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Evening star., 1932-01-24

The new Federation of Japanese
Earthenware Manufacturers plans to
organize a joint sales Office to market
its products throughout the world.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Police Inspector Dead.

Police Inspector Dead.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, January 20 (F1A
Edmund Geller, SO, for more than %
years inspector of police in Detroit
Mich, died yesterday Of heart disease
He came here with Mrs. Geller three
months ago. His widow and brother
James Geller of Detroit, survive.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

terday morning In Garfield Hospital.
Mr.. Seeker came here from the South
west. where he had been In the lumber
business for many years, with head
quarters in st. Louis He had made a
special study of the lumber industry in
Europe for the Department of Com
merce and at one time was assistant
secretary of the American Statistics
Association.
He was born in Germany, member
OF the family of Won Seckendorf, and
as youth took course in economics
at Bonne University, Germany. He was
related to the Bismarck family and on
several occasions has been guest OF
Chancellor Bismarck himself. He came
to the United States as young man.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna Tilton Seeker.
Funeral services will be held at Lees
funeral home at 10 o'clock. The body
will be taken to New York for burial in
Wooolawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

Ekonomy Kolumn
o. N. r. Spool Cotton
3 for lie
4 Clark's o. N. T. spool cotton, 100
I yard spools black and white, all
1 numbers. Limit spools to a Gus
tomer-Street Floor.
Lifebuoy Health Soap,
! 10 for 59c
The perfect cleanser. Destroys
! body odors. Limit 10 cakes to a
customer-Street Floor.
ChiIdren's Hose
| z Prs. for 25c
I Perfect quality boys mercerized
golf hose and children's long. derby
ribbed hose; also irregulars of girls
| y rayon-mixed hose.
Rayon indies, 29c
Lace trimmed, appliques and tai
lored garments. including bloomer-
bottom combinations, chemises,
step-ins, panties and vests. Many
in regular and extra sizes, gowns in
regular sizes.
S1.50 Full F ashioned
Silk Hose, 59c
Regular sizes and outsizes in ir-
regulars of fine chiffon and service
weight silk hose, chiefly with pi-
coted tops.
Children's Union Suits, 49c
waist-attachment suits, sizes 2 to
IL. Dutch neck short sleeves, knee
length. Also boys fieeced grey union
suits, sizes 8 to l6.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Darn nf Thanka.

WRITTEN MARTHA We wish to thank
our many friends and relatives for their
kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral
tributes at the death of our beloved
cousin, MARTHA WRITTEN. FAMILY.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Punish Beasts, Cries Mrs. Massie
$4,000 Hear
Popes Plea
For Peace

VATICAN CITY, Feb. IL ON.
S0.-An appeal to the people of
the world to unite in prayers for
peace was voiced today by Pope
Plus XII at the tenth anniversary
of his coronation as pontiff.
Before $4,000 persons assem-
bled in the huge basilica of st.
Peters Church, his holiness asked
Divine aid for the men and
women engaged in researches for
peace"
The ceremony was a dazzling
spectacle which included an
ecclesiastical procession of all
civil and military orders and the
highest officers of the Roman
Catholic Church.
Cardinal Locatelli, the first
cardinal created by Plus, offici-
ated. After the mass the Pom
tiff gave his apostolic blessing.
The procession was led by
Vatican Gendarmes. There fol-
lowed bishops, SuperiorS, pro-
curators. cardinals, Swiss guards,
Knights of Malta, and lastly
Pope Plus himself. dressed in
white, wearing a tiara.
He was carried on the "Sedia
gestatorin," borne on the should
ers of IL stalwarts, liveried in
crimson damaSk,
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
China Demands League
Act in Conflict

GENEVA, Feb. IL G.N.S).
China today called upon the
League of Nations council to con-
woke the assembly in extraordi-
nary session to consider her con-
flict with Japan.
After a series of conferences
with diplomats of other nations,
assembled here for the diSarma-
ment gathering, w. w. Yen.
Chinese delegate, handed to the
League secretariat a formal letter
making the request upon the
council.
This action was taken under
paragraph or article IS of the
League covenant, providing that
either party to a dispute may
demand a meeting of the assem-
bly, to consider the controversy.
This is the first time in the
Leagues history that such action
has been taken.
Hope In Small Nations
China is asking that the as
Sembly be summoned in the be-
lief that many small powers, not
represented on the council, will
be far more sympathetic toward
her demands for pressure upon
Japan than were France, Great
Britain and other large powers
on the council.
Yen's letter was presented just
half an hour before expiration Of
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Of
CANNON VO|DED.

Justice James M. Proctor in
District Supreme Court today SuS-
tanned the demurrers of Bishop
James Cannon, jr., and Ada l..
Burroughs to an indictment charg-
ing them with violating the Fed
eral Corrupt Practices act.
The court did not pass on the
constitutionality of the act, how.
ever. The alleged failure Of the
churchman and the woman secre-
tary of an anti-Smith campaign
committee to account for funds
received during the 1928 cam
paign led to the indictment which
was declared invalid today.
In his opinion Justice Proctor
said:
Every count (frOm the in
dictment) is grounded upon an
alleged failure to report COntri-
buttons made by one jameson
for the committee, rather than
directly to it. There is no allega-
tiOn as to whom amy cOntribu-
tiOn was actually delivered by
Jameson, or that the recipient
made any report or accounting
to Burroughs, the treasurer, nor
is it shown that she had
knowledge thereof"
Assistant District Attorney John
j. Wilson said that he would take
the case to the Court of Appeals
on the questions of law involved.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
JUDGE CALLED
RACKET FRIEND

Both State and Federal judges
in Chicago have aided racketeers,
Donald R. Richberg, counsel for
the Railway Labor Executives
Association, charged today before
the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The action of Federal Judge
James H. Wilkerson, of Chicago,
in sentencing Al Capone on in
come tax evasion charges drew
the fire OF, the witness. He said:
Judge WiIkerSOn is hardly
entitled to paenS Of praise for
sentencing CapOne, in a case
where there was overwhelming.
evidence Of guilt, when hun.
dreds of racketeers whom he
has aided to rise to power are
still active"
Richberg testified in opposi-
ton to Wilkerson's appointment
to the U. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Organized labor will be en-
Slaved if extremists like Judge
Wilkerson are permitted to en-
join legitimate activities" he
declared.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12

the 14-day period following his
notification to the council that
he might take such action.
Hope China Yields
Though the situation is with
out precedent in league history,
it was believed at league head.
quarters that there was no way
in which the council could escape
calling the assembly unless Yen
could be induced to withdraw his
demand. Undoubtedly pressure
will be brought to bear upon
China to reconsider.
No one at League headquarters
appeared to know just what pro-
cedure will be before the assem-
bly,, or could officials say whether
the council would lose Jurisdiction
over the Sino-Japanese dispute
once it had reached the assembly.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
.BARES INCREASE
IN 'DRUNKS'

Arrests for drunkenness in
Philadelphia under prohibition
are 10 times higher than those
in all England and Wales, Stan
ley Shirk. research director, New
York Moderation League, today
told the Senate committee con-
dVcting hearings on the Bingham
bill to legalize 4 per cent beer.
Arrests for drunkenness have
increased generally throughout
the United States since prohibit
ton, according to official police
records, he said.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
SN|PER FIRES
. ON 4 MEN,
1SHOT
WiII-o'- -the-Wisp Gunman
Turns to Takoma Park
For New Activities

The GO phantom gunman -
who, during the past week, has
terrorized the Northwest Sec
ton with his wanton shootings,
fired four times last night,
wounding one man, missing a
Takoma Park couple, putting
a bullet in a bedroom wall,
and crashing the windshield
Of an automobile in Rock
Creek Park.
Maurice Salkeld, of 5 Pine
Ave-, Tako1ha Park, Md. re-
ported that he and Jules PruItt,
35 Elm Ave-, Takoma Park,
Nd, and Benjamin Reins, ll3
Elm Ave-, Takoma Park, Md.
were fired on by a passing
motorist as they walked east on
Carroll Street Northwest, at the
intersection of Maple Street.
Mr.. Salkeld said that the shot
was fired from a large Packard
touring car, but he was unable to
obtain the license numbers.
Bullet From Taxicab
The phantom fired a shot into
the bedroom of Stanley Bell, radio
announcer and singer over sta
ton VOL, at $50 o'clock this
morning. Sergt. H. K. Wilson,
chief of the homicide squad, an
nounced today. Sergeant Wilson
said:
eve are trying to locate the
bullet. All We know is that a
shot was fired into the window
BY q man riding in a taxicab.
"Mr. Bell lives at 1880 Four
teenth st. N. w., and that is
the territory in which the
RhOstly gunman has been do
ing most Of his operations"
At Mr.. Bells home today it was
stated that the bullet was fired
into a second-floor bedroom.
Has No Enemies
Mr.. Bell said:
"AlI / know is that the bullet
went through the window pane
and lodged in the wall. 1t
awakened me.
81 have no enemies that 1
know of and the only person
/ can attribute it to is the man
who has been doing all the
shooting in that section"
Leaps From Auto
William H. Gehermann, 48. of
12O Adams st. N. W., was shot in
the right arm and is at George
town Hospital.
Gehermann told police he was
walking along Conduit Road and
as he neared a parked automobile
the man leaped from it and
opened fire on him. Then the
assailant drove away in a black
sedan.
The shooting of Gehermann
brings the toll of the "phan-
TOMS" gun to one dead and four
wounded.
Police learned also that Mrs.
Mamie T. Johnston, of 1888 Cliff
ton st. N. W., while riding in
Rock Creek Park last night, with
two women friends, narrowly
escaped injury from the mySteri-
Gus sniper when a bullet crashed
through the windshield of her
car.
Three Youths Held
Three youths arrested WedneS-
day night following a holdup and
spectacular chase through Rock
creek Park have no connection
with the Sniper and so far as can
be learned have committed only
one crime in the District of Co
lYYYnhia
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
SOVIET SPEEDS
TROOP TRAINS
international Photo

WARSAW, Feb. IL d.N.S0.
The Soviet government is intensi-
flying its defense measures along
the Manchurian frontier, it was
learned today.
Military trains continue to de-
part for the east daily.
The fear of war with Japan has
gripped the Russian people, who
know that if hostilities commence.
the Red army will be well ra-
toned with food and they may be
put on a starvation diet.
A strict censorship is being i'm
posed at Moscow on all dispatches
relating to military movements.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Kin of Lincoln
Lqnguishes
In Jail

PINEVILLE, KY, Feb. IL
GNSO.-While the nation to-
day observed the 123d birthday
anniversary Of Abraham Lin
coin, the great Civil War Presi-
dent, one of Lincoln's relatives
languished in jail here on
charges of trying to overthrow
that same Union which Lincoln
saved.
She is Mrs. Clarina Michel
son, so, of Boston, Mass, held
in the Bell county Jail here
with eight others for alleged
criminal syndicalism in connec-
ton with the activities of the
National Miners Union among
striking Kentucky miners.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Mellon Takes EnUOy
Oath at 4:3O TOduu

Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
Ion will take the official oath as
ambassador to the Court of st.
James at 4::30 o'clock this after
noon. Undersecretary ogden L.
Mills will be sworn in as Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Assist
ant Secretary Arthur A. Ballan.
tine will become Undersecretary.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
London, Paris Agree
On Debt Talk Scope

LONDON, Feb. IL GN.S.).
Tentative or preliminary agree
ments have been reached by the
British and French governments
as to the scope of the repara-
tions conference to be held in
June" the British Foreign Office
announced today, confirming In
ternational News Service dis
patches Of yesterday ..
The Washington times., 1932-02-12

Japanese heavy field pieces,
from positions one mile south
of Woosung Greek, are laying a
drum-fire on the Chinese de-
fenses.
This Woosung battle is de-
veloping into as many layers as
an old-fashioned New England
strawberry shortcake.
If something awful doesn't
bust loose in this sector pretty
soon well, I'm going to be
mighty wrong in my guess.
A "Kick' For Gibbons
Did you read my last dispatch
about my adventures in the
launch? (Read It at the end
of this dispatch.)
Well, sir, got quite a kick
over reading the following para
graph in Shanghai's American
newspaper, as follows:
"A warning against the use
of WOOsung Creek was broad
cast today by Captain Yukuchi,
of the japanese headquarters
staff, as the result of the ap-
pearance of a tiny vessel off
WOOsung Creek.
"The boat flew the Stars
and Stripes at her stern. She
was not fired on by Japanese
forces because she flew the
(continued on Pare 2. Col. u
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
WANTS RIGHT
TO TRIUMPH
|NHAWA||
Ready to Tell Her Horrifying
Story "To Make Honolulu
Safe for White Women"
Bv GILBERT PARKER


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Service, in the United States, Great
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HONOLULU, Feb. II (L.N.S.).
Indomitable courage and the ir-
repressible spirit of youth are
leading Thalia Massie, Wash
ington society girl, back to
health and the normal activi-
ties of life.
Where another less sturdy
soul might have succumbed to
the shock of two crushing
tragedies in the brief space of
four months, the young United
States Navy matron, who is>the
central figure of Honolulu s
social and political upheaval,
told me today that she has a
serious mission to perform in
life"
This mission, she declared, is to
tell the whole story of her terrible
experience "to save other girls
and awaken Honolulu's long dor
mant public conscience"
Would Save Others
Mrs. MaSsie will celebrate her
21St birthday on Sunday, St. Val
entine'S Day. Typifying the mod
ern girl in every respect, she re-
fuses to believe that the futures
of her self and her husband. Lieut..
Thomas MaSSie, have been blasted
forever. She said:
There is no earthly good
now in crying or feeling sorry
for myself"
The interview in which Mrs.
MaSSie told a newspaper CORE
spondent for the first time the
full and complete story of the
tragedy, hiding nothing, shielding
no one, took place aboard the
United States Navy Receiving
Ship Alton in Pearl Harbor.
Mrs. MasSie said:
"GOing to court again and
teStifying to the incidents of
that terrible night is hOrrify-
ing thought, but if my disclOS-
ures will in any way save other
girls from similar experience
and awaken HOnOlulu'S long dor
mant public conscience, / feel
that the end will justify the
means.
OFFICIALS ARE AROUSED
"I realize that my unhappy
plight has focused world atten-
tiOn on the Ala MOana cases
and aroused responsible officials
to appreciation of the rotten.
ness of the cOmmunity's law en-
fOrcement conditions.
"That is my mission and duty
to tell again my story in the
hope that the full horror of it
will bring lasting reforms to
Honolulu and make the city
forever safe for all women.
There is no punishment the
courts could inflict upon my :
aSSailantS which would in any
way compensate for my suffer
ing. HOnOluIu'S incredible lax
ity toward sex offenSes is re-
SpOnSible for my attack and the
assault on young white woman
early in January by an escaped
Hawaiian convict.
NONE WOULD HAVE DARED
eff the laws had been keenIy
and vigorously enforced in the
past and proper punishment
inflicted, no one would have
dared to asSail u.s."
Mrs. MaSSie said the general
belief prevails that no decision
is likely, but expressed convic-
ton that such an opinion was
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CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance as of Febru-
ary 10, $3.50. 0.150,274. Expen.
ditures. $12,293,959.65. Customs
receipts, $8,054, ,280.35.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12

but stl11 able to report that the on
coming offensive 1 predicted in my
last dispatch in now we'll under way
on the Woosung Creek sector.
It's no Individual effort either.
Late this afternoon, when I left the
scene of the battle, both sides seemed
to have selected the same moment
for a joint offensive.
It looks as though it's going to
be one of those things where both
sides are attacking at the same time
and meeting in the middle.
While japanese reinforcements
rushed forward with floating duck
boards-sort of single track cork
The Washington times., 1932-02-12

pontoons by which the infantry hoped to cross Woosung
Creek for an assault on the German-bult defenses-
Chinese cavalry scouts and horsemen made a daring
foray around the Japanese left flank, recalling the fa
exploits of Mosbys Confederate cavalry during the
civil war.
Planclothes Men Maneuver
The Chinese thereby successfully evaded the Japanese out
posts and reached the defenders of Woosung Village with
fresh supplies ammunition together with information and
advice advisors quartered at the Chinese army
headquarters in the rear of Chapel.
Also at the same time Chinese planclothes men, by
daring nftraon through the Japanese lines reopened their
house house offensive in the rear Of the Npponese a
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
History Fall Kills
Woman at Shore

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb.
l2 (IN.SD IA woman registered
as Clorinda Holland, of Port
land, Ore, leaped to her death
from the fifteenth floor of the
Claridge Hotel here today.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Roosevelt to Enter
GeOrqiG Primaries

ATLANTA. Ga, Feb. IL UN.S). &.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, of
New York, will be candidate in
the Georgia Democratic presi-
Dental primary, said Major John
S. Cohen, Democratic national
committeeman.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
Workers Refuse Cut,
NeDsDdDer SILSDendS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
Feb. IL QN.S0 The Vancouver
Morning Star temporarily ceased
publication today following the
refusal of typographical workers
to accept q is per cent cut in
wages.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
GIBBONS DUCKS BOMBS
SEES JAP OFFENSIVE
FROM MOTORBOAT

The toUoacng dispatch from Floyd Gibbons filed at
Shanghai at 9O6 p today (8:O6 Eastern Stand
ard me several hours after earlier dispatches Gibbons
had sent from the Woosug fighting By courier had
reached WGshin1tOn.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
War News
TerseH
Told

JAPANESE warships and
planes resume .bombardment
of Woosung district with troops
failing in two attempts to
span Woosung Greek with aid
Of pontoon bridges.
TWO THOUSAND Chinese
evacuated from Chapel district
during four-hour truce, during
which hundreds of refugees
swarm back into area to- re-
trieve household effects.
JAPANESE charge Chinese
violated truce by firing on
troops and building barbed wire
entanglements. Chinese admit
violation but blame It on sol
diers' misunderstanding Of truce
orders.
AMERICAN and British MIN
listers to China reach Shanghai
during bombardment, shells fall
ing within quarter mile of ship.
British Minister conferS with
Chinese and Japanese officials
regarding new truce.
CHINA requests League OF
Nations to convoke assembly in
extraordinary session to con-
slider japanese dispute.
CHINESE reported to have Of
fered to- buy extensive fleet Of
planes of Charles Kingsford'
Smith, noted Australian avia'
tor. and make him commander
inchief Of their air forces. 3
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Noted War Correspondent and Radio Announcer
LConzrirht 1922 hx International NaMa Seryicel

SHANGHAI Feb. y (I.N.S.).-Helo, everybody
WE'LL sir, I hoped back here to Shanghai tonight,
little muddy, unshaven and dirty around the collar,
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Febru-
ary 10, $580.15O,274.24. Expen.
ditures, $12,293, ,959.65. Customs
receipts, $8,054,280.35.
The Washington times., 1932-02-12

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The Washington times., 1932-02-12
GIBBONS SEES BIG OFFENSIVE
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy and colder tonight; minimum
temperature about 80 degrees; Saturday cloudy
and slightly colder; moderate west and north
west winds. Temperature yesterday-Highest
76; lowest, AZ. U931-Highest, 3S; lowest,
2l) Humidity vesterdav-HiRhest, 81; low
Evening star., 1932-07-07

not lending and have stopped function
ing.
Therefore, it is essential to open
other credit resources to the people.
Mr.. Garner's plan would have the
effect of locsening all other credit. Its
principle is sound How can we run
the Government for the few?
"All this talk about danger to the
Treasury. with the credit of the United
States behind it, is pure bunk. I am
could use these resources to the benefi.
of the entire people.
Il think we have splendid ticket
and / have no more doubt of its elec-
ton than that we are talking here"
McAdoo, who Is a candidate in the
Democratic senatorial primary in Cali
| fornia, said he did not care to say
anything about prohibition at this
! moment
Later, McAdoo went to the Senate
| ONCE Building TO discuss National
Committee matters with Senator Cohen
/ Of Georgia, vice chairman of the
committee.
Il am the national committeeman
from California now" McAdoo said
"and I am trying to find out what
have got to do as such"
He said he had no other conferences
scheduled for the day and would visit
with number of personal friends be-
| fore his departure tonight for Akron
Ohio where his plane was forced down
yesterday by fog.
He hopes to take off from Akron
early tomorrow morning for California.
Evening star., 1932-07-07
JAP PANESE BOATS
INVADE ISLANDS
Governor General Of Philip
pines Protests Visits by
Alleged Fishermen.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The Governor Of the Philippine Is
lands. Theodore Roosevelt, has sum-
moned to his residence the japanese
consul general at Manila and protested
against the repeated acts Of violation Of
the Philippine territorial waters by al
legged japanese fishing motor boats.
During the months of April and May
swarm Of very fast new Japanese 40
ton motor boats made their appearance
in the northern region, in the Mindanao
region and the Palowan region of the
Philippine Islands. in violation OF the
international fishing rights.
When apprehended by the Coast
Guard cutters, the captains of these
boats pleaded the same excuse: motor
trouble. When searched, although the
! crews professed to be fishermen from
FormoSa, not a single fish was founo on
board. Instead, however, surveying gear
and maps were found on each OF THESE
brand-new boats said 10 be capable OF
a speed Of so miles an hour.
Know Little of Fishing.
From the instruments found in these
FISHING boats" without fish, 1t appeared
that these fishermen" knew little about
deep sea fishing and possibly too much
about sea surveying and hydrography.
The matter, which worried the FIJI
pinos considerably, was reported TO the
Governor General. who asked the Japa-
nese consul general to request TOXIC 10
put stop to these visits.
The incident appeared at least tempo
rarily settled, when recently it was re-
ported from Luzon that similar boats
had appeared there. This time, how
ever. the fishermen instead of fishing
were indiscriminately cutting down ex-
pensive ebony and cocoanut trees.
Fleet Eludes Cutters.
Revenue cutters were Immediately
ordered to that region. but it appears
that the fishing motor boats obtained
information about their dispatch and
disappeared from the Philippine terri
torial waters before the cutters arrived
Gov. Roosevelt is reported to be wor-
ried about these incursionS and has re-
ported the whole matter to Washington.