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The Pope's Encyclical

For the first time in the history of secular newspaper
in Washington The Sunday Star will tomorrow print the
establishing the feast of "Our Lord Jesus Christ
and delivered by the pon the consstory of Decem'
ber IL, 1925.
Since encyclicas issued usually the time of con-
sstores or special OCCASIONS they compara-
lively documents and of unusual importance be-
they deal with extraordinary subjects
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SUPPLY TRAIN HALTED.
Snow Motors Damaged and Party Re-
turns to Starting Point.

NENANA, Alaska. February 13
P).-The Wilkins transpolar eXpedi-
ton supply party was back in Nenana
today with its snow motors damaged.
A delay Of many hours was antici-
pated before making a. new start on
the first lap Of a trip to Point Barrow.
the take-off point for the aerial expe-
dition over the top Of the world.
The caravan left Nenana Thursday
with Is tons Of supplies on its first
lap to Point Barrow. The supplies
We're loaded on sledges drawn by the
machines. After travelling up the
Tanana River 3 miles the party re
turned, as darkness would have over
taken it before reaching Mimic 1t
was decided that moving at night on
the ice would have been extremely
dangerous.
The snow motors and supplies were
left on the river here. ready for a
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Davey, Critic of Federal Workers,
Absent at 528 of 1896 Roll Calls

He shows that in the Sixty fifth
Congress Mr.. Davey was absent on
43 of the 103 roll calls; in the Sixty
sixth Congress he was absent from
319 of the 591 roll calls; in the Sixty
eighth Congress he was absent from
145 of the 800 roll calls, and in the
Sixty-ninth Congress to date he has
missed 81 of the 33 roll calls.
"Mr. Davey is a member of the
very important committee on foreign
affairs" Mr.. Stengle points out,
(which committee has to do with all
our dealings with foreign nations. In
the Sixty-ninth Congress alone, with
IL meetings held, Mr.. Davey was
present only once attending to his
public duty on this committee"
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WILKINS SETSSA|L
FOR ARCTIC FLIGHT.
Head of Expedition Leaves
Seattle for AIaska-SnoW
Motors Fail Supply Train.
By the Associated Press.

SEATTLE. Wash, February 10
With the sailing of Capt. George HUI
bert Wilkins on board the steamship
Victoria today for Seward, Alaska, a
new aerial adventure in the Arctic
gets under way.
Capt. Wilkins, youthful Australian
aviator-explorer. heads the expedition,
which plans to fly March q from
Point Barrow. Alaska, into the uneX-
plored reaches Of the Polar Sea in
search of d new continent. Maj.
Thomas G. Ianphier. assigned TO the
expedition as an observer from the
Army Air Service. will claim for the
United States any land that may be
found.
Two monoplanes. one powered by
three engines and the other by a sin
gle one, are laShed aboard the Victoria
and Will be assembled at Fairbanks, at
the end Of the Government railroad in
the interior of Alaska, and flown to-
ward the northern coast base at Point
Barrow. There supplies are to be as
sembled for exploration flights over
the Arctic Ocean between Alaska and
the North Pole, a region heretofore
inaccessible to explorers. After sew.
eral flights a hop from Point Barrow
to SpitZbergen, on the other side of
the world. more than 1000 miles. may
be attempted.
Hopes to Beat Amundsen.
The route Of the fight passes
within 100 miles of the North Pole.
Wilkins hopes to have completed his
flights before Capt. Roald Amundsen
discoverer Of the South Pole. starts
from Spitzbergen with his Italian air.
ship. Despite the experiences of
Amundsen with planes last year.
Wilkins feels confident of success.
Lighter planes, of a type different
from Amundsen's. make the adven
ture safer, Wilkins told an audience
here yesterday.
An aviation station in the Arctic.
near the North Pole, within d few
years, was predicted by Maj. Lanphier
The polar service station, Maj. Ian.
phier said, would be useful when
Fights from Europe to Asia and other
routes are started.
Capt. Wilkins asserted that the
projected flight over the Arctic will
be less dangerous than over most
commercial routes operated today
1t will be safer than a flight from
Seattle to Denver, he said.
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Mexicans Execute Col. Pena.

MEXICO CITY, February 13 @.-
1t is unofficially reported that former
Col Napoleon Pena has been court
martialed and executed by firing
squad in Mexico City. The charge
was implication in the recent abortive
rebellion in Aguascalientes and Guada-
ajara and the Guadala jara train out
rage.
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CHANGE |NLEAGUE
|. COUNCIL FORECAST
German Entrance Brings to
Head Demand of Three
Nations for Seats.
Bv rhs Associated Press.

BY tn6 AesOCldtcu
GENEVA. February 13.-Nith an
extraordinary League Of Nations as
sembIv summoned for March to con-
slider Germany's application for men,
bership, a situation has arisen which
may involve remodelling Of the league.
The council, which issued the assem-
bly, call at it's brief session yesterday,
decided that the assembly should not
only vote on Germany's application,
but should also consider any proposal
made by the March session OF the
council regarding the counciis men,
bership.
Spain desires that nations which
remained neutral in the World War
shall have 4 permanent place in the
deliberations of the council, while
Brazil Is anxious that she or some
other country of the American CONT
nent should take the vacant seat OF
the United States until that country
signifies it's desire to occupy it. Like
wise Poland also would welcome a
permanent seat.
Move Causes Surprise.
To those who had hoped to conffne
the election of permanent membership
to Germany, there was surprise when
Spain, Poland and Brazil came out in
the open with virtual demands for
such seats, and the belief prevailed
that other states were likely to ad-
vance their candidates. at e later date.
Senior Alfranio Mello Franco, the
Brazilian delegate, asserted that Bra
I'll would accept temporarily the seat
Il,
covenant of the league. He called at
tention to the fact that when Ger
many is elected a member, Europe
out of the rs members Of the league
would have four permanent seats ir
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Bituminous Operators Expect De-
crease i'm Orders With End of Strike.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, February
Is lP-Many of the West Virginia
operators who furnished coal to the
East during the anthracite suspen-
sion. will make an effort to retain
some of the business. even though
the hard coal mines resume produc-
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MAIL FLYER KILLED,
PLANE H|TSA TREE
Art Smith, One of Best Known
Pilots, Loses Life-Body
:. Is Burned.
By the Associated Press.

Dy Tue ASSoClatcu 1'TSt1-
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 10
Art Smith, one of America 5 best
known aviators and widely known as
stunt flyer, lost his life while
straight flying last night. He was
killed when his mail plane struck a
tree and crashed to the ground near
Montpelier, Ohio. 6 miles northwest
of Bryan. His body and mail he was
carrying from Chicago to New York
were burned when fire broke out in
the wreckage.
Details of the accident were lacking
here early today. He was about 2
miles off the regular air mail route be
tween Chicago and BRYAN, H. b.
Shaver. acting division superintendent
Of the Air Mail Service here, declared.
Visibility was reported good at
Bryan.
A committee went to the scene TO
investigate.
\ Veteran Flyer,
Although only 80 years of age. he
was veteran flyer. He was the orig
inator of sky writing and Is said to be
the first American aviator to loop the
loop. He was the holder of 5S medals.
Smith began flying when he was 16.
He was encouraged by his parents.
who mortgaged their home in India ma
for 81 500 to furnish capital to build
plane. He purchased his own ma
terials, while his mother prepared the
cloth for the wings on her sewing
machine.
His first flight wiped out what IL
took Smith six months TO build. Un.
daunted by the crash, in which every
thing but the motor was wrecked.
Smith rebuilt another. This time he
was successful and earned enough
money from exhibition flights to pay
off the mortgage
Instructor in War.
In few years he had acquired a
national reputation, taking the place
OF Lincoln Beachey on the program
of the Panama-Pacif1c exposition when
Beachey was killed.
When the United States entered the
World War Smith became a civilian
test pilot and instructor and helped
in the design of several new planes.
He joined the Air Mail Service April
l, 1928, flying in the eastern division
since.
He was the second pilot to lose his
life since the inauguration of the New
York-Chicago overnight Air Mail Serv.
ice July L. Wherts Charles II. Ames
crashed into a mountain near Belle
fonte, Pa, during a fog last October
Smith took a part in the rescue of
his mail and plane, which was not
found for 10 days.
Staged Air Elopement.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, February 13
@.-Art Smith. air mail pilot, killed
last night at Montpelier, Ohio, was a
native Of Fort Wayne and became
prominent when he staged the first
''air elopement" in the history of
American aviation.
In q homemade plane he and his
fiancee started for Hillsdale, Mich,
to be married. The plane crashed
when they We're near their destina.
ton. Both were badly hurt, but were
married the next day in a sHillsdaIe
hospital.
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Radio Proerams-Page 9.

Mat. RAYMOND A. Wheeler. Assistant
Engines. Compiesioner, WIN broadcast IN
demonstration over WMAL at I 80 o'sk&kr
this evening.
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700 Ohio Miners Strike.

BELLAIRE, Ohio. February 13 (4o).
Seven hundred miners employed at
the Powhatan Mining Co. s mine, one
of the largest in the State. went on
strike yesterday. They objected to
the company changing it's method Of
paying by checks instead of in cash.
SOFT COAL MINING HIT.
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Move Causes Surprise.

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persons at the marriage had informed
him that they saw no sign that the
bride was acting under compuls1on,
but quite the contrary. The Rev. Dr-
John Wesley Brown, rector OF the
church where the marriage TOOK
place, assured himself that the bride
was acting of her own free consent,
and plea to the contrary 81 years
after marriage would not be enter
tained by any civil court.
sDiscredit to Church"
'This whole proceeding" said the
bishop, sis a discredit to the Christian
Church and an injury to religion. 1t
has done more than any event in
years to weaken the sanctity Of mar
riage. If marriages are to be declared
null and void on plea so unreal as
this, no marriage, and no home, can
be regarded as safe
Bishop Dunn called attention to the
evidence of dureSS given the Cathollc
diocesan court of Southwark, Eng
land. and the rota tribunal IN Rome
nv the mother of the duchess and
Mrs. William Jay of New York, the
late Mary V. Smith Tiffany, sister of
Mrs. Belmont, and the Duke OF MARI
borough. himself.
Bishop Dunn said Bishop Manning,
in stressing the claims of civil law,
had overlooked "the higher and the
more essential law, namely, the nat
ural law. the law written into the
very nature of things by God himself,
which neither civil nor ecclesiastical
law can change" He added that this
natural law rendered it essential that
both parties to a marriage contract
he free to give the necessary and fun
damental consent, the very essence Of
marriage.
Bishop Dunn said the people might
he assured that the Catholic Church
had not departed a hairs breadth
from the law of Christ with regard to
the sanctity and the indissolubility of
marriage.
Decree Is Defended.
'Bv her defense of the freedom of
individuals who are the contra citing
parties to Il marriage" he continued,
the Catholic Church has always pro
Evening star., 1926-11-26

English girl who Is assisting him in
his scientific work, as we'll as a rumor
that he intended to marry a Roman
society woman.
A wireless dispatch from the Beren
garia says Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont still
declines to discuss the assertion in
the rota's annulment of the marriage
of her daughter that she coerced
Consuelo into breaking her secret en-
gagement with Winthrop Rutherfurd
in 1895 by threatening to kill him and
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the buying and selling Of women in
marriage"
He said the principle what God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder," meant Ethat God and not
mammon" should make the union.
Saying that the church was not
legislating for civil effects, but coun-
selling the followers of Christ in mat
ters of conscience, he asked: "Why
should any one appeal to the Catholic
Evening star., 1926-11-26

protest against 1.-The buying and sell
ing of women in marriage" that it was
upholding the natural law and defend
ing the sanctity of marriage.
Bishop Manning protested against
what he termed the action ''of a
foreign ecclesiastical court" and the
assumption of jurisdiction by Rome
over IAN American marriage" He
concluded by declaring that "this
action by the tribunal Of the Vatican
should be openly condemned and most
deeply deplored."
The bishop questioned the evidence
of duress accepted by the Vatican as
proof that Miss Vanderbilt was forced
into an unwilling marriage to satisfy
the social ambitions of her mother,
now. Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont, the
feminist leader. who is a, passenger
on the steamer Berengaria bound for
Europe. OF the testimony of the
duchess that dureSS had been used in
the formation of the union, Bishop
Manning denounced it as IAN unreal
plea and in itself a scandal, that any
woman of middle age, after years of
married life. should be willing to
swear that her parents sold her for
worldly gain and against her WILL
Vatican's Right Questioned.
What right has a Vatican court,
sitting in Rome" said the bishop, ito
pass upon the validity of a marriage
between members of another COM
munion. solemniZed in a Protestant
Episcopal Church in New York, under
the laws of the United States of
America?
Marriage is civil contract as we'll
as Il religious one, and the claim of
any foreign court, ecclesiastical or
civil, to pass upon the validity of
marriages solemnized in this land be-
tween persons not of it's own COM
munion is an unwarrantable intrusion
and an impertinence. No church in
our own country could annul q mar
I.iage without due process of law in
the civil courts"
The bishop declared also that aside
from the primary question as to juris-
diction. the decision Of the rota was
contradicted by known facts. There
was much evidence running counter
to the plea of duress. he said. Many
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Church unless a matter of conscience
is involved?"
Advices from Rome say that William
Marconi is endeavoring to have the
Holy Rota annul his marriage to his
divorced wife, the honorable Beatrice
O'Brien, because she desired to be
remarked in the Catholic Church to
her present husband, the Marquis
Marignoli. The inventor of wireless
denied that he was seeking annulment
because Of a desire to marry a. young
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MANNING ASSA|LS
cOvSUELOD DECREE
Annulment by Vatican Court
DlSCredit to Church,
Declares Bishop.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 26-Con
trasting views of leading Episcopalia
ana Roman Catholic prelateS of New
iork on the annulment by the Ro.
man Catholic Church of the Epis
copal marriage of Consuelo Van.
dcrbllt to the Duke of Marlborough
were published today
An unWarrantablc intrusion, an i'm
pertinence, n discredit to the Chris
tan Church, and an injury to re-
lgion," by a foreign ecclesiastical
court" were among the expressions
used by Bishop William r. Manning
of the New York Diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. He ex-
pressed his opinions in q message to
the diocese which he read at n Thanks s.
giving service in the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine.
The wedding of Miss Vanderbilt and
the Duke was solemniZed in St
Thomas Episcopal Church in New
York in 1898.
Doubts Declared DiSpciIed.
Commenting on Bishop Manning's s
statement. the Right Rev. John j.
Dunn, auxiliary bishop to Cardinal
Hayes. head of the chanccry office of
the Catholic Archdiocese Of New York.
said that whatever doubt there might
have been had been diSpcllrd by reVe-
lationS as TO evidence Of dllrosS. He
said tho Catholic Church always would
Evening star., 1926-11-26

For financial wizardry Anne Mich
OILS, who produced her own play.
"Abie's Irish Rose has beaten the
record of any man, it is reported, for
money-making in the theater, having
become a millionaire through one play
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then compelled Consuelo TO marry the
duke.
Mrs. Belmont is spending much time
reading. She takes her meals alone
at small table,
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Decree Is Defended

"By her defense of the freedom of
individuals who are the contra citing
parties to Il marriage" he continued,
the Catholic Church has always pro
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
AIM To GET AFTER
RIG FELLOWS IN
new LIQUOR FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Mar. l.-Manda'
tory iail sentences would be applled
under the administrations new dry
legislation only to persons convict
ed of transporting more than one
gallon of mtoxicants. it was learn
ed at the treasury department to-
day.
"Small fry hip pocket bootleg
gers and flask toters would escape
under Il provision which would leave
to the discretion of the court the
imposition of fine or imprisonmcnt'
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrews has supervised the
drafting of the new legislative pro.
gram with the idea of aiming for
the "big fellows His establish
ed policy is to saddle enforcement
against minor violators on states
and municipalities.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
CHIEFS 'HUNCH'
SAVES LIVES OF
TWELVE AT FIRE
by United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Mar. l.-Twelvc fire
men, fighting blaze in Chicago 3
Italian quarter, were saved from al
most certain death early today be-
cause their chief chad Il hunch.
The firemen were at work ON the
second floor of Il building which
housed the Mike Casscll foodshop.
They were making rapid progress i'll
checking the flames when the floor
under their feet lifted nearly I'm inch
and then settled.
"All out!' barked Marshal Dill
Ion to his men. He explained later
he chad Il hunch' something was
wrong.
No sooner had the - firemen
reached the street than the building
was blown to splinters by terrific
dynamite blast.
The dynamiting was blamed on an
Italian feud involving the notorious
Gonna gang. The preliminary shock
which warned the firemcn is belicv-
ed to have beCn causde by dcto-
nator attached to the bomb.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
Woman and Man to
Oppose Candidacy
of Ma Ferguson
Nv United Press Leased Wire

DALLAS, Texas, March Pres
aging fevcred campaign this
year, Texas politicians have begun
to stir about, although the first
primary election is more than 100
days away.
Three hats, two Of them bearing
feminine plumage, have been tossed
in the gubernatorial ring. Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson is seeking re-
election "to vindicatc the family
name" Mrs. Edith Williams, y
former member OF the Legislature
is seeking entrance to the chief ex-
ecutive's office on an "'h0nesty h.
government platform. Formcf
Lieutenant Governor Lynch David
son, the only man TO announce hi"
candidacy for governor so far ht5
not definitely stated his politics
Another item is to be considered
his year by Texas politicians an4
1t is the apparent growing of N er
in the Republicaa party, wbieh u
to hold its first primary election -
history this year,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
u. s. LEADS WORLD
NOW FOR NUMBER
OF NAVY VESSELS
BY United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Mar. 1.-The United
States possesses the numerically
greatest navy in the world, accord
ing to the admiralty's naval blue
book, issued today.
Five United States battIeships
are to be equipped with the most
powerful floating anti-aircraft bat
terry in the world, the blue book dis
closes. consisting of five inch guns
capable of bringing down Il plane
from . height of six miles.
Naval vessels already built are
listed as follows:
United States, 543
British Empire, IA,
Italy, 247.
Japan. 222.
France, 2l9
Soviet Russia, l76.
Germany, 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
PASS RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING STAND
ON line CLOSING

The Ministers Associat ion of
Imperial County this morning pass
ed IL resolution endorsing the action
taken last week by the ministers of
FL Centre, advocating the closing
Of the border mt CaleXico at u
o o'clock and requiring regular pass
rorts to enable citizens of the
United States to cross the ntCrna-
tional line.
AS finally adopted by the meet
ing, the resolution reads:
1--WE respectfully call the atten-
ton of President Coolidge to the
conditions existing along the border
at NcXicali and express our iudg-
mvnt that the closing of the line at
& p. m. and tac requiring of regular
passports will be a step to improve
conditions there.
Copies of the resolution will be
sent to President Coolidge. Sccre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon, Cong
lcssman Swing and Senators John
son and Shortridge.
Randall Henderson and Bill Har.
muth. representing the CaleXico
Chamber of Commerce, addressed
the meeting, requesting the minis
tiers to defer action until the cham
her could make an effort to adjust
matters satisfactorily. The minis
,crS refused to follow this advice
and decided to act at once.
The ldoption was not unanimous,
the CAlcNicn ministers voting
against the resolution.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-01
U. S. OFFICIALS
NOT EXPECTED TO
VISIT CALEXLC0

l.. III. Schwacbc, collector of Gus
toms at Los Angeles, and United
States Attorney $. w. McNabb, are
not expected at CalcXico, according
to statement made today by III. +.
Shepherd, deputy collector of Gus
toms at Calexico.
Los Angeles morning papers today
carried story to the effect that
Schwaebc and McNabb had left ON
"A ''mystcrious' trip to the border,
presumably to investigate condi-
ti0ns as u result of the recent trou-
bic at Tijuana.
Shepherd stated that he talked on
another matter with Schwacbc
over the telephone this morning
and that the collector made no
statement or ntimation that he
plans visit to Calcxico. The for
mcr asserted that the Los Angeles
officials might come to CalcXico
without informing him of their in
tcntion to do so.
Whatever plans Governor Rod
rigucz may have with reference to
border conditions in Lower Califor-
mia, will receive the complete sup
port of the Mexican federal govern
mcnt, according to statement is
sued yesterday by Colonel j. M. Ia
pia who recently paid visit to
Mexico City and was in conference
with President Gales when the bor.
der trouble arose.
Governor Rodriguez has the en-
tire confidence of tho president.
Tapia said, and has been instructed
to deal with conditions rs he sees
fit.