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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Cloudy and warmer tonight; minimum temperature tonight about 46 degrees; tomorrow cloudy. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 49, at noon today; lowest, 35, at 9 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 4. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 32,061~ Bursdss g nd class matter shington, Df (¢ Che WASHINGTON, D. C, beming ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, K 'BRUARY 10, 1932—THI “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as, the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 123,748 RTY-SIX PAGES. #%# () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS FRENCH SECURIT THEORY REJECTED BY GRANDI WITH NEW ARMS OFFER Italian Says Peace Guaran- tee Can Come Only as Re- sult of Stopping Race of Military Budgets. ENVOY AVERS JAPAN IS EAGER FOR SLASH| Matsudaira Says His Nation Wants Size of Ships and Guns Re- duced and Ban Placed on Air Raids and Use of Chemicals and Bacteria. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, February 10.—For- eign Minister Dino Grandi of Italy and Ambassador Tsuneo Matsu- daira of Japan presented the last two of the disarmament proposals of the five great powers to the ‘World Conference today. The young black-bearded Ital- ian foreign minister, believed to be the youngest delegate to the conference, rejecting the French theory of the necessity of security preceding disarmament, brought thunders of applause from the floor as he tolled off a long list of war implements Italy stands ready to scrap. The list included capi- tal ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, heavy artillery, tanks, bombing aircraft and chemical warfare weapons. He also proposed a revision of the laws of war to protect civil- ian populations. In international quarters afterward the Italian plan was hailed as the first pro- posal for “real disarmament.” Says Japan Wants Cut. Ambassador Matsudaira, chief of the Japanese delegation, as- sured the conference, in the short- est speech delivered by the rep- resentative of any of the great) powers, that “notwithstanding the unfortunate situation in the Far East Japan is as eager as ever to further the cause of disarma- ment.” He said the Japanese delegation had | come to co-operate with all the powers | and that Japan favors a reduction in the size of battleships and the caliber of their guns, reduction of tonnage of airplane carriers, strict limitation of the use of all classes of war vessels, prohibition of air bombardments and ©f the use of poison gases and bacteria. August Zaleski, Polish Tepresentative. presented a plan for “moral disarma- ment.” He said Poland would offer a formal program under this head later that Ambassacor Hugh Gibson of United States “forcibly reminded us yesterday the best guarantee of se- curity consists in our neighbors' good will.” Would Prolong Treaty. Signor Grandi's address brought three especially enthusiastic outbursts of applause when he said his country was willing to prolong the London naval treaty, to do everything possible toward bringing about actual disarmament, and to abolish many of the most important items on armament programs. He de- livered the address without a single gesture, resting both his hands upon a table, He said Italy rejected the French theory of security to precede disarma- ment. “Without disarmament.” he added, “there can be no security.” He ac- cepted the German demand that other nations disarm in the same proportion as Germany is forced to do under the treaty of Versailles. He sald Italy was in favor of pro- longing the Washington and London naval agreements as proposed yester- day by Ambassador Hugh Gibson of the United States. He said he viewed the present conflict in the Far East, not with the tragic irony with which (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) HARRY YUDELEVIT GIVES HIMSELF UP Suspect in Abrams Shooting As-|Tre serts His Innocence—To Face Moses. Asserting his innocence, Harry Yude- levit. 1620 Allison street, sought in the 2 a week ago last night of Hen- ; Abrams, 30, gave himself up to po- lice today. Ascompanied by his attorney, Myron Fox Captures Dog, Hangs on to Foot As Victim Howls By the Assoclated Press. PINEHURST, N. C., February 10.—The fox caught & dog in a hunt of Carolina hounds here y. The pack was nosing about a swamp in which the fox had taken shelter when suddenly plercing howls of pain came from a thicket. Rushing up, huntsmen found the fox had snapped on one hound’s paw and was holding on desperately while the dog howled. The master of hounds released the dog and took the fox alive. PRESENT ACTS TO RELIEVEBANKS Broadening Base of Paper for Smaller Institutions Plan After Parley. By the Associated Press. President Hoover began a move today to liberalize Federal Reserve Bank rules to make eligible to rediscount paper held by small banks, which s not now capable of being turned into cash. In a series of bi-partisan conferénces with leaders of both houses of Congress. he outlined his plans and it was agreed that a Democrat, Senator Glass of Vir- ginia, would introduce such a bill later in the day. By broadening the base of paper eli- gible to rediscounting, it is the belief of the Government financial leaders that immediate aid will be extended to | small banks that have borrowed to | their limit on eligible paper, but have other good security. The emergency legislation now in mind, however, would be only a temporary affair. To Announce Program. President Hoover will announce the program immediately. i Three officials of, the Reconstruction Finance Corporat.¥h took part in the! conferences today. They were Acting: Secretary of the Treasury Mills, Eu- gene Meyer and Charles G. Dawes, | president of the corporation. The corporation is considering selling its securities in small denominations to the public. This would absorb some of the money the President hopes to bring | back into circulation through his anti- hoarding campaign. The Senators called to the White House this morning were Glass, Wat- son. Republican, lndiana; Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas; Walcott, Republi- can, Connecticut; Townsend, Republican, laware, and Bulkley, Democrat, Ohio. Conference Lasts Hour. ‘The conference was held in the main wing of the White House and lasted for | cearly an hour. Dawes, Meyer s} Mills | cancelled all their later engage. o ts at the Reconstruction Finance hea:.uar-, ters to attend another White House con- ference. A short while after his conference with the Senate leaders. President Hoover summoned to the White House six Democratic and Republican leaders | - in_the House With them was Dawes. | The representatives were Sreaker | Garner, Snell of New York, the ®awib- | lican leader, Strong (Republican, Kan- sas); Steagall (Democrat, Alabama), chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee; Luce (Republican, Massa- chusetts), and Beedy (Republican, Maine). Details Are Refused. As the conference with House lead- ers broke up, its members said they had been discussing “the Glass bill" but declined to go into detail concern- | ing it. i Chairman Steagall of the House| Banking Committee said there might be formal statements later. i Speaker Garner, the first to depart, walked hurriedly through the lobby of the executive offices waving aside ques- | tions and questioners, stating, “I haven't got a thing to say.” Dawes, Mills and Meyer left the ‘White House by a side entrance. VINSON WILL SEEK WARSHIP BILL VOTE $616,250,000 Construction proval This Session Aim of House Naval Chairman, Ap- By the Associated Press. Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee said today Congress will be asked to approve his $616,250,000 war- ship construction bill before the present session ends. ‘The measure, which would authorize 120 new vessels, already has been ap- FESS LEADSFGHT ON DREET RELEE A5 VITE NEARS ‘Voices Republican Opposition to Federal Aid as “Matter of Principle.” DOUBTFUL OF NECESSITY FOR GOVERNMENT TO ACT |“There Will Be No End” to De- mands, He Says, Opposing La Follette Bill. By the Assoclated Press. Republican opposition to direct Fed- eral relief for the unemployed, as a mat- ter of “principle,” was voiced in the Benate today by Senator Fess of Ohio as the issue neared a vote. Fess opposed the La Follette-Costigan bill to appropriate $375,000,000 for di- Tect relief, on the ground if the Federal Government entered the field of relief “there will be no end.” He said he was not opposed to the Democratic substitute, proposing ap- propriation of $750,000,000 for relief | |loans to States and road construction, as a matter of principle, but was against | it because he was not convinced of its | necessity. First to Express View. The Ohian was the first member of the Senate to express the administra- | tion's opposition to direct Federal aid for the jobless. All previous speakers during the 10 days of debate have been in favor of one kind or asother of Fed- eral assistance, Meanwhile, from the Democratic side a new relief proposal was offered. Sen- ator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, in- troduced a bill to appropriate $500,000,- 000 to be loaned to embloyers to en- able them to provide increased work. Advances would be made to “manufac- turers and employers of labor, indus- trial and agricultural.” Fess began by lauding the level of Senate debate on the relief legislation But he said he did not believe in Fed- eral relief “until it is quite obvious there in no other way."” Doubts Time Has Arrived. He said he did not believe there:is | much difference between his viewpoint | and the views of those supporting the | Democratic_substitute. { “The difference is whether we've reached the place where local relief has | broken down and there will be starva- tion unless the Federal government | takes a hand,” Fess safd. “I don't be- lieve that point has been reached.” “The difference between us is one ! of degree. But on the original bill for | district relief, the difference is one of principle, H “I am opposed to the Federal govern- | ment entering on_this relief program, because when it does there will be no end. | Cites Earlier U. S. Relief. | Fess said when Congress first siasted appropriating for local disaster reli%:— | the case of the Lawrence, Ma | —the step was very reluctan.iy | taken. Then came the San Prancisco | earthquake and fire, he said, and re- Hef Iri toe sufferers of that disaster was gi%:Piore readily and with little debate. “Once we start appropriating for the unemployed,” he said, “the flood gates | will be opened. We will come to the place where ‘the Federal Government will be regarded as responsible not only for unemployment sufferers, but we will be called upon as a duty to feed people rather than make them self-support- | ng." He said the tax burden would be “simply staggering” if this precedent were established. HOOVER STUDIES PLEA. Labor Delegates Present Appeal for Federal Relief. President Hoover had before him to- day a 3,000-wcrd petition, approved by the American Federation of Labor and appealing for Federal aid, including the enactment of the La_Follette-Costigan bill appropriationg $375,000,000 for un- employment relief. | A bannerless delegation of 125 men, | representing 5,000,000 men and women workers, late yesterday quietly marched from the Federation of Labor Building to the White House. The delegates had gathered here from every section of the country and on arriving at the Executive Mansion they stood in respectful silence as Willlam Green and Frank Morrison presented their appeal. Later they marched to Capitol Hill and presented their petition to Vice President Curtis and Speaker Garner. The Vice President promised to lay the appeal before the Senate today just prior to the vote being taken on the controversial relief issues. President Makes No Comment. President Hoover received the peti- tion without comment. The appeal was couched in parliamentary terms, but it proved by the committee. A request for House action, however, was delayed because of the depleted condition of the asury. “I feel now that we should go ahead and present the bill to Congress as soon as possible,” Vinson said. “As soon as the tax biil nual Navy Department bill are out of the way, 11 ask the committee to permit me to go ahead.” The construction bill probably can be reached by April “The Geneva Conference already has shown that it cannot accomplish much.” Vinson said. “There was nothing new and the an- appropriation 1 sha G. Fhrlich, Yudelevit walked into po-|in the proposals made by Ambassador headquarters shortly after 2 o'clock ' Gibson, and the budgetary reduction afternoon aud said he wished to prove that he had no connection with the shoating, which occurred as Abrams v tomobile was_sitting in his fit‘d aul N g e said he would have surrendered to police sooner but for fear of being kept in jail for & lengthy period while investigation of the case was'in TogTess. o Po‘bll-lce say Yudelevit admitted know- ing both Abrams and Willlam P. Moses, 1620 Buchanan street, who was sitting he car with the victim of the f ing when an automobile contain- ing three men drove up. One of them, allegedly Yudelevit, shot Abrams after Moses had been robbed of jewelry valued at $4,000. Yudelvit will be -confronted with Moses, police said. Yudelevit said he had not been out of the city since the shooting and Ehrlich said that his client had been “right under the nose of police” on several oc- casions and had made no attempt at ont. Several times, the lawyer Yudelevit visited his own suggestions likely will pile the whole Conference on the rocks. _ “I see no reason for delaying any 8 fleet ld i Jonger & bill that would give 1'1:“ b oo gg:;:\p to maintain & saf PRESIDENT IS GUEST Hoover Attends Luncheon for Mel- lon at Stimson’s Home. President Hoover was a guest this afternoon at “Woodley,” home of Sec- retary of Siate Stimson, at a luncheon given in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, retiring Secretary of the Treasury. The luncheon, which was attended by members of the cabine and others high in the Capital's official life, served as a parting tribute to the former Sec- tory to his leaving for £ Py the dutles will of Ambassador to Great Britain, was buttressed by an array of facts “and in the name and behalt of the ungry, suffering men, women ah children, whose plight is directly trace- able to unemployment.” “Human values and human needs mndnrywd D mira i r:g“pefltw ¥ o cor n,” n ) formed Vice President Curtis. The petitioners were referring to the recently enacted reconstruction bill. “We all realize the seriousness of the (Continued on page 2, column 1.) ANNAPOLIS “KIDNAP” STORY CALLED HOAX Mrs. Sands, Arrested With Man in Baltimore, “Wanted to Leave Husband.” By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 10— Mrs. Esther Sands, 25, reported kid- naped yesterday after her disappear- ance from her disordered home here. was back today. Mrs. Sands was arrested in Balti- more in company with a man who ad- mitted they had run away from her husband, Charles Sands, and left the home in disorder in an effort to lead police into a belief of foul play. Both the there This was the first time Mr. Hoover ' placed ‘White House for luncheon been President, »” has left the since he has she had no desire to return to husband. Re: | Horn, pastor of Howard 7 7 . THE NEW “OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.” CHINESE MOVE TROOPS TO NEW POSITIONS AS FINISH FIGHT IMPENDS Cavalry Rush Japanese Machine Guns—Tokio May Send Envoys Abroad to Explain Policy. [MOUNTED SHANGHAI DEFENDERS WILSON TEACHERS' COLLEGE VACATED Feared to Be in Danger of Collapse, Building Is Or- dered Abandoned. Believed by engineers to be in danger M collapse, the Wilson Teachers Col- | lege Building, at Eleventh and Harvard streets, was ordered vacated today by the public school authorities. Cracks of long standing in the cor-. ridor tile floor and a split stone mul- | lion and sill on at least one of the win- dows is the visible evidence on which engineers from the District Building recommended a week ago that the bullding be vacated within “three weeks.” Of the opinion that a danger giving only a three-week safety margin was imminent even now, Dr. Frank W Ballou, superintendent of schools, and his stafl, following conferences over the telephone with Maj. Donald A. Davi- son, Acting Engineer Commissioner, ordered the building vacated today. | The enrollment of 289 students and two practice classes of elementar grade puplls and the faculty of 16 members | and the 11 practice class teachers and = | clerk quit the bullding immediately. | A special meeting of the Board of | Education was called for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. ~ At that session the | | - | school board will underteke to map the | future course for the Wilson Teachers College. | Meanwhile, the District Building en- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PASTOR IS SEEKING $200,000 DAMAGES | Dr. J. T. Herson Files Suit Against Two Ministers Charging Conspiracy. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., February 10.—Dr. Joseph Templeton Herson, suspended | pastor of Calvary Methodist Episcopal | Church, Annapolis, yesterday filed two | suits in City Court, asking $100,000 each | from Rev. Bernard N. Ridgely, district superintendent of the Methodist Epis- | copal Church, and v. J. E. Kemp Park Methodist Episcopal Church, charging both with slander and libel. Dr. Herson charged the two ministers conspired with each other and with Rev. Francis R. Bayley, a Baltimore pastor, and with other ministers to give “the greatest publicity” to false and malicious statements concerning him. Dr. Herson charged he was caused to be brought before the Preliminary In- vestigating Committee of the Baltimore Conference of the church and was de- nied, “in many respects, the ordinary rights and privileges accorded by law to | toda: even the vilest criminal, and that the investigation, from the standpoint of justice and fair dealing, was a farce and a sham.” Dr. Herson said that, as a fesult of the alleged malicious slander, he has lost his means of livelihood as a min- ister, has been caused to lose his home and has been held up to public scorn and ridicule. Dr. Herson was pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, Washington, about 10 years 880, —_— CUBAN OFFICE BOMBED HAVANA, February 10 (#)—The post office and telegraph center in Marianao, near Havana, was bombed shortly after midnight this morning. Considerable damage was done to the building. Ear Chewed Off In Fight Over Selecting Pastor By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, February 10.— A charge of mayhem filed against John Anagnostopulos has ex- plained the torn left ear of Harry Charuhas. The two were attending a com- mittee meeting, called for the purpose of selecting a pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church. When Anagnostopulos, leader of the insurgent faction, failed to win Charuhas’ support, he wi said by witnesses to have tacked his fellow committeeman, tearing off a portion of his ear with his teeth. Charuhas is in a hospital hopeful a skin-grafting opera- tion will restore his ear to its original shape. WHOLESALE VOTE VIOLATIN CHARGED Report in Bankhead-Heflin Contest Cites 50 Types of Law-Breaking. By the Associated Press. Charges of vote buying and efforts by corperations to influence their em- ployes were discounted today in a re- port to the Senate Elections Subcom- mittee considering the Heflin-I%@\ead contest, but testimony on other law vis-§ lations was stressed. Chairman Hastings, in a report on the recent testimony taken for the committee in Alabama, cited charges of 50 varieties of law_violation in the elec- tion of Senator Bankhead. Democrat, of Alabama, which 1s being contested by former Senator Heflin. He said there seemed to be no' dis- pute that voters were allowed to cast their ballots without appearing in per- son at the polling places, and reported the testimeny showed it was the prac- tice to pay the poll tax for others, though that is forbidden by law. The report was on evidence submitted to a commissioner for the committee by witnesses for the two con- 2, Column 6.) (Continued cn Pai SLAIN BY DRY AGENTS Kentuckian Dies in Pitched Battle With Officers. JACKSON, Ky., February 10 (®).— Luther Barnett, 22, was shot to death in a pitched battle with a Federal prohibition agent and five constables 15 miles south of here last night. Four others escaped and were being sought ByL. Smith, an agent, with head- quarters in the Lexington, and the constables reported they found Bar- nett and the other four men at a still in the woods and that when Smith told them they were under arrest they started shooting. Barnett was killed and the others fled after about 25 shots had been fired. A coroner’s jury ex- onerated the officers today. JOHN DRINKWATER ILL Noted Playwright Suffering From Bronchial Pneumonia. LONDON, February 10 (#)—John Drinkwater, the playwright, is critically ill of bronchial pneumonia at his home in Highgate, it was learned today. His “Abraham Lincoln” is to open in & few days in London. FIRE COMPANY SEEKS $100 REWARD YOTED BY COURT 86 YEARS AGO ‘Winchester Volunteers, Hit by Lack of Funds, May Find | the Old Order Outlawed by Lapse of Time. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., February 10.— Eighty-six years ago the Priendship Fire Company was voted $100 by the Frederick County Court for “their valiant work at saving public build- ings during a fire in Winchester,” but records show no such warrant ever was drawn on the county treasurer for E‘e l':!m Mofm the firemen, ftee'l‘; know what the Frederick County au- thorities intend to do about it. firemen was drawn Julian W. y were likewise scrutinized, and also the records of the county treasurer, end no notation could be found to payment of the order of the court. The order recited that the company's been damaged during the SUSPECTS FREED IN SNIPING PROBE Nervous Tension Spreads to| Other Areas as Bullet Pierces Windshield. With all suspects virtually eliminated, police admittedly were “starting from | scratch” today in their investigation | of the mysterious murder of Paul Riedel, | |45-year-old baker, and the equally | baffling shootings of an Agriculture De- | partment forester and two high school girls. Meanwhile, some of the nervous ten- sion created by the daring gunman, be- | lieved to have perpetrated all the shoot- ings, had spread from the northwest ' section into other areas. ‘Windshield Shattered. Fear of the mysterious gunman was intensified when a slug of the same | caliber and type as those used by the ' gunman shattered the windshield of an automobile parked near the Washing- ton Yacht Club, Fifteenth and Water streets southeast. Despite the protection of patrols of headquarters detectives and policemen, streets in the areas in which Riedel and | | the other victims—Gordon T. Bacjus, | 51, of 3433 Mount Pleasant street; ¥¥:len | Andrews, 18, of 5611 Sixth streel, ans/ Doris Beall, 16, of 1411 G street south- | east—were fired upon, were all bus de serted. | 2 report that four bullets were fired sthrough the window of a store in the ! same section was being investigated | today by Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, | Although the shots were believed to | have been fired Monday night, Inspec- tor Burke did not learn of the inci- dent _until today. He immediately communicated with tenth precinct police with a view to checking up on their inquiry. which was made yester- day. The gunplay was reported to police by B. A. Coe. proprietor of a gas appliance shop at 1368 Park road. Tells of Bullet Holes. “When T opened my store yesterday ‘momlnfl." Coe declared. “I found four bullet holes in a rear window. An electric bulb had been shattered and an alarm clock about 10 feet away also was badly damaged. The glass in the win- dow is of the wire-mesh variety.” Tenth precini police, after a su- perficial investigation, asserted the holes | apparently were made by B-B shot dis- charged from an air rifle. An indication that the police are not convinced the shootings were the work of a hardened criminal was given today when Inspector Burke revealed three soclety youths had been questioned in connection with the case. Avoided Embarrassment. “We made no announcement regard- ing the young men,” Inspector Burke explained, “because we wanted to be sure we had some tangible evidence against them before embarrassing their families by making it public that the ‘youths were under suspicion. After questioning them and having them scrutinized by witnesses, however. we were convinced they were innocent, so we let them go.” Denies Seeking Evans. A published report that Robert (Cow- boy) Evans, escaped St. Elizabeth's Hospital -Inmate, is being sought as a suspect In the shootings was charac- terized as “something of an exaggera- tion” by the inspector. Inspector Burke said: “We don't even know that Evans is in Washington. We just happened to remember that Evans. who once served a term in Sing | Sing for murder. had escaped from St. Elizabeth's in 1978. and sn far as we know is still at liberty. While we had nothing to indicate he was involved in the shootings. we decided to make a quiet check-un to learn if he has been ere lv. Th 1 have d nothing to Indlcate he has been. - i ! b INFLICT HEAVY LOSS IN CHARGE Transport and Several Hundred Japanese Troops Reported Beached and Cap- tured by Foes in Whangpoo River. SHANGHAI, Thursday, February 11 (#.—The guns of Chapel were silent early this morning, but under cover of darkness armies were concentrating at Woosung and the apprehensive International Settlement believed that the Japanese were ready to start the big push. Newcomers from Japan arriving late Wednesday night said their steamers had passed a dozen Japanese troopships loaded with soldiers. A private message in code received from Tokio said two divisions—about 20,000 men—had embarked in closely guarded secrecy. It was known that some Japanese troops had been landed near the mouth of the Yangtze, readv to join the forces either at ‘Woosung or at Hongkew, base of the Chapei operations. Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa, at Tokio, announced to- day he had under consideration a plan to send envoys to the United States, England and France to explain and clarify the Japanese posi- tion on the Manchurian question. Should this procedure be decided upon by the government, the foreign minister said, the men to present the Japanese viewpoint have been tentatively selected. They would be Viscount Kaneko, who would go to Washington; Baron Gonsuke Hayashi, London, and Viscount Kiku Jiro, Paris. Heavy Casualties Inflicted. The Japanese at Shanghai directed another determined attack against the battered fortress and smoldering village of Woosung today, after Chinese cavalry were reported to have inflicted heavy casualties at Chapei with an old-time cavalry and sabre charge in the face of rattling machine guns. At the same time the United States Marines, guarding a line on a 10-mile front inside and outside of the International Settlement, took up the heaviest burden of the defense of the settlement. The Marines’ line extended from the settlement’s extreme western areas, along Soochow Creek, the northern boundary, until it met the soldiers of the 31st United States Infantry 10 miles to the east. Parts of this front faced directly on Chapei, daily scene of shell- ing, bombing and heavy machine-gun fire. The Chinese troops faced the Marines across Soochow Creek, and the Marines were kept con- stantly on the alert as the Chinese erected barricades, but relations between the two forces were described as “friendly as possible under | the circumstances” and the Marines were not worried. Transport Reported Captured. rsisted today that a Japanese troop transport had oosung Creek and drifted down the Whangpoo River and had been captured by the Chinese, along with several hundred Japanese troops. This report was denied by a spokesman for Gen. A report i grounded oft | Shimoto, in command of operations at Japanese Army headquarters. Two steamships were seen from a distance, which had been appar- ently beached close in toward Woosung Creek. The Japanese spokes- man explained these were supply ships, and observers were unable to venture further to ascertain whethes the vessels wer2 in posses- sion of the Chinese or the Jaranese. Chinese artillesy found the range of the Japanese headquarters late this morning and dropped a few shells in the vicinity of the ratlway workshops. The Japanese claimed that only two men were wounded. Air Reinforcements ' |Japanese Hit Hard Of Chinese Seen as | AsCavalary Charges Concession Threat Positions in Chapei | (Copyright. 1632, by the Associated Press) B gast- | . SHANGHAI China, February 10.— he apparent calm in the Far East | Tearing acruss no man's land in an oid= ern situation is described by compe- | fashioned cavalry charge, 8 Chinese tent authorities as the “lull before the | Squadron was reported to have inflicted storm.” hfiw);‘casualms today on the Japanese The situation in Shanghai continues | with astiilery, 8 " o5t€ to Chapel to be tense and full of dangers while 2 It was an incident in a comparatively the two antagonists are preparing for quiet day. The big guns were not firing further battles for the final control of |and although machine guns were in that area. | action it was apparent that both sides The Chinese 19th Route Division. were shifting their lines and no one under the cummmd_ of Gen. Chiang | knew what was going to happen next. Kwang-Nai, is receiving reinforcements | Over at Woosung, where the Japanese n the shape of some 35 airplanes of |had been trying to blast the enemy oth the bombing and scouting type. |loose from the forts at the Whangpoo These airplanes are reported manned by | Narrows, the action also had subsided foreigners, soldiers of fortune, who have | somewhat late this afternoon. been in the service of the Cantonese | Sometime in the night the Chinese government for the last few years, and | had hoisted their five-barred flag of Chinese pilots and observers either red, yellow, blue, white and black. It trained in schools abroad or drilled by Was on the highest flagpole in town and experienced foreign airmen. the Japsnese gunners were concentrat- When this new force reaches Gen. g their fire on it. Chiang Kwang-Nai's army of the of- | Reinforce Trenches. BY CONSTANTINE BRO! fensive value of the 19th route army | will be considerably enhanced. | Leaders Are Worried. Because of this, the possibility of a battle in which the International Set-| tlement may become involved has in- | creased, and Settlement authorities and commanders of the European forces are considerably worried. | On the other hand, the Japanese who have so far unsuccessfully tried to break the Chinese resistance in the Woosung area are rapidly bringing re- inforcements from Japan and are ex- pected to make probably their most se- | rious effort against Woosung in the course of this week. The number and the fighting value | of these reinforcements is known to nobody but the Japanese general staff, but it is believed to be considerable. In view of the fact that the Japanese may find it very difficult to establish a | permanent bridgehead to attack from | the land the Woosung positions, there (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) GUNMEN KILL MAN Meanwhile the Chinese were rein- forcing the trenches, which had been battered by raking shell fire from war craft in the river and by airplanes. The Japanese were working hard on a pontoon bridge across Woosung crezk, but Chinese machine gunners were not making the job any too easy. Toward dusk a fleet of trucks backed up to the docks on the outskirts of Shanghai and assisted in the unloading of additional field guns which apparent- ly_were to be used against Woosung. ‘There were indications that part of the Chinese main force had been taken out of the Chapei lines and sent over to Woosung. Foreign observers found that only two lines of trenches were manned in the north _station sector where heretofore there have been three or four. The nearest Chinese support lines were half a mile to the rear. In the international settlement there was considerable apprehension and United States Marines took part with other foreign units in building addi- tional sandbag barricades and barbed wire defenses. The guard was increased at several strategic points along the boundarics and in the French conces- sion. The authorities, who recently ruled that civilians must be off the streets at 10 p.m. moved up the dead- ON SCRANTON STREET “Realizing publication of a story about this hunch might cause Evans to flee it he to be here, we told ‘various re ‘working on the case what we had in mind. All of them promised not to mention Evans until we got a line on him.” Two Men Eliminated. ‘Two men picked up for questioning yesterday-have been eliminated, the in- spector said. One of them—James Sul- livan. 616 U street—has been taken to Gallinger Hosojfal. where he is being held for mental observation. He had two revolvers. a .32 and a .25, when taken into custody at Good Hope road and Pifteenth street southeast. The other man. Benjamin Hayes, 20, walked into police headquarters and announced he had stolen about $300 in , W. Va. He convinced in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Radio Programs on Page C-3 Companion, With Police Record, Dying After Fusillade Is Fired From Gang’s Car. By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, February 10— Gunmen riding In an automobile through Scranton streets this morning at 6 o'clock sent a shower of lead from sawedjoff shotguns into the bodies of two men, killing one and wounding the other so“seriously that he may die. A man known as Jacob Levine, 30, who had come here less than a month mlmm either New York or Philadel- was killed. Edward Weiss, 25, of Scranton we: the man wounded. Weiss was here a year ago with the theft of silk valued at $15, from the Erie Railroad freight Une to 9 pm. e _Chinese cavalry attack was re- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) —_— 2 SIX NUNS AND 12 PUPILS FLEE CONVENT FLAMES By the Associated Press. RUSTICO, P. E. I, February 10— Six nuns and 12 pupils escaped in night attire early today. when fire de- stroyed a large convent and Catholic boarding school here. An early check- up indicated there were no casualties. The fire started in the basement and made rapid headway. For two hours the entire countryside was lighted by the flames. The convent and school formed the center of community life in this small village and residents worked brigade nlhn{blnlbucht in arrested | futile attempt to save the two build- mm the church and.emalier Dubld o ings, which were threatened,