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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight, minimum temperature about 40 degrees; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, possibly occasional rain, Temperatures—Highest, 51, at 12:30 lowest, 30, 0 Full report on page New York Markets Closed Today. yesterda _— No. 32,439. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. JAPAN' THREATENS 10 SETZE TIENTSIN AND PEIPING AREA IN JEHOL CAMPAIGN United States and Other Gov- ernments to Be Informed of Likely Occupation—Peipiao Falls to Invaders. GEN. LIN IS REPORTED WILLING TO SURRENDER Tokio Privy Council Is Told of Intention to Withdraw From League oi Nations and Emperor Is Expected to Approve Action of Cabinet. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 22.—The United States and other govern- ments which maintain military forces and “spheres of interest” in the Peiping-Tientsin area will be Inforraed that Japan may be “compelled” to extend military operations to those cities. The foreign office announced today that Ambassadors of the principal powers will be told the Japanese army has no intention of carrying its campaign in Jehol Province south of the Great Wall of China unless Chinese reprisals force such action. Points to Danger. “There is a real danger of back- wash from the Jehol campaign, | resulting in a Chinese attack on our garrison at Tientsin, or in the massacre of Japanese at Peiping,” 8aid a foreign office spokesman. eu:;eu‘e%“ mevent, ou'i army will be move rotect the Burfln“mng .luwc;h u;éonumaz; Eev:l‘;zpme;& confined to Jehol,” he_added. ‘The United States has a small mili- tary force in the area, along with other powers, which participated in the Boxer protocol of September, This docu- ment provides for ent of China after the Boxer uprising in Peiping, the maintensnce by foreign troops of communication between Peiping and the sea and the fortification and polic- ing of legation quarters. Annihilation Planned. The bility that the Japanese army wfif‘;‘ccupy the ancient Chinese eapital and its port, Tientsin, developed Wwith. announcement of determination to annihilate the army of Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang, North China war Jord. Driven out of Manchuria by the Japanese, Marshal Chang now main- tains headquarters at Peiping and most of his forces are in the treaty area south of the great wall. Defense of Jehol against the Japa- | ese drive to annex that province to | chukuo will be directed from Peip- | ing, and Marshal Chang already has dispatched about 30,000 of his 100,000 | troops to aid local Jehol forces. When, | d if, the Japanese complete the Jehol e they will be only 25 miles from Peiping. The Chinese already have removed valuable art treasurers from the Im- rial Palace and sacred quarters in K!pfing to southern cities. ‘When the Japanese captured Shan- hajkwan, 150 miles north of Tientsin | énd terminus of the Peiping-Shanhaik- wan Railway which is in the treaty gone, they kept their word not to ex- tend operations farther south China from that point. tive there, it has developed, was merely (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) . CERMAK IMPROVES AFTER SUFFERING Mayor Reported in Considerable Pain—Kidney Specialist Called. By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 22—0Dr. E. 8. Nichol, the first of Mayor Cermak’s physiclans to reach the hospital this morning, came from the sick room at into | But the objec- ! 273 Miles an Hour Auto Speed Record Made by Campbell British Racer Breaks Own World Mark of 253 es. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., February 22—Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous British car driver, attained the aston- ishing speed of 273.556 miles an hour on the first official run for a new world land speed record. Despite the fact visibility was not good Campbell was clocked over the officially measured mile in 13.16 sec- onds, Upon completing his first Tun over the course, made from north to south, a careful inspection before making another run northward over the course. Two runs, one in each direction are necessary for him to establish a new record and each must be made at an average speed greater than his present mark of 253 miles an hour. ’ BIG POWERS FEAR JAPANESE ADVANCE Grave Complications Fore- seen, With Concessions South of Great Wall. By the Associated Press. International complications of a grave nature are feared by foreign diplomatic | and consular officers in North China | should the fighting between Chinese and Japenese troops spread South of the Great Wall and involve Peiping and Tientsin. These two cities have foreign con- cessions and extensive foreign interests, | Each has & population of more than | 1,000,000 and Western powers can not forget the horrors experienced by their rationals in these cities in 1900 when | they were besieged by Boxers for many weeks, President and Mrs. Hoover were among the Americans who lived through the 30-day siege Tientsin suffered at that time. The slege of Peiping was nearly twice that long and the late American Minister to China, E. H.| Conger, and his family were among the foreigners who defended themselves against the fanatics. Only 40 Miles to South. Peiping is less than 40 miles south of the Great Wall at its nearest point. Tientsin, which is 80 miles southeast of Peiping, is 200 miles from the Jehol %rdufr. which is marked by the Great al Tientsin is 40 miles from the sea, but is connected with it by the Pei-Ho, which is navigable for ocean-going ships to that point. Al the banks of this stream, in Tientsin, lie the Brit- ish, French, Belgian, Italian and Jap- anese concessions, where the trade of those nations is centered. Tientsin is the great port of entry for all North China and is comparable to Shanghal, which suffered so severely last year when the Japanese and Chi- | nese clashed there. Peiping is less important commer- cially, but is the cultural and educa- tional center of China and contains the imperial palaces and many ancient tem- ples. though the Chinese govern- | ment now uses Nanking as a capital, the | foreign powers still retain their lega- tions in Peiping and their diplomats live there most of the time. Confusion Possible. Japan was among the powers which sent armies to relieve Tientsin and Peiping when they were besieged by Boxers, in 1900, and Japan and the leading Western powers, including the United States, have legation guards at | Peiping and troops at Tientsin, which are stationed there to protect the out- | lets to the sea. These international troops patrol the rallway from Tientsin to Peiping and from Tientsin northward to Chinwam- tao, another important port of entry | about 200 miles to the north. | Foreigners in North China have suf- fered so much from the undisciplined troops of rival war lords engaged in | domestic strife that they fear all sorts of military mobilizations, and are es- pecially apprehensive now as troops of the Western powers are associated with Japanese soldlers in guarding foreign concessions and railways and foreigners fear illiterate Chinese troops may put‘ all foreigners in the same class as the | Japanese, TRIES OUT NEW TEMPO British Band Plays National An- them’s Arrangement by King. ch WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY FIGHTING STARTED Campbell stopped his car and gave it| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION IN CUBAN REVOLT: WAR STORES SEIZED Dozen Outbreaks Scattered Over Entire Island—Cane Fields Afire. FORMER SENATOR LEADS BATTLE WITH TROOPS Two Soldiers Reported Slain in An- other Clash Near U. 8. Station. Rebels Active in Oriente. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 22.—At least half a dozen outbreaks in widely separated parts of the island were reported today, heralding the long-predicted revolt against the Machado rule. In distant Oriente Province, cradle of all Cuban revolutions including the one against Spain, at least one serious clash occurred yesterday. At Santa Clara, in the middle of the island, rebels were reported to have at- tacked the government's military sta- tion, carrying away arms and ammu- nition. At the other end of the island, not far west of here, a band of men tried to seize arms and money at a grocery store in the town of Alquizar. They critically wounded the owner. Two Reported Siain. Meager reports said two soldiers were slain in a battle at San Antonlo, coaling station at Guantanamo. A group led by ex-Senator Gonzalo Perez Andrez, former supporter of President port was made of the casualties. Other small were reported active in that section of Oriente Prov- Ince. Government officials disclosed early this month that they learned Cuban exiles planned to land in Oriente to start the revolution. The exiles, inciuding many who par- ticipated in the unsuccessful revolt against President Machado in August, 1931, were expected to reach Cuba from Mexico or Honduras. Exiles in the United States were reported joining them. Groups of armed men were said to be starting fires in the sugar cane fields and interfering with workers. A store- keeper and two bandits were reported slain at Rancho Velos. All Forces Mustered: <" President Machado, a few days age, ordered all police, prison guards and rural guards enrolled in the army in preparation for the threatened uprising. ‘The 1931 revolt against Machado also started in Orlente province, but his army of 12,000 soldiers quickly put it down. The leader, former President Mario G. Menocal, now is in Florida, and four others, including Col. Carlos Mendieta, who ran against Machado for President in 1924, started from Cuba to the United States a few days ago. They had sought refuge in the Mexican em- bassy. AUTOPSY HIN.TS SLAYING OF SOCIETY WOMAN Bruise Found Over Ear of Junior League President, Drowned Near Seattle. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, February 22.—An autopsy disclosed that Miss Mary Fitzgerald, 27, leader of the younger Tacoma social set, whose body was found on the beach of Puget Sound between here and Ta- coma_yesterday, had suffered a bruise over her left ear, Dr. P. C. West, King County autopsy surgeon, said. The wound might have been inflicted by a blackjack, Dr. West said. Death, Charles Horace Fitzgerald, the girl's father and a prominent Tacoma lum- berman, said he believed his daughter had been kidnaped and compelled to go to the lonely spot on the sound. Both her parents rejected a suicide theory. Miss Fitzgerald was president of the Junior League in Tacoma. TOBY COOK IN RALEIGH ON WAY TO INAUGURAL Boy, Riding Pony From Georgia, Talks to Governor of North LONDON February 22 (#).—When | King George took his seat in the throne | 8:35 after a 10-minute examination of | Carolina. By the Assocfated Press. room at his first investiture of the year | RALEIGH, N. C., February 22.—Toby a town near the United States naval| Machado, engaged army forces. No re- ' he added, was caused by drowning.' the patient, but declined to make a statement. “I will wait until the other physicians arrive,” he said Alderman James Bowler, constant at- tendant outside the sick room, said “the mayor shows considerable im- provemert over last night.” The state- ment was made after he talked for a few minutes with Dr. Nichol. Cermak spent a restless night and his temperature was 100.6 at 7:30 am,, en increase of four-tenths of a degree pince 2 am. The pulse and respiration remained unchanged in spite of the rising tem- perature. A kidney and bladder spe- clalist visited him at 4:15 am. The mayor was reported in considerable pain at that hour. Hospital attaches tion from now on it would come within 12 hours. Mrs. Joe H. Gill, also wounded by Guiseppe Zangara in his attempt on the life of President-elect Roosevelt, “is past the danger point,” Dr. T. W. Hut- son, her physician, said today. Dr. Hutson's bulletin read: “Mrs. Gill spent a very restful night and now, a week from the shooting, I think I can safely say she is past the | No 5:30 Edition There will be no late afternoon issues of The Star today because of the holiday. said unofficially | that if there was a crisis in his condi- | today, the Scot Guards Band played | Cook, 7-year-old horseman, left here the national anthem in a new slow | early today on another leg of his long tempo, recently adopted at the King's | pony ride from his home near Tifton, recommendation. The function Was a | Ga., to Washington for the inaugura- | resplendent full-dress affair, at which | tion. persons named on the new year's honor | _Riding his three mounts in relays, list were invested with their honors. | Toby expected to make Henderson, N. - i e C.,bleorcxllght. Soon after his arrival late : . + yesterday, Toby called at the executive | Vatican City Worker Killed. | J10Cis: o0y o e respects te. Gon VATICAN CITY, February 22 (# — | Ehringhaus, but dropped off to sleep in A laborer repairing a cupola on St. a huge plush chair when he found the Peter's Cathedral fell 200 feet to the 'Governor in conference. Later the two ground today and was killed. had a chat. ABSENCES DELAY D. C. BEER BILL, COMMITTEE CALLED TOMORROW |Mrs. Norton Asks Full Attendance to Prevent New Objections From Drys. When drys raised a point of no Chairman Norton promised again | quorum at consideration of a District | that the District beer bill will not be AUSTRIA T RETURN ARMSTO ITALY, BUT RAPS “ULTIMATUN™ Chancellor Delivers Stern Rebuke to France and Britain for Note. TWO COUNTRIES CHARGE SHIPMENT VIOLATES PACT Incident Stirs Crossfire From Eight Capitals—Fascists Cite Little Entente. ! By the Associated press. VIENNA, February 22.—Austria has decided to compiy with a joint British- French request to return a shipment of arms to Italy, but in announcing this decision Chanceilor Engelbert Dollfuss sternly rebuked Great Britain and France. He said the Franco-British note was substantially the same as the text pub- lished in Rome, which was described as an “ultimatum,” giving Austria 15 days to make assurances the arms would be destroyed or returned. Bars Sworn Promises. The chancellor announced last night that there will be “no assurances under oath” (which the Franco-British note | Is understood to have asked), nor will there be any question of setting a time limit for a reply. He said, however, the 50,000 rifles and 200 machine guns, at least part of which were reported destined for Hun- gary, would be speedily returned. France and Great Britain contended the trans- portation of arms violated terms of the peace treaty with Austria after its de- feat in the World War. The chancellor added that he was informed Italy was willing that the ‘arms be returned as soon as possible. The incident stirred up a dispute {over international rivalries in Europe | involving at least eight countries. Post- | war alliances involving these nations 'in a new struggle for balance of power in Europe was the subject of the cross- fire from various capitals. Fascists Accuse France. | _When Italy learned of the Franco- British note, its Fascist newspapers joined in charges that it was covering up activities by France to strengthen | ~little entente allies—Yugoslavia, |Rumania and Ogzechoslovakia. These mu% were created from territory of Austria with Hungary and Italy, al- ready in close accord, partly hecause of [muhu.l grievances Yugoslavia. | But the Austrian Parliamentary Com- | mittee adopted a resolution last night | asserting Austria’s desire to maintain neutrality toward all alliances, arma- ‘me?u and conflicts of neighboring states. HITLERITES LAUNCH DRIVE ON GODLESS Catholics Urged to Support Cam- paign—Toll of Disorders Now 70. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 22—A campaign against the “godless movement” and an appeal for Catholic support were launched today by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's forces. They struck at two of his formidable opponents in the March 5 elections, the first at Cecmmunists and the latter at the allied Catholic parties. Meanwhile, five more persons were killed and scores more were injured last night in the incipient civil war which has been raging since Hitler's rise to power. This brought the number of deaths in political clashes since the first of the year, when Hitler began negotiations for the chancelicrship, to about 70. A campaign against the “godless movement” was announced by Bernard | Rust, Nazi commissioner for education and culture in Prussia, in an address last night before students at the Tech- nical University here. He sald the details would be revealed in the next few days. In his speech opening the campaign for ‘he Reichstag and Prus- sian Diet elections Hitler attacked Com- munists for the spread of atheism. An appeal to Catholic Nazis was printed today in Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter, assailing the Catholic Cen- trist and Populist parties. It recalled the papal encycliczl of January 9, 1928, which admonished priests to serve the religious interests of the nation and not to affiliat> with political parties. Nazis invaded a Centrist campaign meeting at Trier, but were repulsed after a stiff fight. Several persons were injured at Kiel and Opladen in Nazi- Reichsbanner clashes. Former Chancellor Joseph Wirth was prevented from addressing a Catholic meeting at Muenster by Nazis and sev- eral were injured there. Adam Stegerwald, who introduced former Chancellor Bruening to politics and served in his cabinet last year, was among several injured at a Centrist meeting in Krefeld. A number of Catholic priests were reported attacked |in that Rhineland community. to | beer bill today in the House District | Committee, Chairman Norton called a special meeting for tomorrow and re- quested every member to be present 50 z‘hat such a point could not be made n. The committee will take action to- | morrow on substituting the Tydings | beer bill for the measure by Repre- | sentative Black, Democrat, of New York, and favorably reporting it to the | House. At today's meeting the drys were led by Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, with Representa- tive McClintock, lame duck member from Ohio, making the point of order. Representative Hplmes, Republican, of Maseachusetts, statel th~ Tvdirg T called up in the House until after the Collier bill covering the entire country has passed by the Senate. Pat- man also secured a pledge that the hearings on the District beer bill would be printed. He insisted Chairman Palmisano of the subcommittee which conducted the hearings should include ‘ replics F. W. Buck, representing the Federal ‘D'lspensary Tax Reduction League, who | quoted “Pussyfoot” Johnson as saying in & speech in Berkeley, Calif.,, “I lied, | | cheated, bribed and drank plenty of whisky to put prohibition over, but the |end justified the means” Johnson, in & letter to Palmisano, said “there is not = word e+ in that statement. Column 8.) to the statement made by Dr. || | By Vernie Connelly Begins In Tomorrow’s Star Watch for the first install- ment of this fascinating new | serial—a story of “love at first sight and to the last gasp.” 22, 1933—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,140 (UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FEBRUARY 22, 1932 “RENOVIZING" CHIEFS WILL MAP CAMPAIGN WITH $500,000 POOL Far-Reaching Program to Arouse Home Owners to Be Outlined Tomorrow—OId | House Will Demonstrate Benefits. ‘With a $500,000 credit pool for home improvement loans established, the Renovize Washington Campaign Com- | mittee will meet tomorrow to arrange & comprehensive program for making the citizens of the National Capital “reno- vizing conscious.” ‘The initial meeting of the full com- mittee, composed of some of the city's cutstanding trade and civic leaders, will be the signal for the launching of an intensive drive for property improve- | ment, looking to relief of unemploy- | ment, stimulation of business and re- entry of idle money into circulation. Meanwhile the ‘renovize” idea has spread to suburban areas outside the District of Columbia. A move toward adoption in Arlington County of a pro- gram similar to that planned here was made last night by the By-laws Com- mittee of the Rosslyn Precinct Clvic A" resoluti th resolution requesting the Arling- ton County Civiz Federation l.nduntge (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) STUDIED BY STATES Prohibitionists Tighten Lines for Fight as Stimson Asks Action. By the Associated Press. Reports from the 48 States today indicated the early rush to ratify the repeal of the eighteenth amendment by popular conventions, in accordance with the proposal of Congress, has yielded in many cases to a more deliberate pace as Legislatures and Governors studied the handling of the hitherto untried convention procedure of ratification. Prohibitionists and their opponents, meanwhile, tightened lines for many struggles. In few but the wettest States was the final outcome generally conceded. Official certified copies of the reso- lution in which Congress proposed the repeal, hastened by the State Depart- ment, were due on most Governor's desks this morning. Accompanying each was a letter in which Secretary Stimson asked the State executive to “cause this joint resolution to be sub- mitted to a convention in your State for such action as may be had.” ‘The formal language, in contrast with the haste of distribution, avoided any suggestion of urgency and also refrained from entering the constitutional debate as to whether Legislatures of the States or Congress itself should prescribe the assembling of the conventions, never before tried method of considering con- stitutional change. This issue showed up outside of | Washington, with some anti-prohibi- tionists in such widely scattered States as Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Nevada looking to the National Capital for| guidance on how to assemble the con- ventions. The tendency toward less haste was shown among others in New York and New Jersey. In both, questions of pro- cedure and of obtaining the desired (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) MAN USES DYNAMITE IN COMMITTING SUICIDE Remnants of C. C. Honeycutt's Body Scattered Far by Explosion. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., February 22.— Colley Clinton Honeycutt, 47, bakery salesman and former bus and taxicab driver, committed suicide late yesterday by exploding a stick of dynamite under his left arm. He left his home, on Maryland avenue, for the farm of Her- bert C. Cessna, 4 miles east of the city, where he called on Ada Reed, house- keeper, who said he appeared to be il arinking. He walked up a hill about 300 yards when the whole countryside rang from the explosion, and remnants of the man's body were scattered for many yards. Honeycutt who leaves a divorced wife, a son Ishmael and a married daughter, Mrs. Pauline Shuck, worried over domestic affairs, and un- employment officers state about a month ago. after an automobile col- lision, he attempted suicide by taking poison. He was one of the first bus drivers between Cumberland and Hag- erstown. Radio Programs on Page A-10 BIG LOSS MOUNTS More Than 500 Dairy Plants Affected in Wisconsin. Clashes Continue. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, February 22— A mounting toll of personal and prop- erty damage was recorded today as the ‘Wisconsin Co-operative Milk Pool's cam- paign for & price of $1.40 a hundred pounds for milk entered its second week. From its original stronghold in two counties of the Fox River Valley the strike operations had spread until more and condenseries in upstate communi- tles were operating on curtailed pro- duction or were closed entirely. Supply Cut Sharply. Milwaukee dealers reported that yes- terday's milk supply averaged from 35 to 60 per cent below normal. attempting to reach markets within the strike zone were Ernest Krueger and farmers, who received severe cuts in an unsuccessful attempt to hijack three Appleton. Ernest Schmidt, Milwaukee, suffered 4 broken leg when a car in which he was riding crashed into a picket barrier near Milwaukee. Meanwhile, Walter M. Singler, presi- dent of the fool, attempted to enlist the support of kadeu of other farm or- ganizations in the embargo in Madison. | A committee representing the 500 dele- gates attending the conference was to | report its recommendations late today. The majority of opinions presented by than 500 cheese factories, creameries | i — INMILK BLOCKADE :== | | Amcng the recent casualties in clashes | B between pickets and militant farmers< Hubert Elmbecker, Outagamie County | copal Bishop of Washington, and Dr. truckloads of milk under escort near |at a breakfast at the Washington Hotel, TLL LET You DolT, GEORGE HOOVER HONORS NATION'S FOUNDER Sends Wreaths to Washing- | ton Shaft as Birthday Pro- grams Are Held. The Capital of the Nation founded by | George Washington today commemo- | rated the 201st anniversary of his birth I in ceremonies throughout the city. | Compared with the lavish Bicenten- nial celebration of a year ago, today’s observance was quiet and simple in the extreme. Patriotic gatherings in vari- | ous sections of the city and reverent pilgrimages to Mount Vernon took the place of the parades and eloquent ora- tory that marked the 200th anniver- sary. President Hoover observed the natal day of his illustrious .predecessor by a wreath to be laid at the base Washington Monument. Other wreaths from patriotic groups also during exercises at the shaft, which included the raising of the flags of the 48 States on poles surrounding the monument. Programs Carried Out. Ceremonies in honor of the First President were held by the Association of Oldest Inhabitants at the Old Union Engine House, by the Washington Cen- tennial Lodge, No. 14, F. A. A. M, which made a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon; by Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, and Gen. Nelson A. Miles Aux- iliary, No. 8, United Spanish War Vet- erans, which also journeyed to the tomb of Washington, and at a mass- meet; of other patriotic groups in Memotial Continental Hall. At the Oldest Inhabitants’ meeting, Representative Loring Black, Demo- crat, of New York, delivered the prin- cipal address. EI ‘Washington's “Farewell Address,” and John Clagett Proctor read an original poem. Music was furnished by the Marietta Mixed Quartet. Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, pastor of Western Prz!b‘ymmn Church delivered the in- vocation. sen of the csed of Theodore W. Noyes, ex- ; J._ Ellot Wright, chairman; W. Dowling, James F. Duhamel, A. Emery, Percy B. Israel, George Jackson, B, F. McCauley and Mr. Right Rev. James E Freeman, Epis- William John Cooper, Federal Com- missicner of Education, were speakers following a special George Washington communion service at the Church of the Epiphany for the Episcopal church- man of the diocese. At the mass meeting in Memorial Continental Hall, 2,000 persons assem- bled to pay homage to the Father of His Country. Ninety-ning organizations and chapters took part{ in the cere- monies, which began at 10 am. with a concert by the Marine Band Orchestra under the leadership of Capt. Taylor Branson. ““Every patriotic organization in the C. Palmer read | 3 | e Entertainment Committee was | delegates were opposed to drastic action at this time. U. S. Action Sought. Federal Government intervention was | sought by dealers of E. J. Koelzer, as- | sistant United States district attorney, for protection for interstate milk ship- ments to Chicago. Charles Dineen, secretary of the Mil- waukee Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Association, said dealers affiliated with the organization would ask Gov. A. G. Schmedeman today “to fix apy price on milk which will bring peace, stop de- struction of property and threats to human life.” city had been invited to participate in the affair, which was held under joint auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter of the Sons of the American | Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution (in the District of Columbia’ the | Daughters of the American Revolusion and the Children of the American Revo- lution. It market the nineteenth an- | nual reunion of the four Revolutionary | societies. After the concert and a “Massing of the Colors,” under the direction of Dr. Clifton P. Clark, the program proper (Continued on Page 3, Column 6. PRESIDENT TO HEAD HARVARD ;Undergraduatc Daily Perpetratess Hoax in Naming Successor to Lowell. “CRIMSON” ANNOUNCES MYTHICAL | By the Assoclated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 22— An apparent hoax perpetrated on the editors of the Harvard Crimson, under- graduate daily, resulted today in the appearance of a purported issue of that | publication with the announcement that “Henry E. Clarke, '04," had been elected | president to succeed A. Lawrence Lowell. | Investigation revealed the paper had been printed without knowledge of the Crimson editors and the story wholly without basis in fact. foried newspa men, tipped by e Crimson had ob- ™ on & special meeting of the board of overseers of the univer- sity, sped to the Crimson office where piles of what appeared to be genuine copies of the paper contained the news in bold he . supplemented by several columns of information. Later attempts to confirm the story brought from officials of the university the statement that to their knowledge there was no such on &5 “Clarke, '04,” mor had there 'n any meeting of the overseers, such as decribed by the paper. The issue was replete with alleged telegrams of congratulation from | President-elect rranklin D. Roosevelt and others. Roosevelt was described as a classmate of the mythical Clarke. ROPER AND ICKES COMPLETE CABINET: HULL AND WOODIN INPREMIER POSTS Dern to Get War Portfolio, Walsh Justice, Swanson Navy, Wallace Agriculture, Miss Perkins Labor. HOMER CUMMINGS GOING TO PHILIPPINES Farley to Be Postmaster General. Word From President-Elect Reaches Informed Quarters in Capital—Choice of South Caro- linian Only Sifrprise on List. (Copyright, 1933, by the Assoclated Press.) Word reached informed quarters in Washington today that Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt had com- pleted selection of his cabinet, and that the list contains one sur- prise—Daniel C. Roper of South Carolina for Secretary of Com- merce. The information was that Homer Cummings of Connecticut would be Governor-General of the Philippines, regarded generally as the highest appointive office out- side the cabinet. The complete cabinet slate, as it is expected by Democrats here to be announced shortly by Mr. Roosevelt, follows: State—Cordell Hull nessee. ‘Treasury—William Woodin of Pennsylvania and New York. War—George H. Dern of Utah. Justice—Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Post Office New York. Navy—Claude A. Swanson of Virginia. s Interior—Harold Ickes of Illinois. Agriculture—Henry A. Wallace of Iowa. Commerce—Daniel C. Roper of of Ten- ‘ames A. Farley of | South Carolina. Labor—Miss Frances Perkins of New York. Two Formally Announced. Of the 10, all but 1 or 2 have been regarded as foregone conclusions for several days. Selection of Hull and Woodin was fo announced yesterday by the President-elect in New York. Walsh, now Senator from Montana, is understood to havs accepted some time ago, and Swanson, Senator from Virginia, yesterday. Formal tenders are said to have been made within the last week to Farley, Wallace and Miss Perkins, and ac- cepted. Selection of Ickes, a political ally of Senator Hiram Johnson, the | sive Republican leader of California, is hailed here as a tangible recognition of that Western Republican insurgent wing which bolted Hoover in last year's campaign and helped elect the Demo- cratic ticket. Roper was Commissioner of Internal (Coflimfefln:imm 2y TARIFF BARRIER REMOVAL IS URGED |Chase National Bank Head Says War Debts Are Also Stran- gling Trade. By the Associated Press. Efforts to remove world tarif and war debt barriers, to relieve “strangled International trade,” were urged before the Senate Finance Committee by Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of the Chase Naticnal Bank of New York, Appearing in the committee's survey of economic difficulties and possible curative steps, Aldrich suggested a gen- eral program including: Continuation of emergency credit re- lief through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Additional emergency credit relief for farm and city mortgage debtors, with the Government's share limited “to what is necessary to persuade creditors to make the necessary adjustments.” Maintenance of the gold standard and | “sound money."” Reduced Federal expenditureg. Aldrich opposed “bi-metalism,\or any heavy addition of silver to the curreney | base, and objected sharply to inflation- ary moves. He said he would favor additional taxes if necessary to balance the budget, but he urged sharp cuts in veterans benefits, the reorganization and cone solidation of Federal agencies as main ways to reduce govenmental costs. As a basis for tariff revision, Aldrich advocated reciprocal trade and tariff | agreements. He did not offer a specific Pl for settling war debts. COL. TURNER IS HONORED FOR WORK IN AVIATION Holder of Transcontinental Record Is Presented With Scroil and Plaques. LOS ANGELES, February 32 (#.— Col. Roscoe Turner, speed flyes, honored yesterday at a luncheon under the auspices of the League Inter« nationale des Aviateurs and National Aeronautic Association and presented & scroll and plaques for outstanding cone tributions to the science of aviation in 1932. Col. Turner during the year estabe lished a new record of 12 hours and 33 minutes between New York and Los Angeles. William Gibbs McAdoo, United Stateg Senator-elect, who has flown 275,000 Subsequently David Weld, '34, p: dent of the Crimson, sald he had no knowledge of the issue. miles 8s a pessenger in the last four years, delivered a scroll and plaque and paid tribute to Col. Turner.