REBELS 16 MILES • ■ — ■ - Capture of Villacariedo Is Ciaimed by Franco’s Advancing Force. BACKGROUND— Legions of Gen. Francisco franco have advanced on Santan dm. last remaining stronghold of Spanish Loyalists, during past two weeks after repeated drives against Madrid met unconquerable resist ance.. Franco needs forces from Northern Spain to overwhelm Madrid defenders. By the Associated Press. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron tier, August 21.—Insurgents tonight announced the fall of Villacariedo, one of the largest cities in the ter ritory the government has held south of Santander. Villacariedo is 16 miles south of the insurgents’ north Spanish seaport objective. The announcement, made in a com munique issued from insurgent head quarters at Salamanca, said a num ber of hills and many small villages also were captured. Retreating Defenders Dig In. Retreating defenders of Santander meanwhile dug in at Torrelavega, 12 miles southwest of the city, to keep open the coastal road for govern ment reinforcements from the As turias to the west. Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s legions, using the same strategy which brought the fall of Loyalist Bilbao in June, rushed to cut off provincial highways before advancing on Santander itself. Franco gave notice that he ex pected his army to reach Santander, last government-held city stronghold on Spain's northern coast, within a few days. With good weather, he said, his forces will enter the Biscayan port by next Saturday. Blockaded by land and sea, starving Santander struggled wdth fortifica tions. United States, French and British boats were evacuating foreign ers. Business life of the city had ceased. Civilians helped with the fortifications Bridges Are Rebuilt. Yesterday Franco’s forces gave mo6t attention to establishing a liaison between his advancing columns and to rebuilding bridges blasted in the retreat of government troops. Today the insurgents were pushing toward Torrelavega again—and perhaps an other major battle. Only 25 miles of roadway remained ♦o be taken before Franco could thrust his troops into Santander. His strong columns are hammering through fogs and rains that roll down from the mountain tops, punc tuated occasionally by a broiling sun. The defender*—Basques, Santan derese and Asturians—were favored by the murky weather which protected their mountainside positions from Franco's artillery and planes. But insurgent tanks, infantry and guns moved on through the mud. V. S. Aids 146 Flee Spain. ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France, August 21 (£>).—The United States destroyer Kane brought 146 refugees, most of whom had Cuban passports, from Gijon, northern Spanish port, to St. Jean de Lu* today. Among the refu gees w-ere several Puerto Ricans and one Mexican. Claude G. Bowers, United States Ambassador to Spain, said the Kane would return to Spain Monday for a second group of Cuban refugees, at the request of the Cuban government. Refugees are being evacuated in the face of the insurgent threat to conquer the last remaining strip of government held territory along the northern Spanish coast. FUNERAL RITES TODAY FOR ALFRED Z. BALLS Service* Will Be Held at 2:30 P.M. at Home of Son, Dr. A. X. Ball*. funeral services for Alfred Z. Balls, 80-year-old wholesale importer, will be held at 2:30 p m. today at the home of his son, Dr. A. K. Balls, 3406 Lowell street, where he died Friday of pneu monia Rev. C. G. Marmion, jr., of St. Albans Episcopal Church, was to conduct the services. Burial is sched uled for tomorrow in the family plot In Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Born in England, Mr. Balls went to Canada at an early age and entered the wholesale importing business. He moved to Philadelphia shortly before the turn of the century, continuing in business until the death of his wife some years ago, when he retired and came here to live with his son. During the last few years of his life he trav eled extensively in Europe, Asia and South America. Dr. Balls is a chemist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agricul ture. OF FATAL SHELLING Navy Begins Investigation to Determine Origin of Missile. By thp Associated Press. SHANGHAI. August 21.—The United States Navy today officially • informed'' Japanese and Chinese authorities of yesterday's shelling of the cruiser Au gusta and began an investigation to determine which side in the Shanghai warfare fired the shell that killed one American seaman and wounded 17. The Nanking Central Chinese Gov ernment "deplored" the incident, but stated the shell that hit the Augusta probably was not Chinese. The United States Ambassador, Nelson T. John son. said no official United States action was contemplated now at Nan king because the origin of the shell was not known. A special naval board of inquiry ex amined witnesses of the tragedy, which occurred while the flagship of the i United States Asiatic fleet was lying protectively in the Whangpoo River off the heart of Shanghai. Announcement in Washington. Naval officers said the board's find ings would be announced only after exhaustive investigation and then through the Navy Department at Washington. They declined to specu , late as to whether the shell was Japa | nese or Chinese. Admiral Harry E Yarnell. fleet com mander, took occasion to deny he had informed Washington the shell was Japanese. He also denied he had rep rimanded or protested to either of the belligerents, but recalled that before the shelling he repeatedly had warned both commands of the danger of firing projectiles over American and other foreign warships in the Whang poo. Japanese officials were quick to dis claim responsibility for the shelling of the Augusta, insisting their anti-alr ! craft guns were silent at the time and 1 suggesting the projectiles came from a Chinese trench mortar. I hineae Investigating. O. K. Yui. Mayor of Greater Shanghai, announced the Chinese vol , untarily had begun an investigation to fix responsibility for the tragedy. The flag-wrapped body of Freddie John Falgout of Raceland, La., killed by shrapnel which pierced his heart, was carried ashore from the Augusta by his mates, and his wounded com rades placed in the Marine Corps hospital. Pour were considered seri ously wounded. The Inquiry Board probing the Augusta tragedy W'as composed of Comdr. E. H. Kincaid, Lieut. E. L. Caveny, Medical Corps, and Lieut. H. C. Allan, jr. It was empowered to summon witnesses, proeecute be fore a jury and punish for contempt of court. Admiral Yarnells notification of the affair was made directly to Vice Admiral Ki.voshi Hasegawa, com mander of Japanese naval forces here, and through Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson at Nanking to the Chinese government. Hundreds More to Leave. Hundreds more Americans, mean while. made ready to evacuate Shang hai on the first available boats. Already, about 2.000 have gone out. One hundred and sixty-four United States citizens appealed to the con sulate general for help in returning to the United States instead of going to Manila, w'here nearly all American refugees have been taken heretofore. It was believed that the Dollar liners. President Hoover and President McKinley, now carrying full loads of fleeing Americans to Manila, would return here August 30 to take on passengers for the United States, pro vided the Shanghai situation has not become too dangerous. Next Manila-bound American liners will be the President Pierce, August 24. and President Lincoln, August 28. Consular oflicers said approximately 500 American women residents of Shanghai had declined to leave in spite of the urgent advice of their authorities. Many of them are en gaged in relief work for Chinese refugees and wounded Chinese soldiers. Americans Aid Police. The American company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps was as signed to help the police of the Inter national Settlement in erecting new fortifications along Shanghai's famous Bund, throwing up block houses, sand bag barricades and barbed-wire en tanglements around the settlement’s boundaries. The company is composed of local business men, commanded by Capt. C. J. Doughty, plumbing contractor from San Francisco. The American Cavalry troop of the Volunteer Corps, commanded by Capt. N. F. Allman, formerly of Rocky mount. Va , was relieved of duty for a needed rest. The troop had been on duty several days near the North Sta tion, which was subjected to many | heavy bombings by Japanese planes. Holding its 4-mile sector along the south bank of Soochow Creek was j the 4th Regiment of United States I Marines, swelled by recent reinforce ments from Manila to about 1,150 men. Today they completed a second line of defense, toiling under a broil ing sun, cheerful and confident of their ability to meet any emergency. Marines Defend Settlement. Soochow Creek divides the Japa nese-held district of the International Settlement from the main district, where American, British and other Occidental interests are centered, and if the war comes to the latter area— either through a Japanese debacle or a Chinese attack—it will have to cross the Marine front line. On the Marines’ right is one of the three British Army battalions guard ing Shanghai, the Royal Welch Fusi liers, occupying a portion of the front nearest the present fighting zone in Hongkew, They are in danger from stray shells and showers of anti-alr i craft fragments. Relations between the Leathernecks q n H tVtsa Welchman cm ecn^riallv ! cordial, especially since both regiments ■ served in the memorable relief of 1 Pelting (now Peiping) in the Boxer uprising of 1900 Fires which raged through other sections thus far have spared the international settlement south of Soochow Creek and the French con cession, in which most Americans live and have their businesses. American Properties Razed. But American properties in Pootung and Hongkew are believed te have been destroyed. The American-owned Shanghai Electric Power Co. plant, in the war-torn Eastern district, thus far has escaped damage, although several shells have fallen nearby and the approach of fires today caused the company to evacuate some of its staff. This plant supplies light and power for nearly all international Shanghai. The American volunteers on duty along the Bund had a bloodless clash today with armed Japanese civilians, who tried to force their way into the British Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building. The volunteers dis armed the Japanese, who explained they wanted only to get their de posits in the bank. They explained some 10,000 of their compatriots in the Hongkew district were virtually destitute. The Japanese were turned over to the Japanese naval landing force. *-•-—-. locusts have been almost, practically exterminated in South Africa by a new poison. Congress (Continued From First Page.) construction to build up the American merchan marine. The House had al lowed $75,000,000, which the Senate doubled. Cancer Fund Provided. The conferees approved the $400,000 Senator Bone of Washington had placed in the bill to start the new National Cancer Institute, which is to be established in nearby Maryland. Half of the initial appropriation will be used to buy radium. In all of the supply bills that have gone through since January, this ses sion appropriated a total of $9,389, 488,893. Of this amount approxi mately $4,500,000,000 was for the regular annual requirements of the various Government departments. The three deficiency bills and the un employment relief measure accounted for another $2,647,533,000, of which the new relief fund is $1,500,000,000. The remainder of the total is made up of miscellaneous funds and perma nent annuals. The aggregate ap proved, however, was about $196,000, 000 under budget estimates. With government reorganization and proposed extension of the T. V. A. plan to other sections of the country pigeonholed along with the wage and hour and Supreme Court bills, it wa.' anything but a successful session .‘n the New Deal. Few Major Laws Enacted. Despite the fact that it was in its eighth month, the session enacted comparatively few major laws, al ttMlh It extended the life of a num ber of existing agencies. In addition k. to the housing and farm tenant measures enacted near the end, the accomplishments of the session in clude : Continuation of the functions of Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration. Re-enactment and revision of the neutrality law. Re-enactment and revision of the neutrality law. Creation of a commission to regulate the soft coal industry. A new railroad employes' retirement law. Continuing on a permanent basis the Civilian Conservation Corps. Extension of the time for entering into reciprocal trade agreements. Plugging- loopholes in Federal tax laws, and continuing the duration of so-called nuisance taxes. A two-year extension of the admin istration's powers governing the sta bilization fund and alteration of the weight of the dollar. The bill giving Supreme Court Justices the right to retire volun tarily with pay. Justice Vandevanter subsequently exercised the option to retire, and the President appointed Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama, a strong administration supporter. Sightseers on Hand. The usual crowds of sightseers who gather on adjournment day to watch Congress rush through its last-minute batch of bills, were at the Capitol early yesterday and lingered through out the day. But, aside from the verbal outburst against Senator Guffey the galleries found little to thrill them during the remaining hours of the session. After both Houses bed given final approval to the housing bill, the Sen A * i at* took a recess to await House ac tion on the conference report on the deficiency supply measure. It en countered some opposition in the House because of the cotton loan amendment, but was adopted after Speaker Bankhead left the chair and took the floor to support Majority Leader Rayburn in seeking action. As soon as the House acted the Senate reconvened and promptly adopted the report after five minutes of debate. Lewis Is Applauded. Just before the Senate adjourned, Senator Lewis, Democrat of Illinois, was applauded by some of his col leagues when he made a plea that verbal clashes, such as had occurred earlier in the day between Democratic Senators, be not construed abroad as indicating "a divided America." In conclusion, he declared: "Ever faithful to our devotion to America, we stand—and stand we —a united people in a united Na tion—without constitution as our shield—and our oath registered In heaven pledging our lives for God and country," he said. As the gavel was about to fall for adjournment, the chair handed down the greeting the President had sent through Vice President Garner, which read as follows: "Mv Dear Mr. Vice President: "Before the adjournment of Con gress, will you be good enough to ex tend to the Senate my regards and good wishes. “I hope that during the coming months all of you will have a happy vacation. "Very sincerely yours, "FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.” a i Chinese Women and Girls Called to Aid Army Chinese women and girls are urged to do their share in the war with Japan. The women are shoivn carrying timber to be used by the Chinese Army in building emergency bridges to replace those destroyed by the Japanese in the Peiping sector. —A. P. Photo. I t Europe Needs Reorganized Peace Machinery, Journal ist Says After Survey. Bs the Associated Press. QUINCY, 111., August 21.—A news paper editor who went to Europe in search of a formula for peace told his readers today the League of Na tions should be reorganized. Without the League, Europe “will continue forever to be a yvelter of diplomatic intrigue and the field of bloodshed,” C. F. Eichenauer, editor of the Quincy Herald-Whig, asserted in his columns. But, he added: "As constituted at present the League is wholly ineffective.” "Europe continues to feel that the greatest disservice to the world was America's refusal to take its share of responsibility in the League,” the editor continued. "European his torians give Woodrow Wilson a posi tion among Americans next only to Lincoln and Washington. "The League is failing only as the nations that compose it fail. • • * Its influence may be restored if the League 1s reorganized.” Editor Eichenauer wrote from his observations and conversations with foreign authorities during a two month tour abroad. He said he be lieved a general European war is "not probable • • • for several years.” He explained: "The people do not want war be cause they know the never-ending distress that war brings. The rulers do not want war because they hesi tate to take the responsibility and consequences. The general staffs do not want war because none is sure that it can win. The experiences of the past year in Spain prove that the short, quick war is not possible.” -• U. S. STANDS AS ONE, LEWIS DECLARES Colleagues Applaud Vigorously as Senator Speaks at End of Bitter Session. By lh« Associated Press. Senator Lewis. Democrat, of Illi nois, expressing fear that the contro versy within Democratic ranks might be misunderstood in foreign countires, said in the Senate yesterday that America would "stand united" in in event of trouble from abroad. In a peroration which drew almost unprecedented applause from his col leagues, the Senator said: "Sirs, proclaim to mankind that though other nations may with their partisan spleen rip their Institutions to fragments—or by the swing of sword and bayonet shiver the spirit of affection, and slit their union of life, driving all to the abyss of an archy—it shall not be so with this, our United States. "Here in this Senate we may assail with content and conflict, still, when the hour calls to repress every emo tion but that of patriotism, it is then as with sacred Samuel when called to royal power—we respond: 'Here am I.’ "Ever faithful to our devotion to America, we stand—and stand we will—a united people in k United na tion—with our Constitution as our shield—and our oath registered In heaven pledging our lives for God and country.” ■-• Op era tor of Lift And Senator Green Play Tennis Today Youth Embarrassed on Asking Companion About Work. By the Associated Press. A youthful elevator operator in the Senate Office Building met a familiar looking man in a corridor. "Didn't I see you playing tennis the other day?" he asked. The elderly man replied that he probably had and started a discussion of the game. They agreed on a match, to be played today. "Do you work around here?” the elevator operator asked. “Yes,” repli«l the elderly man. "sometimes here and sometimes in the Capitol." “Well, what kind of work do you do?” “Oh, I’m a Senator.” Senator Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island plans to keep his tennis date with the embarrassed operator. Three-Fourths of Gateway to Inner Asia Still in Their Hands. B> the Associated Press. NANKOW, China, August 21.—The battle for Nankow Pass thundered into its second week today with three fourths of this historic gateway to Mongolia and ‘Inner Asia still In Chinese hands. The Great Wall of China, which for 2,000 years has been a rampart against Mongol and Tartar hordes from the Northwest, was serving as a barrier against the invader from overseas, who today is going the other way. Here it crosses the Nankow defiles in 10 separate parallel walls. A powerful Japanese expedition (es timated by the Chinese command at Nanking at three regular divisions) for the eighth day hurled its heaviest artillery blast at the pass defenses with little gain. Chinese forces in the Nankow area have been estimated at 90,000. Shells Blast Wall. Big Japane.se shells blasted tons of huge gray bricks from the wall and white smoke puffs from its ramp„rts, evidently from mortars, located the otherwise Invisible defenders. Japanese infantry advancing labor iously along a rocky ci;eek bed at the bottom of the defile drew heavy Chinese fire. The battle at Nankow was not the most important phase of the cam paign in North China, where a Japa nese army, steadily approaching a strength of 100,000 men, was in con tact at many points with Chinese forces estimated at 11 divisions, or some 150.000 men. The Japanese were attempting to extend their conquests of the past six weeks, which have given them domination of Peiping. Tientsin and all of Northeastern Hopeh Province. (Japanese military officer in Pei ping reported a heavy battle at Iianghsiang, 21 miles by the Pel ping-Hankow Railway southwest of Peiping. Chinese columns advanc ing from the southwest were said to have precipitated the battle, but the Japanese said it was going in their favor.) r ive-Hour Artillery Due!. A terriffic five-hour artillery- duel was fought today. Heavy rains have impeded the advance of the Japanese, who appeared to be taking their time, content to blast at the Chinese with artillery and air bombs until the weather clears. The Japanese have taken about 3 miles of the 12-mile bottle neck through the mountains. Under heavy bombardments the Chinese have given wav only from a quarter to half a mile daily since August 14. There has been little hand-to-hand fighting. The Japanese do not seem anxious to come to grips at close quarters. At sunset their 6-inch howitzers a mile behind my vantage point thundered in an ear-splitting barrage, the echoes rolling through the defiles j for what seemed like minutes after each explosion. Rain Washes Out Japanese. This was ended by a cloudburst, which washed out Japanese units try ing to rest in the creek bed. Inside the pass the Japanese have about 2.000 horses and donkeys and some 400 American-made motor trucks running a constant stream of supplies to the front. Their part ol the pass is lined with camps and am munition depot'. Along the railroad running through the pass the Japanese are constantly running armored cars from which they spray the Chinese with machine-gur fire. The Chinese, as they give ground, blow up the bridges, but the Japanese engineer troops repair them quickly. LEWIS ASKS EXTENSION OF FIREARMS MEASURE Maryland Legislator Would In clude Revolvers, Pistols Above .32 Caliber. Representative Lewis, Democrat, ol Maryland Introduced yesterday a bill to amend the national firearms act by extending the provisions to cover revolvers and pistols of .32 caliber or over. He explained that this was done to carry out the recommenda tions of the Attorney General that traffic in firearms should be placed under appropriate supervision. The bill would impose a registra tion tax of *1 on the transfer ol every pistol or revolver of the caliber of .32 or over. Lewis said the pur pose of the bill is to assist the States in the administration of their con cealed weapons law. Seeking Aid IN U. S. TO ENLIST HELP FOR GEN. FRANCO. NENA BELMONTE A young Spanish girl, who is in Neiv York to seek support for Gen. Franco and the Nationalist cause in the Span ish civil war. Except for a younger brother, all the other members of her family have lost their lives in the war. —Wide World Photo. Manila Shelters Americans, Cleans Up Damage of Temblors. Br the Associated Press. MANILA, August 21.—Under a presi dentially proclaimed "state of emer gency," Manila tonight surveyed its earthquake damage, sheltered the first contingent of American refugees from Shanghai and prepared to receive still more distressed nationals from the Chinese-Japanese war rone. The list of known earthquake in jured mounted to 62 in Manila and adjoining provinces and scores of others were reported hurt in Tayabas, I coastal province east of here. Reports from the provinces indi cated widespread damage, particularly i in Tayabas. where every home in the town of Albat was badly damaged. Many of them collapsed. Four church towers toppled in La 1 guna Province and church buildings over a wide area showed great dam age. Many Buildings Damaged. The two earth shocks, which oc j curred 24 minutes apart last night. ; cracked or otherwise damaged many , j Manila buildings. The Refugee Relief Committee re- | ported the 376 Americans ar.d Fili- \ pinns who arrived here last night from : Shanghai just ahead of the earth quakes had been housed. Some of the refugees were suffering ! from shock induced by the earth trem ors as well as from their brush with death in passing the Chinese-Japanese battle lines five days previously. President Manuel Quezon proclaimed the state of emergency in Manila and ' the rest of Rizal Province, as well as • in Mountain Province, locale of an other refuge, to prevent manipulation ; of food prices and other profiteering. Quezon enjoined all government de partments and all Filipinos to extend aid to refugees. To Care for Refugees. | The President said the government ; would be glad to assist financially in caring for the refugees while awaiting a United States congressional appro priation for that purpose, if the Red Cross was unable to meet the situation unaided. The commonwealth made available 26 cottages and 17 suites in govern ment center buildings at Baguio, the Summer capital in Mountain Province. Approaching Manila was the second refugee contingent of 1.000 aboard the Dollar liner President Hoover, which left Shanghai yesterday. The 1,000-mile run from Shanghai to Ma nila requires about four days. Trade between the United States and the Netherlands Indies is double that of a year ago. MARINES’ FAMILIES LEJMZONE 60 Wives and Dependents Evacuated From Shanghai in Last Few Days. Sixty wives and dependents of officers and enlisted men of the 4th Marines, stationed at Shanghai, have been evacuated aboard the steamships President Jefferson, President McKin ley and President Hoover, the Navy Department announced yesterday. The following were evacuated yes terday aboard the President Hoover: The wife of Lieut. Qol. W. H. Rupertus, the wife and two children of Maj. Merritt A. Edson, wife and two children of Maj. Francis I. Fenton, wife of Maj. Martin J. Kelleher, wife and two children of Maj. Paul Lesser, wife and son of Maj. Blythe G. Jones, wife and three children of Maj. Leland S. Windier, wife of Capt. Melvin G. Brown, wife and two children of Capt. William E. Burke, wife of Capt. George Cloud, wife and two children of Capt. Wallace E. T. Green, wife of Capt. John B. Hill, wife and two children of Capt. R. E. Hogaboom, wife of Capt. lyiuis A. Hohn, wife and daugh ter of Capt. Shelton C. Zern, wife a«d son of First Lieut. James B. Biagler, wife and son of First Lieut. Harlan C. Comper, wife of First Lieut James M. Masters, wife of First Lieut Eustace R. Smoak, wife of Second Lieut. Harry A. Randall, wife and daughter of Chief Marine Gunner Victor H. Cren Ica. wife of Quatermaster Clerk Ellis, wife and son of Marine Gunner Tom Woody, wife of Platoon Sergt. John F. Fesslno, wife of Sergt. Arnold C. Hofstetter, wife of Comdr. Virgil H. Carson, Medical Corps, U. S. N.: wife of Lieut. Comdr. Henry G. Ralph, Dental Corps, U. 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