Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1932, Page 13

WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY he Sundhwy Staf GENERAL MORNING, JANUARY. 3, 1932. e PAGE B—1 WOMAN WITNESS IN MCARTHY BOY'S DEATH 15 SOUGHT Inquest Postponed When Dis- | appearance Is Revealed After 13 Testify. INCIDENTS PRECEDING TRAGEDY DESCRIBED Alleged Confession of Young Boy to Be Read at Hearing by Coroner's Jury. The star witness in the death of Ed- ward McCarthy killed in a free- for-all fight, which started when he and four other boys attempted to “crash” a New Year party at 635 Fifth street northeast,’ was still missing early today despite an intensive search by headquarters detectives The witness, a woman who is said to have watched the battle from a parked automobile, disappeared from the Morgue yesterday while Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, presiding at an inquest into McCarthy’sideath, was preparing to call upon her te testify Her testimony was expected to clear up the mystery ‘surrounding the man- ner in which:McCarthy received a frac- tured skull, the injury which resulted in his deatlf: Along with about 25 other witnesses, she went to the Morgue in response to { a subpoena and seated herself in the crowded witness room. After more than | a dozen of the others had testified, | however, an attendant discovered she | was missing { Search Immediately Begun. Under the direction of ~Detective Bergt. John Flaherty, acting chief of the homicide squad, a search for her was bégun immediately. A detective | was assigned to watch her home, located | in the 600 block of Fifth street north- east, while 6thér'members of the squad sought her in other parts of the city. | Following the woman'’s disappearance the inquest was continued until 10:30 | a.m. tomorrow to give the detectives an | opportunity to locate her. Coroner Rogers, after a conference | with Assistant United States Attorney | Irvin Goldstein, released Edward M. ! Benjamin, 19, who is said to have ad- | mitted pushing McCarthy, in the cus- tody of his attorney, James Reilly. The youth was arrested early yesterday and booked at headquarters When the inquest is resumed, & state- ment signed by Benjamin, in which he is reported to have confessed pushing McGerthy, causing him to fall and strike his head, will be read to the jury. Benjamin, who lives at 1104 Trinidad 1 EDWARD M. BENJAMIN. SILVER STAR HOME OPENFORLAST DAY Attractive Dwelling in Spring Valley One of Five | Awarded Medal. | ‘Today offers the last opportunity for the public to make an inspection of the Silver Star Home, at 4929 Rockwood Parkway, in the Spring Valley section of Wesley Heights. which has been cpen during the past month under aus- pices of The Star. This is one of five attractive, modern dwellings awarded the Silver Star| medal and placed on public demon- stration during the past vear as a part of the better homes program sponsored for the past six years by The Star. The Spring Valley home will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, but will | be closed to the public after this eve- ning. It may be reached by driving out Massachusetts avenue to Wisconsin avenue, turning left into Cathedral ave- nue through the Wesley Heights sec- tion and continuing along a private roadway which leads to the entrance of Spring Valley. From there the route |along Rockwood Parkway to the Silver Star home is marked. The house is a stone structure of mansfonlike proportions, in architectural lines. It was furnished for the period of the demonstration by Dulin & Martin In an {llustration caption in The Star yesterday reviewing the 1931 Silver Star Homes program, the demonstration avenue northeast, probably will take the stand then and give a detailed descrip- | tion of the effair. ‘} 13 Wiilnesses Heard. i The witnesses who testified at the ze'sion of the inquiry are Tnomas M. Walker, 18, of 4217 Fourth sireet Daniel J Carr, jr, 509 Florida avenu northeast; Prancis X. Clearey, 1010 K | street northeast; Gerald Cush, 19. of 201 8 street southeast; Joseph Cul- linane, 19, of 4611 Massachusetts ave- nue; Vincent Kane, 16, at whose home the party was given; his sister, Mar- garet Kane: Rits Hughes, 1128 Eighth street northeast; Margaret Nolan, 409 K street northeast; Margaret Clore, 1103 Florida avenue northeast; Cath- erine Quill, 11 K George E_Eppard, 17 street northeast, and Richard E. Hall of 2118 Fourth | street northeast: | dwelling at 1705 Hoban road was de- scribed, by mistake, as being located in the Colonial Village section of Rock Creek Park Estates. Hoban road, of course, 1s located in Colony Hill, the residential development of early Ameri- can types of homes by Boss & Phelps. One of the 1931 Silver Star Homes, | 150 of colonial design, a likeness of the Valley Forge dwelling used as Gen | Washington's headquarters, is_located | in the Colonial Village of Rock Creek | Park Estate at 1817 Plymouth street, as stated in yesterday's Star. It was bullt by Edson W. Briggs Co. [MAN IS WOUNDED ON MARYLAND VISIT of the 100 block of Carroll street | ble to give detailed ny being con- vents leading up to the tragedy Nor were exactly how whose home boys able to tell | Falling Rifle Sends Bullet Into Leg at Home of D. C. Pclicewoman. | was at 715 Allison street, was injured. | The gist of their testimony was that McCarthy, Walker, Cush, Cullinane and Francis J. Slattery, 17, of 3173 Eighteenth street, learned of the party while visiting an H street northeast dancing establishment and decided to “crash” it Cullinane and Slattery entered the house via the rear door, going into the Xitchen, where they were met by Ben- jamin, Told could not remain they asked permission to go through the house and leave by way of the front door Others Refused Admittance. Meanwhile, McCarthy, Walker and Cush went to the front door, but were refused admittance. Cleary and George Kane, 22, returning after escorting two girls_home, found the uninvited guests on_the porch Walker attempted to follow Kane and Cleary into the house, but the door was slammed on his foot. He pushed it open, found himself confronted by Vincent' Kane and slapped him. The guests swarmed from the house and the fight became a free-for-all, it was said as over, McCarthy was 1o 1y the sicewalk, his covered wi He dead Near] 20 witnesses a be called to the stand when the inqu is resumed. Among them will be Vin- cent Kane, who broke down after being sworn in yesterday and ‘vas excused. McCarthy will be buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery Tuesday, following a requiem mass in St Church, at 9 o'clock. Besides his widowed mother, Mrs McCarthy, who was pros she learned of his death he is survived by a sister, Miss M garet M. McCarthy, and three brothers Thomas, John and Francis McCarthy. they expected to The dead boy was & first-year student | at St. John's Cc abandon his s because of il MAN IS ARRESTED HERE IN MARYLAND ACCIDENT Drunken Driving Warrant Issued for Motorist Who, Police Say, Forced Car Into Ditch. Arrested after, it was charged, he had forced another automobile into & ditch while driving without the wrong side of Suitland road, just across the Maryland linc, Preston Nichols, 31, of 3030 Wisconsin avenue a salesman, w night for Maryland authoriti Justice cf the Peace TI Grifith at Forrestville, Md., ege, but was forced to ies a few months agd alth nas D. of driving while under the influence of liquor. But when a constable came to the eleventh precinct station to return Nichols to Maryland, the man refused to go without being extradited. Two colared men and a colored Gabriel's Catholic | lights on | being held here last | issued a warrant for the man's arrest on charges ! | Robert Bell, 37-year-old Government engineer of the 900 block of Massachu- | | Setts avenue, was slightly wounded ye terday afternoon when shot in the leg while visiting at the home of Mrs. V. A Raison, Washington policewoman, near Cheverly, Md Police said last night Bell was ‘wnundpd when a .22 calber rifle ac- idently was discharged. According to Constable Jack Wilson, who with Con- | stable Kelly Woodell, inves th case, the gun was standing st | wall at the head of the stair second floor of Mrs. Rajson’s b Bell started to descend the sta rifie fell and was discharged Wilson declared Bell was brought to Casualty | pital by Dewey Guest, & policem tached to the ninth precinct who is a | neighbor of Mrs. Raison. After first |aid treatment, he was removed to | Mount Alto Hospital. The bullet in- | ficted only a small flesh wound and Bell's cors'ition is not serious | “According to the officers, Bell | World War veteran, had known | Raicon for some time. Officers Wil {and Woa“ell interviewed Mrs. R and the policewoman’s parent sons in the house whe er wes shot. As all gave the the shooting. the o thelr investigation, sa | drop) t | that it was accidental. | . TORAH TO BE GIVEN Congregation to Present Scroll of Laws. The junior congregation of the Bnai | 1srael Synagogue will present a Toran | or scroll of the law of Moses to the c | gregation proper at 6:30 p.m. next S |day. Heretofore, Torahs have been contributed to congregations by individ- uals An eleborate presentation program has been prevared under the leadershi | of Louis Kalichstein. vice oresident |the Congregation Bani Isracl. TI rabbis of Washington, officers and [ rectors of the Jewish Education | Association and many prominent lay- | men have been invited to attend |Junior The National Symphony | | Fourth Sunday Concert, Program: Overture, ‘Fingal's Cave” Aria: “Zefarett! lusinghieri O (frem Rosa Low ‘Romeo_and) Julie:” 3 Aria: “Depuis le jour” (from “L-y “Pavane pour une “Espena”.. revealing an | influence of the Norman-French motif | |2 young man with a pistol, who de- Symphony Concert Programs Constitution Hall, This Afternoon, Rosa Low PANIC 15 AVERTED WHENFILM IGNITES IN THEATER BOOTH |Several Hundred Make Exit Unhurt After Employes Calm Audience’s Fear. |SMOKE AND CURIOSITY ROUT HOTEL GUESTS sBlaze Is Put Out by Two Operators, One Receiving Slight Burns. Firemen Check Sparks. Several hundred persons attending a motion picture show last night at the Little Theater, Ninth street between F and G, were guided to safety through the coolness of theater attendants after a film in the projection room caught fire shortly before 10 o'clock. Joe Bernheimer, 23, of 1433 Spring road, motion picture machine operator, was slightly burned on the arm while attempting to extinguish the flames, with the assisfance of A. Odell of the 1700 block of Pennsylvania avenue, the other operator. Bernheimer was given first aid by Fire Rescue Squad No. 1 Audience Exits Unhurt. The audience at first became greatly alarmed when some one velled “Fire,” according to several persons, attending the performance. They were quickly calmed, however, according to J. Far- rell of the 700 block of H street, assis- tant manager of the theater. when he and the manager, Irving Schwartz, 32, 516 Ninth street, told them to keep their seats. The gudience, while moving hastily, kept in fair order and made its way out through front and rear exits with- out mishap. Hotel Guests Hasten Out. In addition to the theater audience. guests in the Hotel Inn, over the theater, hastened to the street when | smoke made its way into the corridors There was practically no excitement | however, among the hotel guests, it was said. most of them going outside | apparently because of curiosity. | Odell and Bernheimer had succeeded | in extinguishing the burning film with | |a chemical by the time firemen ar- rived. The firemen, however, brought | cheimcal apparatus into plgy to put out | sparks around the projection booth and in some clothes hanging on the wall which had ignited. Ninth Street Traffic Tied Up. The theater management said only a small piece of film had burned, but fire- men reported a whole roll of fikm had been destroyed. The motion picture machine was not damaged, Farrell said. Traffic on Ninth street was tied up temporarily and a large crowd gath- | ered in front of the theater while the firemen were inside. There was a kind of popping sound | when the film ignited and the theater | soon was filled with smoke. | |ACCUSED OF LOCKING RESIDENT IN CLOSET Suspect Said to Have Been Iden- tified in Attempt to Rob D. J. Gibson. Henry M. Raymond, 23, 4300 block | of Ninth street, who peMce acoused of at'empting to rob the heme of David J Gibson, 1509 Gallatin street, after Jock- | ing the owner in an upstairs closet. | was remanded yesterday to the grand Jjury under $3,000 bond by Police Judge | Ralph Given ¢ Returning to his home December 29, Gibson said he was met in the hall by manded that he hand over his money. Gibson said that when he showed he possessed no cash, the man ordered him upstairs, pushed him into & clothes closet and locked the door. Gibson eventually broke down the door and notified police. Policeman J. O. Patton, hearing a de- | scription of the robber, arrested Ray-| mond a few minutes later on Gallatin street. He was identified by Gibson. ASK SPECIAL SESSION Georgians Seek Action on Cotton Curb Legislation. MACON, Ga., January 2 (#).—Gov. Russell was urged at a mass meeting here today to call an extraordinary ses- sion of the Georgia Legislature before January 20 to consider cotton produc-| tion control legislation. A resolution adopted by the gather-| ing advised the enactment of legisla- | tion restricting the production of cot- | ton for 1932 and 1933 to 30 per cent of | the land in actual cultivation in these years. About 100 attended the meeting, in-| cluding 30 members of the State Legis- lature. TWO CUT IN ACCIDENT Sedan on Baltimore Highway Hits Rear of Southbound Bus. Two motorists were slightly injured last night when their light sedan crashed into the rear of a southbound bus on the Baltimore highway near Ammendale, Md. The men, Selwyn L. Powers, 27, Bal- imore, and Edward J. Wrightson, 29, Brooklyn, N. Y. were treated at Gar- field Hospital, the former for a cut nee and the latter for cuts about the ace and head. Powers, the driver, | was not detained. No one on the bus was injured. chestra, Conductor; 4 PM. Hans Kindler, S Mendelssohn “Idomeneo’ Mozart soprano. 5 Tschaikowsky aise™) ., Charpentier soprano. : .....Ravel .Chabrier | absence and went to the hospital with ! Baltimore Fourth Symphony Program, Constit A itution Hall, Thursday Afternoon, “Polonaise” (First time in Washington). Chopin-Glauzounow To be announced woman were occupants of the other car, which overturned in the ditch. Only one of them, Rufus Augustus of | { South Washington, Va. was injured, yecelving cuts sbout the legs. Haydn Casting Devotees Gather at Pool to | Form Capital Club Enthusiasts Hope Soon to Be Able to Accept Balti- more Challenge. Reels whirred and bamboo rods whipped silken line far over the wat- ers of the Reflecting Pool yesterday afternoon as a score of casting en- thusiasts gathered here for the first time to organize and promote competi- tion with sportsmen of other cities. Led by George Cook, secretary of the United States Board of Mediation and former national bait and fly-casting champlon, the anglers practiced for several hours on the windy banks of the Reflecting Pool and discussed plans for organizing the Washington Casting Club of the Isaak Walton League. It was announced that a group of Baltimore sportsmen already has chal- lenged the Washingtonians to meet them in a contest at the earliest possi- ble date. Contest Is Planned. Plans were also put on foot for reg- | ular practice meetings weekly through- out the year, preliminary to a contest among local sportsmen. Floating targets were anchored yes- terday in the eastern end of the pool to test the accuracy and distance of the casters, many of whom whipped dry flies and small weights with expert force and direction. Another leader of the sport here is Don Carpenter, insurance broker, with offices in the Investment Building, who ' also writes fish and game stories for the newspapers. Mr. Cook and Mr. Carpenter agreed that there are enough devotees of the | sport in Washington to insure a large and enthusiastic club membership. Year 'Round Sport. “Casting is a year 'round sport,” Mr. Carpenter said, “and we hope to get together at practice meets at least sev- eral times a month throughout the year. We plan to organize a competi- tion here for the selection of a team to meet Baltimore sportsmen and those of other cities.” The anglers were casting dry fiies | yesterday at a series of cork floats, and 3, to b ounce bait weights at a cir- cular rubber float anchored well out from shore. Several surf fishermen, to handling heavier tackle and weights, turned out to wach the fly and ba)t; casting. ARLINGTON BURIAL T0 BE GIVEN LEMMOND| Major Who Killed Himself on Street Was in Judge Advocate General's Office. accustomed | Funeral services for Maj. William W. | Lemmond, 56, of 1645 Harvard street, | who shot himself yesterday on the side- walk on Summit place, Eighteenth street and Quarry road, will be held in this city at a time to be decided later. | Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery. | Maj. Lemmond, who has been sta- | tioned in the legal department of the Judge Advocate General's Office, had been in failing health for some time. Several passersby saw him yesterday morning when he drew a pistol and they started toward him just before he fired a bullet into his head. The body was identified sometime later at Emer- gency Hospital, after Mrs. Lemmond became worried about her husband’s friends. Maj. Lemmond was a native of Char- oite, N. C., and came to this city more | han 30 years ago. He was graduatod | from the Washington College of Law in 1903 and the following year became a paymaster’s clerk in th> Army. Dur- | g the World War he served in the contract_and claims division of the judge advocate general's office and in | 1920 was given the rank of mafor. Maj. Lemmond is survived by his widow, his mother, four sisters and five brothers. 1 t CAPITAL POLICE SEEK MAN FOR KILLING QUIZ Luthorities Request Search Here in Slaying of Officer. Washington police were asked by Baltimore authorities to broadcast a lookout for Wilbur Wright, 28, colored resident of that city, wanted for ques- tioning in connection with the killing last night of Patrolman Willlam A Bell in a northside section of Balti- | more. i Wright was being sought by the po- | liceman in connection with a series of | hold-ups and robberies in Baltimore. | Acting on a tip that the man could b found on the third floor of a colore apartment house at 1709 Madison ave nue, Bell went there and was heard | by tenants of the building questioning a man, A shot was fired soon afterward and the policeman was found fatally wounded. His assailant escaped and ;x)llce were informed he had headed lor Washington. , Bell, who was shot through the heart, had served on the Baltimore police force for 23 years and was well known in the northside section, where he served much of this time. Several persons in the buildifig at | the time of the shooting were held for | questioning SENTENCED TO JAIL Youth Also Charged With House- breaking. Charged with two counts of larceny and one of housebreaking, Palmer Arthur Ethridge, 22, of 1317 Eleventh street, was sentencd to jail for eight months and held for grand jury action, respectively, by Judge Given in Police Court_yesterday. Enthridge, pol ice charged, entered an electric supply store at 3610 Georgla| avenue and took clocks, waffle frons 2nd other goods valued at $111. He was also accused of stealing elec- tric motors valped at $34 each from| G. M. Miller, 3023 Fourteenth street, | end Jeanette Emmett, of 3420 Sixteenth street. J. D. Kaufman to Speak. Joseph D. (Radio Joe) Kaufman will address the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish Con- sumptive Rellef Society in the Jewish To be announced ‘Wagner . Wagner Prelude to Act TII “Der Meistersinge; “Lohengrin Vorspiel No, 3"......... } Community Center Wednesday at 2 o'clock. {an. Kate Hertzberq, ac- companied by Mrs, Maurice Bisgyer, will entertain with vocgl selections. [ will be addressed by Gov Leaves RELIEF MARCHERS PROMISE: ORDERLY PARADE IN GAPITAL Permission for “Army” to Congregate at Steps of Capitol Expected. POLICE ARE PREPARED FOR ARRIVAL THURSDAY Pennsylvanians, With Petitions for Employment, Will Total From 2,000 to 5,000. Plans were virtually completed yes- terday for reception of several thousand Pennsylvanians due to arrive in Wash- ngton Thursday to demand unemploy- ment relief. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, in charge of police arrangements, received a let- ter from Rev. James R. Cox, generalis- simo, pledging the march would be con- ducted in an “orderly and impressive” manner. Father Cox said he hoped 5,000 men would be in line. Police do not anticipate more than 2,000 partici- pants, however. While formal permits remain to be issued, the visitors probably will be per- mited to congregate at the Capitol steps They will stand by while Father Cox presents a petition to high-ranking Government officials requesting aid for the jobless. Arrangements for this phase cf the program will be made by Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsyl- vania. Capitol Assembly Barred. Vice President Curtis yesterday sent word to Father Cox that mo assembly of the marchers on the Capitol steps would be permitted. He said he had no authority to issue such a permit. Curtis added the marchers could pre- sent their petition to any members of | Congress who would receive it Kelly told reporters the march would be conducted on the highest plane. He said Father Cox has taken every pre- caution to prevent the epterprise from being linked with Communistic propa- ganda. He stressed the fact that the movement has no connection with the recent “hunger march.” “Father Cox Is the pastor of St. Pat- rick’s Church, the largest Roman Cath- olic church in Pittsburgh,” Kelly said. “He long has been interested in welfare work. He has established an unemploy- ed colony in an old quarter of Pitts- burgh and was active some time ago in behalf of striking ceb operators.” Inspector Edwards said final police plans will be discussed at a meeting of inspectors called for Tuesday by Brig. Gen. P. D. Glassford, chief. He de- clared the marchers have agreed to time their arrival o they will pass through the downtown section when trafic is light. He said they would enter the city along Wisconsin avenue. Parking space will be prcvided for their trucks and cars along Maryland ave- nue and Third street in the vicinity of the Botanic Gardens. Bring Six-Day Rations. The marchers, Inspector Edwards sald, may not spend the night in Wash- ington. He declared they would be financially able to obtain hotel and rooming ~ house accommodations, if necessary. The inspector was informed the marchers would be supplied with six days' rations when they leave Pitts- burgh Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock: The strength of their numbers will be reported to police en route. The procession will go from Pitts- burgh to Harrisburg, Pa., from there to Hagerstown, Frederick, Washington. While in’ Harrisburg they Pinchot A parade permit will be issued later. They do not wish to march by the White House, however, Inspector Ed- wards was informed. 2 The march will be sponsored by Father Cox and the Independent Mer- chants of Allegheny County. GLAD TO GET OUTDOORS AGAIN, SAYS POLA NEGRI Hospital After Almost Three Weeks; Plans to Go South After Brief Rest. By the Assoclated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif, January 2. —Pale but “glad to get outdoors again,” Pola Negri left the Santa Monica Hos- pital today, nearly three weeks after she had undergone an operation for re- moval of an intestinal obstruction. She posed for pictures and then, with her nurse, left for a hotel here, where she will rest several days and then go to Palm Springs to regain her health. She expects to be in New York by Feb- ruary 1 to fulfill a radio contract and then will return to Hollywood to re- sume her film work. Miss Negri declined to comment on suit she has filed against Prince Serge Mdivani, her former husband, for col- lection of about $80,000, which she said she loaned him. COLLEGE HEAD BURIED Funeral Services for i)l‘. J. Knox Montgomery Held in Ohio. NEW CONCORD, Ohio, January 2 (#).—Funeral services were held in Brown Chapel here yesterday for Dr. J. Knox Montgomery, president of Muskingum College and moderator of the United Presbyterian Church, who died last week. Burial was in the New Concord Cemetery. Dr. H. A. Kelsey conducted the serv- ices, speaking of his close friendship with Dr. Montgomery during his 27 years as president of Muskingum Associates of the educator were hon- orary pallbearers. Muskingum faculty members were active pallbearers and Zanesville, Cambridge and New Con- cord citizens formed a guard of honor at the bier. R —1 APPEALS FOR CLOTHING Salvation Army Expects More Re- quests as School Reopens. The Salvation Army, szeking chil- dren’s clothing to distribute among needy boys and girls, announced & di- rect appeal for such apparel last night. It pointed out that many Washington families are having difficulties in clothing their children adequately to keep them in school. Prior to the Christmas holidays, the Salvation Army was able to keep abreast of the demands made upon its supply, but the reopening of school to- morrow is expected to number of requests for clothing. Rockville and | | increase the body since 180 Mr., le, who 15 also & mem- “Invasion Forced on Japan” PEACE SOON TO FOLLOW, SAYS KABAYAMA. Count Ayseke Kabayama, member of the Japanese House of Peers (left), and Takashi Komatsu, director of the Asano Shipbuilding Co.—Star Staff Photo. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | HE Japanese army was com- | pelled to push their operations as far as the Chinese Wall by the presence of the large number of bandit organiza- tions, which were supported by the Chinese authorities. The occupation of Chinchow was essential, because it was from that center that all the help was | sent out by the Chinese warlords to their organized groups and individual bands.” This statement was made here | last night by Count Aisuke Kabayama, | a member of the Japanese House of | Peers and one of the most prominent | business men in Japan. | Count Kabayama had arrived in this | country 10 days ago, and while not re resenting the Japanese government any way he has come here to find out | what America and especially the Amer- ican business men think about Japan’s action in Manchuria. He had also heard that American business men were worried that the principle of the open door will not be respected by the Japanese in Manchuria. While not in a position to make any binding prom- | ises to his American friends, he in- | tends to gather as much information as possible from all the psople he can | meet in the United States and present | their views to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and through them to the Japanese government. Count Kabayama was a classmate of former President Coolidge and the late Senator Dwight W. Morrow. Practical Business Mind. | Count Kabayama is not a politician. | He was an adviser of the Japanese del- egation at the London Naval Confer- ence in 1929, where he helped the other | members by his practical business point of view on most subjects. Being a Japanese patriot and a man outside militant politics, he takes the point of view of the army practically as his gos- pel. ‘There is no question in his mind | that the story of the Chinese bandits threatening the Japanese army is cor- rect. He spread before his interviewer | a very detailed map which the Japa- nese general stafl had given him before | leaving Tokio. On that map the grouping of the Chinese bandits was carefully marked with red dots, exactly in the same manner the location of enemy divisions was marked during the war on every staff map. When his attention was drawn to the fact that | bandits are generally operating in elu- | sive units; that they are here today and tomorrow somewhere else and con- sequently the best military intelligence in the world could not fix exactly the location of these bands, he stated that Japanese officers had made a lifelong study of the situation and could place practically every bandit unit in Man- churia. “The Chinese commander at Chin- | chow was supplying these bands with arms, ammunition and leaders. As long | as he was there the Japanese army could have no rest. The Chinese troops had to be ejected from that region and | I think that from now on the Japanese military operations will cease. Of course, there {5 just this possibility that | the Chinese should continue their work from the Jehal region i Doubts Further Operations. “I don't know what our military authorities have in mind, but it is just a possibility that if the Chinese con- | tinue to encourage their bandita we | may be compelled to go furthet. I doj not think, however, that this will be | necessary. The disappearance of the last vestige of Chinese authority in Manchuria will undoubtedly discourage the bandits. The new Chinese regime which is golng to be set up in Man- churia probably will prove such a boon to the Chinese inhabitants who for the first time in a generation will not live | in fear and be oppressed by various brigands, be they called governors or anvthing else, that in a few S we will witness a new and much more pros- perous country than ever before.” Count Kebayama is a great believer in realities in international politics. As soon as the bad feeling which was [ in tions Is over the Chinese business men necessarily will seek an understanding ¢ith Japan. The Japanese peer is con- vinced that the settlement of the whole Manchurian question depends exclusive- Iy on the understanding between the Chinese business men and the Japan-| ese. It may take several years, Count Kabayama thinks, before this is ac- complished, but it is bound to come. Indirect negotiations with Nanking are going on even at the present moment. It is true that the Chinese boycott is damaging Japanese interests, but all these boycotts are purely sentimental and temporary and as soon as the situ- ation “cools off” business relations be- tween the two countries which are so dependent of each other will be re- sumed. Even today, the Japanese peer | stated, the Chinese business men feel the need of buying things from Japan and Japanese wares are being bootleg- ged into China on a large scale. The Chinese are the main distributors of Japanese merchandise and they will not continue a policy of “cutting their nose to spite the face.” Fricndly Relations Again. As soon as the fate of Manchuria has been definitely settled by the organiza- tlon of a Chinese government under Japanese supervision, the Chinese will accept the inevitable with true Oriental philosophy and within a reasonably short time the two countries will resume friendly relations. Of course, the League of Nations does not come out very well in this unfortunate affair, but after all we are all human and if the League can show its efficiency in some other fields, the Manchurian incident will be soon forgotten. Count Kabayama is greatly inter- ested in the public sentiment in the United States. He has no message from the Japanese government to the Ameri- can business men, but he is here to gather their opinions and tell his gov- ernment of what is worrying our ex- porters and industrialists. He person- ally does not doubt that the Japanese government_ will do all it can not to embarass our economic interests in Manchuria. A number of contracts had been signed between the former war lord of Manchuria while he was at Mukden and certain American firms. Naturally those interested in the con- tracts are afraid that they will be no longer valid when a new administration is set up at Mukden. Count Kabayama could say nothing definite about these matters; they depend entirely on how the new Chinese governor feels about them, but he was certain that nothing is further from the mind of his govern- ment than to hamper American business in Manchuria. LA FONTAINE BEGINS 9-MONTH SENTENCE Gambler Enters Ellicott City Jail in Tax Evasion—Pays $1,000 Fine. Special Dispatch to The Star. ELLICOTT CITY, Md, January 2— James A. La Fontaine, Washington gambler, today began a nine-month term in the Howard County Jail for in- come tax evasion. Although convicted last month, La Fontaine was permitted by Judge W. Calvin Chesnut to spend the holiday period with his two adopted nieces, and the start of his term was deferred until today. He presented himself this morning at the office of United States Marshal George W. Collier, in_ Baltimore, and was brought to the Ellicott City jail this afterncon. In addition to the jail centence, Le. Fontaine was fined $1,000, which he paid. Charged with evasion of taxes on his income in 1925 and 1926, La Fontaine paid more than FEDERATION ASKS SENATE TO DELAY TAXBILLS ACTION Opportunity to Express Views and for Committee Study Is Sought. DELEGATES PROTEST “MILD” RESOLUTICN Prevents Wording Disapproving Abrupt House Committee Action. President Havenner The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions adopted last night a resolution “earnestly petitioning” the Senate to “withhold action on any tax bills re- lating to the District until the Senate District Committce has made an ex- haustive study of those passed by the House and until the federation has had opportunity to state its views.” The tax bills referred to, introduced at the suggestion of the Mapes Com- mittee on Fiscal Relations, greatly in- crease and redistribute the tax burden in the District, and form part of the House program for slicing $3,000,000 from the annual Federal contribution to the District. Some of the delegates protested at what they termed the mildness of the resolution. L. A. Carruthers, chairman of the Piscal Relations Committee, who brought up the subject, said the com- mittee disapproved the abrupt manner in which the bills were reported by the committee and passed by the House. William McK. Clayton, Fred Emery and George Sullivan sought to have this feeling reflected in the resolution, but President George C. Havenner suc- ceeded in eliminating any reference to the House action on the ground its in- clusion would be undiplomatic and tactless. D. C. Representation Lacking. “Why exclaimed Mr. Clayton, “when these bills were passed there was not a single friend of the District who would stand on the floor of the House and vote ‘No.’ Do we have to be tactful and diplomatic with them?” William A. Roberts agreed with Dr. Havenner, saying it is “easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar.” Sullivan and Emery then withdrew their suggestions and the resolution went through without any reference to the House. The vote was unanimous. It came at a late hour when there were only about 20 delegates left in he hall. School Project Discussed. The federation devoted considerable time to discussing the prospective es- tablishment of a colored school at a site already bought near Rock Creek Church road and Allison street north- east. Harry N. Stull of the Commit- i{tee on Education reported there were only 32 colored children enrolled at a portable school in that vicinity and the average attendance was only 26. During the discussion Vice President Sullivan said the colored members of the Board of Education, by assiduous attendance, are in control of the board, whereas the white members, by slack attendance, have lost control. He said he favored a white board and a colored board, to look after the respec- tive races. The federation adopted a resolution opposed to the building of new colored schools save in locations where the col- ored race predominates, and asking for | notice to associations and individuals | before the Board of Education considers | changes of any future schools from | white to colored divisions or vice versa. New Office Provided. ‘The federation emended its constitu- tion so as to provide for the new office of second vice president, which, accord- ing to the report of Mr. Sullivan, chair- man of the committee on the amend- ment, was to be filled by a woman as a reward for the services to the federa- tion of the same sex. An amendment putting the first incumbent into office in February was defeated, however, when it did not poll the necessary two- thirds of the votes cast, and the office will not be filled until the next regular election, in November. The federation has never before elected a woman officer. The federation voted favorably on a bill makipg 2!.-gallon containers of ice cream legal, because the 2-gallon containers now in vogue slip around in their places; compulsory insurance or financial responsibility for taxicabs; ample playground space for public schools; in praise of the work of Police Chief Pelham D. Glassford in handling the unemployed marchers’ demonstra- tion; an elective school baard. It approved also legislating the doc- trine of governmental function as a defense to tort claims out of existence. This was explained to mean the legisla- tion would allow a citizen to sue the Government for tort claims, involving personal injuries, in the same manner that he may now sue for violation of a contract. The federation voted against exempt- | ing the salaries of employes of private | firms or individuals from attachment. bound to prevail throughout China as a | $200,000 in back taxes and penalty :AUTO PSY REVEALS result of the Japanese military opera- | assessments. Get Belgian Medals D. A. SKINNER AND C. P. MINNIGERODE HONORED BY KING ALBERT. EDALS awarded by King Albert for distinguished service to his country were presented by the Belgian Ambassador yes terday to two Washington leaders in civic and art circles—David A. Skinner, secretary of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and C Powell Minnigerode, director and secre- tary of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Washingtonians were requested to present themselyes at the Belgian embassy yesterday morning, anqd the awards were made informally by’ Am- bassador Paul May, the decoration of Chevalier de 1'Ordre de la Couronne going to Mr. Skinner and the Cheva- Jier de 1'Ordre de la Leopold II to Mr. Minnigerode. Mr. Skinner was able to render use- ful service to the Belgian delegation to the International Chamber of Com- | merce Congress here last May, which was presided over by Georges Theunis, | president of the international chamber, and the Belgian minister of state. Mr. Minnigerode received the honor in recognition of his work in furthering international art relations. He super- intended arrangements for 2 large and important Belgian art exhibition, held at the Oorcoran Gallery during 1930. Mr. Skinner, who was named assist- ant secretary of the United States Chamber of Commerce, on its organiza- tion in 1912, has been secretary of that DAVID A. SKINNER:. ber.of the Board of Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, has been di- rector of the gallery since 1915, and for & number of years prior to that time was assistant director, [ WOMAN TOOK POISON Coroner Gives Verdict of Suicide in Mrs. Pakerson’s Death in Hospital. Following an autopsy, which revealed traces of poison in the stomach, ac- cording to Coroner Rogers, a certificate {of suicide was issued yesterday in the | death of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Parkerson, 34, of New Oleans, who died at George Washington Hospital earlier in the day. Physicians who attended the woman told police she had been despondent for some time as a result of a mental dis- ease from which she had been suffering for five years. Mrs. Parkerson had been undergoing treatment at the hos- pital for more than a week, they said. Physicians sald they believed : the woman had swallowed the poison’tab- lets last Sunday afternoon. DRIVES INTO FREIGHT CAR Motorist Wrecks Auto in OCrash and Is Arrested as Intoxicated, Driving his automobile into & car last night on the Baltimore & Ralilroad siding at Thirtieth streets proved costly to Sylvester don, 25, of 1450 Foxall road, wi only had his machine smashed but: locked up on a charge of driving intoxicated. Policeman C. K. Culver, seventh cinct, found Gordon and the car unhurt, but the automobile was wrecked, e | Ay phonc e SRR |