Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1932, Page 2

HAWAIl PASTORS CONDENN PRATT One Hopes He’ll Be Relieved of Duty for Stand on Native’s Slaying. By the Assoclated Press HONOLULU, January 11.—Two of Honolulu's leading churches were on record today with statements frcm their pastors condemning Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, for his | quoted statement condoning the lynch- ing here Priday of Joseph Kahahawal. The Rev. Dr. Horace Leavitt, pastor of the world-famous Central Union Church and a recent arrival here from | a New York pastorate, accused Admiral | Pratt of “putting himself above the law—which is anarchy.” The accusa- tion formed part of Dr. Leavitt's Sun- day sermon. He did not refer to the admiral by name. “The high service officlal in Wash- ington who is reported as justifying this resort to lynch law ‘because the courts have failed,’ puts himself and tne force he represents above the law—which is annrcg_\' and utterly false to the Con- stitution he has sworn to uphold,” he sald. “As a Christian minister and as a citizen of this Republic, conceived and established in justice and liberty, I pro- test at this sanction and approval given to lawlessness, and at this individual interpretation of vengeance which thus | mocks civilized soclety.” Wants Pratt Ousted. Hope that the President of the United States would “use every due process of law to see that Admiral Pratt is relieved of his command,” was ex- pressed by the Rev. Galen R. Weaver, mmr of the Church of the Cross ds. “Of all the public statements made in relation to the present situation, this is the most dangerous and devilish to come out of the mouth of an intelligent man,” he said. “It is an indorsement of lynch procedure from one of our highest officials, sworn to uphold the Constitution. It directly incites further acts of viokence of the kind we saw this week.” He added that “whether the man was nocent or guilty is beside the point.” Bishon H. Harrington Littell of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii stood with | public officials in asserting the absence of racial feeling in Hawali. “If Kipling should revisit Hawaii,” he said, “he could well add another verse to his poem about the East and the West. In Hawali the Orient and the Occident not only have met, but have intermingled. The cultures of the East and the West have produced a new thing on earth. Evils at Minimum, “Hawall is one place where the evils of racial caste have been reduced to & minimum. The best of the East and the best of the West have been wel- coped and assimilated.” eviously public officials had said the racial element did not enter into the attacks on white women, which cul- minated Priday in the slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, a young Hawalian, as one of the attackers. The bishop said that in the islands the Orient and the Occident meet in a manner not duplicated anywhere else in the world. In a thoroughly Western environment, 135000 Occidentals and nearly 250,000 people of Oriental ances- “&rv live, study, work and play together. About half of these former are Ameri- can§ by birth. The others are develop- ing teadily into English-speaking Amer~ ican citizens. To this civillan ula~ tion must be added about 20,000 soldiers and gallors, el 770 PROPOSE SINCLAIR FOR 1932 NOBEL PRIZE George Bernard Shaw Among Pe- titioners Favoring U. 8. Writer for Literature Award. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—A recom- mendation that the 1832 Nobel Prize for literature be awarded to Upton Sin- clair, California novelist, has been signed by 770 men and women quali- fled to make such an indorsement, it was announced yesterday by Sinclair's Ppublishers. Among the signers are 3 former Nobel Prize winners, George Bernard Shaw, Jacinto Benavente and Romain Rolland, 5 members of the Spanish academy, 2 of the Royal Academy of Ttaly, 79 Britishers and nearly 400 Americans. Sinclair's books have been translated into 35 languages in more than 600 separate editions. The petition names his best works as “The Jungle,” “Oil,” “Love’'s Pilgrimage” and “Boston.” He has written nearly 40 books. The recom- mendation praises his works for their “mastery of fact, for their social vision, for humanitarian passion, for origin- slity in the technique of presentation and for vitality and sweep of creative Ark” Prof. Albert Einstein was among those who started the movement to name Sinclair for the prize. POSE AS U. S. OFFICERS TO GET ALIENS’ MONEY Wearing Counterfeit Badges in “Shake-Down” Plot, Declares Ellis Island Chief. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—A plot to defraud aliens by racketeers posing as immigration inspectors and wearing counterfeit badges, was disclosed yes- terday by Edward Corsi, commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island. He said he was directing & campaign to stop it. He asserted that the racketeers were engaged in “systematic exploitation of aliens whom they suspect of being in this country illegally.” Thousands of dollars are belleved to have been col- lected in “shake-downs.” Corsi pointed out that Constantinus Gides and Gus Myrodis were sentenced in Brooklyn last week to serve six months each for posing as immigra- tion inspectors. Racketeers, RUBIO TO OPEN SESSION Foreign Debts Subject Before Mex- ican Congress Today. MEXICO CITY, January 11 (#)— President Ortiz Rubio will open & spe- cial session of Congress today to con- sider Mexico's foreign debts. ‘The Lamont-Montes de Oca agree- ment, signed in July, 1921, in New York and under which Mexico promised to absorb the entire foreign debt of $267,500,000 by a new bond issue, will be taken up for consideration by Con- gress during the session. Slump Sends Mexicans Home. MEXICO CITY, January 11 (#).— Slightly more than 200,000 Mexicins bhave returned from the United States in the last 14 months, it was announced last night, beeause of inability to find Confer on Honolulu Slaying THE EVENINC TENSE SITUATION FOLLOW! Naval District at Honolulu on G uary 8. to consider “pressing needs.” Gives Detail Detailed circumstances of the tense situation in Honolulu extending over many months, which culminated in the assault on Mrs. Thomas H. Massle, bride of a Navy officer, were reported to the smewl of the Navy December 23 by Rear Admiral Yates Sterling, jr., commander of the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Stirling's report, prepared nearly two weeks before the murder of on> of Mrs, Massie’s alleged assailants— for which siaying her husband and her mother are now under arrest—sheds uch light on the inflaming background of this event. Some of the outstanding facts brought out in the report are: | Mrs. Massie, still under 20 years old, positively identified four of the men who attacked her—including the mur- dered man. Three Had Crime Records, Three of the men had criminal rec- ords. Two had served jail terms for as- sault with intent to commit rape and one, the man who was murdered, for robbery. One of the alleged assailants is & foot ball star and somewhat of & popu- lar_hero. ‘The men e defended by two of the best crimindll lawyers in Honolulu— one the brothemof & United States Sen- ator—and the $kill of the defense was largely responsible for the jury dis- agreement which resulted in the de- fendants temporarily regaining their lib- erty. The defense lawyers charged high fees, indicating the alleged assailants had large financial backing, the source of which is not known. Assaults on women, both white and native, have taken place constantly during the past year. Public hospital records show 40 such cases have been treated in the last 11 months. Many more were not reported because of de- sire to avoid publicity. ““Gives Detalls of Attack. Rear Admiral Stirling’s report opens with the details of the Massie case. The assault took place on the evening of September 12. Lieut. and Mrs. Mas- | sle, with two other Nayy couples, had gone to a rather popular cafe in the city. About 11:30 p.m., bored and tired, Mrs. Massie decided to take a walk. She intended, after getting & Iittle fresh air, to rejoin the party. She had gone only a little way when the assault, reported in her own words as follows, took place: “‘There & car drove up beside me | and two men got out. They seized me and struck me. They were Chang and Kahahawal. Kahahawai hit me. I screamed, but they dragged me into the car and held me on the seat. Hahr- hawai was on the right and Chang on the left. ““I tried to talk to them, to get them to let me go. They were holding me, and every time I spoke they hit me. 1 told them my husband would pay them if they would let me‘go. I told them I | had money in my pocketbook and would give it to them. Ahakuelo turned around and said, “Take her pocket- book.” “‘It was not very dark; there are street lights along there.’” “Q. ‘How did you recognize Aha- | kuelo?' Identifies Suspect. “A. ‘He turned arolnd several times. I saw him by the light of the street lights. I saw his gold tooth. He turned around to see what was going on. They were hitting me and holding me. Once he told Kahahawai to hit me again. “‘I don't know what they did with the purse. I saw it next in the grand room. ‘Ahakuelo was sitting et the right of Ida, who was driving. I noticed Ida wore & brown leather packet. I saw his face when he turned half-way around on the Ala Moana, There was not as much light (there) as on John Ena road, but enough so I could see his coat and face. | “T was struck many times by Kaha- | hawai's fist. I struggled and cried out every time he struck me. “‘The car moved at about 40 miles per hour. It turned off the Ala Moana and drove among trees and bushes on the side of the road away from the sea. It stopped among the bushes. ge two men who were holding me dragged me out of the car. They were Chang and Kahahawai. They dragged me about 25 or 30 feet. “She then testified to the first as- sault. The first man was Cha who had never let go ol her. The others held her. “Q. What happened next? “A. One of the others assaulted me. I don't know which one. “Q. What happened them? “A Kahahawal assaulted me. “Q. How did you know him? “A. He had been sitting next to me. | I knew him by his short-sleeved polo shirt. I prayed, and I heard his voice. He told me to ‘shut up’ and hit me in the jaw.” ‘Woman's Jaw Broken. “During the affair both sides of her jaw were broken,” Admiral Btirling’s report continues. “She continued with descriptions of #he assaults by Ida and Ahakuelo. No specific statement of assault by Takai was made, in fact, she could not identify this man. She stated that Chang assaulted her twice. During this time she struggled so hard with her as- sailants that she was completely exhausted. | “When the men had completed their | acts, one pointed out the general direc- | tion of the road, and they got into their car and left. She made her way to the Ala Moana road, walked until she employment. The Auto Show Prize Puzsle Oontest will be found on_the ‘Woman's Page of today's Star. It may be found there ereafter except on Sunday, when it will be in the Automobile Section. stopped a passing automobile whose oc- cupants took her to her home. She was looking for her; she reported the assault to him. He immediately re- ported it to the .muce. The same day, sapttmfvr 13, was taken to the hospital | of mixes arrived home before her husband, who | S ARREST OF AMERICANS. OVERNOR GENERAL LAWRENCE M. JUDD (left) of Hawail, conferred with Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, jr. (right), commander of the 14th Saturday regarding the tense situation that followed the arrests of Mrs. Granville Fortescue, American society woman, her soi-in-law, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, and E. J. Lord, an en- listed man, on charges of slaying Joseph Kahahawal, a young Hawailan, on Jan- Gov. Judd aldo called committees of both territorial legisiative bodies —A. P. Photo. s of Attack Rear Admiral Sterling Quotes 'Mrs. Massie’s Testi- mony; Says Honolulu Police Are Lax in Dealing With. Gangsters. record. She had a blackened eye, her nose was swollen and bleeding, her jaw was broken in two places, and she was bruised about her body from head to ankles. She later suffered -infection from her broken jaw and ran a fever from 101 to 104 degrees for two weeks. She was found to be pregnant as the result of the assaults on her and an operation was performed to relieve the condition. Five Arrested After Crash. “At 12:45 a.m., September 13, an au- tomoblle containing four men was in a near collislon with a car containing & Mr. and Mrs. Peeples at & street inter- section of the city. One of the men, later learned to be Kahahawai, got from the car and approached the Peeple's car, saying, ‘Let me get that damned ole (white man).’ “Mrs. Peoples, an Hawailan woman, alighted from her car and was knocked down when Kahahawai struck her in the face with his fist. The Peeples suc- ceeded in obtaining the license number of the other automobile and immedi- ately reported the incident to the police. “At 3 a.m. the car and driver were apprehended and taken to the police station. The other occupants of the car eventually were discovered and placed under arrest later the same morning. \ “That afternoon when the occupants of the car were taken before the woman who had been ravished she im- mediately identified two of them as her assailants—namely, Chang and Kaha- ha the two who had first seized her. e men who were arrested, and who admitted they were in the car at the time the rape was in progress, were as follows: * “Horace Ida and David Takai, Jap- anese; Benny Ahakuleo and Joseph Kahahawai, jr, Hawaiians, and Henry Chang, Chinese. (The men are Amer- ican citizens, but of the extraction indi- cated.) Of these five men, sthree had criminal records. O g and Ahakuelo were indicted with three others in 1929 as constituting a gang who had raped & Chinese girl. They were permitted to plead guilty to assault with intent to ravish and each of the five was sen- tenced to an indeterminate sentence of from 4 months to 15 years. All Paroled in Four Months. “Each was released on parole after serving four months. Chang is still at large on parole, subject to reconfine- men until May 29, 1939, Ahakuelo, who is an sathlete and local foot ball hero, was, at the instigation of persont connected with the local Amateur Ath- letic Union, granted a full discharge by the Territorial Governor on Febru- ary 25, 1831, in order that he might represent the Territory in the national amateur boxing championship tourna- ment held this year at Madison Square Garden, New York. He did in fact so represent the territory. “Kahahawai was tried last year on a charge of first degree robbery com- mitted in September, 1930. His first trial resulted in a mistrial by reason of a jury disagreement. Instead of re- trylng the case, a compromise plea of guilty to assault and battery was ac- cepted and a 30 days’' sentence imposed on January 17, 1931, “After the men had been indicted (in the Massie case), Willlam H. Heen and Willlam B. Pittman were an- nounced as counsel for four of the de- fendants. Mr. Heen is & territorial Senator and chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. Mr. Pittman is & brother of United States Senator Key Pittman. These gentlemen are recognized as being among the foremost criminal lawyers of the Territory. Defense Fund s Mystery. “It is understood these two men are being paid fees of several thousand dollars each. The source of this money |is not known, but it injected the first knowledge of an unknown but apparent- 11 powerful—at least financially—in- uence supporting the defendants. “The trial of the case began on No- vember 16, and continued for three weeks. The jurors deliberated for 97 hours before they announced there was no hope of an sgreement on & verdict. During the time of the jury's delibera- tlon, it was once necessary for the pre- siding judge to go to the jury room to prevent physical combat between two of the jurymen. There is, of course, no authentic knowledge of exactly how the Jury stood at the time of its discharge. “The trial showed that the Police De- partment was divided against itself. Re- ports were made by police officers to defense attorneys instead of the city and county attorney's office. The son and daughter of a present supe ‘visor of the city and county testified 't behalf of the defendants to assis’ '~ wstab’t ing an alibi. “A former supervisor of the ¢ a leading witness for the defense. ...s man was involved in a white slave af- fair during the present year, but the case, although it received some publici- ty, never came to trial, It is a matter of court record that during the month of October this same man was acoused before the Juvenile Court by an 18- year-old girl of dering and by a 15- year-old girl before the same court he was accused of committing what amounts to statutory rape. “The newspaper publicity, the evi- dence of ict in the Police Depart- ment and the injection of local poiitical persons into the case aroused a great popular indignation and alarm on the part of the reputable citizens of the city. This indignation and alarm was | intensified by the fact that, between September 12 and the completion of the trial, five cases of criminal assault or attempted criminal assault on women blood occurred in the com- munity. “One of these cases involved & pelice- man of Honolulu and a 17-year-old Jmue girl. The policeman was dis- the the local Civil Bervice Com- “The doctor's testimony of the in- Juries occupies & full page in the court mf jce force and ap- pealed to m! dissal. L ission. The commission upheld the There wa§ Do ov;fhhl o officials STAR, W SHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, IDEATH OF MATRON AND 3 T0 BE ASKED Extreme Penalty to Be De- manded for Mrs. Fortescue, Son-in-Law and Seamen. (Continued From First Page.) “safer from reprisals” aboard a war- ship at Pearl Harbor than in the Honolulu Jail, Gilliland's deputy, Grifith Wight, a the case taken before it. Wight said the death penalty will be demanded | for all four. Lieut. Massie has decided to waive | his rights to a trial by a naval or { Federal Court : nd is “willing to be tried ,the Territorial Courts,” in which the defendants (Kahahawal and four com- panions) charged with assault upon Mrs. Massie were tried, his attorneys announced. The attorneys, Frank Thompson and Montgomery Winn, said all four de- fendants would face the civil courts. They were retained by Mrs. Fortescue and Massie and also to represent Jones and Lord. “We shall insist on a speedy trial” ‘Thompson said ‘Thompson and Winn revealed Mrs. Fortescue was near a nervous collapse at Pearl Harbor. They visited their client, but only for & few minutes, “due to her nervous condition.” Assailed by Pastors. Pastors of the city vesterday criti- cized from their pulpits the action of naval authorities in assuming the safe- keeping of Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and Lord, who were caught, police said, with Kahahawal's body in an auto- mobile after & 10-mile chase, in which several shots were fired. Secretary Adams of the Navy De- partment sa. tioned the placing of the three in custody of naval officers. In recognizance of the ‘pressing needs” of authorities and citizens alike in obtaining safeguards against vio- lence, G.v. Lawrence M. Judd has called a meeting of special committees of both Houses of the Territorial Legis- lature today to consider reorganization of territorial police laws. Patrols of territorial police, under command of a National Guard officer, guarded the city streets and residential | districts and squadrons of officers were on duty to answer calls for police ald. Flowers for Mrs. Fortescue. Mrs. Fortescue, in her temporary prison aboard the naval ship, received | flowers and radiograms from friends and sympathizers, Maj. Gordon C. Ross, provisional po- lice chief, charged with Krobectlnl whites and natives alike and their prop- En(, saild he had received numerous calls from women asking protection for their homes and several calls from men requesting neighborhood patrols. Although nervousness was evinced be- cause Daniel Lyman, murderer and companion of & confessed attacker of a white woman, is still at large since his escape a Tew days ago from prison, au- thorities said there was no indication }hedtrouble would resolve into a racial eud. However, dance halls were closed and Navy and Army enlisted men were bar- Ted from the city by their officers for fear liberty within the city would lead to strife and bloodshed. The dance halls closed were described as those frequented by service enlisted men and, since no sailors or soldiers are permitted to leave, there was no business. 40 Attacks Denied. City authorities denied the assertion of naval officers that there had been 40 attacks on women in Honolulu in the past year. City and County Attorney Gilliland said Admiral Pratt had based his state- ments on the “prejudiced accounts re- ceived by him from local naval authori- ties. The statement is erroneous.” He was supported in this by Dr. Thomas M. Mossman, an Emergency Hospital surgeon, who said he person- ally investigated most cases reported. Sixty cases were investig: , he said, 20 found negative and the remaining 40 “could not accurately and fairly be classed as assault.” Only two assault cases were on his record, he said—that of Mrs. Massie and of & school teacher recently. FORTESCUE GRAVELY ILL. Husband of Accused Matron Is Given “Fair Chance” for Recovery. NEW YORK, January 11 (#).—Maj. Granville Roland Fortescue, whose wife and son-in-law are held in Honolulu for the murder of an Hawailan, was given & “fair chance” for recovery today by his physicians at the Columbia Presby- terian Medical Center Hospital. The: described him, however, as a “very sicl man.” g Maj. Fortescue, distinguished as a war correspondent and writer, is {ll with Fneumonia. News of the affair in Hono- lulu gave a more serious turn to his illness. His plans to go to Hawali and aid his this case, nor in the other feur, al- though one man was indicted. Forty Assaults Reported. “Further evidence of the appalling conditions was a report of the city and county physiclans, showing that 40 cases of criminal assault were investi- gated by the physicians at the Honolulu Emergency Hospital in the first 11 months of this year. This does not represent the total cases, because many women, not desiring publicity, go to private hospitals and physicians after | they have been assaulted or subjected to unsuccessful criminal attempts. “The fact that almost invariably there is no arrest made when a civilian attacks or is in a fight with a naval man, whereas the Navy man invariably is arrested, is only further evidence of the inefficiency of the police and their inability to cope with the gangster ele- ment of the city. If the cases occur- ring during the week following Ida’s abduction are considered in connection with the normal total of such cases, it is evident that there is no present cause for undue alarm, Police Situation “Intolerable.” “The police situation is intolerabf€| because the head of the department is an elected sheriff. He has now been in |office for five consecutive years, and the force is made up largely of appointees he has made from among his political Fenchmen. There is a growing demand from the public that he be removed. In the last Legislature there was a bill providing for an appointive chief of I.mllu‘ entirely divorced from any po- itical party and who would hoid his office on merit alone, but the bill failed to be passed. “In the handling of actual cases at the police station there is the closest co-operation between the captain of detectives and the senior patrol officer. Long before the (Massie) rape case oc- curred, the commandant devoted con- siderable time and study to the relations between the police and the naval au- thorities, and as a result there is no friction, and both police and shore pa- trol have been of mutual assistance to eaih other in handling naval person- nel. ation between the patrol and the police, 50 far as naval personnel is concerned, the commandant has long since real- ized that any needed ‘reforms in the apprehension and conviction of local gangsters and lums could not be obtained by dealing with the city offi- cers, and, therefore, all efforts toward a“s‘-glu:ary t:;nlutlon dof existin, wnx?l.i o] ve made to and leading civic org criminal prosecutor, announced a new | grand jury would be drawn_today lnd“ Iby a jury of citizens of Honolulu inj| ‘““Although there is this close co-oper- } | resentative | Hawall next month to avoid almost cer- wife and son-in-law cannot be carried out, physicians said, for several weeks, even if there are no complications in his illness. PRATT TO REVEAL FACTS. Promises Full Information to House Naval Committee. The House Naval Committee is to receive all information the Navy has on the disturbances in Honolulu. Admiral Willlam V. Pratt, chief of Naval Operaticns, promised the com- mittee today he would transmit to it this information. A few minutes be- fore Chairman Vinson had indorsed Pratt's orders forbidding shore leave in the islands. Representative McClintic of Okla- homa, in asking for the information, said that, if Pratt chose, some cf the Navy dispatches could be held in confi- dence by the committee. “I will be glad to give you everything I have,” Pratt replied, explainiag there ‘were no documents or dispatches which he thought should be kept secret. Protest Considered. At the sape time, the territorial rep-( n Congress said today he is considering protesting against the! attitude of naval officials, although de- | ploring thz attack ni/ five natives on the young wife of Lieut. Massie. Houston said the five men who at- tacked Mrs. Massie were “all plain gangsters.” He added the wife of the naval lieutenant went walking alone late at night in a region frequented by “bootleggers, gangsters and other law- less elements,” when she was attacked. Houston said it was not wise for a woman to walk alone in the region where Mrs. Massie was captured by the natives. Houston expressed confidence Gov. | Judd of the islands could handle "hei matter, adding, “I am opposed to the Navy taking over the situation, for it could do no better.” i i Moral Plane High. i The delegate said “We feel that the moral plane is decidedly high among, the Hawalian and young Japanese.” He | blamed the “gangster conditions” as a| reflection of motion pictures and of in- | cidents that occur on the mainland. He termed the entire affair a “horrible mess.” Chairman Bingham of the Senate Territories Committee has been in al-| most constant consultation with the naval authorities on the Hawaiian in- cident. If resolutions for congressional | inquiry are presented Bingham intends | to urge that the investigation be turned over to the Attorney General. The Government is hopeful of per- mitting some cooling off in public feel- | ing in the island, and for that reason no immediate steps are contemplated. | There is real concern here over the unrest in Hawalj caused by the incident. Support for Massle. Word was _eceived yesterday that Massie and his conpanions would be | represented Ly cne of the ablest lawyers | on the islands. Action by the depart- ment, it was said, will depend on ar- rangements being mads by Honolulu naval and civil authorities. Full support of Massle wAs seen in| the prompt way the department made public its official files from Stirling de- seribing vice conditions and the attacks on more than 40 women last year. In addition, Admiral Pratt said plainly “American men will not stand for the violation of their women.” Admiral Pratt, aware of the tense feeling between Honolulu hoodlums and Navy enlisted men, ordered the United States fleet to remain away from that city when the maneuvers are held off tain rioting and bloodshed. In his radio message Admiral Stirling reported that the attack on Mrs. Mas- ste “had aroused great public indigna- tion and alarm,” which had been in- creased by five recent attacks on other women, Admiral Stirling reported the Hono- lulu police situation was “intolerable” and that the trial showed the police department divided against itself, In one of five recent assault cases a po- liceman was arrested for attacking & 17-year-old Japanese girl It was only natural, Stirling said, “that there would be a feeling of in- security among naval personnel and their families.” STEWART TO TESTIFY. Labor Bureau Official Familiar With Hawali Conditions, Should Congress launch an investi- gation into vice conditions in Hawaii, one of the first and most important witnesses, it was predicted in Govern- ment circles today, would be Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of the Labor De- partment’s Bureau of Statistics, who in 1930 completed a survey of the islands. The report on social conditions in Hawali, made available at the Labor Department today, shows that in 1930 Mr, Stewart cited records in his survey revealing that 82 per cent of the crimes committed there were directly or in- directly of a sex nature. His report blames this percentage to the importation of single men from the Philippines to work on pineapple and sugar plantations. Social Problem Distinct. “Unquestionably the sugar plantations of Hawali,” Mr. Stewart reported, “are a great boon to the individual. Filipinos who take advantage of the higher wages paid. Whether the Philippine Islands are the better for this drawing off of their younger and more physically fit male population raises & nuestion which this bureau does not feel called upon to answer. “The social question created in Hawaii is quite distinct from the problem of labor supply for any one or two or all of its industries. Employes were at the outset single men, or men immigrat- ing for the purpose of severing marital obligations they no longer cared to carry. “The Chinese, however, were accepted by the native Hawaiians, and considera- ble intermarriage of Chinese with Ha- wailan women occurred. The Ameri- cans have set the example of intel marriage with Hawalian women even back in the missionary days. Later a; considerable number of Chinese women immigrated and became the wives of Chinese laborers. The Japanese, in the course of time, were able more or less to remedy the social condition so far as they were concerned through the “picture bride” device. “This large excess and continuing large importation of single men creates a social question which in the long run must become a bigger problem than either the sugar or pineapple industry, or both. A labor policy more compre- hensive than merely securing plenty of labor for the sugar and pineapple in- dustries will sooner or later force itself on Hawail, Married Men Cheaper. “There is a social side of the labor problem that will eventually override the purely industrial side, especially when industry is narrowed either in its scope or ownership. It must happen— indeed is now happening—that the em- | ployers will have the conviction forced upon them that married men are ulti- mately cheaper plantation labor as well | as safer and better citizens. It is not within the power of industry te ignore over a long period of time that man is a social being.” In November Mr. Stewart was sent to Porto Rico at the request of Gov. Theo- dore Roosevelt to survey labor condi- tions there. At a result of his study he recommended to Hawailan sugar plantation owners to import 11,000 Porto Rican families to their islands to take the place of the single Filipinos. He said today there were no new de- velopments in this proposal other than| the matte= was still being studied by the Hawalilan planters. FATHER HEARS OF ARREST. Learns Albert O. Jones Massie Case. EAST JAFFREY, N. H, January 11 (). —Thomas Jones, a cotton mill em- , learned today for the first time his son, Albert O. Jones, a Navy man, was oharged with particl. Is Held in o JANUARY U.S. POWER AT GENEVA 'SEEN IN NEW SHIPS i, Hamilton’s Birthday Observed f WREATH LAID AT FOOT OF STATUE AT TREASURY. WREATH was laid at the foot of the statue of Alexander Hamilton on the south steps of the Treasury Building this morning by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in a ceremony held by the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia. Taking part in the ceremony were, left to right: Ma). Edward F. Riggs, treasurer of the soclety; Dr. James R. Mood, secretary of the soclety; Secretary Mellon, George W. White, president of the National Metropolitan Bank; Dr. Thomas E. Green, president of the society, and Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank. Admiral Pratt Agrees Success Is More Likely if Congress Authorizes 120. By the Associated Press. The bargaining power that autuori- zation for 120 new warships would give the United States at the Geneva arms conference was emphasized today before | the House Naval Committee by Admiral William V. Pratt. Representative Darrow, Republican, of Pennsylvania brought that point to the fore when he questioned the chief of naval operations on the pending Vin- son*bill, which would authorize appro- priations of $616,250,000 to bring the Navy up to treaty limits in 10 years. “One of the reasons for the fallure of the 1922 Geneva conference was that the United States had no building pro- | grams,” Darrow said. “I wonder if con- | gressional approval of this bill wouldn't enhance the likelthood of success next month.” After agreeing that it would, Admiral Pratt asserted that “at the Washington conference we had great power to swing naval negotiations like we chose.” Pratt was an adviser to the American delegation at the London Naval Con- ference. CHEN NOTE TO U. S. SUGGESTS NEUTRAL MANCHURIAN STATE (Continued From First Page.) himself inese. student of Confucius, pfldmgl on the knowledge of things C] STIMSON NOTE HIT. PEIPING, China, January 11 (#).— Secretary of State Stimson’s recent note on the Sino-Japanese conflict was vari- ously described in the Chinese press yesterday as having ‘“the head of a dragon but the tail of a rat,” and as locking the door after the “thief walked off with the jewels.” On the other hand, former Foreign Minister Wellington Koo referced to the note as a “statesmanlike move char- acteristic of the great peace-loving na- tion which has been the sponscr of the anti-war pact, the founder of the policy of the open door and of the up- holding of the territorial and adminis- trative integrity of China—policies which find their solemn confirmation in the nine-power treaty, to which Japan is likewise a party.” Efforts of British officials to negotiate the reopening of traffic on the British- operated Peiping-Mukde:. Rallway from Shanhatkwan to Mukden have been abandoned, it was revealed in Tientsin. Japanese military leaders finally stated that further negotiations must be car- ried on at Mukden. It was belleved they had decided to deal only with Chinese officials of the line in pursuance of their policy of placing the Shanhaikan-Muk- den section under the control of the Mukden government. Gen. Shigeru Honjo was understood to have consented to the passing of trains through the Japanese lines, but his or- ders either miscarried or were misun- | undestood by the brigade operating west | of Chinchow, which has structed traffic on account of military activitfes proceeding just off the line. Trains from Shanhaikwan have been repeatedly searched by Japanese spl- diers. Stories of assault on foreign rallway workers have been denled by their superiors. A British official returning from the seat of the negotiations at Suichunghsien reported that Japanese officers were courteous but unwilling for the trains to operate. RED GUERRILLAS LOOT CITY. HANKOW, China, January 11 (#)— Three thousand Chinese guerrillas, de- scribing themselves as Communists, cap- tured and looted the important provin- cial city of Tungshan, in Southern Hupeh Province, last Sunday, belated advices said yesterday. ‘The brigands, armed with 2,000 rifies and 10 machine guns, were said to have cverpowered the home guard of +1,000 men and thoroughly sacked the city, including the premises of the Catholic Mission. ‘The defenders lost 100 men, but killed 500 bandits. ———— e pation in a Honolulu murder that has aroused the Hawailan Island populace and officials of both Hawall and this country. Although he had read of the slaying of a Honolulu native, allegedly in re- prisal for an attack on the wife of a United States naval officer, Jones did not realize his son was involved until he talked with newspapermen. He had not heard from his son for eight years. \ Jones said his son, who is 31 years MARION MCcLEAN, Six-year-old Ohio girl, whom Charles Bischoff is said to have confessed to kidnaping and assaulting, December 17. MAN WHO “FOUND” BODY OF CHILD, 6, ADMITS SLAYING (Continued From First Page.) body else can’t keep me from the chair.” One of the greatest man hunts in this city's history followed discovery of the crime. Hundreds of firemen joined with police in a hunt for the kidnaper who had caused Marian’s death. Marian was led away from a corner near her home December 17 and, ac- cording to Bischofl’s alleged confession, taken to his room only a block and a half away. Officers searched his quarters minutely and found signs of the attack on the little girl which caused her death, but Bischoff maintained they had no con- g:ctmn with her death until early to- Y. Several men were arrested as Dos- sible suspects soon after the search was begun. Father Was in Arizona. At the time of the slaying the child's father, Joseph McLean, was in Phoenix, Ariz, searching for employment. He and Mrs. McLean, who lived in Cin- cinnati, had been separated 18 months. McLean returned by airplane to Cin- cinnati for a. reconcillation with his wife and for Marion’s funeral. Free transportation was given him by an air- plane transport company. Gorman sald he obtained three signed confessions from Bischoff yesterday, but that Bischoff repudiated all of them within a few moments, even though he had written his name under them. Shortly after midnight this morning, Gorman sald, he took Bischoff back ro the cellar of his tenement and Bischoff broke down and gave a detailed account of his actions. MEETING ON GOTHAM FINANCES IS CALLED Walker Will Bring Up Proposal to Sell City Bonds to People “Over the Counter.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—The city's financial problems are to be considered at & meeting called by Mayor Walker for late today. The proposal to sell city bonds in small denominations directly to the peo- ple “over the counter” and thus avoid reliance on banks will be discussed. An effort will be made to find some means of reducing city expenditures as has been suggested by bankers. A statement by Thomas W. Lamont last night denied that bankers had made & higher subway fare a condition for co-operation by the banks with the city. He said, however, that if the city ex- pects further banking assistance it must make every effort to “transform exist- ing enterpiises which are not now self- supporting into ones that will carry!| themselves.” Controller Berry indicated today that he was not in sympathy with any policy which smacked of deflance of the banking interests. He has prepared a letter to the mayor seiting forth his position, and, it is understood, urging drastic economies. —— 18 after Hoventie veame. old, enlisted in the Navy at f the m of Balaries of sll government employes in Germany were reduced January 1. A BRITISH CALL DEBT PARLEY INPERATIVE Declare German Position De- | mands Action—Basel Backs Reparations Report. (Continued From PFirst Page.) would be left to meet the entire indebt- edness to the United States, which, the paper sald, “would certainly be absurd and probably intolerable.” “We should either have to shoulder the whole burden or repudiate it it said, “and we dislike either horn of such a dilemma.” While expressing doubt in Germany's inability to pay in the future, the Telegraph does not offer any sugges- tion as to what course to adopt, but it said: “The strength of the German posi- tion is that she cannot crash without involying others in stupendous losses.” Defending the attitude of France, the Daily Mail said: “It does not seem to the French good sense to release Germany fully when America, to whom the greater part of the money has gone in the past, is in such an intransigeant mood on the question of wiping out war debts.” ‘The News-Chronicle, contending that there is nothing in Chancellor Bruen- ing’s suggestion to indicate that Ger- many does not intend ever to resume payments, said there is no reason why she shouldn’t resume them and no rea- son for alarm in the chancellor’s dec- laration. Socialist Organ Comments. ‘This newspaper, which has shown sympathy with Germany's difficulties heretofore, added that “it would prob- ably be better for the peace of the world if the slate were wiped clean.” The Herald, Soclalist organ, said: “British public opinion won't tolerate participation by the British government in any attempt to coerce Germany, either into continuing to pay repara- tions or pretending she is going to do s0. Nor will it hear of united fronts, whether against Germany or the United States. Cancellation is both necessary and inevitable and the sooner it comes the better.” Mr. MacDonald still was undecided as to whether he would accompany Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon and Chan- cellor of the Exchequer Neville Cham- berlain to Lausanne. The main purpose of the cabinet meeting, an announcement said, was to obtain final approval of the British policy regarding Burma—a policy which will be proclaimed at the closing session of the Burma round table conference tomorrow. The principal point of this policy is expected to be a pledge of future responsible government, with numerous safeguards concerning finance, defense and foreign affairs. A series of com- mittees is expected to be set up to con- tinue work in Burma, as was the case in the Indian round table conference. Going Ahead With Plans. Mr. MacDonald took the initiative in calling the Lausanne conference for January 25 to suit the convenience of France and the Government is going ahead with its plans on that basis. The cabinet apparently has no in- tention of revealing the reparations policy before the Lausanne meeting opens. Its broad lines will follow the established policy, but the details de- pend upon the outcome of the nego- tiations which Sir Frederick Leith-Ross is conducting with ths French govern- ment now. Reports of that on will be available to the cabinet at its meet~ ing next Wednesday. PARIS PRESS BACKS EAVAL. Reaction Serves to Speed Up Plans fo Remodel Cabinet. PARIS, January 11 (#).—A wave of critical reaction swept France as a result of Chancellor Hi Bruen!nT'n declaration that Germany is unable to make reparations pay- ments and it served ta speed up Premier Laval's plans for cabinet remodeling. The reaction, most of which was the premier's favor, included wuni mous support from the newspapets, brought a suggestion of ways of re- taliation against Germany and pew mention of such well remembered was- time matters as the occupation of the Ruhr, treaties as “scraps of paper” fi reflections on the German republio the old empire. The widely read political writes “Pertinax” said Germany's new stand was ‘“a deplorable co) ence of E‘r?;‘xce"; elvscuauou of the e.” The authoritative newspaper Le T s leading editorial said Gemlu:mb’:d’?lot changed, dsspite her Republican-Dem= ocratic label. The paper warned Ger- many that such an attitude would kill all_confidence in & country “for whom treaties and agreements are only scraps of paper.” Hints Unpleasant Surprise. Le Journal des Debats sald if Ger- many is not called to account there may be an unpleasant surprise for her at the Disermament Conference next month. “The proceedings of German policy do not vary,” it added. Experts called attention to the fact that France has weapons of retaliation. Bhe could apply a tax on all imports from , Germany, they said, and there was also the credit extended to the Reichsbank last June, in which the Bank of France participated. That credit expires at the end of February, they pointed out, and the bank would be unable to renew it without authori- zation from the government. Premier Laval pitched into the cabi- net negotiations, which some observers predicted would now esult in the form- ation of a natlonal government to pre- sent a united French front at the com- ing conferences, early in the day after a week end rest, Cabinet Meeting Called. His list of appointments included talks with President Paul Doumer, Far- eign Minister Aristide Briand, former | Premier Andre Tardieu and Edouard Herriot, leader of the opposition in Parliament. A cabinet meeting has been called for tomorrow. It also was believed the German ition would lend new im- portance to a meeting of radical depu- ties tomorrow, called to decide their future action toward the premier's poli- cies and his government. Senator Rene Besnard told a large radical gathering yesterday at Tours that if the German chancelior was quoted correctly all Republican France should protest against what he termed violation of treaties and solemnly estab- lished conventions. In & provincial edition of the Petit Parislen Lucien Romer, noted econo- mist, said nothing definite could be done to solve the war debts problem until the United States has held a pres- idential election. He advised European ieaders to awalt that event. , German Ambassador von Hoesch called on Laval this afternoon, pre- sumably in connection with Chancellor Bruening’s declaration. BASEL REPORT APPROVED, BASEL, Switzerland, January 11 (®). —The directors of the World Bank for International Settlements approved to- day the report of Chalrmen Beneduce of the Young Plan Advisory Cocmmittee on Germany’s inability to pay repara- tions. It also renewed the orld Bank’s one-fourth share in the $100,- 000,000 short-term credit to Germany. The findings of the Young Plan Com- mittee also were strongly supported in a declaration submitted by the World Bank management which accompanied the committee’s 1 3 mmeeflna f the board of directors 'was brief, ending at noon.