Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1933, Page 3

MANY MORE BANK DIRECTORS CHOSEN New Boards Organize in Sev- eral Instances by Elect- YOUTH ARRESTED IN REWARD PLOT {Accused of Trying to Extort $15,000 for Return of $50,- ing Officers. ™any more Washington banks, build- #ng and loan associations, title com- Penies and other financial institutions elected directors at annual stockhold- ers’ meetings held late yesterday. Sev- eral of the new bank boards also srganized for the coming year with she election of officers. To date the annual meetings have resulted in prac- tically no changes in official staffs, al- though a few new directors have been @dded to various boards. Northeast Savings Bank. ‘The following directors were elected by the trustees of the Northeast Sav- ings Bank at th: annual meeting: Arthur G. Bishop, Jemes H. Brodnax, Walter W. Deal, Willilam H. Ernest, James B. Flynn, Henry E. Glotzbach, Percival Hall, George F. Hoover, Dr. Henry W. Jaeger, Herbert R. King, W. Reginald Lewis, Isaac Narcisenfeld, Charles H. Potter, Michael R. Ready, Guy T. Steuart, Leonard P. Steuai All, officers were re-elected. They are L. P. Steuart, president; George F. Hoover, first vice president; Dr. Perci- val Hall, second vice president; W. R. Lewis, cashier; J. O. Cardin, assistant| €ashicr; J. B. Flynn, counscl | i vs: Geore man of the board; A nt; Robert S. Stunz, e vice president; George A. . vice president and attorney: Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, vice president; Willlam C. Strauss, cashier; Russell A. | Houser and H. M. Herndon, assistant eashiers. Directors, Frank E. Altemus, Wace H. Atkinson, Charles W. Bolgiano, L. T. Breuninger, Joseph W. Cox, H. F. Dis- mer, Peter M. Dorsch, G. W. Forsberg, J. O. Gheen, E. T. Goodman, C. F. Jen- kins, A. F. Jorss, N. Mountford, C. M. Murray, Claude W. Owen, Robert L. W. Owens, Norman W. Oyster, H. A. Polkin- horn, George A. Prevost, Maurice 3 g, J. Robert Som-rville, War- Spencer, Robert S. Stunz, W.| George W. White and C. C. . cka . presia VW-shington Savings Bank. The Weshington Savings Bank Te- | elected all officers as follo ‘Thomas E. Jarrell, pr:sident; Robert A. Sissen, vice president end treasurer; William E. Russell, vice president; George L. Walden, assistant treasurer. The follow- ing additional directors were re-elected: Adam F. Arnold, Joseph A. Daly, C. 8. Fiynn, R. P. Gibson, H. V. Grimes, Granville Gude, Timothy Hanlon, M. E. Horton, Joseph B. Jacobs,-James H. Lemon, John D. Leonard, Robert E. Mann, George J. Ohanides, Donald F.| Roberts, Dr. R. Lee Spire, John M. Trant, Redmond Walsh, Thomas D. Walsh, Karl E. Jarrell and Robert A. Sisson. National Capital Bank. The following directors were re- elected by the stockholders of the Na- tional Capital Bank yesterday after- noon: Charles A. Carry, Allen C. Clark, Clarence F. Donohoe, John B. Eam- shaw, Walter Leaman, Lewis Flemer, W. P. C. Hazen, Aug. G. Herr- mann, Walter H. Marlow, H. H. McKee, James L. Parsons, W. A. Simpson, 8. H. Walker, Charles B. Stewart and John ©O. Yost. “The directors organized for the year by re-electing these officers: H. H. McKee, president; S. H. Walker, vice president; W. P. C. Hazen, vice presi- dent; H. C. Stewart, cashier, and J. 8. Fidgely, assistant cashier. Tcdustrial Savings Bank. All o rs of the Industrial Savings Bank were re-elected as follows: Walter | M. 8. Carter, chairman of the board; W. H. C. Brown, president; Jesse H. Mit- chell and John R. Hawkins, vice presi- dents; John H. Simms, treasurer; Wil- liam A. Bowie, cashier; Walter L. Carter, assistant cashier. The follow- CRTIY. Sl i e SPECIAL NOTICES. WANTED ] OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI- el Pitisbureh, Pa., Jan, 16 o SiITH'S TRANSFER You st. n.w. R AL COUNTRY GE CO., CONGRESSIONAL TR Drice. " Address Box 71-C, Star % NNUAL MEETING OF THE Taers of the Cloagard Wardrobe fi e st Sb00. Woodies L, i eld at 2 ;?E?? R oriwest, Washington, District of Col 1b! 01 ul a) IfiYA v.’lI:llY 1933, &t 8 pm. o'clock. ey HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL ceponsibie for_any debts or obliga- 'd_ by a3 perion RLES INZEL. 3228 13th st. 1.3 11 WTEL E RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DT NOTBE Bty ot Tomer. thi myself. A. N. McBEE. . 1IN BUSINESS FOR MY HEALTH, BUT or the health of your business. Mall ad- ertising and duplicating of all kinds. ACE LETTER SERVICE. 1400 G ‘st THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK huldflt"ol the National Savings and Trus! mpany, for the election of directors and P50 Sthet business as may properly come before it, will be held at the office of company, northeast corner of 15th e nd New York Avenue N.W.. on Mon- fimzmn’ 16th day of Jamuary, 1033, st 4 Selbek m. OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THE &nnu ‘meeting of the stockholders of The Capital Traction Company, for the election of a board of directors for the ensuing year snd the transaction of such other business ‘may be brought before the meeting, will held at the office of the company, 36th and M Streets N.W.. Washington, D. C.. on Thursday, January” 12,1933, at 10:45 eo'clack a.m The polls will be open from 11 o'clock am. until 12 o'clock noon. H._D. CRAMPTON, Secretary. AL REPORT _OF THE NATIONAL | s and Trust Company of the District | & Columbia to the Comtroller of the Cur- { ncy, as reauired by Section 16, act of Boneress approved October 1., 1600, for the ed December 31, T e 1,000.000.00 pital stock authorized. ... .$1,000. | ipital stock actually paid in’1,000,000.00 | ross earnings for vear ende ber 41, 11 972,633.63 Tota ses ' for coember 1. 1935 669,374 .48 | debis. .. .. 16,154.826.79 —— %:;:‘X‘Afit D. Hmv%fir!lmml, 1 D HOOVER, President. WILSON. Se ‘ar’ ended %BHC‘)”OHX."IR. President: E. ez, and WA ANE, MES J. BECKER and H. IER | directors of the National Sav. | 5 t of our knowledge and belief. WILLIAM D. HOOVER, President. PERCT PRE! JAMES J_ BECKER, H. ROZIER DULANY, Jr. of Columbia, st 8worn to an 20th day of Jan ERT_B. LORD. Notary Public, D. C sion expires October 23, 1934. of directors of this com- Pire In- v.h: D:Mricl a!hcoxum- e e pany, Room No. 306 -l;ofi‘ o'clock l. 10 g\lqho\dux are requested to be ir:l::t lAnIa‘ te, &8 & proxy vote is not allowable. Finan it end of = $161,024.50 4.004. . 1240600 67211 TER. retary. | the mear fature 1wish M{oeEINCTON | ‘Costs in the BULDING INDUSTRY, BRICKLAYERS PLASTERERS TO AFPLY. stating aee. Address Box 76-C, Btar ofice. 11°* )g‘mx. Monday, January 23, | Wi 000 Necklace to Adjuster. By the Associated Pre: PITTSBURGH, January ]1.—A youth who says he is Thomas Purcell, 24, | held by police today in connection with an effort to extort $15000 from an insurance adjuster for return of a $50,- 000 pearl necklace. ‘The youth was arrested last night by detectives beneath the East Bellevue Bridge. He denies complicity in the alleged plot. - necklace was lost by Madeline Alexander, socially prominent in Sewick- ley Heights. two months ago. The insur- ance adjuster, G. F. Ferrier. had ad- vertised & $5,000 reward for its return. Ferrier received a letter saying that the necklace would be returned if $15, 1000 in $5, $10 and $20 bank notes were | lefi beneath the bridge by 7 o'clock | Tuesday night. A diagram of the bridge and the spot where the cash was to be placed was drawn on the letter. Ferrier turned the letter over to George Murren, chief of county detec- tives, yesterday and Murren ordered three detectives to make up a dummy | package and follow directions. They placed the package and lay in} wait. A short time later, they say, | Purcell appeared and examined the ge. ing_directors were re-clected: Willlam A. Bovi>. Joscph H. Briggs. Waiter S Carter, Willlam H. Jackson, John H. Simms, Jesse H. Mitchell, Walter L. Carter, J. Franklin Wilson, Isaac . Mason, Willlam H. Cowan, Talley R. Holmes and John R. Hawkins. United States Savings Bank. At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the United States Savings Bank the old board of directors was re-elected as follows: W. W. Anderson, William D. Barry, Wade H. Cooper, Willlam T. Davis, William R. De Lash- mutt, Charles A. Goldsmith and Wil- liam H. Zepp. Directors of the Franklin National Bank re-elected the following officers for the coming year at the organiza- ion meeting yesterday afternoon: John B. Cochran, president; R. A. Todd, vice president; Thomas P. Hick- man, vice president; J. G. Stephenson, i president Samuel M. Thrift, Harry E. Mercler, assistant cashier, and B. L. Bauserman, assistant cashier. Directors of the Seventh Street Sav- ings Bank re-elected officers late yester- dey as follows: August H. Plugge, chairman of the board; John D. How- | ard, president; Harry Kaufman, vice president; John R. Wright, vice presi- | dent; John E. De Marco, cashier; A. T. Wallace, assistant cashier, and Charles S. Shreve, counsel. Other Banks Elect Officers. Union Trust Co. directors organized for the coming year by re-electing the following officers: Ord Preston, presi- dent; George E. Hamilton, vice president, attorney and trust officer; George E. Fleming, vice president and assistant trust officer; Walter S. Harban, vice president; Edward L. Hillyer, vice presi- dent and second assistant trust officer; Edson B. Olds, vice president and treas- urer; Zirpel, secretary and third assistant trust officer; W. Frank D. Herron, S. William Miller and G. Elmer Flather, assistant treasurers; J. Wesley Clampitt, jr., and William G. McGraw, assistant secretaries, and George E. Hamlilton, jr., assistant attorney. Second National Bank directors re- elected these officers at the organization meeting: Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of board; Victor B. Deyber, president; Willlam M. Hannay, vice president; Jacob Scharf, vice president; George . Emmerich, secretary; Edward P. Colladay, counsel and trust| officer; William B. Wolf, assistant trust | officer; Walter W. Marlow, cashier; J. K. Seyboth, PFrederick S. Beyer, Joseph R. Pitzpatrick, Stuart S. Ogilvie and Gerald E. Keene, assistant cashiers. Mutual Building Association. Lindsey P. Rawley was added to the directorate of the Mutual Building As- sociation at the annual meeting of the stockholders. Other directors elected: ‘Thomas P. Brown, Joseph T. Fitzgerald, Joseph Dant, Max Kohner, Joseph P. Burke and Percy C. Brady. The di- rectors organized for the year by elec- tion of the following officers: Thomas P. Brown, president; Joseph P. Burke, vice president: Thomas E. Petty, secretary; J. Walter Stephenson, treasurer; Frenk A. Johnson and W. A. H. Church, trustees; Sheehy & Sheehy, attorneys. Joseph F. Marsden, who has been connected with the association for many years, was forced through ill health to resign as an active member. Columbia Permanent Association. At the annual meeting of the Columbia Permanent Building Association the fol- lowing officers were re-elected to serve for the ensuing year: Melvin C. Hazen, president; William P. Richards, vice president; Floyd E. Davis, treasurer; Fred A. Smith, secretary; C. Clinton James, attorney; Ernest M. Colvin and Walter G. Davis, trustees. ‘The following constitute the board of directors: Mr. Davis, Mr. Hazen, Al- fred H. Taylor, Mr. Richards, Howard R. Norton, Mr. Smith, L. Perry West, H. B. Leary, James A. Soper and C. Clin- ton James. Prudential Building Association. Luther C. Steward, president of the Prudential Building Association, was re-elected at its annual meeting of stockholders, held at the organization's headquarters, 1331 G street. Other officers elected were: Curtis Walker, vice president; E. J. Carlson, secretary-treasurer, and Harvey L. Cobb, general counsel. Directors elected for the ensuing year were: John B. Colpoys, E. J. Carlson, T. Howard Duckett, Harvey L. Cobb, Thomas E. Hampton, Curtis Walker, Luther C. Steward and Thomas D. Lewis. Home Building Association. At the annual meeting of the Home Building Association all the following officers and cirectors were elected: Fred L. Vogt, president; R. L. Quig- ley, C. Edward Beckett, vice presidents; James Morris Woodward, secretary; Wwilliam K. Reeve, treasurer; Otto Hermann, assistant secretary. Di- rectors: Alfred B. Baker, Charles G. Flemming, Luter W. Linkins, A. Lynn McDowell, Dr. George B. Rotn, Parker H. Sweet, 3d. This association began business in January, 1884. Real Estate Title Co. All Real Estate Title Insurance Co. officers and directors were re-elected. They are James J. Becker, president; W. Spencer Armstrong, Edgar M. Mayne, vice presidents; Charles E. Marsh, secretary and treasurer; Edward S. McKnew, Harry J. Kane, ir., assist- ant secretaries; Ceorge W. Brown, William J. Flather, George E. Fleming, D. Hoover, Harry L. Rust, Charles C. Glover, jr, J. Leo Kolb, Christian Heurich, Leon Tobriner, William C. Miller, Morton J. Luchs and rcoran Thom. coAt the annual meeting of the Equit- 8 | able Life Insurance Co. all the officers trustees were re-elected as follows: :;'Z':n P. Blair, president; Joseph Sanders, first vice president; Allen C. Clark, , secretary; Gilbert A. Clark, actuary; Maurice D. Rosenberg, coun- sel; Lauriston H. Hannah, assistant superintendent of agencies: trustees, James G. Bennett, Henry P. Blair, Allen C. Clark, A n P. Ciark, jr., Gilbert A Olark. J. Leo Kolb, William XL Rap- Sliss, o PP Joseph Sanders, Luke O, A Willard, 2d. - as he examined a decoy package placed | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1933. INUTE YSTERY Can Vou, Solvell?, L= Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities en confronted with particularly baffing cases. This problem has been taken from his c: book covering hundreds of eriminal in tigations. s ! It takes but ONE Try your wits on it bt cur MINUTE to read! ~Every fact clue necessary to its solution are in the | story itself—and "there is only one answer. How good a detective are you? Sleuth Hound Held for Murder. . BY H. A. RIPLEY. ATE does queer things, Mc- | €€ Nichols,” Kelley, “so perhaps she did send you here tonight . . . and perhaps not. Your | fingerprints are on the doorknobs and | telephone, but not on the gun. Oh, yes, you didn’t touch that. s |” “Can’t you see the headlines in the | morning, Fordney? BISHOP IAN LEGARDE'S HOUSE. As he continued his examination of the room he found that all doors, with the exception of the one from the corridor, which McNichols had ) opened to admit police, were i sliding panels ccn- trolled by buttons on the desk. Well, these actresses IN VIV | “Let’s ge> if I've got this straight reiterated Kelley, checking the points on his fin- gers. “You mistook the driveway into these ! grounds for a public road, drove in, when fate or curiosity prompted you to stop and look into the only lighted window in the house. You saw the bishop'’s body on_the floor. “Pinding no other means of entrance, you came in through the window and discovered he was dead. “You phoned headquarters, and the: thinking yourself a sleuth hound, s down and tried to reconstruct the crim “As you were so curious I don’t understand why you didn't leave this room to investigate further or why you didn’t open the front door when we arrived!” “I wes absorbed in the case. I knew you'd get in, all right.” “Is that the story, McNichols?" “Well,” remarked Forney. “You over- looked one little thing in setting your stage. Eh, Kelley?” “He certainly did. guy, spill it! WHAT WAS MCcNICHOL'S MIS- TAKE? (See Page A-10 for solution.) . SOVIFT-JAPANESE PEACENOVEFALS Tokio Says Non-Aggression Treaty Is “as Good as Dead”; Blames Moscow. Come on, wise BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Radio to The Star. TOKIO, Jap: January 11.—The proposed Soviet-Japanese non-aggres- sion pact, which has been bounding on and off the shelf with monthly regu- larity for more than a year, is now “as good as dead,” the Japanese for- eign office announced today. ‘Tokio has just read Soviet Dictator Joset V. Stalin’s speech before the Moscow meeting of the Central Com- mittee of the Russian Communist party, in which, discussing the first five-year plan, he attributed curtailed produc- tion to the “fact that neighboring coun- tries refused to sign non-aggression pacts and to complications in the Far East.” “As Good as Dead.” In consequence, officials here are so “het up” that a spokesman of the for- good as dead” ultimatum to a corre- spondent of the Tass, or Soviet official news agency, at today's press confer- ce. “What is the idea of Moscow's pro- posing a non-aggression pact when you are feverishly preparing for war?" the spokesman amplified. “Our militarists’ demands for new armaments are due to the great armies you have. You are more of a menace to Japan than we are to you. The five-year plan pro- vided nothing for consumption; it pro- vided only for war.” “If you sign a non-aggression mact, we would not need to prepare to de- fend ourselves,” the Soviet correspond- ent replied. ‘Whaling Fleet Interned. In the meantime a Soviet whaling fleet of four ships, which had been hospitably entertained in Honolulu a few weeks ago, is now interned at Futami, port of the Bonin Islands. The fleet had been lost in a fog and storm and entered the harbor, seeking water and fuel. As the islands are Japanese and pos- sess a cable relay station and also a naval base within a fortified zone, the local authorities have detained the whaling vessels until a commission of Tokio officials arrives to decide the complication. (Copyright, 1933.) Pl arniol Lo TWO HELD AFTER WRECK Waycross, Ga., Police Charge Pair Is Wanted in Other States. ‘WAYCROSS, Ga., January 11 (#).— Two_young men whose automobile was wrecked after a wild chase through ‘Waycross streets late yesterday were arrested by F. L. Martin, assistant chief of police, who said they had confessed robberies in Ji nville, Fla, and South Bend, Ind. They gave the names of Jack Marvin and Louls King. Martin said the men readily admitted having taken part in robberies in Jack- scnville yesterday. They also admitted the car had been stolen in South Bend lx:g that they were wanted here, he said. Mistol NIGHT and MORNING 2 Way Mistol drawled Inspector CUN- | || must be different! | eign office informally delivered the “as | Clash With Foreign Citizens Seen as Inevitable in New War Zone. | BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | The Japanese advance into Jehol and follow closely the operations of the Japanese army in Manchuria as an at- tempt of the general staff to avoid | operations toward Pelping and Tient- sin, | Japanese to operate in Jehol alone ! but has by no means solved their diffi- cult strategic problem. | vance of the Jngm | chow aleng the = motor road | through Chihfeng to Chengtehfu (Jehol | City) and finally leading to the most important pass which separates Jehol from China, the Kupeikow,pass. Through that pass goes the only | motor road by which the Chinese gov- ernment could send troops and war | materials into Jehol to oppose & Ja | nese invasion. At present there are some 70,000 men of Marshal Chang in : Jehol and it is expected that they will offer a stubborn opposition to the in- vading troops. May Flank Chinese. But should the Chinese opposition prove such as to cause the Japanese | too heavy losses, it is believed in mili- | tary quarters that they may stop any | further advance into Jehol proper and | will try to turn the Chinese flanks by |a movement toward Tientsin and Peiping thus cutting off all commmuni- cations between the rest of China and Jehol by the occupation of the Hupei- ‘ kow Pass from the Peiping side of the pass. In view of this possibility, the Japa- nese army has advanced within a few miles of Chinwangtao and this city could be occupied without much effort, The Japanese government is trying to impress upon the general staff the | necessity of avoiding if possible military operations in the Peiping area on ac- | count of the poesible international com- | plications which might be caused by | military operations in a densely popu- | lated province where most of the world | nations have important interests. Apprehension Felt. | But at the same time the foreign | office in Tokio is subservient to the gen- | eral staff and has taken all the neces- sary steps to prove to the world that | the military operations in the Peiping- Tientsin district were forced upon Japan by the truculent attitude of the Chinese warlords. The Japanese gov- ernment has embarked upon a great adventure, and is willing to face a bar- rage of diplomatic note and communi- cations for the good cause of the Jap- anese empire. A possible advance of the Japanese Army into the Peiping area is regarded with much apprehension by 411 the for- eign offices of the powers which have important interests in China. It seems that it will be extremely dif- tflcl.\lt to avoid incidents of a serious na- ure, A somewhat unimportant but in- dicative incident has already occurred on the occasion of the occupation of Shanhaikwan by the Japanese troops last week. Americans in Danger, The building of an American Meth- odist Mission situated in that town has been reported to have been occupied by Japanese soldiers and used for war pur- poses. As it happened, fortunately, the American missionaries had already left and the building was in charge of some converted Chinese. The incident is without much imme- diate significance, but other such inci- dents are likely to occur when Japanese troops march and fight through a terri- tory where there are many educational and business establishments belonging w:‘m]um of the United States. long as the Japanese troops are under the eye of senlgr officers, as was the case in Shanghai last Spring, the Japanese will undoubtedly avoid inter- fering with the interests of American citizens. But when an army is operat- ing on a large scale in a vast territory, | as the one which extends from the sea to north of Peiping, commanders of smaller units will find it hard to pre- vent outrages of enthusiastic soldiers. The situation is particularly true in |regard to the American citizens there. Clash Inevitable. . The Japanese press has been hitting | the war gong against the United States | pretty hard in the last 12 months. | While the Japanese government, on the whole, is anxious to maintain normal relations with the United States, an | intense anti-American propaganda has been going on in Japan lately. The troops which are operating in China now are new troops freshly brought over from Japan and they do not know what the interests of the Tokio foreign office are. All they know is that America has been described to them by the press and by the lectures they hear ‘either in the barracks or outside as the enemy of Japan, and it is in that frame of mind that they will act when they come across either Amer- ican citizens or American property. It is mostly on that account that the possibility of a Japanese invasion of the portion of China outside the wall is regarded with apprehension in cer- tain quarters in Washingtcn, and such | #n operation is considered by those who keep in close touch with the Japanese military movements as inevitable. NIECE OF GERARD WED SECRETLY TO GRID STAR Jane Gerard Were Married in New Jersey in June. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Announce- beth Jane Gerard, niece of James W. Gerard, former Ambassador to Ger- many, to Walter B. Levering, Yale foot ball star. was published here today. Mr. and Mrs. Jullan M. Gerard of New York and Newport, R. I, parents of the bride, sald the wedding took place secretly in New Jersey on June 6, 1932, but that the le did not inform their families at time be- cause of Levering's desire to complete his college course. Levering was to have been gradu- ated next June, but is withdrawing at this time, owing to a rule at Yale which prohibits the marriage under- graduates. AT THE FIRST SNEEZE Treatment for Colds |ment of the marriage of Miss Eliza- | POWERS NENACED BY JEHOL INVASION | the proposed occupation of the city of Lingyuan s considered by those who The occupation of the Chiumenkow | | pass has facilitated the attempt of the | Jehol could be occupied by an ad- | ese Army from Chin- , gaing | 10000T0KIO TROOPS REPORTED IN JEHOL Peiping Says Chinese Are Driven From Chiumen- kow Pass. ART of the ancient wall of Chin toric _function—this section is occupied Manchuria. (Continued From First Page) haikwan last week from a possible flank attack. The Chiumenkow pass is 12 miles north of Shanhaikwan. Also, these observers said, it is only one of a number of passes leading into Jehol with which Chang Hsiao-Liang, the North China commander, still can maintain contact. Gen. Miyake, commanding the Jap- anese force, unn%unced through the Japanese press that he intends to keep the pass closed, but that he does not intend to advance inside the wall into China proper. The United States legation was in- formed this evening that yesterday the Nanking government protested to the signatories of the Boxer protocol against the occupation of Shanhaikwan, charg- ing that the Japanese had made un- lawful use of that arrangement in at- tacking the city. The government added that it would not take the responsibility for any- thing which might result from the de- fense of Chinese territory against the Japanese use of the raflway under the terms of the protocol to-attack China. TOKIO RESERVES DEMANDS. Japanese Government Replies to Nan- king’s Protest. TOKIO, January 11 (#).—The Jap- anese government today replied to a Chinese protest against the occupa- tion of Shanhaikwan with the state- ment that Japan “expressly reserves the right to make demands” in connection with any settlement. The protest from the Chinese Na- tionalist government was received earl- ier today. The Japanese reply held the Chinese garrison entirely responsible for the outbreak of hostilities at Shanhaikwan, China’s Northern railway terminal, on the night of Janunary 1. ugh the reply did not mention the BoXer protocol of three decades ago, under which foreign powers were per- to keep the Peiping-Shanhaikwan Rail- way open, a foreign office spokesman belived provisions of this protocol would be among Japan's reserved “demands.” Bar Chinese Troops. ‘These Ernvhlnm, which the foreign office spokesman outlined Monday, de- nied the Chinese the right to station or march troops within 7 miles of Tientsin, the port of Peiping, and gave foreign garrison commanders on the Peiping- Shanhaikwan Railway the right to ex- clude Chinese troops from a zone 2 miles on either side of the railway. ‘These provisions have not been en- forced in recent years. Although the United States signed the general Boxer protocal, it did not participate in setting up these military provisions. Japanese officials laughed today when Informed rumors were cifculating that a formal declaration of war was likely to be forthcoming from Japan and China. Although Chinese and Japa- nese forces have been fighting in Man- churia for 16 months and today were threatening to spread their conflict to Jehol, the officials maintained the latest outbreaks in the Shanhaikwan area were to be treated as “local” af- fairs. ‘They characterized the suggestion of a formal declaration of war as ridicu- lous. | | Walter Levering and Elizabeth | wall, The war office declared it had no present intentions of extending the operationis against Chiumenkow, on the Great Wall of China, to the south of that wall. . ‘The war office denied emphatically that a big-scale invasion into China proper, bounded on the north by the was planned, of which Chinese had expressed fears. It was asserted Japan was still hoping | to “localize” the Shanhaikwan incident and that Japanese military representa- tives were waiting for Chinese to show | an inclination to join in a peace con- ference. ~Activities of a so-called Chinese “offensive” in Jehol, Japanese military leaders said, may prevent this attempt and force a campaign in that province. Sanchakow Captured. A Rengo (Japanese) News Agency dispatch from Pogranichnaya, on the Eastern Manchurian-Soviet border, sald If You Are Wise you will keep your coal-bin filled at this time of year. Washingto blizzards and thaws without rhyme or rea- son. But a bin filled cleaned Famous Reading Anthracite means clean, safe, dependable, healthy heat in any weather. Order a trial load today? Marlow Coal Co. 811 E St. NW. Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 of Jehol. It is believed Japanese forces are already moving | Japanese force which occupied Shan- | mitted ‘to place troops in North Chins} a, erected centurie; on the northern boundary | Scene of New Japanest s ago to keep out foreign invaders, no longer performs its his- of China, separating China proper from the province to occupy the latter province in the same way they But at Shanhaikwan, the Japanese have plerced the wall and are in areas of China itself. CHIHL] RYo™ —A. P. Photo. e Operations in Jehol. LONG-TERM BOND BILL IS STUDIED |Women Voters Would Ban Is- sues Where Early Authori- zation Is Not Provided. | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 11.— Long-term bond issues, on which amortization does not start until sev- eral years after the securities are sold, would be made illegal in the 23 coun- | ties of Maryland and Baltimore city, under a measure being studied by the | Maryland League of Women Voters, it was learned last night. | Miss Lavinia Engle, delegate from Montgomery County, who is also giv- ing the proposal serious consideration, is of the opinion legislation of this sort is needed to prevent a repetition of hardships caused in some jurisdictions | through unreasonable postponement of | the amortization period. There is some doubt, she said, whether a measure dealing with this question should take the form of a bill or constitutiongl amendment. Under present law the State is re- quired to limit the time of redemption jof its bond issues to 15 years and to | start amortization within 2 years. The counties and city, however, have no such limitations. Miss Engle said | | instances have come to her attention | of bond issues being sold and amorti- | zation deferred seven or eight years, starting in the midst of the present depression. In other cases, she said, bonds have been issued for as long as 75 years wihtout justification. Miss Engle is inclined to favor an act modeled after a similar law in Massachusetts which limits bond issues to 25 years. Certain special types, such as water bonds, might be permitted to run for a long period, perhaps 40 years, she believss. | OHIOAN’S ASP.iES ST_REWN Consul Attends Rites for Carl Maltzahn in Bermuda. HAMILTON, Bermuda, January 11| (#)—In obedience to his last wishes, | the ashes of Carl Maltzahn, 30 years old, of Cincinnati, Ohio, were com- | mitted yesterday to the waters of Great | Sound. Canon J. W. F. Groves, rector of Penbroke Church, officiated. Graham Kemper, the American con- sul, was present at the service, which was held under the direction of M. A. Gibbons, representative of the American Express Co. ‘Water Wagon Catches Fire. PORTLAND, Ore., January 11 (#).— The water wagon caught fire yesterday. Engine trouble developed and' flames soon enveloped the city street flusher. Firemen put out the blaze and towed the disabled truck to a garage. | pan irose di opping up” that section, occupied Sanchakow today. (Sanchakow is on the Russian border, about 150 iles northwest of Viadivostok.) The Hirose division was reported to | have encountered skirmishing with | Chinese geurillas in its advance south- | ward from Pogranichnaya. The Chinese general, Wang Tch-Lin, was said to have fled in the mountains farther southward. Japanese claimed |he was the only important Chinese | leader still operating in Manchuria out- side of Jehol. n weather hands out with Marlow’s Super- NAtional 0311 CANADA SEEKS RETURN OF TWO MEN IN SLAYIN Father and Son Held at Knoxville, Tenn., on Federal Charges, Wanted for Alberta Probe. By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., January 11.— Canadian officers planned today to seek removal to Canada of Kenneth Mc- Lean and his son William, 21, who they say are wanted for questioning in con- nection with the slaying of W. J. Par- sille, Alberta wheat farmer. Authorities revealed, however, that the elder McLean, who is in jail in Chattanooga, may have to serve a prison term in Tennessee. J. W. Lowe, of Roane County, ob- tained records from the Supreme Court clerk’s office here which he said showea that Kenneth McLesn was sentenced to 10 years-in the State Penitentiary on charges jof killing his brother, Harrison Lowe, at Huntsville, Tenn., in 1911. He said McLean escaped from jail after his conviction. The McLeans now are held on Fed- eral charges of posseesing an automo- bile stolen at Chinook, Mont. The Canadian officers and Federal and State authorities are to confer as &:mm will have the elder McLean G / MRS. MOONEY CARRIES ON Mother of Convict Pleads Again for Freedom of Son. SACRAMENTO, Calif, January 11 (#)—Mrs. Mary Mooney, who recently returned from a trip throughout the United States and Europe in the interest of freeing her son, Tom Mooney, from prison, is still active in his behalf. At a mass meeting here last night she urged her hearers to aid in the son, convicted of participation in the 1916 San Prancisco Preparedness day bombing and sentenced to San Quentin Prison for life. Mrs. Mooney was nervous from ex- citement and the fact that she plans seeing her son at San Quentin today for the first time in months. Soldier Falls in Hot Paint Vat. ‘TACOMA, Wash., January 11 (#).— Private John J. Stokes of Fort Lewis lied yesterday from injuries received when he fell into a vat of hot paint at g;: !qpr.t. His home was in Mahoney If you’re buying, Building Or remodeling A house— Remember that When you consider The quality Of Curtis Woodwork The price Isn’t even A consideration! Consider Curtis Before you Contract for any! CALL, WRITE or PHONE— T [liher & Bro. T LUMUBER et MILLWORK. 30th & K N.W. * A3 FGHTNG IS SHAR ATGHINESE WAL Armies Clash Near Eastern End of Defense Built 2,100 Years Ago. By the Associated Press. Chinese and Japanese forces are en- gaged in sharp fighting close to the Eastern end of the Great Wall which China erected the third century befors Christ in an effort to keep out the Northern barbarians. From Shanhatkwan the rival forces have moved northward 12 miles to Chiumepkow, where Japan has seized & strategic pass through the historic wall, which veers off to the west from that point and wanders 1500 miles northwest into the great arid wastes of Mongolia. Japanese Extend Defenses. The Japanese are extending their de fenses about Shanhaikwan, allegedly for the purpose of preventing flanking movements against the railway between Shanhaikwan and Chinchow, 100 miles to the north. But many foreign mil{> tary observers predict the Japanese troops will gradually spread westward until they have enveloped pr: all of the Province of Jehol and it free of Marshal Chang’s forces. In this movement, China's Great Wall will probably not play any important lD"ll’tfll.! it ‘l: :\éflé 1fn such a manner that, offers sligl efense against artillery fire and aerial bombardm‘;lt. Military experts believe the Lwan River, which enters the sea about 50 miles south of Shanhaikwan and runs northwest across Jehol into Mongolia, will be the line of defense which Japa= nese will ultimately establish to cut Peiping off from Jehol. The Great Wall as it now stands is probably on the foundation of the original wall, but many repairs and . extensions are known to have been . made as late as the fifteenth and six- .. teenth centuries. In places the wall has fallen into ruin, but considering its length it is in excellent repair. Has Roadway on Top. It averages about 40 feet in height and carries a roadway 18 feet wide over mountains, hills and valleys. The roadway is paved and protected by crenelated walls, about tge height of a man and have loopholes every few yards. At intervals of 500 feet over the entire lcngth of the wall there are square lookout towers. Brick and stone in blocks about 10 times the size of an ordinary buil brick are used to face the wall, fll with broken stone and earth upon which stone paving is laid for the road= way. Because of the rugged country and the steep pitch of the Great Wall throughout its course it offers little shelter from artillery placed on elevations. While it was probably more effective as a defense against an enemy armed with bow and arrow or spears it did not prevent the Mongols and Manchus from overrunning Chinm But the Chinese were so numerous that they speedily absorbed all their Northern conquerors, just as the. Chinese press predicts the Japanese.. will be absorbed in the course of cen~ turies if they attempt the subjugation of China. PEACE MOVE IS DENIED Chinese Legation Answers Tokio Report of New Negotiations. At the Chinese it last l}:‘ubllcit! was given ]l:‘: monmm a: - view today ecat ly the Tokio report that in accordance with Chinese proposals negotiations will open or a settlement of the Shan- shortly haikwan affair and that Gen. lo- 8 tion.” No details wmm Dinner to Be Planned. 2 Arrangements for the annual dinner of the Federal Bar Assoc made tomorrow Better export 1lifting economic gloom l:fl %-m":y ot A Call to Prayer Union Prayer Serviee WEDNESDAY—JAN. 11TH, 8 P.M. ode Isiand A Rhode Island Avenue and Pirst St. N.W. REV. HENRY B. WOODING LIMITED EDITIONS 1 OFF PAUL PEARLMAN 1711 G St. N.W. At The First Sign of a Coughs due to colds are Blhssen witoost ol il sional spoonful of Hall's Expeen torant. 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