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The Washington times., 1928-11-28
AD MEN To AID.
INAUGURAL

Inauguration plans, mental tele-
pathy and the uses of research IN
advertising occupied the attention
of the washington Advertising Club
at its weekly luncheon meeting IN
the National Press Club auditorium
yesterday.
The club voted unanimously In
favor of local celebration to usher
ia President-elect Hoover on March
4. President Ernest Johnston an
nounced he would appoint q commit
ten to cooperate with organization
sponsoring the inaugural fete.
II. u. Newman. manager OF the
marketing counsel staff Of the No
Graw-FIill Publishing Company, told
the club OF the valuable services
rendered TO advertisers throughout
the country BY the development Of
research work.
Research, when rightly applied.
ID sure fOrerunner Of progress,
said Newman. a. be proceeded 70
cite examples wherein analysis OF
various businesses had succeeded IN
finding weak spots In marketing,
ADVERTISING ana production.
he emphasized the point that few
manufacturers know the extent Of
the market for their product, and
offered research as the answer 70
their problems n this regard.
Frank WinlSler, recently arrived
from Germany. gave D demonstrar
tion OF his telepak khic work thought
transferenceWi With the assistance ok
members OF the club.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
HaIIboy Held in $3.50
Theft From Apartment

While Mrs. Mary Virginia Marks,
OF the $500 block Of Thirteenth st.
N. W., was In hospital in connec-
ton with an addition to her family,
her apartment was robbed by q col
ored haIlboy, she charged before
before Judge Ralph Given in Police
Court.
Mrs. Marks and her young hus-
band, Eugene Marks, told Of missing
$3.50 from vanity case on Novenl.
Der %. Their apartment, left spick
ana span, had been defaced by
muddy water and tracks, they said.
Ralph Pack, the defendant, was
arrested by Detective James A..
Sprfngman. He was held for the
grand jury under $500 bond.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
ENGINEER ENDS
LIFE IN LEAP

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s N.N.S.l. .--Iry-
ing Dickinson, SO. prominent arclni.
tect and structural engineer, leaped
10 floors to his death yesterday.
workers IN the office Of Hclabird
q Root, architects. where Dickinson
wss employed, declared he had step.
ped into the washr0pn ana tIey did
not know of the suicide iantil they
wers informed his body had been
found in the alIeyway in the rear Of
the building.
Searching the body, police found =
TELEGRAM from his wife. who has been
visiting IN New York. asking him 70
send her money to return 70 Chi
cAgo.
There was also D note addressed
to Commissioner Of Police William
r. Russell. It read:
''If you viii talk to b. +. Enelow,
he win tell you why was driven TO
this dreadful deed. Ny mind is
nearly gone"
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
Kidney Trouble

This condition is mostly due to
Ignorance OF what the kidneys arc
and what they have to do. Every
drop of blood In the body goes
through the kidneys and they filter
out the uric acid and other potsons
as long as they are healthy. But,
alas. we dissipate: potsons are
created faster than the kidneys can
filter them out, they become irri4
tated. irfIanaed and congested. Kid
aaey trouble Is the root or many
serious diseases. If you suffer from
High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Bright,s Disease, Arthritis, or Rheu-
n1atisn, hasten to repair damages
with Natures own kidney agent,
CApon Spring Water. Call Fr. 7143
ana let as tell you what great doc
tors say about this wafer. Or call
at Room 20S Dist. Natl. Bank Bldg
4or sample Of the water and further
information. Open until 3 p. "a.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
]. s BUILDING
PLAN Toll D OF


Plans for 8 group of government
buildings proposed Tor the newly
created triangle abutting the Mall
was presented to the c:ivitan Club
yesterday at its luncheon III the
Lafayette Hotel by Lewis a, simon,
chief of the drafting department Of
the architects office of the Govern
ment.
While the plan Is tentative Il
shows clearly, according to mem
bers Of the club, the vision and fore
sight Of the men who started this
movement. It has been character
ized, they cay as step toward reali-
zation Of the dreams Of washington
and Jefferson- dreams which were
made partly real by Major LeEn-
FAINT, beginning IA 1890.
Reviewing the history Of building
projects III the National Capital Mr..
simon said that Cor y time this pro
Rram was forgotten but was revived
IN 1887 ana since that time has been
slowly carried forward.
The plans, as outlined with the
aid Of stereOpficAn slides, shows
that ample room has been left foi
parks between the groups Of huge
government buildings proposed
Drawings Of the proposed buildings
with their spacious parks. also
were shown BY Mr.. simon.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
Two Merchants Fined
For Want Of Licenses

Charged with failing to renew
their business licenses, George A.
Betters. an undertaken. and Isaac
Wright, d minister, who conducts 3
secondhand shop, yesterday 1ace0
Judge Isaac r.. Hitt in Police Court
at the same time.
The defendants, both colored
were convicted and fined 20 eacn,
on the testimony Of Policeman Y.
w. Kite Of the Fifth precinct. Tne
secondhand business mas peen
.lkind OF slow Wright told the
court, and said he had g. nard time
scraping together the price oL 8
Ilcenne, Both men operate their
establishmcnts Ia southeast.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
End reeZp~lp worry with The
that won't evaporate -.

unrt~ ~u1nRs q pufsunOuD Hun1a.
Amumisen used gfyccriine fnr tae
motors Of the airship Ncrge, wheR Ae
few to-the North Pole. II b recOn-
mended inautcnnoh;le inall allzuctica books
and itsvhtues mepOiniedo oueinhe eeAH
Circular 2s Of the q. s. Bwean Of
Standards Get 4 from your garage O.
ask any distriibubOr fnr infornntir1A
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
Even q seasoned
traveller gets
hOneSick

Even mid the charms
Of Paris in autumn ana
winter. you may mol
ward off the pangs OF
homesiclness.
You are cordially IN.
vited to visit q bit OF
America in Paris the
Hearst Press Information
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You will find home
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Portable reading rooms.
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hotels, and general travel
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No charges, Of course
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
Ice Age Is Coming
By 1OO,O 900 Years !
From Now

MONTREAIa Que, NOV. z0
I.N.s.).-NOt that there b an inn
mediate cause Of worry. but the
''ice age'' II coming.
II win be here. in. about 100000
years. Dr. a. +. Coleman. profess
sor 1T the University Of Toronto.
said in lecture at McGill Uniyer-
sity.
Prof. Coleman revealed, incident.
ally. that 1T one time q field Of
ice 5000 feet thick covered the
area where Montreal now stands.
work II progressing
ma every state In the union viii
.ventuaIly be represented.
The Washington times., 1928-11-28
SPEAKS At SMOKER

Lines for which there are few
calls are being abolished by the
big industries, Ray M. Hudson, as
sistant director Of the Bureau OF
Standards, believes. He was the
principal speaker last night at
smoker Of the Builders and Manu-.
facturera Exchange.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
TRAIN AND Z AUTOS
CRASH, 4 KILLED
Young Members CT Promi-
nent Wisconsin Families
Die in Collision.
BY the Associated Press.

by Gne Associated PreSS.
KENOSHA, Wis, December 90
Four young people, members of promi-
nent Kenosha families, are dead and
several more are in hospitals here, as a
result of crash of two automobile
loads of the young people and Chi
cago & Northwestern train.
The dead are.
Ferrin Afford, son of w. H. Afford,
vice president of the Nash Motor Co.
Lowell Smith, high school student
and son of A. B. Smith, also an off,
cial Of the Nash Motor Co.
Alice Judd, daughter of Clark Judd,
vice president of the American Brass
Co.
Mary Slater, granddaughter of
Municipal Judge John C. Slater.
The young people, all of high school
age, had gone on a treasure hunt"
after attending party at the home of
Mr.. Blair. They left in eight cars.
A passing freight train delayed them
at the Seventy-fifth street crossing of
the Northwestern road here. Eager to
lead in the chase the autos began to
cross the tracks Immediately after the
freight had cleared.
The first automobile driven by Don
Travis, jr., son of Don Travis, vice
president of the Simmons Bed Co, got
across safely, but the next two we're
struck by another train on the other
track
One of these cars was driven by Rich
ard Hastings.
Hastings was injured Others known
to have been hurt are:
Jane Blair daughter of James Blair,
cashier of the First National Bank
here.
Alice Gephert, daughter of local
doctor.
Clifford Hagmann son of a banker.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
BUDGET ADOPTED
FOR INAUGURATION
Chairmen to Submit Esti-
mates of Expense Thursday
to Assist Plans.

A businesslike budget plan has been
adopted for the financing of the cere-
monies and celebrations incident to the
Inauguration March of President-elect
Hoover, according to an announcement
last night by James A. Councillor, chair
man of the committee on budgets and
accounts.
With view to balancing expenditures
against revenues as closely as the stag
ing of an Inauguration will permit
chairmen of all committees working
under the direction of Lieut.. Col. U. s.
Grant, Sd, general inaugural chairman,
have been called upon to submit esti-
mates for probable expenditures in all
departments essential to operation, at a
meeting to be held Thursday.
Audits to Be Made.
At the same time estimates will be
made of all possible revenues from
grandStand seats, souvenir programs and
such concessions as may be accepted in
connection with the Inauguration. BY
this departure from precedents of other
years, it is explained, the committee will
be able to balance its budget before any
expenditures are made and to compute
the revenues to offset these.
A further feature of this budget sys
tenn which, it is hoped, will insure
clean slate financially when the final
check-up is made, will be that before
any expenditures are permitted all ac-
counts will be audited.
The finance committee for the affair
has been giving careful consideration
to the amount that should be sought
from contributors, and it is expected
this figure will be made known to
members of the committee at the bud
getary session Thursday The amount
to be raised is to be publicly announced
later.
Past Costs Studied.
It is the hope of the budget commit
tee that as good showing in refunds
to cash pledges will be made after the
forthcoming inaugural event as was
the case in the Coolidge inaugural of
1925, when 100 per cent refund was
made to hackers of the general COM
mittee, and in the Wilson inaugural
when a 6616 per cent refund was
made. This latter refund, it was point
ed out, might have been larger save for
the DIuSCery WedIIleI LldI pleVhiASu'
Figures for the Harding inaugural
were not inquired into as comparative
expenditures were negative, commit
tee spokesman explained.
The budget committee, while taking
a leaf out of the experience of the Fed
eral Government in budgeting its
finances in advance of the Inauguration,
gives no definite assurance of refunds
to contributors, but expects to be able
to balance expenditures against rev.
enues, it was said.
Plans to have the huge Navy dirigible
Los Angeles lead the inaugural parade
down Pennsylvania avenue were pro-
nounced entirely practicable" by Sec
retary Wilbur of the Navy Department.
He added that department officials
were taking under advisement the re-
quest from the inaugural committee for
use of the Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Lincoln Love Notes
To Girl Rejecting
Proposal Found
Three Letters To Mary S.
Owens of Kentucky Dis
covered in Missouri.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, December %
Three love letters of Abraham Lincoln
to Mary S. Owens Of Kentucky, who
rejected his proposal of marriage be-
cause he was deficient in those little
links which make up the chain of a
womans happiness" have been un-
covered here and in st. Joseph, Mo-,
and will be published under copyright
in the Sunday edition of the Kansas
City Star.
The letters are in the possession of
descendants Of Mary S. Owens, who
became Mrs. Jesse Vineyard and set
tied near Weston, Mo. They were
brought to light accidentally by A. B.
Macdonald of the Star staff after being
lost for years to historians, who knew
of their existence, but not OF their
whereabouts
The correspondence, in which Lin
coin held himself bound to keep his
promises to marry Mary Owens or to
release her if she did not care to share
his poverty, followed an effort by Mrs.
Bennett Abel, sister of Miss Owens. to
bring them together after the death OF
Ann Rutledge, said to have been Lin
coins first love- The sister took Miss
owens to live with her in New Salem,
Ill.
Lincoln at the time was a member of
the Illinois Legislature and his letters
to Miss Owens reveal him as hest-
tant lover, rather awed by the brilliant
girl from kentucky.
December I3, 1886, Letter.
The first of the letters, written De-
cember 13, 1886, from Vandalia, ILL.,,
where the Legislature was meeting. is
in the possession OF Mrs. Jesse j. Vine-
yard. Kansas City, widow of a grand
son of Mary owens. 1t told of the
fight to remove the State capitol to
Springfield, and Lincoln ended with a
plea:
Write back as soon as you get this,
and. if possible, say something that
will please me, for. really, have not
been pleased since left you"
When the Legislature adjourned In
March, 1887, Lincoln, then 81 years old,
moved to Springfield and set up law
office.
The next of the letters. in possession
of George H. Vineyard, st. Joseph, Mo,
banker, was written May Z, 1887, at
Springfield.
IT am quite as lonesome here as I
ever was anywhere in my life," Lincoln
wrote, in part. Il have been spoken
to by but one woman since I've been
here, and should not have been by her,
if she could have avoided it.
'I may have misunderstood 1t think
ing about what we said of your coming
to live at Springfield. am afraid you
would not be satisfied There is great
deal of fiourishing about in carriages
here, which it would be your doom to
see without sharing in it. You would
have to be poor without the means OF
hiding your poverty. Do you believe
YOU could bear that patiently? What
ever woman may cast her lot with
mine. should any ever do so, 1t is my
CONTINUED on Page 3. Column g.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Will Remain Senate Leader
for Rest of Session-Many
Seek Seat.
REPRESENTATIVE HOCH
MAY BE SUCCESSOR
Former Gov, Henry Allen, Friend
of Next Governor, Also
in Field.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Vice President-elect Charles Curtis
announced last night he would remain
in the Senate until March 4. This
means:
That Senator Curtis will continue to
direct the course of legislation for the
Republicans in the Senate until the
close of the present administration.
That no new Republican leader of the
Senate will be chosen to succeed Sena-
tor Curtis until the new Senate meets.
as it will, in executive session immedi-
ately after March 4 to handle the ap-
pointments of Mr.. Hoover to his cabinet
and such other executive business as
may be before it.
That Republican aspirants in Kan
sas for the Senate seat now held by
Senator Curtis must remain on the
anxious bench for another two months,
unless, indeed, the appointment to the
Senate has already been promised by
the Governor-elect, Clyde Reed. Under
the Kansas law the governor is en-
powered to appoint to fill Senate va
cancies until the next regular election.
which will take place in 1880.
Will Forego Vacation.
The Vice President-elect has given
consideration for several weeks to the
course he should pursue for the re-
mainder OF the present session. It is
known that President Coolidge has re-
quested Senator Curtis to carry on as
Senate leader for the rest of the pres
ent Congress. The Presidents request
and the Senator's own strong sense of
duty has led him finally to announce
he will forego the vacation which he
planned this Winter and to remain as
Senate leader. His formal statement,
issued last night. follows:
Il have concluded to remain in the
Senate until March next, because of
the condition of the Senate calendar
and the present status of the great ap-
preparation bills.
II think it is my duty to remain and
do everything possible to secure the
adoption of the Kellogg peace treaty
to expedite action on the cruiser bill
and other important legislation in
which the people are interested"
Bill Must Be Expedited.
There is nothing in Senator Curtis
statement to indicate whether "other
important legislation in which the peo-
pie are interested" includes the pend
ing McNary farm-relief bill. But it is
clear that If the farm bill is to go
through at the present session, and a
special session of the new Congress is
to be avoided soon after March 4, it is
necessary that this bill be expedited in
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
President Seized
With ''Buck Fever -
Fails to Shoot Deer
Enjoys Day So Much,
However, He Will Try
Week at Big Game.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,


SAPELO ISLAND, off Georgia coast,
December 29-President Coolidge had
his first tas,e today of deer hunting
and would no doubt have brought home
at least one deer had he not succumbed
to buck fever when his first chance
came and had his aim been little bet
ter during his two latter chances.
The President and his companions
went to a remote section of Sapelo
Island, about miles from the home of
Howard E. Coffin, where he and Mrs.
Coolidge are spending brief vacation
in the sea island of Georgia, to hunt
timber deer this morning. He was ac-
companied by Col. E. w. Startling of
the Secret Service, Col Osmund La
trobe, his military aide; Capt Wilson
Brown, his naval aide; Col James F.
Coupal, his physician, and several
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1928-12-30
TWO new COMPANIES
ENTER SHIPPING WAR
Competition for Indies Trade Be-
comes Keen as Battle
Lines Spread.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, December 29.-The much
discussed rate war" between the Gu
nard Line and the United States Ship
ping Board. which resulted in the latter
awarding the President Roosevelt to the
Havana run to compete with the Ca
ronia. saw new developments today. 1t
was definitely announced here that two
other foreign companies intend putting
liners on the Havana-New York run.
These are the French Line, which in
tends starting service in January with
the De La Sale and the Niagara, on
Havre- e-Vigo-New York Havana sched-
ule, and the Red Star Line, an Ameri-
can company operating ships under the
British and Belgian flags, which intends
to place the cabin liner Pennland in a
New York -Havana-Wes Indies service
to operate throughout the Winter.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
SEARCH FOR 4-YEAR-0LD
BOY AT STANDSTILL
No Clues Found in Disappearance
of Child From Home in
Orrville, Ohio.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ORRVILLE. Ohio, December 29-The
search for 4-year-old Melvin Horst,
missing from his home here Gince
Thursday evening. was almost at a
standstill tonight after volunteers had
secured the surrounding territory to-
day without result.
1t was feared that the boy, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Horst had
been struck by a motorist who had
become frightened and taken the body
some distance before leaving it. Kid
naping theories are discounted.
Rewards for finding the boy stood at
1000 tonight Civic clubs. lodges and
individuals subscribed half this amount
and the remaining $500 was taken from
the community chest.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Smith Will Never Get Out of Politics
i. He Tells Friends at Goodwill Dinner

presidency, the New York executive,
who leaves Office Tuesday, after serving
four terms, said there was no need for
any of his friends to be concerned as
to how he feels about his defeat, for,
he explained, it always has been his
policy to accept the situations in which
he finds himself without worry. He
pictured the campaign as an experience
that afforded him real excitement
He was presented with library chair,
foot stool, smoking stand and a
large basket of flowers.
Two boys, introduced merely as the
Smith boys" from Tulsa, Okla, en-
tertained the governor by singing the
Happy Warriors famous battle song,
The Sidewalks OF New EeEk. i" 49, J : s..s.s
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Mai. Gen. Summerall to Be Pallbearer
At Rites of First Division A. E. F. SERGEANT

officers of high rank, under whom
he fought with the 1st Division
through the World War, including Maj.
Gen. Charles p. Summerall, chief of
staff of the United States Army, will
serve as pallbearers tomorrow after
noon when Sergt. Joseph Spell, who died
Monday at Fort Totten, New York. will
Be buried at Arlington Cemetery with
full military honors.
Sergt. Spell won the Croix de Guerre
for gallantry in action. He was
wounded three times during his par
ticipation In seven decisive battles with
Company L, 18th Infantry. He died at
the age of 40. after 20 years service
Evening star., 1928-12-30

in the Army. and was to have been
retired shortly.
Sergt. Spell was a native of Saxony,
Germany At the time of his death he
was attached to the recruiting service
at Syracuse, N. Y. He is survived by a
sister, Mrs Jessie Page. Oakland, Calf.
The following officers of the wartime
First Division will act as pallbearers:
Mai Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, quar-
termaster general Brig. Gen. Camp
bell King. assistant chief of stan;
Brig. Gen. Frank Parker. assistant
chief Of staff; Col. Hjalmar Erickson,
retired. and Maj. A. NJ. Patch, 18th
Infantry.
Evening star., 1928-12-30
The Stars Annual Review

The Stars annual review of outstanding events during
the year 1928 will be printed part of its edition to-
morrow
This review will summarize the important develop
of the year home and abroad in the field of local
affairs national affairs international affairs and in the
world of business and finance.
In addition the articles reviewing past achieve
there gpses into the future and forecasts of
what the New Year is to bring.
Watch for this review in tomorrow's Star n /
Evening star., 1928-12-30
PARLEY
INVITATIONS ISSUED
AcCeptances Are Received
From 46 State and City
Health Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Health officials of all the States and
10 other outstanding scientists have
been invited by the Public Health
Service to attend a national conference,
probably in January, for the purpose Of
devising methods of controlling the pres
ent influenza epidemic and others in
the future.
The invitations, sent by telegraph,
have already brought acceptances from
46 State and city officials. Three spe-
cific purposes of the conference, as out
lined by officials of the Public Health
Service, are:
To emphasize the necessity for addi-
tional research on influenza. To clarity
and standardize information on the
disease which is to be submitted to
the public during cpidemics.
To assist in completion of plans for
an extensive field study of the present
outbreak.
Peak Probably Reached.
Statisticians of the Public Health
Service declared yesterday that for the
country as a whole the peak of the
present epidemic has probably been
reached, but that this general average
does not portray the regional situation
as a decline seems started in Western
Mountain and North Central States
while the wave has scarcely begun" in
New England.
A belated report from South Carolina
placed the number of new cases report
ed last week at 1862. Requests for 4
large supply of booklets Oh influenza is
sued by the Federal Government IL
1918 came from Portland, Me, and were
interpreted to indicate a spread OF the
disease there Queries from schools ii
widely separated sections of the coun'
try seeking advice were also received.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 80
Evening star., 1928-12-30
BY the Associated Press.

ALBANY, N. Y, December 29.-Gov.
Smith tonight declared he never was
going out of politics. The governor,
defeated as Democratic candidate for
the presidency in the last election,
made the statement at a goodwill
dinner" rendered him by Albany friends
and sponsored by the Chamber of Com
merce.
"I will be interested in politics and
in this State as long as live" the gov
ernor said Were I to get out of poll
tics I would always be having sense
eF ingratitude. for 1 can never repay
what has been given me-"
EpeeAing of his :reeent defeat fer the