Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 18

B—4 =* PEACE 1S URGED INCHACO COUNTRY Neutral Nations Act Upon Learning of Clash Between Bolivia and Paraguay. The neutral nations represented .on the Paraguayan-Bolivian Conciliation Commission moved twice in rapid suc- cession yesterday to maintain peace between the two South Amcrican gov- emments in the disputed Chaco coun- try. Clashes between troops of Para- guay and Bolivia again were reported to Washington. The State Department announced that two sets of identic notes had been dispatched to each government, one inviting them to send representatives to Washington for a meeting on No- vember 11 to draw up and sign a pact of non-aggression in the Chaco, while the second strongly recommended that each government confine its troops in | the disputed territory strictly to their own forts. Five Nations Participate. Participating in the dispatch of the notes were the United States, Uruguay. | Cuba, Mexico and Colombia, represent- ing the neutral members of the con- ciliation commission which has sought in vain to settle permanently the de pute over ownership of the Chaco, a question which brought Paraguay and | Bolivia to the verge of war in 1929. The proposal for a conference look- ing to the adoption of a non-agression | pact results from an earlier suggestion on_ the subject. Both Paraguay and Bolivia agreed to send official repre- ®entatives, but each asked that the meeting be postponed until November. The neutral nations readily accepted the suggestion. and accordingly fixed November 11 as the date Strive to Maintain Peace. Tn the meantime the commission will strive to maintain peace between the | two governments. Immediately upon | learning that there had been a fresh encounter, the neutral governments cabled that they looked upon such in- cidents with concern. To prevent a repetition pending the Washington meeting, they urged each capital to send prompt orders to their commanders in the Chaco to confine their men to their forts wntil after the meeting here THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO: * New Market Shed Ready for Use INSTALLATION 'MADE BY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CHIEF. O NE of the two new farmers’ sheds in Western Market, Twenty-first and K streets, has been completed by the office of the superintendent of weights and measures, George M. Roberts. A similar shed also has been in- stalled in Eastern Market, Seventh and C streets southeast. ~—Star Staff Photo. COURTS T0 BEGIN 2,151 Civil Cases to Set a Record for District Su- preme Tribunal. The legal machinery of the District will get into motion tomcrrow after a recess of three months when the Dis- | The Chaco is & wilderness Which ftrict Court of Appeals opens fts Octo- | until a few vears ago served as a satis- | factory vanishing boundary for both Paraguay and Bolivia. Neither country wanted it and it stood for years as a neutral zone. Then traces of oil were | found in it. Immediately both coun- tries laid claim and rushed troops into the region. There have been recurrent clashes, with dangerous international implications ever since. i SEE; STOLEN FUNDS 602 Inmates of Home Will Be Fingerprinted. SYRACUSE, N. Y., October 3 (N.A. N.A).—In an effort to locate the thief who stole $27 from three nurses at the Onondaga County Home, near here, Elmer E. Van Benthuysen, superintend- ent, intends to have the 602 inmates of the home fingerprinted to see whether any of their fingerprints match those found on the looted pocketbooks. ber term. It will be followed Tuesday with the opening of all branches of the District Supreme Court The Court of Appeals will find 243 cases on its docket, as compared with 257 at the beginning of the Fall term last year. In- the District Supreme Court there are pending for trial 2,151 clvil cases and less than 200 criminal cases. This latter court has the largest civil docket in its history The first case assigned for hearing Monday in the Court of Appeals deals with the killing of Lamar Watson Yorke, a prchibition agent. for which three colored men were condemned to death. The Court of its own motion, | Hart, FIFTH NAVY POST-SEASON GAME FOR RELIEF URGED WITH HARVARD BUSY 3 MONTHS veccs o et e to Jobless—George Adams Is Leading Promotion. Negotiations are underway to secure for the Nationa] Capital's unemployed the proceeds of a post-season foot bail game between the Middies at Annapolis and Harvard, to be played at Griffith Stadium. George J. Adams, executive secretary cf the District Employment Committee. and others interested in promoting the game for the relief of the unemployed, have been referred by Secretary of the Navy Adams to athletic officials at Hi vard University, and, provided Harvard is willing. to Rear Admiral Thomas C. superintendent of the Naval Academy. Griffith Stadium Would Go The Midshipmen now have four chat- ity games scheduled. as follows: Delaware October 17, with West Vir- ginia Wesleyan October 31, with South- ern Methodist November 21 and with Wooster College November 29. All these games will be played at Annapolis The regular schedule of team carries it through December 5. s0 the proposed Harvard game could not _be played before December 12 The Salvation Army is seeking to bring together, probably in New York, a game between the Midshipmen and the West Point cadets for the benefit | of the unemployed. of each, and the fourth charged a joint liability for the death. The verdict of the jury was not guilty on each of the first three counts but guilty on the fourth count The appellate tribunal has & full quota of five justices, while the District Supreme Court Iacks one justice, due to the failure of President Hoover to name a successor to the late Justice Frederick after the appeal had been submitted, L. Siddons set the case down for a rehearing It pointed out that each of | During the Summer recess a large the reccrd disclosed | number of motions accumulated in the the accused had been | District Supreme Court and next Tues- acquitted by the jury of having in his | day and Wednesday will be given over possession the pistol which caused the |to their disposition. Six justices have death and all three condemned to death | been named to hesr and dispose of the for the killing. in four counts. the first three charging the killing with the pistol in the hand The indictment was|accumulated motions and the trial of cases is expected to get under way ‘Thursday. ANNOUNCING | ACQUIRES PARK LAND | ks i Tennessee Purchases 3,850 Acres | for Smoky Mountain Tract. | NASHVILLE, Tenn, October 3 (&) —Acquisition of approximately 3,850 acres of land in Bevier County for the | great Smoky Mountain National Park was compeited today by the State of Tennessee. The cost was $84.030.76. The pur- chase was made with money from a 181,600,000 bond issue authorized by the 11927 Legislature. e Ttaly will employ 300,000 men on | public works projects this Winter. With | the Navy | D GO, (COMMUNITY CHEST BACKS RELIEF PLAN Offers to Furnish Workers for Jobs Contemplated by Two Clubs. Indorsing the unemployment relief plan adopted by the Kiwanis and Cos- mopolitan Clubs, the Community Chest yesterday offered to furnish workers for the extra jobs contemplated under the proposal. Besides the Kiwanis and Cosmopoli- tan, 13 other clubs have signified inten- tions of adopting the pian, which pro- vides that each club member furnish two days of work a week for persons not regularly employed by him. The proposal also pledges club members to purchase at least two article each .week not essentially indispensable and to ob- tain similar pledges from at least one person not a member of a service club “Organizations ~affiliated with the Community Chest, upon whose shoul- ders fall the task of providing relief for the unemployed, will be glad to co-operate in every possible way with these clubs, especially in supplying needed man power,” Herbert L. Wil- lett, jr. acting director of the Chest, said yesterday. “A large percentage of the people now applying for aid are men and women who really want to work and who do not want charity. Some of them were contributors to the Chest a vear ago and would much rather work for the money necessary to supply their wants than to accept it from an orgapization. “The Assoclated Charities, Salvation Army. Jewish Welfare Pederation, Cath- olic Charities, Y. M. C. A., Jewish Com- | munity Center and many other organ- irations in the Chest have almost daily calls for emplovment from men who | are skilled werkers in many lines. I| Am sure that any extra help needed | bv the members of the 15 service clubs ean be supplied by some of these organizations.” HELD IN WIFE DESERTION Ohio Police Believe Suspect Fled From Family in Nebraska. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 3 () — R. P. Hansen, 32, who police said de- serted his wife and three children in | Champlon, Nebr., six years ago to run | away with a 15-vear-old girl, was held by authorities today for investigation The couple made thetr home here for more than five years. Hansen. police |said. expressed a belief his wife had | obtained a divorce in Champion. Authorities said they had asked Ne- braska authorities if they have any | soecific charges pending Hansen. | STOP! LOOK! SAVE! OCTOBER 4, 1931—PART ONE. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF MARINES IS BEING COMPILED BY MAJOR Maj. Edwin North McClellan and Assistants Expand Work to Year 1837. Letters and U. S. Archives Are Searched for Data to Be Used in Tome. A famous former track man of the University of Pennsylvania is now.en- gaged in writing an official history of the Marine Corps. He is Maj. Edwin North McClellan, on duty at the Navy Department, and has been at his task for about five years altogether, between snatches of duty elsewhere. At present he and his associates have reached the Florida-Indian War | period and are expanding the history | of the famous fighting outfit up to the | year 1837. Colonial Marines Included. Data for the official history are being obtained from letters, Library of Con- gress documents, archives and any other Teliable *sources the major and his asstants can lay | their hands upon. The history will not begin with th real formation of the Marine Corps, about July, 1798, for the work covers the Marines of Colonial times. The first chapter, even, is devoted to & sur- vey of Marines of antiquity. In Progress Since 1920. Maj. McClellan, under whose super- vision the survey of the growth of the Navy Department | MAJ. EDWIN N. McCLELLA! famous fighting organization is being shaped, is known in the Marine Corps | for his facility in writing. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps on July 2, 1907. He has served in va- rious parts of the world, and prior to coming here was with the 2d Brigade in Nicaragua. Just when. the new history of the “Devil Dogs” will be completed no one knows. Officials are hopeful that Con- gress may authorize its publication in 1920, but for one reason or anotber it lagged, until Maj. McClellan took up the work. At various times there have been from two to five persons working on the tome. PLAYGROUND OFFICIALS ON TRIP TO TORONTO Miss Sibyl Baker and Richard S. Tennyson Will Attend Rec- creation Assocition Session. Two Jocal playground department offi- cials, Miss Sibyl Baker and Richard S. | Tennyson, will participate in the ses- sions of the National Recreation As sociation, meeting tomorrow in Toronto, Canada Miss Baker will speak Wednesday on “Trends in Pre-School Child Play Ad- | ministration.” She also will take part in discussions on surfacing and beaut fying playgrounds. Both Miss B: and Tennyson will be particularly in- terested in discussions involving model aircraft. pre-school child recreational, programs, economical operation of swimming pools and plans for unifying work of playground bodies. The Washington delegates will re- ceive awards from the national organi- against | zation on behalf of local playground | terday workers who have served in their voct tion for 10 vears or'more. Medals will %0 to Miss Maude Parker, director of girls' activities: Miss Thelma Smith, supervisor of the Virginia avenue play- The writing of the history was started | | to dissolve ground, and Miss Florence Chambers, an inspector. | STABLE STALLS STOLEN Police Ponder Theft of Hore | Boxes From Circus. [” “The things people steal” mused the desk sergeant at a Bridgeport, Conn | police station as he entered this one: “Stolen: horse s from the {old Winter quarters of P. T. Barnum | circus.” | Michigan Women to Meet. | The University of Michigan Women's | Club will meet Wednesday evening at | 8 o'clock at the Young Women's Chris- tian Association, it was announced yes- Following dinner a regular b meet will be Stop long enough to glance at the specials below! LOOK carefully at the prices and compare them! 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