Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1929, Page 1

W THER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and tomorrow, possibly snow flurries; lowest temperature tonight about 26 degreees. Temperatures—Highest, 61, at 1 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 40, at 8 a.m. today. New York Stock Market Closed Today I No. 31,257. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNI D. C., THURSDAY, NG EDITION ¢ Foening Sla NOVEMBER 28, 1929— FORTY PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,730 () Means Associated AMERICA SOUNDS OUT FIVE NATIONS ON CHINESE CRIIS V. S. Representatives to In- guire of Possible Steps to Be Taken in Manchuria. ATTENTION IS CALLED " TO ANTI-WAR TREATY Discussions Opened Looking to Col- | laboration to Bring About Peace. ‘The American Government formally has sounded out the British, Japanese, French, Italian and German govern- iments, with a view to determine what gteps could be taken by the powers to ' avert more serious Chinese-Soviet hos- #llities in Manchuria. The American representatives in $he capitals of the interested powers were instructed by Secretary Stimson €0 discuss possible steps toward con- {erted action with the heads of the governments. Beyond calling attention to the fact that both the Soviet and China were signatories of the general pact for the renunciation of war and that an ap- nroach to the situation might be made fn this basis, it was understood that o _concrete proposal was made by the United States. * The purpose of the instructions was gnainly in the nature of opening dis- cussions on the question before develop- ments that might lead to hostilities of widespread character. Each of the powers was asked for possible sugges- tions with a view to collaborating with the other interested nations in pre- serving peace in the troubled area. MANCHURIA ACCEPTS TERMS. Government Capitulates to Soviet De- mands in Rafiroad Dispute. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 28.—Official government announcement today said the Manchurian provincial government at Mukden had capitulated to demands ©of Soviet Russia for re-establishment of the status quo on the Chinese East- Railway. vincial ‘government first to restore t.h:;lm‘d, AEET | will try another, alwa: Ministers at Paris and Berlin Act fo Stop “Invasion.” B the Associated Press. LONDON, November 28.—While offi- eial anouncement at Moscow said the Manchurian government had agreed to terms of Soviet Russia for solving the crisis growing out of seizure | of the Chinese Eastern Rallway, dis- tches from other European capitals 8;1 of appeals by the Central Chinese vernment at Nanking to end the viet “invasion” of Chinese territory. At Paris the Chinese Minister asked Forelgn Minister Aristide Briand what the powers intended to do concerning the “Russian offensive” on the Manchu- rian frontier. He sald the Chinese Min- isters to_all countries signatory to the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact had asked similar questions. A Berlin dispatch sald the Chinese Minister there had received instructions | from Nanking to make formal appeal to the League of Nations for intervention, | with & view to ending the state of war | ‘with Russia. It was indicated a formal | appeal would be expedited to Geneva to- | day or tomorrow. —_ TWO RUSSIAN PLANES IN EIELSON, SEARCH Renewed Hunt in Alaska Awaits More Moderate Weather. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., November 28 —Two | Russian planes, brought to Providence Bay aboard the Soviet ice-breaker Litke, will_be available to aid in the search for Pilot Carl Elelson and his mechanic, Earl Borland, as soon as weather con- ditions in the North moderate, a radio message received at Juneau, Alaska, by Gov. e W. Parks revealed today. The Alaska Airways, Inc., of which Eielson is general manager, has four planes which will be assigned to the search when atmospheric conditions permit. ‘Eielson, with Pilot Prank Dorbanda, ‘was engaged in transporting passengers and furs from the trading ship Nanuk, ice-bound at North Cape, Siberia. They made one trip, bringing six_passengers snd a quantity of furs to Nome. The passengers arrived in Seattle yesterday. On their second trip, Eielson and Bor- 1and became lost. English Jury Gets Keyhole As Evidence In Divorce Trial | LONDON, November 28.—One of the most curious exhibits ever seen in an English court room was produced today when a key- hole was introduced in evidence in a divorce case so that the jury might judge how much could be seen by peeping through it. ‘The keyhole was completely surrounded by a drawing room door and Justice Hill allowed the whole door to be d in evi- defice upon the plea of counsel that there was a question of ob- servations ving been made through the keyhole and that the Lury might like to test its possi- ilitles for themselves. MACDONALD PAYS TRBUTET0U.S. America Will Shun Europe’s “Messes,” Declares British Prime Minister. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 28.—J. Ramsay Macdonald, British prime minister, has no illusions fhat the five-power naval conference opening here in January will find a path strewn with roses ahead of it, or that America may be led through it to & more formal collabora- tion with Europe in international mat- ters. “They (America),” he said at a tea in the House of Commons, attended by, among others, Prank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, “certainly are not going to co-operate with us asalliesbound by formal ties. They certainly are not going to commit them<elves to Euro- pean policy and mix”themselves up in European messes. No President of the United States is going to go back on their wise traditional policy of keeping out of European messes. Interest in Humanity. “But it is perfectly evident at the same time that wherever and whenever there is a humane flag flying over the world the thought and heart of Amer- ica will be there. Our co-operation with America will be active so long as cause in which we are enlisted is “We have never been able to say the United States has failed in human sup- port of any great human cause. That is the foundation on which our active m—?penflon and friendship is going to Test.” The prime minister admitted difficul- ties which would beset the naval con- !erehnr:‘c:, bw bmh'm ed. gem ulfle,! de- c : “We B0 . I am neither a pessimist nor m‘%unm. 1 believe that good is going to come out of faithful, sincere and earnest work, religiously stuck Mnlbzelhw-rkdm‘cmddb!hm- porary difficulties or rebuffs, but work which is returned, to agaih and again. u does not yleld results we ys ing, sticking to the work.” Questioned on Naval Base. the” premmier. was Questioncd. regareing was g slowing down of operations on the Singapore naval base. He answered that postponement of work was confined to ;l:: mvnlhbue I‘Mauel Ic‘yndwltt:!m h-dl n no change of pol respec to the air base. A. V. Alexander said no orders had been canceled for materials, although suspensions of parts of the construction rogram would result in certain orders not being placed. He said a good deal of the work being done at present would have been done in any case. ‘There was also the question of con- tributions from the Federated Malay State, New Zealand, Hongwxm\‘ and the Straits Settlements to the Singaj project. W. L. Everyhard (Conserva- tive, Leicester) asked if it were mnot perfectly clear nts from these had been made on the express uhderstand- ing the contyact would be completed. “Is not the government getting money under false pretenses?” he asked. Alexander said the loney so far received had been taken by the govern- ment's predecessors. SEARCH FOR. BODY FAILS. 35 Look Vainly for Traces of James Bassett of Annapolis. SEATTLE, November 28 () —Thirty- here yesterday in a fruitless effort to locate the body of James Eugene Bas- sett, former Annapolis, Md., man who has been missing since September, 1928. ‘The search covered the section in which Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin said Decasto Earl Mayer, suspected of killing Bassett, had indicated th: supposedly | missing body might be found when sub- | jected to tests with a lie detector. Mayer is under sentence here on a charge of stealing Bassett's automobile. BANDIT SUS.PECT HELD. Denver Police Arrest Clifford Ste- to, work that is not | &fl: five men searched the Bothell area near | in So COLORADO WARDEN = iBlAMES MUTINY ON KLAN INIDE PRISON Declares Convict and Guard K. K. K. Caused Collapse of Discipline. PENITENTIARY CHAPTER FOUNDED BY MINISTER Machinations of Order Held Cause of Outbreak That Took Toll of 13 Lives. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo,, November 28.—Dis- closure of the existence of an organized Ku Klux Klan group within the walls of the Colorado Penitentiary, with both guard and convict members, presented a new angle today in the investigation of the mutiny at the penitentiary Oc- tober 8, in which 13 lives were lost. The revelation was made by Thomas J. Tynan, for 16 years warden of the prison, in testimony before Gov. Wil- liam H. Adams’ special commission in- vestigating the riot. He testified that plotting of the Klan against the prison administration had caused a collapse of discipline. Responsible (Ur Outbreak. Lack of proper discipline, traceable to this organization, was responsible for the - outbreak of last month, during which a handful of convicts barricaded in a cell house held the entire law en- forcement machinery of the State at bay for more than 18 hours, the former warden asserted. Tynan charged that a former gov- ernor negotiated with Klan officials in an effort to oust Tynan as warden. He timed that attempt during the admin- istration of Gov. Willlam E. Sweet. In his testimony, however, he did not men- tion Sweet's name. “In order to get me in bad,’ Tynan met secretly with the Klan. As a re- sult of these conferences chargep were preferred against me.” Tynan testified that the late Rev. Fred G. Arnold, one time head of the Klan in Colorado, organized the branch of the order in the penitentiary, Political Maneuver. He further charged the organization of thl:uxl?n inside the pdenmunlry was a cal maneuver an 2 lasting eflpegt in the adminidtration of prison airs. After making his charges o Kian machinations, Tynan urged the com- mission to recommend changes -in -the administration of the penitentiary. He suggested a cemefit factory or some other similar enterprise be estab- lished within the prison walls to em- loy convict labor. He testified that ighway construction offers one of the best labor activities for prisoners. Tynan blamed the State Legislature for not providing larger quarters and making greater improvements in de- claring overcrowding one of the worst evils of the present situation at the e OREGON FOREST FIRES CONTINUE UNABATED veal 19 Blazes Were of In- cendiary Origin. By the Assoclated Press. GRANTS PASS, Oreg., November 28. —Records in the hands of officials of the United States forest service here today revealed that 19 of the latest fires reported in the Siskiyou national for- est were of incendiary origin. Several of these blazes were giving rangers serious trouble, but two, located almost directly on the Oregon-California line, were being held back, advices from the fire lines indicated. A brisk wind from the Pacific last night swept inland various forest fires uthwestern Oregon. The lines were said to have been expanding and stands of virgin timber were being devastated. ‘The_Shunfate logging camp in the Port Orford district was reported in danger of destruction and advices from that front said families were fleeing Delonen longings. A fire truck, loaded with supplies, was disgl!chtd from here last night in the wake of automobiles carrying recruits to various fire lines. Records in Hands of Officials Re; . their cabins with their personal! AIR GIANT CRASHES, FIRING 4 HOUSES Largest U. S. Built Plane Careens Off New York Build- ings—Flyers Hurt. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Novem- ber 28.—The Ilargest airplane ever 5 oot | told the commission, “he (the governor) | constructed in this country and two residences were in ashes today because of a crash. Two other houses were damaged. ‘The 30-passenger Fokker air trans- port, with only two of its four motors functioming, ended an erratic half-mile flight from Roosevelt Fleld yesterday by crashing into the side of a dwelling in Carle place, near here, setting fire to the plane and two of the houses. M. 8. Boggs, pllot, Department of Commerce test expert, on leave of absence, and - Harry mechanic, escaped with The ohllu Was uriable to rise than 20 feet. In its half-mile flight it cut down two telegraph poles, stri) & radio aerial from one house, & chim- ney from another, a chimney and part of the roof from a third and crashed broadside into a fourth. Pllot Tried to Make Landing. Although a dozen children were play- ing in the village street when the plane crashed none was injured. A 2-year- old child asleep on the second floor of ofie of the houses that took fire was rescued by its mother just :_Jmt,be flames Pl flown from ‘Teterboro Field, N. J,, earlier in the day and after a series of tests had taken off on a return flight to its home port when the crash occurred. Hospital said only ne's motors were work- ing when it took off and as the plane reached an altitude of 20 feet another of its motors stoj . He attempted to make a landing in a small field but was unable to do so. When the eight-ton plane crashed, Boggs and MacDonald were tossed out. Both managed to crawl far enough away to escape the fire that followed. suffered sprains of both ankles and severe lacerations, and MacDonald a sprained ankle and slight cuts of the ace. Gas Explosion Fires Houses. The -fire from the exploding line spread to the home of Wicks, the last house into which the lane crashed, and the adjoining ouse of Joseph Blever. There was no one at home in the Wicks house. At the Blever home, Mrs. Biever hurried to the second floor and rescued her child. The two homes were destroyed. An investigation was started Ly the Fokker Aircraft Corporation and the Western Air Express Co., to whom the plane was consigned, and by the De- partment of Commerce. The plane, known as the P-32, was the latest designed by Anthony H. G. Fokker and had seats for 30 passengers and two pilots. It had a span of about 100 feet, was about 70 feet long and 17 feet high. It had cost between SECRETARY DAVIS venson, 26, in Train Hold-up. DENVER, Colo., November 28 (#).— Clifford Stevenson, 26, was held by Den. ver authorities today wrecking and robbery of the Union Pa. cific Portland Limited near Cheyenne Monday night. Stevenson, the police announced, was arrested soon after midnight on a down- town street. The officers took from him a .45-caliber revolver. RETURN OF FIREMAN, BELIEVED DROWNED, CREATES SENSATION Tells Story of Remaining Aboard Wrecked Steamer Until Calm Water Permitted Escape. By the Associated Press. LONDON, RNovember 28.—The story of a Maltese fireman named. Attard, supposed to have been drowned when the steamer Molesey was wrecked with Joss of eight lives in a gale three days ago, has created a sensation along the Welsh coast. The fireman put in a sudden appear- ance yesterday at a hotel in Milford Haven. He had remained secluded aboard the wreck until calmer water yesterday permitted him to scramble to shore over the great Milford Rock, which rises steeply from the water. His feat was considered remarkable. By chance a retired naval officer, in - & motorboat, spotted Attard on the rock 100K Qi 98, 48 With sold aod almost exhausted. Liguor and clothes revived him and he was driven to the hotel where his shipwrecked com- rades are staying. In broken lish he told the story of his extraordinary luck in surviving the wreck. He spent many hours awaiting death, praying and | believing he was the only survivor, for he did not know most of the crew had been taken oft in a lifeboat. ‘Waves pitched him into a cabin amidships, he scrambled, dazed, into a bunk, rolled up like a ball and watched the water rising and recéding in the cabin. As he was being interviewed by reporters, the ship's chief officer, Stocks, whose wife is missing, entered the room and the meeting was dramatic. The two looked at each other in silence and Stocks' jaw literally dropped. “Where did you come from?” lively han A TO SPRING SURPRISE Forum at 10:30 0’Clock Tonight. National Hook-up. Secretary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor will be the speaker tonight in the National Radio Forum which is arranged weekly for the dis- cussion of important public questions by distinguished statesmen. Secreiary Davis promises a surprise tonight in the discussion of “The Greatest Business Manager in the World.” It will be par- ticularly interesting to the American home owner. Secretary Davis’ speech will be broad- ‘| cast nationally over the Columbia dry | proadeasting cstann and locally through WMAL, at 1 Eastern standard time. RAILROADS FILE SUIT. SAN FRANCISCO, November 28 | ¢P).—A suit arguing that they are being deprived of property without due process of law was on flle in Federal Court here today in pehalf of 23 rallroads, includ- ing the Southern Pacific, Santa Fo, ‘Western Pacific and Union Pacific. The suilt asked the court to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission reducing rates on refrigerator car shipments. The order, according to the complaint, limits the railroads to the collection of he finally | actual icing charges, while there are ! uttered. Attard, in reply, gave him a mi oth any er e incidental to the Eandliog of refrigerator cargy : $100,000 and $120,000. The plane in previous tests had made several fiights with only two motors functioning, car- rying as many as 20 passengers. MADE GALLANT FIGHT. of the | Will Be Speaker in National Radio | Eve-witnesses Praise Boggs® Effort to Avert Crash. Marshall S. Boggs, former ment of Commerce aeronautics branch engineering inspector, was -making a gallant fight against heavy odds when the glant Fokker F-32 monoplane, in which he was injured yesterday after- noon, crashed into a group of houses! (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ROBBER SUSPECT HELD. Nutzie Vaccaro, New Orleans in Midnight Chase. NEW ORLEANS, November 28 (#).— Nutzie Vaccaro, 68, driver of an auto- mobile which police halted after firing several shots in a mis ht chase, today was held as a suspect in an investiga- tion of the $15,000 robbery yesterday of the Algiers branch of the Canal Bank & Trust Co. Two companions of Vac- caro’s escaped as the machine stopped. ‘Three men, heavily armed, held up the bank when a policeman on guard stepped into a ne-rg; room. They fled in a car operated by a fourth member of the gang. ‘No 5:30 -Editions Later editions of The Star are being omitted today because of the holiday. his | to _earth t _attempted to. . | leap, but & vertical bank of the ship more | once more caused him to fall back into | of 18, Arrested in | W Airplane Suicide Attempt Is Balked By Stunting Pilot Flyer Maneuvers Craft to Prevent Leap by Youth- ful Passenger. By the Assoclated Pre WHITTIER, Calif., November 28.—A pilot’s maneuvers 2,000 feet above the earth yesterday saved the life of Earl suicide twice after obtaining a ride in & commercial airplane here. Endicott, who later admitted to police that financial troubles caused him to attempt to end his life, purchased a ticket at an airport for a sight-seeing trip. Shortly after the take-off the pilot, Lieut. Harold Brown, saw Endicott stand up in the cockpit and attempt to leap. The wind pressure partly de- feated his effort and Brown forced him back into ‘t&e seat by quickly side slip- ping the ship. As the pilot dropped his craft swiftly Endicott again the cockpit. Brown took Endicott to a police sta- tion after landing safely and he was sent to the home of relatives. He had come here a short time ago from Glen- dale, Ariz, seeking employment. FOUR INFAMILY DIE IN CROSSING WRECK H. A. Phipps and Three Chil- dren Killed—Mother and Young Son Injured. By the Assoclated Press. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., November 28.—H. Alexander Phipps, and three of his children were killed dn an automo- bile struck early today on a crossing at Perryman, Md., by a Pennsylvania Rail- road express train which hurled the ur | ¢ar into the watchman'’s shelter at the side of the tracks. Phipps, foreman in charge of a large farm near Perryman, his two daughters, Ethel, 16, and Virginia, 14, and a son, Garnet, 11, were instantly killed. Mrs. Phipps was taken to the Havre de Grace Hospital in a critical condition with a fractured skull, fractured arm and other injuries had not regained consciousness several hours after the accident. An- other son, Francis, 6 years old, was taken to the hospital but physicians found only minor scratches and bruises. Phipps and his family were returning to their home after visiting his brother, D. W. Phipps, at Edgewood. ORTIZ RUBIO MAY LEAVE FOR STATES SATURDAY Mexican President-elect Will Spend Month at Clinic Before Coming to énpnl. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 28.—Pres- ident-elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio expects to leave Mexico City Saturday night on his visit to the United States, although he may be delayed until Monday await- ing return here of President Portes Gil. He will go direct to Rochester, Minn., to rest at the Mayo Clinic there, re- maining about a month. From Roches- ter he will go to New York and thence 'ashington, where he will pay his respects to President Hoover. Formal announcement of his election in the balloting 10 days ago was ex- pected late today from the Chamber of Deputies. R-100 IS COMPLETED. British Craft Built at Cost of $2,- 250,000, Is Tested. HOWDEN, England, November 28 (#), | heart —Great Britain's privately-huilt dirigible, the R-100, has been completed and underwent press inspection today in her hangar here. The dirigible cost about $2,250,000, while the estimates on her government- bullt sister, the R-101, were for about :2,’10,000. with an additional $150,000 for. es. One of the chief differences between the two ships is that the R-101 uses petrol and QE: R-100 consumes oil. Radio Programs—Page 31 Endicott, 22, who attempted to commit | MAURETANIA HELD ATPORT BY CRAS Collision With Car Float De- lays Atlantic Crossing of Cunard Liner. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 28.—Because of a collision with a car float which {made a hole in her bow, the trans- atlantic voyage of the giant Cunard steamship Mauretania was interrupted today. From the quarantine station, at the harbor entrance, she put back for her pler 10 miles away. Representa- tives of the line expressed hope that repairs could be made quickly. Capt. G. McNeil of the Mauretania in a report to the marine police said the float struck the liner on the port side making a hole 4 feet wide and 10 feet long, 36 fcet above the water line. He blamed the collision on the float, ‘which he said- failed ‘to him the right of way. He said he ith one biast and it had replied with two. One blast indicates a desire of a Reef, shortly after the liner had passed the Statue of Liberty. The float, owned by the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad and carrying 10 freight cars, towed a tug, was cut in two by the impact, hurling three of the cars into the water. Clung for 17 Minutes. The float clung to the Mauretania 17 minutes after the collision. The liner was stopped at quarantine, nearby, for an examination and when the ex- tent of the damage was ascertained it was decided to head back for the pier, at Fourteenth street and Hudson River, Manhattan. ‘The liner of 30,696 tons, and one of the largest in the transatlantic service, had sailed at 11 p.m., with an unusually large passenger list for this season of the year. There were 300 passengers in the first class, 170 in the second and 400 in the third. The collision was at midnight. Although watchers at quarantine sald lights appeared at. stateroom win- | dows immediately after the collision, in- dicating the passengers had been aroused by the collision, officers said the impact had not been severe. Float Towed In. ‘The car float had been bound from Greenville, N. J.,, to Stapleton, Staten Island. Immediately after the collision the Mauretania sent a_wireless message to the Brooklyn Navy Yard asking that a boat be sent to take the disable float in tow. The Coast Guard cutter Man- hattan and a police launch was sent to the scene. The fi Stapleton by the Coast Guard cutter. One of the freight cars hurled off the float was later recovered and also was taken in tow by a tug to Stapleton. The Mauretania lowered a boat after the collision, but was told the crew of the float was in no danger. Among the passengers on the Maure- | tania were the four Russian aviators who flew the airplane Land of the Soviets to New York from Moscow, and 15 American agricultural machinery experts bound for Russia under con- loat was towed to! tional life. tract with the Soviet authorities to in- struct Russian agriculturists in the use of the latest American farm machinery. BONES IDENTIFIED IN TORTURE PROBE Heap of Ashes Gives Clue Death and Assault Inquiry. in By the Associated Press. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark., November 28.—Bones found in a heap of ashes which authorities sifted in investigating the story of a deaf mute boy have been identified as those of a male person, al g to Prosecutor Hugh Willlam- son, and will be used in the cases against five men accused of torturing and burn alive Connie Franklin, young farm g ‘The deaf boy, whose name has not been divulged, the &r.mecuwr 5ays, Was near the place last March where Frank- lin was slain and his 16-year-old sweet- attacked. Willlamson holds the theory that the crimes were committed in an effort to prevent the marriage of the girl and Pranklin, who once had been a patient in a State institution for the mentally deficient. “The boy saw enough of it to cor-| has . roborate part of the girl's story,” the prosecutor declared. “He came to us explaining that his conscience would not l'& withhold his story any e Girl, Tillie Rumnir, he said, is being kept under guard “to assure her I?%ll’lnfl and to remove any poss! bliity of an attempt to change her! story” m;l.x:( the trial of the five men December 1- s Motorists Warned As Temperature Drop Is Expected Tonight A day that dawned brisk and clear will culminate tonight with a new low temperature record for the scason, according to the Weather Bureau this morning. The thermometer is expected to descend to 26 degrees, and before morning fllght flurries of snow are expected. The American Automobile As- sociation today issued a warning to motorists of the expected fall of the temperature to below the freezing point. The information will be broadcast tonight over local radio stations, NEW VISON PLEA HEARDBY HODVER President and Party Attend Impressive Thanksgiving Day Church Services. Happy in the assurances of peace at home and abroad and grateful for the blessings bestowed upon this Nation in the year now drawing to & close, the President, with Mrs. Hoover and their son Allan, today attended special Thanksglving services at the Metro- politan M. E. Church, John Marshall place and C street, and heard Bishop William F. McDowell bespeak a new vision “so that nations and races will apply the principles of Jesus to na- tional and international‘life.” ‘The presidential family went to this church, famous as the place of wor- ship of numerous other Presidents, be- cause of Mr. Hoover's desire to partici- pate in the union services arranged spe- clally for the day. The services were highly impressive, Rev..James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the church, as chaplain of the House of Representa- tives presided. Pastors of the other churches taking part in this union ?ervice occupied seats upon the plat- orm. Church Is Filled Early. ‘The church was filled in advance of the hour set for the services and many persons who not arrived early enough to get in waited on the side- walk in front of the church to catch a glimpse of the President and the members of his family and to wave greetings. Many visitors in Washington for the Thanksgiving season occupled seats in the church. A. E. Chaffee, a trustee of the church, greeted the presidential party upon arrival and escorted them to seats well toward the front. ‘The party was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Rickard of New York old friends, who are spending the holi- day as their guests. The President and Mr, ‘were formerly associated in business for a number of years. As the presidential party arrived at the church, the chimes sounded “Corhe, People, Come.” Music . | Ye Thankful during the services was furnished by Mrs. J. 8. Montgomery, organist, and the Imperial Male Quartet, J. B. Webb, baritone and director; W. A. McCoy, first tenor; William P. Shannahan, sec- ond tenor; Francis P. Heartsill, basso. ‘The music program included an organ prelude, the singing of the invocation, the singing of “‘Creation Hymn,” and “America the Beautiful” The organ tlude w ‘Allegro” from ‘“Sonata C. Minor.” Means Reads Proclamation. Dr. Montgomery opened the services with_prayers. Bent tion was offered by Rev. Frank Speelman. Ww. Means, former Senator from Colorado, read the President's Thanksgiving proclamation. Methodist churches co-operating in the services were Bruen, Congress Heights, Gorsuch, Langdon, McKendree, Rosedale, Ryland, Trinity, Waugh and the Wilson Memorial. In his sermon Bishop McDowell de- clared the challenge of the hour was tc make the minds of the nations accord- ing to “the best standard there is.” Throughout the world, he declared, there had been national minds in the making. “We have seen the spectacle,” he explained, “of the making of the German mind, the French, Italian, British and American and the amazing development of the Japanese mind.” “Our great problem,” he declared, “is the making in the world today of & new mind, a new vision of national thinking, of race thinking, so that na- tions and races will apply the princi- ples of Jesus to national and interna- ‘They must come to Christ, study his teachings, and find them- selves in common devotion ta Him. “There is no standard like the stan- dard of Jesus,” he declared. “It offers hope for right human relations on the best possible basis. God has_provided (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BANKER 1S SENTENCED. 15 to 80 Years Given in $100,000 Colfax, Wash., Embezzlement. COLFAX, Wash., November 28 (/).— R. P. Bigelow, former cashier of the Colfax State Bank and president of the Colfax Savings & Loan Association, today was under a sentence of 15 to 30 years in prison on a plea of guilty to embezzling $100,000. Bigelow previously was convicted of embezzlement of $33,000 and was serv- ing a three-year minimum sentence when it was found that his peculations would reach $100,000. He was returned here and plecaded guilty to three other charges of embezzlement. He was sentenced yesterday to serve from 4 to 30 years on each charge. The minimum of 15 years was fixed, to include the three-year sentence he already was serving. o TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT JOINS QUIET OBSERVANCE OF THANKSEIVING Attends Union Service at Metropolitan M. E. Church Accompanied by First Lady. Press. SUNSHINE ENHANCES SPIRIT OF HOLIDAY Many Officials Out of City, Depart- ments Closed and Employes Take Rest. In a spirit of gratitude for the bless- ings of peace and plenty that the year has brought, the National Capital today entered tranquilly into its annual ob- servance of Thanksgiving. Even the sky gave expression to the joyousness of the day, for early in the morning bright sunshine burst through the clouds of mist that threatened to mar an other- wise perfect day. ‘The Chief Executive and Mrs, Hoover, themselves, set an example for the Na- tion to follow. With thousands of other worshipers offering thanks in a hun- dred churches of the city for the good that has come to them, the Presi- dent and his family began the day by attending & union Thanksgiving service in the Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church. In keeping with his own sug- gestion to the Nation that the day be devoted to rest, the President's program for the remaining hours included an automobile ride in the afternoon and dinner in the evening with a few close friends as guests. One of Quietest Holidays. Officially " the day was one of the quietest holidays ever experienced in the Capital. The Government s still in mourning for Secretary of War James W. Good, and therefore the hos- pitality which the presidential family usually dispenses will be curtailed. Many Washington officials had gone to their homes in various sections of the country for the holiday. . Capitol Hill likewise is practically deserted, with Congress in adjournment throughout the week. Official business stood at a standstill, for thousands of Government and District employes are enjoying a day of rest, and even the downtown dis- tricts of the city were as quiet as an ordinary Sabbath day. President and Mrs. Hoover have addi- tional’ cause for rejoicing today, for their son Allan, a student at the Harvard School of Business Administration, had come to the White House last evening to spend the holiday with his parents. Last Thanksgiving day Allan was with them on shipboard as they g: equator on their South American T, As in most Washington homes a huie turkey will grace the White House table at 8 o'clock dinner tonight. But unlike most folks the President had several appetizing birds from which to choose, ztlpr.: sent by admiring friends. Dozen Churches Unite. ‘The Thanksgiving service at the Metropolitan Church where the Presi- dent and his family heard the sermon reached by Bishop William F. Mc- well, was participated in by a dozen other Methodist Episcopal Churches of the city. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, the tor, conducted the services. Elsewhere in the city, notably at St. Patrick's Church and the Washington Cathedral, thousands of parishioners dropped their early morning duties and pleasures to join in the religious ob- servance of the day. St. Patrick's Church, scene of the annual Pan-Amer- ican mass, was aglitter with the gold braid and colorful uniforms of Ambas- sadors and Ministers of foreign gov- ernments. The impressive mass was celebrated by Most Rev. Pietro Fuma- soni-Biondi, the apostolic delegate, and Archbishop Curley of the Baltimore diocese, Beautiful Bethlehem Chapel, scene of many pilgrimages, was crowded with worshipers for the special Thanksgiv- ing service this morning, and to those who could not gain admission the radio carried the m of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, who delivered the sermon. Those churches of various denominations which did not hold independent serv- ices joined with others in union serv- ices where special music had been ar- ranged. Four Jewish congregations united in a special service at Eighth Street Temple. Sermon by Rabbi. ‘The sermon was by' Rabbi William Franklin Rosenblum on “Let Us Give Thanks—For What?" Rabbis Aaron Volkman, Louis T. Loeb and Cantor Louis Novick also joined in the service, ‘The choirs of the Eighth Street Temple and the Sixth Street Synagogue fur- the musical program and Joseph a-!mon read the President’s proclama- on, ‘The congtegations joining for this an- nual worship are the congregations Ohev Shalom, Adas Israel, B'nal Israel :lnd the Washington Hebrew Congrega- on. For those of the National Capital who are seeking relaxation today in sports and amusements after their Thanksgiving dinners, the program of- fered a variety of entertainment. Per- fect foot ball weather awaited the game between Catholic and George Wi - ton Universities, a renewal of rivalry which will bring thousands to the Brookland Stadium in the afternoon. A good portion of Washington's pop- ulation will spend its holidays on (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) WOLF, IN STRUGGLE FOR LIFE, DRAGS FATAL TRAP 27 MILES Hunters’Admiration Roused by Death Fight of Killing Marauder. By the Associated Press. ‘TORONTO, Ontario, November 28— A large gray wolf, which for months terrorized the large herds of deer which roam through Algonquin Park, is dead. The manner in which he died won for him the admiration of the government foresters at the park, who were formerly his bitterest enemies. ‘Traps had been set for the big ma- rauder in vain. It appeared he would never be caught. Jim Shields, chief 'k ranger, finally outwitted the wolf by placing a cun- ningly laid trap fastened to a four- inch pole. -Visiting this snare one day, Shields found the trap gone and evi- dences of a mighty struggle. The wolf had gnawed through the thick pole and taken the trap away with him. Shields and assistants then followed the trail, and after 27 miles of tramping cam e l&pfln the body of the wolf with the a) ark, visiting Wil ri> minister of lands and forests, fold the story of the wolf’s valiant struggle for liberty.