Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 2

o ‘um MERGER WRITES HEATED HISTORY Transit Plan Overshadows Every Topic Before Citi- zens’ Associations. rger plan virtdally ory of the Federa- seiations. It was letcly over- tter that came ‘The transit wrote the 1 tion of Citizens the one topic that shadowed every other m before the Federation throughout year though it was responsible for bitter and heated discussions in which ies often were involved show that most of the debates on the merger and its kindred subjects, and that two special sessions were called to give the opposing dditional time to extend thei; ime of up with remarks { Yaden Fight Develops. Early cation aj fight developed in the federation as a P nt events ude to subse p on the board of directors ngton Rapid Transit Co. ‘Yaden, howe ‘When the merger agreement Was com- pleted and came formally before the federation for action, another debate occurred, and the subject continued to flare up at nearly every gathering that followed, even at the final meeting of 1928, when the unification agreement was before Congress for ratification. Although serious consideration and discussion was given to the merger for nearly two months, the federation did not take definite action until April, when it accepted the agreement in principle, together with its cardinal fea- | ture, a $50,000,000 valuation for the ! | rama road, Fare Increase Sought. | Second_in importance to the merger | merged company. was another public utility matter—the application of the Capital Traction Co. for an increase in fare. its Summer recess. The October meeting was devoted to consideration of the application, and “ as a result the federation decided to « mission. employ counsel if necessary to fight the increase in the courts if it should be granted by the Public Utilities Com- The action of the Utilities Commission in the carfare case made the federation’s Gampaign unnecessary. The federation's'eanyel election cam- . paign in 1928 was more vigorous than many of the preceding campaigns. until the close of the campaign there were three candidates in the race and Edwin S. Hege withdrew, leaving Dr. ‘-George C. Havenner and Walter I. feaeresENOITORTERCTERRTE SRS Swanton_as opponents for the presi- dency. Dr. Havenner was elected de- cisively at the November meeting and carried into office with him B. A. Bowles as vice president; David Babp as secretary and A. H. Gregory as treasurer. — POLICEMAN LOSES APPEAL FROM FINE Sergt. Driscoll of Potomac, Fined| $10 in Attempted Arrest, to Take Case Higher. .11 Dispatch to The Btar. ARLINGTON, Va., December .31. A jury in Circuit Court here today up- held Police Judge Harry Thomas in fining Sergt. A. F. Driscoll of Potomae, Va., $10 for the alleged assault of Rev. Antonio Gelammittorio, a Baptist min- ister, October 26. Driscoll forced the preacher into his motor cycle sidecar, It was testified, in attempting to arrest him on a charge of loitering. Rev. Gelammittorio said he draws a salary of $1,600 a year as a preacher and was not loitering. He said he had been granted a leave be- cause of & nervous breakdown and was staying at the home of his mother in Potomac. Driscoll's attorney. noted an appeal to the Virginia court of appeals. 110 INFLUENZA CASES HERE OVER WEEK END ‘Twenty-eight new cases of influenza were reported to the District Health Department today. No additional deaths from the disease were recorded. The number of cases reported showed a sharp decline over the past few days. ‘The cases reported yesterday number- ed 82. Statistics at the Health Department showed that during 1928, a total of 649 cases of influenza was reported, all except 80 of them occuring in Decem- ber. The greatest number of deaths in any one week in December was 6. ‘There was one week in March in which 11_deaths were reported. In all, 8¢ deaths from the disease were reported during 1928, with 21 in December. MERGER SITUATION IS HELD UNCHANGED BY FIRMS’ LETTER (Continued From First Page.) man Capper will call the subcommittee 2s soon as these replies reach him. ‘While not undertaking to speak for the subcommittee, Senator Capper in- dicated that he thought the subcommit- tee would be prepared to discuss what action it should take when the forth- coming answers from Dr. Maltbie and the Bureau of Efficlency are received. He pointed out, however, that when the subcommittee meets and the members begin discussion of the details they may want further information on certain phases of the problem. ‘The next meeting of the subcommit- tee, which may be held the end of this ‘week, if Dr. Maltbie and the Bureau of Efficiency can file their snswers by that time, probably will throw more definite light on the outlook for bringing about 2 merger agreem4nt at this session. Tite letter of she companies expressed & willingness to agree to changes in the merger plan relating to the ques- tion of future competition, the method for paying for electric current and in the clause defining the supervision to be exercised over the merged company by the Public Utilities Commission, but defended the $50,000,000 valuation as 2. compromise figure fair to all parties ‘The companies emphasized the point that they have a definitely established rate base at the present time and that | they should not be asked to enter a merger without an established rate base, pending & revaluation of the properties. The merger plan provides that the $50,000,000 valuation would remain in effect for 10 years. There Was a sug- gestion in the companies’ letter that thy might agree to a shorter timg for they might agree to a shorter timé for should be found that a revaluation could be carried to a conclusion in less time. The companies said it appeared to be conceded on all sides that a less valuation should be started following merger and that such a step could be started immediately. After calling at- tention to various estimates as to how long it would take to revalue the properties, the companies declared that the | gular meetings was taken last January before the unifi- | eement had been evolved, R‘ | ) do with the acceptance of | Yaden, then president, of al * HLITARYHONORS later was given a vote | of confiden | This question | did not greet the federation until after | Adjutant General of Army,| Pneumonia Victim, to Be Buried Wednesday. Funeral services for Maj. Gen, Lutz| Wahl, adjutant general of the ,\rmy,; who died at his residence, 2019 Kalo- sterday, will be conduct- ed here Wednesday, to be followed by interment, with military honors, in Ar- lington Cemetery. The hour of the services is to be decided later. Gen. Wahl, who was 58 years old, was the holder of the Distinguished Service Medal for ‘“exceptionally- meri- torlous and distinguished service” dur- ing the World War period. His death | followed an illness lasting several weeks, | during which pneumonia developed. He was believed to be rapidly re- cuperating from the effects of pneu- monia and was playing with his baby daughter, Barbara, yesterday when he was sudenly stricken with a relapse and died within a few moments. His wife and elder daughter, Miss Gretchen | Wahl, were with him at the time. He assumed his duties as adjutant general ecarly in July, 1927. ‘Was Commander of 58th. At the outbreak of the World War | Gen. Wahl first commanded the 58th | Infantry of the 4th Division. Early in 1918 he was detached from his regi- ment and ordered to Washington, where he served for several months as chief of the operations section of the general staff. This service was termi- nated upon his appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Subsequent- iy ‘he joined the 7th Division, in which he commanded the 14th Infantry during all of its operations. Following the World War he returned to Washington and attended the Army War Collége. In 1921 he was detailed in the adjutant general's department and assigned to service in the officers’ Division of the Adjutant General's Office. On May 16, 1924, he was detailed as as- sistant to the adjutant general, with the rank of brigadier general, serving in that capacity until appointed adjutant general, July 2, 1927. Gen. Wahl was a native of Milwaukee, ‘Wis., and was appointed to the United States Military Academy from there. Upon graduation in 1891, he was assign- ed to the Infantry, with which branch he served in the various grades as com- missioned officer including the rank of colonel. | | Served in Philippines. His carlier service was with troops at Fort Keog, Mont., and at Fort Logan, Col. ' He went to the Philippines during the insurrection in 1898 for a tour of service lasting about three years. He returned to the Philippines in 1903 for two years service and again in 1908, for service of similar length. In addition to his service in the line, Gen. Wahl had a four-year tour of duty as com- missary in the Philippine Islands, at Fort ‘Monroe, Va, and as assistant superintendent of the Army Transport Service. Gen. Wahl's citation with the Dis- :‘i)ngulshed Service Medal read as fol- | lows: “Lutz Wahl, colonel, Adjutant Gen-; eral's Department, then brigadier gen- eral, United States Army. For excep- tionally meritorious and distinguished services in a position of great responsi- bility. In command of the 58th In- fantry from August 6, 1917, to February 1, 1918, he demonstrated leadership of a high order, untiring energy and sound judgment. As chief of the operations section, general staff, War Department, from February 4, 1918, to May 12, 1918, he displayed rare professional attain- ments, initiating and developing many valuable ideas in the organization of the operations section. As brigadier general commanding the 14th Infantry Brigade from May 19, 1918, to Novem- ber 3, 1919, he again displayed unusual | gifts of organization, leadership and| tactical judgment, both during the period of organization and training of his brigade, as well as in combat opera- | tions in France.” Gen. Wahl was a member of the Army and Navy Club here. He is survived by his widow, a son, Capt. George D. Wahl, Field Artillery, | | stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; | two daughters, Miss Gretchen Wahl and | a baby daughter, Barbara Wahl, and a step-daughter, Miss Fenella Castanedo. | Garage Robbed of $200. Rohert H. Featherstone, manager of |a garage at 1114 Vermont avenue, re- ported the robbery of $200 from a safe in the garage Saturday night. The safe had been left unlocked or the combi- nation worked. Science Head DR. H. RIES, TWO ARE VICTIMS' OF HIT-RUN AUTOS Cab Driver Injured While Helping Officer Report Traffic Mishap. Penbrook Williams, 35 years old, a taxi driver, 700 Sixth street southeast, was struck by a hit-and-run driver early today and taken to Garfield Hos- pital in a serious condition. Williams was assisting Officer William T. Grimes of the tenth precinct in reporting a ) traffic mishap at Sherman avenue and | Columbia road when the accident oc- curred. Ten other persons’ were injured in a serles of traffic accidents over the week end. The driver of the hit-and-run ear that struck Williams is reported by Po- liceman Grimes to have extinguished the lights of his car, stepped on the gas and sped south on Sherman ove- nue. Williams was taken to the hospital | in a passing automobile and examined | by Dr. Luber, who found he had sus- ! tained a compound fracture of the right leg, possible fracture of the skull and numerous cuts and bruises. Autos in Collision. About an hour earlier a collision be- tween the automobiles of Albert F. Westfall, 1411 Harvard street, and Rob- ert J. Harris, colored, 1920 Eleventh street, resulted in Virginia Jackson, col- ored, 2325 N street, occupant of the Iatter car, heing severely shocked. She was trealed at Garfield Hospital and taken home. Willlams witnessed the accident and went in search of a policeman. He found Policeman Grimes on Fourteenth street and they went to the scene of the accident. Grimes was standing near one of the damaged cars when Willlams was knocked down. Miss Bettie Northern, 23 years old, of 1450 Irving street, was seriously in- jured about 2 o'clock yesterday morn- ing as a resuit of a collision between a_ street car and an automobile in which she was riding ‘at Ninth and G streets, Edward S. McDonald, 29 years old, 1418 W street, also an oc- cupant of the car, was seriously in- jured. They were in the automobile of John §S. Simmons, 1819 Kenyon street. Miss Northern and McDonald were taken to Emergency Hospital in a pass- ing automobile and given first aid by Dr. McCarthy. The former sustained an injury to her head and was bruised and shocked, while McDonald also re- ceived a severe injury to his head and possible internal injuries. Simmons was charged by police with reckless driving and having no registration card. He deposited $52 collateral, Driver Fails to Stop. A second hit-and-run traffic accident |early yesterday morning that resulted in serious injury to a pedestrian oc- curred near Second and Kennedy streets, the victim being John H. Pfluger, 58 years old, of Queens Chapel road northeast. Pfluger was crossing Kennedy street some distance from the intersection of the two streets, about 2:30 o'clock in the morning, when he was knocked down and his head and face cut. The driver failed to stop, po- lice reported. A passing motorist took Pfluger to Garfield Hospital, where his condition was reported serious. Others slightly injured in traffic mis- haps were James H. King, colored, 31 years old, 2005 Rosedale street north- east; John C. Carter, colored, 111 Cor- coran street northeast; Rosa Johnson, colored, 65 years old, 1931 Seventeenth street; Frederick Cole, 22 years old, 23 Towa circle; Alfred Tyler, colored, 22 years old, 917 O streer, and Timothy Walton, colored, 35 years old, 23¢ N street. KING'S EXHAUSTION WORRIES DOCTORS British Ruler Passes Rest- less Night, but Maintains General Condition. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 31.—The ex- hausted condition in which King George's prolonged serious illness has left him is presenting a difficult prob- lem to his physicians, which they frankly acknowledge in this morning’s official bulletin. Five of the seven principal doctors who have been attending his majesty signed this morning's report which was more detailed than recently and al- though it recorded a rather disturbed night it announced some improve- ment in the King's appetite and that he is holding his own as to general condition. Text of Bulletin. ‘The bulletin read: “The King has passed a somewhat restless night. His general condition is maintained although as previously noted the state of exhaustion still presents a | difficult problem. There is a little more readiness to take nourishment and the local condition is progressing.” All five doctors were in Buckingham Palace before 10 o'clock this morning, but the bulletin was not issued until after 12:30 o'clock as a long consulta- tion followed the examination of his majesty. , Today was one of the coldest and | most disagreeable of the Winter, but a considerable crowd was outside the palace anxious to learn the news from the royal bedside. Anxiety Continues. ‘There was general gratification among the public that the King had no set- back and that the bulletin was not with- out satisfactory features, but public anxiety is bound to continue while the patient remains in the present state of extreme weakness. In palace circles it was indicated that the bulletin was not regarded in too satisfactory a light. It was pointed out, however, that there was no definite setback and that the doctors are satis- fled with the way things are going ex- cept for the patient’s weakness. There was an expression of hopeful- ness that the increased readiness of the King to take nourishment may help to remedy this condition which is felt to be the real crux of the whole situation at the present time. DRUG STORE DAMAGED. Del Ray, Va., Fire Starts in Trash Near Telephone, Report. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., December 31—Fire of undetermined origin caused approxi- mately $100 damage to the fixtures of the Del Ray Drug Store, on Mount Ver- non avenue, here last night shortly after closing time. The fire started in a pile of trash between the telephone booth and a partition, ‘The Potomac Fire ‘Department re- sponded and gained control of the fire THE * EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, DECEMBER .31, 1998. AMERICANS GAVE $2.330.600.000 TO VARIOUS CAUSES THIS YEAR Religious Organizations Benefitted Most Largely From 1928 Gifts, Which Exceeded Last Year's. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December . 31.—The wealth which America gleaned from its steel mills, its oil wells, its manifold in- dustries, was poured into philanthropy’s coffers in 1928 with a generosity which surpassed that of last year. Charitable gifts for 1928 will total approximately $2,330,600,000, according to the estimate of the John Price Jones Corporation of New York, fund raising consultants, while those of the previous year amounted to $2,219,700,000. The greatest amount of the contribu- tions this year, as in the past went to religious denominations, but large gifts were made to organized charity relief for “the other half.” for education pur- poses and for the advancement of health. The year was further note- worthy for the amounts which were contributed to the beautification of national tracts and the preservation of historical places. Payne Whitney Gave $15,000,000. ‘The late Payne Whitney's bequest of more than $45,000,000 to hospitals, Iibraries and universities of the coun- try heads the list. Although - Mr. Whitney died in 1927, the filing' of the estate's appraisal did mot take place until 1928 and his bequests are, there- fore, listed with the philanthropies of the year just ended. His largest bequest to an institution was an endowment for $18,623,176 for the New York Hospital, which with Cornell University Medical School is planning a new medical center here. The Cornell Medical School was be- queathed $2,823,157. Yale University, Mr. Whitney's Alma Mater, where he was prominent in athletics, received a similar amount, while the New York Public Library, which like Yale had been remembered with many gifts dur- ing the financier's lifetime, was be- queathed $6,210,725. ‘The bequests also embraced a trust fund of nearly $26,000,000 the trustees of which were authorized to use prin- cipal or income as they saw fit for charitable and educational uses and scientific investigation. The Rockefeller benevolences, as in other years, figure large in the year's total and were among those which reached beyond America’s boundary lines. Twelve millions were given by the Rockefeller Foundation to the China Medical Board, Inc., which holds funds for the Peking Union Medical College, to aid in establishing its modern medical center. . The Foundation also gave $1,400,000 to the medical school of the University of Brussels and contributed a like amount to the work of stamping out malaria, yellow fever and the hook- worm disease throughout the world. Rockefeller funds also were expended in the preservation of national land tracts and places of historical interest, The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial gave $5000,000 to the great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina, and John D. Rocke- feller, jr., contributed a like amount to the restoration of the historical town of Williamsburg, Va., to its pre-Revolu- tionary setting. Among Mr. Rockefeller's private philanthropies were the gifts of two millions to the Cite University (the quarter to house students) in Paris, an- other million to Chicago University for the endowment of its divinity school, and $500,000 toward the fund being raised in the United ‘States for the de- velopment of Jewish farm settlements in Russia. Education Gets Rich Dowers. Educational institutions received rich dowers from the 1928 charity chest. The $10,000,000 residium of the estate of . the late Chatles M. Hall, “father of aluminum,” who died in 1914, is to be distributed to higher educational in- stitutions of the Near East and the Orient, his trustees recently announced. Mr. Hall left the decision as to the manner of distribution to the trustees. Selection of the beneficiaries was made after long consultation with educational leaders, Among the institutions to benefit by the gift are the Kobe College Corporation in Japan, the American University of Beirut and the American College for Girls at Constantinople. Fd rd S. Harkness of New York gave $3,000,000 to Harvard University to be used for experiment in reorgani- zation of the university. He gave the money to build and endow a group of dormitories, dining halls and common rooms, which will be operated as a sperate - educational and social unit. A. E. Fitkin of New York, a former school teacher and clergymar who built up a $30,000,000 fortune through public utility operations, donated a $1,000,000 to Yale to be used in the study of child disease, while the late Chauncey Depew bequested a like amount to the same university, his alama mater, without restrictions. Myron Taylor's $1,500,000 gift to education went to Cornell University for & new building to house the law school. Others Who Contributed. Others who helped to fill America’s charity coffers during the year gave their contributions for the benefit of those in actual need. John Markle, re- tired coal operator, donated a half mil- lion to the Salvation Army for the erec- tion of a working girls’ hotel, which would provide comfortable, light living quarters for girls who could afford to pay only a low rent. The late Milton McQuade, & bachelor, who left no known living relations, bequeathed $500,000 to the Home for the Friendless, an orphanage in New- burgh, N. Y.. Half of the $2,000,000 estate of the late Nathan Lamport, Jew- ish philanthropist, went to the Ansl Charity Foundation for the benefit of varfous Jewish religious, educational and hilanthropic socleties. The name Ansl” signified Abraham Nehemia Sarah Lamport. The late Mrs. John Innes Kane made her contribution to the advancement of health and medicine by leaving $1,000,~ 000 as a scholarship fund for the Or- thopaedic Hospital in New York. The eight scholarships, with an annual value of $4,000 to $9,000, are to be given to young surgeons of unusual ability who desire to specialize in orthopaedics. PARTY MARKS END OF SMITH'S TERM Governor Celebrates Birthday Before Bidding Farewell to Executive Mansion. By the Associated Pre ALBANY, N. Y, December 31.— Gov. Smith last night celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday and bade farewell to be executive mansion. A dinner party, attended by the governor's family and more than a score of friends from New York, marked the celebration. After the guests left, the executive and Mrs. Smith preglred to go to a nearby hotel, where they intend to remain until after the inauguration of Gov.- elect Roosevelt. Scores of letters and telegrams bear- ing birthday greetings were received by the governor dufln% the day. Among other gifts the governor re- ceived a green and gold barrel organ. During the dinner party Willlam H. Todd, New York shipbuilder, entered the dining room with the organ on his shoulder and leading the governor's pet monkey, Jerry. MICHIGAN WOMAN DENIED NEW TRIAL Judge Refuses to Quash Informa- tion Against Mrs. Miller, Fac- ing Prison Term. By the Associated Press. s LANSING, Mich, December 31.— Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, facing a life sentence as a four-time offender against the liquor law, was denied a new trial by Circuit Judge Charles B. Collingwood today. Judge Collingwood also denied a motion to quash the information against Mrs. Miller. Selection of a jury to try her on a habitual criminal charge began imme- diately after the court had overruled the two motions. The State will en- deavor to establish proof of identity on former convictions, and if Judge Col- lingwood decides proofs submitted to the jury are adequate, he may direct the jury to return a verdict of guilty, _ If the jury finds Mrs. Miller guilty on the habitual criminal charge, a life sentence will be mandatory. Today's proceedings are the first exercise of the provisions of the criminal code provid- ing for a jury trial on a technical in- formation. Other fourth offenders tried under the habitual criminal code have waived the jury trial. Mrs. Miller was found guilty of a liquor law violation for the fourth time December 12. “GREATEST COPY BOY" DIES: FRIEND OF MANY NOTABLES Described Prince of Wales. WhO Became King Edward VII, as “His Nibs"—Met Him on Trip to London. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 31.—The “world’s greatest copy boy” is dead. James Aloysius Durkin, who emerged from the waif’s mission in 1895 to become copy boy for the Chicago Tribune, died early yesterday moring. Death was due to Jeart disease. Durkin, 49, had personal friendships with many renowned persons, and it was sald that he knew every street and alley in Chicago. He was a mine of information on almost everything affecting the routine of the newsroom and his memory for fire alarm signals was startling. He was sent to London with a note to Lord Northcliffe by the Tribune years ago and there met the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, whom he later described as “his nibs.” Durkin was employed by the Tribune for 33 years. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Zuchsworth Durkin, whom he married in 1924 after his first wife died. Jimmy Durkin got his first newspaper job quite by accident. He had the {ask of answering the telephone in the waifs' home when business men called for office boys. One day the Chicago Times called and asked for a steady boy to be employed as copy boy. “What does it pay?” asked the astute Jimmy. “Six dollars 8 week,” “I'll send a boy right over,” was the reply, and Jimmy clapped on his hat and rushed to the newspaper office, Jimmy continued to live at the waifs’ home and a few. years later he happened to be standing near the tele- phone when it rang. The Tribune was before it could spread to other parts of the store. The Fire Department was the most they should be asked to do would be to shorten the time in which |sity, elected con= ! Association the established rate base should tinue, ¥ Professor of, geology at Cornell Univer- for the 'Advancement of Science at meeting ¥ New York. called upon earlier in the night to ex- resident of the American |tinguish a chimney fire at the home of | over Wiison Gladden, at 122 Raymond ave- nue, 3 . ’ asking for a copy boy. “Tll send you the world's greatest copy boy,” Jimmy replied.” He went and took the job. - Dunkin called all of his acquaintances, even his superiors in the office, by their first names except in such instances as he invented nicknames. “Dynamite,” wished by Durkin on a particularly mild-mannered reporter, was one that stuck as did “Lower Case,” ascribed to another reporter, who, to him, was of little importance. Durkin set out for London as casually as if he were going across the street for coffee and doughnuts when he was as- signed to carry the Tribune's message to Lord Northcliffe. He came back with little to report concerning his trip ex- cept what he considered the quaint English customs. His first day in London he met the elevator operator in a large hotel, who towered far above the dimunitive Jim- my, with his suit case containing the precious message. “Lift, sir?” said that functionary, bowing to the astonished Jimmy. “What's that?” gruffly demanded the messenger. “I say, life, sir?” sald the elevator operator, “Lift it yourself, you bum,” responded the imperturbable copy boy turned mes- senger boy, “you're bigger than I am.” A few years ago Jimmy was paired to play golf in a Press Club tournament with Paul Cowles, then superintendent of the Central Division of the Asso- ciated Press. Jimmy had never met Mr. Cowles, so telephoned him about the golf engagement. “Hello, Paul,” sald James, “this is Jimmy Durkin on the Trib. What about that golf game?” Hollywood Gets German Director. LOS ANGELES, December, 31 (#).— Prof. Max Rheinhardt, German stage director, arrived here yesterday to join forces, as & director, with the film col- ony in_Hollywood. ith the director was Lillian Gish, film actress, who will appear In a new picture soon, and a party of friends. A brun:gn. array of screen stars, led by Dougla$ Fairbanks, welcomed the new director and Miss Gish at the station. K PRESIDENT FAILS 10 SHOOT TURKEYS Coolidge Returns From Hunt- ing Trip Today With Empty Bag. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Currespondent of The Star. SEA ISLAND HUNTING LODGE, Ga., December 31.—President Coolidge today returned with an empty bag from another hunting expedition and he was | tired and hungry and none too gleeful. H vith several other members of his | par started before sunrise morning for wild turkeys in the wilds | of the 60,000-acre game preserve of | Howard E. Coffin, his host during his ! vacation in the Sea Islands. | He had had several chances to bag a turkey during the three hours he was out, but these birds were too elusive or | else his aim was poor, because none feil. | Mrs. Coolidge was out in front of the game lodge with others of the party to greet him and his companions on their return. It was not necessary to ask “what luck,” the President's face told the sad story. He shortened his narrative of the flasco by asking about breakfast. He had gone off with only two cups of cof- fee and his long tramp had stirred up a real appetite. Despite the early hour of his departure for the hunt, Mrs. ! Coolidge was up to give him a cheery send off. They entered the cabin, where the breakfast was being served to those who were to accompany the President. Mrs. Coolldge sat at the long, rough, wooden table with its tin cups and dishes, but the President preferred to drink his coffee standing, declining offers of anything else like flapjacks, muffins and ham and eggs. But on his return from the hunt it was a dif- ferent story. He did justice to a most generous meal. No plans have been made for ob- serving the ushering !n of the new year at the Coffin home tonight. The President has indicated that he would probably follow his custom of retiring at an early hour, regardless of the occasion. Trip Made on Yacht. ‘The journey to the preserve, which is located about 40 miles south of Sapelo Island, was made yesterday afternoon aboard Mr. Coffin's yacht “Zapa La.” Aboard this boat besides the President and Mrs. Coolidge, were their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Coffin, and two secret service men. The presidential | aides and physician and other members | of the party were aboard the Engineer Corps yacht “Isondega.” It was dark when the party arrived at its destination, considerable time having been lost by stopping en route at St. Marys,Ga., where the remains of an old Spanish mission was visited, and at the Sea Island plantation of Charles S. Bennett, retiring head of the Farmers’ Union at Point Peter, Ga. Before retiring last night the presi- dential party enjoyed an oyster and pop- corn roast on the shore in front of the game lodge. The President opened his own oysters and gave evidence of being an old hand at the art, The night was an ideal one. The air was balmy, but vold of any chill. The moon shone brightly—so brightly, in fact, that Mrs. Coolidge remarked that she had never seen its equal before, During this shore party a quartet from the Georgia State Colored Methodist School sang a number of negro spirituals and some of the more modern songs. Early Start Made. After a refreshing night's sleep aboard the Zapala, the President, attired in his novel hunting outfit, was on his way before 5 o'clock for that section of the preserve where the turkeys are known to be so abundant. Guides and col- ored attendants were out until a late hour last night locating the turkey roosts and it was to these spots that the party headed with their guns to take their stands this morning. “Old Mose,” who was born i slavery, and who is conceded to be the best turkey caller in this part of the country, walked ahead of the party and-as the neighborhood of the located roosts was reached he en- tered upon his ingenious method .of imitating the call of the turkey. For dinner last night the presidential party aboard the Zapala enjoyed the gobbler turkey shot by the President last Friday on Little Sapelo Island. To add to the interest of this turkey meal, it was barbecued on shore in true sea island style, instead of being roasted. This was the President’s and Mrs. Coolidge’s first experience eating a fowl cooked in this fashion, and both were represented as being delighted. Several pheasants shot by the President were brought along and will be served prob- ably for the midday meal today, The little doe killed by Col. Osmun Latrobe, the President’s military aide, during the presidential deer hunt last Saturday, was not included in the food stores. Venison meat was served to the Presi- dent a night or so after his arrival at the Coffin's sea island home, and he made no secret of not caring for that kind of meat. It is not likely to be served again during his stay. Hunting in Isolated Section. ‘The newspaper correspondents who have been “covering” this vacation of Mr. Coolidge were asked not to ac- | company him on_this expedition to the game preserve. The news thus far has been relayed back to them by members of the secret service and employes of Mr. Coffin. Because of this unusual condition, and the fact that the Presi- dent is in an exceedingly remote and sparsely-settled section of the South Georgia coast country, Mr. Coolidge last night and this morning was more isolated from the world than at any time since he has been Chief Executive. Despite the fact that he is still within the confines of the United States, he is in a section that is very difficult to reach by automobile, and dangerous to reach at night by water. Moreover, there is no telephone within 10 miles of the President and the Coffin yacht has no radio equipment. Older members of the secret service and newspaper correspondents did not recall any President in recent years, not excepting Col. Roosevelt, being so completely cut off from the outside as has been Mr. Coolidge in this trip. However, it was his own wish and the newspaper correspondents had to agree, but with the assurance that the Presi- dent's movements would be relayed to them at their headquarters on St.| Simon 1sland about 30 miles away. After the hunt, according to the ar- rangements for the day, the party will stop at St. Simons Island on its re- turn journey long enough to permit Mr. Coolidge to officiate at the dedication of an oak tree in front of the Sea Island Cloister Hotel, which young tree is said to have sprung from the oaks in the woodland on St. Simons from which timber was cut for use in the building of the frigate Constitution. ‘The party will visit briefly at the hotel, and will then go aboard the yacht and sail for Little Sapelo Island, where the President had such good luck with pheasants and turkey last Friday, for an afternoon of pheasant shooting. It | is not likely that the party will get back to the home of the Coffin’s, on Sapelo Island, much before dark. Because of the President's expressed eagerness for another try at deer, Mr. Coffin has arranged a deer hunt on Sapelo Island early tomorrow morning. Although some members of the party have had especially good luck fishing in these waters during the Presi- dent’s stay; there is yet no indication that the latter will try his hand at this sport before leaving. ‘May Return Wednesday. ‘The President has not said definitely this [ LOUIS SI LOUIS SIMON DIES: INCITY 25 YEARS Cerebral Hemorrhage Takes Iron and Metal Dealer—To Be Buried Tomorrow. Louis Simon, 56 years old, iron and metal dealer here and active in vari- ous organizations of this city, died at his home, 2620 Connecticut avenue, yes- terday afternoon. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, with which he was stricken in the morning. A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Simon carge to this city 25 years ago and engaged in the iron and metal busi- ness, maintaining a shop at Eleventh and C streets. When the Government took over the property there to be oc- cupled by Government buildings, Mr. Simon moved his establishment to Twenty-first and H streets, where it is_now located. He maintained an office in the Earle Building. About six months before coming here, he married Miss Mabel Hopfenmaier, the daughter of L. Hopfenmaier of this city. He leaves his wife; a son, James H. Simon; a daughter, Miss Bernice H. Simon; a brother, Morris Simon, an attorney here; a sister, Mrs. Abe Mans- bach of Atlantic City, and his mother, Mrs. Deborah Simon. Mr. Simon was a member of the Harmony Lodge of Masons, the Mystic Shrine, the City Club, the Town and Country Club and the Knights of Pythias. Puneral services will be conducted at the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation will officiate. Interment will be in the ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. POISON LIQiJOR LACK PLEASING TO DORAN New Formula Used as Denaturant and Education of Public Cited as Cause. By the Associated Press. Prohibition Commissioner Doran took a look at the immediate past and future of enforcement today and found en- couragement in his report to Assistant Secretary Lowman of the Treasury that no deaths due to poisoned alco- hol had been reported to him during the Christmas holidays. Summing up the year end situation, Mr. Doran said a great advance had been made over previous years in re- lation to fatalities caused by wood al- cohol or liquor containing other poisons. He added, however, that a few deaths from acute alcoholism had been re- ported. ‘The commissioner attributed the lack of death reports this year to the edu- cation of the public and to the new formula used by the Prohibition Bu- reau to render alcohol unfit for bev- erage purposes. The old formula, which included the use of Lyridine, was dis- carded about a year ago and aldehol was substituted. In his report Doran also discussed the recent decision of Federal Judge Kirkpatrick in Philadelphia, who held that a buyer of liquor was guilty of violating the law if transportation en- tered into the sale. Doran held that the court’s decision, if sustained by higher courts, would ap- ply to all sales of bootleg liquor except that purchased over a bar. COLORED WOMAN IS HELD ACCESSORY IN SLAYING Charged With Assisting Escape| From City of Man Under Arrest for Murder. Charged with being an accessory aft- er the fact in the slaying of Ruth Wat- kins, colored, who was shot to death at 1506 Twenty-sixth street the night of December 22, Cleola Hainsworth, col- ored, 21 years old, 1504 Twenty-sixth street, was held in custody by the po- lice homicide squad this afternoon. Andrew J. Hawkins, colored, arrested in Charlottesville, Va., last week and brought here to await the action of the grand jury for the crime, is reported by the police to have declared he showed Cleola the body of the Watkins woman and to have given her the murder weap- on four hours before police learned of the crime. Hawkins repeated the accusation in the presence of Cleola in the District Jail this afternoon, according to the police, and also said she loaned him $4 to help him get out of the city. Cleola denied the charges. PRIEST IS KILLED. Former W:\shiuglon—;Mmlk Dies From Automobile Injuries. CLEVELAND, December 31 (#)— While on his way to a convent to con- duct evening prayers, Fathey Leonard Neukirchen, 70, was struck by an auto- mobile and killed here last night. A native of Germany, Father Neukirchen had been stationed at St. Joseph’s Mon- astery here for 25 years. Before coming to Cleveland Father Neukirchen, distinguished member of the Franciscan Order of Monks, was general commissary at Mount St. Sepul- cher Monastery in Washington. Three Killed at Crossing. DAYTON, Ohio, December 31 (#).— Three persons were killed and two others serfously injured when their au- tomobile was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at Miamsburg, 10 miles from here, last night. The dead are: Mrs. Morah Burkelt, 45, Crown Point, Ohlo; Charles McCoy, 60, Crown Point, and a Mrs. Wade, whose first name and address were not learned. when ‘he intends to leave, but intima- tions made yesterday suggest strongly that he proruus starting back tomor- McCoy was driving the car. GANGSTERS KILL TWO, WOUND FIVE | Machine Gun Takes Revenge as Occupants of Two Cars Are Attacked. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J, December 31— Police of this city and Philadelphia to- day searched underworld haunts for & | trlo of gunmen who, armed with a ma~ chine gun and a pump gun, shot twa men to death and wounded five other persons, two of them women. The slayers, believed to be Phila- delphia gangsters seeking revenge, poured more than one hundred shots ‘lnto two automobiles loaded with merry-makers on the Black Horse Pike near here early yesterday morning and then sped away in a yellow roadster. The gangsters killed Joseph Cusano, 21, and Nicholas Celebre, 29, both of Philadelphia. Samuel ‘Orlando, 19, was shot through the head and body. Eleanor McDevitt, 19, in the rear seat of the car ahead, peered through the curtains as the gunmen approached and screamed a warning. Daniel Del- glornor, 29, alias Danny Day, the driver, was shot through. the eye: the McDevitt girl's hand was broken by another bullet and the two other oc- cupants, Miss Phyllis Piazzollo, 20, and ‘Peter Zecco, 24, were shot in the back and side, one bullet in the back paralyz- ing the girl's legs. Police learned that the men and girls had met in a Philadelphia dance hall and later had gone to a roadhouse at Chew's Landing, several miles from Camden. The party was returning to Philadelphia when the attack occurred. ‘Three men, arrested at the roadhouse for questioning, disclaimed any knowl- edge of the shootings. GERMAN LEADERS HOPE FOR PEACE International Understanding Is Deepest Wish Expressed in New Year Messages. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. The Star and Chicaxo Daily s. Copyright, 1928, BERLIN, December 31.—Peace and international understanding seem to be the deepest wish for 1929 of the lealers of the new Germany. In answer to a request for a New Year wish to the world, seven r>>re- sentative Germans have given the cor- respondent of The Star and the Chicago Daily News the following stte- ments: Chancellor Hermann Mueller—“Ma; the will to an international understand- ing which found expression in the past year in the signing of the Kellogg pact be completely successful in the coming year.” Eric Koch, minister of justice--“Ten years of peace have taught us that it is not words that shape the world, but the spirit they embody.” Rudolph Wissell, minister of labor-- “Our task is to finish with war and thought of war once and for all i order to get on with world reconstruction.” Albert Einstein, one of the world's greatest scientists—“I wish tha: this new year may bring the broadest pos- sible international agreements concern- ing disarmament on land and sca, and that a solution of international war debts will be found.” Emil Ludwig, internationally famous author—“Our ~existence or non-exs istence depends on European peace. A ~ new war would not be a matter of fate, but the result of stupidity of European statesmen.” Bruno Walter, orchestra condu the Berlin Municipal Opera H “The common cause unsettled questiz and heaviest problems are p-e- treaties. The idea solution would b: their revision in the sense of Woodroi Wilson’s 14 points.” Albert Bassermans, present holder of the Iffland ring, the temporary property of Germany's greatest living actor— “Every single human being would it he had the chance vote for ewternal peace and international co-operation. The representatives of the people as a whole, namely, ths governments, are apparently too clumsy to realize thir wish of every sensible person—which 1. also my New Year wish for the world." . POLICE QUIZ MOTHER. Mrs. Quinn Believed to Know Whereabouts of Missing Girl, Spectal Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 31.—Believing that Mrs. Florence Quinn, 45 years old, of Croome, knows the whereabouts of her 16-year-old daughter Viola, who disappeared De- cember 18, after attending classes in the high school here, Prince Georges County authorities planned today to question her further. Bernard Sellman, 35-year-old colored tenant on the Quinn farm, now is being held in the Upper Marlboro Jail for in- vestigation, it being thought by au- ;kixrolnines that he also knows where the s. By Radio_to New STOWAWAY BRIDE HELD. BALBOA, Panama Canal Zone, De cember 31 (#).—The stowaway honey moon of pretty Mrs. Francis Belden ' of New York was ended here yester- day, when she was held at the quar- antine station for return to New York. Her husband is a member of the crew of the liner Mongolia. She sald she could not bear the idea cf separating from him only a few days after their wedding, but that she lacked funds to pay her passage. The young woman stowed away be- fore the Mongolia left New York, but was discovered soon after the vessel put to sea. She will be returned to New York on the Panama-Pacifier Liner Virginia. Blast Wrecks Apartment. NEW YORK, December 31 (#).—Ex- plosion of a boiler in a 21-family apart- ment house at 537 West 156th street yesterday afternoon routed the tenants many of them of advanced age, from their rooms and led to injuries to the 8-year-old daughter of the janitor. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, 4 o'clock to- lay. Grand march, “Pomp and Circum- stance” Overture, rpheus in Hades, Ballet suite, “Excelsior” Quartet for trombones, “ Resound” Valse serenade, Finale, “Fourth Symphony,’ Tschaikowsk: Mrs. Elizabeth Grice, 51, and Lucille Sears, 4 were taken to a hospital, where 4§ was said dying. iy s they were Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- suma. “Ths Star Spangled Banner.,”