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Evening star., 1934-12-31
DIPLOMAT FOUND
dead IN NEW YORK;
ROBBED
Mystery Shrouds Death of
Ecuador's Charge D'Af-
faires in Germany.
CLOTHING DISHEVELLED;
ONE DOLLAR IN POCKETS
No Marks of Violence on Body.
Was Recently Appointed to
Berlin Post.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 31.-Er-
nesto Chacon Quirola, Ecuadorean
charge daffaires to Germany, was
found dead today ip the vestibule Of a
building at SO West Fifty-second street
under circumstances regarded by po-
lice as mysterious.
The diplomats clothing was di-
sheveled and single dollar bill was
found in his pockets. A black overcoat
was thrown across the body and a
brown felt hat was beside it when a
policeman made the discovery.
Police were Of the opinion that the
man had been robbed.
No Marks Of Violence.
Detectives who made the prelimin-
ary investigation said they found
nothing suspicious in the circum-
stances surrounding Chacon's death.
However, when his identity was estab-
lished, the fact that so little money
was in the clothing resulted in more
thorough investigation. There were
no marks Of violence on the body.
At the Office of the Ecuadorean
consulate general it was learned
Chacon was given his appointment
to Berlin December 2, last. Previously
he had been charge d'affaires at Lon
don, England, and secretary to the
Minister Of foreign relations in
Ecuador.
Arrived Last Tuesday.
Chacon, accompanied by his wife,
Nancy, and their child, arrived on the
liner Santa Barbara last Tuesday.
They proceeded to Washington and
visited the Ecuadorean Minister to
this country, C. z. Alfaro. officials at
the consulate general were uncertain
when Chacon and his family returned
to New York. They had registered at
the Hotel Roosevelt prior to their
scheduled departure for Germany
Wednesday.
8. e. Duran Ballin, the consul gen.
eral, left his Office almost Immediately
upon being informed of the death
He went to make the official identi-
f1cation and arranged for the funeral
Ofiicials Of the Ecuador legation In
Washington were shocked to hear of
the death Of Chacon, but at an early
hour had received no information from
New York.
He was to have visited the WASH
ington legation yesterday, they said,
but had telegraphed he would be un-
able to arrive until tomorrow. He was
to have sailed from New York on the
Hamburg on Wednesday.
Coming direct from Ecuador, he
had arrived in New York December
26. Official matters held him there.
He was said to have been one of
the most brilliant men in the Ecua-
dorean diplomatic service. Formerly
attached to the legation In London,
where he met and married his wife,
an Englishwoman, he had served in
several foreign posts.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
FREIGHTER IS NEAR
DISABLED COLLIER
American Vessel Within so Miles
of Greek Ship Off Della,
ware Capes.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 3l.-Iatest
radio advices to Mackay today indi-
Gated the distressed Greek collier
Meropi was separated from its nearest
help by so miles of gale-churned sea.
The American freighter Exarch re-
ported itself that distance away, and
said it believed the French steamship
San Pedro also was rushing to the
Meropi's aid.
The Exarch fought its way toward
the last given position of the Meropi,
in distress $50 miles east of the Dela-
ware Capes.
The Meropi first sent out an S o S
about 7;3o am. E. S. IT, yesterday,
Engines pounding full speed ahead,
the Exarch, an American export line
NaR Ka5 making only five kndk Al
it buried its prov in the raging seas
on rescue bent
Aboard the Meropi is a crew OF
about 80 who had expected to spend
New Years eve in Boston. They were
bringing cargo Of Russian anth-
ricite from the Black Sea Port OF
Mariupol.
Leaking on forepeak owing to COL
liSion crack on deck" said a wireless
message from the little ship. Broken
spare steering gear"
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Climbers Club
To Greet Byrd
From, Pixies Peak
Adaman Group Also to
Light Flare for Late
Road An,undsen.

BY the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, De-
-cember 31.-A salute to the late Capt.
Roald Amundsen and a radio greeting
to Admiral Richard z. Byrd were plan
ned today by members of the Adaman
Club as they struggled to the summit
Of Pixies Peak for their annual New
Year ceremony.
A flare will be set of tonight in
memory Of Capt. Amundsen, dead
honorary member, and a radio beam
will be directed to the Antarctic for
Admiral Byrd, q living honorary
member.
Thirteen members left here yester-
day. The weather outlook was good,
but each member knew he would need
his ear tabs and special mask, for the
warmest night in the history of the
event has been below zero. Some
times snowshoes are needed to main
tain footing In the winds that exceed
70 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
NEW OPERA FOR D. S.

MILAN, italy, December 81 R.-
Pietro Mascagni, famous italian COM
poser, said yesterday he would go to
the United States in late March or
early April to conduct his new opera,
'Nerone'' ('.Nero")
He win make radio talk to America
next week in which he will discuss
the opera, which will have It's pre-
miere at La Scala Opera House here
January 16.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Pacific Coast Quake Passes
Without Damage or Fatality

shock aroused light sleepers In San
Francisco and the peninsula area.
The seismograph at the University
of Washington, Seattle, recorded an
earthquake Of such intensity that the
recording needle was shaken from the
drum.
A water tower was toppled from Its
supports at Cocopah, Mexico. About
$500 worth Of glassware was broken
In Calexico, and guests in hotels at
Palm Springs, lis miles southeast of
here, were awakened.
The earthquake IN Northern Cali
fornia apparently was conferred in San
jose.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
FLORIDA CITY OFFICIALS
PLAN GUSHING OF GANGS
Miami Mayor Summons Meeting
to Formulate Program for
Purging Area.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, December 31.-Mayor
E. G. Sewell invited officials Of Miami
Beach and Coral Gables to meet today
with the Miami City Commission to
formulate a plan for Kidding this
area of Northern racketeers. gam
blers and gangsters.
The special meeting was called to
organize Dade County's law-enforce-
ment agencies to combat criminal
activities, blamed for the recent gang
sterlike killings Of George (Skeets)
Downs, gambler, and Leo Bernstein,
bar operator.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
LONG MOVES TO SEIZE
CONTROL IN ALEXANDRIA
Civil Service Board in Executive
Session to Decide on Police
Chiefs Efficiency.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, December 81.
The Huey p. Long administration
today made the first step in plans to
take over the city administration Of
Alexandria, La, when the Civil Service
decide upon the competency" OF Chief
Of Police Clint O'Malley Of Alexandra.
Gov O. K Allen, as ex-omcio chair
man of the commission, PFes'dea nj mf
meeting, and after preliminary matters
were disposed of called the commission
into executive session and barred
newspapermen from the proceedings.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
CLAN SUPPORTS REBEL.

ROME, December 81 R.-A rebel
force in Albania Is strongly incamped
in a valley near Dibra, although
penned in by government troops, Ital-
ian aviators arriving here today from
Tirana, capital of Albania, said.
Mohamed Bairactar, former aide
de-camp to King Zog, is leading the
revolt and Is supported by his clan.
the aviators asserted. Government
troops have a strongly superior force,
they said, but hesitate to attack
knowing battle would result in great
loss of life and hoping that Bairactal
can be induced to surrender.
The aviators said the revolt has moi
affected the remainder of the coun-
try.
King Zog's country is about the
area Of Maryland. The 40-year-old
Zog, once leader of a clan Of fierce
mountain fighters, was elected King
when Albania became a monarchy In
1928. Albania, with a population OF
49,, 900, is on the west coast of the
Balkan Peninsula, bordering upon
Greece, Yugoslavia and the Ionian
Sea.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
Fourth Is Left at Scene of
Crash With Injury
to Hip.
EIGHT-MILE JOURNEY
MADE AT-30 DEGREES
Survivors of Plane Mishap Greet
Rescuers With Joy-Plane
Had Dropped Food.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateQ PreSs.
MOREHOUSEVILLE, N. Y, De-
cember 31.-Three of the four men
stranded for three days with wrecked
plane in the Adirondacks miles from
here were walking in this direction
with their rescuers today, while the
fourth waited at the scene OF the
wreck with a wrenched hip, the State
Conservation Department announced
today.
Reached at 10 o'clock last night by
four woodsmen from Hodmeister, the
cold and hungry men realized they
had been rescued when 10 men OF
the Conservation Department arrived
on the scene at dawn today.
BY 1880 am. the trip to More
housewife had started through 8 feet
of snow and at temperature about
80 degrees below zero.
Hamilton Chequers, foreman Of
the c. c. c., who went in with the
group, returned early and told Of
the Joy with which the survivors OF
the hillside crash greeted their
rescuerS.
He said one Of the Dryers, either
Ernest, the pilot, or his brother Dale,
the co-pilot, had a wrenched hip and
would be taken out later by sled. The
others were expected to reach More
housewife at 2 pm. Dryers injury
was only serious enough to prevent
his walking.
RESCUE OF FOUR EFFECTED.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, December 81
Earthquake shocks, one Of which was
described by geophysicists as intense
as the destructive Long Besch trem-'
blor of March 10, 1888, were expert
enced over the Pacific Coast from
Mexico to Washington Sunday. but
was neither any consequential damage
nor loss of life.
The most severe Of the shocks origi-
mated at the head of the Gulf Of Cali
fornia and was felt In cities Of the
Imperial Valley shortly before am,
at about the same time. . moderate
Evening star., 1934-12-31
By the Associated Press.

by CIlt ASSoClHCtu FEeSSs
PARIS, December 31.-The news
paper Le Jour revived today reports
that the ashes of former Czar Nicholas
Of Russia, the Czarina and their chill
dren are buried In France, asserting
1t has definite proof solving the IT.
year-old mystery.
The newspaper says the ashes Of
the royal family, who were assassi-
mated in 1917, were smuggled out of
Russia by Mai. Gen. Maurice Janin
Of France. The ashes were given
by Janin to Michael de Giers, who
had been q Russian Ambassador to
Paris and who is now dead, Le Jour
asserted.
"A former exalted parsonage Of the
Evening star., 1934-12-31
IL Drown as Boat Upsets.

LISBON, Portugal, December 81
P.-Dispatches from Alcacer said to-
day II workmen were drowned when a
small boat was caught in a river
whirlpool and capsized. Only one
man reached shore.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
RESCUE OF FOUR EFFECTED.
Men are Marooned for '611z Hours
After Crash.

Men are Marooned for 'sl1z Hours
After Crash.
ALBANY, N. Y, December 81 tPl.
Rescue of the four men stranded with
their wrecked plane in the Adiron-
dacks was effected today.
The rescurers, hardy woodsmen from
Hoffmeister, N. Y, eight miles north
of the forested hillside, started for
civilization at 1880 am, about 61h
hours after giant American Airlines
plane crashed in q snow storm Friday
night en- route from Syracuse to Al
bany.
Two Left at Scene.
Lieut.. Al Mitchell of the Massa-
chusetts National Guard radioed from
his plane, on vigil above the spot, that
five men Of the group Of IL, which
included seven searchers, left the spot
for the highway to Hoffmeister and
that four men followed them shortly
afterward. They left two men at the
wrecked plane. Their identity could
not be established from the air, but
it was believed that not more than
one was q survivor Of the plane crash.
The courageous effort of the Hoff-
meister woodsmen, including Lester
Pertello and Floyd Kruger, to take
the cold and hungry flyers to their
home eight miles away. climaxed the
three-day fight of State police, Ma
tional Guard flyers and airline COM
pany officials to rescue the quartet
in 30-below weather and waist-deep
snow.
Located Last Night.
The four, Ernest Dryer. pilot Of the
airplane; his brother Dale, co-pilot:
J. H. Brown of Boston, American Air
line pilot flying as a passenger, and
r. w. Handbook Of Washington, D.
c., were located from the air last
night, but not contacted from the
ground until nearly midnight. Then
Pertello and his brothers, John and
Charles, struggled through with Krue-
ger from Hoffmeister.
Lieut.. G. c. Jakway Of the Massa-
chusetts National Guard, after trip
over the spot, early today reported
that searchers had reached the four
marooned flyers.
st circled over the wrecked plane
very low for several minutes" Lieut..
Jakway said after he returned to the
Albany Airport. There were a num-
ber Of people with the marooned men.
Then Lieut.. c. ]. Emerson Of our out
1T arrived with food at my altitude
and left"
Jakway's news caused William l..
Garrett. manager of the American
Airlines here, to predict that the n.y.
ers, down in 20-below zero weather
since pm Friday without food, would
be started back TO civilization BY thelr
rescuers probably by noon today.
Food Dropped to Plane.
State troopers and natives from
Gray and California, to the south
would have been unable to sight the
wreck from 100 yards away. as they
would have been behind the hill.
Jakway dropped food to the wrecked
plane at 8 am. after dropping a fare
as signal. He said he was sure the
men saw and heard his ship and re-
ceived the food.
Just before dawn, Dean Smith, pilot
for American Air Lines, went out, but
was unable to sight the wreck. An
Army ship with food later went out
but failed to find Smith and returned
with its food to Albany. A second
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 50
Evening star., 1934-12-31
ALBANIAN REVOLT
REPORTED RAGING
King Zog's Forces Said to
Be Battling With Reb-
els Daily.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, December 31.-Reports
from the Island of Corfu said revolt
in Albania has taken many lives and
that King Zog had established mar
tial law.
Daily battles, the reports from
Corfu said, are being fought, and the
rebels denied reports that theil
leader, former aide-de-camp to the
King, had been arrested.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
DIR. M'PHEE GETS POST

Work for Farm Unit.
DR.. Hugh G. McPhee today was ap-
pointed director of animal husbandry
of the Agriculture Department, sue
ceeding DR.. Earl w. Sheets, who has
been transferred to a Florida field
station.
DR.. McPhee, who studied at Harvard
and the University of Maine, entered
the department in 1928. He has spe-
cialized in animal breeding for more
than 10 years.
DR.. McPhee is SO years old and
lives at. 3407 Otis street. Mount
Rainier, Md
Evening star., 1934-12-31
No $50
Tomorrow

Because of the holiday
there will be no $50 or
Night Final editions of
The Star 7 o m orr o W.
Night Final subscribers
will receive the Regular
Edition.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
An Appraisal Of
Great Changes

The Stars Annual Review
Of 1884 Business, including
forecasts for next year,
appears in the second Sec
ton of today's issue.
The annual summary Of
security prices will appear
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-12-31
WEATHER.

q. .. WtdtutE TU1eCusgy
Fair, not quite SO cold tonight, mini
mum temperature about % degrees; to-
morrow cloudy, warmer, followed by rain.
Temperatures-Highest. 81, at l pm.
yesterday; lowest, %, at 4:30 am. today.
Full report on Page A-8.
Evening star., 1934-12-31

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-07-01

Sunset will be ready by the first of
September, and then he will say
| goodbye to the Lita Grey Chaplin
house and betake himself bag, bag
gage and barber chair to a home
which he has designed with assist
ance of architects) from the ground
/ up. He is not so thin as The Thin
Man" might suggest. He's a good
host and we enjoyed the talk and the
trout very much.
Later in the day we sprawled in the
sunshine of Bette Davis's garden, and
| try to understand what it means to
/ be suspended" Poor Miss Davis is
not allowed inside the Warner Bros.
studio gate. Nor is she allowed in
any gate. Because she said she
wouldn't do a small role in THE Case
of The Howling Dog" she can't do
anything. Life at the moment for her
consists in watchful waiting.
Then there is that long climb into
the Les Vegas hills where we are to
60 to see one of the stars of Little
Man. What Now?"-Douglas Mont
gomery. Mr. Montgomery has rented
the Ramon Novarro house, while No
varro MARBLES in South America, and
as we arrive at the front door we re-
call that amazing moment last Sum-
mer when we burst pronto upon that
simly garbed-in fact not garbed at
all-swimming scene. This year the
pool is empty, due to the paralysis
epidemic, and the only guest present
is Tommy Wanamaker from Philadel-
phia, who is Of our opinion that Anna
Belle Sewell, as soon as she makes
up her mind to listen to the boys, will
make splendid cinema Venus.
Montgomery Fan Mail.
Again we are treated to the sight
Of star attending to business" This
is fan letter day for Montgomery. and
he sits on his back porch in a pair
of white trunks, and that's all, die
tating to secretary who is looking
YEARLY into a stack of letters to be
answered. 1t seems pity to tear
Montgomery away from his public.
But when he Is torn he invites us
down to the famed red and white
Novarro music room. and we discuss
Little Man" and Music in the Air -
which Montgomery will do because
it will give him a chance to be free
and easy and get away from the semi
hysterical school of acting of which
some of the critics accuse him.
Montgomery has only recently fin
ished playing The Playboy of the
Evening star., 1934-07-01

sociation, has been prominent in edu-
cational circles for many years. He
was rector of the University of Vir-
ginia from 1920 to 1922, and is
member of the International Educa-
ton Board.
The new president is SO years old
Mr.. Bryan Is a native of Richmond
and was born at Brook Hill October
28, 1871, the son of Joseph and Isobel
Lamont (StewarD Bryan. He holds
an A. M degree from the University
of Virginia, received in 1893, and an
LII. B. from Harvard University. He
received the degree Of Lift. D. from
Washington and Lee in 1911, and
subsequently the degree of LII. D.
from the University of Richmond and
Ohio University.
He was married June 4, 1908, to
Miss Anne Elizabeth Tennant. They
have three children, Mrs. Amanda B.
Kane of New York and David Ten
nant and John Stewart Bryan, jr., of
Richmond
Mr. Bryan succeeded his father as
publisher OF the Richmond Times
Dispatch and is now president and
publisher of the Richmond News
Leader.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
EXPLOSIVE TAKEN
FROM SHUT PLANT
Virginia Governor Orders
Crew In-Strikers Bat
tie Police.
BY the Associated Fress.

By the Associated Press.
HOPEWELL, Va, June 30.-Fifty
men guarded by armed State police
went through a haunting, fighting
missile throwing crowd today into the
strike closed Tubize Chatillon arti-
fetal silk plant and tonight were en-
eaped in removing highly explosive
nitro cotton from pipes, while union
men watched TO see that there was no
production of rayon.
Plant authorities said the drying
nitro cotton in the pipes constituted
a menace not only to the $4,000 ,OOo
plant, but also to the HopeWeu COM
raunity. and Gov. Peery and other
State officials after investigation de-
cided that without regard to who was
right and wrong in the strike which
was called at 4 am. yesterday, the
nitro cotton must come out OF the
plant.
Under orders from John @. Rhodes,
chief of the State police, State troop
ers armed with riot guns and sticks
escorted so picked men into the plant
who during the next two days are 10
"clean out" the nitro cotton.
BY agreement. the United Textile
representatives of the union also went
into the plant to see that the plcKeo
50 do not engage in any plant work
except removing the nitro cotton ano
burning it.
The chosen so were gathered into
the Tubize Athletic Hall and taken
into the plant in trucks.
A nolice car with two officers and as
many riot guns led the trucks. State
police we're on the running boards ano
the tailgates of the trucks.
As the so clamored quickly into the
trucks carrying clothing for two days
thev we're hissed by crowd that later
took a short cut and joined the group
at the gates.
A human barricade stretched across
the road and as the State car broke
through. the crowd piled in behind
some of them jumping into the trucks
with fists flying at the officers and the
men thev called "scabs" Riot sticks
began swinging and at least three
were struck.
Somebody behind the gantlet of
rolice started throwing One was a
girl who. unable to find a rock, threw
an automobile wrench.
The entrance which had been
planned for 8 am. did not materiallze
until after noon. Immediately after
word was received that Miss Anna
winestock. a conciliator from the
United States Department of Labor,
would be on the ground Monday.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
RICHMOND MAN
HEADS COLLEGE
John Stewart Bryan Is
Elected President of WI.
liam and Mary.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, June 50.-
John Stewart Bryan, publisher Of the
Richmond News Leader, tonight was
elected president of the College of
william and Mary to succeed the late
DR.. j. A. c. Chandler.
1t was announced that Mr.. Bryan
would take Office September l, and
that the position would be a perma-
nent one.
Mr.. Bryan who Is vice rector OF
the college, announced he would en-
deavor to carry out the plans Dr.
Chandler made before his recent
death.
Mr.. Bryan, a past president of the
American Newspaper Publishers As
Evening star., 1934-07-01

Western World" and scene from
Romeo and Juliet" with Gloria
Stuart Oucky mani at the Pasadena
Playhouse.
After a brief visit and a look down
over some of those hills which were
almost washed away in last Winters
floods. we are of again in our petrol
barouche, and after lightning
change at ye hostelry have slipped
Evening star., 1934-07-01
THREE KILLED IN CRASH

BOONVILLE. Mo. June 30 R-
Three persons were killed and
another was seriously injured today
when a large sedan collided head-on
with a Greyhound bus about II miles
west of here on Highway Nc. 40.
The dead are Gladys SmaShey,
William Warner and Howard Hertung
of Kansas City, Kans.
Ray Smashey. brother of Gladys,
was injured. He said he was asleep
at the time Of the crash
The bus. driven by L. A. Suits of
Kansas City, carried no passengers.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
10000 Children Travel.

Seventy thousand British school
children are being carried on 120
special trains to London, Edinburgh
and other cities as part of their Sum-
n1er educational program.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-ShoVer ano
slightly cooler today; tomorrow fair;
gentle variable winds.
Showers and cooler to-
day: tomorrow fair.
Virginia-Showers and not quite sc
warm today: tomorrow partly cloudy
probably local showers in south por-
ton.
West Virginia-Showers, not quite
so warm in north portion today; to-
morrow fair
Evening star., 1934-07-01
BY E. de S. MELCHER,

BY E. de S. MELCHER,
Dramatic Critic of The Star
Y LYWOOD.-William Powell,
gentleman of leisure (between
pictures only, sits at the side
l. Il of his swimming pool in his
Beverly Hills home. We catch
Evening star., 1934-07-01
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital current month to oate) :
1nod A,aroCa Dnpprd
Evening star., 1934-07-01

into the traditional stiff white shirt
which you must wear when you go to
dinner at Joan Crawford's.
At dinner there are only present
Franchot Tone and Jerry Ascher-the
lady Of the house holding sway again
with dignity and charm. Afterward
we see, of all things, Little Man,
What Now?"-and Joan almost cries
and Franchot says its the best film
he's seen in two years.
Then, after something pretty ter
rible called "A Private Scandal" a
film in which Lew Cody plays his last
role, the petrol barouche Is there and
We are of into the night-heading for
our abode in the dead center Of town.