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. " VANDERBILT ADDS | MYSTERY T0 GASE Another More Prominent Than Butler Said to Figure in Mussolini Report. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, February 9.—Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, jr., purported to oe the man_ behind Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's Mussolini anecdote, added s new mystery to the incident today. Referring to statements made in the Affiliated Lecture Bureau in New York last November, at which place and tims the Marine Corps officer was said to have gathered material for the Musso- lini_hit-run story, Vanderbilt said: “The public would be more interested in what another person, more promi- nent, than Gen. Butler or myself, said at that time. “If the newspapers really want to run this down why don't they find out what some others said there?” asked the young publisher. Informed of the cancellation of the court-martial ordered for Gen. Butler, young Vanderbilt expressed himself as being “Glad of it.” Vanderbilt never has told the story behind the Mussolini hit-run anecdote as related by the Marine Corps officer. “T offered to appear at his trial and tell my version of the story from the witness stand,” he said. “If it is a closed incident with the Government it 15 a closed incident with me, too.” ITALY FAILS TO HEAR OF BUTLER APOLOGY Spokesman for Mussolini Says Il Duce Is “No Longer In- terested” in Case. By the Associated Press ROME, February 9.—A government spokesman today said no word had been received officially of Maj. Gen. Smed- ley D. Butler's apology for a_recent speech, in which he depicted Premier Mussolini as a hit-and-run driver. In any event, it was said, the gov- ernment no longer is interested, since the affair is a closed book, and what steps the United States has taken to punish the Marine officer are purely an internal affair of the United States. It was recalled that Premier Mussolini, in his telegram to Ambassador de Mar- tino, said he personally already- had forgotten the incident. o Butler—The Marine \] nd of three articles N Dresent & persomality sketeh of ley D, Butl Biemter” Mussolini: BY LIEUT. ARTHUR J. BURKS, U. 8. M. C, Resigned. Former Alde to Gen. Butler. Gen. Butler is an -idealist and a dreamer, and loses patience when oth- ers can't see eye to eye with him on his dreams. But he bulls through on his own if he can and his_superiors will allow him to do so. He's been called a good “beginner” but a poor “finisher.” Perhaps. He's usually transferred before he can put his plans through to completion, when he immediately for- gets the problems that occupied him at his last post of command and gets busy on something at the new place. He believes in keeping his men occu~ pled. He doesn't care if they grumBle, because, as every soldier of experience knows, the outfit that grumbles is healthy and in no danger and can be depended upon. What the Marines may call Butler behind his back is of no consequence at all. When he needs them they're ready for whatever he has for them to do, the loudest grumblers usually the first to get busy. Lets Them Be Frank. Privates, non-coms and officers talk man to man with Butler, because he always gives them a chance, and he listens to stuff from them that would cause them to be court-martialed by almost any one else for insolence and insubordination. Butler looks inside them and knows they don't mean to be_eithet insolent or insubordinate, Marines to Butler are not merely puppets who have to obey his orders and be moved from place to place at his command simply because he is a E;ratml 'tnd l:emy are of lower- rank must obey. They're flesh m’?;,dfi lnbd men. i e ability to see and know gave Butler the nickname, among l:nny others, of “Gimlet Eye,” which some- how has an frritating ance. It could be applied to 80 per cent of the Marine officers of experience of my ac- quaintance, and means that Butler can tell in ohe look at a man whether he needs an eighth of an inch cut off his hair to make it regulation, whether he shined the heels of his shoes and whether he really polished his buttons according to Butler's standard or rubbed them hurriedly with a dry rag in the hope that Butler might overlook his carelessness. Such Marines have learned that Butler almost invariably walks right up to them with scarcely & look, seemingly, at the others. UNIVERSITY GETS GIFT BALTIMORE, February 9 (P.—A gift of $150,000 has been made ta_the Institute of Law of Johns Hopkins University by civic and industrial leaders in Ohio, Dr. Joseph S. 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West 1071, Tired Bodies Need Rest The Place to Get It Is in Bed That's Why You Go There Renovation Keeps Mattresses Right. And You, Too Bedell Mfg. Comoany . 810 E St N.w. i Met 31, Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, His Quaker Language. Everybody knows Butler's a Quaker and that his “thees” and “thys” are always in current use in his own home. If you are an especially good friend of his, “thee” are fortunate and “thy” way looks promising. People who are not his intimates are always\“you.” When he switches from “you” to “thee” you know that he is beginning to regard you as a'friend. When he switches from “thee” back to “you,” a transfer or a the | leave of absence is indieated until what- ever you've done has been lived down. Butler likes to wear a sword and play soldier and put on “shows,” not for the sake of the “shows” themselves, but for the sake of morale and to keep his rines busy during peacetime. The Ma- rines cuss him out behind his back and to each other—and go dut and tell ci- vilians who might be tempted to malign him they belong to “Butler's Ma- rines” #nd are proud of it. Butler had one of his dreams at the Marine base in Diego, which he hoped to make into a really beautiful place. It was some job, and he put Capt. Ray A. Robinson, who had been is e in France and elsewhere, on the task with whatever men were avail- able. The Marine squatted on the sands of Dutch flats, a most un- prepossessing spot. Plans for Tree Planting. By hook or crook—and Butler is a good forager and likes to have good foragers at work on his dreams—he intended to procure and plant on the d Marine Corps base a tree for each and 7E | every Marine who had died in uniform since the inception of the corps. He no sooner got the idea than he began to enlarge upon it. Every pres- ent-day Marine wears what are called “dog tags,” circular bits of metal which hang about the man’s neck on a string, and bear the name, rank and corps of the enlisted men. Identification disks are regulation for officess, also, as ex- perience has shown that bullets kill offi- cers, t0o, and moppers up like to know whom they're burying. When the trees should be planted, in Butler's scheme, each one was to have one of these dog tags, and -on it was to be stamped the name of the dead Marine, the names to be procured from the files of the Navy Department as far back as-they went. Saw Base as Mecca. Caring for this forest, Butler believed, would provide a job for Marines, but in his dream Butler went urther and | saw the San Diego Marine Corps base become the mecca for friends rela- tives and descegflants of the val ed Marines. who would go strolling through the aisles while the souls of the de- parted whispered to them with the whispering of the trees. - He was so eager to get this thing going that the day after he got the idea work began. But from the start, as with so many of Butler's schemes, he was almost alone in his desire to put it through, could get no official help, and wouldn't seek contributions, naturally. He couldn't get the trees without stealing them, as he hadn't the money to buy them, it couldn't be appropriated, and the donors of such trees were limited. If there was any foraging done to procure trees I don’t know about it. Neither did Butler. But when each day saw a few new trees he didn’t ask any questions. Gets Memorial Idea. Butler alfo conceived an idea for a military memorial, shaped affair with' a circular staircase arrangement circling it outside from top to bottom, and with a ball at the top to symbolize whatever it is that in- spires men to serve to the limit of their endurance. When he described this memorial to Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St, N.W. Metropolitan 2062 Bame location 3} years: which insures low p. me his voice shook. Of course, it would be for soldiers, sailors and Marines, but by listening to Butler one knew that he thought only of the Marines, for he talked only of them, and as he talked you could see the agony on their faces, their distorted lips, the sweat in their eyes—which were lifted to the symbal rices and_high-grade workmanshij i’rinting Craftsmen . . ., are at your service for result-getting publicity The National ‘Capital Press 3210-1212 D 8t. N.W.__ Phone National 0650 ROOF WORK =of any nature promptly and capably looked atier by practieal rooters. 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A Take this on the word of a former officer who has cussed Butler as much as the next one, and swore repeatedly he couldn’t stay awake another minute to carry out Butler's orders—but who did stay awake and do his job, because when serving with Butler one either did one’s job, got a transfer, or got into trouble. looked as if they did not want & sort of cone-| Hard-Boiled in War, But Idealist and Dreamer, Too. Started to Plant Tree for Every Dead Comrade. Sent to China in Crisis. It was stipulated that he leave the United States in civilian clothing and keep his departure a dead secret. Butler had been a first lizutenant in the Boxer uprising and now was return- ing, 27 years later, in command of the entire Marine Corps expeditionary force, with the rank of brigadier _Lgeneral. Butl-regave us time to get our tents up and then had a plane come to Tientsin to bring him down to inspect. His De Haviland flew in above our camp, on which we had labored a couple of weeks, and started down for a landing. But the pilot changed his mind and circled over the camp a aoupln of times. Then the plane started own. - Made Bad Landing. ‘The plane was going 60 or 70 miles an hour when it set its wheels down, but the pilot kicked her around enough to head for a laundry we had erected. The plane smash:d into that. which erupted pigtailed laundrymen, then was kicked around and taxied back. Butler climbed out and one would have expected that his cheeks would have bzen more or less white. But this is what he said: “Overshot a little, didn't you, Page?" Page said, “Yes, sir, sorry” and Butler turned to our commanding officer. “Your camp's out of line. Take it down and build it over again!" ‘Three weeks of fussing. and fuming gone for nothing! (Copyright, 1931. by North American News- paper Alliance.) Tomorrow—Butler a Hard Task Master. PRESS HEARD BUTLER BY ERROR ON PASSES Guest Cards Sent City Editors by Mistake After Club Barred Reporters. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 9.—Rev. Dr. Frederick R. Griffin, president of the Contemporary Club, before which Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler made his now famous speech, said today that newspaper representatives were invited 1o the meeting at which the general spoke through a clerical error in the oimce of the secretary of the organiza- tion. “Prior_to the present season,” said Dr. Griffin in a formal statement, “the Contemporary Club has sent each month guest cards to the city editors of the Philadelphia papers. “Last June the club, desiring to re- vive the discussion feature of its meet- ings and believing that members would participate more freely in the discus- slons if their remarks were not to b: reported in the press, voted that the meetings were to be considered of a confidental nature and that r:porters should not be invited to attend. Notice to this effect was sent to all the mem- bers last November. “When Gen. Butler. arrived for the January meeting I assured him that he could speak his mind freely. He had been {ll and was not a well man then. He had not been able to make special preparation for his part in the sympo- sium on the prevention of war and ex- pressed the wish that he might talk on the Marines. “To relieve his mind I told him that he need not worry; that he would find a friendly company and could ‘speak his mind freely’ I did not suppose that reporters would be present, except such as might have been invited by members, every member "of the cluo being privileged to invite two guests. “Only last PFriday I discovered that through a clerical error in the office of the secretary guest cards had been sent to the city editors on the assumption that such were for the personal use of the city editors. The papers are there- fore wholly exonerated, and Gen. But- ler was quite right in assuming that he would not be reported.” TAPLINS’ $15,000,000 ROAD COMPLETED Extension in Coal and Industrial Communities of Monongahela Valley to Be Dedicated. By the Assoclated Press. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., February 9. —A $15,000,000 ribbon of new steel winds diagonally across the Southwest- erh corner of Pennsylvania, bringing nearer to realization a dream of the railroad brothers, the Taplins of Cleve- land. The steel ribbon is the recently com- pleted 38-mile extension of the Pitts- burgh & West Virginia railroad from Connellsville to Cochran’s Mill. The dream is of a new short line connec- tion between the Middle West and Great Lakes and Tidewater at Baltimore. To realize the dream, the Taplins must acquire the Western Maryland, with which the Pittsburgh & West Virginia extension connects at Connells- ville, and the Wheeling & Lake Erie. These matters are involved in con- solidation plans now pending before the Interstate Commerce Coemmission. Aside from this, the néw extension netrates the heart of the coal and dustrial communities of the great Monongahela Valley and was built with the idea of speeding up the growth of the sectlon by providing easy access to the Pittsburgh markets. ‘The stretch of road will be opened formally at ceremonies here Tuesday, when a “golden spike” will be driven at the junction of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia with the Western Mary- land. Prank E. Taplin is president, and Chatles F.'Taplin is chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia. Engl;-h Pupils’ Teeth Bad. LONDON (#).—Four million English school children need dental treatment, says Sir George Newman, chief medical examiner of the Board of Education. 'TULSA, Okla.—Preached in Clare- ‘more yesterday morning, and the dea- cons brought 1n a collection of $3,000. Men make a town, not loca- tion, or sur- rounding terri- tory. That's why ‘Tulsa has had such a record. From what I hear from all over the coun- try the towns are waking up to their Red Cross responsi- bilities. Committees have been lax It Gen. Butler to go to France, i also looked as they did not want him to go to China early in 1927. But he went. ‘ CHARCES BY Y ON BUTLER BARE General Insulted Duce and Embarrassed U. S., Said Dual Specifications. ‘The charges and specifications upon which the Navy Department was pre- paring to. try Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, the commanding general at Quantico. Va.. until the general court- martial was called off yesterday, were as follows: “‘Charge One: “Conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline. Speech Is Quoted. “Specification: “In that Smedley D. Butler, now g officer in the Marine Corps of t Upited States Naval Service with the rank and grade of major general, while s0 serving in command of the United States Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., and it being one of his obligations as such officer of the naval service of the United States to display moderation and courtesy in his public utterances with reference to the officials of an- other government on friendly relations with the United States, to the erd that a feeling of will and mutual re- spect should be cultivated and espe- cially to refrain from the use of lan- guage likely to convey an offensive im- pression concerning such foreign offi- clals and to be a source of offense or annoyance to such foreign government and consequent embarrassment to the Government of the United States in its foreign relations, he, the said Butler, did, nevertheless, on or about January 18, 1931, in the Bellevue-Stratford Ho- tel, in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., de- liver a speech to and in the presence of a body of citizens known as the Con- temporary Club then and there as- sembled, in the course of which speech he, the said Butler, did then and there say in substance that he, the said But- ler, had been told by a friend that Sig- nor Benito Mussolini, the prime min- ister of Italy, had run over a child without stopping, while he, the said Signor Mussolini, was driving a visiting American stound Italy in an armored automobile, and did then and there further say in substance and referring to the sald Signor Mussolini, the fol- lowing: ““‘He did not stop when the child was hit, or slacken his pace. Passenger Screamed, “‘My friend screamed as the child’s body was crushed under the wheels of the machine. Mussolini put a hand y friend’s knee. t was only one life,” he told my ‘What is one life in the affairs * or words to that effect, which aforesaid speech then and there de- livered by said Butler contained state- ments as_hereinbefore alleged in sub- stance, which said statements were of a nature to give offense to the govern- ment of Italy, to bring the prime min- ister of a friendly government into con- tempt and disrepute, and to embarrass the Goversment of the United States in its foreign relations and which did in fact result in prompt and formal pro- test. from the Italian government and involve the Government of the United States in explanation and disclaimer, which conduct of the said Butler as | aforesaid was wholly irregular, unoffi- | cerlike and prejudicial, to good order ! and naval discipline.” Second Charge. “Charge two— “Conduct unbecoming an officer and | & gentleman. “Specification: “In that Smedley . Butler, now an officer in the Marine Corps of the United States Naval Service with the rank and grade of major general, while 80 serving in command of the United States Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., did, on or about January 19, 1931, in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in City of Philadelphia, Pa., deliver a to and in the presence of a body of citizens known as the Contemporary Club, then and there assembled, in the course of which speech, he, the said Butler, did then and there knowingly and willfully repeat, publish and circu- late offensive, oppr us and insulting statements which he, the said Butler, then and there asserted he had heard from a person- unnamed, and which statements reflected upon, and were of a nature tending to injure the c- ter and reputation of Signor Behito Mussolini, the prime minister of Italy, the said Butler then and there saying in substance that he, the said Butler, had been told by a friend that Signor Mussolini, the prime minister of Italy, had run over a child without stopping while he, the said Signor Mussolini, was driving a visiting American around Italy in an armored automobile, and did then and there further say in substance and referring to the sald Signor Musso- lini, the following: “‘He did not stop when the child ‘was hit or slacken his pace. Vilification Charges. “‘My friend screamed as the child's body was crushed under the wheels of the machine. Mussolini put & hand on my friend’s knee: “**“It was only one life,” he told my Music and New York Opera Company Closes in “Il Trovatore.” €% L TROVATORE” fittingly brought to a close last night the four-day e 'ment of the New York Grand Opera Company at the National Theater. It has been announced that the company will return to Was n within six weeks to present an en- tirely different repertoire, including “Aida,” “Faust” and “The Barber of Seville.” Lavinia Darve, in the role of Leonora, added to her laurels gath- ered in “Cavalleria Rusticana” last Friday evening. She was at her best last night and sang her part in the “Miserere” with a feeling so intense and sincere that its effect on the audience was plainly visible. Many curtain calls followed for Miss Darve. Fortunato De Angelis, who played the part of Manrico and who has a fine operatic tenor voice, seems bet- ter suited to the concert thap to ADANS CALLS OF ceN. BUTLER TRAL lMarine Given Reprimand In- stead of Court-Martial to Close Incident. o 2R (Continued From First Page.) tleman’s agreement not to discuss the Navy's action, but when asked about reports the President was responsible he told newspaper men they could speculate all they wanted to. A letter concerning the incident writ- ten by the Chief Executive in reply to a protest by Col. Frank K. Hyatt, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Military Col- lege at Chester, Pa., also shed no light. “He sent me a very gracious acknowl- edgement in which he said that he was_quite ,” Hyatt said, “but that at the first opportunity he would reply more fully to my letter. ‘Vanderbilt Silent. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., from Wwhom apparently Butler obtained the Musso- lini hit-and-run driver story which caused the incident, would shed no light on the origin of ths tale, whose truth the Italian Duce had denied. AIDES HALT WORK. Capt. Miller V. Parsons of the U. 8. M. C,, who performed outstanding work in the Knickerbocker Theater disaster here, and Lieut. Ccmdr. George T. Howard, until recently chief of the courts and boards branch of the office of the judge advocate ganeral of the Navy and now aboard the U. S. S. Augusta, chosen as assistant prosecutors in the Butler court-martial, will be saved a vast amount of work through cancellation of the trial by the Navy Department. Capt. Parsons lives at 1632 Nineteenth street. News that the two officers had been ordered to assist Capt. Willlam C. ‘Watts, U. 8. N., prosecutor in the case, and had been working quietly on its preparation became known about the time of the Navy Department announce- ment that the court-martial had been halted. Comdr. Howard came to Wagh- ington and arranged to stay at the Army and Navy Club. Capt. Parsons, who is special judge advocate at the Washington Navy Yard, served with Gen. Butler, his friends recalled today, in China. Marine Corps officers asserted that Capt. Parsons practiced law in Oregon for 10 years and served in the Oregon Legislature. MEMORIAL BRIDGE ENTRY IS APPROVED Commission 0. K.'s Plan to Cost $1,400,000 and Will Open Stone Bids on March 4. Plans for the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway approach, involving an ex- penditure of approximately $1.400,000, have been tentatively accepted by officials of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, it was announced today. Bids on more than $500,000 worth of granite for the memorial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery will be opened March 4. Officlals of the com- mission also expected to advertise soon for bids on .the construction of a tun- nel for the relocation of the tracks of the Rosslyn branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The tracks, which now create a grade crossing on the Virginia side, are to be lowered so as to pass under the memorial parkway. Bids on this part of the project will be called for about February 20, the work being expected to cost. about $100,000. Officials of the commission also are making plans for draining and paving the Lincoln Memorial Plaza. — friend, “what is one life in the affairs of a state?” or words to that effect,” which aforesaid statements so made by the said Butler were of a nature to give offense to the government of Italy, to bring the prime minister of a friendly government into contempt and disrepute, and to_embarrass the Gov- ernment of the United States in its foreign relations, and did, in fact, re- sult in prompt and vigorous denial and protest from the Italian government and involve the Government of the United States in explanation and dis- claimer, and he, the said Butler, therein and thereby exhibited culpable indif- ference to his obligations as an officer and a gentleman by knowingly, willfully and publicly repeating and circulating the aforesaid hearsay and derogatory statements which he, the said Butler, then and there well knew tended vilify, offend and insult the aforesaid Signor Mussolinl, both as an individual IM‘IS prime minister of Italy. “CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, “Secretary of the Navy.” Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Pn‘;grams. the operatic stage. His best work ‘was done in the “Miserere.” Perhaps the most notable charac- ter in last night's performance was Martino-Rossl, who portrayed the part of Count di Luna. He is an accomplished actor with a resonant baritone voice and fine dramatic 'hmfifi He was loudly applauded for singing of “Il Balen del Suo Sorrio” (“The Tempest of ° the Heart”)., The role of Azucena, the gypsy, (“Home to Our Mountains”), which she hang while imprisoned in the count’s castle after Manrico had been incarcerated with her, was sung beautifully. Her acting also was m&hly commendable and an ap- preciative audience accorded her a tremendous ovation. Conductor Fulgenzio Guerrieri continued to work wonders with his limited number of instruments. J.N.H. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. Newman at National Talk on “Oberammergau.” OBERAMMERGAU. the village of the “Passon Play,” and the sur- rounding country were the places ‘“visited” yesterday afternoon by F, M. Newman in his traveltalk gi~G life of the Bavarian people, who are firm believers in the sun bath, often staying for hours in the sun and even taking their meals there. ‘The most beautiful of the slide and motion pictures were shown in views of Neusch castles of Ludwig rated with the lege the Wagnerian operas were excep- tional in their beauty. Mr, Newman terminates his lecture with an htening talk on Ober- peasants who take Oberammergauers as they appear in life r‘u:d in thelr several roles "Ptllhn)fll!-" J. N. H. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 193f. CLUB TOLD BUTLER SPEECH WOULD NOT BE DISCLOSED Adams Bases His Withdrawal of Case on Assurance Given General. Contemporary Group’s Head and Resolution Had Plan- ned Secrecy. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler's letter for abandonment of the court-martialito Secretary of the Navy Adams, ex- pressing regret for embarrassment caused the United States by 'his re- marks before the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia, and Secretary Adams’ eprimanding the Marine officer, Butler's letter to Secretary . In connection with the deci- he department to try me by general court-martial, it is requested that consideration be given to the mat- ters hereinafter set forth. Held Talk Confidential. “2. T was told by the president of the Contemporary Club, before which I spoke on January 19, 1931, that I could speak my inside mind freely and from his remarks, taken in their entirety, I understood that the club was com- posed of responsible members of the community interested in public ques- tions and that my statements were to be confined to the limits of the four “3. This information is submitted on the assumption that it was not in the department’s possession when it was decided to bring me to trial. “4. I very greatly regret this inci- dent and the fact that my indiscreet remarks have caused embarrassment to the Government.” Adams Halts Charges. In a letter entitled “reprimand” Sec- retary Adams replied: “1. The Navy Department is in receipt of your letter of February 8. 1931, in which you ex- press regret for the character of the remarks made by you before the Con- temporary Club of Philadelphia on Jan- uary 19, 1931, and in which you invite attention to the fact that prior to de- livering your extemporaneous talk at the club you had been assured by the president of the club that you could speak your ‘mind ‘freely’ and that ‘from his remarks taken in their entirety’ you understood that the club was com- posed of responsible members of the community, interested in public ques- tions, and that your statements were to be":;onnned to the limits of the four walls. # “It has also just been brought to the attention of the Navy Department that the membership of the club had been instructed accordingly, pursuant to a resolution previously adopted. “2. You are informed in this con- nection that the Navy Department cannot express to clearly its disapproval of the conduct of any officer of the naval establishment in making remarks which tend to embarass the interna- tional refations of the Government. Warned on Behavior. “Such action “on the part of an officer of your rank and length of serv- ice merits and receives the unqualified condemnation of the Navy Department and for their utterance, which you admit, you are hereby reprimanded. “3.” In view of your letter expressing regret, taken in connection with your long record of brilliant service, the Navy Department feels that it is no longer necessary to resort to proceed- ings by general court-martial, and ex- pects that this incident will have a salutary effect upon your future’ con- duct in matters of this character.” ‘The formal .statement by the Navy Department in announcing withdrawal of the charges against Butler read: Record Is Considered. “The Navy Department has this day received a letter from Maj. Gen. Smed- ley D. Butler, U. 8. M. C,, explaining the circumstances under which his speech before the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia was delivered and also expressing regret that his indiscreet remarks on that occasion should have caused embarrassment to the Govern- ment. “In view of the statement made by Gen. Butler in the above mentioned letter, taken in conjunction with the oustanding military record of the gen- eral, the Secretary of the Navy has decided to withdraw the charges and specifications recently preferred against him and to dissolve the general court- martial. Gen. Butler will be repri- manded by the Secretary of the Navy.” Butler's letter to Adams was dated yesterday and the Secretary’s reply was written on the same day. U. S. CHAMBER PLANS TO STABILIZE JOBS Barnes Announces Group Will Study Industry Methods and Slumps. Mobilizing an organization to “devise measures to insure stability of employ- ment and shield it against the disturb- ing effects of seasonal and cyclical fluc- tuations,” the United States Chamber of Commerce is setting up a group of business executives and economists. Julius H. Barnes, chairman of the board of the chamber, announced a committee is being formed to study co- operative methods for industries to at- tack problems of unemployment. “If a certain number of key indus- tries could give their workers the as- surance of uninterrupted employment and sustained earning capacity,” Barnes said, “they would set up against the recurrent waves of ng&x;ehemlon and distress that charactel every busi- ness depression a formidable barrier and buttress the general sense of se- curity which is so important a factor in the maintenance of business ac- tivity.” Barnes asserted preserving the earn- ing capacity of the worker “is as nec- essary to business as the maintenance of the consuming capacity of the farm- er,” and that American business is “well aware of its responsibilities - in maintaining the fullest possible meas- ure of employment.” S PP The early American Valentine was a Worcester, Mass., girl's idea, an idea which netted her a fortune. “See Etz and See Better” They will serve you long and faithfully if you give them proper care. 1f you neglect: them, their usefulness will be diminished. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. NW. o Gen. Smedley D. Butler. Secretary of the Navy Adams. F00D PRIGE QUIZ BEGINS TOMORROW Leading Millers and Bakers to Explain Cost of Bread to Senate Group. The Senate food inquiry gets under | way tomorrow before the Capper subcommittee of the Senate Agriculture Committee, with a number of leading millers and bakers scheduled to testify regarding flour and bread prices. The witnesses summoned to appear during the first two days of the hearings in- clude: George Livingston, executive vice president of the Millers' National Fed- eration, Minneapolis; Sydney Anderson, vice president of General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis; Henry Strude, president of American Bakers’ Association, Chicago; M. L. Marshall, chairman of Continen- tal Baking Co., New York, and Frederic H. Frazier, chairman General Baking The subcommittee intends to pro- ceed expeditiously, with a view to re- porting to the Senate before the pres- ent session ends. The purpose of the inquiry is to determine whether the Prices for bread, meat and dairy products have declined in proportion the to prices being paid the farmers for wheat, | milk and live stock. In announcing the plans of the subcommittee, Chair- man Capper said: “If evidence of illegal combinations or price-fixing should be developed by the committee’s investigation, the facts will be promptly placed before the at- torney general so that the Department | th of Justice may take appropriate action.” Those associated with Senator Capper on the subcommittee are Senators ‘Townsend of Delaware, Frazier of North Dakota, Kendrick of Wyoming and Thomas of Oklahoma. DETECTIVES SEEK GIRL NEW YORK, February 9 (P).— Private detectives were enlisted yester- day to assist in the search for Miss Florence Parker, 22-year-old heiress, missing since January 26. Her mother, Mrs. James MacDonough of Yonkers, N. Y., said a reward for information on her daughter probably would be offered within a few days. Mrs, MacDonough said she did not believe Miss Parker had gone alone to Paris or was in Greenwich Village writing a story as friends suspected. She also discounted rumors that the heiress may have been kidnaped by friends of a burglar who was sent to rison after robbing the MacDonough me. Police continued to check all clues. —_— e e e “Sweetheart” Baskets “Sweetheart" Bouquets 3.50__5.00__7.50 For Your Valentine Greetings on Valentine Day (Next Saturday, Feb. 14) 1407 H Street 3 Doors National 4905 est of 1ith St never regret ha ur home. You'll SCHALL CONTINUES WAR ON MITCHELL Senator Says He Will ‘,Show Attorney General’s Former. Corporation Connections. Ignoring a suggestion of President Hoover, Senator Schall, Republican, of Minnesota, has renewed his attack on Attorney General Mitchell and is cen- tinuing his fight for appointment of Ernest Michel to a Federal judgeship in esota. Schall's persistent advocacy of Mr. Michel has led to a prolonged contro- versy between him and the Attorne; General. President Hoover last we intervened with a suggestion that the Senator withdraw the name of Michel and submit a substitute list of 8 or 10 “fit appointees.” In a statement issued yesterday Sena~ tor. charged that Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell, a Minnesota Democrat, was influenced in his stand against Michel by the wishes of corporations with which he said the Attorney Gen- eral had been connected in the past. “In my answer to President Hoover's letter,” the Senator said, “I intend to call to the attention of the President some of the former corporation con- nections of his Attorney General, with the hope that the President will realize that the Attorney General's actions are Wi by his corporation, public-utility feel ' and that the President has been misinformed concerning Mr. Michel.” The Attorney General issued a public statement some time ago saying he could not recommend Michel, a Minne- apolis attorney, to the President and inferring Schall was backing him in payment of a political debt. “The attempt of Attorney General Mitchell to name only corporation- trained and public-utility-minded attor- neys for positions on the Federal bench,” Schall sald today, “warrants the publi- cation of the past corponmm-fiubm utility connections of Mr. Mitchell. “Shortly 1 hope to submit to the Senate a list of the former utility and corporation connections of ‘Attorney General Mitchell so that other mem- bers of the Senate may be the information I am about to disclose. ‘The Senator added be Q-h%hl the indorsement of “the entire delegation, backed by over 600 lawyers of my State, headed by the chief justice of our Supreme Court,” would be suffi- cient to cause President Hoover to “hesitate in accepting the noxious cam- paign of the Attorney General.” FLOWERS TO BE PLACED NEAR HIGHWAY BRIDGE Walk Fringing East Potomac Park to Be Flanked by Beds of Perennials Under Plan. Massed display of placed south of the along the recently completed that fringes East Potomac Park, under tentative plans adopted by the | Office of Public Buildings and Parks. Peonies and be placed in the larger beds, they may be shown to the best ad- vantage. The details of '“‘fl: this program are now being worked out by the land- scape architect, under the direction of Lieut. Col. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and Lawns are to be placed i concentrated displays will be exhibited to the public, instead of having the U. 8. - e public par! between the various beds, under the program, about. Col. 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