Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 26

B2 % HAPSBURG RETURN REPORTS REVIVED Rumors Sweep Vienna as Goemboes Makes Return Trip to Italy. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, December 15.—Rumors that Austria and Hungary have agreed to ask Italy to support Arch- duke Otto’s aspirations to the throne of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire swept Vienna today. An announcement that Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary again will visit Premier Mussolini of Italy, following upon Goemboes’ current conferences with Chancellor Schusch- nigg of Austria, gave rise to the report. Monarchist circles voiced the opin- fon that Schuschnigg, an out-and-out monarchist, had persuaded the hith- erto anti-legitimist Goemboes that Italy’s support for the reuniting of the two nations under the Hapsburg pretender should be obtained. Neutral observers, however, said they believed the rumors were another case of the wish fathering the thought. pointing out that diffculties in the way of Otto's restoration are numerous. Recent Demands Cited. They cited the demands addressed to the League of Nations by the Staatswehr, extreme legitimist or- gan, on the occasion of Otto’s 22d birthday recently, as indicating with unmistakable clearness why states- men of the little entente—the post- war “succession” states of Yugo- slavia, Rumania and Czechoslovakia— have so often said Otto's restoration would mean war, The demands also show, these observers assert, why Hungarian and Austrian legitimists find little sym- pathy for their ambitions in the larger European countries. Satisfaction of the demands would mean the dissolution of Czechoslo- vakia and the reduction of Rumania and Yugoslavia to their tiny pre-war size. It would even mean the return to Austria of a Province held by Italy, and to Hungary of a Province held by Austria. More important in affecting the chances of handsome young Otto, the demands also call, at least by impli- cation, for the return of Alsace-Lor- raine to Germany by France, for the return by England of German colon- ies, and for the break-up of Poland. “We, legitimists and persons loyal to the Kaiser,” writes the Staatswehr, “demand again, and we hope for the last time, of the League of Nations: “l. To declare null and void the extortionate treaties which issued from the World War. “2. To restore the status-quo-ante of the year 1914, namely, to re-estab- lish the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. “3. To return to the robbed states the stolen or revolted lands, territories and coasts. “4. To return to the Hapshurg dynasty, banished through the World ‘War, its right to rule, as before the war. Full Reparation Demanded. “5. To use its influence for the pay- ing back to the robbed states of all extorted war reparations, for the re- turn of war material, with all. war and merchant ships, to the former owners, and for the reparation in the widest sense of the robbed states and those damaged through this robbers’ war for property losses, the fall of currencies, etc. ““6. To abolish all malicious means of attack which violate international law and the laws of humanity, such a8 poison gas, inflammatory bombs, air attacks, etc. “7. To extend protection from acts of violence and injustices both to minorities and honest, disarmed people. “8. When necessary, to repulse over- sea or un-European states and peoples if they make enemy approaches to Europe, by the land, water and air forces of all European states; also to forbid the use of colored peoples as combatants in Europe. “9. To pursue brigands and pirates and take stolen goods from them.” CHILDREN TO SING CAROLS AT LIBRARY Council of Social Agencies Spon- sors Program for Thurs- day Afternoon. Christmas carols sung by the Chil- dren’s Chorus, under auspices of the Council of Social Agencies, will be presented at the Library of Congress on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., under the direction of Jessie May Olin with Helen Middleton at the piano. The chorus will be assisted by the string quartet of the United States Marine Band, composed of William Santel- mann and Albert S. Schoepper, violin- ists; Frank G. Scalvetti, violist, and Angelo Bernolfo, cellist, which will be heard in Mendelssohn’s “Canzonetta” and a traditional old English melody. More than 200 children will form on the main floor and march up the grand stairway to the west main to the music of Mendelssohns “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” played by Musician Winifred Kemp, cornetist of the Marine Band. The numbers to be sung by the children in which the audience will be asked to join are the traditional carols, “O, Come, All Ye Faithful,” “O Little Town of Beth- lehem,” Brooks Redner, and “Silent Night,” by Mohr-Grueber. The chorus alone will sing two old French carols, “Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella” and “Lullaby of the Chirst Child”; the Catalonian carol, “The Christmas the traditional “Westminster carol,” the Southern Mountain air, “Hush, My Dear,” and the Provence air, “March of Kings.” The groups forming the Children’s Chorus are: Boy'’s Club, Christ Child, Community Center, Friendship House, Girl Reserves of the Y. W. C. A., Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts from St. Joseph School and the Playgrounds’ group. The public is invited to attend. ——— D. C. WOMAN’S MOTHER DIES IN CHICAGO AT 75 Mrs. Mary Hines Sullivan Ball Succumbs After Illness of Five Years. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 15— Mrs. Mary Hines Sullivan Ball, 75, mother of Chief of Detectives John L. Sul- livan, died today after an illness of five years. The chief’s father, John Sullivan, died in 1888 in Cincinnati, where he had been a moving con- tractor. Mrs. Ball's second husband, Francis E. Ball, died here in 1918, Survivors include another son, Po- lice Sergt. Sidney Sullivan, and three daughters, Mrs. Fred Orsinger of ‘Washington, Mrs. Craig Benson of Louisville and Mrs, Isabel Nies of Chicago. : + THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, |Wooden Indian Found Here; Rep uted to Be 150 Years Old The one wooden In- dian of the old cigar store days that could dbe found in W a s hington after a two- week search. It is mated to be 150 years old and was carved from walnut. Miss Margaret Wilson is pos= ing with it. —Star Staff Photo. ¥ ASHINGTON may lay claim to at least one of the “vanishing Americans” which formerly graced the front of practically every cigar store in the land. A weather-beaten wooden Indian, once a famillar sight on the streets of Washingtan as a symbol of barter, ‘was found languishing in a musty ga- rage in the rear of a local laundry. The discovery came after two weeks’ search. Some one reported there was still a wooden Indian near Jower Pennsylvania avenue, but it was found to have been sold to a Denver tobacco dealer years ago. Another Indian reported to be in Georgetown was disqualified when it was found to have been cut in half for a house decoration. The information which led to the actual finding of the real specimen came from John Adam Huiess, man- ager of the Shoreham Hotel news- stand. He discovered it to be the property of A. E. Parker, a Navy De- partment employe. The Indian made its appearance in ‘Washington in Civil War days and is reputed to be 150 years old. C. W. Joyce at that time set up a tobacco NEWE.0.P.TALK HIT BY JOHNSON People Rather Than Individ- uals Do Reorganizing, Says Senator. esti- By the Associated Press. California’s flery Republican inde- pendent—Senator Hiram Johnson— returned to his old debating ground yesterday with a feeling that the peo- ple generally, rather than a few in- dividuals, would reorganize the Re- publican party if there was “something left” to reorganize. “It is a fine thing to reorganize,” he said in response to questions, “but you must have something to reorgan- ize.” Johnson, strong supporter of Presi- dent Roosevelt, spoke of the time 22 years ago when he and Theodore Roosevelt attempted to liberalize the party with the Bull Moose ticket. “We tried to reform the Republican party years ago,” he said. “The peo- ple today are changing the parties. We have gone by the old system. No- vember 6 was a Roosevelt victory. It was a Roosevelt victory because ‘he had the daring to do something.” Johnson said he had heard reform of political parties preached “after every election day.” “But you don't hear so much about it before an election,” he observed. He added that “we so-called Pro- gressives are far behind the pace being set by the people.” “The platform of the Progressive party in 1912 was considered radical,” he said, “but considered in the light of present developments it is an anachronism.” Speaking of the Upton Sinclair race in California, Johnson said it showed the people “have gone far beyond the legislative branch of the Gov- ernment.” “The people,” he said, “have an idea of what they want, but they are confused as to how to get it and they will brook no opposition.” Johnson spoke highly of Senator Cutting, New Mexico Republican, who left his party in 1932 to support Roosevelt. “I think he is one of the big men in the Senate,” he said. “I rejoiced in his victory and I hope he will be back here with us.” Cutting’s Democratic opponent, Dennis Chavez, is seeking to prevent Cutting’s election being certified to ‘Washington. Some of Cutting’s friends | are trying to find out whether Chavez ALYV IV T TV B VT NN AR MO Y, has the encouragement of high Demo- cratic leaders here, as has been ru- mored, in his fight. b 0 Diemonds et tn besutl |I)% ridium Dlll‘.llll. Omrl o $i00 323 15 42" TILL XMAS! [Lindid . store at 1705 Pennsylvania avenue and bought the Indian from a New York man. The figure was placed in the front of his store. After many years Joyce sold to H. B. Holtzclaw who promptly put the figure in the basement as being out of date. The relic remained there, all but forgotten, for 35 years. Parker bought out Holtzclaw and during the World War decided to re- instate the Indian. At that time it was the only wooden Indian on dis- play in front of a cigar store in the city. But the figure again was doomed to insignificance. Seven years ago Parker sold out and kept nothing but the Indian, which he stored in the laundry. ‘The Indian is in fine condition after years of submission to the rav- ages of weather, wear and tear, and musty basements. Carved from a solid walnut tree, the wood owes its exceptionally good condition to the foresight of the carver, who placed two holes behind the shoulders through which, from time to time, oils have been poured to feed the wood. BULLITT ARRIVES FROM SOVIET POST Outcome of Claims Dead- lock Seen Depending on Early Moves. By the Associated Press. ‘The arrival here of William C. Bul- litt, first Ambassador to Soviet Russia, yesterday for talks with Secretary Hull and other State Department officials gave rise to speculation over the out- come of the Russo-American claims deadlock. The Ambassador declined to make any statement concerning Soviet- American relations. He said he had no urgent matters to lay before Presi- dent Roosevelt or Secretary Hull and had returned chiefly to spend the holidays with relatives in Philadelphia. Negotiations Underway. Negotiations for a debt settlement, involving claims and counter-claims arising out of incidents in World War days, are in the hands of Alexander Troyanovsky, the Soviet Ambassador here, and Secretary Hull and Assistant Secretary Moore. Bullitt left Moscow two days before Troyanovsky arrived there. ‘The negotiations for a debt settle- ment were stalemated six weeks ago when the United States flatly refused to grant the Soviet credits and a cash loan, understood to be for $200,000,000, as an integral part of the settlement. Troyanovsky In Russia. ‘Troyanovsky returned to Moscow at that time for a discussion of the entire question with Stalin and other mem- bers of the Soviet Government. He is due back in Washington in January, and is understood to be bringing a revised Soviet proposal on which it is hoped an agreement may be reached. Expansion of trade between the United States and Russia is held up pending a debt settlement agreeable to President Roosevelt. e LA TRIO SLAYS GANGSTER George Connell Killed in Street by Machine Gunners, CHICAGO, December 15 (#).— George (Little Rabbit) Connell, whom police associated with gang activities since the time of the late Dion O’Bannion, was slain tonight by a trio of machine-gun killers as he walked near his Halstead street cigar store. The three men drove hurriedly away in a small black sedan. Conneil was a former ex-convict, with a lengthy record of arrests. 2 XMAS VALUES AT TRIBBY'S Ladies’ Dlllnl $ Seechar, nnmm fellon amond, e nite nm nuh\l. Others $22.50 to $500 182 .OUTSTANDING VALUES IN DIAMONDS! TWO LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON -« . Buy for Cash—Save at Tribby's f s ITALY'S DEFIANCE FEARED IN GENEVA Jurisdiction of League in Ethiopian Dispute May Be Challenged. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 15.—Fear was expressed in League of Nations circles tonight that Italy may refuse to recognize the League's jurisdiction in her controversy with Ethiopia. League officials foresaw the possi- bility that Benito Mussolini might follow the precedent set in 1923, when Italy declined to admit the League's right to interfere in her dispute with Greece over the Island of Corfu. The Italo-Ethiopian issue, nominal- ly growing out of frontier clashes be- tween Ethiopian and Italian forces in Africa, was attributed here in- directly to the clash of Japanese and Italian commercial issues in Africa. Apprehension Increased. Because Tokio's withdrawal from the League becomes effective soon, Geneva was following the African dispute with close attention. A report that Japan plans to send a military mission to Addis Araba to heighten the efficiency of his majesty Emperor Haile Selassie’s army in- creased apprehension, as did the Ethiopian government’s charge, con- tained in its telegram to the League reporting Italian “aggression,” that Italy had refused to arbitrate the re- cent incident at Ualual. In 1923, it was recalled, Italy occu- piled the Greek island of Corfu and declined to recognize the competency of the League to interfere in this dis- pute. The conflict was actually set- tled by a conference of ambassadors. Cases Similar. Diplomats here remarked that the Italo-Ethiopian issue bears resem- blance to that between Greece and Italy. They point out that Addis Ababa charges the Italians with at- tacking the Ethiopian escort of an Anglo-Ethiopian commission survey- ing pasture land in Ethiopia, while in 1923 three Italian officers belonging to an interallied commission delimiting the Greco-Albanian frontier were as- sassinated on Greek soil. A vigorous, immediate Italian reply to Ethopia’s charges of “aggression” was anticipated in League circles. While the communication from Addis Ababa merely called the League’s attention to the “gravity of the situation” growing out of “Italian aggression,” it was taken here to fore- shadow more direct action, perhaps an appeal to the Council under the League covenant. “On December 5,” the communica- tion said, “Italian troops with tanks and military airplanes suddenly and without provocation attacked the Abyssinian escort of the commis- sioner.” New Attack Charged. Ethiopia protested to Rome the day after that, the cablegram said, “and despite this protest Italian military airplanes three days later bombarded Ado and Gerlogidi in the same prov- ince.” (Rome’s version of the clash at Ualual, in which 110 Ethiopians and 30 Italians were reported killed, said Ualual is on Italian territory. The border between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland is in dispute.) For two reasons, League officials are intensely interested in the latest in- ternational controversy tossed into Geneva’s lap. One was Italy’s well- known desire for expansion of her colonial empire, to take care of her ever-swelling population; the other was the fact that the quarrel involved one of Europe's big powers. . — LIE INJURED FOUR DAYS Couple Exposed to Cold and Rain in Canyon After Crash. LOS ANGELES, December 15 (#).— Suffering from the effects of four days and nights of exposure to cold and rain as they lay injured at the bottom of a canyon after their automobile tumbled off a cliff, George Paperno, 50, and his wife, Ora, 44, were found late today. A youthful hunter, Russell Allison, and his dog discovered the couple. Mrs. Paperno was barely conscious. Her husband weakly attracted Allison’s attention as he passed nearby. Paperno said his car careened off the cliff from Mulholland drive last Tuesday. DELIVERED FOR CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART ONE. As a cob- bler in the prison at Stillwater, Minn., Mich- angelo Genti- core, shown here, has con- tributed from his meager earnings to the support of the widow and children of the man he killed in’ 1912, Now he’s looking forward to Jreedom—and d e p ortation —Decem= ber 22, when he will leave the prison on a pardon to return to Italy. There he will see once more Maria De- lando, whom he was plan- ning to wed when con- victed of the killing, and possibly re- new his ro- mance of 22 years ago. —A. P. Photo. Widow’s Acquittal Presages Buccolo Insurance Contest Having found Mrs. Mary Irene| Buccolo not gullty of murdering her husband, Rudolph, the District Su-| preme Court must now decide who is entitled to the proceeds of a $10,000 life insurance policy carried by him. Unless there is an out-of-court set- | tlement, it is expected the court will | award the money to the wife or to| the dead man's aged mother, Mrs, | Anna Buccolo of St. Michaels, Md. Buccolo was killed September 8, | 1933, when his wife fired six shots into his body. She pleaded self-de- | fense and was acquitted in District Supreme Court last week. Before the murder trial, however, both the wife and a brother. acting | for the mother, had applied for | authority to administer the dead man's estate. The brother, Reinhold, asked for | the appointment on the ground the | mother was too old and infirm (ol REEVES MAY KEEP COMMAND OF FLEET| Retention in Post Second Year Is Departure From Custom. By the Associated Press. Admiral Joseph M. Reeves is ex- pected to be retained a second year | as commander in chief of the United States Fleet, s departure from the custom of one-year tours in that post. High Navy officials indicated yes- terday President Roosevelt has in- formed Secretary Swanson he favored keeping Reeves in charge of the Na- | tion’s fighting vessels. Designation of | the commander in chief always is ap- proved by the Chief Executive. Reeves, who is now in Washington after having presided over a selection board which chose eight captains and 28 commanders for promotion to rear admirals and captains, has been com- mander in chief since last Spring. el Aerodrome to Cost $165,000. Sunderland, England, will have a municipal aerodrome costing $165,000. BUY A WASHER FOR CHRISTMAS---SEE THE LARGE DISPLAY IN OUR HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT ARTHYR JORDAN PIANO 12396 Street ~ "ANY Cor.13% NW. e serve. His petition stated the “widow | was not in position to act” in that capacity. Mrs. Buccolo, in fail at the time, countered with a cross-petition, as- | serting the brother had no interest whatsoever under the law and asking | that she be named administratrix. Had the wife been convicted in the criminal case, she would not have been | entitled to any of the money, the law | holding as a matter of public policy that no person criminally liable for the death of another can ocollect insurance carried by the deceased. In that event the money would have gone to the mother. In view of the acquittal and the fact that the wife was named bene- ficiary in the policy, doubt has been expressed as to whether the mother is now entitled to any portion of the money. If the mother decides to press her claim, however, the whole matter will be brought into court again for a decision by a judge or jury. Buccolo carried the $10,000 policy through the Veterans' Administration as a result of his service in the Ma- rine Corps. He also carried an acci- dent policy and it was expected an attempt will be made to collect on this, which will necessitate a court decision on the question of whether a shooting in self-defense is an acci- dental death. “CAR FULL” SIGNS ORDEREDUTILIZED Street Car Men Urged Not to Pass Up Standing Passengers. Trainmen of the Capital Transit Co. hereafter are under orders from company officials to make use of the “car full” sighs when capacity loads have been taken aboard. Word to this effect was received yesterday from John H. Hanna, Capital Transit Co. president, by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts, who had complained to the company that regulations about overcrowding were not being obeyed. Holds Cars Insufficient. At the same time, motormen are being urged not to pass up “standing passengers,” and particularly those in the outlying districts where cars run infrequently, Hanna said. “The proper solution, of course,” Hanna wrote to Roberts, “would be a sufficient number of cars to take care of the demand and we believe that | the total number of cars in operation is sufficient, but it is impossible with the existing traffic situation to operate | A Jooperate | engineers to grant the extra half holi- these cars with their schedule spac- ing, particularly during the rush | hours. Delays Due to Traffic. “I do not mean to imply that all | dalys to our service are due to traf- fic, but most of them are and we are doing everything we can to pre- vent delays due to mechanical failures “The notice regarding the use of car-full signs will be followed up by close inspection by our supervisory force and applies equally to cars and busses.” Samuel Hopkins Adams Il ROCHESTER, N. Y, December 15 (#)—Samuel Hopkins Adams, author, | was operated on in General Hospital here today. He was reported resting comfortably tonight. Hospital authori- ties declined to reveal the nature of the operation. WAGE LOSS FACED INHALF HOLIDAYS 3,000 Per Diem D. C. Em- ployes Charge Discrimina- tion Against Them. If the 3000 per diem employes of the District Government take a half holiday on the afternons pre- ceding Christmas and New Year they will do so at the loss of their pay. Protests that they are not given the same treatment as per diem em- ployes of the Federal Government here were voiced last night by spokes- men for District per diem workers, ‘They also lost the extra half holiday preceding Thanksgiving day. While the annual employes of the District will be let off for the extra hours, officials said that rulings by Controller Gen. McCarl apparently block an extension of this to the District per diem workers. On the other hand, employes of the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard are specifically named in the presidential order. ‘To correct this situation a bill was drafted several years ago by District days to District per diem workers, but it came back from the Budget Bureau with the remark that the proposal was “not in accord with the financial program of the President.” — GAS RATE CUT ORDERED West Virginia Patrons Will Get Discount. CHARLESTON, W. Va., December 15 (#).—The Public Service Commis- sion tonight ordered a net reduction of 8 cents a thousand cubic feet in the charge of the Natural Gas Co. of West Virginia for gas furnished in Wheel- ing and vicinity. The new rate, effective on gas con- sumed in December, was fixed at 44 cents a thousand cubic feet, less a discount of 2 cents a thousand for prompt payment. 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