Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1928, Page 2

‘2 U.5.7T0 JOIN PARLEY Capacity of Experts Who Are to" Attend Will Be Unofficial. By the Associated Press. American experts are to participate in the conferenec on the reparations problem, but just who they will be re- mains to be decided, and they will not Tepresent this Government In an official capacity. It has beem known for some time | that the United States might be asked | to have representatives at the meeting | to be held in Paris in the ncar fuiure, | but it was not until yesterday that the | British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, | made an official call to determine the | American attitude, Sir Esme acted as | 2 spokesman for England, France, Japan, Germany, Belgium and Italy. Confers with Coolldge, | Secretary Kellogg conferred with | President Coolidge and in two hours | the reply of the United States was in Sir Esme's hands. This reply stated that the United States had no objec- tion to American experts serving, but that the choice of personnel and their sppointment was to be made by the governments making the request. It is understood that the appoint- ments will be made jointly by lhc‘\ Reparations Cmnm(:‘sdic!':hu{ldulh(‘ (_3::;} man_ government al at the nai will bz“lubmlflkd to the United States Government for approval. Number Mentioned. Ambassador Howard, in his talk with Secretary Kellogg, made no suggestions | about probable appointments, but in unofficial quarters a number of men who might be available have been men- tioned. They include Owen D. Young, member of the commission which drew up the Dawes plan; Nelson Perkins, who has been prominent in reparations matters; Jeremiah Smith of Boston, who acted in connection with the cial plan for Hungary, and Henry mbmmn of Los Angeles, who was connected with the drawing up of the original Dawes plan. .I'Am memorandum issued at the French foreign office in connection with the proposed appointments of American representatives said they should have international reputations, should be zed authorities and should mnot | be bound by governmental instructions. President Co(fiidxe had previously indi- cated that he feit that the delegations to the reparations conference should be free to arrive at their own con- clusions and should not be hampered by instructions from their governments. . 96 QUARTS LIQUOR ARE FOUND IN AUTO Raid on Colored Woman's House Nets 144 Bottles of Whisky. Reckless driving, no permit and il- legal possession and transportation of Little’s liquor squad. G~ in 3 Investigating a tip received by mail, Detective 8, F. Gravely of the third s e e t of James mu! street and arrested the m cupants on & charge of of two of hol, in an ’\ll.hh Jackson, colored, was arrested and similarly THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1928. MANY UNFORTUNATES VISITED, NAMES SENT TO SANTA CLAUS " nN REPARA"UNS Charity Worker, on Tour of Poor Sections. Spreads Christma Families 1 BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Prom out a basement window, within the shadow of the Nation's Capitol, three little faces peered anxiously. A | busy charity worker making last-min- | ute visits to those in need of Christ- mas cheer pauséd a moment before the window, arrested by the expres- sion on the children’s faces. A moment of reflection and the charity worker passed down the basement steps and rapped at the door. A gaunt, tired woman, young- in years, but ravaged by poverty and want, opened the door. Her great sad eyes, looked from out a face so thin, that it looked as though she might just have arisen from a scrious iling “Good morning,” spoke the visitor. was passing and noticed your little children. I hope they are going to have a very happy Christmas.” tired mother smiled bravely. “Won't you come in and speak to the children,” she replied. Bhe led the charity worker into a scantily furnished room. A table, spread with newspapers displayed the mid-day meal, a thin, stew with very little meat. A bed stood in one corner. In room, there were seven children, including the little girls who had stood at l,h:l window, and a 5-months’ old baby lying on the bed. The children were all neatly dressed, but poor! Clean calico dresses covered the forms of the little girls—ranging in agos from 3 to sbout 9 years. Three boys, perhaps 7, 10 and 12 years, sat and stood awkwardly as the stranger entered the room. Faces Lack Enthusiasm. “Are you excited about the coming of Santa Claus?" the charity worker said to the children. The little fac: lacked enthusiasm, pariicularly tho: of the older children. They bore e: pressions entirely too cynical and de- | void of faith for children that age. The | smaller ones still retained a glimmer of hope and credulity. Perhaps, they thought, Santa Claus woula come, even though older brothers said no. “I :m afraid there will be no Christmas for us this year,” spoke the mother. "It has been impossible for my husband to get work and we l.ave nothing. My husband is an experi carpenter, hut he just can't find work.” “Is tnere no | one who is going to help you for Christmas?” the worker irquircd. Again the mother shook her head.| Turning to the little girls, whose iaces | bore such pathetic expressions of mute appeal, the visitor said, “I will see that Banta Claus visits you this year, don’t worry. You will see that he never tor- gets good little girls.” The mother was rateful and thanked the worker as che | asiened on her way, eager to veport | to “Santa Clans” the case of the little family in the basement room. ‘There were a number cf other places which had to be visited, nowever, be- fore she could return to the head- quarters, where earnest, kind-faced men and women were busily packing boxes whose contents assured a Christmas gumer for many an unfortunate iam- ly. Appalled by Conditions. On Pennsylvania avenue, the charity ‘worker entered the door of a large gray- stone building. To a casual passerby, it might be one of the comfortable of> fice buildings or rooming houses which stand in that part of the city. After leaving the sunshine of the city strect the worker was appalled by the dark- ness and damp of ‘he building. The object of her visit was a woman who lay ill in a back room of the third floor. Passing up some rickety stairs, win BSHOP FRENAN DEDCATES CAURCH .| St. Stephen’s and the Incar- ported 144 quarts of whisky. Ehe was charged with illegal possession. FLYER IN SANTA GARB ZOOMS ACROSS U. S. Plane With Christmas Tree and | Gifts for Airports Starts Transcontinenta] Flight. TETERBORO AIRPORT, N. J.. De-! mber 25 (#).—Aviation's own Santa | 3!\13 with his plane loaded with Christ- | mas trees and gifts for airports from coast to coast was zooming across the | continent today, bound for Angeles. | Over the house tops in the best tra-; dition of the patron saint of the sea- | son a big Fokker set out for its first stop at Bolling Fleld Washington, pi- loted by a Santa Claus, who in his, ordinary capacity is Otis Hueedner, air mail E{a between Salt Lake City and Xos Angeles for the Western Air Ex- press. Hueedner was garbed in com- plete Santa Claus regalia From Bolling Field the route will take e Christmas plane to Dayton, Ohio; t. Louis, Mo, and conditions permit- ting, Wichita, Kan., by Christmas night. Continuing ifs flight, the plane will stop at Pueblo, Colo.; Albuquerque, N. Mex.; | Holbrook, Ariz, and Mines Field, Los | les, Al’*;e Santa Claus plane is destined for the passenger fleet in operation be- tween Los Angeles and San Francisco. EO0O0LIDGE RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF CARDS AND YULE PRESENTS (Continued From First Page. dge went to the south end of the fa- mous East room to look upon the circle of varied Christmas trees, in the center of which a miniature scene of the birth | of Christ was depicted. The White House Christmas started fast night with the lighting of the com- | munity Christmas tree in Sherman Square, just east of the rear groungs of the White House, and later the Christ- mas carol singing in front of the White House, both Christmas eve customs being introduced in connection with the ‘White House observance of the season several years ago by Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge. Their Christmas day was somewhat disrupted by preparations for their de- parture for Sapelo Island, Ga., where they expect to spend a week or 10 days as the guest of Howard E. Coffin, re- tired automobile magnate. They are both looking forward with considerable enthusiasm to this brief rest and change of scene and climate. The President is anticipating sea fish- ing and hunting. He is taking with him several sho cuns and his sports- 's costume, featured by his Black Hills 10-gallon bat. The President has not indicated just how long he will remain away from Washington, but it is thought doubt- ful if he returns in time to hold the annual New Year reception at the ‘White House v Thelr Christmas dinner today will | to nation Rector and Build- ing Group Praised. ‘The new church of 8t. Stephen’s and the Incarnation, at Sixteenth and New- ton streets, was dedicated at Christmas services this morning, with Right Rev. James A. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, delivering the dedicatory ser: . Bishop Freeman also dedicated stained-glass window in the church, resen! gy workmen who constructed building. The speaker praised Dr. George F.! Dudley, rector, and the building com- mittee, headed by George B. Seiden, for their success, and in his sermon predicted that the church would carry out the pirit of his text. “The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former.” The - church, - Bishop Preeman said. should serve all ages of humanity from carly life to old age. It should stand for the “manhood” of religion, he said, and should adapt itself to conditions of life as they were found today. The place occupied by the church, he said, was an “indispensable factor” in the community. . “The glory of the ‘latter church, the speaker said, “must find expression in a broader conception of its obliga- tiol Its influence must be brought ar upon the market place, the forum and all the common conceris of daily life. “The church must come to occupy a place @s the solver of life’s problems. To do all these things, the message of the church must be expressed in terms that ave comprehensible and clear to all types of men. Its message must pe courageous, daring, to sct before men the mighty principles of life, enunciated by Jesus Christ.” In concluding, the bishop said he believed a new ‘“opportunity time” was opening before the church, and that if it met, as it should, the needs of twentieth century life, its field was broader and greater than ever before. CUBANS CELEBRATE. HAVANA, December 25 (#).—The spirit of Christmas took an unprec- edented hold on the Cuban people this year, with the result that many Yule- tide functions are being held and nearly every community has its Christmas tree for the poor. The presidential palace has been closed and President Machad» has gone to his ranch, where he will receive in- formally over the holiday. United States Ambassador Noble Brandon Judah and the British charge d'aflaires are holding open house for their country- men. s Cheer and Lists n Distress. | ing through corridors from which the plaster had fallen and from which rib- bons of cid wall paper gave a final stamp of decay, the worker stood before a door in a back nall. She rapped and then entersd. A very small room con- tained an oil stove, & fln?y table and a double bed upon which lay a woman fully dressed, and a small boy. The woman apologized for not arising. * felt s0 bad,” she said, “I just lay down a minute with Johnny, He's been sick for some time, but he's better now,” she added optimistically. “I just came by to see if you had any- thing for Johnny's Christmas,” explain- ed the worker. “I'm afraid Johnny ain't goin’ to have much Christmas this year,” the mother replied. “My hus- band can't find work and my wages barely cover the rent and a little food.” The visitor made a note in a book. “We will sec that Johnny has something for Christmas,” she said, “and also thal you all have some Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas to you, Johnny,” she called to the pale little boy in the bed as she left the room, passed down the rickety stairs and out the front door utma[the sunshine which the street. Proud Exteriors Hide Squalor. _Walking rapidly, she came to a sec- tion of the town which breathed of a stately and prosperous past. Old houses of brick and s.one, masterpieces of the architects of a bygone day, denied by their proud exteriors the squalor which they hid within. The charity worker entered one of these fine old buildings which had been converted into a room- ing house. She knocked at a door on | the second floor and upon a response to “come in,” she entered the two-room home of the occupants—a tired little seamsiress, who was trying to make a dress for an older daughter’s Christmas, trim a scrawny tree for three younger children, and cook the midday meal, while a drunken husband lay sprawled out on a bed in the corner. There was no apology for the husband—it was a daily occurrence, and so long as he re- mained quiet there were no complaints. Only it was a difficult problem to sup- port a family of four on the wages spas- modically earned by a seamstress. Therefore the charily worker's offer to send a box for the Christmas dinner was accepted. “Before you leave the building,” said the scamstress, “please go through the back alley and up the stairs to a room on the second floor. There is an old woman living there who has had noth- ing to eat for one week except some string beans which were given to her by a peddling vegetable man.” Despite her own cares this little seamstress had been stirred by the misfortune of one worse off than herself. Hears Her Story. The charity worker found the old woman. Again she heard the story of “no work” for the husband, who was out walking the streets in search of a temporary job which might bring in a few pennies for a Christmas dinner. Making a note of the case, the charity woi"ke;m%l;m;sed fismance l:l:‘x: (vnth wel for approac] ' feast day, she resumed her tour of charity and mercy. The charity wirker found many such cases in the course of her day's visit- ing. Homes with little children and not enough to eat. Sometimes, old people whose closing days were shadowed by hardships never known in a prosperous youth. None of these people were th2 ordinary subjects of charit) All Sections of U. S. Send Greetings and Gifts to “Al” Smith By the Assoclated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. December 25.— With all members of his family about him for his last Christmas in the State Executive Mansion, Gov. Smith last night received presents from practically all sections of the United States. Former Mayor James H. Curley of Boston sent a photograph of him- self, transmitted by telegraph. Gov. Smith attended mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con- ception this morning, and later the family gathered for an old-fashioned Christmas dinner. RETIRED MINISTER, 88, IS THOUGHT KIDNAPED Covington Man Believed Robbed While En Route to Mail Christmas Package. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Ky., December 25— The Rev. Napoleon H. Carlisle, 88, re- tired Baptist minister, was missing from his home here today and relatives feared he had been kidnaped and robbed. Always on Christmas eve, said Miss Effie Carlisle, his daughter, the min- | ister went to a postal station here to mail a gift package to his brother at Bracht Station, Ky. He did the same thing last night and left his residence about dusk with the package, but had not been seen by | relatives since. His daughter said he had ebout $50 with him. Inquiry revealed the minister had |left his Christmas package at a bus | terminal, but no trace of his move- | ments could be learned after that. The Rev. Carlisle once served as postmaster here and was a brother of the late John G. Cerlisle, Secretary of the Tressury under President Grover Cleveland. | INDIANS MAKE OFFERING. Pamunkey Tribesmen Repeat Cus- tom Dating Back Centuries. RICHMOND, Va., December 25 (#). —The Governor of Virginia has received the annual tribute of the Pamunkey Tribe. Chief Cook and eight other In- dians, clad in native hunting garb, brought a young deer, killed on_ Old Dominion soil, to Gov. Harry F. Byrd in keeping with a custom dating from the ceventeenth century. Chief Cook said considerable diffi- culty was experienced in obtaining this | vear's offering. The braves found game less plentiful in the forests of the State, | and the most skilled woodsmen were forced to range far afield from their res>rvation before they could get the dear. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., December 25.—One group of youngsters here last night was {Armly convinced that Santa Claus is real. These kiddies know because they cornered him and pulled his whiskers, and his whigkers wouldn't come off. A brilliantly dressed Santa Claus alighted from an automobile in a thick- Iy populated district yesterday to de- liver an order of Christmast goods. His be served earlier than is the custom, probably about 1:30 o'clock. costume caught the eye of a 9-year-old youngster, who had all of the children A There Is a Santa Claus! Texas Youngsters Prove It When His Whiskers Won't Pull Off in the neighborhood assembled before Santa could return to the sireet. He made a break for an alley, but the kiddies knew the block better than he did, and cornered him. “Pull his whiskers,” one skeptic yelled. “If they come off, boloney.” The test was applied, but this Santa had grown his own whiskers and the kiddies were convinced. He tock orders for everything from dolls to limousines from his reassured admirers, before he could escape. B MRS. COOLIDGE AIDS BASKETS FOR POOR Gives First of 750 Distrib- uted by Salvation Army to Needy. Baskets containing all the ingredients of today's big dinner were given to 750 destitute families by the Salvation Army yesterday afternoon after Mrs. | Coolidge had started the distribution | by handing the first basket to an elder- | ly woman who stood first in line. It was Mrs. Coolidge’s second ap- pearance at a charity function yester- ' day, and her last with the Salvation | Army as the Pirst Lady of the Land. | Earlier in the day, yesterday, Mrs. | Coolidge had attended the Central Unlon Mission’s annual Christmas tree | party for 1,400 underprivileged children i at Keith’s Theater. { Just before starting the basket dis-| tribution at the Salvation Army head- | quarters in the 600 block of E street, | Mrs. Coolidge presented Mrs. Ernest Holz, wife of the staff captain, with a | large bouquet of crimson carnations. The flowers, like those she gave to Mrs. | John 8. Bennett at the morning func- | ticn, were a token of esteem for the women with whom she had associated herself at Christmas time during the | past six years. Just before she selected the first bas- ket for presentation to the first person in line, Mis. Coolidge aeeepted from Mrs. Holz a large silk Salvation Army | flag, presented her in appreciation of the six years' contact which the First Lady had bestowed upon the army. Each of the 750 baskets given away yesterday contained a chicken weighing 4 or 5 pounds and a list of staple gro- ceries sufficient to complete today’s din- ner and leave enough for several days to come. The distribution of baskets in ! the lower hall of the hzadquarters build- | ing was preceded by a concert of Christ- mas music by the United States Navy | Band Orchestra in the upper audito- | the musical program, after which Capt. Holz presented Mrs. Coolidge. While the families who received the baskets yesterday are enjoying their home-prepared dinners today, 300 men, destitute and without homes, will be served their Christmas dinners in the Salvation Army's social service depart- | ment. Both the baskets and the social | service dinners are in accordance with | the organization’s annual custom. | 0 SRR 1 | | STREET CAR RECORDS BROKEN IN CHICAGO| Passengers Carried Last Week Outnumber Total of 1927 Period by 160,075. By the Asseciated Press, CHICAGO, December 25.—The Chi- cago surface lines today made public figures which substantiated estimates made by business dealers that this had ibeen a record Christmas season in Chi- cago. Last Saturday the surface lines car- ried 5,296,081 passengers, more persons than have ridden on the street cars since the lines were built. For the en- tire Christmas week the lines carried 160,075 more passengers thaf for the same week a year ago. The Post Office Department, too, said records had been broken. The Christ- mas period, which the department classes as between December 15 and 24, | saw the local post office deliver 63,925,~ 135 pieces of first-class mail, as com- pared with 56,504,327 a year ago. Rec- ords for December 24 of this year were not complete and hence were not in- ::‘l,uded. although they were in the 1927 December 21 was the big day for the mailmen, who handled 15,000,000 pieces of ltzltzr mail and 3,000 tons of parcel post. BABY WITH TOY IN THROAT STILL CLINGS TO LIFE Child Too Weak to Permit Opera- | tion for Removal, Doctors Say. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 25.— Still hovering between life and death, Frank Brooks, 18-month-old Asco, W. Va., babe, lay in a hospital here with a toy wedged in his throat and too weak to permit an operation for its removal. Though previously reported as much improved, hospital attaches sald his condition was “very serious and we do not know when we can operate.” ‘The child swallowed a toy motor cycle which came in a package of pop- corn a week ago last Saturday, but it wedged in his throat. Since that time he has had little trouble in breathing, but is unable to take nourishment ex- cept small amounts through a tube. MARSHAL CA[.JORNA'S BODY STARTS FOR BURIAL PLACE Throngs in Italian Cities Pay Tribute to War Leader as Train Passes. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 25.—The body of Count Marshal Cadorna, Italian war- time commander, yesterday started toward its final resting place at Pallanza, all along the route groups of men who had served under him paying their homage. At g;uvom a battalion of infantry rendered full military honors while a| numper of reserve officers turned out to pay their respects. Another battalion was drawn up at Genoa where admidst an impressive gathering bands struck up the hymn of the Piave. All patriotic societies thronged the station at Milan awaiting the arrival of the former war chief’s body. Three field officers were on the train acting as an escort of honor. Wreaths sent by King Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Humbert were on top of the coffin. Santa Gives $9,000 Home to Family of Slain Patrolman By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 25. —A Christmas present from grateful citizens of Kansas Oity was presented Sunday to the family of James H. “Happy” Smith, traffic patrol slain June 14 by robbers who held up the Home Trust Co. here. A new home, built mostly by volunteers from material given by dealers was given Mrs. Smith. Ap- proximately 200 persons attended the ceremony. The home, valued at $0,000, was built at a cost of only $1,600 because of the nu- merous donations. A trust fund rium. Congregational singing concluded | be of $25,000 also was subscribed by citizens for the family, which will move into the new home today. ! CHIMA REGOGNTION GALED U. . OUP Diplomatic Action Interpret- ed as Obstacle to Anglo- Japanese Alliance. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. American diplomacy scores a victory at the turn of the year which goes far toward compensating the Coolidge ad- ministration for non-ratification of the Kellogg treaty before Christmas. The United States’ bold initiative, several months ago, in according recognition to Nationalist China has just been fol- lowed by Great Britain. The London | government’s action is highly significant from another important standpoint. It was taken without regard to Japan | and thereby destroys the likelihood of | & new Anglo-Japanese alllance in the Far East. For several months past! there have been indications that the British and the-Japanese were consid- ering the feasibility of renewing, in| some form or other, the close relation- ship which united them from 1902 to 1922. One of the primary objects of the Washington conference of 1921-22! was to bring about the annulment of the former Anglo-Japanese alliance. It was terminated mainly on the de-| mand of the United States. When Secretary Kellogg last Summer startled the international universe by announcing that America had conclud- ed a tariff treaty with the new Nation- alist Government of China, the United States was accused of violating the spirit of the Washington conference treaties, providing for joint action in China among the powers. It was freely predicted that the result of the Cool- idge administration’s initiative would some kind of concerted action among the other powers, which were not yet prepared to shake hands with the Nan- king authorities. Count Uchida, the Japanese statesman who was sent to Paris to sign the anti-war treaty on Tokyo's behalf, had a series of confer- | ences with the British government in London. Ever since then the report has persisted that Great Britain E?\d Japan were in agreement to withhold recognition of the new China until cer- tain far-reaching concessions had been made by Nanking. British Follow America. Great Britain has apparently de- cided, as the United s‘;gtes dfd six months ago, to face the facts in China and make the best of them. The de- cision was a difficult one for the Bald- win government to make, because the Chinese Nationalists stigmatized the British authorities and the numerous British commercial groups in Chinese trading centers like Shanghai and Han- kow as the archconspirators against the new masters of China. British goods were boycotted, and individual Britons md attacked amnd their properties London has tardily come to the con- clusion that the Nationalists are in invincible control of Chima and that nothing is to be gained by any further refusal to deal with them. Alt] h official confirmation is not yet forth- coming, 8ir Miles Lampson, the British Minister to China, is circumstantially reported to be on the verge of signing @ treaty granting the Nanking govern- ment the same, tariff autonomy -acknowl- by the” American treaty signed by John V. A. MacMurray, the United States Minister. Nationalist China now stands before the world fully recognized as an equal among the nations by the two great English-speaking powers. Japan Stranded in China. Washington diplomatists declare that Japan is left more or less stranded in China by the common action of the United States and Great Britain. It leaves the Tokio government the one important factor in Far Eastern affairs which has not yet signalized the full- fledged sovereignty of China. The Japanese still hold fast to their contention that Nationalist China il- legally abrogated the Sino-Japanese commercial treaty with its implied special interests” of Japan. Tokio also maintains its exclusive rights and sphere of influence” privileges in Man- churia, What the Americans and the British have done is to say that there is practically a new deal in China and that China has recovered all along the line the mastery of ,her own house. To impose the demands set up by the V5o Sony with the Onivee Srien oaa conflict w e Unit Gmnflhln. ed States and o statesmen are still engaged in to come to terms with Nn‘nel‘inp There is a considerable party in Japan which favors the same sort of liberal policy toward China as that with which the United States and Great Britain 9sve now fllide’n‘lmedkmpmselm. One of apan’s official spokesmen explains to thls writer that his government's re- luctance to recognize Nationalist China is the fear that it is not yet firmly es- tablished. The lack of an outstandingly strong man is felt in Tokio to be the chief danger in the situation. (Copyright. 1928.) CHRISTMAS GREETINGS SENT BYRD EXPEDITION Messages From All Parts of World Dispatched to Members of Antarctic Party. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 25.—Mes- sages of Christmas greeting were sent to members of the Byrd Antarctic Ex- g:dmnn from all parts of the world to- Y. Thousands of words of holiday senti- ments from loved ones, friends and ad- mirers were transmitted to the mem- bers of the party through the short- wave radio station of the New York Times, Persons known and unknown to the Byrd party in the United States, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Czechoslo- vakia, France and other countries sent messages of cheer and best wishes to the explorers. Greetings from mem- bers of the Byrd party also were trans- mitted through the same channel. LETTER CARRIER FINDS AGED PAIR UNCONSCIOUS Man and Wife Are in Serious Con- dition From Exposure in Frigid Home. By the Associated Press. PITTSFIELD, Mass., December 25.— A letter carrier delivering packages which would have made aged Mr. and Mrs. Onslow D. Farrar happy found them both unconscious in their home here yesterday. The fire in a stove long had been out and Farrar, 85, and his wife, 81, were in a serious condi- tion from exposure. The couple had the funds to care for themselves and chose to live in & house rather than live with relatives. The carrier found Mrs. Farrar on the floor near her bed, on the first floor, and the husband lying unconscious at the foot of his bed, on the second floor. Mrs. Farrar had long been an invalid. It was belleved that her husband had been taken ill in: the upper floor and she attempted 40 go to his aid. APPEALS MADE FOR GOOD WILL BY LEADING FRENCH CHURCHMEN Christmas Messages Sent to Americans by Archbishop of Pa Huguenot By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 24.—Appeals for peace and good will among men featur- ed Christmas messages to the people of the United States given to the Asso- ciated Press by two of the leading churchmen of Prance. They were as follows: By Cardinel Dubois, Archbishop of Paris. “Peace on earth, good will to men: divine and ever opportune prayer, but especially so in our time, on the mor- row of a terrible convulsion from which the whole world has not yet entirely recovered. “Good wills are strung from one end of the universe to the other, in order finally to bring about by peace the equilibrium of social forces, of rival in- terests, of national aspirations. “Shall we succeed in stabilizing peace, in warding off for 2 long time at least the menaces of a new World War? *“Yes, on one condition, that we call ever more often for the aid of spirit- ual and religious forces, which are the best agents of international concord. ‘Love Ome Another.’ “Before the injustices or provocative ambitions of foreign wars—against sub- rersive theories which arouse hatred and prepare revolutions, the church rises up with her divine doctrine of justice and of charity. She repeats to individu- als as to nations the evangelical words, ‘love one another.’ “May these words be heard and taken to heart: may the light of truth which Christ brought upon earth spread throughout the world for the guidance of men. May true brotherhood, respect- ing the rights of each individual, unite the sons of the same heavenly Father. “And may there spread more and more widely on earth the kingdom of God, for whom the Little Child of Bethlehem made Himself, here below, the messenger to bring to humanity | dead the only efficacious conditions of peace and happiness.” KING'S CONDITION CONTINUES TO GAIN Takes Interest in Christmas, but Anything to Disturb His Rest Is Banned. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 25.—Continued improvement in the condition of King George made this a merry Christmas in England A Decision of the King's physicians yesterday not to issue another bulletin before 24 hours was taken as a gratify- ing indication that their experience as- sured them no important change was expected, and that recent slow improve- ment in the King's condition would continue. They planned to make - their usual visits and hold consultations during the day, and should the need arise to give public information earlier than ar- ranged a special bulletin would be posted in the windows or post offices throughout the country as no news- papers are publishing. Bulletin To Be Broadcast. The evening bulletin will be displayed in post offices today, and the same will be done tomorrow. The bulletin also will be broadcast so that the nation will not be kept in ignorance of the King's condition until papers reappear on_Thursday. Christmas at Catherine Palace today was as private and intimate as that in the homes of any of the King's sub- jects. Therc was no court ceremonial, but just an assembly of a mother, her children and grandchildren, a condi- tion made necessary by the fllness of the father, who stiil is to Il to share In any part of even subdued festivities. The King is taking as much inter. est in Christmas as his weak state per- mits, but nothing like excitement will be allowed to disturb the restful silence of the sick room. Visit King’s Bedside. Queen Mary and Princess Mary, both of whom had much experience nursing, frequently visit the King's sick room to keep informed of his progress while the sons viit;ltdhls bedside once or twice during each day. The grandchildren however, were given full reign to their merrymaking, their quarters being far removed from the King's .chamber. The grown folk plan to have their Christmas dinner to- gether while the Prince of Wales also arranged to make a radio appeal the nation to help the families of thou- sands of miners suffering from the loss of employment. —_— AMAZONE IS WINNER IN FRENCH HANDICAP Attending at Largest Crowd Ever Race Gathers Vincennes. By the Assoclated Press. VINCENNES, France, December 25.— The Christmas Handicap uncovered a worthy rival of Uranie, the acknowl- edged queen of European trotting tracks, when Amazone, 4-year-old daughter of Passeport, out of Annama- lan, covered the distance of 1 mile, 6% furlongs in 4 minutes 16 3-5 seconds, winning with plenty to spare from a fleld of 10 starters. . Capucine was second and Champagne third. The field contained three fillies and seven stallions, the fillies finishing"| one and two out of the three entered. The crowd was said to be the largest that ever attended a trotting meet in France. Santa Invades Japan. TOKIO, December 25 (#).—Santa Claus has found his way to the land of Shinto and Buddhist temples. Christ- mas sales of articles suitable for gifts are advertised by the department stores and Santa Claus himself is frequently seen in the streets. ris and Leader of Church. By Pastor Henry Soulie, leader of the Huguenot Church in Prance: “Bells are ringing on earth, angels are singing in heaven. Over ocean and continent the joyous message of Christ- mas is borne again: ‘Love one another.’ Ah If we could but at last listen to this divine appeal, how everything would change. Peaceful would be our hearts, secure and hapPy our homes, brotherhood the motto of our cities and state, cordial the harmony of the world. All Else Called Vain. “Yes, love one another. wealth, power, civilization. With love, on the contrary, divine love, the love of what is good, of the humble, of Christ, of the Father, everything is transfigured. With the love that comes from the manger Christianity finds its first seed. All-conquering, money, in- stead of being the worst of masters becomes the best of servants; power becomes the core of justice and Bence: civilization, the beacon of the Divine Infant. “This is the evangile in our hands, the evangile in its simplicity of Christ- mas. The c le to be undertaken, the only thing necessary for the sal- vation of our souls and the true gre ness of nations. “Let us take the initiative. You, the United States of America, to remain faithful to your traditions symbolized by the pilgrims of the Mayflower; we, France, once called the eldest daughter of the church, also with its heroic line of martyrs of the Reformation. This crusade for the triumph of the gospel throughout the world will unite us nlmre and better than political decisions alone. “The only lasting. fruitful, profound, eternal truth is the unity of hearts when we are on our knees at the feet of the Divine Master, Christ, born and on the cross, who reigns from centuray to century and says to us day by day: ‘Love one another.’"” 116-Year-Old Man Observes Birthday On Christmas Day Oklahoma’s Oldest Citi- zen, “Dying by Inches,” Unafraid of Death. By the Associated Press. GUTHRIE, Okla., December 25.— Thomas Sloan, believed to be Okla- homa’s oldest citizen, celebrates his 116th birthday anniversary here today. “Uncle Tommy,” as he is famiiiarly i known to hundreds of Guthrians, was in much better spirits last night than he was on Christmas eve last year, when his only request was that he might die. A year older, he has no such desire. He believes that it is a pretty good old world after all. “Uncle Tommy” has no hopes of wit- nessing another Christmas, however. ‘This one, he says, will be his last. “I am living in a spiritual world 1.ow and am dying by inches,” he mused. He regrets that his eyes are .ailing him so rapidly that he no longer can read. He spends most of his time at the home of his stepdaughter, Mrs. M. R. Nickens, When tiae weather is ..ot too cold he may be seen slowly walking the streets of Ciuthrie. In the Sum- mer he is in the open much of the time. “Uncle Tommy” was born on Christ- mas day in 1812 in a little fishing vil- in Ireland. He has bcen in Ameri- ca an even 100 years and is convineed that it is a good place in which to live. In his younger days “Uncle Tommy" was a sailor, but he quit the sea after he had been shipwrecked twice. He declared he has no fear of death. “My future is settled,” he says. Although several lodgers at rooming house where he stays have been il with influenza, he has escaped with only a slight cold. . HESSE LAUDS POLICE FOR WORK IN TRAFFIC Christmas Rush Xept Moving " Smoothly, While Store Squad Also Functioned Well. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, today said he was pleased with the way the special squad of traf- fic officers assigned to handle the extraordinary rush of Christmas traffic downtown had funciloned. Maj. Hesse said that not a single complaint of any traffic jams had come to his desk for the last three weeks. There were 26 men on the special traffic squad, and 22 men in a special plain-clothes squad to polics the down- town area during tha and keep a lookout and %o | other undesirable vl Maj. Hesse said the latter squad had worked in a way to command the ad- miration of the merchants and the cit- izens generally. VARE UNABLE TO APPEAR BEFORE REED GROUP Counsel Says Special Committee Trip Would Jeopardize Penn- sylvanian’s Life. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 25— Francis Shunk Brown, counsel for United States Senator-elect William, 8. Vare, announced last night that the Senator-elect would not appear per- sonally before the Reed -pecial Senate committee on January 4. A letter explaining the physical con- dition of Mr. Vare has been sent to Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, cl of the special committee, which investigated expenditures in the Pennsylvania senatorial primary of May, 1926, The letter, Mr. Lirown said, made it that Mr. Vare's appear- ance before the commititee would jeop- ardize his life. Rotary “Family” Party. ‘Wives and families of Rotarians will be guests tomorrow at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Washington at the Willard Hotel. Vivian Carter, editor and manager of the Rotarian, will be principal speaker. Girl of 6, Away From Home for Christmas, Hangs Her Stocking By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 25.—Does Santa Claus carry a list of those who have moved just before Christmas? The _question occurred to Evelyn Tervo, 6, daughter of Mr. ‘and Mrs. V. M. Tervo of Detrolt, Who are staying over [in Detrof the holiday’ at a local hotel. Evelyn thought it Lt nst to handi- cap the old gentl:man in his task of | ges finding her, so she sought the aid of the hotel clerk, in Lobby of Hotel “May I hang my stocking on your Christmas tree tonight?” she asked, pointing to the big tree in the lobby. “You see,” Evelyn e: “I am afraid Santa Claus won't know where to look for me. I's usually home, and he probably will look for my stocking 1 surely hang it sure to t. Daddy says he wil find it upstairs, but I'd rather rngn;.'h‘yne where he will be “I'll see that Santa finds it.” said the clerk, and ¥velyn went happily to bed. ... Outside of | that all 1s in vain—religious observance, | os Tush | BYRD AVIATORS EXPERT HELMSMEN Flyers and Boy Scout Prove Masters in Guiding Ship Through Ice. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Times ON BOARD THE CITY OF NEW YORK, December 21.—The second mate occasionally shoots a stream of tobacco juice to the leeward, waves his arms and yells back to the men at the wheel: “Hard left! That's right; steady her now. Know why they call a ship ‘she’” Because rigging costs so much. “Half astern there! Right! Ful speed ahead!” And wham! We go into an ice cake It is nervous and tiresome work find- ing a way through these leads in ice fields. The airplane pilots have been especially gcod at it. They seem to get the feel of the ship Instinctively, and s« she swings meet her in time with the wheel. Harold S.\June, who has done this work on one watch, handles: the ship as if he had been at sea bucki; the ice all his life. st Wheel Kicks Viciously. The wheel kicks viciously. Particu- larly when backing, it strikes one, and there is danger of being caught and thrown completely over it. This has happened several times, but fortunately with no serious results. 3 Paul Siple, the Boy Scout, has be- come one of the best helmsmen aboard. He has been putting weight on his 6- foot frame since he left home and now weighs nearly 200 pounds of hard muscle. He stands in front of the wheel and whirls it with one hand as if he were cranking a car. Standing watch is cold work, and there is the constant sound of stamp- ing feet. Frequent maneuvering keeps the men in the engine room busy answering the innumerable signals from above. Forty in one hour is not uncommon, and every time the engine is stopped for an' length of time and gets cold, it is & job to start it again. It pounds and wheezes and throws surplus water from the condenser all over the engine room ‘The engineers, Thomas B. Mulroy the chief, John Bayer, or Esmonde M O'Brien, his hands working the thrott! and reversing gears back and forth move as fast as if they were shado: boxing. | The coffee mill, we will call it, an curse its choking hesitancy when it be comes overheated in a hurry. But w are to have an affection fo |its ponderous and ancient frame b- czuse of the way it has stood up und~ Ounishment. Bathing Is Perilous. ‘The boiler room is where we was! for on one side is a water pipe fro: i the condenser, and with soap and a lIo olpascrubblnl 1t is possible to get fair] ctean. Capt. Alton Parker, the aviator, wa taking a bath in the boiler room ye: terday, after coming off watch, an’ Tom Mulroy lifted a curtain behin him and heaved a bucket of cold ser water on Parker's back. George H. Black, known to' us a Blackie, is checking the weight of sup plies for the sled parties in a cornc of the wardroom, for most of it is sti" filled with “Oh, al 1 ds,” nonchalantly. e - “Huh! Guess I'd better weigh i retorts Blackie. “Anyway, I can d: &:fin just as quick as I Tce Fascinates Byrd. Blackie is the xup&ly officer on bc and his job is to find things as f. are needed. What a task that is on ship loaded so tightly that hardly «n thing can be moved can be imagined. He has organized the I-Don’t-Kno: Club, the phrase which is invoked whe any one is asked the location of a need ted article. However, it is general! found in the end, by dint of strenucu digging into piles of boxes. ‘Nobod: could find scales yesterday and today we have three sets. comes out of his cabin with a of papers in his hand con- taining lists and weights and food values of rations for the sleds, over which h- has been working for several days. H> checks navigation, watches the coal and tml&mdnmo!thelhlplnmflnmmm ments. The ice fascinates him and he stays on deck for hours studying its forma- tion. At any moment of the day or night, if cne can call it night when the sun shines, he is apt to pop out on deck to see if everything is being con- ducted rly. The important decisions are his. the respopsibility is his the live: these men depend upon his judgment. ‘There is little that escapes him. So it can be seen that our world, al- though narrowly circumscribed, is RQusy one. There is something for every Que to do and it is done cheerfully. « t. 1928. by the New York Tim Co. and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A rights for publicaticn reserved throush the world.) FEW CHRISTMAS TREES BOUGHT IN PORTO RICO Effect of Recent Hurricane Has De- pressing Holiday Effect on Island Residents. By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, December 25.—Porto Rico is observing Christmas with fewer Christmas trees than usual. Reports from the steamship companies indicate that prpbably not more than 150 trees from New England were brought to the island this year, and of these probably the majority went schools and institutions rather than private homes. The reduced number of trees*ordered by merchants is belleved to have been due to the feeling that with losses from the September hurricane still felt there would not be much desire to buy ahrmu trees, which usually cost from up. o to weRE GONNA HAVE A YMAS