Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
Current News Events
Summary of Important National, Foreign
and Local Affairs Specially Arranged
for the Convenience of Students.

Tomorrow morning at 1901 o'clock
Col. William Mitchell will be out of
the Army. His resignation was sent
to the War Department last week fol-
lowing approval by President Coolidge,
with some notifications, of the SEN
tence imposed upon him by court
martial. The resignation was accept
ed Immediately. Col. Mftchell's future
plans are unknown at this time 1t Is
understood, however, that he intends
to break the silence imposed by the
court martial and launch fight to
popularize and make effective his
ideas on aviation. He is also plan
ming hunting trip to Africa.
A rather sad reflection on a great
and honorable arm of the Government
service was shown last week when IL
members of the United States Coast
Guard were indicted by a Federal
grand jury for alleged participation
in violation of the prohibition law.
The Coast Guard has been forced to
take in many raw recruits to bring
it's strength up to the forces necessary
to carry out its recently assigned
duties of patrolling the coast against
rum runners. Some newcomers. II IS
said. yielded to the temptation OF
brides by bootleGgers.
Another chapter was added last
week to the thrilling narratives OF
bray erv at sea. when a Yankee skip
per stooG by a sinking British freight
er for - hours during one OF the
worst storms on the Atlantic Ill re
cent wears, and succeeded in saving
the ships crew of - men. In doing
so he lost two members of his own
crew. though. and half the ships ne
boats. The skipper is Capt. George
F'reid, commanding the United states
Lines ship President Roosevelt
The fight of the President fooSe-
welt WAS only one OF hu'hpet vi
battles with the sea last week, for
scores Of liners and freight vessels
were, sorelv put to weather the violent
storm which wrought havoc TO nlFl-
cation in the north Atlantic. one
british freighter foundered off the
.n,sf of Halifax with Il loss of :"
lives.
The high cost of uncertainty Is
brought furcihly before the puhii' III
rho annual report of the public printer
last week, who reveals thal II cos'
I-nrIe sam S22O.321 last year to cor
ract tvpe for Government writer's VINO
either made mistakes or changed
their. minds after sending copy 10
the Government Printing Once. l ms
nv the way, is an increase OF Sot'o4o
over last year.
viscount Takaaki kato, the prime
minister of Japan, died last Weeh vi
pneumonia The japanese Dlel nol'
been prorogued five days as the re-
suit of the death.
The District Commissioners laSt
week notified the Department VI
S+ate of the alleged deliberate Viola
ton of traffic regulations by TWO uip-
lonats here. The diplomats ENJOY
immunity from arrest or interference
hv police. Complaint on the part ot
the police, however. Is usuals ioi-
lowed by transfer of the diplomats AZ
10 request of The state Department.
The old argument over whether Df:
Frederick A. Cook or Rear Adnlfal
Pearv discovered the North Poe was
revived for a few days heated ulScuS
sion last week as result or Nlsil
Poald Amundsen, discoverer OF the
south Pole. paid to his old friend, Or
Cook. at the Federal penltentlarN IN
T.eavenWorth After the visit Amund-
sen said he believed DR.. Cook, and not
paarv. made the discovery. and the
statement Immediately was denied
and reiterated by authorities pro ana
con. Mai Gen. A. w. GreeiN, u >.
A. retired, who made an unsuccesS-
ful dash to the Pole in 1881, added
fuel to the flames by saying he dld
not believe either one made the dis
covery.
The Prince of Wales fell off his
horse for the fifteenth time since 1870
last week and broke CoHarpone
The injury was slight. however, ana
ne returned to London the same after
noon. Some of the London papers
have expressed great anxiety at the
princes love for riding powerful
horses. and his last accident may re
vive the alarm. They MAINTAIN tfle
prince is not a private character, but
belongs TO the empire, and he has no
right to endanger the natural course
OF succession to the throne by lndulg-
ing his love for horSemansh1p.
COL +. II. House, confidante and
special adviser to Woodrow Wilson
during the war. is soon TO write ms
memoirs in book form and release
them through the newspapers. 1t
dayelOped that he has been refused
permission to reprint letters written
70 him by the late war President, al
though he has the privilege. OF course,
of printing those he wrote to the
President. Interest attaches to the
incident because of the unexplained
break between Col. House and Mr..
Wilson, and because William Jen-
nings Bryan's memoirs. recently pub
lished, contain at least 100 letters
from President Wilson.
The former kaiser celebrated his
9th birthday last week and hundreds
of messages and flowers We're received
at his castle in Doom, Holland, While
visitors came in a steady stream to
pay their respects. His birthday was
made the occasion for a bitter lament
on the part of the German fascist
organ. the Deutsche Zeitung, that
Won Hindenburg's presidency has not
resulted in the return of the mon
archy. On the other hand, commu-
nists held mass meetings and adopted
resolutions favoring appropriation of
the property of former German rulers.
Congress.
Tho I-pifp6 States after many