Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1926, Page 17

DELUGE OF CHRISTMAS MAIL AT LOCAL POST OFFICE. a The mail early campaign aiready is swelling the local mail at the Washington post office. The mail being sorted here consists largely of advance post cards and letters, which are ma until ®hen. sorting of the mail. rked for delivery a day or two before Christmas Postmaster William M. Mooney (left) and Supt. of Mails C. E. Schooley (right) observe the and are being held ‘Washingtor. Star Photo. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 5 = Davwood Khan Mistah, the new Persian Minister to the United States, photographed as he left the White House yesterday after pre- senting his cretlentials to President Coolidge. ‘Wide World Photos. Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, wife of the Vice President, arriving at the Capitol yesterday to attend the first Senate ladies’ luncheon of the season. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER -8, 1926. NEWi YORK DELEGATION GREETS SENATOR-ELECT WAGNER AT CAPITOL. The New York Senator-elect (in foreground at right), who defeated Senator Wadsworth in the last election, receives a congratulatory greeting from members of the New York delegation, who gathered on the Capitol step with him when he arrived Representative from New Jersey, ATLANTIC BLIZZARD CRIPPLES SHIPPING OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST. The lobster smack, Grace M. Cribby, makes her way into Boston harbor with this coating of ice and snow after bucking the storm that swept the coast this week. The storm caused heavy damage to shipping and played havoc with the New England fishing fleets, with several craft reported lost in the gale. Acme Photos. NOVEL HEADDRESS WINS PARIS PRIZE. Mlle. Helene Perani, employe of a Parisian millinery shop, won the first prize of 5,000 francs with this headdress at the annual St. Catherine’s day fancy dress ball held recently in the French metropolis. ‘Wide World Photos. GIVE LUNCHEON AT GIRL Coffee House, recently opened at benefit of the Girl Scout: Brooke and Mrs. H. H. Left to right, sitting: lather. S in Washington yesterday. Senator Copeland (at left) and Mrs. are included in the group. COUT_COFFEE HOU ‘The coinmi 1718 F street northwest, who gave a Mrs. Edward Hale Mrs. Charles Patterson, Back row: ) ‘W. Morse, Mrs. Edward H. Walton and Mrs. E. S. Bogert. , HOT DEBATE WAGED IN CITIZENS” BODY Columbia Heights Associa- tion Discusses Many Problems. controversial ques- sioning heated debate on meeting of the Co- lumbia Heights Citizens' Assoctation last night at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall. The questions ranged from an alleged attempt on the part of real to force present Three dons occ all, enlivened a highly estate operato residents of Columbia Heights into | districts, raised by Mrs. to a resolution urg- of suburb: 1. Swanton, readjustment rents. Swanton was talking when adjournment arrived arge that real estate hington have deliber- an influx of colored in W gineer sidents into costlier white ¥ ts where constructed the to force suburban homes are being Challenge Quickly Answered. When the time for adjournment came Mrs. Swanton ¢ present to remain ar most important qu peal was wered with shouts “We'll stay all night” A mo the Federation of 8 Associatiol boycott one realtor thr the city was de- clared out of order by Alton B. Carty, esident of the association. " Mre. Swa was the cli the asso- debate tion. Her ap- to ation a proposal place to v Churcn, E ristian Wilson Normal “enter. Amid ational pre. ed, 271% 21, e was kindled by $11,000,000, Resolution Adopted. ced, however, readjustment to include levies ¢ and f eign emba Other 1 ington Railw discontinue :h svstem on the and restore cre pointmnt of W the F e Ut was request chairman committee, merger of the 1sked the Wash Slectric Co. to e-man street car lleventh street line ws of two men. Ap- m McK. Clayton to es Commission also Frampton, f ation of the proposed Washington street car n spoke nan of the reported 344 s A. King, chai membership committee new members. Timothy S. Hogan Dead. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 8 ). —Timothy S. Hogan, formerly attor- ney general of Ohio and well known Democratic politician, died today. He was 63 years old : zoning | |ing gus lof the VETERAN GUARDIAN RULES MORE RIGID Director Hines’ Annual Re- port Says Additional Hos- pitals Will Be Needed. Tightening of restrictions around guardianship of incompetent veterans of the World War was reported as in- creasing by Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans’ Liureau in his annual report, published today. More con- struction of hospitals will be neces- sary for the mext vear, Gen. Hines | to meet a growing need under ion of World War veterans’ Explaining that the importance of guardianship work had been increas- ingly recognized during the last two vears, Gen. Hines traced the progress made’ during the past year. In this past fiscal year, he said, “‘considerable progress had been made in securing appointment of persons properly qual- ified to act as guardians and in remov- lfans who have demonstrated unfitness. Given Absolute Protection. “In cases where it has not been possible to find a qualified next of kin to act as guardian,” said Gen. Hines, “reputable trust companies and banks have been utilized for such purpose. The adequacy and solvency of guar- dians’ bonds have been carefully scru- tinized in order to secure absolute pro. on of the estates. Guardians have been requested to maintain proper records of receipts and dis bursements in order to facilitate the rendition of accouts. In cases where it has been shown that guardians have misapplied funds civil proceed- ings, and in certain instances criminal proceedings, have been instituted. A determined effort has been made to reduce guardians’ commissions and attorneys’ fees to the absolute min- imum. = Guardianship officers, with the co-operation and assistance of service and welfare organizations have been instrumental in securing the enactment of legislation in a few States reduc court costs, | commissions and fees, and simplify- | ing probate procedure where it af- fects World War veterans or their their | dependents. Rigid Supervision Effective. | “As a result of the activities of the | bureau during this vear, it develops that, aside from property recovered | and penalties collected under gua dians’ bonds, there is still a greater | return found in the deterrent effect of | this rigid supervision; fiduciaries are | more careful of the funds intrusted to | them; commissions of acceptance are more exacting In their requirements, and courts are being more and more inquisitive before they approve the | accountings submitted.” The incre; in soldier patients overtaxed the 51 bureau institutions | in operation, Gen. Hines reported. | especially those dealing with psy- chiartric . patients. In_addition to about 1,000 more beds in three hos- pitals the bureau plans to set up more than 1,400 others by new construction and replacement of leased hospitals. EITEI George Hull Porter Dies. CHICAGO, December 8 (#).—George Hull Porter, member of the beard of trustees of the Chicago sanitary dis- trict, died suddenly yesterday after col- lapsing at a board meeting. SENATORS’ WIVES GATHER ¥UR FIRST LUNCHEON OF THE the luncheon given by the group at the Capitol yesterday, at which Mrs. Mrs. Edwin S. Broussard, Mrs. David Stewart, Mrs Mrs. Porter H. Dale, Mrs. Peter Norbeck and Mrs. W. H. McMaster. The wives of Senators and former Senators wWho attended S Dawes, wife of the Vice President, presided. William M. Butler, Mrs. Edwin F. Ladd, Mrs. Fred Du Bois, Mrs. Dawes, Mrs. Henry Ashurst, Left to right: Copyright by P. & A. Photos.* MRS. CHRISTIE FOUND, ENGLISH POLICE SAY Writer Sent Letter to Husband's Brother Saying She Is Tak- ing Rest Cure. By tie Associated Press. GUILDFORD, Surrey, England, De- | mber 8.—County authorities late t night decided to discontinue the search for Agatha Clarissa Christle, American writer of detective stories. The woman has been heard from, it was announced. She has been miss- ing three days. The brother of Col. Archibald Chris- tie, who lives in London, it was ex- plained, had received a letter written since her disappearance, in which the novelist said she had been in ill health and was going to a Yorkshire spa for rest and treatment. Searching parties have been en® gaged in dragging streams and ponds | near the spot where Mrs. Christie’s automobile was discovered in a hedge. | She had left her home Feiday eve. ning, at 10 o'clock, without informing | her husband, Col. Christie, of her de tination. Search for her began imme. diately after the finding of her abandoned machine, with particular attention to a body of water of sinis- ter reputation known as the “Silent Pool.” the locale of some of her fa.| vorite mystery stories. There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.—Lavater. An awkwardly planned hold-up of in his office, at Pennsylvania avenue northwest, ¢ last evening when answered a demand that s up, made at pistol” ashing a screen at his | would-be assailant. i Francis, in making a report of tempted hold-up to the police today, sald that a youth whom he be- lieves was a confederate of the young man who pointed a gun at him came to his office last night about closing time in the guise of a patient. The { physician declared that the “‘patient” |5aid he wanted an examination and Physician Thwarts Holdup by Gunman, Forcing Hurried Flight of a "Patient” was partially undressed when his pre- sumed confederate made his entrance. The hurried flight of the “patient” as he scrambled into his clothes was ously recalled by the doctor today. Police have an adequate descriptioh of both of the young men, and their arrest is expected. Dr. Francis reported that the young man who pointed a revolver at him seemed taken aback when the physi: cian paid no heed to his demand that he put his hands up and was com- pletely routed when the doctor sud- denly crashed a screen over on the gunman. BETTING PLANTS RAIDED. Juarez Authorities Seize Race Track Funds for Taxes. EL PASO, Tex., December 8 (#).— Juarez officials raided the pari-mutuel | betting machines at the Juarez track immediately after the severth race yesterday and seized the money wa- gered before all the winning betfors had been paid off. It was reported that the claim was made the money was due on back taxes. The regularly seheduled meet, under the management of W. P. Kyne, closed Sunday. Yesterday's racing was announced as an exten- sion, in which the hofse owners plan- Winter } ned to operate the track and pool their purses. 3 SCHWAB HEADS SOCIETY. Elected President of Mechanical Engineers’ Organization. NEW YORK, December 8 UP).— Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, yester- day was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical En- gineers for the coming year. Other officers elected were: Vice presidents, Charles L. Newcomb of | Springfield, Mass.; Prof. Everett O. Eastwood, University of Washington, ! Seattle, and Edward R. Fish of St. Louis; treasurer, Erik Oberg of New York, and managers, Paul Doty, St. Paul, Minn.; Ralph E. Flanders, Springfield, Vt., and C. N. Lauer of Philadelphia. ALASKAN ECONOMIC CONDITION IMPROVES $67,077,495 Invested in Fisheries, with 1925 Return of $40,038,745, Governor Reports. The past year showed continued improvement in the economic con dition of Alaska, accordiug to the an- nual report of Gov. George A. Parks. The total investment in fisherles for ar is estimated at $67,077,49 > value of fishery products in 1925 bout §40,038,745. This is the biggest industry of the Territory. Revenues from the sale of seal- skins from the Pribilof Islands herd amounted to $787,284. Renewed activit mining _districts. as apparenf in Mineral products were valued at $18,220.692 as com- pared with $17,457,333 the year before. The output of copper decreased, al- though its value increased. The governor pointed out that the yearly increase in the number of rein- deer in Alaska exceeds demands for the meat and that an effort should be made to extend the market to prevent the herds from deteriorating. Approximately two-thirds of the rein- Qeer in Alaska are owned by the natives. 4 Among the other recommendations contained in the report is the con- struction of an adequate Federal building to co-ordinate the Federal| branches in the Territory; repeat of the tax provisions of th4 Alaska game W af nts of Alaska; establishment of a detention home for ANNUITIES T PASS S1000 S0 MARK 1928 Budget Estimates Show Retirement Fund of $21,660,808. With the civil service retirement fund waxing fat from employes’ sal arfes, but without the aid of one {cent ‘contributed by the Government in its six years, annuities payable in the next fiscal y 1928, according {to the budget estimates sent to Con- | Bress today by President Coolidge, will exceed the $10,000,000 mark for the first time. Whereas the annuities paid to re- | tired Government employes gradually crept up from $2,777,035.93 in 1921 to $6,774,023.74 in the fiscal year 1926, the estimates for this item for the present fiscal year are placed at $9,830,000, and for the next year, of 1928, at $10,797,000. Although ' legislation has provided for Government contribution to the fund, Secretary of the Interior Work, who administers it, according to_ his latest statement, is opposed to Gov- ernment _contribution now. His de- partment, he said, “is unwilling to subscribe to the theory that the Gov- ernment should make an appropria- tion to the retirement fund in ad- vance of actual needs. * ¢ * I do not believe that the Government should initiate a policy of sequestering funds based upon hypothetical conditions which may never eventuate, and which would fax the general Treas- ury.” Part of the increase for next year annuities may be accounted for by the more liberal provisions of the new retirement bill now In effect. According to the budget figures, the total of the fund as of June 30, 1926, was $53.8 .04, and there was also an unexpended balance of $570.065.73 Refunds for that year were $3,44; §64.32. The fund w year by $17 increased during the 30.80 from salary de- ductions, and 161.06 from loans, interest, ete., making a total, includ- ing the previous fiscal vear balance, | of $21,660,808.75. | The total of annuities paid out dur- {ing ‘the six years' operation of the |fund is $30,954,573.22. S et Lk | Broken Skull Causes Death. | Frederick D. Grant, colored, 27 years {old, 327 Elm street, was found at the | bottom of the freight elevator shaft lin the Investment Building, Fifteenth and K streets, early this morning, suf- fering from a fracture of the skull and other injuries. He dled at Emer- | gency Hospital two hours later with- jout regaining consclousness. Grant s believed .to have accidentally fallen from an upper floor to the bottom of the shaft incorrigible natives and a Government | hospita} for the insame in the Terri-| tory: erection of an industrial school, ! hospital and isolation ward for tu- bercular natives at Tanana; combina- tion of all law enforcement agencies in a Federal constabulary; investiga- | tion of salmon fisherles on'the Yukon land Kuskokwim Rivers to determine | whether commercial fishing may bo iman railraads’ Mury T. Norton, P. & A. Photos. Copyright ttee in charge of the Girl Scout luncheon there yesterday for the Campbell, chairman; Mrs. F. H. Mrs. Lindsay Russell, Mrs. John Washington Star Photo. URGE FUNDS FOR AMERICANIZATION Chamber of Commerge Asks Allowance for Work in City Schools. Proper provisions in the appropris tions for the District public schools to adequately handle Americanization work was recommended by the board of d s of the Washington Cham ber of Commerce at a meeting held last night The matter came up as the result of a request for the appropriation of $100 toward the deficiency occurring annu ally by reason of the cost of ade quately carrying on the Americaniza tion work in the Webster School, at Tenth and H streets. The money is expended for a secretary to the prin cipal of the school, the principal being unable to handle the details and many problems of the Americanization school in addition to her regular duties in the public school system unless this secretary is provided. The appropria- 1tions by Congress for local American ization work is insufficient to pay a secretary. The representatives of the chamber who will attend the public hearing at the Franklin School next week on the local school estimates will call this to the attention of the school authorities. The chamber appropriated the $100. It was a decided at the meeting to hold a Midwinter dinner in IFebru- ry. The following new members were admitted: Hettie P. Anderson, gen- eral secretary. Young Women's Chris- tian Assoctation; H. M. Atherton, Helen V. Barnhart, George E. Bohan- non, James A. Calhoun, Frederick (eorge Calvert, J. V. Cla » Willlam . Ross L. Fryer, Margaret E. Gillespie, Antolfette D. Hechmer, F. B. Hoffman, August King-Smith, Hal- lock P. Long, Loughborough Oil Co., 8. Scott; Robert L. McKeeve mara, Mrs National Unj Carusl, chancellor: {1. Obergh, Albert Reedes, ySteger, Thomas A. Steeds, | Talkes and Westminster Press. ' MODEL OF 100-PASSENGER PLANE NOW COMPLETED German Transatlantic Alrplane Will Be Built Next Year, New York Hears. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 8.—A model of the 100-passenger airplane intended for regular transatlantic service has been completed at the Junkers Aero plane Works at Dessau, Germany, it was announced yesterday by the Ger- information office in New York. Test flights, it was sald, are expected to be made next year, Another transatlantic passenger and freight alrplane to accommodate 130 passengers is being planned by Dr. Edmund Rumpler, well known German aeronautical engineer. Dr. tin J. McN: W. MacMillan, Charles F. Touis lda F. 8. M. | resumed without _jeopardizing _the future- supply; end continuation of aerial mapping until the forested coastal reglons have been photo- graphed. Rumpler’s projected plane is known as the “flying wing™ en. account of its principle of weight distribution. The cabins and engines are to be bullt iato the wing itself.