Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 6. Weather Bureau Perecast.) Cloudy, possibly occasional light rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures— Highest, 66. at noon today; lowest, 59, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News at 6 am. today. Full report on page A- 11, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,403. post ofdce, Wai Entered as second ciass matter shington, D. C. he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, LEAGUE DECREES ITALIAN FINANCIAL BLOCKADE AS 160,000 NATIVES ATTACK ks British, French Delay Harsh Measures. 6 CHIEFTAINS GIVE UP FIGHTl 11 Duce Indicates Willingness to Talk Peace. Br the Associated Press. The League of Nations general staff | for sanctions voted tonight to impose | ® financial blockade on Italy as 160.- 000 Ethiopian warriors marched across | Bouthwestern Ogaden Province to- | ward what may prove to be the first major battle of the war. | British and French delegates to the League decided to put off more drastic nomic sanctions, however, until | er measures have been tried to ut short Italy’s war. Duce Indicates He May Talk Peace. While this advantage was accruing to 1l Duce by virtue of French diplo- macy, Premier Mussolini at Rome was indicating a willingness to overlook | League of Nations “injustices” and talk with France and Great Britain about peace in Ethiopia and Italy’s needs in East Africa. But at Addis Ababa Emperor Haile Belassie, in an interview, declared his unconquered warriors never would | tolerate permanent occupation of Aduwa by the Fascists. The major battle in the offing in Bouthern Ethiopia was expected to occur when the Emperor's black hordes attempt a flank attack on the southern Fascist forces. Observers said it probably would dwarf into in- SACRED CITY OF AKSUM TAKEN BY ITALIANS WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT ITALIAN FORCES — REINFORCED) BY 250 TANKS AND 200 AIRPLANES Arrows at bottom of map show approximate locations of the Ital- ian invading forces, the army of Ras Desta Demtu and the possible point where they may meet in the first major engagement. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. TRIBESMIEN MARGH 10 FLANK ATTACK | Ras Desta Demtu Leading Assault on Italians in eignificance the capture by the Ital- | fans of Aduwa on the northern front. | Six Chieftains Go Over to Italy. | Exchange Telegraph reported that six chieftains of Tigre Province bring- | ing their forces and arms surrendered | today to the Italian commander in chief. The number of new deserters was not given. Italian ships carried 635 casualties through the canal Friday and Satur- | day en route for Italy, it was made known today. The men were victims both of sickness and wounds. Week | end trips through the canal to the | ‘war zone carried 6,500 Italian troops. The troopship Ionic reached Gibral- | tar with 160 artillerymen and engi- neers from Southampton. It took on 150 heavy artillerymen and sailed for Malta. LEAGUE VOTES ISOLATION. General Sanctions Staff 0. K.'s Com- | mittee’s Program. (Copyrisht. 1935. by the Associated Press.) | GENEVA, October 14.—The finan- cial isolation of Italy was, in effect, decreed tonight by the League of Nations’ Plenary Committee of 52 nations. This committee, the League's big general staff for sanctions, formally approved the Financial Sarctions | Committee's program on loan and | credit embargoes aimed at suffocating | Premier Mussolini's war against | Ethiopia. i Two exemptions were included in | the sanctions resolution as adopted— Teligious and humanitarian projects. Ogaden. (Copyright 1935. by the Associated Press.) | ADDIS ABABA, October 14.—An | Ethiopign army of 160,000 warriors, led by#Ras Desta Demtu. son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie, hastened | oy fcrced marches across southwestern Ogaden Province today for a flank at- tack on the southern Fascist forces. | The first major battle of the Italo- | Ethiopian war, dwarfing into insig- nificance the capture by the Italians of Aduwa on the northern front, was feared here to be impending. Covered by the British Somaiiland frontier, the southern Italian army under Gen. Rudolfo Grazani, Gov- ernor of Italian Somaljjand, pointed its main drive toward Hemar, “Garden of Ethiopia” and strategic capital of the province by the same name, on the route into the heart of Ethiopia. Aims at Left Wing. The Ethiopian commander decided to strike at the Italians’ leit wing, hoping to turn their flank in the des- olate, waterless region to the south- west, Ethiopians here, estimating their forces would outnumber the southern | Fascist legions almost 15 to 1, were confident the Italians would be over- | come easily by the preponderant strength of the native tribesmen. | True to his promise to fight the | Itolian invaders, Ras Desta Demtu led his troops out of their concentra. | tion point in the lowlands near Webbe | Shibeli River, pathway from Italian Somaliland toward Harar. 60,000 Irregulars Wait. Red Cross Funds Unaffected. There his 160,000 warriors had been That is, Red Cross funds and aWaiting the word for a swift advance | credits or the funds of religious or- | !0 join 60,000 irregulars led by the ganizations are not to be cut off by Dutch Boer Col. Siwiank, owner of the blockade aimed by the member-7an estate at Moibale, a few miles | ship of the League against Italy. within the frontiers of Italian Somali- All the nations of the League except land. Ttaly and Ethiopia—the interested | Ethiopians said that Col. Siwiank, parties—are members of the Plenary 2aroused by constant controversies with Committee. local Italian authorities, decided to Just as they had done when the throw his strength to the Ethiopian League decided to impose sanctions Side and to take active service against egainst Italy, Austria and Hungary made reservations against Italy's fi- nancial isolation. Previously it was indicated that certain internal matters might create cifficulties in the way of some nations %m;;oslng financial sanctions against taly. Argentina, however, announced it cannot possibly impose financial sanc- tions because of possible constitutional limitations. In Argentina, as in the United States, the Supreme Court has (See WAR, Page 4.) —_— MORGENTHAU SHUNS USE OF ITALIAN SHIP Cancels Reservation and Will Re- turn to U. S. From Europe on Normandie. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 14.—United States Treasury Secretary Morgenthau dis- closed today he has canceled reser- wations on an Italian liner for his return to the United States in com- liance with the recent proclamation y President Roosevelt. This, he explained, was the sole reason for his coming to France on his way back from a vz.cation in Spain tc the United States. He said he would see Marcel Reg- nier, French minister ~¢ finance, to- day. and would lunch tomorrow with Jean Tannery, governor of the Bank of France, bu: that he did not intend to talk currency stabilization. Morgenthau said: “In view of the President’s proclamation I thought it | unwise to take an Italian liner. Ex- cept for that I would have spent my whole vacation in Spain and Por- tugal.” ‘The Secretary of the Treasury said he would sail aboard the Normandie ‘Wednesday. He refrained from say- ing on what Italian liner his reserva- tions had been canceled. $ the Fascists. | Gen. Graziani's ermy. after an ad- | vance of 30 miles from its original | base in the Ogaden Province Desert |along the borders of Ethiopia and | Italian Somaliland, was protected by 1250 tanks end 200 airplanes. Tanks Hold Advance Line. The swift tanks, mounted with | modern machine guns, held the ad- | vance line from the British frontier | near Bohotoleh southwest to Kabrin, | Beridaleh and Masara, across the southern sector of Ethiopia. Ethiopian sources declared the ad- | vance of the modern, mechanized | Italian Army, which Ras Desta | Demtu’s warriors aimed to cut off with their more primitive weapons, already | | had cost heavy Ethiopian casualties. Emperor Haile Selassie issued an appeal to the International Red Cross for first-aid materials to combat the effects of the modern warfare, little known to his subjects. Fears Held for Envoy. Fears spread that popular ire in the capital, aroused by the uncon- firmed reports of widespread deaths of Ethiopian civilians, might vent it- self against the Italian Minister, Lui- gl Vinci-Gigliucei, who was expected to set out soon for Rome. The question of using force to make Count Vinci-Gigliucei quit Ethiopia, after he defied the Emperor's ulti- matum to leave, was discussed freely in Ethiopian official circles. Spokesmen said the Emperor was considering permission for Vinci-Gig- liucei to await the arrival of consular agents from Mogalo. Other officials of the Italian Lega- tion and the consuls from Dessye and Debra Markos arrived by special train at Djibouti, French Somaliland, late yesterday after a tense 30-hour jour- ney from the capital. New Yugoslav Minister to Sail. GENEVA, October 14 (#).—Kon- stantin Fotitck, Yugoslav delegate to the League of Nations, today an- nounced he will sail Wednesday in the liner Normandie to take up the post of Minister to Washington. £ RAS DESTA DEMTU. —A. P. Photo. MUSSOLINI READY FOR PEACE TALKS Ethiopia Division Between Italy and League Is Basis of Plan. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 14.—Premier Mus- solini indicated a willingness today to overlook League of Nations “injus- tices” and to talk with France and | Great Britain, under the aegis of the League, about peace in Ethiopla and Italy’s needs in East Africa. Government sources said & League mandate over four provinces of an- cient Ethicpia, with Italy in full pos- session of most of the remainder of present-day Ethiopia, could solve the problem to the satisfaction of Italy, the League, France and Britain, Distinction in Provinces. The Italian spokesmen made a dis- | tinction_between the old provinces of Tigre, £mhara, Gojjam and Shoa and the remaining two-thirds of modern Ethiopia, which they described as merely colonies conquered and ap- pended to the original nucleus of the | empire. The status of Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa, important chieftain of Tigre Province, who claims the right to the Ethiopian throne, was officially de- scribed as that of & technical prisoner rather than a king, as had been re- ported in some quarters. (Ras Gugsa and his 15,000 men went over to the Italian side last week.) Unofficial sources said he may or may not eventually be utilized by Italy as a rival to Emperor Haile Selassie, but Italy first must carry her | conquest far enough to speak in a commanding tone. The form of government or control of Ethiopia was said to be a matter to be deter- mined in the light of future develop- ments. Peaceful Solution Hinted, An authoritative source added the hint that a peaceful solution to the problem was within reach this month. “By the end of October I believe there can be useful conversation,” this authority said. What was necessary, Italian spokes- men declared, was that Italy demon- strate its ability to dominate all Ethiopia, if necessary, and that Brit- ain understand its interests would be protected. Two Conditions Offered. ‘The League, which Italy charged with recognizing infringements of the covenant in the Manchurian conflict and the Chaco War without acting against them, was offered two “face- saving” conditions for its prompt action in the Italo-Ethiopian war- fare. These, set forth by Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Mussolini’s spokesman at Ge- neva, in a radio address last night to the United States, were: 1. That the League “cast-aside the policy of two weights and two meas- ures.” 2. That covenant be “harmonized™ to facilitate “necessary change as well as necessary preserva- tion.” ¢ | AAAMDT.VA TESTS ACCEPTED BY SUPREME COURT Decision on Processing Tax Is Expected by Christmas. MOONEY IS REBUFFED IN HIS LATEST PLEA Opinions on New Deal Measures May Have Significance on Farm and Power Policies. BULLETIN. The Supreme Court of the Unitéd States today refused to re- view the case of the Park Savings Bank, as requested by its depositors and John F. Moran, receiver. Counsel for the depositors imme- diately after the decision said the case will now be remanded for fur- ther action to the District Supreme Court, which will enter a final de- cree on both phases of the lia- bility alleged against the directors. The Supreme Court ‘today consented to review the constitutionality of the agriculture adjustment act and the | Tennessee Valley legislation—two of | the Administration’s most important legislative experiments. At the same time, the court re- fused to consider the latest habeas corpus proceedings filed by Thomas J. Mooney. serving a life sentence for alleged participation in the bombing of the San Francisco Preparedness day parade in 1916. The agriculture adjustment case was brought before the Supreme Court in a suit by the Hoosac Mills to test the validity of agricultural processing taxes. The Government in this case is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a decision of the Boston | Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating | the processing taxes. Repercussion Seen. The decision on this point is ex- pected to have far-reaching economic and political significance, since many New Deal adherents believe an un- favorable ruling may precipitate an | attempt to amend the Constitution. The processing taxes are imposed | under the act to pay benefits to farm- ers participating in A. A. A. crop- adjustment programs. If the taxes are declared unconstitutional, many believe the President will ask Congress to enact new general tax legislation to finance the administration's pro- gram. A. A A officials have expressed a desire to expedite the hearing on this case, and there is a strong prob- ability the Supreme Court's decision will be announced by Christmas. Power Policy at Stake. ‘The future of the Government's ex- periment in power prcduction will be determined by the decision in the Ten- nessee Valley Authority case. The constitutionality of the legislation has been challenged by stockholders cf the Alabama Power Co.. who contend there is no oconstitutional authority permit- ting T. V. A. to acquire transmission ties. The Alabama case is regarded as a test for scores of other suits filed by private power companies through- out the country. The latter attacked the right of P. W. A. to lend money to municipalities for construction of electric light and power plants which will compete with private concerns. The power ccmpanies say their very existence is threatened by the Fed- eral participation in power generation and distribution. Mooney's petition asked that his habeas corpus proceedings now pend- ing in the California State Supreme Court be transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States. Charges Witnesses Ignored. He asserted the California court had refused to hear his witnesses and had delegated that judicial duty to a refcree. Mooney's case has attracted Nation- wide attention because of his repeated efforts to secure his freedom. He contends he was convicted by perjured testimony secured by State officials, and says some of those who testified against him have admitted their testi- mony was false. The Supreme Court once before refused to pass upon his case. After announcing its decision con- cerning petitions for review of cases and admitting several more attorneys to practice, the court began hearing its first argument of the year in an estate tax case. Gold Case Turned Down. Other opening day work of the court included: Permitted a plan of reorganization under which the Allegheny Corp., a Van Sweringen holding company, ar- ranged before its recent auction to (See REVIEWS, Page 3.) PHILIPPINE LAWMAKERS VALIDATE MINE TITLES Capital Investments Valued at $94,500,000 Involved in Leg- islature’s Action. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, October 14.—Titles to gold mines and claims located in forest reserves, many held by Ameri- cans, were validated by the Legisla- ture of the Philippines today. Capital investments in the growing mining industry of the Philippines, estimated at $94,500,000, were declared involved. Most of .the properties are in Northern Luzon Province. Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy had in- sisted upon the validation measure to remove doubt as to legality of the mining claims, and he signed the leg- islation immediately. Murphy had warned the Legisla- ture he would validate titles to the mines in question by means of an executive order if the lawmakers failed to act, lines for selling power to municipali- | The New Orleans Circuit Court has | upheld the constitutionality of the act. | HULL SEES PEACE NEWWORLD DUTY |Pan-American Institute of Geography and History Hears Summons. Callins upon the rest of the world | to follow the leadership of nations of the Western Hemisphere in their de- | termination to maintain peace, Secre- tary of State Hull today told delegates to the second general assembly of the Pan-American Institute of Geogra- phy and History, meeting in the Hall | of the Americas of the Pan-American Union, that “menacing conditions elsewhere constitute a solemn warning |to us.” The Secretary did not mention the | Italo - Ethiopian ~situation directly. He sald: “It is to be hoped that all | nations soon will forever forsake the | barbarous insitution of war. and that suspicion, mistrust and selfish ambi- tion will be forever banished. “Knowing the sincere devotion to the cause of peace of the governments anu peoples of the Americas, I am confident that I speak for all when, in the name of our 21 nations, I say that we are determined to keep the peace and that we call upon the rest of the world to do likewise.” Sees New World Duty. | Since the Western Hemisphere has | taught the rest of the world an ob- | ject lesson in friendly co-operation, | Hull declared, it is now this hemis- phere’s duty to carry the torch for civilization. Following the trend of the admin- istration’s neutrality policy, Hull de- clared: “To the threats of misunder- standing and war, let the answer of the Americas be the maintenance of a stalwart community of nations, not {one of which either contemplates or fears aggression. “With such a steadfast policy the opportunity and perhaps the respon- sibility will be ours to preserve and secure to the world the benefits of civilization and carry human advance- ment to greater heights. “A survey of our assets reveals con- clusive evidence that the foundations | MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935—FORTY PAGES. AR AN \“ . 3 A TNNY - SEEKING A 1936 ISSUE! SATURDAY'S Circulation, KoKk City Post Office Joins Drive | To Reduce Traffic Accidents Postmaster Mooney Will Personally Di- rect Enrollment of 1,800 Employes, Operating 250 Vehicles. The Washington City Post Office. operating 143 mail trucks an average distance of more than 100.000 miles per month in Washington streets and maintaining a fleet of approximately 250 vehicles of all kinds, has joined | The Star Safety Council in its cam- paign to reduce traffic deaths *and accidents. Safe-driving pledge cards have been ordered for every employe of the city office and its classified stations in all parts of the city and every postal | truck operating in Washington will | display the windshield sticker which | is the badge of honor of the pledged | safe driver. ‘The safety campaign of the Wash- ington Post Office is being personally conducted in co-operation with The 124,656 Some Returns Not Yet (#) Means Associated Press. and Wirephoto Services. SUNDAY'S Cireglation, ceived. TWO CENTS. GARAGE MAN KILLS WIFE, DAUGHTER AND THEN HIMSELF House on Seventh Street Pike Transformed Into Sudden Shambles. 137,727 GIRL, 15, ALSO SHOT; CONDITION IS CRITICAL Neighbors, Hearing Family Quar- rel, Look Through Window to See Tragedy. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHEATON, Md., October 14.—A little white frame house on the Seventh street pike was turned into a shambles today when James H. Pierce, middle-aged garage proprietor, shot and killed his wife, Cassie, and his stepdaughter, Mrs. Helen Cook, and then killed himself. Pierce also shot his 15-year-old daughter, Clarice. She was taken to Montgomery County Hospital in & critical condition, shot three times, through the groin, the shoulder and one arm. The bodies of the three victims of the tragedy were taken to the funeral | home in Rockville of Warner Pum- phrey. The shooting was preceded by a viclent argument, police said. Pierce was said by aeighbors to have been at odds with his family for several years, and, according to Chief J. William Garrett of Montgomery County police, | was a heavy drinker. It was reported his wife had filed charges against him for non-support and that the arraign- postmaster. In notifying The Star Council of the decision to put the city office. with its 1,800 employes, into the | safety campaign as a unit, Mr. Mooney | said: “The Washington, D. C., Post Office heartily indorses the safe-driving campaign being conducted by your organization. “The pledges submitted to this of- fice will be distributed to the em- | ployes and you are assured of our full support and co-operation in this wor- thy cause. { “We have a fleet of 250 vehicles | and each driver thereof will sign the | pledge and carry on the windshield of | his machine one of the stickers show- ing compliance with your campaign.” (See SAFETY, Page 5.) Star Safety Council by W. M. Mooney, | MOSCOW BLAMES TOKID FOR CLASH Japan’s Foreign Minister Retorts Border Is Too Ambiguous. By the Assoc.ated Press. MOSCOW, October 14 —Informed Russian sources asserted today that Saturday’s clash on the Russo-Man- choukuan border was a product of pro- vocative tactics of Japanese military | officials. Acting on orders from Moscow, the Soviet Ambassador to Japan delivered an emphatic protest to Tokio, but no answer was immediately forthcoming. ‘The official Soviet press refrained from comment, publishing a brief U.S. AGREES NAVAL PARLEY IS NEEDED Success of ““Limited” Con- ference Plan Seen Hing- ing on Japan. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The State Department is in con- stant communication with the British | government regarding the possibility of holding a “limited” naval confer- ence between Great Britain, the United States and Japan before De- cember 31, 1935. Despite the grave problems con- | fronting Great Britain in Europe, the foreign office is anxious that a meet- ing betwgen the delegates of the three signatories of the Washington and have been laid and the materials are | communique setting forth some details | the London naval agreements shall be at hand for the building in the Amer- | icas of a greater civilization than any of the past.” Peruvian Envoy Replies. The welcoming address by the Sec- retary was preceGed by a short open- ing address by the president of the institute, Dr. Wallace W. Atwood. The reply to the Secretary's welcome to the delegates was made by his excellency, Dor Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Ambassador of Peru and vice chairman of the Gov- erning Board, Sessions of the institute are being attended by delegates from all the American republics and from scien- tific institutions, colleges and univer- sities in all the republics of the West- ern Hemisphere. The meetings in Washington are being held at the in- vitation of the Government. The Pan-American Institute of Geography and History was created following a resolution adopted at the Sixth International Conference of American States in Havana in 1928. The permanent headquarters of the institute are in Mexico City, where the Mexican government has provided & building. Collects and Spreads Information. ‘The first general assembly was held in Rio de Janeiro in December, 1932. The purpose of the organization is the collection and dissemination of in- formation on geographical and his- torical questions of mutual interest to the American republics. The first regular session of the instidute was held this afternoon. Dr. Pedro C. Sanchez, the director, sub- mitted his report on activities of the past three years. This report was followed by a general discussion of a number of papers, including one by (See INSTITUTE, Page 3.) Readers’ Guide Senor Amusements Comics .- Editorials _ f of the collision, but not giving the number of casualties. It was treated | in Moscow circles as admittedly the most serious in a series of border in- cidents extending over a period of six months, but not as a threat of general warfare. | As in previous instances, they said a Japanese military clique was pro- | moting friction with the Soviet Union | to justify keeping large armed forces im the Japanese-sponsored state of Manchoukuo, bordering on the Soviet province of Siberia. They placed the responsibility on the shoulders of the Tokio government, (See CLASH, Page 4. Bullitt at Post After Vacation. MOSCOW, October 14 (#).—Wil- liam C. Bullitt, United States Ambas- | sador, returned to his post today after | a five-week vacation in Germany and Italy. He called on Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, who is recovering from a recent attack of pneumonia. Harold Schantz, charge d'affaires during Bullitt's absence, will leave for America for his vacation Thursday. held some time before the end of this | | year. The State Department shares |fully the British point of view re- garding the holding of a meeting some | time in December. | The situation is as follows: Unless | the three principal naval powers which | have bound themselves to a certain | naval limitation by the treaties of ‘Washington and London agree to hoid a conference to decide the fate of | these two agreements next year, both \‘agreements will lapse after next De- cember 31 and another conference (See NAVAL, Page 4.) - New U. S. Destroyer at Bermuda. (#)—The United States destroyer MacDonough, under command of Capt. C. H. Alden, arrived here today, making the last port of call on her “shakedown” cruise, which included visits to France, England and ine Netherlands. The MacDonough will remain in | port several days. The officers and men will be entertained by the Gov- | dans, By the Associated Press. Family budgeting or insurance for Ppaying doctors’ bills were two methods suggested today by Walter H. Hamil- ton, administration edviser on con- sumer problems, for making medical service “less expensive and bringing it within reach of the masses.” Hamilton, director of N. R. A.'s new consumers’ division, has just an- nounced selection of a “consumers’ cabinet” of seven economists to assist the administration in en effort to “get the buying public more for its money.” One of its aims was de- scribed as reducing medical costs. Asked how this could be brought about, Hamilton said in an interview, “This doesn’t mean that the doctor shall receive less.” “My occulist tells me that 70 per cent of his services are done for nothing * he said. “We ought to find some way to budget the thing.” If families lay aside a certain amount either through a special budget or insurance for the specific purpose, he argued, the number of those who can pay their doctors’ bills will be larger and, therefore, the cost r { Insurance for Doctors’ Bills Urged to Slash Medical Costs to eachr patient probably will be cur- tailed. Hamilton said no new surveys would be necessary because nearly all the information needed is already at hand. Another Federal agency, however, tomorrow will begin a house-to-house canvass in 19 States to ascertain ade- quacy of health facilities, the extent to which they are used, and other in- formation. The Public Health Service will make the survey with emergency relief funds. Dr. L. R. Thompson will be in charge of the work and 3,500 white-collar workers will be put in the field. Find- ings from this and the National Com- mittee on Cost of Medical Care will probably be analyzed in the “con- sumers’ cabinet” study. Speaking generally of the aims of the Committee of Seven, Hamilton said it would not be so much inter- ested in “battering down prices them- selves” as in ascertaining “inefficiency and waste and other barriers which may keep a free flow of goods off the market, and pointing out to industries how this might be corrected.” HAMILTON, Bermuda, October 14 | ernor and other prominent Bermu- | ment was to take place October 25. Boy and Mother See Tragedy. The shooting occurred about 9:30 am. Nevelle Meeks, jr., 10, who lives at the house next to Pierces’ two- story home, said he and his mother heard the hubbub of quarelling next door and locked across to see Pierce, a .38 caliber revolver in hand, start shooting Neighbors said about seven shots were fired. Pierce's stepdaughter, Mrs. Cook, ran screaming from the door of the kitchen where the shooting occurred, and collapsed, face down, on the | 1awn between the house and the ga- | rage Pierce operated. Behind her | Clarice came tumbling out, stumbled | over a dog house, and plunged into | the front of a parked car, splattering blood on the headlights and grass. Mrs. Pierce collapsed on the kitchen floor, apparently killed instantly. Pierce shot himself through the tem- ple and died immediately, police said. Clarice was taken to the Montgom- ery County General Hospital in Sandy Spring by A. W. Saunders of Glen= mont, Md; J. N. Atwood, Silver Spring, and J. A. Smith of Wheaton. Her only words, they reported, were, “Help me. help me—give me a glass of water.” Her condition is critical. Earlier Quarrels Recalled. The Meeks boy, who stid he saw | the shooting through the Pierces’ kitchen window, said Mrs Cook and her step-father quarreled violently almost every time they met in the Pierce home. On one ccasion, he said, the garage man threw dishes at his step-daughter. From their home next door. the Meeks often heard their neighbors squabbling, with Pierce cursing strongly, they said. The Pierces had lived in Wheaton | about 15 or 18 years, inhabitants said. | Their home is on the southeast side of the Brookville, or Seventh street, highway, and is adjoined by the modest frame garage which .Pierce perated. The dead couple had three other | children, Clay “Bucky” Pierce, 22; Mrs. Lena Marvin, 20, of Carroll ave- nue, Takoma Park, Md., and Bessie, said to be about 18 Son Left Home Year Ago. Clay Pierce boards with Norman Hull, 45. of Lay Hill, Md. He is an | automobile mechanic. Summoned from | his job at the Kensington garage he | said he was unaware there had been { a family quarrel that might precipitate | such violence. He said he left his home more than a year ago, when he reached 21, to take the garage job. His father, he said, could not afford | to employ him in his small repair shop. Dr. H. H. Howlett of Silver Spring, | Md., was the first doctor to reach the | scene of the killings, but there was | little he could do. Pierce apparently went about his grisly job with deliberation. He walked into the Zirkle hardware store in Sil- ver Spring at about 7:50 a.m. today and bought 10 .38-caliber buliets for & | quarter. | Dr. J. W. Bird extracted the three bullets from the bedy of Clarice Pierce shortly after noon, and Montgomery County Hospital officials gave her & good chance to live. (Picture on Page A-3.) R — |DERN AT MEIJI SHRINE; TO PAY HIROHITO VISIT War Secretary Denies Intention to Discuss Philippines’ Fu- ture With Japanese. By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, October 14—George H. | Dern, the American Secretary of War, paid his respects today to the Meiji Shrine, dedicated to the memory of | Emperop Meiji, grandfather of the present Emperor Hirohito, whom the nation worships as the founder of modern Japan. Like any other American visitor, Dern and his party, here for a foure day visit while en route to the Philip« pines, spent the afternoon sightseeing, though he faced a heavy schedule of social engagements later. He lunched at the American Club. Aboard the cruiser Chester, Secre- tary Dern said he did not expect to discuss the future of the Philippines with Japanese leaders. ‘Tomorrow he will be given an audi- ence by Emperor Hirobito,”