Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 1

‘WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 38 degrees; northeast winds. Tem- peratures—Highest, 48, at 3:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 31, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. ClosmgN Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,462, Entered as second clats matter post office, Washingion, D. C. PEACE PUT UP TO COUNCIL AS PLAN REVOLT EGYPT WINS SELF RULE Sanctions Umt Shunts Oil Embargo. WEDNESDAY SET FOR GATHERING Calling of League | Body Was Asked Eden. BACKGROUND— After signing of Versailles treaty in 1919, major European powers believed they had the dove of peace imprisoned forever behind the bars of article 16 of the League cov- enant, strengthened by the Locarno pact of 1925. These papers pro- vided enforcement of sanctions, financial and economic boycotts, on aggressor nations by all League members in concert, and for union of small groups of nations to tame belligerents. First time sanctions were voted was November 18, against Italy. Whether League will pursue enforcement to the logical end of war, or seek to avoid con- flict through discovery of satisfac- tory Italo-Ethiopian peace terms, is a question uppermost in European minds. KING FUAD. MOUNTAIN GIRL DENIED NEW TRIAL (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) | GENEVA, December 12.—Plans for | gettling the Italo-Ethiopian war were | thrown into the hands of the League | of Nations Council late today after oil and other new sanctions had been sidetracked at a meeting of the League's Sanctions Committee of 18. British delegates announced the| League Council would meet next| ‘Wednesday to discuss the whole ques- tion. The text of a Franco-British peace | proposal will be circulated among | members of the League within the | next two or three days. Eden Calls for Council. Decision to place the matter in the hands of the Council was reached | after Anthony Eden of Great Britain had urged the Council be summoned at the earliest possible moment to| hear a full statement of the peace | proposals. Insisting his nation will stand on its \ position that any final settlement must | be acceptable to Italy, Ethiopia n.nd\ the League, Eden declared: “If the League does not agree ‘lth‘ these suggestions we shall make no| complaint. Indeed, we should cordiaily | welcome any suggestions for their un-\ provement.” Plan Not Definitive. The peace plan, he asserted, is | “neither definitive nor sacrosant.” In a secret session Eden and Premier Laval of France gave the committes | only a rather vague outline of the pro- | posals. Tears as Judge Skeen Rejects Plea. By the Associated Press. WISE, Va. December 12.—Judge H. A. W. Skeen today denied a new trial for Edith Maxwell, school teacher, sentenced to 25 years for the murder of her father. The court granted a 60-day sus- the defense to file its application for \- writ of error to the Supreme Court. Miss Maxwell broke into tears when cision after more than three hours of | | argument by attorneys. “There is evidence upon which this verdict can stand,” Judge Skeen said. | “Therefore I overrule the motion of the defense for a new trial. ““I rule that the verdict of the jul ‘be carried out as provided by law.” | Defense attorneys announced prior | to the arguments that if overruled | | they would carry the appeal to the | Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Failed to Prove Guilt. In asking a new trial for Miss The French premier told his ‘col- Maxwell, Defense Attorney A. A.| leagues the League “must now decide.” | Skeen asserted the prosecution had | and declared the Franco-English plan | fajled utterly in its contention that had but one goal, to end the war wltn~; the young woman “murderously in the framework of the League. | butchered her father.” Trigg Maxwell. He argued that the jury verdict E. REVOLT STIRS LEAGU of first-degree murder and the pre- | scribed punishment of 25 years in| Opposition Grows to ‘l’““ Bribe for | (1. penitentiary, were not justified Mussolin | by the evidence. By the Assoclated Press. | There was no evidence, Skeen said, A tide of rebellion surged against to contradict the 21-year-old girl's the Pranco-British proposals for peace | story that she hit her father with a between Italy and Ethiopia in East | shoe when he tried to whip her for The Edith Maxwell Breaks Into| 21-year-old | pension of sentence in order to permit | Judge Skeen announced his oral de- | Africa today. Rumblings of a League of Nations bolt became distinctly sudible among | delegates today at the opening of the Sanctions Committee of 18's session in Geneva. At Dessye, according to Havas, Em- peror Haile Selassie, formally rejected the Franco-British proposals for peace between Italy and Ethiopia. “Bound to Defend Soil.” ‘The King of Kings asserted: “The Ethiopian government cites its | previous declarations, notably that of October 8, to show that Ethiopia never | But " i | { wished and does not wish war. today we are bound to defend our soil | which Italy has violated. “Ethiopia agreed at the time of the Paris conference and the meeting of the League of Nations Committee of Five to all concessions compatible to ite dignity to avoid Italian aggression, but that aggression has been com- mitted. “We cannot submit to force which we never provoked, because that would be rewarding violence.” League circles said Downing Street 1s anxious to re-establish quickly the damaged “united front” erected by Italy, France and Great Britain at the Stresa conference. French sources today even raised the possibility that sanctions against Italy might be abandoned as the result of Emperor Haile Selassie’s re- Jection of the Franco-British peace plan. Officials indicated Prance and Great Brifain would seek to persuade the monarch to accept negotiations on the lines presented. Many states represented on the League’s Sanctions Committee of 18, (See WAR, Page 4.) Readers’ Guide ‘Women’s Features . .....C-7-8 b suvmg out late at night. “The jury was not justified,” he| added, “in saying that at the same time she struck the blows she in- | tended to take his life.” Failed to Disprove Story. Setting forth thet all defense testi- mony not contradicted “by witnesses or circumstances must be accepted as true,” Skeen told the court the prose- cution had failed to disprove Edith's story of self-defense, and he pointed out that a shoe would be an unusual |'weapon with which to commit & pre- conceived murder. Commenting on the testimony of | prosecution witnesses that the girl had on numerous occasions threatened (See MAXWELL, Page 2.) _— PLANE LOSES MOTOR Lives of Four Saved by Skill of Texas Flyer. CHILDRESS, Tex., December 12 (#)—Two pilots and two passengers, including Walter Cline, prominent Wichita Falls, Tex., oil man, escaped death near here today when Pilot Lee Bishop landed a Braniff Airlines pas- senger plane after a motor had dropped off in the air. WASHINGTON, D. GROWS; ‘Fuad Restores Constitution of 1923. TEWFIK NESSIM CABINET STAYS |Britain to Retain Foreign Affairs Supervision. | BACKGROUND— 1 Six lives have been lost in recent anti-British ~ demonstrations in Egypt, supposedly freed from Lon- don protection in 1922, when Fuad announced independence. Year later he proclaimed constitutional government, thrice suspended, the last time December 1, 1934. Resig- nation of Zaki El Ibrashi Pasha, power behind Fuad’s throne, last April seemed to pave way for over= throw of British influence and re- turn to constitution, but cabinet crisis in June which threatened downfall of Premier Tewflk Nessim Pasha led nationalistic Wajdists to withhold constitutional demands. Specter of Italian success in Ethio- pia, where the Blue Nile rises, strengthened cry for constitutional regime two months ago. Wajdists erpect greater freedom from Britain in return for participation in application of war penalties against Italy. (Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press.) CAIRO, December 12.—King Fuad signed a royal decree today restoring constitutional government to Egypt. Great Britain consented to Egypt's return to the self-government form of the suspended 1923 constitution after a persistent nationalist, anti-British campaign. Britain was pictured in League of Nations circles as fearful anti-British demonstrations in Egypt might com- plicate the Mediterranean situation. Ministers to Stay. These swift developments, coming on the very-day the cabinet of Pre- mier Tewfik Nessim Pashs was to re- sign, did away with the necessity for the resignations and the ministers withdrew their announced intention to quit, ‘ The premier attended the signing of | the royal decree by King Fuad, ruler .ol this nominally independent North African kingdom, once a British pro- | | tectorate. A highly reliable source told the | Associated Press Sir Miles Lampson, | British high commissioner, called at the premier’s residency last night and | informed Nessim Britain was with- 'drlllng its objections to invocation | of the 1923 constitution. This governmental form had been¢ ‘su‘pended December 1, 1934, after | | being given three trials in the last | 12 years. | The constitution provides for a | Senate and Chamber of Deputies, and takes control of Egypt's internal af- | airs completely out of British hands. | Control of Affairs Unaffected. t does not, however, affect Brit- ain’s control of Egyptian foreign af- | fairs, nor the British military ymlec- { Grut Britain's surprise decmon was believed actuated by the hct.‘ that Nationalist students yesle'rd.y< \vmted all prospective candidates for | what was then thought would be a | new cabinet and told them bluntly only reinstitution of the constitution would be acceptable. * Otherwise, the students insisted. the would continue. Faced with this situation, author- itative sources said, Sir Miles Lamp- son had no alternative but to accept invocation of the constitution, to avoid disorders similar to the uprising of 1919. Easing of Trouble Expected. King Faud's signature to the decree restoring constitutional government, informed source said, undoubtedly meant the troubled political con- ditions of Egypt—which had become more serious since the outbreak of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict and the aris- ing of Anglo-Italian tension in the Mediteiranean—would be eased. The constitution complies with viry tually every demand of the demon- strating students. The next step in the return to constitutional govern- ment is the setting of a date by Nessim for general elections. The anti-British disorders had per- sisted to the very eve of this action. Crowds smashed 10 street cars last See EGYPT, Page 4.) Toy Receiving Station Proves Wonderland for Prying Eyes Workers Hustling to Bring Christmas Cheer to Boys and Girls Who Might Otherwise Escape ‘Toy heaven. That is what one little boy thought yesterday when he peeped the window of the old forsaken book shop at 933 G street northwest, which has been turned into a general receiv- ing station by the Coyncil of Social Agencies—a .place for, distributing all the gifts received in the campaign sponsored by The Star, the Warner Brothers’ theaters and the National Broadcasting Co. . Toy heaven. It looks like that up on G street, where a bevy of harde working workmen under the direction of Miss Louise A. Davidson are step- Santa’s Attention. ping lively to make little boys and A | the newly mined product. | Morgenthau said. |any direct purchases were made in | China. anti-British rioting of recent W!ekll ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI c, bening NG EDITION /fl Al — NT Y% GONNA LEAVE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935—SIXTY-TWO PAGES. Star The only evening in Washington wit aper the Associated Press News and Wirephota- Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 132,645 Bome Returus Not Yet Received. PHF UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. THE POLITICAL CLAIM DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW OPEN! SILVER PURCHASES 16177400 OUNCES U. S. Buying of Metal to| Bolster Price Shown in Treasury Report. By the Associated Press. The Treasury reported today it had acquired 761,774,000 ounces of silver since the beginning of steps taken to | bolster the price of the metal. This announcement was made short- | ly after Secretary Morgenthau not only denied that the Treasury had stopped | silver purchases, but asserted it had bought every day this week. The department said it had acquired 56,943,000 fine ounces under the Presi- dent’s proclamation of December 21. 1933, which authorized the purchase of Silver purchased since the silver | purchase act became law, June 19, 1934, amounted to 591,800,000 ounces. Siiver transferred to the Treasury under the nationalization order was 113,031,000 fine ounces. First Report Ever Made, ‘The statistics are complete, the ‘Treasury said, through the close of business December 6, and the computa- tion is the first of the sort ever made. “I am continuing to carry out the | mandate of the silver purchasing act,” “I have bought sil- | ver every day this week—on Monday, | on Tuesday and Wednesday—in many | different places.” It was on Tuesday the London ver market collapsed because of a la of buyers. Brokers attributed this condition to a Treasury halt in pur- chases. Morgenthau said the department had departed from its usual practice of concentrating purchases in London, but refused to locate this week's pur- chuea._ He declined to say whether this Ceparture would be continued. Likewise he would not say whether Reads Section of Act. Morgenthau hinted that the silver price situation may have been involved in the Treasury action when he read |a section of the silver purchase act and called specific attention to this passage, governing buying, in carrying out the law’s mandate to purchase un- til the price of silver reached $1.29 an ounce or the Treasury's monetary stocks were one-third tnose of gold: “Upon such terms and provisions as he (the Secretary of the Treasury) may deem reasonable and most advan- | tageous to the public interest.” | Morgenthau told newsmen at his | regular press conference that his pledge {to the congressional silver bloc, made some months ago, still beld good. At that time, the Secretary assured a silver committee he would “carry out enthustically” the provisions of the silver purchase act. London Price Drops. LONDON, December 12 (#)—The price on spot silver was set today at 267 pence an ounce, % penny lower than yesterday’s quotation of 27% pence. The fixation was made after silver brokers had considered the situation several hours and long after the nor- mal hour of setting the price. Against, no price was said for silver futures. L] WILL DISCUSS PAY Roosevelt to Confer With Naval Oflelah on Reserve Program. President Roosevelt arranged a meet- ing late today with high ranking naval officials to discuss pay for Naval Re- serves. With the London Naval Conference in session, it was emphasized at the ‘White House that the Navy talk with the President related solely to a proposition to provide permanent pay for Naval Reserves. Young Washington Income Spending Survey Planned As U. S. Project By the Associated Press. ‘That family problem—what becomes of father's income?—will be investi- gated by the Government. Secretary Perkins said today a sur-| vey of spending dmrlbuuon—wm(her‘ the income be derived from wage en- velopes or clipping bond coupons— would be made as a work-relief project. She said demands from both business | and labor prompted the move. The project will employ 4,500 per- sons, taken from relief rolls, and will require about 3500 man-years of | relief work. The cost has not been de- termined. Among the questions which the sur- vey will answer were listed: How do spending habits differ, in families of the same make-up and the same income, in different sized com- munities or in different parts of the country? At what income levels are various luxuries customarily purchased? Should the advertising of marked- down sales be directed to persons of one income group rather than an- other? ‘The department already has a sur- | vey under way of the spending habits of low-income families. “The present study will be the first | to cover families in all income groups,” Miss Perkins said. “It will be the first adequate study of the distribution of | expenditures by families with incomes | of more than $3,000.” Headquarters for the survey are to be established in Providence, R. I.; | Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta, Ga.; Denver and Portland, Oreg. M. VAN SWERINGEN DIES OF INFLUENZA Younger Brother of Rail Em- pire Magnates Rose From Obscure Poverty. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 12.— Mantis J. Van Sweringen, who with his elder brother, Oris P., rose from obscure poverty to build a great rail empire, died in a hospital here today after several months’ illness. Physicians said cause of death was “general exhaustion brought on by mental and emotional strain.” He was 54 years old. The first intimation that Mr. Van Sweriagen was ill came during & hearing several weeks ago over reor- ganization of the Missouri Pacific, which is controlled by the Van Swerin- gen brothers. Van Sweringen failed to appear. His brother made a brief statement that he was ill in a hospital with jufluenza. Oris declined to elaborate on the nature of the illness. The hospital refused ments, John J. Bernet, executive president of the Van Sweringen railroads, who aided the brothers in building up their railroad empire, died only a few months ago. Partners in every enterprise from office boy days up, Mantis and Oris (See VAN SWERINGEN, Page 8.)- e FALL TURNS CATHOLIC Former Interior Secretary, Near Death, Baptized Into Church. any state- helped form the Disciples of Christ Church, turned to the Roman Catho- lic Church in the illness which held him near death today. and that is one of the things I have postponed doing.” Floride Wharfs Damaged. | | | | METHODISTS BARE MERGER DETAILS Way Is Held Clear to Unite! 8,000,000 Persons After 100-Year Cleavage. Complete details of a program for uniting 8,000,000 Methodists under one church after more than 100 years of separation were announced today for the first time. The way seemed clear, in the opin- jon of the co-operating planners, for a great consolidation of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, the Methodist | Cummings Appeals To Court to Halt Utilities Cases Makes Personal Appear- ance, Says Companies Have Blocked Tests. By the Associated Press. y Attorney General Cummings today asked District Supreme Court “for practical and legal reasons” to delay action on constitutional challenges of the New Deal's utility law by seven holding companies. He appeared before the court as “chief law officer of the Government.” It was his first appearance as Attor- ney General before any tribunal but the United States Supreme Court. Citing the suit already brought by the Government against the Electric Bond & Share Co. in New York, the Attorney General argued that further litigation is unnecessary at this time because: “Steps taken by the Attorney Gen- eral, the Postmaster General and the " (Bee CUMMINGS, Page 2) KILLEEN SLAYING CHARGE REDUCED 10 MANSLAUGHTER {Mrs. Maddox Is Freed Under | $5,000 Bond as Murder Count s Barred. BACKGROUND— Edward Vincent Killeen, 50, was shot, November 23, as climax to two-day drinking bout with Lillian Maddoz, his paramour. At the time he was “laying low,” fearing rival gangsters, and had planned to make yacht trip to Florida, leaving Mrs. Maddoz behind. After shooting him, she called police and told of receiving many beatings, saying: “I'm glad I shot him, and I would do it again.” BY JOHN H. CLINE, Staff Correspondent of TLe Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 12.— | Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church. This prospect was hailed today by Dr. Harry E. Woolever, secretary of | the Joint Commission on Methodist hal event in | Union, as “the most e American church life and in all protestantism since the Reformation.” One of the most important features of the plan is establishment of a ju-| dicial council with power to rule on the constitutionality of church con- ference actions. This function would be somewhat similar to that of the United States Supreme Court. New Name Would Be Taken. Plans to bring the three divisions | together under a new name—the Methodist Church—were ratified re-| cently in Cincinnati by representatives of the three groups. Today's an- nouncement was made by Dr. Wool- ever. The plan of union must be approved by the general conferences of the three denominations, two of which meet | next May, with the Methodist Epis- | copal Church South meeting two years later. After this action local churches must ratify through annual confer-| ences. Despite this essential delay, all rep- resentatives at the Cincinnati confer- ence, Dr. Woolever said, “expressed the belief that, after 70 years.of nego- tiation, commencing soon after the | close of the Civil War, the steps were about consummated to make a new church for the people called Metho- | dist under the title, ‘the Methodist Church.’ " 30,000,000 Are Affected. The plan embraces one-half of the world's communicant Methodists, along | with a Sunday school enrollment of 6,000,000 and a “constituency” of over 30,000,000. The general conference of the merged | church would meet every four years. The United States woyld be divided into six areas, in each of which juris- | | dictional conferences would be held. (See METHODIST, Page 14.) FEE S STEPIN FETCHIT HELD Colored Actor Is Arrested on Charge of Assault. NEW YORK, December 12 (£).— Stepin Fetchit, slow-mloving colored actor, was held on a charge of fe- lonious assault today as the result of an alleged attack on a process server. ‘The process server, Philip Kraukers, said the actor hit him over the head with & club when Kraukers handed him some legal papers last night at a West 125th street theater where Fetchit has been appearing. Fetchit spent the night in a police station. His attorney denied the charge, say- ing a stage hand must have done it. OBSERVER Ben McKelway, News The first-degree murder charge placed | { against Mrs. Lillian Maddox after she | shot and killed her lover, Edward V. | Killeen, Washington gambling leader, | was stricken from the records today | | and Mrs. | 85,000 bond to await trial on man- | slaughter charges. | Judge Harold Smith of the Rock- ville Police Court said he was satisfied the “State’s evidence under no cir- cumstances justified me in believing a trial jury would hold her guilty of any JAPAN'S' DEMANDS FOR NAVAL PARITY FLATLY REJECTED BY GREAT POWERS Tokio Delegates Hastily Quit Conference, but Are Ex- pected to Return After Consulting Government. BRITISH TAKE LEAD, SUPPORTING U. S. STAND French and Italians Oppose Con- fining “Upper Limit” to Three Nations—Dominions Support England in Position—Ameri- can Views Are Amplified. BACKGROUND— Japan, determinedly militaristic, gave motice before Naval Confer- ence opened she would consider no questions of policy until other pow- ers granted her sea equality with United States and Britain. This was a repetition of her stand taken last Fall, when preliminary limita- tion conversations on renewal of London treaty of 1930, which ex- pires in 1936, were abruptly halted without result. Since the fiasco of a year ago, Japan has denounced 5—5—3 ratio principle of London treaty and of the Washington treaty of 1921, (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, December 12—Japan's demand for equality in naval strength was rejected at the International Naval Conference today by the four other great naval powers and the Brit- ish Dominions. American, British and Italian dele- gates flatly rejected the Japanese pro- posal and had the support of the Brit- ish Dominions, while France ex- pressed opposition chiefly on grounds of procedure. It was understood the British took the lead in opposing the Japanese de- mands. The meeting broke up at noon, with | the Japanese leaving hastily. Al- though they are usually the first to Maddox went free under 1 depart, their hurried exit created the impression at the moment that they were walking out of the conference. Well-informed sources said, how- | ever, the Japanese merely wished to | submit certain questions to Tokio. Oppesition Is Voiced. French and Itallan opposition to | greater offense than manslaughter.” He then announced he would release | Mrs. Maddox, who has been in jail since the shooting November 23, on | the posting of $5,000 bond to await | she had no comment to make at this time, although pleased with the decision. Going to an ante-room after the | A doctor was called and revived her with restoratives. She then went to the clerk’s office and signed her bond before leaving the court house. | She said she intended to stay with jury acts in her case. Although Mrs. Maddox did not | testify, her attorneys, State Sena of Washington, had presented a shock- {at Killeen’s hands during the 18 months they had lived together after | charges. Former Employe Witness. ‘The principal defense witness was Mrs. Hannah Edwards, who said she had worked for Mrs. Maddox when the latter was living at 2519 Third street northeast. Mrs. several beatings which Mrs. Maddox occasion when the gambler threatened | mitted him to shoot a lighted cigarette | from between her fingers. “Last Christmas eve,” the witness said, “Mrs. Maddox asked Killeen if she could take some presents to her relatives in Georgetown. Killeen be- came enraged, tore the clothes from her back, knocked her down and kicked her. Then he cursed her vio- lently and told her to get out of the apartment. She put on another dress, but he tore that off, too, and kicked her all around the bed room floor.” About a week prior to that, Mrs. Edwards continued, Mrs. Maddox was (See MADDOX, Page 2.) Zamora Turns to Left. MADRID, December 12 (#).—On the third day of Spain’s cabinet crisis President Alcala * Zamora switched sharply from the Conserva- tive political camp today and asked Miguel Maura to accept the premier- ship and try to form a cabinet. PHILIPPINE FREEDOM Will Self-Rule Bring Independence to Islands or Will Another Power Move In as United States Moves Out? OUTLINES SITUATION Editor of The Evening Star, who attended the Quezon inauguration, gives the background of the problem in a series of nine articles, the third of which appears on page A-3. | grand jury action. Mrs. Maddox said | she was nutlcelblyi ruling, Mrs. Maddox fainted and col- | lapsed in the arms of her attorneys. | received from Killeen and told of one | to kill his paramour unless she per-i Japanese equality was understood to | have resulted from the Japanese state- | ment that they consider a common upper limit of naval tonnage should | be confined to the United States, Brit- | ain and Japap, because there were no varying interests among those three. The French objected to the idea of limiting a tonnage agreement to the | three powers, insisting on their full rights. The South Africans, Canadians and | Australians were reported to have | spoken in opposition to the Japanese | demand for equality. A spokesman for the American del- egation asserted the speech of Norman relatives in Washington until the grand 1 payis chairman of the United States delegation, in opposition to Japan's proposals' revolved around tor i1 ints: | Stedman Prescott and Harry Whelan | ke miein po 1. Adoption of the plan would cause | an enormous increase in construc- ing story of brutalities suffered by her | tion rather than a decrease 2. The proposal did not take into account the different naval needs | her release from jail on narcotics | of the powers. 3. It would upset the equilibrium established by the Washington and ! London naval treaties, and the United States felt no change had occurred in the international situation which | was sufficlent to warrant a naval Edwards described | change. French Emphasize Stand. The French emphasized their ob- jection to the Japanese demands was based on the grounds that all powers should have a voice and rights under any general agreement, it was under- stood. They asserted they were excluded from previous consideration when the limitation treaties were drafted. Informed persons said the confer- ence would resume sessions tomorrow, | when discussions along the same lines would continue and the Japanese would answer numerous questions. Authoritative sources denied an™ | early rumor that a gentleman’s agree- ment had been discussed whereby Japan would be granted nominal naval equality—instead of having the minor position in the present 5—5—3 ratio—but would pledge not to build its navy to full strength. It was understood the French raised the question of whether a common upper limit of naval tonnage would apply only to ships which the Japa- nese classify as aggressive, making (See NAVAL, Page 14.) e BABY, HELD TO BLAZE FOR DISCIPLINE, DIES Miner Charged With Murder as Result of Son’s Death From Injuries. By the Associated Press. JENKINS, Ky, December 12— Thomas Mahan, 9-month-old baby whose father is charged with having burned and otherwise mistreated him, died in a hospital here today. ‘The tow-headed, blue-eyed baby was brought here Sunday by his mother, She said the father, Robert Mahan, 25, & coal mine loader, had held it to the fire to discipline it. The hospital physician said two teeth were missing from the child’s lower jaw and there were evidences of burns. It had been expected to recover, but pneumonia developed. Mahan, who denied the charges, was taken to jail in Whitesburg. Upon the baby’s death today Deputy Sheriff Ar- thur Dixon said the warrant charging cruel and inhuman treatment had murder. . been changed to one charging » . 4