Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, colder tonight, minimum temper= ature about 45 degrees; tomorrow fair; gentle to moderate north winds. Tem- peratures—Highest, 76, at 3:45 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 55, at 4:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,404. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. The WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1935—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. BOMBING PLANES ROUT ETHIOPIANS AT MAKALE; EXPORT Selassie Shifts Troop Masses in Reply. HARAR EMPTIED IN SHIPS’ VISIT | Eritrea Invasion by Tribesmen Is Reported. The Ethiopian Situation. Italian airplanes flew over Harar and Diredawa, Ethiopia, both strategic points, and bombing planes dis- | persed troops with explosives at Makale and at Alaji. nearby. Great Britain's navy engaged in maneuvers at Alexandria, Egypt, where a formidable fleet is concen- trated. Hordes of Emperor Haile Selassie’s black warriors marched barefoot to the southern front for an engage- ment with Italian Somaiiland troops which may be the first major battle of the war. Henry J. Allen, former United States Senator from Kansas, said after an interview with Premier that the dictator is resigned to war in Europe. Premier Laval, tireless seeker of peace in East Africa, renewed conversa- tions in an effort to learn Musso- lini's terms for stopping hostilities. A report from Aduwa said Italian field headquarters learned of a revolt in Gojjam Province, Ethiopia, and an- other told of a battle in Ogaden Province centered «bout Walwal. Word from Djibouti, French Somali- land, said Ethiopian troops had penetrated into a section of Italy’s colony of Eritrea, cutung off sev- eral thousand Italian troops from their base. Mussolini | ENGLAND REFERS Mussolini’s Son, 17, Lands Plane Marked By Ethiopian Bulfets (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) ASMARA, Eritrea, October 15. —Bruno Mussolini, 17-year-old sergeant son of Il Duce, had four bullet holes in his plane to show today after a reconnaissan ce fiight over Ethiopian terri- tory yesterday. The young piloi, who en- listed with his brother, 19- year-old Lieut. Vittorio Mus- solini, for air service in his father's East African forces, made a survey flight over Makale, 60 miles south of Aduwa and one of the next objectves of the Italian advance. He discovered the four bullet holes when he flew hack from Ethiopia and landed at the air- port here. A plans piloted by his brother-in-law, Count Gal- eazzo Ciano, leader of the air bombing of Aduwa in a former flight over Ethiopia, was similarly marked by gunfire. OFFERS T0 GENEVA Report That Clerk Talks Peace With Laval Is Spiked. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 15.—Any pro- At Geneva the League of Nations | Sanctions Committee adopted a resolution for a financial blockade of Italy. Rome accepted the news with indifference. TROOPS CONCENTRATED. on Visit to Railroad tation. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ADDIS ABABA, October 15.—Ital- fan airplanes roared in bombing and reconnaissance patrols over Northern and Eastern Ethiopia today, and Em- peror Haile Selassie answered the threat with additional concentrations of thousands of infantrymen. The Ethiopian government an- nounced that two Italian planes bombed Alaji, near Makale, and that another had bombed troops concen- trating at Makale, 60 miles south of Aduwa. There were no casualties, said the communique. It was also officially announced that reconnaissance planes had flown over Planes lhporleg the Gota station of the railroad to | Djibouti, Awash. Harar Virtually Evacuated. Other Italian planes swooped low over “tarar, and practically the entire populace there, anticipating bombing, evacuated to the hills or fled to Diredawa. The Emperor rushed enormous humbers of warriors to strategic areas to meet the threatened Italian on- slaught in the north and south. From official sources came the in- formation that more than 150,000 Iresh tribesmen, including the fiercest fighters of the empire, will pass through Addis Ababa this week for review by the Emperor. 35,000 Under Getatcho Abata. There are also 35000 men under Ras Getatcho Abata, the governor of Kaffa, whose father was one of the great heroes of the Ethiopian victory ©of 1896 at Aduwa. There are 40,000 more coming in under the command of Dedjazmatch Habte Mariam, the governor of the Province of Lekeppti, who wears half- moon earrings as a sign of his ele- phant-hunting prowess. Besides these come 30,000 under Bitwoded Mokonnen Demissie, the (See WAR, Page 3.) between Diredawa and — MRS. MARY DILLER SUICIDE WITH GUN Wife of Retired Army Officer Takes Life in Apartment. Was in Il Health. Mrs. Mary Diller, 55, togay shot and killed herself outside door of her apartment at 3930 Connecticut ave- nue. Mrs. Diller fired a .45-caliber pistol into her mouth, the bullet emerging through the top fo her head. The body was found by & maid in the apartment house, who called the hus- band, Lieut. Col. U. M. Diller, U. 8. Army, retired, who was reading in the epartment at the time of the shooting. Col. Diller told Coroner A. Magru- posals for an Italo-Ethiopian peace desired by Mussolini must be sub- mitted to the League of Nations, it was declared in authoritative quarters today. This expression of the British view- pont dismissed reports that yester- day’'s conference between Premier Laval of France and Sir George Rus- sell Clerk, British Ambassador to Paris, was in regard to peace pro- posals. ‘They merely discussed aspects of the international situation, .these quarters explained, and the British government has no knowledge of such advances for peace, either by Laval or Mussolini. Geneva Front Working. Meanwhile the authorities insisted that, contrary to reports, the Anglo- | French common front at Geneva is working in perfect collaboration for the speedy restoration of peace Dealing with the rumors that the alliance was cracking under the strain, the authorities said the Anglo-Prench co-operation always was much better than appeared on the surface. No British approach was made to the United States and Germany by the British, these spokesmen said, to determine what non-members of the League of Nations would do in case of sanctions. That, they said, is a League duty, not Britain's. The reply of Fulvio Suvich, Italian undersecretary for foreign affairs, to & note from Sir Eric Drummond, Brit- ish Ambassador to Rome, with respect to the bombing of Addis Ababa and Diredawa also was disclosed by these sources. British Evacuating. Suvich said Italian action in re- spect to -bombing the cities would most likely be determined by whether or not the concentration of troops is (See LONDON, Page 4.) MILLIONAIRE’S BODY IS FOUND IN SWAMP Nyack, N. Y., Man, Missing Since May, Believed Victim of Foul Play. By the Associated Press. NYACK, N. Y., October 15.—The body of Charles D. Towt, 76, million- aire, who disappeared from his Nyack home last May, was found today in & swampland near West Nyack. Police theorized he had met with foul play. ‘Towt vanished after announcing he was going to walk through the woods in search of botanical specimens. Two hitch-hikers found the body. Tt lay about one-quarter of a mile from a highway, back of the Clinton Asphalt Co. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, October 15. —Great Britain’s Navy began today its first large maneuvers, off the coast between here and Port Said, seaport at the north end of the Sues Canal on Ttaly's route to East Africa. Gengva Studies Key Product Embargo. NINE ITALIAN NEEDS LISTED Aid Is Considered for States Hit by Sanctions. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 15.—The League of Nations’ Subcommittee for Eco- nomic Sanctions deci in principle today to recommend an embargo against the shipment into Italy of “key” products—materials used in the manufacture of war munitions Tae committee then proceeded to draw up a specific list of products which Premier Mussolini must have if he is to continue the manufacture of armaments and supplies for his forces in East Africa. The tentative list included: Alumi- num, zine, copper, nickel, tin, coal, wool, manganese and gasoline. Experts armed with voluminous masses of statistics laid bare the arteries of world trade with Italy and examined into the possibilities of ap- plying tourniquets to stop the flow of that trade. Roosevelt List Examined. Meanwhile a subcommittee of mili- tary experts examined President Roosevelt's list of implements of war and decided to change a few details in definitions of specific arms men- tioned in the list upon which the United States has placed an embargo against both Italy and Ethiopia. At the same time the League under- of financial sanctions. League statesmen turned to the pressing problems of aiding nations which would suffer themselves in act- ing against Italy and of putting a financial blockade into effect imme- diately. A subcommittee of the League staff for sanctions against Italy met to dis- cuss providing economic aid to any small state which might suffer loss with Italy as the sanctions campaigm swept around the world. Eden Urged Creation. Rumania, Greece and Switzerland inquired anxiously about such aid. Anthony Eden, British minister for League affairs, recommended crea- tion of the subcommittee, which held its first meeting today to look into this problem. Paragraph three of the Covenant article XVI prdvides that League other in financial and economic meas- ures undertaken under this article in order to minimize the loss and incon- venience resulting from the above measures (sanctions).” The offensive on the financial front marked the second phase of the sanc- tions campaign. The first phase of the drive already found practical expression in Eden’s announcement that Great Britain had officially lifted its arms embargo against the East African empire, and that its embargo on arms to Italy would be maintained. Third Phase Begins. A third phase of the campaign be- came evident—this time involving harsher economic measures—in a de- cision by the commitiee of 18 of the general sanctions staff to study appli- cation of embargoes on raw materials and products necessary to Italy for continuance of hostilities. Another inquiry, it was announced officially, would be undertaken for “the cessation of Italy’s exports to countries which are members of this League.” A separate subcommittee was named to study & “buy nothing from Italy” plan, just as similar groups were created to handle the problem of com- pensation for states suffe.ing dispro- portionately under sanctions, and to look into constitutional and legal diffi- culties of certain states in applying sanctions. The complexity of committees and subcommittees caused the association of correspondents accredited to the League to appeal to the general staff for sanctions to hold at least some of its meetings in public. 7 Die, 9 Hurt in Bus Crash. BUENOS AIRES, October 15 (#).— Seven persons were killed and nine injured, at least one seriously, when a heavy truck loaded with iron bars crashed into an omnibus carrying 16 passengers today on the highway con- necting Buenos Aires and La Plata. British Ship Maneuvers Begun From Alexandria to Port Said space for two big ships to find their way from the outer shipping lanes to the docks. took the first practical organization | states “will mutually support one an- | BANS PROPOSED) THE BREAK-UP OF THE OLD GANG! HEY! You FELLERS ARE THROWIN' AT THE WRONG ’ TODISCSS NAW Contents of Reply to Eng- land Kept Secret by Of- ficials, However. | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 15.—Foreign Min- JAPAN HELD EAGER Prince Geor ges Firemen, 2,800 Strong, Join Safety Campaign' ister Koki Hirota dispatched a note to | London today restating Japan's atti- tude toward early convocation of L3 naval limitations conference. Japanese officlals declined to dis- @lose the contents of the communica- tion or to say whether Japan would accept an invitation to such a con- ference. A high authority. however, said the Japanese government “desires to ex- change views on naval problems, free- Association Is Largest of Its Kind in| Maryland, Opera Apparatus in 22 Communities. ‘The Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Association, largest organization of its kind in Maryland, operating more than 50 pieces of | fire apparatus and ambulances in 22 Capital, today joined The Evening Star Safety Council in its campaign for safe driving and walking and began the circulation of safe-driving pledge | cards throughout its membership. | The association has 800 active members and 2,000 reserve and-honorary members. The firemen in the asso-j | ciation believe that, inasmuch as a large number of the members are em- | ployed in Washington and the others frequently visit Washington, every | effort should be made to co-operate | with The Star to help reduce the toll ly and frankly with the powers con- | cerned for the purpose of reaching the | first possible agreement.” Anxious to Co-operate. “Japan is anxious to co-operate with the other powers to this end,” the authority said. He asserted the note telegraphed to Keinosuke Fujii, charge d’affaires at London, to be delivered soon to the BritAh government, provided Britain with information on which a decision mignt pe basea as to whether it was feasible to convoke a conference’ before the end of the year. Approved by Cabinet. This authority said the note, sent with the approval of a full ‘cabinet session, provided neither acceptance nor refusal of such an invitation, since the situation had not yet advanced | to the stage of issuance of invitations. He conceded that the note, in re- sponse to recent British inquiries, was indefinite as to whether Japan would participate in a conference, but added that America's recent reply to Britain was “even vaguer than ours.” DERN REASSURES JAPAN, Tells War Lords U. S. Policy of “Good Neighbor” Is in Force. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, October 15.—Addressing an audience which included famous Japanese proponents of an aggres- sive imperial policy, American Sec- retary of War George H. Dern of Utah declared today, “President Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy is in force in regard to our relations with Japan and other countries of the Far East, or elsewhere.” The occasion was a luncheon given by the America-Japan Society in honor of Dern and his party, who are vigiting Japan prior to going to Manila, where he will represent Presi- dent Roosevelt at inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth.. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa presided at the luncheon, at which Gens. Sadeo Araki and Jinzaburo Mazaki, advecates of a strong imperialistic policy, were present. Emphasizing the mutually profitable character of Japanese-American com- merce, Dern declared: “Any interruption in the traditional friendly relations between our coun- tries that would interfere with the free flow of this mutually beneficial trade would be disastrous to both countries and would be inexcusably stupid.” Dern paid, official calls on Foreign Minister Koki Hirota and War Min- ister Yoshiyuki Kawashima. Both conversations were described by an official who attended as “purely friendly talks in which no serious problems were discussed.” ‘Tonight Hirota will be host at an official dinner in honor of the Dern party, which members of the Jap- anese cabinet and the American Em- bassy staff will attend. Dern carried the good will of the American people to the throne of Emperor Hirohito today. Accom- panied by Edwin L. Neville, American charge d'affairs here, he was re- ceived by the Emperor. Readers’ Guide Sports ... Washington Wayside ..__A-13 Women'’s Features ..*.G-O-'I £ of traffic deaths and accidents. Enrollment of the association in the safety campaign was authorized | HAUPTMANN GIVEN STAY FOR APPEAL Wins Opportunity to Carry Conviction to Supreme Court of U. S. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J. October 15— Bruno Richard Hauptmann's execu- tion was stayed indefinitely today | ers to enable them to award the con- | when the Court of Errors and Appeals | granted him an opportunity to appeal his conviction in the Lindbergh kid- | nap-murder case to the Supreme | Court of the United States. The court gave Egbert Rosecrans, one of the defense attorneys, 30 days in which to ask the Supreme Court to review allegations that Haupt- mann’s constitutional rights were vio- lated in the trial. Order Stayed by Court. ‘The order which would have re- turned the case to Supreme Court Justice W. Trenchard, trial judge, for refixing of the execution date was stayed by the Court of Errors and Appeals, but will automatically take effect on November 14 if the appeal is not perfected by that time. Six days ago the Court of Errors and Appeals, in a unanimous opinion, upheld Hauptmann'’s conviction. The State applied last Friday for the order which was stayed today. Rosecrans asked the court to pre- vent return of the record until the Supreme Court disposes of the case or until “the further order of the court.” His motion was opposed by Assistant Attorney General Joseph Lanigan, who asked that the order fix a definite time in which the appeal must be taken. Will “Act With Dispatch.” Rosecrans agreed to the 30-day period, and said he would “act with dispatch.” Should the Supreme Court refuse to entertain Hauptmann's appeal, the new electrocution date would be fixed for some time late in December or January. GEORGE P. MARSHALL,JR., IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Owner of Palace Laundry and Wife Had Separation Agree- ment for Six Years. George P. Marshall, jr., owner of the Palace Laundry and widely known in sports circles here, was sued for divorce in District Supreme Court this afternoon by Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, 4000 Cathedral avenue, who charged he deserted her in 1928. The court was told that a separation agreement between the two had been executed six years ago. Married in 1920 at Greensburg, Pa., the couple have two children, Cather- ine, 14, and George P. Marshall, jr., 10. Prior to their separation they lived at 2700 Connecticut avenue. Mr. Marshall now resides at the Shore- ham Hotel. The wife was represented by the law firm of Douglas, Obear, Morgan & Campbell. NAVY AIRSHIPS LEAVE CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, October 15 (®).—Four United States Navy sea- planes took off from Coco Salo at 8:15 s.m. today on a flight to Nor- folk, Va. Their pilots expect to reach their 3 Fal ting 50 Pieces of communities adjacent the National | a few days ago at the monthly meet- ing of the association's advisory board, on motion of Willlam 8. Freeman of Mount Rainier. In proposing the res- olution which put the full weight of | the association behind the safety drive, Mr. Freeman said he believed (See SAFETY, Page 6.) HOSPITAL FUNDING PLAN 15 ASSURED Contract for Glenn Dale Project to Go Ahead on Original Basis. Public works officials gave definite assurances today funds would be made | avaiiable to the District Commission- tract for the main building of the Adult Tuberculosis Hospital at Glenn Dale, Md,, as originally planned. The fact that the lowest of seven construction bids opened last week proved to be $188,000 in excess of the estimated cost served to hold up all plans for starting the work at this time. Subject to the approval of Secre- tary Ickes on his return to Wash- ington, P. W. A. officials said they had worked out an agreement with District officials whereby the addi- tional cost can be met successfully. They would not reveal details of the plan. Secretary Ickes, they said, is certain to give it his approval. ‘The District Commissioners, it was announced today, have made a formal application for $200,000 from P.W.A., notifying the Government agency of their inability to meet the terms of the lowest bid to start construction work. ‘This amount, or at least suffi- cient to pay the additional cost of the bid, would be made available, offi- cials believed, within a short time. It will be one of the first matters to be called to the attention of the public works administrator when he returns with President Roosevelt from Panama. Bid $188,000 Too High. When the Commissioners obtained the $1,500,000 loan and grant from P. W. A. nearly a year ago for the Glenn Dale plant, it was estimated the main building could be constructed for $695,000. To their dismay, the lowest bid re- ceived was $188,000 too high. The excess was reflected mainly in labor costs. Under the recent ruling of Sec- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,077 | Ana and executed Presidente Manuel | Some Returns LAl g U.SHUNTING PARTY BELIEVED SAFE IN MEXICAN UPRISING Five Americans Reported Disarmed by Raiders and Aliowed to Proceed. OF SANTA ANA ARE SLAIN Revolt Against Government's Re- ligious and Agrarian Policies Spreads Over Several States. By the Associated Press. DOUGLAS, Ariz., October 15.—Five prominent Americans on a hunting trip in the revolt-menaced Mexican State of Sonora were reported from several sources today to be safe after | their guns and ammunition had been | seized by an armed band of Mexican | raiders. Arthur D. Norcross, New York pub- lisher, who returned from the interior yesterday, reported the encounter with the rebels—a few hours after dis-| gruntled agrarians had raided Santa | Gaudile and Police Chief Manuel Diaz | against a 'dobe wall. Members of Party. ! Norcross listed the party members as— J. H. Durrell, vice president of the | National City Bank, New York. James Bruce, vice president of the | National Dairy Products Co., New | York. Lee Paull, Wheeling, W. Va., insur- ance agency head. Dr. W. 8. Fulton, Wheeling. Jack Durrell, San Francisco repre- sentative of the Chase National Bank. | The New York publisher, en route | home, said the men had been stopped | by the roving band which took their firearms and ammunition and ordered them to continue into the interior. | At Scarborough - on - the - Hudson, however, Mrs. Durrell today received | a telegram from her husband report- | ing the entire party safe outside the revolutionary zone. Reported Safe at Consulate. In Douglas a secretary to Lewis Boyle, American consul, said: “I un-| derstand the men are all right.” He did not reveal the information on | which he based his belief. At Wheeling, Carl O. Schmidt, at- torney for Paull, said he and Mrs. Paull had talked by telephone with Norcross, and he had assured them that the party had not been harmed. The telegram received by Mrs. Dur- rell was dated yesterday at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, after having been relayed by pony from Sonora the day before. It said: “We are safe at the Farnsworth | ranch, which is located far from the revolutionary zone, and we will con- tinue with the hunt as originally planned, returning late in October. Believed to Have Borrowed Arms. Schmidt's conversation with Nor- | cross from Wheeling. he said, con- | vinced him that the party had con- i tinued into the hills with borrowed arms and ammunition. “He gave both of us positive assur- ance,” the lawyer said! “That the hunting party had continued and that no harm had befallen them.” | Town authorities of .Sonora, just | across the border from the United | | States, were described as doubling their efforts to obtain arms\for re- | pulsing possible attacks by the band, members of which were termed dis- gruntled agriculturists aiming their | blows specifically at State and mu- nicipal officials. Before he left by plane for New York, Norcross said he learned of the raiders’ tactics when he himself fell into their hands on a 30-day hunting trip into the Mexican state. He related that after guns and am- | munition of the five Americans were seized, they were told to continue their | Jjourney into Sonora’s rugged moun- tains. The New Yorker said the Ameri- (See BANDITS, Page 5) MORGENTHAU CONFERS Sees Laval and Jean Tannery. Plans to Sail Tomorrow, PARIS, October 15 (#).—United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau conferred for 45 minutes today with Premier Pierre Laval, but insisted he was paying “‘purely personal calls” on French offi- cials. He had lunch with Jean Tannery, governor of the Bank of France, and will return to the United States from his European vacation tomorrow aboard the Normandie. The lunch- eon was attended by Marcel egnier, minister of finance, and by the heads retary of Labor Perkins the “prevail- (See HOSPITAL, page 2.) Rockefeller-Financed Booklets Considered for C. C. C. Camps By the Associated Press. “American Primers,” a series of Rockefeller-financed pamphlets om na- tional questions, may find their way into Civilian Conservation Corps camps after all. When “You and Machines,” first volume of the series, was pul some time ago, C. C. C. officials de- clined to meet the cost of printing coples for their charges. It was in- dicated that they thought this booklet too gloomy. Now that the rest of the “primers” have been issued by the University of Chicago Press, however, Government purchase of some is under considera- tion. “Business and ovremmen;; one : the pamphlets, reviews the tory Government regulation of business of various departments of the finance ministry. dent Hoover, ‘when we adopted the ideal of equality of opportunity—the fair chance of Abraham Lincoln.” The question is not ‘control versus no con- trol’ It is rather, ‘how much con- trol, and of what kind? And who's going to do the controlling?’ " It contains criticism of some phases of the N. R. A, but concludes that “the ever widening scope of business operations has made necessary na- tional control.” “New legislation acceptable to the Supreme Court may be framed,” it says, “or it may be that a constitu- tional amendment will be necessary.” Successful national planning of business, the author declares would involve such minute control of all business operations as to be equiva- lent to Government ownership. Compulsory nation-wide unemploy- ment insurance, this booklet says, would give wage-earners a greater degree of security—+something which now sadly lack. Dr. Percy W. Bidwell of the Uni- (P) Means Associated Press. Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. HULL ASKS WORLD CO-OPERATION FOR PEACE AND TRADE 3-Point Program Calls for Gradual Stabilizing of Money. INVITES ALL NATIONS TO REBUILD COMMERCE Secretary Says America Is Exerte ing Its Moral Influence to End Wars. By the Associated Press. Declaring that the “obsolete and blood-stained instrument” of war can- not cure the world’s economic ills, Secretary of State Hull today advo- cated a three-fold international effort for peace and prosperity. He called for “simultaneous action of many countries” for 1. A “vigorous rebuilding of inter- national trade.” 2. A “gradual restoration of inter- national monetary stability.” 3. An international agreement “upon the organization and principles which will assure that all important raw ma- terials will become available on rea- sonable terms wherever they are needed.” Hull's speech, regarded as of much significance, was delivered by radio on the program of the New York Herald Tribune’s annual forum on current affairs. Other Notables Speak. Other speakers participating in the broadcast, which was relayed to New York and sent over network from there, included Norman H. Davis, President Roosevelt's Ambassador at Large; Sir Samuel Hoare, British for- eign secretary; Paul Reynaud, deputy for Paris; Sir Josiah Stamp, director of the Bank of Bngland: Dr. Philip C. Jessup, professor of international law at Columbia University, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Davis declared that “with patient, continuous and concerted effort the causes of war can be reduced and the chances of peace increased.” Sir Samuel Hoare said the lowering of barriers to international trade would promote the cause of peace. Mrs. Roosevelt told the opening ses= sion of the forum, which was attended by 3,000 women, that “the greatest enemy of women the world over is war.” Hull Outlines Policies. Secretary Hull said: “The main lines of American policy are clear. This country has n sive ambition of any kind. * * * We are prepared to defend ourselves against any threat to our own safety and welfare. We are determined not to enter into armed conflicts that may arise between other countries. * * * “But our duty, and the necessities of the situation, do not end there. We have an opportunity to exert an enormous moral influence throughout the world in support of peace. * * * We should exert it, and we are exerte gl L ¥ Italy Asking Expansion. Hull's declaration that war cannot achieve the hopes of peoples for a “less difficult and more rewarding™ destiny comes at a time when Italian spokesmen are declaring that Italy's need for expansion is one justification for the Ethiopian campaign. Only last night Ambassador Augusto Rosso declared at Boston that expan- sion is “an actual and physical need of the Italian nation, and a need which Mussolini is trying to satisfy in order to keep the living standard of the Italian people at least at its pres- ent level, in order to prevent the reste less forces of anarchy and bolshevism exploiting the hardships of an eco- nomic life, which only the sound discipline of Fascism has been able to make endurable.” He also spoke of Italy’s need for raw materials. Without mentioning any nation, Hull declared that when international WILSON MURDER SOLUTION NEARS All but One Suspect Is Under Arrest—Grand Jury Ac- tion Looms. The murder of Allen Wilson, 32- year-old newspaper route carrier, was believed near solution today with all but one of his suspected slayers un= der arrest. Police officials would not*confirm information that the investigation was virtually completed, but from other sources it was learned the case may be presented to the Montgomery County grand jury next month. It was believed one man, thought to have participated in the sBooting, is still at large and police are not ex- pected to place the case in the hands of Maryland authorities until he is arrested. Wilson was-shot down about 4:30 a.m. last October 23, presumably hav- ing been mistaken for Edward “Mickey” McDonald, reputedly identie fled with gambling interests. The shooting occurred in front of Mce Donald’s home in Takoma Park, Md. Working on the theory Wilson was inadvertently killed by Washington gangsters seeking McDonald, Police’ Lieut. John Fowler and Detective Sergts. Earl Hartman and Floyd Trus- cott recently developed evidence which, they believe, will result in the convice tion of four or five persons in connece tion with the shooting. It was disclosed yesterday that Ale bert 8. Sutton, local gambler, has been transferred from Lorton Reformatory to the District Jail. Officials, how= ever, did not say whether his transfer was connected with the investigation of the shooting. Sutton was arrested shortly after the murder, although not in connection with it. The District Parole Board revoked his parole in & former ease and ordered him sent back to Lorton after police claimed he had an interest in a gambling house