Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight; about 25 degrees; cloudy and warmer. Higies, 40, at 3 lowest, 21, at 6 am. today. 5 Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 = Bureau Forecast.) lowest temperatnre tomorrow _partly s: 139 pm. The & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. The only ew in Washingto service. Sunday’s Associated Press ening paper n with the news Saturday's Circulation, 103,536 Circulation, 110,575 el Mo, 30918, Shtomee Lntered as second class matte: Washington, r R WASHINGTON, b. id, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928—TWEN TY-TWO PAGES. > Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. REPARATIONS AID OF U. S. 1S ASKED BY BRITISH ENVOY ‘Howard Confers With Kel- logg, Who Goes Later to See Coolidge. APPEAL MADE ON BEHALF OF BERLIN AND ALLIES o Indication of American Opinion | Seen Pending Another Dis- cussion Later Today. By the Associated Press. Ambassador Howard of Great Britain | called on Secretary Kellogg today on behalf of the allied governments and| Germany to convey to the United States their desire for American participation in the final &ettlement of the repara- tions problem. Immediately after the conference, Awhich lasted 20 minutes, Secretary Kel- | logg went to the White House to comcr; with President Coolidge. Mr. Kellogg was with the President Sor some time. | Dispatches from Paris last Saturday fdicated that Ambassador Howard had ®een given the invitation for American participation in the conference some time before. A memorandum issued at the French foreign office read in part: “It is highly desirable in the com- mon interest that besides the experts B be designated by each of the six povernments which participated in the Beneva decision, a citizen of the United States should also take part in the work of the committee of experts.” The experts, the memorandum said, should be “independent, with interna- tional reputation, recognized authorities 4n their own countries and not bound By instructions from their government.” - These qualifications were in line with ¢hose which, it was indicated Friday, would prove acceptable to President ' Coolidge. The invitation was said to give the United States the option of sending an unofficial observer or ap- proving the appoiniment of one, or sending an official representative. Kellogg's Statement. Secretary Kellogg authorized the fol- fewing statement: “Sir Esme Howard, the British ‘Ambassador, called upon the Secretary of State this morning and informed him in the name of the six governments interested in the reparations problem that they wished to inquire whether the United States Government will agree to American experts taking part in, the work of the proposed committee which §s to deal with the final settlement of the problem, and whether, if so, the United States Government would be yeady to propose the names of such experts. “The British Ambassador explained €0 the Secretary of State that if the United States Government agrees to | is the experts proposed will be ap- inted jointly by the reparations com- ission and the German government, t if the United Staies should prefer leave the choice of American experts to the six powers the latter will then mgree on the names of the experts to | be invited. In that case the experts will also be appointed jointly by the repara- gl’):s commission and the German gov- ment.” Secrotary Kellogg said he would have pnother conference with Mr. Coolidge later, and until that time he could not #ay what the reply of the American Government to the proposal would be. COOLIDGE DEFENSE PLAN IS SUPPORTED Paul Painleve Declares President's National Preparedness Stand Is “Good Sense.” | MWy the Associated Press. PARIS, December 24.—President | Coolidge's argument in his message loi Congress for a strong national defense | was quoted. by Paul Painleve, minister | of war, in the Senate today as “good | sense” in justifying what his opponents | rssailed as a contradiction between the signature of the Kellogg-Briand treaty and an increased war budget. “The allusion has been made,” said M. Painleve, “to the peace pact, con- frasting it with our military expenses. | The originator of this pact, President | Coolidge himself, wrote recently that| countries that seriously organize their | defense co-operate the best in guaran- teeing peace and that the catastrophe of 1914 would have occurred carlier if | the menaced countries had not pro- | tected themselves. We will remain true to those words of good sense.” SAVINGS OF 15 YEARS ARE REPORTED STOLEN Laundry Worker Loses $1,288 on Day He Planned on De- positing Fund. John W. Sartain, of 17 Rock Creck Church road, told police today that $1,288, which he had saved from his salary during the Ias stolen from under his pillow some time this morning. He said he had planned 1o deposit the money in a bank today. Sartain went to work in the laundry at Soldiers’ Home 15 years ago for $6 2 week. He is now making $20 a week. Every week, he said, he has taken part of his salary and concealed it in Btin box, which he kept locked in a trunk. Yesterday, however, he decided 1o bank the money and removed it from the hiding pla was still under the pillow when he arose this morning. He went downstairs to start a fire and When he returned to his bedroom the money was gone. It consisted of $1, $10 and $20 bills Sartain lived with mother and a brothel 4Radio ;rpgragns :l;agc 16. his 62-year-old -law. | made when the British company an- {and they may go even farther in-cut- | ting prices. Almost With An army, estimated at 100,000 de-) scended upon downtown Washington today armed only with jingling pocket- books and crinkling billfolds and left in the shopkeepers' tills a flood of money, the like of which never was taken in before in one day's business in the Capital. Mrs. Coolidge joined the milling throngs on the department stores this morning. Absent from the city because of her mother's iliness, the First Lady of the Land had been forced to forego some of her gift-buying until the eleventh hour. The closing of the Government offices brought the greatest last-minute shop- ping throng that has ever crowded into the downtown section, with the result that by noon it seemed that every one of the city's 100,000 motor vehicles was trying to crowd into the downtown streets and the major portion of the city’s population was milling in and out f ‘the shops from H street to Pennsyl- ja avenue. Extra Police Guide Traffic. Inspector Brown of the Traffic Bu- reau anticipated the heavy traffic rush and assigned 27 extra men to the down- town section to keep the vehicles mov- ing. But the moving was a slow process, because for every car that tried to get out of the downtown section, it seemed that two were coming to re- place it. Particularly difficult were 100,000 JAM DOWNTOWN IN FINAL BUYING SPLURGE Mrs. Coolidge Among Last Minute Shoppers—Tie-Up of Autos Is out Parallel. the tasks of the F street and Pennsyl- vania avenue traffic officers, with cross- street traffic forming jams that in some instances stretched back for a distance of three blocks. The din of the im- patient drivers' horns addéd to the gen- cral confusion of the situation. Traffic police found their greatest difficulty with those of the shoppers who insisted upon parking abreast while occupants of the cars went into the shops to make their purchases. The officers were instructed to deal with these as leniently as possible, but above all to keep traffic moving. Arrests were ordered only when the drivers of the cars failed to move upon orders of the police officers. Very few arrests were being made. Counters Are Jammed. In the department stores the much- harassed clerks, who for the past months have been kept jumping with the holiday rush, put on a little extra steam today when around their coun- ters the last-minute shoppers grouped as many as eight deep in some in- stances. Around Center Market, where shop- pers descended in unprecedented num-, bers to fill their stores of Christmas goodies for the dinner boards tomor- row, the crush was worst. Six traffic policemen were stationed there and re- Page 5, Column 3.) *(Continued on FEELING IS BITTER IN SHIP RATE WAR New Developments Seen in Ward and Cunard Lines’ Havana Competition. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 24.—A new development in the rate war between the Ward and Cunard lines’ New York- Havana service was predicted last night by Harold P. Borer, general passenger manager of the Cunard Lines. Mr. Borer said that in all probability a con- ference would be held today among local officials of the British company to discuss the advisability of meeting the ‘Ward Lifes’ cut in rates. It was announced yesterday by tie Ward Lines that 25 per cent reducticn in rates between New York and Cuba would go into effect immediately. The step was taken to meet the competition offered by the inauguration of tHe Cun- ard liner Caronia into the same service. Rate 35 Per Cent Lower. This reduction makes the rates of the American line 35 per cent lower than the Cunard's, and it is taken in shipping circles as significant of the resentment by American shippers of the entrance of a foreign company into the field. This latest step in the rate war fol- Jows the announcement of both com- anies that two crack liners, both for- merly in the transatlantic service, would be used on the Southern line. The Cunard first entered the field with the Caronia, to be followed a few days thereafter by the Ward line with the President Roosevelt. Roosevelt Will Land First. The Roosevelt, somewhat, the taster ship, will reach the Cuban capital a few hours ahead of the Cunarder, but the British vessel offers one advaniage which the Ward liner does not have. Pronibition will not be in effect on the Caronia, but will be on the President Roosevelt, as it will remain the prop- erty of the United States Shinping Board. Other Ward liners, being pri- vately owned, may serve liquor. The feeling of the Cunard people in the latest step by the Ward Line is bit- | ter, as they believe that the agreement nounced its intention of entering the field has been broken. The agreement stated that the two American com- panies handling the largest volume of business, the Ward Line and the United Fruit Co., were to receive a differential in rate of $15 a passenger on the round- rip rate. s agreement was reached and ap- parently it was satisfactory to both sides, say Cunard officials. That Gun- ard will meet the rate cut is intimated It is considered highly pos- sible, however, that Ward will see any cut in rates made by their competitors and go even lower in the scale. The cut of the Ward Line is likely to react tpon the rates of the other lines operating passenger service to Havana. The United Fruit Co. the other lead- ing American concern in the business, has reached no decision with regard to Jower prices, but it is possible, said Mat- thew C. O'Hearn, New York represen- tative of the company, that the Great White Fleet would offer a reduction shortly. The Panama-Pacific Steam- | ship Co., also doing a large New York to Havana passenger business, likewise faces the possibility of slashing prices. Planes Used Against Rebels. BASRA, Irak, December 24 () —Re- | | ports from Persia state that Dost Mo- | hammed, a tribal leader, is heading & rebellion in Persian Baluchistan. He is rumored to have poisoned all the wells up to a point 120 miles southeast of Kerman. Troops, assisted by two air- planes, are moving against the rebels across th. Great Desert from Kerman to Medhed. | | | Marriage License Is Girl’s Christmas Gift to Sweetheart By the Associated Press. EVANSVILLE, Ind., December 24.—With the end of another leap year in the offing, an Evansville young woman decided to present her sweetheart with a marriage license as a Christmas present. The girl called the Police De- partment at night to inquire how she might obtain the license to give him. Police explained that inasmuch as the license bureau at the courthouse would be closed, it probably would cost her about $10 to arrange to obtain the paper. She declared, however, that ex- pense was no object, since the document was to be her Christmas gift to her sweetheart, PRESIDENT PLANS QUIET CHRISTMAS Mrs. Coolidge Is Preparing for Vacation Trip Amid Round of Activities. Christmas at the White House, the final one there for President Coolidge, will be observed in the same quiet, sim- ple manner that the President has fol- Jowed since he has occupied the White House. The day will be upset somewhat, for President and Mrs. Coolidge, because of preparations for their departure for Sapelo Island, off the coast of Geor- gia, where they expect to visit for n} week or 10 days. The President today had not determined just vwhen he and Mrs. Coolidge will leave Waslington, but it is thought they will be on their way by Wednesday. The White House has taken on the aspect of the Yuletide season‘and the | spirit of the Christmas period is every- where in evidence. Wreaths adorn the first floor windows, not only of the famous old mansion itself, but those of the executive office. Greens, sug- gestive of the season, have been at- tractively placed about the rooms, and in thersouth end of the east room has been arranged a semicircle of spruce trees of varying sizes. At the top of the central tree a light in the form of a star has been placed. No other decorations have been placed on the other trees. Mrs. Coolidge Kept Busy. This method of Christmas tree dis- | play has been followed at the White House for three years. The arrange- | ments were personally supervised this | morning by Mrs. Coolidge, who returned last night from Northampton, Mass., where she spent five days visiting her mother, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, who has been il for months at a hospital at that city. This afternoon Mrs. Coolidge will participate in presentations of Christ- mas baskets at the Salvation Army headquarters. Just before noon she acted in the same capacity for the Central Union Mission, at Keith's Theater. Besides all this Christmas eve activity, she is being kept busy superintending the packing of the President’s and her own personal things to be taken on their island visit. Christmas eve and morning probably will be even more quiet than heretofore for the Coolidges, because of the ab- sense of their son John, who is living in Hartford, Conn., where he is start- ing on a career of railroad work. The Christmas remembrance from his parents has been sent to him. Numerous Gifts Received. The President and Mrs, Coolidge have fared as well as usual in the matter of Christmas presents and other remem- brances of the season. From the num- ber of these remembrances it is quite evident that neither the Executive nor ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla, December tered and torn, an old American flag received honors befitting its years of service at the Seaman’s Home here yes- terday. It was said to have covered the body of President William B. Mc- Kinley when the assassinated Chief Executive’s body lay in state in the White House. After the exercises the flag was pre- sented to the institution by Elbert B. Kay, manager of the refuge, who told of its history. The emblem, he said, was made in 1876, and was first used at lhe cen- 24.—Tat- \ Flag That Covered M'Kinley's Casket, Among Other Deed s, Gets Glass Home tennial celebration in New York. When President McKinley was inaugurated it COOLIDGE TOLIGHT TREE LAUNCHING CHRISTMAAS FETES Community Celebration To- night to Be Focal Point of Nation’s Observance. CAROL SINGING AMONG FEATURES OF PROGRAM Ma‘ny Organizations Busy With Distribution of Food and Gifts to Poor, When the first stars gleam through the Winter dusk tonight the age-old miracle of Christmas eve will have come to Washington and all Christen- dom. This city will be the center of a nation-wide community observance, starting at 8 p.m., when President 3| Coolidge presses a button to light the living tree in Sherman Square, which will be a signal for the simultaneous lighting of community trees through- out the country. This will be the President’s final ap- pearance before the people of Wash- ington this year on a public occasion. He is expected to leave tomorrow for Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia and will not return until after New Year's, To Reach Tree at 7:55. President and Mrs. Colidge are ex- pected to arrive at the tree in Sherman Square before the Treasury at 7:55 p.m. ‘They will be met by members of a na- tional committee neaded by District Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and including Senator Arthur Capper, Rep- resentative F. N. Zihlman O,. M. But- ler, Mrs. John F. Sippel, Charles F. Carusi, E. C. Graham and Frederic A. Delano. They will also be met by Miss Sybil Baker, chairman, and Col. U. S Grant, 3d, vice chairman of the local executive committee. Following the arrival of the President, the Cantique de Noel will be played by Arthur 'S. Witcomb of the Marine Band as a cornet solo. Mr. Coolidge :hen will be introduced by Commissioner Dougherty. As he lights the tree, a signal flare in the form of a Christ- mas star will be sent up, and the message will be relayed by Boy Scout buglers stationed throughout the city. Greetings to be Presented. ‘Then will follow the presentation to the President and Mrs. Coolidge of the Christmas greetings of the people of Washington by representatives of the Boy and Girl Scouts. ‘The Christmas greetings from the people of Washington in the form of a beautifully designed and executed -per- sonal Christmas card will be presented to Mrs. Coolidge through many or- ganizations of the Capital City, includ- ing the Arts Club, City Club, District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, District of Columbia Federa- tion of Labor, District of Columbia Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs, Federation of Citizens’ Associations, Federation of Civic_Associations, League of American Pen Women of the District of Columbia, Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, Quota Club of Washington, So- roptimist Club of the District of Colum- bia, Twentieth Century Club, Washing- ton Board of Trade, Washington Branch of the American Association of University Women, Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, Women's City Club, Zonta Club of the District of Columbia. Miss Marian Lane, Washington artist, designed and executed the Christmas card for presentation to Mrs. Coolidge. The card will be presented by Jocelyn Taliaferro Smith, niece of Commissioner Taliaferro. There will then be a series of Christ- mas carols, sung by the National Capi- tol Oratorio Association, and actom- panied by the Marine Band. Singing of the Star Sangled Banner will close the ceremonies. The band will play a preliminary Christmas Eve concert beginning at 7:30. Because of the Nation-wide hook-up, it is possible that both Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge may speak briefly. At 9 o'clock there will be the pro- gram of carol singing on the White House lawn, led by the vested choir of the First Congregationalist Church. This has been an annual custom since the Coolidges have been in the White House and has become one of the Christmas traditions of Washington. Mrs. Coolidge Busy. Before the lighting of the tree Mrs. Coolidge will have taken part in two other Christmas celebrations—the Cen- tral Union Mission’s party for children at Keith’s Theater and the distribution of food baskets at the Salvation Army temple, 606 E street. ; The Central Union Mission party took plaec at 11 a.m. and Mrs. Coolidge aided in distributing gifts to 1.400 chil- dren. The food distribution started at 2:30. There were 750 baskets. The Salvation Army is distributing 1,000 baskets altogether with enough food to provide Christmas dinners for 6,000 persons. L This evening she Salvation Army is planning a special party for 1,000 chil- dren at the Temple, when gifts will be presented. Tomorrow morning 75 baskets of food will be given away at the Salvation Army center in George- town. These have been provided by the Georgetown Citizens’ Association. Tomorrow afternoon more than 300 homeless men will be guests at dinner at the Salvation Army’s Social Service Center, 102 B street. A special Christ- mas party for colored children will be given tomorrow morning at one of the colered theaters. Food Is Distributed. ‘The Christmas program of the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, went forward today with distribution by workers for the mission of 200 50-pound bags of provisions among the poor families of the city. In addition at the children’s home conducted by the mis- sion at 328 C street a turkey dinner was served the youngsters. In the bags distributed among the r were many articles of food. An occupied a place of honor in the ball- room, and after he was killed, was draped over his casket. It was flown from the mast of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument in New York when President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the American flcet both on its departure for and return from its tour of the world in 1907. Since then it had been aloft but once until hauled to the mast- head over the Seamen’s Building for a few minutes during yesterday’s services. It will rest in a glass case in the recreation room of the institute, accord- ing to officialy i M o e s entertainment for children was held at | the children’s home yesterday, while “(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) NO 5:30 TOMORROW Because of the Christmas holi- day there will be no late edition of The Star tomogrow afternoon. | | suggestion for a League of Nations. *TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS! UNMASKED BARE LOOTS GAS J. W. Bachman, Attendant on Duty, Held Captive in Storage Closet. Robber, Wearing Overalis and{ Without Hat, Coolly Helps Self to Cash. An unmasked bandit, bareheaded,y and garbed in overalls, this morning forced J. W. Bachman, 27-year-old gas station attendant, into a storeroom at the point of a pistol and leisurely help- ed himself to the contents of the safe of the Standard Oil Co.’s Service Sta-| tion at Fourth street and Pennsylvania | avenue - southeast. A preliminary check-up disclosed the thief made away with between $400 and $500, receipts of Saturday night and yesterday. Bachman had reported for work about 6:45 o'clock, and was warming himself by a radiator in the office of the station when the bandit, described by the station employe as being about 30 years of age and of medium build, walked in and began chatting about the we’;;‘hen e stranger asked for a gallon can of oil. Bachman procurred lgt for him and was given a $5 bill in payment. The attendant opened the safe to get the change, turning his back on the supposed custorher. A moment later he heard the man say, “Never mind, bud- | die, you needn't get any more change,” and, turning, was confronted by a pis- | seen a man in overalls. HEADED BANDIT STATION OF $500 J. W. BACHMAN. —=Star Staff Photo. tol. The bandit ordered Bachman into a storage closet, where he remained until he heard the station door click. Confident the bandit had left, Bach- man, armed with a stick, says he crawl- ed out of the closet on his hands and knees. He jumped to his feet and ran outside. In the dim light he could see no one. A moment later a pedestrian appeared, and in response to Bach- man’s questioning said he had not The station employe then reported the theft to police. Returning to the safe, he found only about $10 in change left. SENSATIONAL WAR DOCUMENTS ISSUED State Department, Without| Explanation, Issues Official Correspondence Record. An amazing record of official war correspondence during the crisis of 1915, revealing in a new and still more | disillusioning light the materialistic | bartering of European statesmen behind | the scenes while the great “moral is- | sues” were being presented for public | consummation, was made public at the | State Dcpartment yesterday. The correspondence reveals secret letters from American representatives abroad and makes the first mention of a “League of Nations” as a medium for world peace to occur in American officlal records. It sheds new light also on the Lusitania incident and presents in complete detail the con- troversy with Great Britain over in- terference with American trade and the actual exchanges leading up to the recall of the Austro-Hungarian Ambas- sador, Dr. Dumba, at the request of the United States as well as the recall under similar circumstances of the German military and naval attaches, Capts. Boy-Ed and Von Papen. Volume Not Explained. The 1915 war correspondence makes up a closely printed volume of more than 1,000 pages. No explanation was olzxweu for its being made public at this ime. One of the most interesting revela- tions is in connection with the early | A letter to Secretary of State Lansing from Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American Minister at The Hague, dated Septem- ber 7, 1915, reports a conversation held by Van Dyke, while in London, with Sir Willlam Tyrrell, secretary to Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister. ; Tyrrell had talked with him, “apart and confidentially,” at a dinner on September 1, with six friends, Dr. Van Dyke said, and “with such evident in-| tention that I feel that you should know what he said.” The substance of the conversation as related by the American Minister follows: “He felt that Great Britain cowld not possibly consider any peace propositions which did not include as a first term the full restoration of Belgium and Northérn France. If I understood him correctly, he believed that compensa- tion for damages by Germany should also be made. After that, he said, he thought that a ‘league of nations’ should be formed to prevent the re- currence of such a war as this, to guarantee the respect of established neutrality and the maintenance of the general principles embodied in The Hague conventions (here the details (Conitnued on Page 3, Column a0 SLEEPING BOY, 9, SAVED FROM FIRE 14 Families Are Routed When’ Flames Sweep Belmar Apartment House. A 9-year-old boy was dropped un- harmed from a second-story window into waiting arms, and his grandfather, William S. O'Brien, 65 years old, was carried from his flaming apartment by | firemen after he had been seriously burned in a two-alarm fire shortly after | midnight, which routed 14 families in the Belmar Apartment House, 1333 Bel- mont street. While attempting to rescue O'Brien, who is employed at the Bureau of En- graving and Printing, Leo T. Madigan, 26 years old, who lives in the adjoining apartment, also was badly burned after breaking in the door of the O'Brien apartment. The fire started from an unknown source in O'Brien’s apartment and was conquered by- firemen before it spread to the rest of the building, although several other apartments were damaged by smoke and water. Most of the families in the building were driven, partly clad, into the street. Awaken and Smell Smoke. ‘The fire was discovered by Mrs. H. W. Lenderman, gqaughter of O'Brien, who with her husband and son Richard, 9 her husband, who opened the O'Briens’ and his wife had retired, when Mrs. Lenderman smelled the smoke. She told her husband, who opened the O'Brien’s bedroom door and was met with a rush of smoke and flame. Mrs. stagpered out, crying frantically, “Where is wiln?” Lenderman attempted to enter the room where O'Bricn lay, but was driven . _Then he went to his bedroom ntinued on Page 2, Column 6 O’Brien | WAGE RAISE GIVEN TONAVY YARD MEN }Employes in D. C. and Throughout Country Get 1 to 5 Cents Increase. -~ Increases in the wages of the em- ployes of the Washington navy yard and other navy yards and stations throughout the country, effective Jan- uary 1 next, were made public today by the Navy Department. Some of the | employes of the local yard received in- creases of from 1 to 5 cents an hour in their pay. In a number of the trades no change whatever was made. | No_decreases were made. | _The annual change in the pay sched- ule is required by law, which fixes the pay of these employes on a basis of the pay scales prevailing in the vicin- ity of each yard and station. Data are collected annually by the employes and the naval officials, to form a basis for the changed schedules of pay. ‘The trades receiving 1 cent an hour increases were: Battery attendant, chauffeur electrician, electroplater, fire- man, flange turner, drop forger, frame bender, joiner, millman, painter, pipe coverer and insulator, pipe fitter, plumber, sheet metal worker, ship- wright and wharf builder. ‘Two-cent increases were given to oiler, boilermaker, die sinker, engine- man, locomotive, hoisting and portabl instrument maker, machinist, molder, optical instrument finisher, optical in- strument assembler, pattern maker, shipfitter, tool maker and second-class apprentice. The following will get an increase of 3 cents an hour: Hammer runners, all grades; job printers and watch and chronometer repairers. Five cents an hour increases will be given laundry mangle hands, open hearth melters, temperers, and third and forth class apprentices. Under the supervisory mechanical | service, a new and higher maximum rate of $17.04, and a higher minimum rate of $11.04 a day are fixed for master me- chanies. __The rates of pay fixed for the Wash- | ington navy yard and gun factory, also are applicable to the Naval Medical School, Naval Hespital, Naval Dispens- ary and Marine Barracks, here; Naval Magazine and Naval Research Labor- atory, Bellevue; Naval Academy and Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.; Naval Air Station, Anacostia; Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head, Md., Naval Prov- ing Ground, Dahlgren, Va.; Naval Tor- pedo Station, Alexandria, Va., and the | Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va. | H. B. SPENCER ACCEPTS INAUGURAL BODY POST! ‘Will Head Transportation Commit- tee—Three Invited to Take General Committee Places. Henry B. Spencer has accepted th: chairmanship of the transportation committee for the inauguration, it was announced today by the inal&uraunn’ committee. The committee also announced the following had been invited to become members of the general committee* Ira E. Robinson, chairman of the | Federal Radio Commission; Winslow | Van Devanter and Maj. E. Brooke Lee. | i+ ELEVEN HELD IN PLOT. CONSTANTINOPLE. December | P.—Charged with plotting against | President Mustapha Kemal, 11 persons, including 4 women, were under arrest | today in Stamboul. ' Police charged that the plot was a royalist one and said it was not connected with the arrest last | week of 20 persons at Broussa, who were charged with plotting to aid prisoners to escape. 24 Chemist Is Praised for Killing Two Men During Hold-Up of Brooklyn Poker Game By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—Peter Cardone, a Brooklyn manufacturing chemist, also an expert pistol shot, was the recipiéent of hundreds of congratu- latory messages today for killing two of four armed men who attempted to hold up a poker game early Sunday morring in the home of a friend. Cardone, shot through the arm dur- ing a gun battle in which 14 shots were/ exchanged, was more concerned than elated, however, because two innocent bystanders also were killed. Police Commissioner Whalen per- sonally congratulated Cardone, saying that the city needed more men with courage and marksmanship to shoot when assaulted®y thugs. Ten men were in the poker S game at the home of Fred Rendino in Erooklyg w}éen dthedro;:r armed men appeared and ordered them to hold uj their hands. P One of the intruders kicked Cardone on the shin when he failed to obey. Angered, Cardone’ drew his weapon and began firing. Two bandits, identified later as Pas- quale Belmonte and Emanuel Frasca, were dropped by Cardone’s unerring aim, shot through the forehead. Mean- while, during the general melee, Rocco Massia, a chauffeur, who was an on- looker, was killed by a shot from one of the robbers, while Nicholas Sulzone, one of the players, was killed when he HOOVER APPROVED COOLIDREPOLICES, Implication That He Criticized Them Is Denied by Mem- ber of Party. ‘VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED’ HIM, SHERWELL SAYS Interview Published in Buenos Aires Newspaper Last Week Receives Repudiation. By the Associated Press. RIQ DE JANEIRO, Brazil, December 24.—Butler Sherwell, State Department interpreter for President-elect Hoower, has issued a denial of implications that Mr. Hoover criticized the wolicies of President Coolidge during an interview with President Yrigoyen cf Argen.ina, as published in a Buenos Aires news- paper last week. The statement, issued before the de- parture of the Utah on her homeward- bound voyage, was as follows: s “I have been informed of statements in dispatches in the American press quoting from an Argentine newspaper, which purports to give an interview be- tween Mr. Hoover and President Yri- goyen. As I was present and acted as interpreter in the interview, I can state ;\;nphnucally thfllll Mr. Hoover did not any way criticise the pclicies o President Coolidge, but far gcom it, h: vigorously supported those policies.” Dispatches from Buenos Aires on De- cember 19 told of an interview between President-elect Hoover and President Yrigoyen as published in the newspaper La Epocha. President Yrigoyen was was quoted by the paper as saying that he believed Mr. Hoover 'was not in ac- ;:é)srg with the ideas of President Cool- ‘The newspaper said that the question of intervention by the United squm m the affairs of other American nations was brought up by President Yrigoyen who was understood to have alluded to views on interventibn expressed by President Coolidge in various h The Argentine President was quoted further as having declared that he be- lieved Mr. Hoover was not in_accord with the ideas of President Coolldge. s Says Policy Closed. Epoca then quoted Presid Yrigoyen as adding that Mr. Hoos'g: had answered that President Coolidge had adopted his attitude solely in view of the circumstances of the individual cases. ‘The paper further quoted Mr. Hoover as saying that Al n people were opposed to the pol of intervention 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 inter- vention by the United States Govern- ment in the internal affairs of other countries, that their sovereignty would l‘-’:n ;:;x:e«i;eg and that their rights to r o would o L Wn problems be YULE PLANS MADE ON UTAH. Christmas to Be Observed in Real Style on Hoover Ship. By the Assoctated Press. U. 8. S. UTAH, December 24.—Home- ward bound from his tour of good will of Latin America, Herbert Hoover turn- ed his thoughts today to Christmas, which will be celebrated aboard ship tomorrow in true American style. Before sailing from Rio de Janeiro the Utah took aboard a Christmas tree and decorations. Ship's carpenters were busy today setting up the tree and also tables on the quarter deck for a general din- ner to the Hoover party and the ship's officers. Many presents were brought aboard the ship to enliven the spirit of th’er Doccusiém.! - most of the mas day aboard a !s{szlg.:t io(\f:'r' Ies:: perience, but to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover it Wwas nothing unusual, since their first Christmas after their marriage was on shipboard while they were en route to China, and they had eral times since then, "o o %8 V- Presents Are Opened. Upon boarding the ship Mr. found a number of presgnu '.5’&‘21".5’.’ him as well as others of his party and he opened all of them. Among them he found a docter's degree from Brazil University as well as a certificate as honorary chairman of the Brazilian Red Cross, inclosed in a handsome port- folio. Mr. Hoover is a trustee of the American Red Cross and upon taking over the presidency will become presi- dent of the American organization, Other gifts from Brazl included a set of books on engineering and other subjects, a dozen boxes of cigars and a picture of Dio de Janeiro. This Dpicture he Pprobably treasured most highly, as he was more impressed with the Brazilian capital than any other port visited in the long vears of his travels. In bidding farewell to Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Hoover stood on the deck as the Utah passed out to sea amid a won- derful display of fireworks. The dis- play began opposite the anchorage of the Utah and lasted until the mouth of the harbor, 4 miles distance, was reached. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoover stood by the rail watching the display which emanated from myriad moun- tains as the searchlights of the Utah criss-crossed in answer to the most col- orful farewell that Mr. Hoover received on his whole Latin American tour, Capital Rings with Cheers. As Mr. Hoover sailed away th Brazilian capital was nfi}mé w'}v\?[l}e‘ cheers and praises for him. The gen- eral opinion was that he carried with him the genuine friendship, admiration and esteem of the Brazilian people. This had been manifested in unparal- l;lg pageantry during his visit and in spdntaneous popular outbursts. Mr. Hoover’s last day in Brazil n with morning church- services. en he was luncheon host at the United States embassy, with Ambassador Mor- gan, to President Washington Lius, and later, at the request of the Brazilian President, he went to the Jockey Club race track, where the usual Sunday aft- ernoon races were held. The appeal was made to Mr. Hoover that thousands of workmen and others accustomed to go to the races on their only holiday of the week would be un- able to see him unless he consented to visit the track. One race was named the Hoover Sweepstakes, and President Luis escorted Mr. Hoover to the presi- dential box amid the acclaim of the {‘mlr(n!ped from uln.d‘%: ;:‘: other two old-up men comrades had been killed. B SPRE IR A multitude. the farewell the on. Page 2,