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Evening star., 1928-12-22
FLOES AND STORM
DELAY BYRD SHIP
Billiards Make Passage of
Ice Pack SI0W-MuCh
Life Seen.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.


BY wireless to The Star and the New York
Times.
ON BOARD THE BARK CITY OF
NEW YORK, At Sea, December 90
For the last two days we have not made
much progress through the pack be-
cause of thick ice and snowstorms,
which at times make 1t impossible to
see leads ahead.
Quite a wind blew last night with
the barometer down to $3.50, but shell
tered as we were 1t nearly stopped us
for time, and we lay snugly in a
small pond of water, surrounded by ice.
Our sights today indicated that in
the last two days, when it was difficult
to get observations, we may have work.
ed farther to the east than We desired
to go, which may also account for the
thick ice encountered.
At present, however, the ice is lighter
and we have hope of getting clear In a
day or two more. But nothing is so
certain as uncertainty down here.
Coal has been shifted from the deck
below during the day and now we have
only few tons left on the poop in bags
These will also go below. in the next
few days. 1t is great comfort to know
we have such good supply Of coal
We have been much amused today
by penguinS, which come to the edge
Of the Ice to watch us. We have also
passed many seals, and not long ago
what was apparently a killer whale
came up alongside and disappeared
under a foe
The abundance of life in these ice
fields is remarkable.
Comdr. Byrd heard this afternoon
that wilkins had flown over Graham
Land and had found that a strait sep
arated that land from the Polar Cont
nent, and sent him the following mes
sage:
Hearty congratulations on your
splendid flight. Don't forget you'll find
warm welcome if you fly to our base -
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Evening star., 1928-12-22
CLARK GRIFFITH SUED
ON BUILDING CONTRACT
Clarence H. Small Claims 81, ,2S2
Due as Balance of Commission
in Construction of Home.

Clarence H. Small, builder, 925
Fifteenth street, today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against Clark
G. Griffith, president of the Washington
Base Ball Club, to recover $l,262.23
alleged to be a balance due for Small's
commission on the erection of Grifhth's
home at Sixteenth and Decatur streets
Small says he took the contract on a
10 per cent basis and the building cost
$50, ,424.76, on which he would have been
entitled to a commission of $9,042 48.
At the solicitation of Griffith, he says,
he reduced his charge to $8,857.47, max
ing total of $99,282.23, on account of
which Griffith paid $685. 900, leaving the
balance sued for.
Griffith, the plaintiff declares, May Is,
1927, put his 20 K" on bill for the
balance conditioned on certain adjust
ments of the work. Although these
adjustments were completed before
July /, 1927, Small says, Griffith has
neglected to pay the balance, although
frequently requested. Attorney Henry
F. Woodland appears for the builder.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
HOOVER TO ATTEND
CHURCH ON 18TH ST.
Orthodox Friends Meeting
House Makes Announcement
About President-EIect.

Herbert Hoover. when he enters the
White House next March, will attend
the Orthodox Friends Meeting House
ct Thirteenth and Irving streets, it was
announced by the congregation today.
The announcement said that MIR.
Hoover was birthright member of this
branch of tn Friends Society and that
the meeting had secured DR.. Augustus
T. Murray of leland Stanford Univer-
versity for minister The announce
ment did NOT make plain whether Mr..
Hoover had expressed the intention of
attending the Thirteenth street church
exclusively.
While Secretary of Commerce he has
attended services at both the / street
meeting house of the Friends Society
and the Thirteenth street church. Mem
bers of the I street church recently
have been making plans to accommodate
the visitors whom they expected when
the President-elect returned and still
are under the impression that the Hoo
yer family will attend their church.
In other quarters it was indicated
that Mr.. Hoover intended to continue
his practice of going to the services
at both churches.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
DEFENDS HER RIGHTS
IN 'ABIE'S IRISH ROSE
,fs 81 = jt
Authoress Testifies in $4,000, 900
Suit for Damages, Alleging Her
Play Was Plagiarized.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 22-An in
cident from actual life in Buffalo, N. Y,
and not the tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet" inspired Anne Nichols to write
~Abie's Irish Rose"
Testifying in her $4,000 900 suit
against the Universal Films Corpora
tion,, which she charged plagiarized
her play to produce the Cohen and
the Kellys," Miss Nichols said she had
met the prototype of Able.
During croSS-examination by Nathan
L. Miller, former Governor of New York
and counsel for the defense, Miss
Nichols declared her play is nothing
like the Shakespearean tragedy.
II don't remember much about
Romeo and Juliet except the ending
and the music. But Romeo and Juliet
had a tragic ending. No, 'Abies Irish
Rose is nothing like Romeo and
Juliet" she said
After saying that a Jewish boy named
Irving Berg went through the tribula-
tions portrayed in her play, Miss Mich
OILS was asked if she ever talked to him.
''Yes, once in Buffalo," she replied.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Merchant Will Play Santa Claus
In Giving Boxes of Candy to Children

Inspired by the example Of two other
merchants in playing Santa Claus, to
the poor children Of Washington by
giving them overcoats, shoes and stock
ings, Bernard Harding, 800 Seventh
street, has announced he will give away
100 5-pound boxes Of chocolate candy.
Mr.. Harding's announcement is con-
tanned In letter to Isaac Cans, man
ager of Saks g. Co., in which he cites
Mr.. Cans custom of donating 100 over
coats to poor children, and says he has
always felt as II would like to do
something for these youngsters" Ac-
cordingly, Mr.. Harding requests that
those who are given the overcoats at
Saks be sent across Seventh street TO
Evening star., 1928-12-22
GIRL s TRIP WEST
HELD MERELY VISIT
Mother of Ruth Mcconnell
Describes Affair as Tea
pot Tempest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
POTSDAM, N. Y, December 22.--Mrs.
w. j. MaXfield, remarked mother of
Miss Ruth Mcconnell, who this week
was the object of cross country pur-
suit by airplane, described the whole
affair Yesterday as a tempest in a
teapot"
Mrs. MaXfield, who was the first wife
of Maj Henry Mcconnell of Indianapo-
lis, father of the girl, said there had
been no secret about their daughters
trip to the West Coast, where she
planned to visit relatives.
According to Mrs Maxf1eld, her
daughter met Kenneth B. Coulter,
wealthy broker and dairy owner of
Rochester, while both were recuperating
at the Clifton Springs Sanitarium. Mrs.
Coulter, said Mrs. Maxfield, had visited
her home here Thanksgiving day with
Ruth.
Concerning Ruth's reported statement
that she went West partly to avoid
marrying Coulter, Mrs Maxfield said:
II assumed he was interested in Ruth,
but it seemed to be their own affair
and I believed I should be acquainted
Of their intentions at the proper time"
The second Mrs. Mcconnell, in In
dianapolis, yesterday was enormously
reported to be the mother of Ruth 1t
was she who said Dr. David O. Meeker
of Rochester had been ordered to take
to the air in an effort to intercept the
girl, aboard a train, because of her
health.
Evening star., 1928-12-22

his place of business to receive a 81
pound box of chocolates.
The shoes an dsteockings for the
children are being given by George D.
Horning, through the Central Union
Mission. Altogether 125 pairs Of shoes
and $50 pairs of stockings are given
by him. The IL children in the Mis-
sion's Emergency Home have already
received theirs, while "a more pairs will
Missions Christmas party at Keith's
Theater.
At the party the children are given
"kiddie bags under direction of Mrs.
Coolidge Eighty-four Of the bags viii
contain ticket, which. when presented
to a local merchant, permits the child
to select shoes and stockings.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
COOLIDGE HOPING
MYERS WILL REMAIN
President Wishes Federal Trade
Commissioner to Continue Util-
ity Power Investigation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
President Coolidge hopes that Abrsm
Myers, who has resigned from the Fed
eral Trade Commission, may be able
to continue as member of the COM
mission until its investigation of public
utilttv power has been completed.
The Chief Executive does not know
as yet who will be appointed as Myers
successor He regards the posts on the
commission as difficult to fill, and he
looks upon Mr.. Myers as particularly
fitted for the duties which have been
placed upon him as member Of the
commission.
It was pointed out that Myers for
a considerable time was member of
the staff of the Department of Justice
and had been in charge Of prosecutions
under the law, which, in the Presidents
opinion, qualified him for service on the
commission.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
SUES FOR $25O,OO0.

CHICAGO, December % R.-A
damage suit for $250,000. charging
breach of promise to marry, was filed
yesterday against Oscar Spindler, SO,
wealthy manufacturer and clubman, by
Mrs. Louise Milost, 80. Spindlers first
wife died last May.
Shortly before the wedding was to
take place Spindler asked Mrs. Milost
to sign a pre-nuptial financial agree
ment, the suit charges, so that his two
children might inherit his estate, esti-
mated at 81 100000. She refused and
Spindler offered her a $4,000 trust
fund for release from the engagement,
Mrs. Milost said. She refused that. In
October Spindler went to Germany and
married, returning later to Chicago.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
BAND CONCERT.

Band concert by the United States
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra, Stanley
Hall, this evening, at $50 o'clock. John
S. M zimmerman, bandmaster. Anton
2ointner, assistant leader.
March, "Thundering Cannons". .Wacek
Overture, knights Templar" .Koppitz
Entr' Acte,
(a) 'Intermezzo-Amina". .Lincke
(b) The American Patrol" Meacham
Gems from musical comedy,
1.-THE Blue Kitten. .......... .Friml
Fox Trot. Mammals Grown Young
and Papa's Grown Old. Weston
Popular song waltz, Twilight" Doyle
Finale, 1T Goes Like This. ;. Friend
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Notice-There will be no concert on
Christmas day.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
LABOR PACT SIGNED.

STOCKHOLM, December % CP.-
New collective agreements between labor
and employers which will insure peace
In industry for two years were signed
today and were considered to be the
best Christmas present that Sweden has
had in many years.
The agreement was signed after many
weeks of negotiations. Workers num-
bering $4,000 in shipyards. electrical
industries building trades, paper mills
fawmills and foundries are affected by
the agreement,
Evening star., 1928-12-22
GOES TO JAIL FOR YEAR.
Colored Man Convicted of Bicycle
Theft Faces Other Charges.

James Jones, alias James Ramsey, "a,
colored, was sentenced to serve one year
in Jail by Judge Robert E. Mattingly
when he admitted the theft of a bicycle
and sweater in Police Court yesterday.
Charged with 10 other offenses he was
held under $4,000 bond to await the
action of the grand jury.
The other charges lodged against him
include those of housebreaking, petit
larceny and pocketpicking.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
River Floods Area in Russia.

LENINGRAD, Russia, December %
CP).-The Neva River rose last night to
menacing level, flooding the Volodarsky
factory district. Broken ice, driven by
the rising river, former huge piles
around the Finland Bridge and the
Ivanov cataracts. Neighboring villages
were flooded and many persons climbed
to the rooftops Workers were quickly
mobilized to save machinery and raw
materials. Latest reports said that the
waters were on the ebb.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
PLANS TELEVlSION TESTS.
Radio Commission Sets Aside
Broadcast Band for Experiments.

The Radio Commission today decided
to set aside special broadcast band
for television experiments and devel-
opment. The commission also decided
that 1t would not renew licenses of in
dividuals or companies who have been
conducting television experiments in the
regular broadcast bands. These licenses
eX"tre January /.
Radio engineers have found that tele-
vision experiments in the regular broad
cas- bands have caused considerable in
reference. The frequencies to be set
aside for television purposes have not
been selected.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
INFLUENZA ON WANE.

Los Angeles Epidemic Believed
Past Peak as Cases Drop.
LOS ANGELES, December % Op).-
Influenza attacks, which reached epi-
demic proportions here two weeks ago,
were reported on the wane today In
Southern California, after having taken
225 lives here this month.
Health Department figures fixed the
number of cases reported yesterday as
103, the lowest since the peak of 800
cases in one day last week. The total
number of cases this month was re-
ported as 7,540.
DR.. w. M Dickie, State health Of
f1cer, arrived yesterday from San Fran
cisco for a conference on the situation.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Army to Enter Show Team.

An invitation by the Irish Free State
for an American Army team to partici-
pate in the international military jump
ing competitions, to be held in con-
junction with the next Dublin horse
show, August 6 to 8, has been accepted
by Secretary Davis.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
joseph H. Shea Dies.

INDIANAPOLIS, December % P.-
Joseph H. Shea, Ambassador to Chile
during the administration of President
Wilson, died early today at the Meth
odist Hospital here.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Policeman's Fine Approved.

The District Commissioners at their
board meeting yesterday confirmed the
fin6tng of the Police Trial Board in
filming Pvt. H. B. Gilbert, tenth precinct,
$3.50 on a charge of intoxication.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
26 NEW FLU CASES.
One Death Reported to Health De-
partment Here Today.

Twenty-six new cases of influenza and
one new death from the disease were
reported to the District Health Depart
ment today The death was the thir-
teenth caused by the disease during
December and the rs new cases brought
the total reported during the month up
to 2l9
Evening star., 1928-12-22
NAVAL-PEACE PACT
ACTION IN SENATE
PLEASES COOLIDGE

Continued From First Page.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19
Half of Heavy Expenditure
Is on New Structure for
Shortridge High.

New school buildings and addi-
tons costing more than $2,850,000
are under construction, or planned,
this year in Indianapolis.
About half the cost of these build
ings is represented in the new
Shortridge high school, Meridian
and Thirty Fourth SITS. The build
ing, which will contain 102 class
rooms, is about half completed.
Work has been started on the two
new wings and auditorium at Ar
senal Technical High School. The
$250,000 bond issue for this work
recently was sold for $261, 000
Excavation for the new 100000
School "a, at Fifty-Seventh st. and
Central Ave, is under way, but will
not be completed for nearly year.
School IS Completed
School IS, Arlington and Univer-
sity AYES, has been completed at
a cost of approximately $4,000 and
the building will be opened probably
before the end of the month.
An eight-room addition at School
70, School and Thirtietll StS., cost
ing 100000, is under construction.
Notice of intention to issue $780,
600 school bonds for four additions
has been given by the school board.
One of these additions will be
School 80, Sixty-Second and Marion
Sts., costing $4,000. Location of
this school has not been decided.
Location in Doubt
The addition may be located
north of the canal and west of Cor
nell Ave-, to be nearer the school
district center. The building will
have twelve classrooms, with provi-
sion for eight more.
The three other additions include
School AZ, Warren and Ray Sts., ten
rooms, $121, 275; School 40, Capitol
Ave. and F'ortieth ST., six rooms and
auditorium, $4,000; School 66, six
rooms and auditorium, $170,89O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19
CUBAN FARLEY
WORK STARTED
Committees to Organize,
Begin Deliberations.
BY LOUIS JAY HEATH
United Press star Correspondent


HAVANA, Jan. 19.-The sixth
Pan-American Conference today got
down to the serious business of or
ganizing itself for the work before it.
No plenary session is scheduled for
today and no time has been set for
the holding of the next one. These
meetings are convoked at the will
of the chairman and until the vari-
GUS committees, being organized to-
day, have something to report,
another plenary meeting is unlikely.
Seven of the eight standing COM
mitteeS of the conference, exclusive
of the committee on initiatives, are
slated to hold organization meetings
some time during the day. The per-
sonnet of the committees has not yet
been announced, although several of
the delegations have announced the
assignments of their members.
Dwight Morrow, United States
Ambassador to Mexico and member
of the Pan-American Conference
delegation was host at a party last
night in honor of the Mexican dele
CATION at the Country Club. Mem
bers of the United States delegation
also were guests.
Earlier in the day the entire
United. States delegation placed a
wreath on the monument of Jose
Marti, hero Of the Cuban struggle
for independence. The act also was
intended to honor the widow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19
GET JULIAN OIL JURY

Testimony in Trial Of Ten De-
PENDANTS Is Begun.
By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-Testi-
mony in the trial of ten defendants,
charged with wrecking of the
$10,000,000 Julian Petroleum Corpo-
ration, began today.
A jury to try the case was OBJ
tanned late Wednesday after nearly
two weeks of examination.
The defendants are accused Of
over-iSsuing stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19

Next come the aircraft carriers,
representing a branch of naval
service undreamed of a dozen years
ago. The United States Navy now
has three; but of these, two, the
Lexington and the Saratoga, are
among the largest naval vessels
af1oat anywhere, and considerably
outclass anything of their kind any
other navy has to offer. -
In submarines, highly important
in modern naval warfare, the United
States Navy already has first place.
There are now in commission fifty
submarines flying the United States
flag; fleet very nearly double the
size of England'S underSea force.
Construction of the thirty-two
called for in the Wilbur program
would give America an unparalleled
pre-eminence in this arm.
Ahead In DestrOyers
In deStroyers, likewise, the Amer
lean Navy is now far ahead. The
Navy boasts 276 modern destroy
ers, while Britain has $50 destroy
erS, and only eight building or ap-
propriated for.
Accordingly, the Wilbur program
calls for the construction Of nine
destroyer leaders, so-called--de-
stroyers of the largest type, rating
at 1900 tons or more and capable of
a speed well over 81 knots an hour.
1t is the secretary's contention
that this building program must be
adopted if the United States is to
have a "flrst-clasS" Navy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19
SAFEGUARDS ON
CHECKS URGED
Fingerprints Advocated by
Police Official.

FingerprintS on checks as a safe
guard against forging was recon-
mended by A. G. Parrott, chief
Identification officer of the Indian
apolis police force, at the crime pre-
vention meeting called by Frederick
Schortemeier, Secretary Of State,
Wednesday in the Senate Chamber
at the StatehouSe.
Fifty sheriffs, police chiefs, and
Identification experts attended and
were promised cooperation of the
Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Following investigation of Par
rott's recommendation, advocated to
the State Bankers Association,
Schortemeier said.
Fingerprinting Of every citizen
was recommended by Joseph M.
Stipp, Indiana State prison finger
print expert.
"An average Of 10000 unidentified
dead are found in this country each
year. If all citizens were finger
printed, it would be comparatively
easy to ascertain the identity Of the
dead person." Stipp said.
At present there are $500 finger
prints of criminals on file in the
State bureau and copies Of the
prints, pictures and identification
characteristics are sent to all law
enforcement officers throughout the
State and also are broadcast to
crime centers, Schortemeier said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19

Cruisers lack the heavy armor Of
the battleship, and they lack the
battleship's huge guns; but they
make up for it in extreme speed.
Kept Germans Quelled
During the World War England's
great fleet of dreadnaught's kept the
German fleet at bay; but it was the
long string of British cruisers that
hamstrung German overseas COM
merce and enforced the blockade.
England has 40 cruisers in its fleet,
and has II more either building or
appropriated for. In the United
States Navy there are now but 10
first-line cruisers, with eight more
building or appropriated for.
The United States Navy has, to be
sure, % additional cruisers; but they
are all obsolete-some of them were
built before the Spanish War.
Thus the addition of IS modern
cruisers, as planned by Secretary
Wilbur, would still leave this coun-
try somewhat behind Great Britain
numerically, although in point of
fact the American fleet probably
would be superior, because some of
the British cruisers are rather old.
Americans ten beSt-line cruisers
now ir commission are all 7,5O0-ton
ships with IL six-inch guns, 10 tor
pedo tubes and a speed of SO knots
per hour,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-19
BARS BRIDE BEATER
Negro Sentenced for USING
PicketS on Wife.

A picket fence proved the undoing
OF James Swain, %, Negro, $40 Mi
nerva ST., who was sentenced to 100
days at Indiana State farm and
fined 500 by Municipal Judge Paul
@. Wetter Wednesday afternoon.
Married six weeks ago, Swain and
his bride, Elizabeth, "a, celebrated
the event by staging a battle. The
event progressed by rounds from the
interior of the house into the yard.
which Is surrounded by a picket
fence. Once unanswered to this po-
sition, Swain proceeded to show
superior generalship by taking adj
vantage of the terrain.
Testimony revealed that he broke
three pickets on his wife'S head and
left her lying partially pinned down
by 200-pound concrete slab, taken
from the oisintegrating sidewalk.
At this juncture Motorcycle OFF,
GERS Viles and Anderson appeared
on the battlefield and Swain re-
treated. He YVES captured after an
chase.