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A—2 k% STIMSON SCORED | JOHNSON DEMANDS BYTOKID OFFIEAL Spokesman Hits Statement| Which Secretary Calls Misquotation. (Continued From First Page.) Washington countenances the actions of Chang Hseuh-Liang | “The statement attributed to Mr. Stimson in the dispatches may, as we view it, Tesult in a stiffening of China's attitude regarding withdrawal from the Chinchow region and may encourage | Chang’s a “If the statement was intended to, pacify the Chinese, it may have the opposite effect and indirectly. should the Chinese refuse to withdraw within the Great Wall, be instrumental in leading to an actual Sino-Japanese clash at @hinchow.” Text of Statement. Following 15 the text of a statement by a spokesman for the Japaness for- eign office cabled to Washington “If a man in Mr. Stimson's position loses his head at such a critical moment in_the affairs of Japan very grave re- sults may develop * ¢ * Mr, Stimson says the Japanese Army in Manchuria has tun amuck. This is considered a | very bald statement indeed and it is to be wondered if he considered the defii- nition of the word before using it “The statement is not only unfor- tunate in its manner of expression, but ever more 50 in ils matter, as it con- tained most serious eccusations againsi Japan's motives * * * several of Mr. Stimson's outstanding assertions call for immediate denizl Denies Voicing Regret, “Mr. Stimson Japan_espressed Tegret and gave assurances that such a thing would not happen again each time there was & fresh military ad- vance in Manchuria. Japan never ex pressed regret to eny one for action in Manchuria * * * nor can she ever promise that she will not act again in self-defense “Mr. Stimson accuses Japan of in- tending to occupy Manchuria complete- ly. He should have given his reasons for this belief. In view of the lengths to which Mr. Stimson has gone it is to be wondered if he has studied article 1. clause 4, of the nine-power treaty dealing particularly with the question of countenaneing action inimical to the sccurity of friendly states “We hope Mr. Stimson realizes that his statement was based on alirming rumors and we trust that by this time ! he regrets it.” Statement Is Issued. The repori of Secretary Stimson's | statement, which was published here | was sent by & Japanese news agency from Sen Francisco late this afternoon. After its publication a foreign of- fice spokesman spent an hour with Baron Shidehara, foreign minister, go- ing cver it. Afterward the spokesman, emphasiz- ing that he was acting as & spokesman of the foreign office and not as & rep- resentative of Baron Shicehara, issued | the following statement: “Secretary Stimson's precipitate ac- tion in disclosing an exchange of com- munications _between Am lor Forbes of the United States and Baron Shidehara well as between the Jap- anese Ambassador at Washington and himaself, was received here with min- gled surprise and regret. “In press di ches (we have heard nothing officially), SBecretary Stimson is reporied to have sald he was unable to understand why Japanese troops were approaching Chinchow, as State Department éispatches threw no light onthe subject. On what , there- fore, did Secretary Stimson see fit to fly into fulminations?" League Proposal Atfacked. A spokesman for the government said Japan objects to thé wording of the Manchurian glce resglution of the | League of Nationg Council and that it would “drop the entire matter” if it in- sists on an untrammeled neutral com- mission of inquiry. | If the Council insists on & commis- | sion with complete freedom to obtain information as to criticize Japan's mili- tary measures from the. beginning of the trouble, the spokesman said, the matter will be dropped. The developments, he said, might be taken as an effort of Chairman Briand to intimidate Japan and therefore any eleventh-hour changes, particularly in the scope of the inquiry commission, may make it impossible for the govern- ment to lcceJn the League's proposal. Baron Shidehara, foreign minister, safd the situation at Chinchow is “more reassuring than at any time during the last few davs.” | Says Japan Favored Publicity. Baron Shidehara's statement was made when he was informed that Ssc- | retary of State Stimson at Washington was apprehensive over the turn events had taken. Referring to the American Secretary’s apprehension, a government spokesman #ad it was Becretary Stimson who bhad desired secrecy for the communications between the Japanese government and the United States and thet Jap:n had been in favor of making them public The Secretary’s fears were unjustified, official circles ‘said, and his reference to Japan’s sssurance that no advince on Chinchow was contemplated caused | “astonishment™” because of indications in the last 48 hours from civil authori- ties that efforts to save the situation in Manchuria were bearing fruit. i Baron Shidehara said it was not a ! part of Japan's plans to oceupy all of Manchuria end the government's ac- tivities were confined to breaking the | forces of Chiang Hsueh-Liang which | were considered inimical to Japanese interests in certain parts of the terri- tary H PEACE EFFORT PLEDGED. ! Yeshiwaza Tells League Troops Would Avold Hostile Act: PARIS, November 28 (#.—Kenkichi Yoshizaws, representing Japan on the League of Nations Counctl, today prom- ised the Council that Japanese troops would undertake “no act of bostility except in self-defense or as s police measure " “Should the Chinese forces be with- drawn as the Chinese government re- cently proposed,” said Mr. Yosnizawa, | “the Japanese will not enter the evac- uated zone except in the event of a serious threat to the safety of lives and property of Japanese nationals in Northern China and the safety of Japa- nese troops stationed there.” The League Council withdrew definite approval of its committee’s Manchurian peace proposal The Council's committee went over the text again late yesterday to consider further amendments before it is re- submitted to the Chinese delegation. Dr. Alfred Sge, the Chinese representa- tive, continued his effoit tp hav: a pro- vision inserted calling for Japancse evacuation within a specified time. Dr. Ste contended that a provision for a specified time for completion of the evacution is a political necessity for the Nanking government, and he seemed not to have abandoned all hope that it might still b2 inserted His chances were regarded as slender by other observers, however, because the United States made no reference to a time limit and because of flat Japa- nese opposition. PANAMA ENVOY RESIGNS PANAMA CITY, November 28 (#).— Dr. Harmodio Arias presented his resig- nation as Minister to Washington to President_Alfaro today and then went to Anto, Panama, where he is expected ta be nominated for the presidency of Panams by the doctrinary Liberal party at its convention which will open to- mormmv | canclusion NDTESON FAREAST Senator Attacks Secret Di- plomacy and Moves to Air Entire Crisis. By the Associated Press The State Department was called upon today by Senator Johnson. Re- publican, of California, to make public all notes dealing with the Manchurian situation “We have had enough of secret diplomacy,” said Johnson in comment- ing on the new turn of affairs in Man- churia. “It ought to have all been in the open for, after all, in case anything should ar be involved Johnson is ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. He left no doubt he intends to bring up the whole Manchurian situation in Congress. Says People Mave Right. “I have no hesitation in saving that the Americen people have a right to know what is happening.” he declared, | what policy their Government is pur- suing. what notes have been exchanged and what has been done that may ulti- mately gravely nvolve this country. “The people are entitled to know how far they are being committed and to what."” The Californian reserved comment upon the Japanese foreign office attack today upon Secretary Stimson's atti- tude until he has received further in- formation on this. He did condemn, however, the “docility of the American J | press.” Refers to Laval's Visit. “Premi:r Laval came to this country and who knows what happened?” he said. “A statement was issued at the his visit that was as clear as mud end nobody knows what it means. After his departure some news filtered to us from Paris. “Grandi came and glittering general- | ities were reported as a result of his visit. When he reaches home we will probably learn from Rome a little u!\ what transpired in Washington. “We have been dealing with the Manchurian situation for some months. Now and then from Tokio we get just an inkling of what our Government is doing. Don't you think the patience of our people is to be commended and the Preca s to be complimented for its do- chlity?” CHINCHOW ADVANCE ENDED AS JAPANESE TROOPS ‘ABOUT FACE’ |Cnm1nuo-d7!rom First Page) and with wide sand flats on either bank | which would expose the invading force to the Chinese fire. It also was learned that almcst the entire Japanese force at Tsitsihar, cen- ter of the offensive in the north two weeks ago, was moving south grad- ually to join the Chinchow drive. One regiment was being left behind to guard the walled city and the force which left there numbers upward of 4,000 men. Ridi; over the 150-mile desolate stretch between Chinchow and Mukden today in a train, one could observe nowhere defensive or offensive works capable of resisting a mcdern army such as Japan's. Soldiers Search Train. ‘There was no military force ob- servable in the 44-mile sector between ‘Tahushan and Hsinmintun, where 1he first Japanese troops were encountered. A small detachment was posted on the station platform. There was no panic at Chinchow . when I left there and the citizens and military refused to believe an at- tack was imminent. The city presented an ordinary appearance in the day- time, with shops open as usual and richshaws and horse-d n vehicles plodding the streets. Martial law was clamped on at night, however. There are no Americans in Chinchow, Belated reports of yesterday's opera- tions southwest of Mukden said one Japanese officer and one soldier were killed in a clash between a Japanese scouting party and a Chinese armored train near Jaoyangho, 61 miles south- west of here, and that two Japanese railwaymen aboard an armored train were wounded in a clash between armored trains at Yangkuantaitze. A spokesman for the Japanese head- arters said withdrawal of troops west- ard to the Liao River will begin soon, except possibly one infantry platoon | which will remain to guard the Jap nese consulate at Hsinmin TAHUSHAN REPORTED BOMBED. Japanese Troops Declared Advancing, Apparently Intent on Attack. PEIPING, China, November 28 (#).— Reports received here today said a Jap anese airplane had bombed the town of Tahushan, half way between Muk- den and Chinchow, and that Japanese troops had reached a point a few miles east of Tahushan, apparently with the intention of attacking the town. From Tientsin came reports that 150 Japanese sailors had landed from three destroyers in the past 24 hours, and foreign press dispatches from the same point said there was a veritable reign | of terror in the Tientsin native city, which remained under strict martial law, The Japanese warship Yakumo sailed from Sasebo with a landing party last | night, and the airplane depot ship | | Akagi, the cruiser Isumo and the 27th | Destroyer Division were ordered to stand by Sasebo for further instruc- tion Reports from Chinchow said foreign military observers there had been un- able to discover any evidence of Chinese military concentration, and Chinese of- ficial dispatches from there indicated that the Japanese advance from Muk- den was menacing Tahushan. The messages said the Chinchow peo- ple were living in dread of & Ja attack, but that no serious preparations had been made. CLASH NEAR TSITSIHAR. efense SHANGHAL November 28 (#).— Press dispatches received here from Harbin today said fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops has begun sgain in Hellungkiang Province, north of Tsitsihar, along the Tsitsihar-Kosh- an Railway. The dispatches sald the Chinese suc- ceeded in repulsing the Japanese at- ! ck in spite of the superior Japanese armaments, but that Gen. Mah is planning a counter attack in which he hobnes to regain Tsitsihar. - The Japanese ate constructing an elaborate systom of trenches in the area, it was reported, while Japanese aviators fly overhead. . _“Meanwhile," the report said, “the Chinese under Gen. Mah Chan-Shan are perfecting their defenses. Ths provincial militia has reinforced Gen. Mah, bringing his total forces to ,000. | Hostilities have also occurred along the Taonan-Anganchi Railway, it said, which menaced the Japanese position at Tsitsihar and caused them to with- draw partially from the city. Renaldo Fugitive Case Delayed. LOS ANGELES, November 28 (8).— Hearing of fugitive charges against Duncan Renaldo. film actor, was de- layed in Municipal Court yesterday untij next Wednesday, pending an ex- tradition hearing Monday before Gov. Rolph. Renaldo was arrested Novem- ber 6 on a child-abandonment com- plaint from New York. it is our people who will | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, 'BRAWNY WESTERNER WATCHING {Col. Margetts Has Wide Ex- perience in Military Service. | — Was Pershing’s Aide de Camp in France and Helped “Occupy”” Germany. By the Assoclated Press A !}'D-fim?d Western officer of wide experience is this Government's prin- cipal source of military information from troubled Manchuria. Lieut. Col. Nelson E. Margetts—na- tive of Salt Lake City—the military at- tache of the American legation in China, is now in the Chinchow area as observer. He rose from the ranks, heving gone to his first military service in the Utah Volunteer Light Artillery in the S'pmn.‘thm(‘rl(’)ln War at the age of 19. Base Ball Enthusiast. Like the average American boy, he was a base ball enthusiast and his prowess in the game was aided by a height of more than 6 feet and a weight of more than 200 pounds. Col. Margetts received his first com- mission, that of second lieutenant of artillery, after the Spanish-American | War and was stationed in Alaska. After serving in several isolated posts for nine ears, he was sent to the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kans., and in 1910 was transferred to the Philip- pine Islands His first service in France was in 1913 nd 1914, when he was detailed by the War Department to assist Ameri- cans, who, on account of the Woild War, were unable to secure transpor- tation or funds to return to the United States In May. 1917, he was appointed aide [CRISIS CONFRONTS JAPANESE CABINET AS PLEDGE IS BARED (Continued From First Page.) continue their march against Chin- chow is providing the Japanese op- position with an excellent pretext to overthrow the Wakatsuki government The present government is now openly accused of having yiclded to “American pressure” and of hav given assurances of which the Japa nese nation was not aware. The Secretary of State made statement with® great reluctance, but | he could not see another way out | The Japanese government had ac- tepted in _ principle the resolution drafted in Paris by the League of Na- tions. They promised us and the League that orders would be given to the Japanese general commanding the forces in Manchuria to refrain from any further hostile act. For once, both the American Secretary of State and the members of the Council of the League actually believed the Japanese government would be able to keep its pledge. Found Warning Necessary. The reports received from news agen- cles and from military observers sta- tioned at Chinchow indicated that the Japanese were continuing their advance in spite of the solemn promises given by both the Japanese civillan and mili- | tary power. { _Mr. Stimson was rightly flabbergasted The Secretary of State found it neces- sary to give the Japanese a solemn warning by making public one of the important pledges the Japanese had given us. Hitherto, in the hope of bringing about an awicable settlement of the whole question, Mr. Stimson had refrained from telling the American people how the negotiations have been progressing. He feared that the publi- cation of the correspondence would cause a wave of Indignation on the part of the American people. his |the Japansse opposition. It depends entirely on the spirit of the Japanese people” whether this exposure will p into the hands of the extreme natfonal istic elements or not. If the Japanese people refuse to get alarmed at the al- anese government and the Wakatsuki government is able to sur the at- tack of the opposition the storm will blow over by next week: if, however, the Japanese people are rushed into a storm of indignation and the already shaky Wakatsuki government is com- pelled to resign, the consequences of having an extreme nationalistic govern- ment in Japsn may be extremely se- rious to the peace of the world. Canada Grain Head Dies. | WINNIPEG, Manitoba, November 28 | | Winnipeg Grain Exchange, died yes- erday following a lengthy illness. fiAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:20 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointer, assistant. March, “To the Legion”........Letford Overture, “The Count of Essex Suite romantic, “Sigurd Jorulhr,'(‘} “Introduction.” “Borghild’s Dream “March Triumphal Excerpts from musical comedy, Adeline’ Fox trot, Rudy Vallee ‘Waltz song, “Southern Moon,” Zamecnik Finale, “Oh Donna Clara”. .Petersburski “The Star Spangled Banner.” i LIGHTING from a stagecoach replica of the 1931 tuberculosis Christmas seal, Santa Claus and a delegation of ‘This is now being fully exploited by | leged pressure brought upon the Jap- | (#).—W. H. McAndles, member of the | Mercadante | MANCHUHIA FOR UNCLE SAM . MARGETTS. John J. Pershing. Army of Oceu- an artillery of- ¢ was sent to the School at Fort Leaven- worth, Kans.. and later finished at the Army War Colleg His detall to the staff, which resulted in his r appoiniment as a military attache, in 1924, He was appointed to de camp to Gen Later he served in the pation in Germa ficer. After the General S was Margetts speaks French fluently and knows some Chinese. BORAH SEES OPINION BACKING ARMS CUT Senator’s Radio Address to Paris Bares Doubt of Governments. By the Associated Press. Upon a public opinion “vibrant with uncommon zeal,” Senator Borah pins hape for the world disarmament pledged to little avail so far, by the peace treaty of Versailles He voiced the plea last night in his first radio address to Europe, deliv- ered especially for a gathering in Paris of peace delegates from over the con- tinent. His call to the populace was combined with a confession of mistrust in governments. Says Public Holds Whip. “When governments meet as a bcdg to deal with disarmament, taking them| as a whole, they are not for disarma- ment and never have been" said the Idahoan, who heads the Senate Foreign | Relations Committee. *‘Another con- | ference is near at hand, and if any- {thing is to be accomplished it will be accomplished because the public is using the lash. “‘Governments will do nothing unless | | dtiven by public opinion, not a mild | pliable public opinion, but a public opinion vibrant with uncommon zeal, and spurred on by an indignation com- | mensurate with the injustice of the | present program.” Borah did not know it as h’.»pnke. but static nullified his voice at the Parls meeting, and when an interpreter | attempted 1o repeat his words French, booing from an unruly audi- ence interfered. finally breaking up | the whole meeting. The Senator’s voice traveled, however, all over the United States. Bitter With Disappointment. Borah was bitter as he told how the Versailles pledge stood unredeemed. “Thirteen years have passed. The armaments burden is greater than ever | before in time of peace. The outlook is | dark with misgivings. The cause has | become enmeshed in stifling and steril- | izing technicalities, made the plaything |of international politics, used particu- larly sas an opiate, while governments extract more money from taxpayers, until at the present time an atmo- sphere of doubt and uncertainty envel- |opes the "whole scheme of cisarma- ment." | ANACONDA TO CUT PAY | Copper Mine Workers' Wages Will Be Reduced 50 Cents a Shift, BUTTE, Mont, November 28 ().— Notice of a wage reduction is being posted at all mines, smelters and plants of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. today. The wages of all employes on the daily pay roll of the company will be gut’so cents a shift, effective Decem- r This reduction, it was explained, brings the Anaconda copper wages in line with those paid in all other cop- per camps of the West, which cut the pay of employes October 1. The notice said that “this action has been deferred in the hope that better prices and also a better market de- mand would prevail.” Vice President Greets Health Crusaders CHILDREN SELL RED CROSS SEALS TO CURTIS AND CONGRESSMEN. in | D. C, SATURDAY, ARMS CUT MEETING ENDS IN' RIOTING Ex - Ambassadar Houghton and Others Shouted Down. Borah’s Speech Is Booed. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 28.—There were a number of bruised heads about Paris | | today as a result of a riot which broke i up the meeting of the International | Disarmament Organization last night. | In the turmofl a number of foreign speakers, including former Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton of the United States, were howled down Police were called out, fists flew on several occasions before the eyes of dis- tinguished visitors and former Premier Edouard Herriot, chairman of the meet- ing, banged his gavel futilely and| [asked: “Where 1» French_politenes A broadcast address by Senator Wil- | |liam E. Borah was scarcely audible be- | cauge of static, and as soon as a trans- | lator began to read it in French, booing | and jeering broke loose again. | | A "Nationalist meeting in another hall, held in protest against the al- leged “political character” of the dis- armament gathering, proceeded quietly | at the same time. Fight Interrupts Houghton. i Former Ambassador Houghton was | interrupted by a fist fight, which began just below the speakers’ stand as he spoke the first paragraph of his ad- dress of greeting “from the millions of Americans united to aid in the peace- | ful solution of international divergen- cles.” He was forced to sit down, un- able to go farther. | | " "M. Herriot wes first to be silenced % | the hooters. “The spirit must pre: over the brute forces of the world,” he | said. opening his address. “Nonsense!" shouted a large group of ‘younl men in the center of the audi- | ence. Police were called and four of | the youths, said to be members of the | organization known as “The King's Henchmen,” were thrown out. Fists| | began to fiy as the gendarmes started | | their work of pacification. The meet- !ing had to be suspended. | Speakers Shouted Down. Mile. Louise Weiss, who was a mem- | ber of Premier Laval's party on his {trip to the United States, next was howled down, s also was Joseph Joos, member of the German Reichstag Herr Joos then resumed his speech ur | der police protection, but he was | terrupted by shouts of “Liar!” and | cat calls, Viscount Cecll of Chelwood, noted British statesman, wds greeted with howls as he rose to read messages from | the Archbishop of Canterbury, David Lioyd George and the British National Women's Council. Former Premier Paul Painleve was cheered when he said France could not disarm until it had an assurance of se- curity. Crowd Rushes Platform. As former Ambassador Houghton concluded his first sentence, the crowd was quite out of hand and began a rush for the platform. Two lines of | police were formed and the former Am- bassador, with Lord Cecil, made nis exit through the guard. “I never saw anything like it in my life,” said Mr. Houghton. Calm was restored only after the crowd had been ushered out by the po- lice and the “Marseillaise,” with its “March on, march on, to victory or death!" had been sung. MILLIONAIRE ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET Robert Graves, Retired Wallpaper | | Manufacturer, Had Inherited | Two Fortunes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. November 27.—Robert Graves, a retired wallpaper manu- | facturer, who inherlted a business and |a fortune from his father and another | fortune from the second of three wives, | shot_and killed himself yesterday in his Park avenue apartment. | He was about 64 years old. | An elevator operator found him seated in a chair with a revolver in his hand. On a table beside him were several | typewritten letters directed to relatives and his bank His first marriage was in 1886 when he was 19 years old. It was dissolved | by divorce In 1900, and he obtained | custody of a son. In 1904 he | Josephine Plant married Margaret the widow of the iwnlllhy Henry B. Plant, and when {she died" in 1909 she left him one | third of her fortune of between $6,000- 000 and $8,000,000 His third marriage was in 1914 to | Mabel Lorraine Miller Swan, divorced wife of Kingsley Swan. This mar- ra!ge ended In divorce in Paris in 1922. |REDS SENTENCED TO DIE Seven Alleged Soviet Spies Con- victed in Polish Court. BARANOWICZE, Poland, November 28 (#).—Seven alleged Soviet sples were sentenced to death yesterday by a court here. Counsel for the defendants ap- ealed to the president of the court lor mercy. The trial was speedily con- ducted and details were suppressed by the government under the terms of a gecree which authorized “accelerated courts.” health crusaders yesterday invaded the Capitol to sell seals to Vice President Curtis and Congressmen. Cora Ann Berliner is seen here talk! Bennett. ¥Fanchon Hayes, \ to the Vice President, while her companions (left to right), Jole Lou Berliner, Jack ley Kaemmerer and David Witcover, look om. Senator Arthur Capper is in back. —Star Staff Photo. OVEMBER 28, 1931. -Child Is Apartment house at 3333 N _street, { where 5-year-old Anna Louise Gunnell vas killed and her mother ‘) by flames which broke out in Victim of Fire 1 rst-floor apartment this morning. | TILSON AND SNELL RO XS HONDAY Battle for G. 0. P. House Leadership Must Be De- cided at Meeting. By the Associated Press, The struggle for leadership of the Republican minority in the House will | have to be fought to a showdown next Monday. Hope that the Pennsylvania delega- tion might swing a majority to one of the two leading contenders—Repre- sentatives Tilson of Connecticut and Snell of New York—was extinguished when that group yesterday found it- self too widely divided. Snell drew 18 votes and Tilson 12, with one going to Representative Temple, dean of Pennsylvania's forces. The group re- fused to bind all its votes to one man, 50 it is up to the general caucus next week. On the surface the two are contend- ing for the speakership nomination, but the party has so little chance to win against the Democratic majority, the floor leadership is the only prize avaiiable. Tilson, who has been Re- publican leader in three Congresses. found encouragement in the Pennsyl- vania vote. He claimed 100 supporters out of the214 total. Snell claimed as many, expecting to get a lot from the Illinois delegation which meets today. | The Monday meeting will have to settle also Tilsen's claim that regard- less of the outcome of the speakership race, he will be floor leader, on strength of the decision reached by the party forces, when, at the end of the last Congress, they named the late Nicholas Longworth for Speaker and Tilson for leader. The Pennsylvania conference had been expected to have a big effect in the nomination of & Speaker. It has 33 members and constitutes the largest State group in the House. Both Tilson and Snell l’{mped to swing nearly all of legation. m;:f?;n.: were made at the two-hour meeting yesterday to force the group into a caucus. This would have bound the delegation to vote as a unit Mon- day. But the members were so widely divided that it was decided early in the session the action would not be binding. Thirty-one votes, including four proxies were cast. Two members were absent. Tilson Anticipated Vote. Immediately after the meeting, Til- son said: “The result in the Pennsylvania con- ference was exactly what we had fore- cast. With the 12 votes from Pennsyl- vania, I can count on more than 100 for me at the Republican conference on Monday morning.” Snell also claimed that with the 18 Pennsylvania votes, and the support of New York, New Jersey, the Middle West, Northwest and Pacific Coast, he would hold as many votes as Tilson. Tilson said in his statement that “the campaign of Mr. Snell has appar- ently been based on the idea that the large States can be combined to give him_ control of the Republican party in the House.” Thinks Snell Disappointed. He added: “Having used every means to line up the members of that delegation (Penn- sylvania) for Mr. Snell and with the backing of the powerful Philadelphia organization. the best Snell could win by was a_vote of 18 to 12, with 1 vote cast for Mr. Temple. “That this was not what was ex- pected by Mr. Snell is indicated by the fact that he gave out a statement just before the Pennsylvania conference started saying that I would receive only 2 votes.” Tilson also said he had figured on 10 votes in the State and thought the one cast for Temple would go to him at the caucus. NEW AIRWAY TO OPEN Georgia and South Carolina Mayors to Make First Trip. ATLANTA, Ga., November 28 (#) Mayors of five Georgia and South C olina citles have accepted invitations to make the initial flight next Tues- day, inaugurating passenger air serv- ice between Atlanta, Savannah and Charleston, S. C., Mayor James L. Key announced yesterday. ‘The Eastern Air Transport Co.. which is opening the route, will send a party of 20 over the lines. Mayor Thomas M. Hoynes, Savannah; Mayor Thomas P. Storey, Charleston; Mayor- elect E. R. Maybank and Mayor W. D, Jennings, Augusta; Mayor L. B. Ownes, Columbia, C. and Mayor W. H. Weatrerford, Aiken, S. C., have ac- cepted the invitatio PERU RIOT KILLS ONE Wounded When Political Factions Clash. LIMA, Peru, November 28 (#).—One person was reported killed and several Several wounded in a clash last night between | supporters of Luis M. Sanchez Cerro, President-elect of Peru, and followers of Haya de la Torre, his opponent. Pisto] were used freely in the disturb- ance, which occurred in front ef the President-elect's political headquarters. RTCHE HAS EUARD AGAINST RADEAL First Police Protection Given Governor in Baltimore. Demonstration Fails. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, November 28.—Gov. | Ritchie has his first police guard. For the first time in history a detail | of officers accompanied the executive to the University Club last night to guard him against a threatened demonstration by members of a radical organization that failed to develop. As the Governor reached the club less than 50 radicals were in the street, but they were silent and no attempt was made to present a list of griev- ances to the executive. The sergeant in command of the po- lice talked with the leader of the dele- gatlon and advised him tg present any paper he might have to the executive during regular business hours. The group dispersed as the Governor entered the club and wers gone long be- fore he emerged after an informal speech. Representatives of the International Labor Defense Leagus who had indi- cated they had a petition for the Gov- ernor protesting mob action on the Eastern Shore against colored men ac- ;\:;:d of criminal charges failed to ap- RITCHIE ASKS DATA ON TEA HOUSE CASE AND PROBE BY U. S. (Continued From First Page.) murder of Amick, Simone with assault with intent to kill, and Mrs. Edwards with being an accessory to the killing. Officials have concluded that the shooting, disguised as a hold-up, was merely a gang attempt to wipe out a rival ‘white-slave organization. Four- teen patrons of the establishment were lined up against the kitchen wall and ?hezlllheflnl gunfire was directed at The investigation has disclosed that two of the men in the house, Bartlett and John March, are wanted on murder chnrges in Pennsylvania. A bullet-marked coupe answering the general description of the one used by the bandits and found abandoned on a vacant lot in Washington yesterday was carefully examined today by Constable Andrew Gasch of Bladensburg, According to residents of the 2000 block of Franklin street northeast, the car was left on a lot between 2001 and 2003 Pranklin street sometime Monday, the day of the shooting. Although it bears no license plates, the occupants of 2005 Franklin street told twelfth pre- cinct police it was left there by an ac- quaintance, who explained he had just purchased the car and did not wish to obtain tags until he learned to crive. His name, according to police, is the same as that given by one of the women ar- rested as a witness in the shooting. Gasch, accompanied by Detective C. A. Berry, twelfth precinct, examined the machine and found two bullet holes in it. One of them was in the right side of the body, above the rear fender, while the other was in the glass of the right- hand door. Although Gasch said the bullet holes seemed “to old” to have any connec- tion with the tea house shooting, he took engine number and declared he would “check up on it." He also said he would confer with Chief Jeremiah Crowley of the Prince Georges County police regarding the possibility of ques- tioning the man named as the owner of the automobile, who is said to live in the 600 block of H street. Bank Bandit Captured in Chase. CENTER, Colo., November 28 (#).— ICHEMISTS PROBE DEATH OF AMES !Whisky and Sleeping Pow- ders in Apartment Where Body Was Found. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 28.—An in- vestigation was begun today into the death of Robert Ames, stage and screen star, whose body was found on the floor of his luxurious suite in & Park avenue hotel yesterday. { An autopsy was begun shortly before noon. Meanwhile chemists were anal ing some whisky and sleeping powders found in Ames’ apartment. Physicians attributed Ames’ death to an internal hemorrhage resulting from a kidney ailment. The possibility that he might have taken an overdose of the sedative found in his rooms also was suggested, however. Hartford Funeral Tuesday. ‘The body was to be taken to Hart- ford, Conn., this afternoon and the ‘f’unerll is to be held in that city Tues- lay. | " Several pictures of Ina Claire, the | actress whose divorce from John Gilbert becomes effective next August, were found in the room. There were pictures also of other women. The hotel records showed that Ames put through three telsphone calls to Miss Claire in Holly- wood only a few hours before his delL(l. which occurred some time Friday morn~ ing. Reports that Ames, who was 42 years and Miss Claire were engaged were d: d by friends of the actress in Hollywood Miss Claire herself re- i mained secluded lasi night and early today. It was understood that Ames and Miss Caire were considering acting | together in & new play called “Inter- | view. They have been close friends ‘for many years. The last person to see Ames alive was | 8 brother of Mus Claire’s, Allen Fagin. | He returned to the hotel last night to keep an appoinument made the night before, only to learn that Ames was dead. 1 ‘With Father Thursday. | _The actor had gone on Thursday | night to Grand Central Station to see | his father started home to Hartford, Conn., the city where Ames was born and where his theatrical career started as an usher in a playhouse. Ames was married four times. He married at the age of 19 to Miss Alice Gerry, They had two children, June and Robert, jr. They were divorced after nine years. His second wife wi Frances Goodrich, actress. His third, | Vivienne Segal, musical comedy prima |donna, and his fourth, Muriel Qakes, a | debutante. 'His fourth wife divorced |him in 1930. Ames was in New York negotiating with film execwives concerning a role posite Claudetle Colbert in a new picture. His screen work had been notably successful. He ap) ith Gloria Swanson in “The Trespasser” and later was featured in several others. His most notable stuge work was done with cine Larrimore in “Nice People.” ENGAGEMENT IS DENIED, Friend of Ina Claire Says She Was Merely Dear Friend of Ames. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 28 () —Ina Claire, stage and screen actress, was in seclusion last night at her hotel apartment, but her actress friend, Hedda Hopper, denied that Miss Claire was engaged to marry Robert Ames, actor, found dead yesterday im New York. It was denied also at apartment that Miss Claire had talked by telephone with Ames early yesterday. Miss Hopper said: “Miss Claire and I had known Mr. Ames for 15 years. Naturally the report of his death came as a great shock to Miss Claire and she is in no condition to discuss it. There absolutely was no engagement between her and Mr. Ames. They were dear friends.” Frequent appearances of Ames and Miss Claire together at movies premieres and other functions led to the usual Hollywood rumors of a romance. | JOURNALIST PRAISES U. S. PRESS IN SLUMP Depression News Is Presented Fair- ly, Dr. Allen S. Will of Rutgers Declares. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J, November 28.—Dr. Allen Sinclair Will, director of the Department of Journalism of Rut- gers University, today praised American newspapers for their fairness in pre- senting news of the current business depression and chided politicians and industrial, financial and business lead- ers for failing to aid the situation. Dr. Will spoke at a session of the Elementary Principals’ Association of New Jersey, a section of the General Teachers’ Convention. “The way in which the newspapers of the United States have fulfilled their special responsibilities during the pres- ent economic emergency,” Dr. Wil said, “is worthy of more attention than has been given to it.” He said newspapers have generally carried out a commendable policy with- in their own organizations, ke!pinfl u'j:’ilr salary schedules and their ful staffs. MARRIED 25 YEARS By Staff Correspondent of The Star. DAMASCUS, Md, November 28.— Mr. and Mrs. J. Montgomery Duvall celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding recently at their home near Damascus. ‘The Duvalls received many presents from the more than 150 persons who attended the celebration. Their home was appropriately decorated for the .- casion. Following a social hour the guests were served with dinner. PLANS LONDON VISIT PARIS, November 28 (#).—Finance Minister Pierre Flandin, whose fiscal policies were under fire all day by Socialist and radical members of the Chamber, announced yesterday he was leaving for London today on what he described as a private trip. It was understdod he probably would con- fer with British bankers. LY A man who held up and robbed the People's State Bank of $1,000 yesterday was shot and captured after & 7-mile chase. Q. Shoppinqdaus ill Christmas