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The Washington times., 1932-12-02
British Now Reveal
Anxiety Over Debts

LONDON, Dec. 2 GN.SO .
Deep anxiety over the reception
accorded at Washington to
Britain'S second plea for suspen-
sion of the December war debt
payment was expressed by
officials here today.
With members Of the United
States Congress reported still
firmly opposed to suspension Of
the payment. despite the British
appeal, q wave Of apprehension
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Father Dies to SGUe
FUmiLU AZready Safe

HAMMONTON,. n. j, Dec. 2
G.N.S0 Vincent Fachiano, 48,
a grocer, paid with his life today
attempting to save his three chill
dren from their burning home,
not knowing the children were
safe and sound. Flames swept the
Fachiano home this morning.
Frantic with fear, Fachiano
dashed back into the blazing
structure to save the children. He
was burned to death.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
4 Killed, 2 Injured
In CrOSSinq Wreck

WESTMINSTER, Md, Dec. 2
G.N.SD.-Two women were recov-
ering today from injuries Suf-
fered in a grade crossing accident
in which three other women and
a minister were killed. All vic
TINS were colored. The dead
were the Rev. Hayward Jackson,
"a; Daisy Haymon, 18; Mabel
johnson, 10, and Nellie Diggs, %.
The injured were Bertha John
son, So, and Gertrude Clay, Is.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

with Governor Roosevelt at
Warm Springs. The office Of
attorney general would be the
one offered, it was said.
In asking Senator johnson
to accept a place in the cabinet,
Mr.. Roosevelt would be follow
ing a precedent established by
Grover Cleveland, who. in his
second term, appointed Walter
Q. Gresham, of Illinois, a
former Republican, as Secretary
of State. Mr.. Gresham had de-
serted his party to support
Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

M o o n e y.
m o t h er of
Tom Mooney,
the Califor-
mia prisoner,
a visa to en-
ter England
the Interna-
tional Labor
Defense h a S
b e e n in.
t o r m e d by
cable.
Mrs. Mooney
W a S sched-
uled to visit
England and
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
:RiChmond SuSpendS
Leaves for Police

{ RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 2.-Arl
Ieaves of absence for traffic
police connected with the Vir-
sginia State division of motor
vehicles have been revoked pend
ang orders from the governor in
anticipation Of the arrival in Vir-
ginia of the hunger marcherS to-
day.
. The first contingent of the
hunger marchers from the South
was expected to reach Bristol and
points on the North Carolina
border today.
! Governor Pollard has announced
&hat the marcherS will not be
Anclested so long as they are
peaceful.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
War Unit
Plans Card Pdrty

A card party to benefit the re-
lief fund of the Col. James S.
Petit auxiliary of the United
Spanish War Veterans will be
given tomorrow night at the Con-
ard Apartments Thirteenth and
1 SITS. N. w., by Mrs. Rebekah K.
Pedigo.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Novem-
ber 30,' $3.50, ,729, ,503.99; expendi-
lures, $8.662,288.46; customs re-
ceipts, $24,050,875.51.
CLEARINGS
Richmond $5,225, ,194.87
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
CHINA VILLAGES
LEVELLED BY
JAP GUNS
Eight Towns Destroyed; Hun
ter Hears of New Horrors
That Nippon Has Denied

After a tirst-hand investigation.
Edward Hunter, International
News SerUice correspondent in
ManchuriG, yesterday confirmed
the massacre of 2,70O Chinese
peasants By japanese troops near
Fushun, because they Were SuS-
pected of harborino rebels in their
homes. The second inStGlment OF
Hunters graphic story, Which has
attracted international attention,
fOLlOUS:
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

4HO1dIIU' II
latter the country of her birth.
before returning to the United
States on December 16, the
organization said.
A cablegram protesting the
action Of the British con-
sulate" was dispatched to
Prime Minister Macdonald by
William L. Patterson, national
secretary of the organization.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Rumor Has Hiram Johnson
As Attorney General

Talk was current today that
PreSident-elect Roosevelt might
offer a cabinet post to Senator
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Pinchot Demonstrates
He Holds No Ire

HARRISBURG, Pa. Dec. 2.
Even if Governor Pinch o t
fought James j. Davis for re-
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Mrs. Mooney Refused
British Visa

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The
British consulate in Berlin has
refused to give Mrs. Mary
The Washington times., 1932-12-02

(COntinued from Page y
attitude on the part Of one
member of the committee. Most
of them seem to favor some
modification of the outright re-
peal resolution"
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Chamber of Commerce to Meet.

CLARENDON, Va, January rs (Spe-
eiaD Arlington County Chamber Of
Commerce is to hold its annual business
meeting and election of officers here
wednesday night at o'clock in the
Kelley Building.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
|. c. BARBER RITES
SET WEDNESDAY
Of District
Automobile Repair Shop
Found Dead in Bed.

Funeral services for Irving Clarke
Barber, 40, for many years superintend-
ent of the Districts automobile repair
shop, who was found dead yesterday
afternoon in his home, at 200 Bryant
street, will be held at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon from Hysongs parlors.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Mr.. Barber's body was found in bed
by friends. who became anxious when
he failed to keep an appointment and
instituted a search. Mr.. Barber, who
was unmarried, presumably had died
Of a heart attack Saturday night or
early yesterday.
Members of the Fire Rescue Squad
and a hospital ambulance were sum-
moned but Mr.. Barber was pronounced
dead by the physician in charge.
Mr.. Barber was a captain in the
Motor Transport Corps Reserves. Dur
ing the World War he served as an
instructor at corps training camp in
nearby Maryland.
In the early days of automobile rae
ing Mr.. Barber was designer OF racing
cars which were entered in competition
on the old Benning race track and
others throughout the country.
Mr.. Barber was member OF Vincent
B. Costello Post, American Legion, and
was we'll known among veterans and
employees of the District government.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Robbery Is Believed
Motive of Chouls i'm
Violation of Grave

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, January 25.-Pitt-
sylvania County officers investigating
the mysterious opening Of the grave of
w. C. Hamlet at Gretna by ghouls
are proceeding on a theory Of robbery
as the motive Mr. Hamlet, member
of a well known family, died under
mysterious circumstances in December,
1928 He was supposed to be wealthy,
but no money was found at his death.
Recently the grave was found to have
been entered, hole having been sawed
through the cctin, making 1t possible
to ascertain cf the Itinerary clothing
contained any money. In order to
learn if the body had boen damaged,
the entire grave was opened by officers,
but there was no indication Of viola
ton Of the remains.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
ALEXANDRIA YOUTH
is SHOT In CHEST
Police Think Colored Man Mistook
Victim and Three Others
for Officers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, January 25.-A 20
year-old Alexandria boy, Henry Hill,
was taken to Alexandra Hospital yes
terday with a gunshot wound through
his chest, said to have been inflicted
by Jerry Cundiff, a one-armed co!ored
man, formerly employed at Holm Hall
Farm. Mount Vernon district. Hill was
operated on by Dr. NJ. D. Delaney. His
condition is said to be serious.
Cundiu was arrested yesterday by
Capt Haywood Durrer of the Fairfax
COUNTY Traffic Police and taken to
the Fairfax Jail Deputy Sherifs
Henry T. Mccarthy and J. B. Dowden
arrested Mrs. Florence Meyers at
whose home the shooting is said to
have occurred. She is being held in the
Fairfax Jail as a material witness,
pending further investigation.
According to Deputy Sheriff Dowden,
Hill and four companions, all Of Alex
andria, went to the Meyers home on
the River road Saturday to buy liquor.
The boys are said to have told officers
that they bought a pint Of whisky at
that time. They said they returned to
the house early Sunday morning with
the intention of buying more.
They knocked at the door, police
said. and Cundiff ran out and shot at
them Two Of the boys wore caps re-
sembling those worn by policemen
Cundiff stated that he had gone to the
house to cut wood for Mrs. Meyers,
whose husband is serving a term on
the State road force for violating the
prohibition law.
He declared that the boys jumped on
him and that he drew his revolver in
self-defense.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
VIRGINIA u. ALUMNI
FIGHT CO-EDUCATI0N
Committee Is Named to Support
Passage of Measure for
Women's College.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 25,-To
"end the threat of co-education at the
University of Virginia" the University
of Virginia Alumni Association, follow
ing the appointment Of committee to
aid in the passage of the bill to estab-
lish liberal arts college for women at
the State Teachers College at Fred
ericksburg. has sent out letter urg-
ing each member Of the association to
write, telegraph or see personally" the
members of the Legislature from their
district in an effort to have the meas
ure enacted
The letter is signed by F. L. Fuller,
jr.. president, and J. Malcolm Luck,
secretary.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Force Lane Open.

Taxpayers Of Shanklin, Isle of
Wight, forced open a lane between
their town and Sandown that had been
closed by the government. 1t will stay
open.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
FOUR MORE TAKEN
In WATERS KILLING
Wounded Clerk to View Quartet
Today at Old German
town.
By star Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan correspondent OF Inc oIdI'
ROCKVILLE, Md, January 25.-Four
colored men, two Of whom had been ar
rested in Hagerstown and the other two
in Cumberland were brought here to-
day by a member of the Montgomery
County police force in connection with
the murder last Wednesday night OF
Horace D. Waters, 79-year-old store
keeper Of Old Germantown, Nd, and
the wounding Of his clerk, Richard A.
Bennett, So, in hold-up.
These men will be taken to German
town today and faced by Mr.. Bennett,
who will be asked If he can identify
any of them as participating in the
murder. The two arrested in Hagers-
town were picked up on the description
furnished by local police, while the two
men taken in Cumberland were ar
rested while police were looking for
men who had committed hold-up
there.
If police are unable to connect these
men with the crime, they admit they
face a stone wall in their attempt to
solve it. Practically every lead
which has come to them has been run
down, police say and about 10 persons
have been arrested for questioning, only
to be released.
UJ OGdbCo AtGOl1lSS ObCIA44ol4
Prescott, a group. of county officers and
two Baltimore detectives worked in
Washington and Arlington County, Va,
all day Saturday and arrested two col
ored men, a colored woman and a
white man. All have since been re-
leased.
The white man, Willie Aubrey
Daniels. 40, of Clarendon, was arrested
by Arlington County policeman A. D.
Langley for Detective Sergt. A. P,
Hartman of Washington and taken to
the third precinct station there.
Daniels told policemen, it was said. that
he had driven two colored men to the
neighborhood of Old Germantown the
night of the murder. They went to the
home of a relative and to see a bonds
man He drove a green roadster, be-
lieved to have been the car seen by resi-
dents of the neighborhood on the night
of the murder and for which police mad
been searching, he told the officers
Convinced that he knew nothing about
the shooting, the detectives ordered his
release
Evening star., 1932-01-25
.SEABURY PROPOSES
GOTHAM CLEANUP
Probe Rsport Is Submitted
as Democrat Attacks Anti
Graft Inquiry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 25.-Con-
structive changes to raise New York
Citv from the low and soroid estate
to which il has sunk" were vigorously
advocated Yesterday by Samuel Sea-
bury. who said the searchlight of leg
islative inquiry had shown graft and
corruption to be a part of Tammany
Hall "system" permeating the city
The gray-halred Independent Demo-
crat submitted 50,000-word inter
mediate rercrt of an investigation
begun last Spring to the chairman of
the Hofstadter Legislative Committee.
He is counsel to the committee.
At the same time, Assemblyman Louis
A. Cuvillier, Democratic committeeman,
in a personal statement termed the
inquiry a dismal failure" and asserted
Seabury sought by innuendoes to be
smirch' the character of municipal
employees and undermine" the city's
financial standing. Seabury, said
Cuvillier was nursing an alleged grlev-
ance that Tammanv Hall had knitted
him at the polls in his unsuccessful
1915 race for Governor.
Mccormick Pleads Not Guilty.
Meanwhile Deputy City Clerk James
J. Mccormick entered formal plea of
not guilty to two indictments resulting
from his acceptance of gratuitieS from
couples he married in the municipal
chapel.
Judge George L. Donnellan continued
the $4,000 bail set when Mccormick
surrendered last Friday and granted
him 10 days in which to amend his
plea or make motions. Mccormick tes-
tilted before the Hofstadter committee
that his tips had amounted to $4,000
a year.
Accuses Doyle and Olvany.
The seabury report described a re-
cent statement by an assistant to
Mayor Walker that the inquiry was
impairing city credit as "a shallow at
tempt to transfer the responsibility.
The citv's financial condition, said Sea-
bury. was due to waste, graft and cor
ruption with which the city is in
tested"
OF Sheriff Thomas M Farley, Or
dered by Gov. Roosevelt to answer
charges preferred by Seabury that he
appropriated to his his own use the
uals left in his care and that he had
other income he could not explain,
the report states, che has no alterna-
tive except to confess grand larceny"
After lengthy review of testimony
regarding DR.. William F. Doyle. the
veterinarian, and his practice before
the Board of Standards and Appeals,
Seabury remarks:
In my opinion the evidence leaves
no doubt that Doyle and George w.
Olvany former leader Of Tammany
HalD, and the agencies which they
represented were trafflckers in politi-
cal influence upon the Board of STAN
dards and Appeals, and that the mil
lions of dollars which they earned in
the barter and sale of this influence
was earned at the expense and to the
prejudice of the people of the City of
New York"
Evening star., 1932-01-25
BLAZE DESTROYS
BEAVER DAM CLUB
Plans Made by Officials to
RebuiId Burned
Structure.
By stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.
LANDOVER, Nd, January 25.-
While the charred ruins of their hand
some 100000 club house still smoldered,
officials of the Beaver Dam Country
Club met in the office of Edward L,
BraShears, president yesterday after
noon and drafted plans for a new
structure to be built at once.
Famed by a high wind, fire Of
undetermined origin DESTROYED the
three-story building about o'clock
yesterday morning.
Occupants Escape.
Three employees CT the club, who
were sleeping in the building, were
aroused by the odor of smoke and made
their way to safety. They were David
c. Adamson and john and Harold
Jackson. John Jackson's arm was cut
as he rushed through a glass door.
Although the exact cause of the fire
could not be determined, firemen at
tributed it either to a short circuit or
a carelesslv discarded cigarette. The
blaze started in the southeast corner
of the building, fremen said.
When volunteer fire companies ar
rived in a response to a general alarm
County the blaze had gained such
headway it could not be checked Fire
companies from Bladensburg, HyattS-
Vile Cottage City, Tuxedo, Brentwood
Mount Rainier and Riverdale re-
sponded.
Less Partially Covered by Insurance.
In addition to the loss to the club
property, golf equipment, wearing ap-
parel and other articles belonging to
the individual members, valued at sew
eral thousand dollars and stored in the
locker rooms, was ruined. The club
house loss is said to be partially COW
cred by>insurance.
Only the two brick chimneys re-
manned standing Firemen stretched
rope lines around them as hundreds
of club members and county residents
gathered to view the ruins yesterday.
Many members took advantage Of the
Springlike weather to enjoy round
of golf while at the club.
The club has been organized about 10
years and has a membership of ap-
proximately 500, including members of
Congress, Army officers and many
prominent officials Of the District of
Columbia and Prince Gecrges County.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
CAVE-IN MAY LEAD
TO NEW CAvERNS
Exploration Planned Following
Engulfng of Horse as
Ground Gives Way.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, January 25-
Explorations are to be made on the Nc
Leod farm near Stephens City, Frederick
County, this week to determine whether
the valley of Virginia contains another
large cavern similar to those opened
and commercialized in recent years in
Shenandoah County.
Decision to make thorough inves-
tigation followed the engulfing of a
horse there Saturday while E. j. Hiser
was plowing for corn. Suddenly the
horse sank out of sight and was drag
ging another with it when the opening
became choked. Hiser narrowly escaped
pitching into the hole. He extricated
the second horse with the aid of neigh
bors, but the animal that fell in first
was not recovered.
Many residents of the neighborhood
refused to go near the opening, fearing
the roof of possible cavern may COL
lapse, and men who did go to help Hiser
extricate his horse were well equipped
with ropes.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
WOMAN is KILLED
BY CAR on HIGHWAY
Struck While Walking With Hus.
band on Road-Berwyn
Driver Is Freed.
gya staff CORRESPONDENT of The Star:

BY stan correspondent OF Inc star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, January 25
Struck by an automobile while walk
ing along the Baltimore Boulevard with
her husband, Mrs. Eta L. johnson, 4S
years old, was instantly killed about 6
o'clock last night.
Harry w. McNamee of Berwyn, driver
of the car which struck her, was ex-
onerated of all blame a short time later
when a coroner's jury, under Justice
of Peace George S. Phillips decided the
accident was unavoidable.
According to County Policeman Claude
Reese. the couple was walking arm in
arm along the road in the same direc-
tion the car was going The husband
who is employed at the experiment
farm of the University of Maryland,
according to Reese. was uninjured.
Mrs. johnson was pronounced dead
by DR.. A. o. Etienne of BerWyn.
California bakers have succeeded in
making bread from seaWeed
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Ex-Editor III of Poison.

HAGERSTOWN. Md, January 25
Especially Richard j. Hamilton, former
editor of the Daily Mail, this city, is
in a critical condition with blood
poisoning in Miami, Fla. hospital.
He is spending the Winter in Florida,
He is the son of the late Gov. William
T. Hamilton of Maryland
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Scholarships Awarded.

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, January as
In recognition Of their outstanding All
Club work during the past year, Ethel
Gorsuch of Carroll County and Charles
Clark of Hartford County have beer
awarded 500 scholarships by the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad
Evening star., 1932-01-25

California bakers have succeeded in
making bread from seaWeed.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

The Army and Navy Club will be the
scene tonight of an interesting re-
union of the washington Alumni OF
Mercerspurg Academy. An informal
dinner will be followed by addresses,
entertainment and motion pictures de-
picting student life at Mercersburg.
In addition to the alumni and their
wives and ctner members of their tam
lilies. the committee in charge, headed
by F. Addison Brastow, has invited
parents of Mercarsburg students and
other friends of the institution. DR..
Boyd Edwards headmaster of the
school. and Mrs. Edwards will be pres
cnt. DR.. Edwards is scheduled to dis
cuss the activities at Mercersburg
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-21
ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS

Some interesting personal facts
abou our presidents:
Washington was born on a Friday.
and died IN the Last hour of the last
day of the week, in the last month OF
the last year of the century.
Adams and Jefferson died on the
same day, July 4, 1926.
Van Buren, was the first president
not born a British subject.
Taylor, being a regular army Of
fcer, never voted prior to his elec-
ton as president.
Adams lived longer than any other
president, more than 80 years.
Tyler was a member of the provis-
ional Congress of the Confederate
states, and was a m~ember-elect Of
the permanent Confederate Congress
at the time of his death.
Lincoln was the first president to
wear a beard. Grant was the first
to wear a moustache, and also wore
q beard.
Buchanan was the only president
who never married. Cleveland was 4
bachelor when ~inaugerated, but mar
ried Don afterward.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-21

son, Thatcher, ando Bartlett, ant
these attorneys inform the American
Consul at Berlin that the mar is al
right. One witness states that no one
could get a visa unless he has the
approval of this firm of lawyers
. Doctor Sheftel came to the Unit.
ed States, pretending to represent
the Russian Department Of Health
but instead taught q Communist
School and was in constant touch
with Amtorg officials"
From another source we learn in
regard to other Municipalities am.
org these Amtorg officials. that
Mendelsohn is a man who has al.
ways been entrusted with secret pol
tica missions and who is head OF
the Information Department; that
A. A Santalov is a personal conf.
dant of Stain who organizes secret
service information; and that LUX
erman, highly esteemed in Moscow,
circles, is assigned TO watch over the
execution of Moscow direotives and
is in direct correspondence with Gold
stein of the Berlin office.
To give so4ne idea Of the extent OF
the cover" provided by this trading
company, John P. Simmons, head Of
the passport division of the Depart
ment of State, in his testimony be-
fore the Fish Committee, stated that
some 612 Soviet agents had been
admitted to the United States in the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-04-21
REALITIES TEACH RUSSIA
(Great Falls Tribune)

Real1t1es have caused the temper
airy suspension Of operations at the
acknowledgement automobile plant in
Russia, that gigantic establishment
that vsas to rival Detroit It seems
there are too many bosses. On the
other hand, there is lack OF definite
authorhy-in other words, too much
interference with the management
and boo much opportunity to pass
the buck"
The executive committee of the
communist party has admitted this
and Is demanding efficiency. In the
meantime the plant Is closed. Man
ayers and superintendent have been
discharged Harsh things have been
said about the meddling OF the fac
tory woFkmen's committee, which, it
seems, IS IN = position to dictate pol
icy and what not. The communist
party executive committee demands
action-demands that the full pro-
gram OF production automobiles be
carried out
1t Is quate an interesting squabble-
And it amounts to an unwilling con-
cession to the idea Of making d man
ufacturing plant just that and not q
political organization The soviets
have had to recede from several of
the cardinal contentious. They have
had to acknowledge that the sub
merging Of the individual will mot
work; putting all persons on the
same basis and paying them all
equally regardless Of their personal
performances is folly.
OF course, soviet Russia will not
admit thst it is getting to the man
ufacturing methods Of the capitalist
ic countries Such an admission
would be = blow to soviet theory. It
Was generally ,apparent throughout
the world, that II Russia aspired to
INDUSTRIAL efficiency, Russia would
have to follow the practices which
have long demontrated themselves
as necessary for industrial achieve
nent. The incident at the automo-
bale factory is an illustration Of the
fact