Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, slightly warmer tonight; to- morrow cloudy, possibly occasional rain; moderate south winds. Temperatures— Highest, 73, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 7 am. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages 14,15& 16 Entered as ses No. 33,417. TROOPS BAN FOES OF GOV. JOHNSTON FROM ROADS POST South Carolina Executive Declares Highway Office in Insurrection. CALLS OUT SOLDIERS AFTER COURT DELAY Seizes Office in Name of People After Commissioners Balk Ap- pointees From Taking Control. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 28.—Gov. Olin D. Johnston seized contiol of the South Carolina Highway Department with the backing of machine guns to- day as long-smoldering differences be- tween the executive and the 14 com- missioners broke into the open. In a series of swift moves, Gov. Johnston declared the highway ad- ministration in “a state of insurrec- tion,” planted a battery of machine- gun armed National Guardsmen around the highway offices, appointed & “board of managers” to handle road matters and suspended the right of habeas corpus. The climactic action came after the commissioners, headed by Ben M. Sawyer, chairman, refused to declare a holiday on sale of automobile and light truck licenses until a new law could be passed legalizing a flat rate of $3, and after four commissioners refused to relinquish disputed seats on the board. Patrol Arms Called In. Joe Calus, Spartanburg accountant, who was made chairman of the new Board of Managers, immediately or- dered the entire State highway patrol to “turn in your side arms” because “there will be no patrol on the high- way today, tomorrow or the day after that.” He summoned the several hundred department employes, fired them in a group and rehired them, with in- structions to submit resignations effec- tive November 15. of them likely will be re-employed. The Governor's proclamation de clared the board was in a state of “rebellion and insurrection.” Reduction of the license cost to $3 flat rate was part of the Governor’ platform prior to election last year, and he has been at odds with the group since taking office in January. Johnston vetoed the appropriation for Sawyer's salary, and often de- nounced the commissioner, promising to “throw him out of office” for al- legedly using the department for poli- tical purposes. Board Ignores Demand. Last week Gov. Johnston demanded that the board stop sales of 1936 licenses at old rates until the $3 tags could be voted, but was refused on the ground the law provided for 1936 tags on and after November 1. Gov. Johnston also sought removal of four members, contending their terms of office had expired, but the move was forestalled through an ap- peal to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Calus explained to the employes the resignation requirement was “a meas- ure taken for our own protection,” and added that it would not necessarily be carried out. The Governor, in issuing his proc- lamation of a state of insurrection, said: “As Governor of South Carolina I am today placing the Highway De- partment under the control of the people. Your command as expressed at the ballot box last Summer is being carried out, and acting in your name and in your behalf I am taking charge of this department to end trickery and subterfuge, favoritism and irregularities that have been characteristic of its management.” HAUPTMANN’S APPEAL ADVANCES ANOTHER STEP Attorneys Send Lower Court Rec- ords to Clerk of U. S. Supreme Court. By the Associated Press. Bruno Richard Hauptmann's ap- peal to the United States Supreme Court advanced a step today. Attorneys battling the death sen- tence imposed by New Jersey State courts for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby sent ihe voluminous lower court records to the clerk of the Supreme Court. The appeal from the decision of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Ap- peals, which denied Hauptmann a new trial October 9, will not be offi- clally filed in the Supreme Court un- til Hauptmann's lawyers present their petition for a writ of certiorari. This, Hauptmann's counsel say, will be done before November 15, 80 DIE IN MINE BLAST ‘TOKIO, October 28 (#).—An ex- plosion in a coal mine near Fukuoka, on the Japanese Island of Kiushiu, was believed today to have taken more than 80 lives. The bodies of 42 miners were Te- covered, and 41 other miners were listed as missing. It was regarded almost as a certainty they were dead. Readers’ Guide Amusements Comics _- Editorials Finance Lost and Found Radio - Serial Story-.... He explained many | cond class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Calls Troops GOV. OLIN D. JOHNSTON. BANG GUNS SHOOT DOWN TWO MORE Gotham Police Seek Link With Slaying of Five Last Week. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28 —Gang guns blazed again today, leaving two | men seriously wounded in the door-| way of an apartment house at 320 West Eighty-fourth street. Police started an investigation to determine if the ambuscade had any connection with last week’s gang war- fare, in which six mobsters, including the notorious Dutch Schultz, were ex- terminated. ‘Today's victims were Hugo Garaldo, alias Chiarello. 25, and Joseph Pegno, 24, Police said they were shot down about 6:30 a.m. as they were leaving the building, where they had been living. Assailants Escape. Two men, who escaped, did the shooting, one of the wounded men told police. Garaldo received two bullets in his side and one in the face. | Pegno got a bullet under his heart. Police said apparently no one saw the gunmen except the two victims. William du Bois, colored elevator op- erator, said he heard the shots while | on the fourth floor. He was the first to reach the wounded men. In the men’s one-room apartment | detectives found a loaded .45-caliber | pistol. Maurice Adelson, owner of the | building, said Pegno rented the apart- ment two weeks ago under the name of “Mande.” Both men had minor police records. Meantime, police in New York and Newark, N, J.. were working to solve the most fatal gang warfare the metropolitan area has known since repeal broke up most of the prohibi- tion-day mobs. Six Gangsters Dead. Six persons have died and five | been seriously wounded, all, police | beiieve, because of their gangland connections, within less than a week. | Arthur (Dutch Schultzy Flegen- heimer, former beer baron of the Bronx, and three aides were slain and three others seriously wounded Wednesday night, after (Pretty Louie) Amberg’'s shrouded and bat- tered body was found in a blazing automobile in Brooklyn where he led a dominant gang of racketeers. One of the gangsters hunted as a killer has since been found dead. Police called it suicide from gas poi- soning. Police advanced a theory that Johnny Torrio, one time Chicago gangster, who imported Al Capone to that city, had joined forces with the “Big Six” of New York and Newark to wipe out all opposition | to their desired control of the major rackets of the two cities. - Gaming Fines Paid. Two men previously convicted of permitting gaming paid fines of $100 | each in Police Court today. They were Henry W. Layne, arrested September 21, and Thomas H. Bradley, arrested ah September 23. Calling attention to the increased traffic toll in the Maryland suburban area of Washington, the Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross, with an enrolled membership of 3,500 in the nearby Maryland county, has joined The Star Safety Council in its campaign to reduce the highway toll of killed and maimed. In indorsing the safety campaign at a meeting in the court house at Rockville, the Montgomery County Chapter called on its members who drive cars to sign safe-driving pledges of The Star Council and to carefully observe the 12 safety rules of the council. The chapter is calling on the three Red Cross branches in Montgomery County to take an active part in re- ducing accidents on the roads of the county and in Washington. These branches are located in Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Silver Spring. It as pointed out by chapter heads that it is the duty of every motorist, and especially of motorists who are members of the Red Cross organi- zation, to sign the safe-driving pledge and to follow up their action by scrupulously observing the simple rules of safe driving and highway courtesy included in the pledge. Washington Wayside. ‘Women'’s Features....B-10-11 . Mrs. William Wight, 107 Sunnyside (See SAFETY, Page 6.) WASHINGTON, JAPANESE WARN LEAGUE TO KEEP TRADE DOOR OPEN Discriminations Won’t Be Tolerated in Mandated Areas, It Declares. GENEVA COMMISSION RECEIVES ULTIMATUM Statement Follows Belgian Claim Tokio Forfeited Rights by Resignation. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, October 28.—The League of Nations was diverted from its in- terest in the Italo-Ethiopian war to- day by a warning from Nobumi Ito, Japanese diplomat, that his country will not tolerate trade discrimination. He expressly warned against dis- criminating against Japan in world regions formerly belonging to Ger- many and Turkey and now held under mandates by various powers. Japan, he related, exports more heavily to Palestine and Syria than do Britain and France, which hold mandates over those districts. Tto said Japan will insist on equal opportunity in the mandated terri-| tories after the question had risen as| to whether the Japanese empire's resignation from the League of Na- tions automatically excluded it from commercial equality in those districts. Ultimatum Received Silently. ‘The League’'s Mandate Commission received Japan's ultimatum in silence and took no vote one way or another. The rights of the United States to equal commercial opportunity in the mandate regions are guaranteed by special treaties with the mandatory powers. At an earlier meeting of the com- mission the Belgian member said Japan had forfeited its right to eco- nomic equality in mandated terri- tories by resigning from the League. | “Japan deems it an inherent right | to enjoy equal opportunity in com- | merce in mandated districts, even | after resignation from the League,” | | Ito asserted. “Japan cannot admit treatment of | inferfority as compared to League | states who took no part in establish- ment of the mandate system.” | Ito also argued that imposing of | commercial discrimination would vio- late the League Covenant which by implication assures equitable com- mercial treatment to all countries. Continues Collaboration, Alluding to the fact that Japan holds a mandate over former German islands in the Pacific, Ito announced that Japan would continue to collabo- rate with the League. “Therefore, Japan hopes the League will not increase her difficulties as a mandatory power, whether this relates to economic equality or any other question particularly touching her Pacific islands mandate,” he said. This last phrase was deemed by ob- servers a hint that Japan wanted to develop economically without hin- drance in the Pacific islands. Some European newspapers have charged that Japan has been fortify- ing these islands in violation of man- date restrictions. Japan has denied this, insisting she has merely deep- ened harbors for commercial purposes. — REBEL BAND CRUSHED Mexican Federal Troops Also Bat- tle With Another. MEXICO CITY, October 28 (#).— Crushing of one rebel band and a battle with another, both in the State of Jalisco, were reported in military dispatches received here from the commandants of federal troops. Five rebels were killed. Gen. Guerero, military chief in Ja-| telegraphed his troops killed | | three rebels of a group which dis- lisco, banded themselves in Caja de las Cu- charas. Two rebels were killed by a column in command of Col. Jose Mar- quez in Barranca de Carrizales. Montgomery County Red Cross Enlists 3,500 in Safety Drive Chapter Will Fight Increased Traffic Toll in Maryland Suburban Area. Signing of Pledges Declared Duty. Traffic Deaths to October 26—92; Same Period, 1934—103. Employes Asked To Return Signed Pledges of Safety ‘The Evening Star Safety Coun- cil urges that all organizations who have had their employes sign safe-driving pledges send the pledges in to Room 600, Star Building. It is not necessary to wait until 100 per cent is signed. Remaining ones may be sent from time to time. This will facilitate the council in keeping an ac- curate tabulation from day to day. It is also urged that signers of "these pledges immediately affix their stickers to the automobile windshields. It is believed the appearance of these stickers on the street will inspire others to drive carefully. The campaign is dedicated to the reduction of fatalities and ac- cidents. Safety consciousness will bring this about. Show your colors and think about safety at all times, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION i (0 PRESDENTTOPLT BUDCET N SHAP Substantial Reductions Government Operation Costs Expected. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today entered on the task of whipping into shape in year, beginning July 1. The President already has made it plain he wants the time he will be called upon to submit his 1936-37 budget message to the next meeting of Congress i January. Roosevelt is facing this budget prob- lem with a hope that he can show the country the national deficit would be greatly reduced, that the total budget can be reduced, and that there need be no fear of new taxes. Trimming to Be Substantial. Convinced revenues during the next fiscal year will be considerably above earlier estimates, and satisfied in his own mind that less money will be re- quired for relief purposas, Mr. Roose- velt means to do some substantial trimming in the matter of Govern- mental operation costs. The President now estimates the deficit for the current fiscal year will be $3.381,000,000 or $1,247,000,000 be- low the estimate he made last Jan- uary. In the event the processing taxes are declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court the President is con- vinced there will be necessity for new taxes or increased rates in existing taxes to pay crop-control benefits. He will be compeled also in the prepara- tion of his budget to provide for the possibility of the bonus being thrust upon him. Conferences Planned. ‘To assist him in working out the budget problem President Roosevelt has outlined a series of conferences with administrative assistants and de- partmental heads. The first of these conferences was to be held in Mr. Roosevelt's offices this afternon with Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau and Daniel Bell, acting director of the Budget Bureau. For a number of weeks Bell has been working on pre- liminary as well as final budget esti- | mates submitted to him by the various departments and other agencies. The President expects to confer | daily with one or more administration | officials on budget matters, up to the time he leaves Washington next Wed- nesday night for Hyde Park, N. Y. It is understood he will carry with him on his visit to his Hudson Valley home a large batch of budget papers to study during his stay there and that he will resume these conferences when he returns to Washington, prob- ably the latter part of the first week in November. Drain to Be Reduced. Planning to have the State and local communities take over a large share of the responsibility in the mat- ter of relief, the President, therefore, is strongly of the opinion that the relief drain on the public treasury will be greatly reduced next year. He also asked to the White House today Stewart McDonald, Federal housing administrator; Morris L. Cooke, administrator of rural electri- fication. and Peter Grimm, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to discuss allocation of funds for electrification work. ROOSEVELT DISCUSSES GEORGIA SPEECH PLANS President Plans to Carry New Deal Politics Into State of One of Bitterest Critics. President Roosevelt will carry New Deal politics into the home State of one of its bitterest critics late next month, when he speaks before a “homecoming” crowd at Atlanta on November 29. Arrangements for the address, to be made during his annual Thanks- giving holiday at Warm Springs, were discussed today at the White House during a visit by Senators George and Russell of Georgia. The meeting will be held in the Georgia Tech athletic stadium and it is expected 100,000 persons would attend. Denunciation of the New Deal has come freely from Gov. Eugene Tal- madge of Georgia. Although it was not disclosed whether the President would make answer to some of these criticisms, it is expected that his At- lanta address will be one of consid- significance, .| erable political ¥ MONDAY, OCTOBER the budget estimates for the next fiscal | channels, chore completed well in advance of the | There is no mistaking the fact Mr. | — % 77 72 7 1 7 s Lt 2 7 % 77 MAY 1 PEEP THROUGH THIS KNOT-HOLE? Storm Toll 2,000 In Haiti as Flood Sweeps Peninsula By the Associated Press. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, October 28.—At least 2,000 persons are dead or missing in a storm which ravaged the southern peninsula of Hati. Most of the casualties were caused by floods which followed the hurri- cane a week ago. Thousands were reported homeless and hungry. Populations of valley villages were believed to have been wiped out as rains sent the streams from their demolishing the frail, thatched huts of the natives. Information received here indicated the bodies of most of the missing were | swept out to sea. Official reports, based on fragment- ary data gathered by a small air- tion with the stricken districts, doubled the number of dead or missing after initial estimates Saturday had put the toll at possibly 1,000. Relief operations could not be (See STORM, Page 3.) . A. A, A HEADS HAIL VICTORY AT POLLS {Make Plans for Increase of 25 to 30 Per Cent in Production. | By the Associated Press. A. A. A, officials, expressing delight at the overwhelming indorsement of a 1936 corn-hog control program in a Nation-wide farm referendum, made plans today to increase pork produc- tion next year. They indicated the increase would be 25 to 30 per cent over this year. Present high prices of pork have been much under discussion recently, with critics of the New Deal stressing them and A. A. A. officials saying the shortage of hogs was caused by the drought, not by the A. A. A. policy of controlled production. While the aim will be to increase production, Secretary Wallace was | quick to assert efforts will be made | to avoid “excessive overproduction in subsequent years.” Farmers in 48 States Vote. Farmers in 48 States voted in the referendum Saturday. Incomplete re- turns today showed 363,705 favored an adjustment program in 1936 to 63.438 opposed. These totals included both farmers who signed contracts to con- trol their production in return for Government benefit pgyments and others who did not. Commending the producers for their favorable vote, Wallace said: “They realize their triple duty: To the consumer, to the cause of soil conservation, and to the maintenance of a fair income for themselves.” Chester C. Davis, A. A. A. adminis- trator, said early returns indicated the total vote might exceed the 579,716 ballots cast last year, and added: “In that event we would, in my opinion, have an expression which would effectively represent the views of the men who produce most of the country’s corn and hogs.” ‘Economics” Vote Issue. He also asserted the farmers did not make a political issue of the question of whether there should be a 1936 pro- gram, saying they had voted “eco- nomics, not politics.” There was much speculation as to what effect the referendum would have on the 1936 political campaign. Some Republicans have been hammering away at A. A. A. as “un-American regimentation,” while others have shown a disposition to refrain from at- tacking this New Deal policy strongly, or even to favor some of it. Whether the poll would lend strength to the latter school of thought was a subject under discussion. In analyzing the first returns, Davis called attention to the fact non-con- tract signers vot Grace Freighter Aground. SAN FRANCISCO, October 28 (#). —The Grace Line steamer Cuzco was reported aground on Lenta Shoals, San Salvador, in advices received early today by the marine department of the San Francisco Chamber of Com- merce. No details were contained in the report. ‘The Cuzco is a 3,443-net-ton freight- er, with & crew of about 40 men. 8he left San Pedro, Calif,, October 16, with general cargo, for Valparaiso, e} "PLEASE, SIR, plane, the only means of communica- | ¢ Foening Star 28, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SEVEN WOUNDED IN MINE AMBUSH |20 Reported Attacked While on Way to Organize Non-Union Men. By th: Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., October 28— Seven union miners were brought to | & hospital here today suffering from | | gunshot wounds they said were re- | | ceived in an ambuscade near the Margaret mine in St. Clair County, about 25 miles east of here. One man. Burge Thomas of War- | rior, riding in the first car. was re- ported killed by Mack Pagett, himself | | wounded. but authorities could not | confirm the report. 20 Going to Organize. | One of the miners in the hospital | | said five cars carrying about 20 mem- bers of the United Mine Workers of | America were en route to the mine, and as they drew near the property | shots were fired from the side of the mountain. The miner said they had heard the men working in the Margaret Mine, | operated with non-union labor, wanted | to organize and they were going there | to aid them. The miners brought te the hospital | here were: D. D. Roberts, hand. Leonard Garner, shot in the right | arm. Jim Kelley, shot in the left eye. Percy Burke, shot in the left side | of the neck. | Mack Padgett, shot in the left arm and shoulder. Sylvester Isbell and a man named Thurman, suffering minor wounds. Questioned by Officials. The men were questioned here by Deputy Sheriffs H. C. Peveler and | Sam Arnett of Jefferson County. | Prince Debardeleben, official of the | Alabama Fuel & Iron Co., operators of the mine, said the Birmingham office had no reports from the mine of any trouble. As news of the clash spread. reports were received here that three men| had been killed in disorders at Oden- | ville, but this lacked confirmation. MAN FOUND SLAIN. shot in the right Body Discovered 5 Miles From Shoot- i ing Scene. TRUSSVILLE. Ala., October 28 (). —An unidentified white man was found shot to death in a ditch beside the road at White Chapel, 5 miles from here in St. Clair County, this morning. The coroner was summoned to con- duct an_inquest. Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Mc- Comb, who went to the area at the request of residents who discovered the body, telephoned his Birmingham office that several automobiles riddled with bullets were found near the spot | where the body was located. McComb said he also found several shotguns, rifles, shotgun shells and dynamite in the abandoned automo- biles. GRAVES CALLS GRAND JURY. By the Associated Press. Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama to- day ordered a special session of the St. Clair County grand jury to in- vestigate the mine shooting near Birmingham. By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., October 28.—A heavy haze in which wild geese will not rise threatened wholesale death for more than 5,000 of the birds today as they made slowly weakening efforts on the brink of Horseshoe Falls to defy the swift moving current in which they took haven yesterday en route from Canada to the South. The haze fell over the Niagara River and the cataract this morning like a heavy blanket, blotting out all view of the geese. Meanwhile Canadian and American authorities were seeking frantically for some method to scare the birds from their dangerous, annual stop. The haze made the efforts of the officials more difficult. Rockets, searchlights and shotguns have been used already in an effort to frighten the birds, to no avail. A few of the geese wers SUNDAY'S Circulation, 138,132 ¥ U. S. LOSES MOVE AS DEC. 9 15 SET FOR AAA HEARING () Means Associated Press. SATURDAY'S Circulation. 124,116 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. ITALIAN VANGUARD PENETRATES HILLS GUARDING MAKALE Supreme Court Decides to Review Decision on Slum Clearance. EARLY DATE REQUEST OF REED IS REFUSED Ultimate Ruling on Low-Cost Housing Will Affect 47 Proj- ects in Country. BY JOHN H. CLINE. The Government today lost its first | Fascists Poised for Attack on Heights in Second Big Drive. ADVANCE IS UNOPPOSED, BUT DELAY IS ORDERED Forces Under Gen. Graziani Mov- ing Forward From South to Meet Northern Armies. (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) ENTISCIO, Ethiopia, October 27.— Supreme Court skirmish in the A. A. A. suit—most important of the New Deal acts awaiting constitutional re- view—when the high tribunal set the case for hearing on December 9. At the same time the court decided to review the constitutionality of the | Government's slum clearance and low- cost housing program. The advance guard of Italy’s northe ern armies moved into the mountains shielding Makale yesterday in the sec- ond big push of the campaign in Ethiopia. The new drive, which started yes+ terday, won water and an important new foothold for the Fascist Blacke shirt forces. Solicitor General Stanley Reed had asked that the A. A. A. case, involving | the constitutionality of processing | taxes, to pay benefits to farmers, be | set for argument about November 20. A hearing on that date, it had been pointed out, would have made probable a decision before the return of Con- gress. Then, if present taxes should ve ruled out, the Government would | have been in position to propose new | taxes to pay the benefits granted farm- | ers participating in crop reduction | programs. Counsel for the Hoosac Mills of | Massachusetts had urged, however, | that the case be set for argument not | sooner than December 9, and this re- | quest was granted by the court. A. A. A. Important Issue. The central column, under Gen. Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli, advanced 20 kilometers (127. miles) to occupy the Feres Mai Valley—the first important advance since the Italian troops halted on the 60-mile former front line from Aksum to Adigrat, Ethiopians Reported Absent. The spearhead of the attack was poised today in the heights looking down the remainder of the line of march to Makale, strategic site 60 miles southeast of Aduwa. Air scouts reported no concentrae tion of Ethiopians ahead, but the Italian high command ordered a temporary halt, intending to move slowly and most carefully. The engineering corps was busy constructing a road from Entiscio to the new front line of the central The A. A. A. program, under which thousands of benefit checks nlready‘ have been sent to farmers over the country, is of the utmost importance | politically to the administration and | is expected to play a vital part in the 1936 national elections. The processing taxes have been declared | | unconstitutional by the lower courts' and the Government is marshaling | all its forces to secure a reversal of the unfavorable ruling. | The decision to review the slum clearance program also is of out-| standing importance to the Roosevelt administration. The ultimate ruling| will affect 47 projects throughout the country which are being financed with $133,000,000 of P. W. A. funds, . S. Authority Involved. ‘The question involved is whether the Government has a right to con- | demn land for slum clearance and low-cost housing undertakings. The case now before the Supreme Court | arose out of a suit in Louisville, where | the United States Circuit Court of | Appeals decided the Government has no authority under the Constitution to condemn private property for such purposes. ‘The owners of the land contend this is not a taking of their property for a public use within the meaning of the Constitution. In asking the Supreme Court to re- view the lewer court ruling, Solicitor General Reed contended the United States “may take property by emi- nent domain whenever it is necessary or appropriate to do so in the execu- tion of any of the powers granted it by the Constitution.” He added a number of projects had been selected “for the purpose of making an initial attack upon a con- dition which is a prolific source of Nation-wide disease, crime and im- morality and presents a grave prob- lem to the Federal Government.” ‘Thirteen housing projects actually under construction are threatened in the suit. The Government attempted to condemn land in Southwest Wash- ington for one project, but the under- taking was abandoned after the own- ers of the property filed suit for an in- junction, basing their action on the Kentucky decision. After the Louisville ruling the Gov- (See COURT, Page 3.) — ACTOR SERIOUSLY HURT Gordon Wescott Is Thrown From Polo Pony. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, October 28 (®).—Gordon Wescott, stage and screen actor, was in a serious condi- tion here today as the result of in- juries received when a polo pony tossed him and then fell on him. Wescott was unconscious for several hours, suffering from a severe con- cussion of the brain. His physician, Dr. Adolph W. Kosky, said his con- dition was serious, but not immediately dangerous. The actor came to Hollywood in 1932 after a brief stage career. He has played in several pictures, among them “The Devil and the Deep,” “Con- vention City” and “Voltaire.” Haze Handicaps Geese in Fight Against Waters of Niagara away before the haze dropped over the water, but many were believed to be fast nearing death in a plunge over the cataract. Some already have been seen plunging to their end in the roar- ing, swirling pools of angry foam at the bottom of the falls. A few small flocks took off for the South later today, but the rest re- mained on the dangerous waters, though they had moved from the Canadian to the American side. This was merely moving from one bad spot to another, for the current in the American Channel is just as strong and dangerous as on the Can- adian side. The haze which held the geese to the waters was lifting slowly and it was believed they would fiy when the air cleared. column. After it has been completed, the big guns of the artillery will move fore ward to join the infantry. Officers declared the Italian posi= tion between Aduwa and Adigrat now was strengthened to a degree believed invulnerable to any Ethiopian counter= attack. Wedge Held Impossible. It was said the high command bee lieved Saturday's advance by the northern forces blasted any hope which the Ethiopians may have held of forming a wedge between the two columns commanded by Gen. Emilio de Bono. The officers cxplained that the Italian stand between Aduwa and Adigrat would have been vulnerable if the Ethiopians had attacked inf sufficient force but that now the whole territory had been solidified behind a strong line advanced well beyond the two northern Ethiopian cities. Driving up from the south to meet the northern armies were the Fascist forces under Gen. Rudolfo Graziani. The southern army was split inta three main columns. One marched up the Webbe Shibeli River Valley toward Adis Ababa. A second, fare ther to the east, was reported near Walwal. The third, central division threatened Gorrahei. Southern Sector Bogged. Tropical rains bogged the southern sector but hindered only slightly the advance, which Bad for its main obe | Jective the city of Harar, where tha | northern and southern armies would meet to unit Italy's colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland. | During recent fighting, a number of forts, some canon, many machine | guns and 1,000 rifles have been cape tured, said official reports from the south. Blackshirt troops under Gen. Dia« manti led the new northern movement from Samiata to Adinefas in the Feres Mai Valley, calculated to give the main force under Gen. Ruggero Santini protection from a flank ate tack—favorite device of the Ethioe pians. Much of yesterday's push was care ried on almost in the clouds. The advance started from Samiata, at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet. When it halted the soldiers were still at a height of 7500 feet. Greatest difficulties were encount- ered because of the high altitude and the rarifled air. The troops of the central eolumn { marched along the caravan trail als ready existing in this territory—suffisy cient for the foot soldiers but not for the artillery. Left Column Moves Next. The left column will advance next from its positions now maintained at Edagahamus. There were important concentras tions of Ethiopians south of the Taky | kaze River facing the right column, but it was beiieved the enemy would be unable to make a flank attack on the middle and left columns owing to the difficulty of crossing the stream, The Italians pressed forward through territory left open for theig occupation by wholesale submissiong of local Ethiopian chieftains, theis (Se¢ WAR, Page 4. — TWINS BORN SATURDAY TO LADY CAVENDISH DIE Boys Lived Only Short Time, First Child, a Girl, Died in 1933. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 28.—Twin boys born to Lady Charles Cavendish and her titled husband on Saturday lived only a short time, it was announced today. Lady Cavendish is the former Adele Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, the dancer. She and Lord Cavendish were married in May, 1932. The death of the babies was the second bereavement to visit the Cav= endish home in a little more than two years. In October, 1933, their first child, a girl, died when only three hours old. Lady Cavendish and her brother were 8 popular dancing team both in the United States and England befors her marriage, ¥