Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not quite so cold tonight. lowest temperature about 28 degrees: tomorrow increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer. Temperatures: High- est, 48, at noon today; lowest, 24, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,905.; Tou"omes. Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covérs every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast a< the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,880 Entered as second class matter Washington, D> C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER ]1.771‘5)'.?«l-‘OR'le-EIGHT PAGES. () Means Astociated Pr TWO CENTS. BOLIVIA INSTRUCTS DELEGATE 10 QUIT PARLEY TO AWAI PARAGUAY APOLOGY Cannot Be Party to Pan- American Conference After Recent “Outrage,” Says Minister to U. S. KELLOGG STILL HOPES TO PREVENT WITHDRAWAL Dr. Eligio Ayala, Envoy of 0ther| Nation Involved in Dispute, Will Continue to Attend Sessions‘i Cables Are Being Kept Busy in| Mediation Efforts. Bolivia today instructed her Minister to the United States, Senor Medina, to withdraw as a delegate to the Pan-American Cenference on Arbitration and Conciliation, in session here, until Paraguay makes a satisfactory explanation and gives “moral reparations” for the latest frontier incident, which has been threaten- ing for 24 hours to plunge these two South American countries| into war and upset all the plans| of the Washingjon conference. Minister Medina formally noti- fied Secretary of State Kellogg, who is chairman of the conference, of his cabled order to withdraw, and explained that Bolivia will later adhere to the resolutions or treaty. which the conference may adopt. He said that Bolivia could not be a party to thie conference under the present circumstances, “after having suffered such a disgrace- ful outrage from a neighboring country.” Kellogg Still Hopeful. The note of the Bolivian Min- ister, although communicated to Secretary Kellogg, was not tor-i mally presented to conference, Aization puitposss In the Pan- 4 on purposes d An]xerlkcas‘ lsI?nk)n Building at 11 o'cloc mor! ;s e e T i o that some way may Drepznt the withdrawal of the Bolivian delegate from the conference. Meantime the Paragyuan delegate, Dr. Eligio Ayala, is remaining as a member of the conference. It is under- stood that the Paragpayan legation and Dr. Ayala have received cabled instruc- tions from their government to co-oper- ate in every way with the special wne- mittee named by the conference to at- tempt a peaceful settlement of. the dis- pute and avert war. Receives Cablegram. Just prior to recélving the order to withdraw from the conference the Bo- livian Minister received a cablegram from his government reviewing the in- cidents that have occurred between that country nad Paraguay which have led %o a breaking of diplomatic relations l;\d brought both countries to the verge of open warfare. lnpelhls communication the Bolivian government states that it is “greatly surprised at the attitude taken by Para- ay in attacking her forts and killing er soldiers when the good offices of the Argentine government are still Peing used” in an effort to prevent an armed conflict and the conference be- tween representatives of the disputing pations which has been in progress at ‘Buenos Aires “is only temporarily sus+ pended.” Denounces Outrage. “Bolivia regrets very much,” this pote continues, “that Paraguay has never understood the good disposition and peaceful sentiments of Bolivia and de- nounces before her sister republics of the continent the inexplicable and in- solent outrage perpetrated by the Para- guayan troops against the sovereignty and independence and the national dig- nity of Bolivia.” The note declares that the Bolivian overnment _refuses, therefore. to sub- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BRATTON BOULDER COMPROMISE VOTED Senate Fixes California Water Share at 4,400,000 Acre Feet. By the Associated Press. The Senate voted today to fix Cali-| fornia's share of water in the Boulder Canyon Dam bill at 4,400,000 acre feet. The compromise was proposed by Sen- stor Bratton of New Mexico after the Senate had voted down a proposal by @enator Hayden of Arizona to fix Cali- fornia’s share at 4,200,000 acre feet. Senator Johnson of California first accepted the compromise on the under- standing that no further changes would be made in the bill, and then rescinded his action and voted against the com- promise, when Senators Hayden and Ashurst of Arizona declined to promise that they would not seek changes in the water-power section of the bill. Senator Ashurst, whose State has in- pisted that 4,200,000 acre feet of water is sufficient for California’s needs, said ~he never believed the time would come when he would vote for an amount larger than that, but that he realized 3 compromise was necessary and was willing to concede so that a final vote might be taken. The vote to accept the Bratton com- promise was 48 to 29. ‘The vote broke a two-year blockade on the measure which had forestalled any concrete action on the bill. The water distributing controversy was one of the leading stumbling blocks to final tion. California has insisted on ‘090000 acre feet while Arizona has willing to concede only 4,200,000 | investigating several THREE RESCUED Woman Reaches Safety by Sliding Down Pole From Blazing Bedroom. Police Probe Cause of Fire,| With Loss of Money Presenting Angle. Two elderly women and a small boy | were carried to safety down fire lad- ders and a third woman saved her- self from almost certain death by slid- ing two stories down a pole in the rear | of the home of Henry H. Sandridge, 1201 Clifton street, early this morning when flames broke out in the basement and quicklr burned through ‘he first and second floors. The blaze was discovered at 3 am. by James W. O'Brien, a Georgetown | University student, who had stayed up late to study for an approaching ex- amination. He spread the alarm among eight other students rooming in the | house. All ran from the burning build- | ing without awakening any of the other occupants Police of the Eighth precinct are unexplained ecir- cumstances in comnection with the fire, light on which, they believe, may lead to the conclusion that the blaze was incendiary. Second Fire in Week. A week ago a fire broke out in a closet in the front hall. The closet was empty and there was no electrical wiring in it. The cause of the fire, which was discovered and extinguished after it had burned a hole through the door, could not be determined. Before retiring last midnight, Mrs. Sandridge put a pocketbook containing $136 in a buffet drawer in the dining room. The pocketbook was still there this morning, but the money had been removed. The fire started on the floor of a servant’s room in the basement. Fire- AS FLAMES DESTROY HOUSE BY FIREMEN MRS. PAULINE BURNS, Who slid down a two-story porch sup- port to escape a fire in her home. —Star Staff Photo. men could locate no wiring defect, nor any other natural cause for the blaze. The room was not occupied, as Mrs. Sandridge has dispensed with the serv- | ants several days ago. O'Brien had studied until nearly 3 o'clock, he said, when Be went to the bathroom to shave before retiring. He smelled smoke and went down- stairs to investigate but, finding nothing to arouse his suspicions, he returned to the bathroom. Then he heard the roar of flames burning through the walls and he hurriedly awakened some of the other students. Assisting two of their | number, who had been affected by smoke, all nine of the young men ran (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.} BOLIVIA REJECTS MEDATIN OFFER Refuses to Name Envoys to Peace Conference Under Gondra Accord. By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 11.—Bolivia has rejected an offer of mediation made by the permanent ar- bitration committee set up by the Gon- dra accord, which provides for a perma- nent commission of inquiry: to “avoid and prevent armed conflict between American nations. Fortuna Vega, president of the com- mission, which is meeting here, in an- nouncing the Bolivian refusal, said that that country had both refused to name delegates to the commission and had declined ervention by the commis- sion,_ o _ Paraguay announced that Eusebio Ayala, who headed its commission to the conference at Buenos Aires which failed to settle the boundary dispute with Bolivia, and Manuel Monte de Oca, Argentine statesman, would represent her on the commission. Dr. Vega expressed optimism, how- ever, that the dispute between Para- guay and Bolivia would be settled peaceably. This opinion was shared by Juan Pedro Paz-Soldan, Peruvian mem- ber of the commission. Bolivia’s reply to the commission was not made public, but Dr. Vega an- nounced that he would lay it before that body for discussion. CHILE OFFERS TO MEDIATE. Promise to Remain Neuratl in Case of ‘War Also Reported. BUENOS AIRES, December 11 (#).— A dispatch from La Paz, Bolivia, to La Nacion today said that Chile had offered to mediate in the Bolivian-Paraguayan dispute. The dispatch, which quoted a communication from the Bolivian Min- ister in Santiago to the Bolivian foreign office, said that Chile had also promised to remain neutral in case of war. The Bolivian Senate and Chamber of Deputies have both voted confidence in the government, the vote in each case being unanimous. The Senate resolu- tion of confidence read: “The Senate of the nation protests against the Paraguayan aggression, which has produced deep indignation and stirring patriotism, and expresses confidence that the government will comply with its sacred duties, whicl are imposed upon it by the serious cidents and offers its closest co-qpra- tion.” P The Chamber resolution. wés worded similarly. The Chamber also-took advantage of the governmsnt's”decree of amnesty to all political-eXiles and prisoners and de- cided ‘call upon all deputies absent fram” the country because of political opposition to return immediately. The executive committee of the Ar- gentine Socialist party communicated with similar bodies in Paraguay and Bolivia, pleading with them to use their influence to bring about a peaceful solu- tion of the dispute. I1l-Fated Sub Takes To Sea Once More For Rescue Tests By the Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., December 11.—The submarine S-4, which sailed from the navy vard here last De- cember on the test cruise that result- ed in the deaths of the 40 men comprising its officers and crew, today left here again to make tests in diving and rescue work. ‘This time the S-4 was little more than a hull. Stripped of her operating machinery, the submarine was towed by the rescue ship Falcon, which figured largely in salvaging the S-4 after she w: unk off Provincetown, Mass., following a collision with the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding. ‘The Falcon headed for New Lon- don, Conn., where a series of sub- marine diving tests will be con- ducted. Later the S-4 will be towed ‘o a point off Key West for further Tesla i , e CRIMES OF YOUTHS LAID T0 PARENTS Lack of Vocational Training Deplored by Franks in Address. Lack of vocational training was | blamed for youthful crime by Edward T. | Franks, vice chairman of the Federal! Board for Vocational Education of the Department of Labor, in an address to the fifth annual International Boys ‘Work Council, meeting in Wardman Park Hotel. An ever increasing number of young people are finding their way into pri- son cells because the vocational side has | been omitted from their educational program, he said, and parents are pri- marily to blame for this condition. Calls Condition Pathetic. It is nothing less than criminal for parents to say to their children, “we hope that you won't have to work like we did,” Mr. Franks declared. “It is a sad commentary,” he con- tined, “for a boy when he graduates from high school today and you ask | him what he can do, when he answers ‘I cannot do anything.’ It is pathetic. ‘The records show that 35 per cent of the inmates of prison today are under 18 years of age. How parents can sit idly by and raise their children in idle- ness when the great crime wave is sweeping them off their feet into the prisons of the country at such an alarming rate is beyond our under- standing. Such parents should not be honored with the blessing of children.” Stresses Work Well Done. | Elaborating this theme, Mr. Franks urged the early vocational training of children to avoid later “misfits in hu- man energy.” He also urged the desir- ability of stressing the fact that all work well done is honorable. Other speakers this morning includ: ed Noel Sargent, secretary of the tional Association of Manufacturers; Dr. John A. Lapp, Marquette Univer- sity, and John M. Shaw, Iowa State Agricultural College. ‘The conference closes. with the an- nual banquet tomorrow night, COOLIDGE APPROVES REFUND ESTIMATES President Fears Expected Treasury Surplus May Be Replaced by Deficit. By the Associated Press. Treasury supplementary estimates of tax refunds totaling nearly $55,000,000 more than originally expected to be re- quired were signed today by President Coolidge, who is apprehensive that a ‘Treasury deficit may result if Congress | appropriates too liberally. In his budget message to Congress the President observed that a surplus | of $37,000,000 was in prospect for the close of the fiscal year, but he believes now that it may be wiped out and that the incoming President may face a deficit. Suggestions have been made to Mr. Coolidge that President-elect Hoover is anxious that sufficient funds be ap- propriated for operation of the vast Government machine, but the 'Presi- dent feels that his successor may en- counter greater difficulty in the event the Treasury runs short of cash. GIVEN PROMISES AID T0 ‘HONOR SYSTEM’ BOXES Announcing his intention to uphold the police in prosecuting all persons found taking newspapers from ‘“honor system” racks, Judge Ralph Given to- day ordered forfeited the $10 collateral which Charles Quander, colored, 23, of the 2400 block of Nineteenth street, de- posited at the second precinct following his arrest by Policeman E. W, Ware this morning. SENATORS T0 TAKE VOTE ON KELLOGG TREATY ON FRIDAY Foreign Relations Committee Plans Definite Action as Secretary Ends Testimony. REED MAY SUBMIT RESERVATION REPORT Missourian May Seek to Prevent U. S. Liability in Maintaining European Status Quo. The Kellogg multilateral treaty re- nouncing war is to be put to the test lin the Senate foreign relations commit- tee Friday, according to present plans. Prediction was made today that if the treaty is voted on at that time it would be reported favorably by a large major- ity of the committee, without amend- ment or reservation. It is possible, however, that a minority report may be submitted by Senator Reed of Missouri, although = Senator Reed has not definitely declared whether he is opposed to the pact or not. It is reported that Senator Reed has been | working on a single reservation, cover- ing various points, but in the main asserting that the United States shall not be held liable by its adherence to the pending treaty to aid in maintain- ing the status quo in Europe or any i other part of the world. Kellogg Testimony Ends. Seéretary Kellogg appeared for the second time today betore the foreign relations committee and discussed the treaty and answered questions. The committee concluded its examinatiorn of Secretary Kellogg and is not con- templating calling other witnesses. There was a tacit though not definite understanding that a vote on the treaty would be taken when the committee meets again Friday. Members of the committee expressed the feeling gen- erally that they had no intention of seeking to delay action on the treaty. Some members of the committee, however, are inclined to oppose final action on the treaty in the Senate until after the naval building bill, now on the Senate calendar and providing for 15 modern cruisers, has been passed. Sen- ator Moses of New Hampshire is one of those who has taken this position. How- ever, the treaty will be considered in | open executive session of the Senate and w‘lll 1:0: fl;om a mrlhmentll’! point of view interfere wi an that may be the unflnhmg‘w:f the Senate. Reservation Vote in Doubt. How many members of the Senate will support a reservation or reserva- tions to the treaty is a matter of doubt. It takes a majority of the Senate to tack a reservation and two-thirds of the S‘enlt! to adopt a resolution of ratifica- tion. would receive the necessary majority vote to be adopted in the Senate. So far there has been no sign of any concerted opposition on the part of the Democrats to the treaty. Senator Swanson of Virginia, ranking Demo- cratic member of the foreign relations committee, has said he will vote for reservation. He regards the treaty as a friendly gesture and little more, not binding the United States in any way outside the exact language of the treaty. Those Senators who have been doubtful about the treaty and the effect it may have in binding the United States to concerted action with other nations, or who believe it may be con- strued as infringing upon the Monroe Doctrine, are pointing to certain para- graphs in the notes exchanged between the United States Government and the British and South African govern- ments, prior to the signing of the treaty last August. They call attention par- ticularly to language used by Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Minister, in a note to the American Ambassador in London, May 19. He said: “The language of article 1 as to the renunciation of war as an instru- ment of national policy, renders it de- sirable that I should remind your ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Prediction was made today by Republican leaders that no reservation | ratification and that he will not support | DELEGATES POUR IN 0 AIR CONFERENGE International Civil Aeronau- tics Meetings Begin Tomor- row Morning. Traveling by train and by the more romantic and swifter medium of th= air, delegates to the International Civil Aeronautics Conference were converg- ing on Washington today to take part in a three-day conference, opening to- morrow, which will oring together air ambassadors from every civilized country. Conference sessions open at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the assembiy hali of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, where plenary sessions will be held for three days. During the sessions of the international many side_trips bave been php‘und for the “déregtes, and the meetifigs Wil wind up with an aerial show at Bolling Field and the Naval Air Station at Anacosiia Saturday, to be followed Monday by ceremonies at Kitty Hawk, N. C., to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the firstt air flight by man in a motor- propelled heavier-than-air machine. One of the two “fathers of the air” was in the party of delegates from many nations who left Dayton, Ohio, last night, following ceremonies at the “cradle of aviation,” and were to ar- rive at Union Station early this affer- noon. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, America’s air ambassador, was to ar- rive at Bolling Field later in the after- noon, in company with Harry Guggen- heim, president of the Guggenheim Foundation for Promotion of Civil Aeronautics. Lady Mary Heath, English aviatrix and holder of the world altitude record for women, is to come by train from Rockford, Ill, in time to attend a reception in her honor tonight ar- ranged by the National Women's Party. ‘Wright In Party. In the party coming from Dayton, in addition to Orville Wright, one of the two brothers who made the epochal flight over the sand dunes of North Carolina a quarter of a century ago, were several hundred aviation leaders from all quarters of the globe. The American delegation was headed by L. W. Rogers and included more than 300 leaders of civilian aviation in this country. About 125 representa- tives of 40 foreign nations, an official delegation of 12 from the United States and many famous flyers will take part in the deliberations of the conference. Orville Wright is the official head of the American delegation and has heen designated as the official guest of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) “There's a few of us left, and we've stili got gizzard enough left to go over there and put that flag up, if it ain't put up, and that mighty quickly.” Thus Capt. James A. McDowell, a Union Army veteran, summed up for half a hundred representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion, the Woman's Relief Corps and other organi- zations connected with Civil War vet- erans at a public hearing in the Mu- nitions Building this morning before | Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, the quarter- master general. on the replacement of the flag at Arlington Cemetery, which formerly stood in’ front of the Lee nsion. M tom prayers to threats ran the tone of the protests against the recent re- moval of the flagstaff which was forced down because of the corroded condition t the base. 5 The meeting was called, Gen. Cheatham explained, to get the con- sensus on the replacement of a flag. Gen. Cheatham made it clear that his instructions from the Secretary of War which led to the holding of the public hearing today. stated that “no decision has been made that a flagpole will be erected in the vicinity of the Lee Man- sion.” The storm of protest that greeted. Gen. “The ‘honor system’ racks are a grest help to_the public,” the court remarked, “but séme people don't have enough honor to pay 2 cents. There is too much stealing from these bops and it st stop.” ol o i Cheatham’s reading of this portion of Secretary Davis' instructions culminated in the threat of Capt. McDowell. Capt. McDowell stated that returning from the war with his company, re- duced to 33 mep, the fag was Waving in UNION VETERAN MAKES THREAT TO PUT UP ARLINGTON FLAG “We've Still Got Gizzard Enough Left,“ Ca‘pt. John A.McDowell Tells Meeting in Munitions Building. front of hte Lee Mansion, as it has done for more than half a century since. “I would have liked to have seen any one tamper with that old flag then, and we are certainly not going to stand by and let any one tamper with it now.” ‘The War Department, on the advice of Gen. Cheatham and Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, previously had decided upon a site for {8 new flagstaff between the ‘Tomb of | Temple of Fame on a commanding grassy knoll in direct line with Arling- ton Memorial Bridge. G. H. Powell of the Military Orders of the Loyal Legion, wno said he was representing Col. Robert M. Thompson, national commander, was the first to speak at the hearing. He declared that on the theory that no flagpole would be erected, if an agreement could not be reached as to its location, his or- ganization would accept as eminently satisfactory the one informally approved by the quartermaster general and the representative of the Fine Arts Com- mission. This was concurred in by Mrs. John McElroy, president of the local chapter of the Woman’s Relief Corps. Mrs. Mc- Elroy drew the ire of the assemblage when she arose and stated that in a previous conversation with the Acting | Secretary of War and others concerned in the flagstaff affair, she had been led to understand that if the flagpole was not erected on the site chosen by the advisers of the War Department, no flagpole would be erected. 9 chorus of noes greeted this asser- tion as Mrs. McElroy was forced to (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.), New Yorker Checks on Conscience Fund by Cutting Up Bills A New Yorker who soothed a troubled conscience by sending, anonymously, $500 to the “con- science fund” of the Treasury, apparently has doubts as to how well the Treasury conscience works. In making the remittance the donor cut five 100-dollar bills in half and sent one batch of the halves to the Secretary of the Treasury and the other to the commissioner of internal revenue. With each went a joint note: “Am inclosing each one-half of bills owed the conscience fund.” The bills were matched and to- day took their plaec in the fund. CAPPER REGRETS SCHOOL FUND CUT Senator Declares Capital Should Take Lead in Sys- tem’s Development. Regret over the reduction in the school estimates for the next fiscal year, including a smaller amount for carry- ing on the building program, wos ex- pressed today by Senator Capver, chalr- | man of the District’s legislative com- mittee and a member of the subcom- mittee on local appropriations. ‘The Senator said he has not had opportunity since “he reopcning of Con- gress to study in detail the hudget for next year, but he was sorry to note a cut in the school figures. “Washington should take the lead in development of its school system,” the Senator said. “My investigations of the subject have always indicated that ihe District does not do more than most comparable cities in maintaining edu- cational facilities, and does less than some places.” The building and grounds item for the next fiscal year not only is less than the current allotment under that heading, but is a setback to the hopes of school officials to complete the five- year building program in the near future. The school authorities originally sought $3.715,300 for building and grounds for next year, but the budget as submitted to Congress recommended $1,960,000. Referring today to reports that the Gibson subcommittee of the House is looking into the advisability of a city manager form of government for the District, Senator Capper said the pro- posal was worthy of consideration, al- though he was not certain the city manager idea would be adaptable here, in view of the unusual status of the District of Columbia as the National Capital. HOUSE TO TAKE UP DALE BILL AFTER HOLIDAYS Steering Committee Decides to De- lay Action; Little Opposition to Measure Seen. The Dale bill to liberalize the civil retirement law, which has already passed the Senate and on which House members are being besieged for a vote on the earliest date possible, will not come up for action in the House until some time after the Christmas holi- aays. This was decided by the Republican steering committee today, and it is un- derstood that the known opposition of 4 President to this measure at the the Unknown Civil War dead and the |1as’ session of Congress and again in- dicated in his annual message has had a strong influence with the House lead- ership in delaying a vote upon this measure. It is a generally known fact that this measure will be passed by the House without any serious opposition as soon as a vote is allowed. EMIGRES LOSE SUIT. Berlin Court Upholds Soviet Own- ership of Art Treasures. BERLIN, December 11 (#).—The German courts today quashed an in- junction- obtained by several Russian emigres against the auction of certain art; treasures in Berlin by Soviet Russia. The courts took the position that the Russian state, through a nationalization decree, had acquired ownership of all portable possessions of citizens who fled to foreign countries. It decided that according to German international civil law only Russian law was applicable to the question of change of ownership. Radio Prpfléhp age 36 b PRINGE EXPECTED Wales Speeding Toward London in Reeord-Break- ing Race With Death. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 11.—All Britain was watching with breathless interest the race of the Prince of Wales today across France to reach the bedside of his stricken father., While hopes for the royal patient in Buckingham Palace were fading, his eldest son, summoned from the wilds of tropical Africa, was speeding faster and faster towards his homeland as word life which King George has been making. Ahead of Schedule. The Priuce was far ahead of his schedule, and it was thought that he clip at least 12 hours off the length his breath-taking 6,000-mile journey had been expected to take. ‘The directors of the French railroads thought that the Prince might reach Boulogne by 6:45 pm., in time to take the regular boat train for Folkestone, which would carry him to London by a little after 11. The channel was re- ported extremely rough with a heavy swell from the southwest, but the cross- ing by this route takes only a little over an hour, and it was felt that he would be not much delayed by the sea. Destroyer Also in Readiness. If the Prince should miss the boat- train, he will be picked up by the British destroyer Torch which has arrived at Boulogne, and will be carried across to the English shore. In case he makes the boat-train, however, a special train will be waiting for him at Folkestone with steam up ready to leave as soon as the Prince disembarks. Stanley Baldwin, prime minister, hur- riedly left the House.of Commons this afternoon for Dover where he will meet the Prince of Wales. The premier de- parted after making a brief speech. May Not See King Tonight. It is uncertain whether the prince will see the King tonight. If his majesty is sleeping when the heir ap- parent arrives, it will obviously be un- wise to awaken him and the prince's visit therefore will be deferred until probably an early hour in the morning. homeward as fast as he can, there are still two sons of his majesty far from home. The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the King, who was on a hunting trip in Africa with his eldest brother left Capetown last Friday on board the mail steamer Balmoral Castle and is not expected to reach home until De- cember 24. The King's youngest son, Prince George, is still serving as Lieut. Windsor aboard H. M. S. Durban at Hamilton, Bermuda. He is being kept informed of his father’s condition, but thus far no order has been issued directing him to return to England. ‘The Duke of York, stcond son of the King, has been in London during the illness of his father, while Princess Mary, his majesty's only daughter, also has been here. PRESIDENT MAY TAKE CHRISTMAS VACATION May Leave City for Brief Rest in Latter Part of Holiday Period. President Coolidge may take another | brief vacation in the southland during the Christmas holidays, although he has not made up his mind definitely. If the President and Mrs. Coolidge do go South during the holidays it is thought likely that they will not leave Washington until after Christmas day, as they have expressed themselve being anxious to be in Washington that time. They established a custom several years ago of carol singing in front of the White House on Christmas Eve, and officiating at illumination of the community Christmas tree in the reservation to the rear of the White House grounds. From that it is thought likely that they would want to remain here to take part in those Yule tide celebrations. Mr. Coolidge has received & number of invitations from individuals and or- ganizations, as well as city governments to visit in certain sections of the South sometime this Winter. It is probable that he will accept one of these. The invitations that he is known to be more seriously considering are those to an island a short distance from the lower part of Georgia, Asheville, N. C., and & private estate in South ATBEDSIDE 17P.M. from the royal residence conveyed felri of the outcome of the long struggle for With the Prince of Wales speeding | KING GEORGE SINKS RAPIDLY, WITH HOPE FOR HIS RECOVERY REGARDED SLIGHT Physicians Declared Waging Battle Against Death, but Brief Bulletins Are Noncom- mittal as to Real Condition. TEMPERATURE REMAINS HIGH, SAYS LATE REPORT Fever-Wracked Body of British Ruler Believed to Be Gradually Losing Strength, With No As- suring Indication That Infected Condition Has Improved. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 11.—King | George’s physicians were waging {a fight against death today. Un- |officially it was said that chances |of his recovery were slight. | Most persons were wondering | Whether the Prince of Wales, who was expected to reach London late tonight, would win his race with time and again see his father alive. { The official bulletins, which were brief and still non-commital, jconveyed little to the general public, and certainly gave no ground for belief that there was any change for the better in the King’s condition. It was evident that the per- |sistent fever which has wracked King George’s body for more than three weeks and has been sapping his strength day by day still held a firm grip upon him. Temperature Remains High. King George's physicians at 11:15 am. today issued this bulletin: “His Majesty, the King, has had several hours’ sleep. The temperature remains high but there is no further impairment of the strength.” Continuance of the King’s high tem- perature, it was pointed out, meant that the infection which returned in some measure yesterday, still existdd, and although the fever was not worse the position regarding the infection had not improved. Queen Remains in Palace. Lord Dawson of Penn returned to Buckingham Palace just before 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Queen did not leave the palace during the after- noon for her usual drive. Shortly before 4 p.m. it was stated in semi-official quarters that there had no change in the condition of King George since this morning. Four Physicians in Attendance During the night, palace officials were stated in a semi-official anouncement to be disquieted by the condition of the King. The Evening Bulletin read: “His majesty had a quiet day. The signs in the lung have improved. The fever persists although it is not so high as last evening and is due to some return of the general infection which necessarily affects the condition of the heart.” ‘The bulletin was signed by Sir Stan- ley Hewett, Lord Dawson of Penn, Sir E. Farquhar Buzzard and Sir Humphrey Rolleston. The fact that four physi: cians had again been called into con- sultation accentuated public anxiety. Condition Is Reversed. | At the end of last week the physi- cians were able to report that the in- fection which had spread throughout the system of the King had been lo- calized and that he was, therefore, in a safer position. That situation had ’been reversed today. The spread of poison from the infected lung to other parts of the system must have an effect on the heéart and accordingly anxiety was felt. Sir Stanley again spent the night at the palace to be at hand in case his patient needed him. X Medical writers in the morning news- papers pointed out that the return of the general infection involved a ter strain on the heart, which was already weakend, and that it had now become more than ever a question of the strength of that organ and the King's general constitution. Public Anxiety Great. Public anxiety, which was shown yes- terday by larger gatherings of people | at Buckingham Palace, continued to be displayed after midnight. At one time there was a triple line of automobiles drawn at the curb in front of the palace while their occupants were standing at the gate reading the offi- clal bulletin. One anxious man who said he was an_ Australian artist paced to and fro before the palace for hours during the night praying aloud for the recovery of the King. ‘The comings and goings of the phy- sicians and movements of the members of the royal family were watched by the crowds with pathetic interest. The fact that Queen Mary omitted her daily drive during the afterncon caused much comment. The feeling uppermost in the minds of all classes of society was expressed by Sir William Joyson-Hicks, home sec- retary, when at a public dinner he said: “All of us join more than in the prayers going up all over the cxol:mry that God will indeed save our VOTE FAVORABLE REPORT James Bill Recommends Walter Reed Improvements. The House military affairs commit- tee today ordered a favorable report on the James bill to continue the perma- nent housing program at the Walter Reed reservation by authorizing an ap- propriation of $890,000 for construction o‘fon the medical school and reconstrus= t