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Evening star., 1933-02-14
HOST|L|T|ES BEGUN
IN LET|C|A ISSUE
Peruvian Planes Reported to
Have Bombed CoIombians,
Ending Long Peace.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOGOTA, Colombia, February IA
Ending a century of peace between the
two countries, hostilities broke out to-
day between Colombian and Peruvian
forces in the frontier region of Leticia.
Alfredo Vasques Cobo, commanding
the Colombian forces, reported that
Peruvian airplanes had bombed the
Colombian gunboat Cordoba, lying in
the Putumayo River.
The first bomb, he reported, dropped
in Brazilian waters. At this point the
frontiers of Brazil, Colombia and Peru
are very close together.
A Colombian squadron took to the air
and after brief but violent fight the
Peruvian force retired. the commander
said. ..--.
Our planes were magnificent" the
message said.
Later communications told of q short
but violent artillery duel which drove
the Peruvian air force back. Additional
details were not available Immediately.
Crowds IN the streets here received
with frantic APPLAUSE bulletins announc-
ing that hostilities had broken out.
Down with Peru!" they shouted,
Long live Colombia"
The police Immediately placed a
guard on the Peruvian legation.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
GUY MAY TESTIFY
IN DEFENSE TODAY
Defendant in Wanderwell Staying
Case Expected to Be Last
Witness.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf, February IA
william J. Curly" Guy may take the
witness stand today in his trial on a
eharge Of Staying Capt. Walter Wander
well, globe trotter
When court recessed last Saturday
antil today, Defense Attorney Eugene
McGann said he expected to conclude
his case before Tuesday evening and
that Guy probably would be the last
witness, If he testified.
Defense Of the smiling young Welsh
man has been built upon alibi testimony
given largely by Eddie Delarm, Glendale
aviator. with whom Guy was living at
the time Capt. Wanderwell was slain
and other members OF the Delarm
family.
Summoned as witnesses today were
Mrs Isobelle Delarm, wife of the air.
man, and her 13-year- daughter
juanita.
Bette Delarm, another daughter, testi-
fied Saturday that Guy was at their
home when she went to bed at abou,
7:30 pm, on the night of the shooting
Time of the murder of Capt. Wander.
well aboard the adventure schooner
Carma here on December S, last, hai
been fixed at about 800 pm.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
LIGHT ASSOCIATION
WILL BE DISBANDED
"Nela" to End Existence as Edi-
son Institute Takes Over
Part of Functions. -
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. February 1.-THE Ma
tional Electric Light Association will Be
formally disbanded tomorrow, Just three
years short of rounding out q half CEN
tury of existence.
In the later years Of its existence the
association, of "Nela" as 1t became
known in the industry, came under
scorching fire from several sources for
its propaganda and lobbying activities,
and several prominent public utility ex-
ecutives have expressed the hope that
the industry will gain In public favor
through the demise of Nela.
One of the associations important
activities which will be carried on by
its successor, the newly formed Edison
Electric Institute, will be the compila-
ton Of the weekly statistics on electric
power production throughout the coun-
try, work which has come to assume
commanding importance in the weekly
barometers of business activity. The
institute, set up along radically differ
ent lines, already comprises 81 per cent
of the membership OF the dying Nela.
A number Of utility executives ex-
press the hope that the industry's IN
ternal efforts at "house cleaning" may
avert the imposition of excessive" ex-
ternal regulation. These executives feel
that the power industry should exert
every effort to avoid the rigid govern
ment of regulation which has been i'm
posed upon the railroads, regulation
which many railroad executives insist
has brought the carriers to their pres
ent financial plight.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
Announcement
To Be Delayed
by Council.
ULTIMATUM ON
JEHOL PLANNED
Invaders to Order
Chinese Troops
Out of Area.
nv the Associated Press.


GENEVA, February 14.-Japan-
ese official quarters said today
That their chief delegate at the
League of Nations, Yosuke Mat
buoka, had telegraphed to Toxic
for final instructions regarding
withdrawal from the League, and
It was believed certain that the
reply would be "Withdraw."
The contemplated withdrawal,
according to a japanese spokes-
man, would be announced publicly
IN a plenary session of the League
Assembly Immediately after the
Assembly adopts a report con-
cerning the Manchurian situation
which has been drawn up by a
subcommittee.
The Committee of Nineteen approved
the draft report Of the subcommittee
condemning Japan for her Manchurian
policy today and set plenary session
Of the Assembly for next Tuesday TO
ratify the report.
Next Tuesdays meeting will be for
the presentation Of the report and an
nouncement that efforts of the Com
mittee of Nineteen for conciliation had
failed. Then adjournment Will be
taken until Friday, when the report
will be discussed.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
ROOSEVELT NEARS
END OF VACATION
Final Fling at Deep-Sea Fishing to
Delay Return to Mainland Until
Late Tomorrow Night.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, February 14.-Another
fling at deep-sea fishing was the plan
Of President-elect Roosevelt today as
he turned his vacation yacht and
thoughts toward the mainland.
Word from the Astor yacht Nour-
mahal said these fishing ideas would
delay the arrival of the Roosevelt party
here tomorrow until late in the evening.
probably until shortly before the Presi-
dent-elect departs for New York.
Yesterday was devoted to swimming
on a beach off Northern Eleuthera in
the Bahama Islands. Vincent Astor
reported I'VE are all spending the day
swimming of a swell beach"
With the end of his vacation tomor-
row, Mr. Roosevelt will devote himself
to the final selection of the men he
has in mind to carry out his policies of
a new Government.
Almost all OF the two weeks before
he takes over the presidency, March
4. will be spent in New York at his
East Sixty-f1fth street home in the
city and up at the family estate In
Hyde Park
Evening star., 1933-02-14
PUERTO RICO RULED FOREIGN
FOR u. S. IN DOMESTIC SENSE
Island Is Not Part of Body Polite, Court Decides in
Coffee Customs Case.

The importer questioned the right
OF Congress to delegate tariff making
power to the insular Legislature. He
held also that Puerto Rico was a part
OF the United States and that the tax
violated the uniform duties clause Of
the Federal Constitution.
Judge Evans held that "in spite of
the fact that the enacting clause Of
the various tariff acts adopted since
Puerto Rico was ceded to the United
States provides for levying tariff tax on
all goods imported into the United
States and its possessions, the Island
OF Puerto Rico had not been in
corporated in domestic sense, because
other provisions carried forward from
the Foraker act of 1900. as well as
the provisions of the 1890 tariff act,
manifested a clear intention on the
part Of Congress not so to incorporate
the island as part of the body poll
tic"
The case Is expected to reach the
Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 14-The
valedictory Of President Hoover's ad-
ministration-a plea for cooperation
by the peoples Of the world to restore
prosperity-lay before the nations to-
day.
Speaking to $500 party leaders and
adherents at the Lincoln day dinner OF
the National Republican Club, he called
for bold and courageous action" on
. united world front. He urged general
restoration Of the gold standard as q
step to rescue civilization from threat
Of generations" Of depressed standards
II say with emphasis" he declared
that I am not proposing this as q
favor to the United States. 1t Is the
need of the whole world. The United
States is so situated that it can pro-
tect itself better than almost any coun-
try on EARTH"
currencies Of the world came from the
President In speech frequently in
terrupted by applause. He suggested
that some part Of the debt payments
due the United States from foreign ma
tions might be set aside temporarily
to stabilize the currencies Of the world
Should Aid Sterilization.
IF some sort of international finan-
cial action is necessary to enable CEN
tral banks to cooperate for the purpose
of stabilizing currencies, nations should
have no hesitation in joining such an
operation under proper safeguards" he
said. If some part Of the debt pay
ments to us could be set aside for tenn
porary use for this purpose. we should
not hesitate to do so. At the same
time the world should endeavor to find
place for silver, at least in enlarged
subsidiary coinage"
Warning that the return to the gold
standard is imperative, he said:
If the major nations will enter the
road leading to the early re-establish-
ment Of the gold standard, then and
then only can the abnormal barriers
to trade, the quotas, the preferences,
the discriminatory agreements and
tariffs which exceed the differences in
costs Of production between nations
be removed, uniform trade privileges
Continued on Page q Column 50
Evening star., 1933-02-14
GUERRILLA ACTIVITY RENEWED.
Chinese Continue Forays Against Japan
in Fengtien Province.

MUKDEN, Manchuria, February Il
R.-While japanese preparations for
She drive in Jehol Province near COM
nletion. a marked revival of Chinese
guerrilla activity in Fengtien Province
has been noted.
Lieut.. Gen. Yoshikazu Nishi Of the
9th Japanese Division, cast in an i'm
portant role in the coming Jehol ac-
uvities, narrowly escaped when an
armored train on which he was return
ing to Chinchow from an inspection
trip was attacked Monday night by
several hundred guerrillas near Tai
ingho. A captain on Gen. Nishis stan
was killed during half hours hight
before the attack was repulsed. No
other casualties were reported.
Belated reports said that guerrilla
band estimated at 1000 had attacked
and occupied Fusung, an important
town in extreme Eastern Fengtien
Province, February 10, driving of a
smaller Manchukuoan garrison.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
BUDGET FIGHT WON
BY FRENCH CABINET
Weary Deputies Vote Economies
and New Taxes After Long
Session.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, February 14-The two-week-
old government of Premier Edouarc
Daladier, protege of ex-Premier Her
riot, has survived the fire of another
parliamentary test in winning approva,
OF 21o,4so.ooo financial project.
Weary Deputies, who had been ir
session since Sunday morning. gave the
government a 359-to-235 vote of con-
fldence last night In approving the
measure for economies and new taxes
The Chamber adjourned until Friday
Meanwhile the bill goes to the Senate
with a hot fight likely to result from
efforts of the upper house to modify
the measure.
The Chamber was in session 81 hours
Harassed by continued taxpayers
demonstrations, the Deputies decided 10
sit until the measure was approved or
the Daladier government overthrown.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
SENATE BANK BODY
| 0. KS RELIEF BILLS
Wagner $500, 600, 900 Meas.
ure and HuII-WaIcott
Project Approved.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Two gigantic relief bills-one for
destitute unemployed and the other for
mortgage -burdened farmers and small
urban home owners-were approved to-
day by the Senate Banking Committee
The committee recommended Senate
approval at this session of the Wagner
unemployment relief bill, providing an
additional 5000, 100000 for direct relief
loans to States and legislation to speed
up construction loans from the Re-
construction Corporations 81 SOC, ,oo0, 900
fund.
Backs Hull -Walcott Bill.
It also recommended the Hull Wal
colt bill to create q $500. .000, 900 fund
under the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration for q two-year moratorium on
foreclosures Of farm and small urban
mortgages.
The latter bill also carried q $780,
100000 provision for loans to joint
stock land banks to enable them to as
sist farmers.
The bill was recommended as an
emergency relief measure. The COM
mittee voted unanimously to proceed
immediately with the framing Of
permanent mortgage relief legislation
and to ask the Senate for permission
to sit between this session ending March
4 and the extra session in the Spring
to complete the work.
The Wagner bill, coming to the SEN
ate with strong Democratic support,
will be offered as a substitute for the
La Toilette -Costigan bill already pend
ing to provide $500, 100000 for direct
relief grants to States.
Legislation authorizing the Federal
Land Banks to grant loan extensions
to farmer borrowers virtually was
agreed on today by the House Banking
COMMITTEES, though formal approval has
not been voted.
Terms Of the bill, which has been in
preparation for several weeks, would
authorize the banks to grant extern
sions up to five years It would also
authorize direct loans to farmers.
eliminating the requirement that loans
be made through farm loan asso-
Citations.
The committee was withholding final
Judgment on the bill pending additional
testimony by Paul Bestor, farm loan
commissioner.
Would Use Reserve.
Extensions would be financed through
use Of a $4,000, 900 reserve fund which
the Farm Loan Board created out of
the $l25,000,000 additional capital
voted the system last year by Congress
Inls money was set aside to meet
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Evening star., 1933-02-14
Revolution Now Is Under Way,
He Ayers, in Opposing
Blaine Motion.
URGES WAY BE CLEARED
FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS
Declares Vote on Taking Up Repeal
Now Cannot Speed Consider
alton by States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate was told today by Sena-
tor Borah Of Idaho that there is
revolution in this country" in appeal
ing to the membership to sidetrack the
Blaine prohibition repeal resolution and
turn attention to emergency legislation
In the few remaining days Of the cur
rent session.
Remarking that the thought of pos
sible revolution in this country "is dis
counted" he swept all eyes in the
chamber to him when he added:
"Mr. President. there Is already a
revolution in this country. There are
places where the courts cannot operate,
where they are frustrated by sheer
force.
That has spread from the old State
of Pennsylvania to my own State of
Idaho. We know what has happened
in Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa.
Every farmer in the United States Is
looking with anxious solicitude toward
the Congress to know whether anything
Is going to be done by March 4.
Fears Grave Situation.
eff nothing is done by then, this con-
dition will be accentuated beyond the
measure of words to portray"
Opening debate on the motion of
Senator Blaine, Republican, Of Wiscon-
sin, to take up the repeal resolution i'm
mediately, Borah declared he opposed
taking up the resolution at this time
in, ryin of flna hill lie
awaiting consideration and the little
time left to act on them before expira-
ton of the present Congress.
The Idaho Senator, however, said he
would not seek to delay action on it
except foc desire to pass pending re-
lief legislation.
II know Of no reason why it should
not be voted upon by the States at the
earliest possible time" he said.
There Is nothing to be gained by
delay, assuming sufficient votes are in
the Senate and House to submit 1t.
II the calendar situation were different
would not object to consideration at
this time"
Il do not see how If we vote for and
submit this resolution before March 4
1t will expedite its consideration by the
States" said Borah. But there are
bills on the calendar on which speedy
action should be had.
IF we take up this resolution we
must make up our minds that any
manner of relief legislation for the
farmers or general relief legislation
must be postponed until the special
session"
He remarked that no special session
probably would be called before the
middle of March or the first of April"
that organizing would take time and
that the measures to which he re-
ferred could not be considered before
about May /.
This would rob two of these meas
ures of much of their benefit"
Borah referred, he said, to general
unemployment relief, and to the bank
ruptcy bill which contains provisions
for adjusting the Indebtedness of debt
ridden farmers.
Sees Thousands In Peril.
Unless something Is done to aid the
farmer along the lines Of the relief bill
Of Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader. said Borah, liter
Continued on Page 2, Column 8)
Evening star., 1933-02-14
MACDONALD URGED
| TO SAIL FOR u. s.
Premier Remains in London,
However, as Lindsay De-
parts for Washington.

SOUTHAMPTON, February IA
R.-Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambas-
sador to the United States, sailed
for America on the Majestic this
afternoon to resume preliminary
work for the debts conference at
Washington next month.
I'm going back with full instruc-
tions regarding the British attitude
toward the war debts" he said be-
fore he went aboard, there Is little
more that can tell you, for have
gone on gold standard Of silence"
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 14.-Ambassado,
Sir Ronald Lindsays departure today
for the United States with the com.
pleted, but closely guarded British pro.
gram for a new debts settlement wa.
heralded by an appeal to Premier Mac.
Donald to leave for Washington q,
once.
The premier was urged by the Lon.
don Times to go to the United State.
Immediately to confer with President.
elect Roosevelt and lay the foundation
for the British Debt Commissions con.
versations with American representa-.
tives shortly after March 4.
The plan now being followed, how.
ever. is for the Ambassador to conduc,
this preliminary work. He is expected
to confer with Mr.. Roosevelt immediate.
ly after arriving in New York early
next week.
Treasury Official Sails.
An Assistant Secretary of the Treas.
ury. T. K. Bewley, was sailing with
Ambassador Lindsay on the steamship
Majestic. The sending of an economic
adviser with the Ambassador was con-
sidered logical in view of Premier Mac.
Donalds statement yesterday that the
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
PENNY PANTRY IS CLEARING HOUSE
FOR OLD COINS OF MANY NATIONS
Money Pieces Used by Down and Out for Food Show
Signs of Apparent Disuse for Years.

collects hundreds of unusual pieces.
Miss Pratt's prize penny, which came
over the counter a few days ago, Is q
United States coin of 1857 with a
spread eagle on it. Scores of pennies
which come into her hands are dated
1880 or earlier, and she receives many
nickels and dimes of the '70s, discolored
and apparently unused for years.
Lest week a man passed q coin over
the counter to Miss Pratt. She looked
at 1t. He looked, too, and made q dive
to retrieve 1t. 1t was IS gold piece.
II don't use that til panhandling
wears out" he said.
Some Of the curious coins come across
the counter at the Penny Pantry be-
cause her customers are careless, Miss
Pratt says. Many of them are good
luck pieces. She Is very careful to re-
turn them, believing the owner needs
al the luck he can get.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
DISORDER BREAKS OUT
IN REICHSTAG GROUP
Hitler's Friend Pushes Socialist
Chairman Bodily Out of
Seat.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, February 14-The Reich
stays committee for safeguarding par
hamentary rights broke up In disorder
today when Chancellor Adolf Hitler's
close friend. Hans Frank, pushed the
Socialist chairman, DR.. Paul Loebe,
bodily of the presidential seat and oc-
cupied it himself. Frank declared: ::
The Nazi party no longer can tolerate
a slanderous Marxist in the chair"
The Socialists and Communists left
the hall while the Nazis jeered. Frank
declared the meeting closed in token of
mourning for the victims of the blast
which killed more than so at Meun-
kirchen last week.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
ULTIMATUMS PLANNED.
Japanese to Order Chinese Troops Out
of Jehol.

japanese to Order Chinese Troops Out
of Jehol.
PEIPING, China, February IA P).-
Ultimatuns demanding withdrawal Of
Chinese troops from Jehol have been
prepared for delivery very soon to
Chang Hsiao-Liang, the Chinese COM
mander, to the Governor Of Jehol Prov
tnce, and to the Nanking government,
the japanese legation revealed today.
The warning to Chang probably will
be delivered through Gen. Nakamura,
japanese commander in North China.
The Manchukuo government will send
the ultimatum to Tang Yu-Lin, the
provincial Governor, and the one to
Nanking win go through Toxic, 1t was
stated.
It was expected that the warning
will declare Jehol to be an integral
part of Manchukuo and that the
presence of Chinese troops there Is cal
culated to disturb the peace.
It will be pointed out, the legation
said, that under its treaty with Man
chukuo the japanese government
pledged its assistance IN maintaining
peace in Jehol. -.
1t was not known whether the ulti-
matums would be presented simulta-
neously or at intervals, but in each case,
1t was stated, reasonable time Tor
withdrawal of Chinese troops Will De
given.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
APANESE WITHDRAWAL
FROM LEAGUE EXPECTED
AT ONCE In TOXIC NOTE
U.S.. May Be Offered Singapore
By British As Base for Fleet
Run,Ored MOUe in London Would Vastly
Increase american Naual Efficiency
in Euent of activities in Orient

having to escort a crippled ship all the
way back to Pearl Harbor in the Ha-
waiian Islands
But, in the event of conflict, as the
Japanese Fleet is considerably superior
to the American at the present moment
the United States not having single
battleship as fast as any Of the Japa-
nese battle cruisers and having only 10
modern cruisers compared with the 81
Of the Japanese-it will mean some
years Of heavy American naval con-
struction before even use Of the Singa-
pore base could make the American
Fleet equal to Japan's on fighting
terms.
1t would have to be considerably su-
perior. in fact. to be equal to the Japa-
nese, because it Is estimated that q
feet leaving the Pacific Coast of the
United States would be only 80 per cent
efficient by the time 1t appeared in
battle array off any Far Eastern coast.
AS for the change of British attitude
In the Manchurian question, stated
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
BY NEGLEY FARSON.
BY Cable to The Star.

BY CaDle 10 Inc star.
LONDON, England, February IA
Great Britains changing attitude on
the Manchurian question as well as
realization here that the disarmament
conference is headed for a fiasco unless
either Great Britain or the United
States, or both, soon take q firm stand
is leading to rumors that Ambassador
Sir Ronald Lindsay carried proposals
Of foremost Importance when he sailed
today for his Washington post.
The first Of these Is an old story, yet
revived aprutly today that the British
are going to propose that the American
Navy may use the Singapore base.
This, elf granted, would immensely
increase the fighting efficiency of Amer
ican ships, allowing for full repairs to
be made In the Far East instead OF
Evening star., 1933-02-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 14.-Puerto
Rico was defined as foreign to the
United States in a domestic sense and
not foreign in an international sense
in an opinion made public today by
Judge Walter H. Evans of the United
States Customs Court.
The decision ruled against the
Puerto Rican brokerage company which
sought to recover $4,000 which repre-
sented duty paid on coffee imported
into Puerto Rico.
The litigation grew out of the hur-
ricane of 1928 which devastated coffee
plantations Of the Puerto Rican up
lands The Legislature. in order to
rehabilitate the industry, levied a tax
of 10 cents a pound on all coffee i'm
ported into the country Congress au-
thorized the legislative action in the
tariff act which became effective or
June II, 1880.
Evening star., 1933-02-14
FORGOTTEN ONES !!
81 German Blast
Victims Buried
At One Ceremony
BY the Associated Press


NEUNKIR CHEN, Germany,
February 14.-Sixty-two persons
killed last Friday by the explo-
sion of a gas storage tank at the
Neunkirchen Iron Works were
buried today after impressive
ceremonies in a church whose
walls were SCARED by the blast.
A great crowd was in the church
and In the streets. There were
hundreds of wreaths and the bells
of all the churches tolled as the
long procession moved to the
cemetery.
Vice Chancellor Won Papen at
tended as the representative Of
President Won Hindenburg.