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on the eth. 1t Travelled at a speed
of II knots, and the fleet stayed be-
hind all the time.
When the maneuVerS began the
problem was to seize a land base on
the Island of Molaki. the witness said,
and the Navy needed planes to at
tack. There were not enough in the
fleet and only II on the Langley, and
i'll the problem provision was made
for constructive" planes or in eff
feet simulated craft To get them
from the hold of other vessels it was
necessary to come alongside and
transfer them to the flying deck of
the Langley. The object was to
bring these half-assembled planes on
to the deck and "hy them Immediately
to the field" The witness explained,
stood by both sides.
One of the ships to deliver the con
Structive" planes was the Camden,
which did not come alongside, how
ever, owing to the danger from the
swells. Lieut.. Sheridan said.
During the night the constructive
planes We're transferred to the Lang
ley, however, and at am. they were
flown to the landing field on Molaki,
he related.
up to this time there had been no
actual flying from the ship. on the
afternoon of the 26lh two planes took
off for scouting purposes, flew a few
minutes and returned. The next
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saying the fleet was to leave the
harbor Of San Francisco with the OBJ
ject of clearing 1t in the shortest pos
sibe time, when Col. Moreland OBJ
jected and asked the witness If he, in
uniform, did rot consider his testi-
mony secret when it concerned war
maneuverS.
There is nothing in my testimony
consider secret" replied Lieut.. Sher-
idan "unlesS we want to suppress a
condition of aviation in the Navy
Col. Moreland jumped up and snap
ped out: 81 move TO strike out that
answer as IL matter of common
decency.''
Motion Not Acted On.
The motion. however, was not acted
upon.
Returning to his testimony the wit
ness said he had been told by two
officers on the Langley and saw
by documents that the object was
to clear the harbor when Maj. Wilby
this time interrupted to know if the
witness was telling about the
problem.
You don't know anything about
Navy problems" smilingly said Mr..
Reid. Your business is with the
Army
M1X-Ip OF ships.
Mr.. Reid then asked If there was
a miX-up of ships on the way out
and the witness replied there was.
Was the Langley nearly de-
stroyed?" he asked.
1T was. 1t came within five feet
of colliding with the West Virginia. :"
Maj. Gullion this time objected and
his action drew IL rebuke from Col
Winship, the law member. who said
it was the duty of the trial judge
advocate or the man appointed for
croSs-eXamination to object and not
any one of the assistants.
The witness again returned 10 his
story. The Langley left San Fran
cisco April IS and arrived off Hawaii
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ness that the world flyers "in prac-
tically every case were consulted by
the Navy before any decision was
made affecting the flight and that the
attitude of the Navy was one of CO.
operation" Lieut.. Wade further de-
clared in answer to questions that
the destruction of his plane in the
North Atlantic was an accident and
mot malicious"
President Howe took up the ques-
tioning for the court and asked the
witness if the United States is eX-
posed to foreign air attack, and
Lieut.. Wade replied he desired not to
answer the question in open court,
as it involved confidential matter
He added, however, it would be pos
Sible for an enemy air force Ito
come overland and establish its own
base on our territory
Rickenbacker on Stand.
Capt. Rickenbacker, Americas ace
of aces, with 26 enemy planes to his
credit. took the stand after the world
flyer and qualified TO testify by relat-
ing his interesting war record. lie
spent 800 hours flying over enemy
lines, he said. but enemy anti air
craft fire never kept him from carry
ing out his mission.
plane was brought down by enemy
ground fire. with the possible eXcep-
ton of Lieut.. Hamilton Coolidge, who
the witness thought, was caught in
an American artillery barrage. One
enemy plane was shot down by Amer
lean Hnti-aircraft. he testified
The famous ace, nine times deco
rated with the American Distinguish
Service Cross and numerous foreign
honorS, declared that although enemy
observation balloons We're protected
by flower gardens" of incendiary
ammunition, phosphorus balls called
flaming onions" and a constant anti
aircraft crosS-fire, this did not pre-
vent him or other American pilots
from shooting them down. No Amer
lean pilot was killed in these at
tempts, he added
reserve officers, the witness said
should have at least one hour of ac-
tuaI flying per week aside from any
military instruction on the ground in
order to be of value to the country
in time of emergency
Experience on Langley.
Lieut.. II. w. Sheridan of Kelly
Field, Tex, and Army air service OBJ.
server aboard the aircraft carrier
Langley during the Hawaiian maneu-
Vers, took the stand to give testi-
mony. as Mr.. Reid said, to show the
Langley couldn't keep up with the
fleet and that there was mishandIing
of planes on board"
Lieut.. Sheridan began his story hv
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Continued from First Page)
destroyed. The witness replied that
II this were true it was ''eXtrao ordi-
nary. The prosecution continued to
quote figures for other anti-aircraft
batteries and quoted a total of II
planes destroyed out of 1928 shots
hred or an average of one plane per
6Oo shots. AS Maj. Wilby read a
paper, Mr.. Reid entered an objection
on the ground that the paper should
be introduced, but this objection was
oVerruled.
Are you aware that COS rounds.
the number proved necessary during
the war to bring down one plane. can
be discharged in 10 minutes?'' de-
manded Maj. Wilby.
Never Saw It Happen.
81 never saw any such results in
the thousands of shots ! saw fired
in actual service replied the wit
ness.
But if such records were proved
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morning IS planes left, four crashed
and two landed on the deck"
At this point Mr.. Reid interrupted
to request a recess for lunch and an
nounced he would continue with the
witness this afternoon.
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The recent wedding of Princess Ma
falda of Italy to Prince Philip of
Hesse afforded the first instance on
record that member of the royal
House of Savoy had married a Prot
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his supposed knowledge must be
ignorance in a mask. Both may
be wrong, in which case the
agnostic alone occupies the right
attitude. for he reflects false or
mistaken knowledge on both
hands and waits to find. II per
chance he ever may, the true.
This particular question. OF the
nature of life, is on the front line
today and the battle over 1t Is too
hot and too strongly contested to
enable either side to claim a gen
orally admitted victory. The
mechanists make the most spec.
tacular progress, but the opposite
line still holds. The assailants
may yet get themselves into 4
fatal pocket. No 'ignoramus can
even look upon this battle. fof
he has not knowledge enough ITO
see it truly, or mind enough TO
form an opinion on what he doss
see. But to the 'agnostic," In the
real Huxleyan sense, the awarding
of the crown OF victory will fall
il he shall eventually decide that
d crown has been won.
Ripe Food for Thought.
No one can read and pondef
too much upon this question. We
have a right to find out what we
are if we can. and we are un-
worthy of our birth if we do not
try. / do not mean that every
body should become a biologist.
but only that every intelligent,
educated person should endeavor
to know what biology has done
and is still doing to the effort to III
cover the secret of life. As long
as the question is unsettled let
everybody be an agnostic, but not
an ignoramus.
There is a little work that
came upon last summer, which
seems to me to afford in small
compass very good pocketbook
for the general reader. 1t is ex-
tremely interesting in style and
matter. but unfortunately it 10 in
French, and, as far as | know,
not translated into English. 1t is
Doctor j. Anglas' Grand CUES
tions Biologiques depuis Darwin
iusqua Nos Jours.' In France il
costs two francs, being certainly
an example of science at a bar
: gain, for its author, a member of
the Faculty of Sciences OF Paris,
writes with authority.
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A CERTAIN professor writing
N about the teaching of evolu-
IA ton saws: while biologists
are not divided as to the fact or
evolution, there are two or per-
haps three schools of thought
among them in regard to the
definition of life, viz. the fl1ecna-
nists, the vitalists and the lg-
noran1uses, sometimes called tag-
rostics.
whether so intended or not,
this looks very much like sheer
at people who are in no haste 10
pronounce positive judgment on
question before they have
enough evidence one way or the
other to convince them. -.
The writer seems to say: II
YOU are a vitalist, believing that
life is something more than a
physical or chemical phenome'
non. or il you are a mecnanlst'
holding that living being Is
only an exquisitely balanced ma
chine, in either case you are
equally respectable; but IL you
saw YOU don't know what lie IS
YOU are an ignoramus!
Huxley's View.
The word signoramus' is cur
rently understood in an ignomln'
Gus sense, and Thomas II. HuH.
lev invented the word "agnostic
az a proper designation for an IN
te,lipent and educated man VINO
didn't profess 10 kn3w more than
he did Know.
1T came into my head, ne
wrote In his essays. AS sugges.
tlvely antithetic to the 'gnostlc OF
church history who professed to
know so much about the very
things of which I was ignorant.
RI would be interesting to hear
what Huxley would say to one
who COMPOUNDED an agnostic with
an isnoramus. Huxley's type OF
honest thinker is by no means
out of date yet. and by COCA
chance. too, for it would be bad
for the progress Of sound knoWi-
edgs if that type should disap-
pear. leaving only real "igno-
F.. ramuses" or one side and scien-
tific substitutes for "gnost1cs on
the other.
Both vitalists and mechanists
cannot be right. for their tenets
are mutually exclusive. one or
the other must be wrong anu
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town dance hall.
Does Turk in the manicurists job beside the
barbers chairs Sure does. 1t turks everywhere, if
you're looking for it, But between youn world, the
sight of MunbIing Male getting neck shave facial
just about the last thing that would
my interest. And why should pairing some husky brute
thumb nail act the Call Of the Wilde
But don't they make improper suggestions7' Without
doubt They'll also make improper suggestions while
mendng faucets selling potatoes digging swapping
real estate measuring dry goods collecting taxes writing
books and scaling shf they the kind that makes them
and you're the kind that collects them.
After ALL improper suggestion doesn do you any harm
if you don't let it take root It's like the omnipresent
disease germ, We're all surrounded by germs We breathe
en- eat EN-, drink EN- But unless have weakened our
resistance they do not harm And evil is just another
violent germ. It, too, is all around usin
cupation contact Just life has been broadened
and enriched for Maggie by the freedom have the
dangers been multiplied. Her safety lies in her
ssance to evil IF she's the sort of girl that only be
good she's kept away from temptation, she may rate
pretty we'll in this wordbut she won stack very well
with God For lady keep her spirit clean IN any sur
roundngs
tS"I "''OIpuGs 80 ss'' rVsrEdoo'
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European Complications

Clemente Minister of Finance tells the deputies
in Paris that mixing the financial conference
lis worth high price the Allies It is his opinion
the United States practically GUARANTEED German
payment of reparations.
the opinion of the average American and
way the opinion of President Coolidge Time
tell what this country is destined become
involved in Europes troubles
Twice the nation by plurality of millions voted
AGAINST any foreign entangements But does not
necessarily anything.
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TOO FAR FROM GALILEE?

sufficiently strong and expressive
to denounce the Modern Scribes
and Pharisees who, more :han
any others, are responsible for
this condition of things, and lie
would be crucified before He had
preached ga months, instead Of
ga years.
The clergy are bunch of
weaklings, who have succumbed
to the flattery of the world and
the dazzle OF wealth, which has
blinded them to the glory of
Christ and His Gospel of unset
fishness and self sacrifice. The
times call for a great Emancipa-
tor. with more than human power
and wisdom, and / believe the
signs of the times indicate chat
We are living in a transition
period or epoch when the Man of
Galilee will assume control of all
earthly affairs and set iudgmenf
land justice in the earth.
J. l.. BOILING.
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WHY MAKE A BUDGET

|. Means systematic saving.
,. Helps TO eliminate
J. Makes it possible to give
4, Is using good business judgment
. Helps you to plan spending.
g. Helps you to spend more wisely
T. Helps you to know how much your taxes should be-
= Helps you 10 know how much should be invested in
life insurance.
o. Helps Won distribute large items of expense over
che year that they lie easily met
10 Relieves YOU Oi The worry as TO how you
stand financially.
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~
N Norton England, has been purchased to be used
- home for ex-kngs
To many this will great relief as It's walls are
fragrant with all the of exile spendor.
Society gradually getting rid of kings, but there IS
certain sentiment in treating well those who remind us OF
the past.
At Wood Norton there to shelter the Duke OF
Orleans head of the House Of Bourbon King OF France II
his claims had been recognized.
The estate has priceless exterior and interior fittings IN
Guiding the beautiful wrought iron gates which once
adorned the Royal Palace Versailles and which, torn
their surroundings might have given magnfcance to
the home of some war profteer.
In this age when democracy has risen like giant over
the world it is well to preserve it only as rec some
tangible evidence of those wonderful days that are past
Here Wood Norton the Princess Louise OF Orleans was
married Prince Charles of Bourbon Every relgnng
house in Europe represented except Germany.
The Duke of Orleans figure, tall, with carefully
brushed beard easily forgotten He strangely hand
some and usually light gray frock coat and hat
of the latest model.
of the purchaser of Wood Norton has not beer
revealed there to believe that the old BourDo
home has the hands of admrer OF France
re Chequers has been given to the nation home 70
premier Wood Norton may well be preserved as home 10
royal exiles.
England has sheltered Anarchists like the Prince Kropo
kim monarchs whose only fault may be that tnes
do not fit in to the social evolution OF the ageF
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES:

vwYHILE it is true that
~ churches were not de-
" signed to house the home
lass and unemployed. as stated
In YOUR editorial entitled Sleep
ing in Churches" yet 1t must ne
adm tied that the principle there
in enunciated is contrary 10 the
spirit of the Master.
Indeed, you tacitly admit this
in the fifth paragraph. saying
that sit is probable that the
founder Of Christianity would con"
alder the ShiVering vagrant more
ironortant than the comfortable
new owner" but the difference IN
viewnoint Snd practice Is JustlIleu
mr. excused on the score that we
arc living In 1926 long distance
eroyn Galileo." Herein you have
narhaps. unwittingly. expressed "A
sreat truth. We are "a long aus
tance from Galilee," both i'm point
Of time and in spirit
IF we we're not so TAR away
from Galilee. denominations. more
az the spirit of Christ: q TESS
number of rich pew owners anu
fAwer clergvmen catering 10 I'LL
wnims. There would be no nome
less and unemployed in TINS
country, and everybody wiling
10 work would be assured OF
rood. comfortable home. sufficient
FOOD and adequate clothing. The
tro,,bl.s is that the preachers, as
a class. and the churches have
fallen from grace. the spirit OF
the Lord has departed. and III
stead we have worldliness which
has rushed In to fill mp the
vacuum.
n Jesus Christ were here to.
day in the flesh. as at the First
Advent, he could not find. among
all the languages of earth. words
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What's a Fit job for a
Lady?

various vocaons of the day which young ladies warned
pursue The writer claimed that the position of
manicurist in either barber shop beauty parlor is
very dangerous vocation for the feminine and that
furthermore such work is the very lowest type of trade
We would be very grateful if you would give your
opinion this subject "GROUP G.
What's fit position for lady?
Before you that you must define what is
lady
lady ism something immutablc like the law of gravity
fixed like the stars in their Her moods and
vary with chimes and generations Obviously,
South Sea Islanders conception of lady wouldn't tally at
all with New England Purtan's vegetaran's Nor
would the ladies Of Queen Ezabeth piquant regime have
found much comfort under ausere Queen Victoria. Some
times they sometimes they less. You
could bet how much lady could door how little
But YOU ALWAYS COULD BET ON THE LADY HER
SELF!
AND YOU STILL CAN!
That my to your question
You cant Judge Maggie by the code of 1928, her job
by that date The ladies Of 1925 woudnt have been
permitted TO do of the things that Maggie does and
she land jail If she pulled Of their stuff SO
consider Maggie solely in the light Of her day
And the light Of her day vastly different proposition
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9 :ss:as ss,ss: By ELSIE ROBINSON

from the sentimental murk Of the preceding
generation. It no longer beams brightly on
the male and throws the female into dim,
mysterious shadow. 1t shines for both alike,
without sex distinction. And in that light
Maggie may work as freely as her brother.
Any job that is decent or honorable for him,
is decent and honorable for her if she wishes
to make it So The old stigmas are abolished.
The old connections are but meaningless
husks. It's up to Maggie to take her job
and make it what she chooses.
IT'S UP TO MAGGIE.
She can make any job good job. And
she can make any job bad job.
If she's the kind that is going to run
amuck she can run amuck while waiting on
the doughnut counter at the church fair.
If she's the kind to keep straight, she can
keep straight while dealing faro in a mining
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Source of Gold

THE source of gold which en-
L riched the bed of the Horse,
fly river in the Cariboo district
of British Columbia, and was re
sponsiblc for the famous "ush to
Htarper's Camp in the sixties, has
been discovered by eight Victoria
prospectors. one OF whom is John
s. E,dmonds. former Klondyke
miner. according to details given
here by Albert r.. Robinson. one
of the party. He states that the
source OF the enrichment has
hsen discovered at the HorsetlN
Falls At the forks. The garvel -
stated a.. run from $40 % 90 htge
as El7 a yard Ia gold.
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DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Home for Er-Kings
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

- JEWS has recently that the estate OF Wood
N Norton in England has been purchased to be used
- as q home for ex-kings.
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LISTEN, WORLD!

WWYE'VE had big compliment, Pals.
w Any time anyone tells you this is
nothing but a heart-'n-sob de-
partment, you can open the front of your
face and give them The Laugh. For lissen
The World, as represented by Group of
the B and Scamp, Commissiary and Labor
Contractors. - 189 Bowery, New York,
has wiped it's steaming brow, grabbed type
writer in its horny nit and asked our advice
or Important Dope. AS note the following:
"'DEAR MISS ELSIE:
1.-The undersigned have been discussing
a certain article at their club and it was
decided to ask your opinion, which is held
in high esteem by the club members. The
article concerned women workers and ap-
peared in a daily paper written in foreign
language and largely read by foreigners
- c14~ 20 ahn
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CARRETT P. SERVISS ON "WHAT
ISAN IGNORAMUS?"

Persons Who Suspend Judgment on Mooted
Questions Do Not Deserve Term
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IS HELD.
AFTER FOUR
ARE HURT
Captured After Chase Follow
1ng Two crashes-Two 9th
ers in Traffic Mishaps

Six persons we're reported hurt
in traffic accidents since yesterday.
John B. Weismiller, of 1903 A
street northeast, will be arraigned
in traffic court today as the result
Of a collision with two automobiles
in the Capitol grounds, in. which
Miss Helen Corselius and Miss Cora
Blanche r. Young, 1457 Fairmont
street northwest, were badly hurt,
and Miss Cora l.. Schubert, of ia
Maryland avenue northeast, and
John r. Swecker, of Clarendon
Va, were slightly injured.
A charge of driving while intoxf.
Gated and of colliding and leaving
after colliding have been placed
against Weismiller, who was chased
for some distance before he was
caught. Miss Corselius and Miss
Young were pinned beneath the
machine in which they were riding
when 1t turned over.
Others hurt We're Hugh Lyon,
colored, who was knocked down by
The Washington times., 1925-05-13

These beautiful French frocks are
just few of those illustrated in the
wonderful EXCELLA MAGAZINE for
June now on sale. A coupon-in each
magazines worth ten cents towards
You'll also want to see the styles shown
in the Excella Summer Fashion Quar-
terly on sale at stores listed below.
The Washington times., 1925-05-13

in a studio we have built on ou1
place. AS a relaxation, we go in
for farming on small scale. IL
is fascinating to raise all sorts
of poultry and pigeons and have
YOUR own vegetables anG dairy
products. The trouble with most
amateur farms is shat their own
ers are not there to SEE now
everything is getting alonE. To
have things exacrIy the way you
want them you have to be there
to watch and supecintend them
yourself.
ChiIdren's Diet.
Although l am still very young,
have noticed great changes
since l was a child. Up until
the time her children were seven
teen. Mamma gave them cereal,
stewed fruit and milk for supper
and would have been horrif1ed
had they eaten anything heavier:
Today green vegetables anu
cream cheese and the like are
given to children in the evening
a diet our mothers would never
have dreamed of letting US nave.
Society Changed.
The greatest changes, however
in the last twenty years, are
found in New Jersey society. Peo-
pie are prominent today who, five
wears ago, were entirely unheard
of. Rich people merely want TO
nut their money into things that
show. Something to show for
their money as they put it.
They buy Old Masters and live
in palatial mansions, but few fam
lilies know how to live in what
was called the grand manner
of the time of the late Mrs.
Stuvvesant Fish. This meant
having perfectly marvellous food
and entertaining in lavish style.
Opera Different.
OF course, the constant week
end parties in those days caused
a great deal of fuss and confu-
sion and in the end became mo-
notonous, because usually the same
people were asked week after
week. These soon became known
as family friends" but were
sometimes quite Lne contrary
One person in particular who
visited Papa and Mama for years
delighted in making all the
trouble in the family he possibly
could.
Lately there has been renewed
interest in horse racing, and the
opera also has come into it's own
again, although the other night,
when / was sitting in the orches-
ira of the Metropolitan Opera
House the man next to me re-
marked:
THE opera does not seem the
same to me any more since l
cannot look up and see Mrs.
George Could
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