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WEATHER. U 8 Westher Bureau Porecast) Pair tonight and tomorrow: slightly coider tomorrow. lowest temperature to- night about 34 in the suburbs, Temperatures—Highest. 65, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday: Jowest, 36, at m. today Closing N.Y. Markets, Pull report on page 4. L 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EBRITION he Zoen Pages13,14&15 ng Star. Au?cted service. in Washington wi Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,400 b SLO0E Toitikie Wi second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, 1 ). C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 JAPANESE TROOPS CROSS RIVER AND ATTACK CHINESE, GENEVA- INFORMED Dr. Sze Reports Renewal of Fighting After Tokio Loses 15 in Fight for Bridge in Manchuria. REACTION OF SOVIET T0 BATTLE IS AWAITED United States Instructs Agents to Make Representations to Capi- tals of Far East Nations to Avoid Actions Likely to Aggravate Situation. By the Associated Press. Fifteen Japanese soldiers were killed last night and today in a battle against Chinese soldiers for possession of a bridge across the Nonni River, on the Taonan- - Anganchi Rallroad, Western Man- churia. ‘The fighting started Wednesday and tonight both armies had “dug in” on either side of the river. | 'The Japanese were given orders | to drive the Chinese out of their | position. The war office at Tokio an- nounced ‘‘positive and effective measures” would be taken against the Chinese who are commanded by Gen. Mah Chan-Shan, sup- porter of the Nationalist govern- or, Wan Fu-Lin, Reaction of Soviet Awaited. Shanghai reports said fighting fol- hm’ngpm General Mah's refusal to withdraw his soldiers to a point 10 kilo- meters distant from the bridge, which they had dynamited during recent civil ‘warfare The Japanese soldiers had proceeded to the Nonni River as a guard for a railroad crew assigned to repair the b 3 Russian government had opposed sending Japanese troops so far north- ward in Mmhu‘r‘h. but the matter was arranged througi lomatic conversa- tions in w. ervers, however, awaited muren the Russian re- action to the battle at the bridge. U. 8. Renews Efforts. At Geneva, Dr. Alfred Sgze, China's representative on the League of Na- tions Council, said today Japanese troops had crossed the Nonni River and were attacking the Chinese Army north of the stream. In Washington the American Gov- ernment started new efforts to renew peace N tions. Instructions sent to Bhuesebtmnenl representatives in the Orient were tood to call for representations to Tokio and Nanking to avoid actions likely to aggravate the situation. JAPAN LOSES 15 IN CLASH. War Office Decides to Send Reinforce- ments to Trouble Area. TOKIO, November 5 (#).—Extra edi- tons of Tokio newspapers told today of the loss of 15 Japanese soldiers in the fight between occupation forces and Chinese troops at the Nonni River Bridge in Manchuria and announced a decision of the war office to send » brigade from Japan to the trouble area. It was announced that the war de- rment, subject to the approval of the ?:hlnel, would send a mixed brigade of {Postmaster Regrets Thatb ' 9,000 Are Turned Away, but More Continue to Come. Requests for Temporary Holiday Posts Come From Many Officials. | | | The erstwhile genial countenance o{| | Postmaster William M. Mooney wore a | haggard, harassed expression today as | he sat at his paper-littered desk in | the Washington Post Office, barricaded against & swarm of applicants seeking the 2,000 temporary postal jobs avail- able during the Christmas rush period | “Just take a look at this” Mr | Mooney exclaimed, holding up a sheath | of application papers. “Eleven thou- |sand of these we have received and only 2,000 jobs to fill.” They are still pouring in from every section of the city and the country, too, for that matter, | Bombarded by Congressmen. But that's the least of Postmaster Mooney’s troubles. | “Why, every Senator and Representa- tive, including their secretaries, have written in, asking for a job for sons, or sons of constituents, or whoever they can get a job for,” he exclaimed. “‘Most of these letters come addressed | to me as personal and, of course, they expect an answer from me. For days I've hardly had a chance to attend 111000 APPLICANTS HARASS " "MOONEY FOR POST OFFICE JOBS WILLIAM M. MOONEY. to my regular duties for the time it takes to answer them all.” Mr Mooney is above all a sympa- | thetic man and & courteous one and | for that reason he feels called upon to answer these letters addressed to him (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) HONE SALES BN Grape Product Hereafter to Be Offered Only Through Retail Stores. . By the Associated Press. Home distribution of its wine con- centrates will be discontinued by Fruit Industries, Ltd. Donald Conn, managing director, said today that in the future concen- | trates will be sold only in stores. Pre- | viously agents had sold the products directly to the homes and had [lven; ald in bottling the grape juice fer- mented into wine. l This action was taken, Conn said, partly as a result of the recent Kan- sas City Court decision in the Ukiah Grape Products Co. case and partly tol avert further criticism of the Farm Board, which has Joaned Fruit Indpus- tries more than $2,000,000. Offered Through Stores. | Vlm&l: concentrates, which will be| discontinued and substituted by three | other brands, in the future may be | bought in stores in gallon lots and | then must be prepared by the con- sumer himself. . | Conn recently has been in confer- ence with Farm Board officlals and | with Prohibition Director Woodcock. | Vineglo concentrates, he said, con- | stituted only 5 per cent of the organ- fzation's business. It also makes me- dicinal and sacramental wines lnd‘ fruit sauces and other grape | procucts. It is a Califorria co-operative formed to remove surplus grapes from the mar- | ket. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, | former Assistant Attorney General in lchlm of prohibition, is its general| | counsel. | Conn consulted her today. | “Our Own Initiative.,” | Conn smilingly declined to say whether Federal agencles had put Fruit Industries on notice as to the effect of the Ukiah decision, or wheth- er aciion by the Government had pre- ceded the Fruit Industries change of policy. “It is on our own initiative—practi- cally 50,” he put it. Mrs. Willebrandt kept her counsel 4,000 troops to Manchuria to replace | within the organization today. She, the tired soldiers sent there from Korea | like others of her law firm associated | at the beginning of the occupation | with the Fruit Industries business, was September 18. swamped by telephone calls, teleframs Minister of War Minami also is seek- | conferees and reporters. The firm's big ing sanction to postpone until March | suite was full of confusion all morning the withdrawal of conscripts whose | There were more than half a dozen as- terms of military service expire in |sociates grouped in several different December. | rooms. None of them seemed particu- A war office statement, confirming | larly concerned, although there was evi- earher reports of the fighting at the | dent excitement Nonni River span, said at last ac-| _Conn said Fruit Industries would sell counts spasmodic Airlng Was continuing | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) batween the Japanese, on the south side | : ol 14 STUDENTS INJURED of the s n, and the Chinese, on the north s i Says Clash Occurred in Fog. | The loyal Chinese dug in near the| CHARLESTON, W. Va. November 5 Yipuchi station, said the tement. | () —Three students were seriously hurt Gen. Honjo, commander of Japanese|gangd 11 others were cut and bruised forees in Manchuria, ordered his troops | when a Cabin Creek district school bus | to prepare to oust the Chinese from |collided with a truck late yesterda: their position and clear the district 50 | All the injured were brought to “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8. |pital here. Keith Faulkner, 17; Freda KENTUCKY LEADER o o driver of the truck, was arrested on a I charge of driving while under the in- fluence of liquor. | make as few changes in personnel as | possible. WINE CONCENTRATE MACDONALD NAMES CABINET MEMBERS Baldwin Is President Council and Chamberlain Has Exchequer. of By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 5.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald remains head | of the British government in the new cabipet, with Stanley Baldwin lord president of the council and Neville Chamberlain as chancellor of the ex- chequer, succeeding Phillp Snowden. cabinet list was announced at No. 10 Downing street this evening. Sir John Simon, one of the country's greatest lawyers and leaders of one wing of the Liberal party which broke away from David Lloyd George, is foreign secretary. Mr. Snowden, who retired as chan- cellor of the exchequer laigely because of his failing health, remains in the cabinet at Lord Privy Seal. He succeeds Lord Sankey, who held that post in the emergency national cabinet and who becomes Lord Chan- cellor in the new cabinet. Sir Samuel Hoare, Conservative, is secretary of state for India and Sir Herbert Samuel, leader of another sec- tion of the disrupted Liberal party, is home secretary. J. H. Thomas, elected on the National Labor ticket, becomes secretary for do- minions and Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Conservative, is secretary for colonies. ‘The new secretary for air is the Mar- quis of Londonderry, Conservative. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal, is secre- tary for Scotland. Heads Board of Trade. Walter Runciman was named presi- dent of the board of trade, an appoint- ment which was regarded as Mr. Mac- Donald's attempt to balance the Con- servative tariff pressure with a Liberal whose mind is open on that issue. ©ther appointments included Sir H. Hilton Young, Conservative, minister of health. Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell, Conserva- tive, first lord of the admiralty. Sir Donald MacLean, Liberal, ister of education. Sir John Gilmour, minister of agriculture. Sir Henry Betterton, minister of labor. William Ormsby-Gore, Conservative, first commissioner of works. Lord Hallsham, Conservative, secre- tary for war. Conservative, Conservative, Appointment Surprising. The most surprising appointment in the list was that of Sir John Simon t0 the foreign office. It was known that Lord Reading had indicated his willing- ness to relinquish the post, and it w generally expected that Sir John would | receive one of the more important ap- | pointments. but his name had not been mentioned in connection with the for-' eign office. { Neville Chamberlain is one of the ! strong tariffl group. | In_making these appointments Mr. MacDonald, he let it be known, tried to maintain the national character of the government and at the same time The cabinet, somewhat larger than the emergency group which succeeded the Labor government, consists of 20 members, of whom 11 are Conserva- tives, 5 are Liberals of one wing or | anotber, and 4 are members of the Na- | tional Labor party. Homer Hoffman. Charleston. were severely’ injured, physiclans said IS WOUNDED BADLY Attack on H. H. Denhardt, Once] Chief of Nationsl Guard and Lieu- | tenant Governor, Is Probed. By the Assoclated Press. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., November 5. | ~-H. H. Denhardt, former Admunl‘ general of the Kentucky National Guard and former lieutenant governor, was wounded early today in an encounter RIO DE ORO, Spanish Africa, No- on a downtown strett here. He was|vember 5.—Orders are orders to a shot once in the shoulder and is be- )proud officer of the once splendid lieved to be in a serious condition. Uhlan Guard of the German Empire, so Lieut. Erich von Sateen. down in Witnesses told police Denhardt was|the desolate wastes of France's African shot by W. K. Dent, a Republican frontier, s still carrying on his share worker in Tuesday’s election. ~ The e of the World War, which ended 13 shooting was said to have resulted from | years ago. ill feeling over political issues. Den-|" No order to cease hostilities ever has hard is & Democrar: ° - reached him, and now the man who Dent was one of féur men named in|once was an officer of German cavalry warrants issued S#sterday as the result |has gone native, married the daughter of a jesdny during the elec- |of a tribal chieftain. and as El Hadl | By the Associated Press. lieutenant recently told white man he has ernment in 1916 and by the new government of Germany. * \GERMAN OFFICER CONTINUES WAR i IN AFRICA, AWAITING NEW ORDERS e | tribes inst the French, as the Eng- Jiah Cot.. fousing min- | d | creasing her own gold production. lis not Uhlan Lieutenant Carries On, Apparently Forgotten by Present Government in Homeland. them he is still obeying his orders. still doing his duty, still fghting against the French.” In October, 1916, a secret order sent Von Satzen from his Uhlan regiment to report to the commander of the German submarine UC-20. at Helgo- land. He went aboard the boat in the night and found there Herr Probster. former German consul at Fer. and Capt. Achmed Hairy Bey of the Turk- ish_Army Thers were a few commands, issued in hushed voices, and the submarine put to sea to run the French and English blockades, to reach Africa and land Von Satzen and his two com- rades on & mission to rouse the desert | Arabs uth:'nlrkl- = IR B o e v coast of Africa, , in November and ne- gotiated & with El Hiba, leader of «©CH “ied o Fagc 2, Column'3) AMERCAN FIRMS | ADVISED T0 SEEK | CASH FROM RUSSI Soviet Finances Nearing Crisis, Federal Advices Here Indicate. MOSCOW MAY REVISE SYSTEM OF PAYMENT Britain's Suspension of Gold| Standard -Seriously Hurt Program of Stalin. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Russia’s economic experiment is slow- ly approaching a financial crisis. Amer- ican business firms are recelving letters from the Department of Commerce which they are construing as advice to require cash or equivalent in goods as collateral for their sales to Russia. The next big news the world may hear rivaling the recent suspension of the gold standard by Great Britaln is that Russia has modified the basis on | which she has hoped to get sufficient gold exchange externally to pay for raw materials and machinery needed for her new plant and equipment. And this may mean, temporarily at least, the end of the dumping policy which has unsettied the markets of the world including American wheat prices. The foregoing inferences which may be derived from information supplied |to omcial sources here represents & change that may ultimately mean a better blend between the communism of Russia and the capitalism of the rest {of the world. While the United States | Government has no official relations with the Soviet government, the State and Commerce Departments, as well as the Treasury, have been gathering information constantly in perhaps the most exhaustive study ever made by one nation of another’s economic evolu- tion. It is a continuing inquiry em- | bracing both unofficial and official in- formation. British Situation Hurt. veral things stand out in the upls:lon of obsetvers here as indicating |the letest trend in Russian affairs. They may be enumerated as follows: First, the suspension of the gold standard by Great Britain was a body blow to Russian finances and more damaging than the world realized. Russia had contracted to sell much of her production, expecting, of course, the pound sterling to yield her certain sums which now are reduced by more than 20 per cent due to.the deprecia- tion in the British pound. England is Russia’s best customer. Second, the Russian peasants are re- fusing to give up to the government all their grain production and are with- holding it in such quantities that Rus- sia will not have available for export the amounts she has counted on. Her production figures and estimates were correct, but it is only now leaking out that the collections by the government from the farmers are falling down by perhaps 50 per cent. Third, the Scandinavian countries which have gone off the gold standard are paying Russia less for her exports because they, like Britain, are paying in their own currencies. Ttaly Gets Heavy Stocks. Fourth, Italy is insisting on such & large collateral as security for her sales that a heavy stock of Russian goods is piled up in Ttalian markets. Italy eventually will buy and since Rome is still on the gold standard, Russia will have & balance in her favor, but not big enough to give her much free gold elsewhcre Fifth, Germany % following the prac- tice of some other countries ip having | the central government of the selling country guarantee the risks for the merchants who sell in Russia, but Ger- man banks are insisting and are get- | ting gold or equivalent collateral. Sixth, American business firms know the Soviets have not, as a result of their commerce with other countries, enough goid to pay for many more purchases in cash. The American Gov- ernment has lately reiterated to the inquiring American firms that sales are made to Russia at unusual risks and that increased protection would seem to_be desirable. It is estimated Russia owes approxi- mately $125,000000 in gold to mer- chants in other countries. She can j get_this money only by selling her ex- at in- The Las been found expensive and ming up to expectations. The sale of goods is becoming every day more difficult because the five- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ports sacrifice prices or by latter 'BALCHEN AND WIFE Ocean Flyer, Who Piloted Byrd's Plane at South Pole, Granted Plea Finally. By the Assoc HACKENS —Bernt and pilot CK, N Balchen, for J transatlantic Admiral Byrd on November 5. fiyer the | fught to Little America, today became a citizen of the United States. His “g!e Sorlie was also given her citizen- ship. ADAMS OPPOSES GAME Secretary Adams has rejected a pro- posal by Senator Smoot of Utah that the Naval Academy play a_post-season mhbnll game ‘with the University of Replying to a telegram, the Secre- tary said the distance to be traveled and its accompanying interference with scholastic work would preclude such & game. TRAPS 17 BURGLARS CAMERON, N. C.. November 5 (#).— T. A. Hendrix, Cameron merchant, claims some sort of a record. His gro- cery store has been burglarized so many :l:\;l in the past two years that 17 are serving chain gang sentences for the off - i e AR S Radio Proilm on Page D-3 | ture 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. FE¥ (#) Means Associated Pr TWO CE) NGALLS WILL USE AIRPLANE IN OHIO GUBERNATORIAL RACE Assistant Secretary of Navy Announces He Will File for Primaries. Will Retain Post Here Until Congress Has Acted on Appropriations. By fhe Associated Pre: David 8. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for aeronautics, will enter the race for Governor of Ohio. Ingalls, who served two terms in the Ohlo House of Representatives before coming to the Navy Department, will file for the May primary. He said today he would conduct his campaign by airplane, as he has carried | out many of his Navy duties. He will retain his post here, at least until* Congress has acted on the naval aviation. appropriations at the coming session. “The necessity of being on the job in Washington,” he sald, “and at the same time conducting a campaign will run me pretty short of time. It | DAVID S. INGALLS. likely that I will have to use an air- | plene much around before the primary.” x -of State ClI Gov. George Whité, Democrat, have been clouded by speculation upon his, ble entrance into the race for the mocratic presidential nomination. WHEAT PRICES TOP TOCENT LEVELS Rapid Advance in Grain Values Is Continued on ' Chicago Market. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 5.—The sen- sational advence in wheat values con- tinued at the cpening of the Chicago matket today. The first quotations werc as much as 1’4 cents higher than yes- terday's close. May contracts crossed the 70-cent mark for the first time this season. May wheat, opening at 70 to 703, was the second deferred delivery to cross the 70-cent mark. July led the way to this new high mark for the season in the spectacular 3-cent rise late yesterday. Until then no wheat contracts had sold that high in the Chicago pit since last May. Heralded as a possible harbinger to a general return to higher commodity and security prices, the wheat market attracted Jively speculative interest Trading was on & big scale and the | opening gains of 3y to 1!y cents were quickly augmented by later transactions. Corn opened as much as “, cent higher and also made further gains. Heavy profit-taking slowed up the advance for & few moments, but this was absorbed with no great losses and the market continued to climb. After a half hour's trading, both wheat and corn futures were well over the opening figures and as much as 13, cents above yesterday's close. May Wheat advanced 10 70%. Drought reports from Russia added to a general belief that the Soviets would be out of the market in the fu- as an exporter. This opinion strengthened the bullish sentiment. WINNIPEG PRICES GAIN. ! Sharp Advance in Wheat Sends No- vember to 7l. WINNIPEG, November 5 (#).—Sharp advances were registered in wheat prices on the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change this morning. Early morning purchases sent No- vember and December futures to the high levels struck Monday, while May shot up to even a higher peak. It was the highest point touched oy the current future e At while December gained 13 to ; to 72-711; and May was up 1% cent at 76 to 75%. LONDON TONE BULLISH. Wheat Buying is Slow, However, Pend- ing Developments. LONDON, November 5 (#)—Yester- day's advance in the American wheat market had slight effect here today so far as cargoes are conce S bl to await devel . cHned Sone was bullish. however, and there was little inelination toward lum -~ mgrm'umuumy. most one Emm. per quarter of 480 STONE SEES END * OF PARM SURPLLS 'Board Chairman Predicts Recovery of Markets Within Year. | By the Associated Press. | In tune with the merry song of ris- | ing wheat prices, Chairman Stone of | the Farm Board today predicted that the burdensome world surplus of the | food crop would be entirely removed by next year. Crop shortages and weather damage, Stone said, together with strong ind! cations of short planting next year “will put us back on an even keel as far as the relation between production ‘and consumption is concerned.” | Favor Acreage Cuts. One of the gospels preached by the Farm Board has been the elimination of the wheat surplus through acreage reduction. | | Alexander Legge, when Farm Bcard chairman, toured the grain country, | urging the farmers to cut production and Stone and other board members followed his lead. The chairman has received private | estimates that the American inter | wheat ecreage will be reduced 18 to 22 | per_cent. 7 | __Farmers have planted l;:proximn;:!fl 12 per cent less &m'gr wheat this and dry weather in the Southwest has further curtailed acreage and seeding and increased prospects for consider- able abandonment. ding the current increase in grlces, Stone would only say “I am very appy.” He estimated that a larger | percentage of wheat remains on farms | | than in other years. Private estimates place the increased the time in getting | House. [ value of wheat at more than $200,000,- 000, much of it being added to the purchasing power of rural communities. GARNER PROMISED NEW YORK BACKING Representative Dickstein Says Democrats Will Pre- sent United Front. Representative Dickstein of New York sald today the 23 members of the New York Democratic delegation | would vote for Representative Garner of Texas for Speaker of the next House. Dickstein said the entire Tammany delegation will be present when the House meets to organise. He pointed out that the chairman- ships of four committees would go to New York Democrats if his party or- ganized the House. ‘The New York Democrat said “there will be no splitting of hairs by the Dcmoc:nu when we organize the Will Have United Fromt. “The New York delegation will ‘be content with whatever : 'ment is worked out in the Democratic caucus over committee chairmanships,” Dick- stein sald. - “There may be some personal sacri- fices among the Democratic members in order to work ips, but whatever the result the Democrats will be able to present a united front to the Republicans when the roll is called for election of Speaker.” ‘The sweep of Tuesday's election vic- tories have piled upon Democratic shoulders burdens hitherto borne by Republicans. The huge vote rolled up by A. Harry Moore to take him into the New Jersey gubernatorial chair could be accepted by national chieftains with rejoicing un- adulterated by the possibility of e woes. So could the equally effective, if less decisive, march of Judge Ruby Laffoon to the Governor's chair in Kentucky, giving the party 27 of the 48 _governorships. Prospective org.nization of the House of Representatives, however, and ele- vation of the veteran Jack Garner to the Speakership have brought their problems. i Peace May Be Problem. Overshadowing for the present even the difficulties of legislating without a working majori‘y—a majority now standing at ono—is the necessity for keeping peace in the Democratic, family. This may not piove so easy with the chairmanships «f the most powerful and important committees scheduled to g0 to Southern members through right of_seniority. Under the present line-up not only would Garner .€ un in the opposed party for the Speukership. but 30 of 46! cllll‘mlnlhlu of standing ecommit- tées would go to Lixie Representatives. Texas alone would get five. An effort by members from Northern States to force & more equitable divi- sion of these election spolls is already down In the books. Major economic problems are to b2 presented to Congress almost as soon as organization is effected in the House and the equally closely divided Senate. Prohibition, flanked by an increasing number of opposition votes in both branches, will be subjected to further tests of strength. Democratic leaders in both houses have indicated an intention of recalling the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill to the legislative floors for an over- hauling downward. Open Leadership Fight.. Meanwhile, the contest in Democratic ranks over selection of a floor leader in event Garner becomes the next Speaker got under way today in earnest:| as Northern and Southern members be- gan preference drives. Tammany del tion is support- “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) | With the view to perfecting her volce; | for sound pictures, Mrs. Hoover is hav-| ing voice tests made. It is understood | her object is to adopt permanently a ! method of speech and intonation ’"1 future talks in sound pictures. She | has been dissatisfied with recent record- | ing of her voice. | Mrs. Hoover's first ex b lrll:ml'mldxxml:j igher prices asked by sellers met litt higher ‘ICIRS. HOOV;ER TRIES OUT HER VbICE ON SOUND FILMS TO IMPROVE IT | Practices Various Intonations and Modulations to Over- | . . . " | come Her Dissatisfaction With Recent Reels. November was advanced i to 71l | urday Mrs. Hoover will know the resul out the matter of | T. Dougl CARDINER UPHELD Executive Committee Also Announces It Will Welcome “Impartial” Inquiry. 7-1 VOTE ANNOUNCED AFTER 3-HOUR SESSION Organization Head Fails to Apolo- gize, Stating He “Acted in Good Faith.” ‘The Executive Committee of the Navy League, by a vote of 7 to 1, today up~ held Willlam Howard Gardiner, league president, in his attack on President Hoover and the latter's naval poliey, and announced that the league wel~ comes any “impartial” investigation. Gardiner fatled to apologize to the President, issuing a brief statement after the Executive Committee meeting, in which he sald he wrote the states ment regarding the administration’s | Navy program “in the best of good faith.” Breckinridge Votes “No.” Henry Breckinridge, former Assistagt Secretary of War, was the sole dissenting member of the committee. Ho reiterated a previous announcement contending that the language In Garde iner's Navy League pamphlet was “une- seemly and unjustified.” Following adjournment of a three- hour sesion in the offices o Chairman Walter Bruce Howe, the Executive Come mittee issued the following statement to the press: “The Executive Committee of the Navy League of the United Siates afe firms its faith in the statements issued by the league's officials and welcomes any impartial and comprehensive in- vestigation which will throw much need= e IHM on the present conduct of Ao thls end he Navy League gladly o end the Na: e gla offers its records wlth'zm rmrv’lflmly. Furthermore, it resolves to persue the purposes and . policies for which the Navy League was founded.” Hoover Board Confers. ‘The vigorous pronouncement camw Just as President Hoover's special board of inquiry was convening at the Metio- ligan Club, a short distance down street, to consider Members of the Navy League Com- mittee who voted to stand back of Gardiner in his contro with Pregi- dent Hoover were: ve, Gardiner, Henry Cabot | of the late Senator from M "husetts; 3 las Robinson, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy; James W. | Wadsworth, jr., former Senator from ! New York; Nelson Macy of New York |and M. M. Hubbard of Chicago. Two | members of the Executive Committee failed to appear today. They were Ogden Reld and Arthur Curtiss James. i Col. Breckinridge issued the follow- ing dissenting statement: “In voting ‘mo’ to the resolution, X wish to record my deep conviction that Mr. Gardiner's statement contained un- seemly and unjustified language con- cerning the President of the United States, language that will not serve the best interest of the Navy or the Navy League, language that should not be approved by the Navy League.” Gardiner's Statement, | _ Gardiner's formal press statement | was as follows: “I wrote the pamphlet published by the Navy League on October 28 in the best of good faith. I wrote it in the hope that it would bring home to my fellow countrymen and to our selected representatives in the executives and legislative branches of our Government what I sincerely believed to be the very serious condition that confronts our country.” Dine at Metropolitan Club. Immediately after adjournment, sev- eral members of the committee went to the Metropolitan Club for lunch. In a nearby room the members of the President’s Investigating Board were holding their organization meeting, un- aware as yet of the league’s action. | Among the Navy League officials whe | lunched at the club were Robi Wadsworth and Macy. Robinsen laughed when a reporter asked him if he were going in to beard the lon i3 his den. The President’s board could not have chosen a meeting plac® with better safeguards against intrusion. None but members of the exclusive club may en- ter its portals unchallenged. News- paper men took up a vigil on the street outside, . U. S. MISSIONARY IS SLAIN IN CHINA Rev. J. W. Vinson, Whose Three Children Live at Lexington, Va., Killed by Bandit Captors. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, November 5.—The Rev. J. W. Vinson, member of the American Presbyterian Mission at Haje chow, Kiangsu Province, has been slain by Chinese bandits, United States Con- sul General Willis R. Peck was advised today. Vinson was kidnaped last Sunday. His death presumably occurred yesters day. Immediately upon receipt of news She will then study the re an make a decision as to the best method of speech and intonation. Unless she is satisfied with these results, it is un- derstood that further tests will be made. Recently, when Mrs. Hpover chris- tened the American Clipper, passenger afrplane, her voice, as recorded in the ures, was so low and indistinct her ords were hardly audible. Earlier in the while addressing a Girl d | peck asked the Chinese fcreign office for details of the incident. At the instance of the American Gov- ernment, he had made representa to the foreign office following the kid- naping - assured the Chincse govern! “do all in its power of Vinson, £ to obta 3 ‘The is survived by three I of whom live with His wife P BY NAVY LEACLE - INHOOVERATTCK