Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. . Weather Burean Forecact.) cloudy tonight: minimum temperature, 27 degr Tomorrow fair and warmer. Temperatura—Highest, p.n. vesterday: lowest, today. Full report on 2:30 41, 26, at page 9. at 8 b ZClosing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION second claxs matter Washington, D. C. "No. 30,193. WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1926—FORTY PAGES.. ¥, ny Star The Star’s every L 4 carrier city block and the reg tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” covers system r edi- (#) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,681 TWO CENTS 'VILE BUT HARMLESS FORMULA NICARAGUA INSIST REBELS ARE BEING | Mcion Calte Plan to Become Bifeet ARMED BY MEXI[}U Rateniiop Bosy o Mgt Disection, : But Research Continues. New Expedition on Way to_ West Coast. Minister Cables Legaticn Here. to the b in o ans damag pointed out has by no m iticn day While hoth wets and drys are hotly | proves to be |debating deaths from poison liquor in | system, it w N York City,’ of the | quarters tod Mel, today with ) “onfined to prohi statement the Gov TH e L {is enrnestly to find an adulter- [ WAE PCCLAT0 t deohol which WIll | commenting but obnox- | deaths in | overindute o | than the med. The 1t the holidiy Secretary ensury out N have that trying industrial entirely non-poisonous, fous as a beverage. The formula, effect on Januar i Mellon said, was direction, as it had a | prine barrier | But the Government | Mellon insisted, still | search for a formu i rod Treasiy for 1 Y poisor seein agreec he liquor to drink S blanie raw day the ev t SECRETARY KELLOGG DECLINES TO SEE VACA w York W ity tendene 1 new is to of . which v Secretary |8 the a step in viie taste as hevera chemists, M were on the which would aleohol aitogether. ng made in this, the Dispatch From Liberal Agent to s Latimer S| ever in pre-prohibition | pointed to, W that | bad dvink were not confined prohibition period. The available supply | fo boctlegzer | truflic was id t the Tre have hee; aterially reduced Cove: rugh tightening i zling compaign at the Canadiar amount of ind wareh be shrin under constantl =0 that the more and supply —i has been Calles’ Capital Say Holds Sacasa Prisoner. f zood 1 and _ his s ul 1 b it th mu By the Associated P MANAGUA. Nicaragu 80.—Further charges th aide the Libevais it supplying them with tained in a Conservati Carlos Pasos, on of Gen The statement jssued by the on, in which he de iven aid Secretary December | o he use of ppison in denaturing al cohol for industriul purposes not be said to be excusable, according te the Secretary, if the Government were not taking steps to eliminate the | wood alcohol altogether, In the new formula, to so into effect Saturday, | i 4 per cent of wood alcohol is used | 1€ to help carry the new element which | to the akes the liquor so distastetul trial Drink of illicit lic (Continued on STATE Mexico has by | Mexican borde dist d not or brought surveillanc resortin remaining big alcohol. which coule Nicaragua the Dr. arms are statement cabled by ot 1 [ minist Washington ner the veri repl Minister iied that | — i i S eSS Mexican Shield Claimed. | Palestine Riches Hidden by o e e vetment na ave | Magic Stone Believed Great- er Than Any Yet Found. been seen by the American charge B Diaz's g in one s is sican in | which | r, Page in August while by steamer came to the Pacific ( vessel Foam was chartered jeans in the United State: ward stated by the captain Mexic prisone ptured by the (Diaz) gov ernment from the Tropical expedition were supplied with money in Managua Tropical d'affaires, Lawrence Dennis, on the Yacific side, and by Adwmiral Latimer | on the Atlantic side. Such armscould | have been secured only from the Mex fean_government i “Nicaraguan Liberals have openly | By admitted Mexican 4id to the American | harge during the peace conference at R ot Cotinto. "It 1s known that the latest!, LONDON, December 30.—Petra Copeaition, on the steamer Suparior, | ® rose red city, half as old as time, was outfitted in Mexico, and that an:|full of exquisite golden ornaments other expedition is now on the way!and engraved precious stones, is to the west coast. | making Tutankh-Amen's splendors “These revol look like a 10-cent store objects d'art from Mexico ha ol jwst | according to information Which has whose resources are known. " Larcheologists connected with the Brit- “The Mexican policy is a challenge | ish museum show. to the United States Government,| According to the Westminster which has recognized the Diaz g0V-| Gazette, a wandering Bedouin tripped ernment, and is a deliberate attempt o, the “open sesame” to a labyrinth to set up Mexican radicalism in Nica- | 0 |10 CP00 BE e o that led 1o . Nicaraguan (Diaz) government | & treasure house full of riches un- feels amply sirong «o put dawn any | dreamed of even by the author of Niearaguan revolution, but obvioudly + “F'he- Arabian. Nights." it cannot withstand tge Mexican gov- Petra, deserted for ernment's repeated armed expedi- | perhaps the most astonishing tion: | created by man. It is situated U. 8. Censors Established. i Palestine on the edge of the Tran The Tropical Radio Co. is advised | Jordian Desert between the Dead Sea thut American censors have been es-'and the Gulf of Akaba, in a once tablished at Puerto Cabezas, Rio!populous valley shut in by precipitous Grafde and Bl Gallo. cliffs of sandstone. Tombs, temples (American naval forces were recent- [ and houses chiseled out of red rock 1y janded at Puerto Cabezas. seat of | stand today almost as perfect as the Liberal government established|when they were occupied thousands by Dr. Juan sa. It.was stated | of years ago. that the landing of the forces was to ! 4 protect American interests there. | Capital of The radio is the sole means of tele- | communication with dence Expected Soon BY CONSTANTINE BROW Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1926, Associgted Press ANGELES, conspiracy a emple McPherson case against of District conviction the office Keyes that woman evangelist is ble” because Mrs. Lorr Hielaff, ‘ber ‘principal “turncoat” and a ‘‘perjurer. Dismissal of tire charge Mrs. McPherson and others inv in the case is declared tosbe imm! Attorney of the Imost im; aine acet fary expedit wdoubted!, ions cost er, from the district attorney’ a cable to the Times from Australia, quoting Mrs. Ruth Ormis G. Ormiston, former raidio for Mrs. McPherson, as offic Sy centuries, is city, in{ter from the woman evangelist. etter Mailed Last May. Thy been last, the strange | date of Mrs. McPhe; disappearance while at Ocean Park, near her Pherson was absent for part of which spent in a with Ormiston. The is based on a story the grand jury here after appearance that she had naped and taken into desert, escaping later. While refusing to di tents of the letter, Mr: 36 da cottage at Carme onspir whict Nabeateans. lost to Iluropean e e the Arabs in pre- s | war days would not allow any one {to go near the ruins. The German | archeologist, Burckhard, rediscovered | the ruins in 1%12, but since then, in spite of their efforts, scientists had never been,allowed to pass through i the gorge jealously guarded by the | Bedouins, notified | Petra_was thousands of vears ago § | the capital of the Nabeateans, an ex- Sacasi | ginet Arab tribe which conquered the taday | Edom of the Bible some hundred re. ; vears before Chr They formed a powerful kingdom, extending north as [ far as Damascus, west as s Gaza 1 and east as far as Central Arabia. The i tribe controlled caravan routes and was reputed to produce famous sailors who were used by King | 1iinued on Page 2, Column §.) The city was graphic that | nowledge becaus port.) REFUSE TO SEE VACA. been Oflicials Advise Sacasa Agent Kellogs | Canuot Receive Him. By the Associated Press. Ormist of using it when she returns tc Department officials to institute divor Vaca, agent of the Liberal of agua that Kellogg coul ceive him inasmuch as he was not Fepresentative of 2 government recog nized by the United Dr. State Dr. T. S (Continued on Page 2, Column NO ADMINISTRATIO Secretary not Vaca called at the department, | he said, because of published reports that the department had not received 1 any protest from him charging that censorship had been estabii against Sacasa at Puerto Cal r | Rear Admiral Latimer, commander of | the American naval forces in Central American waters He informed department officials that he had delivered such a protest | yesterday to a messenger at Secretary | Kellogg's _door developed | Planes Leave Tampico for Vera that the document had 1 sent by | F @ Cruz, as Big Crowd Views the messenger 10 tie index + of | the department and reached ! Departure. \ and « U. S. PAN-AMERICAN FLYERS OFF AGAIN. d Zas by Appear Interfering. - Associated Frees After a discussion tion with President Fepresentative, Strong, Kansas, expressed the opinion th administration azricultural bill be offered at this sesslon of Cor hecause it might g that attempts were being ma head off legislation already pend The Kansan said he w the administration would look favor upon any farm bill whick reasonable, practical and gave fse of success in its operation Higher tariffs on beef, hide, some. other farm products we vored by Repres tive Strong blained agricultural difficulties ¢ Underwood tarif? law. | | Coolid tod th newspap which stublished the desks of «flicials During his visit at Dr Vaca gave to copies of ducuments proved his charges th sorship had wen Admiral Latimer, Letter department men said en by the Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico, "The Unite States flyers, delayed h sever days be cause of engine difficulties, today re sumed their 20,000-mile good-will jour hopping off for their next stop, Vera Cruz, at 11 o'clock. The motors of the four hummed perfectly as the fly v Maj. Herbert A. Dargue commander, sped over the city great crowds craned their ne cateh a glimpse of the Argosy of By ells of Censorship. docnments over the Vaca Included the distributed was ture of the W ent of the Post December comy Tropieal Recept e in Nicaragua v radio statior may be accepted gor’s decision pany’s mes Vaca's) 1 radio station Hvery of the me held.” Vaca his collea dated that the notified by the t could not 1 code for delivery Bragman’s Bluff planes | , headed | flight | where to he e o 29, ing had Radic air Spanish language . The but ct 1o cen tor: « raph com- ! 136-mile 1 Your (D dispatches reached the Ntenruzun, bt de-| QUAKE .« om| INSTATE O irands | Wenatchee Experiences Most Pro- Adrail Latimer| nounced Shock in 17 Years, But o No Damage Reported. the Associated Press ed SPOKANE, Wash., Deceniber gov- An earth shock violent enough to be . Was eve would be successful hop to Vera Cruz, ROCKS BUILDINGS | F WASHINGTON | indication that :):«-; sub, in the tel Kaufmann Furniture Co. Does Small Damage. Two men fire were rted slightly in the wnn Furnitu me in, when st room of the Kauf Inc., 1415 H thout 8:30 o’clock Fa A. Richards, 1810 O n employe in the finishing was burned about the hands | Sviomon_Corbin, colored, River | sustained a sprained wrist, cut when forced to jump t - window and fire did damage t ¢ stre t has landed men, ha ped sages in Spanish o any ber of wglish addre: it Liberal m the 30. t the rated tabl any censorship isic - Liberals id into the inte threatening the Conservative erican al ram und y di tanding pat on of protection and property i State Do- that the, had no i felt in Washin mograph and knowl Admiral Latimer « While th tinue to forge rior of Nicar vital positions forces of Preside officials. in the face f far-flung vergent opinions, their announced for American live While conierences continu hetween high officials in Wask late dispatches from the war Nicaragua told of the retreat Biuft from Las Perlus of the (Continued on Page 5, Colur without \ 500 miles of this city w the Ganzaga University Observatory htere, the director re ! ported today. The tremor started at 7 a.m. and continued for two min jutes, he said WENATCHEE, Wash., December 30 ) A pronounced earthquake was Telt at 10:05 am. here today. Build- ings shook and many occupants ran | Hl::l the street One old citizen who |cember 30 P).—Benjamin today | has felt them before said it was the | leader of the House of David c ngzton, | most pronounced in the 17 years he | \was hound over today for trial i zone in {has resided here. cuit Court here on charges of cr to 13| . assault made by Mrs. Bessie o2 Radio Programs—Page : i niture about $200 cated with | recorded at Spontaneous in an alcohol container is be responsible for the fire. No. 3 an No. 2 Engine.companies guished the blaze. ; “omby h o : th 4 protests ve policy wic BENTON HARBBOR, Mich. 2) member o the colony, 4 - . as ch ng, has lapsed with the announcement u-‘.m,'\\m the State charges R her ' SOUGHT BY U.S. TO END DRINKING ive uman fiicial y. in iquor i that Ly cor mor alcohol,'f were o the iquor | illicit | ry to v ot up on alons nd vod ouses but v in baot- mior ndas 1 de Column 7 DROPS CASE OF MRS, MPHERSON Dismissal of Charges Against Evangelist for Lack of Evi- December 30 —The | Mrs col Asa hoted poss Wiseman- is a gainst olved inent. Co-incident with the announcement | came dney Peters | on, estranged wife of Kenneth | operator ing had received a “most impertient” Jet- P"/.l patch said the letter had| iled to Mrs. Ormiston Max 18 | reon’s | bath: Mrs, Me- ys, a she ‘alif, casc told re- kid- the Mexican | lose the con- | on is sald to have announced her intention » Los Angeles in the early part of next year proceedings against the former Angelus Temple 8) N FARM BILL LIKEL | Representative Strong Says Such alfore Measure This Session Might legisla e today, | trole Republican, | 1303 hat no would ngress | the impression | de ing. to ronvinced | #nd Los Chijoles companies had signed with h was prom. s and re fa- . who m the TWO INJURED IN FIRE. Blaze | jured, finishing re Co srning street room, 1 face road, ar rougi on the first floor. o fur- ind varnishes to the extent of ustion lieved Truck extir “King Ben” Held for Trial. De- Purnell, olony, n Cir imins Wood- worth of Benton Harbor, a former' pected Dr. Safford would call at the 1S HEXCANOL LAND DISPUTE FAST NEARING INPASSE Neither Side Ready to Yield Two Days Before New Law | Becomes Effective. | \ ‘ | SEIZURE OF AMERICAN PROPERTIES DOUBTED| Calles Refuses to Extend Time for| Affected Interests to Con- 1 firm Concessions. E T MEXICO CITY. December Unless there is a last-minute vielding cither by the New York headquarter of the foremost American oil panies operating in ico or by { Mexican government—neither | which indicated today | pa reached Saturd | Me petroleum and laws Under these laws, which the United | has protested as | atory, foreign | was an in will be v land | Government atroactive and conf os v 1 | i i the owned or leased oil lands will revert| to the Mexican government unless,| { before Saturday, the owners have ap-| VISITS 2 SHRINE to new President Calles, in a telegram given | out late last night, refused an appli- cation by the New York headquarters | | of the foreign companies for an exten- i sion of the time in which they m: apply for confirmatory concessions of their rights | . proper- | Still Doubtes oil men fail to apply tomorrow th theoretically revert government. But « here the question government will i1 r as contiscation first of the year, pieces of property it ! definite _cases for such United States Govern- may decide to take. If, on the hand, propertic taken from thei nt hold the situ- | ation apparently continue indefi- | nitely as at present. | Seizure Thus, if either today or ties involved will to the Mexican t still whether the actual fact go 1f, after the the Wreaths at Mount Vernon and Arlington. | Ll Prince Yasuhito howed with grief over the death of h father, late Emperor of Japan, i found time this morning to pay hom- hefore the tombs of two great ans—George shington non, and the Un who symbolizes America’s for world peace, at Arlington, oon, just before he leaves ston to continue his journey ). the heir apparent to the of Japan will personally ex- to President Coolidge, his grati tude for America’s condolences over the passing of the Emperor. The rayal visitor reached Washing- ton last night to greet President Cool- idge as the spokesman of this Nation At lis own request, all ceremonials were dispensed with and he w ceived With the utmost simplic promising, however, that when passes through United States again on his way back to his studies England, he wiil make his visit an otficial as the he apparent. Chichib, the { ment | other no 3 o v Ame | Mount die sacrifie This af 3 hown In other words, there is no absolute | certainty as to when and how the law may_ be enforced, and everything hinges upon actual seizure and the character the Drotests re- | sulting therefron | The international aspect of the situ ation slves solely around foreizy property rights acquired before 1917 which is the date of the present Me {-an copstitution vesting in the nation the title to all subsoll mineral de- posits, including petroleun. U. 8. Stand Outlined. Many foreigners had acqu or other land titles before 1917 the former I permittin:s es. The United States ( ment not concerned with those ! titles acquired since 1917, but has in- isted that the Mexican Zovernment cannot, by retroactive enactment, re- voke titles lawfully acquired before | 3917, In hLis reply to dent Calles reite did not destroy rights and asserted that his govern- ment had shown an ample liberal spirit_in executing them. He regret- ted that the “facilities” accorded to | | the oil companies by the wovernment {had not met with reciprocity, and | added: “It is not the oil industry’s own in- est, but causes far distant, which | e the underlying motives for the at- | titude of rebellion assumed by some | {of the oil compan in complying | fwith the laws.” | | There have been numerous apy feations for confirmation of conces- | sions of lands acquired after 1917, but | | the best information here is that none | there about a half hour later. It was the leading rign companies_has the first time that a member of the epted the provisions of the law reigning house of a great foreign n | With regzard to properties acquired be- | tion had ever passed within the gates {of the cemetery without hearing the | guns at Fort Myer roar out a na- tional satute to the accompaniment of | clinking sabers brought to attention following companies: La{lLy a Cavalry guard. Weighed down Aguila, TLa Atlantica, | by his grief, however, the Crown cca, Los Chijoles Cortez | Prince had asked that there be no Petroleum Co., Humble Oil | gisplay on his behalf. Co., Inland Oil and Trans- s a result, his cars passed through Mexican Gulf, Mexican Pe-|fort Myer almost unnoticed. At the Tuxpan Petroleum Co., New | umphitheater, a bare corporal’s squad JFuel Oil Co., Tamihua Te-|{4¢ cight formed a guard at the step troleum Co., Standard Oil Co. of C-'i- | through which the party passed to be Richmond _Petroleum Co., | received within by Brig. Ge: Ol of New Jersey and)hach, commander of the District of anscontinental Petroieum Co Washington, and his aides. The i, The President expressed surprise | amphitheater had been closed to all jthat the La Corona, Il Aguila. Rich-|visitors shortly before the prince’s {mond, Transcontinental, La Atlantica | zrrival, so that he might inspect the trophies within the structure without interference. [Every one, except the members of his official party w barred from the building whiie he was there. Another file of soldiers rigid attention as the party ap- proached the Tomb of the Unknown. At the foot of the broad marble steps eading down to the tomb the prince 1FALL WORSE; EARLY {attendants halted. Chichibu advanced CALL SENT DOCTOR iive: cetie i simpre o e three feet of the simple tomb. There of reign | d oil under such vern 54 one of the Unknown Soldier and Mount | Vernon, the home of George Washing {ton, was reached only late yesterday afternoon, when the royal visitor per- sonally expressed a desire to lay wreaths at these two shrines of Amer- can devotion. He w accompanied on the visits only by members of his official party and Butler Wright, As int Secretary of State, officially representing the United States govern- ment. oil men, Presi that the laws ally acquired the ated any i i | | 1 | te i Enters in Silence. Leaving the Japanese emb K street promptly at 10 o'clo \utomoblles carrying Prince Cl and his suite made the trip lington over Key Bridge, to i Calles Expresses Surpri | President Calie ’f"l to the Corona, Agwi, Tlu Aguada ! Refining i port Co. m, reply was addry fornia, Standard T T | the | cau corpo | mitted when cessions. quest for posdponement, be he said, “the are Mexican itions which have already sub- 1 their righ to the law asking for confirmatory con- i | ; stood at i | in the past princes of the Oc- cident have stood in stiff fore the bier of America’s Unknown, but the Prince of the Orient bowed low and gravely after the fashion of | his own people. He stood so for a full moment, hat in hand, eves closed {and in the position of one offering a | aevout prayer. | Arranges Flowers. | Former Interior Secretary Suffer- ing From Pneumonia—Has Restless Night. Tex., December 30.— Rising slowly, he looked intently at S 1, former Secretary of | he tomb for a brief second and then the Interior. who is ill at his home|symmoned his aide to bring the here with pneumonia, suddenly took | wreath. Taking the tribute from his a turn for the worse during the night, | attendant, Prince Chichibu walked tating the calling in of Dr. H.|over to the tomb and carefully a T Safford at an eerlier hour than |ranged the flowers at its head. Then | usual this morning. Fall w re Hm\\'l':‘i.: :;.’;‘:.lm ::;nx)x:‘:;lx\:‘;l m\er::’lniu-m:, % cesterday as being practics turned and si s suite. A “Mr. Fa int a very restless | below the amphitheater while Prince T et gkt | iehibu_admired the graceful lines clept little. Dr. Safford was called in | Of the building, the whiteness of which before 8 a.m. and was to make mm-";‘“ accentuated by the bright sunny 4 ving the morning. Members |4y - temperature had increased a little. lefsurely one. Two members of the Dr. Safford, who previcusly had re. | Metropolitan Police rode ahead of the fused to diseuss the ill man's condi- | five cars carrying the party, carefully tion and has referred inquiries to H.|guarding their distinguished charge . Clunn, Mr. Fall's secretary, could | {rom possible traffic mishaps. Mount not be located after his examination | Vernon was reached about 11:30. of Mr. Fall. Mr. Clunn said he had |James Young, assistant superintend- | received no report of Mr. Fall's con Pl'm “"-‘1“;"'19" }l;‘e‘ l'f',w;i \‘}:lk::xr m;d on_this morning ¢.| the members of his party in the ab- dition_this morning, but that he ex e e e (Continued on Page 7, Column 2 EL PASO, nec | 1 home and make his report shortly, [ Heir Apparent of Japan Lays| The determination to visit the tomb | Rochen- | Inventor Turns City Garbage Into Guncotton or Silk 1 | | | i | | | By the Associa BERLIN, December 30.—Gu ton or artificial silk may be manu factured from the garbage of gre: citles, it is claimed, under a method Ived by Kurt Gerson, =rlin Tt he subjecting a ed Press v | s done vs, by the cel sifting lulose treat to edients such as potato peelings and pieces of wood, he claims to pro- duce tare al and acetic A large ut i« Leing cor ed here under his specificatic FLOOD COVERS 200 NASHVILLE | | 4000 Homeless Inundation in City’s His- tory—River Still Rises. By the Assoc NASHVILLE —The g | man came to what is ne | was spread over the city the Cumberlund River age of 55.6 feet The river, which continue it two 2 the rainfa in Kentucky, covered approximately 200 city blocks today | _ Property damagze stimated at | 3200000 and the mighty lake that spread out from the river bed cov ered a large area of the manu turing and warehouse district the homes of at least 4,000 who dwelt in the low Police, in making this mate, said hat ue had heen thrown out the flood. There has been to the local weather over the Cumber since noon Tuesday for the entire State was the for today. Weather bureau officials, however, would not venture to pre- dict. when the crest of the would be reached, but they did not expect any apprecis before next Tuesday. The flood waters hi encugh to knock 1 | | | | | Tenn., December atest tods stood t was expected as r t ac- R nd t of town. latest es 500 persons of work by 1 no rain reported hureau from and’s | wd fair weather ve heen strong over small build- ings and it is no uncommon sight to see one topled over by the swirl- ing yvellow current from the river. Bridges connecting the business part of the city with the easte part have been closed, with the ex- ception of the Woodlawn Bridge, which was kept open today and protected by hastily constructed levees of sand bags. CLOSED BANK'S HEAD i Harry Cohn Was President of Memphis Institution, Where Cashier Committed Suicide. ilute be- ) j By the Asso.iated Pre | MEMPHIS, December 30—Harry ! Cohn, president of the American | Savings Bank and Trust Company, | which recently closed its doors, col- {lapsed in the bank today and died | within a few minutes | The bank was closed two ago after the suicide of Clarence Henochsberg, an assistant cashier, who, before firing a bullet into his head, told a friend his uccounts were $300,000 short, Before Henochsbers's death, Rush Parke, hookkeeper, had disappeared i when 'examiners found shortages of $105,000 in Parke's accounts. Parke surrendered after the suicide of the istant cashier and told officers he {had been the tool of Henochsberg. | Two other clerks in the closed bank were arrested later on charges of em- bezzlement and are now on hond. | Mr. Cohn was 78 years old. A tele- | phone call for Mr. Cohn sent an at- tendant in search of him and the banker was found unconscious on the floor of the washroom. An ambulance carried him to the Baptist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead weeks Boshwitz, and six sons and daugh- ters, all @f Memphis, survive. Bern- ard Cohn, one of the sons, was for merly publisher of the Memphls New? itar, L) . BLOCKS in Greatest flood since the white hville to rise for the ngxt day or of unprecedented il here and in its upper reaches persons | wo: watershed | on th 1St to build up again flood | | Street | DIES AT HIS OFFICE; The widow, who was Miss Sarah | w HILLES TO REFORM G.O.PINNEWYO RK National Leader Picked to Head Executive Group Build for 1928. SOULD LINCOLN, Republicar for New build up Charles D. fonal committes Leen picked arty organization in the E tate, which suff a long ser | defeats in the jast campaign, from the gubernatorial and sena down the line. s beer Hilles, 1an announced in New rman George K. M 1 Mr. man_of the the State bod become cha exec ommittee ing the veter: | ity | {top of the Republi {epeaking. With Senator James V. the Senate Mavch 4, jage in New Yo | through Hilles the ex: the retireme Wadsworth Federal will nmitteeman, M. position to co-ord! W policies of the organizations. netions y and natio| Reorganization Talk Strong hic par elections, for the wer, a reorganization the election of Democ to the senator Wadsworth > twoe Democratie close ver since W sulted New York last heen talk of State. With F. Wagner, | in place of York is fo ators after sasiously W i the Sen: the dispenser of n the State for h Mr. Hilles ha to shingron, icisms Wadsworth Federal several always In fact, nater V beer ase ghou, close of the v ¢ leadership of the as his tate the have. New York i3 one of States in a na.ional campai need for a str party org: there in 1928 has not been lost e National or State ¢ point to a conc a strong Repul Jrganizatic h will not | make it possible to carry New | for the Republican national | but also elect a 1 @ Repu he 1 pi | All signs W n n Senator in pla Senator Copela Democra comes up for re-clection in 19 to increase the Republican rep | tion in the House. | The spliit over | question nong the the wet and a Republ | Wadsworth thi up, or further trouble i ensue. Mr. Hilles is r entirely acceptable to the dr; State. He has for many vears likel active in the Republican party in the | that they ma | State and national! Wadsworth Silent on Plans. Whether Senator Wadsworth be a candidate for the Senate in remains to be seen. He has no announcement of his plans | than to say he will after Marg return to his home in northern York and give his attention to business interests, which in farming on a large scale. An nouncement by him now that he be a candidate in 1928 dout would be followed by an ultim: from the drys, who supported Senator Franklin W. Cristman a independent dry Republican ag: Cristman or another dry in the field again Wadsworth' in 1928, time in such a_way a : s _to make (Continued on Page , Column QUAKE LEVELS TOWNS NEAR COLOMBIAN L By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador, 30.—Reports from the and Aldana hav, an earthquake. The shock is beli tion of the volcano Cumbal. A dispatch from Tulcan, Ecua says the trees in the Yagorral ley The town of Naranjito on the to Quito has been almost pletely destroyed by fire. It is mated the damage will reach 3,001 sucres (nominally $1,440,000), all of whom are homeless. As chairman tive committee of the Repub. tate committee and Republi there Robe has been that he has not e 1 party Republican gover garded in the | they Wadsworth that they would put Mr. Republican Senator | friends are hopeful that | conditions will change in the mean-| to have been connected with the erup- to 1 na again mpir: ies of ging torial York forris Hilles would “utive succeed- + Ward of . Hilles virtually at the | I an heap, politicall nt o of an Hilles e the State A h 1y re- m has the t te w n N ¢ the présent | ide has Atron- rears, been one Vad in mizht votal The ation ither alone York cke o1 ce of who | and dr icans which led to the downfall of Senator ar must be patched | | vided. v to as been i : | will | 1928 | made | other ch 41 New | ) his cluy n an-| o will | ptle atum State | s an ain him ™| | December Colombian frontier say the towns of Gaachucal been destroyed by | leved ador, Val- were leveled by the earthquake rail- com- esti- 0,000 Aid has been sent to the inhabitants, almost T PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR DISARMAMENT WARMLY RECEIVED Executive Back in Capital After Speech on Anniversary of Battle of Trenton. !U. S. IS DECLARED ABLE TO KEEP PEACE IN WORLD Adequate National Defense Possi- ble Without Causing Military Competition, He Believes. veturned to Washingto this morning from Tr vhere, addressing a ing of men and women clebrating the 130th annive battle of Trenton, Mr another forceful appeal ment the o bringi to the Tast night ry of wade for dis wm s st means of peace world e enthusiasiic manner the President’s utteranc | ceived and the genuine splayed which re. and in wer rmth he 5 by th | friendliness sands of furned out at along the street his arrival late yes must have Executive historic old and the was i citizens who statl and et him upon {terday afternoon | comtorti the | was his first visit to that nee becoming President acclaim accorded his visit pressive Immedi sion of th the President | went jing ¢ | the n to to et | conelu t following the banquet at which he and those of his special train of sleep. awaiting them at the Penn | sylva station and started their journey back to Washington. The { President and Mrs. Coolidge went di tly to the White House from Union tion, and the former, wkhile waiting breakfast, went to the executive fices and busied himself for nearl half an hour with his mail. Notable Company Present. The gathering in the banquet hal ed the culmination of sing celebration that had last ughout the d There were besides high State and city Governors or I repre oicials, sentatives of the 13 original s tes. f peace Pre. poke part an impc ed present, In his advocacy of the dent appealed to the nations to engage jin 4 morat disarmament, in which eace and amity would be substituted or hatred and jeai spoke rations from patron- be handled ~claring that he is peace ced by a return to the tive armament toon o on to re- opposition to any effort to United States, and sald favors an adequate ne wants them of a ient for national de- In his opinion the United can render no better service to ty than to put forth all its in- fluence to prevent the wor! - ping back into the gra ages of the tions. Steong Faith in America. Reitel America peat his militarie: the that wh ne and Navy su f tiie rav system of na- in and his abiding faith in the character als of the American people. the esident made the solemn declara {tion that this Nation is strong enoug and biave enough to talke independent action to resist another domination of the world by the military spirit The President said further advocacy of disarmament that is necessary to change the h the individual. so it is nece change the heart of nation stated, has often been ref moral _disarmament. but viewpoint the mistake that is being made in its application lies in the fact that it does not come first. In this connection he declared that if the worid had complete change of heart, complete moral disarmament, complete mutual understanding, com- plete sympathy, we would have little need for armaments nd no need at all for international treaties limiting their use and size e Must Be Protected. 1t is because all nations are,in dan ger trom this source that he lelieves Such artificial barrieis as are possible for the protection of the peace and welfare of humanity ought to be pro- He believes it is well for the ake counsel tocether that might devise means for protect themselves om evil counselors, deliver themselves from nd come more co domination of benevo- charitableness, and ating and in his it of This, ho rred to as from his Pead nations to g their control under th kindliness Iy lence. | good will, because the spirit of avarice, of jealousy, of hate and of revenge are not yet eliminated from the hearts of the nations George Washington and his patriots the Presid pointed out, wanted peace, but they found it was necessary to make great sacrifices in order to se. cure it. “We want peace,” he added. “We cannot escape the corresponding crifices, sometimes for the pur- { pose ,of providing adequate national through interns- limiting the scope defe tional covenants b of our military forces. In the matter of world peace the esident said that the nations of the rth have been striving to advance in that direction, to discard the old theory of relying entirely on force and to adopt the method of relying on rea son. “We are in danger.”” he warned, of slipping back into the old formuia he habit of tradition of ages calls us in that direction. We cannot estab- lish the new principle unless we ave willing to put some courage into our conviction Wan e. sometimes s Trust Developed. ze this point the President stited that nations rejoice in the fact that they have the courage to_fight each other, and he then asked, When will the time come that they bave the courage to trust each othe President Coolidze advanced the theory that in nations, individuals have their counterpart, and as some help can be expected from domestic laws, so can some help be expected from inaternational covenants. He amplified this by saying that while each represents the best that human- ity can do at this time, neither In themselves is sufficient, and for that reason it s necessary to_change the . (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.)