Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled tonight; colder; moderate to winds. . Temmperature ended at 1 p.m. today: at 3:15 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 31, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. tomorrow fresh for Highest, RO e falr, west 23 hours New York Stock Market Closed Today No. 29,430. 3 tered as second class matter st office Washington, Dc EGYPTIAN LEADERS SEIZED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS IN CAIRD Minister in Ousted Cabineti and Aide to Zagloul Ar- rested in Homes. ALLENBY IS DECLARED OBJECT OF ASSASSINS Life of British High Commissioner Reported Marked—Guard | Increased. her rities early ¥ Bey, secre ta interior in Zagloul P istry. and Avdulman tahman Falgy, one of Zagloul' sest political assistants. togethel with a prominent member of the Nationalist delegation who visited London with the former premier. The men, it is understood, were surprised In their beds and were taken to an unknown destination | | | i 1 i ALLENBY IN DANGER. Attempt on Life of High Commis. sioner Is Threatened. - Associnted Pre LONDON, November Natic ptian lists have arianged to make & desperate attempt ou the Viscount Allen e Brid commissioner, according to the Cai pondent of the Daily Mail, wio | at information regarding this n has been received from ustwerthy sources and that r is officialiy regarded as very ious. The guards on the residency have been doubled and increased precau- tions will be taken to protect Lord Allenby when driving through the sticets An order has been issued that eve h British military and civil off i Lencefortin shail be accompanied in public by an armed escort. Oifi must carry revolvers and civilia vificials must Keep revolvers in their desks To Meet ant Demand. | | | | Ziwar Pasha, the K in an interview with @ccording to the ent, indicated his i with the last outstand mand—withdrawal the fulfillment of wishes regarding foreigners. A formal note in this sense is ex- pected soon. All the other British | demands have either been accepted ! by the Egyptian government or put | into effect by the British themselves. | The first step toward the protection of foreigners has been taken by re- storing the powers of Russell Pasha, head of the European department of the Egyptian police, whose authority :LTQIOHI Pasha had gradually abol- <hea The correspondent arrest of a number of Egyptian p. ticfans is strongly urged as a pre- Ventive to further assassinations. “These men,” he continues. “are Zagloul's intimates. Thelr complici in the murder campaign, which h premier, Allenby., correspon: Lord Mail's tention to comply ng British de- | opposition to | reat Britain's protection of | the says that t already involved 26 British military and civ officers, is regarded as certain. Pasha hesitates to take such a step. But if he does not arrest them the British will have to. ‘The list includes Nebrashy Bey, Zagloul's secretary at the ministry | of the interior. and Abdul Rahman Fahny, one of Zagloul's closest politi- | cal assistants, who was sentenced to | death in 1920 for a murder conspir- | acy, but reprieved by the British.” | DISCREPANCY IS FOUND. Geneva Note Text and Paris Ver- sion Differ. By the Associated Press PARIS, November ~—The Egyp-| tian protest to the League of Nations ! against Great Britain has aroused | much interest in Paris, but there is a discrepancy in the terms as given | out by the secretariat of the league | in Geneva and as made public here. | The texts of the protest are iden- | tical with the exception of the last| paragraph. As given out for publi- | cation by the league authorities, Geneva, the protest does not contain an appeal to the league to intervene. | As made public in Paris, the final paragraph reads: | “The chamber addresses its protests | to all the parliaments of the world and makes an appeal to the Soclety of Nations, asking it to defend against arbitrary treatment an innocent na- tion, which is profoundly attached | to its sacred and imprescriptible rights | and asks nothing else but its independ- | ence.” | The Petit Parisien, among other | papers, publishes the verbatim text of the protest, which includes the words “appeals to the Society of Na- tions asking it to intervene.” LEAGUE DECIDES POLICY. ‘Will Not Distribute Text of Pro- test to Members. By the Associated Press. 5 ‘GENEVA, November 27.—The, Egyp- tian Chamber of Deputies, protest to the League of Nations against the | British demands bearing on the as- sassination of Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian army, was taken under consideration yesterday. After an hour's meeting of the department chiefs of the secretariat, under the chairmanship of Sir Eric Drummond, it was decided not to distribute to the members of the League the Egyptian protest. ‘The decision was based on the con- stitutional procedure of the secreta- tariat, which is not to circulate docu- ments that do not emanate from gov- ernments. One precedent cited was the decision not to distribute a com- snunication received from a man who claimed to represent the Fiume par- liament. The League officials explain that when documents come from private associations, such as the Red Cross or parllamentary unions, a list is usually made of them and each mem ber of the council is given a copy of the list, so that he may ask for the original documnet if he so desires. |“Lawyer Coolidge” !and the fragments of inter i phone ¢ |t i Polly Bell and Paul Kennedy, | til pleaded with | tions between Walker and Miss Wat- | Will Be President, | Prediction in 1899 Election of Calvin Coolidge as | President was first predicted, White House officials believe, by the late T. G. Spaulding of North- ampton, Mass, A clipping from the Hampshire County Gazette of November 20, 1849, quoted Mr. Spaulding e licving “Lawyer Coolidge” some day ‘would be elected I'resident The clipping was sent to the White House recently by a North- ampton friend of the President. It was there he started on his po- | litical carcer as a member of the common council The Gazette clipping reads “Clark & Parsons’ Drug Store 1s the chief hcadquarters for mosi of the Republican politiclans these | days. It is said that many nomi- | nations are siarted there. Among these is Lawyer Coolldge, who Is planning on running for the com- mon weil. T. G. Spaulding says of him that he will one day be Prosident.” POETASLLE. [N BANKER'S DEATH Bioody Handkerchiefs Alsol May Help Solve Slaying of | Californian. | gress, inted Press. i RNARDINO, Calif., Novem-{ Wisps of hairs, blood stains epted tele- nversations today marked the which zuthorities hoped might| to 2 solution of the slaying of William R. Fee, Alhambra and San! iabriel Lank president, whose body was found in Lytle Creek canyon| Tuesday. one-half mile from his mountain cabin. A- coroner's jury t night found that Mr. Fee met a| of un-| By the A SAN B ber 27.- ail violent death at the hands known persons. who caused a frac- ture of the skull. i Miss Mary F. Watkins, 26, of| Aliambra, secretary of the San| briel water distriet, whose cabin | is 50 feet from where Mr. Fee's body | was found, was the principal witness. Mrs. Fee, widow of the banker, also testified. saving she had gone to the! mountain cabin with her husband last Saturday, that he left to repair aj radio aerial and did not return. Mrs. | Pee said she hud quarreled with her husband often because of the affec- tivnate position Miss Watkins held in his life. As she left the stand, facing Miss Watkins, she fell in a faint. Find Bloody Handkerchief. While the inquest was in progress| deputy sheriffs found a bloody hand- kerchief in an’unoccupled cabin near vhere the body was found. In the| bloed..clots-on the handkerchief were three hairs, apparently from a man's head, and another of different color, apparently from a woman. Joseph ~Walker, who, with Miss] motored | to Lytle Creek canyon last Saturday with Miss Watkins, was questioned by the sheriff. Miss Watkins testified sie had no knowledge of happenings to Fee un- he v reported missing. She the district attorney | not to rcad an affectionate letter she addressed to Fee Saturday and which ! was found on his body. Referring to ! the finding of a suit of Mr. Fee's; clothing in her cabin, Miss Watkins | aid it had been presented to her by the banker for the use of man guests entertained at the cabin by herself | and her sister. Miss Watkins said she did not know who killed Mr. Fee. Phone Talks Reported. Police announced today they had| intercepted two telephone conversa- kins, one at the time the body was found and the other after the finding | of the body must have been known to | both of them. The first message from Welker to Miss Watkins was: “Just sit tight.” ! The second, police sald, consisted of Walkers question: ~How do things | look?” and Miss Watkins' answer, ot so good. The district attorney is | his way here now. on NEW BUS LINE SEEKS | PERMIT TO OPERATE Service From Hillcrest and Good | Hope Proposed—Asks 15- | Cent Fare. A petition for establishment of a new motor bus line to operate from Hillcrest and Good Hope to Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest was filed with the Public| Utllities Commission late yesterday by Leslie L. Altmann and Paul C. Robinson. The route proposed by the appli- cants follows: From Suitland road and Alabama avenue southeast, via Ala- bama avenue, Good Hope road, Nichols avenue, Eleventh street and Penn- sylvania avenue, to Elghth street northwest. The petitioners ask for permission to charge 15 cents. Several weeks ago residents of Hill- crest and Good Hope sought to have the Capital Traction Company extend its existing: bus line In the south- east section. The commission turned down this request on the ground that the patronage obtained along the ex- tended line would not justify the cost of operation at the rate of fare charged by the traction company. The commission also called attention to the bad condition of Naylor road, over which it was proposed to run the Capital Traction busses. Receipt of this new application from Altmann and Robinson may re- open the whole question of transpor- tation to that section at a public hearing in the near future. ‘Woman Held in Ax Murder. PLAINFIELD, N. J., November 27.— George H. Davey, an accountant, about 50 years old, was slain with an ax while asleep in his home early today and his wife and daughter also were attacked and serfously Injured. Mary Kuzmigk, a servant, was ar- ~gted on a charge of murder. 0 Programs—Page . .0.P.INQUANDARY Should Party Leaders or | sets ! tration { Presldent Coolidge's political strength | tercst In what effect the word “reg- | thieves broke the window of Oppen- jwin Locomotive Ce wrel he & . WASHINGTO ON PUNSHNENT OF PARTY NSURGENTS Voters Decide? Becomes Pressing Issue. ALL SENT TO CONGRESS BY REPUBLICAN BALLOTS Bonus Supporters Might Go in Class With Brookhart or La Follette. ‘ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. An old word, grown almost obsolete | in the political vocabulary of the last few years, namely “regularity,” has come back to use since the elec- | tion with recurrent talk of disci plining the Republican members of the House and Senate who strayed from the regular Republican presi- dential ticket three weeks ago. But it will remain only a word. For if the men who supported President Coolidge in the final election will ask themselves what the definition of “regularity” is in a session of Con- they will hesitate about an answer. Is a Senator regular when he votes to override the President's veto on fer bonus and veterans pensions, and when he votes to reject pro- posals on which the administration its_heart like the Mellon tax plan? Is a member of the House “regular’” when he votes time and again | in opposition to the many requests of | the President and his Cobinet secre- taries? Many of the very Senators and members of the House who dis- agreed repeatedly with the adminis- during the last session of Congress were the beneficiaries of in the Autumn elections. Does this| mean that they now will stand by the | administration and support the lat- | ter's legislative program? How many | Senators will support Mr. Coolidge's | oposal of American entry into the world court now that the President campaigned on that {ssue and won by an overwhelming vote? Few With La Follette. is, therefore, far more There in- ularity” is going to have on Repub- lican Senators who ran on the Re-| publican ticket in conjunction with President Coolidge than those few who leaned toward La Follette. Only a handful of Republicans In the House supported La Follette. Only Senator La Follette and Senator Brookhart were openly opposed to the regular Republican national tick- et, and the lowa Senator was himself a candidate on the regular Republi- can ballot. Senator La Follette himself was chosen as the Republican fominee in a Republican primary and was elect- ed by a tremendous vote as a Repub- lican to the United States Senate. He considers himself as much of a Re- publican as ‘Senator Norris of Nebraska or Senator Couzens of Michigan or Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California. Yet (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) GEM STORE ROBBED IN EARLY MORNING With Stone—Loss Amounts to $813. Ut ng a large egg-shaped stone, hefmer and Shah, at 907 F street northwest early today and stole $813 worth of jewelry on display. The theft was discovered by a po- liceman shortly after seven o'clock. | The entire loot consisted of watches | and a few strings of pearls and is| vered by Insurance. Detectives Springman and Darnell who are in- vestigating the robbery believe that the noise of the street cars crossing at Ninth and F streets was utilized by the window breakers to cover up tlle crash of breaking glass. This ls | the fourth robbery of this type in| this block during the period of months. RUMANIA WOULD PAY | BALDWIN INSTALLMENTS Offers Ten Annual Payments ‘to Liquidate Debt to American Concern. By the Associated Presn. BUCHAREST, November 27.— The Rumanian government has proposed a settlement of the deb¥ to the Bald- on the- basis of 10 equal annual payments, according to a statement by Vintila Bratiano, the minister of finances. The Baldwin Co., having waited four years for payment, now insists upon immediate settlement in full, or else will bring sults In the courts to recover. The Rumanian debt to the Baldwin Co. amounts to $2,500,000 for loco- motives delivered in 1919-20. Only one payment has been made to date, $300,000, which the Baldwin Co. ap- plied against Interest then in arrears. A dispatch from Bucharest on No- | vember 14 stated that counsel has been retained by the American con- cern preparatory to suing the Ru- manian government in the courts to recover the $2,500,000. ——— U. S. CONSULATE ROBBED. Soviet Agents Suspected in Second Theft at Riga. LONDON, November 27.—The Ameri- can consulate in Riga, Esthonia, has been robbed the second time this |search of the house. imother. year, says_a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Riga. The dispatch adds that the diplo- matic cipher code and a large qua tity of diplomatic . correspondence were stolen. According to the corre- spondent, agents of’ the Russian Soviet government are suspected, D. C, THURSDAY, EVEN THEY FOOT BALL TEAM GUARDING PASTOR Rev. Mr. Sheatsley and Fam- ily Come Home—Wife’s Death Puzzles. By the Associat COLUMBLU November Anticipating a crowd of curious per- sons, members of the Capital Uni- | versity foot ball squad today were | guarding Rev. C. V. Sheatsley and members of his family in the parson- age of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, where the nearly cremated body of the wife and mother, Addie Sheatsley, was discovered in the furnace, 11 days ago. The athletic youths were scattered about the rather spacious lawn of the parsonage to which the minister and his four children returned late yes- terday from Paris, Ohio, where a Week ago today funeral services were held for the victim. Activities - of County John R. King and his investigators were limited today. They are await ing a complete report of scientific experts who have been working on certain phases of the mystery. The report is not expected until early next week. Conversing with newspaper corre- spondents shortly after his return, Rev. Mr. Sheatsley, when asked if he had changed his announced con- viction that his wife committed sui- cide and cast herself into the fur- nace after becoming insane, replied: Holds to Suicide Theory. “I would rather believe she was mur- dered—foul as the deed may be—rather Prosecutor |than to belleve she took her own life, Thieves Break Window on F Street | but until such evidence has been def- initely established, I will think she took her own life.” The minister was calm as he spoke and there was no sign of emotion. Little Alice, his 11-year-old daughter, clung to his coat as he stood in the doorway of his study, speaking to press representa- tives on.the front porch. *I will do anything I can to help clear up this case,” the pastor declared. _He said that he and his children would ap- pear before the prosecutor for additional questioning at any time that official might suggest. In reply to a question about his state- ment to Prosecutor King that he thought he noticed odors of a poisonous actd coming from the chimney of the house shortly before he discovered the body, Rev. Mr. Sheatsley said: “As I was returning to my home from the grocery, when I came around the cor- ner of the church, a gust of wind swooped down from a chimney and 1 thought I noticed carbolic acid. The next odor I noticed was that of burn- | ing flesn.” Acid Is Discovered. A bottle of the acid which the min- Ister in a statement to the prosecutor sald was missing from the cabinet after discovery of the body, was found Monday when officials made a It was dis- in the medicine cabinet. of his covered Explaining the statement |son Clarence, 16, ma¥le to Prosecutor King that he looked into the furnace on the afternoon of the tragedy and sald he thought he saw the body of his mother, but did not mention it to any one, the pastor said: “The boy probably saw the form im the fur- nace, but his heart said it can’t be There is a possibility that he was excited when he made the state- ment, due to his age. You know how a boy is.” Rev. Mr. Sheatsley will not be cal. ed upon to conduct Thanksgiving services in his church today, having been given a leave of a month, o1 more If he desires, by vestrymen of the church. P THREE DIE IN CRASH. Two Men and Woman Victims. Returning From Party. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 2’ Three people were killed and one seriously injured at Fleatown, three miles south of Newark, early today, when an automoblle, in which they were returning from a party at Buck- eye Lake, skidded and crashed into a ditch eight feet deep, which was par- tially filled with water. The dead, all from Newark, are: Sidney Jones, 32; P. J. Speigle, 34, and Mrs. Harvey Plummer, 27. Mrs. Katheryne Davis, 28, of Day- ton is in a hospital at Newark, suf- fering from a crushed foot and pos- sible internal injuries. Newark police released the victims, ‘who were penned under the automo- dile, after being notified by farmers, who had heard the crash, which oc- curred about 4 o'clock, HAVE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NOVEMBER 27, 1924 % FORTY PAGES * vening Star. every city bl “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier system covers tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Within the Hour” lock and the regular edi- Yesterday's Circulation, 97,185 TWO CENTS. BE “THE” AND “LOS” | 1 | | Out of the splendor~and festivity ceremonies for America’s latest dirig- ible, Los Angeles, has arisen sidious serpent of discord, rearing its head above the patriotic wave of gratification to spread its venom into the very heart of officialdom. This ugly contention, brought to light today by an inquiring reporter, threatens to spread with vicious ag- gression to the highest channels of Government, with the ultimate even- | tuality of the White House itself be- coming involved It already has drawn into its coils members of the press, lexicographers, linguists, naval authorities, Califor- nians and others directly affected, with the liberalists on one side and JUDGESASK STONE TO TAKE DRY INT Taft Heads Appeal for Trans- fer of Enforcement to Attorney General. an in- The senior circuit judges of the country, with Chief Justice Taft joining, and the opinion of federal district judges reflected in their po- sition, have thrown their support be- hind the movement for a transfer bodily of the prohibition unit the Treasury Department to the De- partment of Justice. Recommendation for such action by Congress has been made by the ju- dicial conference of senior circuit judges tn a letter from Chief Justice Taft, as chairman of the conference, to Attorney General Stone, transmit- ting a request that he embody the proposal in his annual report to Con- gress. See Better Enforcement. With the Chief Justice concurring, the senior judges, who have just met here, declare in a statement which they ask be laid before Congress that such a transfer of prohibition en- forcement responsibility “would make much for effectiveness” in enforcing the law. Out of their abundant experience with prosecutions under the prohibi- ) tion law, reflecting that also of dis- trict judges, the senior circuit judges assert that by placing expenditure of all appropriations for gufortement under direction of the Attorney Gen- eral prosecutions could be directed to the end that “trivial, futile and un- important cases” which now crowd Icoun dockets would be avoided. “Under such a change, with the ill- advised zeal and practical ignorance of prohibition agents no longer a factor in the situation, the statement |says, there can be prosecuted only those cases which will really deter the principal offenders, and in the preparation of which district attor- neys will have a personal respons bility.” { HOLD-UP MAN FLEES WHEN VICTIM SAYS “NO” Points fevolver at Grocer, Orders Him to Hand Over Cash, But Loses His Nerve. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C. November 27.— “Stick 'em up!” commanded a hold- up man as he stuck a revolver in the face of William Stronach, a grocer, as Stronach was checking up the cash at his store in the business sec- tion here late yesterday. “Aw, quit your kidding,” replied Stronach, thinking the intruder w. trying to play a_ practical joke on him. “I mean business, sured Mr. Stronach. money. “Go ahead and shoot, then,” the grover retorted. “I'm not going to give you this money.” Mr. Stronach shouted for the po- 2:: and the stranger with the gun thé robber as- “Hand me that THANKFUL surrounding the elaborate christening | from | FOR. START BATTLE OVER NAME OF GREAT AIRSHIP Is It “The Los Angeles” or Just “Los Angeles,” Pur- ists and Liberals in Linguistics Can’t Agree and Discord Threatens. | the sticklers for accuracy on the other. The unfortunate strife originated over the grave question: Did Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the President, christen the Los | Angeles The Los Angeles; or did she christen the Los Angeles Los Angeles; or did she christen Los Angeles Los Angeles? The liberalists declare sh tened it “The Los Angeles, slight esophagal pressure on “the. The sticklers for truth and ac- curacy insist she dubbed the great craft “Los Angeles,’ eliminating the 800d old American article in front. The liberalists contend it was The Los Angeles that took the air fol- lowing the ceremony at Bolling Fleld. ntinued on Page 3. Column 1.) 21 R, SENATORS GONTINUE IN EXILE Pass Holiday Out of State in Sixth Month of Political Feud. By Consolidated Press. RUTLAND, Mass., November 27 Thanksgiving day found 21 Rhode Island Staté Senators still in “exile." here and prepared to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays in precisely the same manner. Recent negotiations looking to @ truce in the cruel war fell through, with both sides blaming the other for the con- tinuance of the most amazing politi- cal and economic situation this coun- try ever has witnessed since it be- came a federation of States, Being political ‘“refugees” there have been no attempts at extradition. The Rhode Islanders have been in exile since June 19 last. One of the little band of patriots has died. He left his comrades here to visit rela- tives on Cape Cod. While there he contracted typhold fever and passed away. Accuse Governor. The Senators in exile are Republi- cans who revolted against the rule of Rhode Island’'s lieutenant gover- nor, Felix Toupin. They said Toupin was trying to drive them by duress and exhaustion into voting for acon- stitutional convention. The Demo- crats two years ago pledged that if elected they would work for an amendment to the constitution doing away with the property qualification for voting. Unless a’ citizen owns something like $134 worth of real or personal property In the Plantation State he has no right of suffrage. There is a popular legend In Rhode Island of the old fellow who was riding his donkey to the polls. Just as he reached his destination the beast of burden yielded up the ghost, Thus deprived of his property, the man lost his vote. The situation in the Senate devel- oped to the point where it was con- stitutional convention or nothing. There was much disorder, culminat- ing in the famous gas bomb attack in June. Then the exile began. The Senators quit Rhode Island and emi- grated here so that they could not be arrested and compelled to attend sessions of their Senate against their will. Funds Appear Plentiful. The great mystery of the exile is, Who has pald the freight? This is an attractlve little retreat in the Worcester County hills. The State of Massachusetts maintains a sanitari- um for pulmonary patients here and there is a comfortable inn, which is the home of the exiles. Many of the Senators have had their families with them. They have had the time of their lives, following each his own fdle bent. Although far from their farms and business -for nearly six months now, they have all appeared to be plentifully supplied with funds Meantime, with no legislation for a year, no appropriations, no “nothin, as a matter of fact, Rhode Island has had to scratch gravel to get along. Most of the State officials have had to go without salaries, borrowing against the time that an appropria- tion might be made. A group of banks in the State advanced moneys to pay the workers in the various (Continued on Page _’. Column 3.) {vania, a member of the House W {and Means Committee announced ves- {duce a bill which would prohibit the |be taken Hijackers Sought In Killing of Two Aboard Rum Ship By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, November 27. —The liquor-laden gasoline boat Beryl G. found adrift and aban- doned off the San Juan Islands, 60 miles north of Seattle, with blood-spattered decks and sides, has led to the arrest of five men in connection with hijacking op- erations and the killing of Capt. W. G. Gillis, master of the vessel, and his son William, 17 The case assumed an interna- tional aspect today when the at- torney general at Vancouver B. C retained special counsel to prose cute those under arrest and Cana- dian police officials offered a re- ward of $2,000 each for the arrest of Owen “Cannonball” Baker, said to be an ex-convict, and Harry F. Sowash, reputed liquor dealer. Baker and Sowash are sought to stand trial with the five now under arrest, four here and one in Vancouver. HOUSE PREPARED FOR FLYING START 1 | Four-Day Program Laid Out | by Republicans, Long- worth Announces. The Republican majority in the House is ready to do business, with a four-day program already arranged which includes a flying start on con- sideration of the big appropriation bills, the passage of which is the| principal business to be transacted | during the session which opens on Monday. It is hoped that time can be found to give early consideration to the new civil service retirement bill, liberalizing the present law. House Leader Longworth has an- nounced the tentative program. He said the House, after convening Mon- day, probably would authorize the Speaker to appoint a committee to | serve with a similar Senate commit- tee to notify the President that Con- gress was ready to transact business, and then adjourn out of respect to members who have died since the last session. Tuesday the House expects to re- ceive tiie annual message from the President, which, this year, is to be read to both houses separately, unless Mr. Coolidge alters his decision not to deliver it in person, and also any other messages that may be sent from the White House. Conalderation of Bills. Wednesday, he said, will be set aside for the consideration of bills on the calendar. The Naval Commit- tee, he added. plans to bring up a measure providing for numerous changes in the administration of the Navy. The Interior appropriation bill, he announced, is scheduled to be taken up Thursday. Mr. Longworth said, in reply to a question, that he did not know of any concerted effort by members to at- tempt at this session to revise the section of the tax law dealing with the publicity of income tax returns. He points out that this question al- ready was before the courts, and thought it probable that those in- terested in the matter might put oft action pending a judicial decision on the subject. Representative Watson of Pennsyl- terday that he is preparing to intro- publicity of income tax returns. As to legislation other than the annual supply measures that might up, the Republican leader said the McFadden bill, proposing several major changes in the National banking laws, was the only one that had been promised special considera- tion by the Rules Committee. Other bills which have been re-| ported from committee and are await- | ing House action, he said, are the Howell-Barkley bill to abolish the Railroad Labor Board, the Haugen | bill to amend the packers' act in a way designed to prevent discrimina- tion against co-operative marketing agencies and the White radio meas- ure, which would give the Depart- ment of Commerce broader powers in | the regulation of radio transmission. A bill proposing several changes in the civil service retirement laws, a bill to give further protection to mi- gratory birds and two constitutional amendments which would change the date of the inauguration and of the assembling of the newly elected Con- gress, also are awaiting action by the House. AMERICAN MISSIONARIES MISSING AFTER RAID Two Attached to Honan Post Be- lieved Captured by Chinese Ban- dits Who Raided Juchow. By the Associated P SHANGHAIL November 27.—Misses | Elizabeth Berglund and Ingeborg | Nystul, Americans, attached to the | Augustana Synod mission at Juchow, Honan Province, 550 miles west of | Shanghal, were missing today after | i capture of the town by Chinese ban- | dits, according to a message from | Hankow. All other foreigners es- caped to Kiahsien, 25 miles away. Bandits are holding the Rev. Arne Anda for $100,000 and 200 rifles ran- som since his capture at Sichwan, Honan, according to a message (o the | Norwegian consulate. Mr. Anda was| reported missing November 21. Sich- wan is 130 miles southwest of Juchow, 5. { | HANKOW, November 27.—Chinese bandits, who have been terrorizing | missionary settlements and cities in Honan Province, have taken Rev. Arne Anda, kidnaped from Sichwan on November 21, to an unknown des- tination and are holding him until a mission schoolgirl is surrendered to them, according to the Sichwan cor- respondent of the Central China Post. The bandits have ordered an Eng- lish missionary at Kingtzekwan, 35 miles northwest of Sichman, to pay them $10,000 under penalty of death and the burning of the mission set- tlement there. = LR e Virginia Hotel Burned. DANVILLE, Va., November 27.— Fice of undetermined origin early to- day destroyed the Hotel Grace at Clarksville with an estimated loss of $75,000. Fifty guests escaped, I jJason Noble Pierce, | neighborly | thanks at all | ta PRESIDENT LEADS NATION IN THANKS FOR GREAT BOUNTY Churches Thronged in Morn- ing and Recreation to Fol- low Usual Dinner. CITY’S LESS FORTUNATE ARE WELL REMEMBERED White House Observance for Few Intimate Friends—Executive Hears Sermon. From the cares of government and business to the peace of worship and charity, America turned today to an- other joyous Thanksgiving obsery- ance. Led by the Natichal Capital and the President, the whole Nation gave it- self up to the spirit of the anniver- sary, and from sunrise until noon millions of grateful citizens through- out the country poured into their churches to return thanks for the blessings the vear has brought. All of the traditions held so dear in memory of those sturdy Pilgrim Fathers, who, more than three cen- turies ago, celebrated that firs: Thanksgiving day on the fringe of the wilderness that is now might America, were recalled and perpet uated today, including the gala fea of the appetizing turkey. Varied Attractions Call. In Washington the morning given over tg divine worship, lowed in the early afternoon by il traditional turkey dinner. This aft noon the Capital will refresh itself bealthful recreation. While thousan will pour into waiting stadiums 1 witness athletic contests, other thro will hurry on foot and by motor i the welcoming countryside or int amusement places. Few, indeed, were the people her: who may not have had reason to re call the story of Thanksglving day origin. Private individuals and char- ftable and patriotic organization were kept busy yesterday supplyin the larders to the city's less fortunat: citizens. And if any persons here go hungry today it will be because they kept their poverty to themselves. In many places special dinners were served for the poor. Worthy home: found themselves presented with heaping baskets of food. Althou turkeys could not be served every- where, at most of the dinners it wi the main feature of the menu. Coolidge Does No Work. The President did not appear in li.s offices all day. Accompanied by M Coolidge and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, he attended services at th First Congregational Church at 11 o'clock, where special Thanksgiving day services were held. Rev. Dr pastor of the church, preached the sermon. Expressing his gladness at the na- tion’s prosperity on this Thanksgi- ing day Dr. Pierce turned to the tex: of his sermon, Ephesians v, verse “Give Thanks Always for All Things, for the broader and truer meaning o the spirit for which the day stands Tracing the great underlying prir ciples that prompted the expressio of gratitude for the benefits of lif upon a particular day, Dr. Pierce as serted that for the benefit of hu- mankind and the betterment of relations the spirit of thanksgiving should mot merely b« practiced on the last Thursda: in November, but on all occasions at all times. Clearer Vision Urged. With a clearer vision of the mea: ing of Thanksgiving, Dr. Pierce said, the Individual would bring greater happiness to himself and to others. He declared that the man who gave times would find in sorrows and tribulations the means of enlarging his sphere of life and piness. “Thanksgiving day is dedicated to the kind of living that makes thanks- giving. The things we can give thanks for far outnumber other things. The things that we call mo- mentary misfortunes can be used to promote ultimate joy.” declared Dr. Plerce, who urged that man not only express his thanks, but in a practical way demonstrate that he is really thankful for his joys Returning from church the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge and their guests went direct. to the White House, where a turkey dinner will be served this evening. Mass at St. Patrick’s, At St. Patrick's Catholic Church the annual Pan-American mass was cele- brated in the presence of high of- ficials of the State Department, most of the members of the resident diplo- matic_corps and high dignataries of the church. In the sanctuary were Most Rev. Fumasoni-Blondi, apostolic delegate, and Right Rev. Michael J Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore. No religious ceremony in Washing- ton is more gorgeous than the Pan- American mass. Many of the diplo- mats attend in full dress uniform, and the official procession of par- ticipants in the mass is pageantry. It is led by St. John's cadets, dressed in blue and gray uniforms. Follow- ing come the monsignori, the celebrants of the mass and finally Archbishop Curley and the apostolic | delegate, wearing their official Epig- | copal robes. Services at Cathedral. National Thanksgiving day services were observed at one church of each of the leading Christian denominations. The Episcopal service was held .at the ational Cathedral, in the beautiful little Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Na- tivity. The chapel was filled, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Wil- liam L. De Vries, chancellor of the cathedral. The service of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held at Metropolitan Church, and Right Rev. Willlam Fraser McDow- ell, resident bishop of the church in Washington, preached the sermon. Spe- clal music was rendered by the choir. Seats on the lower floor, where there is a spectal pew. for people from each State in the Union, were reserved until 10 minutes before the service started. Urges Reliance On God. Baptist Thanksgiving day services were held at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Edward O. Clark, pastor of Chevy Chase Baptist Church, preached the sermon. He declared that “the Declaration of Independence must be (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) [