Evening star., 1925-11-02
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NoHtlnued ffoiu fiFSt iase.i
Britain's air force i'll 1919, and also
Il copy of a British aerial year book
and who's who" Tor 1920. said to be
uu file al the War Deartment.
The circumstances leading up To
lhc formation OF the Presidents Ain
Board would be thoroughly gone into
II MitChelIS suggestions meet with
approval. White House correspond
euce concerning the Air Board would
be introduced as evidence by Score
Iarv Sanders and Dwight Morrow.
The trial today made but little head
way during the morning session. The
prosecution put on its first witness,
a. II. Yeager. a reporter for the san
Antonio Light. who was questioned
thoroughly regarding the statements
of September and 9 handed to him
by Col. Mitchell. Efforts Of the judge
advocate to have Incorporated in the
record documents which he Contended
were MitChell's original statements led
10 prolonged debate between counsel
over their admiSSibility Mr.. Reid
Strenuously objected to The Offering of
anything but Mitchell's original type
written statements. whereas Col.
AIoreland for the prosecution insisted
on demanding that the statements.
ous penCiled notations. be accepted by
the court. explaining that the nota-
lions which were added by newspaper
editors and printers during process of
publication could be overlooked by the
court. The matter finally was settled
by The court when il agreed to accept
The documents with the understanding
that the additions would he diSre-
garded.
The second witness called by the
prosecution made a statement which
appeared to be somewhat favorable TO
Mitchell, rather than discriminatory.
In response to crOss-questioning by
The defense Col. George l.. Hicks of
Fort Sam Houston. Tex. told the
court with some hesitation that he
did not think that the issuance by Col.
Mitchell of the San Antonio state
ments affected the discipline of his
command. The admission came after
col. Moreland had endeavored to inter
pose an objection to the question. The
court then recessed until o'clock
Yeager identified himself as a re-
porter for the San Antonio Light.
His testimony was drawn out by con-
slant questioning on the part of the
trial judge advocate. He was called
upon to point out Col. Mitchell in
The courtroom as the person who. on
September 5 last. handed to him the
now famous statement assailing the
War and Navy Departments.
The witness testified that he had
known Col. Mitchell ever since the
latter had become air officer of the Sth
Corps Area, and said that he appeared
At Mitchell's Office on the date speci-
fled to obtain "a statement for which
] had asked Col. Mitchell.
At this point Col. Moreland quiZZed
The witness regarding his connections
with the Associated Press and Uni
Nersal Service. Yeager said that he
was not personally representing either
The Associated Press or the Universal
Service when he appeared for the
, Mitchell statement and explained that
he had merely turned the document
over to his own paper, which was
affiliated with the press associations.
lie said that two other reporters and
an assistant to Col. Mitchell We're in
the room when the statement was
given out, copies of il being also
handed to the other reporters.
In response to questions by the
prosecution, Yeager said that the
statement was given to him for pur-
poses Of publication.