Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1931, Page 2

i CHINESE MINISTER IS INJURED BY MOB €. T. Wang of Foreign Office Is Attacked by Students for League Failure. - 3 (Continued From First Page.) \ policy, with which Nanking was , that course would be con- tinued. The Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations shortly after the occupation by Japanese troops last week of several cities announced that been necessitated Manchuria. ~ Ja) the occupation by attempts of the Chinese military to destroy a bridge of the Japanese- operated South Manchurian Railway near Mukden and by threats against the life and property of its nationals elsewhere in Manchuria. Denies Territorial Designs. The Tokio government disclaimed any territorial designs upon Man- churia and announced that occupa- tional troops would be withdrawn when the situation permitted. Japan took the position that the dispute was one involving only the two countries wnd suf direct negotiations be- tween Nanking and Tokio for settle- ment of the problem. China pinned its hopes on League intervention, which was denied. Dr. Wang is 49 years old and a graduate of Yale University, having won membership in Phi Beta Klpr, the scholastic fraternity, after receiving his bachelor of zrts degree in 1910. He returned to China in 1811 and was appointed secretary of the Chinese Y. M. C. A, Wang assisted in the formation of the provisional government after the revolution of 1911 and was appointed minister of commerce and indus- in 1913. After serving in several other positions he became foreign minister in 1928. China Answers Stimson. ‘The Nationalist government made public tonight China’s reply to the note of Henry L. Stimson, American Secretary of State, which urged China and Japan to confine military opera- tions in Manchuria to requirements of international law. The Chinese note, after expressing gratification for the United States note, Tecapitulates the high spots of the Japanese occupation of Southern Man- churia. It accuses Japan of trampling under foot international ents. The Chinese government, it says, can con- ceive of no other way to satisfy require- ments of international law and interna- tional agreement than for Japan to withdraw her troops immediately and completely from occupied areas and give full redress. The note concludes by expressing MANCHURIAN STATE SET UP. A — Gen. Hsi Sia Heads Provisional Kirin Province Government. ‘TOKIO, September 28 (#).—A Rengo News Agency report from Mukden today i thoroughly discussed, with decided by delegates chosen by the people. ‘The Tokio newspaper Nichi Nichi said the pew state was to mark the direct break of that territory from the status of & plaything in the hands of militarists. Japan Frames Note. A Japanese reply to United States that Japan, “in common with the hope of the American Government,” already has refrained from further hostilities in l):.'lmhln‘ll. was to Be dispatched last ‘The Japancse reply adds that Japan is taking every precaution to prevent any extension of trouble and stresses its contention that Japan is abstaining from violating any international agree- ments. Meanwhile, officials here expressed some concern over the serious situation faced by Japancse nationals in South China. Dispatches received frcm Can- ton and Hongkong report several have been killed as the result of anti-Jap- anese feeling. POLICE ORDERED TO SHOOT. Patrols Armed With Rio$ Guns at | Hongkong and Kowloon. HONGKONG, China, September 28 (#)—Policemen, armed with riot guns and bearing orders to “shoot without warning if necessary” today patrolled the streets of Hongkong and Kowloon, Injured by THE :_EVENING. won ] TEVENS ASSALS | WLSON CHARGES FOREIGN MINISTER C. T. WANG. DAVISON T0 RUSH WAGE SCALE PLAN Holds Conferences on Pay by Contractors on Munic- ipal Projects.” Maj. Donald A. Davison, Acting En-' gineer Commissioner, held two confer- ences today on controversial matters involved in the wages to be paid by con- | S°FC tractors on municipal contracts, follow- ing which he announced he expect “almost - immediately” to be able formulate for the consideration of the District Commissioners & standard wage scale “satisfactory to all.” The situation appeared to have brought 1o a head today after the re- ceipt last week of a letter from Secre- tary of-Labor Commissioners scale in the District be adopted as the “prevailing scale” to be paid on munic- ipal projects. District officlals, as on Saturday, de- clined to discuss Secretary Doak’s let- ter, or even admit it had been re- ceived. Maj. Davison said it was cor- Tect that the chairman of the board, kDr' ll'e‘:m 1“&» Tef now] of tter bel , #nd e himselt said he would Beithes deny nor affirm that such a letter had been Teceived. It was learned, however, letter was not directed to the Distric ted | yet to Doak suggesting to the | House to that the union wage | Hoover's visit ‘Was] , accompanied that the | ieng.to the White House and | duced him to the President. Untrue and Undignified, Says New Legion Head. < Visits President. SRS Henry L. Stevens, jr, new national commander of the American Leglon, to- day assailed as “untrue and undigni- fled” charges made by Dr. Clarence True Wilson that the Legion’s conven- tion at Detroit last week was & “drunken He pointed out the fact “these men denied themselves a cash bonus does not suggest the work of men indulging in an orgy.” Stevens took issue with Dr. Wilson, secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, following & call upon President: Hoover at the White House. Asked for an expression regarding the dry leader’s reference to the “drunken orgy,” the'new Legion head at first pre- ferred to treat the matter with “quiet dignity,” as he expressed it, but when pressed further for comment he said: “In all my experience, I never saw more sober-minded gathering than at ‘lhn American Legion gonvenuon in De- it. trof - Committee Worked Hard. “If Dr. Wilson or any one else had seen these committeemen at work pre- paratory , to the presentation of the major resolutions on the floor of the convention, he would have been con- vinced of the sober reflection given by these Leglonnaires upon the business before them. “The hours of energy spent by them in working out resolutions showed they reflected in & most sober manner and that their results were the outcome of not see Dr. in Demm convention and I have meet one person who did see him there. I think his reference to the con- duct of the men of the Legion is un- dignified and his claims are untruthful b and lacking in accuracy.” t's Call Returned. . Stevens calfed at the White e rn formally President the Detroit conven- tion, and to mflu l;:l;mlor wnle:'nn( t honor U] n. m;u also Snvhedm Mr.-Hoover to address the American Legion Armistice day ceremonies here on November 11. The President addressed a similar celebra- tion two years ago and said he would take toddy’s invitation under advise- elderfer, had no | ment. Ralph T. O'Neil, retiring Legion com- mander, and Col. John Thomas lor, legislative executive of the Legioh in Comdr. Ste- intro- Mr. Ste- Commisioners, but to Maj. H. L. Robb, » | vens said the President thanked him in one of the Assistant Engineer Commis- | e S0 5 "0 1} 07 2100 for the cordial sioners. Maj. Davison admitted he had been “repeatedly in conference on the wage question with officials of the Labor De- partment for a long time.” He held two meetings this with con- tract officers on various w] scale the result| arrived yesterday and kindly manner in which he was re- ceived at the convention and also ex- his appreciation.of the Legion's adverse action on the bonus resolution. Stevens Encounters Drys, Reiterating that he is “a personal ry from a dry-voting State” Stevens from Detroit to that he expected to liv:}mhu & definite | find the Legion the chief objective of a o| BANK BANDITS KIDNAP THREE AND TAKE $6,000 ing Teller to Aid in Robbery. By the Assoctated Press. BORGER, Tex., September 28.—The Borger State Bank was robbed of about Ro.and teller, and forced the safe last night. The robbers trailed Rugel teller, J, B. Castle, and :'nl:tym out on a lonely tied Jooting the safe, the robbers took Rugeley to where his companions were held, tled and escaped. and notified carried out the actual robbery. BOOTLEGGING GANG SOUGHT IN MURDER OF 3 IN VIRGINIA (Continued From First Page.) dence that Miller may have been con- nected with the moonshiners. Several footprints leading from the woods to the home were found yester- day, but after tracing them for nearly’ a mile they became indistinct in the grassy woods. In the presence of nearly 300 per- sons the remains of all three victims were lowered into a grave at Belle- haven in one casket yesterday. The spectators included relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev.. Mur- Church at Bellehaven. SHERIFF PESSIMISTIC. on the mainland opposite this British port, as the result of anti-Japanese riots and demonstrations. | The known casualties stood at nine dead and dozens injured. Six of the | deaths were in one family. { The Nanking government's peace delegation arrived today end met with Jeaders of the insurgent Canton gov-| ernment. Purther conferences probably will be held in Canton. HAVANA CHINESE PROTEST. Urge That Chiang Declare War on Japan in Manchuria, HAVANA, September 28 (#).—Several thousand of Havana's Chinese colony, sald to be the largest of any city in the world outside of China, gathered yester- day in and around their theater to pro- test Jlglnue occupation of Manchuris. At the conclusion of the meeting it ‘was agreed to cable China's President. in Nankin, king an immediate decla- ration of war on Japan and offering “unconditional support” and “our blood in defense of the national honor.” PARADE IN SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO, September 28 (#). —Carrying banners geading “Down with Japanese imperialism” and “All Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., September 2 Sheriff John P. Kerlin of Prince Wi liam County declared today he was convinced the missing portions of th bodies of Goodwin Miller and his wife, burned to death with their child las Frideay morning near Triangle, were cremated in the fire. He sald the fire, followed by heavy rain, which drenched the ashes and removed all traces of wheel marks on the roads nearby, had wiped out all evidence which might show foul play. 8he lared the Dbelief that the Millers had been killed be- fore the fire, but said unless some evi- dence was obtained from a source thus 1ar undisclosed che investigation prob- ably would have to be closed for the present. Thomas H. Lion, commonwealtn nlom‘:i' believes the deaths were ac- cidental. DEFIES TEAR GAS MILLTOWN, N. J., September 28 (#). —A robber today held up a clerk in the PFirst National Bank and escaped with several paci s of $20 bills, not- withstanding a fic of tear gas, released by the cashier. The man thrust a revolver through imj must unite to fight Japan,” several hundred inese paraded in protest here yesterday against the re- cent occupation of Manchurian cities by Japanese troops. GENEVA 18 HOPEFUL. A, September 28 (#)—A hope- last night his advisers the possibility of re- Council to ask the cage at Russell Grey, a teller. - er employes heard the demand for money. and fell to the floor as Grey pushed the g:ckuu to the robber. Ed- ward Kuhithau, the cashier, pressed the button of a tear-gas system, but the robber ran to his automobile before the gas took effect. Officers believed the loss would amount to only $200 or $300. WILL TALK ON ORIENT A L The Star, will give tonignt before Citizens' Assoc} an {llustrated lecture the North 1 Manchuris, Bind Girls and Escort While Forc-|tude and fishing 1s | Jority,” he declared. concerted attack of o ized dry forces. ‘Tied up with the as the butt of the prohibitionists’ 1932 campaign are labor unions, doctors and: lawyers, whose national organizations all have gone on record recently in favor of modification or repeal of the Volstead act. Anxiously anticipati week of soli- at anoke Island, N. C,, the new national commander, his ice hoarse from a week of talking the Legion convention, met crys here intent upon reaching prohibition adherents in the Legion, whom they contend failed to attend the convention and cast their votes against the referendum resolution. Stevens said he was in favor cf “really %0 OPen | fnding out what the American people another wl‘nt" in regard to the liquor question. t the ma- e of the best zhct! to feel the pulse of the people in & Pullman smoking room. “I have yet to sit in on a smoker conversation where the subject did not eventually drift to prohibition and stay there for a thorough discussion. “I belleve we should really find out ‘what the American people want. That will end it, one way or another.” The method of “finding out,” Stevens $21d, was “up to the States.” “All Not Represented.” Ernest H. , chairman of the prohibition board of strategy launch- ing the drive to corral the dry vote, belleves, however; “it is self-evident that the action taken by the delegates to the Legion convention was not rep- resentative of the whole body. “The great body of these ex-soldiers has not found opportunity for expres- sicn through their organization,” Cher- rington concluded. ‘The dry board of strategy attacked organized labor for its wet stand, de- claring it failed to consider local lsbor unions “whose support of this national policy is being ignored by professional labor leaders.” . The board added that it believed a majority of the Legion and labor, at- torneys and physicians “is in favor of is a Governmen! rav Taylor at the New School Baptist ' the maintenance of the eighteenth amendment." / Notwithstanding the controversy over prohibition and beer, Stevens d his visit to the Capital was more concerned with veteran rehabilitation measures to be discussed in legislative halls this Winter. On the bonus issue the 35- year-old commander declared: “The President made a fine presen- tation and it was cordially recelved. But I realize that, even 50, many bills for the bonus will be introduced at the next session of ress. However, it considered judgment of the that the delegates represen! sentiment of the back home.” BODY BARES SLAYING OF CHICAGO GANGSTER Slain Man Linked With Disappear- ance of Dry Raider Be- lieved Killed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 28.—The body of Joseph Pellegreno, sa'd by police to be a minor gangster, was found yester- day at the side of a highway near Arlington Cemetery, on the outskirts of Chicago'’s West He had been shot to_death. person to see Police Lieut. Rocco Passerella, the ‘“ace dry raider of Melrose Park,” before the officer appeared June 15. Passerella lieved to have been slain. TEXAS BANK CLOSES is be. 3 ber 28 City Central Trust Co. announced last night the bink's affairs had been placed Bai that in the hands of James Shaw, Texas 4 , and yon, cssociate editor of | bank bank in charge of B. H. Wooten, for the The ! statement. ‘103 bank showed t. Pellegreno was reported to be the last | gotermined STAR, WASHINGTON, Widow Elopes g . U. D. C. PRESIDENT IS WED TO REAL ESTATE MAN. MRS, CARL TIMBERLAKE, ‘The former Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, 46, president of the District of Coltimbia Soeees Siopea Jast miomts with Car 1 ;. € month W 7} Timberiake, 36-year-old Florida < real estate operator, it became known here today. g Revealing their plans only to their closest friends, the couple eloped to Rockyille on August 27 and were mar- ried by Rev. Albert Osborn, They re- turned to Washington- immediately and shortly thereafter Timberlake returned to_his real estate business in Flori Mrs. Timberlake, who also is promi- nent in local activities of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, said today she plans to join ber husband in I;ecambu They will make ' their home “in the ” she sald. ‘The bride, who lives at 1411 Newton street, will leave here in November to attend the nual Congress of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. SCANDINAVIA DROPS USE OF GOLD BASIS Sweden and Norway Suspend Standard of (:urrency.. ' Denmark May Follow. (Continued From First Page.) weakness in the treasury. - The people must buy more Swedish goods in order to improve the balance of trade, he sald, and the government would immediately discuss measures to that end. ‘The Commissioners of the Riksbank said there had been heavy demands on Sweden for gold afier Great Britain's action and that foreigh currency and the Riksbank’s gold reserve had been reduced last week by 100,000,000 krona ($25,000,000) while hope of obtaining for credit sufficlent to assure the supply of foreign currency had not been fulfille Norway's withdrawal from the gold standard and placing of an embargo on gold exports were decreed for an in- definite period by the cabinet, The dis- | count rate of the Bank of Norway was raised from 5 per cent to 8 per cent. Agree on Joint Action.. At the same time {he central banks of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Fin- land announced they had decided on joint measures to maintain the parity of thefr respective currencies while the suspension was in effect. ‘The two countries’ move was inter- preted in financial circles as an act of caution rather than of need, because it was felt that both were in compara- tively sound - positions. The effect of the downward movement of the pound on their currencies was said to have made the step inevitable. Sweden ended the first half of the fiscal year in July with a surplus of several million kroner, according to figures from the ministry of finance, and her trade’balance showed exporis and.imports virtually unchanged. Nor- :Ily lhl:'ed,l'fg& W{“ &,:on‘ooo roner (about $1, ) for same period. 620 NORWAY WELCOMES CHANGE. ! Ship Owners' and Exporters Espocially Pleased by End of Gold Standard. OSLO, Norway, ber 28 (A).— The decision that the currencles of Sweden and Norway are to follow the pound ster] ‘with general satisfaction among ship owners and exporters. ‘The greater part of the Norwegian mercantile marine is fixed on a time charter, with payment in sterling, a decline” in which would reduce - the present profit to a direct loss. The same applies Yo the sulphite and paper industries. - 'NO DECISION REACHED, Danish Cabinet Awajts Report From Head of Natiomal Bank. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Septem- ber 28 (#)—The Danish cabinet met today to consider the problem of the gold standard, but no decision was reached. ~Premier Stauning said he was awaiting @ report from the Na- tional Bank of Denmark. FINLAND WON'T FOLLOW. Riksbank Says It #Has No Intention of Suspending. Gold - Basis. HELSINGFORS, Finland, September 28 (#)—The Finnish Riksbank de- clared today it “had’ n8 Intention of follow] the example of Sweden and Norway in suspending the gold standard. BANK IN FULL CONTROL. e Athens Délegates Authority on All Gold Transactions. ATHENS, September 28 (#).—The Bank of Greece has been vested with complete control of orders for the pur- chase or sale of gold coin and foreign curréncy. All demangds will be ex- amined by a Special Committee ap- pointed by the bank, and exporters must turn into the bank the proceeds of export sales in foreign currencies, receiving the equivalent in drachmas. WARNS AGAINST INFLATION. BERLIN, September 28 (#).—Qer- many cannot risk another period - of inflation, Chancellor Heinrich Bruening told the German Association of Savings today, and the government is to resist all tendencies to- ward infiation, “When one standard of the world's dis- | cyrrencies begins to fluctuate,” he said, Id_standard, rerring to the British gol p :{ is difficult to foresee the conse- quences and, therefore, even more im- portant for governments to steer a steady course. Germany has embarked on a pi of deflation and must stick to i Germany’s currency must be_held firm.” The recent events in England may encourage those who favor “watering” the currency, sald the chancellor, “but it must not be forgotten that Great Britain is still immensely stronger than Germany. A poor: country must be a cheap country, and if req ments and can be developed in this direc results achieved on a solid basis :.m be bmz:. than those whm; w cation of the currency ) e off "the gold standard | °°: B O MASON AWAITING - LIQUOR SENTENCE Attempted Intimidator Third-Degree Witness Faces Penalty. of Cecil Mason, who is alleged to have asked a Government witness to “go easy” on a headquarters detective in- volved in the third- estiga- tion because the d:!:: ive h’:fl‘ saved on” Tauor chargs our "day before th;‘ mummuanmmcmm i pears court records, how- ever, mnt Mason is due to “take a rap” of some sort in the liquor case, for fie pleaded guilty to®a charge of illegal possession and is awaiting sentence, Pleads Guilty, Mason also pleaded 11t to a formal charge of o'&ufmfi‘n'a‘";"’: tice in_ the case of “United Stl‘a! versus Robert Barrett et al” Barrett is a headquarters detective. Mason has denied that any one instigated his al- leged attempt to influence testimony ;t. b:r grand jury witness, George B. Mason’s alleged accomplice in dttempt, Maurice 0'Oonnapr. a Dlutrtl!;: employe, pleaded not gullty to a simi- lar charge. Court records show Mason was ar- rested September 14 last outside a place of business on Georgia avenue said to belong to O'Connor. The iatter was not involved in the arrest. The arrest was made by Policemen McVeary, Auffenberg_and McMullen, members of Inspector Bean's vice squad, who charged him with possession of I]s:ven pints of “white liquor.”” Mason | former” prior to his arrest. Mason also was charged with driving without a permit and registration card. The records show Mason entered a plea of guilty in Police Court and that sentence was deferred until October 3. 'nuuuflpmaltyonmhlnrlaun fine of two or three hundred dollars. mines. Apparently there is no record of any effort by a headquarters detective to intercede in behalf of Mason. . ‘The new grand jury, to be sworn in October 6, will consider the intimida- tlon charge against Mason. O’Connor is under $3,500 bond pend- ing a hearing before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage October 9. Mason also is of $3,500. Tndg-Foad SCHENCK TO REMAIN IN DISTRICT JAIL ICommiuionen See No Need for ! Expense of Return to Kansas Pending Quiz. FPrederick A. Schenck, former Wash- ington policeman, who was brought here from Leavenworth prison to give testi- mony on the alleged “framing” of Or- ville' Staples ana in connection with third degree charges, will be held in- definitely at the District jail pending his re-appearance before the grand jury. ‘The District Commissioners said to- day they could see no reason why he should be rzturned to Leavenworth and then brought back to Washington for his next appearance before the grand jury. Since the District is paying for is board, they said, the extra expense | of rallway iare might just as well be saved. Commissioner Herbert B. Crcsby said today he contemplated no ‘urther steps in the third degree investigation until after the grand jury, whose previous | findings have been thrown out because of the disqualification of one juror, again makes its report. RESUME STUDIES IN U. S. By the Assoclated Press. ATCHISON, Kans., September 28— ‘Twenty-four young Augustinian monks, forced to leave Spain because of re- liglous troubles arising from the revo- lution, today took up higher studies in St. Benedict’s Major Seminary here. ‘The party, representing two Spanish provinces, arrived here yesterday charge of Father Gabriel Salinas, A. pastor of Holy Ghost Parish, Oma- Neb.,, who made a special trip to uct the group to the United States. Relating several accounts of attacks on the clergy, Father Gabriel said con- ditions in in were slowly improving, but the religlous orders still were in constant T Accompanying the party were two Spanish priests of the order, Father uel Jimenez, A. R., who is to take up pastoral duties in El Paso, Tex., County State Bank opened here today as one institution under the name of the Clark County State Bank. The merger was worked out over the week y other and more power- ves no soul and Father Braulio Balisa, A. R., who with the clerics. INDIANA BANKS MERGE New Jeffersonville Institution Has Resources Above $3,000,000. JEFFERSO] 28 (#).—With resources listed at more than $3,000,000, capital at $150,000 and First National Bank and the Clark end. Richard A. McKinley, president of the of the merged institutions. The -entire personnel of both banks has been re- e s INDIA MUST SOLVE OWN RACIAL STRIFE, (Continued Prom First Page.) mercy of Briefly he outlihed the essentlal dif- plaining the Moslem religious scruples us becoming capitalists while the Warns Against Injustice. make up one-third of the population, he warned that any injustice to them piness of the whole world. He denled his religion “| to women,” saying their spiritual equal- BUSY TRAILING GANDHL London Detectives Grumble as Ma- LONDON, September 28 (#).—Ma- tile section of Lancsshire early today and rudely interrupted the sleep of will remain at St. Beredict's Abbey INVILLE, Ind., September surplus at $150,000, the Jeffersonville Clark County State Bank, is president tained. M’DONALD DECIDES ful section. ferences between the two creeds, ex- ;‘IIM‘:‘ usury had resulted in the Hin- Moslems remained laborers, Predicting the Moslems soon would ndanger immediately the hap- ity with men is “absolute. hatma Interrupts Their Sleep. hatma Gandhi returned from the tex- several of Scotland Yard's finest. lass. alleged to have sold & pint to an “in- | Sl in " | Wendell by Koss, his daughter and “by MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931. |[COLORADO STRIVING TO REVIVE GHOST CITIES OF SILVER BOOM Campaign for Remonetization is Carried!| On by Banks and More Use of By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., September 28.— With more at stake than any other American State, Colorado is striving mightily to have something done about the silver situation. Dozens of ghost cities, abandoned and nnnre&.lutlrywthe'eluhmtm u ‘amdflm are and working for the day when may again be mined prof t:eb‘lz. et England’s temporary suspension e gold standard has given new life to the ghost camps which lie deep within the mountains. It is only .a breath, how- ever, and the burros still graze undis- turbed in the main streets and pine trees still grow up in broken pavements. As a part of the campaign to re- monetize -silver Colorado merchan and banks are insisting on the use of silver dollars to the exclusion of paper bank notes, behind which there silver reserve. Paper Money Scarce. “Use more l.l.lvermdogm." is t)z slogan. Colorado residents are urged demand their change in silver. Paper money is daily becoming more scarce {as the movement grows. | Silver bars are displayed in bank | and store windows and residents, as matter of civic duty as well as for in- vestment, are urged to buy. The Bi- metalists’ Association, headed by Frank Cannon, former United States Senator from Utah, is hammering, for a world conference on the metal. United States Senator Willlam H. of Utah is demanding a world conference, in which China and India will participate, to do something about the remonetization of silver. £ ©Old-timers in the mines are sure that ;umumu:o\nxmk.h#uynhn- long way come. ey agree monetization of the metal on a fair to gold would open Colorado's Merchants Urging White Metai. . Silver_is seldom found in the state. It is mixed with copper, e zinc and other metals. Colorado mines can produce silver for 45 cents an ounce. Hence, with the metal on a commm basis, it cannot be mined with t while selling at from 25 wtgo cents lldn'g‘l:nc& was gol t first lured men Colorado’s mountains, but if 3 which kept them lhere." he. pinces Which are now but collections of ruined buildings were really cities then. Leadville, with the production of millions of dollars in fine silver in 1878, escorted g Silver into own. Camps became cities. THeaters/sprang :&fl.lemr; aec:me millionaires. Hun- on fortunes in the camps. When Central City, booming mine cgm. en- | tertained President Grant, a pavement tread. of silver was laid for him to Only Best Mines Remain. the Sherman silver purchase act. Only silver, survived. Better mlchlner{ available, but it was costly. Slowly the life flowed out of the camps. toBv.u'ro- ux;aewdown from the hil graze an wander undisturbed ;!;r':uegh costly hotels, theaters and Labor costs went up. down. Bloody labor fights and then, in 1924, England melt- mfn silver coinage and rmeml.ntu it With a silver content of 45 per cent less. King sllver passed from the Coloradans see in Englan, atlon of the gold standard remonetization. They see a with silver as money, a vast trade with China and India may be 5 See again the roaring cities of wm Central City, Cripple Creek, 1 Springs and Creede, where piocture. renunei- night in Creede.” WENDEL CLAIMANT FILES WILL SulT Miss Rosa D. Stansbury, 74, Seeks to Break Testa- ment for Riches. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—A suit to break the will of the late Ella Wen- del, who left most of the Wendel mil- | h lions to charity, was filed in United States District Court today by Garfield Hayes and Samuel Untermyer on behalf of Rosa Dew Stansbury, 74, of Vicksburg, Miss., a relative in the fifth degree. Pederal Judge Francis G. Caffey granted a temporary restraining order enjoining probate of the will upofl the filing of a nominal bond. Miss Stansbury charges that undue | influence and_restraint were brought to’ bear upon Miss Wendel; states that she was ectentric; that two of her sisters died in insane asylums and that two others were eccentric, and points to the fact that about half the estate was left to the Me Church, although, the complaint states, | Miss Wendel took little interest in the church and showed an aversion to missions. ‘The complaint set forth that the property of the estate in New York is worth $49,000,000 and that the total value of the estate, including proper- ties in Westchester County, is more than $75,000,000. In her complaint Mrs. Stansbury charges that Charles G. Koss, executor | and attorney for the estate, with his law partners, unnamed, had power of at- torney before Miss Wendell's ‘death, signed her checks, managed her prop- | erty without her aid or advice, opened her mail, and refused to permit her relatives to see her, Koss, his daughter Isabelle, who was a beneficiary under the will, and George Stanley Shirk, as executors, are named as defendants in the complaint. The complaint charges undue influ- ence was brought to bear upon Miss other persons gt present unknown.” The will was set down today for pro- bate on Jani 25, Until that date objectors to the pro- bate or claimants to a share through | relationship may file their contests, which may become numerous, as Miss ‘Wendel's family is traced directly back | to the seventeenth century in Denmark and had many branches. The application for the probate of her will was made. by Charles G. Koss, an exem:tor.1 The lb.iltl:tlo‘ his lication was a walver of citation signed by Rosa Dew Stansbury of Vicksburg, .y whom Koss declares is the only next of kin to Miss Wendel who could be found after a six-month search. NEPHEW IN FIGHT RING. Charlie Barbat Scheduled for New Or- leans Preliminary Bout. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 28 (#)—While his aunt, Miss Rosa Dew Stansbury of Vicksburg, Miss, laid plans to fight for a $50,000,000 estate left by her relative, Miss Ella von Wen- del of New York, Charlie Barbat, one of the claimants, made ready to enter the prize fight ring tenight as a $20 | preliminary boxer. “Even if I got the money I would continue to fight to see what I could make of myself,” he said, “If I got the money, the first thing I would do would "’m’fi get the crystal fixed on my LONGS FOR YOUTH. Miss R. D. Stansbury Declares s‘ Is “Old Only in Years.” RALEIGH, N. C., September 28 (#).— A tiny little Southern woman who lays claim to a $50,000,000 estate today wished for the one thing the fortune can never buy—her youth. Miss Rosa Dew Stansbury of Vicks- burg, Miss, who has been termed most probable claimant to the estate of the late Miss Ella von E. Wendel of New York, announced here, where she fis visiting, that she would press her case thodist | said | The contracts are to be signed Wife Tells Court Husband Beat Her With Rubber Hose Matron Finds Woman’s Body Is Bruised. Mrs. Jerome Michael told Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today that her husband, getting the “tip” from newspaper accounts of police “third de- gree” methods, returned from work the other day and beat her with a rubber ose. Michael, who lives in the 1000 block of East Capitol street, was arraigned harge assault. He was her husband attacked her with hose Friday night. The husband countered that “the boot was on the other foot.” He had had the hose in hand while lectur- ing his spouse about “going out every night” and was using it to emphasize the remarks which he particularly wanted her to understand by 1 on a chair, he told Judge Schuldt. One of the blows knocked the hose from his hand and the wife picked it up and beat him, he said. Then, he , she the hose ‘away and grabbed a hairbrush, an- other beating with it. An _examination of Mrs. Michael's body by a woman attache of the court was ordered by Judge Schuldt and re- sulted in the conviction of the hus- band. re were numerous bruises on the woman's back, she told the judge. PRINTERS ACCEPT WAGE CONTRACT FOR 3 YEARS By the Assoctated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., September 28.— Union printers on three Atlanta news- of publishers that present wage scales be maintained, and voted to renew a contract on that basis for three ‘W. S. Griffin of the Constitution com- E:'" room and a member of the At- ta ‘Typographical Union, No. 48, praised the publishers for their action. “It shows,” he said, “that the pub- lishers are practicing what they preach —don't cut wages.” Clark Ho publisher of the Con- “The willingness of At- lanta publishers to continue a wage scale originally negotiated at a time of itself. I think it proves that Atlanta's newspapers honestly practice what they preach in urging employers to maintain wages and in forecasting early better- ment of conditions. It .also demon- strates the existence of a fine spirit of co-operation between employers and employes.” 4 P M e ENVOYS’ SALARIES CUT LONDON, September 28 (#).—British | Ambassadors and Ministers abroad are to take a 10 per cent salary cut in line with the government's retrenchment policy, the House of -Commons was in- formed today. ment she was paid $1,000 and promised $24,000 more when the will is finally probated if she would not contest the document. Miss Stansbury said she knew she to | Who boarded their ‘Then came 1893 and the repeal of the richest mines, producing the purest was llls | Schultze, medi¢al autopsy e: Silver went hastened the doom of silver. A brief flash of prosperity came during the World War hope for that, - all day in the day time, and Lhmd.f: no CLOTHING IS FOUND IN COLLINGS CASE Widow’s Oft-Repeated Story of Crime Substantiated Further by Discovery. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings’ oft-repeated story of her husband’s murder by two men, cruiser on w-nyd gm':':& was further substantiaf t trousers’ and a batl % ‘ool pu riff Kehlendeck, orders of District Attorney A‘fimmh G. Blue, found the articies ‘yestarday as he was grappling in the sound. The garments were covered with seaweed and sand, indicating they had been in 'éh:: ot (f;:’r some weeks. Collings, & mford, Conn., engineer, N o acais 3 gs told Suffe - ficials that two men, one Aboutn“*. :!L other about 18, threw her husband into the sound and took her away in a small boat on which they changed clothes, throwing their discarded garments into the sound. Blue indicated that Dr. Otto H. xpert, who testified at ‘the coroner’s inquest Satur- | day, might not be paid for his services until he turned in a written on his findings. Dr. Schultze ref to give testimony about external injuries suffered by Collings. Blue intends to call Dr. Vincent Mc- Auliffe, assistant to Dr. Schultze, as his autopsy e: hereafter, in- mm auring the in. DISSENSION ENTERS PROBE, Medical Examiner Refuses fo Reveal ‘Whole Findings at Inquest. 26 (D) With the sirangs meoa Benfamin B lings on Lo r of Long Island ultze Man Fined $50 When|tied o th was caused by drowning, and then abruj lett v b into l:m'p o e go lete re- mlke“ltm' blie” at :fi‘fnmmm‘ "“m'x; pul al hinder justice. - ‘ Displeased With Probe. The attitude of Dr. Schull medical advisor to the mmb'mvhc‘; of New York County, mystified the Suffolk County . coroner and been struck before the man was bound hand and foot and tossed from . his cabin cruiser Into Long Island Sound. Symbols Referred to Salt. Dr. Schultze based his conclusion that the cause of death was drowning papers yesterday accepted a proposal P Years. | inqu unparalleled prosperity should speak for | to SHIP OWNER CONVICTED OF PLOT TO SCUTTLE IT Capt. John G. Murphy Found Guil- _ty in Federal Court at Mobile at Third Trial. By the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., September 28 —Capt. John G. uux?i:y. atilp. owher, was of conspiracy to scuttle and recalled that an aunt, Mrs. Samuel H. Boyd, had visited Miss Wendel “some 35 years ago.” Miss Stansbury is the traveling com- panion of Mrs. Alice Calder of New Orleans. They are visiting in Raleigh at the home of Mrs. Godfrey Chesire, daughter-in-law of the Right Rev. Joseph Blount Chesire, Episcopal bishop of this @dlocese. Mrs. Calder is Mrs. Chesire's grandmother. Jones said it is “admitted by all in to the late Miss Wendel. He said she was related in the “fifth degree"” under the New York State system of computation. He said George Flint Warren, jr., New York attorney for the executors of the ‘Wendel estate, had secured Miss Stans- bury’s signature to a waiver agreement. to ullest degree and in the mex hru% v‘dsherl i Gould ol Bar e of her 74 years. ' “I have never been wealthy,” she| sald wstfully, “but I wish that I was & little younger if I'm going to get it.” Despite her advanced age, Miss Stans- ‘was spry and active as she bustled zbuz’llt a hotel lobby, turning from her attorney, Winfleld P. Jones of Atlanta, Ga., to newspaper men as questions were asked about her claim. Jones did most m talking, but Miss Stansbury inter- occasional remarks. First Interview. “This is my first interview,” she said, she pleaded with reporters not to call her a “little old woman. “I'm old only in years,” she explained. L “xslik: young peaple and always have.” 3 ed h.nlnN.vYorko(her:gflxmlwm estate only with the understanding that a re- bu Y + ‘Miss Stansbury ‘signed the paper under circumstances which make it illegal and invalid,” he continued, fohmn: out that it was not to be ef- fective “until she had secured my ap- ipproved of the as soon :l I saw it,” he ndded,p.m . We will contend that the cientary capaciy o i “lfl- m?"-’fenh‘n'“&. has signe nf other persons, ik i SO, ik rel ives of Stansbury who would share if the con- A Were successful are Jo A. Grant, tlanta; Mrs. Gl;dncorlgz B‘:xirmn I‘Aht- Loomis . Tan e DUnited Pruit Co. in' Central d Charles mm- in was related distantly to the Wendels | the rties” that Miss Stansbury is next of [ &1 Rose Murphy by a Fed- eral Court jury here yult‘z’rd;y. Sen- tence was deferred until tomorrow and defense attorneys indicated they would take an appeal. Salvador Martinez and James A. Ful- ford were indicted jointly with -Capt. Murphy for conspiracy to sink the ship, owned by murphy. Martinez and hai- ford pleaded ‘sullty and testified they helped to send the ip down in the Florida Straits in 1927. They said the plot was carried out to collect m'mr- ce. Capt. Murphy was tried twice before. He was convicted in his first trial, but the verdict was set aside on a tech- nicality. The second hearing resulted in a mistrial. PARAGUAY MiD BOLIVIA BRISTLE OVER CLASHES Relations Strained Since Soldiers Fought in Gran Chaco Region, Costing” 12 Dead. By the Assoclated Press. ASUNCION, Paraguay, September 28. —The of 12 Paraguayan and 's in & clash in the Gran Chacotreglon further strained the rela- tions of the two countries today.. . ‘The ministry of war issued a fom- munique saying four Boilivian had occurred Saturday when a Para- guayan patrol discovered Bolivian troops ; | occupying Fort Zamaclay, in the dis- puted terr:tory, and drove them out. Ret: to their base, the patrol :mky numut‘hd a lq::fimn of ule. 205 o participatea 1a-a shArp 600 fich, losing sight ey . ... . .