Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 2

CUMMING EXPECTS NEW FLU OUTBREAK Surgeon Geheral Predicts Epidemié of More Severe Nature Later in Winter. By the Associated Press. Another outbreak of influenza more severe in nature than the disease now vailing is regarded as a possibility ter in the Winter by Surg. Gen. Cum- ming. He sald that he viewed the sit- uation at present as serious, but de- clared that the present wave is mild in character and that there is an ap- parent absence of complications. “There is little likelihood, in the opin- fon of the surgeon general, that the disease will not spread over the At- Jantic States as it has the West and rts of the South. p."Thls seems to be a typical influenza epidemic,” he said, “:nd it is similar ta the 1918 Outbmlk in the mildness first cases.” “ntgfuu in the 1918 wave of influenza were 500,000 in excess of the normal number from the malady, and in 1920 there were 100,000 excess deaths, but in 1926 there were only between 15,000 ll’ld 20,000. Indications thus far have Surg. Gen. Cumming to believe thll mortality this year may be greater in 1926. ‘h;{‘: agreed with the estimate by pub- e health officers that there were ap- proximately one million and a qum:ter new cases in the United States during the week ending December 22. This estimate was based on 240,562 cases ncw..u: reported from all but seven from 58 cities for the week Dflml‘)eoember 22 were 710, reports to the Census Bureau showed, as com- pared with 475 deaths in 62 cities for the previous week. The surgeon gen- eral st that this bore out expectations of ® large increase in deaths as the number of cases increased. FIGHT ON EPIDEMIC OPENS. i Metropolitan Life Appropriates $10,000 to Study Influensa. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, N. Y. December 28— the emergency character of LANGLEY FAMILY 10 PICK CANDIDATE! Husband and Wife to Decide, Who Will-Run for Con- gress in 1930. By the Associated Press. PIKESVILLE, Ky, December 28.— ‘Whether former Representative John W. Langley or his wife, the present Rep- resentative from the tenth Kentucky district, will make the race for Con- gress in 1930, seems to be a question to be decided in family counsels some time before the campaign opens. Mrs. Langley issued a statement from her Washington office today denying published reports that she had decided not to run again. Mr, Langley told in- quirers at his home here today that he had not decided. “But_we both won't run at the same time,” he added, and he laughed when it was suggested that woman suffrage might result in husband and wife fight- ing each other at the polls. * re will be none of that,” he said. Mr. Langley said the recent state- ment from him'that Mrs. Langley who was elected to the Seventy-first Con- gress last November, would not run again was not emzly in accord with the facts. He thought some friend who gave it out had not understood his entire meaning over long-distance telephone., He was emphatic, however, in denying that on the occasion of his recent pardon he had authorized the tatement that he would not again enter politics. He sald Mrs. Langley was not at home today. Mr. Langley represented the tenth district for years, but resigned when he went to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to serve a term for congpiracy to violate the prohibition laws, though he had been re-elected while his appeal was pending. Mrs. Langley then was elect- ed to fill his term and was re-elected last November for the full term. Both are Republicans in a district that for years has leut a Iupubnun to Congress, though she is the daughter of a former Democnuc Congressman from North Carolina. m lflon the Met- sent influenza situ . has t.lnn 0}5 $10,000 p‘m dying the causes smission of t,lu disease and d tran :zbhoda of preventing Announce- by !d‘;;‘l? when 20,000,000 i dut ths resulted in the Unmd muovl.ng ‘s meeting of the commis- the offices of Dr. president of the X vlec l"mukel ueflnd H i ge%ig L 1 who, when they influenza, immediately for » doctor, and re- EE %s § g i i B I I ik g o i in- dw It nl drl!h. ‘wearing mnu o doors, not getting overfimd. keeplnc out ol(\utaurhully- :;n best Wllcd eleinlln e P ipe, au psrficuh.fly the han estion .nau‘:nnm and hohl-w:“t.ll'!e of Onthz should be avoided, _uauu'om,m“" Dr , professot Wm. umm-m % nily of Olicag; wry Unlhd‘shh! Pflh- r ct 'eoldcmlohcy Hwia!e nna Pubue ‘Health, Bl.l'-lmm'e Dr. Knight, medical director of the m politan ‘L|fe Ixmlrlnce Co., ‘New York City; Dr. Lee Frankel. ‘second vlee president -of uxe "Metropolitan- Life In- surance Co,, New York City, and Dr. . H. Park, professor of ‘bacterilogy and hygiene, New ‘York University, sec- retary. 79 FLU CASES LISTED. rgest. Number for ,Single Day { Recorded With Officials. |Seventy-nine cases of influenza, the agest number . Winter, were re- rted to the District, Health Depart- ‘There were no repom ath was rted . late rday, g:lnnn:“ themp'gul uportefium m| t?w ADOSEVELT REFINANCE i ACCOUNTING 1S ASKED Horace C. Stillwell, New York broker, tdday filed suit in the District Supreme Ceurt for an accounting from the Roose- wvelt Hotel Operating Co. and the H. L. Rust Co. for commissions alleged to be gx him for refinancing the hotel g y last Spring. Stillwell says “';wmdd to $40,500 less the expenses - - under an to the loan, which he agreed to m arrangement with the ] company when it employed him March 26 last to obtain a loan of $900,000 on the property. Acting under the alleged agreement, he says, the company made an lppllca- tion Aprfl 8 to the Prudential Insur- ance Co. for the loan under a contract with him to pay him a commission of 435 per cent. Counsel for the company notified him, he declares, May 9 that the contract had been terminated, but went ahead with the negotiations with the insurance company and obtained the loan July 2. Because he does not know the amount of the expenses which were paid to the Rust Co. as local agents of the insur- ance company he an accounting s0 that the court may determine just how much is due him under his alleged contract. He is represented by Attor- neys Edward F. Colladay and Joseph McGarraghy. i N e Publisher Cut in Car Crash. Besverork. popretor of i fondon ver! proprietor of ndon Daily and London Evening su.ndna was cut by glass when his automobile collided today with a motor and vlolltlng the prohibition law, received MRS. LANGLEY MAKES DENIAL. Contradicts Press Reports Abont With- drawing From Race in 1930. Mrs. Katherine Langley, Representa- tive from Kentucky, announced today she had no intention of retiring rom pnuth:s Her husband, whom she weedgd the House after he was tenced to two years in prison for a full pardon from Pruldent Coolidge at Christmas, making him again eligible for election. Some speculation has been heard as to whether he again would leek l‘.n;hy id it had been brought sai g to her attention “that the press is car- President and Mrs. Coolidge, with their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Coffin, on the lawn of the Coffin estate on Sapelo Island, off the Georgia coast, where they are making a holiday visit. —Associated Press Photo. ASKS GIANT AIRSHIP FOR INAUGURATION Parade Committee Sends Re- quest for Los Angeles to Navy Department. A request for the giant Navy dirigi- ble Los Angeles to lead the air parade which will soar above the marchers in the inaugural parade March 4 has been forwarded to the Navy Department by the Inaugural parade committee, sub- Jject to the approval of President-clect Hoover. Gen. Anton Stephan, chair- | man of the parade committee, today | a statement umfix‘ will not be a hmn-m 15| NEW YORK-ARGENTINA AIR LINE PROJECTED either the | Plans Well Advanced to Inadgu- declared that the plans, as they stand | now, call for a regular air circus, with | heavier and ll‘mer than air craft tak- inz in the parade, with the flying machines of the Army, Navy and Ma- rine Com represented. ‘The plan, which will be presented at the meeting of the general inaugura- tion committee next Thursday and to Mr. Hoover on his. arrival in Wash- January 7, calls for an air pa- rade which would start down the Ave- nue in formation as soon as the head of the column .reaches .the Peace Monu- ment and .which would circle the dome of the Capitol during the inaugura- tion ceremonies. rate Servioe to Buenos Aires Early in, 1929. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 28, —Alejandro Bunge, representative of the South American International Air- plane Co., said today that :plans to establish air‘ communication = between Buenos Aires and‘New York were well advanced. ‘The service will be started early in lnlmdmurphnuwulh.nnflmh &'}rmm ‘Washington md New York. —_———r CONTRIBUTIONS POUR IN FOR DISTRESSED MINERS England Responds to Prince’s Ap- peal—Donations Swell Fund to $1,600,000. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 28.—The special staff at Mansion House which has been trying to open all the mail that re- sulted from the appeal of the Prince of Wales for contributions to the lord ‘mayor’s fund for distressed mine to call for reinforcements today. Sev- reral banks sent members of their staffs to assist in recording the Y Officials said that sacl of letters were coming in by every post and that many thousands had accumulated. It was impossible to state definitely the wm whlnh the fund had reached, but it was up to £320,000 yesterday, equiva- lent to about $1,600,000. The govern- ment is to match these contributions pound for pound. GERMANS ARE AWARDED CONTRACTS IN FRANCE By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 28.—A German group of building contractors has se- cured contracts in France on the repa- rations account amounting to 45,000,000 - | marks (approximately $10,800,000). German About 1,500 workers will be em loyed on the undertakings, which lude ~construction of new quays ln Bordeaux, power stations in ithe Pyrenees, improvement of Seine harbor, canalization projects on the Rhone River and changing of the course of '.he Alpine River at Verton. 'he German workers will have their nwn canteens, lmunds. hospi- tals, theaters and . JOHN H. KETTNER DEAD. Retired Government Worker Suc- cumbs to Long Illness. John H. Kettner, 56 years old, of 8 Kansas avenue, & former employe ol’ the United States Veterans’ Bureau, died in a local hospital last night after a long iliness. He was retired from the Government service, due to physical disability. Mr. Keunel' is survived by his widow, and a daughter, Miss Ethel M. Kettner, He was a member of the Pentalpha Lodge of Masons, the Kallipolis Grotto and the Craftsman Masonic Club of the Veterans’ Bureau. Funeral services will be conducted in Hines' funeral parlors, 2001 Fourteenth street, Monday afternoon nt 2 30 truck at s crossroads near London. His ’ retary and chawfeur were injured the car was badly damaged. o'clock. In ent will be :fiod Ceme ‘with anlc mu nt grave. -| down the Avenue, it Is believes commi ld Ny mibics ik wre Sought Tor the avy als0 are or the parade. A group of heayier-thap-air craft, whose speed can be cut down to ‘almost that of the marchers, fiying low by the ttee, the parade much more impressive. lthbexlnmngto]ookumuughflw p-mdg:uun of the entire corps of the West Point: cadets and Annapolis mid- séuvmen ‘would be’tegghlg & strain on e purse lmnga [2 irpl com- mittee. It has le:gld by the nde committee nm the ' cost of inging the student ofllcers of the de- ien.u services would be in the neigh- borhood of $30,000 and this expenditure | is not likely to meet with the approval of the parade powers-that-be. Spmllanvedloro.l.c. . Space in the parade has tentatively ‘Soa | Deen reserved for a group of 100 mem- bers of the. Officers’ Reserve Corps. Chulu H. Tompkins, local butlder, today ted the appointment of elulmmn of the grandstand committee, it was announced at inaugural com- mittee headquarters at the Willard. More than 150 acceptances have been received from those invited to serve on the general committee, the names of Herbert T. Shannon, F. E. Pope, 8. R. Bowen and T. W. Phillips, -jr., being added to the list today. ‘The committee on public relations yesterday met and mapped out plans to be presented to. Mr. Hoover for bring- ing the inauguration before the public. ‘The - committee is helded by Theodore P, Noyes and organized yesterday with the appointment ni ‘William Hall as sec- retary. A. J. May, president of the White House Photographers' Associa- tion, was made chairman of the sub- committee on picture taking, and C. D. ‘Graham, engineer of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., chairman of the subcommittee on radio arrange- ments and broadcasting. James Pres- ton, superintendent of the press gal- leries at the Capitol, was named chair- man of the subcommittee on arrani ments for newspaper men at the swear- lx&‘-‘i"n exercises and at the reviewing stand. Reservations Overtax Hotels. Wi i hotels already are taxed beyond capacity with reservations for the inauguration and requests for res- ervations are arriving in large numbers, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of 'police, told a meeting of the public or- der committee at the District Building yesterday afternoon. ‘The committee approved a resolution to be presented to Con grena calling for an appropriation of $25,000 for protec- tion of life and property betWeen. Feb- ruary 28 and March 10. The money will be used largely to pay for services of the best detectives of the country east of the Mississippi to come here to help the local Pouoe Department with the ina; thron, ‘The resolution calls for $2,000 for erection and maintenance of first aid stations, information booths and comfort stations for use during the in- auguration. Under the. resolution, the District Commissioners would be authorized to make special ations govern| traf- fic for the weeks prior to and follow- ing the inauguration. Penalties provide for fines of not more n $100 and Idmprlsonment. for not more than 60 ays. make Mexico Reduces Expenditures. MEXICO CITY, December 28 (#).— Estimated expenditures have been re- duced by 369,217 soc (about §184,~ 608) in the bud,ze y Congress. The revenue estimate was flxed at 288,420,- 600 pesos while expenditures were esti- mated at 288,018,392 pesos. ty-four million pesos was amd for the pub- lic debt. —_— Transferred to Capital. Col. Arthur W. Brown, ju advo- cate, now in this city, has re- lieved from further duty at headquar- cersu.z;zh c'grp; .:\yre:u Otxl'?em Nabr‘ n:k:d e uf of the Jud;e }dvocnu general, I Committee Head CHARLES H. TOMPKINS, Chairman of the grandstand committee for the inaugural exercises. MARINE AND FAMILY GET U. S. FUNERALS Burial at Arlington Tomorrow Be- lieved to Mark Departure From Military Rule. Sergt. Arthur Leonard Wadsworth, jr., U. S, Marine Corps, his wife and three young children, all of whom dfed from the effects of escaping gas in their Philadelphia home on Christmas eve, will be buried in the same grave in Arlington Cemietery tomorrow after- noon. This is beliéved to be the first time that an enlisted man’'s children hav¢ been buried in the National Cem- ol b plo, st Con B ¥ eal when ‘approached regarding the mater by Capt. Edwin S. Bettel- heim, ‘jr.,; legislative -chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, sought to find some loop Hole ‘in the strict mili- tary ations through which the whole family could be buried together, due to unsual and sad circumstances under which the family died. Investigation showed that Sergt. ‘Wadsworth had served as a warrant of- ficer in the Marine Corps during the World War, and, as the regulations permit the burial ‘of the children of an officer in Arlington, thn arrangements were quicl complete ‘The _children, Allce. 5; Frances, 3, and Virginia, 2, will be buried first and then Mrs. Wadsworth. Sergt. Wadsworth will be interred with full military honors due an officer. Regulations regarding burial of en- listed men provide that only their wives may be buried with them, and then not until” after the death of the soldier, sailor or Marine. Sergt. Wadsworth was on diity at the Philadelphia "Navy Yard. He served overseas with the Marines dufln: the ‘World War, The circumstances of his death with his family first came to the attention of Harpur M, Tobin, judge advocate general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who commumclhd with Capt. Bettelheim, ir., here, and later began making anu to see if the family be. buried in Arun; BELGIUM REPGRTS 'FIVE VILLAGES UNDER 'WATER !'loodl, Pushed Along by Viblent Gales, Submerge 7,000 Acres Near Termonde. . By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS; Belgium, December 28.— Nearly 7,000 acres of land and five vil- lages near Termonde were under water today. Floods, pushed along by a vio- lent tue and a hgnenmd by the waters of the tide rus inland, swept over a section of the lawlnnds. Greater de- struction than occurred four weeks ago was threatened. Just as a month ago, the new floods High winds pushed waters of the swollen Scheldt, which met an exceptionally high tide. Much suffering and damage have re- sulted already and losses greater than those of & month ago are predicted. A medallion of a human head in bas- part-1 shot an relief, reputed to be 7,000 years old, has been discovered on a great ledge of rock off the coast of France. FARM COMPROMISE EFFORT EXPECTEDE:. Solution Seen in Statement by Hoover How He Stands on New McNary Bill. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Everybody wants to help the farmer now, . Members of Congress who never knew how friendly they were toward farm relief are now insisting that a farm bill be passed at this session and an extra session’ avoided. ‘This may sound inconsistent, but back 1 of it is a fundamental reasoning. . Take Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of. the House of Representatives. He says that it the need.for handling the export problem is what the farm leaders have for vears said it was then another crop should not be harvested without having the machinery going for handling the export_situation. Mr. Longworth is a popular figure in Congress. He is liked because he thinks soundly. He doesn't disagree with Reprmntntlve ‘Tilson, the mljorlty leader, that tariff revision should be undertaken, but he believes tariff changes are too vital to be made. hurriedly. If an extra session is called for farm relief | th; the interwearing of the two measures must mean delay and some confusion. Tf the farm measure is passed at this session, Mr, .Longworth thinks industry will have plenty of time to get ready for the tariff debote, which he thinks might well begin with the calling of an extra session in September, which can merge with the regular session in December. Better Chance for Hoover. But more important than this is the view of the Speaker that Herbert Hoo- ver , would have a better chance to grapple with the big problems ahead of hig if he were not thrust headlong info an extra session, which, if ‘farm relief werc not then passed, would mean the calling of Congress. in: April. When President-elect Hoover gets back to Washington he will find that the Longworth view is held by men' like Senator Moses of New Hampshire, and that Senator Borah is arguing for an extra session only because he: believes it impracticable to get an agreement at tmyub:h-‘neho:l\ Ifl‘! l’ll\t'm bill, Ma; It cul butcanneu' a way of turning somersaults and speed- ing legislation when all minds are met. There is no opposition to: a. farm. bill without an equalization fee. It can be drafted in a week and passed in.24 hours. Many measures are pendlnt ‘that fill these specifications. ‘The truth of the matur is = that among the farm leaders is a hope that perhaps Herbert Hoover. will lean a little more toward McNary-Haugenism than will President Coolidge, or that the lpgolntment of the Federal Farm )y the new President wml!d in- -rure more participation by representa- tives of the interests that have sought farm legislation for many years. Can Eliminate Tangle. Mr. Hoover can quickly straighten out this tangle. He can let it be known that he stands for the new McNary bill and wants it passed. And President ‘Coolidge can let it -be known that he will leave to his successor the raming of the persorinel of the new board. Would such agreements be possible? | ber ‘The answer is that the fear of a dis- turbancé in business through 'an’ un- timely tinkering with the . tariff is 2 thln is apparent on the fur- Trace, the representatives in Con- 'gress” from Eastern. States will. glddly vote for the farm program, if' by so ‘doing they hdve more opportunity to ‘prepare for the tariff- discussion later on. If an extra session is to be avoid- \ed, there are simple-ways of avoiding it. The big quemon is whe\‘,her Mr. ‘Hoover will -follow the suggestions of men like the Speaker of the House and Senator Moses- and -attempt to get an agreement with Mr. Borah or take unto. himself a full-fledged job in tackling farm relief and tariff in an early session immediately after his in- auguration. All signs point to a serious effort to compromise on a plan c:mnn for a farm bill that will be passed this session and & definite fixing of the extra session for September. (Copyright, 1928.) Earth Shocks Are Felt. ROME, December 28 (#).—Earth- quakes this moml.nr twitched the “‘toe” of the Italian peninsula, being felt in many sections of the district of Cala- bria. At Paola there was a shock at oo kno 4:40 am,, followed by another at 4:56 o'clock, Cortale experienced repeated shocks around 5 a.m. None of t| - ports indicated any appreciable damage. Sentenced to Life, Man Is Discovered In Chicago Jail Cell After Two Years By the Associated Press. (CHICAGO, December 28.—John S deputy poll commissioner, y found in the Cook County J-fl a man sentenced to life imprisonment for mur- der more than two years ago, but never taken m Joliet to befln his sentence. He William J. (Three-fingered Jack)* ’Whlm who in December, 1925, killed . s pollmnn. The was appealed to Supreme case | a new trial, Court Sinienced o Sears agb, but the igher sent WO years ago, bul court has not yet acted. White is the oldest occupant of the County Jail, having been there even longer than w-rden Edward J. Fogarty, Attaches of the State's attorney office said that should the Supreme Court finally revem the éonviction.and order be next to im- possible tofln original witnesses, OFFICERS ELECTED BY GRAND LODGE Wisdom-D. Brown Succeeds James T. Gibbs as Master of Masons'in District. Deputy Grand Master Wisdom D. Brown was elected grand master of Masons in the District of Cdlumbia at the St. John's day communication of the Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M., last night in Masonic Temple, Thirteenth. street| and New York avenue. He succeeds James T. Gibbs, who had been-the head of Blue Lodge Masonry in the Masonic Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia i since December 27, 1927. | _Appointed to the foot of the Grand Lodge official line as junior grand stew- ard _in- 1921, Mr. Brown through the several places and stations in regular order from year to year until last night, when he reached the top. The vacancy at the foot of the Grand Lodge line as junior grand steward was filled by the election ot Paul B, Crome- lin, past master of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15. Should he ad- | vance through the chairs in regular order, the new junior steward will be- come grand master December 27, 1938: Other Officers Elected. At the election last night Senior Grand Warden James A. West was ad- vanced to the office: of deputy grand master, Junior Grand Warden C. Fred Cook to the office of senior gran: den, Grand Marshal Reuben A. ley to the office of junior grand bfii Senior Grand Deacon Harry G Kiml to the office of grand marshal, Junior Grand Deacon Vernon G. Owen to the office of senior grand deacon, Grand Sword Bearer George R. Davis to the office of junior grand deacon, Grand Pursuivant Robert S. Regar to the office of grand sword bearer, Senior Grand Steward Clyde J. Nichols to the office of grand pursuivant, and Junior Grand Steward Otto B. Roepke to the office of senior grand steward. ‘The following were re-elected: Past Grand Master J. Claude Keiper, grand secretary; Past Grand Master Charles E. B&Idwm, grand treasurer; Past Mas~ M. Roller of St. John’s Lodge No. 11, grand lecturer; Rev. John Pumer‘ past_master of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, grand .chaplain; Rev. Charles E. Fultz, assistant gnnd chaplain, and Past Master William P. !T’erba: of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, gnnd tiler. The_new, grand master is not only welk kiiown ‘and active in Masonic circles here but elsewhere. He is a member of Dawson Lodge, No. 16, in which he was made a master Mason in 1910. Nine years later he was its worshipful mas- ter. He was appointed to the foot of the Grand Lo« line by Grand Master Charles J. O'Neill in December, 1921. He is a_ member of Mount t Chapter, No. 13, Masons; ‘Washington Commlndary, No. l.xn!.hu Templar; & knight commander of the court ‘of honor of the Scottish Rite of Preemnomy, a past commander of Robert. Bruce Council of Kadosh and a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Native of Greensboro. Grand. Master Brown is. a mative of Greensboro, N. C., where. he received his early education. He is of the National University Law School | o of this city. Whan 17 yem oi m he entered railway service, an 15 e T i youngest gen and pas- senger agent in the United States. For 20 years he owned and was.editor of the Rural Free Delivery News, was attorney for the organized rural mail carriers roughout the country, and repre- um:g them in secufing favorable legis- lation by Congress. Prominent in Masonic Circles. Mr. Cromelin, the new junior gran steward, is not only a put muur. bul also a past secretary of French Lodge, No. 15. Be hnldl membership in Mount Vernon Chapter, ey, o 1 ki Tenie omman 0. 1, the Royll Order of Scotland, the Level Club of Montgomery County, Md.; is chairman of the Junpl?mdmeo commit-~ tee of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine, is a thirty-second degree Mason of Albert Pike Consistory of the Scot- tish Rite, is a past patron of Lebanon ‘Chapter, No. 25, Order of the Eastern Star, and was president of the Associa- tion of Wouhlpllll Masters of 1920. ~Mr. Cromelin is married and has three children. He was born in this city in January, 1890, and attended the public schoals, is & luate of Business High schot)l md of Georgetown Law School, recelving the degrees of LL. B, LL. M. and M. L. D, having been awarded the faculty prize. He enlisted as a private in the Signal Corps at Fort Myer in 1917, was commissioned a second lieu- tenant 'Ac x;%ur#id e:u successively promoted an as captain, Air Service, in Februayy, m 919. o In May, 1920, ha wu lpnolnhd as- sistant United States attorney in and {«;r '.henl,‘)sla'.rkt of Columbia, 5 and for mon! was engaged in the cution of many important cases. pg:eh a member of the executive committee of the Acacia Mutual Life Association, of the insurance committee chairman of the Washington Board of Trade, di- rectm- and general counsel of the Wash~ gton Btvmss Bank, a trustee of Trin- lty M. E. Church, on the executive committee of the Methodist Union of Home, tnume and gent the Methodist Home, a member of the Bar Association of the District and of the American Bar Association, x)lst prul.dent of the Barristers’ Club, mem- Oeorfe Post, No. l. of the American Legion, member of the slzm- Nu Phi r‘rnemity, past. president f the Alumni Association of mgh School, and a member of the Na- ‘tional Press Club. te) Mtl"“(;ibbflq i d master, was presented a chest of silver and a watch, tl-(ta !mn by George president, on behalf of the of Worshipful Masters of 1928, and George R. Harris, past master of Trin- ity Lodge, No. 41. Mr. Gibbs made ap- propriate response. The retiring grand master also received the customary dhmond-amdded Jewel of a past grand the gift from the || The presentation was made by Past Master Carter B. Keene of Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, a life- long friend. Newspaper Is Bombed. ‘TUNIS, December 28 (M.-—-A Poufian ionags newspaper Daions to- e new: 3 day, causing xp‘flmlw‘ed at 100, 000 francs. All of the staff escaped lnjury. Thewflmoflvo for the outrage is i BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra at the auditorium, Marine Barracks, “March of the Toys” ‘Toyland” Overture, “Oberon® 5 Charmante” “Noel” from suite “The Seasons,’ ‘Tschaikowsky Grand scenes from “Manon”. . Massenet Valse de concert, “Les Patineurs,” suma.” “dhe Star Spangled Banner.” | Named B); Masons I Upper—WISDOM D. BROWN, Lower—PAUL B. CROMELIN. Mr. Brown last night was elected irlml master in the District. of Colum- Junior* grand ia, and Mr. Cromelin, steward. COMMITTEE ADOPTS. INDIA.COMPROMISE Non-Co-operation Movement Alter- native to Dominion Status Constitution. By the Associated Press. CALCUTTA, India, December 28.—A FAILURE PREDICTED FOR RADIO PARLEY Anti-Smuggling Conference Between Nations_ Also Declared Hopeless. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, December 28—The Mail and Empife,.in a dispatch from Ottawa today says that the international con- ferences among the United States, Can- | ads, Mexico, Cuba and Newfoundland on anti-smuggling, opening January 7, |and on radio, opening January 9, ap- pear doomed to failure before they meet. - The anti-smuggling talks will fail, the* newspaper says, owing to the absence of* cabinet representation from either the United States or Canada, and the radio meeting is doomed owing to the “breach of the agreement by the United States,” which was arrived at last August in & conference at Washington. ‘ Breach of Faith Charged. . “Those familiar with the discussions at the radio conference in Washing- ton,” asserts the newspaper, “charge’ the United- States Radio Commission with a breach ef good faith, and the . facts as narrated here justify this charge. At that conference a tentative agreement for the division of wave lengths was reached, but at the request of the United States representatives announcement was deferred until after the presidential election. 'Knowing this conference (of Janu- ary 9) was arranged, the United States Radio Commission allocates 87 per cent of short wave lengths to United States stations, and have also allocated 90 out of 96 available long wave lengths. The tentative agreement in August called for two-thirds of the long and short waves for the United States and one-third for 6 out of 96 have been Power Increase Proposed. ‘The paper says the feeling better for DISAGREEMENT NOT FEARED. Radio Commission Belleves Conference Will Adjust Differences. By the ‘Associated Press. The Radio ‘Commission said today that there should be no cause for dis- turbance in Canada over the allocation of short wave lengths in the United States, as 88 of the possible 148 un- compromise resolution framed by two rival wings of the All-Indian and Mos- lem League, now in session here, was adopted by a special committee today, 118 to 45. e resolution, red by Mahat- andhi, noted leader, declares that it the British government by the end of 1929 does not accept the dominion status constitution for India drafted by the Nehru oommMee in its entirety, the Il organize a non-co-opera- tion zm:‘ummt, im:ludlu m non-pay- ment of - Gandhl said that the Nehru report, shared channels had been reserved for allocations until after an agreement had been reached with the Dominjon gov- el it ¥ ) Chairman Robinson said that while the United States had not agreed to 4 5050 division of short-wave chan- nels, it had agreed to a discussion of which recommended striving after do- | in minion status, was not meant for the Simon commission, but was a docu- ment intended for consideration by the Brn.uh government and Parliament. 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