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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Fprecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight and probably tomorrow: gentle southerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 74, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 57, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 DL 0y " Ne. 33377 post office, W LEAGUE PLAN FOR PEACE UNACCEPTABLE TO DUCE; BRITISH NAVY ON GUARD £l Delegates Hold Cession Idea Useless. TO WALK OU IF THREATENED “Take It or Leave It” Offer Means End, They Say. By the Associated Press GENEVA, September 18 —The Ital- lan delegation today labeled as “abso- Iutely inacceptable as a basis for ne- gotiation” summaries of the League of Nations collective assistance plan tor Ethiopia that are current in League lobbies. “There is nothing at all for Italy In this scheme,” an Italian spokesman told the Associated Press. “It is like offering us $500,000 for a house we think worth $10,000,000. In other words, the scheme is not reasonable.” Concerning a report that Ethiopia would cede Ogaden and Danakil to Italy, in return for grants by England and France of their Somalilands to Ethiopia, the spokesman said: “Have you ever been to Ogaden and Danakil? Ogaden is nothing but a vast desert, uninhabitable by Italians. As for Danakil, it has been truly de: scribed by travelers as the hell hole of creation.” Aloisi Called Back to Rome. ‘Baron Pompeo Aloisi, head of th~ Italian delegation to the League of Nations, was expected in informed quarters to leave tomorrow for Rome for a conference with Premier Mus- solini. It was understood that II Duce wished not only to discuss the League's plan for a solution of the Ttalo-Ethiopian dispute, but to gain his representative’s impressions con- cerning the Geneva political atmos- phere. The newspaper Journale Des Nations described the report of the five-power committee set up by the League Coun- cil to deal with the Italo-Ethiopian Fntered as second class matter ashingeon, D. C. | Ethiopia Rejects Former Officers | From U.S. Army | | 20 Turned Down Be- cause Too Late, Lon- don Legation Says. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 18. — The Ethiopian Legation announced of- ficially today that it is turning down | offers of services from American for- | mer Army officers. The secretary of the legation said, “We have received some 20 applici | tions trom America in the last three weeks, the majority of them from for- | mer Regular Army officers. “We thank them extremely for their offers. but the legation finds it impos- sible to employ them. The offers are too late now. They do not know the language and there is the question of equipment. “It is very uncertain what use they could be now.” The secretary said Francis M. Riekett, who negotiated an oil and mineral concession in Ethiopia from | which the American interests later withdrew, had paid a courtesy call to the legation but had not been seen since then, WAR TAXES VOTED BY ROME CABNET | | | Big Loan Ordered, Thou- sands of Troops Sent | Into Libya Colony. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ROME. September 18—The Italian government today reorganized its tax program to provide for war and shifted thousands of troops into Libya because of a threatening attitude on the part of tribesmen. Premier Mussolini presided in per- son over a cabinet meeting which SHIPS GATHER he WASHINGTON, D. Regular Home' Maneuvers Canceled. AT GIBRALTAR Great Vessel Nelson Reported on Way to Rock. By the Associated Press LONDON, September 18.—The | British admiralty officially disclosed today that the regular Autumn ma- | neuvers of the British Navy in the | North Sea have been indefnitely postponed—with Britain's major fighting ships in the Mediterranean. It was stated that the remainder of the home fleet is concentrated off Portland with its ranks skeletonized by the fact that many warships have been ordered into the Mediterranean An admiralty spokesman said no. date had been set for the maneuvers off Scotland and added it was dubious if they would be held at all “in view of the circumstances.” Meanwhile, authoritative sources in- | dicated today that an official an-| nouncement by the air ministry of a | recent concentration of British avia- | tion reinforcements in the Mediter- | ranean area is expected soon. Author- ities in a position to know said they expected it to confirm recent reports that Royal Air Force squadrons had | been concentrated in Malta, Egypt. and | elsewhere in the Mediterranean sector. | ! One-Day Maneuvers Today. The battleships Royal and Nelson steamed out Sovereign | from Port- ilnnd this morning, accompanied by a of William H. and Anna McKenney. flotilla o destroyers. for what was described as one-dav local maneuvers. Just where they would be held was not stated. Between 125 and 150 British war- ships ioday patrolled the Mediterran- ean in movements which authorita- tive quarters frankly labeled as “pre- cautionary.” The 2d and 6th Destroyer Flotillas, 3 WHAT WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION A RELIEF To SEE THAT News Note—Senator James Pinckney Pope of Idaho has caused the State Depart- | DE bering Star WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1935—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. us. PARTMENT OF ment many anxious moments due to his comments on the European crisis. TRUCK KILLS B[]Y, ‘Graphic Arts Council Formed HAING TOLL 7 2-Year-0ld Victim of Traf- fic on New York Ave- nue Northeast. (Picture on Page B-1.) Two-year-old Albert McKenney. son 57 New York avenue northeast. was killed instantly today by a beer truck while running across the street in front of his home. The truck which struck the boy down, crushing his skull. was driven by Fred E. Beverley. 25, of 3310 Hull street. Richmond, Va. Beverley said he was driving west on New York avenue about 10 or 15 miles per hour when crisis as a series of suggestions, rather Passed sweeping provisions “designed, leaving two destroyers behind, sailed | the boy darted between parked cars than a definite project to be accepted or rejected. It was described as one for modernization of Ethiopia, pro- viding for a principal foreign adviser with great powers, along the lines of the adviser which the League sug- gested for Liberia. Would Have Assistants. The chief adviser would have two assistants, all to be named by the League Council, but not to be selected from any of Ethiopia’s three neighbor- ing colonial powers—France, Britain and Italy. A spokesman for one of the major powers, discussing this summary, warned that the committee’s work was really not completed. in part, to furnish means for facing the expenses necessary for the defense of East African colonies.” A great na- tional loan was approved. The assignment of troops to Libya. Italy’s North African colony, which is governed by Gen. Italo Balbo, re- sulted from what was described as a concentration of armed Senussite tribesmen on the f{rontier of Egypt and Libya. It was indicated that Balbo personally had asked Mussolini for the reinforcements. War Loan to Be Huge. In financial circles it was stated that the war oan would run to many billions of lire, although the exact from Gibraltar unexpectedly today for on the opposite side of the street and an undisclosed destination. | ran in front of the truck. Albert's body was dragged 10 or 15 Nelson Is Expected. { feet, his green play suit ripped off his | amount was not disclosed. (The lira today is worth about 8 cents.) The bonds will bear 5 per cent interest “We are trying to devise a plan which will be acceptable to Italy, al-| though personally I doubt whether | will accept it,” this delegate said. | 20d Will be offered at 95 lire for every m%;e ji:o:n::fi!ee of five mget again 100 lire of nominal capital. The hold- | today and reached an agreement on | 'S Of government 31> per cent bonds, | the text of the Ethiopian report, which | Which now are quoted below 70, may | Reports circulated that the great battleship Nelson end the battle cruiser Repulse were expected at Gibraltar shortly. The two flotillas arrived there yesterday after a speedy run from England in the company of | the battle cruisers Hood and Renown and the 2d Cruiser Squadron. These battle cruisers and cruisers still were in the harbor today and it was re- ported they would stay indefinitely. H. M. S. Nelson is the flagship of the British home fleet and the head- quarters for the aome fleet com- | | mander, Admiral Roger Backhouse. zr ¢ | Her displacement is 33,500 tons and 'p." she carries nine 16-inch guns. H. M. S. Repulse recently vas modernized. Of 32,000 tons, she carries six 15-inch uns. British officials, however, were Chairman Salvador de Madariaga of Spain will presert soon to Italy and Ethiopia. A British spokesman said there was no specific mention of Italy in it. ; Baron Aloisi has been informed un- officially of the essentials of the re- port, but has not seen the text. His indication to the French that the report was inacceptable in its present form, French delegates said, should be regarded as his “first per- sonal reaction.” Aloisi Threatens Withdrawal. Baron Alofsi was reported reliably today to have warned Premier Laval of France that Italy would withdraw | its delegates from the League of Na- tions if the League Council's five- power committee submitted a “last- word” offer in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. Spokesmen for the Italian delega- tion said the “no compromise” dic- tum laid down Saturday in an Italian cabinet communique did not mean “no discussions and no negotiations.” But, said a reliable source, Baron Aloisi warned that Italy would recall its delegates if the committee set forth an ‘offer which Italy must accept or Feject. MURDER SUSPECTED Police Believe Miamian Robbed and Thrown Into Canal. MIAMI, Fla, September 18 ().— Police said today they believed David J. Weaver, 55-year-old ironworker, whose body was found floating in the canal, had been robbed and then killed. Only 8 cents was in Weaver’s pocket, they said, and human hair was found on a broken beer bottle, located in the man’s car, which was parked three blocks away. The body was discovered by small boys yesterday, Readers’ Guide _A-14-15-16 ‘Washington Wayside ___ A-13 exchange them for the new bonds at 80. | The cabinet authorized the expendi- | ture of 337.000,000 lire by the navy | for the construction and filling of oil 1eservoirs for the navy. This is an | other effort to make Italy self-suffi- | clent in the extreme case that the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal should be closed to her. The cabinet approved a special tax | on business turnover. Another will be imposed on automobile trucks used in !(he transport of goods. Railroad | tariffs were ordered raised so that by the fiscal year of 1936-37 the govern- ment-owned railroads will be out of | the red. Balanced Budget Expected. The method of paying war pensions | was changed to make the buraen lighter. The cabinet declarad, “This | series of provisions will be such as to | permit the government to balance the | budget for the fiscal year 1936-37.” General orders concerning a one- day mobilization throughout Italy, | proclaiming it to be of | character,” coincided today with the | calling of the cabinet session. The mobilization orders, issued by Fascist General Secretary Achille Starace at Milan, did not designate the date of the call to arms, but warned party secretaries throughout the kingdom to make ready imme- | diately. All Must Answer Summons. The orders said all uniformed | Fascists must jump to arms at the first signal, whether they be clerks, bankers, artists or opera stars. Only munitions and public service officials, such as police officers, were exempt. ‘The signal for the mobilization, ex- pected to bring between 6,000,000 and 10,000,000 Black Shirts and citizens to attention within the span of a day, will be sounded by church bells, sirens | and radios. “military | workmen engaged in production of | | quick to deny there was anything | provocative in Britain’s action in as- | | sembling this fleet during the present | strained relations between Italy and Ethiopia, especially in view of the | presence of numerous Italian men-of- | | war in ancient Rome's “Mare NoS- | in his blue-striped overalls and cap, | trum. Britons Just Learn of Action. Subjects of the British crown today ! received their first intimation of the | | extensive naval movements which the American public has known several | days. Britons were kept in ignorance of the fleet transfer through a volun- | tary censorship by the British press. | The admiralty persisted in describ- | ing the ship movements as “routine,” |and “in accordance with previous ar- | rangements.” A Downing street official asserted | there is nothing to justify any as- sumption that the Mediterranean | maneuvers were being made in an- | ticipation of an outbreak of Anglo- | Italian hostilities. The bulk of the home fleet which is not actually in the vicinity of ‘the | Suez Canal—the vital channel through | | which all Italian forces and war equip- | ment have passed—has been quietly | | assembled at Gibraltar to act as a | backstop to the Mediterranean fleet. | Sicily-Africa Held Weakest Link. | The fleet’s present position takes it | well to the east of the narrows be- tween Sicily and Africa, which naval | strategists consider the weakest link | in the steamer lane through the Med- iterranean. | At the same time the admiraity harbor at Gibraltar has been pro- tected with a boom defense and the southern entrance to the admiralty harbor has been barred to ships. Concerning -a warlike construction placed on the ship movements abroad, the official said: “There is nothing (Sée BRITISH, Page 4) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—The memoirs of Robert Lansing, wartime Secretary of State, disclosed today that President Wilson would have re- signed immediately in favor of Charles Evans Hughes, his Republican oppo- nent, if he had been defeated in the 1916 election. The former Secretary, in “The War Memoirs of Robert Lansing,” pub- lished today, said that the plan in- volved first his own resignation and the appointment of Hughes as the new Secretary of State. Then Wilson and Women's Features _ Wilson Planned to Resign If Defeated by Hughesin1916 Vice President Marshall would have ! resigned, leaving the victor at the polls in immediate possession of the office. The plan, Lansing wrote, was handed to him by the President in a wax- sealed enevelope on election day. Lansing recounted that the letter, typed by President Wilson himself, ex- pressed fears of an adverse vote and said that the President felt the de- veloping crisis ought not to be faced by a man who lacked the support of the people. The volume in general is a com- mentary on the Washington situation during the war and is literally spiced with anecdotes and personalities, small form. As he slipped through the fence of his home, Mrs. Minnie Carroll. of the same address. called to him to come back, but Albert's bare feet already weres pattering rapidly upon the busy avenue. Mrs. Carroll said she saw him struck. | Warned by Sister. Mrs. William Kaldenbach, Alberts | sister, was hanging clothes in the | back yard of the McKenney's home when her little brother told her he was going across the street, she said. | Kaldenbach said she warned | ot to go beyond the iron fence, | but he cailed back a childish “sissy’ | and ran before she could stop him. | Albert’s mother was summoned, and | arrived shortly after the accident. | She collapsed, screaming, and had to be taken to a neighbor’s home, where friends tried to quiet her. Albert's father was summoned from his job as engineer at the Homeopathic Hospital a few blocks away. When little Albert’s father arrived police were photographing various aspects of the accident—the body, the truck and drivers, etc. Mr. McKenney tried to push through the crowd to | his baby son. Police held him back. Just One of the Crowd. “But I'm his father,” Mr. McKenney protested. He was still checked. “It's a wonder,” he said in a voice low with sadness, “that a father hasn't got s right to go to his son.” Finally, he was allowed through police lines. He stooped over the still form huddled under dirty quilts sighed and walked toward his home, his head down, calling to his other son. Billy, 10 years old and tow-headed like his | dead brother: “C’'mon, Bill.” Held Pending Inquest. Beverley, the truck driver, and his colored helper, Joseph Willlams, 19, of 2808 Midlothian pike, Richmond, were taken to the second precincy station to be held pending decision of a coroner’s jury. The child’s death brought the traffic death toll for the year to 77 as com- pared with 90 in the same period last year. It was the fourteenth death since the police safety campaign started July 20. U. S. TO ERECT BUILDING LONDON, September 18 (#).—An | agreement for the erection of a build- ing to house all the now scattered branches of the United States Govern- ment was signed today at the Ameri- can Embassy between real estate men | and Government representatives. ‘The building, to be at No. 1 Gros- venor square, will be ready for occu- pancy January 1, 1937, and will be rented on a long-term lease. MELCHER IN FILMLAND AMONG THE STARS Turn to Page A-2 To Spread Safe Driving Pled ges, 2,000 Members To Line-Up With Star’s Campaign—Mayflower Hotel and Other | | 1 10¢ commercial establishments in Was of The Star Safety Council a‘ its anni Hotel and at the same time began t Firms Join. The Graphic Arts Association of Washington, representing approximately hington, endorsed the safety campaign ual meeting last night at the Raleigh he circulation of safe driving pledges among more than 2,000 members in all parts of the city. Last right's action by the assoc unanimous action of association mem- bers at a luncheon meeting Monday at | the Raleigh Hotel endorsing the cam- paign and creating a special committee to take charge of pledging individual members. Following a dramatic reading of the article “—And Suden Death,” re- printed ir The Star last Sunday, the jation constituted an approval of the association approved the safety cam- paign without a dissenting voice and confirmed the action at Monday's iuncheon meeting. The special committee, appointed by (See SAFETY, Page 5.) $12015 PER GAPITA COST OF .S, CRIVE F.B.l. Police Training School ‘ to Become Permanent, Tolson Reveals. Crime costs every man, woman and child in the United States at least $120 a year. The total cost to the country this year will be some 15 bil- lions of dollars. There is operating in the United States today an army of 500,000 armed criminals. { One in every 25 persons possesses a police record. | | 1If averages prevail about 12000 cit- izens will be murdered this year, 100.- 000 will be assaulted and 50,000 will be robbed. H These are some of the surprising statistics on crime made public to- | day by Clyde A. Tolson, assistant di- rector of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, in an address before the Towa Association of Chiefs of Police | at Cedar Rapids. Text of the address | was released this afternoon at the| : Department of Justice. | Training School to Remain. Tolson disclosed that the experi: mental Police Training School of the | P. B. L is to become a permanent | institution in Washington. Launched more than a month ago with an ini- | tial student body of picked police offi- cers from a score of cities, the school has proved £o successful that its con- tinuance is assured. Every police de- partment in the country will be given | an opportunity to send a reptresenta- tive to it. ‘Tolson termed “conservative” the (See CRIME, Page 3. | Safety Broadcasts Today. 4:30 p.m.,, WJSV—Interview with traffic policeman, broadcast from the corner of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, to bring out actual rush-hour traffic violations. 4:45 p.m., WISV—Interviews with passersby at-the same inter- section regarding their ideas on making Washington streets safer. 9:15 p.m., WRC—Interview with Pire Truck Drivers H. 8. Bell of Engine Company No. 24 and John R. Ludlam ‘of Engine . Company No. 16 on their traf- fic experiences in Washington and what the motorist can do to co-operate. ‘Tomorrow. 4 p.m., WJSV—Dramatization of a traffic court, with Judge Robert E. Mattingly playing the role of judge; Otto Hauschild, member of the Metropolitan po- lice force detalled in the corporation counsel's office at Police Court, playing the role of court clerk; Henry C. Nestor playing thg role of traffic officer. 6:45 pm, WMAL— Interview with Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan on traffic con- ditions and how to improve them. | ter. | pling stole second as Hopkins fanned. ' | Hayes. GRIFFS DEFEAT to Take First of Double-Header. BY FRANCIS STAN. Rallying in the ninth inning, after the White Sox had tied the score in the first half of the frame, the Na- tionals took the opening game of today's double-header at Griffith Sta- dium, 5 to 4. | FIRST INNING. CHICAGO — Newsom tossed out Radcliff. Simmons doubled to right. Hayes singled to center, scoring Sim- mons. Bonura fanned and Hayes was doubled trying to steal second, Bolton to Myer. One run. WASHINGTON—Kuhel walked. Miles flied deep to Simmons. Myer also flied to Simmons. Stone lined to Simmons. No runs. Washington, 0: Chicago, 1. SECOND INNING. CHICAGO—Appling singled to cen- Washington flied to Miles. Ap- Shea fouled to Kuhel. No runs. ‘WASHINGTON—Lewis popped to Appling. Powell beat out a bunt to Hopkins. Bolton hit into a double play, Hayes to Appling to Bonura. No runs. 2 Washington, 0; Chicago. 1. THIRD INNING. CHICAGO—Bluege threw out Phelps. Radcliff popped to Muyer. Simmons flied to Miles. No runs. WASHINGTON—BIluege popped to Newsom fanned. Kuhel grounded to Hayes. No runs. Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. FOURTH INNING. CHICAGO—Hayes singled to cen- ter. Bonura forced Hayes at second, Bluege to Myer. Appling forced Bon- ura, Bluege to Myer. Appling stole second. Washington walked. Hopkins singled to left, Appling scoring and ‘Washington stopping at second. Shea (See BASEBALL, page 3. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s C * %Kk | WARTHUR T0 AID PHILIPPINES FORM MILITARY DEFENSE Will Retire as Chief of Staff December 15 to Under- take New Task. DETAILED TO ISLANDS | AT QUEZON’S REQUEST | Secretary Dern Not to Name Suc- cessor Until His Return From Inaugural Rites. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced | today he would retire as chief of staff | of the American Army on December | 15 to undertake the task of organizing the military defenses of the new com- monwealth government of the Phil- ippines. President Roosevelt detailed Mac- Arthur to the assignment at the ur- gent request of Manuel Quezon, who was elected first President of the new government in yesterday's election, Accompanied by Capt. Thomas Jefferson Davis, his aide, Gen. Mac- Arthur will sail from San Francisco | | early in October, arriving in Manila in time to participate in the inaugu- ration of Quezon November 15. Secretary Dern, Vice President Garner, Speaker Byrns and a delega- | tion of Senators and Representatives also will be present at the impressive irauguration ceremonies Gen. MacArthur will retain his po- | sition as chief of staff until he as- sumes his new duties in Manila, though Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds, deputy chief, will be in active charge | of Army affairs here | Secretary Dern has already an- nounced he will not recommend ap- | pointment of MacArthur's successor until he returns from representing the Presigent at the Philippine cere- | maonies. Although the Army's youngest gen- eral, MacArthur, now 55, planned to retire from active service until Presi- dent-elect Quezon proposed that he undertake the task of organizing and | training the Philippine army and forming the defense of the more than 1,500 islands of the Archipeligo. Quezon made the offer in Washing- ton last Summer after consultation with President Roosevelt, Secretary Dern, and other American officials. MacArthur gnnounced his accept- ance after receiving confirmation of Quezon's eleétion. He declined, however, any comment | on his plans in the Philippines. Important to U. S. Defense. | (#) Means Associated Press. irculation, 126,851 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. MIDWEST SPEECH BY PRESIDENT ON TRIPIS UNLIKELY Business Here Will Require Delay in Starting Jour- ney to Pacific. LEGION CONVENTION VISIT IS IMPROBABLE Roosevelt Reveals Details of Program—First Talk at Boulder Dam. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 18. —The pressure of governmental busi- ness in Washington, which will keep President Roosevelt in the Capital several days after his return from Hyde Park, virtually eliminates any chance of his making a speech on his West Coast trip before reaching Boulder Dam. In making this announcement to- day the President also indicated he probably will be unable to attend the closing session of the American Legion convention in St. Louis September 26. The President will arrive in Wash- ington from Hyde Park Monday morning. During his stay he will hold numerous conferences with adminis- tration lieutenants Original plans were that he would stop over in the Capital City but a day or so. Three Speeches Listed. ‘To date details of his train trip across the continent have not been worked out, President Roosevelt said at his press conference. He pointed out he has agreed to deliver only thrze major speeches on the way to the Coast. The first will be at Boulder Dam, the second at a luncheon in Los Angeles and the third at the San Diego Exposition. Mr. Roosevelt added that he would leave his special train at Los Angeles and, after keeping luncheon engage- ments there, would make the journey to San Diego by automobile. If Mr. Roosevelt goes ahead with his announced intention not to make |any so-called major stops after leav- ing Washington until he reaches Boulder Dam, he will be doing so against the wishes and advice of Postmaster General Farley, his po- litical adviser, who has made no secret of the fact that he deemed a mid- Western speech on the President's trip advisable. Mr. Farley, accompanied |by Charles Michelson, publicity di- lrector for the national committee, joined the President at his Hyde Park | home late yesterday, and after spend- WHITE 0K, 54 Come From Behind in Ninth| | Gen. MacArthur accepted his new ing the night at the Roosevelt home, | assignment, it was learned authori- |departed this morning. The impres- | tatively, because he considers the |sion is that they were on hand to ad- | future security and independence of | vise the President regarding certain the Philippines to be of paramount |features incident to the Western trip, importance to American interests in |with particular reference to what the Pacific. speeches should be made, and where. As military adviser to President When asked today about the visit of Quezon, MacArthur—who led the |Farley and Michelson and what part American Army longer than any other | they were taking in the arrangements man—will have the unique assign- for the Western trip, Mr. Roosevelt ment of building an army from the said their call was purely personal. ground up with raw material within | the framework of the commonwealth | government. The Philippines now have only a pected to acquire forts and other military equipment now in the islands when American troops now on duty there sail away. When the United States withdraws from the Philippines on July 4, 10 years hence, Gen. MacArthur expects | to have organized a highly-trained. modern-armed military force and es- | tablishment adequate for the defenss | of the new republic. In going to the Philippines for the ~(See MacARTHUR, Page 4.) THEATER COLLAPSE KILLS 1, TRAPS 14 Roof in Boston Tumbles as Build- | ing Is Being Demolished. | Others May Be Caught. By the Associated Press. | BOSTON, September 18.—The roof |and other sections of the old Hollis Theater collapsed today while the building was being demolished, killing at least one man and trapping an | undetermined additional number in | the ruins. Police said a check indicated at | least 14 men were caught. Two men reported dead when removed were still alive, physicians said, when they reached the city hospital. Italians Voted Sympathy. BRUSSELS, September 18 (#).—A resolution expressing sympathy with fascism” was passed today at a meet- ing ot the general council of the Labor party. W.P. A. Subsidy Stacks Cards Against Poets, League Claims The Poet Laureate League, Inc., to- day complained to Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins that “the cards are stacked and the poets get the joker” in the W. P. A's $27,- 000,000 allotment for artistic work relief projects. In an open letter to the admin- istrator, Earl A. Cuevas, president of the league, claimed that the huge arts subsidy completely ignores the impoverished poets of the country. “This league has submitted a project to the F. E. R. A. which was considered by members of your staff as being the most practical and com- prehensive which had been received,” he wrote. “Instead of revising the project to meet the requirements of existing regulations or formulating such regulations as would permit the acceptance of a poetry project, the idea was not even given that much consideration, and was dismissed. L] “Contemporary poets,” Mr, Cuevas declared, “are so treated in our social system that they are living in what | 1s literally a wretched dream. “Many of them are looked upon as anced,” he added. that some of them are, but it is the result of the same causes and effects which have driven people to insanity and suicide in different walks of life— hunger, physical suffering, privation and despair.” Mr. Cuevas asked if it is the con- tention of the administration that pictures, paintings or statues have contributed more to the culture of the country than poetry, and whether it believes that these arts are conse- quently more deserving of public sub- sidies and support. He asserted the league believes that President Roose- velt did not have in mind the expul- sion of poets from the work-relief | appropriation, L] 3 small constabulary force, but are ex- | Italians “oppressed and menaced by | being unsocial and mentally unbal- | “It is quite true! Urged Midwest Stop. Mr. Farley, when talking to pews- paper men last night and during his visit here last week, mentioned that he had urged the President, in making up his train schedule, to include a stop in the Midwest, presumably for | the purpose of making a major speech. If Mr. Roosevelt's intimation to the press today that he will make no | Midwestern stops is to be accepted as | definite and final, it would be assumed | that Farley was unsuccessful in his | urgings. Discussing the tentative plans today, Mr. Roosevelt was unable to say just 'how long he would remain in San | Diego, but he gave the impression hat his visit there would be brief, | | u probably two days and a night. He said he will go aboard a naval vessel, the U. S. S. Houston, at San Diego to carry him back to the Atlantic | Coast. 1 With a beaming face Mr. Roosevelt, & real lover of the sea, announced at | this point that before starting through the Panama Canal he would engage in a few days of fishing. He mentioned fishing off Pearl Island and Cocos Island and, with a great air of mys- tery and genuine delight, he said he (See ROOS! T, Page 3.) SPANISH CABINET IN ROW OVER DEATH PENALTIES Crisis Threatened When Presi- dent Zamora Balks at Capital Punishment. | By the Associated Press. | MADRID, September 18—A hot fight that threatened a cabinet crisis | broke out today between President Alcala Zamora and the government | over the question of capital punish- ment for crimes of violence. Zamora opposes the infliction of the death penalty, wikf is favored by Jose Maria Gil Robles, minister of war, and his Ceda (rightist) followers. The Gil Robles faction insists it is essential that executions be carried | out in order to curb the crime wave. There are eight death sentences await- ing the presidential decision. VT A 'FLEET PLANS 2 VISITS TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY Navy Day and Armistice Day Schedules Are Announced by Secretary Swanson. By the Associated Press. The United States Fleet will visit San PFrancisco on Navy day, October 27, and Armistice day, November 11 Announcing this today, Secretary Swanson said it is expected that heavy cruisers and destroyers of the Scout- ing Force will be in San Fran'| co Bay over Navy day and that bziueships, light cruisers, destroyer and submarine unijts of the Battle Force will visit the city Armistice day. §