Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight, with lowest tempera- ture about 34 degrees; tomorrow in- news ~ creasing cloudiness ‘Temperatures: Highest, 47, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 1:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 6. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 and warmer. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sta Associated service. Press Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,698 No. 30,922, 5" Gince, Entered_as second class matt Washington, er DG WASHINGTON, D. C; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. * (P) Means Associated Pre TWO CENT PRELIVINARY ARNS PARLEY CONVOKED T0 MEET APRIL 5 Russian Proposal to Be Chief | Issue of Preparatory Commission. ALSO EXPECT FIRST MOVE FOR NAVAL REDUCTIONS Another Conference Called for March 11 on Control of Manu- facture of Armaments, By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, December 28-—The Pre- paratory Commission for a disarmament conference has been convoked to meet at Geneva on April 15. The convocation was announced to- day by President Loudon of the Pre- paratory Commission after he had as- certained that the various countries, in- cluding the United States, had no ob- Jections to the date. 7 It was understood that the Russian project for partial disarmament for all nations will be the main item on the agenda with the hope that the naval experts also will begin efforts to agree on a formula for a reduction in cruisers and submarines. Count von Bernstorfl of Germany, chairman of a commission which is drafting a treaty for the control of the manufacture of armaments, today sum- moned a meeting of the experts for March 11 at Geneva. The meeting will be especially devoted to a discussion of a scheme of ciassification of armaments introduced by the Belgian delegation. Each national represented on the commission, including the United States, has a right to name its experts. The commission has failed thus far to agree on the text of a convention, being divided especially on the - problem of how much publicity is to be accorded to armaments. U. S. PARTICIPATION SEEN. Officials Here, However, Not Optimistic Over Conference Results. By the Associated Press. Continued American participation in the discussions of the preparatory com- mission for a disarmament conference to be held at Geneva April 15 was seen at the State Department today as as- sured, although official notification of the meeting had not reached this Gov- ernment. Unless there has been pro- jected some satisfactory proposal for cruiser limitation, and so far the Ameri- can Government unaware of-any having_been put forward, administra- tion officials little hope, however, that concrete progress would result from the commission’s meeting. / Since the fifth meeting of the-pre- tory disarmament n_last ch little has been accomplished to- ‘ward solving the difficuities in the way of naval ment. The Anglo- Prench naval compromise, having been Tejected by the United States and prac- tically abandoned by Great Britain, probably would not be discussed. The American Government has declared it- self for * reduction and limitation of naval ament,” and expressed the belief that the Franco-British agree- ment would actually tend to defeat the primary objective of any disarmament conference in that it would not elim- inate competition in naval armament and would not effect economy. The American position regarding cruisers and submarines was said to be unchanged from that urged at the three-power conference at Geneva in 1927. This Government has, however, expresed its willingness “to use its best efforts to obtain a basis of further naval limitation satisfactory to all powers, including those not represented at the three-power conference in Ge- neva.” The United States was de- scribed as willing to take into consid- eration in _any conference the special needs of France, Italy or any other naval power for that particular class of vessels deemed by them most suitable for their defense. ‘This attitude, expressed by Secretary Kellogg in his response to Great Britain and France in connection with the FPranco-British compromise, has not re- sulted in further discussions of the question with the United States. There bad been indicated at Geneva a dis- position that the League, before con- voking the preliminary commission, should await the removal of some of the naval difficulties. It was thought that the meeting probably has been decided upon, however., with the hope that the delegates of the naval powers might reach some agreement concerning the types of cruisers and submarines to be limited during private conversations in the course of the general negotiations in April. It was understood here that the agenda of the preparatory commission would include the Soviet proposal for partial disarmament and the German proposal for publicity with regard to srmaments. 500 DIE AS TYPHOON SWEEPS PHILIPPINES Six Provinces- Facing Famine. Red Cross Sends Workers and Seed for Crops. By the Associated Press. Loss of 500 lives and 20 vessels and a threat of destitution and famine in| six provinces of the Philippine Islands were detailed in the first reports on the | recent typhoon received here today by | the American Red Cross from Governor General Henry L. Stimson. A relief fund of Red Cross chapter, and cabled reports stated that a Christmas relief ship car- rying emergency workers and seed for quick-growing crops to prevent famine had sailed for Manila. $125,000 THEFT CHARGED of Stealing Chamber of Commerce Funds. PITTSBURGH, December 28 (#)— Charged witn the theft of $125,000 from the funds of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, Enrico Con- nune, 50, described by the police as secretary of the organization, was ar- yested here today. New York and Pitts- burgh detectives arrested the man on a warrant brought here by a New York officer. Connune, detectives said, had been Secretary Accused | upon them, while the web of life itself | nual banquet at the Mayflower Hotel | have the banquet addresses broadcast MAN'S ASSAULTS DRAW WARNING Constitutes Danger Society By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—A drama which might be entitled “The Web of Life, or Man and His Environment” was outlined today before members of the American Association for the Ad-| vancement of Science and affiliated societies. The geologists and geographers con- sidered the birth and growth of con- tinents and islands and what they mean to the men who came later to dwell was unfolded before the Ecological | Society of America. “There is no independent influence of any factor,” Dr. K. Friedrichs of the University of Rostock, visiting profes- sor at the University of Minnesota, told the ecologists. “They all influence one another directly and are connected by a mutual interrelation. It appears strange that the fact that nature is a great unity seemed to be forgotten for a certain time. You al know the web of life. Connect together the inorganic and the organic web and you have the unity of nature.” As one of numberless examples, hei cited the “cycle of the nitrogen, taken out of the atmosphere by the nitrogen- | SOJOURNERS MOVE FOR LARGER NAVY Call Conference January 11 for Support of Measure for More Cruisers. Determined to checkmate propaganda directed against legislation pending in Congress to provide for construction of 15 new cruisers for the Navy, the Na- tional Sojourners, an organization con- sisting of commission2d officers of the uniformed services, who are Master rally, to be held January 11 at the May~ flower Hotel. This gathering, deésig- nated a “pro-cruiser” meeting to get behind President Cooli in his naval program, will come op-the heels of the citizens’ conference”on cruisers, which is against the cruiser program, and will meet at the Hotel Washington on Jan- uary 8. Announcement of the meeting of the National Sojourners was inade today by Capt. George F. Unmacht, she or- ganization's secretary-treasurer, who said the principal speaker at the ban- quet will be Col. Paul V. McNutt, na- tional commander of the American Legion. Victory Post Drum Corps of the American Legion and the United States Marine Band will furnish music. Organizations Invited to Meet. ‘The national committee of 33, of which Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory is chairman, will be in session January 11 in semi-annual meeting with the natioral officers, with whom 1t is affiliated. Yesterday Capt. Unmacht addressed a letter to a number of national organiza- tions all over the country, in¢luding the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Woman's Relief Corps, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and others, inviting them to participate in the conference. A‘ number have already signified their acceptance, he sald today. The agenda of the National Sojourn- ers' Conference was mapped out some time ago, Capt. Unmacht explained, and has been divided into three topics: “How Can Sojourners Help in Recti- fying the Criminal Condition so Ram- pant Today?” “To Study Ways and Means Whereby National Sojourners Can be a Recognized Body in Time of Emergency for Taking Charge of Relief and Welfare Work on. Behalf of the Masonic Fraternities” and a “Further Discussion of the Forees Which Are Now Directed Against Our National Defense.” In view of the pressure being brought to bear on Congress in opposition to the cruiser bill, he explained, the question of national defense has assumed a po- su:;? of major importance on the pro- graf. ‘Will Install New Officers. ‘Washington Chapter, No. 3, of the National Sojourners will hold its an- on January 11, and all the national of- ficers will attend. Officers of the chap- ter will be installed on this occasion. ‘The national officers of the National Sojourners are: Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Army, president; Rear Admiral Reynold T. Hall, U. 8. N,, retired, first vice presi- dent; Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland, Sur- geon General of tBe Army, second vice president; Capt. Alfred C. Oliver, chap- lain, and Capt. Unmacht, secretary- treasurer. ” Tentative plans have been made to over station WRC. Acts to Pay U. S. Interest. FORTALEZA, State of Ceara, Bra- | zil, December 28 (#).—The state gov- ernment has taken steps to pay inter- est on a sinking fund loan contracted in the United States through a New Orleans bank. Of some $121,200 avail- able $40,000 will be used to pay the interest for 1924-5, while $80,000 will ON NATURE FROM SCIENTIST “Heedless Breaking of the Web of Life” to Race, Ecological Is Told. fixing bacteria and delivered to the plants, which, without that, would be starved for nitrogen very soon.” Balance Restored. “On the other hand,” he continued, “the nitrogen salts, washed out of the soil hy the water and carried through the rivers to the sea, would transform the ocean into a strong salt solution, deadly for organisms, if the bacterial life did not again restore the balance by taking out of the nitrogen salts the free nitrogen and delivering it to the air in the form of gas. “All factors are serving the whole and they are all effects of it. Nothing stands alone for itself and unconnected. All created things are connected by an infinitely complicated net of relations. ‘Wherever a eondition of life is changed considerably, others are altered, too. Danger Arises From Necessity. “While all other beings are dominated entirely by the environment, man is in a position to break up the unity of nature by his intelligence and to create situations which elicit new results. “Man must continuously break up the unity of nature in order to main- tain his density of population, exceed- ing by far the normal degree. Here the question_arises as to whether he " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5) Black Will Again Attempt Capetown Trip From London Baltimore Publisher Plans Itinerary, Includ- ing South America. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Van Lear Black, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, will leave for London on the Ma- jestic tomorrow to complete his un- finished flight from London to Cape- town and return.” He has -purchased a new Fokker plane, of the same make as the one in whicH he flew from Amsterdam to the Masons, today announced a patriotic | Dutch East Indies, via India, in the Summer of 1927. He will take the same pilot who guided his sevcral European and African tflrl in the last years. Mr. Black will be accompanied op the Capetown trip of Renne Naccoll of Lon- don, formerly a reporter on the Balti- more Sun. On May 14 last Mr. Black started on a flight from London to Capetown, ut abandoned the trip at Khartum, in {hlet negmhn, because of engine diffi- culties, When he returns to London from |signe Cngefcwn, Mr. Black expects to fiy to ‘Tokio and return, and then bring his plane to America. From Baltimore he lans a flight to San Francisco, to be ollowed by & tour of all South Ameri- can countries. His flying schedule will embrace most of the year of 1929. The Baltimore publisher has already flown over more than 20 different nations, ASSESSMENT RECORDS SHOW PROPERTY BOOST Board of Equalization Will' Hold Daily Sessions on Tax Charges, Starting Monday, Books showing the assessments on real estate in the District for the cur- rent fiscal year were opened at the tax assessor’s office today for public inspec- tion. The books carry a total assessment of $1,138,057,905, of which $531,211,850 is carried as the value of land and $606,846,055 as the value of buildings. This represents an increase in property values of nearly $20,000,000 over the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928, when the total assessment on the books was $1,118,093,162. All of the assessments are subject to appeal by the property owners, and the Board of Equalization and Review will begin daily sessions in the tax assessor's office, beginning Monday, to hear the appeals. The sessions will continue until the first Monday in June. When all appeals are settled the ad- justed total will be further changed by addition of the values of buildings now under construction, an item estimated by Tax Assessor Willlam P, Richards at approximately $10,000,000. . MEXICAN REBELS ROUTED. Twenty-Seven Insurgents Killed in Four Battles, Is Report. MEXICO CITY, December 28 (#)— Dispatches from Guadalajara today said that military authorities there had recelved advices that 27 insurgents had been killed in four engagements with federal forces at various points in the state of Jalisco. The heaviest combat took place at Los Capellanes, where 15 insurgents were killed, as well as one soldier, and two army officers and two soldiers were wounded. The insurgents were dis- persed in all four encounters. . Announce Tariffs Soon. MADRID, December 28 (#).—The government anonunced today that duties under the new tariff law will be made known by New Year day. It was said that the changes would be com- paratively few and that the duties on automobiles and other merchandise from the United States would not be pay the current interest. changed. Two Wr;ath_s Placed A wreath from a faithful family friend and a second which bore the card of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation were the only floral tributes left today upon the tomb of the late President Wilson in the crypt of Bethlehem Ohapel on mehuvmty-seeond anniversary of his birth. Scarcely more than the usual number of daily visitors to Washington Ca- thedral today paused for a moment be- side the last resting place of the great war-time President. The name of the friend who places a sought for two months. He will be Saken back to New York tonight. wreath on the tomb of Wilson each an- alversary of his birth, it was explained On Wilson’s Tomb On 72d Anniversary of His Birth by officials of the Cathedral, is not to be_divulged. Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, the widow of Woodrow Wilson, is in New York, where she will attend tonight the Demo- cratic dinner to be given there in honor of his memory. Meanwhile local Demo- crats in large numbers are preparing to attend the dinner of the Woodrow Wil- son Memorial Committee tonight in the quarters of the Woman's National Demo- cratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire avenue. 5 speak on Efbenl." Prof. William E. Todd will “Woodrow Wilson, the Last Frederick A. Delano is chalrman of the committes KING SHOWS SLIGHT GAIN AFTER LOSING STRENGTH RAPIDLY General Condition Fails to Reveal Progress Expected by Royal Physicians. INABILITY TO RESIST ILLNESS IS APPARENT Doctors Cheered by Willingness of Patient to Take Nourishment More Readily. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 28.—It was of- ficlaily stated at Buckingham Palace that there was no change in the King's condition at 3:15 p.m. The statement was given out shortly after a consultation between Lord Daw- son of Penn and Sir Stanley Hewett, the King's chief physicians. Lord Daw- son returned to the palace about 2:30 p.m. and remained a short time with Sir Stanley. Although King George has regained some of the ground which he lost yes- terday, his condition was fraught with anxiety, and in well informed ecircles it was thought that his majesty still has a hard fight for life ahead of him. The King's physicians reported this morning that while the condition of the affected lung region had definitely improved his general condition has not shown the same progress. In other { words, weakness and a deficiency of recuperative power persist: to a serious degree. New Measures Are Adopted. A lengthy consultation was held this morning by five of the noted special- ists who have been attending his ma- jesty. It was devoted partially to a general review of the progress that he has been making. More strikingly, however, it was re- vealed that new measures had been considered and adopted for remedying the situation caused by the failure of the patient to respond in a better de- gree to treatment designed to build up his strength and to pull him through to convalescence. There was no hint at this time as to what these measures would be. It was evident that one difficulty which bothered the doctors had been overcome to some degree, as it was stated that the King was taking nour- ishment more readily. Today’s bulletin marked the resump- tion of an official morning statement as for the past Christmas holiday only one bulletin a_day, that issued in the eve- ning had been given out. The bulletin, ed by Dr. Hewett, Righy, Buzzard, Rolleston and Dawson, follows: “The King had a fair night, with quieter sleep towards morning. There is less difficulty with taking nourish- ment and the general state has proved during the last 12 hours.” “At a consultation this morning the rogress of the past week was reviewed. guring that period there has been a definite improvement in the local con- dition. “On the other hand, the general con- dition, as evidenced by weight end strength, does not show the same prog- ress. Measures best adapted for meet- ing this difficulty were considered and determined.” Anxiety Lessened Little. This morning’s bulletin was regarded in palace circles as slightly less dis- quieting in character. It was pointed out that the advance made by his maj- esty during the last 12 hours was very slight and that anxiety at the palace was lessened only to a small extent. An important feature of the bulletin was the statement that the King's gen- eral condition does not show the same progress. It is his majesty's general condition which is the physicians’ chief concern, and it will not be until this shows a considerable improvement that, it was stated, any more definite prog- ress can be made. The fact that the local condition coi- tinues to show progress, although sat- isfactory, s not felt to be of immediate importance. The good sign in the bul- letin, as interpreted in well informed circles, was that the doctors were find- ing it less difficult today to induce the King to take the nourishment mneces- sary for building up his strength. That the King's general condition slightly improved during the last 12 hours indicated to palace officials that the hope expressed last night that he might regain some of the lost ground has been justified to a small extent. Sir Stanley Hewett left the nalace (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) PLANE TAKES OFF ON ENDURANGE HOP Albatross, After Previous Failure, Hopes to Stay in Air Over Seventy Hours. By the Assoclated Press. ELCENTRO, Calif., December 28.— Carrying & load of 646 gallons of gaso- line the single-motored monoplane Al- batross took off at 6:55 am. today in another effort to break the world's endurance flight record. Charles Roche- ville and John Guglementi were at the controls. Rocheville said he believed the plane could remain aloft more than 70 hours. ‘The Albatross took the air quickly, traveling seven-tenths of a mile before its wheels left the earth. The pilots headed for the Salton Sea, where they said the flight would be made today to take advantage of the dense atmos- phere below sea level. Several previous attempts to set a new world's endurance mark in the plane met with failure. KING ALEXANDER ILL. Jugoslavian Monarch Confined to Room With Cold. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, December 28 (#).—King Alexander has been confined to his room with a cold, but he was able to receive Premier Koroshetz yesterday. He was expected to be able to bey consultations today with party leaders with a view to settling the crisis due to dissensions between and Dem- ocrats, ; CHARLIE. You OVGHT BOLVIA CPTURE PARAGUAYAN FOR Advances 12 Miles Into Dis- puted Territory, Note to U. S. Says. By the Associated Press. A note advising the State Department that Bolivian troops had recaptured Fort Vanguardia, where the clash oc- curred on December 6, which precipi- tated the present Bolivian-Paraguayan controversy, and that Bolivian forces had advanced 12 miles into Paraguayan territory, was transmitted to the State Department today by the Paraguayan charge d'affaires, Juan Ramirez. Development Ominous. Coming at a time when it seemed that the danger of war had been averted, the latest development in the long drawn- out dispute was regarded as ominous, since the two armed clashes that have taken &l:u on the border this month threw both countries into & high state of excitement. Diplomatic relations were severed and Paraguay ordered mobilization of troops after a fight near Fort Boqueron. The pressure for peace has been steady, however, and both countries have signified their willingness for mediation by the Pan-American Con- ference on Conciliation and Arbitration. This had proceeded to the point where both had set forth their views on the matters in dispute and appointment of & tribunal for mediation was contem- plated when replies to the protocol were received. The Paraguayan Dispatch. The Paraguayan dispatch to its le- gation said: “Bolivian troops have occupied anew Fort Vanguardia, abandoned after the last happening. The troops (Bolivian) still retain Boqueron (a Paraguayan fort) and have advanced four leagues (12 miles) farther nto the interior, threatening the zone occupied by the Mennonite colony. All this took place without fighting, taking advantage of the order given our troops to cease hos- tilities. “As soon as it accepted the good offices of the Government at Washing- ton, this government (Paraguay) re- voked the order which had been given to reoccupy Boqueron as proof of its good_faith, “All the foregoing shows that Bolivia has not complied with its promises and a very grave situation again is created, because Paraguay alone canot avoid new fighting.” . JANITOR IS LINKED IN WOMAN'S DEATH By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. December 28— Disclosure that Philip Haynes, colored, former janitor of the . ap t_hot from which Mrs. Ella McDowell Rogers disappeared October 7 was an ex-convict and parole violator led detectives today to renew their efforts to link him with the mystery of the 29-year-old widow. Haynes, under the name of Harry Watkins, was convicted at Lexington in 1914 of housebreaking and sentenced to a term of from 9 to 10 years, it was established yesterday. He was paroled in 1920 and that year was listed as a parole violator. Haynes also is under indictment for malicious shooting as a result of an affray a year ago in a pool room. Dr. Vernon Robins, city chemist, has tested for traces of human blood sub- stance scraped from the cracks of Jjoints of the concrete floor of the apartment building basement. Other articles submitted to him for examina- tion included burned bones, a stained monkey wrench and a pair of trousers. Contents of his partial report have been withheld. FIND BARBER. SHOP BASIN IS HIDING PLACE FOR RUM A covered basin in a barber shop is the latest place which the eagle eyes of Sergt. O. J. Letterman’s vice squad have ferreted out as the hiding place for liquor and as a result three barbers are today facing charges of illegal pos- session of liquor. ‘The basin so ingeniously used is in a shop in the 1200 ‘block of Wisc avenue and was discovered by an informer several days ago. He swore that George T. Harper, barber in the store, made a sale to him. . When the squad raided the establish- ment yesterday they claimed three and one-half pints were found in the basin. Harper together with Otto H. Fisher and | Ja gin | Elmer E. Wilson was arrested. Harper | ed ""é behlfla‘“l;fl with second offense sale and third offense poluss‘nn accoy istant United States David A Harty T Attorney = Federal Workers To Get No Holiday On New Year Eve ‘There will be no Government holiday Monday prior to New Year day, according to E. W. Lib- bey, president of the Association of Chief Clerks of the Executive Departments. In granting a holiday prior to Christmas, President Coolidge in- dicated it could not be considered a precedent, and he issued no order prior to leaving for his va- cation at Sapelo Island. Libbey, who speaks for the chief clerks, sees no prospect for a holiday next Monday. LAYOUT OF TRACKS WILL BE PRESENTED Suggestions . From Railway Companies. to Be Received by Committee. Suggestions from the street raflway companies as to how they believe the car tracks in the vicinity of the Capi- tol should be laid out in connéction with the development of the Union Station Plaza will be received by the Senate public buildings and grounds committee within a few days after Con- gress reconvenes. Senator Keyes, Republican of New Hampshire, chairman of the commit- tee, said he has been advised by the traction companies that they will be ready after the holiday recess to pre- sent their views, and the Senator stated he would call a meeting of the com- mittee for that purpose soon. ‘The rallway companies some time ago filed objection to the provision in the Plaza improvement bill which would require them to meet the cost of relocating the tracks between the Capitol and the station to conform with the landscape plan which has been adopted for the Plaza. At that time it was indicated also that the companies would call atten- tion to changes which they thought would be desirable in the proposed re- location of tracks. ‘The Plaza improvement bill has pass- ed the House and is expected to be acted on by the Senate committee as soon as the railway companies have been granted a hearing. The Plaza as plan- ned, in its. present form, would call for the removal of car tracks from Delaware avenue between the station and the Capitol and from B street be- tween Delaware avenue and First street east. New tracks would be laid on First street east from B street to the station and on C street between Delaware ave- nue and Pirst street. ALLAN A. RY'AN FAILS TO FILE WILL CONTEST Son of Magnate Does Not Appear at Hearing to Dispute Award. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Possi- bility of a contest of Thomas Fortune Ryan’s will dispoeln? of an estate valued as high as half a billion dollars | vanished today when Allan A. Ryan, a son whom the magnate remembered only with a set of shirt studs, failed to appear to dispute the testament. At a hearing before John Quinn, assistant to Surrogate James A. Foley, the only business relating to the will was the filing of formal depositions by the witnesses. It was expected the will would be admitted to probate later in the day. Allan Ryan, whose present address is Montreal, became estranged from his father several years ago. He was abroad when the elder Ryan died. HUNTING SUCCESS DELIGHTS COOLIDGE Bags Pheasants and Wild Turkeys on Island Vaca- tion Retreat. BY J. RUSSEL YOUNG. Staft Porrespondent of The Star. SAPELO ISLAND, OFF GEORGIA COAST, December 28.—So great was President Coolidge’s elation as a result of his success with his guns yesterday, when he bagged three golden-head pheasants and two wild turkeys, that he could hardly wait to resume his gunning today. y » These birds brought down by the President featured the evening meal at the palatial home of Howard E. Coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge's hosts here. The pride and joy manifested by the Exec- utive-in the greatest success of his.com- paratively brief career as a hunter was unmistakable throughout the meal. Named After Pirate. Black Beard Island, where the Presi- dent is to do his gunning today, is only a few miles from the Coffin mansion and is virtually a part of Sapelo Island, being separated from the latter by only a narrow strip of water and marsh. The island, named for Black Beard the pirate, who made his home: on it at one time, is practically uninhabitated now, and it fairly teems with bird life and small game, and some deer and wild hog. Quail are said to be there in great numbers, and it is for these wily birds that the President is devoting his attention on this, his second day of sea island shooting. Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Coffin had in- tended to accompany the party on its shooting expedition today, but it was thought by the men that the tramping about through the thick brush and in the marsh would be too hard for them. ‘Therefore Mrs. Coolidge and her hostess remained behind and occupied them- selves walking about the grounds and nearby moss-hung woodlands. Sits for Portrait. ‘The President today was again up ahead of the rest of the household, which afforded him an opportunity for a good long walk through the woods and along the beach before breakfast. Immediately after morning meal he ve Frank Salisbury, the English ar- ., who is with the party, another sitting for an oil portrait. Later Mrs. Coolidge, whose portrait Mr. Salisbury is also painting, gave another sitting. Mrs. Coolidge has derived consider- able enjoyment taking metion pictur’s of the picturesque surroundings with her miniature motion picture camera. On all her walks she has been accom- panied by “Tiny Tim,” the red chow dog, who seems to have been promoted to the throne of the White House ken- nel left vacant by the recent dexth of “Rob Roy,” the white collie. ‘Tomorrow morning the President will go after deer. These are plentiful on most of these islands. In the afternorn the presidential party will go to the beach at Sapelo and visit their first sea island rodeo, which consists prin- cipally of the efforts on the part of the native colored boys to ride wild steers and to race them. Talking pictures will be taken during this exhibition and afterwards of the singing by the colored boys of their racial songs and rituals which are so popular with colored na- tives in this section. To Visit Historic ' Spot. go to St. Simons Islands, about 20 miles south of here, to worship. It requires more than two hours to cover the dis- tance in & boat to attend religious services at the little frame structure used as a Methodist Church, and which is built on the site of the place where John Wesley preached the Gospel and ‘where Gen. Oglethorpe, in command of the English colonial activities in this part of the New Continent, is said to have worshiped. The _President _was _scheduled (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) to Princess Astrid, Anxious About Baby, Phones From Java to Home in Sweden By he Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, December 28.—The anxiety of Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium for the welfare of her baby daughter, Princess Josephine Charlotte, who is staying with her grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, while her parents are traveling in the Far East, occasioned one of the longest telephone calls that ever came to Sweden. From Banjuwang, on the Island of , the young mother yesterday call- p her former country home, Frid- Ostergothland, where the family is spending the Christ- mas holj hem, in the Province of went by wireless, short wave, an es- timated distance of 12,000 kilometers (1,452 miles) and from Amsterdam to Fridhem, a distance of 1,500 kilometers (931.5 miles), by the regular telephone cable under the Baltic, which connects len with Holland, Germany and Ingeborg said she hear her daughter’s voice as clearly as though she had been in the same building. The news of the 15- month-old was: “All well.” Radio Programs—Page 34 The presidential party will on Sunday | CABINET, POLICES AND ADDRESS WA RETURN OF HOOVER President-Elect Confronted With Strenuous Duties Before Inaugural. INDICATIONS REGARDING APPOINTMENTS LACKING Mellon and Probably One Other Coolidge Aide Expected to Retain Portfolios. By the Assoclated Press. ABOARD U. S. S. UTAH, December 28.—With the labors of his presidential campaign and his good will trip through Latin America behind him, Herbert Hoover faces another strenuous period during the time which remains before his inauguration. ‘The President-elect has before him no inconsiderable task. He has the se< lection of his cabinet, the mapping of the policies of his administration and the preparation of his inaugural ad- dress. To write this address, one of the most important of his career, which he will deliver at his inauguration March 4, Mr. Hoover will go from Washington to Florida in the middle of January to |take up his residence on the quiet | Penney estate on an island near Miaml. While Mr. Hoover has mapped out this speech, his first state paper, in a general way, its actual writing will re- quire some time, as was demonstrated during his political campaign. He likes to give his full attention to the prepara- tion of ‘an address, dressing his words until they suit him in the smallest particulars. Gives Thought to Cabinet. Mr. Hoover naturally has been giving his thoughts to his cabinet, but if he has made any definite se! kept them entirely to his closet advisers on the Latin Amer- ican tour assert he has given no indi- cation of his appointments. Secretal head cf the Treasury Dej mnhly one other member of the cab- nh:eg‘ President Coolidge will be re- ‘The President-elect himself has stated that he will make no final cab- inet selections until he has had an op- mrhmm to confer with friends and ‘publican leaders after - Fival In Wesnlngtore e &b It was reiterated today that Mr. Hoover will make no effort during his stay in the National Capital to influence | legislation pending before the * t session of Congress and that flum of an extra session of the new :eze::.dupon wml‘:1 tm"prenn 0 loes, es] ith respect farm ierl.ul-unnfm . 5 Time of Completion in Doubt. So far advices received by the Hoover mihl irty have g!vn; no indication program would be completed at this Congress. Mr. Hoover issued a statement just before the election that he ;m’xld nlll an &nxm session if ade- qual [arm legislaf we passed by Tn:nn:h 4. G e President-elect is contin to rest ahoard the Utah after hu:ltx::nu- ous activities and arduous trips through Central and South America. He al- ready is showing less of the physical strain which was evident when he sailed from Rio de Janeiro last Sunday night. After the Utah crosses the equador to- day, Mr. Hoover and his party will feel they are really on the last lap of their journey home, although nine days steaming still are ahead of the battle- ship before the Virginia Capes are reached. The Utah is still encountering fairly heavy seas, but rides them with a lazy motion that produces no discomfort to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover or members of their party. POSSES HUNT TRUSTY IN PRISON SLAYING Carpenter-Sergeant Found With Throat Slashed—Girl, 18, Missing From Home. By the Associated Press. P . Miss., December 28— J. D. Duvall, 55, a carpenter-sergeant at the State prison farm here, was found slain early today; his 18-year-old daughter Ruth was missing and a col~ ored ' trusty, Charles Shepherd, was being sought by posses with blood- ‘hounds. Duvall's body was found in the dining room of their home by his wife, His throat had been slashed and head beaten with a hammer, w] with an ice pick and butcher knife, found nearby. There were evide that the daughter had retired, and a letter she had written to a friend was found in her room. Shepherd was serving a sentence robbery. L. T. Fox, superintendent the s‘:-xw mmn?ury. glllered a $300 reward for capture. vall was the father of eight children. DEATH TAKES WOMAN AT AGE OF 104 YEARS Her Last Birthday Celebrated by Taking Plane Ride—Wrote Story for A. P. About Trip. By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., December 28.—Mrs. Catherine B. Fenton, who on her 104th birthday last Winter bobbed her hair, took an airplane ride and wrote a story about it for the Asso- clated Press, died at her home here today of paralysis. Mrs. Fenton, who formerly resided in Jamestown, N. Y., was a native of Scotland and came to this country more than 100 years ago. She was affection- ately known in Florida as “Grandma” and at the annual festival here last year as of the Three-Quarter cmwncm flm pplause than did any beauty. m}! Her mna ride