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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cooler tonight and wmorm;zé ‘Temperatures—Highest, 9! p.m. yesterday; lowest, 73 at today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 + No.' 3L178. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. ¢ Ty WITH SUNDAY MORNING }:nmoitg WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPFPEMBER 10, 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. & HOOVER DEMANDS THOROUGH PROBE OF NAVY PROPAGANDA: SENATORS APPROVE Naval Affairs Group Votes to Investigate Charges That Shearer Was Paid to Block Armament Conference. BORAH l.S EXPECTED T0 OFFER RESOLUTION President Declares Disclosures of Interference by “Those Working Against the Government Require That These Matters Be Gone Into té the Bottom.” Shortly before the naval af- fairs committee of the Senate voted today to investigate charges that William B. Shearer was em- ployed by three American ship- building companies to prevent an international agreement for the limitation of naval arma- ments, President Hoover, at the| regular press conference, de- clared that “the disclosures re- cently of interference by those who have been working against this Government already are so obviously evident as to require that these matters be gone into to the very bottom.” The decision of the committee was made after it had heard Senator Borah, | in. chairman of the foreign relations com: mittee, who strongly urged that the in- vestigation-be made. ‘The resolution providing for the in- vestigation will be offered in the Sen- ate, probably today, by Senator Borah. Chairman Hale of naval affairs com- mittee, was authorized by the commit- tee to agree to the resolution for the | committee. Adjourns Until Thursday. ‘The committee adjourned today until Thursday in order to allow time fcr the presentation of a resolution by the com- mittee on audit and control of the con- tingent expenses of the Senate, provid- ing the necessary funds for the investi- gation, At its meeting on Thursday it ‘will decide what witnesses shall be sum- moned and whether the investigation will go ahead before a full committee cr & subcommittee. It is expected that Shearer will be among the first wit- nesses summoned. Officials of the threg shi companies, the Bethlehem Co., the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., and the American Brown- Boveri Co., which, it is charged, em- ployed Shearer to represent them at Geneva, undoubtedly will be called be- fore the committee also. Chairman Hale explained that the naval affairs committee would go par- ticularly into the charge that Shearer-| had been employed to break down the three-power conference at Geneva, in which the United States, Great Britain and Japan sought some basis for limit- ing further naval armaments. It is ex- pected, however, that Shearer’s activi- ties generally will be involved in the scope of the investigation before it is concluded. Probably a number of naval officers will be called before the com- mittee, it was said. Only One Dissenting Vote. The committee adopted a resolution proposing the investigation with only one dissenting vote. Senator Waterman of Colorado wished to broaden the scope of the resolution to cover all kinds of propaganda. This would in-} clude the activities of the pacifists and their organizations. He was unwilling to vote for the investigation, it was said, without this amendment. ‘Senator Borah, in a statement to the committee, declared that the employ- ment of Shearer secretly to go to Geneva for the purpose of breaking down the naval conference if possible “amounted to a scandal.” He argued that any agreement between Shearer and the shipbuilding companies for such a purpose was in reality a crim- inal conspiracy against the interests of the Amgrican people and the Govern- ment of the United States. Senator Borah admitted that he saw no way at present of prosecuting either Shearer or the shipbuilding companies under the law. He said, however, he believed that the activities of a per- son attempting to defeat naval limi- tation should be brought into the open. Borah Draws Resolution. A resolution has “been prepared by Senator Borah. Senator Hale and Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, are to go over the resolution with the Idaho Sen- ator and when the draft is completed 1t .will be offered in the Senate, and, 1t is expected, will be adopted promptly. Senator Hale said that so far he had peceived mno communication from Shearer or from officials of the ship- puilding companies. He said Senator Borah had submitted to the commit- fee a number of telegrams, however, dealing with the proposed inves tion. He did not disclose the nature of these telegrams. . G. 0. P. WANTS DELAY _IN VOTING ON VARE Jeaders Wounld Have Issue of Senate Seat Taken Up in December Session. By the Associated Press. Senate Republican leaders at a con- ference today decided to seek a post- nement until the regular session in g,eoember of & vote on the mmg Norris_resolution to deny Will 8. Vare, Republican, Pennsylvania, a seat 4n the Senate. Senator Watson of Indiana, the party Jeader, will offer this proposition coupled ‘with a proposal to determine a definite date for a as soon as the resolu- tion of Senator Norris, Republican, —=sraska, to bRr Vare is called before the Senate. Alt] h the Norris resolution has B Eesa e pre S0 anel the contest inten: press it unt finfi the Simmons resolution to make =z vailable incgme tab returns of corpora- tions ints in tariff revision has ‘heen voted upon late today or tomorrow. SHEARER’S PROPAGANDA FLOODS PATRIOTIC GROUPS Capital Societies Asked to Fight for “Big Navy” and Against “Foreign Entan-- glements,” Officials Reveal. Climaxing a veritable flood of mimeographed “patriotic” statements sent out under his name during the past few months, William B. Shearer, target of President Hoover's “propagandist” broadside, has requested national patri- otic organizations here to adopt a suggested “big-navy-anti-foreign entangle- ments” resolution, The Star learned today. ‘The resolution, received by such bodies as the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revol<tian, American Gold Star Mothers and similar groups, deals in the preamble with the need for an American Navy second to none and warns Congress against “any foreign entanglements regard- PROBE BY EXPERTS LOOMS FOLLOWING GALLINGER REPORT Committee Requests Govern- ment Medical Officials to Name Board of Inquiry. HOSPITAL GIVEN CLEAN BILL BY INVESTIGATORS less of any reservations whatsoever.” BETHLEHEM HEAD ANSWERS HOOVER Grace Admits Hiring Shearer, but “Only as Observer” at Geneva in 1927. E. G. Grace, president of the Beth- {lehem Steel Corporation, one of the three companies sued by William B. Shearer for money he claims is due him as an agent to work against the Government’s disarmament programs in a letter to President Hoover today ad- mitted sharing the employment of | Shearer, but only as an observer at the Geneva disarmament conference in 1927. He said the company severed connection with Shearer as soon as it had been determined that he was a propagandist. Grace's letter to the President was an answer to the President’s public statement last Friday in which he bit- terly denounced the practices which Shearer is claimed to have alleged these three shipbuilding corporations indulged . The corporation’s president, after :xplaining in some detail the manner in hich Mr. Shearer was employed and the things which prompted his employ- ment, declared that the Bethlehem cor- poration has nothing to conceal regard- ing its share in Shearer’s employment and stated that his company would be glad to furnish any further information on the subject the President desires. Grace Explains Action. The Bethlehem president explained that his company had no desire to em- ploy Mr. Shearer as a propagandist in connection with the disarmament con- ference and that the latter's activities in that connection with the conference were solely on his own initiative and were in no Way inspired or supported by the shipbuilding industry. He ex- plained also that the Bethiehem cor- poration joined with other shipbuild- ing companies in 1926 in the employ- ment of Shearer in connection with the movement of encouraging the develop- ment of an American merchant ma- rine, lmé;,tee of $7,500, of which the Mr. Grace claimed that the fee for Shearer’s services as an observer at the Geneva conference was to be $25,- 000, of which the Bethlehem corpora. tion was to pay a third. In making Mr. Grace’s answer public | at the White House today, it was ac- companied by no comment from Presi- dent Hoover himself. Mimeographed | copies of the letters were distributed to | the press. - Mr. Grace's letter follows: “Honorable Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, Sir: In your public statement of September 17, 1929, referring to the suit of William B. Shearer, against certain shipbuilding companies, you say that you ‘cannot be- lieve that the responsible directors of these shipbuilding corporations have been a party to these transactions as re- ported in this lawsuit, but their state- ment of the case is needed. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation is ad- dressing you this letter in response to that invitation. Minor Official Is Blamed, “To the best of our recollection, Mr. Schwab and I were not conscious of the existence of William B. Shearer, prior to December, 1927, when we were asked to comment on the rumor that Ameri- can shipbuilding interests had main- tained at Geneva during the Naval dis- armament conferences of the previous Summer a propagandist in the person of one William B. Shearer. We first branded the rumor as false but upon its re;gmlon we caused inquiries to be made by S. W. Wakeman, who was in charge of Bethlehem's eastern build- ing operations, with headquarters at our Fore River shipbuilding plant at Quincy, Mass. “We then learned for the first time that in the previous Spring, Mr. Wake- man had joined with other shipbuild- ing companies in the employment of Mr. Shearer as an observer at the Ge- neva disarmament conference for a fee of $25,000, of which Bethlehem was to pay a third. Mr. Wakeman assured us that his undertaking was that Mr. Shearer was employed only as gn ob- server to furnish information and that his activities as a propagandist in con- nection with the conference were solely on his own initiative and were in no way inspired by the shipbuilding in- dustry. “Mr. Schwab and I soon ascertained that Mr. Shearer was and had been for years an active prupagandist cegard- ing the naval policies of the United States. We felt that the emplcyment of such a man us an observer was in jon “paid one-third. ‘The lengthy letter inclosing the reso- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) So far as could be learned, nont of the organizations has acted on the resolution, gwhich was received in the Capital within the past several days. ‘The resolution and an accompanying typewritten letter, by 3 Shearer, will be presented to the mem- bers of the Gold Star Mothers at a meeting here September 17. Text of Resolution. ‘The resolution, as proposed by Shearer, follows: “At a meeting of (space left for name of organization) the follow- ing resolution was adopted: “Whereas the Government of the United States proceed to put into effect the cruiser building program as pre- scribed by the Seventieth Congress of the United States, and “Whereas the Government of the United States build and maintain a navy equal to any in the world, and “Whereas, the Government of the United States properly retain in com- mission an_equal fleet to any in the world in ships, tons, guns and man power; therefore, be it “Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be urged to defeat any and all attempts to force this Nation {into the League of Nations, the World Court or any foreign entanglements regardless of any reservations whatso- e Ver. “(Signed) Flooded With Statements. ® The previous communications re- ceived by the organizations included mimeographed copies of radio speeches on the subject of naval parity and al- led topics, delivered by Shearer, “under auspices of the National Security League,” and a dozen or more state- ments bearing such headings as “Free- dom of the Seas” “Intrigue” “The League Court,” “The Power of Inde- pendence,” etc. Officers of two of the organizations joined in the declaration that recently the influx of statements bearing Shear- er's name had been so great it was difficult to “keep track of them.” Sev- eral of the officers indicated their be- lief that the matter received was not out of harmony with the stand already taken by their organizations on the sub- ject of national defense, but all were reluctant to discuss the statements or their author for publication in light of the . turmoil that has developed over Shearer’s activities. One officer said: “Mr. Shearer’s statements appear to be all right, but if he has been issuing them from mertenary rather than pa- triotic motives, then I am ready to con- lution is date# September 6, 1929, and headed “45 Nassau street; New York, N. Y.,” the address used by Shearer in all of the other communications. It concludes with a vigorously worded paragraph calling on the patriotic societies to “state your stand on the naval issue” and “state your mind on the World Court issue.” The Gold Star Mothers received under date of September 3 a statement headed “The Freedom of the Seas, by ‘W. B. Shearer,” in which it was stated: “Unless Great Britain, who controls the seas by right of might, makes con- cessions by reductions of ships of war and demobilization of naval bases in our waters, the question of the freedom of the seas will defeat any agreement between the naval powers. “There is mo reference in the proposed pending naval conference, as suggested between President Hoover and Ramsay MacDonald,” the statement continued, “that the question of the freedom of the seas is to even be discussed. In that event we are compelled officially to fall back on the question of parity (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) EXIT OF WARM WEATHER IN 48 HOURS FORECAST Temperature to Be Below Normal, ‘With Prospect of Blankets Being Needed. ‘Warm v'r:nther will wander away from Washington after today, not to re- turn for many days, it was officially forecast at the Weather Bureau today. In 48 hours the forecaster expects the temperature in the Capital and vi- cinity to actually get down below normal and stay there. He sees no prospect of snow, sleet or ice for several weeks, but advises that there will be real need of light blankets, heavier clothing and other necessities for seasonal September weather shortly. Old Sol, the weather man says, to- day is gefting in his last work of the present torrid spell. Tomorrow, he says, will be “pleasant,” with the tem- perature getting down to normal figures for the first time in many days, during which time the Capital and the whole Atlantic seaboard have sweltered. By Thursday the last traces of the hot spell will be gone, he assures, and the outlook from then on is for below- normal temperatures. {mnmmee PERFECT METAL, STRONG AS STEEL, BUT LIGHT AS ALUMINUM, SOUGHT President of Metallurgists’ Society Predicts That Goal of | Scientists Will Be Reached. ?fieuty for Steel Trugseenl, l‘luo" of e congress and Metallurgical Exposition. ¥, 7 Dr. Jefferies said By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 10.— Appearance of giant locomotives so large as to break their springs, and the manu- facture of costly, unwieldy rails weigh- ing 200 pounds per yard to carry them, was forecast before the National Metal C ngress today by G. M. Eaton, manu- facturer, He supplied a remedy in urg- | Sous ing adoption of alloys such as are used | high in the automobile industry. Theneed!orlllltlblelnvylhlehd constantly in all manufacturing en::; kers before prises, u.:ccr:lu' to wmt < ::r:]ier;nd‘ mnwm.:rnmnnp\u poses, even of minumn - eventually will be developed made by Dr. Zay Jef~ 1enci"wuld‘:l.t of the American Welfare Board Makes Specific Rec- ommendations for Improve- ments of Service. A further investigation of the equip- ment and conduct of Gallinger Munici- pal Hospital by a board of disinterested medical experts of the Government loomed today as a result of the three weeks' inquiry conducted into condi- tions at the city institution by the medical service committee of the Board of Public Welfare, Submitting its formal report to the District Commissioners today, the Board of Public Welfare stated that “there is nothing seriously wrong with Gallinger” and generally exonerated the hospital staff in the treatment of patients. The report informed the Commissioners, [however, that the investigating com- mittee has requested Government medi- cal officials to designate a board for the purpose of conducting a further inquiry into the hospital affairs. Asked to Name Board. ‘The request was addressed to the surgeon general of the Army, the sur- geon general of the Navy, the surgeon general of the Public Health Service and the superintendent of St. Eliza- beth's Hospital. It requested that each of these officials designate an officer of righ rank to form a committee “for the purpose of making an examination and_inspection of the equipment and conduct of the hospital, with a view to having a report from competent experts not in any way connected with the ad- ministration of the hospital or with the District Government. Although Gallinger is given a general clean bill of health in the official report, the Board of Public Welfare did make certain specific recommendations for improvements in its service. One of these, a suggestion that more than one nurse should be on duty in a crowded ward was based directly upon the attempted escape from Gallinger of Mrs. Nettie B. Thompson, a patient who died following an operation, and whose case was the subject of an extensive inquiry. Nurse Not Blamed. The report stated that while “this un- fortunate occurrence may have con- tributed to the death of the patient” it attached no fault to the nurse in charge. With respect u*o the need of more than one nurse a_ward, how: ever, the board adds: “The standing on_medical will with this situation &nd see that steps are taken.” It was revealed that the elevator op- erator who carried Mrs. Thompson to the first floor in night clothes and a sheet is no longer employed at the hos'flul and his conduct was severely criticized in the report. Xwo other matters which the stand- ing committee on medical service will take up for special consideration, the report stated, are: The question of adding a female psychiatrist to the staff. ‘The question of the use of strong rooms for amnesia patients concerning which there seems not to be a com- plete record. i “The charges that patients are placed in strong rooms as a matter of routine, is, however, completely dis- proved,” the report declared. “No pa- tient is ever so confined except upon order of a doctor, unless in an emer- gency with a violent patient.” ‘The report of the Board of Public Welfare, which covered 13 pages and all phases of the recently conducted in- vestigation, was signed by John Joy Edson as chairman and attested to by George W. Wilson, director of pub- lic welfare. It was prepared by W. W Millan, who acted as-chairman of the investigating committee. Taking conditions and the equipment | of Gallinger as a whole, the report com- 15 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news Yesterday’s Ciunhfim/l, 103,589 s Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NS / i N /// . 74 %, ) 7 Y 2, HENG.10.- P, VIEWS IT. BRITISH ACE SHATTERS AIR SPEED)| MARKS WITH 368 MILES PER HOUR ! =~ BYANTI'RED" MOB Schneider Cup Team Caplain! Breaks All Records With | Average of 365.82. | Aviator Declares He Could Have Reached 375 With | Better Visibility. By the Associated Press. ! CALSHOT, England, September 10.— | Driving a blue and silver seaplane that | shot through space like a comet, A. H. | Orlebar, squadron leader and captain of the British Schneider Cup team, to- day sped over a marked course of three | kilometers here to break all world speed | records. He reached a rate of 368.8 miles an | hour on one run of the course and | averaged 355.825 for four successive trials. The average constitutes the of- | ficial record. Clocked by a new timing device, the | ich were announced more | was ‘hour ld record established Saturday by Flying Officer R. L. R. Atcherley the Schneider Cup race. Stainforth Goes 336.3. | | Flight Lieut. G. H. Stainforth, who | Orlebar with a Gloster-Napier six, also bettered Atcherley’s record, with a mark of 336.3 miles an hour. When the official announcements fin- ally were made, Orlebar’s four indi- vidual runs of the course were given as at the rate of 368.8, 345.3, 365.5 and 343.7 miles an hour. This an average of 355.825 for the four trials. Lieut. Stainforth’s best four runs were 351.3, 3283, 3362 and 3293, giving him an average of 336.3 miles an hour. Although Orlebar raised the former Italian record of 318 miles an hour, it was understood that another attempt would be made soon because the Brit- ish experts believe that still greater sp_ds can be made with the machines. Swifter than any human being has ever traveled the youthful British ace Orlebar failed to attain the maximum speed which he might have made had the visibility been better. He believed he could have done about 375 miles an hour under more favorable conditions. Stainforth also was hampered by poor visibility. His machine was fre- quently lost to sight in the haze as he pared the hospital favorably with any (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) Five Articles of National Importance Appeared on the Front Pages of 3 of New York’s Leadmg Papers This Morning The STAR Rrinted News Covering All of These Same Subjects Yesterday Afternoon THE STAR gives you the news of Wash- ington,. national and international affairs, the financial world and in the world of sport on the day it happens, completely and authentically. The 5:30 Sports Final Edition of THE STAR gives a complete account of all sports, complete markets and the latest news of the day, almost immediately after the events happen. Yesterday's Cifimlnion e.....103,589 One year 2g0.......\........100,867 2,722 For over 75 years The Star has grown in cir- culation and importance with the growth of the National Capital. gave him |- A. H. ORLEBAR. —Underwood Photo. DISASTERS CLAIN TOLL OF 175 More Than 400 Are Saved in Series of Ship Accidents Over Four Days. By the Assoclated Press. Marine disasters in various patts of the world since Saturday have taken a | toll of 175 dead and many injured, with nlw;e than 400 saved. The accidents in- clude: ' Explosion of a Soviet oil tanker to- day on the Volga, with 30 members of the crew and their families believed dead and 9 on a tanker nearby injured seriously. Steamship Karu capsized Saturday off Tammerfors, Finland, with estimat- ed loss of 100 lives, 20 rescued. " Steamship Dan sank Sunday in Bal- c f 35. Tanker Vimeira caught fire at Rot- :grd-m yesterday, with 3 killed, 8 miss- ng g. Steamship Highland Pride said to be “total loss” after striking reef yester- day near Vigo, Spain; 98 passengers and 150 crew reached land unassisted. Steamship Heimdahl wrecked on rocks northeast of Stockholm yesterday. The 70_on escaped to shore. Unnamed German tanker reported by two vessels on fire in the North Sea on The crew were standing by in boats and not in need of assistance. Schooner Santa Quinta sank off Nova Scotia and crew were landed yesterday steamer. at Halifax by rescuing 5 Steamship American Legion sailed from Montevideo for New York after temporary repairs necessitated by grounding in fog at harbor entrance teamship Emile Francqui reported by radio in collision with the steamship Gunny last night 200 miles southeast of Boston. h_vessels were able to pro- ceed toward their destinations. T‘ANKEB BLAST KILLS 3¢. LAV, U. S. S. R., Septem- KHAROS] ber 10 (#).—Ten members of the crew of the Soviet ofl tanker Medveditza, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) sgfl Danzig; 1 rescued out of crew | UNION MEN LASHED Big Demonstrations Reported i in Carolina Textile | Mill Centers. t | By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, September 10. —Exhibiting marks on’ their bodies a proof that they had been spirited away last night from Gastonia and beaten by an anti-Communist mob, three men re- | turned to Charlotte this morning. | The men—Ben Wells, textile mill or | ganizer; C. M. Lell and C. D. Saylors, Gastonia strikers—said they had been taken to a lonely spot in Cabarrus nty, 8 miles from Concord, N. C..! re they had been lashed and then' to find their way back to civiliza- i Mob Forms in Gastonia. -They were they said, by mob,. which Lor in" Gstonia terday after the trial of the labor lead- ers and strikers charged with the mur- der of Police Chief O. F. Aderholt had been declared a mistrial when a juror became insane. { ‘The mob not only made a demon- stration in Gastonia, but also visited | | Charlotte and Bessemer City, gathering | near the home of Tom P. Jimison, de- | fense attorney, in Charlotte. According to the story told by the three men, they were carried to the lonely spot, about 30 miles from Char- lotte, and While they were being beaten | a group of opossum hunters passed nearby, frightening the mob. The mob| immediately dispersed, leaving the men | | Wells says he was unconscious for an aour. | The three walked to Concord, where they notified police. They then caught | a train for Charlotte. Saylors said he | could identify part of the mob. i Full investigation of the activities of | the Gastonia mob which last night| | raided headquarters of the National| Textile Workers Union at Gastonia and | Bessemer City and communist head-: quarters_in Gharlotte was promised to- day by John' G. Carpenter, solicitor for | the Superior Court district composed of { Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties. Investigation Promised. Mr. Carpenter said that an investi- gation of actions of the crowd in Char- lotte likely would be made when the special term of Mecklenburg Superior | Court convenes on September 30 to re- sume trial of 16 men and women ac- cused of the murder of O. F. Aderholt, chief of police of Gastonia. Unless a special term of Gaston Superior Court is called, no investigation in Gaston County is possible until late in October. The solicitor said that he was at a hospital where his wife is very ill when he heard of the occurrences at Gas- tonia. He went to police headquarters and with a policeman named Austin went to the union headquarters. There, he said, he talked with a number of persons, attempting to get names of men implicated. He said that the chiel concern of those in the headquarters was for some typewriters which, they claim, the raiders took, and that he asked that warrants be sworn out for nn‘zt one recognized as in the raiding | party. Gov. O. Max Gardner, at Raleigh, when advised of the occurrences and the claims of the three men who were kidnaped, declined to comment until he had received reports from official | sources. He sald that when he had re- ceived official reports he might take some action. the ANARCHY REPORTED - PREVAILING ALONG MANCHURIAN LINE Outbreaks Follow Russian Air Raids and Artillery Bombardments. ROBBERS INFEST TOWNS IN ISOLATED SECTIONS Heavy Loss of Life and Property Reported as Result of Fighting. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 10.—Reuters dispatches from Harbin, Manchuria, today reported that complete anarchz prevailed in Manchurian border ww. after widespread Russian air raids and artillery bombardments. The to of Pogranichnaya was said to be m;;ted with robbers, and marauders of all kinds were overrunning other isolated border regions. Although there have been no formal declarations of war, Russian and Chinese dispatches both today indicated an apparent state of open hostility at | points on the Manchurian border. Dispatches told of serious fighting in progress intermittently since Thursday ;0! last week, assuming considerable | broportion Sunday and Monday both at i:\lunchuh and at Progranichnaya, the | western and eastern termini of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Reports indicate a heavy loss of life and of property as results of air raids {and bombings, heavy artillery fire and { accompanying blazes. A Chinese report | that the fighting extending along the | entire Manchurian border was taken to i mean that clashes occurred between garrisons at other points along the 12,000 miles of frontier. Chinese Opposé Vigorously. There was a tendency in some quar- I ters to regard the fighting as the her- alded Russian offensive under Gen. ! Blucher, new head of the Soviet Far- Eastern Army. Chinese soldiers, Chinese dispatches indicated, opposed Russian w ments vigorously, and were said to ve recaptured Progranichnaya after losing it earlier to the Soviet troops. The frontier city suffered heavily by fire in the bombardment. As in the past, Both Chinese and Russians sought to lay the blame of faggression on the other army, each de- scribing his own actions as defensive nd those of the other as offensive. | The Soviet government through the German Ambassador protested both to the Nanking and Mukden governments ageinst what were described as unwar- 1anted attacks on Soviet territory by Chinese and Russian White Guards. The Soviet note warned the Chinese that continuance of such attacks was i likely to incur the gravest consequences. | The note stated that Soviet troops | bad been compelled to take firm re- | taliatory actions for the protection ot | the Siberian frontier and its peaceful { population. It was alleged that there ihad been 19 new attacks by Chinese fand the White Guards for which the { Nanking and Mukden governments were fully responsible. Soviet Planes Drop Bombs. TOKIO, _September 10 (#).—Dis- patches to Rengo, Japanese News agency from Manchuli today said heavy fight- ng broke out Monday afternoon near ightty-sixth Sta " Tne casualties were not known, Soviet airplanes flew over the station and dropped bombs. A Rengo dispatch from Harbu said that Chinese refugees arriving at Muling related that a Japanese had been in- jured fatally when a Soviet air bomb Struck the Hotel Europe in Prograni- U. S. BORDER OFFICER IS SLAIN BY OUTLAWS Asiistnnt Chief Inspector of Texas Patrol Forces Is Shot and Stabbed to Death. By the Associated Press. PRESIDIO, Tex., September 10.— Overwhelmed by a gang of outlaws, pre- sumably aliens seeking illegal entry into the United States, Miles J. Scannell, assistant chief inspector of the border patrol, was shot and stabbed to death at a lonely spot on the Rio Grande, 15 miles east of here, yesterday. Fellow officers who viewed the spot, where a terrific struggle had taken place, believed that Scannell was over- powered after he had waded the river and captured one of the aliens. He had been shot twice and stabbed 15 times, including one slash across his throat. The officer's handcuffs and revolver could not be found. His attackers apparently had fled into the winderness across the Rio Grande, as immigration officers of the border patrol could find no trace of them on the American side. Scannell was sta- tioned at Marfa. JUSTICE HELD IN RAID. Tllinois Official Federal Liquor Violation Charges. CHICAGO, September 10 (#).—Henry Faces IBYRD FLYERS HAVE LOST STATUS AS PILOTS IN UNITED STATES Failure to Renew Licenses Would Subject Them to Penalties Were They to Fly in Homeland. flying a licensed plane. All of the gehenes with the Byrd expedition have n licensed by the Department of The famous airplane pilots now with 1 Comdr. Richard E. Byrd in the frozen Antarctic have lost their status as pllots in the United States. If they were nsed airplanes, they would auf themselves to severe pen- the air commerce act. that evmm civilian time they fly—or would be if the De- ent of %mmuu had jurisdiction ith Comdr. Byrd are Ichen, Dean C. Smith, famous fiyer, and Harold I. June, United | air mail 3 renew | chief aviation pllot, U. 8. N. The Devrrtmmt of Commerce also licenses aviation mechanics, and dr. Byrd’s mechanics find themselves®in the sa e situation as the pilots. There are viation mechanics Weve with the ::‘:ed:tbn t of '.huy‘ , two nu.‘lmfl!::u treet 8 Kennard F. Bubler, 2503 Fourteenth : r U. 8. M. C, street; Victor H. Geyka, and Jerry de Cecea of New York. idas J. De- northeast; ‘Commerce. juently the expedi- tion pilots e | | P Bahlman, a Will County justice of i the peace, has been arrested by Fed- | eral agents for violation of the prohi- bition law. | " In a raid at his home the agents re- | ported seizure of a considerable quan- | tity of Canadian whisky, moonshine, | alcohol and raw whisky ageing in bar- Irels, as well as counterfeit Canadian and American revenue stamps. Passenger Air Route W!V’l'umed. | . MEXICO CITY, September 10 (#).— | Announcement has been made here that | the Pickwick Latin American Air Trans- port, Inc., will inaugurate regular pas- | senger airplane service from Tia Juana Mexico, to Mexico City and from Mex- {ico City to Guatemala City Thursday. The company has maintained a mail | service over these routes for some time. 5 ‘Washington . clearing house, ‘$4,538,- .22 - | 4%ew York clearing house exchange, !s:,lgzv.oo%fl. - ew clearing house balance, $195,000,000. Treasury balance, $58,004,317.83. - R Radio Programs—Page 22