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Evening star., 1925-11-03
BY the Consolidated Press.

Col. Billy Mitchell evidently has no
great faith that President Coolidge,
as the final court of appeal, would
upset verdict of guilty by the
present court.martial. That is why he
and his counsel are taking pains to
let the country-and Congress-know
that the President has been made to
appear in the record as the accuser
OF Col. Mitchell as well as the final re-
viewing authority in his trial Such
an anomaly would not be possible in
civil law, but a court-martial has en-
tlrely different aspect. Ii has been
argued by the judge advocates in the
Mitchell case that when a man enters
the Army or the Navy. or even the
merchant marine, he surrenders MANY
of his civil rights.
Col. Mitchell's friends had thought
President Coolidge might step in some
time ago and stop the ousting of the
colonel as assistant chief Of the Air
Service. But the President was
sWayed by the military authorities of
the War Department. and the Mitchell
supporters feel today that these same
authorities might prove the controlling
force with the President in his final
review of the Mitchell verdict.
Conviction Seems Certain.
AS the issues before the court are
narrowed down It is difficult to see
how Col Mitchell can escape convic-
ton. He freely admits the charge
that he gave out the statement which
is the basis of all the charges against
him. Virtually his only defense is
that he had right to make the
statement and that his allegations rep.
resented the truth. How much of
this defense he will be able to get be-
fore the court is problematical
1t is this contention by Col Mitchell
that as an Army officer he has a right
10 say what he pleases about his own
superiors or about the Army and
Navy Departments, that startles
Washington and astounds the Army.
Col. Sherman Moreland, judge advo.
cate OF the court. said that If such a
thing were permitted we soon would
have an Army where the private
would berate his captain before the
company. where the captain would
scold his major before the battalion
Evening star., 1925-11-03
$4,000 IN CONTRACTS
FOR SEWERS AWARDED
Eight Pieces of Work in Various
Parts of Capital Are Let by
Commissioners.

Contracts for the construction of
sewers in various parts of the city
at a total cost of about $4,000 were
awarded by the Commissioners in
board session today. The jobs follow:
In Hamilton street between Seventh
and Eighth streets, to Warren T.
Brenizer Co.; 81 ,547.72.
Petworth service sewers in the vicin-
ity of Fifth and Allison streets, to A.
McCandlish Co., Inc; s2.473.16.
Alaska avenue and Thirteenth
street service sewers. to A. McCand
lish Co.. Inc; $4,594.26.
Trinidad service sewers, near Hol-
brook and Childress streets north
east, to w. A. Pate, jr.: So 546.47.
Legation street service sewer, to
w. A. Pate, jr.: 81 ,827.05.
Montello avenue service sewer, to
Warren F. Brenizer Co; S2,002.31.
Wisconsin avenue service sewer, to
Joseph A Forbes; 81 ,901.39.
South Reno service sewers, to w.
4. Pate, jr.; s3.045.65.
Evening star., 1925-11-03
ITALIAN DEBT BODY
HAS PLAN TO SPEED
PAYMENTS TO u. S

Continued from First Paee.J
Evening star., 1925-11-03

lotted to France and % per cent to
Great Britain.
90 Italy, by immense sacrifices, has
balanced her budget. reduced her gov
ernmental expenditures, and is the
only great power whose military eX-
penditures are today less than they
We're before the war.
"(5) Italy has been the only nation
to tax war profits at 100 per cent and
to levy a capital tax.
"(6) The burden of taxation in Italy,
taking into account the national
wealth and the national income, is
higher than that of any other country
-38 per cent of her net income after
deducting a minimum of subsistence.
20 Italy has none of the principal
raw materials. She must import food
and all her requirements in oil, coal,
cotton, iron and copper.
"(S) With her constantly Increasing
population it is doubtful if Italy's in
dustrial development keeps pace with
the increased demands of her popula-
ton.
Trade Balance Cnfavorable.
"(9) ItaIy's balance OF trade has al
ways been adverse. During the past
nine months she exported 1900 .OO0,-
Geo Of lire, and imported 10000 600 ,000
a balance against her of 1000 ,0OO, 600
lire. During this period Italy imported
from the United States 100000 900 of
lire. and exported to the United States
.331 900 900 of lire; that is to say, her
imports from America We're nearly
four times her exports to this country.
I'm fact, | believe that once rela-
tionS as of debtor and creditor exist
ing between italy and the United
States are definitely settled, a new
and larger basis Will be created for
the development of fruitful economic
relations between Italy, young ma
ton, poor in natural resources but
rich in capacity to work and TO pro-
duCe. and the wealthy American re-
public, which has already contributed
50 much to the economic development
of all the world, under the enliGht-
dent. Calvin Coolidge, and of the Gov
ernment which assists him in his
worthy endeavorS."
Evening star., 1925-11-03

Cartridges. concealed in the tubes II
d motor cycle owned by a farmed Of
Londonderry, ireland, exploded while
the machine was being repaired and
two mechanics in the repair shop were
ser!olSlN imlurel hN huLlets.
Evening star., 1925-11-03
Denmark's Orchard Island.

Falster is one of the Danish islands
in the Baltic, which is known as the
orchard of Denmark" 1t is fiat, well
watered and richly wooded. Its chief
products are hemp. corn, sugar beets,
hops, cattle, honey and wax. Its capi-
tai is Nykjobing, and the population
is 81 1000.
Evening star., 1925-11-03
Woman Appeases Conscience.

Harry Brownstetter, retired mer-
chant of Yuma, AriZ., has received the
following letter: Enclosed you will
find dime for box of hairpins which
| took when | was a kid out of your
store. Please forgive me for IL. Yours
truly, J. NJ. l." The letter was mailed
In Yuma
Evening star., 1925-11-03
Confers With Chiefs.

Some of the Presidents associates
are of the opinion that his optimism
regarding the outcome of these nego-
tiations was considerably bolstered
and otherwise encouraged during an
important debt conference he held in
his office this morning with Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary Of
State Kellogg and Secretary Of Com
merce Hoover, members of the Amer
lean debt commission. Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury Winston, who
has been Secretary MELONS, chief con
sultant regarding the foreign debt mat
Evening star., 1925-11-03
MITCHELL SEES LITTLE HOPE
IN PRESIDENT, IF CONVICTED
Wants Country to Know Chief Executives Final
Reviewing Authority, Has Been Made
To Appear Accuser Well.

and where the major would lampoon
his colonel before the regiment. Just
what the colonel might do to the brig
adler general the judge advocate hest
tated to say.
Col. Mitchell, however, never hest
tates. II may have escaped general
notice, but the colonel at the very be
ginning Of his trial tolo the distin-
guished soldier who had been desig
mated as president of the tribunal,
Maj Gen. Summerall, the senior rank
ing officer of the Army, that he was a
"side-Stepper. The phrase was used
in statement read for Col. Mitchell
by his civilian counsel, Representative
Reid. The statement was made in the
first person. however, and Col. Mitchell
was named as the author.
lie called Gen. Summerall a side
stopper" at a time when he thought
the general might still remain a mem
Der of the court. The fact that the
general asked Immediately to be eX-
cused and that the challenge against
him was almost Immediately sustain
ed, does not in any way lessen the
degree of Col. Nitchell's act. Twin
stars, triple stars or quadruple stars
on the shoulder straps of his superiors
have no terrors for the fighting flying
colonel.
Friend of Gen. Pershing.
Probably the only general officer
for whom Col. Mitchell has profound
respect is Gen. Pershing. The two
men are great personal friends as
well as comrades in arms. II was
Gen. Pershing who lifted Billy Mitchell
to command of the air forces in France
and it was Gen. Pershing who in as
sembling board to award distinguish
ed service medals and distinguished
service crosses, said:
Gentlemen, you have a free hand
in all other respects, but l have put
at the top of the list for both honors
the name of William Mitchell"
The two medals eventually CON
ferred upon the colonel came. there
fore, direct from the hands Of Gen.
Pershing. 1t has been d source of
real regret to Col. Mitchell that Gen.
Pershing should be in South America
at this time. r. It. S.
fCopyright 1881
Evening star., 1925-11-03

ters, also was present throughout this
conference, which lasted for more than
an nOur.
The President is known to have
been advised by members Of MS cab
met who are members Of the commits
sion that there is no doubling Italy's
sincerity and determination in the
matter of its Indebtedness TO this cOun'
try. lie has been assured that
Finance Minister Nolpi, head OF the
Italian commission, has given every
assurance Of this. The President has
been told that the members Of the
American commission, basing their
opinions upon their knowledge Of the
economic conditions in Italy and that
nations ability 10 pay It's enormous
obligation TO the United States, and
the talk they nave had with the
Italian commission, anticipate no great
difficulty in reaching Il satisfa ctOry
agreement. IN fact, it is not thought
that any great amount Of time will be
consumed after the two commissions
actually get down 10 real work.
Accord Anticipated.
There is no mistaking the impress
sion about the White House today
that there is an apparent Willingness
on the part Of the Americans TO meet
the visiting commissioners half way
and that complete accord will be
the keynote OF the entire nesotia-
tions.
The President tonight will meet the
visiting commissioners personally,
when he viii entertain at dinner at
the White House in their honor. 4
distinguished company Of Americans,
mostly from official life, has been
invited to attend this affair.
Brig Gen. Lord, director Of the
budget, during his bi-weekly c-ufer-
ence with President Coolidge today,
informed him that he has practically
completed the estimates OF apprOpria-
tions to be submitted to Congress
next month. The general said that
there are a number of details to
be decided before the estimates are
put in final form. He intimated that
the figures pertaining to the Army
and Navy viii be the last TO be Al
tached To the list of estimates.
Cartridges concealed in the tubes -
d motor cycle owned by a farmed Of
Londonderry, ireland, exploded while
the machine was being repaired and
two mechanics in the repair shop were
seriously injured bv bullets.
Evening star., 1925-11-03

mind, but with the way in which he
did it. And 1t is further claimed the
colonel knew he was doing it in the
nastiest possible way, for, after Civ
ing out the statement, he told the re.
porters he expected to be placed un-
der arrest. ''toute de suite" as they
used TO say in the A. f. +.
(Copyright. 1925D
Evening star., 1925-11-03
COOLIDGE HOPEFUL
OF ACCORD ON DEBT
Optimistic of italian ParIey'S
Outcome After Meeting
With Cabinet Heads.

President Coolidge is known to en-
terrain high hopes for a successful
and satisfactory agreement being
reached by the American and Italian
debt commissions for the funding of
the $2,1S0,000.O0O debt which Italy
owes this country, This is the i'm
preston gained by friends of the
Executive who have talked with him
since the Italian commission arrived
in Washington to enter it's negOtia-
tions with the American commission.
lntimates of the President represent
him as feeling certain that these ne
gotiations will have a very different
elimination from that of the recent
meetings with the French. The
President is known to have been deep
ly impressed with the personnel of
the Italian commission and the atti-
tude it has assumed since arriving
in this country, and with the out
come of the preliminary discussion Of
the Italian economic conditions with
the members Of the American commits
sion Yesterday morning
Evening star., 1925-01-27
600 IN JEOPARDY
IN GEORGIA FLOOD
Three Counties Emerge From
Waters as Others Pre-
pare for Crest.
By the Associated Press.

SAVANNAH, Ga, January 81
While three counties of Georgia to-
day were emerging from the havoc
wrought by floods and railroad con-
struction crews and relief workers
rushed in aid, other sections nearer
the sea, in the path of the receding
waters, prepared to receive the crest
of the flood.
Mcintosh, Baker and Long Coun-
ties, where a heavy toll Of live stock
and other property has been taken,
watched the water abate and pre-
pared to restore train service and
make conditions livable. Workers
from the American Red Cross and
Fort Screven had entered the af-
fected area with food and supplies
and were prepared to remain through
out the emergency.
However. in lower Long and upper
Mcintosh Counties the situation was
more grave, with approximately 500
persons shut off by overflow waters
from the Altamaha River, which, ac-
cumulated from the Ocmulgee, Oconee
and Ohoopee Rivers, have inundated
more than Is square miles.
Losses of live stock and property
will mount high. Many thousands of
sheep and cattle are reported to have
been swept away, huge fields of vege-
tables have disappeared, hundreds of
fences have vanished. many stocks of
merchandise have been damaged and
all agricultural and business opera
tionS suspended.
Evening star., 1925-01-27
FEAR OF WORLDS END
LEADS MAN TO DEATH
Laborer Commits Suicide After
Brooding Over Prophecy of
Judgment February 6.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 27.-Brood-
ing over a prophecy that the world
would end February 6, Edward Mar
quaret, a laborer, committed suicide
by hanging in the attic of his home
at Islip Manor, Long Island, yester-
day.
Marquaret, his widow said, for
eight weeks had closely followed the
preachings of Robert Reidt of East
Patchogue, who daily passes up and
down the south shore of Long Island
exhorting all to prepare for the end
of the world"
Reidt announced that in order to
be saved "one must sell his belong
ings, and, clothed in white, climb to
a. hilltop at Port jefferson on the ap-
pointed day and there await the
coming of the Lord"
Mrs. Marquaret today told Coroner
Moore that her husband had almost
necessarily talked with her of selling
the house in which they lived with
four small children. Later he lost
his job. Six weeks ago, she said,
Marquaret attempted suicide by gas.
Reidt was preaching from his auto
mobile in Isli plast night when in
formed of Marquaret's death. He is
reported to have said, TOO bad. He
should have waited until the 9Th
Then we could have gone together"
Evening star., 1925-01-27
MAN DIES IN HOTEL FIRE,
THIRTEEN ARE INJURED
Twelve Firemen and One Woman
Suffer From $4,000 Blaze in
birmingham, Mass.
Bv the Associated Press.


FRAMINGHAM, Mass, January q.
One man was killed and one woman
and II firemen were injured in
fire in the four story brick building
housing the Kendall Hotel here last
night.
Nine firemen and William Welch,
emergency foreman for the Framing
ham water department, were plunged
into the basement of the building
when the flooring in an office on the
first floor gave way. The fremen
We're rescued but Welch was not
missed until later. He was dead
when rescue workers found him.
Three other firemen were overcome
by smoke and suffered cuts and
bruises Mrs. Everett c. Johnson of
Framing CHAM fell to the street after
climbing down two stories by rope
ladder from n fourth floor window.
Twenty-Five or thirty guests who
were in their rooms made their way
to the street safely. 1t was said that
all of the injured would probably re-
cover
The fire started in the basement.
The property damage was estimated
a $4,000.
Evening star., 1925-01-27
S45O,0DO IN DOPE
SEIZED IN NEW YORK
Customs Officials Also Cap
ture Tapestry Rug, DupIi-
cate of U. S. Currency.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 27-More
than S45O,0O0 worth of narcotics,
tightly packed in a large barrel "a
beled ripe olives" and a tapestry
rug, by 61a feet, which is an exact
duplicate of a United States Treasury
note, were seized by United States Gus
toms officials yesterday.
The drug, it transpired, had been in
this country several months, stored in
bonded warehouse in Brooklyn, but
had not been called for by the con-
signee. Federal officers, knowing its
contents, left the barrel at the ware
house as bait" hoping to arrest the
owner when he called for it. With it
were six similar barrels.
Shipped to L. s. From Italy.
officials said the barrels came to
this country from Italy several
months ago on the steamship Con-
stantinople consigned "on order" Ac
cording to their custom, they stuck a
prong in the bunghole of each to test
its contents. Six of the barrels they
discovered to contain olives, but the
seventh had only a handful of the
fruit around the bunghole, the rest
being packed with drugs.
Officials said the contents were
manufactured in Germany, shipped to
Italy and then reconsigned to the
United States.
Tapestry Rug as Test.
The tapestry rug was seized in a
raid on the Greek line Edison yesterday.
j. F. II. Kracke. chief appraiser of
the port, said he believed it was man
ufactured in Turkey and sent to this
country as test case, in order to de-
termine whether similar rugs will be
admitted to this country. 1t is an
exact duplicate of the United States
Treasury note for one silver dollar,
and as such is believed to be a viola
ton of the counterfeit laws. 1t is be-
ing held pending an opinion by the
Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1925-01-27
FOUR co TO DEATH
IN SPITE OF HERO
Worker Braves Gas-FiIIed
Shaft to Bring Only Bodies
to Surface.
By the Associated Press.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 27-A
small, gas-filled shaft ~ feet deep
within a caisson of the New Ameri-
can Insurance Union Building here
claimed the lives of four men yester-
day, three of the victims dying
heroically. A fifth man, who went to
the rescue of his friends in the shaft.
came through unscathed and a few
hours later movement was started
to fittingly reward him for his
heroiSm.
The dead: c. r. Bowen, %, Green
wood, Ind; Jack Smith, New York
City; John C. Mccarthy, 4S, New York
City; John Peterson, %, Columbus.
All the men We're steam filters, en-
ployed by the John Gill Construction
Co. of Cleveland.
Three Go to Death.
The cause of the accident is not
clear. 1t is believed Bowen was in
the shaft fitting pipes when he was
overcome and fell to the bottom. Fell
low workmen noticed that activity
had ceased within the shaft. Then
one of the victims climbed down to
see what had happened. When nei-
ther appeared within a short time an
tigate. Then Mccarthy, the last of
the victims, volunteered and he dis
appeared through the shaft some IS
or 20 feet above street level.
All was quiet within the tube and
workmen gathered about fearful that
something was wrong. Ambulances
and physicians were summoned.
Suddenly a huge crane swung high
into the air from another part of the
excavation. Dangling from it's steel
cable was a man. 1t swung around
and deposited William V (Big Bid
Martin, structural steel worker, on
top of the caisson. Fellow workers
demonstrated Three had gone down
and had not come back, and he must
not go, they declared.
Defies Warming of Fellows.
Big Bill" snapped his fingers, put
his foot into the rope stirrup-~ and
signaled the crane engineer. Some
one handed him a gas mask. The
crane wench screamed and he was
dropped into the shaft.
Minutes seemed like hours to the
watchers. The cable jerked. The
crane moved upward and out of the
mouth of the shaft came the limp
form of a man, rope around his
waist.
Three more times the cable was
Evening star., 1925-01-27
SLAYER is IDENTIFIED.
Woman Who Killed Man and Self
Traced by Diploma.

SHREVEPORT, La, January 81
The name of the woman who shot
and killed Arthur B. Brewster, local
business man and member of a
wealthy Pine Bluff, Ark, family, and
then committed suicide. was definitely
established yesterday as Ellen Moren of
Little Rock.
Advices from Little Rock stated
that relatives of the woman reside
there and that a brother was prepar-
Ing to leave for Shreveport to claim
the body.
Miss Moren's Identification was es-
tablished through certificate of
graduation as a nurse from a hospital
at Helena, Ark, January Is, 1918.
The body of Brewster was sent to
Pine Bluff Sunday.
Evening star., 1925-01-27
WILL BOY SIT IN W4TER BUCKET?
TEST NAY -ECIDE HIS PARENTAGE
One " no Claims Motherhood Cites Propensity of
Three-Year-Old and Court agrees to Hare
Experiment erfOrmed.

told the authorities that she had
abandoned her baby in Camden, n. j.,
where the Steimlings subsequently
claimed the youngster involved in to-
days proceedings after he had been
found abandoned there.
Mrs. Silknitter described to the
court the number of scars on her
child's body, which court physicians
testified were on the boy present in
court today. The doctor who attend
ed Mrs. Silknitter when the baby was
born said he believed the child was
hers.
Miss Mary Steimling of Girard
Manor suggested that a bucket of
water be brought, and that if the
child were Russell Steimling he would
Immediately attempt to sit in it, as
Russell had a penchant for such in
formal immersions in available mud
puddles.
The court agreed to the test today.
Evening star., 1925-01-27
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, January 27.-Ef-
forts to determine the identity of a
three-year-ol boy, claimed by two
mothers" Mrs. Russell Earl Steim-
ling, formerly of Girard Manor, Pa,
and Mrs. Martha Silknftter, former
laundress at the Western Temporary
Home, in this city, were further COM
plicated yesterday, in Juvenile Court
by the disputed infant himself.
"Heno, Mumsy!' was his greeting
to Mrs. Silknitter, while he hailed
Mrs. Steimling with a jovial nod and
the cry of Mamma"
Mrs. Silknitter maintains that the
child's name is Jackie Duff, which
was her family name before her mar
riage With her present husband, she
was charged recently by the Steim-
lings in the Pottsville courts with
having kidnapped their son, Russell
Earl Steimling, jr. Mrs. Silknitter
Evening star., 1925-01-27

lowered and each time it brought to
the surface a limp form
A fifth time it was dropped into
the shaft. The cable jerked again,
and out of the shaft came Big Bill"
his foot in the stirrup. He clung to
the cable desperately. His face was
white. The gas mask was gone. He had
done what he set out to do. Specta-
tors cheered.
Lowered to the street, an effort
was made to put him in an ambu-
lance. Weakly he brushed men aside
and edged away from the crowd
which surrounded him.
Foremen said that Big Bill' found
the four dead men at the bottom of
the shaft, and that he had reported
that he worked as fast as he could
in getting them out. He took off his
mask when it hampered him, he said.