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2 W PARLEY AWAITING BOLIVIA'S ANSWER' Needed to Start Arbitration Committee Work—Receives Paraguay Reply. By the Associated Press. Only the reply of Bolivia is needed to set the committee named to help adjust the Bolivian-Paraguayan quarrel to work. Paraguay's reply to a ques- tionnaire from the committee was re- ceived last night ‘The committee, named by the Pan- American conference _on conciliation and arbitration, felt, that the question- naire was comparatively easy %6 answar and some uneasiness was expressed when the two countries were seemingly slow in answering. Paraguay's mes- sage allayed some of this concern and Diez de Medina, Bolivian Minister, has said that he expected to hear from his government soon. Says Terms Favorable. The Paraguayan note was not made public, but the legation here said its terms were favorable to conciliation and peace. The questionnaire had asked both governments to define the con- versy and to state their preferences as to the constitution of a conciliation tribunal. / The Bolivian-Paraguayan conference has claimed much of the attention of the conference which met to discuss framing a new arbitration treaty. Some Progress Made. Some progress has been made, ho\\'-' ever, toward drawing up a pact, but just’at present differences have arisen over its provisions. Eighteen of the twenty republics here are said to favor inclusion in the pro- posed treaty of a clause which would exempt from compulsory arbitration international dispute arising from questions “which, in conformity with the legislation of each contracting' party, belong to the internal jurisdic- tion of the state.” The spokesmen for these delegations is Dr. Enrique Olaya of Columbia. The other delegations, among which | is understood to be that of the United States, want this claute to contain the further provision that such differences be excepted from compulsory arbitra- tion, provided that such legisiation does not violate the principles of interna- tional law. GENERALS ARE PROMOTED. 4 Rewarded for Their Services in De- fense of Bolivia. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 24 (#).— President Siles has promoted “Gen. Jose Quirioz, chief of the general staff to the rank of division general and Gen. Carlos Gumucio to that of general of a brigade as a reward for their services in defense of the nation. ‘The various patriotic funds continued t# grow and additional volunteers have been enrolled. The local. rotary club sent $800 to the Rotary Club of Buenos Aires totbe given to the Bolivian soldiers captured by the Paraguayan forces at Fort Vanguardia. DEAD OFFICERS SHOW UP. Bolivians Had Demanded Vengeance for Their Death. ASUNCION, Paraguay, December 24 (P).—Nineteen Bolivian soldiers cap- tured at Fort Vanguardia have arrived at Villa Hayes. They include Lieut. Lozada and Capt. Manchego, for whose alleged deaths Bolivians had demanded vengence. The minister of the interior gave an advice from _the village of Pedro Juan- Cadallero, Brazil, saying that 80 Bolivian deserters had sur- rendered to the Brazilian authorities at Corumba. CAROLS AND TREES MANY IN ARLINGTON Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. December 24— Carol singing around several community Christmas trees and midnight services at many of the churches will usher in the Yuletide season in Arlington County. All offices at the courthouse will close at 12 o'clock today that the officials may have ample time to prepare for a joyful time with their families, and there will be a general suspension of business Christmas day. Chief among the community celebra- tions will be staged at Clarendon and Lyon Village. At the former place the Clarendon ~ Citizens' Association and the Arlington District Library Associa- tions have prepared a program which will be presented at 6 o'clock before the per- manent Christmas tree in Memorial Triangle on Wilson Boulevard, which has been gayly decorated with varied colored electric lights. The ceremony there will include the singing of Christ- mas carols by choirs of several churches of the community, prayers and the pres- entation of gifts to children. College Venus MARY E. REYNOLDS Of Newton, Mass., Mount Holyoke Col- lege co-ed, holding the Sarah Streator Cup, awarded annually to the student possessing the highest degree of physi- cal perfection. U.S. LEADERS PLEAD FOR KELLOGG PACT Message Sent to Capital by the World Alliance for Friendship. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—The ‘World Alliance for Friendship Through the Churches made public yesterday a Christmas appeal it has st to Presi- dent Coolidge and members of Congress advocating the signing of the Kellogg pact and requesting that the United States refrain from any policy of arm- ament expansion at present. The ap- peal was signed by more than 100 lead- ers in business, education, religion, in- dustry, art, social work and finance. ‘The message said, in part: - “We, the undersigned, do hereby pe- tition our Government to refrain from any policy of armament expansion at present. It is our firm belief that the security of our Nation will not be en- dangered by such a policy * * * and that any prégram envisaging an ad- vance in armaments now would in- evitably arouse on the part of other nations serious doubt of our sincerity in advocating and signing the Kellogg pact.” ‘Those signing the appeal were: James R. Angell, Roger W. Babson, George Gordon Battle, John McEntee Bowman, William P. Beazell, James W. Brown, Walter Damrosch, Cleveland E. Dodge, Irving Fisher, Haley Fiske, Harry Hark- ness Flagler, Charles Dana Gibson, Lou E. Holland, Hamilton Holt, Will Irwin, David Starr Jordan, Otto H. Kahn, Ivy Lee, Louis Marshall, George Foster Pea- body, James C. Penney, George Haven Putnam, Frank D. Rossevelt and George W. Wickersham. Edwin A. Alderman, Frederick H. Allen, C. C. Anderson, Jules 8. Bache, George G. Barber, Clarence A. Bal bour, Edwin M. Bulkley, Robert J. Cald- well, Patrick Henry Callahan, Theo- dore Christianson, John H. Clarke, Everet H. Colby, W. C. Coleman, James S. Cushman, Robert Fulton Cutting, Willlam H. Danforth, J. Lionberger Davis, Norman H. Davis, Albert L. Dean, Thomas C. Desmond, Stephan P. Dug- gan, Robert E. Farley, A. H. P. Faunce, Charles W. Flint, Robert W. De Forest, Raymond B. Fosdick, Ralph W. Har- bison, William Albert Harbison, Harold A. Hatch, Edward W. Hazen, William Bancroft Hill, Frank A. Horne and James N. Jarvie. Clarence H. Kelsey, Willlam M. Kingsley, Henry Goddard Leach, Salmon ©O. Levinson, Samuel McCune Lindsay, R. A. Long, Henry D. Lindsley, Marcus M. Marks, Parker Thomas Moon, D. H. McAlpin, Laurence McGuire, Herman A. Metz, William Fellowes Morgan, George . Ochs-Oakes, Morgan J. O'Brien, John F. O'Ryan, Edgerton Parsons, John R. Pepper, George A. Plimpton, A similar program will be carried \ James H. Post, William A. Prendergast, out in Lyon Village at 7 o'clock. The | Christmas tree has been established at the intersection of Lee Highway and Tucker Avenue, and the ceremony, will be under joint auspicés of the Lyon Village Woman's Club and Citizens” As- sociation, MERRY YULE ASSURED FOR ALL BLUEJACKETS | Lvery Man Will Have His Turkey, Under Supply Division Plan. By the Associated Press. t will be a merry Christmas in the with every man having_turkey gifts unless plans of the Suppiy Division of the Navy Department m Y. Months ‘ago naval supply officers anging for Christmas, and of thousands of pounds of nd some 47,000 sacks of gifts om the American Red Cross have long cen on their way to the far-flung posts end to American war vessels at sea, Navy supply vessels have carried turkey, cranberries and sweets to warships out of reach of their home ports. Commer- cial refrigerator vessels also have been vailed into service to fill the Christmas needs of faraway Navy ships touching Bt ports of call In every comer of the trees replete with the t novelties will shine on every Navy hip, and wherever possible the fleet il touch ports and thousands of blue- fackets and officers will have shofe liberty for the day. To carry out the traditional observ- snce of Christmas in the Navy ex- iremes often are resorted to, and one tale is told of a Christmas tree being rarved from whalebone on a vessel in tn Alaskan port. The tree was made for the enejoyment of the Eskimo babies and was covered with blobs of whale fat tied temptingly on the white bone branches as prize cainties for the children, but they immediately grabbed the candles and devoured them with delight. Another part of the Navy tradition will be carried out when Santa Claus wppears in various ports with gifts for orphans. These are purchased with the anual surplus of the co-operative slores operated on every ship, and from this same fund comes quantities of cigars and cifjarcties for the s, Michael I. Pupin, Fred W. Ramsey, Bernard G. Richards, C. M. Rodefer, Chester H. Rowell, Winslow Russell, Earl C. Sams, J. Henry Scattergood, William Jay Schieffelin, R. H. Scott, James T. Shotwell, Prancis Louis Slade, James M. Speers, Willlam J. Stitt, Carroll H. Sudler, Henry W. Taft, David W. Teach- out, Hugh A. Thrift, Seth. Sprague Terry, Samuel Thorne, John P. Wallace, Frederick A. Wallis, Paul M. Warburg, Graham C. Wells, G. P. Whaley, C. B. Winslow and Matthew Woll. CONGRESS OF FAIRS TO MEET IN VIRGINIA Many Southern Eastern States Will Be Represented at Roanoke January 14-15. and By the Associated Press. STAUNTON, Va, December 24— Approximately’ 400 agricultural fair officers of Virginia and other Southern and Eastern States, are expected to at- tend the twelfth annual congress of the Virginia Association of Fairs, to be held at Roanoke, January 14 and 15, accord- | ing to C. B. Ralston, secretary and | treasurer. | The program this year provides for | numerous discussions of problems re- ating to fairs. For this purpose ! several open forums have been arranged. | The first session will be devoted to | business, with President H. B. Watkins | of Danville, presiding. Fair dates and | other matters will come up for con- sideration at this session. Mayor Charles D. Fox of Roanoke, who will deliver the address of wel- come. Thomas B. McCaleb, secretary of the Alleghany County fair, Coving ton will make the response. President Watkins will make his annual address. W. H. Gocher, secretary of the National Trotting Association, Martford, Conn.; Charles A. Somma, general manager of the Virginia State fair, Richmond; Carroll E. King, secrtary and manager of the Appalachian District Fair Association, Johnson City, Tenn.; J. Callaway Brown, secretary of the Bed- { ford County fair, Bedford; Lewis A. Scholz, secretary of the Roanoke fair, Roanoke; C. A. Montgomery, State boy’s club agent, Blacksburg, Va. and Dr. T. N. Spencer, secretary of the Cabarrus district fair, Concord, N. C., are speakers, = if Sats THE: EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928. BRAZIL'S FUTURE DECLARED BRIGHT |Wealth of Nation’s Re- sources Untouched as Lead- ers Plan Great Strides. BY WILL IRWIN. By Cable to The Star and the North Ameri- can Newspaper Alliance. RIO DE JANEIRO, December 24.— It is a perilous thing to judge a nation —especially a nation so large and di- verse as Brazil—from its capital. But in anticipation of Mr. Hoover's visit, experts on education and economic life | have gathered from every corner of this vast republic. In the last two days President-elect Hoover has received three addresses of welcome and made three speeches of his own, besides pub- lic_appearances. In the intervals, however, Mr. Hoover has followed the custom established since the beginning of the trip and sat closeted with the native authorities dis- | cussing the life of the country. As he can deal with only one'or two ex- perts at a time, the rest of them have spilled over onto us correspondents. Out of all this undigested material comes a sense of a country having al- most unlimited resources, only partial- ly developed—of a great nation of the future, Its area is about that of con- tinental United States. But we have no such diversity of physical geogra- phy. Regionally it ranges from dank tropical jungle to perpetual snow. It has more cultivable temperate lands than any other South American coun- try. An area along the sluggish Ama- zon, nearly as large as our Middle West, is explored only near the rivers. Great Developments Planned. Brazil is pushing into that last fron- tier against the time when the tropics will furnish the foodstuffs and most of the raw materials for the whole world. One hears wonder tales of undeveloped resources. Somewhere are mountains of iron, as yet only imperfectly devel- oped. Somewhere are great fields of second grade coal. These last indeed are partially developed, but the over- land haul to Rio or Sao Paulo is so long that the miners cannot as yet compete with the Cardiff coal from England. And at this moment Brazil is planning some of the greatest electric developments in the world. The Brazilian people are of diverse origins, but the foundation is Portu- guese. Underlying all her diversities must be a substratum of shrewd peas- ant_Portuguese. However, Brazil has her attention fixed now not upon her black coal, but upon that everlasting white coal, elec- tric power. She, too, has a heritage in the water falls of the Andes. Develop- ment of the temperate Sao Paulo from a sleepy subcapital of 300,000 souls, concerned only with coffee trade, is merely common sense. It is the same quality which the Yankees from Cape Cod have remarked in the Portuguese fishermen and farmers who have come so much among them in late years. Considering the size of the country and the difficulty of maintaining com- municaticns, the political stabjlity and moderation is astonishing. The world probably knows that in her two revolu- tions—one which separated her from the mother country and the other which turned her into a republic— Brazil took only one life apd that through a mistake. Whereas in our two corresponding ‘revolutions we drenched our country in blood. Elections Bitterly Contested. ‘The Brazilians fight it out at the polls even more hotly than we do and when the election is over they accept by in- stinct the will of the majority. The last, remotest citizen, holding down a station among the savage Indians in the wilds of the Amazon remarks, if he does not like the new government, that “business has to go on nevertheless.” Then he shrugs his shoulders and pro- ceeds with his job. As yet there seems to be no sense of rivalry between Rio and that Pitts- burgh of the south, Sao Paolo, “where,” sald one of the Rio journalists, “we are starting a new building every hour and a half.” ' Every one regrets that Mr. Hoover could not see this district. Its cotton goods— the raw material is raised most~ ly in the same province—are gradually absorbing the South American market. It is developing manufactured steel products. A Brazillan built automobile, the first of its kind, will go to the Span- ish exposition next year. The hustling industrialists of this district see simply no end to the development of their town, and talk about it like the members of a Western boosters’ club. Nor does Brazll at this era permit herself to be too much handicapped by the past. She began her modern de- velopment, like other king-ridden South American countries, with great estates from royal grants. But when she eman- cipated her slaves the great cstates be- gan falling to pleces, and even now without that there wou'd have been an embarrassment of virgin lands. 100,000 Immigrants Each Year. For a long time Brazil has absorbed 100,000 immigrants each year—Italian, German, Portuguese, Slavic and Polish. As with us in the eighties, these people come not to crowd the cities, but to set- tle themselves on the land. The Ger- mans have been coming so long that they form a strong beam in the struc- ture of Brazil. As yet the country en- forces two restrictions—it will not ad- mit Africans or Mongolians. But of late it has been experimenting with 20,000 Japanese, who are developing rice lands. All these Brazillans use constantly the phrase, “The new mentality.” The Tising generation in Brazil has opened a wider gulf between it and the old forms of thought than even our own ounger generation. It expresses itself in impatience with the old hampering forms in business and finance, in the ploneer spirit as regards the great un- developed areas, in the desire for ju- dicious experiment and in a new feel- ing of nationalism which has not as yet risen toward the danger point. “The new mentalily” expresses itself also in the new outlook of women. An American who has lived here for 20 years talked with me on that point yesterday, saying: “When I came here the sexes still followed old Portuguese customs. No girl of marriageable age went abroad without a duenna.. The arrival of the first American typewriter agent really began the forward movement. He be- held business men going to their of- fices in top hats and found that any- thing but a hand-written letter was considered offensive. When he had broken that custom they needed type- writer girls, and he opened a school. Typists Had Chaperons. “The first applicants,” continued my informant, “came with their duennas, who sat knitting as the girls took their lessons. But when the girls got the jobs chaperonage had to stop. That was the beginning. The arrival in quan- ) tities of self-starting automobiles fin- ished it off. When I arrived, they would have arrested the people for mixed bathing. Well, you have seen the béaches today. “‘We even seem on the verge of woman suffrage,” he added. “In fact, the State of Rio Grande do Norte has emancipated its women. When its Senator elected this year arrived in Rio his opponents contested his election as ungonstitutional. The Supreme Court is looking into the matter. It all de- pends on the interpretation of the word citizen in the constitution. If the court decides it has feminine gender as well as_masculine that point of grammar will win suffrage automatically, If it I { utes despite “greasy” roads. KING STILL HOLDS STEADY PROGRESS Duke of Gloucester Arrives, Completing Family Expect- ing Happy Christmas. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, December 24.—King George was doing probably as well as could be expected today in the slow progress from the depths into which his grave illness had plunged him and there was a united family at Buckingham -Palace | for the Christmas holidays. ‘The last of the three sons who were in distant parts of the far-flung Brit- ish Empire when the King was taken gravely ill more than a month ago re- turned to the palace today. The arrival of the Duke of Gloucester a fortnight after the Prince of Wales and a few days after his younger brother, Prince George, completed the family party. The duke, who reached Southampton from South Africa early .today, stepped through the portals of Buckingham Palace in the middle of the forenoon shortly before his father's physicians issued this bulletin: Bulletin Again Favorable. “The King has had a quiet night. The local condition continues to show progress. The general condition re- mains unchanged.” The Duke of Gloucester's arrival at the royal residence after a quick motor trip from the coast was so unexpectedly early that the small crowd outside the palace was unaware of his return home until some time afterward. Even royal household’ officials, who had been ex- pecting him later in the day, were not present to receive him when he arrived at the private door at the side of the palace. He went straight to his own apartments, where he will stay for the time being. Later the duke saw Queen Mary, who affectionately greeted the last of her re- turning sons. Duke Speeds in Auto. The duke had driven his own car from Southampton, a distance of more than 78 miles, in 2 hours and 20 min- The re- turning son found the atmosphere of the palace, which was one of deep anxiety when he started his trip from South Africa, one of subdued optimism as to the outcome of his majesty’s ill- ness. While physicians today were unable to revort any further definite improv ment in his general condition, it was pointed out in authoritative quarters| that so gradnal and slight is the prog- | ress made that it is often impossible for the doctors to detect any change in the patient’s condition in the interval between one bulletin and another. The cumulative effect, however, of a number of small steps forward made it possible for them to say that the King was definitely in a much better position than a week ago. Improvement Continues. Assurances were given that nothing has taken place to check the courss | of the King's progress thus far and | the doctors were stated to be satisfled with the way things are going. There was a distinct air of hopefulness among household officials this morning. The Prince of Wales went hunting today with the Quorn hounds, the first time that he has been in the fleld since his return from Africa. The recent improvement in King George’s condition was stated to have warranted his going further afield than VETERANSDECRY SHORTAGE OF BEDS Inquiry Is Launched Into Sit- uation Caused by Nation- wide Influenza Epidemic. Acting on recommendations of the President’s Own Garrison, No. 104, of the Army and Navy Union, Maj. W. L. Peak, national commander of the or- ganization, has launched an inquiry into reports that the influenza epidemic may cause “sn acute situation” among veterans, due to a shortage of beds in Government nospitals. The American Legion already has placed before Congress a request for 2,300 more beds in hospitals, under the United States Veterans' Bureau, and claims that the situation is urgent, as regards reguisr patients. Maj. Peak has written to Watson B. Miller, chairman of the national re- habilitation committee of the American Legion, concerning the matter and asked “whether there is a lack of facili- ties for proper hospitalization of ex- service men.” Fears for “an acute situation” were expressed by the President’s Own Gar- rison, which said in a communication from Comdr. A. J. Renoe that reports indicated “a tremendous shortage of beds in the United States Veterans' Hospitals throughout the country.” HOOVER APPROVED COOLIDGE POLICIES, INTERPRETER SAYS (Continued From First Page) Brazilian military band of 120 pieces, uniformed in white, crimson and gold, and with plumed brass helmets, drew up before the embassy and played “The Star Spangled Banner.” The band from the Utah, stationed inside the embassy grounds, played the Brazilian national anthem. As President Luis came to the entrance of the embassy he was es- corted by dragoons and lancers, and their swords and helmets flashed in the tropical Midsummer sun and their pen- nants whipped in the breeze. Later President Luis went to thé Utah to say a final word of farewell before the ship sailed north for Key West, Fla. environs only fortify my overwhelming impressions of the harbor. I may modify my opinions when I awake from the dream, but just now I am ready to affirm to all comers that this is the most beautiful city on this planet, made so not only by nature but by art. The inhabitants had built their city over the hills with an ornateness and joy in decorative colors which give back rapture to the bright sun. These hill- sides yield everywhere romantic vistas, Brazil's old dynasty of kings were splendid builders. No republic would have gone to the trouble of erecting the palaces which Dom Pedro left behind him, but which this republic is glad to have when it is entertaining such visitors as Mr. Hoover. The reception of the diplomatic corps and prominent citizens was held Satur- day night in the City Palace, whereon French architects have lavished all the gllded splendors of the Second Empire, Behind it stretches a long garden of gigantic palms. This garden was il- luminated by concealed electric lights. While the youngsters danced inside the palace the elders strolled in the garden PLAN FEATURES OF BANQUET OF BOARD OF TRADE The annual dinner meeting of the trade body, to be held at the Willard Hotel February 2, is to take the form of a “world cruise.” Barnard, “chief engineer, “chief steward,” dinner committee. “chief deck steward,” floor commitiee; Herman F. Carl, tee, and J. Mitchell Owens, publicity director. Upper, left to right, are George Miller, “pilot,” chairman of the advisory committee; Jerome entertainment committee; Milton Schwab, ‘“‘purser, Lower: John T. Bardroff, “second steward, hief wireless operator,” lights and loud speakers commit- tickets committee, and W. C. Witts, souvenirs committee; Edgar Morris, DETEGIES GUARD MANER! JRVVEN Sentencing of Two to 25 Years for Kidnaping Brings Fear of Reprisals. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December .24—The Rani- erl kidnap trial today had ended, but | an anti-climax, feared by police, left consternation in the homes of the jurors and principal witnesses for the prose- | cution. Detectives guarded the homes of Lhe‘ 12 men who yesterday sentenced Angelo | Petitti and Andrew Cappellano to 25| years in the penitentiary for havlngK held the lad captive for $60,000 ransom. Home of Father Guarded. A heavy guard also was maintained | about the homes of A. F. Ranieri, father of Billy, and Mike Devito, who had tes- | tified for the prosecution. ters threatening death were sent oth Ranieri and Devito during the trial. Judge Gentzel, who #lso received a death threat, refused protection, He commended the jurors for their patriotism and courage in trying the case and thanked them for their “ser’ ice to the country.” Petitti and Cappellano sat stoically as | the jurors returned.with the verdict, | nearly five hours after they had heard | the prosecutors demand the death | penalty. | Wife Breaks Down. | As it was read Petitti smirked and shook hands with George Guenther, de- fense attorney. Cappellano started straight ahead as his wife, the mother of nine children, broke into a paroxysm of sobbing. ‘Tony Cappellano, son of Andrew, also charged with the kidnaping, was ac- quitted. In their closing arguments prosecuting attorneys indicated they would not be averse to freeing Tony. Guenther immediately made a motion for a new trial and the hearing was set for January 25. STUDENT BATTLERS ASSAILED BY COURT Pair Accused of Intoxication Are Referred to Probation Officer for Report. Apparently oblivious of bandages in which their heads were swathed, Wil- liam S. Jackson, 23, and Frank McKain, 25, college students, accused of intox- ication, today endeavored to convince Judge Gus A. Schuldt they merely had Indulged in’ a “friendly tussle.” Speculation as to what might have been the result had the pair been really mad led the court to question the de- fendants and disclosed that their “friendly tussle” had so disturbed oc- cupants of the apartment in the 1700 block of Seventh street, where the stu- dents live, that police were summoned. Policeman L. Starkweather, who re- sponded, took the men to Emergency Hospital for treatment prior to locking them up at the third precinct. He said the men began fighting after departure of several guests who attended a party at the apartment. When the students told of their plans to study for the forelgn service, Judge Schuldt expressed doubt as to whether they would be fitting representatives of America in a foreign country. Moved by the holiday spirit and by the pre- vious good record of the defendants, however, the court ordered the case re- ferred to the probation office for report. FRENCH TOWN DEEDS GRAVES FOR U. S. DEAD By the Associated Press. Through the gift of the French village of Moyenmoutier of the ground occu- pied by the grave of Lieut. Thomas R. Plummer of New Bedford, Mass., a con- troversy of 10 years comes to an end. Unlike most American families whose | sons fell in France the Plummers strongly desired that Lieut. Plummer's body he left in the little French cems tery where it was buried two days be- fore the Armistice was signed and a few days before the Croix de Guerre award- ed him by the French government was received. This caused the unwinding of much red tape. Lieut. Plummer, althought 50 years of age when the war broke out, enlisted in the American Red Cross and was assigned to the French village of Moyenmoutier just behind the French Jlinés. There he did such valiant work ‘that he was beloved by the entire pop- ulation of the village. They buried him with highest honors in their own vil- lage cemetery. His death was the result of unselfish devotion to sick and wound- ed French soldiers. ‘When the work of removing American soldiers' bodies to government cemeter- ies in this coyntry and France began Lieut. Plummer’s grave was one of the {ewblsola!ed ones marked “Do not dis- urb.” The Government could not leave soldiers’ bodies without definite title to the land or without assurance that graves would be properly cared for, however, After much interchange of correspondence between the town coun- cil of Moyenmoutier, the cemetery di- vision of the Quartermaster Corps of does not, Rio Grande do Norte expects to go on fighting ~ Further vigwp of the clty and its —a melange pf splendid diplomatic uni- forms and Parisian toilettes. ight, 1928, 1 11 countries ] o A e eI 0, the United States Army and the family of Lieut. Plummer, the problem was solved with receipt of the titie to the ground occupled the gravey ... d HELEN JACOBS, Spectator at a fire on Belmont street, who was knocked down by a burstigg hose. —Star Staff Photo. SLEEPING BOY, 9, RESCUED FROM FIRE; 14 FAMILIES ROUTED (Continued From First Page) and took his sleeping son, Richard, from his crib and carried him to the front of the apartment. A crowd had assembled in front of the building and Lenderman, seeing a number of men under the window, shouted to them to catch the boy. The child’s fall was cushioned in waiting arms and he was sleepily rubbing his eyes, scarcely awake, when he reachzd the ground. Lenderman assisted his wife and Mrs. O'Brien out a window and along a ledge into Madigan’s apartment and then again tried to enter O'Brien's bedroom and again was driven back by the flames. Meanwhile R. J. Bittner, a fireman of No. 13 Engine (Co., who lives in an apartment on the first floor of the apartment_house, and his brother; Leo Bittner, who was visiting him, traced the fire to its source. Leo Bittner seized a fire extinguisher and when he reached the apartment began to play the fluid on the blaze while his brother crawled into the room in which O'Brien lay overcome. Fireman L. P. Clements of the rescue squad arrived wearing a gas mask, just as Bittner found the unconscious man, and together they carried him from the building. Preceding the rescue and following Lenderman’s second attempt to find his father-in-law, Madigan, unable to enter the O'Brien apartment, broke in the door. He was burned while groping through the smoke and it was neces- sary for firemen, who arrived a few minutes later, to lead him from the building. Both he and O'Brien were taken to Garfield Hospital. Although uninjured, their apartment was filled with smoke to such a de- gree that Firemen C. K. Bunn and Daniel Forno, both of No. 11 Engine Co., had to lead Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Davis and their two small children from the house. Mrs. Lenderman was overcome by smoke, but was revived by the rescue squad. Both the Bittners and Lender- man sustained minor burns. Miss Helen Jacobs, 21 years old, of 3717 Jenifer street, who was passing along Fourteenth street as the fire ap- paratus was arriving, rushed to the Belmar and was injured when struck by a stream of water from a bursting hose. She was knocked from her feet. At Garfleld Hospital she was said to be suffering from lacerations on her legs. Mrs. A. R. Gow, who was awakened and led to safety by other tenants of the building, fainted when she saw the damage done to her apartment, which is directly below O'Brien’s. In the crowd that gathered to watch the fire, the purse of Ethel L. Fountain, 2400 Thirteenth street, was -snatched from her arm by a colored man. ‘This morning Fite Marshal Seib said the damage amounted to about $1,500. The firemen last night were first under direction of Battalion Chiefs T. S. Jones and A. H. Wolter. On the second alarm Acting Chief Engineer Phillip W. Nich- olson went to the scene and assumed charge. . INFLUENZA CASES CUT. Thirteen new cases of influenza and two deaths from the disease were re- ported to the District Health Depart- ment today. The number of cases is the smallest in recent days, comparing with 26 on Saturday, 26 on Friday and 46 on Thursday. The total number of cases reported thus far in December is 237, with 15 leathsy i 1,000 000 IN WALES FACE STARVATION British Government Acts to Avert Suffering in Deca- dent Mining Area. | By Cable Dispatch to Tke Sta cago Daily New: | CARDIFF, Wales, December 24— | Two hundred and sixty thousand men are out of work and a population of ‘roughly 1,000,000 people are suffering | so badly that starvation is in sight in the coal fields in South Wales. The distress is unparalleled within | the memory of any living person, ac- cording to comment. The Prince of Wales is scheduled, r and the Chi- Y | according to the British government, to | broadcast a Christmas eve appeal to the entire country to support the Lord | Mayor's fund for a relief fund. | The British government has an- nounced it will give pound for pound to | this fund. It is probably the only ex- ! ample in all English history where an | important” section of the country, de- | pending for its existence on a once | prosperous industry, will have to live through the Winter on charity. | In the town of Merthyr Tydvil, the writer saw hungry children, all but barefoot in the icy slush. This center was once a flourishing mining town. Now it has the peculiar -quality of a town not yet dead, but waiting to die. 80 Per Cent Are Jobless. In Merthyr Tydvil the adult male | population is about 20,000. Eighty per cent of them are entirely out of work, and the’ rest are working only in snatches. What is more, those unem- ployed have been out of work for one, two, three, four and even five years. union trouble. It is because the whole industry has collapsed. 1t is said that even if the British coal industry could miraculously be revived to its status of 1914, there would still be 260,000 men who could never be reabsorbed in the industry. The writer saw children who had not seen an egg, butter, green vegetables or a bit of fresh meat for over two years. They are all pale, wan and pinched looking. There is no fire in their homes, no light. Most of the houses are decent- ly built of rough stone. These are not slum folk. They are proud people, who have lived in these Welsh hills for three and four generations. Now they have no underclothing. In most of the homes there are no bed clothes. 2 They stand around. They won't talk; won't complain. One man said: “For four and a half years I have been lcoking for a job. Not finding one, I have become a little bitter.” _ That is an extreme view. They still love their country. There are 11,000 children supported entirely by charity. Nation’s Help Is Needed. Much has been sent to help them, in money, clothes, food and other goods. But the number is so tremendous, their wants so staggering, that the help of the whole population of Britain is needed. In other sections the same troubles are threatening, if not in actual force. The lord mayor's fund has reached over $1,000,000 and the government will give a like amount, no matter how much it comes to. Many wealthy British families, and some not so wealthy, are adopting en- tire Welsh families in an attempt to help out. But the fact remains that 250,000 men can never find work in the Brit- ish coal mines again. ‘The present help is only a drop in the bucket. The government has done comparatively little to help as yet. CHICAGO GANGS KILL 527 DURING YEAR Slayings Total Nearly Half of Deaths Caused by Automo- biles in County. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 24.—The gang- sters, the racketeer and highwayman gouged 527 notches on their pistol butts this year. 5 Last year they carved 476 notches. The 527 slayings for the fiscal year ended December 1, statistics compiled by Coroner Herman N. Bundesen show. are nearly half the number of deaths caused by automobiles in Cook County. Of the 5,636 violent deaths 1,070 are attributed to auto BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band at the Marine Barracks, today at 4 o’clock. “March of the Toy: Overture, “Carneval Characteristic, “Parade of Leades Soldiers” . Cornet solo, “Cantique de Noel “Second Hungarian Rhapsody” “Sursum Corda” “Marche Militaire’ Marines’ hymn, “The Montezuma.” “Thes Star Spangled Banner,” R It is not because of a strike or any ! AFGHAN REFUGELS - QUIT KABUL BY AIR 3 British and Indian Womert and Children Safely Evacuated. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 24.—British andl Indian women and children have beed evacuated safely from the British lega®l tion at Kabul, Afghanistan, by alre planes. & In the meantime King Amanullahy, and Queen Souriya have transferred. their court from Kabul to Kandahar, The Afghan legation at Paris in an< nouncing this said that King Amanul- lah was endeavoring to rally his par- tisans there. It was added that order reigned at Kabul. The evacuation of the women and children was done at the consent of the Afghanistan government. They were taken to Preshawar, in the north- west frontier province of India. There it was said that the party numbered 12 women and 5 children and included Lady Humphreys, wife of the minister, and Mfs. J. B. Gould. Reports reaching New Delhi, however, said that 20 per- sons had been removed, seven of them Europeans and the remainder Indians. Attache’s Home Burns. The refugees said that the®residence of the British military attache had been destroyed by shell fire during fighting between rebel and loyal troops at Kabul. The legation had been en- veloped by the rebel advance and com- munications with Kabul cut off for some time. It was continually-endan- gered by cross-fire of loyal troops on one side and rebels on the other. Troops of the King on Saturday aft- ernoon_made a successful drive against the rebels, clearing both' the British legation and the road to the airdrome. Victoria Type Planes Used. ‘The women and children were carried to India in airplanes of the Vietoria type, which are capable of carrying 23 fully armed infantrymen and which are used for rapid transportation of troops in India and Irak. Dispatches to Moscow from Kabul state that the situation in Afghanistan has improved considerably. Loyal troops drove the rebels from a number of fortified positions near Bagabala Heights and continued to hold Kandamak and Jalalabad, where the big Mamanda tribe was advancing to aid the govern ment. The King's mother, who is pop= ular among the southern tribes, flew in an airplane to Kandahar. BUILDING DESIGN BILL REWRITTEN Measure Is Ready to Be Con- * sidered by Senate Com- mittee. The bill to bring about regulation of the exterior design of private buildings to be erected near public structures and | reservations has been amended to con- fine its operations to certain areas, and, with other modifications, i ready to be considered by the Senate public build- ings and grounds committee, it was an- nounced today by Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, author of the measure. Senator Shipstead said that following a meeting of the subcommittee which had the bill in charge, it has been al- most entirely rewritten to meet some of the objections that were raised to the original draft. In its new form the bill would limit the regulation of plans for private building to the areas fronting on the Capitol, the grounds of the White House, the portion of Pennsylvania avenue betwcen the Capitol and the White House, Rock Creek Park, the . Zoological Park, the Rock Creek and . Potomac Parkway and Potomac Pa The amended bill provides that her after when application is made for a permit for the erection or authoriza- tion of any building fronting upon the areas mentioned, the plans therefor in so far as they relate to heighé and ap- pearance, color and texture of the ma- terials of exterior construction, shall ie submitted by the Disirict Commissiou- ers to the Fine Arts Commission, which would be required to report promptly to the city heads its recommendation of any changes it deemed wnecessary “to | prevent reasonably avoidable impair- ment of the public value belonging to such public buildings or parks.” Upon receiving the Fine Arts report the Commissioners would be required to take such action as would, in_their judgment, effect reasonable compliance with such recommendations. There is a proviso that if the Fine Arts Com- mission failed to report on a project within 30 days, the absence of a report would be assumed as favorable action. The new bill directs the District Commissioners, in consultation with the Park and Planning Commission. prepare a plat book defining the greas within which this regulation peouli apply. Under the old bill the regulation of exterior designs of private buildings | would have applied to property within 200 feet of any public building, park- way or reservation, with a clause under which the Fine Arts Commission would have been given discretionary pover to exempt from time to time certain greas surrounding minor buildings or sme.ll | parkways. The amended bill reatricts {and lays out definitely the areas w be ” affected. Senator Shipstead said the revised bill was worked out at a meeting of t subcommittee of which Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, is chairman. The Minnesota Senator indicated that he hoped to obtain action on the revised bill by the public buildings and grounds committee without further hearings. He said the bill had been before Con- gress for several years. The Senator also consulted with Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Bulldings and Parks. I Only One More Day wisk £ cond Buy Some more XMAS SEALS. GEE, V' SHOULO HCAR WHAT THE NURSE SAYS ABOUY THEM T e P A L Christmas seals carry on the War against Tuberculosis