Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1935, Page 3

LEAGUE RESTING INFIGHT ON WAR Pause in Geneva May Last _Till Acteal Outbreak in East Africa. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 30.—The League of Nations paused tensely to- day on the verge of possible momen- tous decisions ifi the Italo-Ethiopian crisis, but indications were that the pause might persist until some out- break of actual hostilities in East Africa. * The League secretariat piunged into the task of preparing a historical sum- mary of the Italo-Ethiopiah dispute as far as it has gone, and statesmen exchanged informal views on what, if any, sanctions might be feasible in the event that the dispute developed into war. Subcommittee Meets. A subcommittee of three, delegated to study the feasibility of sending a neutral commission of observers to the trouble zone to determine any “war guilt” on the spot, called a meeting. Even before its members assembled, however, an authoritative source said | “serious practical difficulties” made it | unlikely that the project would be | undertaken. These difficulties were understood | reliably to include Italy’s silence on the subject of safeguarding the lives of any neutral observers sent to the theater of the East-African conflicts. Hints dropped by Anthony Eden of Great Britain last week concerning enforcement of sanctions preventa- | tively under article XI of the cove- nant, without waiting for guns to go off, fell on barren ground in other delegations. Sanctions Hard to Handle. Even the subject of enforcing sanc- tions after any outbreak of hostilities, observers believe, was proving difficult to handle. | Objections to “trying to put out the | fire before it really starts” came from various sides. Even some of the most eager advo- cates of sanctions against an aggressor pointed out that such measures, to be really effective, must be supported by the largest possible number of nations —even non-member states, such as the United States. -Ethiopia (Continued From First Page) women alike will rush to the defense | of their nation's independence and | territorial sovereignty. 2,000,000 Can March. ‘The imperial adviser said: “If neces- sary, 2,000,000 men will soon be marching. On the northern front, where we expect the heaviest assault, there is written large in the hearts of tens of thousands of our soldiers the injunction, ‘Thou shalt not pass.”” The adviser outlined Ethiopia's military posts in the event of gen- eral mobilization: Nearly 600,000 men in the North, 100,000 in the center | and East, including Addis Ababa, and nearly half a million effectives in the Southern, Ogaden region. All these would be equipped with | modern rifles, he said, and -nearly | 500,000 others would have older but serviceable equipment. ‘The Emperor insisted, however, on | holding his warriors in leash until | every vestige of peace had vanished. Telegram Tactical Move. ‘The Emperor's telegram was re- garded as a tactical move to rouse the League to some action and pre- pare the powers for the eventuality of a general mobilization. ‘The imminence of this mobiliza- tion was given fresh impetus today by patriotic demonstrations in Irom[ of the palace. It was learned that half the order the Emperor had placed with Bel- | gium for cartridges and rifles arrived | at Djibouti, French Somaliland, Sep- tember 27 and is expected here soon. ‘The shipment is understood to in- clude 4,000,000 cartridges. DUCE RUSHES PREPARATIONS. 12,000 More Men Depart for Posts in Eritrea. ROME, September 30 (#)—Premier | Mussolini, anticipating a general mo- bilization and an assault by Ethiopia on Italy's colonies, advanced his final preparations today to build up an army of more than a quarter of a million men for hostilities in East Africa. Five more vessels, bearing 12,000 | men,and a prince of the royal house— | Prince Adalberto of Savoy, Duke of Bergamo and cousin of King Victor | Emanuel—sailed for Eritrea. | L Flung out between Italy and Mas- saua, port of Eritrea, were 23 troop | SPECIAL NOTICES. § WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any cne other than my. self. OOK| T. CARRINGTON, #11 Florida_ave. n.w. NOTICE 1S,_HEREBY GIVEN THAT WIL- liam Hampton has contracted with wens Buf- at 811 14th r All_persons Raving debts or claims against said Robert Owens shall present same to me on or October WILLIAM _H. PTON, 2622 G = ‘ON AND APTER THIS DATE: I WILL NOT be responsible for any debts unless person- ally contracted by me. 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The winds flattened 1,000 homes and killed more than a score of persons at Cienfuegos. ships with 40,000 men, destined for | colonial service. 250,000 to Be Ready to March, When the prospective battlefields | are dry enough, military experts esti- mated, I1 Duce will have a force of 250,000 Italians along the Ethiopian borders or moving through Eritrea and Italian Somaliland toward the front. The prospect of “something hap- pening” soon was indicated by final instructions for Mussolini’s great “adunata,” or sudden assembly of 10,000,000 Fascists in every public square in Italy. The ministry of presc and flropm ganda ordered every radio station to interrupt its program the instant that sirens, bells and drums sound the sig- Every station will be utilized, so that the assembled millions may hear | 11 Duce deliver his long-awaited mes: sage, which Fascist leaders said was supposed to be in connection with | some important event—such as the The Fascist leaders, turning their | attention simultareously to military and diplomatic strategy, said they considered a conflict with Great Britain over the East African crisis | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight | and tomorrow; warmer tonight and | tomorrow morning, cooler late tomor- | row afternoon and night; moderate southerly winds, shifting to north- Maryland—Mostly cloudy in east, and probably light rain in west por- tion late tonight and tomorrow; warm. er tonight, cooler late tomorrow after- | noon and night. 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Moon, today __ 5 Antomcbile lights must be turned on one-i.. hour after sunset. Precipitation, Monthly precipitation in inches i the Capital (current month to date) Month, 1933, Averase. January .. February tnis s anis [P e IEEESoman November ‘December Weather In Various ‘Temperature. T = P SIAGEFRIRES; 2 ¥ Stations. regure; Abilene, Tex__ L NV Charleston. S Chicago. il Zincinnatio.Ohio Galveston. Tex_ Helena, Mont_ Dak 3 2022011313 BIEDIAG Los Angeles Louisville Miami. Minneapoli: Seattle. Wash_ 0! Spokane_Wash. Tampa Fla 20 WASH., Shark Fishing. The Cuban government is endeav- oring to develop shark fishing. | French Ambassador. THE EVENING (Slnvy on Pnga A-1.) STAR, WASHINGTO —Cop#right, A. P. Wirephoto. BRITAIN DISCUSSES USE OF SANGTIONS All Must Run Peace Risks, | Sir Samuel Tells France in Note. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September Britain followed up its reaffirmation | of unwavering fidelity to the League 30.—Great | | of Nations today with discussion by | | 30.—A burglar, FOILED BURGLAR BINDS EMPLOYE Institute Cleaning Plant In- truder Escapes as Phone Brings Police. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., September surprised while at- D. C. COL. E. P BICKNELL IS HEART VICTIM Internationally Known Red Cross Leader Had Long and Notable Career. Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, 73, interna- tionally known Red Cross leader, died in Emergency Hospital yesterday of a chronic heart ailment. He had re- turned only recently from Hawail, where he had been living on account of his health. Mourned by family, friends and of- ficials of the Red Cross, Col. Bicknell will be buried in his native Indiana, where he began his career in news- paper work. Funeral services will be held to- morrow at 2:30 p.m., at All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church her€, with Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pastor, officiating. The body will be taken to Indianapolis for burial Wednesday. Two Red Cross officials have been designated to accompany the body to Indianapolis, James L. Fieser, vice chairman, and Richard F. Allen, man- ager of the eastern area. Family Receives Messages. Meung& of sympathy and regret| today polffed into Red Cross head- quarters and the family home, not only from friends and acquaintances here, but from abroad. From Geneva, by cablegram, came this message: “International Red Cross Committee deeply affected by news of Col. Bick- nell’s death. Begs to assure American Red Cross and Mrs. Bicknell of its| deepest sympathy. “MAX HUBER, president.” Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,| chairman of the American National | Red Cross, sald: “The Red Cross has suffered a great loss through the death of Col. Bick- nell. His life was spent in service to| his fellow men. His admirable qual- | ities won him a host of friends all| over the world. I speak for the whole | Red Cross orgarization in extending | deepest sympathy to his family.” Held Many Responsible Posts. At the time of his death Col. Bick- | nell was vice chairman of the Red | Cross in charge of insular and foreign operations, but he was “on leave” be- tempting to open a safe at the Insti- tute Cleaning Plant, 7901 Georgia avi cause of his health. He was former director general of the Red Cross and cabinet ministers and two major po- | Due. fled empty-handed last night | had held many posts of responsibility the fateful word | litical parties of 'sanctions.” “If risks for peace are to be run they must be run by all,” Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, asserted in a note delivered last night to the Simultaneously, 400,000 tons of Brit- ain’s battle fleet rode the Mediter- raneon and authoritative sources said they would continue to do so, in answer to an Italian offer to end Europeap tension over the Italo- Ethiopian crisis by an Anglo-Italian accord over their respective East | African interests. “To insinuate that this policy was for some reason peculiar to the Italo- Ethiopian conflict would be a com- plete misunderstanding,” Sir Samuel said in his note, implying that Britain | had no quarrel with Italy which could be settled outside the League. The Labor party opened its annual | convention at Brighton today, launch- ing a week’s debate on sanctions. LEAGUE BACKING REAFFIRMED. PARIS, September 30 (#).—The | French Government received today a British note reaffirming allegiance to the League of Nations and called it “very satisfactory.” ADVERTISEMENT. STARS IN NEW RADIO PROGRAM FOR VICKS Grace Moore, whose glorious voice is thrilling millions of listeners on a coast to coast hook-up (N. B. C) every Monday night at 9:30 p.m.,, Eastern Standard Time. Tune in tonight! Her sponsors are Vicks . .. makers of Vicks Va-tro-nol, Vicks VapoRub, and other Vick Aids for Better Control of Colds. after tying up an instructor for the | National Association of Dyers and | Cleaners to prevent pursuit. The instructor, George P. Fulton of 1309 Holly street, Washington, man- aged to liberate himself and telephone for Montgomery County police, but a search for the yeggman proved un- availing. Fulton discovered the intruder toil- | ing over the office safe when he en- | tered the plant, an adjunct of the | National Association of Dyers and | Cleaners, shortly after 11 o'clock to | obtain a suit which had been cleaned for him. The man dropped a hack saw and chisel with which he was working, grabbed up a pistol and ordered Ful- ton to lie on the floor. Fulton's hands and feet were then bound with lace curtains which the burglar found nearby, and the latter | left after cautioning the instructor to remain quiet while he went outside for his accomplice. “Turkey is importing iron and steel | products from the United States. Enjoy Automatic Heat With a Hudson Buckwheat Blower. Two Controls Special Price W. H. Hessick & Son Incorporated District 0744 Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET Making loans is as much this bank’s everyday business as receiving deposits or clearing checks. We are ready today, as always, to lend money for the ligitimate needs of firms, corporations and individuals who can meet the requirements of sound banking principles. Confer With ‘WASHI Our Officers. INGTON LOAN - AND -TRVST-COMPANY HARRY G. MEEM, President F Street at 9th 17th Street at G MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM in the relief organization, both here and abroad. Returning from Hawaii a week ago, he had been living at the Wardman Park Hotel, but when his illness be- came severe he was removed to Emer- gency Hospital. With him at the time of his death were his wife, the | former Miss Grace Vawter, and two daughters, Mrs. Albert B. Wright, Chestnut Hill, Pa., and Mrs. Constance B. Will, Urbana, Ill. Also surviving is a son, Scott C. Bicknell, Martins- ville, Ind. The title of colonel came to the distinguished Red Cross worker dur- LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON 3. ADAMS < 5 LY Nl MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. “ COL. ERNEST P. BICKNELL. ing the World War, when he was director of the foreign operations. His service with the Red Cross ex- tended over 27 years. When he en- tered the organization <4t had 5,000 members and occupied one room in the War Department. He saw it recah a peak of 20,000,000 members, with a peace-time enrollmen* of 4.000,000. Created Many Programs. Col. Bicknell is credited with cre- ating many of the programs of the Red Cross, including its disaster relief policies, public health nursing, home hygiene and first aid. | Since 1922 he had served the or- | ganization as a volunteer, without | pay, declaring that since the Red | Cross had done so much for him he | wished in turn to do something for it. Born near Vincennes, Ind., February 23, 1862, the son of Eli P. and Char- lotte A. Ford Bicknell, he graduated from Indiana University and entered newspaper work as a reporter with the Indianapolis News. In that city he| | first became acquainted with Alexan- der Johnson, the first director of the Indiana State Board of Charities, and the young reporter later left the In- | dianapolis News to become secretary to the Indiana State Board of Chari- ties. From this post he went to the Chicago Board of Charities, where he became general superintendent, Drafted for Quake Duty. His first work with the Red Cross came in 1906, when hc was drafted to help administer Red Cross relief in San Francisco, following the earth- | quake. When this was done he re- | turned to his Chicago charity post, but | soon was invited to join the Red Cross staff. This offer was declined. Why he refused this offer is ex- plained by Col. Bicknell in his me- moirs, “Ploneering With the Red Cross,” now to be issued by MacMil- lan Co. In this book Col. Bicknell says: “The financial resources of the Red Cross were precarious and I shrank from plunging again into years | of exhausting struggle 1or money.” After Miss Mabel T. Boardman, sec- retary of the Red Cross, persuaded him to go as a delegate to the Inter- national Red Cross Conference in Lon- don on June 1, 1907, the offer was renewed, and in 1908 Robert W. De Forest and others interested in the | **+ A3 Red Cross induced him to join the staff as director general, with his salary provided by the Russell Sage Foundation for five years. At that time the Red Cross had a membership of only 5,000. In the following years Col. Bicknell was the spearhead of Red Cross relief in many great disasters, including the earthquake in Messina, Italy, in December, 1908, when 75,000 persons were killed. He went to Italy and expended a $1,000,000 Red Crass relief fund and $500,000 appropriated by Congress. 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