Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1928, Page 2

KING CONTINUES T0SHOW PROGRESS Hopeful Atmosphere Prevails, but Ruler Is Still in Danger. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19.—The des- perate battle which King George has been waging for his life continued somewhat in his favor today. This morning's medical bulletin, like the two of yesterday, recorded improve- ment, even though slight. Despite the fact that his majesty’s gain has been slight, it has been definite and a more hopeful atmosphere prevailed among palace officials. This morning’s bulletin, which was signed by Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson of Penn, was as follows: “The King has had a restful night. The slight improvement noted yester- day continues.” Angxiety t'ontinues. On the whole twa situation was re- garded as favoradle and satisfactory, although it was emphasized that anxiety continues and must continue for some time. Uninterrupted progress for several da: necessary befre real confidence in the ourcome can 9a felt. ‘{he develcbments of the immediate future are awaited anxiously. the pos- sifality always being present of his majesty suffering a setback and losing some of the ground so painfully won during the past two or three days. There was no cisposition to minimize the fact that the roval patient’s con- dition still was critical. It was a month ago today that the public was first informed that the King was {ll. It has been & month of deep- est anxiety for the nation, as what was first announced to be a feverish cold turned out to be serious conges- tion of the lung and pleurisy. Prince Appears Cheerful. The critical phase of the illness which was poisoning the patient's sys- tem apparently was reached on Decem- ber 2, when the official bulletins report- ed heart weakness, and this period of most anxious suspense continued almost a fortnight, until after December 12, when an operation was performed for chest drainage, which seemed to have marked the end of the downward trend. ‘The p! s’ consultation at Buck- ingham Palace this morning lasted about an hour. The Prince of Wales was in the palace while the consultation was being held. He drove away shortly after the doctors’ visit. He seemed to be in & cheerful mood and motored to the Bath Club to wl::ch g\e h!’:nll in the squash racquets championship. Queen mryp and pthe royal family were understood to have been consid- erably heartened by the recent medical bulletins and the fact that the majority of them told of progress, however slight. ‘Bulletins Carefully Edited. Of the last six official bulletins, uj Wil today four have given reports o improvement, These terse official an- nouncements are costing the physicians an amount of thought which, might seem out of all proportion to their length. The doctors must avoid giving the public a false impression by empha- sizing one: feature or another in their dai' - diagnosis. The task of drawing a nice balance between 1 and dis- couraging signs éntails the expenditure of muchvtku £ g After each examination of the King the doctors confer and compare notes. They spend considerable time in editing the first draft of the bulletin before it in its final form. With no announcement as wqu the spects of the King's recovery, een ud of Norway, who has been in Eng- land since September, decided to stay over Christmas and New Year. She will remain longer if the King's condi- tion shows mo- decided improvement. There is a very strong bond of affection between the and his younger sis- ter, whose anxiety during the past month over her brother’s illness has been acute. Her husband, King Haa- kon, is coming ‘to spend Christmas in London. Queen Mary took her usual after- noon outing today. Accompanied by Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, her majesty visited the Zoo. To this cheerful sign was added the fact that Lord Dawson of Penn did not visit his royal patient at the usual hour this afternoon and no interim re- port regarding the. Klngwus issued. In palace circles this combination of facts was interpreted as an indication that the improvement noted in the morning announcement had continued. CONTRACT IS SIGNED BY GARLAND BRAXTON Bubstantial in Salary Given League's Leading Hurler, Griffith Says. Garland Braxfon became the first member of the Washington Base Ball Club to sign a contract for the 1920 Increase it was said, would be | INAUGURAL SCOPE 1 | eral inaugural committee: | The Chewink’s crew, Members of the submarine tender Chewink in one-minute silent prayer respectfully honor the 40 men who lost their lives when the submarine S-4 sank one year ago. New London, Conn., deliberately sent to the bottom of Great Salt Pond to test various modern safety devices. experimenting with the rebuilt S-4 at —Associated Press Photo. TOBE FIXED TODAY Parade and Other Details to Be Discussed at General Committee Meeting. ‘The scope of the inaugural celebra- tion, March 4, will be definitely es- tablished when the general inaugural committee meets this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Willard Hotel. At this meeting, the first one since the nearly 200 men and women who comprise the committee were appointed, it will not only consider the general scope cutlined for the celebration, but will discuss details concerning the in- augural parade itself and concerning the entertainment of the thousands of v‘isluots who will be here on that occa- sion. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the committee, after several meet- ings with members of the executive committee, has drafted a plan to be read this afternoon and offered for doption. Col. Grant also planned to announce the appointment of additional committee chairmen and committee members during the course of the meeting. The several committee chairmen were ready to make reports regarding the progress they have made relative to arranging for the celebration. Robert I Fleming, chairman of the finance committee, planned a report on the work being done by his committee in the matter of soliciting guarantees for the $100,000 fund which the committee has set out to raise to defray the ex- penses of the celebration. Upon his recommendation, Col. Grant today ap- pointed the following to be vice chair- men of the finance committee: Wilmer G. Waller, vice ident of the District Bankers' Association; Daniel G. Cal- lahan, Mark Lansburgh and Mrs. Frank ‘W. Mondell. I.J. Roberts has been ap- pointed secretary to this important committee. With the appointment yesterday afternoon of Samuel J. Prescott, chair- man of.the Republican State commit~ tee for the District of Columbia, and Frederic A. Delano, and the appoint- ment today of Miss Mabel T, Board- man and Mrs. E. B. McLean as vice chairmen of the general inaugural com- mittee, Col. Grant has wirtually com- pleted the more important committee organization work. These vice chairmen have not as yet assigned to any specific duties except as general aides, but thy will receive individual assign- ments within the next few days, Additional eppointments today were those of Charles F. Crane as chairman of the committee on printing, and the following members -&ea to the gen- Right Rev. William F. McDowell ot the Methodist Episcopal Church, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington; Mgr. James H. Ryan, president of Catholic University; Dr. Abram Simor, president of the Washington ~ Hebrew Congregation; John C. Letts, chairman of tne board of trustees of American University; Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission; Horace W. easlee and Frank C. Baldwin, executive secre- tary of the American Institute of Architects. Two other prominent Washingtonians today were invited to join the general ina al committee. They are James G. Yaden and Thomas W. Sidwell, season this morning when, after a short conference with President Clark Grif- fith at the club offices, he accepted terms. President Griffith announced that Braxton, who was the American League's leading pitcher the past sea- son, is signed at a substantial increase in salary. Braxton, a slender, left-handed pitch- er, led the moundsmen of his league this year in point of effectiveness, al- lowing but 2.52 earned runs per nine innings. He pitched a total of 218 in- nings, won 13 games and lost 11. ‘The pitcher came to the Nationals from the New York Yankees after the season of 1926. He was used as a re- lief pitcher in his first season with the ‘Washington club, but in the past season took his regular turn in the box. His home is in Saxapahsw, N. C. ~ BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra at the Marine Barracks to- night at 8 o'clock. +«March, “Zacatecas” ..Codina Overture, “Orpheus.in Hades,” Offenbach Intermezzo, “Bavardage” Klemm Grand scenes from “Sicilian Vespers,” Verdi Entr'acte, “Starland”... .. Huerter Prelude to “Die Rantza Mascagni Suite No. 2, “Arlesienne” ...Bizet Marines' Hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma” “The Star Spangled Banner” Will Rogers Says: NEW YORK CITY—I saw the picture of the Paraguayan and Bo- livian army. Tex Rickard used to be down in those two countries. ‘Why don’t they let him put on that fight for them. I saw a hockey game he put on here Sunday night, and war is kinder effeminate after it. He would build a grandstand, charge admission, and the peanut and hot dog and moviz privileges wouid put even the losers on velvet. Let the winner meet Peru in the sem-finals, and tbat winner meet “Dempsey in the finals, $1,000,000,000 BILL WORK ENDS IN HOUSE Treasury-Post Office Conference Re- port's Approval Comes Without Formality of Record Vote. By the Associated Press. Congressional action on the billion dollar Treasury-Post Office supply bill was completed in the House yesterday after the Senate proposal to increase by $257,000,000 the prohibition enforce- ment fund had been finally cast into the discard. This action came with nfi)pmvnl of the conference report on the measure which now goes to the President. ‘The most heated debate of the House this session was precipitated by the dis- cussion, but the conference report’s ap- proval came without the formality of a record vote. ‘It served only to get the views of a dozen members into the Congressional Record. The debate, however, brought from the wets the challenge that the drys did not dare to enforce prohibition upon their - constituents and revived upon the floor some of the cortentions !that were fought out in the recent elections. When the discussion approached at times the limits of debate fixed by the House rules Speaker Longworth admonished the members to watch their utterances. Shot to Death MELVIN RYON. BOWIE MAN, HELD IN FRIEND’S DEATH, CLAIMS ACCIDENT (Continued From First Page.) they sat around the table talking for & few minutes. Then Kreitzer arose and went to & cupboard to get the records of the sale of the automobile. There he found a .45-caliber automatic pistol, but not the papers. He took the gun out and started flourishing it. Four Flee After Shooting. The four young men told Nichols that Kreitzer jokingly pointed the pistol at the feet of the youngesf of the party, Robert Walker, 14. The action fright- ened the boy, and his-brother, Bernard Walker, 26, warned Kreltzer not to re- peat it. Ryon is reported to have then sald to Kreitzer, “Let's see how much nerve you have.” With the shot the others ran from the house. The Walker brothers and Lisle Sim- mons, 22, of Mitchellville, the fourth witness to the shooting, ran to Nichols’ home in Bowie. Nichols was out, but returned a few minutes after the youths arrived. Together they went to Kreit- zer's home, where they found Mrs. Elsie Kreitzer, the man’s wife. According to Nichols, she denied any one had been shot in the house and said her husband wss in town. The Kreitzer home is on the outskirts of Bowie. Nichols went to the town and found Jones at a church rehearsing a play. As he was talking with Jones, Kreitzer drove up and halted when the police- man signaled him. When told he was under arrest, Kreitzer said, “I've been looking for you to give myself up.” In response to questions, he told Nichols that immediately after the shooting, he placed the body in the dead man's automobile and drove to a rolnt about a mile away, where he urned off the road about 75 yards and left the car, with the body sprawled across the front seat, hidden by the rees. Kreitzer described the spot to Nichols, who turned his prisoner over to Con- stable Robert Showalter and found the machine just where the man had said is was. Kreitzer, taken to the jail at Marlboro, has not been charged. Father Believes Death Accidental. J. W. Ryon, father of the dead man, said today his son and Kreitzer were close friends and believes the shooting was accidental. R{on is_survived by his parents, two brothers, J. Wilson Ryon and Frederick E. Ryon, a teller in the Merchants Bank & Trust Co. of Washington, and two sisters, Miss Edna and Miss Hilda Ryon, Ten years ago another brother, Mor- gan Ryon, was fatally shot while duck hunting. ‘The funeral will be held Friday after- noon at 1:30 o'clock at the Methodist Church at Bowie. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. This came during a speech of Chair- man Wood of the House appropriations subcommittee in charge of the meas- ure when in defending the action of the conferees he declared that the voters in the last election had register- ed their approval of the prohibitiom laws. . MAJESTIC, DELAYED, SAILS SOUTHAMPTON, England, Decem- ber 19 (#).—The liner Majestic sailed at noon today after being held up hy fog. Company officials said that the boat would not reach New York until Christmas day, so her thousand American passengers and many more to be taken aboard at Cherbourg have ‘Why? Because his record of writers possess. He sees with the the pen of a master. the prospect of eating their Christmas ldlnner at sea. The Majestic carries & large amount +nt-Christmassmatl, ‘ has made him the dean of the profession, His long association with the men who win fame on the gridiron and the diamond, in the ring and on the track, has given him a background that few other sports “The only man I know who has made literature of the sporting department of a daily newspaper,” says Irvin S. Cobb of him. Rice has had four books of prose and verse published. He has helped produce 75 one-reel motion picture sport films and in the last three years he has traveled 40,000 miles, covering various champion- ship matches and other competitions. If you are not yet a confirmed addict to his column begin now to give yourself the pleasure of read- ing “The Sportlight,” which will appear every day on the sports pages of Che Euening Star TWO AFGHAN FORTS REPORTED SEIZED British Plane Shot Down. Two Occupants Report “Safe and Well.” By the Associated Press. NEW DELHI, India, December 19.— Rebels were reported today to have seized two forts overlooking Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. They were awaiting re-enforcements to press their attack. A British aeroplane was shot through | the radiator and made a forced landing | near Kabul. ‘The plane had been at- tempting to establish communication with the British legation with a view to the evacuation of British and Indian women and children if necessary. The two British airmen, who were forced down and about whom there had been concern, sent a telegram stating that they were “safe and well.” Telegraphic communication with Kabul by way of Quetta was improved today and belated messages for India were arriving. rge quantities of arms and am- munition were understood to be in the two forts reported selzed. ‘The question of the safety of the British legation was having the closest perscnal attention of the viceroy, who was in constant touch with develop- ments. Another, aeroplane which flew over Kabul this morning returned this after- noon with the news that all was well at the British legation in the Afghan capital. PROPOSED AIRPORT NEAR ALEXANDRIA DRAWS CRITICISM (Continued Frc First Page.) make a convenlent municipal airport for smaller planes,” he sald. It was only the realization that the Gravelly Point airport. would only meet part of the Capital's needs that led him and others to take steps to estab- lish the George Washington air junc- tion on 2,000 acres just below Alexan- dria, he told the committee, “We felt that we would meet the deficiency,” he added. “Thé big air liners will land at the air junction, and the passengers who go to the District will fly to Gravelly Point airport in smaller planes. Thus Gravelly Point will become the air shuttle of the Dis- trict and for travel South.” Offers Free Use for While. ‘Woodhouse told the committee that he would be willing for the District to use the land temporarily free of cost until Gravelly Point, was developed, which would be about three years, ac- cording to estimates. On the other hand, he offered acreage at cost for a 600-acre airport which would provide 9,000-foot runways. Representative Bowles of Massachu- setts, who is developing an airport of his own, made arrangements to inspect the site below Alexandria this after- noon, Other membefim of the commit- tee may accompany him. Mr. lglv'm:dhause sald that the Vir- ginia site was free from the fog and flood menace that made flying and conditions hazardous at Gravelly Point and also at Bolling Field. He also sug- gested that the site could be utilized by Army planes when Bolling Field is 5 fog-bound, as it is 40 days in the year. The committee inguired into the proposition the city of Richmond, Va., is confronted with in providing an air- rt. Woodhouse explained that he g:d ‘made the same kind of an offer to Richmond as that which he has made to Washington and that Richmond had bought from him at cost 100 acres of land for an airport and has acquired an option on 200 more acres. : We Want You to Meet Grantland Rice The highest paid sports writer in the world— 26 years of writing sport comment eye of an expert—and writes with S0LID ICE LOCKS - BYRD POLAR SHIP }Day and Night Are Spent by _ Antarctic Voyagers in Gray Silence. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. NEW YORK, AT SEA, December 19.— We are lying in a world of drifting white. For hours the ship has not moved, shut in by solid ice that stretches for many miles. It is snow- ing hard, so one cannot see more than 50 yards, and the wind sifts past us in a curtain that opens and closes, giving swift surface whic] are quickly hidden. Overhead is a pale glow where the sun is trying to break through, but only succeeds in making a diffused light that hurts the eyes as they strain to pierce the obscuring drift. There is the fascination of the mys- terious in this eerie concealment. not a haze or a mist but an enshroud- ing, impalpable light that closes about us. When it opens for a moment we realize that our microcosm is not the limit of this frozen sea, but almost | instantly that quick stabbing rift is blotted out and we are alone. What is ahead between us and the forbidden land we are approaching? Voices Lost in Emptiness. A day and a night now we have been living in this gray silence, broken only by the whistle of the wind in the rig- ging and the whine of the dogs. Voices are lost in this vast emptiness. Every hour the light and colors have changed, painting scenes which can never be forgotten. Before the snow there was a wind which lifted clouds of scurrying drift from the surface of the ice and con- cealed the horizon. It changed its density constantly and uplifted cakes and hummocks, which pushed out of the gloom and then were swiftly hidden as If an opaque Lut invisible hand had swept_down over them. A shining line would appear far away beyond the point where objects could be distinguished in the dull light, a line where the sun broke through between two clouds and advanced quickly to- ward us, picking out white monuments of snow that gleamed like golden beacons an instant and then disap- peared. White Bird Appears. A white bird appeared, a solitary thing moving silently and swiftly, ail but unseen against the colorless back- ground of the snow. Like a strange and lonely spirit, it moved among the obelisks and pyramids of ice, It touched some primitive chord of superstition in those who watched it, so much that it seemed to belong to an- ?Lh:lr Wo:‘lld.nflt;ld (;ne followed it in- ently unf lew into that misf - lai’? nnddvlmiuhed. e oward midnight the clouds br and for two houl’gs the sun shone abgl\:: the horizon, coloring the snow and sky with delicate pastel tints. From the light, making beautiful the grotesque forms sculptured in the ice by ?\‘10 W?nd and the sea. . World of Subtle Color. The snow and the sky came together S0 that one could not tell \vhereg they golned. m;d tlhe bands of rose and range and pale green mount gofl?g-‘edg:rd clouds. X s night and a world of subtle color that would have been th pu’i_x;ller. e despair of a e capricious and threatenis arctic has moments when it ggn::lt Nononder men xg;)me back to it. ow we are this gray world of shadows again, the wind driving n?e snow against our faces and holding us bound. Leads may be ahead, but we (‘:}algn:&x bt]hem snd so we walt until ows Sl y and we can push (Copyright, 1928, by 1 oo e B b g N Yore mimgy . an St T Thehts Jfor, publication " reserved throughout {S-4 BROUGHT TO SIJRFACE AFTER NAVAL MEN ENTER SUNKEN SUBMERSIBLE (Continued From First Page.) [two hu ge pontoons, the engine rooj and the ballast tanks was glv{'n at 7::!51 o'clock last night. Thirty-five minutes later, after a series of turbulent erup- tions of the water over the sunken craft, the pontoons and the great gray bow of the ship loomed into the bril- liancy of flood lights on nearby Navy ships and the experiment seemed over. But something had gone wrong. Dg- spite efforts to drain every available floating chamber, the ship would not budge its stern from the bottom. ‘The fight to bring the submarine, of a negative buoyancy of less than 100 tons, to the surface with the pontoons of combined lifting power of 160 tons, took place while a wind of near-gale force lashed the water and falling tem- perature drove every one free from sal- vage detail to shelter. To most of these men of the sub- marine rescue ship Falcon, from which the work was carried on, this salvage assignment was only another job. Their view of the task seemed to be indicated in the casual observation of one of the sall’]m‘s, “It's a beautiful night for this ob.” Up on the bridge the procedure ap- peared calm and casual, but behind the Seemingly matter-of-fact orders was an intensity of purpose that seemed to match the anxiety of those aboard the Falcon those long: months when they labored to bring the S-4 up from a depth of 102 feet off Provincetown, Mass., where it was sunk in a collision with the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding. New Problems Must Be Met. Lieut. Norman Ives, now in command of the S-4, stood with Lieut. Carlton Shugg. salvaging technician, who had his hands on valves controlling the flow of water out of the vessel below. “Give her a shot in the engine room,” Ives would command. “Give 'em a little toot on the after end only,” Shugg ordered. Ives again speaking, “Are you still blowing the aft end of the pon- toon?" So it went for about four hours last night, but still the stern stayed down, and Lieut. Comdr. Palmer Dunbar or- dered the submarine tender alongside to tle a line to the submersible to keep it from crashing against the Falcon. ‘The bow of the submarine was car- ried against the Falcon by a strong wind soon after the forward part of the vessel was raised, but no damage re- sulted. ‘The commander said the test of the lifting hooks was designed to determine their accessibility to divers, and the un- expected delay in the raising would point out new problems which would have to be solved before submarine res- ml‘eteInd salvaging methods were com- plete. $25,000 GEMS SEIZED. Man Guarding Jewels Abducted in His Own Auto. | PHILADELPHIA, December 19.—Two robbers attacked a man guarding $25,- 000 in jewels outside a store last night, abducted him in his own automobile, seized the gems and then threw him from the speeding car. ‘The kidnaping and robbery was in the north city business section and was ;‘xecaxrt:g. u; quickly and :um quh:': un of persons near at -nolhing of it . ON BOARD THE BARK CITY OF | glimpses. of the tortured Tt is | ship stretched a path of rose colored | HOOVER DISCARDS FORMALITY DURING TOUR OF GOOD-WILL Comfortable Summer Attire Is Usual Cos~ BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD GOOD WILL BATTLE- SHIP IN SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS, December 10.—"I1 came here to learn— not to instruet.” President-elect Herbert Hoover has repeated that phrase again and again during his visit to the small but proud republics of Latin America. He has demonstrated by his actions that he meant what he said. And Latin Amer- fea forthwith has cast off its reserve and welcomed him with wholehearted sincerity. If there had lingered in the minds of, our neighbors to the South that America’s next President was embarked upon a voyage the purpose of which was to make a show of Uncle Sam's dignity and power, that suspicion has been dissipated completely. Mr. Hoover's attitude has been one of profound respect for the smallest of the nations he has had the opportunity to include in his itinerary; of grati- tude for the favors accorded him; of eagerness to get acquainted with the people and their customs. Has Friendly Personality. ‘Moreover, Latin America has found that Mr. Hoover has a friendly, grip- ping personality. She had expected perhaps a visit marked by severe for- mality and awesome austerity. She feared she might not get a close-up glimpse of her distinguished guest— what with bodyguards and police lines and other fenders of the public. Formality and austerity, however, have been discarded wherever and whenever possible on this mission of good will. Where they have cropped up it has been because Mr. Hoover's hosts demanded it. Formalism is not one of the President-elect’s traits, but he is equal to the exigencies of any state occasion. Only once during the entire itinerary in Central America did the Hoover top hat and frock coat make their appear- ance. That was in stald Costa Rica, one of the smallest, but one of the most densely populated countries in the world. There, however, formal attire was limited to Mr. Hoover and Ambass- ador Fletcher. For the rest of the party, from George Akerson to the cor- respondents, comfortable Summer at- tire was the rule. ‘Variety of Costumes. At his first port of call, Amapala, Honduras, Mr. Hoover wore a dark blue serge coat, white flannel trousers and white shoes, topped with a gray felt hat. The clothing of the members of his party was a veritable riot of diversi- fication. Few had been afforded suf- ficent time to stock themselves with tropical wear, and what they lacked they had pieced out from the ship’s stores and elsewhere. Some of the clothes had been purchased on the run in San Francisco, and received their initial try-on aboard the Maryland. Consequently, there were white ducks with the bottoms rolled up to keep the cuffs from dragging in the dust, tennis shoes ‘as & makeshift substitute for correct white footgear, sweaters, coats and what not. The variety of hats worn by the party undoubtedly is with~ out parallel. There were felt hats of all_shades, caps, two tropical helmets, a Panama, one iron derby and even a French beret—the last being the proud possession of Willlam Philip Sims, a special correspondent. The newspaper men landed ahead of the offielal contingent at Amapala and were at once taken in tow by the Hon- duran _President-elect, Dr. Vicente Mejia Colindres, who was waiting on the pier. Dr. Colindres does not speak English, but he had with him a young Costa Rican engineer who had been educated at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology and who spoke Eng- lish perfectly. Dr. Colindres, except for his darker complexion, looked like any prosperous American business man. He is & physician by calling. He lost no time in proposing several toasts in champagne—to the newspaper men in particular and the American press in tume, Top Hat and Frock Coat Being Worn Only Once. general. The toasts went over in great style. They were drunk in a rather unsightly barroom and restaurant on the main pier. A phonograph played American jazz during tHe courtesies. Band Plays Anthem. Just as the toasts were being com- pleted the motor barge bearing Mr. Hoover tied up at the dock. The President-elect climbed up a slippery stairway to the floor of the pier and a gayly uniformed band struck up “The Star Spangled Banner.” Then began a round of activities that were climaxed by the serving of champagne to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and all members of the party and the proposal of toasts to_both countries. Here was one of those diplomatic problems that required quick and ef- fective solution on the part of the next President of the United States. If he refused the glass, it would be tanta- mount to refusing to stand at attention during the playing of the Honduran national anthem, or offering some other grave insult to the people of Honduras. If he drank the champagne he would be accused of violating the spirit of American prohibition. He raised the glass to his lips in unison with those of his hosts, but it still was full when he lowered it again. The same was true of Mrs. Hoover. Proving onc more than Mr. Hoover is a master of emergencies. The stage was all set for a somewhat more formal reception at Cutuco, port of L'Union, El Salvador, but the hand of nature intervened. A stiff wind and a rough sea almost prevented a landing and nearly precipitated the President- elect into the water as he jumped from the side of the launch to the wet gang- way of the pier. It was a dignity-ruf- fling experience for guests and hosts alike. More Informal Speeches. All of the Salvadorean officials were in formal morning clothes, but Mr. Hoover still wore his white flannels, having come direct by motor boat from Amapala, 10 miles away. Here again there were champagne toasts and in- formal speeches and handshaking. The party was to have left immediately after supper, but the sea remained so rough that it was impossible to get away until nearly midnight. ‘There had been some tension in some quarters over the trip to Nicaragua, but the Corinto reception turned out to be a delightful experience, unmarred by any untoward demonstration. Toasts were proposed in both cham- pagne and water during this visit, the champagne being served by Nicaraguan officials at the reception in the Hotel Lupone, and clear, distilled water from the battleship Maryland being served at the big luncheon aboard ship, tend- ered by Mr. Hoover to the past, present and future presidents of the republic. ‘The American President-elect donned his morning coat, striped trousers and silk hat for the landing at Puntarenas, Pacific port of Costa Rica, because he was to go to the capital of the nation and receive high honors from the gov- ernment there. More Teachers Than Soldiers. Mr. Hoover, still talks about his jour- ney to San Jose. He learned many interesting things about Costa Rica while there, but one of the points that most impressed him was that there are more school teachers than soldiers in the coumtry. The Costa Rican army numbers about 500 men, of which 300 are members of the National Military Band. There was only a small detach- ment of soldiers to escort the good-will mission in San Jose, but there were plenty of policemen and firemen. The President-elect learned that Cos- ta Rica depends on the justice and fair- play of her neighbors, rather than on an army. She also feels that Uncle Sam will see that she gets a deal in her international relations. That feeling seems to be general in the countries visited by Mr. Hoover's party. It is a feeling that has been greatly strengthened by the good-will voyage and that augurs well for the future of pan-America. FILS' PORTRAYAL OF U.3. GRITIGIZED Nation Seeping in Crime and Scandal, Uruguayan Says: BY WILL IRWIN. By Wireless to The Star and the North American Newspaper _Alliance. ABOARD U. S. S. UTAH, EN ROUTE TO RIO JANEIRO, December 19.—I may be talking shop, but the remarks of Dr. Gaglieni, the eminent Uruguayan editor, at the banquet given on Monday night by the press of Montevideo to the correspondents accompanying Presi- dent-elect Hoover seem worthy of a wider audience. “One main obstacle to the broper understanding and esteem between the United States and South American countries,” the doctor said in effect, “is the picture of your country our people are drawing from the movies and from the kind of news we get from North America. The movies are all cabaret life, the sins of society and crime. The news is filled with bank robberies, Hollywood . divorces, gunmen and lynchings. “I have studied your country and ad- mire it greatly,” Dr. Gaglieni continuad, “but in that respect I am not the aver- age man. The average man this side of the Equator has a wrong and_hectic picture of the United States. It does not answer the question to say such matter sells on this side of the Equator because people want it. We journalists know it is possible to lead public taste in news upward or downward. Nor will I presume to say who is responsible. I only know it is creating an unfortunate picture.” I may add that T have heard the same criticism in almost every South American city we have visited and from many eminent, thoughtful leaders: in politics, education, business and art. In minds which have formed this picture of the United States anti-American propaganda finds ready listeners. by the North American per Alliance.) fd it P BRAZIL PREPARES : T0 FETE HOOVER that Mr, Coolidge had adopted his at- titude solely on account of the circum: stances involved. Mr. Hoover did nof ed this belief. The paper then quoted Mr. Hoover as saying that the American people were opposed to the policy of interven- tion and that he was in a position to state emphatically that such a policy had ceased. \He concluded by saying that in the future there would be no manage their own socognized, intervention by the United States Gov- ernment in the internal affairs of other countries that their sovereignty would be respected and that their rights to problems would South Americans ‘Visualize‘ GRANT CITES PARK SAVINGS METHODS Provision of Lump Sum for Land Purchase He!d Mat- ' ter of Economy. Provision of a lump sum to be used irr the acquisition of land for park pur- poses would result in a saving to the Government of about 4 per cent in the increases in values of properties which would be expected if the pur- chases are made plecemeal, according to the annual. report today of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, made by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer. Col. Grant points out that real estate | values throughout' the District have been increasing annually at an average rate of more than 8.86 per cent during the last eight years.. He cites that an advance from the Federal Treasury to be amortized by annual payments from the combined revenues of the District of Columbia would save both money and park values for the people of Washington and of the United States. This savings, he continues, is repre- sented by a difference between a rate of 4 per cent of the money advanced by the Treasury and the percentage of in- crease of land values, to which should be added the value of natural scenery which could thereby be preserved in- stead of creating later and larger ex- pense. Col. Grant says that a program for the immediate acquisition of park lands within the District at an average rate of almost $3,000,000 a year for five years seems to be about the least that would reasonably meet the needs of a situa- tion that has been allowed to get great- ly in arrears. To finance any such program on a 30-year amortization basis, which seems entirely reasonable when dealing with s0 permanent an investment as land purchases, would be to assume an obli- gation of annual appropriations for 30 years at the rate of $56 per $1,000 of land purchases. He adds that such a plan would have the advantage that the local taxpayers of the District would not be obligated to a greater burden for park acquisition than the share which they pay under reply when President Yrigoyen express- ) the present arrangement, which is an annual disbursement of not less than $600,000. Endurance Plane in Alabama. MONTGOMERY, Ala., December 19 .—The Army monoplane Question Mark, en route to San Diego to begin an endurance flight, landed at Maxwell Field at 10:20 o'clock this morning. The plane was scheduled to pick up refuel- ing plane No. 1 here and take off for Shreveport, La., in refueling formation. . 18th Child Born to Couple. BERWICK, Pa., December 19 (#).— The eighteenth child of Mr. and Mrs. g be ' Calvin_ Titel, of this city, a son, was . born today-in the Iqcal Rospitals JOINT MONEY BILL REPORTED T0 HOUSE Carries $111,874,347.43 for State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments. Carrying & total of $111,874,347.4: the appropriation bill for the fou Federal Departments of State, Justice Commerce and Labor for the fiscai |vear beginning June 1 next was re- ported to the House today. This Is a gross increase of $21,205,951.54 vver ine current year and a decrease of $94,460 under the budget estimates. This is the fourth of the 11 big ap- propriation bills to reach the House in pursuance of the House program to pas: four of these measures u<icre the Christmas recess. These figures are exclusive of per- manent and indefinite appropriations which, divided among the departments are: State, 141,233; Commerce, $3,000; Labor, $9,000. Increases Due to Welch Bill Cited. Due to the enactment of the Welel: act pay increases in the four depart- ments amount to $2,754,374. Increases on account of the pay of immigration inspectors is $244,620, making a total pay increase as authorized at the last ession of $2,998,994. | Another important increase is to {allow for the fifteenth census, which amounts to $16,951,800. The appropriations comhittee recom- mends a paragraph similar to that in- cluded in the Interior Department ap- propriation bill, which was approved by the House, to take care of the realloca- tion of positions. This permits transfer- between bureau or office appropriations to meet increase in compensation re- sulting from reallocation of positions by the Personnel Classification Board. Shreve Explains Conditions. Representative Shreve of Pennsyl- vania, in presenting the bill, said that it frequently happens that after the an- nual appropriations have been made, reallocations are approved by the board, adding burdens to the departmental ap- propriations that could not be foreseen at the time they were under prepara- tlon or under consideration by the Bud- get Bureau and in Congress. This para- graph is to enable the departments to meet such contingencies without up- setting the allocations of funds made prior to such reallocation of employes to higher paid grades. section of this bill there is an appro- priation of $208,000 for the National Training School for Bogs in Washing- ton, which is a decrease of $44,710. In the Department of State the increase in salaries resulting from the Welch act amounts to $108,220. . Estimated Salary Increases. Estimates submitted for increases fn salaries for the Undersecretary of State from $8,000 to $12,000, to corre- spond with increases for the Undersec- retary of the Treasury, the solicitor general, the director of the budget and the controller general each from $10,000 to $12,000, were rejected. The appro- priations committee, however, recom- mends that the Undersecretary of State be increased from $8,000 to $10,000, to be comparable with the present salary of these other officials. The present salary of the Undersecretary of State is $1,000 more than that of the other assistant - secretaries, whom he out- ranks. For the Pan-American Union, an ap- propriation of $147,219.60 is recom- mended, an intrease over the current year of approximately $15,000. This amount is proportionate, based on \ population. For the Department of Justice the increases under the Welch act account for $771,774. ‘There is also an in- crease of $65,500 for salaries of judges. For the Department of Commerce the increase resulting from the Welch act is $1,343,760. The increase of nearly $2,250,000 for other activities of the department is largely accounted for by additions under the aeronautics branch, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and the Bureau of Fisheries. Bureau Allowances Outlined. For the Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce the committee has in- | creased certain figures over the budget estimates, brniging the total up to $4,- 891,323, which is an increase of $282,- 966 over the current year and $88.500 jover. the budget recommendation. The | fund for promoting commerce in South and Central America was increased $25,000 to be used for probably two new offices in those countries. Thirty thousand dollars was added to the estimate for the district and co- operative service, for establishment of two new offices, the location to be de- termined by the bureau. For the Bureau of Standards, the budget estimate of $2,506,746 was ap- proved. This is an increase of $128,690, of which $116,814 is for increases under the Welch act. Other Pay Raises Granted. In the Coast and Geodetic Survey, an increase of $53.329 is for salary in- creases under the Welch act. In the Patent Office, an increase of $242,385 is absorbed by adjustments un- der the amended classification act. A net increase of $195.290 is shown for the Department of Labor. Increases | due to the Welch act and the immigra- tion inspectors' pay act amount to | $767,800. ‘The committee recommended $217,000 for continuation of the employment service, which is an increase of $12,000 over the current year and $5,000 over the, estimate. ‘This increase is due to provisions of the amended classifica~ tion act. F. S. PAGE EXPIRES. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., December 19 (#).—Frank G. Page, 64, president of the National Equipment Co., manufacs turers of candy machinery, died today." He formerly was connected with the Northwestern Knitting Co. and other concerns in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1891 he came to this ecity and organized the Confectioners’ Machinery & Manufacturing Co. In 1909 several nationally known candy manufac- turers became financially associated with 1!;3\ nd\dmme company was re- organi and e name changed to the National Equipment Co. ME SISTER CAME HOME FROM SCHoOL To-DAY WITH A TOOTH-BRUSH SHE LEARNED How To USE, Christmas seals teach Health in Schools Under the Department of Justice -