Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1933, Page 4

DTRIT RELIEF ASSURED B Kem of $625,000 for Last 6 Months of Calendar Year to Be Included. Practical assurance was-given today that the item of $625,000 for unemploy- ment relief in Washington for the last six months of the present calendar year will be included in the District appro- priation bill now being drafted. Board of Public Welfare officials were witnesses before the Cannon subcom- mittee today and were advised that the subcommittee does mot care to hold hearings on the need for this relief fund as they consider that the hearings before the Deficlency Subcommittee which reported a like amount for the first six months of the present calendar year adequately covered the ground. The It ne hearings on the District budget probably will be completed to- morrow, as the only oustanding depart- ments are the District Militia, Water Dspa-*ment and the various activities under Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. After that, one or two sessions will be devoted to hearing citizens or organizations who have applied for a hearing. There has been no discussion in sub- committee conferences thus far over the amovnt of Federal con the District appropriation bill. tention of the subcommittee is to carry in the bill the same amount as was al- lowed under a compromise agreement between the Senate and House in the current appropriation law Indications are that there will be no serious slashes in any District appro- CONGRESS SCORED BY WOMAN “DRY” “Nothing- to Relieve Our Sufferings but Liguor,” Says Mrs, Hooker, St. Louis. By the Associats 3 Urging an adverse vote on proposals to change the dry law, Mrs. Lon Hocker of St. Louis, president of the Daugh- ters of the American Constitution, said in an open letter to Congress last night t “no remedy comes from your au- ist body to relieve our sufferings, but uor.” qT"(‘ letter said the Nation looked to Congress to stabilize banking, settle in- ternational debts, reduce “the immense cost of Government” and relieve tax burdens, pass a sales tax exempting ne- cessities for the poor, relieve distress of the farmer and “segregate the worthy veteran of service for pension.” “As day follows day,” Mrs. Hocker Wro “with the Government nmnlng’ a deficit of 10 millions a day and di:- tress abroad in the land, no remedy comes from your august body to relieve our suffering but liquor—weighty dis- cussions as to what kind of liquor, how liquor, where to sell liquor, how se liquer, how ,soon can we get if Congress considered liquor cea of all ills, * * * y k this Nation to pay the| cost of convening Congress if no effort is made to remedy its ills and relieve its unemployment but thrcugh liquor? # ® &« When the Secretary of thel Treasury tells you that at best liquor | will not procduce more than 125 to 150 miliions for the next few years, as only a limited numbe: of States permit manufacture—and you know the Gov- ern 's deficit is running 10 millicns a day—how can you waste all this precious time to produce & revenue to cover 10 to 16 days of the year?” FIGHTS TO RETAIN INSULL RECEIVER Counsel for Creditors Says Fentress, Disqualified Monday, Treated Them Fairly. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 18.—Attorney Lewis F. Jacobson, counsel for creditors of the bankrupt Insull Utility Invest- ments, Inc., yesterday said he would ask the Federal District Court to set aside a ruling of the referee in bankruptcy disqualifying Calvin Fentress, the re- ceiver, as trustee in bankruptcy. Fentress was disqualified after a hear- ing before Referce Garfield Charles Monday night. At the hearing Sam- on, former Chicago cor- poration counsel, charged in testi- that Fentress and others were | for their jobs in connec- | he receivership by Samuel in supporting Fentress said | r had done everything possi- | ble for the creditors. PROPOSES ISSUANCE OF BOND CURRENCY North Dakota Legislator Preuentsj Bill to Provide Legal Substi- tute in Money Shortage. By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak., January Issuance cf ‘bond currency” is ted for North Dakota in a bill before tives and in- son of Mount- 18— sug- id the bond furnish the peopl a “practical an leck of an adequate nge.” ’ currency a of North subst medium of g denominations and fcr certificates of the State d be legal in . the State or it not apply on r cn payment State, to issue bonds in currency form in exchang indebtedness fro its political Parm loans from the Bank of North Dakota under the proposed act could be made in bond currency at not more than 2 per cent per ennum cf the face of the bond and the value of the cur- rency would be at par with legal tender of the Federal Government “The bill would strike blow at the depression,’ Peterson said FACES EIGHT-YEAR TERM HAVANA. January 18 (#).—Unless President Machado extends clemency, Antonio Mendieta, nephew of Col. Car- | los Mendieta, must serve eight years an effective Representative 3 T any of 25 Air Expedition to “Climb” Everest - GRAVE PERILS FACE AERIAL MAPPERS APPROACHING FROM SOUTH. The two planes to be used in the attemoted flight over Mount Everest. At the left is the Westland P3. In the A close-up of the installation of the supercharged Bristol Pegasus engine in the Westland P3. Final preparations are now being made in London and in India for the attempt gf the Houston Expedition 1o fy over Mount Everest. The party, led by Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes, with Lord Clydesdale as chief pilot, leaves Eng- land for India next month. BY LORD PEEL, President Everest Fiight Committee. ONDON (N.AN.A).—The south- ern face of Mount Everest has never been climbed and rarely approached. All previous at- tempts have been made from Tibet. From the south it rises like an enormous bastion. A ground as- sault from that side would be im- possible. The airplanes chosen for the forth coming flight over Everest may be ex- pected to reach the summit in less than an hour and a half. But in that climb they will pass over what is virtually unknown country. No sur- veying perty has ever attempted to map it. No geologists or naturalists have made expeditions on this terri- tory. l?’Ur the first time men will take in their stride a huge piece of this dangerous country. task to reveal to the world in pre- cise terms its nature and character. Exactly what lies ahead of them they cannot know. Veterans Started Plan. The project arose, not in the minds of present-day airmen, but through the imagination and initiative of Col. P. T. Etherton, well known in the field of Central Aslan and Himalayan travel and exploration, and Col. L. V. Stewart Blacker, an airman with simi- lar experience of the highlands of India, and one of the early pilots. It is due to their energy and en- thusiasm, coupled with the patriotic generosity of Lady Houston, that this expedition has come into being. An influential committee was formed to support the scheme; the College of Aeronautical Engineering placed staff and resources at the disposal of the promoters, and the plans were launched. Mount Everest is not only the cul- minating pinnacle of all the mountains in the world but marks the boundary between the two mOst numerous races, | the two_great cultures, the two great philosophies, the two great ‘ways of life, and even between the two great imitive economic systems of Start at Purnea. To reach the mountain the airmen leave the ground in the plains of Bi- har, at Purnea, on a branch railway 250 miles north of Calcutta. From here they fly north 40 miles. Then comes the frontier of Nepal, a land to which few Europeans have had access. It is by favor of the Maharajah that the two planes are permitted to cross this zealously guarded border, and the grant of this favor is a testimony to the value of the scientific work the ex- pedition has planned. Here is a great change in the face of the country. The ficlds and cultivation of Bihar and its Indian peasantry make way for a sav- wilderness of almost jungle, given over to the tiger and the rhinoceros The flight across this zone, the ‘Terai, will occupy perhaps a quarter of an hour, though it would cell for several d rduous marchi: g on foot. The machines will now have attained a ht of more than 13,000 feet. Far- raft will fly over the ntains, rapidly increasing in height and grandeur, but separated by wide, | fertile valleys Sight Exceedingly Rare. Hitherto the itself will heve been in view &s one among many, but at this point it clear of its rivals and stands alone and peerless to the eye of the fiyer. No imagination recast the majesty of that stu- dous declivity of Mount Everest’s southern face, for no cne but the air- man will have seen it at close quarters as a whole. The world must await the achievement itself and hope that some pen will tell a hundredth part of the reality. A point dfrectly over the highest summit is the airmen’s oBjective, be- | cause there is no need to go beyond the actual confines of the Kingdom of Nepal, nor is there any desire to do so. | By now the two great planes will have carried their four human controllers to and one day in prison for violating the |the upper reaches of the sky. From explosives, law. {about the 10,000-foot mark on the alti- It will be their| pathless | 1 Nepal, a well-ordered land of green | only one-third of the volume breathed in at sea level. Pure oxygen then must be carried and inspired to enable the blood to eliminate the carbon dioxide produced in the muscles by any sort of effort. Only so can heart and lungs sustain the labor of pumping and puri- fying the vitiated stream. More impor- tant still is the fact that oxygen, by its | action on the blood, wards off the dulling | of the brain and perceptions due to an | excess of carbon dioxide. Oxygen Is Heated Electrically. To carry the oxygen, cylinders are provided of a new steel of immense | strength and remarkable qualities. From | these it is led by an ingenious system of copper and aluminum pipes, pressure gauges, regulators, and flow-meters to | mouldéd masks which cover the nose {and the lower part of the airmen’s fages. The oxygen is heated electrically | to avoid any danger of freezing as it | issues from its tiny orifices. * There is an even greater danger which threatens the arteries of him who adventures into the highest levels, Over the mountains the pressure of that air which supports the walls of the blood vessels nearer the surface will be only one-fourth of that at sea-level. Deprived of their normal support, these vessels tend to burst by internal pres- sure from the heart’s violent pumping, and such a condition may cause logs of vision, a dangerous or fatal lapse into | uncensciousness, or hemorrhages. The | only safeguard lies in the physical fit- ness of the men. Al the flying members of the expedi- | tion have been tested in a great sealed | chamber from which the air was | pumped out and rarefied to the degree appropriate to an_altitude of 37,000 feet. All passed this test admirably. Burprising effects were demonstrated in this chamber. Sheets of paper fell | straight to the floor, having too little | support from the air even to make | them flutter in their descent. The tick | | of watches and the chink of coins faded | | cerily away to silence, ihere being too | | 1iftle air to carry the sound. | ‘Will Observe Winds. | No meteorological expert can fore- | tell what turmoils and currents of air | will be encountered. Wind observations | will be telegraphed to the expedition’s | headquarters from the relatively low | levels of Darjeling and Katmandu, but | the direction and velocity may have changed completely even by the time the 25,000-foot mark is reached. ‘ In the vertical plane again there are unknown wind movements. On the | leeward side of mountains there often swirls a vast eddy with a “transverse horizontal axis,” of which one side move downward with a force and speed which can only be guessed. . The judgment, experience, and air- manship of pilots and executive will here be sharply tested. Should the | oxygen fail, or even the warming elec- tric current which safeguards it from freezing, the crews will become un- conscious. This would be hazardous enough over low-lying, flat ground | with 30,000 feet of “air room” below | in which the pilot can regain control. Over the terrific cliffs or the trackless | glaciers of the huge southern face of‘ Mount Everest the case isaltered. The | pilot will be fortunate as well as skillful to win”command again over his ma- | chine in the small space available. | These risks are nét to be run lightly and without due cause, yet the objects | of the expedition are ambitious enough | to warrant its hazards. Will Map Whole Area. | Its scientific goal consists in map- ping by cameras the inaccessible gla- | clers, valleys, and cliffs on the south- | ern flank of Mount Everest. The aim is not so much to produce a map of any immediate practical utility as to | demonstrate to the world the relative | facility and quickness with which such a map, can be made of a region for- | bidden’to ground methods both by pol- | icy and physical obstacles of the coun- try. It is hoped to supplement the vertical survey photog 1phs taken along the direct course of tae two machines | method of nsing stereoscopic In' addition to the actual topo- | grahpical mapping there is definite ex- | pectation of adding to geological and | physiographical knowledge, and possibly | it may be feasible to explore the gravi- | tational field and record accelerometer | observations. Besides the tangible sci- entific objectives there is the more im- mediate one of bringing home to the | world the supremacy of British aircraft and engines. foution in | right foreground is the Westland Wallace. This photograph was made at the aircraft works at Yeovil, England. Flight Lieut. D. McIntyre, R. A. F., another member of the expedition. Col. L. V. S. Blacker, a member of the Everest flight expedition. flying boats; deserts and jungles for the organization of chains of landing grounds and lights; but so far the economic world has almost_everywhere, except in the Andes, in New Guinea and between Termez and Kabul, shirked the problems of mountain fly- ing. This practical demonstration ad- dressed to the mother wit of man may have far-reaching results. Everest may contribute its quota to the coming re- construction of industry. (Copyright. 1933. by North American News- paver Alliance, Inc.) NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Washington Society of En- gincers, Cosmos Club, 8:15 p.i1 CITY Banquet, Northeast Business Men's Association, Raleigh Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, Sales Club Typothetae, Ra- leigh Hotél, 6 pm Dinner, Canadian Club, Hotel, 6:45 p.m. Lecture, Dr. E. L. Thorndike, auspices Roosevelt lumbia, Roosevelt High School, 8 p.m. Anniversary party, District of Colum- bih Council, No. 16, Loyal Ladies of the | Royal Arcanum, Royal Arcanum Hall, 930 H street, 8 pm Meeting, Huguenot Society of Wash- ington, Mayflower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Dinner, Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, | 6 pm Meeting, reception and dance, sonic Clubs of Washington, Willard Hotel, 3 p.m. Turkey dinner, benefit St. Stephen’s Church, St. Stephien’s auditorium, Twen- ty-fourth and K streets, 4 to 9 p.m. Meeting and buffet supper, Harvard Club, University Club, 8 p.m. Card party, Betsy Ross Council, No. 25, Daughters of America, Temple, Eighth and F streets north- | east, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Onward Tent, No. 1021, I O. O. R., Phoenix Hall, No. 4 Fourth street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Roosevelt High School P.- T. A, Roosevelt High School, 8 p.m. Dinner and meeting, Society of Auto- motive Engineers, Racquet Club, 6:30 Tri-State dance, Oklahoma, Alabama and Connecticut Societies, Shoreham Hotel, 9 p.m. Card party, benefit Providence Hos- pital Day Nursery, 408 Third street southeast, 8:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, D. C. Bankers Assoclation, Willard Hotel, 12:45 p.m. Luncheon, Transportation Club, Ra- leigh Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Phi Gamma Delta Fra- ternity, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cornell Club, University | Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Department of State, Uni-‘ versity Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, “¥" Club, University Club, | {12:30 pm. Ma- | Masonic | The Supreme Court Monday upheld a | meters, while the Bristol Pegasus en- verdict of the lower court that he was |gines have the ever-thinning air forced flgtny of placing the small bomb which ,into them by the impellers of their November wrecked the chemical |superchargers, the pilots. and observers laboratories of the La Salle School. take draughts of pure oxygen on an in- Mendieta's father, Pablo, formerly | creasing scale. was chief of Havana police. His uncle, | Two physical dangers threaten. Even Carlos, leader in opposition ranks since 'st sea level there are only 21 parts of 1828, is at present enjoying refuge in OoXygen in every 100 of the air we the: Mexican embassy with three other breathe, and at the relatively moderate directors of the opposition. | height of 28,000 feet the lungs take in But there may be an economic as| Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Raleigh Ho- well as %vsc,en;mcw\‘atlge in t\he nt; tel, 12:30 p. m. tempt. hy shou! e services. of | frerrngd disiBbution confine themseives to_ the | ~Benefit card party, 2523 Thirteenth oceans and the land and neglect the | Street, 1 pm. air? The air is the ocean which comes up to every man's door. The Texas “Wonder Girl,” Miss Mil- Transport aircraft must cross either | dred B. Didrickson, is generally con- JAPANESE IGNORE ROOSEVELT STAND Tokio Serves Notice That Attitude of President-Elect Will Not Affect Campaign. __(Continued From Pirst Page.) 1915, concerning Japan's relations with China, and of 1918, concerning Japanese military activities in Siberia at the con- clusion of the war. Some Express Regret. From other officials there were in- formal expressions of regret because of the stand taken by Mr. Roosevelt, though it was officially described as “non-committal” and a “generalization.” These other officials said they hoped for “a_more realistic and less academic” policy regarding Manchuria th#n that of the Hoover administration. It was believed in official circles that Mr. Roosevelt indorsed Secretary of State Stimson’s stand against recogni- tion of the government of Manchukuo, established a year ago in Manchuria by Jepan, at their recent conference. The Government spokesman added that Japan was urging no one to recog- nize Manchukuo, as Japan did last Sep- tember in formal ceremonies at Tokio | and Changchun. | ‘While China contended Japan's mili- | tary occupation of Manchuria, begin- ning in September, 1931, was a violation of the nine-power treaty guaranteeing Chinese “sovereignty” in that, territory, Japan maintained its action was justi- fied in the protection of Japanese in- vestments totaling $850,000,000 in Man- churia. The United States signed the nine-power treaty. Meanwhile, Japanese officlals had their eyes turned today to Geneva for what was described as the League of Nations’ last attempt to reach a concili- ation basis for the settlement of the Manchurian controversy. Activities of American diplomats in Europe were under Japanese scrutiny. They were charged.in Japanese reports with applying pressure on the League to deal firmly with Japen. TRY CONCILIATION AGAIN, League Agrees to Leave U. S. and Rus- sia Out of Negotiations, GENEVA, January 18 (#).—The League of Nations Conciliation Com- mittee of 19 decided today to make an- other effort at conciliating the Sino- Japanese dispute before sdvancing to procedure, regardless of Japanese op- position. The committee authorized its chair- man to suggest that the committee would accept the Japanese demand not to invite the United States and Russia to participate in the process of con- ciliation, if the Japanese, on their part, would withdraw other objections to the committee's formula. Then the committee adjourned until Friday to give the Japanese delegates time to ask instructions from Tokio. The sentiment of the committee was described as in favor of abandoning conciliation unless Japan is disposed to accept the compromise suggestion. MANCHUKUO CONTROLS CITY. Citizens of Shanhaikwan Submit to Rule of New State. MUKDEN, Manchuria, January 18 (#).—The Manchuria Daily News, a Jap- anese organ published in Dairen, said today that Shanhaikwan, the Chinese city south of the Great Wall, recently oc- cupied by Japanese troops, is at present under the rule of Manchukuo | “It is practically Manchukuo terri- tory,” said the newspaper, “under the Peace and Order League organized by | residents of Shanhaikwan. The league favors annexation by Manchukuo of the entire prefecture of Linyu, of which Shanhaikwan is a part.” The Daily News said the Japanese garrison at Shanhaikwan had taken no part in this movement, which was originated by inhabitants of the city. Meanwhile the situation at Kailu, in Northeastern Jehol, continued quiet. Japanese military authorities said air raiding operations against Chinese vol- unteers in th:t area averted, or at least | postponed, the menace from that| quarter. BRAZIL ACCE.PTS PACT TO PROHIBIT WARFARE'| “Proud to Sign" Argentine’s Pro- | posed Peace Treaty, Foreign Minister Says. Bihthe Assoclated Press. | BUENOS AIRES, January 18—The | first adberence to Argentina’s proposed th American anti-war treaty was | | chtained today when Brazil notified | Saavedra Lamas, minister of foreign | affairs, that it “was proud to sign.” | Brazil also suggested all nations be per | mitted to sign instead of those of South | America or pan-America cnly | Dr. A de Mello Pranco, Br efgn minister, reviewing world-wide and ilian for- | | Education Association of District of Co- | regional peace steps affecting South America, recalled the objectives of the 1915 A. B. C. treaty, which was not rati- | fled, and told of Brazil's adherence to | other ~arbitration projects of varying frujtfulness, concluding, “It will be a truly felicitous moment in Brazilian his- tory when she signs with Argentina a ! treaty solemniy consecrating Brazil and | Argentina to principles of concord.” TOKIO CABINET FIRM Informed Quarters Doubt Will Be Overthrown. TOKIO, January 18 (#)—TFhe ma- | | jority opinion in informed quarters today was that the overthrow of Pre- mier Viscount Makato Saito by the Japanese Diet, convening at the end | | of this week, was most unlikely, despite Saito | reports to the contrary Spain's first woman industrial engi- neer, Senorita Maria Careago, recent- | ly was assigned to a Madrid express | train. ! For each $60 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $5 a month in an ac- count, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Depos- its may be made onaweekly, semi- monthiy or monthly basis as you prefer. Amt. of Note $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 seas or deserts or else mountain ceded to be ranges. Oceans call for more powerful | athlete her sex has ever the greatest all-around known. % | Summer with To Appear in “Mikado” CAST mr!lm !-DI APPEARANCE HERE FRIDAY NIGHT. HESE three members of the cast of “The Mikado,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s best, known operetta, are shown in one of the scenes from the prodaction to be presented by the Estelle Wentworth Opera Group at Roosevelt High School Auditorium. Priday night, ter Department. the Mikado, and Germaine Johnson. under auspices of the Community Cen- They are, left to right: Lucie Chaconas, Harry Crow as JAPANESE WRECK U..S. FIRW'S OFFIGE Mob Attacks Singer Sewing Machine Co. Branch. Protest Filed. (Continued Prom First Page.) Japanese employes and four Japanese guards were seriously injured. No Americans or other forelgn em- ployes of the concern were hurt. Scores Police Protection. McCleary charged that police protec- tion was inadequate. “I am unable to understand how nearly 200 men were able to assemble and raid the premises in the heart of Yokohama without police being able to halt them,” he said. Other Singer employes alleged they had reason to believe the 'police had knowledge that the raid might occur. The Singer company is an American concern, although McCleary is a Ca- nadian, and E. F. Walker, the manager for Japan, is British. The hajority of non-Japanese employes are Americans. W. L. Malone of the Singer staff said the raid climaxed a half year's bitter labor dispute. He declared that be- tween 150 and 200 former Singer em- ployes, mostly transported in motor cars, rushed Singer’s two-story office building in the heart of Yokohama's business district during the lunch hour. The majority, he said, wielded cord- wood clubs, of which a motos-car load was dumped in front of the building at the outset of the attack. Malone said at least one knife was used. The rioters swept through the build- ing like a wrecking crew, smashing fur- niture and demolishing typewriters and other machines. Safes were damaged, documents torn and scattered and doors and windows smashed. Employes Out to Lunch, Comparatively few persons were in- jured because only a few employes were in the building at lunch time. Most of these sought refuge on the | roof. | The rioters carried on the wrecking | operations nearly 20 minutes before police arrived. Bloodstains on the floors or desks testified to the violence. Yokohama is the site of the only large | Singer branch in Japan operating at | present. Osaka and Kobe branches | were closed in November as the result | | of harassment by strikers and alleged | inadequate police protection. Singer officials said strikers were occupying | the company premises at Osaka and Nagoya and that police failed to eject | them. McCleary said the trouble began last | a group of employes triking against a 10 per cent pay re- | duction. | “It was the first Sing the depression,” he sai Strikes spread, involving 700 em- | ployes in Osaka, Kobe, Tokio, Yoko- | hama, Nagoya and Kyoto, who joined the Japanese Federation of Labor. Tk presented demands, McCleary said, “the acceptance of which would have meant the Singer company with- drawing from business in Japan.” ‘There are 800 Singer agencies through- out Japan but the trouble was con- fined to the big cities. Assaulted Twice Before. | Old residents recalled that Japanese | concerns as well as American have com- plained to police of inadequate protec- tion during labor troubles. Malone himself was twice assaulted at Osaka. Two months ago 70 Japa- nese strikers visited the American em- bassy and asked American authorities | to mediate in the labor difficulties. This visit to the embassy was with- out resuit. 5:1- pay cut since | \ | The Singer company developed from the invention and marketing of the first practical sewing machine in 1851 in Boston. Isaac Merritt Singer was the inventor. | ‘There are nine factories in four dif- The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and prac- tical—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. Loans are pass- ed within a_day or twoafter filing application— with few excep- tions. Monthly Deposit For 12 Months $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $45 $100 $500 MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. . Treasury 1408 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. ~M~-ummaflmmqw ferent countries today which latest re- ports showed employed 27,000 persons. The Singer Manufacturing Corporation was formed in New York in 1863 and 10 years later became the New Jersey corporation under the same name. GREW REQUESTS PROBE. Ambassador Also Asks Police Protection For American Property. ‘TOKIO, January 18 (#).—Joseph C. Grew, American Ambassador, visited Foreign Minister Uchida today and re- quested an- immediate investigation of the raid upon the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Co. branch at Yokohama. He also requested adequate police pro- tection for American life and property in the future. Grew laid the facts of the raid, as the embassy had learned them, before Foreign Minister Uchida. The latter promised an immediate investigation and also the protection which the Am- bassador asked. Grew recalled that the embassy previ- ously had directed attention of Japan- ese authorities to the Singer labor troubles and at that time asked for pre- cautions ageinst violence. REFUSES TO COMMENT. President of Company in New York Si- lent on Japanese Attack. NEW YORK, January 18 (#).—At the home of Sir Douglas Alexander, bart., president of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., it was said early today that’Sir Douglas had no comment on the attack on the Yokohama branch of the con- cern. \FAR EAST CLAIMS MAJOR ATTENTION FOR PARLEY HERE (Continued From First Page.) League of Nations toward Japan is ascribed as a result of American pres- sure This impression of the Japanese gov- ernment, and especially the Japanese general stafl, is being conveyed to the Japanese people through the press and feeling in Japan is running high against everything American. Facts Still Uncertain. ‘Whether the bombing of the Singer sewing machine plant has a political character, ‘or whether it is merely due to a band of hooligans paid by the or- ganization of the unemployed is not clear yet, but there is no doubt that new intidents will be inevitable and that Japanese public opinion will be in- censed should the case justify a request from the American Government that damages running into several hundreds | of thousands of dollars should be paid by the Japanese government. Since last year there have been a number of incidents in which American nationals have been solved. These were the raid on the Ossaka branch of the National City Bank of New York, whose officials were accused of spying | against Japan; the beating by Japanese soldiers of an American consul in Muk- den, the occupation of a missionary in- stitution by the Japanese army at Shan- haikwan a few weeks ago and several minor incidents not mentioned in the press. All these incidents-have been settled satisfactorily, although with a | certain amount of delay and trying ne- gotiations, wherein the Japanese foreign office was willing to make the necessary amends, while the War Department did its best to make settlements as difficult as possible. HOOVER WILL MEET ROOSEVELT AGAIN Foreign Affairs to Be Sub- ject of White Mouse Conference. __(Continued From First Page) selecting his cabinet. He had originally arranged to stop over in Washington, en route to Warm Springs, for the pur- pose of conferring with Senate House Democratic leaders as well as other party leader? before continuing southward. This stopover in the Capi- tal will make the conference at ¢! White House on Friday possible. WON'T DISCUSS MEETING. NEW YORK, January 18 (#)—Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt today declined to discuss the visit he will have with President Hoover in Washington on Friday morning. He would only admit to newspaper men that he had been invited by Mr. Hoover to the meeting. For any other information he referred questioners to ‘Washington. Informed that there already was speculation that the meeting would take up the subject of war debts, the Presi- dent-elect replied: “Don’t speculate.” Announcement in Washington of the Roosevelt engagement at the White House came somewhat as a surprise here today. Very recently Mr. Roose- velt had indicated he had no intention of calling upon the President during his Washington stay. When told today that Washington was announcing the meeting, Roosevelt smiled and remarked: “Anything about my relations with the White House will have to come from the White House.” Intensive study of presidential prob- lems was concluded today by Mr. Roosevelt as he packed his bags for & Southern trip in the course of which he will select his official family of ad- visers. A few farewells were on the calendar for callers before Mr. Roosevelt departs early tomorrow to meet President Hoo-~ ver and to talk things over with com= gressional leaders at Washington and proceed to an inspection of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., power and nitrate plant en route to Warm Springs, Ga. Out of the days of presidential pre~ paredness by Mr. Roosevelt has come an announcement that he is llllldh& by the American policy of sanctity international agreements. This taken here as a notice to the world that this country is continuing its determination against non-recognition of gains by Japan in aggression. Whatever may have been the advice of high advisers on this situation,.the veteran Col. E. M. House, upon lea Mr. Roosevelt late yesterday, dec] “no President in my memory has had better training for the high ffice he i8 to occupy.” About to choose his cabinet, Mr. Roosevelt is emphasizing that he will confer during his two weeks' stay at Wapm Springs. with only those espe- cially invited. Speculation over the cabinet is still running wild ald with- out any basis of fact whatever. Reaching the Southern resort, which he made famous in his fight against infantile paralysis, the President-elect will remain for about two weeks before departing for Jacksonville, Fla., to board the yacht of Vincent Astor, a distant relative, for a fishing trip alone in Southern waters. The departure from Jacksonville prob= “fif will be made February 4 or 5. He will conclude this trip a week hence 8t the same port. ——— HOOVER CHANGES DATE OF PRESS CONFERENCE Afternoon Papers Given Wednesday Hour Instead of Tuesday, Due to Cabinet Session. Beginning today, the weekly White House Conference with newspaper cor= respondents for the benefit of after- ncon papers will be held Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday. The hour for this conference has been set for 11:30 o'clock, which is half hour earlier | than the former Tuesday conferences | were neld. The White House explained that be- | cause of the cabinet session Tucsday | morning before the press conference, President Hoover had little time to give “l}",en!lm’l to matters that could be of interest to correspondents, and there- fore was compelled to cancel frequent | conferences. | No change has been made in the morning paper press conference at the | White House, which is held each Fri~ ‘dny afternoon at 4 o'clock. These bi- ‘weekly press conferences were estab. lll_shed during the Harding administra- ion. PO P Church Group Elects. VIENNA, Va. 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