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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1925
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COURT ISSUE
T TO SENATE
Long, Bitter Fight Is Predict-
ed Before Matter Is
. Finally Settled
1EAGUEAGAITT .DEBATED
Struggle Over Covenant Recalled
V When Opposition Senses
.Affiliation; Swanson
' Submits Plan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By
Associated Press.) The world
court issue finally was brought
before the senate today with im
mediate indications that the long
and bitter league of nations fight
is to be renewed.
The chief point of -controversy
whether adhesion to the court
means affiliation with the league
and the forces in the senate are
arrayed in much the same fashion
they were during the months of
struggle; over the covenant.
leadership of the forces for
adhesion again has fallen to a
democrat. Senator Swanson of
Virginia, the author of the resolu
tion of ratification with the reser
vations recommended by Presi
dent Harding when he submitted
th court proposal in February,
1923, and since approved by Pres
ident Coolidge, who also has urged
senate action. .
Standing in the forefront those
opposing the court is Senator
Borah, republican of Idaho, chair
man o ftlie foreign relations com
mittee, who was prominent among
the league irreconcilables. Sup
porting him are the remnant of
that group and a number of new
senators on the republican side.
Debate was opened today by
Senator Swanson with a prepared
address reqniring nearly three
hours for delivery; He reviewed
the genesis of the court and con
tended that it was wholly inde
pendent of the league, operating
under its own statute. Crowded
WORLD
BROUGH
2 galleries, in which women pre
I dominated, followed his speech
. . , i
f. noseiy arm gave some applause
-1 as he concluded.
I If the spectators had hoped for
. I interchanges of debate, thev were
disappointed. At his request. Sen
ator Swanson was not interrupted
and when he had concluded, it
developed that no iww&io8 desired
to question him or to answer him
t the moment! .. "ii : .-B "
I ?JSenator Borah announced, how
ever, that h e would have extend
ed remarks to make, : but . that
owing to a slight cold he could
not proceed at this time.,
yf Senator Walsh ' democrat of
'-Montana, gave notice that he
would deliver tomorrow the first
of three installments of an argu
ment for. adhesion' to the court.
They will be joined by Senators
Johnson, republican, j'-'. California,
and a number of other.
The court issue may form the
subject matter of the maiden sen
ate speech of Senate La Follette,
republican of Wisconsin, whose
father was one of the league irre
concilables. The young senator
said today he expected to address
the senate on the court.
While quoting the statute : of
the court and his own reserva
tions to support , his argument
that the United States is adhering
to the protocol would not become
affiliated with the league. Senator
Swanson hrought in the league
question early injiis address.
The Virginia senator, ranking
democrat on the foreign relations
committee, ..said ,tbe statesman
who wrote the treaty of Versailles
liad furnished two. "means to re
strain war, the leagne of nations
covenant and the world court.:
"The world is indebted for the
new methods to the vision, genius,
persistency and courage of Wood
row Wilson," he, declared.; i
ELECT LEAGUE OFFICERS
Jll'SIXESS MEXVXAME DIREC-
TOKS w x lun l
At a meeting of the Salem Busi
ness Men's League j last night In
the Chamber of Commerce rooms,
I M. Daughton was elected presi
dent for the ensiling year, to suc
ceed C. S- Hamilton. J.'H. Willit
was named vice president.
The five directors elected last
night are George M. King, L. Reed
Chambers, N. C. Kafoury, Edwin
WT Cooley and Hat D. patton;
BUY STAMPS
CHRISTMAS SEAL STAMPS
are now offered for sale at
booths-In--the post office. Mil
ler's Mercantile Co., Kafoury
Brothers, Stiff Furniture Co.
and the Bank of Commerce.
Total receipts to date ; from
ooth Kale. .$152.91; received
malt. ?50.
GOLD DEALER JAILED
MANY VICTIMS TAKEN' IX
nrmxG two years
POCATELLO, Idaho. Dec. 17.
( Associated Press. ). Paul
Loe, alias Paul Thompson, high
pressure salesman, who sold
four Pocatello pawnbrokers
"babbit gold bricks" last Sat
urday and landed in the city,
jail as a result of business sa
gacity, has confessed to having
carried on a regular trade of
selling the Alaskan slugs for
lh past two years. Victims,
thief of Detectives Balderson
said. Thompson told him today,
include a long list of jewelers
ami pawn shop merchants in
Salt Lake, Ogden. Tacoma. Se
attle, and a score or more of
smaller cities in Utah, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington.
UNMASKED BANDIT ROBS
STORE; MAKES ESCAPE
C. jr.
FPI'LKY STORK IS 1!KLI
n AT O'CLOCK
Between 875 ami 880 Is Taken
When Bandit Forces Girl
lo Open Register
A lone, unmasked bandit held
up the C. M. Eppley store at Nine
teenth and State streets Thursday
evening at 6 o'cloek and escaped
with betweeiyJTS and $80 in cash
after havntsraubdued two clerks,
a bookkeeper and a woman cus
tomer by flourishing a revolver
and threatening them. sAiter
gathering up all the money in, one
drawer iJhe cash register.ttae
robber ran dom the State street
entrance around the corner, 6f
NMneteenth and is thought to havi
escaped in a waiting automobile.
Police have been unable to find
any trace of him.
The bandit, described as 25
years old, medium build, blue
eyes and light complexioned, evi
dently waited, for a lull in bnsi
ness and entered when only one
customer was in the store and
when one of the clerks and the
delivery driver had left. He en
tered the State street door where
he encountered -A. . M. Heed, a
clerk. Pushing Reed ahead of
him with the muzzle of the gunj
the robber made his way to tie
cash register where Wilber Me
Cune, another clerk, and Bernice
Mulvey. bookkeeper, were stand
ing. Ordering the two men not
to move, the bandit forced Miss
Mulvey to .open the tills one by
one. As each drawer was opened
the man sejected what he, wanted
from it, not disturbing the checks.
Holding his revolver on the two
clerks, he scooped the money into
hfS ; overcoat pocket, backed, out
through the door and turned and
ran around the corner.
I Little was said by the robber
during the holdup, but what he
did say was concise and to the
point, according to , 'witnesses.
Mrs. King, the only custodier in
the store, was near the door when
the bandit entered. Seeing the
revolver prominently displayed,
Mrs. King held up her hands.
"Keep 'em down; keep 'em
down", the bandit ordered Bharp
ly. "I don't want any fuss in
here."
The robbery took only a few
seconds and had evidently been
planned beforehand. Charles E.
Eppley, manager of the store, was
not in the building at the time,
but believes the same man enter
ed the store earlier in the after
noon, purchased a package of
cigarettes and then walked over.
to the cash register where he re
ceived his change. In this manner
it is thought details of the work
ing of the tills were obtained, en
abling a swift performance when
the holdup took place.
LEWIS EXPRESSES WEW
MIXE WORKERS PREPARE FOR
IiOXi SElGE OF IJATTIJS
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.
l By Associated Press.) The an
thracite strike has developed into
a stage of siegeJohn L. Lewis,
president of the Mine Workers,
tonight told the Philadelphia
Real Estate board. He added that
the operators were preiared to
j pay a billion dollars to crush the
mine womers union anu mat tne
miners had no alternative than
to accept the challenge to a finish
fleht V
'"Knowing the operators plans,"
said Mr. Lewis, '"the United Mine
Workers of Ameriaa ls'now organ
izing the defense ot the anthracite
mine workers in expectation of a
continuance of the present strug
gle to the fall ot 1926 or the
spring of 1927. Funds will be pro
vided so that the hungry will.be
fed and the naked will be clothed.
"'This statement does not con-
stitue a threat; far from it. It is
simply an expression of the un
conquerable spirit of the men who
labor in the collieries of the an
thracite industry." ;
BKXD MAX SUICIDES
BEXD, Ore., Dec. 17 (By As
sociated Press). Despondency
over ill health and a recent Injury
to his hand t is thought to have
neen ine reason ior Anarew t .
Tauscher, 35, taking his own life
here today. - N
GRAIN FIGURES GIVEN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.
(AP) The total volume of trad
ing. in grain futures on licensed
exchanges during v the last fiscal
year was placed at 31,416,196,000
bushels today; ? -
UN
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iooMo BY
Dry Spun Tow Yarn Prepar
ing and Spinning Plant
' Will Be Built
DELAY CHOOSING SITE
S. AldroVl, Manufacturer of
Year Kvperience, Leaves ..
Today for Kast to Study r'.
Machine Jjiyout
At a special meeting held in
the rooms of the local ehaniber
of commerce the board of direc
tors of the new Oregon Linen
Mills. Inc., adopted a budget cov
ering a complete preparing and
spinning system for dry spun tow
yarn, k".iich will be used in the
making of linen crash and towel-
ing.
A complete preparing and spin- ,
ning unit for wet spun yard from
the fiber is also provided jor.
This wet spun will be used in the
manufacture of a general line of
medium grade linen fabrics.
There are to be approximately 100
looms, together with the necessary
bleaching and finishing equip
ment. Preparing and spinning machin
ery will be purchased. in England
and Scotland. The -weaving ma
chinery will be domestic. The
machinery is to 'bercomplete in
every detail and mtfflern in every
respect.
All of the machinery is to be
housed -n a building of concrete
construction., siae and details of
thbuildjfng wilt be determined
npeg recent Jot floor plans from
th'iachiplry manufacturers.
4-L Aldred, linen manufacturer
of 35 years' experience, arid re
garded as- ine 'of the best and
most practical Iftien manufactur
"
fon?Cew ork, under a tentative
avement to supervise thepur-
qibiuS i me -u aiuiueu
Installation of the same when it
arrives in Salem.
The board of directors will is
sue second call for payments on
subscriptions immediately upon
receipt from Aldred the sum ne
cessary as down payments on the
machinery.
On account of the months re
quired to get machinery from Eu
rope, the matter of purchasing a
Site will be deferred, uMU the ma
chinery contract has been signed.
Half a dozen sites, are being
considered by the board. A great
deal of consideration will be giv
en to the size of the building in
selecting the site. :
As soon as the annual require
ment for flax for the mill i3 de
termined upon, a field depart
ment will be organized to contract
with the growers. It is the aim
of the directors to cooperate to
the fullest extent with the farm
ers, and to give them, as good a
price as is practical.
JOHHNV .METERS WINS
CHICAGO, Dec. 1(5.- (By Asso
ciated Press.) Johnny Myers,
middleweight wrestling champion
of the world, defeated Bobby By
lund here tonight in straight falls.
BUDGET
BHD
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KIMBALL SCHOOL MOVE X
" TO SEATTLE FAVORED
rsK F new sj oo.ooQ, fcrjijfc
1 IXO IS 01sFKnRI r.
Prfwrnl of Trustees to Hear Pro
Posal at Meeting In Port-
land Monday "
SEATTLE, Dec. 17. (By Asso
ciated Press. ) Transfer of the
Kimball School of Theology from
Salem, Or., to Seattle was recom
mended unanimonsly by 100 min
isters and laymen from Methodist
Episcopal churches in Washing
ton. Oregon, Montana and Idaho
after an all-day meeting here to
day. !r. J. E. Crowther, pastor of
the University -Methodist Episco
pal church announced tonight. '
The proposal will be presented
to the board of trustees of the.
school at a meeting in Portland
Monday, aiuUalso to nine district
church conferences next spring.
The schpol would be housed in
a SIOO.OUO educational building
to be built by the University
Methodist Episcopal church next
spring. The educational structure
is part of ?250,00O church and
educational building program to
be Depnn next March
Bishop W. O. Shepard, resolute
bishop of the Portland area of the
church, presided over the meeting
here today. Other prominent
churchmen included Dr. William
S. Bovard of, Chicago, geeral sec
retary of the board ofeducatfon
of the chureh, and Dr. James E.
Baker, director of the Wesley
Foundation of Urbana, 111.
Under the terms &t the proposal
made by the University church,
the theological school will be in
vited to make its permanent head
quarters here, paying only jani
tor service costs, heat, light and
other incidental expenses.
Xo undue financial crisis is be
ing fared by Kimball, according
to .Mrs. Hickman, wife of the pres
ident of Kimball. Any withdraw
al of financial support from Sa
lem people will be more than
counterbalanced by support from
Coattln rinn' t li i t tlia -- la niafi
tirallv agreed to, she said.
The move ,:as ag0 sanctioned
by the specjal commiUee appoint.
ed by tne executive committee of
the national board of education
for the Methodist Episcopal
church. While the committee
serves only in an advisory capac
ity it will recommend to the ex
ecutive, committee that the board
still contribute to the financial
support of the school if the
change is made.
If the board agrees to continue
(Continued on pje 2)
MALADY AGAIN REPORTED
SLEEPING SICKNESS IS FATAL
TO PORTLAND MAX
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 17.-
(By Associated Press.) Two
cases of sleeping sickness, one
of them fatal, were reported to
the city health office today, the
first cases the city has had in sev
eral weeks.
William A. Gorsline, 35. a
farmer living on the Skyline
boulevard near Linnton. died to
day at St. Vincent's hospital after
an illness of six days.
Arthur Iee Schnltz. aged six, a
pupil at the Thompson school, is
ill with the disease. lie is the
son of a A. A. Schultz, 5(17 Cleve
land avenue.
"JACK" IN THE BOX-OFFICE
BRAMWELL CLEARED
BY BANKING BOARD
No evidence Is Submitted to
Support Implied Charge
. of Coercion
CENSURE; JS" ILL PLACED
Haines States He Made no Direct
Charge Other Than Dis
crimination Against
National Bank
? Frank C. Bramwell, in his of
ficial capacity as state superin
tendent of banks, was cleared last
evening by the state banking
board of inferences or charges
that he abused his powers in writ
ing a letter to the directors of an
tinnamed western Oregon hank,
proposing that management of the
Jirm should pass into the hands
f one of his employes on terms
laid down by the state banking
department.
1 A resolution submitted by State
treasurer Kay declaring that no
evidence batl bePir presented at
t;he hearing1 to give weight to the
tra plied .charge.- ipt coercion, or
4huserof powers; pa the part of
the banking' -superintendent, and
flat be .ahould be exonerated
from censure, was adopted by the
three' member of-the board.
;The inference; advanced at a
previous hearing that Mr. Brani
well was to share In an attorney
fee of SI, 000 alleged to have been
offered by Guersney Slocum of
Portland for a bank charter, was
dismissed at today's meeting of
Oi'e banking -board when Mr. Slo
ctim said that his testimony given
a week ago apparently had been
misconstrued by members of the
board and the press.
At the outset of the hearing
Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer,
and member of the state banking
bard, said he considered the al
leged activities of Mr. Bramwell
in; attempting to purchase the uni
dentified bank for one of his em
ployes the most serious charge
at issue in the controversy. He
demanded that the letter contain
ing the proposal to purchase the
bank be offered in evidence and
be made a part of the record.
'The letter, which was written
over Mr. Bramwell's signature,
contained a proposal to the direc-taSTOf-the
unidentified bank that
he had an employe who would as
sume the management of the in
stitution for a salary of $250 a
month, with the option of pur
chasing the bank within twelve
months. The bank was to be paid
for out of the assets of the insti
tution. Mr. Bramwell, in defendhig the
j letter, said that the proposal to
install a new manager in the bank
was the result of the precarious
condition of the institution, and
that the plan had the approval
of the board of directors and pres
ident. Testimony was offered by Mr.
Bramwell to the effect that when
an examination of the bank was
made in Jnly, 1924, the affairs
of the institution were found to
be in bad condition. The direc
tors of the bank subsequently
(Contfnued on paee fi.)
COLONEL MITCHELL IS CONVICTED
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Found guilty before a court martial, Coionel William Mitchell, storm
center of the army, has been suspended from ' active 'duty -for five
years as a result of his charges against the air, administration. The
upper photo shows Colonel Sherman Moreiand and Lieutenant Colonel
Joseph I. McMullen. judg1 advocate and assistant judge advocate in
the court martial proceedings. P.elow is a -striking photo of Colonel
Mitchell and Representative Ueid of Illinois, his chief defense counsel.
FOUR POSTPONEMENTS
MARK WALDESPEL CASE
ATTORNEY AWAITS RETCRX
OF STAR WITNESS
Hearing on t'harge of Intoxicated
Driving .Now Booked for
Wednesday
i
Delay again marks the' trial of
Carl Waldespel, to answer a
.charge of- driving while under
the influent-e of intoxicating
liquor. '
"Come, now the defendant in
the above entitled criminal action
and moves this Court for an or
der continuing the above case un
til Wednesday. :'::rd day of De
cember, 1!25."
This is the explanation at
tached to an affidavit by C.uy
Smith, attorney for Waldespel, in
which he cites reasons for seeking
the postponement.
"Comes now" for the fifth time,
postponement of the trial. Reason
given by Guy Smith in hi affida
vit is that he wants as witness
Miss Erseal Erion. whom he
claims in the affidavit, is now in
Seattle. Mr. Smith states lie ex
pected Miss Erion bark in Salem
during the week beginning De
cember i:. -Reason for wishing
MiSft; Krioa . as a witness is set
forth) 1ST tUoffidavit:
"As I a'rft 'ftd vised, the said v. it-
nesq : w.as With the defendant in
his -'automobile at the time of the
arrest and she will be able to j
testify positively that the defend
ant had not beer, drinking and '
was not intoxicated." Smith ends
his affidavit by saying:
"Said motion is not made for
the purpose of causing an un
necessary delay. "
Miss Erion, according to record
held by Judge Poulsen, was fined
SI 5 September 14 for disorderly
conduct. According to the rec
ords, four persons were involved.
Miss Erion. Anna Kunkle. and
Kenneth Purdy were fined 15
each for disorderly coudriYt. ac
cording to the record, and Ma,x
McLaughlin was fined SlOrt and
sentenced to five days in jail' on
a charge of driving while vnder
the influence of intoxicating
liquor.
Anna Kuntfe and Erseal Erion.
It is, said, were hoth witnesses for
Waldespel when -he was tried, re
cently on a similar tharge. .
MYSTICS INVESTIGATED
SEERS AND SEF.RESSFS ARH
I'XDKR I HIE IX SKATTLK
SEATTLE. Dec. 17. (By Asso
ciated Presis. j Prosecutor Ewing
D- Colvin today opened-a campaign
against fortunetellers palmists
and peeresses by filing in court
five complaint obtained by two of
His agents. More complaints will
follow and several arrests are
probable, he said.
The drive against the tnytica
was; begun when it was learned
that a seeress had p"r.uaded Lief
Jorgenson, an Alaskan fisherman.
to. alow her to Invest S 1.0 a 2 tat
him and then fled with. hU money.
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'AU PHOTOS
CAI CM IC CCI cnTCn OV
UHLCIVI oLLLO I CU D
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
1!)2B STATE fOXX'EXTIOX TO
BE 1IEID IX THIS CITV
I.loyd ' T. Reynolds of Salem Is
Electjed President, of the
-'Organization
MEDFOUD. Or., Dec. 17. (By
Associated Press. ) -r- The 1 9 241
convention of the Oregon State
Horticultural society will 1e held
at Salem. This was decided at
today's convention here and the
following officers ..for next year
were. elected. .Lloyd T. Reynolds
of Salem, president; C .A.- Reed
of Hood River, vice president, and
Slay-ton- L. Long of Cor vail is .re
elected' -secretary and treasurer.
Early this afternoon the many
Washington. California and other
outride dt'H'untes to this conven
tion wore taken by automobile
through" the valley.
On tiie program Ibis afternoon
were addresse.-, by R. S.J BeeSe of
Oregon -NericiiltiirKl college, on
th cost of raising pears; Prof.
Don C. Mote, also of Oregon Ag
ricultural college. "Pear Insects
and Their Control"; "The Econo
mic Status of the Pear Industry,"
Prof. W. S. Brown, Corvalli3;
"Spray EQiilpment and Spray Ap
p!i(atidn for the Orchard, Prof.
Leroy Childs, Hood River; "Oil
.Emulsion?!," Robert Norris. Tal
ent; "Heating the. Pear Orchard,"
Flovd !). -Young, Los Angeles;
"Pear Pollenalion." . Prof. G. L.
Phillip's, Davis, Cal.
CARS CRASH ON ROAD
SEVERAL !XJI:r-;1V IX ACCI
DENT .NEAR wKnuui:x
As the result of a collision of
two cars, driven by Troy-W'ood
and W. Cole, state prohibition of
ficer, two miles this side of Wood
burn yesterday afternoon," several
persons v,-ere injured. .
Troy Wood' was driving a Ford
coupe. He had with him John
Brown and F. E. Carnes, recruit
ing officer for the marines. - The
three men had been to Portland
on business and were rettiing to
saietn wnen the accident occurred.
They were driving along the high
way when Cole, while passing a
team going to Woc-dburn. collided
with the car Wood was driving.
Injuries w ere "'. not'-, serious
enough to necessitate , hospital
treatment. Brown had a severe
cut on his forcheadf requiring aev
erafst itches, and Wood had a tut
on his scalp requiring two. stitch
es, Officer Carnes received - a
smalV cut on his hand. Cole sus
tained a broken 1110011) and one Qf
the girls in hi can had. two of her
fingers ,hroken. "
. - GLEE, CLUB, KINGS 1
The Men's Glee club of Willam
ette university held the first con
cert of thd secson last evening it
the girls industrial schooL There
are 2i , boys in the organliatioit
this year .and a srrd Series of
coucerU is :-,i-htdulcu, .
MITCHELL IS -
FOUND GUILTY
Court Martial Verdict Speci
fies Suspension From
"Rank, Command and
Duty" for Period of Five
Years r -
LENIENCY IS EXTENDED
Military Record During World
War Said by Court to Have
jSaved HIiu From More -Severe
Sentence;
WASHINGTON. De. 17. (By
Associated Press.) A verdict of
faulty on all specifications and thw
general charge coupled with a sen
tence of suspension for five years
from "rank, command and duty"
in the army, was found tonight
against Colonel William Mitchell
by the court martial which haa
been conducting bis trial for in-,.,
subordination since October 28.?
"The military record of the ac
cused during the World war,'
probably saved him "from a mora ' -severe
sentence. That wat. indl-J.
cated vby the conrt when It an-;-'
nouiiced that the finding "is thui
lenient." p .. .
Major Oeneral Robert fC. Howze,
president of ji the court and the
nine other members! closed the
onri nt ; 3:40 o'clock this after
noon!, for findings. At preciceiy
b:.u; or two tours and' 54 mln--utes
later, the sentenc. and ver
dict were announced in' these
words: . '; -
''The court upon setiret writ
ten ballots, two-thirds bf the mem
bers present at the time the vote
was taken concurring! iin each
finding of the guilt, finds the ac
cused guilty of all l specifications
and the charge upon secret writ
ten ballots. - . v
"The court sentences the accus-.
ed to be suspended from rank,
command and duty, with forfeit
ure of pay and allowances for flv
ea.rs. ! j; I lUl , ' ' ;. '
"The court is thus1 Idn lent be
causei of the military record of the
(accused during the world war4;
I two-thirds of the members who
KTSlSin??6 the TOte
.colonel Mitchell.- standing as-
tlecision was announced, with Mrs.
Mitchell at his side, smiled. , .
- Adjournment ot the trial auto- i
matically transferred the Mitchell
case from the old brick building
hear the capitol to the war depart
ment There it will be forwarded
by the adjutant general, of thtv
army to the board of review in tho
judge advocate general's office to;
lo checked for inaccuracies. Later'"
the board will pass 1t on to Secre-i
tary Davis, who in time will:
submit the voluminous trial rec'-.
crd to President Coolidge for fin
al review and approval. . :'y
Meanwhile Colonel Mitchell re
mains in the status of an officer
uader technical arrest, Bince the;
court's verdict can only be made
effective by President; Coolidgo's )
endorsement. In view of this sit-i
nation and the flat refusal of th,
accused to comment publicly con,- ;
ccrning his future plans, until af-' V.
ter the president has taken flnat
action, there was some belief onL "
the part of the Colonel's closest;"' :
friends that he would v qatetlyr
await the outcome, and . if :tbalr
failed to relieve him from the fJvar
years suspension, he might offer';
the president his resignation front :
the army. ; X
The general charge dk which
the court based its finding of guiltV
was that Colonel Mitchell had viov ;
lated the 96th article ot war J't;
the prejudice of good order aiidi ' ;
military , discipline." The weight; .
f pecifieatloons set out in the ap-t:
jrehended charge sheets .vwercv.
founded on particular charge .
against the war and navy depart- J
ments made by the air officer tn
his published statement :of ep-H
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RADIO HOAX IS SOLVED
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PI1EXOMEXOX THAT R.F
FLED KA'PERTS KXPI4AIXED
CO ATESV ILLE. Penn.. Dec.
17. (By Associated iPets-
The famous Brandamore
"telephone radio" mystery..",
which for two years Bad bat-.
Ded radio- experts was a hoax
in which- Earl. Davidson.? a tel-.
egrapK operator of the Read"
ing company at Brandaraore.
near here, was involved", f-
Davidson tonight - admitted
that he had made 11 partial con
fession and that lncidwitaiiy he
had lost his ob with the rail
road. He ' declined, however;
to explain the method he ad
opted to enable penont to list-.
en in on Tad to programs broad
last by stations throughout this
and other continents merely by
picking up a telephone receiver.
Radio authorities from all
parts of the country, visited
Brandamore (to 'listen id on the
telephone line to radio pro-'
grams,. At first skeptical they
linaliy gained the impression
that some strange phenomenon
was at work and some of thu..
experts expressed the belief
that they were about to discov
er a means of transforming ra
dio waves Into the sound units
without the aid of regular re
ceiving set 'T, "'"" V;;
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