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The Washington times., 1934-04-26
U. S. Expected to Join
Powers in Protest
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
American policy with regard to
Japan's self-appointed guardian.
ship of China is being developed
with unusual caution, but it
seemed probable today that in
the end the United States will
join with other powers in pro-
testing that the new Japanese
policy constitutes a direct VIC.
lation Of the nine.power Pacific
Treaty.
Consultation between the
signers of the treaty already is
in progreSs-in Washington, in
London, and in other world CAPT.
tails.
Navy to Increase
Meanwhile, the only concrete
step taken by the Administration
has been to announce significantly
that an immediate start is to be
made on the job Of building up
the American Navy to treaty
strength.
President Roosevelt will ask
Congress to authorize him to use
PWA funds to begin construction
at once of 20 warships under the
Vinson program.
Direct conversations between
the United States and Japan to
settle outstanding problems in the
Pacific was advocated today by
Hirosi Saito, Japanese ambassa'
dor. ! = '5
Saito said he personally felt
many Of the problems between the
two countries, especially relating
to naval and trade matters, could
be dealt with more satisfactorily
in direct bilateral conversations
than a round table conference at
tended by many other nations.
Unofficially, Administration Of
ficials from the highest to the
lowest. as well as every ranking
diplomat in washington, con-
siders Japan's new policy as con-
Stituting direct violation of the
nine-power Pacific treaty, which
guarantees the territorial, politi.
cal, and administrative integrity
Of China.
Procedure Baked
The difficulty in the matter is
one of procedure. Japan proved
herself before to be impervious to
diplomatic protests. at the time
her guns made shambles of Shang-
hal, and when Japanese soldiers
were conquering Manchuria. She
even withdrew from the League
Of Nations because the League
condemned her policy.
President Roosevelt and his ad-
visers are known to be deeply con-
cerned over the situation. not
alone because of the menace of
the Japanese policy to Americas
considerable trade in the Orient,
but also because Of the situation
that arises next year when all the
treaties consumated at the Wash.
ington Naval Conference come UP
for renewal.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
Hospital Cot Sole Reward
For Yellow Fever Hero

Reed and Major w. c. GorgaS,
proved successful. The nine volun.
teers contracted yellow fever.
After weeks of pain and misery,
Mr.. Sonntag returned to his Caro-
lima farm, dropping to obScurity
while his eight companions were
being acclaimed throughout the
world.
Yesterday he came back from
his humble home, to receive hon.
ors for his part in the discovery
Of the method Of stamping out vel.
low fever.
A sick. 60-year-old man, Mr..
Sonntag has been admitted to the
hospital named for Walter Reed,
his boss" in Cuba years ago.
Army physicians. learning that
the hero was i'll, brought him here
for treatment. ....s....,..,,,.;..,,.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
SEWER N EEDS
:. J. SURVEYED y \

For the first time in the history
Of sewer engineering, studies have
been made throughout the coun-
try to determine the amount Of
storm water sewers in any local.
ity must be able to carry. D. L.
,Yarnell, Of the Department Of
Agriculture, told members Of the
American Geophysical Union at
its annual meeting in the Ma
tional Academy Of Sciences to-
day.
Mr.. Yarnell explained that
charts on the precipitation and
frequency Of water falling in
storms have been drawn up for
each Of the more than 200
Weather Bureau stations in the
country.
From these studies, Mr.. Yarnell
declared, it will be possible for
municipal engineers to know how
much rain ever is likely to fall
in their localities within five
minutes, is minutes, or more.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
D. c. GIRL SHOT
BY GANGSTERS
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CONTINUED from Page ~
said. The small apartment was
in wild disorder. NeighborS said
the woman and her companion
had been tenants there but a
short time. which conceded with
their flight from Washington on
April IL.
The apartment had been rented
by a person giving the name of
Bobby Burns" A repeating shot
gun and a loaded AS calibre
automatic were found in the
apartment, but the As calibre
pistol with which the girl was
shot had not been located.
Blood transfuSionS will be given
the girl.
Wanted In Hi-jaCking
Davis, Washington police tele-
phoned here, was armed with a
sub-machine gun, which jammed.
When Patroman Cation killed
Phillips, the latter was armed with
a jammed .45-calibre automatic.
The men were sought for the hi
jacking of a truckload of Gig
arettes, valued at $4,000 in North
Carolina short time before their
encounter with the washington
police.
Detective-Sergeants Floyd Trus-
colt and Elmer L. Lewis, of the
Washington detective force. are
on The way here to question the
girl. local authorities were noti-
fled.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
WIRT'S PROOF
IN DIRECTORY

DR. William A. Writ may be
astounded to learn that there are
% Redds in Washington, and
that it is not a myth that the
Capital City has a Brain and q
Trust. The Redds are not high
Government officials, however.
and that Brain and Trust are not
intellectuals-they are just plain
citizens.
These facts are revealed in the
1884 edition of Boyd's District Of
Columbia city directory, pub
lished by r. L. Polk & Co.,
which is being distributed
throughout the city today.
Among other interesting things
shown in the prosaic publication
is that the city of Washington
has gained 1914 in population
since 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
NEW MARKETS,
!. MORE JOBS
j.
j. FORESEEN
Grant of Reciprocal Treaty
Power to President Asked
As Emergency Action
By International News Service

nv ImGefm2E1OwAk news SSEVAC@
Declaring that q vast and ever
increasing foreign trade looms fol
the United States If the recip
rocal tariff bill becomes a law
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
urged passage Of that measure
before the Senate Finance Com
mittee today. He said:
ats support is urged only aS
an emergency measure to deal
with q dangerous and threaten
ing situation"
Extreme economic nationaliSm
accompanied by strangulation OF
international trade, should be
supplanted, he contended, by q
mutually profitable exchange OF
Surpluses among the nations OF
the world.
4O.BilliOn Trade Seen
Gradual restoration of com
merce through international
agreements probably would raise
totals Of world business by from
10000 to $4,000 million dollars.
he estimated. He said:
"'If o nation Is enterpriSing,
Is q limited number have been
enterprising in the past, 1t will
resOlutely seek in the present
situation to restore old markets
and to establish new markets,
both at home and abroad, until
q volume Of production afford
ing full employment to labor
has been made possible.
H. SEES AID TO RECOVERY
"The policy Of the proposed
bill is to supplement our almost
ampregnable domestic markets
with q substantial and gradually
expanding foreign market for
our more burdenSOme SurpluSes.
I I know Of no SOunder or more
effective method Of promoting
business recovery at this critical
juncture than that embodied in
this bill.
more than q hundred similar
reciprocity trade agreements al
ready have been entered into by
other countries to restore pro-
duction and trade by o mutually
profitable exchange Of sur
pluseS."
Reverses Old Views
Senator Reed (R.) of PennSyl-
va11ia questioned Secretary Hull
closely, pointing out that the
Cabinet m e m Der had opposed
granting q flexible tariff control
to President Hoover 4 Senator
Reed asked:
Didn't you say That's too
much power for o good man
to want and for q bad man to
have?"
Secretary Hull admitted max
ing the statement, but said that
the present grave emergency"
justified his aboutface.
Secretary Reed asked about
the Administrations commercial
policy committee" but Secretary
Hull denied any policy of remov-
ing tariff protection for beet
sugar, lace making, or other in
dustries had been adopted.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26

At the beginning of this CEN
tury, in screened room in Cuba.
two mosquitoes settled on the arm
Of a man and bit him.
Nothing unusual about that
except that the insects were Sus-
pected carriers of the dreaded yell
low fever, and the man, in COM
pany with eight others, had Volun-
teered to be bitten for the sake Of
science and humanity.
The hero in question was
Charles G. Sonntag, in 1900 a 26-
year-old recruit from South Caro-
lima. He knew that the mosquito
bite might be fatal. But he
watched the insects bore him with
out flinching.
The experiments, made under
tha direction Of Major Walter
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
Water Association
Meets Here in Mnu

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 26.
Maryland-Delaware Water an d
Sewerage Association members
will meet here in 1885 for their
ninth annual conference, Everett
Beavin, local engineer, and pres
ident Of the organization, de.
clared today. The eighth annual
meeting is scheduled to be held
in Washington at the Wardman
Park Hotel. May 3 and 4.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
P A. TaHauuH,
Undertaken,
Succumbs

Peter A. Taltavull, proprietor
of the undertaking establish
ment at 436 Seventh st. S. W.,
bearing his name, died yester-
day at his home, 423 Buchanan
st. N. w., after a lingering
illnessi - ii iii i i
A'member of the Knights of
Columbus and of the Elks, Mr..
Taltavull was q native of
Washington. Surviving him are
his widow, Mrs. Ellen E. Talta-
vull, and a son, Harold j.
Taltavull A second son, War
rem w. Taltavull, died re-
Gently.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
QlGQck Prosecution
Transfer Is SOuQht

Violators Of the healing arts
practice act would be prosecuted
hereafter by the corporation coun'
sells office instead of the U. s,
District attorney under terms Of
a bill introduced in the House by
Representative Mary T. Norton
CD of New Jersey and chairman
of the House District Committee.
The transfer Of authority is
asked by Mrs. Norton at the re.
quest of both Corporation Counsel
e. Barrett Prettyman and District
Attorney Leslie c. Garnett.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
Publishers LaUd $
Free Press FiOht

NEW YORK, April 26 Q.N.S)
Members of the American News
paper Publishers Association, in
convention here, were committed
today to a policy of increasing
vigilance in protecting a free
press as a basic principle of
American liberty and democracy.
The association unanimously
adopted a resolution praising its
officers and code committee for
their successful efforts to incor-
porate the freedom of the press
in the NRA codes for neWspapers.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
SPAIN

MADRID, April 26 G.N,SO.-
Rumors of Monarchist revolt
swept through Madrid today as
Spain labored in one of the worst
crises it has experienced since
establishment of the republic.
Socialist leaders issued orders to
all workers to stand by in readi-
ness for a Conservative coup,
while the outgoing government Of
Premier Lerroux, which resigned
yesterday, took every precaution
to prevent disorders from both
the right and left parties.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
RUSSIA

MOSCOW, April 26.-George
Washington's prediction, four
years before he became President
of the United States, that the
United States would one day take
over the territory west Of the Mis-
sissippi from Spain, is contained
in a letter from Washington
brought to light in Moscow by the
curiosity of young American.
The letter was written in June.
1785, from Mt. Vernon. It was
lost for many years in batch Of
unsorted, uncatalogued manu-.
scripts in the Moscow historical
museum.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
|MACHADO' 'SK|PS'
AS WARRANT.
IS ISSUED >.
Deposed Cuban President De-
fieS Extradition on
Murder Charges.

NEW YORK, April 26 Q.N.S)
From some secret hideaway, Ge
rardo Machado y Morales, former
President-dictator Of Cuba, today
defied the efforts of his ven
geance-seeking country and the
United States Government to re
turn him to the Island Republic
to face trial on charges Of mur
der and embezzlement.
Taking to flight a short while
before United States Commis
sioner Garret w. Cotter issued a
Federal warrant for his arrest
in extradition proceedings, the
swarthy ex-President, known to
his Cuban enemies as "the
butcher" departed for places un.
known and his whereabouts today
were a mystery.
Object Of Search
Police of five States and the
Federal authorities Of two nations
the United States and Canada
kept a steady watch for him.
There were reports he might seek
sanctuary in Montreal, where he
first took refuge when the Cuban
populace, overturning his nine
year regime in a wave Of revolu'
tionary violence, sent him from
the country.
Friends Of Machado, declaring
themselves ignorant of his where.
abouts, said he would fight de-
portation to the last ditch.
They expressed belief he had
fled to gain time to prepare his
legal defense, intimating he would
carry his case to the United States
Supreme Court before returning to
face the vengeance Of his country.
men.
Accused Of Murder
His enemies-the factions now
in power-accused him of personal
responsibility for the scores of
deaths meted out by his strong.
arm secret service squad, the
Porra, and specifically with giving
the order for the volley of gunfire
which killed II persons celebrating
an erroneous report of his resignar
ton a few days before his regime
was extinguished in a. torrent Of
rioting and bloodShed.
In addition. he was accused of
misusing public funds, and TO-
gether with these serious official
charges Of malfeasance and non.
feasance were numerous accusa-
tions arising from public indigna-
ton over his nine-year iron-handcd
rule.
OTTAWA, April 26 U.N.SO.-
Should Gerardo Machado, former
president of Cuba, now sought in
New York on a warrant charging
murder, decide to come to Canada,
he will be liable to deportation
This was the gist of an announce.
ment made today by the Dominion
Department of Justice.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
FRANCE
Copyright, 1884 by International News
SerVical

Copyright. 1884, by International News
PARIS, April 26 GN.SD,
Mary McCormic, American opera
singer, remains undeterred, de-
spite the wrecking or her mar
riage to Prince Serge Mdivani.
She is in love again-with New
York "mystery mani" she said
today:
81 am not finished with rO-
nance. I am not exactly en-
gagged, but there's a man in
New York who is extremely re-
tiring and prominent. He
hates publicity but admires my
art. I have come to Europe
in order to solve the problem
Of how the home and the stage
can be combined"
FONTAINEBLEU, France, April
26 U.N.S0.-The whereabouts of
former King Alfonso, of Spain,
were a mystery today. He left
here yesterday with two attaches.
They departed by automobile,
carrying little baggage.
HAvRE, France, April 26
Q.N.SO.-In custody of two New
York detectives, Stewart Donnelly
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
INDIA

CALCUTTA, April 26 G.N.S).
Mahatma Gandhi, aged Indian
Nationalist leader, was attacked
by a gang of wild Hindu ortho-
doxiSts while driving in an auto"
mobile at Buxar, in Bihar State
today. The Hindus, who are
fighting untouchability, hurled
sticks and stones at the Mahat"
mas car, but they failed to in
jure him, although three men
who volunteered to aid the aged
leader were hurt.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
-ARFF BILL TO BRING ERA OF VAST TRADE, HULL PREDICTS
News of the World

} alleged international swindler,
sailed for the United States today
aboard the steamship Washington.
He is being taken back to New
York to face charges Of operating
a confidence game.
BARBIzON, France, April 26
GN.S0-Leon Trotzky's belong
ings were moved out Of his villa
here today, whereupon the exile
Russian communists secretary
admitted officially that Trotzky
no longer was living there. In.
ternational News Service revealed
10 days ago that Trotzky had left
the villa.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
CANAL ZONE

CRISTOBAL. Canal Zone, April
26 GN.S) because merchant
shipping was halted in the.
Panama Canal for two days while
the United States fleet passed
from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
the United States Government
may be sued by several shippers.
Some shippers estimated their
losses because of the delay as
high as $4,000 for each vessel.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
MEXICO

PUEBLA, Mexico, April 26
0.N.S0 Eleven persons were
killed and twenty others probably
fatally burned in an explosion Of
gasoline tanks at Tlacotepec,
early today.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
GERMANY

BERLIN, April 26.-The pros
poets of American creditors con.
tinuing to get a 80 per cent cash
tranfer, or even less, on German
medium and long term debts was
virtually eliminated today when
DR.. Hjalmar Schacht, president Of
the German Reichsbank, advo-
Gated a complete transfer mora.
torium.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
CONDITION of TREASURY

By International News Service
Treasury balance, $4,349, ,O20,-
700.79: internal revenue, $2,188,-
886.O1: custom receipts, $16,291.' :
1859.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, April 26
u.N.S0. - Ramon Novarro, film
star, arrived here today from
Montevideo. He was greeted by
more than 5000 fans, mostly
women, who cheered him en-.
Enthusiastically.
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
AT SEA

Copyright, 1894. by international News
Service)
ABOARD s. s. EXILONA, At
Sea, April 26 Q.N.SO.-
II never took q dishonest
dollar in my life''
Samuel insult said today as he
discussed the charges facing him
upon his return to Chicago.
Detailed Story ON Page ~
The Washington times., 1934-04-26
ENGLAND

LONDON, April 26 G.N.SD
Great Britain's giant new $4,000.
ton Cunard liner 1884" now
under construction in Scotland,
has only a remote chance Of
being operated at profit, it was
charged in court today as the In
ternatiUnal Mercantile Marine
Company, Of New York, began its
battle to halt the Cunard-White
Star merger,
The Washington times., 1934-04-26


LONDON, April 26 NNs).
The British Government was &C.
cused in the House of Commons
this afternoon of adopting a
weakened policy in the face of
Japan's statement last week
warning other powers to keep out
Of China. The charge was made
by Godfrey Mander, Liberal
member.
LONDON, April 26 d.N.s0.
Organs of the Chinese National
ist government today issued
manifestoes urging China and
other powers to resist Japanese
efforts to dominate China" &C
cording to Exchange Telegraph
dispatches from Canton.
LONDON, April 26 d.NsO-
Japan has no intention of vio-
1ating Chinese sovereignty, For
eign Minister Koki Hirota in
formed the Chinese Minister,
Chang Tso-Pin, today, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dis.
patch from Tokyo. Mr.. Hirota
expressed the hope the dispatch
said, that China and Japan would
cooeprate and together be re-
sponsible for the peace of the
Far East.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-24
READ THE CONSTITUTION

1t would be interesting to know how
many Americans have read the Constitu-
ton of the United States. the document
upon which the republic was built, since
they passed out of school.
The chances are that far less than ten
per cent could honestly say that they have
read it. They have seen a few quotations
from it in articles and editorials; they
know vaguely that its purpose is to guar
antee liberty and opportunity for all, and
TO assure stable. representative govern
ment, and that's about all they know.
There never was a time when a gen.
eral study of the Constitution would be so
valuable as now. Today it is being
criticized. it IS accused of the crime of
antiquity, and those who would change it
say It has outlived its usefulness The re-
suit of these attacks on the Constitution
governmental observation-disclosures, rights,
privileges, for which our ancestors fought
and died. are endangered. In other coun-
tries, similar constitutional guarantees
have been thrown overboard-and the
final result has been invariably dictator
ship. II should be everlastingly kept IN
mind that the Constitution is the bulwark
that stands between us and one ism or
another.
Read the Constitution, paying es-
pecial attention to the sections which COM
pose the Bill of Rights. Those sections re-
fleet ali that man has striven for through
thousands of years of turmoil-the widest
possible liberty. the right to live as an in
dividual, dominated by none. If the Con-
stitution is out-of-date, so is the cause of
human freedom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-24

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tral tins naorninE uwer - $500
Mississippi valley. DuluzA- -
3 so inches. wi<h . tH@<e @
low pressure ex1enainw s@um@zA
over Teas. And pre@zE = 49,
lively l0w sou1h 81 fleraaas m4M
the northern hi9h pressw-e 49,
overspreadS mast @1n9r se
east Of 1se NississipEa Eauer- So
ton. Haas. 3o-Is 1neaeL -E3
70 moaern1e rAins h@we @rra
since yesterday moruanE AS -
western L.ake reE2- exU1mm 49,
per Mlssissippi haAeg- G1a A7
DAKOTA. and there AaNs Aaa2 A4@
showers en- tire east Ee&ms na4a-
Temperatures hzse t8Ae@ ~ 4n~
Plains S141es. whiEe ct@@ 49,
where east af rhe EaeMana $50
been gener1Ev sH<rl ~Hn ram@-
ings considerably aaaEs $500 -
the MississspFi k4lAeE SD A49
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-24
TAX DODGERS

One whom The Citizen believes to be
an honest citizen unable to pay his taxes
complained to the editor that it exasperates
him every time he reads in this paper ac-
cusations against tax dodgers.
1t was explained to him that by tax
dodger is meant such property owner who
is able to pay his taxes but by one sub
terfuge or another avoids this paramount
duty although quite able to do so.
A property owner who cannot pay his
taxes-would like to if he coild-is not a
tax dodger, and no opprobrium is directed
toward such. It is difficult to determine
who can and who cannot pay his taxes, be-
cause the financial condition is not known,
but the public has fairly keen sense of
what's what and who's who. However,
one thing should be borne in mind in point
ing the finger of guilt. Not always is it
the larger property owners who are able
to pay their taxes.
The Citizen does not presume to know
the property owners who can and who
cannot perform this civic duty. That is
within the province of those officials
charged with this duty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-24
MOSQUITO ERADICATION
CPunta Gorda HERALD


Looking back over the past summer, lot Of
people arc beginning to realize and admit that we
had less mosquitoes tsaan during any summer they
tan remember, and many Of them are admitting,
some little grudingly. that Charley JOhnsOn's
control campaign must have had something to do
with II. So Ear as known, there wasn't more than
tsso cases Of dengue fever in the community. ana
daring one short period only, when there was a
steady Wind from the Southwest which brought
them IN. were mosquitoes relatively bothersome-
Perhaps control measures we're more effec-
tive in solana and other outlying districts than in
toxin In localities where, heretofore. pests have
made life miserable they were practically eradi-
Gated; and M johnson says that with better CO.
operation they could be almost completely eradi-
Gated IN town. except, OF course. during periods
Khen they are brought in by the Wind from dis
tant breeding places.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-24

WILL always seak ths truth and print b
witneat fear and vitheus favor; never b
nfraid 70 attack wrong Or 70 applaud right;
niwaIs fishs fer pregre@; nsTer be the or
esn - ne noutaPises q any person. clique
tAstiun or slAas. always do Ia utmost for ths
puhhs wslfHrs; nsssr tolerate corruption %
~ tlee; dsnounos vice and praise virtue,
sommend good deas BY individual or organ
iaation; tolerant of others rights. views and
tRs aes s0ntaninsts the reader; never com
promiss VITA principle