Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 2

» CAPITAL TO SHARE ' INBIG TAXREFUND Plumber, Isadore Freund Gets Largest Sum, $2,412.47. receive their income tax r Washingtonians will share of the gigantic fund fn the form of belated Christ mas checks, perusal of the several seore record books in the House Of- fiee Building revealed today. It is estimated that 5,000 local men and women will benefit by the refund Due to the fact that a new inter- pretation of the law esempts from taxation certain of their allow the names of Army rine Corps officers are con: the list, causing the Nation tal quota to exceed cities of population in the tax refund benefits Isadore Freund, plumber, 64 1 gtreet, will receive the largest per. eonal refund, getting $2,412.47, while Theodore S. Moulten, 2618 Thirteenth | street, will receive the lowest, 36 cents. Jam: | Fourteenth ne_ Arnol John . $4.64; gonne, n, jr., 1621 John Ely Anton, 3122 Ktreet, § Thotaa Union Trust Co. $4.20; kton, 1916 Seventeenth str vde B. Ambrose, the $73.44; Francis G. Addis Twenty-ninth street, $4.47: Andrews, 1456 Spring rond, $9.48. D v ton, 3 O street, 2.75; A Bobrick, Albee Building $6; William Burke, 1429 mont street, 76 cents; Havold I’. Bell, 1515 M street, Harry Brodie, 419 Massachusetts avenue. $6.15: John J Breen, 963 ? Carolina avenue southeast, $4 Mrs. Helena Berg man, 1401 Park road. $3.40; Burling- ton Hotel, 1120 Vermont avenue, £40.11; Maj. E. H. Brainard, U. S. M. C., $62.16; Theodore Barnes, jr., 2433 Wisconsin avenue; $28.07; George A. Bentley, 1945 Calvert street, $38.05 George Bradley, 2010 Kalorama road, $15.06; Willlam A. Borden, 28 Twenty-ninth_street, §44.39. Fred H. Bugher, Mills Building, $482.05, E. J. Brennan, Hotel Har rington, $149.55; John W. Brawner, trustee ostate of John F. Waggaman, £54.84; May Lou Byington, Wyomun Apartments. $60; Comdr. Joel Boone, $55.98; H. C. Barnes, 2123 Cali- fornia street, $81.51, Frederick C. Bil- lard, 2301 Connecticut avenue. $89.63; Stewart F. Bryant, Navy Department, $49.41; F. H. Burton, Munitions Build- ing, $86.03; Archie W. Barnes, Navy Department Paul Marshall { ment, $47.40; Don- | adjutant general $53.3 , jr., War Depart- | ment, $62.03; E. S. Bogert, Bureau of | Medicine and Surger 0; Aldren ¥. Brewster and wife, $58.33; Walter C. Baker, /— adjutant general, $50.28; | William G. Ball, /— adjutant general, | $11.82; Frederick Baltzly, $60.50; Ra mand S, Bamberger, /— adjutant gen- eral, $68.36; W. C. Barker 7 Twen- | tieth street, $61.42; Lieut. Col. H. C. Barnes, $92.71; Col. Edwin Bell, 3409 Ashley terrace, $100.66; Edmund Wal- ters Bonniton, navy yard. §75.76 ‘Alvah B. Canham, 1348 Ingraham | street, $40.79; Alexandria Mark Charl- ten, 1001 Nineteenth street, §40.6 Jennie W. Cushing, Hotel Roosevelt, $18; Hollis C. Clark, 2012 Hillyer place $28. Elwood A. Cobey, 3201 Thirt third place, $72.70; Alvin Colburn, 720 Varnum street, $41.24; Robert B. Crichton, 604 A street southeast, $30.43; Frank W. Collier, 418 Seventh | street northeast, $§15; William F. Collier, 945 Pennsylvania avenue.| $18.72;’ Carrie E. Carroll, 150 Rhode | Tsland avenue. $18.82; John T. Crovo, | 4402 Kansas avenue, $50.46; Oscar Coolican, Racquet Club, $3.60: Harry E. Claflin, 1314 Gwtreet, $10.50:.Capt. | Jerome Clark, 3336 Reventeenth street, $17.28; John T. Crovo, 4402 Kansas avenue, $50.46; Carry Ice Cream Co., 1837 D street southeast,’ $1,001.92; Reuben Burton Coffey, Bureau Navigation, $54.85; M. A. Cross, office of chief of &taff, $58.90; Harry K. Cage, 1734 P street, $71.24 and $133.33; Dudley N. Carpente: Kanawha street, $51.18; Joh Carpenter, 417 Fourth street, $45.66; Herbert Clai- borne Cocke, Navy Department, §70.34; Frederick W. Cole, Munitions Build ing, $77.24; Chevy Chase Apartment | House Co., $173.99 and $307.39, and Comdr. W. T. Cann, Navy Depart- ment, $74.57 Phillips F. Dulapey, 1531 Kalorama road, $1.90; Harvey Dawson, 725 Sixth street, $1; Arthur J. Davis, 1816 Kal- orama,. road, $54; Harry A. Davis, 316 ] Shepherd street, §40.01; Robert A.j Dickson, War Department, $38.4 Arthur B. Dorsey, Bellevue Magazine, Anacostia, $27.55: Milo Frederick Draemel, Navy Department, $67.70; Peter A. Drury, jr., Twenty-fifth and G streets, Dr. Warren F.| Draper, Rosslyn, Va., § i Ma A. Dargue, 1718 Kenyon street Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, Tracey place, $61.15; €' McGill Building, $46.75 Oscar A. Eastwold, $44.55; Elaine Eppley. itol street, .93; Col. Estes, 2017 Columbia road, $63.03: Oli- ver P. Echols, 1512 K street, $11.45; Katherine Emerich, 1500 Twenty. street, $4.50; Gustav Escher, Eighth street, $5.09, and Charles V Early, United States Navy, $27.80. Brenton K. Fisk, 3019 Dumbarton avenue, $1.48; Mildred M. Flynn, 1221 N street Comdr. Wilhelm Lee Friedell, ¥ Farrington, Chevy Ch: 5.47; Froehlich, 12 iy Joseph Charles ment, $36.90; I Company, $412.6 O street, United & FA. Frank, Air & £ William J. | street, $15 fteenth ald M. | | | { 1 Ninth ore Freund, 64 i Garland Fulton, . $46.64; Maj. V rvice, §. 719 v, 1514 Seven- s Kinghorn Gould, street, $4.83; William P. Herbs )0 Pennsylvania favenue, $39.31; C. Heflebower, §5209 Fourteenth street, $35.54; Paul Harm, 240 Tuckerman ftreet, $15; ol. Thomas Holcomb, 1416 F street, 1$5181; Lieut. Col. Walter &. Grant jArmy’ War College, 78; William YR Gibson, Munitions Buildin, £582.01; Capt. W. R. Gheradi, 11 Ea !Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Md., t 90; Co W. J. Glasgow, office ot of Cavalry, $85.04: Lieut. Col. S, R. Gleaves, War ege, $104. James D. Glennan, Walter Reed Hos tal, $162.92: Lieut. Comdr. John H. cll. $66.94: Lieut. Col. F. M. 508 Ogden sirect, $14 entry, Walter Reed Hos Charles Gerhardt, 91.73 ntington street, $8.28; Katherine Seventeenth street, §2 Hurl 808 D street, $4.20 Hardv, 3615 Grant road, $1.80 {Admiral Edward Everett {34351, Lieut. Comdr. J. C {Xavy Department, $ss 81 jHodgson, 3114 Nineteenth 18874.50; Col. Henry I. Hunt ; Eales street, 6.52: Irvin §1649 Fuller street, $95.86 Hickey, 1817 Sixteenth s Lieut. Comdr. Marion F $49.27. Gen. M. W yApartment, $1 1Co., 1416 F st Arthur Jone h M. Jude 7 Fairmont street, 9; Lieut. Col. Walter H. Johnson, 316 New Hampshire avenue, reet, §1.54; 709 H )a 81 Allison, Harvey W C. 0 Rear Hayden, Hilltard Cary V. street, | 1729 De L. Hunt, | Harry K Harrison Ireland, Wyoming ad Roofing ah | ¥ 1811047 | chief of Afr Service, B3 et, $97.43; | Heads Ball Committee | | | | | i SPEAKER NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Appointed chairman of the floor com- mittee for the annual charity ball, to be given at the V v night for the benefit of Children's| Hospital. Mr. Longworth has selecte distinguished officials and residents of Washington to assist him, among whom is Secretary of War Davis Krechting, 1010 Fast Capital street, $14.26; Albert W. Kenner, 1309 Fern street, $10.14; Edgar . Kaufman, 431 Seventh street, $13.28; §. R. Karpeles, | 1119 Columbia'road, §2.02; Liuet. Col. A Kumpe, 2022 Columbia road, | $66.35; Kay-Alger Co., Inc., 617 Bond Building, $42.46. vd, 1868 Columbia | man, 1718 Twenty- | Edward J. Lynch, 1llinois avenue, $8.25; Andrew F. ly, 1750 P street, $20; William P. Lipscomb, the Ontario, $12.50; La “ayette Hotel Co., Colorado Building, 0.37; Jerome A. Lee, 3804 Kana-{ wha_street, $16.44; Comdr. John J.| London, Navy Department, $43.24; Herbert M. Lord, Ontario Apartments, Albert G. and Alice F. Love, $56.21. Col. George E. Mitchell, 2006 Co- lumbia road, $95.64: Col. A. Moreno, War Department, $71.90; O. G. Murfin, . $95.43; James G. Mclllroy, sixth street, $18 , 3407 Twenty-ninth street : U. M. Miller, Munitions Buil ing, $61.47; David M. McPherson, 172 Lanier place, $10.05. Mary L. Aninch, 1470 Newton street, McAskill, 2000 H street, A. McAtee, Woodward | $171.87; X. Morgin- Thirteenth street, $5.05; John McCormack, 4124 Ninth street, $8.87; David K. Myers, 5620 Thirty. second street northeast, $26.59. Mrs. J. H. Metzerott, 3504 Sixteenth street, $392.74; Willlam T. Mallison, director of naval intelligence, $56.07; ! J.'R. McAndrews, 2511 Twenty-eighth street, $62.33; Lieut. Col. W. V. Mor- ris, 2026 Allen place, $42.71; Capt. Joseph A. Murphy, $95.93; Maj. Max- well Murray, 1742 R street, $66.26; Maj. Gen. k McIntyre, Wyoming Apartm, $177.97: MacGillivray Milne, Department, $62.82; Brig. | Gen, Walter D. McCaw, $70.72; Helen | Stewart Marlott, 1521 Sixteenth street, $49.06; McLachlen Banking | Corporation, Tenth and G streets. | $089.91; trustees estate of Alfred M. | Moore, $1,175.47. | L. T. Nathan, 1101 Euclid street,| $22.47; National Bank of Washington, Seventh and C_ streets. $233.42 William Glimore Neill, 2006 Columbia | road, .04, Mrs. M. Ockershausen, 1410 G street, $350.76; John A. O'Donoghue, 909 Sixteenth street, $5: Isaac Otten. | berg, 1620 Lamont street, $22.92 Howard P. Page, Lee House, $26.44 Harry W. Price, 210 Tenth street, | $42.66; Stanton J. Peelee, Cairo Apart. | ments, $855.33, { Forrest B. Royal, 1860 Columbia | road, $28.22; W. H. Plummer, 3218 Nineteenth street, $7.20; Andrian John | Pieters, 7206 Blair road, $18.40; Louis | Perlmutter, 11 R street, northeast, $30.40; Joseph H. Rose, 4218 Third | street, $1 William Robertson, cut avenue. ardson, 1337 1$666.53 George 41 Connecti- : rles W. Rich- | onnecticut avenue, | A. Rader, office of $65.27; Thomas Robins, 1947 RBiltmore street, $47.22; Colden L'Hummedieu Rug- gles, Munitions Building, $73.47; B. Rehkopf, Washington Barr $79.05. Martha A. Seidell, 2301 Connecticut | avenue, $11.59; Arthur J. Sinnott, 904 Colorado Bullding, $18.90; Odell . Smith, 1631 Sixteenth street, §$2.88; Samuel J. Sutherland, 1801 M street, $67.21; Henry O. Swindler, Whit- tier place, $31.09; Ida A. K street, $8 1316 Ha H. Sample, Louise B. Shin Stewart, G $4.65; Hotel, $4 Comdr. W yoming avenue, $46.81 1863 Wyoming av Charies G. Stott Co., 1310 avenue, $2,061.64; J. W. Swaren, Oakwood terrace, $42.18; Wil- helm D. Styer, V Department, $48.53; George A. Sacks and wife, 101 Chevy Chase drive, Chevy Chase, Md., $108.68: Walter 1. Sheep, Walter Reed Hospital, $56 Glenn Beau- regard Strickland, Navy Department, $61.49; estate of Col. T. L. Smith, $57.62; M. Segal, Insurance Building, $166.75. Mr. and Mrs. 1462 Monroe st Tichenor, 1483 F Solomon, , $2.04; Lawrence 1010 road, 5; 2001 Sixteenth s Robert T. Tedrow, Sara A. rida_avenue, §2.24 street, $1.69; 15; Lieut. Comdr. James Harvey T 11; Renato Tittoni, 5 Sixteenth street, $49.60; Ra J. Vierbuchen, 437 Quincy Trust Co mond street, P. G. Xedas, 733 Sixth street, $7.50. Col. Kenzie W. Walker, the Men- dota, $45 Dr. O. H. Wendt, 815 Connecticut avenue, $5.03. Maj. Ger. Clarence € 1817 M street northwest, Washington Wholesale e, 439 C street $250.79; W. C. Wickham, partment, §58.48: Capt. W Navy Department, $120.85 Weeker, 1801 Sixteenth street north $82.45; H. C. Whitehead, Army vy Club, $251.85; Rear Admiral Wiley, $167.26; Lieut. Col Willard, 2810 Thirty-sixth 10; Edgar M artment. $70.0 351 Williams, $166.2 Drug northwest, vy De Watts, o and Henry | Charles I, place, § Navy De vence Watts northwest, $93.08 White, Army Medic Lieut. Comdr. F Syiph, $41 Twelith and G $1,047.99, M Garfield Maj. Samuel 1 School, $5 Whiting, U lace & Co. northwest Law- street A i B. 0. Jones, Army and -$100.91; Maj. John H Thirtieth street, $82.4 John Warren Joyc Toad. 6454 ¥ Gen, ( {fornia ctreet Belmont W 9 Cal B A Kennedy, $126.46; W British Troops Go to China. ISLAND OFF MALTA. December 3i (®).—A battalion of British troops | duced in the | should | known Soldier. n Security & | rities. The Pi Williams, | TH*Q_-‘, EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D FIERY FARR RELIEF FIGHT I3 DBE SOON Supporters and Oppdnents of McNary-Haugen Bilfy Busy Planning Campaiaw. By the Associated Pross. Lines for a new farm relief bat{le in Congress were being laid quiethy t day, with the exp ion of agrul tural leaders that this session’s gn ment, which gets und g N 6, will prove the most fiery o them all Nearly a one way or designed in condition dozen bills inother to e in agricultural areas have been intro. tenate and House, but the big fight the MeNary its equaliza. as in previous yea is expected to be ovi Haugen measure, with tion fee provision Under an agreement, hearings on the new MeNary-Haugen bill will be- gin before the House riculture com mittee January 6. Hearings also are expected to start in the Senate com mittee soon after the first of the vear, but Senator MeceNary, Republican, Oregon, willing that the Touse act f use some claim bill includes revenue-raising pro- fons, all of which, under the Con itution, must originate in the House. anwhile spending their Middle W\ nd § th m Leade several far wders are holiday »ss in the suth inquiring anew into agricultural conditions with a view to reinforcing their position when the subject comes up in committee, Among these are Chairman Haugen of the House agriculture committee, who is sounding the sentiment in Towa. and Representative Dickinson, Republican, also of lowa, who Is scheduled {0 return to Washington Jate this week after extended confer- ences with farm groups. Representative Fulmer, Democrat, South Carolina, is studying the cot- ton situation to determine whether he should continue to oppose the Me- rHaugen plan to apply the equal- ization fee to cotton immediately in- stead of two vears from the date of any legislation enacted. Opposition Also Active. While supporters of the equaliza- tion fee principle have been busy, so. too, has the group which oppose: measure including such a fee. Sena- tor Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, heen trying to gain support for his intermediate credit bank liberali- M [ zation bill, while Representative As- well of Louisiana, ranking Demoer: on the House agriculture committe has laid plans to oppose the McNary Haugen bill to the last ditch. Tt is sible he will argue for the Harrison Senator McNary, however, fs opti- mistic over chances of passing his bill in the Senate this session. If all the Senators who voted for the measure last Spring remain steadfast, only six additional votes are needed. In the House farm leaders must gather more votes, if past supporters stay in line. TAPS FOR OLD YEAR T0 BE SOUNDED FROM TOP OF WHITE HOUSE (Continued from_ st Page) lights trained upon them. al! e fean flag at the top of the staff. The sounding of “Taps” 1s to commence a moment or so before the stroke of 1 is_reached, “Reveille.” A The musicians will he Arthur Wit- comb, cornetist, who will sound “Taps” and “Reveille,” and the follow ing trom- bone plavers: Albert E. Bennert, Her. hert Frisman, Albert Gummel and Harold Heard. Whitcomb, formerly a bugler in the British army, sounded taps at the funeral of Queen Victoria, and as an American soldier sounded the call during the serv s for Presidents Harding and Wilson and for the Un- Spotlights Then will follow the The front grounds of the White House will be open to the public for this novel celebration. Arrange- ments have been made to handle a Jarge crowd. It is expected that the White House program will attract many celehrants. This New Year celebration will be somewhat of a departure from the customary manner in which the Coolidges have observed similar occa slons since occupying the White House. The President is represented as not having remained up until mid- night on former New Year eves. The old mansion was astir with life today preparing for the New Year day recepti tomorrow. ‘A great number of workmen were busy plac- ing the decoratibns. Palms and ferns will form the greater part, with plants of poinsettia and vases of cut roses and carnations added as a means of giving color New Year receptions at the White House, which are a tradition, tower above all other soclal functions at that historic old mansion, so far as he genuine interest of the older citi- zens of the Capital are concerned. It Is on the occasion of a New Year re- ception that a spirit prevails within in the White House that is de- seribed as being typically American. It is the most democratic and pictur esque function held at the White House. Hope for Pleasant Weather. Besides the interest associated with the demoeratic manner in which_ the xecutive and the First Lady ex change greetings for the New Year, there is unusual plcture of humble citizens virtually rubbing shoulders with national and international celeb- dent and Mrs. Coolidge always have manifested a deep inter- est in these receptions and they ex pressed the hope today that the weather tomorrow would not be of a nature to keep any one away who de- 1l at the White House. Last ar the President and Mrs. Coolidge shook hands with 0 persons, two-thirds of constituted the public” of the line that ssed them. st New L ay the weather was cold and ening, which {s said to have been respons ble for a falling off in the number of callers over the preceding vear The first New Year reception held | by President and Mrs, Harding at tracted the largest crowd in recent years. More than 000 persons were received on that sion. . sired to ca néarly whom section before | REBELS BECOME BOLDER. 31 (A).- mpico say ppeared X1CO CITY, Decembe cial dispatches from L group of revolutionisty has qear Soto La Marina, in pas, commanded hy the former lo Deputy, Modesto Cavazos, who until recently was a political refugee in the United tes. Troops have been sent in pursuit of safled for Hongkong today on board :hfi transport. Achilles for service in China. the rebels, who, it is believed, are at- tempting to protect the landing of arms on the Tamaulipas coast, will be turned upon the Amer-! and to be continued until that hour | Pamauli- | By the Associated Press. | NEW: YORK, December 31.--The | first New Year greeting ever to leap | backward over 19 hours of time and miles of land and sea, i clear from the New Year ftself into | the old, was received here today by | the Associated Pres the Cu | nard liner Carinthia, in Cook Stralt, | over 10,000 | | from Associated Press sent a greet- 4:30 a.m. today to a score of s aboard the British steam. | er that set out from New York Oc i v on a round-the-world crulse % 400 pastengers The message reached the ship, just beyond the international date line, al- most antaneously, at 10:2 o- nights’ while the passengers were gatherad in many parties to welcome | the New Year After midnight, when | there showved Jan; 5 swer wus sent through sp ing here at 7:24 am. today. Washington Woman Aboard. The Associated Press message wa sed to Mr. and Mr Philadelphia; Washingto Pittsburgh the calendar Willlam John A s. (. Austen aul Benz, St. : Rufus Calkins, Detroit; Roland nklin, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Felton, Boston; Mrs. Danfel Hill, St. Louis; A. C. Hord, Cleve land: Mrs. Edward H. Inbusch, Mil- ukee; Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Porte, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Charles \ " C., FRIDAY, fNew Zealand Message F‘tjom American Travelers Is 19 Hours Ahead of Local Time—Unique Radio E)‘;'periment. nd Mrs, | eeting selated 10,000 miles Year greetings wn other side world through courtesy Radio Cor- poration of America. This mes without parallel in marine radio h tory, sent through &ir on last ¢ old year and owlng difference time should reach 3ou_instantane ously on first day 1923, Would appre- siate if von jointly acknowledged re ceipt immediately, togeiher, with an message as to wellbeimz 400 round world passengers for ghenefit folks back home.” The answer wa Celebration Going\ On. “Message recelved 10:2 cember 31, in Cook Strait engers heartily reciprov: New Year greetings and th for kind thought in All well here. At this m Year celehrations in full board. Everybody semds i New Year to the folks The Radio Corporation of America has kept in practically constant and instantaneous communication witk the Carinthia in making short-way tests nee the vessel sailed Com munication is more difficult in the daylight hours and for a time it was feared the answer would not reach New York before tonight, as the purser reported he was having diffi- culty locating all of the address among the many parties welcoming the new vear. in awmy, sends it New swing on huppy POLICE WILL PASS 1926 MOTOR TAGS Failure of New Ones to Arrive Causes Extension of Time for Month. Members of the Metropolitan police force were ordered today by Maj. Idwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, to recognize 1 automobile identification tags of Maryland, Vir- ginia and all other States east of the Mississippi River until February 1. These instructions were {ssued be-| cause all States east of the Mississippi | have, at the request of the Commis- sioners, agreed to accord the same | privilege to District motorists driving | | with 1926 tags through the month of January, owing to the delay in the arrival of the District's 1927 tags. While Maryland and several other States have decreed that residents | may not operate motor vehicles after | midnight unless equipped with 1927 | tags, it was pointed out that there are | | numbers of persons who have recently come from these States to Washing- ton to live and have been unable to | procure District tags for the new |y It is these motorists who will | benefit by Maj. Hesse's order. Virginia has not completed the dis- tribution of its new tags, and accord- ing to advices received at the District Building today, Motor Vehicle Com- missioner Hayes at Richmond is ex- pected to request that the State and county police recognize the 1926 tags for several weeks in January. Under the new State law, it was said, the motor vehicle commissioner has no authority to order an extension in time for the use of the old tags. MURDER EVIDENCE TAKEN IN SECRECY Upper Mariboro Authorities Probe Five Jailed in Kuhne Case. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Decem- her 31.—Secret examination ' of wit- nesses hegan this morning hy Prince Georges County authorities in order to obtain testimony. which will de- termine what disposition is to be made of five colored prisoners, held in con- nection with the killing of Daniel Kuhne, #l-vearold farmer, whose beaten body was found Christmas eve in ruins of his burned home, near Duley. i Examination was conducted with the utmost secrecy. representatives of the press as well as the general public being rigidly excluded. This was done under the direction of Alan Bowie, commonwealth’s attorney, who admitfed that the proceedings 'were “somewhat irregular.” Justice Harry I. Anderson of Centerville presided at the examination and will render a decision when the prisoners are brought before him. | "1t was indicated that the prisoners will be arraigned following the taking of the secret testimony. Thus far the prisoners have not heen brought to the courtroom and as far as could be learned are mot represented by coun- sel. Justiee Anderson is substituting for Justice Harry W. Gore, magis. trate, who is visiting in New York. Some of the prisoners have been in ail since Sunday. 25 Separately Quizzed. Tt was unofficially disclosed that the witnesses are being questioned sep- arately in an attempt to check up on | statements which it is understood | they have made to the officers work- ing on the case. Practically all of | the witnesses, which number approx- | imately persons, live near the Kuhne farm, and several of them, in- cluding Rlake 1. Duley, were mem- bers of the coroner's jury which, on Christmas day, arrived at the verdict | that the farmer had met his death by a blow from a crowbar weilded by a person or persons unknown. Those held for investization, all of them colored, are Sadie White, 20 vears old; Willlam Wilkes, 18 years old; Emmanuel Grier, 22 years old; | Wiltiam La 55 years old, and | Leon Bry years old. A. . Ryan, who is administering | the Kuhne estate, stated that it | would realize about $7,000, which will o probably to a brother and sister in the old country . St. Lawrence Overflows. December 31 (). — ] backing from an ice jam, rose seven feet last night, flooding the cellars of more than 200 hotnes at Longueuil. The families re. treated to the upper floors of .thei dwellings. FEDERAL BASE BALL COMMISSION URGED Kelly Considering Offering Bill—Scandal Might Come Up at Hearing. A bill providing for establishment of a Federal base ball commission may be proposed in Congress as an outgrowth of the recent charges in- volving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker in the alleged fixing of a game seven years ago. Representative Clyde Kelly of Penn- | sylvania, who has interested himself in base ball's latest scandal, stated following a conference with Senator Capper of Kansas today, that he is giving consideration to the drafting of such a measure. Nothing definite was decided at the conference, hut Mr. Kelly said that if he prepares the outline of such a bill he will sub- mit a copy of it to Senator Capper for his study. Details Still Undecided. Although the whole proposition is in a tentative and rather formative state, Mr. Kelly said he has in mind a commission appointed by the Pre dent that would exercise license supe vision over plavers and teams. The exact scope of the commission’s pow- ers, he said, would have to he worked out in more detail if the bill is to be introduced. The Pennsylvania Representative indfcated that the facts in connection with the recent charges against Cobh and Speaker could be gone into by the committee assigned to hold hear- ings on his base ball commission bill if he should finally decide to sponsor such a bill, Senator Capper is not preparing any proposed legislation. Discussing the proposal of Representative Kelly Senator Capper said his present feel ing in the matter is that a movement for the creation of a Federal base ball commission should originate in the base ball world. Petition Being Circulated. “A petition, which I am informed originated in Cleveland, is being cir- ated, suggesting a Federal commis- sion,” sald Senator Capper. “My in- formation is that this petition has at- tached to it an_ indorsement of the idea by Ban B. Johnson, president of the American League. 1 do not | know what other leaders of hase ball atti- igi- think of the proposal, and my tude is that such a. bill should nate in the base ball world itsglf.” Senator Capper said he had no di- | the change rect personal information as to how | {er’ any of the baso ball magnates feel toward the proposal outlined by Rep- resentative Kelly. CAPITAL IS READY TO USHER IN 1927; DRY EVE PROMISED (Continued from First Page.) Forelgn Wars and other military organizations have prepared to carr at least some semblance of the spirit of New Year eve into the hospitals. At Walter Reed Hospital, oldtime “buddies” will hear a concert from midnight until 1 o'cloc] The sing- ers will include Bran Iughe; Donald Dudley, Robert Burch, .M\‘? Dudley. ¥arl Yirkle and Thoms O'Connor. The Independent Order of Sons of Jonadab will hold a watch night service at 623 louislana avenue, and Al Souls’ Unitarian Church, Six- teenth and Harvard streets, will hold a pageant service. After a brief talk by the pastor, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, a musical entertainment will be presented, followed by presen- tation of the motion picture version of J. M. Barrie's “A Kiss for Cin- derella.” All of the Federal departments will work through to their usual closing hour, at 4:30 o'clock, this afternoon. ‘Tomorrow, however, will be a holiday. Only a very few District offices, the courts and isolated Government bu- reaus enjoyed a half-holiday today. Patriotic Societies Prepared. Many of the patriotic and military socleties will hold their officfal ob- servamce exercises tomorrow. The As- sociation of Oldest Inhabitants, too, will hold its usual meeting at the Union Engine House, Nineteenth and H streets. John Clagett Proctor, chronicler of the association, will read his report of events that happened in the year of 1 he meeting will convene at 10:30 o'clock and adjourn at 11:30, when the members will go to the White House reception. The Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation will have open house all day in its central building. During the afternoon there will be singing by the Columbia Trio, a volley ball game, a hasket ball game, sports in the pool, including canoe stunts, and an enter- tainment by the dnrmitms! men, The physical department and dormitory Wwill be open for inspection. DECEMBER 31, GREETING DATED 1927 REACHES U. S. WHILE 1926 IS STILL HERE $hoay 1 L | pneumonia, suffered a. slight 1926. |GANGSTER S WARLOOMS ANEW Former Illinois Beer Runner Found Frozen, Three Bul- lets in His Skull. By the CHICAGO, | that gangland's Assocfated Press Beliel to an 31 fruce has come December ni | end was expressed yvesterday by police e of the of Clements, former beer runner, following finding body | Miltary | two weeks after members of his fam Hiy had pleaded 5 to de [Jiver up his body Christmas time. | Frozen, and with three bullets in the 1. the hody was discovered by | two hoys seeking adventura in | abandoned on the South § bringing true the premonition of John 1. Clements that his brother had heen murdered fon st by Reprisals Are Feared. killing means reprisals,” John aptain of detectives, declared “We're in for onother era of whole sale killings.” John Clements had sigh the police this appeal to ters You've had your tell us where the body is > appeal remained unanswered. Doctors Clements had been two ust as his brother behalf of an aged nd voung bride on collapse, he asked that the we delivered up for decent burial His laxt appeal was on Christmas eve, and promised that any information (would he held in strict confidence. Last Seen in Taxi. John Clements told police that 26 vear-old Hi had recently quit the illicit liquor trafic after long associa on with John Foley, and that. he | feared the death that came to Foley, supposedly from rival gangster guns, several months ago. His brother, | Clements as a close friend of Frs reputed gang chiaf trial in Indiana for murder. Bevond knowledge that Clements was Wst seen alive when he started for home' in a taxicab December 16 and the marks on the body found last night detectives had little information on the slaying. After the slaying of Heimie Welss g0 the word of a peace out. Clements was figure connected with “the to be slain since Weiss was shot down. 20 ARE SHIFTED INPOLICESHAKE P Five Lieutenants, Six Ser- geants and Four Detec- tives Are Involved. broadeast g revenge; But had said, when, on mother ver (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Twenty-five changes in _the per- sonnel of the Metropolitan Police De- partment, involving five lieutenant six nts, four precinct detectives and seven privates, were ordered ye: terday afternoon by Maj. Hesse, supedintendent. This is the largest shake-up in recent months in the Police Department and, according to Maj. Hesse, was made in the in- terests of efficiency and better admin- istration. The changes will becoma effective January 1. Lieut. W. G. Stott was ordered re- lieved from duty as night inspector in the first precinct and transferred to ‘the tenth. Lieut. J. W. McCor- mack was transferred from the thi teenth to the eleventh; Lieut. J. E. Bowe eleventh to thirteent! Lieut. J. M. Walsh, tenth to sixth, and Lieut. Gt sixth precinct to duty as night in- spector, succeeding Lieut. Stott. The sergeants ordered transferred follow: N. O. Holmes, from the ninth to the second; 1. P. Myers, second to ninth; K. M. Cox, third to second: J. T. Langley, tenth to fifth, and . Norris, fifth to tenth. H. T. Bur- lingame was relieved from duty in the Bureau of Identification of the Detec- tive Bureau and assigned to the third foot duty. Sergt. Bur- v assigned to the Detective Bureau to take charge of the Bureau of Identification from 4 p.m. to midnight. The precinct detectives affected by are: J. B. Lowry, trans- »d from the second to the ninth; T. M. Wilson, ninth to second; W, § Brown, tenth to twelfth, and O, W. Mansfield, twelfth to tenth. Motor eycle privates who were | transferred are, T. J. Heide from the thirteenth to the twelfth: Foster J. Rowen, eleventh to thirteenth, and F. G. Williams, twelfth to eleventh. The foot privates who were changed_are Roy Cole, fifth to ninth; Robert L. Smith, ninth to fitth: James K. Howes, ninth to twelfth, and Mortimer J. Gerry, twelfth to ninth. FALL HAS RELAPSE. Condition Reported No More Alarming Than Yesterday. EL PASO, Tex., December 31 (#). —Albert 1, who has been fll at his home here since Sunday with but not an alarming relapse this morning, at- tendants said. The former Secretary of the Interior was reported in a seri- ous condition yesterday. Bulletins issued by Fall's physician during the first three days of his ill- ness said he was responding satis- factorily to treatment for influenza- pneumonia, which was considered a serious ailment for men of advanced age. Fall is 65 vears old. Two physicians were called to his bedside when he had a violent attack of coughing early today. the | Edwin B. | ave Lauten, from the | Ex-Senator Dead | | HENRY A DU PONT, AN-AMERICA AR Maj. Dargue and Squadron Leave Vera Cruz—To Be in Salina Cruz Tomorrow. By the Assaciated Press VERA CRUZ, Mexico, December he United States fivers hopped off at 10:15 o'clock this | morning. continuing their 20,000.mile | flight around South America. Puerto, | Mexico, is the next stop. Capt. Tra Eaker and Lieut. M. § Fairchild made their lone flight here from Tampico in their plane, the San Francisco, last Thursday. The flight from Tampico was made in 2 hours 40 minutes, and Maj. Dargue expressed himself as much pleased with the hehavior of the | planes. e also remarked upon the favorable flying conditions encounter ed thus far since the start of the flight at San Antonio, Tex., 10 days 0. and added: ithin four months we expect to be back in the States. We hope to reach Minatitlan after a short halt at Puerto Mexico. , We expect to make Salina Cruz on New Year day “The flight will permit us to study and ascertain the best flylng route and the possibility of establishing a fast commercial air route between the Americas.” The flyers were welcomed on their arrival here by Gen. Gomez, Mexican | chief of military operations, and the American consul. KIDNAPERS OF TWO AMERICANS PURSUED Mexican Troops Trail Band of 14 and Captives Through State of Chihuahua. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 31— Troops were scouring the vicinity of Parral, uahua State, today in search of bandits who kidnaped two American mining men, J. W. Wiley and E. B. Connors, from the little mining town of San Francisco del Oro on Tuesday. ‘When news of the kidnaping be- came known the American embassy made urgent representations to the Mexican foreign office and federal troops were ordered in pursuit. Full ‘d"(d“i were not received by the em- bassy, but it was said that the han. ‘(hli numbered 14 and that they styled | themselves revolutionists. Wiley and Connors were employed |at San Francisco Del Oro by a Brit ish mining concern. Their home ad dresses are not known here. |ALBANIA REVOLTERS HANG Four Executed for Complicity in Recent Uprising. By Radlo to the Star and Chicago Daily News. «Copsright, 1926. TIRANA, Albania, December 31.— Four citizens of the town of Pukka were hanged this week in the public square at Scutari after they had heen convicted of complicity in the recent abortive revolution in North Albania, which all but succeeded in sweeping the whole country. Why the revolution failed as sud- denly as it started, after such a prom- ising beginning, a mystery to all except the best informed ears. Half a dozen other revolutionaries were given prison sentences, one of them for 105 years. MILLERAND RULED OFF TICKET BY NATIONALISTS Defeated in Caucus, Former French President May Run In- dependently. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 31.—Former President Millerand will be barred from the ional Union ticket in the forthcoming senatorial elections in the Seine department, the party lead- ers have decided, because he failed to obtain a clear majority of those voting in yesterday's caucus. M. Mil- lerand, in fact, finished last among the 10 nominees. While his supporting newspaper, I’Avenir, is silent on the subject, it is understood the battling ex-Presi- dent will run independently in the elections. In a recent speech M. Millerand declared himself “fundamentally agdinst” ratification of the Washing- ton debt-funding agreement. Americans Find Cros By the Associated Press, VINKOVCI, Jugoslavia, December 31.—Central Europe is still in some- thing of a state of war. Hatred stands guard at every frontier and suspicion stalks the unw; Amer- ican stranger throughout kingdoms and republics alike. Praveling across rope from b o s to Bucharest is a nightmare, specially for Americans, and the trontier ~ formalitles are just as severe as during the darkest days of the war. Passengers are searched, their pockets turned, their wallets emptied and they are subjected to a grilling by detectives desiring to know theie hllllr],. When the Simplon Pxpress entered Italy at Demodossala recently, a sing Europe Filled With Annoyance From Suspicious Nations group of alert young Fascists board- ed the train carrving large card- board posters inviting the passengers to subscribe to the new national loan In a few minutes the entire train was placarded from end to end, and it passed across the north of Italy with these posters written in Italian hanging from hooks In every com- partment. At Rakek, the frontler town of Jugoslavia, the express stopped for the third inspection of the passen- gers since thelr departure from Paris. The Jugoslay police and cus- toms officers caught sight of the pos- CRUISE IS RESUMED Pan-American | LAI, HENRY A. DU PONT DIES IN DELAWARE [Former Senator. 88, Had | Notable Career in Civil War. | West Point Man. By the Asso I WILAINGTON 7 Yob. Tlent § home Jand w Sen For | farmin ! Wilmin Washin | About With a his_hed, {within | cussed | Washin ortly hie trouble n 1] shield rangements manth cold which but felt the last fwo da pend ‘1 € he plans to e on hefo W 1 died \ thereafier Hem Mrs Henry A was . gra Irenee du I’ gunpowder man and a great-grands muel du Pont e French nomist ar who died the Unite Elenthere Nemours, a turer, | Pierre a famous statesman States in 1817 Graduated from the United St Military Academy M: voung du Nemou ec in Pont was commissioned a lieutenant i{n the Union Army and served with distinetion througho the Civil War, being bevetted a lie tenant colonel for valorous sery at the Battle of Cedar Creek Subsequently he w. warded Congressional Medal « Honor gallantry and voluntary exposure to the enemy's fire at a critical momen during this battle.” Fought in Other Battles. Other engagements in which he fought were at Newmarket, Pied- mont, Lexington, Lynchburg, Betry- ville, Winchester, Masons Creek and Halltown. He was at one time in command of an artillery brigade in Gen. Crook's Corps. Previously d served as acting assistant adju- tant general in charge of the troops in New York Harbor. He resigned from the Army in 1875, after having been in command of Fort Monroe and several other important military posts. He became president and general manager of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad in 1879, servir in that capacity for 20 years and re- tiring to Winterthur, his family estate, where he engaged In agri- cultural pursuits. In_1895, after a long deadlock in the Delaware Sen- ate, he received 15 of the 30 votes cast for United States Senator, but his election was contested on the question of the right of the Speaker, then acting as Governor of Delaware to cast the deciding ballot. T United States Senate declined seat him. The Legislature of Dele- { ware, however, later elected him to serve the unexpired portion of the term beginning March 4, 1905. He was re-elected in 1911 and served until 1917, v | ONE-MAN CAR PROBE FOLLOWS ACCIDENT Utilities Commission Orders In- quiry to Determine Condition of Equipment. An_investigation of the old type one-man street cars now in service in the District was started today by the Public Utilities Commission, witt a view to determine whether this equipment is satisfactory for con tinued use. The inquiry was sequel to a recent a Capitol and H streei man car was involved, particular car was found good operating _condition, and its brakes functioned properly, the com mission wants to learn if all other one-man cars in operation come up to the recognized standard of efficlent railway equipment. Attaches of the commission point out that there are at least 40 of the older type of one-man cars now heing operated in the District. Some of these are sald te be close to 20 years old. The commission's investigators also will make a study of the sched ules maintained by the one-man cars In order to show the difference in operating time between them and cars which have both motorman and conductor. ordered as a dent at North in which a one- Although this 0 be In Aus Jjust Melbourne and Townsville, tralia, 2,000 miles apart, have been connected by telephone. A New M;p of the United States at Handling Cost. The Information Bureau of The FEvening Star offers its readers the latest, full color, 21- by-28inch map of the United States, printed on heavy super. calendered paper, for mere post age and handling charges. p and reverse populations tate mot Included on n side are time zone: of States and citi toes, State , State nick names, altitude chart, tempera ture distance chart, geo graphi ons,. 48 plctures of national electoral votes, literacy tables and other data. An invaluable source of information for young and old. A necessity for every student. USE THIS COUPON. 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