Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1929, Page 4

/G ] CATHEDRAL STAFF * GETS WIDER SCOPE New Field Representatives| to Have Special Duties Throughout Country. Through augmentation of the staff of the National Cathedral Association, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, announced yesterday a | comprehensive program of activities, | aimed to bring the inspiration of the ! Washington Cathedral and its ultimate possibilities before a Nation-wide audi- ence. Rev. Robert Lee Lewis, for the past two years curator of Washington Ca- thedral; Rev. Alfred J. Wilder, former rector of St. Alban's Church, Detroit, and Rev. John Westcott Gummere, former rector of St. Andrew's Church. | Mount Holly, N. J.. have been appointed field representatives of the National As-| sociation, it was announced, and Col. | John H. Finney, prominent Washing- ton layman, has been named curator of the cathedral to fill the vacancy oc- casioned by the advancement of Rev. Mr. Lewis. | In Many Cities. Lecture and sermon engagements in cities throughout the country are scheduled for the new field represent- i atives. From humble beginnings in | 1898, the National Cathedral Associa- tion has gradually developed until to- day it has local committees in 133 cities and thousands of members. including Tepresentatives from every State. Dur- ing the past year, representatives of | the association have lectured on the cathedral as a spiritual force in the life of the Nation before notable gather- ings throughout the country. With three additional spokesmen pro- vided by the new appointments, the work can now be carried on more €x- tensively than ever. Citizens of every State will be asked to place stones in the fabric of the edifice. It is hoped | that stomes will be received from at| Jeast 100 citizens in every congressional district, giving the cathedral a truly national character, it is explained. Well Qualified for Task. cause of his intimate association | 'wl:’le the cathedral undertaking during the last two years, Rev. Mr. Lewis is| considered particularly well qualified for the task he is about to assume. Before joining the cathedral staff he was rector of St. John's Church, Belts- ville, Md. He was educated at the West Texas Military Academy, the ‘University of Virginia and the Virginia “Theological Seminary. Mr. Lewis has | many fraternal afilliations and his | field activities will include organiza- tion work in behalf of the cathedrals Masonic committee. Rev. Mr. Wilder was eight years rec- tor of St. Alban’s in Detroit and has performed notable services in the building of churches. He was some time dean of Marquette and also arch- deacon of that territory, which office he relinquished to enter his rectorship Detroit. Inl!ev. Mr. Gummere joins the cathe- dral forces after a ministerial career in New Jersey. During the World War he served with the an _Ambu- 1ance and American Red Cross Commis- sion for Belgium. He was elevated to the 1919 and became vector of St. Paul's, Bound Brook, N. J., in 1920. In 1923 he came to the parish in Mount Holly, continuing until his recent resignation. Experience of Years. the new curator of Washington Cathedral, Col. Finney will bring the results of many years' experience as & Jayman in church work. He hasserved as & of 8t. Paul's parish under three rectors. He is a member of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and a lay reader, and was active in the| Bi ¢ Crusade, having been assigned with Bishop Anderson of Chicago to work in Jowa. He became associated with the cathedral during the Fall, as- #isting at that time with the prepara- tions for the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As curator, Col. Finney will have ‘opportunity to utilize the business ex- rience of his commercial and mili- ry pursuits in directing the already extensive activities of this department. More than 275,000 persons visit the chapels or attend the cathedral serv- ices annually. During the World War Col. Finney was in the Engineer Corps. BANQUET TO OPEN WAR CURE PARLEY 1,000 Women Expected to Attend Conference Here, Start- ing Monday. | ‘With 1,000 women attending, the Na- tional Conference on the Cause and Cure of War will get under way with a | banquet at the Washington Hotel on | Monday evening, January 14. Secretary of State Kellogg will give an interpreta- tion of the Briand-Kellogg treaty from ; the viewpoint of governments and the treaty will be interpreted from the view- point of the “man in the street” by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. The confer- | ence, thus opzned, will continue through January 17 and include in the list of #peakers an imposing number of women | active in the affairs of the Nation. The conference will bring togetaer | women delegates representing the ten | national women's organizations affil- jated with the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War and will be an “international conversation” on peace, the reduction of armaments, freedom of the seas foreign invest- ments, armaments, the Monroe Doc- trine and national defense. ‘The conference plans {o take up espe- cially the problem of war airplane ac- tivity, the increasing development of war chemistry in deadly gases developed for warfare, nationalized war publicity | and propaganda and fear on the part| ©of peoples. ‘The meeting will mark the conclusion ®f a campaign the committee has been waging on behalf of the Briand-Kellogg peace treaty, in which there have been 1.000 meetings in the 48 States of the Tnion, with 51 sectional conferences during the year in 39 States. The co-operating organizations in the eonference include The American Association of University Women, the Council of Women for Home Missions, the Federation of Women's Boards of | Foreign Missions of North America, the General Federation of Women's Clubt the National Bosrd of Young Women’ Christian Associations, the National | Council of Jewish Women, the National | Federation of Business and Professional ‘Women's Clubs, the National League of ‘Women Voters, the W. C. T. U. and the National Women's Trade Union League. NEW TRIBUNAL URGED. Uruguayan Paper Suggests Plan to Assure Peace. MONTEVIDEDO, Uruguay, January 5 (#).—A Pan-American tribunal of in- ternational justice with power to en- force its decisions was advocated today by El Ideal, the newspaper of former President Batille y Ordonez. It was sug- gested that the United States, Argen- tina and Brazil could take the initiative for the creation of such a compulsory arbitration tribunal The article declared that interna- tional peace could not be assured while ja plane to Greenly Island, Labrador, |to express a sincere desire for peace, | tional authority to carry them into ef-| CREW 15 SEASONED IN MAKING FLIGHTS Spatz, Eaker, Halverson and Quesada Noted in Avia- 1 tion Annals. | By the Associated Press. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Lo Angeles, Calif., January 5—Making | sviation history is nothing new to the | men who comprise the crew of the Army monoplane Question Mark. Maj. Carl Spatz, commander of the flight, born in Boyertown, Pa., in 1891, is a graduate of West Point, class of 1911, and holds the Distinguished Service Cross for bringing down two enemy planes during the World War. He served with the Punitive Expedition in Mexico in 1916. Capt. Ira C. Eaker, second in com- mand aboard the plane, was born in Llano, Tex., in 1895, entered the Army in 1917, was commisioned a second leutenant and assigned to aviation. Capt. Eaker, who was a member of the Army’s pan-American flight in 1926, which covered 20,000 miles, holds the Distinguished Flying Cross. He piloted | | | | last year in an effort to fly the mono- plane Bremen to the United States after it had landed there on a flight from Europe. First Lieut. H. A. Halverson, pilot of the Question Mark, was born in Boone, Iowa, in 1895. He entered the Air Service in 1918 and was trained in San Diego. He served as an advance officer in connection with the Army around- the-world flight several years ago. Second Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, another pilot of the Question Mark, ‘was born in Washington, D. C,, in 1904. He was graduated from the Advance Flying School at Kelly Field, Tex., and commissioned in the Army Air Corps | Reserve in 1925. He has piloted P. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of | ‘War, on many long hops. | DEMOCRATS RALLY TO BORAH’S COLORS IN TREATY FIGHT| (Continued From First Page) to use punitive measures against any nation that may violate the treaty. No possible interpretation could construe a treaty promising not to go to war into an obligation to wage war.” Continuing, Senator Swanson said that the promise in the treaty was “lim- ited to the individual obligation of the signatory and contains no guarantee for any other nation.” should also be noted,” he went on, “that the reservations or interpre- tations made by Secretary Kellogg for | the United States are made by notes exchanged similar in method to those ! made by other nations and hence mo | necessity exists that these should be Iepeated in the resolution of ratifica- | lan. | “It provides no tribunal, no instru-| mentalities for the settlement of inter- | national differences. These are left to| be composed outside the scope of the treaty. This was one of the fatal de- fects of the treaty even in the form as originally proposed. “International differences if long con- tinued invariably fester and produce increased soreness. Internationhal tri- bunals of efficiency and character in- spiring confidence and acquiescence are indispensable for their proper set- tlement. tirely.” ; | McLean Gives Views. | Senator McLean likewise remirked that the treaty did “nothing more than although it may bring the world to a better understanding of the facts that underlie good will among nations. “It is well to bear in mind.” he said, that peace treaties cannot abolish war | without the existence of an interna- fect. Peace pacts will not prevent war as long as the great powers sow the seeds of war.” Declaring that there was an “im- plied abandonment” of the Monroe Doctrine in the pact, he said that “our neighbors in South America” will as- sert that we have dropped the doctrine, and limited our right to defend South America under the doctrine. “I have noted,” he explained. “the extreme care with which Great Britain | reserved ‘her rights in certain regions. while we have omitted any mention of ours and the Monroe Doctrine goes far beyond our mere right of self-defense. After reviewing unsettled interna. tional affairs in the Far East, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Germany, Sena- tor McLean declared that the Ameri- can people must realize that peace may not be accomplished while such condi- tions continue. “Deists and atheists, Moses and Dar- | win,” he added, “are still marching side by side with victory going to the strongest.” { Turning to a discussion of the treaty : first section “is behind the event and | therefore harmless,” while “the second ; section is 1,000 years ahead of the event if it means what it says.” { “Disputes of every nature and origin | must be settled by peaceful methods.” | he continued. “If an enemy hits you | hard enough to cause you to dispute his right to do it you must keefi your hands in your pockets. This what the treaty says. In just three lines it out- millenium. But, of course, it doesn’t mean what it says.” “I say again if this treaty is to be a gesture and nothing more, why should the Senate hesitate to adopt a resolu- tion that will put it in accord with | this view: and if this treaty is more than a gesture, why should we hesitate to say that its obligations do not impair our right to defend our vital interests whenever and wherever they may be | endangered.” Declaring that “our forefathers took their muskets with them to church” in order that “they might praise God, maintain order and hoe corn unmo- lested,” he added that “if we reject the interpretative resolution and fail world that in the future our first lin> there was no material force to uphold it nd to prevent strong nations from 'lnpo)!lng weaker ones. of defense will be composed of hymn ‘books only."” AIDING WASHING | i | (Furnished by United States Coast and | | high tide, 5:30 a.m. and 5: This treaty ignores these en- | itself, Senator McLean said that (he\b" laws nature’s first law and inlaws the | to pass the cruiser bill, we notify the | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 6, 1929—PART T’ TON CATHEDRAL RALLIES ARRANGED | Supporters Will Gather at Two Sessions Friday—Foes | Convene Tuesday. From the opposing camps of the fac- | tions outside of Congress lined up for and against the cruiser bill, which has | been made the unfinished business of | l | Upper: Col. John H. Finney (left), appointed curator of the cathedral, suc- ceeding Rev. Robert Lee Lewis (right), named as field representative. Lower: Rev. John Westcott Gunmere, another newly appointed field repre- sentative. THE WEATHER District of Columbla—Rain _this | morning, followed by clearing in after- noon, decidedly colder this afternoon and night; Monday fair and continued cold. Maryland—Rain, changing to snow, and much colder in west portion, an rain this morning, followed by clear- | ing and much colder in afternoon in east portion, much colder tonight. M.l);dly generally fair and continued | cold. Virginia—Rain this morning, followed by clearing and much colder, except | snow flurries, with cold wave in ex-| treme west portion, much colder to-| night; Monday fair and continued cold. | West Virginia—Rain, changing to! snow, and much colder today, cold | wave tonight: Monday generally fair| and continued cold. Records for 24 Hours. Temperature—Midnight. 32; 2 l.m..l 29; 4 am, 28: 6 am., 28: 8 am. 29; 19'am. 31; 12 noon, 33; 2 pm.. 35; 4| opm, 37; 6 pm, 42; 8 pm, 54; 10/ a.m., 56. Highest. 56; lowest, 28. Temperature same date last year— Ilighest, 41; lowest, 13. Tide Tables, Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 11:18 11:56 p.m.; high tide, 4:41 5:09 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 12 | am. and! am. and| 5 pm.; pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:27 am.; sun sets | 5:91 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:27 am.; sun/ sets 5:01 p.m. Moon rises 3:40 am.: sets 1:45 pm. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. ‘Weather in Various Cities. ~Temperature.— Precipi- Max. Min. tation, 8 Asheville, N. C Atlanta, Gi Baltimore. Birmingha: Buffalo. W. Chicago. I Cineinnati, Chevenne, Gleveland, Des M Detroit, Dulyth: Omaha, Nebr. Philadelphia. . Oresx Lake City. Mo. 8i . 8t. Paul. Minn San Antonio, Tex. Ban Diego, Calif. Francisco. Caiil. Mex.... iiE a2 . Utah e a Fe, Savannah, Seattle. Wash Springfield. Tampa. Fia Toledo, Vicksbire. WASHINGTO! SCHALL FAVORS NAVY ON PAR WITH BRITAIN'S Position Explained by Senator After Coolidge Interview on Treaty and Ship Bill. President Coolidge yesterday uked] Senator Thomas D. Schall, Republican, | of Minnesota to the White House to talk | over the anti-war treaty and the cruiser | Senator Schall explained his position following his interview with the Presi- dent as being one of regret that the country has not sufficlent cruisers and his bellet that the American Navy, should be on par with Great Britian in | this respect. On the other hand, the Senator believed ratification of the | ! anti-war treaty at this time would have |a good psychological effect for peace, | since it was initiated in this country, but in his opinion it remains nothing more than a gesture. He stated he | would not vote for the treaty if it in- | volves this country in any way with the ; [beague of Nations or the World Court. | Swanson Asks Life Terms, CHICAGO, January 5 (#).—Aid of ! police in enforcing the habitual criminal lacl of Illinois was asked by State At- torney John A. Swanson of Cook County, in a letter today to Willlam P. Russell, Chicago commissioner of police. A second conviction for a felony under axe act carries a mandatory life sen- nce. = —e— Experiment on Russian rajlways have shown great fuel economies in the use of Diesel engine lownml\u | the committee, announced that it has | Stephen S. Wise of New York and oth i leaders in the fight to block passage of | Question Mark keeps his eyes on my | the Senate, came reports yesterday of | widespread response to the call for conferences to be held in Washington | next week. The National Sojourners, a Masonic body comprising officers of the Army, | Navy and Marine Corps, arranged to | give a banquet Friday evening at the Mayflower Hotel in support of the cruiser bill, and responses from patriotic | organizations have been so numerous, | Capt. George F. Unmacht, chairman of | been necessary to arrange for a special | rally at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the hotel in addition to the banquet.| All friends of the cruiser bill are in- vited to both meetings. At the banquet the chief speaker will be Col. Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the | American Leglon. His address will be broadcast over Station WRC. Opponents of the cruiser bill, repre- senting the citizens’ conference which comprises many of the church and pacifist groups of the country, are ex- pected to gather here in large numbers for a council meeting Tuesday, followed by a dinner that evening in the Wash- ington Hotel under the auspices of the Washington Council on International Relations. Among the speakers at the | dinner will be Bishop Francis J. Mc- Connell of New York, head of the Fed- eral Council of Churches; Rabbi | =1 the cruiser bill on the ground that such action would nullify the effect of | the Kellogg treaty for the renunciation of war. REFUELING PILOT DEPICTS PROCESS Hoyt Believes Question Mark Feat Will Accelerate Com- mercial Aviation. By the Associated Press. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, LOS ANGELES, January 5.— Experience gained in the endurance fiight of the Army plane Question Mark has demon- strated that aerial refueling is a prac- tical achievement now for commercial viation, Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, pilot of | efueling plane No. 1, told the Asso- ciated Press today. Hoyt's account of | refueling contacts follows: “Despite our heavy loads of gas and the weight of three men, our ship | hops off like & pursuit plane, We climb | to the altitude of the Question Mark | and then throttle down and fly along- side of it on the left side to get its course and speed. “I pick a landmark ahead for a straight course and maintain it. The Question Mark dips beneath us and is lost to sight, from me, although it is within 20 feet of our plane. Some- times it comes as close as 10 feet, and then I can see its tail. “Lieuts. Woodring and Strickland lower the hose from the fuselage and Maj. Spatz fits it into the funnel and the refueling proceeds at 75 gallons a minute. All I do is fly a straight course. My only signals come from Woodring by a rope attached to my arm. One long pull means ‘slow up’; two pulls, ‘speed up'; a constant jiggle means the | refueling is over. “As soon as the Question Mark fis through refueling she glides along to the left and then I land. Takes Nine Minutes. | “We have had no trouble with the | contacts. the last 24 hours for an average of | 9 minutes each, making 81 minutes actual contact in 24 hours. “The only difference between flying | in formation and making contacts is that we can see each other in forma- tion, while in contact the pilot can- not see the plane beneath him. This may cause anxiety, but the answer is confidence between the two pilots. All we have to do is to watch our speeds end altitudes and maintain a straight course. When we hit an upward cur- {lel:l!'e b&th ships h‘:r‘mvelln unison and no ¢l n 3 it ge the planes “I get into contact a little nose heavy to get relief from being tail heavy when the fuel has been delivered, thereby lessening the load on my plane. “When the contact is completed, Maj. Spatz waves ‘O.K. signal to Woodring, who climbs off the gas valve and the Question Mark flies away. “Last night was the first time I broke contact. I .had picked a mark in Hollywood as a course and was flying directly toward it. We got so close I could see Grey CIiff, and when I could about count the pebbles I nosed up.| I knew Capt. Eaker was watching the refuel line and I was the only one watching ahead. Capt. Eaker of the | landing gear during the contact to pre- | vent the planes from coming together. We separated and got away all right. Spatz Takes Consignment. “The delivery of oll in 5-gallon containers apd food and supplies is a simple matter. Woodring lowers the package on a rope and it drops into the cockLt and into Maj. Spatz’ arms. “We have demonstrated the practical aspect of simple refueling in air and it will enable commercial aviation com- panies to increase their pay loads.” Lieut. I. A. Woodring, describing the refueling, sald: “I let out 30 feet of colled 4-inch hose slowly. It strikes the wing of the Question Mark and glides down into Maj. Spatz’ arms. As soon as he grabs it he signals and we turn on the gas. He signals when he has sufficient gas and we turn it off and he is gone.” Father of Film Star IIL i BUTLER, Pa., January 5 (#).—Jones Hines, 86 years old, father of Johnnie | Hines, jr., movie comedian, was re-| moved to the Butler County Memorial | Hospital today, suffering from an attack | of bronchial pneumonia. His condi- tion was said to be critical. | entirely I have made nine contacts in | bases [CRUISER MEASURE 'RETURN OF HOOVER | SPEEDS INAUGURAL Many Details of Ceremony to Be Advanced Within Next 48 Hours. Plans for the ceremonies incident to the inauguration of Herbert Hoover, March 4, will move rapidly forward within the next 48 hours. The President-elect is due to arrive at Hampton Roads at 8 o‘clock this | morning on the battleship Utah, which has borne him from the east coast of | South America, and is to arrive in | Washington at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Although Chairman Grant of the inaugural committee left Washington yesterday on a short trip. he will arrive back in the Capital in time to Keep his | scheduled ‘appointment with the Pres- | ident-elect tomorrow. Within a few hours after Mr. Hoover and Col. Grant have gone over the extended details of the inaugural plans, it is anticipated | that the machinery of the inauguration | will slip into high gear and move for- ward with accelerated rapidity. So far the plans made by the com- mittees have been only tentative. They had first to be approved by the general | inaugural committee and must be sub- mitted to Mr. Hoover tomorrow before final approval is given. Col. Grant feels that Mr. Hoover should go over the plans carefully and fully, although he does not wish the President-elect to be bothered with many of the details. Taft to Officiate. The actual inauguration, on the steps of the Capitol, or in case of bad weather inside the building. will not be handled by the committee. But immediately after Mr. Hoover is sworn into the office of Chief Executive by a former holder of that office—Chief Justice Taft—he will place himself in the hands of the inaugural committee and commence the slow drive from the Capitol to the White House up historic Pennsylvania avenue. : Behind him the parade will form on streets leading into Pennsylvania ave- nue, debouching onto the Avenue in two great divisions, which overhead will wheel airplanes from the crack aviation groups of all the services, and through the groups of wheeling birdmen will course the great silver bag of the dirigi- ble Los Angeles. With the parade definitely limited to 20,000 marchers, to require three hours or less to pass a given point, Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman of the parade committee, has decided to limit it to two divisions. Heading the first division will come the new President and his official party, led by an escort of po- licemen. Behind the President will march three representatives of the three military services, battalions from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the National Guard of the District of Columbia. - Had a decision been made to include in the parade the cadets from West Point and midshipmen from Annapolis, these groups would have been included in the first division. But to bring them to Washington would cost $37.000, and the committee does not feel justified in spending this amount for the purpose. State Delegations. i { The second division will be composed | of State delegations, among which two picturesque groups will form the focal points. Herbert Hoover vas born in West Branch, Iowa, and that State has already indicated its wish to have a colorful group in the parade from the State “where the tall corn grows.” This group was a large factor in the Shrine parade of 1923, and their marching song became famous on that occasion. California, where Mr. Hoover now makes his home at Palo Alto, ex- pects also to be represented by a color- ful group as the State where the new President has established himself as a permanent resident. and where he went to vote. Other State delegations from all over the United States will make up the balance of the division. Gen. Stephan has made careful esti- mates of the length of time it takes a group of marchers to pass a given point and has worked out the numerical strength of the marchers accordingly. Under his latest plan he intends to allot to each State a portion of the parade d on a ratio of one marcher to each 20,000 population in the State, with a minimum of 25 marchers. One of the most picturesque features of the parade will be the Indian dele- gation, which will include plumed and feathered chiefs from the Western res- ervations and representatives of virtual- 1y all of the 22 Indian tribes now in existence. Because of the fact that Vice President-elect Charles Curtis has Indian blood, the Indians feel they should have posts of honor in the parade, and the committee plans to give them every consideration. They will be accompanied by cowboys dressed in the | picturesque garb of the old West. Not the least of the picturesque marchers in the second division will be a group of Australian cadets from pri- vate schools in<the continent “down under” who will wind up & tour of the United States by participating in the parade. They will be attired in uni- forms, as will the picturesquely garbed marching clubs from Pennsylvania and New York, which are always features | of an inaugural parade. Hope to Have Warships. While there has been no definite af- firmative answer from the request of the committee for Navy vessels to be located in the Washington Harbor dur- ing the inaugural period, committee officials are hopeful that Secretary Wilbur will find himself able to assign a cruiser or two, several destroyers and possibly a submarine to Washington for a few days. At least one of the sleek, fast vessels used by the Coast Guard will be here, coming from Nor- folk with a group of Coast Guard mem- bers to take part in the ceremonies. ‘Washington saw during the 1st Divi- ston parade in 1919 much of the motor- ized equipment of the Army as used overseas. But_ since the war ended| great advances have been made in tank technique and other motorized equip- ment. So it is highly probable that some of these steel horses of war will rumble up the Avenue behind the Presi- dent as the parade moves on its colorful way toward the White House. Further donations to the finance committee for the inauguration, made public yesterday, were: George O. Walson, $100; Kenneth F. Brooks, $25; Theodore W. Noyes, $800: ‘Theodore P. Noyes, $200. Eskimos once had a golden age, an| archeologist declared. He has unearth- | ed on the Bering Sea islands this Summer traces of ancient higher civi- lization than that which characterizes the present generation. Aviation Challenges For Continuous Non-Stop Air Flights By the Associated Press. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los Angeles, January 5—Not stopping with toppling all records made for sustained flight in heavier-than-air craft, the Army's great monoplane Question Mark has encroached upon the realm of the birds whose tiny wings inspired man to fly. Ornithology records no known flight by birds to equal the distance already traversed by the five men manning the | trimotored Fokker that is now upon its | second 100 hours of endurance flight. J Upon completing its 113th hour in the air, the Question Mark was esti- | mated to have traveled the distance o(i nearly 7,000 miles. It has averaged 63 Ornithology miles an_hour, the average speed made by fast-flying birds. There is no record of a bird having flown across the Pacific Ocean, although overland flights by the little feathered animals from Canada to southernmost points in South America have been noted. Bird students do not belisve, however, that such flights are sustained, without stops for food and water. In fairness to the birds, let it be pointed out that the Question Mark crewmen have foqd and fuel at hand for their needs. Vho knows but what the birds would Lincoln Log Cabin Rehabilitation Aid Asked of Coolidge The good offices of President Coolidge were sought by Senator F. M. Sackett, Republican, of Kentucky yesterday to hasten legislation for the rehabilitation of the homely log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born. The Senator called at the White House to inform the President that the national shrine is in danger and that funds available to maintain it safely are not adequate for draining of the ground in the vicinity and other major precautions necessary. The log cabin, near Hodgens- ville, Ky., is inclosed in a strue- ture built by the late P. F. Collier. who left it to the Nation and sef agide $30,000 for its upkeep. This is not_enough to meet the situa- tion, Senator Sackett said today in urging the President to get bo- hind legislation appropriating $100,000 for road construction. drainage and general maintenance of the Lincoln shrine. ROYALISTS DONATE 10 WILELM FUND Seventieth Birthday of Ex-| Kaiser Will Be Remem- bered by His Friends. | | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 5.—Friends of former Emperor Wilhelm II are work- ing throughout Germany to raise & fund to be known as the Kaiserdank, which will be presented to him on his seventieth birthday, January 27. With this fund he will be able to satisfy the numerous requests for financial assist- ance that are sald to reach him daily. A special “Verein Kaiserdank” has been created for the purpose, headed by Dr. Kracker von Schwartzenfeldt, former German Minister to Colombia. The treasurer is Lieut. Gen. Richard Waechter, vice chairman of ths Fed- eration of Former Officers. Every con- tributor is assured that his name will be presented to the former monarch on his seventieth birthday. Planned Victory Celebration. In a printed “appeal,” which is be- ing circulated privately among mon- archist circles in Germany, attention is called to the fact that in the event of victory in the World War the ex- Kaiser’s birthday “would have been celebrated as a national holiday.” The appeal then continues: “Many faithful Germans consider that now, more than ever, it is their duty toward German honor and dig- nity to show their gratitude toward a monarch who for decades, from early morning until late evening, thought, worked and worried solely for our |into the barn on his farm, | puse, fatherland, yet upon whose head veri- table mountains of calumny and defa- mation descend daily. “A birthday cheer should, for a while at least, make him forget his sorrow. But how can we who are lmpovfl'ishcdi supply it? We know that the Kaiser's ! greatest delight consists in helping | others, in bringing happiness to com- patriots in need. Accordingly, the! ‘Verein Kaiserdank,’ which desires in | the spirit of the great Hohenzollern ' princes to establish a community of interests in German people through practical manifestations of brotherly | love, has devised the plan of eltahush-i ing free berths in hospitals and free; board for recuperation in rural districts, distribution of both to be made by the Kaiser on his seventieth birthday.” “All good Germans in whom grati- | tude is not yet dead” are invited to! become members of the verein, which | aims especially to help those who were | impoverished through war and infla- tion. “Many of these are dying a slow death amid heart-rending material and spiritual poverty,” the appeal points out. Free Board Is Requested. People who cannot contribute finan- | cially to the scheme are requested to | offer temporary free board to the needy. Estate owners and farmers are urged to offer free room and board to recon- valescertts, doctors to grant free medi- cal aid, duggists to furnish medicines, hospitals to set aside free wards. Word is being passed out that all men and women loyal to their former ruler should concentrate on the “Kai- serdank” movement rather than split up_their efforts. ‘This will not prevent numerous na- tionalist organizations, however, such as those of former officers, to meet around the festive board on the eve- ning of January 27 and to send tele- grams of congratulation to the erstwhile ruler of Germany. It is also apparent that in a number of Evangelical Churches prayers will be offered for the health of the former monarch, though the heads of the church are for obvi- | ous reasons maintaining an attitude of neutrality toward such a movement. Containing gems of very high quality, a precious-stone mine has been discov- ered in the grounds of a residence near Sauterness, Franc HOMES'!! Hundreds of them will be sold for TAXES Do not lose your life long sav- ings by permitting your home to be sold for the want of a few hundreds of dollars with which to pay your taxes. Under our Easy-Payment Plan, we may be able to help you in this or some other equally worthy object. $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It #s not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. maintain prowess in_their realm if the flight comparisons be made on even terms? BULL GORES OWNER - BATTLES RES(}UERS% Vicious Beast Escapes After| Holding Six at Bay ‘ by Fury. l a ! Special Dispatch to The Star. | NEWTON, N. J., January 5.—Farmers of this vicinity hunted unavalingly to- | | day for a big Holstein bull which at- | tacked its owner, James Depuse, 65, yesterday and stood at bay for almost | an hour after being driven from the | prostrate man by neighbors armed with | pitchforks. Depuse is in the hospital | in Franklin. seriously injured. sullen animal about 3 | miles from Newton, when it lunged at him and knocked him down. Mrs. De- who was at a window of the saw the beast lower its head | He was leading the house, and toss her husband 15 or 20 feet, fol- lowing and trampling him as he fell. She telephoned for help, and within a few minutes half a dozen men with | pitchforks arrived and attacked the bull. Their efforts distracted its at- tention from its victim, but they were unable for some time to drive the bull to a distance sufficiently to enable them to carry the unconscious farmer away. The bull stood within 10 feet of him, | pawing and bellowing, shifting its posi- tion and rolling its eyes to keep the entire circle of its assailants in view. At intervals, it would wheel and make a short rush at one of the pitchfork men, but never drove its charge home, | refusing always to be enticed far from | Depuse. ‘When one of the men broke the shaft of his pitchfork belaboring the animal, | however, it whirled and chased him five | or six rods to a barbed wire fence. The man rolled desperately beneath the low- | est strand, tearing his clothes and lacer- | ating his body, but escaping the bull, which halted at the fence, pawing with | slow, powerful strokes which flung the | frozen soil over his back. In this brief interval, two of the other men picked Depuse up and carried him into the house. The bull heard the door close and came thundering back to his original stand. The three men | who remained there separated and, drove at him from the flanks with their pitchforks, a tine of one of the weapons penetrating so deep into the bull’s shoulder that it broke off when its assailant tried to wrench it out. | The bull was temporarily master of the field when a physican drove up a few minutes later, and, without hesita- tion, it charged his motor car, crump- ing one of the fenders and coming close to overturning the vehicle. The sudden snarl of a racing engine as the driver pressed down the accelerator caused the bull to withdraw, and the physician got out and ran to the house. For a few minutes the bull pawed and bellowed near the automobile, eyeing it truculently, but, as there was no response to its challenge, the animal | turned disdainfully and charged a last| year’s haystack, diminished in size and somewhat top-heavy, but packed solid by exposure to the wind. The stack rolled over and burst at| the impact, and the bull went off at a keen run. All day posses of farmers | armed with shotguns and pitchforks have been searching for it, and it is believed to have sheltered itself in the depths of some swamps or patch of woods. "AROLE OPPOSED AS 2 ARE JAILED Bandits’ Criminal Record Leads to Imposition of 25-Year Sentences. Sentence of 25 years each, coupled with a proscription against parole by the judge who fixed their penalty, were meted out here yesterday to two youth=- ful bandits, already the possessors of prison records, who sought to hide their past by pleading that the local crime was their first and blaming it to the use of a narcotic “taken for a thrill.” The pair. James Walion, 26, and Wil- liam J. Carter, 21, held up James H. | Chambers in his haberdashery estab- lishment. 1110 Connecticut avenue, Sep- tember 17, leaving him trussed and helpless in his store. Going then to the nearby Stoneleigh Garage, they overpowered Walter Dunn, colored, 18- year-old cat washer. chloroformed him and locked him in the rumble seat of a | roadster he was cleaning and drove away in the car, owned by J. E. Hayes of 1726 Massachusetts avenue. A few hours later Dunn was released on the outskirts of Richmond. His re- port to police there led to a gemeral lookout which brought about the cap- ture of the bandits the morning of September 18 at Danville, Va. When an investigation was made of their story that they were farm boys seeking work and had been led to crime by the dope. it developed thev were escaped convicts from Louisiana State Prison, where they had been serv- ing long sentences. In passing sentence in District Su- preme Court yesterday. Chief Justice McCoy directed that a notation be put on the jacket in the case that he would oppose ‘any parole in the interest of society. JUROR’S ILLNESS HALTS VANDERBERG INQUEST Fate of Youth Involved in Slaying of Five Still in Doubt. By the Assoclated Press. GASTONIA, N. C.. January 3 other week of uncertainty faces young Jacob Vanderburg before a coroner’s jury decides whether he was implicated in ‘the murder of his mother, father and their three children on the night of December 28. A scheduled resumption of the in- quest today was postponed until Janu- ary 12 because of the illness of & juror, C. V. Setzer. The inquest was begun last Saturday and continued until to- day, when officers indicated a desire to gather additional evidence. The charred bodies of the Vander- burgs were found in the smoking ruins of their home near here early on the morning of December 29. Jacob, 17, only surviving member of the family. was arrested on suspicion and has been held since without bail. John G. Carpenter, solicitor, who is conducting the inquest for Coroner J. W. 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