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Evening star., 1933-05-15
THREE BIG POWERS
UNITE TO OPPOSE.
REICH ARMS STAND.
U. S. and Britain Ready to
Back France, but Seek to
Avoid Open Fight.
"QUIET REARMING" SEEN
AS GERMANY'S Intention
French Spokesman Says Building
of Tanks, Guns and Planes Is
Already Underway.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 15.-A three power
united front of the United States, Great
Britain and France virtually has been
achi1 to face Germany at the Ge-
new sarmament Conference Thurs
d: kas learned today.
han H. Davis, American Ambas-
l6r at Large, asked Foreign Minister
Sooseph Paul -Boncour at a 50-minute
talk today to take mild stand toward
Chancellor Hitler's expected disarma-
ment pronouncement before the Reichs-
tag on Wednesday. it was authoritative
ly said, in order that the United States
and Britain might be able to follow him.
The three powers through diplomatic
channels were understood to be urging
the Gesman chancellor to be moderate
In his Reichstag speech.
Sanctions Not Discussed.
They WIRE trying to keep the situation
from boiling over, said an American
spokesman, so that a skillful bridge
may he constructed from the Isle of
Elba Where Hitler has placed himself,
back to the mainland.
1T was insisted that Mr.. Davis and M.
Paul-Boncour had no discussion of san
tions which might be invoked to coerce
Germany. and that the international
tariff truce was merely given finishing
touches.
French concern about Chancellor Hit
ler's message to the Reichstag is un-
abated, but government spokesman
said France docs not expect Hitler to
declare openly that the treaty of YER
sales is another scrap of paper"
Instead. the French believe Germany
intends to "rearm quietly" announcing
simply that Frances failure to disarm
has violated the treaty and that there
fore Germany is free agent.
This quiet rearming, French spokes-
German factories. which are building
tanks, big guns and military airplanes.
Word From Geneva Awaited.
Davis awaits the latest word of the
situation at Geneva from Hugh L. Will
son, American delegate to the Disarma-
ment Conference. who Is coming here
to help him arrange the background
for the next move at Geneva. Wilson
left Geneva yesterday.
Military action against a rearmed
Germany, treaty experts have found,
would be possible only under q decision
OF The Hague tribunal.
A purported secret French memoran-
dunn concerning the original four-power
peace pact Of Premier Mussolini, as
published in the Brussels magazine
Beige lie F1ambeau expressed the fear
that lifting of treaty restrictions on
Germany would be dangerous move
at this time.
Revision Of postwar treaties, sug-
gested in the Mussolini proposal, the
memorandum was reDreSented as saw
irg, Risks giving birth to hopes which
would be impossible to satisfy or would
excite disquietudes which, even if un-
justified, would not fail to place an
obstacle to the rapprochement Of
peoples"
Speaking at Marseilles Sunday, for
mer Premier Edouard Herriot extolled
the idea of increased Franco-American
cooperation.
Discussing his recent conversations
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
WALLACE REPORTS
SHORTS ON WHEAT
Big Spectators on List Five Days
Out of Every Six Up to October,
%, 1882, He Finds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Big spectators in wheat futures in
the grain pit today were described by
Secretary Wallace as short ION an av-
erage five days out of every six" from
April l, 1880, to October %, 1882, in
a report to the Senate
The statement was in answer to a
Senate resolution of March asking
variety Of information as a result Of
the order Of former Secretary Hyde
on October % suspending require
ments for reporting grain transactions
to the Government
In his report, Wallace declined to
give the names Of persons and firms
short 10000 bushels or more during
the past two or three years" on the
Chicago Board of Trade, as asked by
the Senate.
He explained the grain futures trad
ing laws prohibited his public release
of this information
Evening star., 1933-05-15
CLOSING ARGUMENT
IN TRIAL Of MEANS
AND FOX STARTED
Rover Says Defendants Cap.
itaIiZed on Mrs. Nc.
Leans Emotions.

Excoriating the defendants as "men
who took advantage Of Q mothers love
to perpetrate on Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean fraud, gigantic and criminal, I"
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
this afternoon began his closing argu-
ments in the trial Of CASTOR B. Means
and Norman T. Whitaker, charged with
conspiring to defraud Mrs. Mclean of
s35,000 in the Lindbergh baby ransom
hoax
When the Shiny hands OF the kid
napers reached into the home of COL
Lindbergh and stole his son on March
l, 1882" the prosecutor declared. 'the
crime called forth not only the finest
sentiments of some of our noblest citi-
zens. but also the foulest. most debased.
most degrading thoughts of criminal
elements"
Among leading citizens whose heart
went out to the stricken Lindbergh
family, Rover said, was Mrs. Mclean,
whose f1rst-born also had been threat
ened with kidnapping before his un-
timely death under an automobile.
Capitalizing on Emotions Charged.
Rover. clenching his fists and rails
ing his voice almost to shout in front
Of the jury box, accused Means and
"AAIdACl VI CdpltdllLulS OIl MID. MI.
Leans emotions by committing what
he declared was a fraud so unusual
as to be hard for us now in our sober
senses to comprehend"
He emphasized that Means and Whit
aker are not being tried for kidnapping
the Lindbergh baby nor for stealing
$104,00 from Mrs. Mclean in Means
previous negotiations-but for conspir-
ing to obtain $35, 1000 under the pre-
text of exchanging it for $4,000 of
marked money paid the actual kid
napers by Col. Lindbergh.
Earlier today defense motion for a
directed verdict of acquittal was denied
after the defense had rested without
calling Whitaker to the stand.
With two hours being assigned each
side for closing arguments. it was in
dicated that the case will go to the
jury either late today or tomorrow
morning, probably the latter.
Whitaker's decision not to testify in
his own behalf frustrated plan Of the
prosecution to grill "the Fox" under
cross examination. Rover, however,
Lindbergh kidnapping when he declined
to cross-question Means when court
opened today.
Evidence Is Withheld.
Holding that rebuttal testimony de-
signed to show the falsity of many of
Means lurid statements as to the iden-
tity of the Lindbergh kidnapers and
the whereabouts of the Jafsie and Nc
Lean ransom sums would be treating
Baron Munchausen" tale with too
much official dignity, the Government
elected not to introduce important re-
buttal evidence amassed over the week
end. This evidence would have tended
to repudiate Means declaration that
wellington Henderson" and Irving
Fenton," asserted by Means to be ring
leaders of the Lindbergh kidnapping,
could be located at a Detroit address.
Continued ON PAGE Column II
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Town Only 13 Miles From
Old Capital Reported.
Japanese Goal.
CHINESE TROOPS FLEE
BRITISH NINE CENTER
Evacuation Ties Up Railway Traf.
fc; Ultimatum to Clear Coastal
Area Also Claimed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEIPING May 15.-The United States
legation advised Americans today to
evacuate Tungchow, 13 miles east OF
Peiping, because Of rumors that the
Japanese will attempt to occupy the
town.
The American community at Tng-
chow consists Of about 80 missionaries
belonging to the American Board Of
Missions and the North China American
School.
In the meantime many of the wealth.
Ter Chinese of Peiping, fearing disorders
here, began a hasty departure for the
safety represented by the foreign con-
cessions in Tientsin.
Chinese troops defending Nantienmen.
north Of here. were reported today to
have given way before the japanese
drive and to have withdrawn, harried by
bombardment from armored cars.
The fighting Of the last three days in
the Nantieni. .en region. Chinese mill
tarv dispatch said yesterday. resulted in
5000 Chinese casualties.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The economy bill reducing the SAL
aries Of Government ofncials by Is
per cent Is playing havoc with those
officers who hold responsible positions
in the Government.
In order to enable him to make
both ends meet, Raymond Moley, As
sistant Secretary of State and pro-
fessor of public law at Barnard Col
lege, will syndicate, beginning June 2.
. weekly column ON the American
Government.
This action of the Assistant Secre-
tary Of State Is unprecedented.
There has been . gentleman's agree
ment In the State Department, from
the time Of its organization, which pro-
hibits It's ofy1cers, whether In . high or
less important position, to contribute
to the daily press in Whatever form.
More rlcentay 3 number of yomcaAb
'Ns1e paute6 ~ Nxite aeeAenn11
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Fox Proves Rogue
II Years Among
Rescuer's Chickens
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
BINGHAM, Mass. May l5.-
About II years ago Joshua Jones
found q starving fox pup. He
nursed it to health and placed
leather collar around its neck.
Six months later the fox escaped.
Yesterday Jones killed a fox
that was after his chickens.
Around its neck was the collar.
Jones has been missing chickens
from his coop for II years.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Camden Pay Roll Met.

CAMDEN, N. j., May Is CR-For
the first time since March is Camden
City and County employees found cash
in their pay envelopes today. Ten
thousand dollars in cash, made possible
by increased tax receipts, and $4,000
In scrip met the pay roll.
School board employees, who are paid
at the end of the month, likely will
receive some cash also, ofdcials said.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Upside.Down Flying
Mark Set at Hour
And Five Minutes
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, May 15.-Flying up
side-down for an hour and five
minutes, Lieut.. Guglielmo Bocola
broke a worlds record at Cento-
celle Airport yesterday.
A military doctor who examined
him afterward said his condition
was normal. The previous record
was Al minutes, also held by an
Italian, Capt. Raffaele Cola
cicchi.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
FEDERAL ECONOMY FORCES MOLEY
TO WRITE FOR NEWS SYNDICATE
Weekly Column Boosts Earnings of Hull Aide in Move
to Make Both Ends Meet.

on special topics for weekly or monthly
periodicals.
These articles had to deal, Of course,
with very general topics not related to
the actual diplomatic work Of the State
Department, and the writer's had to
submit their copy for the approval Of
the SECRETARY Of State, who read them
carefully and did not permit the pub
ncation Of anything which might be
related to current news events.
These stories had . great deal Of
value to magazines and to the public at
large. although they dealt with subjects
Of past history.
Secretary Of State Hull, upon whom
falls the task Of controlling the actions
Of his subordinates, when asked about
Moley's column. said he has not had
the opportunity Of going into the sub
ject, and indicated that this WAS . mat
Ter for Prot. Moley 70 decide on the
EEzSl231SSo1k ~ n 11oE91aM ~
Evening star., 1933-05-15
FALL FATAL TO WOMAN
Artists Wife Drops From Apart
ment Atop 16-Story Hotel.

CHICAGO, May Is (P.-Mrs. Frieda
Anisfeld, 48, wife of Boris Anisfeld
artist and teacher at the Chicago Art
I stitute, was killed in a fall today
from their apartment atop q 16-story
hotel.
Anisfeld and his daughter Marocha,
a., told police Mrs. AniSfeld had been
suffering from melancholia and had
octed depressed recently.
The body landed on an automobile
herked In the street below.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
FRENCH OVER ATLANTIC
Mermoz Plane, on Way From Bra
zi, Nears African Coast.

BY the Associated Press.
NATAL, Brazil, May 15.-The big
French airplane Arc-en-Ciel with
Pilot Jean Mermoz at the controls,
started at midnight on . return flight
across the South Atlantic to Africa.
Rene Couzinet, designer Of the plane.
accompanied Mermoz in addition to q
co-pilot, a radio operator, the naviga-
tor and a mechanic.
The plane reported by wireless at Z
am. q am. Eastern standard time) 1t
was at 80 degrees 80 minutes west,
degrees IS minutes south.
At 1:30 pm. $3.50 am. Eastern
standard time) the plane again sig
nailed "all well aboard"
At that time the position was given
as latitude degrees IS minutes north
and longitude "a degrees ~ minutes
west This would place the Arc-en-Cie
about $50 miles of the African Coast.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Railroad Official Dies.

CINCINNATI, May IS R.-Phillip
T. White, 48, assistant general man
ager of the Biz -Four Railroad, died in
a hospital here yesterday after being
operated on for appendicitis two weeks
ago. He had been assistant general
manager for two years, coming here
from indianapolis, where he was gen.
eral superintendent,
Evening star., 1933-05-15
BRITISH CENTER TIED UP
Railway Bridge Reported Bombed by
Retreating Chinese.

TIENTSIN. May IS (P.-Evacuation
Of Tangshan, headquarters of the Brit
ish Kailan Mining Interests, was begun
today by Chinese forces after Japanese
flyers had attacked the town and
bombed Chinese cement works and cot
ton mills.
Anti-aircraft guns went into action,
but the flyers maintained sufficient alti-
tude and escaped being hit.
1t was believed there had been few
casualties. but property damage was
heavy.
The bombers returned for q second
raid and dropped explosives on Chinese
troops scrambling out Of trenches
mile outside the city.
British Garden Bembed.
Two bombs fell in the garden at the
residence of the British chief engineer
Of the Kailan Mining Administration.
Previously the Chinese had evacuated
Lwanchow. chief city on the right bank
of the Ling River, east Of the mining
center.
Meanwhile. there was an confirmed
report here that japanese authorities
had handed the Chinese an ultimatum
demanding evacuation not only of the
Tientsin area, but also of Tangku, at
the mouth Of the Pal River on the sea-
coast IS miles east Of here.
Confirmation was received here today
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
LIST
MAY Be EXTENDED
% New States to Be Added
if Present Excess"
Is Dismissed.

Twenty-three additional States will
have more residents in Federal en-
ploy than their quota calls for and,
consequently. these, will be subject to
dismissal If the House program for
separations under the apportionment
law goes through, and causes removal
Of the present "excess" from the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont and
Iowa
This was brought out today in a
table prepared by E. Claude Babcock,
secretary of the Civil Service Commis-
sion. as the Senate Appropriations
Committee took up the independent
ofhces bill, which embodies this sepa-
ration principle.
Total Would Be Reduced.
As Of the end of April, there were
33.733 employees in the executive de-
partments and Independent establish
ments subject to apportionment, and
the total charged to the District and
the four States having excess quotas
was 1894. Dismissing these would re-
duce the rank of the apportioned serv-
ice to 1879, and consequently bring
down the quota for every State.
The result wuold be that while
20 States and 3 Territories-Puerto
Rico, Hawaii and Alaska-would still
be in arrears of their quotas, these
States, in this order, would have more
workers charged to them than their
due:
New Hampshire. West Virginia,
Maine, Della ware, Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island. Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas Indiana, Missouri. Idaho. Min
nesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, North
Dakota, Florida, Kentucky, Wyoming.
Tennessee Montana and Nevada. Cuts
would be made in this order.
Excess Would Remain.
Paradoxically enough, the District
and the four States already in excess
would continue to be In excess, for
the simple reason that by the time
their residents had been brought to
the quota level now called for, the re-
duction in the total apportioned serv-
ice would be so great that the quotas
themselves would be further reduced.
As is evident, any cut made In
these will be transmitted right through
the whole List of States, so that the
proposed reduction program practically
becomes an endless chain" with the
total number of States ultimately af-
fected depending first on the extent
to which the cut applies at the out
set and then to the total number Of
workers 1t is intended to displace.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
AUTO WRECK KILLS TWO
Kentucky Woman and Virginian
Die as Car Turns Over.

CHRIsTIANsBURG, Va. May IS Up.
Mrs. Ronald Gentry. %. OF Louisville
KY, and Clyde s. Woolwine OF Cnrs-
tisnsbure were killed and Miss Annie
walton of Christiansburg injured In an
accident resulting when the automobile
driven by Woolwine slipped of the road
and overturned near here yesterday.
Mrs. Gentry and Woolwine were
caught under the wreckage and died al
most instantly.
Mrs. Gentry, with, her sister, Mrs.
Everette Simmons, and her husband. ar
rived Saturday night for visit with
relatives at Pilot. The party of three
was taking q sightseeing drive when
the car slipped Oh the shoulder OF q
dirt road.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Slain in Colombian Election.

BOGOTA, Colombia, May IS R.-
One person was slain and one wounded
in Guaca, Santander, in disorders con-
nected with the congressional elections
today. The rest Of the country was re-
ported quiet. A heavy Liberal majority
IA expected. -i
Evening star., 1933-05-15
Trade Agreements Signed.

LONDON, May Is @.-Trade agree
ments between Great Britain and Swe-
den and Great Britain and Norway
were signed at the foreign ONCE today.
Evening star., 1933-05-15

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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Continued on Page 2, Column -
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British Garden Bembed.

Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1933-05-15

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
WEATHER.

w. 3. weather Bureau Forecest.)
Showers late tonight and tomorrow;
somewhat cooler tonight; gentle to mod
crate winds, mostly northeast and east.
Temperatures-High "a, at noon
yesterday; lowest, go, at 6 am. today.
Full report on Page A-9.
Evening star., 1933-05-15

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Evening star., 1933-05-15

Continued on Page 2, Column g.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
utah REPEAL.
Vote PUZZLE
Both Sides Worried as to
Outcome Nov. I, Is
Declared
By GEORGE D. CRISSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Oct.
1S.-UP)-With touches Of APP
prehension in evidence, leaders of
repeal and prohibition forces are
actively campaigning in prepare
ton for Utah's vote, November 7,
on ratification of the twenty-tirst
(repeaD amendment.
A close election was predicted
generally. with repealists placing
their hope in belief that an
overwhelming wet vote from the
cities would offset dry strength OF
the back-country.
Success or defeat of repeal, it
seemed, is up to Salt Lake City
and Ogden, particularly the for
mer. which, in the last general
election, cast 40 per cent of the
states entire vote.
Groups affiliated with the Lat
ter Day Saints (Mormon) church
were leading the prohibition drive,
urging persons of that faith to
show the nation again that Utah
is dry and believes in both nation
al and state prohibition.
Accompanying the repeal ballot
will be another ballot, which, If
approved. would modify the state
constitution to legalize 80 per
cent beer. That hasn't attracted
much attention due largely to the
fact that such beer is being sold
openly anyway.
Heartening to repealists was
the attitude of Senator Ebert
Thomas, Democrat. who defeated
Reed Smoot in the last general
election and furnished, in part.
test of wet and dry strength.
Thomas ran on the Democratic
platform Smoot, a member OF
the Mormon council of II, was
dry.
Senator Thomas also is a Nor
mon and it was felt his participa-
ton in the repeal campaign might
Influence the votes of hundreds of
young Mormons. causing them to
reject the prohibition pleas OF
elder church leaders.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Read Every AID and Come
to Hendersonville While
Fall and Winter Stocks
Are Complete. Prices
Will Never Be
Any Lower
QUEER PLAGUE HITS
HORSES in KANSAS

WICHITA, Kan, Oct. IS. (UP)
Aid of local veterinarians has
been enlisted to combat a serious
plague of equine sleeping sickness
in western Kansas.
Not since 1912 has Kansas had
such a horse plague. Then, 10000
horses died. This year the death
rate as yet has not been large,
but the plague just has started.
Many theories have been adj
vanced as to the cause of the dis
ease, some holding that sleeping
sickness is caused from inhaling
motor car fumes.
Most farmers in southwestern
Kansas store their motor cars in
their barns and in starting the
motors leave fumes in the barns.
Three types of the disease have
been discovered. One type causes
the ANIMALS to walk in circles; an
other to sleep and the third is
paralytic.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
SHOES HELPED PAY TAXES

FERNDALE, Mich.-In partial
settlement for taxes. this city re-
ceived Is pairs of shoes from a
former shoe merchant, to be dis
tributed among indigents. A wa
ter user handed over so gallons
of lubricating oil to pay his bill.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
SAWED OFF HIS LIMB

DALLAS, Tex.-Henry Daniels
was out on limb until he sawed
it off. He fell Is feet when he
unwittingly cut the limb on which
he was resting while pruning a
tree here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
OWL RIDES RADIATOR

MAGMA, Utah.-Lowell Jensen
is the owner of an owl which not
only perches on his front porch,
but also rides on the radiator of
his car.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
SEVERE WINTER FORECAST

MILTON, Pa.-Farmers in this
section predict an unusually Sc
verep winter. because: bark on
trees is thicker this year than in
years past, corn husks are unusu-
ally thick, and several heavy fogs
hung over the district in August.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-18
FIREMEN HAD VACATION

DENNIS, Mass.-The local fire
department did not have to an
swer an alarm from July 4. to Oc-
I faha5ssg q gtzsrt,.= srs-s, 7s3.sss...Rs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-11-16
RYAN'S GLADE

The revival meeting, which was l42
be held here, has been postponed NJ
til later.
Everyone is welcome to attend thy
Sunday school and Epworth Leagzg
meetings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Harvey ar.
nounce the birth of a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Stup were SET,
enaded very generously on Monday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Shockey ans
son have moved to their home near
Steyer.
Misses Gladys and Mary Shockcy
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. CharlsS
Steyer Tuesday evening.
Miss Wilma Steyer, of Albright,
has returned to her home.
Miss Louise Barnard was a guest
of Miss Gladys Shockey on Monday
night.
Leon Mahoffey and Harold Martin
were callers at the Ney Harvey hone
Monday evening.
Paul Harvey was a business cailE~
in Oakland on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-11-16
ACCIDENT
Public School News

Prof. B. o. Aiken, H. W. Beggs and
Miss Eula Guthrie attended a voca-
tional teachers meeting at Oakland
last Wednesday.
Miss Kathryn Speicher and Prof.
Aiken were present also at teachers
meeting in Oakland on Tuesday.
Personal Items and Minor News
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Keller and
Mrs. Mitchell Rush and daughter Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ. Keller, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Dewitt and
Mrs. Allie Speicher spent Sunday at
Somerfeld, Pa, with relatives.
Mr.. Eisentrout and family, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. John Horn,
were guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Weitzell.
Miss Phyllis Harvey motored ia
Frostburg Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Englehart, OF
New Orleans, La, visited Mr.. and Mrs
]. L. Englehart here last week.
Harry Henderson and family mo-
tored to Cumberland Saturday and
were accompanied home by Mrs. Cath
crime Shartzer, who had spent the
past few weeks with relatives and
friends in Cumberland.
Misses Beulah and Lena Margroff
were guests on Sunday of Miss Gladys
Hetrick.
Harry Kemp and Scott Duckworth
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Ramp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Alexander and