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The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Coolidge Won tRu1, Urges
SUPPORT of Hoover

leader of the Senate. Said Wat
son:
Personally, I have never had
any idea that MIR. Coolidge
would be a candidate for the
nomination next year.
HE serYed most acceptably
as President for nearly seven
years. He left it with the en-.
tire confidence of the people
and 1 never could understand
why he should wish to thrust
himself into the political mael-
strOm which is swirling all
about us.
Among the Progressive in
surgents, who have been talking
openly of revolt against Mr.
Hoover's denomination, there was
apparent disposition to view
Mr.. Coolidge's self f-effacement as
clearing the way for somebody
else"
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
COLL|NGS CLUE
IN DROWNING.

HUNTINGTON, N. Y, Sept. %
Q.N.SD.-A possible clue to the
murder Of Benjamin P. Ceilings,
Stamford yachtsman, was seen
today in the finding Of the body
of a man about IS years old at
Eaton's Neck, near where the
Ceilings cruiser was anchored on
the night of the murder.
The man weighed 1865 pounds,
was S feet 8 inches tall, wore
blue overalls, a blue shirt, and a
leather belt, the buckle of which
bore the initial ''Z."
A superficial examination
showed there was q hole in the
mans cheek which might have
been made by a bullet. The
possibility of a bullet wound led
to speculation as to whether the
man might have been the
wounded man" Mrs. Ceilings
said the murderers mentioned
When they boarded the cruiser.
Found on Beach
The body was found on Asha-
rOken Beach shortly before dawn
by Wilfert BOnneau, a milk wagon
driver.
If the body is not that of the
wounded man" or one of the
slayers of Ceilings, it may be that
of the second swimmer who was
heard near the Ceilings cruiser
on the night of the murder, it
was thought today.
Clue From Rescuer
N. L. Noteman, the yachtsman
who rescued 5-year-old Barbara
Ceilings, told the authorities he
had heard a swimmer, who prob
ably could not have been Col
lings, and this man apparently
was drowned some distance from
the Penguin on the night Of the
attack,
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
KILLED
IN MANCHUR|A
SK|RN|SH
Resumption Of HostiIities
With Japanese Looms; DR..
Wang Planning to Resign

TOKYO, Sept. 30 ,G.N.S).
Ten Chinese soldiers were killed
and one Japanese was wounded
today in a clash between Chinese
and Japanese troops at Kirin,
$50 miles north of Mukden, &C
cording to advices received from
Manchuria.
The skirmish, indicating a pos
sible renewal of hostilities in
Manchuria as a result of the
japanese occupation, occurred
when a detachment Of japanese
encountered 500 Chinese soldiers.
Gen. Hsi Asai, Chinese gov.
ernor of Kirin, has formed a new
government in northern Man
churia, repudiating the national
administration at Nanking, ac-
cording to dispatches received
here today.
The territory which he claimed
included four northeastern prov
inces with a population OF 30,'
000,000 Chinese.
NANKING, Sept. 20 N.N.S.).
Recovering from injuries received
when assaulted by a mob Of
Chinese students, DIR. C. T. Wang
announced today he planned to
carry out a "lOng cherished desire"
to resign as foreign minister of
the Nationalist government.
Wang was taken secretly to his
home here today.
News of his transfer was not
made public here, word being
broadcast he would remain in the
hospital another week. BY this
means authorities hoped to avert
a possible second attack upon
him.
Demands for Wang's resigna-
ton were made by the students,
who urged war with Japan on
account of the occupation Of
Manchuria and criticized the for
eign minister because he had not
adopted a more militant policy
against the japanese.
PEIPING, Sept. 20 G.N.S).
No steps toward direct negotia-
tions between China and Japan
on the Manchurian question have
yet been taken, Marshal Chang
HsuellLiang, governor Of Man
churia, said today.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
TORCH DEATHS
STILL MYSTERY
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and Ben Dooley, two more of the
group Of six young men who have
been living at CHM farm Is ex-
pected today.
The other two members of the
group left for New York by bus
last Friday, Barbour and Cole
said.
Conflicting Theories
Sheriff Kerlin and Coroner E.
H. Marstellar believe that the
three Millers were murdered. The
sheriff admits, however, that he
has no clue. He says:
"The only chance we have Of
solving this case Is that some
persons may Iet slip some i'm
pOrtant information"
On the other hand, Common
wealths Attorney Lion believes
that the fire which extinguished
the three lives was accidental.
He explains:
''It is known that Miller was
intoxicated on that night. 1t
also has been established that
he habitually smoked in bed.
The investigation has shown
that Miller always bolted the
doors from the inside and
placed q nail at the top Of the
window so that no one could
raise 1t from the outside.
believe that the three were suf-
focated and their bodies were
burned in the fire. 1t has
happened before"
The chief reason that the
sheriff and coroner have for be-
lieving that the Millers met with
foul play is that from the position
of their bodies. it was apparent
that they made no move to escape
from the burning house. 1t is I'm.
probable that both Miller and his
wife suffocated in their sleep, they
maintain.
There has been nothing discov-
cred, it is admitted. that links
Barbour or Cole with the fire.
They declare they we're at a dance
at Pohick the night of the fire,
and neighhors have corroborated
their story.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
KANEPENS BOOK
WAITING TRIAL
FOR MURDER
Hopes to Complete EndeaVors
Before Death or Freedom
Is Decreed at His Trial

HAMPTON, Va, Sept. 30
1.N.sO.-Whatever fate has in
store for Prof. Elisha Kane.
charged with drowning his pretty
young wife, he is intent upon
leaving behind him a work Of
literature to which he has devoted
the past five years Of his life.
Amid the conferences Of his at.
torneys on the eve of his formal
arraignment on a charge Of muir
der, despite the emotional stress
of bearing up against the fingers
Of accusation, the handsome pro-
fesSor of languages at the Uni
versity of Tennessee has been
working night and day toward
completion Of his opus.
Literary Masterpiece"
His cousin and lawyer, E. Kent
Kane, today described the pro-
fessors manuscript as "a literary
masterpiece. This is a transla-
ton of one Of the three great
writer's Of Spain, a great deal Of
which is done in poetry, a form
of expression to which the pro-
fessor is no stranger. Cousin
Kane said:
whether he is executed or
whether his innocence Is
proved, DIR. Kane wishes above
all else to finish this work"
"As head of the Department
of Languages in a coed educa-
tional institution where are
many. young people in his
class, the professor is greatly
upset about the effects Of these
hysterical accusation. The uni
. versity has arranged to sub
stitute for him until the case is
disposed Of and he has been
greatly touched by the number
Of his friends who have come
forward and offered their help"
Young Kane received the con-
tents of the letter which the
professor had written to Mrs. w.
c. Graham, mother Of his wife,
who is scheduled to be the star
witness Tor the prosecution.
Believes in MOther-in-Law
The professor wrote Mrs. Ora
ham that he did not believe that
she could be against him and
that if he could only talk to her
he knew he could explain salts
factorily the drowning of her
daughter.
Professor Kane still believes
that Mrs. Graham is on his side
and that she has been influenced
by her husband and her son.
The spokesman for the professor
declared that at the hearing TO-
morrow it was possible the de-
fendant might take the witness
stand.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
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prised, however, that the taciturn
VermOnter would couple with 1t
such q fOrceful plea to the party
to get behind his successor.
Looking to 1886!
Some of the more cynically
minded, who always refused to
accept the 1928 statement as
final, were inclined today to
interpret Mr.. Coolidge's current
announcement in terms Of 1895.
In that year, If he is reelected,
Mr.. Hoover will be ineligible,
under the unwritten law of Presi-
Dental politics. And Mr.. Coolidge
in 1886 will still be eligible from
an age standpoint. He will be 64.
The opinion that Republican
fortunes will materially improve
as a result of Mr.. Coolidge'S
announcement was expressed gen.
orally in high Republican quart
ers. For one thing, it was said.
it will clear the air of all doubt
as to what is ahead of the party
next year. The last faint doubt
that Mr.. Hoover might not be
the candidate is now dispelled,
and the leaders can reckon and
plan accordingly. They are GER
tain of what they have to face.
WatsOn'S Comment
Illustrative Of the general COM
ment was that of Senator James
E. Watson of Indiana, Republican
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Capt. COgsUeU Back
From Visit to EurOpe

A large basket of flowers from
his fellow office workers yester-
day greeted the eye of Capt.
Theodore Cogswell, register of
wills, when he returned to his
desk after a six-weeks vacation
in Europe.
While in France with Mrs.
Cogswell, Captain Cogswell visited
the little village of Londres st.
George, where he was seriously
wound while serving with the A.
E. F. in 1918. He spent more
than a year in hospitals after he
was wounded.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Mrs. Clifford PinchOt
viii Address Clubs

Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, wife of
Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl-
vania, and Miss Jessie Dell, civil
service commissioner. will address
the annual meeting of the United
Democratic Law Enforce ment
clubs of Maryland at the Con.
gressional Country Club Friday.
The clubs are expected to in
dorse at this meeting their selec-
ton of Democratic nominee
for President.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
WRIT TIES Up
MISS WENDEL'S
MILLIONS
Eccentric Spinster's Will
Attacked by Woman Of ID;
Court Restraints Probate

NEW YORK, Sept. 90 GNs).
The battle for one of Americas
greatest private fortunes-the
SIS, 100000 estate of the eccentric
Ella Virginia Won E. Wendell
was in full swing here today.
Miss Rosa Drew Stansbury, "a.
year-old next of kin of the late
Miss Wendell, filed suit in United
States District Court charging
fraud, conspiracy and undue in.
fluence" on Miss Wendell by two
of her executors. Attorney Charles
G. Koss and his daughter, Isabelle
G. Koss. Shortly afterward,
Federal Judge Mack granted the
petitioners a temporary injunc.
ton delaying probate of the will.
Charge Incompetency
The complaint asserts Miss
Wendell was mentally incompe.
tent to draw UP the will, under
the terms Of which most of her
wealth was bequeathed to Drew
University at Madison. N. j., and
to the Theological Seminary at
Marking, China.
One ground on which it is
sought to break the will as not
carrying out the wishes of the
aged recluse is that it does not
provide for the care of her dog
Toby, upon whom she lavished
great care for many years and
upon whom she spent many thou.
sands Of dollars"
Cite Eccentricities
The complaint states that Miss
Wendell "was a wizened, old, in
firm woman" who wore shabby
clothes: that when one of her
dogs died she would have an
ornate underground vault con-
structed to bury him; that she
disliked modern inventions and
devices, and that she bathed in
a 10-foot zinc-lined bathtub.
Miss Stansbury is reluctant to
figure in the contest because of
her fear she will be publicly
referred to as "a little old lady"
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
University Expands,
NeU Courses Added

Glasses at Frelinghuysen Uni
versity will begin for the fall
term Thursday at 5 p. M, with
registration to be held begin
ming at $50 p. m. tomorrow at
the new and permanent head
quarters of the university, 2O1 T
st. N. w.
The university, with the estab-
fishing of its new headquarters,
begins a five-year plan of exten-
sion of it's facilities.
Courses in law, religion, educa-
ton, social service and nursing
will be offered this year.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
so YEARS IN MINISTRY

LONDON, Sept. 29.-The Rev.
Henry Howard. sailed to New
York after a visit to his native
Australia. While there he preached
in O tiny church in the Bush on
the fiftieth anniversary Of his
entrance into the ministry in
that church. He was welcomed
here by the first two persons he
married, a happy couple now
ever 20
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
At "a, Neglected Kin
Asks Wendell Wealth

RALEIGH, Sept. 20 U.N.s).
On the threshold of a $4,000, 900
inheritance, hope for which has
come to her in the twilight of
life, Miss Rosa Dew Stansbury,
74-year-old Vicksburg, Miss, spin.
ster, thinks only of the happiness
the vast fortune would bring to
others. For herself she wants
only four things:
A good automobile, comfort
able and powerful, in which to
tour her country.
Leisure in which to travel.
Pretty clothes.
A box at the opera.
For all the rest of the things
such fabulous wealth would place
at her finger tips this tiny wisp
of a lady has no use.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
CITIZENS TO MEET

The regular stated meeting of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations of the District of Colum-
bia will be held in the board
room of the Municipal Building
Saturday night, it was announced
today by George c. Havenner,
president, and David Babp, secre-
tary,
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
BAN ON U. S. IMPORTS

MONTEVIDEO. Sept. 29.-The
Paraguayan chamber of COM
merce, meeting in Asuncion rec
commended that its members cease
importing from the United States
and Europe and buy from Ar
gentina, Brazil and Uruguay to
avoid losses. as the exchange
ratio between the Argentine and
Paraguayan currencies is fixed
by law,
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
Fifth Child Is Born
Wife of y. S. EnUOy

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 20 (U.sJ
The birth of son to Dona Maria
Elena Reyes Spindola de Puig Ca
sauranc, wife of DR.. Jose Manuel
Puig Casauranc, ambassador-desig-
nate to the United States, was an
nounced today. The new arrival
is the Puigs' fifth child.
The Washington times., 1931-09-29
LEGION PLANS DANCE

The Vincent B. Costello Post,
No. IS, American Legion, will cele-
brate its twelfth anniversary
Wednesday with a dance that
night in the War College audi.
torium. The Army Band will
play. Vaudeville and other en-
tertainment will be featured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
EMBARGO ON RUSSIAN
PRODUCTS IS URGED
Iowa House Member Suggests
Method of Curling Convict
Labor Imports.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Hearings before the House Committee
on Ways and Means on pending bills
to forbid the importation from foreign
countries of goods produced by convict,
forced or indentured labor brought
much testimony favoring a transfer OF
the burden of proof of such labor pro-
duction from the Government and
American producers to the importers.
Many witnesses stressed the difficulty
under the present provision in the tariff
law for the exclusion of convict-made
goods of securing adequate proof.
Representative Ramseyer of Iowa sug-
gested that as the pending bills were
aimed at Russia, the proposed legisla-
ton should take the form of an en-
barge against the products of that
country. Representative Watson OF
Pennsylvania raised the question as to
whether the legislation should apply to
the transportation by free labor of coal
which may have been mined by forced
labor He and others also raised the
question as to the effect the restrictive
legislation might have on exports OF
American products.
In urging restriction of Russian i'm
ports, E. F. McGrady of the American
Federation of Labor, declared the pur-
pose of Russia in dumping the goods
into the United States is to "break
down our markets, wage scales and
prices" He feared the unrestricted i'm
portatlons of these products would Gre
ate permanent unemployed roll of a
million workers in this country.
The National Lumber Manufacturers
Association said the pending bills which
it favored would forbid goods to be i'm
ported in the transportation, handling
and loading of which, as well as in their
mining or production, convict, forced or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
Comparisons by Departments.

Today's Reserve Board report also
gives sales of goods in the various de-
partments in the stores, comparisons
being made with the average for all the
reporting stores. The averages for the
country and the Richmond district fol-
low:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
NEW SECURITIES

NEW YORK. January 80 UP).-New
securities offered today include: North
American Co., $25.000,O0o 5 per cent
debentures due 1861 at 81 and interest
by q syndicate headed by Dillon. Read
& CO.
Eastern New Jersey Power Co.,
81 ,26O, 900 first mortgage per cent
bonds, series of 1859, priced at 90 and
interest to yield over sos per cent, by
W. C. Langley & Co., and Hoagland,
Allyn q Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30

indentured labor had entered. The as
ISOLATION said the present law against
convict labor is practically incapable of
enforcement, because it is impossible to
identify the particular shipment as
having partly or wholly passed through
the hands of convict or forced labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
Officers Are Elected.
BALTIMORE. January q

BALTIMORE, January 80 (SpeciaD
Griswold of the Maryland
Trust Co. was reelected president of
the Corporate Fiduciaries' Association
Of Baltimore at the monthly meeting
this week. Other officers named were
James T. Carter, Fidelity Trust Co.,
vice president; j. Howard Miller, Mer-
camille Trust Co, secretary, and George
Sloan, First National Bank, treasurer.
Charles w. Hoff, Union Trust Co.,
and G. LIE Roy Miller, Baltimore Trust
Co., were elected to membership on the
Executive Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
Mems. BOYS Wear
House Furnishings.
Savings Bank Topics Listed.

Several local bankers are planning to
attend the Eastern Regional Savings
Conference, to be held in New York in
March. The preliminary program an
nouncement states that the conference
will take up all matters affecting the
development Of savings deposits, their
conservation and investment, it is an
nounced, with particular attention to
investments. 1t is pointed out that
changing trends in transportation and
industry have caused a shifting of Sc
curities and that the lessened amount
Of discounts in commercial banks has
brought about the purchase Of greater
volume of securities by banks. Also dis
cuSsion will be presented relative TO
segregation of savings deposits, secur-
ing new business, allaying popular nerv-
BUSINESS as to bank safety and cost &C
counting. The conference will also dis
cuss the new advertising service pre-
pared by the savings bank division to
stimulate popular savings on national
scale
The committee in charge of the ban
quet on March 10 includes Howard
Moran, vice president of the American
Security 81 Trust Co, who is a member
of the Executive Committee of the
savings bank division of the American
Bankers Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
Heard in Financial District.

Directors of McCrory Stores Corpora
ton have declared the regular quarterly
dividend of so cents per share on the
common and class b common stocks,
payable March 2 to stock of record
February 20.
Officers and directors Of Lincoln In
vestment Corporation were reelected
yesterday at the annual meeting Of
stockholders. They are: Kenneth M.
Livingstone, president and treasurer;
De We're r. Weldon, vice president; Ed
ward c. Kriz, secretary. Directors are:
Edward @. Kriz. Colin H. Livingstone.
Kenneth NJ. Livingstone, Hugo Thran
and De We're r. Weldon.
s. s. Kresge 1880 net $1.90 a COM
mon share, against $2.68 share in
1929: continuation Of $160 common
dividend rate in 1881 forecast by COM
pany.
Financing by North American Co. is
now expected to be in the form OF
$25, 600 900 30-year per cent deben-
lures instead of 100000 SIS preferred
shares as originally reported, says the
wall Street Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30

Note-An stocks are sold in one hundred-share lots
excepting those designated by the letter (80s) (250s
which shows those stocks sold in odd lots.
sales complied nOOncOmplete In $3.50 Edition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
RETAIL SALES HERE
MAKE FINE RECORD
Reserve Board Reports Trade
Figures for Washington
and Fifth District.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

The Federal Reserve Beard this noon
announced full details on department
store sales in the IL Reserve districts
in December and also stated which
kinds of goods were the most in de-
mand during that period. The Rich
mond Reserve district reported a drop
in sales of per cent, compared with
the December figures a year ago, and a
falling off Of per cent for the whole
year. This is far better showing than
the average for the whole United States,
in which the sales average was down
9 per cent in December and per cent
for the full year
The Reserve Board explains that al
lowance should be made for one extra
trading day in December, 1880. This
would make the slump frcm year ago
ID per cent in sales volume instead of
8 per cent. The decrease, of course,
We accompanied by a decline in the
level Of prices.
Sales for December, as in ether years,
were much larger in va're than for
November, on account CT Christmas
buying. The increase this year, how
ever, was of less than estimated sea-
sonal proportions, and the Federal Re-
serve Boards INDEX OF daily average
department store sales, which is adjust
ed for seasonal variation, declined by 4
per cent in December
Sales Compared by Districts.
Comparison Of department store sales
by districts for December and the full
year show the local Richmond district
leading practically all the other IL
trade areas. The fifth district and the
Kansas City district had the same fall
ing off in sales in December, but Rich
mond made a per cent better showing
for the year.
Boston was ahead of the fifth district
for the year, but well below the Deem
Der sales record. The New York district
made exactly the same record as Rich
mond for the year, but reported slower
sales in December. Comparisons with
the DreyiOuS wear follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30

The figures just compiled by the Fed
eral Reserve Board show that Washing
ton made splendid showing in retail
sales in relation to the records of some
so selected cities from all over the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
cdvea by rrvatw 10
Stock and

rate Wire Direct to The Star once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-30
Washington's Fine Showing.

Trade in the department stores in
Washington is given as exactly the
same in December, 1880, as it was in
December, 1929. For the IL months
retail sales were of per cent.
Atlanta made gain Of per cent in
December sales and retail trade in Den
yer was up l per cent. Newark main
tainsd sales at just the same pace as
last year. All the other cities suffered
losses in retail sales ranging from /
per cent in Omaha to "a per cent in
Memphis.
For the full year Detroit had the
hardest luck, sales being of 20 per cent.
They were down 10 per cent in Akron,
Is in Birmingham, Is in Chicago and
Cleveland, 16 in Toledo and Memphis,
and IL in Louisville. Houston and In
dianapolis. The only city in the coun-
try that actually had an increase in
sales in 1880 was Oakland, Calf, which
announced gain of per cent, al
though sales were of 5 per cent in De-
cember.