Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 13

e ————————————————————————————————————eeeeeeeeee e e e e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ey MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928.° The autogyro creation country the other day over the suburbs of Philadelphia. of the Spaniard Cierva making its The curious in this which first test flight “windmill” craft, flies almost perpendicularly in taking off and landing and can be held virtually stationary in the air, performed satisfactorily as an invention which some day may revolutionize aircraft design. Striking out to hike from Memphis, Tenn., to Florida with a lone dollar between them, Kitty Morris (left) and Bille Young, both 17, attracted the attention of police when they reached Birmingham in this attire. They accepted the suggestion_ that Chrismas would be happier at home and the parents were wired for the return fare. MONTGOMERY YULE FETES NUMERQUS County’s Churches, Schools and Other Organizations Entertain. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 24— Montgomery County citizens and chil- dren are spreading Christmas cheer in many ways. The pageant “Publish the Glad Tidings” was presented at Silver Spring last night, participants including 75 men, women and children. Begin- ning at 11:30 o'clock tonight, com- munion services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Bethesda. Rev. Clarence P. Parker will be cele- brant of the eucharist service at 10 a.m. tomorrow. - A cantata was given last night at the Methodist Church, Woodside, by a choir of 40. “The Messiah Promised” and “The Messiah's Birth” constituted the #wo parts of the cantata. “Christmas Waif,” a playlet, was glven last night in Washington Grove Assembly Hall by Sunday school mem- bers of the Methodist Church. A large tree and a music program were given. A community tree and entertainment will be given at Laytonsville Thursday evening, beginning at 7:30, under au- spices of the School and Community League, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and the two Methodist churches of the town. The music committee con- sists of Mrs. Samuel Riggs, Miss Ella Plummer and Mrs. Cooke Walker; pro- | gram, Mrs. Vernon Fulks, Mrs. Roger | Hawkins and Mrs. George Plummer; | Santa, Judge Joseph C. Higgins, Thomas | D. Griffith and Louis Bell; decorations, Mrs. Clara Mobley, Mrs. L. B. Arm- strong and Mrs, Frank Dwyer. ‘The annual entertainment of Ep- worth Methodist Sunday school, Gaith- ersburg, was held at the church last night, featured by the play “Grand- father’s Christmas,” presented by mem- bers of -the Sunday Santa was present. Several hundred children of Gaithers- burg and the county attended the an- nual Christmas party in St, Martin’s auditorium, Gaithersburg, last evening. It was given under joint auspices of the Catholic Daughters and Columbus and was for childrel denominations. ‘At Cabin John, Glen Echo, Kensing- ton, Garrett Park and other communi- ties entertainments are being held. YULE FETES PLANNED. school. Prince Georges County Churches to Have Midnight Services. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 24.— Christmas will be welcomed tonight in Prince Georges County with midnight services in many churches Banks will be closed and business generally will be suspended tomorrow. There will be no service at the post office in Hyattsville, which will remain open tonight until 9 o'clock. There —Associated Press Photo. 8N FAMLY DEAD N ALABAMA IR Four Others Burned Expect- ed to Recover—Mother and Father Among Victims. By the Assoclated Press. ANNISTON, Ala, December 24.— Another name was added to the death toll of the fire which destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Calhoun, near Lincoln, Ala., about 18 miles from Anniston, early yesterday, when Ella Bright, a 12-year-old daughter, expired in an Anniston Hospital early today. Other victims include the pgrents and fivé children. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun and the five children died yesterday, the mother and four children perishing in the flames, while the father, fatally burned in an effort to réscue some of his chil- dren, died last night. In addition to Mr, and Mrs. Calhoun and the latest victim, those who lost their lives in the flames are Eulala, 11; Freeland, 4; Emmet, 9; Robert Lee, 2; Albert Calhoun, jr., an infant. Essie Calhoun, 16, was reported in a critical condition early today and phy- sicians held little hope for her re- covery. Lois H., 13; Raymond, 17; Linos, 12, and A. M. Calhoun, 9, also were burned, but are expected to recover, Flames, believed to have resulted from a kitchen stove, first aroused Mrs. Calhoun, who awoke her husband and rushed to the opposite side of the house to awaken five children asleep in another room. After tossing the in- fant out of the window Mrs. Calhoun was overcome with smoke and died, to- gether with four other children. The baby was not thrown clear of the debris and was killed by falling beams. MARYLAND MAY OFFER SUMMER WHITE HOUSE Baltimore Real Estate Board Seeks to Have Site Selected by Con- gress Committee. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 24 —The Real Estate Board of Baltimore has started a movement to have a congres- sional committee select, a site in Mary- land for the proposed Summer White House. A realtors’ committee, headed by Thomas R. Bond and inciuding Joshua G. Harvey and James Carey Martien of Baltimore, Charles F. Lee of An- napolis and Richard H. Potts of Fred- erick, has been appointed to conduct Maryland’s fight. Members of the group will attend meetings of the congressional commit- tee in Washington on the subject. It is pointed out many estates suita- will be services Christmas morning in most churches in the county, with spe- clal sermons and music, ble for a Summer White House are to be found in Maryland’s Blue Ridge Mountains and on the East Shore, —Associated Press Photo. Maj. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, jr., millionaire boxing enthusiast of Philadelphia, watches his new ring protege, Rene de Vos, Belgian middleweight title contender, work out in a New York gym. The Philadelphia sportsman is giving him a few pointers on mauling the heavy bag. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Chicago’s largest department elevators. and courtesy as qualifications for elevators. At left: Five-year-old Edith Picher, Okla., who will back her total flying time of 250 hours as a record against that of any other She flies with her daddie, a youngster of her age. commercial pilot.—Copyright by store believes in decorating its Beauty, as illustrated here, ranks with intelligence, health the job of operating the store's —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Children of the Sunday school of All Souls’ Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets northwest, gathered for their Christmas season Mother Goose play. —Star Staff Photo. GEORGE F. PEABODY TO BE OPERATED ON Retired New York Banker and Philanthropist a Patient at Johns Hopkins. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December Foster Peabody, retired New York banker and philanthropist, will be op- erated on today at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he has been a patient for the last 10 days, it is said by attaches of the hospital Mr. Peabody, who is 76 years old, | is not in a serious condition, but has been under the care of Dr. Hugh H. Young in the Brady Institute in prep- | aration for the operation. H He was born in Columbus, Ga., and itarted his career with the purchase of a narrow-gauge railroad in Utah, Jater opening up coal flelds in that sec- | tion through it. He has served as trustee for the Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes for the training of colored people and as director of the Federal | Reserve Bank of New York. He married Mrs. Spencer Trask, nov- | elist, in 1921. Mrs. Peabody died a short time after the marriage. Two | years ago he adopted as his daughter | Mrs. Marjory Knappen Waite, social worker and director of the Katrina Trask Alliance, a woman’s organization of New York 24.—George Stocking Gift in Stocking. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. December 24.—The | Danville Lions’ Club in giving a party to 120 underprivileged children es- tablished an innovation in the Christ- mas stocking idea. In the foot of each stocking was the mate of the stocking, thus supplying raiment to that extent. Other gifts were made, | America. OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD By the Assoclated Press. A Christmas present for the world was recorded in the foreign news dis- patches last week by an agreement among League of Nations officials on a program for disarmament. Experts on the control of arms manufacture are to meet in Geneva March 11, 1929, and the preparatory commission of the League has been summoned with the idea that the meetings would be held after Herbert Hoover had been inaugu- rated as President of the United States. Another happening of holiday chacac- ter occurred when Bolivia followed Paraguay in accepting conciliation of their tense djspute by the Pan-Ameri- can Conference in Washington. . The exchanges seem destined to have an effect upon the Gondra Convention, a pact which was hailed at its incep- tion as an insurance of peace in Latin Bolivia said she could not accept mediation under that conven- tion because her Congress had ‘never ratified it. Steps to strengthen Gondra pact are being considered by the Pan- American gathering. Bolivia also pleased League of Nation circles by making reference to the peace efforts of that organization in her ac- ceptance of the Washington proposal. China, whose government is trying to obtain adoption of the Western cal- endar in that country, may remember the end of 1928 as a particularly pro- pitious time. The Nationalist govern- ment has just gained recognition by Great Britain, evidenced by the sign- ing of a new commercial treary doing away with one of the principal “un- equal” arrangements of the old regime and preparing the way for new Chinese customs based on tariff autonomy to be put into effect on_ February 1. France, Holland g\d Portugal also signed and Nanking hopes that with the possible exception of Japan the set of the new treaties will be completed carly in the year. The first was with the United States last year. The course' of “westernization” has had a roughér path in Afghanistan, where King Amanullah is facing open revolt, due largely to his edicts abol- ishing some customs that had deep root in religious practice. The latesi reports indicated that his army was making good progress against the rebels. England went into the holidays re- jolcing at the improved chances for health of King George. The country is also showing Ohristmas spirit by rallying to the relief of distressed fam- ilies in the mining districts. The gov- ernment has appropriated large sums to help solve that situation. Russia’s bread problem became a matter of concern in Moscow, where the authorities took steps to avert a flour shortage. Soviet headquarters in- dicated that food supplies had been ma- nipulated by selfish interest. In some other European countries there has been improvement in eco- nomic conditions. Reports of repara- tion commissioners showed decreased unemployment in Germany with better standards of living and increased ex- ports. An arbitration decision settled the wage dispute in the Westphalia and Rhineland iron and steel indus- tries and this development was reflected in Sweden, where new collective agree- ments between labor and employers were signed that will insure peace in industry for two years. Italy learned that the unemployed in that kingdom were less in numbe:s than a year ago, although there are still 320,000 men out of work. Premier Mussolini’s efforts for a higher birth- rate in Italy brought money prizes to large families, A POWER TRUST CURB URGED BY NORRIS Senator Tells Baltimore Forum People Will Have to Take Control as Protection. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. December 24— Charging that the “power trust is in the Government from top to_ bottom,” | Senator George W. Norris, Progressive Republican, of Nebraska, told members of the Baltimore Open Forum in the course of an address here yesterday, that the people would have to take | over the “power trust” in order to keep business out of politics. Senator Norris, in his address, which was titled “Save the Sehools,” referred i to the distribution of propaganda in schools of the Nation by public utilities, as developed by a congressional investi- gation and deplored the secrecy which he charged surrounded the entire activ- ities of the power companies in this line. Turning to attempts to control legis- lation, Senator Norris said that $300,000 had been Bpgropnuud in one year by utilities for this purpose, “principally in the Senate, which “has less than 100 member: He sald that no bribes were offered, as “the matter was handled in other ways.” In this connection, he cited a $20,000 retainer fee paid to a former Senator ‘who appeared before a Senate commit- tee, and added that “they never em:, ployed him for his ability as an attorney, | and it is believed in the Senate he was paid $19,995 more than his services were worth.” In er]¥|m a question, Senator Norris sald that he believed all that was needed to eliminate the danger of the power Rose Newton of P. & A. Photos. the truckhouse. Father and son start their higher education together. Franklin Green and his son Luther, Above: District fire fighters remember the needy of their neighborhood at Christmas time. of No. 7 Truck Company, Eighth street between D and E streets southeast, preparing Christmas baskets at Firemen —Star Staff Photo. Dennis who are freshmen at St. John's College, Annaolis, where the elder Green is pursuing a course prepar- atory to the study of medicine. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 24 (Spe- cial).—Mass for' Rev. John S. Cuddy, late pastor of St. Martin's Catholic Church, Gaithersburg, who was killed in a railroad crossing accident at Gaith- ersburg recently, was said in St. Mar- tin's Church yesterday morning by the new pastor, Rev. John J. Callahan. Members of the Gaithersburg Court of Catholic Daughters of America and the Gaithersburg Knights of Columbus Council attended in a body and par- took of communion. The Oberlin Men's Glee Club of Oberlin, Ohio, will appear in a concert in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Woodside this evening, according to an- nouncement by the pastor, Rev. Ralph D. Smith. The club is composed of | 30 members and is said to be one of the finest of its kind in the country. Funeral of Edmund D. Beall, well known farmer and lifelong resident | of the Lay Hill neighborhood, whose death early Friday evening followed three days after that of his wife, Mrs. Annie Beall, took place yesterday from the home and was very largely attended. Burial was in Rockville Union Cemeter; Members of the Volunteer Fire D partments of Montgomery County are considering giving a benefit for one of | their number who was disabled recently while fighting a fire in the count; Representatives of the companies at Kensington, Gaithersburg-Washington Grove, Bethesda and Silver Spring gave the matter consideration at a recent meeting at Bethesda and it was tenta- tively decided to hold the benefit either at Kensington or Silver Spring within the near future. REWARDS OFFERED IN FOUR MURDERS Virginia Governor Seeks Capture of Men Charged With Killings of Two Years Ago. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSVILLE, Va., December 24. —Gov. Byrd has posted four rewards of $100 each for the capture of four alleged murderers, some of whom have been at large nearly two years. They are limited to ninety days and will expire at the end of that time. The rewards are offered for Brice Gravely, charged with killing Reubin Wal- ler lash month; John Still, charged with the murder of Frank Smith in February 1927; Ernest Martin, alleged to have killed Dan Hairston in May, 1927, and Robert Moore, alleged to have slain Irvin Trent in September, 1926. . Three Injured by Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. December 24. —Three are in hospitals here as the re- sult of having been struck by an auto- mobile on_the national highway just west of Cumberland early yesterday. ‘They are Marlin D. Brubaker, 25 years old, member of the Maryland State po- lice, badly fractured leg and head in- juries; Alec T. Shaner, cuts and brulses, and James H. Dick, head and eye in- trust was to expose the propaganda. “Let the people know the truth, ‘and thg'll take gure of the schools,” he BRI —— | ) Juries, right arm broken, ribs fractured and right knee probably fractured; con- dition critical. The beside their disabled car when struck. . —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. RABBI ATTAGKS - NON-ZIONIST RULE Their Inclusion in Agency Council Declared Contrary to Palestine Mandate. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 24.—Rabbi Ste- phen Wise of New York arrived here too late to prevent the adoption Satur- day night by the World Zionist Or- | ganization of a plan to broaden the | Jewish Agency by the inclusion of non- Zionists. Under this plan the agency council will consist of 100 Zionists and 100 non-Zionists, of which 40 will be Americans. Although arriving too late to influence | the voting, Dr. Wise was granted the | courtesy of a hearing, in which he de- | nounced the plan as contrary to the Palestine mandate and said that the secret session in which the matter was decided would prove harmful to Zionist interests because secret diplomacy has been condemned by the world. Secret Declaration Hit. “The Balfour declaration and the mandate for Palestine,” he sald, “were openly secured through public opinion and should not be endangered through secret deliberation.” He declared that the duty under the mandate could not be taken over entirely or in part by those refusing to pledge themselves to establishing a Jewish national home in Palestine. He held that helping Pales- tine could not be accepted as a substi~ tute for building a Jewish home there. He charged the resolution adopted with violation of the rule prohibiting change in the mandate. o In his speech, Dr. Wise sald: “In insisting on this limitation we Zionists do not distrust the non-Zionists. As trustees for the Jewish people, their rights are given them by mandate. “It is our duty to provide for re- i sumption of our responsibility if these rights are imperiled. While the Jewish | national home cannot be built in ten years it may be destroyed in three (the duration of the adopted agreement). | At this crisis no Zionist dares be silent when the sacred ark of Zionism is threatened.” Resolution Amended. Although unable to prevent passage of the resolution, as the -result of the address of Dr. Wise, the council amended it by defining the object of the proposed agency as “the establish- ment of a Jewish national home in Palestine.” Later Dr. Wise said that the resolu- tion would not bring the enlarged agency into being until after it had been approved by the Zionist congress. He said he would oppose it before the congress and even supporters of the agency were in agreement that “it rnetllins the death of the Zionist organi- zation.” 22 Deaths to 10 Births. Special Dispatch to The Star. . LYNCHBURG, Va. December 24.— ‘wenty-two deaths and ten births were reported here last week, health office n were standing ' records shov{rul'lg 17 !;hlw mhtji 5 colored persons _ expl and 5 white and 5 colored‘mrmn‘