Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1926, Page 5

- CHARGES OF SLUSH [LAWS MAJESTY RIGIDLY | RPEATED N MANE s o AL DOHENY Brewster and Democrats Continue Attacks on Gould Campaign. By thie Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., November 27.— Controversy over expenditures during the campaign in which Arthur R. Gould won the Republican nomina- tion for United States Senator con- tinued to rage tonight, with only one day remaining before the special election to determine a successor to the late Senator Bert M. Fernald. Although Gould tonight stood clear- ol of the charges of having exceeded the $1,500 expense limit fixed by the State, the accusations against him were kept alive, not only by his Democratic opponent, Fulton J. Red- man, but by leaders of his own party. Redman declared that if defeated in Monday's election he would carry the fight to Washington in order to dis- cover where the money expended for political advertisements in behalf of Gould's candidacy came from. In ad- dressing his final rallies tonight he compared the Maine Republican nom- inee with Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois. Brewster Demands Answer. Gov. Ralph O. Brewster demanded, as the right of the public, answer from Republican leaders supporting Gould to his question, “In your honest belief did not some one spend sums illegally in promoting the candidacy of Arthur R. Gould in the recent primary cam- paign?” ¢ In reply, Danfel F. Field, chalrman of the State Republican committee, as- serted that the governor had read him- self out of the Republican ranks by his attdeks on the party’s senatorial nominee Cancellation by Secretary Hoover of his engagement to speak here tonight in connection with Gould’s campaign upset plans for the remaining big rally, but both parties asked for sup- port of the electorate over the radio Tonight. The complaint against Gould, which was dismissed by Secretary of State Frank W. Ball, for lack of evidence to support the allegations of excessive ex- penditures, apparently had awakened new interest in the contest and both parties tonight predicted a larger vote than in any similar clection in this Btate, Redman Declares Finish Fight. In Portland the city clerk reported many last-minute applications for ab- gent voters’ ballots. In his address tonight Redman an- nounced that he intended “to find out who paid for the advertisements that preceded Mr. Gould's nomination if it takes every ounce of energy and whatever Answe arges that Gould had been repudiated by administration, and that- the break was indicated by the cancellation of Secretary Hoover's address here, Na- tional Committeeman Joseph ~W. Simpson tonight made public a tele- gram from Senator William M. But- ler of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican national committee, Which | said: “Hope for Republican victory in your election Monday.” Simpson said Senator Butler had also expressed hope for Gould's elec- ton in a telephone conversation with him. ELECTION OF GOULD FORECAST, KEEPING SENATE FOR G. 0. P. (Continued from First Page been thal in 1918 he gave a bribe 75.000 to $100,000 to a former prime minister of the Province of New Brunswick while Gould was interested in the construction of railroads in Canada, and that he exceeded the $1,600 limit which a candidate may expend in a primary campaign. Both charges have been denied by Gould. Charges Are Dismissed. At a hearing Friday before the sec- retary of state of Maine on the charge that Gould had exceeded the $1,500 Hmit of campaign expenditures, neither Rev. A. F. Lelgh, reputed to be a Klan leader, a Democra*, who filed the charges against Gould, nor Gov. Brewster was able to produce evidence to sustain the charge. The secretary of state, Frank Ball, dis- missed the char The belief exists here that the inci- dent has helped Gould rathet than hurt him, since it has aroused the Republicans generally throughout the State, Gould and_his supporters have charged that Brewster was influenced by the Klan to take the stand he did against the Republican nominee. They have charged, too, that this fell in with his own personal ambition to run for Senator in 1928. In the primaries Gould defeated rormer Gov. Baxtor of Portland and State Senator Buzzell, put forward by the Klan. Had Baxtor been nomi- nated and elected, it would have given Maine two Senators from Portland. Upset Brewster’s Plans. Brewster, according to reports, had already planned to move his residence to Ellsworth, well awav from Port- land, so that he could take advantage of a demand that the northern and eastern part of the State be repre- mented in the Senate. But when Gould won the nomination, he upset the apple cart for Brewster, for Gould 1s from Presque Isle, in the extreme northern part of the State. The strength of the Klan in Maine has been varlously estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000. The result of the tion tomorrow will be hailed either as a victory for the Klan, if Gould is defeated, or as a blow for the hooded organization if Redman is de- teated. The Gould supporters have charged that Redman has agreed to be friendly with the Klan if he be elected. This has been denied by the Democratic nominee. The Democratic senatorial commit- tee s watching with great interest the Maine election. In all probability 1t will be consulted, should Gould be elected, regarding the adv flling a contest in the Senate against him. This committee upon the advisability of filing elec- tlon contests against two Republican Benators-elect, chosen on election day tn Indiana and Pennsylvania. Watson Election Probed. R. Earl Peters, Democratic State ohairman of Indiana, has put in- vestigators to work in several coun- ties to determine whether frauds were committed in the election of Senator Watson. The results of the investigations will be laid before the Democratic senatorial committee during the coming week by Peters, who is expected in Washington, it was learned yesterday. It was ad- mitted by ator Swanson of Vir- ginia, & member of the committee, that the Indiana State chairman has been in communication already with the committee. Senator Watson, when the matter waa called to his attention, said that is soon to pass the Republican { ability of | ‘Whether or not there is any politi- cal dynamite remaining in the out. come of the Fall-Doheny trial, now in progress here, remains, largely, a matter to be decided by personal choice. The tremors and reverbera- tions which rocked the Natlon as one explosion succeeded another during the famous Teapot Dome hearings have been stilled. Even the echoes have died away. In their place is the sedate, dignified silence which pervades the small but crowded court- room of the District Supreme Court, Criminal Division 1, where Justice Adolph A. Hoehling austerely di- rects the ponderous progress of the law. For one forgets politics and remem- bers the majesty of justice at this trial. There is little ballyhooing. There are no photographers. The scrape of a chair brings the cold eyes of a balilif upon the scraper in a manner which makes chills chase each other up the backbone. The careless rattle of a newspaper makes the rattler feel like the noted bull in the china shop. Fair Trial Is Judge's Goal. Justice Hoehling is trying the case strictly according to criminal proce- dure. It is a source of pride to both sides that the jury is as non-political as it would be possible to find. Justice Hoehling has left nothing un- done to assure a fair trial to the de- dendants and justice to the public— even to the point of impounding the jurors to guard them from being in- fluenced by outside discussions. ‘When Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, Democratic prosecutor of the ol case before the Senate investi- gating committee, was called as a wit- ness, Republican observers may have felt some apprehension. Their minds | still rung with the memory of Senator | Walsh's radio speech some two years ago when the oil cases were before the courts, and the picture remained of his actions as prosecutor during the Teapot Dome hearings. But the Montanan has come and gone, and thus far has shown no dis- .position to take the radio stump again. On the stand but a minute, he substantiated the Government’s claim that Mr. Doheny asked permis- sion to appear before the Senate in- vestigation committee. Then he was excused. Momentous Issues Involved. But the trial itself is steeped in hu- man interest. While overshadowed by the morbid sensations of the Hall-Mills murder case, there is being enacted in the little courtroom here one of the most important criminal trials in re- cent history; important because it In- volves a former cabinet officer and United States Senator and a multimil- lionaire, charged with conspiring be- tween themselves to defraud the Gov- {ernment in connection with rich oil reserves intended for the Navy in times of national emergency. - Coming as it does after the recent trial of {Harry A. Daugherty, another former THE SUNDAY' UPHELD TRIAL Whatever “Dynamite™ May Be Set-Off in| ' Evidence, Decorum of Spectators and Reporters Is Required. cabinet officer, the present case draws additional interest. So far as the spectacular is con- cerned, though, the Fall-Doheny trial is perhaps a disappointment to the mere spectator. There is lacking that suspense shown during the eventful days when the defendant Doheny and the defendant Fall appeared before the Senate investigating committee four years ago. A stern bailiff main- tains strict order in the court. None dare whisper for fear of a curt re- minder that “There must be order in the court.” A few who arose prema+ turely when it was announced that court, had adjourned for the day, now carefully refrain from rising until Justice Hoehling has left the room. Even newspaper men, prone to disre- gard many regulations, abide by this rigid court rule. There is .an absence, too, of the camera men and flash-lights, with their explosion and clouds of smoke. Camera men must wait outside to snap celebrities. The only thing that lends an atmosphere of the unusual to the court room scene is the large ar- ray of newspaper men and counsel and the importance of the two mild, at- ;Jeentll‘:e men sitting on the defendants’ nch. Crowds No Longer There. Outside the court room during the first few days of the trial, which threatens to continue until Christmas, long lines of men and women stood patiently walting a chance to enter. Now the line is dwindled until scarcely a dozen persons are drawn by curios- ity to the scene of the trial, outside those whose presence is necessary. Empty seats in the court room are not unusual now. . Aside from interest in the two de- fendants, there is the usual craning of necks on the part of newcomers to see some of the other witnesses who are in daily attendance. Mrs. Doheny, wife of the defendant, sits patiently and hopefully in one of the seats re- served for spectators. Then, too, there is her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Doheny, jr. All three are witnesses summoned by the Gov- ernment. Young Doheny, a strapping, big man, always sits beside his father. He is a defendant in a pend- ing bribery case. Mrs, Fall and her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Chase of El Paso, also are frequently in attendance. Sometimes, during lulls in the proceedings, the two defendants come over and sit with their families. Nearly always, however, they are to be seen sitting on the long bench directly behind the three attorneys for the Government. There they sit and pay strict atten- tion to all that is going on. Mr. Doheny, slightly hard of hearing, cups his ear with his hand, ®as though desirous of not missing any- thing. Fall, whom the late Senator Lodge declared had one of the great- est legal minds in the Senate, often holds whispering conversation with his counsel. Sometimes he prompts them and sometimes they come to him to consult him about some con- troversial point that may have arisen. he had “absolutely no fear of any investigation which the Democrats might stage.” He said he had heard reports that a contest might be undertaken. The Democrats of Indiana are anx- fous to have a contest against Sena- tor Watson and in favor of his Demo- cratic opponent, Albert Stump, take the form of the Brookhart-Steck con- test from lowa in the last session of Congress. In other words, they want the Senate committee to count the ballots rather than have them counted in Indiana. Figures Are Questioned. They want an opportunity to argue their case before the Senate com- mittee aiso. They point out that while Senator Watson won by a little more than 11,000 votes, in a single county, Lake County, his lead over Stump was 12,600. They insist that in this county and several others his lead was higher than it could have been legitimately. Former Secretary William B. Wil- son of the Department of Labor, Democratic candidate for the Senate from Pennsylvania against Represen- tative William S. Vare, Republican, in the last election, was in confer- ence yesterday with members of the Democratic _ senatorial committee, discussing the advisability of filing a contest on the ground that Vare had been elected by fraud. He would make no statement after the confer- ence, nor would the members of the committee, other than to say the matter had been discussed and fur- ther conferences would be had this week. Senators Gerry of Rhode Island, chairman; Swanson, Bayard of Deleware and Walsh of Montana attended the conference with Mr. Wilson. Vare ran behind Wilson out- side of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but his vote in those cities pulled him through. If Wilson files a con- test, it will be on the ground that the general election was fraudulent, and will be aside from the charges of corruption made against Vare in the investigation of the Pennsylva- nia primary election by the Senate investigation committee last Spring. OIL TRIAL TO BRING WEEK OF BIG ISSUES (Continued from First Page.) be In the possession of E. K. HIl, | secretary to Senator Lenroot, who | was chairman of the Senate com- mittee on public lands which co; ducted the ol investigation, probably Will be offered in evidence by the Government upon establishment of the fact that there was a loan for which the instrument was given. Mrs. E. L. Doheny, to whom a por- tion of the paper, and bearing the signature of Fall, was given by her husband might be asked to testify in this regard, but again defense counsel have not determined whether they will permit her to take the stand. Under the law Mrs. Doheny could not be compelled to give testimony lagainst her husband. The Government has employed a small number of witnesses compared with those who have been subpoenaed, but the volumes of documentary evi- | dence are calculated to occupy more | time than that given from the stand. Upon completion of its case about the loan, the prosecution will turn to the oil reserve leases and contracts for the construction of fuel tanks. Despite the loss of time occasioned by the dispute over the recorded Doheny testimony of 1924, the Government still is confident its case will be com- pleted before the end of the week. e SRR Says It’s Warm Up in Air. If it 1s too cold for vou on earth take an airplane trip 30 miles from the sphere, say French and English scholars, who with bombs and record- ing devices determined that the air has a uniform temperature up to more than 30 miles, then becomes warmer. One English weather expert declares that his records show that the tem- perature began to rise at 20 miles and at 30 miles the thermometer would register 220 decxxea Fahrenheit. INSSTONACGDEAT ASTRACEDYCALSE Officials Say Shaw, Former Foot Ball Star, Was Suicide After Wife Was Killed. By the Associated Pre NEW BEDFORD, Mass., November 27.—Investigating officials tonight de- clared themselves satisfled that J. E. Norton Shaw of Mattapoisett, prom- inent lawyer and former Harvard foot ball star, accidentally shot his wife in their home yesterday and then committed suicide. They described as mere coincidence the fact that the shooting occurred on the eve of a probate court hearing in which Shaw was to have been ques- tioned as to his conduct in connection with a will of whihc he was an execu- tor. Examiner’s Report. Dr. Raymond H. Baxter, associate medical examiner, who performed an autopsy on the bodies, announced that he would report accidental shoot- ing and suicide as his finding. Mrs. Shaw was shot and killed by her hus- band, who had informed his house- keeper that he had taken his shotgun to kill a rat. While a physician was being summoned to attend Mrs. Shaw, the attorney turned the weapon on himself. Shaw was co-executor with Mrs. Wallace M. Holmes of the will of George T. Russell, who willed the major portion of his estate to the town of Acushnet. A hearing was to have been held next Monday on ob- Jjections raised by the town to the al- lowance of Shaw's account as ex- ecutor. Arranged for Conference. He conferred yesterday with his lawyer and Mrs. Holmes regarding the hearing and was to have attended another conference today. Friends sald he had been in cheerful mood, and spent a happy Thanksgiving day and had shown no worry regarding the court proceedings. The Russell estate was estimated at $105,000, and a total been withdrawn. il —_—_— CHINESE LABORITES ASK 81 HOLIDAYS YEARLY \ Foreign Residents of Hankow Pre- pare for General Strike. More Pay Demanded. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, November 28.—Eighty- one holidays a year is one of thi :l:- mands of the. labor unions organized in every industry under the rule of the red Canton government. Foreign residents of Hankow are laying in food supplies in anticipation of a general strike. Should the strike be called shipping on the Yangtze River probably would be tied up, pre- venting food coming to Hankow. The strike of shipping trades is set for next Monday unless demands are conceded by employers. Demands upon all industrial .concerns include 81 holidays a year, heavy increases in wages, dismissal of employes only ulpon union sanction and the closed shop. Lion Travels by Airplane. To meet the demands of a circus manager in need of a lion in a hurry, a full grown king of beasts recently was sent from Paris to London by airplane. A special cage was built in a Napier D. H. machine to accommo- date the animal, which apparently enjoyed the ride, STAR, WASHINGTOX. 10000 HAVE JOINED CITIZENS' GROUPS Estimates Made at Close of Drive Place Total Member- ship at About 30,000. Washington's army of organized citizekry has been augmented by 10,000 during the two-week drive under the direction of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations, and now numbers 1in the neighborhood of 30,000 persons—somewhere between 6 and 8 per cent of the 514,000 persons the Census Bureau claims for the Capital. Although complete reports had not been made last night, when the drive officially closed, to Chairman Jesse C. Suter, he estimated that -the ca paign for new members of citizens’ associations had netted 10,000 new members and had brought back into the fold many members who had been backward in paying their dues in past years. Twenty-five per cent of each dollar collected in the drive goes to pay the ‘expenses of the campaign, and any unexpended balance is credit- ed to the treasurv of the federation. Drive headquarters established at 1336 New York avenue two weeks ago were closed last night, and the office staff and fixtures moved into the office of the.campaign chairman, at 1415 I street. Mr. Suter made his estimate of 10, 000 accretions to the ranks of organ- ized citizenry on the basis of partial returns from downtown associations and on incomplete returns from 22 of the 45 associations making up the federation. Twenty-three of the con- stituent members of the lattér body have not yet made a report. His es- timate of 10,000 new members was backed up by a similar estimate by Harry N, Stull, chairman of the head- quarters committee. . Both declared the drive a complete success and Mr. Suter said its results would extend throughout the Winter, with the im- petus gathered in the two weeks’ in- tensive campaign which was conclud- ed last night. The drive began on November 13 and was intended to end on November 20, but was extended for another week. Increased interest in citizens’ organizations brought about as a di- rect result of the drive has already re- sulted in formation of the two new associations and the probability that two more will be formed. Drive headquarters will begin to- morrow an effort to secure complete :ir:sormatlnn on the net results of the ve. WANTS WOMAN 10 SERVE TIME Government Files Brief Urg- ing Appellate Court to Sus- tain Williams Sentence. Government counsel took action yes- terday to have sustained in the Court of Appeals the conviction in Criminal Court of Kate Williams, colored, found guilty last Winter of manslaughter in the killing of Fred Williams, colored, her husband, December 1, 1925, at 49 De Frees street. Peyton Gordon, United States attor- ney, and Raymond Neudecker, his as- sistant, filed their brief in support of the conviction and urged that the Appellate Court remand the accused to begin serving her sentence. Released on Bond. At the time of her conviction she was released on bond by Justice Bailey pending the outcome of her appeal. It is urged in the Government brief filed in the upper court that the con- viction, upon circumstantial evidence, should be upheld, in spite of rulings by the trial court with respect to not requiring the Government to produce as a witness John Surles, the only eye- witness to the affair. Surles was called as a witness fot the prosecution, but was not offered. Argument On Anniversary. It was claimed by the accused that when she called Surles as a witness, she was required to take chances invasive of her constitutional rights. Surles’ testimony in the trial court showed that Willlams was struck by his wife with a lighted lamp during a fight. He recelved fatal burns. The defense was that Willlams at- tacked his wife and she was com- pelled to strike back to protect her- self. Attorney Royal A. Hughes filed his brief for the accused and the case is on the calendar for argu- ment this week, exactly one year from the altercation in which Wil- lilams met his death. AIRPLANE CARRIERS TO'BE READY JULY 1 Extensive Naval Air Maneuvers to Mark Completion, Wil- bur Announces. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 27.—The most extensive naval air maneuvers ever undertaken will mark the completion of the two giant airplane carriers, the Lexington and Saratoga, Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur announced today on his arrival in Chicago for the Army-Navy game. ““We hope to have the carriers ready for their trial trips July 1,” Secretary ‘Wilbur said, “and soon after they will be put to practical tests in maneuvers that will mark, we hope, one of the greatest advances in air projects.” Navy modernization now under | way, as outlined today by Secretary ‘Wilbur, includes: Rebuilding of 13 capital battle- ships, of which three, the Texas, Florida and Arkansas, have been com- pleted, and appropriations made for three more; construction of five new type scout cruisers; construction of six gunboats in Chinese waters for use on the Yangtze. High Cost of German Unemployed. BERLIN, November 27 (#).—Finan- cial ‘support of 1,6000,000 unemployed in Germany is costing an average of $23,000,000 a month. Eleven per cent, Minister of Labor Heinrich Brauns maid, are recelving more money in doles than they did on their I Jobs. Directly or indirectly employers of labor and their employes virtually support their less fortunate brethern. Employers and employes each directly contribute $5,500,000 a month.. By special taxes federal and state gov- ernments collect another $4,300,000 cach, while the boronughy raise $2,500,000. e tas 0, NOVEMBER 28, 1926—PART I. CRATER OF VESUVIUS AGAIN IN ERUPTION The rarest view ever obtalned of Mount Vesuvlus, the ever active volcano in Ttaly, again in violent efuption, taken by Capt. Sacchl of the Italian Air Force, from an airplane, while flying directly over the burning crater. ATTACK ON SCHOOL HISTORIES RENEWED BY RETIRED OFFICER Inaccuracies About World War ‘Alleged By Col. Dickson, Citing Pasgages In Several Lieut. Col.' Thomas J. Dickson, re- tired, 3363 Sixteenth street, chaplain with the First Division during the war and now president of the First Division Society of Washington, yes- terday launched a fresh attack on alleged errors in school histories on the operation of American troops in France. L He attacked particularly Willlam B. Guitteau of Toledo for his text- books: Our United States, and The History of the United States. Both are widely used in public schools. He charges that Guitteau in the latter book left out a quotation by the American poet, Longfellow, which was uséd as the opening lines of the first, and that he introduced a quota- tion from the British poet, Kipling, some of whose recent utterances, he says, have not “set well with the American people. Col. Dickson later quotes from Guitteau the statement: “A division of regulars reached France in June, 1917." o On Mexican Border Then. “In June, 1917,” he says, “I was on the Mexican border, and went to France with the Sixth Artillery of the First Division. If there was a division of regulars in France before the First Division, I never heard of e He questions the fairness of the statement that in the battle of Belleau Wood “American Marines proved themselves the equals of the British at Ypres, the Canadians at Mons or the French at Verdun.” *“I wonder,” says Col. Dickson, “how this estimate was made and what was the opinion of the judge concerning elements of the Second, Third and Yankee Divi- sions at Belleau Wood.” He says that Guitteau places the 81st or Wild Cat Division in Flanders around Cambrai, Saint-Quentin and Laon with British troops while they actually were brigaded gith French troops and at the other end of the | battle line. In another textbook by Guitteau, Lieut. Col. Dickson says, the Buck- eye Division is placed at the town of Hindelgem at the time ‘of the Armi- stice. There actually is no such town, he claims, although part of the Buck- eye Division was at a town which is spelled somewhat similarly. The author does not give due credit, he claims, to the Buckeye Division for taking two supposedly impregnable defenses in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Use of Eagle on Cover. He charges that Guittcau uses a Mexican eagle instead of an Ameri- can eagle on the cover of his book, the chiet distinction being that one's head is turned to the left and the other s to the right. ; Col. Dickson says: “British poem, vaunted prowess, plea for preparation, Mexican eagle. 1 absolutely agree with the statement of Dr. Guitteau in the first two lines of his book: “American history in our high schools today is a very different subject from that taught 20, or even 10 vears ago"." He objects to a plea for military preparedness in the Guitteau book on the ground that it is not a question for discussion by school children. Col. Dickson last week attacked a number of other histoyy text books used widely in schools, which he ac- cuses of errors more or less impor- tant. He said yesterday: Extracts from Text Books. “My other 51 historians seem to be getting along nicely. I notice several new backs on the book shelves. If necessary, 1 will get out another ‘Critique.” “My list is growing so rapidly that I find it hard to keep track of all my historians. I certainly do not want them to turn the Congressional Li- brary and Bureau of Education into an aerle for Mexican eagles. _So, Messrs. Horn, Guitteau, Beard, Bag- ley, Gordy, Mowry, Higginson, Fos- ter, Redway, Montgomery and others, please look at the bird you use on your school histories and _see whether it belongs north or south of the Rio Grande! “I hate to rob the little school children of Washington of this beauti- ful story of the- faithful doggles. It is almost as bad as murdering Santa Claus. I certainly believe in Santa Claus and the story about the cherry History,” ree. “‘Beginers’ American MAIN OFFICE 6th & C Sts. S.W. Textbooks. Montgomery, Ginn & Co.: ‘These faith- ful nurses were assisted by Red Cross dogs that were trained to go out and search for missing soldiers who had been so badly hurt that they could neither move nor call for help. When the dogs found such cases they would trot back and get some one to go with them and bring the poor fellows to the hospital. Now let us see how our soldiers lived and what they did. You might think that the first thing they would do would be to use their guns. No, the first thing they did was to use their spades.” “What existence 1s more miserable than to have some old gaunt cadaver- ous pensioner on the bounty of the Nation pipe in the raucous voice of « raven: ‘Them four drives didn’t look like failures to me? Then amble over to the soldiers’ home. ‘Advanced American History,’ For- man, the Century Co.: ‘The first (Ger- man) drive was a faflure. A second drive also falled’ ‘The Germans made two more drives, but both times they were folled. About the middle of July, realizing that their great offen- sive’ movement had spent its force, they gradually began to draw back to- ward their frontiers, fighting as they retired.’ Mix-Up Over Battles. “Then just before the Washington schools are dismissed sneak down, where the children congregate and try to explain_that Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood were not buckwheat cakes and you could not put one on the other to save your life. *“ History of the United States,” Gor- ‘harles Scribner’s Sons: ‘The dead. | ly struggle in Balleau Wood, where | the battle of Chateau-Thierry was fought, began on June 2, and lasted for almost an entire month.” . “Imagine the same individual trying to gain the graces of some Washing- ton” school children playing on a sand pile and as soon as they found that vou were an old soldier and had seen Indians outside of a circus they would want a war story. You drew a line in the sand to illustrate the Alsne-Marne salient and told them that Chateau-Thierry was in the French portion of the sector and that vou did not consider Paris in danger of being taken in July, 1918. He woul spring his history on you. There it is! Read ft! Another Belleau Wood View. “‘History of the American People,” Beard & Bagley: ‘On June 6 there was flerce fighting at Belleau Wood, | and in July, when the Germans | seemed at times almost on the point of taking Paris, the Americans at Chateau-Thierry and along the Marne heroically helped the French to turn the tide of the battle, which then began to voll steadily northeastward!’ | “The replies of the children in these imaginary execursions are excusable. What about the elders and the educa- tors? T had an educator tell me when I invited his attention to a mistake in history that he would take the judgment of an author whom he knows is always prepared with great deliberation, to the opinion of a man though he were on the ground and | in condition to form rational judg- ment. Of course he won. I told him that his state was ranked almost at the bottom of, the list in education and if it continued to follow that policy it would hit the bottom just the same as l? frog that jumps into an empty well” Prickly Pear Dress Shown. ‘Women's organizations of Australia are asking the government to grant a perpetual lease of 500 acres and a sub- sidy of $125,000 to establish a textile industry to make materials from waste products of the country. Mme. McCracken of Dublin was the leader | of the delegation appearing beforg the | minister of labor and industry at Syd- | ney and showed garments made in her | own textile plant from prickly pears, root of the pineapple, paddy’s lucerne, | banana skins and other waste prod: | cts. Dail, .00, $1. . 37 sooms. 36 wookiz! e e i3 win toet. S in room. 80 % CAMP MEIGS Sth & Florida Ave. N.E. 41 MINERS' BODIES MAY NOT BE FOUND Engineers Give Opinions After Viewing Scene of Mich- igan Cave-in Nov. 3. By the Associated Press. ISHPEMING, Mich., November 27.— Most, if not all, the 41 bodies entombed in the Barnes-Hecker mine, may never be recovered. This is the opinion of engineers, who have surveyed the scene of the tragic cave-in of Novem- ber 3, when a surface area collapsed and dropped into the shaft. Although two huge ballers have been in almost constant operation, the water in the shaft has not been lower- ed below the top of the first level. Water from a radius of a mile or more around the mine is believed to be steadily seeping into the workings. When the earth suddenly collapsed about noon on November 3, it caught 51 men without a chance for their lives, and took nearly every man of the little settlement of North Lake. The bodies of seven men were forced up to the top of the shaft by the surge of the mud which buried their com- rades. ‘Three others later were recovered by rescue workers, but the remainder probably are permanently entombed in one of the three long horizontal tun- nels in which they were working. 7 Resigns From Army. The President has accepted the res- ignation of First Lieut. Reis J. Ry- h_lnd‘ Army Signal Corps, recently sta- tioned at Aleatraz, Caiif., “for the good of the service,” Army orders an- nounce. LN AIR LINES TO STOP FOR WINTER SOON Service From Capital to Nor- folk and Philadelphia to Halt Tuesday. Passenger and mail air transporta tion between Washington and Phila delphia and Washington and Norfolk, recently inaugurated with daily trips, will be suspended for the \Vinter months at the conclusion of th flights Tuesday. An announcement by the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Co.. which ha operated the routes, stated last nigh that Postmaster General New hi sanctioned suspension of the alr ma lines due to the uncertain weathe: conditions prevailing in Winter. The transportation concern, how ever, has advised the department that it will be ready to offer fullest operation next Spring in resumption of the air mail service between tho three cities and also has offered to co-operate with the Department of Commerce in its plans for commercial air transportation. 8,620 Pasengers Carried. A report of the P. T., which is under the Mitten ma ment, shows that since the inauguration of th ‘Washington-Philadelphia lines las July 6, and the Washington-Nor route at a later date, there have been a total of 3,620 passengers cari over a total distance of 93,385 miles, This service was effected without serfous mishap, the only accident t. mar the record being the up-ending o” a_passenger plane at the Hoover Field here while taxiing across the landing field. A heavy gust of wind tilted the plane on end, tumbling the passengers together, but none was in jured, Investigation showed. This record, the Mitten management sta “forcefully demonstrated for the first time in America the safety with which passenger transportation by afr can be carried on.” The planes used were of the three- motor type and carried eight passen gers, who were provided with com modious wicker seats in an inclosed cabin. Trips Canceled. A total of 670 trips were scheduled during the operation and but 67 were canceled because of adverse weathe: conditions, the company reports to Secretary Hoover of the Commerce Department. When radio weather report service and night-lighting along the air routes have been further developed, it is stat ed, still fewer canceled trips will b forced by stormy weather. Alrtransportation between Phila delphia, Washington and Norfolk could not be conducted during Win ter months on a paying basis without a greater development of radio weather report service and night-lighting, the company’s statement declar PRESIDENT HEARS BOOST. “Just Listened” When Californian Broaches Re-Election Subject. President Coolidge was told yester day by Ralph Arnold, chairman of the Republican committee of Los An- geles County, that that section of California wanted him for another term in the White House. 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