Show angl I 1 N U I 1 P I 1 FINISHES WITNESS PANEL IS EXHAUSTED AND shenandoah HEARING COMES TO END col mitchell may de be recalled alter after proceedings are arc closed all witnesses are used washington with the possible exception of colonel william Alit chall tho the panel of witnesses in the navys long investigation into tho the wreck of the airship shenandoah has boon been exhausted and tho the court adjourned subject to tho the call of its president judge advocate leonard will axam ino ina tho testimony given by colonel mitchell before tho the army court martial trying him hero here and will then do cedo whether it Is 13 likely that colonel mitchell Ml can give testimony germane to the shenandoah inquiry colonel mitchell Ml was called before the naval tribunal last month hut but nt at ter lie ho had been denied tho the privilege to make a statement before boford tho the oath had been administered lie ho refused to talo take the oath necessary to quality qualify him its as a witness at tho the sitting tho the naval court heard a denial from james il II collier chief aviation rigger on oil tile the shenandoah that lie ho had told major frank AT kennedy of the army air service that tour four tubes connecting tho the gas gaa cells had been closed up kill before tho the ship was wrecked ila iio also denied that lie ho had told the tinny army officer that others in fit tho the crew would not admit tho the gas cells had been ruptured buforo before the wreck major kennedy was a i witness before bogoro both tho the ell court and tho the naval tribunal upon tile the comparison of colliers testimony befaro tho the army and navy tribunals tile the court held that thero there had been minor differences in tho the riggers account of the accident to the airship but after examination of further testimony by collier before it tho the court changed ito ita mind |