Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 14

THE ¢ AY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 15 1929—PART ONE. IPOLOEY BY U.S, ENOS RN NDENT Note to Canada Admits Coast Guard Firing on Shawnee Was lllegal. 3y the Associated Press. ‘The most recent incident between ‘he United States and Canada over ctivitie8 of the American Coast Guard essels in their efforts to suppress rum- unning has been brought to a close by n expression of “regrets” by the Wash- ngton ‘Government for the firing on 7e Canadian vessel Shawnee on Sep- amber 11. The apology and an admission that ae firing by a Coast Guard vessel on 1 Shawnee had been without legal uthority was communicated to the ttewa government through the Ca- adian legation here. The note con- aining the American statement of n the incident was in reply to a forwarded to the State Depart- it y Canada and delivered by Mini- er Massey of Canada. Full Report is Given. In conforming with the Ganadian re- usst for details, the American commu- jcation gave a full report on the case he report was understood to have been ased on details furnished by the Coast iuard. It was contended by the United States 1at live shells had been fired at the anadian vessel only after the ship ad ignored signals by horns, lights nd block shells. It was charged that 1e Shawnee had been operating witi- ut lights, and the note further coa ined a suggestion that the approp: ‘e Canadian authorities proceed agair in of the vessel for operating eraft in a manner which might have aced navigation he incident occurred 14.7 miles off he nearest land in the vicinity of the ntrance to New York harbor, the note ontinued. The spot is in the area of ongested sea traffic entering and leav- 2¢ New York harbor. Beyond Legal Bounds. The distance of the Shawnee from hore was said by the report to be the eason the firing lacked legal authority, nce it was beyond the limit provided 1 _the anti-rum smuggling treaty of 924 between Great Britain and the nited States. Under this treaty, the »gal operations of American authorities | ~gainst_foreign vessels are strictly de- ned. This subject will be covered also 1 the arbitration between the United Family of Thirteen Adds 13 Pounds on Friday, Thirteenth By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 14.— Mr. and Mrs. Guss Forrest of Kansas City are not superstitious, but they were impressed with & strange coincidence on this Fri- day the thirteenth. Mrs. Forrest gave birth yester- day morning to 13 pounds of twins, a boy weighing 7 pounds and a 6-pound girl. Counting the father and mother there are now 13 members in the family. States and Canada over the Canadian vessei, I'm Alone, which is forthcoming. Capt. John McLeod of the Shawnee, {upon his arrival in Halifax after the government that he had been fired upon 26 miles off the coast, two shots hitting his vessel but the crew escaping injury. He further contended his ves- sel was in ballast and was showing all | lights. Contrary to the American report, which said the vessel had been per- mitted to procced unmolested upon running up the Canadian colors, Mc- Leod asserted firing had taken place | after his flag had been broken out at | the masthead. |OHIOAN HELD FO;I;'RAUD. | Charged With Obtaining $40,000 | Ilegally in Florida Deal. | ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, December 14 | (#).—Charged with obtaining $40.000 | under false pretenses from John P, Sin- clair, Waltham, Mass. realtor, G.°T. Robinson of Ohio_ yesterday was bound over to Circuit Court to. await action |by the county grand jury next June. | Bond was set at $10,000. | “Robinson, who waived preliminary | hearing, | Sinclair with aiding J. B. Chase, also |of Ohio, in swindling the Massachu- | sets realtor out of the money. \DISTRICT CONTRACTS LET. | Commissioners Award Sewer Con- tracts Totaling $27,000. ‘The District Commissioners awarded to Guthrie contract for the construction of the Fifth street and Butternut street com- bined system sewer at a cost of $3,- | 621.82, and to William Kelly, jr., a con- tract for the construction of the Burr- ville service sewers north of Foote street and east of Division avenue | northeast, for $24,369.59. have and Deaner a |incident, reported to the Canadian | s’ named in an affidevit by | FIGHT ACCIDENTS REDLCED BY NAVY Flying Hours Per Fatality Increased From 3,900 to 6,600 by Department. There has been a material increase in the safety of flying in the Navy dur- ing the past year, according to the an- nual, report of the surgeon general of | the Navy, made public yesterday. “Although aviation ~activities have made tremendous strides in the squad- ron and group operations and the num- | ber of flying hours of pilots has greatly increased.” it is stated in the report, “the number of flying hours per fatality has increased from 3,900 to almost 6,- 600. There was a greater total number of deaths due to aviation accidents, but, as noted, there were fewer fatalities per flight and per flying hours.” The necessity for more extensive | training of flight surgeons is becoming | more and more apparent, it is stated in | the report. The new problems intro- | duced by increasingly extensive oper- ations of naval aircraft by individual pilots and squadrons, increased speed of service planes, operations at greater | altitudes, night operations and other | new types of operations are demanding | a searching study, according to the sur- | geon general. “It is very difficult for flight surgeons {on duty with regular operating units to fulfill properly their duties and carry on research in addition,” it is reported. “The question of establishing a research |unit at Pensacola is under considera- tion.” Research is being conducted on audi- tory fatigue under flying conditions and its ‘bearing on radio receiption, ocular poise as an evidence of fitness to fly, the significance of moderate degrees of heterophoria_and the * maintenance of equilibrium under varying conditions. 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