Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1926, Page 4

“ACTOENT COSTS D.CHOMANSS0D Mrs. Helen Thomas, Daugh- ““ter of Former Envoy, Loses “- Verdict in Court. By the Associated Press. REDWOOD CITY, Calif, Decem- ber 24—Willlam Mariagliotta of | ¢:Burlingame was awarded a $70,000 #Judgment In Superior Court here yes. | A terday against Mrs. Helen Thomas, 4 young soclety matron of Washing- ton, D. C. Mariagliotta was struck y an automobile driven by Mrs. Thomas three years ago. . Mrs, Thomas, the wife of a naval ““efficer, is the daughter of George “Marye, former American ambassador i to Russia. : Well Known Here. Mrs. Thomas Is well known in ‘Washington society. Residing at the ““time at 1800 N street, opposite the British embassy, she made her debut #ms Helen Marye two years ago. On . ‘December 13, 1925, the former am- bassador to Russia and Mrs. George 'T. Marye announced the engagement ' of their daughter to Lieut. William | ~'D. Thomas, Air Service, United - States Navy, then stationed at Hampton Roads, Va. The wedding Fol'owed soon afterwards. It is recalled now by friends that the wedding present of Mr. Marye to his daughter was a luxurious automo- " bile. Lieut. Thomas shertly after the wedding was transferred to the Wit Coast, where he is now in command of Observation Plane Squad 3, aboard the U. S. 8. Wright, airplane carrier. Engagement Caused Stir. The announcement of the engage sament of Miss Marye to Lieut. Thomas at the time created a mild stir among the younger set, since Count Negri Arnoldi of Italy had been persistently mentioned as a fa- vored sultor since a_previous visit to .ITtaly, Later Mr. Marye entertained the count at the Marye home here, Dead, Injured and Missing in Wreck The khown dead, missing and in- jured in the collision of the Southern railway trains at Rockmart, Ga., last night follow: E Dead. H. R. Moss, Atlanta, fireman on the Ponce de Leo Mrs. J. W. Tenn. Lynn Barkley Evans, Jacksonville, Fl n. ‘Whittiker, Chattanooga, a. X An 8-year-old girl with the {nitials H. M. H., on a bracelet, probably the daughter of Mrs. Georgia Hardy, en route from Mlami to Toronto, On- tarlo, who was taken to an Atlanta hospital. . II. Brewer of Atlanta, baggage- master of the Ponce de Leon. Goidie Williams, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Willlams, 8000 Thad- deus street, ‘Detroit. J. E. Frost, Chattanooga. W. L. Oynes, Atlanta, sales man- ager for 8. P. and George . Morris. Dr. P. T. Hale, Louisviie, Ky. Four unidentified nexro men. Threc unidentified white men. One unidentified white woman. One unidentified white boy, about 7 years old. One of the unidefitified was belteved to be Dr. . C. Wade, an 'Atlanta dentist, who wnk enfoute to. Cleve: iand. His pocketbook wns found in the wreckage and his office has had no word: from him today. Missing. Unidentified fireman of Royal Paim. Robert Richards, Memphie, negro chef. Willlam Hayes, Chattanooga, negro cook. Sutton, Chattanooga,” negro walter. Injured. Mrs. Georgia Hardy, en route from Miami to Toronto, Canada. E. L. Armstrong, Danvijle, Ky. B. A. Dosser, Chattanooga, serious. H. J. Smith, Atlanta. J. R. Leal, injuries. Dan Lobaugh, Cincinnati, serious. H. E. Bullis, Lexington, Ky., serious. Edward Wiseman, Lexington, Ky.. serfous. J. W. Dowser, dining car steward, Chattanooga, probably fatally: Chattanooga,. internal and speculation as to the outcome of “the Itahan romance was not finally “quelled until the announcement of .sthe engagement of Miss Marye to Lieut. Thomas. i EIGHTEEN CRUSHED . .TO DEATH IN DIXIE WRECK; 29 INJURED (Continued from First Page) which was making considerable speed s it rolled down an incline to the sta: .don. s.1In the crash the dining car tele- the day coach ahead and rooted ander the tender of the locomotive, wWwhile debris from a smashed day coach immediately behind piled down “Jupon it and through its side. “““Twelve of the dead are here and four were taken to Atlanta. Sixteen ~®f the injured are In &n Atlanta hos- tal. Eight of these are in 4 serious con- “gitlon. Eleven injured are in the Har- #pin Hospital at Rome, Ga., and two.of ! the injured are in a hospital at Cedar- Roars Past Switch. A new switch, gleaming in a pour- 4ng rain, is believed to have figured #4n the pile-up of ‘the cars. The Ponce “De Leon, northbound from Jackson- iville, Fla., with many passengers, jjroared pasi the switch at 645 o'clock #3ast night, and & half mile further ‘on icrashed into the southbound Royal !Palm. The southbound train had Ztrailed along on the main line, waiting “for the other train to pass on a siding. ©“I was waiting for the northbound Jitrain to take the switch and pass us,” isaid Engineer Corey of the south- ‘bound Royal Palm. “Instead, she roared past. I grab bed the brake lever, yelled to my fire- “Snan to jump and tied the ‘whistle | fdown. Then I jumped. I had cleared & fence and jumped a ditch when they fireman” was unaccounted Engineer S. J. Kelth of the fiorth- ound train was blinded and severely iburned and could not furnish an- ac- #count. R. M. Pierce, traveling en- igineer, riding in the cab, also was ieriously injured. H. R. Moss, fire- iman, was killed. Identification Is Difficult. Bodles of those thrown clear of the ‘wreckage were removed first and lald 4n a nearby field, protected by blank- ‘ets from the rain. Later they were yemoved to undertaking establish- Jnents. Most of the passengers had [eft their effects beliind on going into the dining car and identification was Aifcult. s * Rallroad cfficials expressed amaze- anent that the all-steel dining car bore the brunt of the crash. When it and the forward day coach telescoped, the day coach behind piled up behind it and down shrough its roof and sides. | A mother and three children, all un- identified, were killed as they sat at a table. The bodies of others were found in positions indicating that death was instantaneous. A negro cook was imprisoned by the stove, ‘with the back day coach piling on top. WRECK PROBE BEGUN. Engineer Apparently to Blame, Say Officials. ATLANTA, Ga.. December 24 (P).— The head-on collision last night at Rockmart, Ga.. of northbound South- ern Railway passenger train Ponce de Yeon, Miami to Chicago, with the southbound Royal Palin “apparently was caused Ly the Ponce de Leon's engineer overlooking the order to take the siding,” to pass the Royal Palm, officials of the road sald in a state ment here today. An investigation already has been #iarted to determine why the order was not observed. The crach resulted n the death of nearly a score of per- ®ons and injury to nearly 30. The official statement revealed that the regular engineer of the Ponce de Jeon was not at the throttle when his train crashed into the Royal Palm, which was idling along on the main track awalting the Ponce de Leon's sage on the siding. A road tore. an or traveling engineer had re- feved him at McPherson, 12 miles from the scene of the crash, but it was emphasized that he bore com- lete authority for it and that he un- the orders fully, 8. J. Keith, the regular engineer, injured seriously, and J. M. Pearce, the road foreman, was prob- y hurt. H. R. Moss, the “The accident was apparently caused by the engineer of the first, the (Ponce de Leon), overlooking the order to take the siding at the south end of passing track at Rockmart for No. 301 (the Royal Palm),” said the state- ent. “Road Foreman Pearce relieved ngineer Keith at McPherson, and jerce and Fireman Moss understood n orders for first, No. 2, to take Corpl. Gus Rusis, Fort Oglethorpe; Ga., serious. 8. T. Grady, serious. Mrs. S. J. Cohen, address unknown. Miss Ruby Curtain, Atlanta, slight. Barl White, Bristol, Tenn.Va., slight. = John' E: Kicher, Athens, Ohio. 8. J. Keith, Atlanta, engineer of Ponce de Levn, ‘blinded and Internal injuries. > R. M. Pierce, traveling engineer, riding with Keith, serfous. Mrs. Willlams, Detroit, serlous. R. D. Hilty, Lansing, Mich., se- rious. . Mrs. R. D. Hilty, slight. A. S. Myer, Detroit, serious. J. Finley, Chattanooga, serious. Mr, and Mrs. Williams, Ohio. William Palmer, Chattanoogs, negro waiter, serious. S R. G. Nunn, waiter, serfous. John - Hale, * negro, rious. Unidentified negro woman. William Hubert, Chattanooga, ne- gro walter, serious. William Kuhn, 2226 Witnell street, St. Louts, Pullman conductor, slight. L. L. Siebert, Chattanooggs. zabeth Finley, Chattancoga® Mrs. E. J. Finley, same address. Jeft W. Swan, Boulder, Ga. U. Rubinson, negro, porter, Atlanta, slight. . e h A Boxing Banned in Ukrainia, ‘- KHARKOV, Russia, Decembet. 24 -L'hn(tnnm‘l. negro Memphis, “UP).—Boxing Tas been forbidden as “brutalizing”. by. the Ukrainian . Su- reme Council of Physical Culture. he counail declares pugilism not only does not assist in physical develop- ll'lnlbn!. but revives the savage irstinots man. _THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WAVES SUIT AWAY Slander Action Against »IIII- nois Governor Is Settled by Judge’s Mediation. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Deceinber 24.:<The spirit of Christmas, coaxed Into the court- room by Judge W. H. Gemmill, brought to an abrupt close yesterday the $50,000 slander” suit of State Sen- ator. James .J. Barbour against Gov. Len 8mall of Illinols, when the ac- tion was dismissed without costs. At lhfi behest of .the judge, Sena- tor Barbour acquiesced in dismissal of the suit, which was based on the g ernor's charge, in a 1924 campalgn nddress, that. Barbour received money illegally from the State treasury by rerving as assistant attorney general in vice cases at Reck Island, while a member of the State Senate. Cniled Into Conference. Two davs had been spent {n se- lectine a jury and another in arguing preliminary ~ motions, when Judge Gemmill called the principals into a three-hour conference today, from which bLoth litigants emerged with statéments which they read in court. Gov. Small adhered to his belief that the charges he made are true, and satd he belleved and still belleves that these actions of Senator Barbour were fllegal and in violation of the Constitution, “which provides that no person participating in one depart- ment of State ‘govérnment may par- ticipate in" another department.” No Shanking Hands. Senator Barbour, who had con- tended that he was outside the scope of the cohstitutional provision against double employment, because his pay- ment in the Rock Island vice cases came from & citizens’ fund, responded with a statement that he was “sorry the governor and I cannot come closer together in our views,' but said that “in view of the approaching Christmas season and our public duties, I am giad to dlsmiss the suit.” The litigants did not shake hands, but bath left the courtroom in smiles. “SANTA” IN EARLY CALL _ AT BUREAU OF MINES Arrives Day in Advance of Sched- ule, Leaving Gifts for 500 Employes. Traveling to, Washington.'a day in advance of his schedule, SBanta Claus dropped in for a short visit to the Bu. reau of Mines Christmas party last night at the’ Interior Department au- ditorium, presented many of the more than 500 employes of tlie Bureau with gifts and departed as swiftly as he came for his home near the North Pole to continuepacking the presents he will distribute tonight. - An elaborate program of events was held at: the Mines Bureau's Christmas, party, featuring a Punch and Judy 4 performance. given by J. Leonard Reh, & comedy film, a‘Bureau of Mines pic- ture showing ofl development in for- elgn countries and several vaudeville|, stunts. The guests were welcomed by Dr. Andrew Stewart, chairmdn of the committee in oharge of-°the affalr. Alding - Drc Stewart weére W, W. Adams, Max Abel, Miss. Madeline Hatcher, Mrs. B. E. Van Peit; Miss Helen Hawley and Miss Florence rdman. : Group singing was led by :Frank K. Sanderson and - Miss -Louise= Beitzell, accompanied by Mrs. Sanderson and Miss C. F. Sponseller. Dancing in the corridors followed the entertain EYEWITNESS OF FATAL WRECK BARES HORROR AFTER CRASH Former Head of Detroit Pdice. Who L;d Survivors in' Extricating Dead' and Injfircd, Tells of Rqscuel quk. By the Associated Press. *ATLANTA, Ga., December 24.—Un- deér the blood red glare of danger fuses placed by railroad men, John Gillesple, former Detroit police .com- missioner, led rescue workers in re- moving - dead and .injured from the wrecked cars of the northbound Ponce de Leon and the southbound Royal Palm at Rockmart, Ga. “Mr. Gilledple, who arrived here this morning on that part of the Ponce de Leon which was able to move,_ told of dead men hanging out of windows, decapitated women, unrecognizable corpses ‘and badly mutilated injured. The train on which Mr. Gillésple reached Atlanta brought several of the dead and injured, as well as those uninjured,, who were rerouted liere and continued to their original desti- nations, to be there Christmas day. Mr. Gillespie continued to Detroit, his home. He had boarded the Ponce de Leon at West Palm Beach. The crash came at 6:40 p.m., en- without warning, and while our as making about 50 miles per said Mr. Gillespie. *“I was in the second car behind the diner gnd every. person in our car was thrown to the floor. The impact was terrific and the train jerked, groaned and creaked. “There -was & great. crunching, crashing sound and windows caved in almost the length-of the car. If the brakes on our train were applied at all it was at the véry mément of the crash. b 3 . “As soon as I realized what had happened I got out and began investi- gating the damage and how it all happened. The fireman of a freight train which was on the siding told me that the Ponce de Leon had sped toward his train and the oncoming Royal Palm, which was around & slight bend, and that as the Ponce de Leon approached the freight her en. gineer saluted, and the frelght en- #ineer, realizing that for some reason the northbound train was unaware of the existence of the other southbound, immediately signaled to him to make an emergency stop. It was too late, however, and the crash resulted a few seconds later. Mr. Gillespie then climbed along the 16-foot embankment on which the train rested, and in ankle-deep mud gained the cars ahead. ““The day coach was virtually through the dining car and telescoped almost the entire length, with its top extending several feet above the top of the diner,” Mr. Gillesple went on. ““The lights in the diner were out, and because of the extreme darkness and pouring rain it was impossible to see riven siding for No. 101 at Rockmart.” ”Purce has been in the service since 12, The Ponce de Leon was made up of 20 coaches, comprising the first sec- tion, and was believed to have carried gmn n 200 passengers. The Royal alm al had a large pasrenger list snd wayf composed of nine cars. inside, but it took only one glance to prove that death had stalked heavily. 1 gathered two or three uninjured mén and commandeered an automo- bile which had stopped in passing and we went into Rockmart for ald.” At Rockmart Mr. Gillespie obtained several ladders and langgrns and, with doctors and volunteer rses follow- ing and with relief requested from Rome; Atlanta ‘and other citles, re- turned to the wreck. There bonfires were lighted from wreckage and cloth- ing, both for purposes of light and warmth. “The uninjured and the e of Rockmart . soon co.opera in the work of rescue and went at it coflz and in, determined manner,” he sl “'As fast a8 bodles were removed they were laid aside in a nearby fleld, and we did not take time to try to identify those we knew: were dead. ves had to. be saved, and it was the injured that we worked after.” As light was made available scenes of horror gereted the eye, sald Mr. Gillespie. “From two windows of the wrecked diner I saw terribly torn parts of two negro waiters' bodies hanging, their white coats smeared with bloud. From another window we dragged the de- tated body of an apparently middieaged white woman, Two tots who expected to greet Santa Claus tomorrow, no doubt, were so badly crushed that identification will be al- most imposaible. “Through one window of the diner we saw a man still seated in his chair at the table. Apparently he was only dazed. Wae got him out somehow and found his body had been severed just below the walst.” Detalling the rescue work, Mr. Gil- lesple said men stood on one another’s shoulders to talk to the volces in the dark car of death and to obtain direc- tions as to how best to extricate them. Ladders were placed against-the sides of the wrecked cars gnd from. their tops to the windows, *- Diner Split in Middle. The diner was split down the middle and the day coach had been forced down that split with its top overlap- ping the divided roof of the diner. By way of emphasizing the force of the impact, Mr. Gillesple pointed out that the dining car was one of modern all- steel construction. This was con- confirmed at the Southern raflway offices here. “When I came on to Atlanta on this train,” said Mr. Gillespie in “conclu- sion, "I looked back at the workers MANY WAIFS GET REAL HOMES FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YE Adoptions Will Give Two in New York Shares in Big Fortunes. Queen of England Chooses 3-Year-0ld Boy to Sponsor in Orphanage. By the Assoolated Press. NEW. YORK, December 24.—8cores of homeless waifs in New York and London will have real homes this Christmas, with fathers and mothe all their own, as a result of a rush of childless #ouples to adopt children. Twenty:two youngsters, many of them nameless, have ridden the tide of Christmas favor for orphans in New York homes, two of them becom- ing heirs to fortunes and socially prominent. In London a similar wave of adop- tion has accompanied the arrival of the Christmas season, and officlals of the National Adoption Bociety report all previous records broken. Adoption papers for 16 youngsters were signed here yesterday in Surro- gate's Court and only legal formali- remained to complete the adoption of six others. In each case the ap- plicants have asked that all formali- ties be completed before Christmas. Atterburys Adopt Boy. One little tot who has attained high social standing is Gerald Atterbury, a brown-eyed boy of 10 months, who has become the heir of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Atterbury. Mr. Atterbury is president of Atterbury Bros., Inc., identified with the Morgan banking i Atterbury wi Miss Faith Ripley of Minneapolls. The couplé were married about 20 years ago. The Atterburys, after the adoption, Immediately left for their country home, in Annapolis, where Gerald will be given his first introduction to Santa Claus. “He's a fine baby and we are very happy to have him,"” Mr. Atterbury said. ‘“There'll be a Christmas tree for him, of course." The other child to enter a soclally prominent family was Sylvia Nelit. jeoeck, who was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Huntington Babcock of Bast Eighty-ninth street. Mr. Bab- cock is vice president and a director of J. H..Lane & Co. Mrs. Babcock was Miss Dorothy Doubleday, daugh- ter of Frank D. Doubleday, the pul lisher. She attended Vassar before her marriage in 1915, and was intro. duced at the Court of Bt. James by Mrs. Walter Hines Page. Will Share in Estates. Under .the adoption laws the chil- dren will share in the estates of their foster parents just as if they had been born to them. D. 0, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926 ARTHUR SHACKLETON. All the children had been in the care of the Children's Ald Soclety, and most of them were too young to real- ize their good fortune in getting a home. ‘While boys appeared to be in equal favor with girls for adoption here, decided preference for girls, and espe: clally blondes, was noted in London. It was explained there that the foster parents prefer girls, belleving they are more likely to cling to the home in later years. QUEEN CHOOSES WAIF. Three-year-old Boy Received at Buck- ingham Palace—To Enter Orphanage. LONDON, December 24 (#).—Three- year-old Arthur Shackleton has been selected as the Queen's waif, and has been entered at the Royal Infant Or- phanage at Wanstead, Essex, to be cared for until he is 16. After his selection Arthur was re- cefved at Buckingham Palace. He is one of the youngest individuals ever to pass through the palace gates, and it was the first time a child under the care of the Walfs and Strays’ Soclety had been within the stately rooms oc- cupled by the royal family. Arthur was ushered past the palace sentries by a nurse and taken into one of the Queen's private rooms, where her majesty had a good look at him. But he was more interested in the bright uniforms of the servants tiptoeing about than in the Queen, and seemed to take it for granted when K}Hm George chucked him under the chin, MOST OF CABINET WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON Kellogg, Mellon, Wilbur and Work to Be at Desk More. than half of President Cool- idge's officlal family will celebrate Christmas in the Capital, while four members of his cabinet are leaving the city for the holidays. Most of the cabinet members will devote the day to_their children. The Secretary of State and Mrs. s Frank W. Kellogg are departing to-| P day for a flying visit with Mr. Kel- logg's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Seabury, at New Bedford, Mass. . They will be absent from Washington tomorrow only. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon left yesterday to spend the holidays at his home in Pittsburgh to join his son Paul when he arrived on his va- catlon from Yale University. Nephews, nleces, and cousins of the Mellon household will be on hand ‘to enjoy a general family reunion. Davis Children Home. The Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davls, and Mrs. Davis will have theinr four children with them to help ob- aerve Yuletide at the hospitable man- sion at the corner of Twentleth and P streets. A handsome tree with all the tinseled-trimmings and varicolor- ed lights will occupy a place of promi- nence at the festivities, Dwight Filley, jr.; Cynthia, Alice.and Helen are all home from school. The Attorney General, John Gari- baldl Bargent, and Mrs. Sargent will spend tomorrow quletly at home with their daughter, Mrs. Pearsons, and their two little granddaughters, Mary and Anne. The family only recently suffered the loss of Mr. Pearsons. The Postmaster General, Harry S. under the flickering red glare of the fuses and lanterns and thought of the heroism of those who had worked the greater part of the night and were not yet ready to stop. For persons they had never seen, the people of Rock- mart and all of this part of Georgia have turned over their homes, their automobiles, their labor and, in fact, their all. It will cost many the en- joyment of Christmas, for they will be worn out soon. 1 cannot say too much for them.” Answering a final question, Mr. Gil- lespie said he belleved they had left about 12 dead in Rockmart and proba- bly @ half dozen more in the wreck- age. The total injured he estimated at 36 or 40, “and possibly a dozen of these cannot live,” he said. POLICEMAN FOUND SHOT. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 24. —Willlam L. Schute, 49, for 15 years & member of the Cumberland police department, was shot yesterday while seated in a rocking chair at home. Accident was given as the cause, Schute s survived by his wife, who was Clara Martz, a daughter of the late Henry Martz, chief of police here in the seventies, and three sons and two daughters, He was a member of the Catholic Church. Prisoner Fights Way From Wreck Ruins And Then Goes Back to Save His Guar. By the Associated Pres . ATLANTA, December 24. =~ H. E. Bullis escaped from the smoking com- partment of a car in the wrecked Ponce de Leon last night at Rock- mart, Ga., and then went back inside | for Edward Wiseman, 27-year-old Lex- ington, Ky., policeman, who was re- turning him to Lexington to answer charges of forgery. Neither thought worthy of nof the occurrence y . " “Sure,” sald Wiseman, ‘“guys often come back to help the offic out of a jam like that.” t Both men, injured, lay alongside of each other in an Atlanta hospital while a policeman from the city de- partment sat placidly in between. “Remember me calling you, Ed4?’ asked Bullls. - “Gee, I thought you were killed at first, as soon as I got through think- ing 1 was killed. “Sure, I remember,” the policeman replied, adding as an aside that as soon as hospital physiciang would re- lease them they would continue their trip: Out of City—New Will Stay All Day. New, will spend all day tomorrow at his office despite the holiday, accord ing to a telephone message to Th Star from the department headquar- ters. The Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. ‘Wilbur, and Mrs. Wilbur are go- ing to spend Christmas day at Wayne, » with his_brother-in-law and sis- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Paist. Mr. Wilbur will return to his office Monday. Work Goes to Iilinois. The Secretary of the Interior, Hu. bert Work, left town yesterday to spend several days in Evanston, IIl, with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bissell, and his grand- daughter. The Secretary of Agriculture, Wil- llam M. Jardine, and Mrs. Jardine are entertaining their two daughters and a few intimate friends at dinner at thelr apartment in the Mayflower Hotel. They have erected a magnifi- cent Christmas tree which one of Mr. Jardine’s associates felled over in Vir- ginia. The Secretary of Commerce, Her- bert Hoover, and Mrs. Hoover are en- Jjoying the company of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr., and their daughter, an only grandchild. The Secretary of Labor, James J. Davis, and Mrs. Davis are bending every effort to make this Christmas a gala affair in their numerous family. Jimmy, jr., aged 10; Jane, Jean, Joan and Jewel, the latter aged 9 months, are all taking a hand in decorating the Christmas tree. BARBERS’ SUNDAY BILL OPPOSED BY LONGACRE Secretary of Religious Liberty Group Holds Measure Is Class Legislation. Prof. C. 8. Longacre, secretary of the Religlous Liberty Association, said today that his assoclation will vigorously oppose the barbers’ Sunday closing bill for the District of Colum- bla, just introduced in the Senate by Senator Copeland of New York, “for the very reason that it is class legis- lation, ~and therefore unconstitu- tional."” “Unfon barbers are protected from working .more than six days a week by their organization, yet they want a law to compel the independent or non-unfon barbers to close on Sun- day,” sald the statement. “Such an injustice {8 very apparent. The Con- stitution grants the same privileges to the non-union barber as it does to the union men, and this proposed leg- islation will meet with some genuine opposition. “The passing of this bill would give the Sunday law advocates an entering wedge Into Federal governmental af- fairs that would be used as a prece- dent to secure more drastic legislation concerning the observance of Sunday.” Strawberries Ripen in Winter. GOERLITZ, Germany, December 24.—The warm weather which pre- vailed in most parts of Germany dur- ing the late Fall has enabled the cu todian of Goerlitz castle to harvest a pound of strawberries in December. The plants are not the everbearing kind, but a species which ordinarily ylelds fruit only in the carly Summer. -— OIN THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB oF THE FEDERAL-AMERICAN “Everybody’s Doing It” BY MRS, CODLIDGE Annual Christmas Party at Keith’s Draws Hundreds. Cheer First Lady. Two chubby-faced youngsters, one a little boy with a mass of yellow curls, the other a brown-haired girl, are among the happiest children in ‘Washington today. They have been hugged and kissed by the First Lady of the Land and from their beaming countenances they seemed mighty proud of it. These two little youngsters, Billy Cropp and Mary Mason, were among 'the twelve hundred children made happy by the smiles of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge at- the annual Christmas tree celebration held by the Central Union Mission at Keith's Theater. Seldom has Mrs. Coolidge received a more enthusiastic reception than the cheers that greeted her today from the host of small children as she joined a red-clad Santa Claus impersonated by John S. Bennett on the stage, heaped high with Christ- mas bags. Enjoyed Program Greatly. Mrs. Coolidge evidently enjoyed it all as much as the youngsters did. She would have liked to have stayed throughout the whole entertainment and give each of the 1,200 boys and girls their bulging Christmas bags, only the performance had dragged out so long it was necessary for her to leave. Santa Claus spied Mrs. Coolidge in sn upper right-hand box, where she had remained for more than an hour and a half during the program that preceded the appearance of the Christ- mas gentleman. Mr. Bennett told the children that they were going to have with them today a lady “with a great big heart,” who would wish them a merry Christmas. Mrs. Coolidge quickly joinedithe-hap- py throng on the stage and clapped her hands in merriment as a dozen or more small children rushed forward to greet her. Then came the camera men. Standing in front of the glitter- ing tree, which reached to the top of the stage, Mrs. Coolidge posed with the score of youngsters, Santa Claus and Mrs. John 8. Bennett, head of the Mission Emergency Home for Chil- dren. Little Billy Cropp, whose tan- gled yellow curls caugit Mrs. Cool- idge’s eye came in for afi especial hug and kiss. He is one of the inmates at the home. Amusement was caused when Mrs. Coolidge took Billy for a girl and then mistook little Mary Ma- son for a boy. Mrs. Coolidge Speaks. Just before Santa Claus got ready to distribute the gifts Mrs. Coolidge stepped to the front of the stage and waved her hand to all the children. “I want to tell you how happy I am to be with you today, and how sorry 1 am that I cannot stay and give you each a bag, as I had promised.” Then Mrs. Coolidge told the children that she was going tb count one, two, three and at three everybody should shout “Merry Christmas.” This they did with lusty lungs. The bags of Christmas toys were heaped ach side of the Christmas tree. Assisted by Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Willlam H. Ramsey, president of the Woman's Guild, Santa Claus, gave to each child an individual bag. Each bag was marked with the name and age of the child, Some contained underwear and stockings, others dresses and suits of clothes. All con- tained a little candy, fruit, toys and perhaps a book. The arduous task of filling these 1,200 bags fell to the woman's guild, the board of directors and the minis- terfal guild, representing those who are co-operating in the work of the Central Union Mission. The first two children to receive their bags were 2;}” Catherine Adamson and Flora er. Fully an hour before Santa Claus made his appearance Keith's Theater was packed from orchestra pit to gal- lery with the 1,200 children, their families and friends. Manager Roland Robbins, who acted as host, had ar- ranged an elaborate entertainment for the youngsters. First Lady Early Arrival. Mrs, Coolidge was one of the earllest arrivals, and received many cheers from the children as she en- tered the box reserved for her shortly after 10 o'clock. First of all there were movies, and the antics of Farina, the freckled face boy, and their little companions caused the house to rock with peals of laughter. Mr. Robbins had installed a phonograph, which furnished music. After the showing of the films Bishop James E. Freeman gave the benediction. Then there were songs in which all the children joined and a solo, “Silent Night,” by Mrs. Frank Crofton, accompanied on the piano by Harold Dudley. E. H. De Groot, jr., president of the board of directors of the mission, who presided, made the children welcome. Next in order was an act by Archie D. Engel, a magician, who held the chil- dren spellbound as he plucked rabbits out of hats, made objects vanish mysterlously and pulled reams of paper from caps. “Kiddie Bag” Success. The “Kiddie Bag” method of Christmas giving, inaugurated in ‘Washington some years ago by the Central Unifon Mission, is declared by officials of the mission practically to remove danger of unwise giving. Each bag being marked with the name and age of a particular child ——ee e BEACON S5 % ually so 5 0 . Lactobacillus Acidophilus Call our produet “L A." Milk. lark) Akl ot phyclolan abeui 1t. NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE Phone North 89. 1515 U 8t. N.W. PETER AUGUSTUS JAY. INQUEST IN DEATH GRASH POSTPONED Condition of Bryn and Bark- ley Boys Delay Hearing Into Seibert Fatality. The inquest into the death of Thomas H. Seibert, 21 years old, 1817 Seventeenth street, who was killed in an automobile accident early yes- terday morning at Connecticut ave- nue and 8 street, was indefinitely postponed by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt at the District morgue this afternoon upon the request of Charles 8. Baker, counsel for Johannes Grin- stad Bryn, 2137 R street, son of the Norwegian Minister, who, police say, was at the wheel of the automobile bearing Seibert when it overturned. Mr. Baker explained to Coroner Nevitt that both Bryn and David M. Barkley, 24 years old, 3201 Cleveland avenue, son of Senator-elect Barkley of Kentucky, the third occupant of the death car, are in such serious condition that they have not been questioned concerning the accident. Mr. Baker later told newspapermen Bryn didn't even know his friend Seibert was dead. Coroner Nevitt opened the inquest by reading the police report on the accident. Dr. James H. McNeil of Emergency Hospital, the first wit- nees, testifled that Barkley had taken a turn for the worse because of com: plications in his chest. Deputy Cor- oner Joseph D. Rogers testified that the cause of the death of Seibert had been shock and a fracture of the skull. It was at this point that the re- quest was made for the postpone- ment. known to be needy, the givers may select fitting gifts. Most of the bags are sought and filled yearly by Wash- ingtonians in their homes, in the churches and in the Government de- partments. Thousands of child letters are re- ceived annually by Mrs. John 8. Ben- nett, commonly addressed to ‘“Mother Bennett,” who has charge of the mission's emergency home for chil- dren. These letters generally reach the peak before Christmas. One small boy whose letter was translated as saying he wanted to be at Keith's for the Christmas tree, but had “no pants,” later indignantly denied refer- ence to wearing apparel and insisted he wrote “no parents.” The letters and subsequent investi- gations, “Mother” Bennett declared. reveal material need in Washington homes on a. scale undreamed of by the average citizen, and taxing to their limit the mission’s facilities for Christ- mas soclal service work. i The French government hal estab- lished several sanctuaries in its pos- sesslons for penguins, to protect these birds from extinction. ar/|CHILDRENKISSED [AYS RESIGNATION | NOTYET ACCEPTED U. S. Envoy to Argentina Re- turning on Leave—Hope to Retain Him in Service. Peter Augustus Jay, Ambassador to_Argentina, has resigned. The resignation has not been ac- copted, however, and it is likely that Secretary Kellogg will try to persuade him to remain in the service. Mr. Jay is a career man in the diplomatic service. He has been in Buenos Alres less than a year. Be- fore his_transfer there he was Min- {ster to Rumania. It is considered probabie at the tate Department that Mr. Jay's de- sire to leave the service is prompted by grief of himself and Mrs. Jay over the recent. death of their 15-year old_daughter. He has been granted leave and is expected to arrive In Washington some time next month. iy STUDENTS OF DUNBAR GIVE CHRISTMAS PLAY Carl Beckwith Is Elected Post- master General at Opening of Office Monday. Christmas activities at Dunbar High 8chool began with the opening of the post office on Monday. Carl Beckwith was chosen postmaster gen- eral; associated with him were Olga Beckwith, secretary; Katrina Butler, treasurer; Edwina Ridgeley, Dorothy Henry, Emmett Moss, Louise Fisher, Bernice Bland and Mirlam Lee. Tuesday and Wednesday the per- formances of the play, “The Christ- mas Child Comes In,” by Zona Gale, were given. The chief roles were acted by Alexine Tanner, William Syphax, Mollle Brooks, Joel Black- well, Melvin Sewell, Phyllis Hodge, Alice Hawkins, Leona Gray, Ora Gib- son, Arthur Johnson, Charles Spicer, Erma Cliff and Wendell Taliaferro. The officers of the Players’ Guild, un- der whose auspices the play was given, follow: Ruth Matthews, presi- dent; Pauline Gaskins, vice president; Elise McEntree, secretary, and Bronda Jackson, treasurer; Edith Wormley and Ollle Young, in charge of the stage. Miss Mary P. Burrill directed. Choral singing, interspersed with specfal choruses and solos, marked the celebration on Wednesda: Solo numbers were “O Holy Night,” by Lola Johnson, and “Good King Wen- ceslas,” sung by James Lee and Melvin Barker. Mr. John Williams, registrar, rendered the solo part in “The Birth- day of a King," given by a male chorus, Sixty baskets of food and fruit besides miscellaneous bundles and money were contributed to the community Christmas tree during the assemblies. PASTOR’S WIDOW DIES. Mrs. Emma Gray Gordon to Be Burded in Ohio. Mrs. Emma Gray Gordon. 73 years old, widow of Rev. Thomas Gordon and mother of Hayner H. Gordon, member of the firm of Gordon & Stew. art, attorneys, died at her residence, 1765 Lamont street, yesterday. She had been in falling health about six months. Mrs. Gordon came to this city with her husband about 30 years ago, he retired from a pastorate in New York. She was a member of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. 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