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Evening star., 1928-12-17
LEAGUE WILL MEET
IF WAR BREAKS0UT
BRAND Announces Special
Session of Council Would
Be Held at Paris.
Ry The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LUCIANO December Tiff either
Bolivia or Paraguay formally declares
wer a special session of the Council OF
the League Of Nations will be convoked
at Paris by Foreign Minister BRAND as
president of the Council.
M. BRAND made this announcement
to newspaper men today shortly after
sending new cablegrams to both the
disputants insisting upon the dangers
to peace which result from contact be-
tween the military forces and the two
countries. He urged Bolivia and Para
quay to avoid incidents which might
compromise the specific settlement of
their dispute.
Special advices received during the
night from League representatives in
Paraguay said that mobilization was
proceeding actively along the Paraguay
and Bolivian frontier. The dispatches
added that squadron of alrplanes was
maneuvering with the Bolivian Army.
M. BRAND did not conceal his anxiety
over the news related in the dispatches
and the new protest from Bolivia that
disputed territory. Arrangements were
made that upon his departure for Paris
he would be informed Of any further
grave development in the situation.
Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general
of the League, will telephone to M.
MasSigli of the French foreign office,
who directs League affairs there, should
any events demand instantaneous at
tention of the foreign office, and the
foreign Office will, in turn, telegraph
the foreign minister at some station
along his route.
When he left for Paris, at am, he
said he had received no additional COM
municationS from Bolivia and Paraguay
since that from Bolivia announcing the
capture of Fort Boqueron.
The new messages to the South
American countries were sent after
word had been received from the Bo-
livian government of the new frontier
clash at Fort Boqueren. One was ad-
dressed to Foreign Minister TamaSo
Elio of Bolivia, and referring to the new
clash said:
1.-The fact which you bring to my at
tention demonstrates with the greatest
clearness the danger for peace created
at the frontier by contact between the
military forces of the two countries and
the urgency. to which the Council calls
your attention, Of adopting measures
calculated to avoid new incidents which
would be susceptible of compromising
the success of all pacific procedure.
IT commit myself to insist anew on
the suggestion made to you by the Coun-
Gil as to receiving the solemn asSur-
anceS of your government to respect the
obligations of the League covenant"
Evening star., 1928-12-17
MOBILIZATION DECREED.
Glasses Between Is and 20 Years Are
Affected by Orders.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, December II
P.-Partial mobilization of Paraguayan
forces has been decreed. The classes
affected by the decree are those be-
tween 18 and 90 years of age. They
must report for duty before tomorrow.
Both chambers of Parliament being in
recess, the decree was read before the
council of ministers by President Gug-
giari The action was described as be-
ing considered necessary to provide for
defense.
Before the decree was made public,
advlces from the Paraguayan forces in
the border region of Chacc stated that
Bolivians had seized four forts, three of
which were later reoccupied by Para
guayan troops. The commander said
that six Paraguayan soldiers had been
killed in the encounter, as well as two
Bolivian officers. many Bolivian SOL
diers and uniformed Indians.
Plane Drops Bombs.
The ministry of war also announced
in an official bulletin that a Bolivian
airplane had dropped four bombs while
flying over Bahia Negra, none of which
exploded Bahia Negra, which is also
known as Puerto Pacheco, is in tho dis
puted territory, about $50 miles north
of ASuncion and the Paraguay River
The commander of the Paraguayan
forces in the Chaco said that the Bo-
livians had attacked Forts MariScal
Lopez, Valois, Rivarola and Gen
Genes. The Paraguayans had resisted
for eight hours, although the attack
ing forces are stated to be superior in
the point of numbers.
The commander added that the Bo-
livians were finally repulsed by a
squadron commanded by Lieut.. Cas-
tagnino, which reoccupied Forts Va
lois, Rivarola and Gen. Genes.
Communique Issued.
The ministry of war in its announce
ment gave this version of the fighting
at Fort Boqueron:
"A large force of Bolivians attacked
our Fort Mariscal Lopez, which was
defended by only 80 men under the
| command of Lieut.. Russo Padin. In
view of the superior training of the
enemy, after an energetic resistance, the
ParaguayanS retired"
| Word of the attack on the forts
started tremendous demonstration OF
| patriotism in the capital. Citizens bear
| ing banners with patriotic inscriptions
paraded to the palace, headed by brass
bands. There they cheered President
Guggiari and the country. Many women
marched in the parades, some wearing
dresses adorned with the national COL
ors-red, white and blue.
| Hundreds of men, including cadets
| from the military academy, volun-
! teered their services before the mobili-
Evening star., 1928-12-17
CRISIS CALLED BLOW
AT LEAGUE PRESTIGE
Bolivia and Paraguay First Mem
bers to Take Up Arms Since
Organization Was Formed.

BY Gable to The Star and New York
Herald-Tribune.
LONDON, December 1.-THE hostili-
ties between Bolivia and Paraguay were
regarded as serious blow at the pres
tige Of the League of Nations in polit-
ical circles here last night. This is the
first time since the League was formed,
it was stressed here, that peace had
been broken by two nations, both of
which are signator1es to the covenant.
The dealing with the dispute by the
Leagues Council was scored severly in
Labor and Liberal opposition quarters.
The Daily Herald, official mouthpiece
of the Labor opposition, said in an
editorial today:
THE fact-unpleasant but inescapable
remains. The covenant has been vio-
lated and the League has been treated
as a thing of no account"
The paper comedies that there are
excuses for inaction, saying: Bolivia
and Paraguay are American states.
They come within the somewhat inter-
Action by the League might cause awk
ward complications with the United
States"
The Herald nevertheless concludes:
1.-THE new situation thus created with
all its implications and with all the
questions it poses must be faced frank
ly and squarely by all who are in the
League The greatest disservice that
can be done IS to finch from facing
it. That, unhappily, is precisely what
the statesmen who, at the moment,
form the Council of the League have
chosen to do. Confronted with a diff
Guilty, they have almost literally run
away from it. Bolivia and Paraguay
have struck hard blow at the League.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-17

the League Councils request to have
all the facts put before it.
Paraguay's actions in the latest Incl
dent were termed not only further
unfolding of Paraguayan aggression,
but also trans-aggressions against sol
emn pacts which nations civilized have
evolved to maintain the peace of the
world"
Manifestation for United States.
The American legation here was the
center of a popular manifestation for
the United States late last night, more
than 10000 persons paraded before the
building.
The direct cause of this was publica-
ton of dispatches stating that two
former American Ministers to Bolivia
were making press campaign in favor
of Bolivia and that three American
aviators had offered to serve in the
Bolivian Army.
The demonstration was so insistent
that David E. kaufman, American Min
lister, was forced to say few words
He told the crowd that in critical mo-
ments Bolivians must realize the great
Evening star., 1928-12-17
100 ARE REPORTED KILLED.
Unofficial Advices Say Bolivian Losses
Were Light.

were Light.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, December II CP).-
Unofficial advices of the fighting in the
border district, Chaco, state that more
than 100 Paraguayan soldiers have been
killed. The Bolivian losses we're de-
scribed as light. 1t was added that
Bolivian troops had captured 80 wagons
loaded with provisions and munitions,
a large tractor and numerous prisoners.
The foreign office authorized all lega-
tions to say that the army had not been
modified 1t was added that the clashes
at the forts in the Chaco region we're
participated in only by border garrisons
SiIes Counsels Serenity.
When word of the Bolivian victory at
Fort Boqueron (MariScal Lopez was re-
ceived, men, women and children we're
moved to patriotic frenzy They pa
raded the streets of La Paz and gath
cred in front of the national palace,
where the clamor of the crowd brought
President Siles and Foreign Minister
Elio from their offices. The President
and the foreign minister spoke to the
assembly and counseled serenity.
Among the Bolivians killed at the
fort was Second Lieut. Jose Miguel
Villaneuva Charvarrai Three brothers
of the officer called on the President
and asked permission to march against
the Paraguayans. The President en-
braced them with deep emotion.
Another Note to League.
Another note was sent to the League
of Nations and described the fighting
at Boqueron. After relating in an
abbreviated form the circumstances of
the first clash on December 6, at Fort
Vanguardia, the note said that it was
hoped then that further clashes could
be avoided. The incident at Fort Bo-
queron was then mentioned In the claim
made that 1t was provoked by further
Paraguayan aggression.
The note made no appeal for inter-
vention by the League of Nations. 1t
concluded with the statement that 1t
was only being sent in compliance with
Evening star., 1928-12-17
LAUDS OPEN DIPLOMACY.
DR.. SEE, Chinese Minister, Addresses
Georgetown Fraternity.

The desirability of open as opposed
to secret diplomacy was urged last night
by the Chinese Minister to this coun-
try. DR.. Sac Ke Alfred SEE, in an ad-
dress at banquet of Delta Phi Epsilon
Fraternity in the Willard Hotel. Delta
Phi Epsilon is made up of students in
the Georgetown School of Foreign
Service.
DR.. Gustavo Gutierrez, representing
Cuba at the Pan-American Conference
on Cancellation and Arbitration, also
spoke. His address was given in Span
lsh and was translated by Benjamin
Cohen. DR.. William F. Notz, dean of
the School of Foreign Service. presided.
Evening star., 1928-12-17

loaded with provisions and munitions,
as well as numerous prisoners.
Blockade Could BE Applied.
The news that the League Council
planned special meeting If war is de-
clared brought TO mind its action in
the dispute between Bulgaria and Greece
where the Council checked hostilities
several years ago Both Bolivia and
Paraguay are members of the League
of Nations, and 1t was pointed out that
In the event that the countries disre-
garded recommendations and went
ahead with warlike activities the
penalty provided by article Is Of the
League covenant could be applied. This
might take the form of an economic
blockade
From both Paraguay and Bolivia
came news of meetings that evidenced
great popular feeling and both govern
ments have received assurances Of sup
port from all classes of citizens. The
dispute between the two countries is of
long standing, centering around claims
of both to territory on the frontier.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Opportunity No. IL.


A broken home. For not only has the
father totally forgotten his RESPONSE
bility to his family and the mother been
forced to shoulder the burden. but tlnd-
ing her salary by far too small to meet
the demands of a family of five. she has
been forced to part temporarily with
two of her children. When she thinks
of her children growing up without the
guidance of mothers love she feels
that at all costs she must have them
with her again. With Christmas ap-
preaching she can think of nothing
which would cause her more rejoicing
And $24 week, or 81 ,248 for the year
will reunite the home and allow the
mother to devote her entire time TO her
children.
Amount asked for. ............. 81 ,248
Still needed. ................. $1,248
Opportunity No. II.
For many years this couple lived hap
PLY together. They have no children
and no near relatives. The old man,
who is quite vigorous. would gladly con-
tinue to support his wife, but jobs for
the aged are few, and besides he is
nearly blind. The wife seems very frail
to have stood the wear and tear of 85
years, but though her flesh is weak her
spirit is not. She insists on keeping
house as best she can, watched over and
helped by her devoted husband. 1t
would be cruel to separate them.
1t takes only SIG q week. or 1892 a
year, to keep this couple happy for an
othr IL months.
Evening star., 1928-12-17

zation order was issued. They asked to
be sent Immediately to the scene of hos
tilities. Political parties united in the
face of the crisis and organized auto
mobile caravans, which drove about the
city urging all to volunteer their serv-
ices to the government.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Grand Duchess Marie Visits U. s.

NEW YORK, December IT CP)-
Grand Duchess Marie. a first cousin Of
the late Gear Nicholas II of Russia, ar
rived yesterday on the liner Paris for
her first visit to America.
Evening star., 1928-12-17

ness of peace, and expressed the hope
that Bolivia's present difficulties would
be settled pacifically
Evening star., 1928-12-17
BOLIVIA MARCHING
ON ANOTHER FORT,
PARAGUAY REPORTS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
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Blockade Could be Applied.

loaded with provisions and munitions,
as we'll az numerous prisoners.
Evening star., 1928-12-17
Opportunity No. IL.

Opportunity No. IL.
Left by her bigamist husband face to
face with the problem presented by her
eight small children, a colored mother
has not allowed herself to become en-
bittered. Although home-making Is of
necessity her sole profession, she has
made a great success of it. Each morn
ing George, John, Billy, Jane and Annie
all go off to school eagerly, faces shining
and their clothing spotlessly clean.
Teddy, Joe and Margaret, the little
ones, play contentedly among them
selves all day. The mother trusts that
those who have made this possible viii
not deny her help when the childrenS
whole future depends upon the continu-
alton of their happy home life.
The $26 which is needed weekly Cor
Evening star., 1928-12-17

Still needed. d.................. $1,317 |
Opportunity No. Z.
Fate has played a queer trick with
14-year-old Johnnies frail body. But
he Is blessed with a mother who under.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-04

thousands Of customers. They are doing business on
such large scale that immediate profit is more essen
tia than satsfying every customer. They know that
by extensive advertising they get two customers for
every they lose without exhausting the field of
business.
When delivery charges carfare are taken into
count, one saves by buying at home for few cents
more than the caaog price Of mail order goods the
sale" price of big city merchandise Moreover, con-
siderable saving would not compensate one for the
worry, delay and disappointment that are synonymous
with mail order buying.
There is also unsefish, community side OF buying
at home. Communities only prosperous as their
business establishments. They are accurate bar
ometer Of community loyalty and prosrsssveness 1t
has been truthfuy said buying At home makes the
home town grow"
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
(NEA Service Writer)

Washington, Aug. 4.-Findine
themselves in something of a pickle
leaders of the American oil industry
are attempting to weave their way
out by effecting an international re.
striction Of production.
They have found that cooperative
attempts to restrict domestic produc.
ton as cure for the curse Of over.
production which has beset the in.
dustry so sorely have worked out
fairly well. Oil in storage above
ground has been cut down by the
accelerating consumption and the
limited production, so that stats.
tically the industry is in better
shape than at any time in the last
two years. Too much oil in storage
always depresses prices. Lately
wholesale gasoline prices have stiff
ened.
But a great deal of crude Ill is
still being sold below production cost,
leading to agitation for a raise in
crude prices, which have sometimes
been boosted in the past with less
justification.
Oppose Price Boost
Strangely enough, there is strong
opposition among some large pro-
ducerS to such q boost at this time.
Standard Oil of New Jersey warns
in its latest monthly publication that
the crude price mustn't be increased
under any circumstances. The ar
gument is that an increase would
break down the restrictive agree
ments now operating and soon bring
the industry back to the unhappy
state from which it has emerged.
Furthermore, politicians would be
bound to make capital of any price
increase made possible by restric-
tive agreements. For the moment,
restriction has stabilized conditions
and some Of the biggest oil men
don't want to jeopardize that stabil-
ization.
Standard of New Jersey holds that
increased returns should be obtained
through operating economies, eff.
cient marketing and saner produc,
ton methods.
The situation might be solved
along those lines were j. rot for the
fact that cooperative restriction
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A CURIOUS CURE
(Tlme.l

In obscure little Maribor, the Jugoslav frontier,
lives Schooteacher Polschak. Word went round that
he knew strange things that he had studied tubercu-
losis and cancer; that he had even cured Neighbor
kretschnks wife who about to die of cancer and
that other one old Melchnikoff who had burning
in his side like fire.
Curious doctors at the General hospital heard the
rumor saw patients who had been given up hopeless
comfortably chatting in the streets. They to
this Polsjchak, who told them he had been studying
tuberculosis and cancer just q the neghbors said Now
he had invented medicine which he called "abjnin.
mixture Of vegetable juices and etheric oils which
would internal in three to six months; Gu
taneous cancer in matter Of weeks. The doctors
impressed They invited Polschak to work at the hos
pita So satisfactory his results that group Of
doctors applied for license to establish sanatorium
for him. The Jugosavian authorities refused the Ii
cense forbade his activities. Such the report from
Vienna last week.
Other curious have been reported from Russia:
from Jugoslava. They remain unsanctioned. TO date
medical authorities recognize only x-ray, radium, the
knife. Wise persons remember, hearing spectacular
saeas Of carcinoma cures, that nature has way Of be-
ing her own healer. Just the lumpy tumor arises
Unknown; it may occasionally Be reabsorbed reason
unknown.
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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

The Chicago professor who has gained little brief
notorety by his declaration that 80 per cent Of the
women homey, probably is Of those odious
efficiency experts They reckon everything in per-
centages. Whatever he u.s. he is woefuly off his base in
making such assertion
Ninety per cent indeed! Not even in Chicago we
venture to say will large proportion Of homely
women be found
There different standards of judging feminine
puhritude. Turks and Eskimos are said most to ad-
mire women who are let say, plump, wellrounded,
Others prefer the svelt type. Ideas con-
corning beauty vary.
The Standard dictionary, defining beautiful" says:
'The definition of beauty, perfection Of FORM is
good key to the meaning of beautiful if understand
form in its widest sense" 1t is submitted that under
the terms Of this definition (if understand "form"
in its widest sense) all beautiful. The die
tionary goes to say, however, that there must be
harmony and unity and in human beings spiritual
illness, to constitute object person really beau
tiful."
No attempt will be made to answer for the women of
Chicago to whether they possess the additional re-
quirement of spiritual loneliness.
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practiced notably in ths miLcontia-
emit field, threatens to be set at
naught by an increasing flood Of
oil pouring into the coLntr., from;
South America. Venezuela is now
the second largest oil producing
country in the world and production
cost there is cheaper than ours.
The fellows hardest hit are the
purely domestic producers, with no
wells in South America. Naturally
they're doing the most squawking and
the remedy they propose is 4 tariff
on crude oil, which probably viii be
demanded at the next session Of
congress.
But that idea runs square up
against the fact that importation is
not necessary to affect the oil mar
ket as long as we continue to export
in such large quantities. The South
American oil will have the same
effect if taken to France or England.
And if we put q tariff on crude oil,
our exporters will then merely put
their refineries outside this country
to save paying duty. Already Stand
ard Oil seems to be tending to this
policy.
We export two or three tines as
much oil as we import and it will
do no good in this country II the
export demand is satisfied from
foreign sources.
Meanwhile imports are Jumping
every week because Of low produc-
ton costs in Venezuela. These
costs are lower due to several fac
tors, among them the absence IF
offset wells and other expensive
phases Of the cut-throat, uncon-
trolled competiti N in this country.
American producers who attempt to
sell high production cost oil in COM
petition with low production cost oil
are out of luck.
Tariffs have solved similar prob
lens for many other industries, but
oil is in the position of agriculture.
It was in the same position at the
time Mexico reached peak produc-
ton, but its domestic PRODUCERS
failed to obtain tariff protection st
the time.
Need Restriction
The one solution seems to lie II,
an international agreement; on re-
striction-a correlation Of regula-
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 4.-When $4,000
people gather, for instance, at the
Yankee Stadium, there Is likely to
be something worth observing other
than a prize fight.
There are, if you care for glimpses
of humanity, the interesting con-
trasts in the vast throngs of women
to be found in the $40 seats.
Here, if you keep your eyes open,
you can see Mrs. Vincent Astor or
Dottie Twinkletoes, of the chorus,
or Lya de Putt, the movie star who,
for some reason or other has dyed
her hair from q raven black to a
lipstick-red. You can see David
Belasco, his hair whittier than ever
against the jet of the night and q
hat Of tough straw upon which he
half leans. You can see Jack Demp-
sey with his Hollywoodish green
suit, sitting beside the wife Of an
erudite young music critic and, two
seats away, Z district attorney. A
couple of rows back are the govern
ors Of several states, including Gov
ernor Richie and party from Mary
land, guests Of a nationally known
publisher.
There is Flo Ziegfeld, with two
cronies, and there is Rube Goldberg,
the cartoonist, in a suit Of fawnish
gray. There is Benny Leonard at
the ringside and there is Teddy
Roosevelt, Jr., with q grin that sug-
gests the ghost Of his father, and
there is Mrs. Roosevelt, who, for
some reason or other, doesn't look
as though she would feel very COM
Portable at prize fight. There is
Ina Claire, the petite actress, and
there are three stout women who
look like Mae Vests Interpretation
Of Diamond Lii. There is Cornelius