300.000 to 400,000 Reserve
for Reinforcement Are
Seen by Italians.
By the Associated Press.
ITALIAN GENERAL HEADQUAR
TERS. November 12.—The Ethiopians
were reported by Italian scouts today
to have armies of a quarter of a
million warriors, with more than that
In reserve, to oppose the Fascist In
vasion.
Before the northern front. Ethio
pian commanders were said to have
177.000 men. In the east were report
ed to be 40,000 warriors. The Gov
ernor of Harar. objective, ot the drive
from both north ana south, was cred
ited with 20,000, for a total of 237,000.
Ras Seyoum Has 50,000.
*'To these should be added between
BOO,000 and 400,000 destined to rein
force sectors under attack and to pro
duce an encircling movement,” said
Cl. published Italian report.
' The forces in the north were de
scribed as being divided, with 50,000
under Ras Seyoum, 70,000 under Ras
Kassa. 50,000 under Ras Imru and
•7.000 in Emperor Haile Selassie’s im
perial guard.
Adversary •’Baffled."
The report stated: "The unforeseen
Italian advance by the army corps
toward unforeseen objectives has com
pletely baffled the adversary.
• Finding it impossible to construct
n new plan of war according to the
tactical necessities produced by recent
developments, the enemy army is
completely unprepared to meet our
action and is compelled to retire
toward the regions in the south.”
ITALIANS REINFORCE FRONT.
Thousands of Fresh Troops Are
, Moved Forward.
' ASMARA, Eritrea. November 12 VP).
—Thousands of fresh troops moved
'up today to bolster Italy’s northern
front in Ethiopia.
■ The Silva division marched beyond
Edaga Hamas, about 15 miles south
east of Adigrat on the route to Makale.
> Two thousand camels also moved
toward Makale to reinforce the fleets
Of trucks, bringing up munitions and
■upplies.
The mass movement of troops com
plicated the problem of Italian engin
eers. seeking to construct satisfactory
Xoads.
Every new man going forward meant
several pounds more of food supplies
and water to be carried daily.
The troops themselves passed safely
©ver the new roads, but under heavy
rains the great trucks were reducing
construction work of weeks to mud
and puddles.
When the rainy season sets in again
next year it is evident the problem
of maintaining roads—difficult even
during the present unseasonable rains
—will be increased tremendously.
Unless new roads are built with solid
foundations it would seem major
bodies of the Italian troops must be
Withdrawn.
ETHIOPIAN PLANE TAKEN.
fhip Reported Discovered in Seizure
of Mahale.
ROME. November 12 f/P).—Proof
that the Ethiopians have at least
some small airforce was given today j
tn an official Italian communique.
The announcement told of the dis- j
eovery of an abandoned Ethiopian i
plane, still in good order, in Makale.
Sanctions
(Continued From First Page.)
the end of the conflict and conform-'
Ing with the spirit of the Covenant,” j
the note stated, “augments its gravity j
|tnd assures its prolongation.”
Condemnation of the imposition of t
financial and economic sanctions was;
energetically expressed in the note, '•
which asserted they have never been 1
adopted bfore, even under greater |
provocation. Italy, the note aaid.
would resist these measures most
resolutely.
Circumstances Held Unjust.
“Such sanctions will be applied for
the first time against Italy,” the
communication continued, “in cir
cumstances of fact and law which the
Italian government and people con
tend are unjust and arbitrary, and i
against which the royal government:
must therefore raise the most reso
lute resistance.
“Prohibition of every Italian export
Is more than an economic measure;
it is a true act of hostility, which am
ply justifies inevitable Italian counter
measures.
“Sanctions and counter sanctions
torill bring in the end the gravest con
sequences of a moral and psycholog
ical nature, provoking spiritual dis
turbances that will continue a long
time after these sanctions have ceased
to function and wdll have achieved a
result aggravating the world's eco
nomic discord.”
SEVEN POINTS IN PROTEST.
Synopsis of Note Is Made Available
by Rosso.
By the Associated Press.
- A synopsis of the Italian protest
dispatched to all sanction-approving
nations was made available here last
night by Ambassador Augusto Rosso
after he had submitted it to the United
fitates Government for its information.
The note contained seven points, as
fallows:
Point 1. Refers to Italy’s note to the
League on October 7 and to the objec
tion by the Italian delegate against
the Geneva Italo-Ethiopian delibera
tions. Rejects the accusation that
the Italian government has violated
its obligations under the League pact
and says that Italy renews the
•‘strongest and fullest protest against
the seriousness and injustice of the
procedure adopted against Italy.”
Italy’s Stand Confirmed.
Point 2. That events since the last
meeting of the League Assembly have
confirmed Italy’s stand with regard
to Ethiopia, both on juridical and
moral grounds. It says that large
sections of the Ethiopian population,
headed by their civil ana religious
authorities, have put themselves under
the protection of Italy and calls atten
tion that the Italian government has
abolished slavery in all territory It
has occupied in Ethiopia.
Point 3. Without acknowledging
the reality of the facts, the League
has applied strictly the letter of the
covenant and killed its spirit. Through
a very hasty procedure, it says, the
governments of many states have been
brought to envisage the application
upon Italy of measures of pressure
suggested by a co-ordination commit
tee which is not a proper organ of
the League of Nations. Italy does not
Parents View Body of Slain Daughter
Mrs. Lillian W. Botkin of 1445 N
street, who went to Hyattsville Jail
yesterday in an attempt to offer
assistance to Aubrey Hampton, held
for investigation. Police refused to
let her see the prisoner. Mrs. Botkin
is one of Washington's few women
taxicab drivers. She said she had
known Hampton for some time.
recognize the legitimacy of the com
mittee, it adds.
Point 4. The embargo on arms and
munitions to Italy and the free sale
of such materials to Ethiopia is a
measure which can only have the
effect of aggravating the special situa
tion which the Italian government had
denounced to the League and which
has compelled Italy to take urgent
measures for the protection of the
security of her African colonies.
Point 5. The Co-ordination Com
mittee has decided the application of
many measures of economic and finan
cial character without taking account
of the fact that sanctions of this type
were never applied before in other
conflicts.
Point 6. The boycott on Italian
exports, more than an economy meas
ure, is a real act of hostility whith
amply justifies Italian counter-meas
ures. Although Italy is an interested
party to the conflict, the note adds
Italy does not believe it is less ob
jective when it says that the artificial
attempt to cut off from the world
economy a market of 44,000,000 people
contains the danger of having immedi
ate repercussions on the lives of mil
lions of workers throughout the world
Point 7. Italy, which derives her
status as a founder-member of the
League from sacrifices of blood paid
in order that the League might oe
created, has not wished up until now
to leave the Geneva organization be
cause she wanted to prevent as far as
possible dangerous complications.
PROTEST EFFECT DENIED.
-:—
British Sources Say Sanctions Won't
Be Diminished.
LONDON, November 12 (A>).—
Authoritative British sources said to
day it was inconceivable the present
Italian protests would have any effect
on the application of League of Na
tions’ sanctions against Italy.
It was stated by these sources that
the protest of Premier Mussolini would
not affect the conversations being held
by Sir Eric Drummond, the British
Ambassador to Rome, with II Duce and
which, it is expected, will be resumed
today or tomorrow.
These conversations, stated informed
sources, are solely designed to remove
the tension between Italy and Great
Britain.
It was stated authoritatively that
the British government would find un
acceptable any delay, postponement, or
cancellation of any sanctions against
Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Loring, parents of slain Corlnna
Loring. are shown as they left the Gasch funeral parlors after
viewing body of girl. Mrs. Florence LoJacona, sister of Miss Loring,
is shown in the background.
—Star Staff Photos.
Detective Lieut. Joseph Itzell. ace
investigator of the Baltimore Police
Department, who is assisting Mount
Rainier and Prince Georges County
officers in solving the baffling case.
_ i
Loring
'* (Continued From First Page.)
Mount Rainier said Corinna Loring
had at least three life insurance
policies totaling some $4,500. and that
part of the insurance contained a
double indemnity clause in event of
a violent death. Investigators refused
to state the name of the beneficiary
when the policies were taken out. al
though they were understood to have
been of long standing.
The brother of Miss Loring's
fiance. Harry E. Tear, 201 Channing
street northeast, today described as
“made out of whole cloth" published
reports that Richard Tear had been
friendly with a woman former inmate
of St. Elizabeth's who was insanely
jealous of him.
This denial was seconded by Leo
F. Lo Jacono, one of Tear's best friends
and the brother-in-law of the mur- !
dered girl. Lo Jacono. a fellow at- j
tendant at St. Elizabeth's, introduced j
Tear to Miss Loring about four
months ago.
The brother-in-law said Tear had
few woman friends and was never
engaged to be married until he real- 1
ized “the right girl had come along" !
when he met Corinna. The couple i
had been engaged for several months
and planned to be married in Wash- ;
ington last Wednesday, two days after '
the bride-to-be vanished from her:
home.
Miss Loring had planned to spend |
the evening of her disappearance at j
home. She was there when her mother j
left at 8 o'clock on the night of No-;
vember 4 to go to church.
Between the time Mrs. Loring went
out and the arrival of Tear shortly
before 9 p.m., the bride-elect disap
peared. In that time she had changed j
from a light house dress to street cloth- I
ing and a coat, indicating she had
changed her plans and had gone out
to meet some one she knew.
Lieut. Itzel today was awaiting a
report from the Bureau of Standards
on a comparative analysis between a
length of cord found in the Loring
home and the twine which the mur
derer used to strangle the girl. The
detective was particularly anxious to
know if the pieces had been broken
or merely cut with a knife, although
declining to say what significance this
might have.
Several strands of human hair
found under the coat sleeve of the
murder victim have been submitted to
the Justice Department for analysis.
Itzel saiu he had no report on this
examination up to noon today.
John T. Duever, police commissioner
of Mount Rainier, expressed the con
viction that Miss Loring was murdered
a considerable time before her body
norial Service
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war President (right), photo
graphed leaving the Washington Cathedral after attending the Armistice
day service at the tomb of her late husband.
Miss Mabel Boardman, secretary of the American Red Cross, is
shown with Mrs. Wilson. —Underwood U Underwood Photo.
was brought to the spot where it was I
found. Duever pointed out that heavy j
rain had fallen Thursday, and there
was no indication about the clothing
to show the body had been exposed to
the elements, it was said, however,
that the parts of the clothing not ex
posed to the sun and air were still
damp when the body was found.
Duever pointed out that the pine
clump where the body was found had
been visited frequently last week by
small boys and hunters exercising
their rabbit dogs.
Chief Plumer. however, stuck to
the original theory that the girl
was murdered at the spot, probably
shortly after she left home. Blood
stains were discovered 40 feet from
where the body lay. and Miss Loring's
wrist watch and earrings were located
where they were trampled into the
earth as if during a struggle. It was
said that a body could not have bled
so pofusely at any considerable time
after death.
Arrests Plan Altered.
Chief Plumer Indicated yesterday
that he expected to arrest a woman
in connection with the case. This
plan was altered, however, when Lieut.
Itzel took charge of the investigation
at noon yesterday at the request of
State's Attorney Alan Bowie of Prince
Georges County. Itzel and Bowie were
in conference today on further plans
for the investigation.
Lieut. Itzel indicated he would not
seek to question Mrs. Loring regarding
Corinna's movements on the night j
she disappeared, until after the girl
is buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery
tomorrow.
Lieut. Itzel is credited with “break
ing" many murder mysteries, includ
ing the Brady bombing case in Seat
Pleasant.
After conferring with Police Chief
Plumer and Sergt. Ralph Brown of the
Prince Georges County force, the lieu
tenant quizzed Tear for more than an
hour and then was closeted with
Hampton for a somewhat longer
period.
Stenographic statements were taken
from both of the men before they were
returned to their cells. While not be
ing questioned. Tear whiled away the
tedious hours of his confinement by
reading detective stories in three
magazines brought him by his broth
ers. H. E. and J. C. Tear of Wash
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MAYOR CONFERENCE
WILL OPEN MONDAY
Officials of All Large Cities Are
Expected to Attend Annual
Sessions Next Week.
Mayors and city officials of prac
tically all large cities of the country
are expected to attend the annual ses
sions of the United States Conference
of Mayors here next week. The con
ference Is to open on Monday and
close Wednesday noon.
Among those invited to address the '
conference are Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau, Secretary of Labor
Perkins, Attorney General Cummings,
Relief Administrator Hopkins and
Senator Wagner of New York. Dis
trict Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
is scheduled to welcome the confer
ence to Washington Monday morning.
Delegates to the sessions are to be
received at the White House on Tues
day afternoon.
Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwau
kee is president of the conference and
Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York
is vice president.
I 1
Amateur Sleuths, Already
Helpful in Case, Haunt
Site of Murder.
If the Corlnna Loring murder mys
tery is not solved soon, the failure
cannot be laid to any lack of ama
teur sleuths.
Ever since the garroted body of the
attractive bride-to-be was found on
Saddleback Ridge Saturday, the spot
has had a fascination for would-be
detectives, acquaintances of the Lor
ing family and the morbidly curious.
A constant stream of men, women
and children came to the death scene
yesterday. Pointing to a darkened
bit of pine-needle-covered earth be
tween two evergreens, one by-stander
would tell another. “That’s the place.”
The crowd ranged from ragged
street urchins to silk-gowned society
matrons who were driven to the ridge
in chauffeured limousines. Women
outnumbered men yesterday by at
least three to one.
Prying under leaves, overturning
stones, scanning every scrap of paper
and trying to distinguish between tree
roots and hair, the army of amateur
detectives strained every nerve to un
earth clues which might help police.
Most “Clues” Valueless.
Sharp-edged stones, sticks, papers
and bits of string have been brought
to Police Chief Eugene Plumer of
Mount Rainier by well-meaning
searchers. Most of the “clues” thus far
collected have, of course, been value
less, although the discovery of the
body Itself, of Miss Loring’s watch and
earrings, of a man’s glove and of a
paper containing a bloody thumb
print—the most Important evidence
now in the hands of police—all were
made by civilians.
The place where the body was
found is on the 37-acre Hoover estate,
within the corporate limits of Mount |
Rainier. Many of those who visited
it, scaring away the rabbits which
normally constitute its chief inhab
its nts, have been inspired by the
memory of important "finds” by
amateur sleuths in other sensational
murder cases. It was three newsboys,
prying about the Brady home in
Seat Pleasant, who found parts of
th. bomb that killed four persons
there in the New Year day bombing
of 1930.
Many Hunt Souvenirs.
Souvenir hunters were noticeable ^
among the crowd yesterday. Some :
women were seen taking twigs from
pine trees which shrouded Miss Lor
ing's body, and picking up pebbles
from the spot, slipping them into their
pc ketbooks before they left the scene.1
The varied reactions of the visitors
were fascinating. An elderly, gray
haired man, apparently regarding the
sod where Miss Loring's path to the
altar ended so tragically, as a sacred
spot, took off his hat and bowed his
head.
Scores of school boys scampered
through the woods, prying for clues,
and having a great time throwing
photographer’s flash bulbs against
stone, viewed the scene like case
hardened detectives.
There were many who made the
normal exclamations of “awful,”
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"horrible” and "ghastly,” but for the
most part of the crowd seemed in a
good humor, at times in high spirits.
A red-haired school girl, clutching
her books in her arms, paused be
tween two pine trees and asked a boy
about her age, “Where did they find
her?”
“Right where you’re standing,” he
answered.
With a shriek she jumped and ran
to Cedar street.
PEYSER LOSES FIGHT
FOR FEE OF $87,500
Supreme Court Refuses to Review
Maryland Decision Denying
Claim From McLean.
Julius I. Peyser, local attorney, yes
terday lost his fight in the Supreme
Court to collect $87,500 from Edward
B. McLean, former publisher of the
Washington Post, which he claimed as
his commission in an attempted sale
of the paper.
The court refused to review the de
cision of the Maryland Court of Ap
peals, which denied Peyser's claim
previously allowed by the Maryland
Circuit Court for Baltimore County.
Peyser formerly was counsel for
McLean, who was trustee of his fa
ther’s estate, which included the news
paper. He claimed McLean withdrew
approval for sale of the newspaper
in 1931 for $3,000,000 to a corporation
headed by David Lawrence. This,
Peyser contended, deprived him ot
his fee.
Peyser claimed the American Se
curity & Trust Co., also named as
trustee of the McLean estate, had ad
vocated offers of William Randolph
Hearst after the Lawrence proposal
was before the court for final ap
proval. The paper later was sold to
Eugene Meyer.
CITIZENS MAY HOLD
FEWER MEETINGS
Park View Group to Vote oa
Constitution Change at
Next Session.
Facing dwindling attendance at its
monthly meetings, the Park View Citi
zens- Association voted last night to
consider the possibility of reducing
the number of meetings to three or
four per year. A ballot In the mat
ter, which involves an amendment to
the constitution, will be taken at the
next session In December.
Of a total membership of more
than 300, only seven were present last
night.
Election of officers is scheduled for
the December meeting. F. V. Hale,
president, was nominated last night
for re-election. Other officers pro
posed for additional terms are B J.
Kroger, vice president; John S. Cole,
secretary, and H. H. Moore, treasurer.
Fred S. Walker and F. E Smith were
nominated delegates to the Federation
of Citizens’ Associations. Miss Emily
Scrivener, Walter S. Beller and Mrs.
R H. Prescott were nominated for the
Executive Committee.
The group, which met at the Park
View Platoon School, was addressed
last night by Mrs. B. A. Chandler, a
representative of the American Red
Cross. She discussed home accident
prevention.
Resolutions were passed indorsing
the Community Chest and opposition
to congestion in street cars on the
Seventh street line.
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