Evening star., 1925-11-22

; pied in investigating further charges
| by Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne. widow
| of the comma nder of the Shenandoah
| that efforts were made to lnhuence
| her testimony before the naval court
| of inquiry into the wreck OF the
Shenandoah. while the Army cohtln,
ued it's trial Of Gen. William Mitchell
| on charges of insubordination and
| conduct prejudicial to the good order
and discipline of the service
The result Of the reconvenins of
| the naval court of inquiry was an
! eNoneration of Capt. Paul Foley, its
| former judge advocate, of charges
that he had sought to influence Mrs.
| Lansdowne's testimony.
1t had been charged by Mrs. Lans-
| downe that Capt. Foley, judge advo-
! cate of the court before which she
+, was to appear, called on her and
sought to have her suppress certain
| facts or allegations concerning the
flight of the Shena ndoah. Later, she
said. she was handed prepared
statement from Capt. Foley, which
! she was to read before the court, and
| which she refused to read on the
| ground that it would constitute a dis
| grace to the memory of her husband.
! Called before the court. Capt. Foley.
who had been relieved at his own re-
quest, of the office of judge advocate,
| said that in accordance with naval
| regulations he called upon Mrs. I.ans-
! downe, as she was to appear as VII
| ness. He also sought to do what he
could to save her any possible en-
| barrassme before the court. His
motives, he said. were misinterpreted
| by Mrs. Lansdowne, and with this the
! court agreed in generating him.
The Mitchell trial was unmarked by
through
| week officers of various branches OF
the service continued to testify TO
facts which appear to SubStantlate
some of Col. Mitchell's statements.
The colonel himself will take the
stand as a witness on Monday.
The National Crime Commission,
formed recently in New York to un-
dertake a nationwide investigation of
the situation that has brought about
an increase of crime in the United
States and which will take measures
FOR it's suppression, has completed It's
personnel, and the names of those VINO
will serve were announced last week.
Among the prominent men listed are
DR.. E. A. Alderman. president OF the
University of Virginia; Newton D.
Baker, former Secretary of War;
Richard Washburn Child, writer and
former Ambassador to Italy; Charles
Evans Hughes, former Secretary of
State; Frank o. Lowden, former Gov
ernor of Illinois. and Franklin d.
Roosevelt, former assistant Secretary
of the Navy.
Plans for getting to the North Pole
are already being talked about-plans
which will be put into execution next
Spring when the Winter weather gives
way. Now the French government
n
reach the North Pole by the use of
auto -sledges. capable of travelling on
either water or ice The sledges will
carry hydroplanes, is men and the
necessary supplies for scientific in
vestigation. The plan is TO leave for
the North Pole by way of SpitZbergen.
Reaching the pole the party will split.
the planes flying to New York and
the sedges continuing explorations be-
fore returning South. The mission vii!
be designated the French air mission
to the North Pole" and will be sup
piled and manned by the French navy
department.
Following two tragic submarine
catastrophes, talk is being revived
concerning a movement for the aboli-
ton of submarines. 1t is doubtful,
however, whether it will lead to any
thing definite. The subject of doing
away with submarines is received with
interest in this country, and President
Coolidge was represented as being will
ing to receive with IAN open mind"
any suggestions along such lines.
The Clyde liner Lenape, en- route
from New York to Miami. won race
with death and saw her 361 passen-
gers rescued before she was scuttied
and beached off the Delaware Capes
last week. fire. starting in the aft
hold about l0:45 o'clock at night,
rapidly gained headway, despite the
efforts of the crew to entinguish 1t.
The captain of the vessel sent out sos
calls which were Immediately picked
up by nearby ships. and then turned
his own vessel toward the Delaware
Breakwater. The passengers, among
them many women and children, were
all saved. The one death resulted when
man. becoming hysterical, leaped
overheard Damage to cargo and ves-
sci amounted to about $3,00O.00O
The Treasury Department took up
challenge thrown by Gov. Pinchot of
PENNSYLVANIA and last week set about
to investigate all the manufacturing
establishments engaged in the pro-
duction of alcohol. Gov. Pinchot has
charged that many plants manufac-
turing alcohol have been doing so
under permits which were granted by
the Government Immediately after the
advent of prohibition. and that while
these permits allow them to continue
such manufacture, the men engaged
in the work have been, in many cases,
indicted and found guilty of conspiracy
to violate the prohibition law. Thus.
he says, much Illicit manufacture is
going on, and the country Is flooded
with this bootleg alcohol. made with
Government permission. The Treas
ury Department last week announced
that all old permits would be cancelled
and new permits would he issued for
the manufacture of alcohol only after
careful investigation
Addressing the Belgium Chamber
of Deputies last week, Emile Wander
velde, Belgium foreign minister, pre-
dicted there would be another
"Locarno" (alluding to the security
treaty signed among the European
nations recently, in which the ma
tions Of Europe will meet Russia at
the conference table with benefit to
all. The speaker also referred to "a
disarmament conference, which must
from now on be the chief preoccupa-
ton of ALL
A bust or Juan PaDiO Duarte, ma
tional hero of the Dominican Republic.
was unveiled with ceremonies last
week at the Pan-American Union
Building here and placed with the
busts Of II other liberators of the
Latin American countries which stand
in the hall OF patriots at the build
ing. Secretary of State Kellogg ac-
cepted the bust on behalf of the Pan
American Union. The Minister Of the
Dominican Republic, Jose del Carmen
Aria. made the speech of presenta.