Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1932, Page 2

U.S.HAILS LEABUE | eaio speakers | LAFOLLETTES DUE DEMANDS ONTOKI0 Civilized Nations Get To- gether on Moral Issue for First Time in History. BY CONTANTINE BROWN. The dramatic rapidity with which the League of Nations unanimously adopted the injunction to Japan asking the Tokio government to withdraw its troops from the invaded territories in China, has caused a feeling of relief and - satisfaction in administration circles, For the first time in history, all the civilized nations—there were 52 eountries represented at Geneva—have gotten together on a moral issue and seem to be decided to prevent one eountry taking advantage of its power- ful military machinery to obtain trade and territorial advantages from another counitry less equipped and weakened by internal strife. All the small nations, out of motives of self preservation, have adopted the American policy, as expressed by Secre- tary of State Stimson in his note of January 7, and have induced the some- what more reluctant big European powers to follow our lead by warning Japan that whatever military objectives she attains in Chins, they will not recognize any territorial gains obtained D ois for the first time in history the American theory that it is no use to g0 to war in order to obtain territorial of commercial advantzges has been effectively adopted by the civilized world. Success Not Yet Certain. e move of the League of Nations vt:‘;?e the small powers, for the first time since the organization of thay body, have had & chance to express and enforce their wishes in spite of a certain opposition of the big rowan. is regarded in Washington as highly sat- isfactory. At lge same time it is by no means certain that the move of the League will be completely successful. Japan hes embarked into a policy in which nobody can fathom the actual objec- tives and intentions. At one time it appeared as if her civil government was completely in opposition to the methods of the military cast and was trying to oppose its methods, if not its afms, by bringing about some sort of a peaceful solution of the Manchurian problem with the Chinese government. That government is, however, no longer in power. The present government is in full harmony with the military and appears to have great imperialistic ambitions. Forelgn Minister Yoshi- zawa, in & statement made some time ago, frankly declared Chinh is only a geographic expression and that its lack of ability to organize iteelf makes it imperative for the Japanese who have vital interests in that country to go in and organize it in accordance with their needs. Forelgn office spokesmen have spoken in similar language. Therefore, we are led to believe that by a combined diplomatic and military action the Japanese government is en- deavoring at present to obtain full control of a major part of China. By occupying Manchuria and by con- trolling China’s sea his can be done easily because the Japanese have & large and efficlent navy—the Japa- nese can, if they want to, fulfill their mw;‘:‘g Accomplished. The first part of the Japanese pro- gram already has been accomplished by the establishment of an alleged inde- pendent state in Manchuria under-the military control of the Japanese, The second part of the program, the occu- pation of China's principal ports, has not begun yet. The Japanese foreign office, however, indicated its aims when it announced that Japan desired the demilitarization of those ports. This trial balloon, launched early in Febru- ary, has met with a strong opposition on the part of the American Govern- ment. Last Friday's action of the League is aimed at preventing this development, but it is unknown whether the Japanese are in a mood of flaunting the League’s injunction or not What the American policy will be in such a case is easily understandable when we follow the diplomatic develop- ments of the last six months. Our diplomatic action can be divided in three distinct phases: The first be- tween September 18 and December 10. The second between December 10 and January 7 and the last between Jan- uary 7 and January 28. In the first phase the State Depart- ment was genuinely convinced the civil government in Japan would be able to prevall over the army ulti- mately and stop the mlilitary action of the Japanese in Manchuria. Baron Shidehara, foreign minister at that time, gave this government definite promises that as soon as the atmos- phere was cleared he would be able to get the military to withdraw into | i GOV. LA FOLLETTE. ¥ SENATOR LA FOLLETTE. fidential notes were exchanged between Tokio and Washington, the League's Council met in Paris with no prac- tical results. When Secretary Stimson was con- vinced that the Japanese would con- tinue their policy of expansion in China and not one of protecting their local interests in Manchuria, he became seri- ously worried. It appeared to him as well as the rest of the administration that the Japanese were following a well determined plan of sealing up China against any commercial intrusion on the part of any other outside nation. This was a serious menace not only to our important interests in the Far East, but also to the whole policy this coun- try was fighting for ever since the end of the World War—a policy of peace expressed by the succeeding American administrations again and again in the nine-power pact, the four-power pact, and, finally, in the Kellogg-Briand pact. Since the big powers directly interest- ed in the Far East did not seem anxious to take the first step and bring Japan to the realization of what she was doing, Mf. Stimson sent his note of January 7 informing Japan that what- ever gains she may obtain by force in China, they will not be recognized by the Government of this country, be- cause they would be contrary to the treaties Japan sclemnly signed since 1922 ‘The stand of the American Govern- ment seems to have worried the Tokio BOV ent but little, principally be- o the other powers, Britain, Italy and Prance did not follow pur example. On the contrary, the passive attitude | of the txgpfln ers s {0 have enocoura p":' to something ; more. Powers Move Quickly. On January 28 Japan attacked Bhanghal, the most important port in China, from the commerce and inter- national point of view. The powers moved this time quicker, but merely to defend the life and property of their nationals in the International Settle- ment. In spite of an alleged under- standing with Great Britain, we ap- ared in the eyes of the Japanese as letely isolated. third phase of our policy toward the 8ino-Japanese conflict developed. The State rtment realized tl Japan considered treaties, and especial- ver pact and the Kellogg E of paper. Secretary Btimeon in a letter, addressed officlally to Senator Borah, but in fact to Japan, said in the plainest possible language that if one treaty is a scrap of paper, the others must be, too, and consequent- ly if the nine-power pact which guar- antees China's territorial and adminis- trative integrity is disregarded, the four-power pact and the naval pact of 1922 will have to be reconsidered, too. And with this, our case In regard | to Japan rested. The State Department | has pegged America’s claims in the | Far East regarding equal trade op- | portunities in China by the note of | January 7 and Secretary Stimson's let- | ter to Senator Borah. The administra- tion is determined to stick by the prin- ciples lald down in those two com- | munications. Until Friday, however, it | appeared that we were fighting alone: | the Japanese zone in Manchuria along | that no other country would risk taking the railway line ment accepted all the feeble explana- tions given by the Japanere Ambassa- dor at Washingtcn as to why the Jap- anese forces were compelled to advance into a territory . where the Japanese interests were limited. We frequently that strategic motives had to be taken into consideration when an army had embarked into a military adventure. Collaboration Offered. ‘The primary thought of the State Department, however, was to sit tight and do nothing that might jeopardize the existence of the jovernment of Premier Wakatsuki. n the Councll of the League de- Dations which have no direct interest | of cided to step in, early in Octcber, 1931 The State Depart- | a stand similar to ours and the Japanese thought that Europe, busy with so many | | other problems, would leave us isolated. | Position Strenglhened. 1t consequently wi & pleasant sur- | | prise for our diplomats and, it is re- | ported, an unpleasant shock for the ! Japanese foreign office, to find that the | civilized world has followed the foot- steps of the American Government by adopting integrally the Stimson note of | January 7 Our diplomatic position is much strengthened. Last week we appeared to be isolated: today we have the worla \bersl-minded With us. How long it will stay is a dif- | ferent question, however. The small! in the Far East will undoubtediy con- | we offered our complete collaboration tnue to stand by us, bscause our politi- for the cause of peace. advising, how- ever, the Geneva statesmen to go easy and not make the situation of the ‘Wakatsuki cabinet mcre difficult than ‘Was necessary. cal theory of preventing the old bully- ' ing of weak countries by powerful na- tions suits them. Whether the big na- tions which will be called in the last resort to enforce the injunction passed Then the Wakatsuki-Shidehara cab- 8t Geneva last Friday will be willing to inet fell. The Japanese ‘plans in re- jeopardize their relations with Japan gard to China became more obvious 2nd face trade losses in order to main- after the occupation of Chinchow by the Japanese troops. an which took place despite the formal assurances the Japanese government had given us that the Japanese troops would not occupy Chinchow. The sec- ond and more active phase of our pol- fcy in the Far East developed. Con- LENTEN | SERVICES NEW YORK AVENUE | PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Daily, Except Saturday and Sunday 12:20 to 1 O'Clock Speaker Tomorrow— DR. J. R. 81200 Pastor New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Auspices Federation of Church: tain the principle of the sanctity of occupation PACts 18 a very different matter. 3,000 MORE TROOPS ARRIVE. Rainstorm Impedes Japanese Move- ments. Quiet Relgns on Front. SHANGHAI, March 12 (P .—The Japanese consulate announced today that a 15-day jail sentence had been imposed on a Japanese civilian re- sponsible for the beating administered A& week ago to Miss Rose Marlowe, an American missionary teacher. | In a letter to the United States con- sulate, the Japanese authorities ex- pressed regret about the incident and asserted thev had warned their | nationals against any repetition. | Reports from the front indicated everything was quiet but the Japanese | were moving in largs reinforcement units with great quantities of war ma- terial. The defense line from Nanzia northward to the Yangize strengthened by detachments from the 3,000 reinforcements landed early this morning at Woosung The troop movement was impeded by a torrential rainstorm, the fiist of the Spring downpours, on which the Chinese had depended for assistance in their defense action. Military roads were turned into rivers of mud, and trefches and dugouts became catch basins. Nanziang, the southeast corner cf the Japanese zone of occupation. was almost cut off from communica- tion to the Tepr. | firmed by the Senate” yesterday after THE SUNDAY INFORUM FEATURE Brothers Following Footsteps of Famous Father to Speak Tomorrow. In the political history of the United | States the name of La Follette will be written in bold letters. It stands for progressive ideas in government. After more than a quarter of a century of battling for these ideas the late Sen- ator Robert Marion La Follette of Wis- consin dled in 1925 leaving two sons to follow in his footsteps, “Bob” junior and “Phil” B8ince then, and despite the opposition of powerful influences, the sons of the late Senator La Fol- lette have been elected Senator of | the United States and Qovernor of Wisconsin, respectively. Today Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette, jr., is con- tmuin:edhu father's work for progres- | sive eral laws, while his brother, | Gov. Philip La Follette, is seeking to continue progressive government in Wisconsin, ‘Will Divide Radio Time, Senator La Follette and Gov. La Follette will give their ideas of pro- gressive government, Federal and | State, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co., 10 p.m. Eastern standard time Monday, March 14. The brothers will divide the time of this program. The political career of the La Follette brothers, still in its infancy, although both have risen to the highest honors | in the gift of the people of Wisconsin, | reads like a romance. “Bob" La Fol- lette was only 30 years old at the time | of his father's death, the minimum age for entrance into the Senate of the | United States. In a whirlwind cam- | paign he was nominated and elected to succeed his distinguished father. Again in 1928 Senator Follette was over- whelmingly re-elected. He was the youngest Senator to take the oath of office since the days of Henry Clay. During his service in the Senate “Bob, Jr." has made a wide reputation for himself. Considered Tmpossible. Political wiseacres insisted that it would be suicidal for the progressive Republica: 0 attempt to nominate and elect “Phil" La Follette Governor of | Wisconsin while his brother was seated in the Senate—Phil, who js almost two years the junior of Bob. They under- took to nominate other candidates and elect them to the gubernatorial office. | They failed and two years ago they put Phil La Follette in the running. He | was victorious, and this year he will seek re-election. FARM SUBSIDIARIES PAY 15 HELD ‘GRAFT Borah Leads Attack as Sen- ate Confirms Three Board Nominations. By,the Associated Press. ‘Three long-pending nominations to the Federal Farm Hpatd were con- stirring up & sterm of criticism of the | board’s policies and of salaries paid to officials of its subsidiaries. Despite a torrent of words, however, all three names—Frank Evans of Utah, William F. Schilling of Minnesota and Sam H. Thompson of Illinols—were ap- proved without a record vote, ‘The salary question was tossed into the debate by Senator Borah, Repub- lican, Idaho, who termed the compen- sation paid to some of the officials of organizations under the board as “legal- ized graft.” Schall Lone Defender. Condemnation of the salaries fol- lowed from representatives of all fac- tions in the Benate and were defended only by BSenator Schall, Republican, Minnesota. Benator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, opened the debate with an at- | tack on the Farm Board and the agri- cultural marketing act under which it was created. In buying wheat and holding it ever the market, Norbeck said, the board “followed the worst possible method"” of handling the crop. “The board should not have bought a bushel of wheat unless it had some place to put it,” Norbeck said The South Dakoten sald two stand- ards of living could not be maintained in this country, and that either the farmers would have to be brought up to the level in the remainder of the coun- try or the American standard be aban- doned. Cites $75,000 Salary. | Borah said the pay roll of the board and its subsidiaries is $2,757,000 a year, and called particular attention to the | salaries of $75,000 paid to E. F. Creek- | more, president of the American Cotton | Co-operative Association, and $50.000 to George S. Milnor, general manager the Farmers’ National Grain Cor- | poration “These salaries could not be justified " he said. “They Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio and Chairman McNary of the Agriculture Committee joined in condemnation of the salaries, but the latter pointed out they did not come from Farm Board funds, and said the board had no con- trol of them. Senator Schall sald the co-operatives were entitled to secure mén capable of competing with the private grain opera- tors and must pay the salaries paid by “these gamblers.” Law Declared “Inadequate.” | Senator Brookhart. Republican, | Iowa. contended Congress was as much | to blame for the fallure of the Farm Board as the board itself. He said the law creating it was “inadequate” and urged enactment of his bill to give the board $1,500,000,000 to buy up the | whole surplus. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, di- rected particular criticism at Schilling, who he sald had been “a party to this maladministration.' He sought the relection of the Minnesota nom- inee as a protest against the board’ policles. Schilling’s appointment wa: | & renomination. ~The other two are | new members of the board, though was | they are already serving under recess, ntments. | _McNary and Senator Shipstead, | Parmer-Labor, Minnesota, protested 1lhll it would be unfair to reject Schilling's nomination when he was only one of the board's members. “If there is one man on the board | appo: { who reprdgents the dirt farmer, Mc-} | Nary saidy “it is Mr. Schilling Benat Howell, Republican Ne- braska, 7 ded legislation at this session “for relief of the farmer and STAR, WASHINGTON Reciprocity D. ¢, MARCH 13, in Fair Play Our Need Here Is a Square Deal for Everybody— for Congress, Our National, State and Municipal Legislature, and for the People of the Capital. (Continued From First Page.) | its city to make it more attractive, more healthful, more creditable in every way a8 the National What will it do with the Americans who constitute the people of its city to promote their physical, political, in- tellectual and moral welfare? Americanize the Washingtonian. The Nation could easily constitutional amendment one cause of the District resident’s reasonable dis- content. This cause of offense and in- jury, thus readily to be effaced, is found in the Washingtonian's irritating, hu- milisting and hurtful condition of po- litical and litigating impotency, which ades him to the level of the alien rom:llly, and debases him below the evel of the alien, the United States Bupreme Court says, in access under the Constitution to the Federal Courts. As the Senate Committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia has said in reporting upon the constitutional amendment which corrects this political inequity: “The proposed comstitutional amend- ment does not reduce the power of Con- gress in respect to the Capital, but adds & new power; it does not propose the admission of the District into the Union as a sovereign State: it does not propose the destruction of the ‘10 miles square’ provision of the Constitution; it does not lessen In the smallest degree the control by the Nation through Congress of what remains of the ‘10 miles square’; it does not disturb in any way the financial relation of Nation and Capital; it is not based upon either the abolition or retention of the half-and- half law; it does not propose or involve changes in the municipal government of the District. “It plans to bestow upon the 437.000 Americans of the District a distinctive, basic right of the American citizen—in & government of the people by the peo- | le for the people—in a government ‘which roots its justice in consent of the governed—in a representative govern- ment which inseparably couples tax- ation and arms bearing as a soldier with representation. “This distinctive American privilege decorates the American with a badge of honor and arms him with power, Its lack slurs the Washingtonian as unfit | and defective, and slurs the Nation as in this respect un-American and im- potent. “Washington will cease to be the only American community—numerous, intel- ligent, prosperous, public-spirited and patriotic—in all the expanse of conti- nental and contiguous United States whose fitness to exercise national privi- leges (as well as to bear national bur- dens) is denled. “National representation will clothe the Washingtonian with a vital Ameri- SIX HURT, 30 HELD IN CHICAGO RIOT; OFFICER MAY DIE ___(Continued From First Page) a_statement expressing thanks to the officers, “remorse and sympathy” for the wounded officers, and “hope that | the disturbance in China will be settled soon.” Communistic headquarters were re- fused licenses twice last week for the protest meeting. Yesterday they sent word of the time and place of their rendezvous. A dozen mounted policemen were stationed at Ohlo street to the north Motorcycle squads, their ‘engines idling, and squads of patrolmen waited nearby. Into this situation the agitators seeped from the westward streets of the near north side. As they neared the tower they raised banners denouncing Japan for “imperfalistic attacks” on China. Beveral grabbed billles of the police and the attack was on. The mounted | officers and motorcycle police rode their steeds Into the crowd. flaying short lengths of rubber hose to left and right. Half & dozen shots rang out, a momen- | tary hush fell on the crowd, and then a mightier roar than before went up. ‘The police finally split the mob inio two sections, driving them off to the north and south, SLAIN RIOTERS HONORED. 6,000 in Funeral March Denounce Ford and Detroit Mayor. DETROIT, March 12 (#) —Bearing banners denouncing Henry Ford and Mayor Frank Murphy for instituting what they termed a “police terror,” ap- proximately 6,000 perscns today marched in the funeral procession of the four persons shot to death in Mon- day's riot at the Ford Motor Co.’s River Rouge factory. ‘The funeral services were read in the workers’ center on Ferry avenue, about 2 miles uptown. Following the funeral the marchers fell in behind the hearses and proceeded down Woodward avenue to Grand Circus Park in the center of the business disctrict. At this point the hearses and a score cr more of automoblles containing floral tributes and pallbearers detached themselves and proceeded under police escort to Woodmore Cemetery. Strong detalls of police were sta- ticned at important points along the parade route but no attempt was made 1o interfere with the marchers. There was no disorder. bands were much in evidence in the procession. Various labor organizations carried banners demanding indemnity for the four slain men or urging affilia- tion with C:mmunist organizations. Portions of the procession sang the “In- ternationale” as they marched. Out- of-town delegations in the procession represented groups from Chicago, Grand Rapids and Ohlo. You should— Sleep 7 to 8 hours regu- larly Eat wisely Have a physical exami- nation each year. amined at the free— Adults’ Cli 1P. M on Tuesdays and Thursdays c | | For Further Info asked for enactment of the equalisa- tion fee proposal, 1622 11th St. N.W. Capital. | remove by | Red banners and arm | can privilege to which he is undeniably | in equity entitled, will cleanse him of | the stigma and stain of un-American- | ism, and, curing his political impotency, arm him with a certain power. “It will relieve the Nation of the shame of un-Americanism at its heart | and of impotency to cure this evil. “It will inflict no injury or hardship upon either Nation or Capital to | counteract these benefits.” Upbullding of Greater Washington. The greatest of our public men have | been the strongest champlons of the | Capital. George Washington created it and gave it his name. Thomas Jeffer- son, with and following Washington, | Was & planner, founder and upbullder of the city. Andrew Jackson threw himself with enthusiasm into the work of adequately bridging the Potomac, urged the allowance of a Delegate Jn Congress to the District, and in his ad- | ministration, with his co-operation and | sympathy, the Nation came to the | financial relief of the community bank- rupted in performing the Nation's task. Discrimination between the later Presi- | dents, from Lincoln to Hoover, all of | whom have been friends (or at least not unfriends) of the District, might seem | invidious. But it is only justice to re- | cord that Grant, the man of deeds. not | words, had the opportunity which he | effectively utilized to lay broad and dee) | foundations of Washington as truly the Nation's city, while Coolidge and Hoover will be recorded in history as among the great master bullders—prob- | ably the greatest in the last half cen- tury—of Washington the City Beautiful. | Great men from all sections, in Con- | gress as well as the White Hos have delighted to labor to make the Capital | worthy of the Republic. Clearly there is noble work for any statesman in | identifying himself conspicuously with the upbuilding of the Nation's Capital. In these days of easy divorce, trifling |causes of dispute often disrupt the | family partnership, but in the Capital- | making partnership between Congress representing the Nation and the people of Washington, divorce, though some- times suggested, now on one side and now on the other in a spasm of discon- tent, is neither feasible nor desirable. What the Constitution of the United States has thus joined together is not to be put asunder. Since, then, these partners are to live and work together in CAJ)lul bullding, let them by mutual consideration, forbearance, sympathy and regard live together happily and | work harmoniously and effectively to the end that through their joint labors | a magnificent Capital may be developed, | which every Washingtonian may with | patriotic enthusiasm claim as his home and of which every American may be Jproudv PROSPECT OF SNOW Cloudy Skies and Little . Change in Temperature | Forecast for This Area. | | —— Cloudy skies and little change in temperature for this vicinilty marked the official Weather Bureau forecast last night. There was no snowfall predicted locally, though there was general precipitation to the South, with snow falling last night at Elkins, W. Va. and rain at Raleigh and Hatteras, N. C. The possibility snow might reach Washington vanished as the storm that was incubated over the Gulf of Mexico swung out over the Atlantic Ocean, after crossing the States. | Low Set at 24 Degrees. | The lowest temperature for last night was set for about 24 degrees. and the low for tonight will be about the same, according to Weather Bu- reau officials. With 850 linemen and repairmen working day and night since last Sun- day's snow storm, telephone service has been restored to more than 14,000 of the 21000 telephones put out of commission in Maryland and Virginia, Most of these still out of service are connected with rural lines in outlying districts and are being repaired as promptly as ible. It was estimated that repairs to the telephone plant thfoughout Virginia and Maryland involve expenditures of $800,000, according to officials of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Toll Service Restored. Long distance and toll service has been restored to all of the €0 central offices served by the company which were isolated by the storm. About 12- 400,000 feet of two-conductor wire have been utilized by the repair forces in Maryland and Virginia during the past week. Between Falls Church and Win- chester 100 miles of this wire were used to replace circuits broken down. Major items of material for the vast amount of work already on order in- | clude 11,500 new poles, 13,000 cross arms and 15,000 miles of wire, The greates” damage to the telephone plant in Virginja was in the vicinity of Clarendon, Falls Church, Leesburg, Fairfax, Winchester, Berryville, Har- risonburg, Staunton, Culpeper, Orange and between Roanoke and Lynchburg. In Maryland the sections which suf- fered worst are the Eastern Shore and In Frederick, Hagerstown and Cumber- land areas. An Efficient Worker must have good health Do you— Tire easily? Have frequent colds or cough persistently? Live or work in daily contact with a tuberculous person? If 50, go at once to your physician or have yourself ex- Health Department Clinic 512 Eye Street N.W. Children’s Clinic |h11A.$H‘- ys Mondays and rmation Telephone Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone-District 8311 - TODAY' VANIGHES South Atlantie | 1932—PART ONE. KREUGER, MATCH KING. TAKES LIFE Swedish Government Asks for Month Moratorium on | Foreign Debts. ___ (Continued From Pirst Page) (been bad and had been made w overwork. Warned to Take Rest. His physicians recently warned him he needed a rest, but he felt that his personal attention to his vast business interests was more necessary. He returned only yesterday from a long stay in the United States, He had planned a luncheon with prominent French and American business men. When he failed to appear his secretary t;lwpl::’ned“f&a ):hs Apartment, where a chambermald said he was sl clothed. S Disturbed, M. Littorin, a fr business associate, hurried w'zr‘fe"fp.'?fl ment at 5 Rue Victor Emmanuel, near the Champs Elysces. At 1:30 pm. he found Mr. Kreuger dead, lying fully ;:,]roetdhe? on bed.] One ;hot had been rom & revolver whi bedo bes#'ie the body. o Tatimia n the table were the addressed to a sister, tcw);?ell?m and to a friend in Stockholm. To Hold Autopsy. Police sald their preliminary in- vestigation supported the indication of & suicide, but they expected to hold an autopsy. The body of Mr. Kreuger, who was unmarried, will be taken to Sweden for burial. News that the man who had loaned millions to European governments and in return received the match monopolies, which his company holds, was dead was a great shock to industrial circles. Mr. Kreuger, who learned his business methods in the United States, headed a trust that makes about 75 per cent of the world's match supply. His com- pany and its subsidiaries hold monop- olies on the match business in most of the countries of Europe. Worth millions and a power in world Xkl::g:;e." Kreuger nel\‘rertheleu was little a personality. He wi -v;(ldefl publicity. o5 Shy an reuger was born in Kalmar, on March 2, 1880. Aiacan He went to the United States in 1900, after having graduated from Stockholm University as an engineer and working for a time as manager of & match fac- tory in Moensteras, in South Sweden. His first job in America was selling lots for & Chicago real estate firm. Took New York Job. Then he took & job in New York wit] |Purdy & Henderson, building mn?-: tractors. He stayed only a short time. He went to London as a building ;%llkn:ercm AOOZ and continued this Tk in Canada and back in ti 8!:(!& in 1905 to 1907. A tited reuger acquired in these yea knowledge of American mflhoflx’ wrl:lcl-x became of great use to him when he, in 1908, went back to Stockholm and, with Paul Toll, formed Kreuger & Toll. a holding and finance company which controls, among other things, the match monopoly, Kreuger's father was managing direc- tor of a safety match company and young Ivar inherited his father's in- terest in this industry. In 1913 he formed the Amalgamated Match Fac- torles, including one-third of the Swedish match companles. | From then Kreuger was-a leader in {the Swedish match indusiry, He orse by into the Swedish Match Co. Its capi; s;}’ :D‘sm'l 10 years u;cremd from 45, i rone to 360,000, ($72,000,000), ety Kreuger & Toll became a plants in various | outside Sweden ang | interest in the leading match concerns | of nearly a dozen countries in Europe, America and Japan. i He early set out to give his enter- prise a commercial aud financial world structure, obtaining funds in the inter- national money market—in the frst instance America. Company Began in 1923. The International Match Corpora- tion was floated in 1923 with a capital of $77,000,000 and took over mgst of i the Swedish match company's foreign | interests and assets. It became a fore- most American industrial concern, but | Kreuger never allowed the control to | pass out of his hands. ‘World-wide monopoly was his aim in 1917, when he began amalgamating the Swedish_match companies. To over- come political obstacles in the various countries he and his associates ar- ranged to combine state loans with the monopolies. The countries conferred upon Kreuger for & certain period, generally 35 years, sole rights to manufacture and sell matches and Kreuger guaranteed the government a certain share of the profit. Poland. Greece, Germany, Peru, Ecuador, Esthonia, Latvia, Hun- gary, Jugoslavia, Rumania, Bolivia, Guatemala, Danzig and Lithuania were states in which such monopolies were obtained. rts of the world Germany $125,000,000. His large lend- ing capacity was attributed to his abil- ity, in return for satisfactory securities, to negotiate the money at a lower rate than could the governments concerned. prises in other countries, for instance, in England and Japan. His Interests, other than matches, in- cluded control of the Swedish Telephone Co. and a share in the iron ore indus- try, one of the most important in Sweden. His life was so remote from public gaze that his own countrymen scarcely }k\.nlev ;flma:nd X:fhooul%!move in Stock- olm for days without being recognized. He received high honors 'And decora- :gm.«, but nobody ever saw him wearing them. His hobby was reading modern litera- ture—Swedish, PFrench and English— late into the night, The death of Mr. Kreuger was one of the mest sensational among world finan- clers since the disappearance of Albert Lowenstein, Belgian utllities. and arti- ficial silk magnate, from an airplane over the English channel in 1928. Lowenstein'’s body was found in the channel two weeks later, on July 19, and investigators found his death to have been accidental. MORATORIUM ASKED. Swedish Government Requests Action by Parliament. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 12 (). —The government, following the death of Ivar Kreuger, match magnate, at Paris today, introduced a bill in Parlia- ment tonight for a moratorium on Swedish debts abroad. The government would be authorized debts for one month under the which will be considered in an extra session of Parliament tomorrow. Panic Is Feared. Enforcement of the measure, intended to protect the vast Kreuger industrial and financial interests in event of a panic, would be left to the discretion of the government. ‘The national bank inspector sald that 80 far as could now be seen the debts of Mr. Kreuger could have no serious consequences for Swedish banks. The “match king's” death, which offi- clals of his Swedish match company described as suicide, was a blow to all Ab::denolmuuudhhumu | brought about its final cmudlldltlon’ vast | | organization with 90 manufacturing | with a controlling | Kreuger lent France $75,000,000 and | He co-operated with existing enter- | PRESIDENT HINDENBURG. ADOLF HITLER. | Between whom the German voters (will decide tomorrow in selecting their | next president. REUGERMOLRED BY WALL STREE News of Death of Match Mag- | nate Is Reccived With Deep Regret. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—News of the | suicide in Paris of Ivar Kreuger, into whose enterprises American investors ! have put some $200,000,000, was re- | ceived today with deep regret in Wall | Street, where he was regarded as an foumnnfln‘ genius of international ! finance. close of the New York Stock Exchange, | the stock, or technically American cer- | tificates, of Kreuger & Toll Co. was | sold in huge volumes, accounting for | about one-quarter of the day's total turnover of the exchange. Some 165,000 | certificates were traded. The closing price of $5, however, was off only 37 cents from yesterday's and was 75 cents above the low price reached in 1931 Visited New York. Kreuger left New York only a week ago yesterday after spending several weeks here. His visit had been ai- tended with little publicity. He had de- clined to be interviewed, but associates said he privately expressed the opinion that American financial quarters were unnecessarily concerned over the state of European affairs and that repara- tions and other problems would be sat- isfactorily solved. ‘While it had heen rumored he might be seeking funds from bankers here, Lee Higginson & Co., which has headed syndicates floating Swedish Match is- sues in this country, said today that it had no loan negotiations with him and that he had described the conditions of his companies as satisfactory, in view of world conditions. Kreuger & Toll, incorporated in Swe- den. at the top of the Kreuger com- panies, controls the Swedish Match Co., which in turn controls the International Match Corporation of New York, which has taken over a large portion of the international busi- ness of the group. Its principal busi- ness in this country has been confined to the importation and sale of matches. Securities Hold Up. ‘The securities of International Match, under considerable pressure in recent months, held up falrly well to- day International Match preferred, the only listed stock of the company, closed 25 cents a share higher at $17.50. The bonds declined moderately. Inasmuch ss most of the business of the Swedish Match group has been on the basis of monopolies granted by government in return for loans, it has been regarded in banking quarters as unusually steble. However, the sharp | fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and restrictions imposing difficulties in | making interrational transfers are un- derstocd to have been troublesome for the match group in the past several months. | GEN. CROSBY TO' ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION CLUB District Official Will Speak at Luncheon on ‘‘Duties of a Although the news came after the | ® SHPS AREMISNG ATANT STORY Three Are Unaccounted for. Halifax Tug Victim Off Nova Scotia. By the Associated Press. Three small vessels, one a barge with five men aboard, were still unaccounted for yesterday in the North Atlantie, a8 Winter eased the oy grip it had held over land and ses. The abating fury of a storm-lashed ocean, however, crippled a rescue tug that was pro- ceeding to the ald of a disabled steamer. A bright sun shone over most of the country, bringing promise of rising temperatures next week, although for the moment the mercury was down to 20 degrees below sero in points in ‘Wyoming. The Halifax shipyards' wrecking tug Reindeer was the latest victim of the storm. which cast waves as high as 50 feet over the decks of liners and smaller craft, The Reindeer reported “water gaining fast” as it appealed for as- sistance while lying 55 miles from Sambo Lightship, off the Nova Scotia coast. Later the Reindeer was re- ported to have been abandoned. Stricken En Route to Ship. The tug was stricken while rushing to the aid of the Hamburg-American steamer Harburg, whose steering gear is damaged. The salvage tug foundation Franklin earlier had fouled its rudder while rushing toward the Harburg, which, however, was In no immediate danger. The Canadian customs crulser Adversus was speeding to the Reindeer's ald, as was also the Canadian Pacific liner Montcalm, the customs cruiser Fleur de Lys and the trawler Rayon d'or. A radio message indicated one of these had reached the Reindeer | and taken off the crew. Seven men who had been missing aboard the Coast Guard patrol boat 218 were being towed aboard their ves- sel toward Nantucket. They were first heard from yesterday morning After having been missing five days and feared lost. The Deepwater, carrying still was unaccounted for. The yawl Nahma, abandoned Friday 100 miles off Diamond Skoals by Rich- ard du Pont and his party, was picked up by the Coast Guard cutter Yama- craw. Du Pont and his five frieads were taken off the craft by the Ameri- can transport Republic on Priday and will be landed at Cristobal, Panama. Lookout Ordered for Two. Coast Quard vessels at New Lon- don, Conn. were ordered to keep & sharp lookout for two coastwise schooners overdue at their destinations, the Edna Hoyt from Baitimore to Greenport, L. 1. and che Granville R. ‘l}acfin from Charleston, S. C, to New ork. Rain fell in Florida, Alabama and Georgia and the Carolinas saw bit more snow. Temperatures over much of the country ranged from 10 to 33 degrees below normal. Damage of $1.000.000 was estimated to have been done to equipment of fishermen operating off the Carolina coast. The seacoast town of Rcdanthe was relieved by the Coast Guard and Red Cross representative after sev- eral of the town's small cottages were d‘tnrcyad or badly damaged by the storm. DIXIE'S SPRING DELAYED. five men, More Cold Weather and Snow Are Predicted. ATLANTA, March 12 (#).—Predic- tions of freezing weather in coastal | Tegions and more snow in Virginia and North Carolina tonight gave notice that Spring’s return to the South would be further delayed. By tomorrow, however, far Western sections of Dixie will feel more mod- erate temperatures, weather forecasters said, and the Washington Weather Bu- reau reported a general break in the cold wave which has held the Nation in an fcy grip for a week is predicted for the middle of next week. Today the South was still shivering in subnormal temperatures, but the mercury was several degrees higher than the record March readings of two days ago. The forecast called for colder weath- er in _most sections during the ms%t, with Florida especially {ll-favored. The prediction for that State was “much %cr,“ with light to heavy frosts in P 't as far south as the central portion of the State and possibly heavy frosts in the southern interior tomor- row night. Freezing weather was predicted for ‘Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama and extreme Northwest Florida coasts and near freesing for the Virginia, Carolina and Georgia coastal areas. Snow, In most places barely a trace, was reported today at Atlanta, Spartan- burg, S. C.; Montgomery, Ala.: Knox- ville, Tenn.: Asheville, Charlotte and Salisbury, N. C.; Southwest Virginia and Shreveport, La. Movie Actor Fined as Speeder. LOS ANGELES, March 12 (#).—Paul Lukas, motion picture actor, was fined $100 and his driver’s license was taken from him for two months today by Municipal Judge A. W. Sleeper. Lukas was convicted of driving his automo- bile 70 miles an hour on a boulevard. February Circulation- Daily.. 121,725 Sunday, 130,536 District of Columbis. ss.: 8. KAUFFMANN. ~Assistant Business er of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR does solemnly swear that the actual number of coples of the paper named sold and distributed during the month of uary, A.D. 1932, was as follows: Commissioner.” | Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Commissioner, will be the guest speaker | | at the monthly luncheon of the Wash- ington Transportation Club at Raleigh Hotel at 12:30 Thursday. | | Gen. Crosby's topic will be “Duties | of a Commissioner.” |, The club is composed of representa- | tives of the several ‘ransportation agencies here and of those who hlndlc’ to suspend payment of Sweden's tore;ixn the traffic of various business concerns, | Dally The president is Charles H. Bates, | counsel for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific lines. ; & nervous breakdown when he was ml New York a month ago. | His associates were hard at work to- night attempting to clarify the actual Pposition of his manifold enterprises. His death was followed by a panicky condition in the Stockholm Stock Ex- change, where 10,000 debentures were sold at falling prices. ! An erroneous revort published abroad | that a director of the Swedish Match Co. named Ferrander fell dead when he heard of Kreuger's death was declared to be !mhauVoundAuon. the | 12 Less adjustments . Total net daily circulation. Average daily net paid circulation.. a e number of cop! service, etc e Daily average aet circulation SUNDAY. Coples, Dave. . 120906 21 . . 120,99 38 . Da: 7 14 Less adjustments Total Sunday net circulation....... 538144 Average net paid Sunday circulation 129,894 Average number of copies for serve ice. etc e T Average Sunday net circulation Asaistant ; ubicribed and sworn to before me this b_day of Marel (Beal)