aircraft Development Corpora- | “broadside” may emanate from th tion, backed by Ford interests. i Mitchell camp. At least a statement Admiral Moffett said the Navy had | from Col. Mitchell will be issued, rned 4 lesson in the wreck of the | was authoritatively said. Shenandouh and would not agdin send | Secretary Davis' announcement a dirigible to the tornado belt at a 'made following his return to the Wi time storms may he encountered. Department from a_cabinet meeting at He also asserted that the accident (the White House. It was evident that Probably would not have happened if | the War Secretary discussed the ma the dirigible had possessed greater |ter with the President, although no engine power, and that a storm of |intimation as to the nature of tf the nature of the one that wrecked |talk was given. the ship was unknown over the sea.| When the colonel's brief resignation was submitted Wednesday, on the sec ond day of his five-vear sentence, there was no voice raised in military circ against acceptance. and at that ti it was known that his Army care was short lived. The only poi brought up concerned the reason i1 resigning and whether the War De partment would add “for the od 0 the service,” which clause appears from time to time on officers’ resign tions. { sentenced him for viol th articles of war. o reference was made in the ptance as to whas grounds the War retary acted upon. Mr. Davis' his n inclined not to stress the *f the good of the service' point, fe that the fact that the resiznat 1 SAYS DEFENSE INADEQUATE. Perkins Urges Co-ordinated Depart- ment at Hearing. Representative Perkins, Republican, New Jersey, who was chief examiner for a special aircraft committee at the last session of Congress, expressed | before the House military committee | . today the opinion that America could | Sy Curore not be dsfended adequately under!| As far as Col Mitchell is « present conditions in the armed serv- | he has no sorrows on leavin ces. i He saw as the best solution a de- partment of defense, with Army, Navy and air as equal branches. Mr. Perkins said the previous heas ing. had brought out “the great hesi- tancy” of Army and Navy officers to express their real opinions In the varlous aircraft tions, he added. most witnesses had brought “prepared statements,” and cross-examination had been necessary |eral and aviation matters in particula: to bring out any significant facts. | He had been dismisged from the “There is a cult in the Army and post of assistant chief of the Army Navy® he asserted, “and it is ortho- | Air Service, which carried the doxy | of brizadier general, on the L et — | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) D. A. R. BILL IS PASSED. {BOSTON FIRM TO GET Allows Society to Own Property Up to $5,000,000, BRIDGE WORK CONTRACT The Senate today passed a bill per-| Offers to Build Piers and Abut- mitting the National Society of 'the : Daughters of the American Revolu: | ments for Arlington Span for tion to hold property up to a limit | of $5,000,000. This measure is merely $1,209,000. an amendment to an existing act in. § - 5 Recommendations will be made creasting the limitation on the so-|ihe Arlington Memorial Bridge Con | mission that B. P. Converse of Bos ton be awarded the contract for the clety’s holdings. i construction of the six piers and four Two More Pneumonia Deaths. |00 100 OF %, 0% Finfion Memorial Two more pneymonia deaths were | Bridge, it was announced today. The reported to the District Health De-|recommendation will be made by Maj partment today, bringing the number |17 &, Grant, 3d, executive officer o of fatalities for the month to 120. Ten |ihe commission, who, with the sistants in his office. has gone tho: new cases of the disease also were oughly into the details of all the bids oncerned the pr fession to which he devoted his « For the last 10 years he has hee: general disagreement with defer policies, these gaining moment: and strength in the Mitchell-Menoher controversy and coming to a climax in his n Antonio statement September nd 9, 19 in which he held the Army and Navy up to pub scorn for their alleged misms ment of the national defense in n investiza- | reported. submitted several weeks ago. has been classified as one of the Don’t Miss It in Show Edition, January 31 attack. In previous ventures the acld-thrower has caught almost a n women, Everybody Interested in Motors And All Phases of Motoring « Wil find The Star's Special Auto Show Edition a veritable treasure house of useful, carefully prepared information cover- ing the entire, range of this ever-popular subject. In the newspaper field The Star’s automobile section long It is believed the Speclal Auto Show Edition will be regarded the most notable ever published. Motors and motoring have been covered thoroughly, ac- curately and uniquely by a staff particularly qualified to deal with these subjects in a fashion that must have a wide appeal. | Mr. Converse offered to bui | piers’ and abutments for $1 { Work is to begin within 30 da the signing of the contract, Converse estimated that he would 1« jquire 550 days in which to comple i the job. e | FIREMAN IS INJURED. | Thrown From Truck, Veteran Mav Lose Left Foot. Thrown from No. 12 fire truck as it turned out of Connecticut avenue into Newlands street, Chevy Chase, Md., this morning, Charles H. Ward, vet- eran of 25 years in the Fire Depart- ment, sustained a crushed left foot, which may necessitate amputation. The fire was a small blaze among rags in the basement of the home of Robert Y. Yellott, 11 Newlands street. As the truck turned Ward was tossed off, the heavy rear wheel passing over his foot. George W. Davis of 1516 H street took Ward to Emergency Hospital in most outstanding in the country. The Sunday Star R