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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
ROLL-COLLAR COATS TO GIVE
COMFORT TO LEATHERNECKS
New Style Not Adopted to Ape British
Declares Gen. Lejeune In Explaining
Reason for Change in Uniform.

duous march from the battlefield OF
the Meuse-Argonne to the bridgehead
on the east bank of the Rhine, and
that a large part of the discomfort
and the suffering was due to the
choke-collar coats. Every man was
loaded down with a heavy pack con-
tanning all his clothing, a rifle and
bayonet, ammunition. gas mask, steel
helmet, haversack containing eating
gear and rations, and many other
smaller articles.
Hung Coats on Packs.
I'm self defense the men finally
took off their coats and hung them
on their packs. / determined then
and there that if / ever had the power
to do so I would adopt an open front
or roll-collar coat for field service.
II am glad to say, too. that we
have at last been able to obtain from
American manufacturers good
quality khaki cloth of fast color at a
reasonable price. Our success in this
effort came about as a result of pairs
taking effort on the part of the guar
termaster Department and the CO
operation of q large number of
American firms.
1--WE believe that we have at last
succeeded in obtaining America
khaki that is just as good as English
khaki at approximately the same cost.
This is a notable achievement when it
is remembered that four years ago an
inferior American cloth would have
cost twice as much as the superior
cloth we have recently purchased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
LEJEUNE ASSAILS
OUANTICO CONDITIONS
Housing Situation Intolerable and
Menace to Health and
Morale, He Says.

Housing conditions" at the marine
base at Quantico "are intolerable and
would not be permitted for the civilian
population of any progressive COM
munity in this country" Gen.
Lejeune, commandant of the Marine
Corps. told Congress when he was a
witness at hearings before the House
appropriations committee on the Navy
appropriation bill, reported today.
These conditions constitute a
menace to the health and morale of
the men, and a rich and prosperous
country such as the United States
should not require it's own flesh and
blood to submit to such neglect OF
their health and comfort" Gen.
Lejeune admonished Congress.
Nothing. however, in the way of
permanently improving the situation
at Quantico can be done until such
time as the Congress makes a spe-
cial appropriation for permanent con
struction there" he pointed out
"Prodigious effort at great expense
has been required to hold our own
there. The best we can do is to
prevent the buildings from falling
down.
Permanent construction at nearby
Army posts was authorized at the
last session of Congress, which accen-
tuates the dissatisfaction of our men
at Quantico with their accommoda-
tons. The bill now before the COM
mittee on naval affairs of the House
authorizing the construction of per-
manent buildings at Quantico mas re-
ceived the approval of the Secretary
of the Navy and the Bureau of the
Budget, and every effort will be made
by me to secure its passage at this
session of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
Japan.
Great Britain.

The Japanese total probably will be
raised 10000 tons by four new 10000.
ton cruisers.
Should the efforts to obtain appro
priations for the three new cruisers
of the 1924 program fail and the time
for beginning them not be extended
Americas total will drop to Is ships,
with a tonnage of $4,000.
Saving Is Doubted.
The new 10-cruiser program, advo.
Gates of an immediate cruiser appro-
preparation admit, is something to be
thankful over.
But" they reiterate, what about
those three cruisers that pass into
oblivion next July unless Uncle Sam
digs down in his jeans without further
delay, or extends the time within
which they can be built?"
The advocates of an immediate
cruiser appropriation also contend
that no money will be saved by post.
poning cruiser appropriations until
after the impending Geneva confer.
ence. They believe that even if a
limitation of cruisers is agreed upon
at Geneva Great Britain will not agree
TO scrap her existing ships and the
United States will have to build not
only the three cruisers but others
in order to maintain the cruiser rates
which are likely to be fixed by the
conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
HILL UNDERPASSES
URGED BY ELDR|DGE
Proposes to Raise Grades on
Thirteenth, Fifteenth and
Nineteenth Streets.

Raising the grades at the foot of the
Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Nineteenth
streets hills and the creation of under
nasSes for east and west bound traffic
was suggested by Traffic Director M
.. Eldridge today as one method of I'M
proving traffic conditions at those
three points.
While the installation of signs com
pe1ling east and west bound trafnc 10
come to a complete halt at the foot OF
these hills has reduced the accident
hazard. Mr.. Eldridge believes that the
erection of underpasses would entirely
remove the possibility of accidents ana
at the same time facilitate the move
noent of traffic. BY raising the grades
AFT the foot of these hills, he pointed
out. it would be possible to construct
an underpass without lowering the
level of the street.
Mr.. Eldridge has just returned
frock a duck hunting trip at Cnerry
Hills. Va, and when informed or the
action of Police Court Judge NC
Mahon in taking under Amusement
the question Of the legality of the
establishing of no parking zones at
shipping entrances of the business
establishments, declared that should
the court hold that he has no power
to protect these shipping entrances
from parkers a virtual paralyzation
of business would result.
Other cities set aside spaces in the
congested areas for shipping en-,
frances. Mr.. Eldridge pointed out, and
no attempt has been made by the
courts to eliminate them. The fate OF
331 reserved spaces in front of stores,
hotels and apartment houses rests In
Judge McMahon's forthcoming decl'
sion. the traffic director explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
Eligibility Rules
For Firemen Too
High, Watson Told

An interesting dispute of no seri-
Gus proportions developed today
between the United States Civil
Service Commission and District
Fire Chief George S. Watson.
The controversy arose when the
Civil Service Commission advised
the District Commissioners that the
standards of eligibility for prospec-
tive firemen in the District are too
high and that considerable diff
Guilty has been experienced as a re-
suit in maintaining an adequate
eligible list from which appoint
ments might be made. To this
Fire Chief Watson replied that, de-
spite the. commissions contention,
the commission always has fur
nished him with a fire fighter when
he needed one to fill q vacancy.
AS both the commission and the
fire chief have refused to grant a
concession, the Commissioners
have appointed Daniel E. Garges,
secretary to the Board of Commits
sioners, to act as arbiter in the
case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03

The "Ieathernecks'' OF the Marine
Corps. who wrote their names on the
brightest pages in history during the
World War, are soon to appear in new
uniforms, adopted not, as is generally
supposed. to ape the British, but IS
result of extreme discomfort while
they were helping turn the tide or VIC
tory in the late war.
, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com
mandant of the Marine Corps. ex-
planned officially to Congress why the
new uniform has been adopted and
that the new style roll-collar coats will
soon be worn by this peace-time police
force, and emergency expeditionary
force, $500 of whom are now engaged
in guarding the mails.
Delay Finally Overcome.
owing to the large stock of cloth
ing on hand at the close of the war,
Gen. Lejeune told the House appro-
priations committee, 1.-The improved
articles of uniform were delayed in
distribution to the service, but at the
present time this difficulty has been
nearly overcome except in the case OF
the roll-collar coats of the Summer
and Winter field uniforms,
THE change from the choke-collar
field coats to the roll-collar coats will
add greatly to the comfort of the men
and, therefore, to their contentment.
/ have had this change in mind since
the World War.
II can never forget the discomfort
amounting to actual suffering of the
men during that long, trying and ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
FIRST LINE SHIPS
.0.K.,SAYS HALL|GAN
Condition of Smaller Vessels
Hampers Speed, However,
Admiral TeStifieS.

All of the first line ships in the
American fleet are in good repair out
the condition Of vessels of lesser I'M
nortance has, in some cases, necessi-
tated q reduction of their speed from
90 to as low as II knots an houf'
Testimony to this effect was given
before the House committee consul
ering the naval appropriations OH, re-
ported out today, disclosing tnat While
in times of peace the unimproved con-
dition of the vessels does not seriously
affect their work, an emergency, such
as a war. might result in conges-
ton at shipyards when all facilities
would he required for converting mer-
chantmen.
Rear Admiral John 1alligan, Jr..
head of the Bureau of Engineering,
informed the committee that he was
in favor of doing as much repair work
at sea, as possible, not only because
of the lower expense involved. but pc
cause opportunity thus was aforded
to give seamcn training which might
stand them in good stead in an emef-
gency. He said the Navy contem
plated withdrawal of the Nevada and
Oklahoma from the fleet in the Fan
of 1928 to recondition them.
A discussion of capital ship CON
dition brought a query from Repre-
sentative oliver, Democrat, Alabama,
a member of the committee, as to
whether all but a few of the vessels
would not require some modernizatlon
before 1894. Admiral Halligan replied
that they would.
The total number of ships of all
classes now out of condition is 351,
Admiral Halligan told the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
ACCOMPLISH IN CRIME
GETS 15-YEAR SENTENCE

Dennis L. Smith must serve 10
years in the penitentiary for the rob
berry of Charles Turner July 26, 1879,
in front of his home. 1881 Massachu'
sets avenue southeast, although ne
sat in an automobile while compan-
ion named Belhummer relieved the
victim of a diamond pin and SAT IN
money at the point OF a pistol. Bel
hummer Is serving Is years for the
crime.
The District Court of Appeals, IN an
opinion by Justice Charles II. Robb,
today upheld the conviction of Smith,
although Belhummer, when offered as
a Government witness at the trial of
Smith. repudiated his former state
ments to the prosecutor and police
and asserted the innocence of Smith.
The trial justice allowed the prose
cutor to cross examine his own wit
ness. and this was made the basis of
the appeal.' A review of the record
discloses. the appellate court finds. that
every requirement of lew was complied
with and there was every reason for
permitting the crosS-eXaminatlon or
the witness. "It is the duty of the
court" says Justice Rohb, ito admin
lister Justice rather than to encourage
perversion thereof" Assistant
United States Attorney Neudecker ar
gued the case on appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
WILBUR'S CAR IN TRIPLE
COLLISION; SIX INJURED
Crash of Two Machines Drives
One Into Side of Third
Motor

Six persons were injured yesterday
in a triple collision Of automobiles,
one of them owned by Secretary of
the Navy Curtis d. Wilbur, at Flor
ida avenue and r street.
Those injured, all of whom were
taken to Dawes Convalescent Home,
2126 r street, were Mrs. James c.
Wynkoop, fractured collarbone and
bruises about the head; Thomas K.
Wynkoop Mrs. Gordon Warner, Mrs
wynkoops daughter; her husband, of
Hamilton, Va, and Edith Dunn, 8
years old, and her 5-year-old brother
Billy. All were occupants of the
Wynkoop car, and Mrs. Wynkoop
was treated by her husband, DIR.
James c. Wynkoop, 1884 Lamont
street.
The only occupant of the Wilbur
car was the driver, John H. Pye, HOS
Q street The third car is the prop
erty Of Alice NJ. Rogers, 2206 Wyom-
ing avenue, and was operated by Let
man Colbert, 1929 Ontario road. 1t
figured in the accident when the
impact of the collision between the
Wynkoop car and the Wilbur car
forced them against it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
D. c. MEN ANSWER
FLORIDA CHARGES
Washington Defendants In
Guided 81 Under Liquor
Indictment Held for Trial.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, January 3.
Thirty seven defendants. including
Is Washington men arrested three
years ago on liquor conspiracy
charges, appeared in Federal Court
today. entered demurrer to the first
indictment and were Immediately ar
rested under a second indictment
which had been held in reserve. Bond
in $1,000 each was fixed.
United States District Attorney
Gober said the trial probably would
not begin before the first week in
February.
The Is Washington men made a
vigorous fight against extradition to
Florida, but were notified last week
that they must appear in Federal
Court here today or forfeit bond of
$1,000 which was fixed in the first in
dictments.
The Washington defendants include
Joshua l.. Sprinkle, lieutenant of po-
lice; former Deputy United States
Marshals Newman, Barteman and
Marshal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
ADMIRAL EXPLAINS
ORDNANCE SCHOOLS
Children of Employees Get
Education at Three Gen.
tiers on Reservations.

Three schools for children of people
employed at the ordnance stations at
Indian Head. Md, Dahlgren, Va, and
South Charleston, w. Va, are pro
vided for under an appropriation of
S11 $50 900 for the Bureau of Ord
nance in the naval appropriation bill
reported to the House today.
In explaining the operation of these
schools to the House appropriations
committee Admiral Block said:
AT Indian Head, Md, in 1926,
there were 334 pupils; 1856 of them
came from the reservation and 14S
came from off the reservation. The
total cost to the Federal Government
of this school was $10,681.
MARYLAND Shares Expense.
THE State of Maryland paid to-
ward this school $S,4S2, which repre-
sents Just about what their prorated
share would be in accordance with
the number of pupils from the reser-
walton and from off the reservation.
Each year the State of Maryland mas
been increasing it's quota, so that l
have hopes that soon this school VIII
be on a so per cent basis.
AT Dahlgren, Va, there are 70
pupils-51 from the reservation ana
"a from off the reservation. The total
cost of this school for 1926 was $2,498
to the Federal Government. and the
State of Virginia supplied one teacher,
who cost $500. This is the first year
that the State of Virginia has shared
any of the expense of this school, and
l feel very much encouraged that we
have finally persuaded them to supply
one teacher and to take off part OF
the charges from the appropriation.
1.-THE children who attend these
schools are the children of civilian
employees, children of officers and
enlisted men, and children who live
in the nearby vicinities, where there
are no other schools. The schools
have worked largely for the content
ment of our best of civilian employees.
"These men are not willing to stay
in any place where they will deprive
their children of proper educational
facilities, and we have been able to
retain as employees of the Govern
ment our very best men for the sim
pie reason that they have schools for
their children; if there were no Gov
eminent schools. there would be no
school; and they would give up their
jobs and go somewhere else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
new HELIUM SOURCE
is SOUGHT BY NAVY
Representative Is Coming Here to
Testify Before House Appro-
priations Subcommittee.


FORT WORTH, Tex, January g.
Data on n new source of helium to
supply Army and Navy aircraft will!
be furnished the Government. it be
came known here with the departure
for Washington Saturday night of c.
L. Earle. naval representative at the
helium plant here. only one of It's kind
in the world.
Earle will testify before a House
appropriations subcommittee on tho
question of building a new gas pipe
line to the Nocona. Tex, fields at "A
cost of approximately $750,0 TO sup
plant the failing supply from the
Petrolia fields. What threatens to
be an acute shortage of helium thus
could be averted. Earle said.
T.. p. Hayes, engineer in charge Of
the helium plant for the Bureau Of
Mines, declares that Nocona gas tests
| out about the same percentage of
helium as that from Petrolia fields
A unit of the Fort Worth plant -
being tried out i'm the Texas f'anhan.
| die oil fields. near Amarillo, Hayes
J s2iG, with q view to erecting a small
| branch plant there, avoiding prohih-
tive expense of a pipe line to the.
main plant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03

BY the Associated Press.
The radio gossiping of German sub
marines and their kidding of French
radio stations took a positive hand In
helping the American Navy to carry
the American Expeditionary Force
across the Atlantic without the loss of
man.
The story of the part the buzz OF
the enemy radio played in this under
taking was told by Rear Admiral John
Halligan, jr., during recent hearings
on the Navy Department approprla-
ton bill reported today to the House.
His story follows:
"It has caused a great deal of won
der and I have heard many people ask
the question, how it was that our
transports were not torpedoed, where
as other classes of vessels were tor
pedoed in these waters, and some OF
our empty ships westbound were tor
pedoed but in no case was transport
carrying troops successfully attacked
by a submarine.
Joked With French.
During the war the allies built and
established radiocompass stations on
the south coast of Ireland, the coast
of England and the west coast of
France. The German submarines USED
their radio very freely, not knowing
that these compasses existed. They
talked to each other and talked to Ger
man stations and they even poked fun
at the French stations, called up the
French radio stations and joked them.
Every time a submarine used his
radio, his position was cut in from
these radiocompass stations on shore.
His position was plotted on chart in
the operations room of our headquar-
tiers in Brest. Each message gave
the submarines call letter, so that we
were able to plot successive positions
of the same submarine.
AFTER studying their movements
for some time. we discovered that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
II ARE ARRESTED
IN RAID BY POLICE
Suspicious Characters Are
Gathered In to Stem Tide
of HoId-ups.

Police took the aggressive early
Yesterday in a campaign to reduce
the unusual number of hold-ups preva-
lent at this time. picked squads raid
ing what they declared We're gather
ing places for suspicious characters
and arresting 81 colored men.
Six of those arrested were brought
I'm to the police station this morning.
Most of the prisoners are being held
for investigation" although detectives
indicated that specific charges relative
10 recent robberies may be placed
against some of them, while others
will be charged with vagrancy.
Detectives Guide Raid.
All of those arrested were captured
within the second and eighth pre-
cinCts, in the general vicinity of up
per Seventh and Eighth streets, police
of the two precincts operating under
the guidance of Detectives Ira Keck.
i. c. Kuehling, Carlton Talley.
Charles ]. F. Weber, Il. w Thompson
and Harry X. Wilson.
Considerable excitement was occa-
stoned as a police patrol laden with
officers, hurried from place to place.
Occupants of other houses in the sus-
picious zone lost no time in vacating
as the patrols bell sounded.
Escape Is Thwarted.
Very little resistance was encoun-
tered by the raiding party. At only
one place, house in West court, was
any effort made to escape, and that
was foiled by Jacob Wolfe. driver of
one of the detectives cars, who
nabbed two men who had scaled a
fence and We're about to run to free
dom.
The Cleanup" was carried out by
the specific direction of Maj. Edwin
b. Hesse, superintendent of police,
who desired to free the streets of sus-
picious character as a preventive
measure against further hold.ups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
RADIO GOSSIPING BY GERMANS
PROTECTED u. S. SHIPS IN WAR
Rear Admiral Halligan Explains How
Compass Helped Transport Avoid
Enemy Submarines.

they operated in a rectangle. extend
ing approximately 400 miles offshore.
but leaving gap of about a hundred
miles south of them between the bot
tom of the rectangle and the coast of
Spain, and also a gap to the east
ward near the coast of France. They
apparently had selected the crossing
of trades routes in the Bay of Biscay,
the east and west bound ships to the
coast of France and the north and
south bound routes to Gibraltar and
the Azores, and in the beginning of
the war they had decided to occupy
that rectangle.
Describes U. S. Methods.
I'VE never got them outside of that
rectangle except on routes to the
Azores or coming to and from the
Mediterranean.
Our method was to meet the con-
voys 500 miles offshore with our de-
stroyers. The destroyers, before leav-
ing Brest, were given three routes,
a, B, and c; A being the best route.
That generally was to the southwark
Of this rectangle. Then I'D to the
northward would be B and c through
the rectangle.
Our destroyers flashed the word
contact as soon as they got the
convoy and thereafter we controlled
their movements from Brest.
IF the southern route, which thew
generally used, remained clear of
submarines. we had no further COM
municati0n with them until they got
TO port. But if a submarine appeared
threatening that route on the way to
the Azores. or the route to the Medi-
terranean, we would simply tell them
10 use route 3 or c."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
BACKS COOLIDGE STAND.
Church Committee Opposed t
Larger Sums for Navy.

By the Associated Press.
A resolution conveying to President
Coolidge and members of Congress an
expression of whole hearted support"
of Mr. Coolidges Opposition to en-
larged naval expenditures for the
building of additional cruisers at this
time" was made public yesterday by
the administrative committee of the
Federal Council Of Churches.
The committee declared it believed
sin broadening the application of the
spirit and principles of the limitation
of ornaments formulated at the
Washington conference" and ex-
presses the hope that Congress will
cooperate with the President ''in
every possible way in carrying out
this policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
70 KILLED IN TRAFFIC
MISHAPS, SAYS ELDRIDGE

Irrespective of the tallies of other
agencies, Traffic Director M. O. Ed
ridge closed his report of traffic fatali-
ties for 1926 today with a record of
10 deaths, a decrease of II under his
record for the preceding year.
The largest number of traffic deaths
in any one month, according to the
traffic directors calendar, occurred in
October There were 10 fatalities in
this month, with June and August
running a close second, with 8 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
Brig. Gen. Leitch Transferred

Transfer of Brig. Gen. Joseph D.
Leitch, now commanding the 8th
Brigade, at Fort Mcpherson, Georgia,
TO command the 5th Brigade, at Van
couver Barracks, Wash, was an.
nounced today at the War Depart
ynent. Brig. Gen. Herbert o. Will
liams. previously assigned to the 5th
Brigade, has been reassigned to the
9Th on completion of a course at the
service schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
D. {. FINLEY PROMOTED.

David f. Finley, who has been serv-
ing as one of the counsel on the war
loan staff of the Treasury, was pro-
NOTED today to be special assistant to
Secretary Mellon. Before the war Mr..
Finley practiced law in Philadelphia
and after leaving the Army came to
Washington as assistant counsel of
the War Finance Corporation, from
which he went to the Treasury.