Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon; colder tonight, lowest temperature about 32 degrees; tomorrow fair, much colder, Tempara- tures: Highest, 46, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 36, at 12:30 a.m. today. Full re- port on page 9. New York Markets Closed Today. @h ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home 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, 104,345 No. (30926, irimd e ered_as second class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, J“\:\‘ItAliY 1 1 929—THIR TY-SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pr VO CENTS. HOOVER T0 LEAVE 0., FOR FLORDA PROBABLY JAN. 12 President-Elect to Remain There Until Two Days Before Inauguration. EXPECTED TO ARRIVE | HERE SUNDAY AT 3 P.M.| Aboard Utah, He Fails to Take Note of Arrival of the Most Important Year of His Life. By the Assocatgd Press. | U. S. S. UTAH, EN ROUTE TO | HAMPTON ROADS, January 1.—Her- bert Hoover slept peacefully as the most important year of his life was ushered in, In consequence the birth of 1920 was marked on this floating city of the sea by the tolling of the usual eight bells for | the hour of midnight. Mrs. Hoover, however, welcomed the year that is to see her installed as mistress of the White House from the bridge of the Utah, to which she climbed just before midnight. Holding firmly to the railing to steady herself against the roll of the Utah in a choppy sea kicked up by an unusually brisk wind, she admired the beauty of a star stud- cded sky touched here and there by swift fiying filmy clouds. Burlesque Presented. Shortly after midnight she retircd %o prepare for festivities on New Year jday, which ‘included a burlesque of a {White House reception arranged by the ship’s commander, Capt. C. R. Train, ‘and participated in by some nwespaper correspondents, ‘There were imperson- ation of Chief Justice Taft and other members of the Supreme Court, some members of teh diplomatic corps, Sen- ate and House leaders, the Army and Navy, W. C. T. U, Anti-Saloon League, G. A. R., Oldest Inhabitants and “Old Man Publie.” Usually on board Navy ships the New Year gets a noisy welcome, with whisties and other noise-making apparatus par- ticipating and the crew holding a tin in parade, but the Utah met it in a ified way. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover had an enjoy- able time at a New Year eve dinner, 12 belng seated with them. Beside each late were the usual New Year favors, including noise-making machines and picturesque paper hats. The President-elect drew a sort of S@reman’s helmet, which Mrs. Hoover in- | pisted that he wear throughout the :;ul, ‘Each guest received a paper doll ith wire arms and legs and there was :\:gl merriment over the various pos- the diners achieved with their special roast ‘The schedule for the-arrival of the loovers at Old Point Comfort Sunday been stepped up to 8 am., with he expectation that the President-elect reach Washington at 3 pm. He Wil go direct to his S street home, Mwhich will be his headquarters while he s at the Capital. He is now expected to remain in ‘ashington less than a week hefore ing to Florida on a special tratn, Probably January 12, where he may re- main until two days before the inau- guration. While in Washington he is expect>d fo confer with party leaders about his cabinet, to report to Presiden‘ Coolidge on his Latin American tour and to mmake final plans for his inauguration. . SILENT ON CABINET. ple. President-Elect, on Way Home, Smiles at Rumors, | 25 Radio to *The Star. (Copyright, 1929, New York Tribune, Inc.) ABOARD U. 8. 8. UTAH, en route to $Hampton Roads, January 1.—President- | elect Herbert Hoover has determined to maintain silence for the time being| regarding his cabinet appointments and | pther plans for his administration. He probably will say nothing until 'ter his arrival in Washington, set for | Byunday afternoon, despite the- flood of gpeculation ashore as to why he is go- #ne] there and what he will do when he et there. Evokes Enigmatic Smile. Every day brings him news of a more | r less complete cabinet which has| picked for him at home, but none | ©of these guesses evokes more than an | enigmatic smile. The Washington dis-| patches to the Utah’s daily newspaper this morning were typical. Reading it at breakfast, Mr. Hoover | fearned that he will ask Congress to | iransfer the Prohibition Bureau from he Treasury Department to the De- artment of Justice, and probably will Pput a woman in charge of making the ‘country dry. He was also informed that | | he was going to Washington, instead of ending gls trip at Florida, virtually at 1he invitation of President Coolidge. The best guess aboard the Utah s}, . .. . . .10d pres. i that Mr. Hoover will ask for transfer fof the prohibition enforcement machin- | to the Department of Justice, but ‘will not put & woman in charge of it. [Regarding whether Mr. Coolidge asked Thim or he suggested to Mr. Coolidge that he visit Washington first, the {President-elect has been as reticent as lthe President. Denies Gilbert Visit Cause. Probably the biggest surprsie Mr. oover has had was the report that he on his way to Washington to meet . Parker Gilbert, agent general for paration payments, to decide on this untry’s attitude in the forthcoming egotiations for revision of the Dawes (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) GERMAN PRESIDENT | apartment last night. | not_serious. passage up from the bay ice. SEEKS FREE NATION Von Hindenburg Outlines Views in New Year Ad- dress to Diplomats. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 1.—Germany still is in a state of uncertainty regarding | fulfillment of her justifiable expecta- | tions for peaceful progress and equal | rights, said President von Hindcnbergi at his New Year day reception to thei diplomatic corps. The President spoke in responsé to good wishes voiced by the papal nuncio as doyen of the corps. ‘The nuncio mentioned that Germany had signed the Kellogg pact renounc- | ing war as an Instrument of nanonn]l policy, and he expressed the hope ‘that | 1929 would bring to a happy solution the important problems upon which the tranquillity of Europe depends. Milestone Toward Peace. “Such a happening,” he said, “would | mark a milestone on the bright and fer- tile road toward general peace and brotherly union of all men.” “At, the opening of the new year the whole German people feel very bit- terly that their country lacks the free- dom which we claim by divine and human right,” said the President in his | response. “Germany has long hoped for restoration of these rights. “Despite our grave disappointment, we, nevertheless, lcok forwaid to the time when full self-determination will be restored to us. We dare to hope that this will take place within the new year. Ideals of peace and under- standing, as well as the progress of mankind, can only be thoroughly de- veloped by free people. Kellogg Pact Step. pact aims at solution existing between na- tions on & that disregards indivi- dual strength and follows only the prin- ciple of justice, thus giving the world a guarantee of lasting peace.’ Chancellor Herman Mueller, address- | ing the Pruidell:t on b!!l’lfllt t?)xth)l:; binet, pled; the governmen! aleen:slnl;ly mtfl the Rhine, the Saar and the Palatinate shall be liberated from the forel yoke.” “We hope that the experts who are to study the reparations question will be able to settle it, thereby bnn?mg the nations nearer to complete liquida- tion of the war,” said the chancello:. “No real foundations of lasting peace can be laid until this has been brought about.” “The K of problems st PRISONER CUTS THROAT WHILE HELD IN CELL Man Arrested Charge After Estranged Wife Calls Police. Clarence Cooksie, 25, of 722 Eleventh street, cut his throat with a razor blade while a prisoner in a cell at the third precinct station early this morning. He was arrested on an intoxication charge when he called at his estranged wife’s His condition is on Intoxication Mrs. Cooksie, who lives at 2006 N street, told officers her husband was an- noying her. She first requested that Cooksie be arrested when he came to her apartment about 11 o'clock last night. When police arrived, however, he had gome. He returned shortly afterward, and this time, the officers | found him. He is quoted by them l&i saying he tried to kill himself. | He was taken to Emergency Hospital in the patrol. After first aid was ad- ministered, he was transferred to Gal- linger Hospital. FAMILY ESCAPES INJURY I IN DETROIT BOMBING Motive for Wrecking Home of Banker and Newspaper Pub- 1 lisher Is Mystery.s DETROIT, January 1.—The family | of Vincent Giuliano, Italian banker and | newspaper publisher, escaped injury | early today, when a bomb blew out one | side of the house, wrecked the base- ment and broke all the windows on thc first two floors. Police could assign no motive fon the bombing, but recalled that Giuliano was a defense witness 1ecently in ‘he | shooting of another Italian in a Colum- bus day parade here. The shooting vas the result of Fascist and anti-Fascist friction, the police said. Giuliano is the president of a rank bearing_his name and is the publisher of the Italian Tribune of America. l’ficfid-up Man Voluntarily Spends Night With Police to By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 1.—Louis Spring- borne, by hi: is a “stick-up man” who can't help it. feels a hold-up urge coming over him, he explained, and before he can master the temptation, the hold-up is an ac- complished fact. With New Year at hand Springborne, who is 49, decided it was time to put on the brakes. He walked up to the desk sergeant at Town Hall Station ih‘fi night and laid his cards on the ‘{ s o Keep Out of Trouble “I am a stick-up man.” he told Sergt. Henry Steinle. “I robbed five or six people last month. The feeling would | and rob, Tonight I felt the urge again. | Then I realized a New Year was at | hand, so I came right up here to be | safe from temptation.” | trial of an Italian acquitted of the! 1t is expected that in a few days after he returns we will be get some supplies ashore, at least enough to make a base for the dog | team, which we want to get on the ice as soon as possible. He | come over me, and I would just go out |in the office of the mes BYRD FINDS WINTER BASE; KILLER WHALES MENACE Quarters, With Good Plane Landing Fa- cilities, to Be Established Near Amund- sen’s Site—Crevasses Bring Trouble. BY RUSSELL OWEN., By Radio to The Star. | BAY OF WHALES, Antarctica, January 1—Comdr. Byrd has found | a base for the Winter, somewhat to the east of Capt. Roald Amund- sen’s former quarters, where there is a good landing field. reached through a small valley to the eastward, and there is a good It is _éin to Byrd to Mark Path. The weather continues good, although we were forced to shift our position last nlght slightly to the wesiward because of pack ice which drifted down und surrounded the ship, We are now moored to the edge of the pack about in the middle of the bay. Comdr. Byrd is expecied back in the next day or two and then plans will be made for getting ashore, as he is look- ing for the path most free from crevasses and cracks and will mark it on_the way out. around in greater numbers than ever. Two of them have been shot and the moment one is wounded the entire pack sets on him and tears him to pieces, the whale frequently leaping from the water in. a smother of foam to escape the bites of his companions, They are a blood-thirsty lot of ani- mals and even a slight wound is suffi- cient to set the entire pack on the un- fortunate whale ‘which is wounded. This ferocity is the only thing needed to make us cautious in how we ap- | proach the edge of the ice when they are around, and now every one is giv- ing them a wide berth. ‘They are veritable tigers of the sea. There are no seals here at all and it | is easy to see why, as the killers make short work of them when they are found in the water, The shore party camped Friday night somewhere near Framheim, the site of Capt. Amundsen’s camp, although they could not find the hut, which has been | covered with snow, after hours of | struggiing over pressure ridges and cracks in the bay, ice filled with water and over heavy pressure ridges and crevasses on the barrier. They left the ship at 8:30 o'clock Friday night and camped at an early | hour Saturday morning after a march of several hours. Saturday afternoon Carl Petersen, the radio operator, sent in a few details of the trip from the most southerly radio statidh in the world, using a tiny portable set on which he could not only send perfectly, | but on which he could pick up stations | all over the world. Message from Farthest South. His message was as follows: “At our camp, December 29.— “It is 2 o'clock and the whole party xual sound ':sleep after the strenuous barrier. The crossing of the pressure ridges and the water-filled crevasses was at times very difficult. “Walden and his team went in one for half an hour and Walden,-assisted by the commander and myself, worked in water over our knees until the dogs | got the sledge out and we started on our way again. “We got up on the barrier on a place | where the barrier sloped down to the bay ice. One sledge at a time was hauled | up and we all pushed. Roped Together. “Once on the barrier we were roped together, and all took turns at leading. the commander leading on a long! stretch ahead alone, with Christopher Braathen on the other end of the rope. “After an hour and a half’s sledging on the barrier in a southerly direction we had a light lunch somewhere around | the site of Framheim. After lunch we camped for the day in a well sheltered place. From the opening in my tent T can see Cape Man’s Head, with its re- markable likeness to Capt. Roald Amundsen. “The dogs were splendid, and Walden and Vaughan in starting the sledges had to run nearly the whole 12 miles. “Bernt Balchen shot a seal for sup- per, and we had a seal steak which | was as good as dinner in the Biltmor2. “The commander will start on the barrier on the next move to find a suit- | able spot for a base and a place ‘0| bring the supplies up on the barrier. ‘We may be here for a day or two more. “This is the world’s most southerly radio station, and it works perfectly. Stations all over the world come in here.” Kilers Poke up Snouts and Blow. Just before Comdr, Byrd started off yesterday afternoon, about half the ship’s crew were on the ice alongside the ship. There were dogs running around barking, tents standing which had been set up to test them, men on skis, and the two teams of dogs hitched up fo their sleds, every dog barking and straining with impatience. Willard Van Der Veer, one of the moving picture photographers, was getting ready to take a picture of the start, while his associate, Joseph T. Rucker, with his camera, was farther out on the route. A small boat in which Ralph F. Shropshire, assistant to the scientific staff, had been after some small fish seen floating on the water, had been pulled up only a moment be- fore on the edge of the ice. There was a swish and a puff near " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) STORE THIEVES CUT HOLE IN WINDOW TO TAKE FURS Make Successful Escape in G Street Robbery, Although Burglar Alarm Rings. Cuiting a hole through a plate glass window the William Rosendorf fur store, 1215 G street, early this morn- ing, thieves got away with two fur pleces valued at $: A burglar alarm, wired to the store, rang in the office of the Mutual District Messenger Co., 1406 G street, when the window was broken by the robbers, and an operative of the company said he took less than three minutes to get to the scene. When he arrived, how- ever, the men were gone. The burglar alarm made no noise at the store when | the window was broken, but rang only nger company. Officer T. D. Atkinson reported the loss to police precinct No. 1, and De- tective Sergt. E. E. Thompson of head- quarters and Detectives G. R. Brown- That was how Louis Springborne, fighting temptation, happened to spend | New Year eve in the lock-up. | S { Radio - ing and John R. Le Foe of No. 1 are investigating. ‘The two plecas stolen were a coon coat and fox scarf. The same store was robbed about a year ago. when a larger amount of loot was sioleny - - 2. ‘The killer whales have been playing | the edge and a huge black snout, in which were two little piglike _eyes, ENDURANGE PLANE 1S OFF ON FLIGHT: 10 REFUEL IN AR Question Mark Seeks to Re- | main Aloft Until Engines Wear Out. | GASOLINE TO BE TAKEN THREE TIMES EACH DAY Flyers Prepared to Live for Weeks | and Plan to Get Hot Meals Twice Daily. By the Associated Pres: METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los Angeles, January 1.—The Army's tri- motored Fokker endurance plane Ques- tlion Mark took the air at 7:24 o'clock this morning in an attempt, by means of aerial refueling, to remain aloft un- til its enginies wear out. ‘The Army refueling plane, piloted by Lieut. Odas Moon preceded the Ques- tion Mark info the air. Capt. Ira C. Eaker was at the controls of the endur- ance plane. The refueling ship circled the field, landed and again took the air at 7:32 am. Observers of the Army Air Service pronounced flying conditions idcal. The huge plane was maneuvered aloft without difficulty. The Question Mark, upon which the War Department. had spent much effort preparing ior the test, headed northward into a 30- mile wind and climbed to au altitude of 3,000 feet. At that clevation the tirst refucling was begun. The Question Mark will be refueled | in the air three times daily. Oil and supplies also will be passed to it from two other plancs as the big machine flies to and fro between Los Angeles and San Diego. The five flyers are Maj. Carl Spatz, flight commander; Lieuts. Harry A. Halvorson and Elwood R. Quesada, pi- lots, and Staff Sergt. Roy W. Hooe, me- chanic. They are prepared to live for weeks in the air if the motors do not fail them, Less than three whole days, however, will shatter the world record of 60 hours 7 minutes, held by Belgian alrmen. Before the flyers were awake today several women were busy preparing an old-fashioned New Year dinner, as well as a hearty breakfast. The food was packed in special containers and stowed away in the Question Mark’s aft com- partment. Hot meals will be taken aboard the plane twice daily when the refueling ships carry gasoline and oil lfi; | daily refueling shortly after the take- another before noon and the third between 3 and 4 pim. About two and 3 ‘llnll tons of supplies will be loaded up to it. i ‘The Army schedule calls for the first | aily. Comfortable cots, spare clothing, reading and writinr material, medicai supplies and emergency equipment are provided aboard the plane. The fiyers may carry on a real air mail corre- spondence, for they will receive letters three times a day and may drop them by pilot parachute every hour and three quarters either at San Diego or at Metropolitan Field here. SNOW PREVENTS TAKE-OFF. ‘Missourian Forced to Abandon Flight To Break Endurance Record. MARSHALL, Mo, January 1 (#).— Forced to remain on the ground last night because of a heavy srowfall, Blaine M. Tuxhorn, Kansas City avia- tor, planned to take off here today in an attempt to set a new world’s endurance flight record. ‘The snow blanket blasted Tuxhorn's hopes of beating the tri-motored Army plane Question Mark into the air, as the latter plane hopped off at Los Angeles this morning on its endurance attempt. ‘Tuxhorn will refuel his little open cockpit, 60-horsepower monoplane and take on other supplies by means of a synchronized catapulting device he has invented. PR BOLIVIA-PARAGUAY ASPECT UNCHANGED Boundary Dispute Reverts to 0ld Status—Both Assent to Protocol. By the Associated Press. New Year day found the Bolivian- Paraguayan quarrel apparently back to its old status of a long standing boundary dispute. Both countries have agreed to the principal provisions of a | conciliation protocol, with considera- | tion being given today to its final word- !ing and the appointment of the nine | judges provided as a mediation tribunal. | " After representatives of Bolivia and { Paraguay at the Pan-American con- ference sign the protocol, it will be necessary that it be ratified by the governments of both countries before { becoming effective. Both have already expressed approval of its main terms. Of the nine judges who will inquire into the border battles, Bolivia and Paraguay would name two each. One each would be chosen from five other American republics, Bolivia and Para- guay having the right to agree upon the countries to be named. As it stands at present, the United States and Cuba | are expected to be represented with Ar- gentina, Brazil and Uruguay likely to be the other three. Dr. Eligio Ayala of Paraguay and Minister Diez de Medina of Bolivia are understood to have agreed upon the countries to be named, but the selections have not been made public. ‘The mediation tribunal would be given a year to bring about conciliation or to report on the facts and fix responsibility for the clashes between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops in the Gran Chaco region. | o CLAIM ALTITUDE RECORD. Mexican and American Pilots Reach 20,140 Feet, With Six Passengers. MEXICO CITY, January 1 (#).—A world altitude record is being claimed for Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco and his American co-pilot, C. E. McMillen, who reached 6,140 meterg (20,140 feet), car- rying a load of 2,070 kilograms (4,554 pounds), including six passengers. The L()) A D. . MEASURES DUE IN' COMMITTEES Developments Looked For in Senate Bodies When Meetings Resume. Developments in Senate committees on a number of questions affecting the National Capital are looked for during the final two months of the short ses- sion, beginning Thursday. Among questions of a strictly local nature, the greatest interest centers in the fate of the street railway merger proposal. The merger is in the hands of a special subcomumittee of the Senate District committee, which has received detalled studies of the consolidation plan from its own experts and from the com- panies. The Bureau of Efficiency and Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the subcommittee’s consultant, are preparing their comment on the letter received from the com- panies Saturday, in which they made several concessions on points raised by the experts, but defended their conten- tion that a definite valuation' rate base should be included in the agreement. It was suggested that a revaluation could be undertaken following the merger. Some Indication Expected. ‘The meeting of the subcommittee, to be called as soon as the comment of Dr. Maltbie and the Efficiency Bureau are received, is expected to give some indica- tion as to the outlook for merger legis- lation at this session. Aside from the merger, the Senate | District committee has several other matters before it that are likely to be taken up shortly after the session is resumed, including the nomination of Col. Harrison Brand, jr., for another term on the Public Ulilities Commis- sion; the Capper bill to authorize an | airport for the National Capital, and the condemnation bill, already passed by the House, which would give the Federal Government an improved meth- od of acquiring land needed in the Di: trict of Columbia for the various de- velopment projects planned for the near future. Plaza Improvements Up. ‘The - Senate public buildings and grounds committee is to meet within a few days to consider the measure au- thorizing the carrying out of the long- awaited Union Station plaza improve- ment. The street railway companies will be given a hearing to outline their views regarding the rearrangement of car tracks between the Capitol and the station, after which the committee will be ready to act on the bill. This legis- lation has passed the House, and if | Scnate action can be obtained before March 4 leaders hope to have some work done on the plaza this year. A subcommittee of the Senate public buildings and grounds committee 1is ready to report to the committee the recently modified Shipstead bill to pro- test the appearance of certain large Federal reservations by regulating the design of private buildings fronting on the Capitol, the White House, the por- tion of Pennsylvania avenue fronting on the triangle building development and the frontage along Rock Creek and Potomac parks and the Rock Creek and Potomac connecting parkway. In its original form the bill would have had a more general application. As rewritten the bill also leaves to the District Com- missioners the bringing about of rea- sonable compliance with such recom- mendations as the Fine Arts Commis- sion may make regarding plans for structures in the argas mentioned. MUMMERS PARADE START IS DELAYED BY RAIN Downfall Makes Postponement Imminent, Due to Weight of Costumes. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 1-—Rain delayed the start of the Mummers' pa- rade, Philadelphia’s great New Year spec:acle. and may cause its postpone- ment. Marchers: expressed the belief that it would be impossible to hold the parade Streets along the route were de- at 9:30, an hour after the scheduled starting time. It was explained that some of the costumes weigh as much as 150 pounde’| when dry, and that if these became wet they would be insupportable. Not for flve years has a postpone- ment been necessary. . Three Killed in Crash. MINNESOTA CITY, Minn, January 1 (#)~Three persons were instantly killed and a fourth was critically in- flight was made in the Emilio Carrai a Stinson monoplane, in which Gon- zalez and & companion made jured early y when a westbound Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | withstand the rigors of -sail fraln struck their automoblle. .wood was “exorbi C:Cs 7 A Y27 =N % X\ :\‘I( .‘ ‘1 1 \@@\) ) A JANUARY 1, 1929 Chicago’s New Year, Hardly 4 Hours Old, Is Opened With Bomb By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 1.—The New Year was hardly four hours old when its first bomb, a black- powder “pineapple,” exploded. ‘The bomb had been planted in the doorway of Gus Fragis' com- bination coffee shop and barber shop at 447 North Clark street, not far from the Loop. Damage was slight, COOLIDGE PREPARES 10 LEAVE SAPELO Indications Are That Party Will Start Homeward Trip This Afternoon. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SAPELO ISLAND, Off the Georgia Coast, January ‘1.—It appears as if President Coolidge is going to bring his Midwinter vacation in the sea islands 1o a close this afternoon without having enjoyed the thrills of killing his first deer. He is going to be disappointed, too. After the manner in which he fumbled his several chances when he was deer hunting several days ago, he has mani- fested a genuine desire to demonstrate better markmanship the next chance he has at these flect-footed animals. But he hasn't had another chance. It didn't present itself yesterday morning while he was at the 60,000-acre game preserve of Howard E. Coffin, his host here, and | the plans for a deer hunt at the north | end of Sapelo this morning were aban- doned. With everything pointing to the President taking his leave of this sec- tion and heading back for Washington this afternoon, it looks doubtful if there will be any more deer hunting. Sleeps Later Than Usual. It was not explained just why the | deer hunt planned for this morning fell through. Mr. Coolidge slept consider- ably later this morning than is his| habit. That may have had something to do with scratching the deer hunt from the day’s program. The President and Mrs. Coolidge remained up last night with their hosts to see the new year ushered in, and. it was past 8 o'clock when he arose. It was probably one of the most in- spiring and enjoyable New Year eve parties the President and his wife ever experienced. Following a sumptuous evening meal, featured by some of the pheasants the President shot yesterday afternoon, the party enjoyed motion pictures and music in the huge living room of the Coffin home. Sits for Portrait. Folowing breakfast this morning the President went for a stroll. Upon his return to the house he again sat for the portrait Frank Salisbury, the 'English painter, is making of him. Nothing has been planned for the remainder of the day, except the necessary preparations | { for departure. If he leaves this after- noon he will arrive in Washington to- morrow afternoon. The President, how- ever, has not said definitely when he will leave. Mr. Coolidge performed exceedingly well on his last shooting expedition yes- terday afternoon. On his way back { from the game preserve at Floyds Neck, where he had spent Sunday night, the | President and members of his_party went hunting on Little Sapelo Island, not far from here, and in less than two {hours he had bhagged five pheasants, i which was the top score of his party. | Earlier in the day he was somewhat cast down as a result of hsi lack of suc- cess early in the morning while gun- ning for wild turkeys. ENTIRE TROTSKY FAMILY HELD ILL FROM MALARIA i Letter, Declared Written by Exiled 64 F NEW YEAR REVELERS SEZED ON RY CHARCES Prohibition Forces Vigilant in Clamping Lid on Celebrants. MANY ARE ARRESTED ON TRAFFIC CHARGES ARREST 12 AUTOISTS FORHAVING 28TAGS Police Told to Watch for All Violators—11,000 Licenses Sold Yesterday. ‘Twelve motorists who were found on the streets today with 1928 automobile lags were arrested and deposited col- lateral at the Traffic Bureau and vari- ous police precinets. These were the first results of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse's instructions o arrest all motorists on the streets after last midnight who failed to exhibit 1929 tags. A throng without rival in the recol- lection of the blder employes at the District Bullding taxed the force of the superintendent of licenses office yester- day from 9 am. until 5 p.m, when Supt. Wade Coombs sent the last of his clerks home after they had worked a half an hour overtime. Hundreds of last-minute applicants failed to get their tags. At 4:30 o'clock those who had already filled out their applications were allowed to complete the purchase of the tags, but no new applications would be received. This throng took the extra half-hour to go through the “mill.” 11,000 Tags Sold Yesterday. Mr. Coombs estimated that 14,000 tags were sold in the scramble yesterday, beating all previous records. The total sold during the month of December he estimated at 91,000, which was 10,000 more than the number issued in Decem- ber, 1928. He said he believed that approximately 4,000 motorists had failed to cbtain their tags and that he ex- pected another big crowd when his office opened up for business again at 9 am. tomorrow. Although the office was closed today on account of the legal holiday, scores of motorists appeared at the District Building today and begged to be al- lowed to buy tags. Since the license office was locked, however, they all went away empty handed. Extenslon Asked, This is the first year in recent times when the date for the use of tags has not been extended 10 or 15 days into the new year. Since the tags were on sale promptly December 1, the Com- missioners decided last year that no extension would be necessary. Though this fact was duly chronicled, many of the motorists appearing today asked District Building attendants if the regular extension would not be allowed. During the past fiscal year, 156,044 District. This is not an index of the number of District vehicles actually on the streets, however, as the registration for a vehicle must be changed every time the ownership changes, which in some cases occurs several times a year. are approximately 95,0000 District- owned automobiles on the streets. U. S. WOMAN WOUNDED. LONDON, January 1 (#).—The Daily Mail said that Mrs. Carol Isaacson had been wounded while driving an auto- mobile under the American istan. Mrs. Isaacson was rescued by a Brit- ish plane from Kabul and taken to Peshawar, India, where the Mail's cor- respondent learned of her injury. It was stated that the wound was slight and was now healing. | BRITISH NAME EXPERTS. LONDON, January 1 (#).—The Brit- | ish government has nominated Sir Josiah Stamp and Lord Revelstoke as | the British members of the projected committee of experts on reparations. ‘The names of the two deputy members will be announced later. Washington women failed to take advantage of their leap year prerogative, according to Col. W. A 'Kroll, license Soviet Leader's Wife, Tells of Hardships. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, January 1-—The Com- 'munist newspaper Volkswille publishes a letter purporting to be written by Natalia Ivanovna, wife of Leon Trot- sky, exiled Soviet leader, saying that she, her husband and their son were all suffering from malaria. ‘The letter was dated early in De- cember at Alma Aata and said also that there was a postal blockade, no letters having been received since Oc- tober. 1t added that the house was “stone cold” since it was not built to ‘Winter and that ), expensivey —— clerk, who at the close of business yes- terday, deplored a decline of 200 in the number of marriage licenses issued in 1928 as compared to the activity of his office in 1927 During 1928 there were granted 5,401 licenses while in the pre- ceding 12 months, 5,603 licenses were issued. i While the number of licenses de- clined, Col. Kroll pointed out, the re- ceipts of his office showed a marked in- crease because since April 1, he has been charging $2 for each license when the prevailing price before that date was $1. ‘Theodore Cogswell, register of wills, reports that the value of estates passing through his office in the year 1928 reached the unprecedented figure °(i $25.924,878.94. This total was shown i the 505 appraisals made by-the office. | gl motor vehicles were registered in the | Mr. Coombs’ estimate is that ihere | flag | through the streets of Kabul, Afghan- | “Morning After” Damp to All in Washington as Rainfall Ushers in 1929, Symbolic of the “morning after” for that portion of the populace which in- dulged too freely in old-fashioned wel- come to the New Year, Washington awoke this morning to peer through rain-streaked window panes at the dawn of a wet 1929, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, was taking toll today of the casualties that resulted from Washing- ton’s night of revelry, while attaches of the Police Court had a busy day of it. In the face of Maj. Hesse's parting admonition against too hilarious a fare- | well to the old year, the records of the | police blotters for the last police day of 1928 came as a surprise to District of- | ficials. Washington's “dry squad” par- ticipated in arrests in three night clubs, one of which resulted in a riot call. Their activities testified to the vigilance of the prohibition force in endeavors ;l;"kerfl: mje iIkll dfl?;l upon the scenes of eral rejoicing. Figuratively speaking, ;lslengeathl;:f the (ll? year wnys ;)ie‘dnnnl‘p weather greeting s mi:nlghL [ g some hours after ¢t the Madrillon Restaurant i Washington Building, Detective 3 "15: LeFoe attempted to arrest a patran with a bottle. A battle ensued that brought the reserves from No. 3 pre- cinct and resulted in the arrest of eight persons, including Martin Nakshim, the manager. He was freed. on $100 col- lateral to appear tomorrow in Police Court. In the melee, LeFoe broke & small bone in his hand and was treated at Emergency Hospital. He reported that he injured his hand by striking o e ¥ e police took several persons from the Aster Restaurant, Fourtenth and H streets, and others from the Lotus, on e carged with Qv o s o cl with drinl in publie or disorderly conduct. Sl p 813 Are Arrested. The hilarity of the day and night | ended somewhat uncomfortably for 313 Individuals, who comprise the total number of arrests for the 24 hours end- MICIU%MMM. No. 1 precinct led, & total of 95 arrests, while the “booby” honors went to No. 11 precinct in the Anacostia distriet, where the police force had a dull time, ;gl;oonlhy‘:nxe lrres" t. That unfortunate n orgotten to have a par! light on his car, o Despite the unusually large number of offenders, there were only 64 persons arrested on charges of Intoxication. No. 1 precinct led with 31. Many of the arrests were made for violation of the traffic regulations, which went gener- ally into the discard last night, and there were a number of others for vio- lation of the liquor law. City Settles Down. ‘Washington settled down today to ob- ::mlln “;L o:: tvarled ways the for- les attendant upon “coming out” of the New Yntal'x.’0 e Miss 1929, with her fashionably short skirts, was not at all disheartened by the splashes of rain as she went gaily on her rounds of private and public re- ceptions. She is a jaunty young thing and her spirits are not to be quelled. Denied its usual New Year reception at the White House in the absence of the President and Mrs. Coolidge, Wash- ington's hand-shaking . public missed the cordial hospitality of the ‘“open house” reception, but made up for i in other ways. While the absence of the White House occupants naturally served to change the plans of many of the cabinet hostesses and other officials of the Capital. the brilliant diplomatia breakfast at the Pan-American Union | Building served to function as the offi- cial welcome to New Year, This was the formal affair at which the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kellogg yearly greet the members of the diplo- matic corps in Washington. "Shurll:v before the “breakfast” hour of 12:30 o'clock, the diplomats and other distinguished guests, who numbered Vice President-elect Charles S. Curtis, arrived at the doors of the Pan-Ameri- can Building. At the entrance they were received by Dr. Leo S. Rowe, who, as director of the Pan-American Union, always acts as host in the building. Few Miss This Event. Very few of the diplomats in the city or the members of the Supreme Court and the President’s cabinet missed this enjoyable opportunity to extend New Year felicitations. In the broad en- trance to the Hall of the Americas, Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg stood to welcome each arriving guest. These were presented by Charles Lee Cooke, master of ceremonies at the State Department. Distinguished among the invited guests were many of the delegates to the Pan-American Conference on Concilia- tion and Arbitration, who have been in Washington upward of a month. Mem- bers of the foreign relations and foreign aflairs committees of the Senate and House and_their wiv besides many (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Leap Year Prerogative Fails to Stir Women of Washington to Proposals The number of wills filed was 1,108 and petitions totaling 1,762 were acted on. There were issued 2,919 certified copies and 1,554 accounts of fiduciaries were stated. Photostat copies were made of 44,751 pages during 1928. Probation Officer Amos A. Steele in- vestigated and reported to the court in 1928 a total of 363 cases. Of these 150 were placed on probation, including 23 for non-support. Of the probationers 95 were white and 55 colored, 136 males and 14 females, 7 of the fatter being white. ‘rhe probationary term of 173 cases expired in 1928 and they were discharged. Of these 151 were males and 22 females. During the year 26 probations were revoked, including 24 males and 2 white females. At the closé of 1928 the office reports 371 persons on probation, 130 for non-support and 241 for felonies. Mr. Steele received and disbursed during 1928 in non-suppert cases & total of §37,330. L) [~