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The Washington times., 1925-12-21
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Brown and Mary Jane comedy !.
wei as b Krazy Kat cartoon and
special Christmas reel sent hers
by the Universal FIXTURES Corpora
tion especially for this Irorniue
showing.
1t Is the earnest wish Of Mr.. Fred
j.. Sarr. manager OF the Rialto, thai
every boy and girl Of Washington
who seldom has chance To see 9
moving picture performance Of any
kind viii feel welcome to 80 to the
Rialto next Thursday morning.
Good Fellows Offer Cars
A special invitation to this Christ.
mas party has been sent to every
Orphanage In and around Wash
ingtn. Good Fellows around town
are offering the use Of Their auto
mobiles and sightseeing trucks to
convey crippled children to the per.
Torrance. Other Good FselIogs are
going to donate candy and toys and
the other good things which make a
Christmas party complete, and Il
any youngster IN Washington who
is ordinarily unable 10 get his fill
Of Buster Keaton and Mary Jane
and Jackie Coogan, misses this
Christmas party, It VIII be his or
her own faIlIt
Thers are abso1utely no strings
tied to the great entertainment
which the RiaIto is planning for
the deserving children OF Washing.
ton. It viii be an open house
no tickets, or invitations. Of In
Productions, or credentials Of any
Kind being required for adniittance
All Of the above described festivi-
ties have been arranged for the
poor and needy Of Washington by
the Rialto Theater management in.
cooperation with the Good Fellow
OF The Washington
Times, an organization which learns
the identity Of unfortunate people.
supplies their names to volunteer
GOOD FELLOWS who 20 quietly
to the home and spread happiness
In one form or another.
Hundreds Of Families Aided
So far this Christmas tide, hun
dreds and hundreds of poor fam
lies of Washington have been
assisted in the matter Of food,
clothing, fuel and in pressing in
stances, money for the rent and
other dire necessities.
An odd case came to the atten-
ton Of the Good Fellow Department
today. The party in question needs
! stocking two stockings but
one. Somehow or other the sub
Iect of stockings seems to entwin
tself around the topic of Christ
mas, because IT. has long been the
custom of little children to hang
heir stockings near the fireplace
IN Christmas Eve and run there :
he first thing Christmas morning
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WORK|NEN Sc
NEW LIGHTS

Two gangs of workers were busy
today installing the automatic con-
troll signal lights for Sixteenth
street, from III street to Florida
avenue northwest. Traffic officials
expressed hope that the lights may
be turned on for Christmas Eve.
Four lights are to be placed at
each corner. Rules for obeying the
lights will be made public upon the
arrival here Of representative of
the company which manufactures
the controls.
Installation of the lights on Mass
achusetts avenue from Twelfth
street northwest TO Dupont circle
will begin as soon as Sixteenth
street has been finished. No lights
will be placed around Dupont circle;
but six will surround Scott circle.
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CHE Il
AS5ANS
NAVY
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of the construction and

N%oAAtAAAC0 AAOtu II AISS Gd6C0
knowledge of the construction and
operation of airships.
Have you ever designed an
airship2" asked Leonard.
81 don't thing that is a fair
question" retorted Mitchell. Few
persons in the country are quail
fled rigid airship constructors"
Mitchell said that while assistant
chief of the Army Air Service he
planned a monster dirigible capable
of carrying eighteen airplaneS on
q transatlantic flight.
II told the experts what we
needed an airship for and they did
the desiging." said Mitchell.
Did you take part in actually
designing airships for the Army?"
NO, We had experts. for that"
At the outset, Mitchell attempted
to read a prepared statement con-
tanning the protest of his counsel
against testifying. The court
promptly refused to permit him to
read the statement, and Mitchell
declared in curt tones:
II am testifying then over the
protest of my counsel"
His statement Mitchell turned
over TO newspaper men.
Colonel Mitchells stat m t,
which the court over-ruled, follows:
May it please the court: Under
date of October II, 1928, 1 was
directed by order Of the Adjutant
General of the Army to report to
the Judge Advocate Of the Court
of Inquiry. In accordance with
those directions / reported and sub
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FLAYS
ARMY TRIALS
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viction and sentence Of Colonel
William Mitchell.
Cites Butler Case

Cites Butler Case
Congressman Blanton declares
that lin the army and navy OF the
United States farcical peacetime
court-martials have become a stencil
in the nostrils of law and order
loving people"
Congressman Blanton cites an
automobile accident in which Mai
Henry M. Butler collided with
another automobile" while drunk
and driving his car with liquor in
It," The accident occurred April
80, last.
I'm further breach of the law
which required him to stop. he fled
from the scene of the accident
which constitutes a felony here
but was chased and caught several
blocks away" Blanton said.
After q court-martial, lasting four
days, the Texas Congressman said
the charges against Major Butler
were dismissed"
NihOOf Set Free
Congressman Blanton also cited
a case in which Capt. M. Nihoof,
of the AID Infantry, was charged
with embeZZlement, was freed by
an Army court which found that
he had merely borrowed the
money"
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A Big Christmas Serv-
ice for Everybody

Strenuous days, these-when
all of us are trying to figure
out what to give the rest Of
us ON December Is.
And a good bit of the shop
ping strain is mental, isn't it?
Well, there's an easy remedy
for that
The Shop-o-scope!
Turn to it aow-in our
Classified Section. You'll find
it full of the most helpful
time-and-money-saving offers Of
all sorts OF gifts for everyone
on your Christmas list.
Look under the special head
ings, Gifts for Her." Gifts for
Him." Gifts for Children"
"Gifts for the Home" and Din.
ner and Decorations"
Read the Shop-o.scope today!
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Good Will

Ever since that starry OId-wOrld
night nearly two thousand years
ago when the heavens opened and
the lonely shepherds on the hill
de~heard the song, ION Earth
Peace: Good Will to Men," good
will has been the Christmas spirit.
Through every land the Spirit
wings its happy way, feeding the
hungry, lighting the fire on the
cold hearth and putting a song
into thousands of hearts.
As the ye0r-round good uUiH
Of our customers Is our great
est asset, SOe take this sea-
sOnable time to thank them
and to wish each one
Merry Christmas!
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Holds 20 Views

Leonard read excerpts Trom
MitcheIl's testimony before the
Morrow board in which he said the
Shenandoah was so per cent over
weight and asked IL he still believed
that to be true.
Absolutely" said the colonel
tartly.
would you continue to believe 1t
il experts testified she was only
per cent In excess of her designed
weight"
"Yes. There are many details
which enter into my estimate. that
From time to time, the examina-
From time ii time, the examipa-
ton lapsed into maZes of aircraft
technicalities.
Mitchell was treated with ap-
parent naughty contempt by the
Shenandoah survivors. After the
flying colonel had been on the stand
for two hours, he was turned over
to the survivors for examination.
We do not wish to question the
Witness" said Lieut.. Comb. C. e.
Rosendahl, senior surviving officer.
cit is apparent that he has no
knowledge of his own relative to
the Shenandoah, and we believe it
would be futile for that reason to
question him. said RosendahI.
Mitchell was then excused, but
as a parting shot told Rear Admiral
Hilary p. Jones, president OF the
court:
Liquid IKE to tell you that I've
Hid not
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mitted my reasons as to why con
sidered it in derogation OF common
law and my rights to be required
to give evidence before the court
upon the subject matter Of this
inquiry. The reasons therein rel
forth are stiIl applicable.
"On the 18th OF October, 1925,
was brought before general court.
martial on charges, copy of which
Is hereby rendered the court, and
the trial itself was completed on
December II. The sentence Of the
court is not in effect until approved,
and until such approval the rights
referred to above are inherent.
Therefore, / must respectfully de-
cline to answer questions before the
court until all jeopardy Is removed
by final action in the court-martial
case
Mitchell proved difficult witness
for the Judge Advocate to handle
because, taking a leaf from the
general staff officers who testified
against him at his trial, he insisted
on answering questions in his own
way, and this gave rise to frequest
objections on the part OF the Judge
Advocate.
Leonard asker M1tChCn "A AO We
lieVed the frame work of the Shen-
andoah had been corroded.
"I'm not sure" said Mitchell.
salt water causes corrosion. The
frame work might thus have been
weakened"
In response to other question,
Mitchell asserted the Shenandoah
was only 5 per cent efficient" when
she crashed, because of extra weight
and because the substitution of
heliun1 for hydrogen had reduced
her lifting power.
Leonard persistently querfe d
Mitchell as to his knowledge OF the
dirigible's being weakened, as init
mated in Mitchell's famous San
Antonion statement.
Leonard took up MitchelPs San
Antonio statement bit by bit. and
sought to show that the flying
colonel had no facts" on which to
base his accusations of negligence,
stupidity and inefficiency" on the
part Of the Navy.
Ibid you have any actual facts
bearing on the crash?" demanded
Leonard.
ST was not on the ship, of
course" said Mitchell.
I'm speaking with the knowl.
edge gained from reports and
general observations. 81 will not
be crowded into corner on
technicalities."
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XMAS RUM GOES
To FISHES
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heave no." they began their happy
Yuletide task.
Not all the liquor could be de-
stroyed today, SO the second install
ment< of prohibition's gift to the
fishes will go into the river to-
morrow. Copper from the confis
Gated stills is to be sent to Walter
Reed Hospital, where the veteran.
students in occupational therapy
will make candlesticks and ASH
trays from the illegally used metal.
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in psycho-th erapx to an iIIiterate
barber and making doctor Or
Psychology out Of psIrveyor 81
herbs
Mr. Rover is assisted By Assistant
District Attorney M Pearl Mccall.
who was entrusted BY District At
tcrney Peyton Gordon with the.
investigation Of the csse ana who.
drew UP the Indictment.
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TRUSTS ABROAD
To Be PROBED
A LITTLE CLOSER

Foreign monopolies engaged In
holding up American consumers
ana coffee, are to be investigated
by Congress.
The investigation was ordered to.
day by the House and will be con,
Quoted by the Interstate and For.
eign Commerce Committee.
The scope OF the investigation
was broadened to include rubber,
coffee, silk, nitrates, sisal, potash.
nI,iY,ina iodine tin. nl1iclxsiIver'
pulpwood, and few products OF
lesser importance.
The committee was directed to
investigate means and methods Of
control Of production and exporta-
ton.
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ADVERTISEMENT

sales of carcass beer in Washinrton. 81
G. for week ending saturday, December
10, 1928. on shipments sold out. ranged.
gfr g 90 cents to 1900 cents per
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thought The control OF these func.
lions must be relegaied 10 the sub.
conscious mind 70 that our objective
mind may be free FOR the tasks OF
tho day.
So with tho fleet. The operation OF
It's machinery IN the ordinary move.
ments OF the ship, aud the movement
Of the ship Itself IN taking It's place
IN the fleet and during an evolution
must be performed with the Same
unconscious precision with which a
man breathes and walks.
The radio has become the means
by which great fleets are operated.
Tho commander OF the fleet may be
reached at any moment by the com
mander iu.chief at Washington. One
OF tho reasons for tho trip TO Aus
,raiia n 10 test out radio communi.
cations In the southern hemisphere
and tho facilities and difficulties in
communication with tho United
States and between tho ships Of the
feet in that portion Of the world.
There are also problems OF com.
pass DETECTION and OF magnetism
Involved in proceeding from the
northern TO the southern hemisphere.
But more than all Is the necessity
OF constant effort and cooperation
In order TO have the feet functIf~,,
as unit. each part responding j 4
it's proper duties at the proper tIrAe.
TOMORROW: II war comes,
where IL will likely be fought,
and why.
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Sounds Like q Daniel

IF CALIFORNIA hasn't filled her quota
L of portraits in that Washington hall of
fame, this paper is open to suggestions
respecting Judge Walter Perry Johnson, of
the San Francisco bench.
Mrs. Virginia J. Gurley sued her hus-
band for divorce on the grounds that he
played too much golf and objected to her
performance rs an amateur theatrical star
Judge Johnson denied the divorce in
decision that so thunders freedom and JUS
tice as to make old Tom Jefferson's Bill
of Rights sound like weak whisper. The
husband, declared Judge Johnson, is lord
and master of his household and it is his
right to object TO his wife exhibiting her
self in theatricals This is point No. l.
Get it clearly.
Point No. is apparent in the judges
remarks on the heinous golf charge. Hus-
bands, he decides, have a right to play
golf even from n. m. to p. m, Sum
days. Business men husbands must have
recreation and outdoor exercise.
No, sir, we don't know that Judge John
son ever saw wives in amateur theatricals,
or ever putted golf pellet But multi
tudes of husbands viii agree that he has
wonderful grasp Of husbands rights, just
the same.
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Drastic FolLy

CTUNG by the Washington drastic
- economy bug, Governor Wood is
going to weed out all unnecessary gov
eminent employees and expects to be able
to reduce the personnel by 80 per cent.
A good move of course. But Wood has
been governing the Philippines for some
years, and it is natural to ask why he
didn't make this move long ago, without
any special prodding Any other business
than government business that carried so
per cent of unnecessary help would have
a fine prospect of bankruptcy. You would
see the boss storming into the office and
yelling for the head of the fellow who
was running things. But in government
business the boss - the people - doesn't
know or doesn't care.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-21
GETTING to the Bottom

A NUMBER of courts in Eastern cities
a have adopted the policy of suspend
ing Jail sentences on drunken drivers who
will give the names of their bootleggers.
Fighting the devil with his own tools
rarely draws much public admiration, but
this court policy referred to is certainly
one way to enforce prohibition "at the
source" Moreover, the fellow who sells
liquor to a driver is also, potential muir
derer and by one method or another, the
law should give him his due for whatever
happens.
Other courts please notice.
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/? !? Answers to Your Questions /? i?

Q. Do fish have sense Of smell7
a. Fish hare a sense that Is close
" akin TO our sense Of smell. but q
Is so closely connected tcifh the
sense Of taste that It Is hard 10
d0ereuliatc.
Q. Is Harry Houdini an Amer
lean?
A. He toas born in Appleton, Wis.,
OF German Jetrish pareHto0e.
Q. Who is the smallest man in the
world?
A. Jack Russell Lambert Of Croto-
borough, SusSeT. England He Is
feet 10 inches high and teei0hs
81 pounds.
Q. in what state Is Yellowstone
National park located?
A. Practically all Of 10 Is located
IN Wyoming Hoioeucr, II oUerlaps
into Montana and idaho on the
north and ioest bU strips Of about
ttoo ulitss pide.
Q. What do the words "Baraca"
and "Philathea." so widely used in
connection with Bible classes, mean?
A. The t1oTd "Bdrdca" Is modi-
ficdtion Of "Bcracdh' re- Chron.
20:36J aud means "biessinG." The
t1ord "Phildthea" is formed from the
ttco GreeL Words, "phiieo" meaning
lore, and "oEatheS' meaning truth.
Q. Who invented the ouija board?
A. The ouiJa board iods fret pat
ented bv the Kendrd NoUcity co. Of
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Newspaper I'm
terprtse Aasn.
and unitsd
fress Service
ApprdjSing Vices

7 ORD BIRKENHEAD, who, acting rs
j. Judge, valued wife in one case at
S25, has backed water Says he appraised
her so low because of the financial con-
dition of the husband,
Maybe it is n judicial attitude that
should receive especial notice, If wife
knows that her public valuation depends
upon her husbands finances, will not wife
be mighty particular about keeping hus-
band in finances? 1t is n hot thought, one
seemingly pregnant with virtue. Naming
no names, we pass it along, hoping that
it viii take root in good soil and produce
seed thousand fold. One of the real
happy things in newspaper work is the
passing on to others of good things, even
things that don't promise to do much roost-
ing at home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-21
It Has q HeaLthu Sound

D0YS going to the citizens military
ID training camps this summer ask
what they are to bring with them, and
receive this reply:
"0ne suitcase or grip, large or medium
size with lock and key, containing: Four
suits thin underwear, two pairs pajamas,
six handkerchiefs, four face and two bath
towels toilet and shaving outfit
Optional: Linen shirts with attached
collars for wear off duty, athletic and
baseball clothes, shoes and cap; bathing
suit, light sweater, bedroom slippers, ten
mis- racquet musical instruments, fountain
pen, camera. No firearms"
1t has a good, healthy sound-that list
of articles. May it be a wonderful 30
days for the $4,000 young men who'll
work and play under military direction
this summer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-21
Half the WomenWon Vote
BY +. G.. ORR

Ing in 1924 WAS b9,25.
Wyoming and Mississippi had
higher percentages Of increase
than California. bu, were not
participants IN the contest.
hence wcro not eligible for an
award.
Wyoming increase was 1907
per cent over 10 per cen, OF
eligible voters went 20 the polls.
Texas increased It's vote By
s5.75 per cent Almost Is per
cent went TO the polls.
Pennsylvania increased It's
vote by 1885 per cent. over
a. pcr cent Of tho eligible voters
were az the polls.
Oklahoma increased It's vote
hy s.5s per cent. New Mexico.
6sb9 per cent
Nebraska increased SIS vote
by 2i.a0 per cent: Minnesota.
li,7s per cent. Indiana. So per
cent: Colorado. 1910 per cent.
Decreases IN votes cast wero
observed in Alatama, Arkansas.
Delaware. Florida, Kentucky.
Louisiana. Maine, Maryland.
Missouri. Montana. Nevada,
North Carolina, North Dakota.
Ohio. South Carolina. Tennessee
and Virginia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-21

Q. What is meant by preferential
voting
4. A system Of rotiuo which a.
lo,cs each roter the right 10 crprcss
not merely his first choice. but his
second and fhird choices among the
candidates. The object Of prciercB-
iilI roiiHg Is 10 secure The election
Of persons desired bv majority
and not merely plurality Of The
Uotcrs.
@. what was tho Magdalrna bay
incident which occurred during tho
administration Of Woodrow Wilson?
A. 7his incident occurred irhca
The United States iras hnunD trouble
Nth Mcrico. 4 japanese feet trdS
sent 10 the bay IN order 10 rescue
a Jnp0hcsc crRlScr that had gone
aground there. The Uuted states
sent observers aud feet 10 watch
operations TO make sure that Japan
did not use MnOddicnd bay as
military base IN violation Of the
Monroe doctrine.
Q. Was William Kidd n real per-
son or just character In book?
A. Capt. William Kidd. tuho has
been made famous IN romance liter
aturc, ieus real pirate. born prob
ably at Grecnock. Scotland. abom
1850 and crcCuicd bv hanging IN
LonGon Hay 20. i7Of.
Q. what Is stye2
4. An inflammation Of the GLAND
al the margin Of the euclid. due 10
injection. II "a usually associated
Nth some constitutional dcrdnoc-
HcHt resulting IN iot1crcd Uitaiity
aud rcsistiue powcr.
q. What nationality Ia Bebe Dan
icls7
4. She Is Of Spanish descent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-21

mcnts The 1921 tarcs have
Just been paid bp the prcrious
otoHcr's agent tCho ICighcs TO
collect from mr.. am triiling
10 pay MP pro rata part. but
con not soc IChy should poy
u oH As tho prior otrncr re-
cciucd rentals for part Of mo
year tchV should he NOT pay a
part OF the fdroS9
NEWCOMER.
Unless YOU had specific un-
Outstanding that you were TO
pay only Il part OF the taxes
for 1924, you will have TO pay
the entire sum. The usual rule
IS that tho seller takes care OF
all taxes due and unpaid at the
time OF the sale, but MS tho 1924
taxes were not due until 1925.
and you made the purchase in
September. 1924. you would DO
subject TO the taxes.
Mr.. Firit. I am assessed on
an automobile for 1921. ditho
did not bun 10 uutil Nay Of that
vcdr. hare explained this 10
The county assessor. bat today |
get notice from TIC shcHtGs Of
flee that I must pap this tar or
the car iUould be sci-cd. wan /
be forced TO pap thiS tar
u. l.. ".
All property Ia assessed on
March /. II you did not own
the automobile then, you should
not have TO pay, under ordinary
conditions, But ono of two
things may have happened. In
giving in your assessment II Is
possible that you said that you
owned an automobile, which
would naturally subject you to
taxation on that unless you can
satisfactorily explain II TO the
assessor. Another trouble HAT
could arise is this; II tho man
from whom you bought the ma
chine has left the country, or II
he has nothing that may be
seized TO- taxes. there Is Il rule
that the tax follows the prop
crty In such cases,
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or course Tom Jefferson IN "Fath.
or Of tho Bin o, RiKhta." which says
that no fellow shall 10 tried except
on grand Jury Indictment Havin
when he's IN service IN tima Of war
or public danger, and that there
shnn't be cruel or excessive punish.
ment, anyhow. Yet. n Honolulu
cour; martial has got two buck pr.
Yates under &c and 20 years sen.
fences for expressing opinions that
tho officers don't like. Maybe Tom
jefferson felt houorcd by his
week" but, by Henry I guess
that. II no was looIin down from
that happy place where an occa.
sloual democrat gets I'M. no wasn't
playln his harp with extra onthug-
lasm,
Ton Hindenburg's line Of political
tails amt hail as pointed a. his
old linc back IN 1917.
A scientist says that tornadocs.
like llghtnin, never strike twice in
the same place. by Henry. yours
truly never saw any place That
needed two strikes.
Orncry old Constable Seth Boards.
ley came runnln out OF Bcal'a waf
fle shop. this noon, cussln shameful
and ycllin for a dentist. Seth had