Evening star., 1928-05-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLI4M VILE.

ish naval officer at Santiago de Cuba
Like her gallant husband, who was COM
manding the 4th Cavalry at Fort Meade.
in the Black Hills, at the time the
President and Mrs. Coolidge were In
South Dakota. Mrs. Latrobe was an i'm
mensely popular figure among all and
sundry who came In contact with her
at the Summer White House.
Mobile Giacomo de MARITIME. italian
Ambassador 10 the United States. is
leaving his countrys diplomatic service
at his own request. Having spent SO
uninterrupted years in 1t, Signor de
Martino feels he's entitled to enjoy his
remaining days In retirement and rest.
The exact date OF the Ambassadors de-
parture from Washington is not settled.
He has just completed three years at
this post. Italy assigns him a full
share OF credit for the favorable debt
settlement which she effected with the
United States Government in Novem-
Der. 1925. II was Signor de Martino's
first big job TO pave the way for the
arrival OF the Volpi mission which
negotiated the funding agreement. TN
der the aegis of the Ambassador and his
aristocratic and accomplished consort,
Nobil Donna Antonietta de MARITIME.
the magnificent Italian embassy has
been the scene of some of the most
brilliant entertainments In the annals
of Washington diplomatic society.
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One of the innumerabie points OF
interest in Washington Is the United
States Naval Observatory. Regularly
on these salubriously starry nights it
10 iNn ,kf fe}t tsNt.S hNt IA
residents and tourists. Representative
Meyer Jacobstein. Democrat. of New
York, was out there one evening last
week. He said lie came In search OF
"portcnts" of the forthcoming preSi-
Dental campaign and thought the stars
might be able 10 tell him something
When its 26-inch equatorial lens was
mounted In 1893. the Naval Observa-
torys telescope was the largest In the
world, but since then It has been far
outstripped In power by the 40-inch
Ycrkes refractor at Chicago and the
l00-inch reflector at Mount Wilson In
California.
Az Langley Field, Va, the other day
this observer ran across Marine avia-
tor with the gorgeous Gaelic name OF
Capt. Patrick Mulcahy. The flying
service knows no greater enthusiast
than Pat" and, of course, he Is con-
vinced that the Marine Air Corps has
IL all over It's sister branches III the
Army and Navy, Capt Mulcahy, who
IN guest student In the Army's tactical
school al flying nj Langley Field, Is par
ticularly proud Of an achievement by
Marine aviatora III Nicaragua last Win
ter. When the detachment or leather
necks WAS amblshed by Sandlnos
troops at Quilali. they were guided ont
Of danger wholly by means OF ohserva-
lions In the air and communications
dropped down To them. telling them
where the enemy was lurking and eN~
aetly what paths of escape we're open,
According to thf persuasive Pat" II IL
the first occasion In history where re-
treat ot land forces has been success
fully accomplished through co-opera-
ton with air forces
Mai. julius T. peyser. Washington
banker, lawyer and American Legion
leader has Just contributed an article
To New York newspaper, attempting
to explain why justice mtscarried In the
Doheny and Sinclair trials. lie ad-
sanCes the theory that II In the dis
franchlsement oT the District OF calum~
bia which nils Washingtonians With IA
peculiar mental slant" that leads them
to favor the accused In cases In which
Uncle Sam II the plaintiff. why uo
Jurors assume that tAa Government II
an opprrasor?" asks Mai reyaer. and
adds, referring 10 the oil prosecution,
THE Jurors may have felt when they
voted for aeqnittai that the defendants
we're oppressed by the same Government
that denies 10 the people of the District
inherent rights guaranteed TO citizens
nf the States"
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