Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1928, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHT INFLUENZA GLOSES CFORGETOWN PREP Dozen Cases Cause Head- master to Send Boys Home for the Holidays. ‘With a dozen mild cases of influenza teported in the school, authorities of Georgetown Prep School _yesterday closed down the school for the Christ- mas holidays several days earlier than had been intended. The 110 boys boarded at the school were sent to their homes and will not return until after the New Year, Father Thomas Emmet, headmaster, announced today. “There were no Teally serious cases of influenza here, but the fact that there were so many within the school made it necessary, to avert an epl- demic, to close the school early for ihe Christmas _ holidays,” Father Ammet stated. The Christmas holidays were not to begin until next week “We would not have closed the school, however, if the Christmas holida not been so close. We had the situation completely under control at all times, and none of the boys was confined to the infirmary for more than three days Death Toll Rises. One additional death reported teday brought the December toll from influ- enza in the District to 10, Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer. an- nounced. Five new cases of the disease were reported, making a total of 31 for December. In letters sent out today to the| 1,200 physicians of the city, Dr. Fowler | is asking for more comiplete reports on | influenza cases in the District and ask- ing their co-operation in checking the spread of the disease. Dr. Fowler also has checked on the nursing facilities of the town and now has a large corps of nurses which can be pressed into public service if the occasion arises, Expect Malady Here. “We arn going to get some of this epidemic, which is sweepinz the coun- try.” Dr Fowler declared. “I have known that for some time.” he con- tinued, “but I have seen no reason to. get panicky about it. Getting panicky is not going to do anybody any good and it might do a lot of harm. My chief advice to all well persons is for them to avoid persons affected with in- fluenza, or even those who have colds, and for all persons to build up their ersonal heaith so that they wiil have tter r#sistance powers.” Dr. Fowler's circular letter to the doctors, he explained, is primarily to get for the Health Department as near- Iy complete figures as possible so that the department can be apprised at all times of the amount of the disease in | the District. Unreported Cases. Some doctors, he says, may have : neglected to report cases and in many cases where no physician has been called and the attack is mild. no Teport has been made. The figures in deaths, however, are undeniable. The United States Public Health Serv- ice figures that about one case in every five of influenza is reported to thc au- thorities. All deaths must be reported. Dr. Fowler does not expect influenza at any time to becomé as prevalent here as it was in the Winter of 1917-18, nor does he think that the present influenza is as dangerous, in form, as was the dis- ease which took a huge toll of lives in the war period. He does think, how- ever, that there is every reason for every healthy person to observe the practical rules of hygiene to avoid any infection. The 10 deaths reported so far this month from influenza show that the disease is slightly more prevalent this year than it was last year. Only five deaths were reported for the entire month of ember last year, Decem- ber, 1927, Dr. Fowler says, was about & normal month for the disease. BABY AND GIRL SAVED FROM DEATH BY GAS Opportune _Arrival ,of Father Brings Rescue Squad to Aid of Stricken Children. Fourteen-month-old Harry N. Par- fer, jr., and his cousin, Margaret Wise, 10 years old, were saved from death by gas last evening by the arrival of the baby's father and through the efforts of the Pire Department rescue squad ané Dr. Walter Atkinson of Emergency Hospital, who worked on the children for an hour before they were revived. The children were left alone in the epartment at 1209 Ninth street yester- day by Mr. Parker and his wife. Mrs. Parker lighted a gas heater yesterday morning. Police and the parents are unable to explain what caused the flame to go out. Parker found the children uncon- scious, the baby near the heater on the floor and the little girl lying on a couch. He summoned the Emergency Hospital ambulance and rescue squad and then started working on the children. The firemen and doctor arrived within a few minutes. It was necessary to use two tanks of oxygen before the children re- gained consciousness, MRS. FISHER FILES CLAIM FOR $1,800 TO PAY DEBTS Cartoonist’s Wife Asks Property Be Sequestered to Enforce Pay- ment Allotted in Separation Suit. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 15.-—-Mrs. Aedita S. Fisher, the former Countess | De Beaumont, who is collecting $400 | 2 week alimony from Harry C. (“Bud”) | Fisher, cartoonist, as a result of her successful separation suit, filed a mo- tion yesterday that her husband's prop- erty ‘be sequestered so she may obtain $1,800 for old debts. Mrs. Fisher said that the appellate division recently awarded the $1.800 to Ter, but that her husband's attorneys deciared they never would pay unl a court order was issued. Some month: ago she asked the Supreme Court for $3300 to pay doctors’ and other bills and was awarded $1.800. NOTED ART WORKS SOLD. Turner, Reynolds and Other Pic- tures Bring Record Prices. LONDON, December 15 () —Thirty- six Turner drawings and pictures by Reynolds, Romney and Raeburn’ were sold yesterday at Christie’s auction rooms. Turner's “Rigi at Sunset” ob- tained the record price, $41,200, for its type. Tae previous high figure for & Turner drawing was $32.500. Reynold's big portrait of the Marchioness Town- send brought $65.625, and the same amount was paid for the portrait of a Genoese officer by Van Dyck. Romney's “Mistress Warren” brouzht $30,400. Several small pictures, for which the painter received $200, were purchased for more than $30,000 each. Quakes Felt in Marasesci. VIENNA, December 15 (#).—Advices | that at 6:25 am. | frcm Bucharest say today two violent earthquakes of several #econds duration shook the Marasesci the center, is Comdr. Byrd's mascot. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd (center) autographing pictures at Wellington, N s on the whaler C. A. Larsen to join other members of the expedition for the voyage to the Antarctic, ew ailing to Dunedin Igloo, the dog in Zen r to DEATH SUMMONS 1. MOSES, SR Funeral Services for -Mer- chant-Banker to Be Con- ducted Monday. Harry C. Moses, sr., until recently first vice president of W. B. Moses & | Sons, Inc, died at his residence, 1832 Twenty-fourth street, last night. after a long ilin At the time o his death | e was vice president tnd member of the board of directors of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank Mr. Moses, who was 59 vears old. was | a native of this city, the son of the | late W. B. Moses, founder of the firm | bearing his name. | Going into business with his father | and brother, Mr. Moses for a number | of years occupied an executive position, | in charge of merchandise. When the firm was incorporated in 1910, he was made first vice president. He con- tinued in that capacity until about a | year ago when he retired because of failing health, He, was a member of the Racquet and Congressional Clubs and of the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club. He also was a member of the B. B. French Lodge of Masons. Mr. Moses is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith Mann Moses; two sons. Harry C. Moses, jr., and Charles H. Moses, and two brothers, William H. Moses and Arthur C. Moses, all of this city. and a sister, Mrs. Fannie J. Gosling of Wayne, Pa. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Harley Cemetery, near Philadelphia. QUARREL CAUSES DEATH OF NURSE ‘Woman Believed to Have Shot Self on Porch of Estranged Sweetheart. State’s Attorney Robert Peter, jr., of Montgomery County, Md., is conducting an investigation into the death last night of Miss Marie Lehman, 28 years old, who was found dying from a bullet wound on the porch of her esiranged sweetheart'’s home in Bethesda, Md., under circumstances pointing to suicide after her pleas for a reconciliation had been refused. No date has been set for the inquest. Miss Lehman was & German immi- grant who was employed as nurse at the home of Sidney W. Straus, 2305 California street. The man, Arthur Bettles, is a chauffeur and lives with his parents at 108 Auburn street, Bethesda. Thursday Miss Lehman told a friend she was going to kill herself because of a misunderstanding with Bettles. The friend, Miss Sophie Schultz, a nurse, thought she was hysterical. According to Bettle's family, Miss Lehman stopped in front of his house in a taxicab about 9 o'clock last n\zhti and after telling the driver to wait, | walked in the front door without ring- | ing the bell. James Bettles and Mrs. Rachel Bet- tles, the young man’s parents, were seated in the living room with their son. Miss Lehman is said to have requested to speak with Bettles alone for a few minutes and the two went into the kitchen, where Bettles said she pleaded | with him to “make up.” He sald he replied that he saw no reason why he | should, and then the young woman | turned and went into the living room. Mrs. Bettles told her she was always welcome at the house and then Miss | Lehman went out the front door. Mrs. Bettles sald she watched her | dismiss the taxi and then begin walking | away from the house. A-few minutes | later, Mrs, Bettles declared, she heard | the report of a shot. The young man’s | father rushed to the door and found Miss Lehman crumpled on the porch with a bullet wound in her left breast and a revolver near her. Bethesda police were summoned and the woman was take to Georgetown Hospital in the police car. She died an hour later. The dead woman came to this. coun- try about three years ago from Ger- many, where her mother and sister live. She had no relatives in th» United States. BURTON TAKES OATH. Ohio G. 0.:,“’9(6”\1\ Assumes | Senate Seat of Locher. Theodore E. Burton today took the | oath as Senator from Ohio. The Republican veteran of Ohio pol- | itics succeeded directly to the seat of | Cyrus H. Locher, Democrat, who was | appointed to the Senate upon the death of Senator Willis. The seating of Senator Burton in- | creased the small Republican majority | il the Senate, 50 that the present, | up is 49 Republicans, 45 Demo- and one Farmer-Labor. There is one vacancy. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. March, “Step Lively” ...Roberts Overture, “L'Exultante Tendresse,” Gabriel-Marie Morceau, “Andante Religiose,” Goltermann Selection from grand opera del Destine” . Fox trot, “The Waltz, “Diena” region. The populace was frightened, but no damage was reportede, . ~ | GEORGE BONCESCO. CARNEGIE BUST 5 UNVELED HERE Bronze Memorial Placed in| Pan-American Building, Which He Aided. A bronze bust of Andrew Carnegie, | the gift of Mrs. Carnegie, was unveiled | today in the Hall of the Americas of | the Pan-American Union. The bust was unveiled by Louise Miller, 9-year-old granddaughter of Mr. Carnegie, in the presence of delegates to the Pan-American Conference, South American diplomats and members of the cabinet. It was accepted on behalf of the governing board of" the Pan- American Union by Secretary of State Kellogg. Mrs. Carnegie, who was unable to be present at the ceremony, was represent- ed by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rosewell Miller. Elihu Root was present as a representative of the Carnegle Corporation. Gave $850,000 for Building. The bust is located in a niche on the | south side of the Hall of the Americas, where it will be visible to hundreds of visitors daily. The Pan-American Union | Building, it was recalled, is largely due to the generosity of Mr. Carnegie. He donated $850,000 for this purpose. The | governments of the American republics contributed $250,000 and the land was assigned by the Government of the United States. Mr. Carnegie acted largely on the suggestion of Mr. Root, then Secretary of State and chairman of the govern- ing board of the Pan-American Union. Mr. Carnegie had been a delegate to the first Pan-American conference in 1889 and was deeply interested in the work. “Thus he needed little urging to provide a home “where the accredited representatives of the republics are to meet to bind together their respective nations ‘in the bonds of unbroken peace.” Dr. Pritchett Speaks. The presentation address was made by Dr. Henry L. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-| vancement of Teaching, who said that Mr. Carnegie had seen in providing a suitable home for the union of Amer- ican republics “an agency not only for the common co-operation between these countries, but a new agency that should affect the spirit in which internation- al questions should be approached.” “Mr. Carnegie liked to feel,” Dr. Pritchett said, “that these new democr: cies of the world had, in this organ- ization, & promise of a new order, In the darkness of the great war he was cheered by the belief in an unbroken peace in the Americas and this build- ing became to him a symbol of the spirit that makes for peace.” EDUCATOR TO LECTURE ON D. C. GOVERNMENT Rev. P. V. Masterson to Speak on Vicissitudes at Women's City Club Tonight. “Vicissitudes of the District of Col- umbia Government” will be the sub- ject of an adress tonight by Rev. Peter V. Masterson, instructor of history and American Government at Georgetown University, before the Women's City Club, 22 Jackson place. Tonight's wiil be the third of a series of ntonthly talks before the membership on the ad- ministrative history of the District. In_the discusion of District aiairs Dr. Masterson will touch on the rise and fall of the canal projects, past investigations by Congress of charges | of extravagances in the District Gov- ernment and the return to Virginia of that part of the District which the | Stafe had ceded. Members are planning to wear period costumes in_connection” with the his- toric_discussions. il was anngunced . Howard L. Hodgkins, who will pre- e at the meeting. HALE'S AUTO STOLEN. A search for the automobile of Sen- ator Hale of Maine was instituted early last night after the car had been re- M | sid The car was taken from in front of Convention Hall, Fifth and L streets. Washington Boy Honored. Y members of the Senate were “out of | tcourts of the District. ported stolen or taken by joyriders. | PEASANT PREMIER ADOPTSIS 0EALS Rumanian Attache Describes New Leader as Great Ad- mirer of Lincoln. | Rumania’s new National - Peasant | premier, Julius Maniu, said to be & | great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, is | patterning his government very largely on American standards, according to George Boncesco, financial counselor of | the Rumanian legation, who spoke on conditions in his country last night at the Georgetown University School of ' Foreign Service. Premier Maniu regards Lincoln as one of his ideals, Mr. Boncesco said, and promises that his regime will be “a government of the people, for the peo- ple and by the people Although Rumania suffered heavily during the war, her progress during the | last 10 years has been very marked, the | speaker said. Based on the value of national resources, he declared that the average Rumanian is the fourth richest citizen in the world, coming after the American, Compares Individual Finances. Every Rumanian possesses theors ically $2808 and every American | 41" he said. ‘The richest, according to’the World Economic Chart for 1927, | was the New Zealander with $3.317 and the second, the Swiss, with $2,998.” Mr. Boncesco illustrated Rumania’s industrial upheaval as a result of the war and outlined its plans for develop- ment of its resources. Out of 2,000 rail- way engines, only 87 were left to op- erate 6,000 miles of track after the war, he said. War and disease took 10 per cent of the population and ott of the Russian _revolution alone, he said, Ru- mania lost $200.000,000° because the crown jewels and gold reserve of the National Bank had been sent to Mos- cow in 1917 for safekeeping. Agrarian Reform Outlined. According to Mr. Boncesco, the great- est step in Rumania’s post-war eco- nomic program was the agrarian re- form by which 30,000,000 acres of arable land, out of a total of 32,000,000 acres, passed from the hands of the old land- holders to about 4,000,000 peasant fam- ilies. This action stabilized the coun- try and saved it from bolshevism. Despite the severe losses which the war entailed, the Rumanian budget has been balanced for five years and the country is now engaged in the intensive development of her natural resources, Mr. Boncesco said, for Rumania is one of the largest cereal exporters in the world and. next to.Russia, is the lead- ing petroleum-producing country of Europe. MARINES’ SUCCESS ABROAD IS LAUDED Have Won Confidence of Chinese and Nicaragua, Says Lejeune's Report. By the Associated Press. American Marines on duty in Nica- ragua and China were declared by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune today to have won “the confidence and ‘respect of all law-anlding Nicaraguans,” and to have “maintained extremely cordial relations | with the Chinese officials and people.” “The military operations in Nicara- gua,” sald Gen. Lejeune, in his annual report as commandant of the Marine There is “every evidence of the great- est friendliness” toward the Marines by the Nicaraguans, he added. The Nicaraguan National Guard be- ing trained by American Marine offi- cers and men, the report added, have in their turn “gained the admiration of the Marines, and Marines and guards have learned to regard each other as comrades in arms.” Since May 30, Gen. Lejeune said, more than 1,000 “self-confessed” Nic- araguan outlaws have surrendered and “their morale has been so worn down by the activity of the Marines that they are resorting only to hiding and avoid- ing contact.’ BILL WOULD PERMIT TRANSFER OF TRIALS Caraway Measure Asks Approval of Taking Cases Originating Here to Maryland. A bill under which criminal prose-| cutions originating in the District of ! C.lumbia_could be transferred to the Federal Court in Maryland for trial upon petition of the United States at- torney here was introduced in the Sen- ate yesterday by Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas. Ib was refer- ted to the judiclary commiltee. Senator ~ Carawsy said that some patlence” with the outcome of certain cases of national interest tried in the He mentioned the oll trials, and stated that the pur- pose of his measure was to enable the District attorney to take steps to have any important case tried in Maryland if such a course should be deemed ad- visable. The Senator Indicated that the draft- ing of the bill is a result of the discus- sion which took place among members of the judiciary committee in executive session m few days ago on_the subject of the jury system in the District and ATLANTA, Ga., December 15 (#).— Glenn E. Parrott of South Carolina was elected president of the senior class at Emory yesterday. Fred Holden, Wash- Finale, “Is It Gonna Be Long?".. “The Star Spangled Banner.”, ington, D. C, was chosen vice presi- dents the possibility of widening the field of persons available for jury service, ———— Warsaw, Poland, soap factory costinj ploving 2,000 peop! to have a new 2,500,000 and em- CITIZENS SUPPORT 6040 RATIO BASIS Brightwood Association Pays Tribute to Roberts and City’s Papers. The 60-40 basis for appropriations for the District of Columbia in lieu of the present $9.000,000 lump sum as the | Federal Government’s share of mainte- nance was urged last night in a reso- lution unanimous'y adopted at a meet- ing of the Brightwood Citizens’ Asso- ciation in the Brightwood Bank 50-50 arrangement between the District and the Federal Government_was referred to briefly by William McK. Clayton. author of the resolution, who said should oppose the present lump-sum appropriation and that the 60-40 ar- rangement would be more in propor- tion. Coples -of the resolution will be sent to the chairmen of the Senate and House District committees, the District Commissioners and the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations. Lighting Inquiry Asked. ‘The District authorities will be re- quested to nvestigate lighting facilities on New Hampshire and Illinois ave- nues porth of Rock Creek Church road with a view to installing electric lights in place of the present gas lamps, which are declared inadequate. The association went on record ex- pressing thanks and commending the House members who voted against the Wilson merger pact in committee and added that “the ciation is espe- clally grateful to Senator Capper, chair- man of the Senate District committee, and his conferees, who voted for an ex. amination and analysis of the merger agreement by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie and the Bureau of Efficiency, and commends the thorough and painstaking work of both Dr. Maltbie and the Bureau of Efficiency.” A resolution expressing appreciation of the local press for the stand taken on the merger and gas propositions and “the American fair play and square deal to the defenseless people of thc Dis- trict” aiso was adopted. Roberts Is Honored. Mr. Clayton presented a resolution, which was also unanimously adopted, expressing “deep appreciation for the valuable and eflective services rendered by Willlam A. Roberts, vice chairman of the public utilities committee of. the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, generously rendered to all the people of the District of Columbia, and that so recognizing at their full value those services Mr. Roberts be elected an honorary member of the Brightwood Citizens’ Association.” The locating of a fire house on Six- teenth Street Heights north of Walter Reed Hospital grounds, or in Takoma Park was suggested and the District authorities will be invited to examine into the feasibility of such locations. A. C. Haight urged that traffic lights be installed at the junction of Georgia avenue and Rock Creek Church road the association | PRI QUIS .S AFTER BREF AL Youngest Son of British King Spends 10 Hours Seeing New York Sights. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 15.—Prince | George, youngest son of the King of | England, was on his why home aboard the Cunarder Berengaria today, after a 10-hour visit to New York. p During his stay the British prince did what most visitors to the city do— | visited the Woolworth tower, Bronx; Park Zoo and the Metropolitan Museum | He was brought to New York from | Bermuda by the British iser Durban, | aboard which he has been serving as a junior lieutenant for several months. No Formal Welcome. There was no formal we cause of the nature of his v was only a brief interlude in his jour- !ney to the bedside of his father. He met at the pier by Sir Esme How- . British_Ambassador at Washing- ton: other British officials and Pren- tiss Gilbert of the Department of State, representing President Coolidge. He had _luncheon and dinner at the home of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius | Vanderbilt and tea at the home of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of the former Am- bassador to the Court of St. James. The rest of the time he spent in sightseeing, virtually unnoticed by the crowds that surged along the sidewalks of New York. Throng Wails at Pier. d greeted him at the pier on eral thousand per- ons were on hand to see him sail, but aside from that he got no more atten- tion than any other lieutenant in his majesty’s service would have been given. A statement was issued to the press, in which it was sald that the prince himself had decided on the journey home; that he had not been called. He will finish his 4,500-mile trip, if the Berengaria runs on schedule, De- cember 20, his twenty-sixth birthday. GRANT T0 OUTLINE INAUEURAL PLANS General Committee to Get Details at Meeting Called for Monday. At the meeting of the general inaugu- | ral committee Monday afternoon at the | Willard Hotel, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, will read a statement outlining what constitutes his idees of the scope of the and Colorado avenue and Military road. The association adopted a resolu- tion, presented by Elmer Johnson, rec- ommending to the District Commission- ers that a code of regulations be adopted for installation of hot air, hot water, vapor, steam and electric heating plants in buildings in the District, including the requirement that engineers and con tractors undertaking the installation of heating plants be required to reg- ister as is now required of plumber: In the absence of President Charl W. Ray, who is in_Atlantic City on a wedding trip, Vice President L. F. Ran- dolph presided, with Willlam D. Wilson as secretary. ORDER DISMISSAL OF TWO POLICEMEN Commissioners Act on Smith and Blasey Cases—Override Wheelock Decision. Policemen R. L. Smith and R. G. Blasey, fifth precinct, were ordered dis- missed from the force by the Dis- trict Commissioners yesterday. The two officers were found guilty by the trial board last May of accept- ing bribes in return for falling to en- force the prohibition law. Both men appealed from the board’s decision, and the case has been under review since. alleged bribes, ranging in amount from $20 to $30, are said to have been paid the officers in August and October, 1927. The men have been under sus- pension since May. ‘The Commissioners, however, over- rode the finding of the board in the case of George Wheelock, veteran desk man at the sixth precinct. The board recommended his removal on conviction of a charge of failing to pay a just debt. ‘The Commissioners accepted an ad- justment offered by Wheelock, and sat- isfactory to his creditors, whereby the debts would be paid in installments. Wheelock has been on the force since 1905. He explained that illness in his family had drained most of his re- sources. 5 HEARING GOES OVER. . Court Continues Case Involving Trafic Fatality. Announcing he wished to study fur- ther the legal questions involved, Judge John P. McMahon yesterday continued until December 21 the case of reckless driving against Dr. Frank W. Gray, col ored, whose car struck and fatally i Jured Joseph Lacy, also colored, at Sev- enth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast November 15. Dr. Gray was acquitted by a coroner's jury, but a charge of reckiess driving was later preferred against him. The question of a pedestrian’s right of way at intersections is one of the chief fac- tors involved in the case. ‘The Government and the defense put on their testimony and arguments be- fore Judge McMahon on December 7. Since that time he has had the case under advisement and has personally visited and examined the scene of the mishap. MRS. AGNES CLIFTON DIES Death Comes Suddenly to Widow of Claude E. Clifton. Mrs. Agnes Osgood Clifton, widow of Claude E. Clifton, formerly promi- nent in Washington business cir for many years, dled at her residence in the Cathedral Mansions last night after & sudden illness. Mrs. Clifton leaves a daughter, Mrs. James Barclay Young, who is with her husband in Venice, Italy, where he is a United States consul. A sister-in-law, Miss Grace Clifton, was with Mrs. Clifton when she died. Mrs, Clifton was a native of this city. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Reserve Corps Commissions. De Ruyter A. Butler, 1624 O street, has been commissioned by the War De- partment a first lieutenant in_ the Medical Corps and Frederick C. Pyne, 1715 Eighteenth street. a second lleu- tenant in the Coast Artillery, both in the Reserve b the Army. - plans to be made for the celebration of | Hoover's inauguration on | President March 4. In preparing this statement Col. | Grant has_conferred with officers of | the committee and chairmen of sub- | committees and members of the execu- { tive committee, and his purpose of pre- enting it to the general committee at this time will be to receive comments and further suggestions relative to modification and elaboration. This meeting will be held at 4 o'clock. | Besides the discussion of general plans, | Col. Grant will announce the appoint- ment_of additional members to the general committee, as well as additional committee chairmen. Another impor- tant feature of this meeting will be the report to be made by Robert V. Fleming, chairman of the finance committee, re- garding the progress his committee is making in raising the $100,000 fund which has been tentatively set as the amount necessary to carry out the man- ner of celebration being planned. The following have been invited by Col. Grant to serve on the general com- mittee: Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune,( commandant of Marines; Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, chief of the Militia Bureau; Brig. Gen. H. D. Williams, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of ! { naval operations; Mrs. Sidney Cloman, ! | Mrs. Harlean James, Mrs. M. O. Chance, | Mrs. Edward E. Gann, D. P. Aub, Col. Edward Clifford, Col. J. Miller Kenyon, Harry King, T. B. Tuft, Ernest M. Smith, Edward D. Ainslie, Dr. E. J. Scott, John R. Hawkins and R. R. Horner. 2 Probably more than a hundred names will be added to this committee within the next few day KING IS REFRESHED BY REST FOLLOWING ALARMING RELAPSE ___(Continued From First Page.) | and his other younger brother. In the| meanwhile he will do his increased daily work at his own home. ‘The prince since his return home has taken most of his meals with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, which is only a few hundred yards away. So far as was known, he has not once left the neighborhood since he arrived from Africa. His only visits have been to his father's palace, the Duke of York's home in nearby Picadilly and to thg squash courts 1n a club not five minutes’ walk from his desk in order to exercise. The life of the royal household re- flected no undue anxiety. The birthday of the Duke of York was quietly cele- brated at a family gathering for lunch- eon at Buckingham Palace. Later, Princess Mary sat with disabled veter- ans of the World War at a Hyde Park hotel, where an informal concert was given to raise Christmas funds. Ramsay MacDonald, former Labor prime minister, said in a speech: “There is not a member of the old Labor cabinet but joins my prayer that successive bulletins will show that the King is advancing to complete health and strength.” inie ol gelus ol CHURCH UNIT OFFERING. Reading by Mrs. Amussen in Par- ish Hall December 19. Unit No. 6 of the Rector's Aid Society of All Souls’ Sterrett Memorial Church, on Cathedral avenue, will present Mrs. Theodore Amussen in a reading of Van Dyke’s “Other Wise Men" in the parish hall Wednesday evening, December 19, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. William S. Quinter, chairman of the unit, who is arranging details of the program, states that no tickets will be sold for the affair, but a silver offer- ing will be made following the pro- gram. All members of the parish and their friends are cordially invited to attend. { PURSE IS SNATCHED. ‘Woman Loses $60, Rosary, Crucifix and Papers. A leather pocketbook containing $60 in cash, rosary, crucifix and papers was snatched from Elizabeth Thornton, 1236 Eleventh street, while walking west on N between Ninth and Tenth streets last night. She was on her way home from Immaculate Conception Church, of Art \E Slayer Kills Self MRS. MARGARET HELDMAN, 21-year-old self-confessed slaver of | Vernard Fearn, whom she killed when | he answered the doorbell at his home | in Canton, Ohio. The flapper-siayer shot herself on her way to Canton from her home in Lorgin, Ohio, to give herself up to the authorities. -—P. & A. Photo. SCHEF AR TROPHY GVEN LT, DVR President Makes Award to Navat Flyer for Longest Time Aloft. The greatest number of hours in the air during the fiscal year 1927-1928, without accident to plane or personnel, won for Lieut. James E. Dyer, United States Navy, the Herbert Schiff Me- morfal trophy, which was formally pre- sented to the officer by President Cool- idge at the White House, shortly after noon today. During the year he flew 1,251.15 hours, 386 hours longer than the time of Lieut. Arthur Gavin, who won it last year. It also was the greatest number of hours flown by any one who has won the trophy to date. But this will be the last time it will be competed for by individuals, for new rules governing the award have been formulated by the trophy committee, which is headed by Rear Admiral Wil- liam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Lieut. Dyer is attached to Training Squadron 7, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. His home is in Rumford, Me, The new rules provide for the award of the trophy to the commanding offi- | cer of the aviation squadron or unit | which makes the best safety record dur- ing the fiscal year. 'NAVY’S MEDICAL POLICY SUSTAINED Preventive Program Proves Ad- vantage, Stitt's Report for Year Indicates. By the Assoclated Press. Preventive medicine plays an increas- ingly important part for the Navy Medical Corps, and “aviation medicine” is now classed under that head. Fourteen years of compulsory anti-| typhoid inoculation have shown it to be almost 100 per cent effective, Rear Ad- miral Edward Stitt, surgeon general of the Nayy, declaring in his annual re- port today that only 15 cases of typhoid occurred in the Navy during 1927. He said, “No individual who had received the complete course (of inoculation) was attacked.” Anti-cholera vaccine was given to 13,- 900 members of the expeditionary forces in China, and no cases of the disease were reported. Influenza, which showed 15,926 cases per 100,000, took the high- est toll of life, in combination with other respiratory diseases, and the re- port condemned ‘“serious overcrowding” and overheating in living quarters on board ship as causes, recommending installation of radiators on the larger vessels. “Aviation medicine” consisted largely of research to determine an applicant's “temperamental adaptability” to flying. Aviation casualties were grouped with other deaths by violence. which totaled 248 for the year. The S-4 dis- aster raised the total for drownings to 95, or 24 per cent more than the average for the preceding five years. Other fata) accidents had varied causes, from “rid- ing on a roller coaster” to being “at. tacked by an unidentified Mexican at Los Angeles.” CONCILIATION OFFER REPLIES WAITED BY CONFERENCE HERE (Continued From First Page.) While there are few present indications that Bolivia will drop its. demand for | “moral reparations,” any act by that| government which would aggravate the situation or bring\about an armed clash on the border would place her in the position of opposing the efforts of sis- ter republics to maintain peace. Meanwhile the special committee ap- poirited by the conference, of which Dr. Victor M. Maurtua of Peru is the chair- | man, is held intact under the resolu- tion adopted yesterday and will con- tinue to extend its co-operation to the main body. When replies are received | from the two nations, they will be pre- sented to the gencral conference prob: ably at a plenary session. Since It began its sessions here Mon- day the Pan-American conference has done little but await the result of the | Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute. Until the | crisis has passed and peace insured the c;m(erente is likely to continue marking time. POLE NOMINATION 0. K.D.| Senate Confirms Appointment of | Controller of Currency. ‘The nomination of John W. Pole of | Ohio to be controller of the currency, succeeding Joseph W. McIntosh, who resigned, was confirmed yesterday by the Senate. It is the second time the Senate has confirmed Mr. Pole. His first con- firmation was reconsidered in order that his nomination might be sent to the banking and currency committee, rather than the flnance committee, which had first passed upon it. HAS 3 SETS OF TWINS. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, December 15| (#) ~—Mrs. William Headley of Plerpont, north of here, has given birth to the The robber quickly disappeared. ‘This is the second robbery of its kind third set of twins in three years. Five ia the vicinity .of the- church-this week, children in HOUSE ACCEPTANCE OF DAM BILL SEEN Committee Awaits Measure Revised by Senate—Cool- idge Favor Indicated. By the Associated Press. Possibility that the Boulder Dam bill would be accepted by the House 25 passed last night by the Senate and promptly sent to President Coolidge was advanced today by Chairman Smith of the House irrigation committee. Mr. Smith and his committee col- leagues were awaiting today a gew print | of the measure embodying the revisions made by the Senate, and pending its receipt and study the chairman declined to forecast the attitude to be taken by the House. He was o however, that members of his committee would early action, and that the meas- ure might be speeded to the President by having the House concur in the § ate amendments, obviating the ne sity of sending the bill to conference. The chairman noted the comfortable majority on Senate passage and also the big margin the measure obtained in the House last session and said he would not be surprised to see former opponents of the legislation fall in line with the proponents for carly disposi- tion of the bill. During the morning Senator Oddie, Republican, Nevada, who figured in the Senate deliberations_on the Boulder bill, conferred with President Coolidge and later said he regarded the Execu- tive's attitude as favorable. Senate Vote 64 to 11. Proposing to harness the swift waters of one of the world’s mightiest rivers, the bill was passed by the Senate late yesterday, crowning with victory a fight waged by its proponents through two administrations. Approved by a vote of 64 to 11, in which party lines were obliterated, the measure calls for a huge flood control, irrigation _and power project on the Colorado River, to cost $165,000,000. It will now go to conference to adjust dif- ferences between the bill passed by the House last session and the one acted upon favorably yesterday by the Senate. _ Should the House and the Senate give approval to the conference report, the measure will be transmited to President Coolidge who, advocates of the measure believe, is in sympathy with its general provisions. ‘The scope of the measure as it con- cerns storage and use of waters for reclamation and flood control works is among the most stupendous ever passed upon by Congress. It propos: struction at the Black Canyon the Colorado River of a dam almost twice as large as any in existence. This structure would provide water for irri- gation in the seven States of the Colo- rado River basin. A power plant would be built at the dam to generate thou- sands of horsepower of energy for elec~ trical uses in many localities of the West. In addition, the measure would pro- vide for flood control works for the pro- tection of Imperial Valley in Southern California and also for construction of an all-American canal across Southern California from the Colorado Rivar to bring irrigating waters into the valley. Party Lines Obliterated. Party lines were obiiterated in the final vote on passage. Thirty-two Dem- ocrats, 31 Republicans and the lone Farmer-Labor = Senator—Shipstead of Minnesota—voted for the measure, while seven Republicans and four Democrats, including Hayden and Ashurst of Ari- zona, voted against it. ‘The Senate virtually took two votes on final passage, as a number of Senay tors believed the vote on the substitu- tion of the Senate bill for the House bill was the final ballot. Some members left the floor, but Senator Norris, Re- publican, Nebraska, who voted against | substitution, demanded a roll call on final passage. The Nebraskan's pro- | posal precipitated a brief parliamentary wrangle, but he won out, and a second vote was taken on this ballot. The , measure was approved, 64 to 11. Sena- tor Norris joined with those voting for the measyre. On the first ballot the vote was 64 to 16. As finally approved. the bill would give the Government the right to build the dam. A power plant to be built in connection with the dam would be con- structed either by the Government or private capital. The Secretary of In- | terior would have authority to deter- mine this. Before the measure could become ef- fective, even with the signature of the President, at least six States of the Colorado Basin must ratify the Colo- rado River compact. Arizona and Utah | have not yet ratified. Colorado, Cali- | fornia, Nevada, Wyoming and New | Mexico have. The final day of discussion in the Senate brought up one controversial point which had escaped discussion in the earlier days of debate. Just as the clerk was ready to call the roll, Senator Reed. Republican, Pennsylvania, offered an amendment by which it would have been declared that the policy of Con- gress was for Government operation of the power plant only as a last resort after private enterprise had declined to undertake the task. The amendment lost, 53 to 24. Among Opponents. Among those who opposed the Reed amendment were Senators Norris, Borah of Idaho and Johnson of California, one of the authors of the bill. Senator Johnson said “it was not a radical from the Northwest or Pacific” who had pro- posed Government construction of the power plant, but “a former Secretary of the Interior (Dr. Hubert Work), who has just so successfully concluded a campaign.” “In spite of the President’s message,” Johnson sald, “and notwithstanding what has been said on the subject, I feel an abiding certainty that the gen- erating plant will be built by the Gov- ernment. Every one who hears me knows that the people must be protec ed in the generation of power. Tox electricity is evervthing in the land.” Senator Borah declared he doubted whether the country was ready to de- cide on the question of public owner- ship, asserting that “power is still in its infancy.” As for this particular project. he said it was a work essentially governmental in its aspect and declared he was in favor of Government con- struction of the power plant. Later. Senator Borah offcred an amendment providing for Government construction and operation of the plant, | but it was withdrawn by him and did not come up for a vote. Earlier in the day. the Scnate de- feated an amendment by Senator Hayden of Arizona, designed to protect claims of Arizona to its asserted rights to levy taxes on the power to be generated at the dam. Approval was given, however, to another amendment by Hayden to authorize a survey of the proposed Giia Valley reclamation project. Amendments by Senator Pittman of Nevada to prevent the cost of construc-. tion of the all-American canal coming out of power revenues, and to prevent assessment on water users of Imperial Valley for irrigating purposes were ac- cepted without debate. League Unit Name Changed. ‘The League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, Inc., which maintains ‘ashington headquarters at 231 Trans- portation Bullding, has changed its name to the League of Nations Associ- tion, Inc. according to anncuncement today by Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams, of them are Julmi The}a_ are five other | director of the association’s information :