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FALL KILLS GRANT' GRANDDAUGHTE Woman, 34, Drops or Leaps From Sixth- Story Window in Hospital. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO., December 29.— Ars. Fanny G. Purdy, 34, said to be the daughter of U. S. Grant, San Diego capitalist, and a granddaughter of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, former President of the United States, elther fell or leaped to her death yesterday from the sixth floor of the St. Francis Hospltal here, where she was a pa- tient. Death was instantaneous, hos- pital physicians sald. Mrs. Purdy had been ill and de- spondent for some time, and three days ago was removed to the hospi- tal. Although closely guarded. ho: pital attaches said, Mrs. Purdy eluded ber nurse and, running down the cor s~ "jumped or fell from a window. Mrs.” Purdy was married to Isaac Hart Purdy in Adrian, Mich., in Octo- ber; 1911. The couple resided for a time {n Purdy, N. Y., where the father of the bridegroom, Thomas Purdy, owned large estates. Acquaintances here couple had been divor time. One child, Hart P is in San Dlego. Maj, Grant, 1II, of the E: United States Army, stationed reported to be brother Purdy. aid that the for some v, here, a of Mrs. COUSINS SURPRISED. Identify Dead Woman as Graut's Granddaughter. December Mrs. Fanny Purdy, who at San Franc unday was a daughter of Gen. U. S cording to her Gertrude and city, at whose ried in 1911 to I ADRI Wood of o 'she was Woods e X lome at Sand L; Misses Wood said th heard from Mrs. Purdy f and been TOKID TO EXCHANGE OFFICERS WITH U.S. Army Language Experts to: Be Assigned to Regiments. Amity Shown by Decision. to regiments veriod of si | ment in the Balkans in a situation in interest. 'FLAMES IN GARAGE next, nding mili vania TECH ALUMNI PLAN | CHRISTMAS REUNION Annual Gathering to Be Held To- morrow Night—Varied Pro- gram Prepared. Members of the Tech Alumnl Asso- olation will hold their annval Chr! mas reunion tomorrow night at § o'clock in the assembly hall of their | alma mater, the McKinley Manual Training <School, Seventh street and Rhode Island avenpe. At this’ meeting the new officers will be installed. They include Mark Lansburgh, president, and Miss Lettie Stewart, secretary. Principal * Daniel will speak briefly on “How Alumni Can Best rve Tech, “Hap” Hardell, Tech's ck coach, who is given the most redit for bringjng his school the foot ball championship this season, will talk ‘on scholastic athletics. Uncle Louie”. Mittern, known as Tech's “orator and humorist extraor- dinary,” :will take a few flings, as usual, at the faculty, of which he is 2 member, and intersperse a serio word or two about “The New Tech. Yormer Techites will take part in a program of entertainment, after which there will be'a general social hour, including refreshments and dancing. NEW YEAR ROWDIES ORDERED ARRESTED Police to Curb Firing of Guns, Blowing of Whistles and Ringing of Bells. Rowdyi€m in connection with New Year eve celebrations is not to be tol- erated by the police, according to a message Maj. Daniel Suilivan sent mem- Pers of the precinct forces this morn- | L 13 “In all cases of persons discharging earms,” Chief Sullivan told members #f the force, “prosecution should be in- stituted, as this is .a most dangerous practice and will not be tolerated. Maj. Syllivan made it plain_in hie order that the ringing of bells, blowing of whistles and discharging of firearms are especially prohibited by law. His order concluded: “A great many persons are apparently of the opinion that such things are per- mitted on New Year eve, and where the violation is not a serious one persons should be advised as to the law, and if _| Sparks From Chimney and Trouble | avenue, yesterday morning. | taken to Emergency Hospital, where foot ball and | Cow-Testers Must Hustle to Get U. S. Advice Book The Department of Agriculture today -sounded the final warning, that unless cow-testers of Wash- ington and vicinity put in their orders at once, they may lose out altogether in the department’s dis- tribution of that valuable literary effusion, The Cow-Testers’ Hand- book, just off the press. It seems there are cow-testérs and cow-testers, and the man who would do his cow-testing just a little better than his fellows should in the department's own words, “follow the suggestions of ihe handbook and the standard methods advised. Complete co-operation between cow and tester, to say nothing of the cow’s owner, is essential. The department declares that “a thor- ough knowledge of the duties of the tester by both the tester and the owner of the herd should aid materially in promoting harmony and better co-operation in cow- testing work. * ¢ ¢ Every test- er should have one of these hand- books.” The beauty of the thing is that the handbook fits snugly into the vest pocket. As an added induce- ment, the department is giving it away to those who apply. But testers must hurry, as the supply is limited. ACTION BY [TALY IN ALBANIA SEEN Intervention May Take Form of Protectorate, Once 0. K.’d by Council. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News ROME, December 29.—Italy may in- tervene in Albania to protect her position on the Adriatic, as a result of Ahmed Bey Zogu's revolution. This bility is considered in an editorial in the “Popolo d'ltalia” a government organ, for which Premier Mussolini is sald some times to write or dictate the leading articles. Such intervention might imply that a general protectorate over Albania, ording to a scheme o e approved by the cou of ambassadore, would e undertaken to counterbalance the Jugoslavian Influence over the new government, which probably owes its existe: to complacence of Jugo- slavi Or such intervention might seek to re-establish in substance the de- ndon agreement, fixing the sphere of {nfluence to central Albania, by agreement with Belgrade. Refugees Warned. latter hypothesis It is recalled tnister of was visiting e Ahmed Zog The is not im- that the Jugoslavia, Rome and attack was 4 and d not done anything to em- barrass Zogu's movements. The Italian_government has warned Pre- | mier Fannoli and the 400 Albani refugees, Including the ministers, army ofiicers and minor officials of the late government who yesterday landed In Brindisis, that they must not engage In political activities or even give interviews. Tha Popolo D'Italia, after observ- ing that I would not permit events In Ajbania to place Italy in a position of inferlority or peril in the region of th Adriatic, suggests the possibility that “our intervention mas ne necessary (o protect th liberty and independence of Albania dignity and influence.” It is n that Italy intends to take an part in the present realign- vhich France, also, is showing a keen (Copyright, 192 CAUSE LOSS OF $750 With Acetylene Gas Also Start Small Fires. Fire in a garage in rear of the resi- dence of Ralph W. Howard, 3813 Win- | dom place, claimed the attention of | No. 20 engine company late last night. Origin of the fire was not determined, police reported, and the damage amounted to $750. Sparks from a chimney were blamed for a fire that occurred on the premises of Charles E. Kessler, 5321 Illinois The fire did $75 damage. Trouble with an acetylene gas tank | was blamed for a small fire that oc- curred yesterday morning at 3210 Georgia avenue. About §15 damage resulted. | While adjusting a heater in Wash-! ington garage, 1212 E street, early | today, Albert E. Lutz, 28 years old, in charge of the bullding, was burned about the face and hands. He was physicians said he bad rot been dan- gerously burned. An overheated furnace was respon- sible for a fire that occurred this morning in the home of Henry Gar- land, 517 Twenty-first- street. The house and contents were damaged to the amount of $300. | BERLIN BA;K OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN SHORTAGE Series of Disclosures Follow Con- fession of Borrower to Receiv- ing Credits Irregularly. | | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 29.—Discovery that the capital reserve of the Prus- sian state bank, totaling 13,000,000 marks, is exceeded by its labllities, led today to the arrest of the head director, Fritz Ruehe, on the charge of “continued infidelity” resulting in the bank’s lose. The arrest comes as a climax to a | series of disclosures regarding doubt- ful operations by the bank, founded in1 The rumors of irregularities assumed definite shape when one Ku- tisker confessed to receiving credits of 15,000,000 marks without glving proper security. WORKMEN IN RIOT. Australian Labor Angered at Type of Immigration. ADELAIDE, Australia, December 29. —A riot, which at one time threatened to become serious, broke out here vesterday after @ meeting of work- men cailed to express disapproval of the type of immigrants coming to Australla. At one stage of the dls- turbance the rioters numbered about 500, most’ of them forelgners.” { bill { construction 1bu the violation is persisted in arrests should be made,” - The police quickly took hold of the situation and yestored orderg THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1924 BUILDING PROGRAM FORALLU.S. URGED Representative Madee wQfiId - Unite District and Rasi of Country in Bill. Emphasizing the need for carrying out President Coolldge’s recommenda- tions for a $50.000,000 program of public bulldings in the National Cap-| tal to house government activities that are now woefully handicapped, while at the same time making a start toward building up the Nation's postal plant, which has deteriorated since the enactment of the last pub- lic buildings bill in 1913, Represent- ative Walter W. Magee of New York today urged favorable consid- eration of the Elliott bill Representative Magee is a member of the House appropriation committee and was speaking In support of the Treasury and Post Office Departments appropriation bill. He expressed the opinion that the bill introduced by Representative Richard N. Elliott of Indiana, acting chairman of the House committee on public buildings and grounds; is the only one outlining a bullding program that the House membership will be willing to accept. The Elliott proposal is to put the erection of public bulldings under the Bureau of the Budget and to have any buflding proposal handled as an ftem just as other items under the Treasury, Agriculture or other de- partmental appropriation items are handled. Magee proposed that the Govern- ment use- possibly $25,000,000 a year for buildings in the District of Co- lumbia and in the Nation to start. The plan, he said, would pay for itself in savings on rent in 15 vears. In 10 vears the need for buildings in the District of Columbia and the Nation would be cared for and new needs could be met as they arose without bickering. “The enactment into law of the Elliott bill will relieve the Congress of all responsibility for alleged neg- leet to construct in the District of Co- lumbla necessary buildings for the preservation of governmental records and for other governmental purposes,” he said. “It seems to me that the most urgent need in the District is the construction of an additional building for use of the Treasury De- partment. This bill, if passed, would permit this construction to begin promptly No More “Pork” Bills. Congress has passed Its last “pork barrel” bill, that is, a bill giving each of the 435 members of the House a buflding for his district, Mr. Magee said. He deplored the fact that be- cause “pork barrel” bill the vogue, there has beer to lean backward agal public bullding. The Government needs so public bufldings in the District Columbfa, but this need is no great than the need for public buildins in many places outside of the District,” Magee sald. “And lic buildings in the District and cluding the rest of the country i in my judgment, indefensible from any viewpoint. I do not believe that providing for the construction of public buildings solely in the Dis- trict, or a bill that is ordinarily known as a “pork barrel” bill affecting the whole tountry, has any chance of passing in the House. “My notion is that we can pass only a bill providing for a public bujld- ing program on a sound bugiigss basis. Can any one say that gjlgis not & good proposition for the Gov- ernment to expend annuaily in the of necessary public dings on sites now owned or here- acquired an not in ex pays an- a tendency any sort of argument for afte nually in rentals? Partic: view of the fact that the ren constantly and materially incre: Calls Condition Intolerable. Magee cited conditions in his hom. city of Syracuse, where in 1916 all the buildings on perhaps the choicest block in the city were razed for a building which has never been erected because the cost of construction ad- vanced. “If a private concern ran its busi- | ness as the Government has been run- | ning the public buildings business, it would soon go into bankruptcy,” Mr. Magee said. “It does not seem pos- sible that reasonable men would per- mit such an intolerable condition to exist for any material length of time.” There are 51,266 post offices in the United States. Of these, 36,478 are fourth class, for which no allowance for rent is made. The presidential grade of post of- fices total 14,785. Of these, 1,125 are in Federal bulldings and 13,663 are in rented buildings. MILLION-DOLLAR WILL BUNK, SAYS KADISON| Richmond Man Denies Danville Factory Worker's Story of ‘Washington Estate. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., December Storfes of his connection with the al- leged inheritance by Emmett L. Grif- fin, Danville factory hand, of $1,000,- 000, were emphatically denied yester- day by E. T. Kadison of Richmond, who has been mentioned as “adminis- trator” of the Flora estate under 20-year-old Washington will. Re- turning today from Roanoke, Mr. K | dison characterized the stories as “a lot of bunk.” The 20-year-old will in question would have had him an administrator “at the age of six,” he told an inter- viewer today in connection with tho denlal of a story to the effect that the story of the legacy was concocted in an effort to locate Griffin and collect a bill. Mr. Kadison is quoted in a local paper as saying, however, that he had been in communication with Griffin in connection with a debt of $75.48. In a Danville story Griffin is sald to admit owing about half the amount specified. FRENCH POLICE QUELL FRONTIER TOWN RIOTS Revolutionary Move Made Rehon—Number of Agitators Are Held. Dy the Apsociated Press. PARIS, December 29.—A revolu- tlonary manifestation at Rehon, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, near ' the Belglan frontier, yesterday resulted in vio- lent rioting, which was suppressed by the police only with difficulty, says a dispatch from Le Matin's Brussels correspendent. Undeterred by the recent expulsions of agitators, the communists of Re- hon organized a meeting which was harangued by orators in French and Italian. Trouble soon followed. Gen- darmes summoned from Longwy quelled the disturbance and arrested a number of persons, who were held without bail. In addition, the cor- respondent adds, the authorities will at ‘ gapel several others. Reid Russell, “D. T. Gets Meal |and undoubtedly within a short remain | the ‘SOB SONG’ BRINGS END TO SPREE, MISSING DOCTOR RETURNS HOME Several months ago the police sent to Gallinger Hospita] & man booked as “Reid Russell of Ten- nessee, drunk.” Suffering with de- lizium tremens and a general Physical breakdown due to disei- pation, the hospital physicians had & difficult case on their hands. i Byentually, however, the patient _was nursed back to health and dis. ¢harged—ready, perhaps, for an Other epree. Retd Russell was penniless, friendless and hungry. He walked aimlessly dewn the Avenue, heading instinctively to- ward the mission section, where, he remembered, bums occasionally could get a meal without paying for it. When he reached John Marshall place he hesitated, and, sighting a €1gn up the . street that looked promising, headed toward it. It read “Gospel Mission.” He opened the door, walked {n and asked if he could get somethlig to eat without money. He was told he could, and he did, without being asked embarrassing questions. He thanked the superintendent, walk- ed out and returned again for supper. He got that, too, ‘While he was drinking his coffee he heard a woman in an adjoining room singing a familiar tune. One of those darned sob songs, he mused, between drinks. A door opened and he could hear plainly the words. The woman was sing- ing “Mother's Prayers Have Fol- lowed Me.” Rot, he muttered. That kind of stuff got on his nerves. CLAMOR FOR NEW TUBERCULOSIS GURE Many Send Letters to Chi- cago Physician Bringing Good Word From Denmark. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally 3 LONDON, December 29.—Dr. Clem- mensen, who is in London en route to bis home in Chicago after investigat- ing the new Danish cure for tubercu- losis, reafirmed his belief that gold oxide sulphite will kill tuberculosis germs “I already have recelved pitiful let- ters from points as far away as Cali- fornia pleading that I use the new chemical to cure consumption,” he said, “and while T am deeply touched by them and would like to- extend their writers a helping hand, it is be- vond the power of any one to use this new formula at present without tak- ing grave risks. My investigations in Copenhagen e convinced me that there Is a real basis for the hope that this gold salt will be a cure for the disease. It has been proved be- yond a doubt that when It is properly injected . it will kill tuberculosis germs, and will act not as a polson, but as a medicine that can be assimi- lated by the animal tissue. ‘There remains the grave problem of determining a method of interven- ®us injections which will not -cau what {® known as ‘luberculosis shock, which fs due to the killing of million of germs the blood is unable to carry off. We have made arrangements for the manufacture of gold salts which will be distributed over the United States to doctors who are qualified to study their effects without taking undue chances. “We have such a wide ecope at home that we will be able to carry on the research work much further than any other country in the world, time best sul- con- we will be able to learn the methods of adapting the gold phate to the various stages of sumption. “Doctors from every part of the world are now flocking to Copenhagen to study the gold cure. Seven already have arrived from Japan. Dr. Clemmensen expects to spend several days in Washington, turning over to the National Laboratory samples of the chemical. He will then go to Chicago to make a report to the Board of Health and the Chicago Medical Soclety. \Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.s e FIVE MAJOR GENERALS SOON TO BE RETIRED Gen. Bowley to Remain in Com- mand of 4th Corps Area Pending Readjustment. Secretary Weeks announced today that Brig. Gen. Albert J. Bowley, commanding Fort Bragg, N. C., will as _temporary commander of 4th Corps Area, headquarters at Alanta, Ga., pending readjustment of corps area commanders made necessary by the approaching retire- ment of five major generals, four of whom now are corps area com- manders. The corps area commanders sched- uled for early retirement are: MaJ. Gens. Bundy, 6th Corps Area, head- quarters Columbus, Ohio; Hale, Chi- cago, headquarters 6th Corps Area: Sturgiss, Baltimore, 3d Corps Area, and Duncan, Omaha, 7th Corps Area. Maj. Gen. Willlam H. Johnston, com- manding the 3d Division, at Camp Lewis, Washington, {s the fifth om»’ cer scheduled for retirement. This situation, Secretary sald, necessitated so many adjust- ments in the higher Army grades that he had decided to give the command of the 4th Corps Area to Gen. Bowley until a permanent readjustment could be effected. NEW YORKER NOMINATED FOR FEDERAL OFFICE John Matthews, jr., of New York, was nominated by the President today to be an assistant director of the Bureau of Forelgn and Domestic Com- merce of the Department of Com- merce. Mr. Matthews was nominated to fill the post made vacant by the resignation early In December of Rohert Jackson. Mr. Matthews has been chief of the -paper division of the Department of Commeree for more than two years, coming to Washington from a large paper company in New York. He was born in Yonkers, N. Y..in 1889. His home here 1s at 2930 Porter stree! R AR orporation S .** Patient at Gallinger Hospital, as “Bum” at Mission, Singer’s ¥ oice Does Rest. Weeks | The next day he did not show up in the lunchroom, but, paradoxi- oally, arrived in time for the eve- ning “salvation” service. He sat through most of it stolldly, fight- ing his emotions. Then the woman whose voice he had heard the . night before lifted her voice again. She sang the same tune, the same words. None noticed him, particu- larly, when he arose with several others and knelt at the altar for prayer, sobbing. Suddenly he arose, tears stream- . ing down his face. “May God for- give me,” he said, “I have a con- fession to make. I am a drunkazd. My wife dled recently, and, curs- ing God, I disappeared from all my relat'ves and friends to drown my grief in liquor. I sank to the depths -and ended up last week with the D. T.'s in Gallinger Hos- pital. Will some one pray for me Some one did. Office Is Reoponed. A few days later there appeared in a Tennessee paper an item head- ed “Prominent Physician, Long Missing, Returns.” It went on to' say that Dr. Reid Russell, who disappared shortly after the death of his wife, had returned just as suddenly as he had left and had reopened his office. The paper understood that Dr. Russell had been recovering in a Washington sanitarfum from a nervous breakdown resulting from the shock of his wife's death. Which, Mr. Gooseman opines, was not so far wrong, at th; BERLINHOPES U. §. WILL STAY CRISIS Sees American Hand in Co- logne Decision—Accepts | Ruling in Part. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dally News. BERLIN, December 20.—A hundred thousand telegraph poles which were not delivered by Germany provoked the occupation of the Ruhr. Twenty thousand surreptitiously manufactur- ed rifie barrels may again disturb the peace of Europe in the coming year So the Germans see the present situa- tion and belleve that only American pressurc and British moderation can prevent an unpleasant crisis. It is considered here that putting off the allies’ declsion on the ocoupa- tion until the governments can ex- amine the council of ambassadors’ re- port is an excellent sign and-shows| that the Americans have been work- ing. Therefore it is probable that the German delegation to negotiate a commerclal treaty will return to Paris tonight. as scheduled, and re- serve the right to break the negotia- tions later, should the contents of the report justify this. 1 Accepts Postponement. The Germans declare their willing- ness to do éverything possitle, such o Assoclated Advertising Clubs CONGRESS RUSHES POSTALRATEWORK Proposed Increases to Be Ready for Senate Next Week If Plans Carry. The joint post office subcommit- tee of the Senate and House pressed forward today with its hearings on the administration postal rate in- crease bill, with the purpose of bring- ing them to a conclusion early in the week. It is the aim of administra- tion leaders to wind up the hearings with a view to presentation of a re- port to the Senate committee in time for the reporting of the bill to the Senate before President Coolidge’s veto of the postal salary increase bill is taken up by that body under a unanimous consent agreement early next week. Bocond-class postal rates ivere again discussed today by spokesmen before the committee. The proposed increase in the rates of this class was declared insuficlent by Richard H. Lee, representing the of the World. Pointing out that the cost ascer- tainment report showed second-class mail now resulted fn a loss of § 000,000 annually, Leo declared it un- fair to propose to cut this loss by only $10,000 under the new rates. He proposed imstead that second-class mail be made to bear the brunt of the increased rates. Senator Moses. Republican, New | Hampehire, asked if newspapers should not recefve preferential rates because of their service in dissemi- nating information. Lee denounced {and said he could only attribute such jtreatment of newspapers as due to | “influence.” He insisted the news- papers practically were subsidized to- day by the Government.. “If rates on second-class mail are boosted much, won't it put many smail papers out of business?" Sena- tor Harreld, Republican, Oklahoma, asked. “Absolutely not,” Lee replied. “They will pass the Increase on to the sub- scribers.” WORLD FLYER A WITNESS AT TRIAL OF FORBES Maj. Frederick L. Martin Called for Defense Upon Resumption of Conspiracy Hearing. 5 the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 29.—3Maj. Fred- erick L. Martin, commander of the Army world fliers at the outset of the flight, was called as a defense witness today at the resumption of the Forbes- | Thompeon Veterans' Bureau conspiracy trial. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the bureau, and J. W. Thompson, con- tractor, are_cn trial for spiracy to 'defraud the Government through Veterans' Bureau hospital con- { tracts. { Maj. Martin, the first wi | defense after a seven- questioned as to the general reputation in Washington of Elias H. Mortimer, chief Government witness and formerly contractor's agent in veterans' hospital negotiations with Forbes. He had known Mortimer since 1920, | the witness sald. He testified Mortimer s { reputation for truth and veracity was bad, and affirmed that Mortimer wa ness for the recess, was as taking the military police out of their barracks, destroying any arm. and munitions designated, which, they | attest, have been clandestinely manu factured without the knowledge of | the government. The German government accepts the postponement of the evacuation of the Cologne zone, but Insists that a time NEW CHURCH PLANNED. Arlington Presbyterian Trustees and Elders Announce Project. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, December 29.— Elders and trustees of the Arlington | Presbyterian Church that recently was destroyedgby fire, met last week and dectded on. the immediate carry- ing out of plans for the construction of a mew church building. This an- nouncement was made to the congre- gation at services yesterday, held in | the Arlington Methodist Chlrch. The tentative plans of the officers call for a brick or stone structure to cost approximately $40,000. Leading figures In the rehablilitation move- ment are Thomas J. De Lashmutt, Dr. H. C. Corbett, Walter K. Handy, Charles Howell, elders, and John Cralg, William House and John C. Garner, trustees Lions Club to Give Dinner. The Lions Club will give a turkey dinner and Christmas party to fathers and boys at the Frienship House, 336 Virginia av¥nue southeast, at 6 o'clock tonight. Roger Whiteford, of the Lions, will give an and entertalnment will be provided. The party is the third given this year by the Lions in eivic homes. The 32-nound turkey to be served was sent to President Coolidge by Wyoming Lions Clubs. . 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BRUSS Dec er n Albert has accepted an invitation {from Marshal Petain of France to 1make an automobile tour across the Sahara Desert. He plans to leave Bruesels next Friday. Automobiles with caterpillar treads will It is the intention of the party reach Timbuctoo. GREAT d Press. to $Q.50 FOR A appointed. Owing us to continue this time only. prove to you how it you Free Trial Coupon Potomae Electrio Appliance Co., 14th and O Sts, N.W. Send me detalls of your free & tachment offer. such a preference alleged con- | United States | = be used. | ONLY $50 DO Community Tree Here Is Listed in U.S. Hall of Fame The community Christmas tree lighted by President Coolidge on the Mall has been listed in the hall of fame, with a history by the American Tree Association. The tree is the second placed in ‘Washington and environs by, the President. The tree, which is lighted daily from 6 to 10 p.m. through New Year day, was pre- sented to the President by tha Agawam Nurseries, New York. and planted by the American Forestry Assoclation, in co-operation with an electrical committee and mem- bers from the community center office. The purpose of the presen- tation of the treé was to call at- tention to the need of preserva- tion of American trees. President Coolldge is a tree planter who holds the dlstinction of having two large trees in Wash- ington listed as his tr Only two others have a like distinc- tion—President Washington and lafayette, French patriot. They mark historic spots n colonial history. The community tree idea is being adopted in many places. Establishment of Christmas tree farms is being urged by Dean Moon of the New York State Col- lege of Forestry at Syracuse Uni- versity. The college has offered to contribute 5,000 young trees to cach county in which there are tree farms. e TRINITY COLLEGE GHANGED T0 ‘DUKE Get Trust Fund of To- bacco Man. By tiie Associated Press. DURHAM, N. C., December 2 board of trustees of Trinity today voted unan the name of University. By changing the name of Trinity the ~ trustees accepted the terms of the $40,000,000-trust fund established by James B. Duke, power and tobacco magnate, under which the new u versity will receive not to exceed $6,000,000 for building purposes and 2 per cent of the income of the trust fund MAJ. F. R. HILL RESIGNS. Medical Corps Officer Served With National Army in World War. The President has accepted the resignation of Maj. Felix R. Hill, Army Medical Corps, recently sta. tioned at Fort Still, Okla. Maj. Hill is from Texas and was graduated from the Army Medical Schooi and the Tulane Univer: He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Department_of the National during the World War. He w pointed a lieutenant Medical Corps, May, 19, 1910. held the rank of major. since 3.—The College ously to change the college to Duke He has May, Trustees Accept Condition to“ Medical | in the Regular | JERSEY RUM CASE, NEARER SOLUTON Attorney General to Confer With Prosecutors on Sit- uation at Weehawken. Solution of the problem presented by the controversy between Depart ment of Justice officials and the New Jersey district attorney’s office was approached today with the return of Attorney General Stone from a brie? rest, Likelihood that the third confer- ence for which the Attorney Genera has asked United States Attorney Winne and Assistant United States Attorney Van Riper to come to Wash ington would be held today raised the prospect of an early settlement of the dispute. As to the probable culmination of the controversy, there has been n hint, but Mr. Stone will meet th torneys of the New Jersey office 3 informed as to conditions there as thn result of a recent examination into its affairs The Attorney General also is expected to confey during the week with George Vickers, special State prosecutor Weehawken, N. J., rum scandal, c which has developed the more imme | ate phase of the departm nt i-;ersr with the Federal attor Arranges Conference. | Mr. Vickers was in the ci {arranged gor a confere {day with Mr. Stone and Walker Willebrandt, General in charge of | | cotdon. e late in Mrs. Mat to go over the special pr desires to have upon which Mr. Vi order that it n determine a course of action ditlons warrant Mr. Vi satisfacto believes gained by pros code as under Vo Arlington Woman Suc Spectal Dispatch to The Star ARLINGT v Mrs. Mar M he Marcus Mitchell, form of East Orange Saturd: daughter, cumbs widow Mrs. Washington and Virg and was the chell of Boston chell of N tchell M3Cormick Medica! College Graduate Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Main 731 409410 McLachien_ Bids. 1%th and G Sts, N.W. Glasses Fitted Eyes Examized them. /1€ ¢ | Factory prices - A “Shade” Better You don't have to jerk or pull on the 1 wv'mlow s}uules we make to TG;SC or lowcr ) T]ley are guarantzed to worl! eas- | | 7ly. Only the best of materials are used. Phone Main 4874 [/ W. STOKES, SAMMONS, Proprietor OFFER CUUM CLEANER to the inability of the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company to fill the extra orders on hand, they have authorized . free offer for a limited EXTENDED COMPLETE SET OF ATTACHMENTS With Each Purchase of a Grand Prize EUREKA LIMITED TIME ONLY More than 85,000 Eurckas were sold during the free attachment offer in November and Decem- ber and yet thousands of people were dis- FREE & It Gets the Dirt BALANCE ON EASY PAYMENTS AND THE ATTACHMENTS FREE Think of it. A complete set of famous Eureka attachments without one cent of cost to you. We will demonstrate the Eureka in your own home free and will clean the entire house thoroughly. Then if you wish to buy, pay only $5.00 down and the balance in the easiest kind of monthly payments. Mail the coupon, or call us on the phone. Either way will bring the Eureka and the attachments. WE URGE YOU TO ACT NOW—THIS OFFER IS LIMITED 'Potomac Electric Appliance Co. 14th and C Sts. NW. Main 7260