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Evening star., 1925-11-23
WOULD STRIP SHIP
BOARD Of POWERS
Dalton Proposes to Coolidge
Giving Authority to the
Fleet Corporation.

H. G. Dalton of Cleveland. who re
Gently concluded an investigation of
the affairs of the Shipping Board and
the Emergency Fleet Corporation at
the request of President Coolidge. rec
ommends stripping the board of all
it's administrative and executive au-
thority and relegating it to its original
status-a semi-judicial and regulatory
body. His report was made public
last night.
Complete separation Of the Emer-
sency Fleet Corporation from the
Shipping Board the transfer to the
former of all ships with all terminal
and other properties used in connec-
ton with the operation of the fleet
nd the sale of ships, together with all
books. accounts and insura nee funds.
and private operation of the fleet are
included in Mr.. DaltOn's recommends
tions.
Mr.. Dalton reported TO the fresi-
dent that he does not believe the pres
ent methods in the relationship be
tween the board and the operation of
the fleet will ever be successful and
in his opinion the existing confusion
and diSsatisfac are only to he en-
pected. AS Il result of this confusion
there is. according TO him. consider
bile duplication in work and degree
of conflict of authority, which to-
gether lead to increased costs and
lowered efficiency.
Urges Board of Trustees.
The President drafted Mr.. Dalton
from private life to make this inveStl-
CATION in an effort to find out what
was wrong with the board and the
opera ton of the fleet. Mr.. Dalton $
report as made public at the White
House, while not going into any great
detail concerning the affairs OF the
board and the feet or the long-drawn-
out controversy between the two,
which has greatly displeased the
President. contains recommendations
which are taken as a concrete basis
for solving, the problem.
In their general nature the recon-.
mendationS are very similar TO those
made to the President some time ago
bv a special committee of cabinet Of
ficers and the chairman of the snip
ping board and the president OF the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, which
made a study of the subject at the
request of President Coolidge.
Mr.. Dalton would place the com
plete administration of the affairs OF
the fleet corporation in the hands OF
a board of directors or trustees. con
sisting of four members OF the cabinet
and one other person to be named by
the President, who would serve rs
chief executive of the fleet corpora
ton as we'll as chairman of this
board. If the President desired it
there could be three representative
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Evening star., 1925-11-23
MOVE TO PREVENT
OIL PROBE DENIED
D. c. Supreme Court UphoIds
inquiry on Elk Hills
Property.

chief Justice Mccoy of the District
supreme Court today denied the appli-
cation of the Standard Oil Co of Cali
fornia for a preliminary injunction
a gainst Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior, to prevent the prosecu-
lion of an inquiry into the mineral
character of the lands of the oil com
pnny included within the Elk Hills
naval reserve in California. The in
puiry sought to be halted was recently
instituted in Nasalia. Calf, under the
authority Of a joint resolution of Con
gress introduced by Senator Thomas
j. Walsh of Montana. chief prosecutor
of the oil inquiry.
The oil company claimed that the
title TO the land had been derived from
the State of California more than 15
wears ago, and that an investigation
into the claim OF its mineral-hearing
condition had been held before Albert
L. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior
in 1921, and he had given verbal di
rections to the commissioner of the
general office to dismiss the proceed
ings against che company. The com
pany claimed this action established
it's title and took from the department
the right to make the proposed il,
quiry.
Gives l. :. Jurisdictiou
The chief justice declares that he
differs from Secretary Fall as to the
vesting of title in the State of Cal
ifornia and is of the opinion that the
Department of the Interior has juris
diction to prosecute the inquiry S to
the known mineral character of the
lands and that a court may not inter
fere.
In the course of his opinion. Chief
Justice McCov says: The court is OF
opinion that ipauiry into the known
mineral character of the land was not
foreClosed by the action of the land
office relieving the and from the order
of suspension in 1904 upon the report
of the special agent. If it were other
wise then, even though it had become
known that next day that the land
was mineral and that the report was de-
liberately false. the department would
have been helpless to act. The
Secretary did not determine that the
lands were not known in 1903 TO be
mineral.
ne Sditi III t1ldt 1t was
not worth while to waste time 10 in
Quire as to that, for even though. the
evidence taken on the contest might
show that the lands were known to
be mineral, he could not find so. as
the inquiry as to that had been pre-
cluded by the department.
Question Is Open.
If Falls action ware final tho court
says, then there never was and never
will be a determination of the con
test directed by the Department in
1914, notwithstanding that since
1900 the Department has from Time
to time shown that it considered the
question an open one.
The court points out that Fall filed
no opinion in the matter and gave
only verbal instruction to dismiss the
contest in which the title of the Stand
ard Oil to these lands had been called
Evening star., 1925-11-23
SHIP SINKS, II DROWN.
Boiler Explosion Sends Brazilian
Tug to Bottom-Two Saved

RIO JANEIRO, Brazil. November
23 R).-Seventeen members of the
crew of the Brazilian tug Mogy are
reported to have perished when the
boat went down after a boiler explo-
sion while she was on her way to
Bahia. The only survivors, the cap
tain and one sailor, were picked up
by the Pan-American Petroleum
steamer Cerro Azul en- route to this
port.
Evening star., 1925-11-23
Non-Uni0n Mines Busy.

At present. it was pointed out, about
J. 900 900 tons of soft coal are being
mined weekly. About 5000. 900 tons of
this is produced by non-union labor.
Although the loss of 4 900 900 tons a
week would be felt there is no reason
"a believe that any suffering would
result from a union strike and
public lockout coming so late in the
Hear.
If the consumers would determine
definitely that they would no long
sr stand for rising prices and ever
recurring strikes the coal monopoly
could he broken before Summer. a
high official declared 1t would be
necessary to cut out every bit of
waste, as possibly, later in the Win
Ter. some small rationing would be
essential. but there is enough coal
mined and within prospect from the
1Dn-union fields to keep every soul
warm and every essential industry
running.
Unless the public is willing to thus
accept this fight as its own, there is
little hope for the future, Govern
ment authorities believe. They feel
that Government intervention either
in the anthracite or the bituminous
fields would be equivalent to giving
drugs TO an addiCt-"tempOrary re-
lief but permanent injury" Sooner
or later, it is held the public must
face the storm. and il was never be
fore so we'll prepared to weather il as
TODAY.
Evening star., 1925-11-23
Repeats Charges.

When Col Mitchell first took The
stand for direct questioning by his
own counsel it appeared that the
spectators who had filed the court
room long before the hour of con
Vening were not going to share in
the fireworks they had hoped would
take place. All of Col Mitchells d.
rect testimony was a direct repetition
of assertions contained in the opening
statement of Mr.. Reid. The edge
had long ago been taken off this line
of evidence presented by tn" def anSe
and for the first half hour the witness
was content merely to sit and reaffirm,
himself, that everything his counsel
had preliminarily stated to the court
about recommendations he had made
for the Air Service were the truth
and nothing but the truth"
Replying in matter of fact tone to
the long succession of questions con-
corning his plans for the betterment
of the air forces, Col. Mitchell curtly
enumerated more than 100 official
recommendations which he testified
he had presented either to the chief
of the Air Service or the Secretary of
War. most of them without result.
When Mr.. Reid asked if he had
recommended that new racing planes
be built for the 1924 air races Col.
Mitchell Strengthened up and said
that he had, and that if his recon-
was probable" that Capt. Burton Z.
Skeel and Lieut.. Alexander Pearson
would not have met their deaths in
those races.
Mitchell Told of Rights.
Col. Mitchell took the stand imme-
diately after court convened. Col.
Blanton Winship, the law member
then read from the manual address
ing the accused, that he could remain
silent he could testify under oath and
subject to cross -eXaminat ton or he
could make a statement either oral
or in writing not under oath. DO
you understand these three richts?'
asked Col. Winship.
Il do" replied the accused
Col Winship then informed The
witness he could take time to discuss
what procedure he would adopt with
his counsel, and Mr.. Reid arose and
said: In view of the fact that wit.
nesses have proven all of Col Mitch.
ellis statements 100 per cent, l de-
sire to submit him to a full barrage
of cross examination by anybody in
this case"
Col. Sherman Moreland. the triaI
Judge advocate. then asked the wit
| ness, DO you desire to be sworn?"
Il do" replied Col. Mitchell, anG
| he was duly sworn
Reid Begins Quiz.
Mr.. Reid then began direct exam
! ination with the purpose of qualify
| ing the witness and by his brilliant
| service record to prove the accused
| was familiar with the subject he ha.
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Evening star., 1925-11-23
WEATHER.

n. s. Weather Bureau Forecastl
Fair and colder tonight, minimum
teripera ture about 81 degrees; tomor-
row fair. slowly rising temperature.
Observation-Disclosures. 63. at 2:3O
pm. yesterday: lowest, 81, at am
today. Full report on page L
Evening star., 1925-11-23
CoIorfuI Colonel Fights Back
at Effort to Riddle His
Charges.
HOT CROSS-EXAM MINATiON
LAUNCHED BY GULLlON
Declares Statement Under Fire
Contained No Facts But Only
Personal Opinion.

Col Mitchell and the War Depart
ment met face to face today for a
showdown over the sensational
charges launched by the former. and
which have embroiled him in the
court martial of the age
Taking the Aand in his own defense
the fighting air colonel repeated his
charges of negligence on the part of
the Government in looking after its
air forces and then defiantly stood off
a broadside of pointed questions hurled
at him by the prosecution in an effort
to riddle and make ridiculous his IA
nous San Antonio statements of last
September
The appearance of the accused in
the role of witness, a longed awaited
event. fully met the expectations of
the large crowd of spectators in
search of excitement.
Witness Undisturbed
The bristling assa ults on the good
faith of the wIJness and on the
accuracy of his charges, led by Mai.
Allen Guillon. assistant judge advo-
cate. failed utterly to disturb the
sangfroid of the defendant and his
curt replies rang out with staccato-
like regularity.
More than once he prosecution
drew from the witness the reply: Il
don't know" in reply to questions con
cerning the technicalities of naval
warfare. In the end the witness ad-
mitted that there We're no facts in
his September statement but that
the charges made therein constituted
his personal opinion.
The prosecution apparently laid
great weight on this admission on Col
Mitcheu's part. and emphasized re-
peatedly the iatter'S statement that
there were no facts, only my per
sonal opinion in the San Antonio
statement. given out to The news
papers. Maj. GuIlion stressed this so
much that Representative Frank r.
Reid counsel for Col. Mitchell. pro
tested that the SS-eXamination was
being "colored" and the court ad-
monished the prosecution TO ask plain
questions without establishment Of
that sort.
Evening star., 1925-11-23
Public Only Can Bring End to
Rising Prices and Constant
Suspensions. Government
Officials Declare.
TYRANNY" OF UNIONS
DRAWS SHARP ANSWER
Industry's Throttling Grip Can Be
Broken, With No Suffering, by
Summer if Buyers Show United
=. Front, Administration Chiefs
Say-Strike Held Certain.

The Government will not act to
coal fields. If John L. Lewis, presi-
dent OF the United Mine Workers.
carries out the strike threat con-
tanned in his letter to the President,
iuquiring as to the administration S
attitude on the question of interven-
ing in the wage controversy in the
soft coal industry, he must be pre-
pared to assume full responsibility
for his act.
This, it was learned on the high
est authority today, is the position
Of the Federal Government In fact.
tie Government is known to feel
NAT intervention now would not
only be hopeless, but that such an
act probably would be seized upon
by union officials as an excellent ex-
cuse for ordering union workers
from the bituminous mines. Little
hope is expressed in official circles
that the strike may be averted.
Public Action Aroused
Thoroughly aroused by the union
chiefs move to cut off the con-
sumerS' main source of substitutes
for anthracite coal. it may be authori-
tatiVely stated that the Government
is looking to the public itself to set
tie the ever-reCurring problem of
coal strikes, and to settle it once and
Tor all. To put it more bluntly,
Government officials would welcome
. public lockout of such intensive
determination that it would teach
10Th sides of the fuel industries a
lasting lesson.
There is no justification for a soft
coal strike in the opinion of high
member expressed it, the union head
is willing to penaliZe the entire ma
ton and the entire bituminous indus
try because only two or three"
operators have broken the Jackson
willie wage agreement. Absolute
tyranny" was the term applied to the
United Mine Workers stand.
1t is definitely known that there is
2 strong feeling in administration
circles that the hour has come when
the public must assert in unmistak-
able terms that it is through with
such tactics. The remedy, it is felt
lies easily within reach of the people
now: the union officials chose a time
1o call general fuel strike that hap
kened to find many coal bins well
vocked and a large per cent of the
hituminOus industry unorganized.
Evening star., 1925-11-23

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Evening star., 1925-11-23

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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Evening star., 1925-07-27
De URb|NA BALKS
At FACING CHARGE
Police May Send for Husband
of Former Mrs. Oracle,
Now in Chile.

Count Humberto Aguirre de Urbina,
who married Mrs. Constance S.
Oracle, 1927 Sixteenth street, widow
of Col. Archibald D. Oracle, one of
the victims of the Titanic disaster,
refuses to return to the United States
from Santiago. Chile, to answer a
charge Of forgery preferred against
him by his wife.
Inspector Grant, chief of detectives,
today received a cable from Julio
Bustamante, director general of police
Santiago, Chile, stating that the
count was under police supervision
and asking that extradition papers
be sent for him.
Mrs. Urbina, much older than her
titled second husband, alleges the
forgery of her name to a check for
1000. She Is anxious also to recover
jewelry she believes the count took
away with him.
Counsel for the wife traced the
count to New York the time of his
recent departure from this country,
reporting the name of the boat on
which he had sailed and asking the
police to have him arrested.
Letters from the count, mailed
before he reached his destination.
were received by the wife. Much
nature, police were told, but informa-
ton thus obtained assisted them in
their investigation.
Inspector Grant will send de-
tective to Chile with the necessary
papers for the count as soon as they
are prepared, provided the Govern
ment is willing to stand the expense
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Wife With Pistol
Rescues Mar, From,
Mob at Ball Game
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

FROSTBURG. Md, July 27.-At-
tackled at a base ball game at Mid
lothian yesterday. David Chapman
was saved from the fury OF a mob
by the timely intervention of his
wife, who fired pistol shots in the
air.
AS a spectator Chapman had been
rallied at and called "scab" because
he worked at the mines during the
last strike. He hotlv resented the
remarks and at the close of the
game a gang jumped on him. beat
ing and kicking him about the head
and body.
He was in a semi-conscious state
when Mrs. Chapman appeared with
a revolver.
She was knocked down by a mem
Der of the mob. her head hitting
sharp stone and causing a cash
which required three stitches. Her
display of the firearm. however.
caused the mob to scatter.
She and her husband are suffer
ing from injuries. Arrests are ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Church IS BURNED,
|NCEND|ARY SOUGHT
Shiloh Baptist Edifice De-
stroyed by Seventh Blaze
in ID Months.

The Shiloh Baptist Church, at Ninth
and P streets, was destroyed by a
fire that broke out early this morn
ing and lasted for more than three
hours.
The fire, suspected to be of incen-
diary origin. is the seventh which has
occurred in the church and church
property in the past IA months. The
first fire completely gutted the old
church on L street near Sixteenth
street more than a year ago and re-
suited in the purchase of the present
structure, the former Hamline NJ. E.
Church. Since that time there have
been three fires in the new church
at Ninth and streets, two fires in
the house adjoining the church and
one in a garage in the rear.
The damage today was estimated
by Rev. DR.. ]. Milton Waldron, pastor
of the church, at about $4,000, which
is covered by insurance. The fire,
which is said to have originated be-
hind the rostrum in the main audi
torium, swept through the church,
destroying a large amount of furni-
ture and a $4,000 organ. The build
ing, according to Rev. Waldron, was
ices last night.
Police Probe Started.
Rev. Waldron has turned the mat
ter over to the police for investiga-
ton and declared today: I'VE will
not move our church or leave until
they blow up the ground 1t stands on" :"
The officers and members of the
congregation will hold a meeting at
o'clock tonight O the Third isr
Church, at Fifth and @ streets, to con-
slider plans for rebuilding. The Shiloh
Baptist Church, also known as the
Strangers Home" is attended by a
very large colored congregation.
Three alarms were sounded, bring
ing out Fire Chief Watson, nine en-
gine companies, the water tower and
three truck companies. Engine com
panies Z, 6, ., u, 9, l, IA, "a and II;
truck companies 4. and were sent
to the scene of the confiagration.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
High Lights of Bryan's Career

Born in Salem, ILL.,, March 10,
1850, son of SilaS Lillard Bryan
and Mariah Elizabeth Jennings
Bryan.
Received A. B. degree from Il
linois College in 1881 with highest
honors.
Admitted to Illinois bar in 1883
and practiced at Jacksonville
until 1887, when he moved to Lin.
coin. Nebr.
Married Miss Mary Elizabeth
Baird of Perry, ILL.,, October /,
1884.
Elected to Congress from first
Nebraska district in 1891 and
served to 1895.
Received Democratic vote for
United States Senator in 1893 and
was nominated by Democratic
convention in 1894, but was de-
feated by John NJ. Thurston.
Editor of the Omaha World
Herald from 1894 until 1896.
Delegate to Democratic national
convention in 1896, wrote the sill
yer plank and was nominated for
the presidency after his famous
Gross of Gold" speech. Made
an 1S,000mile speaking tour of
the country, but was defeated by
William Mckinley.
Lectured on bi-metalism during
1897 and 1898.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
PEARY AT UPERNIVIK,
IN NORTH GREENLAND

The Peary, airplane carrier of the
Macmillan Arctic expedition, early
this morning reached Uperniyik,
Greenland, according to a radio mes
sage received by the National Geo
graphic Society. The message was
picked up by an amateur station op-
Grated by P. K. Lebernan, at Seattle,
Wash, at 2:30 o'clock this morning.
1t said:
I'VE now are at anchor at Upernivik
71-s degrees north latitude. We
reached the coal mine at Umanak
Saturday morning and started loading
coal at o'clock in the morning and
finished at o'clock Sunday morning.
THE Eskimo men and women
worked like Trojans for 90 hours.
We made wonderful time with such
primitive methods.
"The men were laughing and happy
even after 20 hours of work. Gov.
Philip Rosendahl OF North Greenland
accompanied us to the mines and
supervised the loading He gave us
every assistance and left at O'Clock
this morning to return to Godhayen."
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Raised the Sd Regiment. Ne
braska Volunteer Infantry, for
Spanish war in 1898
and became it's colonel.
Again nominated for presidency
by Democrats IN 1900 and again
defeated by Mckinley.
Established the Commoner, a
weekly political paper at Lincoln,
Nebr., after the election, and in
1906 made a ;5hr of the world.
Received third nomination for
the presidency in 1908 and was
defeated by William Howard Taft.
Credited with bringing about
the nomination of Woodrow VIII
son for President in 1912 over
Champ Clark.
Secretary of State in Wilson
cabinet from 1913 to 1915, when
he resigned because of differences
with President over notes to Ger
many after sinking of American
ships.
Served grape juice to diplomats
instead of liquor at state func-
tions; while in Office lectured in
chautauquas for pay
Moved from Nebraska to Mi
ami, Fla, in 1920 and engaged in
real estate business. Reputed to
have made a small fortune
Delegate from Florida to Demo
cratic convention in 1924 in New
York.
Aided prosecution of John T.
Scopes for teaching evolution at
Dayton. Tenn, in July, 1925.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
NEW ISSUE RAISED
IN IOWA RECOUNT
Steck Supervisor Challenges
Straight Ticket Ballots
With Extra Marks.

A new type of challenge developed
today in the recounting of the ballots
in the Iowa senatorial election contest
Notice was given by the supervisor
representing Daniel F. Steck, the
Democratic contestant, that all ballots
in which the circle at the top of the
Republican ticket had been marked in
dicating an intent to vote the straight
ticket and on which the voter had
marked squares in that column opposite
the names of candidates, but had not
marked Brookhart's name, would be
challenged and taken before the Sen
ate investigating committee.
This will be done by the Steck peo-
pie on the contention that the straight
party vote indicated by marking the
circle had been nullified by the mark
ing of squares on the same ticket, and
that all such ballots should be count
ed only for the candidates opposite
whose names the squares had been
marked.
so Already Set Aside.
The Brookhart people, while unable
TO prevent such votes being chal-
IeHSSuy dSSSll lfldl lllO lO"d
law the straight party ticket must be
counted when the circle is marked,
without any regard to any markings
which may have been placed in
squares opposite the names of candi-
dates on that ticket and that a split
vote could only be counted when the
voter, after marking the circle at the
head of the Republican ticket, had
gone over into the Democratic column
and indicated an intention to vote
for Steck by placing a mark in the
square opposite his name.
About so Brookhart ballots were
set aside today because of the new
challenge. These were in Cedar and
Cerro Gordo Counties and the Brook
hart people predict that should the
new challenge be enforced the num-
Der of Brookhart ballots challenged
will soon exceed the number of chal-
lenged Steck ballots.
The recount today did not show
any noteworthy change in the net
gains for Brookhart which were re-
ported last week following the cor
rection Of clerical errors in the Off
cial count of unchallenged votes.