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A2 sps THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, JUDD TAKES STAND FOR ACCUSED WIFE Ruth Obsessed of Child for Years, Though They Never Had One, He Says. BY RALPH O PHOENT> Ruth Judd w ness stand today W. C. Judd, as m the upon BROWN. B z., Pebruary 1 pictured from the by her a frust wit- Dr accused trunk f Ag A today ov Physi, prote Mauldin | r oy | 3 a severe Col d she had been threatened wit uenza. Two jurors who were ill week were back in the jury box appear eated Mr had tr First Witness of Day. had & ch Talked of said. “Once was jus lize she gling Ring Expected to Be Jailed This Week. n Newark, N cial Assis ra River g | past two or threc years, and profits, | Garsson said, ran into many thousand dollars. Every one broug! paid $200 to $400, and pald | 1,000 each ended the across Balance Is A Help Budget oved By the Assol STOCKHOLM —The Riksdag Sweden, February apy 5 Tee was sligh Minister Ha bill, said it TAry to budget. RAIL WAGE SLASH, ACCEPTED BY UNIONS, EFFECTIVE TODAY help __(Continued From First Page) revival of general wel- tend to stimul ness and promote the also busi: fare Before signing t promised to meet the bor, that they withdrawahe notice of a 13 per cent wage cut they filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in December and that they make “an ear- nest and sympathetic effort to maintain and increase railroad employment.” e pact, the carriers nditions of la- GREEN 1S SKEPTICAL. Doubts 10 Per Cent Pay Cut Will Ben- | Railroads. | At efit d 1d »ubt a reduc benefit the railroad president of the Ame of Labor, today said time and expe ce would disclose that causes of rallroad difficulties “lie deep- er and will not be solved through re- 10 per cent, as g0 es of the We accept I am very dc 1l remedy the ills of the EXY tr of w William Green, ican Federation w0 ised said t Green th htf time and experience will | rate that the c es of their ar fes lie much deeper and will not be solved through reduced wages. D. & H. CONTRACT SIGNED. £300 Fixed as Maximum Monthly Wage for Engineers, ALBANY, N. Y. February 1 (P).— The Delaware & Hudson Rallroad and its 350 engineers have entered into & one-year act fixing a maximum monthly of $300 for regular loco- motive drivers and m of $200 for those on the * board.” The road was not a par the Chi | 10 pe wage I agree | as made | aber Loree, t that the to esident. It also was negotiations are under way firemen, conductors and trainmen effect a similar program The agreement provides all regular engineers shall be guaranteed eight hours of work a day each month. Over- fame will be paid for at the regular rate. [l HOPE SEEN I Willard Lauds Leaders for Co-opera- tion at Pay Cut Con- ference. Union BY DANIEL WILLARD, man, R B Dispatch to The Star CHICAGO, February 1 (NANA).— The successful terr ence between the committee of 21 or executives and the com- 9 rail oresidents distinct the ht abor rela- a epoch in principal discussed ing the confer- had to do unemploy- stabilization yment iction in le tk mmittee of Rail- dents ble he en- —_ rogram suo- Danlel Willard, ted by the tee of Labor Executives, never- an accord was reached con- number of matters relating and the stabilization ch, it is believed, aching influence for di ence with ment Proposal Explained. proposal submitted by the rail- presidents contemplated that 10 ould be deducted from each heck of all persons in the em- of the railroads and represented conference, for a peri rates to remain as at pres- arrangement to terminate ally 12 months after the plan ective no one likes to have his iced, whether he receives it | ti of wages, salary, interest Even 8o, after giving the 1 consideration, authorized to speak for 1 the railroads agreed > deduction for one year e that they ings were having in atural A eless, was time he reduction tribute towar T 1 in business anxiously awaiting. 1ld not have been the earnest and on of the rep- t ed labor. Du con e many meetings and cussions took place, and never at or during any discussion itation or any- tent e could have been c higher plane or with consideration shown by each ? the views held and expressed the other e, Inc o 1 American Newspaper LA FOLLETTE CALLS UP DIRECT AID BILL FOR JOBLESS Al Continued I First Page.) ber requiring aid. and nine reported that they expected a de- Follette questiol asked portion of the emergency bu was carricd by private relief agen- Or dred and sixty-eight 1at all or nearly all re- N, red and thirty-eight citles from 25 to 90 per cent of t by private agen- cities” caid that less cent of the burden of relief private agencies, and cities report that none of the of relief is carried by private ly to a question whether their ires for relief had increased compared with 1930, 61 citles re- ed _an increake up to 50 per cent ies reported an cent or over. Fund Collections Difficult. Many ¢ said Senator La Fol- t 2 no increase and a few ase give s reasons to collect funds.” f relief given weekly to average ly, Senator La Follette for 461 oities reporting s $6.07 per 1 some instances, he continued w0uld be added to tiis fuel and medical attention and in one or two cases urgent bills and also old clothes. He said that this average, however, is higher than is paid in a good many es. pointing out that in Texas the average is about $3.40. in Tennessce about $3.680. in Georgia $2.43. in Arkan- sas $4.20, in Mississippi $2.50 Bome of the cities, however, make weekly contributions to the average family considerably higher than $6.07 He sald that in Wisconsin the average is a little over 89, and in Massachusetts nearly $10. Senator La Follette's questionnaire also asked if the cities were in a posi- tion to float further bond issues. Two hundred and four cities reported that they were in such position, while 285 cities said that they were not Huddleston Pushes Bill. An appeal was put before a House Committee by Representative Huddle- ston, Democrat, of Alabama, for help to care for those out of work. He sought approval of his own bill to put $100,000,000 at the disposal of the Pres- ident for relief work Huddleston te'd a Labor subcommit- 1ld be mpossible for him “to the need for help among rhy At least 25.000 in the Bir- am area are being fed by charity tee it wou prople RAIL “SACRIFICE” lway Presidents’ Committee. | Chairman ation of the con-| od of one | 8bly and forcefully presented in behalf the com- | increase end 25,000 more are without sufficient | food,” he said Professional Men in Need. A great many of those in need are e collar workers, some professional who were prominent in the com- “The Community Chest raised $750,- 000, or £50.000 over the quota, but that is not half what is needed. There is no local county relief. is undoubtedly true that many women and children are gradually Edward F. McGrady. legislative rep- e tive of the American Federation of Labor, told the House group the sit- uation “cannot be met except by re- ceiving assistance from the Federal Government “There are more than 24,000,000 peo- ple living in abject poverty and 12,000, | 000 on charity,” McGrady said. “Today there are 8,300,000 without any work and 7.000,000 more with only one or two days work a week. Suggestions at Variance. “We have hoped the members of the Senate would realize their duty and take this matter up. But much to our surprise and great disappointment some leaders in the last 72 hours have sug- | gested that the bill be returned to committee. Others have suggested that a program of public works be substi- tuted. while another group is against passing the bill, but would permit Fed- eral loans to the States. “I want to state to those favorin recommitting the bill because no real need for relief yet has been demon- strated, that they are absolutely wrong. “When those Senate leaders say nc | Robertson Predicts New Erain Relations - of Executives and Employes. 1 BY D. B. ROBERTSON, ! of the Labor Committces Railroad Employes. Spectal Dispatch to The Star CHICAGO, February 1 (NANA).— We have signed an agreement, the first of its kind ever made between railroad I employes and the railroad managements I | on a national scale iwl:hout the assist- | ance of a third | party. A'little more i than two weeks iy | ago 21 men, repre- i |senting the 21 | standard ‘labor or- | Banizations in rail- | road work, and 9 railroad presidents, 3 each from East- ern, Southern and Western areas, rep- resenting more han 200 major | railroads of the country, sat down facing” each other at a long table. Naturally, an agreement affecting & sum in excess of $200,000,000 and in- directly affecting unknown sums through the prosperity it s hoped the conclusion of these negotiations may bring, was not a matter for conclusion without the | most careful consideration from both sides. | | | of D. B. Robertson. Heed Responsibilit After a painstaking review of the pro- posals and arguments which have been of the railroads, we feel compelled to reiterate our previous opinion that, as a matter of pure right and justice, the rallway employes could not be called upon to agree to a 10 per cent reduc- on of their meager earnings. Nor do we wish to give any assent to the theory that wage reductions are to be regarded ordinarily as the appro- priate means to promote prosperity We cannot believe that the iblic wel fare is advanced by reducing the pur- chasing power of labor But, with a profound sense of our re- sponsibility to the workers whom we represent. and to our country, we have weighed the urgent needs of the rail- road industry and the demands of the e in this present unparal- against the indivi s requested of the railroad e Decide to Accept. In the hope that our action may prove the health of of improve the co-operative relations agement and employes, may late & revival of business, and may advance the general welfare, we have decided to accept the proposal railroads to the employes we represent This is motivated in part by a des to show the capacity of organized la to do a big thing in a general way advance the welfare of the people | of Dee, Oreg THREE LIVES LOST ASCOLD GRIPS L. §. Victims Freeze to Death. Eight Still Missing in Airliner. By the Assoclated Press. At least three persons were vetims of bitter Winter weather, which in the last three days has touched nearly all sec- tions of the Nation. John Taylor, a I4-year-old Boy Scout found frozen to death in the foothills of Mount Hood, where he had gone alone to hunt. TWwo men froze to death ir Minnesota, William Belfert, 67, in the Duluth business sec tion and Emil Hill, 50, in an open field near Saginaw Relief Is Forecast. Rising temperatures were forecast {o- day for much of the Midwest, but the cold continued along the Pacific Coast, in the Rocky Mountains and in North- ern and Northeastern United States. Both land and aerial searchers for the missing Century Pacific air liner, unreported since Friday afternoon in Southern California, reported a bliz- zard raging over the mountains near the spot where the plane was believed to have crashed, with its seven passen- gers and pilot. Ranchers in the Northwest snow drifted as high as 20 fect, some cattle probably would die. A record of 26 vears standing was shattered in Yosemite National Park, where an 18-inch snowfall Sunday brought the fall for the season on the valley floor to 137 inches. The greatest previous fall was 134 inches in 1906 The old South reported chilly weather, but not as low as forecast Mason City, Iowa, reported & temper- ature of 18 below zero. Highway and aerfal traffic Northwest was disrupted. Many ists were temporarily marooned CITY TAX BOOST HINTED IF CHEST CAMPAIGN FAILS Continued_From First Page) where said in the motor- well performed, are combing the city seeking additional funds for the chest Extension Approved. ous parts of the city have ns of satisfaction at the of the campaign until as many worke! time complete! ory In additio of is devoted g publ ed citizens. the Committee has bee of numer: pXpre nuation esday had su cover their te a whole, even at the expense of pers sacrifices that would deter narrow- minded persons The strength that a fine co-operat between employes and management will have is great. Together, pulling for the | common weal of the railroads in which | workers have their lives invested. as nst the money of the security hold- ers, a tremendous force will be avail- a The negotiations from the first have conducted in a business-like and | ble manner. Neither side has made | a use of or attempt at compu Both sides have felt keenly the of their coworkers on the opposite side of the table Each party presented its case it gradually Through a willingr compromise to the sible, in sented. ar reached, an cof employer pened be. to the negotiations widely brought as | ot pos- > group it repre- & new cra in rhe rel and employe’ has 1932. by the Newspaper All FIGHTS MOVE TO RAISE POSTAL SAVINGS LIMIT U. 8. Chamber Files Emphatic Pro- test—Strawn Would Hurt Private Business. An emphatic protest against pro- vosals to raise the limit on postal sav- ings deposits was filed today on behalf | of the Chamber of Commerce of the| United States. with Chairman Mead of | the House Committee on Post Offices | and Post Roads Silas Strawn, president of the cham- ber, told Mr. Mead that such a move | would involve the Government still | furt) in competition with private business and wouid magnify the evil{ it 18 intended to cure by encouraging | the “switching” of deposits from pri- | vate to Government institutions For several years postal officials have | argued for legislation that would raise the lmit of a singlc account from $2.500 to $5,000 or $10.000. the con tion being advanced that bring out “hoarded” funds GEN. BUTLER WARNS U. S. TO KEEP FEET ON GROUND | Nort ance. Ir A Fears Action By the Associaled Press | COATESVILLE, Pa. January 1—A | warning against America’s being “put in the middle” in the Sino-Japanese | dispute was given here yesterday by Gen. Smedley Butler. Speaking to 3,000 persons jammed into & Y. M. C. A auditorium, Gen Butler said®he favored this country's protesting Japan's action in Shanghal but advised the country to “keep her | feet on the ground.” “Remember,” he asserted, “if it suits ' the purpose of the Japanese to kill! Americans, that's exactly what they'll do. And the softer we are the more they will kill, * * * “Right now we are interested in the safety of Americans in China. If American lives are lost, look out for trouble.” direct proof of the need has been given either they are ignorant of the situa- tion as it exists or they possibly feel they have rendered sufficient service and fulfilled their obligation by provid- ing the bankers of the country a dole of §: 000,000, none of which will | feed or put shoes on the feet of | children.” McQrady said neither loans to State nor public works would be adequate. Rev. John R. O'Grady of the Cath- olic National Charities said Federal re- lief is required for every community in the country, “even in the larger cities.” He assailed the Chamber of Com- merce and Merle Thorpe, editor of Na- tion's Business, for opposing relief and said they have no substitute remedy for what they call a dole. “We who have been in close contact with relief work have been amazed at the indifference of congressional lead- ers,” he said. “They have let two months go by without doing anything.” Karl Ecrder& chairman of the Chi- cago Workers' Committee on Unem- ployment, said fully 600,000 men, wom. en and children with no means of sup. port had been made public charges there through no fault of their ow: “On February 7, Borders said, “all available funds for relief will be ex- from people who, L | had already contributed, lized the serjousness of the | rea and expressed that realization reased gifts the Chest 5 yesterday the solicitors to itory thoroughly We face a terrific task.” said Elwood Street. Chest director, “but if the 4,000 volunteer workers continue to put forth e same efforts they have expended so far and continue to receive the same kindlv reception, there is a chance that we will make our goal by Wednesday night. Surely the splendid example set by the Government departments will inspire the rest of Washington to do its were made F | share toward meeting the human wel- fare needs of the most beautiful city in the world. I cannot help but feel that Washington will rise to meet this emergency New Pledges Reported. Teams of the metropolitan unit making the best collections included J. V. Brownell 251.74 per cent of team 2,343, Charles Krey, cap- $417, 13536 per cent of quota; team 2,344, Dr. Raymond Hutchinson, captatn, 81266, 13382 per cent of quota; feam 2,251, Maurice Maser, cap- tain, $1,772.44. 124.43 per cent of quota; team 2,362, Willlam Hanson, captain. $1.858.50, 11221 per cent of quota; team 2,363, Frank M. Dent, captain $803.50, 107.83 per cent of quota; team 2,324, J. F. Carlson, captain, $855.5 104.28 per cent of quota: team 2 Miss Leah Levin, captain, $1,056.3 8765 per cent of quota: team 2.351 James A. Farrel captain, $2.833.75 74.73 per cent of quota, and team 2,341, Roy J. Klockinbrink, captain, $848.85, 7130 per cent of quota Leading sections of the group solici- tation unit included Section 1066, C. R. Kurtz, chief, £4,820, 218.69 per cent: section 10310, 8. L. Heckinger, chief, $4,628.05, 123.81 per cent; section 1064, T. J. Groom, chief, $1,641.50, 122.04 per cent; section 10312, J. E. Anderson, chief, $17,122.66, 11634 per cent; section 1013, D. L. Luxford, chief, $3,455.83, 10559 per cent; section 1065, L. P. McLachlen, chief, 85,816, 9534 per cent; section 1016, Charles A. Stott, chief, $7.482, | 94.91 per cent: section 1062, W. J. Waller, chief, $2,540.40, 87.60 per cent: section 1037, B. A. Harlan, chief, $5.256.78, 79.08 per cent, and section 1045, Robert Dugan, chief, 81,286, 74.33 per cent. Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary of President Wilson, will speak tomor- row night at 7:30 over WMAL in a | radio program sponsored by Joseph D. Kaufman Mr. Kaufman predicted the program would prove of unusual interest to the | public. Slayer Dies in Chair. BELLEFONTE, Pa.. February 1 (#.— Joseph Kosh, 27. of Scranton was elec~ | trocuted in the death chamber of Rock- | view Penitentfary today for the murder of Victoria Smolinsky, proprietress of | a Scranton underworld establishment. R T Relatives Honor Submarine Victims As Hunt Continues Little Stone Church Near Channel Sinking Is Scene of Memorial Services. By the Associated Press. SOUTHWELL, Dorset, England, Feb- ruary 1—In full view of vessels still searching for the craft, service was held in a little stone church yesterday for more than 60 men lost in the sinking of the submarine M-2. Mothers, wives and daughters of the dead filled the church, set on a hill, and tried to stifle their sobbing as the Rev. A. V. Hurley said, “Let us pray for those who lost their lives nearby.” Suddenly the wall of a siren from the searching fleet echoed through the building during a pause in the service and a poignant moment ensued. The women broke down and cried bitterly, while the children whispered in sym- pathy. The submarine went to the bottom of the English Channel off Portland during diving manetvers last Tuesday hausted.” He said a special session of the Illi- nols Legislature “specifically gave more | attention to the pheasant hens of that State than it did to human mothers.” [y and has not been seen since. Rescue vessels have combed the waters fruit- lessly and the British admiralty has abandoned all hope for the lives of the men. Ak & memorial, D. :C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 1932! ILEAGUE GETS 0.5 REPLY ONINQUIRY Neutral Probe Favored, but Conditions Are Made on Taking Part. By the Associated Press GENEVA, February 1.—America's reply to the invitation to participate in a neutral investigation of the situation at Shanghal under auspices of the League of Nations was presented to the League secretary today It was understood to have expressed a favorable view regarding the inquiry, but to have imposed certain conditions upon American participation. The mes- age was not made public The League Council will meet again tomorrow morning to hear another Japanese argument against League pro- cedure in the Far East Diplomats of 64 natfons assembled here with mingled hopes and fears for the Disarmament Conference, which is scheduled to open tomorrow under & cloud of warlike strife in the Far East China Renews Plea. delegates arrived yesterday Disarmament ~ Conference, h W. W. Yen the League plea to the League to take measures to prevent Japanese sion and to_preserve peace.” | He sald China reserved the right to claim able reparations for damage done by Japan at Shanghal and the delegates to the conferen bout to attack the manifold perplexities con- nected with the problem of limiting and reducing armaments, expressed concern over the armed conflict there The diplomats and military and naval air experts assigned to the par- ley organized their forces for the long sre them, Leaders of the League Council awaited a report the special commission of ing Shanghal ned to resume its deliberations on the Sino-Japanese crisis tomorrow morn- ing As for the the China, throu man befor renewed her e aggres- Henderson to Make Address. Arthur Henderson, former Brit foreign sccretary and Labor party lead- . will open the Arms Conference, as in the afternoon. His open- | event scheduled | ¢ 5 conference will organize V nesday by clecting vice presidents a forming its commissions and then will adjourn until the following Monday Next Mcnday the o) as & member of one d any one can be found who talk about disar ment The anxio ¢ between Jaj the foreground of provide c¢ or League leader American delegation to the col e was complel y arrival of Hugh S. Gibson and Hugh R Wilson from B e. Mr. Gibson is Am- | bassador to Belgium and Mr. Wilson is | Minister to Switzerland, Maxim Litvinoff, commissar for for- eigh affairs of Soviet Russia, arrived :x:h a large Soviet delegation yester- day. 'DR. WOOLLEY SEES DISARM SENTIMENT Prevention of War Council Dele- gate Cites Her Views Expressed in Publication. By the Associated Press Dr. Mary Emma Woolley, woman member of the United States delegation |to the Geneva Arms Conference, be- | lieves there is a widespread American feeling for disarmament and that its existence “is a force not to be disre- garded.” The National Council for Prevention of War yeaterday cited the Mount Holy- oke College president’s editorial in the current issue of International Disarma- ment Notes as her first signed article since being appointed to the delegation 8he said “There is & certain advantage in the realization of the widespread desire among the people of this country for the substitution of law for war, or arbi- tration for armed force.” Success for the Geneva Conference was prayed for yesterday at a special church service at the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral Canon Anson Phelps Stokes described the present situation of the world as comparable to the crisis prior to the | Revolutionary, Civil and World Wars | With direct mention of the Sino-Jap- | anese strife, Stokes said war “is never | justified under any circumatances be- tween nations except as the less of two | evils in those rare cases which we will {hope will be gradually eliminated— | where the invasion of & nation or the | defense of clvilization 18 at stake.” |PERU DEBT PAYMENTS FOR ORE PROPOSED Nation’s Congress Hears Plan for Private Exploitation of Na- tional Reserves. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, exploitation of the Marcona iron ore deposits, which are national reserves. providing those who take over the property assume payment of Peru's for- | eign debts, was proposed in Congress yesterday. ‘The deposits are in the Nazca dis- trict of the Department of Ica. The law under which the government owns | them provides that they cannot become private property. Experts estimate that 200,000,000 tons of iron ore of 63 per cent purity are there and could be sold abroad at a net profit of $2 per ton. A resolution introduced by Assembly- man Ignacio Ramos proposed that some industrial concern or financial corpora- tion be allowed to develop the property on condition that it assume payments of Peru's forelgn debts, provided the country’s creditors agreed ~Congress approved anotber resolu- tion declaring that Peru would “main- tain the stability of Peruvian ex- change.” ALL SAFE IN SHANGHAI MISSIONARY CABLES Rev. Donald Rees Reassures Rela- tives of Americans in Be- leaguered City. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 1.—A cable from the Rev. Ronald Rees, British Wesleyan missionary and one of the secretaries of the National Christian Council of China in Shanghai, today said: “There is no cause for anxiety. All is quite safe in Shanghal The message, sent for -the benefit of missionaries’ relatives, was considered reassuring because of the reported bombing of the districts outside the In- ternational Settlement where . many missionaries are living. her spokes- | “effective | The League Council plan- February 1.—Private | ! b BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Pausing to rest and formulate plans for the continuation of her life’s mis- | sion, the “spreading of light to the blind” Mrs. Rufus Mather, better known to the world as Winifred Holt | Mather, founder of New York's famous “Light ‘House for the Blind," has ar- rived in Washington where, with Mr Mather, she will remain for several weeks The Mathers have just completed a three years' survey of conditions among the blind in almost every corner of the globe. In many places which they visited they were instrumental in estab- lishing ~ “Light Hous institutions modeled after the first and famous one in New York “It has often been said that idlen not blindness, is the curse of the blind, declared Mrs. Mather, who explain that her real campaign now is to fight for the elimination of blindness. Prevention Urged. Blindness could be eradicated most _as much as yellow fever has been,” she continued. “There is so much unnecessary blindness in the world—so many cases which could have been prevented. That is what the world must awaken to and work for now—the prevention of blindness. “I hope and prophecy that some day all the ‘light houses’ throughout the world will have become museums, con- | taining histories of blindness. “Until blindness has been eradicated, | we must of course, work to help those who spend their lives without work in darkness “But they should not be segregated That s too often the fault of the d stould not be made | to hey arc to be considered | as a class on account of their affictio | They should be so equipped as to en- | able them, as far as possible, to take an active part in the work and play of the sighted community in which they should live. “Keeper of Light” Here MRS. MATHER PLEADS FOR PREVENTI ALLEN CASE JURY - SELECTION SLOw {Hour and Half Required to | Seat Two Because of Sen- | timent in Slaying. ated Press OWN, Pa. Fe took one hour and a half today lect the t Edward cicty man, Prancis . Most of the prospective jurors ca for duty in the trial which began b Judge Harold G. Knight in the Mo gomery County Court had either formed an opinion in the e or had conscis tious scru ment 1—TIt to se- Jurors for al of ck the killing of Defendant Is Attentive. | Allen, charged 1 killing Donal son after a er the latter’s tions to Allen's sister, Rose e urors were cal Judgment, in his case His sister did not appear in room w but r attorne MRS. WINIFRED HOLT MATHER. —Harris-Ewing_Photo. ‘There Is too often an attitude of patronage toward the blind. It is wrong —they should not treat the blind as persons apart.” Startled Society in 1905. Mather, the daughter of Henry . New York publi author and ssopher, startled New 'York society as a y ar and pre lety woman in 1905, she turned back on the pastimes and amusem of her “set" a h her sister E now Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood, dedi- cated her life to the service of the blir ‘We are only resting in Washingto; concluded “Keeper of the Light' Mat for a short while, Our next tras Mi Speculation on Penalty atic ethe s will probably carry us to tropical tries. cov REDS WARN TOKO [May Protest Entry of Troops. 400 Chinese Killed in | Savage Battle. | TOKIO, February 1 khan Russi: sar for foreign affall lese Ambassador H be compelled J —L. M. Kara- informed Japa- of Japa huria, the ign office authoritative circles here it was stat e advance on Harbin will be con- avage engagement resul rday between Japanese forces se soldiers attached to Ge der of the Chi- guards. said 400 Eastern Railw ews dispatches 1 in a ¢ Chinese ing sev- Japanese inded ve been |~ After | bardment in which a number of shell struck a Japanese ary train, |C nese attacked U | Shuang Chen, so 1 conducted a ferocious bayon 2 | against the Japanese defenders. They were repulsed a lull in hostilities ensued Detachment Due Today. Japanese detachment, under the Jiro Tamon, hero of < expected at b N ay 1ese East- ern line to protect their nationals fr oads of Gen R'S {roOps AN from @ repetition of recent sanguinary rioting. Officials of the railroad, jointly owned and operated by China and Russia, were reported to have agreed to the use of the branch of the line between Changchun and Harbin for the tra port of Japanese troops he north, and the manager ha to Changchun to make arrangements. The board of directors previously re- fused to pe Japanese troop move- ne, but the Soviet gov- ernment_pronounced its approval pro- viding Chinese authoritics in Peipiny and Nenking agreed. Whether this p mission was obtained was not revealed Fight at Close Range. The Rengo (Japanese) News Agency correspondent at Shuang Chen de- scribed the fighting as the hottest at close range since the occupation of Manchuria. | Under the personal direction of Gen. | Hasebe, the Japanese fought hand to hand at dawn with an enemy force numbering about 3,000 men. The gen- | eral was in the thick of the battle at all times, once within 300 yards of the | Chinese, and kept shouting a_Japanese proverb: “So long as I am alive, boys, you are safe.” In attacking the railway station, where Japanese were sleeping. the Chi- nese advanced rapidly by the use of rifles, with the apparent intention of | | annihilating their adversaries. The | Japanese faled to halt the onrush until the Chinese had almost reached the sta- tlon, in front of which they came to | grips. In view of reports that Gen. Ting | was concentrating for a renewed as- sault, the Japanese command was anx- | iously awaiting the arrival of reinforce- | ments. I SOVIET VISIONS MENACE. | A command of Gen. | Must Be Prepared to Protect Interests, Premlier Declares. | MOSCOW, February 1 (#)—Boviet| Russia must watch developments in the Far East with the closest atten- tion, Premier Molotox told the seven- teenth all-union conference of the Communist party yvesterday, for “White™ Russians in Manchuria are plotting the establishment of a buffer state and a break with the Soviet Union. “The latest events at Shanghai,” he said, “bear eloquent testimony to the| policy of the imperialists which inevita- | | bly will lead to new wars. In China the | dividing line between peace and war is being obliterated, and China and Japan | are conducting actual hostilities without a formal declaration. | “The Soviet government would not| be fulfilling its obligations if it per-| mitted this state to be lulled into a| false sense of security by loose talk and generalizing resolutions on the interna- tional situation. We must be prepared to protect our own interests.” EX-GOVERNOR ASKS SEAT Bartlett of New Hampshire to Run for Congress. John H. Bartlett, former Governor of New Hampshire, announced today he | would be a candidate for the House | from_the first New Hampshire district | this Fall “My interest in the tragedies of un- employment is so intense that I have | decided to run for Congress again in | the Fall if I am alive,” Bartlett said. | He was defeated for this office by Wwilllam N. Rogers, & Democrat, in a recent special election to fill the va- cancy caused by the death of the late Representative Hal | celegate. whether he would AMERICANS READY Gibson and Wilson Arrive at Geneva for Session Start- ing Tomorrow. By the A GENE February can delegation to the W on Arms ted Press 1d Confer feast WAS seen in ters as B: was reorganized, might foreign rge Soviet or called t elimi- o estant { and politic some of e ntees of security are es- e the fears which be- set some countries, the Anglican pr ate said. With ecqual vigor. he sisted that peace treaties needed revi- sion by strictly legal methods and that e “German war guilt” clause s be_eliminated Mr. Henderson. Mr. Thomas, who is British secretary for dominions, and Viscount Cecil. British delegate to t League. attended the service, and Henderson, a Methodist lay preacher read a passage from the Scriptures Wile on Broadcast. Disarmament was literally in the a last night when speakers of tlons participated in a broadcast M Ben H General Federation of Wo and Frederic Willlam Wile. ton writer, spoke for the Viscount Cecil an York responded for were followed by Ba bben. Augusto Rc ador de Madariaga, German, Italian and Span- ish delegates, respectively, to the Arms Conference. { Senator tial to di REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR REPORTED PROCLAIMED Military Ga Col at Tulcan, Just ise~ Border, Said Revol mb Be in Over a to of en’s Clubs Wash ted Archb England n W. von Rh anson. United States del ed to speak Wednesday on_his impressions of the opening of the conference. Gibson Hopeful. American delegation im, The thic nee with Americ Gibson expressed f mate success. Will Rogers, American humorist, re- sponded on behalf of the news gathere; :"n,vl.ng he put most of his confidence in Doc” Woolley, the American woman do anything.” that he was goil cause by the of the c Japan would have taken it over Mr. Gibson appealed to the newspaper men to be confident and patient. stat- | ing it was the delegation's policy to give out all poss: Senator Swan- son advised against receiving news of s,” he said, point- | American plans or proposals from other n delegates. “won't ' delegations. be- ren newspaper me 'm hope of ulti- tomorrow “These four hy ing to the four “HIDDEN HEROES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA” Did you know that the man across the hall captured a machine gun nest single-handed at Chipilly Ridge? Or that the man with whom you chatted yesterday on the street car won the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism at Belleau Wood? Or that the new employe in your office courageously remained in command of his company in the Argonne, although severely wounded? Many citizens of the District of Columbia were deco- rated for bravery during the World War. Who these men are and the stories of how they earned their deco- rations will be told to readers of The Evening Star every day in “District’s Heroes in the World War” By Sergeant L. E. Jaeckel These heroes are your friends and neighbors. Read about them daily m The Star starting February 8.