Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1928, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! Here’s a Christmas morning hospitality hint. The days of the Wassail bowl are over. Why not keep the per- colator bubbling all day for those of your friends who drop in? It will make the day seem more like Christ- mas, Of course you want to be sure that the percolator is filled with Wilkins Coffee — it contains the most hos- pitality per cup and more smiles-per gallon. WILKINS 1s of Tea fine quality HOUORNONONOONONCRONONONONONONONONONONORNONONONONONONS Insurance Le Roy Goff Insurance—All Sal Forms Crrm) e s ar semi-ann i %ira dividend of 1%, both payable ‘ember ‘3. 1928, to stockholders of rec- grd st the close of business December 24, gr’rn:l OF THE FIREMEN'S INSURANCE ompany_of ‘Washington and ‘Georgetown, Severth street and Loulsiana avenue north- t. The stockholders of the dey, January 7, 1929, electing thirteen directors for the ensuing year. Polls open from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. T W. H ‘tary. a OWARD. Secre! EREBY GIVEN THAT THE [2FAMILIESNEED Fortunate Citizens of City Have Real “Opportunity” on Christmas Eve. | Unless the more fortunate citizens of | Washington play “Santa Claus” in real carnest today and make generous con- tributions to the Christmas opportuni- | ties fund being raised by the Associated Charities, 12 needy families will face | the tragedy of being broken up for lack | of adequate finances for the coming year. A total of $8,450 still was needed this morning to complete the quota of $14,- 976 required to care for the 14 families listed by the society as being in dire need of assistance. Contributions amounting to $1,946 were recorded fol- lowing the report Saturday evening, bringing the total received to $6,526,65. The additional funds filled out the amount needed for the family listed as Opportunity 4. In this case there is a mother, deserted by a drunken husband, who is striving to support her six chil- dren. Opportunity 14 previously had been closed. Contributions may be sent to John B. Larner, treasurer of the fund, at 1022 Eleventh street, or to the office of The Star. They will be acknowledged. The office of the Associated Charities at 1022 Eleventh street will remain open until noon tomorrow to receive contributions. Opportunity No. 1. ‘When her husband died of pneumonia five years ago, this widow started to work to support her two little girls and {rail mother, herself a widow. She has never been very strong and the strain of overwork and poor food made her |and the two children easy victims for tuberculosis. All are now under_ the care of tuberculosis specialists. Rest, good food and peace of mind is the prescription of these doctors. She can Tollow it only if her income be assured. Twenty-five dollars a week or $1,300 for the next year is needed. Amount asked for ..$1,300.00 Previously acknowledged $514.25 14 Plate Printers. 1.00 Plate Printers. Remittance Readers In- surance Cashiers Sec., PR P LRrGERLE] [oleloks gQu g u‘z.;:-"‘f""gpima. E_E wz> : Ywifizg §=W?flprppum>n #h50 ng 1] Qup PEEES NOTICE IS HI annual meeting of the shareholders of the est, on Tuesday, January 8. 1920. lis’ will remain open from 11 o'clock a.m. til 12 o'clock noon. GEORGE O. VASS. Cashler. NOT IN BUSINESS FOR MY HEALTH, BUT Tor the health of your business. Multigraph- ing, mimeographing, copy wriiing. address- . A . 203 Natl ank Bldg. Fr. 7143. Open 8:30 THE ANNUAL holders of the {tion will be held at the office of the asso- ation. 300 B st. s.e., Washington, D. C.. on January "3, 1920, beiween the f 2 and 7 o'clock p.m., for the elec- officers and director: the ensuing jear and for the transacting of such busi. v properly _come before ~the meeting. CHARLES ‘H. KINDLE. MEETING OF THE STOCK American Building Associa. NOT BI OTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THE snnual meeting of the stockholders of the |Washington ~ American League Base Ball gub will be held at the offices of the club, Ball Park. Washington, D. C. on ay, January 2, 1929, at 12:00 o'clock oo, for the purpose of electing & board of ldirketors for the ensuing year, and for such other business as may be properly brought before said meeting, EDWARD B. EVNON. JR.. Secretary. STHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE- ‘Tolders of the National Bank of Washington, _Washington. D. C., for the election of direc- tors and the transaciton of such other busi- wiil ‘remain open from 12 o'clock noon %0 1 pm. J. PRANK WHITE, Cashier. _ YOU_MOVING RE? OUR rtation system Will serve you better. fleet of yans constantly operating be- tween all Eastern cities. Call Main 9220, DAVIDEON TRANSFER & STORAGE CO._ ROOP REPAIRING, PAINTING, GUTTER- ing, spouting; furnaces repaired and cleaned: North 5314, day or night. CO. 2038 18th_st. n. THE ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING of the Federal Oil Corporation of the Dis- ‘triet of Columbia will be held Friday, Jan- 25, 1929, at 4:45 pm. in the offices of the company, number 405, 1910 K st. n.w., for the election of directors and such other bustness as may properly come before the meeting. F._W. COLEMAN, Secretary. WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART_LOAD r from New ' York, Richmond. Boston, Teasonabie prices. ROOFING Y. ave. Main 1460.Local moving also WANTED. To haul van loads of furniture to or from New York, Phila.. Boston, Richmond and points _south . Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co., 3813 You St. North_3343. FROM ST. NIC % Just received the latest mes: Bants Claus. “I will appear I:l negon"?:: ht st the Guaranteed Roofers, 1406 Mon- Bring the kiddies for th fiy ol fetiow.: - o e last look ROUGH DRY, 8 LB, THE BARRY LAUNDRY, INC., 14th and R SE Lincoln 8969. ROOF REPAIRING —any kind of foof made leak-proof . . . experienced, reliable roofers at your service, Phone_us. S TRONCLAD_eoenss COMPANY 9th and Evarts Sts. NE Phones North 26, North 37 FANCY WINDOW SHADES MADE 10 ORDER Let us_ send you samples 0(‘ the new designs. Every color. actory_brices save you moniey e Tim & 1 2 LATT & Window Shades and Screens. e Lin. 879. ROOFING—by Koons Tinning, Guttering, Repairs Sleg Roofing. Tin f Painting. Thorough, sincere work e Wesurcd. We'll gladly estimate. Call e Planned and Executed —with fine discrimination and skill. That's N. C. P. Print- ing. {The National Capital Press 1210-1212 D St. N.W. Phone Main 650. NEVER DISAPPOINT. BYRON S. ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY Bien srade, but not hieh priced. [} qra g B B 1. | supervision of their loving mother. RIS H SWyn Opportunity No. 2. Six haj little girls ranging in from 5 m%pyu should have the mzl\é brother has just turned 16, but his earnings will be far too small to provide protection for his sisters. Mother has tried to teach them to be self-respecting, promising young women of tomorrow in spite of a father who has cruelly sidestepped his responsibility and whose whereabouts are unknown. The resulting tragedy of removing the mother from the home and putting her to work is obvious. At least $25 a week or $1,300 will be necessary if the mother is to remain at home. Amount asked for ............$1,300.00 Previously acknowledged $332.75 14 g}m Printers. 1.00 zRan: 0 "QW;?P?ZF’EPWFP’&?HS“H s ) Youpuga? s 592.55 Still needed $707.45 Opportunity No. 3. of an incurable disease; an 18-year- old son doing his valiant best, but handicapped by ill health; another son also weakened by an attack of pneu- monia; mother praying for the future. And not the least important, the spe- cial pet, 3-year-old Hal, who needs the guidance of a strong father's love and understanding. This father is totally unable to contribute to the support of the family and supplement the eldest son’s earnings, which are so pitifully inadequate for his mother and five brothers and sisters. They need $26 a week, or $1,352 a year. Amount asked for $1,352.00 Previously acknowledged $438.73 14 Plate Printers. . G 20 3 g 8 g B - P ] Bm g |5 OgRPWUREFOTEE o7 pp T Still needed .eeeevsnnnnns Opportunity No. 4. Tragedy has reared its head high in at least one home. Even after a drunk- en husband left his family in compara- tive peace, his deeds remained behind him. Now the mother is faced with the problem of supporung her six chil- dren—one is only 4 years old—with only the help of the two oldest sons, one of whom works after school. To lighten her burden and keep her from being forced to leave the younger children to care for themselves as best they may while she is forced to do YULETID CHEER PRI ERNASERE S 022 menial labor to put even bread into their mouths, $10 weekly, or $520 for the year, is needed. Amount asked for $520.00 Previously acknowle 14 Plate Printers Opportunity No. 5. A poor, bewildered foreign mother finds herself in a land where even the customs and language are strange, and she is alone with her responsibilities. In her trouble she cannot even turn to her former source of cheer and com- fort—her husband, long a victim of tuberculosis. But mother love is com- mon to all lands. Motherhood is mn every gesture of this slim, dark-haired little woman, as with the aid of the 15-year-old daughter she watches ten- derly over her two little boys that they may grow up to become loyal young Americans. Should sne find work, her income would]be far too small to sup- rt her family. pflUnless wmey one steps in and fur- nishes the minimum amount of $23 a week (or $1.196 for the year), the alternative is separation from her chil- dren. Amount asked for $1,196.00 Previously acknowledged 14 Plate Printers. McC. . B. L & TS, ama. Hiy S Still needed Opportunity No. 6. More_heartbreaking by far than the man who is physically unable to sup- port his family is the man who, with the skill and ability to command a com- fortable living wage, leaves his family to bear the brunt of the suffering caused by his moral weakness. What will they do, these six fatherless little years, with only a frail mother between them and want while the father is paying the penalty for his neglect? Are they to be another broken family who v 1 bear through life the scars of un- happiness caused by separation, or will they get the aid that means happiness? Twenty-six dollars a week, or $1,352 for a year, will bring this happiness. Amount asked for .. $1,352.00 Previously acknowle 14 Plate Printers. A. C<BA. RgraRrE pEEEaEE 33333832338388 >HRYR Pt ° Still needed ............. Opportunity No. 7. Fate has played a queer trick with l4-year-old Johnnie's frail body. But he is blessed with a mother who under- stands how to make a chap happy. Ed:ul:d,‘ his twlnl,‘ls :‘““ w&"}:‘a\?u an orever planning somet for Johnnie's amusement with the few cents he picks up in helping his frie on paj routes. Then there are the two little girls, Grace, the 11-year-old, and 8-year-old Mildred. Johnnie has a pleasant home, for mother has a way of making things look bright and cheer- ful. But father has treated them all shamefully and left mother to puzzle over the problem of keeping her family together. They need $23 a week, or $1,196 a year. Amount _asked for Previously acknowledged 14 plate printers....... L. E. B. 384.90 $967.10 $1,300.00 305,00 1.00 Still needed ........... Opportunity No. 8. For many months llvelf little Clara showed the grit of a soldier through interminable hours of suffering. One day she asked mother why daddy never came to see her. Mother answered softly that perhaps he would some day. But he never did. Now Clara is well again and goes off to school each day. Sometimes she wonders what is to be- come of them now that daddy does not help them any more. She knows that somr? one must make money so that she and her three sisters will be able to go on to school. She is so afraid that mother will have to go out to work, and then what will they do? ‘With a regular amount of $25 a week, or $1,300 for the year, this little family may be kept together. Amount_asked for .... Previously acknowledged '11_4 plate printers, $1,300.00 $249.25 1.00 50 5.00 5.00 Father away from his family because | ;" ‘N 437.40 Still needed . $852.60 Opportunity No. 9. Not many, no matter how unfor- the double handicap of a probably in- curable physical disability and extreme poverty. Her mother, as the only breadwinner for her family of five chil- dren, works while all but Martha are at school and devotes her spare time to giving to Martha the care which such a child should have. But, after all, in a mother’s scheme of things, food and clothing for her children must come first. They need aid. mean carrying out special plans for Martha and make this home happy. Amount asked for $83: Previously acknowledged $219.75 14 plate printers 1.00 TR 50 Facuity Dunbar ~High Schoo 3 Fleur-de-Lis Club . L. E. B.. 8. C. C.. Anonymous, Mrs. R. F. Still needed ...uv0ueee $257.10 Opportunity No. 10. Six motherless children is usually synonymous with a broken home—that is, if we reckom without the unsung children, ranging in age from 1 to 12} D. €, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928 { quality of a father’s devotion. With re- markable preservance and loyaity, this young colored widower has gone for- ward, carrying his heavy burden. If now that he has so nearly reached his goal, help is refused Lim, the only solu- tion in sight is an orphanage for the children. Just $12 weekly or $624 for the year will enable him to carry on. Amount asked for . Previously acknowles 14 plate printers T.8. . Faculty School Fleur-de-] L E. B.. . . 6A Grade, Chas. Sum- ner School .......... Kellar M. E. Church Sunday School E. C. 8.. W.D. S.. A M. L A. H. B.. Employes Heckinger Co M. F. S. . Republic Theater . . Barbers' Union, Local 305 3.00 $624.00 tunate, are, like little Martha, under /L. Sixteen dollars weekly or $832 will ||, 270.50 Still needed ....... .. $353.50 Opportunity No. 11. At night after the rour little boys and girls are abed, a young colored mother sits before her cheerful fire and while keeping her hands busy with the mend- ing for which the kindly neighbors pay her, thinks back over the time a few months before when she lived her days in terror and went to bed each night praying for protection against a hus- band half crazed by drink, She remem- bers the suffering of the thinly clad, shivering little children through those days of cold, hunger and privation spent in a lonely little shanty and blesses those who have aided her so wonder- fully, who have given her hope and the courage to seek and find part-time work through their. sympathy and unuder- standing. Then she reflects happily on the daily ss of the children at school and is glad because they take so much interest in everything connected with their Sunday school. Can we after salvaging another home from disaster, thrust a grateful mother and her four children back into their old, sordid existence, when $11 a week or $572 for the year will continue the good already accomplished? Amount asked for ... $572.00 Previously acknowledged $91.25 ;ll'; printers . 1.00 Faculty Dunbar High School . Fleur-de-Lis Club 6A Grade, 1ChAl Sum- A H. Emplo; 0. Republic Theater ..... Barbers’ Union Local 305 151.50 Still needed $420.50 Opportunity No. 12. Left by her bigamist husband face to face with the problem presented by her eight small children, a colored mother has not allowed herself to becume em- bittered. Although home-making is of necessity her sole profession, she has made a great success of it. Each morn- ’-flf George, John, Billy, Jane and Annie all go off to school eagerly, faces shining and their clothing spotlessly clean. Teddy, Joe and Margaret, the little ones, play contentedly among them- selves all day. The mother trusts that those who have made this possible will not deny her help when the children’s whole future depends upon the continu- ation of their happy home life. The $26 which is néeded weekly (or $1,352 for the year) will prove a sound investment Amount asked for ...........$1,352.00 |1 Previously acknowledged $222.85 14 plate printers 1.00 E.J. .. . 6A Grade, Chas. Si ner School . . 8 11.00 .. .8 5.00 Employe Republic Theater ...... g;rmrs‘ ‘Union, Local 305 388.20 Still needed ............. $963.80 Opportunity No. 13. Mending a home now broken. Amount asked for. $1,248.00 Previously acknowle 14 plate printers A H.B. . Employes Heckinger Co. Still needed ...... . $994.40 Opportunity No. 14. Fully subscribed with $832. Closed. Contributions received by cashier of The Star, December 24. . F. C., No. B. 8. A, most needed. ‘Washington, D. C., High School Bank, No. 7. Caroline Novacl L. M. D, No. 7 Cash, any.... Primary class, Chr"lstng 88883 8888 e 3888 needed. A Friend, $2 to No. 1 and $1 - ., No. . Kitchen, any 8 rowos 38888 3 H, No. . H, No. 7 F. B, $2 to No. 10, $1 to No. 11, $2 to No. 12. . C. V. W, No. 1. Cash, No. 1.. Arméirong High School, 10, 11 and 12 Cash, any .. Anonymous, any . C. P.'R., most needed. . Saturday Evening _ Pleasure Club, most needed......... Theodore W. Noyes, $50 each, 4and 6....... G. B. K, No. 1.. Marian E. Martin, No. 1...... Drafting Section, Soil Survey, Dept. Agriculture, No. 1.... Mrs. L. H. M., $2 each as needed George W. Stone, any.. Total to date.. DR.S.J. MAUCHLY DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Carnegie Institution Physicist Will Be Buried Here—Plans for Funeral Being Made. Sebastian John _Mauchly, physicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegle Institution of ‘Washington, died at his home, 107 East Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md. this morning after a long illness. Funeral arrangements have not been completed but interment will be in this city ‘Wednesday. Dr. Mauchly, who was chief of the section devoted to researches in atmos- pheric electricity, had been identified with the Carnegie Institution and prominent in Washington scientific cir- oles since 1914, when he came here from Cincinnati, where he had been engaged in teaching. He was grad- uate of the University of Cincinnati and received a Ph. D. degree from that institution in 1913. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, the American Geo- physical Union, the International Geo- physical Union, the Washington Academy of Sciences and a member and former recording secretary of the Philosophical Society of Washington. Dr. Mauchly was an elder in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Chevy Chase Masonic Lodge, of which he was a former master. Besides his widow, Mrs. Rachel Scheidemantel Mauchly, he leaves a son, John William Mauchly, a student at Johns Hopkins University, and a daughter, Helen Elizabeth Mauchly. He is also survived by his stepmother, Mrs, J. W. Mauchly of Swanton, Ohio; two brothers, E. C. Mauchly of Cleveland and W. H. Mauchly of Toledo, and by % l:‘liaur, Miss Rachel Mauchly of oledo. MRS. HOUGHTON BETTER. Wife of Ambassador, Injured in London, Is Improving. LONDON, December 24 (#).—Favor- able progress is being made by Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton, wife of the American Ambassador, who was injui Saturday night while en route to a pri- vate dinner. The Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton had arrived at Eaton Square and when alighting from the motor car Mrs, Houghton put her foot into a coal chute on the sidewalk and sprained her eg. Mr. Houghton and the embassy foot- man assisted her to Charnwood'’s house, where medical ald was called. The dinner party immediately was called off and Mrs. Houghton was re- turned home. Dr. MRS. L. J. HINE DEAD. Mother of Local Realty Dealer Succumbs at Age of 87. Mrs. Lavinia Jane Hine, 87 years old, died at her residence in South Clifton Terrace Apartments yesterday. She is survived by a son, Edward S. Hine, real estate developer of this city, and a stepdaughter, Miss Irene A. Hine, also of Washington. Funeral services will be conducted in the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, New York. —— Diaz Honors American- Friends, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 24 (#).—President Adolfo Diaz yesterday gave a farewell luncheon to his Ameri- can friends before retiring from the presidency on January 1. The guests drove to the Diaz coffee plantation, 20 miles away, in the hills, where a picnic luncheon was served under the trees A near the farmhouse. Will Rogers Says: NEW YORK.—Christmas finds the following watching to see if there really is a Santa Claus: Kellogg is looking for some Senators’ auto- graphs in his sock. Bolivia is try- ing to set Paraguay's whiskers on fire and burn up the tree. Arizona is so sore at California over Boulder Dam that they have turned atheist and won't celebrate Christmas. ‘Ten thousand Republican candi- dates for cabinet jobs are beginning to have grave doubts. And fourteen million Democrats say it may be Christmas to some people, but it's just the twenty-fifth of some month for them, CHILDREN'S HOME BALL IS FAREWELL Social Event Tomorrow Night Will Mark End of Annual Christmas Affairs. The Children’s Country Home ball at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow night will be the last of these picturesque an- nual Yuletide events. ‘The home is moving into new quar- ters next Summer. Proceeds of the farewell ball will be used to endow the new home, ground for which will be broken shortly after the first of the ear. ’ With decision to build a new home came the home's entrance into Community Chest, and hereafter it will draw its quota of funds from that source, thus making the ball unneces- sary. For more than 20 years Washington soclety has gathered at the Christmas night ball. Under direction of Mrs. Randall H. Hagner, chairman of the general committee, and members of her committee, plans have been made to make this last affair the most brilliant of all. The board of managers recently an- nounced the plan for selling the present site of the home in Rock Creek Park. The new building, of fireproof construc- tion, will embody the best features evolved for the care of convalescent children. Secretary of the Treasury Meton heads the list of boxholders at the ball, which includes Countess Szechenyi, Mrs. James Couzens, Mrs. Walter Edge, Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Mrs. David A. Reed, Mis. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs. Sidney Cloman, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. Walter Denegre, Mrs. James C. Dunn, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. A. Y. P. Garnett, William B. Hibbs, Mrs. Joseph Himes, Mrs. R. P. Hitt, Frank Hogan, Mrs. Alexander B. Legare, Mrs. Kent Legare, Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. Frank Letts, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Hor- ace Luttrell, Mrs. William P. Meredith, Mrs. Eugene Myer, Mrs. Joseph Noell, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Arthur O’Brien, Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. Ed- mund D. Rheem, Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Mrs, James W. Wadsworth, jr.; Mrs. Edward Walker, Mrs. Lee Warren, Mrs. John F. Wilkins, Mrs. John R. Williams, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and Don~ ald Woodward. The debutante committee of the ball, under chairmanship of Miss Anne Car- ter Greene, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Greene, has been active in pre- liminary work. Miss Greene’s com- mittee includes Miss Sidney Sullivan, Miss Carolyn Thompson, Miss Mignon Sherley, Miss Nancy Beale, Miss Mar- garet Pilson, Miss Mary Devereux, Miss Phyllis Hight, Miss Marian Jardine, Miss Rachel Davis, Miss Faith Phillips, Miss Elsic Alexander and Miss Lalla SO CHLOREN ASKED TOYULETIEPARTY Sailors Here Plan Christmas Entertainment for City’s Unfortunates. Pifty small children, ranging in age up to 12 years, have been invited to attend a Christmas tree party given for their benefit by the men of the United States naval receiving station and the naval service schools at the navy yard, tomorrow at 12 o’'clock. The children whose names have been come from among the city’s most un- fortunate and a thorough investigation of each case_ disclosed the fact that there would have been no Christmas whatsoever for them had not Uncle Sam’s sailor men gotten together and planned the party. Officers and men of the station will call for the children in automobiles and take them to the study hall of the receiving ship, where the tree has been placed. Santa Claus will greet the children and present each with a large stocking filled with goodies and novelties. At the same time, each child will be presented with a credit slip with which he or she may purchase from one of the leading clothing stores items of clothing, including shoes and stocking, up to the amount of $2.50. A _long established custom at the Washington Navy Yard will again be carried out this Christmas. Christmas morning at 9 o'clock, one of the men red | at the station, who has volunteered for the part, will dress as Santa Claus and, ladened with gifts ’“5&‘1‘” by the dif- ferent parents, will t the quarters of each officer who has children in his home, and deliver his presents to the children themselves. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 24 (Special).—More than one hundred familles were given Christmas baskets yesterday by Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, B. P. O. Elks, while baskets of supplies were sent out to more than forty poor families today by the local chapter of the Salvation Army. Various other charity organizations will give out baskets today also. Members of the Valiant Knights Bible class of the First Baptist Church tonight will distribute toys to children of more than forty poor families. The American Legion community Christmas tree, which has been erected on South Washington street, just south of Prince street, will be dedicated at 7 o'clock tonight with public school children singing carols. The tree will be illuminated every night during the holi- yS. Mrs. Goldie Elizabeth Beach, 45 years old, died yesterday at her home, 516 Cameron street. She is survived by her husband, William H. Beach, and sev- eral children. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Thomas Coflin, 59 years old, an en- gineer em}:;?iyed by the Southern Rail- way Co., died Saturday at his residence, 1319 King street. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence by the Rev. Edgar Car- penter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, and interment will be in Bethel ! pageant, “Prisoners of Hope,” was presented at the Second Presbyterian Church yesterday after- noon. perating a gambling house, at 407 North Pitt street. Lucas with 12 others was arrested Saturday afternoon in a raid made by Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims, Police Sergt. Lawrence E. Padgett and Motor Cycle Policeman Ronald l&dumll:en...l The &thm -{rreautgl 1::::1'«1 col 'ral on charges of gambling. Clyde Gilbert, 33, colored, was fined $90.50 in Police Court this morning on 2 charge of violating the prohibition law. He noted an appeal and was re- leased on $500 bond. —y King Ben’s Brother Dies. » PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, December 24 UP).—Louis Purnell, 82, brother of the te King Benjamin Purnell of the se of David fame, died of heart dis- ot Greenup, JKy., near here, e | commenting on the unwisdom of the SENSATIONAL WAR CORRESPONDENCE IS | MADE PUBLIC HERE ! (Continued From Pirst Page.) were mot closely defined), scored) and to punish future infrac-, tions and violations. (End undeescor- ! ing) He said that, in his opinion, if America were favorable to an idea of this kind, her good offices, mediation (call it what you like) would be wel- come when the consideration of terms of peace became possible.” The effort of Col. Edward M. House to negotiate an agreement with Ger- many on submarine warfare restriction in exchange for allied relaxation of the lood blockade also is related, and the blunt notice by Secretary Bryan to German Ambassador von ~ Bernstorff | that the latter’s attempt to inject him- self into the neutral rights dispute be- tween the United States and Great Britain would not be tolerated. Later an equally frank conversation between Lansing, at the time counsellor of the State Department, and Sir Cecil Spring- Rice, British Ambassador, with (under- | inf! g allied food blockade, is covered in memorandum. The most important notes in all these interchanges and particularly with regard to the sinking of the Lusi- tania, were made public by the Ameri- can Government at the time. The new publication contains, however, a wealth of related and supplementary material of value to historians in tracing the moves and circumstances that in 1915 were drawing the United States closer tion in the war. One incident presented for the first time is that of the meeting between Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Bern- storfl in the Secretary's office three days after the Lusitania had been_sunk, with loss of many American lives, by a German submarine. The Ambassador had called to ex- press regret over the loss of American lives. A manuscript memorandum of the conversation was prepared by Bryan in his own hand, except for one strik- ing and significant part. It begins as follows, in the Secretary’s hand: “The Ambassador from Germany called about 11:40 and—" At this point the handwriting ohanges to a heavier and soriewnat shaky script, but continuing the sentence and with this continuation set off in quota- tion marks. It reads: “——‘expressed his deep regret that the events of the war had led to the loss of so many American lives.’” Below, in Bryan's handwriting, is this notation: “Words in quotation marks in Am- bassador’s writing.” | This document is a part of the Lusi- tania correspondence. In the same group and on _the day of the Ambassa- dor’s call on Bryan, May 10, there was transmitted by Ambassador Gerard in Berlin a copy of a message from the German foreign office addressed to Bernstorff and expressing the Berlin and closer to the moment of interven- | Chij, FOUR DIE IN FIRE OF WRECKED PLAN: Sole Survivor of Chattanooge Tragedy Blames Cold Motor for Crash. By the Assoclated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Decemt 24—M. W. Rozar, sole survivor of & airplane tragedy near Marr Field, whic caused immediate death to four person: today attributed the accident to a colc motor which failed to gain altitude afte the take-off early yesterday morning. Rozar of Chicago, traveling represent. ative for a Macon, Ga., firm, was semi- conscious after the crash, but succeedec in extricating himself from the wreck age and crawled away from the burnin plane after the gasoline tank had ex ploded. Companions Are Trapped. Companions on the disastrous fligh over the newly established Chicago Atlanta Air Mail Line, could not liber ate themselves and perished in the fames. Victims included Charles H. Shield ot Louisville, Ky., pilot; Raymond D. Har- ris, another pilot, who was making a study of the new air route; C. P. Mayer, St. Elmo, Tenn., and G. L. Burnette of caj 20, Both Mayer and Burnette were en route to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives in Alanta and Macon, Ga., respectively. Rozar said Shield experienced diffi- culty in priming and starting the ma tor, and after racing the engine abo 10 minutes started down the runway. The plane was about six feet above ground at the end of the field and ¢ railroad embankment directly ahead caused the pilot to bank to the right apparently expecting to clear the ob- struction and gain altitude, according to the survivar czne Crashes Into Roof. Instead, the plane lost altitude by the maneuver and an instant later crashed against a roof, rebounded against a tree and finally ploughed inte a garage. . The crash will be investigated by in- spectors of the Department of Com- merce. T. Ward, operating manager of the Interstate Air Lines, Inc., departed in a plane from Chicago last night an/ planned to make a personal investigo~ tion of the tragedy. CRASHES INTO POLE. Upper Marlboro Man in Serious Condition at Casualty Hospital. government’s sympathy at the loss of American lives, but holding British food blockade measures responsible for the Lusitania sinking. Cabled German Attitude. On May 17 Gerard cabled his im- pression “amounting almost to a cer- tainty” that Germany would refuse to abandon submarine methods, although in polite terms. He asked for instruc- tions covering “all contingencies.” Un- der date of May 19 a message from Col. House in London, headed “rush for the President,” asked Gerard through a copy transmitted to Berlin to delay the German answer to the American Lusitania note until a messenger reach- ed him with a letter, but on the same day House expedited that letter to Washington and Berlin by cable. It suggested that Germany be induced to propose in ther answer discontinuance of submarine warfare on merchant ves- sels and use of poison “if England will permit foodstuffs in the near fu- ture to go to neutral ports without question.” “Such a proposal from Germany at this time will give her great advantage, and in my opinion she will make a grave mistake if she does not seize it,” Col. House added. Gerard reiterated the same day to Washington his belief that Germany would not abandon her submarine war- fare methods. “The prospect of war with America is contemplated with equanimity,” he submitted to the invitation committee | **'%" U. S. Rights Held Unaltered. Secretary Bryan on May 23 informed Gerard that the House messages gave “reason to hope” for a compromise be- tween Germany and Great Britain. He instructed the Ambassador to renew previous American identic proposals to the two governments, enlarged to in- clude abandonment of poison gas, but at the same time to make it clear that “no matter what England does to Ger- many or Germany to England, our rights are unaltered and we cannot abate them in the least.” On the preceding day Gerard cabled Bryan that “Zimmerman told me yes- terday” that Dr. Dumba had cabled “that you (Bryan) had told him Lusitania note was not meant in earnest and was only sent as sop to public opinion.” Bryan replied May 24 that there was “no justification” for such a statement and that a denial would be obtained from Dumba and cabled. He directed Gerard to inform the German govern- ment that “it must not for a moment misunderstand the language or- intent” of the American Lusil note. On the same day Bryan informed Presi- dent Wilson by memorandum of this incident and later in the day transmit- ted for Dumba his denial, which con- cluded with the statement to the Ger- man government that it would be “a great mistake to minimize the earnest- nesus) of this protest (the American notes.” Text of Memo Sent. Bryan also transmitted on that day the text of his memorandum of his original conversation with Dumba, verified by the latter, adding: “My statement (in that conversation) that there is no desire for war in this country was brought out by his assur- and was anxious to maintain diplomatic relations.” On May 25 Gerard informed Bryan mands to inclusion of cotton, copper, rubber and other raw materials not en- tering directly into manufacture of war munitions, as well as food in the pro- jected relaxation of the British neutral blockade. “This disposes of the groposlfinn i you mean that the British government is willing to allow foodstuffs, but not raw materials to enter Germany in re- turn for cessation of torpedoing of merchant ships without notice by sub- marines,” Gerard said. In a message to House in London, May 21, Gerard said: “Germany in no need of food.” It was on the 27th that Counsellor Lansing informed the British Am- "thher you rent. orwhether you buy, You pay for the home you occupy.” -Warren ance that Germany did not desire war, that Germany had extended her de- ||| BATTERY Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 24.—L. A. Gribble, 40 years old, a steam- fitter of this place, is in a serious con- dition in Casualty Hospital, Washington, as a result of his automobile striking a telephone pole early this morning on the Washington-Marlboro pike at For- estville. It was said at the ital that he has a fractured skull and leg, a blinded eye and other injuries. Gribble, who was brought to the hos- pital by Charles William Pumphrey, was ref to his home after taking some guests from a party, bassador that' any prospect of starving out Germany appeared impossible, and asked why the British government did not “relieve themselves of the odium of pursuing an inhuman policy by agree- ing to allow food to go to the civi population.” Lansing told the Ambassador he was suggesting that course not on humani- tarian grounds but as expedient, and the Ambassador said he would forwarc it to London urging adoption, com- menting that “you are entirely right.’ At Lansing’s request the Ambassado: agreed to keep him out of the matter saying, “The suggestion will son direeting him to point out to t: German foreign office “kindly and u: officially, but very earnestly,” that cc ditions in the marine war zone w:: I:‘e,comi.pc intolerable to the world, an “This Government, while it has not: ing to propose as between the belig ents, but will confine itself to the pr tection of its own clear rights, will act with pleasure in conveying any pro- posals that either the one Governmer or the other has to make for the cor- rection of the present conditions fraught as they are with universal e following & Gerar e follo lay, May 28, cabled that “the best nnvn{ sources” m‘f dicated there would be no change in German submarine methods “even if consequences involve var between Ger- many and the Uni'pd States.” The next day he transmitted the text of the German reply to the Lusitania note, thus ending the American effort :t &:ct h'.ldn;e to avert t“;e by inducing agreement between - many and Great Britain. i, Episropal “WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL WISCONSIN AVENUE N.W., NEAR LEY ROAD. g Christmas Day, Dec. 25 .4:30 P.M. NUE CAl 5 ihEe OF LU St. Margaret’s Conn. Ave. and Bancroft Place. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, D.D. Rector CHRISTMAS EVE 4:00 p m.—Children’: Children's Pestival Service CHRISTMAS DAY 12:00 O'Clock——Midnight _Celebs 3 9:30 a.m~Tioly . Gommusion ™ Blitn " Celebration. 11:00 a.m.—Holy Communion with Ser- Wednesday. St Stephen's Dey; Thurs St Jon_Evangelst:” Pri oy (Georgetown) Wisconsin Avenue Below M. Rev. M. M. Perkins Christmas Eve., 11:45—Holy Communion. Christmas Day, 11 l.m.—lg.ob Communion. rmon.