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VOTE ENDS STRIKE
FOR TWO MILLS
Textile Workers Almost
Unanimous, Though Union !
Not to Be Recognized.
B ~ the Associated Press.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn.. May 25 '
A meeting of former employes of two '
textile plants here, who have been on j
a tumultuous strik" since April 15. \
toted almost unanimously late today to
return to work.
Although L. Stubbs, organizer for the
United Textile Workers of America, de
clined to announce conditions, it was j
presumed that the strikers would agree
to conditions promulgated with officials l
of the American Brmberg and Glanz- J
stoff plants during 48 hours of negotia- |
tin ns.
Informed by the Associated Pres* of !
the almost unanimous vote. Dr. Arthur
Mothwurf, president of the Bemberg
plant and the Glanastoff mill, declared
that he was "highly pleased."
"I have not been formally informed
of the vote,” Dr. Mothwurf said, "but I
am glad favorable action was taken
by former employes. I want it to be
understood, however, that I will deal
only with former employes, as such, and
not with the union as a union. Fur
thermore. former employes considered 1
undesirable will not be given their posi- [
tlons.”
Dr. Mothwurf. however, said that
membership in the union would not be
considered a bar to former employes.
W. S. Kelly of the United Textile
Workers said he would have a state
ment for the press shortly.
t'nien Leader* Bflent.
Other union loaders declined flatly to
discuss the situation and aside from
Kelly's statement that the strike had
been ended, no official announcement
could be obtained. Company officials
claimed a smashing victory, but strikers
contended that If there were to be no j
discrimination, the victory was theirs. 11
During all the negotiations, Dr. Moth- |
scurf said he was dealing with the 1
strikers only as former employes, and 1
not as union members. The conferences i 1
which resu’t'il in today's action were
arranged by Miss Anna Weinstock. a I \
representative of tlie United States De- j j
partment of I abor.
Several speeches were made at the!
meeting, bu even the texts of these j.
were kept secret. The meeting lasted i
several hours.
Dr. Mothwurf was emphatic on the '
subject of terms and said no dealings
had been made with the union, but
that desirable former employes who
wished to return to work could make
application and would be given pref
erence.
T. L. Wilson of New York entered the
company's employ today as personnel
director and will act a* mediator hence
forth between the management and the
workers. Just how many of the strik
-1 ers will be cut out by the "undesirable”
clause could not be determined. There
had been no announcement that the
union as a union has made any settle
ment with the plants All the opera
tives who voted to return to work are
members of the union.
WOMAN GIVEN PEACE CREDIT.
Mine Weinstock of Labsr Department
Spent Week Among Strikers.
By the Associated Press.
The Department of Labor said last
night that settlement of the textile
strike at Eliaabethton. Tenn., yesterday
was due largely to the efforts of a
woman—Miss Anna Weinstock of Bos
ton. a commissioner of conciliation of
the Labor Department. She succeeded,
the department said, in bringing the
workers and employers to satisfactory
terms.
In a telephone conversation yesterday
with Hugh L. Kerwdn, director of con
ciliation, she declared that the strike
was over and that the employes were
beginning to register for work Monday
morning.
Miss Weinstock spent about a week
at EHizabethion recently in connection
with the strike, after which she went
to New York for a conference with
textile officials and then returned to •
Elisabeth ton a few days ago to attempt
to settle the strike.
Miss Weinstock took part in the
negotiations connected with the textile
strikes in New England. Kerwln said i
he was not at liberty to reveal the terms
of settlement.
CONFEREES BALK
ON FARM RELIEF
DEBENTURE PLAN
(•Continued From First, Page.) 1
immediately raised with a resultant '
prolonged argument. Senate conferees
contended that the House waived the
constitutional question when it agreed
to receive the Senate farm bill.
The senate conference members said
they w ould be willing to recommend I
to the Senate that it recede from the
debentures program if the House in- *
structed its conferees to insist upon j
their elimination. But without specific !
instruction from the House to its con- !
ferees, the Senate members assert It•
■would be futile to ask the Senate to i
retract approval of the debenture plan.'
WRIT STAYS SENTENCE
OF 6-YEAR-OLD TO 15
YEARS FOR MURDER |
(Continued From First Page.) j
the prosecution of the Mahan case, is
sued a written statement today in \
which he criticized Darrow for state- ;
inents In his interview.
Gov. Flem D. Sampson at Frankfort, i,
after receiving a flood of telegrams
asking him to intercede in the case, |
announced he would take no action, i
adding that he feels sure "there will j
be no miscarriage of justice, that the s
courts will handle the case properly.’ |
At Lexington. Ky., the Kentucky
Federation of Business and Professional j
Women's Clubs, in annual session. ]
heard resolutions deploring the sen
tence of the boy. but failed to act I
upon them. The sentence has caused ;
a flood of comment from prominent
members of the bar. some denouncing
the sentence and some upholding it. j
MEDIEVAL. SAYS DARROW.
_ CHICAGO, May 25 (TP .—The com- j
ment of Clarence Darrow, noted crim- j
inal attorney, upon the sentencing of'
a 6 1 2 -year-old child to 15 years’ lm-:
prisonment for slaying a playmate, J
which drew criticism at Paintsville, Ky..:
contained an assertion that the sentence I
constituted a throw-back to medieval |
times.
"Any one with intelligence,” Darrow!
said, “recognizes the utter irresponsi-;
bility of a person of that age. Courts j
in some instances have recognized it.
The punishment Is too stringent,” he j
continued. "It reminds one of the old
en days.”
Airman Killed in Crash.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25 OP).—Jo
seph Reiber, 20. of Bustleton, Pa . was
killed late today in an airplane eras .
near Doj'.estcwn. The pit*.:, Jack
Fiffiey. 29, of Philadelphia, escaped
with slight injuries.
TALKING IT OVER WITH
HENRY FORD
"The FT hole Aviation Job lx Yet to Be Done'*
Note —This is the first of a series of weekly interviews which. Henry
j Ford i$ giving The Sunday Star end the North American Newspaper Al
liance exclusively, fn these intc-• 'esc* Mr. Ford will present hit viewpoint
I on subiects of current interest, bo.”; national and international.
BY A. M. SMITH.
DETROIT. Mich.. May 25 —“The connection between motor car companies
and airplane manufacturers is quite natural.” Henry Ford said.
"The business of the automobile manufacturer, like that of the airplane
maker, is to provide mean l ; of transportation. Besides, the aviation interests
have adopted the automobile engine as their power plant. That throws them
together.”
Judged bv necessary weight of plane and power plant, and by reliability
of motors, aviation is just in Its Infancy—and close to the zero mark of Infancy.
| in Mr. Ford's opinion.
' 1 do not mean to disparage what has been done thus far.” he said. “The
Ford Cotor Co. is in the manufacture of airplanes about as deeply as any of
the producers, and whst I am saying hit* ourselves as hard as any one.
; But the fact Is, progress in aviation
is not up to the mark. About all that
has been done thus far has been to
prove that we can fly. Os the specific
kind of engine which aviation muet
develop there J* not the slightest sign
■ yet. When the steamboat came it de-
I velopcd the steam engine. When the
' automobile came it developed the gas
' rngin e \ But where are the engine and
; fuel that are to be identified alth
; aviation?
i "One of the Wright* said that he
could fly around the world on a barn
door if some one would give him suffi- ,
cient power. Aviation, so far. ha* I
taken th? general design of planes and 1
other aircraft which are obviously;
usable as a barn door would be if ,
power enough were available.
"We have applied to aircraft the
automobile figure, and fortunately have I
been able to get enough power to carry’ |
the craft, the motor and some addi-;
tional load in the form of fuel, freight
and persons.
"Have Done Nothin* Reaflv New.”
"But thus far we have done nothing
really new in aviation. The great thing
that must b? done, and along essen
tially new lihes, is to get a new type
of power plant which will produce more
power with less weight,. Advance along
this line has been made, of course, by
refining the automobile type of motor
for reduction of weight without loss of
power. But that, I feel, is only a
makeshift. The flying age is here, but
we haven't really gotten into it yet.
"There is as much chance for im
provement in the means of air trans
portation a* there was for automobiles
25 years ago. I believe that by working
along present known and suggested line*
of motors for plane* we will double the
power of the motor, of a given weight,
in the next six years. But that does
not really solve the problem confronting
air transportation. I am looking for
an entirely new type of motor, and
whatever new design of craft, will be
demanded for the best functioning of
thp motor. I am rot sure what it will
VICTORY IN SIGHT
IN FIGHT TO BAR
SECRECY IN SENATE
(Continued From First Page t ,
who favored open sessions as a general
proposition, took the position that ap
pointees on whom a fight is made should
be considered in closed session. A very
large group, including Blaine, La Fol
lette. Couzens. Black, Thomas of Okla
homa, favored open-session discussion
on all questions.
The Senate committee on rules, the
poll discloses, has six Republican mem
bers who are opposed to open sessions
and one listed as non-committal. AM
five Democratic members of the rules
committee are listed in favor of open
sessions. Senator Jones' proposed
amendment for oppning the sessions on
nomination* Is on the table, watting for
him to call it up. He i* opposed to hav
ing it referred to the rules committee
unless he is given assurance it will be
reported back to the Senate either fa
vorably or unfavorably within a day or
two. Senator Robinson's substitute also
is on the table. The amendments pro
posed by Senators Connally and Black,
however, have been referred to the com
mittee on rules.
ConnaHy Makes Statement.
Senator Connally issued the follow
ing statement in connection with his
proposed amendment.
“I have long favored open executive
sessions of the Senate. In my cam
paign for the Senate last year I told
the people that I should favor opening
the doors of the Senate. I have Intro
duced a resolution to change the rules
of the Senate In that regard. The Mal
lon incident has brought the matter
vividly before the country and the
Senate.
'The people of the United States do
not believe in secret government. The
Senate in passing on nomination* of i
the President to office is exercising a
power conferred by the people. The
people have a right to know how their
Senators vote on such important ques
tions. The power of Federal judges af
fects the property, the liberty and the j
lives of the people. There is no rea- |
son why action confirming or rejecting
their appointment should be taken be
hind closed doors, and still less rea
son why a vote on confirmation should
be kept secret. The Senate ought to
open its doors.”
Mai lea to Appear.
Paul R. Mali on. the correspondent, of
the United Press who wrote the story :
of the vote cm the Lenroot nomination
which drew the fire of the rules com
mittee, has been summoned to appear
before the committee tomorrow. The
expectation is that he will be asked
where he obtained his Information and
that he will decline to give the source j
of hi* information. The rules of the !
Senate forbid any Senator or employe
of the Senate to give out any informa
tion regarding what transpire# in secret
executive session of the Senate under
threat of expulsion or discharge, as j
the case mav be. No attempt is made
in the rules to forbid newspaper* Irom
publishing anv information, however. ;
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, who
attacked the position taken by the rule*
t committee in the Mallon ease, has de
manded that any investigation under
taken by the rules committee into the
so-called leak” shall begin with an
examination of members of the Senate
itself. Senator Pat Harrison of Mis
sissippi. a Democratic member of the
I rules committee, has offered a reaolu-
I tion providing that the members of the
Senate shall be examined but no action
, has been taken on it.
The fight to open up the sessions of
I the Senate at which nominations are
| considered has been going on for years,
i with spasmodic interest bringing the
1 matter to the fore. As far back as
i 1886 the late Senator Platt, Republican.
[ of Connecticut, offered an amendment
i to the rules similar to that now brought ;
forward bv Senator Jones. Senator
! Platt at that time called attention to
j the fact that the first rule in regard to j
! nominations was adopted in the Senate
lon January 3, 1820. That rule provided
that all information or remarks touch
{ ing or concerning the character or qual
ifications of any person nominated by
j the President shall be kept secret. No
I penalty was attached at that time for
violation of the rule. None was provid
-led until 1844. when expulsion for a
j Senator or dismissal for an officer of
the Senate was written into the rule.
The Senate has several times since cen
; sured members for violating the rule.
Senator Platt failed to have his amend
ment providing for open sessions adopt
ed During the debate Senator Platt
said:
Idea I* Antiquated.
"The Vection which I base most
1 frjqucr,heard (to pro-. I*s. z In: open
s-'-stiQBS on nomination), is that this
acuce ol sitting with clos'd doors Is
f long standing, dates bark to the for
mtlon of the Constitution, and Woe
commencement of the sessions of thp
Senate, and the inference is that what*
THE SUNDAY ST AT?. YrASHIX6TOX. T). C.. MAY 26. 1929—PART 1
be like, but I am aure it is coming,
l "One feature of thp aviation motor
! of the future la that it will be stopped
by nothing but a smash or the pilot.
Preaent motors, while posaraaing a high
; degree of dependency as gaaollne motors,
atop without warning when one of many
small things or parts ceases to function
j lust right,. In an automobile that is
not generally serious. In an airplane It
may b» very serious. The reliability of
the airplan' motor of the future, must
be exartly 100 per rent. And I believe
we shall make great strides in this
' direction in the next 10 years.
Auto Manufacturers’ Fart.
, **l say all this not byway of finding
fault, but to notify young men every
! where that the whole aviation Job la Frt
i to be done.
"The part automobile manufacturers
! will take in this development is natural,
and In away neceasary. Automobile*
and airplanes are tied to solution of
identical problem*. The great problem
of transportation, whether on the sur
face or in the air. is to reduce weigh!
of carrier* and increase their power
"The coming nodal doctrine. I believe
is that no person shall be hrlped bv
society unless he does what, he can to
help himself. Now that doctrine ap
plies directly to Industry, and la easily
applicable to the industries engaged in
transportation.
"If automobile manufacturers do not
die into the problem of aviation they
will miss any share in the great de
velopment bound to come in that field,
and that will mean that they will have
no direct share in the development of
the new types of power plant* to be
used in plane*.
"Any new engine for driving planets
i* probably applicable to automobile* —
*t least the essential factors in it would
be. Hence it seems to me that the
automobile tndustry. even at a loas,
must keep on with its active interest
in and financial support of the great
new industry just dawning—aviation."
(Cet>rrl*hi I*2* hr the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
| DEBT CONFERENCE
WILL LIKELY END
IN TOTAL FAILURE:
(Continued From First .Hit) I
cession states for former German and j
Austro-Hungarian properties should be ;
i credited to the last. 21 years of the I
annuities and subtracted from Ger- 1
many's total bill. j
Brings Treaty hi Play.
• This last condition in particular t
brings the treaty of Versailles into play,
and the creditor delegates are firm in ;
their view that the sums in question ;
hatw nothing to do with the last 21
years of German reparations payments.
On all of the points mentioned Dr.
Schacht took a markedly strong stand ,
fit is understood, virtually declaring
.that the German delegates could sign j
:no agreement unless they were given
satisfaction on all three of these points.
The fact is that it will be extremely
(difficult for the creditor* to satisfy the
Germans on any one of them, not to |
apeak of all three, and it is evident,
therefore, that almost no headway has
been made toward bridging the differ- !
'ence*. and the probability grows of the
experts leaving to their governments !
the controversial items, including a ,
final precising of the figures.
When the creditor experts meet to-!
morrow they will be Informed that I
the Germans offer no concession* on
the most important points. Fbr the
creditors to make still further conees-)
sions is certain to be most, difficult, and !
it will be little short of remarkable if,
they do. Hence the conference will I
resume on Monday, marking the be- |
ginning of its sixteenth week of en- j
deavors, deadlocked to such an extent
that the American experts see the pcs- 1
slbillty of an agreement whittled to a
toothpick and the probability of failure j
imminent.
May Admit Failure.
The creditor delegates in all proba- j
bility will refuse any eoncession on at. j
I least two of Dr. Schacht's three chief
i objections and that may bring the ex
[ perts on Monday to admit failure.
Borne progress may be made for moving
i nearer the date on which the Young
plan would begin to be operative, there
by saving Germany a few hundred mil
lion marks, but that, unaccompanied
by other compromises, will be very far
from saving the conference.
The deadlock should be broken on
Monday or Tuesday or the conference
will break up. In any ease it is dif
ficult to foresee how the conference
can endure longer than a week or 1C
days more and it might be finished on
any day of the coming week.
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WORK RETURNS HERE.
I Finds European Conditions Reflect
Confidence in Hoover.
By the Associated Press.
Returnnig to the Capital after a trip
Ito Geneva. Paris and London. Dr.
! Hubert Work, chairman of the Repub
j lican national committee, said yester
day that economic conditions In Eu
rope "reflect confidence in the poltr.es
Inaugurated by President Hoover."
Dr. Work has accepted an invitation
from Gov. Fisher of Pennsylvania to
I attend a dinner to be given by the
governor in honor of the Supreme
I Court justices of Pennsylvania In Har
| rlsburg tomorrow.
Beach Newspaper Issued.
j CHEBAPEAKE BEACH, Md., May 15
(Special).—This week the Chesapeake
and North Beach News is issuing its
: sixth anniversary number, published by
the News Publishing Co. under the
management of John L. Dilsaver. It
I consists of a tabloid weekly publication
and is circulated among the many
Summer resorts along Chesapeake Bay
|
1 ever Is old is wise and good and should
be retained and never departed from.
I have to remind Senators that no great,
measure of reform in this world has
, ever made progress that did not, make
it over the ramparts of custom knd
tradition."
Senator Platt referred to the fact that
; the seasions of the Senate were con
ducted behind closed doors for the first
five years after It was organized. At
the end of that time the doors were
opened for legislative business, and it
was not until six years later that any
rule of secrecy was applied to any kind
of business transacted in executive ses
sion.
The Senate has considered nomina
tions in open executive session in th“
past by vote of the Senate. This was
the case when President Coolidge nomi
nated Charles Beecher Warren of j
> Michigan to be Attorney General. Mr.
i; Warren’s nomination was defeated on
■ ; a tie vote when the then Vice President !
: Dawes was absent from the Senate
therefore, not able to east a de- 1
i Folding vot%
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in TO LAUNCH
NEW COMMISSION
Enforcement Drive to Get
Start This Waek at White
House Luncheon.
BY .1. RUSSELL YOUNG.
| President Hoover fares the responsi
■ bility this week of meeting with the 10
men and one woman he has appointed
j to the Law’ Enforcement Commission
I and starting them off on an undertak
j ing which is generally conceded to be
! the most stupendous of its kind ever
j attempted in the history of this country.
The members of this important body
| will be the President's guests at lunch
eon at the White House Tuesday after
noon. and immediately afterward he
and the«e guests will go to the cabinet
room In the executive office, where Mr.
Hoover will outline his Ideas regarding
the creation of thi* commission and will
Indicate his own ideas relative to the
nature and scope of the work to be
done by the commission.
At till* session, no doubt immediately
after the President has expressed him
self. the commission will formally or
ganise and enter upon a preliminary
discussion of the task confronting it.
George W. Wickersham of New York.
Attorney General in President Taft's 1
administration and president of the
American Law Institute, has been des
ignated as chairman by President Hoo
ver. The members of the commission
will select the vice chairman and other
officers and will adopt the program it
will follow in making the investigation
desired by the President. j
Baker to Be Vice President.
The general impression is that New
ton D. Baker of Ohio, who was Secre
tary of War during President Wilson's
administration and has been very ac
tive in recent years in the study of
crime with the vie a’ to bringing about
corrective measures, will bp elected
vlee chairman. While Mr. Hoover will
leave this choice entirely with the
members of the commission, it is au
thoritatively known that he would like
to see Mr. Baker serve in this capacity.
It is not known yet just how the
commission will proceed after its meet
ing at the White House Tuesday. There
is a. feeling that the members may re
main in Washington for several days
at least to complete the preliminary
work incident to mapping out its pro
gram. Just where these meetings will
be held has not been determined. Just
how the commission will proceed in its
work following its organizing and its
preliminary meetings is now only a
matter of conjecture.
President Hoover has kept to himself
what ideas he may have in this connec
tion. In response to inquiries regarding
this the President said a few days ago
that this would be discussed and prob
ably settled at the initial meeting of
| the commission Tuesday. The President
j has made it quite clear, however, that
this commission has been appointed
I to find out what is wrong with the
| whole structure of American juris
i prudence, and not merely for the pur
pose of correcting the faults and evils
| associated with the enforcement of the
prohibition laws. He Insists that pro
i hfbltton enforcement is to be only a
' part of the study to be made by this
commission.
Result as Careful Study.
! Probably no one appreciates more
fully the vital importance of the In
vestigation to be made by this com
mission. This step was not taken by
him as the result of a sudden impulse.
| Long before he ever had any hope of
becoming President he was impressed
1 with the need for stringent remedies
| in the enforcement of the laws of. the
i land. In his inaugural address he
' definitely revealed his ideas regarding
; a commission to study the situation,
and after a most careful study of the
subject, and with the most painstaking
j care, he appointed the members of this
: commission less than two weeks ago.
The President has every reason to
feel that the work of this commission
I will be one of the outstanding accom
plishments of his administration; that
; the culmination of its investigation
' may become historic in the annals of
i the Government. Because of all this
| and his honest desire lo see law en
forcement in this country strengthened.
I he exercised such great care and
1 patience In his selection of the person
; nel of the commission. Since the pub
; Itcatkvn of the personnel the President
I has received assurances which have
I caused him to feel that he had cause
to be satisfied Judging from the fa
vorable reaction throughout the coun
try to the personnel of the comm is -
I slon. the so-called dry* and wets and
' ultra conservatives and neutrals are
1 all satisfied.
JERSEY BANDITS
SET $32,000 LOOT
Fort Hold-Up* ind Robbery
Include Theft of $3,500
Pay Roll.
Special WsMteh *« The Star.
ELIZABETH. N. J.. May 25 —Operat
ing swiftly with menaeing revolvers,
four bandits this morning held up six
employes of Morrison Ar Sherman. Inc..
general contractors, and escaped in an
automobile with a 13,500 pay roll. They
also took $343 from employes
The hold-up came while W D. Sher
man, secretary of the company, was
making up the pay envelopes.
The bandits leveled guns at Mrs.
Myrtle Marco, a stenographer, seated
near the door, who quickly obeyed their
order to proceed to the rear room. Miss
Nora Boyle, also a stenographer, obey
ed as quickly.
One man took position at the street
door. The others herded Mrs. Marco.
Boyle, Sherman and three others
into a rear room and gathered up the
pay envelopes and the money lying
loose oa the cage counter.
Messenger Robbed of *34.54*.
NEWARK. N. J., M& 25.—Two
armed men who held up a young bank
messenger here today got $24,545, of
which only $1,54$ was in cash.
The messenger was Benjamin Somer
Is, employed by the Hayes Circle Na
tional Bank.
Two armed men today held up Ben
: Turton in his delicatessen store, robbed
him of $l5 and locked him in a wash
room. His shouts attracted a customer
: 15 minutes later.
PoUee revealed that last night bur
glars obtained garments valued at a
total of $4,100 from a dress shop a
block from police headquarters.
Contractor Robbed of sls,s#o.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, N. J., May 25.
—William Stites, contractor, reported j
late last night that three highwaymen
robbed him of *lO,OOO on the Greens-.
boro road near here.
He was found on his truck bound:
hand and foot. Stites. who declared
he had obtained the money from a loan ;
company to make a payment on prop
i erty, said the three bandits had driven
' up in a roadster, forced him to one side
of the road and pointed guns at him,'
1 He was tied to the steering wheel with
rag*.
.
Combined membership of the Bo;
1 Scouts and Girl Guides 1* over 2,000,-
QOO.
NAVY SPEED FLYER AWARDED TROPHY
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Lieut. W. C. Tomlinson receiving the Curtiss Marine Trophy from Aeeretary
!of the Navy Adams yesterday. Tomlinson won the rare with an average speed
j of I*s mile* per hour. —Associated Pres* Photo.
LOBBYISTS BARRED
TO NAVY OFFICERS
iAdams Takes Summary Ac
tion Against Employment
of Professionals.
•'Summary action wu taken yesterday
by Charles Francis Adams. Secretary of
the Navy, to put a stop to the employ
ment of professional lobbyists by groups
of naval officers Interested in obtaining
the adoption of legislation by Congress
improving their pay status and standing
in the flies.
Secretary Adams issued an order,
which was broadcast to every ship and
station in the Navy, pronouncing this
practice a deliberate violation of naval
regulations and directing it be stopped
immediately. The order was made pub- '
lie at the same time it was dispatched,
reading as follows:
"It has come to the attention of the
department that a certain group of of- i
fleers, forming in effect a combination, |
maintain a representative in Washing- ;
ton through individual subscription for :
the purpose of influencing legislation in ■
favor of that group.
Text •( New Order.
"The department considers that such
activities are in violation of Articles,
92 and 95 of the United States Navy.
Regulations. It is directed that they
Immediately cease. All commanding of
ficers will bring this order to the spe
cial attention of all commissioned and
warrant officers under their commands.”
Secretary Adams did not disclose
what, group he referred to specifically
in his order, nor the particular legis
lation this group hss sought. Since
HI7, however, some inequalities in pay
and standing in the flies, on which pro
motions are based, have arisen, and it is
assumed a number of officers affected
by this condition have pooled their re- j
sources to endeavor to correct this situ
ation through legislative action.
The irregularity in question arose over
an order, issued in 1917, directing that
classes graduated from the United
States Naval Academy thereafter would
not have the time spent in the academy
counted as part of their service record.
As a results the graduates were placed
at a decidedly serious disadvantsge in
comparison with classes which hsd pre
ceded them.
Fay Rased on Service.
Naval officers’ pay and rating is de
termined largely by the length >f their
service. After this order has been in
effect for acme time officers found
themselves promoted in the grades to j
a higher rank, but still receiving the
i pay of the lower rank. For instance, a 1
lieutenant was promoted to be a lieu- j
tenant commander and given com. j
mand of a destroyer. But for a year ;
and a half he continued to receive
the pay of a second lieutenant because
he happened to graduate from the i
Naval Academy after 1917.
It was said at the Navy Department |
that Secretary Adams has no objection
to officers employing attorneys to rep
resent them before congressional com- i
mittees in an effort to straighten out 1
matters affecting their pay and rank, i
but he did seriously object to the em- !
ployment of professional lobbyists, a
class of individuals that has proved
decided objectionable to Congress.
BALTIMORE SINGERS WIN.
Lead Class B in Competition of
Associated Glee Club.
NEW YORK. May 25 <*>).—The Con
cordia Society of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and
the B. A O. Glee Club of Baltimore,
Md., were winners, respectively, in
classes A and B of the triennial com
petition of Associated Glee Clubs of
America today. They received silver j
cups.
In class A. the Llederkranx Club of
Scranton, Pa . was second. Third place
went, to the Guido Chorus cf Bus-;
falo. N. Y.
tn class B. the Ottawa fOnt.l Temple.
Choir was second and the Petersbor
ough (Ont.) Male Chorus third.
Mim’ Reed Refuses
To Go on Floor on
Visit to Capitol
By th* Associated Press.
Senate colleagues of James A.
Reed, former Senator from Mis
souri, are reflecting with some
interest on the refusal of Mr.
Reed on a visit here last week to .
take advantage of his prttilege
of the floor. |
For the first time since he vol
untarily retired from the Senate .
on March 4 the veteran Missouri ,
Senator returned to the Capitol
1 Building Thursday in connection
with his duties as a member of
the commission charged with
supervision of the new Supreme
Court Building.
Mr. Reed sent in word to the
chamber to some of his friends
and conferred with them, but he
declined absolutely to enter. As
a member of the Senate Reed
was a determined foe of lobbyists
and he vented his ire particularly
against those who enjoyed the
privilege of the floor Former
, members of the Senate have the
privilege of the floor.
TRANSOCEAN HOP
AGAIN IS DELAYED
Both French and American
Flyers Postpone Start
for Europe.
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By the Associated Pres*.
OLD ORCHARD, Me.. May 25.—The
French plane Yellow Bird wfll not at
tempt a transatlantic flight tomorrow,
Armeno Lotti, sponsor of the flight, an
nounced tonight after all Indication*
were that the plane would hop off la
the morning. Unfavorable weather
held up the planned hop.
Earlier in the day mechanics at
tached to the French expedition flushed
the gasoline tank of the plane and
j took on fresh fuel. This led to the
belief that the plane would take off I
1 in spite of not too favorable weather
conditions.
The Oreen Flash, which Roger O.
Williams and Lewis A. Yancey plan
I to fly to Rome, remained in the hangar
j today. The flyers said that, they would
( not attempt a flight before Monday.
TOMLINSON SETS
:: NAVY SPEED MARK
IN WINNING TROPHY j
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advantage. As a result of thk <fia-'
qualification, Capt. J. T. Moore of the;
Marine Corps, in a Curtiss Hawk fight- i
tag plane, averaged 150.74 miles an!
hour to win second place in the race i
and also second place in the fighting|
plane class. Although an observation!
plane finished third according to timci
made with an average speed of
miles per hour, third honors' in the
fighting plane class went to Lieut. A. F.!
Flagg of the Bureau of Aeronautics. 1
who drove his Curtiss Hawk at an
average apead of 144 98 miles an hour, j
Lieut. W. o. Brice, flying the other!
Curtiss Hawk fighter, was forced down,
but without mishap, by engine trouble!
u? p ’ His P ,Rne was not I
damaged. Making a perfect landing, be 1
#«**.H* b * t «. Uxl hls disabled marVne »
! •»«<«. His was the only plane Us
abled in the race.
TrSSSi? T , th * and Curtiss
i H* ut - Tomlinson won a silver
I cigarette box awarded by the Curtiss
Co. for the pilot winning the fighter
class race, and quite took the spotlight
ceremonies following the race; at
; which Secretary of the Navy Adams
J la,f l»^ h#lrman of fh <* naval
cwnmittee of the Senate, and
i Pfllcials of the N. A. A. officiated.
Four Others Share Glory.
However, he did not win everything.
classes of planes in
fnnr r £f)Ls n< J, P Hi* other * our claates
four other pilots shared Lieut. Tomlin
: son s glory.
! to the slowest plane class. Lieut. W
h. w r *? n ' an o v eT-night starter, fly-
Hl* entry in the training plane
s?i?i J?" H** honors, pushing his ship
to ni.45 miles an hour for an average
speed, much faster than he ought to
B'nfZ*** A'adeMnt Secretary
of the Navy Ingalls, who awarded him
Edeyist watch given by the N. A. A.
watches also were won by Lieut.
W _E. Cleaves pilot of the Martin tor
pedo plane, which won in its class with
an average of 114.79 miles an hour; by
Lieut. Comdr. F. c. Montfort, who won
in the Loening amphibian class, with
an average of 118 .95 miles an hour, and
Lieut. E. W. Rounds, who won in the
plane class, with an average
of 145.86 miles an hour.
• I" the training ship class Lieut. Peter
son also was awarded a gold cigarette
lighter and watch by the Consolidated
Aircraft Co., airplane manufacturers. To
Lieut. Cleaves, winning pilot in the tor
pedo plane class, was awarded a high
speed movie camera, offered by Glenn
H. Martin, of the Martin Aircraft Co.
I A. P. Loening, maker of amphibian air
! planes, gave a cigTaette case to Lieut.
Comdr. Montfort for winning in the
amphibian class, and Chance Vnught,
maker of the Vought Corsair planes. «
one of which Lieut. Rounds piloted to 1
| victory in the observation plane group,
gave Lieut. Rounds a cigarette case.
Stunt Ares Thrill Crowds.
More than 20,000 persons who filled
every vantage point at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station. Hains Point and the
Army War College point, were given
a thrill when they say Lieut. Alford
J. Williams, stunt ace of the Navy,
do outside loops, outside turn and a land
ing started upside down and only taken
out of that unconventional position a
; few feet from the ground. Lieut. Wil
liams gave seasoned airmen a acare
when, coming out of the upside down
glide for a landing, his plane sidled j
In to the field and only was brought out
of the slip and into a perfect landing by
all the skill Williams could muster.
Cspt. F. O. "Tex” Rogers of the j
Marsne Corps helped Lieut. Williams
thrill the spectators wtih aerial stunts, j
performing many of the difficult feats
of flying before Lieut. Williams took ,
the air. _
Before the stunt flyers took the air ;
four enlisted m*n made parachute
leaps from th- gi»nt Ford transport [
plane of th* Na*al Air Station, de- [
scending without m’shap in diamond-1
shaped formation from a height of
I, feet.
DOOM OF INFANTRY
' SEEN IN i RAIDS
Fighting Ranes Riddle Tar
gets With BuUets and
Bombs m Demonstration.
BY I. ». IDGtBTON,
Staff Cm iTjpmutgiift of The Bi»r.
FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT. Fairfield,
j Ohio. May 25.—Jf the lot of the in
; fantryman was herd during the lest
j war It will be horrible during the next
Terrific aerial attacks before which
ground troop* would be almost help
less, developing Wo rapidly for defense
or retaliation, will be the rule.
The tactics of the aerial flghhtng
forces were demonstrated with graph Vt
and awe-lnspirbig realism here this aft
ernoon, when 99 roaring, diving fighting
planes, spitting streams of bullets and
loosing showers of fragmentation bombs
attacked a group of more than 1.000
lifesize targets, representing an Army
supply train and its troop convoy and
virtually wiped out the column.
More than 50,000 spectators watched
from grassy knolls forming an amphi
j theater along the south side of the huge
j flying field here as the attack forma-
I tions swept down out of the sky bath
j ing the targets In a fiery flbod of shriek
! ing steel and smoke.
Deadly War Mae nines.
The demonstration revealed she new
ly developed Army attack one
of the deadliest war machines evev de
vised. Flying In formations at eatrenpe
ly low altitudes and at great speed, thesy
planes swoop down on their targets with
not more than a few seconds warning,
spitting bullets and bombs in an over
whelming storm and tn less than a min
ute have passed beyond range.
I, The din of the attack la frtghtfhl, the
i; howl of the propellers and motors vying
! with the hard chatter of the machine
' guns and the dull roar of the 35-pound
ii bombs. The effect of such an attack,
! Air Corps officers believe, would be over
-1 whelming snd one or two such experi
ences would shatter the morale of the*
stoutest troops.
Although 99 planes participated in
the afternoon's demonstration, only 42
| actually employed live anranialtlon in
r the attack upon the ground target*, the!
j other* being used to lay smote* serwens
or to ward off attacks from enemy aft- :
, craft.
Attack Overwhelming.
Thorough examination of the targets
could not be made last night for fear of
belated explosions of "(hid” bombs.
Preliminary examination by ordinance
offleers. however, revealed that the at
tack had been overwhelming from the
point of Ww of the ground targets.
One of the 12 wooden canvas tsr
i gets representing Anrrv transport trucks
1 In the column was wiped ou* by a di
s met hit and every one of the others
r was torn and riddled by the flying frag
i merits and machine gun bullets. Os
| the 1.090 man-sized targets, represent
| ing the infantry guard, an overwhelm
j ingl.v large proportion had been struck,
some many times, the preliminary ex
! amination revealed.
Fifteen twin-motored bombardment
I planes, carrying practice bombs of small
calibre, representing the 100-pounders
which normally would be used for such
an attack, bombed a 51Moot canvas
cross representing an ammunition >
dump.
Target j> feted.”
The target waa "bracketed” on the
i first flight of bombs, a few ftellirtg short
, and the others just over the target in
\ what the pilot* teemed a "good, pat
| tern. - ’ The 199-pßtwtd bombs have »
I normal scatter ever a 1.300-foot circle
1 and the majority of hits were within
! this raditi*. which meant complete de
struction of the dump.
Tfwm.ands of automobiles bearing
I Ohio. Indiana. Kentucky aarf Illinois
i ftneenses, wtm a scattering of other
i tags tram half the States in the country.
! were jammed into *n available parking
j pWres long before the attack began at
1} o’clock.
The demonstration actually opened
when 15 giant bombardment plane* of
the 3d Bombardment Group. Langley
Field, Va., took off in formation at
2:30 o'clock, climbing rapidly to an
altitude of one mile, where they con
centrated in clow? formation. They
: were followed five minutes later by the
i 9®*h Pursuit Group, from Rockwell
1 Field. Calif., whieh was joined at an
1 ertltode of T.9W fort ever FrhrfiMd by
! tlr* Ist Pursuit flkwjM'. of SelfHdgF
; field. Mich., whieh has ttfett bwwtl at.
I Norton Field. Columbus, during the*,
i Ohio mwnenver*. The 94 pursuit plane*
of the combined forces circle* a mile
and a half above the field during: the
attack, to demonstrate the aerial pro
tection against, enemy pursuit planes
• At 2i45 three attack plane* of rlir
third attack group. Fort CroWwtf. Tern,
equipped with smoke arTfcn apparatus;
took off. followed mmrertlatrtv by 37
attack plane* in nine T-sffip formation*
Targets Scattered fe*f.
The targets repr .. ire troop
1 convoy were seat?"-red jus» actual j
troops woukf searter along the lde <sf
the road upon the approach of attack- i
fng planes.
The first attack was launched flmn ,
a height of 500 feet tty the 37 attack
planes, coming in at * speed of 125
miles per hour with, the four forward
gUna in each plane spurting bullets at
a rate of 2.490 rouHdte per minute. At
209 fort the plane* leveled off and
dropped ten 25-pound fragmentation
bombs each, in 40 seconds the attack
was over and the plane* had cleared
away. During that brief period 05,000
rounds of machine gun ammunition snd
nearly 7.009 pounds of ammunition had
been hurled into the targets.
The bombardment planes flying a
mile overhead then dropped their salvo
of bombs and as they passed on over
the three smoke' screen plane* laid a
dense cloud of thick white smoke over
the shattered targets. >
During the attack the demonstration
planes were commanded by Maj. John
S. Jouett. the bombardment, planes tty
MaJ. Hugh Knerr and rhe pursuit plane*
by Mai. Ralph Royce and Capt, P. M i
ElmendOTf. \
Resume Mimic War.
At dawn tomorrow the mimic war be
tween the first Red army, defending
Columbus, and the first Blue army. «*-
i tacking from the west, will be resumed
along a theoretical front of 299 miles
from Lake Brie to the Ohio River. The ,
actual attack Is to be made along a 17-
mile front by skeleton force* represent
ing opposing armies totaling nearly
1.000.009 men. supported by actual air
forces totaling more than 209 planer
separated into equal forces.
The final assault is to close in time
for a critique at Wilbur Wright Field.
Davton, in which all officers of both I
armies will take part. This critique will j
be tor the purpose of reviewing the
progress of the 10 days of warfare tn
detail and for discussion of plans for
possible future demonstrations of tne
kind. This critique, closing at noon,
will conclude the demonstrations, which
have continued for two weeks, involving
all the available Army aircraft in the
country and Regular Army, National i
Guard and Organised Reserve officer*
and men from Ohio. Indiana. Kentucky
and West Virginia.
In reviewing the work of the Air
Corps. Brig. Oen. Benjamin D. Foulois.
field commander of the aviation units,
raid tonight:
"Thee# maneuvers hare clearly
demonstrated the fact that all tactical
units should be concentrated at least i
one month yearly in order that the
maneuvers may bceomc a proving
ground for our accepted tactics and i
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Success of sham
WARFAfiE IS HAILED
f.
} *
Instruction Afforded in Ohio
Declared of preat Prac
tical Ha!ue.
BY MAJ. GEN. DF.N.VIS E. NOLAN
Xcmwaaitm* Srh Corp«; ArrW and CommenOrr
of Air and Ground Fore ts in ti» Ohio
Maneuver*.
■I FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT. FAIE
;■ FIELD. Ohio. May 25. —TiVP success of
': the air and ground manpowers which
have been held in this dui
l! aig the past 10 days proves the value to
. the Army and t.o the Nation of th<'
(concentration of tactical unit* as a
means of putting to practical pi oof in
, the field tactical methods and present
■:Vtypes of military equipment. Tho con
\ | gentration of such units at least «o r *'
ench year undoubtedly would prow’ of
j lasting benefit to air and ground limits
.alike and would permit us to reconc. le
j Vr a certain extent the two conflictim:
[ conditions which govern our stationing
j ol* Regular Army troops. The ideal,
ij condition, of course, would be the eon
cerxtration of all Army units in groups,
i for the permanent training of the
; higher command. Such a grouping also
I would be a better proposition econom
ically..
I Though such a grouping might be
l highly desirable from the viewpoint of
1 training and economy of operation,
I obviousjv it is impossible from the.
* standpoint of national defense.
Twofold Mission.
Tt*" Army has a twofold mission
I under Uhe terms of the national defense
1 act of' 1930. which is the first military
policy the Nation has had. This ac
. provufe* that the Regular Army and
| the National Guard shall form the first
j line of defense. They are supposed to
■\ be for war at any time. The
.wanting' and holding In readiness for
instant use of the Regular Army thus
becomes one of our major missions.
Our second mission, which perhaps is
even more important, is the training
of toe National Guard, the Organized
Reserve, the students of the Citiaens’
Military Training Camps and of the
Reserve jOUlcers' Training Corps, which
has units in our colleges, universities
and military schools. This mission,
obviously, ivquires a scattering of Army
i officers and .men who must be detailed
i as instructors to these units.
By the system of command post,
| njaerations whoeh has prevailed during
I the* maneuvers Jt is possible to provide
j higiwr tactical instruction for general
1 officers and their" tactical staffs without.
! physical concentration of the Army in
j the flelJt The frroblems which the
| general carers and their staffs are
called uporf to solve*, are so nearly alike
I ih eithpr rWse that the amount of
instruction atforded is of great practical
Va The use of ground panels to repre
sent the troops. Ammunition dumps,
artillery and trains' an*. l other military
features which would k« visible from
i the air serves the Air 1 Corps fairly well
for training purposes aVad thus enables
the pilots to work out' Mteir combat
problems under conditions 4 which stimu
late those which would abtoV* in actual
There is need for more of fcWs form
of training, for both taw air And the
ground forces than we are abld to give.
The type of work that has been , going
m here with, skeleton forces and gnound
panels is * valuable stage preparatory
to the actual handling of troops in phe
field. ..
The maneuvers have served a threw
fdirt purpose:
j First, they have afforded valuable
training of th« staffs in the military
co-operation between the various unifs.
which is neewsaary if any army is ft*,
function.
Second, they have <pven the com
bined air forces valuable experience so
actually picking out military targets
represented on. the ground, and attack
ing those targets and "enemy" aircraft.
Third, they afford the only opportu
nity for the Air Corps and the varams
ground units acfuAily 3D wnrfc toafthfT
on the solution of military problems
leading to s better understanding be
tween. the older arms of the service and
the more recently developed corps.
Three BRw Arnafes oh Offensive.
The general problem which has been
worked out here on th - * ground and in
the - air has involved the attack by a)
group of three Blue Armies of snpeeter
strength of a hastily intrenched ttm*
ludd by a slightly inferior force of three
Red Armies. While the entire battle
line, theoretically, extended from Lake
Brie on the north along the Sanduskv
River and the Scioto River to the Ohio
River in the vteintiy of Portsmouth, the
special problem which has been solved
during the maneuvers involved forces
which actually were represented on the.
i ground along a front of approximately
j ,17 *«*il«**
The headouarters of the first Blue
Army, two of Its corps and six of its
divisions were represented by skeleton
ised staffs consisting of Regular Army.
National Guard and Reserve officers.
The headquarters of the Red Army wax
represented by a small staff.
The mission of the first Blue Army,
which -** the right Army of the Blue
group .V Arinicr. was to defeat the first
Red Army defending Columbus. The
; air form* of the Red and Blue Armies
j were wrtumfiy represented, each by about
; ID* plane*, ihe Fed air force operating
I from Rortnrt Field, near Columbus, and
! the Blue air'force from this depot, near
' Dayton.
Divide* Into Tw* Ffcases.
The problem was divided into two
phase*: First, the Air Corps phase in
which the Red road Blue air force* en
gaged in the soAution of the problem
presented to them tn the concentration
of the armies and thetr advance to es
tablish contact, a.ud, second, the air.
ground phase, in which the two
armies were in contact. In this phase
the operations of the air forces were
in conjunction wit It the operation of
the ground staffs, in the reconnaissance
of the position of the two armies w*st
of Columbus, the two clays' battle re
quired to dltve the Red army from
his position on the hne of the Bis
Darby Creek back to his reserve bat
tle position on the line of the Cclotn
Riven and the reconnaissance and
proparsWioci for the attack on the lat-
J ter pesgton.
The air phase of the maneuvers was
the first time the Army Air Corps ha*
undertaken a two-sided maneuver to
rest by the pitting of Air dorps units
against each other the theoretic*!
principles of aerial warfare which thf
War Department has •volved. Thes<
principles axe those which have been
taught in the Army Air Corps TaJrtical
School at Langley Field, Va. The avia
tion officers on the Blue and Red Army
staffs were students of this school and
the air umpires came from the faculty
of the school.
FOUR KILLED IN CRASH.
I
Automobile Struck by Train at
Palatine. 111., Crossing.
PALATINE, 111. May 25 t/p).— Four
'persons were killed today when the
automobile In which they were riding
was struck by a Chicago Northwestern
Railroad train. Thoae killed were Bert
Dee. 59. Palatine; Edward Rueschell,
45. Chicago: August Rueschell. *O, Chi
cago and the latter's 9-year-old son.
present type* of equipment and not a
training ground to provide joint train
ing which should have been received
prior to the maneuvers.
"They have demonstrated the ability
of our units to concentrate from long
distances under advent? weather con
ditions and thrir abiity to operate
during the same kind, of conditions.”
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