The Washington Post
December 22, 1928

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The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. livery call Main 4205. For home de- @eeee The Washington Post. Ms lowest, 28. Weather—Partly cloudy today and tomorrow; somewhat warmer tomor- row; gentle, variable winds. Temperature yesterday — Highest, Weather details on page 8. NQO. 19,182. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: SATURDAY, DECEMBEI 99 ——s 1928. AA COPYRIGHT, 1928, — | ——s TWO CENTS. | BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. if POST-SCRIPTS By GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN iii “Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.” wv - “ * Two men are dead of monoxide gas poisoning because for an hour and a half they lay unconscious in jail, under suspicion of being drunk. Under the beneficent sway of prohi- bition all men are presumed to be guilty until the coroner proves them innocent. » * we * President Coolidge presents to Senator Johnson the pen with which he signed the Boulder Dam bill, but it is understood that Hiram will lend it to him again to write the address when the Kellogg treaty is sent to the League of Nations. * w * Tex Rickard thinks it may be late in 1929 before he finds a successor to Gene Tunney, and at that he’ll have do lot of research for a new champion in the English classes or the public libraries. What this country needs is a John L. Sul- livan who can write a sonnet. * to a * * e When the Waldorf-Astoria comes down Oscar is all ready to retire te his thousand-acre farm, as he had a tip long ago. . o - Rio de Janeiro stages a pretty commendable welcome to Herbert Hoover, seeing that she has no Jimmy Walker or Grover Whalen. v * ° * Spending Christmas Day on ship- board is the dreariest way we know of to pass this jolly holiday, but doubtless the boys on the Utah will know as well how to make their final purchases of supplies ashore in Rio as we did the last time we sailed on a transport from Brest on Christmas Eve. “ « - banished from the ring for assaulting a news- paper man—he would brook no rival who could throw the bull better than he could. Peruvian matador is “ ~ a ue The inaugural committee having fixed a top price of $6 for a hotel room we shall arrange to spend that day economizing at the Carlton. > + A Representative French, of Idaho, prevents the passage of an act to give the per diem employes of the Government a day’s pay for the Christmas Eve holiday proclaimed by the President, after which he sauntered out to the cashier and drew down a full per diem for 35 minutes’ work. It is broad-gauged statesmen like this who keep Amer- ica from the poorhouse. * - ~ Final tabulation of the _ recent election returns indicates that more people voted against Alfred E. Smith than ever before took the trouble to vent their spleen at the ballot box. + e > * of typhoid fever in France is ascribed to the alarming apread of prohibition propaganda in that country. . Increase + t ¥ What Mexico can’t understand is why Boulder Dam wasn’t added as the good-will an amendment to treaty. w *« Mme. Violette Morris, automobile driver, has Federation Francaise de champion the Sport for the right to wear masculine apparel, but an old song that comes to mind convinces us that she won’t get a sou— sued “The women in France, They try to wear pants, But they can’t do it, you know.” “ a aS John Garner doesn’t seem to have got very far in his effort to prove that Andrew W. Mellon is the great- est Secretary of the Treasury this country has had since ’way back in the days of David Franklin Houston. We gather that when Mr. Hoover reaches Miami even the _ coconut trees will have their palms out- stretched. Those Afghanistan tribesmen aren't the only people in this world whom a sight of undraped female knees has made fighting mad. _ od - “ a » Poll of the Michigan Legislature on the question of life sentences for carrying a pint of gin indicates that the State is slowly emerging from barbarism into an civilized condition. almost semi- Al Smith, full of booze, sails from British Honduras. What a headline that would have made a month or so ago for the Fellowship Forum! € Judging by the vocabulary of the modern flapper, Dr. Burges Johnson is right when he says that what this country needs is some new profanity. ‘Give us something that a he man can use without sounding like a sissy. Of cuss-words we need quite a fund To talk about the Pifflebund; Ridiculous it is to slam, A pacifist with just a “damn.” With... and can we shift, Anent suspenders as a gift? lazy Einstein has a theory that he ean be a cork-smelier for the prohi- Sipae encapere again. AILLING INQUIRY NETO 2 MEN UN GAMING CHARGE Garner S. Barbour and V. P. Fuschini Arrested After Testifying. SAM BEARD LISTED IN TALE OF WITNESS Two, Released on Bond, Tell of Dismantling the Rooms Where Man Was Slain. _—-—— —— Sensational testimony given in the Morgue yesterday resulted in rests of Garner S. Barbour, old, of at, District the ar- coroner’s inquest 30 years 1734 Massachusetts avenue northwest, and Vincent P. Fuschini, of 3400 Fifteenth street gambling charges. known northwest, on Sam Beard, widely sporting ‘circles, was implicated in the case by the testi- mony. in local The inquest was called to fix respon- Sibility for the death of Joseph (“Slim”) Woodson, negro janitor. On Tuesday the janitor was discovered dead in a hallway of 514 Tenth street northwest, his skull broken and a heavy blunt instrument near his body. An apparent defunct gambling estab- lishment was housed in the premises. Barbour was one of the first nesses called. Under oath he testified to Assistant District Attorney Neil Burkinshaw thaf he and Fuschini had been employed by Beard for the last eight months and were paid to operate a gambling establishment at the Tenth street address. wit- Gambling Charges Filed. Learning of the homicide, Barbour testified he telephoned to Beard and was instructed to clear out the gam- bling den, then report the murder to the police. Barbour testified he pulled telephones from the walls and gen- erally “cleared out’ the place before notifying police of the death. When the police arrived on the scene he was taken in custody and held as a witness for the inquest. Gaining the testimony by Close ques- tioning, Burkinshaw then requested Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt to continue the inquest. The coroner postponed further hearing of testimony until this morning. Barbour and Fuschiri were then taken to Police Court, wher: they were charged with maintaining a gambling establishment on the strength of Bar- bour’s sworn statement. liberated in bail of $5,000 each future hearing of the accusations. for Fireman Held as Witness. iam H. Collins to the gambling estab- lishment on Tenth street, following the visit to the Police Court. Police Boy Hero Is Near Death After Coasting Mishap Omaha, Dec. 21 (A.P.).—Ten months ago 12-year-old Charles Robbins was acclaimed a hero by thousands of Oma- ha residents after he and his brother Melvin, 9, saved their invalid mother from death by dragging her from her burning home. Today his skull was fractured when a wagon in which he and a friend were coasiing was struck by the car of F. P. Keegan. The boy is near death. Charles was badly burned in the fire, as was his brother, who died as a result. The city named a school in their honor and Charles was given a medal. Bull Fighter Banned From Ring for Assault Lima, Peru, Dec. 21 (A.P.).—Joselito Martin, a noted Spanish bull fighter, has been barred by the municipal council from further appearance here. He beat a newspaper man, who criti- cized his technique at the last bull fight. The Newspaper Men’s Associa- tion has asked the authorities to prose- cute the Spaniard. | trying CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2. They were | trict Attorneys Burkinshaw and Will- | gone away for | Nation Needs Potent a Profanity, Says Expert Chicago, Dec. 21 (A.P.)—What this country needs, in the opinion of Dr. Burges Johnson, professor of English at Syracuse University, is some new swear words. He expressed himself at the Executives Club. The effect of cuss words of a gen- eration ago are worn out and ean nothing to any one any more, he said, recalling the days when God was regarded as a vengeful charac- ter who would respond to a plea to strike down or damn an enemy. Then, he said, a curse was a fearful thing, but today people even curse themselves quite playfully and it means nothing whatever. Even the strongest words in the “ocabulary of oaths have lost their force through usage, he said, and predicted they would gradually dis- appear altogether. No new swear words have come into the language Johnson. for two or three centuries, said a LOVE QUARREL SEEN N CIRL'S AIR CHIE ere Tired of Being Ordered, Miss McConnell Telephones to Her Former Fiance. IN FEAR OF SANITARIUM San Francisco, Dec. 21 The airplane pursuit of a New girl across the country, tinged drama and clouded with mystery, believed today to have been caused a lovers’ quarrel or by the girl’s fear that she would be sent to a sanitarium. Miss Ruth McConnell, an attractive blonde who reverses the usual procedure and is really 26 years old instead of only 20, as at first reported, took the view that impose upon her. Miss McConnell’s aunt in Portland, Oreg.., de- clared that a broken engagement with Kenneth Coulter, Rochester, N. Y.. financier, prompted the dispatching of a pursuer, after the girl had West to San Francisco In the meantime, (United Press). York with Was by insists she her relatives were to attention unwanted however, Dr David O Meeker, who started all the excitement | * by chartering an airplane and pursuing Miss McConnell West from Omaha, Nebr., arrived heré. He had been beaten into San Francisco by almost 24 hours “I’m only interested in the case as a doctor,” Meeker said as interview with the girl. “I am engaged as her physician. She needs attention, and all I want to do is to take her back home and see that care,” he sought an she gets proper Meeker said he began his spectacular chase after Miss McConnell had broken an engagement with him last Saturday. “My wife and I had an engagement with Miss McConnell a show,” he said in Rochester for “When we called It was supposed she had the week-end and no more attention was paid to the matter at the time. ‘But word on to when, the following day, failed of her where- abouts her family became worried and, realizing the state of her health, It was decided that it was unsafe for her to travel alone, particularly in view of the fact that she had given no indica- tion of her intentions, a thing at ut- most variance with her usual manner. For this reason I was asked to trace her and bring her back home.” One of Miss McConnell’s first acts today was to telephone to Coulter, who, she said, had proposed the dis- tasteful sanitarium idea. Coulter de- nied having anything to do with Meek- er’s airplane pursuit, the girl said after talking to him for 40 minutes. “I came out here because I was afraid you would send me to a sani- tarium,” Miss McConnell told Coulter, “There’s nothing wrong with me. I’m not ill. I don’t want a doctor and 1 won’t have one.” “I’m tired of all of you ordering me around,” she burst out. “You're trying to control my life and 1 won't have it.” The Portland aunt, Mrs. Ethel Mc- Connell Hicks, a music teacher, told the United Press there that Coulter and Miss Ruth at one time had been en- gaged. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 21 (U.P.).— Dr. D. O. Meeker, Rochester physician, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 4. come Boy Going to Buy Balloon Critically Injured by Auto Child, 7, Unconscious cael Unidentified for Hours in Hospital After Accident Near Northeast Home, Which He Left With Penny for Toy. Desire for a gaudy penny balloon may cause the death of 7-year-old Cloyd C. Coller, son of Edgar A. Coller, of 231 Twelfth place northeast. The child was struck last night by an automobile driven by Henry Altheide, of 839 Kennedy street northwest, at the intersection of Thirteenth and B streets northeast. Altheide carried the young- ster to Casualty Hospital, where it was found he was unconscious. He re- mained in that condition for sevets: hours while Dr W. H. Peacock and Dr Louis Jimal treated nim for what they believed to be a fracture of the skull. Cloyd late yesterday afternoon asked his mother for a penny with which to ~—,. buy a balloon at a nearby store. He started out, and the next word his par- ents received was that he was in a hos- pital. It is believed either that on his way to the store while crossing the street he dropped the penny and stopped to pick it up or that after leav- ing the store he dropped the balloon and was seeking to recover it when the automobile hit him. The child lay in the hospital uncon- scious and unidentified for sever! hours befise his father, an employe of the navy yard, and Edwin Thornberg, 114 years old, of 212 Twelfth place north. east, a playmate, arrived and identified him. | former medical | | abolished start-d | at | the hotel for her we were informed that | The two accompanied Assistant Dis- |she had left. WHALEN OROPS HOMICIDE HOLY OR INAGT INIT Rothstein Case Probers Arrest in Only Two of 228 Violence Cases. UNGER PLEADS GUILTY; MAY AID PROSECUTOR sister Is Reported Prisoner; Tuttle Considers In- dicting Women. New York, Commissioner Dec. Grover 21 (A.P.).- Whalen homicide Police Loday wiped out the the squad, police of the Arnold and arm which had direct charge investigation of the slaying of Rothstein, Broadway gambler, retired its commander, Deputy Inspector Arthur A. Carey. The failure of the squad to clean up the Rothstein case broucht administration Police -Commissioner Warren under fire just prior to his resignation, Whalen invited the of announced but that Carey was to retire, preferred not to do so, the 60-year law.” What Records Show. “The records of the homicide bureau show that from January 1 to December 20, 1928," Commi sioner Whalen said in explaining his homicide action abolishing the squad, “228 cases of violent homicides were reported to the homi- cide squad for investigation, and the records show arrests were made in only tWO Cases. “A record of that kind consideration. arrests doesn’t de- of cases precinct detectives. the serve any And some the made in -those two were made by “Therefore, homicide squad is and a homicide squad “s@I decided to retire him under | | } | | | } } | dent-elect UOVER ADVENT TO LURE PARTY LEADER oUUTH Republicans Lining Up for Hegira to Consult the President-Elect. APPOINTMENTS LOOM AS CHIEF OBJECTIVE Party Leaders Plan to Meet Returning Voyager at Island in Florida. Ky With their CARLISLE the BARGERON, Democrats scattering to homes today for such Santa Claus as awaits them, Republican eyes will be turned a little island off Miami Beach where Mr. Hoover will be after a toward od January 7. figurative Already packing of trunks for the hegira of Republicans of high and Re- publicans of low estate. Dr. I. Work, Republican national Representative New there is Hubert chairman of the committee, W Known and Franklin have Fort of Jersey, made their intentions to meet Mr. Hoover and they will probably who be about the only two will not greet him with will him, their palms upturned They not be the only ones to meet A trek The word has gone out though. steady is to get underway. that back the Presi- is coming to counsel with men who think they should be| | counseled with about th his cabinet. e make-up of Their apprehension of the past several weeks thal he was making up his cabinet slate while on his South American tour has now will be the island off Miami changed to hervousSness first that at they not on hand the | Beach will | be established in each borough. super- | vised by a competent officer.” Unger Pleads Gullty. Joseph Unger, reputed keyman of the s0-called Rothstein narcotics syndicate. suddenly pleaded guilty today at the beginning of the third day of his trial and was remanded January 4. If found which for sentence on guilty of Was the charges for placed on trial Unger might have been sentenced to 26 years itt prison. He pleaded guilty to a rearrangement of the charges however, Which reduced to 12 years As he taken back to his cell in the tombs, speculation grew as to the possibility that Unger, who is more than 50 years old. might about Rothstein’s connection with the syndicate in an effort to buy himself a minimum It this in he the possible maximum Was now “come clean” sentence likely Was believed was more view to serve is the whole of given, whatever Parole boards are not lenient toward confessed narcotic men. May United States he as indict Woman. Attorney Tuttle said after the Unger case had been disposed of for the moment that he had not yet decided what to do about Mrs. June Boyd, of Chicago, and Mrs. Esther Meyers, of New York, who had been held as material witnesses against Unger. It was quite plain, however, that the authorities were not through with the two women yet and indict- ment of at least one of them was con- Sidered a possibility. Mrs. Boyd was mentioned as a conspirator with Unger in his indictment, but was not made a defendant. Tuttle was asked about a report that a Miss Schoenenberg, of Detroit, was being brought here to appear before the grand jury. “I shall say nothing Schoenenberg,” he replied. While Federal officials were ‘busied with this phase of the many sided Rothstein case, Grover Whalen, the city’s new police commissioner, was ordering increased activity in running down the men indicted for the murder of the gambler. George McManus is the only one of the four indicted for the murder of Rothstein in custody. about Miss Unger’s Sister Held. Detroit, Dec. 21 (AF.).—Mrs. Molly Schoenenbach, 40, a sister of Joe Unger, held in New York as the key man in the Arnold Rothstein dope ring. was arrested in Detroit Wednesday night, Federal narcotic officers anonunced to- day. She was taken to New York yes- terday, Dr. H. H. Wouters, head of nar- cotics investigators in the Michigan- Ohio district, said. Mrs. Schoenenbach was trailed here from her home in Indianapolis, which she left shortly after the killing in New York of Rothstein. She was traced through Chicago and to the home of a brother-in-law here. 4 Killed as Cold Wave Holds Chicago in Grip Chicago, Ill., Dec. 21 (A.P.).—Weather forecasters today promised more mod- erate temperatures for the second day of winter. The first, today, opened with a chilly blast that plunged thermome- ters down to and below zero all over the Middle West. The cold wave caused four deaths in Chicago, where the temperature reached a minimum of 3 degrees above zero. Eau Claire, Wis., reported the low- est temperature in the United States at 17 degrees below zero. i those | theil Appointments Will Be Topic. Conferences over M.. Know appointments are to be held by Hoover. that, will not at but who him best miss guess if his mind is already |} made up over the major appointments i his | ' of the fact that he will probably have | Lerm | ' There are countless major class, however, outside the walls that ones outside the are to the and surround Florida estate may hostile forces of Biblical] Col. Horace A Mann, eonsiderable well suggest days. who came into prominence during division the campaign as Southern man- ager, is among those planning to wait upon the returning President-elect, and his intention some to do so has occasioned surprise. Sena. or William E Borah says he has io plans of making the trip but it that Mr. Similarly to Mr really them and others because i’ the Senator is more will call senators of wants than Hoover upon othe! are be invited. some them because talk to will think invite Hoover to he gracious thing McNary, of word Lo them. still ade- Oregon, is awaiting as to Mr. Eoover's | Sire in the matter of farm-relief legis- lation at this session. Obviously to keep present Hoover would prefer out matters before but be possible the session bs 34 SU. of is doubtful as be him to do Unless he does make his views known on this subject it not likely McNary will seek to press his bill. Congress, if for is that Extra Session an Issue. In some circles it is »egarded as sig- nificant that Mr. Hoover's return co- incides with the beginning of tariff hearings by the House ways ani means committee. This all ties up with the question of farm relief at this session and whether and when it is Mr, Hoover's desire to call an extra ses- sion. Business interests, tablish contact with the new Presi- dent as the tariff hearings get under way, so all of Mr. Hoover’s visitors will not be politicians. All told, with the break up of Congress today for the Christmas holidays, Washington will have to share its, place in the national sun until March 4 with the island off Miami Beach. It is known as Belle Isle, ong of a series of the same name, so it has a number, No. 8 His retreat will be the J. C. Penny estate and one to which the crowned heads of Europe might aspire. too, want to es- Causeway Leads to Island. Belle Isle No. 8 is reached by a causeway from Miami and four other such islands lie between it and the Penny piace. The estate covers the whole southern tip of the island and embraces some 20 acres of tropical gardens, lawns, a swimming pool, ten- nis courts and boathouses, to say noth- ing of three palatial homes. The Penny home proper is a simple but elegant three-story affair of white limestone, with overhanging eaves. It overlooks Biscayne Bay. It is well off what is known as the Venetian Bay boulevard. It is reached by a winding private road. Reports from Miami are that a low wall, separating the 20-acre tract from the boulevard, is being erected for a certain stretch. This will be one part of the protective system that will be put into effect. Guards stationed at the roadways will keep out unwanted intruders. Office Quarters Planned. An unoccupied home nearby, that formerly owned by Borden, the con- densed milk man, is understocd to pe under consideration as an office head- quarters for the Hoover establishment. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 1, 4 Prisoner Admits Phoning as Mediary; Denies Knowing Callers — Chicago, 21 Dec. (A.P.).—With Black i i i | i near Hand letters in their possession threat- ening them with death, and guarded by police and heavily armed detective squads, the judge, prosecutors and oth- er principal of the Ranieri kidnaping | case attended the funeral today of one | of the State's chief witnesses, Ole Scully. The trial of the three men the State hopes to send to the electric chair for kidnaping Billy and prisoner Ill., the afternoon 10-year-old Ranieri, on farm adjourned to permit keeping him Bourbonnais, a Was late in until those who wished to attend the serv- ices Police surrounded the little and when the funeral procession started church | | | | i } | | ' Petitti, in Kidnaping. Urged Lower Ransom @ Andrew Cappellano (right) was named by Frank Ranieri, father of a kid- naped Chicago boy, as chief of the kidnapers who held the boy for ran- som. Tony Cappellano (left), An- drew’s son, also is on trial for kid- naping. The kidnaping was the work of an Americanized Mafia, police held. for the cemetery, armored cars from the detective bureau : ccompanied it. The delay today was one of many that have occurred repeatedly since the start of the trial, due to the death threats, the mysterious disappearance of wit- nesses, several beatings and the slaying f Scully. The latter was killed by un- identified men in a South Side club. On him the State had counted for much of the testimony to send the defend- ants, Angelo Petitti, Andrew Cappel- lano, and his son, Tony, to their death. Kidnaping-is a capital crime in Illinois. Cappellano, Sr., 9 first defense witness and on the stand when court adjourned CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. | likely | expected | Mr. | of | BRAZIL'S GUNG DAR GREETING 10 HOOVER crowds | | i } RIVER HIDES OTR OF BOOTLEG LIQUCK President-Elect Is Given an Pair Fined in Court of Prince American Welcome at Rio de Janeiro. i es MET BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE ne oD Rio de Janeiro, Dec, 21 (U.P.).—This _famous city contributed a fitting cli- Herbert |max today to President-elect good him. | | Hoover's will tour of | American nations | display and wildly cheering crowds fea- , tured | the President-elect | he passed Brazil's welcome to Hoover, and smiled broadly up the Avenue Rio Branca, | thronged with enthusiastic citizens, | Brazil copied New York’s reception | style and the Hoover procession seemed in the the tropical weather, as thousands of pieces of paper fluttered tn the air. Hoover and his party arrived at the docks on board the battleship Utah at 1:45 p. m. and the President-elect stepped ashore at 1:57 p. m., accom- panied by American Ambassador Edwin V. Morgan and Brazilian officials who had gone to meet the ship. President Washington Luis of Brazil, members of his cabinet, senators, and members of the chamber of deputies greeted Mr. Hoover at Playa Praca Maua, where the Utah docked. Stretching away in an _ impressive vista, cutting through the heart of the great city, the Avenue Rio Branca was lined with troops and densely packed crowds. An escort of cavalry surround- ed the motor in which President-elect Hoover and President Pereira rode on their way to Guanabara Palace, where Hoover will be a guest of the govern- ment during his visit. Fifty automo- biles fell in behind the presidential car as it moved slowly up the avenue. Overhead, seven Brazilian army planes circled, the drone of their motors bare- ly audible above the noisy demonstra- tion of the people in the streets below. After reaching the palace, Hoover re- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 2. | Latin- | | Marlboro, A spectacular naval | Georges County Re- veal Scheme. 1,000 QUARTS ARE SEIZED Revelation’ of what county police consider a unique storage place for liquor was made yesterday in Prince Georges County Police Court at Upper in the trial of two men ar- rested Tuesday night by county police. | launch AS | | Va., The police declared that a motor carried the liquor from near Fort Foote to a point near Alexandria, where it -was dumped into the | Potomac River in- bags to be later re- | | covered with boat hooks as it was need- midst of a snowstorm, despite | ed to supply the trade. The heard charges against three men continued the case of a fourth next week. The arrests were made by county police in obedience to an order from Sheriff Charles §, Early to break up th. transportation of liquor through the county intended for the Christmas trade in Washington and other nearby towns. John Boswell, 40 years old, Indian- head, Md., was fined $200 and costs by Judge J. Chew Sheriff, after he plead- ed guilty to transportation and pos- session of intoxicants. Warfield How- ard, 30, also of Indianhead, was fined $150 and costs. The two men were ar- rested by Lieut. A. W. Hepburn, Sergt. H. G. Machen, Folicemen V. M. Nich- ols and Deputy Sher iffHenry Robert- son, while they were engaged in load- ing liquor on a launch near Fort Foote, Md., for transportation to Alexandria, the police deciared. When the raiding squad swooped down on the ioading party, two men escaped in a rowboat and Boswell jumped into the icy waters of the river, to be pulled back to shore by Deputy Shreiff Robertson and Police- man Nichols, who jumped in after him. Frank LeDroux, arrested by Police- man Nichols Tuesday, was fined $150 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 5 court and until POOLIDGE OPEN TO AEPARATION iD BY POWERS Willing to Have the United States Join in Plan if Found Sound. MOVE IS EXPECTED BY BRITISH ENVOY Floating of German Bonds Here May Be Ultimate Re- sult of Negotiations. By ALBERT W. FOX. President Coolidge will not turn a deaf ear to European appeals for Amer- ican assistance in solving the European reparations problem, but the price for American aid will be the adoption of a practical, method of dealing with this all-important ques- tion by the allied governments, partic- ularly France. he position of the United States Government, which may have a far- reaching effect on world economie sta- bility, was outlined at the White House yesterday. It may ultimately mean floating of German bonds in the Amer- ican market, a form of American in- dorsement for the whole program of revising the Dawes plan and definitely ascertaining the total amount which Germany must pay as a result of the war. But Amerioan participation and responsibility are to be dictated by the United States, not Europe, if develop- ments warrant such action. iscussion of the matter at the White House followed reports from abroad tha: the allied government had decided to sound out the United States relative to American aid in solving the general reparations problem. British Envoy Expected to Act, It was reported that Sir Esme How- ard, the British Ambassador, had been delegated to take the matter up with Secretary of State Kellogg. gQhhe am- bassador informed the State Depart- common-sense ment yesterday that he would not ask for appointment on that day, but it was understood that Sir Esme will see Mr. Kellogg in the very near future. Meanwhile, the suggestion had reached President Coolidge that Ameri- can participation was desired. The Government here has been aware for some time that Great Britain, France and Germany were hopeful of inter- esting America in the problem. There has, however, been an attitude of tem-~- porary aloofness here because of the fact that any action now taken by this Government will necessarily in- volve the incoming administration in an international problem of first mag- nitude. The indicated prospect of action now implies, in the minds of diplomats, that President-elect Hover has been advised of the situation and that there is no further need for holding back if the matter becomes pressing be- tween now and March 4. Holds Problem is Europe’s. President Coolidge is understood to regard the problem of reparations as essentially a Europeian problem even though the United States has a slight share to the extent of 2% per cent in the reparation payments under the Dawes plan. The essence of the big problem is where to find the money to take care of German bonds which will be the natural outcropping of a settle- ment of German indebtedness . Europe has not the money and America has. The plan therefore will presumably stand or fall according to whether or not America is willing to lend a help- ing hand to the European reparations program. The President, it was stated, is not unsympathetic to a program which will greatly help financial and economic conditions in Europe. provided such plan is so worked out as to be at the same time beneficial to the United States. Willing to Extend Aid, As the matter is now presented to this government, there is more than a possibility that Europe can not solve the problem without American aid. If this proves to be the case, there will be a tendency on the part of the President to extend such aid. But, if aid is given, Runaway Washington Youth Under Arrest in Chicago Son of Rev. George A. Eveler Held on Charge of At- tempted Extortion From Employer; Father Tells of Boy’s Habitual Wanderings. With a lifelong desire to be “on his own” and to be away from school, one 17-year-old Washington boy landed in a Chicago jail, charged with attempted extortion of money from his employer. Robert Eveler, son of the Rev. George A. Eveler, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, who lives at 435 Quincy street northwest and is a former student at McKinley High School, left his home here last August to visit a friend in Harrisburg for a week. Later word was received that he was working in Chi- cago. Word was received here last night cago on the complaint of Benjamin Rit- that Robert had been arrested in Chi- h holz, head of the National Watch & Jewelry Co., Eveler’s employer. Rithoiz told police that he had received thrve letters threatening to expose vague hap- penings in his past unless he gave $3,000 to Eveler, to be delivered to “The Crooks Investigation Syndicate.” Rit- holz ignored the first two letters, »ut the third he turned over to police. He then fixed a dummy package and gave it to Eveler, who was later found abou to count what he thought was money On that evidence he was arrested, tc be tried today in boys’ court. His parents last night said that they ad heard nothing of their son’s trou- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 4. Index to Today's Issue Pages 1—U. S. May Aid in Reparations, Gaming Charged in Killing. Hoover to Be Mecca in Florida. Whalen Ousts Homicide Men, 2—Woman ‘Teacher Found Slain. Actor’s Will Bares Heartache. 3—Wingless Plane Is Tested. $5,000,000 Church Burned. 4—Farm Aid Drive in Senate. Committee Backs Aitchison. 5—George Graham Rice to Prison. Salt Creek Oil Is Sold. 6—Editorial. 7—Society. 8—Weather and Vital Statistics, 9—Films for the Week, 10,11—In Washington Churches. 12—-Radio News and Programs. Magazine Features. 13, 14—Sports. | 15—Daily Legal Record. 16—The Post’s Comics. 17, 18—Financial. 19—Classified Advertising. 20—Inaugural Rents Limited. Gas Deaths Under Inquiry. Veterans Win Flagpole Fight. Rover; to Get Legal Post, . . 7 . ~~ a a "4 awed A oath. YR oe R 4 nes axe i" , ad . ia } * <5 ¥ ’ s . a ts Ae Se tan: Maa