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THER r Burenu Forecast.) Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature to- night about 45 degrees. Tem) yesterday; lowest, 39, Full report ratures—Highest, 56, at 3 p.m. at 7 a.m. today. on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he Eoening Star. No. 31,968. Firrehme “Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1931—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #** “From Press L4 The every city block Sunday’s (#) Means Associated P Star’s carrier systgm and the rSgul to Home hin the Hour” covers ar edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 114,373 Circulation, 125,322 "TWO CENTS. D.C. WARNED TO RID PARKS OF AUTOS OR CONGRESS MAY ACT Fine Arts Commission Says Tangle Seriously Mars Beauty of Capital. FORESEE;E&E PROBLEM WITH CROWDS IN 1932 Denounces District Heads for Fail- ing to Provide Adequate Regula- tions for Parking of Cars. The Fine Arts Commission in a strongly worded letter has denounced the lack of parking regulation which permits long strings of stationary auto- mobiles in Washington's parks and in front of its beautiful public buildings | and expects to see this condition made much worse by the influx of tens of | thousands of visitors to the city during | the George Washington Bicentennial year in 1932, The letter, which was sent to the National Bicentennial Com- mission, of which Senator Fess of Ohio is chairman, turned up at the District Building today with a request from Wil liam Tyler Page, executive secretary of the National Commission, for informa- tion as to what the District Commis- sioners intended to do about the situa- tion. it r denouncing the present si tm’?i“i:x no uncertain terms, the letter of | the Fine Arts Commission carries a strongly implied threat to go to c黑x_\-l ss about the matter if some reme a) action is not taken. Urges Provisions for Visitors. i i The Fine Arts Commission takes the position that the streets and pu;)'HC parks of ‘Washington belong to the hl- Plon and that the pleasure that they were intended to give to the citizens of the Nation is destroyed by the usurpation ts and parks by tomobiles. long lmnes of stationary aul comm tes that it has read o] el d celebrations of numerous pageants and ce ear to “lure” people to ok b:ld:.ex‘:“z has heard of abso- b oda- no plans to_provide accomm {?o':zlny for ‘:hem when they come birhe. The letter will be placed before E Commissioners for action at their reg: ular board meeting tomorrow. 5 Before getting into the question of parking problems, the letter ducrlbe:. the coming opening of the Moun! Vernon Highway, of the Al'llngwlkl Memorial Bridge and the Rock Creeled Parkway, and other events schedul i s national in character designed 0 draw millions of visitors to Wllhilllm ton during the celebration months from February to November next year. Pursuing this thought it continues: itors_ and having the National of Fine Arts, this commission respectfully.. tol the United States Bicentem Com- mission the following considerations: Cites Tdeal of Foundess. «pirst. The City of Washington itsell was originally laid out under the im- mediate direction of President Wash- mgwn-snworxozm the like of Which did not then exist. {han a century and a quarter the N:I- tional Capital has progressed toward the ideals of its founders, until it has be- come by universal acknowledgement one of the finest cities in the world. “Second. 'The opening of the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge and Rock Creek Parkway and the Mount Vernon ‘High- way will be extensions of the great cen- tral composition of Washington—a composition which for extent, dignity, grandeur and beauty never has been surpassed in the history of the world. Fine and extensive as are these vital elements, they are but steps in the| march of progress toward higher things | already outlined and in part provided for by Congress. “Third. Throughout the orighua city of Washington, situated between the Anecostia Branch and Rock Creek and | extending from the Potomac to Florida avenue, the streets and avenues, the parks and reservations. all belong to the people of the United States. Thesc streets and open spaces were secured in order to insure both the convenience | and the pleasure of the citizens of the entire country and their representatives | engaged in carrying on the legislative and executive work of the Government. Hits Congestion of Streets. «Fourth. Today the purpose of the founders is thwarted; convenience is| serfously impeded and pleasure is de- stroyed by the permitted usurpation of streets, parks, parkways and monument grounds by stationary automobiles. The Saillions and millions of dollars spent to express the gratitude of the Nation to those who have deserved well by the re- public have gone to waste, because un- worthy, undignified lines of cars either occupy or frame every park and reserva- tion. The people of the United States) are thus robbed of their neritage in their Capital I “Fifth. With congestion of streets al- ready established and saturation of parks complete, with the monuments 1o Washington and Lincoln defaced, with the very steps of the Capitel blocked by parked automobiles, with the artistic features of the city as planned ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) THOUSANDS RETURN 70 TEXTILE MILLS Lawrence, Mass., Strike Apparent- ly Broken—Four Arrested in Clearing Streets. By the Associated Press. LAWRENCE, Mass., November 9.—A strike of 23,000 textile workers of Greater Lawrence against a 10 per cent wage cut today appeared to have been broken as_thousands of workers entered the mills prepared to work. Heavy picket lines which had been maintained with diligence when the occasion demanded since the strike be- gan six weeks ago, today consisted of only small groups which mounted police kept far from mill entrances. Hundreds of the returning workers were sent home again by mill officials because of the lack of work, a result of the interruption of the process of pro- duction by the strike. They will be employed as soon as the various de- partments again- begin to function, of- Ziclals said. | ! Jail Owes Brothers 17 Days Overtime, Payable on Return By the Assoc.ated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., November 9.—Washtenaw County owes Ed and Manuel Smith, Toledo, Ohio, brothers, 17 days apiece. and they have the word of Circuit Judge George W. Sample that redit can be applied on any e jail sentence they are called upon to serve here. The Smith boys were arrested July 24 for taking some furnace fixtures which, they still insist, some one told them they could have. They waited in jail just 107 days for a trial on a charge of grand larceny, then were con- victed of simple larceny. The maximum sentence on that charge is only 90 days, so Judge Sample released them and credited them with the extra 17 days each. So now all the Smith boys have to do to get the laugh on Washtenaw County is to think of B“l7>dfly offense and com- mit it CAPONE I LINKED T0 STOLEN BONOS Winkler Would Swap Loot, Returned Via AI's Gang, for Freedom. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr, November 9.—Cus Winkler, held for 'trial in connection with the $2,500,000 robbery of the Lin- coln National Bank, has offered to re- dom, Attorney General C. A. Sorensen said today. Sorensen said Capone and his friends had offered to pay $75,000 for the se- curities and return them to the bank ’p‘éhe charge against Winkler be drop- . The offer included all but $30,000 of the negotiable paper taken in the robbery. Bryan Balks at Compromise. robbery, but said he knew where the bonds were and could buy them through his Chicago allies. He is under $100,- 000 bond pending trial. Gov. Charles W. Bryan said the State should make no compromise with ‘Winkler. The Governor said: “The State has been humiliated by the overtures to Permit the head man of the robbery gang to esca) unishment by return- ing part of the loot.” Sorensen said that if Winkler's alibi were sustained he should not be pro- secuted, but if it were shaky, the State should prosecute him, bonds or no_bonds. Winkler told Nebraska officers that he was in Buffalo, N, Y. the day of the robbery, September 17, 1930, and ‘was registered at a hotel there. County Attorney Max G. Towle indi- Bressure o actept 1t had_ beeh exeried e to accep ex on him by officials of the robbed bank. Some Bonds Are Burned. At conferences Towle was told that the stolen non-negotiable securities had been burned to avoid risk of discovery and that the robbers were prepared to destroy the remaining bonds should Winkler’s offer be turned down. About $16,000 in stolen Liberty bonds have been traced or recovered from per- sons who tried to sell them. Dewey Berlovich of Des Moines and Franklin Ferguson of New York, who tried to make the sales, said they got the bonds from other persons. Sorensen said Winkler submitted his alibi & month in advance of his trial. Three others charged with the robbery did not submit alibis until they were brought into court for trial. Thomas O'Connor was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the maximum for bank robbery, Howard Lee is awaiting sentence, and the jury in the Jack Britt case could not agree. GANG LINKED TO WINKLER BOND. CHICAGO, November 9 (#)—"One man's guess is as good as another's” was the comment from headquarters of the “Secret Six” Crime Committee on the linking of Al Capone gangsters with Gus Winkler and the robbers of the Lincoln National Bank & Trust Co. Secret Six operators have long sought to prove a link between bank-robber gangs and Al Capone. Bankers' Asso- ciation investigators know_that Phil D'Andrea, bodyguard of Capone and now under a six-month jail sentence for carrying a weapon in Federal jail at Lincoln, ranged _the huge bond for him. D'An- drea also called on Fred Burke, the killer, and the friend of Capone, in Marquette, Mich., prison. But the evidence was too slender for the authorities to offer the flat state- ment that Capone and the bank-robber gang co-operate. S MRS. CARAWAY B 00MED | Opponent of Husband Urges Her for Vacant Senate Post. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November 9 (P)—Justice Willlam F. Kirby of the State Supreme Court, who was defeated for re-election to the United States Senate in 1920 by the late Senator T. H. Caraway, today urged that the Dem cratic State Central Committee noi inate Mrs. Caraway to succeed her hus- ‘Winkler denied participation in the | Court, visited Winkler while he was in | and supposedly ar-| JBILLION-DOLLAR ROAD BOND ISSUE - URGED BY NORRIS ?Senatcr Advocates Federal | Highway Program to Provide Jobs. HOOVER'é NAVY LEAGUE INQUIRY IS CRITICIZED | Appointment of Commission to Sit ’ on Own Trial Held Judi- | cial Violation. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, | A three-billion dollar bond issue by {the Federal Government for the con- |struction of roads throughout fthe | country was advocated today by Sen- | ator George W. Norris of Nebraska |as a measure of relief for unemploy- ment. The Republican Progressive leader, who has just returned from Nebraska, commented caustically upon President Hoover's “latest commission.” “President Hoover's appointment of a commission to settle the controversy | between himself and the Navy League might result in a very great innovation in our judicial procedure,” said Sena- or Norris. | Court Interference Feared. | “Under the new Hoover plan, when- ever a charge is made against any Gov- | ernment_ official, the official charged | would have the right to select a jury |for his trial. Such a system would | clear up the dockets in all the Federal | courts in a hurry; the cry for addi- tional Federal judges would disappear. “Such a system might even help in the economy program. If it had been in vogue, the trials of Fall and Do- | neny would have been shortened tre- mendously. 1 take it for granted that the President would not be willing to appoint @ jury to try himself and deny a similar Tight to other citizens of the United States.” Senator Norris sald he had no com- ment to make on the merits of the controversy over the Navy between the President and the Navy League, for he had not gone into the question. Sees Roosevelt Victor. Turning to politics, Senator Norris voiced the opinion Gov. Franklin Roose- velt of New York could defeat President Hoover in Nebraska and in othey West- ern States. “In amost of the Western States,” he said, “any progressively-minded man could beat Mr. Hoover.” '1'}9 added “it would keep religion out of it.” Senator Norris indicated he expected the renomination of President Hoover by the Republicans. In reply to a ques- tion whether he himself would get into the .presidential race, he sald: “A man like me, under our system, is prohibited from being elected Presi~ dent of the United States just as much as though he had been born in Canads® or some other European nation. The national party conventions are con- trolled, not by the people, but by a combination of representatives of big business and monopoly and men like me cannot be nominated. I have no | illusions about the matter.” Baker Held Hopeless. | _Senator Norris was asked if Newton | D. Baker of Ohio, War Secretary in the | Wilson administration, would be satis- factory to the people of the West as a | presidential candidate. |~ “No, he would not,” replied Senator Norris, without going into details of | Mr. Baker's unavailability. | “Relief for the unemployed in this country is the overshadowing issue | now,” said the Senator, “I have in my | mind a plan which should be worked | out and which would help to meet the | situation. Probably no legislation could | be put through which would adequate- ‘]y deal with the unemployment prob- lem this Winter. It is too late. We will ‘have to rely on private charity to get | through the Winter. | Elaborates Bond View. | “Under ordinary ecircumstances 1 would oppose an issue of Government bonds, but the question of meeting the unemployment _situation has passed all bounds, and the necessity for the Fed- eral Government to take some action to give employment to the very large num- ber of people out of work has become imperative. It is preferable to give em- | ployment to men instead of charity. I | would use Government funds to build | public roads throughout the country. We already have a law by which the | Federal Government contributes to road (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TRAIN KILLS AUTOISTS ESKRIDGE, Kans., November 9 (). | —Three members of & farmer's family | were killed and four others injured | when a freight train backed into an automobile at a crossing near here last night. The dead are Mrs. Myrtle Wil- |son and two infant sons. | _ John Wilson, the husband, and a 5-year-old daughter were severely in- ‘tjlur:d and two other children were ur | band for the unexpired term. TO MILLION Warblings of “Immortals” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 9.—A device that carries the rurly-burly of foot ball combat to millions of homes this Fail is expected soon to give opera from the stage of the Meuropolitan Opera Co. w0 the radio world o1 the first time. Although official announcements have cast opera are under way between the Metropolitan and the National Broad casting Co., the seneral belief is that the plan will go through. When blonde Jeritza, dark-haired Ponselle and the other immortals who carry on the tiaditions of opera here g0 on the air ‘t will emphasize a tri- umph of technical skill on the part of sald only that negotiations to broad-| NEW MICROPHONE TO GIVE OPERA S OF RADIO FANS to Be Carried Over Air by Device That Focuses Music. | Placed on the stage, in the wings, near the footlights and suspended from the | ceiling, were required to send such a program to radio iisteners. Some opera heads were avcrse to broadcasting their performances because of the tech- nical difficulties i.volved. |, The parabolic microphone has changed | that. Instead of the conventional box on a pedestal, the new device includes |& sturdy swivel arrangement with | parabolic reflece:r varying in sizg from 4 to 6 feet. Gn the rebound bf the sound waves off the reflector they are concentrated into a microphone. The reflector can be aimed searchlight is focused. With two or ¥, el ‘_\f ~ DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLES TO NATION John Gellatly, who chose to live in reduced circumstances so he could give tion, did not leave his widow sufficient funds to pay for his funeral expenses, she said today in announcing she would endeavor to have Congress return the collection given the Smithsoniah Insti- tution two years ago. Gellatly, a millionaire a few years ago, died in New York yesterday of pneumonia. His widow, the former Charlyne Whitely, an actress, said she would have to borrow money for his burial in Congressional Cemetery here tomorrow. Mrs. Gellatly, granddaughter of the to the Nation a $5,000,000 art collec- | MAN WHO GAVE $5.000.000 IN ART DIES IN POVERTY Widow, Without Funds to Bury Gellatly.\ to Ask Congress to Return Gift Made IWiII i to Smithsonian Before Her Marriage. | late Senator Richard H. Whitely of | | Georgia, will need an act of Congress | to regain the invaluable objets d'art. | | it was believed here. No precedent is | | known for the relinquishment of a| | gift uncontested by the donor. | The widow says her husband made | the bequest without her knowledge, be- | | fore she married him in September, | 11929, In asserting that she would ask | Congress to return the articles to her, | | she said her husband parted with the | | collection for one reason only—the ope of becoming known as a great | h } philanthropist. | " Meanwhile "the valuable European | canvasses, 100 American paintings, rare | glass objects, jewels, tapestries and Ori- | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. PINCHOT T0 OPEN SESSION TONIGHT Legislature to Act on Gov- ernor’s Unemployment Re- lief Program. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, November 9.— Pennsylvania’s legislators came here to- day to enact a program for State un- employment relief. . Of primary importance for their con- sideration was Gov. Pinchot’s 15-point relief plan, as promulgated in his proc- lamation convening the Legislature in extraordinary session tonight. ‘The Governor's porgram provides, among other features, for creation of a State commission on unemployment re- lef, authorization for municipalities to make emergency loans for relief in 1932, permit municipalities to levy taxes for relief, permit local authorities to post- pone tax sales of real estate, permit the State Highway Department to improve roads and streets not on the State high- way system, budget to permit undertaking of addi- tional construction projects, co-opera- tion with other States in rehabilitating the soft coal industry, an emergency 2-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline for two years, a tax on cigarettes. billboards and outdoor advertising, and amendment of of the Pymatuning Dam $1,500,000 ap- propriation to permit additional con- s}ructicn work. Sl e SHAPIRO NEW TRIAL MOTION OVERRULED ‘Justice Adkins to Receive Report Probably Friday on Proba- tion Question. Justice Jesse C. Adkins today over- ruled & motion of Jacob Shapiro, presi- dent of the Jacob Shapiro Realty Co., for & new trial of an indictment charg- ing him with using the mails to defraud in connection with the sale of houses without disclosing to purchasers the existence of “hidden trusts” upon the property. Shapiro was convicted some months ago and will probably be called for sentence next Friday. Probation Officer Steele has been making an_investigation at the sug- gestion of Justice Adkins and probably will Teport before Friday as to his rec- ommendation for probation. Assistant United States Attorney John w. Fihelly conducted the prosecution of Shapiro, who was represented by Attor- ney Alvin L. Newmyer. Shapiro claimed that he was following a custom which had prevailed in the local real estate speculative building business and had not intended to violate any law. GERMAN DATE PASSES ~ BERLIN, November 9 (#).—The thir- teenth anniversary of the founding of the German Republic passed quletly throughout the Reich today without known manifestations. ‘The Communist headquarters, Karl revision of the State's| three of the o Pengineers | Liebknecht House, on the Buelowplatz, an eSyihicse acvices radio engieETE | oy liberally decorated with red Six arrests were made as police kept | proadcast engincers. N. B. C. experts <treets near the mill entrances clear | have developed a microphone they call of crowds and traffic. Two of those|the “parabolic mike” to perfect the arresied were college students and four transmissions c! such events as foot completely any moving sources of sounds, even if the sources are moving in ez large an area as a foot ball field. Numerous wreaths bearing the old im- perial colors were deposited on the me- morial to the war dead. The erites | already are at work, but of the group were alleged representa- tives of Communist or Socialist organ- 1zations. ball games, grand vpera and symphony concerts. Formerly more than 20 micrephoncs, P Hitle These micronhones have made their|decorated with Fascist emblems the appearance at foot ball games this Fall graves of 200 members who have fallen | and are bsing astd to brodcast the Chi- in political fights during the eight years cago Civic Opers Co. cf the D°ri s ex’stcnce, GERMANY THOUGHT FACING NEW CRASH Increasing Clamor of Cred-| | itors May Lead to Forming | Receivership. BY EDGAR ANSELL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, Germany, November 9.— Germany, in the opinion of an in- creasing number of foreign financial experts, is moving rapidly toward a new receivership. However, responsibility for the pres- ent situation is divided, the fact re- mains that German credit is today nil and foreigners, both governments and private individuals, are clamoring in- | creasingly for their money. Germany | is unable to pay anything but the tiniest fraction of their claim—repara- tions plus private debts—without a | complete collapse. Therefore, 1t looks as though ulti- mately two types of creditors—foreign governments, led by France, and pri- | vate short-term creditors—led by American banks, might come together | and install a virtual receivership as | the price Germany must pay for pro- | longed moratorium. | Difficulty of Position. | Germany could, of course, declare ! such a_moratorium on her own initia- | tive, But she would have to face the | open enmity of the world, which her | increasing penury is steadily exasperat- | ing further. | The German hope is to bring the | French government representatives with private bank representatives together | and let them fight for a very smfi]li bone, which is all Germany can offer. The French certainly will not consent to_this arrangement. Today negotiations are at a stand- still because the French and Germans are unable to agree upon the terms of reference of the Young Plan Commit- tee, which Germany hopes soon to call. ‘The Germans want the terms of ref- erence widened so that even the un- conditional annuities can be discussed. The French will not agree until the Germans have publicly announced that they recognize that the Young plan is still in existence. The reason is that the Germans hope to utilize their present crisis to get rid of all reparations and their wish to mobilize foreign bankers against gov- ernmental creditors. The governments naturally do not accept this desire. Common Plan Likely. It seems that the German subborn- ness may finally result not in dividing but in uniting Germany’s creditors in a common plan to accept the German offers of gradual payment and small reparations only on condition that they (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) —_——— CANAL HAS LANDSLIDE Panama Trafic Halted When Rains Cause Avalanche. BALBOA, Canal Zone, November (#).—A landslide occurred during the night in the Gaillard Cut of the Pan- ama Canal as the result of incessant rains which have caused eers to take precautions First square m’dl of earth fallen into the cut, Vi -foot, channel. g 3 ot e s tied up probably for several days. Radio Programs on Page C-3 against a said 250,000 9 | tice GRANDI TO SPEAK FOR DUCEIN . §. | e Full Authority to Talk Freely With Hoover on Vish to Capital. LONDON, November 9 (#).—Ma- o hatma Gandhi told the Associated Press tonight that the Indian Round Table Conference was doomed to failure and that he would sail for Bombay November 29. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 9.—When Dino-| Grandl meets President Hoover at Washington he will speak with more authority than possibly any other for- eign minister in tMe world. He speaks for Mussolini and Mussolini speaks for Italy. 11 Duce trained Grandi as his under- secretary for foreign affairs, hence they might be expected to see things much alike. Grandi, who has worked with his chief for years and should know his mind, goes to Washington with an ability to talk freely and knowing ex- actly how far he can go. Grandi takes with him to Washing- ton a program of at least five points: 1. An end to the “tragic bookkeep- ing” of debts and reparations. 2. Disarmament by any method Italy thinks fair, such as a budgetary limita- tion, 3. Maintenance of the gold standard. 4. Bevision of the peace treaties to establish “justice among nations.” 5. World economic co-operation. Italy prides herself on having made prompt acceptance of the Hoover mora- torjum and renewed declarations that burdensome debts and reparations must cease soon. She also advocated a tem- porary truce in armaments for a year. On' the revision of treaties Mussolini never has been very definite except that he declares it impossible to keep Germany unarmed when other nations are “armed to the teeth.” He consid- ers also that “some” nations have been pushed “to the brink of material dis- aster and moral desperation.” WALKS 7 MILES ON SHIP. Foreign Minister Wears Downs Two 8. S. CONTE GRANDE, November 9 () —Forelgn Minister Dino Grandi walked seven miles around the deck and wore down two companions today as the liner which is bearing him to Amer- ica steamed along the south coast of Spain in a smooth sea. He and Signora Grandl watched a lifebelt drill of third-class passengers. The vessel is making up some of the time lost in yesterday's heavy weather and the Grandis hope to get a good look at the Rock of Gibraltar today. Memphis Church Looted. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 9 (#).— The safe in the office of the Bellevue Baptist Church was looted early today of Sunday’s collections, which church officers estimated at between $1,200 and Reported By the Associated Press. renewed. was an ominous quiet in the city of toward Tientsin. Tientsin Is Hoover and Secretary Stimson. tion at Tahsing, aganda Preservation Society would set up Reports Are ‘TOKIO, November 9 (#).—] Chan-Shan had declared war a tilities by bombarding the today. Shortly afterward Tokio was Provi trooj tilities on the Japanese. Stimson and Hoover Studying Important By the Associated Press. An important move in the Man- churian situation is being considered by the American Government. Secretary of State Stimson conferred with President Hoover early this morn- ing and planned to do so again. Indicaticns were the action would consist of renewed representations to the Japanese and Chinese governments through the American diplomatic rep- resentatives. Companions on Hike. | Reports “War Déclared.” The President and Mr. Stimson had before them disturbing reports of a clash in Tientsin, in China proper, be- tween the Japanese garrison and armed Chinese. There were also reparts the Chinese general, Mah Chan-Shan, had his attack on a small Japanese force in Northern Manchuria. After his press conference, Mr. Stim- son made it a point to say that his whether augmenting American forces in the Far East was being considered was not in any way to be construed as indicating such a step was under con- sideration. ‘The Secretary showed considerable reticence about discussing the Man- churian situation. Hy d_studied carefully $1,500. A chisel and hammer were used to open the safa. " (Continued on Page 4, Column 6. PRISONER SEEKS RELEASE TO DIG FOR §15,300 IN MURDER DEFENSE| Hoard Under House Object Shot by William Owens, Attorneys for Willilam Owens, T1 years old, indicted for the murder of- 14-year-old Elsie Louise Bryant, plan- ned to seek a court order this after- noon permitting Owens to leave the District Jail in custody of a deputy United States marshal and go to his home in Greater Capitol Heights to locate $15,300 he says he buried under the house. Owens' attorneys, Joseph D. Di Leo and John P. Mullen, hope to show that the shooting of the Bryant girl followed an attempt on her part to rob him of his_hoard. : it The attorneys were 'preparing petition, to be presented to Chief Jus- Alfred A. Wheat in District Su- of Plotted Robbery by Girl, and Youth, His Claim. been removed. They stated that Owens’ wife, however, sald that the holes were dug by a dog. The attorneys claim that Owens sus- pected the Bryant girl and a boy of a conspiracy to rob him of his money and that he removed it from the iron box in which he usually hid it and buried it under the house. They say the girl and boy found the box in its hiding place in the wall of the house and took it to the Bryant girl's home on M street southwest, before discover- e m, it is. claimed, Owens and his wife followed them to the southwest address and return of the empty box. The defense maintains that the boy attacked or threatened to at- Owens, and that the shots which tack took life of thnese General’s of War Against Japan BY U. S. government at Mukden tomorrow. reports lacked confirmation in official quarters. of these came to the newspaper Nichi Nichi from Mukden. Move in Manchuria| “declared war” on Japan and renewed | refusal to answer the questions as to| FIGHTING IN TIENTSIN RENEWED AS AMERICAN TROOPS GUARD ALIENS Declaration in Tokio. NEW INTERVENTION MOVE IS CONSIDERED Members of League of Nations Secre- tariat Accused of Starting Diplo- matic Boycott Plan. Bursts of machine-gun fire cracked on the western outskirts of Tientsin just before nightfall this evening and it appeared that yes- terday’s fighting between Chinese police and a rebel:force had been The streets in the Japanese concession were deserted and there itself. It was reported that Chinese troops moving from Langfang were headed toward Peiping instead All during the day the police had made preparations for renewal of the attack by 2,000 rebels, who participated in riots last night. Two American women stationed at the Methodist Mission in the danger zone on the outskirts of the city were brought into town this evening and placed aboard an outgoing steamer. Bombarded. Chinese charged the trouble was instigated by Japanese, and that the Japanese had bombarded the native part of the city with 40 shells. Foreign guard units at Tientsin, including the 15th United States Infantry, were called out to protect the foreign section. One Japanese soldier was reported killed by a stray bullet last night. A new move by the United States in the Manchurian crisis was believed to have been discussed today in conferences by President Mr. Stimson declined to state whether American forces in the Far East would be augmented. ‘Unconfirmed advices saying the Chinese Gen. Mah Chan-Shan had declared war on Japan and was bombarding the Japanese posi- Manchuria, stirred Tokio today. The Japanese government decided to reinforce its troops in the new battle area. It also prepared a sharp reply to the latest Lea.gu,: of Nations note and framed an answer to the American Government’s secret communication regarding the situation. Suggestions that other powers withdraw their diplomatic repre- sentatives from Tokio as a means of lending force to the League of Nations’ stand were branded by Japanese authorities as “diplomatic intimidation” and as nonsensical propaganda. The Japanese note was expected to protest against the suggestions as coming from circles of the Lea?e Secretariat and also against the League “becoming a prop- ureau for the Chinese government.” Japanese sources said the separatist organization called the Peace an independent Chinese provincial Unconfirmed. . rts that the Chinese Gen. Mah Repo! galnst Japan a4 actually opened hos- ion at Tahsing, was defeated in sharp fighting last week, Manchuria, where he lled Tokio newspapers The first stirred by an extra edition of the new%aper Asahi announcing Gen. Mah, head of the Heilungkiang ce Army, which was routed by a smaller force of Japanese at the Nonni bridgehead last week, had actually opened hos- Asahi said the boiabardment, begun by the Chinese this morning, could be ‘};eiadrd for miles in the region of the ridge. Has Artillery Force. | Gen. Mah's trcops. which, according | to estimates here, number somewhere between 8,000 and 13,000, were said to be using field artillery and machine guns. The Japanese forces at last re- ports were only a little in excess of ,000. The Nichi Nichi dispatch from Muk- den said Gen. Mah had urged the mobilization of the Chinese forces of Kiron province, adjacent to Heilung- kiang province, and their union with his lm‘my to “fight Japan to the very last man.” In the face of reports indicating Chi- | nese troops were concentrating south of | Anganchi, near last week’s battleground, { Japan decided to move more troops to that area. In the diplomatic phase of the controversy she prepared a sharp | answer to the latest League of Nations | note and framed a reply to the Amer- ican Government’s secret communica- tion regarding the renewal of the con- flict with China. Hanjo Report Published. Earlier in the day the Japanese war office issued a statement, based on re- ports from Gen. Honjo, its commander in Manchuria, saying the “main strength of the defeated Mah Chan-Shan’s forces are now concentrating south of An- ganchi (strategic city north of the bats tle scene) and in the vicinity of Tsi- tsihar.” i The war office statement said Gen. Ting Chao, commander of Chinese troops serving as guard along the Chi- nese eastern railway, had decided to assist Gen. Mah’s army, and was grad- ually massing his troops in the neigh- bo‘x;'lelood;f Anganchi. n. Honjo's report, dated Sunday, said Gen. Mah’s Heilungkiang pmvlncye army was “still showing a hostile atti- tude” by massing at Anganchi 5,900 infantry, 2400 cavalry, 300 engineers and a number of gunners with a dozen field and mountain guns. Chang Co-operation Seen. Another war office report from Muk- den quoted Chinese souroes s saying Chang Hsueh-Liang, Chinese Governor of Manchuria, who was ousted by the Japanese occupation, had ordered Ge: Yung Chan, his commander at Chi (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. WDONALD TO OUTLINE POLICIES IN ADDRESS Speech at Lord Mayor's Inaugural Dinner to Be Broadcast to U. 8. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 9.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald, back from & brief rest at Lossiem make