Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1931, Page 1

WEAT (0. 8. Weather B Cloudy, probably and tomorrow; slowly Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 HER. ureau Porecast.) light rain tonight rising temperature The Foening St Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,599 No.- 81,987, Byfersd s s Entered as second class matter 2 WASHINGTON, D. C. S.\'!‘l'lsl);\\'. NOVEMBER 28 1931—TWE NTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¥ () Means Asscciated Press. TWO CENTS, shington, D). TOKIO SCORES STIMSON: MISQUOTED, HE DECLARES: CHINCHOW ADVANCE ENDS Cable Quoting Secretary Is Resented. MIX-UP CLEARED | IN STATEMENT Repeats Reasons for| Anxiety Over Jap- an’s Pledges. | | By the Associated Press. | Secretary Stimson reiterated today that he found it difficult to credit or understand dispatches telling of a Japanese advance on Chinchow, Manchuria, in view of the assurances Japan had given gpgainst hostilities in that quarter. Meeting newspaper men at his morning press conference, the Secretary said the Japanese for- eign office had been “misin- formed” when it took exception to | & statement he did not make. (This Japanese statement was §ssued on the basis of a dispatch sent to Tokio by a Japanese news agency mistakenly quoting the | Becretary.) Makes Position Clear. To meke his position clear, Stimson marked for the corre- spondents certain portions of a stenographic transcript of what he had said, not for direct quo- tation, in yesterday's press con- ference. He authorized quotation of these statements today, saying | he would stand by them. They follow: “On the 23rd of November I asked #™ Ambassador in Tokio to tell Baron | Shidehara, the foreign minister of | Japan, that I had seen with great ap- | prehension press reports giving the im- pression that the army ‘commanders of Japan were planning military expedi- tions against the forces of China in the neighborhood of Chinchow and that I’ sincerely trusted that there was no basis for that report. Secretary Changes Word. “The following day, November 24, I was assured by Baron Shidehara, the foreign minister of Japan, through Am- bassador Forbes, that he and the sec- Ty o e thar, there ghould be no hostile operations toward Chinchow and thai military orders to hi ect had been issued. 5 'n;negiew of that it is difficult for me GRISIS CONFRONTS compromise whereby Japan coul ll it wanted in Manchuria, al ngr[ul and was able to flaunt both ested powers. October the Wakatsuki government has been accused by the nationalist cpp sition of being weak end easi'v im League of Nations and the American ‘Government. an enormous majority of the Japenese people, has never been able to prove clusive proof that the Wakatsuki gov- ernment was paying no attention to the Japan’s Troop Trains “About Face.” REPORT FIGHT NEAR TSITSIHAR Death of Americans During Fighting at Tientsin Is Doubted By the Associated Press. PEIPING, November 28—Re- ports that 18 foreigners, includ- ing some Americans, were killed during fighting between Chinese and Japanese at Tientsin were not believed here today. The United States legation, which has been in close touch _with Tientsin by radio and telephone, received no such report. Victory Clainied for Chinese Along Railway. JAPANESE GABINET Stimson’s Revelation Pledge May Result in Mov to Oust Government. BABB, espondent BY GLI { Assoclated Pross C g | MUKDEN, Manchuria, Novem- e |ber 28—The rearward march of the powerful Japanese army, | which yesterday began an ad- |vance on Chinchow, was begun | today, a spokesman for the army SE CONPHANKINE BEIWN: | headquarters here announced. The revelation made by Secretary| The backward march, the Stimson yesterday that the Japanese spokesman said, began with the EOEg BRI e v, vanguard of the army, an armorea and the chief of the general staff had ¢ e assured on November 24 the American r3iD, Which is remaining at Yang- Ambassador at Tokio, Cameron Forbes, | Kuantaizie, 20 miles northeast of that the forces of Gen. Honjo would | Tahushan, and covering the with- not continue their advance against | drawal of the main body of the Chinchow is likely to provoke a minis- | troops. terial crisis in Japan and upset the | The withdrawals, he said, and penceful settlement of the Sino-Japa- |the new disposition of the units nese dispute. | will require a few days. The lepders of the Japanese apposl: | qhe Japanese force, numbering tion are endeavoring now to take full | c b advantage of this revelation and play 10,000 men and equipped with all on the nationalistic feelings of the Jap- anese people to overthrow the Waka suki-Shidehara government under the pretext that they have been intimi- dated by American threats. Premier Wants Compromise. Ever since the beginning of the Sino- Japanese dispute, the position of the | The army had proceeded in six troop Wakatsuki government has been pre- |Urains, accompanied by a fleet of air- carious. The Japanese premier is fully | Planes, to a point 66 miles frem Chin- aware of the serious consequences of (Chow when it was halted. It was an- Japan's disregard of international peace |nounced that all Japanese troops now treaties. He was anxious to reach a |Wwould be withcrawn to a point 30 miles ld gain |scuthwest of Mukden, east of the Liao without ac- ‘Rl‘\;:r.m tually appearing to disregard the inter- e troop trains rolled along over nmn::mp ppenm!hz or his predecessors the flat plain, covered with a light hed signed. He found himself almost | blanket of snow, the aircraft, including lone. bombing planes roared ahead. Al- The military cast proved extremely | war, was stopped by government order after it had got under way | southward. Had Advanced 66 Miles. though detaiis of the air activity were withneld it was understood the bombers were used to scatter Chinese concentra- ticns which threatened to block the column’s advance. There were press repopts that the planes had gone on in advance of the troop movement and bombed Chinchow atself, but these were flatly denied at |the Japanese headquarters here. The opposition party, | which is supported by the military and Bridges Reported Dynamited. Japanese correspondents who are ac- companying Maj. Gen, Suzuki, com- manding officer of the expedition, on the advance said the Chinese were dyna- miting reilway bridges in the expedi- tion's path. This information was not confirmed, e government and the other inter- Since the beginnirg of pressed by the vain threats of the its assertion. On the contrary, the fact that the Japanese army was per- mitted to occupy Tsitsihar was con- | warnings of the League. This action the up-to-date paraphernalia of| INRUM CONSPIRAGY Other Arrests Forecast in What Is Reported as Capi- tal’s Largest Case. One of the largsst liquor conspiracies ramifications in a dozen places was re- ported by police today with the arrest of 10 persons and the anticipated ap- prehension of nearly that many more. ive of the number, including two women, were escorted before United States Commissioner Needham C. Tur- nage, with the remaining five pleading not guilty to charges of “conspiring to violate the prohibition law” today. Commissioner Turnage reported the charges will be aired in a_preliminary hearing before him December 4. Gather Evidence Since 1929. Police of the vice squad, headed by Sergt. George Little, have been making raids and gathering evidence for the wholesale arrests since January 1, 1929. A score of houses, small stores and speakeasies were raided with seizures that totaled the largest quantity of contraband liquor ever confiscated in ‘Washington in any one case. Many of the raids were made by po- lice in halting automobiles on the road. Orcutt, who said that this was the largest conspiracy ever discovered in the District, also declared that police seized approximately 20 automobiles in making the case. He said a large number of persons were found to be involved in the con- arrested because of lack of sufficient TEN PERSONS HELD cver discovered in Washington, with| Assistant Disirict Attorney Harold W. | spiracy whom they were unable to have | Train Crushes Auto; Driver Is Anxious About Trombone By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 28. —Albert Fernandez, & musician, saw a gap in a freight train and stepped on_the gas. He was sardwiched between two box cars, his machine crushed. Extricated from the wreckage after 20 minutes his first ques- tion was: “Is my trombone all right?” It was found intact and Fern- andez welked to an ambulance for treatment of bruises 0.5, TAX DECISION WILL BE DELAYED Months to Learn Exact Extent of Deficit. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The tax policy of the Government | will be decided upon after the first of January While in a general way, the need for increased taxation has been conceded !by the administration, the determina- | tion now has been reached to wait till the end of the first six months of the | present fiscal year, namely December | 31, to find out exactly the rate at which the deficit is running so as to calculate the amount that it will be necessary Hoover Will Await End of Six| RITCHIE ASKS DATA by U. S. on Vice Charges if County Cannot Act. | Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland !hss taken a hand in the investig:tion 101 the Old Colonial Tea House shooting at Bladensburg following criticism o!‘ | the appzrent lack of co-operation be- | tween the various authoritiss working |on the case, 1t was revealed today. The Governor said he tslephoned | State's Attorney Alan Bowie yesterday to learn the scope of the Department of Justice white slavery investigation, an outcome of the shooting, and the status of two men who had been de- | tained in Philadelphia as accessories to the murder of Grover Amick of Wash- ington, who was killed during the gun play. termine whether the Federal officers were called upon to taks action right- fully within the province of the county officials, or whether the Justice De- artment operatives’ work would be of he more general naturs made possible by their broader authority. Evidence Held Insufficient. Gov. Ritchie declared he had been advised by State's Attorney Bowie there was insufficient evidence against the Maryland if they fought extradition. “In_that case,” the Governor said, | “the Department of Justice might be | able to do what our county authorities N TER HOLSECASE Suggests Extradition of Pair ‘The executive said he wished to de- Philadelphia prisoners to bring them to | | CONGRESS WILL AR HODVER LAVAL DATA |French Premier Declines to | Give Facts Regarding Washington Parley. PARLIAMENT LEADERS TAKEN INTO CONFIDENCE Investigation of Germany's Capac- ity to Pay to Get Under Way Soon. (Premier Laval's disinclination to re- BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, November 28.—Premier Pierre Laval's reticence, first before the For- eign Affairs Committces of Par! ent and finally before the Chamber of Deputies itsslf, as to what definite promises were exchanged between him- self and President Hoover at Washing- | ton, has wrapped international affairs | in thick veils of mystery. Premier Laval in his public utterances | has done nothing but repeat the vague | formulas contained in the joint state- {ment issued at Washington, but h:s | hinted that much more might be said | except for a promise that he would re- | veal nothing which might embarrass President Hoover in dealing with Con- gress. Thus Europe's attention is focussed !on Washington and there is much speculation here on whether Congress will be more successful in worming facts out of Hoover a week hence than the French Parliament has been in trying to get the facts from Laval. Herriot Believed Convinced. Laval, it is believed, has taken a cer- tain number of Parliament leaders into his confidence, notably Edouard Her- riot, chief of the Radical party, which, in the vote that torminated the debate on foreign policy, unexpectedly re- frained from joining the rest of the left in opposition. The presumption is that Laval succeeded in convincing Herriot privately that substantial promises had been obtained from Hoover relative to future war debt payments in case Ger- /many falls to resume reparations an- | nuities, Laval, indeed, made some astonish- ingl categorical statements concerning his future war debts and reparations policy. He declared he would not con- sent to any reductions in reparations unless accompanied by a parallel re- duction in war debts. He announced, nonetheless. emphatically, that Prance would allow no priority to be estab- lished in favor of Germany's private debts over reparations payments. When reminded that the United States al- ways had refused to admit any con- nection between war debts and repa- tions, Laval answered bluntly, “such a connection exists in fact and is es- tablished by two documents, first Presi- dent Hoover's moratorium proposal of statement which Mr. Hoover and my- self issued at Washington.” last June 1, and secondly, the joint|™ EUROPEANS HOPE APARTMENT BLAZE GLAIMS LIFE OF SYEAR-OLD GIRL Two Smaller Brothers and a Sister Are Carried to Safety. MOTHER BURNED TRYING TO RESCUE HER CHILD Residents Blame Defective Furnace and Say Fire Marshal Had Been Notified. ‘While her two smaller brothers and a sister were being carried to safety, 5-year-old Louise Gunnell, was burned to death as she sought refuge under & bed from flames which damaged the Potomac Apartments, 3333 N street, this morning. Her mother, Mrs. Anna Louise Gun- imell, was scorched about the face and arms and her hair was singed as she made frantic efforts to break through the fire and reach the little girl. ‘The two-alarm fire broke out while | she was out of the apartment for & minute. Returning, she discovered Ismuke coming through the wall and | found that her children had sprung the | 1ateh of the door, locking her out. Her brother-in-law, Austin F. Gunnell, who lives in the same apartment house. broke in the deor. Fire Confined to Apartment. The fire was confined to the Gunnell apartment on the first floor, but smoke filled the entire building, and several persons were helped or carried to the street by firemen. Residents of the apartment house think the fire was caused by a defective furnace and say the District fire marshal had been no- tified several times of the allegedly dangerous condition. Mary Rita Hurley, 5 years old, who lives in the apartment next door to the Gunnells, was carried from the apart- ment house by her 14-year-old brother Jack after she had become frightened | When a fireman attempted to help her. Escorted From Building. Lieut. R. E. Oden, No. 5 Truck Com- pany, which was the first to arrive, carried Raydell Ricks, 5 years old, and escorted her mother, Mrs. Mamie Ricks, from the second floor. He also carried June Woodbury, 9 years old, from the third floor. None of the children or Mrs. Ricks was injured. | 1 and observed smoke coming wall separating her apartment hallway. Mother Finds Door Locked. Attempting to enter, she found children had sprung the latch. She rushed to her brother-in-law's apart- ment with the news and Mrs. Ethel Gunnell turned in the fire alarm. The father of the children, Carl Gunnell, & truck driver for the Standar had left home several hours ork. Austin Gunnell broke in the door and, with the two women, entered, in spite of the flames, which had quickly spread. but Gen. Yung, the Chinese commander |at Chinchow, has said he would resort to such measures if the Japanese at- tacked him Cen. Yung intended to make his principal stand at the Tailing River, a broad, swift stream half filled with (Continued on Page 2, Column to understand the press report about the advance of Gen. Honjo'’s army.” In marking the stenographic copy, the Becrets changed the word “under- stapd” the last sentence to “credit. Newspaper men objected that this would change the sense. and he said “crecit Was what he had meant to say yester- day, but that since the word “under- stand” was in his original statement he would allow it to stand. STATEMENT IS GARBLED. conyinced a section of the Japanese public opinion that the present govern- ment was wise and was playing a skillful diplomatic double game. On the one hand it was reassuring America and the League Council of its best peaceful in- tentions and on the other hand it let the military do whatever they wanted. ‘This assumption on the part of the mass of the Japanese people weakened the hand of the opposition and the Wakatsuki government was able to carry on, always, however, skating on evidence to properly present the cases in court. Many Stills Seized. The arresting officers sald most of the liquor used by the alleged con- spirators was manufactured within the city, and reporied seizing a large number of stills Commissioner Turnage, after recelving not guilty pleas from each of the 10, at the suggestion of Orcutt, fixed bond for the reicase of 9 of the people at $3,000. A $5000 bond was asked for could not do—that is, bring the men to |Maryland on general vice charges. After they are here the county author- ities might be able to improve their case. | Cornelius_Roche and Sergt. | Lieut. William Feehley, Baltimore detectives to raise by taxation and borrowing. Senator Smoot, chairman of the Sen- ate Finance Committee, estimates that |t will be necessary to raise $1.200,- 000,000 by new taxes and about §800,- | 000,000 by public borrowings, thus tak- ing care of the total deficit of about $2,000,000,000. Will Await Six-Month Term. The expectation has been that Prési- | dent Hoover would recommend & tax | program in_his mossage to Congress Gunnell and his wife carried out Carl, jr., 3 years old, and Rita, 2 years old, while the mother of the children was taking Robert, 2! months old, to the hallway. There she put the baby on the floor and went back into the apart- ment for Louise, who had hidden under a bed. The mother could not find her. Piremen arrived, and after the fire was urider control were able to reach the child’s body. The little girl was taken to Georgetown University Hos- pital, where Dr. L. J. Garcia pronounced Loans Still On Ice. ‘While congressional action on the war debts question is universally re- garded as the most important event of the immed'ate future, there is no denying that Europe's calendar is well assigned to the case, explained that pic- | loaded with thorny topics. The In- tures of Cicero Rensulli and Nicholas | ternational Bank's investigation of Tronco, the Philadelphia prisoners, had | Germany's paying capacity, preliminary | been shown all survivers of the shooting, | to_acting on the Young plan mora- |but were not identified. Under these torium request, will proceed concur- circumstances, they said, Chief of Police [ rently with private bankers' confer- 'MOVIE PAY SLASHES TOKIO, November 28 (&) —Through an epparent misinterpretation of news dispatches from the United States re- garding the position of Secretary of State Stimson on the Meanchurian situation, & spokesman for the Japa- nese foreign office expressed alarm to- day concerning the attitude of the | TUnited States toward the dispute in | Manchuria. (The news from Washington mis- takenly quoted by Japanese news agency | sources was not a paraphrase of what | Sccretary Stimson said. It was ma- terial which came from various sources, much of which previously had been published as statements of fact. News) dispatches which did not themselves quote Mr. Stimson were erroneously published as direct quotations.) “In due time,” said the foreign of- fce spokesman, “the government ex- ects to make a public statement after | Teferring Mr. Stimson's statement as | published here to Ambassador Debuchi &t washington for confirmation.” Treaty Clause Cited. “In view of the remarks attributed to him in dispatches from the United States, it is to be wondered if Mr. timson has studied Article I, clause 4, of the nine-power treaty dealing par- | |~ (Continued on Page thin ice. It wes threatened from the | very beginning _of _the crisis to be thrown out of office if it committed the slightest error. | Provided With Pretext. Secretary Stimson's statement yes- terday morning that the government had given us a definite pledge not to allow the forces of Gen. Honjo to Column 3) RUMORED PLANKED Agreement on 20 Per Cent Cuts for Actors and Directors Re- ported at Session. — By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, November 28.—Film CONDITION OF TOM MIX | HOLLYWOOD. November 28—Fiim 1S SLIGHTLY IMPROVED | smaller private swimming pools and use cutomobiles with fewer cylinders if Film Cowboy's Physician Says “It | there is any truth in a rumor that the Is a Bit Too Early to Feel Optimistic.” By the Assoclated Press. HOLLYWOOD, November 28.—His | conditi-n showing slight improvement during the past 24 hours, Tom Mix, film and circus cowboy, was still in a dangerous condition today. “All in all, Mr. Mix is improving, but it is a bit too early for me t feel optimistic,” said Dr. R. N. Smith, his physician Mix wes operated on Monday night for a 20 per cent pay slash. Behind closely guarded doors, the As- sociation of Motion Picture Producers nd Distribuirs is in confezence. New York represents from all the larger companies are here. Whilc 1o official statement has been issued, the repoit was t have agreed to a 20 per cent redus |in salaries o1 the stars and directors | Just how the companies can reduce salaries of individuzls under contract | has not been cxplained, but it was said ticularly with the question of coun- tenancing action inimical to the secur- | ity of friendly states. ‘By untimely intervention. as de- | seribed in_dispatches, Mr. Stimson's action might be taken as an indication of helping China unduly in viclation of the nine-power pact. “If the United States takes such a stand as might be deduced from the | @ssertions attributed to Mr. Stimson, jght easily be interpreted th: “on Page 2, Column 1. WHEAT CO-OPERATIVE RECEIVER IS REFUSED | Kansas City Judge Holds Claims| Giving Bankruptey Jurisdic- tion Not Proved. By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, November 28.—Efforts to have a Teceiver appointed for the Kansas Co-operative Wheat Marketing ‘Association, which has approximately 4,000 members and 26 elevators in Kansas, failed in District Court here yesterday. Judge John C. Pollock said he had held complainants, represented by at- torneys as beli:g 18 Colby, Kans,, Asso- ciation membets, did not prove claims which would give the bankruptcy laws Jurisdiction. In arguing the cese November 4, com- pla‘nant_attorneys contended the asso- ciation had not accounted for more |“ANTI-WAR” MACHINE REPOkTED for a ruptured appendix. Peritonitis had developed and he was in a serious condition when the cperation was per- | higher s formed, Dr. Smith said. | Recentl: Injections of a special serum de- | theater veloped in the laboratories of Stanford |arics paid University have been given the actor |the films to fight the infection. Dr. Smith said | particular nce the actr’s strong has | $30.000 we:kly reported been a great aid by Constance Bennett, the reported slash will take place in all the larger studios and apply to the p of motion picture owested the high sal- laiming the cost of They_made the salary of to be received was constitution OFFERED TO U. S. GOVERNMENT German Scientist Says Invention Is Capable of Producing Rays Which Will Make Explosives Useless. By the Associated Press (mines submerged in water were ex- CHICAGO, November 28.—The Her-|ploded and where cartridges buried ald and Exeminer said today that a|under ground have been touched off by young German scientist had set up in| the rays. Chicago @ machine which he repre-| “It is not nec sary to know the ex- sented as being capable of producing | act location of an explosive to explode rays which may revolutionize warfare|it" Schimkus was quoted as Saying. by making modern explosives uscless to | “The rays are sent forth as an expand- their possessors. ing cone in front of the transmitter so Kurt Schimkus of Berlin, who refer- | that if the machine is shifted from left red to the rays 2s “anti-war rays,” was'to right and up ard down the rays will named as the irventor. | find their mark where ever it is, destroy- ‘The newspapzr said plans were being | ing the encmy ammuniticn stores made for a demonstration of the ma- | either in the field or et sea or overhead chine at the Great Lakes Naval Train- | in aircraft ing Station and that negotiations were| “The rays' rauge can be increased by under way to have the United States| using the same .nethod on a magnified than $1,000,000 derived from a plan to « 1 cent a bushel on all wheat handled by the organization to create o elevator reserve fund, Oove"mmem. buy the rights to the ap- sc-sle." paratus. chimkus arrived in Chicago_ Te- Similar demonstrations have been re- | cently and is \\ou:ng w‘}th Baron P. H. Irom Germady, submarine. von Scheleburg. | high-priced stars and directors are duL-l t the officials | tha rel cf Sclemon Zimberg. Others brought in by deputy marshals gave treir names as Louise Zimberg, Rose Caparratta, Ellis Lee Norris, alias Eilis Marsh; Charles C. Maggio, John T. Traynor, Wesley Willlams, Joseph vine. and Samuel A. Specter. The ar- res. of seven or eight was expected to take place within the next two days. Some of the places which police re- ported raiding in gathering evidence to prosecute the conspiracy were 2010 R 211 C street northeast, 19 Eighth street west, 512 G sireet northeast, 608 I street southeast, 513 M street north- east and many others. CAPPER TO DISCUSS Senator, After Personal Survey, Slated to Meke Ferum Address From WMAL Tonight. after a personal survey of a large part of the country, will go before the micro- 2t 10 o'clock to discuss 2 problems conronting | !l be broadeast during the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star, and carried {by WMAL and u_coast-to-coast net- work of assoclated Columbia Broadcast- : ing System stations. Senator Capper will speak in place of Representative Garner of Texas, prospective speaker of the House, whose duties as party leader in the caucus of House Democrats compelled him _to concel his scheduled forum address. Mr. Garner probably will be heard after his clection as Speaker. One of the key men of the Republican speaking force, Senator Capper also is a keen student of the Governmnt's financial affairs. His discussion will be based not only:on the Government view- point in the tax situation. but its sig- nificance to the people who have been suffering during the period of depression and unemployment. DIES AT WHEEL OF AUTO RIVERSIDE, Calif., November 28 (#).—Driving to Riverside with a pris- oner for the county jail, Constable R. H. Samuel died at the wheel yes- terday, apparently of heart disease. The prisoner, Ben Quintero, 22, stop- ped the motor car, determined that Samuel was dead, then drove on into Riverside and reported to the sheriff. ess driving. Shortly attervard he began serving his 50-day sentence for re Andrews, Gus Lavigne, alias Gus La- | street, 235 Fourteenth street southeast. | scutheast, 487 Maryland avenuc south- | TAXES OVER RADIO! Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, | who has just returned to Washington | next week, but be, the general prin- | ciples involved in’ the fiscal problems of the Treasury, Mr. Hoover will postpone until just after th> new year the defi- nite proposals of the administration on tax revision. In other words, until the exact extent of the deficit is definitely known on @ six-month basis it is not considered practicable to frame a tax program. Another advantage in the month’s de- lay is that Congress will be busy with orgenizatior. and other problems in the first few weeks and could herdly tackle the tax question anyway, so the legis- lative branch of the Government will not be besicged with tax avoldance lobbyists at least until after New Year. Non-Partisan Conference. There are indice~ms, too. that when a tax_progra> is finally set up it will be after conferences of Democratic leaders wh the President. Until the House and Scnate organization fights are over, it will not be possible for the committees to get under way. So the delay will enable the President and the leaders of Congress to p\Xn a non-narti- san conference on the whok question of government finances. Judging by the way receipts are run- ning thus far, the customs duties and miscellaneous revenue are holding up about as well as last year, but income tax receipts are about 50 per cent b low the fiscal year which ended in June, 1039, and which had the advantage of the last half of 1929 and the first half of 1930 in tax receipts. This means that if the present rate is | continued, the deficit on income taxes alore would run about a billion and a half dollars. But March payments. of course, may bring this down somewhat. (Copyright, 1931.) FOG AND SMOKE COVER SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST Plane Service Out of Atlanta Dis- rupted—Fires Almost Surround Valdosta, Ga. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, November 28.—Smoke and fog hung over portions of the Southeast today, hampering air and highway traffic. Smoke blown down the cvas$ from North and South Corouus etombined with that from South Georgia forest fires to form one of the densest palls in the experience of Savannah, Ga. Airplane flights to New Orleans, Miami and Louisville frcm here were canceled yesterday. Valdosta, Ga. reported forest fires virtually encircling the city. Some of these fires have been burning for weeks. New fires were reported in various sec- tions of South Georgia, but they were under control. on Page B-7 J. J. Crewley of Prince Georges County yesterday wired Philadelphia police that the prisoners need no longer be held for him. Department of Justice operatives, | however, sent word to have the men held for further questioning. U. S. Enters Shooting Probe. | Although Department of Justice offi- | clals say they have been investigating white-slave operations in Maryland and other Eastern States ever since the closing of the Kit Kat Inn on the Bal- time Boulevard, near Laurel, more than a year ago, agents of the department entered the Colonial Tea House case for the first time yesterday, questioning | the five persons now recovering in Cas- ! ualty Hospital from wounds sustained in the shooting and conferring with police officials who have been handling the investigation. One feature of the case which has led Baltimore detectives to conclude the tea house was connected with a white-slave ring is the fact that all the women arrested after the shooting give identi- cal answers to their questions and ap- parently have been well coached in an- ticipation of police grilling. All say they have never been out of Maryland and that they were not brought to the road house, but came | of their own accord to seek employ- | ment after being told of the establish- | ment by friends, according to the de. tectives. Gang Rivairy Held Motive. Fugitive from justice warrants are now lodged against three of the five persons in the hospital. The warrants name John J. Bartlett, Mrs. Verne Ed- wards and Thomas Simone. ‘The detectives claim to have learned that Bartlett fled the house as the bandits entered, but re-entered the kitchen door in the rear of the gunmen and fired the first shot that precipitated the barrage. Bartlett has been charged with the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | ences in Berlin to determine a solution | of the frozen credits’ problem. | A billion and a half dollars of short- | term credits, mainly held by American and British bankers, were put on ice |in August for six months. Doubtless the bankers will find February, when the six-month period expires, much too | early for a Spring thaw and that, if | further cold storage seems imprac- | | ticable, there must be a gigantic con- | version into long-term loans. | The existence of these frozen credits not only prevents Germany from get- ting any fresh money from abroad for | the most urgent purposes, but drives such capital as exists in German hands to seck safe refuge in other countries. However, conversion seems scarcely possible unless definite arrangements are made by Germany for amortiza- | tion. |~ If Lavel adheres strictly to his dec- | larations made this week, in refusing to allow the priority of private loans jand declining any reparations adjust- ments unless paralleled by war debt remissions, then the issue goes straight to Congress to decide whether saving German finance and rescuing Ameri- can investments in the Reich is worth the sacrifice of war debt annuities. (Copsrient, 1931.) British Ship Afire at Pier. HEYSHAM, England, November 28 (P).—Fire_broke out on the steamer Duke of Lancaster early today as the ship was about to sail for Belfast. | Hundreds of passengers were aboard, | but all were disembarked safely. =4 i | Dr. Judd's Trial Delayed. | _LOS ANGELES, November 28 (#).— Unable to leave his wife, Winnie Ruth Judd, who is awaiting trial at Phoenix, Ariz.. on charges of killing two friends, Dr. Willlam C. Judd, charges with practicing medicine here without a license, was granted a delay in his trial yesterday to December 24. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO. November 28.—Kazimierz Goreckl thinks so rapidly a judge has given him 30 days to ponder at his leisura, His quick thinking came when a truck owned by a pickle company slightly dented the fender of his own car. Goreckl had his arm in a sling at the time, court witness>s said. ‘Throwing off the sling he leaped out and shouted to the driver: ARM BROKEN BEFORE ACCIBENT BRINGS TRUCK DRIVER 30 DAYS “See what you have done. My arm's broken.” Yesterday Judge McGoorty listened as Gorecki explained why he wculd like to have $10,000 damag>s from the pickle concern. But the witnesses testified they had observed the sling and physicians at a hospital disclaimed any knowledge of having sct the arm after the “accident.” It was then that the judge decided to give him 30 days in jail for contempt. her dead. He said Louise may have been asphyxiated by the smoke before the flame reached her. Second Alarm Sounded. Acting Second Battalion Chief C. A. Wells was in command of the first con- tingent of firemen to arrive. He t in the second alarm, which brought Chief Engineer George S. Watson to the scene. | Upon entering the Gunnell apartmen | Chief Wells found a five-gallon can of ! auto radiator alcohol untouched by the blaze. He carried it out of harm’s way. Austin Gunnell cut his hand break- ing in the door of the apartment. Mrs. Ethel Gunnell said after the fire that she has complained to the District fire marshal's office several times about the condition of the furnace. Only last night, she said, coal gas it {gave off filled her apartment. The apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gunnell is directly over the furnace, she said. The father of the dead child was notified of the tragedy by his sister- in-law. When he reached home he was overcome and became hysterical. COAST GUARDSMEN SEEK 11 LOST MEN Five of Force Left November 25 to Take Six Fishermen to Isle Royale. By the Associated Press. HOUGHTON, Mich., November 28.— Three Coast Guard crews this morning began a search for 11 men who left Grand Marais November 25 for Wash- ington Harbor, Isle Royale, and have not been reported since. The men, five Coast Guards and six fishermen, left in a Coast Guard life boat. The Coast Guards were taking the fishermen to Isle Royale for the Winter and should have returned to Grand Marais Thurs- $10,000 Claim Knocked Out in Chicago Court When | ©"'"® Hospital Physicians Disclaim Treating Injury. Three Crews Leave Base. The Coast Guard cutter Crawford of Two Harbors, Minn.; the Coast Guard crew at Eagle Harbor and the crew from the Portage Shp Canal left their stations this morning to search for the missing men. It was planned to have the Crawford cut across the lake to Washington Harbor, the Portage crew to Washington Harbor and the Eagle Harbor crew to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale. The three crews will meet at Isle Royale to plan further search §f necessary.