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i HE WEATHER
Fair, with lowed temperature about 32 4a
fraas tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness
with slowly rising temperature; rain Tuesday
afternoon or night; gentle shifting winds, be
coming southeast and increasing Tuesday.
Temperatures yesterday—Highest, 42; lowest,
32. (1931 —Highest, 42; lowest, 30.)
FuU uxatAer report on page S.
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News Service snd ilnlrersat Service
Japan Agrees to Punish Consul’s Assailants
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CIVIL COURT TO TRY HAWAIIAN SLAYING CASE
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Shoemaker Says He Killed Girl, 6
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Charles Bischoff Took Marian
McLean’s Body to Cellar
Where It Was Found
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. 11
(1.N.5.). —Charles Bischoff. 45,
shoemaker and owner of a
tenement house, confessed to
day he killed 6-year-old Marian
McLean and hid her battered
body in the basement of the
tenement house, police an
nounced.
The child’s body was found
shortly before Christmas day.
Bischoff was sa’d .o have made
his confession after an intensive
grilling that began Saturday.
“It’s My Nature”
He was held since the day of
the tragedy, when he rushed wild-,
eyed out of his home into the
arms of firemen searching for
the iiu«t girl.
Bischoff was quoted as saying:
“I guess it's my nature —
nature is a funny thing.”
County Prosecutor Robert Gor
man said Bischoff’s case would
be presented to the grai d jury
probab'-’
Indictment Sought
A first-degree murder indict
ment will be asked.
The purported confession was
made in the presence of J. W.
Briskill, assistant county prose
cutor; William E. Hopper. R. H.
Freeh, and Dorothy Black.
Bischoff resisted all efforts to
wring a confession from him un
til authorities staged a spectacu
lar scene. Capt. Lynn Black, a
deputy, rushed into police head
quarters and, pretending to be a
relative of the McLean family,
threatened Bischoff.
The deputy locked up another
deputy, posing as a prisoner, and
later brought him before Black
with his head swathed in ban
dages to hide “cuts” received in
a “fake beating.”
Frightened at “what they do to
balky prisohers,” Bischoff con
fessed to killing the little girl.
D. C. Supreme Court
Decision Overruled
The Supreme Court today
granted the petition of the Gov
ernment for review of a decision
of the District Supreme Court
which modified the anti-trust de
cree against the “big five” pack
ers to extent of permitting them
to engage in wholesale food lines.
The case was set for argument
February 29.
CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance as of January
8. $419,861,894.17; expenditures.
$24,872,262.27; customs receipts,
SB-827,950.19.
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MARION McLEAN
A 45-YEAR-OLD shoemaker of
Cincinnati confessed today to
killing Marion McLean. 6, just
before Christmas. He gave po
motive for the crime. •
WIFE OF GANDHI
ARRESTED
BOMBAY. Jan. 11 (1.d.5.).
The wife of Mahatma Gandhi, In
dian nationalist leader facin'’ ban
ishment for his activities in be
half of Indian independence, was
arrested today as the British
government continued its wide
spread campaign to crush the na
toinalist movement.
Mrs. Gandhi was taken into
custody at Bardoli along with a
group of nationalist leaders, in
cluding several other women, on
charges of aiding the peasants of
that region in furthering their
"no-tax” ,cam"' ~n against Brit
ish author! s.
Serious outbreaks were re
ported from Karachi, where 30
were injured after police charged
a public demonstration, and at
Srinigar, where a mob of 10,000
stormed a jail and freed three
prisoners.
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SPANISH STRIKERS RIOT
BARCELONA, Jan. 11 (I.NJS.).
Severe street fighting broke out
in Valladolid today in further
disturbances between strikers and
police.
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JAP PENALTY
SATISFIES
STIMSON
Consul’s Assailants Punished,
Officers Order to Express
Regrets, Closing Case
•The Japanese government
has ordered “drastic punish
ment’’ meted out to the two
Japanese soldiers who made an
unprovoked attack on Culver
B. Chamberlain, American vice
consul, in Manchuria.
The United States government
has agreed to accept this as a
settlement of the incident.
Announcement to this effect
was made today by Secretary of
State Stimson.
An interpreter who joined in
the attack on Chamberlain was
previously dismissed.
Stimson has suggested that
punishment of Major General
Minomiya and his immediate
subordinate officers be remitted.
He said the Japanese govern
ment submitted four actions to
satisfy the American Govern
ment:
I 1. Military interpreter involved,
dismissed from service, to be tried
by military court martial.
2. Two military policemen in |
. attack subjected to military
punishment; Major General Mino
miya, as head of military police,
also to be disciplined.
! 3. Acting Consul General at
I Mukden and Major General
Minomiya ordered to call at
American Consulate and express
sincere regrets for incident.
4. Japanese Consul General at
Harbin and military commander
there instructed to call at Amer
i ican Consulate and express to
Chamberlain their regrets,
FILM DIRECTOR
WINS ‘JUNE’
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 11
(1J4.5.). —Her type of beauty too
fragile for the screen, Lady In
verclyde, the famous “June” of
the English stage, has abandoned
hope of a film career.
She will return to London and
plead with her husband for a di
vorce, so she can marry Lothar
Mendes, she said today in an ex- j
elusive interview. Mendes is a
German actor and director in
Hollywood and is the divorced
husband of Dorothy Mackaill, the
English girl who became an Amer
ican film star. Said Lady Inver
clyde:_
“I hope to arrange for a di
vorce when I get to London.
But I don’t know if I can. Lord
Invercylde refuses to divorce
me. In England a wife can di
vorce her husband on only
three grounds — unfaithfulness,
desertion or wife beating. He
has never given me any cause
to sue him on these grounds.”
Lady Inverclyde has the unique
distinction oi being a divorcee in
I the United States and a married
' woman in England. She ob
tained a divorce recently in Reno
from Lord Invercylde.
New Mexico Swept
By Severe Blizzard
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M„ Jan.
11 (I.N.S.).—Another blizzard
raged through northern New Mex
ico today. Highways were im
-1 ssable in the northeastern part
of the State and train service
was behind schedule. Heavy
losses were predicted by cattle
■mei. in the vicinity of Clayton.
FRENCH BALK
GERMAN
LOAN
Reprisals Follow Reparations
Repudiation; Import Tax
Also Is Considered
; France today blocked ex
tension of ]00.000.000 marks
' credits to Germany as her
. first act of reprisal, following
repudiation of reparation ob
ligations by Chancellor Brue
ning Saturday.
Directors of the Bank for In
ternational Settlements, meeting
at Basle. Switzerland, were in
formed the Bank of France had
no. decided whether it would re
new its share of the credit.
Decision to Wait
Immediate extension had been
universally expected, but the di
rectors announced full approval
' would await the French decision.
Despite vigorous objections oy
France and Belgium, the German
government stood by its guns. It
announced that, in addition to
suspending cash oayments, it
would make no further deliveries
of goods ( deliveries in kind un
der the Young plan), which
amounted to $119,000,000 an
nually and went mostly to France
and Belgium.
Import Tax Planned
* France apparently has no
thought of attempting to collect
by expensive military operations,
but is studying a scheme for a
boycott of Germany by levying a
heavy tax on German imports
Negotiations for a close Franco
German accord are expected to
be suspended immediately.
The important radical socialist
paper L’Ouevre calls upon the
French government to suspend
debt payments to the United
States, if Germany defaults.
The British cabinet studied the
situation for two hours. It was
authoritatively stated at the con
elusion of this session that Great
Britain teels Germany has com
mitted a tactical error and has
made it almost impossible for her
to wring important concessions
from France at the Lausanne rep
aration conference. January 25.
BRIAND RETIRES
TEMPORARILY
PARIS, Jan. 11 (IJJ.S.).—Aris
tide Briand; minister of foreign
affairs, will probably retire tem
porarily from political life.
Failing health, brought on by
the rigor of numerous conferences,
has caused him to consider with
drawing.
Contrary to widely circulated re
ports, Briand never displayed
signs of having suffered a para
lytic stroke, International News
Service was reliably informed,
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Screen Writer Dies;
Police Order Probe
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11 (1.N.5.).
Under mysterious circumstances
James G. Alexander, wealthy
screen writer, was found dead in
his Hollywood home and police
today determined that an au
topsy should determine the cause
of death, listed at first as pneu
monia.
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1932 '
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THESE MEN with Joseph Kahahawai were accused
of attacking Mrs. Thomas H. Massie last September.
Kahahawai was slain early Saturday morning in Hono
lulu. Mrs. Granville Fortescue, society matron, and
her son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, are being
held in connection with the slaying. The men are
Horace Ida, David Takai, Henry Chang, Benjamin
Ahakuela and Kahahawai.
SENATEORDERS'
HAWAII PROBE
The Department of Justice was
ordered by the Senate today to
make an immediate .investigation
of conditions in Honolulu, where
more than 40 white women have
been assaulted in recent months.i
and where Mrs. Granville Fortes
cue and her son-in-law, Lieut.
Thomas Massie, are now accused
of killing a native who had as
saulted Mrs. Massie.
The resolution of investigation
was sponsored by Senator Bing
ham (R.) of Connecticut, chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Territorial and Insular Affairs. It
was adopted by unanimous vote.
The Attorney General was di
rected to investigate the affairs
in Honolulu and report promptly
to the Senate his findings on the
"administration and enforcement
of criminal law in the territory of
Hawaii.”
The inquiry would include both
police and administration and
affairs of the prosecutor’s office.
It called, too, for recommenda
tions from the Attorney General
on the necessity for changes in
the administration of the islands.
The resolution was adopted
without debate. The whole pro
ceeding required but a minute. It
occurred a half hour after Sen
ator McKellar (D.» of Tennessee
had introduced another resolution
calling for a Senate inquiry.
GIGANTIC ARMS
GUTPROPOSED
By LINTON WELLS
(Copyright, 1932. by International
News Service!
CHELWOOD GATE, SUSSEX.
England, Jan. 11 (1.N.5.) .—A pro
posal that the nations of the
world be stripped of military air
planes, submarines, tanks, large
caliber guns and ships of more
than 10.000 tons displacement
was made here today by Viscount
Cecil of Chelwood in an exclusive
interview with International News
Service.
Lord Cecil, for many years Eu
rope's chief proponent of disarma
ment, will unleash the "heavy
guns” of his "war against war”
When the international arms con
ference assembles at Geneva next
month under auspices of the
League of Nations. He said:
“I would be glad to see the
present prohibitions on Ger
many applied to the whole
world.”
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■JONESDIDDUTY,
5115 MOTHER
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan 11
j (I.N.S.).—"My boy was only stand
ing guard; he was’ just doing his
duty as an enlisted man,” said
Mrs. Emily Jones,,mother of Al
j bert Jones, under arrest in Hono
j lulu in connection with the slay
ing of Joseph Kahahawai.
The mother, formerly of North
Adams, today was at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. Carrie Don
inger. She said:
“I cannot see where my boy is
to blame. Enlisted men do
what they are told to do and
go where they are sent.. He
obeyed orders, doing as he was
trained and taught.”
Alfred W. Jones, a brother, said
Albert had made no request for
aid from his folks.
The accused Naval man is 31.
He has followed the sea since he
was 16.
Edward J. Lord, of Milford, the
other enlisted man held in con
nection with the slaying, has been
in the Navy five years. He is a
fireman, first class, aboard sub
marine S-22.
Spanish Star Given
New Nose in America
MADRID, Jan. 11.—Maria Lad
ron Guevara, Spanish actress, has
returned to Madrid with a purse
full of American dollars and a
new nose. The dollars are the
result of several weeks work in
Hollywood in an all Spanish film.
The nose is the work of a Cali
fornia surgeon.
Maj. Gen. E. E. Booth
Goes to Philippines
Major Gen. Ewing E. Booth to
day was assigned to command the
troops in the Philippines, succeed
ing Major Gen. John L. Hines,
who returns to Washington for
duty. Booth now commands the
First Cavalry Division at Fort
Bliss, Tex.
Flying Athletes
Hop to Washington
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Jan. 11
(1.N.5.). —Thirteen cadets of the
United States Flying Corps
basketball team and Lieut. C. W.
Cousland, forced down here
Saturday and held by bad
weather, today hopped off for
Bolling Field, Washington.
N. Y. Central Tracks
Derail 25 Full Cars
DUNKIRK, N. Y., Jan. 11
(IN.S.).—Traffic on the New
York Central railroad’s main line
track was blocked for several
hours today when 25 loaded coal
cars were derailed here.
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Five Men Accused
of Attacking Navy
Officer s Wife
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KAHAHAWAI
MAJ.FDRTESG U E
GRAVELY ILL
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (1.N.5.).
Doctors said today a turn for
the worse in the condition of
Major Granville Roland Fortes
cue, ill from pneumonia, probably
will cause indefinite postpone
ment of his projected trip to
Honolulu, where his wife and son
in law are under arrest charged
with the murder of a Hawaiian.
The shock of the news
aggravated the major’s illness,
from which he was up to then
recovering.
Kenyon Fortescue, attorney,
brother of the major, declared he
did not see how his relatives
could receive a fair trial in the
territorial courts, and said a
change of venue should be asked.
The only word from *he
major’s relatives in Honolulu was
from Miss Helene Fortescue,
youngest daughter of the major.
Safe Near Police
Station Is Looted
A safe in the branch office of
the American Ice Company, diag
onally across the street from the
Fifth precinct station, Seven
teenth Street and Rhode Island
Avenue Northeast, was robbed
early today for the third time
in two months. The office was
entered with a duplicate key and
the combination of the safe
worked. Cash of $21.76 and
checks totaling sll were stolen.
2 Killed, 2 Dying
In Highway Crash
FREDERICKSBURG. Va.. Jan.
11.—Two Washington negroes
were killed, two perhaps fatally
injured, and four hurt when their
sedan crashed into the side of a
produce truck nine miles north of
here last night, on the Richmond
Washington highway.
The dead are Hattie Coleman,
13, 2301 H St. N. W., and James
Dickerson, 30. taxi driver, 1751 Wil
lard St.
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Mrs. Fortescue, Son-in-Law
and 2 Others to Face a
Hearing This Week
HONOLULU, T H, Jan. 11
fl N.S.). —The fate of the four
Americans charged with taking
the law into their own hands
in killing of a native ac
cused of attacking the beau
tiful young wife of a naval
officer will be decided in a
civil tral by a civilian jurv.
This was announced today by
Montgomery Winn, attorney for
Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Wash
ington society woman: her son
in-law. Lieut. Thomas H Massie,
U. S. N„ whose wife had been
attacked by five natives; and
two enlisted men of the Navy,
E. J. Lord and Albert S. Jones.
Winn admitted that he had
been unable to overcome the ob
jections of County Attorney James
Gilliland to surrender to the Navy
the four, accused of having shot
Joseph Kahahawai.
A 46-year-old judge of Scotch
and Irish ancestry will probably
hear the case. He is Albert N.
Cristy, a graduate of Brown Col
lege at Providence, R. I. Judge
Cristy, a short, wiry man, is
known as a stem jurist.
Honolulu Quiet
That no attempt will be made
to seek a conviction of the four
charged with killing Kahahawai
on first degree murder charges
was learned today by Interna
tional News Service. The city
attorney’s office probably will ask
trial on a much lower charge.
The situation in Honolulu,
where beneath a surface of out
ward calm seethed a turmoil of
bitter racial feeling, continued
quiet with territorial police vigi
lant to prevent any open rioting.
At Scofield Barracks, 22 miles
from town, the regular Army
forces stood ready to take over
the situation should it become
necessary.
Winn confessed frankly that he
was afraid trouble would result
should Lieutenant Massie. Lord,
and Jones stand naval court mar
tial and be acquitted.
Sentiment Divided
Sentiment in Honolulu was
sharply divided. The natives and
those of mixed blood insisted, for
the most part, that Kahahawai
was innocent of the attack on
Mrs Massie.
“They are murderefc. they
are murderers,” natives were
heard to mutter about the
Americans.
Many members of the white
colony, however, pointed to the.
fact that the attack on Mrs. Mas
sie occurred four months ago, and
although there was a trial of five
men suspected of the crime, it
ended with a hung jury and jus
tice was still unsatisfied.
Although high Navy officials
have consistently refused to com
ment on the case, it was known
that feeling has run high in offi
cial circles over the persistency
(Continued on Pi-ge 2, Col. 2)
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