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W 10 8 Weather Increasing eloudiness, probabl lowed by rain tonight and tomorrow; rising vemperatury Temperature—Highest, p.Mm. yesterday: I today. CATHI Full veport on page 9. N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Bureau Forecast | fol- e. 47, at owest, 26, at 7 ch —————— No. 30,556. post office, Wa LINDBERCH ARIVE I GIATENALA AFTER SPEEDY TRP Takes Off From Mexico City Under Perfect Weather Conditions. MOTHER STARTS BACK TO DETROIT BY PLANE Colonel Makes Fast Time on First Leg of Central Ameri- can Trip. Br the Associated Press. The State Department was in- formed this afterncon that Lind- bergh landed at Guatemala City at 1:35 p.m., eastern standard time. "By the Associated Prees NEW YORK, December 28.— The New York Times today re- ceived a wireless message saving that Col, Charles A. Lindbergh had arrived safely in Guatemala City. B the Associated Pre VALBUENA FLYING FIELD, Mexico City, December 28.—Just dawnp lit' the flying field Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off at 6:35 a.m. today for Guatemala City, Guatemala, the first stop of his Central American good will flight. The takeoff was made in almost perfect weather conditions. There was no wind and the slight veil of mist mear the ground was not enough 10 interfere with visibility. The fiyer's mother, who had not scen her famous son take off on his New York-to-Paris or Washington-to- Mexico City flights, was at the field 1o bid him good-by on this his latest | venture. Mother Also Hops ol.s ter, at 656 a.m. st Clodvaeth hopped off in "the which is to carry her back pertect " immediately 1y and ¥ dnn toward Tampico, accom- panied by two army pl Lindbergh lanes. started the Spirt of St across the field the moment was sufficient nxh:hw e ‘!;: ground. He glided into the air & Tunning half the length of the field. The plane a great curve to the south and then turhed cast into the sunrise. . It tyrned again toward the south and sogn became a black speck Then. with the against the rosy horizon. | see Entered as second class matter shington. D. C. }Lindl)ergh Declared |“Most Costly Hero” For News Gatherers | By the Associated Press. W YORK. December 28.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has been “the most expensive hero the American public ever had,” Ray Hall, director of the Pathe News Reel service, said today. Mr. Hall estimated that Col. Lindbergh's aevial exploits since he hopped off for Paris have cost the photograph and news gather- ing associations §: 00,000, l ! | | i | | SHPSFAILTOFIN TRACES OF PLANE | «‘ Dirigible Ends Its Part in ! Grayson Hunt After Covering 24,000 Square Miles. Br the Assoviated Pres AHDARD U. 8. DESTROYER STUR- TEVANT, Off Sable Island, N. &, De- | cember Naval and Coast Guard | vessels enzaged in an intensive search | had found no trace of the missing (plane Dawn up to 8 o'clock this morn- ing. The naval destroyers Sturtevant and Mahan began at daybreak a careful combing of the waters in the southwest ! quadrant of a circle of 75-mile radius | with Sable Island Light as a center, while three Coast Guard destroyers were covering the southwest quadrant. The Sturtevant received word this morning from the radio station on Sable Island of the report that a mes- sage which it was thought might have come from the Grayson plane had been heard at Hearts Content, Newfoundland. DIRIGIBLE GIVES UP HUNT. { LAKEHURST, N. J., December 28 (UP).—The naval dirigible Los Angeles returned to her hangar today after an 31-hour cruise, during which 24,000 square miles of ocean was scanned in search for the missing amphibian plane Dawn. Lieut. Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl said hat the search was very complete, and that he did not contemplate any further search with the ship. tical miles on her flight.” he said, “and we could see at all times 20 miles on either side of the ship, muk- ing 24,000 square miles we could see during day during the entire trip.” “The visibility was very good, if any flares or rockets had off in that area they would h; n” Comdr. Rosendahl sa army planes. it was soon and his When Lindbergh came to the field, in @ dark business suit. “fying sult over this just | 3 | and a group of Mexican army avia- tors. Smiling. he said, “Good-by” to each one of them. Mrs. Li , the embassy party and Mexican officials tood 'on the field eagerly watching the Spirit of St. Louis until it disappeared. Then Mrs. Lindbergh and Mr. and Mrs. Willlam B Stout entered the cabin of the Ford plane. Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow and members of the embassy staff them farewell there. Gen. Caloca, commandant of the fiying field, was present as the per- sonal representative of President Calles and said good-by to the fiyer for the President. Lindbergh had bid 1he President good-by personally yes- A twoday is planned for Guatemala, then the Lone Eagle wil | again take to the sir for Belize, Brit- ish Honduras, 250 miles away, There | no airplane has ever landed, although | American seaplanes have landed iwice in the harbor. In Belize, it was | sated that if Lindbergh could not; and. since mo field is avallable, he would at least fly over the capital. | San Salvador Next. ¥rom Belize a 260mile hop planned to Ban Salvador. It has beer unnounced there that when the fiyer tands at 1lipsngo Fiying ¥ield it will e for a three-day stuy instepd of the customary two days be in each country The next leg will by 140 mlles from San Salvador 1o Tegucigalps, Hondu. ras, where Congrees has voted to make Lindbergh a colonel in the Honduran "E’Qm Tegueigalps 10 Mansgua, Nie- eragus, the Lone Vagle will fly 150 miles. There revolutions snd politice huve spparently been f: Vieipation of Lindberg god will His next e made ut Kan Jowe, ( miles from Munsgus Will fiy 320 miles 1o Panams, where extensive preparsticos have been made o prepere & field so that the plane can lsnd on Parsman soil rath er than in the Canal Zune MOTHER VOTED MEDAL. » miselon of Centrsl Americun stop will osta Kiiea, 210 From there he DETROIT, December 25 (#).—The Petrot 1oard of ¥ducation bus voted n confer & gold medal of honor upon Mre, Evangeline L of the famour wir hero, Vin recog pition of the grest vsiue 1o (his n and the public school rystem ,’,‘,"r;.. quslities of moiherhood she hus exhibied This and ber quslities of “patriol s, loysity. valor, heroisn, courage, emcency and 1Le pursuiL of the bet ter and highse thinge In life” were Lindbergh, mother . Vited by the board in uopting s reso | 1o confer the medal Andbergh s « teacher in the High #chool in Jution Mis. ). 'ass ‘Technical Detroit. MES. LINDBERGH LANDS, $ane Blops in Browpsville on Way Lo Detrot. BROWNEVILLE, Tex., December 28 () —The Lig ¥ord plane carrying Mrs Foangeline 1, 1. Lindvergh beck 1o Joox schovlioom in Detrolt anded i 1w Fort Brown Ficld here today st g 9, Lrom Mealo City, geve an excellent demonstration of the value of the for scouting ac- tivities, the NEW YORK, December 28 (P).— Hopes for the safety of Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson and her three com- panions in the Dawn centered today in the possibility that the plane m'ght be down in some isolated spot not f:rdlmm Harbor Grace, Newfound- nd. ‘This possibility rested upon a radio message which a telegraph operal at Hearts Content, 25 miles from hor Grace, says he intercepted Mon- day afternoon and upon 1 claims of persons in Newfoundland and ova Scotia that they heard the mo- tor of a plane at different times be- tween Saturday morning and late Sunday night. When the Dawn left Field Friday afternoon, with Mrs. Grayson, Oskar Omdal, pllot: Brice Goldsborough, navigator and radio op- erator, and Fred Koehler, engine ex- pert, on board, it was planned to fly direct to Harbor Grace, arriving at about 7 o'rlock Saturday morning. ARABIAN PACT MADE SUBJECT OF PROTEST Roosevelt Persia Carries Fight to League Against/British—Hedjaz .= Treaty. | s | ByAlie Amociated Press. 1n ) " GENEVA, December 28.—Pe protested to the League of N against the treaty between Great Brit- ain and the King of the Hedjah con- tends to! cerning Bahrein Islands, which lie on | the Arablan side of the Perstan Guif, |and has Invoked Article X of the League covenant. whereby members of the League un- | dertake (o respect and preserve us | mgainst external aggression the terri- | torial integrity and existing political | independence of all countries sMiiated with the League, and whereby. also, the Councll is authorized to examine menns for the fulfliment of this obii- gAlion, | " The Teheran government asserts | that the tresty in question decla | that the ledjaz undertakes to main- [ tain friendly and peaceful relations | with the territories of Bahrein and Koweit and with the Bheiks of Qutar | and the Oman coust, who, it I8 udded lure in wpeciul treaty relations with tGreat Britain, Persia mainthins, therefore, that ( the recent greaty, 5o far s it touches | Bahrein, <onstitutes an Infringement | of the Territorial integrity of Peraln, { andAs incompatible with the good re: | Jatlons which have nlwavs existed he. flween the (wo friendly nelghbor straits, ond sayx that It has asked | Britain 10 take steps without delay 1o L nullify the effectn of the treaty, Persia ““The Los Angeles covered 1,245 nau- | Thin is the wrticie | & WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 W g o WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. HIRTY-TWO PAGES, e e - | service. The only-eveuinu aper in' Washington wit! Associated Press the news e —— Yesterday’s Circn" ation, 101,633 TWO CENTS, HCKHAN INTS HEWILLSTANDBY DEATHEONFESSN Wants Speedy Justice, Slayer Declares, but “Not ! Too Speedy.” PROMISE OF GUILTY PLEA | Sk EAmignmeut for Murder of Bank- er's Daughter Is Set for To- morrow Afternoon. the Associated Pres LOS ANGELES, December 28.-- William Edward Hickman, confessed er and slayer of Marlan Park- Angeles school girl, wants speedy justice. “But not hastened to add to his statement made { to newspaper reporters in his cell in | the county jail. He explained that he | had thought he was to be rushed right | through a trial vesterday when he |arrived at the county jail here. " Hickman declared he had no in- tention of pleading not gullty to the charges of murder and kidnaping on which he has heen indicted. “I'll plead guilty and stand by my con- tession regardless of what this Kan- sas City attorney engaged by my mother advises me to do,” he said. Soon after his arrival at the jail, Hickman was taken into court for arraignment on the murder and kid- naping charges. On motion of Dis- trict Attorney Asa Keyes. who told the court he had been advised that an attorney retained by Hickman's mother in Kansas City to defend him was en route here, the arraignment was postponed until Thursday. Guilty Plea Doubted. Despite Hickman's denial, members of the district orney’s office de- clared they would not be surprised if the accused slayer of the girl plead- ed not guilty when the time came for his arraignment. Although ~ Hickman's confession, made to Los Angeles officials return- ing hiny to Los Angeles from Pendle- ton, .. Where he had been cap- said he killed the smail girl by Autopsy Sur- | | By primarily to this cause. The Wagner, a next-door neighbor to the Parker girl's family, that she died of fright and exhaustion. He said she was of a nervous temperament, and the |that the body Indicated that she had not eaten since the time of her kid. naping and probably had not slept. “When her captor applied the towel about her neck, she realized what waw about to happen and her heart stopped as the result of fright and exhaus- tion” the autopsy surgeon said he be- lieved. He sald there were no marks of contusion or constriction about the neck of the girl's body and the lungs were not congested. Taken Quickly to Jall. The transfer of Hickman from the thbound train to the county jail was effected with speed and precision, The train was stopped at a Street in fersection mot far from the station, and Hickman. handcuffed to two de- tectives, was whisked into a waiting police car. Four other police cars car- ried the others of the party and acted as an escort. Ropes had been stretched to keep the crowd buck at the hall of justice, but the spectators for the most part showed only curiosity. What pushing and shoving was exhibited was only to gain better vantage points. | 1lckman appeared indifferent as he | went through the routine of being | booked at the jail. He was assigned o cell 1 of tank 10-B-2, the “hard- bolled” tank reserved for the most recalcitrant prisoners. In front of his cell door, within a step of the pris- oner, a guard will be stationed con. .l:nly, changing at eight-hour inter. When returned to his cell after his brief appearance in court, Hickman fell into a sound sleep. He was sleep- ing when a deputy wheriff came for him to take him to the Identification | bureau As the officer shook him to | waken him. he started up, apparently | terrified, then fainted. It was a few | minutes hefore he was revived. The clvie committee which will de- cld: the allotment of a large part of the almost $60,000 re 'd offered for the capture or capture and conviction of the slayer of Marian Parker will hold a meeting tomorrow. The two Qrelon ofMcers, Chief of Police Tom Gurdane of Pendleton and Bergt, Lieuallen of the Oregon State traf. ¢ force, who captured Hickman, yes. terday called on Muyor Cryer, chair. :nln of the citizens' reward comnit: ee. They were accompanied by the Los Angeles attorney who has been re. tained by them to protect their inter “stn In the reward Hickman's ambition to he a minis. ter and his desire to learn (o play a stolen §350 trombone hoth are detalled # | in_his conversations with Lox Angeley officiule and newspaper reporters whil en route here from Pendleton, ICE CRUSHES SHIPS. BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia, De. cember 28 (A).—Enormous damage has been caused by lce which crushed lighters and other vessels on the riv. er here, A group of 700 freight carm ham been made ready (o clear from ware houses wlong the viver hanks as som s alrplanes now on patrol signal that there in dunger from the ndvancing waters of the Oder Jtiver { doew not request specific action e sastoo | | | By the Awsicisted Press CANNEF, Vrance, December 28 American herves of the uir lave tmmm the wax figures of President | Doumergue, Georges Carpentier snd Buzanne langlen from the front runks of the window displays slong the Riviera Carpentier's pl [ e ummy A model which bears s siriking Lhiance 10" Col Charied &, Li Yhe tormer Viench bping champion of honor among ¥ now lake American Air Heroes Oust Wax Figures Of French Notables in Window Displays has been gited Lo the aports de portant position In the e with imitation Booteh t Fresident Dou portunt posith display, 4 new of Comdr, . Byrd @iven Niet honor In the department, re which un optimist Intended (o 1 ) Husnnne tlllur PRt forcen her into 8 huuee dress, RECEIVED WITH DOUBTI 00 speedy,” the youth| bellef was expressed by Dr. OKLAHOMA CAPITOL BARRED T0 SENATE Troops Resume Guard When| Legislators Announce They Will Meet. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 28.— The National Guard was ordered back to duty in the State Capitol Bulld‘nl’ this morning, when Senate leaders definitely announced they would at. tempt to meet there as a court of im- | peachment in deflance of an Injunc- | tion obtained by Gov. Henry 8. John- ston. Repator W. C. Fidler sald that the Senate had decided on action at secret caucus, called at a local hotel shortly after midnight. He declared that if the soldiers denied them use of the Senate chamber they would mees. elsewhere. Senator Fidler announced that Senators, a guorum. attended the se- cret caucus. He sald they. decided to | vote on an order to s nd Gov. | Johnston immediately after convening | as 8 court of impeachment. He said the Senatdrs would meet at the Capl- tol at 10 am. May Call Session. After voting on the suspension of | the Governor. Senator Fidler said is- suance of a formal call for a special session of the Legisiature wounld be considered. The Sen: then would | review several court decislons adverse to the contention of leginlators thi they have a right to call a special wession, The Senate, If legally convened, Is| sunerior to other State courts, Representative Tom Johnson, one of the leaders In the impeachment proceedings, declared a majority of the Lower House Is here and ready to conform to orders issued by the Senate, Approximately 60 guardsmen under the command of Maj. Abe Hersko- witz, were mobllized and moved into the Capitol basement. In a letter Airected to Gen. Charles F. Barrett, adflitant general, the gov- ernor ordered that such numbers of officers and enlisted men be placed on duty in the Capitol as would be necessary to aid the civil authorities in preventing meetings of the House and Senate members, which the gov. ernor sald had been announced for 10 a.m. { Tnjunction Enforced. | The court order prohibiting as sembly of the Senate called up the sherift of Oklahoma County to enforce the temporary injunction and required the governor to lend any assistance which might be necessary. | The troops were removed from the | Btatehouse December 22, but the | proclamation mobllizing them never | has been canceled by the governor. | This made it unnecessary for the gov- | a new call to summon ' uardamen. | McPherren, com-. the 178th Infantry, ar rived at the Capitol shortly after § n.m., to take command of the Guard detall, He Immediately posted guards at the doors of the louse and Senate chambers, House Marks Time. The House, which voted six churges against the governor and named two thers In bilis of impeachy secret wewnion, planned to n today, Speaker K. P. Hill wald the House had some more investipating result of the Wenate proceedings. In addition to orders from the Diw triet Court directing the sherilt ta injunction ag ey favorable to the ad A Supr me the Legislature when the peciu) sen MANILA HOME ROBBED. to do, but probably would wait the 2 Isauro Gabaldon Suffers $43,000 Loss in Jewels and Cash, MANILA, December 2% (P).—The Manily homie of Isauro Gabuldon, vesl dent_commissloner of the Phillppines in Washington, was rohhed of jewelry Lotaling §43,000, secret polive apparently occurved Junt before vintman. Commission: o (abaldon now I8 on his way to Wanhington Radio ~l'm.)gr n i lilgc F- ] ALCOHOL FATAL TO 24. No Deaths Due to Poison Liquor, Says New York Official. NEW YORK, December 28 (#) ‘Twenty-four persons died in New York of alcoholism since last Friday, an official report by Dr. Charles Nor rix, chief medical examiner,- showed today. During this same period 68 cases of alcoholism were treated at Bellevue Hospital, 18 of the patients being | women. Dr. Norris said none of the deaths was due (0 pol iquor, and that the liquor, pretty bad smelling.” appeared to be harmless unless used to excess. S00B0LEN IBROADBY L Year's "rotal of Foreign Fi- nancing Sets New Record, Winkler Says. | By the Amsociated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Amer- ican capital In 1927 loaned abroad a total of $2,000,193,500, establishing a record for one year, Max Winkler, vice president of Bertron,'Griscom & Co., sald today. This fgure, he sald showed an in- crease of about 13 per cent over 1926 and brought our total Investments abroad to §$14,500,000,000. The invest- menis this year were more than 450 per cent over 1913, Mr. was based on foreign securities, both bonds and shares, purchased by Amer. ican interests, and offered for public subscription in this country: foreign securities ncquired by Americans nnd | caived very little support for the effort | placed privately; the acquisition of for, elgn properties not Involving the sale of securities, and extension of credite running for not less than one year Europe headed the list with $5 310,300, and Canada, with $475.45: was second. 'LETTERS TO NORWAY RIFLED IN TRANSIT Money and Valuables Stolen From ' Holiday Mail Sent to Oslo by Chicagoans. By Radio (o The Star an azo Daily News Copyright ORLO, December 8. ~More tha 1,000 letters, sent from Chicago t Onlo, ha pened while in trans: other valuables re- thefts were disclosed bag arcived at Oslo a en W w post Christmas day. The bag was went from Chicage via New York and Cherbourg, or South pton. Taking Into conside Nk time needed for opening 1. wuthorities here maintain th hag was opened either ut Chicako New York or abonrd the liner which brought it across the Atlantic For weveral yeara letters from rien contain money have heen len, but not until the present have definite clues to entablished, Eapeclally during the Christmas season do Norwegians in America put money Into ordinar lotters, and the thieves, therefore, got & rieh haul The post bag had heen opened at the bottom. The envelopes were slit open, the valuables removed, und the bag then wewn up with the rifted lottors Inside Philnnthr opic Found Winkler sald his compilation | h |cated tenling | HODVER GAINING - INEASTERN AREA G. 0. P. Leaders Swinging to Hi¢ Support for Com- | ing Convention. | RBY LOUIS SEIBOLD. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK. December 28.—The majority of New York and other East- ern Republican leaders concur in the opinion that Secretary of Commerre | Herbert Hoover is “the best presi- | dential bet in the Winter books.” They {regard the chances of Mr. Hoover as v much better than those of Mr. ! Dawes, Mr. Lowden and Senator Cur- tis for winning the nomination ut the {Kansas City convention next June. | “The candidacy of Mr.. Hoover has heen materially helped by the voeal activities of those leaders of the party who are still intent upon keeping Presilent Coolidge in the running. De- | velopmen:s during the last two or {three weeks have all tended io focus professional attention on Mr. Hoover to the virtual exclusion of all other | prospective contenders for the grand | prize of th G. O. P. | Many Leaders Coming In. Oficlal and congressional sentiment in Washington is unmistakably at | variance with ambitions of State lead- |ers like Charles D. Hilles, regent ot | | the New York organization, and ethers | who have refused to be stampeded Hoover-ward. Leaders who were most outspoken in demanding the renomination of Mr. Coolidge three weeks ago are begin- ning to edge into the Hoover reserva- tion. In doing so they are presumably inspired by the belief that the Cool- idge administration is most friendly to_the Commerce Secretary. ‘The steady increase in Hoover senti- | ment in New York and other Eastern | States has brought about a division | in more than one State party organi- zation. Mr. Hilles has apparently re- he made at the Republican guthering |at Syracuse the other day to stem the | Hoover tide and divert it again into the Coolid channel. With littie chance of succeeding. Hilles and probably State Chair man Morrls are virtually without a presidential candidate. Mr. Hilles and 4 number of other sympathetic State Ileaders have developed a plan for |\ uingul seientist, who sacrificed his! griger Keeping the presidentinl pasture open to all.comers. Many lmportant Dissenters. veral outstanding leaders of im ance set in to shape their course away from the Hilles-Morvis plan and displayed a lively interest in the Hoover candidacy. The result has that Mr. Hilles and Mr, Morrix ctically find themselves without an ny and confronted with the possibil. {ity of further d |llvp\lhl|\-ln State Among the n enters to the sch | dential game with wild are yrmeg_Gov. Nathan L. Miller, Ogden Mills, W, L. Ward and George Har vey. and It reports generally credited are justified, Charles E. Hughes, Elihu Root and soveral other men equal influence In Republican councils. | These men are said to be at present Inclined to look with favor upon the over cundidaey, according to loval orters of the Secretary of Com The present preference for nomination of Mr., Hoover is predi 7 the belief that his public weneral popu'arity and whole ted support of the Coolidge poll a will make him the most desirable andidate. The group of leaders who refuse to accept the faverable estimate of Mr. Hoover have undoubtedly been greatly dlsappointed over the momentary (ail ure to head him off, or at least keep the presidentinl field open. At the same time thore exists confidence among this opposition that Mv. ver will not_be able to stand up (Continued on Page mn ) | sanization. important dis play the preat dou 1 o hy ations Have Billion Invested Largely in Stocks and Bonds By the Awsaciated Press NEW Decembor 28, Amer: fean {0 foundations have dollars of agsrexate for the most part in stockn and bonds, the Magadine wof Wall Htreet suys toduy. Complete Investment haldings of three of the rloheat foundations n Amevica are presented (n the article These the Rockefellor Foundation, egle Corporation of New and the teneral Nducation , whose financlal aspeats hithee have heen a closed hook to In the ol the are sty Rockefeller Foundation, hollidgs ot Which are extimated At §155.000,000, The Carnegle Corporation plaves most Of it investments fn bonds, holdings of which total approximitely $134, H00 000 These, together Wwith (nvestments by uther large natitutions, ineluding the Duke endowment of Duke Univer: sity. the Kreaye Foundation, the $10,000,000 Hevahey Fund and a score of lesser foundations, are vesponsible 10 great degvee, the article assorts, (o prevalling high bhond peices. A institutions not vivallog hash L 1 pointed aut, (hese fuinda 1y honds 1o hold, and act as *uw FACION 10 The Wi ket R oralization in the | | Turks Fear Pact ;' Looming Between | Greece and ltaly By Cable to The Star and Chicaze Daily N Copyright. 1927 News PERA, Turkey. December Considerable perturbation is felt here over the visit of M. Michalopo- poulos, Greek foreign minister, to Rome, where he has been discuss- ing Mediterranean problems with Dictator Mussolini. The Turks think the projected pourparlers between Foreign Min- ister Briand of France and Musso- lini are not likely to change the Balkan situation, and Jear the out- | come of the present Italo-Greek con- corsations will be a pact directed against Turkey. Such an ltalo- Greek understanding would be a powerful new step in Italy’s peace- ful penetration of the Balkans. It has been projected for a long time as an effort to put Greece, like Al- bania and Hungary, in Italy's camp against Jugoslavi §103 858687 TAX REFUND REPORTED Mellon Lists Many Notables Among 240,000 Getting Payments Back. { By the Associated Press. The names of many of the Nation's notables were presented to Congress today by Secretary Mellon as having | been among those siaring in the $103.- | 858,687 in taxes which the Govern- | ment collected jllegally during the fis- cal years from 1925 to 1928, and prior periods. Awards ran from a few cents to | hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the bulky list showed Sir Harry Lau- | der. Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler. the ilale Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, the modernist preacher, and many other | widely known persons as having had their troubles with the taxing authori- ties along with members of the Rocke- feller family, the Belmonts, the V | derbilts and the general run of busi- | neas corporations. Got 17 Cents Back. Mrs. Florence M. Rose of Marquette, Mich.. got 17 cents, and near her name was that of J. H. Hillman & Sons Co. The awards to the Rockefellers, the Beimonts and the Vanderbilt's were comparatively small ones. But cor- porations generally were shown to have dominated in the list of those re- selving awards of any great size. Outstanding among political leaders sharing in the returns was Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, who got $18.00L. Representing base ball, Kenesaw | Mountain Landis. the cxzar of the game, received $2.51. Near these names were those of the Duke of Marl- borough. registered in care of Harold |8, 'Vanderbilt. and with a credit of $18,648. Chief Justice Taft received {only $5.62, but Guilo Sette of the Metropolitan Opera did little better with $17.28. Dwight Davis beat Mr. Taft by gain- ing a return of $7.93. Harry Lauder, the Scot, received $913. while the estate of Andrew Car- negie. another Scot. got $26.871, the . FOUND IN CANAL Young Scientist Gave Life in Rescue of Boy Skater From lcy Water. Harold | The body of S Semple. {itte | companion thin fce while skating. was revovered from the fey waters of (he Chesapeike | & Ohio Cana! near Great Fails early | this afternoon Montgomery County suthorit es and {irlends or the drowned man bad been grappiing for his body fust night and this morning. The body was¥ taken 0 an undertaking establishment in | Roekvitle. | The tragedy brought to a dramatie {end a gay skating party, participated in by several emplovas of the Bureau of Standants d their friends, Bradley Dickinson. 13.vearol son ot Dr. H C. Dickinson, of 628 Thivtleth street, narrowly escaped fate simifar to that of his rescuer. He was pulled o safety onlv after Semple had broken through the lee {n 2 heraic attempt to grab the boy. Semple's bady was found by Dr | Diekinson and two residents of Copley. Md. ¢, H. Myers and Joseph Rundine. Wontinued on Page ¥ Column 1) vesterday in rescuing a younsg ' SOVIET—INDEMNIFICATION Making Coal Concesalons to American Firms, 12 The Star Nows Copaeight 1aed PARIS, December *S.—Pollowing the announvement of mportant indus trial concessions by the Russian Soviet Buve ent to American frms in the Donetx coal basin, the French govs evnment formally has informed the Roviet government that it walntaine (U VIRt of Testitution or indemaif: cation regnrding Donets propertics. By Cahte and Chicare Daite belonged 1o French citiaena, The French viewpaint ts that the Noviets either must restore the wines and tactories to the French ownera or pay tull indemaification for confls cation befare conceding them (o any one else. 1t is understood that this «\\‘nunuu Will be vaised by France in the fortheoming vesumption of dedt negutiations with the Suviet delegutea The ministry of foreign affalve em Phasiees that (he Fioneh protest not directod speciioally againat the WOW AMOrICAn vancessions. Were: Won defense of ‘\‘wl propeny VR I geneval »f Pittsburgh. with a figure of $899,906. | who had fallen throush | DEMANDED BY FRANCE Paris Protests Russian Action in|et which bofore the Russian vevalution | 1 i FAMIY VAL DEHOGRACY (RGED TODETERDNORCE Speaker Before Learned So- | cieties Says Most Discord ? Is Due to Money. RELIGION;MFLUENCE ON HOME DISCUSSED | Scientists Consider Many Subjects From Income Tax to Ti- berius’ Character. Topics ranging from the social value of citizens' associations in Washing- ton to the maligned character of the | Roman Emperor Tiberius and touch- ;ing on the way vital economic and so- cial problems of all ages were dis- | cussed in dozens of papers presented {today befors the 17 member organiza- tions of the American Council of Learned Societies. | The American Historical Society and | the various allied organizations began their sessions this morning with hun- dreds of delegates from American col- leges in attendance. Most of the his- torical papers dealt with obscure sub- jects wiich have been the cause of much misunderstanding in the past. Scientific Methods Urged. A plea for more scientific methods lin historical research rather than mere accuracy of transcription, if the present generation is to get a true pic- ture of the life of the past, was made by Lynn Thorndyke of Columbia Uni- versity. The historian. he said, must work out original methods of approach to the story of the past. such as have been developed by archeologists in & closely allied field of learning. The American' Sociological Society continued its consideration of the family and of the influence of religion {in modern life while the political scientists turned to analysis and | criticism of the income tax laws. 1 Tax System Change Urged. | Demands for revision of tax and tariff systems for the benefit of farm- | ers were made before the round ta- ble .conference of the American Eco- nomic Association and the American Farm Economic Association. while one speaker predicted a new period of high cost of living and declared that before agricultural emergency legisiation is passed the farmers either will have made their own adjustments or wil all be dead. Critcism of the system of eliminat- ing capital gains and losses as a means of income tax simplification was made befors the afternoon ses- sion of the Americanm Eoghomic As sociation, and a study by experts was urged to improve the income tax law and its administration. Dm-ndnlunldmmh: | ! and health insurance | workers were made before the meeting of the American Association for Labor Legislation. whiie President Sam A | Lewisohn of the association declared that the test of the capitalistic sys- | tem will be found in its attempts to — | “bridge .the gap between the social | reformer and the business man.™ | Asseclations Are Considered. The American Sociological Society’s tion of the community heard voth criticism praise of the citizens” associations of Washington from Ed- | ward T. Devine. dean of the graduate | school of American University, wha | presented a paper giving the resulta |of & comprehensive study of the as- | sociations made by a seminar group ¢ the university. A: the same ses- | sion Louts Brownlow. former District Commissioner, declared that citizens’ I.mmnu- provide a vitally meces- {sary ilnk between heads of local | sovernments and the Maliot box. wnd | predicted that they will hacome in | creasingly imporiant in the cities of tha_ceuntry. - | The mere fact of discussing to- | gether any common need. Dr. Dw vine sid, helps make péople think | better as citirens ard stimulates civie If the associations here did | not exist, he said. the District would spend less for its schools and they would not de as good as they are, and libraries, welfure organizations and | public services would he less adequate, | “The Washington plan.” he con tivyed, “is clearly supertor to way which concentrates on influencing vot- ers and lmits its aotivity to the drief | period of a campaiga.” { Urges Broader Scope. He urged that the asseciations | hroaden the scope of their activities [to include “those less rangible factors which 0 to make up the good Fte of_‘he community.™ The associations, Mr. Browslow de clared have served a threwisld par POse In develuping leaders | roviding | % chamnel for discussion bhetneen the ;lwvh and the local government, and |in serving 4s & mediun between the Government and the haliat dax. “The daliot bax it *iv mare powsr 1000 today thae it was 30 vears age [he sa'd. ‘but nowhere ve tre neople | satisfted with the results Cltizess’ | vsociations can he developed in every [ community (0 Al a phce trom which fmay be appled & continuing and con [tinuous contral of local jovernment.” Suggests Marital Rewedies. Trial engugements. iustead of trial marciages, demooracy in dealing with anancial affairs of the tamily. a weee AXACL appraisal of the services renden By the housewite. and u sclentife [ study of the causes of ta disrap. tion were ame the ven: R seated hy I, Benjamin R, Apdrews RINE Do Soctety | | | of Columbia University. tove h\h ‘:w‘n oo at the K h this mor The American uan‘hr,um. D Andrews sail. is passing - perkd of readiustment and the re uarkable faet is that tn w great a WARIEY of cases it survives intact tather than that it frequently W& Braken up N the diverve court The monthe tmmediately vehing WAt are & oruckl lh\n‘r ol out. when the vouple mu:':a AMine carefully the cost of Kolng a thelt assured Incame. at the same tme Nying out a Anancial prograe. 1t they perfect a; ton thin ey oan With ere certalinty o a ook aheas ‘:&‘.s Successful arvangwinent s 1t the - o umv-‘\."lv un::\' t::“ - oI by ane oF the ather (here 10 b trouble ahead &nfi Toat tor Husdandn s e T S B 'NI“N.(_ ) ontinued on Page 3 Cotwina