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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

BY the Associated Press
International spotlights have turned
on Paris, where shortly statesmen of 10
nations will gather to afiix signatures to
the Kellogg pact renouncing war as AN
instrument Of national policy. The
foimality Is likely to be followed by a
deal of talk on the results that may be
expected or the additional steps that
various thinkers believe should be UNI
dertaken
Advocates Of disarmament have APP
peared regularly III the discussions that
have preceded the signing. Russian
thought is that unless armies and navtes
are scrapped the treaty will be mere
gesture among the signatories whose
true motive will be revealed as hostility
toward communism, Germany consid-
ers that the pact will be ineffective UNI
less other powers reduce their forces To
something near the limit imposed on
that country by the treaty Of Versailles.
League Of Nations officials have hailed
the Paris proceeding as a definite step
toward carrying out the fundamental
purpose of the League--~to settle inter
national disputes by peaceful methods.
Many advocates of the treaty have
stated that II viii lack force unless II is
backed by an educated public opinion.
David Lloyd George said that war in the
future would be- nothing less than an
initiation and added
"Pacts are moi The slightest Use unless
YOU tackle disarmament. II tn useless
To have treaties as long as nations are
perfeeting the machinery Of deVasta-
ton OF all the ornaments that should
be cut down. armament Ia the air Is the
most urgent"
Japan China Issue Deferred.
"rostnonement" became the key word
IN the Japanese Chinese situation
Baron Gonsuke Hagssht, special envoy
Of Japan to the funeral OF Chang Tso-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
JAMES B. SHUGRUE DIES;
FORMER RESTAURANT MAN
Eaiecunlbs 20 Sudden Illness at
Hone---Hsd Been in Postal
Service 10 Years.

jane = SnQgrue. a f9r mans years
III ne restaurant business mere Bntl
retiring several months ago died ~ his
home. 1880 Eighteenth street. yesterday
after sudden Illness.
Mr. SnQgrue @as q lifelong resident
Ut t1as city He was employed 20 years IN
the post Office Department prior 10
entering the restaurant business A.
ore time he conducted businesses a
Eighteenth and r streets and IN George
lawn
He les zee three sons, John James
enc George 6hugrue. and two
daughters. Miss Catherine Shugrue and
Funeral services w be conducted in
81 Paul's Catholic Church Fifteenth
and v streets tomorrow morning at 9
O'Clock fnterment viii be in Mount
Clivet Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
R. S. COLEMAN, 81,
DIES IN MINNESOTA
Was Head of Naturalization Serv
ice in Northwestern
Territory.

Robert Stuart Coleman, 81 years old
former expert field examiner OF the
United States Pension Once here, died
at his home. in St Paul, MINI, Satur~
day after a long Illness.
At the time Of his death Mr., Cole
man was head Of naturalization sery~
Ice I'm Northwestern territory for the
Department OF Labor He WAS a gradu
ate " the Law School Of the old Co
lumbar College, now George Washing
ION University.
Funeral services viii be conducted IN
81 Paul tomorrow
He is survived by his widow Mfk
Jessie Baker Coleman brother Col
shefrard Coleman. u. 3. A., retired Of
Battery Park Md and by two sisters
Miss Lucy Singleton Coleman, field rep
reeentatipe IN Virginia Of The American
Fec Cfoas and Mrs Frank W Duke OF
EiehmoBd. .......-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
Three Women Held in Theft.

Three colored women accused ri the
larceny ~ $3.50 from their employer
Mrs. L. "a Bourne, 2023 Hillyer place
acre held for action If the grsnd jury
~ Judge Robert r Msttingly under
band Of $500 each today The trio
pleaded NOT guilty snd waived pfeiimi-
nsry hearing Wnen srraig1ed IN Police
Cour1 Thft aeFs Clara ! FaytQn
Llice LsAsa sEaa Lucinda L. BIoAa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
CHARGE DENIED HERE.
Officials Refuse 90 Discuss Abduction
Starry in Denver.

Department of Justice and secret
service officials declined today 20 dis
cuSS at length charges made by Tyson
S, Dimes. counsel for III. NJ. Riackmsr
IN Denver, that Government agents had
abducted Blackmer's secretary and So
cured from her evidence upon white h
Rlackmer'S indictment for perjury was
based Herman ], Galloway. aetna
Attorney General, said he had not heard
of the accusations
A, H. Deibert Of counsel Ton the In,
ternal Revenue Bureau, hiss had eharge
of the Blackmer prosecutor In Denver.
He Is now out of the caultvg Others
In the bureau refused to cemEsnt
Chief Moran OF the ssIret ssr,ics
said Absolutely ne kidnapping has
been reSorted to by the secret service
In this OF any other case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

be visit of an official party from
Nicaragua charged with assisting in
the repatriation OF refugees who had
been forced from their homes across
the border by bandits.
Paraguay inaugurated Jose =. Gug~
giari an president for four years. A
new cabinet was named,
poSt-eleetion troubles seemingly per-
sisten In Franeh Guiana for additional
gendarmes were sent To Cayenne, where
official investigators found that Jean
dalmot, q former deputy, had died Of
poison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
Wife Sues for Divorce

Mrs Elsie Smoot. employed IN the
MunSey Building, has filed suit for an
absolute divorce from Harry r.. Smcot
an employe of Potomac Yards residing
AT SA2 N street southwest They were
married August IA, 1918. and have four
children The wife charges deSertion
and misconduct she Is represented nv
Attorney Nita s Hinman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
Jspan.China Issue Deferred.

"postnonement became the key word
IN the Japanese Chinese situation
Baron Gonguke Hayasht, special envoy
Of Japan to the funeral OF Chang Tso-
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
! BANDITS ROB
PRIESTS IN
CHURCH

CHICAGO, Dec. 26 U.N.s9.-Four
bandits who invaded the rectory of
st. Casimir's Catholic Church,
threatened two priests with death
and escaped with $4,000 in Christ
mas collections. were being sought
by police today.
The holdup was staged last night
after the robbers had gained er-
trance TO the rectory by posing as
parishioners who wished to make
contributions.
The Rev. f. S. Krakowski. as
gistant pastor, admitted the men
when they rang the doorbell. The
leader took a sawed-off shotgun
from under his coat. Others pro-
duced revolyers.
They commanded the priest to
open the safe. Just then the AGED
pastor, the Rev. Ebert F'urman,
walked into the room. He tried 20
dissuade the bandits. They showed
him into corner, threatening both
priests with death if the safe
wasn't. opened at once.
Father Krakowski opened the
safe. The bandits filled their over
coat pockets with currency and
silver, taken up at the Christmas
masses, and filed out, ping III
an automobile
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
FACES
WIFE SLAY|NG
CHARGE

CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 26 U.N.S).--
An affidavit formally charging Wiz
bur o. Heldman with first-degree
murder in the death of his wife,
Margaret, 81, will he filed by Coroner
r. c. McQuate some time today,
according to Prosecutor Henry c..
Harter, jr.
Heldman says his wife killed her
self as he was bringing her to the
sheriff's office here after she had
confessed she murdered Nernafd
Fearn. Fearn was shot at the door
of his home in Waco the night of
December s, and Mrs. Heldman was
killed with the same pistol just d
week later.
The affidavit to be sworn to by
Coroner McQuate is the result o.
the questioning of Heldman by Ora
Slater. Cincinnati detective, at the
scene of Mrs. Heldman's' death. The
charge will hold he young furnace
salesman to the Stark county grand
jury, which will convene here Jan
rary T.
Harter and McQuate refused to
reveal any of the details which led
them to decide 10 file the murder
charge. Heldman. who is in the
county jail as a coroner's witness,
Is said to have asserted he would
welcome any charge and chance
TO prove his innocence.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Dentist Values Love
Of Wife at 100000

kEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The affec-
tlons of wife are worth 500, 900
So contended DR.. Edward Blatt. a
dentist. in filing suit against James
S. Kaye, a salesman for the United
States Cutlery Company DR.. Blatt
accuses the salesman Of stealing
the affections of Mrs. Eleanor Blatt.
mother of two children.
He alleges his wife and Kaye met
while the two families occupied ad
joining cottages at Belle Harbor,
Long Island.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Woman Held
For Killing in Mexico

Miss Bernice Rush. So, whose home
is at New Haven. KY, was held by
the Mexico City police today on
formal charge of murder.
Miss Rush, millinery importer,
was charged with having shot Jenaro
Benavente on Christmas Eve, follow
ing a quarrel over business matters
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
OMAN IS
SAVEDBY
SQUAD

Living in constant fear that
she was going crazy, Anna
Janich, 43, today tried to end
her life by turning on the gas
in the servants bathroom in
the Austrian legation on
Wyoming Avenue, where she
was employed as a maid.
The woman's suicide attempt Was
foiled by prompt action on the part
of Fire Rescue Squad No. 2, which
revived her after 30 minutes OF
strenuous work. She is now recov-
ering at Casualty Hospital.
Had Written Note
Miss Janich was found in AMI
conscious state shortly befor s
o'clock by Carl Harnder ana Peter
Keyman, employees Of the legation.
In her folded hands was clutched
a farewell note. written in German.
Il suffer from insomnia, am
afraid to get crazy" the note said.
Don't let them perform a post
mortem on me. Please send $500
to my brothe. and use 5000 for my
funeral.
'"The big picture I give to the
postman, and my radio to Peter.
MY last months wages l give to
Mitzi."
Money In Envelope
''Mitzi," referred to in the note.
is her niece, a children's maid at
the legation. In the would-be
suicides bureau drawer was found
a package of letters. One Of them
was addressed to her brother and
contained the sum above named.
In another envelope was found the
5000 she assigned for her funeral
expenses.
The suicide note was dated De-
cember %. Employees Of the lega
ton said she had been respondent
for more than a week She came
here two years ago from Austria.
The bath room door was sealed
and the windows shut. The gas
jet was open wide.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
3 SchOOlbOys Set Out
In Boat, Feared Lost

wATERTOWN. y. Y. Dec. 2s
U.N.S S)-Search was started today
for three youths who left Clayton,
n. Y, Monday afternoon in a flat
bottomed boat bound for Gananoque,
Ontario. The youths are Aldon
Petit, 1S, a senior at Clayton High
School; Arthur Anderson, 20. q
freshman at Clarkson Tech, and
Lawrence IngeFson. IS, sophomore
at Clayton High School.
1t is feared the boat overturned
and that the boys were drowned.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
By v1LHJALMUR sTEFANssoN

Uop,rg by n. Y.
NEW YORK Dec 26In previous article in which gave
something of estimate Of the and explorer Wilkins
directed attention only the meaning of what he is
doing the Antarctic but in his adventurous and
useful scientific date There might well be added to
on olumn
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House.
$4.291 1880.
= New York Clearing House bal
tance, SI55, 900. 900.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, $1,636, ,000, ,0GO.
Treasury Balance, S3j0,547,-
1886.
Customs Receipts. $50, 3,161, ,637.37.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
sUNBURY BRIDGE OPENS

SUNBURY, Pa, Dec 26.-The
400 900 bridge over the Susque-
hanna River at this city, has been
opened. The speed limit for Vef1i-
cles is 30 miles an hour. No solid
tired trucks will be permitted to use
the structure.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
PICKFO
GIRL IS
BEATEN

Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec.
26 (I.N.S.).-Lottie Pickford,
former film player and sister
Of Mary Pickford, was today
thought to be IN a private
hospital following a beating
administered her by a guest
at her Christmas Eve party.
Jack Daugherty. cinema actor,
once husband Of the late Barbara
La Mari, who denied he had at
tended the Pickford party. ID said
in the. police report to have almost
chewed a finger off Daniel Jaeger,
reputed capitalist, in 3 battle over
attentions shown Miss Pickford.
While the two men were engaged
in fisticuffs, another guest, accord.
ing to the story related by police,
SpifIi Hiss PiclrfUrsl on the driveway
in front Of her home. held her BY
the throat with one hand and pun
meled her with the other.
Neighbors Complain
Police rushing to the scene OF
the party in response to telephCned
complaints against the s:all night
rodeo," by irate and sleepleas neigh
bors, found several unnamed film
players in attendance. and said Miss
Pickford told them that she "re-
gretted the affair very much az
both Jaeger and Daugherty were
very good friends Of hers"
Detectives were trying to Ink
the mystery fight at the party
with the story told by Miss Pick
ford several weeks ago that while
riding with Daugherty they had
been held up by four men who at
tempted to rob her after striking
her.
BY the time the police arrived at
the scene of last nights battle
Daugherty had departed nursing his
wounds. Jaeger was licking split
lip and a bitten finger. And the
beautiful house was sight to be-.
hold.
Furniture Overturned
Furniture was overturned, and it
looked like somebody had been
using chair as a club. Rugs were
torn up and showed aside. Vases
were smashed. Several windows
were broken and the walls showed
the marks of various and sundry
missiles.
Many of the more or less we'll
known guests appeared to have
enjoyed the battle from the pro-
lection of sofas and others seemed
to have crawled from underneath
beds just before the police broke in.
Several witnesses told the cops
that Jaeger had been too attentive
to Lottie and Daugherty had re-
sented it.
Refused to Complain
Jaeger declined to discuss the
attention angle but he did say
Daugherty started the whole af-
fair. However, after he was taken
to a private hospital to have his
finger sewed together, he refused
to sign a complaint against Daugh-
erty.
Daugherty, former husband OF
the late Barbara La Mari and Vir-
ginia Faire, had evidently decided.
according to police, to re-enact his
scenes in 'The Body Punch"
Who struck the first blow or
Continued on Page =. Column el
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Five Persons in Family
Hurt by Oil Explosion

PERU. H.. Dec. 26.-Five mem
bers of one family were severely
burned in an explosion caused by
using kerosene to start a fire in the
kitchen stove.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Marathon ''Gabfest =
Outd0eS BedIan1
Bv JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK; Dec. 26 C.N.S)-Mounted miniature
platforms their jaws wigglng and waggng ndusrousy
apparently relessly 80 and demonsratin
the elasticity of their tonsis today in marathon
advertised The Worlds Championship Gabfest. ;,
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
EieLson Hand Frozen
Fixing His Plane

The to1o0ng the second ser!es o. 0o @rt1ess on CGPs
ton contributed by Va Stetansson Stefomssom OF the
aUors erpoes intimate friend and associate or Captain
article he told of Captain Wilkins e1
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
FELLOWS
Do THEIR JOB
" ELL
staff Photo

It Is all over, and yet it is not.
The GOOD FELLOWS have had
their big moment and mary little
children and grateful people are still
thinking OF the wonderful deeds of
kindness these stranger friends" did
for them just before Christmas
Less than four weeks of campaign
ing and enlisting in the valiant army
of the GOOD FELLOWS, and almost
400 families were provided food
clothing. toys and other things the
GOOD FELLOW thought right to
give.
Splendid Work
1t was really a splendid work.
The people were noble in their re-
sponse and though everybody had
"a million troubles and no end of
RESPONSIBILITIES, they managed TO
set a little time aside those who
were less fortunate than themselves.
The tales that have come back
about the actual conditions of our
Washington poor were revelations.
There is no possible way to picture
their state unless you have actually
seen it, and the Good Fellows have
been the means OF bringing a lot OF
unexpected happiness into the most
desolate places.
In most cases the work stopped
with the Christmas visit, but there
are many Good Fellows who have
taken upon themselves the care OF
children and families until better
DAYS shine on the now dark horizon.
Get Real Spirit
The Good Fellows are unanimous
in the opinion that this is an in
vestment paying remarkable divi
dends There is no holiday that
compares with Christmas, and when
you have shared that Yuletide spirit
with q family of half starved, half
clothed children for whom you have
preserved the Kris Kringle dream
of a childish heart. you have known
the real meaning of Christmas
spirit" and the fullest JOY of the
season is yours.
Thus is closed the book with
deeds OF real charity as the glorious
background of the year that is
passing and a light shining on
happy hearts for the days to come.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
NAME INAUGURAL HOSTS

The following committee has been
named on housing and hospitality
for the inaugural: Mrs. Atherton
Dupuy, Mrs. Jessie Nicholson, Mrs
John Woodruff and Mrs. Marion
Butler
The Washington times., 1928-12-26

ToDAY'S SCRATCHES
HAVANA

SECOND RACE-shasta Butte. Liboric
Beatrice Morse. Pitchfork, Despite.
FOURTH RACE Congo III.
Neaf'sor. clear. track. fast.
The Washington times., 1928-12-26

Strange noises from the throats OF
people who have nothing TO say at
great length smote the eardrums of
spectators who paid their way into
the Seventy first Regiment Armory
this morning. The contestants were
all "ga bbing' at once. 1t was evi-
dent why an armory, and not hall,
was hired for the event.
John Rose Gildea, a Greenwich
Village poet, was reciting verses
from the pen of the immortal Tenny-
son: Allan ID. (Captain) Risley was
muttering imprecations at the hori-
zon; Miss May Shaw was reading the
Bible from cover to cover; king
Philip" Moorehead was intriguing his
audience with "Pig Latin" and
others were saying their say in their
own way--shouting, singing, talking,
screaming. gargling, reciting, hoot'
ing and yodling.
The contest is being promoted by
Milton Crandall, who staged the
dance marathon at Madison Square
Garden last summer. The Great
Noun and Verb Rodeo" started at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon and will
continue until next Saturday mid
night, when the winner will be
awarded a prize of $1,000 and be
crowned the "gabbiest person in the
world -
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
To
HEAD OFF
SESSION
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service


Herbert Hoover's decision to
return to Washington for a
week or ten days before
proceeding on to Florida was
ascribed here today as due to
his desire to avoid, if possible,
an extra session of the new
Congress after March 4. He
is coming to the Capital for
conferences with Congress
sional leaders.
1t is no secret that the President
elect is averse to starting his ad.
ninistrafion off with an exrta ses'
sion. How he is going to avoid AZ,
however, is another matter,
East Aids West
Republican members from the
agricultural West and those from
the industrial Northeast have joined
hands in the agitation for this spe-
eial session. The Westerners want
far1n-relief legislation; the Fasteners
want tariff revision-upward.
Hoover is committed to calling a
special session only If the present
short session does not enact farm
relief legislation. If the dying
Seventeen Congress puts through a
farm bill, it relieves him of his
pledge to bring the new Seventy
first Congress to Washington i'm
mediately after March 4. Even
this. though, won't take care of
the industrial interests that want
tariff revision.
Congressional leaders, themselves,
are split upon the advisability OF
the special session. Nicholas Long.
worth, Speaker of the House. is
strongly opposed to it. On the
other hand, John @. Tilson, Repub'
lican leader of the House. is for it.
Even If Congress passes farm
relief legislation before March 4. he
is of the opinion that special ses-
sion will be required to act on the
tariff, because it is manifestly i'm
possible to undertake tariff revision
in the eight weeks of life left to
the present Congress.
Senate Divided
Senate opinion is evenly divided.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee opens hearings on tariff revi-
sion January Z, which is about
the day that Hoover will land in
Washington. These hearings will
continue until February IS, week
before Inauguration
Hoover, it is said wants to be
in a position to make his voice
and influence felt in tariff revision.
He does not intend. it is said, that
the high tariff proponents shall
saddle his administration at the
outset with an extreme new tariff
law.
Straighten Them Out
Longworth believes it is possible
to pass farm relief legislation be-
fore March 4, and he does not
agree that tariff revision is par.
ticularly desirable at this time.
Il don't think there should be
anv general revision" he said.
Il don't think there is any de-
mand for Il. Some of the sched-
ules are high enough. anyway.
Farm relief legislation can he
passed at this session now that
the farm leaders have Abandoned
the equalization fee. All that Is
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column y
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Refused to Complain
ADVERTISEMENT

Arrange out-of.town aprointrents BY
telephone. Basic rate - Pittsburgh SniS
Sill
The Washington times., 1928-12-26
Winner to Get 81, 900

One of the contestants put a lit
tie pep into the lung tournament
by emitting cat,calls A flapper on
a nearby platform tried to take the
play away from him by strumming
a guitar while she sang. A youth
with a sallow complexion drowned
her out. He sang: MY wild Irish
Rose"
Some of the spectators unkindly
shouted: Get the hook"
+. M. Wilkesbarre, who terms
himself sirfesseF Of superology,
made a speech In which he said, in
part:
Some OF His Patter
"The simpoleon is a mass of mat
ter that does not matter; the dem
oleon, one with bow-legged beliefs
and knock kneed notions; the psy-
choleon, one who gazes into the eye"
ball of ecstacy without getting
dizzy with delight when he mur-
ders the microbe of misery; and the
egocrat is one who manufactures
mirth until the Juice Of joy comes
Continued on Page 2, Column D
New Britain herald., 1928-06-08
HOUSTON HOTEL ON
SITE OF CAPITOL
Largest Of Kind Replaces Old
State Headquarters
Houston. June s F-Many visit

Houston. June 8 LFp-Many visit
yention here in June viii be guests
at hotel which stands on the site
of the second capitol sf the Texas
republic.
ton. covers the place where for three
years Gen sam Houston. as first
president of the republic, adm MS
tered the affairs Of the enormous
territory under the Lone star flag
The capitol was a two story frame
building near Buffalo bayou. which
now Is the ship channel connecting
this city with the Gulf Of Mexico
The original capitol. used only a
few months. VAS smaller Uoode n
structure At West Columbia, about
80 miles southwest of Houston. An
OIL we'll now is located on the spot
where General Houston assumed the
powers Of president in 1885, few
months after he and his soldiers won
Texas pendence from Mexico in
1885. The seat of GOV eminent vas
moved to Houston the following
year and to Austin in 1910,
Jesse H Jones. chairman of the
national finance committee OF the
democratic party and the man who
brought the national convention to
Houston. owns the Rice hotel.