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Ter IS LEWS MAKES DOMEST; PEAE Opera Star Withdraws Suit But Will Live Apart From Bohnen. Br the Associated Press. 1LOS ANGELES, August 3.—A satis- | factory settlement of the suit for sepa- | rate maintenance filed by Miss Mary lewis, star of the Metropolitan Opera Co. of New York, against Michael F-anz | Bohnen, has been made out of court | and the case dismissed, legal repre- sentatives of Miss Lewis announced today. Miss Lewis confirmed the statement but declined to disclose the terms of the agreement. Called Ideal Couple. Miss Lewis confirmed the statement, to Bohneh, himself a well known figure of the opera, was described by friends s the union of the Metropolitan Co.’s “ideal” couple, said divorce procecdings were not contemplated for the present. “A satisfactory settlement was reached,” the singer said, “and Mr. Bohnen has made ample provision. The matter is very personal to me, and all that I can say that he is a very fine man and I love him, but it seemed that we could not live fogether “We are going to sce how we get along living separately, and afte’ that we may consider whether a divorce is necessary.” In the suit Miss Lewis said they had found that marriage interfered” with their careers. She also acoused Bohnen of cruelty on four occasions. Engaged in Pictures. Miss Lewis is resting here for the Summer while Bohnen is engaged in making a motion picture. They sepa- | rated July 1. Bohnen could not be | reached for a stateme: Miss Lewis said she was not decided on whether she would return to New York this Fall and that she might establish her permanent home here. She said she was interested “somewhat™ in motion pictures, but that.she had not considered seriously the possibility of making a picture. SEA SCOUTS BATTLE RAM TO GIVE SHOW Boys Demonstrate They Aren't| “Fair Weather" Sailors at World Jamboree, the Associated Press. ARROWE PARK, England, August 3. | —With all the rainy weather of the | first week of the Boy Scouts world jamboree, it was appropriate for Sea Scouts to feature tod: program. | But even the Sea Scouts were almost | rained out Their “desert island” erected in the center of the lake on moored boats was almost scuttled, their “private ship” almost sank to Davy Jones' locker and their “merchant ship” lost its masts in the high wind. Nevertheless, the Sea Scouts carried out a pageant in which they demon- strated they were not dry land sailors. Chief Scout Baden-Powell compli mented them on the fact that every- | thing about their performances today | proved the Sea Scouts are not merely | fine weather birds. i The Prince of Wales' address de- delivered to the 50,000 scouts yester- day afternoon already has been trans- | lated into 40 languages. One of the problems now engaging the attention of all scouts in the big | camp is the title the chief scout will take as a peer. It is understood this | will be either Lord Baden-Powell of | Mafeking or Lord Baden-Powell of Brownsea Island, where the first Boy Scout rally was held. RESTS EASY AFTER OPERATION AT SEA| Mrs. From Leviathan Upon Arrival at Southampton, Fred A. Britten Taken| By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, August 3. ~—Mrs. Fred A. Britten was somewhat improved tonight from the effects of an emergency operation for appendicitis performed on the liner Leviathan in mid-Atlantic. Her husband, chairman of the House naval affairs committee and Repre- | sentative from Illinois, said. “I am! happy to say my wife is resting easier | tonight and has been able to sleep after | a rather bad day. She was able to re- | tain some nourishment and I am hope- ful we shall be able to remove her to & local nursing home cn Tuesday.” ‘The Congressman revealed how the liner was stopped for nearly one hour during the operation, at a time when other” leading liners were racing to- ward new records. Five distinguished American physicians collaborated in the operation. “The ship was brought to a stand- still in order to eliminate the vibrations of the engines and was not restarted for 52 minutes,” Britfen said. “The operation was performed by Dr. Frank Stewart, who by a coincidence graduated at Chicago under Dr. N. M. Percy, the famous surgeon, who also happens to be our own family dbetor. He was assisted at the operating table by Dr. A. McNamara of Bellevue Hos- pital, New York. Three passengers, all medical specialists, were called into consultation before it was decided to operate. They were Dr. John 8. Wil- liams of Everett, Mass,, surgeon; Dr. Emanuel M. Baruch of New York, diagnostician, and Dr. John Wyckoff of New York, a heart specialist.” Mr. Britten continued, “It was a re- markable case of appendicitis, although the appendix had been ruptured from 12 to 14 hours before the operation, Mrs. Britten had no temperature, her heart was normal and she had no pain. With symptoms so unusual it was ex- tremely difficult to diagnose what the trouble really was. - “I am hopeful after some weeks at Southampton my wife will: be able to proceed to Vichy while I attend the inter-parliamentary conference at Ge- Deva on August 23." Ancient Cello Di pl;eed. ‘The ancient cello which has done * service through the ages is threatened with displacement by an electrical de- vice which is both stringless and bow- less. It is to be introduced among the instruments of one of the leading or- ‘chestras of the country when it opens the season next Autumn. The new in- ‘strument bears no resemblance what- ever to the cello. . It consists of a long, slender shape, more like a section of a 4-inch plank than anything else. It has a handle about midway, by which | P the device is held and the flow of cur- rent controlled. The variation of tone is accomplished by the hand of the operator moving over the magnetized surface. The -electrical vibrations thus generated are passed through ‘a loud speaker. It produces an entirely new {of the Army as compared with the ex- | small, must have tanks, airplanes, rail: | national defense 4.128. IS STARTED BY By direction of President Hoover the general staff of the Army is now un- dertaking as expeditiously as it can a survey of present Army costs, with a view to making as big a reduction as possible in the annual approriation for the the military establishment. Mr., Hoover's announcement of the survey made it plain that the admin. istration will “maintain complet-ly ade- quate preparedness.” He feels, however, that there should be a study of the | Army costs to “sce what services and other cutlays have become obsolete | through advancement of science and war methods and what development | programs can be well spread over long- er periods.” Announcement of the inquiry cen- tered attention here on the present cost penditures of other nations. It also brought forth indications that any at- tempt to closs certain military, posts to cut down overhead costs would be | met by opposition from Senators and Representatives in whose districts these | posts are located. Army a Training School, ‘The Regular Army today, with only | about 66,000 combat troops in con- tinental United States, is really only the training school for an army of | 4,000,000 or so which this country would put into the field in emergency. There are only three infantry divisions in continental United States that are organized and ready to go into the field tomorrow, and these are at & peace-time strength. Regular Army units are for the most part cut to the bone. The experisnce of a Regular Army major who recently turned out his battalion to find it to consist of eight squads — about war-strength platoon—is not unusual. What with special details and men absent for va- rious reast the average infantry company will do well if it can muster a fair sized platoon for parade, and by the same token a battalion is often | little larger than a company. Army appropriations for the fiscal | year beginning July 1 amount to $331.- | 388,442, as compared with $31149' 000 for 1928-1929. The housing and ir expansion program account for the bulk of this increase. Going back to 1916, the year before the United States | entered the World War, it is found | that the War Department spent, for purely military activities, a total of $123,391,896, and in 1903 it spent for ihe same purposes $80,295,000. The increase has been a large one, but it is due in the main to two things. | Cost of Living Rises. First the cost of living has gone up. | Not only must the Army pay its men | more, but the cost of equipment, food | and everything else that enters’into a military establishment has risen, The rate of pay in the American Army re- flects the high wage scale that prevails in American industry. Second, the Army has to spend a good deal of money, perhaps $75,000, 000 a year, on new activities, such as the Alr Corps, the Organized Reserves and the Citizens' Military Camps. The science of war has advanced since 1916 and a modern army, no matter how road artillery and so on. The develop- ment of a new weapon rarely, if ever, replaces an old one. If a new weapon Is discovered it merely adds to the equipment which an army must main- tain in peace. In terms of the 1913 dollar, the per capita cost of the American Army in 1927 was $1.57, as compared with $1.12 in 1912, Meanwhile national wealth has tremendously increased. For ex- ample, per $10,000 of national wealth, the Army cost $5.34 in 1913, as com- pared with $6.27 in 1927. Perhaps an even better idea of the relatively small cost of the military establishment is obtained by comparing | its cost with that of Federal, State and municipal governments. For 1926, the per capita cost of the Federal, State and municipal governments was $118.93 and of this amount $2.25 went to main- tain land forces. The percentage cost of the Army was, therefore 1.892 of the total cost of government. The cost of the Navy was 266 per cent of the total, making the combined cost of To put it in another way, for every $100 taxpayers paid to the Federal, State or municipal governments in 192¢ less than $4.13 ;.\'enb to support military and naval orces. Appropriations Compared. Appropriations for armies of some of the principal powers in 1927 were as follows: The United States, $282,118,- 885, per capita, $2.10; British Empire, $335,804,030, per capita, $0.86; France, $242,955,469, per capita, $2.22; Italy, $116,715,612, per capita, $2.63; Japan, $107,400,000, per capita, $0.97; Russia, $420,731,000, per capita, $2.87, and Ger- many, $112,152,740, per capita, $1.77. ‘The appropriations for the British Em- pire are figured out on a basis of the total population of the empire, in- cluding the 300,000,000 people in India. As a matter of fact, the 45,000,000 peo- ple in the British Isles pay most of the bills for .the British army, and on this basis the per capita cost would be much higher. 3 Land and sea appropriations for the principal: powers in 1927 were as fol- lows: United States, $600,250,842, per capita, $4.48; British Empire, $749,133,- 320, per capita, $1.92; France, $413,155,- 559, per capita, $3.78; Italy, $215,263,- 150, per capita, $4.86; Japan, $225,100,- 100, per capita, $2.13; Russia, $420,371,- 000, per capita, $2.87, and Germany, $164,304,728, per capita, $2.59. The cost of the air service of both army and navy were as follows: Britain, $93,287,450; United States, $89,411,592; France, $53,737,754; Italy, $36,840,000, and Japan, $28,355,043. The various powers have army air services of the foilowing strength: The United States, 10,508 officers and men, 1,104 planes; Britain, 33,228 officers and men, 1,895 planes; Prance, 32,624 officers and men 4,500 planes; Japan, 5200 officers and men, 700 planes; Russia, 10,000 officers and men and 1,200 planes. German Service Forbidden. ‘The air service in Britain is a seperate ministry, independent of the army and the navy. Under the treaty of Ver- sailles, Germany is forbidden to have a military air service, but, in the opinion of competent observers, she has more than made up for this through her great expansion in clvil aviation, ‘The authorized peace strength of the armies of the principal powers is as follows: The United States, 119,112; Great Britain, 212,044 (exclusive of native troops in India); France, 626, Italy, 249,429; Japan, 306400; Russia, 562,000, and Germany 100,635, Another comparison of interest is the number of soldiers active and reserve, that the principal powers have to a bil- lion dollars of national wealth. The United States has 1,007 soldiers, the British Empire, 5,159; France, 92,15 Italy, 111,408; Japan, 52,279; Russia, 192,059, and Germany, 1,827. Germany, once the greatest military wer in the world, now stands close to the United States, with fewer than two soldiers, active and reserve, to every billion dollars of her national wealth. The treaty of Versailles limited Ger- many to an army of 100,000 men, and changed Germany one of the major military powers of the world to one of the tone of long range and will be used to supplement the double bass. prre b i Because the 120 nurses at Kingston, ! England, hospital broke 5,306 articles of crockery in the past year, the institu- 2 2 minor mmur{n powers. There are many countries with a quar- ter of the tion that have more troops with colors than has Ger- many. P reserve totals of the ey “ate "the " United Sta | compete with private industry. | offer | comparable to what they might expect | and the Reserve Officers’ THE SUNDAY SURVEY FOR ARMY COST CUT GENERAL STAFF Records S]’lOW Increase Of present Fiscal Year Due Chiefly to. Housing and Air Expansion. population; British Empire, 74,993 (ex- cluding the air force) or .25 soldier to every thousand population: France, 5. 676,945, or 5.19; Italy, 3,342,236, or 7.54 Japan 2,248,000, or 2.03; Russia, 6,083, 000, or 4.16. Germany foots the list with an army and reserve strength of 100,500, or .16 a thousand. Must Offer Career. Our Army costs cannot be compared, Army men asset, with those of coun- tries that maintain fighting forces through conscription. soldier, for instance, draws only a few cents a day, and the same is true of the soldiers of Russia, Italy, France and many other countries. There are several armies where the cost of the ration exceeds the pay. In the United States, the Army is recruited from vol- unteers, and the War Department has to go out in the open labor market, and It must prospective soldiers something in civil life, and if no soldier gets rich off his pay and allowances, the Army nevertheless does offer an enlisted man a fair career, with retired pay after a certain number of years service. The Government clothes, feeds and houses the soldier, and pays him $21 a month to start. Later that amount may increase as the soldier is pro- moted to a mnon-commissioned grade, and as he gets the benefit of longevity increases. Pay of the Army runs to about $125,000,000 a year. The In- terdepartment Pay Board has recently recommended an increase in the average pay of officers Gf 44 per cent, and an increase in the average pay of enlisted men of 25 per cent. Equipment, too, costs more here than in other countries. The War Depart- ment boys from American factories and has to pey standard American prices. It cannot get equipment for the Army that is made in plants where, for example, the low wage scales of the Orient apply. The American Army pays more for its ammunition, its clothing, its housing, etc, than the fighting establishments of most other countr Comparisons with the British army are | not altogether fair, for in India the British government maintains large native forces and these are not paid as much as white British soldiers. The difference reflects itself in the per capita cost of the army of the British Empire. Purchase More Protection. ‘While it is true that the Army costs & little more than it did 20 years ago, even when the lowered purchasing power of the dollar is considered, the fact remains, military men say, that we get a great deal more protection for our money. The Army today is the training school for the civillan com- ponents. which in war would supply the bulk of any big force we would put into the fleld. The Army helps train the National Guard, now at the highest level of efficiency in its history; the Citizens’ Military Training Corps, with 35,000 or more boys in camp each year; the Organized Rescrves, with a commissioned strength of over 120,000, Training Corps units in_several hundred schools and colleges. For the first time in our history we have a real military policy in peace, a framework upon which in a few months we could organize an army of 4,000,000 men. The Regular Army is the backbone of the military system of the country and provides the professors and in- structors of our national university of military science. It is not possible to say how much better protected we are than we were 15 years ago With a Reguler Army of about 100,000 men, with 6,000 regu\r officers and a militid that could not dompare with the effi- cient National ard of today. It is safe to say, however, that we have 100 per cent better protection, and that means, of course, that we are getting much more for our money than we did before the war. Aviation has added an extra burden to the cost of the military establish- ment, but the cost of Army aviation cannot be all charged up to national defense, for Army aviators, like their colleagues in the Navy, have materially helped the cause of civil and commer- cial aviation and their achievements and the stimulus the national defense | fiyers have given to aviation have helped to build up our aeronautical in- dustry and speeded the extension of our civil airways. Public Demands Air Corps. ‘The current appropriations for the Army Air Service amount to a little over $50,000,000, as compared with the $800,000 that was appropriated for Army air activities in 1916, the dawn of the air age. In voting to expand the Army and Navy Air Services over a five-year period Congress has merely acted in response to public opinion, and the present administration, it is safe to say, with its broad interests in aviation, is not going to cause a mater- rial slowing down in the development of the flying branches of the national defense. Army housing is another new ex- pense. Ever since the war the War DQH tment has been without funds to build new barracks, and has hardly had any money to keep those it already had in repair. Among others, John W. W. Weeks and Dwight F. Davis, two former Secretaries of War, called attention to the great need for Army housing. Mr. Davis, in his report, said it was one of the greatest problems that faced the Army, for poor housing was undermin- ing the morale of the enlisted personnel. In 1926 Congress passed a bill au- thorizing the Secretary of War to dis- pose of 43 military reservations, and authorized him also to use the net pro- ceeds from these sales for new, perma- nent construction at military posts. Congress then approved an extensive Army housing drogram, to provide for the Teplacement of temporary buildings constructed during the war, many of which have since been used to provide shelter for troops. The program covers a period of about 10 years and involves a total expenditure of approximately $148,000,000. Since the beginning of the housing in 1926 some $53,- 000,000 worth of construction has been authorized. Cavalary Already Reduced. ‘The Cavalry is one branch of the service upon which the lightning has already fallen. Last year the Cavalry was completely reorganized, from top to bottom, and it was reorganized that it could take advantage of weapons such as machine guns ani new vehicles, such as motor cars and cross-country trucks. Fire power was greatly increased, though the personnel | was reduced: so much reduced, in fact, that the United States Army today has fewer cavalrymen than the German Army. American Cavalry regiments . have been cut from three peace-time squad- ), greater fire power than ever before, and has lost nothing of its mobility, the great virtue of the Cavalry arm of the service. is si01"auhe. fayora The Japanese| SNOOK STAYS CALM AS TRIAL UNFOLDS Ohio State Veterinary Is Un- moved by Details of Tragedy. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 3.—Dr. James N. @rook, former Ohlo State veterinary p fessor, listened with academic interest today while the State introduced one of its principal witnesses to prove that he fed his co-ed sweetheart, Theora K. Hix, an emo- | tional excitant, and killed her in a fit | of anger when she repulsed him. It established through City Chemist Charles L. Long that stains found jon the clothing of Dr. Snook after he was arrested were caused by human blood and that an examination of the girl's stomach after death revealed a | concoction he was alleged to have given her. For nearly two hours Long occupied | the stand for direct and cross examina- { tion about the tests by which hs had made these discoveries. He was called as a State's witness. Prosecutor John J. Chester introduced his testimony to show that Dr. Snook administered the preparation to the girl in a beef sandwich as they drove out to a lonely rifle range on the night of last June 13. Death Ended Relations. ‘The death of Miss Hix ended an illicit relationship which she carried on with the former professor for three years, ‘The prosecutor is attempting to prove for the jury that Miss Hix had tired of her 49-year-old lover and was un- willing to accompany him that night to the apartment house where they shared a room at intervals together. The owner of the apartment house, Mrs. M. M. Smalley, a little woman who has time to read nothing but the Bible, according to her own testimony, occupled the stand for about an hour this morning. She looked at the figure of a big man stretched out in a colored canvas beach chair in the courtroom and re- ferred to him not as Dr. Snook but as “Mr. Howard Snook.” The defendant. recovering from a physical aliment that followed a spinal fluid test last week, neither shifted nor stirred in his com- fortable chair nor did he pay any at- tention to Mrs. Smalley. Gave Up Room June 14. ‘The testimony disclosed to the jury that Dr. Snook gave up the room on Friday, June 14, the day after Miss Hix had been hammered and slashed to death and the same day that he took a blood stained suit to the Brown Dye House to be cleaned. Before Mrs. Smalley left the stand she testified that Dr. Snook on that day had returned both of the keys to the room he occupled with Miss Hix, one of which had been torn from the keyring that was found beside the co- ed’s body. Chemist Long’s testimony dealt mot only with the bloodstains that were on Dr. Snook’s gray suit, even after it | had been cleaned, but with stains that were found on the hammer, he is al- leged to have used to beat the girl and the penknife with which he slashed her throat. He likewise identified as human blood. stains that were found on the door and seat of Dr. Snook’s automobile, one pair of gloves that belonged to the former professor and on a piece of waste which it is claimed he used to wipe off his machine before he drove away from the rifle range. Samples 12 Years Old. Bottled samples of the concoction re- moved from Dr. Snook’s office and the | drug room were presented to Dr. Oscar | W. Brumley, director of the Ohio State Veterinary Clinic for identification. vealed that the samples were at least 12 years old. After he had ascertained from the witness the therapeutic uses of these preparations in veterinary medicine, Attorney Seidel asked him if it not be possible to find samples in any veteri- nary or medical department. Brumley said that it would. “And it is a fact that these samples were used by Dr. Snook in the instruc- tion of stli_g:n'% hn'lt t?” ?le‘lddelllsk‘!hd, . _Brumley rep n the lmAr‘m‘:x:(Ve. One other witness took the stand today. He was Larry Van Skaik, the city detective who arrested Dr. Snook at his home on Tenth avenue the day ¢-xur the body of Miss Hix was foun Jewelry Center Shifts to U. 8. ‘The United States now is said to be the leading jewelry center of the world. It is estimated that about 80 per cent of the world's diamond output is con- sumed in this country. Nearly all of the finer grades of pearls gathered from the Persian Gulf come to America, while the pick of the emerald output from Central America is marketed here. American capital is largely concerned in the diamond and gold mining indus- tries of South Africa. The famous emerald mines of the Ural Mountains, in Russia, the richest in the world, are now being worked by an American firm, and the rich pearl fisheries of the Ceylon coast also are under American direction. . re, is handicapped in bad weather, m the mounted man can do his job in any weather. Coast Artillery Skeletonized. Artillery garrisons at most forts are now on a skeletonized basis. Re- ductions have been made in this arm of the service, and only a few thousand men are assigned to it today. There was a time when the Coast Artillery Was con: day is past. The Coast Artillery, with other dutles, mans the Coast Artillery batteries, and these may be moved from point to point, wherever there is danger of air attack. There might be one or two coast defense forts that could be closed down, but here, as elsewhere, the closing down of a millitary post or reservation is pretty sure to cause pro- tests small, little better than 2 permit of an expansion in war time or other emergency. The Engineers have but & few retlmu:nf:..‘::d ‘t.he mld A: , though incr since yeal " iat the war, is still many tries, and other branches tell the same story. ‘The: Army through “fn"l”r does & of the training in the citizens’ camps is r, and the same 1zed Reserves the National Guard. The Army teaches thousands of men year a trade, just as does the Navy, and these men, their term of serv- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | Cross-examination of Dr. Brumley re-' C., AUGUST 4, 1929—PART 1. [COAST GUARD WILL CELEBRATE 139th ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE Admiral Billard Tells Duties of Arms in Enforcing Dry Laws. 300 Vessels Prepare for Ob- servance of Birthday Today. By the Associated Press. Along the thousands of miles of American coast line, as well as in the | cold waters off Alaska and in the tropic | seas of the distant Philippines, the Coast Guard today will celebrate its 139th anniversary. Officers and men, about 12,000 in all, have made spick and span their 300 swift little vessels, which put forth in the worst of weather both.to save life and enforce law, and which each year | add new chapters of bravery and daring | to the achievements of Americans who live on the sea. On the eve of this anniversary the commandant, Rear Admiral Francis C. Billard summarized for the Associated Press the history of the service and his views on the work it performs. He | { pointed out that witnin 24 hours the | Coast Guard, which serves humanity in | peace time, can become a strong arm of the Nation's defense. Blocks Smuggling. Making clear the Coast Guard's po- sition with regard to rum runners from | the sea, Admiral Billard said the serv- ice was not charged with the enforce- ment of the national prohibition act, and its connection thereto was to uj hold the Constitution through prevent- ing the smuggling of contrabdnd from | the sea, as it had done since 1790. Admiral Billard's statement follows: “Tomorrow, August 4, all units of the Coast Guard will observe the 139th an- niversary of the establishment of the service. “Created by an act of the first Con- gress, approved by President George | Washington on August 4, 1790, the Coast Guard has unbroken record, | running through nearly the whole of | our national life of valuable, loyal and efMcient service to the country in peace | and in war. Commodore Joshua Bar- ney may be described as the father of | the Coast Guard, because it was this | distinguished sailor of the Revolution | who conferred with Alexander Hamil- ton, the first Secretary of the Treas- | ury, and submitted a plan for the cre- ation of a maritime force to protect | { American commerce at sea and to pre- | | vent smuggling. No Navy Department. “At the time the Coast Guard was | established there was no Navy Depart- ment and the service was placed under | the Treasury Department. The Coast Guard passes automatically under the Navy Department in time of war or | whenever the President shall so direct. | And it has played a distinguished part | in every war in which this country has been engaged. In the World War the sinking of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa by an enemy submarine off the coast of England, when 115 officers and men were lost, constitutes the largest individual loss, with one exception, sus- tained by American naval forces. The | | Coast Guard vessels constantly main- | tain prescribed naval standards and | the service stands ready to pass into the Navy in time of national emer- gency on 24 hours’ notice. It is a real and valuable part of the national de- fense. | “The Coast Guard has a sort of dual nature in that while it has fought in all our wars its outstanding, traditional dutles in time of peace are essentially | humanitarian. Chief of these is its historic work in rendering aid to per- sons and vessels in distress at sea. In | this inspiring work the record of the | Coast Guard is not excelled by that of any other organization in the world. The record of the life-saving stations along our coasts in the saving of life from shipwreck is a brilliant page in the history of American valor. 15,279 Lives Saved. “In the last five years the number of lives saved or persons rescued from | peril by the Coast Guard was 15279, | and the value of vessels assisted, in-| cluding their cargoes, was more than | $148,900,000. In one recent week the service rescued 420 persons. ‘To those who have suggested that the intensi- fled work of the Coast Guard in pre-| venting smuggling may have interfered with the performance of its normal du- ties, it may be pointed out that the accomplishments of the service in sav- ing Hfe and in assisting vessels in trouble has shown a large and uninterrupted in- crease during each succeeding year since 1924, | “At the request of the leading mari- 'time natiohs, the Coast Guard performs the extremely important duty of carry- ing on the international ice patrol to- warn_vessels of the presence of ice in the North Atlantic. This patrol was| instituted following the loss of the Ti tanic, and since the Coast Guard took over the work there has not been a sln,le life lost by contact with icebergs or ice fields on the transatlantic steam- er lines. ‘The Coast Guard locates and removes floating derelicts from the paths of navigation. Its ships each year visit remote parts of the Alaskan Coast and carry law_and order to those isolated regions. It carries out anchorage reg- ulations in our great seaports and pre- serves order and grolecu participants and spectators at hundreds of regattas and other aquatic events. Dry Duty Defined. “In addition to its many other duties the Coast Guard, during the last few years, has been actively engaged in pre- Vi f liquor into the United States from the sea. The Coast Guard is not charged with the enforcement of the national prohibition act. Its cominection with prohibition R duties 1t charged with prevent other dutles, vent- m};’ the smuggling of contraband from the sea, & duty that it has performed since its creation in 1790. Before pro- hibition was ever heard of, the Coast Guard annually boarded thousands of vessels in enforcing the various mari- ime laws of the country. The Coast rrying out, actively and earnestly, its historic duty of prevent- ing smuggling, and as regards the smuggling of Jiquor, it is thus uphold- ing and suj g the Constitution of the United ites. R “On this, its 139th anniversary, it is Coast Guard to there 3!‘! be no higher mission than that with which the Coast Guard is charged, L 4 Happis s B NG REAR ADMIRAL BILLARD. of war and to serve humanity at sea in time of peace.” The longest ice patrol on record since the service was established in the North Atlantic by the Coast Guard. ended to- day. Ordinarily the patrol season ends about July 1, but Admural Billard sald it had been continued this year becaus2 of unusually heavy ice floes. RUMPOSSESSION CHARGES UPHELD Gaming Table Count Against Brinkley and Andre Is Dismissed. Charges of illegal possession of liquor lodged against Eugene Brinkley, 39 years old, and George Andre, 29, follow- ing their arrest late Friday in a cigar store and soft drink stand at 527 Eighth street southeast by the vice squad, were | upheld yesterday by Assistant U. S. At- torney R. F. Camaller, but an addi- tional charge of setting up a gaming table was dismissed. Recelving complaints from residents of the neighborhood, Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman and Policemen R. J. Cox, G. C. McCarron and J. A. Mostyn raided the place and reported confiscating 2,000 quarts of whisky, seized alleged gambling paraphernalia, two cars and arrested the two men. The liquor reported was stored in a garage attached to the rear of the store and some in cases was said to have been contained in the two automobiles. Police say the motor of one of the cars, an expensive roadster, was still warm. In the rear room of the store, racing slips were found, according to Letter- man. Also, according to police, there was a telephone connected to receive | race results direct from the track. Attorney John J. Sirica obtained the dismissal of the gaming charge. The men will be arraigned in Police Court on the charge of illegal possession and, according to Sirica, will demand a jury trial, as his clients contend they had no knowledge of the liquor and said that their lease for the premises did not in- clude the garage in which it was stored. COURT DENIES MOTION T0 HALT WIFE'S SUIT Case of Washington and New York Man, R. H. Arnold, Involves Los Angeles Property. By the Assaclated Press. ' NEW_ YORK, Auwgust 3.—Federal Judge Coleman today denied a motion made by Ray H. Arnold, Washington and New York, capitalist, to dismiss a | | suit brought by his wife, Bessie E. Ar- nold, to recover one-half interest in Los Angeles property valued at $3,000,000. | Mrs. Arnold, who is receiving $40,000 a year alimony, pending the outcome of | her divorce suit in New York Supreme ! Court, alleged she became cne-half own- er of the Los Angeles property under the California law when she married Mr. JArnold, but conveyed it back to him at his request. She then brought suit in the United States District Court to set aside the transfer of this property by her husband to the Income Properties Corporation, which, she alleged, is controlled by him. RESTAURANT OWNER Michael Vercelli Questions Legality of Invasion Which Resulted in Seizure of Evidence. Michael Vercelli, proprietor of & res- taurant in the 1300 bldtk of Chio avenue, was visited yesterday afternoon by a trio of policemen in civilian clothes, who placed him under arrest on -a charge of illegal possession of liquor. The policemen, A. D. Mansfield, A. L. LeFoe and H. G. Wannamake: say they found several gallons of toxicants in Vercelli’s place. ‘While awalting transportation to the police station Vercelli questioned the legality of the arrest, claiming that the police were without warrant to enter his establishment. “We broke down no doors to get in, Mansfield sald. “We found the doors wl1de open and everything in plain view.” Bond for the appearance of Vercelli in_court was given. ‘The police also arrested Ignazie Olivetti, 32 years old, seid to be em- ployed in Vercelli’s restaurant. He was cl with illegal possession of liquor and was also released on bond. . Hirohito Breaks Precedent. ‘TOKIO (#).—Emperor Hirohito broke precedent recently by an inspection trip to western industrial cities. He may make similar trips each year. Hitherto Japanese rulers have traveled only to Kyoto for enthronement, to annual to | military maneuvers or to the imperial defend flag and country at sea in time Summer or Winter villas. e Pajama-Clad Newsboy Draws Big Crowd: Tells Judge Garb Is Not So Cool, Anyway By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 3.—When a pajama-clad pedestrian attracts as Square, crowd heave in sight. . SAW 8 CrOW ve : ‘Gosh,” he mused; “must be an ele- , must - be it wouldn't draw ‘a crowd Officer Meehan received quite s shock two _elephants. | th Tow h-.nd white striped slumber gar- to Jefferson Market Court. Magistrate Got- lieb agreed with Officer Meehan and found Goldenberg guilty of disorderly conduct. He suspended the sentence when Goldenberg ised never to in public again. to wear light clothes,” ite lectured the prisoner, somet that doesn't sttract crowds. 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