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Evening star., 1929-01-03
SKY PARADE PLAN
! CONSIDERED AS PART
OF INAUGURAL PROGRAM

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augural week. The other members of
this committee appointed are George
Rothwell Brown, vice chairman; Irwin
Laughlin, Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs.
Z. A. Hartman, John Clagett Proctor,
AIen C. Clark, Charles w. Eliot, G.
Melvin Sharpe, E. D. Merrill and Maj.
Cary H. Brown.
Townsend Accepts Post.
Announcement also has been made
that T. Lincoln Townsend, secretary
of the Republican State committee in
the District of Columbia, who hes been
identified with several inaugural COM
mittees of the past, has accepted the
craftsmanship of the membership COM
mittee.
Gen. Mason M Patrick, John g.
Scharf and Charles E. Mccullough
have been added to the general in
augural committee
Additional donors to the inaugural
celebration fund made public today
follow:
Lansburgh & Bro, $1,000; E. M.
Amick, $3.50; C. B. Asher, $l00; Bank
emerio Corporation, $780, Y. E. Booker
Co., 5000: Brewood, $100; Alex Brown
u Sons, Sl,UUU, r. Is. BurrOugn, S0U,
Walter c. Clephane, $50; Edythe Patten
Corbin, $50: Oscar Coolican, $l00; B.
G.. Deaf, $50; Eastman Dillon & Co,
81 ,OO0 William j. Flather,. 5000; Lewis
Flemer, $50; Julius Garfinckel g. Co.,
ST 900; Guaranty Co. of New York,
81 900; John Hays Hammond. $1,000;
Hartman g. Co, $1,000; r. Harris e.
Co., $1,000: j. Thilman Hendrick, $500;
w. B. Hibbs & Co.. $1,000: joe High,
S. Hilleary G.. Hoskinson, 500; F. B.
Keech g. CO.. $1,000; Raymond G.
Marx, $50; Merchants Transfer &
Storage Co, $500; G. M P. Murphy
g. Co., $1,000; National Electric Sup
ply Co., $500; A. M. Nevius, $l00; Nor
folk a. Washington Steamboat Co.,
ST 900; Nelson B. O'Neil, $50; E. A.
Pierce g. Co., $1,000; Potomac Electric
Power Co., $1,000; Powhatan Hotel,
$780, Raleigh Hotel, $1,000; George F.
Rainey, $50; w. F. Roberts Co., $1,000;
I. j. Roberts, $l00; H. L. Rust Co.,
81 900; Sanitary Grocery Co., $1,000;
F. H. Smith Co., $1,000; Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, $l00; Col David s. STAN
ley, $3.50; Stroud, Kurtz 81 Co., 81 900,
SWartzell. Rheem g. Hensey Co., ST. 900;
A. P. Thorn, $500; George o. Vass,
500: Washington Gas Light Co.. 81 900;
Washington Hotel, 81 900; Washington
Railway g. Electric Co., 81 900; Weaver
Bros, 81 900; Harley p. Wilson, 81 900,
and Willard Hotel, $1,000.
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mention of the darker side of the Ger
man situation.
The chief material arguments against
Gilbert's view of the situation are:
l. Germany is paying by selling out
to foreigners.
q Germany prosperity is based on
borrowed money.
3. German economy is burdened not
only by reparations. but by exorbitant
interest in borrowed money.
4. The cost of money in Germany is
too high.
S. While France exports capital.
Germany must still borrow.
Report Proves Sensation.
The German newspapers say that
Gilbert failed to note the bad situation
of agriculture, spoke not word against
high foreign tariffs, which prevent
German exports, draws too many con-
clusions from the fact that exports and
imports balanced only in the single
month of September, 1928, failed to
report the difficult situation of the rail-
roads and overlooked possible transfer
difficulties.
THE report is the sensation of the day
and crowds out oil other forms OF news.
even In the popular newspapers. All
Americans are somehow responsible for
Cilbert's views and rumors are thick
that II Gilbert's views prevail among
the experts at the coming reparations
conference, Germany had better refuse
the experts report and allow matters
to remain as theS are. @
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Ninth and F streets. The early
theater crowds were just leaving the
playhouSes and the street was janmed
with the usual early evening traffic.
A small dull-colored coupe approach
ed from the west and the driver slowed
down to inquire for directions to Rhode
Island avenue. Lassiter indicated the
proper direction with wave of his
hand and told the stranger to drive to
the middle Of the block and turn. AS
the car passed he noticed 1t bore 1928
Ohio tags.
Asked About Tags.
When the driver returned for the
hight-hand turn LasSiter stopped him
and questioned the legitimacy of the
tags. The driver could not offer a
satisfactory explanation and the police
man asked him to drive to the Traffic
Bureau
certainly" the driver responded,
smiling. won't you get in?"
Lassiter said he walked around the
machine and stepped in through the
door which the driver had opened Tor
him. AS he sat down the driver poked
the muzzle of a .38-caliber automatic
against his Slue dIlu OlOCACo ihhA W
hold his right hand against the door,
away from his service revolver.
So smoothly did the stranger execute
his maneuver that the attention OF sew
eral persons standing few feet away
was not attracted.
The kidnaper promised not to hurt
him. Lassiter said, If he made no out
cry and appeared willing enough to
talk as they drove along.
Don't feel bad, buddy" the kid
naper said, i've done this before and
some of the others were tougher than
you" -,
Keeping the policeman covered with
the pistol In one handS the driver ma
nipulated the gear lever and steering
wheel with the other as they proceeded
In an easterly direction. Lassiter said
he had tried to persuade his abductor
to drive past one Of the intersections
where another officer was stationed, but
the supposed stranger apparently was
familiar with the city and avoided all
these danger spots.
At one point, Lassiter said, he tried
to get the man to stop for moment,
intending to back out of the car and
shoot him with his service revolver, but
Evening star., 1929-01-03

the kidnaper laughed and told him to
Shut up."
A few minutes later they approached
the District Jail and the driver turned
down a side road which led to a va
cant lot.
Parking his car, the kidnaper seized
Lassiters gun, crawled out through the
left door and ordered the policeman to
follow him.
Lassiter said he tried to keep away,
but the other man slipped UP behind
and struck him on the head with the
butt OF the pistol, inflicting a scalp
wound.
The man stepped back after the blow,
Lassiter said. and waited. Aren't you
going to faint?" the policeman quoted
the other man as asking. Lassiter said
he replied that he was not, and the
his necktie. The officer eXpoStulated
with him, but his kidnaper was in
siStent.
Fearing he was to be trusSed uD and
beaten to death, Lassiter said, ne tied
his neckpiece in loop before handing
it to the other man. The kidnaper re-
.ceived it only to throw it down. AS
Lassiter stopped over to pick it up the
man fired one shot at his feet.
Strengthening up, the policeman
backed away. IT don't know what to do
with you," the stranger said, IT guess
you had better run" Lassiter said he
thought 1t over and decided this was
the best thing to do.
He started off, running In a zig-zag
fashion. The kidnaper fired one more
shot, which missed its mark. and Las
sitter stumbled and fell into a clump
Of bushes. When he looked around his
assailant was driving madly down the
road in the machine.
The policeman was taken to Casualty
HOSPITAL by D. A. Mcdonald SIT Sa-
vannah street, whose attention had
been attracted by the shots.
Lassiter was unable to account for
the strange conduct of the kidnaper.
He said the man was sober and did not
appear insane. The best description
he could give was that his abductor
was tough"
Returning to the scene of the assault
this morning, LasSiter found the neck
tis, but his pistol was gone.
Lassiter, who was not seriously in
jured, lives in Lanham, Md. He will
resume duty tonight.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
RESTLESS NIGHT
IS SPENT BY KING
Reports Held Encouraging.
Bulletin Says Condition
IS Unchanged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, january 3-With King
George entering the seventh week of his
serious illness word came from the royal
bedsiGe today which was encouraging
in is general tone, although it con-
tinued to indicate his road to recovery
was likely to be long, hard one.
The morning medical bulletin report
ed no change in the Kings condition.
His night was a restless one and to this
fact his failure to continue the i'm
provement reported last night presum-
ably might be attributed. h
There was no apparent disposition to
view the situation in any way differently
from yesterday when cheering predic-
tionS of the monarch's sure If slow
emergency from his prolonged ordeal
came from authoritative quarters.
Not Held Unsatisfactory.
II was indicated in palace circles that
todays bulletin was not regarded as un-
satisfactory. Although the King for the
second time in succession spent rest
less night. there has been no definite
check in the progress he has been max
ing.
This. it was noted. would appear to
indicate that his majesty has a slightly
better reserve of strength upon which
to draw
The Kings doctors at 11:15 am. to-
day issued this bulletin:
THE King has passed restless night
and there is no change to report in his
majesty's condition.
(Signed)
"HEWETT, RIoBY, DAWSON" s
New Method of Treatment.
fos,
treatment was to be continued. An
official on the medical side of big
manufacturing chemists establishment,
said of this "it is new method of
treatment not yet recorded in the
medical textbooks.
The official laid stress on the point
that the calcium treatment must not
be mistaken for anything in the nature
Of last resort. Il
Evening star., 1929-01-03
GERMANY CHARGES BETRAYAL.
Gilbert Declared Political Partisan and
Agent of Allies.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.


By Radio to The Star and Chicago DailN
News. Copyright, 1929.
BERLIN, January .S.--"Another Will
son." Germany for the second time
is betrayed by an American" Never
in recent years has 1t been SO apparent
as now that s. Parker Gilbert is po-
litical partisan and the agent of cred
These are typical of the remarks
slung at the agent general for repara-
tions following the publication OF his
annual report. The Germans are SIM
ply thunderstruck.
The Nationalist press speaks Of per-
sonal betrayal and implies that personal
motives are behind Gilbert's portrayal
of German prosperity. Even his Ger
man friends are almost fearful In their
search for "Gilberts real motives"
"Victim of Allied Influences"
No one questions his figures, but the
Democrats ask why such report should
be issued just now and imply that Gil
bert has fallen victim TO allied po-
litical influences.
The Vossische Zeitung remarks that
Gilbert would have had another i'm
preston of Germany's wealth II instead
of spending hts time among figures he
had freQuented the homes of the Ger
man middle class socially and seen just
how the people live.
The Germans unanimously deplore
the fact that Gilbert compares the pres
ent Germany with the ruined country
of 1924. rather than with the hourishine
Germany Of 1918. and serious critics
while admitting that Gilbert's figure:
are correct. believe that he omitted
Evening star., 1929-01-03

'tion provides that any signatory of the
general arbitration treaty may at any
time deposit with ire Department of
State of the United States of America
an appropriate instrument evidencing
that 1t has abandoned in whole or in
part the exceptions from arbitration
stipulated in the said treaty or the res
ervation or reservations attached by 1t
thereto"
Rights Are Guaranteed.
In asserting that no reservations
would be attached by the United States
beyond those incorporated in the treaty
itself, Charles Evans Hughes pointed
out that the conference had no power
nor mission to alter international law
or to ampiify or restrict its scope.
Referring to the reservations which
various delegations had indicated they
would make regarding the jurisdiction
of domestic courts and the obvious i'm
plication of this regarding pecuniary
claims, Mr.. Hughes recalled that IL
American states already had ratified
the Buenos Aires 1910 convention pro-
viding for the arbitration of pecuniary
claims. He said he hoped that more
countries would ratify the same instru-
ment.
Mr.. Hughes disclaimed intention to
discuss the reservations which the in
dividual states might want to make
to the treaty, since 1t was their SOW
ereign right to do so, but contended
that the treaty would not deprive any
country of its rights under information
al law, nor would relieve it of any of
its obligations. Therefore, he said, If
any reservations which were made ran
counter to international law and the
practice established hereunder, the res
ervations would be Intellectual.
Bollvia's acceptance, with some slight
changes, of the draft protocol of con-
ciliation of the Bolivia-Paraguay dis
pute was communicated here today and
meeting of the special Pan-American
Conference committee handling it was
called at once.
formed by his government that the pro-
tocol should be revised In some degree,
but he declined to discuss the proposed
changes.
Signatures Seen Soon.
Final conclusion of the protocol has
been held up for two days awaiting word
from Bolivia as to its attitude on the
last draft Ct rbe conciliation instrument
made by the arbitration conference
through a special subcommittee. Agree
ment appeared reached on New Year
Eve when lie protocol was altered in its
phraSeologr TO meet requirements made
by both Paraguay and Bolivia.
Should the new changes which Bolivia
wants made in the protocol prove agree
able to Paraguay, signature of the docu-
ment and appointment of special con-
ciliating board would quickly follow.
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by the District government, should de-
eide what activities require motoriza-
ton and the ones that do not
1.-The automobile board, organized last
year, has rather broad powers over
the preparation of specifications and
in the recommendation of awards" the
report added. IAN analysis of these
stated powers show that it exercises
little real control over acquisition of
motor vehicles for the city and no con-
troll whatever over their use or service
ing.
THE flnctions of the automobile
board should be specifically confined to
review specifications for the purchase
of motor vehicles, including fire appa-
ratus, and to recommend purchase
awards on these vehicles Any other
duties assigned to the board should
not be executive functions
This board cannot function effective
ly in an executive capacity nor should
it be permitted to supervise or con-
troll the recommended executive powers
of the controller of motor transporta-
ton"
Evening star., 1929-01-03
U. S. Steamer Damaged.

TOXIC, January 2 (P).-The
American Shipping Board steamer Ham
over had hole stove in her side in
collision with the small japanese
freighter Kimigayo Maru Sunday
afternoon during storm in the Inland
Sea. There were no casualties and
both ships made port under their own
power.
The Hanover left Galveston, Tex, on
october "a and San Pedro, Calf, on
November 28 for Yokohama,
Evening star., 1929-01-03
MILTON KR0NHEIM, JR.,
HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Washington Students Injured Z
When Car Is Forced Off Road
Near Alexandria.

Milton S.. Kronheim, jr., 1764 Lanier
place, is in, an Alexandria hospital suf-
fering from fractured skull as a re.
suit of the overturning Of his automo-
bile miles south of Alexandria late
yesterday.
Jerry Ullman, 18 yesrs old, who was
driving the car, is at his home, at
Eighteenth and Columbia road, suffer-
ing from shock and bruises.
Kronheim, son of a Washington
bondsman and a student at the Staun-
ton Military Academy, was returning
from trip to Fredericksburg with Ull-
man. Hospital authorities were told
when he was taken there unconscious
that an automobile in passing them on
the highway forced them of the road,
causing their machine to overturn
Passing motorists took them to the hos
pital. Kronheim's condition today was
reported critical.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
KEEFE BROTHERS DIE
SAME DAY IN CHICAGO
Former Shipping Board Member
and Retired Capitalist
Succumb.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 3.-Daniel j.
Keefe, rs, former member of the United
States Shipping Board, and his brother,
Thomas j. Keefe, retired capitalist, are
dead here.
Daniel Keefe, for many years vice
president of the American Federation of
Labor and commissioner general of inn
under Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft, died at. his home in Elmhurst.
a suburb, and Thomas Keefe. who
started his career with Marshall Field
g. Co. and later entered the investment
business, died two hours later.
Thomas Keefe is survived by a widow.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
Archbishop's Recovery Retarded.

CANTERBURY, England, January 3
GA recurrence of the Inflammation
with which he suffered has retarded
the recovery of the Archbishop of Can
terbury, who has been i'll for some days
DR.. Whitehead, the archbishop's physi-
it will be necessary for his patient to
spend further period of rest in bed.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
1874 DIE IN TORONTO.
Deaths in "F1u" Epidemic Swelled
by 22 in Two Days.

TORONTO, Ontario. January 3 (P.-
Twenty-Five persons died of influenza
In Toronto in the past two days, bring
ing the total deaths in the epidemic to
1874. One thousand cases have been
reported, 543 of them being among
employees of the police and fire depart
ments and telephone and transportation
companies.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
BOYS SLAIN, FATHER HELD
Children Shot During Quarrel Be-
tween Parent and Uncle.

BELLEvILLE, Ontario, January 3
LP).-A father was in jail today charged
with Staying his two small sons. Ken
meth. IL, and Colin, 9. sons of Charles
H. Twells, were killed in their farm
home, near Consecon, Ontario, during
an argument between their father and
his brother -in-law. Arthur Corfield, who
was wounded.
Police said Twells and Corfield had
quarreled over the division of property
ON the farm, which they worked on
shares, and that Corfield had gone to
the farm to discuss their differences.
How the boys were killed was not eX-
planned
Evening star., 1929-01-03
Knapp. Ex.Legislator. Dies.

LOwVILLE, N. Y, January 3 CP.-
Charles Luman Knapp, 81, former
Representative and consul general at
Montreal during President Harrisop's
administration, dice today, r
Evening star., 1929-01-03
CHARGED WITH THREATS.
Postal Clerk Held as Police Report
Finding 1900 Notes in Home.

NEW YORK. January LP.-Ac-
cused of sending Threatening letters to
many persons prominent in public life,
Abraham Rosenberg, 27-year-old postal
clerk. was being held by post Office au-
thoritieS today They said more than
1900 threatening letters were found in
his home.
Many OF the letters, some of which
contained an acid, were signed with the
name of Warner Feddern. brother-in-
law to Rosenberg. Several months ago
Feddern was arrested on charge of
sending the letters He was held in jail
three days, but was acquitted. Later
Rosenberg's sister was arrested, but she
also was later acquitted.
Evening star., 1929-01-03

It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
obtained through them.
Evening star., 1929-01-03
MULTILATERAL- PACT
AND PROTOCOL GIVEN
o. X. BY COMMITTEE

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AUTO TAG VlOLAT0R
MAKES ESCAPE AFTER
KIDNAPPING OFFICER

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MISUSE OF PUBLIC
AUTOS IN DISTRICT
CHARGED IN REPORT

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$Z1Z,tUU.
Fort Humphreys, va.-Non-commis-
stoned officers quarters, $4,000.
Langley Field, Va-Non- commission
ed officers quarters, 100000.
Camp McClellen, Ala.-Non- -commis-
stoned officers quarters, 900; officers
quarters, S225,000.
Fort Mcpherson. Ga.-Addition of rs
beds to hospital, s150,00o.
Fort Monroe, Va.-Officers' quarters,
$268,0o0.
Camp Leonard Wood. Md.--Non- n-com-
missioned officers quarters, $3.50 900;
officers quarters, $250.00o, and hospital,
$l50000.
For the Southern branch, at Hampton
Va.sfof the National Home for Disabled
Soldiers, the measure provides '$70i 900,
and for the mountain branch, at john
son City, Tenn. 760,500.
sE $3S. .342 for School.
The. bill provides $38 8,342 for the Army
Infantry School at Fort Benping, Ca.
and the following amounts for national
military parks in the South:
Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Tenn
Ga4 $4,000; Guilford Court House,
N. G., $4,000; Moores Creek. N. c.,
$500; Petersburg, Va. $4,000: Shiloh.
Tenn, $35,000; Stones River, Tenn,
$4,000, VicKSburg, MISS, $23, ,l4S.
Col w. S. Gibson, testifying before
the committee which framed the meas
ure explained that the S50,00e for the
Petersburg Park would be used for pre-
pairing a definite plan for the park S
establishment and to begin work upon
it. The park. he said, will consist of a
roadway around the defense lines and
a certain area on either side of the
roadway to take In other positions of
military Importance. There will be
about 20 miles of roadway and cor
responding small area on either side Of
the road.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
ANGLERS | 4 j D
COOLIDGE

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July .
Il N.S.).- Calvin Coolidge, who did
not become famous as an amateur
fisherman until he became president
Of the United States. when the dis.
cussion over the advisability Of trout
fishing with worms became nation
wide, has been elected honorary
member of the Cape COD Trout Club.
AS result, the former executive
was expected to avail himself of the
privilege by casting for the elusive
trout on the estate OF his friend, L.
P. Handy, wealthy Wareham cram
berry grower and fish culturist.
While governor of Massachusetts,,
Mr.. Coolidge had shown no inc'ina-
tion for strikes, In the finny sense,
and as result did not receive invita-.
tions to test his skill in the trout
streams OF the cape district.
However. following an expedition
to the trout streams of Vermont
with Arthur B. Harlow, of Boston,
a member of the Cape Cod trout
organization, the invitation OF hon.
orary membership was extended to
Mr.. Coolidge. Mr.. Coolidge accepted,
1t was ,rned.
The honorary membership accord
ed to Mr.. Coolidge allows him not
only to make use of the well stocked
trout preserves OF the organization,
but also accords him all the privi-
leges OF fun membership.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
8, GRIEVES
FOR PUPPY

One Of the few bright spots in
the life Of nine.year.old Milton Wan.
nails jr., of, 202s Hamlin st. N. E.,
has gone gloomy.
Young Milton Is cripple. his left
side being paralyzed. He can't get
out and play around with the other
children of the neighborhood, because
every time he tries 1t he falls down
or hurts himself in some way. He
can't even play very well with his
five-year old brother Jack.
About six months ago friend of
Milton's had an idea that what the
little crippled boy needed was a dog.
He presented him with a brindle
bull puppy.
That solved the problem and MIL
ton found playmate at last. The
two became inseparable. The puppy
was named pal He is now eight
months old.
On the night of July 4, he escaned
from the Wannall's cellar and dis
appeared, Milton is nearly frantic
at the loss of his buddy and bcgs
that anyone finding him send him
back home as soon as possible.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
Hermit Dies, Gagged
By Robbers With
Own Reard

g Q.N.s).-scott Rouse, so, a
hermit for so years. was dead
today in a hospital here as a
result Of being gagged with his
own beard and bound 50 tightly
he could not move by robbers in
his dilapidated shack on, farm
near Toledo, Iowa.
Rouse was said to have kept
large sum of money in his hut.
The intruders escaped with con-
tents Of a small safe.
Disappointed in love affair In
his youth, old neighbors say,
Rouse had been misogynist
since.
A sign on his fence read,
Women Keep Out"
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
Girl Chases Purse Thief
Vainly After Losing SIS

A thief was chased vainly by Miss
Charlotte Moss on Massachusetts
Ave, near Twelfth st. N. W., yes
terday. Though Miss Moss cried
stop thief" the many persons on
the street, due to the heat, or some
thing, did not join in the pursuit.
The man grabbed her purse, con.
tanning SIS, while she was walking
on Massachusetts Avenue, Miss
Moss reported. She lives in Orange.
N. J., and is stopping in the $500
block OF Georgia Ave.