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Evening star., 1926-12-15
0BREGON HITS HUERTA.
Says Yaquis Were Induced to At
tempt His Capture.

MEXICO CITY, December Is @.-
Former President Obregon, in a state
ment published by the newspapers to.
day, charges Adolfo de la Huerta, for.
mer provisional President, with indf,c.
ing the Yaqui Indions to revolt and
attack Obregon's train at Vicam, State
of Sonora, in an attempt to capture
him when the Yaqui uprising started
in September
Gen. Obregon bases his charges on
letters from San Antonio, which he
also made public. The letters. pur-
portedly signed by de la Huerta, were
addressed to the Yaqui general.
Luis Matus. They are said to have
been discovered in Matus' valise,
which was seized by federal troops
after the defeat Of the Yaquis at
Vicam.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 15.-A
burglar with a penchant for discuss
ing are with his victims, If they
happen to meet him. robbed Mrs.
Adelaide ODonohue of Brooklyn of
$4,000 in jewels last Saturday. Mrs.
O'Donohue, police said in revealing
the burglary last night, was awaken
ed by a fiashlight on her face just
before daybreak, and called out, who
are you?"
I'm burglar" was the reply. Il
want your money and your jewelry."
She told him they were in the bu-
reau, but he paused to remark:
That's a corking fine painting you
have there. Is it genuine?"
Mrs. O'Donohue assured him it was,
and that 1t was called "Out of Chaos
Comes the DAWN The thief, glanc.
ing out of the window, remarked that
sure enough it was dawning. He then
went to the bureau and selected gems,
conversing the while.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, December 15.-A
cheap, simple and apparently abso-
Lutte. cure for drug addiction-that is
Americas Christmas gift to humanity
this year. Today new hope exists for
100000 drug addicts in the United
States alone through the genius of
a Hungarian immigrant named A. 5.
HorovitZ, a man of scalpels and test
tubes. q miracle worker of the great
white necromacy of biochemistry, in
New York.
A calm and professional report in
the New York Medical Journal and
Record, published today, carries the
careful, scientific facts Of the great
est curative device in humanitys be-
half since Salvarsan. 1t says that
400 addicts in New York's houses of
mercy have been treated with "a So
luton of lipoids combined with non
specific proteins and water soluble
vitamins" and that after administra-
tions varying from 72 hours to three
weeks they have gone about their
businesses.
Three of these 400 and of 200
more whose cases have not been
formulated for the report have re-
turned. One was a negreSs whose
body was cured, but whose mind still
believed that drugs furnished "a
harmless way of getting a pleasant
kick" There was one other failure
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Geese That Saved
Town Get Reprieve
From Butcher'sAx
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, December 15.-For
saving the village of Crajowa from
destruction by fire, a flock of geese
condemned to slaughter for Christ
mas is to live until New Year at
least.
At night the owner was awak-
ened by frantic cackling. He hur-
ried to the poultry yard. The birds
refused to be auieted. Looking in
the direction in which the geese
were craning their necks, the own
er discovered a bright glow over
a distant farmhouse. Soon flames
burst forth.
The alarm was sounded and the
building was saved The peasants
are certain that because Of the
prevailing gale all Of Crajowa
might have been destroyed but for
the warning OF the geese.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
YOUNG GIVES Up
FORFUND.INQU|RY
Former War Department En-
pIoye Placed Under
$500 Bond.

Damon Young, former War Depart
ment employe charged with disap-
pearing last week without making
formal accounting of $4,000 Christ
mas fund of fellow workers. of which
he was custodian, voluntarily sur
rendered to the police today.
In company with his attorney, Rich
ard j. Quigley and Detective Jim
Springman, who has been assigned to
the case, Young appeared before
Judge George H. Macdonald in Po-
lice Court and pleaded mot guilty
TO a charge of conversion after trust.
He waived a preliminary hearing and
bond, at the suggestion of District
attorney Peyton Gordon, was set at
1900. 's-gsss 80 .ss'
Deposition Gets Warrant
The warrant used against Young
today was sworn out by Stanley F.
Burrows, one Of the depositors in the
Christmas fund and involved less
than $500.
Immediately after appearance in
Police Court the trio went over to the
District Supreme Court, where Mil
ton Kronheim furnished the required
bond. After this detail had been ac-
complished Young and his attorney
went over to the Columbian Building
for conference.
Advising his client not to make a
statement at the present time to news
paper men, Attorney Quigley declared:
'Mr. Young came back to Wash
ington voluntarily for the purpose of
strengthening out the Christmas
fund"
Air of Confidence.
Dapper appearing. and smoking
cigarettes necessarily, Young pre-
sented an air of confidence that he
would be able to fix his financial at
fairs to the satisfaction of all.
While refusing to tell where he
stayed during the past seven or eight
days, he did not deny he had been in
New York part of the time. He said
that he had written to Arthur B.
Moreland, a clerk in the Munitions
Building, from that point, concerning
an athletic fund he had something to
do with at the department.
II do want to say, however" MIR.
Young declared, that some of the
newspapers have grossly exaggerated
the amount Of the fund"
While refusing to place an estimate
on it at this time, he said that $1,000
was the most accurate figure men
toned.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
CONSPIRACY TO KILL
ALFONSO DISCLOSED
Madrid Reports Anarchists in Plot
to Assassinate King and Premier
Are in Custody.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, December 15.-A new
conspiracy to assassinate King AL
fonso of Spain and the Spanish pre-.
mier, Gen. Primo de Rivera, SAYS a
Barcelona dispatch to the Daily Ex-
press, was discovered last week in
Madrid. Thirteen anarchists were ar.
rested in a suburb of the capital and
numerous other arrests followed
throughout the country. One of those
arrested was shot while trying to es-
cape
The conspirators, according to the
newspapers information, planned to
sheot Premier de Rivera from a closed
motor car placed in front of his office
If this was successful, it was intend
ed to kill the King with grenades as
he was attending the premiers fu-
neral
Evening star., 1926-12-15
TWO SHOT IN H0LD-UP.

MODALE, Iowa, December Is CP).
Robert SaSSerman, cashier of the
NodaIe Savings Bank. and Tony
Jackson, who was passing the bank,
were shot and wounded during hold
IN of the bank by two or more men
shortly after 8 am. today.
A posse began pursuit of the
robbers, who took $1,000. Jackson's
wounds are believed to be serious.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

tainly can be charged with no respon-
sibility for their plight, and the
prayers of % adults asking. nothing
for themselves but a fighting chance
to give their dependents the oppor-
tunity they have now been denied. If
they are tided over a single year, the
chances are more than even that they
can win; otherwise bright future is
closed to them permanently.
tuberculosis. blindness, crippling
infections, overwork and death are
some of the agents circumstance has
employed to bring these families so
low In few cases misplaced trusts
have been the factors, q faithless
husband or father leaving wife and
children penniless. Unless they are
helped. the children must be torn from
their mothers, too, and sent to charita-
BILE institutions.
To insure bare living necessities to
these 81 people, the Associated Chari-
ties needs total of $15,652 during
NJ q CAI..
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Appointment by Governor
Would Force Extra Ses-
sion, Leaders Fear.
LONG "SLUSH" DEBATE
WOULD DELAY PROGRAM
Senator Elect and Gov. Small Both
Are Silent on Plans After
Watson's Call.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate Republican leaders today
warned Frank l.. Smith, Senator-elect
from Illinois, not to accept the ap-
pointment to fill the seat left vacant
by the late Senator Mckinley OF
Illinois, If it were rendered him.
A resolution, introduced by Senator
Dill, Democrat, Washington, already
is pending in the Senate which would
disavow Smith as Senator-elect.
Other Democrats have declared they
would resist his assumption of office
because of disclosures brought out by
the Senate campaign funds investigat-
ing committee which inquired into the
Illinois primaries.
Long Fight Feared.
Republican leaders have expressed
the hope that nothing should be done
in appointing a successor to Senator
Mckinley which would plunge the
Senate into a long fight over the cam
paign funds issue while important leg
islation is waiting.
Senator Watson, Republican, of In
diana, a personal friend of Smith,
urged him today by ong-distance tele-
phone, not to accept the seat, on the
grounds that such action might force
a special session Of the Senate.
The action was prompted by re-
ports that Smith is determined to
accept the appointment if offered in
order to present his side of the story
of campaign expenditures.
Republican leaders are prepared,
however, to move for an immediate
vote on the seating of Smith if he is
appointed in an effort to forestall a
long fight on the question. They are
not hopeful that he would be seated
if vote should be taken Immediately.
Verifies Watson Call.
DWIGHT, I'll, December Is CP).-
Senator-elect Frank l.. Smith today
verified information from Washing
ton that Senator James Il. Watson of
Indiana, Republican Senate leader,
had urged him in telephone con-
yersation not to accept appointment
OF Senator William b. Mckinley, Re.
publican, but he declined to say
whether 1t would weigh in his decision
in the matter.
1t is conceded by friends of Smith
and Gov. Len Small that Smith may
have the appointment if he desires it
and Smiths frequent conversations
with the governor have indicated his
inclination to accept it.
The outcome of the deliberations.
Smith said, could hardly result IN an
nouncement Of McKinley's successor
to-day or tomorrow" Delay in max
ing the appointment was regarded as
an INDICATION that the governor and
the Senator-elect are considering every
angle of the situation, but there was
no intimation that Smith has con-
cluded to decline the seat, and he re-
fused specifically today to say that
he had taken such a course, or that
he would take it.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Burglar Discusses Art With Victim
Before Making Getaway With $4,000

us this emerald paste?" he inquired
and Mrs. O'Donohue assured him II
was as real as the picture, so he took
it, but he left the engagement ring
given Mrs. O'Donohue by her hus.
band, who died 10 years ago. Mrs.
O'Donohue is SO.
The burglar remarked upon vol.
umes of Byron, Shelley and Keats on
table, answered that he was "a
when Mrs. O'Donohue asked his age,
and explained that he was robbing
the house because of the approach of
Christmas.
TITS been years since I've read
this" he said, picking up a Bible.
but it's just the thing. I'm going
to make you swear on that Bible that
you won't scream until l leave the
house."
Mrs. 'O'Donohue waited five min
utes, then screamed.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
WARMER IN CHICAGO.
Further Rise i'm Temperature Ex-
pected Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, December Is P).-A
slight modification today from the
widespread cold wave and a further
rise in temperature Thursday have
been promised by weather forecast
ers, but with the unheartening post
script that even with moderation the
mercury will be considerably below
normal for the season.
The front of the cold wave, which
swirled down from Alaska and moved
rapidly across the country has
reached the north Atlantic States and
the South. but in a modified form,
although temperature drops Of 20 to
80 degrees were not unusual in those
areas.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Governor Is Silent.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, December Is
N).-Gov. Len Small today declared
he was mot talking about the ap-
pointment Of a United States SEN
ator.'
Informed of the warning sent Frank
l.. Smith, Senator-elect, by Republi-
can leaders in the Senate, the COVER
nor repeated: please say I'm not
talking about it,
Evening star., 1926-12-15
SNOW BEGINS HERE.
TOLAST ALL NIGHT.
Thermometer Expected to Go
as Low as 26. With Clear
tomorrow.

Snow or rain is in the balance this
afternoon and tonight, it was said at
the Weather Bureau. 1t started
showing just before noon and bad
weather is likely to continue all night,
clearing up tomorrow morning.
The thermometer is expected to go
as low as 26. Last night it only
went to 29, not quite so low as had
been expected. A very bad snowstorm
is not in sight in the vicinity of
Washington.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Severe in Wide Area.

The cold has continued, however,
with marked severity in the North
west, where temperatures last mid
night ranged from 10 to 20 degrees
below zero over a wide area. West
ern Canada likewise continued in the
grip of one of the most sustained
cold spells in many years, with the
mercury sinking to 35 degrees below
in some places.
A 6O-mile gale, which blew snow
and mist from the freezing regions Of
Thunder Bay. held Is to 20 grain
laden steamers at anchor within seven
miles of Port Arthur, Ontario. The
Lake Shippers Clearance Association
said no further clearance of vessels
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1926-12-15
II. ALL ON SHIP. LOST.

LONDON, December Is Np. -
Iloyds reports the wreck of the Nor
wegian steamer Balholm in Faxa Bay,
Iceland, with the loss of all hands.
.Advices from Oslo, the Norwegian
capital, say the Balholm's crew num-
bered H. including 2 Englishmen, the
others Norwegians. 1t is believed that
a. few Icelanders were passengers
aboard.
The Balholm was bound from Ak
reyi, north coast of Iceland, for Haf-
hartford.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

Full report of Justice H0eh-
ling's charge to the jury will be
found OH POge Z.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
DISTRICT LEADING
IN RELIGIOUS POLL
Well Ahead of Average of Ma
ton in TabuIation of Be-
lief in God.

Returns from the first 1900 ques-
tionnaires counted in The Stars poll
on religious sentiment show probably
that Washington is more uniformly
religious than the average America
city, with the comparison lased on
returns in the national poll of which
the local one is an intergral part.
Washingtonians answering the
questionnaires, for instance, show a
92.S per cent belief in God, whereas
the country as whole has thus far
shown an SO per cent belief.
Seventy-six per cent of those an
swering local ballots also professed
that they were regular church mem
bers, whereas the national poll showed
only 70 per cent of those answering
to be in this classification.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
PRESIDENT SIGNS
UTILITIES MEASURE
No Indications Given, How
ever, as to Who May Be
Named to Fill Posts.

The bill to create new Public
Utilities Commission for the District
of Columbia became law shortly be-
fore noon today when President Cool
idge officially signed it.
In affixing his signature to this act
the President did so without making
any comments. Neither did he give
any indication that he has in mind
those whom he will appoint to the
commission.
Since receiving this bill a week
ago the President has been repre-
sented as being displeased with GER
tain features of it, principally the
requirement Of those who
arg to serve on the commission, but
there has been little thought in the
minds of those associated with the
President that he would decline te
sign it. The President. however. be.
fore reaching a decision, referred the
bill to the Attorney General for ex-
animation and it was Immediately
upon receipt of a report from the lat
ter today that the President signed
the bill.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Follows Recent Hearings.

The committees action follows re-
cent hearings in which high naval
officials, including Secretary Wilbur,
testified that the American Navy was
dropping behind those of other nations
in the construction of light cruisers
and other craft permitted under the
Washington Arms Conference treaty.
Mr.. Butler said the text of the letter
would not be made public by the COM
mlttee because it represented an Of
fetal communication from a commit
tee of Congress to the President as
commander-in-chief of the Nations
military forces.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
PRESIDENT TO HEAR
CONDITION OF NAVY
House Group Directs Chair.
man Butler to Report to
Chief Executive.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BY unanimous vote, the House naval
committee, in secret session, instruct.
ed Chairman Butler today to present
to the President the views of the
committee on the condition of the
Navy.
Proposals for a naval building pro-
gram have been practically completed
by the committee, which began con-
sideration of the question when it be-
came known that the budget had made
no recommendations for an appropria-
ton to start construction on three
light cruisers authorized by Congress.
S50O,OO0.O00 Is Estimate.
Just how far the committee pro-
poses to go is a matter of conjecture,
but Chairman Butler recently esti-
mated it would take at least $500, 900, :
900 to provide a sufficient number of
light cruisers and other craft, per-
mitted under the Washington Arms
Conference treaty, to put the Navy on
parity with other nations.
Representatives Andrew of Massa-
chusetts, and Coyle of Pennsylvania,
both Republicans, have drafted a
tentative program designed to embody
the views of committee members and
this draft is before the committee for
approval.
A confidential letter to the President
was drafted today, and Mr.. Butler was
ordered to deliver it at the White
House.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Belief i'm Christ Extensive.

Belief in the divinity of Christ here
is also higher than the national belief
recorded through ballots of $4,000 read
ers of $50 papers in 40 States, from
which the national figures are com
piled. Local returns show that SAL
per cent of those answering hold to
such belief. as compared with II per
cent over the country.
More than SS per cent of the voters
in the local count profess belief IN
immortality as against So per cent in
the national count.
These figures become more striking
when judged in comparison with d
recent poll in England. in which more
than $4,000 voted and which showid
73 per cent believing in God, 78 per
cent In Immortality, II per cent in
the divinity of Christ and 20 per cent
regular in church duties.
Questionnaires in The Stars poll
are arriving in patches of several
u day and before the close of
the poll next Friday are expected to
be sufficient in number to provide
means of indicating Wash
ington's religious sentiment.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Three On Commission.

Under the provisions of this act the
Public Utilities Commission will be
made up of three commissioners, one
of whom will be the Engineer Com
missioner of the District of Columbia,
and the other two to be elected from
civil life. The salaries of the civilian
members of this board will be $1,000.
These salaries correspond to the one
now received by the Engineer Com
missioner.
The President viii be called upon
To appoint a peoples counsel, who
shall represent and appear for the
people of the District at all hearings
of the commission and in all judicial
proceedings involving the interests
of users of public utilities products
and services. This offlcer Is TO receive
q salary of $4,000.
According to the utilities act one of
the two civilian members of the COM
missions shall be appointed for term
of two wears and the other for term
of three years. Their successors
shall be appointed for three years
each. A further stipulation is made
in the act that no person shall be ap-
pointed who has interests voluntarily
or invoiuntarily, directly or indirectly"
in any public utility in the District
as peoples counsel who has not been
a bonafide resident Of the District
continuously for q period of four
wears Immediately proceeding the eff
fectiye date of his appointment or
who has not been engaged IN the
actual practice of law before the
supreme Court of the District of
Columbia for at least five years.
Must BE Three-Year Residents.
II ;s also specified in the bill that
those appointed to the commission
n,,Ist have been residents of the Dis
trict at least three years prior TO the
.nnointment 1t was this latter resi-
dence requirement and the stipulation
regarding direct or indirect interest
in public utilities that caused the
president to express displeasure at
| the bill in it's entirety.
Except the Engineer Commissioner,
none of the members shall have out
! side employment. thereby being re-
| olired to give their full time to the
| functions of their office. A majority
| IF the commissioners shall constitute
q ouorum. and the commission itself
viii bv a majority vote, elect chair
/ man. 1t is provided in the bill that
| a vacancy on the commission shall
not impair the right of the remaining
! commissioners to exercise all the
nowers Of the commission. 1t is
further stipulated that any investiga-
ton, inquiry or hearing within the
| jurisdiction of the commission may
he held or made by any commissioner,
whose acts or orders, when approved
| bv the commission, shall be deemed
10 be the order of the main body.
The commission shall have the power
to adopt and publish rules and regu-
/ ia.ions for the administration of the
provisions under the law.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Totals on IL Questions.

The totals are as follows:
/. Do you believe in God. Yes,
1907; no, S5; not voting, 9.
2. DO you believe in immortality?
Yes, ISL; no, 131; not voting, IS.
3. Do you believe in prayer as a
Evening star., 1926-12-15

Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
Evening star., 1926-12-15

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

fU. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Snow or rain this afternoon and to-
night and probably tomorrow. Colder
tomorrow.
Temperature--Highes 49, at pm.
yesterday: lowest, 90, at am. today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

Continued on Page 2. Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-21
Gen. Burnside's
Whiskers Start
Big Damage Suit
-. United pcess Leased Wire

NEW YORK, MAY 21.-AIiss Ella
{. Patterson of Milwaukee,. Wis,
tamc into court yesterday afternoon
to defend the whiskrrs of the late
General Ambrose L. Burnside, civil
war hero, who WAS her Uncle,
She charged that Colgate and com
pany who make shaving soap and
the like. had her uncle 5 whiskcrs
las a Springhoard from which to
launch noc0se aud humorous sales
arguments y and asked $l5O,00O
damages as Il result. She based
her action on an advertisement al
legged to have been published by the
Colgate conccru which showed
picture of Burnside and which was
entitled "when BurnSides were in
bloom
Particularly did Miss Patterson
object to Il statement that the
EurnsiGes were so named "becausc
they cluttercd up both sides of the
proprictor's comtcnance.
She charged that the advertise
mcnt held her uncle open to ridiculc
and tended to make him famous for
his whiSlicrS rather than for his war
record, for which he is now known
in history. The case will be ar
gued here May %.