Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1928, Page 2

2 ® MUKDEN AGCEPTS - NATIONALIST RULE iChang Tso-lin Followers to Continue in Control of Man- churia Under Plan. By the Associated Press. MUKDEN, Manchuria, December 29. »~dAcceptance without reservation of the authority of the Nanking National- ist government was announced today by Gen. Chang Hsueh-Liang and his as- pociates in the government of the three eastern provinces. The decision was symbolized by the hoisting of the flag of Nationalist China. (Chang Hsueh-Liang inherited the rule of Manchuria from his father, Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, who through- out his life had attempted to prevent Northern China from falling into the hands of the Nationalists. . Shortly efter his accession to power young Chang announced that he would throw In his lot with the Nationalists, but later announced a postponement of buch an alliance after Japan had made representations to him against such a rourse.) Situation Held Altered. Kyujiro Hayashi, Japanese consul general at Mukden, today said that Japan did not intend to intervene in jpolitical and administrative reforms in Manchuria. He intimated that the sit- uation today differed from that of last July, when Japan advised Manchuria hgainst such a union. In a circular telegram sent through- put Manchuria Chang Hsueh-Liang stated that hs’ father during his life- time “never opposed the principles of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, but only fought Com- munism everywhere in China.” He ‘hud that his father's will expressed he hope that China would be unified pnd that peace would come. He added that the policies of Nanking were now Fidentical with those of Manchuria.” ‘The placing of Manchuria under the Nationalist flag does not mean an im- ediate essential change of Manchuria’s sters although Nanking's sovereignty Is formally recognized. Commission Takes Charge. Instead of the Manchurian peace reservation committee which = was ormed after the assassination of Mar- hal Chang with young Chang as its irman, the ruling body in Manchuria mes the northeastern frontiers de- fense commission. Young Chang will as chairman of this commission &nd the personnel will be virtually the pame as that of the old body. ¥ Flags were hoisted today instead of pn the New Year because Nanking in- pisted in making the 1928 year a com- plete Nationalist triumph by the re- unification of all Chinese dominions tinder Kuomintang. ‘The Mukden-Nal agreement is understood to provide for local auton- omy for Manchuria including the right to levy and retain all taxes. Control of foreign relations, however, will be transferred to Nanking. e - BYRD PARTY STUDY REVEALS ERROR IN ICE HARBOR CHART (Continued From First Page.) th and forms an inner narrow bay led with old ice. This inlet is about 10 miles longer than is shown on the maps. It turns to the right and narrows to a width of about a mile. Just at this narrow t on the west side are two large hills, resembling ice-covered nuna- taks, about 40 or 50 feet above the parrier and from 150 to 200 feet above the bay ice. Between them is a narrow valley running to the Southwest. The dce around the hills is fissured into small cracks which were filled with Bnow. Ends Against Ice Floe. Beyond this point the bay opened up and continued for several miles to & point where it narrowed and ended t a large ice boulder, beyond ‘which could be seen a line crevasse extending for many miles. It has been believed for some time that there was land under the barrier at Discovery Inlet because this bay has retained its formation ever since it was first charted. ‘The presence of the hills at the point the barrier where it bent to the south believed by Comdr. Byrd to be a good indication that there is land at this point lnchflrl.n%the barrier. An airplane flight over this region, E;emng which a phetographic map may made of it, will give accurately its putlines and probably do much to prove that there is land under the ice near the inlet. It is difficult to explain how otherwise 1t has retained its peculiar formation. It is intensely cold on the barrier, imuch more so than on the bay ice be- peath, and impossible for travelers, ‘who were clad for speed rather than warmth, to stand still for more than a few minutes, despite the Summer sun. Alwgtthcr they covered about 35 miles on skils, and were ready to turn in when they reached the ship and had some- thing to eat. In the morning they were ready for another trip, and that they did not wake up stiff and lame after their long period aboard ship shows that they are in good condition. Ice Near Ship Breaks. ‘Before they returned, the ice to which the ship was moored began to break up under the swell from the outside of the ‘bay, where a stiff breeze was blowing, and ice anchors had be shifted several times. When Comdr. Byrd arrived the hip was being bumped by some very fuge cakes which were at least 6 feet thick, so the dog teams were taken sboard and we put out to sea again, heading for the Bay of Whales. We pre coasting along the face of the bar- Yier toward the east, sailing with a light breeze to save coal, and hope to arrive at the bay by Saturday morning. (Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times and the St. Louls Post-Dispatch. All lehts for ‘publication " reserved throughout worl Prisoner Inherits $6,000. Becial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 29.—Two legacies totaling $6,000, which came to him while in jail here brought his free- dom to Carl Alfred yesterday. Sen- tenced September 10 to a year in jail for the larceny of cash and jewelry to the value of $200 from persons on a Chesapeake Bay boat, Alfred awas paroled by Judge Owens in Criminal Court on the condition that he make Testitution out of his inherited money. | BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall today at 5:30 o'clock. March, “Guiding Star” Steiblitz Overture, “Flying Artillery,” Bergenholtz Suite characteristic, “An American ite” ‘Thurban “The Tiger's Tral “When Malinda Sings,” serenade. “The Watermelon Fete,” a sketch. Excerpts from musical comedy, “The O'Brien Girl” ... “The Star Spangled Banner.” ,‘!mwm be no concers on New THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928 ENOUGH! TOO MUCH! ADVERTISER Swamped With Mail and Calls. Expects to Announce En- gagement Soon, but Let- ters Are Too Many. Its just mail, fmatl mail these days for William Holtzman, 3502 Eighteenth | street northeast. At home it is letters and more letters from women who want to become acquainted, with matri- mony as the ultimate object, and at the office—well, he works in the post office. Mr. Holtzman has found a fiancee, | is getting a little weary of the home mail and wants The Star to do some- thing about it. A few weeks ago Mr. Holtzman, a middle-aged widower, with one young son, would sit by the hearthside after his son had gone to bed and yearn mightily for a wife, a kindly woman to keep him company, to talk to him, to share his joys and cares. He craved the companionship of some one about his own age, but he knew few women, and those he did know he couldn’t fit into the scheme of things he was yearning for. Mail Follows Story. Finally he grew desperate in his loneli- ness, and went to insert an advertise- ment in the paper for a wife. An en- terprising young reporter, sensing a human interest story, listened and then went back to the office and wrote the story about the lonely man who wanted a wife. . Since then it has been nothing but mail for Mr. Holtzman. Scores of women, it seems, want to get married, and they all answered Mr. Holtzman’s request that they write or telephone and become acquainted, with matri- mony as the object in view. For a couple of weeks now Mr. Holtz- man has been coming home after sort- ing mail all day at the post office during the Christmas rush and find- ing a huge stack of letters from pros- peetive brides to be gone over. It was fine for a while, and he appreciates the good faith with which most of | the lonely ladies are writing him, but the mail is becoming burdensome. Enough Is Plenty. Mr. Holtzman called The Star of- fice yesterday and said that, as a re- sult of the story about him, he ex- pects to get married. He won't say just now who the lucky lady is to be, but he says hell announce his engagement soon, and shortly there- after take unto himself a bride. He doesn’t want to offend any one, but he just wants the mail to slack up & bit. He says he has conscientious- ly tried to give every letter the proper attention, but, he adds, enough is enough, and the way this flood of mail and phone calls has been growing is more than enough. He just wishes not so many women would write him. “The letters are coming from all over the country,” he said, “and it's very fine, but I've got a job down at the post office and I haven’t time to attend to that and all the letters from ladies answering my ad.” TENANT ASKS $35,000 IN APARTMENT SUIT Navy Yard Worker Claims Welfare Board Inmates’ Noise Made Wife Il J. W. Phares, Navy Yard employe, who is the only tenant remaining in the apartment building at 816 Potomac avenue southeast, which the District of Columbia recently leased as a re- celving home for boys under the care of the Board of Public Welfare after the Stanton Park site had been aban- doned, today filed sujt in the District Supreme Court to recover $35,000 dam- ages from Harry B. Caldwell, 115 B street southeast and Rogers M. Fred, 3821 Veasey street, for alleged breach of contract. Phares, through Attorneys James A. O'Shea, John H. Burnett and Alfred Goldstein, declares that he moved into his apartment September 1, last under a lease from the defendants to run for one year, expecting to have quiet and peaceful possession of the premises. In violation of that agreement, it is assert- ed, the defendants leased the remain- ing apartments to the District, which they knew would be an agency likely to maintain a nuisance on the premises by housing delinquent boys irrespective of color. The plaintiff says he has been denied free access to his apartment by guards employed by the District Welfare Board, who stopped and questioned him. The inmates, he declares, curse, shout out the windows and dance so that the floors of the building shake, and dis- turb his sleep and quiet. His wife, he alleges, has been made cick and has been obliged to leave the apartment. WINTER HOME DESTROYED Loss Is $50,000 to $75,000 in Gib- sonville, N. C., Fire. GREENSBORO, N. C., December 29 (#).—The Winter home of O. W. Bright, New York capitalist, near Gibsonville, was destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. ters and a number of guests who were spending the holidays at the home, es- caped. The house and its contents were a total loss. The loss is said to have been fully covered by insurance. The origin of the blaze was undetermined. st Marriage Licenses Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Daniel R. Dundon, 20. and Alice M. deRose, i 20; Rev. Thomas n Reginald P Fitzgersld. 28. and Catherine F. Moloney, 22: Rev. Thomas A. Cainan. Hubert L. Southaid. 32, and Bernice Whit- lock, 20. both of Ellerson, Va.; Rev William M._Hoflman. George N. Duley. 22, and Grace L. Cock- | rell, 24. both of Brentwood, Md.: Rev. Ed- | ward H. Davis. McKinley Walker. 22. Knoxville, Tena.. and Sarah Clark, 23. Hamoton, Va.i Rev. L. . Keiser. Sidney Butler, 26, and Hattie Johns, 19; Rey. Thomas E. Berry. James A. Howard. 43, Fredericksburg, Va.. and Tamas V. Jenkins, 24. Willlamsburg, I Va.: Rev. R. D. Grymes. Julius M. Harvey. 23, and Lula R. Woogs, | 15 Rev. Moses R. Loveli, Thomas_Carter, 22, and Elva Clawson. 19, both of Port Richmornd, Va.i Rev. H. M. Hennic. Horace W. Peaslee, 44, and Frances M. Hopkins, 27 Rev C. Erngst Smith earson C. Coniyn, 24, and Doris D. Schutz, 24; er. Rev. John' C.” Hale, N. C. Elizabeth Dile. 5. Akro Re F. B. Lusker e 38, Aulander, Ohio; Rev. H. ennis. George Lowe. 26, Charlestown, Md.. and Catherine A. Gordon, 31, this city; Rev. E. P._McAdams. Stephen F. Fegan. 26, and Elizabeth B. Cugh, 19: Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh. Taylor H, McCauley. 27. this city, an Lillian M. Schmitt, 27, Mount Rainier, Md.; Fultz. Shenk. 24, and Helen L. Bell, F. Downs. 3. Fero. 37, Pittsburgh. Pa.. an: Minna M. Planthajier. 29, this city; Rev. W. L._Darby Manville Kendrick, ' 28, Clara D. g, 27 v Hiovnest -8 Bmith. and M. William Holtzman Finds Self | Mr. Bright, his wife and two daugh- | ¥ | permission to disembark. d | Fravel of Toms Brook; five , Oscar and Philip of Toms Bmk,?sylor of FOR WIFE CRIES, ASKING RELIEF WILLIAM HOLTZMAN, —Star Staff Photo. CHEST DRIVE GETS 300 SPEAKERS AID Unit's Formation Announced| at. Meeting in City Club. 180 Signed Up. A “speakers’ unit,” to be composed of 300 persons, will aid in the Washington Community Chest campaign for funds January 28 to February 6. The an- nouncement was made at a meeting of business, civic, educational and social leaders in the City Club yesterday. Mrs. Albert H. Putney, secretary of the speakers’ unit, declared that 130 persons had agreed to serve, and more than 50 others signed up at yesterday's meeting. List Made Public. The list to date is as follows: Eugene Adams, Jesse Adkins, Mrs. Prances Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Bush-Brown, Miss Louise O. Beall, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, J. Thad Baker, Bruce Baird, David Babp, Joseph Burkhart, Mrs. Montigomery Blair, John Baer, Mrs. Edgar Brown, Maj. Carey H. Brown, Charles J. Bell, John J. Boobar, Miss Gertrude Bowling, Edward Bra- shears, Mrs. J. Breman, Harry Brooks, Mrs. Thomas E. Brown, Rev. Homer Councilor, Wade H Cooper, William Knowles Cooper, Walter C. Clephane, Edward _F. Colladay, D. J. Callahan, Mrs. Whitman Cross, John K. Cartwright, Mrs. Grace ROSS Chamberlin, Robert J. Cottrell, Mrs. Merritt_O. Chance, Morris Cafritz, Dr. W. L. Darby, Charles W. Darr, Fred- eric A. Delano, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, John Dolph, B. Danzan- sky, Thomas Joseph Frailey, Judge ‘William H. De Lacy, Gratz E. Dunkum, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, W. W. Everett, Joshua Evans, jr.; Bishop James E. Freeman, Willlam N. Freeman, Roe| Fulkerson, Creed W. Fulton, Robert V.| Fleming, Karl Fenning, Mrs. Karl Fen- ning, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, E. C. Graham, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d; Alton _G. Grinnell, Gwynn Gt ner, Isaac Gans, Henry L. Gil- ligan, Bynum Hinton, Mrs. A. G. Hillyer, Edwin S. Hege, Dorsey W. Hyde, Arthur Hellen, Willilam F. Ham, John H. Hanna, Wallace Hatch, P. J. Harman, Robert N. Harper, Dr. George C. Havenner, Julia West Ham- ilton, Col. West Hamilton, Saida L. Hartman, Harry Hull, Mrs. Harry Hull, Frank R. Jelleff, Campbell Johnson, Henry Lincoln Johnson, J. E. Jones, Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson, Rudolph Jose, Dr. William Kerby, Joseph Kaufmann, Wayne Kendrick, Harry M. Keyser, Harry King, J. Leo Kolb, Mrs. Jerome Lightfoot, Rufus S. Lusk, Ver- non B. Lowrey, Mark N. Lansburgh, Al- fred H. Lawson, Mrs. Martha McAdoo, Edgar Morris, Barry Mohun, Arthur C. Moses, Edward J. Murphy, George Hew- itt Myers, Arthur J. May, Harold Marsh, Leiffer Magnusson, Dr. Cloyd H. Mar- vin, Dr. W. P. Morrill, Mrs. W. 8. Nel- son, Roy L. Newhauser, Theodore Noyes, Newbold Noyes, Matt E. O'Brien, Mrs. J. J. O'Connor, George Offutt, Father John J. O'Grady, Rev. J. C. Olden, Louis Ottenberg, Claude Owen, Mrs. Lester Pollock, Mrs. David Potter, Walter Pratt, Maj. Julius Peyser, John Petty, Frank L. Peckham, George W. Phillips, John Poole, Charles Pimper, Dr. Ulysses S. Plerce, Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, Mrs. George Ricker, George Ricker, Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, Daniel Roper, R. B. Swope, Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, Thomas Bell Sweeney, Dean Lucy Slowe, Mrs, Leonard Schloss, Maj. Julia Stimson, Louls Spiegler, Mrs, Lyman Swormstedt, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, Miss Helen Story, E. C. Snyder, Henry Sohon, Odell S. Smith, Delos Smith, Rabbi Simon, Dr. Wil- liam J. Showalter, Rev. W. W. Shearer, James Sharp, C. Melvin Sharpe, W. R. Schmucker, F. V. Thomson, Mrs, 8id- ney Taliaferro, Stephen Talkes, Com- missioner Sidney Tallaferro, Corcoran Thom, Norman E. Towson, Mrs. Rob- ert H. Terrill, W. S. Ufford, Mrs. W. S. Ufford, Rev. C. C. Willlams, Oscar T. ‘Wright, Mrs, Fred E. Wright, Alexander Wolf, Eugene Woodson, Harlan Wood, George Wilson, Ivan E. Weld, W. W. vW;;I,I;:lel‘, John Walsh and J. Finley n. Some to Give Full Time. Mrs. Putney emphasized that some of the persons listed will be able to give full time to the unit, but that a num- ber will only have time to deliver one or_two addresses. Frederic A. Delano, president of the chest, presided at the meeting, and de- livered a brief address, in which he ml': of the progress of the chest to a! Bishop James E. Freeman praised the work of the chest in combining Jew, Protestant and Catholic in one union. Other speakers were D. J. Kaufman, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Dr. Morde-~ g:i J:hnson. John Walsh and Elwood reet. MEXICO BARS ZUAZUA. General Refused Permission Land at Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ, Mex., December 29 (#).—Gen. Jose Lopez Zuazua, who was expelled from Mexico during the De la Huerta revolution, has been refused per- mission to land at Vera Cruz. to on the Ward liner Mexico and asked He fou that his name had been on the perw:g non grata list for five years. He ap- pealed to President Portes Gil by tele- graph. ‘The general explained that when he appliod to the New York consulate for his papers the consul did not tell him Retired Farmer Buried. STRASBURG, Va., December 29.— Funeral services were held today for W. H. Borden, 77, retired farmer of Toms Brook, near here, who died Thurs- day afternoon. Burial was in Harris- ville Cemetery. Mr. Borden is survived by his widow, a dluihur‘ Mrs. Joseph * Mount Solon, Burnie of -Albert of -Detrolt and two brothers. Gen. Zuazua, who has been living in | & New York since the expulsion, nrr?ved [ that he would be barred from landing. | Seatt! AFGHAN REBELLION FORCES DEFEATED ‘King’s Abdication Denied. American Woman Tells of Terror in Kabul. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 29.—Advices to the Afghan legation from the foreign office at Kabul tell of victories by troops loyal to King Amanullah of Af- ghanistan over rebels on two fronts. The rebel movement in the Eastern province was losing ground and the Northern rebels were in full flight. King Amanullah intended to abdicate in favor of his son. rebels were being pursued in. order to compel their submission. The capital itself was in a normal state. Legations Ouster Not Asked. ‘The position of the government at Jalalabad was stated to be strong and the important Mohmand tribe was as- sisting government troops against the Shinwaris, with whom the government was negotiating for peace. The gov- ernment stated that the Shinwaris were not making any anti-foreign demands, as the price of peace and that it was untrue that expulsion of all foreign le- gations from Kabul had been demanded. Mrs. Carol Isaacson, a young Ameri- can woman who was rescued from Kabul by a British military airplane, described to the Peshawar, India, cor- respondent of the Daily Mail her ex- periences, when the revolt interrupted her honeymoon. She said she had nearly given up hope when she was rescued. Her husband, Allen Isaacson, remained behind with the other men. Food Shortage First Sign. The first sign of danger, she said, was a shortage of food at the hotel where she and her husband were stay- ing. Rumors spread thai roads were impassable because of ble at Jalala- bad. Then the British legation inti- mated that trouble was brewing in Kabul itself and armed guards were placed around the hotel. The next day she and her husband took what goods they could in the car in which they had been touring and djove into the Brit- ish legation grounds.. “Lady Humphrys (wife of the British Minister) was mother to us all,” Mrs. Isaacson said. “Of course we were un- der severe conditions. I and some other women had a corner of the library to sleep in. It was bitterly cold at night. “The second night we were alarmed by shots near the legation. We jumped up in fright, although I can say the ‘women behaved magnificently. “Sir Francis Humphrys had the men assembled in the hal and the Minister himself went out to inspect the guards posted around the legation valls, “The night was lighted by flashes of fire and bullets passed over the lega- tion walls. The next day we settled down to short rations of Afghan food, though the legation cook did his best for the huge family. “Then came the great day when we heard that British airplanes had ac- tually left Peshawar. Early in the morning we heard the whirr of the ma- chines and were told to prepare our- selves immediately for a dangerous march under escort to the landing ground.” Mrs. Isaacson said that the last she saw of the legation was from the air. One wing and one house in the ruins of the garden were torn with shel holes, but the flag was still flying. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Partly cloudy and colder tonight; lowest temperature about 30 degrees; tomorrow fair and D.| somewhat colder; moderate to fresh north and northwest winds. Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; colder; moderate to_fresh northwest winds. ‘West Virginia—Partly cloudy and colder tonight, with snow flurries in northeast portion; tomorrow partly cloudy. > Records for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 53; 8 p.m., 46; 12 midnight, 38; 4 a.m, 35; 8 am, 37; 11 am,, 46. Barometer—4 pm. 29.65; 8 pm., 29.62; 12 midnight, 29.59; 4 a.m.,, 20.56; 8 a.m., 29.58; 11 a.m., 29.64. Highest temperature, 54, occurred at 3:15 p.m. yesterda Lowest temperature, 35, gccurred at 5 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 49; lowest, 26. Tide Tables. Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 4:19 a. 4:33 pm.; high tide, 10:05 10:26 p. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:12 a.m. and 5:30 pm.; high tide, 11 am. and 11:20 pm. The Sun and the Moon, Today—Sun rose 7:26 a.m.; sun sets 4:54 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:27 am.; sun sets 4:55 p.m. Moon rises 8:16 p.m.; sets 10:08 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Great Falls—Clear. ‘Weather in Various Cities. wTemperature. 3s9m0 LUT lwegoy we Weather. 259U3TH -y aser Stations. oo+ gUpINSIK oot J930mOs o 199 8 Abilene, Tex Albany, N. Y. Atlants, Ga. Atlantic City:! Baltimore, Md. Birmingham Bismarck, N. D.30.32 Mass... 2946 o, N. 20.62 §.0.29.94 60 4 3000 42 32 Cleveland, Ohio, Columbia,” 8. C. 3! Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy El Paso, Galveston. Helena, Mont. Huron, 8. Indianapolis,Ind Jacksonville,Fla. Kansas City. Mo. 30. ork, N.Y. Oklahoma' City maha, Nebr... 30. Philadélphia, P: Phoenix, Ariz. 0.42 Raining o8 oy (7 am., Greenwich time, todsy.) 'mperature. Weather. London, Engiand. P56 " Glear Paris, Prance Berl Germa Cobenhagen, Deninark Stockholm. Sweden. . (Noon, Greer.wi Horta (Fayal), Azores. (Current observations.) Hamilton, Bermuda.. Part cloudy Han Juan; Porto Ricoy. Part cloydy Havana, Ci Cle Colod, canal Clear The advices stated that Northern | 200000 INWALES NOW OUT OF WORK Description of Coal Indust Makes Plight Acute—Re- lief Hope Dim. By the Associated Press. MERTHYR TYDFIL, South Wales, December 29.—Two hundred thousand men are wearily tramping the streets of the mining villages of England and Wales, without work and with Ilittle hope of work. In the phrase of the of- ficial statisticlan, they are the per- manent surplus of the coal mining in- The legation denied a rumor that | dustry. There is no question of a demand for high wages, or an unwillingness to work. They have been caught irr the nip of a failing demand. The development of hydro-electric energy, the conversion of big passenger liners and warships to the use of oil fuel and a reduced demand for coal in other directions have left the miners high and dry. Their sav- ings are gone and they are eking out a meager existence on the so-called dole of poor law relief or public charity. 'rkl)ley are rapidly approaching destitu- tion, Children Face Suffering. Traveling through the mining dis- tricts one hears story after story of a mother sacrificing herself for her chil- dren, In South Wales the school teach- ers themselves are contributing part of their salaries to keep the children shod. Yet, despite all this, despite national appeals from the pulpit, through the press and the radio, in some Welsh vil- lages 60 per cent of the children are facing the rude Winter of the moun- tains without proper clothes and shoes. As the writer drove over the mountains near Glamorgan snow swirled down into the mining villages, giving to the idle collieries and added air of desola- tion and despair. Glamorgan, in South Wales, is the spearhead of unemployment. Its 28.6 percentage is the high. In Merthyr Tydfil are -0,000 without work. In the neighboring district, Mountain Ash, which is devoted entirely to mining, unemployment reaches 90 per cent. $4,000,000 Is Advanced. In the strike two years ago, the Mer- thyr Board of Guardians advanced $4,000,000 to the distressed miners and their families in vouchers for food and clothing. Little has been repaid. In addition the Merthyr Guardians owe $2,500,000 to the ministry of health for advances which the Guardians, too, cannot repay. The Pontypridd Guard- ians, who have the Rhondda Valleys within their area, advanced $2,500,000 to miners’ families in vouchers durink strike. Only $50,000 has been repaid. The Pontypridd Guardians likewise ow2 $2,500,000 to the Ministry of Health which they are unable to pay. Meanwhile demands on poor law re- lief itself increase. In the whole coun- try of Glamorgan it is estimated 60,000 persons are receiving relief under the poor laws which is totally apart from government unemployment insurance. And no able-bodied man is entitled to poor law relief. He can get it only through necessitous wife and children. The single man, indeed, is caught be- tween two fires. His claims for the un- employment dole have to meet the most difficult conditions. Unable to obtain | Q poor law relief, he tramps the country for a time, generally returning to his own village. ~ Some have adopted the old expedient of getting married so as to be able to claim poor-law through a necessitous wife. “It is bet- ter to marry than to starve,” one such observed to the writer. Young Men Offered Aid, While women and children suffer, young men crowd the picture shows nightly or parade the street, their spirits and initiative rapidly dwindling. Outside the employment exchange of Merthyr Tydfil the writer observed a group of unemployed languidly reading a large announcement by the British minister of labor that free farm train- ing was available to approved single men between the ages of 19 and 85, and fares would be paid to the training cen- ters of Great Britain. The advertisement read, “allowances will be given and free passages to as- sured work at good wages in Canada.” Other advertisements, both Canadian and British, stressed openings for farm work in Canada. But so far there is no evidence of a widespread desire for migration. Some of the minor-harvesters who went to Canada last Fall declared their inten- tion to return the coming Summer and then stay for good. Free Passage Asked. “But before there can be any great development in migration,” says George Hall, miner, member of Parliament for Aberdard, who toured Canada with the (Furnished by United States Coast and | émpire parliamentarians last Summer, “there must be not only reduced pas- sages but free passages. These people have no money. They have spent all their earnings. Their houses can be purchased for half or a third of their rateable value. They cling to the hope of a possible revival of trade. A num- ber of young men have expressed their desire to go to Canada, but being struck off the unemployment benefit first they have no money to go.” $10,000,000 IS GIVEN T0 SCHOOLS ABROAD Institutions of Near East and Orient to Profit From Aluminum Estate. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, December 20.—The $10,000,000 residium of the estate of the late Charles M. Hall, “father of alumi- num,” is to be distributed by his trus- tees to higher educational institutions of the Near East and the Orient, the trustees announced yesterday. ‘Their action is in line with the stipu- lation in Mr. Hall's will that the money be used for ‘“educational in Japan, Continental Asia, Tur} the Balkan States of Euorpe.” trustees are Arthur V. Davis of Pitts- }mr&h and Homer H. Johnson of Cleve- and. ‘The money is to be distributed among 21 _institutions. Mr. Hall, a resident of Niagara Falls, N. Y, died in 1914. He was the in- ventor of the process by which aluminum is made. The principal part of the estate was distributed several years ago to benefi- ciaries designated in the will. and QUAKE HITS .ZAMBOANGA. “Fairly Strong” Shock in Philip- pine Province Reported. December 29 (#).—The MANILA, Weather Bureau reported today that a |y “fairly strong” earthquake had occur- red at Zamboanga, capital of the prov- ince of that name. e shock also was felt at Jolo, Island of Sulu, but was m\rx‘ch la:s intense at the latter pl;che, 0 damage was reported. e ‘Weather Bureau calculated that the quake ted in the Celebes Sea, as did the quake which recently caused |ygay, four deaths and considerable damage on Mindanao Island. All records for mer tourist trade In Jamaica were broken this year, __ relief | Carl e PELLAGRA CONQUEROR STRICKEN WITH MYSTERIOUS ANEMIA Dr. Joseph Goldberger, Fed- eral Scientist, Taken 1l Here. 20 Public Health Service As- sociates Offer Blood for. Transfusions. By the Associated Press. The man who found the cause and cure for a mysterious disease has been attacked by a strange malady that threatens him with death. Two blood transfusions have already been given Dr. Joseph Goldberger, United States Public Health Service physician and conqueror of pellagra, and others will be made semi-weekly. His physicians are at a loss to explain his illness, though they agree that it is some form of anemia. A further touch of mystery was added, however, when it was said that this might not be the primary cause of his ailment. Twenty Volunteer Blood. ‘Twenty of Dr. Goldberger’s associates volunteered for blood transfusions when it was learned that these were needed and 14 of the 20 were accepted. Dr. Goldbe: gained fame by his work with pel , his studies show- ing that it was caused by the absence of a specific vitamin, which he named "pr." Tracing the disease to an un- balanced diet, he worked out a cure d}‘:;m’ u!unll?i investigations = charge of field in malady for the Public Health Service. This cure is simplicity itself, the' use of dried yeast, which also served as a preventive. Pellagra centered in the United DR. JOSEPH GOLDBERGER. States in the- South and after the flood of 1927 which impoverished wide sections another outbreak of it was feared. The Red Cross distributed several tons of dried yeasy among the refugees and there were only occasion- al and widely scattered cases. Known among laymen principally for his work with pellagra, among his fellow scientists Dr. Goldberger's re- search work on yellow fever, dengue fever, measles, typhus fever, diphtheria and other infectious diseases has com- manded attention and respect. His work with pellagra marked an advance in the study of nutrition in general. He-was engaged in dietetic studies in the Public Health Service's laboratory here when he became ill about three weeks ago. Midair Transfer Of Fuel at Night Proved Feasible Planes Establish Contact in Dark Half Mile Above | San Diego, Calif. By the Assoclated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif, December 29. —Feasibility of mid-air refueling at night was established last night when two Army airplanes made contact half a mile above San Diego and held it for three minutes. No fuel was actually transferred, the the | test being merely to see whether planes could be brought close enough together at night to make such a transfer possible. The two planes were piloted by who will participate in the attempt to break the endurance flight record be- ginning Januray 1. A tri-motor plane simulated the endurance “Rll:nn es- tion Mark, while the ling ship was one of the craft that will deliver fuel to the Question Mark during the endurance attempt: Flare Aids Little. Capt. Ross G. Hoyt piloted the re- fueling ship, while Lieut. Elwood R. uesada handled the hose line that was dropped through a trapdoor in e fusel 3 At the controls of the tri-motored Fokker was Capt. Ira Eaker, while Maj. Spatz assigned himself to handle the hose line as it swished through the .air. . e Fokker laid i of 2,500 feet well l!‘leldld ind .:h!eh "melmged up alongside. re itate the operation didd;g?fld Five Contacts Today. as was expected. In the tri-motor, al with the pilot and Maj. Spatz, were Lieut. H. A. Hal- vorsen and two mechanics. After establishing contact, the first night contact on record, the planes dropped another flare for landing and then drifted down to earth again. It was planned to make five contacts with % Question Mark over Rockwell Field ay. Two of these contacts will be for transfer of gasoline, 150 gallons being transferred each time; another will be to deliver 30 gallons of lubricating oil, a fourth will be for delivery of a bucket of food and the fifth will be to trans- fer a battery. _—— TWO BOYS KILLED NEAR SAME HOUR One Caught in Collapse of Stable, While Falling Window Breaks Other’s Neck. a,course at an al- after leaving’ cl'efit to facil- as much Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 29.—Two boys were killed here Thursday after- noon. Raymond Howard, 10 years old, was crushed when a uu,l:‘lie mmwhicl}‘gg was playing collapsed under the wel of fertilizer his father had been storing. The last bag had been placed and the boy's father, Henry Howard, was leat ing the spot when the building sud- denly flattened out. About the same hour Willlam Whit- fleld, 12, was trying to enter a vacant house at Schoolfield, through a window. e S, his pesk being broken the prop , his ne ing n when the ow sash fell. Other chil- dren called workmen. FINAL RUSH BEGINS TO GET 1929 AUTO TAGS Coombs Expects 6,000 Will Be Sold Today as Large Crowd ‘Lines Up. A large crowd lined up in a last- minute rush for 1929 automobile license plates when the District Building today. The plates will be on opened The | sale from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, and that will be the motorists’ last chance to get their tags in time to have them in place by midnight New Year eve. All District automobiles on the streets after this time must display 1929 tags or their drivers will be subject to ar- rest on a charge of driving with “dead” Wade Coombs, superintendent of licenses, expected to sell between 6,000 and 7,000 today and the same number on Monday. The total issued up to the close of business yesterday was 81,603. e INVENTOR DIES AT 68. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 29.—Charles ‘o( sml:"a mlne builder, yesterday Union Memorial Hospital after an ill- ness of several weeks. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mr. White was 68 years old, was born on Kent Island and rame to Baltimore when 10 mmn olt:.n' ‘!li)e gevea)rd with e, & e e for opera- tion of submarines. This en; was exhibited in London and, attract! the. attention of Ki Edward VII of - | has nlwelfin‘bucm Palace land, was 1,163 T0 GRADUATE INTO SENIOR HIGHS McKinley to Receive Largest Number of New Students This Semester. The five senior high schools of the first nine divisions will receive 1,163 puplls at the beginning of the second semester of this school year, February 1, if the number of graduates from the elementary and junior high schools reaches expectations of the principals of _the various buildings. McKinley High School, which only during the last month has begun to enjoy the complete facilities for student activities afforded by its new building, will receive the largest number of new students through the midyear gradua- with 348 prospective graduates listing their names for that school. Of this total 203 will enter the first-year classes from the elementary schools and 145 will be assigned to second-year classes from the junior high schools. Central Second Highest. Central will draw the second highest roll of recruits, with a total of 252. Of these 107 will come from elementary schools and 145 will enter from junior high schools. ‘The other three high schools will re- ceive their new students as follows: Eastern—Total, 208; 143 from elemen- tary schools and 65 from junior high schools. Western—Total, 198; 171 from elementary schools and 63 from junior high schools. The total enroliment from elementary schools in all five high schools will be 718 from elementary schools and 445 from the junior high schools. In the same promotions, the junior schools of the first nine divisions will receive 980 new students from the elementary schools. Hine will head the 1ist with 242, while Macfarland will take jor high schools and their respective en- rollments of graduates follow: Gordon, 148; Stuart, 115; Langley, 105; Jeffer- son, 74; Columbia, 52; Powell, 51, and Brightwood, 44. Graduates to Senior. While Macfarland is second in the number of new students it will receive from the elementary schools, it is first in the quota it will graduate to senior high schools with a total of 104 pupils. Hine and Lnngl:y tie for second with 69 each, while the remaining four junior high schools scale in the following order; Columbia, 64; Powell, 60; Bright- wood, 38, and Jefferson, 41. largest number of pupils from elemen- tary schools with a total of 176. The third division is second with 113, the sixth division is third with 110, the seventh division is fourth with 67, the combined second-fourth-eighth divisions aliemfl;th with 38 and the ninth is last with 7. The prospective graduations in the colored schools—divisions 10-13—have not yet been compiled. PRENDERGAST NAMED GRAND TALL CEDAR Capital Forest, No. 104, Elects Frank Birgfield Senior Deputy. Dr. John T. Prendergast was elected grand tall cedar of Capital Forest, No. 104, at a meeting last night in the Willard Hotel. Frank Birgfield was elected senior deputy grand tall cedar; John Q. Slye, junior deputy grand tall cedar; F. R. Steffens, secretary; John Harvey, treasurer; C. A. Jaquette and H. M. Vandervort, trustees, to serve one and three years respectively. The installation of officers was conducted by Past Grand Tall Cedar Roy R. Eng- land of Baltimore. Honorary membership in the forest was conferred on Past Grand Tall Cedars Roy R. England and Preston ‘W. Wright of Baltimore Forest. Life memberships were awarded Birgfield, Slye and F. A. Jaeschke for having se- cured 30 petitions for membership in the tion. Roy H. Dale also was given a life membership for serv- ices as manager and editor of the Capital Forest monthly bulletin. T. D. Dunn was given the fraternal ring of the order, and the past grand tall cedar’s jewel was given to H. M. Vandervort, who vacated the office last night, CERMAN RAILROADS HELD PROSPEROUS French Economist Cites Con- dition in Argument of Abil- ity to Pay Reparations. By Cable to The Star and the New York ‘Herald-Tribune. Copyright, 1928.) PARIS, December 29.—An argument citing the German railways as a proof of Germany’s prosperity—and hence her ability to pay reparations—and quoting figures indicating that the Reich’s railroads are much less heavily weighted under reparations jonds than are either the French or AnZrican rail- ways, was published yesterday in Le fies the great bulk of French opinion It is. by Jacques Seydoux, noted French banker and economist, who is a director ‘of the Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas and a former official of the French foreign office. The sig- nificanace of M. Seydoux’s article lies in the fact that it strikingly exempli- fles the great bulk of French opinion on the eve of the experts' assemblage to finally fix reparations, and it echoes the belief of many government officials. Resume Authoritative. ‘This idea, boiled down, is that Ger- man prosperity will amply permit her to continue paying to the Allies rep- arations annuities at the present figure of 2500,000,000 marks (about $595, 000,000) and that any reduction what- soever in this amount will be due to Allied generosity. The Seydoux resume 11; ?}‘: l;l?“ :lubhoflf-atlve yet presented e French press campaign support- ing this thesis. % “The experts who compiled the Dawes plan,” writes M. Seydoux, “have set for Germany’s payments an index of prosperity which was to be taken into account from the year 1920 or 1930. It is already probable that this index will be abandoned during the coming negotiations; not only the part second place with 149. The other jun- | ital, paid in reparations, but also the part allotted to German railways and indus- try will remain stable even if the financial and economic power of Ger- many increases.” ‘The banker here refers to the Dawes plan provision whereby the standard German annuity may be increased to more than 2,500,000,000 marks if the German prosperity index justifies a larger burden. He voices French rec- ognition of the fact that this further claim on Germany will in all prob- ability be lost when reparations are adjusted by the experts and adds, “The further we go the more advantageous for Germany will be the ratio between the burden of reparations and the pros- perity of that country, the percentage of reparations annuities getting.smaller every year. German Report Quoted. “The report of the Commissioner for Germany railways, which was recently published, allows for some interesting observations,” he says. “With the Ger- ntan railwas, the service of reparation bonds has taken the place of the former burden of amortization of capital. “For 1928 the service of reparations bonds amounted to 660,000,000 marks (about $157,080,000), which corre- sponds to 12.8 per cent of railway re- ceipts. In the United States the amor- tization burden for 1926 and 1927 was 14 per cent, in Switzerland 28 per cent.. in France 16 per cent; in fact, the total French tage is 36 per cent. as the taxes amount to 20 per cent of the receipts. In the United States the taxes are 2.5 per cent of the receipts. while in Germany they were 5.9 per cent last year. “This means that reparations do not weigh heavily on the ‘German railways. and it would not be true to say that their personnel suffers from them. ' In the German railway budget, 51.8 per cent of the total expenditures goes to the personnel, and 30.7 per cent for the rolling stock. In the United States this proj is respectively 46 per cent and 35 per cent, and no one has ever said that the personnel of n railways is badly paid. “The of reparations bonds represents for the German railways in- terest of 2.4 per cent on the total cap- , W] is evaluated at 24,500,000~ 000 marks (about $5,831,000,000). In the United States the interest paid on fifth division will graduate the | many Wife Finds Man Hanging. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 29.— John W. Stouffer, 54 years old, was found dead, in a tree at the rear of his home the awoke to find missing, and upon investigation made the discovery of his a re at 2_o'clock by his wife. He had been ill and denmdm& Mrs. Stouffer Royal Riding Stables Converted. BERLIN (#).—The former imperial stables and riding academy have been converted into indoor tennis grounds. The building, “m;':y bergxxl\.d the pdwer ace, remained. empty while other im- buildings housed government bu~ perial Jeaus, capital is 4.27 per cent, or nearly dou- ble the German. Gain Exceeds United States. “According to comparisons made be- tween German and American railways by the Commissioner for German Rail- ‘ways the development of German traffic since 1913 has been much greater than in the United States. The number of States has fal 1913 and 192’ in has increased 24 per cent. Merchandise transports increased 9 per cent in Ger- and 8 per cent in America. “To sum up the situation, we can say that for 1928 the French Te- ceipts will amount to 15,000,000,000 francs (about $585,000,000), while in Germany they will be more than 5,000, 000,000 marks (about $1,190,000,000 Meanwhile the French budget is 45,000,- 000,000 francs (about $1,755,000,000), not counting the sinking fund budget, while the total German budget will be 10,000,000,000 marks (about $2,380,000,- 000). Thus in France the railway re- ceipts are one-third of the budget while in Germany they are one-half. “There i5 no better index of pros- perity for a civilized country than its railway receipts,” concludes the banker. B. Y. P. U. FEDERATION ELECTS ALEXANDRIAN Raymond Sims Made President of Eastern Potomac Federation at Falls Church Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., December 29. —The Eastern Potomac Federation, B. Y. P. U, meeting last night in Columbia Baptist Church at Falls Church, elected new officers for 1929. Raymond .Sims of Alexandria was elected president; A. Galliher of Del Ray, vice president; Miss s e 5 Clarendon, treasurer. Rev. Ryland T. Dodge of Alexandria was made chorister. All save one of the ten cnuxrmm- ing the federation were ted. Following the business session the Falls Church B. Y. P. U. rgare! of Mary, Charles Haverty, of Joseph, Titus Snoddy, Clarence Hartman and Lawrence Fenwick, the three shepherds: R. E. Ankers, Charles Berger and Charles Matheny, the three kings. Sev- eral solos were sung by Miss Hilda ng‘trmm, with selections by a B. Y. P. U. choir. NOTE FOUND IN BOTTLE. Address Causes Police to Beliewe \Potomac Missive Is Joker. A note found in a bottle floating in the Potomac River near Alexandria this started Wi on of the of New Jersey avenue, on mmmfiwmmmw; e river by a man planning commit suicide.