Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1928, Page 15

WORKHDLSE FUND INCREASESOUGHT Congress Will Be Asked 1o Authorize Improvements and Expansion at Lorton. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Establishment of a bindery, a modern laundry and a brass foundry at the District Reformatory at Lorton in ex- pansion of the industrialization of this n, with an increase in !h(‘ capital fund for operating | and other industrial enterprises the workhouse and reformatory, will | be urged upon Congress by Chairman | Gibson of the special committee which | has been making an economy-efficiency | THE SUNDAY {CHILD FOUND AFTER VANISHING FROM AUTO PARKED ON STREET Machine Located Later in Mud Without Trace of Lone Little Occupant. Girl Unable to Tell Police About Movements and Toy Balloon. An hour’s search for little 2-year-old Gay Davis, 3012 Q street, came to an abrupt but puzzling end last night when she was found wandering on Tenth street with the keys to her father's automobile, which had been missing with her in it, his registration card and operator’s permit and a toy balloon study of the municipal administration and Herbert D. Brown, chief of the | Bureau of Efficiency. { hey will make a survey of the in- fes now in operation early th »e how previous recommenda- ng out in regard to in- at the brick plant | on foundry, eanning at Occog manufacture of auto | factory and the license. tags. °d for a laundry is stressed as an anding improvement that must be The brass foundry is to be red from the War Department. At suggestion of the Gibson sub- committee and the Bureau of Efficiency a provision for a working Capital fund for prison industries was included in District propriation bill for the | current fiscal year. Chairman Gibson says that “a rotat- ng capital fund in connection with the iction of commodities at penal in- itions and their sale under the tate-use principle to various depart- ments of the Government has many ad- vantages.” He pointed out that with an adequate fund it will be possible “to 1ift the present limitation on production and secure a more equitable distribution of the products of these institutions, and finally it will provide an incentive for the inmates and officers of these insti- tutions.” nsfer Reformatory Covers 800 Acres. This experiment in operation of penal institutions without walls and bars covers 800 acres. It has been in operation for 12 years. ‘When Chairman Gibson and Director | Brown visit the plant this week they will find it entering upon the second stage of its existence, with prisoners being transferred from the temporary wooden structure built out of the trees felled on the place into modern and model brick structure in community settlement style, built out of bricks made from a shale hill on the place and erected by prison labor. The housing plan calls for 32 large brick buildings, 20 of which are com- pleted. These include a dining hall connected with which is a model kitchen and bakery. An assembly hall, an ad- ministration building to take care of a population of 1,200 and other units are being erected. There are 12 brick dormitories, four disciplinary dormi- tories, one large bath house. Among the industries which Mr. Gibson and Mr. Brown will find in operation under the $25.000 revolving fund are the auto tag plant, the iron foundry, the canning factory, a cloth- ing factory making overzlls, jumpers. shooaa ete., a caipenter shop, a plumb- ing shop. a commissary, a broom and basket factory, an electric shop, a print- ing shop and a garage. Some of these | industries are doing much work for | other branches of the Government. ! The outdoor activities include build- ing and bricklaying, grading, farm- ing, pig raising and brick-making. Be- | sides the brick used in the permanent housing work at Lorton and Occoquan, from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 brick per year are delivered on the wharf in! Washington with no cost for sewer, ' school and other construction work of the District government. Seek to Double Capacity. The Gibson sub-committee has rec- ommended legislation to double the production of the brick plant, and | funds for this purpose were included in the current appropriation bill. The canning factory preserves for Winter use in ma: other institutions operated under the District government the produce from the 500 acres under cultivation. Last vear 26.000 cans of fruits and vegetables were preserved. This year there will be between 60.000 and 75,000 cans, including tomatoes, apples, ts, peaches, string beans, butter beans, succotash. sweet potatoes, pumpkin and about 60 barrels of kraut. An industrial railroad four and a half miles long is in operation oyer which the institution hauls its own coal and ships its castings from the foundry through a connection with the R., F. and P. Railroad The foundry turns out manhole covers for the water and sewer departments and other needs for heavy fron castings at the rate of 20,000 pounds a day. Expansion of work of the foundry through the casting of brass and alumi- num will be urged by Mr. Gibson and Mr. Brown during hearings on the ap- propriation bill, Brooms and baskets are being sup- plied to the District schools and the Police and Fire Departments from the small plant at Lorton, while the cloth- | | clutched in her chubby hands. Despite the fact that the baby had sufficient intelligence to carry the keys nd identification cards with her, she unable 0 tell her father or the first precinct police just what had happened prior to her discovery. The baby's father, Merton O. Davis, an iron worker, had taken her down- | town with him while he made a short call at the Georgetown University Dental College, H street between Ninth and Tenth streets, and as he had done many times before, left her sitting in the machine which was parked in the same block. Finishing his errand, Davis went to the place where he had left his car, but could not find it. Thinking that he may have been mistaken in the loca- tion, he walked the entire length of the block. but was still unsuccessful in his search. . After a hurried search of the several surrounding blocks, Davis met two friends, who helped him for a while, and they then suggested that he place the matter before a policeman. He carried out the suggestion and the car was finally located on Tenth street, which is torn up and closed to traffic. The automobile was stuck in the mud behind a barricade, but the baby was not in it. With this discovery, Davis said, the policeman turned to him and asked in GAY DAVIS, a skeptical manner whether he had been drinking, adding that he did not believe such a thing could have hap- pened and indicating that he did not | believe Davis had a child with him There then being nothing else left to |do and the child having been missing for an hour, Davis, his companions and | the policeman all went to the first pre- cinct station house. There they found Gay demonstrating to the admiring policemen that her name really meant something. ‘The child had been found walking on Tenth street by Policeman S. F. Smith. The registration card, permit, keys and balloon were tightly held and | she refused to give them up even after | reaching the station house. The police | had learned her father's name and ad- | dress from the cards she carried and were then attempting to notify her parents that she was there Efforts to obtain information from the child as to what had happened and where she got the balloon were aban- doned when it was found that her con- versation had not yet reached the stage where she could converse in any other lmtlgu!ge than such words as dag and cat. TRACTION MERGER PLANS DISCUSSED Capper to Call Informal Meeting of Colleagues for Tomorrow. With two comprehensive reports on ! the street railway merger about to be filed with the Senate District commit- tee, Chairman Capper indicated yester- day that the special subcommittee in charge of this question probably would meet within a few days to map out its course of procedure on what promises to be one of the principal local prob- lems at this session of Congress. When the subcompittee meets it will have before it not only the detailed sur- vey of the local transit situation made by the Buerau of Efficiency, but also the findings of Dr. Milo R. Malitbie, public utilities expert, engaged by the Senate committee as consultant. Plans Informal Conference. Senator Capper plans to confer in- formally tomorrow with the other four Senators on the subcommittee to fix a date for the meeting, which may be held Tuesday. Senator Capper said that after the first meeting the sub- committee members probably will want time to study the lengthy reports of | their experts before proceeding further. The other members of the subcom- mittee are Senators Vandenberg of Michigan, Blaine of Wisconsin, King of Utah and Glass of Virginia. With the arrival in Washington yesterday .of Senator Vandenberg the entire subcom- mittee is now available for a meeting. Senator Vandenberg said upon his | retwin that he has been particularly | desirous of finding out how the pro- posed valuation of $50,000,000 for the | any compares with the | merged ca:’n#) ) valuation traction lines in cities comparable to Washington. Senator Vandenberg said information he had received indicated the proposed valua- tion under discussion was considerably higher than those prevailing in cities comparable to Washington. Interested in Valuation. He said he also has been interested in ascertaining whether, with a $50. 000,000 valuation, the new company wouid be able to male a sufficient sav- ing from unified operation to obtain a fair return en t valuation without eventually i “Th~ Sex ing factory supplies uniforms. sheet inderwear and other garments to number of District institution: Shop Pays for t:- a the to | a5 two | iy expend- | license tags ! o vaich he suggested in the iation of the merger ding legislation for a holding com- pany to collect a service charge. Discussing the merger problem yes- terday, Chairman Capper of the com- mittee said every effort will be made “to work out a just solution during the present session.” Continuing his refer. | ence to the street railway consolida- material for the manufac- | © of tags at the District x-um-mmum' This legislation was included in the District appropriation act for 1928 The reformatory auto tag shop with | s output has practically paid | tor itself and from now on a substantial | 2rnual saving to the District will be | |sh-wn. i The hog farm s an important branch | of t2e farming work at the reformatory. Only one hog was bought, for $30, and it now weighs more than 1,000 pounds. dozen shoats were sent over from the. [workhouse at Occoguan. The pig family ras increased so rapidly that each year he reformatory is killing enough pios to provide all the fresh and salt pork | that is needed i Permanent construction work on the plant is expected to be completed in three or four years. There are now more than 400 inmates at the Lorton Reformatory, more than 700 in the | workhouse at Occoquan and- about 60 | women in a separate home at Occo- quan. | While Capt. M. M. Barnard is in general charge of all the penal institu- tions and is personally supervising all of the industrialization plans, the de- tailed work is carried on by sistant, A. C. Taw industrial plant manag rounting s; on the industr is being worked out by J. C. Bisthoff, lwho was personally in charge of in- | stalling the auto tag plant. ' BILBO PROJECTS FAIL. JACKSON. Miss.. December 1.—A 60- session of the Missi d sine die to- the three major G. Bi'bo called tion of a s for which Gov he session fevenue budget 1ds and provision for a state printing | nt. The governor said he panned to call nother " gngsion. the next nother extra session acts. | lem confronting our tion question, Senator Capper state “No one questions the need for and advisability of a merger. The prob- committee, and Congress, is to bring about a merger that will be fair alike to the people who P the bill for transportation and those w the street railway and bus lines. “There probably will be no need for extended public hearings on the merger resolution. We have available the very ‘complete hearings held by the Ho District committee. During the closing days of the last session the Scnate District committee also held a hearing. everthe . I have no doubt that both ihe proponents and opponents of the merger proposition in its present form will be given an opportunity to con- cisely state the reasons for their posi- tion. The committee will then de- termine from its study of the mass of data available, and the arguments sub- mitied, what report should be made to the Senate, or what other measures should be taken to bring about an equitable and practical solution of Washington's mass-transportation prob- lem. Every effort will be made to work out & just solution during the present session. On the other hand, every ef. fort will be made to prevent the lay: ing of an undue burden on the thcu- sends of District residents and others who are compelled to use the street car and bus lines.” LEAGUE TO GO TO LUGANO Made Suggestion for His Health. GENEVA, December 1 (#)—Official announcement was made today that the fifty-third session of the Council of the League of Nations will be held at Lugano, in Southorn Switzerland, all the members having agreed. The communique stated ihat the de- cision was made on the suggestion of Dr. Gustave Stresemann, German for- cign_minister, “for reasons concerning Decision on Stresemann’s was | .nother it would be possible under the | ho have invested their money in JDGE EPLORES PARRAN ATITDE | Prince Georges Prosecutor Advises Washington Officials to “Mind Own Business.” “It's a pity that the State’s attorney takes the attitude he' does about Maj. | Hesse's problems,” declared Judge J. C. Mattingly of the Prince Georges County Court yesterday, when informed that the proposed conference between the Washington superintendent of po- lice and State's Attorney Parren of Prince Georges County in an effort to break up gambling houses just across the District line apparently had failed to materialize. Parran characterized the request of Maj. Hesse as “an attempt to divert the attention of Washingtoh from his own gambling problems to Prince Georges County.” “Attend to Own ‘Business"—Parran. ter attend to your own business. We'll attend to ours out here,” Parran told a reporter. Declaring he had been informed of the operation of an alleged Prince Georges gambling place known as “The Hard Way,” patronized by Washington residents, and that.the recent agita- tion by Washington polic® against gamblers in the District has forced three or four proprietors of gaming houses to move to cooler quarters in his county, Parran said, “we are look- ing after that situation.” Judge Mattingly declared that he concurred in Maj. Hesse's opinion that the gambling situation in the county has been a public scandal for a long time and stated that he repeatedly had brought the matter before the grand jury of the county with little resultant action, “All the county authorities will have to do,” said Judge Mattingly, “is to get the evidence to convict them and we'll take care of the rest of the situation.” He added that his instructions to every grand jury in the county in the last few years have included mention of the gambling scandal. Maj. Hesse sald yesterday he re- quested a conference with Mr. Parran October 23. At that time he instructed | Inspector Pratt to call the Maryland | presecutor and arrange for the meet- | ing. Mr. Parran asked the reason for | the conference, Maj. Hesse said. When it was stated, Mr. Parran set the date for the conference at noon the next dey at Upper Marlporo. The next morning, according to Maj. Hesse, Par- | ran called Inspector Pratt and told him | that prosseution of a murder case pre- vented his meeting with Washington police officials, Since then, Maj. Hesse said, nothing has resulted from the request. i’ Denies Diversion Charge. Maj. Hesse denied Parran’s allegation that he w trying to divert attention from Washington’s gambling evils to Prince Georges County “I was merely attempting to get the co-operation of Prince Georges County officials in a matter that vitally affects the policing of Washington,” he said. Maj. Hesse expressed beilef that a conspiracy action could be pressed against Maryland gambling house pro- prictors and said he wanted to get the rosecutor. H> declared that he has seen cars loading on Pennsylvania avenue with |gamblers bound for the Maryland gambling places and deplored the fact that the District’s vagrancy law could not bz invoked against the customers | of those places Inquiry throughout Upper Marlboro County reveals that there is a growing sentiment among county residents, par- ticularly in the southern section, against the gambling. ‘The Hard Way, known to all persons questioned in Upper Marlboro yester- day, was admitted by police officers and residents of the county seat to be oper- ating almost publicly. Police here declare that business at the Hard Way has increased since agi- i tation in the District made it hot for | those who would risk their money on | the roll of the dice, the turn of a card {or the spin of a wheel in Washington. | | MORROWS TO COME HOME to Leave Tuesday. MEXICO CITY, December 1 (A).— The United States embassy tonight an- nounced that Ambassador and Ms. Morrow and their daughter Anne will leave for New York. by way of Laredo, Tex., on Tuesda Morrow will | tend the Pan-American Conferance crbitration at Washingion and spend Christmas with “his fam'ly their new heme in Englewoed. N. J. will return hore the reception to Presid Ambassador Morrow and the staff of the embassy visited retiring President Calles today to pAy their respects upon the occasion of his leaving office. at- on at Ho “You people In Washington had bet- | inion of the Prince Georges County and in other sections of Prince Georges | | Mexican Ambassador -and . Family | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DISTRICT DIVIDED FOR CHEST DRIVE “Human Welfare Weather Map” Creates 35 Zones for Future Work. What is described as a “human wel- fare weather map” of the National Capital, through which the District and suburbs are divided into 35 geographical sections, was created yesterday by the Washington Community Chest to aid in the campaign for funds, scheduled to begin in January. Chest officers and leaders of civic and welfare organizations expressed the hope that the map may become the basis for permanent study and com- parison of social and welfare conditions throughout the city, with relation to poverty, disease, crime, delinquency and | other matter Map Follows Conference. The map was laid out following a conference between Elwood Street, director of the Washington Community Chest, and the following civic and wel- | fare organization leaders Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions; James G. Yaden, past president ; of the federation; David Babp, secre- | tary of the federation; Maj. Carey | Brown of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Miss Sybil Baker, director of the Washington | Community Center Department; Miss Gertrude Bowling, director of the In- | structive Visiting Nurses' Society, and Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary of the Washington Council of Social Agencies. With comparative studies of the con- ditions in the particular sections as | designated on the map, it will be pos- | sible to concentrate welfare work where most needed, it is pointed out. The divisional boundries also will serve for the special work of the various agencies operated within the chest itself, it is stated. ‘The chest will use these subdivisions as designated In its house-to-house and office-to-office campaign for funds, in which it plans to solicit every one able to give. For the soliciting campaign the chest organization plans to use a ‘“small army” of volunteer solicitors, working under volunteer captains and division chairmen with a . central volunteer chairman head of them all. Corps May Number 3,000. Plans are to enlist more than 1,000 volunteer workers for the metropolitan district alone. Another 1,000 will be needed, it is pointed out, to serve the chest and its group of welfare agencies in connection with soliciting in other divisions and other work, including soliciting for special gifts, publicity and auditing. Special provision also is to be made for furnishing general information re- garding the chest and the campaign as well as provision for the colored group. The total of volunteer helpers may reach 3,000, a statement from chest officials said. Such a system as proposed, already has been worked out successfully in St. | | | social agencies. In the main, the geographical sections as designated for Washington are ap- proximately the boundary lines of citi- zens' associations here. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The Wanderlusters’ hike will start from the R. L. Lee School, Virginia. Meet at Twelfth and Pennsylvania ave- nue at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Mason will | lead. | 'The Red Triangle Outing Club’s out- {ing, for girls only, will meet at Ross- {lyn at 2:30 o'clock for a hike along the { Virginia side of the river to the club house. Bring lunch and flashlight. {The “men only” contingent will meet | at the club house at 1:30 o'clock. Wear |old clothes and be prepared to gather wood for Winter campfires at camp. | Bring lunch and flashlight. i | Rev. Florian Vurpiliot, pastor of the | French congregation which meets at | St. John's Church, La Fayette square, | will preach there at & o'clock on “La | Reconnaissance.” | Dr. E. Swann Harding, editor of pub- lications, Department of Agriculture, { will address the Washingion Opera | Forum, 808 I street, at 3 o'clock. Sub- | ject: “The Seductive Quality of Ignor- | ance.” Songs by Miss Inez Moxley. Free admission. Public admitted. Miss Viola Smith, Federal Trade Com- missioner at Shanghai, China, will speak at 4 o'clock, at a meeting of the Na- tional Wqman'’s Party at headquarters, 21 First street northeast. \ | exhibition of etchings and drypoints by | Margery Austin Ryerson today and | every day nnd Sundays until December 30, ‘in the division of graphic arts, Smithsonian building. FUTURE. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- !tana will talk of “The World Court” |and also its relation to the Kellogg- | Briand treaty, following th> weekly forum luncheon tomorrow at the Wom- |an’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire avenue. | The Devonshire Downs Citizens’ As- soclation will meet in the lobby of the Home of Incurables, Thirty-eighth and | Upton streets, Tuesday, 8 p.n. Maj. | Carey H. Brown of the District Park and Planning Commission will be the principal speaker. Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at Grand Army Hall. Nomination and election of office Tea will be served tomorrow from 4 pr‘? at 1337 K street by the > ‘Nur their guests. Members from | nae Association will be hostesses. The parent-teacher training course for leaders, under auspices of the D. C. | Congress of Parents and Teachers, will meet Tuesday, 10 am., at the Burling- | ton Hotel. T. D. Martin, National Edu- cational _ Association, will speak on | “Leadership and Opportunities in Par- | ent-Teacher Work.” The Washington Branch of the As- sociation of Teachers of Spanish will observe the hundrcdth birth anniver- sary of Goya, the great artist of Spain, | by ‘a lecture to be given by Prof. Wil | Hutchins, December 3, 8:15 pm., in | Room 8 'of the American University, 1900 F street. The combined chapters of Gamma Delta Sigma Sorority will hold a sub- scription dance December 8 in the rose {room of the Washington Hotel. | Manor House Chapter, D. A. R.; will give a card party December 3 at Oyster's Auditorium, . Twenty - sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. | 01d Tl@er Doomed. SALT LAKE CITY (#).—The Daugh- of the Pioneers have abandoned e the historic Solt vas erected under on and in which s del as a bab: ving the build the too great, Twelve religious sociotics at ' Univer sity of Califorpia at Los Angeles are to hat a \uflr home. Louis, where Mr. Street was engaged | for seven and a half years in directing | | the work of a community federation of | The National Museum announces an | s’ Association to mem- | ser Municipal Hospital Alum- | Daughters DECEMBER 2, UALITY GRADUATE 1S UNIVERSITY AIM iCornell President Defends Modern Youth in Address at Banquet Here. ': Quality production and stressing of | the needs of the individual will be the {aim of American universities and col- %]oges in the next 25 years, Dr. Willilam | Mather Lewlis, president of Lafayette College and former president of George Washington University, told Cornell | University alumni and their friends last night at the ninth annual banquet, held at_the New Willard Hotel. Dr. Livingston Farrand, Cornell's president, and Romeyn Berry, graduate manager of athletics, spiritedly de- fended modern youth, and asserted that never before have institutions of learn- ing had such material to deal with, both from the mental and physical view- points. | | Alumni Are Defended. ‘Taking issue with a quoted statement that alumni are “an unmitigated nuis- ance,” Dr. Lewis insisied that alumni can aid universities anc colleges by as- sisting young collegians to get adjust- ed after they leave scnool, to the end Pthat American institutions of learning I'shall live up to their full responsibili- | ties. Assistance of alumni is needed, | he said, in development of the individ- |ual to the highest possible standard. The “skyscraper university” of the future, he ventured, will be able to pay a great portion of its way by rental of | part of its property. Turning to the influx of students in great numbers following the war, the educator asserted that since the great conflict “we have made a fetish of edu- | cation, and the war emphasized the desirability of education.” | " College students of today, Dr. Lewis | pointed out, are not ridiculing learning, as is evident in music and dramatics. “What our students need today is leadership along intellectual lines,” he asserted. “It is the place of the alumni to give the hand of leadership to the young student to help him over that hard period of readjustment.” President Farrand proved an advocate for modern youth, during the course of his address following the banquet, at which Paul E. Lesh, Washington attor- ney, acted as toastmaster. “We have never in the history of American universities and colleges had such material to work on,” said Dr. Farrand. “We are turning out a bet- ter product than ever before and it s improving year by year.” Mr. Berry said “the most interesting phenomenon of this decade that has followed the war is the revolt of youth.” “I went out to put down this revolt of youth and came back an apostle of the cult,” he asserted. “Out of this! welter of saxophones, roadsters, syn- thetic gin, road houses and what not has come a superior race of girls and | | boys, with a saner view of life and a| {more mature judgment than their | fathers and mothers had at the same age. Communications from 40 college | presidents, setting forth their ideas on relationship between colleges and their | alumni, were read at the banquet. Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, presi- dent of Georgetown University, de- | clared, “What the University may ex- pect from her alumni will be deter- mined and measured by the nature of the benefits which they, as students, have received from the university. Energetic Loyalty Urged. “The ideal alumnus will be practical and energetic in his loyalty. He will not neglect to direct and recommend worthy candidates for admission to the college which he once chose above all others. | And knowing, as all college graduates must know, that what he paid to his college in fees and tuition never meets the growing cost of modern education, he will, to the extent of his means, con- tribute financially to her physical de- velopment and ‘extension of her public service.” o - And, jealous of the good name of his alma mater, he should not hesitate to transmit to competent authorities his own constructive and matured rec- ommendations in respect to curriculum {and general policy, together with such | comment, but be it friendly or unfriend- {ly. as would seem to warrant serious consideration,” President Anderson Ald- erman of .the University of Virginia said. “I once defined an alumnus as a faithful and grateful son of a good mother. The first duty of a faithful son is to live a good life and to illus- trate by his integrity and clear think- ing the value of the education and the scipline to which he was subjected |in his alma mater. This is the supreme :mlng. The university which can point {to a long line of capable and high- { minded men serving the State and the | Nation and human society is the great- | est university. “The second duty is tp keep in mind that universities or institutions increase in needs and responsibllities as they grow older. “The third duty resting upon all alumni is to take it to heart that they should remember their alma mater in her hour of weakness and need, and in their day of strengthened power, to the | end that the whole social fabric shall be strengthened and the sons of their |alma mater acquire standards of straight thinking. good taste, clean honor and fidelity to trust.” Reception for Cornell President. Included among the telegrams and letters received were expressions from President Nicholas Murray Butler of | Columbia, President Walter Dill Scott | | of Narthwestern University, President | | John Grier Hibben of Princeton, Pres- ident Charles A. Richmond of Union College and President Ellen F. Pendle- ton of Wellesley. The evening's activities started with a reception for President Livingston Farrand of Cornell at the north en- trance to the ballroom on the tenth floor of the hotel. | The alumni voted to request that the | organization confer with the athletic council of Cornell concerning the whole | situation affecting athletics at the uni- versity. A list of former athletes of | Cornell was suggested from which se- | lections might be made to assist in | threshing out next month the slump in athletics which, it was said. affects | not only foot ball but other branches | of sport. | WOMAN PASTOR, AGE 50, TO WED YOUTH JUST 21 Widow Refuses to Discourage Match as Requested by Pro- spective Groom's Parents. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNN, Mass., December 1.—Mrs. Te- 1928—PART 1. Action Coupled Work Acc By the Associated Press. session of Congress which will begin tom By Speaker Nicholas Longworth. With most of thé major legislation mapped out for it disposed of at the first session of the Congress, the House approaches the short and final session with an eye toward completing work on other important bills still pending and sending to the Senate a3 soon as possible the an- nual supply meas- ures. If we are tohave | a special session of | the new Congress to eonsider tariff revision this should be held in the Fall so as to permit a thorough study at hearings to start after March 4 by the ways and means committee. Farm relief can and should be passed at the short session. The long-pending Muscle Shoals question also should be settled and demands for a reapportion- ment of the House membership met The farm bill could be put through quickly by eliminating the features of the McNary-Haugen measure to which strong objection has been made and leaving for a possible extra session re- lief provisions relating to the tariff. I foresee little delay in passing the nine annual appropriation bills. The appropriations committee has been working almost a month and there is a probability that we may dispose of two or.three of these measures before the Christmas holidays. Mr. Longworth. REVEALS HIDDEN GEMS Massive Robe for “Big Bill” Ed- wards Hid Undeclared Ar- ticles Worth $5,600. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 1—A dainty flowered cerise silk lounging robe, lined with baby blue, which Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Herter explained they brought from Europe to adorn the Herculean form of collector of the port, “Big Bill” Edwards, threatens to cost them about $11,200. When the Herters landed today from the Aquitania they were met on the pler by Edwards, giant former Prince- ton foot ball star and once czar of professional American foot ball, and turned over to inspectors for immediate attention. All was going well until the hugh hand-stitched dressing gown was pulled from a trunk, with several .inspectors helping to keep its expanse from the dirty pler. Then an exhaustive search revealed undeclared jewelry, clothing and miscellaneous articles valued by in- spectors at $5,600. The Herters went to_their hotel with only hand luggage. If they wish to recover their other property, fines and penalties will bring the cost to double its domestic value. Former D. C. Girl Succumbs. Mrs. Charles Walsh, 32 years old, for- merly Miss Elizabeth Trundle of Wash- ington, D. C., died yesterday at Denver, leaving her husband and a daughter 1 week old. Her father, Albert Trun- dle: a sister, Mrs. Jack Goss, and two brothers, Lewis and Albert Trundle, all of Washington, also survive. Burial will be in Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York. DUE TODAY. Havana—Vera Cruz Vauban—Montevideo Frederik VIIl—Copenhage Volendam—Rotterdam. . DUE TOMORROW. Cleveland—Hamburg. Coamo—Santo Domin; Kungsholm—Gothenburg Manuel Arnus—Barcelona San Juan—San Juan . Muenchen_Bremerhaven Teno—Valparaiso . November 25 ovember 1 November 20 November 10 Celva—Kingston . November 28 Lapland—Antwerp ! /November 23 DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. Ile de France—Havre. .. Nove % Majestic—Southampton - oY ember 33 Western World—Buenos ‘Air Roussillon—Bordeaux ..... Siboney—Havana .. Carrillo—Santiago .. Tuscania—Southampio American Trader—London Caracas—Maracaibo ... DUE WEDNESDAY, Ulua—Port Limon. Baltic—Liverpool . finnesota—London Antonia—Liverpool : Munargo—Nassau November DUE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6. Nerissa—St. John's ..... .December 2 K November 24 o, November 28 Bermuda—Bermuda December 4 DUE FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. Ryndam —Rotterdam ...... November 7 Roma—Genoa ............ November 27 DUE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. George Washington—Bremerhaven, November 29 Berlin—3remerhaven ...November 29 DUE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9. -Port_Limon December ey—Vera Cruz December DUE MONDAY. DECEMBER 10. American Farmer—London......December Caledonia—Glasgow. z +.!..November 24 DECEMBER 5. November 28 2 December Minnetonka—London . . .December Westphalia. obh. San Lorenzo—San Domingo.....December San Lorenzo—Santo Domingo.. .. December OUTGOING STEAMERS, SAILING TOMORROW. @ripsholm—Gothenburg. SAILING TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. amaria—Mediterranean cruise. 'atria —Azores, Lisbon, Palermo, and Marseille. Denis—Para Polonia--Cobenhagen and Danzig. B Constantinople Naples and Con- SAILING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. Mayaro—Georgetown. Aauitania—Cherbourg and Southampton. Leviathan—Cherbourg_and Southampton. Sixaola—Kingston, Cristobal, _ Cartagena, Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta. Falcon-San Juan, La _Guayra, Cabello, Curacao and Maracaibo. Puerto resa Eliza Dean, 50-year-old widow and former assistant pastor of the First Christian Church of Lynn, will become the bride of Leonard C. Wade, 30 years her junior, if plans for their wedding within the next month are ocarried out. Mrs. Dean gave her age as 50, while Wade, according to the wedding inten- tions, became 21 last Sunday. The par- ents of the prospective young bride- groom are heartbroken over his plans to take as his bride the woman who | was formerly his Sunday school teacher. i They declared they have done every- | thing possible to break off relations. | Pleas to Mrs. Dean to discourage the | boy's attention were met with an ab- lute refusal. Mrs. Dean was ordained to the min- ry four years ago. Young Wac» is a 2 of English High Schoel ef 5 ago. He plannad to swudy for | stry, but at present is em- ployed as a leather worker, elba_-Kingston Fort Victoria—Bermuda. BAILING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. President Hi Worid cruise resident Hayes World cruise. Bonta Teresa-Criscobal, Caliao and Val- par ‘als0. Muencheni—Cobb, - Plymouth, ‘Cherbourg and Bremerhaven. Cosmo—San Juan, Havana—Havana, ‘Progreso and Vera Cruz. Dominica—8t. Thomas. SAILING FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. Bogota—Puerto Columba. Munargo—-Nass: Majesii Laplai SAILING SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8. Matura—Georgetown. Antonia—Cobh and Li Liscania - Plvmouth. Ha d London. B and Hambure. Naples and and LONGWORTH AND CURTIS SEE | GOOD PROSPECT IN CONGRESS| Prediction That Both Houses: Will:Show At the request of the Associated Press. Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the House and Senator Charles Curtis, Vice President-clect and Republican floor leader, yesterday gave their views on the prospects for legislation during the “GIFT FOR U. S. OFFICIAL” | With Praise for omplished. 0TTOW. BY SENATOR CHARLES CURTIS. The record of accomplishment of the | first session of the Seventieth Congress is a_ goal for the concluding session | which we start Monday. I am confi- dent that this high record will be ‘maintained. A year ago I pre-| | dicted a session| . filled with legisla- tive progress. That prediction was ful- filled. Iam proud} {48 - of that record and 7 - | anxious that it be . | repeated. % The Senate has| ¥ | a large calendar of | business—one that | will demend e attention for disposal. We start work immediately on the Boulder Canyon Dam mea- sure which is the unfinished business. | Then there are other major legislative | and executive proposals awaiting early | consideration, including the naval con- | struction bill, farm relief and the Kel- | logg anti-war treaty. With the spirit of co-operation mani- fested on both sides during the first session I am confident that March 4 will mark the close of a Congress which | has broken all records in its attention to the natio business. | EARLIER SHOPPING | BECOMES REALITY Senator Curtis Survey of Business Here Shows De- mand for Christmas Goods Is Already Emphatie. Christmas shopping started in Wash- ington in real earnest yesterday, ac- | cording to a survey of business in down- | town stores and shops made by Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. 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