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PREMIER RELIEVED SHOT
IN TOKIO COUP RETURNS
AS FOES ARE CRUSHED
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Secret Is Kept
by Emperor,
Aides.
RELATIVE IS
REAL VICTIM
“Double” Is Killed
in Garden of
Statesman.
Copyright, 1930, by the Associated Press.
TOKIO. February 29.—Premier Kei
suke Okada. proclaimed throughout
the world as a victim of assassins’
guns in Japan's military purge, re
appeared alive and unhurt today as
the rebellious movement collapsed.
His “resurrection,” electrifying a
nation which believed its chief cab
inet officer had been cut down by the
bullets of revolting officers, remained
an official secret until after the 1,000
rebels had surrendered,
i Then the cabinet secretariat dis
closed dramatically that the premier
still lived and headed the government
and that the man slain by the excited
insurgents was his brother-in-law who
closely resembled him.
The mutineers, who sprang a swift
coup at dawn Wednesday, attacked
liberal elder statesmen and seized gov
ernment centers, finally yielded their
positions after the loyal troops rum
bled tanks into place and launched an
advance.
Family Kept Secret.
Hisatsune Sekomizu. the premier’s
private secretary, told the Domei
(Japanese) News Agency tonight that
members of Okada's family knew he
was alive Thursday night, but kept
the matter a strict secret.
The secretary said that when rebel
officers, who made the premier’s resi
dence their headquarters, asked Se
komizu to remove what the revolution
ists thought was the premier’s body,
the secretary said he did so—fully
•ware that the body was that of some
one other than the premier.
“When I saw the body,” Sekomizu
told the news agency. "I realized that
it was that of Col. Matsuo, who had
married the premier's younger sister.
“Matsuo and Okada had very similar
Voices. The rebels appeared convinced
that the body was that of Okada.
“I cannot tell you now where the
premier was during the outbreak.”
Inquest Disclosed.
The secretary also disclosed that an
Inquest was held over the body of the
premier's brother-in-law Thursday
night.
Another report of the news agency
said that Okada apparently hid in a
secluded part of the grounds during
the attack on his residence and later
slipped away to safer quarters.
The United States Embassy an
nounced a check-up of the American
community showed no Americans
were harmed or molested seriously
during the rebellion, despite the ab
normal conditions which gripped the
capital for four days.
While some Americans chafed
against the restrictions of their
movements under martial law, the
embassy announced it found the Japa
nese military was markedly consider
ate of the safety of foreign diplomats
and residents during the crisis.
All the 1,000 rebels surrendered or
were captured, the headquarters of
the martial law administration an
nounced, after Lieut. Gen. Kohei
Kashil's command advanced on the
rebel positions in the center of the
capital, and machine gun firing was
heard.
Bloodshed Avoided.
As far as could be determined im
mediately, however, the suppression
was accomplished without bloodshed,
the insurgents in groups of from 10
to 150 surrendering at various points
as the government troops closed in
on them.
• The announcement that Premier
Okada—one of the tour liberal states
men previously announced to have
been assassinated—was found alive,
came officially from the Japanese
cabinet.
Fumlo Goto, home minister, who
» became acting premier while Emperor
Hirohito, imperial princes, high mili
tarists and ministers sought a new
premier under the insurgents’ insist
ence on their ideal of government,
was formally relieved of his post.
The cabinet secretariat announced:
“When the insurrection broke out,
Premier Okada was reported killed in
the official residence. Now, however,
it is disclosed that the person there
killed was actually Col. Denzo Matsuo.
“It was discovered that Premier
Okada was living unharmed. Yester
day morning, Premier Okada tendered
his resignation to the throne through
acting Premier Goto.”
Okada remained, however, as pre
mier. When he tendered his resigna
tion, Emperor Hirohito commanded
(See JAPAN, Page 2.)
Marooned Man Saved.
JOLIET, 111., February 29 (&>.—Otto
Studer, 58, marooned for two days m
a colony of Summer cottages near
Lorenzo, was rescued last night by a
boating party, which found him
floundering in flood waters and ice.
He was rowed to the farm house of
^Irs. George Naal. herself a virtual
prisoner of the Kankakee River flood
waters,
“Slain” Statesman Returns
PREMIER KEISUKE OKADA.
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RATES TO COURT
Disapproval Follows I. C. C
Order Cutting Passenger
Fare to 2 Cents.
BY J. A. FOX.
Possibility of a court fight by the
railroads to block the passenger far*
cut ordered by the Interstate Com
merce Commission today was in the
offing.
The commission order, issued yes
terday on a 5-4 vote brought immedi
ate expression of disapproval froir
spokesmen for the Pennsylvania and
New Haven, which, from the Cutset
have been, with the New York Cen
tral, principal opponents of the re
duction movement.
Martin W. Clement, Pennsylvania
president, here for a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Associatior
of American Railroads, said until he
had a chance to get back to Phila
delphia and study the decision, he did
not know what his line would do. He
emphasized, however, that the cut
would have "a serious effect on oui
revenues.”
Howard S. Palmer, president of the
New Haven, reiterated opposition tc
the cut, saying that his line derives
more revenue from its passenger busi
ness than any road in the country.
Satisfactory to B. A O.
To the contrary, the commission
order was greeted with satisfaction
by the Baltimore & Ohio, which had
advocated it, W. B. Calloway, general
(See ROAD, Page 2.)
Triplets’ Paternity Questioned.
MIAMI, Fla., February 29 (£>).
Juvenile Court authorities today hac
the problem of determining which oi
two men has the more valid claim tc
paternity of triplets. The 25-year
old mother, in conflicting stories told
to Judge W. H. Beckham, named each
of the men—one from Miami and the
other from West Palm Beach—as the
father. Both have signified their will
ingness to accept parenthood of the
children, now 5 months old. The aid
of science may be enlisted in solvini
the case.
11. $. ALLOWS USE
OF NOME COAL
McCarl Rules Contractors
May Buy From Middle
. Men, Not Producers.
Controller General McCarl, in a
ruling today on the Guffey coal act,
decided that Government contractor!
may buy bituminous coal from middle
men who are not handling code coal.
At the same time he held all pur
chases from producers still must be
made from those who are parties to
the code.
The decision was rendered to the
Secretary of Commerce, who had asked
for an interpretation of that section
of the Guffey act dealing with coal
purchases by contractors for any
public work or service.
This requirement, McCarl explained,
“is only for a provision to the effect
that the contractor for any public
work or service w ill buy no bituminous
coal for use on or in carrying out his
contract from any producer except a
code member. Accordingly, said pro
vision would not preclude purchases of
bituminous coal by the contractor from
a dealer—that is, * bona fide broker,
Jobber, commission merchant, whole
saler or retailer, as distinguished
from a producer or producer's agent
or subsidiary, marketing agency of
producers, as provided for, or other
instrumentality of a producer. In the
case of such purchases by contractors
from dealers, it will not be necessary
for the Government to require that the
coal be produced by a member of the
code."
Furtwaengler Reinstated.
BERLIN, February 29 <£>).—Wil
helm Furtwaengler, noted German
conductor, was reinstated today as
director of the Prussian State Opera.
Furtwaengler resigned in 1934, after
a quarrel with Nazi officials over Paul
Hindemith, the composer who incurred
displeasure because of his marriage
to a Jewess.
Stork Thwarts 400 Physicians;
Is Late for Demonstration
By the Associated Press.
Nature today defeated plans of 400
physicians and surgeons at George
Washington University.
The scientists had gathered from all
parts of the country for an obstetrical
demonstration, which had to be can
celed at the last minute.
The reason was that the babies the
doctors were expecting to be bom re
fused to be bom. The physicians wait
ed and finally were told the demon
stration would have to be postponed
until a May clinic in Kansas City.
The medical profession had come to
watch Drs. Howard F. Kane and
George B. Roth of George Washing
ton University Medical School dem
onstrate a new anesthetic which they
say allows mothers to sleep restfully
through the pains of childbirth.
"I’m sorry,” Or, Kane said, apol
§
ogizing to the visitors. “You all know
that’s the trouble with obstetrical
demonstrations."
The doctor then delivered a lecture,
telling what he would have done had
a child been born at the time.
The substance, which is adminis
tered at the beginning of labor, he
said, is not intended as a powerful
anesthetic for surgical procedures.
The preparation was represented as
enabling the patient to pass through
the process of labor in sound steep
and to awaken refreshed. It has been
hailed by obstetricians as "one of the
most noteworthy steps in doing away
with suffering.’'’
The new formula, a simple mixture
of two' common drugs, paraldehyde
and benzyl alcohol, has been used for
several years in Washington by Dr*.
JEane and Rojh.
; A
Ristine to Make No Recom
mendations in Probe
Findings.
FACTS TO BE GIVEN
PUBLIC WITHIN MONTH
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No Criminal Offense or Civil Lia
bility Cited, Though Certain
“Irregularities” Mentioned.
(Copyright, jpnfi. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
The special investigation of airmail
contracts, begun two years ago by the
Department of Justice after Post
master General Farley’s sensational
annulment order, exonerates the avia
tion companies of both civil and crim
inal liability and makes no recom
mendation for procedure against them.
The report of Col. Carl C. L. Ristine,
special assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral, who conducted the inquiry, is
nearing completion and will be sub
mitted to the Attorney General and
the President probably within 30 day*.
Its contents will be made public.
Col. Ristine, who has been working
quietly and with the utmost secrecy,
refused to discuss the report or to ad
mit that it had been made. Other of
ficials of the Department of Justice
were similarly reserved, but from other
authoritative sources the general find
ings of the report and pertinent back
ground details were available.
It was learned that the official rou
tine of completing and making public
the report in a campaign year had
raised a serious question of political
expediency. There were rumors that
it would be quietly beached, perhaps
to be eased out gently on some calmer
political sea.
On the basis of the known details
of the report, considered in relation
to the wide ramifications of the air
scandal and Mr. Farley's sudden and
overt action, political counselors have
pointed out that .the Government
would be “eating a lot of crow” and
expose itself to charges of “white
washing" if it turned loose the report.
But this the Government has decided
to do, regardless of the above in
ferences, and it Is understood, but
not positively known, that the order
to complete and publish the report
came from the White House.
Col. Ristine’s investigation, made
with the aid of a large staff of
assistants, was conducted under the
Division of Criminal Investigation of
the Department of Justice. Hence it
was concerned with possible offenses
against criminal or civil law, as in
volved in the previous charges of
collusive bidding for airmail contracts
and violation of legal requirements
for competitive bidding. No crim
inal offense is charged and there is
no citation of civil liability or obliga
tion against the air companies. There
is no recommendation for punitive
action of any kind. There is, how
ever, mention of certain “irregular
ities" in the exclusion of independent
companies from bidding.
Rumors Involve Lindbergh.
Loose rumors have been afloat that
the Ristine report would be in some
way embarrassing to Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, technical adviser to Trans
continental Air Transport, and this
irresponsible talk hinted that this was
the cause of the Colonel’s sudden de
parture for England. It can be defi
nitely stated that this is not true. Col.
Ristine saw Col. Lindbergh frequently
and questioned him in the presence of
counsel. The report, this correspon
dent is informed, contains no hint of
impropriety on the part of Col. Lind
bergh, his ownership of a $250,000
block of stock in the air company or
his $10,000 annual retainer.
Col. Ristine, tall, angular, red
headed Missourian, was brought in to
head the investigation through Senator
Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri
They have long been intimate friends
and were war “buddies.” Col. Ristine
got his title in the war and is not a
“Kentucky Colonel,” as he once had
occasion to explain, with some acerbity,
when he was so rated by a hostile
critic. One of his exploits, for which
he received great acclaim, was to lo
cate, round up and bring safely in,
through murderous Are, an entire
“lost battalion.” He is a lawyer of
New Lexington, Mo.
Senator Clark, backing up Senator
Hugo Black, when the latter’s com
mittee was laying down a heavy bar
rage against the air companies, sug
gested that Col. Ristine was sufficiently
competent and sufficiently detached
from all possible political Influence as
to make an ideal man to conduct the
investigation. Brusque, tight-lipped,
indefatigable. Col. Ristine has delved
(See AIRMAILTPage 4.)
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WHY NOT SEND HIM HOME?
GLOVED WILL US
Corcoran Gallery and Cathe
dral Foundation to Get
$25,000 Each.
Although leaving the bulk of his
estate to his family, the will of Charles
Carroll Glover, honorary board chair
man of the Riggs National Bank, who
died Tuesday, provided $25,000 each
for the Corcoran Gallery of Art and
the Protaataa* Ulmpalr CaUttddal
Foundation, it was disclosed today.
The will, naming the Riggs Bank
and his son, Charles Carroll Glover,
Jr., as executors, was filed this morn
ing in District Supreme Court. The
petition for probate, which will set
forth the value of the entire estate,
will be filed later.
After several other specific bequests,
the will, dated December 6. 1923, and
codicils dated September 17. 1925, and
June 1, 1928. left his estate, both real
and personal, to his widow. Mrs. Annie
C. Glover; his daughter, Mme. Eliza
beth L. de Marees van Swinderen, and
the son, Charles C. Glover, jr., in equal
shares.
Family Home to Mrs. Glover.
The widow also was given the old
family home at 1703 K street, with its
contents, and $250,000.
His son-in-law, Reneke de Marees
van Swinderen, the present Nether
lands Minister to the Court of St.
James, was given 100 shares of stock
of the American Security St Trust Co.
A similar bequest was made to his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles C.
Glover, Jr.
Other specific bequests included
$5,000 to Children's Hospital, $5,000
to Frank J. Hogan, counsel for the
bank; $1,000 to Robert V. Fleming,
president of the bank; $1,000 to C.
Powell Minnigerode, and $1,000 to the
Rev. Charles T. Warner.
Family servants were given a total
of about $18,000.
Mr. Glover, long one of Washing
ton’s outstanding citizens, died in his
90th year at his home, Westover,
4300 Massachusetts avenue.
He was the originator of the idea
for a great national Episcopal ca
thedral in Washington and had been
a trustee of the Cathedral Foundation
since its inception.
Mr. Glover became interested in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art through
his association with W. W. Corcoran.
He served the institution as trustee
and president, and later as president
emeritus.
Bequests to Employes.
The bequests to employes or former
employes were: Mahals Hill, $3,000;
William A. Diuguid, $3,000; Edward
Scott, $2,500; Alfred J. Asbersold,
$1,000, and Shirley T. Butler, $1,000.
Mr. Glover directed that the following
amounts be given to six other persons
if they were in his employ at the time
of his death: Arthur M. Swenson,
$1,000; Rosella Alexander, $500; Louise
C. Montgomery, $500; William G.
Bradley, $500; Irene H. Parker, $250,
and John W. Foskey, $200.
A $4,000 trust fund was provided in
addition for Mahala Hill. A prior
will, dated November 20, 1920, which
was revoked in the subsequent will, also
was filed with the court The prin
cipal difference between the two docu
ments was that two $100,000 trust
funds set up for Mr. Glover’s grand
son, Charles C. Glover, 3d, and grand
daughter, Anna Judith Elizabeth de
Marees van Swinderen, in the first
will, were omitted in the secbnd.
PLOTTERS SENTENCED
SOFIA. Bulgaria, February 29 04*).—
A military court pronounced formal
death sentences today on CM. Demyan
Velcheff and Ma}. Cyril Stantseff,
revolutionists convicted of plotting the
assassination of King Boris and fo
menting a rebellion.
The Court of Appeals must act
within seven days if it is to save the
lives of the 'vn.splrators.
Velcheff and Stantseff were con
victed February 27 of participating
in the unsuccessful plot to slay King
Soria October 3, 1938.
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Lost 12 HoursJ
Woman Is Led to
Address by Dog
TRIXIE.
Leads Lost Ladies.
—Star Staff Photo.
Mrs. Pauline Dutrow, 25, a visitor
from Elkton, Va., went for a stroll yes
: terday afternoon and she might have
! been walking yet if Trixie, a non
descript dog, hadn't guided her home
at 3 a.m., 12 hours after she started
out.
Mrs. Dutrow is visiting her brother,
G. E. Gilmer, 214 Indiana avenue.
Although a stranger in Washington,
she went out for a walk about 3 p.m.,
taking Trixie, the brother’s dog, with
her.
When Mrs. Dutrow had failed to re
turn by nightfall, her relatives became
alarmed. They notified police and
canvassed the hospitals. Her hus
band, Ralph, who works at Cheverly,
Md„ also was notified.
At 3 a.m., however, Mrs. Dutrow,
with Trixie leading the way, returned
to Gilmer's home.
She said she had become lost and
spent 12 hours wandering through the
streets trying to find her way back.
Finally, she said, it occurred to her to
let the dog lead the way and Trixie
promptly brought her home.
Mrs. Dutrow said she remembered
being in the park around the Capitol
and on Connecticut avenue, but
couldn’t recall the names of any other
streets. She told her brother she
never thought of asking any one for
directions.
FOUR DIE IN FIRE
London Victims Trapped in
Apartment.
LONDON, February 29 (/*>).—Four
persons were burned to death today in
an apartment house fire in the Soho
district.
A man and his wife were trapped
in the flames, which spread rapidly,
cutting off all exits. An unidentified
woman and a girl were fatally burned.
The exact number of persons living
in the apartment building was un
certain, and firemen searched the
ruins for possible further victims.
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REPORTED BETTER
i Fights for Life After Opera
tion Following Birth
of Son.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 29 —Physicians
attending Countess Barbara Hutton
Haugwitz-Reventlow. seriously ill after
an operation after the birth of her
first child, reported a slight improve
ment Ip her condition today. Their
report followed a lengthy consultation
at the bedside of the countess.
The mother has been seriously ill
at her home since an operation Thurs
day night following the birth of a
7'/2-pound boy Tuesday.
Lord Horder. physician in ordinary
to King Edward, earlier today had said
the countess had a “fairly restful
night." Her personal physician said
! a bulletin would be issued tonight.
| Count Haugwitz-Reventlow, who re
i mained at his wife’s bedside during
most of the night, returned to the
sick room after a short rest.
Obstructions Develop.
The countess, heiress to the Wool
i worth millions, was operated on for
abdominal symptoms of an obstruc
| tive nature. The seriousness of her
condition was disclosed yesterday when
three physicians were called to attend
her.
Lord Horder was already en route
to his country home in Hampshire
after his second visit yesterday, it
was disclosed, when he was called
back to the patient’s bedside. He de
cided then to remain in London for
the night after consulting the three
other doctors in attendance.
Father at Her Bedside.
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow, Dan
ish nobleman, who married the 23
year-old heiress last May in Reno,
announced that the symptoms de
veloped definitely Thursday and the
operation was performed soon after
ward.
The countess’ stepmother, Mrs.
VOCC aUAAOH, AB|C
FIGURES HINT HUGE
RETIREMENT OF ACREAGE
Officials Reveal 50,000,000 Acres
in Production of Crops With
No Foreign Market.
By the Associated Press.
A hint of the gigantic operations to
be undertaken under the new.farm
program was given today when New
Deal officials declared that 50.000.000
acres of land are now producing com
mercial crops for which there is no
foreign market.
The A. A. A. is expected to work
toward retiring much of this land.
The new farm bill, now awaiting Presi
dent Roosevelt's signature, authorizes
payment of subsidies to farmers for
diverting land to soil-conservation
growths or other “economic” uses.
The program will be launched for
mally next week, with the convening
of regional meetings of farmers at
Memphis and Chicago.
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The Noon Edition of The Star after being sold at
the introductory price of 1 cent during the past two
weeks is now firmly established among newspaper
readers.
Commencing Monday, March 2nd, the introductory
price will be withdrawn and the paper will hereafter be
sold throughout the city through newsboys and news
stands at the regular price of 2 cents per copy. •
Ml SEEKS
10 DISPATCH TAX
—
Secluded in Study to Avoid
Interruption in Prep
aration.
METHOD TO BE LEFT
FOR CONGRESS TO FIX
Hundreds of Millions Slash Ex
pected When Huge Requests
Are Acted Upon.
Secluded in his study on the second
floor of the White House, President
Roosevelt today was engaged in writing
the special message he will send to
Congress early next week outlining the
administration’s revenue program to
meet the yearly bonus costs and A. A.
A. invalidation.'
The President said that he will not
have this message ready to transmit
to Congress on Monday as he originally
anticipated, but will get it up to the
Capitol positively by Tuesday.
It was reiterated at the White
House that the President will leave
to the Congress the finding of the
method of imposing the taxes. He
will merely suggest approximately how
much is needed and tell Congress that
the rest is up to them.
Avoids Interruptions.
So as to have no interruptions In
the composition of this important
paper the President stayed away from
his desk in the executive office and
made no engagement for any audi
ences.
During the day he will interrupt his
. message writing long enough to sign
j the resolution extending the neutrality
wuww j sui auuiuci
year, and which has been amended so
as to include restrictions on loans and
| credit to belligerent nations. The
President will make public a statement
; when he affixes his signature to this
legislation.
The tax plans calling for $786,000,
000 a year for the next three years
and somewhat smaller sums tbere
atfer, produced divided opinion in
Democratic ranks and drew cheerful
smiles from Republicans.
Some powerful Democrats, dead set
against such levies in a campaign year,
predicted Congress would slash hun
dreds of millions off the requests.
Others believed the President’s pro
gram would go through virtually in
tact.
Democratic leaders hoped the in
come tax returns next March 15 would
' show enough of an increase to permit
a substantial reduction in the $786,
000,000 figure.
(The administration revenue pro
gram. designed to make up for the loss
of the invalidated A. A. A. processing
taxes and amortize the additional cost
of paying the bonus now instead of in
1945, was made public yesterday. It
calls for $786,000,000 a year for the
next three years, $620,000,000 annu
ally for the following six years; and
$500,000,000 annually thereafter, as
suming that the new $500,000,000 farm
program remains in effect perma
nently.)
Doughton Hints at Slash.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of
North Carolina, of the House Waya
and Means Committee, which will be
gin work on a tax bill quickly, pre
dicted the sum would be nothing like
$786,000,000. But Representative
Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama
said the President’s request would be
met.
“We can’t go on forever with all
outgo and no income to offset it,” he
said. "The President has made up
his mind to balance the regular budget
and he’s going to do it.”
Representative Snell, Republican,
of New York, minority House leader,
said; "Oh, this country is going to
be tax-conscious, all right, and the
sooner it is the quicker this spending
will stop.”
Defending New Deal expenditures
for relief and recovery, Representa
tive Samuel B. Hill. Democrat, of
Washington, said: "We'll get this
money and whatever else is needed
for honest and constructive rehabili
tation of the country.”
The President's program gave new
life to House proposals for inflation
and Senate moves to raise income and
excess profits taxes. Administration
spokesmen said both would be beaten,
but from one Democrat, Senator Walsh
of Massachusetts, came the forecast
(See”TAXES, Page 4.)
ACID BURNS GIRL
Police Arrest Man After Incident
at Seventh and K.
Charged with throwing acid in the
face of Edith Dix, 23 years old, 815
L street, Roy Luttrell, aged 45, 402
Second street, was arrested today.
According to the police report the
girl was seated on a bench in the park
at Seventh and K streets when the
acid was thrown. A passing motorist
took her to Gallinger Hospital.
DAMASCUS CLASHFATAL
DAMASCUS, Syria, February 29
OP).—One person was killed and five
others wounded today in a clash be
tween 10.000 Da mas cans and police
after Nationalist proponents voted to
continue a 40-day strike.
The fighting broke out after a meet
ing in Omayad Mosque, when troops
ordered the strikers to march in double
file. Many refused and others re
mained Inside the pnosque, which was
surrounded by soldiers.
The strike was initiated to force
France, which holds a mandate over
Syria, to make definite promises of
Independence,