Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 1

WEATHEF (U. 8 Weather Bureau Partly today, tomorrow incr slowly rising temper: Temperatures p.m., vesterday; lowest, vesterday. R. Forecast ) cloudy and continued 87, at 2 , at § am, Sunday Star WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION The Star is 60 cents “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at r month, Telephone Main 5000 | and service will start immediately. I Nos Entered post _as second cla office, ¢ s 1 Washington, atter D Sl}Nl)A\Y MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1927—SIX1TY PAGES. (/) Means Associated Pre FIVE CENTS. — RAYSON AIRPLANE SWUNG BACK AFTER PASSING CAPE COD, OBSERVERS CLAIM Craft Headed South 10 Min- | utes After Winging Over| Cable Station, Thrée Oper- | ators There Say. GAS SUPPLY DEADLINE | WAS PASSED HOURS AGO Feint Hope for Woman and Crew | Held in Possibility That One of Two Engines May Have Gone Dead, Giving Greater Time Limit. | Associated P RLEANS, M g over sed | e | minutes | | | i3 | ght, was the Deschamps | for the between | Field o'clock last i the pl. eved ne. search | he | he | fast | es later we heard| ward. We| ar of its | at the| | { Is Hours Overdue. | 25 - | who | verdue tonight and hope for and her three men companions g fast. who started with her for and in her amphibian Sik- were Oskar Omdal, over the North Pole with * pilot; Brice Goldsbor- dio operator and naviga- red Koehler, ngine ex- who had expected to leave the before it left Newfound- e main lap of the pro- . R L) yesterday after- 0 hours, or ck th afternoon, and ted to meke the flight in | ¢p the Ehip UD Y Considered Faint Hope. | ]’ st W Jeave Nova Beotla on Word From Oltaws | LIFAX §o) 1 ¢ Marine snd | the tree Wi 48 b cotls, December | Yederal De chieslen were nowhich | eved ent v baer fight iy #b Bl Juisi W Wi | mine |1t { as soon as possible. | of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. EX-KAISER HAS DIFFICULTY MAKING ENDS MEET. WIFE SAYS 1 Economy Needed to Maintain Standards, She Declares. - Holds Former Ruler’s Fall ue to Misunderstanding of His Character. Whatever the world my think of Wil to his wife he 1a stood man. In the ows she describes himy 1d bim. referring to him nd “the Emperor.” 11. former German Emperer, vester Vierick. red the exile of Emperor ore than four years as 1 . T am probably the one " him best. 3 nd two or three months many. our life at an intimacy un- ary w of t in Ge Doorn supposes in or The ¢ seldom goes out. a prisoner. I hardly it alone. We could not, if , avoid each other. macy of this type with an un- al partner would reduce any person to madness. It would onstant irritations and qua The atmosphere would be poison- s with mutual recrimination. The outlet of a thousand inhibited wulses would be frequent emotional He is, ever we we In | explosions. The Kaiser has led this prison ex- istence more than eight years. One- of these we have shared together. The harmony of our married life has been unmarred by the slightest dis- o Our union is perfect. Emperor's Fate Harder. The Emperor's fate is harder than He has been hurled from great- er heights. He accepts his fate with humility. On the other hand, he does not pretend to cherish martyrdom. He is perfectly human. In spite of the destruction of all his hopes, his shattered throne and his shattered faith in his advisers, he has not forgotten how to laugh. His laugh is not that of madness. It is not he guffaw of utter disenchantment or dry cackle of cynicism. It is 3 The Emperor's spirit rises above his disappointments. If the world knew him and under- stood him, it would judge him dif- ferently. The world never knew him never understood him. He re- mains incomprehensible, not be- married rela- | PRINCE HERM . C-KAISER WILHELM. cause his character fs complex, but because it is so ingly simple. That, in a_nutshell, is the Success of_his psychology. Possibly the inheritance of cer- tain English characteristics. from his mother_increased_the_dificulties he- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) WILBUR SAYS 4 WORK WILL GO ON Secretary Arrives on Scene to Push Efforts of Salvage Crew. By the Associated Press. PROVINCETOWN, Mass,, December 24.—The work of salvaging the sub- marine S-4, sunk a week ago today, is to go on. This was the order given by Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, after a conference with officers of the salvaging fleet aboard the mine- sweeper Falcon today. “We will continue with the salvag- ing work,” Secretary Wilbur sald, “with the idea of getting the ship up Of course, we will be governed by the weather conditions and all decisions are only tentative. The Secretary added that he had utmost confidence in the men on Falcon,” headquarters ship of the alvaging fleet, which 1s under the girection of Rear Admiral Frank H Brumby. He pointed out that many of the officers and men now here had practical experlence in such work, as a result of having worked on the rais- ing of the submarine 851, sunk off Block Island in 1925. Conference Aboard Falcon. Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chiet of wval operations, who came here with coretary Wilbur, was present at the e on the Falcon. Others who participated were Rear Admiral Ttumby, Capt. Ernest A. King, Lieut. Cor sdward Ellsberg and Comdr Hare Baunders, val constructor conter conference lasted two hours. after Secretary Wilbur and 1 Hui Liad left the Falcon, deq th troyer Mahan and Joston Hm was Aone by the fleet to- Ofeers wadd that in the prevall: le northwest wind and high operations were impe predicted that favor 8 vould return for sev least e officers appesyed mur cretary Wilbur's decision Ho confident ¢ operations pring that o ations 1o The ¢ been that furth tponed until preg Mother at Seel bur Admira m_lust und shing L Column 4) BOMBS INJURE 19 INAMERICAN BANKS Sacco - Vanzetti Terrorists Blamed for Blasts in Buenos Aires. By the Amsociated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 24.— Christmas eve brought injuries to nearly 20 persons in two terrorist bomb explosions that wrought ha in two branches of Uni banks here today. All of the casualties occurred the Buenos Alires branch of the Na- tional City Bank of New York shortly before noon. A clock stopped by t explosion 1154 as the exa time, afterward another bomb exploded at the Argentine branch of the First National Bank of Boston, about three blocks away. These are the only American banks in Bucnos Alves, although there are a dozen other foreign banka in the same section, the heart of the finan clal district. The explostons, attributed to Sacco- Vanzettl sympathizers, came in the midst of preparation for the Christ- mas Loliday just a few minutes be- fore the close of work on the regular Saturday halfholiday. The injured were taken to a howspital, where it was reported that weres seriously hurt and 16 others, including Thomas ¥. Little, n er of the National City Bank, w Jews weviously in- jured. Among th hurt were 4 women, Other Amerlcans Injured we Ham isler, Miss Lthel Buck, Flora Small, Mrs. Cora Henry Samford, and ¢ W. Wisley, Other forelgners injured were M Emeline Beams, British, and Joaquin Oliva, Filipino. None of these wias seriously injured except Oliva The banks have been under guard wince the recent Saceo-Vanzettl demonstrations, but vigilance was re laxed us tenslon over the executions 0 Boston seemed to die down. Among many theories offered was the sug gestion that the perpetrators Kot pust the guards still on duty by carrying the bombs disgulsed an Christimas packnges Until the nad e Wil Mins wrell, few daym all pack exnmined by the ely 600 persons whonal City ank tetephone booths hindsome four when the ex lamt ngen heen gunrds, Approxim, inmide the near elevators i the rear of story concrete were and thie hullding occurred “Drug Store Cowboys“ of ]tu]y Rid;ng To Defeat as Fascisti Clear Street 1 Press The Vasciel thie reglnie In devoting part o Christinas on e clearing from the slreets ug sore cowboys,” lounge ards” and mashers who Jut i e profering \heir wervices sy encorls Lo naceompnied woinen Becret weo 16d 1o 1he Jub I Mome and other ik they bre expected Auring the ohals wti e ie squadrone hns g centern 0 tud pienty of work ist ak nattily s employed for mimslon dn hotel loblies Ehopping Aistibcts wid Wlawyiiute KRl Vo9 AMsiisage Lliplizh 804 Lingy Ly Jother women tonnists are dikely 1o he 11 e uf with of v b s b sentch T b e old N Biven't we ret e i a Llooking man with th wnd i the ludy ways you haven't 1) meet the lieutenant ut the station house Hght now.” The wle youth of Haly, who fn the !, intl iy have hnd propensh fin " philindertig, alieady vie [ i 1ot | sl | mince p e [ 1o 1 apt 1 a deternin retont it teally wi fash e propi port Ih ) onger Wi prent of ftal it Dathisibie yiskeis ABLRUM . Wb e i 1ointen he A s it HEKAN SHRES AS OFFERS COME TO TRE M BACK Kidnaper Hysterical as Cali- fornia Officials Enter Cell in Oregon Jail. “MESSAGE” FROM GIRL BRINGS EAGER QUERY Search for Woman Intensified as Police Find Fingerprints and Clothing in Apartment. | B the Aswociated Fress (DLETON, Orex., Dec ing the trail back to Los Ange | Where he must stand ‘rial on charges Kidnaping and slaying little Marian | Parker, William E. Hickman became hysterical tonight when officers from the California city entered his cell to take him in custody. Shrieks of the slayer could be through the heavy cell room. Hickman v ficers arrived. ning meal about 4 exhausted by a busy day filmed, photographed, viewed by 4,000 persons. Officers Taken to Cell. The Los Angeles officers were im mediately taken into the cell room where Hickman has been confined since his capture last Thursday. The doors were bolted behind them. Acc anying Keyes were C Police Harold E. Davis, Herman Cline, | chiet of detectives; George K. Home, former chiet of police, and Detective Harris Ramon As Keyes and others of nis party came out the door after a few minutes, Hickman was lving on his back in his cell groaning loudly. Detectives re- mained in the cell to question Hick- man, Hickman's ler said Hickman acted like a maniac. Keyes sald that wonld be necessary to wait for the extradition papers, which were signed v by Gov. Patterson at Salem. it Hickman had refused to -, he sald he was making smber 24 youthful accused heard in the jail iron doors of his asleep when the o He had eaten his eve- 5 o'clock and was He had been quizzed and ef of | the cries could on doors feked through the heavy room 1g on his side on the tloor crying “Oh 0d! Oh, Oh.” Ofcers said Hickman went into hysterics when they entered the cell, where he had heen asleep. After the officers appeared, Hick- man for a while laid flat on his back on the floor with his knees ralsed and refused to talk . »me on, Eddie, sit up like a man and talk id one of the officers. }ickman made no response. The cell door was opened and one of the men walked in beside him and 1aid Hickman's prostrate form on the bunk. I have a message from Marlan,” Inquisiter sald ickman then shouted: “Man, man, come, let me see her He was Iy his H where is she; face.” “Don you want to know what Mar- jan said? Sit up and I will tell you." On a street corner not far from the jall a crowd of men, women and children were gathered about the Christmas tree while the children sang Christmas carc Will Leave Today. Hickman will leave with the officers tomorrow at 11 a.m., for Los Angeles. “This was announced by Chlef of De- tectives Herman Cline of 1os At 0 He xail he had talked by telephone with Dwight W. Longuevan,, who was bringing extradition papers from Salem and informed that Longue- in could not get away from Port- Jand before 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing “Barring most unusual _cireum atances, we will be able to leave at 11 am., Sunday,” said Cline. District Attorniey Asa Keyes of Lon Angeles 3. Branin, As- who se- nt from Hick- upon capture, (o turn over a copy of the transcript and ald b wonld study it over and use it as a basis for his questioning, The Los Angeles offic T(Continucd on Page TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—12 PAG) Natlonal 1 the first statem a took photo- . Column’ 2) | General ews—Local, and ¥ en. Hehools and Col ~1age 8 Radio News and Programs—I®age 9 Financlal News—Pages 10 and 11, ART TWO—14 PAGES. Fditorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Clussified Advertising. Notew of Art and Artiste—Pake 4. Jown of Winter Bookn—Fage 4 Tales of Well Known Folk—Page Avound the City —Lgo ¢ Civilian Avmy News—Page 9. Clubwomen of the Nation —Page 10 Veterans of the Great W Page 10 Y W A otos — Page 10, Varent Tencher Activities—1'age 11. oy Heout wa—1uge 11 Arvmy und Navy News -Page 13 Districr Nottonnl Gunrd—Page 1 District of Columbla B al It Page 13 Datly Hotopcope—Page 13, AR —10 PPAC Ariun s and the 'hoto b Auis (] ve ments—"Theat Page 6 Mot Pagen 6 and 7 i g ke Activitien - Vage The Awmaging Chance' DA R vial | Vage 9 W, (T U Notes—FPake § Marine Corps News - Fuge 9, Newn of the Clubs~Page 9 T FOUR—4 PAGES, Hporte Meot PART FIVE Hection 1ink PAGEN. Vine Fiction and Pea arnu i N—# PAGEN Victuves COLORE RECTION=4 PAGES Moutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Pollevs; A g sk “uu vk dietony . Nht Fvents 1 CHRISTMAS COMES TO CAPITAL WITH COLORFUL CEREMONIES President Leéds Celebration at National Community Tree; Churches and Carole Was began the dhser of Christmas last night with colorful and ancient customs clated with the holy festival birth of Jesus From the Capital City to every corner of the Nation the signal which announced the begin- ning of that joyful season when, for a brief space each year a selfish and erring Christendom gets very indeed to the evangel of charit ziveness and mercy proclaimed the Carpenter of Galilee. Shortly after sunset, while the first the ington I the asso- of the went forth close by stars were blossoming | clear, cold sky above the spires of the city churches, President Coolldge pressed a golden button. Immediately the branches of a living spruce tree in Sherman Square behind the White House became a conical pillar of flashing gems and colored lights. Model for Nation. This was the model Christmas tree for Washington and for the Nation. A scant second later a rocket flare, spiralling through the sky, gave notice to the citizens who had been waiting with hushed expectancy in the gathering darkness in all parts of the city and suburbs that the lighting was accomplished. Buglers ince | sounded the message fi . for- | rs Play Big Part. m the foot of Other buglers stationed eples took up the call. Be from scores of steeples began to pea the arols with their message of I h and good will to men. Sim scenes were enacted in many other cities and villages where the touch of the President’s finger on the golden button had been awaited as the official signal for. the start of the Yuletide festivities. Radio waves and telegraph wires carried the word throughout ' the country. Trees in ymmunitics and _churches were soon as the message from the tree. church s Sherman national and local, large group of Washington people were gathered about the tree a_ half hour Defore the arrival of President and Mrs. Coolidge with their honor guard of Boy Scouts. Marine Band Plays. The exercises at the tree hegan smptly at 5:30 o'clock with a crowd ent which packed the square sur- rounding_the roped-off space. The Marine Band played several of the tamilfar Ckristmas classics and as the official party approached there was a rendition of the familiar strains of the “Cantique de Noel. Representative Zihlma land,_chais o 1_of_the (Continu AR Square was both and a of Mary- ational _con; . Column 2) HANGES IN POLICE TRIAL BOARD LOOM D. C. Heads Study Drastic Shake-Up Plan Presented by Hesse. Drastic reorganization of the poll trial board and its method of pr cedure will be put into effect Janu- ary 1, it the District Commissioners approve a plan recommended by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. The Commissioners, it was learned last night, e had the proposed new plan under consideration for several days. It Involves a complete change In the board's personnel, and the addition of an inspector, which would make 1t conslst of threo police officers and an assistant corporation counsel. The present board I8 com- posed of two police captains and an assistant corporation counsel. Additional dutles also would be Imposed on the assistant corporation counsel Aside from representing the Police Department in the prose cutlon of cases before the board, the assistant corporation counsel would be required to give advice and assist- ance to the prosecuting witness and perform such dutles as @ pro cutor may be called upon to do fore the courts. Heretotore, proses cuting witnesses have not bheen per- mitted to he rep ited by counsel, und thin has vesulted 10 conshders ble criticiam of the procedurs of the hourd Ma Wations to the Comimissloners 1o for the removal of Capts. Martin Rellly and Ira Sheots, an membors of the board, and thelr replacoment by Capts. . 1 M. Lord of the thirteenth precinct and C. Lo Plemmons of the twelfth precinct. Inspector L. J. Stoll would he the additional memb The plan also contemplates velloving Awslstant Corporation Counsel W. 1L Wahly an a_member_of tha hoard and the iy 4, Column 3) One Edition Only ¢ The Evening Star Will Be lIssued Tomorrow Home Delivery and Street Sales About 1 PM, TESTING OF LIQUOR DECLARED ILLEGAL Doran Threalens Chemists With Arrest 'f They Analyze Product for Drinkers. By the Associated Press. Commercial chemists who test alco and liquor to determine its purity for drinkers, as the Government sces it ators of the prohibltain law, Just like bootleggers, The testers apparently do not real fzo that thelr operations violate a spe cifie proviston of the law, Commission- er Doran said yosterday. 1o disclosed that he had instructed agents to ar- rest and prosecuto these chemists, At the same time the commissioner described the Christmas lquor this vear as “terrible.” Liquor analzed hy Prohibition Bureau chemists, added, han been found (o be e tons made from denatured a and moonshine, and there Is no genu ine smugkled lquor available. Liquors 5014 as pure Scotch, ho xaid, 18 nothing but colored and doctored alcohol, and what little smuggled liquor gets in this country Is adulterated and cut to such an extent that it is not recog nizable when it gets to the consumer The commissioner expects some ul oholic deaths this year, but he be lieves they will be reduced to a mint mum, as polsonous Ingredionts have been ellminated to a groat vxtent from lenatured alcohol. Moat of the deaths, he predicted. would be due to excessive drinking tather than poison el denaturants. Allehol, used as a denaturant with 4 per cent wood al cohol, the comminsioner said, should warn the publio by its peculiar odor and flavor Within the next vear, Mv. Doran sald, ho hoped to eliminate all poisons from denatuvants, but dvinkers atilt Will b “flivting with death” i€ they continue o drink the stuft sold by bootleggers, QUEZON IN HOSPITAL. Stricken I are vic Senate Leader While on Coast, PABADENA, Calit, Dee P —Manuel Qi Filipine Henate, (s & Pottenger Hoapital Sanitarium st Monvovia near here. . 8, nites ner, attending the Filipino paviiamen: tavy leader, sald today his condition wan not sevious. He expecta to ve mnin two weeks. Quesan's health hroke down while e was returning from Washington, 1, where he had conferved with Preatdent Conlidge on Philippine af [ Win physician ordeved him Ao the sanitarium for @ vest and for diag [} Filipino in the 1 SENATORS ENTER ROW ON PARKIN Legislators to Attend Hear- ings Over Ruling on Thir- tenth Street. When hearings are start 9 on tha District appropria the District Commission Harland, director of t questioned vigorously s ey tion bill. fic, will b Chairman a » subcommittee on finunces regarding the ch an Thirteen in t serious nes: especially at the Christmas season. Representative Wood India chairman of the Republican congres- sional committee and a member of the House appropriations committee, a ready has taken the matier up with Commissionsrs Dougherty and Tal ferro, in response to compla re ceived from more than 50 business concerns in that area. District n street, which bu men Assessed for Costs. These business men claim that were assessed for the costs of w h street so that ad room would be provided for parking. The Commissioners’ order, which went into effect Dec prohibiting angle park parking privilege alm say, with a se business. It h: ed their tr value of two-thirds, 1s effect upen will depreciate the t ness properties. which will event be reflect the assessable v 1, they Chatrman Simmons of th mittee which frames the I propriation bill said today will look thoro problem to see that the the public interest a hou, ¥ convinced tha served space the bu: where the public is rRing, and too m ess he is too much re d him that n of New Yo the commi the business mer new parking Wood of the committ; new parking regulations have been adopted to control Thirteenth street northwe tween E and 1 streets and F and G streets within one b Thirteenth st: 1 am to With possibly thive or four excep- tions, “every business man in t section of the city, is opposed to thi new scheme of purallel parking. 1t has proved disastrous to the business of those who are vitally and {t occurs to me that little 1f any use for the ch has been made. "It strikes we that it a lttle bit fEment was exercised, that it would appear per- fectly patent that this new schome fa entively unwarranted and the sole re- sult of ita enforcement ts tn Jdoing damage to the nterests of the merchants fn that section and alse causes great inconv ot mo Lorists on- account of the very Hted parking space Express Objection “More than fitty persons have ex Pressed their objection to parking plan, all of whom that their business has been very in. Juriously affected. In view of these facts, L appeal to You as fair- minded men o reconsider this order and #e0 o 1t that justice is done to a Representative Wood s impressed by the fact that not only arve the hustness houses (nfured, but the peo plo from all over the Distiiet who drive thelr cars fnte the business distriot for a brief stop at the stoves or offive buildings, or (o attend the theaters in the evenins, aie being deprived of a vlght they should en Jo¥, Me has learned that the seven theaters 1n the affected area--the Fox, Palace, Rialto, Earl Columbia Metropolitan and National=have suf foved i sevious loss In patronase and that hundreds of persons driving Aown town te attend the theater and unable to And & parking space have given up i disgust aud dviven back home. A number of Senatore abao ave tn tevesting thomselves W (hese o tonts, Anolnbing Senator Broussand and Ashuvat 1N vesponse ASVRLANSY QB Lo & Suluin & there is o that LY HUEMereus v 1 other members of the | this new | declave | SMITH HOLDS OWN ASDEMOCRATS TRY TOSELECT LEADER ‘New York Governor Over- | shadows All Other Candi- dates for 1928 Nomination. RELIGION SEEMS RFAL BASIS OF OPPOSITION | Hope Expressed in Some Quarters [ That Governor Will Quit Field. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN The Democrats of ti nd the | | rs and W. H. | be | | aid nis old oppo | MeAdoo. | The latter nge from| le parking to parallel parking on | has the Smith amen, he group which believes 1 way of dealing wi t only damag: | Religion Arouses Opposition. interested, | e | of the race, t 1 be toe Kreat to 'he Ku Klux K ity tperial w has now Smith's ny more a The I Reeping naty sroater dght w (8 the party no Religious Prejudive Apparent The Klan attack do PIOve & Boomernng i so Wheve fix attemipt to detes ernar an religious grennds will tesented. But underlving the sitlon to Gov, Swiin fudice, and religie alwavs for bitter atius of Waw expressed ! Pemocratio fead ation ohanxed oh Nines for Presitent Smith w With « R TR NI Ay Auiliued