Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1926, Page 17

AME] ganization grouped on the st the central mmittee, genel t Wi board and board of incorporators. orth of Washington and Mrs. Henry THE RICAN RED CROSS OFFICIALS GATHER MOR ANNUAL MEETING. Officials of the relief or- of the Red Cross Building as they gathered for the meeting yesterday of The group includes Miss Mabel Boards P. Davison and Mrs. August Belmont of New York. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OUNT SALM TESTIFIES IN SEPARATION SUIT, The husband of- the former Millicent Rogers, York: yesterday in Standard his suit for separation. 0il heiress, testifying dn New Count Salm, on fha stand, could not recall the date of his marriage, but told in detail of financial benefits accruing to him from the ceremony. Acme Photos. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926. AUTO SMASH INJURES OCCUPANTS AND WRECKS TREE. The wrecked automobile of Mrs. Eliza- beth W. Vierling of Silver Spring, Md., who lost control of the car yesterday at Tenth and R streets north- west. The driver and her 3-year-old daughter were thrown out of the car and injured as it plunged over the curbing and cut off a tree near the ground. hington r Photo. CANADIAN MINISTER RETURNS FROM CONFERE! ¥, recently appointéd as the first Canadian Mini » snapped aboard the steamship Majestic as they arrived at New York, after attendance at the Imperial Conference in Ma: ton, and Mrs. - Mas: London. . §10,000 70 $40,000 SAVINGS MISSING Government Clerk, Who Con- ducted Christmas Fund, Cannot Be Located. Police instituted a widespread search today for a Government clerk was reported miss of dollars of Christmas s collected from fellow employes, fol- lowing the lssuance of a “warrant him with conversion after afternoon. ace him in Eastern igned ompanied | ployes who had intrusted lerk with Christmas sits, to the office of As sistant United States Attorney Ralph Given, who ordered the warrant is- sued. Wife Not Located. of the missing clerk also 1 at her home yes- The wi had not been locs terday in a local apartment house. Estimates of the amount in the fund v nd police have been un- able to check up definitely on the total amount in the fund, figures run- ning from $10,000 to $40,000. number of depositors was: estimated at from 150 to 400. Only the mi man, it wis t on the amount in the fund and ¢ number ‘of depositor This was to have been the third Christmas that the missing man w to have paid off the depositors with sums to tuke care of Christmas needs. ut two previous years he cepted deposits in his’ personal had made the payments butors intrusted throughout 11 nim : receiv with i was not e brought Tuesday 1bout Tast at Mondity i -y stion anxious funds. Yesterday the warrant was issued Today » sesech for the man is going rorward. And in the Government department where the collections were made Aisay evident among those been expecting to bring ppiness and cheer to th relatives and friends with the savings of the year. CHARITY SALE PLANNED. Women's City Club to Aid Near East Relief Fund. o for the benefit of the Near ef will be held December 16 omen’s City Club, Jack- under the auspices of a committee of women. The sale will include n Greek embroideries and rugs made in the shops of the or- ganization in the Near East. A program of entertainment also has been arranged, including Greek folk songs by Mrs. J. Frank Rice, a talk on the birds of the Near East, with vocal imitations, by Miss Isabel Goodhue, and solos on Spanish and Jlawaiian guitars by Sophacles Papas. In the evening Senator William H. King, president of the Greek-Ameri- can Society, will speaks the 11 Colle ad A s East R at the son plai who | z with thousands | avings funds | said, could throw definite | NCE. Vincent er to Washing- Keystone Photo. Edwin L Yy, former Secretary of the Navy, photographed as he ar- rived at court yvesterday to testify in the Fall-Doflvn‘y' trial. He as- sumed responsibility for transfer of the naval oil reserves to the In- terior Department. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Autoist Pays $52 Train Fare to Meet Traffic Fine of $2 By the Aseociated Press. NEW YORK, December 9.— Hans Dietz, now resident in an Ohio town, paid $52 train fare to answer a minor traffic violation charge here, and paid the result- ing '§2 fine. Dietz was “ticketed” for failing to turn on his lights just before he moved west. A helpful neigh- bor forwarded the post card by which defendants in traffic cases are notified when their case is to be heard and he hurried to answer. HILL'S SUCCESSOR PUTZLE FOR WETS New Leader in House Must Be Selected—New York Asks Place. By the Associated Press. Selection of a new leader for the House wet bloc to replace Representa- |tive John Phillip Hill, who retires from | Congress in March, is proving a puz- zling problem for members with anti- | Volstead views. Many candidates | have hass mentioned, but as yet no defintie crystallization of sentiment has taken place The New York City Democratic del- egation is putting up a strong bid for the place for one of its members. They contend their group is the largest wet contingent from any State and therefore is entitled to con- eration. On the other hand, a number of wets feel that the post should go to a Republican, inasmuch as that party is in control of the House. There is some sentiment in favor of a Repub- lican leader and a Democratic assist- nt leader, or of placing the leader- hip upon’ a committee of two—one from each party. Representative Britten of Iilinois is mentioned prominently by Repub- | licans, while Representatives Oliver, | Celler’ and Weller, all of New York, | are spoken of by Democrats. | Hill, who was defeated for the Re- publican_ senatorial nomination in Maryland, heads the unofficial House committee for modification of the Vol- stead act. He wants an assistant chosen who will be the likely selec- tion for chairman of this committee in the next Congress. — e —— FORD BUYS $100,000 MINE. Drill Equipment Is Being Shipped to Newfoundland. ST. JOHN'S Newfoundland, Decem- ber 9 (#).—Purchase of an iron ore mine at Snow’s Pond, Conception Bay, for $100,000 by Henry Ford, De- troit automobile manufacturer, was reported here yesterday. The mine, which has not been op- erated for several years, was ex- amined by experts last Summer. It is said diamond drill equipment is being shipped from the Uwited States by the new owner in -ation for a | Aresumption of minin, o‘:}: 00TLEGGER’S VEST SERVES DOUBLE PURPOSE. This metal “vest,” found on a Boston bootlegger, served both as a tank in which he carried his wares and as armament against prohibition bullets. It has a fluid capacity of two gallons. the device is worn. A Boston policeman demonstrates how Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Joseph Sigall, Polish artist, who has just arrived in the National Capital from Los Angeles, to paint portraits of the President and Mrs. Coolidge. He has already made portraits of several American no- tables. Copyright by Underwood & ‘Underwood. [ MANILA PRODUCES THE BIG was brought by the musician who when he came to Los Angeles recently to j about six times the size of an ordinary Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. EST GUITAR. This huge gu holds it from the Philippine Islands an orchestra there. It is guitar. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN WIN CLASS GRID BATTLE. Members of the freshinen and sophomore classes at the Hillto pose gray caps and wear any kind of headgear they please. Son Who Took Father's Place in Civil War T0O0 MUCH OFFICE BUILDING IS FEARED|May Get Pension at 80 to Ease Last Days| More Skyscrapers Would Add to Excess Space, Owners and + Managers Conclude. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 9.—Skyscrap- ing hes reached the ceiling of profit- able woonstruction, if the National Building Owners’ and Managers' As- sociation gauges the situation cor- rectly. The annual presidents’ conference of the- assoclation today concluded that further construction of office buildings in nearlv every large American city probably would con- tribute to an over-supply of space. In the past three years, said a state- ment to the association, there have been added to American office space approximately 140,000,000 square feet, which cost $1,100,000,000, making up the deficiency of bullding during the war years. “The fact that the situation today 1s apparently sound, despite the addi- tion of so great an amount of “pace, is due to the Increased.standard of living,” the statement sald. “Much space was brought closer,to the point of complete obsolescence by the fact that it was suddenly regarded as not good enough by its occupants, ho moved to more modern quarters. The prospective buyer was urged to satisfy himself that the normal growth of his city requires more space before he embarks upon a new building program. - * Most of the large citles of America were represented at today's meeting. —_— - Four waterfalls at Aranafjord, Ice- land, are to be harnessed to produce power for a proposed pitric acid plant. By the Associated Press. AUBURN, Nebr., December 9.—Vic- tim of a strange twist of fate 63 vears ago, Perry Whitlow, 80 years old and destitute, may live to see a wrong hted through efforts of Represent- ative John H. Morehead of Nebraska. Peter Whitlow, Representative Morehead said, became intoxicated in 1868 and enlisted in the Army. Sober, he realized that he had nine minor children and that he would either have to leave them to the charity of the neighborhood or face court- martial. His son Perry, then 17, solved his dilemma. He would go in his father’s stead. Perry reported for duty at Brownville, Nebr., under the name of this father. The subterfuge was not discovered. So between 1863 and 1865 the youth served in the Army. Discharged, he was granted a pen- sion in his_father’s name. The father insisted on cashing the pension checks. Il feeling resulted and Perry left home. His father died in 1905. Perry then tried to have the wrong righted by the Government, but his efforts were futile. Today Perry lives in a little house on the outskirts of Auburn, appar. ently slowly dving and in poverty! His friends appealed to Representative Morehead, who is endeavoring to ob- tain a pension for him. ELOPEMENT CHARGED TO'JAILED PREACHER Said to Have Run Away With For- mer Church Treasurer, Mother of Four. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 9.—Rev. ‘Walter G. Jones, former pastor of the Third Baptist Church of Portland, Oreg., was arrested here on an Oregon indictment violation of the Mann act. ister is accused of having eloped to Fort Worth, Tex., last August with Mrs. Ella Pearl , former treasurer of his church. Federal officers declared Mr. Jones deserted his wife and daughter and that Mrs. Lee left Ber husband and four small children to accompany the pastor.. Mrs. Lee later returned to her arraigned and held in default of $2,600 Bail. He waived removal hearing and will be taken to MINISTERS TO ASK BAN ON ABBREVIATION ‘XMAS’ Sermons and Radio Appeals to Be Part of Campaign in New York. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 9.—Young- sters may not mind whether it is spelled “Xmas” or “‘Christmas” as long as Santa Claus makes his annual visit with toys and candies, but a campalgn is to be started to elimi- fate the use of “Xmas,” as being “contrary and alien to the reverence” due the word. Several clergymen will speak against the use of the abbreviated word from their pulpits in this city Sunday, and there will be radio addresses for the same purpose. The sponsors of the move hold that “Xmas” has a “subtle tendency to de- stroy the beautiful thoughts in con- nsction with a4 woll a8 before the game between their foot ball teams yesterday, which the freshmen. won, 13 to 6. The freshmen are now free to discard their Copyright by P. & A. Photos. SALE OF 2 MORE SHIP LINES IS PROPOSED Royal Mail May Acquire 43 Ley- land and Red Star Vessels. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 9.—Sale of two more steamship lines, the Leyland and the Red Star, to the Royal Mail Co. was considered by the board of directors of the International Mercan- tile Marine Co. here yesterday. In- ternational Mercantile Marine stock- holders will be asked to consent to the sale. 4 Forty-three ships, aggregating 330,- 000 tonnage, are involved in the deal. The Leyland line owns 38 steamships and 5 are owned by the Red Star. The offer for the purchase was 'brought back from London yesterday {by P. A. S. Franklin, president of the | International Mercantile Marine. No information on the price offered was given out. The Royal Mail Co. will take over the White Star fleet December 31. / Northampton Democrat Wins. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., December 9 (P).—For the second time in two years President Coolidge’s home city has gone Democratic. Mayor Willlam E. Welch, Democrat, was re-elected by 891 votes over his Republican op- ponent, former Mayor Willlam H. Felker. At the last election, after serving six terms, Mayor Feiker bowed to the man who won out again yesterday. Lieut. Gearing Gets Cross for Heroism In Submarine Blast By the Associated Press. The Navy cross has been awarded Lieut. Hilyer F. Gearing for heroism during the explosion aboard the submarine S-49 at New London, Conn., last April. Four men were killed. Gearing directed the work of rescue, entering the damaged bat- tery compartment and remaining until burning wreckage was torn away and three injured comrades removed. $ “His_nerve and undaunted cour- age,” President Coolidge’s citation says, “were an inspiration to the others in the rescue work.” SECRETARY DAVIS ASSALS PAY CUTS Reviews America’s Prosper- ity in Address to Miners of Pennsylvania. By the Assoclated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., December 9.—Speaking at a testimonial dinner in Plymouth last night James J. Davis, ‘Secretary of Labor, reviewed the prosperity he sald America had enjoyed since the United Mine Work- ers of Ameri.z “refused to take a wage reduction five vears ago,” and asserted that any American “who se- riously proposes wage reductions after this year of prosperity should have a committee appointed to examine his sanity.” Secretary Davis declared that the United Mine Workers stood as the shock absorbers for labor of the coun- try “in the industrial struggle that was waged to loweg American wages to a par with wages pald in Euro- pean countries.” He said that 41, 000,000 men and women were gainfully employed in the United States, and that they represented the purchasing power of the country. To reduce the wages of this vast army from $1 to $2 a day would remove the purchas- ing power of the country, and ruin andd desolation would follow, Mr. Davis said. - John L. Lewls, international presi- dent of United Mine Workers of America, asserted that that organi- zatlon was largely responsible for American success and prosperity. “Two weeks after the miners signed agreements and returned to work,” he asserted, “factories and industries started up after a period of idleness, wage advances were given and the prosperity which continues today was started.” The testimonial was given by Ply- mouth Mine Local Unions in honor of George G. Willlam, recorded of Lu- zerne County and former burgess of Plymouth, in appreciation of his ef- forts In the interest of members of H‘nltad Mine Workers and their fam- es. to bring the name of Christ to the very brink of contempt.” Cardinal Hayes and Bishop Willlam T. Manning were n: as_church- men who have indorsed the cam- paign, ‘ P S Diminishing world interest in the famed Spanish onion has caused such a slump in demand for the vegetable Valencia are said to be rotting on th ground, that large stocks of onions near | CATHEDRAL PLANS - SHOWN BY SLIDES Bishop Freeman Tells Guild of Need to Push Work for Convention. s for the future construction of rts of the Washington Cathedral were explained and illus- trated with new lantern slides by Rev. Dr. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of the cathedral, in an address before the Bishop's iild of the Ipiscopal Diocese of Washington in’the Church of the Epiphany Parish Hall yester- day afternoon. It was also empha sized at the meeting by Bishop James E. Freeman that a sufficient part of the main floor of the cathedral should be completed in time to accommodate the general convention of the Episco- pal Church, here in 1928. “We must have the convention there for the effect it is going to have on the spiritual and fraternal side of the whole church,” Bishop Freeman declared. He said that the future of the Episcopal Church on the whole American continent depends very largely on the successful manner in which the cathedral building project is carried throug Describes Needed Work. The part of the church it is neces- sary to have completed in order to fur- nish a meeting place for the conven- tion, which is to include more than 10,000 delegates, was described by Dean Brate: Announcement was made that work is to begin on the piers to support the main cathedral tower, to be 262 feet in height, about the 1st of Jan- uary. Dean Bratenahl also showed slides of the interiors of Bethlehem Chaper, the Chabel of the Resurrection and the Chapel of St. Johepn Arimathea, the slides giving an idea how the two last will appear when completed. He described plans for 26 recesces in the interior of the building on the mamn floor, to be used for memorial pur- DOS! Further plans were described for | the bullding of a great wall around the entire cathedral close. It is to be 10 feet high and from 15 to 18 feet thick in places. It is to serve the double purpose of inclosing the grounds and of furnishing housing room for garages and various attend- ants at the cathedral. The idea of using the wall for the latter burpose, it was explained, is to do away with the necessity of spoiling #he artist appearance of the grounds by having many small structures scattered aroun on them. Twelve gates in the wall be named after the 12 apostles. Other - features were illustrated and explained, showing the magnitude of the whole plans. SOVIET TO EXECUTE 16. Bandits Terrorized Tartar Repub- lic, Trial Discloses. MOSCOW, December 9 (#).—The Soviet supreme court yesterday sen- tenced 16 convicted bandits to be shot. Those condemned belonged to a gang of almost 80 men which carried out many acts of violence and pillage in | the Tartar republic. 3 ‘Varying terms of imprisonment were imposed on the remainder of the Jand.