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JAPANESE TROOPS " REACH CHINCHOW Arm'y Crosses Taling River| Preparatory to Taking City Tomorrow. /By the Associated Press MUKDEN, Manchuria, January 1— ¥ 'Jipanese cavalry clattered across the | Jice on the Taling River today and ~¥topped at the outskirts of Chinchow, 3China’s last Manchurian stronghold. | §i"This was an advance patrol from the main body of the brigade encamped on - the north =ide of the river. 4" There was no resistance. The Chi- znese defenders continued leaving the | » walled city in great numbers and pre- | <#umably the Japanese intended to take 43t over tomorrow ° Most of the Japanese brigade was to cross the Taling tonight, so as to be in | Tposition to move on with the dawn. | S obvious that the Chinese had o on of resisting this side of the great wall and it was altogether possible that the Japanese would keep on the aheels of the retreating army clear cown ikwan, at the very edge of the Maj. Gen. Miyake, chief of staff for Gen. Honjo, told the Associated Press tonight “Our campaign against bandits will +follow the Chinese troops as far as is # necessary—to London or Paris even. At aleast we'll wipe out the bandit menace vest of the Liao River.” »" Gen. Jiro Tamon's brigade remained at Kowpangtze and was reorganizing athe city and its environs. The weather ~was bright and unusually mild for this :climate. The temperature was 10 de- agrees above zero CHINCHOW IN TERROR. Populace Hears 1,000 Bandits Are Head- 3 ed for City. CHINCHOW, Manchuria, January 1 ) —A situation bordering on terror- ism was created here last night by a yeport that a group of 1,000 Chinese bandits, instigated by the Japanese, ~were advancing on the city from the . mortheast. The already terror-stricken popula- tion feared a reign of unrestrained loot- wing and disorder. Communication with the East was sybroken and it was impossible to ascer- staifi the conditions in the areas re- Jcently occupied by the Japanese army. Complete confusion ruled in the rail- yway yards as fleeing civilians, includ- -ing large numbers of women and chil- dren, sought to entrain for the South, L belleving every train would be the last ~ibefore the Japanese occupy the city. Zr. The mayor assured the foreign mili- itary observers who are here that they ,would be safe CHINESE CABI T INSTALLED. Inauguration of New Regime Limited to Simple Ceremonies. % NANKING, China, January 1 (#).— China’s new Nationai government head- «€d by the veteran Lin Sen and com- I posed of & cabinet most of whose mem- o bers are identified with the Cantonese ‘faction, was formally instelled in office “today. 4. There were only the simplest cere- imonies and the oustomary New Year {/military parade and official receptions y-were omitted. ——— "ROVER SEEKS BAN ON 3 MAGAZINES n - /Two Already Ordered Remoted ® From Circulation in Drive Against Indecency. o Three recently launched comic maga- rines may be banned from Washington 'newstands in & drive to be conducted Py Leo A. Rover, United States attor- ey, he revealed today. . Two magazines of an objectionable hature already, have been ordered re- ‘moved from circulation. Mr. Rover has Sander consideration a plan to ban thres “other publications because of their car- *toons. It was said no arrests would be made unless necessary. Instead, the whole- sale dealers would be requested to cease voluntarily distributing the periodicals. ! MISSING 7 HOURS, GIRL BARES ATTACK| vEight-Year-0ld Tells of Being Kid- naped and Kept Prisoner at Columbus, Ohio. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 1.—Seven hours after she was kidnaped, Adda B. Rubl, 8, returned dazed to her home éarly today. She was taken to & hos-| pital by police, who said she had been | criminally assaulted | Officials said the girl told them she ‘was seized while on an errand for her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Rubl | early last night and held captive sev- | eral hours in a garage by an unidenti- fied man. | | of the 'HE EVENING Found Gagged BROMSLOW GOLKOSKT Who was found bound and gagged in Rock Creek Park early today. PROCTOR ASSAILS Oldest Inhabitants Chronicle of Year Bcfore Going to White House. Hear their New Year call of courtesy on President Hoover today, members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants heard Chairman Mapes of the Fiscal Relations Committee of the House criticized for his tax program, which would impose additional bur- dens upon the District of Columbia. John Clagett Proctor, chronicler of the association, in his’ review of the past year touching on high points of interest both in this country and abroad said in relation to the tax situation here “The Mapes committee says we're a bad lot, tax dodgers and things. Incides for he speaks for the commitiee—says Congress contributes too much toward the District expenses and suggests the amount be cut to $6,500.000 and he wants to double the gasoline tax. He wants an income tax for the District instead of an intangible tax, a grad- uated automobile weight tax and an estate tax.” “Mr. Mapes is certainly no friend to the District.” Cites Ratio Repeal. Referring to repeal by the House of the 60-40 organic ratio law for con tribution of the local and Federal Gov- ernmenis toward support of the Dis- trict, Mr. Proctor declared: “Maybe some of our invertebrate Washingto- nians will wake up before this is all over. Too many of them are lying back and letting George do the work. If there ever was a time calling for & united protest from the citizens, the hour has arrived.” The chronicler praised Theodore W. Noyes, president of the association, for a Tadio address delivered December 21 for “National Representation” over Radio Station WRC and the network of the National Broadcastin® Co. Mr. Proctor characterized the radio address as “convincing and irrefutable.” Census figures quoted during the year's reports by Mr. Proctor showed ihere were 341,465 people of voting age “in_this disfranchised city.” The speaker referred at length to the dedication of the District of Columbia World War memorial on Armistice day. New Members Added. Preliminary plans for the regular Washington's birthday ceremonies of the association on February 22 were an- nounced by President Noyes from the chair. The speaker of the day, he said, would be Allen Clark, president of the Columbla Historical Society J. Eliot Wright, secretary of the asso- clation, read & letter from W. W. Ma- honey, s member of the association, concerning celebration recently of the latter's birthday. Several new members were added as follows: George Combs, Vernon Mar- tin Dorsey, John W. Garner, William S. Hatton, John Philip Herrman. William T. Marshall, Arthur May, Harry G. Meem, Arthur Peter, William T. Pler- son, Thomas _S. Sergeon, John C. ter, Francis R. Hagner, W. W. Millan, Walter J. Proctor, S. J. Sabatka, Wil- liam W. Conner, William S. Johnson, Ernest W. Bradford, C. Clinton James, Franklin P, Nesh Morris Stein, Caleb C. Clarke Headed by Vice Presidents. Following the regular business meet- ing &t the old Union Engine House, the members went in & group of cars to the White House, where they made their annual ar call on the President States, House was_headed by s in attendance—John Percy B. Israel, Charles George Spransy and John Prior to Inited to the White the vice presid Clagett Proc A. Langley R._Mahoney. In the delegation was Frank B. Kelly, a recently elected member, who for 26 vears was & member of the White House Police Force, has personally known 13 Presidents and was making his first call on & President as & mem- Shortly after she disappearsd police frind her cap in & dark alley within a “block of her home. A city-wide search was ordered, but no trace of her was feund until she returned and told of the attack | After being treated at a hospital the child went with a radio cruiser crew to a point near her home. where she | identified the garage in which she had | been imprisoned and molested She told police her abductor was & well dressed white man. Authorities | #aid the description fitted that of & man | arrested several months ago in a similar sttempted attack SIX CHILDREN KILLED BY GAS STOVE FUMES Four in Michigan Family and Two Who Cared for Them Found Dead by Mother. ated Press VILLE, Mich, January 1— A working mother returned home last night to find her four children, and two older children who cared for them during her absence, dead in a gas-filled house Investigators said one of the children probably had opened the jets of & gas stove. " /Phe dead children of Mr. and Mrs Steghen McClure are Olive, 9; Rayfield, :“Phyllis, 4, and_ Rowley, 2. The others, children of Mr, and Mrs, Levi $. Earl, are Martha, 16, and Shirley, 10. Both Mr. and Mrs. McClure afe em- x;oy«i. The Earl children were sister d brother of Mrs. McClure. A neighbor, Charles E. Miller, who fesponded to the distracted mother's screams, helped her carry the bodies $uto the open. | | . < Japanese Embassy Stoned. BERLIN, January 1 (#)—Two rocks, ber of the association. HOLIDAY FIRE IN CAVE TAKES L Two Others Hurt as Roof Crumbles While They Prepare for New Year Feast. By the Assoclated Press WATERLOO, Ohio, January 1.—Fire built to make & cave a pleasant place to celebrate New Year eve with a card geme and turkey roast caused tons of earth to crumble and crush out the lives of three men and injure two others last nij The dead: Samuel Cooper, 63. Amos Woolum: Paris Cooper, 55. The injured Roy. of Amos The Woolum brothers, with their father, George Woolum, a farmer, went to the cave yesterday afterncon, gath- ered firewood and started a roaring fire for their party. Awaiting the feast, the five men went into the cave, the roof of which con- sisted of a rock, overhanging about 20 feet, about 10 feet from the ground. Heated by the fire, the earth and rock dried and crumbled. Standing hear the cave entrance, George Woolum escaped and spread the alarm. Amos was killed injuries. Doherty Gets Florida Club. MIAMI. Fla, January 1 (P)— in red ‘cloth, were hurled o the glass panel of the front Ja of. panese s&r of youths who escaped un- embassy last night. leading fact life, today. MAPES' ATIITUDE other unkind | lly Chairman Mapss— | The delegation | IVES OF THREE 24, and John Woolum, 21, brothers | outright, Roy’s feet were crushed, while John Woolum escaped with only slight The Miam{ Biltmore Country Club, long a in south Florida winter e an official unit of = YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Ji Henry L. Doherty's $15,000,000 recrea- —The package sent to tion center, the Florida year-round club, 1 | | i FVE MORE BOVBS START WIOE HONT Italian Embassy Guarded as Internal Machines Turn Up in Four Cities. ___ (Continued From First Page.) “printing utensils,” and bore the re- turn address, “Itale Carlo Falbo, Il Pro- greseo Italo American, 42 Elm Street, New Yor Knowing he had not or- Gered any printing tools he refused to accept it from an express deliveryman, who later was found by the police. Shortly afterward officials of the ex- press company received word from New York of the package sent to Castruccio, and it was seized by police at a Sheri- dan Road address before it could do lany harm Meanwhile a special guard of police watched over the Italian Embassy here |at the request of Ambassador De Mar- tino. Inspector Albert J. Headley, act- ing superintendent of police, said he was not anticipating any trouble, but |had acceded to the request for the guards as a “precautionary measure.” Philadelphia reported that the home of Judge Harry S. McDevitt of the Common Pleas Court had been placed under a guard following receipt of bombing threats. Judge McDevitt sen- | tenced Orlando Spartaco, who was con- victed of heckling Foreign Minister Dino Grandi of Italy when the latter visited in Philadelphia. Spartaco ap- Ip(‘aled. i THIRD VICTIM DIES Easton Explosives Expert Expires— Two Suspects Are Ileld. EASTON, Pa. January 1 (#)—Fed- eral authorities today continued to seek the key to & murder by mail plot which snuffed out the lives of three persons. Death claimed a third victim last night when Charles V. Weaver, 49, an explosive expert, died of injuries re- ceived Wednesday as he attempted to open one of five packages contcining bombs after two others exploded in the post office here, killing two_clerks. Shortly after his death State police took into custody two New York men; from whom they hoped to obtain clues that may lead to solution of the mys- | tery, Suspected Red Held. The suspects, Jack Viola, 20, alleged ! to be an organizer of the Young Com- munists’ League, and Anthony Cipolla, alias Rossi, 20, were undergoing ques- tioning, although no charge had been lodged against them | _The pair were seen running from the | Easton” post office Wednesday shortly |after two of seven bombs, mailed by {men being sought, had exploded as they Wwere being examined by postal | clerks. Cipolla and Viola were appre- |hended at Rosetta Wednesday night, | but ~were released after questioning. | State police again took them into cus- | tody Iast night. RE | THREE IVED IN CHICAGO. | One Package, Exploded by Rifle Fire, i Could Wreck Block. | CHICAGO, January 1 (#).—Three | mysterious packages, at least one of| which contained a bomb of terrific force, were intercepted in Chicago yes- terday by police and postal inspectors. All were believed to contain infernal machines. Two of the packages were sent by | express from New York and one by | mail from Chicago. The first . two were addressed to Giuseppe Castruccio, Italian consul here, and Oscar Du- rante, editor of lTtalia, pro-Fascist| Italian language newspaper. The third was mailed to “Tony Masilla” in care of the Associated Press, No such name appears on the Associated Press em ployment roster. Police fired with a rifle at Durante's package, after taking it to the House of Correction Quarry, and it exploded with a terrific roar and force enough, Chief of Detectives William Scho:- maker said, “to blow up a whole city | block.” The detective said he be- {lleved it was composed of nitro- | glycerin and TN | Will Be Shot At Today | castruccio’s package likewise was | taken to the quarry, but was not to be shot at until today. A police guard was stationed at the site overnight to prevent any one approaching it. The package addressed to the Associated Press was given into custody of postal inspectors, who planned to dispose of it similarly The first parcel to come to the at- n of the authorities was that ad- dressed to Durante, sent by express from New York, and bearing the Te- turn address—-Italo Carlo Falbo, Il | Progresso Italo American, 42, Elm| | Street, New York.” It also bore the| | label, “Printing Utensils.” “Here's a late Christmas present for | you!” exclaimed C. W. Snell, the ex- press deliveryman, when he entered Durante’s office with the package. | " “The editor took one glance at the | parcel, remembered he had not ordered any printing tools, and shouted: | " “Take it out! ‘Take it out!" | Snell left and Durante notified po-| | Jice. | | | | Deliveryman Pursued. Several squads took up tbe pursuit of the deliveryman. He finally was | overtaken and the parcel taken from him | ™At detective headquarters efforts were | made to remove the outer Wrapping of | ! brown paper. A small tear revealed & piece of insulated wire dangling from & hole through a cigar-boxlike wooden container. A piece of adhesive tape | also was visible, but police, fearful lest an explosion occur, took it by automo- bile to the quarry. There it was ex- ploded. Soon after the Durante bomb was discovered officials of the express com- pany received word from New York that a similar parcel had been sent to | Castruccio. The package been re- | ceived in the Chicago express office and | already was on its way to be delivered | | at 4034 Sheridan road, the address on | the wrapping. Police rushed there and | found it had been delivered to a jani- | tor, They seized it and also took it to ! the quarry. | The parcel received by the Assoclated | | Press was stmilar in appearance to the | others. It was wrapped in brown paper | | with & second wrapping of white tissue | | paper bearing Christmas seals and | | “Tony Mastllo” written on the wrap-| ! ping. | | " Authorities said they believed it might have been addressed by mistake | to the news organization's office. ONE FOUND IN CLEVELAND. Package Addressed to Count Knocks, Down Distant Spectators. | CLEVELAND, January 1 (#).—Possi- | ble heavy loss of life and property de- | struction was averted yesterday by the discovery and removal of an unusually powerful bomb from the Italian con- sulate in downtown Cleveland. It had been addressed to Count Cesare P. A. Buzzl-Gradenigo, the Ital- ian consul for this district. Detectives took the bomb to a rifie range on the outskirts of the city and caused it to explode harmlessly by a vifie shot. The blast tore a deep hole in the ground and knocked down sev- eral of the spectators, who were not less than 150 yards away. OHIO PACKAGE EXPLODED. Bomb Sent to Youngstown Man Tears Hole 30 Feet in Diameter. 31 (@), AT consular agent, yesterday pepe, I {Former TAR, U. 5. AID DEFENDED BY JAMES . DAVIS Secretary Denies La Follette and Costigan Plans Constitute Dole. By the Associated Press. If the Senate Western Progressives’ bill for direct Federal unemployment elief comes to a vote in Congress they ay find support from a former mem- ber of President Hoover's cabinet. James J. Davis, who left the Secre- taryship of Labor to become junior Senator from Pennsylvania, says he is sympathetic to Federal relief, if it is shown to be necessary to prevent dis- tress this Winter. He let it be known today he does not consider the provisions of the La Fol lette and Costigan measures as_consti tuting a “dole.”” One provides for d tribution of $200,000.000 and the other $350,000,000 to existing welfare agen- cles. Plans Careful Study. Davis takes the position the vote of Congress would be on a temporary proposition to meet an emergency. “It would not be a governmental policy such as England set up with her dole,” he explained. Davis is not yet ready, however, to give blanket approval to the bills. A split by Davis with the admin- istration is not to his liking end the administration is opposed to direct re- lief. In his more than a year in the Senate he has differed only once with the President on legislation and that was on loans to war veterans on com- pensation certificates. Davis intends making a careful study of testimony before the La Follette committee before finally committing himself for or against the bills. Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsyl- vania will appear before the Senate Manufactures subcommittee next week to ask for Federal assistance to the jobless. The subcommittee already has a record bulging with testimony in favor of direct Federal appropriations. Lewis Also to Testify. The Pennsylvania Governor has long been an advocate of Federal aid to the unemployed and last Fall urged Presi- dent, Hoover to call & special session of Congress to consider the problem. John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers, also will testify Monday. He is expected to support the stand taken by the American Federation of Labor Wednesday in favor of Fed- eral appropriations. Later in the week Mayor Frank Mur- phy of De'rc ¢ and Edward L. Ryerson of Tlincis nan of the Governor's Commission on Unemployment, will be called The committee expects to conclude its Rearings by the end of next week. One of the last witnesses is expected to be Walter §. Gifford, national relief di- rector, who Wednesday reiterated his confidence that local take care of the relief problem. was found by police last night to have contained a powerful bomb. The bomb, exploded Wwhen police peured several quarts of gasoline over the package and set on fire by a long paper fuse, tore up the ground for 15 feet around it. Dirt was thrown for 100 feet. Automobiles parked 500 feet away were rocked. The package, about a foot and a half cquare, was sent by express, On it was the return address of G. T. Trambetto, 566 East Forty-fifth street, New York City. Becoming suspiclous, Dr. Rasapepe im- mediately turned the package over to the police. DETROIT AVOIDS DISASTER. Express Bomb Safely Exploded River Bank by Police. DETROIT, January 1 (#).—A bomb sent by express to Count Ugo Berni Canani, Itallan vice consul, at his hotel here, was exploded harmlessly on the river bank by police late yes- terday, after the count had refused to_accept it. The bomb was capable of “tremen- dous havoc,” Willlam Cavers, police expert, said, after police had set it off by fire. It was described by Cavers as a nitroglycerin bomb and the expert said he believed it had been set to go off when the hinged lid of the wooden box was lifted. Police took the box to the river and surrounded it with inflammable ma- terial, which was ignited. When the fire reached the box there was a ter- rific explosion. FIVE SENT FROM NEW YORK. on Gotham Police Notify Other Citles and Give Probers 40 Names, NEW YORK, January 1 (#)—Police Commissioner Mulrooney announced last night that five bombs were sent on December 29 from the American Railway Express station at Thirty- third street and Eighth avenue to ad- dresses in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Youngstown, Ohio In the announcement, in which the express company executives jolned Mulrooney, it was sald the company became suspicious of the packages after they had been sent and police were notified here. Commissioner Mulrooney then directed that the police of the four cities concerned be informed. The bombs sent from the express of- fice and those found in Easton, Pa., ap- parently were of the same manufacture Each of the packages was about 10 inches long, six inches deep and four inches wide. Bore Name of Editor. Police sald several of the packages bore the return address, “Dr. Italo Carlo Falbo,” editor of the newspaper 1l Progresso Italo Americano. One of these was the parcel directed to Mr. Durante in Chicago. Dr. Falbo sald he had sent no such package. Dr. Falbo himself was one of those persons to which the bomb packages intercepted in Easton were addressed. The 22 members of the police bomb squad were ordered to remain on duty n police headquarters until further notice. Commissioner Mulrooney asked newspapers to co-operate with him in advising prominent Italians to be un- usually careful about recelving pack- ages. E Detective George McCartney returned from Easton with one of the packages from which explosives had been re- moved. He said he supplied Easton police and post office officials with a list of 40 names of known anti-Fascists | and Communists, whom he said might | be considered suspects. Blames Plot on “Crank.” F. A. Herdling, special express com- nany investigator, began an immediate inquiry into the dispatch of the pack- ages, but was handicapped by the fact that express accounting offices were closed because of the holidays. Mean- time the opinion that the Easton bombs were sent by a person with a deranged mind “who is neither a Fas- cist nor an Italian,” was voiced by Dr, Charles Fama, prominent New York Italian. Dr. Fama is president of the Defend- ers of the Constitution of the United States. He explained the society had been brought in contact with all fac- tions of the anti-Fascist movement in the United States and then stated: “The Italian consul's office is trying to blame the anti-Fascists for sending these infernal machines. This accusa- tion is foolish and childish, if not ma- liciou Gencroso Pope, for whom investi- ! gators belleve one of the Easton, Pa., bomb packages was intended, has sent $1,000 to eash of the families of Edward W. Werkheiser and John B. House, postoffice clerks, who were fatally jn- Jured when the bombs exploded, WASHINGTON, committees can | D. C RIDAY, JANUARY Below, left to right intended bombs in an Italian paper, and Dr. Emanuele Grazzi, ! Four of the bombs seized at the Easton, Pa., post office after the fatal explosion of one of them are shown above being examined by police and ordnance experts. The man in the center with the felt hat is Charles Weaver, explosives expert, who was fatally hurt shortly after the picture was taken while he wes trying to explode one ofethese packages. Generoso Pope, publisher of & New York Italian newspaper; Italo C. Falbo, editor of another Ttalian consul general in New York, who were to have received some of the pparent Nation-wide plot against prominent Italians. TEAROOM SHOOTING SUSPECT RETURNED Abbott Is Due at Marlboro Today After Battle on Extradition. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 1.— Peter Abbott of Philadelphia, accused as the “trigger man” in the Old Co- lonial Tea House shooting, Who was | jailed here last night after failing in his attempt to be released on a writs of hebeas corpus In Philadelphia y terday, was scheduled to be remaved to the Marlboro jail today. Deputy | Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison. Wwho brought the prisoner from Philadelphia yesterday, said he would take Abbott to the county jail this morning. Abbott was returned to Maryland after a sensational court hearing Which ended in an uproar when Mrs. Cath- erine Abbott, wife of the accused, struck the prosecution's star witness in the face and called her a liar. Enraged by Testimony. @ As Judge Prank Kun announced his decision to turn Abbott over to the| Maryland authoriti Mrs. Abbott, en- ranged at the testimony of Mrs. Verne Edwards that Abbott was the first man to enter the tea house on the night of the shooting, leaned over and struck he witness in the mouth with }‘.er fist. “How can you stand there 'and lie like that?” shouted Mrs. Abbott. A number of court attaches jumped to the protection of Mrs. Edwards while others led Mrs. Abbott, shouting and crying, from the court room. Mrs, Edwards, principal witness in the habeas corpus proceedings to pre- | vent extradition of Abbott, testified he Was the first of the alleged gunmen to enter the tea house s In an effort to shake Mrs. Edwards te: that it was Abbott who led lhsr""rr:iol‘d]yu])on the Bladensburg estab- lishment, defense attorneys called Ab- bott’s brother, who closely resembles the suspect. Asked if she was sure of the identification, Mrs. Edwards insist- ed she was not mistaken. Ten Witnesses Summoned. esses, summoned by the de- fex’fs:x.l v:ve‘g;pr pared to testify that Ab- bott was in Philadelphia the night of the shooting, but Judge Kun ruled identification by one witness was suf- ficient to necessitate his remanding Ab- bott to Maryland authorities. Four men and Mrs. Edwards were wounded in the hold-up and shooting at the tea house on November 23, when Grover Amick of Washington was killed. Subsequent investigation is said to have shown the establishment was linked to & white slave ring operating in several States and resulted in an extensive investigation by the Depart- ment of Justice. | PASSENGER PLANE CRASH KILLS FOUR; PILOT IS INJURED ___(Continued From First Page) | Columbus, Bowen messaged the Cleve- land Airport that everything was “O.K.” It was reported overdue at Cincinnatl at 8 pm 4 Residents of Br the crash occurred, I :d_seeing the craft about 7:30 p.m. circling about and apparently in trouble. Boys Find Wreckage. Shortly afterward the crash was heard and residents began searching. Nearly two hours afterward two boys located the wreckage. With the aid of C. L. Snodgrass, a farmer in whose cornfield the plane | landed, they extricated the victims, | their bodies caked with mud, while about 500 farmers and passing motor- ists looked on. Doctors and ambulances rushed the victims to the Springfield City Hospi- tal. | “Examination failed to disclosp the cause of the crash, but several. persons said th> plane appeared to have lost & wing. An inspection of the ship showed the pllctthflad turned off lhc‘ ignition to prevent fire. ‘%m puotpuxd he lost control of the | plane while to He was slightly..off was low, hton, near where his eourse and! | sons, Burns His Coffin, Resolves to Live 100 on New Year By the Assoclated Press. ST. JOE, Ark, January 1.— Ben Malloy's coffin won't figure i e of things for 1932, made two years ago in the belief he was on his death bed. But he recovered and the coffin was utilized for storing seed corn. It was hand-fashioned and a good container. However, with the close of 1931, Malloy decided it provided a poor atmosphere for dreams of & prosperous new year. He used it for a bonfire. Anyway, he said, it didn’t fit in with his New Year’s resolution— to live to be & hundred. NIE DI I PLUNGE OF GAR NTO RVER Six Children Among Victims. Party Bound for Chicago Holiday Celebration. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 1—Nine per- six of them children, were drowned last night when their auto- mobile slipped off the roadway and fell 22 feet into the Calumet River. The victims were members of two families, one from_New Era, Mich., and the other from Coopersville, Mich, Jake Schiller, a sailor, of Coopers- ville, head of one of the families, es- caped from the sedan. After making efforts to rescue members of the party, he swam ashore and notified authori ties. More than two hours passed before the submerged automobile could brought to the bank. Those drowned wer Clarence Postmana, 3, New Era. Howard Postmana, 8. Mildred Postmana, 11. John Postmana, 38, the father. Reca Postmana, 38, his wife. Alice Schiller, 3. Shirley Schiller, 7 weeks, Louise Schiller, 3. Seneca Schiller, 29, the mother. Schiller said he and his family had driven from Coopersville to spend New | Year day with the Postmanas. The two families attended church services and were on their way to Chicago for a New Year Eve celebration when they lost their way. Postmana, who was driving, at- tempted to turn the car around on the road-end near the Calumet River. One wheel, Schiller said, slipped off the roadway and the car toppled into the water. GAMBLING JOINT'S REOPENING FOUGHT IN PRINCE GEORGES (Continued From First Page) neighbors of the gambling house, the petition is expected to recelve more than passing attention from the com- missioners. It has long been argued that because of the orderly fashion in which gambling is conducted at the Bladensburg road establishment, dents of nearby communities have no objection to its operation. La Fontalne was sentenced by Judge W. Calvin Chesnut on December 4, but allowed his freedom under $10,000 bail until tomorrow to permit him to put his business affairs in order and to spend the Christmas holidays with his | two little nieces. ‘The nine-month sentence and a fine of $1,000 was imposed after La Fon- | taine pleaded guilty to a charge of seeking to evade a payment of $11,- 622.62 in taxes on 1926 income. He indicted on a similar tax-evasion charge for 1925, but this v prossed after he paid the Government $206,000 in back taxes and penalties. . Wages of skilled artisans in Turkey regain altitude. | have been set at from $1.41 to $2.36 a | expressed day. and those for unskilled workers from 35 cents & day up. resi- | 5 nolle | OULAHAN MOURNED BY NOTED FRIENDS | Hoover Condolences Among Hundreds Sent Widow by Nation’s Leaders. Messages of condolence and regret over the death of Richard V. Oulahan, distinguished correspondent of the New | York Times, continued to pour in to the family today. Many additional messages were re- ceived from statesmen, diplomats, financlers and others of prominence, | who joined hundreds in expressing re- gret over the death of Mr. Oulahan |at his home, 1518 Thirty-first street, Wednesday. |~ Funeral services, with low mass, in Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, to- | morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock will be attended by many notables, includ- |ing commXtees representing numerous | organizations. Interment will be pri- | vate in Rock Creek Cemetery. ! Hoover Sends Condolence. A message from President Hoover, an intimate friend of Mr. Oulahan, to Mrs. Oulahan, reads as follows: “I have learned with profound re- gret of the death of your husband. | Richard V. Oulahan was &n outstand- ing journalist, a good friend and wise | | counsellor. Few writers of our day | have done more to disseminate truth regarding national affairs, always for | | the advancement of our country. He | was highly deserving of the designa- tion voluntarily given to him by his | fellow journalists, ‘dean’ of the corps | of Washington 'correspondents. _His passing is a personal loss to me. Mrs. Hoover joins with me in expressing heartfelt’ sympathy to you and yours.” Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Jus- | tice of the Supreme Court of the | United States, wrote: | “I am shocked and deeply grieved to learn of Mr. Quiahan's death. I held him in very highest esteem and I send you my most sincere sympathy.” William R. Castle, jr, Undersecre- tary of State, wrote from Atlantic City: “We were shocked and deeply grieved to read this evening of Dick’s death. He will be a great loss to the news- paper world and to those who admired and loved him. I shall miss him sadly. We both send you heartfelt sympathy.” A message from Joseph P. Tumulty, forx;er secretary to President Wilson, read: “I was greatly shocked to receive | word of Dick’s death. He was an alto- gether lovely man. Please accept our | fwarmest and deepest sympathy.” Many Send Messages. Among the hundreds of others who | sent messages of sympathy and con- | dolence were Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sec- | retary of the Interior; Laszlo Szechenyl, | the Minister of Hungary; Michael Mac- White, the Minister of the Irish Free State; Representative A. Piatt Andrew, Daniel Willard, president of the Balti~ more & Ohio Railroad; Ogden Mills Reid, president and editor of the New | York Herald-Tribune; Arthur S. Draper, | assistant editor of the New York Her. ald-Tribune; Prank H. Hitchcock, for- | mer Postmaster General; Will'H. Hays, | {f,’""fiiyfi?"'"?“" General, and Samuel 3 e, former presi | Gridiron Club. o Still others included Silas H. Strawn, president of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States: Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the | Navy: W. Bostrom, the Minister from Sweden; Mme. Claudel, the wife of the Minister from France; Hanford Mac- Nider, the American Minister to Can- ada; Henry L. Mencken, editor of the American * Mercury; Representative Louis Ludlow, John Hays Hammond, William T. Dewart, publisher of the New York Sun, and Senator Royal S. Copeland. The following committee from the Women's National Press Club has been appointed by Miss Martha Strayer, president, to attend funeral services Miss Winifred Mallon, member of the New York Times staff; Mis, Elizabeth Shirley Enochs, special writer for the New York Times; Miss Roberta Brad- shaw of the Consolidated Press Asso- | ciation, Miss Elizabeth Pbe of the Washington Post and Mrs./May Craig ; far Khan, LAMONT FORESEES BETTER BUSINESS - Commerce Secretary Says Upbuilding Forces Have Begun Work. Commerce Secretary Lamont, in & statement today on present conditions and prospects for the coming year, said evidences are accumulating that liquida- tion has largely run its course, and that the natural upbuilding forces are beginning to take hold. He said business has continued un- der the influence of the world-wide economic_depression, which has deep- ened and broadened in the past ve “chiefly because of foreign difficulties. “Most of our domestic difficulties, Mr. Lamont asserted, “could have been corrected prior to this time had it not been for the destructive efect upon our own economy of a series of finan- cial crises abroad He explained that early in 1931 this country had made distinct recupera- tive progress, but this heavy expansive movement was stopped by the crisis which developed in Central Europe in May and June. Catastrophe Prevented. “That crisis,” he added, “created ap- prehension and fear in the United States, which resulted in currency with- drawals and bank failures, besides re- versing the upward trend of industry and commerce. “The years postponement of inter- governmental debt payments at tne iitiative of the United States pre- vented impending catastrophe, and the situation was further relieved by the agreement by which Germany's short- term obligations were extended to the end of a six-month period—also &t American initiative, “The favorable effect of these agree- ments upon world business were vitiated by lack of co-operation in Europe, which. resulted in the crisis, culminating in September in the suspension of gold payments by Great Britain and later by other European countries. The fear and apprehension caused by this crisis both abroad and at home resulted in enormously increased hoarding and domestic bank failures, and unprece- dented withdrawals of 'gold from the United States by other nations fearful of a repetition of the British action. October Crisis Halted. “A financial crisis rapidly developed in the United States which was again arrested on October 6 by the action of the President in creating the National Credit Corporation and by other nomic measures initiated at that time Mr. Lamont asserted that the very extent and nature of the decline have forced drastic readjustments, whicl are serving as correctives and are ai ing in the restoration of equilibrium. He said prompt enactment by CoR gress of administration measures [ financial relief would tend to check needless liquidation and to arrest| hoarding, as well as to enable this| country to withstand any possible ad-| ditional shocks from Europe. This legislation, Mr. Lamont added, also “will put us in a position to begin our own independent economic re- covery.” “Present difficulties, formidable as they may be, are temporary,” the cab- inet officer declared, “and the recuper- ative powers of our country, stimulated by this constructive program, are suf- ficlent to contribute in large measure to the restoraticn of world prosperity.” Encouraging at Present. ‘The commerce exécutive said he be- lieved that the force of the decline in wholesale prices, which slumped 29 per cent since 1929, has been spent, and with prices practically at 1913 levels the outlook nOW appears more encour- aging than at any time since the acute ‘weakness developed two years ago. Current price levels for raw mae terials are acting positively to reduce production induced by war demands anq to bring about & better balance be- tween production and consumption, he added. As to jobless conditions, he said effort by both private and governe mental interests to alleviate unemploy« ment has continued in the latter case particularly through the medium of public works construction, He pointed out that the past year was marked by ['a continued absence of industrinl dis: putes which have characterized pre vious depressions, and labor relations have Leen marked by a wpirit of co- operation. 5 Per Cent Unemployed. He said recent statistics indicated an unemployment total for this country of about 5 per cent of the population or 6,050,000, which is the same as his estimate made in January, last. after an employment census had been taken in 18 leading industrial centers. Labor Secretary Doak asserted that things “are not what we would wish them to be,” but added that “I do think, however, that I am justified in saying today there are some signs of improve=- ment.” “The light as it shows may be only a glimmer,” Mr. Doak continued, “but my strong hope and I may say my be- lief is that its illuminating powers will grow greater day by day.” i SN EXILE OF GANDHI POSSIBLE WEAPON TO CURB UPRISING (Continued From First Page.) o face of the ordinances and acts, which, if they are not stubbornly resisted will end in the utter demoralization of the nation.” Referring to the Bengal ordinances, the viceroy had said: “It is necessary for the government to take all possible measures to prevent dastardly assassinations of its officers and private citizens. * * * Abdul Gaf- who was arrested and de- ported, delivered a number of speeches which were open to no other construc- tion than incitement to revolution and the creation of tribal strife.” He sald he did not hold Gandhi re- sponsible for the recent activities of the Congress in the united provinces and on the northwest frontier and that he was willing to see the mahatma on this basis, to give him his views on how ba could best exert his influence to maim« tain “the spirit of co-operation whi~A animated the proceedings of the last round table conference,” but he would not_discuss the ordinances, which X3 could withdraw only when public la and order are restored. It Mahatma QGandhi is arrested— and his arrest is expected within 48 hours—he wants it to be done in Bom- bay, and not in some small town, sO the whole world may know_about it. It is understood the British au« thorities will allow Miss Madeline Slade, his faithful disciple, to accom= pan&nhlm to prison as personal ate tendant, as well as his secretary, Mahadey Besal. ROSENWALD NO BETTER Only Wife Permitted to See Chi cago Philanthropist. CHICAGO, January 1 (#).—Julius Rosenwald, multi-millionaire philan- thropist and merchant, is still gravely ill at his suburban home. Dr. Herbert Pollack of New York, at- ter.ding physician, sald he had shown little change in his condition. He is suffering from a combination of heart of the Portland, Me, Evenjing Express. | "In naming the qelem’én to honor | Mr. Oulahan's memory, /Miss Strayer | reciation of his recogni tion of N writers in the newspaper field by employing them on his stafl, trouble and hardening of the arteries. Members of his family were at th home, but only his wife was rmme%' L at his bedside, for fear of unduly alarm. ing him.