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Evening star., 1932-02-25
JAPANESE CHARGE ERROR.
Hold StimsOn Is Ignorant of History of
Washington Farley.

Hold StimsOn Is Ignorant Of History of
Washington Farley.
TOXIC, February 25 (Py.-A high for
eign Office official after reading press
dispatches quoting excerpts from Sec
retary of State Henry L. Stimson's let
ter to Senator Borah on the ino-Jap-
anese situation today questioned the
validity Of Secretary Stimson's assump-
ton that Americas naval concessions
in the Washington treaty were predi-
Gated On guarantees embodied in the
ntne-power pact
The terms of the naval agreement
he said, actually were completed at the
Washington conference before the
powers began real consideration Of
Chinese problems and Japan had
agreed to the naval terms leaving many
problems of the utmost importance to
her for settlement in later stages of
the conference.
Japan, he asserted, accepted a so per
cent battleShip ratio early in the con-
ference, thereby leaving the japanese
delegation open to charge of having
Continued on Page 5, Column ID
Evening star., 1932-02-25
WILBUR ASSA|LS
CENTRAL CONTROL
Calls for More Local Govern
ment-HutchinS Asks New
School Scheme.

Effective local government and local
control rather than an over-centralizeo
government were urged for the safety
Of democracy by Secretary Of the In
terror Wilbur at the eighth general
sessions of the National Education AS
sociation's department of superintend-
ence convention today.
In this era Of too rapid growth, OF
amalgamation. of centralized power,
Secretary Wilbur declared, I'VE must
fight for safety through effective local
government and local control. 1t is
bad enough to have more people on
the payroll than on the land without
making it worse by over-centralization
in Washington"
Central control as applied to the
national educational system was at
tackled in the same session when DR.
Robert M. HutchinS, president Of the
University of Chicago, appealed for a
school scheme built on cooperation, In
which each organization would have
full independence.
Problems Complex.
1.-The problems of education" DR.
Hutchins said, ARE more complex and
battling than they have ever been be-
fore. The elaborate structure that has
been rapidly erected Is in danger from
misunderstanding without, and dis
agreement within. If We can envisage
an educational system in the United
States, built on cooperation and not
on rigid control, If we can grant to
each organization that independence
which its full development requires, we
hnh Ia asvl,.& H. sr~@o
for our people and for ourselves, and
in the light of new day, perform our
common task
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio paid
a surprise visit to the conventions ges-
sion shortly before noon today and In
an informal talk at the invitation of DR.
Edwin Broome. presiding officer, assured
the educators of the Governments SYM
pathy with the cause Of education. He
related briefly the Federal efforts tC
stabilize industry and end the depreS-
sion which, 1t has been contended daily
in the convention session, menaces
school advances. In this connection he
described briefly the operation of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Last night Senator Robert M. La
Toilette of wisconsin, placed response
bility for the training of the Nations
youth to meet changing economic forces
squarely on the shoulders of the educa-
tors.
Closes This Afternoon.
DR.. William John Cooper, United
States commissioner of education, an
other speaker at today's session, out
lined the progress made in carrying out
the recommendations of the National
ADVISORY Committee on Education last
Continued ON Page Column IL
Evening star., 1932-02-25
P|NCHOT DISCUSSES
/. ANT|-HOOVER DRIVE
Governor ConferS With Sen
ate Leaders on Campaign
Against denomination.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A campaign against the denomination
of President Hoover was discussed today
by Gov. Clifford Pinchot of Pennsyl
vania with Re. ublican and Independent
Senate leaders.
Meanwhile, supporters Of Speaker
Garner for the Democratic presidential,
nomination acted to keep his name from
being entered in the Nebraska presi-
Dental primary.
There was conviction at the Capitol
that Pinchot was seriously considering
entering the presidential race himself
but he declined to discuss politics with
newspaper men.
Among those he conferred with Were
Senators Borah of Idaho and johnson
of California, who have been promi-
/ nentIy mentioned as possible opponents
of President Hoover. Neither would
discuss the conferences.
Takes Action in Nebraska.
Representative Rayburn, Democrat
of Texas, who requested yesterday that
Garner not be entered in the Georgia
presidential primary either directly or
indirectly, today asked the same pro-
cedure in telegram to the Nebraska
Garner-for President Club.
Rayburn Is expected to take the same
stand in all primary States, including
California, where it has been announced
Garner's name would be filed to make a
three-way race with Alfred E. Smith
and Governor Roosevelt.
Rayburn reiterated that Garner /.
not an active candidate, but he die
not close the door to all efforts in + is
behalf. He said the Speaker undOubt-
edly would accept the nomination If il
were rendered him.
Rayburn's Nebraska telegram was ad-
dressed to Mrs. Lee Edwards, secretary
of the Garner-for- President Club, Or
ganized in Omaha last night
Mrs. Edwards had notified RayburT
that the organization voted to curcu-
late petitions to put Gamers name or
the ballet and that Arthur Mullen. ma
ttonal committeeman, was running a
campaign for Roosevelt, whose name
would be on the ballot.
Support of Delegation Promised.
- 0oAAACA . ID Oil bIlC Dd1lOl
he will get the Is delegates from Me-
araska," Mrs. Edwards said
Rayburn replied that Garner
friends deeply appreciated the interest
shown in him by Nebraska workers and
added:
'.As friend and speaking for a host
OF friends of John N. Garner. it is de-
sired that Mr.. Gamers name be not
entered in the presidential primary in
Nebraska"
AS to the Pinchot conferences, it is
believed neither Borah nor johnson
offered great encouragement to the
anti-Hoover campaign, taking the view
1t is almost an insurmountable obstacle
to defeat a President for denomination.
Each has been urged before to get into
the race.
Also there was every indication that
Pinchot urged Borah and johnson to
go into the campaign themselves.
The Idaho Senator has taken the po-
Sition that he will make no open cam
paign; that if his name is put up in
States not requiring the consent of the
candidate he will take no notice of it.
The Pennsylvania primary is in April
and If Pinchot is going to enter the
race 1t is considered here to be about
time for him to be making open moves.
Both Borah and Johnson have been
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
1000 CHINESE VANISH IN WAR
OF DEPORTATION BY MEXICO
Consul Nogales Issues Public Statement Saying Conster
nation Exists Among Those Left in Sonora

Millions of dollars have been lost
by the Chinese in Sonora" Peng said.
Property has been abandoned and
business disrupted. Liquidation prior
to deportation was not permitted.
Notwithstanding the fact that Chi
nese and American consular agents had
arranged for steamships to stop at
Mazatlan and Guaymas for Chinese
refugees, the Mexican authorities gath
cred many OrieAtals up and deported
them, presumably to the State OF
Sinaloa, where a similar fate perhaps
awaits them.
"As a result of these secret orders
about TOO Chinese merchants OF Hermo-
sillo, capital city Of Sonora, were de-
ported and about 80 hurriedly sent out
of Huatabampo.
I'm Nogales, many law-abiding Chi
nese were told to report to the mayor
They were then deported and later
! reports reported them missing"
Evening star., 1932-02-25
NAVY FLYER LEAPS
AS PLANE CRASHES
Lieut.. F. M. TrapneII Unhurt
in Parachute Jump-Fire
Destroys Craft.

Lieut.. Fred M. Trapnell, veteran naval
flyer, leaped to safety in a parachute
today when he lost control Of Curtis
scouting plane on a test flight about a
mile from Oxen Hill, Md. He reached
the ground safely. The ship crashed
in a clump of trees and was destroyed
by flames.
officials of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
Navy Department, said Trapnell was
flying at an altitude of $4,000 feet when
something went wrong with the plane.
He "bailed OUT at 1000 feet. Details
of the fight remained to be received
at the bureau.
An emergency truck was sent to the
scene from the Naval Air Station at
Anacostia.
Lieut.. Trapnell has been test flight
section flyer at Ana costa for three
years. He was appointed to the Naval
Academy from West Virginia and was
graduated several years ago.
His Second Leap.
The ship, scouting type, was flown
from the Naval Air Station at Anacostla
this morning by the airman as part OF
the tests given by the flight test Sec
ton there.
Todays Jump was the second for
Lieut.. Trapnell. He first became
member of the Caterpillar Club" NO
vember Is, 1929, when, over San Diego,
Calf, he jumped from F4B-1 plane,
which had caught fire.
The plane that cracked up today had
been at the naval air station at Ana
costa for about 10 days, and was being
put through a series of tests, pre-
paratory to its official acceptance by the
Navy. The exact cause of the crash was
not available at the Navy Department,
but officials instituted an inquiry to de-
termine why Lieut.. Trapnell had to
abandon ship
Lieut.. Trapnell was born in Elizabeth,
N. j., July 9, 1902, and graduated from
the Naval Academy in June, 1928. He
served aboard the U. S. S. Marblehead,
in connection with getting the ship
ready for service, in May, 1924.
Served on Lexington.
He went to the Naval Air Station at
Pensacola, Fla, for instruction in De-
cember, 1925. and was designated
naval aviator in March, 1927. He
served aboard the aircraft carrier
U. S. S. Lexington, with VT Squad
ron l.
Lieut.. Trapnell came on duty with
the Flight Test section at the Naval
Air Station at Anacostia In January,
1880. Orders we're issued recently by
the Bureau Of Navigation, Navy De-
partment, ordering him to heavier r-than-
air duty aboard the U. S. S. Akron.
He is scheduled to report there on
July /.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
Surprise Attack
Halts Advance
of Japanese.
GERMAN CONSUL
FLEES TO SAFETY
Huge Fire Is Raging g
Unchecked With
in Chapel.

(Copyright, 1892. by the Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, February 25.-
Hammered all day long by ter
rifle japanese bombardment, the
Chinese Army in the Kiangwan
sector swarmed out of its trenches
tonight, launching surprising
counter attack, and won back
nearly all the ground it had lost
during the day.
In the afternoon the japanese
threw their full force on the
handful of defenders northwest OF
Kiangwan village, beat back the
Chinese first line and drove it
into a disorderly retreat.
The attack swept forward
around the village, ripped through
the line and virtually surrounded
the Kiangwan garrison. The ar
tillery pounded the Chinese sec
ond line and a fleet of 40 Japanese
planes rained 250-pound bombs
on the defenses.
Then the attack halted for a
time, while the heavy guns con-
tinued their withering fire on the
Chinese rear.
Recover Lost Ground.
The counter attack appeared to
have taken the japanese by sur
prise, for it carried the Chinese
back across the Shell-torn ground
and tonight Kiangwan was still in
their hands.
The rolling thunder Of heavy
guns crashed on the Chapel front
late tonight as the Chinese bonn
barded the enemy base in Hong
kew Park.
The fighting appeared to have
shifted from the Kiangwan sector,
where the Chinese apparently
were reinforced by Chang Kali
Shek's 88th Division.
There were reports that two to
three Japanese divisions were due
tomorrow or Saturday and that a
big Japanese drive would begin
early next week.
Germany's diplomatic represen-
tativeS here evacuated their con-
Sulate tonight in the face of the
possibility that the Chinese Army
would shell the Hongkew sector.
First to Heed Warning.
They were the first foreign
diplomats to withdraw following
warning by Mayor WI Teh-
Chen that the HongkeW sector was
dangerous for foreigners as long
as it continued to be used as a
Japanese military base.
The Japanese artillery moved forward
to two new positions during the after
noon and their infantry had long since
left the location it occupied when the
battle began this morning.
The big guns poured crushing fire
on the Chinese while the infantry ad-
vanced. Fighting desperately, the Japa-
nese took Miaochungchen, northwest of
Kiangwan, and continued their wheel
ing drive from there. The entire area
was covered with smoke, which made it
-, Ioaaa Noi,ty,ar &
Evening star., 1932-02-25
BY the Associated Press.


NOGALES, Ariz, February 25.-Con-
tinued deportations of Chinese in the
State of Sonora, Mexico, and the fear
Of arrest and imprisonment have caused
additional CONSERVATION in their dwin-
cling ranks, Yao-Hsiang Peng, Chinese
consul in Nogalee, Sonora, said today
in public statement.
OF 5000 Chinese prior to the start
of the expulsion only 1000 now remain,
the consul said.
THE Sonora Chinese situation has
become decidedly acute" he said.
Hundreds of Chinese residents were
compelled to leave their business estab-
lishments, abandon their homes and
nee: Other hundreds were forcibly de-
ported"
The Chinese consul said Gov. Ru-
oolIo Gales Of Sonora had issued secret
1nsuucuons to municipal authorities to
delay.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
Sti1llson Letter
Held Way to
Stop Notes.
REJECTS TOXIC
PLAN GENTLY
Path Seen Open for
L. S. to Increase
Pacific Forts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of State StimSOn'S
! frank letter to Senator Borah out
lining American policy in China
was seen today as a definite effort
to inform world opinion and stop
the barrage of notes between
Toxic and Washington.
The letter to Senator Borah calls
for no reply from the japanese
foreign office and does not in
vite international controversy.
But it lets all powers interested
in the international Settlement
at Shanghai and it's perils know
that the United States believes
existing treaties sufficient, If
strictly adhered to, to protect the
interests of China, as well as those
Of all other nations which signed
the nine-power treaty, framed at
the Washington Conference in
1922.
Rejects Japan's Suggestion.
BY this indirect method Japan's
suggestions that there should be
treaty revisions or at least treaty
interpretations to permit of for
eign Intervention because of Chi
nese inability to maintain domes-
tic peace and safeguard foreign
interests, are definitely rejected
by the United States without Civ
ing Japan a direct rebuff.
Congressional sentiment is aligned
strongly behind the new Stimson state
ment Individual leanings color the in
Expectations placed upon the letter, but
no note of objection has been voiced.
The forceful reminder by Stimson
that the treaties fixing naval ratios are
interdependent with the nine-power
| pact for the preservation Of China's
territorial integrity and her free trade
and that this pact Is threatened by
the present conflict, was seized upon
by big navy advocates as fuel for their
| fire.
johnson Welcomes Implication.
They saw in it an inescapable infer
ence that the United States would feel
no longer bound to the treaty-imposed
fleet limits or the pladge against fur
ther fortification at Guam and In the
Philippines, If it decides Japan has vio-
lated the nine-power pact Senator
johnson of California welcomed an
implication that we are free now to
pursue our own course"
Strong believers in the power for
peace inherent in treaties and inter-
national cooperation, refused to see
any such implication, leaning instead
upon the strong Stimson declaration
that the United States stands firmly
by the nine-power pact, the Kellogg
peace pact and all solemn international
treaties for peace
One Senator expressed a rather gen.
eral qualification that the United States
was through shooting paper wads"-
proposals for peace and other repre-
sentations-to Japan. This was Senator
McNary Of Oregon, assistant Republican
leader. Reed of Pennsylvania, high
ranking Republican on the Foreign Re-
lations Committee, expressed pleasure
at the same implication.
JAPANESE CHARGE ERROR
Evening star., 1932-02-25
MILLS DENIES RUM0R
No Statement Planned on Inter
national War Debts.

Vague reports that the administra-
tion plans to issue a statement on in
ternational war debts were said today
by Secretary Mills to be unfounded.
The Treasury Secretarys attention
was called to the rrlmors, which had
reached here from various sources. He
declined to dignity them in a formal
denial, but declared the Government
had no intention Of issuing such q
statement.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
JOBLESS WILL SHARE $4,000
BOX AWARD IN PHILADELPHIA
Son of Founder Announces Decision to Help Put
Unemployed Back to Work.

said, "as tribute to the courage and
the loyalty to American traditions with
which the community has faced the
hardships of 1881 and made the best
of it's troubles"
Philip C. Staples, who was active in.
the united campaign which raised more
than $4,000, 600 for unemployment re-
lief and welfare work last November and
December, received the check on behalf
Of the unknown citizen"
The scroll, casket and medal which
accompany the award will 60 to the
Historical Society Of Pennsylvania for
permanent display.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
$50, 900, 900 TAKEN
OUT OF BOARDING
Hoover Informs Col. Frank Knox
of Results of National
Campaign.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 25.-The drive
against boarding has brought $60,0O0,-
coo back into circulation, President
Hoover informed Frank Knox, head of
the citizens reconstruction organization,
today.
A telegram from the President said
S295 ,000,00 was boarded when the or
ganization was formed and that, up TO
February %, s60,0o0,000 had been lured
into trade.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
TRACES OF OLD RACE
DISCOVERED IN CUBA
American Unearths Many Relics.
Mayan Civilization Believed to
Have Spread to Island.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 25-Dispatches
from Las Martinas, Piiar De- E..o
Province, said Robert r. Bernett, Amer
lean scientist, had discovered in the
extreme westerly portion of the island
traces of an ancient civilization.
Among articles reported found in the
deserted hills Of the Guanahacabibes
Peninsula were an earthen plate be-
lieved by Bernett to be more than 1000
years old, stone fountain, mortar,
beads, spoons, whetstones and bones
painted red
The belief has long prevailed here
that the Mayan civilization Of Yucatan,
Mexico, may have spread into Cuba
Scientists said they believed, however,
that Bernett's finds probably are relics
of the Siboney and Taino Indians,
whom Columbus found when he first
visited the island.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
GEN. NAH REPORTED
MURDERED IN HARBIN
Hero of Nonni River Bridge Fight
Fell Low in Chinese Esteem for
Apology to Gen. Tamon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, February 25.-Chinesc
dispatches from Hardin, Manchuria, re-
ported today that Gen. Nah Chan
Shan, Chinese hero of the Battle of
Nonni River Bridge last Fall, had been
assassinated in Harbin.
From a national hero Gen. Nah fell
low in Chinese public opinion recently,
when he called on Gen Jiro Tamon,
Japanese commander at Mukden, whose
forces Gen. Mahs army opposed at
Nonni River, and said he regretted
oaused Gen. Tamon 'incon-
ye..---.-S.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. February 25.-The
annual $4,000 Edward w. Box award,
intended for Philadelphia greatest
public benefactor, this year will help
pay wages for those employed on
made" work.
A large audience was surprised when
William Curtis Box, son of its founder,
announced the recipient this year would
be the unknown citizen of Philadel-
phia," representing the community as
a whole
The award is publicly given" Box
Evening star., 1932-02-25
CHURCHES TO REOPEN
Services to Be Resumed in 25 Mex
leo City Buildings.

MEXICO CITY. February 25 OP).-
The offices of the Catholic hierarchy
announced today that services, which
Rave been suspended for nearly two
months, will be resumed tomorrow in
the cathedral. the Basilica of Guada-
lupe and six other churches, and that
the remainder of the 25 churches per-
mitted under the new religious law will
resume services before Sunday.
Pope Plus XII recently advised "toler-
alton" of the Religious law which re-
restricts the church to one priest for
each $4,000 inhabitants in the federal
district. The district population is
slightly more than !, 200, 900, permitting
25 Catholic priests.
Evening star., 1932-02-25
AUSTRALIAN TARIFF CUT
Most of Iron and Steel Duties Back
to Old Rate.

CANBERRA, Australia, February 25
P).-A nav Australian tariff schedule
announced today provides for reduction
in duties on SO articles, an increase on
IL and the repail of l9 special duties.
Most Of the iron and steel duties will
revert to the rate in force before the
previous Scullin tariff revision, but the
duty on galvanized iron was not re-
duced. Duties on leaf tobacco used for
manufacture were reduced.
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Radio Programs on Page D-4
Evening star., 1932-02-25

WEATHER.
%. Q. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy slightly warmer tonight; mini
mum temperature about 80 degrees; to-
morrow partly cloudy and warmer.
Observation-Disclosures, Al, at noon
today: lowest, "a, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-23
Bureau to
Launch Its
Fall Season
PAGE 10

The third season of the Hoosier
Program Bureau of the Hoosier
Salon Patrons Association will begin
its fall program at 1920 Tuesday
in the L. S. Ayres auditorium.
Appearing on the program will be
indianapolis artists as well as sew
eral from various parts of the state.
The local performers will be Eliza
beth Bogert Schofleld, Josephine
NJ. Stearns, Millard Burwell, Gym
thia Pearl Maus and the Fielding
ensemble, directed by Evelyn l..
Fielding and composed of Marion
Green, Merlynn Powell, Frieda Bill
Letter, Beatrice Highley, Hazel Hill,
Aline Trangott, Cathryn Dillenbeck,
Loretta Biegler and Eva Fleming.
The program follows.
Inspirational readings. Emily c. Green
land. Terre Haute: soprano Frances
Pearce. Columbus. Midnight Song" Flovd
1 McMurray, Lebanon; Thersmin electro
voice Margaret Bosley Marion: poetry
OF women by women. Mrs schoheld: male
voices ROYAL -Four quartet Farmersburg.
South America" Miss Stesrns: baritone
Mrs Burwell Youths Quest for the
Best" Miss Maus; tenor. Russell Pyle. Elk
hart. and Memories" a musical style
show fielding ensemble.
Hostesses for the affair will be
Mrs Felix T. McWhirter and Mrs.
w. D. Long. Doorkeepers will be
Mrs. Clair McTurnan and Mrs.
John Downing Johnson. Mrs. Ed
win I. Poston is the timekeeper,
while Mrs Curtis A. Hodges has
charge OF publicity.