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1 t. she nerea warmer morrow Temperatu eaterda Pull report 48 pag: west on Highest ness and slightly wers and cooler to. 72.8t2:30 pm 630 a.m. today. Che & bening Star. WITH SUNBAY MORNING RPITION in Washing| Associated I service. The only evening paper ton with the Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 118,500. BOTH PARTIES GOT SUCAR DONATIONS, WITNESS ASSERTS B. G. Dahlberg, Seeking| | Higher Tariff, Said to Have Contributed in 1928. LOBBY COMMITTEE HEARS ITS INVESTIGATOR AGAIN Holland Says Visit Florida Caused Considerable Hoover's to *Jealousy.” By (he Associated Precs How B. G. Dahlberg interested in a higher product. contributed mor Republicans and the Democrats in the 1028 was de- 1a Lobby Com- mittee After hearing second day from its investigator Holland, the committee adjourned subject to cal Records dealt with in the te showed Dahlberg gave $5.000 to the Republican and $1.000 to the Demo- cratic campaigns and was reimbursed in full by his sugar firms. Senator Blaine, Republican sin, A committee member contributions by corporations the corrupt practices act Donated to House Campaign. Holland also read records showing Dahlberg and his firms gave funds to help the campaign of M. E. Norman, & Republican, to succeed the late Rep- resentative Martin, Democrat, in Loulsiana Between $7.000 and $8.000 was con- tributed in Florida, Holland said, for efforts directed at the defeat of Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential candidate in 1928, and for sugar and flood control legislation Glenn B. Skipper, at that time Re- publican national committeeman from Florida, handled the Flor:da donations. These were turned over m by L. Williamson, Dahlberg Tesentative. i Skipper, Holland said, also was paid 0 by the Southern Sugar Co. & Dahlberg firm now undergoing reor- ganization, for travel expenses in con- nection with a trip to Kansas City in December, 1928, to attend a meeting of cugar producers favoring a boost in tariff. & At the outset, Holland said, Dahl- berg's personal bank accounts showed he = gave $5000 to the Repub- Jican National Committee and $1,000 to the “Alfred E. Smith Campaign Com- mittee” in September, 1928 The committee investigator said he had found Dahlberg was reimbursed for his Republican contribution by $1,000 from the Celotex Co., $2,000 from the Southern Sugar Co. and $2.000 from the Southern Post Co., all Dahlberg or- ganizations. Blaine Sees Violation. “Isn't it in violation of the Federal corrupt practices act.” asked Senator Blaine, “for a corporation to contribute to campaign funds?” The answer was that Federal statutes impose a fine and imprisonment sen tence for corporation contributors. The investigator also said he had found $300 in checks from the Souther Post Co. to the campaign fund of Nor- man, who sought to succeed the late Representative Martin. He said Norman favored a high sugar tariff Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, chairman of the committee, asked what interest Dahlberg had in the Louisiana congressional election I was in the sugar lands of Loui ana.” Holland replied He said further that the contributions were made to elect a sugar tariff R publican to succeed Martin, who also was a tariff advocate. Norman was de- feated. operator i ¥ bo e presidential today to the the John for nony Wiscon- contended violated Reads Letter to Jahncke. Holland read correspondence from E. A. Burguieres, president of the Domes- tic Sugar Producers’ Association. to Er- nest Lee Jahncke of Louisana, the As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, and to Dahlberg. urging the election of Nor- man in the Louisiana district Burguieres said election of Norman would be a “compliment to President Hoover” and in the interest of those seeking tariff protection. Holland said Dahlberg then gave $300 to the Nor- man campaign. Holland said Dahlberg. with 1. Requa, prominent Califo publican, were active in form Smith clubs in Florida in* Correspondence of the Sout Co. showed Requa, in August year, wrote Vernon Robson man of Dahlberg securities, anti-Smith _clubs Robson informed Dahlberg of Requa's “(Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) MAIL PILOT FOUND DEAD IN HIS PLANE 1ia Re- g anti- 8 ern Sugar that sales- g a Reserve Army Flyer Wrecked Ship Eight Miles Wast of Salt Lake City. By the Associated Pre SALT LAKE CITY. Nove Norman W. Potter, United A mail pilot, was found dead today In his wrecked airplane about eight miles west of the Salt Lake Airport er, vice president in char of the United Air Lines Mazel Skolfield, flight surgeon 329th Observation Squadron the wrecked plane in an auto- after it had been sighted by Lieut. Hugh Barker, Army Air Re- serve pilot They informed the Salt Lake Airport by radio that the body of Potter had been discovered in the crashed plane. The machine had come down near a ruined salt not far from the highway from this city to San Fran- cisco. It was believed the plane had not been discovered earlier because of the snowstorm yesterday and because it was not easily visible from the road. Pilot Potter, battling the heavy snowstorm of early yesterday morning, was within a few minutes' flying time of his home port when he was forced down. He had last been heard from north of Grantsville, Utah, at 3:22 am and “all O.K Radio Pr;;r;mx on P;ge C-6 F.| Mark | Discovers | when he reported a heavy snow D. ‘C; TUESDAY, NO VEMBER 24, —FO T S, (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. RTY-SIX PAC Succeeds Flet('heril | i ROBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN. | Harris-Ewing Photo. | 'R.L.O’Brien.Former : Boston Editor, Will| 'Head Tariff Board! | Succeeds H. P. Fletcher, Who Is 1o Retire on | November 30. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, former Bos- ton editar, was appointed chairman of the United States Tariff Commission to- day to succeed Henry P. Fletcher, whose resignation becomes eflective Novem- | ber 30. | Announcement of Mr. O'Brien’s ap- | pointment was made by President Hoo- | ver at the White House at noon today. | For a number of years Mr. O'Brien has been editor of the Boston Herald. | Mr. O'Brien has been an active Re- publican for more than 30 years. For the last three years he has been presi- dent of the Middlesex Club, a leading Republican organization in New Eng- land. In November, 1910, he became presi- dent_and director of the Boston Pub- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TEAHOUSE SLAYING SIISPECT IS SEIZED | Third Arrest in Bladensburg | Case Made by Philadel- phia Police. Philadelphia detectives, John Lagreca, 29 years old, police informer, was ar- rested shortly after noon today and | held as a suspect in the hold-up and | shooting in which one man was killed | and five persons wounded early ves- | terday at the Old Colonial Tea House |in Bladenburg | Lagreca was hurried into court for | arraignment before Magistrate Edward | Connors and held in $2000 bail to await Maryland authorities. Lagreca was arrested when he | knocked at the door of & house at 1739 North Fifth street, where Cicero Ren- zulli and Nicholas Tronco were appre- hended shortly after the shooting when 1a call to the tea house from Philadel- ! phia was traced Sagreca, Tronco and Renzulli were | removed from the Third Detective Divi- son headquarters after Lagreca’s ar- raignment and taken to the City Hall, where they were to be grilled by Capt. | Mike Hanley, chief of the Pmladc]phlai | homicide squad. Tronco and Renzulli were held with- | out bail pending extradition to Mary- | {1and. Extradition Fapers Prepared. The two men were charged by Magis- trate Edward Cqnnors, who conducted | the hearing at the Eighth and Jefferson | | streets police station, with murder and | robbery on the grounds that they were | | accessories both before and after the | fact. | Extradition papers are being prepared | and will be taken to Philadelphia this | afternoon by Baltimore detectives and | forwarded immediately to Gov. Pinchot | at Harrisburg for his signature. | Magistrate Denounces Pair. | Both Tronco and Renzulli, who are believed by Philadelphia detectives to | be members of a vice ring operating out | ‘}M‘ Philadelphia, were openly denounced | by Magistrate Connors during the hear- ing. | The men were ‘arrested shortly after the shooting when police traced a call | made to the tea house to Renzuillis| home. { Both denied having any knowledge | of the call that led to their apprehen- | sion or that they knew anything of the | hold-up and shooting. _They. testified | TAGGART IS ELECTED | TO PARTY COMMITTEE Indiana Democratic Leader Suc- ceeds Greathouse in Na- | | | tional Post. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, November 24— Thomas D. Taggart of French Lick was elected Democratic national committee- man from Indiana by the State Com- mittee here today. He was unopposed and the election was by acclamation. ‘Taggart succeeds the late Charles A. 'FARM BOARD LOSS jd Subdued in a street battle with two | 10 BE ESTIMATED FOR SENATE PROBE Stone, Unable to Present Data Today, Promises Compilation. BOARD REPORT CITES DEPRESSION EFFECTS Norris, Brookhart and Wheeler Ask Why Market Operations Failed to Include Corn. warmly de. purchases of promising to an estima.e | totaling | Chairman_Stone_today fended the Farm Board's wheat and cotton after furnish a Scnate committee of losses during transactions hundreds of millions of dollars Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, as they questioned him, had before them a report showing the board’s wheat a d amounted to $3 Chairman McNary of the committee had asked Stone for the amount lost in the deals. The board head said he had no information beyond that in the report, but later said he would get it. Committe Room Filled. The committee room was filled with representatives of farm organizations, members of the Farm Board and other interested spectators. In its report, the board did not at- | tempt to estimate its loss in stabiliza- tion operation: The report said this must be reck- | oned only after the cotton and wheat it holds are disposed of. On November 1 the board had 189 656,187 bushels of wheat and 1,310,789 bales of cotton. The cotton will be held another vear, and wheat will be sold for the next year at the rate of 5,000,000 bushels monthly ‘The carrying cost of wheat is between 1Y, and 1% Stone said. He added that the board handled | 9,000,000 bushels through millers un- | der its agreement last January to lend them wheat to be returned later. This offer was made when wheat was about 20 cents higher here than abroad, a situation which was forcing American | millers out of the foreign market. | The wheat was handled, Stone Smd.‘ through 60 millers east of the Rockies and 20 on the Pacific Coast Bares Price Differences. The average purchase price of wheat | was 81 and a fraction cents, Stonei testified. The average price obtained | on all its sales has been between 53 and | 54 cents a bushel, he added. He said the board had sold 47,500,000 | bushels of wheat to foreign govern-| ments. Questioned by Senator Brookhart, Re- | publican, Iowa, Stone said the board | had confined its export aid to Wheat | and_cotton “The board has done nothing to aid| corn, oats and livestock through ex- orts?” Brookhart commented. Suppose you had removed the ex- | portable surplus of corn, would that have raised the price of corn?” Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, asked “I don't know,” Stone replied. “The price of corn is dependent on the live stock market 1 “It would have raised the price up to | the tariff levels,” Brookhart said. Norris Hurls.Question. “The board made no_effort to raise | the price of corn, did it Senator Nor- | ris, Republican, of Nebraska asked. | We belicved the stabilization of wheat would have helped the corn market,” Stone said g “If you could stabilize wheat by buy- ing wheat you could have stabilized corn by much smaller purchase: ris said. “And wouldn't that stabiliza- tion of corn the wheat market?” “Perhaps s0,” Stone replied Brookhart said it was the duty of the | board 10 ask Congress for additional funds. “Many in its report porations alw sell. Tt Stabilization tain prices c surpluses co measures c their effec The growth of co-operatives was de- tailed, disclosing that 730,000 farmers were allied with these co-operatives, to which $255.866.458 in loans has been made. ¢ repaid $146,367,203 leaving an outstanding balance of $109,- 499,254, cents a bushel a month, | s the board observed, want _stabilization cor- to buy and never to asking the impossible. onerations cannot main- inuously. So long as| nue to pile up, artificial | Iy temporarily offset No recommendations were made for amending the agricultural marketing act. Neither were requests made for additional funds. On July 1 the board’s financial statement showed $159.977,608 remained in the Treasury of the orig- inal $500.000.000 fund. Since then, however, additional commitments have been made to co-operatives, reducing this balance to an estimated $75,000,- 000, Farmers themselves were complained | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) DETECTIVE MESSER ASKS RETIREMENT Was Indicted in Brutality Probe, but Case Was Dropped Due to Insufficient Evidence. Detective Sergt. William Messer, vet- eran member of the police headquarters check squad, today made formal appli- cation for retirement from the force. Messer, one of 18 policemen indicted for alleged degree tactics, made the application to Inspector Frank S W. Burke, detective chief, Inspector Burke will turn the application over to the Police Board of Surgeons for con- sideration. Detective Messer was indicted with Policeman Jesse ¥. Hasty on a charge of feloniously assaulting Ralph Ware on July before Jast. Ware had been arrest- ed for investigation in connection With theft of a flag from a building where he was employed. Just as Messer's case was to go to trial, District Attorney Leo A. Rover an- nounced before Justice James M. Proc- third Greathouse of Indianapolis, who died several weeks ago. Polish Consulates Close. WARSAW. Poland, November 24 () Polish consulates at Detroit and Buf- falo have been ebclished for reasons of economy. tor In District Supreme Court that he could not ‘“conscientiously” prosecute Messer on the grounds that insufficient evidence exis’ed to warrant prosecution. The case against Messer was then im- mediately nolle prossed. Messer, who has been ill for the past four or five years. joined the Police De- partment April 38, 1905, | BRUTALITY JURY REPORTS DEADLOCK Judge Proctor Delivers Addi- tional Charge and Sends Group Back to Deliberate. Advised by the foreman that the jury in the third-degree trial of four first precinct policemen has been unable to arrive at a verdict, Justice James M Proctor, in Criminal Division 1 this afternoon delivered an additional charge and sent the group back to the jury room for further deliberation Justice Proctor exhorted the jury to make every possible effort to reach a decision, declaring it to be the juror’s duty to render a verdict if he con- scientiously can do £o. He said the minority, whether hoid- ing out for conviction or acquittal should consider whether they are jus- tificd in questioning the judgment of the majority. | Should Consider Arguments. “IT a large number of you are for | conviction.” Justice Proctor stated, “the | minority should consider whether its doubt is a reascnable one, and. on the other hand, if a majority is for acquit- | tal, the minority must ask itself | whether it should doubt the of the majority.” He admonished “proper respect the jurors to pay to each other's arg ments” but warned that the final ver- | detectives and secret service men, Was | dict must reflect the individual verdicts | ordered to duty as President Hoover | met with his cabinet for the regular | | of the members Defense Attorneys James A. O'Shea | and Frank J. Kelly, representing the | accused policemen, Precinct Detective James A. Mostyn ard Policemen Wit- liam R. Laflin, William C. Grooms and William T. Burroughs, entered an_ob: Jection to the court’s charze to the jury. The jurors were brought into the court room shortly after a luncheon re- cess, at which tfme it was reported they | were in an apparently hopeless dead- | i | lock Jury Takes Ca The case was given to the jury at 4:08 o'clock yesterday afternoon after Justice Proctor had delivered a lengthy charge, detailing instructions to guide | the jury in weighing the evidence. | The jurors retired to a nearby room, | outside” the closed doors of which two | deputy marshals assumed guard duty. | Passersby in the corridor could hear loyd voices in the room, as though a | number of jurors were trying to get the floor at one time to present argu- | ments, ‘ After the jury had been out for an hour, deputy marshals were requested to bring to the room the set of photo- | graphs ‘introduced by the Government | to show the interior of the first precinct station house. The photographs were produced and the deliberations con- tinued. Most of the spectators who had | crowded the court rcom during the trial | abandoned the scene by late afternoon, | leaving only the three defendants, their | attorneys _and a few relatives and | friends. The policemen whose fate lay | in the balance appeared in good spirits, as they smoked and conversed with their wives and friends. | At 6 oclock Justice Proctor an-| nounced he was going home for supper, | and he indicated he would return later to see if the jurors were ready to re- port. At this news those in the court (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TEXANS VOTE TODAY | ON WURZBACH SEAT Representative Race in Fourteenth District Leaves G. 0. P. Hopeful Over Democratic Split. By the Associatel Piess. | SAN ANTONIO, Tex. November 24 oters in the fourteenth congres- sional district of Texas were to decide today whether a Democrat or a Re- publican will surcced the late Harry M Wurzbach as their representative in Congress, Seven Democrais and one Republican, Char'es W. Anderson, sought the office Carl Wright Joknson, San Antonlo Democrat, and Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi, Tex., expected to split the Democratic vote in the 11 counties of the district. Anderson hoped to win on the G. O. P. ticket through the Democratic votes that previously went to Wurzbach. Democratic leaders called for a vic- tory for one of their candidates to in sure a vote for Join Garner of Uvalde, Tex., as_Speaker of the House at the coming Winter session. B. Creager of Brownsville, Re- pubiican_national committeeman, and Eugene Nolte cf Seguin, State chair- | man of the Kcpublican party, aided | Anderson in nis campaign. They had refused to supoorfs Wurzbach in recent years because of Jkrty disputes, Federal Employes Will Be Let Off at 1 0’Clock Tomorrow All Government_employes who can be spared from duty will be excused at 1 o'clock fomorrow under an agreement reached to- day by the heads of the various departments. While 1o executive order was issued declaring the day a half- holiday, it was recelled that in past_years Government workers usually have been let off after a half-day’s work before Thanks- glving and Christmas. COMMUNISTS FAL 10 STAGE PROTEST White House Heavily Guarded After Demonstration Plan Is Reperted. A heavy guard of police and plain clothes men was stationed around the Whife House today to quell a reported judgment | Communist demonstration that failed to materialize by midafternoon. The special detail, made up of park and metropolitan police, headquarters Tuesday session News that the Communists intended to picket the White House in protest against the unemployment situation was conveyed to police headguarters from a meeting of the radicals this morning in the 1300 block of Seventh street Capt. Patrick Carroll, who personally took charge of the Park Police detail, announced this aft- ernoon he had been advised that the Communists planned to stage demon- strations at the White House daily until Congress convenes, December 7. Hour Reported Set. According to the information reach- ing him, Capt. Carroll said. the dem- onstrations would be held Between 11 and 1 or 3 and 5 o'clock. Apparently anticipating the arrival | of the Communists at 11 o'clock this morning, Chief of Secret Service J. M. Moran came down to the White House from his office to be on hand in event of any trouble. He was accompanied by Col. Edward Starling, head of the White ‘House agents. Although no trouble is anticipated, the police have been order to be on the elert to put an immediate stop to any demonstration such as oc- curred here some time ago, when sev- eral so-called Communists were ar- rested after a demonstration at the White House and the Capitol. Hoover Opposes Arrests. President Hoover,. it is understood, is not in favor of any arrests being made unless untoward circumstances compel. It was recalled that on former occasions he ordered the release of Communists because of the publicity given their ar- rest, which was calculated to arouse sympathy. The police, however, will invoke the regulations which prohibit haranguing. public speaking, parades and monies on Government reservations without permits. The Metropolitan Police were under the command of Capt. James F. Beckett | of the third precinct. They were placed along the avenue in_front of the Executive Grounds. The park police guarded the west entrance. CURTIS’ POLITICAL COURSE UNDECIDED Vice President Yet to Reveal Whether He Will Seek Renom- ination or Senate Seat. By the Associated Press. Vice President Curtis said today he ‘had not decided whether he will seek a renomination or enter the Kansas senatorial race. Asked about published that he had definitely decided to stand for renomination, and would make his announcement in a few days, the Vice President said he had “authorized no such statement.” “Whoever made that statement.” Cur- | tis said, “made it without authorization from me. As I said before, when there is a statement about my plans to be made, I will make it. “The decision rests with me, and no- body else but me."” United States | held at police stations, | cere- | sidewalk on 'Pennsylvania | statements | RAINEY'S ELECTION ~ AS LEADER SEEN lllinois Member Will Have 160’ of 217 Democratic Votes, Greenwood Predicts. | BY WILL P. KENNEDY. With a positive statement by Rep- resentative Joseph W. Byrns of Ten- nessee, prospective chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, upon his return to the Capital today that he “is not and never has been a candi- date” for floor leader in the incoming Congress, all Indications point to the | election of Representative” Henry T. | Raine; of Illinéis. el *Followirns a statement made yester- |day by Representative John McDuffie |of Alabama, Democratic whip in the |last Congress, that he has withdrgwn irrom the contest in the interests of party harmdny,~a canvass was_ made | which shows, according to Representa- | tive Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana, a | staunch supporter of Mr. Rainey, that the veteran Illinois meeaber “will have at_least 160 votes out of *the total of 217 Democrats entitled to vote in the Democratic caucus on*December 5." i All Opposition Removed. | The anncuncements by Representa- tives Byrns and McDuffie, Mr. Green- wood ‘and other Democratic leaders at the Capitol today said ‘“removes all serious opposition to Mr. Rainey and leaves no doubt of his election. We believe he will receive such a substan- tial majority as will be a fitting tribute to his long years of service for the party and his eminent qualification for the post of floor leader.” In announcing that he is not will- irg to allow his friends to urge him for the floor leadership, Representa- tive Byrns explained that ‘“qualifica- tion is, of course, a prime considera- and that in’ his opinion “no sec- tion of the country has a monopoly on that score.” He emphasized that “the Democratic party is national and look- | ing for national support in its appeal to all the States,” and says that “If the distinction of Speaker is going to the South, 1 find the opinion general, among Southern members as well as these from the North- East and West, that other sections should be'recognized In ;he selection of both whip and floor eader.” | Never Has Baen Candidate. Regarding his own position in the coming Congress, Representative Byrns, upon his return to the Capital today, issued .this statement: “I am pot and never have been a candidate for majority leader. Upon the organization of the next House by the Democrats I become chairman of {the Committee on Appropriations. 1 | do not believe that any other position in the House, exeept that of Speaker, is of greater importance than the chair- manship of this committée, nor does. any other position offer so great an opportunity for real service. I have served on that committee for 20 years and would naturally be loath to leave it. T think I may be permitted, with- out feeling presumptuous, to say that | my experience on this committee will enable me to render service to the whole country. " “I am much more concerned over what_legislation shall be proposed by the Democrats for the relief of the | country than I am as to what position I may hold in the next House.” O’Connor Asks Support. While the supporters of Representa- tive Rainey were counting a substantial majority for him today, they and all other members of the House received a | form letter from Representative John | | J. O'Connor of New York, addressed to “My Dear Colleague,” under date of November 23, soliciting support of his own candidacy, in which he said: “Irre- spective of anything you may have seen in some newspaper articles. I am a can- didate for majority leader, and have the support of my own delegation in addition to the supoprt of many other members from the North and South. Assuring you I shall appreciate your support——. | | | | PIRATES’ LAIR RAIDED | British Destroyer Recovers Loot, | Arresting 30 on Chinese Isle. HONGKONG, November 24 (#).— The British d:stroyer Resolute, co- operating with Chinese troops, raided a pirates’ lair at Namoa Island Sun- day, recovered a quantity of loot, ar- rested 30 suspects and burned several houses, it was leained here today. The pirates were reported to have seized the China Navigation Co.’s steamer Hanyang last Thursday as the boat was on tne way from Shanghai to | Amoy, forcing the captain to sail her to | Namoa Island, where the crew was routed. Th# drstroyer steamed imme- | diately to ‘Pdlm an investigation. NEUTRAL SUPERYV WITHDRAWAL Council, Awaiting N Time as Negotia Apparent By the Assoctated Press den, along the Peiping-Mukden Ral members the Japanese identify as Heavy casualties were reported The League of Nations’ Coun Paris, with no apparent progress. im delegate at Paris to present a | measures to end aggressive acts, € i supervision of their withdrawal by —— | ! Three-Point Plan For Far East Peace | Is Devised by China —The Chinese foreign office has di- rected Dr. Alfred Sze, its representative | at the League of Nations’ Council meet. ing in Paris. to Dresent a new Man- | churian proposal containing the follow- ing principal provisions: (1) Immediate effective measures by the League to bring about cessation of aggressive acts by the Japanese forces. (2) That within a fortnight of the date of adoption of the proposal by the League, Japanese troops shall have withdrawn completely within the rail- way zone. (3) That the Japanese withdrawal shall be supervised by neutral repre- sentatives. Active Measures Threatened. ! Dr. Sze was instructed to inform the | League that if its previous resolutions { continue to be ignored and that if the League proceeds with the organization !of a neutral ‘commission of inquiry, whose nature is incompatible with the principles embodied in the previous resolutions, the Japanese forces will continue their aggresive activities with- out fear of League intervention or pub- lic opinion, and the Chinese government will be compelled to take measures of | self-defense. | Dr. Koo, China's new foreign min- | lister, said China welcomes the co-oper- | lation of the United States with the | council “thereby assisting us in our| struggle to uphold the cause of peace | and_justice.” | “The situation s so grave it requires more prompt attention,” he said. “An inquiry is desirable, but to allow Jap- anese troops to continue their occupa- tion is equivalent to the league condon- ing Japan's aggressive actions. Delay- ing Japanese evacuation merely enables Japan to solidify her position and to continue endangering the peace of the Far East. Fresh complications are sure to arise under the manipulation of Jap- anese troops and this will make it more difficult to arrange a settlement later. | Declares Covenant Violated. “If the League believed on Septem- | ber 30, when only a part of Manchuria | was occupled. that Japan should .with- | draw, how much greater is the reason now fcr insisting on withdrawal when | practicaliy the whole of the territory | |is occupied? | <The first commission of the League is to uphold peace. Japan is making war on China without a declaration of war, thereby violating the League covenant. ‘Should not the League, then, 'uphold the sanctity of the covenant and fulfill the primary purpose of its existence by applying the economic sanctions provided for in Article 16| of the covenant? “The Cbuncil’s task may be difficult, but the issue is clear and should not | be sidetracked. Is Japanese occupation in Manchuria to be condoned? If it is wrong because it violates the League covenant then the League must insist| on its immediate termination.” U. S. Co-operation Welcomed. “In our struggle to uphold peace and justice we welcome America’s co-opera- tion. -The principles of the Kellogg pact and the nine-power treaty, which Japan so wantonly disregarded in Man- churia, Should be vindicated by calling | on Japan to evacuate Manchuria in the | shortest.possible time. “I believe in view of the vital issues involved in this Manchurian situation America and the League, standing on common footing and jointly seeking a solution, will be able to remove the danger to peace and uphold the sanc- tity of international agreements. “To help attain these objects China is submitting a concrete proposal to the League for its consideration. We be- leve it will be found acceptable as a basis for settlement, because it con- | tains all the essentials for a fair ar- rangement for the present and provides a practical method for solving out- standing future questions.” NEW YORK, November 24 (#)—Fog | crept in from the sea today, obscuring the tops of skyscrapers, wrapping Brook- lyn Bridge with invisibility and playing hob with traffic. The West Shore Ferry. from Cortlandt street, Manhattan, to Weehawken, N. J., gave it up as a bad job and quit oper- ating. Four incoming liners dropped anchor at Quarantine and did not dare to move, delaying many passengers. In- dications were that four other liners nearing New York might be delayed, including the Olympic and the Paris. Ferries carrying workers to Manhat- tan from New Jersey, Staten Island and ;;L{Aer points ran from 5 to 20 minutes ate. | | | | | 24 Drowned as Launch Sinks. DJAMBI, Dutch East Indies, No- vember 24 (P)—-Twenty-four persons | were drowned ‘wday when the steam BATTLE RAGES ON NEW MANCHURIAN FRONT; KOO MAKES DEMANDS Troops Clash Ne den Railway—Heavy Casual- ties at Hsinmintun. ar Peiping-Muk- ISION OF TROOP ASKED BY CHINA ew Proposal, Marks tions Reveal No Progress. Japanese and Chinese forces engaged in battle southwest of Muk- ilway. It was not known whether the Chinese were regular troops or part of a disbanded army whose bandits. in an engagement at Hsinmintun, in which Chinese police came to the assistance of Chinese troops in a flank attack on a Japanese detachment. the South Manchurian Railway was routed by attack from the air. A bandit force west of cil continued its deliberations at The Chinese foreign office at Nanking announced it had directed new proposal demanding effective vacuation of Japanese troops and neutral representatives. Large Casualties Reported in Fight Near Hsinmintun g | NANKING, China, November 24 (#).; TOKIO. November 24 (#).—A Rengo | dispatch from Mukden reported thatan | undetermined number of Japanese sol- | diers had been killed and wounded to- y when they clashed with a Chinese raiding party on the outskirts of the town of Hsinmintun. A Chinese police detachment from Hsinmintun rushed to the aid of the Chinese troops. the dispatch said. and attacked the Japanese flank, inflicting numerous casualties. Operations against bandits west of the South Manchuria Railway and south of Mukden were said to have besn | completed by Japanese soldlers, assisted | by airplanes. The bandits were rcuted | and driven west of Liaoho. A ‘“real war” in Manchuria was pre- dicted in authoritative circles here if Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese President, goes to the north to join forces with Chang Hsueh-Liang, = former Man- churian governor and friend of Gen. Mah Chan-Shan. The statement was prompted by re- ports received here that such a plan is under way. The reports, official circles said, indicate Chang already is moving his troops northward and that he has | reached Honan. A belief prevailed here that the President might establish him- self at Peiping if the League of Na- tions made a decision unsatisfactory to the Nanking government. The Japanese reaction to such a move, it was said, would be an increase in the military force at Tientsin, such as authoritative circles claim is allowed under the Boxer protocol. If serious fighting should occur in the Chinchow area, in Shanhaikwan dis- trict, where Chinese troops have been reported concentrating, it was said the event would probably be the cause of a Japanese penetration inside the Great Wall from the north. “This,” a spokesman said, “would bring a dangerous and complicated situ- " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) U. S. SALARY SLASH OPPOSED BY BYRNS Representative Seen Voicing Demo- cratic Stand on Wage Question. Opposition to a slash in salaries of Federal employes was voiced today by Representative Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee, prospective Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Representative Will K. Wood of In- diana, the former Republican chaire man has advocated a reduction for all receiving above $1,200 annually. “Until it has been demonstrated.” said Representative Byrns, “that a fair and reasonable tax on the wealth of the Nation, and every means has been taken to curtail Government expenses. then and then only, would I favor looking to a slash in salaries, particularly those in_the lower classes.” This statement by Mr. Byrns may be taken as reflecting the attitude of the Democratic membership of the House, where Mr. Byrns' eounsel, es- pecially in matters of Government finances, has been taken as the last word on such subjects. As evidencing his sincerity in this move to protect the salaries of Government workers, Representative Byrns was in confer- ence immediately following this inter- view with Representative John N. Garner of Texas, who is expected to be Speaker in the incoming Congress. BOY LEFT $3,000,000 WILL SELECT GUARDIAN Jan Casimir Lewenhaup’ Expected to Choose Father, Cut Off in Will, at Coast Hearing. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 24— Arrival of Jan Casimir Lewenhaupt, 18, who is heir to a fortune estimatec a: $3,000,000, was awaited today as his father and his guardian prepared for a court hearing to determine who would act as the youth's guardian. Under California law, a boy. of young Lewenhaupt's age may select his own guardian. The youth has been sum- moned from England by the Superior Court to choose his mentor in perscn. He is e ted to select his father, Count Eric Audley Emil Lewenhaupt, who was cut off in his wife’s will with a $500 a month sllowance. e Young Lewenhaupt's mother was the late Azalla Hastings, granddaughter of passenger launch Ophelia sank after a collision with a ierryboat. S. Clinton Hastings, who founded a large xa,tune in San Francisco. . 4