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DID YOU KNOW THAT SA RAPIDLY GROWING IMPORTANCE?
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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING,' SEPTEMBER 10. 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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mUHESTIli
1)1 PROFITS. Si
Northern Pacific President
Says Auto Companies Are
Cutting Down Profits
RATE HEARING PROCEEDS
f Western Railways Are Operated
lAt "Absolutely No Profit"
' y Leaders in Transport
L tatlon Declare .
CHICAGO, Sept. 9. (By Asso
ciated Press). Railroads of the
west are making "absolutely no
profit" from their passenger serv
ice, President Charles Donnelly of
the Northern Pacific Railway com
peny declared today at the west
ern railroads freight rate advance
ase nearlng before Chairman
Clyde B. Altchison of the Inter
state commerce commission.
President Donneuy: told, of the
Inroads of j private automobiles
itr.d busses. "Short haul bus!
iiess." he said, "Is-golng more and
more to busses. And what we
have lost there is no liklthood of
recovery. X ,-.:.
In 1819 he said the Northern
Pacific 'carried 9,336,000 passen
fcers and earned twenty million
r t ciouxrs Dyu,-Dut in jaz. me num
rf f ber of passengers had dropped to
v ii"v,vwuj ana ioe revenue vrus
moiy thirteen million.
"Trucas," ne added, "have not
yet become tbe menace they will
I I ; At one stage in the proceeding
Chan-man Altchison demanded
that' the Northern Pacific execu
tlve refrain "from" injecting 'argu
ments In to - his presentation of
facts. , "I'm nbt Tnitng;M Don
nelly rejoined, "but I. say the car
rters" "have a right to- ask the in
terstate commerce emmissien to
undo what was done in 1922,
this reference was to the ten 'ber
cent reduction 'of 'freight rates
that year. ' : ' i - -
; Asked by 4 John E. Benton, chief
counsel for the national associa
lion of railroad and utility com
missions, directing cross, examina
tion, what he thought of the "Pot
ter plan" to "pool the proposed five
per cent freight rate increase and
then divide the proceeds amont
the weaker roads, Mr. ' Donnelly
eaid: ' '""''"..V'Vi; Vv;;;'-.1- '';;: '
"1 do not think 'the. plan Is
workable. -1 think It is socialistic
and impossible and that It would
Introduce into the "American rail
road Industry government owner
ship which it Is put forward os
tensibly to avoid. 1: i
Varlntta ihlnhirg' Hn,uili.
tires skfed Donnelly why it "was
necessary that the traffic bear the
hurH.n nntM...nr tr.tri w
anawertwi that viwirta hatt-dMiMl
that 'na'saenmeervlAi' nrfvln
all it should nay. and that the
northwestern carriers "w o u 1 d
probably never be. asked tor "in-1
creased passenger rates." -
Chairman , Altcbjson interrogate
1 ' .1 . a x
t-u uooneur ai euore lengtn ana
drew from htm the statement that
while he would not suggest glv
ing the northwest section of -the
country special treatment "It
might help."
Benton charged that '1 higher
rates on wheat would put United,
' States farmers under an addition"
al handicap as compared ;wRh
Canadian farmers, 'In entering the
world markets, because Canada
has lower land values and lowerfthe office of Sheriff feam Starmer
freight rates. ' r ' -
When today's hearing was re -
cessed until tomorrow inore than
260 shippers had entered appear-
ances In the case, j Tomorrow!
President R. H. Alshfon of the
American Railway association and
W. H. Bremner, receiver for the!
Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad,
will be heard. .
DEAF STUDENTS IGNORED
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FI NDS AVAILABLE FOR TUI-
TION NOT NEEDED j
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" Four Oregon deaf students who)
have been1 awarded Scholarships
to ihe Gallaudet college for the
deaf in , Washington; D. C jmay
not be able to take advantage of
theffeT 4ecause 6i a tack of
money for transportation, the at-
tprney general has been advised
The last legislature appropriated
1 1100 for tuition hut under the
awards this expense Is taken care
,or i and the money apparently
should have been provided for
transportation. No action has yet
been taken.
THREE RIDERS 1IVRT
NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C.
Sept. 9 Three cowboys. Frank
McGuire, Miles City, Mont.. Bert
. Troub, Spokane, and F..R,. Stud
hick, of Stayton, Ore., were suffer
ing, hero today from injuries re
ceived, yesterday during a perform
ance of a provincial stampede . ex-
hfbltlon being held here.
PROCLAMATION
ISSUED
FOR CONSTITUTION DAY
PIERCE URGES GENERAL OB
SERVANCE SEPT 17
138th Anniversary. of Signing of
Document In . Held of
Great Importance '
In a proclamation
issued Wed
Walter - M.
nesday, : Governor
Pierce calls upon .the people of
Oregon to observe the 138th anni
versary of the signing of the Con
stitution. The proclamation Is as
foitows: !
"September 17, 1787, was a
memorable day in American his
tory. It was. on that day tnat tne
Constitution of ourj government
was finally signed. The Constitu
tional convention had been In ses-
sion many weeks, and its dellber-
ations were the source of much de-I
bate. : r -V :
"Two schools of thought strug-
gled to write into this constitution
their opposite views.! On the one
hand was the able and brilliant
Hamilton, seeking to create a
strong central government, with
tfi wMlthv Haaa inieontrol the
full intent was to array property 1
" W I .
on the side of government. Dis -
trusting the ability f the people
to govern (themselves; he was a
firm advocate of . tie old-world
aristocracy. ' .- '
j "On the other, hand was Madi
son, representing the! Jeffersonlan
Ideas, t advocating I a government
which was later so aptly described
by Lincoln as a government "of
the people, by6 the, people and for
the people,": He held that per
sonal liberty was Vastly more Im
portant than property rights. It
was this idea that yrdn the con
test -and forever wrote Into our
Constitution1 suck ..terms as "inalienable-
rights," "equal rights
and privileges before the law."
"freedom of religion,! "freedom
of . the press," freedom of
speech. "freedom qf "'assembly,"
"freedom of .petition," and "due
process of 'law." M J
("Under this Constitution the
United States 'government has
grown from a harrow strip along
the V Atlantic coast, Consisting of
but thirteen colonies, to'the might
iest nation in ,tbe world. T v-
"Human nature is;the same to
day as it ef er has been." Preda-
Uory ' Interests atill : peek special
pxiYiiegea; gigaanc Kumiiiiutiiuua
of wealth strive to ! build up a
L,onered aristocracy; we still have
with us those who would" deprive
the people of their dearly-bought
rights: Never in thel38 years or
our history has there ;ben greater
need for'Ottr-peopletoTead again
and again the real jstory of the
Waiting 'Of that "wonderful docu-
ment, the Constitution : of the
United States. A study of the is
8ues then discussed w!lH aid In un-
demanding the vital Issue of to-
day the age-old truggle betwefen
I'the aristocrat and the democrat.
U is especially fitting ?6n'thta
I?8th antttversary oi the signing
of ibat'great 'document that odr
people turn oncemote to a stildy
of the foundation on which our
government rests."
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SHOOTING IS CONFESSED
I-"':
JUf WoMAN ASKS AD-
YICK'.UF OREGON" SHERIFF
ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 9. (By
Associated' Press.)- A woman
giving I the- name - of Mrs. , May
Whitehouse? and her (residence as
San Jose, CaL; appeared today in
land confessed to the shooting and
1 wounding of a man sin San Jow,
land asked the sheriffs advice and
help in returning home
She told the officer, according
to the sheriff, that her husband
tin an attempt to procure a divorce
sent a man to her home and that
I when the latter appeared and be-
(came insulting she shot and
wounded him. She said that she
wi IIim orrDctnH ini) Pn1 tft the
state hospital for examination hut j
i tnat she nad-jeen- reieasea ana
npon her husband's advice fled to
Oregon: XT J ? ' 1 N
i Sheriff Starmer adrlsed 3ir to
return and oroenre ah attorney to
I represent heir, and "she took the
I southbound auto stage today for
Jthei home of her daughter in San
Sheriff IStarmer "stated Tthat" the
woman appeared to! oe laooring
under a great mental strain.
FIRE DESTROYS TIMBER
CANADIAN LOSS PLACED . AT !
THREE MILLION ; DOLLARS
HAWKESBURY. Ont., Sept. 9.
(By Associated Press.) More
than 50.000.000 Jeet of lumber
estimated in value at $3,000,000.
the property of the : Hawkesbury
Lumber Co., Ltd., situated on an
island in the Ottawa river, PPO
site this Howh, Vas de3tfoy'ed by
fire today. '
-' - The town of Grenvllb. on ' tbo
Quebec j;Eid9 otir'the river, was
'ehowered with embers;
ins
UK PRESENT CLUE
Two Navy Life Preserving
Coats Are Found on Beach
! Island of Hawaii
MAY BELONG TO FLYERS
Belief Expressed That Jackets
Blay Have Been Part of Equlp
i nient of Missing Navy
j Seaplane
HONOLULU. Sept. D. (By As
sociated Press.) A dispatch to
the Adviterser from its Hilo cor
respondent says: "Two kapok
lined life preserving Jackets mark-
led US navy were found last night
Ion the beach at Lelelwl Point, 10
miles Bouth of Hilo." The dis-
patch said that the Pearl Har&or
Jauthoritir - a had instructed that
the jackits be delivered to a bat-
"est. ip tomorrow for possible iden
- allon -
HONOLULU, Sept. (By As
sociated Press.) What may be
first' definite clue In the search
for the missing naval seaplane
PN-9 No. 1, appeared today when
authorities received a report that
a Hawaiian found two aviators
coats on Keankakakeaa beach. Is
land of Hawaii yesterday. Fear
ing trouble the man let the coats
lay undisturbed. The report is be
ing investigated. The beach is ap
proximately seven miles from Hi
lo, principal city of the island
Meanwhile search for the plane
which disappeared September
artera nearly completing a non
stop (light from San Francisco to
Honolulu, continued vigorously
That! area of the Pacific in which
the craft is believed to have come
to grief, besides a large 'area al
lowed for drifting, had been comb
ed thorougniy wunout success
There baa been no trace of the
plane or of Captain John Rodgers
and his crew of four men
One of the vessels engaged In
the search, the submarine R-6, re
turned to , Pearl Harbor today for
repairs. It had burned out a bear
Ing,
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AIR j PATROL CANCELLED
FOREST PLANE AT EUGENE IS
ORDERED TAKEN OFF
-EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 9. The
airplane forest patrol that has
been In operation In Oregon and
Washington all summer with Eu
gene as the base of operations to
day was ordered taken off tomor
row, according to word received at
the -office of tbe Cascade national
forest here. Bases for patrol have
I been t maintained kt Eugene and
Vancburer and 'Spokane. Wash
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OLICE EXPECTS ARREST
OF SLAYER IN 12 H OURS
MURDERER OP WCTU WORK
ER is declared knows ,
Perfect Case Said Woven, Aboat
Suspect; ' Motive Is - Not '. .
iu Divalged
VINTON. Iowa. Sept. 9. (By
Associated Press.) Officers jof
Benton county tonight announced
that they expect to arrest within
2 hours a person who they are
almost certain shot and killed Mrs.
Mrytle Cook, county president.pt
the WCTU who was killed at her
home here Monday night as she
was preparing a prohibition ad
ress.
The authorities declined to fiWe
out the name of the inspect, say
ing that the person did not know
that he is under suspicion.
The only information they
would give out was that the clue
to Mrs. Cook's murder, which It
was first-thought would go un
solved, was dropped in a casual
manner and that developments un
folded very rapidly.
It was announced that only
few details. were needed to' com
plete an almost "perfect case
against the suspect and that these
are being accumulated rapidly.
Mrs. Cook was shot through the
heart apparently at close range,
as she sat in the living room of
her home here Monday night,
working on the speech. It was
first .thought that some one con
nected with bootlegging or the 11
licit liquor trade had fired the
shot through her window that kill
ed her, because of her unceasing
war against violation of the liquor
laws. The authorities would not
say that this theory would be
borne out in the arrest they ex
pected soon.
T0NG LEADERS ARRESTED
OFFICERS TO RE HKLt RE
SPONSIBLE FOR KILLINGS
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (By As
sociated Press.) Three high of
ficials of the On Leong tong were
arrested tonight and charged with
acting in concert with the slayers
of two members of the Hip Sing
tong who were killed tonight. The
arrests carried out the threat 'o
District Attorney Ban ton to make
tong officials responsible for th"
murders. ; ''
Lee Gee Min, national president
of the On Leong; Lee Leri'Doo
local secretary, and Henry Moy
were arrested soon after the shoot
ing of Que Yee, a member of the
Hip Sing tong by a Chinese be
lieved to be Chin Bing, his room
mate and. an expelled member of
the On Leong. The police believe
that Chin killed Que in the hop
of being reinstated in his tong
His expulsion, together with 13
others a month ago was the pre
lude to a war between the tw
tongs which has continued at In
tervahs np to the present.
ANOTHER "GAS SHORTAGE
RACE RIOT RESULTS IN
DEATH; H0USE ST0RMED
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WHITE MAN KILLED.' . 1 8HOT
WHEN MOB GATHERS I !
CrowdTa Attempt to. Evict Negro
From House Meets With
Gun Attack
DETROIT. Sept." 9 -( By iThe
Associated Press) Leon Brtener
was shot and . killed. : and - Eric
Houghberg was shot and seriously
injured in a riot in the residential
section here tonight. The trouble
started when a negro family mov
ed into a section : previously! in
habited only by i white - persons.
The men shot were white. j !
Police reserves were called ) to
the house last night when missiles
were thrown through the windows
in an effort to force the. negroes
to vacate. The negroes ) determ
ined to hold the property and to
night a crowd estimated at several
thousand persons gathered at the
house.
According to the witnesses, the
crowd tonight made no attempt
to Injure the property, but the ne
groes, seeing the persons outside.
opened fire. j i
Both of the men struck by bnl
lets lived in the block In which the
house is located.
Houghberg told police that ; he
was walking past the house i and
was not in the mob that apparent
ly provoked the negroes' attack.
When police arrived they found
the house packed with negroes.
They were taken from the resi
dence and placed under arrest.'
The house was occupied by Dr.
Ossian H. Sweet, an interne at a
negro hospital, i Ten negro men
and four negro women were taken
into custody by the police. They
said they sr.w the crowd In front
of the house, fearing It would be
attacked, opened fire to frighten
the mob away.
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MANY VISIT RESERVE
PORT ANGELES. Wash., Sept.
9. (By Associated Press.) A
report made public today follow
ing the closing of registration' sea
son showed that 41,561 persons
entered the Olympic national for
est this year. j 1
HULUUP HOAX ADMITTcU
STORY OF ROBBERY ON HIGH
WAY DECLARED UNTRUR
COTTAGE GROVE. Ore., Sept
9. After getting a bed and his
breakfast at the expense of those
whose sympathy he won by a! tale
of how he bad been held up on the
highway and hlhs money, watch
and automobile taken from him. a
man giving his name as David D.
Joyce who said he had been re
cently discharged from the jVet
erans hospital at Boise. Idaho, 'to
day admitted that his ' story was
untrue and told for the purpose of
insuring himself a bed and; hot
breakfast. . j ,
CROP) ELD n
TBI TEST OF 1924
General Decrease, However,
Noted tor Average of ;
Past Five Years -
AUGUST HEAT IS SEVERE
Corn and Potato Ctom Suffer
From Drought; Wheat and 1
Omta Show Noticeable
Derremie
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 9 (By
Associated Tress). Crop yields
this year will be on j the whole
well below the average of recent
years, the department of agrlcul
ture's crop reporting' board an
nounced today in Us j September
production forecasts., j There has
been little Improvement in the
general situation in the month.
Corn deteriorated on account o
dry weather in large ! areas and
indicated production now is 2.
885.OQO.000 bnshels. a lose of
5.000,000 bushels in the last
month. The indicated crop is
44S.000.000 bushels more than
produced last year, but slightly
under the average of the last five
years. Generally throughout the
south and in a large part of the
corn belt, the crop Is not to prom
ising as it was a month ago. while
in Ohio prospects are the best In
years. There was little change In
Iowa.
spring wheat yields are run
. . .
ning slightly bigher than earlier
expectations. The crop is now
forecast at 248.000.000 bushels,
or 21,000.000 more than .early
August conditions' Indicated, and
1,000,000 more than was produced
last 7ear. Winter wheat, already
harvested. Is estimated at 416,
000,000 bushels, making
the!
country's prospective wheat crop!
about 700.000,000 bushels or 22,-
000,000 bushels more! than pro-J
duced last year, but 137.000.000
bushels less than
average.
the
five
year
Irlsh potato prospects declined
P'000000 DIlBB Because or not!
weather in August, with drought!
in many sections. The crop Is Th men were millwrights and
now forecast at 344,000.000 bush- started to repair the chipper con
els, which is 111.000,000 bushels veyor when the mill closed down
smaller than last year's harvest,
In proportion to population, the
potato crop seems uaeiy to De tne
smallest since 1916. but the final
weeks of the growing season may
change the outlook materially.
Indications are for a yield of
about 100 bushels an! acre as
compared with 124 last, "year.
Threshing of Oats brought re
sults above' earlier expectations
and a production' of 1,462,000.-
000 'bushels Is indicated. This Is
a gain of 75,000.000 bushels over
last month's forecast. Rains dur
ing the month of August, Improved
the tobacco crop in the east. Es
timated production is placed at
1,247.000.000 pounds, an Increase
of 13,000,000 over a month ago.
Fruit prospects have changed!
but little in. the last month and
are still below the usual average.
JUDGE RAPS DRY
AGENT
SEVERE REBVKE IS GIVEN AS
v RESULT OF CRITICISM
-YAKIMA. Sept. 9. Criticism of
tho way in which the government
was handling the prosecution of
liquor cases in federal court here
today brought down on Earl Cor-
win of Seattle, field agent for the
northwest , prohibition district.
I sharp rebuke from Judge J. Stan
ley Webster. Corwln engaged Don
F. Klxcr, acting district attorney.
In conversation and critixed him
for recommending leniency in two
cases, judge weDster, ovcr-near-
Ing the controversy, called the two
men- Into his quarters, where it
li understood, ho severely rebuk
ed Corwln. Corwin tonight over
the long distance telephone from
Seattle explained that he had voic
ed disapproval or the method In
which KIser handled the two cases
sv-4 that he had meant no criticism
loWiho court.
LA I N DRY STRIKE IKMIS
SEATTLE. Sept, 9 (By The
Asociated' Press) In an effort to
avoid. a strike of local 'laundry
workers voted by the j laundry
workers onion No. 24. Teesday
conference is to be held here to
morrow between Mayor Edwin iJ,
Brown and laundry owners. The
laundry workers are asking In
creased wages.
GIRL HIKING CHAMP
SEATTLE. Sept. 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.) fMlss Harriett
Tajrkr of 'Seattle, was named the
I champion 'peak scaler of this city
at,a meeting of mountaineers her
J today. Mlrs Taylor was th first
I woman to scale Mount Contance in
I the Olympic rang and Overcoat
Peak In the Cascades.
OFFICER WILL RETURN
AURORA BANK ROBBER
COMPLAINT CHARGES CLYDE
WATSON WITH CRIME
Barms Operatives Arrest Suspect!
;Near Logging Camp In
Clatsop Ooanty i
A complaint charging Clyde
Watson with having robbed the
Aurora state bank of $150 on Oc
tober 29. 1924. was filed In the
Justice court Wednesday following
notice of his arrest In Astoria by
Burns operative who had been
assigned to the case by a bank
bonding company.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Burkhart
will leave for Astoria today to re-1
turn the alleged robber to this
city , where he will be arraigned.
Two other men. William Hoy and
Slim Reese, are being held in As
toria as material witnesses. Dls-
trlct Attorney Carson was advised.
Watson Is specifically charged
with assault and robbery with a
dangerous weapon, with Intent to I
kill It molested In the crime Mil
dred Bcnolst. cashier, was the
only one in the bank at the time
of the holdup.
According to Grace Patch, em
ployed at a store across the street
from the bank, three men were
engaged In the holdup. Miss
Patch got a good view of the en
tire proceedings, and was brought
to Astoria yesterday where she
identified Watson as one of the
men implicated.
Watson is a preliminary prize
f V If. ..Matul III ml
h. hsd Wn worklnr fer some
time. He is said to be a deserter
from the navy.
WUnrxbn bttUSrlLU, UltO
MULMAN CAUGHT IN MACH
1NERY. INSTANTLY KILLED
OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 9.
James Frederick Alton. SC. whose
home was at olton. was killed and
Oscar May. 51. of this city, was
taken to the Oregon City hospltat
with. a broken Jaw bone, broken
collar bone, chest Injuries and pos
sibly Internal injuries as the re-
suit of an accident at the Crown
wuiameiia' eempeay pianx' aimm helium gas could aot eacap
West Linn today.
I at about 11 o'clock. !
Believing that the men had
completed the work, fellow em-
ployes started the machinery at
1 12:30 o'clock. The chipper caught
the millwrights when it started
to revolve. Alton was crushed by
the bucket on the chipper and
death wa Instantaneous.
ANOTHER BODY IS FOUND
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WENATCHKE FLOOD TOLL IS
NOW PLACED AT 14 DEAD
WENATCHEE. Sept, 9. (By
Associated Press). The body of
an unidentified child, the four
teenth victim to be recovered of
the toll of the cloudburst at Apple
Yard near here Saturday, was
taken from wreckage tonight.
The body of Mrs. D. R. Smytbe.
ife of a railroad lineman, was
found early in the day.
WENATCHEE. Sept. 9. (By
Associated Press) The thirteenth
body of the victims of a flood
which swept the Great Northers
terminal at Apple Yard, hear here.
Saturday was Identified tonight a
that of Mrs. D. R. Smythe, wife
of a Great Northern lineman.
Four children of Fred Groff,
who were killed in the flood, were
burled her today la a single
grave.
TAMPA DOCKS BURNING
SEVERE BLAZE RAGES IS
FLORIDA SHIP TERMINALS
TAMPA. Fla., Sept. 9. (By As
sociated Press.) Fire breaking
out along th ship terminals of
the Tampa shipbuilding and en-'
glneerlng company at 9 o'clock to-
night was still raging two hours
I later after causing damage ertl-
mated by Ernest Kreher. on of
the owners, at approximately
f 500.000.
At 11 o'clock, the fire had de
stroyed the majority of the mala
Buildings in tne yards and was
beading north towards the Texas
oil company terminal.
Faur lire departments were at
tempting to stem the march to
wards the giant oil tanks.
AGED WOMAN KILLED
PORTLAND. Sept. 9. (By 'As
sociated Press). Mrs. Marjr Ber-
tymaa. 65. was fatally Injured to
night when struck by. a hit-and-run
driver who. according to the
police. -wg going 50 'miles an
hour on downtown streets. J. T.
Cbfclds. Llnnton lumber rrr.pl3.Te.
was later arrested as tLc driver
cf the car and held in Jail on a
charge of mansuus&Ur. ?o
was set.
MCK IS RESECTED
1 W SECBEIffl
Formal Statement is Made
by Wilbur; Aeronautical
Chiefs Confer
MITCHELL AGAIN FLAYED
General Investigation Scbedalrd
For Two Air Disasters; Mit
chell To Bo Caned To
Testify
WASHINGTON, Sept, 9 (By
The Associated Press) Secretary
Wilbur in a formal statement to
day answered -criticism waiting
from the loss of 'the She&aadoih
I and the seaplane PN-9 Ko. 1.
H declared "there iraV nothing
political whatever In cot sect on
with the night of lb Shenan
doah" and reiterated "that , Lieu
tenant Commander Zachary Lans
I down of the dirigible and Com
mander John Rodgers of the plane
themselves selected th tlm of
I the two flights. - i . -
The statement was Lsued 'after
the secretary had" cbnferr4"wlta
Captain G. "W. Steele, cohrnmadant
of the Lnkehvret- -naval station
and Rear-Admiral W.- A. Mo'Iett.
chief of the nary-bureau, of aero-
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" BC wunoui wumag
tor the termination of the formal
luxury, ssia is & secretary, to
mentsthat are being tmblUhed;
Chairman Butler of the bouse
affairs committee, who also called
on secretary Wilbur today as-
nonnced later that a-ongTeseionl
Investigation: would be mad, of
the Shenandoah disaster and th
attack r Colonel William Mit
chell on the administration of the
air services. -. . f ; '
Both Colonel Mitchell .and Cap
tain Anton nelne.' dlrlglbl coa
tmctron engineer -who "said - th
number of gas valves in th air-
I .fch,
with the necessary rapidity will
be called before the committee to
testify, th chairman said. - Also
will investigate statements attri
buted to Mrs. Lansdowne. widow
of the commander, that her hus
band had taken the dirigible out
on the disastrous cruise after he
had protested to the navy depart-
ment.
4W
Mr. Lansdowne later said ber
statement had been misunderstood
and she had not criticised the sec
retary. Chairman Lambert of ths'sps-
eial bouse aircraft committee be
fore which ranch of th hrlatlon
controversy was aired during th
last session of congress said today
In a statement that h believed
Colonel Mitchell had ' stated
'troths which rankle because not
presented according to Hoyle."
but that the problems Were tto
complicated for congressional de
termination and should b decided
by an engineering commission. "
Mitchell's charges deserv sin
cere consideration by men qualifi
ed to Jodpe. he asserted. Con
gees should act ea ad vie from
qaaltfied experts and practical ob
servers who can formulat facts
and needs for legislative determi
nation. Mitchell is incidental
compared to the Issues b had
raised. The military and govern
mental services are to prone to
deal with personalities rather than
the fundamental practical Issues
involved. Secretary Wilbur, in
his statement, re pi I d also to the
criticism .that redaction of th
number of hIIam escape ralves
was responsible f6r lh crash and
said he had directed selection of
'five of the most competent and
learned officers" in the nary V ac-
rCeliira4 t)' '
INVESTIGATING 80REAU
TO PROSE EVERYTHING
Organlsattoa Has fot Vet 1e
dded "What To Do With
Its Findings
SEATTLE. Sept. . 9 (B
The Assoclstc'd Press -r-Hnd
ed by Dr. Mark A. Matthews,
pastor of a larte S-aMl
churrb. the Washington , bar
ra 'of Investigation was 'In
corporated In Olympla today."
; Other Incorporator wer two
lawyers, a physician and busi
nessman. "Everythlng'lwiolorsical an!
-minero logical. . j,lrloIopicst.
psycholeglcal." is to be inves
t'gxted by th bureau Dr. Mat
thws said tonight. "Our aim
Is to cover the whole eristry
from wry snxle and gov-ro-raeut
ai-Uvitr-? nf frrv r?rts
ar to be lnr(rtiao.
Tho rorpTat?oti hasn't t'e
dded wfc?t to ta done with
fruits of the Investigations. Dr.