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(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly warmer tonight, minimum temperature about 48 degrees; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer, pos- sibly occasional rain at night. Tempera- tures—Highest, 60, at noon today; lowest, 39, at 5 a.m. today. Full report &n page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 33 406 Entered as second class matter 'y - post office, Washington, D. C. No. @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Toening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. FRENCH PLEDGE OF AID EXPECTED ON BRITISH“SHOWDOWN”DEMAND; LEAGUE FACES SANCTIONS REVOLT Terms of Laval Agreement Awaits Ratification by Cabinet, Due Monday. TURKEY WILL BACK SANCTIONS BY CLOSING PORTS TO ITALY France’s Unwillingness to Follow Eng- land Blindly Laid to Fear of Blockade as Military Move. By the Associated Press PARIS, October 17.—An authority stated late today that Premier Laval, backed by the French cabinet, probably will agree Monday to the British demand for French armed aid in the Mediterranean in case Italy attacks the British fleet stationed there. This answer wrs indicated after s day of indecision in which Laval | was originally Tepresented by reliable sources as refusing to promise the | British French aid if the British should be attacked by Italy oefore the League of Nations issues actual orders for warship enforcement of its sanc- tions against Italy. The terms of the French decision await ratification by the cabinet and Laval generally is expected to call his governing body in session Monday | morning. i In British circles here it was said that London had called for “a | showdown” and expected France to choose the English position and abandon her present difficult straddle of the sanctions issue. Turkish Support Pledged. Authoritative sources said Rustu Aras, the Turkish foreign minister, who talked to Premier Laval today, told the French government head that | Turkey intends to support sanctions against Italy and it was reported that | TTurkey would deny Italy the use of Turkish ports in case of trouble on the Mediterranean. Said British sources: will go.” The conservative French press, however, continued to warn the govern- ment against the danger of following Great Britain into a situation which might lead to war. Great Britain is understood to have told France that her choice now between Italy or the League of Nations would determine France's future position in British eyes. ) ] Unofficially, this attitude was interpreted as meaning Great Britain ‘would not go to the aid of n—aau; oner P the continent if the French failed to o g | British Camel Unit co-operate in the Mediterranenra : g ' to Great | Just what France’s answer Reported Atlacked j By Italicn Forces| Britain will be is not, of course, i i “There 1s little doubt as to which way France | definitely known as yet, and it was actually reported that Premier Laval had told Ambassador Sir George Russell Clerk of Great Britain that 'By the Associated Press. the presence of British warships in the | ZEILAH, British Somaliland, Octo- Mediterranean was unnecessary. ber 17.—Tribesmen reportec today to If the British and Italian fleets the district commissioner here that clash under present circumstances, | the 17th British Camel Corps guard- said a report attributed to “authorized | ing the Somaliland frontier suffered | circles,” France would refuse to con- | casualties during an Italian advance sider it automatically a case of Italian aggression, but, rather, a new incident requiring the League's determination of the aggressor. | in the Ogaden Desert. | (The desert of Ogaden Province {Tuns along the border of British | Somaliland close to tne mint where This response, supposedly given the | rialian Somaliland joins with the | British request that France definitely | pritish territory. Italian torces have state her position, was regarded by the | peen reported penetrating northwest- French press as leaving a critical yarq, close to the British Somaliland divergence between the French and | porder, in a drive directed at the the British positions. | Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railroad.) However, officials attempted to Details Are Lacking. minimize the crisis saying: "Th:= governments are on excellent terms.” | petgjis of the alleged incident were The situation was described 85| jacking, but authorities said they be- | *dark,” nevertheless, in official cir-|jjeveq that if such a thing were true cles as the result of Great Britain's “stiffness” and Mussolini’s failure to offer a compromise proposal. Premier Laval's unwillingness “to follow Great Britain blindly” was at- tributed to French fears that the Brit- ish would try a blockade, which would lead to war, although officials said that Great Britain had promised to do nothing beyond what was authorized within the League. At Geneva, the French refused to consider a blockade, since they regard such a measure as a military sanc- | tion and have indicated unwillingness to embark on military measures against Italy. Premier Laval plans to lay the prob- lem of going the whole way with Great Britain before his cabinet, usu- ally well-informed sources said. France Must Choose. The British gévernment’s refusal to withdraw its warships from the Med- iterranean and its success in pushing sanctions through the League of Na- tions were regarded in these quarters as putting a choice between Britain and Italy squarely up to the French. Expressed British doubts as to French support, despite previous es- surances by Premier Laval in this re- spect, caused most of the French press to advise maintenance of an “entente cordiale” with London lest France lost British aid in any future European difficulties. The British were reported dissatis- fled with Laval’s earlier assurances of French aid if the British fleet were attacked in the Mediterranean while enforcing League efforts to cut short Italy’s war on Ethiopia. The premier was quoted by an au- thoritative source as having told Sir George Clerk that France was unable to make any specific promises unless it was consulted first on any British action involved. Laval's efforts to bring Great Brit- ain and Italy together for a peaceful settlement of the crisis arising from the Fascist warfare in Ethiopia ended in a deadlock. Authoritative sources said the Brit- 4sh Ambassador told Laval of his gov- ernment’s decision yesterday to keep its fleet massed in the Mediterranean, while the Italian Ambassador, Vittorio Cerruti, brought Premier Mussolini's refusal to negotiate as long as the British warships maintained their po- sitions. Laval Losing Sanctions Race. Laval, desperately seeking peace- ful solution to the problem, was con- sidered by informed circles to be running a losing race against Anthony Eden of England, pressing for drastic application of sanctions against Italy. These sources said the premier’s probings into the crisis failed even to produce formal proposals likely to serve as a basis of negotiations. With both Britain and Italy cling- ing tightly to their principles, it was (See WAR, Page 5,) | 1t would have been due either to the | Italians unintentionally rruning over | the boundary of their territory or to | mistaking the British Camel Corps for | | Ethioplan forces trying to get around | their flank. | | The Italian push under the com- . mand of Gen. Rudolfo Graziani, is be- | iing covered by tanks and airplanes | (and has been conducted close to the | frontier in order to gain control of | the oases used jointiy by the native | | tribes roaming both sides of the fron- | T. | | The border has never been defined | continuously through the sandy shrub and, consequently, the camel corps have been posted to prevent the en- | trance of refugees from the Italo- Ethiopian war zone. Rains Hold Up Advance. The tribesmen who reported the alleged clash also stated that the Italian advance had been held up in Ogaden because of renewed rains, (See ATTACK, Page 5.) NAVAL MOVE MYSTERY U. S. Cruisers Leave Limon Bay for Unknown Destination. COLON, Panama, October 17 (#).— The United States cruisers which have been anchored in Limon Bay slipped quietly to sea at 8 am. to- day without advising Panama Canal authorities of their departure or their destination. In official circles it had been be- lieved that President Roosevelt, here on his vacation cruise, would request a naval review at Coco Solo, and consequently the cruisers’ sailing created bewilderment. Ford Bans Exports To War Zone Until Peace Is Restored By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 17.—Wil. liam J. Cameron of the Ford Motor Co. said today that the company had halted all exports = to the African war area. He explained that the policy had been in force since the out- break of hostil- ities between Italy and Ethi- opia. There was no statement from Henry Ford, a lifelong advo- cate of world J Henry Ford. ace. The Detroit Free Press, how- ever, said today that it had learned from a reliable source of a letter informing an investi- gator of the Senate Munitions Committee of the company's action. The letter was signed by a sales executive of the Ford company. The letter, the Free Press said, asserted that the company had exported 2,056 one-and-a-half- ton trucks to Italian possessions in Africa before hostilities began, but would not resume exports to that quarter of the globe until peace is restored. ‘The action of the Ford company banning exports to the war area is entirely voluntary, it was pointed out here today. The President’s proclamation of Oc- tober 5, placing an embargo on shipments of arms and muni- tions, does not apply to motor trucks unless they are armored and intended for use in actual combat. The Ford announcement did not make it clear whether the company also would refuse to sell equipment to the Italian govern- ment which could be delivered in Italy and reshipped to Eritrea. 300,000 CONFRONT ITALIANS IN NORTH Selassie Strengthens Force to Meet Anticipated Fascist Attack. { (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) | ADDIS ABABA, October 17.—The Ethiopian government ordered new cavalry and infantry detachments to hasten to the support of its northern and southern armies today, to meet an anticipated Italian advance into | the empire from all fronts. | ‘With the Ethiopian warriors mani- festly eager to wield their spears and the Italian forces reported consoli- dated in their positions for resump- tion of the general invasion, an end to the marking-time period of the war- fare was considered definitely in sight. The capital buzzed with martial ac- tivity as Emperor Haile Selassie ar- ranged to review the greatest military parade ever presented in Addis Ababa. 4,000 in Guard Get Orders. The cavalry and infantry detach- ments, after marching past the Parlia- mentary Building, were scheduled to depart immediately to reinforce the defending forces on the north, con- fronting Eritrea, and on the south, facing Italian Somaliland. Four thousand crack troops of Haile Selassie’s imperial guard—the smart- est men in his entire army, bearing the most modern equipment—also got their marching orders. They formed their lines to take leave of the King of Kings before hastening off to Dessye, troop concen- tration point in the heart of the em- | pire, and Makale, 60 miles south of Aduwa and the next major objective of Italy's northern armies. ‘While bolstering their defensive forces, government officials discounted reports that Ethiopians had launched (See ETHIOPIANS, Page 4.) Swatow Incident Settled. CANTON, China, October 17 (#).— The Swatow incident, aris from Chinese attempts to collect a special rice tax from Japanese and Formo- sans, was settled today and the Jap- snese warships there departed. Details of the settlement were not immediately made known Safety Drive Given Support Of Federal Housing Group /’ Administrator McDonald Lauds Star Campaign and Urges Compulsory Examination Another Federal agency, the Hous- ing Administration, operating under the national housing act, threw its support to The Evening Star safety campaign today, indorsed the safe driving and walking drive, and began the task of signing up' all its motoring workers. Heading the action of the F. H. A. X is of All Cars. and believes that drastic steps must be taken. Among some of Mr. McDonald’s ideas are that compulsory examination of all cars should be enforced, with the ultimate scrapping of many me- chanically dangerous vehicles impos- sible to repair; stiff jail sentences for reckless and drunken drivers and permanent revocation of permits in the serious cases. Drunk Driving Menace. Leaving the moral question alone, the - administrator, 3 (See SAFETY, Page 8. 3, Swiss Anxious About Own Labor. 'POLISH SHIPS ARE PROBLEM Embargo Held Up for Neutrals’ Attitude. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 17.—The spectre of possible parliamentary revolts against sanctions cast a chill over League of Nations discussions of the British “buy-nothing-from-Italy” pro- posal today. After a two-and-a-half-hour session, the Committee for Economic Sanc- tions adjourned without a decision. ‘Walther Stucki, the spokesman for the Swiss delegation, pointed out to the committee that his government will have to face the Swiss Parlia- ment before the end of the year and be prepared to justify any commit- ments made to the League. He said that if Switzerland joins the “buy nothing” campaign and Italy retaliates by buying nothing from Switzerland, the Swiss working classes may suffer severely and unemployment may increase. “What can we say to Parliament?” he asked. Poland Anxious About Ships. Poland also was anxious, but not Ilbout Parliament. The Polish spokes- | man informed the committee that Po- {land is having ships built in Italy and Is paying for them with coal. Poland, he said, needs ships. asked. Maxim Litvinoff of Russia agreed that there might be special cases such as that of Poland which would have to be taken care of by the co- operating nations. France favored the creation of a special subcommittee to take care of such cases, that is, to study what pro- vision should be made for the exemp- tion of certain transactions with Italy. It was agreed that this subcommittee should be created. France also proposed the creation | of a joint subcommittee to watch over | the enforcement of economic and financial sanctions. | Sweden gave strong support to the British “buy nothing” idea. Key Product List Accepted. The committee definitely accepted | a list of key products, possible of use | for war purposes and the exportation of which to Italy would be prohibited in the proposed key products’ em- bargo. The committee tentatively added a second key products’ list naming coal, gasoline, and copper, but this list requires further study. While the main list is on products | controlled mainly by League members, the second list is of items only par- tially controlled by League states. League officials explained that a definite embargo on exportations to Italy of such things as coal, gasoline, copper and cotton could not be de- clared until the committee determined whether Italy would be in a position to get these raw materials from such | countries as the United States and | Germany. Neutrals’ Assurances Needed It was explained that without the assurance of neutral countries that they would cut off their exportation of these commodities to Italy, a League-declared embargo would be futile. This point was covered in an offi- cial communique which said: “The committee prepared its first list of products on which it might be pos- sible to place an immediate embargo on exports to Italy and also a second list of commodities, an embargo on which would be delayed so long as the attitude of certain non-members of the League is not known.” Besides pressing for quick approval of their propozal to “buy nothing from Italy,” British delegates sought adop- tion by the 52 nations on the staff of an embargo on products necessary to continue Mussolini’s war on Ethiopia. These two punitive measures would join the arms embargo and the finan- cial blockade already approved, end- ing ‘the League’s first big burst of sanctions discussions for some time and leaving subcommittees to super- vise enforcement. ‘Thus League statesmen hoped four sanctions would be in effect before the week ends. JAPAN TO BE HEARD ON MANDATE RIGHTS League Commission Meets Octo- ber 28 to Decide Former German Isles’ Point. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 17.—Japan’s right to equal economic opportunity in all mandated ierritories despite her resignation from the League of Na- tions will be threshed out by the League's mandate commission which began its cwenty-eighth session today. ‘The commission voted that Japan will be given an opportunity to present its case. Nobumi Ito, the Japanese representative, will aefend his coun- try’s equal opportunity rights October 28 when he appears to answer ques- tions concerning former German islands-in the Pacific, now mandated to Japan. Some nations have raised the ques- tion as to whether Japan is entitled Do sanctions against Italy mean | Poland would not get the ships? he | ! N\ < \ : AR 'Officer, Friend {Veteran Patrolman BULLETIN. A coroner’s jury today exonerated Henry Allen Davis, 23, of Lexing- ton, N. C., driver of the truck which yesterday fatally injured 5-year-old Yvonne Galiagher, at Thirtieth street and Bladensburg road north- east. The jury, in a letter to the District Commissioners, recom- mended that traffic lights be placed at the intersection. fore a coroner’s jury this afternoon as a veteran, gray-haired police officer bowed his head and described sadly the incidents leading to the death of 5-year-old Yvonne Gallagher yester- | day at Thirtieth street and Bladens- | burg road. Struck by a truck at the heavily | traveled intersection, the girl was al- most instantly killed while on her way home for lunch from Langdon School. Restraining himself from tears | An aftermath of tragedy arose be- | N N \ \\Y\,Qé\ AR RTHTTHR AN \ N ARRRERRH N AN UNCOMPLETED PASS! ¥ of Girl Killed ells of Accident Sadly Relates How By Truck, T 5-Year-Old Misunderstood His Warning at Busy Crossing. | Higdon road northeast. misunder- | stood his signal to wait on the curb. | how she ran toward him smiling, feeling safe in the presence of “my | policeman.” “I held up my hand and said. | ‘Honey, stay there,’” he told the jury this morning. “She hesitated a second and then ran toward me. The truck was go- ing slowly, but it was too close. I took a step but it was too late.” Unmarried and a veteran of 11 years on the same police beat, Patrolman ‘Weber told this morning how he had | been helping dozens of school children | Yvonne, whose name he had never known, was one of his favorites be- cause she usually came along and al- | ways depended on his aid in crossing the street. | Asked at the inquest by Coroner A.! would not materially improve condi- with difficulty, Patrolman Charles J. Weber told how Yvonne, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gallagher, 2022/ tions at that spot, Officer Weber (See TRAFFIC, Page 3.) BANK LISTS ASKED ON WAR NATIONS Federal Reserve Check on, Deals With Belligerents May Evolve Curb. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has requested all its members to submit to it, as soon as possible, a detalled list of all their transactions with the belligerent countries—Italy and Ethiopia. This step is being interpreted in Washington as an indication that something might be done in this coun- try to help the financial embargo | which has been decreed by the League of Nations against Italy. The neutrality act does not provide for any such embargo on the part of the United States against warring nations, but it is possible that the bankers, at the bidding of the Federal Reserve banks, might consent to help out the peace policy of the adminis- tration by establishing a voluntary embargo against all belligerents. Such a move might help morally Great Britain's action against Mussolini. For practical purposes a financial embargo cannot hurt either Italy nor Ethiopia. Credit Suspended Two Years. Credits to the Italian government in the United States were suspended two years ago when the Johnson bill was passed by Congress. This act makes it unlawful for any banker to extend credit to the governments of the defaulting nations. Since Italy, like Great Britain, France and the other allies of the World War, has not met its debt obligations to this country she comes undar the Johnson act ban. On the other hand, the leading New York banks are working in close co- operation with the British banks. By a common agreement credits to Italian concerns have been drastically cur- tailed since last July. The Italian government and private Italian firms were compelled to pay cash for the important purchases they have made in this country in preparation of the was against Ethiopia. Private Remittances. The only way to really worry Italy would be the stopping of the remit- tances of the Italian-Americans to their relatives in Italy. Although the sums transferred from the United States to Italy have greatly diminished since the depression, there are still important amounts which leave this country every year and provide the Italian government with dollar ex- change. It is considered unlikely that the banks will agree to refuse to sell dollar drafts when asked by their clients. Banking relations with Ethiopia are practically nil. The credit of that country in the United States is non- existant. There have been during the last few months some gamblers who agreed to sell the Ethiopian govern- ment arms and ammunitions—in { | LABOR DEMANDS REVVAL OF CODES Atlantic City Resolution Holds Substitute Agree- ments Sham. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October 17. —The American Federation of Labor voted today for revival of industrial codes, abandoned when the N. R. A. was declared unconstitutional. The federation voted to oppose this country’s participation in the Olympic games next year. Resolutions adopted at the federa- tion convention deplored “feeble at- | tempts * * * made by a few industries to submit trade agreements designed to take the place of the codes under the National Recovery Administra- tion, but which in reality are mere sham and without any social signi- ficance.” Coincidently, the federation con- demned the National Liberty League and its committee of 58 lawyers whose informal opinion declared the Wagner labor relations act unconstitutional. Declaring the opinion not unbiased, the convention held it to be “unethi- cal and an attempt to prejudice the action of the Supreme Court.” A resolution adopted called the lawyers “special pleaders working for corpora- (See LABOR, Page 4.) e CHICAGO, October 17 (#).—Mrs. Anna Sage, the “woman in red” in the Dillinger case, lost her fight against deportation today when Fed- eral Judge John B. Barnes dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed in her behalf. Special Dispatch Yo The Star. LAUREL, Md., October 17.—An un- identified white man broke into a stable at the race track here early today and poisoned Mrs. H. L. Ughetta’s Deduce and J. E. Hughes’ Silent Shot, favorites in today's fifth race. The vandal, discovered in one of the stalls, made his escape in a walting automobile. Track officials immediately reported the incident to Jervis Spencer, jr., chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission, who granted permission to call off the race, and a substitute ‘was arranged at once. The vandal tore two boards from the roof of Deduce’s stall and put a poison powder in the mouth of the 6-year-old gelding, according to Trainer Fred Kraft. The man was discovered at work by the foreman of to the same rommercial facilities in & | small quantities—on credit. But none | the Audley Farm, whose horses are League. X ® these speculstive operstions. ] Munwu-;aLLmu across the fatal intersection each day. | Magruder MacDonald if & traffic light | possibility “WOMAN IN RED” LOSES| Two Favorites in Laurel Races Poisoned by Unknown Doper FIST FIGHT FLARES ATNIXON MISTRIAL | | Gardiner and Sheehy Clash as “Scandals” Beauty Rushes Between. A fist fight between former District | Commissioner Gwynn Gardiner and | Attorney Vincent A. S8heehy, opposing | counsel in the divorce suit filed by | Mrs. Annette Pauline Nixon against Capt. Thomas Hay Nixon, U. S. A, climaxed a hearing of the case this | morning in District- Supreme Court. After a bitter exchange of words immediately following a declaration of a mistrial in the case, the two | lawyers scuffied violently. They were separated by Eddie Gilmore, a news- | paper reporter, but rushed for one | another again the minute peacemakers | | stepped aside. | “Mrs. Nixon, a former “Scandals” | beauty, was outside the door when the | hostilities opened, but rushed back in crying hysterically. “Don’t you hit my | lawyer.” She stepped between and attempted to assist in separating the{ | two men. | Capt. Nixon Takes No Part. Capt. Nixon, meanwhile, stood by calmly and, after the fight was over, | reminded reporters that he had had | no part in it. When the two men had been sep- arated, Gardiner, prominent member of the District bar, retired into the clerk’s room adjoining the court. Jus- tice Jesse C. Adkins had left the court room before the trouble started. When asked later concerning the of contempt of court actions against the two lawyers, Jus- | tice Adkins refused to make any comment whatsoever regarding the incident. ‘The fistic flurry followed a few moments of brief legal wrangling during which Gardiner, represeating Mrs. Nixon in her suit for absolute | divoree, finally had eucceeded in filing an amerdment to his original bill. The amendment names as co-respond- ent in the case Mrs. Anna Cooke | Nixon, the third wife of the Army captain. The third Mrs. Niven is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard De| Walden Cooke of Chevy Chase. She | was married to the Army officer four days after he had secured a divorce in Pennsylvania from the second Mrs. Nixon last August. Mrs. Nixon Wants Own Decree. Mrs. Annette Nixon contends the di- vorce was invalid because Nixon's legal residence was the District of Colum- bia. She has filed suit to free herself under a District decree. On accepting the amendment from Attorney Gardiner, Justice Adkins an- nounced he would declare a mistrial in the case and set it back for assign- ment. This would permit Mrs. Anna Cooke Nixon, the newly named core- spondent, an opportunity to file an- swer. Only a brief bit of testimony was heard when the trial began yesterday afternoon. When the court had adjourned to- {day Attorney Sheehy was about to | leave the court room when Gardiner called to him: “Stay here until we get these papers properly signed.” Sheehy replied: “Don’t order me to stay here. I will if you ask me politely.” (See NIXON, Page 2.) New York. Aste is the father of Mrs. Ughetta. Hughes is from Wash- ington. ‘When stable hands answered the call of the foreman of Audley Farm, they found one side of the wall covered with a white powder. One colored helper who put his hand in Deduce’s mouth said it was covered with the same white powder as covered the wall. Samples of the powder were turned over to a chemist for analysis. The poisoning of Silent Shot was discovered later. Stable attendants said the gelding's mouth was covered with blisters. Both Silent Shot and Deduce were to be examined by a veterinarian later in the day, but their condition was not believed to be serious. The only evening in Washington wit! Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (®) Means Associated Press. Witnesses, who saw the vandal dash from Deduce's stall, said he was wear- ing jodpurs. He entered an automo- bile parked 50 yards from the stable, housing that the greatest danger to the young | mandated region as members of the |of the leading banks are involved in | quartered in the same barn with|and the machine dashed away in the darkness, < aper the h Yesterday's Circulation, 129,961 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved. TWO CENTS. CAPITAL GAMBLER UNDER SUSPICION INWILSON MURDER Police Are Suspecting For- mer Disgruntled Friend of “Mickey” McDonald. FOUR WILL BE CHARGED IN ROUTE AGENT’S DEATH Slayers Were Declared Hired After Disagreement Between Local Underworld Leaders. With enough evidence already in hand to go before the grand jury against four suspected slayers of Allen B. Wilson, newspaper route agent, police investigators are trying to link one of Washington's three leading gamblers with the murder, it was learned today. Wilson was slain last October in * front of the Takoma Park, Md., home of Edward (Mickey) McDonald, local gambler, when gangsters apparently mistook him for McDomald. Gunmen Declared Hired. In their efforts to connect one of the city’s underworld leaders with the case, police are working on the theory that hired gunmen were sent to kill Mc- Donald because he had incurred the jealousy of this man, who reputedly was behind the scenes in the slaying of “Milsie” Henry. McDonald, it was said, arrived home much earlier than usual and did not park his car in its customary place. When the gunmen drove up a short time later, they failed to see the car and concluded McDonald had not come home. They hid in the woods across the road until just be- fore daybreak, when Wilson drove up to-deliver a paper. Mistaking him for McDonald, they opened fire. Investigators said McDonald form- erly had been allied with the sus- pected gambler, but had “broken” with him. As he expanded his own | business, it was said, he incurred the other man’s enmity until the latter decided to kill him. Charges Will Be Placed. Meanwhile, it was learned from an | authoritative source that four men now under arrest will be charged with { the murder, with the local gambling leader as a possible fifth. From the same source, it was learned the prose- cution has five witnesses, one of them a “reputable citizen” who saw the gunmgen loitering in front of McDon« ald’s home the day before the shooting. Montgomery County State’s Attore ney James Pugh, however, said the case is not yet complete and that it will not be presented to a special grand jury. He intimated the case will not be presented until an important phase of the investigation has been con- cluded. Murder Car Placed. Other officials said the murder car, which has been recovered, can defi- nitely be placed on the road in front of McDonald’s home the night of the shooting. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, in a formal statement, said he had returned secret indictments against four men and a woman in the case at the request of special police investigators. He said he did not know the supposed connection of these five with the murder, but that he felt he had ample evidence to justify their indictment on the charges in the true bills. The men were charged with house- breaking while the woman, Marie McKeever, was accused of being an accessory after the fact in house- breaking. The men indicted are William Cleary, who is being held incommunicado here; ‘Thomas Melbourne, Ernest Wellington Myers, George Davis and Carlton George Williams. Transferred From Lorton. It was learned that Myers has been transferred from Lorton Reformatory to the District Jail, where Albert S. Sutton, another suspect in the case, is being held. The reason for the trans- fer could not be learned, but it was unexpected since Sutton a few days ago was removed from Lorton to get him away from Myers. Others allegedly involved in the in- vestigation are George Dewey Jenkins, now being held here, and John (Slim) | Dunn, serving time in Alcatraz. Sutton was taken to the scene of the murder last Monday night for a re-enactment of the crime. With two policemen in plain clothes, he was ordered to walk in front of automobile headlights in an apparent attempt at identification. One of his escorts then (See MURDER, Page 3.) BULLETIN By the Associated Press. VIENNA, October 17.—Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and his cab- inet resigned today. President Miklas immediately commissioned Schuschnigg to form a new govern- ment. The Ballhausplatz #hd other portions of the center of the city were excited at 'dusk by sudden movements of police detachments. Armed with rifles and machine guns, the military-appearing police marched into important public buildings throughout the city. It was the first intimation to the general public that a political move was on foot. Readers’ Guide K3