The Washington Post
January 2, 1930

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Detective Sweeney, Fowler and gation. President, First Lady Thank Band for Music 4 All Clews End Blindiv. * County Policeman Frank Prince was | After shaking the hands of 6.348 White House callers yester- conducting the investigation from | day, President and Mrs. Hoover the Seat Pleasant angle. He spent the day running down clews that in | still were not too fatigued to stop and speak a kindly word of ap- every case were false. preciation to members of the + One report had it that a part of wrapper on the package had been Marine Band who had played con- tinuously from 11 o’clock In the he mnd, and that it bore handwriting. noe denied this, and said that only morning until 3:30 in the after- noon. —. piece of the box had been nd. At the conc)jusion of the recep- » There also was a report that a Washington policeman named Miller ad tion the Chief Executive and the children at Reception. First Lady went to the entrance || The Speaker and Mrs. Longworth seen somebody go up to the uckley home Saturday night and Weave @ package, but this, too, proved ta be untrue. * Prince did gather up a number of ils which the bomb had contained, img that they might be ‘of eome | hee in the investigation. led the congressional delegation, and hall, where the aed was ow aSherenedt tax heneiesin’ wee spied into two groups which played |\in animated and friendly converse alternately. with Mrs. Gann. Paulina had accom- “your music has been so nice. 1 eee eee to the White House oors but not go in. There were, hope all of you and your families )however, children ales many of the will have a happy New Year,” said || official guests, and little Miss Gladys Mra, to the public all be told about any marche! stand a Underwood & Underwood. View of a portion of line which waited yesterday to shake hands with President Hoover. Below— The President and his military and naval aids in front of the White House. YACHT DISTR PRESENTED TO U.§ Corsair Will Be Used in Map- ping Continental Shelf in Atlantic. DISTRICT ATTORNEY Mw 2 DUSTER DEMANDED fam om Laredo Business Men Call on. Gov. Moody in Protest Against Valls. The general reaction to the Prench note is that the points brought out are of much more concern to other nations than to the United States, | amd that the success of the parley is | mot endangered by the assertions of _the Paris government. There have been indications that Secretary Stimson, who will lead the American delegation, may confer with Prime Minister Tardieu, of France, before the opening of the |, conference. Tardieu is to hold a preliminary discussion with Prime Minister MacDonald. FISKE WILL SPONSOR _ SHEARER NAVAL TALK wool ensemble of sage green, its jacket | belted in and tied with gay little bows. | Chief Justice and Mrs, Taft were | absentees, due to the death of his | brother, Mr. Charles P. Taft, and were | greatly missed. But one noted Justice | | and Mrs. Brandeis, who so seldom go , about that their appearance was an | | event, with Justice and Mrs. Stone, | | Justice and Mrs. Butler, Justice San- | ford and others of the group. any | Rrother-in-Law Well Liked, Lieut. Morgan talked at length with Norris Hall, the eldest son, who was out when the explosion occurred. |. The youth, who is employed at the | Cities Service Gas Station at Twen- ty-fourth street and Benning road | northeast, told Morgan that his brothez-in-law, Brady. was well-liked | by thé members of the family, and | that there had been no opposition to! the marriage. The victims of the bDlast were Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. Gann Hold Animated Conversation. Envoys Attend in Force Brilliant Function at White House. By JEAN ELIOT. Washington has the gift of tongues when it comes to saying “Happy New | | brought to three local hospitals. Mrs.| Year,” with representatives of half/a |Brady and her grandmother. Mrs.| hundred nations involved in the pf- Bromiley, were brought to Casualty: | ficial celebration of the holiday. . |Mrs. Hall and her sons, Leslie and | entire Diplomatic Corps assembled at Thomas, to Providence, and Dorothy | the White House yesterday morning. | and the baby, Samuel, to Sibley _in ceremonial dress, for the President | The physicians at Casualty, Louis | and Mrs. Hoover's first New Year re- Jimal and Rogers J. Young, said that | ception: and, immediately after they | Mrs. Brady died twenty minutes after | had been received, greetings were ex- her mutilated body arrived there.. | tended to the Supreme Court, delega- . tions from the Senate and the House, | eee Sees ‘Tee Sate. groups from all the executive, legis- | lative and judicial branches of the | Government, hundreds of Army, Navy 'arid Marine officers, all in uniform, and representatives of patriotic or- | ganizations) Continued from Page 1. trying to do. The only people he was opposing were the British. “Shearer was interfering with Brit- ish propaganda and he was trying to prevent a repetition of what hap- pened at the Washington Conference when Secretary Hughes refused to al- low the State department to give out anything about the conference and Lord Riddell was taking advant- age of the situation and giving out everything Great Britain's way. “As for Shearer trying to influence the Geneva Conference, as he was charged, I don’t see how he / CRAFT TO BE RENAMED TOWN DESOLATE, CLAIM; Continued from Page 1. United States, the first time being during the World War, when the vessel was tendered by Mr. Morgan and became an auxiliary. The Corsair has had a romantic career, wandering upon the high seas seeking. adventure, . As an out and out gift, the Ocean- ographer- will come undef Federal control and ownership as part of the permanent maritime equipment of the Department of Commerce and Austin, Tex., Jan. 1 (A.P.)—O. W, Killam and Hal Brennan, representing Laredo businéss men who are seek- img removal from office of District Attorney John Valls, arrived here te- day to confer with Gov. Dan Moody. ’ ;.- Bore Ambiguous Address. ) Mhere is good reason to believe that | iieiabate "es asec. tae one] When her husband arrived. after a ‘| wild ride into the city, he found her oa the criminal himself delivered it. | 4004. On his way in his automobile fice reasoned, he would hardly have | broke down and he had to ask a ride t it at the wrong house. — for the remainder of the way. Sst was addressed to the “second! the elder Hall, who was at work | As the first of the annual grist of | gouse on Carmody road This could | at Mount Olivet when he heard the | state functions at the White House | either the Hall house or the news, first went to Casualty. At that! in the Hoover Administration, since | ; house. The Hall house is . had d he believed the shops were closed because discontinuance of the Mexican Consulate at Laredo. and application of new custom rates would cut down traffic through the port of Laredo. * Killam and Brennan said Gov. md on the right side of the and the Buckley house the sec- on the left. | Family Recent Arrivals. ; The family of John Hall moved into Seat Pleasant house only a few | ks ago. They came from Wood- | r, Md., where, according to their lends, they were well liked. Mrs. Hall had been preparing the Year dinner when she halted pterday to open the box that was |, | wreak: such havoc in her home. rward two chickens which were have been the piece de resistance ‘the meal, were found or the stove, finarmed except for a covering of ust. In the shambles’ also was found a ttle doll, its head and an arm own off. In the front room stood a Christ- | as tree around which the family ad gathered a week before to ex- hange presents Here the police time he was under the impression that his wife had been killed. They would not let him eee his daughter or his mother-in-law, and then, a pathetic figure, he hurried to Sibley Hospital, dren, Dorothy and Samuel, ing treated. From there he went | Hospital. Here were his wife and the | _two children, Leslie and Thomas. where his two chil- were be- | to Providence | Paper Embedded in Bodies. Physicians who examined Dorothy | and Samuel em bedded wrapped. Mre. Enima at Sibley Hospital said | package” had been | Sweeney, | played a sister of | the diplomatic reception and the Cab- | inet dinner had been postponed be- cause of official mourning, there was special interest in this which is typically American in its spirit, with rich and poor, high and low having equal opportunity to of- fer greetings to the President and the First Lady. Moreover, there was much curiosity as to whether or not there would be innovations in routine. The Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover, however, had |that they found bits of brown paper | arranged the fete in traditional man- in their bodies. dently was the paper in which the | '“Christmas This evi- | ner. The Marine Band, scarlet coated and stationed in its accustomed place, the familiar “Hail to the Chief.” following the usual fanfare Mrs. Hall, lives across the street from | of trumpets, as the President and Providence Hospital, at 425 Second | Mrs. Hoover appeared at the foot of street southeast. the Halls were a “quiet” family, and | she could ascribe no reason for any- | body trying to annihilate them, PRESIDENT SHAKES HANDS b ; :. Continued froni Page 1. WITH 6,348 AT RECEPTION Bhe declared that | the stairway. Behind them came Vice President Curtis, with his sister, Mrs. Gann- Ambassador of | Great Britain, and Lady Howard, were first of the foreign diplomatic, presentatives to pay their respects | ‘the President and First Lady. Fol- in Capital, next to be welcomed were director general of the Pan-Amer- Union and members of the ju- Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft not. present, however, owing to death of Mr. Taft's brother Practically every member of Con- ® was in the morning line, which nim bered almost 1,000 persons, in- td ng also practically every high de- artment official; as well as officers of military and. naval forces of the of lieutenant coléne!l and com- mder or higher. ‘Indian Pays Call. Dne feature which was obvious to observers who watched dy stream of humanity that flowed ih the White House al] day was long skirts have come back. The mber of sidewalk-sweeping trains »@vidence far exceeded the knee- ’ Gresses that haye dominated Mode ever since the war. For unexplained reason, however, geemed to be the prevailing cdl- b ge m at the reception. ably the most novel garb seen line was that of an. uni- lan who was among the to be received in the afternoon. sag re patent-leather boots, | S$ and a gorgeous swal- the | ; ments served ~ ; p waistcoat and a stiff-bosomed white shirt, offset by a flaming red necktie. He topped off this costume with a | huge gray “10-gallon” cowboy hat. The crowd was deacribed by Irvin Hood Hoover, chief usher of the White | and House, who has been in charge of the | War absentee, having been called out of town by the illness of her mother, but Postmaster General Brown had his place in the line and the others were all present—the Secretary of State Mrs. Stimson, the Secretary of and Mrs. Hurley, the Attorney details at all presidential receptions | General and Mrs. Mitchell, the Secre- for 40 years and therefore ought to} tary of the know, as one of the most orderly ever | Secretary of peen at a similar function. While the White House guards found it neces- | Mrs. | sary to confiscate temporarily a vast | Labor and Mrs. Davis. number of cameras, gatchels and other articles which are barred from the Executive Mansion, there were none of the customary agitators who so fre- quently attempt to picket such recep- tions with antigovernmenta! placarda, nor was it necessary to remove a aingle person from the line under suspicion of any possible plot or intention to harm any member of the presidential family. } | Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Agriculture and Mrs. Hyde, the Secretary of Commerce and rs. Lamont, and the Secretary of When the President and Mrs. Hoover had taken their places at the blue room door to greet their guests, pre- sented alternately by Capt. Allen Bu- chanan and Col. Campbell Hodges, the “stately little cabinet procession” broke up into groups in the blue room, to which the chiefs of diplo- matic missions, their wives and other dignitaries made their way once for- mal greetings were over. Mrs. Hoover had chosen for her first The New Year was celebrated quite White House reception a gown of generally, but quietly, throughout the city, with special entertainments and powder blue moire, made with an uneven hemline and with a graceful other functioms provided by clubs and’ qachu of lace finishing the V neck- organizations, as well as with an ap- preciaple revival of the ancient cus- tom of paying New Year calls. 1930 Cocktall Appears. Mrs. James M. Doran, wife of the prohibition commissioner, started the New Year by type of beverage concocted of | grape juice, pineapple juice, juice and ginger ale, with cut fruits tail glasses, but there its resemblance to the New Year's beverages of pre- prohibition years stops short. Doran served her ,.“"1930 cocktail,” as she has named it, at a dinner party which she gave at the Cosmos Club. on New Year's Eve and, according. to /all reports, not one of those who vet, sampled it arose with a headache | front, from throat to yesterday morning. line. Her slippers were of black suede, | wore with gunmetal hose. She wore introducing another no gloves and had a friendly hand- shake and a word of greeting to sup- plement the President’s “Happy New Year.” Black and blue were the colors chosen by most of the women of the cabinet group, with velvet as the most favored material. Mrs. Gann’s gown | of black crepe opened over an under- Mrs. | | robe of er white elaborately em- and sprigs of mint floating on top.| \ia., oyst y The mixture is to be served in cock- | broidered and she had chosen a most becoming black tricorne hat, with a pointed fox scarf to complete her cos- tume. Mrs. Stimson’s costume of Dlack velvet was worn with a black hat and sables. Mrs. Hurley In Black. Hurley also wore black ve!l- a redingote moasel with the hem, of Alencon Her hat was of black velvet. Mrs. lace. The Central Young Men's Christian | Mrs. Lamont’s black gown was starred Association was “at home” yesterday to hundreds of its members and with golden a dots and her black hat was faced with rose. Mrs. friends, who were entértained by an | Hyde had chosen an afternoon cos- all-day m of special indoor sports, movies, music, dancing and speaking. * Huston Thompson, president of the nard W. DeGast, its of staff officials and. hostesses re- ceived the guests and escorted them to the various departments, where contests, hibitions, concerts and ‘other éve were held and refresh- ary, and a committe” tume of tete de negre velvet, with matching hat, and Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. A Wilbur and Mrs. La- varying shades of blue. Mrs. Wilbur's sapphire velvet ensem- ble. diagonally across coat and on the collar, ; wore dark blue velvet, with a match- crepe, a felt ya ett Mrs. Adams next, and after him Nobil Giocomo de Martino, Ambassador of private life service. Since the last New Year reception one new nation, the Union of South Africa, has been added to those main- taining friendly relations with the United States and its Minister, Mr. Eric Hendrick Louw, with charming Mrs, Louw, was conspicuous in the diplomatic group. New Ministers from Poland, Roumania and Jugo- slavia have been received in the last 12 months. Envoy Wears Scariet Coat. Peculiarly pictufesque figures in the diplomatic group were the Min- ister of Denmark, Mr. Constantin Brun, in his scarlet coat; the Minis- ter of Hungary, Count Szecheny], wearing a dashing uniform, with a short cloak flung over one shoulder and a tall white aigret in his hat; the Minister of Siam, Maj. Gen. Prince Amoradaat Kridakara, in gala uniform of white coat and dark trousers, and the groups from Persia and Egypt wearing the tarboosh and the fez. Mme. Wu, wife of the Minister of China, was a charming and colorful figure in black silk robes brilliantly embroidered in colors. With Dr. and Mme. Wu were their three young daughters, in native dress, and the other ladies of the Chinese group also brought the picturesque Orient- al note to the assemblage. Lady Isabella Howard has chosen a black satin gown, with a black satin hat trimmed in eilver. Donna Antonietta de Martino, wife of the Italian Ambassador, was one of the most 4 figures at the re- ception, wearing a gown of deep pur- ple velvet, with a white lace and a chic purple hat.. after many years chiffon ing hat, and. Mrs). Davis, blue flat} ter made on graceful pees ery hat ‘of exactly the sap-| shade. Mrs. Mitchell's Italy. But with the new administration in Mexico, a shake-up among her diplo- mats May come at any time and cor- | respondents at Rome have long been predicting the retirement of Signor | de Martino, who wishes to return to) of | military service began as a drummer marrow fichu of gown , with which she wore Ls Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, leading the military line; Ad- miral Charles F. Hughes, at the head of the Navy group; Brig. Gen, William E. Horton, with a monumental row of | decorations on his breast and dear old Gen. John Clem, brave in the blue and gold of full dress uniform, whose boy in the Civil War. Procedure Very Orderly, The entire battery of White House alds was on duty and marshaled the great assemblage so that there was no hitch in the orderly procedure. In the green room Miss Mary Randolph was stationed, very charming in black velvet, to see that the chiefs of mis- sions and otmer dignitaries were escorted to the blue room. Scarlet poinsettias were the most striking feature of the decorations, filling the great Sevres vases in the East Room, the urns in niches on the stairway and growing in stone boxes in the corridors. Christmas wreaths and slim fir trees carried out the hol- iday suggestion and in the State din- ing room, where the diplomats as- sembled on arrival, stood a giant Christmaz tree, the city one left of the several which had adorned the White House. It was decorated all in silver, with silver bells and wee white reindeer as the only ornaments. At the doorway of the blue room stood orderlies bearing the Stars and Stripes and the President's flag. Baltimore Architect Kills Self With Pistol Baltimore; Jan. 1 (A.P.).—Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect and art pa- tron, was found dead to day ina draft- ing room over the garage in the rear of his house in the Roland Park sec- tion of the city. Police said he had been shot through the head and been dead several hours. agreed not to fortify them and now Japan can take the Philippines any time she wants to and we won't have a base in the East while Japan will have just another one.” “What is your opinion,” he was asked, “om the London naval parley? Do you, as a naval officer, believe in should Mr. Pietsch, besides having been |from Erwi and ‘zm. the reduction of naval armaments?” “I don’t oppose the reduction of Naval armaments but you must re- member that the first invention ever created was a weapon. I remember the years following the Civil War. “There was a great deal more wide- spread belief that all war was over with than there is now. I think you will find that the European ruling classes are more opposed to the re- duction of armaments than anybody else because they know that backward nations are always kept down by force, the same as the underworld. in New York is kept down, and they realize that there are such nations as China, and India, and Russia.” Clinchfield Seeks To Curtail Service Motor Bus Competition Is Cited as Reason in Virginia Petition. Richmond, Va., Jan. 1 (A.P.).—In- creased use of motor buses for pub- lic transportation and general owner- ship of automobiles are given as rea- sons in a. petition of the Clinchfield Railroad Co., addressed to the Vir- inja State Corporation Commission, or discontinuance of two passenger trains operating between Erwin, Tenn., and Elkhorn City, Ky. Four trains = now being run Gaily between the two points, two each way, and the retired has asked the commission to decide which two be discontinued. Schedules to Erwin - mm, and a. m. and Mm. ter mien has been set heari &. m. on January 23, says that “on account of the com- petition of motor n at 8:10 a. m. and 3:55 from Elkhorn to Erwin at and off-lying islands—are based principally upon surveys made from 40 to 8O years ago. Some of the areas were never surveyed. Changes in the configuration of the sea bottom: have made many apparently clear areas unsafe and have created many new dangers. If an erroneous chart is used, the vessel might deduce an ih- correct ‘position and be placed in jeopardy. “The Morgan yacht,” the depart- ment said today, “has been a credit to the best traditions of the sea. It has anchored in almost every port in the world. Mr. Morgan was always an ardent yachtsman and was never happler than when he could seclude himself upon the decks of the Corsair and wander into far places. It is fitting that this ship, a veteran of many years of cruising, should now spend her last years in helping man explore the depths of the deep waters where thrills are still to be found and strange places remain to be ex- plored. , wt: “The ship was built at Newburgh, N, Y., in 1809. gross tonnage is 1136. She has a length of 270 feet and a beam of 23.3 feet. Quarters are provided for nine and officers and fifty-four men and the motive power is two triple expansion 4,500 horse- power engines. She is well adapted for the use to which she will be put and will meet the need for additional hydrographic work on the Atlantic Coast. After she is equipped with a req this winter off the Pensacola entrance, Florida.” men said had a petition, es maaee wr 1,600 persons. NNT

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