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A2 = OB INHCSPTA DISCLAIMS WIFE| “| Don’t Know the Lady,” He Says in Response to Her “Hello, Raymond.” (Continued From First Page) prospecting under the name of “Ray- mond Rogers.” b 3 hfleg just seen Col. Robins. He didn’t know me,” she said after the one-sided reunion. “Hello, Raymond,” she greeted him. \ Robins turned to Dr. M. A. Griffi hd said,” “I don't know the lady. bins was sitting up when he saw his and was still dressed in overalls ad worn in Whittier, and had & Robins said physicians have not . John Drier, a | said yesterday the prohibition s a victim of amnesia. | no difficulty in recognizing | one who has ever heard | ould mot forget it,” Mrs. | ye stalking to a man who T\there’s not much to be said.” Amazed\at Discovery. Some one ask&\ if she believed his disappearance Wwa\ a “sham.” She happy that he quickly replied D Vi ive.\ m amazed to “Oh, no. I a was found still » think that he was eveAfound. It was a great relief after all Wese stories of kidnaping.” Apparently under a he rain, but composed, Mrs. Robins d_in her hotel, in the company of hk brother, Edward Dreier; her sister, Mary Dreier, and her nephew, JohA Drefer, all of New York She said she did not_ break when talking with her husban en I ought to cry. plained.” “I ought to be crying nl In fact, I ought to drop in a dead ra?fi &t _your feet, but I can't.” Mrs. Robins was here for two da; in_October. No plans for the future have been made, she explained, until’ physicians bave more thoroughly examined Col. Robins. Shortly before he disappeared in September while presumably on his way to keep an apointment with President Hoover, “I never saw him look or feel better,” Mrs. Robins said. Took Florida Paper. ‘During the conversation she spoke to him of a bird and game sanctuary in Florida the Robins recently gave the Government, but he did not recall it, she said. | “His memory doesn't seem to record faces and places, but he remembers events very well,” was her view. She said Robins while in Whittier subscribed to a Florida paper, but she had learned this only today. He used the name of “Reynolds Rogers” for this purpose. BOY, 13, GIVEN CREDIT. Wrote to Robins’ Friend of His Sus- picions, (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, November 19.—The complete account of the events leading to the discovery of (Col. Raymond Robins’ whereabouts was unfolded to-| night by Salomon Levinson, Chicago at- torney and intimate friend of the wel- fare worker. Precipitator of it all is the letter to Mr. Levinson from a 13-year-old boy in ‘Whittier, N. C., Carl Byrd Fisher, whose belief that a mountain prospector was in reality Robins was the prime key in solving the several months’ mystery. The youth wrote to Mr. Levinson after seeing the attorney's name linked in news dispatches and magazine ar- ticles as an associate of Col. Robins. This letter was received in Mr. Lev- inson’s Chicago office Monday. He was in New York and his secretary tele- phoned him of its presence. It was forwarded to New York. The envelope from young Fisher was addressed “Salomon O. Levinson, Chi- cago lawyer and peace advocate, Chi- cago, IlL,” and the letter read as fol- lows: “Whittier, N. C,, “Nov. 11, 1932, “Col. Salomon O, Levinson' “I believe that Col. Raymond Robins is here at Whittier, has been here about seven (7) weeks. “His picture came out in the news- 2per and 1 have seen him and I think | e is your man. He has a good edu- cation, and is a world traveler. “When he came here he was slick | shaven and how he has a beard, and wears an overall jacket suit. | “He says he was a personal friend of | Teddy Roosevelt and is a personal | friend of Mr. Herbert C. Hoover. | “He gives his name as Mr. R. H Rogers. . “Please (underlined) send one of your | men that know him well or come your- self to Whittier, North Carolina. “Please don't use my name in any Teport to the newspaper or give mr‘ away. If there is any rewards out for finding him, please give it to me if he is the right man. “Hurry (underlined) for several may see his picture and he may get away. “My address “CARL BYRD FISHER, “Whittier, N. C., Box 52.” ; Woodcock Office Notified. Mr. Levinson took the lette ‘Wednesday to the New York c Amos W. W. Woodcock, proh ministrator. Whittier, N. C. was| reached on the telephone, and through the postmaster checked the authenticity of the letter writer's addr From | this man the letter writer was a b be reached as 800N as’s | Ty | e of ition ad- | boy was reached | 4 | Mr. Levinson, det: on legal conferences of Col. Robins in nephew, John Dr Carolir prohibiti ned in Ne to North to meet some one from the enforcement office. | bition Agent | le was ordered Robins nephew | and make | ut to be e turned ant torney was hesitant to peered. H €0 to the b WOODCOCK LAUDS AIDE. unts acc ag credit should Ran Down Clue, Says v Chief. | SBURY, Md., November 19 (& W. W. Woodcack, director of the | at Washingt y glad” Raymo ader, had “Alert Depu h to ‘We were fortunate enougl very al J Asheville, to run down the clue we were | given.” Woodcock reached Salisbury today to | visit his mother. PAYMASTER 'DISAPPEARS MEXICALI, Mexico, November 19 (#).—Maj. Jesus Corral Castro, 70, pay- master of the Mexican: army for 28 years, has been sought by government officers along the California-Arizona Mexican border since his alleged dis- appearance in a motor car after failing to pay the sixth detachment at Mexi- cali Wednesday. Authorities emphasized today they ‘were not certain Castro had absconded, but that a new paymaster was on the way to investigate finances. Approxi- rr.ue'.y $4,000''is tavolved, - . | ber | today | yesterday he was { THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 20, 1932—PART OXNE - l JALED IN JERSEY Connection With Alleged Es- sex County Election Fraud Is Charged. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., November 10— | Thirty-one election officials of the third and fifth wards were arrested by Es- | sex County detectives late today in con- | nection with the alleged election frauds | in these wards. The prisoners were taken to the county court house where they wese | photographed and finger printed. Prosecutor Joseph L. Smith, who | ordered the arrests, said information of violations of the clection laws on the part of the officials had been furnished his office by the office of the superin- tencent of elections. Bail Is Undetermined. The men were being held at the court house tonight pending Smith’s decision on the amount of bail he will ask in each case. The prisoners, the prose- cutor made clear, are not connected, so far as he knows, with the theft of poll books and ballots this week in a apparent attempt to destroy evidence of | POLICEMAN WILLIAM T. SCHLOSSER, Ninth precinct, who confessed last night that he was the operator of the automobile that failed to stop Bfl(‘r‘ striking Mrs. Matilda King, 60, in the 2900 block of Massachusetts avenue Friday night. Mrs. King was killed. POLICEMAN ADMITS CAR STRUCK WOMAN the_alleged fraud. HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM | The time of the theft of the 7.200 | ballots from the sub-basement of city | hall was established today as shortly | before 6 a.m., Wednesday on the evi- — | dence of charwomen. Waste paper he was unable to apply his brakes in | trucks were used to cart the ballots time to avoid hitting her. After the|away to be destroyed. At the time the accident, he declared, he became “so | ballots were being guarded by police. dazed I didn’t know what to do.” |~ The Newark Evening News announced After a sleepless night, he continued, | today that it had definitely established he reported for work as usual yesterday | the time of the theft. City Commissioner morning, but was “so upset that I|Charles P. Gillen, upon receipt of the couldn't even eat.” Returning home | information, immediately ordered the shortly after 4 o'clock, he said, he | suspension ~of Patrick J. Scanlon, talked the matter over with his mother | superintendent of the building, and of and sister, then decided to telephone | Max L. Stegman, Gillen's own execu- Cuilinane. | tive clerk and Democratic chairman of 1 who is separated from his | the third ward. lives with his mother and father, | This action came shortly after the aty his sister occupies a house next|grand jury had resumed taking test dooy at 1229 Staples street northeast.|mony in its investigation of the elec- Lieuy, Cullinane reported both women |tion scandal. I Cites Cleaners’ Evidence. The News clted cleaners’ evidence in | describing what happened. Police had ing. He Yas been a member of the previously confessed themselves unable force aboutieight years and, according | to establish what time the ballots were to fellow o , has an excellent rec- | stolen, ord. The News said it had also learned that a man found one of the stolen ballots on the floor of the basement later and turned it over to a minor official, Who did not report the dis- overy to his superiors. The theft occurred while a patrol- | man was supposed to have been guard- ing the ballots. The patrolman has ce been suspended by Safety Direc- William J. Egan. $5 PAID FOR VOTES. __(Continued From First Page) inquest, which was expected | 0 be set Yor 11 o'clock tomorrow morn- | Inquiry is Extended. Inspector Burky ordered Beck and other members ofithe nomicide squad to continue their hyestigation of the case with a view. to determining | whether Mrs. King Wes run over by another machine after weing struck by Schlosser's automobile. e Early in their inquiry e detectives | or had been informed one o two other cars had gone over the wdkan's body immediately after the first. accident. | nge of the machines stopped, it was said. However, an autopsy performed by | Deputy Coroner C. J. Murphy failed to | tee of Payments. By the Associated Press. | Pennsylvanian, | Honor, Delaware Witness Tells House Commit- F REPRESENTATIVE JAMES M. BECK. BECK TO DISCUSS LAW NODFATIN in Radio . Forum, to Talk on Plan to Change Dry Act. Co the proposed modification of the Vol- stead law, which promises to be one of the most bitterly fought legislative problems to be considered at the incom- ing short session of Congress, will be discussed Monday night in the National Radio Forum, ar ged by The Wash- ington ar and broadcast over the Nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Syste Representative Pennsylvania, former ) and Assistant Attorney General, inter- as an authority on onst 1, 0 has written sev- 1 books on this and related subjects, will be the guest speaker. He has been one of the outstanding leaders in Con- gress in discussion of the prohibition questio Mr M. Beck of General James the C eck is recognized as a student in po! o1 eceived degrees from ma score of universities in the United States and foreign coun- tries. He is the author of 10 impor- tant works on legal questions. He is an officer of the French Legion of commander of the Order of the Crown, commander of the Polish Poionia Restituta, a correspond- {ing member of the Soclete de Gens de Lettres of France and fellow of the 1 Historical Society, Lond He honorary bencher of Gray's Inn, 3 nd; a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, past president disclose any evidence Mrs. King had been struck by more than one automo- bile. Her skull was fractured in sev-| eral places and both her arms and legs | were broken, but her light-colored cloth- 1n§d bore no tire marks, Dr. Murphy said. Mrs. King, 8 cook in the home of Mrs. Sherman Flint, 3041 W street, ap- parently had alighted from a bus a few moments before she was hit. She was on her way to the Flint residence, where she had been employed for the past 10 days. So far as the police could learn, her only living relative is a sister, Mrs. May Campbell, Portland, Me. WILMINGTON, Del., November 19.— | Testimony ‘of vote buying, with the prices fixed at “$5 for whites and $250 | each for colored votes” was given to- | | day before the House Committee on | Campaign Expenditures investigating | | alleged irregularities in Delaware. | Lammot du Pont, president of the | Better Government League of Delaware, | | which had been charged with the ex- | cessive use of money at the polls, as. serted he did not know votes were pur- | chased. Du Pont said he personally contrib- uted about $20,000 of the money col- lected. Another witness placed all con- tributions at $54,840. League Against Corruption. “I am satisfield none of my money was used in vote buying,” Du Pont de- clared. “Why, one of the objects of the league is to prevent the use of money in Delaware elections. Testimony of vote buying was given by John Argo of Slaughters Neck, Sus- sex County, who said that in the Re= | publican primary election for State flices and Congress on September 10, “I bought white votes for $5 and col- LETTER TO WIFE TELLS WHERE TO FIND HIS BODY Husband Plays Cards With Her Evening Before Drowning Him- self in Lake Michigan. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—Emil J.| Hoffman dropped a letter in the mail | box to his wife, spent the evening with her playing cards, and then went out for a walk. He did not return. This morning Mrs. Hoffman received the letter. It told her where his body would be found. ored votes for $2.50 cach Police, following his directions, found | _Argo, on cross-examination, said he Hoffman's body in Lake Michigan. He | Was hazy on the source of the money. had tied his hands and feet and roped | Finally he testified: : himself to a breakwater so that his| *T was given $20 by a man in Allen- body would not be washed away. | dale, whose name is Warren, for the A brother-in-law said he was for- urpose of buying votes merly an architect in New York, but | Misiake Made, He Says. that he had been idle two years and ) 3 despondent. ‘Their home is at White | “Isn’t it true” he was asked, Plains, N. Y. | you told him, O'Connell, an investigator for the committee, that you got the money from Mr. Truitt, the Republican leader?” ! “Yes, I said that, but it isn't true. I made a mistake, and told my wife 50 the other night. I am not now sure where the money came from, but was told that it came through Dr. Grier, who is Republican leader in Milford.’ In emphatic manner, Magistrate Lucius C. Jones denied that his office | was used “as the pay-off place” in either | - | the primary or general election by rep- Newsreel Camera | resentatives of the Belter Government ~ | League. . Pose Proves Costly | “*Was not the back room of Your . . | office used to buy votes of a large num- To Erring Mechanic that | H. S. Wheeler Dies. PASADENA, Calif., November 19 (#) —Harold S. Wheeler, 48, retired lum- man from Tacoma, Wash., died after an fillness of several mont! Wheeler was once associated as an automobile engineer with Hugh Chalmers at Detroit. | ber of colored voters®” he was asked. “No, it was not. I was there all da: By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., November 19. —A mechanic wanted by police has been found because he took the rather conspicuous job of one of the late William motor boats. of Police Edwin H. Evans rst township held a war- the arrest of William J. CLAIMS SIX VICTORIES |General Staff Announces Repulses of Attacks” Gran Chaco. | By the Associated Pre LA PAZ, Bolivi “Violent in who specialized in tuning mill : boats for races. Yesterday saw his man in a newsreel 1g the Wrigley boat be! prepared for races at New York his_arrest_and left to- him to Buffalo. ley, Buffalo sports- Klute stole money nd clothing from him after he had befriended him and brought im from Chicago to Buffalo. November 19.—The government today called to the colors all army reserves trained in 1923 to while the army general staff an- ed continued success against Para- an attacks in the Gran Chaco. " in the Fort aavedra sector, in ing severe los: | on the enemy. Fort Saavedra has be in a state of siege for several days. ING PINCHOT CONSIDERS CHALLENG DAVIS’ RIGHT TO SENATE SEAT | Certificate of Election May Be Accompanied by Personal Letter to Colleagues. By the A Gov. clated Press. (out his campaign. The indictment was Pinchot of Pennsylvania said rned against Davis as head of the , | Loyal Order of Moose. weighing in his mind And I haven't changed my mind a | the advisability of challenging the right | bit,” Pinchot said after recalling that of Senator James J. Davis, Republican, | he told the State Committee it should of Pennsylvania, to a seat in the next | not support a candidate under indict- | Congress. ment. | The Governor said Davis' unofficial| In 1927 Pinchot gave a “certificate of plurality left little doubt that he should | doubt” to the election of William S | be given a certificate of election. With | Vare of Philadelphia to the Senate. The | the certificate, he said, might go a, Senate later denied Vare a seat on the personal letter to the Senate questioning | grounds of excessive expenditures in the | Davis’ right to a seat. primaries. Several days after Davis was indicted | Pinchot called on Senators Borah, Re- 1by a Federal grand jury in New York publican, of Idaho, and Reed, Repub- on charges of violating lottery laws, | lican, of Pennsylvania, and at the of- Pinchot asked the Pennsylvania Repub- | fices of several others. He said he told lican Committee to replace Davis on its ' them the unemployment situation was ticket. The committee refused and gave | critica! in Pennsylvania and discussed the junior Senator full support through- ss.bie remedies. ) 000 on May 17, to be used chiefly {in recommending a loan of §7: | RO 1 {BOLIVIA CALLS RESERVES: and gold medalist of the Pennsylvania Society of New York, and president of the Archeological Soclety of Washing- ton. AID FOR KERENSKY’S GOVERNMENT IN WAR REVEALED BY U. S. __ (Continued From First Page) ate Department supplement two pre- volumes on relations with Russia and cover most of the years 1917 and y throw additional light on the credits given to the provisional go ernment of Kercnsky, review efforts ze Russian currency, discuss plans ue trade after Kerensky was n by the Soviet regime and explain efforts of American railway en- gineers to rehabilitate Russian rail- of State Lansing cabled David R. Francis April 3, im to learn what fina clal aid the Russian provisional govern ment desired from the United States. “Three days later Francis replied that Russta needed $500,000,000, adding: “Russia owns boundless forests, im- measutable deposits of ores and oils and immense areas of tillable lands. This Jean, in my judgment would be abso- lutely safes_Purthermore, it is advis- able from every viewpoint of policy. ‘Subsequent Wispatches indicated R sian officials were cager that Great Brif ain_should haveo control over any credits the United™States advanced to Rus:ia. It also was‘demonstrated very soon that the United States had no en- thusiasm about lending $500.000,000, but gave Russia a credit of $100,000,- or { the purchase of locomotives and railway cars in this country. Urged $75,000,000 Loan. On July 8, 1917, Elihu Root, chief of the mission sent to Russia to devise plans for keeping that country in the war, joined with Ambassador Francis 000,000 an soldiers in Finland and ilors in the Finnish waters. epresented as necessary urity and was immedi- retary sador 1917, asking va: 1 sec ited advanced and described e as “determined and is undoubtedly the most potent influence in Russia now.” State Department dispatches to ci d that Secretary Mc- Treasury was not inclined 1ssiandemands _unsparingly from Lord Reading, the 1 Washington, on Russia was ask- n excess of what tem could handle. nother credit for $100,- 000000 W ted by McAdoo August | 23 to cover rifle contracts and other orders placed in New York Appeals for $100,000,000. On November 3 Francis made another appeal for $100,000,000, saying it was | necesary to holster sentiment. He said: “If the Soviet should control its government would nct survive long, but succceded by a stronger government which would be more po- tential in restoring order and prose- cuting war.’ Then came the Bolshevist victory Col N. House wired Secretary ing_from P eat B situation is the mc e making no more advances nitting any further cts for pi ases.”” sages later received by the State Department announced decrees by the Soviet government repudiating forsign loans and taking over all property by the Bolshevist government., MOORS ATTACK SHIP | Crew of Grounded Vessel Rescued by Those of Other Boats. MADRID, November 19 (#).—When | the fishing ship Dos Corazones ground- ed about 30 miles south of Cape Juby, near Rio Oro, West Africa, the crew of cight men was attacked by Moors, radio dispatches received today said. Swift action by crews of other fish- ing boats and a government mail boat was reported to have saved the men from injury and brought the battle to a sudden end. ‘ tutional questions relating to| Belgian | 31 VOTE OFFIGALS | [orum speaker | ROBINS MISSION | TORUSS GTED Effort to Align Soviet With Allied Powers Is Recalled Here. By the Associatec Press. Almost simultaneously with Col. Ray- mond Robins’' sudden reappearance the State Department yesterday made pub- lic documents which throw new light on the effort hie made 14 years ago to align Soviet Russia with the allied powers. Robins was in Russia as head of an American Red Cross mission in 1917 and early 1918, became friendly with Lenin, Trotzky and other Bolshevist leaders and was active in negotiations whereby it was hoped to prevent Soviet Russia from making a ceparate peace with Germany. A dispatch from Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, to David R. Francis, American Ambassador in Russia, dated December 29, 1917, after the Bolshevists had taken over the Kerensky govern- ment. gave instructions that Robins was to carry on Red Cross measures for re- lief in Russia, but was to make it clear that he was acting for the Red Cross, “an organization maintained by pri- vate subscriptions and not by the United States Government.” Involved in Shipments. Robins’ name also is mentioned by Francis in connection with shipments of war supplies the Soviet government was making from Archangel to Siberia, against British protests. A dispatch of Francis to Lansing dated April 5, 1918, explains that the Soviet officials said they expected to pay for war supplies in raw materials, but asked for time to anize the economic resources of Russia.” Francis’ message said that the Soviet officials asked, “Who can think that the government whose best soldiers have fought against German control in the Ukraine and Finland can now be planning to furnish Germany with power to enslave their own lands? “Do not understand that I accept ab- solutely such assurances as does Robins, to whom they were made,” Francis’ message continued, “but at the same time the Soviet government interests clearly demand German resistance, as German domination spells the over- throw of bolshevism.” The name of Robins appears again in a dispatch sent to the State Depart- ment by Francis October 17, 1918, after Soviet Russia had ratified the Brest- Litovsk treity with Germany, which took Russia definitely out of the war. Francis' dispatch related to an effort of the United States to agree with the al- lied powers to resume commerce Wwith Soviet Russia under certain conditions. Ambassador’s Dispatch. The late Ambassador’s dispatch says: “The bolshevik government, if not German agents, was completely under the control of the Germans. The eco- nomic and unpublished provisions of the Brest-Litovsk treaty gave Germany many important commercial advantages —exclusive_in some instances. Col. Raymond Robins, I have heard and advised the department, when he re- turned to America in May, was the bearer of a proposition from the So- viet government proffering to our gov- ernment like advantages and conces- sions. “The bolshevik government was treacherous to its German pledges and thought it could induce us into mak- ing agreements to the exclusion of our allies. I have asked the department if Col. Robins presented such proposals and advocated their acceptance, but have received no reply. Again, should like to be informed on this subject if the department will permit.” The Russian correspondence pub- lished by the State Department does not contain dispatches which indicate whether Robins' proposals for co-oper- ation with Soviet Russia were presented to the State Department or what ac- tion was taken on them. R MRS. CORA B. JONES DIES AT COLONIAL BEACH Former Resident of Capital Was Leaden in Fraternal and Charitable Work. Mrs. Cora Bartlett Jones, former ‘Washington resident for many years, died suddenly Thursday night at her residence at Colonial Beach, Va., where she had been making her home since June. She was stricken with acute in- digestion. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 2 pm. at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. E. G. Mandley, 2716 Tenth street northeast. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. i Mrs. Jones was 54 years old and was prominently connected with fraternal and charitable work in the District. She was a member of the Eastern Star and was president of the Taylor School and Stuart Junior High School Parent- ‘Teacher Associations. She is survived by her husband, Will H. Jones; three sons and two daughters, who reside in Washington. They are Fred S. Bartlett, Charies and Robert F. Bartlett, Mrs. Mandly and Mrs. Charles R. Parks. 400 IN ATTENDANCE AT “BIG 10” ROUND-UP Michigan U. Is Paid Tribute as Western Conference Champion This Year. Four hundred persons attended the twelfth annual “Big Ten™ round-up at the Shoreham Hotel last night, when the University of Michigan was paid tribute as foot ball champion of the ‘Western Conference for this year. College songs and cheers, reunions | of alumni, dancing, card games and a buffet supper constituted the program. The participants included Assistant wards of Northwestern University and | Mrs. Edwards, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture J.' W. Dunlap of Ohio Uni- versity and Mrs. Dunlap, Judge Isaac Hitt of Northwestern and Mrs. Hitt and Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, surgeon general of the Navy, of the University of Towa and Mrs. Rigs. Dr. J. W. T. Duvel was chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. Gillette Co. Sued. BOSTON, November 19 (#).—George F. Bell, doing business as the Rhode Island Novelty Co., Providence, R. I, today filed suit for $100,000 against the Gillette Safety Razor Co. in Fed- eral Court, charging unlawful con- spiracy and restraint of trade in the sale of safety blades and razors. Armadillo Sausage Possible Answer to Texas Food Problem By the Associated Press. LLANO, Tex., November 19.— If the armadillo crop holds out the problem of food this Winter should be partially solved for peo- ple hereabouts. Reports received here are that a thrifty farmer recently killed eight armadillos, from which he made 40 pounds of sausage. Armadillo meat has been described as “good eating,” more appetizing, in fact, than Vice President-elect John N. Garner’s “parbolled squirrel and old tough blue quail” | in the Dorchester dictrict. | Secretary of the Interior John H. Ed- | Coast at Kitty Hawk, N. C. The top of what Was a few years ago a shiftir anchored by planting of sand-rooting Wright Memorial From the Air HIS photograph, made by an Army Air Corps photographic mission, is said to be the first air view of the completed monument to the Wright brothers at the scene of the first airplane flight, a lonely sand dune on the Atlantic monument formally was dedicated y The great granite shaft, topped by an airplane beacon, is bu; ng sand dune. The great dune has been plants brought fr great distances, —Army Air Corps Photo. Becomes Benefactress ofr Poet and Takes Him From Charity Home. George Whitfield D’Vys, 72, Is| Installed in Hospital by “ Society Woman. | By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 19.— George Whitfield D'Vys, 72, who claims authorship of the famous bace ball poem, “Casey at the Bat,” will spend the sunset innings of life's game in & grandstand seat. ‘The aging poet, unable in recent years even to pay his way into the bleachers in the game of life, suddenly has been summoned to a place of honor. In other words, Mrs. Larz Anderson, wealthy patron of the arts and widely known philanthropist, has assumed the care of the elderly man. It was revealed today that D'Vys was removed three weeks ago from the Cambridge home | for the aged and infirm, where he had | been an inmate for four years. He was taken to the Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, home of Mr. and Mrs. Larz An- | derson and thence to a private hospital | Superintendent John T. Shea of the Cambridge City Home today confirmed the report that Mrs. Anderson, long en- MRS. LARZ ANDERSON “ADOPTS” “CASEY AT THE BAT"IN BOSTON | MRS. LARZ ANDERSON. gaged in hospital welfare work, had in- terested herself in the elderly poet. D'Vys had lived 45 years in Cambridge. ACTIVE IN D. C. SOCIETY. Mrs. Larz Anderson has long been prominent in Washington society. She is a member of the League of American Pen Women and the author of a book, “Presidents and Pies.” The palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, at 2118 Massachusetts ave- nue, is usually opened by them in early Winter and early Spring, but other sea- sons they spend at their home Weld at Brookline, Mass., or in the South. Their home here was the Washington “palace” of the King and Queen of Siam for a time last year. HINDENBURG SILENT ON HITLERS PLEA Asks Nazi Leader to Return Tuesday for Another Conference. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 19.—For the sec- ond time in three months Adolph Hit- | ler, who was a corporal in the World | War, applied today to Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of | Germany, to be made chancellor of the Reich. } This time, in marked contrast to their | i meeting August 13, Hitler was invited | to sit down for an hour and to talk | | with frank cbrdiality. As he departed | from the President’s residence, he was | | asked to come back for another confer-' ence next Tuesday. Although political commentators said | today’s meeting in nowise indicated that | the President had changed his mind sufficiently about his adversary in the | presidential campaign to share with | him responsibility for Germany’s des- | tiny, still it was agreed that a begin- ning had been made in achieving a | better understanding between the two | most popular German leaders. Both Silent on Meeting. Considerable work behind the scenes | was involved in bringing about the meeting between these two erstwhile | bitter antagonists. And political | observers see plenty of work ahead in | the matter of fitting the National So- | cialist movement into the President’s | scheme for a government “of national | concentration.” | Neither Hitler nor Von Hindenburg | was willing to |discuss their meeting. | {On reliable authority it was learned | {that the Nazi leader, apparently | | chastened by the setback of the Reichs- | tag elections November 6, dropped the attitude that had appeared arrogant to the President in the August 13 meeting. Instead of demanding the chancel- lorship Hitler pleaded with the Presi- dent, according to this reliable source, to permit him to place his movement of 12,000,000 Germans, most of them youthful and enthusiastic, behind the venerable field marshal's unique authority. Four Points Stressed. In the course of the one-hour con- | versation the National Socialist leader { concentrated on four points. 1. That the Nazis are Germany's last bulwark against Communism, 2. That the Reichswar (the army) is sacrosanct to the Hitlerites and that everything will be done o promote its efficiency and popularize it among the masses of the people. 3. That the fight against the restric- tions of the Versailles treaty will be carried on and intensified. 4. That a cabinet headed by Hitler would consider its cardinal domestic task to be to get the jobless off the streets and into productive work. Paris Ratifies Postal Deal. PARIS, November 19 (#).—Money up to the value of $100 can henceforth b2 transferred by mail from France to the United States and vice versa by a new PFranco-American money order postal convention promulgated in the official | journal today. The convention was signed in Wash- ington on August 19, 1931, and will re- al‘los old conventions ited as’ back as.1870 and 1888. WIGHT HONORE WLE CALERACES Monument to First Plane Flight Is Unveiled—No- tables Present. By the Associated Press KITTY HAWK, N. C., November 19. —State and national dignitaries, stan ing on the spot where Orville and Wil- bur Wright flew the world’s first motor= driven airplane, faced a southwest gale here today to dedicate a monument to that achievement. The monument is a 90-foot granite pylon, with a beacon at its peak. The gale once grew so strong the ceremonies had to be halted for half an_hour. Coast Guard planes, Army and Navy airships and other planes droned over- head as visible demonstration of the result of the Wrights' pioneering ex- periments, but the giant dirigible Akron was not able to come because of the weather. Arrangements had been made to handle 20,000 persons, but heavy rains throughout the night and st of the morning_cut the attendance to a bare thousand, and hundreds of these sat in automobiles far from the speakers’ stand as the storm raged Orville Wright Present. Hardly had the exercises been com- pleted when the sun came out, and the weather was clear as honor guests of the occasion gathered at Carolina Beach for a luncheon given by the Kill Devil Hill Memorial Association Orville Wright, surviving brother of the pair which started aviation toward its present advanced place on December 17, 1903, was_present. He renewed acquaintanceships with residents of the Carolina banks who were here when he and his brother first experimented with their bo: and then with their mot; Wright, noted for modc tiring nature, took no part in the cere- monies. Patrick J. Hurle paid tribute to the ge Wrights, classing them e “America’s immortal sons” in the cipal address of the occasion. “In honoring these two pathfinders, we should recognize in their achieve- ment the spirit of America that made their inventions possible,” Hurley said. Miss Nichols Unveils Marker. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City, Governor-elect of North Carolina, and Reprasentative Lindsay Warren of the Secretar: mong prin- | first North Carolina district also spoke. Miss Ruth Nichols, one of the world's | outstanding woman flyers, paid a briel tribute and then, standing in the rain before the face the monument, unveiled the marker, which stands atop of Kill Devil Hill, a large sand dune. President Hoover sent word he had intended to attend the ceremonies per- sonally, but since he could not come he asked Secretary Hurley to convey “to Orville Wright my congratulations and my appreciation of the epoch-mafing achievement of himself and his lament- ed brother. DIES AT WILLIAMSBURG ‘WILLIAMSBURG, Va. November 19 (#).—Dr. Van Franklin Garrett, former head of the Chemistry Department at the College of William and Mary, died suddenly here today. Dr. Garrett, who held the i | | ' DEBTS HAYFIERE INFAREAST STUDY Observers Think Leagu‘e will Balk at Decision Unfavor- able to Japan. BY CONST The Far East to the fore ngain early next the Lytton report will be examined by the Council of the League of Nations. On Monday that worthy council but will dispose of the secondary problems, such as the war in the Chaco, the Liberian situation and other minor problems. On Tuesday the Council will begin its discussions on the report pre- sented by the League commission under the chairmanship of Lord Lytton, and also of the Japanese_ observations on the report, which were received yester- day at Geneva in a memorandum con- taining some 15,000 words. The American Government, tally interested in the Manchurian situation is not represented at the meeting of the Council, not even by the usual “unofficial observer.” Gen. Prank i eva, but he does not y the United States Government. He is merely a private citizen selected by the League as & member of the Lytton comraission. Debt Stand May Affeet Parley. In political and diplo: c circles it is believed that the events during the last 10 days, since the British, French and Belgian debts notes b been re- ceived in Washington wiil render the discussions at Geneva less smooth. ince the coming into oflice of Pre- mier Herriot, the general impression mong international diplomatists was that France, in spite of its important interests in the Far East, interests which were not as conflicting with Japan as those of the United States and even Gireat Britain, had definitely made up its mind to support the Stim- son thesis regarding Manchuria. The League of Nations last March, under the ‘mpetus of the smaller na- tions, deciced to investigate the Far Eastern conflict The commission sent to the Far East was compesed of five members, among whom was the French representative, Gen. Claudel. He alone, during the drafting of the report of the commis- sion, stood out for certain things favor- ing Japan, and intended making a minority report. The relations between the U States and France had im- proved considerably, however, and the French government instructed Claudel to join the other commissioners end make the report unanimous. Expected Prompt Action. In Washington the State Department and foreign diplomats believed that in spite of the inevitable delays in the presentation and examination of the report, the Council of the League would act promptly, and this belief was shared by the Tokio government. Hence, the threats from Tokio that, if the League finds against Japan, that country will not continue to remain a member of that international family. ‘The situation, it is feared in respon- sible quarters, may have changed since the American Ccngress has made it so plain that the United States will not consider postponing the payments due by France ard Great Britain in De- cember, nor reducing or cancelling the war debts. The friendly attitude of the principal European powers toward the United States and its problems in the Far East is likely to turn cooler because of the debt question. The principal European powers never saw much to their advantage in getting entangled in the Far Eastern question, but they decided to intervene, first because they thought that it was a worthwhile ges- ture to gain America’s good will on matters concerning those ‘powers more directly than Manchuria, and secondly because ths smeller nations, members of the League, were keenly interested in the doctrine enunciated by President Hoover regarding the non-recognition of territories gained by the force of arms. The influence of these smaller powers in the League is negligible, however, when compared with the influence of Great Britain and France. It is up to these powers and satellites to decide what is going to happen to the report of the Lytton commission. From well informed sources in Geneva, the news comes that the Council of the League will examine the Lytton report with utmost care, in order not to ap- pear, by too hasty a decision, to weaken the prestize of the League. But, in order to avoid offending Japan, the council will appoint a commission of experts to analyze the conclusion of the commissioners of the League in connection with the observations of the Japanese goverrment which will be submitted to the League tomorrow. Such a commission will have to take time before it is able to present its con- clusion, as much time as the interested nations need to see what happens to the questicn of debts and what will be America’s attitude toward the European problems under the new administra- tion. To gain time is at present Japan's principal objective. The policy of the Japanese government as expressed by Japen’s representatives in Washington and by the spokesman of the foreign office in Tokio is “don’t come to any hasty conclusion regarding Manchukuo. Give us a year or 18 months and you will see what a remarkably prosperous country we shall make cut of the un- ruly former province cof China.” “Wait and See” Is Slogan. A policy of and see” is the slogan of Jap: and according to well informed quarters in Geneva this s exactly what the League intends though wa ntime, Japanese diplomats as el Europe info ments, espec tries who wou foreign _trad T B hose of minor coun- e to pick up a little and there, that Manchukuo w its enormous re- sources, with a favorable trade balance and needing practically everything in order to organize itself es a brand-new se of the customer for all kinds of manufactured goods and especially steel product In France this lure is considered as lausible. In the last three months been nvestigating the PFrench on the quiet in Manchaur: and prospecting. _One banker, ron de Roth: without uch noise to Manchukuo to see what profitable in- vestments could be made by the French irdustria and business men in that new state; the other was M. Massenet, the president of the Bank, who is mainly intere: ultimate fate of the Chi railways. He desires the Japanese, the Manchukuo government, to pur- chase the Russian interests in those and is willing to find the ssary money in Frai 1 this transaction which _ would $250,000,000 which French ¢ invested and which seem at moment lost. Observers in Washington, who do not examine international problems from the theoretical and sentimental angle, believe it will be difficult for European countries to take a decision in the Man- churian question which may annoy the Japanese and thus jeopardize important economic and financial interests most of the countries across the Atlantic nave at present in the Far East. he present Cotton Mills to Reopen. FALL RIVER, Mass, November 19 (#)—The Pizest:re Cotton Mills will recpen November 28, after being closed since lact August, it was anrounced to- T LS ST - ve em; about 600 'wkm.'