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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecact.) Cloudy, obably tonight and ,m- emperstures—Highest, y; lowest, 61, Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 occasional showers ; slightly cooler 77, at 3 pm. at 7:30 a.m. today. No. 31978 Puirrshis Womhgin BE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EBITION bening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931—FIFTY PAGES. ss» U. S. IS REPORTED READY TO JOIN WORLD MOVE FOR PRESSURE ON JAPAN “Things Moving Fast,” Dawes Declares. TALKS WITH SZE IN HOTEL ROOM| China Threatens. to Invoke Article 15 " of Covenant. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 19.—United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, who has been conferring with leaders of the League of Nations’ Council regarding the Manchurian dispute, talked. this morning with Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese member, ‘and it was re- ported that the United States was ready to join a concerted interna- tional move to get Japan to with- draw her Manchurian troops. “Things are moving fast,” Am- bassador Dawes said after Dr. Sze had left his hotel. He declined to amplify that statement, but it was known that he has been in com- munication with Washington and that both he and his Government are deeply interested in Man- churian developments. Talk With Briand Likely. It was expected that Gen. Dawes would talk with Aristide Briand this afternoon and that the Council would ask Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the Japanese repre- sentative, to present in writing the declaration he made yester- day regarding Ja ’s demands. 5, e decibeed I anouner e o Chiang Kai-Shek Is Proceeding to - Manchuria at Once By the Associated Press. NANKING, November 19— Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Nanking government, an- nounced today that he was pro- ceeding immediately to Man- churia His announcement brought to a high pitch of excitement dele- gates to the feurth National Kuo- mintang Congress, now meeting here to patch up the Nanking government's relations .with the Canton insurgents. He did not announce the details of his plans or when he was leaving. ‘The Nanking government has cabled to the League of Nations Council at Paris a series of com- plaints supporting charges of treaty violation by the Japanese. ‘The following . “provocative ac- tions” were listed: (1)—Tllegal stationing of Japa- in Manchuria. The te: that there are now 23,000 Japanese soldiers and Mcers there of e. (2)—Tllegal stationing of police attached to Japanese consulates in Chinese territory. (3)—Assaults on Chinese Na- tionals by Japanese police. (4)—Arrest of Chinese officials by Japanese police. (5)—Destruction by the Jap- anese of Chinese government offices. (6)—Holding of Japanese mili- tary maneuvers in Chinese cities. with the Chinese military forces. (8)—Establishing of post offices along the South Manchuria Rall- way. (9)—Levying illegal taxes alo: (10)—Appropriation of - (11)—Disrupting Chinese com: munications. (12)—Interference with local ‘administration. STEPS FOR PEACE PUZZLE STATESHEN erisis Paris Parley Seems to Be ewonhe ‘which evacua- tion conditional upon direct negotiations on the five points would be equitable. ‘Would Invoke Other Articles. “If such a is put to us we mmtmwp:mu.mmum- iblic what M. Briand and ress for a public expl - t.hnpl‘linve led them to change declared it could do no more under Article 11 we should not shrink from immediately invoking other articles of the covenant.” This statement was understood to be in effect what Dr. Sze told the Council at a secret session yesterday. Japan last night had abandoned all talk of compromise in the Manchurian onflict. Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Japan- ese delegate, at a secret session of the council, laid down a program of peace conditions described in some league cir- cles as equivalent to turning Manchuria into a political economic protectorate | of' his country. Explanation Declined. No evacuation of the territory could ‘begin, he sald, until China consented to direct negotiations on all five of the points laid down by Japan. These in- clude the question of the Sino-Jap- anese treaty of 1915 which China has refused to recognize on the ground that it was forced upon her under military duress. He also declined to make any further explanation of Japan's demand on this fifth point, as hed been requested by council members. The 1915 treaty con- tains the noted “twenty-one demands as a basis for direct negotiations, but merely gave an indication of the course | tect the government expected to pursue. “China will hot pay Japan a political | price for evacuating Manchuria,” Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese spokesman, said i when he entered the council room, fol- Jowing M. Yoshizawa’s statement. “We | Tefuse to be forced again to sign the | notorious twenty-one points of 1915. Ready to Invoke Covenant. i ‘These points, alleged by China to| have been advanced when the rest of | the world was occupied with war, con- | cerned the disposition of Shantung, rallway leasing r?.nvflens for Japan in South Manchu: and Eastern Inner Mongolia and other matters which the Chinese considered violations of their sovereignty. China, Dr. Sze said, was ready to in- voke article 15 of the league covenant and would insist that the league mem- bers do their full duty under the cove- nazt, the Kellogg pact and the nine- | power treaty. | Article 15 provides for the publication of the facts of any dispute by the league, with its recommendations, and for re- ferring the dispute to the league as- sembly itself. It is the last step before Follogvlna Course Which Failed at Geneva. - BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, Prance, November 19.—Quo- tations on steck of the world's so=called peace charts, namely, the covepant of the League of Nations and the‘Kellogg anti-war pact, went smashing to new lows today. 1t is exactly two months since Japan, alleging & night attack on its railroad line, which allegation, by the way, it has never consented to be investigated by an impartial tribunal, marched to the conquest of all Manchuria. With the fall of the northernmost capital, Tsitsihar, yesterday, this armed con- quest is now complete. Throughout this brief- campaign, the League Council has been struggling. io check these military operations and to persuade the Japanese to withdraw into In this task the United States has co- operated with the Leagie. Both the Kellogg pact and the China nine-power treaty have been formally invoked. Japan has paid no more heed, in a military sense, to injunctions, rec- ommendations and pleas emanating irom Geneva, Washington and Paris than if they were so much bird song in lilac bushes. For example, yesterday's seizure of Tsitsihar was carried out, the French press today alleges, in deflance of the formal promise made to Ameri- can Ambassador Gen. Charles G. Dawes by Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Am- bassador to London, a few days ago that the Chinese Eastern Railway. Not only has the league, co-operating with the United States, thus far com- pletely failed to halt the war or to pro- China from violation of its sov- ereignty and its administrative and ter- ritorial integrity in Manchuria, but never, apparently, has confusion among the assembled diplomats been #o dis- tressing as today. All feel that they must do_something to save the face of the league and the United States and make knows. Gen. Dawes sits in his hotel suite and receives visitors, while the League Council sits in the Quai d'Orsay. A League official _brings Gen. Dawes (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ERIE CUTS SALARIES CLEVELAND, November 19 (#).—Sal- ary reductions equivalent td two days' pay each month, were announced today by the Erie Railroad for all employes who are on_montl and deily rates, and for “officers, jals and others in a supervisory capacity.” Train crews end similar workers will not be affected. ‘The salary cut will apply to about 1,200 persons, representatives of the company estimated. It was made effec- tive November 16, throughout the Erie economic and military sanctions. system. CONTRACTOR IS ORDERED HELD IN'BABY’S DEATH BY GAS HEATER the South Manchurian Railway zone. | best of a bad business, but | | just what to do nobody Tokio Soldiers Are Occupying Tsitsihar. SOVIET WARNED (INFRIENDLY WAY | Trouble Seen if Reds Send Troops to Manchuria. By the Associated Press 2 TOKIO, November 19.—Jjapan’s victorious troops, reported to have swept through Anganchi gcross the Chinese Eastern Tailway to capture Tsitsihar, today were pur- suing the retreating enemy to- warsl Koku Shan Chen 150 miles northeast of Tsitsihar, the Rengo ,| correspondent at Harbin reported. Neither the foreign office nor the war office has made any an- nouncement regarding the cap- ture of Tsitsihar, although advices from Mukden said Gen. Honjo’s headquarters had confirmed re- ports that the Japanese entered the city this morning. Apparently on the assumption that the Japanese were inside the Tsitsihar wall, it was authorita- tively stated that they intended to hold the city only until it was assured that the Chinese forces under Gen. Mah Chan-Shan had beéen scattered so widely as to make any chance for attack im- | possible. Friendly Warning to Soviei. The Japanese government instructed its Ambassador at Moscow to ccnvey to Maxim Jitvinoff, Soviet commis- sar for foreign affairs, a friendly warning the danger of seri~ ous complications if Russia should send troops into North Manchuria. The Ambassador was charged at the same time to reassure the Soviet foreign commissar that no damesge was dom® to the Russian-cwned Chinese Eastern Railway during yesterday's offensive in the Anganchi area. A dispatch to the Rengo News Agency from Harbin said Chang Chi-Hui, gov- ermor of the Harbin district and friend- ly to Japan, declared the independence of Heilungkiang province and set him- self up as governor. The dispatch said he proposes to enter Tsitsihar with his own troops and take over the administration of the city. Casualties Are Heavy. Press dispatches said formal occups- tion of Tsitsihar was begun by the Japanese troops this morning. Strategic points were taken over at the close of the battle last night, the dispatches said, but activity of Chinese troops made it necessary to begin the formal occupation immediately. Reports said quiet prevailed in North- ern Manchuria following the smashing victory of the Japanese advance against | Gen. Mah Chan-Shan’s army in which | the casualties were given 2s 300 Japa- nese and between 3,000 and 4,000 Chi- nese. No further fighting is taking place, it was said, and the Japanese troops were :xpected to be withdrawn in a week or wo. Their only object in driving north- ward, a war office spokesman said, was to break up the concentration of Chi- nese troops which threatened the Nonni River bridge head. Best Troops Declared Withdrawn. Newspaper reports said, however, that Gen. Mah's best troops escaped de- struction in the battle, and are still at largé. They were withdrawn to the rear, it was said, as soon as the tide of battle became evident. ‘There were some reports of activity by Chinese troops in the regions of | Kaochengtse, Hsinminfu and Yinkow | and also a rumor that a body of Soviet | Red Guards was moving from Viadi- | vostok to Chientao, but this later seemed of doubtful authenticity. | A dispatch to the Rengo News Agency |sald the Chinese Eastern- Railway seemed to be operating almost normally, with only slight delays. Messages sent by Gen. Mah to Chang Hsuehlang, it was reported here, said his army was compelled to retreat be- cause of the superior strength of the Japanese forces aided by eight bombing planes and artillery. Mah said he withdrew to the northward from Tsitsihar 50 as to save the city's terri- fled population from “the horrors of wvar.” Late yesterday 400 Japanese cavalry men, armed with hand grenades, ar- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) LA FOLLETTE URGES FIVE BILLION BONDS Relief Issue to Be Sponsored in Congress by Progressives, Senator Says. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., November 19.—A bond issue of at least $5,000,000,000, to be used for public improvements, is DISCUSSING DID You BUMP INTo & =S — “STATE FINANCES.” SHOALS' OPERATION BY FARM GROUP 15 URGED IN REPORT Plan Recommended to Hoover and Governors of Alabama and Tennessee. By the Assoctated Pr NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 19.— Private operation of Muscle Shoals, pref- erably by a “corporation exclusively owned and controlled by organizations of farmers,” was recommended today in the Muscle Shoals Commission’s re- port to President Hoover and the Gov- ernors of Alabama and Tennessee. ‘The commission includes three mem- bers appointed by the Governor of Tennessee, three by the (Sovernor of Alabama and three mamed by Presi. dent ver, Gov. Henry H. Horton, who the report public here, with- Yteld comment pending a study of its contents. B The report recommended that Cove Creek Dam, above Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River in East Tennessee, be constructed by the Government. Operated for Fertilizer. It was recommended that the shoals properties be operated “primarily” for quantity production of fertilizer and fertilizer concentrates, but the commis- sion also advocated use of the properties for the manufacture of chemicals for agricultural experiment and research. As to electricity produced at the shoals, the report said fertilizer and chemical manufacture should be given first claim on the power output, but added that should there still be a sur- plus provision should be made for its sale, “States, countles, municipalities and chemical operations to have prefer- ence.” Turning to terms of the lease, the commission proposed that it be for 50 years, “with Boulder Dam clauses on re- negotiation as to rental” The lease should recognize the “right of recapture of the dams involved-in this report at the termination of the lease * * * by the States of Tennessee and Alabama preferably,” the report said. Income Apportioned. As to income, the commission recom- mended that “not exceeding 25 per cent” of power rentals and proceeds from the lease or sale of surplus prop- erty be used for research and investi- gation and not more than 75 per cent of such income would be used to create a revolving fund to buy and store fer- tilizer and fertilizer materials and de- velop better methods of manufacture and distribution of fertilizers.” ‘The report advocated the enactment of “the necessary enabling legislation by Congress empowering the President, or such agency as he may elect, to ne- gotiate and to conclude a lease con tract * * * and to supervise opera- tions thereunder, for and on behalf of the United States.” CONGRESS TO GET REPORT. President Hoover Announces He Will ‘Transmit Shoals’ Findings, By the Assoclated Press. A report of the Muscle Shoals Com- mission recommendirg private opera- tion of the Alabama power and nitrate lant will be submitted to Congress by ident Hoover. In a brief $tatement making public (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) e STOCK SALE APPROVED Chancellor Rules in Case of Mem- phis Commercial Appeal, Inc. NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 19 (/). —Approval for the sale of all the out- standing capital stock of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Inc., to Federal re- celvers for the Minne Paper Co. of Minneapolis was given to- day by Chancellor James B, Newman, esota & Ontario | W. Dry Agents Trap Capital Motorists And Seize 9 Autos Field Telephones Used to Make Arrests on Lig- uor-Carrying Charges. By a Btaft Correspondent of The OAKLAND, Md, November 19— Using a fleld telephone hidden behind an alleged speakeasy, Federal agents last night arrested 16 patrons of “TLE Pig Pen,” a roadside establishment on the Walke; Mill road, as tirey drove back to Washington with small quanti- ties of alleged liquor, chiefly for holi- day consumption. A woman in a taxi- cab was among those so “trapped.” Those ayrested were lodged in the (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) FAILURE T0 SOLVE PARKING ADMITTED Commissioners Unable to Handle Problem During 1932 Bicentennial. ‘The District Commissioners today ad- mitted their irability to handle the problem of automobile parking on the streets - during the Bicentennial and asked the Bicentennial Commission for suggestions. ‘The admission was in a letter to Wil- liam Tyler Page, executive secretary of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Mr. Page earlier in the month had sent the Commissioners a complaint on parking conditions re- ceived from the Fine Arts Commission, in which the Bicentennial Commission was accused of “luring” thousands of spectators to Washington next year without providing for their accom- modation. ‘The Fine Arts Commission said the parking situation was bad now with the public parks and highways lined with parked automobiles, but it would be far worse next year unless someone in authority took action. In their letter to Mr. Page the Com- missioners pointed out they have no Jjurisdiction over the public parks, that being a problem of Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildin; nd Public (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) U. D. C. ELECTS HEAD Mrs. Amanda Byrne of Charleston, ‘W. Va., Is Honored. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 19 (P).—Mrs. Amanda Byrne of Charleston, W. Va., was elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy today. She succeeds Mrs. L, M. Bashinsky of Troy, Ala. Other officers elected are Mrs. Amos H. Norris, Tampa, first vice president general; Mrs, Charles B. Farris, re- elected second vice president general; Mrs. R. B. Broyles, Birmingham, Ala., third vice president general; Mrs. W. E. Massey, Hot Springs, Ark., re-elected recording secrctary; Mrs. L. U. Babin, Baton Rouge, La., corresponding sec- retary; Mrs. George Dismukes, Chick: shaw, Okla., re-elected treasurer g eral; Mrs. Lucy London Anderson, Ra- leigh, N. C. historlan general; Mrs. Albert S. Porter, Lakewood, Ohlo, re- elected registrar general, and Mrs. John | shall . Goodwin, Philadelphia, elected custodiai and service. Pa., n of crosses The New Washington | face bloated. POLICEMEN DENY HEARING SCREAMS AT FIRST PRECINGT Severa] Testify at Brutality Trial to Having Seen-Rub- I ber Hose at Statien. ’ Defense testimony that no screams or other indications of an assault were heard by policemen on duty at the first precinct station house during the alleged “thirG degree” inquisition of James Henry Harker was given today in the trial of four policernen accused of brutality A number of policemen attached to the first precinct denied that there ‘was a disturbance of any kind at the station house on the day of the alleged beating of Harker with a rubber hose. Admit Seeing Rubber Hose. Under cross-examination, several of the officers said they had seen a piece of rubber hose about the station house on various occasions, and two of tife defense witnesses, under Questioning by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, said they did not notice any cuts or bruises on Harker’s face whea he was brought into the station. Previously, on direct examination by Defense At- torney James A. O'Shea, three of the policemen testified that Harker's face was flushed and swollen, apparently due to his state of intoxication. ‘The story pf Harker's arrest early on the mornihg of August 22 for in- vestigation in connection with inch room robbery near North Capitol and H streets was related by policemen who took part in the arrest and confine- ment of the young baker. Policeman Warren L. Curtls, Pvt. Paul G. Withers and Sergt. Ernest Myers told the jury that Harker ap- peared to have been on a drunk and that his eyes were bloodshot and his Under cross-examina- tion, Curtis said Harker's eyes seemed to be normal in so far as injuries were concerned and Withers said he saw no cuts or bruises on Harker's face when t:u prisoner was brought to the sta- tion. Policemen James H. Murphy and L. A. Lewis said they heard no screams or outcries in the station house at the time Harker alleges he was being as- saulted in the sergeants’ room and they said they had no knowledge of any such assault, Other _defense _witnesses .today in- cluded Willlam K. Hutchinson, news- paper correspondent, who said he was at the station house on the morning of the alleged attack and heard no groans or other noises in the sergeants’ room, and F. Preston Smith, a police- man, who said Harksr appeared to be! drunk at the time of his arrest. | Under cross-examination, Hutchin- son said Mostyn told him he had just “cleaned up” an important robbery case. Outlines Burroughs' Defense, Prank J. Kelly, attorney for Police- hs, outlined to the jury at 's session the defense he will make for his client. He said he would show that Burroughs had an ex- cellent reputation as a policeman and as a “family man” the father of 10 children. He said it would be shown that Burroughs performed his duty p rly when he arrested Harker and took him to the station house and that Burroughs remained in the sergeant’s room, although technically off duty, in order to check ¢n Harker's replies to Detective Mostyn 5 questions. At no time, the attorney told the jury, did Burrcughs see Harker sub- Jected to a beating or other abuses. The defense first put on the stand five character witnesses for Grooms, all of whom testificd to the latter's good These witnesses were Mar- 2l ering, Capitol _ employe; Worth Shoults, National Geographic Magazine writer; Earl C. King, ac- countant, Shipping Bgu'd: Robert L. 'y an, G. Stott, from the Poll part Francis X. Pitzgerald, night watch- man, who assisted _Policeman Bur- (Continued_ on Page 2, Cofumn 3.) —_————— | New York, said today, he Associated service. (P Means Associated The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,969 TWO CENTS. Press. 6. 0.P. MAY AGCEPT “REASONABLE™ TAX BILL BY DEMOCRATS Watson Sees Speedy Passage of Revenue Measure to Nation’s Good. REPUBLICAN SPOKESMAN AND GARNER IN PARLEY Sees Small Difference Between: Farties in Levy Ideas—Rate Discussions Wait. Do the Associated Press. Senator Watson of Indiara, the Re- publican leader, in a conference with Represgntative Garner today, informed the Texas Democratic leader the Re- publican majority in the Senate would be disposed to accept a “reasonable” tax: meausre framed' by the House Demo- crats. . In expressing this belief to the Texan, Watson took into consideration the fact that revenue legislation must originate in the House, and that body . will be controlled by the Democrats, while the Republicans will have & scant ma- Jority in the Senate. “Of course, Toam taking nothing un- seen,” said Watson, “but I belleve it to be to the best interest of the country to get the tax legislation enacted quickly. Nothing is worse than uncertainty when it affects business, ¢ Urges Speedy Enactment. “I.believe the two parties will not be far apart in their tax views, and rather than delay this question over a long pe- riod, I think it to the-best interest to get the revenue measure enacted Pending annosticement of the admin- istration’s 4ax plan and the decision of gx:d ebemun“ e t.z.man a reveque bill, the not engaged in spec rate-makizg discussion, ot e Incresses in the income taxes and in the inheritance levy have been to the forg and some have advocated le! new excise taXes on a T large number of & commodities. Representative * Snell, Republican, surprised” M the present. income tax exemptions had to be lowered. At the same time, he said, “We've got. to get xost of our revenue from the gift taxes, inheritance taxes and le “ the higher brackets since that is where of the money is.” He declined to say whether he would favor a general sales tax, Put said a limited levy of that %‘wgfim by Repre- :&n chslrm'o; the and Mieans *Committee i the Democrats organize tpe House. we need more money,” Collier said, “we know where to get it. It will be in the higher income tax brackets.” Colller said hange in exemptions. “It ‘has been my hope a tax in- crease would not be necessary,” the Mississipplan said. “If it”is, however, it will not come from the little: fellow.” He said a sales tax was objectionable in permitting the transfer of the burden | directly to the poor consumer. Significance been attached to the proposal of Chairman ’Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee for new T GRANDI IS HOPEFUL FOUNDATIGH IS LAID FOR REDUCED ARMS Italian Foreign Minister Talks to Mussolini by Tele- - + bhone Today. FEELS GENEVA PARLEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL Il Duce Sends Thanks to People of U. 8. as Distinguished Vis- itor Prepares to Leave. Hopeful that the -groundwork has been laid for co-operation between the United States and Italy in the cause of cisarmament, Dino Grandi, Italian for- eign ministe:y today is cbncluding his visit to (h; American Capital. P Those 'who have talked with "the Italian minister during his stay in this city have come away impressed not only with the earnesihess of his desire to promote arms lmitation, but with the fact that he is decidedly hopefal that some real accomplishments may grow owt of the Geneva conference next February. They have also. obtained am im] sion that the. differences which hal existed bejween the Italian government and that of Framce over naval limita- - fion are being ironed out successfuliy, and that this success may be 3 stepping stone to wider results at Geneva. Talked to Mussolini. . Signoy Grandl: postponed a confer- ence with Secretary Stimson this morne ing in order to talk over the transe atlantic telephone with Premier Musso- NaL‘ Theif conversation lasted only < At first Grandi ‘was unable to get his call to Mussolini through decause the latter was cut of touch by telephone. ‘'wouldn't be M vies ‘on | the The attitude of the United States ‘ has been excise, or sales-tax levies, and for in-|g,0 creased rates on incomes. The Utah Senator, often the admin- istration’s spokesman on revenue legis- lation, suggested raises on all income- tax brackets to as high as 40 per cent on incomes of more than $100,000. “Most of the Democrats and Westcrn independent Republicans have favored increases only in the higher brackets. They have opposed also, generally speaking, the plan by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, for a gen- eral sales tax. Agree on Revision Need. ‘The majority of .the Senate and House have agreed that some revision will be necessary in the next Congress to meet the accumulated deficit. Representative Tilson of Connecticut said today at a conference with news- paper men that he had hoped an in- crease in taxes be unnecessary. He added, however, that if the condi- tion of the Treasury showed additional revenues were needed, he was ready “to submit to the inevitable.” The Republican floor leader in the last Congress said the Treasury it to be able to give considerable enlight- enment on the subject following its.ex- haustive study of the revenue situation. THson reiterated opposition to a raise in taxes if it could be avoided. He ex- plained, however, that a Treasury deficit might be more harmful than an increase in taxes would be to business. REJECTED MA.N WOUNDS - GIRL AND SLAYS SELF By the Associated Pre; NEW YORK, November 19.—Tillie ichwnru, only 17, had rejected Walter it Tillle was Louis Pettoff. “Get out of here,” shouted Lippow, flourishing ‘a" pistol, “or I'll kill her.” Pettofl got out. ‘There was the sound of several shots, The family rushed in. ‘The girl lday on the floor, critically wouncded by two bullets that entered her breast. with President Hoover yesterday morn- ing or Grandi cabled to Premier i a full account from his headquarters in the Mayflower Hotei. During the course of yesterday after- ~ noori Col. Charlcs A. Lindbergh, who was to have piloted the Italian minister and his party to Washis from New York in an airpline, called upon Signor Grandi. At a reception given in the Italian embassy Signor. and Signora Grandi met the italia-America Society o n. ‘The minister wili make a radio speech at 6:30 p.m. today over the system of the National lcasting Co. He will (Continued on 5, Column 7.) Lo TEL s VETERAN DIES AT 91 PASADENA, Calif., November 19 (#). —Maj. Gen.- Willlam A. Kobbe, 91, re- tired United States Army officer, died at fifl‘lwme yesterday following a lengthy ess. He was a veteran of the Civil and * Spanish Wars and the Philippine in- surrection. He held two citations for gallantry in action, one for gallantry at Lippow, the wea near his hand, was dead. POy - Manila and the other for brave at i,:‘n:n. Hewummmfln?g{h POSTAL SAVINGS GAIN 67,000,000 LAST MONTH, DEPARTMENT SAYS Total on Deposit Reaches $527,130,150, Representing Coroner’s Jury Acts Prior to Holding Inquest Over Body Greatest *‘Peacetime Growth.” proposed by United States Senator of Plumber Who Installed Equipment. A plumbing contractor was ordered held for the action of the grand jury today by & coroner’s jury, after it had been told he was negligent in installing ‘water heater, which is believed t, e, 614 custody of his brother, Milton T. Brocme, who acted as his attorney. The actual installation, witnesses eaid, was made by a journeyman plumber employeddklay Broome, Daniel Curtin, 26, who Tuesday after a fall from an automobile. Carbon monoxide fumes ter of Harold and Eva Daniels, the day before the plumber's death. Mrs. Daniels (Continued. on Page & Qolummn 49, i Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin as an unemployment relief measure to be sponsored in Congress by the Pro- gressive bloc. Senator La Pollette spoke in the Mu- unicipal, Auditorium, der the ices of the Tempie of Aaron Oefir:mm llltw‘ltlx‘l‘ht, outlin the Radio Programs ow Page D-# Washingtonians of today are living in an era of civic transformation for their city that has probably never been paral- leled anywhere. The beauty and archi- tectural splendor of the Federal devel- opment program now under way is vis- ualized for you in BEAUTIFUL DRAW- INGS THAT FILL 3 PAGES OF THE Rotogravure Section of The Star Next Sunday FUND PROBE ASKED Pennsylvanian Urges Inquiry in Federal Road Aid in State. Investigation of expenditure of Fed- eral-aid highway funds in Pennsyl- vania was asked of President Hoover day by Louls McGrew of Pittsburgh. Publisher of the Labor World, cir- culating in ss:‘u‘)'ofloo"m October, ,000, cf O to fig- $.590008 B Corobis eeemeug w 5o Office Department. On October 31 they totaled $527,130, 150, as compared with $460,000, September 30. The tremendous growth of LS S LT e igures ending 30, 1930, on deposit $179,905, over the preceding d ircrease. jumped more than | tory. ‘The sav] m now has been e ings syste: -2