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AIRMAN GONTRACT BILL T0 BE STUDIED Aid in Securing Zeppelin Ter- . minal for This Area Seen in Project. A thorough study of a bill pending before Congress to give authority to the Post Office Department to con- tract with operatorsqof lighter-than- air craft for carryifig mail will be undertaken by a sp-cial subcommittce of the Aviation Comm'it-e of the Washington Board of Trade, it was decided by that group at a mecting yesterday. The committee, which met at the Washington Airpori. agreed in principle with the bill, but decided to investigate certain clauses bodied therein Zeppelin Terminal Sought. Lawrence E. Willams, chairman of the Aviation Committee, told member. that he believed passage of this would have a favorable effect hastening the plan to i transatlantic_ zeppe'in the United Stat:s. The concentrating its efforis t ing this terminus to Hybla Field, just south of Alexandria, one of three sites under consideration by the airship peo- ple for establishm-nt of a port Co-operation of th> members of the board’s commitice was asked by its | chairman toward urging favorable ac- | tion by the House Committes on Fublic Buildings and Faks cn the airport bill, which wou'd provide th- Capital with a large field, embodying arcas now em- | Marshal Haig Confirms Lack of Co-operation Between French and British Commands. LOSS OF MEN FAILS TO RETARD ENGLISH npreparee Home to U. S. Leader n by His V Flying Corps Field. CHAPTER IX. LEFT Paris Ju ness Brought for a visit with Fleld_Marrhel Sir Douglas Haig, the Britich commander in chief, whose hradaueriers wer> in an old chateau half hidden away in a mag- occupied by Hoover Field, Washington Alrport and the Government experi- | mental fovms, as well as part of Colum- | bia Island Alr Transportation Discussed. Vernon R. Lucas, plot and radio engineer of the Ludington Lines, cper- ating between New York and Wash- ington, addressed the membcis on th: subject of air pessenger trancporta- tion, particularly in referenze to th line between th- Cap.tal and Now York. He stressed advantages of air travel and urged patronage of air lines in order that ice and lowsr rates can be establshed. Mr. Lucas also impressed the com- mittee with the necessity of r:moving many obstacles that surround the local airport, especially telegraph poles and wires. The Wachington Monument, | which itself is unlghied, but is fillu- minat-d on one side by a bcam from a light half a mle awey, also is & hazard to night-flying rmen, Mr. Lucas said. Following the luncheon meating, members of the comnfittee were taken on a flight over Washingten in two of the 10-passeng'r planes of the Wach- ington-New York line. BRITISH PRINCES SAIL | FOR SOUTH AMERICA Two Spend Day in Sightseeing | Along Northern Coast of Spain. By the Associated Press. VIGO, Spain, January Prince of Wales and his youngset, wrother, Prince George, sailed from | —pain today on their 18,000-mile tour of South America after a day of sight- seeing along the northern Spanish coast. ‘The Prince of Wales, saying farewell in Spanish, promised his hosts that' ,when he rejurned he would speak their more fluently. The two princes left their ship at Corunna yesterday and motored along 20.—The ‘The motor party stopped long enough at Santiago de Compostela to visit some famous Galician monuments, The Prince of Wales rticularly admired the cathedral where, among other sacred relics, are a thorn from the crown of thorns and the skull of St. James, son of Alphaeus. At Vigo they attended a dinner and official reception at the city hall. It was after midnight before they went to bed aboard the Oropesa. From Panama the princes will pro- ceed down the South American coast, cross the Argentine, and in March at Buenos Aires they will open the Britich ‘Trade Exposition. They will return to England late in March. GRAND JURY TO PROBE TEXAS SLAYING CASE Young Man Killed by Father of Girl Fatally Shot 20 Days Ago. By the Associated Press. BEAUMONT, Tex., January 20.—The Jefferson County grand jury set itself | today to investigate the killing of Ottis | Lee Adams, 22. by A. B. Johnson, 20 days following the fatal shooting of the | slayer’s 16-year-old daughter Elizabeth. County Attorney Marvin Scurlock revealed nine persons had been called including two eye witnesses to the shoot- ing Saturday night and the detective to whom Johnson turned over his pearl- teamster boss at a | had returned to Port Arthur under bond and was not expectéd to appear, Deputy Sheriff R. J. Shepard said. Sherift W. W. Covington said Johnson | told him he had a “good rcason” for the slaying jn that he considered Adams “responsible for my daughter’s death.” Johnson's daughter Elizabéth died December 28 from a bullet wound in- flicted as she sat in a_motor car be- fore the Port Arthur First Methodist Church. Robert liams, sophomore in Texas University, who had left her while he went to ask the pastor to intercede in a quarrel the couple had. was freed by a grand jury. Police’ related he said he believed Adams was the cause of the estrangement. UNIT PETROLEUM PLAN DEFENDED BY WILBUR| Becretary Wires Kettleman Hills | Group His Policy Vital to Future of Producers. By the Associated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif., January 20.— Defending the unit plan of operation for the Keulv.‘m'nn Hills ofl field, but suggesting that if independent operators had a better plan they should submit it, Secretary of Interior Wilbur today telegraphed a reply to the recent de- mand of business men here for an embargo or tariff on oil imports. “It is natural”, Secretary Wilbur wired, “that those seeking immediate profit and returns should not readily understand those who are thinking in terms of general welfare and of the Nation’s future. It is natural, too, that those who try to face all the facts should be misunderstood by those who are of but few. The proper reasonable handling, through unit operation of the leman Hills field production is more vital to the futw of your community than anything else. in all his writings, used ferent words. | Poturally tur nificent grove at Blendiques. I was accompanied by Cols. Harbord and Al- vord and Capt. Patton of my staff. At dinner the subjeet of conversat on >d on th- milita tion -of “the a'lled armics, our own in particulor, They were keen to know about our Army, its organizetion and size, and the prospects of our putting troops in the fic'd. As our active par- tinirat on dep-nded on many factors, | such as training. equipment and ship- ping. my replics. of course, were in- definite and no doubt disappointing. In tupy we asked many Qquestions, | and it wAS especially intersting to hear the ‘mportance of artillery emphasized | by its chief, Maj. Gen. Birch, who snoke of the difficulties they had expe- risnced in supplying themselves with guns that mat-hed the enemy's. Referring to their lack of artillery in the beginning, Gen. Birch said there was_rcacon to believe that they had finallv attaned a superiority over the Germans. A glance at the chart, seen later o4 the office of th> chief of artil- Jerv. showed that the British had then 3712 field guns end howitzers and 2,258 guns of other calibers, which gave them | a sufficient number of guns of all calibers to average one to every 25 vards of their more than 80 miles of front. These figures were transmitted to th» War Department to support mv recent cable urging the expedition of | gun construction at home. Told of Nivelle's Attack. Sir Douglas told me some of the’de- tails of Nivelle's unsuccessful attack in the Spring, how it was known far and wide beforehand, and spoke particu- | larly of the consequent serious disaffec- tion among the French troops. Al- though he had placed himself under Nivells's command for these operations, he had, he said, little confidence in the outcome from the start. He also com- mented on_ the failure of the French to co-operate fully on various occasions. His remarks entirely confirmed the be- lief that I had long since held that real team work between the two armies was almost totally abs-nt. During my visit Gen. Sir William Robertson, British chief of staff. hap- pened to be there, and we had a de- tailed discussion of the question of man | power. Their casualities in the Arras offensive during April and May had amounted to nearly 200,000 officers and men, and they were preparing at that moment for another attack soon to be | made on Paschendale Ridge. This was | the beginning of operations that lasted | until ‘late in the Autumn, with| casualties which increased the total for | the year to about 450,000 officers and men. The British high command, how- | ever, claimed that they had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. It must be | admitt~d that the Scrious aspect of the general situation did not noticeably | dampen the aggressive spirit of the British Army_nor weaken the purpose of the war office to_continue. There was considerable criticism by | certain_officials of their government | regarding the excessive cost in man | power of these offensives, which, it | was alleged, could not materially affect the final outcome. The superiority of | the allies during the first half of 1917 | would no doubt have produced greater results if there had been unity in the conduct of operations, but the allies did | not appear to realize that without 1t | there could be little prospect of gaining | more than a temporary local advantage. Disagreed With British. The theory of winning by attrition with isolated attacks on limited front which was evidently the idea of the | British general staff, did not appeal to | me in principle, especially because they | could not afford the losses in view of the shortage of men which they, them- selves, said existed. Scarcely anything more strikingly impressed upon me our unprepardness than what I saw during a few hours spent with Gen. Trenchard at the British flying field, where we witnessed fiyers doing every imaginable stunt, and saw planes of all classes, bombing, | pursuit and observation, motors of | different types and the thoroughly equipped repair shops. The outstanding thing, however, which it was gratifying to note later on in our own aviation personnel, was the incomparable spirit and alertness of the young officers and the enlisted person- nel. Every man seemed to be disap- pointed when a flight of planes departed for_the front without him. Trenchard was an expert fiyer and | probably the most progressive officer | of aviation in any army. Few people | then thought that the development of aviation could ever reach his conception | of its possibilites. He was a very strong advocate of bombing, and the British | were doing a lot of it at that time. A | year later Gen. Trenchard brought | the British Independent Bombing Corps to our front, where it served under my command for the St. Mihiel opera- tion This vislt to British headquarters was most instructive, as every oppor- tunity was given us to study intimately the details of their wartime organiza- tion, After similar studies of the French syetem we sclected from each those features best suited to perfect a well balanced staff for our own army. Cordial Relations Established. ‘The cordial relations and good under- standing established between Sir Doug- las Haig and myself and between the corresponding members of our stafls {and with a number of the 'eadng British officers with whom we were later to have official deaiings proved very advanta- geous. In London, long after the Ar- Sir Douglas, in an after-dinner speech, referred to this visit, which happened during a period of depression, and said that our timely appearance at his headquarters had aroused in them a strong feeling of hopefulness for the future. . diary at this time notes the My following: ‘Peris, Thursday, July 26, 1917. Had breakfast yesterday at the Crilion with Mr. Lloyd Georg He is alert and energetic and has a clear conception of allied problems. Took lunch with Mr. Balfour, who thinks we have rea- son to feel easier regarding submarines. | representatives given by the President | at |of serious depression.” | government, ——By— Gén. John J. Pershifig Commander in Chic§ of the American Expeditis=ary Forces My Experiences in the World War The American and British commanders in chief: Gen. Pershing and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. ister, gave a state dinner to officials attending the conference. “Today attended luncheon to allied and Madame Poincare at the Elysee Palace “In conferencc this afternoon with Petain, Cadorna, Robertson and Foch latter's office. Discussed military plans, talked about tonnage possibilities and shortage of pegsonnel. All pessimis- tic and reserved. “Mr. James Stillman, just returned from a tour of Prance, confirms reports Declines Political Talk. The conference of allied representa- | tives was one of those periodical meet- ings held to discuss the situation, both political and military, and to decide upon policies and programs. The French were anxious that we should participate | and Premier Ribot had requested Wash- ingwon to designate our Ambassador and myself to attend. M. Jules Cambon, min:ster of foreign affairs, wrom I had known many years before when he was Ambassador st Washington, asked me 15 urge Washington that we should | be represent=d. Speaking for the French he felt that wes should begin to take part in allied councils | and have a voice in directing policies. | It seemed to me, and I so cabled Sec- retary of War Baker, that for the mo- | ment we should limit ourselves to the consideration of purely military ques- tions and not become invoived in politi- cal matters that affected only the al- lies. | This view was approved by Secretary Baker as being in accord with the opin- ion of President Wilson, which had been conveyed to the French government. | Therefore, arrangements were made for | a separate meeting of the military lead- ers. During breakfast with Mr. Lloyd George, as noted in my diary, he point- ed out the grave consequences of con- | nued German success against Russia, his conclusions being those already reached by every one concerning the outlook. ~This situation, he thought, made it especially jmportant that the Americans should assume the responsi- bility of helping to decide the course to be followed by the allies. I explatned that President Wilson felt that for the present we should join only in the con- | sideration of the military aspects of the general situation. The meeting of the allied military | leaders July 26, which was my first, brought out little that was hopeful. The political relations of the allies were touched upon in a general way, but only so far as they might affect the | military situation. The most signifi- cant recent event, of course, had been the erisis in Russia. Kerensky had suc- | ceeded in reviving the spirits of the Russian armies in Galicia and they were able to make considerable gains against the Austro-Germans. Russians Badly Beaten. The effort had been short-lived, how- ever. The Russian armies in the end had been badly beaten by the vigorous attacks of their opponents and reports indicated that great demoralization ex: isted throughout the nation. Although lacking complete information, the opin- ion prevailed in the conference that Russia was practically eliminated as a military factor, yet one or two of the | officers ‘expressed some lingering hope that she might still be encouraged to offer further resistance to the Germans. Under the circumstances, little doubt existed that the Germans would be able to remew activities on the western front by Spring at the latest. | With reference to American assist- ance, I gave in detail the situation as to our man power, immediate and pros- pective, especially in the light of the | latest plans of the department, and laid particular emphasis on the necessity of additional shipping. A cablegram had iust been recetved ‘In response to mine of July 6, in which I had requested that at least a million men reach France by the following Spring. This message, indicating that the War Department forcsaw small chance of securing the necessary tonnage, was read to the conference, in part, as follows: “By using all shipping which is now in sight for the purpose and which will be available after the month of No- vember, the plan proposes to transport | to France by June 15,1918, 21 divisions, comprising about 420,000 men, fogether with auxiliary troops and replacement troops, line of communication troops and others amounting to 214,975 men, making a total of 634,975 men.” Although short’ of my recommenda- tions, even this schedule could be car- ried out only by a very large increase of tonnage. The other members of the conference -were of the opinion that if new adjustments could be made there might be shipping for nine or ten of our divisions before 'Spring. So for the moment there did not seem to be the slightest chance of transporting a mil- lion men to France by the following June, British Casualties Heavy. As to the state of their respective armies, Robertson pointed out that the British casualties had been heavy dur- ing the year and their rganpower greatly reduced. Petain mentioned their severe losses, and said that the French could only slightly ai ent their strength. Cadorna said the Italian Army was little, if any, better off. The depletion of Allied resources in men caused considerable anxiety —amon them in the face of the probability of having to meet the full force of the central powers in the Spring. After canvassing the whole situation, the conference expressed the unanimous opinion that a defensive role should be adopted on all secondary fronts. The British and French representatives tatives of the various allies met | hoped Represent for cogference on 1 situgtion. In the evening, M. the prime min: that the surplus troops result course migh | from this strengthen thels armies Gen. Cadorna, of course, thought the Ttalian_armies should have their sharc The following cable conveyed to Wash- ington the conclusions of the confer- ence: “General conclusions reached were necessity of adoption of purely defensive | attitude on all secondary fronts and withdrawal of surplus troops for duty on wastern front. By thus strengthen- ing western front believed. Allies could hold until American forces in sufficient | numbers arrive to gain ascendency. “To accelerate participation Ameri- | can forces and provids necessary tran: port for American Army and move- ment of armies from secondary fronts, conference recommends that question of shipping be immediately taken up by Inter-Allied Commission. How:ver, consensus of opinion was that ; should be taken by Allies to dets part to be played by America, Great Britain, France and possibly Japan to support Russia with & view to avoiding extreme eventualities.” (Tomorrow — U - boat activ proving disastrous. Pershing’s views on necessary leadership in France.) (Copyright. 1931, in all countries by the | Nortn’ American Newspaper Alliance. World rights reserved, including Scandinavian. Re- productivn in whole or in part prohibited.) | LEWIS TO VISIT ENGLAND | Nobel Prize Winner's Wife to Re- turn to U. S. Alone. BERLIN, January 20 (%).—Sinclair | Lewis, American novelist and Nobel Prize winner, will leave here next week for England to remain there possibl; |a month or longer. Mrs. Lewis, the | former Dorothy Thompson, newspaper woman, probably | States without him. | Mrs. Lewis said her husband was since it might take two years to com- plete it, it would be futile to forecast its character now PURNELL'S RICHES ARE BEING SOUGHT New Cult Leader Files Suit to Compel Former Auditor to Reveal Hiding Place. By the Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich, January | The law was invoked yesterday in a | treasure hunt which has for its prize | | between $600,000 and $700,000, hidden | riches of the late “King” Benjamin | Purnell of the House of David colony. | H. T. Dewhirst, who was counsel for the “colony during the life of “King" | Ben and now is the leader, filed suit in Berrien County Circuit Court for a writ which would compel Mrs. Ada Ro Schneider, for 25 years auditor and sec- | retary of the colony, to disclose the | hiding place of the mone: | Mrs. Schneider’s attorney, George H. | Bookwalter, said she had told him the | secret wealth is in $1,000 bills, locked | in_vaults whose location was revealed only to her and to a few other women in the colony. Existence of the money, the attorney said his client had told him, was not known even to Dewk h he had been head of the ¢ King” Benjamin’s death, s ago. Schneider has left the colony |and is preparing to bring suit to re- jcover for her services. Attorney Book- | walter said the colony had ofiered to | settle with her for $5.000. Now, how- | ever, Dewhirst asks a complete accoun ing and directions for finding the hid- den hoard of $1,000 bills. | There were allusions to the secret wealth a year and a half ago, while Dewhirst and “King’ Benjamin’ widow, “Queen” Mary Purnell, were | contesting for leadership of the colony. Their difficulties we not aired in court, | however, and “Queen” Mary abdicated without ‘any public discussion of colony | finances. Attorney Bookwalter said Mrs. Schnei- der had assured him the money is still safe, unless colony members have dis- covered its hiding place by chance. | FRANCISCAN LEADER ILL Very Rev. Paul J. Francis Unable | to Continue Sermons. 20— Because of his continued illness. Ves Rev. Paul Jamés Francis, founder and father general of the Fran an Friars of the Atonement, has been unable to| | deliver his daily discourses at the 12:15 | | o'clock devotions at the Church of the { Immaculate Conception, of which Rev. ' Francis J. Hurney is pastor, in ob- ervance of the church unity octav Father James has been replaced by | Rev. Gabriel Francis, assistant to the | College, Graymoor. | the Tather general preach at_the cl It is possible that will ‘be able to | ing service of the | cast_over radio station WOL as part| | of the regular Washington Catholic Hour. New York Warned To Get Ready for 21 Million People Regional PlanGroupHead Says Failure Will Mean “Creeping Paralysis.” By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, January 20.—Visualiz- ing a population of 21,000,000 in the metropolitan area . within 35 years, George McAneny, president of the Re- gional Plan Association, warns that New York must move to cope with it or face “crecping paralysis.” “Within 35 years this metropolitan district will be the scene of the most gigantic concentration of people, busi- ness and industry in the world” he told the New York Credit Men's Asso- ciation last night. “If this growth develops according to & sound and workable plan, business will prosper, industry will thrive, traf- fic will move freely, and the public will find health, comfort and convenience in the home areas and recreational facil- ities Without such a plan, creeping paralysis may well overtake us, busi- ness will lanquish, industry will slow down, traffic will drag tediously, and homes will deteriorate with the indis- crinfinate and unregulated mixing of land uses.” He said the regional plan provides for a metropolitan railway belt line, to which all trunk line rail- roads -would connect, a faster and cheaper transit system to take care of commuting traffic, and an amplified hig s t including a chain of parkways boulevards, and would encircle entire region within 50 miles of City Hall. GETS $5,000 AWARD Vaudeville Dancer Wins Court Ac- tion for Less of Hair. BOSTON, January 20 (#).—Miss Eu- genia Hubert, a vaudeville dancer, of Puyallup, Wash., received an award of 00 in exchange for her hair in Fed- °ral Court yesterday. She claimed that after receiving a permancnt wave at the Frankel & Smith hairdressing estab- lishment her hair fell out. A jury had previoulsy awarded her $8.000. but Judge Elisha H. Brewster said the amount was excessive and set the lower figure. OIL TARIFF IS ASKED Kansas Senate Passes Resolution Urging Federal Levy. TOPEKA, January 20 (#).—A resolu- tion calling upon Congress to enact a tariff on oil was passed yesterday by the Kansas Senate, ‘The resolution stated “the failure of will return to the father general and rector of St. John's| the Congress of the United States to enact an adeguate tariff law upon the importation of petroleum oil and kin- dred products is causing financial dis- busy planning a new novel, but that | series on Sunday, which is to be broad- | aster to thousands of independent pro- ducers in our country and is resulting in the loss of millions of dollars to our | citizens WOMAN AVENGES * DEATH OF FATHER 1Daughter, 17, Slays: Man in Court Room as Trial for Murder Nears End. | By the Associated Press, DEWITT, Ark. January shot and killed the accused ner father in a crowded court room, Mrs. Helen Spence Eaton, 17, was in the | penitentiary today. |~ With dramatic suddenness from her seat yesterday | bullets into the body | just as the jury he room to delibe | der against him | Her action ended a_White River epi- sode that cost the life of her father, | Cicero Spence, and eventually brought | death to her mother Court Reom in Panic. As Worls slumped to the floor, panic | developed with women and children screaming and fighting to get out. Mrs. | Eaton surrendered and was taken to { the State penitentiary at Little Rock. Worls was accused of wounding | Spence and throwing him from a boat {int> the White River while still alive. | Two other men and Mrs. Spence were |in_the boat. | The siaying occurred in a remote sec- tion of the White River country, and it | took officials several days to journey to |the scene and return with Worls and | Mrs. Spence, who officers said had been | beaten. She died two weeks ago in a Memphis hospital. “I'm not sorry for it and I'd do it ain,” was Mrs. Eaton's comment at 1 was afraid that jury free him. Worls claimed illed my father in self-defense, but I shot him down like he did my father in the back, or at least from behind. Found Herself Alone. “I stepped out to the railing and pointed the pistol right at him and pulled the trigger. He fell out of his chair to the floor. He never said word. Everybody seemed to have hur- ried out of the court room and I found myself alone. “Finally a deputy came up and I handed him my gun.” She has been given lodging in Ware den S. L. Todhunter’s home until she can be transferred to more appropriate quarters than the State Penitentiary which has no department for women. EXCUSED FROM JURY Indiana Man Says Father Is “Serv- ing Term in State Senate.” SOUTH BEND, Ind., January 20 (#). —Summoned for Federal jury service, A. P. Ballard of Marion, Ind., gayg this excuse: “My father is serving a 60-day sen- tence in the State Senate. Ballard further explaiged that he is associated in business with his father, Jesse Ballard, State Senator for Grant County, a farmer, packer and banker. Judge Thomas Slick excused him. ate charges of mur- IT'S GRADE MILK The extra rich, extra safe Superior Quality health food...produced by the dairy that gives Washington its finest dairy pro- ducts. richness, the purity and safety of the milk PHONE POTOMAC 4000 The question of the quality and that comes into your home is far too im- portant to be left to chance. Why not make SURE your family gets only the best? Per Qt. Priced 1 Sc Phone Your Order In To FOR POtomac 4000

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