Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Rain this afternoon; colder, with low- est temperature about 32 degrees tonight tomorrow fair. Temperatures, 40, at noon today; lowest, 38, at 7:30 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 16. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Circulation, 118,594 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 ch ———— Entered as seco post office, Wa No. 32,029, nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1932—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. *% ) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. GERMAN PAYMENTS ENDED, CHANCELLOR T g1 TELLS BRITAIN AS CONFERENCE NEARS! Bruening Informs Ambassa- | dor Reich Unable to Meet Reparations Obligations for | Indefinite Period. ANNOUNCEMENT PLANNED | AT PARLEY AT LAUSANNE, Berlin Delegation to Contend That Economic Recovery for World Impossible Under Present Policy of Payments to Allied Govern- ments. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 9.—Chancel- Jor Bruening has informed Great Britain that when the Lausanne Reparations Conference convenes Germany will tell the world that her ability to pay reparations is at an end. He told Sir Horace Rumbold, the British Ambassador, that not only for the present, but for an indefinite time to come, Germany will be unable to pay. The German delegation to the Lausanne meeting also will argue, he said, that so long as the pres- ent reparations policy continues, economic recovery for Germany and the world will be impossible. This notification was given yester- day, but the foreign office announced 1t only this afternoon after reports had come from other European capitals that Dr. Bruening had said Germany would Tefuse to accept anything at Lausanne | except complete cancellation of repa- Fations. ‘It would have been sheer madness for the chancellor to lay down any such ultimatum,” said the foreign office spokesman. “If he had, there would be no purpose in going to Lausanne.” Talked Over Situation. “What happened,” said the spokes- man, “was ehat the chancellor and the British Ambessador had & frank talk on the whole international situation, in the course of which the Lausanne meet- ing was discussed. “The chancellor took oecasion to lay Germany's well known viewpoint before the Ambassador once more—that obvi- ously Germany, now and for an indefi- nite time in the future, is unable to pay reparations, and that the world would be better off if it put an end to the entire reparations policy.” From a semi-official source it was| learned that the chancellor sought to| convince the British Ambassador that reparations are ruinous to the world’s economy, and that their continuance would prevent the world’s recovery from its economic depression. Germany's emergence from the economic slump also depends upon abrogation of the yeparations policy by her creditors, he eontended. While reiterating this German view- point, the chancellor was careful to avoid anything which might prejudice the Lausanne meeting, it was said. On Verge of Collapse. In authoritative circles it was asserted that the borrowed money with which Germany hitherto has paid reparations has become “dead” and cannot be used for productive purposes. As a result, Germany's economic structure is on the verge of a collapse, which will be unavoidable if an attempt is made to maintain the present reparation policy. If Germany is relieved of reparations, 1t was said, she will be able to pay her private debts in due course, but she cannot possibly pay these and repara- tions, too. After he had talked with the British Ambassador, Chancellor Bruening re- ceived the German Ambassadors to England, Prance and Italy, who had! been summoned to Berlin to confer with him on the reparations problem. They are now on the way back to their posts, fully enlightened as to the | German government's attitude and | ready to expound it to the foreign min- isters of the countries to which they are accredited WEEK'S DELAY ASKED. Britaln Wants Lausanne Session to Meet on January 25. LONDON, January 9 (#)—Great Britain today proposed January 25 as the date for the Lausanne Reparations Conference. It was understood that the change from January 18 was sug- gested because it would be difficult for France to participate on the earlier date in view of the necessity for making certain cabinet changes YEAR'S HOLIDAY PLANNED. ¥rench Proposal to Suggest Payments in German Railroad Bonds. PARIS, January 9 (#).—The Prench reparations revision proposal, which will be submitted to Sir Frederick Leith- Ross, British expert, today, said Pertinax, noted political writer of the Echo de Paris, will call for a one-year moratorium for Germany in 1933 and not & two-year stay as was first sug- gested It will be proposed, however, he said. that Germany be relieved of all unconditional annuities during the mor- atorium instead of only transfers in foreign currency. rurthermore, he said, Germany would be permitted to pay the unconditional annuities in the form of railroad bonds bearing interest which Great Britain and France could turn over to the United States Treasury in payment of war debts. FIND BOMB CACHE Santiago Police Discover Several Thousand Hidden in House. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 9 (A — Word from Antofogasta today said po- lice had discovered several thousand !'ment and a full dinner pail. from the lips of the speakers, while Old Hickory was rarely mentioned. Held in Murder MRS. GRACE BELL FORTESCUE. —A. P. Photo. DINNER SPEAKERS ATTACK HOOVER Smith, Davis and Cox Tear “Prosperity Slogan” of 1928 to Pieces. Launching thelr campaign for na- tional victory at the polls next Novem- ber, the Democrats smote the Repub- lican administration hip and thigh at their Jackson day dinner last night in the Mayflower Hotel. As party leaders from every section of the country listened and shouted ap- proval, three Democratic standard bearers of the past, former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, John W. Davis, one- time Ambassador to Great Britain, and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, took the Hoover administration apart to show how, 1in their opinion, it had failed to function. They seized upon the slogan of the Republicans in 1928—Prosperity—and | tore it to shreds. Never again, they| declared, could the G. O. P. go to the | polls with the claim it made four years ago that Republican rule spells pros- perity, good times, plenty of employ- The Democrats, it seemed, were holding a “Hoover dinner,” not a Jack- son dinner, judging from the number of times the name of Mr. Hoover came The former Democratic presidential nominees all had suggestions to make as to what shouid be done to aid the country in its present economic condi- tion. And all expressed the firm con- vicition that the Democratic party would be entrusted with this task by the people at the elections next No- vember. Indeed, the election of a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress were declared to be a sine qua non. Most Concrete Proposal. It was former Gov. Smith, the party4 candidate in 1928, and who is still looked upon as a presidential possibility this year, who came forward with the most concrete proposal to meet the | unemployment situation and to help end the depression. Gov. Smith proposed “an issue of | Federal bonds for necessary public im- | provements.” These bonds, he said,| should be offered to the American pub- | lic directly, just as were the Liberty Bonds during the World War. “I feel safe,” said Gov. Smith, “in| venturing an opinion that an offer of such bonds under such conditions will loosen up the hoarded money which is now cared for in sugar bowls. between mattresses and by the more careful in safe deposit boxes. I believe if this| matter is properly started and if this | issue is properly handled, it will restore | purchasing power that would be bene- ficial to business, commerce and in- dustry all along the line.” MURDER IN' HAWAII AS AGT OF REVENGE LAIDTOD.C. MATRON Son-in-law, a Navy Officer, and Enlisted Sailor Also Are Accused. MRS. FORTESCUE KNOWN WELL IN WASHINGTON Daughter of Late Charles J. Bell. Crime Climaxes Assaults and High Feeling. By the Associated Press HONOLULU, January 9.—Police to- day charged a naval officer and his socially prominent mother-in-law had sought to avenge with murder a crimi- nal attack upon the officer’s wife. ‘While officials pleaded with a hysteri- cal city for calmness and order, Mrs. Grace Bell Fortescue of New York and ‘Washington, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, U. 8. N, her son-in-law, and E. J. Lord, Navy enlisted man, were charged with murder and held in custody at Pearl Harbor, naval base, aboard the receiving ship Alton. ‘Well Known Here. (Mrs. Grace Bell Fortescué is the daughter of the late Charles J. Bell, Washingtor: banker, and has been so- cially prominent in the East since her debutante days. Her husband, Granville Fortescue, writer and soldier, has had an adven- turous carger. A cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, "he served with his distin- guished kinsman in the Rough Riders, and when Roosevelt came to the presi- dency Fortescue was made a White House aide. He was also a war corre- spondent and served in the American Army in the World War. They were married in 1910. Mrs, Massie, the former Thalia Fortescue, is one of four daughters. She was presented to society in Wash- ington and on Thanksgiving day, 1927, was married (o the then Ensign T. H. Massie at Washington Cathedral, five months after Massie had been grad- uated from Annapolis. Lieut. Massie hails from Winches- ter, Ky.) Shots Fired at Car. Police searched Mrs. Fortescue's house and said they found signs of a struggle, a bed room door dangling from a twisted hinge, blood stains cn the bed room floor and one sheet miss- ing. The body of Joseph Kahahawai, Hawaiian, one of five men awaiting trial for assaulting Mrs. Massie last September, was found late yesterday in an automobile driven by Mrs. Fortescue with Lieut. Massie and Lord as passen- gers. It was wrapped in a sheet. The Hawalian had been shot through the heart, ‘When driven off the road by police, the death car was speeding toward Koko Head, where the tides flow rapidly through the channel between the Islands of Oahu and Molokai. Police sald they had chased the automobile 10 miles and fired several shots in at- tempts to halt it. None of the three would make any statement about the matter. Al Jones, Navy enlisted man, was found on guard at the Fortescue resi- dence, ana was taken into custody. Upon' him police said they found a magazine from a .32 automatic, with one cartridge missing, and a fake sum- mons addressed to Kahahawal. It was this summons, police asserted, which lured the young Hawalian into an automobile from the court room where, as one charged with a serious crime and at liberty pending trial, he had gone to make his daily report. Climax to Disorders. The slaying climaxed a series of | tards the progress of public works." Gov. Smith said that in providing | ey, for this bond issue Congress should give | 1, the President power to appoint a Fed- eral administrator of public works, and ents which in the last few weeks ave aroused Honolulu residents deep- ;{y. :‘ollolwmx nnkmsgk ugm a uho&! & 4 eacher last week, Gov. Lawrence M. tfi{ffé‘; g‘";ut“‘gl“;mmp‘j“‘& and au-| judd_ordered all’ police agencles to et e noy otind tarospiyo the | “rid Honolulu of vice” “Earller Horace pe now foun oughout the | 1da, “island-born Japanese, co-defend statute laws of the country which re-|ant’ with Kahahawai in the trial, had been beaten by a mob of 20 men and | several minor riots had bfoken out in the city. An_escaped _prisone: Smith Urges Bond Issue. While Gov. Smith urged a bond issue from Oahu to help meet the unemployment situa- tion, he also called for retrenchment in | Government expenditures. John W. | Davis and Gov. Cox were equally| emphatic in their demands that the | Government, live within its income and | by inference opposed more borrowing of money. One of Gov. Smith's pro- posals was for Government saving by consolidation of governmental agencies. President Hoover, Gov. Smith said, only_passing on Page 3, Oolumn 1) | MAY FAVOR RUBBER CUT | East Indies Governor Rumored for Control Plan. LONDON, January 9 (#).—A dispatch | to the Pinancial Times from Amster- dam said there were persistent rumors on the bourse there that the governor general of the Dutch East Indies has | declared he would agree in principle to the proposed plan for restriction of rubber output. No confirmation was | obtainable, however, but in Dutch rub- ber circles the opinion was expressed, the dispatch said, that the governor | majority of those in the industry. " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) DEMOCRATS OFFER 32 CONVENTION FOR HIGHEST CASH BID Atlantic City Promises Sum of $200,000 for Party to Gather There. KANSAS CITY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEST CHANCE Chairman Raskob Denies Doing Anything For or Against Any Candidate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Chairman John J. Raskob at & meet- ing of his committee at the Mayflower Hotel today put the Democratic na- tional convention on the auction block. The chairman declared that he believed the Democratic Committee legitimately has the right to sell the convention to the city making the highest bid for theshonor of holding it, particularly in view of the fact that the national organization needs money at this time. “I believe that the convention should go to the city which makes the best offer for it,” sald Chairman Raskob. “The chair will now entertain bids for the convention.” Has No Choice of Cities. Mr. Raskob prefaced the statement with a declaration that there had been a number of erroneous newspaper re- ports about the selection of a conven- tion city, adding: “I have mo choice for the convention city myself.” Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was recognized by Chairman Raskob. He called atten- tion to the fact that Mayor Harry A. Bacharach of Atlantic City was in the hall ready to submit a bid for the con- vention on the part of Atlantlc City. Mr, Bacharach was then recognized and made his presentation of the case for Atlantic City. Mayor Bacharach lost no time in making a bid of $200,000 on behalf of Atlantic City for the Democratic Na- tional Convention. The mention of the figure brought loud applause from mem- bers of the committee. The largest sum which has been discussed as the convention bid in the last few days was $150,000. Reports circulated that the Smith- Raskob faction in the commiitee had urgeéd Atlantic City to increase its bid to $200,000 in order to checkmate the Roosevelt group, which had back- - h..‘vtl' Mg.,v and” opposed ing the - either to Chicago or Atlantic Oity. Invited to San Francisco. Mayor Bacharach set forth to the committee the qualifications of Atlantic City for holding a national conven- tion, declaring that they had the larg- est convention hall in the country and promising the delegation wonderful weather if they come to Atlantic City. Isadore Dockwieler, Democratic na- tional committeeman from California, came forward with his offer for the Democratic National Convention on be- half of S8an Francisco. San Francisco, he said, offered $150,000 for the con- vention. He presented a certified check for the amount and told the members of the committee that 8an Francisco would give them a warm welcome. The Democratic National Convention of 1920 was held in San Francisco. Scott Bullitt of the State of Washing- ton seconded the invitation of San Francisco for the convention. Despite the offer of $200,000 made by Atlantic City, some of the Democratic | leaders expressed the opinion that the convention probably would go to a Middle Western city, probably Kansas City, even though that city only made a smaller bid. Presents Chicago Bid. Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, former chairman of the United States Ship- ping Board, presented Chicago's bid for the Democratic National Conven- tion. He did not go beyond the $150,- 00 mark, however, although there had been reports in the committee room that Chicago might match Atlantic City's $200,000 offer. Mr Hurley called attention to the advantage of Chicago’s geographical lo- caton, declaring that 62 per cent of QUIT SNOWBOUND TRAIN 20 tion Nearby as Track Is Cleared. SEWARD, Alaska, January 9 (#).— number of passengers marooned four days on a train by a blizzard in Broad Pass have made their way over the snow to Dead Horse, a nearby station, rail- road officials said today. The passengers are being taken care of at the Government hotel there. In all, 20 were aboard the train, which was bound for Fairbanks. Meanwhile, plows were in use battling to clear the track. QUAKE R Alaskan Passengers Reach Sta- ECORDED HERE An earthquake only 2,850 miles away | was recorded early today on the George- town University seismograph. It began At 5:40:24 and reached its second stage at 5:46:24 It was not sufficiently severe to de- probably would yield to the wishes of a | termine the direction of the quake from | Washington. Take Silverware and $150 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 9.—All in all, the three thieves who visited the home of Harold R. Goodheart last night, had a good time. Mrs. Goodheart was alone when one of them rang the door bell. “Now just sit down,” he said, “and make yourself 8t home. We'll just wait for_the others.” One got her a glass of water. bombs hidden in a house there and had arrested several persons, all of whom were described as communists. There was enough explosive, the police said, 10 blow up half the city. An. other turned on the radio, and all chatted amiably until Mr. eart arrived. “Hello, Harold,” said the “Take a seat, old man.” Goodheart’s daughter, ghynu.l edu- s leader. AMIABLE THIEVES BEGII‘\I ROBBERY WITH TWO-HOUR FIRESIDE CHAT After Arriving Family Is Greeted Graciously. ‘cnuun instructor, was the next to ar- Tive. She was greeted with “Good eve- ning, Adelaida” Dorothy Praser, & | teacher ~ friend of Miss Goodheart, dropped in and was made at home. | BY the time Mr. Goodheart's grand- father Raphael, 74, reached the house | the robbers were on even more familiar | terms. They greeted him as “gandpa.” | Al After two and a half hours of visiting the trio took the silverware, $150 in cash, locked the five in a closet and bid them goodnight. - | Radio Programs on Page B-12 (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) Eof e A HEFLIN WITNESSES TO END TESTIMONY Remaining 150 Called in Alabama Probe of Senatorial Election Con- test After One-Day Extension. By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 9.—A one-day extension today gave former Senator J. Thomas Heflin an oppor- tunity to call a number of his remain- ing 150 witnesses to testify in support of his charge of “fraud” was practiced in the election of his successor, Senator John H. Bankhead. The extra day of testimony was al- lowed yesterday by Harrison W. Smith, observer for the Senate Elections Sub- committee at Heflin's contest hearing, after he received a telegram from the subcommittee chairman, Senator Hast- ings of Delaware, agreeing to the ex- nsion of time. uMur today's hearing, an adjourn- ment will be taken until Monday when Senator Bankhoad will begin presenting witnesses in rebuttal. His attorneys indicated they expected to complete thelr work ’l;',\ less than the six days Heflin. uul‘?uglyerdus irregularitles in a score of North Alabama counties have been charged by witnesses appearing for Heflin, They include mtimidation of Heflin supporters, coercion of employes favorable to his cause, “ballot snatch- ing,” ‘“electioneering,” fllegal casting and counting of votes, and other acts of misconduct on the part of election officials. 't L. E. WHEELER DIES Was Former Representative and Mayor of Springfield, Il INGFIELD, IIl, January 9 (#).— mfff E.Gwhezler, former Representa- tive and mayor, died of heart disease in his home here last night. He had been in alling hrm: for five. years. e S LIKENESS You ARE To JEFFERSON! e N TR You'RE ! ARINGER FOR"OLD) HICKORYA el THE MOST (HANGEABLE v .. i . How tlgocr oy I» KE DNcolN! NONSENSE. DAWES DECLARES OF PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS Ambassador, Announcing He Wil Resign, Spikes Rumor He Will Enter Race. Asserts He Will Resume Banking Activities in Chicago. By the Associated Press. As quickly as it began, speculation that Charles G. Dawes might have po- litical honors in mind faded today. One brief, brusque sentence from the diplomat in Chicago ended for the time being, at least, whispers in Capitol cor- ridors that a presidential bee might have been sounding about his ears as he sald he intended to quit as Ambassador to Great Britain. “It's all damn nonsense,” he said. Meantime, an announcement by in the New Hampshire primary as a delegate (Continyed on Page 2, Column 6.) | { i | | | ! CHARLES G. DAWES. D. . DAVIS QUITS PHILIPPINES POST Hoover Announces Selection of Theodore Rooseveit as Governor General. Dwight F. Davis resigned today as Governor General of the Philippines and his successor will be Theodore Roosevelt, now Governcr of Porto Rico. Appointment of Roosevelt was an- nounced immediately after Davis’ resig- nation. After conferring with President Hoover, the Governor General said there is no understanding as to when this resignation takes effect. He plans to leave thjs country shortly to visit his wife and daughter Alice in Paris. The illness of Mrs. Davis was one of the reasons given for his resig- nation. Davis confirmed reports of his resig- nation as he stood beside Secretary of ‘War Hurley in the White House offices | after a talk with the Chief Executive. Plans to Take Rest. He immediately moved to quiet spec- ulation that he might enter politics again, possibly seeking a post in the Senate. Asked directly about this, he replied: “There is nothing in it.” “I feel that I have served my turn | for 25 years. Now I plan to get a lit- tle rest.” Davis has been Governor of the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) DISTINGUISHED GROUP TO SEE SHIP LAUNCHED Mrs. Robert G. Stone of Boston Serves as Sponsor of New Steam- er at Newport News, Va. By the Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va., January 9.- A distinguished group headed by Mrs Robert G. Stone of Boston, wife of a director of the Eastern Steamship Line, gathered here today to witness the launching of the passenger and frelght steamer Baint John At the piant of the Newport News Shipbullding & Dry | Dock Co. ‘The vessel will be dellvered to her owners in the late Spring and will be placed immediately in the Boston-New Brunswick tourist trade. Mrs. Stone, the ship's sponsor, was attended by E. O. Donnell, president of the line, and by an official party of guests. ‘The Saint John is named for the city of that name in New Brunswick, Canada. The craft is 402 feet long, has a beam of 60 feet, and a 20-foot draft. A second vessel, to be christened the Acadia, will be launched soon. Texas Plans $1,000,000 Relief. AUSTIN, Tex., January 9 (#).—A $1,000,000 bond maintenance program to relieve unemployment was announced by the Texas highway department yes- terday. The work will be independent of road and bridge projects, estimated to cost approximately $1,500,000, which soon will be. placed under contract. CHESTORVE GVES ST3BI6 0 SATES Campaign in Government De- partments Goes Well Above Million Goal. Welfare agencies in nearby Maryland | and Virginia will receive $73,616.96 as a result of the drive conducted through the Government departments in con- nection with the forthccming campaign | of the Washington Community Chest. | This was announced today at the office of Thomas E. Campbell, president | | of the Civil Service Commission, who is | | chairman of the Government drive. | | The Washington Chest will receive | $1,007,000. | A number of agencies in Maryland | #nd Virginia are to participate in the | funds, but the exact amount each is | to get probably will not be available for | a couple of weeks. The first collection | will be made in the pay which the Gov- ernment employes receive January 15 Returns from the solicitation of the Government establishment which set out originally for a goal of $1,000,000 are not quite complete, contributions | continuing to_straggle in. |~ More than $25,000 has come in since Christmas when the drive was formally concluded, bringing the funds to more than $80,000 over the amount original- ly sought. GETS $5,000 PAY ROLL Bandit Shoots Cashier in Arkansas Gazette Office. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. January 9 (&). —A bandit followed two messengers from a bank into the Arkansas Gazette's business office today, shot and wounded the cashier, J. E. Chappell, and escaped with the newspaper's weekly pay roll STOLEN 100,000 MAIL RECOVERED Lowell, Mass., Loot Found on Farm After Arrest of Two Men. LOWELL, Mass., January 9 (#).— One hundred thousand doilars in cash and currency which had been taken from a mail sack here December 31 was found today buried in the ground in a by-path off the Hood Farm road in Tewksbury. A postal clerk and a truck driver were arrested early today and ordered held in connection with the robbery. Postal inspectors who placed Louls Skaff, truck driver, and Victor L. Ma- goon, postal clerk, under arrest after several hours of questioning, said they would be arraigned during the day and definite charges placed against them. Skaff was the driver of a truck that carried mail from the Lowell Post Office to the railroad station. Magoon was a clerk in the Lowell Post Office. A mail sack containing two pouches disappeared on December 31 after it had left the Lowell Post Office. One of the pouches contained $100,000 in currency, which was being shipped by a Lowell bank to the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. The other pouch contained registered mail. It was reported that the reg- istered mail pouch held negotiable se- curitles and paper valued at approxi- mately $150,000. COMMUNISTS ATTACKED Spanish Protest Minister’s Refusal to Allow Mass Meeting. MADRID, Spain, January 9 (#)— Riot squads attacked Communists in the Puerta Del Sol, Madrid’s principal square, during a demonstration last night to protest the refusal of the min- istry of interior to permit a mass meeting. The Communists wanted to hold the mass meeting to protest the killing of six persons January 5 in an outbreak at Arnedo. After the riot squads attack numerous arrests were made. 200 KILLED IN BATTLES | 600 Abyssinian Warriors Attack Tribe in French Somaliland. DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, Jan- uary 9 (®).—Reports reached here to- day of tribal battles along the Somali- land-Abyssinian _frontier in which nearly 200 were killed. A band of 600 warriors crossed into Prench territory from Abyssinia and at- | tacked a tribe there. A platoon of the French Camel Corps drove off the at- | tackers. | TRADE EXPANSION WIDE Chicago Figures Show Big Gain Over Previous Year. CHICAGO, January 9 (#).—The Chicago Assoclation of Commerce re- ported today that 1931s industrial ex- pansion, which totaled $43,143,500, ex- ceeded that of 1930, when a total of $26,121,615 was recorded. Construction of the second unit of the State Line Generating Co. at an estimated cost of $25,000,000 brought the result above what it might other- wise have been in a year below normal, the report said. of more than $5,000. More than a dozen women were in- jured this morning when two plate- glass show windows at the Leonce Shop, 1115 G street, collapsed as a mob of eager shoppers sought to cbtain first choice in a “selling-out sale” conducted by the establishment. Pressed against the front door of the store and inclosed on either side by sheets of glass, the crowd surged back and forth until one of the windows caved In under the pressure. In the rush to escape falling glass from one side the other window also was knocked in. = The fire rescue squad and an emer- gency police detail responded to a local alarm and four of the injured were taken to Emergency Hospital. Others were treated cn the scene. None was believed to be seriously hurt, the in- juries consisting chiefly of minor cuts and bm!suA | WOMAN BARGAIN HUNTERS HURT | WHEN MOB BREAKS SHOW WINDOW | More Than a Dozen Treated by Rescue Squad and Four Are Removed to Hospital. Damage to the store was not de- termined. The business is owned by Leon Schwartzman, 924 Chauncey avenue, Baltimore, Md. After the accident vic- tims had been cared for and the broken glass swept away, the sale con- tinued. Those injured included: May Floyd, 217, Lyon Park, Va.; Violetta Brown, 21, 3000 block Twenty-fourth street northeast; Julia Bowen, 24, 1300 block Rhode 1Island avenue; Mrs. Bella Weiner, 30, 3400 block Sherman avenue; Mrs. C. E. Stevens, 20, Clarendon, Va.; Elsle Updike, 1900 block M street northeast; Bertha Seal, colored, 15, 1300 block Corcoran street; Mrs. A. teenth street. Several women who suffered minor bruises left the scene without accepting treatment or giving their names, . NINE-POWER PACT REVISION MAY BE SOUGHT BY JAPAN: WILL REPLY TOU. . Spokesman Says Government Neglected to Make Reser- vation on Manchuria Be- fore Signing. INUKAI CABINET DECIDES TO REMAIN IN OFFICE Answer to Stimson Due Late Next Week—Press Denies Interfer- ence With China's Administra- tive Power, Viewing Washington Contention as a Mistake. BY JAMES P. HOWE. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 9.—A confer- ence to revise the nine-power treaty, which was cited by Secre- tary of State Stimson in his re- cent note to Japan on the Man- churian question, may be sought { by Japan, it was learned on good | authority today. The purpose, it was said, would be to secure a more clear defini- tion of the term “administrative integrity” as used in the treaty. A spokesman for the govern- ment said that at the time of signing the Kellogg pact the | Japanese government should have made a reservation on Manchuria, but it neglected to do so. The cabinet of Premier Inukai de- cided to remain in office en bloc today lafter its resignation, presented after s bomb attack on Emperor Hirohito yes- terday, had been discussed last night. Reply Due Next Week. ‘The government's reply to Secretary Stimson’s note will be forwarded to IWl-‘hlnlnan late next week, possibly after the arrival of Kenkichi Yoshizawa, former Japanese representative at the League of Nations Council, who has been appointed foreign minister in the cabinet of his father-in-law, Premie Inukal. M. Yoshizawa is on his wr4 from Paris. Meanwhile, the foreign office has ¢s- cided the Stimson note is a foraal communication and requires a rly but the position is being taken that tk2 American Secretary of State actualy did not invoke the nine-power pact, tAt simply reminded Japan of her cbliga- tions under it. Officials said that after further eon- sideration of the note they determined it contains nothing startling and no threat of drastic measures. It was in- terpreted as being along much the same lines as the Wilson-Bryan notes of 1915, and the note of 1921 regardin Saghalien, that is to say, “a matter of record.” Disagree With United States Stand. Japanese newspapers generally ex- pressed disagreement with the position |of the United States in the note, how- ever. The American Government, they said, is mistaken in its chief cons$rntion, in which it denies the legality of the existing Manchurian situation. | “Japan never interfered with China's administrative power in Mancknria, as Secretary Stimson infers,” xiid the newspaper Nichi Nichi, “becauss China's so-called administrative power in Man- churia never existed. If any real power ever ruled Manchuria, it was Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. Japan had no in- tention of- ruining political power in Manchuria. It was self-ruined.” The newspaper Asahi said the note impressed Japan by its serous tone regarding Chinchow as the last remain- ing stand of Chinese governmental au- thority in Manchuria. “In this attitude,” the paper said, “the United States is entirely in error. Japan’s military operations in Manchu- {ria have been solely in self-defense against outlaws. * * * Japan's ac- tion in the Chinchow zone resulted in the impairment of the rights of no third power, nor has Japan any more to do with the new government now under formation than the United States has in the same circumstances in Nicara- gua.” Cabinet Urged to Continue. ‘The decision of the cabinet to remain in office was taken as another victory for Premier Inukai, known as “the Old Fox,” whose political enemies had predicted his government was doomed after 28 days in office. The decision was made at an urgent session of the cabinet after receipt of an imperial command urging it to con- tinue because of the importance of the present situation at. home nd abroad. Premier Inukai went to the palace im- mediately after the meeting and for- mally accepted the Emperor's command. A collective responsibility, linked up with the Japanese family system under which each member is responsible in large measure for the acts and fate of other members, was the reason for the formal resignation of the cabinet yes- terday. The chief of the metropolitan police and 18 members of the police force who were on duty near the scene of the bombing yesterday resigned because of the incident. CHINA’S REPLY DRAFTED. Approval Waits on Return of Premier From Shanghai. NANKING, China, January 9 (&) Eugene Chen, Chinese foreign i ter, completed today a draft of China’s reply to Secretary of State Stimson's note on the Manchurian question, which was delieved here yesterday. The Chinese reply must be approved by the government before it is sent to Washington and this cannot be done until the return of Premier Sun Fo, who is at Shanghal conferring with Wang Ching-Wei, Leftist leader. AMERICANS GET WARNING. PEIPING, Janu Adams, United S kow, informed tt here today that dren at the Amer logical Seminary away, have been ! Hankow for a_fet (Coqt‘tnued on F