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JAPAN INCREASES TROOP MOVEMENT Tokio Foreign Minister -and | War Office at Odds on Manchurian Policy. (Continued From First Page). cablnet, according to reports, was whether developments had fustified the | sending of reiniorcements to Manchuria | as proposed by Minister of War Minami. ! More Troops Preposed. i For four or five hours the cabinet de- ! bated Minami’s proposals to send morc troops from Korea to Mukéen, which was occupied by the Japanese early| Saturday after a clash with Chines troops who aliegedly had attempted to destroy a bridge of the Jipanese- controlled South Manchurian Railw 1t was proposed that additional fore:s be used, particularly to protect Japa- nese subjects at Chientao, Manchuria, a city of 500,000 persons, including 1,800 Japanese. Japanese troops were sept there early today after an outbreak of rioting in which Chinese burned several uildings. 2 Repo%ls here were that the Chientao situation was gradually becoming worse. Troops sent from the Korean border this morning were moved under &n| order by the commander of the Korean | district. L Vernacular newspapers said the situ- ation was tense not only at-Chientso, but also in Changchun, terminus of the railway, and at Kirin. Mukden was re- ported comparatively quiet. An importatn development was thed. shifting of the Japanese 2d Division headguarters with troops from Mukden to Changchun. The Chinese govern- ment also was reported sending a di- vision of troops from Kirin to Chientao. Commission Is Suggested. The possibility of a joint Sino-Japa- nese commission being named to em: deavor to solve the Manchurian question . was being discussed. The matter volves some 300 questions which have been hanging fire for months. ! Among them is the controversy over the execution 'by Chinese soldiers of Shintaro Nakamura, a Japanese; and three Russian companions as spies. They carried Chinese permission to operate in Mongolia, where they were killed. News agencles said T. V. Soong, min- ister of finance for the Chinese gov- ernment, favored the appointment of such a commission. Soong allegedly made the proposal before the clash last Friday at g:luym.. near Mukden. Tokio is understood to look upon the commission proposal with favor. If such were appointed, Japan probably would be represented by Mamoru Shigemitsu, Minister to China; Kyu- jiro Hayashi, consul general at Mukden, and Count Yasuya Uchida, governor of the South Manchurian Railway. Note Reply Expected Today. Although Rengo News Agency dis- tches sald the southern section of e Chinese Eastern Railway between | Kwanchengtse and Ichienpu had beén destroyed by Chinese soldiers, there ‘were no reports of actual conflict. . Japan was expected to reply- today %o Chinese notes of protest over occu- pation by Japanese troops of Man- tschurian territory, demanding imme- diate evacuation of all territory now occupied and restoration of conditions .. @8 they were before Friday's clashes. ii" A spokesman for the Japanese foreign ¥ ‘office said Japan's answer will contain { = protest against what the government [ iders a deliberate attempt of 3 %ese regulars to “destroy property # of the South Manchurian Railway. ¥ He said the government views the “bombing of railway property at Pei- as the work of young Chinese o , . perhaps sought to re- tallate for Japan’s efforts to get at the bottom of the shooting recently of Capt. Ngkamura and his three Russian com- " panions. Recently Tokio was told that a Chi- ‘nese general and 11 soldiers were to be # executed for the “unjustified execu- i+ tions.” The foreign office spokesman sald there was no contention made that higher authorities in Mukden had any mmnu of the plans of the young ©f TS. Sixty-five Japanese Slain. The fighting at Peitaying, Kwan- chengtse and Nanling Priday was re- ported to have cost the lives of 65 Jl?a anese soldiers. Chinese casualties coul not be determined, but were sald to have been “considerable.” Chang Hsueh-Liang, military gover- mor of Manchuria, from a hospital room at Peiping, asserted that he had or- dered his troops to make no resistance against the Japanese and that there Was no organized retaliation by Chinese E gorces. i The youthful governor asserted China will refuse to be drawn'into armed con- i ith Japan. e world has been afforded the spectacle for some time past of war | { being manufactured,” he said. “It now % has been launched, so_far as Japan is concerned, but China has no inteNtion [ of being an armed party to it.” !: The Manchurian governor sald that s soon as he suspected the Japanese ’nn:ny contemplated action of some kind in Manchuria, he gave orders that, in case of attack, no resistance should be i, made by Chinese soldlers or police and * their arms and ammunition should be placed in depots. When news of an actual attack came, further orders were issued that arms should be stored and no retaliation made. i ¥ Therefore, when rifle and machine- gun fire opened and artillery-bombarded ! the military camp, arsenal and other | places in Mukden, there was no or-| | Banized retaliation by the Chinese. Demands Protection in Peiping. ‘The Japanese charge d'affaires talled | on Chang yesterday and urged that Ineasures be taken to protect Japanese nationals in Peiping. The governor as- ; sured him that steps already had been | taken to preserve order in the territory under his control. ‘The Manchurian sit- | uation was not discussed during the in- terview, it was said. Representations similar to those pre- | gented by the Japanese charge here have been made by the Japanese to | Chinese authorities at Tientsin ¥ i Two Japanese gunboats appeared off | Hulutao and Lienshanwan, in lao- | “tung Gulf, yesterday, sald an official | ryeport by Manchurian headquar! ‘here today. anc Yenchih, on the Kirin Korean border. was reported occupied ' by Japanese troops. The repor: said * that numerous Chinese officials in Man- ¥ churia had been arrested by the Jap- ®nese. « _ The Peiping and Tientsin areas so far | have been calm. Local university stud- , ents planned a demostration, but police #were instructed to suppréss any attempt | 20 incite public feeling. Word of the destruction of the rail- %¥oad near Kwanchengtse was received | Yshortly after receipt of strongly wworded protest from Nanking, charging “the occupation by Japanesc troops of | ; Mukden and other Manchurian cities | ‘ was entirely unwarranted. | + The note called attention specifically | #o the disarming cf Chinese soldiers at #Kwanchengtse, contending that such “mction ignores the Kellogg anti-war pact { ®nd threatens the peace of the Orient. Troop Withdrawal Demanded. .}J:dnkma c}e;unded the m'mw:hu vithdrawal of Japanese tre rom the waricus occupled areas \vlm Manchu- | rian territory. . A dispatch from Harbin to the Rengo News Agency said that Soviet Consul | General Orlov drew attention of Jap- anese Consul General Nakano today 1o the alleged detention of all Soviet rallway employes and the injury of two of them during the .urn-a ‘occupation of Kwan 3 akano promised - investigation. by. Chinese zaohg, Was re- A i DR. CLOYD HECK MARVIN. \YH.LIAM KNOWLES COOPER. SCHENCK BROUGHT BACK TO TESTIFY IN STAPLES CASE (Continued Prom irst Page.) Columbia from whom the Commis- sioners could choose five men to sit as a Police Trial Board, should one be required to hear any cases based upon | the recent grand jury report. Selected Carefully. “The Commissioners have gone over | this list very earefully, and have selected fhe following five gentlemen: (The names of the men selected were then given.) “All these gentlemen have accepted | the invitation solely because of their interest in the District of Columbia and their willingness to aid in a public| service. None of them is in any way associated with police affairs and all are outstanding citizens whose standing in the community and whose integrity insure a verdict which the Commis- sioners believe will be accepted as free from any bias.” Transcript Provided. Members of the Lawyers’ Investigat- ing Board were furnished today with | copies of the transcript in the Staples’ case. Of the men selected on the citizens' | board, Mr. Cooper, a member of the banking firm of Crane, Parris & Co., | formerly was general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. here and was connected with the Y. M. C. A. for many years. Mr. Lewis, & colored lawyer, is a mem. ber of the Federation of Civic Associa- tions and one of the delegates of that body to the Citizens’ Advisory Council. Jr. Marvin is president of George Was ington University. Dr. Neill is profes- sor of political economy at Catholic University and formerly United States Commissioner of Labor. Rabbi Simon, leader of the Washington Hebrew Con- tion, is & member of the Board of deut“m\n and formerly was its presi- nt. ported at Mukden and as & consequence ‘the Japanese military urged local Chi- nese to organize vigilance committees to assist in the maintenance of peace and order. Twelve looters attempting to raid the Hsinyang Rallroad station were summarily shot. | A Rengo dispatch from Mukden said that city had been placed under a mu- nldg:l administration, with Col. Kenji | as mayor and other high of- ficials chosen from the assoclation o(‘ local Japanese residents. CHINA APPEALS TO LEAGUE. Special Session of Council Called to Consider Plea Tomorrow. { GENEVA, September 21 (#).—China | formally appealed today for League of | Nations intervention in the Manchu- | rian situation under Article II of the League's Covenant. The League's Council immediately called a special session for tomorrow | morning to consider the Chinese plea, which arose from Japanese military ac- ;n‘;ly in Manchuria during the last few ays. The note of the Nanking government, delivered by Alfred Sze, Chinese Minis- ter to London, cited Article II as a whole as the basis for League interven- tion. This left the Council with broad limits within which to act. | Article II:of the League Covenant | states: . “Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the mem- bers of ‘the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations. In case any such emergency . should arise the secretary general shall on the request of any member of the League forthwith sum- mon a meeting of the Council. “It 1s also declared to be the friendly right of each member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstances whatever affecting international rel tions which threatens to disturb inte: national peace or the good understand- ing between nations upon which peace depends.” International observers pointed out that the probable action of the Council in this case would be to Invite the Jap- anese and Chinese to submit a full re- port of thelr respective positions upon incidents in Manchuria. Then Council would appoint & military com- | mission of representatives of disinter- | ested states to examine the situation in Mapuchuria and report their findings ! to the Couneil, i MOSCOW WATCHES ORIENT. | | Newspapers and Officials Refrain From Commenting on Trouble. MOSCOW, September 21 (#).—Mos~ cow is following the Sino-Japanese de- velopments in Manchuria with the | closest atténtion, but all official com- ment was withheld. All newspapers yesterday published prominently accounts of the Japanese occupation of Mukden without adding editorial observations, ‘The vernment’s 'g:lmny i h3:-”& Thien it Jointly and ern Railway, wi owns sdministers with It now is set- l Tisent of the Taliway's saten STAR, WAA'HINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1931 T A2 wxx SRS } THE: EVENING g —_______—_____________—_._.__—.—-——-——-—————-“ Citizens’ Police Trial _Board MORDER GHARGE i RABBI ABRAM SIMON. DR. CHARLES P. NEILL, WILLIAM H. LEWIS, JR. 'KEY MAN SOUGHT IN YACHT MYSTERY Mrs. Collings Says He Told Her He Was Father of Three Children. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 21.—Suffolk County sauthorities. todsy pressed a search for a middle-aged married man, whose arrest, they hoped, might solve the mystery of the death of Benjamin P. Collings in Long Island Sound. ‘This man, Mrs. Collings has told au- thorities, had taken her off the cruiser Penguin after throwing her husband in the sound, and leaving her little daugh- ter, Barbara, aboard. The man, she sald, told her he had three children and’ was married to an ignorant woman. . Detectives today ‘were awaiting word from Charlotte, N. C., police about two men who registered at a hotel there on September 2, and an anonymous letter to District Attorney Alexander G. Bluc of Suffolk County said the two men would know something about the crime. ‘Aumorlllcs did not take the letter too seriously, as hundreds of crank notes have come to both Mrs. Collings and to police. Mr. Blue returned from a week end yachting cruise today to pick up the threads of the investigation carried along by his assistant, Fred Munder, and Felix de Martini, New York private detective, De Martini headed 50 policemen in a search of the Long Island coast yester- day for possible clues to the drowning of the Stamford, Conn., engineer. Col- lings' body was washed ashore at Lioyds Neck last week. De Martini said Mrs. Collings was not under suspicion in as far as he bad gone Into the inquiry. Homer 8 Cummings, her counsel, has branded insinuations against her as unfair, ARKANSAS FARMERS’ COTTON VIEW SOUGHT Gov. Parnell Solicits Opinion on Bession to Consider Holiday. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 21. ~—Gov. Parncll called upon the farmers of Arkansas today for expressions of sentiment as to whether a special ses- sion of the General Assembly should be convened to enact cotton. relief legis- lation similar to that pending in the Texas Legislature. Special representatives sent by the Governor to Austin to study relief plans before the Texas Legislature recom- mended last night that a special session be called ts pass an acreage limitation law similar to the one iting approval | of the Texas legislators. Gov. Parnell said he would take no aetion until he had been assured a ma- Jorjty of the Arkansas farmers wanted such a law. “I have the same attitude regarding this as I had toward the Long cothon hollday plan,” he sald. “I was convinced that 90 per cent of the cotton farmers in Arkansas wanted the Long plan, and now I want to know whether they want the next best plan. “1 want the farmers to hold meetings and make known their views on the subject before I act.” Entertains Society in Barn. NEW YORK (P—Long Island soclety folk are being entertained in a ‘by ‘Lawregce converted barn, ‘owned as the “first north shore colony. He thinks it is & modest abode but it has 5 rooms and & 12-car garage. It has S. largest ball, rooms in those Crowder Taken to \Virginia After Admitting Plat to Wipe Out Family.\ (Gontinued From First Page.) overturn the canoe while the latter was paddling Mrs. Wimbley and the yhaby up the river. That he was present when a .32%cal- iber revolver was bought in a D street store before he and Crowder staxped for Dendron to bring Mrs, Wimbley afad the child to Washington. Detective Sergts. Springmann arkd Floyd Truscott, after questioning Wimbley at the seventh precinct, dis+ closed the gun was bought with $2 which Wimbley borrowed from hi room mate, Willam Max Jungren, 21, ostensibly for a visit to his first wife and children in Baltimore. Jungren to Be Freed. When Wimbley denied this, he was confronted. with Jungren, who Yepeated his statement, Wimbley maintained his denial, police said. 'Jungren, Who also has been held by police in connec- tion with the drowning, was to be re- leased today. He was not present at the picnic on_the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal above Chain Bridge, which cul- minated in the deaths of Mrs. Wimbley her daughter. “‘glsclusure B(hlt Wimbley's first wife, Mrs. Lulu M. Wimbley,fw;:ti hil;n last week askin, yment of ck alimony, was made lgulb).nlgh( by Detective Sergt. Barrett, He went to Baltimore yester- day to see the woman, but elicited no information relative to the drownings. Shé said she and Wimbley were mar- ried 10 years ago and she obtained a divorce December 2, 1920. She told Barrett she married Wimbley without knowledge of his past life or criminal record. As soon as she learned of this, she said, she had no more to do with Wimbley. The last time she saw him, she said, was in July at the Veterans’ Bureau in Washington, when she met him to collect back alimony from his bonus loan. Mother Refuses to Talk. Mrs. Emma Dickerson, Wimbley's mother—his real name is John German Dickerson—also was located in Balti- more. She refused to be interviewed. Wimbley's latest wife, who is being held at Cassville, Mo., will be brought here by Barrett if she reveals anything pertinent to the case, police said. Dis- patches from Cassville quoted her as saying she knew nothing of the drown- ings or of her husband having any other name than Dickerson. He repre- sented himself to her as a real estate dealer, she said. She has been living at Exeter, Mo., with her parents since she left Wash- ington about 10 days ago. She had been employed here as a clerk in the Census Bureau. Wimbley apparently was as puzzling his mailbox at 306 C street, where he had a room, was written, “H. G. Dicker- son, also Wimbley.” Even his landlady, Mrs. Eugene J. Leonard was confused. She thought Dickerson and ‘Wimbley were two separate rsons and told police on the day of the drownings that Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson had left her house several days before. She made this statement only half an hour after talking to Wimbley. IS BELIEVED LOCATED Philadelphia Paper Says Woman Mentioned in Drowning Case Is Ex-Ship Stewardes: By the Associated Press. —The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin tioned in the case of Elisha Kent Kane, charged with drowning his wife near Hampton, Va., is a former resident of Mount Holly, N. J., temporarily living in Philadelphia, The Bulletin says hér name is Eliza- beth Harris Dahl, that she is about 40 years old and is & divorcee. Her father, now dead, was John W. Harris, a deputy clerk of Burlington County. Virginla authorities held Kane after they had received information that Kane had received letters, apparently from a woman, signed “E. H. D.” Mrs. Dahl, the Bulletin says, came to Philadelphia several days ago after a day’s visit with a brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Harris of Belleville, N. J., about 9 miles from Na\' York City. Both her sister-in-law and 1lr brother said it was “absurd” to con- strue Mrs. Dahl's letters as being “af- fectionate” and described them as being written only with the frankness of a woman who is writing to a friend she has known for a long time. Mrs. Dahl was a stewardess on the liner America until the ship was laid up for repairs, Formerly she held a similar position on the Leviathan. THREE PITTSBURGH BANKS ARE CLOSED Highland National and Franklin Savings (State) Follow Bank of Pittsburgh, By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 21.—The Highland National Bank of Pittsburgh and the PFranklin Savings and Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, a State institution, were closed today following the decision of the directors of the Bank of Pitts- burgh, National Association, to ask the controller of the currency to take charge of its assets. The Highland National Bank was closely identified with the Bank of Pittsburgh, National Association, J. D. Swigart, chief State bank { examiner, sald the Franklin savings in- stitution was closed because it had a large share of its funds on deposit with | the .Bank of Pittsburgh, National As- sociation. Closing of the latter institution was announced early today. = James C. Chaplin, vice president of the Clear. ing House Association of Pittsburgh, sald the action was due to a drain “which has arisen most largely from withdrawals of deposits made by banks in other sections of the country.” The Ig.:.k]repofl!d assets of $53,343,953 last {July 1. The directors of the Highlan [ tional Bank said that in!ltgituuosi 1::‘ threatened with large withdrawals due to the closing of the affiliated bank, and that it was their opinion that the best interests of the depositors and creditors would be - most fully protected by suspension. They, therefore, decided to gl::e the institution’s affairs in the nds of the controller of the currency. o Head Sailboat for England. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (#).— An American and a Canadian ave on the |of the way to Plymouth, England, foot satlboat Chlcagoan- Then. Herman Bahr, natu; . J. Harding ‘They took to his neighbors as he is to police. On |4 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 21. p today says that the “Betty Dodd” men- | ,, | i IWIMBLEY T FACE IMAUREEN ORCUTT LEADS QUALIERS Makes Prelimiriary Round in National Women’s Golf Meet in 82. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSVILLE, N. ¥., September 21.—With a round of 82, one over wom- en’s par, Maureen Orcutt-of Englewood, N. J., a finalist in 1927, today took the lead, temporarily at least, in the 18-hole qualifying round of the women's na- tional golf champlonship. The = defending champion, ~Mrs. Glenna Collett - Vare of Philadelphia posted an 82 to enter into a tie with Miss Orcutt for early medal honors. 44 at Turn. Miss Orcutt played the first three holes in par and took a 7 on the par 5 fourth when she dubbed her aproach and three-putted. She also dropped a stroke to par on the short sixth when her tee shot was trapped. She reached he turn in 44. 3 Starting_back with a par on the eleventh, Miss Orcutt got back two stirokes on the eleventh when she rolled i a 12-footer for an eagle 3. She was & stroke better than par on the fourteenth, but lost that advantage when she took an extra putter on the eighteenth green. Miss Orcutt's card: ‘Womien's par Bou'fi 55 5—4 Miss Orcutt 5557 4 4 5 4 5—4 ‘Women’s par in— 45355535 54081 Miss Orcutt. 4 335453 5 6—38—82 Loses Good Chance. Mrs. Vare was out in 40, one under par, with birdies on the first and ninth holes, and threw away an excellent | chance of taking the lead for the mecal v] utted the seventeenth and eens. 1 4 Calif., runner-up to Mrs. Vare in 1929, returned an 88. Mrs. Pressler was out in 45, with & 7 on the par 4/fifth hole. An 8 on the thirteenth hole spoiled her chances of coming back in par. Mrs, Pressler's card: . 55557855545 .3638553505 4388 One of the strongest favorites, Helen Hicks of Hewlett, L. I, whose qualify- ing partner was Mrs. Vare, had 42—45 for ‘an 87. Sixes on three par 5 holes coming in largely accounted for her be- ing 5 over par for the second nine. Miss Hicks' card: out . 54654364542 m. 1454645506 6—45—87 alifying_round summaries follow: s«‘:m Teo Federman, New York City, 44—46—90. Bernice Wall, ' Oshkosh, Wis,, 45— 44—89. Ada Mackinzie, Toronto, 42—48—90. Prances Willlams, Lehigh, Pa., 43— 14— Mrs. Norman 8. Goldberg, Long Branch, N. J, no card. Eddis, Toronto, 42— Mrs. Charles 8. 46—88. Marion D. Morgan, Wanakah, N. Y., 48—46—94. Mrs. R. E. Winger, Fort Worth, Tex., 49—47—06. Honor Bright, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 47—49—96. Mrs. Leona Pressler, San Gabriel, Calif., 45—43—88. Mrs. M. T. Lake, Flushing, Ng Y., 44—46—90. Maureen Orcutt, Englewcod, N. 44—38—82. Mrs. Hazel Martelle, Hartford, Conn., 53—46—99. Mrs. Roy Qreen, Culver City, Calif., 44—46—90. Peggy Wattles, Buffalo, N. Y., 47— 45—92. «Marion Pisher, Tuckahoe, N. Y., 48— 47—95. Mrs. Helen P. Corson, Philadelphia, Pa., 45—44—89. Mrs. Kennon Rodwell, Norfolk, Va., no card. Virginia Van Wie, Chicago, 41— 4—85. 2 Jane Brooks, Sparkhill, N. Y., 46— 5—01. Mrs. H. B. Stetson, Philadelphia, 46—47—93. ::.\'l. John Arends, Detroit, 49—49 Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, Philadel- phia, 40—42—82. Helen Hicks, Lido, N. Y., 42—44—86. Out n TWO IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS LEAVE ON SMUGGLING PROBE (Continued Prom First Page.) racketeer had been shot to death in an office building in New York, is believed to be the principal cause of the in- vestigation into affairs of this bureau. ‘The slaying of this racketeer also caused the limelight to be turned on the Immigration Bureau. A woman clerk is sald to have assisted him to obtain his citizenship through fraud. The department said her arrest is likely. Forged entry blanks and other counterfeit immigration papers have been turned up by agents since Secre- tary Doak ordered the investigation on a Nation-wide scale nine months ago. Department officials also said today that Garsson had obtained a confes- sion in New York from Alfred G. Bral, an Army corporal stationed at the Army disciplinary barracks at Fort Jay, that he permitted Dr. Umberto Bianchi, Sing Sing convict, to escape. Promised $400,000. Bral said that he had been promised, according to the confession, a $400,000 fortune and & “beautiful 17-year-old blonde,” to aid the prisoner, who is said to be & Rumanian nobleman and a notorious international confidence man, to gain his freedom. The escaped prisoner, it was ex- plained, was to have been the Govern- ment’s principal witness in its effort to convict a score of men of smuggling aliens as the result of the recent in- vestigations. Twenty-eight men are now under arrest in New York alone on charges of conspiracy of alien smug- gling fhvolving some 8,000 aliens. Bral confessed to Garsson and his superior officer after a 12-hour grill- ing, admitting that Blanchi gave him $3,000 in cash and an order on the Bank of Prance for $400,000 more. After Blanchi escaped, Bral was to buy his discharge with the $3,000, go to Paris, draw his money and meet the “blue-eyed blonde,” who would be wait- ing for him. Army authorities, according to_an Associated Press dispatch from New York, announced today that Bral, a veteran of 15 years’ service and a re- ciplent of several war decorations, faced court-martial. THREE HUR.T BY PLANE Girl One of Two Passengers in Michigan Accident. MT. CLEMENS, Mich., September 21 (#)—The pllot and two passengers, one of them a girl, were seriously injured today when a plane fell into Lake St. Clair near 12-mile road. They were 8t. Joseph's rescued and removed to Ho’l“fi’owmmn' J Singelyn, was. James B Lake Shore g fell from s height in'ive tosh | Bogus Money Orders Passed in First Day N the upper photo children in the looks on. Left to right: Barnhard, Heglen Hendricks In the lower photo: Principal of School first grade of the Thomson School are * shown practicing writing their names as Mrs. Rose Carmack, teacher, Mrs. Carmack, Mary Wilson, Marfe .Winters, Bill and Patricia Lewis. Finckel of the Thomson School is seen | signing up Vivian Watson, 6, of 1330 Eleventh street, who appeared at school for | the first time with her mother, Mrs. Vivian Watson. —Star Stafl Photos. MAJL HENRY DALY RITES WEDNESDAY Funeral for Retired Officer Will Be Held at Sa- cred Heart.. Funeral services for Maj. Henry W. Daly, U.8. A, retired, 81 years old, who died Priday at Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., will be held here at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart at 11 o'clock Wed- nesday morning. Military services and burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Since his retirement, in 1922, Maj. Daly had resided part of the time at the home of a daughter, Clara J. Daly, at 1440 Monroe street. Maj. Daly had served for more than 50 years in the Army’s mounted service. He was among the pioneers employed by Gen. George Crook shortly after the Civil' War in training mules and de- veloping pack trains for use in rough and mountainous country. His manual on pack transportation, written more Had Wide Service. With the pack service, Daly served in Mexico, Alaska, Cuba, China and the Philippines. He accompanied Gen. Crook in the Indian wars, campaigning against the Shoshones, Apaches, Yumas, Pimas, Tontos, Sioux and Cheyennes. In the war with Spain he took charge of pack trains in Cuba. During the World War, at the age of 67, he was commissioned captain, Quartermaster Reserve Corps, and pro- moted to major in 1918. Born in Ireland in 1850, Maj. Daly emigrated to the United States at 15. He crossed the American Continent from New York to Vancouver, British Columbia, by stage-coach shortly after the Civil War. In the early 70s he en- tered the Government service. Pack Train Instruetor. During Gen. Hugh L. Scott's term as superintendent of West Point, Maj. Daly was Jdnstructor of pack transpor- tation there. He was ccntinued in the service long after retirement age, be- cause of his position as authority on pack transportation. Maj. Daly had contributed several ar- | ticles on the Indian campaigns to the American Legion Monthly, and at the time of his death was engaged in the eparation of a book to be entitled | “With the Old Army on the Great American Desert. Maj. Daly is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine McGrath Daly; hi daughter, Miss Clara J. Daly of this city, | and two stepchildren, Catherine E. Mul- | roy and Robert E. Mulroy, COTTON PARLEY DELAYED | New Orleans Growers’ Session Now‘ Set for Nov. 16 and 17. COLUMBIA, 8. September 21 (P). —J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association, announced yesterday that the South-wide conven- tion of cotton farmers scheduled to be held in New Orleans tober 1 to 3 hn.; k;e_,en postponed until November 16 and 17. ‘The convention was called to com- plete plans for cotton acreage reduction next year. ' TWO HELD IN FORGERIES Pittsburgh, Officers Charge. PITTSBURGH, September 21 (#)— 0 Negroes, Luke Wylie and Estelle 'ylie, Newark, N. J., e been ar- rested by post office inspectors on charge that they are members of which has been Prusm‘ bozm money orders in the Pittsburgh trict. Five others were apprehend recently. Inspectors said the bogus or- ders also had been passed in New York, Baltimore, Washington and other East- ern cities. Boots Prote: SYDNEY, Australia (;t Dogs’ Feet. (NANA)— than 20 years ago, still serves as the | official test. % YEAR'S ARMS MOYLE AND ALLEN | | Pacific Flyers Hop 600 Miles on Diesel Fuel—Halt for Repairs. By the Assoclated Press. NOME, Alaska, September 21.—Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen, California fiyers who failed in an attempt to make | a non-stop flight from Japan to Amer- ica and were missing for several days in the North Pacific, arrived here last night after a flight of about 600 miles from Miano Pilgino, Siberia. ‘The aviators arrived at 6:05 pm. (9:05 Pacific standard time), having left the Siberian coast at 9:15 am. Monday (Siberian time), the difference being accounted for in their crossing of the international date line. | “Moyle and Allen said they had been | unable to obtatn aviation gasoline in Siberia and asserted they had used Diesel engine fuel to fly across the Bering Sea to Nome. They sald they burned a hole in the exhaust pipe of their plane, but that otherwise it was in good condition. Will Repaif Plane. ‘The flyers said they would remain here today to work on their plane and sttend receptions. “We are pretty.glad to return to American soil again,” said Moyle as he climbed out of the plane. “We are feeling fine, although we had a close call with freezing weatHer.” Moyle sald they flew into several snowstorms while crossing the Bering Sea. Bad weather he said, forced them to go far up the Siberian coastline be- fore making the crossing. Started Flight September 7. ‘The flyers left Samushiro Beach, Japan, September 7 with a heavy load of gasoline, announcing they expected to make a 4,465-mile non-stop flight to Seattle. Nine days later they turned up at Miano Pflfilno after having been picked up on a little island off the Si- berian coast by a Russian ship. They said they had flown 34 hours over the Pacific, had been forced down on an uninhabited island of the Aleu- tian chain and had managed to take |off for Siberia again after spending eight days on the Aleutian island wait- ing out a storm. TRUCE PROPOSED BY ITALY Gentlemen's Agreement Asked af Geneva—Wilson Seated as U. S. Spokesman. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, September 21. —The Italian government proposed to the League of Nations Assembly today that a’ gentlemen's agreement be ar- rived at for a one-year armament truce on land, on sea and in the air. ‘The proposal was presented -to the Jisarmament Committee, in which Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland, had just taken his seat. As explained by the Itallan spokes- man, Gen. Alberto de Martinis, the project is an extension of the sugges- tion made to the Assembly by Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister. The application of the truce would be separate for the three arms. For land armaments it would forbid aug- men'.lnf expenses. For naval arma- ments it would suspend all new con- struction. For air armaments it would forbid the construction of & new mili- tary air macbine, except for the pur- pose of replacing those becoming un- e CWilaon - xpected o $hi btk 3 ex| e }t‘efih’-" the day in th; committee's upon proj for a_holida: in the it naval -mnZ Australian ranch owners are now pro- Viding their dogs with boots to Pro- “tect, feet against thorns. R mh.'ln!v by the lo;:l;.) o) bk construction Tt was not expected that the Ameri oan ‘would have of the Wi ARRIVE. AT NOME ISHOUSE IN FAVOR OF BEER PLATFORM Democratic Chairman - Also Advocates National Pro- hibition Referendum. By the Associated Press. | A Democratic platform declaring for | light wines and beer and a prohibition referendum are favored by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the party's Na- tional Executive Committee. Other legisiation which he would have Democrats advocate in the com- ing session of Congress includes abo- lition of the Farm Board, tariff re- visions, re-enactment of the Wagner bill to establish employment offices na- tionally, the five-day week for Federal | employes and opposition to the use of lthe injunction in labor disputes. Shouse’s views, which he described were published by National ~ Democratic Club in the Democratic bulletin. The bulletin also has asked other party leaders fo submit their platform ideas. Shouse said the party should pleflgl itself for a prohibition referendum by offering a substitute for the eighteenth amendment. Congress first would have to pass the substitute. Shouse held, however, in voting on it the members “need not volce personal indorsement.” but could “merely state a willingness to offer the people the chance to pass judgment in the knowledge that unless and until ratified by three-quarters of the States the substitute cannot be effective.” Immense Revenue Promise. He urged immediate amendment of the Volstead act to legalize light wines and beer, contending the beer tax lone would yield immense revenue and ployment would be provided for ‘several hu thousand idle men.” The Democratic leader criticized the Hoover administration and condemned national isolation as & foreign policy. On the intergovernmental debt mora- torlum, he ‘saild President Hoover “waited until the last minute of the last hour of the last day.” After repeal of the Farm Board act as a means for agricultural relief, Bhouse placed reduction of what he saw as extortionate tariffs. He said machinery could ‘be devised whereby “a profitable domestic price for the stable commodities can be maintained the exporting surplus disposed of at the expense of the crop benefited.” Local regulation was set up as the way to correct alleged abuses by util. ities. If it is necessary for the Govern- ment to luce power to reserve the sources of power for the people, then it was advocated that such be don ““The open saloon,” Shouse said, he instigation motive of prohibi. tion legislation. It must not be allowed to return. Equally, the illicit saloons which have sprung up by the tens of housands must be closed. Question for the Public. After suggesting that members of Congress vote for a prohibition refer- endum, he added: “Can & real believer in Democratic ma- should, through a referendum, favor a change there is them?” = - edo He suggested State control if a change be made, “with every protection to those States which desire a continuance of prohibition within their borders.” PUPILS SIT ON FLOOR AS OFFICIALS SEEK DELAYED FURNITURE (Continued From First Page.) expectations authorities, ings were baving woodwork tracked up and numerous items of school equipment were still being installed. Mr. Crane’s custodial staff worked until late Saturday and all day yesterday, including particularly the Powell and Stuart Junior High Schools, cleaning up the debris left by workmen and lling furniture in the old portions of those buildings. 70,000 Enrolling. At the Lafayette School, Thirty-sev- enth street and Broad Branch road, & new building completed during the past week, only two of the eight classrooms ‘were equip) this morning with any furniture. ~ The two rooms boasting such equipment had pupils. A similar at the Mann School in \ Wesley Heights, where Ballou’s children attend. bout pleces of class room furniture, shipment of which was delayed when Controller General McCarl late in July ruled ad- versely on a contract for its manufac- ture which the District Commissioners had already entered into. When Mr. Crane pointed out that that delay on the contract ht result in the open- ing of schools us furniture, the con- troller general reversed his first deci- sion, and the manufacturers undertook ‘The first carload of ment, which is expected momen! includes 60 desks for the Crosby-Noyes School, 99 desks for the Lafayette School, 134 Mann 99 desks for the Whittier Schoo! Children of the Jo School, at Hiatt and Lamont places, in Mount Pleasant, found on the sidewalk this mornin; up in the open air for lays in installation of the new plant forced the District Repair Shop to re- move the old t from the basement to the sidewalk, where is was rigged with a temporary galvanized iron smokestack for use as long as necessary. ‘The plant will ly remain there until the end of October.