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minds as to whether or not we shall leave this power in the hands of a foreign nation.” He continued that while we always had stood for the rights of neutrals during the war, England always had restricted the rights of neutrals, so at such times our commerce may be af- fected serlously unless we have vessels OF STEIUER URCES BG AV FORPECE Third District Commander Says 5—5—3 Ratio Es- sential to U. S. Policies. to project it into foreign markets and vessels to protect it. “A non-resisting policy without an adequate defense would, in a country of great resources and wealth like ours, invite attack by aggressive nations and tend to cause war,” he asserted. Admiral Mahan's Statement Cited. He cited Admiral Mahan's statement that relative strength upon the sea de- ‘sel. one of great radius of action, but THE EVENING even this characteristic will not neu- tralize the effect ©of bases throughout the world.” . | TWO DIE AS PLANE CRASHES IN ARIZONA Craft Goes Into Nose Dive at 700 Feet While Up on Test Flight After Servicing. By the Associated Press. TUSCON, Ariz, January 17.—H. W “Marty” O'Toole of the Southwest Air| Service Agency and Melvin Smith of STAR. WASHINGTON, BRIBE CHARGES NET Three Aldermen and Two Business| By the Assoclated Press. two business men in 12 bribery indict- ments. ¥ The indictments were returried”lale 5 lN MINNEAPOLIS yesterday by the Hennepin County S R grand jury, and make a total of 16 since son, county attorney. Aldermen involved are Fred Maurer, Frank E. Giebenhain and J. R. Sheffield. Thé business men are Mor- ris Eisenstadt, president of the Liberty Dyeing & Cleaning Co., and E. R. Scheefe, East Side automobile dealer. The indictments followed disclosures said to have been made to Olson by MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, January 17— | Louis H. Ritten, grain dealer and for- Charges in City Council dealings yes- | mer alderman. terday had involved three aldermen and | The indictments allege bribery in con- Men Accused in 12 Indictments by Grand Jury. D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, an inquiry was started by Floyd B. Ol-“ A. | Florence Arnold, stepdaughter of C. C. nection with purchases by the city,| granting of licenses and sale of ma- | terials disposed of by the council. Pyle's Stepdaughter Weds. CHICAGO, January 17 (®.—Miss “Cash-and-Carry” Pyle, was married last night to Paul J. Simpson of El Dorado, Ill. Pyle, erstwhile manager of Harold (Red) Girange, promoter of professional tennis matches and the coast-to-coast “bunion” marathon, gave his step-daughter away. The ceremony was performed at the Pyle home. |and T.'G. Ivey, who said MOTHER OF FIVE SHOT BY HIDDEN ASSAILANT |’ | Birmingham Woman Wounded as Etheridge in the hip. Bullets Fired Into Window of Home at Night. By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 17.—| Mrs. Mabel Etheridge, 36, mother of five | Charles E. Mills, 61, financier and eop- | children, was wounded pmblbl:y fatally, | per magnate, who served‘ with Roose- e Was 8| yap in 1998, and with | boarder in the Etheridge home, was | 'elts Rough Riders in | wounded in the hand when an un- identified assailant fired several ‘shots the World War, died today. B vJ through a window of the house shortly before 1 a'clock vesterday morning. The first shot struck Ivey in the and, and the second bullet struck Mrs. Mrs. Etheridge's five children were asleep in the house at the time. Charles E. Mills, 61, Dies. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 17 (@).— the Government Aircraft Board during 0 e the 52d Aviation School group, Kelly Field, Tex. were killed late Tuesday afternoon when their plane went into a nose dive and crashed from an al- titude of 700 feet near here. The plane, which was being taken up on a test flight, was owned by Lieut. H. W. Sheridan of Minneapolis, who arrived here Monday en route to the Pacific Coast. Smith had been detailed to the mu- nicipal airport here to service Army airplanes, and he and O'Toole had gone | aloft. The motor of their plane ap-| . | parently failed. | Featul‘ln g Great Reductions pended upon all the means a country A by ey oo bring to bear to gain and mhin- 3 i {tain_control of the sea, which means tn accordance with the 5—5—3 ratioand | congisted of the Navy, the merchant nothing less is essential to world peace, | marine and bases. Admiral de Steigue- Rear Admiral Louls R. de StCiguer,|said that “we are weak in all the com- e Inird naval dis’ | ponents that constitute this formula the ' Natlonal Security League, Inc. | ‘323 PP \Rut even if Britain would of which he was a guest of honor, at the | cease to build and even if the 15-cruiser Army and Navy Club, 30 West Forty-| i) passes the Senate it would fail to fourth strect, \hat we admired Eng-|E\S Us our parity, “not much over land’s gigantic system of seapower and that we needed a similar system. She should not complain, he said, “if we copy her system and take a page out of her book. We have more within our borders and upon-the sea to protect than she has, Our commerce is just as vital to us, and we need a system sim- | ilar to hers.” This Nation's debt of preparedness | was_not only to herself but to the | smaller nations of the Western Hemis- phere also, he said. He asserted that for more than 100 years the Monroe doctrine had been efiective in prevent- ing foreign aggression in this hemis- phere, and was the greatest factor in | maintainng peace in this hemisphere. “It is no stronger than the Navy,” he | said. FRIDAY BARGAINS from Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company Convenient Deferred half of it.” “The cruiser is an absolutely neces- | sary unit to us to balance out the fleet |like other navies,” he asserted. | “As we have no bases throughout {the world, we must have a tvpe of ‘crulsrr for the wide sweep of the open —_— Since the beginning of the World War Americans have invested nearly $6,000,- 000 in schools in foreign countries. Payments a is to drink it clear—as do the peoples of the Orient. FORMOSA OOLONG TEA is most fragrant and most delicate in flavor. Policies Depend on Navy. All of the national policies of the United States, all of the great policies for which it has fought, have been in the interest of peace, Admiral de Steiguer sald, and “by their very nature the existence of these policies depends on an adequate naval force to establish and maintain them, and on their existence depends the future progress and pros- perity of our people.” “What we need,” Admiral de Steiguer said, “is an antidote for all our eco- nomic ills, one that will tend to main- tain the whole system in a good con- | dition. That antidote is a merchant | marine and an adequate Navy to pro- tect it.” He went on to say that “our system | must work in competition with others, | 80 it must be proportioned to our own | needs and to the strength of the other | systems with which it comes in com- petition. We must now make up our! A Comfortable Suite at a Low Cost Convenient Deferred . 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