Evening star., 1925-02-23

Despite the mudslinging Of the
aircraft controversy, Washington Is
convinced its net effect will be
wholesome. II has given the whole
idea of an air force for national de-
Tense the best advertisement 1t ever
had. Gen. Mitchelrs friends say that
was the fighting ayers principal OBJ
jective. Mitchell may have taken
a leaf out of the late Lord North
cliffes notebook. When Northciiffe
launched his famous shells scandal
against Lord Kitchener in the Spring
of 1918, he assaiied the British mill
tary idol for a definite purpose.
Northciiffs told this observer: When
you start out on a crusade of this
kind you've got to call names, or you
don't get anywhere. Abstract crit-
out. SPECIFIC attack is all that
counts. Kitchener, personally, was
responsible for the shortage OF shells
of the right kind on the western
front, and / said SO. If I'd said the
government or the war Office was
responsible nobody would have
taken any notice. When ! said
exactly who was responsible, every
body took notice"
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Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes.
quizzers that he and a staff were
aboard U. S. S. Washington when
she was bombed off the Virginia
Capes, is one of our grizzled sea
scrappers. A New Englander by
birth, he took part in the battle of
Manila and in the capture of Vera
Cruz in 1914. and during the World
War commanded the battleship New
York during the entire period of its
ir,a tn "a nd
in the North Sea. Hughes was one
of the American admirals who, with
Beatty, took the surrender cf the
German fleet at Scapa Flow. For
two years after the armistfce
Admiral Hughes commanded the
navy yard at Philadelphia.
One of Uncle Sans able young
career diplomats" Jefferson Caffery
of Louisiana, will shortly arrive in
Washington from his post In Japan.
Mr.. Caftery for two years has been
counselor of the American embassy
at Toxic. During the long interval
between Mr.. Woods resignation and
Mr.. Bancroft's arrival in Japan.
Caffery was acting Ambassador. He
is completing his fourteenth year in
the foreign service, having been on
duty since 1911 in Venezuela. Sweden.
Russia, Persia, Spain and Greece.
After the armistice Mr.. Caffery was
attached to the King OF the Beigians
and the Prince of Wales when they
visited the United States.
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Representative William E. *. Hull,
Republican, of Illinois tthere are four
Hulls in the HousO was once one OF
tho famous distiliers of America at
Peoria, Ills. Now his speciality in
life is waterways, which, he con-
fesses, were not always his ways.
though he happens to be total alb
stainer. Mr.. Hull is fighting in Con-
gress for Great-Lakes-t Gulf canal.
which would pass through his section
OF Illinois The Peoria Representative
has given himself unique descrip-
tion in the photographed section
of the Congressional Directory He
says he's just "a business man."
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Despite the drab and dreary dimen-
sions of the Coolidge inauguration,
the railroads of the country announce
excursion rates to Washington from
many quarters. Cars own bailiwick,
New England, took the lead In that
direction, New England lines having
announced that they will place on
sale a return ticket to Washington,
good from March / to q, at the rate
lot a fare and half for the round
trip. The Southwestern Passenger