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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) rain and Occaslonal partly cloudy southwesi shifting to west winds. Temperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 2:30 a.m. today. Full report o tonight; colder; tomorrow moderate 60, at 1:30 n’ page 1. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 9, 10 & 11 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Fpening Start. seco Wa 32,013. md class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931—TWENTY PAGES. YOUNG PLAN'S END IS SEEN AS RESULT OF DEBTS REPORT BACKING REVISION Observers Regard Shifting of Problem to Conference as Main Point France Won at Basel Parley. COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS URGES ACTION AT ONCE Adjustment Declared Necessary If New Disasters Are to Be Avoided. Germany's Contention of Inabil ity to Make Conditional Repara- | tions Payment Is Vindicated. Bv the Associated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, December 24—The Young Plan Advisory Committee report upholding Ger- many’s contention that she can- not pay conditional reparations at the expiration of the Hoover mor- atorium is regarded by bankers here as the beginning of the end of the Young plan. Those who have studied the | document regard it as a carefully | Rails Act to Put Increased Freight Charges in Effect Permission to Adopt New | Rates on Five Days’ Notice Is Sought. By the Associated Press Tariff publishing agents for the rail- roads today asked the Interstate Com- merce Commission for permission to file an application putting into effect increased freight rates generally on five days' notice. This is the first move of the railroads to apply increased rates authorized re- | cently by the commission. A group of agents headed by W. S. Curlett con- ferred with members of the commission today. The application contained a sample copy of th: master tariff which con- tains the proposed new rates. By use of this, all the railroads will be able to apply the rate increases by filing | blanket supplements to their rate schedules now on file by reference to the master tariff instead of outlining all the new rates. After the conference members of the group of agents expressed doubt that the new rates will become effective January 1 as originally intended. They said, however, they expected them to b2 effective shortly thereafter. UNCERTAINTY VEILS WAR DEBTSFUTURE [Default by Many Nations After Moratorium Expires Now Seems Likely. balanced statement of the German | situation in the light of the world depression, and as remaining within the framework of the Young plan as France demanded, but at the same time they believe | it sounds the deathknell of the plan itself. German Stand Vindicated. The French victory, if such it was. came in omissions—in the shifting of the whole reparations problem to the international con- ference tentatively scheduled for next month, and in the achieve- ment of the French delegation in forcing their colleagues on the committee to confine themselves strictly to the letter of the Young plan. The Germans, however, received com- plete vindication in their contenticn they no longer can make conditional payments, it is agreed The full text of the report, signed late vesterday after 2!, weeks of hard WOl is to be pu ed about 6 pm. (noon Eastern Standard Time) in four languages. The English text has been completed, but it will have to wait until the others are finished. Summaries were issued by several delegations yes- terday and they compared well with tre text, but today it appeared there were some differences in interpretations of the meaning of the report. World Bank Gets Report. The French resume devoted to the first two chapters of the document em. hasized the enormous increase of ex- | ditures by the German state and ) nal governments, but gave little space to the committee's conclusions. Anglo-American and German re- were almost identical. The Ger- man summary contained the statement that the experts had found that the 18,000,000,000 marks Germany borrowed in the past two years, 10,300,000.000 marks were paid for reparations. Both the Anglo-American and French ex- tracts omitted this point. Signed and sealed with due formality, the report was handed to the World Bank today and copies were transmitted to Germany's creditors. In its report. the committee of ex- rts also called for an adjustment of (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) TWO ARE KILLED BY TRAIN AFTER MUSSOLINI RITES | Bologna . Track | ‘With Passengers Leaving Funeral of Il Duce's Brother. Express Jumps By the Associated Press FOGGIA, Italy. December 24— Two passengers were killed, six were injured. and a score of others returning from the funeral of Arnaldo Musso- lini were badly shaken today when the Bologna express jumped the track at Coronato Station, near here. Three cars were overturned. Given Quiet Funeral. FORLI, -Italy, December 24 (&) — Premier Mussolini_gave his much be- loved brother Arnaldo this morning the quict funeral the latter asked for in will he ceremony of the funeral at Milan < erday was lacking here, in the home he two brothers. It was dis- from any other private 1 only by the playing of e the Fascist headquar- e procession began, and detachment of soldiers. as accompanied by Donna his _wife, and his two sons, ic and Bruno. By the Associated Press. Doubt blanketed today the whole fu- ture of the war debts due the United States from her former allies, but prob- ability of stiff downward revision be- came emphatic. The Basel report of yesterday was| clear encugh in declaring resumption of German reparatibns payments could not be locked for at the end of the sent one-year debt holiday. In the eses of Europe, at least, the repara- | tions are the key to the whole struc- | ture of the World War burden. | That, as a consequence, the obliga- | tions due this country will not be paid at the moratorium's expiration was ! more than likely—it appeared in the | case of many nations nearly certain But the official attitude in Washing- ton, refiecied despite determined re- fusal of comment on this report from ! the Young Plan Committee, showed | clear conviction that Congress has| made it impossible for President Hoover to take any further step on debts. Possibility of Default. The Congressional declaration, in- corporated in the moratorium resolu- tion so as to register unalterable oppo- sition to further revision, thus acquired a controlling importance. If as the result the United States can do nothing to justify non-payment, | theze is ample possibility of default by several, at least, of the debtor nations, a critical biow to the world credit struc- | ture. Some, who have the privilege under existing agreements, doubtless will invoke the right to withhold cer- tain payments of principal afid interest, amounted to about $88,000,000 of the $250,000,000 which will be due in the next year. From the Washington angle it was clear the next step in the situation is up to the European nations. Some ex- pectation has been shown of a general conference on reparations, possibly on war debts also, but prospect of Ameri- can participation was dim. Suggestions advanced that the debts to the United States be paid in terri- tory have met with no official notice. All this prospect of uncertainty pre- cipitated itself just as Congress had finished with the moratorium and the President had given it the final touch of legality by signing the resolution of approval In affixing his signature to the act (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | FORMER CAPITAL MAN'S DEATH IN AUTO PROBED Charred Body of Robert F. Good- ing Found in Blazing Car Near Wilkinsburg, Pa. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 24—The mysterious death of Robert F. Gooding, jan engineer, formerly of Washington, D. C., was being investigated today by gohte Chief W. R. Bishop of Wilkins- | burg. Gooding's charred body was found . last night in his blazing car, which was | parked on a highway two miles east of Wilkinsburg. There was no evidence that the man had been injured or that he had attempted to get out of the car. A tin can found in the car was looked on as a possible clue by Chief Bishop. He said Gooding might have had gaso- line in the can that spilled over onto a hot exhaust pipe. | Geoding came to Pittsburgh several years ago from Washington. He for- merly had lived in South Carolina. He is survived by his widow, a son, Robert, | jr., and several brothers and sisters of | Windsboro and Columbia, S. C. LITTLE S IF HE COMES BY “White Christmas” Pl;cspec With Only Five Western States Expectant. By the Associated Press. ‘The weather man seems to have or- ganized a conspiracy with the elements to keep Santa Claus from using his sleigh and reindeer in most parts of the United States this Christmas. Prospects for a “white Christmas” east of the Mississippi were about nil, and they weren't much better for the | ‘Western half of the Nation. There may be some snow by tonight in Colorado, ‘Wyoming, Montana, Northern Nevada and Idaho, but that's as far as the weather forecasters would go. Meanwhile, the pre-Christmas “heat wave” continued. Chicago had 52 de- grees yesterday, the hottest December 23 since back in 1904. New York had a NOW SPREAD FOR SANTA SLEIGH TONIGHT| ts East of Mississippi Slim, maximum of 52, the warmest December 23 in 24 years. Flowers were blooming in Pittsburgh. Colfers were preparing to try out their Christmas gift equipment in Detroit and Louisville looked for the warmest Christmas since 1898. 2 St. Paul and Minneapolis had their usual consignment of snow last night. Both were blanketed excepting in the downtown districts where the snow turned to slush. Even the snakes have been fooled by the sunshine elsewhere. Both Ionia, Mich., and Indianapolis sent in reports that reptiles had been coming out of their holes to see what it was all about. The Pacific Coast, however, was sub- jected to a heavy gale. [ IFEDERAL RELIEF DRIVE GOES OVER QUOTA OF MILLION Total of Campaign $1,055,- 754, T. E. Campbell, Head of Campaign, Reports. SOME U. S. BUREAUS GIVE MORE THAN 3-DAYS’ PAY Sum Will Be Turned Over to Chest and Communities Designated by Employes. ») With subscriptions totaling $1,055,- 754.53, Government workers today brought to a successful conclusion the campaign inaugurated a month ago to relieve distress growing out of unem- ployment in the Capital and neighbor- ing communities. All but a few scattered returns were made at a meeting of leaders in the movement held this morning at the War Department, and with the success assured, Thomas E. Campbell, president of the Civil Service Commission, who is chairman of the General Committee in Charge, announced the results and felicitated his coworkers. Goes to Chest Fund. The money is to go to the Washing- ton Community Chest, in connection with its forthcoming campaign for $2,- 600,000, and to those agencies in near- by sections designated to receive their gifts by those employes residing there. Within the next week the amount that will go to these outside points will be_made known In launching the movement here, when it was found inadvisable to “spread” work among unemployed, a million dollars had been set as the amount that could be expected from the workers, who were asked to pledge three days’ pay. The final tabulation shows that in exceeding this figure by more than $50.000 several establishments either equaled or exceeded their quotas. Mr. Campbell's message to the work- ers was as follows Message of Campbell. “On this day, Christmas eve, I am sure all of us are glad to learn that our contributions to the Community Chest and for relief in nearby communities have exceeded the goal of $1,000,000 set in the beginning. On behalf of the Departmental Committee, organized to conduct the campaign, I congratulate my fellow-workers on this splendid achievement. I am not at all surprised at the result, for Government employes have always opened their purses, and opened them wide, when given an op- portunity to help the less fortunate. “In wishing each of you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year I feel certain that our Christmas will be mer- rier and the New Year happier because we have been able to give a measure of Jjoy and comfort to others. Following is a list of contributions, by (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BANDIT GETS $20,000 IN POST OFFICE ROBBERY Hold-up Men Get $500 After Trussing Up 10 Clothing Store Employes With Neckties. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE. December 24.—Christ- mas neckties were used by hold-up men to truss up 10 employes and custo- mers in a clothing store here last night in one of a series of hold-ups which gave $20,000 to a post office robber, but dealt death to one who helped loot a drug store. The five men who participated in the clothing store robbery escaped with about $500. Elmer J. Knauss, druggist, shot and fatally wounded one of two robbers who took $100 from his cash register. The other escaped with the money. A reward of $2,000 was offered for the arrest and conviction of the post office robber, who entered the cashier's room trained revolvers on the employes work- ing there, and swept a large stack of currency into a leather brief case he carried. o T~ IF WE ALL HAD SUCH N % L NS = FAITH, OLD DEPR ESSION WOULD DISINTEGRATE. GIBSON APPOINTED FOR ARMS PARLEY Ambassador’s Selection Fol- lows That of Dr. Mary Wool- ley, Holyoke Head. By the Associated Press Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassador to Bel- gium and head of America's delegation to the Preparatory Disarmament Com- mission, will be selected by President Hoover as a delegate to the Geneva Arms Conference. With one possible exception, the selec- tion of Gibson as a fourth member of the delegation has virtually completed the list of American representatives. ‘The President still may choose a Re- publican Senator to go with Ambassa- dors Dawes and Gibson, Senator Swan- son of Virginia and Mary Emma Wool- | ley, president of Mount Holyoke Col- lege, who was appointed yesterday. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan has been mentioned as a possible choice. Dawes Called Here, : Along with the word of the selection of Gibson today, it became known that Ambassador Dawes has been called here from his post at London for a conference with the President before the Geneva meeting. | Dawes will arrive in Washington about January 10 and will sail back to Europe with the other members of the | delegation and its advisers on the steamship President Harding Jan- uary 20. Dawes and Gibson are both long schooled in diplomatic and foreign af- fairs. Both have served their country abroad in various capacities for many years. | i Special Hoover Emissary. Gibson, frequently styled as America’s Ambassador at large because of his rapid movement from point to point in Europe to handle difficult problems, was the President’s special emissary to the meeting of technical experts which this Fall worked out the details of the inter- governmental debt suspension. Both he and Dawes will know per- sonally most of the delegates with whom they will deal in the conference. Swan- son has long been a student of foreign affairs as a member of the Senate committee which deals with that sub- ject Miss Woolley for years has been asso- ciated with movements to aid world peace and has kept in touch with inter- national affairs. Triumph for Feminism. The success of American feminism stood at new heights today through the selection of Dr. Woolley. Never before has any woman served as a delegate to a parley between nations _of such tremendous signifi- MAN BEATEN TO DEATH, WIFE HELD BY POLICE Woman Says They Had Quarreled. Two Children Asleep in Home at Time. By the Associated Press. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Decem- ber 24.—Apparently the victim of a hammer slayer, the body of Matthew Luomala, 34, was found early today in an upstairs room of his home in Van Dyke Village. His wife, who reported the slaying to sheriff’s officers, is held in Macomb County jail to be questioned after a au-: topsy is performed. Their two chil- dren. John, 11, and Tomal, 12, were asleep in the house at the time. Investigators said Luomala apparent- ly had been beaten to death and that there were signs of an effort to erase bloodstains in the room. They said Mrs. Luomala told them she and her husband had quarreled yesterday. TUG FIGHTS .STORM AND SAVES 10 LIVES Roosevelt, on Which Peary Sailed Into Arctics, in Port After Urgent Call for Aid. By the Associated Press. PORT ANGELES, Wash., December 24.—While United States and Canadian patrol boats searched heaving seas off Cape Flattery for her, the steamer Roosevelt escaped the fury of a storm and reached shelter in Neah Bay safely today. Nothing had been heard from her since last night when she messaged “For God's sake, hurry.” Eats Apple, Goes to Doctor. SAN FRANCISCO, December 24 (). —An apple a day— “Yeah,” thinks Joseph Schmidt, who dislocated his jaw eating one here yesterda d had to y y an have it reset at @ hospital. (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) MISSING WOM.KN FEARED IN AUTO FOUND IN RIVER Sault Ste. Marie Police Expect to Solve Mystery of Annabelle Campbell Disappearance. By the Assoclated Press. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, Decem- ber 24 —Discovery of automobile tracks leading into the river above the ship canal on the American side today led Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) police to be- lieve they have solved the disappearance of Annabelle Campbell, 35, insurance nurse, who left the home of a friend on Monday evening in her motor car and has not been seen since. By the use of pike poles, a car was located on the bottom of the river, but so far it has not been raised. Miss Campbell was said to have been depressed lately as a result of the death of her father. e OFF ON 36-HOUR FLIGHT | Spanish Flyers Take Champagne for Christmas Supper in Air. SEVILLE, Spain, December 24 (#).— Lieut. Cipriano Rodriguez and Lieut. Carlos Haya hopped off, at 10:41 n.m.‘] unexpectedly today on a 4,475 kilometer flight to Bata, Spanish Guinea, on the. West Coast of Africa. | They expect to reach Bata in 36| hours and they carried champagne for | a Christmas eve supper in the air. 50 Missing in Crash at Sea. , December 24 (Thursday) (P’fgxggy passengers were reported missing this morning after a collision on the Inland Sea between two coast- wise vessels, the Yacyama Maru and the Kansai Maru, in' which the former sank. The Inland Sea is between the Tdands of Hondo and Shikoku. IR S Radio Programs on Page B-7 { Bandit Victim Dials Phone With Tongue |To Summon Help 'Bank Teller, Bound Hand and Foot, Calls Num- bers at Random. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 24.—A bank teller, bound hand and foot, dialed |a telephone number with his tongue early today and let the outside world know he had been held up and the bank robbed of $4,200. John Hand, 23, was leaving the Al- bany Morris Plan Bank shortly before midnight after working over accounts. At the door two men forced him back inside, and made him open the safe Hand was then bound tightly witn | wire and left lying on the floor The gunmen took his keys, scooped up 154,200 from the safe and fled, locking | the front door. An hour and a half later Hand su. |ceeded in jarring a telephone receiver | |from its hook. Using his tongue, he | | dialed numbers at random until finally | |he heard an answer in the dangling | receiver. _ The response came from E. Corning | |Davis, jr, an insurance man. who |awakened at the ringing of his tele- | phone. “Call the police,” cried Hand. “The | bank has been robbed.” Davis notified police. The latter hur- ried to the bank, battered in the doors | |and freed Hand. | JONES T0 OPPOSE FEDERAL PAY CUT Senator Objects to Borah's Proposal for Slash in Salary Scale. By the Associated Press. Chairman Jones of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee promised today to do “everything possible” consistent with efficiency to reduce Federal expen- ditures, but opposed cutting the salaries | of Government workers, Jones plans to co-operate with Chair- man Bymns of the Democratic House Appropriations Committee to cut ex- penditures. He expressed doubt about how much total Government expenses could be reduced. The Washington Senator said Federal salaries “are an almost infinitesimal part of Government expenses.” He added he was not inclined to approve the suggestion of Senator Borah, Re- publican, Idaho, that they be cut. Borah proposed yesterday that in or- der to help balance the budget all Gov- ernment salaries above $2,000 or $2,500 be trimmed 10 per cent. Cites Slow Rise. “Government salaries were gbout the last thing to come up in the days of prosperity,” Jones said. “They shouldn't be among the first things to come down in time of adversity.” | He said employes have contributed | liberally to unemployment relief, adding | this would stop if their salaries were reduced The c>mmittee chairman said he wel- | comed the proposal of Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, for a $300,000,000 cut_in Federal expenditures, because it (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) FOUR ARE DROWNED WHEN ICE BREAKS| Two Small Boys and Parents of One Die in Swift Waters of Stream. By the Associated Press. HAMPDEN, Me,, December 24.—Two small boys and the parents of one of them drowned in the swift running water of Souadabsook Stream today when they broke through the ice. They were Ralph Barnes, jr., 7; Frank Sampson, 6 and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barnes. The boys were playing on the ice when they broke through. Barnes and his wife, attracted by their cries, ran to the edge of the narrow stream. Barnes started to work his way out over the ice to the hole where the boys had gone down. The ice broke and plunged him into the water. - His wife then tried to reach him and ioe again broke, | Will Greet Americans Every-'] I PRESIENTTOLGHT HATIONS YULE TEE where in Coast-to-Coast Radio Broadcast. The stage is set in the Capttal for & wless, sunless and russet-brown| ristmas. Gy step past the decked door of the White House down to the public square south of the Treasury Department to | present his Christmas compliments o | FF¥ afternoon President Hoover will | ™ Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 116,410 (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS — | ITHREE NATIONS WARN TOKIO ON OPERATIONS IN CHINCHOW REGION U. S. Joins Great Britain and France in Calli ng Attention to Activities Against Chinese. APAN CONSIDERS MANCHURIAN DRIVE WITHI N LEAGUE LIMITS Reply to Three Notes Expected to Stress Little Difference Between “Regular” and “Irregular” Bandits. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 24—The United States Government went on recor ments of Japanese troops in the C! American Ambassador W. Ca d here today as indicating renewed concern regarding the move- hinchow area of Manchuria. meron Forbes personally delivered to Premier Inukai a memorandum from Secretary of State Stimson. It followed closely similar communications from Paris and London, which the foreign office preferred to call “expressions of appreh sion” rather than warnings. Mr. Forbes conferred with the premier for 40 minute Secretary Stimson’s memorandum to hi and read gh an It was understood to have referred to tre specifically mention the nine-po Secretary Stimson, it was un. statement he made in support of December 10. The French and Brit the League’s peace document. At the same time, the governn Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang Vessels Held Nearby K'wan small body of Japane near the end of the ¢ they should young marshal’s s It was_autho er Inuaki antance with learned that peacefull connection er Chiarg Tso-P t Tokio December 1 The Japanese reply and British notes. a Rengo Agency port said, will stre there is 1 Americans everywhere. The President, | y] accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, will of- ficially light the N nal Communi Christmas tre= in Sherman Square, and | his words of greeting will be carried over the nation in a coast-to-coast radio broadcast. { The lighting of the living spruce will | be heralded throughout the city by the ! ringing of church bells as a floating | star is rocketed skyward to announce ! that the President has turned th h to formally introduce Christmas. | Buglers of Boy Scout and Girl Scout patrols will sound a cal Concert to Open Party. ‘The program will begin at 4:30 o'clock with a concert Ly the United States Marine Bang, led by Capt. Taylor Bran- son. The President and his party will arrive at 5 o'clock, and will be :ntro- duced by Vice President Charles Curtis, who is chairman of the National Com- mittee sponsoring the event. Christmas parties and tree lightings| everywhere will serve to make the occa- sion tomorrow a gala one in the life of | the National Capital. Hospitals nx’?i planning events for the benefit of their patients. charitable organizations are sponsoring distribution of foodstuffs and presents to the poor, and the un- derprivileged will be guests of many welfare and civic groups over the Yule period. A colorful ceremony has been ar- ranged for the entertainment of pa-, tients at the Tuberculosis Hospital at| 6 o'clock tonight, when a program will be formally opened with the lighting of a large tree just outside the building. Christmas carols will be sung by the choir of the Mount Pleasant Congrega- tionel Church in the dining hall of the | hospital, where convalescing patients | will assemble. Gifts by ladies of the | North Star Union, W. C. T. U, the Catholic Daughters of America and from children of the Powell Elementary School. as well as individuals, will be distributed. Dr. Ballou to Light Tree. At 5:30 o'clock Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of District schools, will light the Friendship Christmas tree at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle street. Carols will be sung by pupils from the Janney School. The downtown center of the Young ‘Women's Christian Association, at 614 E street, will hold “open house” Christ- mas eve and on succeeding evenings throughout the holiday season. The center, which has become the scene of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP APPEALS TO RUBIO Asks President to Use Influence for Reconsideration of Bill Limiting Priests. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, December 24 —Most, Rev. Pascual Diaz, Catholic Archbishop of Mexico, today asked President Ortiz Rubio to use all his influence to secure reconsideration of the bill passed by the Legislature limiting the number of priests in Mexico City and the federal district to one for each 50,000 popula- t ion. In a long letter to the President the archbishop said the Legislature had ex- ceeded its power and he asked the President “to listen to the voice and will of the people, not to the clamor of a political faction.” He called the meas- ure anti-constitutional and anti-patri- otic and an open violation of previous government agreements with the church. “The legislative bodies have exceeded their powers,” he declared. “They have not followed their true commitments to the people. These legislators supposedly were chosen to represent the people, not a political party. “In & sincere desire for peace be- tween the church and state, for the security, reconstruction and mutual prosperity of our nation, I urge that reconsideration be given such a danger- ous step as this that is about to be taken. It would be treason to my re- tailed liglon and my country & I to protest this measure.” ¢ the realm d here to have been recognized by the League resclu- tion of December 10 A fumal reply will probal sent to Washington, Paris and Le Saturday, and in it Pre will emphasize Jap: The premier informed Ambassador Forbes personally that one of Japan difficulties is to from regular Cl therefore, the Chinese <h south of the Grest Wall Government Broken Down. This point probably the Mukden ative machinery has brol down and it has devolved upon Japanese Army to restore law and order. A foreign office spokesman expressed the opinion perhaps placed too much confidence in press reports and also reports of neu- tral observers at Chinchow, whose communications, he said, have oeen based on the situation in that imm diate region, while the observers that the three capitals | (to place in what was :rwrpre!rd as to take Japanese Reveal C: nate “Undesirable Forces.” | little or no knowledge of bandit ac- | tivities “We have absolute proo “that many so-called ban ing more nor less than Mars! Hsueh-Liang's brigands and creati place Japan in an awkw egging us on. as it knowledge neutral observers are staying at Chinchow while Washington and other powers show much concern.” A government man said today that though the world may think Japa is using the presence of bandits i churia as an excuse to seize Chi: W, her only object is suppression of th disturbing elements. he are nc al Chang with full “Preservation of peace and order de- | volves upon Japan because of the tem- porary breakdown of China's adminis- trative forces,” he said. NOTE DISCLOSED HERE U. S. Calls Japan's Attention to Inactive Attitude of Chinese. By the Assoclated Press. New representations to Japan to pre- vent renewed hostilities in Manchuria were announced today by the State De- partment. In the first formal statement on the situation for several days. the State Department said Ambassador Forbes in Tokio has been instructed to express sgain to the Japanese foreign office the American Government's concern over reports the Japanese Army was |~ FROM VATICAN DEBRIS Salvage Work Halted for Investi- gations as Pope Gives Orders for Funerals. By the Associa! D VATICAN CITY. Dccember 24.—The | body of the fifth and last of the vic tims of the collapse of the Vatican Li- brary was taken from the ruins today. The last of the victims to be recov- ered was the oldest of the four work= | men who were trapped in the building. The body was terribly crushed under many tons of f It was found after 42 h : by hun- | dre of scue! ed the ‘fi t victim, Dr. he was | still breathing. at 11 p.m. Tuesday | Pope Pius was informed immed that all the victims had been rec and he gave instructions for t nerals, which will take place the day | after Christmas. In the meantime, salvage work was | stopped until investizations can be com- pleted and plans made for rebuilding. HOOVERS TO BE HOSTS TONIGHT AT OLD-FASHIONED YULE PARTY iWhite House Families and Intimate Friends to Meet Real Santa Claus. ‘The White House, which since the ar- rival several days ago of Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover, 3d, the grandchildren of President and Mrs. Hoover, has been a lively place, tonight will be the scens of an old-fashioned family Christmas eve party. Members of the presidential house- hold and the families of several secre- taries and chief military and naval aides and a few intimate friends will at- tend and a real Santa Claus will pass | around presents from a large Christmas tree. There also will be various novel- ties and other forms of fun-making, which will include what was described last Christmas eve, when it was intro- duced, as “The March of the Wooden Soldiers.” The party will be the second of the WrLite House Christmas festivities, the first one having been held 3 afternoon when Peggy Ann and her brother played host to more than 200 small children of the official set of the Capital. During the Christmas sea- {son the White House will be the scene of a young folks party dance, at which Allan Hoover, the younger of tre Hoo- ver boys, will be host to more than 100 members of the younger social set. Peggy Ann's and her brother's Christ- mas party yesterday was a lively, happy and colorful affair. Although it was supposed to be held in the historic east room, the youngsters had virtually the run of the house Mrs. Hoover and tke mothers of sev- | eral of the young guests were on hand |all sthe time to enjoy the happy sight and assist the children in their piay. The President looked on for a time seemed njoy the gay sight.