Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1928, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder tonight with lowest temperature about 18 degrees; tomorrow increasing cloudiness with slowly rising temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 46, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 26, at 9:30 am. today. ¥ull report on page 9. = | The Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ah Yesterday's Circulation, 106,669 Entered as post office, No. 30,9 ond class matter Washington. C. D. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS: DIV INDORSE NEW HENARY BIL AND ASKS AGTIN Administration Approval of $300,000,000 Revolving Fund Seen in Letter. WORD FROM HOOVER MAY BECOME NECESSARY ‘Western Members Favor Deferring Action Until Special Ses- sion Meets. ‘The administration was p:aced square- Iy behind the McNary revised farm bill today when Secretary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture wrote to Sen- ator McNary, Republican, of Oregon, urging the prompt enactment of the bill into law. The plain implication of the letter . was that the bill should be passed at the present session of Congress and not wait for a special session of the new Congress, after March 4. Secretary Jardine called attention to the fact that the bill authorizes the appropriation of $300,000,000 for a re- volving loan fund to be used in the better disposition of surplus farm crops. Must Provide for Fund. “It is assumed,” the Secretary said, “that Congress will provide for raising this fund, or as much of it as may be needed, since there is no surplus in the Treasury.” How this suggestion will be received by the congressional leaders favorable to farm legislation remains to be seen. Senator McNary announced that he planned to go forward with the consid- eration of his bill in the committee on agriculture, of which he is chairman, and that he would press for early ac- tion on the measure in the Senate it- seif. ‘Whether the farm legislation can be disposed of at this session is still a ques- tion. Not a few of the Western mem- bers of Congress arc urging that it go over until a-special session after March 4. Farm organizations have taken a similar position. An indorsement of the pending bill by President-elect Hoover, that it be passed at the present session, may be necessary to bring the bill to final action, it is sald. Word to this effect has been sent to Mr. Hoover, Urges Prompt Action. Secretary Jardine in the eonclusion ©f his letter spoke of the need of prompt action on the bill. . “This “measure, having been intro- duced and copies distributed, no doubt is being studied in"detail by agricul- tural leaders and others, and it is . highly probable that meritorious sug- gestions_will be made for its improve- ment. I do not believe, however, that it sh be necessary to change its fundame#tal structure as it includes- those basic provisions on which there be an increasingly -general sgreement. . “No single measure could be expected to include all that should be done by legislation to stre: en the economic position of agriculture. But I am firmly of the opinion that this bill pro- vVides the basis for a substantial and permanent relief of this, our basic in- dustry. I do not believe that the rela- tion of other needed legislation to this measure is suct;hu to tmmt tate r’ou dela; nding the enactment or pro- lnngeydp:onsldentwn of such legislation. Since it would require some time to put the provisions of this bill into operation, I believe that it should be passed as early as possible in order to make it applicable to the 1929 crop.” ‘With relation to the appropriation of the revolving loan fund and his sug- gestion that Congress will provide for raising this fund, Secretary Jardine said: “This is not l“melsure tA: h:ug‘smize agriculture by calling upon reas- ugw pay losses incurred in disposing of surplus farm commodities. It is a plan to finance by loans a broad for the aid of agriculture. strong far mboard to adminis- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) KNIFE WOUND FATAL 70 ASSISTANT COACH outh Removed to Portland, Oreg., | as Violence Is Feared—Dis- j pute Over Girl Blamed. By the Associated Press. CORVALLIS, Oreg., December 21.— fewis (Hip) Dickerson, assistant Ore- | gon State College athletic coach, died | here this morning as the result of a | steb wound, inflicted last Tuesday by | Lanza Bryant, 20, a Corvallis youth, in ‘: * an altercation over a girl. Bryant, who was arrested on an open charge, has been removed to Portland by Corvallis authorities, who feared possible violence. i In a jail cell in Portland last night Bryant said: “There was no intention on my part to stab Dickerson. There was & misunderstanding over a ‘date’ with & girl. 1 thought I hac¢ a date with her. She seemed to misunder- stand and went with Dickerson. I met him on the street and struck him. I cannot account for the stabbing. must have lost control of myself—I don't remember.” Prosecuting officers of Corvallis had mnnounced that Bryant would be Davis Orders New Flagstaff Raised On Original Site Loyal Legion and G. A. R. Score Victory Over Pole at Arlington. The controverted Arlington flagpole goes back. Adopting the earnest plea of members of the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, Secretary of War Davis today ordered erection of a new flagpole on the site of the old staff re- cently taken down because of deteriora- tion at the top of the terrace in tront of the historic Lee Mansion at Arling- ton Natlonal Cemetery. The new pole will be tubular, 100 feet in height and will be without guys. 1t will replace the old flagpole erected on the same site in 1868 by Maj. Gen. Meigs, quartermaster general of the Army, who established the Arlington Cemetery at the close of the Civil War. Several members of the Fine Arts Com- | mission had objected to erection of a iflauslnfl on the old site on esthetic grounds and, at their suggestion, a new |site for the pole had been tentatively | selected about 300 yards to the south of |the old site and directly in front of | the Civil War Temple of Fame and the |granite tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Civil War. | Representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic at a recent public hear- ing by the quartermaster general ap- pealed for replacement of the staff on the old site, and so far as official rec- ords go, no formal objections have been made to such action, although previously Confederate organizations had opposed the staff’s position in front of the homestead of the noted South- ern leader. FORMER LEFT TURN| MAY BE RESTORED Dougherty Studies Com- plaints Against Present Sys- tem of Waiting on Right. ‘The left-hand-turn rule for vehicles, in vogue in Washington, is undergoing official scrutiny and may be abandoned in favor of a return to the old system, it was learned at the District Building Commisisoner 'Proctor L. Dougherty said that the system whereby a motor- ist is compelled, at intersections gov- erned by a traffic light or patrolman, to draw over to his right in the intersec- tion and wait for the flow of traffic to change direction, has come in for some veéry waspish eriticism, and that the let- ters complaining ‘of this feature of the traffic regulations are arriving ir’ num- bers out of all proportion to complaints about other of the kinks in the rules, Mr. Dotigherty said that personally he was“in favor of the present system, which he believed safer than the old system, whereby the motorists wishing to make & turn drew up to the center of the intersection beside the officer. But the people as a whole, he believes, are accustomed to the old system and there- fore prefer it. “There are very few cities which have this system, I bel ," said Dougherty. “Cleveland is one, and per- haps a few others. The result of this is that few of our tourists have had any experience with this rule before arriv- ing in the city. It causes a lot of con- fusion for them and for every one elsg. “One of the complaints most fre- quently heard is that motorists trying to make a right-hand turn, who happen to fall in behind a line of others wait- ing for the left-hand turn at a narrow intersection, are unduly delayed.” Mr. Dougherty indicated that he would probably allow the matter to re- main as it is for a while, and watch the public reaction to the rule a little further. The rule has been in eflect several months. TWO MEN GIVEN 30 DAYS IN PAPER RACK THEFTS Woman Forfeits $10 Collateral. Police Claim Bribe Offered for Release Frog: Arrest. Alleged by two policemen of the eighth precinct to have taken a news- paper from a rack near Eleventh and U streets, Margaret Harris, colored, 35 years old, of the 1300 block of U street is said by the officers to have offered them bribes totaling $6 to release her. At the station house she deposited $10 collateral, which she forfeited in Police Court this morning. Policemen O. F. Beale and E. A. Fuller say they saw the woman take a paper from the rack and fail to de- posit money. They arrested her, and she is said to have first offered a dol- lar to Beale and then $5 to Fuller if they would consent to release her, They refused. Two of the most drastic sentences | yet meted out in Police Court for paper thefts were imposed today by Judge Robert E. Mattingly, who sentenced two colored men to 30 days each in jail. | They were General Grant Walker, 44 vears old, Defrees street, and Eagle Mc- Elmore, 18 years old, of the 1700 block of Tenth stre Walker was arrested at North Cap- | | itol £nd H streets by Policeman George | Helmuth of the sixth precinet, and Mc- | Elmore at Eleventh and U streets by Policeman Fuller. Fuller also arrested Rosie Smith, col- ored, of the 1800 block of Valley street on a charge of stealing a 2-cent paper. charged with murder in the event of Dickerson’s death. She forfeived $10 collateral. Policeman, Taking Garlic as Influenza Preventive, Suffers Acute Indigestion By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 21.—The prev- alence of influenza has been a matter of deep concern to Patrolman Charles Day of the Town Hall police station. Day persistently sought medical advice Trom his brother officers. None of the policemen at Town Hall 45, strictly speaking, an authority on disease, yet all were certain they knew the proper preventive. Garlic, they said, would knock the influenza germ higher than Pranklin's kite. Wee grescription was &iven - Officer Day just & week ago. Since then Day has been gormandizing on garlic. Each | night at Toll call he has stood apart | from the others, exhaling discreetly. | Last night as he was about to answer | to his name, he collapsed. They rushed | him to a hospital, fearing influenza. | A doctor, however, diagnosed the case | as acute indigestion, superinduced by BRAZIL WELGOMES HOOVER AS SIRENS SHRIEK GREETINGS President-Elect Enters Har- bor to Roar of Salute From War Craft. VISIT OF THREE DAYS WILL CONCLUDE TRIP Round of Activity Scheduled for Next Executive During Stay at Rio. By the Associated Pre RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, December 21.—The U. S. S. Utah, bearing Presi- dent-elect Hoover on his good will tour, entered the harbor shortly after noon today. When the Utah passed from the Atlantic into the harbor itself and steamed along in the midst of saluting land batteries and warships, all sirens in the city turned loose a deafening roar of welcome, while office owrkers rushed to the upper stories and roofs of buildings to catch a glimpse of the visitor. Almost as soon as the Utah dropped anchor, Ambassador Morgan with his official party put out in a launch to greet the President-elect. Private homes, business biocks and other buildings and the streets were decorated with the red, white and blue of the United States and the green and yellow of Brazil, entwined in tribute to the President-elect of a sister republic. Police Plan Protection. Special measures to prevent any hostile demonstrations were planned at ! a conference of all district police heads. They were determined that there should be no such manifestations as occurred at Montevideo while Mr. Hoover was there. People watched all along the harbor, anxious to catch a glimpse of the U. S. S. Utah and the Argentine cruisers Bahia and Rio Grande Do Sul accompanying it. Twelve airplanes | were assigned to fly out to meet the battleship. The front pages of the newspapers were devoted largely to photographs of Mr. Hoover and his family, the house where he was born and of the White House, his next residence. Octavio Mangabeira, Brazilian for- eign minister, asked Brazilian journal- ists to make special efforts to meet and know the American writers, inform them of the real Brazil, see that they ate Brazilian food and came to know Rio de Janeiro and its environs during their stay. The foréign ministér said it thé great value in Mr, Hoover’s visit lay in his initiative to start and not wait till he was invited. This showed that Mr. Hoover really wanted to know the problens of South America. One discordant note was struck by the press. The newspaper Il Piccolo of Sao Paulo, said in a signed article that ‘Hoover Americans” know only dollars and that “decadent” Europe might “teach Americans many things.” ‘Weather Is Ideal. Nature was in her gayest mood this morning and it seemed certain that this important day would show the President-elect the beautiful city of Rio Janeiro at its best. An early morning mist hanging over the harbor and wreathing the neighboriong hills soon gave way as the sun climbed higher in a cloudless sky. The waters of the bay took on their bluest hues and the ser- rated peaks of the more distant hills were sharply outlined in purple against the lighter blue of the skies. Although the warships Bahia and Rio Grande Do Sul steamed to sea at an early hour to greet the Utah, other units of the Brazilian navy left their usual anchorage in the harbor and went outside to meet the Utah to form part of the escort for the visitors. Busy Time-Is in Prospect. Mr. Hoover will have a busy time dur- ing his stay here, as the government has arranged an elaborate round of entertainments, luncheons, state dinners and receptions. During his voyage from Montevideo, Mr. Hoover prepared the three speeches he will deliver here. One will be a ZERO A LA ALMANAC MAKES WEST SHIVER Canadian Cold Wave Leaves Five States in Frappe of Low Temperatures. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGC, December 21.—Winter came to the Middle West today just as the almanac said it would. As the sun scooted to its Winter solstice to give the United States its shortest day of the year and herald the official beginning of Winter, cold weather swept into the Midwest from Canada. Winter officially begins at 8:04 p.m. tonight, but for the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and part of Canada, it al- ready has become established. Devil’s Lake, N. Dak., had a minimum of 18 below yesterday, and at Bismarck, N. Dak., the mercury fell to 6 below. St. Paul experienced a low temperature of 4 below while Duluth and Moorhead, Minn., each recorded readings of 8 be- low. Zero weather gripped La Crosse, Wis., and The Pas, Manitoba, shivered in 30 below zero weather. Chicago had the coldest day since last Winter yesterday when snow flurries and bitter winds sent the mercury down to 7 'degrees above at 9 p.m. More snow was accompanied by a slight temperature rise over the most of the Rocky Mountain section. ATLANTA, Ga., December 21 (#).— Winter's assault on the South, which yesterday brought cold rains and some snow today, had slowed down to a steady, seasonal cold, which caused Weather Bureau officials to predict ideal Christmas shopping conditions for the week end. General forecasts were fair, with cold for today and rising temperatures to- morrow. Atlanta, with a low of 28 de- grees, ranked with the lowest reported garlic, Radio Programs--Page 44 With the exceotion of Florida, freezing weather was general, however, Near-freezing temperatures were re- ported in Alabama, Tennessee, Missis- $1ppl, Arkenses ang Loulsiana, Se, A Rl I, Sy 2. 85 RIRES > > ‘\,_w” S PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW JUSTIGE BILL Half-Dozen Candidates Al- ready in Field—Rover May Get Attorneyship. President Coolidge today signed the bill providing for the additional justice for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, thus creating another ap- pointive post which he must fill in the near future. The other is the United States attorneéyship, which was made vacant when he elevated Justice Peyton Gordon to the supreme bench nearly a year ago, and which has since been filled temporarily by Leo A. Rover, who was Mr. Gordon's principal assistant in the United States attorney's office. There is reason to feel certain that Mr.: Rover's chances of receiving this appointment. are excellent, It is known that the President looks favorably upon his conduct of the office since he has been in charge, and Attorney General 8argent, who has personally watched Mr. Rover's work, has expressed him- selt as being pleased with the results. Committee Backs Proctor. It is known, however, that the Re- publican State committee has been in- sisting on the appointment of James M. Proctor, whom it recommended for this important Federal position. Local Republicans opposed Mr. Rover's ap- pointment when it was first known that he was being considered for ap- pointment as Judge Gordon's successor. At the time the opposition was based, to some extent, upon the charges that Mr. Rover was not a Republican. But the insistence on the part of the Re- publican State committee in its support of Mr. Proctor was said to have been prompted solely because the members of the commttee considered their can- didate as the best qualified for the United States attorneyship. Mr. Rover was placed temporarily at the head of the U. S. Attorney’s office by an order of the court, and has since directed the affairs of that office. It has been explained at the White House that the President postponed disposing of the appointment because of Mr. Rover's participation in the pending oil lease cases of the Government, and when Congress adjourned without his having made the appointment he was represented as preferring to wait until the Senate was again in session rather than dispose of the matter for the time being by making a recess appointment. President Satisfied With Work. According to the ‘information recéived at the’ White House, Mr. Rover's ‘con- duct of the U. S. attorney’s office dur- ing the nearly 12 months he has served as its head has demonstrated his abili- ty to continue on to the satisfaction of the President. Moreover, the claims on the part of some of the local Republi cans that Mr. Rover was not a Republi- can have lost considerable weight by Mr. Rover's activities during the recent national campaign. ¢ Intimates of the President at the ‘White House, while discussing today his chances for appointment, said they could not see where there could be any rea- sonable objection to Rover’s appoint- ment. defipitely committed himself. —He is known to have conferred recently with the Attorney General about this matter as well as with Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the Republican State com- mittee for the District. It is understood that it has been hinted to the Repub- lican State committee that Mr. Proctor might have a better chance for ap- pointment to the new Supreme Court judgeship. This hint is known not to have come from the President, and is known not to_have made any impres- slon upon the Republican State commit- tee. The latter is still backing Mr. Proctor for the United States attorney- ship. Already Half a Dozen Candidates. Despite the fact that the President signed the bill providing the additional judge only todag, it is known that there are already a fi a-dozen candidates in the field for™this appointment. It is believed, however, that the President will be in no hurry to' make up his mind. He is anxious to look the field over carefully and to give considerable study to the available candidates before reach- ing a decision. While he may decide at any day now regarding the appointment of a United States attorney, it is not thought likely that the new judge will be appointed for at least a fortnight, The bill providing this additional jus- tice of the Supreme Court authorizes the Chief Jus'ice of that court to as- sign one of the justices to hear cases involving the condemnation of land in- cident to the Government's purchase of the property south of Pennsylvania ave- nue to. be included in the Mall. It is the intention of Congress that the jus- tice to be assigned to this condemna- tion work shall preside over all con- dempiation hearings, and that his work in this connection shall not be inter- with The President, however, has not N = nf RoL! - ) \w;% Nogrs ARDY oo \ 18TS V! b S T pENTS ‘f@é‘/Vf / SAIERA ME AN (3 RS 5 NS il ‘>k‘t 17 o mlfim WiL| A5y THE DE4([ - SUAER o m IS o = :Z';;gyors = - CMS:?_ “ Sl (! =7, By the Associated Press. Herbert Hoover's plurality over Gov. Smith in the November election was 6,423,612, Figures gathered by the Associated Press from the election officials of the 48 States show these totals: Hoover, 21,429,109, Smith, 15,005,497, The total vote cast, the. largest in the history of the United States, was 36,~ 798,669. The votes not accounted for in the Hoover and Smith columns went to minor parties. Thomas Leads Minors. Norman Thomas, the Soclalist candi- date, received the majority of these votes, polling 267,835. Foster, Workers’ party candidate, got 48,228, and Rey- nolds, Socialist-Labor, 21,181. Varney, Prohibitionist candidate, got almost as many as Reynolds, 20,101, and Webb, Farmer-Labor, 6,391. Mr. Hoover’s plurality did not reach the figures registered for President Cool- idge in 1924, although the former Sec- retary of Commerce polled a much larger vote. In that year Mr. Coolidge received 15,725,016 votes, giving him a lead of 7,338,513 over John W. Davis, Democratic nominee. The La Follefte- HOOVER PLURALITY OVER SMITH OFFICIALLY SET AT 6423612 President-Elect Won Bigger Vote in Massachusetts Than Coolidge Did Four Years Ago: 36,798,669 Cast Ballots. ‘Wheeler independent ticket, however, had 4,822,856 votes. Hoover carried 40 States as against 37 carried by President Coolidge four years ago. Pennsylvania gave him his largest majority, 987,796, while Gov. Smith's largest plurality was in Louisi~ ana, where he had a lead of 113,495. ‘While overwhelmed both in the popular vote and in the electoral college, Gov. Smith’s total was more than 6,000,000 higher than the 8,386,503 cast for Mr. Davis in 1924. Mr. Hoover's' vote was ‘higher in every State than that of Mr. Coolidge four years ago, with the exception of Rhode Islas ‘This held true in Presi- dent ’s home State of Massa- ago in New Mexico, - and Texas, notwithstandin increase in the mumber of ballots cast. Five States Cast Big Vote. ‘The Hoover column shows he re- ceived more than a million votes in five States—California, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Gov. Smith reached the million mark in Illi- nois, New York and Pennsylvania. States of the once-solid South record- ed 3,356.758_votes for the two major (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) U.S.ASKED TO OUST DRUNKEN DRIVERS Sackett Bill Provides for Dis- missal From U. S. Service Upon Conviction. Dismissal from service of any employe of the United States or District of Columbia or any one in the military or naval establishments on conviction of operating an automobile under the in-. fluence of liquor 1 provided in a bill introduced today by Senator Sackett, Republican of Kentucky, who also offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that the Presi- dent should request the recall of any one connected with an embassy or diplo- matic mission, who pleads immunity in ~ (Continued on Page 2, Colunm 7.) . MOTHER OF THREE JAILED FOR DRINKING ‘Woman, 30, Accused by Father of Addiction—Gets 30 Days i and $100 Fine. Arrested early this morning on a| warrant for intoxication sworn out by her father, Mrs. Marion Stoker, 30 years old, mother of three children, liv- ing at the Portner Apartment, pleaded guilty before Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt today and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and to pay a $100 fine. In default of payment of the fine, she must serve 60 days additional. John L. Byrne, the father, testified that his daughter had been addicted te liquor for the past two years and “he was just about at the end of his rope and knew of nothing else he could do.” Mrs. Stoker, who has been arrested on a like charge on several other occasions, pleaded guilty and implored Judge Hitt to give her another chance. The judge refused, but intimated that he may suspend a portion of the sentence. On_her previous appearances in Po- lice Court her father has interceded for her and obtained personal bonds or suspended sentences. She was arrested this morning by Policeman W. E. Dun- {gan of the eighth precinct, who re- sponded to a call from Byrne that his daughter had come home intoxicated. ‘The warrant for her arrest alleges that OPPORTUNITY FUND CLIMBING SLOWLY With $15,000 as Goal, Only $3,439 Is Reported Subscribed. For men must work and women must And_the' sooner it's over the sooner to sleep. ‘This grim philosophy of a century ago seems strangely out of place against the background of approaching Christ- mas with the festooned stores, the gift- laden shoppers, the general prosperity and good will. Yet under the surface of Washing- ton's yuletime preparations the eternal sorrows of the poor remain about as much in evidence as ever. Death and poverty have been about their nefarious business all year. Ordinarily Responsive. Ordinarily, and in less prosperous years, the people of the National Cap- ital have responded generously to ap- peals to remedy some of the outstand- ing cases of misery which are brought to their attention at this season. The Associated Charities each year presents to the public 14 appealing opportunities for practical application of the teach- ings of the founder of Christianity, whose nativity is being celebrated. Response Disappointing. This year the response so far has been disappointing. Those to whom the year has been good seem far re- moved from those to whom the year has been evil. Approximately $15,000 is needed. Only $3,439 has been sub- scribed—a pitiably small amount. The “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2. TEMPERATURE OF 18 EXPECTED HERE TONIGHT Colder weather of today, which ushered in the shortest day of the year, tonight . will ‘bring one of the lowest femperatures of the early Winter. To- day's low, at 9 o'clock this morning, was 28, and Weather Bureau officials predict the temperature will drop with the sun until a temperature of about 18 will be reached during the night. The subfreezing temperatures which prevail in the Middle West are not ex- pected to reach Washington. The fore- caster at the Weather Bureau expects the temperature tomorrow to be “slowing rising.” Today found a brilliant sun rising at 7:21 am., to set this afternoon at she was drunk on November 23 and dis- turbed many of the occupants of the apartment house. Mrs. Stoker lives with her father at the Portner, and the three children will be left in his care by-the wobk of his cowt, _ while she ls serving the sentence, — - seb at 431, 73 4:47. The day is ® hours and 26 miin- utes in length, 13 minutes longer than the day in New York, where it will be but 9 hours and 13 minutes long. The sun rose in Negt York at 7:18 and will Anne Nichols, Tired Of Abie’s Irish Rose, Seeks Finer Things Hopes Dramatic Eldora- do Dies, Testimony in $3,000,000 Suit. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21.—Anne Nichols, the author of “Abie’s Irish Rose,” has turned her thoughts to “finer things” and would like to forget about the play that has brought in revenues of $22,000,000. ‘This verbal turning her back on her dramatic El Dorado was made when she testified in her suit against Universal Pictures Corporation for $3,000,000 dam- ages, charging plagiarism of her play for the filming of “The Cohens and Kellys.” Counsel for the defendant asked her to read a magazine article purporting to have been written by her and en- titled, “The Million Dollar Hit." She denied authorship of the article and said she never had seen it before. She declared she detested references to her play in connection with its financial success. “I got so sick of ‘Abie’s Irish Rose’,” she exclaimed, “because I have heard so much of it in the last few years. I hope it dies. I am thinking of finer things.” Defense counsel asserted “The Cohens and Kellys” was not based cn Miss Nichols' play, but was a burlesque on Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet.” Miss Nichols testified she never had read Shakespeare and of his array of characters she only was familiar with Shylock, and that because of a matter of a pound of flesh. BOULDER DAM BILL SIGNED BY COLIGE Utah or Arizona Must Ratify Compact Before Act Is Effective. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge today signed the Boulder Dam bill providing for a recla- mation, flood control and power project on the Colorado River. The measure provides that the Gov- ernment shall supply the $165,000,000 estimated as necessary to construct a dam and accompanying works in Black Canyon. The money is to be repaid under an amortization plan from pro- ceeds of the sale of power. ‘The signature of the President was the last official act required in provid- Iz’( Federal authority for the construc- tion, but either Utah or Arizona of the seven Colorado River basin States must ratify the Colorado River compact for distribution of water before the act can become effective. Proponents Witness Signing. The President affixed his signature before a gathering of proponents of the Swing-Johnson bill, who were brought to_ the executive office by Senator Johnson and Representative Swing, California Republicans, who for years hfifl led the fight for enactment of the bill. ‘The long fight in Congress came to its end earlier in the week when the House accepted Senate amendments to the measure. The Senate passed the | bill December 14. In addition to Johnson and Swing, the delegation that stood around Mr. Coolidge’s desk today as he signed the measure included Representative Smith of Idaho, Elwood Mead, director of the Bureau of Reclamation, Mathews, attorney for the Bureau of Power and Light of Los Angeles. Afterward they posed on the White House lawn with Mr. Coolidge for newspaper photographers. Members of the cabinet were gather- ing at the White House for their semi- weekly meeting as the group re-entered the executive offices after the picture- taking. Senator Johnson and Repre- sentative Swing were warmly congrat- ulated by the cabinet officers. Arizona Fights Bill. A most determined fight against the Boulder Dam legislation had been waged in Congress by Arizona since its in- ception, Senators Ashurst and Hayden, emocrats, of that State, and Repre- Sentative Douglas, another Democrat, bearing the brunt of all opposition. The Arizona Senators both played prominent parts in the filibuster waged against the measure in the Senate last Spring. _Only yesterday the Arizona Legis- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) maatges oo VIOLENT QUAKE ROCKS ISLAND OF MINDANAO Number Injured, Many Houses Collapse—Fire Breaks Out. By the Associated Press. MANILA, December 21. — Manila learned today that a violent earthquake shook the greater part of Mindanao Island Wednesday night. One person was killed at Cotabato, capital of the province of that name. Many houses collapsed and fire broke out, but it was quickly controlled. An undetermined number of persons were injured. The damage was estimated at $100,- 000. The tremblor also was felt in Zamboanga and Davao, two other prov- inces of Mindanao, but little damage was done in those areas. ' ‘The Weather Bureau estimated that DESPERATE BATTLE FAILS T0 SAVE TWO POISONED ON TR Rescue Squads Work 20 Hours Over Men Overcome by Gas Fumes. BELIEVED INTOXICATED WHEN FOUND IN MACHINE Taken to Jail Before Going to Hospital—Blood Given Vic- tims by Students. ‘Twenty hours of continuous effort by members of the Fire Department rescue squad, physicians of Georgetown Unie versity Hospital and medical students there, failed to save the lives of two men who were overcome by monoxide gas in the closed cab of a motor truck near Falls Church, Va., yesterday. Lester A. Linaburg died shortly after 4 o'clock this morning after the entire staff of the hospital and the firemen had labored since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to revive the spark of life he still retained when Dr. E. S. Waring of Fairfax Court House, examined him in the Falls Church Jail yesterday after- noon, where the two men had been taken by Town Sergt. W. L. Mitchell of | Falls Church, who at first believed they | were intoxicated. | Boyd L. Cassort, Linaburg’s com- | panion, died at 11 o’clock this morning. Both men lived in Winchester, Va. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of accidental death. |, Both Justice of the Peace J. T. Mol- !ing and Mitchell believed the men to be suffering from intoxication, but called Dr. Waring, who immediately ordered them rushed to Georgetown Hospital. _During a sinking spell last night blood given by two medical students was in- jected into the veins of the patients, but without satisfactory effects. Work Through Night. and W. B.| One Person Killed, Undetermined | Practically the entire staff of internes and three nurses worked through the night. The doctors are Edward Greco, Donald Corridan, Samuel Ressoff, Wil- | liam Shea and Julian Hazen. Miss Ju- (lia Gresco, Miss Anne Oprey and Miss | Helen Smeak, nurses, assisted them. | Justice Moling explained today that | seeing both men unconscious in the rear io( Mitchell's car, he assumed that they | were intoxicated and would need medi- | cal attention. He instructed Mitchell to | summon a doctor upon reaching the jail. He did not intend that the men be committed to jail, Justice Moling de- i clared, but merely sent them there as | the most convenient place for them to | receive medical attention. Dr, Waring arrived about half an hour after they reached the jail. For a time last night it was thought | that the lives of both men would be | saved, but about 2 o'clock this morning | the breathing of Linaburg began com- ing in irregular gasps, despite the almost constant administration of oxygen, and | a few minutes before 4 o'clock he died. | Rally After Transfusion. | The patients rallied following the blood transfusion, but the effect of the |new blood was brief. This morning | Cassort’s breath was coming in painful | gasps and his condition was deemed | critical. Last night students of the Georgetown Medical School were informed of the | fight with death and more than 20 | gathered around the bedside watching | the physicians and firemen work. After a consultation of physicians, volunteers were called for to give their blood. Practically every student in the room volunteered. Blood tests were made and John M. Farington, 23 years | old, and George Schmidt, 24 years old, | were selected. A pint of blood was drained from the veins of each. The patients immediately gained strength but quickly sank again. It was explained that the carbon mon- oxide gas attacks the red corpuscles of the blood until they are exhausted. The family of Cassort arrived in Washington this morning, and Mrs. Elizabeth Linaburg, wife of the man who died. is en route to this city. Mrs, Millie Cassort, Cassort's wife, was in- dignant this morni " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GUILTY PLEA MADE BY JOSEPH UNGER Man Accused of Being Narcotie Ring Agent Changes His Stand. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21.—Joseph Unger, on trial as agent of an interna- tional narcotics syndicate believed to have been financed by Arnold Roth- stein, slain gambler, changed his plea to guilty in Federal Court today. Sister Arrested. DETROIT. December 21 (#)—Mrs. Molly Schoenenbach, 40, a sister of Joe Unger, held in New York as the “key man,” in the Arnold Rothstein dope ring, was arrested in Detroit Wednesday night, Federal narcotic officers announced today. She was taken to New York yesterday, Dr. H. H. Wouters, head of narcotics investigators in the Michigan-Ohio district, said. Mrs. Schoenenbach was trailed here from her home in Indianapolis, which she left shortly after the killing in New York of Rothstein. She was traced | the quake had its center in the Celebes Sea, 1,009 kilometers south of Manila. through Chicago and to the home of a brother-in-law here. Officer’s Second Auto in Eight Months Ruined in Second A distorted form somewhat resemb- ling an automobile relentlessly pursued Policeman George T. Stanton of the ninth precinct, as he tossed about on his bed this morning in his home at 605 H street northeast. The form was plainly labled “Hard Luck.” About eight months ago Stanton purchased an automobile. He drove it for a few days, just enough to break it in for the road, and then it got in front of a street car. The inevitable crash destroyed the automobile, but the policeman escaped injury. Not discouraged, Stanton bought an- other car. He drove it without mis- hap until last night when he and Elgin L. Ridgeway, 249 Eighth street north- sast, both tried 1o cross the street at'of Mishap in One Night the same time. Stanton's car took the force of the blow and overturned. He ®nd his wife and two children crawled out, took inventory and discovered to their great surprise that they were not injured. Witnesses helped to right the machine, the motor was started and they drove away in the somewhat bat- tered car. Parking it in front of his house, Stanton went to bed. He slept soundly until 1 o'clock this morning, when he heard the warning sirens on speeding fire engines. They drew closer, so he got out of bed and looked out the window. His ;uwmob%e“!;u in mm;lh dwmh:n the remen it was & smouldering mass Tuinsen