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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15
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AGAINST VAN RIPPER
Indicted immigration Clerk
Takes Stand at Trial of
Capital Lawyer.
ny the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Leo I. Levine,
one of two Ellis Island immigration
clerks indicted with Harold van Ripper,
Washington, D. c., lawyer, was 9 Gov
eminent witness today at Van Riper's
Federal Court trial on charges OF con-
spiracy, violation of the immigration
laws and eubornation of perjury.
Levine and Charles Ellis, the other
immigration clerk, pleaded guilty yes
terday at the opening of the trial
United States Attorney George q.
Medalie called Levine in an evident at
tempt to show that Van Ripper, a spe-
cialist In immigration cases, had used
him as q go-between in obtaining frau
dulent certificates of arrival for aliens
as preliminary to their getting ma
turalization papers.
Levine testified about conversations
with Ellis about year ago having to
do with counterfeit Government stamps
to be used on faxed" arrival certifi-
oates and said he later told Van Ripper
about these talks. He said also that
last Summer Ellis told him an investi-
cation of the immigration Bureau was
under way at Ellis Island and that he,
Ellis, was not going ahead with any
more Of Van Riper's cases."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

Willys-o Overland Co, q Toledo, Ohio,
said he had IN opportunity during Ais
two and half years absence in Europe,
to study American business from . de-
tached point Of view. That. he said he
believed. may enable him ito approach
with q fresher perspective WillW-Over-
lands problems and its opportunities
than Il had been all that time In To-
ledo."
He said be believed that the eigh-
tenth amendment definitely has failed
in its purpose and that III we do not
get rid OF it, It will have q decidedly
detrimental effect on the future Of the
country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

allegedly eloped. May 80. with Nelson's
estranged wife, had confessed he dubbed
Nelson yesterday for revenge" The
asserted confession quoted Forbes as
saying ne attacked Nelson because he
"mistreatsd his wife"
Police said they also were examining
the possibility Forbes hoped to make
possible the collection Of Nelson's &c.
600 Government insurance.
Forbes wife, Mrs Muriel Forhes. has
been employed at the Nelson home as
housekeeper for the last three months.
husband because he "never had a job"
Mrs. Nelson and Forbes. who police
SAID were found in q Santa Cruz hotel,
were both brought to Oakland for
further questioning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15
WHISKY TARIFF CUT

BUENOS AIRES, June Is (P).-Ar-
gentine tariff duties against British
whisky were reduced so per cent today
by a decree which announced it was
'the Inauguration of a liberal trade
policy with Great Britain
The policy was decided upon, 1t was
explained, because of preferences
granted Argentine goods in the United
Kingdom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15
WAR HERO CLUBBED,
wife AND MAN HELD
Member of Famous "Lost Battal-
ion" Near Death-"Revenge"
Claimed Motive for Attack.

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, June 15.-Harry A.
Nelson. deputy county assessor and a
member of the famed Lost Battalion"
during the World War, lay near death
TODAY. his skull fractured by . marauder
who bludgeoned him IS he lay IN bed.
Police said Claude Forbes, 70, VINO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15
RAILROADS TRUCKING
EXPANSION EXPLAINED
Retailer Convention Il Told Of
Lines Efforts to Increase
Business.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated PTess.
PITTSBURGH, June 15.-Use of mo-
tor trucks by railroads in efforts to in
crease short-haul business was explained
TO the traffic group Of the National Re-
tail Dry Goods Association yesterday by
Donald Moore, trafic manager Of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
Moore spoke at the annual retailers
convention. He citsd use OF demount-
able TRUCKS . . recent development in
railroad e6orts to increase business, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

In the last three years railway com
panies In England have closed 6 branch
lines entirely and rs branch lines TO
passenger traflie only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15
100000 MOTOR FINES
New York Traffic Court Casts Up
Years Total.

NEW YORK, June is P.-New
York motorists paid approximately
1000, 900 during the past decade to run
red lights, sass meteor cycle cops, drive
the wrong direction on one-way streets
and occasionally climb telephone
poles.
The Traffic Court had its tenth an
niversary yesterday, and when the
statisticians added up the total Of fines
they found 1t nearly $4,000, 600. Cases
disposed of numbered 920,258.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

said IN many cities the roads made
piek-ups ct stores. -
Other speakers included r. d. ahap-
leigh Of Gladding's, Ina, Providence.
r. l.; Roma Levine Of r. H. Macy a
Co., New York; z. r. Settler Of Hutzler
Bros Co., Baltimore, and A. =. Cabell
Of the NJ. O'NeiI Co., Akron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

India ranks the sage and priest
above the warrior and ruler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

A Glasgow. Scotland, firm recently
received a $4,000 steel pipe order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

Star-worShip waa Is strongly devel-
oped in ancient Mexico as in Babylon.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
LEAD Of 1,297 HELD
BY MRS. FERGUSON
5000 Votes Yet to Be Tabu-
lated in Texas Run-off
Primary.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, August 30.-Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson's lead over Gov. r.
S. Sterling in the Democratic guber-
material race was increased to 1927
votes on the second compilation of
votes made today by the Texas Elec-
ton Bureau.
The returns from all 254 counties.
224 complete, gave: Ferguson, 474, $50;
Steering, 473,233.
The latest tabulation gave Mrs. Fer
guson, the only woman who ever served
as Governor of Texas, her greatest lead
since early in the counting of ballots
in last Saturdays primary election.
She regained the leadership late last
night after trailing from more than
5000 votes to few hundred. The cor
recting of returns from two counties
caused Sterling's lead to fade away.
1t was estimated by the Election
Bureau that approximately 5000 votes
were yet to be counted.
Bureau officials said that unless elec-
tion judges in the incomplete counties
had made duplicate reports there was
a possibility complete count would not
be available before the county conven-
tions next Saturday. 1t was explained
that under the law precinct tabulations
must be locked up as soon as they are
compiled and left undisturbed until the
county conventions.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
BoMBERS SEEK CHINESE TROOPS.
japanese Planes Dispatched to Rout
Guerrillas Near Mukden.

MUKDEN, Manchuria, August 80 Up.
japanese air bomberS were sent out
from Mukden yesterday with orders TO
attack concentrations of Chinese puer-
rillas, blamed for the series of raids
which caused terror throughout the city
Sunday night.
The Chinese troops were reported to
have taken up positions at Hun Hopu,
4 miles from Mukden.
During the morning the city's entire
fire department succeeded in conquer
ing fires at the large arsenal and the
airplane base, which had been set by
the raiders. There were no explosions
at the arsenal and about the only dam
age at the plane base was the loss Of
several old ships.
Most Of the raiders retired at day
light. In one of the hand-to-hand
fights near the arsenal Japanese Off
Ger and two soldiers wearing the uni
form of the new State of Manchukuo
were killed. The raids came just about
a year after the clashes IN Mukden
which led to the japanese conquest of
Manchuria.
Published reports that an attempt to
assaSsinate Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto, am
baSsador to the State Of Manchukuo,
had been made during the uprising
were found to be groundless. The only
possible connection was the arrest OF
a few Chinese accused of plotting to
bomb Japanese leaders prior to Muto'S
arrival in Mukden.
Gen. Muto Is going to Changchun
tomorrow to pay his respects to PreSi-
dent Pu-Yi and to open negotiations
with his foreign Office concerning basis
treaty between Japan and Manchukuo.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
IMPORTANT U. S. PAPERS
ARE STOLEN FROM AUTO
State Department Fears Docu-
ments May Be Used to En-
barrass Government.

Fearing that valuable papers stolen
from the automobile of Herbert Feis,
economic adviser Of the Department of
State, may be used to the "embarraSs-
ment of the United States Government"
the State Department today requested
that police throughout the country be
asked to be on the alert in seeking
their recovery.
Mr.. Feis, who lives in the 1900 block
OF Twenty-ninth street, reported the
papers were stolen from his automobile
while it was parked in front of his
home some time between O'Clock and
o'clock this morning.
The thieves obtained his operators
permit, registration card, official park
ing card, his State Department iden-
tiflcation card and other valuable pa
pers, police were told. The police said
the State Department had requested
that report on the theft be broadcast
to police throughout the country.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
MEXICAN PRESIDENT
DENIES RESIGNATION
Runners Persist That Ortiz Rubio
Will Ask for Leave of Alb
sence" Next Month.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August 30.-Current
rumors that a possible change in the
presidency of Mexico was in prospect
were given impetus today by categor-
ical denial that the President had re-
signed. The denial was issued by the
presidency.
1t was pointed out that Niceforo
Guerrero, IT,, secretary to the Presi-
dent, in the statement said only that
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio had
authorized him to "categorically deny
the rumor that he had resigned his
high post"
The statement, however, did not say
the President would not resign in the
near future
As proof that things politically were
undisturbed, Guerrero pointed out that
there was "unquestionable harmony and
political relationship between Ortiz
Rubio and Gen. Plutarco Elias Gales.
In political circles it still is rumoreo
Ortiz Rubio will ask for a leave oi
absence early in September and the
new Congress coming into being Sep
tember l will designate a provisional
President.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
ECUADOR CAPITAL
READY FOR BATTLE
Prepares for Attack Tomor-
roW-StreetS Uttered With
Dead-RebeIS Routed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, August 30
The governor of this province received
a telegram today from Alberto Martinez,
president of the Ecuadorian Senate, that
the situation at Quito was chaotic and
that conservative forces backing Nep-
tall Bonifaz were being directed by
friars guiding the attack on federal
forces from the church towers.
A real conservative revolution has de-
veloped since the mutiny of part of the
army garrison on Saturday, the message
said. There is still no legal government
and 1t appears that a conservative die
tatorship Is in control despite earlier
reports that the government was in the
saddle. Senor Martinez asked for REIN
forcements and these were sent i'm
mediately by train. ------
Fighting Still in Progress.
Dispatches from Quito said the fight
ing there was still In progress. Federal
troops advancing from the north crossed
the city and joined troops from the
south. The streets were Uttered with
bodies of dead.
The minister Of war telegraphed from
Guayaquil asking that all available
troops be sent to Quito. Many young
men are enrolling here as volunteers
and 1t was expected there would be a
general attack on the capital tomorrow.
Government troops controlled Quito
for the first time since Saturday, after
bloody battle that dislodged the rebels
of Bonifaz yesterday.
Airplanes in Battle.
Artillery, infantry, cavalry and air.
planes co-operated to drive out the in
surgents after the loyal troops had
gained a commanding hill on the
southern outskirts of the city. 1t was
the first time planes had been used in
battle in Ecuador. ,
But the victory was costly, with fel-
low countrymen concentrating such a
deadly fire on each other in hand
to-hand fighting that many were kill
ed and wounded on both sides. After
the loyalists had entered the city, the
insurgents continued 70 give battle. fir
ing from every vantage point, and
erecting barricades for slow retreat to
the northern outskirts.
The lists of wounded indicated that
many civilians had taken up arms with
the rebels, who sought TO place Bonifaz
in the presidential chair by virture of
his election last year. He was ruled in
eligible because of alleged alien birth.
Senor BonifaZ was believed in hid
ing today, and provisional President
Morena. whom the rebels temporarily
ousted, presumably was still in the Ar
gentine legation where he took refuge
last Saturday.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
Husbands Flowers
Cost Her a Job,
Wife Seeks Divorce
Lost Her Position From
Over-attention, She
Tells Court.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, August 30.-Because she
charged her husband paid too much at
tention to her after they were mar
ried, and eventually caused her to lose
her job, Mrs. Vena M. Miller has been
granted a divorce.
Mrs. Miller told Circuit Judge Homer
Ferguson that her husband, against her
protest, sent her flowers every day at
the Office where she was employed.
She said her employers informed her
they could no longer employ a woman
whose husband could afford to send
flowers every day.
AS soon as she lost her job, she said,
her husband lost interest in her, and
even gave up his job as a railroad en-
gineer.
Miller's attorney protested that Miller
did not give up his job, but was fired
because he stopped passenger train
to go to farmhouse near the railroad
and buy pound of butter to take to
his wife.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
WALKER SUFFERS
NERVOUS COLLAPSE
Mayor Sent to Bed by Physi-
clan as Result of Ex-
haustion.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 30-George S.
Collins, the mayors secretary, said to-
day Mayor James j. Walker is i'll in bed
with nervous exhaustion, and had been
ordered by his physician to take COM
plete rest.
Collins said the mayor has made no
plans yet to return to Albany for the
resumption Friday afternoon of the
hearing before Gov. Franklin D. Roose-
welt on the removal charges against
him.
Whether Mayor Walker may ask the
Governor for a postponement," Collins
said. will all depend on his condition. t"
Collins said the mayors condition
was not serious, but that he had suf-
fered greatly from the strain Of the
last few weeks and the death early yes
terday of his brother, George Walker,
in Saranac Lake sanitorium. The
secretary said he thought the mayor
would be able to attend his brothers
funeral Thursday.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Washington will view the greatest
astronomical spectacle in recent his
tory tomorrow afternoon from a seat
in the left-field bleachers.
Approximately SO per cent Of the
suns disc will be darkened here by the
interfering shadow of the moon at the
height of the total eclipse. which is
drawing astronomers from all over the
world to New England hilltops along
the path of its totality.
Observers in Washington will miss
the main show, but they will be able to
see some weird effects of the phenom-
enon The partial eclipse will start
here at 2:24 pm, reach its maximum
at 3:35 and end at 4:4l. The suns
face never will be entirely covered. At
the high of the eclipse there will be a
narrow crescent of white light visible
at the lower edge Of the blackened disc,
and light conditions will be similar to
Evening star., 1932-08-30
BALTIMORE ARMORY
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
Fifty Companies Combat 10-Alarm
Blaze-Exploding Ammuni-
tion Hampers Firemen.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, August 30.-After a
bitter battle with flames in Baltimore's
fortress-like 5th Regiment Armory, a
fight made hazardous by explosion of
the small ammunition stored in NUM-
tion pits, Acting Fire Chief John Kahl
announced shortly before noon today
the blaze was under control.
More than a score OF firemen received
injuries or were overcome by the dense
smoke.
Hampered by the steel doors, heavily
barred windows and stone walls, firemen
experienced great difficulty in reaching
the flames, which were confined for the
most part to the basement.
Several thousand rounds Of small
caliber ammunition exploded, but none
of the. firemen was hit. Ten alarms
were sounded, bringing out so COM
panies to combat the flames.
The Armory was the scene of the
Democratic National Convention in
1912, when Woodrow Wilson was first
nominated for the presidency.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
D.C.HAS "BLEACHER" SEAT
In SUPREME SOLAR SHOW
Weird Effects Promised Tomorrow, When
80 Per Cent of Sun Will Be
Darkened by Moon.

those at about the middle of the twi-
light period.
Weather conditions are uncertain in
the total eclipse area, but predictions
for the District Of Columbia are fair "
The progress of the eclipse can be
watched safely through piece of
smoked glass or an overdeveloped pho
tograpnic plate. At no time in this
latitude will it be entirely safe to look
directly at the sun with the naked eye.
The light from the crescent will be of
the same quality and just as brilliant
and damaging as light from the whole
sun In very short time it might
seriously burn the delicate retina, or
nerve layer, of the eye.
Anybody who does look at this disc
with the naked eye probably will ex-
perience the weird phenomenon of the
after image. When the eye is removed
after an instant there will be multi
Continued on Page 3, Column 2)
Evening star., 1932-08-30
UChida Says Efforts to Com
bat World Opinion Are
Without Success.
DECLINES TO QUESTION
WASHINGTON ON FLEET
Toxic to Hold Kwangtung Leased
Territory Even After Recogniz-
ing New Oriental State.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, August 30.-Naval and mill
tary aspects of Japan's relations with
her neighbors, including the United
States, and the worldwide censure of
Japan's force in Manchuria were sub
jects for discussion today in the House
of Representatives.
A member demanded to know what
the government was doing about CON
centration Of the American Navy in the
Pacific" Foreign Minister Uchida said
he saw no reason why Japan should
ask Washington to explain its fleet dis
positions or otherwise take official notice
Of them.
Opposed by World.
"As for Manchukuo" he said. japan
Is confronted with an unprecedented
opposition Of world opinion. Neverthe-
less we are determined to follow the
course already fixed in the face of all
opposition. The government is doing
Its utmost through our diplomats
abroad to improve world feeling toward
Japan, but thus FAR We can admit no
optimism"
The minister Of the navy told another
questioner that the navy is considering
the advisability of establishing the
naval base at Port Arthur to protect
japanese and Korean fisheries along the
Manchukuo coasts and also to prevent
piracy. A secondary naval base main
tanned there was abandoned in 1924.
Will Keep Kwantung. .
Baron Uchida assured another o1es-
toner that the government had no in
tention Of restoring the Kwantung
leased territory, which includes Dairen
and Port Arthur, to Manchukuo fol-
lowing recognition of the Changchun
regime.
A member asked whether the Jana
nese army would not use the fright
of self-defense" to involve the problem
OF Jehol. He was informed that In
view of the international relations in
volved the Japanese army has no in
tention OF taking any drastic action In
Jehol In the near future but Man
chukuo might use its own forces to
protect its own interests in Jehol.
BOMBERS SEEK CuTNFSr rpoopc
Evening star., 1932-08-30
R. F. c. STIMULUS
TOLD BY JONES
Director Details Work of
Body in National Radio
Forum Broadcast.

Lending an average of $7,500,000 a
day to banks Of the Nation, the Re-
construction Finance Corporation not
only has saved sound banks from un-
warranted runs, but has aided others
in relieving distress, furnishing en-
ployment and stimulating business and
trade, 1t was declared last night by
Jesse H. Jones. a director OF the Re-
construction Finance Corporation, in
the National Radio Forum, arranged
by The Star and broadcast over a Ma
Broadcasting Co.
The fact that a bank borrows money
is not an indication that it is in a
weakened condition, Mr.. Jones en-
phasized. The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation wants all qualified money
lending agencies to borrow from 1t, so
as to extend relief for persons in dis
tress by relending the money to Gus
TONERS, he pointed out.
Runs Halted by Publicity.
While fear of publicity has been well
founded in scme cases, Mr.. Jones said,
actual bank runs have been stopped
by the widest publicity of the fact that
the corporation had come to the rescue
Of the bank." Loans are made on good
security. he explained.
Although 1881, ,724,000 had been
loanded for all purposes up to August
Is, the director complained of too
much reluctance on the part Of banks,
trust companies, insurance companies
and others to borrow for the purpose
Of relending. not alone from the cor
poration, but from any source" Dis
claiming any intention of critici1ng
banks for their conservative policies, he
stressed that Congress created this
great corporation to enable them to
help those who need to borrow"
Many Applicants Received.
Many applications for loans totaling
hundreds of millions Of dollars have
been received under the provision by
Congress for $500, 100000 additional
for lf-liquidating public works.
A great majority of banks receiving
loans from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation are located in small towns
and cities, Mr.. Jones said. Approx
mately 18 per cent has gone to rail-
roads.
He disclosed that s50,0oo,o00 has
Just been authorized for enabling cot
ton co-operatives to hold their cotton
until next year.
Describes Organization.
The text of Mr. Jones address fol-
lows:
THE Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration was created oy ar act Of Con-
gress in January of this yeaI.
1T is non-partisan, the management
being vested in board of seven direc-
tors consisting of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, who is an eX-officio member
and six other persons appointed by the
President of the United States by and
CONTINUED on Page 10, Column ID
Evening star., 1932-08-30
FEASTS ON BUGS

Youth Lives in Primitive Fashion
in Forest Jaunt.
SEATTLE, August 80 (R.-Delbert
Fadden, 10, says he dined on bugs, ber-
ries and frogs for is days lust for the
fun of it."
He had gone into the heavily for
ested Olympic peninsula without
weapons, maps or compass on a pho
tographing jaunt. He liked it so well
that when his food ran out after IA
days he lived on what he could find
for two weeks more. A grouse killed
with o stone was his biggest game.
His weight decreased 30' pounds.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
u. S. GOVERNMENT SEEKS TITLE
TO ALL EMPLOYEES INVENTIONS
Department of Justice Hopes Reverse Lower Courts
Awarding Patents to individuals.

often be unfair to the taxpayers, at
whose cost the inventions are made"
Solicitor General Thacher contends in
his brief
1T is against the public interest that
private individuals should collect royal
ties for the use of inventions developed
at public cost"
The principal case included in the
review petition involves three important
radio patents issued to Percival D. Low
ell and Francis w. Dunmore while EN-
ployed by the Bureau of Standards.
District and circuit courts have held
Lowell and Dunmore entitled to the
patents.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
WALL STREET PARLEYS
ARE HELD BY MELLON
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 30.-Andrew W.
Mellon, United States Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, arrived today
and soon after registering at a hotel
left for the Wall Street district for con-
ferences, the nature of which he did
not disclose
Later inquiry at leading financial IN
stitutions. including the FEDERAL RE-
vide any clues to the Ambassador
mission in the financial district. Gov.
Harrison of the reserve bank was not
at his office today, and so far as could
be learned Mr.. Mellon had no appoint
ments with other leading bankers.