Evening star., 1925-09-11

Gen. John J. Pershing may have to
remain in South America for a full
wear. The Tacna-Aric tangle.
which was thought by all concerned
might be unraveled in weeks, now
gives promise of becoming knot
that will not be united for months.
So Pershins's address is likely to be
the west coast of South America for
an indefinite period-certainly over
the coming Fall and Winter, and
probably until next Summer. the
general sends word to Washington
friends that the prospect does not
disconcert him. In the words OF the
official ballad of the American ex-
peditionary forces, Pershing won't
come back till it's over over there.
Capt. Walter R. Gherardi U. g.
N. Secretary Wilbur's chief aide, was
American naval attache at Berlin
during the pre-war years when the
Germans were undergoing their
heart breaking and life-losing ex-
periences with Zeppelin airships.
Gherardi sent the Navy Department
a report on the destruction of the
Zeppelin LII, the first dirigible ever
attached TO the kaiser's fleet. which
was wrecked off Helgoland in Sep
been disinterred. 1t shows that the
LII was wrecked under almost the
identical conditions that destroyed
the Shenandoah-d so-called line
squaIl" that came up unexpectedly
after fight begun under ideal
weather conditions. Like the Shen-
andoah, the LII buckled and broke
in two. after her gallant crew. like
Lansdowne's men, had stuck to their
posts, thrown out ballast and resort
ed to every other means of salvation
at their command. Another tragic
point of similarity between the two
disasters is that the loss of life was
nearly the same-L-1 lost her COM
mander and IA men; the Shenandoah
her skipper and 13 comrades.
Senator James w. Wadsworth, jr.,
of New York passed through Wash
ington during the week en- route from
Gettysburg, where he dedicated a
monument to the memory Of EN-
pire State commanders. He deliv-
cred what he calls about the 7,999th
Gettysburg address" and couched 1t
in terms that meet, in his opinion,
the primary need of the hour-ade
quate military preparedness. Senator
Wadsworth's late father was a regi-
mental commander in the battle of
Gettysburg. Jimmy" Wadsworth
talks military affairs, as chairman
of the Senate committee on that
vital subject, from the standpoint
of soldier. He was out OF his grad.
uating class at Yale in 1898 Just in
time to get into the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, and has ever since main
tanned lively interest IN the organ
ization Of veterans of that cam
paign. Wadsworth, Of course, is
keeping an eagle eye on the furious
New York municipal campaign. II he
has to meet Al Smith in the 1925
senatorial race, a Hylan-Hearst VIC
tory next week would not be without
influence on events a year hence.
Not long ago a brokerage firm in
Cincinnati went to the wall. The
auditors who went over it's books
we're able to- account for and explain
all the entries except a mysterious
item that cropped up periodically
under the name of "Al X. Hail." It
turned out to be the account in which
the bankrupts kept track of their deal
ings with a firm of bootleggers.
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The power-wielding West will be
extensively represented when the
World War debt funding commission
swings into action with France, Italy,