Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy today; tomorrow fair and somewhat warmer: moderate vari- able winds. Temperatures: Highest, 31, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 20, at 6 a.m. yester- day. Full report on page he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Mea iy Star. ns Associated Press. oo No. 1,240—No. 30917. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington. D C. WASHINGTON, DS, SUNDAY MORNING, 29 23, DECEMBER 1928 —EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. FIVE IN WASHINGTON A CENTS TEN CENTS ND SUBURBS| ELSEWHERE BRAZIL ACCLAIMS HOOVER ON BUSIEST | T DAY OF LATINTOUR Appears at Special Joint! Session of Congress and Before Supreme Court. CROWDS WAIT PATIENTLY TO SEE AND CHEER HIM| Called Friend of Humanity byf President Luis, Who Also Lauds U. S. Highly. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, December 22— Showered with additional manifesta- tions of friendship by Brazilians for the United States, Herbert Hoover today | had the most strenuous morning, after- noon and evening of his whole South American tour. He seemed to enjoy every minute of the round of official and unofficial receptions and greetings. ‘The most impressive scenes of the @y were furnished when he appeared at & special joint session of Congress énd at a called meeting of the Supreme Court in mid-gfternoon. To these events 2n elaborate state dinner in the banquet room of the presidential palace | tonight furnished a climax with an- ether scene of splendor. Between times Mr. Hoover took aride of 60 miles in an automobile along the seashore and through mountains and valleys. He also attended a luncheon at _his temporary home in Guanabera Palace and held a recepiion for the American colony at the American em- bassy. Dismisses Guard. At the start of the automobile ride $he President-elect made a magnificent gesture by dismissing the secret service guard with a declaration that he need- ed no protection from Brazilians. Everywhere that ne was scheduled to appear, huge crowds waited natiently to see and cheer him, and he answered every salutation with waves, bows and smiles. ‘When calling on Congress and on the supreme court he was under police escort, and was also accompanied by a regiment of dragoons, clad in white uniforms and wearing gilded helmets, topped with tall orange-colored plumes on one side, and with a long cluster of black feathers hanging from behind. The smart-appearing troops brought raise from Mr. Hoover and from em- rs of his party. Upon the arrival at the Chumber of Deputies, a magnificent new building, erected upon the site of an old 3 ireas, aresident of he Senate. and Azeredo, of e Senate, an Dr. Rigo- Barros, president of the Chamber. He was escorted through Yines of soldiers up a marble staircase and thence tosthe speaker’s rostrum, which was high above the floor of the As the President-elect of the United Btates a , senators and deputies who had been lounging in their seats, smoking, chatting or walking about and tings, arose and ap- lauded usly. Crowded galleries ooked down upon the unusual scene. The octagon-shaped chamber being bathed in light, which swept through » multi-colored deme. This high dome was patterned to represent Brazilian and it showed the principal con- tions of the Southern Hemisphere. MaNes Dramatic Speech. The guest of honor was seated at the yight hand of Dr. Azeredo, with Dr. Barros on his left. A bell rang to bring the house to order and then the president of the senate delivered in his native tongue a dramatic speech deal- (ing with the friendship of Mr. Hoover as President. He hailed as a good omen the selection of an engineer as a chief executive, saying that this was an age of engineering. Dr. Barros delivered a welcome in similar tone. After which Mr. Hoover srose with manuscript in hand. Again the senators and deputies came to their feet applauding, and the President- elect bowed right and left in acknowl- ent. His speech, read in English and later translated into Portuguese, contained a declaration that new forms of greed and tyranny growing from new discov- eries must be met with wise restraint. | *This sentiment brought renewed ap-, | plause. | Proceeding to the Supreme Court| Building a few blocks away, another crowd greeted Mr. Hoover. He was met st the door of the court by Dr. Godo- fredo Cunha, president of the tribunal. A band in an inner hallway played “The Star Spangled Banner” as the ‘guest was escorted to a reception room on the second floor. Formalities Are Discarded. Formalities there were dispensed with, Dr. Cunha beginning his address of welcome while crowds were still seek- ing to fight their way into the room despite efforts of the police to restrain them. Members of the court in their long robes surrounded their President and Mr. Hoover. The latter replied briefly to the wel- gome by the court, thanking the august body for the high honor of receivin, | him. He also outlined his own idea that the growing complexity of civiliza- tion has placed upon courts the duty of | formulating concepts of justice to meet these new forces and agencies. Goes to U. S. Embassy. From the court Mr. Hoover proceeded to the American embassy, where for an Thour with Mrs. Hoover, who spent most of the day buying Christmas prescnts. he received the American colony and ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) 'Many Are Injured As Browning Plays Santa for 40,000 Crowd Blocking Broad- way for $100,000 in Gifts Crashes Window. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, N. Y, December 22.— Assisted by 150 policemen, 2 ambulances, 25 unemployed men from the city's wel- fare organieations, 25 red suits, 25 sets of white chin whiskers and Edward W. Browning, Santa Clause came to New York today with a bag that carried the spirit of Christmas to the farthest and frowziest pockets of the city. For eight and a half hours, starting at 9 o'clock in the morning, the kindly saint held court beneath the 23-carat gold ceiling of Mr. Browning's real estate offices at 1660 Broadway, at the corner of Sixty-first street. Girls Leave Photos. ‘When his ornate and, by that time, rather untidy temporary headquariers were closed for the day at 5:30 p.m., some 40,000 children were richer by the measure of an armful of paper and gilt trinkets, and many of them—these all girls—by the knowledge they had left behind for Mr. Browning's consider- ation, either on their own initiative or through their attendant mothers and fathers, their photographs, their pro- posals of marriage or their pleas for adoption. For most of the happy children and their eager guardians the gayety ended when Santa closed Mr. Browning's offices but it was hours later before the last of the disappointed thousands still in line outside could be induced to go home empty-handed, before the last of the most seriously injured of the dozen who were hurt in the benevolent crush had been released from the hospital, be- fore the last of 50 lost children had been restored to their parents, and be- fore the last of the police reserves called to subdue the riot into which the jolly development had been relieved from duty. From Mr. Browning’s point of view— and he said the bills amounted to something more than $100,000, the af- fair was a great success. “Well, well, well,” he exclaimed (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BANDITS GET $85 IN FOUR HOLD-UPS Two Youths Held for Investiga- tion in Robbery of Gro- cery Store. Bandits early last night held up-and robbed three persons in the Capital and another at Glendale, Md. Two youths entered the Sanitary Grocery Store at 1211 Fourth street northeast at 8 o'clock and leveled pis- tols at Edwin E. Hammon, manager, and an assistant. They took between $30 and $40. A short time later Policemen W. F. Frey and C. M. Crawford of the ninth precinct _arrested two youths as sus- pects. They were taken before Ham- mon, who said he could not positively identify them. They are held for in- vestigation. Puiting up a fight when attacked as he emerged from a house near his home, John Weaver, 337 Missouri avenue, was felled by a piece of lead pipe by one of two colored men and robbed of $10. His assailants escaped. Weaver was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for lacerations to the scalp. His con- dition is not considered serious. Mrs. Jacob Toxon was so badly fright- ened when held up in her husband’s store, at 900 G street southwest, that she was unable to summon her hus- band until after the bandit fled. Mrs. Toxon said that her husband had gone into the living quarters in the rear of the store whenm a well dressed man entered and asked how long her husband would be out. Be- fore she could answer he produced a pistol and ordered her to stand back. Failing to open the cash register, he fled on hearing some one pass the store. The victim of the Glendale hold-up was James P. Willett, proprietor of a grocery store. He was alone when two colored men entered. One covered him with a pistol while the other rifled ‘Willett's pockets and the cash register, taking between $45 and $50. The ban- dits escaped in an automobile. $8,000 FINES ARE PAID IN CHICAGO PRIMARY CASE| i Trial of Alleged Terrorism in April | Primary Ends—Defendants Abandon New Trial Pleas. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 22.—The elec- tion conspiracy case against 15 hench- men of Morris Eller, twentieth ward Republican committeeman and party | 1éader, today ended when counsel for the convicted conspirators paid out! more than $8,000 in fines. This action, growing out of the al- leged terrorism on primary day last April, was taken by the defendants, who decided to abandon plans to seek new trials. The defendants were convicted of kidnapings, assaults and election frauds. Eller and his son, Judge Emanuel Eller, were indicted with their henchmen but obtained separate trials. — . Girl Carrying Yule Tree Drowns. DANVILLE, Hl, December 22 () — Helping her five little brothers bring home a small evergreen tree from a nearby woods to brighten a destitute home, Jessie Irene Mullins, aged 7, fell through the ice on a lake near here late today and was drowned. Japan Ready to Replace Cherry Trees Killed Along Hains Point by Rains ‘While no official notice has been given the Government yet, it was learned last night that the Japanese government stands ready to supply Japanese cherry trees to replace the 500 or more along Hains Point which were killed by the excessive rains last Summer. At the Japanese embassy it was stated that the Japanese government will offer enougn trees to the American Government to replace those lost last Summer. Just what will be done with regard to the lines of cherry trees on both the ‘Washington and Georgetown channel sides of the point, at the low ground where water stood for weeks last Sum- mer and killed off the flowering trecs by tae huadieds Bas Res boen declded by the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Experts of the Department of Agri- culture have stated that the ground where the trees were killed is unfit for cherry trees. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Publi¢ Buildings and Pub- lic Parks, last Summer stated that steps | already were being taken to raise the | level of the tree roots from three to | five feet, to bring the trees in the low | s2ctions of the point up to the level of | those at the end of the point. These ~ \IMUST HAVE o SOMETHING THE . LATE SHOPPER. POINCARE GABINET FAGES DOWNFALL Premier, in lll Health, Seems to Be Losing Grip on Government. (By radio to The Star and the New York Herald-Tribune. Copyright, 1928.) PARIS, December 23.—The handwrit- ing on the French political wall at pres- ent offers many indications that the new Poincare government will be short lived. A series of events in and out of the Chamber, of which the “Gazette du France's” 125,000,000-franc scandal,in- volving the names of important editors and politicians, is by no means the least, have tended one after another to weaken appreciably the prestige of the man who for 28 months ruled France with an iron hand. Today senators, deputies and busi- ness men are saying that Poincare isn't the old Poincare, that his grip on the government has slackened discouraging- ly. To make matters more depressing Poincare is in bad health. He is a man physically tired. At 69 he has driven himself almost to the limit of endur- ance and the pace is beginning to tell. His “mania for work,” as the French call it, remains unassuaged, but his wonderfully firm constitution has begun to revolt. The premier is now suffering from an abscess in the throat which is suffi- clently grave to compel him to request the finance committee the other day not to question him too long, since his con- dition wouldn’t allow him to speak at length. These things have not passed unnoticed by those close to Poincare, They are wondering how much longer he can stand the strain and whether his health or his support will break first. Strength Lesson. For tragic as it may seem, Poincare's support in both Chamber and Senate today is sadly depleted from that of a few months ago. The ministry of re- publican concord when founded, was in no sense a ministry of national union, and now that is all too evident. With- out being too pessimistic, it is necessary to remark that sound political observ- ers in Paris see stormy days ahead for the government in January when the | Chamber reconvenes, and in the opinion | of many it would not be surprising if | the Poincare ministry falls either in January or February. What was once strong majority has been whittled away in the budget debate until now there are only a score or two votes, and this week has served to demonstrate that the majority is more precarious than ever. From the time the new government was formed on Armistice day, almost every event has revealed an increasing weakness of Poincare’s ministry. With it has been a pronounced sapping of Poincare’s prestige and a slackening of the old Poincarean firmness with which he held the reins. In the cham- ber a bitter budget debate, even though the budget finally was passed, offered evidence that the government was not sure of itself. The Chamber's final all-night budget sitting was a turbu- lent affair wherein the opposition ran helter-skelter, forced through the radi- cal boost of deputies’ salaries by a questionable margin of eight votes. Since then the number of deputies has changed the vote so that provision as passed the Chamber now does not represent the Chamber’s true vote. Dur- ing this time the government failed to "~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) FEAR GROWS FOR COUPLE AS CANYON HUNT.FAILS Searchers Report No Trace of Footprints About Rim of Great Gorge. By the Associated Press. GRAND CANYON, Ariz, December 22.—Fear that the treacherous rapids of the Colorado River had claimed the lives of Glenn Hyde of Hansen, Idaho, and his bride, grew today as searchers continued a hunt for the pair who set out two months ago in an atiempt to navigate the Grand Canyon in a home- made scow. p A scarching party sent word here that no traca of foot prints had been found about the rim of the great gorge. swirling waters it is thought they may have been able to climb to the rim of the canyon and set out through the latter were not injured by the water. The trees about the Tidal Basin were not injured and it is to this section that the park officials are looking for the principal Springtime display for the next two or twee yeasy almost uninhabited desert for aid. The other hope is that they may be found stranded and alive somewhere in the If the couple escaped death in the| CURTIS FOREGOES REST. Vice President-Eleet May Give De- cision on Senator’s Seat. By the Associated Press. Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Vice President-elect, announced yesterday he would be unable to return home for the holidays as he had planned. He is expected to announce before the first of the year whether he will con- tinue his senatorship until March 4. CAPITAL BEGING - 3DAY HOLIDAY President to Light National Christmas Tree Tomorrow. Poor Are Remembered. ‘Washington’s three-day Christmas festivities are under way. ‘This morning dawns that mystical season when the aura of the Nativity prevades the city. ; ‘The hectic time of shopping, gift- wrapping and card-sending, with its expense and irritations, ended when the department stores closed last night. The church bells this morning are sounding their message to a Christen- dom in the midst of its yearly baptism of idealism and unworldliness, when men and women are born again in the spirit of the preacher of Galilee. Calendar Aids Holidays. ‘The calendar itself this year entered into the spirit of Christmas—practically assuring to the majority of Washing- tonians three holidays in succession. Tomorrow is free for last-minute gift purchasers, for the trimming of pines, furs and spruces in homes and churches, and for reflection on the spirit of the season. The ideal Christmas blanket of snow over the hills and forests is lacking this year, but the succession of frosty nights, with their glittering starlight and pallid moonlight, promises to con- tinue through the three days. Homes are in Yuletide attire with red-ribboned holly wreaths in the windows, mistle- toe sprigs hung over doorways, shadowy candlelight in the rooms, and illumi- nated evergreens in front yards. Washington's Christmas celebration takes on something of a national as- pect through the co-operation of Presi- dent and Mr.. Coolidge in ceremonies which seem to have become firmly fixed with the passing years. The national Christmas tree in Sherman Square, in front of the Treasury, will be lighted by President Coolidge at 8:05 o'clock tomorrow eve- ning. The bursting of the tree intos light will be announced to the entire city and surrounding countryside by an aerial bomb, while simultaneously bugle calls will be sounded in different sections and community Christmas trees will be lighted. Nation to Follow Practice. This practice will obtain not only in Washington but throughout the Nation, with hundreds of trees springing (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) INTERNAL REFORMS PROMISED RUMANIA Maniu Program for Beconntrfiction of Government Is Read as Parliament Opens. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 22.—The program of governmental re- form which Juliu Maniu, head of the Peasant party cabinet, has projected for Rumania, was presented at the opening session of the new Parliament Conspicuous among internal reforms was a promise for rational protective measures against an influx of foreign goods. The document also called for decentralization of ‘the government and a policy of local autonomy for the various provinces of the kingdom. Re- organization of the army, police, gen- darmerie and other public services was promised. Prince Nicholas announced thiere were no obstacles to prevent a favorable for- eign loan that could be used for sta- bilization of currency and rehabilitation of railroads and industries. The speech pledgéd continuance of the policy of VARE SUMIONED N SLUSH INURY Reed Scores lliness Plea of Senator-Elect in Refus- -ing Appearance. The Reed slush-fund committee turned its attention to Senator-elect William 8. Vare yesterday afternoon, and Chairman Reed was instructed to send Mr. Vare a letter requesting that he appear before the committee Janu- ary 4 at 10 am, in the Senate Office Building. If Mr. Vare is unable to be present, he is instructed to be repre- sented by counsel. In his letter to Mr. Vare, Senator Reed of Missouri flatly stated that while the committee sympathized with Mr. Vare in his illness, it did not intend to postpone consideration of his case in- definitely. After reciting the various steps in the case, Senator Reed called attention to the fact that Mr. Vare might have ap- peared before the committee at the time he was journeying to the Repub- lican national convention in Kansas City. Mr. Vare had pleaded illness as a reason for not appearing before the committee May 19. During the Sum- mer the Senator-elect was stricken with E‘agnlysls, from which he is still suffer- Made Trip to West. Senator Reed's letter continues, in art: P “Your communication and the com=- munication of your physicians, referred to in the early part of this letter, clearly show that shortly after May 19 you could have appeared before the commit- tee, because you were able to make the long trip to Kansas City and participate in the proceedings of the national con- vention, Nevertheless, you gave the committee no ‘notice or your ability to appear, and now ask for a continuance, without stating any time at which your apearance can be reasonably expected. “The committee was at all times de- sirous to afford you every reasonable opportunity to be heard, either as & witness or otherwise. It still desires to grant every reasonable indulgence, but it cannot consent to an indefinite post- ponement.” Those who know Mr. Vare's condi- tion declare it will be impossible for him to appear before the committee January 4. There has been a per- sistent effort in some quarters to let the Vare case run along because of Mr. Vare's illness. Senator Reed, however, is anxious to bring the case to a con- | clusion before he March 4. Case Still Pending. leaves the Senate, At this time there also is pending the | election contest case brought by Wil- liam B. Wilson, former Secretary of Labor, Mr. Vare’s Democratic opponent in the 1926 senatorial election. That contest is in the hands of a subcom- mittee of the privileges and elections committee of the Senate, which appar- ently is not going to proceed with the matter at this time. VARE HAS NO COMMENT. Senator-elect Explains He Has Not Re- ceived Reed’s Letter. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. December 22 (). —Senator-elect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania: had no comment to- night when informed that the Scnate campaign funds committee would not postpone his appearance before the com- mittee after January 4. “I have not received Senator Reed's letter,” Mr. Vare said, “and will make no comment at this time.” Mr. Vare is at his Summer home re- covering from an illness of several months. A SRS R FIRE LAID TO METEOR COSTS LIVES OF TWO Woman and 1-Year-Old Nephew Die and Six Others Sustain Burns in Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. CATSKILL, N. Y., December 22.—A meteor is blamed for starting the fire in a farmhouse at Greendale, across the Hudson River from Catskill, last night, in which Mrs. William Peator and her year-old nephew lost their lives and six others were painfully burned. The three-story frame struc- ture was destroyed. J. R. Hicks, a storekeeper, said he was standing in front of his establish- cultivating good relations abroad, and ! ment when he saw a ball of fire come the audience heard in this a precursor | from the sky and land on the roof. of a settlement of the Bessarabian ques- depths of the canyon. ‘The Hydes were last seen at Brighd Angel Trail November 18, m”l”h with n!}nusslt. brilliant e o] g ceremony was & i fTair i According to_Arthur Roy, chief as- tronomer at Dudley Observatory in Albany, it is possible for a meteor to start such & fire; 200 CHILDREN FLEE 10 SAFETY AS FIRE DESTROYS THEATER Owner of Laurel Moving Pic- ture House Lauded for Directing Rescue. FIREMEN HANDICAPPED BY ANCIENT EQUIPMENT Estimated at $10,000 as Flames Spread to Other Buildings. Loss Two hundred children made their | way to safety last night from a fire | which destroyed a motion picture the- ater at Laurel, Md. To Philip Merrill, owner and operator of the theater, par- ents of the boys and girls give credit for the cool-headedness which resulted in the escape of, the entire juvenile au- dience which had crowded into the building for a Wild West program. ‘When flames were discovered shoot- ing out through the roof near the chim- ney, witnesses said Merrill walked calmly down among the boys and girls, told them there was a fire and not to | get excited, but to “line out of here.” The children followed his instructions implicitly. A line formed before the | front door, another to the side. Neighboring Firemen Aid. Older boys picked up their younger brothers and sisters and carried them out. By the time the one piece of an- tiquated fire apparatus had arrived all had escaped to safety, and an inspec- tion by Fire Chief Timanus assured the anxious throng of mothers and fathers who, attracted by the flames, had rushed to the theater, that no one was left within. Fire apparatus summoned from Fort Leonard Wood, Hyattsville and Bladensburg made speedy runs. The fire broke out about 7 o'clock, just after the first show started. At- tracted by a wild West thriller, the children had thronged the theater. A short comedy was being shown' when Wilbur Kaiser, who leases the Murray Garage next door to the theater, dis- covered the flames. The fire whistle of Laurel summoned her volun- teer fire department to the scene. The single plece of fire apparatus, “(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) e MUSSOLINI CLOSES ITALIAN SENATE Extols “Gigantic Steps” Taken Un- der Fascism as Legislative Group Ends Work. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 22 —Premier Mus- solini wound up the last session of the Italian Senate tonight with a speech voicing the utmost faith in Italy's destiny. After paying tribute to the memory of the late Marshal Cadorna and com- plimenting the Senators on the patriot- ism which they had shown, he extolled the “gigantic steps” taken in the six years of fascism. It was the last time that the Senate will meet as at present constituted. The names of 35 news Senators probably will be published tomorrow. After Tomaso Tittoni, retiring presi- dent of the Senate, had made his last address, Premier Mussolini thanked the Senate for its work. He praised Presi- dent Tittoni, saying that the latter had conducted the Senate’s discussions with much tact and patriotism. It is believed that Tittoni may be- come president of the new Italian academy. G. F. Peabody in Hospital. BALTIMORE, Md., December 22 (). —George Foster Peabody, New York philanthropist and retired banker, has been a patient at Johns Hopkins Hos- pital for the last 10 days, but was not dangerously ill, hospital officials said today. No information was given as to the nature of his illness. . He enterad | the hospital December 12. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 18. Radio News—Pages 21, 22 and 23. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 5. Organized Reserves—Page 5. Fraternal News—Pages 6 and 7 . Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 7. D. A. R. Activities—Page 7. Spanish War Veterans—Page 7. Financial News—Pages 8, 9 and 10. sefl,nl Story, “One Man's Wife"—Page Cross-Word Puzzle—Page 10. Veterans of Great War—Page 12. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety and Classified Advertising. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 7. News of the Clubs—Pages 8 and 9. Around the City—Page 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 15. At Community Centers—Page 16. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 16. PART . FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. Newud gf the Motor World—Pages 6 and 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Col. Lindbergh's Story—Page 8. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 10. District National Guard—Page 10. Marine Corps Notes—Page 10. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. S\&;ilowetl Camera Photographs View Of Human Stomach | Ossining ConvictBecomes Laboratory for Latest Medical Experiment. Ey the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., December 22.— Demonstration of a “gastro-camera,” which takes pictures of the stomach from the inside, was made before 100 physicians and surgeons at Sing Sing Prison tonight with a convict as the laboratory. The camera is the invention of Franz Gerard of Vienna. Dr. Lawrence Cre- min, a specialist of Ossining, was in charge of the demonstration. Alexander Vollero, a prisoner serving a sentence of 20 years to life, swallowed the camera. The apparatus used consists of a rubber tube, about 25 inches long and abcut five-eights of an inch in dia- meter. About two inches from the end of the hollow tube, which is shoved down the throat, is a small cylinder- shaped camera, two inches long and bout half an inch in diameter. Just above the camera shori section of the tube is perforated and through it at this point inclosed in quartz glass, runs a fine wire. This wire, when the camera is operated, lights up brilliantly. Just above the perforated part of the rubber tube is another camera of the same type and size as the bottom one. When the plunger is pressed the wire flares, a floodlight illuminates the stomach and the picture is snapped. There are eight films in each camera which, combined, would not be larger than a postage stamp. With the one “shot” 16 different sections of the stomach are photographed. GEM BANDIT TAKEN AFTER 2-YEAR HUNT Indiscreet Remark by Fugitive's Wife Leads to Arrest of Edward Kane. By the Associated Press. KENOSHA, Wis, December 22—A trip East to see his wife and her indis- creet remark to a private detective to- day had resulted in the arrest of Ed- ward Kane, sought two years as a mem- ber of the notorious “Boston Billy” gang of jewel thieves, to whom robberies to- taling more than $2,800,000 have been charged. Kane, arrested on request of Edward ‘Sheriton, private detective, who trailed him here, was said to be the last of the gang. The leader, James F. Monahan, is serving a sentence in Sing Sing n. Kane faces seven indictments for murder and also is charged with partic- ipation in robberies which, police said, included theft of the famous Jesse L. Livermore pearls in 1927 at New York. Other robberies laid to his gang were { those of the J. Pierpont Morgan, Percy A. Rockefeller and J. P. Thayer homes in New York. Although admitting his identity, po- lice said, Kane did not say he was con- nected with the gang. Kane for the last year has been em- ployed in a factory here, but ne made two trips to New York during that time. Sheriton said he learned from Kane's wife that he was in Kenosha. One of the specific charges against Kane is the slaying of James McCor- mick, Connecticut State motor cycle po- liceman, naer Greenwich, Conn., May 18, 1927. McCormick was killed when he stopped a car for speeding. STEAMER RAMS DIKE More Than 100 Passengers Are Shaken Up in Accident During Blinding Fog. By the Associated Press. VALLEJO, Calif., Running in a blinding fog in San Pablo Bay today the steamer Calistoga, owned by the Monticello Steamship Co., sighted the submarine S-29 close to her bow, and in order to avoid striking the undersea craft, rammed a Govern- ment dike off the Mare Island Navy Yard, ripping away 200 feet of the dike and doing damage estimated at $6.000. The Calistoga, a bay steamer, plying between San Francisco and Vallejo, was able to proceéd under her own power to Vallejo, where an examination re- vealed little damage. More than 100 passengers shaken up, but were uninjured. Officers of the submarine, which was en route from San Diego, Calif., to the Mare Island Navy Yard, watched the Calistoga swerve from her course to avoid a collision and praised the sea- manship of Capt. Henry Potvin, com- mander of the steamer. PRGNS Bandits Shoot Teller. SHREVEPORT, La.. December 22 (#).—Three men attempting to rob a branch of the City Savings Bank & Trust Co. here today shot William R. Purnell, 27, teller, and then fled with- out further attempts to rob the bank. Purnell's jawbone was broken, but he is sald to have a chance for recovery. A $1,000 reward was offered for the capture of the men and an airplane was used in scouting for them. were By the Assoclated Press. The question whether the President killed the Muscle Shoals bill or allowed it to become law by failing to sign it at the fag end of the last session of Con- gress still was undecided yesterday after a Department of Justice memorandum on pocket vetoes was transmitted to Congress. The statement, dated October 10, was ter of transmittal by the President, con-~ tained no conclusions and merely went into the history of bills sent to the President within less than 10 days of adjournment of Congress and remaining unsigned. Instances were cited as far back as 1815 where such measures were COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Men;: Righ Lights in Histery: not allowed to become law, but the only reference to Muscle Shoals was the fact that the measure still was at the White December 22— | forwarded to the House with a brief let | & CONGRESS AWATS ANBITIOUS SLATE AFTER CHRITAIS Lawmakers Will Line Up Forces for Expected Fights After Holiday Recess.. KELLOGG PACT ACTION HEADS SENATE TASKS Battle Is Held Probable Over Disposition of McNary Farm Aid Bill. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Congress has folded its tents and si- lently stolen away for the Christmas | holidays. While it has disposed of the Boulder Dam bill, whith threatened to delay for a long time other legisiation, it faces a difficult prog'am in the two months that will remain of the present session after the holidays. Outstanding in the program will be disposition by the Senate of the Kel- logg treaty renouncing war, the Navy cruiser bill, a bill for the reapportion« | ment of the House and the annual ap- propriation bills. The McNary farme | aid bill, now supported by the admine istration, may be added to the list, al- though there will be serious efforts to force consideration of farm relief aver to a special session of the new Con- gress after March 4. The Senate has agreed to let the Kellogg treaty and the cruiser bill run along together, its unfinished business in executive and legislative sessions, re- spectively. In the end, however, some determination must be reached as to which measure will be voted on first. ‘Treaty supporters are insisting that it be dealt with first, and opponents of the cruiser bill are taking the same position. In some quarters it was said yesterday that it would suit President Coolidge to have the treaty acted upon before a final vote is taken on the cruiser bill, altho both measures. ggm‘?fin&.’"fl?’z’n‘:{ when it comes to a showdown the treaty will be given the right of way, and ratified after a brisk debate, with the cruiser bill to follow, and probably pass by a considerable majority. Fight for Special Session. Opponents of farm relief le:uhum at the present session yesterday de- clared they had not been shaken in Department of Agri- ent - culture, indorsing the pending McNary bill and urging its prompt ““.3; They will continue to insist that farm bill be put through at a special session of the new Congress, after March 4. Among Senators insisting upon a special session is Senator Brook- hart of Iowa. He takes the ition that the revolving loan fund of $300,- 000,000 ‘contained in the McNary bill is not large enough. He insists, too, that there must be tariff revision to make farm relief effective, and that tariff revision will have to come at & special session, since advocates of gen- eral tariff revision are not. willing to have a farm schedule bill put through by itself. Senator McNary plans a number of conferences on the farm bill during the Christmas holidays. He will ask the committee to meet on the measure as soon as the Congress reassembles. If anything is to be accomplished in the way of farm legislation at the present session the bill must be put through the Senate in January. Prospects of such early action, with the treaty, cruiser bill, appropriations and other ineasures pressing for action, do not appear good. Indeed, influential Re- publican leaders in the Senate admitted last night they had little or no hope of having the farm bill finally disposed of before adjournment March 4. If they are correct a special session in the Spring seems unavoidable. This will please Senators and Repre- sentatives who are urging prompt re- the New England States. The House ways and means committee is to begin its tariff hearings on January 7. It plans to be ready for introduction of a tariff early in the Spring, if a special session is called at that time, or for introduction in a special session next Fall, if it can be postponed until Sep- tember. Curtis Maintains Silence. Senator Curtis, Vice President-elect, still maintains silence with regard to his plans for the.immediate future. Yesterday he abandoned a contem- plated trip to Kansas for the holidays. The question is whether Senator Curtis will resign his seat before January 10 and give opportunity for the present governor to appoint his successor, or whether he will hold on in the Senate until after the new governor, Clyde Reed, has been inaugurated, and per- mit him to pick the next Senator from Kansas. His decision be announced within the next 10 days. His failure to go to Kansas has been interpreted two ways. PFirst, that he has concluded to resign soon after the first of the year and permit the present governor to ap- point his successor, and, second, that he has found it possible to reach an agreement on this subject with the governor-elect, and for that reason has given up his trip. Muscle Shoals Bill Status Undecided As “Pocket™ Veto Significance Is Argued House with a penciled memorandum, “pocketed,” attached. Lewis Deschler, House parliamenta- rian, expressed the opinion, however, that the “weight of the cases and prece- dents cites tend to bear out the con- clusion that a bill not signed within the 10-day limitation as prescribed by the Federal Constitution does not become law, irrespective of whether the 10-day limitation is at the fmal adjournment of Congress or between sessions of Con- The Muscle Shoals bill was received at the White House three days before Congress adjourned. ~ Senator Norris, Republican of Nebraska, has contended that Congress was merely in recess after ?}(‘:y Si’ .?lg L:xg:ln the second session of vent began, and that failure of the President to automatically books.