Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Fair, with lowest temperature about 24 degrees tonight; tomorrow, fair; moderate northwest winds. 47, at 1 p.m. yesterday; am. today. -Highest, lowest, 29, at 6 Full report on page A-6. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 15, 16,17 No. 33,452 BRITISH DEBATING PATH 10 FOLLOW Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, Canadian Oil Ban Statement Is Minimized by League Staff Riddell,Geneva Rep: resentative,Is Silent ": NEw SANU"[]NS on Announcement He Represents Him- PRECIPITATE CRISIS Cabinet Believed Ready to Vote to Tighten Embar- goes as Battle Nears in Africa. U. S. FUTURE POLICY CONSIDERED PROBLEM Reports in London Say Duce Is Transferring Troops From Aus- trian to French Border—Anx- jety Is Marked in Geneva Circles. B8ACKGROUND— Staking prestige of dictatorship upon effectiveness of military ma- chine, Mussolini encountered world disfavor with start of aggression against Ethiopia in early October; month later 24 members of League of Nations adopted policy of eco- momic pressure against Italy, threatening embargo on oil. Il Duce threatened reprisals. Effectiveness of League policy made uncertain by vaccillation of individual members. Britain firm in leadership thus far, France finally took bold stand against Il Duce last week; Cana- dian implication of non-support added to uncertainty yesterday. BULLETIN. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ROME, December 2—Italian business leaders said today that trade was slackening and that problems of labor and business credit were developing as a result of League of Nations sanctions. Py the Associated Press. The British cabinet debated today the problem of tightening the iron ring of sanctions imposed on Italy for initiating & war of occupation in Ethiopia. Talk of peace in East Africa, the purpose for which sanctions were im- posed, languished as Britain’s atten- tion turned to an oil embargo to freeze that nation into submission to the will of her sister states in the League of Nations. Indications that a possibly decisive battle may be imminent were seen in a report in Addis Ababa that 400,- 000 Ethiopian soldiers were massed against the Italians in Northern Ethi- opia. This report said Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa, two of Ethiopia’s leading generals, had combined their forces for a general offensive against the Italian troops, which have pushed far south of their bases of supply. Emperor Haile Selassie was at Des- sye, not far south of the troop con- centration, and Ethiopian sources thought it likely that the Emperor has established his headquarters at a po- sition to be close to the scene of com- bat. Premier Mussolini at the same time took steps to “mobilize” the women of the Fascist domain for a finish fight against the penalties. A two-fold problem was before the British, leader in the sanctions drive: 1. Should an embargo on oil ship- ments to Italy be imposed at Geneva? Commentators little doubted the cab- inet would approve the move and transmit its decision to the League. 2. If the embargo goes into effect, and Italy makes good her threat of reprisals, what course shall Britain pursue? Italy already has warned that oil sanctions would be regarded as “‘an unfriéndly act.” Uneasiness Is Felt. Extreme uneasiness was evidenced in some British quarters over the situation. A question tangent to the problem of an oil embargo presented itself to the British cabinet. It was, would the United States join in closing its market to Italy if the League insti- tutes the embargo? The play of international diplomacy was frequented by martial overtones. Reports received in London said Italian troops were being transferred from the Brenner Pass, on the Italo- Austrian frontier, to the Italo-French border. Last week France advised Italy any- thing as serious as an Italian attack on the British Mediterrannean fleet would bring the French government to Britain’s elbow in support of the stand taken by the League of Nations. Geneva Is ‘Marked anxiety arose in Geneva over cles believed, however, an effective ol boycott would not only hasten the end of the African War, but prevent (See WAR, Page 3. HARRY THAW'S SON MAY AID ELLSWORTH Has ionoplme Checked for Flight to Antarctic in Hunt for Missing Explorer. By the Associated Press. self Only in Proposing E. By the Associated Press. - GENEVA, December 2—Dr W. A. Riddell, Canada’s permanent Geneva representative, said today he had mo comment to make on his government's announcement that his proposal for an oil embargo against Italy “repre- sented only his own personal opinion and his views as a m for economic sanctions intimated that whether Dr. Riddell's initiative was personal og, based on instructions from his government is today a point hav- ing only “academic interest,” because the resolution. he sponsored has hgen formally adopted in principle by the committee of 18. It also has been indorsed by notes of approval from Russia, Rumania and other nations. Consequently, it was said, the author- mbargo. ship of the original proposal cannot affect its validity. understood in League circles Canada does not wish to take the lead in which Canadian inter- ests are not directly or immediately Canada Position. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA. December 2.—Canada’s new Liberal government disclaimed the initiative today for a proposed oil em- bargo against Italy. Acting Prime Minister Ernest La- pointe announced that Canadian co- operation in sanctions would be limit- ed to “purely financial and economic measures of a Pacific character, which are accepted by substantially all of the participating countries.” His statement said Canada’s perma- (See CANADA, Page 5.) ASSOIATE NUTLTES AT Joins Other Concerns by Filing Suit to Have Act Held Unconstitutional. BACKGROUND— The Dbitterest of congressional battles has been waged over legis- lation to regulate utility holding companies and eventually dissolve “unnecessary” ones. Enacted law required registration by December 1; resulted in flood of court suits to prevent Securities and Ezchange Commission from enforcement. Commission countered with action against Electric Bond & Share, one of the giants of industry. By the Associated Press. Assoclated Gas & Electric Corp., one of the bitterest foes of the utility law, was shown in a report received by the Securities Commission today to have joined other holding com- panies in seeking to restrain the act's enforcement. The suit was filed in Wilmington, but the commission's first word of it was the receipt of the bill of com- plaint today. The company asked the court to declare the act tUnconstitutional. 58 Companies Register. ‘The total of registered companies | was brought to 58 with the filing late yesterday of the Mission Oil Co. of Kansas City. Registration was still possible, although the deadline passed at midnight last night. Later registration will be proper but such registrants faced a possibility that their activities may have been illegal between December 1 and the time of their actual registration. Howard C. Hopson, a mainspring of the Associated Gas & Electric System, was quizzed at length by the Senate Lobby Committee during pass- age of the holding company statute through Congress. In the legal struggle between the administration and utilities, the win- ner was not expected to be nsmed for & year or more. Officials figured it would take that long for the courts to decide the vast issue, which was formally joined at midnight last night. Big Concerns Stand Fast. In almost unbroksn phalanx, the top-rank utilities stood their ground, refusing to comply with a law they call “unconstitutional.” There were no up-to-the-minute figures on the companies thus refus- ing, but they included most of the large systems, with their hundreds of subsidiaries. A few major systems were yet to be accounted for in an- nouncements by the Securities Com- mission in a day or two. Most of the 58 firms known to have complied said they did so under pro- test or duress. The Securities Commission insists that registration is a mere prelim- inary to administration of the law. The commission argued that by reg- istering the companies would sur- render none of their rights to fight the law. But the concerns replied that registration would give the commission & “toehold” and perhaps damage the companies’ legal chances, Commission officials drew some en- (See UTILITIES, Page 3.) Storms Sweep France. PARIS, December 2 (#).—Cold rain and wind swept over France with hur- ricane force last night, destroying farm property and causing damage to shipping. Dying Boy Rescued After Ten Days in Refrigerator Car By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 2.—A 14- year-old youth was taken, emaciated | and half frozen, today from an ice- packed refrigerator car in which he said he had been locked for 10 days without food. He identified himself as Glenn Boldlan of Motley, Minn. Both his feet were frozen and he was helpless from cold and hunger. Physicians said, however, he probably would recover. Bernard Ricklin, a produce man, found the lad stretched out among a shipment of refrigerated lettuce. He called the police, who took the boy to Union Memorial Hospitel. The youth told the officers he crawled into the lettuce car with five other boys at Salinas, Calif, on No- vember 22. He fell asleep, he said, and when he awoke the others were gone and he was locked in. Terrified, he said, he cried out and beat upon the walls of the car, but it was no use, he could attract no one. Finally, he said, he sank into a semi- stuj por. He said his father was Earl Boldlan of Motley. (Picture on Page A-5.) BERLIN TIGHTENS HOLD ON CHURCH Protestant Confessional, Synod’s Authority, Ban- ished by Nazi Decree. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 2.—Hans Kerrl, head of the national department of church affairs, dealt a deadly blow to the Protestant Confessional Synod to- day by depriving it of all authorita- tive and administrative rights. Kerrl's action followed his applica- tion yesterday of a cencorship on the Confessional S8ynod, preventing pastors from sending communications which have not been approved by him. Rev. Martin Niemoeller, announcing he had been informed of the cencor- ship, said the church was being placed in “absolute subjugation by the state.” Halt Fund Collection. Kerrl had warned, November 28, that he would dissolve the Confes- sional Synod today if it did not co- operate with his Church Committee. The confessional group asked for eight days in which to answer Kerrl’s ulti- matum. Although today’s decree did not mention specifically the Protestant Confessional Synod, the right of church taxation, collection of funds and con- vocation of synods was forbidden to the opposition groups. Nazi church officials, appointed by Kerrl’s edict of September 24, were given full authority. Nominations Controlled. ‘The opposition groups were pro- hibited from nominating ministers and assisting the clergy in nomination and examination of candidates. They were barred from making ments from the pulpit. The decree disables the confessional from counteracting further Dr. J. H. Breasted, Co-discoverer Of King T By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 2—Dr. ut’s Tomb, Dies however, had fre- As if in a determined effort to quell with finality the talk of the curse of Tutankhamen’s tomb—which comes up from time to time, especially with the death of one of the explorers— three physicians joined in the state- ment of Dr. Breasted’s death. “The fatal infection,” their an- announce- | ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SELF-COVERNNENT GRANT 15 DEGDED FOR MORTH i Nanking Reported to Have Agreed on Wide Conces- sions to Block Secession. GEN.HO STEPS IN BREACH TO EFFECT COMPROMISE Tension Is Heightened With Slay- ing Near Tientsin of Two Japa- nese Advocating Autonomy. BACKGROUND— Japanese troops,, eficient sup- porters of “independence” of Man- chukuo, moved south last week as signs developed that proclaimed autonomy of five more provinces of North China would be resisted. In Japan military clique succeeded in gaining new budget concessions for maintenance of strong army, navy. Deficit has increased steadily since 1931, when extension of influence over Asiatic mainland through use of troops was begun. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 2.—An un- impeachable source stated tonight thac the Chinese national government has decided to grant North China far- reaching powers of self-government amounting to autonomy in all but name as a final move to block the secession of the northern provinces from the Chinese Republic. ‘The national government's decision involves a radical reorganization of the northern administration. Besides granting broadened govern- mental powers, the national govern- ment’s program would sharply modify the operation of jts monetary meas- |ures in the northern provinces and | would accord the northern adminis- tration a wide power of currency con- trol. It was understood that these pro- posals were designed to meet the fundamental demands of the pro- ponents of North China autonomy. HO MOVES FOR COMPROMISE. Nanking War Minister Makes Final Effort to Settle Crisis, By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, December 2.—The cen- tral Chinese government’s war min- ister, Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, stepped into the breach today against the movement for North China autonomy. While Japanese militariats gave evi- dence of irritation, Chinese leaders of Hopeh and Chahar Provinces pro- ceeded to Pacting, 80 miles south of Peiping, to confer with Gen. Ho on the Nanking government's program for its own North China reforms. Two Nanking emissaries who visited Maj Gen. Hayao Taba, commander of the Japanese Army in North China, were told: “The situation is not improved by Ho Ying-Chin’s presence. His return to North China to engage in subver- sive activities is inconceivable.” Chinese authorities expressed con- fidence the Tokio war office and for- eign office would hold a more mod- erate view. They sald Tokio might acquiesce to & program of broad administrative re- forms—satisfying Japan's major re- quirements for elimination of anti- Japanese elements, and preserving the central Chinese government's sov- ereignty—if Gen. Tada and his co- horts could be held in check. With the Japanese military gaining increased power throughout North China, all but crushing the few re- maining hopes of Chinese authorities for checking detachment of at least Hopeh and Chahar Provinces, the sole chance for compromise seemed to lie in the mission of the war minister. ‘While Gen. Sun Cheh-Yuan, Hopeh- Chahar overlord, and other Chinese leaders went to confer with Gen. Ho, other Chinese authorities conceded the prospects for compromise were slight. The Japanese military did not deny (See CHINA, Page 4.) CLIPPER ARRIVES . AT GUAM ISLAND Flying Boat Makes Good Time From Manila on Return Trip to California. Clipper arrived here Manila, traveling 1,700 miles qver the Pacific Ocean in 10 hours and 50 nouncement said, “was definitely in- |- curred while Dr. Breasted was en route PRESIDENT VISITS RURAL PROJECT Begins Work by Tomorrow on Speech to Farm Bu- reau Federation. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., December side of “Little White House” Moun- trip through the Pine Mountain Val- ley rural community, one of the New Deal’s first attempts to re-establish families in carefully planned farm areas. will motor to the 8,000-acre estate of Cason GCallaway, a wealthy textile manufacturer, near Hamilton, Ga. Callaway, who operates one of the largest mills in the South, is & per- sonal friend of the President and for & numbers of years has been person- ally interested in the development of the Warm Springs Foundation. The Pine Mountain Valley project has been progressing rapidly. Al- ready 75 families are occupying nea | little homes costing about $1,800 each {and with sufficient acreage to provide a livelihood. The project comprises 10,000 acres and is expected to cost about $1,125,000 when completed next Summer. There are 120 more houses under construction. The objective is 250 to 300 by June 1. Each family will have 13 acres to cultivate. The underlying purpose of the de- velopment is to make each family on the project self-supporting. Seventy- five per cent of the population in the Pine Mountain Valley project will be employed in agriculture and the re- maining in processing work. A large processing plant is to be completed next Spring to give employment to several hundred people. A school house and auditorium as weli as a huge warehouse are in the ®ourse of con- struction. Mr. Roosevelt spent a quiet Sunday. The greater part of the afternoon was devoted to catching up with his mail and otherwise disposing of pending rougyne business. Mrs. Roosevelt who has been here since Wednesday, left yesterday for Washington. She will be at the White House to welcome the President upon his return next week. Undersecretary of Interior West who had a long important con- ference with the President Saturday, also left yesterday for Washington. Tonight or tomorrow Mr. Roose- velt will start writing the speech he is to deliver next Monday before the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago. There is every reason to feel that this speech will be a highly important one, and like the one he delivered in Atlanta last Friday, will have an important political bearing. It is expected Mr. Roosevelt will take this occasion to strike back at his critics, especially those denounc- ing the A. A. A. crop control method. addition, Mr. Roosevelt must pre- another speech before leaving Sunday for South Bend, Ind., the occasion being ceremonies incident to recelving an honorary degree from Notre Dame University next Monday afternoon.’ e et CABINET RESIGNS ‘The last Iranian cabinet was formed in September, 1933. Its prime min- ister was Muhammad All Khan Fe- rought, - Radio - -eenenz:B-15 Short Story.----.------B-12 " -Society -..o--cecee---B-2-3-4 emiboiimanee.An13-14 After the inspection the President | MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1935 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. IT'LL INSURE PROMPT DELIVER AND HELP THE CARRIERS CHRISTMAS' ening Sfar Associated S 7 AP0 ST Toys for boys, Toys for girls, Toys for tiny tots with curls, Toys for all the lads, 2.—President Roosevelt will motor this | Toys for all the lassies who, afternoon to the valley on the other As Yuletide dlessings swing in view, Have no one they can prattle to— |tain to make a complete inspection | No mothers, and no dads. Santa Claus is coming to town, a! special trip sponsored by The Star, slightly ahead of his regularly sched- uled visit on Christmas morn. He is coming to Washington Saturday, De- cember 14, to collect toys Washing- tonians are asked to leave at 11 of the Warner Brothers' theaters, all over town—so that poor little boys and girls who have no fathers and Star and Warner Brothers. So Santa | Santa Claus Coming to Capital Early to Collect Toys for Poor| The Star, Warner Bro.’s Theaters and N. B. C. Will Co-ope Gifts and Clothing for Needy. rate in Gathering mothers to provide for them may be happy this Yuletide. 1 Old Santa Claus, busy as he is, called up the managing editor of The | Star, Oliver Owen Kuhn, early today | | and reminded “the chief” that the| time had come to start the fifth an- nual Christmas stocking party spon-} sored by The Star in co-operation with | the Warner Brothers' theaters—two | downtown, the Earle and the Metro- | politan, and nine others out in the| various neighborhoods. Also, the Na- | tional Broadcasting Co., which as soon | as it heard about the campaign loaned | all its broadcasting facilities to The | AT LANGLEY FIELD {Sergeant and Small Son Slain Under Puzzling Circumstances. By the Associated Press. the Army post guard house today after ‘Technical Sergt. Clem H. Kelley and his 3-year-old son were fatally shot under puzzling circumstances. Kelley's 8-year-old daughter, Irene, was wounded in the abdomen, but was expected to recover. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Curtls,Cor- oner Paul J. Parker and State Officer A. A Anderson said Kimball, a nephew of Kelley's wife, told them he was responsible for only one—the first—of a series of shots. He accidentally discharged Kelley's service revolver, they quoted him, while playing guard mount with Kel- ley’s three chilrden in the living room of their home early last evening. At least three additional shots were fired, officers said, which was the point that puzzled them. Kimball, who had been visiting the Kelleys for a month, was quoted as saying the boy, Clem, jr., was struck between the eyes when the revolver accidentally discharged. Kimball, Irene, and her 6-year-old sister Gertrude, then ran from the house, his story continued. Officers reported that neighbors said the trio .e;:eoulolmzplm“lzrmtflm When neighbors entered the house, however, they found Sergt. Kelley dead on the living room floor, his son’s body clasped in his arms and the pistol under his head. He had been struck by-a bullet which passed through his right arm and into his body. One bullet was lodged in the ceiling, an- other in a wall, and /a third in the floor near Kelley's body. Officers said they thought that Irene prabably had been wounded by the same bullet which killed her brother. Army officers declined to comment on the investigation, which was placed n the hands of the Department of Justice. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 2.— which held that Gibernau was entitled KILLINGS HOLD LAD LANGLEY FIELD, Va., December | 2.—“Buster” Kimball, 17, was held in | (See TOYS, Page 5.) | LIVERMORE YOUTH LOSING LIFE FIGHT Lawyer Maps Defense of “Unloaded Gun” for Hys- terical Mother. By the Associated Press. i SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Decem- | ber 2.—Infection and pneumonia be- | came double threats today to the life | of Jesse Livermore, jr., 16-year-old | son of the Wall Street plunger, as his strength ebbed from a bullet wound suffered in an asserted drunken quar- rel with his mother. An oxygen tent was used at fre- quent intervals to help the boy's breathing, and a condition of “poten- tial pneumonia” was reported by Dr. Neville Ussher, attending physician. “The infection ‘rom the bullet is beginning to tell on him,” read a state- ment by Dr. Ussher and Dr. Irving | ‘Wills, surgeon. | Both stayed through the night, near | the boy’s room in Cottage Hospital. “Unloaded Gun” Defense. While the youth’s mother, Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Livermore, remained in & semi-hysterical condition in her jal cell, her attorney mapped an “un- loaded gun” defense. ‘The attorney, Harrison Ryon, said | it was clear to him that the discharge of the gun was purely “accidental.” He also declared the defense would not admit that Mrs. Livermore did the i shooting. District Attorney Percy Heckendorf did not renew questioning of Mrs. Livermore, standing pat on her first sobbing statements that she shot her son after she told him: “I'd rather see you dead than a drunkard.” Awalt Outcome. Filing of formal charges were de- layed pending a decisive turn in the boy’s condition. The district attorney announced murder or attempted as- sault to commit' murder were the alternatives. Mrs. Livermore was held on “suspicion of assault.” Her divorced husband, Jesse Liver- more, sr., kept in constant telephone communication with the hospital, but the boy’s condition was so grave the The only evening in Washington wit! TR 126030 gLy urns Not Yet Received. (UP) Means Absociated Press. aper the Press News and Wirephoto Services. 140,597 TWO CENTS. $300,000000 LOAN TOBRING U. 5. DEBT 10 ALLTIME PEAK 10-Year 2349, Bonds and 5-Year 11,% Notes Are Offered. LEVELING-OFF NOTED IN INTEREST RATES Hardening in Future Speculated Upon—Exchange Is Offered for Maturing Paper. BACKGROUND— Defending heavy Federal ez- penditures for relief and recovery by comparison with those for death and destruction during World War years, present administration has added steadily to public debt. Issuance of war bonds and other obligations of that period brought national indebtedness to $25482,- 034,419 in 1919. Dropping to 16 billions in 1930, debt was about $21,000,000,000 when Roosevelt ad- ministration took office in 1933. By the Associated Press. The public debt headed for a new high today as the Treasury sought $900,000,000 for work-relief financing and ready cash. If the full loan is raised the debt will reach approximately 30'; billion dollars. Secretary Morgenthau's statement offered for cash subscription a $450,~ 000,000 issue of 2% per cent 10+year bonds, and an equal issue of 113 per cent five-year notes. Holders of $418,000,000 in 2, per cent notes maturing December 15 were offered the right to exchange them for the new notes or bonds. This offer- ing is in addition to the $900,000,000 of securities. $862,000,000 May Still Be Needed. Full subscription of the cash offer- ing would bring the total of such borrowings since July 1 to more than $1,700,000,000. According to Presi- dent Roosevelt's recent estimates, this would leave about $862,000,000 to be raised during the last half of the fiscal year, assuming the entire sum allocated for recovery and relief is to be spent. Interest rates on the new issues, which are technically a part of an issue placed on the market in Sep- tember, rémain the same. The issues bear interest from September 16, pay- able semi-annually. Assurances recently have come from President Roosevelt that spending is | soon to be kept closer to income, fol- lowed by reduction of the debt. Interest May Be Saved. If all the old notes are exchanged for the new the Government will save $4,180,000 annually in interest charges, but if the new bonds are taken in | exchange the Government stands to pay out additional interest charges of $1,045,000 annually on the $418,- 000,000 issue. Observers noted that the interest rates offered marked an at least tem- porary leveling off in a steady de- cline which has been in progress for many months. ‘The fact that the interest figures for the December offering are the same as September’s gave rise to con- jecture as to whether the low point has not finally been reached, with an upward movement possibly in pros- pect. Due in ’47, Callable in "45. The new bonds will mature Septem- ber 15, 1947, but may be redeemed at the option of the United States on and after September 15, 1945. The new notes will mature December 15, 1940. The Secretary’s announcement in- cluded the proviso that the total of the new issues may be increased in direct proporiion to the amount of the maturing notes exchanged. Thus, if, as would normally be the case, 80 per cent of the maturing notes, or about $335,000,000, are of- fered for exchange, the total of the newly issued securities would be in- creased by a like amount to more than $1,200,000,000. The remainder would be redeemed in cash. The acquisition of $900,000,000 in new cash finds the Treasury’s working balance at its lowest point in many months, slightly more than a billion dollars. Ordinarily it is maintained at about $1,500,000,000. MARKET SLIGHTLY LOWER. No Pronounced Reaction, However, Follows Announcement. NEW YORK, December 2 (#).—The market for U. 8. Government securi- tles showed no pronounced reaction today to the Treasury’s December financing program, involving $1,318, 000,000, announced yesterday. Early deaiings in the Treasury is- gray-haired stock trader had not been allowed to see his son since Saturday. Peery Asks Alexandria Return $8 Forfeited by Spanish Agent General A. P. Staples of Virginia. to immunity and the refund. Gibernau forfeited the $8 collateral sues on the New York Stock Ex- change resulted in slighily lower prices for the 3%s of 1043-1945, and also for the 3s of 1951-1955, and the 2%s. The 3%s were one thirty-second of a point higher at 103.18. The amount of new money which the Treasury will seek through an offering of long-term 2%s and short« term notes, approximately $900,000,000, was larger than anticipated by some of the Government security traders. In such quarters the expectations cen- tered on something like $500,000,000 of new funds, although these esti- mates had been revised upward in the closing days of last week.