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& ‘ ¢ Mexico and Cuba. [ 4 r + Fair tonight, about freezing; tomorrow partly cloudy Temperature—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 29, at and warmer. y. Full report on page 21. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 THER. Bureau Forecast.) lowest temperature ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, No. 30,920. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, 5 WASHINGTON, . D. C Jay WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928—TH IRTY-FOUR PAGES. service. » UP) Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,308 - TWO CENTS. CHANGE N HOOVER PLANS CLEARSSHY FOR LEGISLATORS Decisions on Farm Aid, Tariff and Extra Session Can Be Made. PRESIDENT’S OPINIONS VITAL TO SUCCESSOR Next Chief Executive Decides to Come Directly to Capital—May Make Other Trips. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Herbert Hoover's change in plans has cleared the skies here. All sorts of complications had been developing, which it had been feared would have meant a pilgrimage by congressional leaders to Miami. By deciding to come to ‘Washington first, Mr. Hoover is bowing to the will of the men whose co-operation he will need most in getting legislation. Try as they may to give the impression that, the decision as to an extra session, the formulation of a farm relief pro- gram and sundry other matters is wholly within their power, the leaders have been somewhat bewildered. There is a difference of opinion as to when the tariff shall be revised. And there t about the de- m‘:?d c::.}-g;\d::};ef plan to say nothing of some very important ap- pointments which will have to be made for the new administration, and in which Congress will have a voice. Could Dismiss House. Mr. Hoover could send to the extra session of the Senate, which would meet normally on March 5, all the names of officers he wants confirmed and make 1t unnecessary to keep the House of R¥rsentnnves in session at all. ‘o agree upon some of these ap- pointments_requires consultation with Congress. Mr. Hoover has been looked upon as likely to be a one-man execu- tive, but some of his friends in Congress have insisted that the two houses would find a welcome surprise when he really got down to business. Mr. Hoover has been hea from his friends here about the confusion in the Jegislative situation and how impor- tant it is for him to consult in person the men on Capitol Hill President’s Views Vital. m to Washington at once Ml‘nyfloct;)vfl"n:fll be able to talk not only with the col | Jeaders, but with President. Coolidge, vldu-e :agwpolntg’: nding legislation and on appoin g: fill present vacancies it will vital to know. Tt will not take Mr. Hoover w find out that there is here & t aversion to an extra session and that this proceeds mostly from those who do no6t want the tariff disturbed. The re- wvision, however, is desired by another group and the politics of the ‘whole situation is not easy to delineate. The tariff hes become interwoven with the farm program, too, and Mr. Hoover will have to make up his mind on what he wishes to do about it. Once the decision is made, uncertainty will depart. The difficulty to date has been that nobody knew just what was . Business dislikes hesitation and doubt. Mr. Hoover during his 10 days here will be ble to lay down a policy with respect ro the extra session which will have the a] wval of leaders of Congress and t Coolidge, for the latter's in- fluence is essential to the completion of the legislative program in this Congress o as to avoid an extra session. (Copyright. 1928.) HOOVER TO ARRIVE JAN. 7. Pinner and Gayety Mark Yule Cele- bration on Ship, B the Associated Press. U. S. S. UTAH, December 26.—After the most unusual Christmas he has ever known, thanks to the ingenuity and hospitality of Capt. Train and officers of fhe Utah, President-clect Herbert Hoover today began consideration of correspondence Teceived from the United States at Rio de Janeiro. He plso commenced formulating plans for his 10 days' visit to Washington, where |he expects to arrive on the morning of January 7. Mr. Hoover announced yesterday that fngtead of the Utah taking him to Florida it will land him at Hampton Roads January 6, as the President-elect is desirous of attending to various per- sonal matters in the National Capital before going to Miami, where he will remain R:mfi almost time for the in- suguration unless he should decide to make another separate good-will trip to Circumstances made it mecessary for him to abandon his plans to visit these two countries on the resent tour, and he has indicated that go may make a special trip before he enters the White House to show friend- liness to them. Dinner by Moonlight. The Hoovers’ Christmas aboard the Utah ended with a dinner given in the open air on the upper deck by Capt. Train and the officers in honor of the President-elect and Mrs. Hoover. Under a full moon shining through a tropical night, the Utah's deck was converted into a combination Summer garden party and Christmas setting. Multi- colored Japanese lanterns swung over tables which were decorated with fresh Brazilian flowers from Rio de Janeiro and festooned strings of evergreens. At one end of the deck, however, was the contrasting touch of an open fire- place, with a mantel and chimney, ready for Santa Claus. Red electric globes gave the appearance of glowing coals ‘within the fireplace. The ship’s carpen- ter had worked all night Christmas eve building the fireplace, which was made of weod painted in imitation of bricks and mortar. On top of the mantel- plece was a large American eagle, with outstretched wings, carved from wood. Miss Ruth Fessler, secretary to Mrs. ‘Hoover, and Allan Hoover acted as agents for Santa Claus. They went to the fireplace as dinner ended and found piles of presents, which they distrib- uted. The gifts were small articles of native craftsmanship that Mrs. Hoover had bought in Rio and other cities vis- ited. Capt. Train, on behalf of himself and the other officers, presented Mr. Hoover with & pair of binoculars encased in leather and gave Mrs. Hoover a blue and white silk Brazilian shawl. Capt. " (Continued on |R48¢+2,Oolmn ) ] 5 PARAGUAY BL President The Star and the North American Newspaper _ Alliance asked Hernando Siles, President of Bolivia, to present Bolivia's side in its controversy with Paraguay, which he has done in the following’ cabled article. ~Paraguay's position, as presented by its president, Jose P. Gugglari, was published in The Star yesterday. BY HERNANDO SILES, President of Bollvia. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 26.—The boundary lines between Paraguay and Bolivia_are the Paraguay and Pilco- mayo Rivers, on the Bolivian side of which lies the territory called Chaco Boreal. Since September 4, 1559, when the Spanish colonial law divided the Au- diencia of Beunos Aires from the Au- diencia of Charcas—the Bolivia of to- day—the orders of jurisdiction, explo- ration and tax collections show very clearly and without doubt that the region between the Picolmayo and Paraguay Rivers belongs in its entirety to the Charcas Audiencia, which was| formed in virtue of the *“American Utiposidetis of 1810.” The most famous historians and geographers of that period unanimously laid down the same lines of demarca- tion. There was, among other indis- putable authorities, the eminent cos- mographer, Don Felix de Azara, who was appointed by Carlos III as the commissioner of land demarcations to determine the boundary line between OCKED CHACO AGREEMENT, SILES CHARGES Bolivia Always Sought Pacific Settle- ment of Boundary Dispute, Declares. the Spanish and Portuguese possessions in_America The Asuncion Cabildo (the town corporation), taking advantage of the visit of Senor Azara to this continent, requested him on March 22, 1793, to draw a map of that territory, together with a historical and geographical description of that land. On July 9 the same year Senor Azara presented the result of his labors. It was so remarkable that the Asuncion Cabildo not only extended to him its “eternal gratitude,” but sent to him a speclal commission with its congratu- lations, and bestowed upon him the title of “Illustrious Paraguayan.” Boundary on West. Senor Azara says in his description: “The Paraguay boundary on the west side is the Paraguay River, for Paraguay has no possessions in the Chaco.” Later on, Senor Azara made the same remark in another of his state- ments. It should be noted that this happened 17 years before the American Utiposidetis, cited above. A similar emphatic statement was made by the Paraguayan citizen, Mari- ano Motas, in 1840, in the periodical magazine, the Revista de Beunos Aires, and still another emphatic statement was made by the distin- guished Argentine publisher, Juan (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HODVER WL HEAR IALEURAL PLAN Grant Will Present Qutline to President-Elect Upon Ar- rival January 7. A complete skeleton plan of the in- augural ceremonies will be ready for President-elect Hoover when he arrives in the Capital January 7. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, thairman of the in- augural committee, today called for the afternoon of Thursday, January 3, a meeting of the chairmen of the various committees of the inaugural commit- tee, from whose reports the general plan will be drawn up to be ready for submission to Mr. Hoover four days later. Col. Grant is delighted that the President-elect will arrive in Washing- ton early in January, when the skeleton plan can be submitted to him here in- stead of in Florida, where Mr. Hoover had originally planned to land on Jan- a4 1'1 wmm g'n{‘:u = h: arrival in Wasl same that on which he would have landed in Florida under his original plan, Col. Grant is proceeding as if there had been no change in the plans of the President-elect. Col. Grant has kept hard at work on the plans for the in- augural, consequently he feels a speed- ing-up process is not necessary. Meanwhile the work of the com- mittee chairman is going forward and the plans of some have reached the point where tensative arrangements have been virtually completed. The work of Gen. Anton Stephan, chair- man_ of the committee on parade, which will be the most spectacular part of the inauguration ceremony, is well under way, although many de- tails remain to be worked out. Gen. Stephan has been promised the full co-operation of the Army by Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, but is in doubt as to what to do about participation by the cadets from the military academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis in the parade. Figures submitted to Gen. Stephan indicate it would cost about $29,000 to bring the cadets from the military academy to Washington, and another $8,000 to bring the Naval Academy students here, a total of $37,000. Expenditure of such an amount from the fund of $100,000 to be raised for general expenses of the inaugural committee, would be im- practical, he said, and he considers it unlikely that Congress would authorize an appropriation in the amount suf- ficient to cover the necessary expenses. Stephan’s Task. Gen. Stephan is faced with another delicate situation in his letters to State governors suggesting that they furnish floats and military detachments for the parade. In several of the States, he said, new governors will be inducted “Chain Farm” Idea Proves Successful In Original Tests Economic Body Discusses Possibility of Change in Production Methods. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, December 26.—“Chain farms,” involving a new idea of co- operative production as well as co-op- erative marketing, now are found to be taking their place as the newest unit in this country's industrial system. Where tried out, this adaptation of mass production and large scale distri- bution to the business of farming has had a good measure of success. The results are so interesting that all im- portant farm meetings, including that of the American Farm Economic As- sociation here this week, are intrigued by their future possibilities. Banks and insurance companies, hold~ ing large tracts of farm lands as a re- sult of depression in the industry, are the principal experimenters in chain methods. The latest report on their experience involved 32 farms on a tract of 7,500 acres in Central Illinols. Each farm was operated by a.tenant under the direction of a general superin- tendent. Production Is Increased. It was found that where an avera; farm in the district produced 40 bushels of corn to the acre at a cost of $26 on the chain farm 70 bushels were pro- duced to the acre at a cost of $29. Other experiments have shown somewhat sim- ilar results. “We shall sooner or later have to face and answer the question whether the small independent farmer is the size of productive unit and the form of pro- ductive organization best adapted to the new conditions of agriculture,” Virgil Jordan, chief economist of the National Industrial Conference board, “he bon rd reports that only al 800,000 farms out of the G.SODY,OO:O;‘: the country are operating at a profit, so that the economic trend appears to }:eeul:)wlrd experiment with the plan at Paper Believes in Idea. “We will always have the individual farm unit where the farmer and his family reside on the farm,” Sam Thompson, who just retired as presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau Federation, belleves. “It may well be that we must go another step in our co-operative effort and introduce co- operative production.” The Chicago Tribune believes that the chain farm has come to stay. “It is a method which can be applied to farms operated by the owners, it may be hoped, for the growth of ten- antry on farms is socially unwhole- some,” the paper says editorially. Mr. Jordan is convinced that the transition in agriculture will be much slower than in other lines of business. into office during the Winter and he feels that he cannot urged upon the present governors certain plans which their successors might change. Gen. Stephan’s present plan is to limit the parade, including all floats and detachments, to a number which will permit it to pass a given point in three hours. He started his apportion- ment of State delegations with a theory that marchers from the States would be apportioned in the ratio of one man to each 10,000 population in the State, according to the 1920 census. he figured this out, he found the num- ber would be entirely too many, so he cut the quota to one marcher to each 20,000 population, with a minimum of 25. ‘The order of precedence of the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TWO0 FIREM.EN KILLED. Eight Other Volunteers Hurt on Way to $500,000 Blaze. PITTSBURGH, December 26 (#)— ‘Two volunteer firemen were killed and eight others injured, five seriously, when their apparatus plunged down an em- bankment, today while speeding to the fire in the plant of the Carnegie Re- fining Co., at Heidelberg. ‘The blaze, which started early yes- terday, was still raging this morn- ing. The loss was placed at $500,000. TOBACCO EXPERT DEAD. R. G. Thomas, Crop Disease Special- ist, Succumbs to Influenza. TIFTON, Ga., December 26 (#).— Ralph G. Thomas, tobacoo disease spe- clalist, at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, died from influenza in a pital here last night. He is survived by his father, W. F. Thomas, Grant, Va.; two brothers, Dr. D. E. Thomas, Cut;mell University, Ithaca, N, Y, wiu ym s, Roan+ “oke, Wi %9" R But when . (Copyright. 1928.) . LEWIS IS CHAIRMAN. Named Head of I. C. C. to Succeed J. B. Campbell. E. I. Lewis has been elected chair- man of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission to serve the year 1929. He succeeds Commissioner J. B. Campbell under the regular arrangement for ro- !tation among the nine members. + Commissioner Lewis was chairman of ! the Indiana Public Service Commission jwhen he was appointed to the Com- | merce Commission by President Wilson. | RADIO DELEGATE NAMED. Dr. Altunaga to Represent Cuba at Parley Here. HAVANA, December 26 (#).—Presi- dent Machado has appointed Dr. Rafael | Rodriguez Altunaga of the Cuban em- bassy at Washington to represent Cuba at the radio conferences to be held in Washington. Luis Betharte will act as alternate. PROTOOLCREATES PANEL OF JUDEES FORLATI DISUTE Would Determine Causes of Paraguayan-Bolivian Bor- der Controversy. DRAFT IS DISPATCHED TO BOTH GOVERNMENTS Pan-American Parley Expects Re- plies From Asuncion and La Paz in Few Days. | By the Associated Press. The creation of a panel of nine judges to determine causes and responsibilities for the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute is proposed in the text for a protocol of conciliation adopted by the Pan-Ameri- can Arbitration Conference’'s special committee on the controversy and sub- mitted to the two governments for their approval, Of the nine judges, each of the two disputing countries would appoint two and the Arbitration Conference here would appoint five, ‘The panel would hold its first meet- ing in Washington for organization purposes. Six Months for Work. The conciliation commission would be allowed six months to complete its work with a possible extension of six months more, if necessary. It would study the controversy and suggest means of amicable solution. Should this conciliation fail, the commission would be charged with issuing a report stating the facts as found through its investigation and fixing responsibility for the events which led to the rupture of diplomatic relations. The duties of the commission would be limited exclusively to the events which gave rise to and followed the armed clash at Fort Vanguard, between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops on De- cember 6. It would not deal with the larger problem of the general bound- ary relations between Bolivia and Para- guay in the Chaco Boreal. In Close Agreement. The Bolivian and Paraguayan re- plies to the original inquiries by the ar- bitration conference’s special commit- tee about their wishes as to how the conciliation proceedings should be con- ducted were in close agreement. This greatly facilitated early settle- ment on the general lines of the pro- tocol as now submitted to the two coun- tries. The actual draft of this was gepned hy . Dr. Vietor Maurtua- of ru, chairman of the special commit- tee, in collaboration with Minister Diez de Medina of Bolivia and Dr. Eligio Avala, Paraguayan delegate to the con- ference. The draft protocol has al- ready been dispatched to the two gOV- ernments, and replies are expected from Asuncion and La Paz in e z the next few BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA SIGN BORDER PACT Treaty Fixes Frontier and Provides Rail Outlet to Atlantic Ports. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, December 26.—Brazil and Bolivia signed yesterday afternoon, at the Ita boundaries and rafl eopmmusaions Fabian Vaca Chaves, Bolivion Minister, signed for his country and the Brazilian foreign minister, Octavio M: for Brazil, 2 e The treaty fixes definitely a common | frontier in places which were not in- cluded in the treaties of 1867 and 1903. This boundary line starts between the source of the River Rapiran and the Arroyo Bahia, continuing directly to the mouth of the latter at Chipamanu and then to the mouth of Acre River. The line will follow the Madeira River, between Rivers Beni and Mamore up to the Abuma River, running equidistant from the margins of the stream, Brazil having jurisdiction over the islands closer to its shore and Bolivia retaining islands closer to its bank. The treaty also includes plans for a rallroad which will connect Cochabama and Santa Cruz de Las Sierras, extend- ing from there to ports on the Amazon and Paraguay Rivers. The territory affected forms the northeast corner of Bolivia, The pro- vision for rail communications would assure Bolivia of a somewhat shorter rail and water route to the Atlantic than is afforded by present facilities. LORD LAMBOURNE DEAD. King George and Nobleman Vied for Horticultural Honors. LONDON, December 26 (#).—Lord Lambourne, one of King George's old friends, died at Bishop's Hall, near Romford, Essex, today, aged 81 years. He was an enthusiastic horticultur- ist and a keen rival of the King at horticultural shows, the two often ex- changing banter on the respective merits of their estates in Essex and Norfolk. One of Lord Lambourne’s most re- cent acts indicated his great regard for King George. He strongly opposed the bullding of King George’s Hospital at Becontree, Essex, but withdrew his opposition in deference to the King's wishes, In a letter announcing his action, Lord Lambourne wrote: “My motto has always been ‘the King can do no wrong,’ and I desire to carry this out.” Two Air Mail Pilots Set New Record Under 7 Hours From Dallas to Chicago By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 26.—Two National Air Transport pilots roared through the darkness in their new Cur- tiss Falcon planes last night to a new speed record for the northbound trip over the Chicago-Dallas air mail route, attaining part of the way a speed of 3% miles a minute. e 997 miles to Chicago was flown “"eln 6 hours,apd 43aniputes, an-average | speed of almost 150 miles an hour, the company announced. Aided by a tall wind and increasing his speed as he came northward, George B. Grogan flew the 547 miles from Dal- las in 4 hours and 5 minutes. The 173 miles from Wichita to Kansas City was made in 1 hour flat. Edmund Matchua continued the trip to Chicago and set up a new record for that leg when he flew the 450 miles in 2 hours and 37 minutes, at times atf -8.apged.of mo.m\g; AGAIN FRAUD IN PLEA FOR CHARITY Mrs. T. Douglas Robinson Re- | veals Unauthorized Use of Her Name. Swindle Is Perpetrated for Second Time in as Many Years. A swindle victimizing members of | Washington's Navy social set through the use of the name of Mrs. T. Doug- las Robinson, wife of the Assistant| Secretary of the Navy, in solicitation of | funds ostensibly for the Children's | Country Home, prominent local chari- ty, today was revealed in a formal | statement released by Mrs. Robinson | through the Navy Department. It is the second time in as many years that the fraud has been perpetrated. The plan _was explained this afternoon by Mr. Robinson. i Mr. Robinson said that some woman | s —_— ‘THE . “EATE? ' SHOPP: FOR FUNDS EXPOSED HERE MRS. T. DOUGLAS ROBINSON. has been telephoning to Navy friends of Mrs. Robinson, saying she was Mrs. Robinson and asking for money for the Children’s Country Home. Later, Mr. Robinson sald, a woman would call on the friend, saying she was a represen- tative of Mrs. Robinson, and would ¢ (Cortinued on Page 2, Column 4. CO-ORDINATION AIM OF SCHOOL PARLEY Educators Confer With Dis- trict Commissioners to Dis- cuss Ways and Means. A delegation of school authorities, under Dr. Charles F. Carusi, presi- dent of the Board of Education, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, met with the District Commissioners at the District Building this afternoon to discuss ways and means of establishing better co-ordina- tion and co-operation between the school system offices and the various departments of the municipal govern- ment. Three members of congressional sub- committees on District appropriations met with school authorities last June and proposed that a business manager be appointed as a school system officer for the purpose of administering the expenditure of school funds and the other business affairs of the public schools. The members of Congress who made the proposal were Senator Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on District appropriations; Representative Sim- mons, Republican, Nebraska, chairman of the House subcommittee on District appropriations, and Representative Hol- aday, Republican, of Tllinois, vice chair- man of the House subcommittee on Dis- trict appropriations. ‘The school authorities, however, con- tended that since all school business, including architectural services, pur- chases of material and sites and repairs to school buildings, are supplied or conducted by District officers, a busi- ness manager in the school system itself would be useless. The school au- thorities have contended that a co-ordi- nating officer who would deal with the school authorities and administer school : business within the District depart- | ments should be appointed as a District ; employe. They have pointed out that since the “offices to be co-ordinated are District offices, only a District man | should be called upon to co-ordinate ‘hem.” ‘The Commissioners and the school authorities exchanged their views on this and other pertinent subjects at today’s conference. Besides Dr. Ballou. the school officer’s staff was represented by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant of divisions 1-9 in charge of high schools; G. C. Wilkinson, first assist- | ant superintendent in charge of di- | visions 10-13, and Maj. R. O. Wilmarth, | assistant superintendent in charge of business affairs. REBELS TO GET TRIALS. | Portes” Gil Abolishes System of| Summary Executions. MEXICO, CITY, December 26 (#).— Abolition of summary executions has been ordered by President Emilio Portes Gil. He announced that even persons apprehended in open rebellion against: the government would not be put to death summarily, but would be turned | over to the authorities for formal trlll,i ‘The instructions were given the war department which passed them on to military commanders throughout ‘the country, Heretofore it has been the practice for military commanders to execute insurgents after & COUrt-mALHAL ; » 4 LIVES AR LOST INYULE TRAGEDIES Thirteen Killed in Chicago Traffic Accidents, Six in Akron Hotel Fire. Automobile mishaps, fireworks explo- sions, fires and thin ice took a toll of 44 lives over Christmas, a compila tion of Associated Press reports shows today. As is generally the case over holidays, the motor vehicle took the greatest toll of lives. In Chicago 13 persons were killed in automobile accidents over Christmas. Seven of those killed were struck by motor cars while crossing streets. One was & boy of 4, in his mother's arms, killed as he was being carried from a street car to the curb. Frosty pave- ments were blamed for other accidents. Six persons lost their lives and seven others were injured when fire swept the basement of the Park Hotel, Akron, Ohio, early yesterday morning. The vic- tims, with some 80 other guests of the hotel, were trapped in rooms and cor- ridors when gaseous smoke escaped from the basement through a clothes chute. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alexander, Charles King, 28, cook; W. W. Wilson, 28 rubber worker: Clark Burrell, 44, cook, and Lucian G. Curtis, poolroom employe. Motor Cycle in Crash. ‘Two youths, Kermit Rudd, 18, and Yewla Selby, 15, of Asheville, were in- stantly killed Monday night near Greenwood, S. C. when the motor cycle they were riding crashed into an automobile. The driver of the auto- mobile was seriausly injured. Three schoolboys are belleved to have broken through the harbor ice at Mid- land, Ontario, and drowned while skat- ing on Christmas eve. An explosion of a large supply of firecrackers for the Christmas celebra- tion took five lives at Cartersville, Ga. I The lighting of a Roman candle by an unidentified customer in the store sét off the fireworks. The dead are: Wil- llam H. Pagett, 11; William Shaw, 12; Frances Shaw, 15; Mary Bell Dodd, 16, and Mary Kennedy. Three youths were killed at Lynch- burg, Va., when the motor cycle on which they were riding crashed into a parked car. The dead are: Percy Randolph, farmer, 18; James E. Trent, 18, and Arthur L. Wright, all of Lynchburg. Two_women lost_their lives in auto- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) LEAGUE GETS CREDIT. Cablegram Declared to Have Halt- ed Bolivia-Paraguay War. GENEVA, December 26 (4).—Lugano authorities are understood to be pro- moting a plan to have an inscription placed in the room where the Council of the League of Nations met recalling that it was from that room that the cablegram was_sent “which_prevented war between Bolivia and Paraguay.” The authorities are credited with the intention of applying to the Swiss gov- ernment through the government of ae Canton asking that the inscription placed in the Council's meeting |ried Miss Mai R. Pplage. g & ER COOLIDGE CHEERED BY GEORGIA CROWD Arrives at Sapelo Island for Vacation—Delighted With Climate. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. SAPELO ISLAND, Ga., December 26. —The President and Mrs. Coolidge are | delighted with the semi-tropical cli- | mate of this little isle close to the shore {of Southern Georgia, where, as the lguesu of Howard E. Coffin, automobile | magnate, they are to spend a Midwin- ter vacation of a week or 10 days. ‘There was just enough crispness to the air as it blew in on them from the sea to add to their enjoyment. The skies were cloudless and a warm sun was shining as they walked about the beautiful grounds immediately sur- rounding the handsome residence of their host. The Coffin residence is typ- ically Spanish in its architectural ar- rangements. An interesting feature of this vaca- | tion is that for the first time during | their other expeditions away from the | White House they are guests. On former | occasions “the places visited by them were turned over to them and the own- ers were not on hand. But during this vacation Mr. Coffin will be present and | will personally see that nothing is lack- ing in making the stay of his distin- guished guests happy and comfortable. Journey Uneventful. The journey from Washington, which was made on the Atlantic Coast Line in the personal charge of George James, general passenger agent, was unevent- ful. It was through a section of the country passed by them last January on their way to Havana, Cuba. They re- tired early and were up and out on the observation platform enjoying the scen- ery before 7 o'clock. They had had a good sleep and appeared refreshed and rested. There was a chill in the morn- ing air, and a heavy frost had fallen during the night, which caused the President to smilingly remark that maybe they were heading for Vermont. However, this chill soon passed when the sun climbed higher and all thoughts of the Vermont in Winter faded. At Brunswick, where the presidential party left the train, a crowd of nearly a thousand persons was on hand to give a rousing welcome. The cheering and waving, along with the playing of band music, was truly indicative of the hospitality for which the Southland ont on Pa 3) " (Continued on Page 2, Column DR. D. B. JOHNSON, 72, NOTED EDUCATOR, DIES President of Winthrop College for ‘Women Expires in South Caro- lina After Long Illness. By the Associated Press. ROCK HILL, S. C., December 26.— Dr. D. B. Johnson, 72, Southern edu- cator and president of Winthrop Col- lege for Women lere, died early today after a lengthy illness. In devoting his life to education, Dr. Johnson not only followed in the foot- steps of his father, but duplicated one of the latter's outstanding achieve- ments—the founding of a college for women. The father, whose name the son bore, established the La Grange (Tenn.) Female College. An accident, in which Dr. Johnson suffered the loss of his left arm when 8 years of age, played an important part in shaping his career. Playing “hookey” from school, he received per- mission from United States troops, then active near his home in the Civil War, to board an Army train. He attempted to jump from the train and his arm was so badly crushed that amoutation Was necessary. He was graduated from the Univer- sity of Tennessee in 1877 and entered immediately upon educational work, serving as tutor in Tennessee schools and two years as assistant professor at the University of Tennessee. He went to Abbeville, 8. C., as principal of grade schools and after two years was asked to organize the school system of Co- lumbia, S. C. He interested Robert C. Winthrop, then chairman of the Peabody board, and obtained an appropriation of $1,500 ;I.lalax which to establish a college in He was elected' president of the Na- tional Education Association in 1915 and also was president of the Southern Education Association, having been elected in 1910, and since 1919 was an elector of the Hall of Fame. ‘In addition to his educational work he was interested in the Young Men's Christian Association. On_August 6, 1902, Dr. Johnson mar- Smith of Charleston, 8.C. DORAN CRITICIZES MILLS' DRY PLAN: CALLED OLD STUFF Remedies Tried; Some Work- ed, Others Failed, Com- missioner Declares. FALSE PREMISE CLAIMED BASIS OF HIS PROGRAM Asserts Main Problem, Corn Sugar Alcohol, Was Ignored in His Formula. The $25,000. Durant prize-winning plan for “making the eighteenth amendment effective,” drafted by Maj. Chester P. Mills, former prohibition ad- ministrator in New York, was sharply criticized today by Prohibition Commis- sloner James M. Doran as “old stuff.” Not only is the Mills program based on a false premise, Dr. Doran said, but he added that the remedies proposed had all been tried out in one form or another already by the Federal Govern- ment. Some of the remedies have | proved effective, and have greatly re- | duced violations in certain quarters, while others have proved by the test of experience, ineffective, Dr. Doran said. The committee on awards, of which Dr. W. O. Thompson, president emeri- tus of Ohio State University, was chairman, and which included leading figures in national life, evidently was not informed on what already has been done by the Prohibition Bureau, ac- :gr%hx)‘z n‘fing:e prtoblbltion commission=- of the l25.0()l(l),e‘oll'leol'it:l"‘l!:ym"t{".t (;]mlgif rant, was made last night. in New York City. Maj. Mills, according to the an- nouncement, has been mailed a check for that sum. Old Stuff for New Money. “I shall have to congratulate Maj. Mills, however,” said Dr. Doran, “he has exchanged a lot of old stuff for some good new money.” The prohibi- tion commissioner explained that such a statement was not “sour " as he personally had not entered the con- test, and had submitted no recom- mendations. A representative of Durant had come to see some time ago, Dr. Doran said, and had asked a num- ber of questions about how the present system was working. Most of the Mill's plan, Dr. Doran declared, was “histos "’ based on the prohi- Mills’ former experience Maj. bition service, now out of date. Mills, who was appointed prohibition administrator by Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, then assistant Secre of the Treasury in e of all aeln bi- tion forces, resigned July 1, 1927, after { he had been transferred from adminis- trator to zone supervisor. Maj. Mill laer wrote a series of articles assailing prohibition enforcement conditions ap-* pearing in a well known national week- ly magazine. False Premise Claimed. ‘The principal flaw in the Mills’ prize- winner plan, Dr. Doran said, was that it was based on an entirely false pre- mise. Mills declared that diversion of industrial alcohol and liquors provided “the vast majority of liquor consumed today.” Two and a half years ago that was correct, Dr. Doran admitted. The major problem at that time, he said, was di- version of industrial alcohol, but this was declared emphatically not to be a major problem now, for the whole country. As a matter of fact, Dr. Doran sald it is now a “negligible” problem in the rest of the country, al- though there was still some diversion in the New York district. “There is no plan here in Mills* for- mula,” said Dr. Doran, “that deals with the major problem of prohibition now—the manufacture of bootleg al- cohol on a large scale from corn sugar. “So Maj. Mills, having set up indus- m.ll:l alcohol delxmon as the principal problem, proceeds to pull a Don Quixote and fights the windmill.” o Says 10 Per Cent Diverted. So far as the amount of liquor from diverted alcohol in the eutegn section of the country is concerned, Dr. Doran said he would judge that 10 per cent of the entire iliicit supply would be & “big _estimate.” The closer scrutiny which Mills suggests be given to indus- trial alcohol plants already has been put on, Dr. Doran said, with effective | results. Most of the plan for control of such alcohol proposed by Mills has been in effect for some time, according to the prohibition commissioner. Even the proposal of granting temporary per- mits has been tried and is occasionally "(Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) POLICEMAN IN ROW DRAWS SUSPENSION Miller, Accused of Striking Man, Is Laid Off by Capt. W. G. Stott. Pvt. Ray S. Miller of the third pre- cinct was suspended from duty today by his commander, Capt. Willlam G. Stott, as the result of an alleged alter- cation early this morning in which he is said to have struck Frank J. Boudi~ not, jr., 30 years old, of 2423 E street. This morning about 4 o'clock Bou- dinot walked into the third precinct sta- tion and said he had been shot in the head by an unidentified policeman. The shooting took place in the 900 block of ‘Twentieth street, he declared. He was removed to Emergency Hos- pital in the patrol and treated for lac- erations on the left side of his head Two stitches were taken. Physician® asserted it could not be determinec what caused the wound. His conditior is not serious. After treatment, Boudinot was return- ed to the station house in the trol wagon and questioned concerning the incident. Investigation today disclosed that the injured man was not shot, but it is alleged that while in an altercation with ~Miller, the policeman struck Boudinot over the head with a revolver. Capt. Stott is investigating the charge. - . Radio Programs—Page 26