Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Partly cloudy; not quite so cold to- night minimum temperature tonight about 26 degrees Temperatures—Highest pm o 37, at 3:45 WITH SUNDAY MORN ING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. - s stn “From Press The Star’s ca every city block tion is delivered t Saturday's Ci Sunday’s L4 as fast as the papers are printed Civculation, to Home ‘| ithin an Hour” rrier system covers and the regular edi- o Washington homes irculation, 121,056 129,245 Washin matter DiC. vesterday: lowest at 7 am. to- @h a Full report on page 9. o - e— Closing N.}. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1932—THIRTY- FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT ATTACK CITY ‘WT ITH AMERICANS TO BE EVACUATED; NEW DRIVE ON SHANGHAI PLANNED France. Italy Join Powers in Complaint. ATTACK PERILS U. WARSHIP tIf Japanese Soldiers Soviet May Prote Inter Harbin. n, wh ut warn to keep out Nankin t S WESTERN NATIONS JOINTO AVERT WAR Official Washington Con- tinues to View the Situa- tion as Grave. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN mericar Portuguese being ed e interests h 1 ent Hostile Act Denied. esence of the foreign troops in i—thei mber will be close to hen all reinforcements that port not be int t as a host act of in- nidation r cretary ops to She f the the Ir Destroyer Going to Swatow. Stewart sof M Stimson ed today that citizens other exposed parts River and elsewhere i It 15 understood er natiors in dispatc to Chiow is similar to ours a 10 othe: cbiect but to affol ry pro to the millior foreigner: Yangtze object of time when the strugg the Japanese Situation Obscure. be Dep Column 6.) to obscure Th ate and hes from (Co EDGE NOT TO SUCCEED DAWES AS U. S. ENVOY nued on Page “MOUNTY” IS SLAIN BY CRAZED TRAPPER Radio From Desolate Northwest Country Gives Fate of White House Authority Denies Police Constable Report—Ambassador *Returns | for Rest Walter France, wil G. Dawes as Br n, according House authority p numy ports. Ambassador Edge will arrive in the United States shortly and this had been taken by some to indicate he had been sent tor by President Hoover to discuss the a sadorship to Great Britain. It was said at the White House, how- ever, that Edge was coming back mere- | ly for a brief rest. In some quarters it bassador Edge Edge, Ambassador to not succeed Gen. Charles Ambassador to Great to an official White ponding to inquiries rous newspaper re- E is believed Am- | resign from the plomatic service to enter the race in New for the Senate as forced to we Na | tons hor on the Yangtze iiser which began ed as the Chinese Navy Photo STRONG U. 5. NAVY DEMANDED BY HALE Japanese Fleet, Now as Strong as Ours. He Tells Committee. fire of a Japar anking was aband; up to treaty le of the Ser te today n actual nearly on ncerned Hale sa two bat in we Japan is ¢ a superiority ailable of only “Overage” Vessels. an Navy has larger ton- aid, but this was due to a r of “overage” vessels. believe,” he asserted, “that of this bill, with its notifi- world that building on ort means inevitable building on 1l do more to bring about on in naval armament possible action that this sage to the to the Geneva find themselves in a he said, if the naval construction measure does not beconie a law and no further building authori- zations are enacted i As a whole, Hale said, America has rships with 203 over age; Japan only 23 over age Classes Contrasted. ships by classes, he said had three with a Japan three with a States 7.500 eight nd the old ht of 68.400 tons « Rochester type 6-inch-gun cruisers and th a tonnage f 70,500, 81.455 tons or underage ssels and 3 of 11,920 tons in overage vessels American destroyers, 69 of 81.450 tons underage ships and 186 of 190,620 overage; Japan, 79 underage of 5,685 tons and 18 overage of 16,000 ns American submarines, 65 underage of 58,220 tons and 16 overage of 8,030 tons Japan, 67 underage of 70,973 tons and none overage. Hale said the American fleet was in- ferior to Great Britain’s in capital ships, aircraft carriers and in both cruiser categories OIL STATES .THREATEN NEW ENGLAND BOYCOTT in OKLAHOMA CITY, February 1 (#).— A conference to propose a four-State | boycott of New England manufacturing concerns to force Eastern support for an oil tariff was forecast today by J. S. Adams, chairman of the Oklahoma City Ol Tariff Committee Adams said representatives of indus- | trial interests in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico would be in- vited. It was said the meeting might cabin had with bin fficer rive. i cou en W sent from way and when 1 will be hunt LINER TO BE SCRAPPED BY JAPANESE BUYERS| 5o 2 | Amsterdam of Holland- ica Co. Is Seventh Big Ship Taken Out of Service. Nieuw Amer | The Hol- Nieuw in the ice between | has been | sts to be scrapped NEW YORK., Fet America L n, which tic passeng R ary 1 steamer been ne hi and apanes reported he total of of the out ngs rs plying d this year abic Carmania & Holt recently by is of 17,149 was built in 1906. She m soon with a Jap- | crew for her last voyage. be held next week, possibly in Houston. Writing to industrial associations of Eastern States, H. V. Kahle, secretary- treasurer of the Associated Industries of Oklahoma, said: “The past opposition today that would indicate this possibil- | of New England to an oil tariff is en- i According to the rumor, Gen. genedering antagonism throughout the wes is understood to have suggested | Ol States which may prove costly to > appointment of Gov. Lowden. New England goods. | | Jersey Frank O. sen Appointment of former Gov Lowden of Illinois to succeec Dawes has 1 rumored kely, but ng was said at the White House be RAIL P;\;’?CVU’TS AND CHINA WAR RUMORS RESULT IN BULL MARKET| U. S. Steel Soars 3 5-8 to $41 on Expectations of Orders From Carriers—Bethlehem Gains $2. ‘ | g | | Douglas Aircraft was actively bought, | rising more than $2. Curtis-Wright A | gained $1. and other aircraft stocl gained slightly. Atlas Powder rose $1.50 “0il stocks stiffened, as Standards of | New Jersey and Indiana ordered the | regular quarterly dividends. Standard | of New Jersey rose nearly $2, going | avove $27. | In the rails gains of $2 to $4 ap- peared in such issues as Union Pacific Santa Fe, New York Central, New Haven, Southern Pacific and Norfolk & | Western, while gains of $1 or more were | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—The com- bination of the reduction in railway wages and warlike disturbances in the Far East gave bulls a fresh hold in the stock market to In expecta would shortly T steel. as a resul lower wages, U, $362 tc $4l a gained $2 Stocks of manufacturers of airplanes and explosives were again bid up sub- | numerous. stantiall United Aircraft was sent up | American Telephone rose $4 to $116. | more than $2 to about $16, and Dupont | American Can and Allied Chemical | advanced as much, getting above $52.gained about $3 and Eastman Kodak $5. [ that the railroads ce large orders for of the savings from Steel was bid up share, and Bethlehem s Neutral Zone in Shanghai Under Martial Law. TROOPS INVADE MISSION SCHOOL Tokio 7) 07 Rakes U. Oil Plant With Bullets. GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb- ruary 1 P .—Lo Wen-Kan China’s foreign minister, in- formed the League of Nations by cable today that there is no foundation for reports abroad that China is prepar- ing to declare war on Japan SHANGHALI, February 1 (# Military and naval forces of the United States, Great Brit- ain, France and Italy joined to defend the embattled city against further sanguinary outbreaks. BY EDGAR SNOW. ial Dis to The Star SHANGHAI, February 1.—Jap- anese forces tonight were making preparations for a formidable at- tack with troops and airplanes which was expected to be launched upon the Chinese positions before | dawn Tuesday. An ominous stillness prevailed after a sharp exchange of artil- lery and machine-gun fire during the afternoon in North Station area. This cor- respondent, making a round of the foreign military headquarters was given evidence indicating that the Japanese were planning another concerted attack. This opinion was strengthened by a statement issued at 7 o'clock to- night by Admiral Shiozawa, com-1 manding the Japanese fleet, which bore a significant resemblance to his declaration j prior to the Japanese raid last Friday. Admirals’ Communigue. Admiral Shiozawa’s communique read “While Japanese destroyers were pro- toward Woosung at 6:47 this Chinese troops on the left suddenly eturned ci e ere silenced across the way this morning at a response from Japa- mari Paoshai position road thrown up strong oosung and along the angpoo River and in antao, south of the ound W banks of the Whi the District of French concessi Because of these alarming develop- ments, indicative of Chinese lack of good faith, it may shortly be necessar for the Japanese navy to take all me; ures for self-defense and for the pro- g ACO‘."‘A:‘mm-d on Page 5, Column 4.) WIDRIG OF CINCINNATI BASE BALL CLUB HURT “Reds’ Burned About Face, Hands and Scalp Fight- Treasurer ing Blaze in Hotel. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—Fire broke out early today in the room of Louis Widrig, treasurer of the Cincinnati tase ball club, at the Hotel Commo- core, burning Widrig about the face, hands and scalp and spreading to un- occupied adjoining rooms before it was | extinguished Widrig, who had retired after at- tending the annual dinner of the Base Ball Writers' Association, awakened to find his room ablaze. He suffered burns, not serious, in his efforts to beat cut the fire. A large crowd gathered outside the hotel, at Lexington avenue and Forty- second street, blocking traffic on Lex- ington avenue. Smoke pouring from the windows led to the belief the fire was more serious than it actually was. Many guests slept through the fire, which required the attention of firemen for nearly an hour before it was ex- tinguished. Others were awakened by the smoke and left their rooms until advised that danger was past Widrig, treated by an ambulance sur- geon, remained at the hotel, being as- signed to another room. The Commodore Hotel adjoins the Grand Central Station. HOOVER SENDS McCARTHY NOMINATION TO SENATE By the Associated Press President Hoover today sent to the Senate the name of Wilson McCarthy of Salt Lake City to be the third Demo- cratic director of the $2,000,000,000 Re- construction Finance Corporation. McCarthy was appointed by President last Friday. He is a althy lawyer, stockman and banker, and car- ried the incorsement not only of Demo- cratic, but also Republican Senate leaders. The confirmation of the Utahan will complete the total of seven directors on :';'w board of the huge credit organiza- on. . troyer the Shanghai; RAIL WAGE SLASH EFFECTIVE TODAY Workers Accept 10 Per Cent Cut, Saving Roads $215,- 000,000 in Year. [ By the & | cHIcAGO | labor, from s takes a 10 per wage cut today, wi the hope it will give work to its jobless and speed the return of better times The agreement, which authorized the ation’s rallroads to take $215,000,000 out of the pay envelopes of the workers for one year, was signed last night by leaders of both sides. It was a voluntary concession on the | part of labor at the request of the r | executives. Had the workers chose they could have forced the carriers to take the reduction demand before a board of arbitration, with consequent, months of delay. Their rate of pay is protected by contract In return, the workers received cer- tain concessions to a compromise pro- gram they proposed, chief among them being the assurance the railroads would do as much as conditions would justify to use the wage cut savings tow: lieving the distress of 700,000 jobless and 600,000 only partly employed Parley 17 Days. The final scene, enacted in th | ference room of a Loop hotel, clim 117 days of negotiations that were {out precedent in the history of {labor relations. Never before had th | two factions pooled their efforts to sol a problem of like nature or magnitude As labor made the decision known, its {, David Brown Robertson, gave el sis to the reason for the conces: % the hope that our actiol {said, “may improve the health of our | industry, may improve the relations of | management and employes, may sti | late a revival of business and may a we have de- ted Pres: 1L, February 1 ction hand Ra to engi neer vance the general welfare, we cided to accept the proposal.” Reply by Willard. And Daniel Willard, the veteran arbi- ter of rail-labor disputes, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and head of the negotiating rail committee, replied “With you we indulge in the hope that the result of this conference may | tend to improve relations between rail- way management_and employes, and ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) 'HOPES OF CHECKING | FLOOD WATERS GROW Monroe, la., Believed Safe From Rising River—Refugee Relief Continues. By the Associated P A MONROE, La, February 1.—Resi- dents of Monroe today fought an ap- parently winning battle against the ris- ing Ouachita River and staked their hopes on sunny weather, while relief flooded lower Mississippi Valley. The river stood at 49.6, almost 10 feet above flood stage, and a rise to 50.1 was forecast neers predicted Monroe would escape inundation if no additional rain fell. ‘The Yazoo River at Yazoo City, in the lower Mississippi delta, was reported stationary, while Belzoni, Miss., re- ported a drop. Belzoni and Greenwood viere pumping out overflow waters suc- cessfully. g Flood waters receded from the inun- dated lowlands of Eastern Kentucky, while Red Cross and relief agencies cared for the homeless. Chattanooga, Tenn. reported the Tennessee River at 28.6 feet last night and rising. CANON CHASE RESIGNS Will Devote Time to Reform Federation Here. NEW YORK, February 1 (#).—Canon william Sheafe Chase Tesigned as rec- | tor of Christ Episcopal Church of Brook- lyn today to devote all of his time to the International Reform Federation, with headquarters in Washington, D. C He has been superintendent of the fed. eration for some time. Hereafter R N SN\ \u\l\\‘\\\',li\-. ! work continued among refugees in the | Government engi- | W VR WAV \\\,‘\‘| : iR Wl X Teetotaler a Cache Of Rare Old Whisky ¢ Associated Press CHARLEROI, Pa blew off a | By February FARMERS ARRIVE Thirty Hear Senator Thomas Pan Secretary Hyde and Wealthy. By the Associated Press the forks of t Congress the cond: to the Capitol today nds for farm r he delegation. Howard of Denver mbers of the F: ion to press t f legislatiol headed by was made T E up of from stay in Wasl i their relief is enacted. They said interested Thomas bi sure by | Wheeler, Democrat, Montana. for monetization of silver and one by Sen tor Frazier, Republican, North Dakof for refinancing agriculture Oklahoma and South Dal particular] ngly repres delegation. le of group was C. H. Hyde of Senator Thomas told it has been difficult to legislation because “the run things here are all aires, | “Secretary Hyde has two auto and two chauffeurs furnished him b | the Government,” he s He doesn't |know what's going on around | country.” ou can tell him he's no relative of ine.” interposed ilyde Thomas said, however is becom fairly well convinced from letters being received from all parts of the country that “something | should be done.” were pa ota were s Vi sec official multi tors th relief that illion- m | that Congress Mexican 0il Output Drops. MEXICO CITY, February 1 (#).—The 1931 petroleum production in Mexico declined about 15 per cent, figures from the petroleum department today re- vealed. The production in 1931 was 33,038,855 barrels By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 1.—Stanley of his brother’s escape from county jail Officials of the jail were ordered of the Criminal Court, while police searched the city for Montague's brother, Neil, who until yesterday was held without bail, under an alias, Albert ransom. During a visit to the jail yesterday, Stanley tossed his hat and overcoat on a chair. His brother put them on and sauntered out with his wife and 3-year- old daughter, and Stanley returned to his brother's cell. The hoax was dis- covered then, but the alleged kidnaper had fled. The State debated whether to exer- cise its privilege of trying Stanley on the evidence against Neil. bearing the maximum punishment of electrocution. Stanley confirmed reports of physicians 1 Montague today faced the possibility | of death in the electric chair as a result | pected to “get anything out of this Russell, on a charge of kidnaping for | | totals of last week. the | | to Madagascar, | had been forced down by fuel and water | shortage | | | Windstorm "i"“(h i X UUST HlNH‘:[] IF CHEST FAILS Colladay Points to Necessity of Public Fund Unless Goal Is Reached. ibutions to the | react mnate a total of esidents of be cared for tion of which taxes, campaign a Chest of increase general declared today at Willard Hotel Pledges reported today totaled $52.- 812, which increased collections, to date, to $2.109.029.31 Today’s riptions represented a on from most of the da Collections Satur- $90.000. in F. Co eon in the subs ou d to more th: Colladay Spurs Worke Col ed wol to tell ers of the possibility less the Chest goal aid the workers must lic of led all of $26,388, d $18,990.95, and the met- | 0 was unabl The cat will the drive hundreds and wii jobless bread- Chest or- means 1s will not be able ately as they should injur ne zations cc Chest and will endanger ou no person need go hungry in W ton. It mea that Washington will have failed to meet its greatest peace time emergency, a situation I hold un- thinkable. “That is the dark side of the picture. other side that 4,000 devoted nians, giv their services stint and without any com- tion other than a sense of duty nued on Page 2, Column 4.) RECORD FLIGHT FAILS BORDEAUX, France, February 1 (#) The airplane St. Didier, trying to es- tablish a new flight record from France radioed today that it in the African desert near Hadid The two pilots and a_mechanic_were | reported uninjured in the forced land- ing, which was made after the ship had fought a sandstorm trying to reach Tamanraset, Sahara AIDING BROTHER TO ESC;\PE Chicago Jail Officials Probed After Neil Montague, Kid-| naping Suspect, Gets Away During Ruse. that he had been drinking heavily. He denied that he had seen his brother for two years or that he ex- His hair, ordinarily red, had been | dyed brown, the color of his brother's before Chief Justice Harry M. Fisher | hair. Warden David Moneypenny, his as- sistant, George Gibson, and Deputy | Frank Wright, in charge of the sherifl’s force at the jail, were ordered to “ex- plain everything” to Judge Fisher. Prosecutors said Montague had been ready to testify for the group indicted with him, including Louis Alterie, just extradited from Col- orado for the kidnaping of Edward Dobkin. Alterie, a figure in Chicago's early beer wars, had little to say upon his return. He indicated he would fight the kid- naping charge with renewed confidence as a result of the escape of Montague. who was said to have signed a confes- sion, unrevealed as yet. that | t that | ashing- | tne State against | LAFOLLETTE CALL UP DIRECT AID BILL FOR JOBLESS $375,000,000 Measure Ap- parently Doomed to Defeat at Present Time. RESULTS ARE GIVEN ON QUESTIONNAIRE Wisconsin Senator Says 305 Cities Favor . S. Appropriation, With 215 Opposed ion r today whe ment situ ac Se 000,000 he Senate Manufac bill, which wa. the Senate s, of tee on licans and Democ it. it Is said, to refe | the committee. Such | pected to be made ts had other which defin: nearly 700 citi His questionnaire questions, the last of I)ou favor a Federal a Favored by 305 Cities. Senator La Follette cities. with populatio areg 711,100, do favor such appropri Two hundred and fifteen populations aggregating 4.6 favor of a Federal rec seven contained b Do said the 1 answeri; e which or La Fo presented to the Senate today Mayor Curley of Boston the question, “Do you favor ropriation?” said favor of an approp 1 resemblin a dole, but that he did favor a Feder appropriation for public work to give employment The La Follette-Costigan bill provides for the allocation of funds to the States ere is no mention of the et of imbia in it The money is to be handled t a Federal relief emergency board board is to deal State agencies t up by the S that purpose is provided the am may be expended for the present fiscal 000.000. The ted to & two enator La F ‘mation obt Co mber of cities as s compi had increased great ons in ember, 1931 1930, e Extensive. fifty and to 100 pe up The Wisc decrease in loyment in these ties is due in some eases to seasonal employment. which is expected to last for a short time. He said that between 50 and 60 cities show no inc unemployx, and he explai can be attributed in some cases to an | itinerant part of population which has moved to another State, hoping to get employment an eas ing He said that many of the Western and Southern cities complain of an itinerant opulation for are almost lly at a loss to prov picture painted by of unemployment r 1 the cit s a dark one. He said that many of the cities have increased their ap- Dropriations to take care of the desti- tute and thaj many other cities k reported thal they have no either to increase or to continy propriation example, that 122 cities e N0 _appropri | for this reliei hat 23 cities have no funds 1 Relief Needs Increase. | | The nun v needing re- | questionnaire that the | | Senator La Follette conditions | said that 50 cities sh | pected increa. p to 50 pe the number now helped a cities showed an expected incr per cent and ov the number aided. On the other hand d there would be (Continued on P: ' DOMINIONS FACE LOSS OF BENEFIT FROM TARIFF { By the Associated Press , LONDON, February 1.—Lord Beaver- | brook’s Daily Express today said reports | were current the dom would re- celve no preferences anvs troposed tariffl measures to be placed before the House of Commons by the government next Thursday. The newspaper leveled a slashing editorial attack against the reported in- tention of the government to exclude the dominions from any benefits under the revenue tariff bill The Daily Express characterized t reported proposal as a monstrous pro ceeding, “conceived not in wickedness but in folly.” . Rubio to Meet New Cabinet | MEXICO CITY, February 1 () | President Pascual Ortiz Rubio has ten- | tatively set Wednesday for his first | meeting with the newly organized cabi- net, after which he plans to leave foi Vera Cruz for his Wint cation. Radio Programs on Vl’;ge (0] b'e »