Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1923, Page 2

2 * ¥ CATHEDRAL DRIVE SPURRED BY CUPS Yesterday’s Total of $166,- 352 Expected to Be Ex- ceeded Today. “Daddy” to Be Home Christmas, New Is Thanked Six little Shaws thanked Post- master General New today for the prospect of having their father, a rural letter carrier, at home with them Christmas for the first time in their lives. “Wish to thank you for all the little kiddies in the United States as well as ourselves for giving us our daddy for Christmas day,” read the letter. “This is the first time we ever have had him home for Christmas. Their father is John H. Shaw, arr| 3, Mansfield, Pa. The let ter was signed by Martha Shaw, thirteen years old; Lester C. Shaw, twelve; Esther A. Shaw, ten; John haw, ' jr. seven; Llewellyn B. : haw, five, and idson S. Sha two | Postmaster General New recently ssued an order suspending all rural delivery on Christmas day. City carriers will not work after noon on that da Plans of Cathedral Praised by Rudolph My Dear Dr. Freeman: I desire to wish yo in the movement which you have recently inaugurated to mecure funds for the completion of the Protestant Episcopal Ca- thedral at Mount St. Alban, CAUSES $2.000L0SS fy the Christinn faith and the 1 Divine promise upon which that faith depends. Its design Is Cement Plant Fire Calls Qut Twelve Engines—Three Persons Hurt. compelling to reverential com- templation, and its command- | | ing outlook ix unsurpassed in | | inspiring beauty. mily will ial of H it will architecturnl adornment National Capital which ever obxerver, regardless of creed, must contemplate with admira- tlon. ¥ your very laudable unde and my earnest hope for it favorable and early outeome, Very truly yours, CUNO H. RUDOLPH, - Twab?e doalue companies, four truck compalties, the firchoat and three fuel wagons were called out on a four- alarm fire last night In a twg-story Competition for the two cups, an- {Pftai garage of the Rosslyn Steel nounced by Newbold Noyes, campaign {3nd Cement Co,, 3031 K street north- manager, as awards to the team |West which brings in the largest sum and strict Commissioners . Cuno H. to the individual worker with the|fudolph and James F. Oyster, the lat- highest subscriptions, began in ear- (1er having jurisdiction over the fire nest today in the campaign now un- department, were among the specta- der way to raise the District’s portion | tors. police officials in attendance in- of the $10,000,000 to complete the na. |uding Maj. Daniel Sullivan and In- tional cathedial spectors Evans, Pratt, Harrison and Spurred on by s ;2,60 | Shelbs. vesterday ors today entered Ahree Persons Hurt. into the campaign with renewed zest, | Thrme casualties resulted from the eager to report at the luncheon at the | fire, Stanley J. Maran, 1353 E street Willard Hotel this afternoon e south#ast, member of No. 14 engine e o0t sums | compuny, was lashed about the neck ake yesterday's contri- {by an énd of a hose that burst while butions look small § he wwd fighting th fire. Ha was Yesterday Harry K d at Emerge Hospital. o e Private Joseph R. Lyddane of No. No. 6 in divisi truck company fell through a hole in the highest team subscriptions, $10.-|the floor while making an inspection This mark is expected to be ex and sustained cuts and bruise His coeded after the rosults for today oo | (JUFles were dressed at rgetown tabulated. s University Hospital James Brown, colored, thirty-fiveg, Subscriptions of obtained yesterday rats the worl captain 5 . veported {2128 L street, riding his bleycle at w Hampshire avenue and L stre thwest, failed to heed the clung of the bells and get out of the v as the hose wagon of No. 7 en- Eine oompany approached. He was knocked unconscious when the hose gon uck his wheel. A headlight hose wagon was smashed and { Browa's bicyele was damaged. The injured man was taken to Emergency Hosgatal, where it was s=aid he would recover. Flames Damage Roof. When discovered, about 7.45 the fire had burned a big hole in the roof of the building and made so bright a lisht that the reflection was n from ull sections of the city, and many persons motored there to watch th work of the firemen. Police re- ves from five precints kept the spectators out of the way of the fire- me. T Firefighter left the dock at the foot of Tth street southwest, follow- ed by t steaming out of harbor {tug 77 with a detachment of police. | T fira was so far from the water however, that members of the nies were unable to render as- tance. Six hundred sacks of cement in the lding were ruined. Much uneasi- s& was caused because of the quan- tity of gasoline stored In a submerged tank on the premises. The liquid was 1ot affacted by the fire, however, and damage to the building and ccntents Was cstimated at $2,000. Small Fires Elsewhere. | Fire early today in the apartment {of H. A Lynch. upper floor of 71 R street northw . was extinguished by jtwo companjes of firemen. Origin of {the blaze was not determined, pol ‘orted, and only $50 damage sulted Sveral $100 or more, as follow Those Giving $100 or More, corge O'Donnell, $500: Arthur Burt, 3$500; M. D. Amiss. $100: Kate L. Wood. $100; John L. Clem, $250: John H. Finney, $150: Frank S Hight. $500 Nannic : w {ing William Hurtt 500; Mrs Freeman, . $100; Mrs. | and Mrs. $100: Miss Katharin T. H. Stevens, $too Louis Mackall. £300:" 3 King, £100: Mre Jimes Miss' Olive tddleberge = ve M. Riddleberg Ansel Henry, o'clock, Gregory. H hard F1. Wil 250: Mr. : Sidney rree, $100 therine Bur: $100: L. FL | Tulius Peys: mer, $125 and 'Mrs. Franklin Bleber, $250: Sher S.E. Kramer, £100 s, $100: . T. Hand Wrenn, $200. and LeRov Goffs, $250. Roberts. $100: . Phillip Hill John H. Wilkins Co., $100; HBen- jamin B. Hunt. $250; M. E. Horton Co., $100; J. M. Kenvon, $500: W. Par- ker Jones. §100: Dr. and Mre. A. R, Shands. $100: Mrs. and_Miss Critton, $500; Miss Lawr $300: Mrs, Tal- ot '$250; a friend, $2.000: C. Beale Bloomes, $300; A Heller, friend, $1.000; a friend. $500: W liam ‘Sprigg.’ $250. Mr Jennings, $2,000: Dr. R: . Svlvester. §125; Lieut Col. R. W. Vatterson, $100: L. D. Hoff, $100; Dr < Bowen, § Litchfield, 3 nd sriend, § Friend. Kite, ' §250: A, M Fleming, $150: Mr. and 3d, $1,600; Mrs. Frank Mrs, Francis Nash, $ ment, $5.000: Mr. Dr. Paul Johnson $100; Walter H Kimbail, $100; D Delos Smith, §100: E 100 W Te companies of firemen were ith street and Rhode Is- aue northeast late vesterday ternoon to save the automobile of Brown from destruction by Short-circuited wires caused . according to the police, and {slight dumage resulted The automobile of Howard Wildy, parked in front of the owner's home, 445 Maryland avenue southwest, caught fire early today. The flames were extinguished by No. 4 engine company after $100 damage had been done. WALTONTO FORM ANTHKLAN BODY A statement outlining plans of for- mer Gov. Walton .of Oklahoma to form ‘a mational anti-Ku-Klux Kilan organization ‘was given out today by his counsel, F. ¥. Riddle and H. B. Martin ‘of Tulsa, who are here seek- iy ing a Siupreme Court review of the { impeachment . proceedings against Fhim: 4The organization will be open | to “every American freeman, without reference to sex, religious creed, na- tionality or race. Reviéw of the impeachment, the atement said, is on the ground that Ta majority of the Okluhoma senate, 000 f\shiclr_conducted the trial, had pre- judged the case and had made “a previous agreement” to remove the : 117.00 | BOVErnOr from office. Porven T . —_— gl WIFE-BEATER MAY GET TWENTY LASHES ON BACK Spectal Dispateh to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 18. —Frank Noyes, twenty-three years old, is to receive twenty lashes across his bare back and then serve six months in the Maryland house of cor- rection for beating his wife, if a sen- tence imposed by Judge Robert E. Joyce, here, js carrigd out. - Noyes, a member of the Mount Rai- nier base ball team, which won the championship of Prince Georges coun- ty, was arrested on November 30, charged with beating his wife. Al that time he was sentenced by Judge Joyce to receive the thrashing and be imprisoned, but sentence was sus- pended ‘upon the prisoner's promise not to repeat his offense. TLast night, “however, Constablé | Thomas H. Garrison heard the man i hag again attacked his wife, and Noyes' arrest followed in Washing- ton today. Returning to Hyattsville, he was 88.1p taken before Judge Joyce, the L_vole was revoked and Noves was_r.arted immediately for the house of correction at Jessups Cut to take his punishment and serve his term. ‘Whether or not the thrashing will be administered by the warden, how- ever, remalns to be seen. Although the Maryland code permits a wife- beater to be beaten in turm, here of late sudh sentences have bLeen execut- ed only in extreme cases. Mrs Weedon, 105 C. F. N Mrs. MeClin- Magon, $500: 3d M. Eva 0 M. L ward al clifford, Reports by Teams, As reported Ly Corcoran Thom, campaign treasurer, the work of the | various teams yesterday, by divisions, wiving their number and captain and sum secured, follows DIVISION A GLAZEBROOK, R Walis Burt Hight Conk Arthuie Frank S Col. T'red Frederick Trooke: Harey K. Hoss Mrs. David M Total DIVISION I Herber! 8 Howard Commander ¢ Fowell F. C. Wallacs 3 Mre. Walter Tuckerman DIVISION ¢ 6. WILSON, Leader. John ¥ Stuart Richard S Carl_Kurtz......... W. W. Mackall, jr... Herbert Glesy... ... Mrs. Harriet Holton, Noney 1,4080) 1 Nou 420,00 54000 1,705.00 Division Executive co Special aonouncement $166,352.50 THREE DIE IN FIRE. Bodies Recovered From Ruins of Houston Hotel. HOUSTON, Tex., December 18— Three bodies had been recovered at 10:30 s.m. from the ruins of the Capi- tol Hatel, which was destroyed by fire tAls morning. and firemen thought many more bodies would be found. Inedity of the bodies, all men, had not bren established. COWRT WARD DISAPPEARS. Julils Schikoff. =inger and musician Juvenile Court, is reported missing from his home, 1255 Irving street northwest, since December 11. There nothing unusual about his going away, according to the police, Julius having heretofore violated his parole. Police believe he will be found sing- ing In moving picture houses or other bublic resorts. rand total................. fourtéen years and a ward of is THE EVENING CATHEDRAL FUND REACHES $477.3%6 District Teams Report Fine Progress Toward Lo- cal Quota. Local subscriptions mounted nearly to the half-million mark today when a grand total of $427,326 was reached in the campaign being conducted this week to raise the Distriot's share of the $10,000,000 necessary to complete the National Cathedral. A total of §260,974 was reported for the day at the luncheon of campaign workers held at the New Willard Hotel. Of this amount $80,924 was reported by captains of the twenty-elght cam- paign teams, while Bishop Freeman, reporting for the executive committee, announced anonymous gifts totaling $180,050. Of these anonymous gifts $100,000 was from one subscriber. There was one gift of $50,000 and another for a larger sum. Col, C. Fred Cook, captain of team No. 4, came into possession of the large American flag, which is borne each day at the table of the team which secures the largest subscrip- tion during the day. Col. Cook’s team and the team of Frank Rogers split between them The Star's gift of $25.000 made to- ward the cathedral project. Col Cook’s team was ahead of Mr. Rogers team by a few hundred dollars. Newbold Noyes. local campaign manager, presided at the luncheon Snthusiasm ran high today. Dr. L. W. Glagebrook, leader of division A, struck the keynote of the meeting when he said he had never engaged Jjn anything which so roused his en- thusiasm and inspired him_as the present campaign for the National Cathedral. By divisions the subscriptions to- day were as follows: Division A, Dr. Glazebrook leader, $25.534; division B, C. C. Glover, jr. | Teader. 329037 aivision ¢, €o¥ Wii- son leader, $4.846; division D, Cole- man Jennings lea Mr. Jennings praised the The Evening Star, d had never known The any worthy occasion. —— OBREGON CAPTURES RAILROAD JUNCTION IN 16-HOUR BATTLE ntinued from First Page.) spirit of aring that he Star to fail on the central part of the republic were contained in all advices received here. Gen. Moya's ar trench at word received by spread out and form as a net to halt a backward march to escape the government's army marching from the east to attack the stronghold President Obregon's offensive from the east against Guadalajara is pow- erfully organized, and is advancing steadily Gens. Farnan Cartio Maguno are reported to have been intercepted in a plot to turn their regiments over to the rebel ranks, advices stated. Gen. Moya took charge of the Te- pic forces following the _serious wounding of Gen. Anatollo Ortega in the clash a week ago at Teple, when rebels captured the town. which has |since been retaken by the federals. REBELS LOOT CITY. and Antonio Eyswitness Describes Capture of Tepic. By the As<ociated Press. NOGALES. Ariz. December 18—A tale of military intrigue, death and disorder occurring when revolution ists last week captured Tepic, capital of Nayarit, and held it until federal reinforcements arrived several days later was told here by I. D. Ford. manager of a hotel in Tepic, who was an eyewitness to the revolt and de. velopments after the capture of the town. Mr, Ford, who is the_first ness of the clash near Nogal statement to the Associated said: “On the night of December § three rebel officers. a general, a colonel and a captain, deserters from garrisons in zatlan, Sinaloa and Acaponeta, Narayit, arrived in Tepic, proceeded to military headquarters in the city and made known their mission .to Gen. Anatolio Ortega, military com- mander of the Tepic garrison, seek- ing his alignment with the revolt movement. The general refused. Over- tures by the rebel officers continued | Thureday and Friday, but without success. eyewits . in & Press, Police Force Disarmed. “On Saturday morning from my rooms at the hotel 1 heard revolver shots. News quickly spread on the street that the general had been as- | sassinated, and that the garrison had been seized by revolutionary officers, In an incredibly short time squads of disloyal soldiers led by their officers appeared on the streets, and at the point of rifies compelled the police to disarm. “All resistance was futile and soon civil authorities of the city were un- der rebel control. -No violence was done to civil officers or to any of the populace. We soon learned that Gen. Ortega. having proved obdurate to overtures to the disloyal officers, had been suddenly attacked in his office at military headquarters Saturday morning. General Killed. Despite mortal wounds. the general, one of his secretaries and a bystander returned the fire, killing one of the rebel officers and a bystander. Tt was this_shooting that I heard from my window. “The general later died from his wounds. “With control of the garrison in the hands of the rebels, the city of Tepic was likewise in thelr power. For three days the rebels maintained com- plete control of the city. On Monday night rumors of the approach of fed- eral troops dispatched by Gen. Angel Flores from the garrison at Acapo- neta and Mazatlan reached the rebels who immediately made plans for a speedy departure. “That evening a bank was looted, the amount stolen I do not know, and the house of Aguirre, a wealthy bank- er, also Tooted, and land owners were i compelled to pay tribute to the in- surgents. “Then, seizing automobile trucks, one of which belonged to our hotel, the rebel force with sick and wound- ed made their departure from Tep! with an estimated force of 500 men. ————— TWO KILLED IN PLANE. Capt. Sturcken and Sergt. Ryals Fall in Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 18. —Capt. Harold F. Sturcken, com- mander of the 47th School Squadron, Brooks Field, and Sergt. C. E. Ryals were killed toGay when their airship icrashed to earth at Pendleton, Tex. They were en route to Dalla 5 Sturcken's home was New York city. . Sergt. Ryal's home was Glenwood, Ga. PROPOSES WAR LAW. A war referendum amendment to | the Constitution was proposed today by Senator Dill, democrat, Washing- ton. Under it Congress could declare war without & special election only In case of invasion or rebellion, STAR, WASHINGTO! '$1,000,000 IN AWARDS GIVEN U. S. CLAIMANTS Mixed Claims Commission Decides Against Germany in War Loss Cases. Twelve awards totaling approximately $1,000,000 were announced this morn- ing by the mixed claims commission, in favor of American claimants against Germany, for property losses sustained during the war. The largest awards were to the Standard Oil Company of New York, $500,000, and the Reming- ton Typewriter Company, $04,500, The largest of the ten other awards was one of $17.117. in favor of the W, M. Ritter Lumber Company. The T: hitian Trading Company was allow, $4.2 ierest of 5 per cent was spe- cifled in each case. Cases brought by Company and_George were dismissed. WARSHIPS PREPARE TOAGT AT GANTON French Sailors Land and | Italian Vessel Ready to | Send Men Ashore. the s an Lumber Taylor & Co. By the Associated Fress HONGKONG, December fiotilla of foreign gunbo in the harbor of Canton, where a tense sit- uation has prevailed since the recent threat of Dr. Sun Yat uth China leader, to seize th toms funds, apparently is preparing for ntualitie ome of the warships Iying off Shameen, the foreign section of Canton, have been cleared for ac- tion, and French sailors from the ruiser Jules have landed at i Shameen and are stat in the {0ld French post office building The naval forces of foreign powers now concentrated at Canton have been increased by | American dest {the two Amer ruiser Asheville ‘ampanga Eight Gunboats in Harbor. 1 Five ¥ 18 ~The ats en, 8 la ned rs, n and which joined warships, the the gunboat unboats, Portuguese two French and on are anchored in the harbor off Shameen. The Italians have chartered a Steam launch to be used in the transporta- tion of sa rs from the foreign war- ships to the shore Apparently the action of th elgn flotiila is due to the recent of Sun Yat Sen in notifying the com- missioner of customs in Canton of his intention to supersede the com- missione d ot staff ¥ new appointees Previously he h declared that he would take -such action in the event the customs officials refused to turn over t. him surplus customs funds of Kwangtung provinee which Sun laims are being diverted to Peking and used is suppression of the movement he « vessel also for- ove ution I Urged. Following a meeting of command- ers of the foreign warships and the consular body December 12, at which a dispatch from the diplomatic corps at Peking was considered, the com- |mander of Sun's forces was advised to use caution. and net tn selze the | customs forcibly, owing to the dip- { 1omatic which would [ ensue. Sun is said to have been dissuaded from seizing the customs December {16, although the Kwangtung It it 1 ja_circular «u re of the custom fund be sred by the south China gove a_ protest against the action ¢ eign governments in xending boats to Canton. FRANCE AND RUSSIA HELD PLOTTERS OF LATE WAR (Continued from complications gun- First Page.) tion of war by Russia and France against Germany, “The records show t the Russian and French leaders were determined on war and intended the mobili tions as the beginning 4 war {which had for many years been de- Iberately prepared and worked out by the complete plans of campaign through annual military conferences. Seex Plot Against Berlin. hese secret documents show that it was @ part of the policy of the French and Russian governments to put the odium of the world war upe the German government, and that the German military leaders that they could not be responsible for the defense of the German people unless they were permitted to im- mediately mobilize, “The Russian foreign office issued an Orange book to show the inno- {cense of the Russian government | Out of sixty dispatches in the office for the few days preceding the world war, it appears that fifty of them were falsified by omissions, de- {letions and insertions. “This document shows by geries, in suppressing the patches, a fixed policy to the Russian and ch and make possible to odium of war on the statesmen.” Terms of Armistice. The duplicity exercised during the war perlod was evident again, Sen- ator Owen indicated, in the negotia- tions which succeeded the armfstice. Contrasting the pre-armistice agree- ment accepted by the Germans with the terms forced upon them in the Versailles treaty, Senator Owen ex- pressed the opinion that “solemn romises” were disregarded- in the atter document. “The allies solemnly declared to the Germans November 4, 1918, ha sald, ~ *‘their willingness’ to make peace on the terms laid down in President Wilson's address to Con- gress and the principles enunciated in his subsequent addresses’ The German government accepted; then the entente military command im- posed the military terms as shown in the armistice agreement. * * % “Great Britain, immediately after the disarmament of the Germans, es- tablished by an order in council a blockade, not only not supplying food the German populace required, but cutting off food they jight have se- cured for themselves, even the fish supply in the Baltic. » “The entente established a repara- tions commission who fixed repara- tions regardless of the promises made to the German people. The allies took all German colonies ~* ¢ * French officials took an active part in the political disintegration of the German republic, seized the industrial heart of Germany and made &uch strenuous demands for instant reparations that the German government is now abso- lutely bankrupt. “The reparations agreed to—that is, compensation for damages done to the civilian population of the aillies by German troops—was accepted by the German people and this reparation they are legally and morally bound by, but it should be ‘established in hohor and justice by disinterested judges and experts, not by benefi- claries or representatives moved by the old principles of Luropean diplo- macy that led directly to this war. its for- al di exculpate statesmen cast the German it the i the arrival of three | declared | foreign | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923. THROAT OF GIRL - CUT BY ASSAILANT Marathon Dance Champion Mys- teriously Attacked on Street in Norfolk. | i i By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 15.—Miss Eleanor Spruell Taylor, Norfolk's world champion marathon dancer for a day, was attacked in a downtown section of the city at an early hour today by an unknown assailant. Her throat was cut and she was left for dead. She managed to reach the home of friends, where she fell un- consclous. She was taken to a hos- pital. where her condition was said to be serfous, According to the story told by the young woman shortly after regaining consciousness, she said she had left L dance hall and was waiting for car on a corner of the principal busi- ness street in the downtown section when @ man came up behind her, whispered tensely, “I've been trying to get for six years. Now I've Bot yao He seized her about the neck, dragged her to an intersecting street and into an alley, slashed her across the throat and ran away. Po. lice are scouring the city for her as sallant, N (. HEADS FAVOR | ~ ELECTRIC CHAI Indorse Dial Bill for End of Hanging at District Jail. | The District Commissioners in a board meeting today indorsed the Dial bill to substitute electrocution for the gallows In inflicting capital punishment in the District of Colum- bia | Senator Dial's bill, which | troduced on December 6 was in- and referred {to the committee on judiciary, pro- vides for the abolition of hanging and the installation of a death cham- ber at the District jall, and empower- ing the Commissioners to designate jan executioner and necessary assist- ants not to exceed three in number. The Commissioners expressed the | opinion that the object was meritori- cus and gave unqualified indorse- men Fight Long Extended. 3 The bill Is similar to one introdue- ed by Senator Capper in March ot last vear. For five years the fight against hanging has heen waged in the District of Columbia the file of the Commissioners showing the first (8¢t of organized protests against the gallows in 1910 | Bills for licensing practitioners of optometry and osteopaths in the Dis- jtrict introduced by Senator Ball dur ing this session, were also given fa- vorable indorsement by the Commis- sioners, Object to BilL Another bill, however, which sought {10 place the burden of proof of negii- ®ence in accidents upon the person who in civil suits would be the de- dendant, was given unfavorable con- sideration by the Commissioners. The proposed bill would allow a per- Son who was hurt to;become plaintift in a case and make tha defendant prove he was not negligent in causing. the, damage, which is the reverse of the' present’ practice, whereby an fnjured| ! negligence o jant. | In announcing unfavorable decision on this bill the Commissioners pointed out that all an injured person would {have to do in court would be to prove the accident had taken place and then sit back while the other tried to show {1t was not his fault. APPEALS AGAINST ODD-SIZED CARDS Postmaster Mooney Declares | Freak Greetings Slow Up Mail System. the part of the defend- | | o use freak envelopes or { Christmas cards or envelopes or cards of an unusually small size. : This was the last-minute appeal ymade to the people of Washington | today by Postmaster Mooney, as the annual flood of Christmas greetings began to bulk large at the city post office General slowing up of the handling of the mail will be prevented, I'ost- master Mooney said, if persons will refrain from using the odd-sized, and mail-sized cards and envelopes. postal clerk, just what will nappen when ene of the tiny cards gets in a pack of first-class mail e clerk, an expert. of letters perhaps two feet thick, holding the stack easlly between his left and right hands merely by cxert- ing pressure from either end. Deftly he transferred several such stacks ~ to the canceling machines. Then something happened. As he picked up another stack of envelopes jand raised them into the air, the long “bundie” seemed to jump into the air. not ized a stack explained the clerk. It is just as easy to use ordinary size greeting cards, Postmaster Mooney pointed out today, and their use al- |lows the postal system to move along {normally. WRONG NAME WAS GIVEN. Mistake in Designating Architect for G. W. U. Building. | Through an error in the account of the ground-breaking ceremony in connection with the new. building of George Washington University which appeared in yesterday's Star, the name of Frank H. Heaton was men- tioned as the architect, instead of Arthur B. Heaton, who designed the exterior’ of the building. Prof. Charles T. Harris, who is as- sociated with Mr. Heaton. designed the interior of the structure. COASTWISE SHIPPING UP. Senators Consider Extending Laws to Philippines. Several senators are interesting themselves in the proposal for exten- sion of the American comstwise ship- ping laws to the Philippines, and fur- ther discussion of the subject is ex- pected shortly in Congress. ‘Some time ago President Coolidge let it be known that some of his of- ficial advisers thought such an exten- sion would be in’ violation of treaty agreements, but it was Indicated to- day that no final opiggen on that sub- Ject*had been foru d. € Derson to collect damages must prove | demonstrated, with the aid of a suddenly split asunder Rm.iI “One of ‘those freak cards djd it" | l CHRISTMAS SEAL BECOMING CUSTOM ‘Use Grows More General Each Year—Sales Reach $16,500 So Far. There 1s the very real miracle of community good will making itself felt throughout this beautiful clty of ours these last days before Christ- masfi through the almost universal cus. | tom of using the | 11tt le Christmas | seals on letters | i : and gift parcels, cach seal so used bearing its mute but fmpressive testimony of the desire to carryon the health and protective work of the Washington Tuberculosis As- soclation for another year. There is hardly any other single expression of the Christmas spirit today which spreads itself so generally through- out the whole community, from the Irich and powerful business organ- { izatlons, some of which ordered in advance $200 worth of the seals to be used in connection with their De- cember correspondence or dellveries, down to the tiniest individual pur- chase of seals in one of the self- service coin boxes distributed in | stores throughout the city, or at th booths in the lurger stores and banks | which have been served by woman volunteers, and not forgetting the great army of little children who have for the moment become seal seller: in one way or another these tokens i of health and safety for ail find their way into the hands of more people than any other one symbol of the sea- son. i Buyers Recelve Pin. Among the throng of shoppers which made its way along the main alsle of one of the leading depart- ment stores past where the Christmas seal booth was stationed a large number paused from time to time yesterda to buy packages of the seals. Each one recelving with his purchase the little red pin emblem of the double barred cross, to be worn on _coat lapel or waist. The lady in charge of one of the booths ) received many a friendly greeting the day a little little boy by the the booth and in- one of the large Being told that smaller lot cents. He of a single of the Santa boy inquired t and not a few confidences from seal customers Oneo during ading another nand, paused at quired how much sheets of seals cost. ’u was §1, he priced a 1 several packages in her hand and dressed in a fashion that indicated limited resources paused and, af long consideration, decided to take two seals, and put down two pennies for them, Teceiving in return @ cheery “thank you” from the booth captain. lsuu another woman whispered to the | lady in charge: “I wish 1 could buy igome seals, but 1 am out of a job.” Tt ds,littls. incidents such as this that sHow ths widespread and popu- Jur appeal of the Christmas seal sale, +which is now depending on the full- ‘«u respo! of th and found that it was 2. then price at one Claus ecut- ould . which took his fancy. ing informed that cut-out Was not for sale, he ked with perfect serenity h, ain’'t got ¥ money how" and passed on. other iMiren whose mother allowe them to take ten seals cach, were not satisfled unless | they could take a Santa Calus poster| Washington pub- lic-in order to ‘carry it during th | present week up to its quota of | 3,000,000 seals, with a h value of | $30,000, to enable th Tuberculosis Association to go on with its work | in this community through nutrition | clinics and open-air classes in the ! hools, curative craft work at the| aberculosis Hospital, Health day { Camp service and many other forms | {of educational work for both children | jand adults. i along with them Sales Total $16,500. 17¥p to noon today the total sales lamounted to over $16.500, or 1,650,000 { 'RED CROSS FUND | LAGS FAR BEHIND| Only $18,000 of Needed $75,000 Raised to Date, Officials Announce. | { Washington is lagging far behind Christmas appeal for the Red | only §15.000 of the $75,000 quota | { having been raised do date, according to Information siven out at the Dis- trict Chapter headquarters on Jack- son place today. Last vear $30,000 of | the $50.000 quota was raised. Officials of the District Chapter will | begin another drive for funds the {early part of January. This drive 1 will be made with a perscnal appeal, { booths being put up in various banks theaters and hotels, where the pretty | little Red Cross maidens will strive to | t the city from falling short. | Delieved that the reason for| wing t r is because | solicitation. appeal was made through the press and through the mails. The new drive will begin after the com- pletion of the annual appeal of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association now in progress. FRENCH WITHHOLD DEBT OFFER TO U. S. | the poor shos fof the la The only (Continued from First Page.) present the United States govern- ment is taxing its citizens to raise the money to redesm’the bonds {ssued during the war for the benefit of the French loans. The interest alone in the Ameri- can budget on all war debts, in- cluding the French, amounts to more than a billion vollars a year, or more than one-fourth of the entire re- ceipts from taxes. If the French, like the British, were- to begin paying interest the burden of taxation would be reduced znd some of the new expenses like the bonus ceuld be taken ‘care of. What officials- here -are wondering is how France .can continue to lend money to other nations_and decline even to pay interest on the debt to America. (ongress will debate the matter at an early date. (Copyright, 1928.) WAITS MONTH, KILLS TWO. Robbed Man Keeps Vigil for Thieves After One Robbery. BROCKPORT, N. Y., December 18— Bdward A. Copeman, world war vet- eran and proprietor of a garage here, kept nightly vigil for a month be- cause burglars robbed him of $1,500. He slept in the gagage with an army rifie and pistol at his side. § Burglars came to the garage again early today. Copeman killed two' of them and two escaped with rifle bul- Tots plunking into the rear of thelr nutomobile. They were rounded up by deputy sheriffs later. { with | serve as usher £ ar | assisted { Charles R. { dian i William €. Hammer, From Yeaterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star, \City in Ecuador Totally Ruined By Earthquake By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Bcuador, ber 18.—The KEcuadorian govern- ment yesterday recelved a report from the chief of the northern mili- tary section, advising it that the of Tulean had been completely de stroyed Dby the recent viol arthquake. The shock was 5 far south as Ibarra. latest gazeteers gave Tulcan population of about 4,000. Ibarra is nearly fifty miles south of Tul- can) Detachments of the military have been sent to the rulned sec- tion to protect it against pillage. Decem- A dispateh from Guayaquil Sunday reported Tulcan violently shaken by the earthquake which destroyed sev eral towns in Colombia with the principal church. in Tulean collaps ing, ost every ho being dam- aged and the bodies of twenty- n 1 recovered. ALL CREEDS UNITED FOR BIBLICAL PLAY Different Religious Organiza- tions Supply Personnel for Christmas Drama. “The Word and the Way," the biblical Christmas drama which is to be pre- sented at the Central High Schgol on Saturday, has attracted the atten- tion of virtually all denominations in the city. Maude Howell Smith, chairman of the dramatic committes of the Arts Club, and Maurice H. Jarvis, Arthur White, Denis Connell, Jessie E. Veitch and J. Martin Scranage of the Arts Club Players will represent that ore ganization. the F those parts uth and Naom of the produc iis Conr the directors of St. P ill take the role of Boaz rection of the prophet scencs der the charge of St ers of Th are di- un- Furnishes Directors. With Mrs. Marie pageant master, the Theater Arts, of wi Andrews is 1 e M and dire nishi drama. Carol of rhythmic Harold Snyder Bess Davi publicity d drama. Mlss Estel worth appear as Naomi and Albert Parr will double as the Kinsman and King Saul. Both the latter are members of the Association of Theater Arts From the Caroline McKiniey studio a large group of rhythmic dar been selected 1o scene ‘The dancers will also take part in the seven angels in the nativity scenes and in the finale ‘Fulfillment me." In this group are Alice Calls arixn Chage, Evelyn Davis, Judy Elizabeth Mo Adeline Noel Perkins, Evelyn Preble Schreiner and Florence Thompsc Will Act am Ushers. The members of the Bi of the Calva < i 1 under the Miss Edna B 1y threr he ucation. ur Ch s K attendants to the The members of School of Re the direction o will appear as the twe 1 Israel and reapers in the Ruth Boaz scenes and with the m of Andrew's Church choir f Rev. 3055 and e stage manager for the produc- tion will be Arling ne, formerly of the President Play who will be awisted by Mrs Forresy Sehre ner, and Denis E. Connell will direct the make-up of the entira cast 5. Veitch is_direetor of properties by W. L. Veitch, Richard Chindbloom and John Keister. Fred 3. Schoemaker will lighting effects. which will the spiritual cffect of the and the spiritual thought drama. {HOUSE MEMBERS ON D. C. BUDGET NAMED (Continued from First Page.) the District of Columbia is as fol- lows: Appropriations—Repub tin B. Madden ( Davis, R. Anthony, ir., Vare, Pennsylva son, Minnesota: : Louis Edward H. W Walter W. Magee, H. Tinkham. Ma. ins: Mar- i Daniel nia; Sydney And William R. Wood, Cramton, Michigan; ., New Hampshire; orge cachusetts; Burton L. French, 1daho; Milton W. Shreve Pennsylvania; L. J. Dickinson, Iowa ¥rank Murphy, Ohio; John W. S mers, Washington: Henry £ bour, California; krnest R man. New Jersey: U Colorado: Frank 1f John Taber, New York; Thatcher, Ken Democrats—J essee; Jame: James’ A. Gallivan James F. Byrnes, Gordon Lee, Georgia; Ben Kentucky: Charles D. Carter, Okla- homa; ldward T. Taylor, Colorado; William B. Oliver, Alabama; Anthony J. Grifiin, New York: Thomas Harrison, Virginia; John N puisiana; John J. Eagar sey, and William A. Avres, Kansas District of Columbi tepublicans —Stuart F. Reed (chairman)., West virginia: Frederick himan, Maryland; Florian Lampert, Wiscon sin; Oscar E. Keller, Minnesota; Charles 1. Underhill, Massachusetts; Roy G. Fitzgerald, Ohlo; Clarence J McLeod, Michigan: Ernest W. Gib son, Vermont: Edward M. Beers, Pennsylvania: Henry R. Rathbone. Illinofs, and Gale H. Stalker, New York. Democrats—Christopher D. Sul van, New York; Thomas L. Elanton, Texas; Ralph Gilbert, Kentucky North X. O'Brien, New : Kunz, linols; Henry L. ‘Allard_ H. Gasque, ahd Everett Kent, Maurice H. South Carolina; Johnson. New Jer Charles ¥. Stanley H. Jost, Missouri South Carolina, Pennsylvania _— WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE. Mrs. Grant Separated From Former Detective Sergeant. Mrs. Annie E. Grant, wife of Jos eph E. Grant, formerly detective ser- ant attached to police headquarters, \‘h"ug awarded a decree of limited di vorce in Equity Court today by Jus- tice Wendell Stafford. The ife sued on the grounds of cruelty and also charged that Grant had become attached to another woman. Under the terms of the decree Grant will pay his wife $50 per month as permanent alimony. In her petition the wife alleged Grant had been cruel to her on several oe- caslons and that he had threatened her life. Attorney Raymond Neu- decker appearéd for the wife. | Anti-sa { mand « Patrick's play-| W, | Sandlin, | Jerty DRY LEAGUE ASKS FOR EXTRA JUDGE D. C. Organization Holds Law Enforcement Is Hindered by Delays. An additional judge in the local Police Court to enable specdier trials of offenders against the national prohibition act was urged by the »on League of the District of Colum at its a meeting, the Calvary Baptist Church Sunda school house, where the organization s first formed In 1895 It was pointed out the offenders <of the now go free bec In court procedure. More seve penalties were urged. It was stated that one judge now practically g all his time to traflic cases. Praise for Oficials. Among the other resolutions passed were one of gorrow over the deatt of .the late President Harding and commendation of President Coolidge Commendation was also given to the ederal prohibition enforcement bu- reau headed Ly Ttoy A. Haynes, the District Commissioners, Superinfend- ent of Police and men of his co Tistrict Attorney and their efforts to in on law olutions expressed the ling neourage and other inate ac that many. prohibition” Tw 156 0f the delays Departr eral age liquor smuggling. Pra Wayne B. Wheeler an expression of appreciation the support given by the newspapers, was voiced. After renewing their allegiance to e Anti-Saloo e of Amerlca, > ass0 resolution, re- minded opp of the na- al prohibition act that it now was the law of the land. Wilson Made President. At the ar jon Andrew Wilson was president of organiz followinw President pro Latimer; Bishop 11, D D.; Rt D.; Re Anson William th nual re-elected d tempor. William Gen Clark, W. Child aplain; Henr Alby . Shoem . 14 attorney. ev. Charles S. Long- Baptist, Owen P. Kellar, C. C James: Baptist (colored), Rev, . Waldron, Rev. Walter D, 1. Christian Arth W. . Hanson; Congreg: A rgan, Fred L. \ds (Orthedox), Rev lark; Friends, Alfred Rev. Charles H Nicholas; Lutheran E. Wiseman: Meth- icholsor Methodist Epis- R Africi Metho- ins: 3 d), Rev. W. O. Adventist ac ton 1 (Colored) ke: Iteformed Homan Cat Hannan, Judge United Breth arles E. Fultz; Univer. Davis: Unitarian Christian_En- ell; Christian f nes R. Moss; worth League, president: rth sze (South), (Central) national ohn N. Cul- rder of Jona- Buhrer 4 A William Lacey; ren, Rev Capt. Hugh Blaine. Ed- William W. Millan Edwa Mrs. Tsabelle Lindley D. Clark, Theo- Hilton Jackson, Mrs. J. A. Fdgar m V. Ma son, N. K U. S A Little, John E pble, James F. Edward S. Taft, Ma). Samuel Dr. Wayne B. Wheeler Charles Willlams, Mrs B ardny Maus, retire . Walk Lieets Pickett, conclusion of business ad- were made by Réepresenta- nt Hudson of Michigan Hannan, Mrs. president of is \ristian Temperance Union —_———————— FAVORABLE REPORT BY HOUSE D. C. BODY ON GAS TAX HELD UP ed from First Page.) Wome (Conttr uch “a steering ar Leen proposed by Blanton \gement” as had Representative G Fitzgerald of notice s soon » got down to busi that his workma be made the order Epecial business until disposed of cimilar “order of special busi- this same measure wh number of important di fram coming up fc House during the last Re nes asures 1in the democr ative Hammar, wislation “until vou with ~ Representative not going to be siipped on us as in the last Congress the gasoline tax Representative Zihl- Maryland license been operated here K in last vear § 1 out that the nd hud entered rrangeanents covering inuary and February and that this offics been closed. If this meas- fire does not become & jaw by Mareh The waid, the residents will have uy Maryland licenses as in the nd conts a gullon on all g ght in Marylan- Would Be $100,0600 More. Representative Zihlman said that | estimated that the personal prop on omobiles in the Dig trict would be about $400,000 wund fee 10,000, The that would aised under thi« ald be $100,000 more than this In (re presentir inrocity) b tax was protest from of the committee on th abolition to the personul property t. on automobiles, whidi led to a lengthy dizcussion RMepre- sentative Underhill offered an amend ment to force payment of the ner- sonal property tax, which Repre sentative Zihlman said would mea yereasing the tax of Distriet of Co- Jumbja automobile owners to the ex- tent of $600,000 a vear. Representative Zihlman pointed aut that the bill had been submitted t the director of the budget, who is th one responsible _officer for prot {he interests of the federal gove ent, and that it comes before the committee with the approval of the budget officer. “The federal govern- ment will lose nothing by this bill be- coming a law, but, on the contrary. will get a substantial increase in rev- enue,” said Representative Zihiman The committee, on the proposal of Representative Lampert, agreed to hear the national commander of thw G. A. R. at its meeting tomorrow morning’ og the bill to make Lincoln's birthday @ %Yegal holida¥. seyers