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it.) ureau Forecast. Oconsional rain with slowly rising tem= perature tonight and tomorrow; gentle east, shifting to southeast or south winds. Temperatures—Highest, 65, at noon to- day; lowest, 62, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page A Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 33,362. PEhE————— -4, ah WASHINGTON, D. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, o Star TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¥H¥ (P) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,671 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. RESCUE OF 349 ON LINER BLOCKED L3 HURRICANE-TOSSED SEAS BALK SHIPS STANDING BY VESSEL ON FLORIDA REEF 1 Breeches Buoy May Be Used to {(RN [SOLATES Remove Passengers and Crew . From Battered Craft. . DANGER OF STEP IS CONCEDED \ BUT PERIL MAY FORCE ACTION Murky Weather Delays Arrival of Aid. Steamer Slowly Breaking Up Under Severe Pounding. BULLETIN. MIAMI, Fla., September 3 (A).—Tropical Radio reported at 2 p.m. (Eastern standard time) today three ships were standing by the Morgan liner Dixie, hard aground on the north end of French Reef, south of Miami, waiting to take off her 350 passengers and crew as soon as weather permitted. The three ships were the Unit and the tanker Reaper. High seas ed Pruit liners Limon and Platano and haze continued to make impractical any immediate rescue attempt, the radio stution here was advised, and the masters of the three vessels signified tl.eir intention of awaiting calmer weather. (Copyright, 1 T MIAMI, Fla., September 3—The (he Associated Press.) liner Limon, one of a fleet of vessels which groped through neavy haze in search of the S. S. Dixie, pounding on @ reef, reported early this afternoon that she had reached the side of the stricken ship. “United Fruit Limon alongside S. S. Dixie now.” This message from Capt. B. Holdt of the Limon was intercepted and | relayed by the company’s chief operator to the principal offices in New York. Capt. Holdt reported that the Dixie was pinioned against the north end | of French Key, about 60 miles south of French Key is about 8 miles from Miami. the position on treacherous Carysfort Reef where the Dixie, carryinz a crew of 120 and 229 passengers, was at first thought to have run aground. Rescue Ships Hampered. Several other rescue boats engaged in the needle-in-the-haystack search hampered by the post-hurricane haze and laboring through heavy seas. Because of the raging waters, the master of the Limon could not attempt to take off the stricken vessel's passengers. Fears were expressed that the Dixie, a Morgan Line coastal ship, might be battered to pieces before moderation of the storm made possible transfer of her passengers. Some of the passengers and members of the crew suffered minor injuries in the terrific beating sustained by the imprisoned ship, Capt. E. W. Sundstrom | of the Dixie wirelessed. A veritable squadron of ships—liners, tankers and Coast Guard cut- ters—groped anxiously in the vicinity. With visibility reduced to a minimum, | the few communications in the area they were compelled to depend solely upon garbled messages from the Dixie | for their guidance. Radio Is Disabled. The regular radio apparatus of the liner was disabled shortly after she struck the reef, about 60 miles south of here, early this morning. An emer- gency wireless set was put in use. One of the rescue ships, the tankers: Reaper, reported this morning she be- lieved she was but a short distance from the Dixie. She could not see her, however, the skipper of the Reaper said. Coast Guard officials at Tampa said the perilous task of taking passengers off the Dixie might be effected by the use of the breeches buoy. The Coast Guard cutter Carrabas- get, steaming toward the side of the Dixie, carries equipment for the use of such a rescue device. Tug May Get Closer. The Carrabasset, guardsmen said, might be able to get closer to the captive vessel than the other rescue ships. French Key is in the heart of a region regarded by mariners as the | Scylla and Charybdis of coastal ves- | sels. Annually the dangerous coral reefs claim small craft. | Sharks and swordfish infest the | waters, marine guides say, and land- | ing passengers from grounded vessels 1s always a dangerous undertaking. The storm, which tossed the Dixie | against the reef, swept over Southern Florida and the Keys, raged west and north over the west coast of the State and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane caused considerable | crop damage, submerged highways in | the Keys and caused fears that lives may have been lost in the vicinity of | ‘Tavernier. There the wind reached its great- est velocity late last night, leaving a wake of wreckage. The storm, which Gordon E. Dunn, meteorologist at the Jacksenville | Weather Bureau, said was an “aver- age hurricane,” missed large cities on the East Coast. United Fruit Lines announced it'had | received a message from the S. S. Platano, north bound from the Hon- duras, which read: “Whole crew five miles off Carys- fort Reef. Waiting for weather to| moderate. 8. 8. Dixie apparently ashore on French Reef.” Dixie Minimizes Danger. Radiomarine intercepted a message sent from the Dixie saying: “Our position now off French Reef. Consider it too rough to transfer passengers. Ship in no immediate danger. El Occidente will arrive alongside, 1:30 p.m., Eastern standard time. The El Occidente is also operated by the Morgan line. The message was timed 12:40 p.m., Eastern standard time. Because of the poor visibility and the faulty wireless communication of the Dixie’s emergency radio equip- ment the search, until the success of the Limon, had centered several miles north of French Reef, near| Carysfort Reef. | In his second message since the | Morgan lirler struck Carysfort reef| early this morning, the skipper of the imperiled vessel wirelessed: “Pew passengers bruised. Several members of crew minor injuries. Ship » making some water in double-bottom tanks. Waiting for weather to mod- erate before transferring passengers.” A_fleet of other vessels steamed thrdigh heavy seas to aid the liger. Am them were the tanker Water- town, Agwistar, the cutter Saukee and the steamship King. At Key West, two more Coast Guard | cutters and a commercial tug awaited | moderation of the weather before go- | ing to the rescue. Following conflicting reports, offi- cials of the Morgan Line, unit of Southern Pacific, released an official list of passengers and crew members totaling 349—229 passengers and 120 seamen and officers. An 80-mile-an-hour gale sent huge waves pounding against the Dixie and she was in danger of breaking up. Her regular radio apparatus was not functioning, but with an emergency wireless she sent out brief somewhat vague reports on her precarious posi- tion. Despite her crippled communications apparatus, rescue vessels received fre- quent messages from the liner. They were in response to appeal for her exact position. The Dixie, crack ship of the Morgan Line, was New York-bound from New Orleans. In command is Capt. Sund- storm, veteran seaman, but youngest skipper in the service of the line. Only recently, he declared that, de- | spite the fond beliet of old “salts,” the (See SHIP, page 3.) MOTORSHIP MISSING OFF NEWFOUNDLAND Vessel Week Overdue—Hatches Washed Ashore May Give Clue to Fate. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sep- tember 3.—A message to the marine and fisherles department from the Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. of Montreal today reported the motor- ship Joseph Medill missing and asked a description of five hatches washed ashore near here recently. The message said the Joseph Medill, bound from Newcastle to Montreal, was a week overdue and that she was unreported. A fishing inspector was sent to the Bay Deverede district to examine the hatches. FLORIDA TOWNG; KEY WEST CUT OFF | Apprehension Felt for Safe- ty of 650 Veterans in Waterfront Camps. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September | 3—A blanket of isolation still lay | today over most of the territory | traversed by the Bahaman storm in its | furious passage over the Florida Keys | and the extreme Southwest coast. As the disturbance moved into the| Gulf of Mexico near Everglades City this morning, nothing had been heard of the welfare of some approximately 650 war veterans housed in highway construction camps on the Matecumbe Keys. The Florida East Coast Rallway, | still awaiting word from its special train sent to evacuate 650 war veter- ans encamped at Matecumbe and Islamorada, in the Keys, received re- ports that two miles of track had been washed out below Tavernier. This isolated Key West, the United | States’ southernmost city, from ac-| cess by land, since the highway | through the Keys also was broken, as | the ferry linking its northern and southern reaches ceased operation. Railway officials, seemingly confi-| dent the veterans’ special escaped the | effect of the blow, said they believed | it was below the break. A wreck train sent from Miami after it they said, presumably was halted at the break in | the track. | Considerable damage to citrus fruit was reported from the rich Homestead | district south ot Miami, but estimates were lacking. ‘The sparsely inhabited country of | the Southwest coast had been unable | | to report effects of the storm because were disrupted. Southeast storm warnings remained displayed from West Palm Beach to Miami as that area felt the backlash of the disturbance and Key West was | still under northwest storm signals. Northeast storm warnings were flown elsewhere along the southern | coast of Florida from Titusville on | the Atlantic Ocean to Carabelle, on| the upper western coast. Called “Average Hurricane.” Gordom Z. Dunn, meteorologist at | the Weather Bureau here, said the storm was “an average hurricane” and was moving forward 7': miles an hour in a generally northwestward direction. He said the course would take it parallel with the Florida West Coast, about 50 miles off shore, to a point about opposite Sarasota and Braden- ton. Then, he said, it probably would continue on out into the Gulf of Mexico. Winds of gale force, he said, had been reported about 125 miles on each side of the center and winds of hur- ricane force about 50 miles on each side of the center. If this condition continues he said, the Florida West (See STORM, Page 3.) JOE LOUIS TO WED | Will Marry Chicago Stenographer | After Baer Bout. CHICAGO, September 3 (#).—Wed- ding bells are going to ring for Joe | Louis, the Detroit bomber. Miss Marva Troiter, Chicago stenog- rapher, said today she and Louis plan to be married in New York after his fight with Max Baer there Septem- | ber 24, “I'm not marrying him because he is a great fighter,” said the slightly- built 19-year-old girl. “He's a fine man, modest and gentlemanly.” DEATH SUSPECT HELD Alleged Policy Collector Accused in New York Slaying. NEW YORK, September 3. (#).— Frank A. Melvin, 34, whom police de- scribed as a rival policy collector, was arrested today on a homicide charge shortly after Aloysius Basini, 34, was shot to death near a midtown taxicab garage. Leopold W alks At Rites for Queen Astrid By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, September 3.—Bare- headed and pale, Leopold III, the young King of the Belgians, walked behind the body of his Queen today on its last journey through the packed streets of her adopted capital. The body of the Queen was interred in the royal crypt at Lacken. The King, his right arm in a sling and his side bandaged from a broken rib, followed the hearse from the palace, where the body had been in state, to Ste. Gudule Cathedral, where only 18 months ago he attended the fugeral of his father, King Albert. ince Carl of Sweden, Queen in Procession Astrid’s father, walked to the right of Leopold. On the King’s left was his brother, the Count of Flanders. Be- hind him walked the Duke of- York, Great Britain's official representative, and other European royalty and dig- nitaries, all n uniform. Officers of the royal household walked on each side of the hearse. Heads of the church, carrying a huge silver cross, and troops completed the Pprocession. The procession wound its way through the lined streets to the dol- orous tolling of the bells of Ste. Gudule (AMPBELL BREAKS RECORD WHTH 304 MPH. TOP SPEED Averages 299.875 Miles an Hour on Utah’s Salt Flats. BLUEBIRD’S TIRES TORN TO SHREDS BY PACE Bucks Wind and Loses Time on Return Trip—Plans to Try Again Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, September 3.—S8ir Malcolm Campbell, England’s man of superspeed, bettered his own world record for land speed today on the salt beds of Utah with an average of 299.875 miles an hour. Campbell sent his mighty Bluebird | thundering through the measured mile on his second run in a slightly slower time than on his first trial. On the opening dash he made the mile in 11.83 seconds for a speed of 304.311 miles an hour, Will Try Again Tomorrow. Keenly disappointed because he missed by a fraction his cherished goal of 300 miles an hour, Campbell an- nounced today he would make a sec- ond attempt at this mark tomorrow, conditions permitting. On the second run, traveling south- west, Sir Malcolm experienced trouble that apparently slowed him up slight- ly. Half way through the measured mile, he said, he was driving blindly because steam and exhaust fumes flowed into the cockpit, because he had closed the ventilator on the front | of the car. He was forced to open the shutter and was pelted by a stream of salt. He emerged from the ordeal without & trace of nervousness. 12,005 Average for Mile. His average time for the measured | mile was 12.005, compared to his for- mer record, set last March at Day. tona Beach, Fla., of 13.005. On his second trip over the snow- white expanse of salt he was clocked in 12.18 seconds for the measured | mile and his speed was 295.566 miles an hour. The average of the two times brought him a new record, just a fraction under the goal of 300 miles an hour, or 5 miles a minute, he had set for himself. His first run, in which he developed the almost unbelievable speed of a | fraction over 304 miles an hour, was made into the glare of the sun, with a slight, favoring cross-wind. On the second trip he was bucking the wind a bit. Little Bumping. His top speed exceeded by nearly 28 miles his old record of 276.816, made at Daytona Beach. The mighty Bluebird thundered over the smooth course without bump- |ing noticeably, while thousands of spectators watched from vantage points. The flying Englishman halted at the northeast end of the straight-away with a flat left front tire. He came to a stop without accident. “The tire made a loud pop,” he said, “and I swerved out of line. I snapped the ‘old lady’ back quickly and there wasn't much trouble in the run to the stop. I was going around 300 miles an hour at the time. “The tires were scorching hot. In fact, I burned my fingers on one of them.” The terriffic strain also caused the left inside tire of the duplex rear wheels to be torn to shreds. It annoyed Sir Malcolm consider- ably, and he urged his mechanics: “Hurry, boys, hurry. We've got to make a quick change or the hour will be up.” Rules on record attempts permit only an hour for work on the car after the first run. Because of the blowout Campbell stopped short, and it cost him about half a mile on the getaway for his second run. He said he thought this was partly responsible for his lower speed on the second trip. The six-ton car's terrific speed nearly equaled the United States air- plane speed record of 304.98, but was more than 100 miles under the world plane speed record of 423.822. Sets Another Record. Campbell also swept aside the old world record for 5 kilometers, set when he established the former mile mark. He turned the 5 kilometers in 37.91, at average of 295.0319, exceed- ing even his old record time for the mile. The former record for the longer distance was 43.47, at average of 257.295. Donald Campbell, the speed king's 15-year-old son, was in tears when he greeted him. Rushed to the finish line in a big sedan as soon as his. (See CAMPBELL, page 4.) QUADRUPLETS MARKED AS GUIDE FOR TEACHER By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich, September 3—It was a question of the kindergarten TREASURY RECALLS LIBERTY BONDS {Launches $1,700,000,000 | Financing Operation to Re- plenish Cash Reserves. The Treasury Department zoday( launched a $1,750,000,000 financing | operation which is designed to retire | the last of the famous World War Liberty bonds and to raise funds to replenish cash reserves and supply new working capital for govern- | mental activities. | The amount of Liberty bonds to be refunded totals $1,250,000,000—the | last of $8,000,000,000 sold to the | public during the World War. Secre- tary Morgenthau said that holders of the bonds, which will be called in for | redemption October 15, may ex- change them for new low-interest bearing securities or for cash. Seek $500,000,000. The Treasury is seeking $500,000,- 000 with which to build up its cash reserve. If it is successful in obtain- ing this amount through the new op- eration the public debt will reach, at least temporarily, a new all-time high of more than $29,500,000,000. The $500,000,000 cash borrowing paper will be offered on a straight subscription basis, This is an aban- | donment of the recent practice of | iluc!ion selling to the highest bidder which was blamed in part for the failure of last week’s sale. Although retiring of the Fourth Liberties will erase from Government records the last of approximately $25,000,000,000 of war securities, the public debt in the refunded form still will include about $15,000,000,000 of war costs. Financial experts esti- mated, however, that when the last of the $8,000,000,000 of Liberty bonds has been converted into new, lower interest-bearing securities, the Gov- ernment will save more than $100,- 000,000 annually in interest charges. Morgenthau’s Plan. Under Morgenthau's offer, holders of maturing 414 Fourth Liberty bonds may exchange them for 10-12 year 2% per cent bonds, 3¢ years 115 per cent notes or cash. The 11; per cent notes also are open to cash bids of $500,000,000, but the bonds may be obtained only on a trade-in basis. The conversion bond offering was said to bear the lowest rate of in- terest of any similar Government security. Officials declined to com- ment on the new financing operation, except to say they expected it “to go well” despite recent failure to obtain full subscription to a $100,000,000 issue of 1% per cent four-year paper. ‘The new bonds will bear interest from September 16, payable semi- annually. They will mature Septem- ber 15, 1947, but may be redeemed at the Treasury’s option two years prior to that date. The new notes offered for cash and in exchange for the bonds also will be dated September 16 and will ma- ture March 15, 1939. The Treasury’s working cash bal- ance was figured at $1,200,000,000 to- day. However, between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000 of this amount was believed to have been set aside to retire national bank notes, leaving only between $700,000,000 and $800,- 000,000 to carry on regular and emergency Government activities. Readers’ Guide | | Cross-word Puzzle Lost and Found . Mallon Radio - Women’s Features..B -11 Dog Keeps Score From Room Where * His Mistress Died By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Septem- ber 3.—A large, belligerent coach dog today kept at bay a score of persons and refused to let them enter the room in which his mistress, Mrs. Edna Bell, 65, died last night. ‘The growling dog kept a faith- ful watch until Humane Society attendants dropped a net over him and removed him from the house while Mrs, Bell's body was taken to the morgue. 20000 ETHIOPIANS [EAVEFOR FRONT Arrest of French Promoter! for Alleged Espionage Creates Stir. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, September 3.—The vanguard of 20,000 picked Ethiopian troops ordered to the eastern frontier entrained today at the capital. The vanguard was made up of 700 soldiers under the command of Gen. Habuta Mikael, for years personal bodyguard of Emperor Haile Selassie. The detachment is on its way to the fleld base at Ogaden. It is to pick up other soldiers ®n route, proceeding from Deridawa to Harrah and Ogaden in American motor trucks. The Emperor was reported already to have 75,000 troops in the front lines and 50,000 in reserve in the eastern sector. Count Maurice De Roquefeuille, prominent French promoter, has been arrested for alleged espionage for Italy, it was reported today from Harrar. Arrested with him, the report stated, were his French wife, an Ethiopian clerk and an Italian Maltese priest. The arrests caused a sensation as Ro- quefeuille is well known through many years of residence in Ethiopia. n account of the capitaulations of Roquefeuille was turned over to the French consulate at Harrar. Roquefeuille came to Ethiopia in 1923 &s head of a French syndicate to exploit a concession for the mining of mica. The concession lapsed, but Roquefeuille continued to reside at Jigjigga, where he acted as agent of the French consul at Deridawa. According to Ethiopians, his con- tinued stay with no apparent means of livelihood aroused suspicion. So did his claim to certain documents allegedly acquired illegally and be- longing to the late Ras Makonen. These documents were said to per- tain to Ethiopian properties in Jeru- salem and include correspondence be- tween Makonen and the Italian gov- ernment prior to the battle of Adua. Emperor Halle Selassie attached great importance to them. LARGE STORE BURNS Two Firemen Lose Lives in $100,- 000 Texas Blaze. ROCKDALE, Tex., September 3 (#). —Two volunteer firemen lost their lives in a $100,000 fire which razed a store building in the busiress dis- trict early today. A metal awning on the front of the building collapsed and crushed to death J. Wesley Hooper, 35, and Wil- bur Williams, 21, while they were fighting the blaze. ‘The fire broke out at the grocery department. It was brought under control at dawn. Swim Is Again Delayed. TORONTO, September 3 (#).—An on-siore breeze today brought Lake Ontario waters up to only 56 degrees, six short of the necessary temperature and Canadian National Exhibition officials again postponed the wom: five-mile swim for the profe 1 championship of the world. has been scheduled for 5 p.m. (Eastern standard time) tomorrow. The event has been postpon daily since Thursday. LEAGUE MAY OPEN PARLEY WITH PLEA 10 DUCE, SELASSIE 10 RENGUNCE WAR British Lead in Move to Se- HULL STATES U 3. IGNORES OIL PACT. Secretary Cites Existence of Peace Treaties in “Every Country.” By the Associated Press. Secretary of State Hull announced today that the concession granted by the Ethiopian government to the Afri- can Exploration & Development Corp. would play no part whatever in the attitude of the United States toward the Italo-Ethiopian situation. The Secretary, asked by newsmen for this Government's official reac- tion to Emperor Haile Selassie’s grant of development rights in more than half of his African empire to Anglo- | American interests, made the following formal statement: “It has not thus far been possible to secure the full facts relative to the | reported oil concession transaction in | cure Open Pledge of Peace or Refusal as Basis of Session. EDEN URGES LAVAL TO JOIN IN REPORT If Powers Decline to Promise Ban on Hostilities Sanctions by Other Nations May Be Con- sidered, Diplomats at Geneva Believe. The Ethiopian Situation. Diplomats at Geneva said the League of Nations may ask Premier Mus- solini of Italy and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia to promise not to resort to war to settle their dis- pute. Smaller nations were represented as worried about their own future in the League. A New York broker, Leo Chertok, said he was “fully prepared” to exer- cise his option on a concession of oil and mineral rights in Ethiopia. Since the terms of the deal were not made public, it was impossible to determine whether this conces- sion was in conflict with that signed last week by Prancis M. Rickett, British promoter, also for oil and mineral rights. Great Britain moved faster in re- inforcing her naval and military forces at Malta, the nerve center of the Mediterranean. At the same time, her diplomats sought to pre- serve the peace of Europe through the machinery of the League. Newspapers in Italy regarded the “Rickett affair” askance and de- manded clarification of the motive for the concession. Emperor Haile Selassie moved the vanguard of a force of 20,000 picked tioops toward the eastern frontier as the black empire prepared for eventualities. British Take Lead. By the Associated Press. Ethiopia. “The reported concession, as T stated on last Saturday, was made without this Government having in any way been consulted or informed. “A sufficient amount of informa- tion, however, has since been received whatever the nature of this transac- tion may prove to be, either commer- cially or politically, or both, the atti- tude and policy of this Government toward the controversy between Italy and Ethiopia will be maintained here- | after just as it would have been main- tained had this reported oil transac- tion not occurred. “The central point in the policy of this Government in regard to the Italian and Ethiopian controversy is the preservation of peace—to which policy every country throughout the | world is committed by one or more treaties—and we earnestly hope that no nations will, in any circumstances, be diverted from this supreme ob- Jjective.” NEW OIL DEAL REPORTED. U. S. Broker Says He Has Option in Return for Loan. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 3.—Leo Chertok, New York broker, who described himself as a sales repre- sentative of the E. I du Pont Co. in Russia, said today he was “fully pre- pared” to exercise his option on a 50-year concession on oil and mineral deposits in Ethiopia. ‘The concession, in the form of an agreement signed by Wargneq C. Martin, Ethiopian envoy at London, and Chertok, was verified by the Ethiopian Legation in London today. Chertok declared that he “could (See HULL, page 2. BOY, 3, LOST IN WOODS THREE DAYS IS FOUND Child Walks Into Field and Is Sighted by Party of Searchers. By the Associated Press. AUXVASSE, Mo., September 3.— John Wesley Kennon, 3, lost in Calla- way County woods since Saturday aft- ernoon, was found alive this morning about a mile from here. The child, barefoot and clad only in rompers, walked out of the woods into a fleld this morning and imme- diately was spotted by a searching party. ‘The field was a mile from the place where the red-headed youngster dis- appeared while playing with two older brothers. BRITISH SHIP AGROUND King Lud Hits Shoals Off New Zealand. SAN FRANCISCO, September 3 (#). —The British steamer King Lud, bound from Vancouver to Melbourne, went aground on shoals east of Port Pirie, near New Zealand, the marine department of the Chamber of Com- memhm'n‘flledbyufln today. to enable me to say definitely that, | GENEVA, September 3.—Informed | diplomats said today the League of | Nations® first step in preserving peace in Ethiopia probably would be to ask | Premier Mussolini and Emperor Haile | Selassie to pledge themselves not tc resort to war to settle their dispute. The League Council will meet on the | question privately at 4 p.m. tomorrow, opening the formal discussions. Diplomats indicated the British del- egation, which is coming to make | every effort to avert hostilities, is con- sidering this way of initiating League | action on the problem. Advocates of this step pointed out that if either of the two leaders re- | fused such a pledge during the Coun- | cil's examination of the question the | situation could be changed immedi- | ately. It was conceivable, they indi- cated, that the Council could judge a real threat of war to exist and take | definite measures to safeguard peace | under article 11 of the League's cove- i nant. (Article 11 provides penalties for violation of the covenant.) In such an event, these sources sug- gested, refusal to pledge against re- sorting to war could precipitate a- situation which might involve consid- eration of sanctions. Eden Sees Laval. Anthony Eden, chief of the British delegation, conferred with Premier Laval this morning and urged him to join him as reported to the council | on the Paris attempt to reach a peace- ful solution of the conflict, reminding | the League that “the offer made Mus- | solini at Paris remains open.” A British spokesman said: “We are still hoping that something along the lines of the Paris offer will be found acceptable to Italy.” A usually well-informed source said Eden's report for the council is framed | at present along these lines: 1. It states that the Ethiopians have let it be known they are ready to ac- cept foreign assistance which would be carried out under the aegis of the League. 2. The Ethiopians would make a definite apeal to the League for for- eign help, which could be given in principle by Italy, Great Britain and France. Actually, the assistance would be given principally by Italy, since Great Britain is not interested in Ethiopia except at Lake Tsana and France’s sole interest would seem to be the railroad between Djibouti and Addis Ababa. 3. Economic and financial develop- ment would affect mining, roads, rail- ways, public works and general finan- clal reconstruction. 4. Complete measures would be (See ETHIOPIA, page 7. P AR S POWER VOTE-ORDERED La Guardia Halts Hearing on “Yardstick” Referendum. NEW YORK, September 3 (#).— Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia ab- ruptly ended a public hearing today on the proposed construction of a $45,000,000 “yardstick” municipal power plant when he signed the measure permitting_a November 5 referendum on the tion. ‘The mayor’s sudden action in the midst of the hearing came as repre- sentatives for utility companies argued against the pre a pet of the fusion mayor’s his election.