Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Partly cloudy and colder tonight; low- est temperature about 30 degrees; to- morrow fair and somewhat colder. Temperatures: Highest, 54, at 3:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 35, at day. ~Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 20 and 21 Bureau Forecast.) 5 am. to- @h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sta Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,435 ) No. 30,923, i omce. tered_as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D C ., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928 —TWENTY-SIX PAGES. UP) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. e BYRD PARTY STUDY REVEALS ERROR IN *[CE HARBOR CHART Commander and Group Look for Landing Field on Great Barrier. 1929 HEALTH BY HUG How much time EVIDENCES THAT FLOE | HAS LAND BASE FOUND | in Depth Finder Carried on Bark Proves Worth—Air Map of Area Planned. BY COMDR. RICHARD E. BYRD. By Wireless to The Star and New York Time: ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORK, December 29.—Our visit to Discovery Harbor was perhaps worth | while from a geographical standpoint. | ‘We reached the great ice barrier at| about 177:40 of longitude, approxi- mately 70 statute miles to the westward of the entrance to Discovery Harbor. As we approached the barrier we ;| could see on our starboard bow two places where the barrier sloped down to the water's edge. These were about 100 yards wide and this phenomenon is interesting, as the barrier generally rises more or less perpendicular from the water’s edge, from 30 or 40 to 160 feet in altitude. “ | ‘Though this is Midsummer down here, wg found Discovery Harbor filled with what we call bay ice for three- quarters of its length. We have found that this beautiful ice-locked harbor is not accurately charted. It may be that there has been some change in its contour since the last explorer re- ported it. Landing Field Sought. Strom, Balchen, Braathen, Petersen, @nd I proceeded on skis to the east- ward of the head of the harbor to se- lect & landing field, as we hope later on to chart Discovery Harbor with one of our automatic mapping cameras. We have found that instead of running east and west, as shown by charts, there is a general curve from eastward toward the south, so that at the end, of the harbor where the lines of the jce barrier meet, its direction runs nearer to north and south than it| does east and_west. ‘At a point about three-quarters of the distance between the ship and the end of the harbor, the barrier sloped gently down to the bay ice so that we were able to climb onto it, after which we ascended for 150 feet, and still we had not reached the top. At this point, Strom, Balchen and Braathen pro- eeededmm inv s W, we seen z near the curve of harbor. ‘There turned out to be several of these peaks, with valleys in between, and we have decided that though they are snow covered, land lies under them, and that this is part of some land that keeps intact this extraordinary harbor fash- joned in the ice barrier. There were several places toward the end of the harbor, on both sides, which sloped down into the water. At the end of the harbor the two barrier walls do not meet because of a small channel ex- tending to the southeast. Island Basis Land. One of the members of a Norwegian whaling expedition, Dr. Richovd, told me that he followed this crack and that it curved around to the sea. This shows that that part of the barrier to the northward, which forms a part of Discovery Harbor, is an ice island. As there is a strong easterly current run- ning along here and under the barrier, it indicates that this ice island is rest- ing somewhere on land. This, I be- lieve, is of some interest to geographers, as there has been a great deal of dis- cussion as to whether or not the ice barrier, or parts of the ice barrier, rests on land. We have been taking sound- ings regularly, and the lowest depth of ‘water we have so far gotten at or near the barrier is 245 fathoms. Later on, after mapping Discovery Harbor from the air and taking more soundings, we hope to be able to show conclusively that considerable of the barrier about the harbor rests on land. ‘We have found other errors in the chart of the harbor. The depth finder, which we took so much trouble and expense to put on the ship, has proved well worthwhile, as we can get accurate soundings without stopping the ship by getting from the bottom of the ocean the time of the return of the echo of the sound we make with electricity. Gets Interesting Data. We have reached the barrier some days earlier than any other explorer and are getting some interesting data on the pack ice and the bay ice that one might find at this time of the year. ‘We passed two ice packs in the Ross Sea in addition to the one we had such s difficult time getting through, but we were fortunately able to get around them to the wesiward without being put very much off our course. (Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Co. and the St. Lous Post Dispatch. All gisnts for ‘publication reserved " throughout e world.) LEAVE FOR BAY OF WHALES. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Wircless to The Star and New York Times. ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORX, December 29.—The size of Dis- covery Inlet has been greatly extended as a result of the trip ashore on skils by Candr. Byrd. He found that at a point about 10 miles from the entrance 1o the inlet, where it has been sup- m&edA that it ended, it turns to the in 1929 because of sickness? What are well at the end of the coming year? HOROSCOPE IS PREPARED BY CUMMING Modern Statistical Methods Make Possi- ble Reduction of Life and Death to Terms of Bookmaker’s Odds. H S. CUMMING, M. D., Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service. Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. (which to us means money, t00) are we going to lose the probabilities of our being alive and There are figures dug from mountains of mathematics that tell the the new year. | average person at a glance just what his chances are of dodging sickness or death 1 These have now been | reduced to terms anybody can understand. | In fact, they have been so simplified that they can be presented in the elementary form of a bookmaker's odds. Edgar Sydenstricker, statisticlan of United States public health service. We can, at any rate, get answers to following questions, answers that a to obtain: for after January 1? ing year? viving an illness? a health point of view? sidering my age? It would be possible to prepare a of the United “tates as a whole, during modern epidemiologist depends upon To begin with, on New Year day It will be vastly better than ever before. 20 to 25 years. with the eighteenth century, when in Cai century it had, in Massachusetts, at any As in betting, these odds are based on statistics, in this case figures collected by the With these odds we can cast what might be called our “health horoscope for 1929.” the few years ago it would have been impossible How many more vears should I be good What sickness, if any, do I run the most chance of falling victim to during the com- What are the odds in favor of my sur- Which are the dangerous months from DR. HUGH S. CUMMING. What are the odds of my not dying, con- Which diseases are probably going to cause the most deaths? Which fllnesses are most likely to compel me to take sick leave? chart, divided into twelve sectors, one for each month, by which we could foretell our health, or rather the health any month of the coming year. Astrologers make prophecies from the positions of the planets. The sound and proved natural laws that make some maladies more prevalent at certain seasons and ages than at others. what will our expectation of life be? In ancient Rome the average life was The expectation of life, it seems, began to lengthen out steadily beginning rlisle, England, it went to 39. In another rate, jumped to 40; by 1879-81, in New York city, to 1, and by 1901 to 49; in the original registration States of the United States in 1910, to 51; and in 24 States (approximately) in 1920, to 56. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) CALL CROP DISEASE LIKE HUMAN ILLS Plant Doctors Say Blights of Grains, Fruits and Vege- tables Are Preventable. By the Associated Press. NEW _YORK, December 29.—The plant doctors of the United States con- centrated their attention today on the diseases of grains, fruits and vegetables which annually cause heavy losses to farmers and affect the prices and qual- ity of the products the consumers must buy. Many of these diseases are closely akin to those which afflict human beings and domestic animals, being caused or spread from victim to victim by bacteria, viruses and parasitic in- sects and fungus growths. Others, however, apparently are pe- culiar to the plants they attack, but the piant doctor’s task is the same as that of the medical scientist in all cases—to find out what causes the dis- ease and how it can be controlled. The stinking smut of wheat and other grains was accorded considerable at- tention today, occupying much of the time of an entire section of the Amer- ican Phytopathological Society meeting here with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This disease was shown to be con- trollable in wheat by two methods—the mechanical cleaning of the seeds to remove the smut balls which, if sown with them, carry the disease into the mature plants, and their destruction with chemicals that do not harm the seeds themselves. Cleaning Wheat Seed. Dr.-R. S. Kirby of Pennsylvania State College described mechanical cleaning tests with 31,000 bushels of wheat. He said that even heavily infected grain had been cleaned perfectly by utilizing two processes, running it through a cockle disk cleaner at 100 to 150 bushels an hour and through a receiving separator of the screen and strong air draft type at the same speed. R. W. Leukel of the Department of Agriculture reported successful destruc- tion of the smut balls by immersing the infected seeds for an hour in solutions of various chemical preparations, of which more than 40 are on the market. Some, he said, control both the stinking smut of wheat and the covered smut of barley, and these, he found in experi- ments with Dr. J. G. Dickson and A. G. Johnson of the department, also are effective against the stripe disease of barley. Just as mosquitoes carry the malarial germ from one person to another, plant lice are responsible for the spread " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) “IN THE WAY.," ENDS LIFE Woman, 84, Climbs to Attic and Hangs Herself. CHICAGO, December 29 (#).—At the age of 84 Mrs. Anna Lauman felt she was “in the way.” Last night, at her son's house, she climbed the stairs to the attic and (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) hanged herself. R.F. Walter of Colorado to Be'in Charge 5 Of Constructing Boulder Canyon Dam By the Associated Press. Raymond F. Walter of Colorado, as chief engineer of the Bureau of Recl: mation, will be in charge of the co: struction of the Boulder Canyon Dam ject. He is now attached to the ureau’s office at Denver. ‘The Bureau of Reclamation made known Mr. Walter's selection today af- ter consultation with him and with other engineers not in the bureau serv- ice. There had been some speculation as to who would be chosen to execute the tremendous project. Bureau officlals said they regarded ‘Walter as probably cne of the most capable irrigation engineers in the world, and that his selection from a wide fleld had been approved by Sec- Suarz Wl 488 g et 9 S A Ao dam construction. He has been in the reclamation service since 1903. He was in charge of the building of the Path- finder Dam, in Idaho, and has super- vised a number of other government reclamation projects in the West. His salary is $7,000 a year. ‘The building of the dam at Black Canyon will be one of the greatest engineering tasks in history, surpassed only by the building of the Panama Canal. The total cost of the project has been set at $165,000,000, as com- pared with $382,000,000 expended in the construction of the Panama Canal, and $127,000,000 for the Suez Canal. CODE OF BANDITS REVEALED IN ADS Earle Robbery Suspect and Uncle Conversed Through Newspapers, Say Police. Code messages veiled as innocent- appearing advertisements in the col~ umns of Washington newspapers pro- vided & means of long-distance com- munication between Elmo Williams, 21- year-old Earle Theater bandit, and his uncle, Thomas Edison Williams, also 21, it was disclosed today at police headquarters, following the return to the Capital yesterday of the uncle, who is accused of complicity. An intercepted letter bared the code. ‘Through these messages, exchanged between Elmo Williams while he was a fugitive from justice in half a dozen cities in the United States and Canada and Thomas Willilams, who was in Tampa, the former was enabled, from time to time, according to detectives, to get part of the proceeds of the rob- bery from Thomas Williams, to whom the money, approximately $1,250, was sent for safekeeping. With the return of Thomas Willlams from the Florida city yesterday after- noon by Detective H. K. Wilson, on a warrant charging robbery, it was dis- closed also that he had been trapped by means of a decoy letter. Additional details of the robbery also were made public. Third Arrest Expected. It also became known today that the arrest of a third man thought to have been connected with the affair appears imminent. The tip which led to the identification and final capture of the bandit, it came out today, was obtained through a taxi driver who was hired to take Elmo ‘Williams to Baltimore and whose sus- piclons were aroused at the youth's con- duct after he had returned to this city and read of the hold-up in the news- b apers. Local authorities immediately com- municated with Baltimore police and a drag-net was flung out. In some way he slipped_through_the fingers of the (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) PARAGUAY CHARGES DENIED BY BOLIVIANS Legation Official Declares Troops Have Not Occupied Fort Vanguardia. By the Assoclated Press. The Bolivian legation today officially denied Paraguayan charges that Bolivian troops had occupied Fort Vanguardia within the last few days and had advanced 11 miles into Paraguayan territory.* Minister Diez de Medina of Bolivia made public a telegram from Foreign Minister Elio, which was substantially the same as the denial previously issued by Elio at La Paz. Referring to the charge made through the Paraguayan legation here, it pointed out that “Fort Vanguardia, after the attack by Para- guayan forces on December 6, was im- mediately taken back by a Bolivi garrison which met no resistance what- ever because the Paraguayan forces had abandoned the position.” Minister Diez de Medina blamed the Paraguayan report in large part upon faulty and slow means of communica- tion between the Paraguayan forces at the frontier and Paraguayan head- quarters. Recalling that he announced on the evening of December 8 that Fort Van Guardia had been reoccupled by Bolivian troops, he said this report was vigorously denied then by the Par- aguayan foreign office, which now first hears of the immediate reoccupation after the first clash on December 6. The Bolivian troops the frontier, The Bureau said today no reclama- tion or irrigation project in history equals the Boulder Dam pmpos’l elther in size or cosh L Minister Diez de Me:i:}n added, are furnished with wireless sets whereby headquarters can be kept informed con- His Unuously with events on the border, =~ Ousy IPARLEY BY BRITISH, 1S LEGISLATORSON NAVY 15 APPROVED Britten Proposal of Confer- ence of Congressmen and M. P.’s Favored. MEETING WOULD BE HELD IN LONDON [N SPRING Reply to ‘American Representative Assures Support of Law- makers in England. Herald-Tribune. Copyright, 1928, LONDON, December 29.—A proposal |for a joint meeting of representative members of Parliament and members of the American Congress in London in the early Spring to discuss naval limi- tation and sea law was made by Lieut. Comdr. J. M. Kenworthy, member of Parliament, in a letter sent yesterday to Representative Fred Britten of Illi- nois, chairman of the House naval com- mittee. Comdr. Kenworthy's letter was in answer to one from Mr. Britten, in which the latter suggested that such a meeting might be held before the Inter- parliamentary Union meets in Geneva in August. ‘The British member of Parliament in his reply remarks that a telegraphic summary of Mr. Britten's communica- tion enabled him to sound out mem- bers of Parliament of all parties and that “I have little doubt that an in- fluential group of the unofficial mem- bers of the House of Commons would be willing to discuss the subject of your letter with a corresponding group of Copgressmen.” Wants to Know Authority. “It would assist me,” Comdr. Ken- worthy continued, “if you could tell me if you are speaking in this matter for the House of Representatives naval affairs committee, and also as to what would be the probable composition of | the American group.” Comdr. Kenworthy's letter continues: “Before proceeding further I feel bound to inform you that it is the opinion of many persons that naval parity is not the only question at issue. ‘We may as well face the fact that cer- tain interpretations of international la at sea have an important bearing on | the future of Anglo-American relations. “I believe it will be found just as important to exchange views on this subject as on that of the relative strength of warships.” The writer then explains the fact that Parliament has adjourned until January 22, and that & election is expected next May or June, and after making his proposal for a London meeting early in the Spring, suggests a return visit to Washington in the Autumn by a committee from the new Parliament. ‘The Englishman’s evident desire to keep such meetings unofficial as far as | possible is shown by his remark that, although the British section of the Interparliamentary Union is being kept in rouch, “my own opinion is that we should be able to arrange the meeting without calling in the help of other sections of the union.” Special Committee Needed. Continuing, Comdr. Kenworthy points out in his letter that there is nobody in the House of Commons correspond- ing with the American naval affairs committee, and that therefore a special committee would have to be formed; but he repeats that “many influential and qualified members of Parliament of all partie§ would be willing to co- operate.” Remarking that the difficulties in the way of the proposed meeting cannot be overlooked, Comdr. Kenworthy assures Mr. Britten that “all will agree that nothing but good can come from a frank and free exchange of opinion be- tween duly-elected representatives of our two great peoples.” In another pas- sage he says: “It may be that by your courage you have opened up a new road E international peace and understand- 8" Documents Here Cause Stir. Incidentally, it is worthy of note that considerable space was devoted ry the British press yesterday and today to the publication in Washington of the second volume of documents dealing with foreign relations during the war, and that the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph this morning professed to see in the publication at |this time an American attiiude tenta- tive toward a conference on sea law. BOGUS $20 BiLLS FOUND. Counterfeits in Circulation in Far- go, N. D, Start Probe. ST PAUL, Minn., December 29 (#).— Circulation in Fargo N. D., of counter- felt Federal Reserve bank notes of $20 denomination has been revealed in ship- ments of currency from Fargo to Twin City banks. The United States Secret Service has begun an investigation. Seventeen of the counterfeit notes were found in Fargo bank shipments. The deputy United States marshal at Fargo notified the Secret Service here that 11 more counterfeits of the same denomination had been found. Dis- patches from Winnipeg, Man., reported the appearance of similar notes. All the counterfeits have appeared within the past two days. KILLS SELF AND 2 BABIES. Mother's Act Believed Due to Mis- behavior of Boy. CHICAGO, December 29 (#)—A mother killed herself and her two bables today by turning on the burners in the gas stove in their home in sub- urban Cicero. The dead are Mrs. Mary Zahradnik, 30; Joseph, jr., 4, and Otto, 1 year old. Misbehavior of little Joseph may have .been an indirect cause for the By cable to The Star and the New York | tive scssion several days ago during triple death. His mother punished him for disobeying, striking him so hard that his nose was broken. The father upbraided the mother and left for work last night, returning today to find his family dead. Leopold Ill With Flu. CHICAGO, December 20 (#).—Na- than Leopold, jr., one of the thrill slay- ers of Bobbie Franks, is ill with in- fluenza at the State penitentiary, Joliet. 15 ¢ to be not seri- L SENATE'S CONGERN OVER PACT SHOWN Foreign Relations Committee Quizzes Kellogg on Rami- fications of Treaty. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The concern of members of the Sen- ate foreign rclaticns committee over the extent of ramifications of the Kellogg anti-war treaty is shown in testimony of Secretary Kellogg before the com- mittee as made public by its chairman, Senator Borah of Idaho. The testimony was given in execu- | | | consideration of th» treaty, and only| fragments of it had been divulged. The Secretary's statemenis, in answer to questions, indicated that the effect of the treaty in relation to the Monroe Doctrine, the fact of Russia’s adherence and the possibllity of.the United States being drawn into a war by the treaty were uppermost in the minds of the committeemen. Mr. Kellogg told the committee he did not belleve this country would be re- quired to go to war against any sig- natory power which might violate the treaty. He gave his opinion also that ratification of the agreement could not | involve recognition of Russia by this country. Reed Questions Secretary. Questioned by Senator Reed, Repub- lican, Pennsylvania, on the point, Sec- retary Kellogg said: “The adhering to a multilateral treaty that has been agreed to by other peo- ple is never a recognition of that coun- try. We have four multilateral treaties to which Russia is a party, and nobody ever claimed that one of them was a recognition of the Russian regime at all.” He indicated also that there would be “no sense’ in putting in a reserva- tion to the treaty specifically asserting that the .treaty. does not recognize Russia. In the opinion of the Secretary, the pact does not.take away from the signatory nations their rights to adopt self-defense measures. He explained that this was discussed in the cor- respondence concerning the treaty and for that reason, he said, no reservation would be necessary. “The right of self-defense,” the Sec- retary said, “is not limited to territory in the continental United States, for instance. It means that this Govern- ment has a right to take such measures s it believes necessary to the defense of ‘the country or to prevent things that might endanger the country, but the United States must be the judge of that and it is answerable to the public opinion of the world if it is an honest defense, that is all.” Monroe Doctrine. ‘The testimony showed that the Sec- retary regards the Monroe Doctrine as part of the self-defense of the United States, and that no reservation with respect of that doctrine is necessary. Certain members of the committee have indicated that they believed such a reservation was necessary. “It covers all our possessions, all our rights,” he said. A large part of the discussion con- cerned the British notes on the treaty, Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, ask- ing many questions about them. Secretary Kellogg explained, in an- swer to queries, that the British gov- ernment would have as broad rights without the notes as with them. U. S. PLANES POPULAR. Will Be Used on London-Stockholm Night Route in June. NEW YORK, December 29 (#).— The first strictly night air mail system Europe is planned to open between ndon and Stockholm next June, using American planes and equipment, Carl Ligall, traffic manager of the A. B. Aerotransport Co. of Sweden, announced. Lingall said six planes would be used and that mail would be tronsported between the two cities in 101> hours with stops at Amsterdam and Malmo, Sweden. He said the service has the financial backing of the Swedish and Dutch governments. Decision to use American equipment was due to the ex- cellent results achieved by the American air mail. Berlin Fog Rivals London. BERLIN, December 29 (#).—Berlin today rivaled London as a city of fog. For decades no such fog has been known as was observable today, not only in the capital, but also throughout the republic. Numerous minor collisions and accidents resulted from the unusual | man explaining, gone over the report. ' conditions, but there were no casualties. o Radio ProgramsPage 26| John Roach Straton And Son Chased As Liquor Suspects Younger Man Forfeits $10 in Traffic Court Here | On Speeding Charge. Chased by police who believed they were bootleggers, John Straton, accom- panied by his father, Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, famous New York cler- gyman, was arrested and forfeited $10 in Traffic Court today for speeding.. The Stratons were hurrying to Nor- folk, where: they arrived at noon today for a visit with Warren Bagenoch Straton, another son, and his bride, who are honeymooning there. They were married in New York Thursday by his father. ‘The arrest occurred on Bladensburg road about 3:10 this morning. Police- men Cunningham and Hewdz of the twelfth precinct, were parked cn their motor cycles at Queens Chapel road, when, they say, they heard the “moan” of the Straton car. Suspecting bootleggers, the officers say, they “kicked off” and started in pursuit of the car, which, they say, v.as going about 50 miles an hour. When overhauled, Rev. Dr. Straton told police it would be almost impossible to appear in court tod: and expressed the hope they could arrange for him to forfeit collateral. Father and son made no denial of exceeding the speed limit, the young according to police, that he was so intent on getting to | Richmond he neglected to turn on the dash light, and could not see the speed- ometer. ‘The Stratons were escorted to the twelfth precinct where John Straton gave his age as 22 and his occupation | as a law student. $10,000,000 PARK BILL IS OPPOSED “Sympathetic, but Unfavorable” Report Made on Phipps Measure. A “sympathetic/ but unfavorable” re- port on the Phipps bill to allow the District to borrow $10,000.000 from the Federal Treasury for purchase of park lands has been prepared by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the District engineer department, and submitted to Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue. The bill provides for the repayment of the money in 10 annual $1,000,000 installments out of the regular District appropriations. Mr. Brennan said that while he is in favor of the proposition of buying park lands generally, he believes that $10,- 000,000 is a disproportionate sum to be allotted to this single consideration, taking into account the numerous proj- ects the ‘District has on hand calling for the expenditures of large sums of money. The District now _spends $600,000 annually on park land acqui- sition, “We must not forget, too,” Mr. Bren- nan added, “that parks in_Washington are benefits not to the District and its taxpayers alone, but also to the whole Nation. The Federal Government should bear a large part of the burden of acquiring them.” Col. Ladue said that he had not yet MISSING GIRL FOUND WANDERING IN WOODS Disappeared at Time Father's Body ‘Was Found—Colored Prison Trusty Is Sought. By the Assoclated Press. PARCHMAN, Miss,, December 29.— Reports received here today said Miss Ruth Duvall, 18, missing since her father, J. D. Duvall was slain at the State prison farm, early yesterday, had been found wandering in a woods about six miles from here. More than 100 volunteer searchérs, aided by bloodhounds and an airplane took up the trail again today in search for Charley Shepherd, colored trusty at the Mississippi penitentiary, sugpect- ed in connection with the slaying of gulv-ll and the disappearance of the rl. Duvall’s body was found yesterday by his wife with the throat slashed. When she went to arouse her daughter shc found her room unoccupied, but the bed stained with blood. Penitentiary acquaintances of Shep- herd yesterday declared the trusty had disappeared Thursday night. Reports last night that a man re- sembl Shepherd had been seen in , Ala., did not result in a the search here, X VETERANS T0 GET SECOND DRY TEST President Signs Order to Re- instate Prohibition Agents With War Records. Prohibition agents, inspectors and investigators entitled to military pref- erence who failed in the first Civil Service examination, but who have ap- plied for the second examination, may be reinstated in their jobs under an executive order by President Coolid which was signed before the Chief Exec- utive left for his vacation at Sapelo Island and which became public today. The order also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to continue under tem- | porary appointment such men who had applied for the second examination and who had not been dropped. The President’s action was taken at the request of Representative Pish of New York, chairman of the President’s adtisory committee on veterans' pref- erence. Mr. Fish had been making a fight for some time against the dismissal of veterans with good records who had failed the first Civil Service examina- | g;n. The first examination was criticized Mr. ,Fish and by certain Treasury officials as too academic. Must Have “Clear” Records. Veterans to benefit under the Presi- dent’s executive order must have been employed with “clear” records for at least two years in the prohibition service. The purpose of the order was further explained as enabling the Government to keep in its employ veterans who had given satisfactory -service, who were in | danger of losing their jobs or may have | lost them already on account of the first | Civil Service examination. The examinations are being held to place all employes of the Prohibition | Bureau in the classified service under | a recent act of Congress. 5,000 Take Second Test. | The first examination. in which many | agents of long and satisfactory service failed to pass the written test, did not | result in enough eligibles to fill the 2100 jobs, and a second examination was held December 15. About 5600 persons took this written examination, and the papers are now being graded. The number of veterans who will be benefited by the President's order offi-| cials of the Prohibition Bureau said | they could not estimate, but they thought it would not be large. Repre- sentative Fish, however, expects the order to save the jobs, temporarily at least, for about 200 men. The order will be effective until the ratings have been completed in the second examination. TWO FLU DEATHS HERE. Fifty-Five New Cases Reported for Day, With 18 Recoveries. ' Two deaths from influenza were r | ported to the District Health Depart- ! ment today, and 55 new cases of the disease. These reports brought the total number of deaths reported during | December to 20, and the number of | cases reported to 459. Eighteen recoveries from the disease INAUEURALPARADE LIMITED 70 2000 INLINE, PROPESED Revised Estimates Plan Pro« cession Consuming Two Hours in Passing. PLANE AND DIRIGIBLE ESCORTS TO BE FEATURE 3,000 Rooms Are Approved by Committee to Care for In- flux of Visitors. Revised estimates for the inaugural parade, to be submitted to the general inaugural committee meeting next Thursday and later to President-elect Hoover on his arrival here January 7, set the limit on 20,000 marchers in .the parade, 4 miles long, that will take ap= proximately two hours to pass a given point. The parade make-up as ane nounced today by Gen. Anton: Stephan, chairman of the inaugural parade com= mittee, includes participation of the Air Services of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, including the glant dire igible Los Angeles and smaller Army and Navy dirigibles. The parade would be composed of two divisions, with the service units largely in the first division and the second division presenting a varied and colorful array. First Division Make-Up. The first division, as propose: Gen. Stephan and his camxl:lmee 3011??1’ be made up as follows: District troops, 1.00_0: Navy regiment, 800; Marines, 800; National Guard of the District of Columbia, 700; selected representatives of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, 100. The second division would be as fol- lows: Inauguration committee, 200: State governors and their escorts, 3,500+ 10 tribes of Indians, 80; veterans' or- ganizations (limit of 35 to each or- ganization in the District), 350; patri- otic societies, one float each, 300; State floats, one for each State with a limit of 500 persons; marching clubs (limited to one person for each 20,000 popula- tlon), 6,000; schools and colleges, 100 "‘4‘)11 euct;u n;uonll school. e actual total number of perso to take part in the parade comes nfi: 16,330, but Gen. Stephan points out that it will be impossible to estimate the number needed for the floats and ldel:‘veu Ifiwnylg th;] parade for the ad- on of units which the commit will find later must be accepted. o Rooms Are Approved. With the accommodations for 3,000 out-of-town guests already approved by | the committee on housing and hospital~ ity for the inauguration, and requests for accommodations pouring in by the scores with every mail, definite plans are being made now to guard against excessive living accommodation rates for visitors, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman of the housing committee are being kept busy with their inspections of private dwellings and rooming houses offered for inauguration visitors, and the committee’s O. K. is being given only where assurance is received that only a moderate amount will be charged., 2 Are Expected. The committee is facing a herculean task in view of the fact that already most of the rooms in the hotels of the city have been engaged for the few days preceding and following the inauguration, and it is estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors are !expecud in Washington for the event. Mrs. Speel has set up an office for the clearance of room listings and re~ quests for accomodations in the in- augural headquarters at the Willard Hotel, and either the chairman or some member of her committee will be on hand to take care of those with rooms for listing. Mrs. Harry R. Perfy and Mrs. Francis Pope yesterday were invited to become members of the housing and hospitality committee. SANTA CLAUS LIABLE TO LIQUOR LAW ARREST Case of Champagne Left at Home of U. S. Commissioner by Un- identified Donor. By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND, December 29.—If San« ta Claus left a case of imported French champagne at the home of Unjted States Commissioner Martin J. Mona~ hen Christmas eve, the bewhiskered benefactor is liable to arrest. Monahen revealed today that while he was absent from home an uniden- | tifled man left the heavy package with the maid. A Christmas greeting card was attached. The commissioner turned the cha pagne over to Federal agents, who mit the best they can do is file & wi were also reported by physicians. rant against Santa Claus. With everything in readiness for the receipt of the body of Frank Nagle, 23-year-old painter of 1124 Eighth street northeast, the local undertaker, who was to handle the funeral, last night instead received a telegram that the man was alive, but “missing.” Complete ' preparations for Nagle's burial, including the digging of his grave in Mount Olivet Cemetery, the publication of his death notice in the local papers, and the arrangement for mass at St. Dominic's Catholic Church, were made by the Taltavull undertaking establishment on direction of his brether, James Nagle, of St. Marys County, Md. James had ordered the funeral upon receipt last Thursday of a telegram which read: “Brother Frank N Communicate Sheriff, McIntosh County, Darien, Ga., at once. “(Signed) BROWN, foreman painter.” Having ordered the funeral, James came to Washington yesterday to attend the services which were to have been at 9 o'clock this morning. The under- taker had telegraphed the Georgia authorities to send the body to him. Last_night came another telegram from Brown, stating the Washington man had not been since last Sat- urday, & week ago, af which time P N in Darien, when he passed a taxicab with three young women. Funeral Plans Upset When “Dead” Man, Awaited Here, Proves Alive, But Missing ‘was wandering about the woods partial- ly clad and apparently dazed, foul play was suspected, the message said. Frank Nagle makes his home with {an aunt when in Washington, but this year, as has been his custom for several seasons past, went to Jenkyll Island, near Brunswick, Ga., to work the Winter time. His brother appealed to the local Detective Bureau, afier receiving the second telegram, and a message has been sent to the Georgia authorities in the hope of clearing up the mystery. DARIEN, Ga., December 29 (#).— Acquaintances of Frank Nagle feared that the man whose death was re- ported to his brother in Washington was lost in the woods between Darier and Townsend. He was last report seen by negroes living about eight mile from here, who told a searc] part he came to their home late Saturday dressed only in trousers and under ec Earller in the day he had been seer in The theory of friends was that might have been roughly handled gm:rnuum u::n’ 3 ook he um.:n.ummn&'_ the cab, hich he @ mu"’fit