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Evening star., 1927-09-23
DEMOCRATS DROP
FIGHT FOR SENATE
Willing to Permit G. o. P. to
Organize and Become Re-
sponsibIe for Legislation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Democratic leaders are not disposed
to attempt to organize the Senate IN
December, even II the Republican
majority of one is reduced to 6
minority OF one by refusing the oatl
TO Senators-elect Smith of Illinois and
ware of Pennsylvania, pending further
investigation of their cases.
With the Republicans having a
nominal majority, the minority lead
ers take the position that they should
be permitted to organize the Senate
and assume the responsibility for any
action or lack of action on the
ma jor problems confronting the new
Congress.
Leaders of the ma iority are ready
to put through their organization plan
and to accept the responsibility
during the coming presidential cam.
paign for the record which the Repub
lioan Congress will be able to write
between it's assembly in December
and its adjournment just before the
political conventions next June.
Democrats to Have Full Ticket.
While willing to permit the Repub-
1icans to organize if they can muster
the necessary votes, the Democrats
are prepared to put full ticket of
Senate officers in the field and the
leaders say that with few exceptions
the minority will support the slate.
should the Republican insurgents sup
port any of the Democratic candidates
the Republicans would be defeated.
Democratic leaders are positive in the
declaration. however, that they will
seek no agreements or understandings
with the Republican insurgents on
this or any other matter during the
forthcoming session.
Four years ago, when the insur-
gents joined with the Democrats and
elected Senator Smith of South Caro-
lima as chairman of the interstate
commerce committee. there were
charges that the minority had ente sed
dnto an agreement with the insurgents
but this was denied then and still is
denied by the Democrats.
Position Of the Insurgents.
Present opinion at the Capitol is
that the insurgents will vote with the
Republican regulars on the matter OF
organization. With the G. o. p. in
charge, their committee assignments
would be much better than they prob
ably would be under the Democrats.
One of their number. Norris of Ne
braska, would remain as chairman of
the judiciary committee. and another,
Frazier of North Dakota. would be.
come chairman Of the Indian commit
tee.
Even with Smith and Ware denied
the oath Of office at the outset. the
Republicans still might be able to
organize the Senate. Should Senator
Shipstead Of Minnesota, the remaining
FarmerLabo Senator, cast his ballot
vvifh fhoy,a thova xfrnssld ha f{o vote
II all the Democrats should support
their own slate. Then Vice President
Dawes would cast the deciding ballot.
Some of the Democrats, however,
have openly expressed their opposition
to any program by which the Demo
Gratis would seek to organize the Sen
ate with Illinois and Pennsylvania
denied their full representation in the
voting.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
MAN PLEADS GUILTY
IN s2o,0OO,oOo CASE
One of Four Brothers Given Six
Years and $4,000 Fine on
Oil Swindle Charge,

Los ANGELES. September 23.--B
Frank Wood Of Muskogee, Okla. who
with his three brothers was alleged
by the Government to have led pro-
motions in which $20000.00o was ex-
tracted from investors. pleaded guilty
yesterday and was sentenced to six
years imprisonment in Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary. He also was
fined $4,000.
Woods brothers are resisting re-
moval from Oklahoma, where they
reside. He entered his plea of guilty
on II counts of using the mails to de-
fraud.
Three other defendants who were
associates of Wood in the promotion
of the Invader Oil Syndicate schemes
in Oklahoma and Texas also pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to serve n
year and a day each. The sentences
of these three then were suspended
for two years. They were J. l.. Nourse
and T.. c. Boyd. also of Muskogee,
and f.. S. Ogilvy OF Chicago.
Wood also was ordered to turn over
Evening star., 1927-09-23
PORTO RICO PROSPERING,
REPORT TO U. S. SHOWS
Total Value Of Commerce Fixed at
$1S3, 800, ,0O0-San Juan =
7-e
Great Port.

Reports to the War Department
show that Porto Rico has prospered
greatly under the administration of
the United States. In 1901 the total
value of its commerce was ST sos, 200
AMI in 1920 it was S247, zoe, 900. while
In 1925 it was $1S3, 800, 900.
With a population of about / 400, ,000
In 1925. or about 400 to the square
mile, the island had a commerce
amounting to 1851. .43S tons. OF that
total all but 403.5S2 tons were received
from or shipped to the United States
Shipments from Porto Rico consist
chiefly Of products of the soil, sugar
tobacco, coffee. coconuts and fruits
and the imports were chiefly petroleum
products, grain, -four, lumber, coal
and provisions.
San Juan, the capital and largest
city, is served by nine steamship lines
Of which five are American and -four
foreign. In 1925 the city handled
about Is per cent Of the total com
merce Of the island.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

all the properties Of the Invader OIL
promotions to the trustees. who are
to be named later.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
BOARD WOULD CONTROL
TAxlCABS IN DISTRICT
Utilities Commission Proposes to
Ask Legislation Of Congress to
Settle Jurisdiction Issue.

Preparation of bill designed to
give it control over all taxicabs in
the District will be started soon by
view to having 1t introduced at
the forthcoming session OF Congress.
The old commission assumed juris-
diction Of taxicabs under the present
utilities law. Regulations were
drafted requiring all cab operators to
be insured to indemnify passengers
unless a satisfactory showing of
financial responsibility could be made,
but they were held invalid in Police
Court. The new commission. how
ever. plans to seek this authority by
legislation instead OF repeating at
tempts to enforce old legislation.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

Lieut.. Col. Kenneth c. Masteller,
Coast Artillery, in this city on leave
OF absence, has been transferred to
the retired list of the Army on account
of disability incident to the service.
He is from Iowa and served as a sec.
ond lieutenant in the 6th California
Infantry during the Spanish War and
as a colonel in the National Army
during the World War. He was ap-
pointed second lieutenant of Artillery,
Regular Army. in July, 1901. and
reached the grade of lieutenant colo.
mel in July. 1920.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
WINS SCHOLARSHIP.


Leo Kasenhagen. 124S Irving street,
a student at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology. Pittsburgh, has been
awarded a founders scholarship for
the present college year, President
Thomas S. Baker announced today
Thirty founders scholarships, each
valued at $3.50. the tuition fee, were
awarded this year to upper class stu.
dents on the basis of high scholarship
records made during the preceding
year.
Kasehagen Is a sophomore in the
department Of engineering Of the Col
lege of Engineering.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
HOLD-UP NETS $50, 600
IN MONTREAL STREET
Bandits Grab Gems From Diamond
Cutter and Escape-Second
Robbery in Two Days.
By the Associated Press

Dy tIIU ANSUCIdtBu ETbHs.
MONTREAL, Quebec. September
23.-For the second time in two days
hold-up occurred in the east end
Of the city. when two bandits at
tackled II. Belhomme, diamond cut
ter and polisher, on st. Catherine
street, one of the city's main thor
oughfares. last night. and snatched
from him a suit case containing
$50, in loose stones.
The bandits escaped in an auto
mobile.
Wednesday the East End Branch
OF the Bank of Montreal was held
up by three men and robbed of
$2,500.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Placed on Retired List.

First Sergts. Horace w. Henry and
John jackson, both of the 10th Cav
airy, at Fort Huachuca. Ariz., have
been placed on the retired list OF the
Army on their own applications. Each
has had more than 80 years active
military service.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

Maj Lester G. Wilson, special list.
Reserve. Of Chevy Chase, Md, has
been ordered to Wright Field. Dayton,
Ohio, for duty in training.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
chief OF naval aeronautics, left yester-
day for an inspection tour of the
Panama Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Assigned to Duty Here.

Capt. Albert b. Jones, Corps of En-.
gineers. stationed at Buffalo, ". Y,
has been assigned to duty with the
River and Harbor Board in this city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

York School Of Fine and Applied Art
She Is a member Of the Junior
League of Elizabeth. Mr.. Fisher is
a graduate of Harvard in the class
of 1922. and is now In business in
New York. He is an active mem.
Der of Squadron A, and of the Har.
ward Club. No date has been set for
the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Melvin Hol.
lidge of Boston announce the engage.
nent of their daughter, Beulah De.
We're, to Mr.. Francis Woodend
Springer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Asbury Springer of Long Island,
New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Landauer of
Milwaukee, Wis, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Ruth, TO Mr. Raymond Stein, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Stein of this
city.
Miss Ruth Landauer has returned
to her home in Milwaukee, Wis,
after a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ris Stein at their home, on Woodley
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Events of Interest Noted
In the Diplomatic Circle
Advent of New Year Marked by Honor Dinners
and Other Forms of Hospitality.
Personal Mention

merly counselor of the German EN-.
bassy here, and has been transferred
to the German embassy in London,
where he will serve as counselor.
OF interest to many diplomats now
at this post will be the marriage OF
Signorfna Yolanda Avezzano. daugh-
ter of the Italian Ambassador to
France, Baron Romano Avezzano, and
the late Baroness Romano Avezzano.
to Vicomte Alain Obert de Thieustes,
counselor of the Belgian embassy In
Paris. Signorina Romano Avezzano
made many friends here, where her
father represented his country FOR
several years, and relatives OF her
mother, the late baroness, who was
before her marriage Miss Jacqueline
Taylor Of st. Louis, still live. The
ceremony will take place "Wednesday,
January IL, at noon, at the Basilique
de Sainte Clotilde. Mrs. LArned
Clark of New York, grandmother OF
the bride, will be among those at the
wedding, and the witnesses Will De
the Duke de CanaStra and the Mar
ouis Salvador Raggi, for the BRIDE
and the Ambassador and Baron q hes
troy for the vicomte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Secretary of State
And Mrs. Kellogg Hosts
To Diplomatic Corps
Brilliant 'Throng Entertained
at Splendidly Appointed
New Year Day Breakfast,
Ideally Planned.

Traditionally brilliant, the New
Year day breakfast given yesterday
by the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Kellogg to the diplomatic corps held
a very unusual charm in its informali-
ty and yet marked dignity, and was
perhaps one of the most enjoyable
breakfasts ever given in honor of the
corns. The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Kellogg carefully planned every
detail for the event, and one of the
most thoughtful changes introduced
were the many small tables equipped
with facilities for smoking, flanked by
comfortable chairs, where the guests
could sit out in the hall of the flags
of the various Latin American coun.
tries and enjoy their cigarettes or
cigars. The Marine Band was sta
toned in the patio, where palms and
tropical plants made a resting place
for gay-hued parrots, and the Aztec
fountain played over softly tinted
lights. The Secretary and Mrs. KEEL
logg stood at the head of the great
marble stairway to the right and Mr..
Cook, master of ceremonies of the De-
partment of State, made the presenta-
tons.
The several tables from which the
buffet breakfast was served in the
Hall of Nations were decorated with
tall ivory.colored willow baskets, or
vases, filled with huge poinsettis, alter
mating with red candles.
Mrs Kellogg wore modish gown of
black velvet, with sleeves of king S
blue georgette heavily embroidered
and beaded, and across her shoulders
a black silver fox fur. Her hat, a
small model of black velvet, showed a
band of silver.
Mrs. Dwight F. Davis. wife of the
Secretary of War. wore a gown of
black velvet and black chiffon with a
coat and a becoming hat of black vel
Continued on Sixth Page)
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The President and Mrs Coolidge will
be the guests of honor at dinner Tues
day evening of the Secretary of the
Treasury, Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon, who
will entertain in his apartment at 1885
Massachusetts avenue.
The Vice President and Mrs. Dawes
will be the guests in whose honor Mrs.
Henry Dimock will entertain at dinner
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Dimock will be hostess at din
ner Thursday evening, entertaining in
compliment to Princess Ida Cantacu-
zene. her other guests including
debutantes of this season, who will
go later to the assembly ball to be
given that evening in the Mayf1ower
for the benefit of the George Wash
ington Memorial, of which Mrs. DIM
ock is chairman.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs, Harlan Fiske
Stone will be the guests of honor at
dinner Wednesday evening of Maj. and
Mrs. Parker W. West.
Representative and Mrs. Bertrand
H. Smell will be hosts to a company of
go at dinner in the patio of the Carl
ton Hotel Tuesday evening.
Representative and Mrs. Fred A.
Britten will entertain at dinner Friday
in compliment to the Ambassador of
Germany and Baroness Nathan.
Representative Lamar letters was
among those entertaining at the New
Year eve dinner dance at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont were
hosts to a company of 40 at dinner
last evening in their home on New
Hampshire avenue, entertaining in
compliment to their house guest, the
Countess of Stanford, and Brig. Gen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
List of 1927 AT Homes
Formally Made Public

Mrs. George Sutherland and Mrs.
Edward Terry Sanford, wives OF as
sociate justices of the Supreme Court,
will receive in the formers apartment
at 2O29 Connecticut avenue, MONDAY
afternoon, January 10, from TO
o'clock for the only time this season.
Mrs Swanson, wife of Senator
Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, VIII
be at home Thursday afternoon from
4 to 6 o'clock.
The Chief of Staff and Mrs. Sum-
neral will not observe their regular
Sunday afternoon at home today. put
will receive on the following Sunday
afternoons of the month, in their
quarters at Fort Myer.
Mrs. E. A. Hartman will be at
home Wednesday afternoon from .
to $50 o'clock in her apartment, at
1902 Eighteenth street. and will re-
ceive again Wednesday afternoon,
February 2.
The Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde
will hold a reception at the Mayfiower
Hotel, Saturday. January 10. from
4:3O to Z o'clock for which he has
issued invitations.
Mrs. John j. Hamilton and her
daughter, Miss Nancy Hamilton, Will
be at home, Friday afternoons in
January.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Campbell
Shields will be at home informally
this afternoon from 5 to o'clock, In
their home at 3410 Brown street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Irving Lewis
will be at home. Sunday, January y,
from 4 to o'clock. Assisting Mrs.
Lewis will be Mrs. c. c. McChord,
Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. E. Z. Gam,
Mrs. j. Kelly Parsons. Mrs. Frederick
1. Cox, Mrs. John /. Barr. Mrs. s. T.
Conkling, Mrs. Frank Jelleff, Mrs.
Charles Drayton and Miss Elizabeth
Eastman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Secretary Mellon Honoring
President and First Lady
Will Be Their Host at Dinner Tuesday Evening
Other Noteworthy Functions Scheduled,
Past and Prospective.

and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
are spending the week end in Wash
ington.
Mrs. Jessie Emerson Moffat will en-
terrain at dinner in the patio at the
Carlton Hotel Wednesday evening for
those assisting her at the debut party
of her daughter, Miss Idanthea Moi
fat. Later hostess and guests will go
to the Carlton Club for the supper
dance.
Col. and Mrs. L. d. Van AIKEN were
among those who entertained at the
dinner dance at Wardman Park Hotel
New Year eve.
Maj. and Mrs. Walter E. Prosser en-
tertained at dinner New Year eve at
the second of a series Of dinner par
ties which they are giving at 2400
Sixteenth street. Their guests num-
bered 20. Maj. and Mrs. Prosser re-
Gently returned from the Philippines,
where the former has been on duty.
The agent general Of the Dawes
reparation plan and Mrs. S. Parker
Gilbert will be the guests in whose
honor the latter's aunt, Nine. Hauge,
will entertain at dinner Thursday.
Nine. Hauge was hostess at tea yes
terday afternoon in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert, who are her house
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert arrived
yesterday from Louisville, where they
spent Christmas with Mrs. Gilbert's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Todd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Porter David
son will be hosts at dinner this eve
ming in compliment to Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Parker Gilbert, who are guests of
the latter's aunt, Nine. Hauge.
Miss Louise FitZhugh. debutante
Continued on Ninth Page.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Capitals Social Calendar
for Entire Christmas Week
Made Up of Rare Features
New Year Reception at White House Yesterday,
Event of Interest, Follows Round of
Holiday Activities.
NAR RtS y
E~ mo-
BY SALLIE v. II. PICKETT.

N Of the and
society for the whole
Christmas while the day Of the teemed
interesting Yesterday afforded its usual quota
White when the varying shades of life
other than and closing with
DID, who chose the Presidents
threshold nearly day when the President belongs his
people than other and his cordially toward his whole
and honest
IRON the White House Union
where cordial welcomed the who this time how
almost wholly representatives of the Old World To them
Cabinet afforded their need Of welcome while in the home
Service folk enjoyed the various military receptions that of Cen and
Mrs Mye being wonderfully gay
DOPING years ago-a flowing bowl
homes but for the part these were visited by the Younger
element society enjoying their late hours the holiday
before returning school
than the Ghdn d H9Pa ball @ night at the Willard Hotel
s with the ] sse not verb ' mn H do1ps s
Mr. John Coolidge will be with them within memory any
Ga h M a hono son o%sye such an hang @ girls
y andns P Man W when asn Taft doing Likewise while
AFTER the week the assembly Mayaower to add
brings out fdi an annual airing old es and brocad and family p
and there be ' measure Oh the
MORE thrilling will be the Washington Rid
ing and Hunt Club January II when large number the
from Fort Myer the best Of them will best
and will do hairrang tricks while society private
affair; The boxes fs quite like they do grand opera
hs and there wi" be dinner parties before and supper parties after
- annual Bal Bohen of the Washington Willard Hotel
folk will through evening beauty and Almost
% of Gt the Bs sn5 held surprise and there
features Washington city awakening that its artists
patTonzine M folk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Annual Charity Ball.
With Rare features,
Appeals to Society
President and Mrs. Coolidge
to Attend Entertainment
for Benefit of Children
Hospital.

Traditional pomp and ceremony will
mark the annual charity ball given
by the board of lady visitors of the
Children's Hospital at the Willard
Hotel tomorrow evening.
The presence of the President and
Mrs. Coolidge, who have signified
their intention of following the White
House custom of attending the ball,
will lend additional dignity to the
occasion, The usual procedure will
be followed
According to precedence, a small
but dignified ceremonial will attend
the arrival of the presidential party.
Dancing will cease when they arrive
at the hotel-where the ball has been
held for many years. The floor COM
mittee, under the direction of Speaker
of the House Mr.. Longworth and his
aides, will form an aisle from the en-
trance Of the ballroom to the presi-
dental box, using the Gordon rouge,
which has been dedicated to this pur-
announce to the dancers the arrival
of the President and his lady.
After the President and Mrs. Cool
idge have been greeted by the receiv-
ing line two United States marines,
carrying the United States and presi.
dental flags, will then escort them
to the presidential box. After they
have been seated group of girls will
dance a stately court ninuet before
the box. General dancing will then
be resumed.
The Marine Band will play the
national anthem as the presidential
party arrives.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge are
scheduled to arrive at 10 o'clock. The
board of lady visitors requests that
guests time their arrival between
$50 ands10 o'clock, so that the presi.
Continued on Eighth Page.)
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Minister of Albania
Honor Guest at Tea

The Minister of Albania, Mr.. Falk
and speaker at a lecture tea to be
given by the Columbian Women of
George Washington University, Tues
day afternoon, January 4, in the
trustees room of Corcoran Hall,
Twenty-first street. between G and
II streets There will be social hour
from to o'clock, and Mr.. Konitza
will speak at S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
Mrs. Coolidge Patroness
For Benefit Bridge Party

Mrs. Coolidge heads the list Of
notable patronesses for the benefit
bridge to be given by the Children OF
the American Revolution of the Dis
trict of Columbia Tuesday afternoon,
January IS, at o'clock in the small
ball room of the Willard Hotel. Other
patronesses are Mrs. Josiah A. van
Orsdel, president general of the G. A.
r.; Mrs. John Kerr, historian general,
c. A. r.; Mrs. Georgian Knox Berry,
organizing secretary general G. A. r.;
Mrs Edward Keys. Mrs. c. S. Scher-
merhorn, Mrs. Vernon E. West, Mrs.
c. NJ. Exley, Mrs. HI. F. Sawtelle, Mrs.
T. G.. Holzberg, Mrs. Charles e. Win
ter, Mrs. Edward Perkins. Mrs.
Jerome Smith. Mrs. J. NJ. Porter, Mrs.
Clayton T.. Emig and Mrs. III. L.
Bishop.
Mrs. w. w. Sloan and Mrs. ]. Les
lie Watson are in charge Of the bene-
Mt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

ATER in the week the assembly ball Mayhower
attraction to the social calendar and through program
annual old laces and
Rockng maids of today will tread the
and there will be other
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Engagements Listed
In the Early New Year

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Weeks
of 1879 Clinton place, Elizabeth, N. j..
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Frederick Suydam, TO
Mr.. Samuel Curtis Fisher OF New
York, formerly of Washington. Miss
Weeks graduated from st. Mary's
Hall at Burlington. n. j.. and for two
years has been a student in the New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02

Continued on Ninth Page.l
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-08
BUREAU WORK
 UNDER ALASKAN POSTS

Representatives of the U. s. Vet erans Bureau will be designated throughout the Territory in accord with the request made by the last Alaska Legislature. It is expected that this work will be carried on through American Legion posts in Alaska. An officer of the Seattle district has been authorized to make a trip to the Territory to study the situation for the purpose of making contacts with and to instruct examin- CTS, to inspect, local medical facili- ties in the various communities, and to make special investigations on in- dividual cases in which the Veterans Bureau may render aid. Funds for this purpose are now available.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-07-08
CORDOvA MAY BE NAMED
 CUTTER. HEADQUARTERS

The substance of telegram receiv- ed at Cordova last week from Dele gate Dan Sutherland in response to the Cordova Chamber of Commerce petition to the Alaska representative to Congress asking him to use his in f1uence in having Cordova designated as the home port for one of the Alaska revenue cutters, is that COrdova may possibly be made headquarters. One of the cutters now under construction, when completed, will be placed on pa trol duty between Cape St. Elias and Kodiak for the purpose of aiding ships in distress during the stormy seasons
 in the spring, fall and winter.