Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 2

“ * PRESIDENT LIGHTS -YULE TREE FRIDAY ,S.hefman Square Ceremony 'to Start National Com- ! munity Fete at 6 P.M. The lighting of the National Com- fmunity Christmas tree by President Coolifige; a program by the Com- munity Center Department of the Publié Schools in various sections of the city; the singing of carols at hglpitals and other institutions and the Nation-wide radio program of Yuletide songs, constitute Washing- ton’s observance of the advent of Christmas. (X large part of the observances has ‘béen scheduled to take place Christ- ias ¢ve at 6 p.m. Then the Nation’s Chie?i Executive will set the spruce in Shemah Square aglow with red, green, yéllow and white lights. This act of tHe President will be accompanied by a'special program of Christmas music by the United States Marine Band and the singing of carols by the audience led by representative choirs and choral groups. Buglers throughout the city will announce the lighting of the tree and Boy Scouts will act as guard of honor to the President. Other Scouts will distribute programs and Girl Ecouts also will assist at the exer- Cises. Cheirs and Carols. While this annual custom is being carried out, more than 350 singers, the majority of whom are from Wash- ington church choirs, will be in hos pitals, homes for dependents and in- Valids, singing Christmas carols, un. der +the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter, Federation of Music Clubs, of which Mrs. Charles Gregory McRoberts is chairman. Then as the hour reaches 10:30, the yadio waves will flash all over the country carrying on their crests the music from a great national song rvice conducted through a chain of roadcasting stations by Dr. Parkes Cadman, noted clergyman. The history-making song fest will come to Washington and vicinity through station WRC. After Dr. Cad- man has sent his greetings to the radio audience, a choir of 50 will sing the “Hallalujah Chorus” from the “Messiah.” Following this will be a series of familiar carols and every lis- tener-in will be asked to sing them with the broadcasters. 3 The concert will continue until 12 o'clock. The coming of the midnight hour will be signalled by the playing of chimes and then the singing of the Jast carol, a composition represented Bs being perhaps the most beautiful of all spiritual music. The Star Will Ald. While the carols selected for the poncert are familiar, not every one knows the words and music of all of them. So The Star will aid its read- ers to participate in the concert by furnishing the words and music of all the carols in artistically printed car.l booklets. One of these booklets will be found in each copy of The Star on Christmas eve. A Christmas pageant will be pre- wented Tuesday evening at Armstrong High School by Divisions 10 and 13 and the Washington Federation of Church Choirs, assisted by the How- ard - University -orchestra. It will be roduced under’ the direction of Marie oore Forrest, assisted by Nathaniel X. Guy. .About 200 singers will take Christzis_entertain iven at the Park View evening. The cn- tertainment ‘will L provided by the Junfor Park View Players and by upils of Class 8A of the Vari View ;huxm School. There will bs on i- jluminated Christmas tree. Many Programs Planned. At Petworth there will be commu- Hity singing of Christmas carols eround the Christmas tree at 7 p.m. Christmas eve. A bugler will sound the call to assemble at 6:45. At the 1op of the tree there will be a lighted star which will gleam alone, as a quartet sings an old Christmag carol. Thursday evening there will be a similar celebration at the Columbia Heights' Center in co-operation with ‘Wilson Normal School and at the Lovejoy Center. ‘The Federation of Music Clubs’ pro- gram follows: Walter Reed Hospital, Chevy Chase Presbytefan Church, Chevy Chase Episcopal Church; Christ Church, Georgetown: St. Alban's Church, Young People’s Christian En- deavor of First Congregational Church, Petworth M. E. Church Choir and Celvary Baptist Church. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Mount leasant Church Choir; Louise Home, ‘haminada Club, Esther Linkins, di- ; Mount Alto Hospital, St. Al- Choir, Beatrice S. Goodwin, di- yector;. John Dickson Home, Mrs. ‘White's group: Florence Crittenden Home, St. David's Choir; District Jail, Christ, Church, Georgetown, Mra. icRoberts, director; St. Alban’s Choir; Methodist Home, Chevy Chase Pres- bytertan Church; Aged Women's Home, Emanuel Baptist Chureh; Chil- dren’s Hospital, Mrs. Angelicia's zroup;; Gallinger Hospital, St. Alban's Choir and Christ Church Choir; Tu- ‘berculesis Hospital, George Washing- 1on Glee Club, Estelle Wentworth, di- regfpr; Congregational Church Home, P th M. E. Church, John G. H inger, director. orrow night the Chaminade Clubwill sing at the Home for Incur- nd on December 29, Mrs. Ralph Re ‘s group will give carols at Neaighborhood House. The te for the earols at the Home for the Blind, 1o he given by Esther Chapter, East- er Star, has not yet been set. TONG SLAYER GUILTY. Afzona Court Convicts Chinese. ‘To Be Bentenced December 31. KINGMAN, Ariz., December 18 (), — na justice scored a victory in an’afleged Chinese tong slaying with the conviction here today of B. W. Eamy one of five Chinese from Cali ornia charged with the killing of Tom 19gy local restaurant owner. & ber 31. The other defendants ik be tried immediately. All_are d to be members of the Bing 1 ekt Tor 4 Hop Sing Tong is assisting in b < o0y $1,000 for the return of Don b;, @ State witness, who disappeared INDICTED AS FLOGGERS. !pild to Have Beaten Pair for Talking About Woman. RALEIGH, N. December 18 (#). +—Clyde Weath: eputy sheriff; G. ¥E. Belcher, Wake County roads upervisor, and nine other men were fndlcted by a grand jury here today n a charge of flogging two men who ad been accused of gossiping about & woman. . Weathers, who resigned from the force today, and the others id to have been masked when n will_be sentenced for murder | osecution, having offered a re. | JUDGE CHARLES V. MEEHAN. JUDGE C.V. MEEHAN EXPIRES AT HOME High Blood Pressure Proves Fatal to Municipal Court Jurist, Renominated. Judge Charles V. Meehan of the Municipal Court died at 10:30 o'clock last night at his apartment in the Woodward. Death was due to high blood pressure from which he has suffered for the last three months. Judge Meehan was just beginning his second term on the Munieipal Court bench, he having been_ first appointed by the late President Hard- ing on September 7, 1922. His ap- pointmnt for a second term, recently made i President Coolidge, is now pending before the Senate for con- firmation. Born in Baltimore, Born in Baltimore, Md., May 1887, the son of James V. and S. Beatrice Meehan, Judge Meehan was educated in the public schools of that city, later attending Baltimore City College, Baltimore Business College and completing his education ai Georgetown University in this city. While practicing law- here after graduating from Georgetown, Judge Meehan gained a distinctive reputa- tion which resulted in his appoint- ment to the Municipal Court bench. He had been a resident of Washing- ton since 1905. Funeral Plans Incomplete. “On Juné 14, 1919, Judge Meehan married Genevieve S. (fleason at Springfield, Mass. Prior to his mar- riage he went overseas with the ad- jutant’s department and served 15 months. Judge Meehan was a member of the Washington Board of Trade and the Barristers’ Club. Mrs. Meehan and other members of the immediate family were with Judge Meehan at the time of “his death. Funeral arrangements will be made later. FROZEN IN BLIZZARD. Watson Boyle, Formerly of Wash- ington, Dies in Montana. Word has been recelved here of the death of Watson Boyle, native-af this city and former private sec etary to Speakers Kerr and Randall of the House of Representatives and to Senator Gorman of Maryland, who lost his life December 11 during a blizzard in Montana. He was caught in’ a storm near Stemple with the mercury 30 degrees below zero and the snow 5 feet deep. Funeral services were held Decem- ber 15 in Helena, Mont. Mr. Boyle, the son of the late Dr. Cornelius Boyle and Mrs. Fannie R. Boyle, was born here in 1859. Two brothers, John Bovle of this city and Dr. C. B. Boyle of Libbey, Mont., and two sisters, Miss Fannie G. Boyle and Mrs. F. S. Hardesty, survive him. Since 1890 Mr. Boyle had lived in Montana and was active in Demo- cratic politics there, having been chair- man of the central Democratic com- mittee of that State. Woman Also Accused of Stealing Clothing. Charged with three cases of forgery and two of grand larceny, Charlotte Patterson of 1230 U street, colored, a maid in the employ of Mrs. Natalia Carr, 1222 Sixteenth street rested yesterday by Detectives Wilson and Kuehling of police headquarters. The alleggations are that she took a coat valued at $500 and a dress valued at $150 while working for Mrs. Carr, whose husband is said to be a representative for a New York bond company, and that she raised one check of $2 to $35, another of $29.50 to $65, and forged another for $75. She was san’ tc the house of deten- tion to await a preliminary hearing in Police Court tomorrow. L FRENCH BUDGET PASSES. Parliament Then Adjourns Until After First of Year. PARIS, December 19 (Sunday) (#). Both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies agreed at 3 o'clock this morning on the 1927 budget, which | calls for 39,72 2 francs in re celpts and 39,541,443,921 francs in ex- | penditures. Parliament then adjourned after New Year. As finally approved, the French bud- get represents the first halanced bud- get accepted by Parliament since the Great War. until | following a THE SUNDAY STAR, \\'ASHL\'GTON, D. C, DECEMBER 19, 1926—-PART 1. MODERN YOUTH NOT ADDICTED YOSHIITO LINGERS AS MILLIONS PRAY Many Japanese Theaters and Stores Close, Expecting His Death Soon. Br the Associated P TOKIO, December 1% hearkening to the prayers of the na- tion, the spirit of Emperor Yoshihito still remained within his body late to- night. For days the temples and shrines of Japan have been crowded with humble and noble alike, praying that the life of the sovereign might be spared. And late today when his faithful attendants had almost despaired in their fight against pneumonia which for more than a week had shortened the breath of their ruler, he rallied and was able to partake of food. Lager, however, the frequent bulleting issued by the household department stated that his majesty’s condition was unchanged. Concealment Is Denied. The household department, replying to persistent anxious inquiries hy more than one hundred newspaper men gathered about the Summer palace grounds at Hayama, gave as- surance that the bulietins’ being is- sued were giving the exact condition of his majesty. The anxiety of the newspaper men was caused by the Japanese custom of holding the an- nouncement of death until the de: ceased monarch has been taken to the palace at Tokio. Such announcement would be made by the household department and it would algo announce the succession to the throne of Crown Prince Hirohito, who since 1921 has been Japan's Regent, acting for the invalid em- peror. The . principal theaters of Tokio have closed indefinitely. Osaka re- ports that commercial business is at a standstill. Virtually all of official Japan has gathered at Hayama. The village at the seashore 33 miles from Tokio vir- tually has become the temporary capital ofy the empire. Soldiers and police throng the streets and guard the palace walls which inclose nu- merous buildings clustered about the villa in which the Emperor lies in his struggle for life. Vigilant Watch Day and\ Night, For more than a week the hundred newspaper men have continued their vigilant watch day and night since the Emperor's illness developed from bronchitis into pneumonia Decem- ber 9. Every temple and shrine in the pa- tion is crowded with worshipers, praying for their sovereign. All par- ties and holiday festivities are sus. pended, social and business life has halted. Foreign diplomats have can- celed all functions. The announce- ment of the death of the Emperof would bear the signatures of all the ministers of state and would be car- ried throughout the empire in an off- cial gazette. At the moment of its issuance Shinto priests would proceed to a sacred place in the Imperial Palace gardens in Tokio where deceased Em perors and their ancestors are en- shrined. There, with secret services, they will perform the traditional cere- monies designated upon the death of the sovereign and others which mark the ascension of the new Emperor. SCIENCE AT LAST TAKES PULSE OF LASSEN PEAK Observatory Established Ten Miles From Top of Only Active TU. 8. Voleano. By the Associated Press. MINERAL, Calif., December 18.— Science at last is able to put its finger on the pulse of Lassen Peak, only active volcano in the continental United States, exclusive of Alaska. The Federal Geological Survey established today an observatory at this .point, 10 miles from the peak, and has installed selsmographs on concrete plers, so placed that the tilting of the earth a mere inch 20 ‘miles away would be recorded. The temperature of the peak will be kept as faithfully as the fever chart of a hospjtal patient and even the tiniest vibration when the volcano starts to throw a smoke screen around the surrounding country will be mag- nified 200 times by "the intricate sclentific instruments. Portable seismographs will be placed at various points on the peak. LEFT-HAND TURN BARRED F and G Streets Affected Until After Christmas. Anticipating an increase in traffic in the business area during the last five shopping days_before Chrigtmas, po- lice and traffic ~officials yesterday adopted several temporary regula- tions designed to prevent traffic jam: The regulations will become effective at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and :-lll remain in force until Christmas lay. Eighth street between Market Space and F street will be a one-way thor- oughfare for northbound traffic only. No left-hand turns will be pernit- ted on F and G streets between Seventh and Fourteenth streets. The special regulations were ordered survey of the business district by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, su- perintendent of police; Col. I. C. Moller, assistant director of traffic, and Inspector E. W, Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau. DEAD COW OWNER PAYS. PORTLAND, Me., December 18 (#). An automobile owner, whose ma- chine killed a cow, today won an award of $188 for damage to his machine. The cow had wandered onto the highway blindfolded. The suit was brought by William M. Tucker of Standish against Fdward” O. Brown of Vassalboro, owner of the cow. He asked $500 damages. With ice clinging to the shore line and the thermometer trying vainly to climb to the freezing point, John J Splawn, 3616 N street, plunged int the Potomac just above Georgetown yesterday afternoon, dived and floated as though he enjoyed it. Mr. Splawn had no special reason for picking the coldest day of the sea- son for his little frolic in the jcy waters. He takes his dips sporadically throughout the year regafdless of the weather. The colder the weather the they committed the alleged flogging. E. A. Jones, a grocery store pro- prietor, and Sam Green, his negro helper, were Hfogging. more often he goes in for a swim. For instance, he took his first plash of the week Thursday and went in again the victims of the | Prida; y. After his swim, yesterday Mr. 63-year-old Riverman Picks Coldest Day ‘Snlfimn hurriedly donned his thick underwear, which he left on the river bank, and complained to a reporter who witnessed the demonstration that the only thing he didn't like about the water when it's cold is that it numbs his hands and feet A habitue of the upper Potomac, where he has heen swimming for about 40 yvears, Mr. Splawn is affec tionately known to the children as “Dad.” " He has taught many of them to swim. Now in the sixty-fourth vear of his life, the veteran riverman is healthy and robust and attributes his physical condition to his frequent exercise in the Potomac waters.( { As though | TO DRUGS, COL. Vicious Practice Is Missing Among Younger Sets, Survey Shows. Field Agents’ Reports Hold Use of Narcotics Is Falling Off. The much maligned American flapper and her boy friend, the sheik, embattled subjects for violent charges and countercharges of hip-flash toting, immorality and going to the devil generally, certainly cannot be ac- cused of one vicious practise—drug addiction—is the emphatic opinion of Col. L. G. Nutt, head of the narcotic division of the Treasury Department. Coming to the defense of the yvoung folks, who have been lampooned and caricatured from many sides as tak- ing a merry slide on the slippery broad gath leading downhill, Col. Nutt said a nation-wide survey of the situa tion just completed had disclosed not only that there was little drug addic- tion among the youthful, but that the estimated number of addicts had fallen off within two years from more than 110,000 for the country to less than 100,000. Cold figures from the survey, Col Nutt said, come to the defense of the hoy and girl and the school child. They show that the average age of the ‘addlet {s climbing upward. This means, he explained, that the fllicit peddlers and purveyors of polsonous drugs, capable of forming a vicious and almost inescapable habit, have been signally failing lately in efforts to gain new recruits for their army of drug slavee, Most Addicts in Thirties. The average age of the male addict is placed at 34 years in the survey made by the field force of-the narcotic division, while the average age of the female addict is somewhat lower, at 30 years, Chis is taken by officlals in charge as a most encouraging sign for the rising generation, because, they say, the average age of the drug addict discloses that this average addict is old enough to have started the prac- tice even hefore the enactment of the Harrison narcotic act, about 11 years ago. No denial is made that some new recruits are being enlisted in the ranks of the “dope fiends,” but thes gain is estimated is smaller than the loss on account of death and other causes. The enlistment, it is most emphatically pronounced, ia not being made for the most part among the new American generation. The high price of narcotics in illicit channels, as contrasted with the reasonable prices in drug stores and other legal and licensed places was sald by Col. Nutt to he one factor in the fight to keep the rising genera tion in America from falling into the pernicious drug habit. For instance, Col. Nutt said, drug stores throughout the country gen erally sell morphine at 2 cents a grain. Physicians can buy it at $7.50 an ounce of 480 grains, wholesale, or at the rate of something less than 2 cents a grain. But the drug peddler, with his “‘decks” of the lllicit stuff, can usually get from $1 to $2 a grain, as contrast- ed with the legal price of 2 cents for the same amount. As drug addicts de- mand several grains dally for satisfac- tion, Col. Nutt sald, the cost of main- taining a drug appetite now ranges around $5 to $8 each day. There are about four “shots” or doses in each grain. Slaves Driven to Crime. Thosé poor souls who have fallen slaves to the habit, however, accord- ing to Col. Nutt, are usually driven, unless they have a large income, to all sorts of devices, vices and crime to attempt to get the money neces- sary to satisfy their terrible craving. Even an appetite for liquor can be, NUTT REPORTS % COL. L. G. NUTT, denied at times under stress of econ- omy, according to Col. Nutt, but the poor drug addict suffers terrible tor- ture if deprived. Once started his system demands the drug. Many charges of drug among school children and people of high school age ha: turned over to the nareotic division during the past few months, according to the records at narcotie headquar ters. Each one of these cases has been run down to its very roots by experienced investigators. In eve one of the so-called semsational re. ports, it was learned. not a ecintilla of real evidence had heen found, and the good namee of the boys and girls cast under suspicion had been cleared Most of the drug addicte now belong to the underworld, sald Col. Nutt. It is true that a very faw are to be found in respectable soglety. The big peddlers, however, Col. Nutt said, are never addicts themselves. They know that to keep their business going they must keep a cool head, he explained, adding that they often em- ploy addicts, as their agents, to sell to regular customers, and attempt to gain new recruits for the drug army. The cleverest kind of disguises and pretense must be resorted to by the Federal narcotic agent, it is known, in order that he may be able to make his first “buy” from a peddler. The handlers of illicit drugs have come to be exceedingly wary, as they know the penalties of the courts are severe and the percentage of con- viction high. The conviction per- centage for the past year was 96.2 per cent, according to the record. The percentage of convictions is evident in figures forAhe past year, which show there were 5,120 narcotic convictlons and only 204 acquittals. ectiveness in methods of scruti- nizing the legal handling of drugs also has tightened up, officials report. Monthly returns of sales rendered by importers, manufacturers and whole- sale dealers afford means not only for controlling the manufacture and sale of narcotics, it was said, but also for a systematic scrutinizing of all purchases. As far as possible with the present force, It was explained, every person the aggregate of whose purchases has appeared excessive has been in- vestigated. _An abstract system, oper- ated in connection with the audit of the monthiy returns for apprehending such purchasers, has resulted in di- recting the inspections and investiga tions of registered persons essential to that aspect of the enforcement of the law. Opium smoking is not prevalent in America, it was disclosed by Col. Nutt, who showed there were only 62 convictions and 3 acquittals for the year. The total amount of narcotic drugs and preparations seized or purchased during the year as evidence was 9,147 ounces, addiction young YOUNG BRIDE SLAIN INBARBER'S CHAIR Relations With Father of Gypsy Husband Blamed in Killing by Brother. By the Associated Pre SCHUYLER, Nebr., December 18— An 18.year-old American girl, who yielded to the romance of a gypsy lover and became his bride 10 months ago, pald with her life for failing to heed his stern demand that she be not “too friendly” with any one, not even his father. The girl, Famie Mason, had her last argument with her husband last eve- ning, when he accused her of “too friendly’ relations with his father. As she left the gypsy camp she was fol- lowed by her husband, Duffy Mason, and his brother Ted. As she sat in a barber’s chair having her hair shin- gled Ted shot her through the head. < Both Acused of Murder. Today the brothers were formally charged with first degree murder by County Attorney George Wertz, who termed the shooting “the worst case of cold-blooded murder I ever heard X “The father-inlaw, Frank Mason, 60, told the county attorney he ham never been anything more than a father to his daughter-in-law. “I loved her only 8% a father and tried to protect her against my son who had repeatedly threatened her, he sald. For some time the brothers have ac- cused the girl of “too friendly rela- tions” with their father. A violent quarrel is sald to have occurred at the gypSY @amp, near Leigh, when the young wife and the elder Mason re. turned Friday afternoon. Mrs. Mason had visited a sister at Fremont, Nebr., where the father-in-law joined her. They went to Omaha Thursday, spend- ing the night at a hotel. Stofcal in Cells. The father-in-law said they occupied separate rooms. After the shooting the brothers walked into a nearby soft drink parlor and Ted brandished his pistol, shout- ing he had “just killed a woman and I might shoot some more people.” Au- thorities were called and both broth- ers were taken to the county jail here. They offered no resistance. In their cells today they assumed a stolcal attitude. ey e G Three Die in Crossing Crash. PLYMOUTH, Ind., December 18 (#). —The lives of three persons were snuffed out at La Paz, north of here, today when the Capitol Limited, Bal- timore and Ohlo train, crashed into an automobile at a crossing. The dead are: Charles Clark, 50, who died in a local hospital, and two daughters, Ruth, 15, and Mary, 5. Another daughter, aged 16, was seriously in- jured. - 3 . Parisiennes are boots. . . . 2 wearing two.color OLIVER'S DENANDS AID LAND MEASURE Insisted on Southern Railway Inclusion in Purchase—Plan Backed by Underhill. ; -~ y It was the insistence of Represent- ative Frank Oliver, Democrat, of New York, who as a member of the House committee on public buildings and Grounds at the hearing last Wednes- day, kept repeating his demand that the Southern Raflway property should be included with the rest of the pri vately owned land in the triangle sonth of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall, that led to a decision to change the Underhill bill in that respect. Representative Charles L. Underhill, Republican, of Massachusetts, wel. comed the amendment and the best of co-operation exists to have thé meas- ure encompass all of the land needed for new Federal building sites along the Avenue and the greater G street that is to be bullt; for squaring up the Mall, both on the north and south sides and several squares north of the Avenue to provide for B street extension and the new avenue from Unlon Station to Pennsylvania avenue at_Third street. p Representative Oliver declared him- selt ready to support the bill of Sen- ator Bruce for buying land along the north side of Pennsylvania avenue as well as along the south side, to glve the Nation a fitting main_street with imposing monumental Govern- ment huildings on either side. d Mr. Oliver is one of the most en- thusfastic members of Congress in support of the Capital development program and belleves that Congress should “go the limit—and a little be- yond” to make this city beyond com- parigon as the most beautiful in the world. “I am completely sold on Washing- ton,” sald Mr. Oliver yesterday. “You can depend upon me to support any measure for a greater and more heau- tiful Washington. I think there should be no delay in carrying out such plans. Tt is not merely a local city. It is the Nation's Capital, it is the pride of all the people of the country. We should make it a ecity to stir thelr pride every time they come here, COAL MINERS’ PAY CUT. West Virginia Owners Blame Drop in Market Prices. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., December 18 (#).—A sharp drop in the market price of coal was given as the reason by open shop operators today for post- ing notices that wages of hundreds of miners would be cut 20 per cent on December 20. Notices were posted by the Brady- Warner Coal Co., the Continental Coal 3. and the Cleveland-Fairmont Coal The operators boosted the of workers recently when the market was strong. " |ORMISTON BRIEFLY N COURT CUSTODY As Own Attorney, ‘Gets Bail Reduced, Then Flits Back to Retirement. By the Amociated Press LOS ANGELES, December 18— Somewhere in Los Angeles or its environs, Kenneth G. Ormiston, the phantom key figure in the Aimes Semple McPherson disappearance case, tonight awaited the next mo: of the law—his arraignment Decem- ber 27 on an indictment charging criminal conspiracy. The radlo man surrendered to authoritles here today, was In cus- tody a few hours and then flitted back into the retirement he had pre- served for seven months, while a nation-wide search was conducted for him. Ormiston was given his liberty on bond, pending his arraignrfent. He acted as his own attorney gnd suc- ceeded in having bail reduced from $10,000 to $2,500, He posted a surety hond. ¢ No sensational revelations marked the fugitive's return. Not only has he refused so far to tell the story which district attorney's officers had declared they believed wonld clinch their conspiracy and per- jury case against Mrs, McPherson, but Ormiston asserted he has not agreed nor bargained to tell any story. Denles Agreement. Seating himself at the district at- torney’s typewriter, the radio man typed a short statement, which he de- clared was to reffite rumors that he had been pald by a newspaper to come here and give out a story, “Intrigue and hokum,” he wrote, “‘are as thick as a fog,” adding: “T have entered into no understand- ing, agreement or contract with any newspaper. | have not received one penny from any newspaper nor will I in the future. However, the copyrighted first in- stallment of what purported to be “an autherized” story of the life and ro- mance of Ormiston appeared in a newspaper here, While the radio man's unusual method of return here after an ab- sence of nearly seven months, during which he was sought from coast to coast, did not ripple the apparently calm surface at Angelus Temple, it did rile up things at the district at- torney’s office. 5 Assails “Private Captors.” E. J. Dennison, who took a leading part in presenting the State's con- spiracy case against Mrs. McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnle Ken- nedy, at their preliminary hearing, charged that he was double-crossed by Ormiston's “private captors,” who have had him in tow since he was located at Harrisburg, Pa., more than a week ago. Dennison, after obtaining an in- dictment against the radio man from the grand jury, in an effort to facili- tate his extradition, was endeavoring, at the time Ormiston arrived in Cali- fornia, to bring about his arrest in Chicago on a fugitive warrant. Christmas at Home. Ormiston told officials that he would like to spend Christmas with his parents in San Francisco and probably will drive his automobile there. The automobile was seized recently in an Oakland garage, where it had been abandoned last June, and was brought to Los Angeles by representatives of the district attor- ney’s office. Harold Davis, chief deputy district attorney in charge of the office in the absence of District Attorney Asa Keyes, told the radlo man that he could have the automobile back as soon as he engages an attorney to make the necessary legal arrange- ments. Photographs of the automo- bile have been made, and its contents Including a portable typewriter, part of aradio set, an overcoat and a pair of goggles, will be retained by the authorities, Ormiston promised to produce the automobile whenever demanded by the district attorney. ¢ Dennison Unmollified. Although he expects to make the San Francisco trip, it is possible that he may bring his parents to Los An- geles for Christmas, Ormiston said. Dennison met Ormiston cordially when introduced just before the ar- raignment today, but was not entirely mollified. “The fact that Ormiston is here is satisfactory, but the manner in which he was jockeyed around was at least undignified, as far as the law was concerned,” he sald. California weather held the interest of Mrs. McPherson today when asked “What about Ormiston?” “I'm sorry Mr. Ormiston came back to his sunny southern California to find it raining,” the evangelist said. “I read where he sald he was so glad to get out of the frigid Middle West and into the southland again. I thought it was a shame that he couldn’t spend his first full day here in real Los Angeles climate: “But, serlously, I suppose I'll have to repeat for the thousandth time that all I know about Mr. Ormiston is what I read in the newspapers.” SNOW FROM BLUE SKY. Norfolk Experiences Storm From Clear Heavens. NORFOLK, Va., December 18 UP).— A ‘snowstorm from a sunlit sky was a bit of freak weather dished out to the people of Norfolk today by the “weather man.” The phenomenon occurred about noon and lasted sev- eral minutes, falling in regular Mid- winter quantity while it lasted. The feathery flakes apparently came from a vagrant light cloud, the only one visible to an astonished public, which failed entirely to dim the bril- liance of the sun. By the Amsociated Press. PARIS, December 18.—The French, who wopularized long pants during their revolution of 1793, now are dis- cussing a_proposal to put the male of the species back into knee breeches ours,” hut fancy silk such as I'enu Brummels of the eighteenth cen wore. Ever alert for feminine charms, the Galllc male hss observed through recent years how inch by inch well dressed women, have shortened their skirts until now their very kneecaps brave the public g With his tra- ditional logic, the Frenchman began to ask why men should not be equally free to display whatever charms they may think they possess hetween ankle and knee, Proponents. of shorter, snappy breeches argue that masculine wear has become too dull, standardized and colorless in recent years. In their opinion it would be a service of beauty and a contribution to the gaiety of nations te,_do away with somber woolén t: and readopt shorter garmenta and satin in bright colors, / /:1/')‘?@ Mfi(é JOHN W. LANGLEY, Former Kentucky Representative, who was paroled from Atlanta Penitentiary toda; SARGENT ALLOWS LANGLEY PAROLE Likely to Be Released To- morrow—McCray Case Is Now Being Considered. By the Amsociated Press. John W. Langley of Kentucky, once a power in the House of Representa- tives, was granted a parole yesterday from the Atlanta Penitentia Langley, who probably will be re- leased tomorrow, has served 11 months of a two-year sentence for conspiring to violate the prohibition Jaw. By good conduct he obtained, under regular prison rules, a recom- mendation for parole, which Attorney General Sargent granted without action from the White House. No Pardon Bar. While the parole will reiease the Kentuckian almost unconditionally from prison, it does not restore his civil rights. A presidential pardon, however, would have this effect. While it was_said at the Department of Justice that it would be unusual for the President to allow a Christ- mas pardon so closely after a parole, there is no legal bar to extension on both forms of clemency. At the time of his conviction Lang- ley was serving his tenth term in the House as a Republican from the tenth Kentucky district, the moun- tainous eastern tip of the State, and was chairman of the public buildings committee. Wife Is Elected. Even after his conviction his con- stituents returned him to Washing- ton, but he resigned from the House when he failed to get a reversal in the higher courts. = His wife was elected in November to represent his old district in Congress. The Christmas pardons which the President extends are recommended by the Department of Justice, acting on petitions from prisoners or their friends. which the department has under con- sideration include that in behalf of Warren T. McCray, former Governor of Indlana, now serving a 10-year sen- tence at Atlanta on & charge of using the mails to defraud. Appeals for mercy in his case have been based in part on the allegation of bad health, and an inquiry was undertaken by the department last week to deter- mine his ability to endure confine- ment. PACKAGE OF ENVEL}JPES ‘FOOLS PAY ROLL THIEVES Brooklyn Bookkeeper Puts Cash in Pocket and Dummy Under Arm Is Stoler. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 18.—David Sanderson, a Brooklyn bookkeeper, made a debit entry in red in his ledger today and smiled as he made it. For the debit entry was for ‘‘one package of envelopes,” j Instead of “cash, $2,500" which it might have been. Sanderson was dispatched to a Man- hattan bank to get the pay roll; having read here and there that sometimes others than the owners took an in- terest in pay rolls, he wrapped a pack- age of envelopes in paper and stuck them in his pocket. At the bank he put the money in his pocket and started home with the envelopes under his arm. At the Brooklyn end of the bridge an automobile drew up to the curb aid three men jumped out. “That package,” he was “Hagd it over.” Mr. Sanderson obliged, the automo- bile whisked away and Mr. Sanderson continued his journey to deliver the pay roll and balance his ledger with the entry in red ink. told. Woman Is Sfite Labor Chief. AUSTIN, December 18 (#).—Texas was given its third woman State offi- cial today when Gov. Miriam A. Fer- guson appointed Miss Fannie Daniel of Austin to be State labor commis- sioner. The governor, secretary of state and labor commissioner now are women. French Seek Return of Knee Breeches In Colorful Satins for Modern Men French tailors interviawed on the subject seem to think that by a return to eighteenth century fashions they will regain leadership in the masculine mode, captured long ago by the Eng- lish, and thus Paris would become leading style center for men as well as women. They point out that those rich Americans who now buy woolens from Bradford and have their suits taflored in London would begin to spend thelr clothing budgets in Paris, as their ancestors did in the days of George Washington, in the days when Benjamin Franklin arrived in France in satin breeches and silken hose. “If only 12 French gentlemen of secure mocial position would appear in knee breeches on the boulevards,™ one newspaper declares, “half the world would adopt them within a month."” Butyso far not a single male has been seen on the boulevards without long trousers, except a few Anglo- Saxon tourists, who think ‘“plus- fours” the proper wear for sight- seeing. . =¥' { connection with Representations for pardons | TWO ARE SOUGHT AFTER BOY, 6, DIES 14-Year-0ld Friend Missing, Son of Wealthy Wholesaler Is Wanted. Ry the Associated P CHICAGO, December 18.—Intensive search was instituted tonight for Rieh. ard Popishel, 14.yearold school bov friend of Walter Schmith, 6, who died last night after an assault. Young Popishel has been missing since Wed nesday. Polica also are rching for Josaph Croarkin, 26 ra old, n of a wealthy wholesaler, who is wanted in the death of the Schmith boy. The Popishel boy left the home of his sister Wednesday after a visit. He attended a branch unit of the same school attended by the Schmith boy. Playmates told police of a visit by a man about a month ago, who attempt ed to coax the boy into taking an auto- mobile ride. He refused, however. The Popishel boy's home ia a few blocks distant from that of the siain youth. The Popishel hoy often plaved at the Devon Riding Academy, where the Schmith boy was found dying early to- day by two Catholic_priests in whom the siayer had confided. Playmates sald the boy had enjoyed riding horses which were kept there. When he left the home of his sister he wore light gray trousers, a red plaid lumber jacket covered with a brown slip-over sweater and a cap. He aleo wore a small “good luck™ ring. bearing a Chinese emblem, Was Belleved Demented. Walter Schmith disappeared last eve. ning. Some hours later a young man entered a_room of St. Vincent's Church and told Rev. L. C. Swaeney and Rev. C. J. McCarthy that he had attacked & boy In the hayloft of the Devon Riding Academy. The priests thought the man demented, but finally accom- panied him to the loft. He fled soon after they found the bay Bnconscious on the floor with a fractured skull. He died an hour later at a hospital, reviving only te give his name Search for Croarkin was ordered when George Hingla, negro stable master, named him as having heen at the barn last night with two boys. One of the boys, Anthony Horwick, 15, was found by a police sergeant, who sald he had named Croarkin and declared Walter was the other bhoy. Anthony told him, the officer sald, that Croarkin gave them candy, but later sent him on an errand, and that when he returned the stable door was locked, though he heard some. body inside. Did Not Come Home. A family living near St. Vincent's Church told police that a young man came to ita home late last night and asked to be directed to a priest, say- ing, “It's my last night on earth. Croarkin, his mother told police, did not come home last night. “fforts by officials to {dentify Croar- kin positively thréugh the priests with whom he communicated were unsuccessful when the clergymen re fused to reveal the confession made by the vouth. They gave much in- formation to police and to the coroner, but regarded as inviolable the obliga- tion of the church to hold in complete confidence information given in the nature of a confession, even though it was not surrounded by all the formalities of that rite. The priests did not testify at the inquest, which was postponed after the boy had been identified. They were present, however, and talked pri- vately with the coroner. Was Under Investigation. Croarkin, police said, was under ob- servation recently in connection with another attack upon a child. He has !bfl'n a salesman for his father's firm. The owner of the riding academy property, Nicholas Wietor, a banker in the Devon district of the North Side, took personal charge of a posse mustered to search for Walter's as- sailant. The boy had been struck on the head, apparently several times, police said, possibly with a chair rung which lay nearby. A bag of candy Iying near the spot where the body was found corroborated the story of Anthony Horwick that Walter had been lured to the hayloft with sweets The youngster failed to come home it night from school, where he was the first grade. His parents report ed his absdnce several hours before the priests found him dying. * Man Escaped in Darkness. ‘When the slayer came to St. Vin cent's Church he shuffied toward Rev. Mr. Sweeney in an inane fashion. the clergyman said, and indicated that he wanted to make a confession. The priests still doubted his story when they went with him to the hayloft. When they found the boy, and while they were considering what to do with the man, in view of the sacredness of the obligation of secrecy, their infor- mant slammed the door of the barn and escaped In the darkness. Mis« Agnes Furlong, 22, a friend of Croarkin, tonight told the police that Croarkin appeared at her home last night shortly after 6 o'clock, seeming greatly excited and almost hysterfcal. She said he asked her and her brother to accompany him to the home of a priest, explaining that he desired to make a confession because he had “only about 24 hours to live."” The girl sald she and her brother did not go with him because they be lieved him to be intoxicated. IOWA MEMBER’S PATH TO CONGRESS CLEARED By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, December 18— Legal barriers to the seating of Rep- resentative F. D. Letts of the second Towa district were swept away today by an’ order in district Judge Lester Thompson's court hers dismissing a temporary injunction and all pend- ing proceedings through which cer- tification of Mr. Letts had been held in al The order was made on motion of the State department of justice for dismissal and the Letts certificate will be issued today. Representative Letts’ eligibllity was attacked on the contention that he was a State rather than a Federal officer, ®and such, was bound to complete his term on the district court bench before accepting an- other office. PRESIDENT’S SON HOME. John Coolidge arrived back at the ‘White House last night to spend the Christmas holldays with his parents. He 18 expected to remain in Washing ton until a day or so before New Year, when he will return to Amherst College, where he:is a junior. Col. E. W. Starling of the White House secret service, who has been living with John at Amherst in the capacity of companion and protector, accompanied the boy only as far as New York. The remainder of the Journey was made by the Preside son in the company of Russell Wood of the White House secret service. ‘This is the first time John has been with his parents since last Summer, when he spent & month with them at ‘White Pine Camp.