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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
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Led Proposed Re0i0al Of Ppe Heart order, "mriS First Military Decor
by George Washington and Won Only Three Men.

mounted dragons Of the And Cone
tinental outfit embarked In whales
boats at Fairfield, Conn, and
headed across the rough sound
toward Fort st. George, some 40
miles away. Mai. Tallmadge was In
command. The cold, dark blanket
Of o November night was settling
down over the sound, cloaking the
Eject" from enemy view. Despite
determined efforts Of the oarSmen,
the wind and current forced tho
boats from the course originally
planned, and the men landed much
farther from the fort than they i'm
tended.
The landing was made on bleak
stretch Of shore about O'Clock In
the evening. It was now too late to
attempt q march on the fort that
night, and the group pulled their
boats out Of sight and prepared to
camp for the night. All the next
day the men huddled In the woods,
awaiting nightfall. When darkness
came they started out with rapid
pace, and by o'clock in the morn-
ing they had arrived, unnoticed,
within two miles Of Fort st. George.
They halted for final consulta-
ton. The plans were reviewed
briefly, to make certain every one
understood them. Maj. Tallmadge
explained how the group was to die
vide itself in three units, each as
signed to the storming Of q particle
lar block house. Sixteen Of the best
men were selected to attack the
main block house, and the command
Of this group fell to Sergt. Churchill.
Just before dawn began to break
over the sound the three units
moved away toward the fertilization,
each following different path so
as to be in a position to launch q
concerted attack from several de
rections. This strategy, it was
agreed, would give the impression OF
q much larger force.
A sleepy sentinel at the fort did
not discover the attacking parties
until Sergt. Churchill and his men
were scarcely so feet away, running
like wild men toward him. He
sounded the alarm as the rebels
swarmed over the wall, across the
ditch and inside the stockade. The
supporting parties came on almost
simultaneously, yelling like savageS
and firing at random. The demWal~
lied forces Of Britishers, half awake.
returned the FIRE as best 1t could,
but Churchill and the others were
inside the main block house before
the enemy could realize what was
happening.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
DAWES, BRAND
HOLD .PARLEY

PARIS, Nov. IA GN.SO-Two
veterans of international diplo-
macy, Charles Gates Dawes and
Aristide BRAND, put their heads
together in an office at the Quai
D'Orsay today in an effort to
work out a solution of the Man
churian crisis.
The American ambassador to
Britain visited Frances foreign
minister shortly before noon, then
repaired to the United States EN-
bassy to cable Secretary of State
Henry L. Stimson a complete re-
port of the conversation.
With reports perSisting that
Dawes had worked out a plan of
compromise before he left Lon
don to be here during the forth
coming League of Nations Coun-
Gil meeting, it was assumed his
cable informed Secretary Stinson
how BRAND felt about the pro-
pOSal he had to offer,
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Baby Visitor Stirs Edith
To bathurst of GLee

made it on her own feet and re-
luctantly parted with her baby"
at the operating room door.
DR.. Isadore Rod, who is in
charge of Edith's case, is amazed
over her rapid progress. The
mental fog" in which she was
wrapped at the time Of her rescue
seems to be lifting and she cuts
out paper dolls, plays with the
other children and seems almost
a normal little girl.
Photographers Barred
The hospital has ordered that
reporters and photographers be
barred from her tiny room. They
are hopeful that minus any emo
tional disturbance Edith's prog
reSS will continue and she will be
able to supply the missing links
in her strange story.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14

A laughing baby Of II months
awakened little Edith Riley to
the most enthusiastic outburst of
emotion she has displayed since
her arrival in Gallinger Hospital
a week ago.
The youngster at Gallinger for
a minor operation, was taken into
Edith's room this morning and
the little girl demanded he be
given to her. She held him
tightly and almost laughed with
delight as she patted his plump
cheeks and cooed over him.
Takes Walk With Him
She said he was a mice baby"
and when the nurses took him
away insisted upon accompanying
him to the operating room in the
adjoining building.
1t was a long walk but Edith
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
DEF|ES
LEAGUE Of
NATIONS
Hands UItimatum to Chinese
General to Retire
From TSitSihar

Reiterating Japan's refusal
to evacuate Manchuria by
November 16, as demanded by
the League Of Nations Council,
Japanese military authorities
delivered an ultimatum today
to the Chinese general, Ma
Chan-Shan, demanding his re-
tirement from Tsitsihar and
cessation of Chinese army ac-
tivities along the Taonan Rail-
way by November 25.
Japanese Re-Attack Ma
In messages to Peiping, Ma
Chan-Shan predicted early Jap
anese invasion of Anganchi and
Tsitsihar, while Shanghai dis
patches reported a japanese army
of 1900 men crossing the Nonnt
river and launching a new attack
upon the Chinese.
Guerilla warfare under way
along the Nonni river front, with
a decisive battle fo~ possession Of
Anganchi expected hourly.
In Paris, United States AmbaS-
sador Charles Gates Dawes con-
ferred with Foreign Minister Aris-
tide BRAND. He was reported to
have presented a plan for peace
full solution of the crisis, which
will be discussed at the League
of Nations Council meeting on
Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Hoyas at Best in Battle
With West Virginia

tween Howard and Hampton In
stitute, at Howard Stadium.
Over at Baltimore the long
awaited exposition Of Notre Dame
football is due. More than $4,000
persons are expected to view the
charges of Heartley Hunk" An
derson in action.
The occasion marks the first
visit of the "Fightin' Irish" to
the East since the passing OF Old
Master Rockne.
Georgetown once again faces a
stiff undertaking. Coach Greasy"
Neale with a fine physical squad,
composed of no less than II SEN
iorS. not to mention a horde of
juniors, all of which makes for
mature set of gridiron units,
forecasts a close battle.
The HoyaS, in the throes Of in
(cntinusd on Page -. Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
GIRE,17,BEATEN
SHE CHARGES

A 17-year-old girl today is free
from the custody of her parents
following charges preferred by
herself last night that her step
mother frequently beat her with
rubber hose.
Mrs. Hattie Scott, of Colmar
Manor, was arrested last night
on charges of assault and battery
and placed under $500 bond when
it was charged that she had
disciplined" her stepdaughter,
Mary Scott, a student at the
Hyattsville High School.
The girl appealed to her
teacher, Mrs. Helen Prince, and
Mrs. Prince referred her to JUS
tice of Peace Retta D. Morris,
who issued the warrant.
The mother admitted using the
hose, but declared she felt it
necessary to discipline the girl,
Mrs. Morris said.
The woman's husband, an en-
ploye Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, defended her treat
ment of Mary, Mrs. Morris de-
clared.
Mrs. Morris kept the girl at
her home.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
ST. JOHNS 35;
GALLAUDET, I

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. a..
Gallaudet College, of Washing
ton, was no match for the hard
driving st. Johns gridders, as
they bowed by a 35-to-7 score.
The invaders were the first to
break into the scoring column,
when Monaghlan's long pass was
caught by Walonda. Monaghan
bucked the line for the touch
down after the Johnnies had
withstood two assaults. Walonda
kicked goal.
The Johnnies carried the ball
to Gallaudet's 20-yard line, where
a pass, Lynch to Carpenter, was
caught by the latter behind the
goal post. Carpenters kick for
point was good.
A pass was intercepted by
Lynch, who ran 40 yards for a
touchdown.
st. John continued its scoring
spree in the third quarter, when
Lynch passed 20 yards to Car
penter who ran over a tally, and
also kicked the extra point. A
safety added two.
Lynch passed over the goal line
to Williams for st. Johns fourth
touchdown, but Lynch's try for
goal went wide. An intercepted
pass accounted for a fifth touch
down, shortly before the final
whistle blew. Final score: St.
Johns, IS; Gallaudet, Z.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
VIRGINIA B0OMS
EX-GOv. BYRD
international Photo

The favorite son list to be pre-
sented to the next Democratic
national convention was aug
mented today by the addition of
former Governor Harry F.Byrd
of Virginia.
The Old Dominion is going to
present his name and stand by
him, according to Senator Carter
Glass, veteran Democratic leader
of the State. There is strong
suspicion, however, that Glass is
really aiming to land his protege
in the Vice Presidential berth,
rather than at the head of the
ticket.
In declaring Virginia's support
of the former governor, Senator
Glass took particular pains to en-
phaSize that Byrd's candidacy was
in no sense a part of the stop
Roosevelt" movement.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Lederer Is Found,
Wife Tells Police

NEW YORK, Nov. IA UN.S0.
The disappearance of Harry s.
Lederer, president Of A. Open
heimer Company, which led
police to send out a confidential
Search-alarm, was abruptly termi-
mated today when his wife an
nounced he was on his way here
from Chicago. Mrs. Lederer
blamed business difficulties for
her husbands vanishing four
weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
NOTRE DAME.
TILT DRAWS
$4,000
Fighting Irish to Have Easy
Time Disposing of Middies
Is Consensus of Opinion
BY KIRK MILLER,
Washington Times Sports Editor

eSSAAAAAo
vENABLE STADIUM, Balti.
more, Nov. 14.-Twenty-five hun
dred Washingtonians were
among the $4,000 spectators who
gathered in Baltimore's municipal
stadium today to witness the
Notre Dame hurricane flatten the
Naval Academy eleven by a score
popularity expected to be about
anything the South Bend team
wishes to make it.
Three special trains brought in
the New York contingent of
Notre Dame alumni and from
other large cities along the At
iaTltiC Seaooard they came by
thousands to witness the first
Eastern invasion this season Of
the famous Indiana eleven.
Navy In Bad Spot
Ideal weather prevailed for the
spectators, but it was somewhat
mild for the players.
Notre Dame is after its fifth
consecutive victory over the An
napolis team as well as its
twenty-fifth game without a de-
feat in three seasons.
Navy, using the Notre Dame
style of play for its first year.
has had only small success.
Only Six Veterans
Besides its unfamiliarity with
its new system of football, Navy
is suffering additionally by hav-
ing but six of it's veterans back in
this years lineup. Captain Bow
strom, Bauer, Byng, Cannon, Hag-
berg, Kirkpatrick, Torgerson, An
trim, Black, Castree and Williams,
names which have made football
history for Navy, are missing.
Thus it is conceded the Middies
have no chance whatever to stop
the green-clad menace from the
Midwest.
Navy's line veterans are Cap
tain H. M. Tuttle, center; L. A.
Bryan, tackle, and G. W. Under
wood, guard. Lou Kern, Tesch1-
rigi are the two experienced backs.
Fleck is also something more than
a neophite.
Helping Rip Miller with Navy
this year are two other Notre
Dame products, Christy Flanagan
end John O'Brien. Flanagan was
a power i. the Notre Dame team
that defeated Navy in 1927, and
O'Lrien starred against his pres
ent proteges in both 1929 and
1880.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Kicked by Horse,
Groom Asks SIOO.OOO

BALTIMORE, Nov. II GNSO.
Kicked by a racehorse he said is
owned by George Remus, of Gin
cinnati, and Blanche Watson,
trading as the Watson Racing
Stable and the Leisure Hour
Breeding Farms, Frank Lashley,
this city, former groom for the
stables, sued each today for
$4,000 damages. He claimed the
miShap occurred last August II
at Cleveland track,
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
10
Free
Turkeys

The Washington Times
will give 10 fine turkeys to
the 10 women who submit
the best menus for Thanks.
giving dinner.
Just plan the kind Of
Thanksgiving dinner you
would like. Write it out on
one side of the paper only
and send it to the Thanks
giving Menu Editor not later
than Wednesday, midnight,
November 18.
The 10 best menus sub.
mitted will be awarded a
turkey. Winners will all be
announced by Tuesday, NO
vember a..
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
PUNISH HIM,
! BUT NOT BY.
DEATH
DonaIdson'S Mother Displays
Little Hate; Rose Allen
and Father ReConCiIed

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IA
UN.S.).-Breaking the silence
that has shrouded the Donald
son mansion since the Staying
of Francis A. Donaldson, Sd,
last Monday night, the dead
boys mother spoke today. She
said:
taking the life of Edward
Allen will not bring my boy back
to me-"
Thus she asserted that she does
not want the confessed youth
sent to the electric chair. Mrs.
Donaldson, however, does believe
Allen should pay a severe penalty
for the crime. She added:
"Let him be-pnnished SO that
he never can forget the awful
thing that he has DONE"
Victim Of Anger
Death has taken the lives Of the
aged woman's only children within
the last year. william, the other
son, succumbed to pneumonia last
spring.
Then Donaldson fell victim to
the anger Of young Allen because
of the betrayal of the latter's
pretty 1S-year-old sister, Rose.
Mrs. Donaldson also revealed
that Horace Allen, father Of the
accused youth, first opposed the
friendship of Rose and young
Donaldson. The opposition was
based on the belief that Mr.. Don
aldson had married a domestic,
Mrs. Donaldson explained.
ITO straighten things out, my
husband proved this to be un-
true and MIR. Allen wrote me
note Of apology. After that
there could be no question of
his daughter marrying beneath
her."
STORIES IN CONFLICT
Her husband, however. opposed
the marriage of his son and Miss
Allen until young Donaldson was
in a position to support a wife"
according to Mrs. Donaldson, who
said:
'Tneyer understood there was
ever q definite refusal to the
marriage"
Horace Allen, father of Pose
and Edward, had stated he de-
manded that young Donaldson
marry his daughter after he
learned of her betrayal last Au-
gust, but that the elder Donaldson
opposed the marriage.
Meanwhile, with Edward in a
cell Of the Montgomery county
jail at NorriStown and the father
Ill and broken by the affair, it
was reported in main line society
circles last night that the father
and daughter had been recon
ci1ed.
Reconciliation Cited
The fathers breakdown, when
nerves snapped and he collapsed
in the home Of Henry C. Pearce,
Of Haverford, where he and Rose
are now staying, brought about |
the reconciliation, it was said.
Her sympathy aroused by her
aged parents illness caused a
change in the bitter resentful |
feeling Rose had exhibited to-
ward her father and brother since |
the Staying of her sweetheart.
The pretty young debutante,
however, so far has shown no in
dications of forgiving young Allen
for his act.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
ACTS
LIKE DOLL,
EXPERT
FINDS
Shadows of Past to Remain
Even If Edith Gets Well,
Psychologist Says

Edith Riley, the cupboard
child" will carry through life
the effects of months of soli-
tary confinement in a pitch
dark closet and other cruelties
allegedly inflicted upon her
over period of four years by
a jealous stepmother. .
Mrs. Edith Sutherland Elmore,
chief psychologist at Gallinger
Hospital, and daughter Of Justice
George Sutherland, of the United
States Supreme Court, expressed
this opinion in an interview today.
Shadows to Remain
Mrs. Elmore made the intelli.
gence test which led DR.. Joseph
Gilbert, psychiatrist Of the hos
pital, to refute the Step-motherS
assertion that the child was feeble
minded, the excuse given for her
confinement in the closet.
Discussing her conclusions o.
the test, Mrs. Elmore said:
'PrOper care and treatment
over q long period may restore
energy to the almost lifeless
limbs and lift the cloud from
the apparently Stunted mind,
hut it does not appear likely
that the child ever will fully re-
cover. -.-..'
Even if happiness lifts the
mask Of unnatural SOlemnity
from the pitiful little face, she
will probably be subject always
to emotional Disturbances
Not Feeble Minded
Mrs. Elmore said her test con.
vinced her the child was not feeble.
minded and there was nothing to
indicate she had ever suffered
from idiotic tendencies. She de-
clared:
"She is sub-nOrmaI at the
present time, 3ut certainly not
an imbeciIe.
"She responded to my tests
in a highly intelligent man
ner. She answered most Of
my questions, except when 1
mentioned her home life. Then
she was strangely mute. Her
face was expreSSiOnlesS, her
hands betr;.yed no emotion.
She just stared straight
ahead"
Like Robot Doll
Mrs. Elmore said the child did
not appear the type which would
hive to be locked up to prevent
her injuring herself. Said Mrs.
Elmore:
"She is extremely dOciIe and
Hbedient. She Obeys com.
mandS almOS: automatically,
like a robot doll. This gives
one the impression she has
been subject to severe dis
cipline.
"Of course, we cannot tell
whether she was mentally
deficient before the alleged i'll.
treatment, but the cruelty and
confinement she is alleged to
have undergone could cause .
normal child to deteriOrate to
her state"
Mrs. Elmore revealed the Grand
Jury investigating the case asked
the hospital for psychological
report. Her report will be sent
the jury over the weekend and
it is expected indictments will be
returned against the father and
Step-mother next week.
Meanwhile, additional friends
and relatives who knew the child
before she was turned over to
the father and Step-mother have
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The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Railroads Speed
Credit Pool Step

NEW YORK, Nov. IA G.N.S0. L.
Action to establish the $780,.
100000 credit pool to aid weaker
carriers, as approved by the
meeting of the Association of
Railroad Executives, was rushed
today by the advisory committee
of the organization. A special
committee took steps to meet
union leaders to discuss Volun-
tary pay cuts.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
laps Launch Drive
On Gen. Mas Force

SHANGHAI, Nov. IA Q.N.S0
A japanese force of 1900 men,
equipped with heavy artillery,
crossed the Nonni River today and
launched an attack upon the
Heilungkiang army of Gen. Ma
Chang g-Shan, according to dis
patches reaching here from Man
churia.
At the same time, a Chinese
army of 5000 men under Gen.
Chang Hai-Peng was reported
to be attacking the Heilungkiang
troops west of Tahsing.
Ma Chan-Shan, defending An
ganki and Tsitsihar, had 10000
men ready to meet the Japanese
advance, the dispatches said.
TOKYO, Nov. IA G.N.sO-Be-
cause of the concentration of
Chinese forces at Tsitsihar, the
japanese government will be un.
able to carry out it's pledge for the
withdrawal of Japanese troops
from the Nonni River with the
completion of repairs on the rail
road bridge, it was stated Off
cially here today.
The War Office declared the
Japanese would have to retain
control of the Nonni area until
the Heilungkiang army ceased to
menace operations of the Taonan.
Anganki Railroad.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
HOGrding of Money
Is Believed Checked

Another week of fairly encour-
aging business and financial de-
velopments was indicated today
by statistical reports issued by
the Government.
Money boarding has been
checked definitely due to renewed
confidence in banks.
Money in circulation November
II totaled $5,517,000,00O, an IN
crease Of $26,0O0,00O during the
week.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
BY HARRY COSTELLO
Georgetown Backfield Star, 1910

1879
Georgetown, with it's annual
Homecoming opponent, West Vir.
ginia University, occupies the cen
ter of the District football stage
today.
Catholic University played its
weekend game last night. Mary
land, George Washington, and
American University are idle to-
day. Gallaudet was in Annapo-
lis for its battle with st. Johns
this morning.
Exclusive of the Georgetown
West Virginia game at Griffith
Stadium, there is only a single
other collegiate affair, that be-
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
JObLeSs Man Sleeps
In MOrnue W0nOK

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IA
GN.SO.-Unable to find a job,
Eugene Mack, 81, has solved the
housing problem by taking up his
abode in a morgue wagon. His
bed is the front seat Of the
wagon.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of Nov IL,
$197, ,820,519.74.
Expenditures, $11,051,614.60.
Customs receipts, $11,266, ,870. Sc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
Second National
 Bank In Boston
 Is Closed To-day
Action Taken to Prevent Heavy Withdrawals - Ham, den, Conn, Bank Also Closes, Although
 in Good Shape

situation, Ericcson B. Broadbent, president, said.
 He gave the following figures on the banks funds at the time of its closing: Total deposits commercial and savings, $1,B00.000, savings, $1,500, 1000, savings, $7O0,000, and undivided prefits( $44,000. Includ- ed in deposits are funds collected by the town tax collector.
 '.r am convinced that depositors will receive every dollar deposited when the banks finances are ad- justed," Broadbent said. Inability to 1iquidate real estate and col- lateral loans and the depreciation of securities helped bring on the closing, he added. L
 The bank has about 5000 de- positors.
 Hartford, Conn, Dec 17-(UP) = State Banking Commissioner George J. Bassett issued the fol- lowing statement today on the closing of the Hamden Bank and Trust Company.
 Due to inability to collect im- mediately certain outstanding loans which were in a badly frozen con- dition and also due to the recent shrinkage in the market value of securities carried in the banks 8 portfolio, the officers of the bank found they were unable to meet withdrawals and therefore for bet ter protection of all their deposit tors the restraining order was placed.
 "It is believed that the savings are well protected by securities segregated in that department"
 Commissioner Bassett said the bank had total assets of $2,395,- 478.41 as of Sept 30, 1890.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
MAY ANNOUNCE DAY FOR ACTION
 ON INJUNCTION
Veterans Home Row Still Rages as Danbury Le- zion Objects to Rocky Hill Site

Hartford, Conn, Dec 17-CUP) Deputy Attorney.General Ernest L. Averill was expected to an- nounce to-day when the state will move for dissolution of the tenn porary injunction obtained by the New Haven County American Le- zion restraining the state veterans home commission from purchasing the Rocky Hill site.
 Danbury, Conn, Dec 17-(UP)- The American Legion of the third district adopted resolution unan- imously last night objecting to choice of the Rocky Hill site for the new state home for soldiers and calling on the state depart ment, American Legion, to take &C., ton in the matter.
 The stand of former Chief Jus tice George w. Wheeler of Bridgeport and LeRoy D. Downs of Norwalk, dissenting members of the state veterans home commis- sion, was endorsed.
 The legionnaires called on State Commander James Breslin of Hartford to arrange for a meeting of the executive committee to back up the course of the legion of the second district which has obtained an injunction against the Rocky Hill purchase.
 Commissioner Downs told the legionnaires: We were licked be- fore we started because the cards were stacked against us.
 "They told us we could propose any site that we wished but what can two do against Ave-" he added.