Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1927, Page 17

AS THE SEVENTIETH CONGRE:! flag on the Capitol as the new Con that is expected to produce mu ASSEMBLES. Running up the mbled today for a session ress- ass portant legislation, as well as important campaign material for the forthcoming presidential race. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. traffic. avenue between Second and Third streets northeast. both for the street cleaning department and the street railways. A PAIR OF LAUDERS AT EDINBURGH. Sir Harry Lauder (at left), the ottish comedian, is accompanied by his brother, Alex Laud s at Edinburgh for the ceremony of having the freedom of 3 ed upon him. Sir Harry honor from Scotland’s capital. is the first comedian to receive this ‘Wide World Photos. L. 5. GUARDS SAV U§ FROM 2 SHIPS Storm Victims Towed With Ropes After Battle With Gale Off Hatteras. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 5.— Forty-eight sailors owed their lives to- glory to the Coast Guard in plucking glory to the Coast Guard in qlucking them from certain death aboard two storm-driven ships off Cape Hatteras. They were the crews of the Nor- wegian steamer Cibao and the Greek vessel Paraguay. The latter lost four of her personnel Saturday night while southeast of Cape Henry, fighting the , gale that eventually dashed both ships on the ground off Hatteras. The four were working the pumps in an effort to keep the Paraguay afloat when a wave washed them overboard. ‘While a half a dozen ships, sum- moned by the Paraguay’'s distress calls, searched for her north of Kitty Hawk, N. C., she went ashore just before daylight yesterday. Her re- maining crew of 24 climbed into the rigging and watched while guardsmen from Kitty Hawk station launched a boat through mountainous waves whipped up by the gale. Several at- tempts failed before the boat crew reached the side of the Paraguay, then half filled with water, and took off her sailors. Storm Hampers Rescue. The storm that drove the Cibao pground almost frustrated the rescue «® her crew. The ingenuity of the life savers, however, won out over the waves that threatened to dash the Coast Guard boats to pleces against the Cil sides every time they ap- proached her. On_ shouted instructions from the guardsmen the Cibao's 24 men tied ropes around their bodies and threw the loose ends into the water. When the ropes were- picked up by the Guard boats, the steamer’s men leaped into the water, to he towed the three miles to shore. All were landed safe- 1y, although several were unconscious when pulled out of the surf. Gale of High Velocity. s had swept the entire South Atlantic Coast since Saturday morn- ¢ a velocity of 70 miles and 56 at Cape a0, with a net ton- nage of only 690, was endeavoring to yeach Hatteras Inlet when she strand- ed. She bound for Baltimore from Port Antonio, Jamaica, under charter of the United Fruit Co The Paraguay was formerly an American tanker, but her regi changed a few 'days before leav Baltimore for Seville, Spain. Her new owners have named her the Kvzikos, but her wireless call le ters remained those of the Paraguay. She was of 2,627 gross tons, Sunday School 100 Years 01d. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 5.— Special services were held yesterday at Middletown Sunday School in celebration of its 100th an- niversary. The Sunday school was oorganized December 2, 1827, under the pastorate of Rev. Abraham Reck. A congregational reception will also be held Wednesday night as a part of the anniversary program. U. S. Draft Files Still Supplying World War Data By the Associated Press. Draft records of the 24,237,328 men who registered for military service during the World War are still in constant use to provide in- formation for various purposes. ‘War Department records show that 31,144 requests for information ob- tainable only from the selective service files of the war were re- ceived during the last fiscal year. Most of them in connection with administration of the soldiers’ bonus act or in relation to other claims against the Government. Many requests had to do with naturalization requirements, the draft records indicating that 3,877, 083 aliens were registered. About 6,000 calls for information of this sort were received from the Labor Department. JUSTICE TO ANSWER DRINKING CHARGE $1,100 Bail Posted by Moreland of Colmar Manor, Md., After Raid on Home. Special Dispatch to The Stas HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 5.—Justice of the Peace Raymond N. Moreland of Colmar Manor, arrested Saturday night by Prince Georges County police, headed by Sergt. Her- vey G. Machen, on charges of being drunk and disorderly and with posses- sion of intoxicating liquor in violation of the county prohibition law, will be given a hearing before Judge J. Chew Sheriff in the county police court here tomorrow. Moreland was arrested on warrants sworn out by William Slingland of Colmar Manor, who sald that when he visited the magistrate’s office on busi- ness he was abused. Slingland told Justice of the Peace Retta D. Morris here, before whom the warrants were sworn out, that he saw liquor being delivered to Judge Moreland’s home and asked for a search warrant. More- land was held under $1,000 bond on charge of possessing the liquor, and $100 bond on the drunk and disorderly conduct charge He has retained Mayor ‘White of Colmar Manor as his attorney. SARGENT IS UPHELD. McCarl Rules in Row Over Sub- sistence of Prisoners. Atforney General Sargent has been |supported by Controller General Mc- {Carl in the controversy with Balti- lmore authorities over the subsistence of Federal prisoners in the Batlimore Jall. * Three prices were involved, 65 cents, 75 cents and $1 per day. The controller held that the At- torney General was within his legal right in refusing to pay the increased amount, which, he said, had been arbi- ty fixed without following the usual_course as required by law. Declaring that the statute cites that such sum shall be paid for the keep of ederal prisoners “only as it reason- bly and actually costs to subsist them,” the controller said there ap- pears to be no authority to pay an amount in excess of the 65 cents or 76 cents previously agreed upon, converted every hill in town into a first-class toboggan slide and brought delight to the army of youngsters who got out their sleds. These four _ were snapped at Maryland avenue and Tenth street northeast. PLANS OF PROTECTING D. C. ROADWAYS MADE $200,000 Budget Item to Provide Improvements for 12 Miles of Macadam. Plans for protecting the macadam roadways of the District from rapid deterioration by the laying of either curbs, gutters or concrete shoulders along their outer fringes were com- pleted today by Capt. H. C. White- hurst, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner, who has administrative super: vision over the highway department. An item for an appropriation of $290,000 which, it estimated, will enable the highway department to add such improvements to about 12 miles of macadam roadways and also give them a special protective topping is in the District's budget for the next fiscal year. A tentative list of the road- ways to which it is planned to add the protective features if the appro- priation is granted by Congress in- cludes Massachusetts avenue from S street to Wisconsin avenue, Cathedral avenue from Massachusetts avenue to Wesley Heights, Monroe street north- 2ast, Pennsylvania avenue southeast, Rittenhouse street from Georgla ave- nue to Blair road, Military road from Forty-first street to Brightwood, and Thirty-seventh street from Reservoir road to Wisconsin avenue, The curbs, gutters or shoulders, whichever are laid, Capt. Whitehurst pointed out, will obviate the annual maintenance necessary of the mac- adam roadways, which in the case of Massachusetts avenue has averaged about 25 cents a yard, ‘Washington Star Photo. STORM GIVES CAPITAL FIRST REAL TASTE OF WINTER. The driving sleet and snow which blanketed the city yesterday brought out all available plows and other equipment to make the streets passable to Here is one of the District’s motor truck plows cleaning up the heavy fall on Massachusetts That the storm hit the city on Sunday was fortunate, ‘Washington Star Photo. €, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 192T. Natalie Hall, American soprano, as Marguerite, in “Faust,” in which she will appear with the American Opera Co. here December 12, at the opening of its three-day engage- ment. ADING THE SENATE FORCES AGAIN. nsas (at left), majority leader of the of Kai Robinson, minority leader, talking nator Charles Curtis and Senator Joseph T. over the legislative situation new Congress prepared to get down to work today on the imp problems confronting it. Copyright by P. & A. I OCEAN FLIGHT ENDS IN CRASH. Pulling out the wreck of the German plane Heinkel D- 220, which crashed into the sea just after taking off from the Azores for America, to complete a transatlantic flight from Germany. occupants had from injury or death. The wreckage shows what a lucky escape the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Frazier, Nye and Howell, Insurgents Of Senate, Breakfast With President Among the 11 members of the Sen- ate and House entertained by the President at breakfast at the White House today were Senators Frazier and Nye of North Dakota and Howell of Nebraska, prominent among the group of Republican insurgents in the Senate. The others in the breakfast com- pany were Senators Norbeck, Repub- lican of South Dakota, who was %one of the President’s so-cailed chums dur- ing his stay in the Black Hills last Summer, and Broussard of Louisiana and Blease of South Carolina, the two latter being Democrats; Representa- tives Garrett, Tennessee, the minority leader of the House; Rainey, Illinois, another Democrat, and McLaughlin, Michigan, Britten, Illinois, and Bach- rach of New Jersey, Republicans. ‘The White House announced that the entertainment of these legislators at breakfast was for the purpose of becoming better acquainted and that there was no reason to attach any significance to the affair. It was said that nothing of any consequence was discussed. This makes the second so-called con- gressional breakfast that has been held within the past week, and it is expected that it will be followed by others with frequency. The Presi- dent’s guests this morning were treat- ed to the customary hot cakes and sausage. OFFERS SENATE PRAYER. In order that a prayer be offered in the Senate today, before the mem- bers plunged into the fray of organiz- ing or of debating the Vare and Smith cases, Majority Leader Curtis made hasty inquiry this morning to find out if a clergyman had been invited to be present at noon in view of the va- cancy in the office of the chaplain. Rev. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, has been selected by a special committee for tha post of Senate chaplain, and his name is expected to be approved by the Senate without delay. It was nec- essary, however, to have a chaplain to open the session before any steps t.ward orzanization be taken, and Senator -Curtis directed that Dr. Phil- lips to invited to perform the service today when the gavel fell for the be- &inning of the session, o STABBING VICTIM DIES. Murder Charged Against Charles Cook, Colored, in Fight. Thomas Brown, colored, 39 years old, of 2412 Se\'en(eejlth street, who was stabbed in the abdomen Novem- ber 4 in a fight at 1769 Willard street, dled in- Emergency Hospital yester- day afternoon. He was not taken to the hospital until a week after he was stabbed. Charles Cook, colored, 52 years old, of 1743 S street, who is alleged to have inflicted the wound, was arrested by the police and charged with murder. A coroner’s inquest, conducted at the morgue today, resulted in a verdict holding Cook for action of the grand Jury, LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS READY Publication in City Newspapers Scheduled for Wednesday. 20,000 Names Included. A large group of employes of the District tax assessor’s office worked for three hours yesterday completing the list of delinquent taxpayers which will be published in several Washington newspapers Wednesday. The list contains the names of ap- proximately 20,000 delinquents. Tax certificates to their property will be sold at public auction in January un- less the arrears are paid before that time. P Tax delinquents last year totaled about 23,000, and the reduction this year Commissioner Sidney F. Taliafer- (ro believes, is due to the reforms in: stituted in the tax assessor’s office under which frequent notices are mailed to taxpayers in arrears, warn- ing them that the bills should be paid before the date of; the annual public sale, |3 About 27,000 names were on this year's list about a month ago, but ap- proximately 7,000 of them were de- leted in the last several weeks, when eleventh-hour payments were made by the delinquents who desired to keep their names from being pub- lished. cadei g Never Quit Talking. From the Boston Transcript. Headline in Enid News—"Fhysl- clan’s Dead Wife Being Questioned.” Headline in Pennsylvania paper— “Prosecution Bases Case on Post- Mortem Statements of Woman Killed.” Dead men, they say, tell no tales, but dead women apparently do, STARTING THE NEW REGIME. American League (at left), seems to be getting pointers here on his new job from Commissioner Landi: E. S. Barnard, new president of the few good-natured ball’s czar. And the dove of peace again appears to hover over the leadership of organized base ball. Former Page Acts As Secretary to Senator for Day By the Associated Press. Having started his career 30 years ago as a Senate page, Don- ald H. McLean, now a lawyer and political leader of Elizabeth, N. J., rounded out that career today by acting as secretary to a Senator for a day, with the privilege of hob- nobbing about the Senate floor. McLean’s ambition to return again to the scenes of his youth was gratified by his old friend, Senator Edge of New Jersey. The lawyer has taken the oath of office as a secretary and will draw one day’s pay, which he says he will spend on a dinner for himself and Senator Edge’s regular secretary, Robert A. Zachary, jr. The Elizabeth lawyer, who studied law while serving in the Senate, was appointed a page by Vice President Hobart and subsequently was reappointed to that post and given other jobs in the Senate by the late Senator Frye. ROW BREAKS UP SHANGHAI MEETING Nanking Delegates Charge Red Activities Against Cantonese and Withdraw, By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 5.—The third day’s session of the Kuomintang, or Nationalist political organization, which is seeking to restore unity among the Nationalist factions, came to a sudden and unexpected end late today. The meeting broke up soon after it had convened when the Nanking dele- gation withdrew following a sharp discussion with the Canton representa- tives, during which they accused the Cantonese of being ‘‘Reds affiliated with the Communists.” Following their withdrawal the Nanking members held a secret ses- sion, whose proceedings were not made public, while the conference was stopped. gt ey FAREWELL PATRICK LUNCHEON ARRANGED Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, who retires from active duty December 13, will be tendered a farewell luncheon by his friends, Iin and out of the service, tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel. Invitations for the luncheon have been sent out by the District of Columbia Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. Reserva- tions may be made by telephoning the local chapter at Main 4615. It had been planed to holda testi- monial dinner later, but it was learn- ed that Gen. Patrick is planning to leave the city in the next day or so. All delegates to the conference on commercial aviation now being held at the Department of Commerce have been invited, in addition to officials and members of the Federail air forces. Gen. Patrick is expected to deliver a brief address, in response to felici- tations extended him by prominent speakers, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. GIRL SCOUT FUND - TEAMS TO REPORT | Rivalry Intense in $55,000 Drive as Luncheon Awaits 236 Workers Today. The first report of results of the | Washington Girl Scouts’ campaign | to raise $55.000 for a permanent camp | fund and budget to 1930, which opened | Friday night, will be made at a | luncheon meeting at the New Willard | Hotel today, when the 236 workers, | headed by Mrs. William Howard Taft and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, honorary chairmen; Mrs. Charles Lindsay, jr., general chairman, and Mrs. George Barnett, exccutive chairman, will turn in_their reports. Intense rivalry is reported among the teams as to which one will win the laurels today for leading in the race. A large number of unsolicited contributions which have come in to campaign_headquarters, in room 121 at the Willard Hotel, are attributed to the appeal of Frederic William Wile made in behalf of the Washing- ton Girl Scouts over the radio Satur- day night. Saturday Night Address. Two other addresses were given Saturday night by H. M. Butler, direc- tor of the campaign, who spoke in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and at Lyon Village, Va. A junior team, to be known as team 80, has been organized by Mrs. Henry H. Smither, captain, composed of sub- * debutantes,’ and hasalready begun ac- tive work. The members of this team are: Miss Evelyn Howe, Miss Letitia Dawson, Miss Martha Evans, Misg Ester Baden, Miss Catherine Carr and Miss Helen Carr. Advisory Council Chosen. A special advisory council of Wash- ington business men and civic lead ers actively supporting the campaign has been elected and is composed of the following members: Frank S. Hight, Corcoran Thom, Julius Gar- finckel, William Flather, jr.; Issac Gans, John N, Newbold and E. C. Graham. George Barnett, executive chairman of the campaign, will speak over the radio through station WMAL, at 9:45 tonight. MARINE IS SOLOIST. A. S. Witcomb to Play Trumpet at Church Concert. Arthur S. Witcomb, trumpet soloist and second leader of the United States Marine Band, will be guest soloist at a concert tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Metropolitan Memorial Metho- dist Church, through the courtesy of Gen. John A. Lejeune. Other soloists are Mrs. Elsle F. Montgomery, organist, and Harriet Harding Guthrie, soprano. Mrs. Montgomery also will act as accom- panist. Mr. Witcomb's selections will be “The Soul's Appeal,” by Tregira, and an arrangement of Arthur Sullivan's “The Lost Chord. e Material which cost only 6 cents was converted by an engineer of Wes- ton-super-Mare, England, into a model of a pumping engine, valued at $500. and which was recently awarded a silver championship cup.