Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness, warmer tonight, followed by rain; cooler tomorrow, much cooler at night; gentle winds. Temper- atures—Highest, 78, at 2:30 p.m. yester= day; lowest, 57, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 15, 16, 17 33,385. NO Entered as second class matter . post office, Washington, D. C. ah WASHINGTON, D. ¢ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1935—FORTY-SIX PAGES. The only Star evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 128,817 Some Returns Not Yet Received FH¥ () Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. LEAGUE BANS WAR UNTIL DEC. 4 ARTICLE XV 1S INVOKED FROM SEPT. 4, AS ITALY’S DELEGATES MARCH OUT < Hostilities Before Time Set to| Be Deemed Belligerent Act Against All Members. FRENCH RALLY UNQUALIFIEDLY | TO PROTECTION OF COVENANT Support in Laval Speech Hints of British Promise to Back Guarding of Austrian Independence. BULLETIN. PARIS, September 26 (#).—French officials said today that sanc- tions against Italy could not be avoided if Premier Mussolini’s forces ever attacked Ethiopia. These officials predicted that the League of Nations Council would make the aggressor nation in the impending conflict indefinitely liable to sanctions. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 26 —The League of Nations Council today gave notice to Italy and Ethiopia that they cannot start war until December 4 without violating the League Covenant. If either one starts aggressive hostilities before then, that nation will | be deemed to have committed an act of war against all members of the League of Nations—thereby automatically calling for punishment by the other nations. This notice was implied by a unanimous vote—with the Italian delegates conspicuously absent—to draft a report of recommendations for the settle- ment of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict under Article XV of the Covenant and & decision that this article was in operation as from Séptember 4. Hostilities Must Wait 3 Months. This means three months must elapse from that date before hostilities | can be undertaken without disregard of the Covenant. The action was taken in tense excitement and in the space of 70 minutes. Previous to the momentous session, the corridors of the League Building were a milling mob of statesmen and observers. Prime ministers in the throng. They viewed, with fast moving ripples of comment, the act of the Italian | tion which stalked out of the building after a toast at the bar before | % Fhe Council's public session began. ‘When the final vote the lobby stairs 2 The metal steps in 12 clashes like the strokes of container of cast-off communiques bounced noisily down the | Foreign ministers elbowed delegate inadvertently banged out te basket at the head of a bell. Looming up out of the Council's rapid but solemn discussion was the unqualified rallying by France to the application of the League Covenant in “its letter and spiri British Assurances Seen. This support, given by Premier Laval of France in a brief speech supporting Great Britain, was inter- preted by many observers as indicat- ing that France has received satis- factory assurances from Great Britain | that in any future European con- flict Great Britain will insist on the same scrupulous application of the covenant as she is calling for in the dispute between Italy and Ethiopia. Some said they saw in Laval's speech a particular indication that Great Britain will stand by France in the event of any complications growing out of any attempt to destroy the independence of Austria. The Council probably will meet again tomorrow to discuss Emperor Haile Selassie’s request that a com- mission of neutral observers be sent to the Ethiopian frontiers to follow the situation and to forestall any military clashes. More Conversation Seen. Some observers said they saw in the speeches of both Anthony Eden of Great Britain and Maxim Lit- vinoff of Russia an indication that conversations on the “sanctions” which might be employed against Italy will be vigorously pursued. Eden said in his speech that while the Council’s report was being drafted, *“the governments will have an op- portunity to consider whether, and if so, how, anything further can be done to u}egunrd peace.” Council Can Urge Sanctions. In connection with this angle, League officials stated that the Coun- cil has the power to put into its recommendations, if it wishes, sugges- tions for economic and financial sanc- tions and other general measures of restraint against a nation which launches war after rejecting the recommendations. The president of the Council, En- rique Ruiz Guinazu of Argentina, presented the recommendation for procedure under Article XV, to “make and publish” a report on the case and recommendations—violations of which, if adopted unanimously, would be considered an act of war against all League members, under Article XVI, leading to sanctions. (Article XVI of the Covenant pro- vides that any member of the League resorting to war in disregard of Ar- ticle XV shall be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other members of the League, leading to severance of trade and financial relations and other measures to pro- tect the Covenant.) The Italians caused a brief whirl of excitement, just before the Cour- cil's public meeting was opened, by their walkout. March Out After Toast. As Eden, Premier Laval, Litvinoff and others went to the Council cham- ber to cast their unanimous vote the Jtalians met in a compact body. Included in their number were members of the delegation and other prominent Fascists. They strolled up to the bar in the League’s glass- roofed lobby, ordered drinks, stood stiffly in a circle and raised their glasses high in a toast. Then, after downing the drinks, they ostentatiously marched down the steps and out from the building. It was not immediately indicated whether this meant the delegation’s (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3.); < League’s Sanctions Rule Embarrasses Shipping From U.S. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The decision of the Council of the League of Nations to apply sanctions against Italy or Ethiopia should either declare war before December 4 places this country in a difficult position. Should Il Duce decide to proceed with his aggressive plans regarding Ethiopia, it appears now probable that the nations affiliated with the League will declare an economic embargo on all exports to Italy. The United States, in accordance with the neutrality act, will, upon the President's proclamation, join in such an embargo—but only in so far as ac- tual war weapons are concerned. The list published yesterday by the State Department does not include such raw materials as copper, cotton and wheat, which are essential to & nation like Italy to carry on a war successfully. Consequently the enor- mous surplus in the United States of such raw materials will be at Italy's disposal—if she has the necessary cash to purchase them. Complication May Arise, Experts of the State Department realize the serious complications in which the United States might become involved in case sanctions are applied against the aggressor nation. What 1s worrying the State De- partment principally is the wording of article 16 of the covenant of the League, which will be applied against Ttaly should Mussolini maintain his adamant attitude. That article provides that “should a member of the League resort to war in disregard of the covenants under articles 12, 13 and 15, it shall, ipso facto, be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other mem- bers of the League, which hereby undertake immediately to subject it to the severance of all trade or financial relations, the prohibition of all intercourse between their nationals and the nationals of the covenant- breaking state and the prevention of all financial, commercial and personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking state and the nationals of any other state, whether a member of the League or not.” These last few words mean that if the League decides on a blockade against Italy, the citizens of the United States—a non-League member —will be immediately subject to the same measures of prohibition to have any kind of intercourse with Italy as if they were members of the League. ‘The main hope of the State Depart- ment to avoid frictions with the Brit- ish government is that Italy does not (See SANCTIONS, Page 3.) ——— 121 DEAD IN JAPAN Floods Take 41 Lives After Rains and Typhoons. TOKIO, September 26 (#).—Japa- nese rivers, rising in the wake of rains and typhoons, killed 41 more persons today, making a total of 121 dead in the current storms. The Tone River, traversing Gumma prefecture, flooded the entire valley and claimed 32 new victims. Nine died at Yamanashi, Il Duce Recalls Net Team From Paris Tourney Four Are Ordered to Leave for Home Tonight. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 26.—The Italian tennis team playing in the Paris championships was hurriedly recalled home by order of Premier Mussolini, it was reported in tennis circles today. Although the tournament had reached only the quarter-final round, Giovanni Palmieri, Augusto Rado, Fer- rucio Quintavalle and Stefano Man- gold were ordered to withdraw and leave for Italy tonight, the reports said. Officials at Roland Garros Sta- dium, where the tournament is being held, confirmed the fact that che play- ers were leaving, but said they were “ignorant of the reason.” [TALIANS RESTATE Officials Say Rome Will Listen to Geneva Till African Land Dries. By the Associated Press. cials said today “Italy will listen to what the League of Nations may say, but without promising to wait until after the boggy path to Addis Ababa Lecimes dry enough to support its army.” (The League Council unanimously adopted a resolution to proceed with the Italo - Ethiopian deliberations under Article XV of the League Cov- enant, which automatically makes the aggressor any nation which initiates hostilities before December 4.) These officials continued to declare that nothing can halt II Duce’s ex- pedition to East Africa and denied any fear that Great Britain's fleet will bar its way. Anxiety Over Fleet Quieted. Aaxiety over the mobilizing of the British fleet subsided somewhat. Offi- cials emphasized that Italy and Britain had assured each other that neither has “aggressive” intentions. Informed sources said those assur- ances supplement a firm belief in Italy that Britain will hesitate to maxe war without the full authority of the League. There is a belief, too, that Britain's demand for sanctions will eveatually subside and in no event will a unani- mous agreement for them be obtained in the League Council. Mussolini’s oft-expressed intention o go ahead “with the League, witho the League or against the League, was reflected in a government-inspired editorial in the newspaper Giornale d'Italia, again declaring for Italy's independence. Walkout Held Insignificant. The walkout of the Italian delega- tion at Geneva before the League Ccuneil unanimously adopted a reso- lution to proceed under article 15 of (See ROME, Page 3.) Gore “Watches” Horses. OKLAHOMA CITY (#)—Blind Senator T. P. Gore, who plans to run next year to succeed himself, “watched” the horse races at the Oklahoma State Fair, and incidentally picked a couple of winners. Giving Estate By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, September 26— Saying he had established greed as the motive, Police Detective Frank Condaffer announced today that 19- year-old Leroy Drake, jr., had con- fessed he poisoned his aunt and uncle and toppled an automobile with their bodies from a pier into the ocean last Thursday night. At the home of the victims, Henry Steinheur, 60, and his wife, Nellie, 50, Condaffer said Steinhuer’s will left Drake one-third of his estate, pro- AIMT0 GONQUEST ROME, September 26.—Italien offi- | Greed Established as Motive Of Poisoning Confessed by Boy Police Find Wills of Aunt and Uncle COAL STRIKE CRISIS DUE BEFORE NIGHT, CONFEREE STATES U.M.W. Vice President Sees Concrete Developments in Making. DELEGATES WRANGLE OVER 1V,-CENT RATE {0ld Stumbling Block Still Is in Path—Little Disorder Re- ported by Nation. By the Associated Press. Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers, today predicted “either a make or a break” betore nightfall in negotiations to end the soft coal strike. “The negotiations have reached such a stage that I think there will be something definite before night- fall,” Murray told reporters when a committee of two miners and two Ap- palachian producers resumed work on a new Appalachian wage and hour agreement. i That was interpreted as meaning he | thought an agreement would be reached or the negotiations ended. Action Seen Near. A further indication that either | /& break or an agreement Wwas near | | came at noon in a recess of the com- | mittee of four to permit a caucus of | the producers’ committes of nine. A difference of one and one-half cents in the amount of the pay raise |to be given miners who dig and load icoal still was the principal obstacle in the path of an agreement to end the walkout that started Sunday mid- night. Operators offered a 7!2-cent increase; miners asked 9 cents. Several disputes over working con- ditions and a wage differential scrap involving principally Tennessee, Ala- bama and Virginia still remained to be settled finally, however. The committee resumed work pre- cisely eight hours after it quit last night. A 17-hour session yesterday, | without a break even for meals, failed to produce an agreement. As the negotiations were resumed, four members of the new National Bituminous Coal Commission were sworn in. They conferred briefly with | Secretary Ickes and began trying to find office space. Four Sworn In. The four sworn in were C. E.| | Smith, Fairmont, W. Va., editor; | | Charles F. Hosford, jr., Pittsburgh; Percy Tetlow, former Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers, and George E. Acret, Los Angeles at- torney. Walter F. Maloney of Kansas City, fifth member, did not reach the Capital in time to take the oath with the others. The Guffey coal act providing {ort creation of the new commission h:d’ been used to forestal! strike threats for months. The commission, how- ever, had taken no part in negotia- tions. Thus far in the strike, little or no disorders have been reported from the field. | A survey by operators was said to | have shown that 30,000 unsold cars | of coal were above ground, leading some of those close to the Negotiat- ing Committee to believe the mine owners would not worry if a settle- ment were delayed some time. Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec- retary of Labor, remained in close contact with the Negotiating Com- mittee yesterday, but did not sit in on the conferences. Unions Protest Dismissals. CANDIA, Crete, September 26 (#).— The labor unions of Crete today called & 24-hour general strike to protest again the dismissal from government offices of supporters of the republic. to Youth Who Claims Parents Live Here. administered the poison in his rela- tives’ coffee, then sat down with them in the kitchen of their home and watched them drink it. They slumped in their chairs. The poison brought ™ TRYING To THINK OF WHAT/IT REMINDS ME" D. C. HEADS STUDY JAYWALKERS'FINE ! Stringent Control of Pedes- trians Urged by Traffic Director Van Duzer. (Picture on Page B-1) Stringent control of pedestrians to eliminate jaywalking and crossing in- tersections against red lights was urged on the District Commissioners today by Traffic Director William A. ‘Van Duzer. The plan was taken under advisement by the Commissioners, who turned it over to Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman for study. Van Duzer appeared before a special meeting of the Board of Commus: sioners to recommend fining jay- walkers $2 and pedestrians who dis- regard traffic signals $1. The meeting was broadcast by Sta- tion WRC through arrangement with The Star. The traffic chief formally presented his recommendation after suggesting the plan during a radio broadcast last night as one effective step in the campaign tc end traffic deaths. Urged as Safety Measure. “Pedestrian control is the only way we can halt tragedy in the street and make the careless walker walk care- fully,” Van Duzer said in nis radw statement during an interview ar- ranged by The Star in connection with the paper’s safety campaign. “Punish the imprudent pedestrain, just as you do the drivers. Give him a ticket and make him pay a fne,” Van Duzer declared. “We have got to havel. Pedes- trians will not co-operate for their own safety. We will have to force them to protect themselves from highway death. “A number of cities already have pedestrian control. Pedestrians who violate the regulations are taken into court just like the motorists. “Los Angeles has had pedestrian control for a long time. San Fran- cisco, Seattle, El Paso, Tulsa and Knoxville are some of the others I| can recall off hand.” Of the 79 traffic deaths here this year, Van Duzer told the Commis- sioners this morning, 50 of the vic- tims were pedestrians and 40 of them were held responsible for their own deaths as a result of thejr own care- lessness. Cross in Middle of Block. “They walked across the street in the middle of the block. They walked against traffic signals. They stepped out from behind parked cars,” Van Duzer said. He made this statement to the Commissioners: “Every possible effort has been mads by the authorities during the past few years to improve the traffic situation in Washington and to reduce the number of traffic accidents and fatali- ties. Conditions have not materially improved. “Drastic action is needed not only against drivers who either recklessly, carelessly or negligentiy operate their cars, but against pedestrians who will- fully or negligently fail to cross the streets at proper places and thereby endanger themselves and others. “At the present time we are only regulating a part of the traffic, that is, the vehicular traffic. In order to have proper control of traffic the pedestrian must be regulated and at the same time he must be protected when he (See JAYWALKERS, Page 2.) Readers’ Guide Lost and Found Melcher in Filmland "Two U.S. Workers’ Federations ' Join The Star Safety Campaign |Both Groups of Federal Employes The weight of both the great or ganizations of Federal employes in Washington today was thrown into the fight for safe driving in the Cap- | ital as the American Federation of Government Employes and the Na- tional Federation of Federal Em- ployes joined with The Star Safety | Couneil in its effort to bring home the need for careful driving to every | motorist in the District. | Although the safety campaign is somewhat out of the line of activities contemplated by the constitutions of the two major groups of Federal workers, it was decided by heads of | both organizations that the need for | reduction of the death toll on Wash- ington streets is of such importance | | that the two federations should enroll themselves and their thousands of members in the drive. Members to Get Cards. The two federations have called | on The Star Safety Council for a total of 25,000 safe driving pledge | cards, which will be distributed among Federal workers in every department and unit of the Federal service in | ‘Washington. | The safety campaign among mem- | bers of the National Federation of Federal Employes will be conducted under direction of John W. Ginder, Treasury Department. the District Federation of Federal Employs’ Unions, the local branch of the national body. Safe driving Call for Pledge Cards to Sign Up 25,000 Members. Death Truck on Wrong Side of Street, Jury Told Accused of fatally injuring 3-year- old Paul Dillingham and running over him a second time after knocking him several feet while driving over a grass plot on the wrong side of the street | late yesterday, Ernest Stewart, 51- year-old colored truck driver. was held for the grand jury after a coroner’s inquest today. Earlier, another motorist was ex- onerated in the case of a colored girl who died from traffic injuries. While the investigations went on Casualty Hospital physicians were trying to save the life of a young messenger boy who was seriously hurt this morning when his motor cycle collided with a market truck. ‘The Dillingham boy was struck, it | was testified, while on a grass plot president of | on Belt road, near Morrison street. He had reached the plot after break- ing away and running across the street from his colored nurse, Alice Gray, who told the jury she started after him when she saw Stewart's coal truck approaching, but stopped when she saw him reach what she (See SAFETY, Page 5. (See DEATH, Page 2.) QUARTER MILLION With Sailing Events on Program First Time. _With attendance for the three davs expected to approach the quarter- million mark, the tenth annual Presi- dent’s Cup regatta tomorrow gets un- der way on the course off Hains Point. Sailing craft hold the spotlight for the opening, and on Saturday the drumfire of exploding motors will rock the Potomac as many of the best-known power-boat drivers in the country roar away in quest of the honor that goes with championshipc A threat of bad weather hung over the regatta today, with a forecast of rain and cooler, and a wind shifting to northwest. Conditions were not, however, expected to be as bad as those last year, which forced a one- day postponement of the events. As fina] preparations went forward today for what has come to be recog- nized a3 one of the foremost water classics, interest was centered on the event from which it takes its name— the President's Cup. Bringing together a half-dozen speed- sters in what is known as the Gold Cup class, this race will be in three 15-mile heats—the first, Saturday, and the last two, Sunday—providing a rigorous test for the stanch craft seeking possession of the cup which has been in competition since 1926. El Lagarto Entered. - Facing the starter will be El Lagarto, owned by George C. Reis of Bolton Landing, N. Y., and carrying the hopes of the Lake George Yacht Club; Miss Saranac, the entry of Edmond Guggen- heim of Saranac Lake, N. Y., from the Dee, Jack Dunn, Newport News, Va., Smyrna Yacht Club; Hotsy-Totsy II, Victor Kliesrath, South Bend, Ind., South Bend Yacht Club; Impshi, Horace E. Dodge, Hampton Yacht Club, and Notre Dame, Herbert Mendelson, Detroit. . The President’s Cup is an American | Power Boat Association perpetual trophy. When cffered, it was spon- sored by President Coolidge. it was (Bee mnfrfi-?ix 10 VIEW REGATTA |Event Will Open Tomorrow D. . GETS 5637514 FOR WORK RELIEF Allotment, Covering Many Improvements, Is $138,- 000 Below Estimates. Allotment of $697.614 for a group of District work-relief projects, in- cluding a city-wide tuberculosis case- finding campaign and an extensive program of improvement for District playgrounds, was reported to Com- missioner George E. Allen today by the Federal Works Progress Admin- istration. As originally planned, the several projects had a total cost of $835,702, so Commissioner Allen, District works administrator, must cut the cost of the work by $138,000. Many Cases Believed Unreported. ‘The tuberculosis - control program was mapped out by Health Officer George C. Ruhland, who believes it will reveal 6,000 cases of the disease not now registered. Some 75 workers are to be sent to sections of the city where tuberculosiy is known to exist to find active cases and bring them under treatment. A series of tests are planned. Directors of the District Tuberculosis Association, in session today, approved a grant of $6,000 to be used to supplement the case-find- ings study, in provision of X-ray equipment and hiring of medical experts. The program for development of playground facilities, as originally drawn, called for the building of 26 tennis courts, 12 playground shelters, 8 new wading pools, 2 swimming pools, erection of 100 pieces of playgrouna equipment and a variety of work in grading, landscaping and fencing of existing playgrounds. The original request for this work totaled $572,197. Commissioner Allen will consult with (See WORK RELIEF, Page 2.) Fire Brings River of Rubber. LONDON, September 26 (#).—Fire of unknown origin that sent a river of rubber flowing through Wapping street died down today, leaving the gaunt wreck of & gutted seven-story warehouse and loss estimated at £1,000,000 (about $5,000,000), PRESIDENT PLANS 4 TALKS ON TRI - ACROSS COUNTRY |Leaves White House To- night Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and Party. FIRST SPEECH IS SET | FOR FREMONT SATURDAY i oo n :Other Remarks Will Be Made at Boulder Dam, Los Angeles and San Diego. By the Associated Press. The White House announced today that President Roosevelt would make four speeches on his trip across the country beginning tonight, the first a brief farm talk at Fremont, Nebr, Saturday afternocn. The other set speeches will be at Boulder Dam next Monday about noon, at Los Angeles in the Hollywood Bowl, a brief speech Tuesday after- noon, and at San Diego Wednesday afternoon | Stephen T. Earl | secretary, in anno ing the speech- | making itinerary, said the Boulder Dam and San Diego addresses would be the main ones. a presidential Word of Greeting. He added that the Fremont speech latest to be put on the itinerary, would be a brief word of greeting, either from the train platform or a | speaker’s stand alongside the private |car. The address there, it was an- nounced, would be intended to in- terest the farm States of the Midwest The Fremont speech must neces- sarily be short because the train will stop there only 20 minutes. The subjects of the other speeches were withheld. However, the one at | Boulder Dam is expected to deal with a history of the long fight culminating in this huge flood control works on the Colorado River which is being | dedicated next Monday. Mrs. Roosevelt, who will accompany the President westward tonight, will speak in the Hollywood Bowl at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The speech at Fremont will be oroadcast on a regional radio hook-up, while those at Boulder Dam and San Diego will be broadcast nationally. A local radiocast has been arranged for the Los Angeles speech. Political Significance Seen. Much political significance is being attached to the President’s trip. Many politicians will get on the train as it speeds westward for brief visits with the Executive. Plans for these meetings have not been definitely worked out. Besides Mrs. Roosevelt, those to ac- company the President tonight are Secretary Ickes, the public works ad- | ministrator; Harry L. Hopkins. relief | administrator and head of the Works | Progress Agency: Senator and Mrs. Pittman of Nevada, who will go as far as Boulder Dam; Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, who will ride | as far as North Vernon, Ind.; Presi- | dential Secretaries Marvin H. McIn- tyre and Stephen T. Early, Marguerite Lehand, persoral secretary to the | President; Grace Tully. White House | executive staff; Keith Morgan of New !ank‘ trustee of the Warm Springs, Ga., Foundation; Capt. Wilson Brown, | naval aide: Col. Edwin M. Watson, military aide, and Dr. Ross T. Mc- Intire. Ickes and Hopkins, the naval and military aides and Dr. McIntire will | accompany the President on the | cruiser Houston on his return back to the East through the Panama Canal. Before leaving Mr. Roosevelt ar- ranged last-minute talks with Gov- ernment officials. The bituminous coal strike was believed to be due for primary consideration. | He will be gone from the Capital | for almost a month, with most of the time to be spent at sea in a fishing | cruise through the Panama Canal. 'CARDINAL-CUB GAME CALLED OFF TODAY | Double-Header Will Be Played Tomorrow, as Rain Causes Postponement. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, September 26—Rain today forced a postponement of the second game of the Cardinal-Cub series to determine definitely if the world champion St. Louis club can halt the rampaging and pennant- bound men of Grimm. A double-header will be played to- morrow, the first game beginning at 12:45 pm. (C. S. T.). Hoping against hope that the rain, which began early this morning, might slacken, the Cardinal management held up a definite postponement an- | nouncement until nearly 11 am. Safety Broadcasts ‘TomorlTow. 4 p.m., WMAL—Cabstand queries, interviews with taxicab drivers on what can be done to im- prove the Washington traffic situation, broadcast from the intersection of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. pm., WJSV—Interview with Prisoner 21007, broadcast from the District Jail. Prisoner 21007 is serving a 90-day term after conviction on charges of driving while in- toxicated and leaving after colliding.