Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, with lowest temperature about 40 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and colder. Temperatures—Highest, 52, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 34, at 3:45 am. today. Full report on Page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Sunday’s No. 30,897. Prershes “we Entered as second class matter shington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1928—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * BRITAIN ~ ALARMED AS KINGS HEART, STRAINED BY FIGHT FOR LIFE, FALTERS Queen Mary Abandons Usual Drive—Papers Issue Ex-| tras Revealing Acute Anx- iety of Nation Over Ruler. OXYGEN ADMINISTERED BY PHYSICIANS AT NIGHT Doctors at Bedside for Many Hours — First Bulletin Today More Favorable—Premier Bald- win Among Callers at Palace, Throngs Wait in Rain for News. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 3.—Queen Mary did not take her usual out- ing from Buckingham Palace this afternoon. This was the first time that she had omitted her regular drive since the King was taken ill. Extra editions of evening news- papers, containing the latest in- formation on the illness of the King, were called in the streets to- day for the first time since early in the days of the World War. The editions were quickly exhausted by eager buyers. This news ex- pedient is usual only in times of grave national crisis, and the fact that it was adopted in connection with the King's illness was fur- ther indicative of the nation’s in- creasing anxiety. Lord Dawson of Penn, one of King George’s two principal phy- sicians, paid his third visit of the day to Buckingham Palace at 2:45 pm. He left after a half hour’s stay. Premier Baldwin called at Buck- ingham Palace at 12:30 p.m. and had a half hour conversation with Lord Dawson, but did not see the King. Fears Slightly Allayed. Earlier today fears of ca- lamity, which had gripped the British public throughout the night, after it was learned that King George had been given oxygen and that his long illness menaced his heart, were somewhat al- layed by the doctor’s report. The re- port said that the King's condition was slightly improved. There remained in the public mind, however, a conviction that the King was fighting for his life, with the is- sue still very much in doubt. This was intensified by the knowledge that oxygen was being used in his case, al- though Buckingham Palace authorities minimized the importance of this and explained it was customary to admin- ister oxygen for its tonic effect in such cases. Sir Stanley Hewitt and Lord Dawson of Penn, the King’s physicians, issued this medical buletin at 10:30 a.m.: “The King has had.three hours of quieter sleep since the issuing of the last bulletin. The temperature is now 99.8 and there is a slight improvement in the general condition.” No Mention of Heart. No mention was made of how the King's hard taxed heart was function- ing with the exception of the inference regarding it contained in the state- ment that his general condition was improved. Ellg;flt};‘e tl‘l’ne the medical bulletin was posted, the crowd outside Buckingham Palace had swollen to big proportions. There was a rush forward to read the report which chronicled a lowering of the King’s temperature and slight im- provement in his general condition. As the crowd read the bulletin, there were sighs of relief, as it seemed that new hope was given and what they feared most—the growing worse of his condition—was not chronicled. Many of those who had waited for hours m the rain walked off with their hearts least temporarily lightened. a‘lteawas lca!?roled at the palace after the morning bulletin had been issued that there was small probability that there would be any further official word until the usual hour of the night. Tension Is Lessened. e doctors morning visit, their st;l'j?menl and its result seemed to have a resssuring effect at Buckingham Palace and there appeared an appre- ciable lessening of the tension which vailed there. h?%hpomQueen, with Princess Mary at her side, spent a trying night anxiously awaiting the next development, with knowledge of the hard struggle her royal consort was having at this serious stage of his illness. She was the first to receive the doctors’ report and was greatly relieved to hear that he had made what appeared to be a remark- able rally since the critical hours around e he King's constitution is mak- ing a stern fight against the weakness induced by his long struggle against microbic infection is the impression pro- duced in palace circles and elsewhere " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) COURTESY BA Proposal Is Interesting, However, Premier Says in Cable. Prime Minister States He Sent Answer Direct to Legislator. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 3.—Staniey Bald- in, prime minister of England, told red A. Britten of Illinois, chairman of the naval affairs committee of the United States House of Representa- tives, that the latter’s proposal for a conference on naval affairs by legis- lative committees was “interesting,” but that he could not express definite opin- ion on it because the United States Government had not been consulted. This came out in the House of Com- mons today when Mr. Baldwin read the reply. It stressed the fact, too, that when he spoke on November 12 of the lack of personal intercourse between government men on the two sides of the Atlantic, he was referring to execu- tives and not to legislators. Relations Discussed. Anglo-American relations were also the subject of remarks by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, secretary for home af- fairs, in a speech at the Constitutional Club today. He deprecated the “ten- dency in some quarters to dig up the roots of our friendship to see how the plant was growing.” He followed this up with a hope that talk about com- parative naval strengths would die down and be replaced by the old friendship between the nations. Mr. Baldwin, answering an inquiry from Comdr. Kenworthy, Laborite mem- ber from Hull, said that he sent his reply direct to Mr. Britten. Text of Premier Baldwin's reply: “I have learned with great interest of your proposal for a joint meeting of members of the United States Congress and members of the British Parliament for a friendly discussion on the ques- tion of the limitation of navy arma- ments. Wants Understanding. “I cordially reciprocate the spirit which inspired your suggestion, and I share your earnest desire for a com- plete understanding between our two countries. “In my speech of November 12 I was speaking not of legislatures, but of the executives of governments and it was the absence of facility for personal intercourse between ministers which I regrEett,ed. % “Except remove the possibility of misunderstanding, I feel it ledynot be consistent with the courtesy which I owe to the United States Government to-address any further opinion on a question upon which, as I understand it, they have not been consulted. “I can, therefore, only repeat my u[:ir':clatlm of your friendly senti- ments” BRITTEN TO GET REPLY DIRECT. Course Chosen to Accord With Views of U. S. Government. - ffy"i!io Assoclated Press. ‘The British embassy announced toda; that Prime Minister Baldwin had l.ny~ formed Ambassador Howard that he Wwas sending his reply to Representative Britten’s recent proposal for an Anglo- American parliamentary comsittee naval conference direct to Mr. Britten. The prime minister, the embassy an- nounced, had chosen that course in accordance with the views of the American Government as e through the State Department. For Necessary Action. “The reply will be placed before the committee for whatever action it deems necessary,” Britten, head of the com- mittee, said. He said that he had originally intended to follow this pro- cedure ‘regardless of Premier Baldwin’s statement favoring negotiations through the regular diplomatic channels. The prime minister’s reply was re- ceived at the embassy here Saturday “for submission to the State Depart- ment in the first instance.” Sir Esme called on Secretary Kellogg during the day and at the conclusion of his con- ference would merely say that he and the Secretary were working in har- mony in the matter, which he described as without precedent. Kellogg Non-Committal. Mr. Kellogg also refused to discuss the matter but the impression was gain- €d from the two conferees that the American Government would not con- sider handling the reply through diplo- matic channels inasmuch as the origi- nal message was sent direct to the prime minister by Mr. Britten. It is considered that as a matter of courtesy to the United States Govern- ment Mr. Baldwin had transmitted the reply to Sir Esme Howard with instruc- tions to sound out the State Depart- ment as to the proper method of trans- mitting it to Mr. Britten. ‘The Baldwin reply reached Mr. Brit- ten by cable during the day, and he said he would give it to the naval committee tomorrow. TRYING TO SAVE GIRL, 3 d | hand-woven Ecuadorean RS REPLY; BALDWIN TELLS BRITTEN PREMIER BALDWIN. ECUADOR SHOWERS BIFTS ON HOOVER Convoyed by Peruvian Flag- ship, Maryland Is Speed- ing for Callao. BY “COLLIER. Staff Corréspondent of The Star, ABOARD U. 8. 8. 3 cember 3.—Ecuador believes in “sa; it with gifts” as tokens of good wil lat the first of the South American repub- lics touched by the Hoover friendship mission, the President-elect and Mrs. Hoover and other members of their party were showered with every variety of present, from jewelry to bananas. ‘The President-elect was given several “panamas” and Mrs. Hoover a valuable pearl neck- lace, emeralds and other native jewelry and a rare silver casket of the ancient Incas. Among the articles loaded aboard the U. S. S. Maryland are some that may be put into the National Museum or into the Stanford Museum. Five hundred bunches of bananas and about a dozen heavy packing boxes containing gifts for Mr? and Mrs. Hoo- ver and their party have been loaded. The problem of loading the bananas was easily solved. The sailors were told they could have them if they were loaded aboard. Speed records for banana-loading were broken and bunches of bananas now are hanging all over the ship. Worth About $100. Guayaquil is the largest producer of the so-called “panama” hats and ad- vertised the fact by presenting the finest example of the hat-weaver's art to all of the members of the Hoover party. Mrs. Hoover is wearing one too. In the United States each would cost about $100. The hats were the gift of the government. ‘Women of the American colony here gave Mrs. Hoover some wonderful native handiwork blankets and linens and an especially fine hat. Mr. Hoover has few boxes of gifts that have as yet not been unpacked, but are said to contain rugs, tablecloths, spreads, silks and pot- tery. They will be added to the col- ylection of " souvenirs collected by Mr. | FATHER BURNS TO DEATH | and Mrs. Hoover in their travels in all parts of the world. They will be placed in the Stanford and Washing- jton homes of the President-elect. MARYLAND HEADS FOR CALLAO. His Wife and Two Other Daughters Injured in Califor- nia Fire. By the Associated Press. MERCED, Calif., December 3.—O. C. Gove, 60, was burned to death trying vainly to rescue his 3-year-old daugh- ter-from a fire which destroyed the family home near here yesterday. His wife suffered probably fatal burns when she ran into the flames after him. Two other daughters were injured. | Witnesses said the older members of | the family gathered outside the house before they realized that the baby, Ethna, had been left in her bed. Gove dashed into the house to save her. LTrees Unlawfully Cut Down During Work On Capital Garage Ordered Replaced Clifford L. Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings, was directed today by Assistant Engineer Commissioner H. C. Whitehurst fo execute an order is- sued by the Commissioners in March, 1927, for replacement of the two trees unlawfully cut down nearly two years ago during construction of the Capital Garage, 1312-1320 New York avenue. The trees stood in front of the garage, and their replacement will necessitate the breaking up of the concrete side- walk as well as the extension of an “island” between the two driveways from the garage into New York avenue. The driveways also will be narrowed by 34 inches, These changes, Capt. White- a hurst announced, will not block ingress and egress by the driveway. Two employes of the Baird Construc- tion Co. cut the trees down in February, ; 1927, and were subsequently fined $200 each in Police Court. However, when the new concrete sidewalk and drive- ways adjacent to the garage were set, the tree boxes were entirely obliterated, although the sidewalk and driveway permit was issued to the company with the understanding that it would not interfere with any “tree, lamp, fire hydrant or any other public appurte- nance.” Replacement of the threes will: be started within a few days, | Freedom of City to Be Extended to President-Elect. By the Associated Press. U. 8. 8. MARYLAND, EN ROUTE 1 TO CALLAO, Peru, December 3.—Con- jvoyed by the flagship of the Peruvian !navy, the Almirante Grau, this mighty, (Continwed on Page 4, Column 1.) . 10 KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES IN RIO BAY Every Member of Reception Com- ! mittee Formed to Welcome Bra- zilian Aviator Dies. By the Assoclated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 3.— Ten persons were killed today when the hydroairplane Santos-Dumont crashed in the bay. The plane was carrying a reception committee to wel- come the Brazilian aviator Alberto San- tos-Dumont. Everybody on board was killed in the crash. Those killed were Prof. Tobias Mos- coso, Prof. Antonio Ambroso Costa, Deputy Ferdinando Labouriau, Deputy Amaury de Mediros, Dr, Paulo Castro Maia, & representative of the news- paper Jornal do Brazil and his wife, two,pilots and one mechanic. Radio Progrx;ms—Page 40 CHILE EARTHQUAKE DEATHLIST GROWS AS RELIEF STARTS Unofficial Estimates Place Number of Dead at 230, With 400 Injured. TALCA PROPERTY LOSS IS SET AT $12,000,000 Soldiers Take Over Food Supply as Tents House Homeless Thousands. By the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 3.— President Ibanez today was on the scene | directing relief measures for the sur- | vivors of an earthquake which devas- tated a large area 150 miles to the | south of Santiago. A casualty list com- piled from various unofficial sources placed the deaths at 230, with more than 400 injured. Martial law was established in Talca, an industrial city of 36,000 population, which apparently bore the brunt of the quake. Official advices from there said that only 10 per cent of the houses were habitgble. Buildings not razed hy the quake were being demolished to avert further danger from a sudden col- lapse. The deaths at Talca were esti- mated at 108, with 300 injured. Relief Trains Dispatched. Relief trains were speeding into the stricken area, regular railway schedules having been canceled so as to give them the right of way. President Ibanez, who had been in the South of Chile, hurried to Talca as soon as he learned of the catastrophe. He found that relief work had been set in motion by Minister of War Blanche, who flew to Talca by airplane from the capital. Firemen and various organiza- tions of young men aided the mounted police in caring for sufferers and acting as guards. Aid offered by the Red Cross was also accepted. Soldiers were ordered to shoot on sight any marauders. Troops took over most of the food supply to prevent loot- ing and they were rationing it out. Thus any effort on the part of specula- tors to take advantage of an emergency by raising prices was blocked. Refugees arriving from Talca es- timated that the damage there would amount to 100,000,000 pesos (about $12,000,000). The hospital there was burned after the earthquake and more than 200 persons had to be cared for in em_lflincy ahel& hospil were blishe throughout the stricken mby Qfifi Red. were The naval commander at Port Con- stitution said that 54 were dead there and about 100 injured. Three cruisers were sent to the port by the govern- ment. The officers found the damage there was widespread. Inhabitants were sleeping in tents in the public Squares, and in a dozen other cities and villages in the region people slept in the parks and in open spaces on the ou of the ruined towns. District Is Desolate. The unofficial casualty list for the other places was: Chilian, 30 dead, 30 injured; Teniente Mine, 17 dead, “nu- merous other deaths and injuries”; Pele- quen, 5 dead, 4 injured; Santa Cruz, 30 dead; Concepcion, 2 injured; Ran- cagua, 1 dead; Curico, 2 dead, 4 in- jured, and San Vicente, 4 injured. ‘The whole vicinity presented a deso- late aspect. Roads were blocked by fallen trees and wire. Long lines of refugees were moving over them afoot or in various conveyances with their belongings. A group of government engineers was making a survey of the region today so that relief work and rehabilitation might be more effectively organized. . $1,500,000 ACCOUNTS FOUND IN RUM QuIZ Philadelphia Grand Jury to Inves- tigate Latest Discovery This Week. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 3.— Three more accounts in the Union Bank & Trust Co. raising the total deposited there under fictitious names to nearly $10,000,000, have been dis- covered by District Attorney Monaghan, who is directing the grand jury in- vestigation into bootlegging and police corruption. The owners of the three new ac- counts, which aggregated $1,500,000, have been identified, the district attor- ney said. He said the accounts inter- weave closely with the 15 others which have been found but whose owners have not been discovered. All of the more than $9,000,000 was deposited in the bank within two years and all of it was withdrawn the latter part of 1927. Officials of the bank who were examined by the grandyjury pro- fessed ignorance as to the identity of the depositors. The district attorney said his inves- tigation this week would be directed along the trail of this money, which he believes to be the profits from boot- legging and gambling activities. He also intends to go into the cases of a number of police officials and detectives ‘whose personal wealth has not been sat- isfactorily explained. CHANGES IN MERGER Definite recommendations for changes in the street railway merger agreement as presented in Congress are under- stood to have been recommended in the report on the merger filled with the Sen- ate District committee today by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the expert who has /| been studying the consolidation plan for the committee. ‘The Mafttbie report will not be made public immediately, and may not be given out until the Senate subcommit- tee in charge of the question meets to- morrow or the next day. It was indi- cated, however, that the report outlined certain modifications in the plan of merger, to be considered when the com- mittee meets, AGREEMENT TO BE URGED|" D. C. HEADS' REPORT SETS NEW POLIGY Commissioners Make Few Recommendations of Their Own in Annual Review. The District Commissioners today transmitted their annual report to Con- gress without making any special recom- mendations of their own, thus establish- ing a new policy. ‘The report contains only extracts and occasional comment on the reports of the heads of the various municipal agencies, which were made public last Summer at the time they were sub- mitted to the Commisisoners. And only in a few instances were the recom- mendations of the department heads al- lowed to remain as the recommenda=~ Mom‘ of tl:l!: cammiuxllfnem The xxe‘;; son for this change in policy was disclosed. - Trafic Act Revision Urged. . affic Director Harland's request for m% of the traffic act was the principal recommendation of the de- partment heads that went to Congress as a recommendation of the Commis- sloners. The traffic director urged, among other things, an amendment which would allow the police court a graater degree of discretion in impos- ing sentences for first offense driving while intoxicated, second offense reck- less driving and third offense speeding. A jail sentence is now compulsory for all third offenses of speeding, even though these offenses are 5 or 10 years apart, and the traffic department has found that it is difficult to secure con- victions on third offenses because juries and judges apparently feel that a com- pulsory jail sentence in some cases is too severe. Harland urged that the maximum penalty for third-offense speeding be limited to offenses com- mitted within a period of a year, and that on first-offense driving while in- toxicated and second-offense reckless driving it should be left to the discre- tion of the court whether the defendant is to be sent to jail or fined, but that in all subsequent cases the jail sen- tences should apply. The Commissioners confined their comment _entirely to the report made by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, outlining the activities of the Police Department in the 1927-1928 fis- cal year. At the beginning of the Po- lice Department’s statistical table they added the following: Dry Enforcement Praised. “It is most gratifying to the Com- missioners to note that the Police De- partment has in no measure relaxed in its efforts to bring about the fullest pos- sible measure of enforcement .of the various liquor laws.” Referring to the report of the Public Library, the Commissioners declared that “the past year shows progress in the improved quarters for the Chevy Chase and Tenley sub-branches and in the establishment of a sub-branch in the Eastern High School and in the provision for a sub-branch in the Con- duit Road School upon its transfer to the new Francis Scott Key School. “The library trustees in their report comment on the salutary results of the reclassification legislation, including the Welch amendatory act and the effect of the provisions for increments in the reduction of staff turnover, in the rais- ing of standards for appointment and promotion and the resulting improve- ment in service. The library has through these improvements been able to secure specialists in the literature of various flelds of knowledge who are meeting with real understanding the reading problem of inquiries. Advisers are available g; the fl?}?x (éf hi.st.;ll'.ly, biography, pedagogy, literature, fine nmx,r lt’ec‘{'micul and children's litera- ture.” THREE GIRLS DROWN. Sled on Which They Were Riding Breaks Through Pond Ice. ELKHORN, Wis, December 3 (#)— Three girls, one the daughter of Mayor E. G. Ridgeway, drowned yesterday when ice of a brickyard pond cracked under the sled-on which they were rid- ’grhe dead are: Mary Jane Ridgeway, 10; Dorothy Harlow, 16, and her sis- ter, Marion, 14; daughters of Earl Har- low, Chicago. DIES IN PLANE WRECK. TULSA, Okla, December 3.—Mike Perea, 37 years old, was killed when his Waco plane crashed on a high- way 1 mifl north of Maud, Okla., yesterday while he was attempting to and in a fleld. Perea, a veteran pilot, was employed by Truman J. Martin, a Tulsa drilling contractor. Witnesses of the accident said that Perea, apparently misjuding distance from telephone wires, attempted to pass i beneath them. The plane plowed into the ground and was demol (#) Means Associated Press. Saturday’s Circulation, 105391 Circulation, 112,495 TWO CENTS. WONDER IF THEY'LL i3 PAY THEIR= USUAL ATTENTION AN Bandit Is Arrested Aboard Street Car After ‘Triple Play’ By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 3.—A triple play, Miss Nellie Frictor to Police Sergt. Charles Zeller to Lieut. James Kerr, is the proper way to score the manner in which George Michaels, a young man with a pistol, was put out of the bandit business last night. Michaels held up Miss Frictor, took $20, and ran. Miss Frictor pursued. At Peoria and Madison streets Miss Frictor was just in time to see Michaels elimb aboard a street car. She called to Sergt. Zel- ler. The car was traveling rapidly. Zeller, unable to catch it, shouted to Kerr, whom he saw among the pas- sengers, that there was a thief board. A movement of a hand to his hip 3ave Michaels away and the lieuten- ant arrested him. o SWEDISH PRINGES PPN DAY e 5% Gustavus Adolphus and Sig- vard, Nephews of King, Pre- sented to Coolidge. Washington was host to another party of royal visitors today with the early arrival at the Swedish legation of Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Prince Sigvard, sons of the Crown Prince of Sweden, for whom a round of pleasure and entertaining has been provided before their departure tonight. ‘They arrived here after their partici- pation in the wedding of their cousin, Count Folke Bernadotte of Wishorg, to Miss Estelle Manville, American heir- ess, which took place in a gorgeous $750,000 setting Saturday at Pleasant- ville, N. Y. - Count Bernadotte and his bride, a daughter of H. E. Manville, industrial leader, preseded the royal princess to Washington, having arrived yesterday afternoon. Presented to Coolidge. Shortly after their arrival, Prince Gustavus Adolphus and his brother were escorted to the White House at noon by the Minister of Sweden, Bostrom, and presented to President Coolidge, who received them cordially and in- formally. Later they were guests of President and Mrs, Coolidge at Iluncheon. Included in the luncheon invitation were the Count and Countess Berna- dotte, Count and Countess Carl Ber- nadotte, brother and sister-in-law of the bridegroom, and Minister and Mme. Bostrom. The two royal visitors arrived at the legation early neough this morning to take advantage of a beautiful, sunny day to see Washington at its best. A sightseeing trip about the Capital pre- ceded their visit to the White House. State Dinner This Evening. This afternoon Minister Bostron will take them to Mount Vernon, where the royal visitors will pay their respect to the memory of George Washington. A state dinner at the legation this eve- ning, for which additional members of later today, was the onuly other social engagement on their program. Accompanying the bride and bride- groom tonight, the entire royal party is understood to be leaving for Niagara Falls. Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Prince Sigvard are scheduled to sail for Sweden on December 8. . The two princes were accompanied to Washington by Baron Sigfried R. Raalamb, a lieutenant in the royal bodyguard. Among others who are ex- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) $10 Bond Forfeited On Charge of Theft Of Paper From Rack James W. Martin, 60 years old, of the 700 block of Marylan avenue northeast, forfeited $10 in Police Court today after be- ing charged with larceny of a newspaper from a rack at Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Policeman B. M. Strong of the fifth precinct arrested Martin, after he claims to have seen the man take a paper without depositing any money in the coin box. Martin is the fifth person arrested for this offense in the fifth precinct since last PFriday. All:) the others likewise forfeited $10. the royal party are miv:;)f - =N g\\\ il R W >y ROGHESER SHVES BY CHARTY CHES Duplication of Effort and Money Waste Avoided in Community Plan. This is the second of a series of arti- cles by a stafl correspondent of The Star on the successful operation of the Community Chest in the large cities of the East and Middle West. The Com- munity Chest will be inaugurated here this Winter. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 3.— SENATE AND HOUSE OPEN LAST SESSION FACED BY MASS OF URGENT MEASURES Brief Meetings Are Held as Congress Adjourns Out of Respect for Memory of Men Who Died During Recess. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE IS AWAITED TOMORROW —— Crowded Galleries Greet Returning Legislators Here for Brief Term, With Prospects Held Bright for Extra Call After Inauguration of President Hoover. The Seventieth Congress slipped quietly into gear for its final ses- sion at noon today. The proceed- ings in both houses were perfunc- tory and without incident. Battle- scarred veterans of the recent political campaign were on hand, victors and vanquished alike, all wearing smiles, though the former found it easier. The session which opened today will close March 4. In the three months the present Congress has to run there is a vast amount of work to do. Efforts will be made to put through farm relief legisla- tion, to have the Senate ratify the Kellogg multilateral treaty, re- nouncing war, to put through the Boulder Dam bill and the Fenn bill for the reapportionment of the House in accordance with the last census. The naval construction Ten years ago last Christmas a little | Pill, Providing much needed cruisers for the Navy, is awaiting Rochester girl wrote a letter to Santa Claus. Her father was out of work, the fam- ily larder was running low, there were doctor bills to pay, and it looked like l:d?me';h gloor holiday for mh‘::lfl; ; e 'y Wwas so up with the soot of poverty luck that it didn’t seem likely fores thraugi 1ty B e compiy B em| . ing Christmas eve. The genial old fellow, however, was quite touched by the letter and, since he was unable to attend to the request personally, he referred it to some of his friends who had long been interested in his activities for children. The result was that this poor little girl got 18 pounds of candy and 37 dolls. Dozens of societies and individuals, each igno- rant of what the other was doing, sent her gifts. On Christmas day she tried to eat all the 18 pounds of candy. That was a pretty stiff job for one little girl. Her ambitlons exceeded her capacity. She got such a bad tummy ache that they sent for the doctor, and a social agency had to pay the bill. Moreover, she had Jjust 36 dolls too many. The surfeit took all the glamour out of dolls, and the majority probably found their way into the ash can in a very few weeks. A great deal of money was wasted in trying to make this little girl happy and the result was a complete failure. This, of course, was a trifle. It only cost the community $20 or $30. But the trouble was that the same sort of things were going on throughout the field of welfare and charity work in this big industrial city with its hun- dreds of needy families, its large for- eign born population, and its great numbers of children to be made happy. The spirit was there. It was not only a case of following the Biblical in- junction not to let the left hand know what the right hand gave but to give with both hands, each in ignorance of the activities of the other. There were scores of big-hearted persons with their own ideas of how to make the commu- nity happier and better. They didn’t consult each other and, with the best intentions in the world, worked at cross purposes so that they may have done more harm than good. No Duplication of Effort. Such a situation now is impossible. Practically every welfare and charity organization in the city—60 in all—d rives its public support from the coi munity chest. There is almost no du- plication of effort. One society does one Job, and all the others let it alone. The people do not contribute to the organ- izations as such but to the cause of welfare and charity as a whole. The Rochester Community Chest has been in existence for 10 years. The idea was derived from the war chest procedure of 1918. It provides for 50 local and 10 State and national or- ganizations. Each year it conducts a campaign of one week—the second week in May, when, a survey has shown, the greatest number of Rochester people are at 'g‘x&lr homes. campaign fs supposed to cover all the budgets of all the member or- ganizations. Thus far it has succeed- ed in raising everything asked for, and the different societies get much more than they could hope to secure by their own_unaided and _inefficiently organ- action with the Senate. If the program fails, a special session of the new Congress, elected last month, will likely be called after Mr. Hoover has been inaugurated Get Coolidge Address Tomorrow. President Coolidge’s final messege to Congress, with his final recommenda- tions for legislation, is to be delivered tomorrow. Both houses today appointed committees to wait upon the President and formally announce to him that the Cnngress was ready to proceed with business. Senator Curtis of Kansas, Re- publican leader of the Senate and Vice President-elect, and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, defeat- ed candidate for Vice President, made up the Senate committee to perform that task. In the Senate three newly elected Senators took the oath of office. In the House seven new members were sworn in. After developing quorums in both houses and setting the hour of daily meeting at noon, adjournment was taken by both houses out of respect to the memory of members who have died during the congressional recess. The first business to occupy the Senate is the Boulder Dam bill, which was the unfinished business under the agreement at the time Congress ad- journed last Spring. In the House, the first of the annual appropriation measures, the Treasury and Post Office bill, is ready for report. Iits considera- tion probably will be begun after the President’s message has been read to- morrow. It may be passed before the end of the week. Whether tariff revision is to be tackled by the present Congress will be determined at a meeting of the Repub- lican members of the House ways and means committees this afternoon. At best, the ways and means committee could hold hearings and prepare a bill for submission at a special session of the new Congress. No one expects that a tariff revision bill will be passed dur- ing the short session. Hundreds of Visitors Attend. The opening of the Congress brought hundreds of visitors to the Capitol to- day. The galleries of the Senate and of the House were filled to capacity, and many were unable to obtain ad- mission. Vice President Dawes rapped the Senate to order precisely at noon, and Speaker Longworth performed the same function in the House. If there is any soreness among the Republicans because of the support given to Gov. Smith in the presidential campaign by Senators Norris of Nebraska and Blaine of Wisconsin, it was not evident today. On the Democratic side, Senator Sim- mons of North Carolina and Senator Heflin of Alabama, both of whom op- posed the election of Gov. Smith, wers greeted cordially by their colleagues, and slapped on the back with vigor. The two Democratic Senators wore smiles that simply would not come off. A touch of color was added to the Sen- ate by Senator Heflin’s white vest and a dark red vest which Semator Cole Blease of South Carolina wore. The great majority of Senators and repre- sentatives were on hand for the opening (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Housemaid Is Held for Taking $2.100 After $234 Taxi Trip to Niagara Falls By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.—Dorothy Fannie Baker, 19-year-old housemaid of Chicago, arrived in New York last week with a pocketful of money and a headful of ideas. She had had a quarrel with her “boy irifend” and to spite him had taken $2,100 from a shelf where it had been hidden by her em})lcyer, Mrs. Nellie Bauer, and started for New York. One of the ideas she had was to visit Niagara Falls, which she knew was somewhere around, so after registering at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel she blithely s'l!p?ed into a taxicab and told the driver, “Ni Falls.” “Where?” He asked. “Lady I don't know any hotel by that name.” “I mean the waterfalls,” said Dorothy. He took the young lady around to see his boss and after $200 had been deposited they started North. After an all-night drive she and Joe. the driver, arrived at the Falls. falls would have looked o honeymoon, she told Joe, but the; weren't so much. Before she left the city she had writ ten one of her boy friends in Chicag: whose mother knew Mrs. Bauer, what good time she was having. Detectiv were waiting for her when the taxica whose meter showed $234, returned h 5 !I}!u hou‘lt $2,100, it “It wasn’ ,100, it was only abo $1,000,” she told them, but added “c course, I didn't count it.” 2 & $9.95 red dress, one of har purchases, she told her, story to a New York magistrate. He held her in $2,000 bond for Chicago anthoritics,