Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1929, Page 4

THE EVENING DIFFER AMONG THE NATIONS STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €; IN CHICAGO FOR NEW YEAR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929. ook 400,000 VETERANS [ORSERVANGES oF New veaR FIVE PERSONS DIE | chicaco ron new vear PROBE OF HOLD-UP '"" LSRR (ITIZENS SUGGEST REMAIN TO BE PAIDIc Service Men and Women to Get Compensation. By the Associated Press. There are about 400,000 men and women in the United States who can get from Uncle 8am—for the mere asking— cash or & bit of papr worth from $1 to_about $1,600. But these men and women, who are World War soldiers and sailors, Marines and yeomanettes, must speak for it before Thursday midnight, or forever hold their peace. January 3 Is Last Date. ‘The adjusted compensation act of 1924 provided for payment of all veterans or their dependents in accordance with the service they gave. It guaranteed a monetary recompense to every man who served more than 60 days at home or in the trenches, and the only pro- viso it laid down was that requests be made to the branch in which the service was rendered before January 3, 1930. ‘Those veterans still unpaid are in a class with 1.551,349 others who already have been given a total of $145,850,345, and with 3,434,700 more who have re- ceived certificates that ih 20 years will be worth ths sum of $3,479,058,475, and may be cashed or borrowed upon two years after they are obtained. At the War Department, it was said t.4ay, between 300,000 and 400,000 vet- erans who are eligible to apply for com- pensation have not vet .done so, and must by midnight Thursday in order to Teceive the benefit. Navy veterans who yet may apply number 62;291 and Ma- rines 11,151, Delivered to Bureau. Headquarters of the three branches have been receiving the applications and turning them over to the Veterans' Bu- reau. That sgency pays them in cash; ‘when their total is less than $50. Other- wise it issues certificates which after two years may be used to secure loans, or may be cashed. ‘The approach of the time limit has accelerated the rate at which requests are filed. Last week 8,016 were filed, while during the preceding week there were 5,535. During the last three work- days the War Department alone re- ved 6,869 applications. 'ndents of veterans may file re- quests for six months after the time limit for the veterans themselves ex- MUSIC HARVARD UNIVERSITY CLUBS. A brilliant, but unfortunately small, sudience heard the Harvard Instru- mental Clubs at the Mayflower Hotel last night in a pleasingly varied pro- gram of music that included a large :mzr of compositions infrequently Harvard alumni composed the greater of the audience, which received program with enthusiastic applause. Dancing followed the concert. The clubs were composed of & banjo unit, another for mandolin, a dance orchestra and a vocal ehorus. Excel- lent direction was to be noted in the of- ferings of each group. The program as a whole gmvldzd delightfyl contrast, with its ly - Brahms and . 1 accom were placed at intervals in the program, among them De Witt Stetten, Jehn 8. B. Archer and Kingsley Perry. penu. ! num:’m':‘f l:lrrln' were, , al of the z'fiz(- % of the Bace chantes” (Gounod) “Old Man Noah’ offerings. Gald Coast Orchestra had Kerns “Why ‘Was I Born?' and & Russian fantasy of jous origin. Parts of “H. M. S. ore” were played by the mandolin club, and the banjo group gave & fine collection of reminiscent college songs, arranged as a medley. BY GRETCHEN SMITH., ‘Washington's diplomats, believing in the maxim “When in Rome do as the Romans do,” plan to celebrate New Year day In' true American style. But America's New Year is a far cry from the same day in the far corners of the world. { Calling at a few of the Washington | homes of foreign representatives, an amazing variety of quaint customs was found to exist throughout the countries of the world in the celebration of New Year day and the Yuletide holidays. In Poland, for instance, the Christ- mas holidays imply more than one day of festivity and holiday spirit. From the days antedating the Christian era the Poles have observed a period of festivity toward the end of December. In early times it was a cclebration of the Winter solstice. After the introduction of Christian- ity the holiday celebration started with Christmas eve, the greatest holiday of the year, and continued until the close of January 6, the Feast of the Epiph- any, or the day of the Three Wise Men. Gitts of Little Stars. | In Poland on Christmas eve a supper Iis held, at which all members of the family are present and break the tradi- | tional wafers, called “oplatek,” at the same time exchanging good wishes. The Christmas tree is lighted after supper, and it is then that the gifts of “little stars” are distributed among the chil- dren. Christmas day is an important religi- ous festival with the Poles. Through- |out the eountry people attend the mid- 1 night masses and the masses which are held at early dawn. In the rural dis- tricts peasants may still be seen at- ten:iing early mass dressed in pictur- esque vari-colored costumes and boots. | Although the 25th and the 26th are the itwo days when shops and business places are officially closed, the festivi- ties continue throughout the season un- i til Ephiphany. New Year day is a day of friendly visits among Polish families. There is no official reception on that day, but men and women exchange calls and wish each other prosperity during the coming year. Hay Under Tablecloth. those of Poland, her neighbor. The two countries celebrate Christmas eve as Lithuania the quaint custom continues hay under the tablecloth at the Christmas eve banquet, in remem- brance Bethlehem. At the end of the ban- ?uet each young girl present at the east takes a handful of the hay from under the cloth and counts the number z ahe:ds which are found in her bunch ¥ ‘The number of seeds represents the number of years she must go until she finds a husband. Like Poland's, Lithuania’s Christmas day is purely a religious festival, but on New Year day there is a continual exchange of calls among the man mem- bers of the families. The women do not accompany the men on these calls, @8 it is considered entirely too strenu- an undertaking. G ""iqmn with the head of the gov- ernment, the President holds a large reception to the officials, members of the diplomatic corps and men promi- nent in the life of the nation. After the official visits personal calls are made, and at each home that is visited abundant refreshments, both food and drink, are served the callers, As it is considered impolite to refuse the refreshments offered at the dif- ferent homes, it requires a strong con- stitution to withstand the excessive eat- ing and drinking of New Year day. It was explained at the Lithuanian lega- ition that this was one of the reasons that Lithuanian women remained at home on New Year day instead of ac- | companying the men on their round of young musicians were - More than 80 included in the entire group. J. N. P, OPERA LECTURE RECITAL. . Profound knowledge of the music dramas ‘of Richard Wagner, combined with pleno-playing of his opera “Die ‘Walkure” that was stupendous in its orchestral grasp and portrayal of his musle, characterized the first opera lecture of Kurt Hetzel on the repertory of the coming engagement of the Ger- man Grand Company in Wash- ington that this conductor-pianist gave at Barker Hall of the Y. W, C. A. last evening. The audience, that filled the hall, at times anticipated Mr. Hetsel's rare art lnhmud applause at m':'nllan of :‘e‘; playing of certain excerpts, or gree with enthusiasm his rendition of whole episodes played as an entirety after de- ' tailed explanation of the “personality,” one might say, of their th-mes and their place in the drima. An amazing element was that Mr. Hetzel played entirely “without score.” There is no one before the public to- day who plays Wagner with greater sen- sitiveness as to orchestral tone-values or a more tender devotion and sympathy in the story. Kurt Hetzel and his broken English, for which he begged | indulgence, brought with it often so exact a poetic transiation of the text that one reveled in its poetry. He excerpts the huge prelude pe: B legmund Love Song” the one perfect aria in this drama of declamation sung as the doors of Sieg~ linde’s abode suddenly opened to the woodland beyond with “Nobody came, nobody went, Winter has gone, Spring has come.” Then there was the “Cry of the Val- kyries” and later the tremendous “Rids is a resume of the entire Ring story told in its themes. The eight voice bit'of the Valkyries one heard, the tender com- passion of Sieglinde, and finally the ‘whole last scene with the “Fire Music and Fate.” It was a rare pleasure given to Washington through ths courtesy of 8. Hurok, managing director of thé German opera, and with the co-opera~ tion of Mrs. Edwin B. Parker and the Y. W. C. A. for T. Arthur Smith, the local manager. ‘The remaining lecture-recitals are ‘Thursday evening with “Tristan and Isolde,” Saturday evening with “Don Juan” of Mozart, and before the end of the opera sesson with “The Flying Dutchman” on Monday evening, Jan- uary 13. St s DRY SQUAD TO KEEP TAB ON CHICAGO HILARITY Opinions éDiffer as to Whether or Not New Year Celcbration Will Develop Wet Program. By the Associated Fress. CHICAGO, D:tcember re those who sald tonight's celebra- tion of New Year eve in Chicago would be the dryest in history, and there |key and geese dinners during the festi- | celebration from the highest- to the were others who :aid it would be very | val season, and & sweet candy, known [Jowe: alcoholic. The Government has reparations to have ade its usual gents at the N and popular dining places. | try the street boys hold processions, in |sons of the kingdom. The Moslem New -n.E:Z ‘:u T:trlfnnhu that u.‘g Eupply which they carry representations of the | Year is a day of great religious impor- of intox'cants was less abundant than in other years, due, in rl.fl. to the b'g blizzard interrupting im At least one large Loop hotel, the Palmer Hou:e, announced its main dining rooms would b> cloced for the evening. Other places no set-ups of cracked ice 2le, although same of th: ginger ale alore. and will An estimated 20,000 reservations have ' this time, be it that of the ric! been made.at the principal d nc-dance the poorest Animals Able to Speak. One quaint legend which still persists | in Lithuania, as well as Switzerland and & few other countries, is that at mid- i night on Christmas eve animals are given the power of speech. This strongly believed by the peasants and little children, and the fact that some of the older peasants who stay up that night on purpose to hear the cattle talk to the donkeys fail to hear any conver- sation in the barns is explained by the remark, “I suj ‘we_were not there Our clocks must wrong roughout both Poland and Lithu- fram Christmas Eve until the Epiphany it is the custom, particularly in the country districts, for musicians to go from house .o house, singing and playing Christmas music. In groups of \flu and six they , playing violins, | clarinets and accordions. | . The custom of serving at the New Year banquet a suckling pig, with the apple in its mouth, as practiced in Eng- land, has been transferred in Lithuania to Easter. when a roasted “piglet” is served with an Easter egg in ils mouth. Customs in Spain. Lithuania one may travel to sunny Spain and there find a wide difference in customs. Here Christmas eve is a day of quiet and fasting, broken by the midnight _mass, attended by old and young. From that time the holiday festivities commence, ending with the greatest day of the Spanish Christmas season, Epiphany, or King's day. as it is called in the land of Alfonso’s sub- Jects. New Year day starts with religious ceremonies in ths churches, an Madrid the King gives a large banquet to the heads of the diplomatic corps, “besa 1a mano,” or “kissing the hand, it being the old custom of those ai- tending the royal reception to kiss the hand of the King. e ‘lmt day in Spain is January 6, when the Three Wise Men visited the of frankincense and myrrh. Although the Spanish children do not have a Santa Claus, they are taught that on the Day of the Kings the Three Wise Men return to earth and bring to little children gifts in memory of the gifts lo the Infant Jesus. This is a day of great excitement to the young people of Spain, and great preparation is made by them for the coming of the kings in the evening. Frequently refreshments |of cakes and wine are left in the halls and the living rooms for the Wise Men upon their arrival. So important is the Day of the Kings eonsidered in Spain that in some of the cities, Barcelona especially, gr césslons and parades are arra that day. For many years it has been customary for a leading merchant of Bereelona to close his store and conduct a spectacular procession through the city streets. in which the Three Wise —There | Men are the principal figures, mounted ' £nd setting of the moon. on camel and horseback. Like America, Spain holds great tur- as “turron,” is served at this season in all Spanish ‘homes. 1In San Sebastian d throughout the entire Basque coun- singing carols and religious songs 1, as they visit from house to house and tations. | receive alms from the generous-hearted. | tending special services in the mosque | Ttaly's Celebration. Alt] h a Latin country and offi- rlln to perm't’ clally Catholic, Italy's customs differ er 8ell | mas day is the greetest of the holidays, | Sweden, we find that once again the romewhat from thoee of Spain, Christ- and throughout every Italian home at or the: alendar Has Many Dates on Which Cele- damisty 3; 1530, Is Limit for| brations Are Held and Methods Also Show Great Variety. Lithuania has customs very similar to | the greatest of the holidays, and in| of the manger of the Babe of 1s | announces the promotions which are to From the snow-covered countries of | in! followed by a reception, known as lhei Babe of Bethlehem, carrying their gifts | i |Christ Child in the manger, with the | Virgin kneeling at one side, St. Joseph | at the other, and the shepherds, the Magi, the sheep, oxen and ass arranced | in the background and surrouns the Inf ‘These “preseptos” have existed in Italy for hundreds of years, and some of them are of rarest beauty and value, the figures frequently having been mod- eled by the greatest artists of the realm. | As is the custom in this country, great | celebrations are held in Italy on New Year eve, and on New Year morning an official for the diplomatic corps, parliament, the supreme court and important of-| great New | |elals of the kingdom. A Year dish served throughout Southern Italy especially is the e, | pared from eel, considered a particular | delicacy by the Italians. & | __As in Spain, gifts to the children are |made on the Epiphany, or the day of | the Three Wise Men. There is some- | thing particularly logical in the ob- | servance by European countries of this ‘dly as a day for bestowing gifts to children, it was on this day that the | Taree ise Men crossed the desert, | bearing their gifts to the little Babe of | | Bethlehem. i | Day in Great Britain. ‘ Great Britain's New Year day is of | particular importance to many of his | majesty’s subjects, as it is on that day, !that the King's “honor list” is made public, and those who have special | honors conferred upon them, such |an advancement in the peerage, elevi | tion to the peerage of various civil and | | military decorations bestowed. are made | | happy by the official announcement of their honors. In England December 26 is a holiday, as well as Christmas day. This day is known as Boxing day, so called because of the custom of the postmen on that day to carry boxes to those within the precincts of their delivery routes for Christmas contributions. Although mistletoe and holly are used extensively throughout the British lsles in Christmas decoration, it was re- marked at the British embassy that thy wreaths seen so widely in the windows of American homes are absolutely un- known in England. A custom in Greece is the cutting of | the New Year cake. A great cake is baked for that day, in which a gold coin is placed. At the breakfast table on New Year day the cake is cut in as many slices as there are members of the family at table. To the one who receives the slice of cake containing the gold piece a year of great happiness and good luck is supposed to be store, It has only been for the past two years that Greece has observed January 1 as New Year day. Previous to this time the Orthodox Greek Church calen- dar was observed, in which all feast days come 13 days later than those of the Gregorian calendar. January 13, which used to be the Greek New Year east; ane , althoug] January 1 has been uctpuéy in official circles, January 13 is still observed tgnmnlhouv. Greece with great celebra- tions, Like Greece, the Kingdom of Bulga- ria, the land of Boris the bachelor King, has also observed the Greek calendar until recent years. ;Through a compro- mise between church and state offi- cials, B ria has adopted the West- ern calendar in observing New Year day, but still celebrates its Christmas on the day designated by the Greek Church. Therefore, the Bulgarians are perhaps the only Christian people who celebrate their chrmmégr after New Year; for.the Bulgarian Christmas falls on January 7 and their Epiphany on January 20. Bulgarian Greetings. A beautiful custom of the Bulgarian peasants is to send New Year greetings to friends in neighboring villages by building enormous bonfires, whose lights | may be seen from one village to an-| other. In the old days it was the custom to present at court the young girls who | were old enough to make their bow to 3! ‘This custem is not as prev- | alent as it was inf er times. It is also on New Year day that the King be made in the army, and in addition holds a great banquet, to which are in- | vited members of the cabinet and im- portant officials of the army. Through- out the holiday season small boys be- tween the ages of 8 and 12 years, irre- | apective of their station in life, go forth | in the morning from house to house, | ainging carols which are centuries old. | On the Feast of the Epiphany a re- | markable custom is observed in Bul- garia. On that day the priests of the church bless the waters of rivers and | seas throughout the country. Accom- panied by bands of expert swimmers and church dignitaries, the priest goes to the river bank or seashore and after ‘:lleln‘ his benediction upon the waters e casts .within them & large metal| crucifix. ~ Sometimes the ~waters are | frozen and covered with ice, but that makes no difference to the swimmers on the shore, who, breaking the ice, | plunge into the icy waters in search of the metal crucifix. He who is lucky enough to recover it will be the recipi- ent of great honors and fortune | throughout the year. | Persia’s Calendar Differs. January 1 has no significance to the | people of Persia. New Year day for/ the subjects of the Shah falls on March 21, the first day of Spring, when the world awakens to new life and new| hope. Celebrations of the New Year commence with the first rays of the (sun on that day and last throughout the realm for a period of three days.| Court astrologers are appointed to watch for the first appearance of the sun,| end at the exact appearance of Old Sol on March 21 the Persian New Year { commences with great celebrations. ‘The most important event of the three-day festival is the reception held | !R']lh! 8hah to the officials of the realm, each who attends this reception a gold coin is presented, which is sup- posed to be symbolic of good luck and | fortune. Special New Year services are held in the mosques, and great banquets are | held, at which the national dish, known 'as “plllow.” is served in as many as 40 different stylés. Calls are exchanged between friends and gifts are made to the children and to the poor. The Persian New Year is a time of extensive almsgiving. It was said at the legation that no Persian would con- sider it & holiday unless he had given alms to the poor. Egypt has two New Year days—the New Year day of the Christian Egyp- tions (or the Copts), which falls on September 11, supposedly the end of the season’s harvest, and therefore the be- i inning of a new year, and the official i ew Year, which is observed by the Moslem population of Egypt, and is a {movable feast, dependent upon the rise 1 + Last year the Moslem New Year fell on June 6. It was observed with great | t. The King received in the Ab- ine Palace all the “olamas,” or Mos lem religious dignitaries, the diplo- i matic corps and high officials and per- tance, and on that day the visit: many of the city mosques, besides a of the palace. Feast Day of Sweden, | Leaving the 1and of the Nile and re- turning to the northern kingdom of ‘eception is held by the King | pre- | - AS PLANE CRASHES | Amarillo, Tex., Inspectors In- vestigating Causes for Ca- tastrophe on Golf Course. By the Associated Press. AMARILLO, Tex., December 31.— Aviation * inspectors here today sought the reason for an airpigne accident on the fairways of the Hillerest Golf and Country Club of Amarillo yesterday that | resulted in the death of five persons, in- ciuding a British World War flyer. ‘rne lives of the victims, occupants of | & six-passenger cabin monoplane, were crushed out, as the craft crashed after | & spin from an altitude of only 200 feet, apparently as the pilot was att:mpting { to land on the golf course, The dead are Lieut. Robert H. Gray, 37, of the English Alr Corps during the Ray Allison, The last three named were Amarillo business men. Gray, who was piloting the plane, and Moore and Allison were killed instantly. Mrs, Gray died soon after golfers had dragged her from the wreckage. Dillon died on the way to a hospital. A broken elevator control or stalled motor were advanced as plausible causes of the accident by aviators, Wit- nesses sald ths craft righted itself after it went into the spin, but too late to gain altitude before it struck the ground. attendance at dawn of early church services on Christmas. Driving to the churches in horse-drawn sleighs, with bells tinkling merrily, they make the countryside brilliant with torches, car- rigd to light the way to church. Although the King of Sweden holds no official reception on New Year day, it is customary for the dignitaries of the realm to visit the palace and in- scribe their names in the great book placed there for that purpose. With the exception of this official custom, New Year day is mostly a day of pri- vate calls and friendly visits for the people of Sweden. In addition to De- cember 25 and 26 and New Year day, the Epiphany, or January 6, is also a legal holiday in the Scandinavian country, Colorful in Japan. Perhaps no country in the world holds a more colorful New Year cele- bration than Japan. Despite the chang- ing world and with it the adoption of many Western customs, the New Year observances of Japan are almost as old as the land itself. Preparations for the Japanese New Year commence at least two weeks be- fore the new year arrives. First, the house is placed in order with a thor- ough cleaning. As much as is possible, utensils and household goods that have been broken are replaced with new ones. Until very recently an entire week was given to the celebration of New Year by the Japanese. But modern business de- mands have made that impossible now, 80 the celebration usually extends over the first, third and fifth days of the new year, with banks and business places open on the second and fourth days. All household cleaning must be fin- ished before the dawn of the New Year, and no dusting or sweeping must be done on the first day of the year, for fear that the God of Good Luck be frightened away by the noise and dis- turbance. > Until the introduction of Western methods, Japan, like China, observed the lunar calendar and New Year at a different time each year. But for some time now January 1 has been observed as the first day of the year, although in the rural districts or among the fish- ing villages the old New Year is still frequently celebrated. Early in the morning on New Year day throughout the Japanese empire the New Year banquet begins and the table remains laden with good things to eat for the period of three days. Services in Palace Temple. On the first day of the year the Em- peror holds special religious services in the palace temple. worship to one’s ancestors, and is of & particularly religious nature. The sec- ond day of the new year is one of held on this day. and every one must be happy. The saying is that children should not cry on this day, or they are apt to do so the rest of the year. January 5 is a day of official ban- queting, and a great banquet is given by the Emperor, to which are invited the members of the diplomatic corps and high officials of the empire. As Americans decorate their windows and house fronts with tolly wreaths and greens at Christmas, so do the Japanese decorate their doors and gates with branches of pine, plum and bamboo and specal adornments of straw and paper, with occasionally a lobster and An orange to be seen, the last two being symbolic of longevity and fruitfulness for those within. If you should visit a business street in a Japenese city before the New Year, you will see hundreds of straw ropes and straw tassels for sale in booths along the streets. These straw ropes of “good fortune” were used in early times as a guard against evil spirits and will be seen decorating practically every doorway in Japan during the New Year season. As Spring opens the base ball season in the United States, so New Year day opens the kite season in Japan. On this day whole villages and districts enter into kite fi,ing competitions, and the countryside is vivid with a gay and colorful exhibition of kites of every size and shape. While American children receive their | eifts on Christmas day, the small chil- dren of Japan receive New Year day. China alsb holds a noisy and festive New Year, and although since the birth of the republic January 1 is now the official first day of the year, neverthe- less throughout the vast interior and rural districts of China the populace still observes its own lunar New Year, which in 1930 will fall on January 30. gifts of toys on LJ great feast day of the year is Christ- mas day. A picturesque and romantic re {8 always found the custom of Sweden, el'uug back to an- ‘the reproduction of the ecient days of medieval times, is the 37 Years at . . Jewelers World War; his 20-year-old wife, Eve- | Iyn; Robert' M. Moore, C. N. Dillon and | This is a day of | gayely. Sports and street parades are | By the Associated Press. Year. All most places have banned set-ups for the evening, the Govern- ment has made its usual preparations to have agents in and out of the vari- o t X P 3 has ordered all dining rooms closed for the evening, while another will have three New Year parties in full sway until morning. Many more thousands, minus table reservations, will gather at dance halls and theate g iocds MAN 1S IDENTIFIED AS WASHINGTONIAN Former St. Elizabeth’s In- mate Is Now in Delaware State Hospital. A 1w l;o Monday walked into the poli~c n- ¢ uarters of Wilmington, Del., and said he did not know who he was or where he came from today was iden- tified by Delaware State Hospital and | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital officials as Wil- | liam George Dixon, 30, a former inmate of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. | Identification, which came through | study of the man's vague recollections | and a checking up between the two hos- pitals, ended a two-day search of the records of State hospitals throughout the East in an effort to help the man find his identity. “SL Elizabeth's officials today said that the man, subject to such mental lapses, had been a patlent there since 1927, and has been more or less clear in his mind and active in the hospital routine, ‘They describe him as having the status, at present, of “an eloped patient” from the hospiti As he is harmless, and stands a good chance of making an adjustment of his life away from the hospital, he will not be sent for to be returned to St. Elizabeth’s, it was stated. If the Delaware authorities see fit to send him k to Washington. he will find the hospital facilities avallable for | his treatment. the freedom of the grounds at St. | Elizabeth’s. He disappeared from the hospital on Christmas day. The doctors did not know how he got to Wilming- ton. Dixon,. acec®ding to St. Elizabeth’s records, picked up by District police, who alleged that the man had been breaking seals on freight cars here. He was sent to St. Elizabeth’s as a District prisoner, but the charge against him has been nolle prossed by the District attorney's office. Dixon's mother, Mrs. Ella Bleber, \lives at 477 H street, southwest. FARMING MAIN TOPIC. Addresses Made nofor: Society of Agricultural Engineers. KANSAS CITY, December 31 () —A tendency against putting vast new areas under cultivation and for protecting the present farm lands of the Nation was expressed at the meeting of the landreclamation division of the Ameri- can Soclety of Agricultural Engineers here yesterday. Soll erosion, the subject of study hy the Federal Government in several widely scattered areas of experimental stations, was attacked as one of the chief menaces to the productivity of agricultural lands and the varied ex- perimental terracings were described as preventive measures. The foundation of a long-term pro- gram was being laid by the committee on resolutions, which will report to- MOTTOW. Gordon Hotel 916 16th St. N.W. | Most Delightful Section in Town || Rooms, Furnished, $30 to $70 Suites, Furnished, $60 to $125 1 d | o The embarra aneezes are soon gon | and relief and comfort quick: roturn when you take | Gre ROMO | E Table | il for two | generations. A true test. Grove’s . ¢« Laxative - BROMO UININE Tablets ul Sin 188 —may 1930 be the brightest of all— . 935 F Street Platinimsmiths Several weeks ago Dixon was given | Pl DEVELOPING FAST i Three Distinct Turns Taken by Case Involving Judge With Narcotics Suspects. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Decemb2r 31 —City and Federal investigations into the alleged connection between Magistrate Albert Vitale and Ciro Terranova, “artichoke king,” with various criminal elements took three distirct turns yesterday. Four men, arrested by Federal au- thorities as members of a Nation-wide narcotic ring and said by the United States attorney to have possessed Mag- istrate Vitale’s telephone number on their “frequently called” list, were held in heavy bail on indictments charging violation of the Federal narcotic laws, The Bronx County grand jury re- turned indictments against seven men alleged to have participated in the hold- up of a dinper party given for Magis- trate Vitale December ’ Police Commissioner Whalen, at the departmental trial of Arthur Johnson, demoted detective, introduced letter alleged to have been written by a mem- ber of the Vitale party hold-up gang, in which both the magistrate's and Ter- i anova's names were mentioned. Four Men Indicted. ‘The Federal indictments were re- turned against Louis ' Saccarona, who was held in $50,000 bail, with his brother, Frank Sacearona; Frank Porco, held in $15000 baill, and “Buddie” Jones, $10,000 bail. Eleven others of the 16 men ar- rested with the Saccaronas in the raid on the Performers and Entertainers’ Club, in which the Federal agents charged both liquor and narcotics were sold “openly and brazenly," were held in bail ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 for later hearings. Charles H. Tuttle, United States at- torney, charges that the Saccarona brothers headed three of the largest narcotic rings in the country and that Louis has frequently boasted that he could fill orders up to $2,000,000 worth within 24 hours, because “he was very well protected by the police. Joseph Bravate, 22, eged _Ting leader, was one of the seven indicted for the Vitale dinner party hold-up. {The names of the six others were not revealed. | Bravate Identified, Bravate was arrested a few days fol- lowing the hold-up on information sup- ied by Johnson, who said he recog- nized Bravate on the street as he was about to enter a barber shop. Magis- trate Vitale went before the grand jury and it is said that he and other mem- bers of the dincer party also identified Bravate. Commissioner Whalen's letter, intro- duced at Johnson's trial on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, brought a mysterious signature “M. C." into -the ungle of amazing developments already made in the police investigation of the Vitale hold-up. ‘The letter, the commissioner sald, was taken from Zacci Savino, one of the three guests at the magistrate's dinner party arrested on charges of complicity in the hold-up. Savino and the two other arrested ests, Daniel Tamascia and Jo- inia, refused to reveal the iden- tity of “M, C.” when they appeared in police line-up today. Commissioner Wha- len also declined to give out any infor- mation on the matter. “It is all fixed up and Danny got rid bl Would Also Erect Monument to Gen. John A. Logan at catfed Tor the siaylag of Brankle Yok P t i i cal for le slaying o nkie and Prank Marlow, racketeers, whose resent lowa Point. murders have not been solved. 2 Johnson, when questioned at his hear- ing today, said that ‘“about 25 per cent” of the guests at the party were criminals. The demoted detective also testified that he was suspicious that the hold-up was “tipped off” and that the robbers knew who he was because he was “frisked” for his service revolver, the loss of which cost him his detective’s rank and started the police investiga- tion of the affair. e o o A ¢ i ns for the annual dinner of the Returned by Magistrate. assoclation were completed. The affair Johnson also sald that he had de-|will be held at the, Hotel, Jan. Tayed the initial investigation of the!yary 2s. e 5 hold-up upon request of Magistrate | No ‘defini A Vitale. Police say that during this nnlmhfi[nn‘:np?nt?:n.'“ tohengon e delay the levelry, part of the maney | "The association has been invited to ohnson'’s revolver, in b hold-Up, were returned to the victims | fooms o te iy iy iens' Associa- El by_Magistrate Vitale. la M. Thompson, president of bod; resid ‘The magistrate continued his non- commentative policy when asked for a List Your Rented and Vacant Houses With J. LEO KOLB- ments in the hold-up case, saying that it would not be proper for him to 923 N. Y. Ave. 1237 Wis. Ave. District 5027 West 0002 Proposal to change the name of Iowa Circle, at the intersection of Thirteenth and O streets and Rhede Island and Y.:'mnnt avenues, to Circle, and ‘Thomas Circle Citizens' Association at the Northminster Presbyterian Church, Eleventh street and Rhode Island avenue last night. comment, in view of the bar asso- ciation’s investigation into his activi- ties. He said, however, that he did not know why his name was listed in Louls Saccarona’s memorandum book and he did not know the man. “You may rest assured,” said Magis- trate Vitale, “that the man has never called me.” (A Serve National Ginger Ale Tomorrow at Your “Open House” Your guests will appreciate the com- pliment of careful discrimination—for there is no Ginger Ale comparable to NATIONAL. And that’s. be- cause it is just what - its name implies— GINGER Ale. Made today the same way that made it famous. For sale by ¢ase or bot tle n.‘uoun and delica- tessens. Served at cafes, clubs and fountains. " Guggenheim Co., 33rd- and K _Sts.—W. 2508 ctmeri 5 i et - e Bt Sentiment U The usual wish for a Happy New Year does not adequately express our sentiments toward the Washing- ton Community. ; It is fitting to comsider the for. tunes of our good friends, whatever their circumstances may be. Some have encountered difficulties, others have maintained normal conditions, and still others have enjoyed the fullest measure of blessings, both material and spiritual, Whatever your fortunes have been, it is to you we extend our sin- cere hopes for the brightest outlook toward contentment and happiness, and a measure of fortune which will bring to you and yours that feeling of confidence and security that fos. ters the true spirit of the American home. May Washington enter the year of 1930 with an outlook’ of opti- mism, with determination to reach greater heights as the International Capital of the World. LANSBURGH & BRO th, 8th and E 8t.—FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860—National 9800