Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1928, Page 2

[ NDTABLE ATTEN ST PATRICK HASS Annual Pan-American Thanksgiving Day Service Is Celebrated. Attended by the diplomatic repre- sentatives of the nations of pan-Amer- ica and men high in public and private life of the United States, annual Thanksgiving day pan-American mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church at 10 o'clock this morning by Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Ballimore, assisted by a retinue of clergymen. The mass was marked by the pomp which has distinguished it since the service was instituted and by an at- tendance that filled the church to its capacity with worshipers from every station in Hfe. Heading the congre- gation of clerics was Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Bionidi. the apostolic dele- gate, who was enthroned within the sanctuary as the presiding official of the mass. The distinguished laymen who were at the mass included Senator ‘Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona and Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-Anterican Union, while the mem- bers of the diplomatic corps included ! the Ambassadors from three countries, the Ministers of eight others and the charges d'affaires- of five of the nations of pan-America. Very Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, rector of St. Patrick’s Church, was the preacher at the mass and host at a luncheon in the church rectory imme- diately after- mass. Appeals for “Religious Sense.” In his address, Mgr. Thomas appealed for a national ‘“religious sense,” warn- ing that where that sense was weak- ened, great nations and peoples of the world have fallen into oblivion. Re- ferring to the Thanksgiving holiday, Mgr. Thomas said it “has e 2 feature of our national life. is strong and deep in the public mind and is an annual expression of us all as a Nation who adopt everywhere and at all times the motton ‘In God We Trust. . “Although constitutional guarantees are given for ‘the exercise of any and all forms of religious beliefs, the Na- tion is not without conviction of the need of real religion if it would be faithful to its destiny and true to its ideals,” the monsignor declared. “We fear and fight shy of any union of the state with any particular form of religion, and we brook not that any distinctive religious issue should have predomlnawg influence in legislation or in political questions, yet we strong- ly hold that our conduct, public and private, should be directed by ti religious sense and that our dealings as a Nation should be under the great prmlc‘lpsh which : flow from God and His law. F Mgr. Thomas said he believed that America was founded and is being per- petuated on the recognition of the dominance ‘of God in world affairs, “We canpot fail to acknowledge that any civilization is doomed to failure, and country faces ruin unless it re- poses in the fundamental truth which come from God and which have an in- timate relation to every ramification of civil, political and life,” he said. Cites Rome's History. Mgr. Thogmas reviewed the history of nem'e. which he. said fell because its religious sense was weakened. The his- since defunct tory of other nations long the Im:kor as proof of by loss of religious | #1 0 PET CANARY SAVES WOMAN AND CHILD Death in Its Cage Warns That Room Was Filling With Poison Gas. Mrs. David G. Bisset of 108 Second street, and her 7-month-old son, David, jr. owe their lives to a pet canary which yesterday afternoon collapsed and died in its cage. giving warning that the room was slowly being filled with odorless, but deadly poisonous, carbon monoxide gas. A few seconds later the baby passed into unconscious- ness and was revived only after hours of exposure to fresh air. The canary is dead, but today little David is the same healthy, happy baby he was before his narrow escape from death. A week ago Mr. and Mrs. Bisset, David, his 22-months-old sister, and “Birdie” the canary, moved into their present home. ~The little girl was stricken with diphtheria the next day and is now in the hospital, where the doctors say she will get well. Lights Water Heater. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Bisset lighted the gas water heater prepara- tory to giving the baby his bath. Then she seated herself in the living room with David in her arms, waiting for the he | Water to get hot. ing up from the child with whom she had n playing, she saw, “birdie” flutter and fall from his perch, flutter his wings once agaip, and then lie still. She immediately arose, put the baby in his crib and carried the bird cage outside, thinking the cold air would revive the bird. Just then she heard David scream and a story she had of miners using canaries to herald the approach of the dread gas of the coal mines flashed through her mind. ‘When she reached the child he was unconscious. A telephone had not yet been installed in the new home, so she took David in her arms and rushed with him to a drug store on the corner, from which plluc: lhe':lummona%v l.t‘he Casualty Hospital ambulance, en o ambulance arrived, the conscious. H were cited the fate * Declaring. that. America héa ng 1 ¥ a. “very provfdmem career sq. far,” A s distinct diviné™ )" that country stands on threshold of an important and vital part in the destinies of the human race, ‘But we are not all America,” he sald, “we are blican North America, The republics to the south of us rejoice in a civilization which antedates ours and is in no way inferior to ours. The education, refinement and culture of their people are the result and develop- ment of centuries of training. . Their universities are older and surpass ours in _many respects.” The auditorium of the church pre- | PNt massed sented a scene of pomp with the colors of the 21 pan-American re- publics. The marble” columns whic! national Ing. The cadets of 8t. John's College, in uniform, formed a gua: down the central aisle of while the Bt. Patrick's choir, with or- chestral augmentation, provided music for the mass. As celebrant of the mass Archbishop Curley was attended by Very Rev. Francis McBride, C. 8. C., as assistant priest, and Rev, Dr. John K. Cart- wright and Rev, Dr, Lawrence J. She- , 88 of honor. Rev. Thomas Healy was deacon of the mass and Rev. John F. Donnelly was subdeacon of the mass, while ‘Rév. Joseph M. Nelligan Wwas master of ceremonies. Rev. Francis J. Hurney was general master of cere- monies. Guests at Luncheon, Mgr. Thomas’' luncheon guests, all of whom atténded the mass, included: The Ambassador of Peru, Dr. Hernan Velarde; the Am r of Cuba, Senor Don _Orestes Ferrara: the Am- bassador of Chile, Benor Don Carlos G. Davilla; the Minister of Uruguay, Dr, J. Varela; the Minister of Colombia, Dr. Enriqué Olaya; the Minister of Panama, Dr, Don Ricardo J, Alfaro; the Minister of Venezuela, Dr. Don Carlos F. Gtisanti; the Minister of the Dominican - Republic, Senor Angel Morales; Don Eduardo Diez de Medina; the Minister of Costa Rica, Senor Don Manuel Castro Quesada; the Miniater of Ecuador, Senor Don Gonvalo; the charge d'affaires of Argentina, Benor Don Julian Enciso; the cnarge d'affaires of Paraguay, Dr. Juan V. Ramfres; the charge: d'affaires of Salvador, Dr. Don Carlos Leiva:.the charge d'affaires of Haiti, Raoul Lizaire, and the charge d'affaires of Honduras, Senor - Oarlos lzaguirre, - Senator Walsh, Sehator Ashurst, Col. J. F. Reynolds Landis, Dr. Rowe, Frank- lin Adams, Willism V. Griffin, 8i General Hugh 8. Cumming, Hi 8. Cumming. jr.. Dr. Boliver yd, Wil liam H. De Lady, Dr. J. T Bj Dr. P. J. Lennex,.B. 3 Henry W. Sohon,,D. J. Qallahap, Harry Meem, . Harry Sespe, P. J, gan, Leo Kolb, ' Senor Francisco Arroya Parejo, John B. Fl Deviny, J. J. Cooper, Dr. Warner John Madigan, George Menke, Peter A. Drury, Isaag Gans and Michael M. Doyle. - Most Rev, Fumasoni-Biond!, Arch- bishop Curley, Right Rev.. Thomas J. Shahan, Right Rev. Mgr. James Hugh Ryan, Very Rev, r. Paul Marella, Very ‘Rev. Francls McBride, Very Rev, W. G. Scanlon, Rev. John A. Dixon, Rev. John B. Delauney, Very Rev, Francis J. Lyons, Rev. Joseph Nelligan, Rev. Micl J. Riordan, Rev. John E. Graham, Rev. Francis J Hurney, Rev, John Donnelly, Rev. Thomas Healy, Rev. John K. Cartwright, Rev. Law- rence J. Shehan, Rev. Edward L. Buckey, Rev. James J. O'Connor, Rev, Francis X. ‘Cavanagh, Rev. Bernardin Bidinger, Rev. Dr, George Johnson and Rev. Eugene A, Hannan. . Premier Host to U. 8. Envoy. TOKYO, November 20 (4).—Premier ‘Tanaka gave a dinner tonight in honor of Ambassador Charles MacVeagh and | shi) rd of honor the church, Girid the Minister of Bolivia, Senor | the . | private clul Wheeled iu Fresh Air. The doctors, however, assured the mother that all her baby need- .air and plenty of it. Ac- three hours she wheeled and forth :xhzwnl of the hospital until, just as n Was com- he “sLnn with & yawn and e iy e: nce. Mrs. ex- that she kept David near the in case he became worse and it was found necessary to use a pul- motor.. Mr, Bisset was not told of the in- cident until he returned home last o smm ibl "(m :R: evel possi or she did not want to worry her husband. Although it was thought at the time that the gas came from a large coal heater in the living room, Mrs. Bisset said today she thinks it was generated in the water heater. Anyway she is not going to use the water heater lained THANKSGIVING DAY IS OBSERVED WITH HUMILITY AND JOY (Continued From First Page.) superintendent of the jail, is a member of the post. Picture at Hospital. Likewise at 8t. Elizabeth's Hospital, the patients were treated to a spacial motion picture show this afternoon, en- Joyed a luuxptuoul dinner and special ] B, e and the Red Cross lvflll’lhu today unit did its part by distributing gifts in the wards to make the day appear more like a festive holiday. While all the Government depart- ments and the District Building, ex- cept for the police and fire forces, were enjoying & well deserved day of rest and pleasure, the central building of ublic Library opened its doors to readers, from 2 to 8 o'clock, for circu- lation and reference work, The Takoma Park, Southeastern and Mount Pleasant branches and the East- ern High School, Chevy Chase, Tebley and Conduit road sub-branches, how- ever, were closed to the public. At the Library of Congress the doors were closed to visitors. this morning, but from 2 o'clock until 10 o'clock this evening the building will be open as usual. This enables many of the out- of-town visitors to the city to see the bullding to best advantages lighted up at night. With approximately 60,000 Govern- ment employes adding their numbers to the thousands of other workaday hf‘ sons released for the holiday, Was) ns- ton's places of amusement were crowd- ed during the morning end for the afternoon performances. Many of the mkvgv‘imd;pul-l p:g; ams, and Thanksgiving dinners we {l;z order at the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W.C. A 12 PROSPECTIVE JURORS .hMDl al's newspaper, made its Traditions of Day Win Over Letter of Law in Obtaining Holiday Freedom for Group. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—The tradi- tions of Thanksgiving prevailed over the letter of the law today in allowing 12 prospective jurymen to spend the day with their families. If Judge Robert Gentzel hadn't de- clered a mistrial yesterday in the kid- naping case of Billy Ranlers, the veniremen would have been ed up for the day. Attorneys, however, agreed to allow a mistrial to avold the hard- Mrs. M-cV&uh on the eve their departure for the United States. The ficials_were - guests. 1 0 that MacVeagh probably will resign * while in the United States, ryo venireman willing to inflict the death penalty has been found to serve in the trial of Angelo Petitti and Andrew and Tony Cappellano, -alleged kidnapers of the 10-year-old boy. More than 80 have hsen examined. clal edition of the Bun | U THE EVENING. STAR., WASHINGTON, ISHIP IN DISTRESS [HOLIDAY LIQUOR DAVID G. BISSET, Jr. Seven months old, 108 Second street, who was overcome by gas from a water heater vesterday. David owes his life to “Birdie,” pet canary of the family, who fell dead in his cage from the fumes. At David’s home The Star photographer found “Birdie” dead in his cage. —Star Staff Photo. NOW STORM HITS REGION OF ROCKIES Thanksigving Has Yule Set- ting as Blizzard Sweeps East and Southwest. By the Associated Press. DENVER, November 29.—Thanks- giving day had a Christmas-like setting today in Northern Rocky Mountain States, which were nearly snowbound, following a 24-hour fall. The storm spread eastward into the Plains States this morning, and the out- look was for snowfall during the day as far in that direction as Kansas City and southward into Oklahoma and Texas, where the climatic change was heralded by misting rains and lowers ing temperatures. Much of the blizzard-swept mountain region saw some relief in weather pre- dictions of fair and 'mer weather to- day, although the vy fall of enow continued until well after midnight, Upward of six inches of snow fell in Denver, and driving winds caused drifiing that handicapped traffic. Wy~ oming, lashed by a blizzard that par- alyzed transportation and stoj air mall, was offered some relef in pre dictions of generally clear weather over the State, A relief party which set out from Parco, WKL, ‘qurily to search for Mrs. W, cCoy, who was believed snowbound fcllowing an 18-inch fall, had not reported early . today. The search was being conducted on horse- back and by men in trucks. Farmington in far Northwestern New Mexico received five Inches of snow, the threat of snow and colder weather. Montana was blanketed under an ex- ceedingly heavy early season fall, The Texas Panhandle expected colder weather and snowfsll. MAN AND WOMAN DIE OF POISON IN HOTEL Husband Learns of Death When He ks Warrant for Their Arrest. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Il November 20.—Mrs. Pearl Fussner, 33, Peoria County, Farm- er's wife, and Robert Melvin, 27, of Sumner, Ill, were found dead of poison in a hotel room yesterday. Their bodies lay across the bed, Be- tween them, in masculine handwriting, was the poem, “The Face on the Bar- room Floor,” and a sulcide note by each, Mrs, Fussner's note, addressed to her husband, Edward, sald: “1 hope you treat your next wife better than you treated me.” Melvin wrote his wife, Laura, “This is the best way” and that he loved Mrs, ssner. Melvin had three children and Mrs, Fussner had one. Fussner saw his wife and Melvin to- !nhzr in the hotel lobby and accused hem of indiscretions, he said. Later, Fussner sought warrants for their ar- rest and was told of their deaths. CANTERBURY CEREMONIES TO BE HELD AS PLANNED Officials, Reassured by Latest Bul- letins on King’s Health, Issue Tickets for Rit By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—Tickets of admission to Canterbury Cathedral for the ceremonies of enthronement of Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury, on December 4, were | distributed today after being withheld for a time, The action was generally regarded as an indication that the cathedral au- thorities were more roassured that His Majesty's condition would not remain 80 serlous as to interfere with the ar- rangements. Granted the improvement in His Majesty’s condition continues, Canter- bury next Tuesday will see written an- other page in its well nigh immemorial history. "Among the dignitaries attend- ing from many parts of the world will be representalives of the Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church of Holland, the Armenian Church, Greek Church, German Lutheran Church, the Russian Church, and, of course, from the lghumh of England throughout the world. The" ceremony will occupy an hour and a half, and the new archbishop will deliver an address. JEWRY PRAYS FOR KING. Petitions Go Up From Wailing ‘Wall and Synagogues in Palestine. JERUSALEM, November 29 (#).—At the Wailing Wall and in all the syna- gogues throu(bl:out Palestine continued prayers were being said today for King George. Chief Rabbi'Cook composed a special prayer for the occasion. The rabbi also sent a message totthe King expressing the hope of Palestine Jewry ‘dor his guick sscovery. and the entire State today awoke to|1 OFF WEST ALASKA Eight Officers and 32 Men Aboard 9,500-Ton Grain Freighter. By the Ascociated Press. SEATTLE, November 29.—S O S calls overheard here early today indicated that the steamer- Chief Maquilla, a 9,500-ton grain freighter, was in distress off the western tip of the Alaskan peninsula. The nature of her trouble was not learned. The ship carries eight officers and 32 men. There were no passengers aboard. ‘The distress calls were heard between 4:35 and 5 a. Pacific time, by three stations in this vicinity, but were too weak to be read accurately. A wireless from the Japanese steamer Hakushika Maru, intercepted here, gave the posi- tion of the Chief Maquilla as 50 degrees 25 minutes north, 175 degrees 15 min- utes west. This is somewhat south of I the end of the Aleutian Island chain. Whether the Hakushike went to aid the Chief Maquilla was not learned. David R. Girdwood, local manager of the Canadian-American shlpglng Co., owners of the vessel, sald the Chief Maquilla left Kildonan, British Colum- bia, November 17, with a carload of wheat for Shanghal, and last night re- ported that she was 1,460 miles on her way. The chief Maquilla is of British registry and Honkkong is her home port. MARYLAND FARMER DIES AS RESULT OF WOUNDS in Home This Morning With Portion of Face Torn Away. Vernon Rice, 31-year-old farmer of Newport, Md., dled in Providence Hos- pital, about 10:15 o'clock this morni as a result of gunshot wounds in face and side. Rice was found in his home about 1 o'clock this morning with a portion of his face torn away, and, after treatment by a Newport physician, was brought to Providence Hospital by his father-in- law, L. 8. Herbert. Doctors at the hospital are inclined to believe the young farmer was shot accidentally. Bheriff Cooksey of Charles County, Md., is making an investiga- tion. Found PUBLISHER AND BRIDE ARE EN ROUTE TO CHINA Bruno Schwartz, A. P. Represent- ative in Hankow, ‘Marries New York Girl. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20--Taking his bride back to the Orient with him, Bruno Schwartz, representative of the Associated Press in Hankow, OChina, and owner of the American Hankow Herald in that city, left last evening {1“! San Francisco en route to Shang- al, Mrs. Schwartz is the daughter of Mra, Rose Hyman, of New York Oity and Del Monte, Calif. Mr. Schwarts has been closely con- nected with recent developments in China. _He was the battlefields of the warring N and n 4 armies during the two years of active revolution in 1928 and ’l?n and was injured during the communist e ing his return to the United States for surgical treatment. The marriage was the result of a ear romance, and culminated in the couple’s elopement on October 13, e NOTED ILLUSTRATOR DIES. Worth Brehm Had Spent Most of Life in Study of Boys. NORWALK, Conn. November (#)~Worth Breh i an bool id well known artist, died at the Norwalk Hospital yesterday after a short {ll- ness, He had spent most of his life In the study of be*a'-nd had illus- trated the Mark Twain edition of “Penrod.” He had been a resident of Silver- mine, an artists’ colony here, for the last years, but had a Summer resi- dence at Chilmark, Mass., on Cape Cod, where there is a noted colony of artists and writers, Mr. Brehm was a graduste of Indi- ana University and later studied in London and Paris. He had main. tained a studio in New York, He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ;1‘::'1: Brehm; one brother and one T, o SKULL FRACTURE FATAL. Unidentified Man Found at Acco- tink, Va,, Dies in Hospital, 8pecial Dispatch to The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 20.— An unidentified man brought to Alex- andria Hospital early Sunday by Sheriff K. P, Kirby, who found him lying un- consclous with a fractured skull, in the road at Accotink, died vestercay before noon, without regaining consciousness. Fingerprints lLave been sent by Police Capt. W. W. Campbell of Alexandria to J. Herbert chief of the the Navy Department, in an effort to establish his identity. The only marking found on his clothes was a label in the coat bearing the name, “Garfleld Lane” and the date, January 20, 1920, The man was about 35 years old, and had brown hair. . FOUR BANDITS GET $3,150. Masked Men Seize Company Pay Roll in Brooklyn Office. NEW YORK. November 20 (#)— Four masked men yesterday held up five omgl:yu of the Continental Paper & Bag Co. in the Bush Terminal Build- ing in Brooklyn and escaped with a $3,150 pay roll. Two girl stenographers and three man employes were in the sixth floor office when the robbers entered, drew revolvers and seized two tin boxes con- taining the iges of 125 employes. One of the girls fainted. School in Chicago Raises $500 Charity Thanksgiving Fund By the Associated Press. OHICAGO, November 20.—The nnies of 1,600 students of the reman Junior High School made Thanksgiving happler today for Chieago's poor children. A check for $500, saved in the past two weeks by children who denled themselves. candy and movies, was given to the School ahgnu 's Ald Boclety fund yes- rda One eighth grade of 45 stu- dents contributed $56 to the fund. D. THURSDA FLOOD DIKES SET Hesse Orders Redoubled Ef- forts Against Rum Runners Headed for Capital. Unless the citizens of Washington have well stocked cellars they will have difficulty obtaining liquid refreshments for their Christmas celebrations, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, made known today in ordering all the prohibition enforcement squads un- der his command to redouble their ef- forts to prevent liquor entering the city. Every year about this time the liquor traffic of “Southern Maryland cawn" in- creases to a flood, and Maj. Hesse has made up his mind this year: to-stop it. Particular efforts are to be made by the policemen who guard the roads. into the city to prevent liquor-laden cars from reaching their destinations. Cars to Be Scrutinised. Police officials -have no informatigh as to what Washington hootleggers ex- pect to do or the devices they will en- Joy, but every suspiefous car entering the District will be subjected to eareful scrutiny, The greatest burden of such work has fallen to the lot of Sergt. George M. Littl= and his flying squadron. Almost every night during the past year he and his men have lain in wait on some dark road awaiting an unsuspecting rum runner, and scarcely a night has passed that at least one, bootlegger has not ben caught. The work of Sergt. Little's squad will now be supplemented by other details of policemen who will operate until the Christmas holidays are over, Virginia Officers Busy. Similar efforts are being made by officials in nearby Virginia to prevent whisky from entering Washington. Under the State laws, 1t is said, county and State officers are empowered to act without warras and numerous persons have been stopped and their automobiles searched for contraband liquor. One produce hauler from West Virginia told a Star reporter he had |bo; been held up on his way here four times and his truck thoroughly searched, VESTRIS INSPECTOR ADMITS LAX WORK Failed to Lower Lifeboats Prior to Voyage, Federal at Hankow early last year, necessitate |y Official Confesses. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Testi~ mony of a veteran of the United States. Steamboat Inspection Service that he did not lower the lifeboats of the Steamer Vestris, as required by law, when he inspected her prior to her last voyage, today was part of the record of the Federal investigation into t! g ward Keane, whose routine report of the Vestris hu‘\?nflon stated that all requirements been wm:lifl with, testified that he had tested launoch- but that because the Vestris ng geal was flanked by barges and ters' at the time, he ydlu not lanru.t?u life- boats to the water, “Yes" on Printed Form. On the printed form of the Vestris inspection, Keane had written “yes". in rep! & to the question as to whether the boats had been lowe: Keane has Incxl\ an inspector 17 years, *'1 saw tion,” he said under %l‘nunnln by United States Attorney Tuttle. “I was absolytely satisfied with what I had done. I knew I was not taking any explaining all the Tepo! had been gullty of carelessness. Keane said he had “partly” exam- ined the Vestris coal bunkers when the ship was in drydock, and had found the vessel's hull to be satisfactory. He ex- amined four of the seven coal ports each side, he said, and reported all ports sound, including six that he had not inspected. Cites Custom, “It is common practice,” he said, “for | o inspectors to cite a ship as “‘w"hivl ave;‘ 1t they .l‘i'y un:::: m(cnmm‘l.nl ld ports personally, 0 an doors leak. ' The Vestris was a fine ship. I didn't think it necessary to report that all ports had not been inspected.” eane's testimony brought the hear- ing to the holiday interlude with but one more day's session in prospect. Mr. Tuttle indicated that he would end the inquiry tomorrow. It also was expected that the steamboat inapection division’s inquiry into the disaster would end to~ morrow. TURNER IS INAUGURATED _AS WEST VIRGINIA HEAD New President of State University Urges Extension of School Fa- cilities Into New Fields. By the Assoclated Press, MORGANTOWN, W, Va, November 29.—Dr. John Roscoe Turner, formerly. faculty member of New York University, esterday was inaugurated president of ‘est Virginia University. Co-operation of West Virginia's educational, govern- mental and industrial leaders in further- ing the public-supported system of higher education, and establishment of a graduate college in the universit, here as a means of promoting researci study of the State's natural resources were urged in his inaugural address. Addressing an assembly of about 3,000 persons, Dr. Turner pictured the university as a place to which industries, the professions, the Legislature and the State government could look. for sclen- tific information. Group meetings in the various schaols of the university, attended by State nationally known educators and others, preceded the inauguration. Representatives of more than 50 uni- versities and colleges were present. " CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. FUTURE. ‘The American Assoclation of - Uni- versity Women invites all college women and their friends on a moonlight stroll around the Basin, starting from the Mills Building, Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, Saturday, 7:30 .m. Leaders: Mrs. Grace Ross Cham- rlin and Miss Fenton. A masquerade party for the benefit of 8t. Joseph’s Church, Second and C streets northeast, tomorrow, 8:30 p.m,, at the school hall. NOVEMBER 29, 1928. Divér Will Seek Buried Treasure On Floor of Sea Ship Believed Used by Pirates Found Off Costa Rica Last Year. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Bound for the Spanish main, where tales of buried gold and sunken treasure ships still are told, a deep sea diver sailed yesterday to check up on a little dis- covery he said he had made down there a year ago. The man Iis Robert Martin, His destination is Port Limon, Costa Rica. ‘When diving off that town on his last visit—so his account ran—he came upon a coral formation that was strikingly like a 16-gun ship. A dyna- mite charge chipped off enough of the coral to disclose a block of wood, well preserved, and three old muzzle-loading cannon, Hoisting the guns to the surface, artin related that he had scraped and lished them, hoping to learn the identity of the craft, for the armament of old British and Spanish men-of- war usually was inscribed with a name. :| Pinding none, the diver said he con- :fcluded the cannon had belonged to a )| pirate ship that had been overtaken and sunk as it made for Port Limon, Martin belleved the coral formation was about 150 years old. The beach pragleny adjacent belonged to a ven- erable native whose family had owned the land for generations. Legend has it that treasure is buried on the land, but spas; hunts for it have been unsuccessful. Now Martin is on his way south to rés\i‘mlekopeutlam on the coral-incrust- e ulk. CHICAGO TO AVERT CLOSING OF SCHOOLS Deficit Can Be Met by Sale of $6,- 000,000 Warrants, Board Head Says. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—H. Wal- lace Caldwell, president of the school ard, last night said the Chicago schools would not be closed and the teachers would receiye thelr salaries promptly. He explained to members of the mayor’s advisory committee the deficit facing the board could be met, in part, by the sale of $6,000,000 in tax-antici- pation warrants to the. city. Earlier in the day Charles Brackett, auditor, r?aned school funds so de- leted that yment of all bills had en stopped and money .to pay. the teachers'’ November salaries would not be available unless $3,500,000 was raised before December 4. The board faced a deficit of $12,000,- 000 in the sum needed until March, when ‘the funds will be forthcoming. school officials sald. James A, Hemingway, trustee, blamed the situation on lack of elastic legisla- tion, providing means to meet emer- gencies. Increase of attendance at schools, bringing an automatic increase in, costs, caused the deficit, Hemingway said, listing the construction of new schools and increase of employes' sal- ;m;‘ as items drawing heavily on the unds. ; . FORMER FILM ACTRESS "~ BRINGS DIVORCE SUIT Gertrude Selby Obtained ‘Consent | of Netcher's Mother Befors Wed- hing was in good condi- | Se! Biological Soclety of Washington will meet Saturday, 8 p.m., in assembly hall of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: E. R, Kalmbach and A."8. Hitchcock. Visitor: ‘welcome, ding—Charges Cruelty., . By the Associated Fress. = 3 CHICAGO, November 29.—A former motion picture actress who ermd a wealthy suitor, but not until he had &wlmd lg: n&fl;&'l ‘oonune. hyum; y sult for divorce, cha: cmdm. onu-ud‘u 8el mmr is - the complainant against d 8] and vice president lo:bn vacation and proposed Y, “But," Miss lolh&‘mllfild. “50 many rlu: l:!‘{h :l‘uw = u’:‘nml.;i we are not welcomed lnh’mlhl: husbands’ families that I have made up my mind that I will not marry. you without your |O! mother’s sanction.” Netcher obtained the maternal ap- proval. A week lster the couple were married at the Little Church Around the Corner, in New York. NIQ: ht ynnmlsur. d‘:‘y‘l hrlaotv dm. etcher "on divers 3 f 3 choked and kicked" her -33' used vio= lent and abusive language, making her life miserable. Netcher is a son of the late Charles Netcher, founder of the Boston Store, d Mrs. Molly Netcher Newbérry, who low retains control of the store, A ther, Charles, jr., is president. GIVEN LIGHT SENTENCE. Blayer of Italian Vice Consul Gets Two-Year Term. PARIS, November 20.~—The Italian political refugee, Serge di Modugno, who shot and killed- the Italian vice consul, Count Carlo Nardini on Se) tember 12, .1927, was given a light sentence afte ra trial in which many mi(nlm anti-Fascists testified in his el ‘The ;ury found DI Moduj not gullty of premeditation or homicide in- tent, The court imposed a sentence of two years’ imprisonment, of which 15 ‘months have n. served, and a fine of 200 francs (about $8). Nominal damages of 1 {ranc (4 cents)- each were awarded the widow and daughter of Nardini. s et CENTENARIAN IS DEAD. Mexican Woman Lacked Month of _Being 130 Years Old. FRESNO, Calif,, November 20 (#).— Mrs. Reyes Cota, aged 130 years lack- ing a month, has gone to her reward. Mrs, Cota was born in Mexico Decem- ber 24, 1798, and..dled at Mendota, Fresno County, Tuesday. When Mrs. Cota was born John Adams was President, George III ruled England and Branceforte was_viceroy of Mexico. - A daughter, Mrs. Rosen De Arango, s 90 and vouches for her mother’s age. . Cota was in health all her life until three weeks g0, when she be . Bone and Heel of Shoe Found in Hunt for Missing Louisville Widow. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. November 20.— A sift of ashes taken from the furnace in the apartment house in which Mrs. Ella Rogers lived, revealed a plece of bone four inches long and a half inch thick and what was thought to be a heel of a woman's shoe, police an- nounced as they continued their search for the 29-year-old Louisville widow who disappeared October 7. Wallace McDowell of Cincinnati, brother of the missing woman, began efforts to have Mrs. Rogers declared dead through official action. McDowell, an undertaker, sought to have a cu: tor appointed to handle her estate, timated at $25,000. The fact that the disappearance of Mrs. Rogers is not the first that has occurred in the family was disclosed by McDowell. He sald that Roscoe McDowell, a brother, was last seen in Cincinnati two years ago and has not been heard from since. Mrs, Cora Kiefer, & sister of Mrs. Rogers, arrived in Louisville from Cin- cinnati. She has not seen Mrs. Rogers in 20 years, she said. — REPEATER BANDITS COME TO BAD END Policeman Gets One of Trio Seeking to Make Second Pay Roll Haul. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—Robbers went to the well once too often and found police flxm pop last night. Only two days ago robbers held up 30 employes of the Lambrecht Cream- ery Co. and took $7,000 from the com- pany's safe. They attempted to re- at last night at a time when a g: ,000 pay roll was in the office. They "hn s, however, without Policeman Jol rphy, Murphy had been ordered to the creamery as a precaution against rob- bers. When he approached the build- ing, it was dark, the shadowy light of early e\;eln\n: ll:; ‘euuld dimly tse: several employes ed up agains! wall inside, while three men carrying guns moved among them. Despite the handicap of darkness, Murphy plunged in, his revolver blaz- ing at the robbers, One of them re-me_gmlnd ran, le:vu:La trail of !.:food. others turned their weapons umn him, and the darkness of the office was lighted by the flash of guns. The policeman dropped behind & desk and kept up the fire, one of his bullets sending & robber to the floor. The other man fled. The, wounded mian, whose leg was shattered, sald he was Bert McDowell, Deputy Police Commissioner John L. Hogen sald Murphy would be cited for conspicuous bravery. STORES OPEN TOMORROW . FOR CHRISTMAS 'BUYING '!‘hnh‘lv“fnc Signalizes Kick-0ff in Annual Rush, Says Secre- tary of Trade Association. R epnn o or ) gt s Lhn”‘l"fl-vl" for lh’ 1928 CI shoj season as well as the clashes of foot ball teams in an- nual classics, “fl Edwi D. Shaw, secretary of the hants and Manu- facturers’ (M:gc‘lnuani 0 he [ local stores wi ve their to- Cl mofrow -morning, when early holiday shoppers will be ted with complete hristmas gift h in years revious were not unty) De- mber was well advanced. A number of stores got off to a pres liminary start, Shaw points out, %vmg unveiled this week special Ch: s display windows. the Wi o r many monf ‘ashington mer- chants mvc been preparing for Christmas shopping _season, given orders long ago to manufacturers and distributors of unusual Christmas gifts in far countries so that the prod- len:ue might be on hand here at this ime. MRS. STEARNS IMPROVES. ——— President’s Guest Is Resting Com- fortably at White House. Mrs. Frank B, Stearns of Boston, close friend of President and Mrs. Coolidge, who has been 1ll at the White House since’ Monday evening, was re- wrud today to be resting comif ly. hile her condition was not idered :ee‘;‘lg“ll. ahe is lundn Gll:lu otw 5 Presi- 's. personal physiclan, Col, James F. Coupal, who said she still was_quite ill, but was improved from her condi- uo;‘\")(%n'::‘!n;"lrlnc. ited - her and Mr. Stearns m"fi."’-mm' . s s Rt an 3 3 they had planned. ‘Mlt b RESTAURATEURS FINED $5 Four Defendants Accused of Fail- ing to Renew Licenses, Four restaurant rietors w fined 85 each toda; g::‘-’uu they 153 falled to renew their business licenses. uran anfl“l streets; Willlam » , wlg'oh. say, 8 H itz Weirman, vamr 1306 Pennsylvania = avenue, and George Pappos, who runs an estab- merxlunt‘ :d 'ghlruom.h and H streets. leade not | - mxneflp before Ji (e 'hwflftrt. restaurant Isaac R. but were fined when police testified they had falled to secure licenses a 1 T being officlally notified. Discovery Claimed to Immunize Dogs From ‘Distemper Permanently Announced By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—A discov- ery which was claimed to make dogs’ completely and permanently immupe from distemper was announced today by the Field, an influential weekly aport- glpor. was_in form _of an official “mmbo‘am' trick Playfair Laidlaw, pa glst to the Medical Research Council, and F. W. Dm&m - nou':d nhrlmry.mmmlx made an inves! n together Iaboratories of Research Councll, the coat of which was partly met by a fund Initiated by the ld and partly from national funds. ‘The report published today held out the hope that the knowledge gained from the investigation into distemper ases nof ani- mals, but also in men. S The investigation has not been con- T fe Sacha 5] &ouu»u to render cogs fection double in- o S el ol steril- ized virus of distemper and the second containing living virus. Experiments were stated to.have re- sulted in immunising 1,330 s under rigid tests and the investigators an. nounced thelr Juccess with confidence. big| Ney ASHES YIELD CLUE [LICENSE LAW DRAFT IN'WOMAN SEARCH) READY NEXT WEEK Revised Code Will Be Urged at Short Session of Congress. Chairman Gibson of the special sub- committee making an economy-efficiency survey of the municipal administration expects to receive early in the coming week I‘l.rtog,en a spe'cinl(murdepntmenul commi & ‘draft of proposed legisla- tion to bring the antiquated District licensing law up to date. This is one of the major pleces of remedial legisla-~ tion to which the Gibson subcommittee will devote its efforts in the short ses- sion of Congress. Mr. Gibson had several conferences the last few days with members of the committee representing the Bureau of Efficiency and the corporation counsel's office, who have been preparing this re- port and drafting the new bill. Repre- sentative Gilbert of Kentucky, the rank- ing Democrat on the Gibson subcom- mittee, also has been in conference with Chairman Gibson. Will Speed Collections. During the hearings on ‘the License Bureau at the last session-of Congress it was disclosed that more than $90,000 worth of business and miscellaneous licenses. due November 1, 1927, re- mained uncollected on January 1, 1928. The subcommittee recommended to the District Commissioners a number of im- provements in the present procedure designed to speed up the issuance of licenses and thus eliminate delay in the collection of fees. Both the superin- tendent of licenses and the Board of Commissioners have indicated their ap- proval of the recommendations, some of Which were adopted in July, when funds became available for the printing of new forms. The Gibson subcommittee has reached the conclusion that the present license law is out of date both in regard ta the kinds of business taxed and the amount of taxes levied, Almost all of the licenses are collected under author- ity of the act of Congress .7 roved March 1, 1902. Some of the Rxnm nrcvmd for in that act are now obso- te and others have been declared un- constitutional by the courts. are also many inconsistencies in the present law which the Gibson committee feels should be corrected. For example, restaurants pay a tax nf $18 a year, but other establishments d in food, such as meat markets, delica shops, bakeries and hotel dining rooms, all of which, like restau- Tants, require frequent inspection, pay no . Again, in cigars pay 8 tax of §12 a year, but deslers in cigarettes and tobacco pay no tax, - mc.-plm Revision Is Sought. view of these facts the Gibson subcommittee is of the opinion that the entire code should be revised, and in- tends to nr&- legislation to this end pr:apuy after the short session con- vel h Ohairman Gibson, acting for the sub- committee, suggested to the trict, Commissioners that kst they appoint a committes composed of tha superin- tendent of licenses, a_member of the corporation counsel's office and & mem- ber of the Bureau of Efficiency, which was requested to prepare the revised license law for submission to Congr: at the short session. - AIR MAIL SCHEDULE WILL BE DOUBLED Service Betwéen Chicago and San ~Francisoo W4l Be Speeded Up by Ten New Planes. By .t:;‘ Associated Press. T LAKE CITY, November 20.— W. E. Boeing, ‘president of Boeing Air T A Don i tend the national aeronautical show, said here last night that a double sched- ule for air mail between Chi- and San is ‘soom to be ;'urmw effect. Ten new ., will be mfi&a use on the route in December, At the same time—~Walter T. Varney, president of the .Vlg:y Alr Linés, an- Tiounced plans for inauguration within the next six months ‘of daily airplane ir L 0 the N est. Permission to extend the company's air'mail line from Pasco, Wash., to Port- land will be requbsted from the Post Office Department this week, Mr. Var- He said this extension, l'; mnletg,” w&\lfld re'fuc: t;m time ;:f a nial ma ce to the Northwest from two uilI:'nvd two night to two days and one night. ey LOTTA CRABTREE WILL LITIGATION IS ENDED Four-Year Trial of $4,000,000 Es- tate Terminates' When Pro- test Is Denied. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Novemper 29.—Four years of litigation over the will of Lotta M. Crabtree, former actress ‘who left the bulk of her $4,000,000 estate to charity, ended yesterday when Mra. Annie Fret- well of S8an Francisco waived her appeal from a decree of Judge Willlam M. Prest of the Probate Court denying her the right to contest the will, Mrs. Fretwell, a first cousin of the former actress, was thé last of 87 per- sons who had sought to share in the estate on the ground that they were next of kin. fund is to be used for the care, relief and comfort of dumb animals; the income of $100,000 for gifts of clothing, food, coal, medicine or small money donations to be ex- pended during “each Christmas season among - the The will vides that members of the theatrical profession who need financial tance are to be given the income of a $100,000 fund, while dis- charged convicts in Boston, San Fran- glsco, St. Louls, New York, Wash! n, Louisville and New Orleans are to have the benefit of the income from another $100,00 fund. MR. TELEVOX POPULAR. City Club Swamped With Reserva tions for Demonstration. Mr: Televox, the “electric man, the ‘Westinghouse Automaton is term- ed, is causing & flurry in City Club circles, such as few beings of flesh and blood have done. J. Wensley, chief. en; neer ot coomm limited