Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1926, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1926 MRS. COOLIDGE PLAYS SANTA out Christmas baskets ‘oolidge was busy nearly all day yesterday lending aid at charity Christmas presents. CLAUS AT SALVATION ARMY. Yhe wife of the President passing sterday to needy children of the city at the Salvation .\|'my‘ headquarters, 606 parties GIRL SCOUTS DECORATE THEIR of America, members of the local org: HOME. Acting for all Girl Scouts anization place a Christmas wreath on the door of the national Girl Scout house, at 1750 New York avenue northwest. Mrs. G. L. Bowman, hostess, is receiving the wreath from the girls. s Copyright by P. & A. Photc PRESIDENT LIGHTS COMMU TY TREE idge standing under the big tree growing in Sherman Square, President and Mrs. Cool- south-of the Treasury, just after Mr. Coolidge had lighted it yesterday evening to begin the central community celebration there in various sections of the city. other celebratio SANTA ARRIVES IN PLANE AT BOLLI the local fleld gather to creet Santa Claus as plane was well loaded with everything calculated to produce a FIELD. Children of Army Air Service officers stationed at he makes his Christmas eve visit there in an airplane. His Yuletide thrill for the youngsters. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PAN-AMERICAN FLIGHT PLANES START ON 20,)00-MILE JOURNEY. The five giant amphibian planes of the rmy lined up at Duncan Fiel of their goodwill flight through Mexi delayed at Tampico, Mexico, until a new engine can be installed in the St. ¥ onic # moment before South Ameriea. * SETE T0 $EED * ACTON N ShITH G. 0. P. Leaders Still Hope Hg Can Be Induced to Re- consider Acceptance. While efforts of Republican leaders of the Senate to persuade Col. Frank L. Smith of IlHnois to reconsider his decision to accept appointment to the Senate and come to Washington after the holidays are continuing, plans are being made to handle his case ex- peditiously if he persists in his de- terminination to make a fight for a seat in the Senate at the present ses- sion. A conference was held informally yesterday, attended by Senator Cur- tis of Kansas, Republican leader, and Senators Watson, Indiana; McNary, Oregon; Jones, Washington; Edge, New Jersey; Goff, West Viriginia, and Smoot, Utah. Unanimous Consent Needed. The consensus was that unanimous consent should be asked to refer the credentials of Col. Smith to the priv- ileges and elections committee, with the understanding that the committee should report back to the Senate within five days, and that then the Senate should determine whether it would seat Smith or not. What Col. Smith’s supporters desire is to have him take the oath of office when he presents his credentials, with an investigation by the Senate privi- leges and elections committee to fol Jow. Some of his opponents favor the adoption of the Ashurst resolution, which would deny to Col. Smith the right to be sworn in immediately and refer his case to the Reed slush fund committee, which has already investi- gated the Tllinois senatorial primaries and which turned up the testimony of excessive expenditures and contribu- tions to his campaign by utility mag- nates, now being used against him. Ashurst Plan Likely. The belief is strong that if the plan now advanced by the Republicans in- formally is not followed the Ashurst resolution will be adopted. As a single objection to the plan would prevent its adoption, the hope for it is not par- ticuarly robust Senator Deneen of Illinois is at pres- ent in Chicago and he is expected to urge Smith not to come here, telling him that he would wage a hopeless fight for admission to the Senate. BUDGET HEARINGS BEGIN JANUARY 10 District Officials to Get First Chance During House Review. Hearings on the District of Colum- bia appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next are to be started before the subcommittee of the House appropriations committee January 10. This was announced yesterday by Representative Frank Funk, Republican, of Illinois, chair- man of the District subcommittee. The hearings are in justification of the $36,000,000 estimates submitted by the Budget Bureau and to allow the District officials and representatives of local organizations an opportunity to argue for additional appropriations beyond the budget figures. “hairman Funk said that the Dis. trict officials will be heard first and that later the Citizens' Advisory Council and authorized spokesmen for other civic or business organizations will be heard on particular phases of the District budget. It is expected that the limitation of 25 per cent above the assessed valuation of property to be acquired will be thoroughly discussed by the Citizens' Advisory Council. =~ Mr. Funk said that the appropriation committee will not initiate any legis- lation on this subject, but will be glad to hear any authorized spokesmen for the people. —e ASKS $30,000 DAMAGES. Woman Sues Traction Companies for Injuries. Ivis D. Arrington, 634 B street southwest, yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $30,000 damages from the Capital ‘raction Company and the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. for alleged per- sonal injurfes. She says she was a passenger on a bus, which was in collision with a street car at Four- teenth and I streets northwest March 6 last. She is represented by Attor- ney Crandal Ms The Frank E. Hartman Co. and the Summers Steel Erection Co. are_ sue Jointly for $25,000 damages by R. F. Callahan, an iron worker, who was injured during the building of the Mactarland Junior ligh School De- cember 3 by falling from a scaffolding. He charges the scaffolding was de. fective. Attorney Robert Hardison appears for the plaintiff. GIVES LITHUANIAN VIEW. WARSAW December 5 (P).— rshal Joseph Pilsudski told the newspapers yesterday that the Polish government ¢gok no action at all dur- ing the recewt coup d'etat in Lithu- &ania beyond keeping a close watch on developments. He sald events have Sustified hi: confidence tha the people of Poland and Lithuania would not_permit excesses. The revolution surprise in Warsaw, government had been wel several Lithuanian groups ing to overthrow the Whether the present Lithuanian gov- ernment proves perman depends, according to Pilsudski, whethei not exactly a the Polish Sult to recover $10,000 damages was filed by Sarah Hall of Clarendon, Va., against Charles B. Brattan for alleged personal injuries. She says she was struck by an automobile of the de- fendant July 27 on the Wilson boule- vard, in Arlington County, Va. She is represented by Attorney Crandal Mackey. INDIANAPOLIS, December, 25 (#). —Hardy English sparrows and other birds that maintain Winter quarters | in Indianapolis, are to enjoy a Christ- mas tree and feast. One of the fir trees that surround s. (larence Prof. Waldemaras, the new premier, “will be able to control his impulsive- Reant . A pop_corn, nuts, choice bits of suet, sunflower seed, corn meal bread, fruits and other bird luxuries. here has been decorated with | HOTEL FETES NEW YORK’'S LARGEST AMERICAN FAMILY. velt Hotel in New York yesterday gave a Christmas dinner to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bolster and their 16 children. they took the air for the first hop Four of the planes are now being Wide World Photos. Lloyd S. Tenney, whose appoint- as chief of the Bureau of Ag- ment of Agriculture has just announced by Secretary Jardine. Count Home ball to be given to holds t] doll which will be HEADS COMMITTEE FOR TONIGHT'S BALL. daughter of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, who is chairman of the Miss Suzette Dewey, irls’ committee for the Children's ht at the Mayflower Hotel. She Copyright by Harris & Ewing. sold at the ball. ! Recalling the late Theodore Roosevelt’s advocacy of large families, the Roose- The children range in age # from 1 to 21 years. Mrs. Bolster was qubted in press dispatches yesterday as declaring the budget to be the only successful method of financing a large family. Gopyright by P. & A. Photos. J. D. ROCKEFELLER, SR., TO CELEBRATE MONDAY Will Spend Customary Day Today, But Will Have Christmas Tree Party First of Week. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., December 25—John D. Rockefeller, will spend his Christmas day by maintain customary routine: of Gray his Winter home at Ormond, with a few of the Yule guests, who will later be present for the annual Christmas tree festivity Monday. 'he oil king will play his six holes of golf on the Hotel Ormond course, across the street from his home, in the morning, and take his usual automo- bile ride in the afternoon. The chief celebration of the holiday season will take place Monday en David Rockefeller, the financi grandson, will be the guest of hgnor. A large Northern pine tree, shipped from New York for the occasion, will grace the center of the great living room, and presents will be distributed. In defer- ence to members of the Christmas party who may have wished to spend Christmas day at their homes the celebration was set for Monday. John D. Rockefeller, jr., will not at- tend this year. YULE “SPIRI'l:” EXTENDED. Sweden Grants Larger Brandy Allowanpce for Holidays. 'OCKHOLM, December 25 (#).— Christmas cheer in Sweden includes extra allowances of “brannvin,” or Swedish brandy. The governmental liquor monopoly is allowing its cus- tomers to buy an extra liter during the holids This privilege is limited, however, to those whose regular allowance is less than the maximum of four liters a month. ar., Well erwwnr En; ineer Dies. | ). | , 60, president of | Bridge Company, | nsulting engineer, / yesterdayn Experiments on Iris of Eye Give Hope By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December periments at New York University Medical College in growing <the iris, or lens covering of the animal eye, outside of a living animal body, offers hope that cataract, sometimes com- pared with cancer in other parts of the body, may eventually be con- quered, says a cepyrighted story in the New York American today. The research was started a year ago at the instance of Dr. John M. Wheeler, chief of the university's op tical surgery department, the news- paper dec and is being carried on by his assistant, Dr. Daniel Kirby,and Mrs. Keith Cameron Estey, a woman scientist, who for four years was as- sistant to Dr. Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute, who has had the culture of « heart of a chicken growing for 14 years. The experiments, which Dr. Wheel- er said were still in an early stage, have resulted in the growing of crys- talline lenses of eyes in hollow slides in an incubator. Live tissue taken from the eye of an unhatched chicken embryo developed only five days, was used as the start for the experiment. The American says it is considered probable that the eye culture will live on indefinitely if kept free from all destroying bacteria. Hollow slides bearing the tissue cultures are placed in an incubator where they are kept at blood heat, or about 98 degrees. The scientists hope, the American says, to find some clue to conditions similar to those of cataract, which causes the eye lens in man to become opaque and_sightles: Dr. Wheeler refused to discuss the progres of the experiments in the ab- sence of Dr. Kirby, who is on his way home from Europe, where he compared notes with an eminent Vienna eye specialist. $1,600 LOOT RECOVERED. Delayed by Car Trouble, Alleged Bank Robber Is Captured. WICHITA FALLS, Tex., December 25 (P).—Approximately $1,600, stolen late yesterday from the First State Bank at Tell, Tex., was recovered by officers with the arrest of a man who gave his name as Bob McFall of Okla- homa City. Delayed by car trouble, the alleged robber was captured two miles from the scene of the hold-up. Clarence Wylie, cashier of the bank, was alone in’ thé building when the robber entered. After forcing the of- ficial into the vault the man took all cash and currency in sight and es- caped. Assigned to Pensacola. ‘ol. Robert W. Collins, Coast | Artillery Corps, who is returning from | foren service, has been assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery, with station at Pensacola, Flay SLANDER VERDICT UPHELD Decision Adds New Rule to Fili- pino Jurisprudence. MANILA, December 25 (#).—The Insular Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Court of the First Instance of Manila, which sentenced City Councilor Rosauro Almario to 1 year, 6 months, 21 davs ban- ishment to a place 25 Kkilometers from Manila and a fine of 975 pesetas (approximately $100) for having slan- dered his colleague, Dr. Gabino Pobre. The slandgr came during discussion in the City Council over a land deal. In connection with the decision, the court added a new rule to Philip- pine jurisprudence to the effect that members of inferior legislative bodies, such as_ municipal hoards, are not exempt from criminal responsibility when they exceed themselves in the | use of free speech on the floor of such hodies. Victor fish are the most abundant of all fish in the open waters of the Pacific, _ MAYOR IN LIQUOR CASE MAKES BOND OF $2,500 Chief of Police of Edgewater, N. J., * Also Released in Same Sum for Hearing Tuesday. By the Associated Press. HOBOKEN, N. J., December Mayor Henry Wissel and Chief of Po- lice James A. Dinan of Edgewater, in- dicted on charges of conspiracy in the Edgewater, N. J., rum scandal, y day were placed under arrest by al officials, arraigned before U States Commissioner Edward R. Stan- ton in Hoboken and furnished $2,500 bail each for hearing before the com- missioner Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Less than 15 minutes were required FILIPING REACTION SEEMS INDIFFERENT Thompson’s Report Held in Error on Sentiment for Independence. By the Associated Press. MANILA, December 25.—Reaction in the Philippines to the report of Col. Carmi Thompson, special investigator for President Coolidge, appears on the whole to be one of indifference. The findings were made public Wednesday in Washington. The recommendation of postponing independence in the island met with vigorous disapproval from various Filipino leaders, especially Senator Sergio Osmena and Manuel Quezon, president of the Territorial Senate. _Senator Osmena. thinks the reasons given by Col. Thompson are unsound and that he erred when he said that only a small minerity of Filipinos wanted independence. Holds Statement in Error. Quezon was of the same opinion, saying, “he (Thompson) committed a very grave error and injustice in aflirming that a majority of Filipinos were not for absolute immediate in- dependence.” That part of the report referring to friction between Gov. Gen. Wood and Filipino leaders was concurred in by Senator Osmena to the extent that “it is the most significant statement made by the President's investi- gator.” Osmena believes that Thompson’s findings may ultimately re-establish co-operation between the Chief Ex- ecutive and Filipino leaders and “if such co-operation is accomplished it will constitute the best contribution of Col. Thompson to the course of Filipino progress which misunder- standing has served to retard the time to come when the present situa- tion must be remedied.” for the proceedings in the Commis- sioner’s Court. The warrants charged violation of section 37 of the Federal Criminal Code, which includes con- spiracy and violation of the national prohibition act. EMPLOYES GET $542,000. Stetson Company Gives Cash Bonus and Gifts. PHILADELPHIA, December “P). —Santa Claus adopted big business Urges Plebiscite Proof. In a formal statement to the As- sociated Press, Mr. Quezon said in part: . “Having in mind that Col. Thomp- son is an orthodox Republican, dele- gate to the last Republican national convention, which adopted the latest Republican platform on the Philip- pines, what he sald about inde- pendence was to be expected. He committed a very grave error and injustice in affirming that a majority of Filipinos were not for absolute, immediate independence. There is one easy way of settling this matter. The President has now before him methods here yesterday by assisting the John B. Stetson Company dis- tribute $542,000 to its employes at the annual Christmas celebration. Santa’s pack held 1,856 pounds of candy, 433 hats, 2,604 turkeys, 1,079 pairs of gloves, 50 watches amd chains, one Liberty bond, 455 shares of Stet- son Building and Loan Association stock, flve life insurance policles of $5,000 each and a cash bonus of $504,000. Secretary®of Labor James J. Davis, who spoke, got one of the hats. ————e Stowaway Wins Freedom. VANCOUVER, B. C., December 25 (#)—Mason Williams of San Fran- cisco, having explained in Police Court that he stowed away on the Canadian | gdvernment merchant marine steamer Canadian Observer, in_order to eat Christmas dinner with his parents in this city, was released under & sus- pended. sentence. “| to be disposed of by them, and rebuke a plebiscite bill vetoed by Wood. “What Col. Thompson says in re- gard to administrative affairs is not very gratifying to the military oc- cupants of Malacanan Palace (head- quarters of Gov. Gen. Wood). “We have at least gained one point with the visit of Col. Thompson and the reign of the sword over the peo- ple of the Philippines is doomed. I am pleased to see he leaves to the Legislature the question .of wisdom of amending our land laws. This is as it should be. It is recognition that the public domain of the Philip- pines belongs to the Filipino people to those who shamelessly assert that the public domain of the islands should be exploited in the interest of big business.” SHZED SHPS NN L0 OT SUPER Meal Was Sizzling on Stove When Coast Guardsmen Boarded Vessel. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December Bacon and eggs were sizzling in a pan on a galley stove, a dog was run- ning up and down the deck barking and her hold was filled with liquors— champagne, whisky, gin and alcohol —valued at more than $500,000, but there was not a human being on board the Honduran auxillary schooner Julito when she was boarded by crews from two Coast Guard boats in the Poquoson River near York River late Thursday. The crew had apparently left the whisky-laden craft only a few min utes before the Coast Guard boats arrived. How they went or where they went the officers of the Coast Guard boats do not know. They found a hot fire in the stove in the ship's galley and on the stove was a frying pan containing bacon and eggs. The men must have left with- out their supper, because there were clean dishes on the table in the mess room as if they had been put in place preparatory to serving a meal. Boatswain A. N. Taylor, in com- mand of one of the Coast Guard bo was among the boarding party that scaled the sides of the Julito. The latter vessel had hove to as if she were looking: for a place to land her cargo of Christmas cheer. Boatswain Taylor said there was no sign of a human being on the schooner and he did not see anybody leave her. He 15 of the opinion that the crew on the rum-aden craft must have been advised of the coming of the Coast Guard boats and fled. Samples of the-Julito's cargo were brought to the Custom House here yesterday. There were about 100 cases of champagne, 100 cases of gin, 1,500 cases of alcohol and about 300 cases of whisky Judging from conditions in the hold of the ship, it appeared that several cases of alcohol had been removed. The champagne and gin were packed tight in the hold of the ship and ap- parently had not been molested from the time it was put on board, GEORGE LOOMS, AUTHOR, DIES AFTER OPERATION Wrote in Hospital After Return- ing, Broken in Health, From War. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., December George Looms, author, died here y terday from complications following an_ operation. Looms was born at Louisville, Ky., November 22, 1886, where his father was a carriage manufacturer, and was graduated from Princeton Uni- versity. He served in the army dur- ing the World War, the end of which found him broken in health. In Fitz- simmons’ Hospital, Denver, he wrote most of his first novel, “Stubble.” Two A e Better Kitchens and how to have | them are explained by oovemmeml home economics experts in & new bul- other books followed: ‘“John No Brawn” and “The Caraways.” He is survived by his mother, his widow and a daughter. -Burial will ‘be-at - Loutsyille,