Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1925, Page 1

Wr at cloudy ewhat ature al Hizh ATHER Burcau Forecast.) tonight and colder tonight wut 14 dexrees. A%, at 5 t, 21, at 10 m. t on page 3 tomor- lowest Tem- yes to reno | | ter Washington, c D. COAL PEACEHOPES | ™A% oN “¥uLGAR SOAR AS RENEWAL s, » F PARLEY NEARS ciety Women, Suppo Branding <hort skirts as vulzar itations of underworld fashions and ties as breeders of race de- nera Mrs. John Henderson, promin sure in Washington's ex clusive diplomatic circie, today an- nounced the inauguration of a cam paisn <ponsored by leading soclety | women ‘here to curtail modern ten dencles in the dress and habits of American women orzamzers of this movement only would lenzthen younz women's <kirts to a point where they would cover the silk-stockinged knees, | but would drop them clear to the kles, znd make them hroader be- es, according (o a resolution adopt- Ly the society women and given out for publication by Mrs. Hender- | son. Cigarette smoking by women | would become altogether declasse. | | News Brings Joy to Miners . Feeling Pinch of Poverty Due to Strike. RES'IMPTION OF WORK AT ONCE TO BE ASKED he not 85 Per Cent of Idle Men Declared | ™! Willing to Return to Shafts at Once. Many Behind Campaign. This movement, it awas announced has the enthusiastic support of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, the National Federation of Wom en’s Clubs and the Natlonal Congre: of Pavents and Teachers, which. ree zinz these tendencies as threaten- the perpetuity of the American Nation." have promised to join ac i he campaizn. Society wor today manifest- | en evervwhere are ealled ap oy 2ban ity don immodest attire.” To this end, Mrs. lenderson clared, a larze D of Washington's ading society women has joined her, December 26 s & nesotia n an mining Al in cheduled to renew wag York next T pension of rer 1t New 1esday to end the su in ince Septen | \ir of hope will be o T ners, but n b Gefore e con both de operators the idle miners and ! WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1925 —-TWENTY-TWO 99 DRESS OPENED MRS. HENDERSON rted by Three National Groups, Denounce Modern Tendencies as Imi- tations of Underworld. together with the three assaciations named above, in subseribing to the fellowing resolution. a copy of which will be sent to the newspapers of Lon- don and Paris, too, ir the hope that the movement may become interna- | tional in scope: | Churches’ Aid Sought. i “That deeply interested | the efforts of certain high dignitaries of church and schools, who have met hoping to modify undesirable prevail- & fashions for women’s apparel, and have hopelessly laid the blame mothers, culling upon them to come |to the rescue: that we feel that they Evlu not realize that Dame Fashion is 1 powerful poten that a large we ar number of American girls now work | for an independent living, and, if chided by helpless mothers concern- ing questions of fashion. they sin.ply ‘egard such mothers as out-of-date and old-tashioned. “That the best women of France and England. as here represented in their embassies, also by the roval fam ily of England. do not follow iashions of women's apparel not in good taste, auite regardless of fashions which are dictated by the underworld of Paris That we " suggest for streel wear dress skirts broader and of ankle length. That we call upon society women everywhere to hand together to condemn such vulzar fashions of women's apparel that do not tend to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) creement will be peéace in the rs hope that an will restore cuncement ¢ rk meet of t It letide cheer destitute mine and even jubil news. Iy Return to Be Asked. the con call for the Alvan Markle, subcommi tmas to was the only form of in the homes of man but hm were ten followed the CHANG TO EXECUTE AL FOE LEADERS, JAPANESE BELIEVE Refuses Mercy Plea for Kuo’sb Family and His Prin- ! cipal Officers. 1 New chairman ee e the disy hunger ion that cood ¥ Onshar moves at ference is expected to be a request from the operators that the miners return to work pending negotiations This request will be based on let- forwarded to John L. Lewi ident of the United Mine Workers. Maj. W. W. Inglis, chairman of the anthracite operators’ negotiatinz committee, by 27 priests of the hard ‘ coal belt, in which it was stated that | By the Associated Press ich " course wouid have the 81| TOKIO, December 2 —The foretsn Proval of at least 85 per cent of the | ofice has recetved advices from the tter action is taken on this request, | Japanese consul at Mukden that Gen consideration probably will be given: Chang Tso-lin has refused to prom- to peace plans proposed by organiza-| ise mercy for the preservation of tions individuals. Three definite’ the lives of the defented Marsh. propositions _have been submitted. ! Ky Suns-Lings famine and alen for none of which is acceptable to both| ;. Jivee of Kuo's principal officer: Consequently, it is feared that a gen- sides. Two proposals were accepted by the : | eral execution of Chang’s enemies is | imminent. operators and one by the miners as a The Japanese government is doing | basis of settlement. its utmost to prevent Chanz from The original demands presented to the operators by the miners in Atlan- wreaking vengeance, the foreign office stated, but it is feared the govern-| tie City on July 9 included a two-year contract, a 10 per cent increase in ment’s efforts wiil prove useless. Word w: received fr contract wage scale, a §1 a da by the foreign office that all of Kuo's rease for all men paid by the day adoption of the check-off, unde troops surrendered and have joined Gen. Chang's forces. In consequence which union dues would be deducted the warring between the two factions from wages. whose recent hostilities have centered around Mukden, the Manchurian capi al, is believed to be finished. The cruiserHirato, which previously had been sent to Chingwangtao for the pro. tection of nationals, was ordered to return to Port Arthur. Edict Is Withdrawn. The war office today received : dispatch from Mukden that the com- mander of the Japanese forces has withdrawn the manifesto prohibiting fighting within a 6-mile radius o Mukden, from which it is assumed ' Marshal Chang Tso-Lin_ will be permitted to re-enter the Man- churian capital. The withdrawing of the manifesto indicates that Chang had scored a complete victory over the army of Gen. Kuo Sung-Ling. Advices to the foreizn office from Shanchai, however, stated that the Kwantung division Kuo's troops stationed nearby zive battle 1o the Chang division whose advances have caused Japan to order the cruiser Hirata ® Chir nsto. a coul shipping port on the Gulf of Liao- tung, for the protection of national- Numerous troops of Kuo Sung-Ling are reported to have mone over to Chang's forces. Strons representations on the part the first Shanghai Terms of Operators. The operators refused the demands and proposed that mining be contin ued at the same rate of pay, and that the points upon which the negotiators were unable to agree be submitted to hi At er some ember entetiby 000 miners quit work plans were pre- Gov. Pinchot. the operators and the Luzerne County in the State House of Rep: inchot plan accepted by ners and rejected by the em. It provided for a board of in increase if the would not be affected n also called for the check-off idual workers agreed. itors’ plan was disapproved chief because it con out-and-out arbitration which the union leaders onppose. g ators’ plan was réjected by e miners on the grou that it did creatly differ from that of the, BANDITS GET $5,000. Rob Man and Wife of Jewels and Cash Near Pittsburgh. "SE -A delegate: resent the m plove vestigation to The pl if_ind The by the 1ained feature Iy was ope miners ray W “(Continued on Page 2, Column §.) THREE MEN KILLED IN DANCE CLUB ROW PI ) Calif of two bandits on wa here eseaped with in cash SURGH. Pa., December 26 Keith Hollvwood and his wife were the vietims the Lincoln high- 1y ne thieves jewelry 3 near to worth $5.000 Keith. said to he motion picture busi struek the head and unconscious by e men were drivinz in an automo with R. J. Zimmerman of Pits- \ in_another machine The Keiths had been visiting rela- here over the istmas_holi- ind ehad_ started for Phila- when the hald-up occurred. was not seriously hur ind & engzaged in the wits rendered held-un Evidence of Terrific Struggle Found—Police Think Fight Started Over Girls. one of t hu By the Agsociated Press NEW YORK, December 26.—Three | unidentified men were shot and killed | ¢ today as the climax of a Christ- . dance at the Adonis Social Club, . South Brooklyn resort. The po- BROTHER HELD IN SLAYING .. netieve that the men came at mid- tves davs delphia Keith night to the club. where dancing was zoing on. They were accompanied by cirls and it is believed that a quarrel | irose between the styangers and the | lancers over choice of partners | The triple crime was discov when a policeman found one of ‘the | hodies lying in the street. He made | his way to the dance hall and found ithe other two dead men lying amid hroken furniture which had appar-| ently heen wrecked in a terrific strus- gle. The hall was deserted. Residents of the cighborhood they had heard =hots sounds of a struggle. With Fam DUBLIN. Ga Irvin Montford with the slaying of Montford, vesterda A family qu 1 "he father of the two men the slayvinz took place, told Montford. intoxicated. had jnarreled with his wife and attempt- to whip her. The 1 and remonst and Montford shot his brother. killinz him instantly, elder Montford said Charged Murder During Quarrel. December 26 (4).— jail charged wother, E. E as the sequel to at whose ne (ther that no nor iy { zun yesterday ANDREWS 10 STOP . LEAKS FROM CUBA Seeks Liquor Treaty as Next Move to End Smuggling Off Florida. Another liquor treaty and the United States Jotning Cuba in an effort to ‘:uax'd this country’s prohibition dvkes against leakage from the island. js in prospect. A Southern port inspection trip be- by Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury. prohibition enforcement thief, and Assistant licitor Vallance of the State Depart- ment will take them to Havana, where it is expected they will be able to lay the groundwork for the treaty. It would be similar to those recently com pleted by this country with Mexi and Canada With the Northern and Southwest ern borders materially reinforced by means of the treaties, enforcement of ficials rezard the Gulf and Southeast- ern coastal regions as next requ special attention. They desire an asreement with the island republic which would give the United States umplified powers in the area hetween Cuba and the Florida keys, a favorite haunt of smugglers since early pirate days| ring Vallance and Gen. Andrews, ed Prominent parts in nezo- tiating the Mexican and Canadian treaties, likely will discuss the pros. pective Cuban agreement with Amer- ican Ambassador Crowder at Havana, with Cuban authorities. Smuggling of merchandise and aliens s well as liguor 1s to be investizated the two officials. Mr. Andrvews. who has chaige of the Coast Guard and customs units of the Treasury, along with prohibition enforcement, hopes to be able to de- vise, as a result of his trip. a means for closer co-operation hetween the three branches at points along the Southern coasts. The inspection, last- ing two weeks, will include a number of customs ports of entry in that region. ECUADOR CONTINUéS ROUND-UP OF PLOTTERS Gen. Puente and Alberto Vernaza, Former Minister to Argentina, Among Those to Be Exiled. By the Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. December 26.—Detentions of politicians charged with plotting against the government continue with undiminished activity The latest arrests include Gen. Rafael Puente. Comdrs. J. Sebastian Vasconez and_J. Antonio Cobos. Al- berto Munoz Vernaza, former Minister to Argentina, and Remigio Crespo. All will be exiled. Alfredo Banquerizo Moreno. Preei- dent of the Senate and Rafael Maria Arizago, former Minister to the United States, are also under arrest. Alberto Larrea Chiriboga, minister of the in- terior, has been urgently recalled from Chile, where he represened Ecuador at the inauguration of President Fizu- eroa-Larrain. Dispatches from provinces report everything quiet and normal. Christmas was celebrated with the usual festivities. ISLE OF YAP HARD HIT. TOKIO, December 26 (P).—A food shortage is reported in the Island of Yap as the result of a tidal wave and itorm which swept the island Decem- ber 15. The government is preparing | to send a shipload of provisions to re- | lieve the condition. Virtually every building along ihe vast of the island was damaged by he storm, but no loss of life was re- ported. Red Trade Envoy in Japan. TOKI10, December 26 (). —Advices from Shimonoseki to Asahi say that the first Soviet commercial attache ar ed there and expressed hope of nzmenting Russo-Japanese trade. The ache declined to discuss Japan's By the Associated Press. efusal to admit @ number of Soviet| CHICAGO. December 26 mmercial commissioners with diplo- | cabaret owners, anticipating exte privileges. efforts of prohibition agents New Year eve, are reported to have employed private detectives in efforts to identify | agents who may enter their places in the zuise of patrons. | The detec have submitted de- ied repor 2urding appearances be assizned to | ervice. They 1 Dry Agent Spotters’ Dominican Official Quits. i SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Re- {ublic, December 26 (#).—The resigna- m of Angel Maria Soler as minister f foreign affairs has been accepted by | ot Pre<ident, i <onads ives likely holiday 1zents to for In Chicago to Keep School Started New Yeéar’s Wet | have even arranged for schools for!don to 60 persons condemned to death | —Cafe and | managers and head waiters, who will | for complicity in the conspiracy lead- | ive | be taken to courtrooms and corridors | ing to the bombing of the cathedral | of prohibition headquarters and shown the agents. so the story goes. Dry circles admit that it may be necessary to exchange staffs with some other districts before next Thursday, if the detectives have suc- ceeded in viewing all the agents that E. C. Yellowley. prohibition adminis- trator, plans to use. - to ! Tamariz | the | COOLIDGE TACKLES SELEGTION OF U.3, ENVOYS TO PARLEY i Personnel of Geneva Delega- | tion and Funds for Trip | Still to Be Settled. in | PRESIDENT IS ASSURED w MONEY WILL BE GIVEN ! Madden Says $75,000 Request Will Pass—Building Bill Action Seen. With his mind made up regarding acceptance of the League of ations invitation to the United States to par ticipate in the preliminary arms limita | tion conference to be held in Geneva. President Coolidge now is giving his | attention to the details incident to this zathering. ! The President 1= understood to have | determined upon the size of the Amer- | ican commission, but has not vet | made up his mind as to its personnel { It was learned at the White House ! today that the President estimates { that the cost of sending this delegation | to Geneva will be approximately $75 \ PAGES. UNEXPECTED (* —L MEHERATES = ¢ Foening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 80,592 _TWO CENTS. KLUNGOFTWO, ILLNESS OF 3, DUE T0 MONOXIDE GAS ) Means Associated Press. Christmas Tragedy in Harris Home Blamed on Fumes from Furnace. {FATHER IS RELEASED AFTER CORONER’S PHOBE Wife and Son Dead, Seocnd Child Sick and Mother-in-Law's Life Hanging in Balance. The mystery surrounding the deatt of Mrs. Ruth Caroline Harris and he five.year-old John Harri d the criticz ess of her mother Mrs E. Beyer, wl | the point of death in Emergency Hoxs | pital up this afternoo announcement by Deput oners Rogers and Martyn that car + monoxide gas from the furnace i he Harris home at 4429 P street wa cause beyond any doubt The announcement was made b Dr. Rogers and Dr. Martyn, informa! Beyer Mary » now lies & was cleared vith the Ce the 000. Congress will be asked to ap { propriate this sum. and assurances | already given the President indicate that there will not be any objection. Repflesentative Madden of [linofs chairman of the House appropriations commuttee, conferred with the Presi dent today. It was learned afterward from an authoritative source that the invitation and an appropriation to meet the expense were amonz the sub- jects discussed. Mr. Madden admit ted this much and added that he heart ily approved of acceptance of the in vitation. Personnel a Problem. | It is thought by those who are in close touch with this subject that | those who will serve on the American commission will he selected by the | President in time to make their names public simultaneously with the formal announcement of his acceptance the leazue’s invitation. If the com mission personnel is not made public at that time it will he very shortly afterward. Representative Madden said that he and the President discussed also the zeneral legislative and administrative situation and before leaving the White House he presented an invitation to the President to participate in the George Washington birthday celebra- tion to be held in Chicago February 2 under the auspic of the Union League Club and the public schools of that city. The President took the matter under advisement Mr. Madden believes the public buildinzs' bill. which now has the approval of President Coolidze and which will call for «n appropria. tion of $175.000,000. of which $50.000 000 will be for Government buildings in the Disirict of Columbia, will be Ihrought up in the House before all the departmental appropriation bills have been disposed of Sees Bill's Passage. HOLIDAY MISHAPS DEATH TOLL HEAV Nearly Twoscore Killed Yuletide Merrymaking Pursuits. Christmas day, with its rush of holiday activities, left in its wake here and there heartaches instead of | joy. Nearly twoscore persons were Killed yesterday, according to Asso- clated Press dispatches received from various sections of the coun- try. Many were injured In the South and West. where moxt of the deaths were reported, automo- bile mishaps led the list of fatal Christmas happenings. Several automobile accidents, five hootings, two suicides and a train | Twreck in six Southern States fizured | in the tragedies in that section of the country. Child Shoots little Lawrence Buchan. | an, 9 vears old, was shot by an 11| year.old playmate with a gun the| latter did not know to have been| loaded. The child died several hours later in a hospital. Robert Luther Croft met his death in an automobile accident in which two woman com- panions were injured. When an automobile telephone pole neur Farley Howard was instantly killed | and Bill Pierce and Ilenry Williams were seriously igjured | Charles I ver, a business man | of Thomasville, Ga.. took his own life on Christmas day. At Dublin, Ga., E. E. Montfc was shot and Killed by his brother Trvin Montford, when the former and | their father endeavored to re | | Playmate. zeneral In Atlanta crashed into a Dalton, Ga..| Mr. Madden expressed confidence in the passaze of the public buildings bill, saving that practically every member of Congress is convinced of the necessity for hetter housing facili ties for the Government's activities, not only in Washinzion but through out the countr Mr. Madden was not quite so hope ful rezarding the substitute reorgan ization bill which has been introduced in the House by Representative Mapes of Michizan and in the Senate by Senator Smoot of Utah, both of whom € members of the joint congres- sional committee on reorganization. While he personally thinks very high iv of this new plan for solving the reorzanization problem, he fears that there will be some opposition, at least ufficient to call for considerable de- bate when the measure is being con- sidered on the floor. The fact that the President ap- proves of the plan, along with the zeneral feeling among the members of | the House and Senate that the time nas come for some practical form of reorzanization, Mr. Madden believes will go a long way toward enhancing the chances for enactment of the pro- posed legislation. | President Coolidge was at his desk ' at the customary time this morning, | the fact that yesterday was Christmas fand today a hollday failing to cause | him to make any change in his rou- tine. He had only two engazements, the one with Mr. Madden and the! other with Senator Howell of Ne- braska. LIBERTY BELL TTO PEAL. Tone, First Heard in 90 Years,, ! to Be Broadcast New Year Eve. | PHILADELPHIA, December 26 (#). ' | —The sound of the Liberty Bell, silent | since it cracked while toiling for the ! funeral of Chief Justice Marshall. 90 vears ago, will be heard again New Year eve. when its tone will be broad- cast in celebration of the beginning of America’s sesquicentennial anniver- | The_historic bell will be tapped by | | Mrs. W. Freeland Kendrick, wife of | Mayor Kendrick, as midnight ushers !in the 150th vear of independence for | the United States. Arrangements for | | the observance were completed by offi- | {cials of the sesquicentennial exposi- | tion, which will celebrate a century {and a half of national life in this city next year. 'KING BORIS PARDONS 60.' is d. Irvin from whippinz his wife Clem Darnell was instantly hilled and Dave Munday was wounded in shooting affray near Columbus, ( An unidentified assailant is being sought. Killed in Auto Crashes. Ras P. Brinson was Killed in an | automobile accident near Jacksonville. | Fla., and his brother, Charles Aubrey | Brinson, was injured. At Bradenton, Fla.. Raynor J Conkey is dead as the result of automobile accident. Ernest Pooser and his sons, Ben and Hart, are in jail in connection with the occurrence. Beverly Monroe was killed in an automohile accident near Pensa- cola, Fla. Mrs. Mary Hambrus, wife of Rev Johnson Hambrus, died in an auto- mobile accident near Lakeland. Fla. Joseph L. Owens of Louisville was shot and killed by Georze Kennedy At Lietchfield. Ky.. Ernest Grank was shot and killed by Earl Hayeraft. Isaac Sorkin, u merchant of Shreve- port, La., grieved over business m ters, shot and killed himself. The one victim of the only train ! wreck reported for the day was H.; H. Hubner, ensineer, who at Osceola, Ark. when his train: crashed into the rear end of a caboose. Me- | an Motor Turns Over. H. R. Spangler, secretary to Mayor Willlam A. Gunter, and his com-| panion, Miss Rose Abercrombie, met | death when their automobile turned over in a small stream near Mont- gomery, Ala. | Hurrying to reach the homes of; Martha Brown and her daughter Esther, both of Columbus, Ohio, were killed east of the city when a trac- tion car struck their automobile, which had skidded across the tracks. The machine caught fire, and the occupants were taken from it by Julius Deer. farmer, who witnessed the accident from his home. An- local hospital with possibly fatal in- juries. Fred von Seggern, a farmer of near Norfolk, Nebr., his wife and their two daughters were killed in a railway grade crossing accident. In Chicago, the toll taken by trains and automobiles during the day was six. A late Christmas eve celebra- tion was broken up when Connor Flynn, a policeman, fell down a stair- way while going to tend the furnace, and broke his neck. Childless Woman Despondent. Two were killed at Visali, Calif. ‘when the automobile in which the: were driving to a Christmas celebr: !Full Freedom Given to Group Sen- i tenced to Death. = | i SOFIA, Bulgaria, December 26 (). | King Borls has extended a full par- last April. | | On the occasion of the national fete {day last November the King com-, muted the déath sentence in the case | jof mans ot those convicted by a mili. {tary court for participation in the | | cathedral outrage. At that time he: Were brought forth. also issued pardons to nineteen of the| _Despondent over the fa condemned men. “(Continued on Page 2, into a tree. at ther Column 8)) i | corded | seems to he T i Claus toda weather with Chicago and the North-| ever brought arguments to hear on The cold snap was forecast to| this question, nor do the orthodex as killed | relatives for Christmas dinner, Mrs., other daughter. Fva Brown, is in a ! tion leaped a 15-foot ditch.and crashed | Two tragedies of contrasting note | CRASH INTO POLE FATAL. Auto Driver Dead and Companion Hurt Near Frederick, Md. Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md.. December 26.— Itodey Brady. 20 ye 1, was killed ind Claude Rinker was seriously injured vesterday when the automobile Brady was driving crashed into a tele phone pole 12 rhiles east of Frederick The two men had been at a shootinz match at New Market, and were re turning to Ridgeville. It is said Brady lost control of the car. Rnker's right lez was amputated at the hospital. 14 ABOVE FOREGAST FOR CITY TONIGHT Coldest Weather of Winter Coming to East—Will Last. It Is Predicted. Get muffs, but your snow shovels yet Santa Claus left Washingzton wnd ractically the entire Northern sec- tion of the nited States Hast of the Rocky Mountains a cold snap. which Forecaster Mitchell of the Weather Bureau predicts will br temperatures for the longest f the present Winter to date. be much colder here ton ht The temperature kept sliding down the scale last night until at 7 o'clock this morning it had reached de- zrees. where it hovered for several hours. with only slight indications of warming up and with the sun early in the day struggling to get through light clouds. Tonight Mr. Mitchell predicts the mercury will slip down to about 14 degrees, with prospects of it continu- out your ear It will ing cold for the entire early part of | member that time and a next week, perhaps longe The lowest official temperature last night was at Le Manitoba, Canada. where it was Lelow zero. Subzero temperatures vailed throyghout North Dakota, Minnesota and as far Southward Davenport, lowa. while the mercurs hovered around 10 degrees above zero over the section including Indiana Ohio and New York. Some snow is in prospect for the Alleghany Mountains, but there no snow in sizht for for the immediate fu- % Pas, \Washington ture at least COLD HITS MIDDLE WEST. Boreas Enacts Belated Role As Santa Claus. CHICAGO. December @) reas enacted a belated role of and left zero and s Bo- Santa b-zero | west. last several days. | country was boasted by Duluth, Minn.. where the mercury dropped to 13 be- | wa H How zero. the record for the Winter | denied it | there. had temperatures at zero and below. Chicago's mercury flirted with the ero mark during night Evanstor home President " (Continued on P mn Column 5.) not | the lowest | have period | 4 time. “Dr. The coldest Christmas night in the not The Dakotas and Wisconsin| Wise are not moot questions. But Dr. and | what? Iv. after they performed an autop: the two bodies the Dist morgue this afternoon. The carbor monoxide theory was not declared positively final until a thorough blood examination is made by Dr. Oscar E Hunter, chemist, which bhe completed late this afternoon. So certain was Coroner J. Ramse: Nevitt that gas escaping from th furnace in the Harris home Christmas eve and Christmas day was the cause of the trazedy that immediately after receiving the report of his deputies he ordered Trueman Leon Harris, the "ken father and husband, re ed from the seventh precinct po lice station. where he had been held since vesterday eveninz to await the outsome of the inv tion No Signs of Ptomaine. on at RABBI IN CAPITAL DISPUTES DR. WISE Dr. Schwefe!l Holds Accept- ance by Jews of Jesus as Savior Is Impossible. local wili a Joining the ranks of those who have ken exception to Dr. Stephen $ e. noted Zionist leader. for his The deaths of Mrs. Harr declaration that adherents of the Jew- | baby son had been cast in a teacher, though not as the Messlah.) ;... or this were found by the phy: Dr. Louis J. Schwefel, rabbli of the | qpney O3 (4l were found by the iphy. Sixth Street Synagogue. last night in | Nevitt, when he made an examination an address at the temple, asserted | of the Harris bunzulow vesterday &1 that the orthodox Jew does not deny | ternoon. said today he found the fu that Jesus lived or that he taught a | Nace banked heavily with coal. code of ethies which is followed by | ThiS Save him the impression that Jew and Geatile alike, but that e E35 SCRPIE o (e furnace might does nét “accept Jesus as the Mes. siah.” at the youngest member of the family, Mary Lorena Harris, 2 vears Rabdi J. T. Loeb also outlined the | old. was affected in no way. had fundamentals of the Jewish faith last tendency to upset this taeory. Fu night in an address on the Jewish thermore, James Wendall Harris, 4 viewpoint of the Messiah at the Fifth Years old, who was lying in bed with Street Temple. Fifth and I streets. his :!:mdmm‘iw’v m-v; (id:;:fl‘hue:h iil. was only slightly affected, and he Sees Bad Effect in Talk. will recover, physicians at umnz-’;:nf'\ Rabbi Schwefel pleaded for tolerance hetween the Christian and the Jew and expressed sincerest rezret and ow over the discussion raised by Hospital declare Little Mary Lorena Har the Dr. Wise, and prophesied that it would a had effect” on Jewish life for youngest of the family, is at George town University Hospital apparently very well, but under careful scrutiny of_physicians. Wise did not speak for The trazedy was discovered by Har- Israel. but for Stephen Wise,” the Il vesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock Washington leader sald Dr. Schwefel said No one has more respect other relizions than have I: and you, my rccording to the he told Capt J. Stoll of the precinct. He admit- taking several drinks of whisky as eve. and on coming home Jewish listeners. can bear testimony to going the fact that time and again I have pleaded for tolerance and zood will between Jew and Gentile. And when I pleaded for good will I came not be- to bed. In the parlor of the bunzalow, at 4429 P street, stood fore Christians, scoldinz them. but be. fore my own people and begzed of fa Christmas tree, laden w and sur. them that they learn to honor every rounded by presents for the little members of the family. On the man- religion and every creed. You can re- n 1 have | el three bulging stockinzs hung. urged a better understanding of for- Mr. Harris went to bed. About & o'clock he awakened and went into the eign nations as the only way to world peace, and a genuine respect for the room of his wife. She said she was not feeling well, so he returned to bed, and it was not until 3 o'clock in the ifternoon that he awakened once more and then was confronted with the other man’s opinion in all matters. I 1m, therefore, saddened by this sud den outburst of flame which will bring no zood results and was so unneces- sary [ zedy Youngest Child Well. lay dead, and beside her 5 vears old, in a dving con- In another room was Mrs. unconscious, and with little 4, very ill, on the bed beside And in the crib was 2-yvear-old Mary, apparently perfectly well Mr. Harris did not realize the extent of the tragedy. He rushed to his neigh bor, W. B. Dwens of 4435 P street, and sounded the alarm. The Emergency Hospital ambulance responded, while friends carried John and Mary to Georgetown University Hospital. John died en route and Mary immediately was placed under careful examination. The father was taken to Emerzency Hospital, but a few hours later was released and placed in custody of Capt. Stoll, pending the outcome of the investigation. Mrs. Beyer still is unconscious at Emergency Hospital, while James is recovering rapidly, ac- cording to physicians. Santa Claus had been gcod to the | Harris children. and had visited them iduring the night. The surprise he left for them still stands untouched in the Harris home. In a corner of the living room is 4 larze tree, neatly decorated and holding many dainiy little presents. Beneath the tree are handsome and expensive toys, includ- His wife cas John dition. Beyer, Jame: her. Thimks Answer Vital. I could not keep silent at this mo ment, when the newspapers carry long irticles every day on the contrbversy and my own young people are clamor- ing for an opinion and seek to know the orthodox attitude in this matter. We have our own attitude, and Stephen Wise has not expressed it. He speaks. not for I which is wise, but for Stephen Wise.™” Rabbi Schwefel, in explaining that his disagreement was not with the part of Dr. Wise's statement to the nrrem‘ that Jesus actually existed, added: “No thinking or intellizent Jew has deny that Jesus existed, for concern themselves with this ion. nor do they denv that he Jew, hecause He himself never These discussions of Dr. they do ques Wise did err zreatly when he urged Jews to accept Jesus. Accept Him as “The point is that to_the vast and (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 3) % By the Associated Press. i ROME, December 26.—Anti-German sentiment is flaring up in Ital; Denouncing Germany as ‘“our in- | stinctive racial enemy.,* the Fascist ipaper Impero has come out with a jwarning to Italians against the trade iand other activities of Germany. The immediate occasion of the paper’s article is news that the Ger- man press is perturbed over the treat- jment of Germans in South Tyrol, a district which includes the famous | The pass is the shortest route be- { tween Central Germany and Italy and | marks the frontier between Italy and | Austria. The Impero announces the forma- {tion of an organization known as the | “Brenner Guard,” which has among {its slogans, “The Italian of today is insuperable. Brenner Pass is not the {goal. but the starting point. This extreme Fascist development comes less than a month after the signing of the Locarno pacts at Lon- don and a few davs after the ratifica- tion by the Hallan Chamber of Dep- |the world.” S { Brenner pass through the mountains, | Fascists’ Hate for Germany Flames In Bitter Diatribe in Party Organ | the starting point. ing a rubber-tired tricycle for John, a small, brilliant-colored wheelbarrow for James, a baby carriage and doll for Mary, numerous games, handker- chiefs, stockings and numerous other small articles. Opposite the tree on | the mantel hang three stockings filled with fruit and more small toys Bodies Taken to Morgue. The bodies of Mrs. Harris and Jol were taken to the Morgue vesterdiy and the autopsy was performed thi= afternoon. Mrs. Harris died some time betweén the hours of 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. vester- day, and it is not known by the hus- band when the other stricken persons | were critically affected. According to Harris’ story to Capt. Stoll, when Mrs. uties of a treaty of commerce with Germany. It follows also the arrest in Palermo recently of Mrs. Ella Briggs, a New York architect, as a German sp; ' The Impero says Italy will never ! play second fiddle to Germany again. It demands that Germany shall “ex- niate her criminal folly,” that Ger- many never aspire to the possession of colonies, that Austria be prevented from joining Germany against Italy | Harris reported she was not feeling and that Italy forever hold the Bren- | well the husband drank some more ner Pass, acquired as a result of the | whisky and retired, not awakening San {until ‘the afternoon. Signor Marinetti, a futurist artist, | Although the two hospitals were is the organizer of ‘“the Brenner notified shortly after 3 o'clock it was Guard.” not until about two hours later that Tts program says among other |the police were brought in on the case. i Detectives Thompson and Keck from ““The anclent Romans conquered all | headquarters immediately investigated the peoples of the earth; the Italian | With officers of the seventh precinct, SiaiyE R TRunE T {including Capt. Stoll, Lieut. Hess, De- “Brenner Pass is not the goal, but | “(Continued on Page %, Column 5) i “The most unworthy Italian worth a thousand foreigners. “Italian products are the best ) in | Radio Programs—Page 22. e