Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and alightly cooler tonight; to- morrow party cloudy and cooler. Temperatures—Highest, 71, at 4 p.m yesterday; lowest, 61, at 5:30 a.m. tods Full report on page | 1 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 atter . C. m: T 3 clas " No. 31,943, Friershls “Wemington b WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, - JAPAN RE OF U. S. IN FA BUT ALLOWS | Stimson’s Advice to League to Apply Pressure Is Declared ‘Un- reasenably Harsh and Strong.’ DTES W['fHHELD FROM PUBLIC IN FEAR OF ANTI-U. S. FEELING Geneva Invites United States Help in Far East Crisis After Japan Assails Interference. 5 (#.—The League of Nalt’xozlsdcgltm‘ceu vas ted tonight to have decided to ask the Unite ates ?na;a’fc‘fé’fi:file in :'s rch for means of settling the Sino-Japa- nese troubles in Manchuria. 1 The aecision was reached by the five principal powers rep- resented on the Council, despite some objections by the Japa- nese member on juridical grounds, it was said. This information was circulated informally at the close of a private session of the five principal members, after which the full Council went into private meeting. Bt GENEVA. October 1 1 Associated Press TOKIO, October 15.—The Japanese foreign office today instructed its delegation in Geneva to use every effort to see that the proposal for including an American representative in the League of Nations Council during discussion of the Sino-Japanese trouble be dropped. The Tokio government adoptec the view thst an unfavorable im- pression already had heen made upon the Japanese generally by Amcrican Secretary of State Stimson’s note to the League on Octo- ber 9, advising it to “in no way fail to assert all the pressure of @uthority within its competence” toward a settlement of the Sino- Japanese trouble. e The foreign office spokesman characterized this as “politically unfortunate, indeed.” Japanese officials apparently considered the Stimson note “unrecsonably harsh and rather strong, to say the least.” in view of the Japanese contentions from the beginning that the Manchurian affair was merely a controversy between two neigh- bors and that no outsiae interference was desired, more particularly on the part of the United States at this time. Instructions Sent Delegates. o The proposal caused more or less commotion at the foreign min- istry, which lost no time in sending instructions to its Geneva rep- resentatives. The foreign office took the view that, under the circumstances, it should make Japan's attitude clear at the earliest possible moment, officials feeling that the Japanese public would not tolerate “America and the League working together in the Manchurian tangle, which is purely an affair between China and Japan.” The spokesman for the foreign office said: “There is all the difference in the world in America as an out- siaer keeping itself informed as to the League's activities, compared with its actual participation in the Council’s sittings.” In connection with the foreign office’s contention that public opinion would not approve of America taking an active role at Geneva, the spokesman emphasized that it was “most assuredly not due to flnly l;nlfriendlinesa on the part of Japan, but more as a matter of principle.” Anti-U. S. Feeling Feared. The spokesman asserted that two Washington memorandums (presumably notes urging peace and proposing confinement of troop activities in Manchuria to the requirements of international law) had been withheld from the Japanese public on the ground that they might stir up anti-American feeling. SENTS INTERFE RENCE R EAST CRISIS PARTICIPATION Troubl¢e Zone ;U. S. A;l;—TOkiO to Withdraw Objection. |GENEVA PLANS GIVEN DEBUCHI |Gilbert Would Help1 League to Invoke Kellogg Pact. | | 1 | | | | | | | i { | i | | By the Associated Press. The American Government fis But China Is Represented as Seeking to Avoid Clear Settlement. making an effort to have Japan | Map of Manchuria, scene of Chinese- witharaw objections to a repre-| panese difficult; sentative from this country par- O S— ticipating in efforts by the League I'AR EAS]’ [:RISIS | of Nations for peace in Man- - | churia. Informed of the Japanese stand, | Secretary Stimson today called in IS BLAMEU flN NEw Ambassador Debuchi of Japan and | | explained to him the status whlch‘ | Prentiss Gilbert, American consul, general at Geneva, would have if{ ]’UKIO AGGRESSIUN invited to participate in the' | League's discussions. = | Gilbert’s part would be that of | FreT an observer to help efforts by the| League to invoke the Kellogg- | Briand pact for the renunciation of war. Procedure Is Explained. | The Secretary of State explalned | : |the American representative at BY' PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Geneva woula not participate in any procedure under the League covenant’s instruments to avert War. The Ambassador is communicating By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, Switzerland, October 15.— T am enabled to reveal today from au- | thoritative inside sources the “low- OCTOBER 15, | down” of the Sino-Japanese crisis— namely, what each power really thinks of the other's actions and motives divested of diplomatic verbiage. The Chinese viewpoint is #s foliows: Manchuria's three provinces ate an intergral part of China, the part. in- deed, from which the Test of China | for many long years was ruled. Japsn's | so-called rights there are a result of a | serles of Aggressions ended In t.njust | agreements, which China was_obliged to accept against its will and which the Nanking government does no' rec- ognize. #"The present crisis is a result of new and premeditated aggression by Japan with a view to consolidating its anom. alous position_in Manchuria by mili tary force. The time was careful chosen. Ail the world was deeply pre- | occupled with the great economic de- pression and 16 Chinese provinces The spokesman referred to similar ' instances in which he said Japancse opinion was easily inflamed when it was felt that outsiders were interfering in this country’s affairs. Only a part of the message filed by Kenkichi Yoshizawa. Japan's represent- ative at Geneva. reporting the League's proceedinzs, had been received here, some of them apparently having been delaved en route. Because of this the Tokio govern- ment withheld its reply pending re- ceipt of Yoshizawa's message in full, and gent instructions to the Geneva dele- gation to do_its utmost to persuade 1 eague officials to abandon their pro- posals for actual participation by America. Attitude of Fairness Stressed. The foreizn office emphasized that * Jopan was facing the Manchurian situa- on with the fairest stand and partici- pating in the League Council’s pro- ceedings. It Rls difficult.” the foreign office commented. “to understand why in the both of a military and economic nature. Were flooded and millions of its in-| enit f7ns recognized that no member of habitants homeless. | e League would consider using mili- | ' | tary force to bring Japan to terms and UEpEE AN that economic pressure was the only Japan's aim is to terrorize the popu- possible alternative. Many observers 'lation, discredit the Nanking govern- doubted seriously, however, whether any | ment, establish its own puppet gov- | nation would agree to a boycott or a ernment at Mukden, exclude ali form severance of trade relations. of foreign intervention and graduclly The fact that all countries are heav- | force China Into direct nesctiations ily depressed economically led to the wherein, under the pressure of Jap- | conclusion that any interference with'anese military occupation, the Nan- the normal commercial relations of the | king government will be obliged to Asiatic country would intensify her own | accept Japan’s dictation. Japan s con- troubles if not those of all nations do- duct is a challenge to new China and ing business with her. The boycott of | an affront to other powers. | Japanese goods in China was cited as China will resolutely refuse any sort | proof of this premise. | of direct negotiations with Japan until, | first, the Japanese troops are withdrawn | into the railway zone. thereby establish. | ing the status quo ante. and, second, re- | sponsibility is fixed for the present crisis | and reparations are agreed upon. Against this must be balanced the Japanese viewpoint, thus: | Japan's predominant interests in the Far East, which have been duly recog- (Continued on Page 4, Jolumn 2.) DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TOKIO DENIED Chinese Legation Labels Reports | see that Japan and China do not resort this information to his government. The Japanese position in the Man-| churian troubles, as outlined to the American Government by the Ambassa- dor, is that Japan will withdraw its troops to within the railway zone at any moment guarantees are given for he safety of Japanese lives and prop- erty in the sections now occupled: that military measures so far taken are of a defensive nature and that war with China is unthinkable. Upon leaving the State Department the Ambassador emphatically denied any communication to Tokio from the American Government had not been | published because of its tenor. “Oaly one formal communication has been received from the American Gov- ernment and it has been published,” the Ambassador said. i He referred to a pote sent to both | Japan and China early in the troubles urging that hostilies cease. Mistaken Impression Seen. Japan's strong stand against Ameri- | | | can participation in the League's efforts | was regarded at the State Department as indicative of a misunderstanding of the American position. Department spckesmen reiterated the only desire of the United States is to to war. President Hoover is keeping in direct touch with all developments 1t was a desire to aid in efforts to use the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact in fts first big test that led this Government ! to depart from its policy of isolation from the League to the extent of indi- cating that it would participates actively | if invited. Row In Congress Seen. The possibility of controversy in Congress over the administration’s willingness to sit with the League in present instance of the Far East alone Piception should be made and America should be invited to take part in the ouncil meetings.” O Continuing, the informal statement %% America has any intention of making the present participation in the Teague's debate serve as a precedent #nd accordingly attending the League's gessions in the future, surely there is cause for congratulations. But If American participation is cxccpllcnn'l 2rnd limited to Far Eastern troubles only, {here appears to be something unfair 2nd irrational regarding such a step. “BIG FIVE" GET TOGETHER. on Manchurian Peace Moves as Propaganda. The Chinese legation today denied a papers, that Gen. Tsiang Tso-ping. Chinese Minister to Tokio, had started direct negotiations with the Japanese foreign office churian dispute. report that an important member of the Chinese Nationalist party had intimated to the Japanese Minister to | China that negotiations would be opened | with Japan in' the event the League of | Nations failed to adjust the differences concerning the Man- report, published in yesterday's news- YLeague Stirred by News From Toklo On U. S. Participation. i GENEVA, October 15 (P).—News | from Tokio that Japan would consider American participation in the settle- | ment of the Sino-Japanese dispute “un- fair_and irrational” stimulated Interest in League circles today. The Japanese suggestion that the nited States should be congratulated if she intends for this incident to be a precedent. was interpreted in some quar- Yors as tantamount to insisting on America’s entry into the League. The Council's “big five.” including | Forelgn Minister Briand, Lord Reading and Dino Grandi, met privately in the League secretariat at noon to talk over the situation. The Council decided yesterday to in- vite a delegate of the United States Government to sit in at its sessions in | g3 a consultative capacity, but the sugges tion met with strong opposition from the Japanese representative, Kenkichi Yoshizawa. It was agreed to withhold o formal invitation until the recelpt of | official word from Tokio. | 1t was admitted in league circles the council was within its rights in l.sklnx‘ Americe’s co-operation whatever the | outcome. Such an invitation would be: based on the Briand-Kellogg peace pact, the sponsors of which are connected | with league activities. ‘The pegsslbmty of the United States joining in the peace program of the ) League for the first time almost over- | shadowed the issue itself. The unpre- | cedented participation of & non-member in the League's deliberations was re- garded as posing & numver of delicate | Questions as to such a nation’s respons:- bilities, rights and relations to mem- bers. An examination of the League's ma- chinery for enforcing its decisions in | the event that Japan finally rejects its | between the two Oriental powers also dent Luis Larrea Alba’s government is- was refuted. Both reports were characterized by attaches of the Chinese legation as “Japanese ropaganda, designed to throw dust in the eyes of the world.” PARIS BALANCES BUDGET Has Not Resorted to Loans or Tax Boost, Cabinet Hears. PARIS, October 15 (#).—France has | balanced th> budget without resorting to loans, boosting taxes or drawing on the sinking fund, Francois Pietri, min- ister of the budget, told the cabinet to- hinese-Japanese discussions has given new flavor to the long-drawn-out Man- churian difficulties, While officials ited reports from | Geneva upon Tokio's attitude they were | not oblivious to the avidity with which Capitol Hill sought further exposition of |[ECUADORAN REVOLT IS REPORTED BROKEN | President Alba's Government Re-| Secretary Stimson and his advisers took | the position, however, that the forces ports It Has Complete of world e have reached a crucial stage. It was with this in view that Control. the State Department empowered | Prentiss Gilbert, American consul gen- o eral at Geneva, to join the League's discussions were the invitation unani- | mously extended. Secretary | was not disposed, though, to i | | Government into the sessions so long | sued a statement this afternoon assert- as Japan maintained its objections. ling 1t was in complete control of the | Since the United States is not a mem- | situation. | ber of the League, Gilbert was instruct- i = — ed to avoid discussions of the Oriental GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, October 15.— | nations’ obligations under the League | covenant. But this country’s entire in- | Word from Quito today said President fluence will be thrown behind any ef- Luis Larrea Alba and his cabinet had fory by the League to invoke against | fled from the presidential palace and ' China and Japan their pledges in sign- i ! taken refuge In the military barracks ng the Kellogg-Briand pact. | there in the face of an armed rebel- | Doubts League's Service. | Hon. . At the Capitol speculation was cur-! { _The government put down an armed rent as to the possible effect of the ! military movement, the dispatch said. |administration's decision upon _this {and Col. Carlos Guerrero, former min- | country’s adherence to the World Court ister of war, and Manuel Navarro, presi- | through the revised Root protocol, It dent of the Chamber of Deputies, were | had been expected that President Hoo- arrested. | ver would submit the protocol to the By the Associated Press. QUITO, Ecuador, October 15.—Presi- Senate for action at the impending ses- sion. Women of ‘Washington's social life foreign embassies and legations. They Are Now to Be {ntervention revealed that article 16| vof the covenant provides for sanctions | is enriched and made tremendously interesting by the presence and personalitfes of the women of the Series of Interesting Interviews by Pauline A. READ THIS SERIES OF CHARMING PERSONALITY ARTICLES —ONE EACH WEEK IN THE SOOIETY SECTION OF The .Sumlay Star U. S. MINISTER IN NANKING. Hopeful Sign Seen In Arrival of John- son and British Diplomat. NANKING, China, October 15 (#).— Nanking watched with interest today the actions of United States Minister Nelson T. Johnson and the British Min- ister, Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HOOVER AID DECLINED Coal Industry to Seek Own Solu- tion, Slemp Reports. ©. Bascom Slemp, former secretary to President Coolidge, sald after a con- ference with President Hoover today he had reported the coal industry was pre- paring to work out its own ecenomic erator himself, he plans to at- e conference of operators in | New York next Wednesday. < Diplomacy Introduced to You in a Frederick L 4 n N& EDITION 1931—-SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington mtfi. the Associated service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,348 ) Merns Associate TWO CENTS. D. C. BICENTENNIAL HOOVER RECEIVES NAVY BUDGET CUT Adams Report Contains Defi- nite Program for Activi- ties Reduction. Secretary Adams today transmitted to President Hoover the suggested slash in the Navy's budget for the fiseal | year ending June 30. 1933 b learned that the ecomomy budget proposes a definite program of reduction rather than alternative pro- posals. It is generally understood that it contemplates the cutting down of the service by about 3,000 enlisted men and probably more. laying up around one-fifth of the fleet by a ro- tation process, and the abandonment of i so-called obsolete shore stations. Conferences Recently Held. Secretary Adams conceded that the reduction was not quite $61.000,000, as at first set. The original budget for the fiscal year 1933 was $401,000.000, and President Hoover expressed the wish that this be drastically trimmed {and a figure of $61,000,000 was men- tioned. Secretary Adams, however, said that the White House had not asked hat reduction of any certain figure A number of conferences have been held recently between Ad- miral Willlam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations; Rear Admiral Ridley Mc- Lean, the Navy's budget officer, and the various chiefs of the bureaus of | the department, who are all rear ad- mirals. Only 5 of the 11 destroyers authorized by Congress will be bullt at this time and it is possible that the battleships U. 8. 8. New Mexico, Idaho and the Mississippl, which are being modernized, will not be completed as rapidly as originally planned. under the attenuated program and that construction of the new cruisers, now on the ways, will not proceed as rapidly as at firet intended. Hearings May Start Soon. Col. J. Clawson Roop, director of the Bureau of the Budget, will likely get the revised budget figures for the Navy within a week, and the regular budget hearings will then go forward there. The Bureau of the Budget may trim the Na figures even further, before they are transmitted to Congress in December or early™in the new year. The Navy Department threw a shroud of silence around the revised economy program, and details of the plan were withheld. It is understood that copies of the new figures were placed in the hands of the various chiefs of bureaus, as well as Admiral Pratt, Admiral McLean, Secretary Adams, Assistant Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke and the Assistant Secretary for _Aeronautics, David S. Ingalls. - The high-ranking naval officials are of the opinion that the exact figures will not be made pub- lic_before they are sent to Col. Roop. ‘The Navy's iation activities and the Marine Corps, for which a tentative cut of 1,000 men has been suggested, will be curtailed proportionately under the economy measure. Style News Style and fashion dre best founa in the shops. The stores are filled with new things in every line of wear for men and women. People are fortunate in being able to follow the styles by actually seeing what is in Washington's fine stores. More store news is found in The Star than in all the other Washington newspapers com- bined. Yesterday's Advertising. (Local Display) The Evening Star . . . 61,915 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5th Newspaper The above result is due to the response from readers who use The Star as their shopping Woman Is Accused Of Singing Insults Across to Neighbor By the Associated Press EVANSTON, 1l October 15.— | Mrs. Elfreda Dohring says she doesn't like to be insulted in the key of P or any other musical scale. So she went before Police M: istrate Harry H. Porter yesterd: and swore out a warrant for her neighbor, Mrs. Pearl C. Dorband, saying that for two years Mrs. Dorband has been singing insuilts at her from her back porch. Sometimes, she said, the in- sults were by implication in popu- lar songs and sometimes Mrs. Dorband just made up her own words. Mrs. Dorband admitted she did some singing. but denied the other allegations YORKTOWN TURNS BACK U. S. HISTORY Gay Uniforms of Former Age @ Add Color as French Notables Arrive. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, S1aft Correspondent of Th YORKTOWN, Va.. October 15.—The pages of American history were inter- mingied strangely today. as troops in the picturesque uniforms of the Conti- nental Army, the blue of the brigades of | Lafayette and Rothambeau, the tattered | | coonskins of the mountain men of | | Washington's forces and the scarlet of | the British legions of Cornwallis min- gled with the grays of crack New York troops which fought in 1812 and with the khaki of the mechanized Army of today and the blues of the 1931 Navy. " Modern Ships in River. SO g _' | Out of the blue waters of the river in Number of Detectives and i NDw m ey irode water. while the Americans and French Named by Grand Jury. | glants of the American fleet of 1931. pleted its investigation of charges that | Of Northern Virginia was m the making i e wooden ships of the fleet of De Lieutenant Expected t0 Be | Grasse, blockading the British frcm the | hemmied them in from the land. there ride today the impressive gray steel —_— |~ One of the most colorful celebrations The District grand jury today com- in the history of the storied peninsula Washington police have used the “third | gatperes rx gnt,of (%o nations was degree” on & large number of prisoners. | Indictment, possibly tomorrow, of | about & score of policemen Is forecast by those in touch with grand jury de- velopments. Included in the list, it is expected, will be & number of headquar- ters detectives and possibly a police lieutenant. The grand jury has duplicated the | proceedings instituted by the disquali- | fled July jury and is understood to have | | concurred, generally, in the findings of | |that body. The previous grand jury | had indicied five policemen and was | | ready to indict about 15 others when the proceedings were halted by dis- covery of an ineligible member on the grand jury. | | Five Policemen Involved. | Four instances of alleged police bru- | tality were called to the attention of | | the grand jury today by United States | Attorney Leo A. Rover, acting on in- | formation supplied by the United States | Bureau of Investigation. Five police- | victory at Yorktown 150 years ago on October 19, | which marked the beginning of Ameri. | can lifs as an independent nation. Tomorrow will witness the opening of 1 # four-day celebraticn at Yorktown and ot Willlamsburg, several miles y. | which will bring together some of i greatest civil and milttary leaders of | France and the United States. Climax to Be Monday. i The celebration will reach its climax | on Monday, when, before President Hoover, Gen. John J. Pershing, leader of the American forces in Prance; Marshal Henri Petain, leader of the French Armies, and others noted in the councils of the two nations will witness the final pageant depicting the surren- | der of Cornwallis to Washington and | the beginning of American life as a| seperliNetonel n the pav ighways of today which lead o Yorktown a tide of mod. | ern traffic from every part of the United States was moving into the area | which marked the earliest beginnings . of American life in the Old Dominion. Over these roads. the same which | Cornwallis retreated before the advance of Lafayette and Wayne in the Sum- mer of 1781, there moved great trucks of the Army today, moving equipment for the troops which will portray the scenes in which their earliest predeces- sors took so gallant a part. Picked vessels of the United States Navy's scouting force steamed into Hampton Roads today escorting the French cruisers Suffern and Duquesne, bearing a distinguished French delega- tion headed by Marshal Petain and in- cluding Adelbert de Chambrun, great- grandson of the Marquis de Lafayette. Army Heads Present. Petain, fameo as the “Savior of Ver- | | men of four precincts are involved in these cases. The first case was that of Henry | Johnson, colored, who has accused two ‘pol(cemen of the ninth precinct of | beating him. Johnson and a number | of other witnesses were questioned by the_inquisitorial body. | The other cases heard today were | those of Arthur T. Paul, colored, who has charged he was beaten by police- men at the second precinct; Clarence | Brown, colored, who named af {twelfth precinct policeman, and Harry | | Johnson, colored. alleged victim of & | beating at the first precinct. | i 13 Other Cases Completed. | The grand jury had completed hear- ing of testimony in 13 other cases be- |fore it convened this morning. One of {the other cases also may result in the | indictment of one or two men who have been charged with an attempt to in- timidate George B. Baber, important Government witness. The accused men, who are under bond on charges of obstructing justice, are Cecil Mason and Maurice O'Connor. Although the regular day for report- ing indictments is Tuesday, there were indications at the Court House today | that the grand jury might facilitate | action in the third-degree cases with a view to making a presentment in | court tomorrow. - There was no official | | confirmation of this report, however. ‘FORMER U. S. CONSUL KILLED IN SUBWAY |Harold R. Foss Falls or Leaps Into Path of Train at i New York. | By the Associsted Press | NEW YORK, October 15.—Harold R. | Poss, 45, former United States: consul | at Constantinople, Turkey, died here to- | | day of injuries received last night when | he either fell or jumped in front of | & subway train. Foss had been living in Portland, Me. He was standing on the platform of the Wall Street Subway Station st | 6:45 p.m. when he was suddenly seen train approached. | He was taken to 2 hospital, but never | | regained conscio:sness. married and had been service for several vears. lw lean forward and fall just as a ) was un- in the consular | &) dun.” was greeted as he came ashore at Old Point Comfort this afternoon by Gen. Pershing, representing the United States and the Commonwealth of Vir- ia. The welcoming party included Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army; Gen. Stanley D. Em- bick, commanding Fort Monroe; Gov. Pollard of Virginia, leaders of the United States Yorktown Sesquicenten- nial Commission and a number of other notables and aides. ‘Twin celebrations will begin tomorrow morning at both Yorktown and Wil- liamsburg and will continue day and night through Monday. Dedication of the National Colonial Monument, au- DRECTOR CALLED UNFT BY BLOOM tween National and Dis- trict Commissions. COMMERCIALISM LAID TO ARNOLD KRUCKMAN New York Representative Declares Employe “in No Way Qualified” for His Position. Charging Arnold Kruckman, director of the District George Washington Bi- centennial Commission, with combining “commercialism of a dubicus kind with his duties” as head of the organization, Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the United States Bicentennial Commission, today issued a formal statement of protest against what he described as propaganda ema- nating from the local commission de- liberately designed to embarrass the national body. Emphasizing that his contacts with Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, chairman, end other members of the commission have been cordial and co-cperative, Mr. Bloom directed his indictment against Kruckman, describing him as “a man in no way qualified for the responsi- bility he has essumed." ‘The open friction which has been | evident for some time between the two commissions, was brougiit to a head yesterday when a representative of the District Commission was declined ad- mission to a gathering of State com- mission chairmen because he failed to produce credentials and refused an in- vitation to identify himself by tele- phone. 1 Says Public Should Know. “As much as I regret the necessity,” Mr. Bloom said, “for making a plain statement of facts as to the relation- ship between the United States George Washington Blcen:ennial Gommiscion District of Columbia Bicen- tennial Commission, the time has come when the public should have some au- thentic information upon the subject “Through the employment of Mr. Kruckman as executive director of the District commission an element of seri- | ous discord has entered into the mat- ! ter and I cannot longer recognize in {him & man in any wav qualified for i the responsibilities” which he nas s sumed. “Kruckman wes brought to Washing- ton “from the West Cvast to direct the District’s bicentennial ~actiyities. { I know noibing of his entecedenfs, but { am convinced that ke is utterly unfit for { the work which he has uudertgien. ; Just why a stranger shou'd be brought !to the Disirici of Columbia and in- | trusted with this important mission I do not_know. here are hundr~ds of people wno know i.e District and its people and na e mental and moral qualifications necessary for the position, who would have done a far better job than Mr. Kruckman has | done so far." Against “Street Falr.” “I believe the time has come when we should speak with the utmost frank- ness, and I want to say that I cannot conceive of a beautiful, dignified and appropriate celebration within the rict of Columbia along the lines t! have been laid out by Mr. Kruckman, Bloom stated. “I1 do not believe that the celebration In the National Capital next year should be in the nature of a street fair: that there should be petty concessions of all kinds granted to those who can pay the most money jor them. If Mr. Kruck- man_would concentrate on appropriate (Continued on Page 2 , Column 1.) EDISON IS SINKING TO PRE-DEATH COMA Aged Inventor Awakes for Short Time This Morning, Lansing Again. By the Associated Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J.. October 15.- Thomas A. Edison today was on the threshold of the coma from which his physician does not expect him to awake. Dr. Hubert S. Howe. the aged In- ventor's personal physician, said that the “deep stupor” into which Ediscn has now lapsed is closer to a coma than he has been at any time in the past few days and that Edison's pulse is showing definite signs of weakening under the strain. ‘The physician said he could not st this time tell how long it would be until the end comes, but he intends to keep in clcser touch with the Edison home throughout today and tonight. In his morning bulletin, Dr. Howe said: “During the past 24 hours Mr. Edison hes not roused. He shows no signs of discomfort, simply resting quietly. There is no evident emergency.” But later he explained he was worried about the change in theinventor's pulse and had no way of being as to how far off the “evident emergency” might be. ‘The only nourishment Edison had been able to take for the last 148 thorized by Congress last year: the presentation, acceptance and dedication of & score of monuments and memorials. military and naval demonstrations and pageants depicting the events of a cen- tury ll: ‘e'%." ago are scheduled. I Banquets Are Planned. In addition to the participation of President Hoover, who is to speak Mon- day, members of the cabinet. ranking (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) B ST T " A First-Run Story Which Will Hold the Reader to the Very Last Chapter Begins on Page E-3 of Today's Star | Radio l’rmuu ;-7P|‘|e E-8 hours consisted of six teaspoonfuls of stewed pears, the doctor said. During the last 24 hours he had neither food nor fluld., All members of the inventor's imme- diate family were at the Edison estate today when Dr. Howe made his report. During the morning Mrs. Edison and her daughter, Mrs. John Eyre Sloane, took a walk in their garden and picked some of the inventor’s special species of dailias which bear his name. DR. THOMAS EVANS HURT WHEN THROWN BY HORSE Capital Physician Taken to Emer- gency Hospital From Rock Creek Park With Severe Injuries. ‘While riding in Rock Creek Park this morning Dr. Thomas Evans, 49, of 1347 L street, was thrown from his horse and severely injured. ‘The pnysician was taken to Emer- gency Hospital by & motorist and treai- ed there by Dr. Bradley of the staff and Dr. J. M. Baber, 1819 G street, who sal dthat kis peivis was fractured, and he was suffering from shock.