Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1927, Page 1

¥ 7 \ members of the Sox team contributed, { WEATHER. * (U. S. Weather Bureau Fair today and tomo temperature today Temperature—Highest, lowest, 30, at 8 p.m. Full report on page 7. and Forecast ) rrow; rising tomorrow. 39, at2p.m.; No. 1,137—No. 30,196. DETROIT SOLD SOX | FOUR 1917 GAMES, RISBERG TESTIFIES Tells Landis Whole Team Chipped in Toward $1,100 to Have Series “Thrown.” NAMES MANY STARS IN TALK UNDER OATH| Refers to Rowland, Collins, Schalk, | Dauss, James, Ehmke, Bush. Says Gandil Was Collector. Br the Aseociated Press | CHICAGO, January 1.—The base ball scandals of 1926 were continued | into the new vear tonight, with dis-| closure of charges of a fixed_ serles back in 1917 Charles A. “Swede” Risberg. one of the banished “Black Sox" «f, the | 1918 world series scandal tonight save an affidavit to Commissioner K M. Landis, describing four-game | eerfes which the Chicago White Sox fixed with the Detroit Americans, so‘ the Sox would win and capture the | American League pennan'. Those four victories, on Labor day, 1917, and the Sunday previous, gave the Sox 14 victories In a row. The Sox raised $1,100,to pay the | Detroit team for lawng down, Ris-| berg’s afdavir sald, and the scheme | was instigated by Clarence Rowland, | then manager of the Sox and now an : American League umpire. | Weaver Ts Present. | George “Buck” Weaver, Sox third | baseman in 1917. who was dismissed | with Risberg after the 1919 scandal | broke, listened to his former team- mate's recital wnd nodded assent, | though he declined to talk himself. ' | Rowland was located tonight at Mil- Haukee and denied implication in the game fixing described by Risberg. “I know nothing of that deal,” Row- land said, “and if Risherg says 1 had anything to do with framing games, he lies.” The White Sox contributed $45 a piece to raise the pool, Risberg said, which was given to the Detroit team, principally pitchers, to “slough’” the series to the Sox. Nearly all the Risberg said; including Eddie Collins and Ray Schalk, the new Sox man- ager for 1927. Says Collins Demurred. Collins demurred, Risberg said, and declared he never would do thing agsin. The money wj ed ‘and turned over to Detybit two weeks after the series wa€ thrown. Chick Gandil, then Sox Brst baseman, ooliected the money and turned it over to Rill James, then a troit pitcher. Rowland told him, Risberg said, as the Sox players went into the dugout at the start of the “sloughed serie that everything was all fixed, an once during the game Eddie Collins de- scribed a “booted” ball by Eddie Dyer, Tiger shortstop, as “terrible.” Weaver was the only Sox plaver, | who did not contribute to the $1,100 | pool for Detroit, Risberg sald. Weaver sat in Landis’ office tonight listening to Risberg's story, nodding confirmation of his salient points, and admitted that as his share of the contribution to Detroit players he gave Oscar Vitt, Detroit outfielder, a | handbag for Christmas. H Aided Detroit in 1919. Near the close of the 1919 season, Risberg said, the Sox players decided that they owed the Detroit team a return for the 1917 favor, so they | “sloughed” two games to Detroit at | the end of the 1919 season to enable | Detroit to win third place. The Sox : in 1919, as in 1917, won the pennant. | Late in September, 1920, Risberg ! said, he met Rowland on the street in | Chicago and Rowland said: “For heaven's sake don't let that 1917 business get out!"” i Not long after that, Risberg said, | he met some of the Detroit players. particularly Donnle Bush and ““Hool Dauss, In a saloon opposite the White | Sox bali park, and Bush said to him that he hoped the 1917 affair never #ot out. Sworn In by Landis. Risberg was #tworn by Landis as he started his statement, before the com- missions,, and a dozen newspaper men, end he started by saying that he had no hope of getting anything out of it for himself, but only wanted to help clean up base ball. As soon as the name of Rowland was mentioned in Risberg's recital Landis sought to locate the former Sox manager, but was unsuccessful. Risberg said he was compelled to re- turn home tonight to tend to his dairy farm near Rochester, Minn,, = but would return next Wednesday morn- ing to face those he named in his story before the commissioner, “I tried to get reinstated in base ball once,” said Risherg. who was placed among the “Black Sox" in| 1920, “but it is too Jate now. I'm muscle-bound and too old. but I have | a_little boy, and I'm willing to help | all T can in cleaning up base ball, for | the sake of the game when he will be old enough to play.” | Letter Never Delivered. He told the commissioner he felt aggrieved at receiving no reply to his | letter after the 1919 world's series | scandal broke, in which he sought re- | fnetatements. Landis looked in his file | and brought forth a_letter, undeliv ered because Risberg had moved from Chicago without forwarding address, | and inviting Risberg to come in and | talk things over. The resentment | faded in Risberg’s face when he saw | this letter, which never reached him. “"Near the close of the season.” Ris- berg said, “about two weeks after we won those double-headers from De- troit, the word was passed around i men to women in Turkestan. among the Sox players that each | situation continues unchanged; {new concessions. Entered as second class matter post oftice, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, Informer. CHARLES A. RISBERG. MEXICANS ASSAIL 1.5, AGGRESSION IN LATIN AMERICA Criticism of Deputies Is Bit- ter—Uphold Calles in Oil Land Dispute. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, January 1.—Con- currently with the going into effect of the new petroleum and land laws, at mianight last night, the Chamber of Deputies, in the. closing - hours of its midnight session, heard violent oratorical attacks against the United States for its' Mexican and Latin American policies. 5 There were also bitter criticisms of the’' Department of State, unanimous cheers for President Calles and his stand against the “aggression” of the United States, declarations that Mexico was leading the way toward consolidation of all. Spanish-American peoples against the dominations of the United States, and the assertion, amid furioys applause, that ‘“Mexi- cans may, not be successful dollar chasers or know how to practice dol- lar_diplomacy like the Yankees, but thiey know how to die for their honor and against foreign aggressions.” Day Passes Without Incident. The first day the new Jaws were in effect appears to have pgéséd without incident. The uncertainty of the | funda- mentally it is still a_case of waiting to see whether the Mexican govern- ment actually will confiscate any land to which foreign interests claim title or leases legally acquired before 1917. The United States embassy has no news of any confiscations thus far. Tampico dispatches do not report any | such ‘development in the oil fields of that region. .. Up to tonight the Mexican govern- ment had, not announced the char- | acter of the last-minute applicdtions for concessions, but well informed ob- servers do not think they include ap- plications by foremost foreign oii companies for “the confirmation of rights obtained before 1917. Since the foremost foreign oil com- panies apparently have not applied for confirmation of their titles or leases to oil lands acquired before 1917, under the constitution they have lost recognition of their rights to such lands. Speculation continues, however, as to whether the govern- ment will actually take over specific pleces of property, and what the policies of the foreign governments will be then. Production to Ge On. At a late hour there were no indi- cations that any action had been taken to dispossess oil companies from their lands for failure to apply for Presumably unless they are dispossessed they will con- tinue pumping out oil as usual. Among the numerous theories as to what will happen, naturally all of them being mere speculation, is one {that the Mexican government may require the companies to pay it for all oil taken out after January 1, under the theory of government ownership. This undoubtedly would cause law- suits for the purpose of forcing a test case, with the idea of an ultimate ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 1. JOINS RULER IN DEATH. Japanese Baron Stands in Front of Emperor’s Picture and Kills Self. TOKIO, January 1 (#).—Maj. Baron Mansasuke Ikeda, prominent army reservist has joined his Emperor in death. Standing in- front of a por- trait of the late Emperor Yoshihito in his suburban home the baron shot himself. He left a letter saying he wished to follow the spirit of Em- DANAGE N UAKES TOTALS 25000 RUNS FRE.SHEPT Martial Law Declared Mexicali—Calexico Loot- ers Ordered Shot. in HALF HUNDRED SHOCKS ROCK BORDER TOWNS Dozens Slightly Injured by Fall- ing Debris—Refugees Pour Into Arizona. By the Associated Press. CALEXICO, Calif.,, January 1.-— Earthquakes and fires today heralded | tHe arrival of the mew year In the lower Imperial Valley of California and Northern Mexico, laying a de- structive hand over a score of towns. Buildings were tumbled and many destroved in the flames that followed more than a half hundred temblors that terrorized citizens celebrating the advent of 1927, and caused damage estimated at $2,500,000. No deaths| were reported. 1 Shaking the towns and villages| over an area extending 150 miles | north of the Mexican border and 80| miles south, the earth vibrations cen- tered n_intensity here and at Mexi- cali, in Lower California, where mar- tial law was declared by Gov. Rodri- guez. Gov. Rodriguez ordered all sa-| loons closed in Mexicali until future notice. [ | : Looters Ordered Shot. i Chiet of Poliee Joe Hardwick of| Calexico, where damage was placed| at between $500,000 and $750,000, pre-| pared late today to create a special | patrol of men to guard business places against plundering. Orders were Is.| sued to shoot to kill. ! Members of the Calexico Chamber | of Commerce called a meeting this afternoon to plan immediate rehabili- | tation of the damaged sections of the | city. Dozens of persons were slightly cut | or bruised by falling debris in the af-| fected area. i Subterranean rumblings were heard | almost constantly. this afternoon in| Calexico, but earth shocks were of diminishing intensity. Fire added to the damage wrought | by the tremors in Mexicall. The | Aztec brewery was virtually de. | stroyed, with an estimated loss of | $250,000. Dozens of adobe housea crumbled to dust with the initial shocks. ; Breakage of Mexicali's water mains | frustrated attempts of fitemen and | volunteers to halt the spread of fire. | Cafe Crowds Stampede, The first shocks in Mexicali, at 12:18 | a.m., turned terrorized merry-makers out of brightly lighted cafes and ca- sinos into the streets. The crash of falling walls the underground rumblings silenced the gay music of the dance halls. Reports that trickled into Imperial | Valley centers over crippled wires | told of successive tremors felt as far | north as Anaheim, Calif., nearly 150 miles distant, and as far east as Yuma, Ariz. El Centro, county seat of Imperial County, suffered little damage. Hun- dreds of windows were broken, but walls of bulldings withstood the re- current shocks. The Barbara Worth Hotel, El Centro's leading house, had only a few windows broken. Streets of the city just across the international boundary line from Calexico, also severely damaged by the shocks, were ordered closed to traffic. Movement of pedestrians, however, was permitted. | All_sidewalks of the Mexicall busi- | ness district are reported choked with | debris, from fallen bulldings. The shocks shook down walls of | Calexico buildings and broke glass in | the buildings in the neighboring cities. | The Calexico Hotel was virtually de- | stroyed when the walls bulged and gave under the force of continued vibrations. Banks Badly Damaged. The Centrali Bank and Anderson buildings, largest office buildings here, also were badly damaged. The | Southern Pacific Depot. a new build- | ing, was cracked. Virtually evemy | building in the city was damaged. At Heber, a community with popu-| lation of about 400, five buildings were cracked. Hundreds of windows were broken at El Centro, but little damage of | more serious nature was reported. The Barbara Worth Hotel, El Cen-! tro’s leading hostelry, had a few windows broken. Radioed news from Ensenda, 60 miles below San Diego on the Mexican coast, told of earth and sea disturb- ances there. Passengers from the steamship Emma Alexander, who had spent the night ashore, were unable to return to the ship because of tre- mendous swells that made the launch- ' ing _of small boats impossible. Those peror Yoshihito. (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. SAMARKAND, Russian Turkestan, January 1.—With the men of Turke- stan outnumbering the women three to one, polygamy is fast disappearing and men who once had as many as nine wives are now having a hard time getting one. The soviet census, just completed, shows the great disproportion lof n- deed there is a virtual famine of should contribute $45 for the Detroit | women, especially those of marriage- players. “Red Faber wrote a check for the shares of four or.five of the players, and Collins, Schalk and the others gave theirs. “It was collected in_the Ansonia Hotel at New York. The next day was an off day, with no game, so Rowland gave permission to Gandil and me to go to Philadelphia with the money for the Detroit team. “We found Bill James playing cards with Bush, Dauss and some others, and called James out into the hall and handed him the money, about $1,100, able age, which the local officlals believe can only be met by the im- portation of women from other parts of the soviet union. ‘Purkestan’s 10,000,000 population decreased last year nearly 20 per cent because of a sharp decline in | the number of marriages and in the birth rate. The consequence of this is that the price of women and girls of marriageable age has increased from 500 to 5080 rubles, which is quite beyond the reach of the poor man. “James sald he would fix up the ' "(Continued on Page 3, Column 3. Polygamy, which formerly was the rule throughout Turkestan, is fast dlsavpea’rlnz. semg’ne bolshevist Husbands Do Housework in Turkestan, With Women Fewer and Maidens Dear revolution rich landowners hoasted up to nine consorts, while the de- posed Emir of Bokhara had 300 wives. Now the native Mohamme- dan has difficulty in purchasing and maintaining one wife. An old Uzbeg, who made a living by begging, told the correspondent that 25 years of labor before the revolution enabled him to buy a wife, but after six months’ abode with him she fled and sold herself to a wealthier Moslem. Because of the shortage of women Turcomans, Uzbegs, Tadzhiks and other Moslem natives are marrying | Russian and Christian women, who, unlike their Mohammedan sisters, demand no dowry or fee for them- selves. were unknown in Turkestan. By reason of the great demand for them as wives, the women of Turke- stan enjoy a privileged position un- known in any other country in the world. Their- husbands do all the housework, cooking, washing, iron- ing and marketing and generally showing ~their spouses the utmost diffidence.. . . D. | uncertain Such marriages previously |, WITH DAILY EVEN.ING EDITION C., SUNDAY MORNING, 9 JANUARY 19 (0L, SMITH KEEPS | SENATE GUESSING McKinley Successor - Silent| on Time He Expects to Seek Seat. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Col. Frank L. Smith, appointed by Gov. Len Small of Illinois to fill the vacaney caused by the death of Sen- ator Willlam B. MeKinley has the Senate guessing. It looks as though the guessing might continue for sev- eral days. No member of the Senate who has given Col. Smith's case attention, would admit last night that he knew whether Col. Smith would come here this week with his credentials in his hand and ask to be sworn in or whéther he would come at all Col. Smith, at his home in Dwight last night, was reported to be say- !ing nothing about hiz plans with no little success. Word was received here from Chicago, however, 'that he planned to be in Chicago tomor- row morning, indicating that he would not be here at all events at the opening of the Senate after the holidays, as it was at first reported he would. He has been in Chicago during the last few days and had a conference with Senator Deneen of Tllinois at the Union League Club. Senator Deneen, at the instance of Republican leaders here, went to Chicago to lay before Col. Smith a statement of just what a rough re- ception he might expect if he came here to be sworn In. It is possible Col. Smith may have another talk with Semator Deneen tomorrow, for the latter has telegraphed here he will not return until the middle of the week. Senate Leaders Uncertain. leaders. therefore, were last night whether the Senate is to be plunged into con- sideration of the Illinois senatorial primary and the slush fund charges growing out of the Reed committee investigation at. this time or not. Senate i Some of Col. Smith's friends in Con- gress expressed the opinion he would not come here for several weeks. ‘Another question which is shrouded now in uncertainty is whether Col. Smith will be allowed to take his seat when he presents himself—if he does—and then further investi- gated and voted in or out, or wheth- er he will be barred at the door. A week ago, it appeared that Col. Smith would not be allowed to get his foot within the portals. But last night Senators who believed in barring him at the outset admitted the situation had changed. They did not know just how the matter would be de- cided. They continued to insist, however, that the Senate would have to vote on barring him at the door. ‘While some of Smith's opponents were positive he could not obtain enough votes to be sworn in, it is known- that there has been a shift in sentiment and some of the Sena- tors who at first believed Smith shouid not be sworn in now take the opposite view. They have been searching the precedents. In the meantime Senate leaders are prepared to drive ahead with their program of legislation, by which they hope to wind up the business (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Alabama U. Battles Stanford to 7-7 Tie in Coast Grid Classic Three lnterl:lt:igl;hl fo:)t“;u.ll ames were yesterday, élmflt:“ Callforn‘ and one in orida. 1In the banner contest at Pasa- dena, Calif., and Stan- ford fought to a 7-1 count, the coast team getting a touchdown i the first d the Southerners lvmlnf by blocking a kick in couple of minutes of play and eonverting it into a score. In another game at San Fran- Isc yed for charity, an ag- regation of all-Western stars se(nted a picked eleven from the East and Midwest, 7 to 3. Geneva College of Pennsyl- vania, conquered Oglet of G‘ - I“:wl,lnuch::: aged at Jdacksonville, Fla., the drop- kick that decided the issue com- ing near the close. cis Sundiy Stae, 27.—102 PAGES. TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—52 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. News of the Clubs—Pages 20 and 21. Spanish War Veterans—Page 21. D. A. R. Activities—Page 22. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 23 and 24. i Schools and Colleges—Page 25. District National Guard—Page 23. Boy Scout News—Page. 23. At the Community Centers—Page-23. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 26. Around the City—Page 32. Army and Navy News—Page 33. Veterans of the Great War—P:~2 34, | Civillan Army News—Page 34. Fraternal News—Page 35. | Serial, The Girl in the Second Cabin"—Page 36. . W. C. T. U. News—Page 36. Financial News—Pages 37, 38 and 39. Y. W. C. A.—Page 40. Radio News and Programs—Pages 45 and 46. Classified Advertising—Pages 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Winter Books—Page 4. Tales of Weéll Known Folk—Page 16. PART THREE—10 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 8. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Sectiori—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. SHOT HALTS PROBE INHOUGK MYSTERY Brother-in-Law of Missing Woman Seriously Hunt by Own Gun. and Capt. Ben E. Clarke of the Canton police force, to whom local authorities were looking for aid in their efforts to solve the Houck mystery, is in a hos- pital in the Ohlo city in a serious coy- dition as the result of a bullet wound inflicted by his own gun New Year eve, when the weapon dropped from his pocket to the floor and was dis- charged, it became known here last night. This development, coming just a few hours after Clarke's assistance had been asked, once more brought Capital authorities up against a blank wall in their endeavors to solve the disappearance of Mrs. Gladys Houck, Clarke's sister-in-law, which coin- cided with a mental breakdown by her husband, Dr. Knutt Houck, psychia- trist at St. Elizabeth's, who now is a patient at Gallinger Hospital, held for investigation, while the where- abouts of his wife. are ‘sought. Shot on Eve of Trip. Clarke was shot as he was prepar- ing to come to Washington, according to Lieut. George H. Muehliesen, on night duty at Canton police head- quarters, who told The Star over long- distance telephone last night that his brother officer’'s condition was very critical, the bullet having severed the main nerve in the neck, and lodged in the spine. Muehliesen said that Clarke had IReappointment of Bell Urged been assigned to special duty at a country club near Canton, and had armed himself with a small automatic instead of carrying his heavy police pistol. He was preparing to leave (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) S P BOAT CAPSIZES, 5 DROWN. Party Returning From Dance Lost in British Columbia Lake. . NELSON, British Columbia, Jan- uary 1 (#).—Five residents of Arrow Park, on the west shore of Upper Ar- row Lake, were drowned early today when the boat in which they were re- turning from a New Year eve dance from East Arrow Park, . across the lake, capsized. The party consisted of Mrs. Daniel Rogers, Sarah Rogers, 6; Mary Kelly, 20; Fanny Graham, 19, and Albert Marslund, 27, who.was rowing. , ., ), (C FEDERATION HITS ANY BOND ISSUE After Commissioner Is Praised and Opposed. Vigorous opposition to the floating of bond issues for any purpose at this time was voiced by the Federation of Citizens’' Associations in a resolu- tion unanimously adopted at a regular meeting in the boardroom of the Dis- trict Building last night. Under the terms of the resolution, which was in- troduced " by Delegate Charles 1I. Stengle, the body voted to use all legitimate means “to prevent the further burdening of our taxpayers with costs for the carrying out of projects of a national ‘scope at local expense.’’ . By a yea and ndy vote takén after a prolonged and acrimonious discus- sion amiong several of the delégates, the . federation also adopted a reso- lution submitted by the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association urging upon | President Coolidge the reappointment of Col. J. Franklin Bell as Engineer | Commissioner. The vote was 31 to 4.| Opposition Draws Praise. Opposition to the adoption of the| resolution urging the continuance in| office of Engineer Commissioner Bell was led by G. W. Ayers and Snowden Ashford, but the opposition caused nearly a dozen of the delegates to| laud Col. Bell as the most efficient Engineer Commissioner the District | has ever had. Mr. Ayers told the federation he thought “‘a bigger man' could be found for the job, while Mr. Ashford said he was opposed to the federation’s indorsing any one for a commissionership or other office at any time. statement by Mr. Ayers that had endeavored to place ’t;slnre Prels,l.:! dent Coolidge the name of Col. George | R. Spaulding, now in the Louisville district, as a desirable army officer to replace Col. Bell provoked the ire of Harry N. Stull, who, in the course of a reply, stamped Mr. Ayres as “a character assassinator.” Upon the ob- Jection of the delegates, this reference was stricken from the record. Mr. Stujl, then charged that Mr. Ayres would not “dare to go and tell Col. Bell to his face some of the re: ks he made before the Gibson subfom- mittee.” At the first opportunity Mr. Ayres replied to Mr. Stull by reminding him that he had not attacked the charac- ter of Col. Bell, saying, on the con- trary, that he had found hirg a cour- teous and obliging man with whom to deal. Claims Council - Attacked. Mr. Sfull then asked Mr. Ayers if he did not think he had attacked the character of members of the Citizens' Advisory Council when he told the Gibson committee this body was “dominated by Theodore W. Noyes."” Mr. Ayers said he did not. The vote on the Bell resolution fol- lows: Nay—G. W. Ayers, Snowden ésh:ord, Lemuel Fugit and John A. Saul Yea—David Babp, E. J. Brennan, | William Brady, C. A. Barker, A. W.| Barnes, Charles W. G. Brett, Charles W. Campbell, John S. Driggers, Hugh M. Frampton, M. J. Gleason, A. H. Gregory, Lewis Gelbman, George C. Havenner, J. G. Hefty, Edwin S. Hege, Walter Irey, Nathan F. Jen- ney, Dr. W. P. Kenealy, William V. Lewis, Thomas Lodge, George F. Mitchell, E. C. Purdy, D. N. Shoe- maker, Harry N. Stull, W. I. Swan- ton, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Charles 1. Stengle, Robert L. Strobel, Fred Walker, James G. Yaden and George M. Yeatman. In introducing the resolution oppos- ing the bond issue, Mr. Stengle ad- monished the ‘ delegates to act at once to defeat the ment afoot to float bonds, decl it they did not act at the meeting last night they might as well ndt act at All. Text of Resolution. The resolution, which was unani- moysly adopted after some effort to forestall the issue, follows: A “Whereas, it appears that efforts are being made to secure the floating of bonds, for the purpose of procuring, funds with which to purchase pro- spective park sites, with a strong pos- sibility that the cost of such pro- ceeding is to be led" upon the - e ) Means Associated Pr Smaller Dogs Can ‘Ride in Cars, But Must Pay Fares By the Associated Press VIENNA, January 1.—The dogs of Vienna, that is, the smaller ones, can now ride as proper pas sengers in rallroad and street cars. The canine victory came only after a prolonged battle between dog- lovers and the management of the Vienna traction lines. Henceforth dogs may ride in smoking compartments, if they are equipped with proper tickets and duly muzzled. The larger breeds, however, must walk. No dog measuring over 60 centimeters in height (about 2 feet) may be admitted to 24 BANKS DECLINE VETERAN LOAN ON BONUS CERTIFICATE Only One Holds Out Hope, After Regular Customers Are Taken Care Of. A reporter for ‘The Star, an ex- marine with nearly two years over- seas service, vainly went the round of 24 Washington banks for two days before New Year to see if he could arrange a $50 loan on an adjusted service certificate. Representing himself as a friend- less ex-service man ¢emporarily out of a job, his purpose was to see if it were possible for an unknown vet- eran without a bank account to bene- fit from the bonus to meet an emer- gency that could not walt. Armed with what he himself believed was a bona fide form of collateral secu- rity, the reporter soon found that the banks, with one exception, had no use for his Government-indorsed security in the hands of one who had no bank relations, and he never once got far enough along in his negotia- tions to be ‘asked to produce his identification papers. Surprise ‘Awaits Veteran. Turned down by one bank after an- other, like a good marine, who never knows when he is “out,” he came up smiling for the seventeenth time. His faith in mankind was somewhat bruised by dwen that banks his ered col- huzsozlf an un- p of 4 stréet car was re. Alighting, he wen! ::nbl:mlrfl thor‘e he received the shock f his life. s W‘:lklng up to a man, who turned out to be the president of the bank, the ex-marine spoke bluntly to the int: po“BuVGntosn banks have refused me a loan on a soldiers’ bonus certificate. 1 reckon there's no use asking hore'. I'm not begging for a lean. All I want is a chance to borrow -seme m on & perfectly legitimate se- eurity, like any other business loan. The ex-marine had played poker in his day, but hé couldn’t read the banker’s f;be- “Just why you down?” asked the man who sat across .the deek. Like Liberty Bond. “Because I was not a regular custom- or, some because the loan would be profitless and others because they con- sidered 'the -certificates as next to worthless for banking purposes,” the would-be borrower replied. He forgot to say that one had de- clared resentfully, ‘“‘Congress just passed the political buck to the banks and the banks are not going to stand rolr( ‘:u then that the veteran, who had become a little hard-boiled by that time, recelvpdfil s‘hock. It fell like a “dud” on unbelieving ears. “That certificate is the best collate- ral in the world,” he heard this bank- er saying. “It's backed by the prom- ise of the United States Government to reimburse the bank in case of de- fault. That certificate of yours is as good and safe a collateral as a Liberty bond.” 3 “Well, you're the first person I've met who seems.to think so,”” said the more hopeful borrower. “Can 1 get a loan here?” o “As soon as this bank takes care of ‘the service men who are its regu- lar customers,” he was told, “you can up to 80 per cent of the loan value of your certificate. All we ask is that you be identified as its legal owner. 3 Customers Come First. “It will be the policy of this bank after January 1 to loan on bonus certificates so far as our resources permit.. Of course, we have to look affer our own customers first. But if 1 can get 2,000 service men on our lists it will mean just that many boosters. It's good business. There ‘may not be so much profit in handling | these certificates, that is true, but the security. is as sqund as you will find anywhere. I don't know just when we will be able to make an outsider a loan, because we don't know yet just how many of our own customers will be applying for loans. (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) BELASCO’S EYELID CUT IN MOTOR COLLISION Car Crashes Head-on Into One Filled' With New Year Eve Revelers in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 1.—David Belasco, dramatist and theatrical pro- ducer, was injured today when his automobile collided head-on with a car full of revelers on Néw Year Riverside Drive near Dyckman street. He was confined to his hotel suite with a torn left ‘eyelid which required ‘saddl taxpayers of this city, and the pay- ment of such bonded indebtedness is to befllevied as a' municipal 'charge; al v it is our belief that the clty'sipresent fiscal poliey of ‘DAy as finued on P Column 8. .. five sti 3 " is in his seventies, but his doctor said the lucer e from the accident out serious in- jury. Mr. Belasco refused to make a against four unidentified men in evening clothes who occupied the other car. bie a4 comad o did these 17 banks turnj come back here and we'll lend you; “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cénts per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT EXTENDS HEARTY NEW YEAR WELGOME T0 3303 Brilliant Throng of Officers, Diplomats and Statesmen Add Note to Occasion. PLAIN CITIZENS RECEIVE AS WARM A GREETING Crowds File By Executive and First Lady Throughout Morning and Early Afternoon. Flinging wide the doors ~of the stately White House to welcome plain citizenry of America, as well as the gold -braid of diplomacy and arms from more than 50 nations represented in this-capital, the President-and Mrs. Coolidge vesterday extended their per- sonal greetings by warm handshake to '3.303 people of many ranks and stations, of several races, and all ages. It was an international reception of distinguished - importance, for inter- changing felicitations and good will, auspiciously to usher in'another year of American life. Attendance was larger than last year. It was a grand display of the para. phernaila, the medals, the dress uni- forms and distinctive ‘decorations; which the leading nations of the world have bestowed on their chosen representatives. It provided a pic- ture of gold and stiver braid, swords, cockades and fine feathers such as perhaps no- othet event in this city brings forth. i Friendliness Is Supreme. But running through the occasion a true current of good will and happy understanding, wing ac: |quaintanceship and friendship seemed to blend the rigid formality of the greatest reception of the year into 4 warm informality, which according to those who have witnegsed similar oc- casions for years, marked the function as one of the most friendly vet held {In the ezecutive mansion. On account of the long lines to pass by the President and the First Lady of the land their personal greetings necessarily were not lingering, al. though cordial. The spirit of the oc- casion, however, seémed to permegte the classic rooms of the great homie, and after the callers had exchanged telicitations with the President and Mrs. Coolidge, both in the official re- ception: during the morning and the ubuc"r::'pt.le o(mle);'e “mkuonr; wi thered dmum: or as, interestad spectators, happily enjoying the rare hospitality of the first house of the Nation. Guests Linger Long. This fplendly gathering of guests was noticeable especially in the offi- |cial reception during the morning hours, when ambassadors and min- isters, princes and charge d'affaires, cabinet officers, judges and counsel- lors from many lands mingled to- gether and seemed inclined to linger instead of rush away. The official morning group was ad- mitted at 11 o'clock, there was a brief interval for lunch, and the doors swung open again at 1 o'clock to the public, which then filed past in an rn':ll’ok!n b‘e"“ lfur 50 minutes. The otal number of guests greeted by the | President .and Mrs. Co‘olldfl :!{rlnl the day, according to the machines Icounflnl them at the doors, was 3,303, |as compared to the count of 3,257 a year ago. In 1922 a record number, 6,000 attended the reception of Presi- dent and Mrs. Harding. During the 150 minutes of the afternoon public reception, 2,207 persons passed by the Chief Executive and his wife, or at the rate of about 44 persons each minute. ‘When the last of the guests had gone. the President and Mrs. Coolidge, together with his Army and naval aides in full dress uniform, braved t! chilly blasts of a wintry afternoo! growing colder momentarily (o‘}-;' the line of cameras, carrying pic? ture of the occasion to the miillions of Americans who were unable to be present in person. z Setting Is Imposing. 1 | The setting at thé White House |for this annual event, which dates | back to the early.days of the Republic |when George Washington inauguy rated the custom, was not only.diss tinguished by tradition but beautiful. The place was festive in palms, ferns, carnations, roses and the holiday poinsettia, while the red, white blue uniforms of the Marine Bai Orchestra on either side of,the en- trance hall provided bright color and contrast to the soft tones of the old mansion walls and columns. Beginning promptly on the dot, as usual, President and Mrs. Coolidge, followed by members of his cabinet and the woman members of their families, descended the grand stair- case to be greeted by a trumpet call and the stirring strains of “Hail to the Chief” as they turned into the official reception hall, the blue room. Prior to this there had been a recep- tion upstairs for the members of the President’s official family. In the reception room the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge were attended by their chief aides, who took turns in making the introductions: Col. 8. A. Cheney, Engineer Corps, U. 8. A. and Capt. Wilson Brown of the pres dential yacht Mayflower. Mrs. Coolidge was charmingly gowned in a brocaded velvet dress of “dregs of wine" color, with panels of beaded georgette. Her hair becom- ingly coiffured made a soft line about the face. Pass Between Flags. As the President and Mrs. Coolidge and their official family entered to the strains of the military music of the orchestra, they passed through the doorway of the blue room flanked on one side by a sailor from the U. 8. 8. Mayflower holding the.Presi- dent's flag and on the other by a soldier from the Headquarters Com. pany of Washington with the Ame: ican fla; These flags, held by changing color guard, presented fine picture, framing tI of the reception room at the of the e diptomatie hered | e diplomatic corps gat n the State dining room, wi the -rlnm of u:u;u d un! » (Continued on Page 4, Cols