Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; mini- mum temperature about 40 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 61, & 3 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 37, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A: Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,394. ADU -2, Pages 12 & 13 Entered as second class matter st office, Washington, D. C. WA REPORTED TAKEN BY ITALY ah ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935—THIRTY PAGES. ## @ BATTLE RAGES ON THREE FRONTS; DEATH TOLL ESTIMATED AT 7,000; MILITARY SANCTION PLAN J Airplanes Used Heavily in Advance. ROUGH TERRAIN SLOWS MARCH Women and Young Fired On, Say Ethiopians. Br the Associzted Press. The fall of Aduwa. first objective of the Italian drive into Ethiopia from the north, was both reported and denied today. At Addis Ababa, capital of the black empire, it was said unofficially that Aduwa had been occupied by Italians without resistance. At Rome an official communique stated Aduwa was still in Ethiopian hands and in a virtual state of seige. Fighting on Three Fronts. There was fighting on three broad fronts in Ethiopia, some of it fierce, some of it confined to airplane bomb- | ing and some of it skirmishing Significant was the resistance being offered by Ethiopians around Mussa Ali and in the desert country of Danakil on the Aduwa front. Simultaneous with the report that Aduwa had been occupied. Ethiopia asked the League of Nations Council to invoke military. naval and air sanc- tions against Italy immediately. %Britain Rejects Italy’s Bid For the Withdrawal of Fleets | Mussolini Proposal for Tri-Power Discussions Also Is Turned Down, By the Associated Press LONDON, October 5.—Authoritative | sources disclosed today that Premier | Mussolini has bid for simultaneous | cancellation of Anglo-Italian precau- | tionary military measures in the Medi- | terranean, but the proposal was greet- | | ed with silence by the British gov-| ernment | A further Italian approach for re-| ! sumption of tri-power discussions to clear up the Italo-Ethiopian conflict | was made on behalf of Mussolini, but | likenise was greeted negatively. The British government let it be known that it stands firm in its posi- tion that the whole dispute is in the | hands of the League of Nations and, | must be settled there. | The approaches were made by Dino | Grandi, Italian Ambassador to Lon-| don, during a visit yesterday to Sir! Samuel Hoare, British foreign secre- tary. | Grandi brought a telegran. he had received from Mussolini, as well as & personal letter from Mussolini, which | he read to Hoare. He left no documents with the for- | eign office, however, and the British| DINO GRANDL government made known that it in- tended to send no formal reply to Mussolini. Grandi was given an immediate verbal reply to all questions raised In the Italian documents, Musso- lini took the posttion that he had not (See BRITAIN, Page 4.) BENES T0 SUMMON from 5.000 to 7.000 troops, in all, had ' fallen in three days of fighting. The war fronts were like this? The Aduwa Sector. The Italians, based at Asmara in ROOSEVELT SEES | NEU | French Partially UNKED Blockade Idea Fought by Laval. IMPORT BAN LAST RESORT Consent to Aid England. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 5.—French officials reported today that the idea of mili- tary sanctions to combat the Italo- Ethiopian War had been "completcly‘ HELLS BELLS! LOOKS LIKE A RIVAL FoR MY JoB! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Some Retur Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,791 ns Not Yet Received. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. (ROWDER SLATED junked” by Great Britain and France, | giving rise to fresh hope that Euro- pean peace can be maintained. | Worried by the possibility of fur- ther strained relaticns between Eng- land and Italy, and intent on obtain- | ing some guarantee from London for help in the event of trouble on Freace's eastern frontier. the cabinet last night gave Premier Laval a vote of confidence before his departure for Geneva. Blockade Held Military. ‘The unusual action was taken to | indicate the cabinet’s assurance that Laval can keep France out of trouble hinging on the Ethioptan question. Officials said the premier regarded a blockade as a “military measure” expected to be on hand at Griffith and hence mot to be considered, | Stadium when the whistle blows, The plan for sanctions which Laval | G€0rge Washington this afternoon is With a crowd of more than 20,000 important grid encounters of the sea- submitted, these officials said, ranged | Meeting Alabama in the first of the | TRALITY FIRM | from refusing credit to a ban on ex- { ports of arms and raw materials and, as a last resort, a restriction on pur- chases from the country named the aggresser. son here. Alabama, winner of the last Rose Bowl game against Stanford. ruled a slight favorite, despite the dull show- 20,000 EXPECTED TO SEE G. W.-ALABAMA GRID TILT Invaders Slight Favorites in 2:30 P Clash at Griffith Stadium in First of Major Tilts. most equal class was on tap at Brook- land between Catholic University and La Salle. It also gets under way at 2:30 o'clock. Maryland. facing V. P. I in Balti- more, was opening its campaign for the Southern Conference champion- ship American University, encouraged by its 60-0 victory over Bridgewater last 2 EMPLOYES HELD INBANK SHORTAGE Assistant Trust Officer and Savings Teller Accused at Bradford. BY the Associated Press. BRADFORD, Pa,, October 5—Fed- eral agents today arrested two em- ployes of the Commercial National Bank, which failed to open Monday afier a shortage estimated by Wash- ington officials at $1,000,000 was dis- covered in its accounts. | The men, Harold Benson, assistant TO FACE CARLETN N FOURTH GANE OF WORLD SERES Faithful Fans, Carrying Blankets and Muffled to Ears in December Garb, Stagger Out to Ball Park. {LANDIS WITHHOLDS DECISION IN DISPUTE Moriarty, Accused of Using Strong Language After Banish- ing Cubs, Manager and Two Players, Tells Story to Base Ball Commissioner. LINE-UP, i seco third bate. MeGo By the Associated Press WRIGLEY FIELD. Chicago, Octo- ber 5.—Placid and calm on the sur- face, the world series was in some- thing of a turmoil below decks today. Kenesaw M, Landis, base ball’s higa commissioner, heard the case of the Chicago Cubs vs. Umpire George Moriarty. sun lamps burned on Hank Greenberg's injured left wrist, and | game faithful. practically frozen | death now anyway, staggered out the ball park for the fourth game There was about as much joy in Chicago as there was in Mudville that fateful day when Casey missed a third strike, for the Tigers, despite the dis- couraging breaks they've gotten, led the fray with two victories against one t to ing made last Saturday when held to | week has its mettle tested by Wash- | trust officer, and Harold Miller, teller | for the Cubs, and with all the pitching Session Will Be Ordered for No Breach Expected in War A reply to Britain’s questions on the | S French attitude, reciting that France | & 7-7 tie against Howard College. ington College in a game at Chester- town, Md. | in the savings department, were im- | edge in their favor today. were some- | mediately taken before United States | thing like 5-to-8 favorites to wrap up ( i ion—Fishi - - i .| Game time is 2:30 o'clock. | Eritrea, were using a force of 100000 4 P.M. Wednesday by Situation—Fishing Suc- |woud sid Britain in the Mediter: i e miraniih S ) e Les TS vt e STap w men, with planes, tanks, cavalry and every modern device of war. Opposing them were 100,000 tribes- men—scome reports said they had mod- ern rifles and machine guns—com- manded by Ras Seyoum. Coming to| their aid today from the south was & force of another 100,000 men. The Addis Ababa report that Aduwa had been taken by the Eritrean army of Italy “without opposition” seemed to be in line with her plan of de- fense, which calls for slow retreat before the Italians until they are| deeper into Ethiopia, and then battie and harassment of the ccmmunica- tion line. Although the Italians found no Ethiopian warriors at Aduwa they were meeting plenty of resistance a few miles east, around Adigrat and some villages in that area. One report said the Ethiopians had retaken Adigrat, which fell to Ital-| {ans yesterday. President. | By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, October 5—It was offi- | cially announced today that Eduard Benes, president of thé League of Na- cess Not Revealed. By the Assoctated Press. EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT | | ROOSEVELT ON THE PACIFIC, October 5.—Convinced that the Italo- ranean if the proposal were extmded‘ While the G. W.-'Bama contest to include forces on land and sea and | topped the local card, a game of al- Wilson Teachers’ College, with a (See FOOT BALL, Page 2.) to Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary. Sanction Delay Foreseen. The note was reported to have been tions Assembly, had decided to con- ! Ethiopian crisis will cause no breach ! voke the Assembly in urgent session in the United States’ non-entangle- at 4 pm. next Wednesday to consider ment policy, President Roosevelt worded in this fashion to assure the Italo-Ehtiopian dispute. In the meantime the Council of the 'San Lucas, at the tip of Lower Cali- : lation of the League of Nation's cove- League in a secret session not attended by the Italian representative, decided | cruised southward today toward Cape | fornia. The President’s satisfaction over | would bring England to the tricolor's France that the same agreement aid in the event of a threatened vio- | in principle on the appointment of a}Amer‘lcln neutrality has been made | Committee of Six to examine the known definitely, as he studies reports dispute in the light of the “new situ- constantly reaching the cruiser ation” and to recommend what step Houston. | the Council should take next. Mr. Roosevelt each afternoon is en- | Ethiopia formally appealed to the |JoVing his favorite sport, deep sea | League Council for the immediate en- | ishing. | forcement of military, naval and avi- Three Hours’ Trolling. ant on the European continent. | It was authoritatively reported that | the French delegation at Geneva | | would attempt to prolong action on | sanctions as much as possible. | A prominent cabinet member said | several members of the League Coun- | cil had been instructed by their gov- | ernments that, no matter what hap- edly proposals Laval might make to pened, they should support unreserv- | FOR RS MUENCH Defendant in Tears as Jury Returns Verdict Free- ing Her. By the Associated Press. MEXICO, Mo, October 5—Mrs. ation sanctions against Italy. Appeal Under Paragraph 2. | The appeal was made under Para- | After the Houston anchored off Magdalena Beach, he went outside the channel to the open sea in a motor boat yesterday for three hours of | end the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. | Nellie Tipton Muench, former St. Laval held in his hand, he sald, | Louis society matron, was acquitted of trump cards to bring about an agree- | , .ngrge of conspiracy in the kidnap- Reports said 700 Italians and 1,300 | graph 2 of Article XVI of the League Ethiopians had been slain in the | Covenant, which provides that it is Danakil fighting. Mussa Ali Sector. ‘The Danakil desert, running down the Eritrean border, is repcrted to be the secene of fierce fighting. The terrain is mountainous. It is not suitable for such tank tactics as were employed in the Aduwa sector. Information as to casualties around Mussa Ali was vague. The Italian stroke at Mussa Ali ap- pears to be part of the general move- ment of troops from Eritrea into Northern Ethiopia. It 1s evident, however, that the Mussa Ali movement is directed event- ually at the Addis Ababa-Djibouti rail line—the single modern link between (See WAR, Page 3.) FIRST FROST BRINGS TEMPERATURE OF 37 Capital's Suburban Areas See Early-Morning Dew Trans- formed to Whiteness. Near-freezing temperatures resulted in the first frost of the season for the Capital's suburban areas today. The mercury dropped to 37 at 5 am. and clung to that mark for an hour as the morning dew was trans- formed into a blanket of frost in out- lying sections. By 10:30 a.m. the thermometer had elimbed to 53, within four degrees of the maximum expected this afternoon. Tonight and tomorrow will be part- ly cloudy, the Weather Bureau said, Temaining cool. Yesterday's high and low were 61 and 46. Readers’ Guide Pages. ---.B-16 B-8-9-10 Amuséments g}wm wE 3 ashington Wayside Women'’s Features... A | the duty of the Council—in case a | League member resorts to unprovoked | war—to ask other members for con- tributions of military, naval and air | forces “to protect the covenants of | the League.” | The appeal was made shortly before | the League Council was to meet cn a } report prepared by the Councit’s Com- | mittee of Thirteen in which. a com- | mittee member asserted, it was in- wrong” in her war on Ethiopia. The Ethiopian note said: “We firmly request the Council to | declare: | “l. That a resort to war by Italy | within the meaning of Article XVI of the covenant constitutes an indis- putable fact. “2. That this resort to war has, ipso facto, brought about the con- sequences laid down in Article XVI, paraghaph 1 (stating that,if a League member resorts to war in disregard of the covenant it has committed an act of war against all other members of the League). “Lastly: The Ethiopian government respectfully asks the Council to fulfill its duty under Article XVI, paraghaph 2, and put an end as soon as possible to hostilities. Resolved to Defend Integrity. “Here and now the Ethioplan_gov- ernment proclaims its people are re- solved to defend their independence and the integrity of their territory to the last drop of their blood and will (See GENEVA, Page 3.) ferred that Italy “clearly is in the | Today's World Series Pictures Today | trolling. Reports of catches are lack- { ing, however, and there is beginning |to be speculation whether the Presi- | dent has had any success at all. | Newspapermen and others on the | escort ship, Portland, however, are pulling in big daily hauls from the | semi-tropical sea. | The President let it be known that he is in close touch with war develop- ments. The cruisers Houston and Portland dropped anchor yesterday afternoon in a narrow channel leading to Magda- lena Bay. A signalman aboard his small fishing launch kept in touch with the Houston to relay messages | to the President. Radio Flashes Constant. Constant radio flashes kept him ad- vised of developments both - foreign and domestic. Free from the press of official callers and the rush of political ‘Washington, Mr. Roosevelt was given the first opportunity in many months to devote quiet consideration to na- tional and international affairs. The President began his vacation — | ment between Londcn and Rome in | | an extremely short time. ing of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley today. | The attractive, 43-year-old defend- cruise Wednesday night after a busy day and a strenuous week crossing the country. His plans call for a 20-day trip through the Panama Canal and up the Atlantic Coast, with daily stops for fishing. U. S. PREPARES EMBARGO. To License All Manufacture, Export and Imports of Arms. By the Associated Press. Taking a new step designed to pre- serve American npeutrality in a (See NEUTRALITY, Page 3.) The final edition of The Star today will contain exclu- sive Associated Press Wirephotos of the fourth World Series game at Chicago. The Star scoreboard, giving a play-by-play descrip- tion of the game, begins operation at 2:30 p.m. Immediately after the game The Star will be on the street with the box score and full details of the contest. operated tomorrow. The scoreboard also will be ant was in tears as a jury of farmers reported its verdict at 9:59 a.m.. Cen- | tral standard time, after 5!, hours’ | actual deliberation. She shook hands with each juror. In two dramatic witness-stand ap- Mrs. Jeannette Fallon John- |Ppearances at her trial, brought here on a change of venue, the red-haired son of Boston Wed. sister of a Missouri Supreme Court LONDON, October 5—Maj. Gen.|judge had denied categorically the Willilam Lassiter, 68, U. S. A., retired, | State’s case that sought to connect and Mrs. Jeannette Fallon Johnson, |her with the 1931 ransom abduction 49, a widow, of Boston, were married | of :_‘l:s : wealthy St. Louis throat spec . 2;& .t,odny at the Caxton Hall registry et husband.. DE! Tidwig 1O Col. Raymond E. Lee, American mil- | Muench, threw his arms around her itary attache, acted as witness. Columbia Institute Backs Drive For Safety in Interest of Blind Officials Hold Presence of 700 Sightless Persons on Streets Presents Problem for Motorists to Consider. The presence in Washington of nearly 700 blind or nearly blind persous, many of whom must be on the streets, constitutes a problem which every motor- ist should consider, it was pointed out today as officials of the Columbia Poly- technic Institute for the Blind joined with The Star Safety Council in its campaign to make Washington streets safe for motorists and pedestrians. The Columbia Institute, because of its work among the city's blind, is vitally concerned in the solution of the local traffic and pedestrian problem, it was pointed out by Ralph H. Campbell, executive secretary. “Our building is located at an in- tersection which in recent years has become one of the most congested and dangerous in Washington—the junc- tion of Eighteenth and H streets and Pennsylvania avenue,” Mr. Campbell pointed out. Many of the District’s blind come here each morning from their homes and return each evening, and it is nec- essary for a number of them to cross this busy intersection, creating a prob- lem not only for themselves but for motorists. Every blind man in the District of Columbia carries a white cane as & warning, Mr. Campbell pointed out, urging that every motor vehicle driver should pause at the sight of a white cane and should exercise the greatest caution in moving not only when the blind but also when any slowly walking Ppedestrian is in the street. GEN. LASSITER TAKES BRIDE IN ENGLAND Retired Army Officer, 68, and Safety Broadcasts Today. 11:30 a.m.—WJSV—Coroner’s in- quest into the death of Ervin Jones, killed in a traffic crash. Broadcast from the morgue. 12:45 p.m—WRC—The safety work of the Maccabees, fea- turing singing of the safety song by the Junior Macca- bees. 7:30 pm. — WJSV — Interview with Dr. J. Roscoe Creer, who has treated maay traffic victims. Broadcast from Emergency Hospital. (These broadcasts will conclude the series of 45 arranged by Sta- tion WJSV of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and Sta- tion WRC and WMAL of the National Broadcasting Co., in connection with The Star’s safety drive.) FOUR DI IN CRASH Auto and Truck Collide, In- juring Five Others—Po- lice Seek Blame. | By the Associated Press | LYNCHBURG, Va, October 5.— | Highway police today sought to place responsibility for a head-on automo- | bile-truck collision in which four per- | sons were killed and five others in- jured near Brookneal last night. Those killed were: Miss Geneva Cyrus, garment work- er, Lynchburg. Zach Irby, about 22, son of B. D. | Irby, who lives near Holts Crossing, 5 miles from Brookneal. whose home is near Naruna. Miss Mary Gowen, 19, shoe worker, who died near Rustburg while being arought to the Memorial Hospital here. clerk, Lynchburg: Miss Estelle Cau- 20, Lynchburg, and Lawrence Peak, Halifax County, driver of the truck. All except Peak were riding in a sedan headed toward Lynchburg at a speed which Peak described as “ter- rific.” The two machines rammed into each other on a straight stretch of Highway No. 501 2! miles from Brookneal. The track, loaded with lumber, was swung around, overturned and broken lumber was strewn over the scene. The automobile bounded along for 125 feet and jumped from the road, scattering its occupants—believed to total eight—over the roadway. Large holes were gouged in the pavement, but a Negro boy with Peak was unhurt. Peak said he had endeavored to avoid the crash by dimming his lights and pulling to the right of the road as far as possible. He said he believed the driver of the other car “misjudged” the road’s width. Morgenthau Reaches Spain. SALAMANCA, Spain, October 5 (). —Henry Morgenthau, jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury, ar- rived yesterday from Portugal on his tour of Europe. He said he planned to visit important cities of Spain. arraignment. Frank W. Calkins, 47, assistant cashier, died in his garage last Sat- | | urday from carbon monoxide fumes and a coroner’s jury returned a ver- dict of “probable suicide.” | could go home and get thawed out It was cold again, for the fourth straight day. | Withholds Decision. | Most of the interesting develop- | ments hinged about Judge Landis® Officials of the bank did not place | court where the Cubs were presenting responsibility of the shortage at the | thoir side of the arguments with time the closing was ordered, explain- norjarty that got Manager Charlie ing the action was taken “to safe-| Grmm' Capt. Woody English and NEAR LINGHBLR guard the rights of all interested par- ties.” They said 95 per cent of the deposits were protected by the Federal | Deposit Insurance Corp. | Pvt. Tut Stainback heaved out of the park yesterday. Both sides contend that the lan- }zunge used after Moriarty had called Benson was charged with making | ppj] cavaretta out trying to steal two false entries in the bank's records: | second in the sixth inning of the Miller was accused of falsifying an | Tigers' second straight conquest was entry and misappropriation of funds. s, full of concentrated power that it . S | would have lifted Wrigley Stadium 'CHANGES IN POTATO Landis, who knows all the words, re- William Pool, son of John Pool,| | The injured: Leslie King, storef dill, Otis Rice, Miss Fazie Pearson, | CONTROL LAW ASKED places. Farm Agency Officials Decide to Seek Prompt Modification of Congress. By the Associated Press. Although A. A. A. sources have indi- cated they would proceed with plans to enforce the tax control potato pro- duction law, farm agency officials were reported today to have virtually de- cided to seek prompt modification of the law when Congress convenes in January. Whether any actual enforcement of the act would be necessary before that time was a disputed question. There was some opposition to tax control at yesterday's A. A. A. hear- ing. That opposition, however, largely was centered in representatives from New York and New England, who made their pleas in behalf of small growers. ministration would push its request to the Budget Bureau for about $2,000,- 000 to set up machinery for collection There was no word yet concerning avallability of funds. WARRIORS SHOOT PLANE OF DUCE’S SON-IN-LAW (Copyright, 1935, by Le Matin, Paris.) Special to the Associated Press. WITH THE ITALIAN FORCES IN ETHIOPIA (via Asmara, Eritrea), Oc- tober 5—Count Galeazzo Ciano, son- in-law of Premier Mussolini and min- ister of propaganda in Il Duce’s cab- inet, today returned to the air base with several bullet holes in the fuse- lage of his plane. Ciano, acaptain in the air force, was reported to have led the first air inva- sion of Ethiopian territory Thursday. Fall Offered Permanent Use Of Ranch at Dollar a Year By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex.,, October 5.—Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terior, has been offered the privilege of remaining on the Three Rivers ranch in New Mexico as long as he lives for a $1 annual rental. John P. Elsback, vice president of the Palomas Land & Cattle Co., which recently purchased the ranch and started action for Fall's eviction, an- nounced the offer here yesterday, He said he would confer with Mr, and Mrs. Fall at the urh Monday. N “We want Mr. and Mrs. Fall to feel they are welcome to remain on the ranch indefinitely as our guests,” Elsback said. If the offer is refused and the Falls continue to fight the eviction suit, the family will be “thrown off the property,” Elsback said. ‘The eviction action was brought by the Palomas company and the Petro- leum Securities Corp., the latter an E. L. Doheny interest. Doheny obtained title to the ranch through foreclosure of a mortgage against Fall. It was indicated that the farm ad- | of the compulsory tax until January. | ceived a written report from Moriarty, | but he took the Cubs’ versions, for later decision, verbally. Fans Carry Blankets, Carrying blankets, muffied to their ears in December outfits, the red-nosed citizenry wandered gamely through the crackling air to their posts in the | left and rightfield bleacher seats, if | they had no reservation in the re- | served pews, but they made the mis- | take of coming early in less numbeis | than yesterday. | For some unexplainable reason, the | city that went mad over the Cubs when they were winning 21 straight games to clinch the National League championship, cooled as completely as the weather when the series got under | way, failing by 5,000 to fill the park’s | 50,000 capacity yesterday. All these vacancies were in the bleachers, for the reserved seats were all sold, many of them to speculators who are still looking at them sorrow- | fully, with absolutely no market in | sight. 1 Bleachers Only Half Filled. The bleachers were only half filled two hours after the $1.10 ticket sale started at 9 am. (C. S. T.) and the | lines around the park had dried up entirely. It seemed that the boys were going to play this one smartly, sticking as long as possible to the home fires before daring pneumonia, i knowing there’d be room for all. | After one pleasant day in the glass- inclosed press boxes, the bottom also dropped out for the hundreds of newspaper men covering base ball's private explorations in its own Little America. Overnight some smart fellow took most of the glass windows out of the press boxes, so people could see bete | ter, and every one was right back | where the suffering started in Detroit's | fresh air farm at Navin Field. Crowder vs. Carleton. | They led with their aces yesterday and both were trumped, so today the Cubs and the Tigers reversed policy and were to trot out a pair of pitchers who started world series games last year and ended up no- where. These were Alvin Crowder, Detroit’s OI' General, who lost the opening game to the St. Louis Cardinals last Fall, and Tex Carleton, a member of the Cards last season who couldn't get the Tigers out in the third inning of the fourth series tussle. Compared with Bill Lee, the Na- tional League's leading twirler, and Elden Auker, who paced them all in the other loop for the percentages, these were of mine run variety. How- ever, neither Lee nor Auker could go th route yesterday as the Tigers won in 11 innings, 6 to 5, to take a 2-to-1 edge in the 1935 classic, and thelr managers figured Carleton and Crow- der were wmh‘l gamble.