Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness, possibly followed by rain in the afternoon or at night. Temperatures—Highest, 49, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 37, Full report on pag at 7:30 a.m. today. e 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages11,12&13 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- n is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 116,403 No. 32,019, Entered as seco nd shington class matter D. C. 105 WASHINGTON, C WEDNESDAY, \ Joy DECEMBER Q B 0, 1931 —THIRTY-FOUR . PAGES. ¥ ¥ “®) M ns Associated Press. TWO CENTS. post office, Wa. AT, OF L APPEALS 10 GOVERNMENT T0 AID UNEMPLOYED Representative Tells Senate Group U. S. Cannot “Shirk Its Responsibility.” DEMANDS TOO GREAT ‘ FOR CITIES AND STATES Declares Mining Section of Penn- sylvania Needs $15,000,000 for Winter Relief. By the Assoclated Press The American Federation of Labor today threw the full force of its in- fluence squarely behind the drive for direct Federal appropriations for un- employment relief Edward F. McGrady, legislative rep- resentative of the federation, told Benate manufactures subcommittee a national emergency exists which can be met only by the Federal Governmen He estimated 7,500,000 will be out work next year. It was the first time the federation has taken a stand on the issue of Federal relief, to which President Hoover is opposed The only Senators who heard Mc- | Grady's testimony were La Follette, | Republican, of Wisconsin, and Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado. They are sponsoring” bills for Federal appropria- t. of Writer Dies GAS TAX INCREASE S DENOUNCED BY LEADERS OF A.A.A. Special Committee Holds Levy Should Be Devoted Only to Street Construction. L WEIGHT TAX OPPOSED RICHARD V. OULAHAN. arris-Ewing Photc RICHARD OULAHAY - FAMED REPORTER DIES OF PNEUMONIA New York Times Correspond- ent Served in World War Zone and Far East. Richard V. Oulahan, famous paper correspondent, for years head of | news- ON PRIVATE AUTOS Any Kind of Special Levy on Pas- senger Cars and Dealer Tag Hike Hit. Vigorous condemnation of the hill sed by the House to double the Dis- ot of Columbia gasoline tax is voiced report submitted to the Advisory ard of the District of Columbia di- vision of the American Automobile Association today by & special commit- tee on motor vehicle taxation created by the board. The committee brands as “that most obnoxious of all practices” the pro- posal to levy upon motorists taxes which would be diverted to purposes other than street and highway con- struction and maintenance. “Any plan which proposes such di- version,” it was reported, “cannot be condemned too severely.” The committee also opposed any kind of a weight tax on private passenger- carrying vehicles. The committee voiced opposition to any increase in the cost of automobile dealer license plates, expressing the belie! that such cost would ultimately e | | | | | i CARS MAY OPERAT TOFEB. TIFTITLE S | | S Couzens Demands That Congress Cut ' Own Salaries First ashes for Cabinet Mem- DENOCRATSBOLKT RODSEVELTTOEND i | Gen. Tamon’s Fore By the Associated Press. CHINCHOW, Manchuria, Dec Hsueh-Liang’s last stand. | said they were aboard what appe: 1over the line before it is comm | Chinchow. | | {southward today toward Lanshan 'CHANG’S TROOPS QUIT CHINCHOW AS JAPAN CONTINUES CAMPAIGN Former Manchurian War Lord Begins Evacuation to Point South of Great Wall. CIVILIAN REFUGEES SEARCHED ON WAY OUT OF ACTIVE ZONE es Occupy Strategic Positions Commanding Important Railway Junction Near Objective. ember 30.—The Japanese military machine apparently had cleared the way today for a direct advance into Chinchow, as Chinese soldiers began to evacuate Marshal Chang Travelers arriving from Mukden at midnight last night by train ared to be the last train to be run andeered for troop transport into Meanwhile, a number of trainloads of Chinese troops moved , inside the Great Wall, and other | Chinese forces to the east of here were withdrawing rapidly west- | ward. i | Populace Leav . The Chinese tion, toward whic opulace at Kowpangtze, important railwa, a new Japanese attack was directed an es Kowpangtze. junc- which be passed on to the purchaser. | The committee requested full hear- | ings for the District of Columbia divis- was _expected to be occupied later in the day, was in the greatest the Washington bureau of the New Yo iconfusion. Everybody was attempting to crowd on the already | Times, died early this afternoon tions of $250,000,000 and $375,000,000, respectively. of | | bers Also Proposed Before | nd trains. He Federal aid also was asked by other witnesses. Benjamin Demands Hearing. ‘This afternoon’s hearing was inter- rupted by Herbert Benjamin, leader of the recent unemployment marchers, who demanded to be heard as a repre- sentative of the unemployed. Chairman La Follette told him he would be heard if the committee had time after scheduled witnesses had tes- tified. “We insist upon being heard,” Benja- min said. “It appears this committee does not desire to hear “You will be in order, sal La Follette d. 1 will be in order when we are per- mitted to testify,” Benjamin replied “We were gagged on December 7 and we don't intend to be gagged again.” “You will not get far with threats,” La Follette said. “We are not making threai Jjamin replied, as he finally took again. Unable to Meet Demands. Many States, cities and isolated dis- " Ben- his seat tricts “frankly admit they are unable | to meet the demands that are being made upon them for relief for the needy,” McGrady told the subcom- mittee “Is our Federal Government going to allow untold numbers of our American citizens to suffer, if indeed they do not die, from cold and hunger in the com- ing months, which will undoubtedly be the worst period of hardships that this Nation has ever witnessed? “Or will the Federal Government pro- tect the health and lives of our men, women and children by liberally as- sisting the States, cities and isolated districts that are unable to help them- selves? Opportunity to Renew Faith. “It is the belief of the American Fed- eration of Labor that the national law- makers should not shirk this respon- sibility. Indeed, it is a great oppor- tunity for the Federal Government to renew the faith of the people in their Government, a faith that has been badly shattered in the last three years.” McGrady said the federation has con- tributed $52,000,000 in the past two years to its Deedy membership. “We are going to try to assist our members as much as possible,” he said, “but with unemployment increasing, we very much fear that we will have to call upon the public authorities to assist us in carrying this load.” Government Only Agency. “The American Federation ‘of Labor has always felt that the problem of caring for the unemployed and the destitute is first & local problem to be solved by the community, but when it is impossible for the community to do so, the country or State should lend assistance,” the witness explained. “If the States and communities admit that it is absolutely impossible for them to aid in this relief then the only agency that can be looked to is the Federal government, and we are in favor of liberal appropriations in order that human lives might be saved and hunger, misery and want alleviated.” In December the federation’s figures showed 6,000,000 were getting three days or less work & week “Of this number,” McGrady warned “there is a large percentage who have been out of work for a very long period of time and whose resources are en- tirely exhausted.” Citing conditions among miners in Indiana, Tllinois, Tennessee. Ohio, Ken- tucky and Pennsylvania, he said more than 200,000 have been out of work for | & year or more. “In the mining sections of Pennsy vania they need ot once not less than ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8. HUN pneumonia. He was 64 years old | had been critically ill for several ca at his Georgetown home, 1518 Thirt first street, but last night rallied and his recovery had been hoped for Funeral services will be held at 10:30 | o'clock Saturday merning, but the place had not been selected this afternoon Interment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery. | | | Colorful Newspaper Figure. In the death of “Dick” Oulahan, the newspaper world loses a colorful figure | who for nearly a half century occupied a commanding place in his profession. Born in this city May 23, 1867, the son of Richard Oulahan and Mary | | Proud Oulahan, young Oulahan ob- | tained his education in public and pri- | vate schools here and began his jour- nalistic career on the Washington | Critic in 1886. | In 1888 he went to Roanoke, Va., where he was news editor and associate | | editor of the Roanoke Daily Telegram | (now the Rcanoke Times) until 1889, |when he returned to Washington to| {Jjoin the United Press bureau, with | which he was associated until 1897 | From that year until 1912 Mr. Oula- ! |han was with the New York Sun, first | as assistant and then chief correspond- ent in the Washington bureau, and afterward as publisher and chief Euro- pean correspondent. In 1912, Mr. Oulahan joined the New York Times, being appointed chicf correspondent, the post he held until his death. Covered Vital Events, In his long years as a newspaper man, he covered many ouistanding happenings of international import He was chief of the Sun staff at the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference at Portsmouth, N. H, in 1905, and head- ed the Times staff at the American- Mexican Peace Conference at Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1914; at the Paris Peace Conference in 1918-19, and at the Arms Conference here in 1921, He had been an intimate friend of Presidents and their associates since the | McKinley administretion, and in 1908 acted as director of publicity for the | winning campaign of William Howard Taft His birthplace was a particular ir terest to Mr. Oulahan and he was r ognized as an authority on Washington He was a member of the Columbia Historical Society, had written a book on Washington, and possessed a notable collection of Washingtoniana In his profession, Mr. Oulahan was accounted an authority on naval and foreign affairs, with which his asso- ciation dated back to the time of the Spanish-American War. He went to the Far East for the Times in 1923 and 1924. Was Married Twice. Mr. Oulahan was twice married. His first ' wife, Miss Anne McGowan of Washington, to whom he was wedded in 1892, died several years ago. His second wife was Miss Sue Courts of Washington, whom he married in 1919 She survives him, with their children, Courts Oulahan and Susan Courts Oulahan, as does a son by the first marriage, Richard V. Oulahan, jr., who resides in_Asteville, Mr. Oulahan was a member of the Gridiron Club, of which he was presi- dent in 1911, the Cosmos, National Press and Alfalfa Clubs and the Over- seas Writers, whose chalrman he was in_1921 regret by President Hoover, who was expected to send his condolences to the family. The White House Correspondents Association named seven of its members to represent it at the funeral They are: J. Russell Young, The Washington Star; Paul R. Mallon, United Press; Robert B. Armstrong, Los Angeles Times; George E. Durno, Inter- national News Service; John E. Nevin, Minneapolis Star; Edward T. Folliard, Washington Post, and Thomas F. Ed- munds, United States Daly GARY AWARDS REPARATIONS 'DUE GREECE TO HORSE DEALER Makes Partial Payment on 1907 Deal Without Waiting for Decision on Debt. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 30 —The Hungarian ministry of justice, without waiting to see what happens to reparations payments next month, today awarded I;zarv. of Greece's share 0 a Hungarian horse dealer. The horse dealer’s claim d: to 1907, when his father, ates back Moritz Schwarz, contracted to deliver horses| which Hungary is supposed to pay to to the Greck government and deposited & $90,000 bond in Athens. A disnute #rose over dcliveries and the World War began before Schwars could get his ) bond back, Efforts of the son, Ignatz Schwarz, | to collect resulted in his imprisonment | later at Athens as a spy suspect, but on his return he appealed to the Hun- garian courts, with the result that the ministry of justice finally has awarded him $20,000 and grant:d an attach- | ment against the reparations balance | Greece, | Hungary, therefore, will not be obli- | gated to consider further reparat.ons payments to Greece | dealer has bzen paid. | tax on automobiles News of his death was received with | unlf‘ the hcrse ion of the association on the Mapes proposals before the Senate committees which are considering the proposed 4- cent gasoline tax bill and the weight tax. Recommends Code. Declaring that the Mapes plan would impose on the District motoring public “far in excess of the just and proper share which the motorist of the Dis- trict should be called upon to pay,” the commi ‘tee recommended adoption by the loc1l division of the association the | followir g principles “1. That the District of Columbia | Division of the American Automobile Association shall and does vigorously oppose any measure or proposal which | would seek to divert any funds raised | from motor vehicle taxation to purpose other than the construction, replace- ment and maintenance of streets and highways.” “2. That the motorists of the District of Columbia should be called upon to pay only a reasonable and just share of the cost of construction, replacement and maintenance of highways in the District of Columbia. “3. That the District of Columbia Division of the American Automobile | Association opposes any effort to raise | through any form of motor vehicle tax- ation any sum in excess of the require- ments &s determined by a reasonable program of highway construction. Would Limit Levy. That we recommend that a weight | levied on proper | basis and not to yield in excess of the total income from the present registra- tion and personal property tax would | be a more just and equitable basis of taxation than the present personal property tax on automobiles, which is difficult to pay and even more difficult to collect; and further, that such a weight tax should be properly graduated by the different types of vehicles with respect to weight and tire equipment “5. That the District of Columbia | division of the American Automobile Association record its opposition to any | increase in the cost of automobile | dealer license plates due to the fact that such cost must ultimately be passed on to the consumer—the motor vehicle owner. “6. That the District of division of the American Automobile Association shall request a hearing be- fore the committee of the Senate of the United States, which is to consider the bills proposing a 4-cent gasoline tax and an automobile weight tax as out- y and that hearings shall also be request- ed before any such other committees as may consider these two bills or any form of motor vehicle taxation.” Signed By Johnson. ‘The report is signed by Pyke John- son, ckairman of the Special Commit- tee, end the following committee mem- bers: Arthur Carr, Walter B. Guy Theodore P. Noyes and Dr. E. G. Sei- bert The report is divided into two phases, the first a presentation of facts and | figures upon which the committee's | findings are based, the second on an (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ' TRAFFIC LEAGUE FIGHTS PROPOSED RAIL MERGER | - . | | Union of C. & 0. With Illinois Line | | Opposed by Southern | | | Group. By the Associated Press The Southern Traffic League today proiested to the Interstate Commerce Commission_against the plan of East- ern railroads to make the Chicago & Eastern Illinols Railway a part of the! Chesapeake & Ohio system in the four- system consolidatiorr. The road, under the commission's consolidation plan, made public in 1929, was assigned to the Chicago & Northwestern. The protest did not suggest any sys- tem to which the Chicago & Eastern Tllinois might be attached. It pointed out the road is an important link in the North-and-South movement of traffic and was designed and planned primarily for that particular purpose Assignment to an East-and-West trunk line system, it contended, would ulti- mately disorganize and ' disrupt the flow of North-and-South traffic. i SHIP WRECKAGE FOUND LONDON, December 30 (#).—A mes- sage to Lloyd's from Koenigsberg Germany, today said a lifebuoy and some wreckage from the missing steam- er -Liro has been found off the coast of East Prussia. The steamer left Hull, England, De- cember 10. It is an Esthonian ship and carried & crew of 17 and some pas- sengers. It has not been reported since December 13. Radio l;;p;l;l; on Page B-11 Columbia | lined in the Mapes Committee report, | SOUGHT TOMORRO Van Duzer Asks States.to| Recognize 1931 D. C. Tags for 30 Days. Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer wrote today to*motor vehicle commissioners of all States requesting recognition of 1931 District automobile tags until February 1. The commis- sioners of Maryland and Virginia ad- vised The Star the request would be granted. At the same time Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, came to the aid of the 12,000 procrasti- | nating motorists whose cars have not been titled, with an order to the force | to permit operation of the untitled cars until Pebruary 1. if the owners apply for a title before the close of the year A receipt from the traffic department, indicating that the car owner has ap- plied for a title, will prevent arrest. Can Operate for Month. Heretofore Mr. Van Duzer had an- nounced that the traffic act forbids the operation of an untitled car after Jan- | uary 1. Gen. Glassford, however, took | the position that the filing of an appli- cation for a title complied with the intent of the law. His decision will permit thousands of car owners to| operate for a month without fear of arrest it they go to the traffic depart- ment, at 462 Louisiana avenue, before closing time tomorrow, make formal ap- | plication for a title and get a receipt.| Drivers of all cars carrying 1931 tags during January will be required to carry a receipt indicating that the car either has been titled or that applica- tion has been filed for a title | Mr. Van Duzer said it would not be | necessary for the owners of cars whose | vehicles have been titled to carry the | title_certificte, if they had in their possession something to show that the title had been issued. Gen. Glassford's order _directing | leniency toward motorists whose cars { have not been titled, was distributed | by Capt. B. A. Lamb, acting supervisor |of the Traffic Bureau in the absence |of Inspector E. W. Brown. In view of this order Capt. Lamb said h2 ex- | pected “very few” arrests would be| i made on account of the title situation. Expect Reciprocity. | Mr. Van Duzer said he expects motor vehicle commissioners in all States to | extend recognition of 1931 District tags | until February 1, in view of existing automobile reciprocal relations. A num.- | ber of the States already have asked the District to extend the time limit on cars from their jurisdiction in the Dis- | trict after January 1, and the request has been granted | Virginia is_one of the Btates. Cars (Continued on Page 3, Column %.) INDIAN STRIKE CALLED “Want Show‘ Bombay Group Wants to Strength of Workers. BOMBAY, December 30 (#)—The | Executive Committee of the Trade Union Congress—left wing of India’s labor movement—today announced a call for a one-day strike throughout the country on February 4 to demonstrate to the government the strength of the workers. BOY SHOT IN HEART IMPROVES AS BLOOD PUMPS OUT BULLET Missile Pushed Into Artery Rounds Arcl’l of Aorta at Base of Neck and Passes On to By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 30. | —Shot in the heart, & boy here was saved when the blood pushed the .22- | caliber bullet into an artery. The bullet finally lodged in the boy's groin, where surgeons said today it would be permitted to remain for the th ing. g Harry Besharre, was shot by a playmate Saturday. He was reported | i ondition. " ogdb:uec lodged in the wall of the he 's left auricle. Expansion and r;:{::cuoen of the heart muscles worked it into the suricle, with a blood clot building up behind it preventing hemor- rhage. F IN VIGE INQUIRY Workers’ Pay Is Touched. Congressional leaders were told to- day by Senator Couzens, Republican, | | Michigan, to start any salary slssh!ng‘ | in the Government with 25 per cent | | cuts in their own pay checks before go- ing to the workers. “This business of cutting salaries is starting at the wrong point,” asserted Couzens “Let us make a 25 per cent | cut in the salaries of members of Con- | gress and cabinet members. | “When we have first evidenced our | willingness to make sacrifices, then it | will be time to discuss reductions lor‘ others. “I favor this especially, since mem- | bers of Congress have six to nine | montks a year in which to engage in | other remunerative enterprises.” | GIRLS ARE GUARDED | Gang Reprisals Feared After Testimony of White Slave Ring Is Given. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | PHILADELPHIA, December 30— | Having opened an extensive drive here against two vice rings allegedly traf- | ficking in young girls in the District of Columbia and seven Eastern States, the Federal Government today is holding | its witnesses under guard for fear of possible gang reprisals. Two young women who testified at a hearing before the United States commissiorier here yesterday are being held in the House of Detention in Washington at their own request. It | is understood they expressed fear they might be killed for having testified. First public knowledge of the drive was gained at yesterday's hearing when | Chester Renzuli, 34, of Philadelphia, | was held in $5,000 bond for an extra- dition hearing after 18-year-old Jose- phine Shubert told how he had taken her to 13 different roadhouses for im- moral purposes during the past year and a half. Use Gangster Methods. ‘The two gangs, one in Philadelphia and one in Baltimore, are said to have | adcpted the tactics of the Chicago liquor | racketeers—that is, they enter into an | agreement with the proprietor of a | road house to furnish girls at a certain price, and any attempt to secure girls from’ another source at lower prices is confronted with machine guns and other traditional weapons of gangsters. A number cf recent road house shodtings, including that last month at the Old Colonial Tea House, Bladens- burg, Md., are said to have resulted from attempts to defy the gangs. _ Miss_Shubert, also known as Jean | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | Groin. Once inside the heart, the bullet passed into the left ventricle, then was forced up the aorta (largest artery of the body), through another large artery leading through chest and abdomen and into the left iliac artery, which carries blood to the left leg. The missel now is in the femoral artery. Doctors said had the bullet failed to round the arch of the aorta at the base of the neck it would have gone through the carotid artery leading to the head and, on reaching the base of the brain, would have caused death. The physicians hope the bullet will work farther down in the femoral ar- tery to a point in the left leg where it can be removed without danger. THIRD PARTY TALK Westerners and Independents Look Upor. New Yorker With Favor. Western Democrats today seized upon the threatened Republican split for a third party to advance the cause of Gov. Roosevelt of New York as the best man to meet this situation. Senator Dill of Washington, in a formal statement, declared the best way for the Democratic party to meet the threat and even the creation of a third party in 1932 will be to nominate Franklin D. Reosevelt for President. Senator Wheeler of Montana asserted that unless Roosevelt “or some liberal” were nominated by the Democrats a third party is inevitable. Some of the Republican independents who are bolting President Hoover and talking of a third party movement are inclined to look favorably upon Roose- velt should he be nominated by the Democrats. Norris Favors Roosevelt. Senator Norris of Nebraska, the like- ly head of a third party ticket, 1s known to be inclined favorably to the New York Governor. It is generally conceded that should Roosevelt be nominated by the Demo- crats, there would be less likelihood of a third ticket. However, the fight against renomina- tion of President Hoover is the first problem of the Republican independ- ents, Only today Senator Norris signalized the differences within the party over the President. He took notice of an at- tack directed at the Republican inde- pendents, as attributed in stories pub- lished today to Charles D. Hilles, party committeeman for New York. The Senator said if Hilles could get his way and drive from the party all members dissatisfied with Hoover “he won't have enough left to make the necessary pallbearers for the corpse.” _It_was one of the most emphatic MAIL BOMB KILLS POST OFFICE CLERK Three Others Seriously Hurt by Infernal Machine in Easton, Pa. By the Associated Press EASTON, Pa, December 30.—One clerk was killed and three others seri- | ously injured today when a bomb in a mail package exploded post division of the Easton Post Office. Edward Werkheiser died in a hospital shortly after his admission. John House is in the Easton Hospital with both forearms blown off, one eye blown out and other injuries which may result in his death. Arlington A. Albert is c1so in the hos- pital. His condition is reported as fair. Clarence Keller was ordered to his home. His condition was not considered serious. The entire post office was thrown into confusion. All work was suspended as explosive experts and State, county and city police began an investigation. Five other packages, believed to have been mailed by the same persons who madiled the one which exploded, are be- ing examined. The explosive is believed to have been mailed by two young men, described as forelgners. AL the same time they mailed five other packages, addressing all of them in the lobby of the post office.: Rev. P. T. Stengle, pastor of Men- nonite Brethren in Christ Church, was in the lobby addressing some mail and saw the two young men at work.. He said they had left the building only five minutes when the explosion shook the place. Werkheiser was able to give police a short statement before he died. He said he and the other clerks were sus- piclous of the packages and were of the opinion they did not contain the merchandise that was declared, so they began to open one of trem. House had both hands on the pack- age, which was resting on a scale, when it exploded. The steel scale was twisted like wire and was thrown about 10 feet, carrying with it parts of House’s hands. ‘Werkheiser was standing beside House and he aj ntly had one of his hands on the scall§ for it, too, was torn off. | jammed southbou in the parcel | Travelers from Mukden last for long K | searched hundreds of Chinese civ: The few foreigners who were at Hsinmintun, where a thorough nese, they themselves were eyed nese were molested. |One, Horribly Mangled, May Die as Result of Explosion of Plane Flares. Two men were hurt, one critically, when an explosion wrecked a loading platform at the Naval Research Labora- tories at Bellevue today. William C. Carver, 1523 8 street to Providence Hospital so horribly {live. "J. G. Lane, colored, street northeast, another civilian em- |ploye, was said at the hospital to be suffering mostly from shock. Newspaper men and police, first to sion, were denied admission to the grounds, but Admiral H. V. Butler, commandant of the Navy Yard, who is in charge of the laboratory, said the | two men were loading airplane flares | from a storehouse into a box car when i an_explosion occurred on the platform | between the two. | SUSPECT IS ARRESTED | By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, December 30.—A man giving his name as John Carder and his age as 20, was held by police here today for questioning in connec- tion with the slaying of 6-year-old Marian McLean of Cincinnati. The man was arrested on informa- | tion obtained from a houseman at a | ! home on the North Side where he had | asked for food | | Detectives said the man denied kill- | ing the child, but said it was ectak- lished he came to Indianapolis from Cincinnati on the day the body was found. Officers described the suspect as a half-breed Indian. They said he seemed below normal in mentality. RUSSIA FIGHTS PLAGUE | | :MOSCOW, December 30 | the Persian border between the towns jof Ordubad and Astar because of an i outbreak of plague in the Persian vil- reports to the Tass Agency said. ‘The reports said the plague had been in existence there for two months ana 22 deaths have resulted. Spain Has Officer Surplus. MADRID, December 30 (#).—The ministry of marine today ordered that no entrants be accepted at the naval academies in 1932 besause of a surplus of officers. Similar action was taken six months ago regarding en- { trants at the military academies g NAVAL LABORATORY BLAST HURTS TWO southeast, a civilian employe, was taken | | mangled it was thought he could not | 5337 Hay | arrive on the scene after the explo-| IN OHIO CHILD SLAYING | () —The | | Russian_frontler was closed today on | lage of Mirali, in the Ardebil district, | night said their train was delayed eriods at a number of stations while Japanese soldiers ilians. Women, as well as men, in many cases, thev said, were forced to remove ¢ll their heavy layers { of Winter clothing as the search proceeded. on the train said when it arrived search was conducted by the Japa- suspiciously, but none except Chi- | One Chinese passenger riding in a | first-class coach, an employe of the | American Trade Commissioner’s Office, was forced to undergo the search, they | said, in spite of the fact that he car- ried letters of identity from the trade commissioner and from the Japanese | consul general at Mukden. West of Hsinmingtun the train crossed the “no man's land” of the present conflict, but the area was quiet. Most stations were patrolled by village militia, many of whom wore arm bands with the inscription, “The righteous, brave army.” When the train arrived at each sta- tion, villagers crowded up to the win- dows, asking, “When are the Japanese coming?” Practically no Chinese troops were visible along the route, they said, except a small guard, which accompa- nied the train to Tahusan, where the Chinese Railway running northward to Tungliao joints the main line of the Peiping-Mukden system. Fired at Planes. Three travelers from the West said | their train was frequently stopped at sidings to allow troop trains, westward bound, to pass. Japanese bombing planes flew over Kowpangtze yesterday and dropped & few bombs, killing one soldier and wounding several civilian bystanders. The Chinese soldiers fired their rifles at the planes, but did not hit them. Scattered groups of Chinese troops were gathering to oppose the Japanese westward advance, but the main por- | tions of the Chinese forces were steadily withdrawing from the area east of Chinchow. NEARBY POL S TAKEN. Tahushan and Kowpangize Fall Japanese Invaders. MUKDEN, Manchuria, December 30 (#).—Gen. Kamura's Japanese brigade, | advancing_westward from Hsinmintun, captured Tahushan at 2:35 p.m. today and continued on toward Kowpangtze. A powerful contingent of Gen. Ta- mon’s _division, proceeding northward from Panshan’ in armored trains, oc- cupled the outskirts of the important railway junction Kowpangtze at 6 p.m. and made camp for night. The advance from Hsinmintun' be- gan early this morning. Move in Motor Trucks. One regigent moved in motor trucks | and the oter, which entrained at Muk- den, continued on by train from Hsin= mintun at 7 am. The fact that the vanguard was using motor trucks was taken to indicate the Japanese expected little resistence in the early stages of the progress. A | large Chinese concentration, |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) to DAWES SAILS FOR U. S. Ambassador to England Comes to Confer With Hoover. LONDON, December 30 (#).—Am- bassador Charles G. Dawes left for Southampton today to sail for the | United States on the liner Furops. He | is making the trip for conferences with | President Hoover and Secretary Stim- son preliminary to the opening of the World Disarmament Conference = at Geneva, where he will head the Amer- ican delegation. He plans to return to Europe with the other members of the delegation about January 20. BANDIT, 17, HOLD By the Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., December 30.— tured in a gasoline station near here at 3 am. today, 17-year-old Stanley Krok of Detroit was a busy young man. Here is how the police say he occupied him- self during the two and a half hours preceding his capture: 12:30 a.m.—Held up a Detroit gaso- | line station, forced five men and a woman into the oiling pit and escaped with $90 and a stolen automobile. 12:45 a.m—Held up a Detroit restau- rant, locked the proprietor and seven | customers in the basement and escaped Until he was knocked down and cap- | S UP 17 PEOPLE IN BUSY TWO HOURS AND HALF Youth Commandeers Chauffeur and Limousine, Battles Police and Is Captured in Another City. with $233 and another stolen car. 1:05 a.m.—Appeared at the Fort Shelby Hotel in Detroit and forced a chauffeur to drive him away in a limousine, 1:30 am.—Held up another Detroit gasoline station, robbed three men of | $30, shot at the patrons and escaped in | the limousire, still driven by the chauf- feur. 1:50—Exchanged shots with police near Dearborn. 3 am.—Captured while trying to hold up a gasoline station near Ann Arbor. The police said Krok confessed all < | the robberies.