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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy; probably occasional showers tonight and tomorrow; some- what warmer tonight. ‘Temperatures—Highest, lowest, 51, at 7 a.m. to- p.m. yesterda: 70, at 2:30 day. Full report on page 3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,971 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. b e s E—— he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EBITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, TENAS SUT SEEKS BAN ON 15 LARGE * OILDSTRIBUTORS Two Trade Associations In- cluded in Anti-Trust Vio- lation Charge. GROUP IS ACCUSED OF MONOPOLY PLAN Companies Would Be Ousted From State and Fined Maximum of $17,850,000. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., November 12.—Ouster suits against 15 oil companies and two petroleum trade associations were filed in Travis County District Court today by James V. Allred, Texas attorney gen- eral. The petition charged violation ‘of the State anti-trust laws. Allred charged existence of a “Na- tion-wide conspiracy to control and dominate the business of marketing gasoline and petroleum products and to destroy independent filling station operators.” Institute Is Named. The defendants are: The Standard Oll Co. of New Jersey, Standard Oil Co. of New York, the Standard Oil Co. of California, the Shell Union Oil Corporation, Humble Oil & Refining | Co., the Texas Co. Gulf Refining Co. | Pasotex Petroleum Co., Continental Oil } Co. Sinclair Refining Co., Magnolia | Petroleum Co., Simms Oil Co., Shell Petroleum Corporation, Cities Service Oll Co., Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co., Texas Petroleum Marketers' Assocla- tion, American Petroleum Institute. The suit asked forfeiture of the char- ters of the domestic corporations named as defendants, cancellation of the per- mits of foreign corporations operating in Texas, liens upon the property of all defendants, and fines under the anti- trust laws from November 20, 1929, to the date of the suit, approximately 700 days. Fines Can Total $17,850,000. The attorney general said the de- fendants each were liable for a mini- mum fine of $35,000 or a maximum fine of $1,050,000 or a total minimum of $595,000 and a total maximum of $17, 592 Millions Held For Yule Spending By Savings Clubs Capital’s Total Larger, Despite Slight Loss in Other Cities. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—Twelve million Americans, members of Christ- mas clubs throughout the country, will have $592,490,020 to spend during the holiday season thy, year. Herbert F. Rawll, Christmas Club president, said withdrawals had re- duced this year's trtal by 6 per cent as compared with 1630, but that substan- tial increases had been made in many communities. TLe funds are handled by about 8,000 bauks and other organi- zations. Big Amounis Not Included. The $592,490,000 1 announced by Rawll does not irl.l\'lfizsuma in several hundred banks which have similar plans but which are not associated with the Christmas Clab. The week beginning November 30 has " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 11 LIVING, FIVE DEAD ARE FOUND ADRIFT U. S. S. Swan Picks Up Crew of Wrecked Schooner in Caribbean Sea. November By the Associated Press. BALBOA, Canal Zone, 12.—The U. 8. S. Swan repqrted today that she had picked up th® crew of the wrecked schooner Baden Baden with 11 men living, 5 dead and the captain badly injured. She took the lifeboat in tow after taking out the survivors and their dead and is proceeding to Coco Solo. Capt. Wabli, the message said, was suffering from serious injuries to the spine. Left Port November 5. Presumably these were the castaways sighted early in the week by a mail g::ne pilot as he flew over the Carib- an. ‘Afrplanes and ships have been search- The 15 companies and two were charged with ha tlonl since Novfl:‘b!r 20, engaged dependent ing the.price of g:'all.nc I:A‘d B ipment: lessening and elminat- among themselves and the marketing justry. This practice was carried out under the guise of complying with a so-called “code of practices” and with lhe_l&xr- ported approval of the Federal de cmnmlu&n. Allred charged. Secret Inquiries Held. Investigation of the oil companies been ¢ on by the attorney general for several months. In August a special session of the Legislature ap- propriated an additional $30,000 to the attorney general to continue the in- uiry. i NI{W secret courts of inquiry were held hout the State, and several trips made to investigate the books of companies in other States. All except two of the defendants are chartered to operate a general oil busi- ness. The petition charged that the Stand- ard Oil Co. of New Jersey, “in order to avoid jurisdiction of State courts, and | to escape tax law liabilities, resorted to the scheme cf taking over a subsidiary, thz Humble Oil & Refining Co.,, in 1919. Company Given Territory. The Humble Oil & Refining Co., the petition alleged, has been assigned Texas and other sections of the South in which to operate for the benefit of the parent corporation and mno other controlled or subsidiary organization of the Standard of New Jersey competes with the Humble this territory. “Phrough the Humble Co., the Stand- ard of New Jersey has carried out con- spiracies in restraint of trade and in ml;:an of the anti-trust laws,” Alired stated. Undery the same procedure, the !hndn" Oil Co. of New York set up the M?lnoli.l Petroleum Co., the peti- tion alleged. W. S?‘;’flrish of Houston, president of the Humble, and E. R. Brown of | Dallas, president of the Magnolia, rep- resent the subsidiaries on the boards of the parent companies, the petition states. The Standard Oil Co. of California “"(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 850,000. * FRENCH NAVY BOOST OF $6,000,000 ASKED Ministers Assert sudget Reduction Would Result in Unem- ployment. By the Associated Press PARIS, November 12 —Finance Min- ister Flandin and Mirister of the Bud- get Pletri proposed credits of $6,000,000 for supplementary naval construction when the Chamber of Deputies opened its Autumn session today. They said they could not avoid the appropriation without compromising the renewal of the fleet and that sus- ing the sea ever since. The Swan, a submarine tender, went out three days ago. Her radio message reached here this mor; The n_Baden left Rio Hacha, Colombia, on November 5 for Cristobal. She carries no radio and it is feared that she may have been lost. Vessels which have been searching for the cast- | 1 aways have reported heavy weather in the vicinity where the boat was found. Is Old Rotor Ship. ‘The Baden Baden, now an auxiliary schooner owned Hans Lau of San Jose. Costa Rica, is the old Flettner ro- tor ship, that strange hybrid which caused a great deal of interest in 1926 when the inventor took her across the Atlantic from Germany to New York. Anton Flettner made her over by bullding in two 45-foot towers, nine feet in diameter, which rotated when they caught the wind on their smooth surface and served the same purpose .lsll the old-time sails of the clipper ship. ‘The tall yellow towers, regulated by a steering device from the bridge aft, could work up to 120 revolutions a minute. Yn her 6,100-mile yoyage from Hamburg to New York five years ago, she used her odd locomotive equip- ment over 70 per cent of the distance, covering the rest by a single Diesel- driven screw. The crossing took her something more than a month. Made Over Into Schooner. ‘The rotor ship was not a commercial success and in 1928 the towers had disappeared and there was a new en- gine in Navigation Co. took her over. Originally she was built at Kiel, Germany. Now Lloyds lists her port of registry as Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, and describes her as a steel schooner of 497 tons gross OTHER SURVIVORS SOUGHT. Naval Commander Inguires If Any More Men Are Adrift From Ship. While awaiting further details from the mine swesper Swan about the res- cue of 11 men in the Caribbean, the commander of the Coco Solo naval base radioed he naval vessel to as- certain from the survivors of the Baden Baden whether they believed any other | castaways from the same ship might be alive. The Navy has been employing six planes as well as the Swan in the search and presumably would send the Swan out again if there were any chance of saving further lives. —_— SHIP IS TOTAL LOSS HONGKONG, November 12 (#).—The Canadian liner Empress of Asia re- ported today that the British mine sweeper Petersticld, which ran aground this morning on Tungying Island, 450 miles north «f here, was a total loss, but that all hards had been saved. | The Empress of Asia and the steamer | Derfliinger were the first to reach the | scene. Several other British warships sweeper's assistance. 5 the vessel when the Capac| previously were oidered to the mine| DRY OFFICER SHOT N RAID MAY DI ATTACKERS ESCAPE Six U. S. Agents, Surfounding Still, Exchange Bullets With Moonshiners. THREE ARRESTED DENY | KNOWLEDGE OF BATTLE 12 Taken in Southern Maryland Rum War Are Released | on $46,000 Bonds. | By the Associated Press CHELTENHAM, Md., November 12— A Federal prohibition agent, one of a raiding party of six, which entered the Southern Maryland woods near here late yesterday, was shot and probably fatally wounded by alleged moonshin- ers in a pitched battle early today. ‘The agent, Harry D. McMunn, 39, of Leonardtown, was taken to the Provi- dence Hospital, where physiclans said shotgun slug wounds in the head and chest probably would prove fatal. Three Are Arrested. | Three men were arrested later in ponnection with the shooting and taken to the Upper Marlboro jail. They gave their names as Eustace Hering, Nelson Patton and Marshal Green and said their home was in Spottsylvapia, Va. They denied knowledge of the shooting. A still, several gallons of mash and liquor were seized by, the raiding party at the distillery camp near the scene of the battle. A shotgun, believed the one from which the slugs were fired at McMunn, also was found at the camp. McMunn was shot when the alleged distillers appeared suddenly from a thicket and opened fire after he had blown his police whistle as a signal to his fellow agents. Four of the agents exchanged shots with the attacking party and chased it into the dense woods where its members escaped. Resulted From Drive. The shooting grew out of a drive to rid the five Southern Marviand coun- ties, termed by Amos W. W. Woodcock, prohibition director, “the wettest spot in the United States,” of distiilers, said to be the source of the ‘ashington liquor supply. The drive followed that ordered last December by Mr. Woodcock when the district was combed by 100 agents. Many arrests were made and more than two dozen stills destroyed. A ring man- and distributing liquor was the its said. ind members of the ring. After the “dry war” of last December, special agents were sent into the district to work up the case against the alleged conspirators. The indictments and arrests were the out- growth of their work. CLAIM CONSPIRACY REVEALED. Twelve Arrested Are Released on Bonds Totaling $46,000. By 8 Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, M¢ Novem- ber 12—Uniting their forces with United States deputy marshals, Fed- eral agents yesterday arrested 12 per- sons in the vicinity of Waldorf, reveal- ing a purported liquor conspiracy. Six other persons arrested by the agents in their Southern Maryland rum war | were brought before United States Commissioner J, Frank Parran during the day. The 12 were released on bonds totaling | $46,000 for hearing November 27 before | United States Commissioner J. Frank | Supplee in Baltimore. | _ Nine of the defendants were arrested | when 10 dry agents and 7 deputy | United States marshals descended on the community in a fleet of five auto- | mobiles. Three other defendants, two of | whom are sald to be ringleaders in the_alleged _conspi in_which_the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LIQUOR DEALER SLAIN BY GUNMEN IN OMAHA Independent Bootlegger Shot by Trio as They Order Him From | | Car in Suburbs. By the Associated Press. > |, OMAHA. November 12.— George | Kubik, South Side liquor dealer, was | shot to death by three men today. |, Dumped from an automobile “and left for dead outside the city limits, Kubic remained conscious for several hours, but died at a hospital of bullet wounds after a blood transfusion failed to_give him strength. The police said Kubic received an ultimatum three weeks ago from an alleged liquor syndicate. He ignored it. Formerly lieutenant of the late Gene Livingston, liquor dealer, Kubik had been operating independently for & year. Livingston was shot to death in a speakeasy a year and a half ago. Before he died, Kubik told Chief -of Detectives Paul ‘Sutton that he had | been abducted by the trio, as he put. | his car in the garage. They robbed imm of $500, and several ' valuable | diamonds, then ordered him into their car, he said. ~ Outside the city, they ordered him from the automobile. As he ran. a volley of lead cut him down and he was left for dead. pension of work already begun would cause considerable unemployment. The chamber'’s Naval Committee meets next Wednesday to discuss a Proj 1 to build a 26,000-ton battle- cmm tq surpass the German vest- pocket cruiser Deutschland-and to con- sider the remainder of the 1933 pro- gram, which includes the construction of four light cruisers and several de- stroyers. An outline of proposed budgetary measures distributed to the deputies by Minister Flandin and Pietri calls for an increase of $46,240,000 in im- port duties. Premier Laval in his first speech of PALS OF White House Formality Wil of Stanford Tea ford University. the sesston dealt with unemployment and said a decree would be promulgated temarrow gi more than 180 Hitherto the jobless have only been supported for six months. n of foreign policy, includ- ier Laval's ing recent trip p x:shlnnom was deferred until next eadny. business manager during ears. And there is every one. Mr. Hoover is looki fun with genuine bo; enthusiasm. ‘The President was “Bert” to the col- and let it be | dieappointad in | lege gang in the old known that he would- The occasion will be the reunion and | out “huddle” of this famous foot ball ag- gregation, of which the President was is college i dication those unemployed for | about the White House today that the ys continued subsidies. | get-together will be a happy and lively forward to the “BERT” HOOVER WILL ENTERTAIN COLLEGE DAYS TONIGHT ll Be Cast Aside as Members m of ’94 Gather. : It will be just plain “Bert” Hoover | his old A o/ il et ionipTih aFithe WWRIS | tonirs . L1 He ALY EBEY House with his old friends of the '94 championship foot ball team of Stan- Mr. Hoover has gone to some phins in arranging for zhu unusual White House affair. He has had lots of fun of it already, not only the antici- pation of renewing old acquaintances, | but because of the great difference in this affair compared with the customary stiff and formal White House function. The Chief Executive is going to for- get all about Government business to- night and enter into the spirit of the meeting and enjoy the fun. He wili join in with the singing of the college songs of more than 30 years (Entinied e Page 3, Colmn 59 NOVEMBER 12, 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,835 SPILL AT I'T! LONE SKIPPER, BLINDED IN STORM, WRECKED TRYING TOREACH PORT Man Under Whom Jack London Sailed Piles Craft on Fish Trap in Sightless Effort to Make Annapolis. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—A 73- year-old skipper who once bossed Jack London, is repairing his 40-foot yawl at Annapolis, Md,, after a terrible ad- venture in which he lost his sight, salled blindly through a heavy sea and finally wrecked his craft on a fish trap. Capt. H. E. Raabe, who was a slave and ebony trader in the Solomon Islands half a century ago, left Port ‘Washington, Long Island, several weeks ago alone in his small craft, bound for the South Seas. Nothing was heard of him here until a letter, dated November 6, was re- ceived a friend, George O'Brien, of Jeneymlty. N. .;' ol i 1. On November e said, he was sail- ing under a half gale from the north in Chesapeake Bay. “The sun was sinking,” the letter sald. “To my surprise the glare on the water became unbearable. I looked up at the mainsail. What a shock! It had turned from white to black. An optical illusion, of course. | “The sky, too, had turned black. An- other glance at the sun. and while I was looking the bright orange orb turned to green. Then no matter where I looked in other directions, I saw nothing hut a bright green disk. Of the sails, the boat, the compass or the water, 1 saw nothing.” Groping, he managed to take in the mainsail. While the wind howled, he tried to light his lamps, but he couldn't see the match flames and the attempt was a failure. Then, steering by the wind, he went close-hauled on the star- board tack and headed for Annapolis, holding to the tiller. Finally the Spindrift, his craft, was tossed against fish trap piling. Des- perately trying to save the vessel, he pumped water out of its hull, broke the crystal of his watch to feel the hands, and hoped. Then, after broad day- light had come, the wind abated, and slowly his sight returned. “What in_the world,” he asked, “could have been the cause of my eye- sight failing, and at such a critical moment? Is it liable to happen again?” When Jack London shipped as a member of the crew of the Glenora, Raabe was its skipper. KNUTSON OPPOSES HOOVER DELEGATES Minnesota Representative in| Fight on Renomination if Slump Continues. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Sporadic efforts to deny to President Hoover the Republican nomination next year continue, but none of them make | headway. Out” in Minnesota, Representative Harold Knutson, dean of the Minnesota delegation in the House, has announced himself in favor of an uninstructed delegation to the Republican National Convention next year. In an editorial in his newspaper, the Wadena Pioneer Journal, Mr. Knutson said, in effect, that if prcs“erlly returns in a measure during the next few months nothing can prevent the renomination and re- | election of President Hoover, but “if | present conditions continue it would | seem to us the part of wisdom for the | party leaders to give serious thcught to | making certain readjustments.” Mr. Knutson has been regarded as “regular” generally in the Republican organization of the House. He has oc- casionally hopped the reservation. Here in Republican circles Mr. Knutson’ suggestion now that perhaps the Re publicans would be wise to pick another candidate for President is believed to be largely for local consumption. At Odds Without Success. ‘There has been a good deal of criti- cism of the administration in Minne- sota, and furthermore, the Republican factions in the State have been hard at it, hammering each other. Mr. Knul son, too, has been at odds with the a ministration over a Federal prohibition agent without success. In his editorial, Mr. Knutson ob- jected serlously to the advice given by former President Calvin Coolidge to the Republicans of the country in his recent article in the Saturday Evening Post, urging the renomination of the Presi- dent. Mr. Knutson said that the Pioneer trine that the right of a President se: ing his first term to renomination is in~ herent. He continued: “Renomination must be contingent upon the success attalmed by that ad- ministration. A major party is infinitely greater than its leader, who is subject 1o being replaced whenever the 'elgm of the country and party demands that this be done. The Republican party is not a one-man In Minnesota in 1928 there were Hoover delegates to the Republican National Convention from three dis- tricts, but in the main the rest sup- ported Frank O. Lowden, the supporter of the McNary-Haugen equalization-fee plan of farm relief, until Mr. Lowden withdrew from the race during the convention. The Republican niza- tion leaders admit today that there is trouble in the Minnesota situation, but they do not look “for it to continue. ‘Whether the delegation be instructed for President Hoover or not, they say, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) — | Hall, his aunt, disclosed today she would | AUNT T0 REQUEST CARE OF RILEY GIRL Sister of Mother of Child Imprisoned Four Years to Seek ‘Her Custody. | | | With 15-year-old Francis Riley al- ready delegated to her care, Mrs. Louise ask the Juvenile Court to commit to her the boy’s sister Edith when she has recovered from the effects of an al- leged four-year confinment in a closet. Edith was turned over yesterday upon orders of Judge Kathryn Sellers to the Board of Public Welfare for a continua- tion for six months of the treatment she has been receiving at Gallinger GERMANSREFOR * BT ACREENENT Young Plan Used as Basis for Accord, Unofficial Sources Indicate. | By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, November 12.—Reports cir- | culated in well informed circles today | that France and Germany had reached | an agreement for handling reparaticns payments with the Young plan as a starting point and with an assurance that German need agree to nothing until she knows what will happen when her 24,000,000,000 marks of sl ~time private debts expire next March, ‘There was no confirmation from any official source, but it was generally be- lieved that if this plan of d con- currently with reparaticns and private debts is accepted, Germany would re- Tm-meehxolthewuumk dvisory Committee on Reparations and at‘the same time an International Bankers Committee would go into the private debts problem. Thereafter, it is expected, there would be an interna- tional conference. ‘While neither Chancellor Bruening nor the French Ambassador, Andre Francois-Poncet, would divuige any in- formation, it was assumed that the Am- bassador had brought a concrete pro- posal when he returned from Paris this morning and that he would present it to the chancellor late today. If unofficial reports are correct this proposal would assure France that the Young plan would be the starting point for any discussion of reparations and Germany would be assured that she need sign no reparations plan unless she is first relieved of worry over what will happen when private short-term credits expire on the 1st of next March. GERMAN SECURITIES RISE. Favorable Reports on Debt Negotiations Send Prices Upward. NEW YORK, November 12 (#).—A { 1ise in German bonds on the New York and London Stock Exchanges today co- incided with reports received by Wall Street banking houses with Paris con- nections to the effect that Germany and France were approaching an agreement on the scofe of a reparation and war debt discussion. Germany has insisted that any com- mittee to which the complicated prob- lem might be reierred should consider all aspects of the question, while France ge 2, Column 5.) oo BOLAND SECRETLY WED Hospital. Francis, similarly, was given into the custody of Mrs. Hall for six | months, both cases to be automatically | reopened in six months. | Wants Both Children. | Mrs. Hall, a sister of the children’s | mother who died soon after Edith's | birth in January, 1919, said today she wanted Edith, regardless of her nor- mality. “I want her at the end of the six- month period she is to spend as a ward of the Welfare Board,” said Mrs. Hall. “At the expiration of that time I shall have to go into court again to ask for Francis and I shall also request that Edith be given into my care.” “I was anxious that everything possi- ble be done for the little dear and, | therefore, raised no objection to Judge | Sellers’ decision to turn her over to the board. But even if the doctors can't make her normal, I want her for my own.” Boy Goes Shopping. Francis was on a shopping spree to- day, his first as the ward of his aunt. He went downtown early this morning and bought clothes, and shoes, shirts, New Pennsylvania Representative Married in Clarendon. Representative Patrick Joseph Bo- land, newly elected Representative | from Pennsylvania, was secretly mar- | ried on October 27 to Miss Bridget Veronica ‘Barrett, at Clarendon, Va., it was learned today. ‘The ceremony was performed by Rev. John K. Cartwright of this city. Mr. Boland, of Scranton, Pa., is 51 vears old and his bride, 32. He could not be located at his office today and s believed by friends to be in Scran- U. S. S. AKRON RETURNS LAKEHURST, N. ., November 12 (#). —The U. S. S. Akron, the Navy's big- gest_air cruiser, landed at the Naval Air Station here early today after a 24- hour flight over Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. The giant dirigible was moored to its mast on the field, to be berthed in FHP ening Star. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TOKIO DECLARES REDS - HAVE SUPPLIED MAH WITH ARMS AND MEN" 15 Carloads of Materials and By the Associated Press. Shan. |area. League of Nations to Japan and League Council meeting. International Patrol | For Manchuria Seen With Favor by China By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, Noverber 12— Dispatches received here from Geneva today sald the League of Nations' Coun- cil is considering a suggestion for the formation. of an international patrol force to occupy portions of Manchuria and assist the Japanese in withdrawing their troops. Such an international patrol would serve the purpose, it was said in official circles here, of protecting Japanese lives and property during the evacuation, and it was favorably commented upon. Expects Chinese Approval. Dr. Wellington Koo, former Chinese premier and now a member of the Nanking committee for taking over the administration of portions of the terri- tory now occupied by the Japanese, said if the reported move could be brought within the scope of the League's resolu- tion of October 24 China would un- doubtedly, approve it. He said China approved the October 24 resolution and reby agreed to co- operate with the League or other powers to_expedite the Japanese evac- uation. He said, however, that if the project included any details beyond the scope of the October resolution the Nanking government would need to study the question before making a decision. Disputes Railway Claim. Commenting on other dispatches from Geneva which said Japan con- siders the Taonan-Anganchi Rallway to be now a portion of the South Man- churia system because of alleged failure of the Chinese to pay the road's Japanese creditors, Dr. Koo said if the Chinese had ed a contract the matter falls for arbitration between the interested parties. He said any viola- tion of a contract in no way justified Japanese occupation of the Nonni River territory. Dr. Koo came here from Peiping to represent Chang Hsueh-Liang, deposed Manchurian governor, and to lay before the National government the facts con- cerning the Tientsin disorders. He said the government was forwarding all the facts to the League of Nations. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IS GIVEN TO LAVAL Chamber of Deputies Rejects Pro- posal to Discuss Railway Deficits Tonight. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 12.—Premier Laval won a vote of confidence in the Cham- ber of Deputies today by a margin of 39 votes. The deputies voted, 311 to 272, against a proposal by the Radical wing to be- g)‘nh:mcuumn of railway deficits to- night. ¥he premier put the issue as & ques- its hangar with the smaller Los Angeles later. tion of confidence in the first test vote of the session. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . MUSSOLINI ADDRESSES ' DEPUTIES IN OPENING Brief Session of Chamber Was De- voted Wholly to Tribute to Duke of Aosta. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 12.—The Chamber of Deputies began its Autumn session today with speeches by Premier Mus- solini and Glovanni Gluriati, secretary of the Fascist party and president of Chamber. "h'eflw brief initial session was devoted wholly to a commemoration of the Duke of Aosta, cousin of the King and leader of Italy’s 3d Army during the war, who died several months ago. Museolini and Giuriati id tribute to, the duke a great military leader and a firm friend of Fascism. ‘Tomorrow the Chamber begins its work in earnest, with discussion of et. w'el'h‘;“déhl.mb!r will be in session a -Radio Projrams on Page D-3 ] Workers Who Helped Build Approximately 30 employes in the ‘Washington office bf the National Parks Service, several of whom have been here since the office was inaugurated, received checks today from the estate of the late Stephen Mather, former director of the service. $10,000 be distributed among those in his office in appreciation of their loyal efforts in the organization of the serv- ice. There were only minor differences in the sums received by the 30 who Some of those who received these of Mr. Mather's appreciation were first associated with the office in month. The Senate convenes in De- cember. R | n it was orgamized under the direct of Mr. Mr. Mather in his will directed that | Oth who, as As-|the 30 PARKS SERVICE EMPLOYES SHARE IN §10,000 MATHER GIFT Up Bureau Receive Checks | From Chief’s Estate. sistant Secretary of the Treasury, had been instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the service. Among these were: Arthur E. De- marals, senior assistant director; Miss Isabel Story, editor; Noble J. Wilt, au- ditor, and Miss Frankie Clark, clerk. ers came in soon after establish- ment of the office. o S s S et i em) more Balf of whom have come in since Mr. Mather In its early days, it was pointed out. the National Park Service organization in Washington was small and %mm with ev- erybody from the to the clerks working closely together and sharing burdens of & young organization. Mukden learned that 50 Chinese were a three-hour battle in the night near Kungchuling, to the north. Tientsin, with American and other foreign forces on patrol, feared more serious fighting between Chinese police and rebel rioters. ‘Tokio reported 10,000 Japanese troops would move into Manchuria on Saturday as reinforcements and replacements. Chinese forces at Chinchow were estimated at between 20,000 and 30,000, and Gen. Mah was reported to have 20,000 more ready to strike in the Nonni Bridge 2,000 Troops Reported Arrived From Russia. 50 CHINESE KILLED IN BATTLE DURING NIGHT AT KUNGCHULING Further Trouble Expected at Tientsin. Japan Sending 10,900 New Soldiers Into Manchurian Area. Japan’s war office reports 15 carloads of arms and ammunition and 2,000 troops of an “International Communist Army” have arrived at Anganchi from Russia to reinforce the Chinese Gen. Mah Chan- killed and 300 wounded 1 At Geneva, Aristide Briand dispatched another note for the China, demanding that both use every means to prevent further armed conflict. League officials have taken heart at the prospect of more active co-operation by the United States, which they read into President Hoover’s Armistice day speech and the appointment of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes as the American representative at next Monday’s Tokio Says Russians - Have Supplied Arms and Men to Gen Mah (Copyright, 1931, by the Associated Press.) TOKIO, November 12.—Reports that 15 carloads of Russian arms and ammunition have arrived at Anganchi, Manchuria, for the Chinese general; Mah Chan-Shan, and that & new Chi- nese attack from Chinchow in;the di- rection of Mukden is threatening reach- ed Tokio today as the government planned to dispatch a large fresh body of troops on Saturday. § Newlp.fir reports from Mukden to- day said 50 Chinese were killed and 300 et mx‘un:chluul‘ln!- etance night near some 3 to the north of den, among them was a ese woman in uniform, who died later in a hospital. A e was also received from Geneva saying the League of Nations Patrol {n Manchia to permit Jupanese patrol in churia to ) evacuation, but this was not taken seri- ously by authorities here. Communist Force Reported. The report of an alleged shipment of Rusian arms to the aid of Gen. Mah came from the war office intelligence department, which said it had “fairly reliable evidence” from various sources that the shipment arrived over the Ohi- P %he. imtelligence. biresu also sald # e int ce bureau had further information that 2,000 troops of an “international Communist army,” consisting of Russians, Koreans and Chinese, has arrived at Tsif A just north of Gen. Mah's position at Anganchi. This force, it sald. is believed to have come “from the direction of the Amur River” and to have been organized in the Manchurian district south of Bla- goveschensk. “The Russians apparently are plan- ning something,” the war office said. It added that the arms and ammunij- tion arrived at Anganchi between No- vember 6 and 12. Approve Patrol Plan. Some satisfaction was expressed in authoritative circles over the report of a proposal for an international patrol in Manchuria. The proposal, it was said, in itself would be more or less of a justification of what Japan is now doing. because it would recognize that disorder prevails in Manchuria such as Japan from the beginning has cited ;ll the chief cause of the present trou- e. ‘The new Chinese attack expected in the direction of Mukden is lobked for simultaneously with a renewed drive of the army of Gen. Mah Chan-Shan in the Nonni Bridge area. Gen. Mah's army is said here to numiber 30,000 men. No definite statement of the exact strength of the new force of Japanese troops which is to be sent from Hiro- saki Saturday was given, but.it was understood that more than a brigade would go and that, in addition to re- giu-.'n‘ the Korean brigade, it would ing the total number of Japanese troops in Manchuria to 16,000. Sending Three Spokesmen. Meanwhile the government was mak- ing eclaborate preparations for an un- usually strong presentation of its case before the League Council at Paris Monday. Three Ambassadors will rep- resent Japan at the meeting. Ambas- sador Matsudaira has been ordered to go from London and Ambassador Yoshida from Rome to assist Am- bassador Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japanese (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) LADY MARY HEATH MAKZS KNOWN INTENT TO WED Announces She Will Marry Eng- glishman While Attending Reces at Lexington, Ky. | By the Assoctated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 12— Lady Mary Heath, English aviatriz, announced tpday she would be married at aoon to Oeor'e Anthony Reginald Willlams, an Englishman, now making his home in New York. Both Lady Mary and Mr. Williams came to the blue grass to attend Prince of Wales steeplechase this after- . He talked little, but she plained he is the son of the George Williams, a_governmen of the Windward Islands, and said the! had been engaged a year. Lady Mary said she and Mr. Williams had not expected to ‘married that sh } apd ;‘w'e lnm