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Evening star., 1933-02-22
FIGHTING STARTED
IN CUBAN REVOLT;
WAR STORES SEIZED
Dozen Outbreaks Scattered
Over Entire IsIand-Cane
Fields Afire.
FORMER SENATOR LEADS
BATTLE WITH TROOPS
Two Soldiers Reported Slain in An
other Clash Near U. S. Station.
Rebels Active in Oriente.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 22-At least half
dozen outbreaks in widely separated
parts of the island were reported today
heralding the long predicted revolt
against the Machado rule.
In distant Oriente Province, cradle of
all Cuban revolutions including the one
against Spain, at least one serious clash
occurred yesterday.
At Santa Clara, in the middle of the
island. rebels were reported to have at
tackled the governments military sta
ton, carrying away arms and ammu-
milton.
At the other end of the island, not
far west of here, band of men tried
to seize arms and money at grocery
store in the town of Alquizar. They
critically wounded the owner.
Two Reported Slain.
Meager reports said two soldiers
were slain in battle at San Antonio,
a town near the United States naval
coaling station at Guantanamo. A
group led by ex-senator Gonzalo Perez
Andrea, former supporter of President
Machado, engaged army forces. No re-
port was made of the casualties.
Other small bands were reported
active in that section of Oriente Prov
ince. Government officials disclosed
early this month that they learned
Cuban exiles planned to land in Oriente
to start the revolution.
The exiles, including many who par
ticipated in the unsuccessful revolt
against President Machado in August,
1881, were expected to reach Cuba from
Mexico or Honduras. Exiles In the
United States were reported joining
them.
Groups of armed men were said to
be starting fires in the sugar cane fields
and interfering with workers. A store
keeper and two bandits were reported
slain at Rancho Veloz.
ALI Forces Mustered.
President Machado, a few days age,
ordered all police, prison guards and
preparation for the threatened uprising
The 1881 revolt against Machado also
started in Oriente province, but his
army of $4,000 soldiers quickly put 1t
down. The leader. former President
Mario G. Menocal, now is In Florida,
and four others, including Col. Carlos
Mendieta, who ran against Machado for
President in 1924, started from Cuba to
the United States few days ago. They
had sought refuge in the Mexican en-
basSy.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
ABSENCES DELAY D. C. BEER BILL.
COMMITTEE CALLED TOMORROW
Mrs. Norton Asks Full Attendance to Prevent New
Objections From Drys.

When drys raised a point of no
quorum at consideration of a District
beer bill today in the House District
Committee, Chairman Norton called
special meeting for tomorrow and re-
queSted every member to be present
so that such point could not be made
again.
The committee will take action to-
morrow on substituting the Tydings
beer bill for the measure by Repre-
sentative Black, Democrat, of New
York, and favorably reporting it to the
House. At todays meeting the drys
were led by Representative Patman,
Democrat, Of Texas, with Representa-
tive McClintock, lame duck member
from Ohio, making the point Of order.
Representative Holmes, Republican,
of Massachusetts,, stated IN" Tvdirgi
Evening star., 1933-02-22
Dern to Get War Portfolio,
Walsh Justice, Swanson
Navy, Wallace Agriculture,
Miss Perkins Labor.
HOMER CUMMINGS
GOING TO PHILIPPINES
Farley to Be Postmaster General.
Word From President-Elect
Reaches Informed Quarters in
Capital-Choice of South Caro-
linian Only Surprise on List.

(Copyright, 1888. by the Associated PressJ
Word reached informed quarters
in Washington today that Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt had COM
pleted selection of his cabinet, and
that the list contains one sur
prise-Daniel C. Roper of South
Carolina for Secretary of Com
merce.
The information was that Homer
Cummings of Connecticut would
be Governor General of the
Philippines, regarded generally as
the highest appointive office out
side the cabinet.
The complete cabinet slate, as
it is expected by Democrats here
to be announced shortly by Mr..
Roosevelt, follows:
State-Cordell Hull of Ten
nessee.
William Woodin of
Pennsylvania and New York.
War-George H. Dern of Utah.
Justice-Thomas j. Walsh OF
Montana.
Post ONCE James A. Farley of
New York.
Navy-Claude A. Swanson Of
Virginia.
Interior-Harold Ickes of Illinois.
Agriculture-Henry A. Wallace
of Iowa.
Commerce-Daniel C. Roper of
South Carolina.
Labor-Miss Frances Perkins Of
New York.
Two Formally Announced.
OF the 10, all but l or 2 have been
regarded as foregone conclusions for
several days.
Selection of Hull and Woodin was
formally announced yesterday by the
President-elect in New York
Walsh, now Senator from Montana,
is understood to have accepted some
time ago, and Swanson, Senator from
Virginia, yesterday.
Formal tenders are said to have been
made within the last week to Farley,
Wallace and Miss Perkins, and ac-
cepted.
Selection of Ickes, political ally Of
Senator Hiram johnson, the Progress
Sive Republican leader OF California, is
hailed here as tangible recognition of
that Western Republican insurgent
wing which bolted Hoover in last years
campaign and helped elect the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Roper was Commissioner of Internal
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
Evening star., 1933-02-22
HlTLERITES LAUNCH
DRIVE ON GODDESS
Catholics Urged to Support Cam
paign-Toll of Disorders
Now 70.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February ga campaign
against the goddess movement" and an
appeal for Catholic support were
launched today by Chancellor Adolf
Hitler's forces. They struck at two of
his formidable opponents in the March 5
elections, the first at Communists and
the latter at the allied Catholic parties.
Meanwhile, five more persons were
killed and scores more were injured last
night in the incipient civil war which
has been raging since Hitler's rise to
power. This brought the number of
deaths in political clashes since the
first Of the year, when Hitler began
negotiations for the chancellorship. to
about 70.
A campaign against the goddess
movement" was announced by Bernard
Rust, Naz1 commissioner for educa ton
and culture in Prussia, in an address
last night before students at the Tech
nical University here He said the
details would be revealed in the next
few days. In his speech opening the
I
sian Diet elections Hitler attacked Com
munists for the spread of atheism.
An appeal to Catholic Nazis was
printed today in Hitler's Voelkischer
Beobachter assailing the Catholic Gen.
trist and Populist parties. 1t recalled
the papal encyclical of January 9, 1928,
which admonished priests to serve the
religious interests of the nation and not
to affiliate with political parties.
NaZiS invaded Centrist campaign
meeting at Trier, but were repulsed
after stiff fight. Several persons were
injured at Kiel and Opladen in Nazi-
Reichsbanner clashes.
Former Chancellor Joseph Wirth was
prevented from addressing a Catholic
meeting at Muenster by Nazis and sew
eral were injured there.
Adam Stegerwald who introduced
former Chancellor Bruening to politics
and served in his cabinet last year, was
among several injured at a Centrist
meeting in Krefeld. A number of
Catholic priests were reported attacked
in that Rhineland community.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
MAN USES DYNAMITE
IN COMMITTING SUICIDE
Remnants of C. c. Honeycutt's
Body Scattered Far by
Explosion.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February a.
Colley Clinton Honeycutt, At, bakery
salesman and former bus and taxicab
driver, committed suicide late yesterday
by exploding stick Of dynamite under
his left arm. He left his home, on
Maryland avenue, for the farm of Her
bert c.. Cessna, miles east of the city.
where he called on Ada Reed, house
keeper, who said he appeared to be
drinking. He walked up hill about
800 yards when the whole countryside
rang from the explosion, and remnants
of the mans body were scattered for
many yards Honeycutt who leaves a
divorced wife, son Ishmael and a
married daughter, Mrs. Pauline Shuck,
worried over domestic affairs, and un-
employment officers state about
month ago, after an automobile col
lision, he attempted suicide by taking
poison. He was one Of the first bus
drivers between Cumberland and Hag-
erstown.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
HOOVER HONORS
NAT|0N'SFOUNDER
Sends Wreaths to Washing
ton Shaft as Birthday Pro-
grams Are Held.

The Capital of the Nation founded by
George Washington today commence
rated the 201st anniversary of his birth
in ceremonies throughout the city.
Compared with the lavish Bicenten-
nial celebration of year ago, today's
observance was quiet and simple in the
extreme. Patriotic gatherings in vari-
GUS sections of the city and reyerent
pilgrimages to Mount Vernon took the
place of the parades and eloquent ora
tory that marked the 200th anniver-
sary.
President Hoover observed the natal
day of his nlustrious Predecessor by
sending wreath to be laid at the base
of the Washington Monument. Other
wreaths from patriotic groups also were
laid during exercises at the shaft, which
included the raising Of the flags of the
48 States on poles surrounding the
monument.
Programs Carried Out.
Ceremonies in honor of the First
President were held by the Association
Of Oldest Inhabitants at the Old Union
Engine House, by the Washington Gen.
tennial Lodge, No. IA, F. A. A. M,
which made a pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon: by Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
No. /, and Gen. Nelson A. Miles Aux
iliary, No. 8, United Spanish War Vet
erans, which also journeyed to the
tomb of Washington, and at a mass
meeting of other patriotic groups in
Memorial Continental Hall.
At the Oldest Inhabitants meeting,
Representative Loring Black, Demo
crat. of New York, delivered the prin-
cipal address. Elra C. Palmer read
Washington's Farewell Address" and
John Clagett Proctor read an original
poem. Music was furnished by the
Marietta Mixed Quartet. Rev. j.
Harvey Dunham, pastor of Western
Presbyterian Church delivered the in
vocation.
The Entertainment Committee was
CONFESSED of Theodore W. Noyes, ex-
offcio; j. Eliot Wright, chairman;
Henjy w. Dowling James F. Duhamel
Fred A. Emery, Percy B. Israel, George
Bryf Jackson, B. F. McCauley and Mr.
REoctor.
Freeman Is Speaker.
Right Rev. James E Freeman, Epis-
copal Bishop OF washington, ana Dr
William John Cooper, Federal Com
missioner of Education, were speakers
at breakfast at the Washington Hotel
following a special George Washington
communion service at the Church OF
the Epiphany for the Episcopal church
man of the diocese.
At the mass meeting in Memorial
Continental Hall, 1000 persons assem-
bled to pay homage to the Father o1
His Country. Nmety-nin9 organizations
and chapters took part[ in the cere-
monies, which began at o am. with q
concert by the Marine band OrcheStra
under the leadership of Capt. Taylor
Branson.
y Every patriotic organization in the
city had been invited to participate In
the affair, which was held under joint
auspices of the District OF Columbia
Chapter of the Sons of the American
Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution
in the District of Columbia the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the Children of the American Revo-
luton. 1t market the nineteenth an
nual reunion of the four Revolutionary
societies.
After the concert and "Massing oi
the Colors," under the direction of DR.
Clifton P. Clark. the program proper
Continued on Page 8, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-02-22
PROPOSAL
STUDIED BY STATES
Prohibitionists Tighten Lines
for Fight as Stimson
Asks Action.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports from the 48 States today
indicated the early rush to ratify the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment by
popular conventions, in accordance with
the proposal of Congress, has yielded
in many cases to more deliberate pace
as Legislatures and Governors studied
the handling of the hitherto untried
convention procedure of ratification.
Prohibitionists and their opponents,
meanwhile, frightened lines for many
struggles. In few but the wettest
States was the final outcome generally
conceded.
Official certified copies of the reso-
luton in which Congress proposed the
repeal, hastened by the State Depart
ment, were due on most Governors
desks this morning. Accompanying
each was a letter in which Secretary
Stimson asked the State executive to
cause this joint resolution to be sub
mitted to a convention in your State
for such action as may be had"
The formal language, in contrast with
the haste of distribution, avoided any
suggestion of urgency and also refrained
from entering the constitutional debate
as to whether Legislatures of the States
or Congress itself should prescribe the
assembling of the conventions, never
before tried method Of considering con-
stitutional change.
This issue showed up outside OF
Washington, with some anti-prohibi-
tionists in such widely scattered States
as Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Nevada
looking to the National Capital for
guidance on how to assemble the con-
ventionS.
The tendency toward less haste was
shown among others in New York and
New Jersey. In both, questions of pro-
cedure and of obtaining the desired
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Evening star., 1933-02-22
Chancellor Delivers Stern
Rebuke to France and
Britain for Note.
TWO COUNTRIES CHARGE
SHIPMENT VIOLATES PACT
Incident Stirs Crossfre From Eight
Capitals-Fascists Cite
Little Entente.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, February 22.-Austria has
decided to comply with a joint British
French request to return shipment of
arms to Italy, but in announcing this
decision Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss
sternly rebuked Great Britain and
France.
He said the Franco-British note was
substantially the same as the text pub
lished in Rome, which was described as
an "ultimatum," giving Austria is days
to make assurances the arms would be
destroyed or returned.
Bars Sworn Promises.
The chancellor announced last night
that there will be mo assurances under
oath" (Which the Franco-British note
is understood to have asked. nor will
there be any question of setting time
limit for a reply
He said, however. the $4,000 rifles
and 200 machine guns, at least part Of
which were reported destined for Hun
gary, would be speedily returned. France
and Great Britain contended the trans
portation of arms violated terms of the
peace treaty with Austria after its de-
feat in the World War
The chancellor added that he was
informed Italy was willing that the
arms be returned as soon as possible
The incident stirred up a dispute
over international rivalries in Europe
involving at least eight countries Post
war alliances involving these nations
in new struggle for balance of power
in Europe was the subject of the cross
fire from various capitals.
Fascists Accuse France.
When Italy learned of the Franco
British note, its Fascist newspapers
Joined in charges that 1t was covering
up activities by France to strengthen
its little entente allies-Yugoslavia
Rumania and Czechoslovakia. These
nations were created from territory Of
the old Austria Huns sa1uninexFRs
The arms shipment appeared 10 Ink
Austria with Hungary and Italy, al
ready in close accord, partly because of
mutual grievances against Yugoslavia.
But the Austrian Parliamentary Com
mittee adopted resolution last night
asserting Austrias desire to maintain
neutrality toward all alliances, arma-
ments and conflicts of neighboring
states.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
BIG POWERS FEAR
JAPANESE ADVANCE
Grave Complications Fore.
seen, With Concessions
South of Great Wall.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
International complications OF a grave
nature are feared by foreign diplomatic
and consular officers in North China
should the fighting between Chinese
and Japanese troops spread South OF
the Great Wall and involve Peiping
and Tientsin.
These two cities have foreign con-
cessions and extensive foreign interests
Each has population of more than
100000 and Western powers can not
forget the horrors experienced by their
nationals in these cities in 1900 when
they were besieged by Boxers for many
weeks.
President and Mrs. Hoover were
among the Americans who lived through
the 30-day siege Tientsin suffered at
that time. The siege of Peiping was
nearly twice that long and the late
American Minister to China, E. H
Conger, and his family were among the
foreigners who defended themselves
against the fanatics.
Only Az Miles to South.
Peiping is less than 40 miles south
of the Great Wall at its nearest point.
Tientsin, which is 80 miles southeast
OF Peiping. is 200 miles from the Jehol
border, which is marked by the Great
Wall.
Tientsin is 40 miles from the sea,
but is connected with it by the Pei-Ho
which is navigable for ocean-going
~ b hot Nsv1+
of this stream, in Tientsin, lie the Brit
ish, French, Belgian, Italian and jap
anese concessions, where the trade OF
those nations Is centered.
Tientsin Is the great port Of entry
for all North China and is comparable
to Shanghai, which suffered so severely
last year when the Japanese and Chi
nese clashed there.
Peiping is less important CONNER
cially, but is the cultural and educa-
tional center Of China and contains the
imperial palaces and many ancient tenn
Piles. Although the Chinese govern
ment now uses Nanking as capital. the
foreign powers still retain their lega-
tionS in Peiping and their diplomats
live there most Of the time.
Confusion Possible.
Japan was among the powers which
sent armies to relieve TientSin ano
Peiping when they were besieged by
Boxers, in 1900, and Japan and the
leading Western powers, including the
United States, have legation guards al
Peiping and troops at Tientsin, which
are stationed there to protect the out
lets to the sea-
These international troops patrol the
railway from Tientsin to Peiping and
from Tientsin northward to Chinwam-
tao, another important port of entry
about 200 miles to the north.
Foreigners in North China have suf-
fered so much from the undisciplinec
troops of rival war lords engaged ir
domestic strife that they fear all sorts
of military mobilizations, and are es.
pecially apprehensive now as troops oi
the Western powers are associated with
Japanese soldiers in guarding foreign
concessions and railways and foreigners
fear illiterate Chinese troops may put
all foreigners in the same class as tht
japanese
Evening star., 1933-02-22
AUTOPSY HINTS SLAYING
OF SOCIETY WOMAN
Bruise Found Over Ear Of Junior
League President, Drowned
Near Seattle.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, February 22.-An autopsy
disclosed that Miss Mary Fitzgerald, 27,
leader of the younger Tacoma social
set, whose body was found on the beach
of Puget Sound between here and Ia
coma yesterday, had suffered bruise
over her left ear, DR.. P. c. West, King
County autopsy surgeon, said.
The wound might have been inflicted
by a blackjack, DR.. West said. Death,
he added was caused by drowning.
Charles Horace Fitzgerald, the girls
father and a prominent Tacoma lum-
herman, said he believed his daughter
had been kidnapped and compelled to go
to the lonely spot on the sound. Both
her parents rejected a suicide theory.
Miss Fitzgerald was president of the
Junior League in Tacoma.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
ANNOUNCES MYTHICAL
PRESIDENT TO HEAD HARVARD
Daily Perpetrates Hoax in Naming
Successor to Lowell.

sity, sped to the Crimson office where
piles of what appeared to be genuine
copies of the paper contained the news
in bold headlines. supplemented by
several columns of information.
Later attempts to confirm the story
brought from officials of the university
the statement that to their knowledge
there was no such person sS Clarke,
'04," nor had there been any meeting
of the overseers, such as decribed by
the paper.
The issue was replete with alleged
kilograms of congratulation from
President-elect FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt
and others. Roosevelt was described
as classmate of the mythical Clarke.
Subsequently David Weld, "a, presi-
dent of the Crimson, said he had no
knowledge Of the issue.
Evening star., 1933-02-22

Chairman Norton promised again
that the District beer bill will not be
called up In the House until after the
Collier bill covering the entire country
has been passed by the Senate. Pat
man also secured a pledge that the
hearings on the District beer bill would
be printed. He insisted Chairman
Palmisano Of the subcommittee which
conducted the hearings should include
replies to the statement made by DR..
F. w. Buck, representing the Federal
DispenSary Tax Reduction League, who
quoted "PusSyfoot" Johnson as saying
in a speech in Berkeley, Calf, II lied,
cheated, bribed and drank plenty Of
whisky to put prohibition over. but the
end justified the means" johnson, in
a letter to Palmisano, said there Is not
go word &c +-~'''7 in that statement.
Column g.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
COL. TURNER is H0N0RED
FOR WORK In AVIATION
Holder of Transcontinenta1 Record
Is Presented With Scroll
and Plaques.

LOS ANGELES, February "a R.-
Col Roscoe Turner. speed fiye-, was
honored yesterday at luncheon here
under the auspices of the League Inter.
rationale des Amateurs and National
Aeronautic Association and presented o
scroll and plaques for outstanding con-
tributions to the science of aviation in
1882.
Col Turner during the year estab-
lished new record Of u hours and 33
minutes between New York and Los
Angeles.
William Gibbs McAdoo. United States
Senator r-elect, who has flown 275,000
miles as a passenger in the last four
years, delivered q scroll and plaque and
paid tribute to Col. Turner.
Evening star., 1933-02-22
United States and Other Gov
ernmentS to Be Informed of
Likely 0ccupation-Peipiao
Falls to Invaders.
GEN. LIN is REPORTED
WILLING TO SURRENDER
Toxic Privy Council Is Told of
Intention to Withdraw From
League o. Nations and Emperor
Is Expected to Approve Action
of Cabinet.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, February 22.-Th e
United States and other govern
mentS which maintain military
forces and spheres of interest" in
the Peiping- -Tientsin area will be
Informed that Japan may be
compelled" to extend military
operations to those cities.
The foreign Office announced
today that Ambassadors of the
principal powers will be told the
japanese army has no intention
of carrying it's campaign in Jehol
Province south of the Great Wall
of China unless Chinese reprisals
force such action.
Points to Danger.
There is a real danger of back
wash from the Jehol campaign,
resulting in Chinese attack on
our garrison at Tientsin, or in the
massacre of Japanese at Peiping,
said a foreign office spokesman.
"In this event, our army will be
compelled to move to protect them
Barring such unfortunate developments.
fighting will be confined to Jehol."
he added.
The United States has a small mill
tary force in the area, along with other
powers. which participated in the Boxer
protocol of September. 1901. This docu-
ment provides for punishment of China
after the Boxer uprising in Peiping,
the maintenance by foreign troops of
communication between Peiping and
the sea and the fertilization and polio
ing of legation quarters
Annihilaron Planned.
The possibility that the Japanese
army will occupy the ancient Chinese
capital and it's port, TientSin, developed
with announcement of determination
to annihilate the army of Marshal
Chang Hsiao-Liang, North China war
lord. Driven out of Manchuria by the
japanese. Marshal Chang now main
tains headquarters at Peiping and most
of his forces are in the treaty area
south of the great wall.
Defense of Jehol against the Japa-
pese drive to annex that province to
Manehukuo will be directed from Peip
ing, and Marshal Chang already has
dispatched about 10000 of his 100000
troops to aid local Jehol forces. When,
and if, the Japanese complete the Jehol
drive they will be only rs miles from
Peiping
The Chinese already have removed
valuable art treasurers from the I'm
perial Palace and sacred quarters IN
Peiping to southern cities.
When the japanese captured Shan
haikwan. $50 miles north Of Tientsin
and terminus of the Peiping-Shanhaik-
wan Railway which is in the treaty
zone, they kept their word not to ex-
tend operations farther south into
China from that point. But the obJec-
tive there, it has developed. was merely
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