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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
MILITARISM SCORED
AT STUDENTS FARLEY
Elimination of Defense DAY."
and Compulsory Training
in Schools Urged.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January I.-Disa pproval
of war and all things military was
expressed in recommendations before
the International Students Conference
in Evanston today.
The recommendations asked for
resolutions favoring:
Discontinuance OF the Defense
day test.
Elimination of compulsory military
training in the schools and colleges
Elimination of the war emphasis in
school text books.
Entrance Of the United states into
OF Nations.
Removal OF discriminatory legisla-
ton from the immigration policy.
Promotion of universal diSa rma ment.
Contributing toward world peace,
not standing aloof and letting the
Monroe doctrine stand in the way.
Greater participation of youth in
missionary work WAS urged by DR..
danes VI. Woodruff. Boston, Mass,
who said:
missionary leaders and organiza-
tionS have appealed to the idealism
of youth to invest itself in the mission
enterprises. Youth must not only be
appealed to for an investment of life.
but ii must be given information as
to the actual problems faced by the
mission boards. Youth must be given
a chance to criticize and suggest poll
CieS. 1t should be represented in the
leadership of the missionary organiza-
tons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
AIR PLANS ARE LAID
BY ARMY AND NAVY
Departments Working to
Garry Out Recommendations
of Presidents Board.

ny lHt -toNOEIhtft ilfS5
Both the War and Navy Depart.
ments are working on plans to carry
out recommendations of the Prcsi-
dents Air Board.
The Navy already had submit ted
recommendations has ed on the boards
report 10 the proper congressional com
mittees, and Secretary Davis dis, US
Sed the War Departments plans yes
terday with President Coolidge. Sec
rotary Wilbur did not go into detail.
but both department heads We're rep
resented as favoring the proposal for
creation of additional assistant SeCre-
taryShips 10 handle aviation matters.
Other legislative proposals cOntein-
plated by the War Department in
Clude appointment II two additional
hrigadier generals in the Army Air
Service. one to be stationed in Wash
ington in charge of supply questions,
and the other To be comma ndant al
Kelly Field, Tex. the main training
center of the service. and measure
to meet the complaint that flyers who
rendered distinguished service We're
not given suitable medals or other
decorations
In the latter connection revival
of the order Of Merit" dating back
to the days OF George Washington, is
to be proposed. The last one was is
sued in 1881. and its future use. under
the plan, will he limited TO commem-
Grating service of an outstanding
character not in the face Of the enemy
in any branch of the Army.
further step in line with the de
sire OF Secretary Davis to take i'm
mediate advantage of the boards sug.
gestionS for Improvement in the Air
Service will be the assignment to gen
eral staff duty of three Air Service
officers in addition to the two now on
such duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
CUBAN LIQUOR PACT
COMPLETION NEAR
Andrews and Valance Enter
Final Stages of
Negotiations.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HAVANA, January 1.-Officiai An.
nouncement was made yesterday that
the negotiations begun last June for
a liquor treaty between Cuba and
the United States now have reached
the final stages.
Lincoln c. Andrews. Assistant Sec
rotary of the United States Treasury,
and William r. Valance, assistant
solicitor of the State Department, who
recently came to Havana, after trip
of inspection of Southern United
States ports, conferred at length to-
day with Manuel de Cespedes, the
foreign secretary, regarding details of
the proposed treaty. Important prog
resS was made and a satisfactory end
10 the negotiations is predicted. 1t
* said that the treaty will be similar
TO that with Canada
In statement Mr.. Andrews said:
The conference between the repre-
Sentatives Of the respective state de-
partments disclosed a fine spirit of
reciprocity and cooperation between
the two governments, indicating a
the situation
Mr. Andrews will nav his respects
to President Machado today.
While there is no inclination in
any quarter To go into details of the
conversation, the understanding was
given that Mr.. Andrews and Mr.
Valance will return to Washington
to draw up a treaty which will be
sent 10 Gen. Crowder, the American
Ambassador, for final consideration
of the Cuban government. The gen
eral belief, however. is that actually
only forTnali;ieS remain. for it has
been known that Mr.. Valance came
here with Mr.. Andrews with a com
mission TO work out all details of the
proposed treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
POLICE OFFICER SHOT
AT NEW YEAR PARTY
Attending as One of Revelers, He
Tried to Intervene in
Argument.
Ry the Associated Press.


WAYLAND, Mass, January l.
Mansion Inn, roadhouse, crowded
with New Year eve jewellers, was
thrown into an uproar early today,
when Arthur J. Blake. a Chelsea
police inspector. was shot, probably
fatally after an argument in one of
the upstairs dining rooms.
Blake was not at the inn in his
capacity as a police officer. At a
hospital it was found that the bullet
had lodged below his heart. Doctors
had little hope that he would live.
The shooting created panic
among the 700 or 800 men and WON
en- who TANNED the inn. No one
could tell the police who had done
the shooting.
According to the story told police,
Blake was in a party that comprised
between so and Is persons in a pri-
vate dining room. An argument
arose between two members of the
party and Blake attempted to inter
vene. In the confusion that followed
shots We're fired and the inspector fell
wounded.
Blake in a statement given police
before he went on the operating table
described the man who shot him, but
said he did not know him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
0'LEARY SEES GOOD
YEAR FOR BUSINESS
Further Development Expected by
President of q. S. Chamber
of Commerce.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Confidence in the business prospects
for 1926 was expressed n a statement
TO the Associated Press last night by
John w. O'Leary, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
American business looks with con.
promise not only of continued eco
nomic stability, but further develop
ment," he declared.
New records OF business achieve
ment were attained during the year
just closed, with resultant widespread
prosperity, but of even greater con
sequence has been the progress made
toward the sterilization of economic
conditions not only in the United
States, but in various parts of the
world. and the fundamental readiust-
ments essential to normal and orderly
business expansion.
The United States is we'll in ad
vance of other countries in returning
TO a peace basis. Public economies
are having their effect, taxes are
being reduced. constructive enter
prise is In full swing. At the same
time there Is a general disposition TO
guard against the evils of imitation
Production and consumption are kept
at a fair balance.
Not the least of the encoura ging
signs is the better understanding on
the part of the general public Of the
problems and requirements of bust
ness and the quickening effort on
the part of business men 10 achieve,
individually and in cooperation,
greater economies in production and
marketing for the common good. A
condition OF both political and eco
nomic stability prevails and business
is in n position to go forward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
BANDIT SUSPECT HELD
BY RICHMOND POLICE
George Shipley. Wanted Since Last
May, Captured With Woman,
Awaits Extradition.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

RICHMOND. Va. January l.
Identified by Bertillon pictures and
measurements as the daring robber
who led a raid on a bank at Marine.
Mich, last May. when about $4,000
was taken, George Shipley is held
here for eXtradition. He is known to
the police also as Schipp, Schipkow-
ski. Lassett and Anderson. He has a
record of crime in California and an
other in Florida. according to the po-
lice.
A woman who occupied the auto in
which the Michigan bandits escaped
Is believed by the police to be the
same woman who was with him when
he was arrested here. She is being
held for further investigation. and
Michigan detectives are expected here
soon with requisition papers for both
prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
FLOODS IN FRANCE
REMAIN UNDATED
Northwest Rivers Still RISING.
Damage in Belgium Is
Very Heavy.
By the Associated Press,

ny tue ASBOC1ated treRS.
PARIS, January 1.--There has been
but little change in the flood situa.
ton in France. The rivers in the
south and east are receding, but those
IN the northwest continue to rise The
weather IS improving and this fact
lends hope that France may be spared
the calamity which is usherinG in
the New Year in Belgium.
In the little kingdom much damage
already has been done and the rivers
continue to rise. Liege has suffered
badly. In the lower part of the city
and In its environs a crevasse occurred
in the right bank of the Mouse, food
ing to a depth of u feet the entire
district of Seraing. AT Charleroi the
water has even invaded the walls OF
several of the banks. Railway com
munication is being badly impeded
The floods are declared to be the
worst experienced since 1876.
The authorities in Paris, although
they have begun preca utionary meas
ures, insist that the capital will es-
cape damage by the foods. They
forecast that the Seine will continue
to rise until Tuesday, but that the
water Will not reach a high enough
level to make IT dangerous to the city.
The suburbanites. however, seem
destined to suffer their annual vista
ton by the waters. Outside Paris the
most badly stricken regions up TO
the present appear TO be the historic
cities Beauvais and Caen.
In some parts of these cities the
water is six feet deep in the streets
Factories in the suburbs have CLOSED
down and the villages in which they
are situated are cut off from the rest
of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
Huge Flares Clean on Pixies Peak
As Midnight Ushers in the New Year

last night gave the first news that
the climbers had reached the peak.
Storm clouds, which had obscured the
summit during the afternoon, clear
ed away early in the night.
The ALBANIAN Club was organized as
the outgrowth of a Watch party" on
the summit of the peak, December 81 =,
1922, in a terrific blizzard, partici-
pated in by five Colorado Springs
mountain climbers. To the five who
staged the first celebration the next
year, another was added last year and
again this year.
1t is the idea of Fred Morath,
founder of the club, to add a member
to the roster each New Year until
so have Joined.
Physical qualifications for member
ship are most rigid, as the midwinter
climb to the summit Of the peak,
Ia, 100 feet above sea level, is a task
which tests the hardest mountain
climber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
HENRY G. PRATT NOW
Detective CHIEF
Takes Oath of Office Today Along
With Other Promoted Po-
lice Officials.

Inspector Henry G. Pratt, new chief
of detectives. and other police officers
promoted with him by the Board of
District Commissioners Tuesday, were
sworn in today by Maj, Edwin B.
Hesse, superintendent of police.
The ceremonies were held in Maj.
Hesse's Office in the presence of In
spectors Shelby and Evans, and were
featured by a brief talk by the police
chief, in which he urged the officers
to cooperate in maintaining the pres
ent high reputation of the depart
ment.
The promoted officers who took the
oath We're Inspector Louis J. Stoll.
Capts. Maurice Collins and Fred VI
Cornwell, Lieuts. Gustave Lauten and
j. E. Bowers and Sergts. Harry T.
Burltngame, John T. Langley and
Willard d. Vaughn.
Maj. Hesse told the officers they
had been promoted on their ''excep-
tionally fine" records in the police
department and that he looked to
them in their new positions to set an
example of conduct and efficiency for
the men under them. THE work Of
the department is increasing" he said.
1T is not a one-man job. The co
operation of the superior officers *
essential to the maintenance of the
present fine reputation of the depart
ment.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
MAKES DENIAL OF CRIME
IN "TRUTH SERUM" TEST
Man Under Life Sentence Repeats
Declaration of Innocence-Gov-
ernor Present But Unimpressed.

By the Associated Press.
HOLDENVILLE. Okla, January /.
Claude c. Newton, who went to the
penitentiary for life. protesting that
he was innocent of the murder of
Briggs Chunley, Oklahoma City
policeman, today repeated the declara.
ton while under the influence of
Scopolamin, the so-called truth
serum Newton came from the peni-
Tertiary at McAlester under guard at
his own request and submitted him
self as a subject for the demonstra-
ton.
At the conclusion of the examina-
ton DIR. r. E. House of Ferris, Tex,
discoverer of the serum, declared:
AN innocent man Is serving term
in the Oklahoma penitentiary or there
Is nothing in the truth serum"
Gov. Trap, who was present at the
exhibition and heard DR.. House and
committee of officers ply Newton
with questions, declined to comment
except to say that che regarded the
test merely as a scientific demon
stration."
Newton was convicted after a SEN
sational trial in Oklahoma City in
which the location of Chumley's
slayer hinged largely on a question
of identity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
KELLOGG IS HOST
T0FORE|GN ENJOYS
Secretary Has Breakfast for
DIPLOMATS After White
House Reception.

scarcely less interesting than the
" hite House reception was the break
fast N the Pan-American Union Build
ing which tn" Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Kellogg held for the diplomatic
corps Like the White House rccep-
ton. il il a traditional event and has
grown from "a small and exclusive af-
fair for diplomats alone To ii great -,
brilliant function. with cabinet mem
hers ana other notables present--an
almost royal affair in its beauty
ON entering the building one faced
the patio with its Aztec fountain and
seats and III the generous space was
stationed the Marine Band Orchestra,
which played America and The
Star SpanSled Banner and the ma
tioudl hymns OF all the countries rep
resented by diplomats The scene was
inspiring, the diplomats stepping from
their cars and entering the lofty mar
BILE hall. the men in uniforms and the
women in the snappiest of imported
frUCks and hats and furs and shoes
and fancy bags and what not some of
them Fastening home from the White
House to change their toilets.
The Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg
siuplitied the reception of guests be
yond that Of any former Secretary
OF State and yet held for il all of its
dignity. They stood at the top of the
steps in the hall Of flags and the dip
lomats were introduced To them by
Charles Cooke of the State Depart
ment. There was no one receiving
with them. but Mr.. Joseph e. Crew
Undersecretary OF State, and Mrs.
Crew. and the Assistant Secretaries of
State and their wives. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leland HARRISON, MIR. and Mrs. J. But
Ter Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur J..
Carr and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F..
Olds assisted generally in meeting and
entertaining the foreigners.
There was little decoration in the
building. tall slender cedars standing
between the windows and pillars of
the Hall of Nations, where the break
fast was served. The arrangements
for the buffet breakfa st We're simple.
long tables running almost the full
length of one side OF the room, with
many servants serving from the
board, while the diplomats themselves
went sucrrying here and there with
uplifted plates. cups and glasses,
waiting personally upon the ladies of
their suites.
Tall vases of flowers stood on the
table, and on the other side of the
room were several smaller tables,
where fruit punch. devoid a stick, "
was served
The spirit of the breakfast was de-
lightful and the menu ample.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
C0MDR. BYRD TOATTENO
DINNER FOR WILKINS
Navy Arctic Flyer Offers Aid to
Leader of Detroit Expedition
to North Pole.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. January 1.-Comdr.
Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N, who had
charge of the Navy planes when
Comdr. Donald B. Macmillan sought
to reach UNEMPLOYED land in the Arc
tic by airplane. will be among those
attending the reindeer dinner to be
given tomorrow night in honor of
Capt. George H. Wilkins, leader of
the Detroit Arctic expedition.
Comdr. Byrd telegraphed from
Boston that he would attend the
dinner and will lend his cooperation
in every way to Capt. wilkins and
his party in their attempt to reach
the North Pole by airplane from
Point Barrow. Alaska.
Next week Capt. Wilkins will re-
turn to New York for a final confer
ence with members of the American
Geographical Society, who are CO.
operating with the Detroit Aviation
Society in the expedition. Capt. Will
kins will return to Detroit shortly
before January 20, which is the date
set for the start of the trip to Point
Barrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
FRENCH RICHEST PEOPLE
IN EUROPE. SAYS HARVEY
But Government Is Poorest, He
Declares-Credits BRAND
With Locarno Pacts.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, January 1.-The
richest people in Europe are the
French people. This was the state
ment of Col. George Harvey, former
Ambassador to the Court of St. James,
here on his way to Arizona for a few
months rest.
THE richest people in Europe are
the French people. but the poorest
government in Europe is the French
government, he said. The troubles of
France are political. not economic"
he said.
The former diplomat averred the re-
public's salvation lay in leadership,
with the probable alternative of a die
tator or committee of public safety.
General conditions in Europe, leav-
ing out Britain, Col. Harvey described
as good. The Locarno treaties were a
step forward, he said, adding credit
Locarno to BRAND, by the way. not to
Chamberlain. The Frenchman laid
the foundation for all that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
Publishes Novel at 70.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, January / CP.
That a dream may come true is the
belief of Mrs. Mary F. S. Toy, who
at 70 has published her first novel.
Friends have received copies of the
book When Summer Comes" as foli-
day remembranceS. 1t is a story of
an old fashioned girl.
Mrs. Toy says she had dreamed Of
publishing a book since she was IS
years old. She is a charter member
Of Simsbury Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. and q MEM
ber of the Colonial DRmaa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
TUFTS COFFIN STARTED
ON ITS WAY TO CAIRO
Golden She'll" Which Lay Undis-
turbed for $500 Years, Being
Guarded to It's Destination,

LONDON, January l P).-Aftel
having laid undisturbed for $500
years. the golden shell of King Tut
ankh-Amen'S coffin. the coffin lid and
the golden royal mask were removed
from his tomb yesterday for shipment
to Cairo, says a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Luxor, Egypt
The coffin was borne on the shout
ders of eight workmen through clouds
of dust down the rocky way from the
Valley of the Kings, and arriving at
the River Nile, it was placed aboard
a felucca and taken to Luxor. There
it was placed in u special saloon of
the ordinary train for Cairo with an
armed guard about il.
The mummy remains in the tomb.
which will be opened to the public
tomorrow. Howard Carter, chief of
the eXcavators at the tomb, estimates
the intrinsic value of the gold con
tents Of the tomb at 100000 (about
$3.50 0OO)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
World Is More Eager for Peace Today
Than Any Time Since War, Says Dawes

Belief that the world is thinking
more of peace today than at any time
since the close of the war was voiced
by Vice President Dawes in a New
Year message.
THE advent of 1926" he said,
finds the world turning more eager
ly and more definitely toward the
paths of real peace than at any time
since the end of the World War.
THE conclusion of hostilities in
1918 found the desire for peace wide
spread, but the fires of hate had not
died down. It has taken seven years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Janu-
airy Huge flares famed at the sum-
NIT of Pixies Peak, Americas most
famous mountain, as midnight ushered
in a new quarter century. Street lights
in Colorado Springs were extinguished
and thousands watched the brilliant
vari-colored lights on the summit, IA
miles away.
The display, the third to be staged
at the peak by the ALBANIAN Club of
this city, was visible for many miles
in the clear air. 1t equaled $50 900
candlepower in illumination.
Seven members of the club battled
their way over the snowy wastes to
the peak to light the flares, which had
been left at the summit house by
the cog train on its last trip of the
season Four members of the club left
here early Wednesday to blaze the
trail, while the remaining three left
early yesterday,
Thrve fares lighted at o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
FARM AID CITED.
Reclamation Commissioner Points
to Aims During 1926.

Aid in improving agricultural prac
tice and building up morale were re.
ferred to as important duties of the
Reclamation Bureau during 1926, in
a New Year statement today by Com
missioner Elwood Mead. These are
needed" he said, Ito secure prompt
payment of project assessments,
either for construction or operation
and maintenance. Future accumula-
ton of arrears must, If possible, be
prevented.
I'VE have now left the era of re-
adjustment and enter on the era Of
fulfillment and constructive effort.
These will be a source Of interest and
satisfaction to all who have to deal
with administrative unattsrA~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
RAINS LAID TO STEAM.
Clouds Seen Issuing From Mount
McKinley Blamed by Alaskans.

ANCHORAGE. Alaska. January
P).-Intermittent rains here since
last night were attributed to an i'm
menSe volume of steam which was
seen Tuesday issuing from Mount
Mckinley, monarch of the Alaska
range, 100 miles north of here. Such
rain has been unknown in south
Alaska at this time of year.
Visibility was low today and the
mountain, the biggest on this con-
tinent, was not seen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01
MINES OF MICHIGAN u.
SCORE IN "TAMBOURINE"
College Show at Auditorium l.
Presented With Finish Worthy
of Professionals.

The Mines of the University OF
Michigan scored a hit with the large
audience of Michigan alumni and
friends at the Washington Auditorium
last night in their offering of Tam
bourine.'' their twentieth annual pro
ductfon. The show is a colorful
musical comedy in two acts, with
Balkan setting, and was presented
with finish that would do credit to
a professional offering.
Except for the prologue, which was
written by Dorothy Stone, daughter
of Fred Stone, who also designed the
costumes, the comedy is a student
production in book, music and lyrics.
Some of the musical numbers, espe-
cially "Romany Rose" as sung by
Russell Gohring, 81, brought repeat
ed encores, and the music was uni
formly tuneful.
Milton Peterson composed the lyrics
and music, Roy Hoyer staged the
elaborate dance numbers, and the
Mines Gypsy Orchestra gave an ex-
cellent rendition of the music under
the leadership Of Anthony J. Whit.
mire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-01

of dominance over all other consid.
erations and to render impotent the
international demagogue and the ma
tinalitsic politician who would fan
the embers of the past into new con-
fla grationS.
THE great Locarno conference of
the year just closing accomplished
much. AS we enter the new year
we see all about US evidences of this
desire for political and economic
peace. 1t is a most hopeful and
gratifying sign"