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s Cloudy temperature 29 clondy, proba Tempe 12 midnight 3am snow today Weathoer and colder tor R Rureas Forecast.) <ht: minimum eos, Tomorrow hy or hex low deg lowe Hi lay; rain 48, at The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. news Foening Star, | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Circulation, 103,051 e Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and ES 3, * VASHINGITON, b G, .\‘A\Tl' RDAY, ~I_PW 'EMBER 1927 - THIRTY-TWO PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PEPCO RATECUT MeTHOSE () FELLOWS (/A" HAVE PUTH] ANOTHER quit” No. 30,531 THLAAN DEMANDS D.C.AATIOPLANTO " BE FIXED YEARLY €0-40 Proportion T.is Year Set in Bill Drafted for Presentation 1o House. COMMITTEE OF 15 WOULD DEC!DE FUTURE NEEDS l A Y BEGINS FLIGHT CURTIS PROMISES MAJT'(%3 %filcr\jxj}z%x%gicmorq MIAMI " TOMEET DEMANDS s v |~ - TOSAVE OF INDEPENDENTS " v ™ ‘ -~ FOR CONSUMERS Hours. T Reduction From 61-4 1o 5.9 Cents a Kilowatt Hour in Residential Cost. Z Journey of “Military Neces- sity.” Marines’ Air Chief Says. Insurgents Will Get Vote on Farm Aid, Injunctions and Latin American Probe. G. 0. P. LEADER ASSURES 3 WESTERN GROUP OF AID ‘\\‘1\ I~ Winch, By the Associ MIANMI, FI rd Ma TOTAL OF 03546 HOME | .— TG T ; ,, Iy | USERS ARE AFFECTED| fl pilot, and ¢ i PR s | hanie, hopped 5 : T at 6:22 (Bastern standard ng of Power Expense Pfl“i time) this morning on a non-stop ot BroRtAbaving B | Utilities Commission. Bia commander tes Corps hepard Measure to Be Offered at Earliest Possible Date, He Says—Citi- zens’ Arguments Met. Bloc Withheld Party Support Pend- ing Favorable Action by Re- publicans on Requests. {of duty” flight to Managua, Nica |ragua. They planned to deliver their ‘ll' motored Fokker monoplane to M rine Corps officers there for service with the American troops. conditions were ‘perfect” for the f when the plane left the long runway after using most | duras into Niearagua before clearing. “High | The tropical radio bility and almost no | aleah, near here had been reported prevailing | route and is route hy the Tropi duras bird Hon over which | the pl: jor's eal ions were to | was also helieved that about 2 o'clock this aft- | would be plving the w the course. | near The only k route the alia H. BRAINARD. inary the rou Tis pre 10 hours f which vana, w es had allowed | - Jump to Managua, | southward to_Ha- tip of Yucatan, down the Yucatan and across Hon in electri into effect Jlectric | reduction 1 be put the Potoma substantial Br the Associated Press was wer rates w by under a by the ion. The new a saving to elec announced a return which to the provides for a een the amount avers and by the towards ‘he cost C i the propor fiscal year | has been blman of the inees St per- Power € Curtis of Kar law that the comin West enators new schedule ap- Public Utilitie rates will brinz nmers fixed proportion bet | | : . g | z . | leader, here i the Hon with 1t | nest ships ; The and | portant, station at i those on Tegueizalpa Keep contact mile voys aters on proved today : DI Commi | atout sk pon. | Wind vio ‘Com snbjects are » v o i the bill deal with th injunctions by I for an ons year vesider g 1 settin for the fiscal re ed by Chairman 2 District and s | ready for introduction as soon as the touse fs d ne on its 1,03 im the affects | sumers provides for a cut from 6 | to 5.9 cents, a kilowatt hour. Thisi reduction will mean a saving to them of $133,716.27 Similar virtually maost 46 60-30 bin coming s b courts 1Ty him which tatic o | ernoon Havana | tive, nis [ the € | leavin mragr C | Maj. Brainard was at thec ontrol can assUre | wpop the hop-off was made committing | . by \ - PROTEST RUSSIAN FIGURES ON ARMS at emergency fiel Havana, Ty marine field a resolution American Sonth Americs “While I annot publican toll the you personally without nyself on the matters vour letter. 1 you titled to a final vote during the fi sion of the Seve ntieth Congress As leader of the R publican_majority 1 will adly every effort to secure consid and final vote on them, are reported from the «ommitie which they are refe own were at immediate heinz due over two hours after | T was his objec. monoplane city in committee I, in act on and a the . who e made also we other | The lowe tes are the result | over a return of 7' per cent is re | turned to the consumers the follow year through a cut in electric rates. \When the agreement put into effect the electric reductions all the insisted 5) has Girl Students Mob | And Duck Marshal | In Pennant Rush| ition, promised by ic n Zihlman of the House com- | mittee. Chairman Capper of the Sen- | '\IYe District committee, C| nan | Ph ite subcommittee on ations ~and other in both House and K to put an end to the entific and inequitable lump-sum method of making District appropria- tions |[hr;v1 been employed as a 1ke-sh itute fo 8 P for the past vinard, 4 schedules, of in | “(Continued on . Column AL SMITH DEFENDS FIGHT ON DRY LAW MOUNTAIN GROVE. Mo., De- st | {Governor Declares Prohibi- | cember 3.—When City Marshal C. | the question | | | | | : | subs| | Senator Expected to Resume Senator Curtis told the independents that they should have no apprehen- wions that the measures would be pizeonholed in the committee since the chairmen of the committe hich are to handle them are Sen- ators prominently identified with the Independent wing of the Republican | oy A | The Republican leader that Senator McNary of Or s | the committee which is to consider | e relief, Senator Norris of Ne-|By the Associated Press braska is chairman of the comm JENEVA, December 3.—Protests which will hande the bill relati Binoioste oo injunctions and Senator ,‘v";‘.;‘h‘((w" n delegation to the Preparatory Idaho is chairman of the comgien | piarmament Conference concerning BRtOTe petich a 4 the state of armaments throughout America_resolution would come. e ar arpements o ut Tmmediately upon _receiv the world have heen filed by several ator Curtis' letter the inder delegations attending the meeting went into conference. They President Loudoun, opening today’s ators Frazier and Nye of North D1 | session, announced that several dele- kota. La Follette and Biaing of I3 | gates had called his attention to what consin, Republicans ata, " [they described as inexactitudes of f - el e s A ures concerning the size of various ar- Plans Presented to Curtis. | mies and armaments contained in the The demands of the Western Sena- | Russian stati paper submitted to tors were presented to Senator Curtis |y S50 BT P e Tor com. of Kansas late yesterdny aley o o {hote disarmament and to prove that caucus had re-elec ) 3 nt &nd 10 3 t s B e fore. the signatures of |armaments are vastly larger than be Ta Follette and Blaine of Wis fore the war. Nye and Frazier of North Dakota, 8% Pleads Against Discussions. Republicans, and Shipstead of Minne t Dis 0 ; abor, who usually casts sident Loudoun also remarked B i sme of the delegates thought his ballot with the Republicans on or- : legates _though ganization questions. Curtis =aid he ome of the phrases appearing in would reply later, but meanwhile document “were not in > League customs.” This an allusion to certain critical as withheld rnmm;‘]m. a et it N indepen . - s ertions made in the Soviet document. however, pleaded weives discuss the subject o intimate a jon they would take should :;v’:x‘rt {‘ll:rlv::::fl: he denied. Their ob- sion of these mat- vious method of retaliation, however saying that nothing would be to bolt the party organiza- |could be gained thereby. i tion ticket. thus, due to the Senat Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet dele- narrow Republican margin. giving | 2ate, who suffered a defeat in a pre- victory to the Democrats | liminary skirmish today, then took the In the letter to Curtis the ive for a quick disarmament dis- pendents declared: by submitting a resolution “The undersigned progressive Sena- | isarmament should not be tors desire to bring to your attention | made to hinge on the results of the their attitude upon the question of | security negotiations and requesting organizing the Senate. | that the next meeting of the disarm- The importance of the control of |ament commission be convoked the Senate committees is recogni: m\: anuary 10, 19; tive program | of Congress is | Delegates at Geneva Aroused by Soviet Charges Affect- ing World. ointed out n heads | inde- by every one. The leg! of the entire session involved. Alludes to America. 3 “We Russians are convinced that The result of the 1926 elections| the date of the next session of the has placed upon us a responsibility | disarmament commission should not 1o our constituents which we must|depend on what may not be done by discharge. We are not so vitaily con- | the special committee which udy- cerned with individual preferment of | ing security,” Litvinoff said. e do Senators upon committees. The more | not regard the work of this latter com- important question with us is that|mittee certain legislation which we think is{of disarmament. Moreover, of paramount interest to the people | gram drawn up for the attention of #hall not be pigeonholed in the various | the security committee consists committees of the Senate which are|ly in an extension to remodeling the about to be organized ., | covenant of the League of Nations." o that end we request definite| hen alluding to the United States assurance from the Republican ma-| ¢ well as Rus: Litvinoff remarked, jority that there shall be a final vote | “now some of us here represented are in the Senate hefore the adjournment | not members of the League. of the first sesison of the Seventieth | The Russian resolution began by em- Congress upon the following meas-| phasizing the complications of the ures: problems before the security commit- “(1) Adequate farm relief le tee and the inevitable length of time tion on the hasis of the MeN which would be involved in discussion Haugen bill to be reported from com- | of ther mittee on or befo February 1 tion of the n ) A bill to limit the jurisdiction | gives in and by itself the most effec. ederal courts in the issuance of | tive guarantees of security, and there- inctions by justifies neither discussion nor so “3) A resolution for a thorough in vestigation of the policy of the United States in Central and Sfouth America “We do not ask that any Senator shall be committed to support any | of these propositions. We are simply determine that the organization which we help to construct shall not function to prevent vote in the open Senate upon important questions.” | of disarmament rity committee. olution concluded that the commission proceed to an ion of the disarma- all its next being convinced per can in nd on January 10, that disarmament curity deliberations. reign Minister Benes of Czecho- kia opposed the Russian resolu- ound that the T Column’ 1.) th EXILE OF CROOKS URGED. | tion_on_the (Continued on Page s indispensable to the success the pro- It then declared that solu- lution of the problems submitted to neet- no | way depend on the outcome of the se. sue ADYEAR SENTENCE - ‘Juslice McCoy Sounds Warn- ing in Imposing Penalty on Housebreaker. in Crimina ruck a blow Libe sentenced Chief Justice MeCoy purt, Division No. 1, today to end the wave of r | in Washington, when he | Bdward F. Tate, 38 years old of New York C to 40 in the peni- tentiary on four charges of house- | breaking and larceny. Tate was ar | rested for the robbery of the | Boot Shop, 1211 G street, afte | of police ofticers and detectives a combed the downtown section, foll inz a series of early mornin years Tate, spent whose record shows he h ears of his life in vario s also wanted in New Had “he been convicted he would have faced a life term under the Baumes uc One of his companions, Francis A. Kioss, 30, of Seranton, Pa., was given | @ term of 30 years for his participa- ion in three of the four safe-crack- ing ventures In announcing the sentences Justice McCoy told the prisoners that they | haa | depredations and he out-out-of-town thieves know that it would be better for them to steer clear of Washington in plying their trade. Randolph M. Rawlett of Washing- ton, who was led into two of the ven | tures, according to the court, by e Wileox, the fourth member of the band, was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary, but was -ed on probation. He had pleaded to the two cf e Wilcox. ew Bed intended to let Wil ss, was not ause his attorney, has filed a motion 1 which has been sched- 1g next w the Cinderella shop, the rob- committed last August at drug store 1405 H street: gory J. for a new tr uled for h Beside: beries wei O’'Donnell strects and the Old Dutch 3105 M street. Market, PRESIDENT OF CHILE mony in Full Uniform—10,000 Flowers on Altar. By the Assor d Pres SANTIAGO, Chile, ien. Ibanez, President of the Repub lic, will be married today to Senorita ciela Letelier y Vi ughter of Ricardo Lete irst ding ot an history of Chile. The marriage will be celebrated at the Church of St. Augustine, in the corps, who will be in full gala tni form. Members of the consular bo of the judicial system and of P: ment chiefs of the army and navy members of the highest society. More than 100,000 flowers will deco- jrate the altar and 67 musicians will in and Sabath of Illinois to Offer Deporta- tion Resolution. December 3 () criminals will be advo next Congress hy Repre- ath, Democrat of the Ho com- | tion CHICAGO. portation of cated in ti sentative Chicago, member mittee on imm De- | | By the Associated Press. Widow of Coli Objects to Minor Share Of American Fund As Parents Get Bulk and three children, which represents laffects 2,984 consumers inderelia | consumers and mean | erating, lighting and other comme | will mean ome to Washington for these | gacondary rate. Peoples Drug Store at Tenth and I TAKES BRIDE TODAY | Diplomatic Corps to Attend Cere- December 3.— | wed- executive in office in the | presence of members of the diplomatic | so will be present, as well as rates were 10 cents a kilowatt hour. . The New Schedules. The new schedules follow: Sched A idence; from 6l to cents a kilowatt hour for the first 12 hours’ of u No change in the sec- ondary rate, which is 4.5 cents a kilo- watt hour., Schedule B— other than li for the firs e in I use | cents | for 5.9 ‘ommercia ting, to hours of use, No secondary rate of 4 hour. ‘This change nd will mean [ 3 the ent ywatt wm of Commercial, public and generators and artment house from 6l cents to 5.9 cents for the first 400 Kilow hours. This reduction will affect 3 saving to them a reduction to Schedule € hting, motors of £4,619.86 D—Current next vear Schedule used for gen- ial m 6 to 5.7 cents, which ing to these consumers of $88,102.05. The second rate of this hedule will remain the same, at 4.5 cents a kilowatt hour, but the third rate will be cut from 4 to 315 cents. This reduction affects 16.205 consumer nd if used at the pri s on all rates, would mean a duction of $112,064.04 Schedule E-—Ior es where the demand is not 20 kilowatt hou From a kilowatt hour in the prin to 4 cents in reduction purposcs—fr re- commercial pur- less to 4 cent rate and from 41 This affect 166 consumers. Would Abolish Schedule. Schedule the will F—Remains unchanged, | and it is planned to eventually abol- | ish it. This schedule covers industrial | motors and battery charger Schedule G- ‘rom 64 to 5.9 cents a kilow hour. This reduction af-| fects 98 consumers and involves a saving to them of $1,743.4 Schedule H—Commercial heating | and cooking purposes, from 614 to cents. This reduction affects 224 con- umer: d involves a saving to them | of § Schedile K—For separately metered | electric service for residences for use | other than lighting, from 6! to 5.9 cents. This reduction will affe nd will involve a saving to them of $1.484.33. Schedule M—For consumers in Maryland, from 11% to 10.0 cents; the secondary from 6% to 5.9 cent This schedule affects 115 consumers and involves a reduction to them of $71.45. Street Lighting Saving. The reduction in the street lig bill next year under the new sch it was calculated by the Utilitie mission, will amount to $9,156.11. In addition to approving the schedule of electric current ra commission also indorse proposal of the power company to extend the discount period for paying bills from 10 to 15 days. The penalty for non-prompt pay-| ment of bills, amounting to 10 per nt of the bill, increased the revenue of the power company thus far this R $77,000. The five-day extension, it was estimated, will cut down the penalties by 50 per cent, which will mean a loss to the company of $38,680 next yea LINER CLAIMS RECORD. ting lule, Com- | new | Miami-to-New York Voyage Made | in 49 Hours. 1 | NEW YORK, December 3 () new c twise record of 49 hours flat from Miami harhor lightship to Am- brose lightship off New York is claimed by the Clyde Line for its new crack boat, the Iroquois. An average speed of 20.4 knots was maintained, Capt. John Staples report- ed yesterday completion of the ship’s maiden round trip on her reg- uiar route. A sister ship, the Shawnee, goes into the same traffic soon. | cial | 3.751 | the | Slush Fund Inquiry Before Congress Meets. With Senator Reed, Democrat of Missouri, back in Washington today 1t is expected at the Capitol that there will be a meeting of the spe- Senate committee on campaign expenditures, of which he is chair- man, some time before Congress con- venes Monday to take up a number of pending questions. The Missourian |arrived this morning. One of the questions looming is whetber Samuel Insull, Chicago pub- lic utifities official, and his lawyer, Daniel F. Schuyler, are to be given an opportunity they now request to appear azain before the committee and answer questions about contribu- tions to tha Tilinois primary campaign funds which they twice have declined to answer. Another Problem. Still another problem is whether a fight is to be made to have the Smith- Vare contests referred to the special committee or to the regular privileges and elections committee. The general opinion at the Capitol last night was that probably the members would de- cide to ask for reference of the cases {to the elections committee. ould Insull and Schuyler be given an opportunity to answer questions abont additional sums Insull contrib- uted in the Illinois primary campaign last year they would thus be purged from contempt proceedings which the committee decided at the last session should be insituted against them. There_has indication _that (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) BEAUTY PARLOR X-RAYS CALLED CANCER SOURCE Permit for London Shop Denied After Warning Is Given by Medical Officer. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, peated use December 3.—The re- of X-rays in “beauty treatments” creates a serious risk of ancer, I W. B. Knobel declared in opposition to an application for a license (o conduct a beauty parlor in London for the removal of superflu- ous hair from the face by an X-ray apparatus. Admitting that a single application be harmless, Dr. Knobel, who one of the London County council's medical officers, said the council's medical staff had records of a large number of s in which cancer de- | veloped slowly from continued treat- ment. In one London hospital, he declared, there was a whole ward of such cases. The applicants for the license pleaded in vain that their apparatus had been used successfully and with- out complaint in America. The con- trolling committee then refused their application. HANKOW STUDENTS KILL FIVE ANTI-COMMUNISTS Union Officials Dragged From Mill ‘Which Dismissed Woman Employes. By the Associated Press. students of Sun Yat Sen Uni- stormed a cotton mill at Han- which had di ed several woman workers, and dragged five anti- red union officials into the open and shot them, it is reported from Hankow. The shooting is said to have occurred J. Hinkle attempted to halt the annual class pennant rush of the bigh school here, a group of girl students mobbed him, carried him howling to the public square and held him under the town pump for several minutes. While one group of girls held the struggling marshal _under the spout, others worked industriously at the pump handle. The result was rather damaging to the mar- shal’s dignity, and some one turned in a fire alarm. The crowd of students dispersed as the Fire De- partment_arrived. The pennant rush is an annual event at Mountain Grove High School. the seniors and sophomores defending a pennant from the juniors and freshmen. The girl idents seized Hinkle when he attempted to halt the affair, DRY LEAGUE HEADS READY FOR PARLEY Two Men to Be Elected at Convention to Succeed Wayne B. Wheeler. The vanguard of the dry crusade, leaders of” the Anti-Saloon League, to- day began the work of what is hailed as the most important meeting in the history of the organization, the thir- ty-fifth biennial convention, which will open at the Mayflower Hotel Mon- day morning. Officers will be elected, including successors for two posts held by the late Wayne B. Wheeler, and plans made for a militant dry drive in the forthcoming Congress and the 1928 presidential campaign. Members of the executive commit- tee today were wading through a maze of reports and routine matters, and late today they were expected to make nominations for officers. The nominations will be made by this com- mittee and the nominating committee of the board of directors and will be voted on by the full board Monday. Two to Succeed Wheeler. Officers to be elected include a presi- dent, vice president, secretary, treas- urer, general superintendent, legal su- perintendent and attorney. The last two positions were both held by Mr. Wheeler, but members of the commit- tee said today that two men would be chosen for the places. Meanwhile, today, representatives of 31 temperance organizations, which concluded sessions at the Raleigh Ho- tel yesterday, were planning for a huge temperance convention here next month, and leading reformers of the Nation were assembling for their an- nual pre-Congress rally ery against corruption in the body politic. At a conference of the International Reform Federation last night, at the Church of the Reformation, John B. Hammond, former chief of police of Des Moines, declared that prohibition should be “crammed down the throats of wet Senators and Representatives'; Representative W. C. Lankford of Georgia defended his Sunday bill for the District, and C. N. Howard, chair- man of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement, jumped on State authority in prohibition matters and corrupt elections. Says Wets' Plan Changed. Howard declared that the wets had given up all hope of repealing the eighteenth amendment and were now working to_get a majority in Con- gress to liberalize the Volstead act, which would require only a majority tion Foes Merely Exercise Prerogative of Citizens. By the Associated Pres ALBANY, N. Y, Gov. Smith sees no r December 3.— son why any | citizen or group of citizens should be condemned for expressing opposition | to the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. But he is for enforce- ment of laws and he regards the Vol- stead act as part of New York State law notwithstanding repeal of the State enforcement act. Breaking the silence which has char- acterized his attitude on matters of national Importance since he has been prominently mentioned for the Demo- cratic ‘nomination for President, the { governor last night told the New York State League of Women Voters that he had not deviated in the slightest from his earlier opposition to the Fed- eral prohibition statutes. In maintaining that opposition, he declared. he was not showing a lack of respect for the law, but was merely exercising the right of American citi- zens “to oppose any laws and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in harmony, Law Must Be Upheld, He Says. Referring to the many times he had taken the oath to uphold the State constitution, he said: “There are parts of it that I hate. But I have promised to sustain it, and I will sustain it. Saying that he always endeavored to uphold the laws of the Nation, even though in disagreement with them, the governor told of his having called in 1923 a law enforcement conference of police officers to impress upon them President Coolidge's desire that their obligations be emphasized. Although the governors of the majority of the States vigorously defended law en- forcement while at a conference with the President in Washington, Gov. Smith said, he found later that he was only one of two State executives who had called such a conference., “What's wrong about that?” the governor asked with vehemence as he quoted from a resolution to be offered to the women's convention, a “whereas” condemning organized op- Position to the Federal prohibition aws. Cites $5,000,000 Dry Fund. *Is there any reason why the oppo- sition should not organiz Is there any question about the solidity, force and effectiveness of the forces on the other side of the question, when by their own announgcement they will require $5,000,000 for their work in the next five years?" “The reference presumably was to an_Anti-Saloon League fund. “The Volstead law is already wri ten into State law,” the governor said in referring to the beliefs of some people that because New York State repealed its law to enforce the Vol- stead act, there is no enforcement. He cited arrests of liquor violators by the police of New York City and other cities as proof of his statement and said: “The only difference is that without a State enforcement law, trials of the violators must be held in the I'ederal court. Arguing that enforcement is a local question, he said: “Unless there is a policeman on the corner to pick up the violators, the laws are not worth the paper they are written on. Contrast Pointed Out. The governor maintained that the most punishment would come from Federal courts. When the State en- forcement act was on the books, he said, out of 1,130 arres 318 cases were discharged. Of 2,562 arrests made when there w: no State en- forcement act, only 84 cases were discharged. The immediate oce: ernor's remarks a resolution prepared by the Nassau County ion of the gov- Provides Committee of 15. After declaring for a definite provo- sition hasis for computing the Fed Government's share in the expen the National Capital, as ed 1 ciple already established in law Zihlman's bill proposes to set up a committee of 15—3 members of the House, 5 members of the Senate and five District citizens—who at the bes ginning. of each calendar year shall make a_careful study of all the equi- ties involved and determine what is the just proportion as between the xpavers and the Federal ury for the next fiscal vea The Zihlman bill declares that “all abpropriations on and after June 30, 1929 for the government of the Dis- of Columbia shall be divided be- tween the United States and the Dis trict of Columbia upon a ratio basis, and the percentage to be determined upon for each fiscal year shall be in an amount which is a just and equi- table- distribution of expenses of gov- ernment between the United States and the said District for the year in which the appropriations are made available.” One especially gratifying feature of the Zihlman bill has been included to meet the arguments advanced by the Federation of Citizens' Associations, the Citizens Advisory Council and a large number of citizens’ nssociAions, It is that in any committes or com- mission organized to study the subject of fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the District taxpay- ers the latter shall have representa- tion as an assurance that their claims may be presented as they wish them presented, and that they may have an opportunity to call attention insistent- 1y to all of the equities, some of which a__committes _composed_ entirely _of (Continued on Page §, Column 8.) $100,000,000 GOLD COIN READY FOR SANTA CLAUS Federal Reserve Officials Estimate After Demand for $20,- 000,000 in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.—Santa Claus will drop some $100,000,000 in gold coins into expectant Christmes stockings in the United States this vear, Federal Reserve Bank officials estimated, following the demand for $20,000,000 of the gold coins in New York. The custom of giving gold coins as Christmas presents places a heavy strain on the Federal Reserve ma- chinery and on the banks that supply their clients with the coins. Not be- cause the Federal Reserve isn't used to handling much larger supplies— $54,000,000 of gold was exported last month through the New York Fed- eral Reserve organization—but the distribution of the coins means a tre- mendous number of small transactions with thousands of banks. ‘The approach of Christmas also means the appearance of $1,000,000 vorth of $250 gold pieces. This coin is not minted except on special occa- sions, but because of the demand 400,000 of them have been ordered struck off for the Christmas rush. Because of their scarcity and the value placed upon them by collectors very few of the $2.50 pieces ever are seen again. The demand fot them al- ways exceeds the supply, officials say. FIRST SNOW OF SEASON MIXES WITH DRIZZLE Temperature of 20 Forecast for Capital Tonight, With Rain or Snow Tomorrow Night. ‘Washington got its first glimpse of snow flurries this morning, mixed with MARSEILLE, December 3.—Amer-{ ican genevosity appears to have failed biir the intended to the Widow Capt. Francis Coli, com- panion Charles Nungesser in an dill-fated attempt to cross the Atlantic by air st May. AMme. Coli is deeply dissatisfied with (he apportionment of the Coli family | share of the fund subscribed in Amer- bill to iea for the Nungesser-Coli families ——— - | The apportionment was completed re DELEGATE IN BERL'N cently and Mme. Coli is starting . wetive campaign of protest. | She has written a long and bitter | ject of subsecribers—to t () —Ton | letter to Premier Poincare, expressing | edy the injustice of fate hy making thuanias |the hope that he will give e easier the lot of their bereaved fam the | tion 1o the situation in which she has |ilies—has hardly been attained in the been placed. She desives ipportionment This has resulted, |estate operator and wholesale furri den of Lithusinia avvived hore | French zovernment compensate in|she says, from the fact that the fly- [and the efforts of the gang to obtain morning. e will depart for Ge. |some form for what she alleges to be [ers’ mothers were consistently kept | $75,000 ransom from a wealthy friend neva late this afternoon injustice on the part of the commit-{in the foreground, while she, the|of Roisner. The Lithuanian it tee handling the fund widow, and her children, were' kept | A Minneapolis attorney showed po- conference with the German foreign| The committee otted 593,000 lin the hackzround. She asks if their |lice a letter to Mrs. Roisner, purport- office was scheduled, as Foreign Minis [ franes (roughiv - $23.720), to Coli's| American benefactors ever knew of [ing to be from the gang demanding their transcontinental tour and return ter Gustav Stresewann had uut\ul,\‘m sther and father and 97.000 franes |the existence of h [ and her chil- ! ransom for the release of her husband. WG B8 Bi e P U gy $580 cach to e widow | dromy vw__fl__fl.rmwmiwmmm 24 slisp spisesieasanss - \Radio Erogram=Pags 32 1 monthly income of $20 apiece, Mme. Coli points out. Another thin in the presence of armed police, who did not interfere. A recrudescence of communistic ac- tivities js seen and it is reported that the Communists are organizing an armed corps to bring about another reign of terror. bill will “any and hout I provide for| all of the @ delava, |40 who vote in both houses. They bope for (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. |Florentine Choir Threatens to Quit U. S. Unless Good Quality Wine Is Provided By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 3.—Fifty members of the Florentine Choir of Florence, Italy, now in Los Angeles, have sent an ultimatum to their im- presario, Frank W. Healy of San Francisco, reading, in’effect, “No wine, no song.” Members of the choir said that un- less_they were supplied with wine of good quality they probably would abandon the remaining schedule of the drizzle. Rain that has fallen in- termittently for many hours proba- bly w end some time during this afternoon, Forecaster R. Hanson Weightman at the Weather Bureau said today. The outlook for tomght, he declared, is for cloudy skies and slightly colder weather, with a mini- mum of 29 degrees. Tomorrow's skies will be partly overcast, he said, with cool weather and an absence of rain, but with a chance of rain or snow late tomorrow night. The lowest temperature last night was 34 degrees. The recent rains were caused by a storm that came up the Atlantio-seaboard and storm warnings have been ordered displayed between the Virginia Capes and Charleston, S. C., and in this region, Mr. Weight- man pointed out, strong winds are likely to prevail late this afternoon and tonight. Today’s snow flurries were at. tributed to the colder temperatures prevailing aloft, the sur temperas Itis proposed deportation of eriminal element’ w i and will apply not only to the have been convicted of “those who have heen carrying conc ed we: Representative Sal sents the fifth Tl posed of several West Side, anno chanter of the leagne, intended for (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. which rankles the widow s the French law governing mnheritanc Dy this Coli's father and mother, of the 59; into two equal portions Coli's brother, who, she sa need it, the other heing divided a amon three daughters. Mme. Coli says that ipon again to risk would not be solace HELD ASVK|DNAPERS. | Chicago Arrests Believed to Have Broken Up Interstate Gang. CHICAGO, December 3 (A). ations of an interstate gang of kid- napers, recruited in Kunsas City, St. Paul and Minneapolis, was believed to have been brought to light today when police arrested three women and eight men, A number of raids | squads followed news of the kidnap- ing of Morris Roisner, St. Paul real of crimes of prrehen: th i one going to . doesn’t in district ds on Chic iced his depor Oper- “Famous Love Romances Picture stories, stranger than fiction, beautifully illustrated by Nicholas Afonsky —a daily series which begins in ation it Col his for were | life it | his merica is a most wonderful coun- try and your countrymen have been most kind and courteous to us, and the members of the cholr acknowledge with the deepest gratitude the compli- ments which have been paid to their art. “But we must have our wine, as we have suffered long and what little w have had has been decidedly inferior, ‘The Florentine Choir is sald to be the oldest musical organization in Ttaly. It is on its first American tour. 99 brother. Alto; the ob- y to rem- *ther, she claims tha December by detective BERLIN, goute to Genevi compl inst i before 21 Nations Council, Premicr stated no Monday’s Star