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dressing the arm of a soldier following a skirmish near
Shanghai. Chinese soldiers who patrolled the streets of
SENATE SPEEDS
MELLON D. L
Within an hour after receiving
the nomination of former Secre
’ tary of the Treasury Andrew W.
Mellon as American Ambassador
to Great Britain, the Senate For
eign Relations Committee this
afternoon favorably reported it to
the Senate. The committee’s
action insured prompt confirma
tion of Mellon, probably later in
the afternoon.
Alexander S. Gregg, one of
Mellon’s earlier proteges in the
department, probbaly will be ap
pointed an assistant secretary in
the new Treasury line-up, it was
reported here today. Gregg has
been in private law practice for
several years.
DR. IKON’S
QUIZ PUSHED
If a congressional investigation
Is instituted at Howard University
because of alleged administrative
indifferences, it was the opinion
last night of many of the local
alumni that in all probability Dr.
Mordecai W. Johnson would re
sign as president.
Johnson, who is the first negro
to head the university, has been
constantly under fire for over a
year. Administrative and faculty
changes and other petty matters,
which are said to have riled
alumni throughout the country
are said to be among the im
portant grievances against him.
Discontent asserted itself last
spring when several of the
alumni, trustees and faculty were
guests at a dinner given in honor
of former Representative Louis A
Cramton of Michigan. Justice
Fenton Booth, later resigned as
dean of the law school, and
James Waters, who the alumni
thought, should have been given
the post, reduced from a
professor io an instructor and
librarian.
DIMS,"BILL
MAGNATE, DIES
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).
Barney Dreyfuss, veteran owner
of the Pittsburgh Pirates base
ball club, died today at 11:45 in
Mount Sinai Hospital following
an operation.
Dreyfuss was 66 years of age.
He had been confined in the
hospital and was operated upon
several weeks ago.
Dreyfuss had owned the Pirates
since 1899 and during his long
regime he had been active in all
affairs of the National League.
He took over the reins of the
Pittsburgh club after coming
from the Louisville club.
He had served as chairman of
the schedule committee of the
National League for many vears.
Huge Birthday Cake
On Way to Sol Bloom
A huge birthday cake, weigh
ing 50 pounds and measuring
24 inches in diameter, is en
route from Spokane, Wash., to
the U. S Bicentennial Commis
sion headquarters in the Wash
ington Building.
Representative Sol Bloom, asso
ciate director, has been notified
by Mrs. T. A. Kofmehl. secretary
of the women’s auxiliary of the
Washington State bicentennial
body, that all the ingredients in
the confection were grown in
the Commonwealth which bears
the name of the first President,
Mills Rich Like Mellon;
Both Love Politics
Born to the social register and
millions, Ogden L. Mills, named
by President Hoover to succeed
his chief. Andrew W. Mellon, as
Secretary of the Treasury, is in
politics because he likes it.
Despite the difference in their
ages, Mills and Mellon have much
in common. Both might be de
scribed as sons of wealth and
privilege And both deserted a
i life of ease and luxury for hard
I work and harder words.
Left Harvard in 1904
Ever since he left Harvard in
1904 Mills has been regarded as
one of those “earnest young rich
men” on whom the country could
depend for the proper manage
ment of its affairs.
His first marriage, to Mar
garet Stuyvesant Rutherford,
daugnter of Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt, sr„ went on the rocks.
And in this, too, he resembles his
chief. But unlike Mellon, Mills
remarried, this time to the for
mer Mrs. John R. Fell, of New
York, one of the most charming
hostesses in international so
ciety.
In marrying both the Ruther
ford heiress and Mrs. Fell he fol
lowed the traditions of his caste.
Aristocrat married an aristocrat,
joining fortune to fortune. It
would be impossible to think of
Mills bestowing either his heart
Princess Loses
$35,000 Earrings
LONDON, Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).
Princess Alexis Mdivani, the for
mer Louise Van Alen, of New
York, reported to Scotland Yard
today that she had lost a pair of
pearl and platinum earrings
valued at 10.000 pounds (about
$35,000), while shopping.
Turkey and Oysters
Mark Lodge Supper
The first annual turkey and
oyster supper of the Forest Oak
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, of
Gaithersburg, will be held in the
Gaithersburg Masonic Hall Feb
ruary 17 and 18 from 5 to 9p.m.l
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BUILDING DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE IN SANTIAGO
THIS PICTURE, brought by airplane to Atlanta, Ga., and transmitted by telephone
from that point, shows one of the narrow streets in Santiago, Cuba, with the build
ings damaged by the earthquake which racked the city Wednesday, |
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Harbin, Manchuria, are shown driven from the city by
rival Chinese declared in the pay of the Japanese. Troops
of the Japanese expeditionary force in Mukden, Man-
l or his name on a bride less blue-
I blooded than himself.
Failure at the Polls
1 This class consciousness was one
1 of the causes of his failure in
. straight politics.
Mills could never forget he was
the aristocrat. When in Con
i gress his fellow members secretly
regarded him as something of a
snob although they could not
help but admit his brains.
His gubernatorial race in New
York, in which Franklin Roose
velt defeated him so emphatically.
; is alleged to have cured him of
certain of his caste defects. Mills
since has tried to be more genial
with lesser folks.
Has Hoover’s Faith
When Hoover was elected Presi
dent it was generally understood
his choice for Secretary of the
Treasury would fall on Mills. Mel
len, it was asserted, planned to
retire. But Mellon stayed on and
Hoover named the New Yorker as
Undersecretary.
As next-in-line for the im
portant post of Secretary, Mills
has worked hard and intelligently.
It is improbable Mellon would
have retired had he not known
the reins would be relinguished
to capable hands—hands he. him
self, had trained to guide the de
, partment.
Hickling Is Honored
By Medical Group
At the first meeting of the
Medical Society of the District
of Columbia last night, Dr. Percy
D. Hickling, District alienist,
was elected chairman of the sec
tion on medical and nervous
diseases. The society was organ
ized last month.
Actress Held Up,
Robbed of Jewels
CHICAGO, Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).—
Janet Reade, former Follies star,
was the victim of four gunmen
who robbed her of jewelry valued
at $1,900 as she was returning
from an engagement at a theater
here early today.
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MIT BOARD
FUNCTIONING
Tentative credit extensions in
emergency cases have been agreed
upon by the Reconstruction fi
nance Corporation, it was learned
tiday.
Regulations under whibh loans
, will be made have been com
pleted, and may be issued tomor
row or Monday. Blank forms
probably will be available upon
which will be placed all data re
quired for the issuance of loans.
The appointment of Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon as ambas
sador to Great Britain and the
promotion of Undersecretary Og
den L. Mills to head the Treasury
will not change the Finance Cor
poration setup.
Either the Secretary or Under
secretary may act as an ex-officio
director. Mills will continue to
represent the Treasury on the
directorate.
AD CLIIBTETES
GDI RITCHIE
BALTIMORE, Feb. s.—ls Gov
ernor Ritchie can believe his own
ears, he stands today the Demo
cratic nominee for the presidency
on the eleventh ballot of the
Democratic national convention,
after Governor Roosevelt of New
York withdrew at the tenth ballot
in favor of the Marylander.
At least, that is what Ritchie
I heard over a special radio set
I last night as he was honor guest
of a dinner of the Baltimore Ad
vertising Club. Mayor Jackson,
George McManus, cartoonist, and
Grover A. Whalen, former police
commissioner of New York city,
heard with the governor the “re
turns” which were “broadcast”
from an adjoining room as a
stunt.
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churia, are shown as they confiscated guns from captive
Chinese bandits or “irregulars.” The guns are tossed
1 on a pile which may be seen in the foreground. Accord-
'PAUPERS'BATH'
SNAGS RELIEF
The fight for enactment of
the Democratic $750,000,000 un
employment relief bill was mate
rially weakened today by the
Tydings proposal to impose a
"pauper’s oath” on all States
claiming Federal aid in meeting
their relief problems.
Democratic leaders, who spon
sored the bill, were fearful adop
tion of the amendment would de
feat the measure. On the other
hand, they worried lest the bill
be rejected in its present form as
a subsidy to the States.
They were confident of securing
enough votes to substitute it for
the $375,000,000 La Follette-Costi
gan bill, which would provide out
right gifts to the States.
The Democratic bill would pro
vide non-interest bearing loans to
the States, for relief purposes, if
the States are unable to secure
loans from any other source.
U, SIRTDE DIL
EXPORTS GAIN
The United States shipped more
crude oil from this country in
1931 than in any year since 1920,
except 1929. The bulk of last
year’s supply went to Canada and
Japan, according to the report
made today by the Department
of Commerce’s minerals division.
Despite the fact that exports
of crude oil increased 8 per cent
in volume last year from those of
1930, the value declined 63 per
cent, the report said. Japan,
which has been steadily increas
ir.r her purchase of crude oil in
this country, took 14 per cent of
the supply, while Canada took
75 per cent of last year’s ship
ments.
The report said that in spite
of a decline in foreign sales of
petroleum products in 1931, the
United States retained a favor
able balance in this trade, the
value of petroleum exports during
the year being almost three times
that of imports. Kerosene ship
ments declined in both quantity
and value in 1931.
IMPORTANT D.G.
BILLS SCANNED
With a variety of local measures
awaiting attention, the full Senate
District of Columbia Committee
will meet late today. Most of the
pending bills and resolutions have
received approval of subcommit
tees, and are headed for the calen
dar of the Senate.
Although not all the legislative
proposals may be reached this
afternoon, the more important
bills include:
Two drastic anti - gambling
measures, designed to padlock
all gaming establishments.
Senator King’s bill to broaden
the power of the District Com
missioners to promulgate neces
sary regulations and ordinances
covering comparatively minor
matters.
Chairman Capper’s bill to
permit formation here of “credit
unions,” co-operative associa
tions incorporated to make
small loans.
GUILfForTsSAULT
Found guilty of assault upon
Rosalie Chambers, colored. Charles
Kelly, also colored, was sentenced
to three months in the Maryland
house of correction by Judge
Woodward in Rockville.
FRIDAY—FEBRUARY 5—1932
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DISARMING CHINESE BANDITS
Ruth Shields Accomplice,
Psychiatrist Believes
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).
Secrets of her love life with J. J.
(Happy Jack) Halloran, Phoenix
millionaire playboy, bared before
a jury, Winnie Ruth Judd, the
young wife of a middle-aged phy
sician, spent Arbor Day, an Ari
zona legal holiday, in jail today
as her attorneys prepared to
challenge the sensational testi
mony of Dr. Joseph Catton, Stan
ford University psychiatrist.
Dr. Catton said Ruth, accused
of killing Agnes Ann Leroy and
Hedvig Samuelson, whose man
gled bodies were shipped in
trunks from Phoenix to Los An
geles, was sane and knew the
difference between right and
wrong.
Dr. Catton in a detailed report
of conversations with Ruth in
ferred she had a “phantom ac
complice” in the “double trunk
murder.” He inferred she was
shielding someone else who may
have aided her.
Dr. Catton said Ruth admitted
Gibbons’Stories
Come Direct
To U. S.
NEW YORK. Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).
This is how International News
Service is receiving dispatches
from Floyd Gibbons, noted war
correspondent, from the Shang
hai battlefront.
Gibbons, after touring the
fighting zone, hastily types his
stories and rushes them by
messenger to the nearest of
several Chinese government
wireless stations at Shanghai.
These are manned by non-
English speaking native opera
tors, but at each there is a
traffic representative 'of the
Radio Corporation of America,
who sees to their prompt trans
mission.
They are radioed directly
across the Pacific to the R.
C. A. station at Point Reyes,
Calif., being received simul
taneously by the R. C. A., sta
tion at San Francisco, whence
they are transmitted directly to
International News Service
editorial rooms in New York
by Western Union.
PAY CUT BILLS
GD TD DALE
Senator Porter Dale (R.), Ver
mont, chairman of the Senate
Civil Service Committee, was to
confer today with members of that
group concerning the advisability
of public hearings on three bills
introduced by Senator Borah (R.),
Idaho, to reduce Government sal
aries of $5,000 and above.
These bills were referred to the
Dale committee by the Senate yes
terday after chairmen of the Fi
nance and Appropriations Com
mittee had protested that they
were “too busy” to consider the
troublesome issue and suggested
the bills be sent to the Civil Ser
vice Committee. In this view Sen
ator Dale, and finally Senator
Borah, concurred and prompt con
sideration and report, either for
or against the measures, was prom
ised by Chairman Dale.
Whether or not public hearings
are held, the bills will not be
long delayed in committee. They
propose 20 per cent cuts in the
pay of members of Congress and
the Cabinet: a similar slash in the
$12,000 annual compensation of
members of the Federal Farm
Board and a sliding scale of reduc
tions in the salaries of all other
Government officials getting $5,000
or more per year.
ing to reports from Harbin today, Japanese troops are
occupying the city. The reports said there has been no
fighting in the city.
her romance with Halloran. He
said:
“She told me she believed a
woman could love two men.
“She told me that no one but
Jack Halloran took a drink at
the girls’ apartment the night
of the crime. She told me that
without Jack Halloran there
would have been no Ruth Judd
case.”
Dr. Catton said he tried to get
Mrs. Judd to tell him the whole
story of the double killing and
that she replied she did not see
where it would do any good and
“would make trouble for others.”
He said she simply closed her
lips and smiled at him when he
asked her if her story “would
involve others” and then refused
to talk any more.
Dr. Catton said Mrs. Judd told
him that she loved Halloran pas
sionately and that she felt sorry
for her middle aged husband, Dr.
W. C. Judd.
REPDRTER DIES
OF INJURIES
Joseph F. Siske, jr., a reporter
for the Baltimore News, died in
Gallinger Hospital last night from
injuries received in an automobile
accident in nearby Maryland sev
eral days ago.
A companion. Frederick K.
Long, also a News reporter, is in
Sibley Hospital with three frac
tured ribs.
Siske, who was 25, was well
known in Maryland political cir
cles, having handled State po
litical news for several years.
Previously, he had served as re
porter for the Baltimore Sun. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs.
E. G. Cover, of Easton, Md.; a
brother, Robert F. Siske; two half
brothers and two half-sisters.
Siske received his injuries when
the automobile in which he was
riding was forced from the road
and struck a tree. ,
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LORETTA BERNARD
WHO IS waiting to be called
to the stand to tell the Phoenix,
Ariz., jury trying Mrs. Winnie
Ruth Judd for the murder of
two women friends that she
saw pictures of Mrs. Judd’s
“dream child.” , ,
BRITISH TARIFF
NEAR PASSAGE
LONDON, Feb. 5 (1.N.5.).
Great Britain’s new protective
tariff bill is well on its way to
becoming a law.
The bill, abandoning the coun
try’s old free trade policy, is ex
pected to be passed by the House
of Commons a week from today
and become effective March 1.
Under it there will be a 10 per
cent ad valorem tariff on nearly
all imports.
Fifty-five per cent of American
imports will be hit under the
law, representing an annual
business of $767,485,000 with the
pound sterling at par.
The dominions will be free
from the new duties at least 1
until the Ottawa Imperial Con
ference in July.
The bill provides for a short
free list, including raw cotton
and wool, meats, fish, and wheat.
NEW QURKE HITS
IT SANTIAGO
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Feb. 5
(U.S.).—Recurrence of strong
earth shocks yesterday spread
panic among the populace of
stricken Santiago, encamped in
parks and public squares. Trem
ors strong enough to bring down
a four-story building in which
an emergency court has been
established were felt this morn
ing. Vigorous measures by po
lice restored order.
Loss in property due to the
quake was placed at between
$15,000,000 and $20,000,000. The.
number of persons killed is 12,
including two babies, and the
injured total about 500. Few
of the injured are seriously hurt.
Special clinics, however, have
been established in buildings un
harmed by the quake. All hos
pitals and asylums are in ruin.
The normal school has been
transformed into a hospital.
Rigid martial law is in effect,
although no case of robbery has
been reported.
PRIZE DOMI
DUE HERE
“Barter,” by the Rev. Urban
Nagle, prize winning play of the
1928 Green Drama Guild, which
has been successfully produced
in several States, Ireland and
Australia, will have its Washing
ton premiere February 16 St.
Dominic’s Church.
The local cast will have the
author in Washington during re
hearsals to direct production of
the play.
The play, a drama of the 24
hours preceding the death of
Christ, shows how life is bartered
for high place, respectability for
power and Christ for mankind.
TRADE EXHIBIT DRAWS
BALTIMORE, Feb. s.—Twenty
two thousand visitors have in
spected the exhibits in the third
annual negro trade-week exhibi
tion at St. Peter Claver’s Hall.
OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT
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