Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1929, Page 2

2 % CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAYTOBESOLD New York Interests Plan Electrification of Road and Resort Development. Negotiations virtually have been closcd for purchase and electrification | of the Chesapeake Beach Rallway and | the Chesapeake Beach Hotel Cp., and comprehensive development of the Bay resort by New York interests, it was learned today from Frank Van Sant, Washington attorney, who has con- ducted the negotlation: | The property to change hands in- cludes & reilroad, now operated by steam, about 30 miles long, from the District of Columbia Line to the shore. 600 or 700 mcres of property A million dollars in bonds s are out- standing. When the deal will be completed Mr. | Van Sant could not predict definitel,, but he said the principal features of | the agresment had .on settled, and it | was now only a matter of ironing (ut! a number of detajls. The name of the purchasing concern will be made public later with a formal announcement. Road Built by Moffatt. The railroad was built by David Mof- fatt, the great rallroad engineer. and for a time was largely owned by his) widow and other heirs. The comoany | now is managed by a trustee. William V. Hodges of Denver, Colo. The local | vice president is W. J. Hayward, who also holds the title of gencral man- ager. The auditor is J. M. Rector. Offices of the road are in the Barr Building, 910 Seventeenth street. Although the railroad and the water- front property and concessions at the beach are all owned by the same in- terests, they are listed as belonging to two different companies. the Chesa- peake Beach Railway Co., and the Chesapeake Beach Hotel Co. The buy- ers plan to teke over all interests in both companies. The hotel company is legal owner of the real estate proper, and the improvements, including the casino, boardwalk and concessions, and the long pler. The railroad owns the right of way, rolling stock, station prop- erties and other assets. It also owned a large hotel at the resort which burned down several years ago. Electrification of the road will prob- sbly be started gradually by the use of cars which carry their own electric power in storage batteries, Mr. Van Sant said. This new method of electri- fication is rapidly growing in transpor- tation systems. The steam train will eontinue to be used for freight. Plens_for development of the Chesa- ake Bay resort pre comprehensive, Eler. Van Sant indicated, and include the introduction of all the newest and most popular am'sement. features. One of the men in the New York develop- ment_concern, he said, was one who had had a large part in the promo- tion of Coney Island, the big seashore amusement park of New York City. A harbor for ships from the bay is one of the features on the program for development. wm‘: the present terminal of the KING'S RECOVERY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 = 1929, Laundry Patrons Aid in D. C. Search | For Chinese Youth | Chinese friends and relatives, as- sisted by patrons of the laundry of Chin Chuck, who lives at 3218 Four- teenth street, enlisted police today in their search for the man's 12- year-old son, missing since Sunday afternoon. ‘Yen Chuck slipped from his home, his father dec'ared, without leaving a hint of his purpose or destination. Since that time, the laundrymen, his kin and h's patrons, greatly ex- ercised over the disappearance of Yen, who was a favorite of them all, have made a futile search for the young Chinese. Yen was an obedient child, his father said, but persisted in a com- radeship with another boy to whom the parent objected. Chin Chuck implied this friend of Yen's may have been responsible for the disappearance. 1S NOW EXPECTED Crisis Believed Past and High| Hopes Held in Improve- ment. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 2.—There was an optimistic note in today's news about King George. He has retained the improvement which the doctors re- ported last night. The cabinet min- ister who is closest to affairs at Buc! ingham Palace by virtue of his posi- tion, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, home secretary, feels so reassured, he says, about the King's condition that he left today for a brief holiday in the South of France. Gradual Improvement Seen. “I feel that the worst of the illness| is over and there is every reason to hope that a slow, but gradual, improve- ment will take place,” said Sir Wil- liam, and added: “I had a consultation wtih the doc- | tors before I thought it safe to go.” The home secretary is going to spend his holiday near Mentone. He expects to be gone about a fortnight. “I shall keep In very close touch with the home office while I am aw he sald. Even the restless night for his maj-| esty which the doctors reported ihis/ morning did not cause him to lose any grcund since the improvement noted last night. Palace circles were gratificd | that there has been no check in this | roglress, which, however, continues to slow. 1t is understood that the new calcium treatment for toning up the blood, in connection with which Prof. E. C. i road at the District of Columbia Line, plans are being considered for a sys- tem of feeder huz:*s and & downtown station, thus to bring the terminal downtown. Bx:ses Are Favored. Busses have been favored as more comfortable and speedy than having the electric cars run fo a. downtown station, as the big interurban type cars would be impeded in the trip through downtown streets by the ht‘fl & creasing traffic of city streets. adopting the system of co-operal busses and electric cars the company follows the system put into effect in some of the largest cities of the coun- try by leading railroads. ‘A further plan being considered, it wes said by Mr. Van Sant, would be the routing of the busses to other points in Washington, as well as the downtown #ation, in order to pick up passengers. By fl:euoducuon of the electric cars, Mr. Van Sant said, it.is also the hope of the new owners to increase the speed of transportation and cut down the time of the trip. If plans work out on this score, he explained, it should be possible to reduce the trip from an hour and a quarter to about 40 or 45 minutes, with electric cars running as qequemly as the traffic demanded. Chesapeake Beach itself has about 500 or 600 inhabitants, most of whom are there for the Summer only. Many employes of the road live there the year around. North Beach, however, an adjacent development, which has grown into & municipality, has an esti- mated population of about 8,000 to 10,000. whole area would be served by the improved facilities of the electrified line. o M. E. CHURCH WILL SEEK $9,000,000 FOR MISSIONS Plans for Raising Funds Are Pre- sented at Conference of Leaders. Br the Associated Pres CHICAGO, January 2—Plans for raising $9,160,604 for the benevolent enterprises of the Methodist Episcopal Church .as represented by its world service program were presented at a three-day conferenc of church leaders, which opened today in Evanston. More than 600 bishops, district superintendents and members of the world service agencies attended the opening session. The conference has no legislative authority in the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be for the purpose of “sell- ing” the benevolent program to the leaders, who will carry the program to $heir own districts. The work of the boards of foreign missions, home missions and church extensions, education, hospitals and homes, temperance, prohibitions and public morals, pensions and relief and the American Bible Society, will be out- lined by members of their respective stafls. TWO BURN TO DEATH IN ROOMING HOUSE FIRE Victims of Dallas Blaze Believed to Be Medical College Students. By the Associatea Press. DALLAS, Tex, January 2.—Two charred bodies were found in the ruins of a rooming house destroyed by fire here early today. Although immediate iasntification was fmpossible, it was believed the victims were James H. Martin, 28, Itasca, Tex., and Samuel R. Scott, 23, San Antonio, students at Baylor Medical College here. Search of the ruins of the building and those of another structure destroyed at the same time was started when Martin and Scott failed to report for classes, Fellow students said they knew the two had been sleeping in the rooming house. ‘The only other occupant, J. Malcolm “ ting | bulletin, Dodds, brilliant young chemical pathol- ogist from the University of London, was called in, is being continued and further benefits from it are hoped for. ) Doctors Remain Away. From the fact: that the King's doctors did not make their usual visit to the cé this oon 1t was gathered | they were satisfied with the prog- ress that his majesty is making. i -undérstood that their next .visit “Beat the ‘usual time this evening prior to-issuance of the regular night Princess Mary- arrived at the palace this afternoon from her Yorkshire home for‘a further stay with her mother. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester went to Melton Mowbray to hunt with the Belvoir hounds from Waltham. % FISCAL RELATIONS REPORT DUE SOON Efficiency Bureau Assures Simmons Data Will Be Ready by Week End. ‘The Bureau of Efficiency today as- sured Chairman Simmon$ of the House subcommittee on appropriations that its | long awaited report on fiscal relations | between the Federal and District Gov- ernments would be completed by the end of this week. ‘There had been expectations that the | report would be ready for Mr. Simmons and his committee tomerrow, when hearings are started on the District appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, but the vast amount of work in- volved in the compilation of the statis- tics has taken more time than estimated by bureau attaches. The committee, it is indicated, will use the report in con- nection with its review of the appropri- ations requested by the municipal gov- ernment. Six Months of Study. ‘The report represents a six-month study by the efficiency experts of the methods of taxation and distribution of tax revenues in more than a dozen cities in the eastern section of the country comparable in size with Wash- ington. Much of the data was gathered by two bureau investigators, who made personal visits to these clties. Although bureau officials are guard- ing the report with secrecy, they pointed out that no specific recom- mendations will be made with respect to fiscal relations, but that conclusions can be drawn by the committee of Con- gress and the Budget Bureau, at whose joint request the fiscal relations study was Instituted. Bureau officials also pointed out that the report would treat the subject of fiscal relations from a new angle. Way Cleared for Hearings. The District Commissioners and Dan- iel J. Donovan, auditor and budget of- ficer, completed preparations today for the hearings on the appropriation bill before the Simmons committee. The three Commissioners and Donovan wiil be the only representatives of the mu- nicipal government to attend the ini- tial session, although the department heads have been notified to prepare themselves, subject to call at any time. In accordance with previous instruc- tions of the Commissioners, the depart- ment heads have written condensed ar- guments to justify the items of their departments in the appropriation bill. ‘These will be submitted the com- mittee to expedite the hearings, al thongh it is believed some of the de- partment heads will be called to give Daniels, was aroused by flames and smoke and leaped to safety from a sec- ond-story window. Quake Reported in Luzon. ‘MANILA, January 2 ().—The Manila weather bureau today was advised that an earthquake had occurred in the eentral provinces of Luzon Island, late 3 Noammmuw verbal testimony. i Amundsen’s Nephew in Aviation. CHICAGO, January 2 (#).— Carl URUGUAY WILLING Conciliation in Paraguay- Bolivian Dispute. By the Associated Press. Arbitration Conference, that it would be disposed to appoint a judge on the internationa _concillation court in the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute which it |is proposed to establish in a protocol now under negotiation here. Uruguay’s acceptance of the confer- bunal assures three of the five members of the panel, which will be appointed by the conference itself. The United States previously had expressed its willingness to form part of such a court. No word has been received as yet from Brazil or Argentina, which coun- tries also were invited to appoint judges of the inlernational tribunal, should this be established. Diplomats Mark Time.. One of the pauses that have come <o frequently in the progress of the Para- guayan-Bolivian quarrel toward peace loday had mediators waiting. Diez de Medina, Bolivian Minister, had not recelved instructions from his gover ment to sign the protocol of concil tion, and until he does receive them there is apparently nothing to be done. Paraguay's representative was at the meetin, yesteraay of a special com- mittee named by the Pan-American conference to settle if possible the con- troversy. He was ready to sign the protocol. Some conference delegates were dis- couraged because of the latest interrup- tion in the negotiations, They felt that Bolivia had had time to reply, as the protocol was cabled to her when it was sent to Paraguay, and the latter coun- try has already answered favorably. Others believed that Bolivia was probably only considering the protocol carefully and that all would be well, Would Allow Year. The tribunal to be created under the protocol would be given a year to bring about a settlement of the border fights between Bolivia and Paraguay, or to report on the facts and fix the respon- sibility for the armed clashes which grew out of a territory dispute, No attempt would be made to inquire into the territory dispute itself, since a com- mission is now meeting in Buenos Aires in an effort to settle that question. While attempting to settle the trouble between Paraguay and Bolivia, the Pan- American conference has gone ahead with drafting an arbitration treaty, one of the purpcses for which it was called. The treaty has been prepared and delegates say that it is the most advanced document of its kind ever negotiated. .. COURT VACATES FALL LAND AWARD Government Recovers Valu- able Property in Elk Hills Reserve. The Government succeeded in the Supreme Court today in its effort to recover from the Standard Oil Company valuable oil lands in the Elk Hills naval oil reserve in California. In its decision the court set aside one more act of Albert B. Fall as Secretary of the Interior. It had been contended that Fall did not determine whether the land was known to be mineral land in 1922, when the matter was brought to_his attention. When the question was before Fall the Government charged he gave it no opportunity to present testimony or to be heard in opposition to the position taken by the company. Early Survey Shéwed Minerals. ‘The decision of the Supreme Court today was in the case of Roy O. West against the Standard Oil Co.,, reversing the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Justice Bran- deis delivered the opinion of the court. The lands in question were granted by Congress to the State of California to be used for public schol purposes, on the condition that, if upon survey it were determined that this was mineral land, title should not pass to the State. The official survey, in 1901, showed that these were mineral lands. Various rules and orders of the Secretary of the In- terior were applied to the lands between 1900 and 1909, when they were included in President Taft's withdrawal order. In 1910 the Secretary of the Interior approved a recommendation of the Geological Survey that the lands be withdrawn from settlement or entry, which was approved by President Taft, and in 1912 these lands were perma- nently withdrawn and included in naval reserve No. 1. In the meantime, George Ray and M. W. Buffington purchased the land from the State of California, and sold it to the Standard Oil Co. Nothing was done on the lands until 1918, when the company began drilling operations and discovered ofl in_1919. In 1914 the General Land Office di- rected that proceedings be begun against - this section of land on the ground that it contained valuable mineral deposits as disclosed in the survey of 1901, Noth- ing farther was done until 1921, when the General Land Office ordered a re- newal of charges. Notice was served on the Standard Oil Company, and pro- ceedings were started for a determina- tion of the charges by means of a hearing, at which both the Govern- ment and the company could present testimony under oath and cross-examine witnesses, as was required by the rules of the department. Fall Order Vacated. The Standard Ofl Co. did not pre- Sent a defense or evidence under oath, but in June, 1921, the attorney for the compariy obtained an oral hearing before Secretary Fall and at the con- clusion of this hearing Secretary Fall announced that “the contest will be dismissed.” In 1924, Congress by a joint reso- lution directed the Secretary of the Interfor to institute proceedings to as- sert and establish the Government's title to the land. Secretary Work issued an order vacating Secretary Fall's order of dismissal and ordered proceedings instituted. to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for an injunction to re- strain these proceedings. A preliminary injunction was denled by Chief Justice McCoy, but on final hearing an in- junction was granted by Acting Associ- ate Justice Smith. This was afirmed by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbfa. The Secretary of the Interior then brought the case to the Supreme Court. The Standard Oil Co. contended in op- position that Secretary Work was with- out power to set aside the order of | Secretary Fall, and that the proper procedure was to impeach the order by a bill in equity. Magnus Amundsen, nephew of the fa- mous_explorer, has béen assigned to the United States Flying School at Chanute Field, TIl. He is a son of Al- fred Amundsen, brother of ”fi" Amundsen, and lives at Elmhurst, ‘The decision today was based on the ounds that what Secretary Fall did as only to pass on a question of law, not on any question of fact, and that this did not preclude any subsequent action by the department. ¥§. TONAME JDGE Republic Favors Tribunal of| Uruguay has advised Secretary Kel-| |1ogg. as chairman of the Pan-American | ence’s invitation to serve on the tri-! The Standard Ofl Co. then applied | Actress Faces Arrest | ' ALMA RUBI | Accused of giving “wild parties” in her | Los Angeles apartment, says she would fight case. FVANGELINE BOOTH FORESEES VICTORY Claims Enough Support to Remove Brother as Sal- vation Army Head. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 2.—Evangeline Booth's headquarters said today that & sufficlent number of votes in the high council had been assured to re- move Gen. Bramwell Booth as com- mander-in-chief and effect a reorgan- ization of the Salvation Army. It was asserted that more than the necessary three-fourths of the high councilors would follow the program of the American commander. Permission to see her sick brother has been refused Miss Booth. Gen. Booth's wife in refusing her sis- ter-in-law’s request said it would be im- possible for her to see the commander- in-chief at present because it was fearad that he could not withstand the ex=ita- ment. Mrs. Booth expressed regret at having to deny the American leader's request. An official of Miss Booth's party said she could not obtain any definite in- formation respecting the real condition of Gen. Booth at international head- quarters. The staff there appeared to be as much in the dark concerning the health of their commander-in-chief as was Miss Booth. The official also said that Commis- sloner Catherine Booth, daughter of the general, had received a note from Comdr. Evangeline asking to see her. Commissioner Catherine replied that it was impossible for her to do so at the moment, although both were in ihe headgparters at the same time. Later the “commissioner Jeft headquarters without attempting to see her aunt. CRANTON O PUSH BILL ON CONTRACTS Measure for Uniform Require- ments Will Be Introduced Tomorrow. Providing uniform requirements for Government contracts, & bill will be in- troduced in the House tomorrow by Representative Cramton, Republican, of Michigan, which carries the approval of the Budget Bureau and the various de- partments and independent establish- ments. This bill is the result of four years study in the Budget Office and the Gen- eral Accounting Office, and through the Interdepartmental Board of Contracts and Adjustments. Representative Cram- ton introduced his original bill on this subject last year. It attracted wide in- terest throughout the Government serv~ ice and on the part of those having business with the Government. Hear- ings were held before a subcommittee of the judiciary committee of the House, of which Representative Christopherson was chairman. Numerous suggestions were made during the hearing, which were care- fully studied by the interdepartmental board and embodied into the bill that Representative Cramton is to introduce tomorrow. It is expected that Representative Christopherson’s subcommittee will be instructed to proceed with hearings on this revised bill as soon as possible. Representative Cramton, who, as A member of the House appropriations committee, has taken a particular in- terest in promoting business efficiency in the Federal service, says he regards this bill as one of very great importance in bringing about uniformity in the practice of the Government in its varis ous departments and establishments in the making of contracts, ‘Through such uniformity the work of the General Accounting Office will be materially simplified and the pro- tection of the interest of the Govern- ment will be made more easy, Repre- sentative Cramton said. Mr. Cramton quotes a letter from Budget Director Lord indorsing the bill as amended and stating that he has presented this matter to the Presi- dent, who has authorized him to state that he approves the draft as presented by the Interdepartmental Board of Con- tracts and Adjustments. Three-Hop Flight, Dayton to Panama, To Begin January 8 By the Assoclated Press. A flight delivery of an airplane from the United States to one of its forelgn stations will b under- taken for the first time by the Army Air Corps, beginning Jan- uary 8, when a C-2 transport plane will take off from Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, for France Field, Panama Canal Zone. Lieuts. George C. McDonald and Dwight J. Canfield of the Air Corps, stationed in Panama, are on their way to Dayton, where they will be joined for the flight by Maj. Paul Bock. The three aviators will stop first at | Miami, Fla, intending to make the flight in one day. The next jump will b2 to Havana on Jan- uary 9. The plane will proceed directly from there to Panama. The Air Corps for several years, in the interest of economy and speed, has flown airplanes from the factories to their sta- tions in continental United States. CATAPULT DEVICE T0 REFUEL PLANE IMissourian, Seeking Endur- ance’ Record, Hops Off With 25 Gallons of Gas. | By the Associated Press. i MARSHALL, Mo., January 2.—Blaine 1 M. Tuxhorn hopped off in his open- | cockpit monoplane at 8:54 a.m. today |in an attempt to establish a new en- durance flight record by refueling in the air by using a synchronized cata- | pulting device. I The ground was snow-covered and the thermometer hovered about 5 degrees above zero when the Kansas City aviator and his co-pilot, Leonard Rhiner, took the air. No trouble was experienced in getting off the ground. The plane carried 25 gallons of gas- oline, enough fuel for seven to eight ' hours, and planned to refuel for the first time about 3 o'clock this afternoon. ‘Tuxhorn planned to fly at an eleva- tion of about 1,000 feet. Although cold, the weather was bright and clear with prospects of the mercury climbing considerably. g When the flyers had been in the air half an hour Tuxhorn dropped a note saying they had forgotten the leather face masks which were to protect them from the icy blasts. He asked that these be included when breakfast was sent up in a container by the refueling device. To break the endurance record set by Belgian fiyers the little monoplane must stay aloft until 9:03 o'clock Friday night. ‘Tuxhorn and Rhiner had planned to hop off at 2 o'clock this morning, but were delayed by mechanical and equ'p- ment {rouble. Then they decided to get some sleep before starting their ad- venture. The refueling device constructed by Tuxhorn catapults four-gallon contain- ers into the air when set off by a hook attached to a cable dropped from the plane. The containers are projected along the line of flight at approximately the speed of the plane and are hauled aboard by a winch operated by a smali, wind-driven propeller. The gasoline is pumped from the container into the fuel tank and then the container is | dropped with a parachute. . THREE AIRPLANES ALOFT TO SHATTER | ENDURANCE MARKS (Continued From First Page.) fiyers to take sponge baths, exercise and to sleep. Today’s menu for the crew was an- nounced as follows: Breakfast — Cereal, bananas, toast, half cream and half milk. Lunch — Tongue sandwiches, salad, milk. Dinner—Chicken soup, turkey, baked tatoes, asparagus and celery, bread, ce cream and cake, coffee. GIRL SEEKS NEW RECORD. dry fruit 18-Year-Old Aviatrix Tries to Upset Women's Endurance Feat. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los Angeles, January 2 (#).—Miss Bobby Trout, 18-year-old Los Angeles aviatrix, took the air in a sports monoplane at 6:05 am. today in an effort to break the women's endurance flight record. Miss Trout, who holds a commercial aviator's license, has about 150 flying hours to her credit. ‘The present women's endurance rec- ord, 8 hours and 6 minutes, was made last month at Roosevelt Field, New York, by Viola Gentry. O'FALLON RAILROAD ASKS COURT ACTION Independent Judgment Is Sought of Claim I. C. C. Methods Are Confiscatory. By the Associated Press. The St. Louis & O'Fallon Railroad, which has placed before the Supreme Court, a case which may involve the whole structure of railroad valuations, asked the court today for its inde- pendent judgment of the claim that the Interstate Commerce Commission’s methods constituted confiscation. Counsel for the short line filed a brief directed principally to support its con- tention that it was entitled to a new trial on its challenge of the validity of the commission’s valuation for rate making purposes. The St. Louis & O'Fallon lost in the lower courts in its fight against recapture by the Govern- ment of excess earnings. The railroad world is walting for the decision of the Supreme Court on its appeal. The brief referred to cases which have come before the Supreme Court in which the court took the position the railroad contends it should take in the present case, of reviewing all the issues without regard to the narrowness of the decision from which the appeal had been taken. The Supreme Court was urged to make a sweeping review of all the facts which have any bearing upon the proper method for valuation of public utility properties. 32,000 Job Hunters Storm Ford Plant Seeking New Po Hundreds Brave Snow’s Fury During All-Night Stand at Office. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, January 2.—Milling about the employment office of the Ford Motor Co. at Fordson, a crowd estimated by officials of the company at 32,000 men. today responded to the announcement of the company that 30,000 additional men will be employed. The crowd was unwieldy and the em- ployment office, which. was to have opened at 8 a.m. remained closed until guards could form the men into a semblance of a line. Many of those outside the small building had stood all night in the snow. By 4 a.m., the number was esti- mated at 5000 and by 8 am., Ford officials sald there were 32,000 on hand. Employment officials of the company have announced that from 500 to 600 men will be added to the plant's roster daily until the full complement of 30,000 has been added. More than that cannot be hired daily, they said, be- cause of details of employing. The initial announcement of the company said the 30,000 men will have been hired March 1 to enable the operation of plant six days a week while mmuluinhun Ford schedule of & five-day week lor employes, i THEATER BANDIT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA Elmo Williams, confessed Earle T I ) o * 4 L heater bandit, being take back to Jafl today after his arraignment before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, at which he pleaded guilty. BANDIT AND UNCLE ARE HELD FOR TRIAL Elmo Williams Pleads Guilty to Earle Robbery—Held in $10,000 Bond. Elmo Willlams, 28-year-old bandit, pleaded gullty today when charged with robbing the Earle Theater last Fall and was held in $10,000 bonds for action of the grand jury by United States Com- missioner Needham C. Turnage. His uncle, Thomas Edison Willlams of Tampa, Fla, accused of complicity, pleaded not guilty and was held for the grand jury under $5,000 bond. Unable to post the stipulated security, both men were committed to jail. Neither was represented by counsel. Elmo Williams, police say, has ad- mitted, in addition to the theater rob- bery, that he held up David W. Bell, jr, an employe of the Peoples Drug Store at Thomas circle, and also that he “tricked” Charles Kemper a porter, employed by another People’s store, into giving him $70 of the firm’s money. COOLIDGE ARRIVES HERE FROM SOUTH Returns to Washington From Holiday Vacation and Hunting Trip. President and Mrs. Coolidge re- turned to the White House this afternoon. The special train of the Atlantic Coast line, which hrought the presidential party from Bruns- wick, Ga., arrived at Union Station at 1:50 o'clogk after an uneventful trip. Secretary of- State Kellogg and Everett Sanders, the President’s sec- retary, greetéd the President and Mrs. Coolldge. * BY J. BUSSELL YOUNG. ABOARD PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHING- TON, January 2.—After one of the most enjoyable and interesting vaca- tions since they have been the occu- pants of the White House, the President and Mrs, Coolidge are today speeding back to Washington, which will be reached by them this afternoon. Both are in the best of health and spirits and highly enthusiastic over their stay at the mugnl&unt sea-island In. ‘| home ot Howard E. Cof The homeward journey toddy is being enlivened by the occasion of Mrs, Coolidge's birthday annfversary. She was the reciplent of congratulations from the members of the presidéntial P;rty and congratulatory messages de- ivered aboard the train. The presi- dential car and the table in the din- ing car used by the President and Mrs. Coolidge were specially decorated with flowers in honor of the latter's birthday. A dinner party on Mr. Coffin’s yacht last night was intended to serve in honor of Mrs, Coolidge's birthday as well as New Year day. Favors and novelties featured this party. Paper hats of various designs were donned by the diners and the President. Noise- making contrivances and small horns also were used during the fun-making. The special train of the Atlantic Coast Line, in the personal charge of Oem&e James, general l.ssemier agent at ashington, left Brunswick, Ga., with the presidential party last night at 7:30 o'clock. Despite a light rain nearly one thousand persons were at the sta- tion to wave farewell. The President and Mrs, Coolidge, after an especially strenuous time hunting, tramping and cruising, were a trifle tired when they climbed aboard thfeir train, and both retired early. As a result of their long sleep they both were greatly refreshed when they appeared this morning. The President arose shortly after 6 o'clock. He hur- ried through his shaving and lost little time getting out on the observation platform. He enjoyed the brisk morning air and the countryside. Later he went to the drawing room, where he scanned the morning papers while awaiting Mrs. Coolidge, when they went to their breakfast. The President is not bringing back with him any of the trophies of the hunt from Sapelo Island. As near as can be calculated, he personally killed eight pheasants, three wild turkeys and two quail. He is quite proud of all this, but left the island disappointed at not hlvln, shot & deer, So far as he has let it be known, the President, while in Georgia, has con- cerned himself very little with affairs of Government, though he had tele- phonic facilities. on Sapelo Island for quick communication with Washington. | BURNING SHIP SAVED. Freighter Towed to Port After Fire at Sea Damages Interior. HAVANA, January 2 (#).—Dispatches to El Mundo from its correspondent at Santiago de Cuba today said that the American freighter Ortega was towed into that port yesterday by the auxiliary boat Warbler after a fire at sea which burned out the interior of the craft. The Ortega was en routs from New York to Colombia and Haiti. No cas- ualties were reported. The Ortega, formerly the Sioux City, is a freighter of 2,689 tons gross regis- ter and Is operated by the Colombian Line. She is 253 feet long and has a crew of 24 men. The Ortega was re- ported on November 11 to have gone ashore off the coast of Haiti and later vord of her was that she had been placed in the hands of salvagers, who planned to take her to San Cubay de gt vaipin i S THREE ARRESTED IN OHIO KIDNAPING, Suspects Deny Connection With Disappearance of Boy at Orrville. By the Associated Press. ORRVILLE, Ohio, January 2.—Three Orrville men were arrested at 3 o'clock this morning in connection with the supposed kidnaping of Melvin Horst, |4 who disappeared from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Horst, of Orrville late last Thursday. The men were placed in the city jail after being questioned more than six hours. County Prosecutor Walter J. Mougey said that formal charges of kidnaping would be filed against the trio. After the suspects were locked up Deputy Sheriff Lee Pontius and a spe- cial detective left in an automobile on a mysterious 100-mile trip. Destination Withheld. Authorities would not reveal where the two officers were going, but it is understood that Columbus was their des- tination. It was believed they were taking a woman there in an attempt to have her identified by a Columbus woman as the person who was seen on a street car in Columbus Saturday night with a boy who resembled the missing Orrville lad. Mougey said the three suspects de- nied any connection with the sup- posed kidnaping. The prosecutor said, however, that they told conflicting stories relative to their movements on the night the boy disappeared. Melvin last was seen late Thursday when he told a chum with whom he had been playing that he had to go home for supper. He left pulling the little red wagon in which he had been giving his playmate a ride. His parents became alarmed soon afterward when he failed to appear and a search start- ed. The wagon was found in the edge of the yard. Revenge Theory Advanced. Authorities believed that if Melvin was kidnaped it was either for revenge or he was mistaken for a neighbor boy. Melvin’s father is a laborer, while the father of the other boy, who is the same age of Melvin and looks very much like him, is said to be wealthy. Roy Horst, city marshal, is an uncle of the missing boy, and it is thought that his activities against alleged boot- leggers may have had something to do Vi ?1 Melvin's disappearance. INSURANCE ESTATE TAX S HELDLEGAL Supreme Court Rules Against Brown Will Executors Asking Refund. ‘The provision in the Federal estate tax making the proceeds of life in- surance policies taxable to the estate, though the proceeds were received by the beneficlaries and not by the estate, is not a direct tax on property and is not unconstitutional because the tax was not apportioned amon gthe States. ‘This was the decision of the Supreme Court today in the case of the Chase National Bank of New York and others as executors of Herbert W. Brown against the United States, in answer to the questions propounded by the Court of Claims. Justice Stone deliv- ered the opinion of the court. Three Policies Issued. In 1922, the New York Life Insur- | ance Co. issued three life insurance policies for $200,000 to Brown. His wife was named beneficiary. Later in | the year Mr. Brown made some changes in the beneficiaries. In 1924, he died, leaving & will under which the Chase { National Bank and others were named | as executors. The executors paid the Federal estate tax on the estate, but did not include in the gross estate the proceeds of the policies. ‘The commissioner of internal revenue assessed additional taxes for the life !insurance proceeds. The executors paid the amount, but claimed a refund on the theory that the proceeds of the policies belonged to the beneficiarfes, were not part of the estate and also that the provision in the revenue act of 1921 taxing such proceeds constituted | a direct tax, which was unconstitutional because not apportioned among the States. Clalms Suit Filed. Six months elapsed after the claim {for the refund, and the executors filed suit in the Court of Claims. The Cou:rt of Claims certified the question to the Supreme Court, with the question whether the tax in controversy bore such an unreasonable relation to the estate as to render it void. In the Supreme Court, the executors argued that the proceeds of the policies never were in their possession, were the exclusive property of the beneficlary, and were therefore not part of the estate. They also argued that the tax in question was a direct tax and un- constitutional because not apportioned. The Government argued that this was not a direct tax on property, but an excise tax, and that it was not un- reasonable to include the proceeds from the policies in the estate, llthou&: the beneficiary received the proceeds directly from the insurance company, and the proceeds never came within the control of the éxecut . WONAN MAY LIV AFTERBRIGELEAP Chest Crushed and Skull Probably Fractured in Plunge From Span. Recovering consciousness this after- noon after a leap last night from Klingle Road Bridge, which resulted in injuries of undetermined gravity, Miss Naomi Elmore, 28, this afternoon told Detective Charles R. Mansfield of the narcotic squad that she hopes now to recover. The detective also reported that she ascribed her act to despondency over a love affair. Police had heard she was worried over ill health. Emergency Hospital officlals say Miss Elmore has a fighting chance to re- cover. Her injuries include a crushed chest and probably a fractured skull. {1t was thought also that she had a | breken ankle, but physicians did not ex- pect the full extent of her injuries would be known until later, when her condi- tlon might permit closer examination. Had Been in Ill Health. Miss Elmore, who lives in Apartment 321 of Cathedral Mansions North, has been in ill health for more than a year, and planned to undergo a major op- eration for a stomach disorder Jan- uary 15. Friends say she never had re- covered fully from the effects of an operation last April. Where the young woman jumped, about 75 feet from the south end, the bridge is 40 feet above the ground. She was not killed, doctors believe, because she landed at a point where the earth had been softened by rain. Motorists Refuse Aid. Police learned of the incident when an unidentified man telephoned the fourteenth precinct shortly before 9 o'clock and reported that he had seen a woman jump from the bridge. Pos liceman Ralph Harris was sent to in- vestigate the report. He was unable to find the man who called ths pre« cinct, and only after some difficulty lo- cated Miss Elmore by hearing her moan. With the assistance of Herbert A. Roberts, 3221 Connecticut avenue, the policeman carried the unconscious woms an to the street. Two motorists refused to take Miss Elmore to the hospital, one explaining that his car was already full and the second declaring that he was an invalid and unable to stand the sight of the injured woman. W. T. Cahill of 4701 Connecticut avenue, driver of the third car to pass the bridge, stopped and took the in- jured woman to Emergency Hospital. After a preliminary examination, Drs, I Rutkoski and Edward Kelly of the hospital staff pronounced her condition critical, Miss Elmore was not identified until after she had reached thé hospital, when her roommate, Miss Belle Boyd, was notified. been brooding over the operation yestepday, and bscame hysteri- cal about 8 o'clock last night. Declaring that she “had nothing to live for,” Miss Boyd said, the other woman left their apartment, refusing to listen to her. pleas that' she remain inside. Friends Hunt for Her. When she found she was not able to control her roommate, Miss Boyd said she called a friend, I. Levinson of 2709 Woodley road, and told him of the scene in the apartment. Levinson called the Fourteenth precinct to enlist police assistant in a search for Miss Elmore just a few minutes before the message was recefved telling of her Jump. Miss Elmore’s last position was with the United States Patent Office. She resigned in April because of the necessity of an operation, and has not been abie to work since. She has but one relative in Washing- ton, her sister, Mrs. A. B. Poore, of 3549 Quesada street. She is a step-daughter of Lieut. F. H. Baasen, U. 8. N, stationed at Newport, R. 1" During ths World War Miss Elmore served in the Navy as yeomanette. RUBBER LIKE STEEL UNDER PRESSURE Paraffin in Experiment Becomes Harder Than Machine Bars. 0il Too Dense to Use. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (#).—Tremen- dous pressures have reversed almost completely the famillar properties of | some well known substances in experi- | ments at Harvard University. Paraffin, under pressures ranging be- tween 200,000 to 600,000 unSs a square inch, became so hard that Prof. Percy W. Bridgman pronounced it harder than machine steel. Rubber be- came so hard that it was pronounced usable as a die to form steel. Oil became useless as & lubricant, be- cause it turned solid. Mercury, after a pressure of 60,000 pounds began to escape, the theory being that its atoms were forced between those composing the steel chamber in which it was im- prisoned. Dr. Bridgman said that once the almost solid steel chamber broke in such an explosive manner that its fragments penetrated 6 inches of pine planking. One of the objectives of the experi- ments is to test materials used in manu- facture of big guns. Another is study of molecular and atomic changes in various substances. "'EMANCIPATI.ON" TOPIC OF PRELATE’S ADDRESS Bishop Walls of A. M. E. Zion Church to Speak Before Con- vention Meeting Tonight. Bishop W. J. Walls, A. M. E. Z. Church, will speak on “Complete Eman- cipation” at this evening’s meeting of the National Equal Rights League and Race Congress of America, which is holding a two-day session in Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Third and I streets. Other speakers include L. Melendez King, who will discuss the work of former Chief Justice Edwards Douglass White of the United States Supreme Court, and Armond W. Scott, who_will give a “Political Forecast of the Negro Based on the Last Election.” ‘The convention opened last night with a eulogy of Abraham Lincoln by Dean Kelley Miller of Howard Universitv, Tomorrow night Dr. C. L. Russell, presi- dent of the National Interdenomina- tional Ministerial Alliance of Amer will speak on “Leadership That Counts, Rev. W. H. Jernagin is presiding. Bootleg Fines Set Record. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 2.—Bootleg fines pald into Federal court here set a new record last year, $118,- 570.15, according to a report of United States Attorney Amos W. W. Woodcack. ‘Woodcock's “éport showed the criminal cases pending on the docket had been reduced by mors than one-half during the year. Sixteen Hurt as Bus Hits Bridge. EL RENO, Okla, January 2 (#)— Sixteen persons were injured, five seri- ously, when a sf line bus crashed into a concrete bridge early today while en route from Ol Reno. Miss Boyd told police her friend had * imy '