Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1932, Page 2

w A—2 &3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, Ji 9 1932. 3000 MAROONED IN FLOODED HOMES Families Unable to Leave and i Food Running Low—Aid Is Asked. By the Associated Press. GLENDORA, Miss, January 2.—A! Red Cross survey of the Tallahatchie River flood zone that showed about 3,000 people are marooned in their homes, many of them in need of food, Jed Mayor Meyer Turner and the Town Council of Webb to issue a call today hasten rescue work mic of colds was also dis- he survey, and relief workers ed apprehension lest the pro- exposure_encountered by _thou- | | Appeals for Help. The mayor’s appeal for boats read “On account of lack of boats. Webb e to go to the assistance of ousand people, who are sur- | their homes along Cass!- 1 and in various parts of the losed by that stream i ave appealed to the Red Cross, but are informed the organization can- not assist dwellers on the farms as this is not within the organization’s sdiction. Webb is not financially | able, or otherwise, to assist We lack facilitles and the crying need at present is for boats to get peo- ple out of a strip of territory now flooded t 20 miles long and half s wide, in which there are 700 to 800 families whose homes have been flooded who have no means to get to gle to strengthen crumbling centered today on the Bayou embankment, a mils and a half above Glendora, and at ths Twilight Levee, 2 miles beyond Danger of Disea 10r breaks in private levees on Bayou near Sumner early today sent water over several hundred mcres of lar and forced at least a «dozen _families to flee their homes R. L. Ward, in charge of Red Cross work at Sumner, said he had appealed to the National Red Cross for more funds. He estimated that “more than 10,000 persons” have been made home- less by the flood He has asked doctors and nurses at Clarksdale, Greenville and Greenwood 1o be ready for emergency calls | “liberation” j minorities ‘Writes of War Years Here' An intimate picture of the early days of the Wilson administration and life in Washington during the first years of the World War, as seen through the eyes of a representative of the Central Powers, is given in the memoirs of Dr. Constantin Dumba, the Austro-Hun- garian Ambassador, who virtually was dismissed in the Autumn of 1915 be- cause of the storm aroused by his ef- forts to secure the withdrawal of Hun- garian workmen from American mu- nitions_factories. Dr. Dumba depicts his Washington experiences without bitterness, admit- ting he might have been technically in the wrong, although maintaining the essential correctness of his displomatic conduct. Although his contacts with President Wilson were far from cor- dial, he expresses sincere gratitude to the American President for his efforts in behalf of Austrian war prisoners in Siberia and intense admiration for the concept of the League of Nations. Says Minorities Are Oppressed. e outcome of the war, with its of oppressed minorities, Dumba claims, has had just the op- posite effect, so far as Central Europe is concerned, to that which was in the mind of President Wilson. While the old Austro-Hungarian empire, he main- tains, went to great lengths to give free opportunity for self- expression, those which were unable to set up governments of their own have oppressed the smaller orities in- cluded in their territories Dr. Dumba was consistently irritated at the tactics of some elements of the American press, to whom he pays his compliments in his memoirs. Says Wilson Lacked Realism. Following are a few of his personal- ity sketches of prominent figures dur- ing his career in Washington Woodrow Wilson: “In his bearing and manner alike there was something stiff and repellant. He was rather over mid- dle height, had retained his slim figure and so gave the appearance of being younger than he really was. The first thing that struck one was his dispro- portionately powerful jaw—a sign of strength of will, but sometimes of ob- stinacy. “It was obvious that Wilson had lived a most secluded life, that he did not know the most elementary dutles of & hoet, or thought he could neglect them with impunity, Yet he was too much obsessed by the idea of the jmportance of his high office to have condescended Py | to take advice from a competent source. | “I have no wish to deny that he was capable of great conceptions and was certainly moved by idealistic intentions and desires when he took over his great office. He was lacking in sound realism, “While we are hopeful” he said, “there is danger of disease breaking out | n refugee camps.” Some Boats Used. Available boats were sent racing | through the inundated sections of West- | ern Tallahatchie County today to rescue | the marooned. However, relief workers | said the small number of boats at hand | would make possible the immediate re- | moval of not more than 5 per cent of those stranded. | In addition to the appeal for boats | sent out by the town of Webb, the vil- | lages of Sumner and Swan Lake made known the need for craft to search the flooded countryside for helpless families, | All of the northern portion of Talla- hatchie County is inundated, and Lhe‘ crest is not expected until tomorrow. ,_ Fresh squads of convicts from the Btate prison at Parchman were hur- ried to the Matthew Bayou and Twilight levees today. About 400 men are now working on a l4-mile stretch. of dykes in that vicinity, but water is pouring over the levees despite their efforts Suffering on the part of refugees was #ccentuated today by cold weather, The food situation at Crowder be- came acute today. Canned goods. on which the residents had relied for days, were exhausted. A call for tents for refugnes in the ‘Webb section was made to Gov. Theo- dore G. Bilbo, but neither the State nor the National Guard units were able 10 supply them and the request was for- warded to Gen. Prank A. McCoy, com- mander of the 4th Corps Area at At- lanta. CULBERTSON TO HAVE TWO NEW PARTNERS Bridge Champs, Michael Gottleib and Howard Schenken, Due to Play One Night Each, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—Two more new faces will look across the contract bridge playing table next week as Ely Culbertson’s partners in his 150-rubber match with Sidney S. Lenz Culbertson announced yesterday that Michael Gottleib will be his partner at Tu night's session and Howard n on Thursday night. Culbertson will play opposite husband on Monday and also will , he said sion scheduled for Saturday | d off by mutual agreement of | son_and Lenz mdr. Winfleld Liggett, jr. who re- placed Oswald Jacoby as Lenz's partner Tollowing Jacoby's resignation, will fin- ich the remaining rubbers in that ca- Schenken, playing with David nstine, won the gold cup emblematic of Masters' Pair Championship at| Asbury Park last Summer. In Febru- ary he was a member of the team-of- four which won the Eastern champion- | ship | Mr. Gottlelb, & real estate broker, was a member of the New York Bridge | ‘Whist Club, which won the Vanderbilt ! © n 1929 Theodore Lightner and Waldemar Von Zedtwitz have been other Culbert- s0n partners, NEW STAMPS STILL CANCELED JANUARY 1 TO AID COLLECTORS (Continued From First Page.) check last night, estimated $100.000 worth of the stamps, which come in 12 denominati ranging from ’. to 10| had been sold, and 1,000,000 can- | ns made windows were kept open | from daybreak until late last night sell- ing the to the crowds, which not only jammed every inch in the post | bby, but extended in long lines Massachusetts avenue and North street thing like it has been known in history of the post office,” said As- Postmaster Haycock. “The George Washington Blcentennial stamps have drawn the greatest response of y special issue ever offered.” The principal reason for the huge throngs was that the stamps were placed on sale in Washington a day before be- ing offered throughout the country. And to stamp collectors, first-day can- cellations all that really counts Philatelists and stamp dealers from throughout the country came here to obtain sets of the new stamps, selling at 57 cents per lot. One zealous collector was at the office ing start of the sale at 4 a.m. yes- 7. And at that he only had to walt three hours to get his stamps, while thousands saw half the holiday slip by without getting close to & win- low. 5 t wasn't a holiday, though, to the | mat | would be to live all the the common sense and the sensitiveness of a stateman who reckons with facts.” Tells Impressions of Envoys. M. Jules Jusserand, former French Ambassador: “He somewhat pedantical- ly transferred the procedure of a minis- try to the diplomatic service by insisting on routine, office attendance, etc., even when th~ situation was quite normal. so that his staff was most discontented. He weas a great Shakespearean scholar, and there could be no doubt that he had a very consiGerable command of Shakespeare’s tongue, although his pro- nunciation of English was so thoroughly French that when he proposed the health of Cardinal Gibbons at a ban- quet, it was obvious from the astonished faces of they had not understood one word, but thought Jusserand was speaking in French.” 8ir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Am- bassador: “In every sense of the term, a ‘character’ He lald less stress on externals — clothes, ceremonial, eto. — than is_perhaps becoming in a diplo- Moreover, he was minded that his charming wife had to remind him of invitations and was obliged to make sure at the last mo- ment that he did not forget his tie or anything of that sort. He suffered from asthma and probably also from & weak heart. He could not stand the scent of flowers, and only accepted in- vitations to dinner on condition that the table should be entirely free of them. A noble, gifted and honorable gentleman.” Praises Cardinal Gibbons. Cardinal Gibbons: “This little old man was & shining example of the ideal selectiveness with which the Catholic Church chooses her prelates. As a poor Irish cabin boy, he had suf- fered shipwreck on his first voyage and had lost all he possessed. He not only possessed a hearty appetite, but also had an epicurean enjoyment of & salad served to him alone and pre- pared according to his own recipe.” Gen. Leonard Wood: —“Exceptionally good company, very well read, and pre- pared to talk of anything rather than his own shop. He told my wife he g0t up early s0 &s to enjoy a good French novel before going to his office in the morning. It was this versatility and the gift of touching everything interesting with a light hand that made him something of & white crow in America.” Compares Two Millionaires. J. P. Morgan: “At last I found & millionaire who enjoyed life and who was not collapsing under the weight of business and worrles. He admitted to me that what he would like best year around in England at the country house he had rented there. T have never met & son who spoke with such love and filial plety of his father. Tears filled him eyes each time.” John D. Rockefe slight, very pale, he hard get any satisfaction or pleasure of his millions. When I asked him whether he ever went to dinner or dances, he told me that he had to get up very early even to get through a part of the work thet depended on him; that he went to bed early, but that he some- times took dancing lessons before din- ner in order to get some exercise.” Liked Col. House. Col. House: “He had all the qualities which Wilson lacked—a great knowledge of men and exceedingly winning man- ners, was rather reserved than talka- tive, yet inspired great confidence by er, § “Small seemed to ho labored almost without a sunrise yesterday to 5 Als morning trying to catch up hobb¥, his office December 31. The to a Cleveland rifie range and EX-ENVOY DEPICTS U. S. the Americans present that | 50 absent- | NOTABLES. DR. CONSTANTIN DUMBA. Harris-Ewing Photo his tact, his discretion, and his great gift of handling people. To the diplo- matic corps he was known as ‘Pere | Joseph “Since we diplomats enjoyed 1o per- sonal intercourse with President Wilson, | House was a welcome ear-piece for messages and information intended for | the President. The consciousness exercising great power and & dec influcnce over the head of the Republic was a sufficient reward for House.” Found Bryan “Delightful.” “Willilam Jennings Bryan—the most congenial personality among all the politicians whom I met in America There was something exceptionally open and sincere, kindly nd_dignified in the bearing of the man. His clean- cut, expressive features, his tall and somewhat portly figure and his beauti- ful baritone voice immediately made a favorable impression “I must refer to one weakness of this otherwise _delightful man. Notwith- standing his simple manner of living, | he felt it essential to earn a great in- | | come. _Since his emoluments as Secre- tary of State were relatively small, he deemed it necessary during the Sum- mer recess to appar as an itinerant lecturer. Once, when he was speaking at an open-air meeting on some bib- lical subject, he immediately preceded some Tyrolese zither players. Bryan | soon became an established figure in | the comic papers attired as a Tyrolese yodeler.” [ARMY AND NAVY 3 TO RESUME GRID RELATIONS IN FALL (Continued From First Page.) stand he is anxious to return to active coaching. DENIES AGREEMENT. [ | Fleming Declares Report Regarding Matter Is Premature. WEST POINT, N. Y., January | (#).—Maj. Philip B. Fleming, graduate ! manager of athletics at the Military | Academy, today said that reports of | an agreement between West Point shd llhe Naval Academy for a resumption of athletic relations were premature. Maj. Fleming said negotiations were being carried on, but denied any defi- nite agreement liad been signed. HART UES DENIAL, HIGH OFFICIALS AT OULAHAN RITES President and Mrs. Hoover Attend Services at Holy Trinity Church. Funeral services for Richard V. Oula- han, late chief of the Washington bu- reau of the New York Times and dean of the corps of Washington correspond- ents, were held at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown today in the presence of the President and Mrs, Hoover, Secre- tary of State Henry L. Stimson and other officials, diplomats and newspa- per men, who joined in paying silent tribute to the memory of one who had played a prominent part in national life for two score year: The services at the church were solemnized by & low mass, at which Most Rev. Mgr. Edward Buckey, pastor of St. Matthew's Church, officiated, as- sist, by Rev. Peter V. Masterson, 8. J., of &he Tfaculty of Georgetown College. The casket was blanketed with sheaths of Winter greens and white lilies. Burial Is Private. Following the service, at which Mgr Buckley paid an impressive verbal tribute to the memory of Mr. Oulahan, the body was given private burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. This final service was attended only by members of the family, including the widow, Mrs Sue Courts Oulahan; Courts Oulahan { and Miss Sudan Oulahan, and & second son by a first marriage, Richard V. Oulahan, ir., of Asheville, N. C. The President and Mrs. Hoover ar- rived about 10 minutes before the service began. They were escorted to & front pew. Accompanying them were mem- bers of the White House staff, including Theodore G. Joslin, Lawrence Ritchie, Walter H. Newton, secretaries to the President, and George A. Hastings, administrative assistant. Among the hundreds of friends of the veteran news- paper man attending the services were members of the diplomatic corps, Gov- ernment, officials, Senators and Repre- sentatives, and scores of representatives of the various professional groups with which he had been identified in the long years of his active service in Wash- ington and abrcad. Pays Tribute to Writer. Mgr. Buckey echoed the thought deep in the hearts of all who knew the news- paper man when he said that the loss of Richard Oulahan had struck deeply not only in_this community, but in the country at large. In his masterly recording and inter- pretation of passing political events, he was equaled by few and surpassed, per- haps, by none, the rector stated. Mgr. Buckey closed his brief re- marks with a tribute to Mr. Oulahan’s ersonal and home life and the example he had set to others during his notable career s a news writer by upholding uprightness and sound principles. A large delegation representing the Gridiron Club, appointed by Jay O. Hayden, Washington correspondent of the Detroit News, the president, at- tended the church services. Mr. Oula- han had been a member of this famous club for many years and was one of its_former presidents Other delegations represented the White House Correspondents’ Associa- tion, the Senate and House Press Gal- leries, the National Press Club, Womm~ en's National Press Club, the Overseas Writers and the Alfalfa Club, includ- ing their officers. Mr. Oulehan was a native of Wach- ington and resided In late years at the residence, 1518 Thirty-first street, where he dfed Wednesday afternoon He had been Il only & short time, pneumonia having developed. Press Club Lauds Writer. The following resolution on the death | of Mr. Oulahan was adopted today by ANNAPO! Md., January 2—Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the Naval Academy, today denied | that an agreement for resumption of athletic relations with the Military Academy had been reached | It has been the general understand- | ing here, however, based on confiden- | tial advices, that relations would be resumed. Officials of the Academy have never made any official confirmation of these reports However, the Navy foot ball schedule for 1932, which is practically complete has shown the effect of, and been used 10 bolster these reports. To date, the Navy and the University of Pennsyl- vania have met the first Saturday in December, the spot formerly occupled by the Navy-Army game. The Navy-Penn game in 1932, how- | ever, has been moved up to November | leaving December 3 clear. The Army schedule for next season, an- | nounced recently, also showed Decem- | ber 3 as a clear date. It was under- | stood unofficially that the the two | service institutions would meet on that | date FIRST EXECUTION HELD IN ITALY FOR 41 YEARS | |Slayer of 12-Year-01d Youth Shot | Back in Public by \ Firing Squad By the Assoclated Press CALTANISSETTA, Italy, January 2. | A firing squad of 40 :arried out the | first execution in Italy, for common crime, in 41 years at dawn today when | Diego Mitnemi was shot in the back for killing a 12-year-old youth. | Mitnemi’s colleague, Francesco Cala- | fato, was cranted a reprieve at the last | minute by King Victor Emanuel. He is | the younger of the two and always has | asserted his inrocence. The execution of Mitnemi took place | upon the hillside near here, where the murder was committed. He was shot in | the back 8s & sign of the ignominy of | the offense | The execution technically was & pub- | lic event, but the crowd was kept at a distance. | in I attempt is believed to be part exploded by rifie fire. the board of governors of the National Press Club: “Resolved, that in behalf entire membership of the Byess Club, the board of governors adopts these resolutions in tribute to the memory of our late fellow-member and distinguished colleague, Richard V. Oulahan “The National Press Club has lost by death many_distinguished and beloved members. ~ None is more genuinely mourned by its rank and file in the sense of a personal loss to such an extent as is Mr. Oulahan “By his death we have lost a beloved assoclate whose outstanding character as a journalist reflected high honor upon our profession and whose memory is a worthy inspiration for all time. “It is fitting that we should record Mr. Oulahan’s personal qualities as they were revealed to the members of his club in our daily contact. His was a sterling character. Its genuineness was reflected in his gentlemanly demeanor at all times, his high-minded sense of duty to his profession and to the pub- lic, his unselfishness, his kindness, his understanding and his wholesome good fellowship. The best expression of our feeling is found in the words of Kip- ling's "“Dedication,” where it was ‘sald that— “‘He scarce had need to doff his pride or slough the dross of earth— E'en as he trod that day to God 50 walked he from his birth, simpleness _and gentleness honor and clean mirth.’ “Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the official minutes of the board of gov- ernor:. and that & copy be transmitted to Mrs. Oulahan that we may extend to her and to the members of the fam- ily an expression of our sincere sym- pathy and our heartfelt condolence.” Yale Gives Charity $20,917. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 2 (#) —Unemployment _relief organizations were given $20,917.22 as Yale Univer- sity's share of charity foot ball game receipts. James R. Angel, Yale presi- dent, sent Brown, Dartmouth and Holy Cross each $14,205.25 as their portions of the round-robin tournament receipts of the National In and Italian Consul Tells Police of Bomb Attempt OUNT BUZZI-GRADENIGO (center), Italian consul at Cleveland, Ohlo, as he reports to Cleveland Police Chief Georzunmwnz (left) and Detective Inspector Cornelius Codfg (right) the delivery of a nitroglycerin bomb to|of inspector general » widespread bomb plot. The bomb was taken a‘;l ~—A. P, Bhoto, ANUARY Scenes at White House Reception A reception. President and M the official famil Hoover, pos FRENCH WARRIOR CEN. AU, 83, DIES Commanded Forces Against Germany, Whose Victory in 1870 Cost Him Arm. By the Assoclated Press. | ald Pau, noted French war commander, died here today, aged 83 Since the end of the war—he lost an arm in the War of 1870—Gen. Pau has devoted himself to looking after wounded veterans. At the time of his death he was president of the French Red Cross When the crushed and beaten armies | of Prance returned to what was left of | their dismembered country after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, there was among them & young officer, Paul Gerald Pau, who had entered the serv- ice as @ cadet and fought his way through to & captaincy. If there was one man with those re- treating defenders whose spirit was un- conquered, his name was Capt. Pau. Maimed and saddened though he was, he could not feel for & moment that his beloved France was vanquished. Her ultimate triumph, he belleved, had merely been postponed, and the day would yet come when he could face | again those powerful invaders from the north, Plans for Return Match. Through the lond years that inter- vened between 1870 and 1914 he took his piace as one of the most patient and confident of the architects who | planned and prepared for a return match with the victors. During this period he had advanced at a steady pace until he became, in 1911, & brig- adier general and 8 member of the Su- preme War Council of France. At this point he was retired because of his age. Then came the great day. As all Europe became & vast mobilization Gen. Pau, and by popular demand he re-entered the Supreme Council of War |to acoept command of the Army of Alsace, It was there that his right forearm had been shot away in the battle of Froeschwiller, back in 1870 There was dramatic grandeur in the spectacle of that brave old \t‘;.\‘ra’n en- aged once again, after nearly half a gegwry, on Ehe same battlefield and against’ the same foe, and this time turning the defeats and Sorrows of his youth into brilliant victories to glorify his advancing years. Powerful Arm Respected. To the Germans of Alsace, the French general was known 8s “Von Pao This was not so much from their habit of attributing nobility to officers as out of respect for the power of that “arm of_bronze.” Whuenulhe World War began, Gen. in a military sense Joffre and Gal- ular favor he fai ut- stripped an: ure in the Frenc .A\m‘:);?_e It ey onlv because of his age and his none tow robust health that he was not made & field marshal early in the ccnflict. Upznc.s:verul occasions Gen. Pau was the object of national movements to do him honor, Once & sword was purchased by popular subscription and offered to him by & committee of his admirers. Gen. Pau refused it. At another time the whole of France joined in a movement to have him created commander of the Army of the Republic. Wwhen this failed be- cause of a change in the government, he ed the newly-made post el He refused. Gen. ; Cysontelimar Novem- Jrus born &LV ed the' United States for g few deys in 191% 3 The top photograph was taken just a Left to right : Walter Newton, his secretary, and George Hastings, administrative assistant to the President. camp, the old fire flamed out again in | /2 s o ed on the front p Secretaries Theodore Joslin and Law) l Mourned I PARIS, January 2.—Gen. Paul Ger- | N. PAUL PAU, One-armed commander of late war, | who died at age of 83. ‘éO;IGRESS PROBE OF U. S. BOMB PLOT DEMANDED BY FISH __(Continued From First Page.) | they were turned over to authoritfes. dad, Colo., and Paris, Ill, were dam- aged by bombs yesterday. At Bellaire, Ohio, police stationed at the home of Angelo Cifaldi, Italian merchant, ar- rested three men and seized 11 sticks | of dynamite placed under his house. The fuse on a dynamite bomb placed under a porch at Seattle burned out |in time to save the home of Yoshito | Onoh, vice president of the Sumitomo | Bank. VICTIMS’ RITES GUARDED. Attempt on Life of Italian Consul Feared in Easton. EASTON, Pa., January 2 (#).—Fed- | eral officers and plain-clothes police- men were detatled to guard Marquis A. Ferrante, Itallan consul of Phila- todsy at the funeral services d Werkbelser and John B. House, mail clerks, killed by & bomb explosion in the post office. Funeral services for Charles V. | Weaver, explosive expert, who was fa- | tally injured inspecting the third of seven bombs malled here by two un- identified men Wednesday, had not been arranged. Harry C. Getchel, postal inspector of | Philadelphia, who has had charge of | the investigation of the mailing of the bombs, said pensions will be paid widows of House and Werkheiser. Oscar Viola, 20, of Philadelphia, and Anthony Rossi Cipolla, 20, of New York, | were still in jail for questioning today. |No charges had been placed against them. — e BAND CONCE: | By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Polutner, assistant. March, “The Invincible Eagle”...Sousa Overture, “The Impressario”. .. .Mozart Suite romantic, “By the Lakes of Geneva” , Bendel “Sunday Morning.” “A Stroll at Chatelard.” Scenes from the light opera “Doris,” Collier | Fox trot novelty, “Is That Religion?"” | Pinkard | Waltz suite, “Eternelle Ivresse”..Ganne Finale, “Vienna, Home of Songs”. May “The Spangjed Bannen,” RT. Establishments of Itallans at Trini-| UNDREDS waited in line before the White House yesterday to shake the President’s hand at the annual New Year er the line started moving into the White House. 0 of the White House for the customary photograph with Below: The Tence Richey, Mrs. Hoover, the President, ——A. P. Photos. HOOVER SHAKES HANDS WITH 3065 |President and First Lady Show No il Effects After Ordeal. President and Mrs. Hoover showed no ill effects today after the p! ordeal of their New Year day recep- tion. According to the official eount, the President and First Lady exchanged greetings and handshakes during yes- terday’s reception with 3,065 persons. This number was the smallest in recent years and was less than one-half the number received last year ascribed as the reason for many per- sons staying away who otherwise would have been on hand. | Of yesterday's total, 1 were in | what s described as the public line. | They included men, women and chil- dren from every walk of life. The re- mainder of the total included those at the morning session of the festivities, when the cabinet, members of the dip- lomatic corps, high-ranking officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and | other high-ranking uniformed services, and high officials of the Government, | Jurists and members of the Senate and the House and persons prominent so- clally and: politically. Not Far Below Average. Although yesterday’s total number recelved was the smallest in recent | years, it was not far below the average. During President Coolidge's reception in 1928 there were 3,115 visitors, and | in 1926 the number was 3,257. In 1927, | 3,303 attended the Coolidge reception; | 1925, 3,992, and in 1930, 447L. Rain throughout mo the recep- tion yesterday, while it may have re- | duced the size of the crowd, did not dampen the spirits of those who trekked | through the White House grounds to | wish the President and First Lady a happy New Year. | None of the splendor was missing | and the scene Within the White House, | especially during the morning session, | was a colorful and spectacular one. | The diplomatic corps, most of the mem- bers of which were in their brilliant uniforms, turned out in full force, as | did the justices of the various Federal | courts in the city and the officers of he Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Honor Medal Men There. One interesting inovation in yester- day's reception was the presence of eight Congressional Medal of Honor men, which group, including a vice and & rear admiral, as well as a colored master sergeant and a private was, | given an honor position in the line § | mediately ahead of the uniformed serv- lces. In this distinguished group were | Vice Admiral Huse, Rear Admiral Moffett, Capt. Lannon and Comdr. Wilkinson, all of the Navy, and_Col Hardaway, a retired Cavalry officer; Master Sergt. Wanton, Pvt. Bell of the Army dnd Robert Blume, & retired sea-~ man, | As usual there were a number of in- teresting incidents, among them being the presence of Peggy Ann and Peter, the Hoover grandchildren, who stood in an inconspicuous corner in one of the reception rooms and looked on. They were in charge of Suzanne Boone, the 11-year-old daughter of the President’s Ppersonal physician rday's reception was the forty- first one attended by Ervine Hoover, chief usher of the White House, who throughout the past quarter of a cen- tury has been the major domo at White House receptions. Mayor, 23, Takes Oath. ALPHA, N. J., January 2 ()—Leo A. Sokolowski, 23, the youngest mayor in the State, argg believed to be among the youngest fu the Nation, was sworn ,into office yesterday. GANDHI FOLEOWER HELD AFTER BOLT Calcutta Ex-Mayor Among 3 Extremists Demanding “No Compromise.” By the Associated Press BOMBAY, India, January 2—Sub- has Chandra Bose, former mayor of Calcutta and one of the extremist Na- tionalist leaders, was arrested today after he had repudiated Mahatma Gandhl’s conditional offer to co-operate with the government for the purpose of preventing disorders in India. Mr. Bose was arrested while on & train bound for Calcutta and was taken to a destination not made public. The arrest occurred after he had joined with two other extremiists, V. J. Patel, former president of the Assem- bly, and Jamnadas Mehta, president of the Indian Trade Unions, in & state- ment urging uncompromising battle for complete independence. Truce Efforts Continue. Meanwhile efforts were being made to bring about a truce between Mr. Gandhi and the government to avert resumption’of civil disobedience. “‘Me are opposed to Mr. Gandhl low- ering the flag of complete independence, and we record our profound disagree- ment with his offer to co-operate with the government on certain terms,” the three Nationalists leaders said in their Joint statement. “The country has not been fighting for repeal of this or that ordinance nor for the fight to discuss certain propositions arising out of the round- table conference, but for outright in- dependence for India. “The country does not want a repeti- tion of the Delhi pact, which was abortive from the beginning, but is prepared to make maximum sacrifices for undiluted liberty.” Gandhi’s Mind Open. Officials of the Welfare of India League, whose membership includes | many Europeans, telegraphed Viceroy Lord Willingdon that Mr. Gandhi has an entirely open mind respecting re- strictive measures taken by the gov- ernment, and they urged the viceroy that he grant the Mahatma an inter- view. This telegram and other factors gave rise to an easier feeling and Mr. Gandhi, no longer apprehending im- mediate arrest, began unpacking the loin cloths and other personal effects he had prepared to take to prison with him. Powerful influences were at work to persuade Viceroy Lord Willingdon to re- celve Mr. Gandhi without placing any restrictions upon the matters to be dis- cussed. Heretofore the viceroy has in- sisted that he will not permit discussion of the recently-enacted provincial ordi- nances extending the power of local au- thoritles to deal with political disorders. Many telegrams have been sent to Lord Willingdon by business interests which feel that another Nationalist campalgn would precipitate a grave economic crisis, and Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru was active in negotiations to pre- vent war. Peace Service Recalled. It was Sir Tej Sapru who, as peace- maker, saved the negotiations between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, for- mer viceroy, from collapse last year and who poured oil on the trqubled waters of the recent round table-conference in London. Gandhi, with his proverbial patience, is listening to the peacemakers’ appeals, but, because the Nationalist Congress has already mobilized its forces for the renewal of the civil disobedience cam- paign, the country’s fate rests with the viceroy, Lord Willingdon, It was expected India will know be- fore the sun sinks again whether the government is ready to stay its hand or Jjoin issue with the Mahatma, who con- tinued calmly awaiting his arrest. Mobilize for Struggle. Both sides, in the meantime, were mobllizing quickly for the struggle. The authorities have long lists of Indian leaders in every district of the country who will be arrested as soon as the vice- roy gives the signal. As in Gandhi’s case, there will be no trials. Those arrested will be interned after being charged with violating spe- cial ordinances which will be promul- gated immediately after the government decides to suppress the Nationalis ‘The ordinances will make it a pen: offense’ for any one to engage in the no-tax campaign, the civil disobedience movement or the boycott of British goods. Indian women will play a large part in the independence movement. Dur- ing Gandhi's absence at London they increased their ranks considerably. While their husbands are in prison they plan to carry on the agitation for freedom. All women’s organizations today were calling for volunteers. 170 PICKETERS ARRESTED. PESHAWAR, India, January 2 (#)— Picketing by anti-British “Red Shirts” on market day today attracted large crowds and resulted in the arrest of 170 of the demonstrators. This brought to 1,345 the total of “Red Shirt” members arrested recently, ARMY MAN KILLS SELF ON STREET Body of Maj. William W. Lemmond Unidentified for Hours. Maj. William W. Lemmond, 1645 Harvard street, shot and killed himself this morning on the sidewalk near Eighteenth street and Quarry road. Oc- cupants of nearby apartment houses, attracted by the shot, ran into the street and found him dead. The body was not identified until several hours later, after it had been removed to Emergency Hospital. Wor- ried about her husband’s absence and the fact he had been in ill health, Mrs, Lemmond, accompanied by several friends, went to the hospital. There the officer was identified by friends, Mrs. Lemmond remaining in an ante- room while they viewed the body. Maj. Lemmond, Who was 56, was a native of Charlotte, N. C., but had come to Washington more than 30 years ago, having graduated from Washington College of Law in 1903. The following year he became & paymaster's clerk in the Army. During the war, he served in the contract and ' claims division of the judge advocate general’s office and in 1918 was promoted to the temporary rank of major. The rank was made permanent in 1920. His office in the department was in the Walker-Johnson Building, 1734 New York avenue. In addition to his widow, Maj. Lemmond is survived by his mother, who lives in Charlotte. Capital Flying Barred. SBANTIAGO, Chila, January 2 (#).— * Airplane flights over the capital were forbidden by the government today in an effort to put an end to distribution of Communist circulars from the air. Even planes of the Army Air Corps must have-definite orders before flying over the city.