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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
Bancroft Estate Is
Nearly Two Million

CHICAGO. sept 10. By United
Nrwai- The estate Of Edgar A.
Bancroft. late American ambassador
20 Japan. n valued az more than
81 1850. 600. according 10 a petition
filed hers Wednesday By Eidrdgo
Bancroft Pierce. an attorney and
one Of the heirs
A search Of Mr. Bancron's per
sonai effects has ~ yet failed 10
locate Will and ricrce'H petition
asked Tor letters OF administration
Of the estate
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10

compared az follows
Oats. September I i462 600 600,
lat year. i.5ie 900 600
Barley. September ], $4,000. Ooo.
last year $4,000. 900
Tame hay. September I. $1,000. 600
last year $4,000 900 tons
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10
So His Wife Quit Golf

IGTEED, Cal, Sept. 10-When A. d. lockwood hits a
w golf ball he puts some power behind the swing II
don't believe it, ask Mrs lockwood The couple
playing the Weed golf course, when ball driven by
lockwood broke his wifes leg after whstng so yards
down the fairway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-10

Cynthia Grey viii receive
callers at her office in The
Star building. 1909 seventh
ave. from l TO p. m. every
day except Saturday and holi.
days.
Evening star., 1925-09-09

Navy Departments, Mr.. Lampert said:
Col. Mitchell's charges deserve sin
cere consideration by men qualified to
judge. An engineering commission is
needed to settle the issues. The prob
lens are too complicated for congress
sional determination.
Aviation and aeronautics are still
in their formative stages as to all
phases. / have no doubt but better
results can and should be obtained
with our present facilities. l do not
believe that radical moves should be
made, but that independent engineer
ing investigation is imperative to
arrive at conclusions which will bring
better results.
Congress should act on advice from
qualified experts and practical OBJ
servers who can formulate the facts
and needs for legislative determine
ton. All aeronautical activities
should be scrutiniZed with a view to
developing successful aviation in both
military and commercial aspects.
Mitchell is incidental, compared TO
the issues he has raised. The mill
tary and Government services are too
prone to deal with personalities rather
than the fundamental practical ques-
tton involved. If these problems are
dealt with seriously the personalities
will no doubt disappear. The Air
Service should be made safe from the
engineering standpoint, at least.
Prejudice should not be permitted
to allow any frivolous investigation
affecting aeronautics, which is sc
vital to national defense"
Evening star., 1925-09-09
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CALDWELL, Ohio, September O.
A hero of the Shenandoah disaster
has been found among the native
sons OF Noble County. He is IL little,
grizzled farmer who raises turkeys.
geese and some crops on a farm near
Sharon. He is the man who grabbed
the Navy's giant dirigible by the
nose-ring and pulled it to the ground
Many a time Ernest Nichols has
tethered an angered bull to a fence
post, but not until last Thursday
morning was he ever called upon to
be tanner to rampant dirigible.
Late yesterday tales began drifting
over the countryside about a man
who had helped to stop the plunging
of the Shenandoah's nose over hills
and valleys, after it broke from the
middle and aft sections an hour
earlier near Ava, II miles away,
Called Great Service"
Immediately the board of investi-
cation, which is handling all phases
of the disaster which remain to be
cleared up, became interested in the
story. The board recalled sugges-
ttons made by Lieut.. William Mayer
and others who We're in that portion
of the ship that supported Nichols
story. Comdr. Jacob H. Klein, chief of
the investigating board, said, after
hearing the story, that the Noble
County farmer had done "a good job
and a great service"
Earnest Nichols was found today In
an obscure corner Of his barnyard
feeding his turkeys and was ap-
prised of the fact that he had done
something important
We'll, sir" he said, my neighbor
called up on the telephone and said
an airship was headed for my house
and that I had better stop it. l ran
Evening star., 1925-09-09
FARMER TELLS HOW HE HALTED
SHENANDOAH, HEADED FOR HOME
Seized Cable on Direction of Grew and Wrapped Ii
on Post, Then Stump, Then Tree,
Before Success.

out and here 1t, came right through
our orchard, headed straight for the
house. After drifting all that way
after it broke up, It was getting pretty
close to the ground.
1T sure enough was coming right
toward my house. l looked up and
there was my Oldest boy-I have six
boys and one girl-sticking his head
out of the upstairs window. | knew
had to stop that thing or the house
would be smashed and my kids would
be killed. Then. too. I heard the fel-
lows up there dn the Shenandoah h S
drifting nose) yelling, Grab hold, Grab
hold. Turn her south. So I gra bbed
hold OF the cable that was hanging
down and drew it around that fence
post. The post snapped right off.
Stump Wouldn't Hold.
"I grabbed the cable again and
threw il around that old maple stump.
The stump had two prongs on it
and I thought sure il would hold, but
it didn't. By that time the nose was
so close TO the ground that the under
side had me backed up against the
fence and I had TO run. / was headed
away from the house then, but il
knocked off the top OF that shed and
the wheel on that well and then
bowled over that grape arbor. / kept
following it and finally threw the
cable around that tree.
"All that time I didn1 know what
the thing was. 1 didn't know it was
so big. Why, it's over 100 feel long.
soon my kids came running out
and we helped tie it UP. Then the
men began climbing out. Even then
1t didn't stay where 1t was, for we
had to tie it again several times dur
iVNer he 4
my shotgun and punctured the gas
bags"
Evening star., 1925-09-09
MUST GIVE UP L. s. RIGHTS.
Wallop Cannot Hold British Title and
Retain Citizenship.

DENVER, Col. September 9 LP).-
Oliver Henry Wailop of Sheridan,
Wyo., cannot stand simultaneously in
the role OF both British earl and
American citizen, officials Of the Fed
eral immigration Bureau here believe.
II he goes to England to assume the
title Of Earl of Portsmouth. he will
be forced 70 renounce his American
citizenship, they say.
If he remains in America. his title
could not be recognized officially. be-
cause naturalization laws hold that an
alien applying for citizenship must
renounce his hereditary titles. This
law, however, was enacted on June
20, 1906, after Wallop is said TO have
been granted his citizenship.
Regardless of this fact, officials be
lieve Wallop will be forced to renounce
either the title or his American citi-
zenship.
Evening star., 1925-09-09

Sheridan. He liked IL and bought a.
small ranch. He later bought the
3.000-acre ranch at Little Goose Greek,
Big Horn, Sheridan County. where
he has since raised cattle.
Weds Chicago Girl.
In 1897 he married Miss Margurite
Walker, daughter Of the late S. j.
Walker Of Chicago, and they had two
children, Gerard Vernon WaIlop, now
living in England, who by his fathers
succession of the earldom gains the
title of Lord Lymington, and Oliver
II. Wallop, jr.. who Is living on his
fathers ranch. Gerard was an officer
in the British Army during the World
War.
Nallop's ranch is situated in the
heart OF a colony OF former British
settlers. Although most of these set
tiers have engaged for many years in
live stock ranching, they retain many
of the British Customs-tea in the
afternoon and polo. q favorite sport.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
HARD COAL PRICES HERE
ARE SHOWING INCREASE
Advances Range From Is to rs
Cents a Ton, Held Due to
Miners Strike.

Small price increases in the cost of
anthracite coal. ranging from 15 to
rs cents, effective only within the past
few days, have brought to Washington
for the first time evidence Of the
miners strike in the anthracite coal
fields. Prices quoted by dealers here
now are higher than on September l,
when the strike went into effect. At
the same time smaller increases have
been made in ,bituminous coal prices.
While several companies maintain
the same price now they charged be-
fore the strike for anthracite, the fol
lowing price scale reflected the anthra-
cite market in Washington today;
Pea coal, $12.25 a ton; egg coal, S15.75;
stove coal, $15.75 to SIC a ton; chest
nut, $15.25 to S15.75. These price
schedules are all higher than those of
last month before the strike became
a fact.
Evening star., 1925-09-09

Washington from an aerial attack
with ~ anti-aircraft guns of s-inch
caliber. A Showdown" was called
and at Fort Monroe, March 6, the air
planes won the argument in that test.
That, in the opinion OF many ardent
airplane advocates, was to have set
tied the problem for all time But
since then the Coast Artillery has
been conducting target practice and
with a certain degree of success.
1t will be a week or longer before
Col. Nugent's return and a decisi m
can be reached whether the Mite III
statements constitute violations of ne
articles of war, which would warrant
the conventng of a court-martial. In
the event n military trial is ordered il
probably will sit at San Antonio If
enough officers senior to Col. Mitchell
in rank are available there. The
other alternative for the scene of the
trial will be Washington.
In the meantime, Col. Mitchell win
continue his duties in San Antonio
as air officer of that area. The
further statement issued last night
urging the creation of a consolidated
defense department with sub-secre-
taries in charge of the Army, Navy
and air branches, drew no comment
from department officials beyond the
emphatic assertion that all Army Off
GERS were free TO express their per-
sonal views on questions of this kind
at any time. Whatever proceedings
against Col. Mitchell may result from
the investigation now under way will
be confined strictly to the question
of whether he has been guilty of in
subordination and should be punished.
The department cannot delve into the
charges made against itself or the
Navy. it was pointed out. The range
of penalties which might be inflicted
on conviction runs from a loss of
numbers in grade, deferring promo
tion to dismissal from the service, de-
pending on the particular article found
by the court TO have been violated.
iNIpLCRn ACES NIITCIlEI
Evening star., 1925-09-09

question of whether my statements
are authentic or not. Whenever l
make a statement 1t is authentic. /
am always willing to back every part
of 1t. l am perfectly willing to in
dulge in any constructive discussion
for the betterment of our aeronautics
and our national defense with any
agent of any department of govern
ment, or any citizen of the United
States, but to discuss any question
of characterization or subordination
at this time involving the larger ques-
tions, and not involving service with
the troops that am now with here
at San Antonio, which IS an honor
and pleasure, is entirely beside the
point"
Evening star., 1925-09-09
0WSLEY ASKS LEGION
TO BACK AIR BRANCH
Army and Navy Officials Are At
tackled for Recent Aviation
Disasters.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ELDORADO. Ark, September g
Alvin Owsley of Texas, former ma.
tional commander of the American
Legion, asked the legion men of
Arkansas, meeting here yesterday. to
pass a resolution calling Congress to
enact a law creating department OF
air defense and taking it out of the
control of the Army and Navy,
Mr.. Owsley addressed a large gath.
ei-ing of legion delegates and citizens
in convention. He assailed what he
termed airplane gratis during the
war and declared the late disasters
of the Shenandoah and the Navy sea
plane PN-9, No. /, while attempting
to span the Pacific were nothing more
than criminal ignorance and blunders
of Army and Navy officers who never
flew an airplane.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
Wilbur Hits Charge
Col. Mitchell Made
In Shenandoah Case
By the Associa.aa Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Wilbur has replied in
directly to one charge made by Col.
William Mitchell in his attack on the
Army and Navy air services.
The Secretary said the Shenandoah
had not been sent on her Western
trip in an effort to make up for fall
ure of the polar flight and the Ha-
waiian flight. A Western voyage had
been planned months ago, he said,
before the Hawaiian fight was ar
ranged and about the same time that
the Arctic expedition was agreed
upon A.a..-.~ssus~..-.s<
Evening star., 1925-09-09
COWBOY ACCEPTS
BRITISH EARLDOM
Oliver w. WaIIop, Now
Wyoming RanCher, Inherits
Title in Britain.
BY the Associated Press.

SHERIDAN. Wyo., September g..
British nobility reached out to
the wide open spaces last night for
an heir to an earldom and Oliver
Henry Wallop. Wyoming rancher.
erStwhile cowboy and plainsman of
the late sos. became the Earl Of
Portsmouth, ninety-ninth in the rank
Of peers below the Prince of Wales
and forty-third liz the House of Lords.
This new British peer, who became
an American citizen in 1906. and who
succeeded to the title through the
death of his elder brother. John Eel
loes Wallup, seventh Earl Of Ports
mouth, in London Monday night. will
retain his residence in this country
apd plans to continue living on his
3,0OO-acre ranch near Sheridan after
he assumes the title.
Il couldn't renounce the title. I am
the Earl of Portsmouth, no matter
what I say. The title cannot change
hands" said Wallop when asked If he
would retain his title or his Ameri-
can citizenship.
II intend to live here. Yet the
title remains mine and cannot be
taken away. 1t will succeed to my
SON."
VIII Hold His Ranch.
The new Earl of Portsmouth did
not appear to regard his rise to the
British peerage as extraordinary and
his answer 10 queries about his de-
parture for England to assume the
earldom was that he intended merely
to visit his native land, be invested
with the title and then return to his
cattle ranch near here.
Portsmouth Will have a background
'of American legislative experience if
'he sits in the House Of Lords for he
has served as a member of the
Wyoming House of Representatives
from 1909 to 1911.
The new earl, although he still re-
tains his British accent, looks the part
of Western rancher-tall, lean and
bronZed. His appearance bellies his
age of 63 years and his gray hair.
During the Fall of 1883 he went 20
Canada on hunting expedition. From
there he wandered to Wyoming to
visit a colony of Englishmen near
Evening star., 1925-09-09
ARMY CONDEMNS TWO
AIRPLANES AS UNSAFE
Move to Retire Unfit Aircraft Is
Begun in 7th Corps
Area
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OMAHA, September 9-The first
step to weed out obsolete and unfit
aircraft from the air service of the
7th Corps Army Area was taken by
Capt. r. G. Erwin, newly appointed
area officer, when he condemned two
planes at Fort Cook, Nebr.
Capt Erwin said that the planes
had been used several years, had been
in several accidents and had engines
unfit for use. He asked Maj. Gen. G..
B. Duncan, corps area commander, to
requiSit1on new planes.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
LAMPERT BACKS MITCHELL

OSHKOSH, Wis, September GP).
Col William A Mitchell has stated
truths which rankle because they
were not presented according to
Hoyle," Congressman F1orian Lam
pert. chairman of a House committee
appointed to investigate the United
States Air Service, declared today.
Commenting on the statement of the
former assistant chief of the Army
Air Service denouncing the Army and
Evening star., 1925-09-09
Italian Flyer Halted by Weather

MANILA, September LP).-Comdr.
Francesca de Pinedo, Italian aviator,
flying from Rome to Toxic, again post
poned his take-off from here and win
get started Saturday. The postpone
ment was caused by adverse weather.
Evening star., 1925-09-09
Plan Now in Vogue.

Practically every civilized country
has now adopted this sane, economical
and logical system. With a plan of
this kind working the question of who
is to command any undertaking is alb
solutely fixed. If the predominant is
to be sea force, then the Navy ought
60 have command of the undertaking
Evening star., 1925-09-09
MITCHELL INVITES
PROBE Of CHARGES
Court-MartiaI or No Court
Martial, Colonel Is Firm,
He Says.

Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Reckless Driving.
Held Responsible
In Most accidents
Principal Cause in Three
States, as ShOiUn by
surrey.

Reckless or careless driving is the
cause of a majority of traffic acci-
dents, according to figures compiled
by the Bureau of Public Roads A
recent survey Of highway accidents,
involving motor vehicles in the States
of Montana, Oregon and Washington
showed that congestion of traffic was
the principal contributing cause
The bureaus study. which was
based on newspaper reports covering
period of eight months, revealed
the fact that Montana, with the low
est registration. had the smallest
number of accidents per 1000 cars.
while Washington, with the largest
reGistra tion, had the most accidents
is said to be contrary to national es-
Inmates. which indicate that the rate
of accidents decreases with increased
number of cars.
The total number of accidents in the
three States for the eight month
period was 1,6O6, of which number
l.O2O were due to faulty operation by
driver, 191 to faults of others than
drivers, Isl to faulty equipment and
2l4 to faulty highway conditions.
\ detailed analysis of the causes of
accidents showed that I'll, or more
than 40 per cent, were caused by
reckless or careless driving. of the
IA accidents caused by faulty high
way conditions, 10 were caused by
narrow roadways and $50 by skiddy
surfaces.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

instinct tells them where such haz-
ards are located. An experienced
driver is very rarely startled by the
sudden appearance of a car approach
ing from a crossing. He is expect
ing something of this sort to hap
pen all the time.
Power of Auto Sense.
When his car starts to skid he
doesn't get panicky and complicate
the trouble by Immediately trying to
right the car. He steers in the di-
rection of the skid until the side
sway Is dissipated.
Automobile sense is the power that
makes the experienced driver make
certain concessions when 1t would
seem unnecessary to do so. One
thing that serves to develop this
rare sense is the knowledge that the
other fellow can never be depended
upon to do the right thing.
Sometimes it develops from the
knowledge that the other fellow may
have difficulties of his own" l
added. when / was returning to
the city along one OF the main high
ways last Sunday got ints string
of cars that suddenly came to an
abrupt stop. Brakes were working
overtime and every one was having
a job to stop. l discovered that ]
would be able to stop in time to
avoid hitting the car ahead, but in
spite of this ! turned out to the
right before halting. When 1 look ed
around a large truck had occupied
the space which was rightly mine and
had just mana ged to stop in time to
avoid hitting the car beside me. A
fash of automobile sense caused me
Evening star., 1925-04-12

change in production over 1924, when
the total was @,650,000 cars.
Increases Noted
The number of closed ears this
year Will undoubtedly exceed that of
last season, when the total output of
closed bodies represented close to 80
per cent of total production. Closed
models from the Ford factories
reached 40 per cent. and statistics
from the General Motors Corporation
show that the closed car sales of its
subsidiary companies were 43 per
cent, an increase of per cent over
the previous year.
Another factor indicative Of a pros
porous automobile year is seen in the
recent increased demand for tires.
Within the past few weeks many car
manufacturers have increased their
orders for equipment tires. The re-
cent demand has caused the large
Akron plants to speed up production
and many of the big factories are
working day and night to keep pace
with delivery orders. The Goodyear
factory advanced it's production
schedule last month to $4,000 tires
and $4,000 tubes A day and the Fire
stone factory is installing new equip
ment to provide for larger produc-
tion. Its present daily output is about
$4,000 tires and 10000 tubes The
Goodyear production is 25.000 tires
and 80, 900 tubes daily. 4 large part
of this increased demand has been
caused by the more general use Of
balloon tires.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
HAND THROTTLE USE.
Motorist Can Check Engine Skip
ping by Employing It.

Motorists who have been told to
drive with the accelerator frequently
make the mistake of paying too little
attention to the hand throttle. Fail
ure to consider the latter accounts for
much of the inability to get smooth
performance from the car without
slipping the clutch or coasting over
the low speeds.
With the hand throttle set for mere
idling of the engine there is natural
ly a break between this speed of
the engine and the minimum speed At
which it pulls the car in high gear
Since the accelerator is usually oper-
ated a little more roughly than the
hand throttle, this break is further
accentuated until the engine seems
TO be skipping during the effort to
keep the car running at five to ten
miles an hour in high. The way to
overcome this is to find out at what
speed the car will just barely run in
high and set the hand throttle ac-
cordingIy.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

that the roads did not dry out readily
after rains, but that mudholes linger-
cd. Since road building according to
more modern methods has been
adopted generally this is no Longer
a valid argument.
Thousands of miles of pavement
have been laid in States between
Florida and Nebraska At first OBJ
lection was made to tree planting
along such roads on the ground that
the tree roots would uplift or crack
the surface. AS this rarely happens
in the city streets, it is pointed out
there is no good reason why it should
be different along country roads.
Country roads lined with trees is
a picture that will require years to
complete. it is said, because tree $
grow slowly. The progress of plant
ing, however, will keep pace with
the sentiment in it's favor. and, in
time, it is expected American country
roads will rival beauty city streets
that are lined 18th trees
Evening star., 1925-04-12

shall invest in n higher priced car or
continue to purchase lower priced
machines more frequently and it is
unfair to attempt to influence him
ono way or the other. But it is evil
dent that if the motorist has no handy
means of making a first-hand COM
parison between different grades of
cars he is at disadvantage In try
ing TO arrive at an efficient stage in
car ownership.
Here is where the used-car prob
lem has worked to the advantage Of
the man in moderate circumstances.
He has been able to purchase makes
OF cars which he perhaps had felt
were beyond his reach. He has been
able to make comparisons, to figure
costs and weigh results. 1t has served
to show him the whole picture and
he now makes his selection of new
cars with full knowledge of what he
is about"
Evening star., 1925-04-12
USED-CAR PROBLEM
VIRTUE is FOUND
Gives Man in Moderate Circum
stances Chance to Own Better
Makes, Dealer Says.

There's some good in every problem,
according to many automobile dealers
who have seen in the used-car prob
lem the opportunity for many peo
pie OF moderate circumstances to ac-
quire cars of the better class and to
know Of their advantages first hand
Commenting upon this view of the
used-car problem, Oscar Coolican
president of Packard Washington
Motor Car Company, says that with
out the low dip of prices at which
good used cars could be bought dur
ing the past few years thousands of
people would never have had an op-
portunity to make first-hand com
parisons between the upkeep, riding
qualities, power and efficiency of the
various grades of cars.
THE manufacturer of any high
grade article" Mr.. Coolican further
points out, lis always at a disadvan-
tage for the reason that the public
must pay a substantial amount in
order to prove to it's own satisfaction
that the additional investment in the
better article is justified. 1t has
been the same with automobiles; that
is, until the used-car problem came
along to simplify the matter.
Is Personal Matter.
II feel that it is entirely a personal
matter with motorist whether he