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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
BITE is NOT FATAL,
SAYS MAN SUBMITTING TO TEST
Georgian Declares Scorpions Harmless Unless Victim
Believes They Are Poisonous.

deadly than tarantulas and that there
is only one poisonous spider in the
United States and one poisonous lizard
The experiment with the tarantula
required patience. 1t took half an hours
poking about to make the vicious"
creature take a nip at the curator's
finger.
Fattig said the pain of the bite was
only about twice as much as would be
caused by bee sting.
Several years ago Fattig drank water
in which poisonous" spider had been
soaked.
While he waited fer the tarantula
virus" to work he expounded theory
that kissing adders were not so bad
and offered to let one try itself on him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
DEFENDS HOLLYWOOD
Bishop Says Movie Colony Better
Than Glasgow Suburb.

GLASGOW, Scotland, December 4
DIT took the Bishop of Aberdeen
and Orkney to give the lie to all those
vile canards about Hollywood, the movie
capital. why" said he to the Rotary
Club here yesterday, "it's more respect
able than Kelvinside in the Glasgow
suburbs, and it has more hard working
God fearing and good living people"
AS for the Mormons in Utah, whom
he also visited, he said, II always
thought they were rather diSsolute and
strove to emulate King Solomon. I was
surprised to find that they had long
selves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
By the Asscsssssd Press.

BY the ASsoesaNNd Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, December At Is
possible to die after being bitten by a
tarsntula. but impossible to die as a
result of the bite, In the opinion of
Perry w. Fattig, curator Of the Emory
University Museum.
He explained his theories on the sub
ject while he waited for the alleged fatal
effects of a tarantula bite to make them
selves evident.
when the tarantula bit me-" he ex-
planned, "if / hadn't known it wasn't
poisonous might have became fright
ened and Ill and died, but thu tarantula
wouldn't have caused It,"
Fattig said scorpions are no more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
USED CAR SALES PASS
THOSE OF NEW AUTOS

ever, Show Increase in Months
Over Like Period in 1928.
BY the Associated Press.
More and more persons are sticking
to the old car or buying a used one.
Figures on inStallment financing is
sued yesterday by the Commerce De-
partment showed new cars purchased
on the installment plan exceeded used
cars so sold in only three of the first
nine months this year.
In September new-car inStallment
sales dropped to 92,248, while used cars
purchased the same way tot7led 120,875.
For the first nine months 1,144,978
new automobiles were purchased on the
inStallment plan and 1927 ,304 used cars
changed hands in the same way.
During the corresponding period of
1929 1,517,520 new cars and 1,213,70
used automobiles were sold on INSTALL
ments.
Despite the drop from the 1929 fg-
ureS, however, the first nine months of
1880 showed an increase OF 100000 new
and 100000 used cars over 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
Bear Charges Man
Standing on Cliff;
Read What Happens
BY the Associated Press.


LCCKHAVEN, Pa, December
4.-Does this sound like a penny
thriller?
''Fortney Winner, jr., stood
with his back to the abyss. He
could retreat no farther, unless
he jumped over the cliff, to al
most certain death.
Charging down upon him was
bear. Winner already had
fired five of his six shots into
the body of the charging animal.
Still the bear charged.
Standing almost on the edge
of the cliff, Winner sent his last
shot ploughing into the in
furiated creature. The animal
stumbled forward-then fell dead
within Yard of him"
Sounds like fiction, but it is a
fact. 1t occurred while Winner
was hunting near the Couders-
port pike yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
TRAIN SMASHES TRUCK,
BUT DRIVER ESCAPES
"That will Be Lesson to Me-
Canadian Remarks After
Crossing Accident.

BY the Associated Press
OTTAWA, December Oscar Vile
neuve is French Canadian, with the
luck of the Irish.
His truck and a passenger train
reached a grade crossing yesterday at
about the same time. The truck was
smashed to pieces. The motor was
thrown so feet.
Villeneuve picked himself out of the
wreckage, nursing a scratched Shout
der-his only injury.
That" he said solemnly, will be a
lesson to me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
TWO TRAPS FAIL TO GET
KANSAS EXTORTIONISTS
$50,00 Demanded of Author I'm
der Threats of Harm to Mem
bers of His Family.

BY the Associated Press.
GIRARD, Kans., December A.
Sheriff ]. M. Hyndman said today that
E. Haldeman-Julius, author. editor and
publisher, had reported receiving a let
ter from extortionistS demanding $50
900 under threats of harm to members
Of his family.
The sheriff said two attempts to
trap the alleged extortionists failed last
night. OfficerS surrounded a school
house Hyndman said was designated in
the letter, but no one appeared.
Later, according to the officer, Mrs.
Haldeman-Julius informed him she had
received a mysterious telephone call in
structing that the money be placed in
an old mill nearby.
A dummy package and a second trap
at the mill failed, too, the sheriff said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
Dinner and Bazaar Planned.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON, Va, December A.
Women of the Presbyterian Church
have plans about completed for a tur-
key dinner and bazaar to be given at
the church on Clarendon avenue north
this evening. The dinner will be
served from to o'clock. The bazaar
will be held from Q until o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
ENGINEER DIES AS TRAIN
SPEEDS ACROSS BRIDGE
B. e. o. Fireman Holds Him With
One Arm and Stops Engine
With Other.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARIETTA, Ohio, December As
the st. LouiS-New York express of the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad sped across
the Ohio River bridge into Parkersburg,
w. Va, yesterday, Engineer Wallace
Williams, IS, of Chillicothe, Ohio, died
at the throttle.
Denver Conner Of Chillicothe, fire.
man, saw Williams collapse as the train
approached the Parkersburg yards, and
holding the dying engineer with one
arm, brought the train to stop with
the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
FRIEND OF OCHS DIES
Henry C. Collins Printing Foreman
When Publisher Learned Trade.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, December 4 (P).
Henry c. Collins, 83-year cid printer,
who taught Adolph S. Ochs the trade
Of printing, died here yesterday.
Collins had set type on BrownIows
Wing, newspaper published in Knox
vile before the War Between the
States. When Collins was foreman on
the Knoxville Chronicle, Mr.. OchS, now
publisher of the New York Times, was
an apprentice. A close friendship be-
tween the two had existed since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
DOLLAR SAILS FOR HOME
Shipping Magnate Completes His
Thirty-frst Visit to Orient.

SHANGHAI, December (P.-Capt.
pleting his thirty-first visit to the ORR
ent, sailed for San Francisco today
aboard his liner President Taft.
Capt. Dollar reiterated that stoppage
of civil war and establishment of gold
basis for currency In China were the
two principal tasks this country must
accomplish to enjoy prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
Theater Operator Wins Divorce.

RENO. New, December Gp).-Her-
man H. Wellenbrink, wealthy Montclair,
N. j.. theater operator, was granted a
divorce from Anna M. Spencke Wellen-
brink in the District Court here yester-
day. They married at Phoenix, Ariz.,
March 26, 1908.
Evening star., 1930-12-16

to overthrow the monarchy and estab-
lish a republic, all headed for Lisbon
and came down in various places near
by. After a temporary welcome by the
Portuguese air force. the government
had them rounded up and brought to
a place of internment at Mafra, near
here
International custom is for nation
to guarantee political asylum, but Spain
and Portugal always have had sort
of working agreement whereby each
government aided the other in sup
preston of its internal difficulties, and
a request for extradition of the IL men
may be hard to deny.
On the other hand, should asylum be
granted, or internment continued, Maj
Franco and his compatriots are OBJ
seSsed with a republicanism which
amounts to Zealotry, and the Portu-
guese dictatorship, always wary Of rev.
olution itself, does not want such free
spirits roaming around loose.
After Mai. Franco and his two COM
panions dropped the plane which they
had taken from the Cuatros VientoS
Airdrome onto a field near Alverca late
yesterday afternoon they left 1t and
ran toward a nearby woods as If to
escape pursuit. Portuguese airmen fol-
lowed them, and they surrendered with
out resistance to Lieut.. Prito PaiSe Of
the Portuguese air force.
Evening star., 1930-12-16
ARTILLERY BLAMED
FOR COUP FAILURE.
Maj. Franco Says Corps
Pledged Aid, but Backed
Out at Last Minute.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal, December 49,
Maj. Ramon Franco told an interviewer
today that he and his compatriots had
failed yesterday in their attempt to
overthrow the Spanish monarchy and
establish q republic because the artil-
lery corps, after pledging adhesion to
the movement, backed out at the last
minute.
when the artillery opened fire
against u.s." he commented, there was
only one lternative-surrender. New
ertheless, nothing can arrest the repub-
lican movement, which will soon swamp
Spain. In one month q republic will
be proclaimed"
He said that the object of their at
tempt was Ito establish liberty and i'm
pose q constitution on the Spanish
people which, republican or otherwise
no matter which, would permit Spain
to breathe freely. I wished, out of pa
triotism. to put an end to the tyranny
which lasted eight years, and that's
what we decided to do"
Silent About Escape.
Mai. Franco declined to say how he
had escaped from prison few weeks
ago, but said that he had been hiding
in "a village near Madrld. 1 dlo not
want to 60 too far away from the gov
ernment or his majesty. for I knew
that a revolution was inevitable"
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano Sierra,
general of brigade, reputed chief Of the
revolutionaries and one Of the IL men
to arrive here in airplanes from Madrid
said that the failure of their plans was
due primarily to the rashness OF Capt.
Fermin Galan Rodriguez, who was ex-
ecuted after suppression Of the revolt
at Jaca Saturday.
"It was unfortunate" he said, "that
Galan spoiled everything by his impa-
tience. We had recruited men upon
whom we thought we could count, but
they failed to keep their engagements.
Galan, always obsessed with the idea OF
being first, precipitated things. He
wanted something more than a repub-
lie, and so as to be at the head OF the
revolutionary movement he decided to
start three days before the date fixed
The governments repressive measures
and the police did the rest
I'VE planned republic and estab-
lishment of q new constitutional order.
In our view the army's role was to re-
main in barracks, for the army Is the
Evening star., 1930-12-16

Cured throughout the city. The moi
surged back and forth before King AL
fonzo's Summer palace shouting, "Hur-
rah for the republic, death to the
king"
Most of the rioters were workmen
carrying pistols. They stormed through
the city singing the ''Marseillaise" and
putting up spirited resistance to the
police, soldiers and civil guards.
Minister Protests Executions.
Secret service men raided the homes
of suspected liberal labor leaders and
the dormitories of university students in
Madrid, making arrests and seizing a
quantity of arms. The prisoners who
could not be accommodated in the jails
were Quartered in the military barracks
There was a report that Minister OF
the Interior Estrada, in a cabinet meet
ing last night, protested vigorously
against the execution of two rebel
leaders in the HueSca rebellion Of last
Friday, and that Minister of Economy
Viguri had joined him. Both said they
would resign from the cabinet, it was
said, but would withhold announce
ment of their resignation until the sit
uation became quieter.
Evening star., 1930-12-16
REBELS GAINING,
LONDON INFORMED
King Alfonso Might Leave
Madrid Today, Dispatch
From Paris Says.
Rv tha Assoniated press.


LONDON, December 16.--A Paris dis
patch to the London Daily Mail today
said that official quarters had received
information that the Spanish tnsur-
gents were gaining the upper hand and
that King Alfonso might leave Madrid
today.
Gibraltar dispatches stated that the
Spanish government had called part OF
the famous Spanish Foreign Legion out
of Morocco to combat the revolu-
tionary movement One thousand for
eign legionnaires were disembarked at
Algeciras from the steamer Sagunto last
night, entraining Immediately Tor
Madrid.
Another detachment is due at Alge-
ciras today, while others, landing simul-
taneously at Malaga, will join the Sa-
gunto contingent at Bobadilla Station
and accompany it to Madrid. A hum
dred civtl guards at Algeciras also have
been sent to Madrid.
Some of the legionnaires refused, tney
said, to embark for Spain until they
were guaranteed double pay. Regular
Algeciras troops appeared somewhat dlS.
gruntled that the government had called
upon the legion. feeling that 1t was q
reflection upon their loyalty.
Evening star., 1930-12-16
WEALTHY FLOCK TO FRANCE.
Business Slowly Returning TO Normal
in San Sebastian.

Business Slowly Returning TO Normal
in San Sebastian.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, December
is (R.-Private cars and taxicabs to-
day checked the highway along which
King Alfonso motored to Biarritz. The
wealthy of San Sebastian were hockine
out of Spain across the French frontier
Most Of them were headed for Saint
Jean De Luz, France, where already
many others have taken refuge. The
cab drivers from Hendaye, on the other
side Of the border, were doing rushing
business.
In San Sebastian itself business was
slowly returning to normal. Some OF
the markets were open, and except fol
the industrial suburbs of PaSajes and
Remteria work went on pretty much as
usual. Factories in the suburbs were
closed under general strike order and
the workman roamed the streets in idle.
ness.
Soldiers were everywhere, young fel-
lows jaunty in their red berets. The
trolley service between San Sebastian
and Hendaye, discontinued since yes
terday, began to move again this after
noon. Each car was manned by two
soldiers. carrying rifles.
Evening star., 1930-12-16
BY THE DUKE OF BERWICK
AND ALBA,
Minister of State CT Spain.

Minister of State CT Spain.
BY Cable to The Star and the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance.
MADRID, December l6.-I speak as
always with absolute sincerely. The
incident at Jaca is lamentable, but
it does not go beyond mere incident
Jaca Is small town in the Pyrenees
near the French frontier and Is far dis
tant from important centers. Even
Huesca, the capital of the province of
the same name, against which the rebels
marched, is a city of small Importance
The rebels, few in number, began by
advancing 20 kilometers from Jaca into
a sparsely populated territory. At
Ayerbe, where they met the first op-
position, they were scattered. Later,
when they reassembled, the military
forces from Huesca and SarogaSsa met
Evening star., 1930-12-16

and defeated them after short en-
gagement.
It has been proved clearly that, with
the exception of a few unbalanced men
in Jaca, the whole army is loyalty sup
porting the government regime of law
and order. It also has been proved that
the plans of the revolutionists are
doomed to failure because in Spain
there is no tendency toward subversive
movements and the army is faithfully
carrying out its duties.
The government possesses all the
necessary means to insure tranquility.
The lamentable Jaca incident has
momentarily interrupted the progress
toward complete normality, but it will
not change the government program,
which is TO lead Spain to parliament
tary democracy in the first months of
1881, when the general elections will be
held.
The incident at Jaca now has been
completely liquidated and the govern
ment emerges strengthened by the
struggle imposed upon 1t by insane ele-
ments.
And these remarks apply equally to
the brief aviation incident which oc-
CURED Yesterday morning.
(Copyrisht, 1880, in all Countries, by North
American Newspaper Alliancc.)
Evening star., 1930-12-16

organ of national defense and not the
instrument of government. We wished
power to be placed in the hands OF ci-
villains because they alone are able to
govern, and as the monarchy had been
the strongest supporter Of the dictator
ship we turned toward the republic
seeking new horizons of liberty
Spain suffers from the work Of Primo
de Rivera and of Damaso Berenguer,
who have kept from the government
men who by their aSsiduous study Of
national problems alone were capable Of
carrying out a sound government policy.
Convinced of administrative incapacity
of the army, we revoltedI, our eyes flxed
on the future of Spain because we
wished each person to be in his place.
We wished to give prestige to the army
and hand over the government to the
civil powers. which under a republic
would save the nation from decay"
Evening star., 1930-12-16
A Mere Incident
Spanish Minister Close Friend of King alfonso, Re-
fuses to Consider Revolt Threat at Jaca
as Important.

At the request Of The Star and the
Duke of Berwick and Alba, the Span
iSh minister of state, herewith presents
the views of his government regarding
the military uprising in the North OF
Spain. The duke is a close friend OF King
Alfonso XIII and famous throughout
Spain and Europe as liberal patron Of
the arts. His opinions are generally
accepted as rejecting the views Of the
Evening star., 1930-12-16
STREET RIOTS REPoRTED.
Mob Shouts Death 10 King Before
AlfOnsO's Summer Palace.

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish From
tier, December 16 (H1.-RefugeeS pour
ing out Of Spain into this border town
today brought news of serious disorders
crowding upon the heels of SPANS
newest revolutionary movement.
At S@ntander there were riots In the
streets. they said. In many towns and
cities throughout the north army bakers
were dealing out bread and soup while
provision stores remained closed In a
general strike. In Madrid, some of
them reported, the jsils were overflow
ing with su-Dected revolutionists and
the nliniste- the interior was reported
to have thr =. ,ened his resignation.
Loyal Troops Patrol Streets.
Last night loyal troops with machine
guns and tear bombs patrolled San
tander. putting down riots which re-
Evening star., 1930-12-16
Kellogg on Way Home.

BERLIN, December Is (F).-FTank B.
Kellogg, former Secretary of State OF
the United States, left Bremerhaven
this afternoon aboard the Bremen for
New York.
Evening star., 1930-12-16
IL INTERNED IN PORTUGAL.

Spanish Officers Rounded Up After
Welcome by Air Force.
LISBON, Portugal, December 16 C40
The Portuguese government today
had on its hands IL Spanish army Of
ficers, among them the transatlantic
aviator, Maj. Ramon Franco, who were
Just as welcome as proverbial white ele-
plants.
Fleeing Spain in four airpIanes yes
terday after collapse of their attempt
Evening star., 1930-12-16
wALKoUT IN BILBAO.

/ Workers Quit Under General Strike
Order-City Is Quiet.
! BILBAO, Spain, December Is R1.-
! This city's workmen threw down their
tools today and walked out under Q
general strike order, which appeared to
be spreading over all Northern Spain.
There were no disorders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-09
Borough Hall Council
Pesists Eviction of
UNEMPLOYED Family

NEW YORK. - The Borough Hall
Unemployed Council was yesterday
called upon to resist an eviction no.
tice served upon Raymond Sacirstan,
an unemployed worker who lives at
40 Pacific Street, Brooklyn.
Sacirstan has a wife and small
children and has been pounding the
pavements in search of a job for the
past three months, unable to find
any kind of work. He pays $l3 a
month for ground floor flat that
the bosses would not house their dogs
in, no electricity, no lights in the
hail, the filthiest hall toilet with no
running water at present. And in
this unsanitary. utterly unhealthy
place. this worker has been forced to
house his family, the conditions be-
ing deadly menace to the health
of the baby in particular. And now
even from this dump the landlord
and the courts are trying to evict his
family.
The Borough Hall Unemployed
Council is resisting eviction in this
and many other cases brought to its
attention. The council is also max
ing good its challenge to get sigma
lures for the Communist Bill for I'M
employment insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-09

world over who expressed readiness,
to take an active part in the defense
Of the Soviet Union.
However tie tribunals sentence de.
termining the fate of the isolated
individuals is not the important is
sue in the trial. The important
thing is that it is a trial of imper-
iahSm armed for itervention, pre-
pared for a class war against the
Soviet Union under the direct leader
ship of the aggressive imperiahst
power, France.
The trial lasted for thirteen days
and both the defendants and the wit
esses supplied voluminous material
Facts upon facts we're revealed going
far beyond those indicated in the
indictment, facts showing the appal-
ling picture of long years of destruc-
ton and sabotage. The. prosecutor
examination reminded" the defend
ants of may facts previously forgot
te- Several witnesses charged with
the same crimes took direct or in
direct part and supplied facts con-
cesled by the defendants but SUBJ
sequetly admitted.
The sabotage raminficaito by the
count e Revolutionary organization
AIMED the Industrial Party" is as
founding. Manifold tasks were given
by Paris wirepullers and bribers who
staked all to pave the way for the
mercenary invasion of the Soviet
Union. The mairold competence of
the defendants aEd aides put them
into leading positions OF the various
economic and government Soviet in
stitl- ions.
They endeayored chiefly to make
mischief in framing the economic
plans. Their aim was TO wreck the
Five-Year Pan as such, not alone
its fulfiliment Subsequently they
endcayored TO rc,arl tire rate of in
ouSt,inhza5i.a end i!ecsivization.
They endccyc' cl to u5.lide the OPP
portln.5s pc On OF the right wing
Commrnist Clements fog their pur-
pose. Whal the scheme failed they
opened to the Party's eencralu line
and the corresponding Fiye-Year
Plan figures, the wreckers endeavorcd
to cause the disproportion OF the dif-
ferent parts of the plan OF speeding
CONTINUED on Page THreA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-09

as Bay 2Sth St., Dec, IL.
Speakers: Hogan, Markoff, Nesin
Damon.
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