2 THE EVEXiyff STAB'. WASHING TON. D. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER .31, 1928.

Adjutant General Dead 1 AMERICANS GAVE $2,330,600,000 Metal Dealer Dead MERGER WRITES TWO ARE VICTIMS TO VARIOUS CAUSES THIS YEAR PRESIDENT FAILS GANGSTERS KILL ' ' -"\ HEATED HISTORY o^ OF HIT-RUN AUTOS * Religious Organizations Benefitted Most TO SHOOT TURKEYS TWO. WOUND FIVE \ M w | f < Largely From 1928 Gifts, Wkick Transit Plan Overshadows 1i ' Cab Driver Injured While Coolidge Returns From Hunt- Machine Gun Takes Revenge l c Every Topic Before $ * Helping Officer Report Exceeded Last Year s. ing Trip Today With as Occupants of Two Cars Citi- \ I $ zens’ Associations. V *».* 7 Traffic Mishap. Empty Bag. Are Attacked. By the Associated Press. of Williamsburg, Va., to its pre-Revolu- NEW YORK, December 31.—The tionary setting. The transit merger plan virtually Penbrook Williams, 35 years old, a wealth which America gleaned from its Among Mr. Rockefeller’s private BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. By the Associated Press. the 1928 history of the Federa- taxi driver, 700 Sixth street southeast, philanthropies were the gifts of two Staff Correspondent of The Star. CAMDEN, N. J., December 31. wrote steel mills, its oil wells, its manifold in- millions to the Cite University (the tion of Citizens’ Associations. It was was struck by a hit-and-run driver Police of this city and Philadelphia to- early today and taken to Garfield Hos- dustries, was poured into philanthropy’s quarter to house students) in Paris, an- SEA ISLAND HUNTING LODGE. the one topic that completely over- Ga., December 31. —President Coolidge day searched underworld haunts for every other matter that came pital in a serious condition. Williams coffers in 1928 with a generosity which other million to Chicago University for 8 shadowed the endowment of its divinity school, today returned with an empty bag from trio of gunmen before the Federation throughout the was assisting Officer William T. Grimes , surpassed that of last year. who, armed with a ma- of the tenth precinct in reporting a and $500,000 toward the fund being another hunting expedition and he was im. year though it was responsible for tired and hungry and none too chine gun and a pump gun, shot two heated in which traffic mishap at Sherman avenue and Charitable gifts for 1928 will total raised in the United States for the de- gleeful. HHn bitter and discussions velopment He, with several other members of his men to death other personalities often were involved. Columbia road when the accident oc- approximately $2,330,600,000, according of Jewish farm settlements and wounded five most of the curred. in Russia. party, started before sunrise this persons, two of them The records show 1 that to the estimate of the John Price Jones, morning for wild turkeys in the wilds women. time of the regular meetings was taken Ten other persons were injured in a Education Gets Rich Dowers. The slayers, believed to be Phila- debates on the merger and its series of traffic accidents over the week Corporation of New York, fund raising of the 60,000-acre game preserve of up with Educational institutions received rich Howard E. Coffin, his host during his delphia gangsters revenge, kindred subjects, and that two special end. consultants, while those of the previous seeking opposing The driver of the hit-and-run dowers from the 1928 charity chest. vacation in the Sea Islands. poured more than sessions were called to give the ear year amounted to $2,219,700,000. The $10,000,000 residium of the estate one hundred shots additional time extend their that struck Williams is reported by Po- He had had several chances to bag factions to The greatest amount of the contribu- of . the late Charles M. Hall, “father a turkey during the three hours he was LOUIS SIMON’. into two automobiles loaded with, remarks. MAJ. GEN. LITZ WAHL. liceman Grimes to have extinguished , j | the lights of his car, stepped on the tions this year, as in the past went to of aluminum,” who died in 1914, is to out, but these birds were too elusive or merry-makers on the Black Horse Pika Yaden Fight Develops. be distributed to higher educational in- poor, none gas and sped south on Sherman ove- religious denominations, but large gifts else his aim was because fell. near here early yesterday morning and Early last January before the unifi- stitutions of the Near East and the Mrs. Coolidge was out in front of the nue. Orient, then sped away in a yellow roadster. cation'agreement had been evolved, aj Williams was taken to the hospital were made to organized charity relief his trustees recently announced. game lodge with others of the party to fight developed in the federation as a j in a passing automobile and examined for “the other half.” for education pur- Mr. Hall left the decision as to the greet him and his companions on their OILS; The gangsters killed Joseph Cusano, subsequent events, I manner of distribution to the trustees. necessary SIMON 21, and Nicholas Celebre. 29, both of prelude to by Dr. Luber, who found poses and for the advancement return. It was not to ask LOUIS oi sort j he had sus- of It bed to do with the acceptance of I WAHL TO BE PAID tained a compound fracture of the right health. The year was further note- Selection of the beneficiaries was made "what luck,” the President’s face told Philadelphia. Samuel'Orlando. 19, was Yaden. then president, of a worthy for the amounts which were after long consultation with educational the sad story. shot through the head and body. James G. leg, possible fracture of the skull and institutions membership on the board of directors numerous cuts and bruises. contributed to the beautification of leaders. Among the to He shortened his narrative of the Eleanor McDevitt, 19, in the rear seat of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. national tracts and the preservation of benefit by the gift are the Kobe College fiasco by asking about breakfast. He of the car ahead, peered through the Yaden. however, later was given a vote Autos in Collision. historical places. Corporation in Japan, the American had gone off with only two cups of cof- IN CITY 25 YEARS curtains as the gunmen approached of of confidence. University Beirut and the American fee and his long tramp had stirred up and screamed a warning. Daniel Del- HONORS About an hour earlier a collision be- Payne Whitney College for Girls at Constantinople. MILITARY Gave $45,000,000. When the merger agreement was com- a real appetite. Despite the early hour giomor, 29, alias Danny Day, the the tween the automobiles of Albert F. Edward S. Harkness of New York driver, shot pleted and came formally before street, The late Payne Whitney’s bequest of his departure for the hunt, Mrs. was through the eye; the action, Westfall. 1411 Harvard and Rob- gave $3,000,000 to Harvard University Cerebral Hemorrhage Takes McDevitt federation for another debate ert J. Harris, colored, 1920 Eleventh of more than $45,000,000 to hospitals, Coolidge was up to give him a cheery girl’s hand was broken by occurred, and the subject continued to Adjutant General of Army, libraries and of the coun- to be used for experiment in reorgani- send off. They entered the cabin, another bullet and the two other oc- street, resulted in Virginia Jackson, col- universities zation of the university. He gave the where flare up at nearly every gathering that try heads the list. Although Mr. the breakfast was being to those Iron and Metal Dealer—To cupants, Miss Phyllis Piazzollo, 20, and meeting of ored, 2325 N street, occupant of the money to build and endow a group of served •Peter 24, followed, even at the final car, being severely Whitney died in 1927, the filing of the who were to accompany the Zecco. were shot in the back Pneumonia Victim, to Be latter shocked. She dormitories* dining halls and common President. and side, 1928, when the unification agreement was treated at Garfield Hospital and estate's appraisal did not take place Mrs. Coolidge sat at the long, rough, one bullet in the back paralyz- was before Congress for ratification. until 1928 and his bequests are, there- rooms, which will be operated as a wooden Be Buried Tomorrow. ing the girl’s legs. ; taken home. sperate educational and social unit. table with its tin cups and Although serious consideration and Buried Wednesday. Williams witnessed the accident and fore, listed with the philanthropies of dishes, but the preferred to Police learned that the men and girls merger A. E. Fitkin of New York, a former President Philadelphia discussion was given to the for went in search of a policeman. He the year just ended. drink his coffee standing, declining had met in a dance hall nearly two months, the federation did Policeman Grimes Fourteenth His largest bequest to school teacher and clergyman who offers Louis Simon, 56 years old, iron and and later had gone to a roadhouse at found on an institution up of anything else like flapjacks, not take definite action until April, street and went to the scene of was an endowment for $18,623,176 for built a $30,000,000 fortune through muffins metal dpaler here and in vari- Chew’s Landing, several miles from Funeral services for Maj. Gen. Lutz they public utility donated a and ham and eggs. But on active when it accepted the agreement in the accident. Grimes was standing the New York Hospital, which with operations, his return from the hunt it dif- Camden. The party was returning to with its cardinal fea- Wahl, adjutant general of the Army, $1,000,000 to Yale to be used in the was a ous organizations of this city, died at when the attack , principle, together near one of the damaged cars when Cornell University Medical School is ferent Philadelphia occurred. the who of child disease, while the late story. He did justice to a most his home, 2620 Connecticut avenue, yes- ture. a $50,000,000 valuation for died at his residence, 2019 Kalo- Williams was knocked down. planning a new medical center here. study generous meal. Three men. arrested at the roadhouse company. years Chauncey Depew bequested a like terday for questioning, any merged i rama road, yesterday, will be conduct- Miss Bettie Northern, 23 old, The Cornell Medical School was be- No plans have been made for ob- afternoon. Death was due to a disclaimed knowl- Increase Sought. of 1450 Irving street, was seriously In- queathed $2,823,157. Yale University, amount to the same university, his cerebral hemorrhage, with which he edge of the shootings. Fare ; ed here Wednesday, to be followed by alama mater, without restrictions. serving the ushering In of the merger jured about 2 o'clock yesterday morn- Mr. Whitney’s Alma Mater, where he year at the Coffin tonight. was stricken in the morning. Second in importance to the interment, with military honors, in Ar- result of collision between Myron Taylor's $1,500,000 gift to home The utility matter—the ing as a a was prominent in athletics, recaived a President has indicated that he A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Simon was another public lington Cemetery. The hour of the a street car and an automobile in similar the New York education went to Cornell University would came to this city 25 and application of the Capital Traction Co. amount, while probably follow his custom of retiring years ago which she was riding at Ninth and Public Library, which like Yale had for a new building to house the law engaged for an increase in fare. This question services is to be decided later. at an early hour, regardless of the in the iron and metal busi- after G streets. Edward S. McDonald, 29 been remembered with many gifts dur- school. ness, maintaining a shop at Eleventh did not greet the federation until Gen. Wahl, who was 58 years old, years also occasion. old, 1418 W street, an oc- ing the financier's lifetime, was be- Others Who and C streets. When the Government GERMAN its Summer recess. Contributed. Trip LEADERS was holder of the In- Made on Yacht. * the Distinguished cupant of the car, was seriously queathed $6,210,725. took over the there The October meeting was devoted to to fill America’s property to be oc- Service Medal for “exceptionally- meri- jured. They were in the automobile The bequests also embraced a trust Others who helped The journey to the preserve, which cupied by Government buildings, Mr. consideration of the application, and 1819 Kenyon charity coffers during the year gave * of John S. Simmons, of $26,000,000 the trustees is located 40 miles Simon moved as a result the federation decided to torious and distinguished service” dur- fund nearly their for the benefit of about south of his establishment to of authorized to use prin- contributions Sapelo Island, was made yesterday Twenty-first and * counsel if necessary to fight which were H streets, where it employ ing the World War period. His death Miss Northern and McDonald were cipal or as saw fit for those in actual need. John Markle, re- afternoon Mr. is now the increase in the courts if it should pass- income they tired coal donated half mil- aboard Coffin’s yacht located. He maintained an HOPE FOR taken to Emergency Hospital in operator, a PEACE followed an illness lasting several weeks, a charitable and educational uses and "Zapa La.” this boat besides office in the Earle be granted by the Public Utilities Com- 1 first aid by lion to the Salvation Army for the erec- Aboard Building. Utilities during which pneumonia developed. ing automobile and given scientific investigation. the President and Mrs. Coolidge, were About six months before coming mission. The action of the Dr. McCarthy. The former sustained tion of a working girls’ hotel, which here, Commission in the carfare case made He was believed to be The Rockefeller benevolences, as in their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Coffin, and he married Miss Mabel Hopfenmaier, , rapidly re- ; an injury to her head and was bruised would provide comfortable, light living the federation's campaign unnecessary. cuperating from the effects other years, figure large in the year’s two secret service men. The presidential the daughter of L. Hopfenmaier of this International Understanding of pneu- and; shocked, while McDonald also re- total and were among quarters for girls who could afford to aides and physician The federation's ©lection cam- monia and was playing with his baby < severe injury to his head and those which pay only a low rent. and other members city. He leaves his wife; a son, James vigorous ceived a reached America’s boundary of the party were aboard the daughter. . paign in 1928 was more than daughter. Barbara, yesterday when ha beyond The late Milton Engineer ¦ H. Simon; a Miss Bernice H. Is Deepest Wish possiblei internal injuries. Simmons was lines. Twelve millions were given by McQuade, a bachelor, yacht Expressed many of the preceding campaigns. Up was sudenly stricken with a relapse charged( by police reckless driving the who left no known living relations, Corps ‘‘lsondega.” Simon; a brother. Morris Simon, an * with party until the close of the campaign there and died within a few moments. His - no card. He Rockefeller Foundation to the China bequeathed $500,000 to the It was dark when the arrived attorney here; a sister, Mrs. Abe Mans- in the race and and having registration Medical Board, Inc., which holds funds Home for at its destination, considerable time in New Year Messages. were three candidates wife and elder daughter. Miss Gretchen < deposited $52 collateral. the Friendless, an orphanage in New- bach of Atlantic City, and his mother, Edwin S. Hege withdrew, leaving Dr. Wahl, were for the Peking Union Medical College, having been lost by stopping en route Mrs. Deborah Simon. ' with him at the time. burgh, N. Y. Half of the $2,000,000 Fails to Stop. to aid in establishing at St. Marys,Ga., > George C. Havenner and Walter I. He assumed his duties as adjutant Driver its modern medical estate of the late Nathan Lamport, Jew- where the remains Mr. Simon was a member of the Swanton as opponents for the presi- general early in 1927. center. The Foundation also gave of an old Spanish mission was visited, Harmony Lodge of Masons, the Mystic BY ANSEL MOWRER. * July, A second hit-and-run traffic accident ish philanthropist, went to the Ansi EDGAR dency. Dr. Havenner was elected de- $1,400,000 to the medical school of the Charity Foundation for the and at the Sea Island plantation of Shrine, the City Club, the Town'and the November meeting and Was Commander of 58th. early yesterday morning that resulted of Brussels benefit of Charles S. Bennett, retiring head of By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily cisively at < University and contributed a various Jewish religious, educational the Country Club and the Knights of Copyright, carried into office with him B. A. j in serious injury to a pedestrian oc- like amount to the work of stamping and Farmers’ Union at Point Peter, Ga. News. 1028. At outbreak of the World War !, Kennedy philanthropic societies. The Pythias. Bowles president; David Babp the curred near Second and out malaria, yellow fever the name Before retiring last night the presi- BERLIN, December and as vice Gen. Wahl first commanded the 58th (< John H. and hook- “Ansi” signified Puneral services will be conducted 31.—-Peace secretary and A. H. Gregory as streets, the victim being disease Abraham Nehemia dential party enjoyed oyster pop- as Infantry of the 4th Division. Early ] old, of Chapel worm throughout the world. Sarah Lamport. an and at the home tomorrow morning at 10 international understanding seem to be Pfluger, 58 years Queens expended treasurer. in 1918 he was detached from his regi- ] Pfluger was crossing Rockefeller funds also were The late Mrs. John Innes Kane made corn roast on the shore in front of the o’clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the the deepest wish for 1929 of the road northeast. in the preservation of national game lodge. The President opened his leaders ment and ordered to Washington, Kennedyj street some distance from the land her contribution to the advancement of Washington Hebrew Congregation will where tracts and places of historical interest. health own oysters and gave evidence of being officiate. Interment will be in the of the new Germany. he served for several months as j intersection of the two streets, about and medicine by leaving $1,000,- request chief The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial 000 as a an old hand at the art. The night was Washington Hebrew Congregation In answer to a for a New of the operations section of the ; 2:30 o’clock in the morning, when he scholarship fund for the Or- ideal Year wish to the world, seven repre- POLICEMAN LOSES general staff. This service was termi- i and his head and gave $5,000,000 to the great Smoky thopaedic Hospital in New York. The an one. The air was balmy, but Cemetery. was knocked down Mountain National Park in Tennessee void of any chill. The moon shone sentative Germans have given the cor- nated upon his appointment to the \ driver failed to stop, po- eight scholarships, with an annual value # .. ... face cut. The and North Carolina, and John D. brightly—so brightly, in fact, that Mrs. respondent of The Star and the grade of brigadier general. Subsequent- lice] reported. A passing motorist took Rocke- of $4,000 to $9,000, are to be given to APPEAL FROM FINE ly he joined the 7th Division, j his feller, jr., contributed a like amount to young surgeons of Coolidge remarked that she had never Chicago Daily News the following state- in Pfluger to Garfield Hospital, where unusual ability who equal During which he commanded the Infantry serious. the restoration of the historical town desire to specialize in seen its before.. this shore ments: 14th i condition was reported orthopaedics. party a quartet from the POISON LIQUOR LACK Chancellor Hermann j during all of its operations. Others slightly injured in traffic mis- Georgia Mueller—’’May Sergt. Driscoll of Potomac, Fined Following World colored, 31 State Colored Methodist School sang a | the will to an international understnnd- the War he returned ] haps were James H. King, number of negro and I which to Washington and attended the Army - street north- spirituals some of PLEASING TO DORAN I ing found expression in the past years old, 2005 Rosedale the songs. year in the signing of the Kellogg pact $lO in Attempted Arrest, to War College. In 1921 he was detailed east;| John C. Carter, colored, 111 Cor- MICHIGAN more modern WOMAN be completely successful in the coming in the adjutant general's department coran, street northeast: Rosa Johnson, Early Start Made. Take Case Higher. and assigned year.” to service in the officers’ ( colored, 65 years old, 1931 Seventeenth MARKS sleep New Formula Used as Denaturant l PARTY After a aboard END refreshing night’s " Eric Koch, minister Division ofthe Adjutant General's Office. < Cole, 22 years old, 23 DENIED NEW TRIAL of justice--’’Ten street; Frederick the Zapala, the President, attired in years of peace have taught that On May 16, 1924, he was detailed as as- lowa circle; Alfred Tyler, colored, 22 and Education of Public us it Btrc.il Dispatch to The Star. sistant his novel hunting outfit, was on his way is not words that shape the world, but a to the adjutant general, with - old. 917 O street, and Timothy before 5 o’clock for that section of the * vears the spirit they embody.” ARLINGTON. Va.. December 31. the rank of brigadier general, serving in ; Walton, colored, 35 years old, 234 N Judge Refuses to Quash Informa- preserve where the turkeys are known Cited as Cause. A jury in Court here today up- that capacity appointed . Rudolph Wissell, minister of labor—- I Circuit until adjutant street. Os SMITH’S to be so Guides and col- TERM abundant. * held Police Judge Harry Thomas in general, July 2, 1927. ‘‘Our task is to finish with war and * tion Against Mrs. Miller, Fac- fining Sefgt, A. F. Driscoll of Potomac, Gen. Wahl ored attendants were out until a late thought of war once and for all in order was a native of Milwaukee. hour last night locating the turkey By the Associated Press. * of to get on with world reconstruction.” Va., $lO for the alleged assault Rev. Wis., and was appointed to the United ing Prison Term. roosts and to these spots that the Prohibition Commissioner Doran took Antonio Gelammlttorio, a Baptist min- States Military Academy from Governor Celebrates Birthday it was Albert Einstein, one of the ;* there. a look at the and future world’s party headed with their guns to take immediate past greatest scientists—“l wish that this Ister, October 26. Upon graduation in 1891, he was assign- their stands this morning. “Old Mose,” of enforcement today and found en- 1 » forced ; new year may bring the broadest pos- Driscoll the preacher into his ed to the Infantry, with which branch AUSTION By the Associated Press. who born slavery, and couragement in his report to Assistant KING'SEXH Before Bidding Farewell to was in who is sible motor cycle sidecar, It was testified, in he served in the various grades as com- ; international agreements concern- l LANSING, Mich., December 31. conceded to be the best turkey caller in Secretary Lowman of the Treasury disarmament * attempting to arrest him on a charge missioned officer including the rank of that poisoned ing on land and sea, and * Mrs. this part of the country, walked ahead no deaths due to alco- of loitering. Rev. Gelammlttorio said colonel. Executive Mansion. Etta Mae Miller, facing a life hol had ; that a solution of international war of the party and as the neighborhood of been reported to him during debts will be found.” * he draws a salary of $1,600 a year as sentence as a four-time offender against the located reached he the Christmas holidays. ¦ * in roosts was en- Ludwig, a preacher and was not loitering. He Served Philippines. Summing up year Emil internationally famous * DOCTORS the liquor law, was a new tered upon ingenious of the end situation, WORRIES denied trial his method said he had granted a leave be- By author —“Our existence or non-ex* been the " His earlier service was with troops Associated Press. by Circuit Judge Charles B. Collingwood imitating the call of the turkey. Mr. Doran said a great advance had istence & cause of a nervous breakdown and was Keog, Mont., previous depends on European peace. A * at Fort and at Fort Logan, For dinner last night the been made over years in re- at the home of his mother in ALBANY, N. Y., December 31. also denied presidential new war would not be a matter of fate, * staying Col. He the today. Judge Collingwood lation to fatalities caused by al- an went to Philippines during Gov. Smith last night party aboard the Zapala enjoyed the wood but the result of of Potomac. Driscoll's attorney noted the insurrection in 1898 for a tour of British Ruler Passes Rest- celebrated his a motion to quash the information gobbler shot by the cohol or liquor containing other poisons. stupidity European * the court of turkey President statesmen.” appeal to Virginia appeals. service lasting about three years. He fifty-fifth birthday and bade farewell against Mrs. Miller. last on Little Sapelo Island. To He added, however, that a few deaths Selection of a jury to try her on a Friday Bruno Walter, orchestra condu. returned to the Philippines in 1903 for less Night, but Maintains to be executive mansion. A dinner add to the interest of this turkey meal, from acute alcoholism had been re- the Berlin two years service and again in 1908. for habitual criminal charge began imme- Municipal Opera Ho’- * party, attended by the it was barbecued on shore in true sea ported. "The common cause unsettled CASES service of similar length. In addition governor’s diately after the court had overruled island instead The commissioner attributed the lack questin 110 INFLUENZA the two The State will style, of being roasted. and heaviest problems are p-r- to his service in the line, Gen. Wahl General Condition. family and more than a score of friends motions. en- This was the President’s and Mrs. of death reports this year to the edu- deavor to establish proof of identity on cation new --treaties. The idea solution would b 1 WEEK END had a four-year tour of duty as com- from New Y'ork, marked the celebration. Coolidge's first experience eating a fowl of the public and to the their of HERE OVER Islands, former convictions, and if Judge Col- formula the Bu- revision in the sense Woodrow missary in the Philippine at After the guests left, the executive and cooked in this fashion, and both were used by Prohibition Wilson’s 14 points.” Fort Monroe, Va., and as assistant By the Associated Press. lingwood decides proofs submitted to reau to render alcohol unfit for bev- Mrs. Smith prepared to go to a nearby the Jury are adequate, he may direct represented as being delighted. Several Albert Bassermans. present holder of * Twenty-eight new cases of influenza superintendent of the Army Transport LONDON, December 31.—The ex- pheasants shot by erage purposes. The old formula, which * hotel, where they intend to remain the the President were the Iffland ring, the were reported to the District Health Service. condition in which King jury to return a verdict of guilty. brought and will be served included the use of pyridine, was dis- temporary property hausted until after the Inauguration of Gov.- If the jury guilty along prob- of Germany’s greatest * Department today. No additional Gen. Wahl’s citation with the Dis- finds Mrs. Miller on carded about year ago and aldehol living actor—- prolonged serious illness has elect Roosevelt. ably for the midday meal today. The a “Every single * deaths from the disease were recorded. tinguished Service Medal read as fol- George’s the habitual criminal charge, a life little was substituted. human being would if * of doe killed by Col. Osmun Latrobe. he number of showed lows: left him is presenting a difficult prob- Scores letters and telegrams bear- sentence will be mandatory. Today's In his report Doran also discussed had the chance vote for external The cases reported ing birthday greetings were received proceedings are the first exercise of the the President’s military aide, during the peace and * the decision of Federal international co-operation. a sharp decline over the past few days. “Lutz Wahl, colonel, Adjutant Gen- lem to his physicians, which they by the governor the presidential deer hunt last Saturday, recent Judge The The cases yesterday number- eral’s Department, then brigadier gen- during day. provisions of the criminal code provid- Kirkpatrick in Philadelphia, who held representatives of the people as a J reported frankly acknowledge In this morning’s Among other gifts the governor re- ing for a jury trial on a technical in- was not Included in the food stores. whole, namely, tha « excep- that a buyer of liquor was guilty of governments, ar< ed 82. eral. United States Army. For ceived a green and gold barrel organ. Venison meat was served to the Presi- apparently too Statistics Department tionally meritorious and distinguished official bulletin. formation. Other fourth offenders tried night violating the law if transportation en- clumsy to realize this I at the Health During the dinner party William H. under the habitual criminal code have dent a or so after his arrival at wish of every sensible person—which * during of 649 services in of great responsi- doctors tered into the sale. U showed that 1928, a total a position Five of the seven principal Todd. New York shipbuilder, entered waived the jury trial. the Coffin's sea island home, and he also my New wish for * of influenza was reported, all bility. In command of the 58th In- made no Doran held that the court’s decision, Year the world. attending his majesty secret of not caring for that * cases dining ¦— •- ... . who have been the room with the organ l ¦' occuring August 6, February on his Mrs. Miller was found guilty of a if sustained by higher courts, would ap- « ¦ except 80 of them in Decem- fantry from 1917, to shoulder and the governor’s pet law violation for the fourth time kind of meat. It is not likely to be ‘ The number 1, 1918, he demonstrated leadership of signed this morning's report which was leading liquor ply to all sales of bootleg liquor except ber. greatest of deaths hionkey, Jerry. December 12. served again during his stay. in any one week in December was 6. a high order, untiring energy and sound more detailed than recently and al- that purchased over a bar. POLICE QUIZ MOTHER. 1 Hunting in Isolated ’ There was one week in March in which judgment. As chiqf of the operations though it recorded a rather disturbed Section. * 11 deaths were reported. section, general staff. War Department, night it announced some improve- The newspaper correspondents who Mrs. Quinn to Know In all, 84 deaths from the disease from February 4. 1918, to May 12, 1918, ’ COLORED WOMAN IS HELD Believed the King’s appetite and that “GREATEST COPY BOY" DIES; have been “covering - this vacation of were reported during 1928, with 21 in he displayed rare professional attain- ment in Mr. Coolidge were asked not to ac- Whereabouts of Missing Girl. « ments, initiating and developing many as general December. he is holding his own to company him on this expedition to the ACCESSORY IN SLAYING Special Dispatch ft valuable ideas in the organization of j I to The Star, condition. FRIEND OF MANY NOTABLES game preserve. The news thus far has j the operations section. As brigadier relayed j UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December commanding the 14th Infantry Text of Bulletin. been back to them by members Charged With Assisting Escape 31—Believing that Mrs. MERGER SITUATION general of the secret service and employes of Florence l 1918, The bulletin read: Quinn, 45 years old. of Brigade from May 19, to Novem- Mr. Coffin. Because of this unusual of Man Croome. knows ber 3, 1919. he again displayed unusual “The King has passed a somewhat From City Under the whereabouts of her 16-year-old IS HELD UNCHANGED restless night. His general condition Is Wales, condition, and the fact that the Presi- daughter Viola, who gifts of organization, leadership and Described Prince of Who Became dent is in an exceedingly Arrest for Murder. disappeared De- tactical judgment, both during the maintained although as previously noted remote and cember 18. after attending classes in the j exhaustion presents a sparsely-settled section of the South high school BY FIRMS’ LETTER period of organization and training of j the state of Charged with being an accessory aft- here. Prince Georges There is a little more Georgia coast country, Mr. Coolidge County his brigade, as well as in combat opera- I difficult problem. King Edward VII,as "His Niks'-Met last night er the fact in the slaying of Ruth Wat- authorities planned today to tions in France." readiness to take nourishment and the and this morning was more question her further. (Continued From First Page.) Isolated from the world than at any kins, colored, who was shot to death at Gen. Wahl was a member of the j local condition is progressing.” 1506 Twenty-sixth street the night of Bernard Sellman. 35-year-old colored and All five doctors were in Buckingham time since he has been Chief Executive. tenant on the farm, will Army Navy Club here. on Trip to London. Despite the fact that he is still within December 22, Cleola Hainsworth, col- Quinn now is being man Capper call the subcommittee is survived by his widow, a son, * Palace before 10 o’clock this morning, Him held in the Upper Marlboro replies He the confines ored, 21 years old, 1504 Twenty-sixth Jail for in- as soon as these reach him. George D. Wahl, Field Artillery,; but the bulletin was not issued until of the United States, he is vestigation, it being apeak for Capt. in section that is very difficult to street, was held in custody by the po- thought by au- While not undertaking to stationed at Fort Kans.; ; after 12:30 o’clock as a long consulta- a thorities that he also where the the Capper in- Leavenworth. reach by automobile, and dangerous to lice homicide squad this afternoon. knows subcommittee. Senator two daughters, Miss Gretchen Wahl and tion followed the examination of his By the Associated Press. first names except in such instances as Andrew J. Hawkins, colored, arrested girl is. dicated that he thought the subcommit- baby daughter, majesty. reach at night by w'ater. Moreover, a Barbara Wahl, and a , CHICAGO, December 31. —The he invented nicknames. in Charlottesville. Va„ last week and tee would be prepared to discuss what Miss Fenella Castanedo. Today was one of the coldest and by there is no telephone within 10 miles step-daughter, “Dynamite,” wished Durkin on a of yacht brought here to await the action of the action it should take when the forth- ¦¦ ¦—— ‘‘world’s copy boy” is dead. the President and the Coffin - disagreeable of the Winter, but greatest particularly m ¦ most a mild-mannered reporter, has radio grand jury for the crime, is reported STOWAWAY BRIDE HELD. craning answers from Dr. Maltbte and considerable crowd was outside the James Durkin, who emerged was one stuck as did “Lower Case,” no equipment. Bureau of are received. Aloysius that Older members of the service by the police to have declared he showed the Efficiency Garage Robbed of palace anxious to learn the news from ascribed another reporter, who, to secret He pointed out, however, that when the S2OO. from the waif’s mission in 1895 to to and newspaper correspondents did not Cleola the body of the Watkins woman BALBOA, Panama Canal De- the royal bedside. him, was of little importance. given weap- (A*). Zone. subcommittee meets and the members j j Robert H. Featherstone, manager of become copy boy for the Chicago recall any President in rpcent years, and to have her the murder cember 31 —The stowaway honey- garage Anxiety Continues. Durkin set out for London as casually on four hours before police learned of moon pretty begin discussion of the details they may i j a at 1114 Vermont avenue, re- Tribune, died early yesterday morning. not excepting Col. Roosevelt, being so of Mrs. Francis Belden want further information on certain ported the robbery of S2OO from a safe There was general gratification among as if he were going across the street for completely cut off from the outside as the crime. of New York was ended here yester- of the in the garage Saturday night. The safe the that the King had no set- Death was due to Jteart disease. coffee and doughnuts when he was as- has been Mr. Coolidge in trip. Hawkins repeated the accusation in day. when she was held at the quar- phases problem. public signed carry message this presence The next meeting of the subcommit- had been left unlocked or the combi- back and that the bulletin was not with- Durkin, 49, had personal friendships to the Tribune’s to However, it w Tas his own wish and the the of Cleola in the District antine station for return to New York held end of this nation worked. Lord Northcliffe. He came back with newspaper correspondents had to agree, Jail this afternoon, according to the Her husband is a member of the tee, which may be the out satisfactory features, but public with many renowned persons, and it police, and also said crew week, if Dr. Maltbie and the Bureau of anxiety is bound to continue while the little to report concerning his trip ex- but with the assurance that the Presi- she loaned him $4 of the liner Mongolia. She said shr said that he knew every street cept what he quaint help him get of city. Efficiency can file their answers by that patient remains in the present state was considered the dent’s movements would be relayed to to out the Cleola could not bear the idea cf separating and alley in Chicago. He was a mine English customs. denied the charges. from only a few days after time, probably will throw more definite of extreme weakness. everything them at their headquarters on St. him their the outlook for bringing about Science Head of information on almost His first day in London he met the Simon about 30 miles away. wedding, but that she funds light on In palace circles it was indicated that of the Island lacked to merger agreement at this session. affecting the routine newsroom elevator operator in a large hotel, who After the hunt, according to the ar- pay her passage. i a the bulletin was not regarded in too for Are alarm signals The letter of companies expressed a light. It was pointed out, and his memory towered far above the dimunitive Jim- rangements for the day, the party will PRIEST IS KILLED. The young woman stowed away be- ( the satisfactory was sent to London my, Mongolia a willingness to agree to changes in however, that there was no definite was startling. He with his suit case cdntaining the stop at St. Simons Island on its re- fore the left New York, but' the merger plan relating to the ques- with a note to Lord Northcllffe by the precious message. turn journey long enough to permit Mr. was discovered, soon after the vessel setback and that the doctors are satis- Tribune years ago and there met the “Lift, sir?” said Former Washington Monk Dies tion of future competition, the method ' fied with the way things are going ex- that functionary, Coolidge to officiate at the dedication put to sea. She will be returned to for paying for electric current and in fjp, Prince of Wales, later King Edward bowing to the astonished Jimmy. of an oak tree in front of the Sea Island New York on the Panama-Pacifier Liner cept for the patient’s weakness. described as “his From Automobile Injuries. the clause defining the supervision to There was an expression of VII, whom he later “What's that?” gruffly demanded the Cloister Hotel, which young tree is said Virginia. hopeful- messenger. UP).— be exercised over the merged company ness that the increased readiness of nibs.” to have sprung from the oaks in the CLEVELAND, December 31 Durkin was employed by the Tribune “I say, life, sir?” said the elevator woodland on St. Simons from which While on his way to a convent to con- by the Public Utilities Commission, but the King to take nourishment may Funeral services will Blast Wrecks Apartment. defended the $50,000,000 valuation as help remedy this condition which is for 33 years. operator. timber w; as cut for use in the building duct evening prayers, Fathe* Leonard to Wednesday. Surviving you 70, by OP).—Ex- a. compromise figure fair to all parties. felt to be the real crux of the whole be conducted “Lift it yourself, bum.” responded of the frigate Constitution. Neukirchen, was struck an auto- NEW YORK. December 31 is his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Zuchsworth the imperturbable copy boy turned mes- The party will visit briefly at the mobile and killed here last night. A plosion of a boiler in a 21-family The companies emphasized the point situation at the present time. after apart- that they have a definitely established Durkin, whom he married in 1924 senger boy, “you’re bigger than I am.” hotel, and will then go aboard the yacht native of Germany, Father Neukirchen ! ment house at 537 West 156th street base at and his first wife died. A few years ago Jimmy was paired to and sail for Sapelo Island, where had been stationed at St. Joseph’s Mon- yesterday afternoon routed tenants, rate the present time that newspaper Little the they should not be asked to enter a Jimmy Durkin got his first play golf in a Press Club tournament the President had such good luck with astery here for 25 years. many of them of advanced age, from DRUG STORE DAMAGED. by accident. He had the merger without an established rate base, job quite with Paul Cowles, then superintendent pheasants and turkey last Friday, for Before coming to Cleveland Father their rooms and led to Injuries to the pending task of answering the telephone in the of the Central Division of the Asso- an afternoon of pheasant shooting. It jj Neukirchen, distinguished member of 8-year-old daughter of the janitor. a revaluation of the properties. called The merger plan provides that the Del Ray, Va., Fire Starts in Trash waifs’ home when business men dated Press. Jimmy had never met Mr. is not likely that the party will get the Franciscan Order of Monks, was $50,000,000 valuation would remain in for office boys. One day the Chicago Cowles, so telephoned him about the back to the home of the Coffin’s, on general commissary at Mount St. Sepul- steady CONCERT. effect for 10 years. There was a sug- Near Telephone, Report. Times called and asked for a golf engagement. , Sapelo Island, much before dark. cher Monastery in Washington. BAND boy employed copy boy. gestion in the companies’ letter that Special Dispatch to The Star. to be as “Hello. Paul,” said James, “this is Because of the President’s expressed By the United States Marine Band, "What does it pay?” asked the astute thy might agree to a shorter time for POTOMAC, Va., December 31.—Fire Jimmy Durkin on the Trib. What about eagerness for another try at deer, Mr. Three Killed at Crossing. at the Marine Barracks, 4 o'clock to- they might agree to a shorter time for of undetermined origin caused approxi- Jimmy. that golf game?” Coffin has arranged a deer hunt on day. should be found that a revaluation mately SIOO damage to the fixtures of “Six dollars a week,” Sapelo Island early tomorrow morning. DAYTON, Ohio. December 31 OP).— Grand march. “Pomp and Circum- could be carried to a conclusion in less the Del Ray Drug Store, on Mount Ver- “I’llsend a boy right over,” was the Although some members of the party Three persons were killed and two stance” Elgar time. The companies said it appeared non avenue, here last night shortly reply, and Jimmy clapped on his hat Hollywood Gets German Director. have had especially good luck fishing others seriously injured when their au- Overture, “Orpheus in Hades,” be conceded on all sides that a less after closing time. The fire started in and rushed to the newspaper office. LOS 31 OP).— in these waters during the Presi- tomobile was struck by a Baltimore and to ANGELES, _„ Offenbach December. 1 4 1A . „ , , valuation should be started following a pile of trash between the telephone Jimmy continued to live at the Prof. Max Rheinhardt, German stage dent’s stay; there is yet no indication Ohio passenger train at Mlamsburg, 10 Ballet suite, “Excelsior” Marengj could be booth and a waifs' home and a few. years later he director, arrived here to join that the latter will try his hand at miles from here, last night. The dead Quartet for trombones, “The merger and that such a step partition. the yesterday Heavens started immediately. After calling at- The Potomac Fire Department re- happened to be standing near tele- forces, as a director, with the film col- this sport before leaving. are: Mrs. Morah Burkett, 45, Crown Resound'’ ...Beethoven tention to various estimates as to how sponded and gained control of the fire phone when it rang. The Tribune was ony Hollywood. With the director Point, Ohio; Charles McCoy, 60, Crown Valse serenade, “A .Czlbulka asking copy boy. in. May Return Wednesday. T0t”..... long it would take to revalue the before it could spread to other parts of for a was Lillian Gish, film actress, who will Point, and a Mrs. Wade, whose first ' • Romance” Rubinstein 1 properties, the companies declared that DR. H. RIES, the store. The Fire Department was “I’ll send you the world’s greatest appear in a new picture soon, and a The President has not said definitely name and address were not learned. Finale, “Fourth boy,” Jimmy replied. Symphony,” the mast they should be asked to do » Professor of geology at Cornell L'niver- called upon earlier in the night to ex- copy He went party of friends. A brilliant array of when he intends to leave, but intima- McCoy was driving the car. Tschalkewsk? would be shorten the time in which sitv, elected president of the American tinguish a chimney fire at the home of over and took the job. screen stars, led by Douglai Fairbanks, tions made yesterday suggest strongly Mrs. Elizabeth Grice, 51, and Lucille ; Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- to i Dunkin called all of ” the established rate base should con- • Association for the Advancement of Wilson Gladden, at 122 Raymond ave- his acquaintances, welcomed the new director and Miss that he proposes starting back tomor- Sears, 4 were taken to a hospital, where auma .. Science at meeting J*' New York. nue. / •ven his superiors in the office, by their Gish at the station. xom night lor Washington. ; was said they were dying. “The Star Spangled tinue, ... it Banner.**