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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
WILBUR DENIES
He 8 GAGGED
OFFICERS
Secretary. Writes Chairman
Lampert of Committee
Probing MitcheII's Case

Formal denial was made today by
Secretary Wilbur that naval officers
have been or will be gagged" in
testifying before Congressional com,
mittees, except in revealing "con-
fidential information.
His statement was made in a
letter to Chairman Lampert of
the special House committee in
vestigating military aeronautics in
view of the official row over the
alleged restraints being placed upon
Brigadier General William Mitchell
of the Army Air Service because OF
his frank testimony before the
committee.
Declares Fears UnfOunded.
Wilbur called attention to pub
Iished statements that naval Of
ficers were afraid they would be
disciplined" if they appeared De-
fore the Lampert committee.
THE Wears of these officers are
entirely unfounded," Wilbur de.
clared.
"Of course, naval officers, like
lawyers and doctors have confideL
t. them certain confidential infOr-
nation which can not be released
by them without violating "a funda-
mental duty of their confidential!
positions, unless such Interpolation
is given with the consent of tho
department.
eff officers are asked their own
personal opinion as to matters con-
nected with the service, they are
perfectly at liberty to state those
opinions even though they be at
variance with the plans of the De-
partment.
Own Opinions Free.
1T is important in such cases.
however, that it be made clear by
the witness that he is not giving
the judgment OF the Department
but his own opinion and this not
because of any obligation on his
part to maintain the same opinions
as those held by his superior Of
ficers but because he ought not
even to deceive. the committee by
leaving the impression that the
views he is expressing are the
views OF the service.
IF your committee is interested
in the testimony of these Officers
or desire to ascertain their opinion
upon the questions involved III
your investigation, / wish to assure
you and such officers through you
Continued on Page 2. GOlssnAn g.
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MOUNT ETNA RUMBLINC;
QUAKES SHAKE NORWAY

ROME, Feb.s 5.-Mount Etna was
active again today. Eruptions may
be expected at any time, according
to observers experienced in the ways
Of the volcano.
OLSO, Norway, Feb. 5.-Fifteen
earth tremors, some of considerable
violence, accompanied by reverbera-
tons and sounds resembling explo-
sions, were recorded in southern
Norway in the last two weeks. ac-
cording to reports here today.
Deep assures have appeared In
AAa earth at several places.
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NJ NJ AHON
CHARGES
DENIED
Voluntary Testimony at Hear
ing Refutes Accusations
OF Reformers

CouKag eously facing the reform
ers who last Thursday mercilessIy
flayed his administration as q POI
Ice Judge. Judge John P. Mcmahon,
before the Senate Judiciary sub
committee investi ting bis con-
firmaticn. today refuted every one
Of the sensational charges which
had been made against him.
While Judge Mcmahon freely
told his side Of the cases which
were presented against him last
week, approximately 200 Of the
.city's most influential business men
and lawyers, as well as head
quarters detectives and police Of
ficers, damned into the big caucus
room of the Senate Office Building
anxious to take the stand and
praise Judge Mcmahon and his adj
ministration.
Mcmahon '''ToO Honest"
Applause, lasting for several min.
utes, followed the declaration Of
William s. Atkins, assistant clerk
Of the District Supreme Court, that
the only trouble was that Judge
Mcmahon is too honest"
Mr.. Atkins frankly told the COM
mittee that if Judge Mcmahon had
relinquished his efficient and strict
principles, or in other words.
trimmed sail" and catered to the
whims Of reform4rs, there would
have been no opposition to him.
Nearly dozen police officers,
headquarters detectives, and as.
sistant District attorneys who work
with Judge Mcmahon, voluntarily
took the stand and testified that
Judge Mcmahon Is the fairest, most
fearless, most efficient, and most
gentlemanly judge who has ever
been on the Police Court bench.
Police Back McMahan.
Policemen and headquarters de-
tectives attacked the stand taken
by Lieutenant 0. T. Davis and Ser
geant McQuade, of the vice squad,
who last week declared Mcmahon
would not believe the word of a
police officer.
The information was given the
subcommittee by the detectives that
the real reason for the opposition
by Davis and McQuade should be
accounted for in the fact that they
expected convictions in their cases
regardless of the evidence.
In opening his statement Judge
Mcmahon pointed out that he had
with Wayne r. Wheeler
of the prohibition forces in getting
him liquor statistics but that he
had nothing to do with the selected
1875 cases which were presented as
evidence against him. He pointed
out how these cases were juggled
so as to show something that was
not a fact. He read list OF sent
ences he had given over a period
of time in liquor cases. Many or
them were the maximum Of $50
days.
Tried to Reach Policemen.
Answering the charge that ne
delighted in dismissing case
when a police officer happened to
be absent Judge Mcmahon chron- !
Icled numerous occasions when he !
had gone to personal inconvenience |
to have police officers reached by |
telephone in order that they would |
appear at the appointed time.
1t was shown that in the few !
cases he had dismissed on account |
Of the absence of police officers !
that they were fragrant examples |
Of carelessness on the part of the I
latter and that the Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney did not take excep- /
ton to his position.
Judge Mcmahon said there was /,
no friction he knew of between
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DR.. WIEDFELDT, SAILING,
SAYS U. S. is EXPENSIVE

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Doctor otto
Wiedfeldt, retiring German ambas-
sador to the United States, sailed for
home today on the Hamburg -Ameri-
can liner Albert Ballin. He said he
would return to the steel and iron
business.
THE United States is a wonderful
place, but expensive" Doctor WED
feldt said. my salary was too low
to meet the high cost of living"
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WALSH FLAYS
STONE IN
SENATE
Declares Wheeler Will Not
Get Fair Trial in
D. c: Courts

Attorney General Harlan F..
Stone, nominated for the Supreme
Court, was subjected to a scathing
attack on the floor of the Senate
this afternoon when the Senate
broke precedent and began consid-
Grafton of HIS appointment in open
session.
simultaneously with the beginning
OF the Senate fight over Stone
confirmation. Congressman Sears of
Nebraska. charged that Department
OF Justice agents have been
! Swallowing" members of Congress
opposed to Stones elevation.
The Senate attack was launched
by Senator Thomas j. Walsh Dem.)
of Montana. who denounced Stone
for attempting to reindict his col
league Senator Wheeler, in the
District of Columbia.
/ Walsh said that newspaper re-
ports of his opposition to Stone
were evidence Of the difficulties
met by Senator'S who attempt to do
| their duty"
Attacks Editorial.
F! Walsh took vigorous exception to
an editorial published by the Wash
!. ington Post, which said in part:
! Senator Walsh had the mendacity
( to assert his client could not get
a fair trial in Washington"
| "Mendacity means habitual lying, -
Walsh said. 81 am not only ac.
cused Of lying, but Of lying. habit.
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Crossword Puzzle on
Page 10.
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SHAT
IS BEING
sunk 70
VICTIM
viii Take TWO Days Old
Entrance Sealed State
Guard III Charge


CAVE CITY. KY, Feb. 5. All
efforts to rescue Floyd Collins b
means 81 the tortuous. twisted
passage into Sand Care in i
pocket 81 which he has lain i'm
prisoned BY boulder for six
days, were abandoned here shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning.
Under orders from General II. =.
Denhardt, commandant Of the
military area established at Sand
Cave, the tunnel through which
Collins entered was closed and
sealed and work Of sinking two
foot shaft to the spot where it
has been estimated Collins lies.
was started Immediately.
Two Days to Wait.
The work. engineers estimate,
win require about two days two
days during which Collins win be
more completely buried alive than
at any time since the boulder made
him "a prisoner.
He win be cut off absolutely from
communication and food supplies,
while fifty-five feet above him a
donkey engine and dynamite blasts
send their reverberations and Vibra-
lions through the resonant sand
stone formation, adding their ter
rors to the rumble Of falling rock
in the inkY blackness of the living
grave.
The iron hand of martial law
clamped shut over Sand Cave and
it's immediate vicinity this morning
when General Den1ardt arrived with
staff officers and took charge Of the
situation.
Cave Closely Guarded.
Guardsmen were posted at
strategic points. along the cliffs
overlooking the caves entrance, =
and scores of apparently idly curl
Gus, who for days have roamed at
will about the scene, -hindering the
rescue work and bringing chaos
to d situation already tense from
nerves strained almost to the snap.
ping point, today met crisp. military
challenges.
Admission was denied to all ex-
cept workers and newspapermen,
and what yesterday had been up
wards of 100 at the cave entrance.
today had dwindled to a scant
dozen. Organized rescue work and
maintenance was underway APP
parently for the first time in the
six days in which man has lain
dying in the earth's bowels while
those above argued and wrangled
about reaching him.
Suicidal, Says Expert.
ITS suicidal" declared Ed viii
liams, former Texan and cave
expert, sent here by Governor
Fields to make a final survey ard
determine the. chances a man
might have were he again to at
tempt to reach Collins.
tits suicidal Williams de-
clared after he had spent an hour
in the caverns. These rocks are
liable to fall at any moment and
the man, or men, in there would
be crushed or effectually cut off
from escape"
1t was after his report that the
State engineers turned the rescue
work over to expert miners.
Best Skill Baffled.
Meantime, the best medical and
skin which the coun.
.ry can offer, walks helplessly
about the flooring Of the entrance
almost over the head of the
prisoner below, all their craft rem
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Best Skill Bafned.

Meantime, the best medical and
engineering skin which the coun.
try can offer. walks helplessly
about the flooring Of the entrance
almost over the head of the
prisoner below. all their craft rem
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THE WEATHER

Fair and warmer tonight
and Friday; lowest tempera-
ture tonight about freezing;
moderate south and south.
west winds.
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I lightly smoothing his eyebrows.
Suddenly and giving her a fright
ened start, his eyes opened into hers.
His hands reached up, drew her
down. But she would not. She
shook her head-gave him a little
push--sprang to her feet.
He stretched and yawned and
laughed. ~ suppose Wen have
to 60" He put his arm about her
waist-and whispered, bending over
her, "Why so hard and stern.--
Just one-please. ....."
She felt him leaning down--she
would have liked to raise her face
and find the kiss falling! Her lips
were ready-her mind held back
She said, "No-no-please don'tw
She let the moment go-but with
regret. Until she saw his eyes
quick. A triumph swept her. He
liked what he had not got
She would remember that. She
thought about 1t smiling as they
sat at the gay little. dinner. He
made her talk-msde her tell about
herself. She told a little and made
up lot. He listened with his gray
eyes twinkling.
Afterwards they took a ride along
Kessler boulevard A warm, balmy
night a dozen automobiles parked
with their lights out-couples citing
in the back. Chickie saw the forms,
close together. 80. She felt nervous,
a little ashamed. $50.
He slumped down, his srm be-
hind her, and smoked. Did you
enjoy the day. Chickie?"
'Beautiful-all OF it"
Take off your hat, please" He
touched her hair. There, and to-
morrow when you look out the win
dow will you smile?"
"Yes-but you aren't a lonely fell
low at ALL can see that now"
Yes, l am-very. -. I'm not
strong for parties like list night,
but they're the only kino people
give these days. l enjoy time like
| we've had a lot better. You're the
only girl"
She waited breathless. feeling his
eyes intent on her face
you're the only girl like you L re
met out here"
I'm the whole three years?"
Yes, and I'd be likely to wait
three more and three more after
that. l knew it from that first
day l saw you..."
AT the Window"
"Yes-and your hair in the sun
let me see
He turned her sharply, looking
into her eyes, a lighter eagerness
In his face. Yes, at the window
-anywhere-you're beautiful
And suddenly-like that-holding
her. his lips laughed and closed on
hers.
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I touched her face whore his cheek
firm and warm had pressed second
on hers.
She began to undress swiftly.
Suddenly, as she absently hung up
her dress, Mary's fling of the morn.
ing darted into her mind: Il see
it, Chickie. you'll be married and
settled down like ! am in a year. =
She turned on the light briskly,
saying half aloud: "Oh, yes, any
old time! Very likely I'll walk into
that! Pooh-a kiss-what's that?"
But her thoughts dwelt on it.
Meant nothing-he kissed every girl
he went out with-silly to make a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
BY Elenore Meherin

FL S they followed the long line
n of machines, Chickie kept
her eyes wide; delighted now
and then when she saw a girl she
knew and bowed to her-quite hilar-
ious, this flying down the line
iaunty AS anyone and with a fine,
laughing fellow like Barry Dunno.
They turned off the main road,
wound in and out.
Barry and Chickie stopped, run
ming the car into little bypath. He
took her hands, half pulling her up
the hill They ran upward laugh
ing.
Through the leaves they could see
the river cleaning. The golden
hush throbbed about them with a
soft gentle air, intesifying the ST.
lence-the still, remote aloneness.
Now" he said, spreading his
overcoat on the dry grasses, sit
We down and let us enjoy this mo-
ment. Heaven knows we've looked
Forward to it long enough. Oh, all
right, then. You haven't! I've
looked / OGMdTu W IL dlOilCs w iiSi
the breeze blew your eyes across
the alley, I've thought, If | were
only rich, I and the charming one
yonder would this hour be parked
out under tree And here we
arel"
Eyes! And it's lovely, isn't it"'
Better than that. 1 could see,
of course, that you were a sweet,
beautiful thing. l had no idea you
were deep into the bargain" He
pulled Martha's old tattered volume
from his pocket with a laugh. you
dropped this on the chair"
Guilty color raced into her
cheeks. But he went on: You
like him. Well, come over and
make yourself comfortable I'll read
you one. You won't? Don't
Them He went scanning through
the book: ooh, you have this
marked-pippin, isn't it?'
He read with a deep, clear in
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Is kissed by Barry Dunno. Janna warns her that
she is in bad with the crowd after running away
from Jakes party.

"Well, I'm sorry. I had to go home.
That's all there was to It,"
"Oh, you'll be likely to stay home.
Don't worry about that. And pull
ing Barry off with you! Queered
yourself there, too"
We'll, never you mind about that.
Janinar'
She went to her desk, too shaken
even to glance from the window.
Twice during the morning she was
aware that he was staring over. She
didn't look.
TUT early in the afternoon,
IL when the sun came streams
ing like yellow banner
across her typewriter, she stood up,
reaching for some papers. She
looked down, knowing that he was
there. He threw back his head, star
ing at her and smiling. He drew his
lips. full cut and sweet, together.
Then he laughed.
He went back to his desk, a buoy.
ant spring in his thoughts. He took
a pencil and made a note on the
margin of some legal papers. Then
he fell to wondering. The dear,
beautiful thing-and clever, too. He
never expected that.
lie could feel her soft hands =
could see her pretty eyes, stan
when he had suddenly awakened an0
her lips clinging so gently to his.
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donation the Lost Days" When
he finished he tossed the book from
him, caught her hands and pressed
them: "Golywogs! That puts a
crimp in one, doesn't it?'
you haven't many lost days,
have your"
when they're lost, girl, they're
lost! never go shopping around
waiting for ghosts to peer from
corners I've already turned"
HICKIE had all of the
IL very young girls eager
IL curiosity about the inner life
of young man-especially OF a
gallant pleasant fellow like Barry
Dunno, She wondered grippingly if
he had really done things" She
hoped achingly that he had not. She
said: II don't believe you have
many ghosts after you"
Thanks for that kind of thought!
Would you mind twisting your elbow
little. That's better" He rested
his head against her arm. And l
believe you haven't any at all. But
then you're a most surprising girl"
He was looking up at her and laugh
ing. Most surprising. She won't
fiirt-won't even drop a fellow a
smile, and then when he rescues her
in the dead O. night she leaves him
with a cold nod-here-read-"
She took the book happily-feel-
ing herself clothed with a mysteri-
Gus charm. She read on and on,
her voice singing through the still
ness.
He was quiet-his eyes closed.
She looked down-with a pang Of
dismay saw that he was sleeping
She sat perfectly still, looking at
the fine, rudy profile-the long
brown lashes-his mouth so young
full cut and sweet. A lock of
the red hair blew across his fore
head. Thoughtlessly she brushed 1t
b9ck-letting her hand loiter gently.
She smiled-her fingers ever so
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Three Young Women Held

Misses Zelma Ross. 81. OF 121 W.
Vermont ST., Lena McGillivray. 22,
same address. and Katherine Hen
derson, 81, Charlottesville. Ind, are
held today on petit lraceny charges,
following alleged shoplifting activi-
ties in downtown stores Monday. Op-
eratives of Quigley- Hyland Detec-
tive Agency said Misses Ross and
McGillivray each took S25 dress
and Miss Henderson stole five chill
dren's dresses valued at S14.
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WILL NOT DO 1T AGAIN
Girl Pleads Guilty to Embezzling and
Receives Mercy

A promise to walk the straight
and narrow path" won freedom for
Miss Anna Dugan. 20, of 7S4 n.
Gladstone St., who pleaded guilty to
charges of embezzlement in Grim
inal Court Monday. Judge James A.
Collins withheld judgment and SEN
tence.
Miss Dugan was indicted on
charges of taking $1,000 from her
employer the p. F. Collier & Son
Distributing Corporation.
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Puzzle a Day

Many of the rhymes Of Mother
Goose are really clever problems
that require considerable thought to
solve. Such one is the following
LAS l was going to st. Ives,
1 met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were there going to St.
Ives?"
Possibly a sack counts as much as
wife or a cat; or perhaps a sack
does not count at all? At any rate,
the mystic number seven figures
prominently in the puzzle, and the
more one studies 1t, the more COM
pick it seems! Can you figure out
the correct answer?
Last puzzle answer:
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She had been placed in a hideous
position. She would walk in, qui-
city, waiting for Janina to open the
attack
Janina debut not in the man.
ner Chickie expected.
Good morning" she said pleas
antly, when Chickie entered. Hail
to the virgin and martyr"
Chiclie gave her a fiaring look OF
anger. Janina shrugged. "You
didn't need to worry, Chickie. Make
an idiot Of yourself. 'Fraid some
one was going to ruin you? Don't
have to kidnap, girls in this day and
ager'
They were sharp arrows quiverine
In her flesh, but she said loftily
"All your sarcasm, Janina, doesn't
cover up the contemplate trick you
did,"
II >did!' with a shrill curve tc
the prolonged 'I." "Well, of all the
nerve! I suppose you were drugge6
and carried off bodily. I suppose
held the sponge over your noser
you could have told me we were
TO stay all night"
II don't know where you thought
we were going. Straight down Mar
ket st! Anyway. Chickie. you die
me worse trick than l would
dream of doing you. You got me
in wrong with the whole crowd
You spoiled the whole affair. AnG
1t was rotten way to treat Jake
You could at least have shouted
'Goodby.'"
She kept this up. going back over
II until Chickie felt herself pushed
against the wall. She said finally
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SYNOPSIS


Chickie. beloved and only daughter
OF an old-fashioned couple. Jona-
than and Jennie Bryce. experiences
wild sense of Joy when Arthur Son
tax kisses her on returning from her
first dance He turns his attentions. to
Dolly Bacon when he learns Chickie
loyes him. Heartbroken, she starts on
shusiness career. Chickies modesty
causes her boss, Harry Lewis. to treat
her stiffly. Sophisticated yanina
Knowles a coworker, gives Chickie
some very wrong pointers. She feels
a bit lonesome since Mary her chum,
has married Edward McPike, and she
posai only because he is poor. Chickie
attends a party given especially for
her by wealthy Jakse, Munnson Bob
lor, help create the gaiety which
thrills Chickie Unbeknown to the
Others Barry Dunno and Chickie steal
away before the party. is over, and the
next day go for a drive in the coun-
try
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CHAPTER XVIII
Janina's Warning

| q HE closed her eyes-a mo-
81 ment unresistant-heard a
- high, free note strike out
exultant in her heart. She said
softly, You shouldn't. 1t wasn't
fair"
"Ah--but so sweet"
She clasped her hands, silent,
looking down, startled to find her.
self wondering and half wishing
that he might do 1t again.
He took her hands, pressing them.
Look here. Chickie, you're not an
CRY with me-"
But I told you not to"
zone little kiss? Would you be
that stingy?"
Il don't think kisses are such lit.
tie things. Anyway, I'm saving
mine"
Every first, last. single one of
them?"
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Yes"
For whom?'
For somebody great and noble. q"
He laughed. well, / guess that )
|. since ! got 1t. But II you wante6
this one In partic''~~ I'll give 1t
back for another"
She would liked to have let her
self lean back, feel his face against
hers as she had in that short. bliss
full moment.
But she didn't--nor when they
stood 80 the door. She got into
her own room quickly. sat on the
bed. The room was dark; she felt
herself glowing like a flame. She
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ITO BE Continued

ITO BE Continued
Copyright. King Feature syndicate)
Back chapters Of "Chiclie" can
be secured mt The Times Office
free of charge.
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luss over ito think about 1t now.
AS Janina said, "a kiss is but a
small coin tossed to the men who
entertain us like tip to waiter"
She told herself this coldly. And
remembering found a warm, melt
ing flush playing over her like a
wave; found herself smiling, trem
bling to meet that window the next
morning.
HE trembled, too, with more
than one pang, to meet ia
nina. But she had decided
to win this battle with silent dig
nifty. She was the injured one.
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Last puzzle answer: