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WEATHER.
(IT. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Cloudy with showers tonight and prob
ably tomorrow; not much change in
temperature. Temperatures—Highest. 66,
at 4 p m. yesterday; lowest, 52, at 11 p.m.
yesterday.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15
No. 31,942.
SPANISH CABINET
REPORTED RESIGNED
AS ZAMORA QUITS
IN CHURCH DISPUTE
Assembly Votes Amendment!
to Constitution Dissolving
All Extra-National Orders of
Religious Groups.
CATHOLICISM REPUDIATED
BY REPUBLIC AS ITS FAITH'
fist Fight Occurs in Debate on Bill
to Nationalize Property Which.
Permits Seizure if Forfeiture Is I
Considered Benefit to State and J
Demands Allegiance.
the Associated Press.
MADRID, October 14.—Spain’s !
Republican government appeared I
to have collapsed this afternoon
!With the resignation of President j
Riceto Alcala Zamora, which was
followed quickly by reports that
Jiis whole cabinet also had stepped
tout.
Reports of the cabinet resigna
tion came from persons in a po
* isition to know what was going on.
The cabinet assembled at the home
rs Indalecio Prieto, the finance minis
ter, shortly after Senor Alcala Zamora's
Resignation was announced.
The ministers confirmed the Presi
dent's retirement and then, it was re
liably reported, decided to indicate
their support by following his ex
ample.
Holds Curb on Clergy Too Strict.
The issue which brought about these
sudden developments revolves about a
difference of opinion concerning the j
treatment to be accorded Catholic j
orders under the republican constitu
tion. whose provisions end the cen
tuiies-old official Catholicism of Spain.
Senor Alcala Zamora and those who
support him contend that regulatory
measures governing the activities of the
| priesthood should not be too stringent.
The attitude of the National Assem
bly in the face of the resignations was
a matter of guesswork only, but there |
was a persistent rumor that Manuel i
Aznar, minister of war in the Alcala j
Zamora cabinet, might be asked to head '
a new government.
Senor Zamora remained at home this !
afternoon preparing the letter of resig- ;
nation which will be submitted to the
National Assembly. While he was thus
at work the cabinet met without him
and the reports arose that all would re
sign.
Zamora’s resignation came six months
to the day after he was first provision
ally elected to that office.
Opposes Dissolution of Orders.
He is represented as opposed to the
section of the National Assembly in ap
proving a constitutional amendment
which would dissolve all church orders
v end nationalize their property.
The repudiation of Catholicism as \
the state religion of Spain was fol- I
lowsd today by the incorporation of j
the article in the new constitution.
The National Assembly, after a stormy |
15-hour session, adopted by a vote of j
, E59 to 178 a compromise amendment to |
article 24. providing for the dissolution
of those orders recognizing a higher
authority than the state and those I
considered dangerous to the state. It j
also stipulates that property may be
nationalized where it is deemed bene
ficial.
The vote was preceded by a long
drawn-out debate in which Catholic
Deputies proposed 20 other amend
ments one by one in order to defend
the interests of the church and was
followed by an outbreak of fist-fight
ing between Catholics and Socialists
on the chamber floor.
Held Action Too Radical.
Article 24. providing for the imme
, diate dissolution of ail church orders
and the nationalization of their prop
erty previously was rejected by a vote
of 164 to 39. It was sponsored by
the Radical Socialists and opposed by
the Socialists, who ultimately were vic
torious on the amendment.
President Zamora and Minister of
the Interior Miguel Maura expressed
disfavor with the amendment on the
grounds that it was too radical. Some
leaders said it was aimed at the ex- I
pulsion of the Jesuits. Others said ex
pelled orders would find refuge in Bel
gium and other countries.
The Catholic Church was divorced
from its age-old union with the state
with the adoption of article 3 of the
constitution by the Assembly last
night, voting 267 to 41. It declared
that “no state religion exists” and
banned the church from engaging in
commercial, industrial and educational
getivities.
Demonstrations Curbed.
It was followed by demonstrations
against the cliurch*ffn Madrid and
Oviedo, in which extra police and civil
guards were called out to prevent dis
orders. Stores and cases closed their
doors here in fear of looting, but au
thorities were able to keep the situa
tion under control.
The legislation shattered a tradition
of centuries, by which the Catholic
Church had enjoyed a preferred posi
tion in the eyes of the government and
redeemed the pledges of republican
leaders, who promised to separate
church and state when Alfonso XIII
yas overthrown last Spring.
The defection of Spain leaves Bel
gium. Italy. Bolivia, Colombia. Venezu
ela. Argentine. Peru and Paraguay as the
principal nations in which Catholicism
is the state religion. Countries that
have separated church and state in re- ,
cent years include France, Portugal, I
Mexico, Chile and Russia.
VATICAN UN ALARMED.
Officials Believe Church in Spain is
Undamaged by Rejection.
VATICAN CITY. October 14 OF).—
Mews of the rejection of Catholicism
as the official religion of Spain was re
ceived by Vatican officials today with
disappointment, but without alarm.
They were of the opinion that when
religious conditions there have been
straightened out the position of the
church will be found to be not seriously
damaged.
Radio Programs on Page D-3 !
Filtered as second class matter
post office, Washington, D. C.
I
President Quits
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PRESIDENT NICETO ALCALA
ZAMORA.
SHELBY TO RETIRE
FROM 0. C. POLICE
FORCE NOVEMBER I
Board of Surgeons Finds
Pratt's Aide Physically In
capacitated for Duty.
Inspector William S. Shelby, assist
ant superintendent of police, will retire
for physical disability on November 1
next, under present arrangements.
The Board of Police and Fire
Surgeons, which yesterday examined
the veteran officer, found him physically
incapacitated for further duty.
The report of the board, recommend
j ing retirement of the assistant police
: chief, is understood to have been shown
to the District Commissioners before it
was sent to police headquarters.
Ordinarily the board reports Maj.
Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of
police, who then forwards it to the
Commissioners with his indorsement.
Findings Unanimous.
The report was signed by Dr. Daniel
I Borden, chairman of the surgeons’
, board, and five other members of that
body. The findings, unanimous, were
i based on a detailed statement of treat
; mcnt administered to Shelby during
! the past two years by Dr. John A.
j Reed, member of the board, supple
mented by personal examination of
i the officer by the board as a whole.
The physicians reached the conclu-
I sion that Shelby is suffering from an
j acute nervous ailment, sinus trouble
: and other ills, necessitating his per
; manent removal from the police force.
; The nervous condition is attributed
’ by Shelby’s physician to the strain of
! overwork while serving as chief of the
| Detective Bureau.
Receives "C” Rating.
While the report of the physicians
: was not made public today, it is un
' derstood the board gave Shelby a rat
j ing of “C,” which means that he should
i be relieved of his duties as soon as pos
| sible. Thres votings are used in segre
! gating policemen examined for dis
j ability. A rating of "A” denotes that
I an officer is in perfect physical condi
j tion. A ’’B” rating means that he is
I suffering from certain physical defects
| that do not necessarily incapacitate
: him for further service. Compulsory
j retirement is necessary with the “C"
1 rating.
If Shelby had been given a “B” rat
ing his retirement would have been
optional with the Commissioners. Un
der the “C’’ rating they have no dis
cretion in the matter.
TThe report was received at Maj.
Pratt’s office early this afternoon. He
must prepare a formal recommendation
for Shelby’s retirement. The recom
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
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REPLACEMENT OF HARRIS
RUMORED IN DETROIT
Navin, However, Says He Has
Made No Plans Concerning
1932 Manager.
| By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, October 14. —Frank Navin,
owner of the Detroit American League
Base Ball Club, today said that although
Stanley (Bucky) Harris has not yet
signed a contract as manager of the
team next year, he has made no plans
to replace him.
Harris, manager of the team for the
past two years, has had little success in
bringing the Tigers out of the second
division. Although Navin insisted that
no action had been taken toward ob
taining another manager for the Detroit
club, 'The rumor persists here that the
former Washington manager will be re
placed next season.
Navin confirmed a report that Jean
Dubuc and Roger Bresnahan will not
be retained as coaches next year. He
said Dubuc might remain as a scout.
LINCOLN "BIRTHPLACES” TOTAL 16
AS KENTUCKY FINDS ANOTHER
Emancipator Was Born in Comfortable Two-Room House
Instead of Cabin, Judge Says.
I By the Associated Press.
HODGENVILLE. Ky.. October 14.
' Louis A. Warren, Lincoln biographer, of
Fort Wayne, Ind., in an address here
today declared the discovery of another
supposed birthplace of Abraham Lin
coln raises the number to 16.
Judge Harvey H. Smith of New York
recently stated the Emancipator was not
bom in a one-room log cabin on Nolln
Creek, in Kentucky, but in a comforta
ble two-story house on Mill Creek, 25
m il es ftW&V.
“There have been 15 other attempts
to center public opinion on a certain
spot where individuals, groups and even
whole States have claimed Abraham
Lincoln was born,” said Dr. Warren.
“Citizens of Hardin County, sy„ have
for years insisted Lincoln was bom on
one of four definitely located sites with
in the present boundaries. ..
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%uxmx Jgkf.
WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1931—FIFTY PAGES. ***
HOOVER’S CREDIT
GROUP IS READY
TO BEGIN OPERATION
Relief Organization Expected
to Start With $170,000,000
as Local Bodies Form.
FUND MAY BE RAISED
TO BILLION IF NEEDED
Committee Flooded With Subscrip
tions for Initial Offerings
of Debenture.
■ By the Associated Press.
. NEW YORK. October 14. Local or
ganizations were being set up in vari
ous parts of the country today, as units
1 in the new National Credit Corporation,
while the central organizing commit
tee continued its labors with last-min
ute details in New York.
, It was explained today that all indi
cations point to the beginning of ac
tual operations in extending loans to
banks by the first of next week. The
' corporation Is expected to start with
initial funds of more than $170,000,000,
and this may be raised to $1,000.000,-j
000. as and if that amount is needed. ,
This was the corporation's first day ■
! of legal existence, as incorporation pa
pers were filed in Delaware through
the Corporation Trust Co. late yester
day. This huge concern carries out
the suggestion made by President Hoo
ver to ease points of tension in the |
banking structure.
Flooded With Subscriptions.
Even though no specific rate of inter- j
est has been announced for the cor
poration's notes or debentures, which are
to be sold to banks to give it its funds,
the Organizing Committee has been
flooded with subscriptions for the initial
offering. While only commercial banks
were requested to participate, the com
mittee has been receiving numerous in
| quirles from savings banks, and they i
will be permitted to participate where 1
: State laws permit.
While the final plan as proposed by |
the Organization Committee spoke of a j
maximum issue of the debentures of j
$1.000,000.000..if the commercfal banks,
alone participate to the extent of 2 per ;
cent of their deposits, as requested, the ,
i initial amount raised will exceed S3OO.- !
000,000. as against only $500,000,000 ]
| suggested in President Hoover's pro- I
| posal.
Corporation Not Restricted.
j Furthermore, it is said in banking
j quarters that several of the leading
| private banking houses, investment
! trusts and other organizations will un- I
i doubtedly respond if requested, and!
I that there need be no limitation of
the maximum funds to $1,000,000,000.
The incorporation papers, as filed in j
DelawareT make no restriction as to 1
i how much money the corporation may j
raise, and give it broad powers. The
articles of incorporation state that its
purpose is to aid and assist banks
; throughout the United States “to util
i ize their resources * * * to further
the stabilization of financial economic
I conditions.”
The corporation may carry on a
j banking business of great diversifica-
I tion. It may trade in securities, prop
j erties and real estate of all sorts. It
j may organize subsidiaries in any State,
j territory or country.
D. C. YOUTH GRILLED
IN TORCH MURDERS
_
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Nephew of Miller Family Neigh
bor Volunteers for Slay
ing Quiz.
( Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va., October 14.
Joseph E. Wolfenden, 19, of 1738 B street j
southeast, Washington, D. C. appeared !
here last night voluntarily for question
ing In connection with the death of the '
Goodwin Miller family, who perished l
in a fire which burned their family |
residence to the ground, near Joplin,
Prince William County, on September :
25. Wolfenden is a nephew of Walter 1
Wolfenden, who lives in th? vicinity of ■
the fire, and is said to have been visiting
his uncle on the night o fthe conflagra
tion.
Thomas H. Lion, commonwealth at
torney, said this morning an investiga
tion which his office is conducting with
reference to alleged insurance policies
was progressing and this line of inves
tigation will be concluded within a day
or two. It is thought that a well known
resident of the Joplin vicinity may be
brought into the case.
M’KIMMIE ONE UP
■ •
Leads Robert T. Barnett in First '■
18 Holes for Pro Title.
R. Cliff McKimmie, professional at
the White Flint Country Club, was 1 up
on Robert T. Barnett of Chevy Chase
at the end of the first 18 holes of their
scheduled 36-hole match today for the
Middle Atlantic match play profes
sional championship at the Woodmont
Country Club. Barnett is the present
title holder. McKimmie scored 77 for
the first round and Barnett was 78.
The final round Is being played this
afternoon.
‘The project contemplated by Judge
Smith is another attempt to locate the
birthplace in old Hardin County. All
of these birthplace projects, including
the present effort on behalf of Mill
Creek, necessarily imply the illegitimacy
of Abraham Lincoln.’’
The biographer referred to a state
ment by Lincoln to Hicks, the artist, in
which he stated he was bom “February
12, 1809, in the then Hardin County,
Kentucky, at a point within the now
County of Larue, a mile or a mile and
■tr half from where Hodgen’s Mill
now is.”
The speaker said it must be acknowl
edged Thomas Lincoln was much bet
ter situated financially than was once
thought, and that one historical con
tribution which may come from the
controversy is a proper estimate of
, Abraham Lincoln's lathes. .?
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BEER RESOLUTION
| LAID BEFORE EABOR
Two Other Proposals Urge
Repeal of 18th Amendment
and Volstead Act.
By th<* Associated Press.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia.
| October 14. —After being kicked around
: more than a week in committee rooms
| and corridors, the prohibition question
| crowded its way into the American
i Federation of Labor Convention Hall
i here today.
j A Resolutions Committee, asserting it
| was promoting the cause of true
I temperance, asked the convention to
adhere to labor s stand of several years
! for beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic
I content.
j At the same time two resolutions, one
| backed by the remains of the pre-
I prohibition Bartenders’ Union, and the
: other by the Tacoma Central Labor
i Council, asked repeal of the eighteenth
j amendment and the Volstead act.
i Matthew Woll, vice president and
j chairman of the Resolutions Commit- I
: tee, said he had not heard half a dozen ,
j voices raised against the 2.75 per cent (
i idea.
Council Favors Beer.
Throughout the convention the ;
recommendations of the executive |
council have been almost unanimously
followed and the council favors 2.75
per cent beer.
Relief of the unemployment situa
tion overshadowed all other resolu
tions pending, but there was no con
! troversy in the convention as to the
I merits of resolutions affecting unem- 1
! ployment. Many suggestions were ad
j vanced by the Executive Council and
' approved in the Resolutions Commlt
j tee report prepared for submission to
day.
For emergency relief, the report fa
vored maintenance of wages, shorter
work hours, employment assurance,
employers taking on additional work
ers. creation of work through public
undertakings, strengthening of em
ployment agencies, no child labor, pref
erence for workers with dependents
and financial relief from public and
| private funds.
Asks-National Planning.
i For permanent relief, the federation
; asks national planning to balance sup
ply and demand, public accounting, a
Federal labor board to collect data,
I organization of workers in trades un-
I ions, a Federal employment service, vo
cational retraining, so that workers in
i stagnant trades could be taught to do
work more often in demand, and job
security. . , ,
The subject of military training in
high schools, originally referred both
to the Education and Resolutions Com
mittees, w r as left to the latter group
after the Education Committee washed
its hands of the matter.
—
Hurley in Honolulu.
HONOLULU, October 14 (/P). —Secre-
tary of War Patrick J. Hurley arrived
here yesterday en route to the United
States following an investigation of po
litical conditions in the Philippines. He
■ will be the guest of Gov. Lawrence M.
Judd during his brief visit here.
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German Export Balance Gains.
BERLIN, October 14 (/P). —The news
paper Boersen Courier said today that
Germany's September exports exceeded
unports by 387.000,000 marks ($96,-
'750000), the highest active balance
since the World War,
Why Go to Paris x
—for smart fashions when the
newest styles are here in Wash
ington?
Washington store* are among
the finest In the country and
their advertisements in The
Star will tell you about all that
is latest in style and fashion.
Yesterday’s Advertising.
(Local Display)
Lines.
The Evening Star. . . 57,419
2d Newspaper 16,989
3d Newspaper 10,131
4th Newspaper 5,524
sth Newspaper 2,818
Total SSSJSSSff 35,462
The Star is read in a great
majority of Washington homes,
and consequently carries more
retail advertising daily and
Sunday than all other Wash
ington papers combined.
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Fireman’s Hammer
Releases Man, but
Breaks Hand Bones
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, October 14-
Seeking relief from the tedium of
convalescense after a motor car
accident In which he suffered the
fracture of three ribs, Paul
Schulze. 26, insisted yesterday on
helping about the house.
The clogging of a basement
. drain pipe drew his attention.
He thrust his hand into the tub
ing to remove debris. There the
hand stuck.
Neighbors and firemen were
called. A fireman picked up a
sledge hammer.
One solid smash broke the pipe
—also three bones In Schulze's
hand.
HOSPITAL INQUIRY
BEGUN BY WILSON
j
Welfare Head Seeks to Know
Why Three Children Were
Refused Admission.
An investigation to determine why
j three children, two of whom were dying,
j were shunted in the past 10 days from
one hospital to another before finally
receiving treatment, was ordered today
by Public Welfare Director George 6.
Wilson.
The cases concern Eva Mae Dixon, 5,
who died of burns at Children's Hos- t
pital after first being transferred from ■
Sibley to Garfield; Samuel Goddett, 9.
who died of lockjaw at Gallinger Hos
pital, where he was taken after being
denied admission at Emergency and i
Children's Hospitals, and Catherine |
Zanelotti, 3, who was turned away j
from both Children's and Gallinger,
finally being treated by a private physi- J
clan.
While the Board of Public Welfare
Investigation got underway, members
of the Committee on Health of the
Council of Social Agencies were sum
moned to meet this afternoon with the
superintendents of all hospitals con
nected with the cases of the two chil
dren who died. The meeting was called
at the request of the Community Chest,
by Miss Gertrude Bowling, committee
chairman and executive director of the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, to
prepare a report on the two cases.
Explains Proper Procedure.
In announcing he had ordered the
investigation to prevent similar han
dling of future cases, Director Wilson
explained the procedure parents should
take before bringing sick children to
hospitals. f
"It is important for parents to realize
that hospitals are for a particular pur
pose and not for the treatment of every
case of sickness,” Wilson said. "Hos
pitals primarily are for the care of
cases that cannot be properly treated
at home, that Is, either because of the
nature of the illness or the home con
ditions.
"A physician should always be sum
moned before bringing a sick person,
child or adult, to a hospital. In the
case of the poor, physicians for their
attendance are established in various
sections throughout the city subject to
day and night call.
Police Will Send Doctor.
"A telephone call to a police precinct
station will summon one of these doc
tors. We have found it quite desirable
for a doctor to see a patient before he
goes to a hospital, first, because it might
not be safe to move the patient, and,
secondly, so that the doctor may certify
contagious disease if present for isola
tion."
In both the Dixon and Goddett cases
suspicion of contagious disease was
claimed by the hospitals affected as the
reason for the transfers.
The little Dixon girl, who lived at
1012 Jackson street, was not admitted
to Sibley Hospital, where she received
first-aid treatment for her bums, be
cause her father told the ‘examining
physician she had whooping cough.
The Goddett boy, similarly, was re
fused admission to Emergency Hospital,
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
Brand Whitlock Better.
BRUSSELS, October 14 (JP).— Brand
Whitlock, former Ambassador to Ber
gium, who has been 111 of pleurisy, was
said to be in good condition today and
in a cheerful mood. He is not sure
when he will be able to leave Brussels.
Hospital Staff Stricken.
VIENNA, October 14 OP).— Eighty
physicians, nurses and members of the
staff of the Vienna General Hospital
were stricken today with parayphoid,
a disease akin to typhoid, and were
segregated in special wards. They were
said to be affected In mild form.
CAPONE’S LOSSES
ON HORSES CITED
Gang Leader Was Poor Judge
of Racing Steeds, Defense
Witnesses Say.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 14.—Alphonse
Capone today opened his fight for
acquittal on charges of evading income
taxes with an account of his gambling
losses.
The husky 1 gang leader is a poor
judge of race horses, the jury in United
States Circuit Court was told today.
“He won some bets, but not very many,”
Milton Held, a bookmaker, testified.
Held, although he had no records to
prove it, and could remember no in
j dividual transactions, estimated that
; Capone lost between SB,OOO and SIO,OOO
during the Summer meeting at the
Hawthorne race track in 1924 and
about ff 2,000 in the Fall of 1925 at
i the same track.
I Paid in Pig Bills. ’
“A1 would make bets ranging from
S2OO to SSOO on a race.” Held testi
fied. “and he bet on four or five races
a day. He usually paid his losses with
SIOO bills, but sometimes he gave me a
: SSOO bill.”
Held admitted under cross-examina
tion that his bookmaking was in viola
tion of the law, and said he had fol
lowed the business for 20 years or more
He said he made only about $2,000 at
the track in 1924, "and about that
| much more at my office down town.”
Oscar Gutter, a hunchback bookie,
| who described himself as a “commis
' sion broker, who handled sporting
i events, mostly horses.” said Capone lost
i about $60,000 betting on races at the
| various tracks near Chicago in the
: Summer of 1927. '
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Customers Generally Lost.
“Sometimes he would place $3,000
on a horse to win and $3,000 to place,” i
Gutter said. 1
“Yes. they most generally lost,” he
said, with a smile in answer to a ques
tion as to his customers.
Johnny Torrio. Pete Penovich and
Louis La Cava, all past or present gang !
figures who were originally sub- ;
poenaed as Government witnesses, were
in the Federal building today, sup- j
posedly waiting to be called as wit- |
nesses for their friend Capone. None j
of them was put on the stand by the
prosecution.
Gave Capone Credit.
Gutter was asked if Ca,V>ne had credit
at his “commission house.”
“I knew A1 was fair and honest in
his own business,” was the reply, “so I
gave him credit. That is, he could
make a bet today and settle tomorrow.
I didn't require any security of him ”
The witness said at Capone’s request
he always dealt with him in currency.
The Government questioned Gutter at
length about how he arrived at the
figure $60,000. He said he kept seme
informal records from month to month
"so 1 could figure up my income tax,”
but that he destroyed the records as
soon as he was through with them.
"The business was Illegitimate at
that time,” he explained.
There has been no indication today
that the “big fellow” would turn talka
tive and take the witness stand himself,
but it was no apathetic defendant who
started this fight to escape a Federal
prison.
This trial, into which the Govern
ment has thrown all its resources and
energies, has brought out an alert
Capone, a serious, attentive man ready
with many suggestions for his lawyers.
The Government closed its case yes
terday afternoon. Defense Attorneys
Michael Ahern and Albert Fink ex
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
STATE DEPARTMENT SUSPENDS
TWO TO BREAK UP GAMBLING
Messengers Who Acted as Intermediaries for Clerks and
Bookmakers Penalized in Drastic Drive.
Drastic steps were, taken at the State
Department today to break up gambling
among the clerks. The first move was
the suspension of two messengers with
out pay for a month for having acted
as intermediaries between bookmakers
and clerks in the various bureaus in
placing bets on horse races.
The suspended messengers are John
N. Savage, attached to the Near East
ern Division, and William D. Evans, an
employe in the Visa Office of the Pass
port Division. Evans has been in the
service since 1910 and Savage since
1916. \
The long and satisfactory service of
the two messengers, it was announced,
was the only mitigating circumstances
which prevented mors severe discipli
nary action. *
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ti i rom Pfe»s to Home
Within the Hour* 9
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,895
(&) Means Associated Press.
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
BY ORIENTAL NATIONS
COLLAPSE IN FAILURE
Nanking Representative Refuses
to Continue Conversations for
Fear of Hindering Geneva.
GILBERT, U. S. CONSUL GENERAL,
DISCUSSES ISSUE WITH BRIAND
Johnson, American Minister, Calls on
Chiang Kai-Sliek—Japan Watches Wash
ington—Canton Claims Internal Pact.
By the Associated Press.
While peacemakers labored over the Manchurian situation, China
and Japan broke off preliminary efforts aiming at negotiations of
their controversy.
Each party held to its terms. China insists on evacuation of oc
cupied districts by Japanese before entering upon any direct nego
tiations. Japan requires assurance of the protection of Japanese
lives and property before withdrawing her troops.
The British and American Ministers to China arrived at Nan
king from Peiping to consult with Chinese officials.
Gilbert Calls on Briand.
Prentiss Gilbert, American consul general at Geneva, conferred
with Foreign Minister Briand of France, as also did the Chinese and
Japanese delegates to the League of Nations. Presumably they sought
agreement on the form of American co-operation in League efforts
jto restore peace.
Insurgent Cantonese at Hongkong said President Chiang Kai-
Shek of the Nanking government had accepted terms for internal
peace in China.
American naval vessels in Oriental waters were diverted from
! their intended routine shore leave at Chefoo, being ordered to
1 Shanghai instead, to avoid any misunderstanding.
A Mukden dispatch to the Rengo News Agency < Japan) said
; Japanese planes reconnoitering along the line of the Mukden-Peiping
I Railway were fired upon by Chinese troops aboard a military train,
: and that the Japanese retaliated with bombs.
Japan Watches Washington.
At Moscow there was a conference between Maxim Litvinoff,
Soviet foreign commissar, and Koki Hirota, the Japanese Ambassador.
Previously Hirota had provided the foreign commissar with a written
explanation of Japan's action in occupying non-treaty zones in Man
churia.
Tokio dispatches report the Japanese cabinet as working “in per
fect accord" with the military, with an eye to what action is taken
either at Geneva or by the United States. The Japanese hold that
fundamental differences responsible for the present situation must be
negotiated directly between the Japanese and Chinese governments.
Japan Withholds
Consent for U. S.
To Sit in League
1
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
By Cable to The Star.
GENEVA. Switzerland, October 14.
The League of Nations Council, con- j
ferring without Japan and China to- ;
day, decided to invite the United States
to sit in the council in a consultative ,
capacity. China and Japan then were
asked to concur;. China agreed. Japan
hesitated and said that it must ask
for instructions from Tokio. The Jap
anese maneuver is to separate Geneva
| and Washington and play one against
! the other, it is feared. The test, it
! is said, will be how soon the Japanese
reply will be received and its tenor.
| Those who expected the Council of j
! the League, closely supported by the
United States, to emit thunder and
lightning in a dramatic effort to set- ;
tie immediately the tremendous issues
! now before it. with the world's entire
! Deace machinery at stake, were dis- j
appointed today.
The League's methods are different i
! from that. Tension and excitement. j
j antagonisms and anxieties were all
i under the surface. Outwardly all was
calm and the day passed in a series of !
private negotiations.
Two Main Points.
These negotiations bore two main
! points:
First, the conditions of United States’
; co-operation with the council:
Second, possible ways of dealing with j
the Sir.o-Japanese dispute itself.
The greatest satisfaction was felt \
here, except possibly in Japanese quar- |
j ters. at the report of President Hoo- |
i ver's consent to allow Prentiss B. Gil- !
oert, American consul at Geneva, to
sit in a consultative capacity with the
| council itself. It is understood that
| Washington, after carefully consider
: ing the possibility of formally invoking
the Kellogg pact or the* nine-power j
Washington treaty, or both, decided
finally to confine our public efforts for
the present to co-operation with the i
League in order to concentrate the
whole peace power of the world at one
point and to avoid a conflict of au- j
thority.
Present Status of Dispute.
With regard to the dispute itself, the
following appears to be the situation:
When the Council adjourned Sep
tember 30 after voting a series of reso
lutions designed to enable Japan to
make a graceful retreat, the expecta
tion was that the Japanese_by_today
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Evans and Savage, it was charged,
received small commissions for serving
as runners in placing the bets, and
their act was in strict violation of an
order of the executive departments of
the Government forbidding gambling
during office hours.
The State Department is the second
Government agency to take drastic steps
in the last few years to break up gam
bling among employes during office
hours. Some time ago, George H. Car
ter, public printer, waged h concerted
campaign against race horse betting at
the Government Printing Office, and
severely criticized the Police Depart
ment for alleged dereliction in failing
to close up bookmaking establishments
in the vicinity of the printing office.
•
TWO CENTS.
PRELIMINARY TALKS FAIL.
Chinese Demand Evacuation Before
Further Negotiations With Japan.
i TOKIO. October 14 (/P). —Preliminary
1 conversations designed to open the way
for direct negotiations between Japan
I and China for settlement of their con
j troversy over Manchuria resulted in
] failure today.
! For the time being, at least, there will
be no further private conversations be-
I tween Baron Shidehara. Japanese
j foreign minister, and Chiang Tso-Pin,
Chinese Minister to Japan. The
I Nanking government was represented
jas having taken the view that any
I further such talks might be miscon
strued as indicating China's willingness
] to enter into direct negotiations with
1 Japan before the latter evacuated the
occupied districts.
Vernacular reports of the conversation
here Monday between Chiang Tso-Pin
and Baron Shidehara indicated the
Chinese envoy had insisted upon the
withdrawal of Japanese troops from
Manuchuria as a prerequisite to any
immediate negotiations.
Japan Demands Assurance.
The Japanese foreign minister was
represented as having taken the attitude
that since his country's principal inter
| est in Manchuria was the protection of
Japanese lives and property, China
would have to give assurance of this
i before Japanese soldier; could be re
| called.
Instead of seeking settlement of the
| question by direct negotiation with
Japan, China appealed to the League of
; Nations, asking its intervention. Japan
: has contended before the League Coun
j cil that the Manchurian problem is one
requiring direct negotiations between
the two countries, and not a matter
warranting action by any outside
agency.
The question oP ‘ face,” which evi
| dently meant much to the Chinese,
i entered into the conversations 'between
I the Chinese envoy and the Japanese
j foreign minister.
Chiang contended that his country
| “lost its face” when the Japanese oc
cupied vital points outside the Japanese
controlled South Manchurian Railway
i zone and that China would find it
difficult to begin negotiations until the
Japanese evacuated the positions he!d
since September 18, when the immediate
| trouble started.
The Japanese foreign minister replied
that if China thought so much about
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
i HITS VETERAN POLICY
President-elect Wants Government
to Cease Treating Non-Service
Disabilities.
By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex., October 14.
The governmental program for hos
pitalization of World War veterans Is
under fire of tlie American Medical As
sociation.
Dr. E. H. Cary of Dallas, Tex., presi
dent-elect of the association, announced
4ast night it would ask Congress to
abandon the policy of rendering hos
pital and medical benefits to World
War veterans with nofi-service disa
bilities.
Addressing a banquet of the North
east District Medical Society, Dr. Cary
asserted Federal employes and members
of their families soon •Rti! demand hos
pital attention unless present policies
are changed.
‘‘Doctors," he said, "will become di
vided into Government doctors and
common doctors. Taxes will be higher.
Strike hard against such Communistic
propaganda.”
As a substitute for the present pro
gram for veterans. Dr. Cary said the
association would advocate a plan pro
viding disability insurance with cash
payments during total disability and
liberal benefits to cover expenses during
hoqpUaiizatloq.
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