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Evening star., 1928-12-24
CONGRESS OF FAIRS
TO MEET IN VIRGINIA
Many Southern and Eastern
States Will Be Represented at
Roanoke January 14-15.
BY the Associated Press.

by Vic ASSOCldbSu EIeSs.
STAUNTON, Va, December "a
Approximately 400 agricultural fair
officers of Virginia and other Southern
and Eastern States, are expected to at
tend the twelfth annual congress of the
Virginia Association of Fairs, to be held
at Roanoke, January IA and IS, accord
ing to G. B. Ralston, secretary and
treasurer.
The program this year provides for
numerous discussions of problems re-
lating to fairs. For this purpose
several open forums have been arranged.
The first session will be devoted to
business, with President H. B. Watkins
of Danville, presiding. Fair dates and
other matters will come up for con-
sideration at this session.
Mayor Charles D. Fox of Roanoke,
who will deliver the address of well
come. Thomas B. McCaleb, secretary
of the Allegheny County fair, Coving
ton will make the response. President
Watkins will make his annual address
w H Gocher secretary of the National
Trotting Association, Hartford, Conn;
Charles A. Somma, general manager Of
the Virginia State fair, Richmond;
Carroll E. King, secrtary and manager
of the Appalachian District Fair
Association, johnson City, Tenn; j.
Galloway Brown, secretary of the Bed
ford County fair, Bedford; Lewis A.
Scholz, secretary of the Roanoke fair,
Roanoke; c. A. Montgomery. State
boys club agent. Blacksburg, Va, and
DR.. T. N. Spencer. secretary Of the
Cabarrus district fair, Concord. N. c.,
are speakers.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
CAROLS AND TREES
MANY IN ARLINGTON
epecial pispatch to The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, December "a
Carol singing around several community
Christmas trees and midnight services
at many of the churches will usher in
the Yuletide season in Arlington
County.
All Offices at the courthouse will close
at Il o'clock today that the officials
may have ample time to prepare for a
joyful time with their families, and
there viii be a general suspension of
business Christmas day.
Chief among the community celebra-
tions will be staged at Clarendon and
Lyon Village. At the former place the
Clarendon Citizens Association and
the Arlington District Library Associa-
tions have prepared a program which will
be presented at s o'clock before the per-
manent Christmas tree in Memorial
Triangle on Wilson Boulevard, which
has been gayly decorated with varied
colored electric lights. The ceremony
there will include the singing of Christ
mas carols by choirS of several churches
Of the community, prayers and the pres
entation of gifts to children.
A similar program win be carried
out in Lyon Village at z o'clock. The
Christmas tree has been established al
the intersection of Lee Highway and
Tucker Avenue. and the ceremony will
be under Joint auspices of the Lyon
Village Womans Club and Citizens AS
Sociation.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
MERRY YULE ASSURED .
FOR ALL BLUEJACKETS
Every Man Will Have His Turkey,
Under Supply Division
Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
1t will be merry Christmas in the
Navy, with every man having turkey
gifts unless plans of the Supply Division
OF the Navy Department miscarry.
Months ago naval supply officers
started arranging for Christmas. and
shipments Of thousands of pounds of
turkey and some $4,000 sacks of gifts
from the American Red Cross have long
been on their way to the far-fiung posts
end to American war vessels at sea.
Navy supply vessels have carried turkey,
cranberrles and sweets to Warships out
Of reach Of their home ports CONNER
clal refrigerator vessels also have been
vailed into service to fill the Christmas
needs of faraway Navy ships touching
Rt ports Of call in every corner of the
world.
Christmas trees replete with the
latest novelties will shine on every Navy
bhlp, and wherever possible the fleet
will touch ports and thousands of blue
Jackets and officers will have shore
liberty for the day.
To carry out the traditional observ-
hnce OF Christmas in the Navy ex-
trenles often are resorted to, and one
tale is told Of Christmas tree being
carVed from Whalebone on a vessel in
an Alaskan port. The tree was made
lOE the eneJOymenC OF the Eskimo
babies and was covered with blobs OF
whale fat tied temptingly on the white
bone branches as prize Gainties for the
children, but they Immediately grabbed
the candles and devoured them with
delight.
Another part of the Navy tradition
will be carried out when Santa Claus
appears in various ports with gifts fol
orphans. These are purchased with the
Rpnual surplus of the cooperative
stores operated on every ship, and from
this same fund comes quantities oi
cigars and cigarettes for the ssEors.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
BUILDING DESIGN
BILL REWRITTEN
Measure Is Ready to Be Con-
sidered by Senate CON-
mittee.

The bill to bring about regulation OF
the exterior design OF private oullolngS
to be erected near public structures ana
reservations has been amended to con-
fine its operations to certain areas, ana,
with other notifications, IS ready to be
considered by the Senate public cullo-
ings and grounds committee, it was an
nounced today by Senator Shipstead OF
Minnesota, author of the measure.
Senator Shipstead said that following
a meeting of the subcommittee which
had the bill in charge, it has been al
most entirely rewritten to meet some
of the objections that were raised to the
original draft.
In its new form the bill would limit
the regulation of plans for private
building to the areas fronting on the
Capitol, the grounds of the White
House, the portion of Pennsylvania
avenue between the Capitol and the
White House, Rock Creek Park, the
Geological Park, the Rock Greek and
Potomac Parkway and Potomac Park.
The amended bill provides that here
after when application is made for
permit for the erection or authorize
ton of any building fronting upon the
areas mentioned, the plans therefor in
so far as they relate to height and ap-
pearance, color and texture of the ma
terials of exterior construction, shall le
submitted by the District Commission
ers to the Fine Arts Commission, which
would be required to report promptly to
the city heads its recommendation OF
any changes it deemed necessary ito
prevent reasonably avoidable impair
ment of the public value belonging TO
such public buildings or parks"
Upon receiving the Fine Arts report
the Commissioners would be required
to take such action as would, in their
judgment, effect reasonable compliance
with such recommendations. There is
a proviso that if the Fine Arts Com
mission failed to report on project
within 80 days, the absence of a report
would be assumed as favorable action.
The new bill directs the District
Commissioners, in consultation with
the Park and Planning Commission. 20
prepare a plat book defining the areas
within which this regulation Eoul1
apply.
Under the old bill the regulation Of
exterior designs of private buildings
would have applied to property within
200 feet of any public building, park
way or reservation, with a clause under
which the Fine Arts Commission would
have been given discretionary power to
exempt from time to time certain areas
surrounding minor buildings or ANAL
parkways The amended bill reatrit Is
and lays out definitely the areas 70 be
affected.
Senator Shipstead said the revised
bill was worked out at a meeting OF the
subcommittee of which Senator FesS
Republican, of Ohio, is chairman. The
Minnesota Senator indicated that he.
hoped to obtain action on the revised
hNy . nifilGi1nS
committee without further hearings.
He said the bill had been before Con-
gress for several years. The Senator
also consulted with Lieut.. Col. u. S.
Grant, Sd, director of Public Buildings
and Parks. -..
Evening star., 1928-12-24

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and took his sleeping son, Richard, from
his crib and carried him to the front
of the apartment.
A crowd had assembled in front Of
the building and Lenderman, seeing a
number Of men under the window,
shouted to them 10 catch the boy. The
child's fall was cushioned in waiting
arms and he was Sleeplly rubbing ms
eyes, scarcely awake, when he reachad
the ground.
Lenderman assisted his wife and Mrs
O'Brien out window and along a
ledge into MadiganS apartment and
then again tried to enter O'Brlens
bedroom and again was driven back by
the flames.
Meanwhile r. j. Bittner, fireman of
No. 13 Engine Co., who lives in an
apartment on the first floor OF the
apartment house, and his brothers Leo
Bittner, who was visiting him, traced
the fire to its source. Leo Blttner
seized a fire eXtinguisher and When ne
reached the apartment began to play
the fluid on the blaze while his brother
crawled into the room in which OBrlen
lay overcome.
Fireman L. P. Clements of the rescue
SQUAD arrived wearing a gas mask, just
as Bittner found the unconscious man,
and together they carried him from the
building.
Preceding the rescue and following
Ienderman's second attempt to find MS
father-in-law, Madigan, unable to enter
the O'Brien apartment. broke III the
door. He was burned while cropping
through the smoke and it was neces-
sary for firemen, who arrived teW
minutes later, to lead him from the
building. Both he and O'Brlen were
taken to Garfield Hospital.
Although uninjured, their apartment
was filled with smoke to such de-
gree that Firemen c. K. Bum and
Daniel Forno. both of No. II Engine
Co., had to lead Mr.. and Mrs: r: L..
Davis and their two small children
from the house.
Mrs. Lenderman was overcome by
smoke, but was revived by the rescue
squad. Both the Bittners and Lender
man sustained minor burns.
Miss Helen Jacobs, 81 years DID,. OF
3717 Jenifer street. who was passing
along Fourteenth street as the fire ap-
paratus was arriving. rushed TO the
Belmar and was injured when struck by
a stream of water from bursting hose.
She was knocked from her feet. At
Garfield Hospital she was said to be
suffering from lacerations on her legs
Mrs. A. r. Cow, who was awakened
and led to safety by other tenants OF
the building, tainted when she saw the
damage done to her apartment, which
is directly below O'Briens.
In the crowd that gathered to watch
tho fro tho tliIrcn nf Ethel L. FOIlnCal0,
24O0 Thirteenth street, was Snatched
from her arm by a colored man.
This morning Fire Marshal Seib SAID
the damage amounted to about $1,000.
The firemen last night were first under
direction of Battalion Chiefs T. S. Jones
and A. H. Wolter. On the second alarm
Acting Chief Engineer Phillip w. Mich
olson went to the scene and assumed
charge.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
PARLEY AWAITING
BOL|WA'S ANSWER.
Needed to Start Arbitration
Committee Work-ReCeiveS
Paraguay Reply.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Only the reply of Bolivia Is needed
to set the committee named to help
adjust the Bolivian-P -Paraguayan quarrel
to work. Paraguays reply to a ques-
tionnaire from the committee was re-
ceiped last night
The committee, named by the Pan
American conference on conciliation
and arbitration, felt. that the question
naire was comparatively easy ~ answer
and some Uneasiness was expressed
when the two countries were seemingly
slow in answering. Paraguay's mes
sage allayed some of this concern and
Diez de Medina, Bolivian Minister, has
said that he expected to hear from his
government soon.
Says Terms Favorable.
The Paraguayan note was not made
public, but the legation here said IT'S
peace. The QUESTIONABLE had asked
both governments to define the con-
troverSy and to state their preferences
as to the constitution of conciliation
tribunal.
The Bolivian -Paraguayan conference
has claimed much of the attention of
the conference which met to discuss
framing a new arbitration treaty.
Some Progress Made.
Some progress has been made, how
ever, toward drawing up a pact, but
Just at present differences have arisen
over its provisions
Eighteen of the twenty republics here
are said to favor inclusion in the pro-
posed treaty of a clause which would
exempt from compulsory arbitration
international dispute arising from
questions which. in conformity with
the legislation of each contracting
party, belong to the internal jurisdic-
tion OF the state" The spokesmen for
these delegations is DR.. Enrique Olaya
of Columbia.
The other delegations. among which
is understood to be that of the United
States. want this clause to contain the
further provision that such differences
be excepted from compulsory arbitra-
ton, provided that such legislation does
not violate the principles of interna-
tional law.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

environs only fortify my overwhelming
impressions of the harbor. l may
modify my opinions when awake from
the dream, but just now I am ready to
affirm to all comers that this is the
most beautiful city on this planet,
made SO not only by nature but by art.
The inhabitants had built their city
over the hills with an ornateness and
Joy in decorative colors which give back
rapture to the bright sun. These hill
sides yield everywhere romantic vistas.
BraziIs old dynasty of kings were
splendid builders. No republic would
have gone to the trouble Of erecting the
palaces which Dom Pedro left behind
him, but which this republic Is glad
to have when 1t is entertaining such
visitors as Mr. Hoover.
The reception of the diplomatic corps
and prominent citizens was held Satur-
day night in the City Palace, whereon
French architects have lavished all the
gilded splendors of the Second Empire.
Behind it stretches a long garden of
gigantic palms. This garden was IL
Illuminated by concealed electric lights.
While the youngsters danced inside the
palace the elders strolled in the garden
"a melange of splendid diplomatic uni
forms and Partisan toilettes.
Copyright, 1928, in all countries by the
North American Newspaper Aluanee.l 49,
Evening star., 1928-12-24
u. s. LEADERS PLEAD
FOR KELLOGG PACT
Message Sent to Capital by
the World Alliance for
Friendship.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24-The
World Alliance for Friendship Through
the Churches made public yesterday a
Christmas appeal it has sent to Presi-
dent Coolidge and members of Congress
advocating the signing of the Kellogg
pact and requesting that the United
States refrain from any policy of arm
ament expansion at present. The ap-
peal was signed by more than 100 lead
ers in business, education, religion, In
dustry, art, social work and finance.
a The message said in part:
I'VE, the undersigned, do hereby pc
tition our Government to refrain from
any policy of armament expansion at
present. It is our firm belief that the
security Of our Nation will not be en-
dangered by such a policy and
that any program envisaging an ad-
vance in ornaments now would in
evitably arouse on the part of other
nations serious doubt of our sincerity in
advocating and signing the Kellogg
pact"
Those signing the appeal were: James
R. Angel, Roger W. Babson, George
Gordon Battle, John McEntee Bowman
william p Beazell, James w. Brown
Walter Damrosch, Cleveland E. Dodge
Irving Fisher, Haley Fiske, Harry Hark-
ness Flagler, Charles Dana Gibson, Lou
E. Holland, Hamilton Holt, Will Irwin
David Starr Jordan, Otto H. Kahn, Ivy
Lee, Louis Marshall, George Foster Pea
body, James C. Penney, George Haven
Putnam, Frank D. Roosevelt and George
w. Wickersham.
Edwin A. Alderman, Frederick H
Allen, G. G. Anderson, Jules S. Bache
George G. Barber, Clarence A. Bar.
bour, Edwin M. Bulkley, Robert ]. Cald.
well, Patrick Henry Callahan, Theo'
Everett H. Colby, w. C. Coleman, Jane:
S. Cushman, Robert Fulton Cutting
William H. Danforth, j. Lionbergel
Davis, Norman H. Davis, Albert L. Dean
Thomas c. Desmond, Stephan P. Dug
gan, Robert E. Farley, A. H. P. Faunce
Charles w. Flint, Robert w. De Forest
Raymond B. Fosdick, Ralph w. Har'
bison, William Albert HARRISON, Harolc
A. Hatch. Edward w. Hazen, William
Bancroft Hill, Frank A. Horne anc
James N. Jarvie.
Clarence H. Kelsey, William M
Kingsley. Henry Goddard Leach, Salmon
o. Levlnson, Samuel McCune Lindsay
r. A. Long, Henry D. Lindsey, Marcus
M. Marks, Parker Thomas Moon, D. H
McAlpin, Laurence Mcguire, Herman A
Metz, William Fellowes Morgan, Georg
w. Ochs-O -Oakes, Morgan J. O'Brien
John F. Organ, Edgerton Parsons
John r. Pepper. George A. Plimpton
James H. Post, William A. PrendergaSt
Michael I. Pupin, Fred w. Ramsey
Bernard G. Richards, c. NJ Rodefer
Chester H. Rowell, Winslow Russell, Ear
c. Sans. j. Henry Scattergood, william
Jay Schieffelin, r. H. Scott, James I
| Shotwell, Francis Louis Slade, James M
Speers, William j. Stitt, Carroll H
Sudler. Henry w. Taft, David W. Teach
out. Hugh A. Thrift, Seth Spragu
| Terry, Samuel Thorne, John p Wallace
| Frederick A. Wallis, Paul M. Warburg
Graham c. Wells, G.. P. Whaley, C. q
| Winslow and Matthew Woll.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
FGHAN REFUGEES
|. QUIT KABUL BY AIR
British and Indian Women
and Children Safely =
Evacuated. %
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 24.-British and4
Indian women and children have been1
evacuated safely from the British legaSR
ton at Kabul, Afghanistan, by at@.
planes. Il
In the meantime King Amanullahse
and Queen Souriya have transferred
their court from Kabul to Kandahar.
The Afghan legation at Paris in an
nouncing this said that King Amanul-
lah was endeavoring to rally his par
tisans there. 1t was added that order
reigned at Kabul.
The evacuation of the women and
children was done at the consent of
the Afghanistan government. They
were taken to Preshawar, in the north
west frontier province Of India. There
it was said that the party numbered
IL women and children and included
Lady Humphreys, wife of the minister,
and Mrs. j. B. Gould. Reports reaching
New Delhi, however, said that 20 per-
sons had been removed. seven Of them
Europeans and the remainder Indians.
Attaches Home Burns.
The refugees said that the residence
of the British military attache had been
destroyed by shell fire during fighting
between rebel and loyal troops at
Kabul. The legation had been en-
veloped by the rebel advance and COM
munications with Kabul cut off for
some time. 1t was continually endan-
gered by cross-fire of loyal troops on
one side and rebels on the other.
Troops of the King on Saturday aft
ernoon made a successful drive against
the rebels, clearing both the British
legation and the road to the airdrome.
Victoria Type Planes Used.
The women and children were carried
to India in airplanes of the Victoria
type. which are capable Of carrying 2S
fully armed infantrymen ana Whlcn
are used for rapid transportation OF
troops in India and Irak.
Dispatches to Moscow from kaouI
state that the situation in Afghanistan
has improved considerably. Loyal troops
drove the rebels from a number OF
fortified positions near Bagabala Heights
and continued to hold Kandamak ana
.Jalalabad, where the big Mamanda
tribe was advancing to aid the govern
ment. The Kings mother, who Is pop
ular among the southern tribes, Few
in an airplane to Kandahar.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
KING STILL HOLDS
STEADY PROGRESS
Duke of Gloucester Arrives,
Completing Family Expect
ing Happy Christmas.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, December 24.-King George
was doing probably as well as could be
expected today in the slow progress from
the depths into which his grave illness
had plunged him and there was a
united family at Buckingham Palace
for the Christmas holidays. s-
The last of the three sons who were
in distant parts of the far-flung Brit
ish Empire when the King was taken
gravely i'll more than a month ago re-
turned to the palace today. The arrival
of the Duke of Gloucester fortnight
after the Prince of Wales and a few
days after his younger brother, Prince
George. completed the family party.
The duke, who reached Southampton
from South Africa early today, stepped
through the portals of Buckingham
Palace in the middle of the forenoon
shortly before his fathers physicians
issued this bulletin:
Bulletin Again Favorable.
"The King has had quiet night.
The local condition continues to show
progress. The general condition re-
mains unchanged"
The Duke of Gloucester's arrival at
the royal residence after a quick motor
trip from the coast was so Unexpectedly
early that the small crowd outside the
palace was unaware of his return home
until some time afterward. Even royal
household officials, who had been ex-
pecting him later in the day, were not
present to receive him when he arrived
at the private door at the side OF the
palace. He went straight to his own
apartments, where he will stay for the
time being.
Later the duke saw Queen Mary, who
greeted the last of her re-
turning sons.
Duke Speeds in Auto.
The duke had driven his own car
from Southampton, distance of more
than rs miles, in 2 hours and 20 min
utes despite greasy" roads. The re-
turning son found the atmosphere of
the palace which was one of deep
anxiety when he started his trip from
South Africa, one of subdued optimism
as to the outcome Of his majeSty's ILL
ness.
While physicians today were unable
to report any further definite improve
ment in his general condition, it was
pointed out in authoritative quarters
that so gradual and slight is the prog
ress made that 1t is often impossible
for the doctors to detect any change in
the patients condition in the interval
between one bulletin and another The
cumulative effect, however, of number
of small steps forward made it possible
for them to say that the King was
definitely in a much better position
than week ago.
Improvement Continues.
Assurances were given that nothing
has taken place to check the course
of the Kings progress thus far and
the doctors were stated to be satisfied
with the way things are going. There
was distinct air of hopefulness among
household officials this morning.
The Prince of Wales went hunting
today with the Quorn hounds, the first
time that he has been in the field since
his return from Africa
The recent improvement in King
Georges condition was stated to have
warranted his going further afield than
Buckingham Palace.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
DETECTIVES GUARD
RAN|ER| JURyMEN
Sentencing of Two to rs
Years for kidnapping Brings
Fear of ReprisaIs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 24.-The Rani-
eri kidnap trial today had ended, but
an anti-climax, feared by police, left
CONSERVATION in the homes of the jurors
and principal witnesses for the prose-
cution.
Detectives guarded the homes of the
IL men who yesterday sentenced Angelo
Petitti and Andrew Cappellano to 25
years in the penitentiary for having
held the lad captive for 100000 ransom
Home Of Father Guarded.
A heavy guard also was maintained
about the homes of A. F. Ranieri, father
of Billy, and Mike Devito, who had tes-
threatening death were sent both
Ranieri and Devito during the trial
Judge Gentzel, who also received a
death threat. refused protection.
He commended the jurors for their
patriotism and courage in trying the
case and thanked them for their "Serv-
ice to the country"
Petitti and Cappellano sat stoically as
the jurors, returned with the verdict
nearly five hours after they had heard
the prosecutors demand the death
penalty.
Wife Breaks Down. ~
AS 1t was read Petitti smirked and
shook hands with George Guenther, de-
fense attorney. Cappellano started
straight ahead as his wife, the mother
of nine children, broke into paroxysn1
of sobbing.
Tony Cappellano, son of Andrew, also
charged with the kidnapping, was ac-
quilted. In their closing arguments
prosecuting attorneys indicated they
would not be averse to freeing Tony. -
Guenther Immediately made a motion
for new trial and the hearing was sci
for January 25.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
INFLUENZA CASES CUT.

Thirteen new cases of influenza and
two deaths from the disease were re-
ported to the District Health Depart
ment today. The number of cases is the
smallest in recent days, comparing with
26 on Saturday, 26 on Friday and 46
ON Thursday.
The total number of cases reported
thus far in December is 237, with Is
deaths, ..-.