Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and warmer today; to- morrow, fair and warmer. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 30, at terday. P\Ifil’!pmonmel 51, at 5 pm. 5 am, yes- he Suntay Star. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 1,390—No. 31,967, Entered as second cluss maj tter post office. Washington, o WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1931—114 PAGES. * “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS | TEN CENTS ‘WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ELSEWHERE IN JAPANESE REFUSE T0 RECALL TROOPS FROM MANCHURIA, LEAGUE INFORMED Coercive ““Diplomatic Boy- cott” Rumor Considered by | Powers to Force Japan to! Comply With Council. GEN. MAH’S RESIGNATION REPORTED DEMANDED | Tokio Persists in Effort to Force China to Accept “Five Funda- mental Principles” Before Under-l‘ taking Negotiations to Settle| Situation. By the Associated Press. Arms were still bristling in Mnachuria as Japan politely re-| iterated to the League of Nations yesterday its refusal to withdraw troops from that battleground. Chairman Briand of the League’s Council sent a_new note to the Chinese and Japanese govern- ments urging them to remove the ssibility of further armed con- %(i’cv,, which would make the League's peace efforts more dif- ficult. > A coercive “diplomatic boycott” against Japan was reported under consideration among League pow- ers. China was expected to warn the League today that Japan must be held responsible for any ag- gravated trouble. Victorious Japanese at the Non- ni River bridgehead were watch- ing out for a possible attack by Chinese troops sent to reinforce the routed army of Gen. Mah Chan-Shan. The Japanese com- mand in Manchuria was said to have demanded surrender of Gen. Mah’s post as governor of Hei Lung-Kiang province as a condi- tion for cessation of hostilities. Japanese losses in the fighting of the last few days were figured at 36 dead and 144 wounded. Chi- nese losses were unestimated, ex- cept that 3 officers, including a regimental commander, and 14 non-commisisoned officers were re| ed killed. IEfln issued an official denial of CI inese charges that Japanese | Wi military authorities had seized salt tax receipts in Manchuria. JAPAN REITERATES TERMS. Note to League Insists “Five Funda- mental Principles” Must Be Met. By the Associated Press. A polite refusal was Japan's reply yesterday to a League of Nations reso- lution requesting withdrawal of its troops from Manchuria by November 16. In a note to Aristide Briand of France, chairman of the League’s Coun- cil, the Japanese government rejected as impracticable the proposal that pro- tection of Japan's nationals and prop- erty be undertaken by the League on withdrawal of the soldiers. Japan _definitely asserted its inten-| (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | Sports Summary Outstanding in national foot ball yesterday was the sensational drive of two remarkable Mid- western outfits, Notre Dame and Northwestern. The Irish, un- beaten but tied by Northwestern, swamped Pennsylvania, previously unbeaten, under a 49-0 count. Northwestern, also unbeaten, practically clinched the Western Conference championship by wal- loping Minnesota, 32-14, after trailing, 14-7 at half time. Catholic University and George Washington were the winners among college teams of the Washington area that saw action. The Cardinals upset Manhattan, 19-6, while the Colonials, in a night game, crushed Salem, 4 Maryland, playing at Nashville, took its first defeat of the season in a 39-to-12 game with Vander- bilt. Georgetown was beaten, 7-0, by Bucknell. Major teams keeping to the un- beaten trail were Georgia, that overturned New York U., 7-6; Harvard, which scored a 1 minute 7-6 win over Dartmouth; Cornell, which found Alfred easy in a 54-0 “breather”; Fordham, which licked Detroit, 39-9; S cuse, victor over Western Reserve, 33-0; Tulane, which trampled Auburn, 27-0; Tennessee, which romped to a 31-0 win over Car- son-Newman, and Southern Methodist, which turned back Texas Aggies, 8-0. Except_for Georgia’s victory over N. Y. U, the East at home made a clean sweep of intersec- tional games, as Army whipped Louisiana State, 20-0; Columbia beat Virginia, 27-0, and Brown defeated Ohio Wesleyan, 26-13 Pitt toppled Carnegie Tech, 14-6, and Princeton took another licking, this time from Lehigh, 19-7. Yale vanquished St. John's of Annapolis, 52-0, and_Colgate trounced Penn Stat 7 Michigan beat I and Wisconsin _downed Illinois, 7-6, in a Big Ten game. Mar- quette trimmed Washington and Jefferson, Purdue turned back Centenary and Chicago tied Arkansas. Nebraska overcame Towa. In the Big Six Towa State up- set the previously unbeaten Kan- sas State outfit, and in the South- west Texas Christian kept pace with Southern Methodist by nos- ing' out Rice. Utah held to its winning stride in the Rocky Mountain _ Conference, _beating Colorado College. The Utah Ag- gles fell before Brigham Young. 2-7 IEngineer Blows Whistle, but Too PRESTON PAYNTER. _ ANTIFASCISTS PLAN T0 HARASS GRANDI DURING STAYINU.S, Leaders Say Demonstrationsf Will Be Staged in Cities on Minister’s Itinerary. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 7.—Clouds of an anti-Fascist protest against the visit | to America of Dino Grandi, Italy’s for- eign minister, began to gather on the eastern horizon today with plans for a hostile demonstration in each of the cities he is to visit. At the same time Grandi sailed from Naples for his conference with Presi- dent Hoover, anti-Fascist leaders here, | headed by Girolama Valenti, editor of | an anti-Fascist newspaper, openly an- nounced the formation of committees | to stage the demonstrations in New ! York, Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore. May Go Direct to Capital. Whether because of fear that the demonstration in this city might re-| sult in violence or because of some | other reason, the possibility was ex- pressed by municipal officials that the Italian minister might be taken to Washington without passing through New York. Maj. William F. Deegan, chairman of the Mayor's Reception Committee, said today he had prepared a reception simiiar to that with which Premier Pierre Laval of France was welcomed, but. he had received no word from ashington officials. who are in of Grandi's itinerary in this country. While the program announced the State Department includes recep- tions in Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore, it makes no mention of any in New York. Plan Demonstrations. Regardless, however, of whether Minister Grandi passes through the city formally, informally, or not at all, the anti-Fascist demonstration will be held here as in the other cities, Valenti and the other leaders said today. He announced that the Anti-Fascist Alliance and a number of other organi- zations of Italian-Americans opposed to the Mussolini regime would take part as @ protest against what they believe to be the international impli- cations of Grandi's meeting with the President of the United States. Valenti explained police permission | would be sought in each of the cities " (Continued on Pa TRAIN KILLS THREE GIRLS ON TRESTLE| Late—Dolls Scattered on Track. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, November Three children, trapped cn a trestle of the Big Fcur Railroad, were run down and killed by a train here late today. The victims were Hazel Prater, 7; her | sister, Gladys, 10, and Maxine Vance, 8. ‘The children, crossing the trestle hand-in-hand, had reached a point about half way when a passenger train rounded a curve and bore down on them. When the engineer sounded his whistle Gladys looked around and drew her companions to the edge of the track. A moment later the train struck them The train was stcpped after it had traveled across the elevation. Dolls and other toys which the chil- dren carried were found scattered along the tracks. Gladys, in a desperate effort to save her two companions, led them to the guard rail of the trestle and prepared to leap with them to another track on the bridge. The space between the two tracks is four feet and she hesitated. The moment's hesitation cost them their lives. One of the victims was hurled off the trestle and the other two were caught beneath the train. Of the dozen toys the children carried only the doll was damaged. Parents of the Prater children to- under the care of e night were physician. G. 0. P. WOMAN LEADER'S Miss Rosemary Baur, Rich Chicago Girl, Is Wed to Canadian Attorney’s Son. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 7—Miss Rose- mary Baur, 20, one cf Chicago's richest girls, and ‘Bartle Bull, 29, son of W. Perkins Bull, millionaire Canadian and British attorney, were married today. Mrs. Bull is the daughter of Mrs. Jacob Baur, socially_prominent and & former Republican National Commit- tc.woman from Illinois, attended Bryn Georgle Tech’s game rally to tie North Carolina was the only real surprise in the South. Alabama swamped Florida, and in a mild upset, Duke nosed out Kentucky. the Pacific Coast Conference Southern California virtually clinched the title beating Stanford, 19-0. California de- feated Washington. Mawr, has been presented to the Court of St. James, and made her Chicago debut last season. When she was 18 years old Miss | endon. PARENTS SEE BOY AND 2 OTHER DE NBU McKinley High Student, Pres- ton Paynter, Killed in First Flight. KORTE, VrEVTERANiPILOT, AND L. K. DENNIS, VICTIMS Hoover Airport Crash Third for Capital Planes in 48 Hours. Nine Toll. The crash of a two-seater biplane at the Washington-Hoover Airport at 2:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, killing the pilot and its two passengers, brought the shock of an air tragedy to the Na- tional Capital for the third time within 48 hours and caused the casualty list to mo to nine victims. Frederick Korte, 29 years old, of Easton, Md., a veteran pilot with more than 600 hours in the air, granted the request of Preston Paynter, 15 years old, McKinley High Schoo! =udent and son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Paynter, 2608 | Seventeenth street northeast, to take | him up for his first airplane ride. Lester K. Dennis, 26 years old, of the American Small Loan Co., Alexandria, Va., asked to be taken along. Mr. and Mrs. Paynter, also at the airport to greet Korle, O. L. Byrd and Roger W. Bounds of Salisbury, Md., upon their arrival at the airport a short time be-! fore, granted the boy their permission. Wave to Friends. The youngster and Dennis jumped into the front cockpit and Korte took the controls in the rear pit. As the plane taxied west across the fleld the three waved at their friends, number- ing about 15. Aftcr taxiing a short way from the port’s control station, Korte nosed his plane into the east, gave the motor the “gun” and after a short run the ship was in the air. As it passed near the control house their friends again waved their hands at the plane’s occupants. It had gained about 50 feet in the air at the time. Korte nosed the ship up until it reached 100 feet, then, according to spectators, the motor began to sputter. The noise of the faltering motor was so pronounced that mechanics at work in the hangers ran out into the field to see what was happening. They said they saw Korte make an effort to turn to land. In doing so he lost altitude and nosed his ship up at a 45-degree angle. Witnesses asserted the plane wobbled in the air like a wounded bird as Korte attempted to straighten it out. But he leveled off and the motor began to hum again. e pilot again nosed his ship up- ward to clear the telegraph wires skirt- ing the field near the Alexandria Road. The plane began to spin and as mechanics and spectators, seeing a crash was inevitable, ran across the field the ship plunged with a terrific crash onto the asphalt paved highway. Caught By Flames. It landed upright and immediately burst into flames. Korte and his two passengers did not attempt to jump and were burned to death. Mr. and Mrs. Paynter were the first to reach the crash scene and saw their son perish in the flames, The Jeflerson District Fire Depart- ment and the rescue squad of Virginia Highlands put in their appearance a few moments later but the firemen were helpless. One hour later the charred bodies of | the three victims were taken from the mass of twisted metal and carried to the C. J. Ives funeral home at Clar- Mrs. Dennis and her child was noti- fled of the tragedy at her home in Salis- bury. Dennis had moved to_ Alexandria a short time ago and Mrs. Dennis had planned to join him within the coming month, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Korte were noti- fled of the death of their son at their home in Easton. The pilot was assist- ant manager of the First Industrial Bankers at Salisbury. He also was a commissioned officer in the Maryland National Guard. Sitting in his son’s room last night, Mr. Paynter told how the boy had taken the flight that ended in his death. Preston was deeply interested in avia- tion and airships, “as any boy is” his father explained. He long had mnour- ished a desire to make an actual fiight in the planes he had watched and photographed. Interest in Aviation. “You can see for yourself what he thought of planes,™ Mr. Paynter re- marked, indicating a tinted enlarged copy of a snapshot Preston had made at a National Guard camp during the past Summer, that stood framed in the position of honor on the lad’s bureau. “He had wanted to go up and when we learned Mr. Korte was coming here today, he asked me if he couldn't make a flight with him,” the grief-stricken father continued. “T told him he could go—accidents in the air nowadays are the exception rather than the rule and with &ll the miles that have been flown in relation to the number of accidents, I told him we'd take him. And so his mother and I went with him to the field and we saw him go.” Mr. Paynter then told how the plane taxied up to the end of the field, turned itself and poised for the take-off das) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3 MAN WHO BOTHERED SENATOR BORAH HELD Entered Home Annoyed Tdahcan on Politics—Is Or- dered From House. | | and | John F. Fraser, 22, of the 300 block |of East Capitol street, was held for mental observation at Gallinger Hos- pital last night after he allegedly “bothered” Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, Fraser, according to police, entered or's home, at 2101 Connecticut , Friday and annoyed the 1da hoan on political matters. ator ordered him out. .The young man Baur inherited an estimated $2,500,000 from her late father, a chemical manu- facturer, After a trip around the world the young couple pl°n to live in London, England. ¥ Wwas arrested yesterday by Detective Sergts. John ¥, Flaherty and_William De Busky, who traced him to his home.; Fraser, police sald, has been 8nnoy-| ing Senators and Representatives re- ] cently. He was taken to Gallinger after being booked a4 olice headquarters. RNING PLANE| | gates. Since there are only 124 dele-| DR. G. C. HAVENNER REELECTED AS CIVIC FEDERATIONHEAD David Babp Wins Fight for| Secretary After Tie With Phillips. Dr. George C. Havenner was re- elected president of the Federation of Citizens' Assoclation last night for a fourth consecutive term. George E. Sullivan was elected vice ~president; David Babp, secretary, and A. H. Greg- ory, treasurer. | None of the contests, except that for | secretary, provided a real fight. In the | voting for this position, the first ballot was a tie, 47 votes being cast each for Mr. Babp and for Harry C. Phillips. On the second ballot Mr. Babp won out, | 46 to 44. | Dr. Havenner's name was placed in | nomination for the presidency by Henry I. Quinn. The next nominee was Willlam McK. Clayton, the Fed- eration's first president, who was nom- inated by William G. Henderson. Mr. Quinn read a petition for Dr. Havenner to run for president, signed by 65 dele- gates, the petition represented a clear | majority of the votes. Clayton Withdraws. Mr. Clayton, addressing the Federa- tion, said he had been informed there were some who had signed the petition who had done so under a misunder- standing and belleved that when it came to a vote they would vote for some one other than Dr. Havenner. Therefore_he withdrew from competi- | tion, so that those who signed the pe- | tition might feel free to keep their pledge, and that no hard feelings might | be_engendered. | ‘The result of the vote gave Dr. Hav- | enner 62 votes and Mr. Clayton 32, while one vote each was cast for Mr. | Sullivan and for James G. Yaden, an- | other former president. | After Mr. Babp's election as secre- | tary had been announced he made a | speech charging that_“politics” had been employed in an effort to oust him | from his job. The nomination of Phil- | lips to oppose Babp was made by Dr. Havenner himself, but Mr. Babp spe- cifically exempted Dr. Havenner and Mr. Phillips from his charges. New Post Is Stressed. All of the nominating speeches | stressed the fact that Dr. Havenner re- cently has accepted a t as executive vice chairman of the District Bicenten- nial Commission &t a salary of $8,000 | per_annum. Those in favor of Dr. Havenner said this was a tribute to the federation, and that the best way to acknowledge it would be to keep him as president. ‘Those opposed to him sald it would give him too much work to do to al- low him to take care of the work of the federation properly. There was also op- position to Dr. Havenner on the theory | fooq that_the presidency of the federation | should not be held more than three years by any one man. The following were elected members of the Executive Committee and Citi- zens' Advisory Council: George B. Bishop, B. A. Bowles, L. A. Carruthers, Mr, Clayton, Joseph L. Gammell, E. Hege, Thomas E. Lodge, Mr. Phillips, Mrs. E. C. Rittue, Harry N, Stull, Mr. Sullivan and W. 1. Swanton, | Dreiser Meeting Hears Ac-| Editor Is Perfumed By Foe’s Irate Wife For Declining Duel ) 5 CURTS SILENE ON 1532 NBOREN DEPARTSFOR WEST By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, No- vember 7.—Senora Pedro Albizo, wife of the head of the Na- tionalist party, dropped in at the office of Jose Coll Vidal, editor of the newspaper El Mundo, today and upbraided the editor for failing to answer her husband’s challenge to a duel. One word led to another and finally the senora shouted: “You're too much of a lady to fight my husband, this for you,” and she drenched him with perfume. The editor declined to make charges with the police. His dispute with Albizo began when the Nationalist leader said he was under Gov. Roosevelts thumb and the editor denied it in a scorching editorial. MINERS CHARGE NEWS SUPPRESSED by End of Month, Says Vice President. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘With the secret of his future political plans still fast locked in his breast, Vice President Charles Curtis left here yesterday afternoon to go to Hollywood, Calif. Before leaving he said, however, he would make an announcement by the end of this month. Until that state- ment is forthcoming, the G. O. P. will be in the dark as to whether Mr. Curtis plans to seek remomination as Vice President on’the ticket with President Hoover next year, whether he will drop | out of the national race and become a candidate for his old seat in the Sen- ate in Kansas, or whether he will be a candidate for public office. There has been talk of an offer to him from the oil industry of a position somewhat similar to that occupied by Will Hays in_the motion picture business. 4 L e | Predictions have been made in the PINEVILLE, Ky., November 7.—Theo- | pagt that the Vice President would dore Dreiser and his committee of writ- | enter the Senate race, but Mr. Curtis ers today gained at first hand a knowl- | Insisted he gave mo cne authority for edge of conditions in the Eastern Ken- | it o *Fhat up until the present he tucky coal fields by tramping over the ‘, has not relinguished any claim he may hills to the homes of miners, who said | have to renominaticn for the vice presi- they were reduced to beggary because | 4€nCY: of, lack of food. | The writers, representing the Com- | mittee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, visited the Straight Creek | 1 ., however, he will miners and their wives in their homes | ti1 after he returns to Washington about and conducting a mass meeting of the | it 8fter he xeturgs £ WASSAEIO0 § 0048 National Minets: Union at Arjay. | expected to give the political situation The investigation brought out fales gitention, ~He had originally planned to of children dying because of ImProper | retyrn to his home early this Fall, but food, failure of Telief agencies to pro- | Tc/UrR to his home eatty L8 TR MU vide wearing apparel for the needy, and |y, "giyen particular attention to the the necessity for striking miners to beg | wheat situation, in which the Kansas and borrow to support their families, | fneat situation, In Hhct e e Enforcement Officers Hit. cent upswing in prices of wheat and an | i ’ casing e ofl s The mass meeting, addressed by labor | 5 uE) g to believe that the chances | leaders, brought charges that Jaw en. | Republicans to beliese that the chances forcement officials siced with the coal e G. O. P. flower State operators in their difficulties with the Strikers, statements that workers would revolt from rule by “bosses” as in Rus- sia, and allegations that newspapers Wwere ‘suppressing storles giving @ pic- ture of true conditions in the coal fields. | Two Kentucky National Guard o cers sent here by Gov. Sampson as ol servers were present at the mass meet ing. No county officers were in ev detice. Tomorrow Dreiser and his com- mittee will investigate and conduct & mass meeting at Wallins Creek, in Har- cusation of Harlan Offi- cials and Press. Due Back Nov. 19. On his way back from California, the Vice President will visit his home in Topaka for a day or two. Unless he (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—30 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Greta Garbo's Private Life—Page A-7. Schools and Colleges—Page B-3. | D. A. R. Activities—Page C-5. Marine Corps News—Page C-7. and |Uncertainty to Be RemovedI HOOVER “ACQUITTED” ' BY PROBE COMMITTEE 'IN NAVY CONTROVERSY W.H.Gardiner Accused by Group of “Inaccuracies, False Asser- tions, Erroneous Conclusions.” INVESTIGATORS’ REPORT LISTS SIX STATEMENTS AS INCORRECT League Head’s “Assumption” of Presi- dent’s “Abysmal Ignorance” Not Considered at Special Inquiry. (Full Text of the Navy Board’s Report Will Be Found on Page A-4.) BY REX COLLIER. President Hoover has been “acquitted” of charges t “starving” the Navy, while his arch-accuser, Wi llmmhal‘-lo}:velri; Gardiner, Navy League president, stands “indicted” by a Presidential Clon';mmee for “inaccuracies, false assertions and erroneous con- clusions.” The unanimous verdict, contained in a letter accompan: 12,000-word report submitted to the President by the Hamm%ndyg‘ogm, mittee of inquiry and made public at the White House last night, cites six major counts against Gardiner and concludes that “his assumption as to the President’s attitude toward the Navy is wholly unwarranted.” The committee, by direction of the President, did not consider a further “assumption” of Gardiner to the effect that Mr. Hoover is “abysmally ignorant” of naval affairs. The inquiry, conducted by a five-man board, headed by John Hays Hammond, gave no attention to Gardiner’s “personal opinions,” concerning itself solely with questions of fact. There was no investiga- tion, moreover, of “budgetary or general policies of the Navy,” it was declared. Gardiner, informed tonight in New York of the findings of President Hoover’s Com- mittee, said it would not be proper for him to comment “in the present circumstances.” Erroneous Statements Listed. Six “erroneous statements” by Gardiner in the recent Navy League broadside on President Hoover were specified as follows: 1. “That the Washington Naval Tm:y established a ratio of 10-6 as between the American and Japanese flrets as a whole,” whereas ratios were established for capital e e i et LT, . e ra esf London Naval Treaty are effective prior to Dece‘mge.{"egl b’“:;';‘g ?hk;etmdaast ethere is “manifestly no obllgat?on” to attain the ratios before 3. “That the President and the British prime minister admi reached agreements during their canvers:tiam which haave fi:‘vig officially been divulged in their entirety,” whereas “there were no secret agreements.” 4. t the administration refused to allow even an executive session of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to see the full accord of its negotiations and possible commitments preplntory to the London Naval Conference of 1930,” whereas two members of the committee were dele- gates to the conference and fully advised of all negotiations and other Senators had access to the information. Tables Used Held Obsolete. 5. “That President Hoover, in 1929, held up the building of the first 5 of the 15 cruisers just ordered by Congress as a gesture hfreparatory to the Naval Confer- ence, which was not commensurately copied by other prospective participants,” whereas no cruisers were delayed beyond legislative time limits and Great Britain made com- ‘William Howard Gardiner. ;%:’t‘;:u postponements in he_r building 6. “That the President intended under the one-year ‘holiday’ to | forego our treaty rights to carry on the construction of 87,600 tons { of naval vessels, including the 7 cuisers now building,” whereas the proposed truce does not affect vessels under construction or con- tracted for. The committee found “that the United States has at present more treaty tonnage under construction than any other nation,” and accused Gardiner of inserting in his pamphlet naval tables “known by him to be obsolete” and which should have been so labelled “to avoid misleading the public.” . President Hoover’s proposed $61,000,000 naval budget slash in no way affects the present construction program, the committee de- clared, nor will it result in the decommissioning of “a single com- batant unit.” “Notwithstanding the implication contained throughout Mr. Gardiner's report,” the committee asserted, “there is no basis for an assumption that the President intends to abandon the Washington and London treaty ratios.” 'Will' Not Preclude Ratios. Neither do the naval bullding truce or other “emergency economies™ m:‘l'l { under consideration preclude ultimate achievement of naval ratios in | categories, it was stated. The committee’s letter of transmittal pointed out that its report “compares Mr. Gardiner’s statements with publicly known and officially recorded facts,”™ which convict him of “inaccuracies, false ons and erroneous conclusions.” The letter and the report were signed by Chairman Hammond and the following members of the committee of inquiry: Admiral Hugh Rodman, U.S.N., retired; Ellot Wadsworth, a member of the President’s Unemployment Relief Organization; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke and Under- lan County. A woman known as “Aunt Molly” | Jackson, who has been serving as a midwife and volunteer nurse, told the committee four or five children per week dled in the yast year of flux or other diseases caused by lack of proper PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Public Library—Page 4. The Home Gardener—Page 5. | Organized Reserves—Page 5. At the Community Centers—Page 6. Serial Story, “City Girl"—Page 6. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society Section. Kathleen Norris' Articles—Page 10. Women of Diplomacy—Page 14 PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. | In the Motor World—Page 3. Aviation—Page 4. “Red Cross Lady” Averse, " sald she went to Pine- and “talked to the Red about children having to She said the reply was e're not responsible for you miners laying out from work. Get batk to the mines and go to work. If you can’ get big money, take what you can get. ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ville one Cross lad: Screen ii)ER DUDELSACK-PFEIFER GOES TO HELL FOR KISSES—IN OPERA Hades—Modern Version Elevator, Is Shown in “Schwanda” Premiere. BY DALE HARRISON. Associated Press Staff Writer. NEW YORK, November 7.—Herr Schwanda, der Dudelsack-Pfeifer von Stakoniz, went to hell through a Metro- politan Opera House trapdoor at 3:14 p.m. today and a good time was had by all. ‘The American premiere of Jaromir Weinberger's ‘“Schwanda, the Bag- piper,” which has been delighting Eu- Tope for four years, was decked out in lavish scenic habiliments by Joseph Urban and was flung gayly across the | fi footlights by a juyous company. Besides Friederich Schorr as Schwanda, Maria Mueller as his wife and Rudof Laubenthal Babinsky, there were stages full of devils, imps, peasants, rs and! As the robber chieftain | bai District National Guard—Page 4. Naval Reserves—Page 5. News of the Clubs—Page 5. Army and Navy News—Page 5. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 5. American War Mothers—Page 6. American Gold Star Mothers—Page 6. American Leglon—Page 6. Disabled American Veterans—Page 6. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Fraternities—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. Magazine Section. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 14. News of the Music World—Page 15. Reviews of New Books—Page 16. ‘The Bridge Forum—Page 17. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 18. The Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page 19. Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. and Mrs.; Moon Mullins; A a e Timid Soul; Reg’lar Fellers; Little Orphan Annie; Highlights of His- tory; Tarzan and Mutt and Jefl. ¥ ¥ With Stenographers and other multitudes which sang, danced and scampered to the merry music of Weinberger's modern and intriguing score. Hell a la urbun turned out to be quite place. There was a background of licking flames and clouds of steam. There was a telephone switchboard whose lights blinked purple and pink and peach. Therc Was typewriter on which the devil's amanuensis busily typed ultimatums to sinners, and some cynical soul of a stage director had the Quaintness to place even a mln% ‘ma- chine in the giare of the infernal es. "fl:e fable is ronstructed around the theme of music’s magic power. Schwan- da, a simple Iellow who plays a mean gpipe, starts out to see the world, leaving his wife behind. His music ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) secretary of State William R. Castle, jr. The Hammond committee was appointed by the President last Monday to “determine the accuracy” of the Navy League pamphlet issued by Gardiner, under the heading, “The President and the Navy.” Before naming the committee President Hoover severely denounced the pamphlet in a public statement, which accused Gardiner of voicing “untruths.” The President said he would order an inquiry to demonstrate the falsity of certain of the league’s charges, and expected a public retraction and apology from Gardiner. League Backed Gardiner. As a result of the White House announcement a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Navy League was called by Walter Bruce Howe, chairman. The committee, by & 7-to-1 vote last Thursday, supported Gardiner in the controversy and said it would welcome an “impartial” investigation. Henry Breckinridge, former Assistant Secretary of War, cast vote and announced his repudiation of the language used criticizing the President. Hammond's committee has held afternoon and Thursday. No witnesses were called, but Government records were used as “evidence.” The report was signed by the members Priday night at the Metropolitan Club and was ‘‘checked over” yesterday morning at a meeting oi the committee in the State Department. The report and letter of transmittal was taken to the White House jesterday afternoon by Vinton Chapin, an assistant to Undersecretary Castle. Chapin acted as secretary to the Committee of Inquiry. Theodore Joslin, secretary to the President, set a large part of the :;cumnnl staff to work in the preparation of copies of the long report for e press. ¢ Regarded Merely as Opinion. The report takes Gardiner's pamphlet, paragraph by paragraph, and cites in a parallel column the findings of the committee with respect to each disputed item. That portion of the pamphlet charging President Hoover with exhibiting “:byns_‘mn'l ignorance of why navies are maintained” received the following comment: “These paragraphs contain no statements of fact, but consist solely of general opinions and conclusions.” e pasagraphs referred to were: “It would be difficult to express too much regret that the lost humanitarian of pacific intentions had led President Hoover into exhibiting the abysmal ignorance of why navies are maintained and of how they are used to accomplish their major mission that his proposal to immunize seaborne food supplies dis- sll:‘y:;.w those, here and abroad, who are intimately conversant with maritime “For acceptance of his suggestion would have worked not only diametrically counter to the interests and t of the United States in world affairs, but, i effect, would have made for and bloodier wars. And yet such is the psychology that-is not only controlling our internal naval policy, but dictating its external subordination to those of foreign naval powers. “It has been necessary, however, to say what has been said if we are to hfiv;; r::l Ippr:cun:g of tz"lhcet tgp:"mlllu mulmv- back of Hoover's efforts, at every turn, to restrict, to starve the Navy—under present plea of budget limitation.” - m (Continued on Page negative by Gardiner in night sesslons since 4,;Column 8.) i