Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 5

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LUGANO, Switzerland, December 8.— Gustav Stresemann, foreign minister of Germany, arrived here this evening with his coat collar turned up against 2 cold rain, but clutching in his hands a bouquet of roses presented at the sta- tion by a young German girl. “Nothing sensational will happen,” was his response to questions regarding the session of the Council of the League of Nations which is to open here Mon- day. The entire German delegation, in fact, radiated an atmosphere of pessim- ism in so far as Germany's expecta- tions for early evacuatiorf of the Rhine- land of a‘new fixation of her total war reparations were concerned. Welcome Rivals Briand's Herr Stresemann told League officials who met him at Olten and accompa- nied him to Lugano that he did not intend to discuss here any German po- litical problems in regard to reparations and the Rhineland. He said he was coming only to attend the meeting of the Council. There was an enthusiastic welcome for the noted German, rivaling the en- | thustastic reception given: at the station | yesterday to Aristide Briand, the French foreign minister. The mayor and other municipal officials were again at the station, and the crowd applauded when the distinguished visitor was given his bouquet of roses. Although Lugano had been selected for this session of the Council because it was believed the weather here would be more suitable for Stresemann's health, the city failed to live up to its promises. It rained all day, yet Strese- mann smiled affably both on the wel- coming crowd and on smerican pho- tographers, who snapped pictures of him with the aid of a powerful lamp the searchlight intensity of which made him blink, Chamberlain on Way. With M. Briand and Herr Stresemann on the ground, only the arrival of Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secretary in the British cabinet, was needed to complete the modern “big three.” Sir Austen and his lady started their jour- ney from London last night. This trio is expected to have much to do with decisions of the Council on the 30 or more questions listed on the agenda. Disarmament, opium, health in- spections, transportation, minority peo- ples’ difficulties, economic, legal and constitutional questions all are included among the topics which the interna- tional gathering is to take up. In addition there is the expected dis- cussion of the rules under which the Court of International Justice would be asked to give an advisory opinion. If this comes before the meeting, the re- cent expression by President Coolidge hoping for an opening that would let | jjmj the Uniied States adhere to the court is bound to be brought into the debate. The continuing dispute between Llhlmunltltmdcgh?dvfim the sover- el of i of na, for !{ench mining of coal m@% Other peteninial European probiems also er ropean will engage the attention of the dele- ga Late Playgoers a Problem. How to care for or cure people who are habitually late at the theater is be~ ing openl, b ly discussed in Lofidon. The problem was brought to light by the Thak e would print . synopels of ‘the woul a syn of the first act so that late comers might un- derstand the play. The idea was de- cried by other managers. Daly’s Thea- ter claims to have the record for tardy patrons. At 11:10 o'clock on a recent evening three men appeared and asked for seats. Finally convinced that they were serious, the box office man offered the only seats available, those in .the Royal Box, at $25.38. The three got in- to the auditorium just as the orchestra was playing “God Save the King,” fol- lowing the final curtain, stood at atten- tion, and then left the theater 10 min- utes after they had entered. All three sald they liked what they saw. District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Falr today and tomorrow; mg temperature; moderate northerly inds. ‘West, Virginia—Fair, with slowly rising temperature foday and tomorrow. v Record for 24 Hours, Temperature—Midnight, 34; 2 am., 33; 4 am, 32; 6 am, 33; 8 am, 34; 10 am, 34; 12 noon, 37; 2 p.m, 37; 4 pm., 36; 6 pm, 35 8 pm, 36; 10 pm., 35. . -Highest, 39; lowest, 32. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 62; lowest, 24. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and —Low tide, 12:23 am. 12:27 pm.; high tide, 6:08 am. 6:23 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:07 am. 1:09 p.m.; high tide, 6:51 am. 7:02 p.m. The Sun and Moon. lay—Sun rose 7:15 a.m.; sun 4:40 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:16 a.m.; sun sets 4:46 p.m. Moon rises 4:48 a.m.; sets 3:15 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Various Citles. et el B g On and and and and sets. Asheville, N. C. Buffalo, N Chicago, Il Cincinnati, Ohio. Cheyenne, ' W. Cleveland, Davenport, nver. o.. Des Moines. ot Detroit, Mich. Buluth, ‘ 1 Paso. Te Galveston, Helena, Mo Indianapolis, Jacicsonville, o Mobile, New Orleans. Norin Bikte: e, ort] N Ehiiadeioni ix, Al EEREFEI IR San Diego, Calif. San, Franclace, Gl RED CROSS TO PAY BICKNELL HONOR Co-workers Give Banquet Wednesday in Observance of 20 Years of Service. Twenty years of service with the American Red Cross by Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, vice chairman in charge of insular and foreign operations, will be observed at a dinner in his honor by his co-workers at the Red Cross Wed- nesday evening in the Willard Hotel. Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, will preside. A distinguished group, representing Red Cross officials from all over the Nation, will participate in honoring Col. Bicknell on his anni- versary. g Col.” Bicknell fifst joined the Red Cross staff in 1903, as its third paid employe, when the organization was housed in one small room in the State, War and Navy Building. In the ensuing 20 years he par- ticipated in relief work both in the United States and in Europe. Twenty-two years ago, during_the San Francisco earthquake, Col. Bick- nell, then the general superintendent of the Chicago Charities Bureau, was dispatched to California to administer Chicago's relief fund for the earth- quake and fire victims. There he be- came secretary of the general relief committee, and a representative of the Red Cross. Two years later he joined its staff in Washington. As national director Col. Bicknell had charge of disaster and other relief work. He hastened to Messina, Italy, following earthquakes there and during the World War served as deputy com- missioner for the Red Cross in France, as commissioner to Belgium and the Balkan States and later as commissioner for all Europe, supervising the program of post-war relief operations of the American Red Cross in many nations. At the dinner the speakers will in- clude Miss Mabel T. Boardman, who wiil tell of the early days of Col. Bicknell's connection with the Red Cross: James L. Fieser, vice chairman of the Cross; Mrs. Willlam K. Draper, chair- man of the New York County and Bronx Chapter, and Douglas Griesemer, national director of roll cal AGTION 15 SOUGHT ON PLAZA PROJECT Keyes Expects Early Favor- able Treatment of Bill by Senate Committee. ‘The Senate public buildings and grounds committee probably will meet immediately after the Christmas re- cess to take up the bill, already ap- proved by the House, to authorize the carrying out of the_long-pending proj- ect for improvemert of the area be- tween Union Station and the Capitol. Chairman Keyes of the committee is hopeful of completing enactment of the legislation at this session, so that pre- i m;nrz tv‘vm'k may be )?tone lmTfluI autification program next year. Tem- porary buildings erected on’ the Plaza} during the War would be taken down ly as the work progresses over of years, of the land lying directly in the between. the station and the Capi- has been acquired, but some addi- tional parcels would be acquired under the pending measure in order to assure the proposed wide boulevard, which is to start from the station and intersect Pennsylvania avenue at about Third street. Under the original plan the boulevard would have terminatted at Peace Monument, but the Plaza Com- n;ilulon deemed a later layout prefer- able. The Plaza program will bring about the fmprovement of the north side of Pennsylvania avenue below Third street, 1 to harmonize with the proposed munici- pal center on the north side and with the triangle building program on the south side of the avenue. A R CHICAGO STOCK SHOW VISITED BY 500,000 Exposition Described as Greatest of Its Kind in History Brought to Close. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 8.—Under the lofty ceiling of the International Am- phitheater, blue-blooded horses brought the greatest live stock exposition in his~ tory to a brilliant close tonight. Spec- tators jostled for places while society gave the event an added touch of ele- gance from their boxes. Out in the stables, weary exhibitors and their helpers were tucking their prize ribbons and belongings into grips in preparation for their homeward Journey. Never has an exposition offered any- thing to equal the romance of tl achievements of Clarence Goecke and Keith Collins of Iowa. Clarenre’s big Hereford won various class championships and finally the grand championship. His win- nings amounted to near $10,000. Young Collins showed the exposition something it had never seen before: A champion dressed carcass which also was offered as the champlon steer car- cass on hoof. Another record price, $4,873.50 was the reward he received. Almost 500,000 persons visited the exposition during the week. . Secrifices to Be Minister. Giving up an income of $4,000 and prospects of a pension of $2,000 a year, J. B. Minus has resigned from the t- ish government employ to become & minister of Markham Square Church, Chelsea, England, at a salary of $1 250. He made the change after Hearing Miss Maude Royden, an enthusiastic church worker. “I love my new work,” he says, “and would not change it for a position of $225,000 a year.” NN NEN Christmas Jewelry Shop at_the friendly store —you're always greeted with a smile—with no obligation to buy. Specializing in Perfect Diamonds Large assortment bar pins, scarf pins, with complete line of standard watches. Charge Accounts Invited M. Wurtzburger Co. 742 Ninth St. N.W. Open Evenings Please enroll the undersigned NAME .oovernnanseronssssesiossssennssssssstostansensl AdAress o..eesnssasresrasisninsiarasssaseairesesinesliititiinnn. 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Speaking at the recent annual dinner of the Liverpool Shipbrokers’ Benevolent Society, he referred to “that maritime by-product, the passenger,” and recalled the saying: “God made man, God made woman, and then He made passengers.” This libel, he said, was based on the cruel superstition that if you put people store of a thousand and one gifts. into a ship and rolled them round Ushant, by the time they were decanted at their first port they looked and behaved like nothing on the face of the waters except passengers. Within human memory, he continued, they were warned by notices that they were under author- ity of the captain. But now that they had imposed the world-end habit on the week end habit they could do just about what they pleased. A. Kahn Inc. Zoo Shows New Feeding Idea. A sea elephant that permits its keeper to stand on its back when serving its food, is being exhibited at the Berlin zoo. 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