Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-02-13

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A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital
(By PETER KEEGAN)
GENERAL Mitchell, assistant Chief
VI of the Army Air Service, who is
now the center of big fight in and
ont of Congress over the development
of aircraft, is going to keep on fight
ING even if he is put into back seat
hv his superiors in the War Depart
ment. There seems to be no doubt
now that Mitchell shortly will be re,
turned to his regular rank as Colonel
of the line and sent to some station
awav from Washington. That will
mean, according to his friends, that he
will get out of the Army just as soon
AS he can and run for Congress from
his home state of Michigan. The
Generals wife, who is a millionaire
in her own right, has announced her
determination to stick with her nus
bank in his fight, even to the extent
of putting up the money to finance
his projected political career.
THE spectacular efforts of General
Mitchell, almost single-handed, to
bring out the unification and more in
tensive and scientific development OF
the nations air forces, is reminiscent
of the manner in which Admiral Wll-
liam S. Sims, during the Roosevelt
administration, took steps to make
American seamen the best naval gun
ners in the world, although his su--
neriors in the Navy Department did
not approve of his methods. Sims
went over the heads of other officers,
straight to the White House with his
won. Roosevelt was the
kind of man who admired the kind
of a thing which Sims did. Mitchell,
thus far, has not attempted to go
further than Congress with his COM
plaints against battleships and IN
favor of aircraft, but the White House
is still left to him if other methods
fail.
GERMANY is without an Ambassa-
~ dor in Washington again, Dr.
Otto Wiedfeldt having sailed for
Hamburg to return to his job IN the
great Krupp plant at Essen and to
make up for the big expenditures ne
was compelled to make out OF his own
pocket for the maintenance of Ger
manv's first postwar Embassy. The
new German envoy, Baron Adolph
Georges Otto Won Nathan is expect
ed to arrive here shortly. Italy is
also to have a new Ambassador here
soon. Count MARITIME having been
named to succeed Prince Caetani.
THE younger set in Washington and
other eastern cities has now TAX
en- to dope instead of the hip-flask for
diversion and excitement, according
to Janet Richards, capital soclollglst,
who claims her information is the re-
suit of personal investigation. Treas
urv Department records show a great
increase in the amount of narcotics
used in the United States since the
massage of the anti-narcotic and pro-
hibiiton acts, but Government agents
will now have a new hunting ground
if Miss Richards information is ac-
curate.
ALL efforts to get the United States
"A into the World Court have been
abandoned for at least a year. The
Foreign Relations Committee of the
after considering a number of
plans for American adherence, has
decided that there will not be time
enough in the present Congress to
the question. Both of the
leading world court prota-
gonists have announced that they will
not press their world court resolu-
tions until the 69th Congress. Pres
ident Coolidge, however, is expected
to again pledge the Administration to
entrance into the world court in his
inaugural address on March a.
CONGRESS is the battle-ground for
y a row between national organiza-
tions of women over what is benefit
eial legislation. The National WOm-
ans Party is urging an amendment
to the Constitution removing all dis
against women in indus
try or elsewhere. The amendment is
opposed by the National League of
Women Voters and the Women's Bu-
reau of the Department of Labor on
the ground that special protective leg
slation heretofore obtained for work
ing and professional men would be
thereby swept aside. The Admins
.ration is not much in favor of the
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