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He will transfer his headquarters to Miami, Fla., next week, and there, after a week or 10 days' fishing, turn to preparation for his next sea voyage. Under plans now forming, he will be underway on a short Caribbean cruise about February 1. Although no stops beyond Havana have been decided upon, it is likely that the itinerary may include several others, at Santo Domingo, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. These plans, however, must await his conferences here, upon which will depend in a large measure the future course of Congress. If the special session of Congress is inevitable, as now seems apparent, the Caribbean cruise may be reduced to a mere weekend trip to Havana. The Navy Department has no information as to the type of craft the president-elect may desire for his next trip, but the battleship Utah, which carried Hoover back from Uruguay, is being held in readiness the remainder of this week awaiting word from Hoover. The special high-frequency radio equipment installed on the Utah for accommodation of the Hoover tour press dispatches was ordered removed last Thursday. On Saturday the transfer order was rescinded. Unless new orders reach her, the Utah will steam from Hampton Roads Friday for Panama for the scouting fleet winter maneuvers. Hoover sat down to his desk today in better physical condition than he has been for several years. The long sea voyage has completely restored his depleted vitality. Leaders Will Confer on U. S. Economic Shifts Deadening business men and economists of the country will gather at the Metropolitan Club tomorrow for a two-day conference in an effort to determine the recent economic shifts in the United States. They are members of the committee on recent Economic changes of the President's Conference. The committee, which is headed by President-elect Hoover, has been studying the for more than a year. Dr. Edwin F. Gay, and Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell, directors of research for the National Bureau of Economic Research, are heading the survey for the committee. Pean Wilkinson Hits Churches in Politics "A religious trust." This is what Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology at the Washington Missionary College, said the Churches were endeavoring to form when they entered the political field, including Wilkinson, who spoke at the Grace Auditorium last night. Dr. Wilkinson pleaded with his audience to endeavor to keep the church out of politics. "What does a clergyman know about guns, cruisers, and navies? If, after visiting the sick, he has time for a little Hebrew or Greek, he does well. God designed that governments should be run by men of affairs," he continued. Rothstein Stock Value Placed at $25,000,000 NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Placing at $25,000,000 the face value of stock holdings of Arnold Rothstein, elain gambler, the temporary administrator. Tors of his estate will file schedules listing these holdings in Surrogates Court today, it was reported. The figure represents the value Rothstein would have had at maturity of the ventures, as it is the present equity amounts to between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. The administrators are Abraham Rothstein, the gambler's father, Samuel Brown, his confidential secretary, and Andrew J. Sheridan, a real estate expert. Downtown or suburban apartments for rent are daily features of the Classified rental column. Read them today. Bachelor at 84 Takes Spinster, 28, as His Bride PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.—Aga and youth were wedded when Mary Kelley, 28, became the bride of Joseph Brown, 84, a Civil War veteran. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. B. Gough, Pidge, of the Fourth Baptist Church, at his home. A difference of 56 years in their ages means nothing to them, the couple declared. "Neither of us was ever married before, and I have known my husband all my life as a neighbor," the bride said. "We'll get along fine because we understand each other." MOTORS FIXED IN PLANE (Continued from First Page) and, read another passage in the dairy. Then this: "All three motors going had. One after another the cylinders are going." A forced landing seemed inevitable. But the five men in the ship, Major Spatz, Capt. Ira C. Baker, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson, Lieut. Elwood Quesada, and Sgt. Roy Hooe, would not surrender. Later the weather cleared and the motors resumed their monotonous drone. Major Spatz reported the trouble probably had been caused by Foulled plugs which were cleared up by opening the motors. Secretary Davis Tells Os Safeguards Used In Refueling-in Air Secretary of War Davis received today a cryptic message dropped from the Question Mark and relayed from Los Angeles, timed 6:31 a.m., which said: “Still going strong. Want more gas and food.” Davis expressed gratification at the showing of the Army's experiment and pointed out some of the difficulties which were being met successfully in refueling in midair. “It's a great flight,” he said. “It is going to have a very good effect on aviation generally. It shows the reliability of the motors, planes, and accessories. The flight will have a good deal of practical value from both a military and commercial standpoint. We are proud of the way the Question Mark and the fueling planes have been and are being handled. The crews are showing the utmost skill in a most difficult performance. Davis disclosed that one of the most important precautionary measures that had to be taken was the prevention of static ignition, the gasoline as it was being transferred to the Question Mark. The planes coming up from the ground, he explained, create a static so the aviators devised a scheme for grounding the generated electricity. A copper wire from the fueling plane runs down the hose and the man on the Question Mark who catches the nozzle, quickly takes the wire and grounds it to metal on the plane being fueled on the same principle that a gasoline tank wagon rolling along the city streets drags a chain. Advertising Club Plans Open Meeting for 1929 The Washington Advertising Club will hold its 1929 open meeting in the basement of the National Press Club tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 o'clock with Jean F. Carroll, guest speaker, addressing the club on "Changing Distribution Methods." Jack Mullane and Ann Morris, now playing with the Savoy musical comedy company at the Belasco Theater, will entertain. December Postal Loss Is Blamed on Leap Year A decrease in December postal revenues at 50 selected cities for the first time in years was blamed by postal statisticians yesterday upon Old Man Leap Year who, with 53 Sundays at his disposal, saved five of them for the holiday month. Total receipts were 139,972,369.92 or 2.08 per cent less than the 140, $22,734.64 total in December, 1927. THE WASHINGTON TIMES Edna May Louise Brooks Blanche Mehaffey Helene Costello Peggy Prevost Jacqueline Logaa Virginia Fair Madge Bellamy Anita Stewart from Bryant Washburn; Sylvia Breamer won a decree from Dr. Harry W. Martin; Edna May severed marital ties with H. E. Clark; Louise Brooks won marital freedom from A. E. Sutherland, director; Blanche Mehaffey. 11. S. TIKES STEP TO TIGHTEN DRY LAW A new move to obtain cooperation of State governments in enforcement of the prohibition law was taken today by the Treasury Department. Deputy Prohibition Commissioner Alfred Oftodal announced all regional administrators had been asked to hold conferences with United States attorneys and high State officials, with a view to tightening up on. enforcement and to arrange a division of responsibility. An effort is being made to have the States take over definitely the prosecution of the minor prohibition offense, such as drives against bootleggers, speakeasies, and night clubs. That would leave the Federal Prohibition Bureau to function as the Treasury Intends — that is, in operations against big conspirators, smugglers, and large sources of supply. The conferences also will bring about closer relations between the Treasury and Justice Departments. The latter is responsible for putting cases through the courts after they are made by the Prohibition Bureau. Officials said the Federal courts are jammed with dry cases, many of minor character. The new plan of the Treasury should tend to lessen the number of cases in the federal courts, bringing about more prompt termination of cases, but, probably, would increase the number of prosecutions in the State and municipal courts. C. C. CRIPPLED BE COLD WE (Continued from First Page) kept the Coast Guard active Sunday and today. Four vessels in trouble were assisted, according to radiograms received at Coast Guard headquarters. The cutter Modoc rescued three men off the barge Belfast, in difficulty off Frying Tan Schools, N.C. Two men remained on the barge, but the cutter stood by to take them off in case the vessel stranded. After the trawler Henrietta stranded off Freeport, L.I., one man was saved and three lost, according to another report. The Cranberry Island Coast Guard station reported that the schooner Wawenock, of Rockland, Me., aground off the Maine coast, but the ship later was pulled to safety. The destroyer Fanning and a naval tug were standing by a steamship aground on Gould Island in Narragansett Bay. ATLAN TA, Jan. 7 (T.N.S.).—The Southeast shivered today in the coldest snap of the season, as it felt the brunt of the mid-Western blizzard. Two deaths were reported from the Wilmington, N.C., area in a severe wind and rain storm in that section which preceded the dropping of the mercury to the sub-freezing point. Low temperatures were general over the Southeast. CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (T.N.S.).—Chicago and the Middle West today shivered in the coldest weather of the winter. And the worst is yet to come, according to the local forecast bureau. At 4 a.m. today the mercury stood exactly at zero, the coast guard station on the lake front reported. Within the next 24 hours, if the forecast proves correct, it will rise to 10 above and then dip to 5 below. Relief from the subzero blast is expected tomorrow. The cold wave has been general over the Middle West, much of the section being blanketed by a heavy snow. Reports from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, state that more than 200 automobiles are stalled in snow drifts that covered the highways near that place. One death was reported from the cold in Chicago. James Mulqueeny, 55, died at the county hospital from exposure after being picked up in the street unconscious. Don’t Wait to Wed, Durant Advises By JAMES ADAM LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 7 (I.N.S.).—In a rapid fire interview, Will Durant, international student and leader of modern thought, today declared the world is all wrong about him —he isn’t a philosopher. But he expounded his beliefs anyway. Direct from being a patient in Battle Creek, Mich., he came to talk about love. "I love is making sacrifices and thinking it fun," he began. "You have love when you find it's more fun doing things for others than for yourself. "Love, of course, is many-sided." For instance, there is physical love, that grand and glorious thrill of loving that is nature's contribution to mankind. "Then there is mental love—companionship, sharing thoughts and ideals and ideas." Spiritual Life Best. "But the real thing—the pinnacle, the ninth degree, that something that carries you to the heights—is a sort of spiritual love, which manifests itself in sacrifice. "Immorality today is the result of the retarded marriage age. Finance often causes a delay, and out of this situation has grown the present state of immorality. "Nature is more important than money. My advice to youth is to go ahead, take your happiness and have children. They'll all be taken care of somehow. "Love and struggle in a bungalow is worth far more than luxury without love in a mansion." Turn to Philosophy. Turning from love to philosophy, Durant, ruddy cheeked, keen and alert, warmed up and said: "Philosophy is a study of the whole of human experience, or our part of it in connection with the whole." "The function of philosophy should be to co-ordinate knowledge into wisdom and to co-ordinate de- Accuses “Prince” I■ ' | 1 I r Rr I I F -Rl Hfl Mr jk . ■ u ■ w dr A fl ■ F JR 4 -wFI A- - -war - » —Photo by International SAYS “PRINCE” DEFRAUDED HER MRS. WILHELMINA HALLIDAY, of Chicago, charges that Joveddah de Rajah, head of a religious cult and who claims to be the son of a former Marajah of Thibet defrauded her of $1,500. She also claims that the “Prince” is the father of her four-months-old baby. Her charges against the “Prince” were continued for trial in a Chicago court. 4 - - ■ - *- T A« MaHbMf Butty fey was divorced from George J. Hausen, game hunter; Helene Costello divorced John Y. Regan; Peggy Prevost was parted from Edwin J. Haliday; Jacqueline Logan won a decree from Robert Gillespie; Virginia Brown .> sire into character- The latter re sults in personality. “Philosophy begins with logic and I would rather believe in the senses than in reason, but would rather believe in reason than in stinct, and of all these senses I would rather believe In touch.” Durant reported that there was an increasing number of students in philosophical subjects in the col leges of tt>e country and that he would continue to write text-books for them. CHEMNEO" UNIT NAMED When the drive of the Community Chest for financial support from Washingtonians for the support of its 57 charitable and social agencies is opened, it will possess one of the units that makes an effective army successful in warfare, namely, an "Information Unit." Campaign Chairman John Poole announced yesterday that for the chairmanship of the unit he had secured Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, who is one of the trustees and a member of the executive committee of the chest. The group of which Mrs. O'Connor is chairman, will supply information to every worker in the chest ranks and promulgate campaign rules. Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary of the Council of Social Agencies, will serve as secretary to Mrs. O'Connor's unit. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 3 FACE TRIAL AS WITCH SLAYERS (Continued from First Page) Hess and Curry have taken the spotlight the people are mum on the subject of black magic, yet it is no secret that in many homes those witchbooks called the "Himmelsbrief" (or heavenly letter) and the "Long Lost Friend" are kept in the family library with the Bible, and read with just as much constancy. Judge Ray P. Sherwood, who will preside at the trial, said he would take all necessary precautions to see that order is maintained and that crowds will not be permitted to overrun the courtroom. The doors will be locked after all seats are taken. No telegraph instruments or photographers will be allowed. It was indicated today that Blymyer's defense will be insanity. At one time he was in the State hospital for the insane at Harrisburg. No inkling of the defense of the other two defendants was given. The story of the murder as Hess, the 18-year-old youth, told it to the police, was that he, Blymyer and Curry went to Rehmeyer’s door about 8 p.m. on the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving and knocked. Rehmeyer came to a window and Blymyer told him he came for the book, "My Lost Friend." Blymyer has been credited with being a practitioner of witchcraft. "When Rehmeyer opened the door, Blymyer seized him," said Hess. "Blymyer hit him with a piece of wood and shouted for me to help. He gave me a piece of wood and I hit him twice. Curry looked a halter that was on a couch and tied Rehmeyer’s legs so we could get him down and cut his hair. "He struggled. Blymyer floored him with a chair. We tore his shirt off and Curry tied a rope around his neck. After the rope was pulled tight he ceased to breathe. I guess he was dead." And then they set fire to the body and fled into the night. Not Yet Indicted One of the unusual features of the case is that neither Blymyer, Hess nor Curry have been indicted on the charge of murder. The indictment of the trio is expected to be the first order of business today. After the defendants are arraigned and enter their pleas, Herbert B. Cohen, attorney for Blymyer, will make a motion for a severance of their trials. The granting of such a motion is mandatory. District Attorney Amos W. Herr mann, who will prosecute the case, will elect to try Blymyer first, it is understood, and his case probably will proceed at once. The trial of the other two will be at the discretion of the court. It was reported today that the district attorney may seek to discredit the witchcraft theory by injecting robbery as the main motive for the crime. Such action might have the effect of causing the court to rule out any testimony regarding a book known as “The Lost Friend,” the so-called bible of the witchcraft cult. Publicity that has come to the city of York, as a result of the witchcraft angle to the murder, has settled a number of local business men. There is no little sentiment that it would be a good thing for this city if the case was quickly disposed of and as little said of witchcraft as possible. The influx of newspaper men from New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and other cities is not being hailed with delight. Crime Group Will Study Ways to Guard Payrolls NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—How to minimize payroll robberies is to be studied by the National Crime Commission, of which Newton D. Baker is chairman. A special committee of 17 men prominent in industrial and banking has been created to survey conditions. In a statement issued yesterday from the commission's offices, it was pointed out. “There is no more alluring prospect of quick returns than the knowledge that thousands of dollars will be carried over certain well-established times.” Fair was divorced from Jack Daugherty; Madge Belamy was severed from Logan F. Metcalf, and Anita Stewart was divorced from Ralph Cameron. Love and disillusionment go on in Hollywood while the actors play their roles on the silver sheet. Rickard to Be Buried in New York (Continued from First Page) associate of Rickard for many years, and Steve Hannagan, Rickard's personal representative in Miami Beach, completed the funeral party. Body to Be in State The funeral train will reach New York tomorrow morning. At a Broadway funeral parlor where other notables beloved of that thoroughfare have lain in state, Rickard's body will lie until the funeral Wednesday, while the social ly elected who called him friend and the gallery gods whom Rickard regarded as the staunchest supporters of boxing file by for a last look at his face. Rickard will be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Brooklyn. Rickard’s death was a body blow to Dempsey, who was with him when the end came, but like the fighter he was in the ring, Dempsey rallied gamely. He was standing over the hospital bed when a nod from the attending physician, indicted that the bitter struggle was over. Dempsey’s shoulders slumped, then braced again. He turned quickly to Mrs. Rickard, put an arm around her shoulders, and led her from the room. Dempsey relieved the widow of the funeral arrangements and in a statement just before entraining. In dicated that he intended to assume part of the responsibilities death snatched from the hands of the promoter. Will Carry Out Plans “I will return to Miami Beach from New York right after the funeral,” he said. "We will carry out the plans and ideas for the future that Rickard created. "I am terribly grieved over the sudden death of Tex. I have lost the best pal I ever had. Not only myself, but the whole sporting world has lost its best friend." Mr. Rickard announced the pallbearers will be Richard A. Howard, John M. Chapman, Col. John S. Hammond, William Muldoon, Harvey Gibson, J. P. McGuire, Jack Dempsey, and Walter Fields. Shortly after Rickard died, a telegram was received from Mrs. L. J. Adams, 89-year-old mother of the fight promoter, from Seattle, Wash., which read: “Wish I were with you. Will come if needed.” Dies At Dawn Rickard's fight against acute ganorous appendicitis, following an emergency operation New Year's night, ended at 8:37 o’clock yesterday morning. He lapsed into unconsciousness just as the light of a soft tropical dawn came stealing across the Atlantic and into his hospital. Information Head Mrs. John J. O'Connor, President of the Council of Social Agencies, has been appointed chairman at the information committee of the Community Chest drive which opens here January 28. The funeral room, he died peacefully two hours later. He was 57 years old on January. Celebrating his birthday in the hospital the day after the operation. His pretty and youthful wife had been with him almost without rest since the operation. Every aid that medical science could give the promoter in the effort to struggle against acute infection and advancing years was his. The operation for appendicitis was performed by Dr. E. H. Adkins, former associate of the Mayo brothers, and considered by them one of the foremost surgeons of the South. He was operated on in Allison B Hospital, newest and most completely equipped sanitarium designed to minister to the wealthy who come South seeking health. Rickard had been unable to take nourishment or to retain water on his stomach since the operation. Water was given by hypodermic, but his strength ebbed. Fights to End With the courage with which he had looked level-eyed at fate on the hard and hazardous days of Goldfield, Tonopah, and the Yukon, Rickard battled with death up to his last minute of consciousness. When he was permitted to see Jack Dempsey for a moment Saturday, he told the fighter that he felt certain of winning. But the odds against him were too great. His store of vitality lowered by the four-day fight, there was nothing in reserve to meet the greater crisis and fight off the spreading infection. Death came to him in a setting of luxury and recreation typifying the play-time hours for which Rickard had never found time until last year. He came to Miami Beach a year ago for a winter visit and later bought a home here. He was interested in the Miami Beach Kennel Club, a pretentious plant for greyhound racing at the edge of the Atlantic, which had its inauguration the night that Rickard was stricken. From the moment his illness became known, Allison Hospital was besieged with telephone calls from his New York friends and associates and from visitors of the winter colony. Inquiries came from the daily elite, from old pals of Texas, Oklahoma, and the Yukon and from figures of the world of fighting. Criminals Fleeing City, New York Police Think NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Police expressed belief last night that their failure to find more than 55 known criminals in their third week-end tour of underworld haunts proved that all crooks who have money are keeping out of New York. Plans for further activities against y* drug peddlers and proprietors 6f crime-breeding speakeasies will be formulated Monday when United States Attorney Tuttle and Police Commissioner Wlialen address ISO police inspectors and captains. .t ( Painting of Slaves Wins i 4 $250 at Art Exhibition . J NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—“ Swing low M sweet chariot,” a painting by M. I G. Johnson, 32- year-old negro artist, ■ won the prize of |250 In the Negro Artists’ Exhibition at International House under the auspices of the Harmon Foundation. Johnson said he attemped to depict the “escape of emotions which the plantation slaves must often have felt. Set T free from their tasks by the twilight, 1 they have gone to the river’s edge fl and are calling upon their God for the freedom for which they * k long.” • «* Graft Prober’s Partner * Dies in New York Hotel NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (U.S.).— David Phillips, Philadelphia law yer, a law partner of District At torney John Monoghan, who con- , ’ ducted the recent graft inquiry in Philadelphia, died suddenly Satur- fl day night in the Pennsylvania B Hotel, it was learned today. Despite warnings of his physi cians. Phillipa came to New York 4 1 Saturday on business. He became | ill and was taken to the hotel. ] Death was said to be due to a fl heart attack. If are i worry Ing about locating on apartment to mart your rental needs, read to-la,‘» rlaaalfled ad*. If it I* an nnfnrnlthed apartment von want and It rannot be located, eaU Mian OW at Maia MM>. 