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JANUARY 21. 1928, THE EVENING STAR. WASHATINGTON, COMPEL JAPANESE DIET 10 DISSOLVE Opponents to Chinese and Economic Policies Force Government to Withdraw. however by ani Yuion, | {ond the onposi was there Wwas & p ¥ 4 be dissolved be CELTRELEEL PEY a RELATIONS IMPROVED. Japanese Minister Holds Mutual Un- derstanding With U. S. Has Gained. several | emain: sreign min- | a speech before the wever, “fhat mutual hy of thij which | solution of such { 1ly 2Rowing.” 4 ceche In #briract ¥ Defends Geneva Pplicy - 4 uccessful_efforte of | Great Bfilain and| h a naval agreement kl} a. Baron Tanaka said he believed | fair and just stand toward the | armament limitation and .cere efforts for the promotion of iversal peace at tha{ memorable in- gathering were fully recog- world at large.” regard to the Chinese situation T r declared that ‘whilie Te with 4 it would propose to inter afigirs of China measures to ne 's ang 10 safeguard the lives and property of our nationals in that | Manchurlh Problem: =3 r to Manchuria and | especiaily the thifee eastern | ' he contintied, “we are that. in view of ib geographical re- it may be neces- se provinces into 4 e Japanese wishes 1t 10 be | h ity 40t suance of 4 co- d MAN SHOT IN MISTAKE = | iFOR BANK ROBBER DIES w ccungbs g Wounded by Po- Hst Fact ker After B lice as Theft Suspect. = 21.-8hot By 8 ronstable in one of tnree | men who had robl ' i @! b T S \CES CHAPTER VIL Lufbery Begins His Record T wodie in A IFRE are times when Ie easier 1o die than to live Weaker men vield to ths seem inalv inevitable: it isa't the rds who refuse to dic t takes more courage to go on for life in a shattered bodv ~n denth ofers a release from pain 1 is ons ung to die quickly.in the of combat and the hizh ecstasy att'e Tt s entirclv diferent to all the accustomed comforts of e zest af vouth. the pleasure of and doin2, the * unrecoenized ivilegs of walking at eas~ with a “hole hodv an e's fellows. The ¥ k v is to fake the A~cony—that fae against shom no men may strike back A wounded man is a baidle ground which he himeelf is both friend f he has courag:. ha can v in fiehting azainst to live must fight v against his body's ery for rest nd escape from pain. His virtue of against in this s own body it Fxe; el and the blows di ] wa we or for_the Tt American Escadrille— F —is replete with' an undue share of this heroism which ean suffer just as it holds more than its shere of th> more familiar heroism whieh can fieht and di The Military Medal which awarded to Baisl wes one of only three awarded 1o American fivers by France. That was a reward for cour- e in battle. His decoration for cour- e in the long painful waiches of the ght is recorded only in the memories { the friends who knew him and knew the fight he made alsler foneht on. After six weeks o torture in the overcrowded and un derequipped hospita’ at Vadelaincourt he swas. transferred to the American Hogpital” at Nenilly. whare he stayed more than. & vear He was released on Christnas day. 1917, with shattered health and able to walk only with the aid of a cane. When America entered the war he was commissioned a captaln in spite f his dicability and gave good service helping to organive for- Pershin He served :2‘:0 when he was honorably dis- was charg No_blame shonld attach to France for the ovepcrowded conditions in het earlier war hospitals was sud- aenly faced 1> of propor- tofis“far bey -sible anticipa- tion and her medical men performed miracles with slender resources they had at their c d. Ax the rew into habit. French hospitals d unul they e not excelled hose of any armv in the war. War is hell and its deepest ultimate pit burns in the field hospitals The Fighting Goes On. While Balsley lay in the hospital. the work of the Escadrille went on Saddened by their Josses. the Americans continued their daily round of Aving On July 4. 1916, Thenauli and some of his men journeyed to Paris to partici- pate in a ceremony at the tomb of La Favette in Picpus Cemetery. Still of- Acially neutral the mind of the Amet- ican people was beginning to crystallize that certainty which finally brought the long sirugg'e 1o an end The next Fourth of July was to see fighting Americans in Paris under th ir own flag A" few days later the gesser visfted the Escadr! time. He was a * ng guest” and flew with the Americans on their pairols. in one of which he brought by amous Nun- e for a shor: Laage de Meux. second in command under Capt. Thenault. brought down 2 German machine between Ornes and Bezonvaux This was his first official vietory. although he was an air fighter of anusual dash and sill On* Juiy 31 the brizhi=st siar ef the Escagrilles Jong record twingled for the first Yme. Raoul Lufbery had lomg vince pheven himself 1o he a wonder- ful fiyef. but no ofiesdly confirm.a ctory had yet boen Zhaiked up to credit Early in the momning of the last day of July Lufbery was fiying alonr north of when he saw 8 C fig piane far away to his rig Hetmmedlately changed his course o B Cp UP! 5 join knox The Fact Story of American Aviators in the World War ‘;‘l 'enemy. he dove on the Germ | Milita i tha second the Amsrirans had to take loral bank of mest the enemy and the fatier showsd $10000, Bidney Yarmul, a hat factory, an equal eagerness for the fight hy COLLEGIANS URGED TOBACKD.C.OTE |Washington Man Asks La- fayette Students to Inter- est Selves in Problem. IR 4 [ apbeiat Diapateh 1o The star \ FASTON. Pa. January 21.—College | men of America were called upon by | Frederic William Wile at Lafayette Col- | lege vesterday to Interest themselves in national representation for the District 1of Columbia. Addressing the student ! body under the chairmanship of Dr William Mather Lewis, president of the | college. the Washington man sald “Before this beautiful chapel stands | a statue of the French patriot in whose | | honor this college was founded 1241 | years ago. Lalayette gave his sword 1o | Washington to evidence his belief. too {in the doctrine that taxation wmmml | representation fs tyranny The dis- | | franchised District of Columbia holds | that that doctrine is as sound in 1928 as it was in 1776 Next' week we are newing in_Congress ouf determined ficht to right the District’s humiliati:ie suffrage wrongs Justice will not be done specdily. but it cannot be perma- | nently withheld. We invite vou the fu ture rulers o1 the Repubiic. to studv onr plizht and to foin us in alleviating it." estdent 1ewis recalled that when he was at the head of George Wash (ington University he spoke on “District day” at the Sesquicentennial Exposi- {tion at Philadelphia in favor of the cause of the vote for Washington. ROBERT E. FREY, 82, DIES IN CALIFORNIA Robert E. Frey. 82 vears old. native wa for many years A resident of | Georgetown, and #t one time engaged in tie stock brogerage business Here. | died at Glendale. Calif.. Friday. Jan- uary 13. after a long iliness. He weat 10 California to live about seven years AaRo. Mr. Frey formerly was connected with the Farmers and Mechanics' Na- | tional Bank here and was a director of | the old Potomac Fire Insurance Co He is survived by three sons. Ray- | mond E. Dr. Paul J and Robert E Frey. jr. all of California: a daughter. | Mrs Edward Smith of Kirksville, Mo. five nephews, Robert E Auld. Clarenc E Prey and Leroy S Frey of this city. ! Brice Armstead Frey of New York and Irving Frey of Pittsburzn. and two | nieces, Miss Louse Frey and Miss Helen | Frev of this city Funeral services were conducted in California_and in‘=rment will be in ok Hill Cemetery here Monday morn- ing at 11 o'clock Adjutant Raoul L When this photog as was the ace of the Escadr Americain | with 17 officially credited victories and 18 more not officially verified. of vaniage above the other. Sud- denly the German dove and cams up | tnder Luibery with both his guns blaz- | inz. Lufborr, unadle to fire while the | 'men vos in this position, spun and | slipped out of danz~r Find himself behind ond 1 fhery. in 1915, taken he a 2s he went. Ths German pilo! pi forward in his cocipit and his plane divrd headlonz wiith its motor racine at full sneed ~The ecrash was in full view of the French lin“s and Lufber | reozived credit for his first victory as a member of the E saduille Three davs later Lufbory was at- a-ied B Varse nan Aviatics near Vaux. one of the 1in* of Prench fort o e Verdua Charaing scraight at them until the pro alme liged. he snt one d then engacod in a with the two sury hilt brought one of th s'eh's. whercunon he the Arst one on ih~ Cermon fied for sz shot Cown On Augut 8 L cloud en an seout . sing!y and from a lower altitude. the acfender had litile chance agamnst s17heverwielming numboers Their 1ob ®f bombing ione the Geormans were Qed homeward. but they d long enough to shoot do both Thanault and. Norman Prince Both had their gas tanks punctursd but neither plane caight fire. as the »ilists were not of the incendiary Both made safe inder his 0 join » third second was now at fts Lerght and the aitack on Verdin died down ine and occasional raids huge effort of the Crown Prince. which had been designed to break the resictanee nce and add new glorles 1o the zollern crown. had failed Il men losses had mounted into the ndreds of thousands but they had- on nothing compensate for this) “oody price. The Prench defense had been unbelievably desperate and stub- born: the bombardments of huge guns and the massed attacks of armies of shock troops had been met with a natieal devotton to country which had ore than evened the German supe- riority 1 men and material As September came. (he German air fleets moved from Verdun to Somme. where the English attack was bending the Teutonic lines back perilously tar The E<cadrille met fewer German nlanes on their daily patrols and the few they found displayed an unaceis- tomed caution and avoided combai whenever possible The E<cadrille was soon to shift s base in search of new foes but before Moleft the Verdun arca three of fis members scored new triumphs over ihe enemy AMietally which His s Gusrre with one palm. The Escadrifle Es-adrille was at- ion of the French high Unfortunately Ger- * rot slow in A'so ideneing tion of the merits of 1 virs Twics in late July | 1t German bombing savad- od the Es-adriile’s airdrome ann the adjacent ety of Bar-le-Duc. ach time Infi-iing serfous di mage n one of these o-casions th* Esca drille was absent on a patrol, but on | o snd fight thoir atiackers 1of falling bombs Ji is & most unprasant porics ays Capt. Thenauit. “io be sitting out the middle of an airdrome In a ne whose motor is slow in start- ing while bombs are falling all about vou. The me-hanie twisis awa: oronelier in vaia And when at mator dos decide to fire it (s n s reliet for you 1o know that at | 148k vou will be gblr Lo meet the enemy | on f2ir terms - Untl vou start yvou | keop thinknz that each bomb whas. | om whistle ybu hear is co for vou znd you are only re whey orce th etplosion has That is real tature. for our 110- power machines were not very easy to stert” There were neerly thirty of the G through WConyrizht 11080 Tomorrow: Read of the air victories of Hall. Prince and Rockwell and how the pet lion came to the American Escadrille. | cent. | Corps. chief of stafl at headquarters { lery at Fort Monroe. Va {Cobham and D. C., SATURDAY, Army’s Perfect Man PAULDING'S CREW BLANED FOR CRASH [Counsel for S-4 Victims Charges Coast Guardsmen Were Responsible. By the Associated Press BOSTON, January 21.-—Charges that the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding ‘ was directly respornsible for the col- lislon which sank the submarine S-4 were made and denied yesterday at the closing session of the naval court of Inquiry Investigating the disaster In his address to the court when the laking of testimony had been completed Lieut Comdr. Thomas J. Doyle. ap- | nearing for the 8-4 victims, said that the change of course of the destrover near the white buoys marking the Navy trial course off Provincetown had made it imnossible for the submarine to avold a collision. “Charge Is Denied. Comdr. Leroy Reinburg of the Coast Guard Service. appearing for Lieut Comdr John 8. Bayliss, commandet of cruiting publicity bureau of the Second | (he Paulding and the only defendant Corps Area. passed a high Armv test pejore the gourt. indignantly denied the covering moral, mental and phvsical | a(jegation tainments. with a mark of 100 per — “This deplorable accident was not our | fault.” ne said in a brief address. “W= | felt ‘at the time that we had collided with our best friend in the country - Army Officers Changed. | " The incident cropped up suddenly and Col. Francis st Artillery | caused considerable sensation in the o Cooker Cums Al ey | O e i iiides mclvrcase Conuty | Leslie E. Bratton had closed his case and waived his closing address Comdr Reinburg sald he had no remarks to | make, but Licut. Comdr. Dovle pro- duced a written statement and asked leave to present it. Charges Bias to Witnesses. Atier paying tribute to the courage and caution of the submarine per- sonnel. he sald that most of the direc testimony relating to the collision had come from officers and crew of the Paulding. who. he said. were interested to such a degree as to make them hiased.” The nesses. Lieut presented hy the U as its ‘perfe d Military Department boen asslgned to the of Hawaii. has 2th Coast Artir- and will be relieved at Fort Schofield, Hawaii. by Col. Llewllyn W. Oliver. Cavalry, now at Fort Leavenworth. Kans. The changes will take effect in June next. Cobkams Resume Flight. MALTA January 21 (P)-Sir Alan Lady Cobham resumed their 20.000-mile flight 1o Africa today Ihe Cobham seaplane suffered a num ber of minor mishaps upon its arriva here at the end of November. —_——— Hlppdwarm testimony of the Pauline wit- Comdr. Doyle said. mad 'Paris Clu“ Re "ing | : turns VARE FILES ANSWER Lindy’s Barograph |N ELECTION CONTEST Used on Paris Hop Pennsylvanian Denies. . Frand Charges by Opponent and Raps Pinchot. Senator-elect Willlam & Vare publican. of Pennsylvania. today filed #ith the Senate priviieges and electons committee his answer to the amended complaint of Willlam B. Wilson. Demo- crat. who is contesting the election nf Mr. Vare. The Vare answer der allegations of fraud in the ger tions, of 1926 made by Mr. Wile asserts that the returns certified to secretary of the Commonweal Pennsylvania. showing Vare 1o na elved 822,187 votes 1 Wi J22:187 votes 0 #4888 vote for The Vare answer declares 1 mer Gov Pinchot of p, maliciously and illegally from Mr. Vare a certificate ot ¢ in the vusual form. and instea to him one in which 1 Pinchot. in order to pers venom and showi 12th ‘omfiture of a defeated cand the phraseology that y {‘apnears to have heen el Following the filing of swer with the committee n and elections. Senator- 3 Reed of Pennsylvania met %1 Shortridge. Repub'ican chairman of the en conYerence about the for cedure in the Vare-Wilson eont By the Awnciated Pre The barograph used by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in his flight to Pari has bren received here by officlals of the Natfonal Aeronautic Assoria- tion who sealed the Instrument at the start of the flight ‘The Aero Club of France, which broke the seals when Col. Lind- bergh landed. had persistently but courteously requested permission to retain it " for its historical value Failing in this. the club intrusted it to the American State Depart- ment for delivery to the association club officials stating they “preferred not to risk the mails."” Carl Schory, secretary of the as- sociation. said that the instrument would probably be presented to the Smithsonlan Institution. CHAPTER CELEBRATES. re- Eaztern Star Groun Mar's Anniversary. East Gate Chapter, No. 21 Fastern Star, whose matron is M Kenneth P. Armstrong. celebrated its twelfth birthday anniversary last night | serar: at the Rhode Island avente Masonic | oo Temple. After a short business meet- | o i0 ine. a program was followed by dane- | Order Marine Corps Changes. Col. J. T Myers has ferred from the 1st Brizade farine headquarters. this eitv: Maj E | N McCleliand from San Diegn. Calif to Portland. Orez: Caot W P Rich- ards from Norfolk to Detroit: Capt A Tighe from San Diego 1o D: Second Lieut. M. S Crawford Newport. R. 1. to Quantien Va Second Lieuts W. E_Dickey and H J Withers from st Brigade. Haiti. to Quantien Guests of the evening were: Grand | Patron Dow. Past Grand Matrons Coles | and Milans. Past Grand Patrons Plitt | and Milans. matrons and patrons of 1928. and members of Ada and Brook- land Chapters 1 The_program consisted of solos by Mrs. Del Sale, and readings by Miss Mary Bumpp it appear that the S-4 had no! seen| the destroyer until she had come to the surface. when it was too late to! avold *he crash. The fact that the S-4 had two periscopes up indicated. how- ever. that she must have sighted the| Paulding at least six minutes Lofore ! he colliston. Lieut Comdr. Doyle <aid the Pauld- ng was entering a harbor at 18 knots. conned by a “voung and inexperienced ~fficer to whom no regular course had hen assigned” and with no regularly sesigned Tookout. & M othrap Mexican General Slain. MEXICO CITY. January 21 Dispatehes from Guadalajara. S Talisen, today <aid that G Avala. commander of fantrv Battalion. was slain by r 2t Tanhuaco. The federal forces wer smbushed by a group of rebels 10th, !1th, F and G Strects the scarf neekline smart ways to wear the separate . 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