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The Washington times., 1925-09-14
BES NAVY
KPERTS
PUT ON
BOARD
Rear Admiral Jones TO Pre-.
side Opportunity Given
Mitchell TO Testify

Major General John Il. Hines,
chief OF staff Of the army, 20.
day reCeived from General Kinds
ct San Antonio the papers upOn
which the Courtmartial Of Col
0nel Mitchell viii be Ilase
hose papers are aaif % 1--WE
official antIaenticit 10 MNitch6llse
charges inst aircraft 0fiicerB
- the pVar and Navy Depart-
H1ents. The records win be re-
viewed BY General Hines and
other general staff officers be-
fore they are submitted to Sec.
rotary Davis, who win order
Mitchell placed on trial.
Secretary Of Navy Wilbur today
appointed the court of inquiry to
investigate the Shenandoah disaster.
The court will consist OF seven
officers. he&ded by Rear Admiral
Hillary p. Jones, senior member
Of the general board of the navy.
Other members are: Captain
Frank III. Clark, one Of Secretary
Wilbur's aides; Captain Louis b.
Mcbride, construction division; Cap
tain Paul Foley, judge advocate;
Commander John H. Powers, ayia-
tor, who commanded the navy's
transatlantic flight, and who has
just returned from duty abroad.
Lieutenant Commander Ralph
Penoyer, pilot, who was one Of the
inspectors stationed in Germany
during the construction of the Los
Angeles, and who was stationed in
England during the construction or
the R-34, and Lieutenant Com
n1ander M. r. Pierce, assistant
judge advocate.
The court will sit at Lakehurst,
and because of the widespread pub
lie interest in the Shenandoah case,
the hearings may be open.
Instructions to the court were
being drawn at the Navy Depart
ment this afternoon.
Assurances that Colonel Mitchell
viii be afforded every opportunity
to testify before the Coolidge COM
mission, irrespective of what dis
culinary action is taken in his
case, were Forthcoming from the
War Department today.
Acting Secretary of War Davis
said that no court-martial proceed
ings would interfere with MitcheL's
appearance if the commission
wanted to hear him.
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kansas hills hunting and fishing.
He has fished In the Potomac too.
when In washington. but he pre-
fers the quiet streams OF his native
State. He also hunts In the Arkan-
sas hills. seeking quail. squirrels.
turkeys land deer. but with little
concern whether or not the hunting
bag gets filled.
I'm not keen on killing game. Z
he says. 81 can't get any joy out
Of it, but / do like to hunt. because
it offers warm comprehensive and
is an excuse for living in the woods
close to nature.
Forensic Star
The Senator is best known in the
Capital for his powers Of debate.
When he rises in the Senate to de-
nounce some act Of his political OBJ
ponents he usually draws a crowded
chamber. AS a wit and satirist he
is without a peer in Congress. He
uses words ais flashing rapier with
which to wound, and over his de-
bate he filings a veil Of rich sar-
casm that bites deep into the opposi-
ton. It takes a bold opponent to
cross verbal swords with the Sena-
tor from Arkansas.
Caraway is Self-made man, ana
he never forgets the long struggle
he had to win an education. His
rise has been remarkable. for at
twenty-one he was section hand
in railroad track gang. He drove
spokes on the Cotton Belt" for
$1.25 a day and has never been
ashamed of his humble beginning.
He even admitted last session in
debate that he was fired" from
! that job
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RODGERS ASKS
FOR DUTYAT
SEA
PN9 No. 1 Commander Sends
Thanks to WILDER for
Elevation in Rank

Commander John Rodgers, de-
signated as assistant chief of the
Navy Bureau Of Aeronautics as a
reward for the manner in which he
kept the seaplane Pms No. afIoat
In the Pacific for nine days, today
notified Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur that he would prefer to re.
main at sea in aviation work un.
less the department decided that
ne could render better service in
Washington.
Rodgers is now in Honolulu pre-
pairing to return to the United
States.
His message to Wilbur said:
The crew of the PN9 thanks
you for your telegram and I APP
preciate the honor attached to my
selection as assistant chief OF
bureau. However, my personal
preference is to remain on sea
duty with airplanes unless in your
opinion my services will be more
valuable in the department"
The Washington times., 1925-09-14
HE'LL
IN AUTO
CRASH
Policeman Gilbert. of Traffic
Bureau, Hit Man and Sped
Away, Charge

Reginald B. Gilbert, of 1417
Massachusetts avenue southeast
. policemen attached to the Iraf-
fie Bureau, wiz be arraigned in
Traffic Court today charged with
reckless driving, driving without
. permit, and leaving the scene
of an accident without making his
identity known.
Gilbert, it is alleged, was the
driver Of an automobile which yes
terday struck Frank J. Villari
eighteen, of 219 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
Charges Gilbert Fled
Villari was crossing the street in
front of his home when the car
driven by Gilbert swung into him
he charges, knocking him TO the
ground. He was picked up and car
ried to Emergency Hospital in g
passing automobile. He was treated
for decorations of the scalp.
Gilbert, it is said. failed 10 stop
but increased speed and fled from
the scene.
Later he was arrested by police
men from the Sixth precinct.
Gilbert was suspended from thu
police force today by Inspector
Charles A. Evans. acting major anC
superintendent Of police.
Mrs. Matte Goren. forty-eight, o
1885 H street northeast, Is no
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SOUTHEAST GETS RAIN
AS CHURCHES PRAY

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. IA wave
of cooler weather swept over the
southeast today in the wake of a
break in the unprecedented drouth.
With hundreds of churches hold
ing prayer service for rain, in re-
Spouse to proclamations issued by
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina
and Virginia, storms broke Sunday
over a wide area. Heavy rainfall
was reported in parts of Kentucky,
Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia,
Tennessee and Mississippi, while
showers fell in virtually all sec.
tons of the southeast.
The break in the drouth also end
ed the extraordinarily high temper
atures which made most OF the
southeast sizzle for the last ten
days. In Atlanta the rainfall Sun
day was the first in seven weeks,
while certain other sections of the
southeast had not had rain since
Juna.
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s 4 I Z -
SUFFERED
INTENSE
PAIN
Body Of Solomon Cohen,
Dragged From Potomac,
identified by Son

Two months Of suffering from
cancer Of the tongue drove Solo
mon Cohen, sixty-eigi1t, = retired
tailor living at 800 NJ street
northwest, 20 end his life BY jump
ing into the Tidal Basin.
The suicide was discovered early
this morning by Bender Jones, a
colored fisherman, who found
Cohen's coat and hat in a tree
near the edge Of the basin, not
far from the inlet dam. He told
the driver of one 81 The golf
course buses, who notified the
police.
Son Identifies Body
Harbor precinct police, dragging
from the harbor boat, found the
body shortly after To- o'clock, about
so feet from the place where the
coat and hat had been found. The
body was taken to the Inorgue,
where 1t was identified by the
mans son, Morris Cohen. Coroner
hewitt issHed certificate of
suicide.
No note was left by Cohen and
the only Identification found in his
clothing was the address, 900 M
street, and the telephone. number
Franklin 3468-J. written on piece
Of paper pinned to the inside
pocket OF his coat
A note was also found con-
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Hot Aircraft Fight
In Congress Expected
To Bring New Policy

President Coolidge hopes that his
personally directed aircraft inves-
tigation, to start here on Thurs
day, will develop a new and con-
sistent Federal policy in aircraft
development, and at the same time
put an end to the interminible
rows and quarrels which have kept
Congress and the army and navy
in an almost constant uproar for
ten years.
These weres the principal motives
that actuated Mr.. Coolidge In nomi-
mating an aircraft grand jury of
nine members to make ten weeks
investigation and report, it was
stated today by his advisers.
Board NOn-partisa1l
rhe personnel of the board was
carefully selected with view to
eliminating politics and partisan
The Washington times., 1925-09-14
ARMY HORSES TO APPEAR
AT THREE EASTERN SHOWS

Four officers and sixteen horses
from the army cavalry school at
Fort Riley, Kan. are in the East
attending various horse shows, the
War Department announced today.
They will appear at the following
shows: Syracuse, N. Y, September
14-19; Batavia, N. Y, September
1925; Bryn Mawr, Pa, September
30-October 3.
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By InternatIOnaI News Service

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. A.
This city was aghast today at the
alleged magnitude of the dope traf-
fic among high school children,
the awful picture of the pupils
having become dope addicts" hav-
ing been drawn by parents to Fed
eral narcotic agents-charges that
led to a series of narcotic raids
which have landed two prominent
physicians and three others In the
meshes Of the law.
The men who must face the
Federal district court are: Doctor
Frederick Bryant, Doctor Walter
c. Harris, Harry Marse, colored;
Frederick Guilberg and James
Ward.
Marse. according to Federal
agents. operated in the Union rail-
road station here.
A Federal agent claims to have
The Washington times., 1925-09-14

My hobby is being sllade-tree
farmer" he says, 81 want to DEM
onstrate the theory beliove Ii,
that : man can actually make 4
farm pay by raising crops and sell.
ing them at 4 profit. II is 4
unique hobby. since no one has
ever succeeded. Therefore 1 viii be
entitled to a place in history, like Co
lumbus although, unlike him, L
shall be the first and the last az
well.
But, as I'm shade-tree farmer,
I've always sat under the tree and
never verified my theory"
Visits Old Farms
Caraway has another hobby
which he enjoys. 1t is a love for
old farms and old furniture. Just
after the adjournment of the last
session Of Congress he spent a
month in Maryland touring the ru-
raj sections so that he could visit
old farms. He caused considerable
speculation among Maryland farm.
ers when asking them for permits
sion to look over their farms. The
farmers couldn't quite understand
that Caraway didn't want to buy
their properties, but merely wanted
to satisfy a curious hobby.
The Senator also hunts and fishes
for recreation and pleasure.
He loves to roam through the Ar
The Washington times., 1925-09-14

an automobile at North Tonawanda.
The dead: Percival Durham, 81;
his brother, Daniel Durham, so,
and Michael Farmer, 43, all Of
North Tonawanda.
Ames Hay, driver and owner Of
the car, is suffering from serious
injuries.
The Washington times., 1925-09-14
MAX PAM, N. Y. ATTORNEY,
DIES OF HEART TROuRL E

NEW YORK, sept. 14.-Max Pam,
well-known New York city attor-
ney, died today of heart trouble.
Pam had not been in good health
He was unable to be at his office
in the last two months.
He was unmarried. Funeral ar
renGen0Ants have not been made.
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Renamed U. S. Marshall

President Coolidge today reap
pointed John II. Glass as United
States marshal for the middle dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Glass was
Endorsed by Senator Pepper (Rep.
OF PENNSYLVANIA, but opposed by
GovernOr Pinchot.
The Washington times., 1925-09-14
CANCER VICTIM ENDS LIFE IN RIVER
Senator CardWay Is
9 Shade Tree -
Farmer
BY WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON

An army of dirt farmers agriculturss and city
bred farm bloc members have Washington in recent
help Uncle Sam his Government but Senator Thad
deus H. Carawa lDe of Arkansas continues be the only
real shade tree farmer Congress It is his chief hobby
OF course the Senator lawyer by profession he doesn
farm and he probably wouldn't know how plow but
still he devoted follower of his hobby That is where the
shade tree enters the picture But let the Senator explain
II. - e -. #.es
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THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN CRASH AT CROSSING

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 14.-The
lives of three persons were snuff
ed out early today, when a fast
Lehigh Valley railroad passenger
train, en- route to Buffalo, struck
The Washington times., 1925-09-14
OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT

Partly cloudy; slightly cooler tonight;
Tuesday fair, moderate northerly winds.
Temperature yesterday, high, "a; low, %.
The Washington times., 1925-09-14

international News Service has the exclusive rshts
for republication lin any form, OF All news
dispatches credited to not otherwise credlted n
this paper It exclusively entitled to use Tor
Republication ali the local or undated pub
lished herein. a. well all special dispaschs&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-24
BOARD
POWERS ARE
CLIPPED
Fleet Corporation Hereafter
Will Operate and Sell
All Vessels

The United States Emergency
Fleet Corporation today was vest
ed with complete administrative
control of the Governments mer-
chant ships.
The United States Shipping
Board will continue to operate. but
largely as a regulatory body in
giving formal approval to the ac-
tons and policies Of the Fleet Cor
poration.
The change thus effected is in
accordance with the suggestion of
President Coolidge for the re.or-
ganization under the direction of
Admiral Leigh Palmer. president
Of the Fleet Corporation.
Under the new operating plan. all
ship sales will be handled solely by
the Fleet Corporation, and after
bids are received and action taken
upon them, the Shipping Board will
have an opportunity to approve or
reject the contracts.
The Shipping Board will be un-
able, under the present Merchant
Marine Act, to divest itself of any
Of the powers conferred by Con.
gress, but will, so far as 1t is posi-
BILE, leave the management and
operation OF the merchant fleet to
the Fleet Corporation.
The Presidents action was taken
following the visit or Chairman
O'Connor of the Shipping Board
to = roitr to offer 400 or more OF
the Governments surplus ships to
Henry Ford. Agreement has been
reached by the shipping authorities
to sell 200 vessels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-24
CITIZENS UNION BACKS
NEW YORK PARK PLAN

NEW YORK, June 24.-An ap-
peal to members Of the legislature
to avoid politics III considering the
governors plan Of state park de.
velopnlert and to approve Of the
general plan submitted BY the State
council OF parks and endorsed by
the governor was addressed to les.
isIative leaders on behalf OF tho
Citizens Union by fits secretary
Walter Tallmadge Arndt. The
letter, according to Mr.. Arndt, EEK.
presses the views of the Citizens
Union in general and Of It's com
Inittee on legislation in particular. !"
The letter points out that the
union supported the constitutions
amendment for the park bond issue
s'because it believed it offered bene-
fits to the people of the entire
State that were not likely to be
acquired in any other way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-24
ALEXANDREANS
SEE XII KLUX
PARADE
White-Robed Knights Burn
Fiery Cross During Big
Demonstration

ALEXANDRIA, June "a. March
ing silently, with folded arms, IN
time to the nnuffled roll lof drums,
400 white robed knights OF the Ku
Klux Khan last night paraded
through the main streets of this
city and, accompanied by several
thousand interested oniookels, ter
minated their demonstration by the
burning of q fiery cross and the
display OF fireworks in q vacant
lot at the west end OF the city.
The procession. half 81 mile in
length, was headed by b number Of
automobiles III which rode high Off
cials OF the order. The foremost
machine carried huge cross trim
med with red. Following the ma
chimes were other officers OF the
invisible empire, = and behind them
marched nearly 100 women. The
majorityIo f those in the procession
was nnasked, = although many Of the
out-of-town members, Of the order
marched with unconcealed faces.
It is thought that many who took
part in the demonstration were
from washington, fredericksburg
and neighboring counties. Printed
copies Of the Ku Klux Khan code
we're distributed among the on.
lockers.
Following yesterdays joint meet
ing Of the city council, members OF
the Retail Merchants Bureau and
business men of the city, to find a
solution to the problem of traffic
congestion caused by the stopping
of BUSES ait iIlcOnvenient points on
King street, City Manager Paul Nor
ton has been requested to designate
the far side. Of certain street inter-
sections along King street as stop.
ping places for the buses.
The merchants and motorists Of
the city had complained to the city
council that the busses stopped m
front Of places of business and not
only caused congestion OF traffic.
but kept customers from parking IN
front, of stores.
At q special meeting OF the city
council, held yesterday. the sum Of
SIS, 800 was appropriated for reHur-
facing and improving the city's
streets. Appropriations t0taIing ap-
proximately Sill, 81, including adj
ditional street improvements and
lighting and drainage alterations,
were proposed and will be acted
upon at the next meeting OF the
council.
The municipal wharf project,
strongly advocated by the mer.
chants of this city and investigated
by the committee Of river and navi,
cation of the Chamber Of Commerce,
will be brought before the. city coun.
ell at its next meeting, Thm aday.
II wag reported today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-24
POTOMAC NIL
VOTE SOON ON
BOND ISSUE
Special Election Called for
July 2S Following Peti-
ton Of Citizens

ARLINGTON COUNTY, June "a.
- petition from the town 81
Potomac was presented to Judge
Samuel e.. Brent yesterday by
Corporation Attorney Walter u.
varney, asking that q special cleo.
ton Be called for b bond issue OF
$4,000 for the purpose Of building
8 modern firehouse and q tail and
also to Nuuidate the $4,000 bond
issue OF sewer certificates which
win mature within the next year.
Judge Brent entered an ORDER
calling for special election on
Tuesday. July Is.
Mr.. Varney said today that he was
confident that the election would
carry BY q heavy vote.
with the selection Of John Nal.
lock AS president, the auxiliary 81
the Ballsfon fire department at Bon
Air was perfected at Z meeting last
Other officers elected were J. "A.
Ether. chief: II b. CushnaaM. VIZ
president; =. j KoInlbrenner, secre
tary: g. III. Lane. treasurer, and
/. j. Weinberg as captain.
Members of the board Of directors
are u. G. Bockhaus q =. Bieiasks
w. III. Mabry, G. Utterback. ana
q n. Franks.
Following the election. more than
"a. 600 was raised toward the build
ing OF q modern IRE house. There
wlA be another meeting on Monday
night. when plans for the building
win be completed.
Noting that on Monday more than
$500 fines were placed against per-
sons appearing In the Arlington
county police court, FL. G. Saffel last
might asserted that he II In favor q
placing all county officers on 8
salary. the remainder Of the fines
to 20 to the coun+ fund to be used
TO build 4 new Jall. sali
Nomination Of officers and the
election OF delegates TO attend the
annual state coy yention In Staun-
ton, August 10. and IL. win be
the principal bU less atEtIie month
" meeting Of Arlington Post
No. tS9. Amer In Legion. 70 be
held tonight IN the Clarendon com
munity hail. with Commander Doc
tor J. a. Boston presiding.
The condition Of Doctor Robert
Yates, mayor Of the town Of Poto-
mac, who has been confined 70 his
home for the last week. was said to
BE- serious at his home last night.
There viii be meeting Of the
auxiliary unit Of Arlington Post.
No. 139. American Legion tonight
at the home Of Mrs. "a. u. Porter
lat Clarendon avenue and Wilson
boulevard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-24

Brussels Speech BY American
Head Of Chamber Scored
BY Senator smoot
By H. K. REYNOLDS.

On the eve of the opening of
debt negotiations here with Italy,
members of the American Debt
Funding Commission are disturbed
by what they regard as renewal
Of propaganda abroad in favor
of substantial reduction or ulti-
mate cancellation of the obliga-
tions owed the United States.
The debt cancellation talk is
now emenating from Brussels,
where the international Chamber
of Commerce, headed by Willis
H. Booth, a New York banker, is
holding its annual session. The
attacks on the policy of the
United States in demanding liqui-
dating of European debts have
been linked with severe criticism
Of the Dawes plan for the pay
ment of German reparations.
OHlOUG OctCuU3 E1AHs
Calling attention to develop
ments at Brussels, Senator Reed
Smoot, chairman OF the Senate Fl.
nance Committee and member of
the American Debt Commission
charged fatty today that the at.
tacks on the Dawes plan by the In
ternational Chamber Of Commerce is
merely q part of concerted propa-
ganda to discredit that agreement
with q view to paving the way for
cancellation Of the inter-allieH
debts .
smoot defended the Dawes plan
from the critical observations of
Booth and various European dele
gates to the Brussels meeting, deny
ing Booths statement that under
the Dawes plan Germany would
have to export more goods than she
did before the world war.
In the remarks OF European bust
ness leaders. Senator Smoot also
saw an attempt on the part OF the
nations which they represent to
have the United States reduce the
tariff on goods which they manu-
facture and desire to sell IN this
country. Replying TO this sugges-
ton, Smoot said that there would
be no tinkering with the tariff by
the next Congress and infimated
that some rates might be increased.
Hint to Italians.
This statement was also taken as
q refusal Of the American Debt
Commission to consider the Italian
proposal to reduce some Of the
American tariff duties on Italian
products In connection with the
funding Of Italy's $4,000. 000, 900
debt.
Despite the debt cancellation talk
at Brussels, officials saw a ray of
hope in the fact that officials of
the Baldwin government were dis
cussing the sending of debt COM
mission to Washington at the same
time that debt payments were be-
ing discouraged in unofficial quar-
tiers.
Giacomo de MARITIME and Mario
Albert, who viii represent the
Italian government in the debt
negotiations which open here to.
morrow, conferred at the Italian
embassy today on the funding pro-
posal which they will present to
the United States. The debt con-
ference will be held at the Treas ury.