Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1928, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON. D. Planning a transatiantic flight tegether. Miss Viola uenury (left), the stenographer-aviatrix, who recently set a woman’s en- durance fiight record at Roosevelt. Field, with Miss Grace Lyon, who is backing thé project by supplying the plane and plans to go along as a passenger. ALBANY INAUGURAL ATTRACTS THRONGS Only 1,500 to Witness Roose- velt Take His Oath of Office. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 25.—For the second time, a Roosevelt is to take ",;le kocth of office as Governor of New ork. Once again the historic capital, look- fng down from its 150-foot elevaation above this old Dutch city, will act as a magnet to draw thousands from all parts of the Empire State and sur- Tounding territory for tne inaugural ceremony New Year day. Already the clamor for tickets to the Assembly chamber, where the ceremony will be, has begun, but Robert Moses, secretary of state and ex-officio master of ceremonies for the occasion, is deaf to entreaties of all but the 1,500 care- fully selected fortunate ones who are to be admitted. The rest of New York State and interested persons, through- out the country will be enabled to listen to the noon hour ceremony over an ex- tensive radio hook-up. Once again, for 24 hours, Albany, long familiar with State functions, will lay aside its cloak of casual interest and will take on a feverish excitement which will reach its climax only when Franklin Delano Roosevelt, fifth cousin of the late President Roosevelt, takes the oath of office. The anticipation already is making itself felt throughout the city, and hotels are flooded with requests for Teservations. On New Year eve hun- dreds of persons will throng the armory for the inaugural military ball. The ceremonies of the inauguration proper will begin New Year morning with a military parade in which units of the New York National Guard and the New York Naval Militia from all parts of the State will participate. At noon, after all guests of honor have been announced by the sergeant- at-arms of the State Assembly and seated on the platform with the formal permission of the secretary of state, the governor-elect will enter the capitol with his honorary escort. This escort, some units of which will wear the pic- turesque uniforms of the War of 1812, ! will be composed of detachments of 12 men sach from the Veteran Corps of Artilléry, New York City; the Old Guard of the City of New York, with their towering black bushbys, and the Troy Citizens® Corps. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be intro- duced to the audience in the Assembly chamber by the retiring governor, Al- ired E. Smith. This constitutes an in- novation in the historic procedure, the governor-elect having been introduced in the past by the secretary of state. Gov. Smith's address will be not only one of introduction, but something also of a valedictory. It will be his farewell to the people of New York State after a quarter of a century of almost unbroken service on Capitol Hill, ‘Then the governor-elect will take the oath of office. As his last word dies away, & signal will be flashed from a window of the Capitol and a battery of artillery, stationed on the Capitol lawn, will blaze forth the governor's salute, proclaiming to the awaiting crowds that the Empire State has a new chief ex- ecutive. State's Divorces Increase. HARTFORD. Conn. (#).—Marriages have decreased and divorces increased in_the last five-yzar period covered by official returns from Connecticut | sented. pourta, Pplants ~—Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Two Convicts Spend Each Christmas Day In “Solitary” Cells By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 25.— Early today two Ohio Penilentiary convicts were placed in solitary con- finement. “Jiggs” Losteiner, Cleveland, who slew a policeman on' a Christmas day, and Willard Pettit, Mansfield, Ohio, serving a life sentence for murder, were given this punishment. Losteiner and Pettit both were sentenced to spend each Christmas in “solitary” so that they might meditate upon their crimes. LEE ROAD REOPENING PROGRAM DISCUSSED| Parade, With 200 Cars in Line, Will Form Saturday Morning. Prizes to Be Given. Plans for the reopening of the Lee Highway, from Rosslyn to Sherrydale, were discussed at a luncheon held yes- terday by members of the Board of Trade committee of Arlington County which has charge of the affair. Gov. Byrd, members of the Vir- ginia Highway Commission and mem- bers of both the Senate and House from Virginia, as well as Maj. Edwin B. Hesse and the District Commission- ers, have been invited to attend the ceremonies. Leon Arnold, chairman of the com- mittee and marshal of the parade, announced that the parade will form at 10 o'clock Saturday morning on the south side of Pennsylvania ave- nue between Third street and Peace Monument. It will round the monu- ment and proceed west on Pennsylvania avenue, That there will be approximately 200 cars in the parade was announced by Fred Windridge, who has charge of the automobiles. Three prizes, th> first of which will be a silver cup, will be given for the best decorated cars. The nature of the two other prizes has not been decided. Members of the committee are Wil- liam P. Ames, chairman; Leon Arnold, Vice chairman; Fred Windridge, Charles T. Jesse and P. P. Woodbridge. Deputy marshals will be Joe Arnold, P. P. Woodbridge, Harry E. Douthitt and H. P. Ames. The affair is in charge of the Arlington County Cham- ber of Commerce. RAILROAD VETERAN DIES. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 25.— Michael Foley, supervisor of the Cum- berland division of the Baltimore and Ohio Raflroad until recently, when he retired, died yesterday at his home in Meyersdale. He was in the service of the railroad 45 years. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Mary Hillegass, Baltimore; Fran- cis, Cincinnati; Edward, Joseph, Miss Margaret and Jerry at home. He was a member of SS. Philip and James Catholic Church. Use of Cotton Boosted. ALEXANDRIA, La. (M.—Lcvitiana clubwomen are doing their bit to pro- mote the use of cotton over the coun- A familiar Christmas eve scene. Coolidge assisting in the distribution of Christ- mas baskets yesterday to needy families at Sal- —=Star Staff Photo. vation Army headquarters, Putting cheer in Christmas for needy families of the Southeast section. Mrs. signaled the beginning of throughout the land. It promises to be a warm game in the Pasadena bowl on New Year day. President and Mrs. Coolidge standing before the living Christmas tree of the Nation in Sherman Square last night after the President had pressed a button and flashed on its vari-colored lights and the Christmas celebration —Associated Press Photo. The charred wreckage of the big Inter- state Air Lines mail-passenger plane after the crash at Chattanooga, Tenn., in which the pilot and three other persons lost their lives. plane crashed just after the take-off. The —Associated Press Photo. Capt. John E. Kimball of the Volunteers of America giving out some of the more than 100 baskets distributed by the organization yesterday at 1103 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Old Sol was so much on the job when the University of California grid- ironers held this practice session in the bowl for their clash with Georgia Tech that all unnecessary clothing was discarded. —Associated Press Photo. —Star Staff Photo. MOTHER OF THREE DIES IN FALL FROM BEDROOM Husband of New York Woman Believes Death Accidental, De- spite Her Prolonged Illness, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 25.—Mrs. Anna Freese, 43, mother of three chil- dren, jumped or fell six stories to her death from the bedroom window of her uptown apartment last night. She was alone in the apartment at the time, two of .the children having gone skating and the baby daughter being out with the nurse. Her husband, Vincent, a salesman, was at work. Mrs. Freese had been ill with asthma. ‘The husband told police he believed her death was accidental, as her iliness was not considered serious, and she had no other reason for taking her life. Harpist Only One of Sex to Play With Chicago Company. CHICAGO (#).—Mme. Amelia Conti, daughter of Amaldo Conti, once con- ductor of the Milan, Italy, Conservatory Orchestra, is the only woman member of the Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra. She plays the harp. Although her forbears all were mu- sical, such a career is not for her son. “There is too much strife, too many unhappy moments,” she said. “My boy has a fine voice, but I would spare him the heartbreaks.” Her son, Arnaldo, is in Georgetown University preparing for a diplomatic career. Like his mother, he is an ardent Fascist. bl Dhe HAIR WORN ON HATS. Deceptive Development in Paris Looks Like the Real Thing. PARIS (#).—A coquettish nest of curls sewed to the back of one’s hat is a milliner’s offering to women who want to cut their curls and have them too. Camille Roger, designer of the hat with hair, prefers customers to bring their own hair to trim the new hat, but_does not require it. The ringlet-garnished hat is made to turn up in the back to display a fluff tre At the meeting of the State Fed- eration a_ cotton stylg show was pre- Stage decor. were cotton covered with suowy balls, of curls, presumably attached to the helg that w:flrs th:fll’lmt. le"\ul‘tlllt! the curls are put oa with careful milliner's b o5 Flnglete Exchange of New Small Sized Currency For Old to Bring “Dirty Money™ Period By the Associated Press. ‘There will be a “dirty money” period for Americens when the process of ex- changing the new small sized currency for the present issue begins about July 1. TIssue of the present sizes will be sus- pended April 30, a house committee was told by Herrick Bond, Assistant Treasury Secretary in charge. Between that date and July 1 bills usually regarded as unfit for circulation, and turned in by banks for treatment at the Treasury money laundry or to be destroyed, will be kept at work. 5 “In thai way this old’size currency will be pretty thoroughly exhausted,” Bond sald. “It won't be wasted. 1! won't be called in and canceled.” Some of the 'smaller bills of the old sizes will not serve their usual nine months, the Treasury official said, but there will be little loss in makiig the exchange so far as United States cur- rency is concerned. He estimated the manufacturing loss would be greater on the old big denomination bills and Fed- eral Reserve notes, as these would be still in good condition when finally re-l tired completely. ; o .| En route he will make a fortnight's 1t will {ake several months to com-| 8 Toute he Wl mike & forSgnes plete the exchange after issue of the small currency begins. For that period :‘l{xon"y of both sizes will be in circula- on. CITIZENS GIVE TO POOR. Georgetown Progressive Group Do- | nates Christmas Baskets, Five Christmas baskets were given | to the Salvation Army yesterday by the Progressive Citizens' Assoclation of | Georgetown as part of its soclal serv- ice work. The last monthly meeting of the year was held by the association at the residence of Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, presi- dent, 3114 R street, last Wednesday evening, with the program being de- voted to Georgetown ~philanthropies. The speakers included Capt. Rickard of the Salvation Army, Mrs. W. Ufford of the Associated Charities, Miss Ger- trude Bowling, director of the In- structive Visiting Nurses’ Society; Miss Mabel T. Boardman, national secretary | of the American Red Cross, and Miss | M. Caty, representing the National | Christ Child Society. The association appropriated a sum of money toward the community Christmas tree in Mont- rose Park. Christmas carols were rendered by Ambrose Durkin, accompanied by Miss Amelia Grimes. The members joined in the singin —_— Perils of Peace. BOSTON (#).—Samuel W. Levin fought through the World War with. out a saratch and came home to dis- tinguish hims>1f as an acrobatic davcer. But when he st on the cy side- walk here he feff and dislocated his e BONUS MONEY SEIZED. Robbers, Using Sawed-Off Shot- guns, Get $3,202 and Flee. KANSAS CITY, December 25 (#).— Two robbers using sawed-off shotguns to back their requests asked for and received a $3,202 Christmas bonus here yesterday. The bonus was collected from Willis V. Warinner, office manager of an au- tomobile agency. It was heing taken from a bank to the garage, where it was to have been distributed to 108 em- ployes. The robbers escaped in Warin- ner's automobile. The money was in- sured and the garage employes will re- ceive their bonuses later. SEEKS DIVORCE IN RENO. Ella M. Cosman Charges Hotel Man With Cruelty. RENO, Nevada, December 25 (#).— Mrs. Ella M. Cosman filed suit for divorce here last night against Jack T. Cosman of the Savoy Plaza Hotel of New York City. Mrs. Cosman charged cruelty. She married Cosman in Lon- don February 3, 1914. On her petition Mrs. Cosman claims she is entitled to one-half of their community property, including real es- tate in New York. She asserted the property is worth a million dollars. R PR Alfred Yates, who taught King George his duties in torpedo work in the navy, ecently disd at y | | | |island wets had better hunt cover. | prohibition and forecast that the em- “PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON PLANS ASIA DRY DRIVE Philippines and India Prohibition Goal of American Temper- ance Leader. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 25.—Wil- liam (Pussyfoot) Johnson arrived aboard the President Wilson from San Francisco yesterday en route to India for a month's tour there in the interest of the World League against alcoholism. enlist the island leagues' membership. “I've blood in my eye,” he said; “the Philippines must be lined up for the yorld * temperance movement. The mean business.” He said that Japan was rapidly going pire would be dry in 15 years. China at present is too befuddled to allow a forecast, he added, at the same time ex- pressing confidence that the nation ultimately would follow “the world trend toward prohibition.” SHOOTING JACKET GIVEN | DETECTIVE BUREAU CHIEF Inspector Henry G. Pratt, Persist- ent Duck Hunter, Honored by Men of Command. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of the detective bureau and one of the most persistent duck hunters in the de- partment, was presented with a leather sheoting jacket by the men of his com- mand at 9 o'clock roll call at police headquarters this morning. Inspector Pratt received a telephone call at his home early this morning im- ploring him to be down for roll call, no matier what time he had to get up. No explanation was given for the re- quest, but the inspector appeared ce the stroke of 9 o'clock. Capt. Waiter Emerson, his second in command, es- corted him into the squad room and presented the Christmas present. Schools Closed to Cupid. SHELBY, N. C. (#).—Teachers in Shelby public schools are under con- The biggest day on the calendar. When childhood’s cup of Jjoy overflows to the toot of horns, the rattle of drums and the thrill of all the other fun-making things of a real Christmas. —Reberts Photo. | ville, yesterday afternoon. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 25.—When Mrs. Willlam Hale Thompson re- covers from the iliness which has confined her to her home for several weeks, her husband, the mayor of Chicago, will get a Christmas present from the city council. The council voted to spend $2,000 for the mayor’s gift, but decided to wait until Mrs. Thompson could de- cide what it should be. i ROCKVILLE, ROCKVILLE, Md., December 25 (Spe- cial).—The annual Christmas entertain- ment of the Rockville Baptist Sunday school was held in the church Sunday evening, in charge of Mrs. J. Harry Gormley. The music was directed by Mrs. Howard Blandy and the electrical display was arranged by Aldis Robert- son and Leslie Thompson. Miss Effie May Marcey, 19, of Cherry- dale, Va,, and Frank William Thomp- kins, 22, of Washington were married in Rockville yesterday afternoon by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church, as were Miss Mattie E. Hyatt, 27, and Lawrence Harmon, 34, both of ‘Washington. Rev. E. Ruthven Carswell, 68, of At- lanta, Ga., and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hand, 56, of New York, N. Y. were married in Rockville Saturday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Osgood of the Baptist Church. The same minister officiated at the marriage here on Saturday of Frank B. Boxley, 38, and Miss Bertha C. An- drews, 28, both of Buckner, Va, the home of the minister being the scene of the ceremony. Dean Wilkinson of Gaithersburg has tendered his resignation as a member of the county police force, to take ef- fect immediately. Miss Louise Loraine La Rue, 26, of Los Angeles and Harry Davidson Bart- ley, 49, of Coatesville, Pa.,, were mar- ried in Rockville yesterday afternoon by Rev. S. J. Goode of the Christian Church. Rev. Mr. Goode officiated at the mar- riage here Saturday afternoon of John A. Raltison, 24, and Miss Jane M. Zel- mer, 24, both of Petersburg, Va., at the home of the minister. In the Circuit Court here Judge Rob- ert B. Peter has signed a decree grant- ing to Victor Mindeleff, jr., an absolute divorce from Mrs. Katherine Hope Mindeleff of 3517 Holmead place, Wash- ington, on the ground of desertion. Th2 plaintiff was represented by At- torney Stedman Prescott of Rockville. The funeral of James Willlam Graff, who died suddenly last week at the | home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Graff, at Fair- fleld, Pa., took place from the home of Mr. Grafl's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cronise, in Rock- The services were conducted by Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Baptist Church and burial was in Rockville Union Cemetery. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of Floyd Hollingsworth, 42, and Miss Lola Pickerel, 20, both of Waldorf, Md.; Hamilton Irving Rothrock, jr., of Houston, Tex., and Miss Myrtle H. Lin- ton of Takoma Park, Md.; Frank E. Ingram, 45, of Sparks, Nev, and Miss Lanora Frances Joy, 28, of Clarkdale, Ariz.; Robert W. Keys, 21, of Washing- ton and Miss May Smith Hawkins, 20, of Kensington; Clarence L. Bush, 28, and Miss Gertrude V. Mills, 24, both of Winchester, Va.; Chester R. Norman, 29, and Miss Leslie F. Cogle, 24, both of Washington; Richard T. Hood, jr., 22, and Miss Evelyn L. Little, 22, both of Washington; Harry D. Steep, 51, of Damascus, Md., and Mrs. Rosabel Nel- tract t to marry auring the school term. time for honeymoons,” board explainad, son, 53, of Gaithers and Willlam A. tler, 30, V. both. R $2,000 Gift to Mayor Of Chicago Delayed Until Wife Recovers “UNNERSE CENTER TBIEET OF SEARCH “ctronomers at Harvard | Seek Dimensions of Stellar System. | £¥ the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 25.— A search for the place popularly r | ferred to as “the center of the universe” under way at Harvard College observa- | tory has developed facts pointing to its location in the direction of the southern milky way. ‘The “universe” under investigation at Harvard is known astrcnomically as the sidereal universe, or the galaxy, | which is the immense, pancake-shaped collection of stars to which the sun | belongs. It comprises all the visible |stars and some hundred billion not | visible to the eye. The Harvard work |is both determining the center ‘and measuring the dimensions of this great stellar system. Describes Progress Made. In a paper prepared for the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, | Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of Har | vard College observatory, describes the progress made. “‘One investigation after arother,” he says, “indicates an obscured region in the southern Milky Way, where the constellations Scorpio, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius corner together, as the di- rection to the gravitational and rof tional center of the galactic stellar sy: tem. The hundred square degrees tm- mediately surrounding this central point appear to be more than haif covered by | dark nebulosity; all along, the southern |Milky Way within 30 degrees of the center, the obscuration is heavy. “Is there a massive galactic nucleys concealed by the dark nebulosity? Or is there an ordinary stellar density neighborhood? 1Is our galaxy an enor- | mous spiral nebula, or is it an assem- | blage of stars and star clouds?" N Distances Computed. ‘The nebulosities Dr. Shapley ex- plains, are at least in pari clouds of meteors. and meteoric dust. Tho they obscure much of the 1eglon where the center is believed to lie, it has been possible recently to learn something of the stars lying to one side of the center, and even beyond that point. Their dis- tance has been computed. Analysis of their light has revealed to some ce their composition. “It appears probable,' Dr. Shapley says, “that by continuing to feel way around the edges of th2 center-! ing nebulosities, and studying in detail the stellar distribution in central region we shall in time be {to determine the distances cf obscu nebulosities, and also to make a bel guess at what may lie behind the | guess as to whether or not our n@ system has a highly massive nucl concentration of stars, such as is |served in many of the extra-g: "~ | nebulae.” PP ; FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE Special Dispatch to The Star. BARTON, Md., December 25.—The home of Columbus Broadwater, at Mos~ cow, near here, was destroyed by fire carly yesterday. Members of the fam- ily escaped in their night clothes. Rus- sell Kirk, Barton, returning to his home {rom Lonaconing, discovered the flames SEaT R Thopan