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WEATHER.
if. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and slightly colder tonight,
minimum temperature slightly above
freezing; tomorrow fair.
Temperatures—Highest, 54, at noon
today: lowest. 44. at 7:45 a.m. today.
Full report on page 7.
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QUEEN ALEXANDRA
DIES IN 81ST YEAR
OF HEAR!ATTACK
British Empire Plunged Into;
Gloom by Passing of
Dowager Empress.
i
KING GEORGE AT BEDSIDE
OF MOTHER UNTIL END
All Social Events Canceled When !
Illness Was Announced —Oxygen !
Used to Save Life.
By the Associated Press. «
SANDRINGHAM. England. Novera i
her 20.—-Queen Mother Alexandra. !
widow of King Edward VII, and']
mother of King George V, died late [
•hts afternoon at Sandringham House. J
A bulletin signed by the attending
Physicians, Dr. F. J. Willans and Sir |
Thomas Horder, said:
“Her majesty. Queen Alexandra!
passed away at 5:25 o’clock. The •
King and Queen and members of the j
royal family were present.”
Queen Alexandra passed to rest j
emtd the peaceful rural surroundings j
which she loved so well. Since Thurs- !
day morning, when the doctors’ an- J
nouncement made it patent that the j
aged Queen was in a critical condi- j
Mon, the hamlet of Sandringham and
its tiny neighbors Wolferton and
Dersingham, which claimed her for
their very own, had waited heavy
hearted for the end.
Groups Hope Against Hope.
Throughout the long hours little
groups lingered, wet eyed at the por
tals of the royal residence, hoping
against hope for some word that their
beloved mistress would survive.
Within a few days (December 1), the
Queen mother would have celebrated
the 81st anniversary of her birth, a,id \
all the inhabitants had been prepar- ,
,ng in elaborate fashion to celebrate j
the event at Sandringham house.
Additional telegraphic apparatus
had been installed to cope with the '
inevitable shower of congratulations '
and good wishes from all parts of I
the empire. This now is being used
to tell her people in the four corners i
of the earth of how she died.
News of Attack Surprises.
Even to the people of Sandringham,
who knew the frailty of their queen, j
news of the menacing heart attack ,
came as a surprise. Only on Wed- '
nesday she was out driving, as was >
her custom, and a few days ago it
was authoritatively stated that she !
was in better health than for some
time past. So the news of the griev- j
ous heart attack early Thursday j
morning came as a stunning blow, j
The King and Queen, Prince Henry, :
Princess Victoria and Queen Maud I
of Norway (Alexandra’s third daugh- j
ter) were already at Sandringham on j
one of their customary visits. The ;
family gathering had not been pre- j
arranged, as there seemed to be no
cause for special anxiety about the 1
condition of the queen mother. !
King Rushes to Bedside.
King George was the host of a shoot- i
ing party when news of the attack
reached him, and he rushed to his
mother’s bedside. His first glimpse
of the aijxious. tear-stained faces of
’he servants and officials-of Sandring
ham House told him plainer than ;
w ords of the true situation. The King j
stayed with his mother as long as the j
doctors thought advisable. The phy
sicians and nurses remained in con
stant attendance. Last evening the
.-on again visited the Queen mother.
\t that time word was given out that
(here had been no changes and that
(he Queen was resting peacefully, but
the watchers learned the ominous ad- !
ditlonal fact that arrangements had
been made to summon the King at ,
any hour during the night. 1
Pvople Show Anxietj.
All through the trying hours of j
darkness there was keenest anxiety j
among the people of the district, all j
of whom knew the venerable widow of i
Edward VII almost as one of their]
own family.
Little groups waited along the high- j
way to Sandringham scanning e\ ery
passing vehicle and submitting any
arrivals from the royal house to j
-earchlng questioning.
Others flocked to the places where ]
(here were wireless installations, think
ing to get the first tidings of her con
dition from one of the broadcasters.
A touching scene was enacted at one
of these places when the radio an
nouncer suggested that nobody would
desire dance music in view of the
queen mother’s grave condition and
closed the evening s program forth- i
with. The villagers stood stiffly at at- j
fention and listened bareheaded while !
the radio blared the strains of “God i
Save tbe King.”
The Prince of Wales and the Duke •
of York were due to arrive at Wolf j
erton, near Sandringham, by train |
at 5:29 o clock, but the train was 16 ;
minutes late. The King's sons were i
escorted to the royal waiting room j
of the Wolferton station, where the«
station master broke the news of i
their grandmother's death.
This morning the Princess Royal ]
Louise, eldest of Alexandra’s three j
daughters, arrived from London to:
join the other royalties here. Thus i
all the surviving children of the Queen '
mother were at Sandringham. One of j
the most pathetic figures on the scene 1
during the last trying hours was the I
aged Miss Charlotte Knollys. who had]
been in attendance upon her majesty
for 55 years. During all that time — j
throughout most of Alexandra's life!
in England—Miss Knollys rendered:
service of striking devotion, receiving '
in return the deep affection of her]
royal mistress.
Ix>ng and Loving Association.
Perhaps there has been no parallel j
*.r* the history of the royal houses for j
«jch a long p.nd loving association as |
• heirs. The .Queen and Miss Knollys j
had grown old together and were al- j
must inseparable, the latter being]
more a personal friend than a servant, j
Alisa Knollys, of about the same age
s Alexandra, also hag been feeling the
avages of time, and lately has been
elieved of more than one round of
~er secretarial duties.
Queen Alexandra suffered a great
<’ow in June when she lost another
»' d friend, Gen. Kir Dighton Probyn,
eearer of the Victoria Cross, who was
Me controller of her household. He
•as 91. and had served Alexandra
'■ ithfully for 52 years. To the last, al
-I’< ntinued on Page 2. Column 4.) j|
Mexican Seaport
Reported Razed
By a Tidal Wave
By the Amo-'lated Press.
NEW YORK, November 20. —
Meager reports received In Mexico
City last night from the State of
Guerrero were to the effect that a
tidal wave from the Pacific Ocean
had destroyed the port of Zihua
tanejo, and that while no details
were obtainable, a heavy list of
casualties was Indicated.
Zthuatanejo is a port on the Pa
cific, 125 miles northwest of Aca
pulco. with an extremely small pop
ulation. Therefore It is thought
that, unless there was some un
usual gathering in the hamlet, cas
ualties could not have been nu
merous.
The original report was received
by the newspaper Excelsior in
Mexico City from Tepatlan, In the
State of Guerrero.
LAND TURNED OVER
FOR PLAYGROUNDS
Park Commission Makes Two
New Areas Available to
District.
Two park areas recently purchased
by the National Capital Park Com
mission today were ordered by that
body, which held a session in its offices
in the Navy Building, to be turned
over to the District Government for
playground purposes. One of these
areas is the square in Takoma Park
bounded by Third, Fourth, Van Buren
and Whittier streets, while the other
is the plot known as Eureka Park,
on the Barry Farm, east of Nichols
avenue, Anacostia.
At the same time the commission
decided to request the planning com
mittee of the Federation of Citizens’
Associations to work for development
of a comprehensive plan for play
grounds in the District of Columbia.
A committee of the Federation, head
ed by George A. Ricker, chairman,
presented to the commission several
weeks ago its offer to co operate with
it in city in planning work.
Could Make Study.
Maj. Carey Brown, chairman of the
city and park planning committee of
the Park Commission, said it was the
belief of the commission that the fed
eration’s committee was in a position
to make a thorough study of the play
ground situation and to make recom
mendations for the location of new
playgrounds and the areas which they
would serve. He said it would be a
distinct benefit to the commission to
have the federation work on a plan of
this kind and he knew of no better
organization to perform this woYk.
In the case of the Tokoma Park
area, which is to be turned over to
the District Commissioners, the Park
Commission decided to retain a strip
surrounding it for the purpose of
placing trees and shrubbery, in con
formity with its plan to hide the bare
playground area from outside view by
shrubbery. The park reserve will be
transferred to the office of the Public
Buildings and Public Parks for treat
ment in accordance with the park
planning scheme.
Indorse Stadium Plan.
The commission also Indorsed the
scheme for the construction of a
stadium here, which was developed
by Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill,
director of the office of public build
ings and public parks of the National
Capital. Col. Sherrill said the com
mission also considered a number of
proposals for sale of land for park
purposes, but took no action because
of lack of funds.
It was announced that the Na
tional Capital Park Commission will
hold a joint meeting on December 10
with the Commission of Fine Arts to
take up matters of mutual interest
to the two organizations, particularly
with respect to the park system, and
at that time would make an inspec
tion of a number of park areas in the
District.
PUBLISHERS HELD GUILTY
OF LIBELING TRIAL JURY
Managers of Wyoming Newspaper
Convicted of False Charge and
Fined $250 Each.
By the Associated Press.
TORRINGTON, Wyo.. November
20. —M. M. Levington and Sam H. Day,
publisher and managing editor, re
spectively, of the Casper Herald, Cas
per, Wyo., were found guilty of crimi
nal libel by a jury in District Court
last night and a fine of 1250 was im
posed on each.
Mr. Levington and Mr. Day were
charged with editorially libeling the
members of a jury in Converse
County, which In 1923 acquitted Ed
ward J. Cantlin, a deputy sheriff, of
the murder of Miss Nellie Ray.
Cantlin was acquitted of running
the woman down with his automobile
and killing her. The editorial, pub
fished in the Herald, charged that the
Ku Klux Klan influenced the jury in
returning the verdict, according to the
contention of £he prosecution. The
defendants announced an appeal
would be taken.
MgT. J. T. Walsh Dies.
KANSAS CITY, November 20 t/P).
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. James T. Walsh,
one of the vicars general of the Kan
sas City diocese of the Roman Catho
lic Church, and widely known in Cath
olic circles of the Middle West, died
suddenly here early today. Mgr.
Walsh was 70 years old. He was or
dained to the priesthood more than 40
years ago.
Rich Boyg, 17, Shoot Selves in Pact
When Life Palls; One May Recover
By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, November 20.—Wil
liam Strauss and James Albert Rosen
berg, 17-year-old Cincinnati high school
boys, drove to a quiet spot in Cler
mont County late yesterday and shot
themselves through the head, after
signing a death pact, in which it was
declared “life is not worth the effort
to live.” Strauss died almost instantly.
Rosenberg was taken to a Cincinnati
hospital where it was said he hail a
chance to Recover.
©he ©timing pfof.
V y J y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION l^W
CURB ON MITCHELL,
ASKED BY PATRICK,
UPHOLDING VIEWS
Colonel Right, But Used Poor
Judgment in Making
Charges, Chief Wrote.
LETTERS IN OLD ROW
READ BEFORE COURT
Service Head Behind Aide in All
Matters Except Attack on
Superiors.
The defense for Col. Mitchell en
tered the last stages of its case in the
Army general court-martial proceed
ings today when it introduced into the
record subpoenaed documentary evi
dence leading up to his dismissal as
assistant chief of the Air Service and
which brought to fight for the first
time the recommendation by Maj
Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the
Air Service, that his assistant be
“admonished” for giving the impres
sion that Air Service officers would
be punished for testifying their true
belief be.ore congressional commit
tees. Gen. Patrick, however, in his
communications to the War Depart
ment vigorously upheld the accuraoy
of Gen. Mitchell’s testimony beiore
Congress.
The evidence was in the nature of
correspondence between the Seejptary
of War and Gen. Patrick calling on
Gen. Mitchell to explain certain state
ments he had made before ihe House
military affairs committee and the
Lampert select committee last Febru
ary Gen. Mitchell s replies also were
read, together with indorsements of
transmittal by his chief.
Documents Read.
The documents were read into the
record by Col. H. A. White, military
defense counsel, which required about
an hour and a half.
The morning session was void of
ihe usual bristling arguments be
tween counsel and heretofore startling
testimony offered by defense wit
nesses. The defense exhausted its
regular list of witnesses yesterday
afternoon and Representative Frank
K. Reid, chief civilian defense coun
sel, announced in open court today
that the accused would take the stand
in his own behalf probably Monday
morning. This statement Jittered
from one made by Mr. Reid yester
day, when in reply to a question from
the prosecution he said Col. Mitchell
would not testify. Only one witness
remained in the witness room. Chief
Petty Officer Collier, a Shenandoah
survivor, who wa# : ibpoenaed to re
cite the statements he made to Maj.
Frank W. Kennedy, the first Army
officer to arrive on the scene of the
disaster.
Maj. Kennedy when on the stand
Wednesday was prohibited front testi
fying to what Collier had told him.
Three Letters Cited.
Three letters In all were read by
Col. White to show the War De
partment had called upon Gen. Mit
chell to explain his testimony before
Congress and to give his replies with
the indorsements of Gen. Patrick.
The first letter calling for explana
tion declared the air officer’s testi
mony was of a character "to reflect
on the War and Navy Departments.”
The testimony charged "conserva
tism” in the Army against aviation;
"needless exposure of lives” by naval
orders in the battleship bombing tests
and that “vested interests were hold
ing back the development and progress
of the air service.” Gen. Mitchell’s
lengthy reply was transmitted to the
Department by Gen. Patrick without
comment.
The second letter received by Col.
Mitchell called for explanation of
statements that high ranking Army
and Navy officers had given “false
testimony’’ before these committees
with the view to misleading the mem
bers. Col. Mitchell’s reply .cited state
ments by Admirals Jones and Straus.
Secretary Wilbur and Brig. Gen Drum
which he declared to be inaccurate.
Ipheld Mitchell.
Gen. Patrick, in his indorsement to
(his letter, declared the statements of
these officers were "replete with inac
curacies” and upheld Gen. Mitchell’s
contention that they were not correct.
He added, however, that he believed
their testimony was due to "Igno
rance,” and that Gen. Mitchell’s
charges that they were "falsified"
were unwarranted.
"I therefore recommend,” Gen. Pat
rick said, “that Gen. Mitchell’s atten
tion be called to this, and that he be
ordered to refrain from such assaults
on witnesses in the future.”
The third letter of the War De
partment demanded an explanation
of Gen. Mitchell’s public statements
that several officers of the service had
confided to him their desire r.ot to
testify and of his warning to "not
enter the controversy, but leave it
to me, as I will take full responsi
bility.”
Gen. Patrick’s indorsement said that
Gen. Mitchell understood fully he was
authorized to set forth his own views,
but that he did give the impression
that the War Department would pun
ish officers who testified contrary
its policy.
Thinks Judgment Poor.
Gen. Patrick thought that “poor
judgment” was exercised by Gen.
Mitchell in this respect, and recom
mended that he be "admonished.” Be
yond that he thought no other action
need be taken.
Col. White then read into the rec
ord a War Department press release,
dated June 7, 1925. containing Maj!
(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)
A lengthy preamble and agreement
to commit suicide, bearing the signa
tures of both boys, was found in the
pocket of Strauss' coat. At the bot
tom of the paper was written, "Sign
ing off.” •
Relatives were unable to account
for the boys’ desire to end their lives,
as both were declared to be of a
cheerful turn of mind.
Rosenberg is the son of a depart
ment store proprietor, and Strauss'
father is president of a local mort
gage company.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925-SIXTY PAGES. *
FILM IN ACCUSED
IN FEDERAL BRIEF
4
Trade Commission’s Coun
sel Charges “Surreptitious”
Changes in Pleas.
The Famous Players-Laskv Co. and
affiliated distributing and exhibiting
motion picture companies were charg
ed with suppressing competition in
many sections of the country, in a
brief tiled with the Federal Trade
Commission today by W. H. Fuller,
its chief counsel.
The brief is in reply to those pre
viously tiled by the motion picture
group, and is the final one to be sub
mitted to the commission before argil
monts are heard next week on the
charge of unfair competition aimed at
netting up a monopoly.
The commission counsel asks the
commission to Issue an order against
Famous Players banning certain busi
practices such as the system of
block boo King and requiring the com
pany to separate its exhibiting prop
erties, of an estimated value of SIOO,-
000,000, from Its producing and dis
tributing properties.
The charge was mad= that the re
spondents •■surreptitiously'' made
changes In their briefs, which previ
ously had charged the examiner and
chief counsel of the commission with
bad faith and lack of Integrity.
The latter charges, it was contend
ed, were contained in a brief filed by
the company on November 2, but “do
not appear in those same words in the
amended and final copy of their brief.”
TWO-HOUR PARKING
OUTLOOK IS HOPEFUL
| Commissioners Believed Likely to
Approve Plan for Longer Limit
in Certain Localities.
Although the District Commission
ers did not pass upon the proposed
traffic amendments at their board
meeting today, it is understood that
they have practically made up their
minds on some changes.
It is expected that the recommenda
tions of Director Eldridge to permit
two-hour parking on certain streets in
the center of the city, will be approved
In some of the cases recommended.
Reports are that the new regulations
to prohibit trucks and horse-drawm ve
hicles from driving on certain por
tions of New Hampshire avenue. Six
teenth street, Rhode Island avenue
and Massachusetts avenue, except
when making deliveries, will be kept
under advisement for some time.
It Is understood the Commissioners
also are giving further study to the
rule which would require pedestrians
to obey traffic signals.
AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN’S
UNION HEADS FACE EXILE
Two Are Ordered Deported Be
cause of Activity in British
Shipping Strike.
By the Associated Press.
1 SYDNEY, New South Wales, No
j vember 19. —A sensation was created
: here today with the arrest of Tom
i Walsh, president, and Jacob Joan
! neson, secretary, of the Australian
Seamen's Union, following a finding
of the deportation board appointed
by the commonwealth government.
Both are held at Garden Island
i naval depot, in Sydney harbor, pend-
Ing deportation. Their lawyers have
I applied to the Supreme Court for a
I write of habeas corpus.
Walsh and Joanneson were promi
nently associated with the recent
strike of British seamen and have
been identified with industrial dis
putes ft>r many years.
The destination of the deported
men is unknown.
King of Siam Operated Upon.
BANGKOK, Siam, November 20 UP).
—The King of Slam, Maha Majtra
vudh, today underwent an operation
for an abdominal abscess. His condi
tion is said to be satisfactory.
Radio Programs—Page 50.
JUST MAKING IT HOT FOR THE ANTHRACITERS.
German Cabinet
To Quit on Signing
Os Locarno Pact
By the Associated Frp.«
BERLIN. November 20.—Chan
cellor Luther told the party lead
ers today that the government will
resign after the Locarno pact sign
ing < eremony in London, !)*>(-ember
1. and that a new cabinet will i>e
formed in sympathy with the Lo
carno policies and obligations.
MISSING STEAMER
IS FOUND OFF CUBA
Fate of 197 Passengers and
Crew Believed Lost. Is -
Not Reported.
A wireless message picked up today
by the Navy said the Haitian steamer
Ville des Cayes. believed to have been
wrecked with the loss of 200 lives, had
been picked up by the tanker Brazos
in Cuban waters.
It was not Indicated whether any
one was aboard the vessel, which was
taken in tow IS miles east of Pilon
Harbor.
The Ville des Cayes left Aux Cayes
last Saturday for Santiago loaded
with laborers for the sugar fields, and
several of her crew have been picked
up. The Brazos message gave no de
tails as to the condition of the wreck.
Three Saved Out of 200.
HAVANA, November 20 ( A *).—Only
three men are known to have survived
out of more than 200 aboard the Hai
tian steamer Ville des Cayes, which
sank Monday. Ten planes from the
American naval base at Guantanamo
and. several destroyers have been
searching the Caribbean between Cuba
and Haiti.
The Ville des Cayes, 400 tons, left
Aux Cayes last Saturday for Santiago.
High seas have been running in the
Caribbean. The engineer and two
seamen picked up by the British
steamer Wanderer have been landed
at Aux Cayes.
COL. COOLIDGE SHOWS
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
Faces Sixth Day of Illness With
Better Spirit, Cheered by
Message From President.
By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, Vt.. November 20.
Cheered by an exchange of messages
with his son, the President, Col. John
C. Coolldge faced the sixth day of his
illness with better spirit than at any
time since he was stricken. Although
so fatigued that he suffered several
slight heart attacks while listening
by radio last night to the address of
the President'in New York City, the
colonel retired in a cheerful frame of
mind after dispatching a message of
congratulation.
Today he had before him a reply
from his son expressing the Presi
dent’s delight that his father had
listened in.
The exchange of messages climaxed
a day in which good developments
were conspicuous. Not only were
heart attacks less numerous and less
severe, but the patient's pulse was
stronger and his appetite better.
Maj. James F. Coupal, presidential
physician, is coming to discuss with
Col. Coolidge the possibility of his
going to Washington for the Winter.
While the wish of the President to
have his father with him during the
cold season is appreciated here, there
seems to be a well defined opinion
that MaJ. Coupal will find Mr. Cool
ldge reluctant to quit the home
stead.
CLERGYMAN KILLS SELF.
BOSTON, November 20 UP). —The
Very Rev. Dr. George Starr, Dean of
St. George's Cathedral, Kingston, On
tario, committed suicide yesterday at
the Deaconess Hospital here, where
he was a patient. Medical Examiner
George B. Magrath said today. No
details were made public.
COAL PRICE BOOST
TALE FOUND FALSE
Bituminous Costs No More
Now Than When Drive Be
gan. The Star Finds.
• ’oniplaims that Washington coal
merchants are taking advantage of
the "burn bituminous” campaign to
raise prices for that fuel beyond rea
sonable figures failed of substantiation
today following an impartial survey
of tho retail coal companies here by a
representative of The Star. Prices
were found to be substantially just
where they were the first of the
month.
Inquiry at tire sales offices of half
a dozen of the larger companies dis
closed that while there may be price
variations of possibly 25 cents here
and there, the bituminous coal mar
ket is comparatively stable. The few
trivial differences brought to fight
were accounted for by the added
freight rates for fuel now coming here
from the more distant mines.
Average sls a Ton.
The average price in Washington
for the best screened low volatile bi
tuminous coal, which more closely ap
proaches anthracite in its burning
qualities than any other grade of soft
coal, was found to be sls a ton. One
dealer interviewed asked but $14.75.
the lowest figure yet obtained. High
volatile screened bituminous brings
$10.75 to fll a ton and run-of-mine
$8.50 a ton.
These are virtually the same figures
quoted in The Star before announce
ment of the soft coal drive was made.
Coke was quoted today at sl6 a ton,
$1 less than two weeks ago. It is not
believed there will be any advance
over this general scale immediately,
but. as was pointed out before, the
quantity of screened bituminous coal
is comparatively small, and a scarcity
of those grades may occur later.
The only difference between run of
mine bitumiyms and screened bitu
minous, hov/bver. Is that the latter
has been picked out by regular sizes
and is a trifle easier to handle. It all
reduces to the same thing in the fur
nace, though, and should the people
of Washington be obliged to burn run
of-the-mine late in the Winter they
will find it quite as efficient as the
more costly coal.
Drive Meets Success.
Numerous letters have been re
ceived by The Star from persons who
followed Its suggestion and joined the
“burn bituminous” campaign. In
every instance those who tried soft
coal In their furnaces found it just
as efficient, no more difficult to handle
and less expensive to buy than an
thracite. An Illustration of the suc
cess that is being met is contained in
the letter of James F. Child, 1931
Eleventh street, who wrote today as
follows:
“My hot-water plant was installed
18 years ago, with Instructions never
to attempt the use of soft coal. I used
hard coal up to the time of the war,
when It was difficult to get hard coal,
so *1 attempted the use of soft coal.
The attempt proved to be a complete
failure. My furnace smoked, gummed
up and did everything possible to
prove to me that I could not use soft
coal. It cost me quite a bit to have
my furnace cleaned out.
"A few days ago I was thrown In
company with a coal dealer, and the
subject of soft coal came up. I told
him of my experience. He told me
that he would send me two tons of his
soft coal, run of the mines grade, and
if it smoked, threw out gas or gummed
up my furnace I need not pay for the
coal and he would haul it back to his
yard free of charge to me.
“I felt that nothing could be fairer
than this proposition, so I took him
at his word. In order to give the soft
coal & fair chance, I came home and
gave my furnace a thorough cleaning.
The coal came. I started my fire
(Continued on Page 5, Column 4.)
Jobs for Women Are Made Mandatory
On Stores bv New Cuban Statute
By the Associated Preu.
HAVANA, November 20.—The
women of Cuba are to have equal op
portunity with men to obtain em
ployment; moroeover, the new fe
male employment law, passed by
Congress In 1922 and just signed by
President Machado, makes their em
ployment mandatory in many lines of
business. The law pro rides that 60
per cent of the employes of estab
lishments selling sport articles, no
tions, fancy goods, souvenirs, per
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
OP) Means Associated Press.
Auto Light Test
Place Is Planned
At Traffic Office
I
Inspector E. W. Brown, chief of
the Traffic Bureau, is making ar
rangements by which motorists !
who are downtown at night may i
test their headlights back of the
Traffic Bureau, on E street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
Inspector Brown plans to paint
lines on a door of the Traffic Bu
reau that would show a motorist
driving up to it whether the beam
of his lights strike low enough to
avoid being glaring.
This is part of a general cam
paign the police have been carry
ing on recently to bring about gen
eral compliance with the headlight
law. The testing board on E street
may be ready next week.
COOLIDGE ASSURES
FIELD TO BUSINESS
Need Have No Fear of U. S.
Interference, He Says, in
New York Speech.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Coolidge returned to the
Capita! this morning after a notable
speech last night at the annual ban
quet of the Chamber of Commerce of
the State of New York, in which he
made a pledge to the business of this
country that it need have no fear
of interference on the part of the
Federal Government so long as it re
mains in its own field of productive
endeavor, and at the same time sound
ed a warning that the Government
would tolerate no Interference from
business.
The President urged a better under
standing l*etween business and Gov
ernment, emphasizing strongly the
desirability of the most independence,
possible between the two.
His speech concluded with a strong
appeal for American adherence to the
Permanent Court of International
Justice, the Executive saying that the
could think of no more reassuring ac
tion than the declaration of America
that it will whole-heartedly join with
other nations in the support of the
tribunal for the administration of in
ternational justice tvhioh they have
created.
1,000 at Gathering.
The scene of the gathering was the
famous old ballroom of the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel. More than son men
were seated about the banquet tables
In the two galleries were possibly
-00 guests, mostly women, who had
, been invited to hear the President.
Mrs. Coolidge sat among the latter.
The President's speech was in
reality a business talk to business
men.
The general welfare of the country
could be very much advanced, the
President declared, through a better
knowledge by Government and busi
ness of the problems with which each
lias to deal.
The President stated that when the
Government comes unduly under the
influence or dominance of business
the tendency is to develop an adminis
tration which closes the door of oppor
tunity and becomes narrow and self
ish in its outlook, all of which results
in an oligarchy, while if Government
enters the field of business with all
its great resources it will have a
tendency toward extravagance and in
efficiency. and. having the power to
crush all competitors. It likewise
closes the door of opportunity and
results in what he described as
monopoly.
While sounding this warning the
President made the clear declaration
that, judging from the general results
in this country’ in the past and the
present, the system of our institutions
has been advancing in the right direc
tion.
Referred to Prosperity.
More than once during his remarks
the President referred to the pros
perity of the nation.
He explained that he used the word
business in his remarks in its all in
clusive sense to denote the employer
and employe, the production of agri
culture and Industry, the distribution
of transportation and commerce and
the service of finance and banking.
During his recital of the assistance
the Government has been in the ad
vancement of industry the President
said he disapproved of what he term
ed the autocratic practice abroad of
governments directly supporting and
financing, business projects.
The whole policy of the Government
in its system o't opposition to monop
oly in business and its public regula
tions of transportation and trade, the
President declared, has been animated
by a desire to have business remain
business, amplifying this by saying:
“We are politically free people, and
must be an economically’ free people.’*
While assuring business that it is
not the Government's intention to
hamper its advancement or to in
fringe upon its rights, the President
warned business that it would not
permit privileges and monopolies to
certain business which would stlflle
competition and hamper the Nation's
progress.
Lauds Economy.
In very plain words the President
attributed much of the present "un
exampled and apparently sound and
well distributed prosperity” to the
policy of economy in national expen
ditures which the Government had
adopted, making large tax reductions
possible. He added that a moderate
application of the system of protec
tive tariff duties has contributed its
share to the general stimulation o't
business.
The President praised the efforts
of the Department of Commerce to
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fumery, books and stationery, candy,
drugs, flowers and art objects must
be women. Theaters and business
houses employing telephone operators,
typewriters, stenographers, record
file keepers, cashiers and package
wrappers also come under the pro
visions of the law.
Stores selling only women's articles
must employ a full force of female
clerks. No male foreigner arriving
in Cuba as an immigrant since 1917
Is to be given employment in estab
lishments affected by the law. ,
Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,059
TWO CENTS.
FOLEY EXONERATED
BY NAVY COURT OF
WIDOW’S CHARGES
Cleared of Effort to induce
Mrs. Lansdowne to Tes
tify Falsely.
NOTE WITHIN ETHICAL
CODE, DECISION HOLDS
Was Obligated to Make Prelimi
nary Examination of Witnesses
by His Position.
Gapt. Paul Foley was exonerated
. today by the-Shenandoah naval court
' of inquiry of Mrs. Margaret Ross
Lansdowne s charge that he sought
• to sway her testimony.
The court held that Capt. Foley,
| its former judge advocate, was not
guilty either of seeking to cause false
testimony to be offered before the
j court or of seeking by “improper
means to influence” the widow of the
i Shenandoah's commander.
The decision, read by Rear Adminl
: Hilary P. .Tones, president of the
court, follows:
“It appearing to the court, after a
1 careful consideration of all evidence
adduced and of record in that cor.
tiection. that the defendant Cap-
Raul Foie-., It. S. N . late the judge
advocate of this court, is rot guilt
of seeking and endeavoring to ..iu.-
false testimony to be offered befor %
•his court and is rot guilty of sockinu
and endeavoring by improper mean
to influence a witness about to tes
tify before this court: and i> further
' being a matter of judicial notice u
; this court that It was an obligation
imposed by lawful regulation upon
■ apt Rani Foley as Judge advoca e
to make a. preliminary examination
of witnesses to be examined before
this court; and if fnrh®:- appearing
to this court upon consideration a
aforesaid that the said ' apt. Role
i has in nov.ise been guilty of inipropc
ior unethical oondu*t as su- h judge
advocate, and all of the evidence
| known to the court having been a
1 duced before it and made a part 1
its record.
Defendant Released.
“It is hereby adjudged and orur-e
j that the said defendant. Cap:. Pat
Foley, United States Xavj is nr"
1 guilty of the matters and things a
teged against him.
"Said defendant is hereby d!
1 charged and released irom further a;
I tendance upon this court.”
Just as the decision was being hand
ed down. Judge Advocate Leonard v
, reived formally lh n protest of Joscjv ,
| R. Davies, counsel for Mrs.
! downe. asking dismissal of the court
- because it had barred her attorn l " ■=
; from taking part in the inquiry. Th»
orotest had been filed with Secretar
'Wilbur and forwarded by him to Ma.
j I^eonard
With the 'Lansdown 1 '-Foley incider
j out of its way. the court continued its
■ general inquiry into the causes of the
• wreck of the Shenandoah.
1 It first questioned Capt. Charles R.
I-'-lark of the Army Air Service, at
I other of the defense witnesses before
! the Mitchell court-martial.
! He estimated ho bad been aboard
i the dirigible in all for about 24 hours
The witness conceded that while he
I had testified before the Mitche”.
I court-martial that he was quaiificu
as a rigid-airship pilot, he never pilot
,ed such a ship. He had taken •-
t course at Lakehurst, he added.
! He became nettled when Maj. Leor
I ard Insisted on establishing the hours
t pe was aboard the Shenandoah.
“Are you an expert on rigid au
ships?" he was asked.
"No.”
• Asked about his testimony befor
the Mitchell court that the Shenan
doah was overweight, Clark said he
i had no personal knowledge on the sub
ject; that he had read an article by
i "experts” saying that such was the
j case. And also had been told so by
I naval officers at Lakehurst.
! "Who were those officers?”
"I don’t remember.”
Asks Discharge of Court.
Declaring there are undisclosed
I facts "which are pertinent on the
| question of what influence was
brought to bear on Mrs. Lansdowne
either not to testify at all or to modify
I and change her statement," Joseph E.
) Davies, counsel for the Shenandoah
| commander’s widow, last night asked
| Secretary Wilbur to discharge the in-
I quiry court from further duty.
| Mr. Davies' request was contained
in a four-page letter and said if the
1 Secretary "sees fit to approve the con
i duct of the Shenandoah Court of In-
I quirv in the manner in which it has
j handled the controversy between
j Capt. Paul Foley and Mrs. Lans
downe,” then, as counsel for Mrs.
j Lansdowne. he requested that the Sec
I retary direct and order the court to do
i these two things:
j "First. Furnish to counsel for Mrs
j Landsdowne a stenographic copy of
the testimony of all witnesses heard
before It on the question of any con
troversy of fact as between her and
Capt. Foley.
"Second. Reconvene and recall wit
nesses whose appearance is requested
by counsel for Mrs. Lansdowne and
that counsel for Mrs. Lansdowne be
permitted to cross-examine such wit
nesses for the purpose of eliciting all
the facts.”
Tells of Ejection.
Mr. Davies recited that when lie
undertook to appear as counsel for
Mrs. Lansdowne before the Shenan
doah court he was forcibly ejected
by a Marine guard, and asserted that
the denial of the right of his client
to counsel was a "miscarriage of jus
tice.”
"A hostile judge advocate was the
Judge of the propriety of his own
questions,” Mr. Davies continued,
adding that, moreover. Mrs. Lans
downe was denied the right, granted
to Capt. Foley, to have adverse wit
nesses cross-examined by her attor
ney.
Mr. Davies also alleged that the
court acted beyond its lawful powers
In undertaking to investigate the
charges against its former judge ad
vocate. This point was raised by
Mr. Davies before the court Tuesday
and was met by the judge advocate
with the statement that, since ac
tions of an officer of the court had
been brought into question, the court
under every known procedure had ft
right to inquire into his acts.