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The Washington times., 1935-12-11
TOKYO ASKS
DELAY IN
LONDON
Norman Davis Starts
Query That Places
Nippon in Maze
By DAVID p. sENTNER

LONDON, Dec. II QN.SO.
Britain's and Americas -nufti-clad
"admirals" made bold bid today
to maneuyer Japan away from her
goal of naval parity.
Steaming in through a dlplo-
matte fog, England's delegates to
the five-power conference sought,
by a series of adroit questions, 10
trap Japan into tacit acceptance
of the year-old Ramsay MacDon-
aid plan OF hidden ratios" which
has not yet been mentioned in
this parley.
And Norman H. Davis, chief
American representative, fired a
shot across Nippon's bows with
this startling interrogation: viii
Japan agree to parity with the
Soviet Union?"
Puzzled, the Japanese delegation
secured a postponement of today's
session until this afternoon, while
they burned up the Tokyo cables
with queries for instructions.
Experts predicted the japanese
admiralty would be able to Wrlg-
gle out of the snare, thruSting the
crucial problem of her demand
for absolute parity directly before
the conference again.
Viscount Monsell, chairman OF
the conference, posed the ques-
tions for Britain. Japan was
asked to state what upper limit
of tonnage she wanted.
If she names figure, Britain
and the United States can state a
higher one-one that will secretly
maintain the present 5-5-3 ratio
This is what Macdonald, then pre-"
mier, suggested at the conference
q year ago, which eliminated IN
Japan's denunciation of the Wash
ington treaty-give Japan parity
in principle, but as all Signator1es
to state their building programs,
so that the ratios could be main
tanned in fact.
Directly in line with this STRAIT
agem, Britain also asked to which
power does Japan want the com
mon upper limit Of tonnage to
apply?
For how long a period in ad-
vance will Japan declare her build
ing program?
And would Japans figure be
subject to change if other powers
decreased or increased their ton
mage?
Close observers here and in To
kyo predicted these answers:
Japan refuses to set an upper
limit, or to state when she hopes
to achieve factual parity.
Japan wants navy as large as
the biggest, no matter whose that
is, but hopes to keep the common
upper limit at a low level.
Postulates Dilemma
A time limit and limitations by
categories may be determined
after the principle of equality is
established. Japan should have
the right to an escalator scale of
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The Washington times., 1935-12-11
P.U.C.PLANS
GASST0CK
PROBE
Prettyman Will Seek
Facts of Sales in
District Utility


of behind the scene" develop
mentS would result from a sweep
ing investigation into recent shift.
ing of control of the Washington
Gas Light Company. the Public
Utilities Commission today ordered
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman to institute such an
inquiry.
In an order to Mr.. Prettyman,
the commission declared in view
of the many changes which have
occurred in the conditions sur
rounding ownership of the Wash
ington and Suburban Companies,
holders of 109,196 shares of the
Washington Gas Light Company.
you are instructed to make an
investigation with a view to
recommending what future course
of action the commission should
pursue"
May Reopen Case
This action increased the pos
Sibility that the District Supreme
Court case. which was instituted
in 1892 through a La Toilette
anti-merger law suit involvirs ;
ownership of the gas company,
might be reopened. The Wash
ington and Suburban Companies,
common law trust, controls "a
per cent of the gas company.
There are 5000 shares of bene-
ficial interest in the common law
trust and 70.000-$6 cumulative
preferred shares. The investiga-
ton, according to commission
membe.o, D, will center on the pres
ent ownership of both classes Of
stock.
Ownership of the 5000 bene-
ficial interest shares are in the
hands of Chase Bank and asso-
ciateS. The 10000 preferred
shares originally were held by
Central Public Service Corpora
ton, which crashed in 1882. Two
new companies were organized to
take over the Central Public Serv-
ice. One of these, Consolidated
Gas and Electric, is allied with
Chase Bank.
Phone Girl Found
Searching New York and
Philadelphia city directories, in
veStigatorS today discovered
that telephone operator, q
printer, a member of a part
nership and an assistant engi
neer in New York's city planning
department. were among the
seven purported new owners of
stock of the Washington and
Suburban Companies.
Findings of the investigators
commission members said. con.
firmed the suspicious that the
recent auction of 1910 shares
of Washington and Suburban
Companies, which controls 81
per cent of the gas company
was a straw transaction.
1t was estimated that each
share of Washington and Sub
urban stock was worth $1,000
based on the current marke'
quotations of the gas company
(Continued on Page ;, Col. 6)
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
E ETH|0PIANS
BARPEACE
TERMS
AngIo-French Proposal
Favors Aegressors,
Says Envoy
BY MICHAEL WILSON
international News Service

PAlvIS, Dec. II Q.N.S0 Eth
opia today virtually rejected the
Anglo-French peace proposals.
The Ethiopian legation here is
sued a firmly-worded communique
stating Ethiopia could not accept
settlement giving advantage to
the aggressor, and, although terms
of the Anglo French plan have not
been officially revealed, the lega-
ton statement was believed to pre-
clude acceptance.
FranknesS Startles
The communique. startling in it's
franknesS at this time, said:
Ethiopia is the victim of un-
justified aggression which has
unanimously and Solemnly been
condemned by the council and the
assembly of the League of
Nations.
Under these conditions, the
Ethiopian government has firmly
decided to put aside all proposals
which in direct or indirect form
should grant an advantage to the
Italian aggreSsor, which should
disregard the fundamental prin,
ciples affirmed by the council of
the League and its committees
as we'll as the AsSembly-partic-
ularly the principle of territorial
and political integrity for Ethiopia
and should tend to exert pres.
sure over a weak state and lead
it to subject itself to domination
by powerful government which
has not ceased to affirm by force
that it will attain its ambitions
with or without the League Of
Nations"
Envoy Sees Laval
The statement did not mention
the Anglo-French proposals but,
perhaps significantly, it was is
sued shortly after the Ethiopian
minister, Belsten Gueta Wolde
M ar m, had conferred with
Premier Laval and been given an
outline of the proposed peace
formula.
According to widelypublished
reports, the proposed plan would
call for Ethiopia to cede to Italy
about 100000 square miles of ter
ritory-nearly half her empire.
Obviously, this could not be
done if Ethiopia stands lE today's
legation statement.
The only reason it could not
be said that Ethiopia had flatly
rejected the proposed peace is the
fact that the formula was not
mentioned in the statement and
that terms of the proposals have
not been announced officially.
However, the statement plainly
rejects the main features of the
Anglo-French plan as they have
been reported.
Ethiopia, according to the state
ment, will veto "all proposals
which in direct or indirect form
! CONTINUED on Page ), Col. y
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
Brit5h-U :. Naval Parey Maneuvers Jolt To ia pan
DRAWS VEIL ON PAST
Building Ne'U Life

Pretty
widow of
Murton
Millen,
bank robber,
who died
in the
electric
chair, has
put her
past behind
her and is
starting
life anew.
Under the
name of
Airline
Wright, the
2O-year-old
girl is
studying
in a beauty
school in
New York
city.
The man
agement,
knowing
her real
identity,
has promised
to try to
find a job
for her
when she is
graduated,
International
News Photo,
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
Girl RObber Battles
Police i'm Detroit

DETROIT, Dec. II G.N.S).
Picked up bodily by officers and
carried struggling and kicking
from a drug store which she at
tempted to holdup s1Nne and un-
armed, a pretty 2 &year-old girl
who said she was the mother of
-four hungry children" screamed
defiance at police from her jail
cell today.
1T won't tell you who I am" !"
she cried, stamping her feet. Il
won't, I won't"
Meantime, her victim" drug
store owner Edward R. Smith, said
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
MEXICAN REDS
SEIZE RANCH

MEXICO CITY, Dec. II Q.N.SO .
One hundred and fifty rural
workers (campesinos) took posses
sion of a Spanish-owned hacienda
at Menatla today, raising the Red
flag over the ranch and declaring
their allegiance to the Soviet.
They proclaimed Lombardo
Toledano their chief and divided
the hacienda among themselves.
A squad of soldiers undertook
to drive them out, and in the bat
tie several persons were killed and
wounded.
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
Police Hunt AssaiIant
Who Dragged Woman

Police today were searching for
colored man reported last night
to have seized Mrs. Lucille A. Slo-
covich, As, 1920 S st. N. W., and
dragged her into the shrubbery
at the north end of Henderson'S
Castle, sixteenth Street near
Florida Avenue Northwest.
Mrs. Slocovich screamed and
the man fled. She told police he
threatened her with knife.
He ran south on Sixteenth
Street, she told police, and had
disappeared before aid reached
her.
The Washington times., 1935-12-11

he would not press charges
against the woman. She was ar
rested when Smith telephoned
police while pretending to be get
ting money which the woman de-
manded.
Patrolman Alfred Odgers and
AnSelm Kostamo picked her up
and carried her out of the store
after she had battled them to a
standstin for several minutes. At
police headquarters, she shouted
at queStioners, smashed a news
paper photographers camera, and
struck reporter in the jaw.
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
Her tooth Birthday
In Old Folks Home

WAYNESBORO, Pa, Dec. II.
Mrs. Barbara Ulrich, for the last
20 years a resident of the United
Brethren Old Folks Home, Quincy.
yesterday observed her Tooth
birthday She is confined to her
bed.
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
Mead 10 Work Out
Texas River Projett
Internatlonal News Serrice

DR.. Elwood Mead. commissioner
of reclamation, left here today
for Austin. Texas, to work out
with other bureau officials pro-
gram for construction on the
Colorado River of Texas project.
He was accompanied by William
Kubach, chief accountant <or the
bureau.
Raymond F. Walter, chief en-
gineer for the bureau, with Of
ficeS at Denver, will join them at
Austin.
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and colder, lotOsst temperature about
26 tonight; tomorrow increGsinR cloudiness,
foIloUcd by rain or snow at night
MEAN rEMpEU ATIIpEc
The Washington times., 1935-12-11
AN TEMPERATURES

Weather Details on Page
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
ATTENTION

:. Complying with instruc- tions from A. A. Shonbeck, democratic territorial chair man; I hereby call a meet ing of democrats to meet at Pioneer Hall, on Thursday evening December fifth at eight o'clock.
 JOHN F. DIVINE,
 Chairman Divisional
 Committee.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Clipper Leaving
 Today Honolulu
 From Midway Is.
(By The Associated PressJ

tBy The Associated Press1
 Midway Island, Dec. 3, China Clipper arriv- ed here at 11:50 P. M. East ern Standard Time today, completing a 1,91l-mile flight from Wake Island in eight hours and fifty-ive minutes.
 Captain Edwin c. Mus i K reported that headwinds had slowed the ship slight ly on the third hop of it's re- turn flight from Manila to California. The plane is to take off for Honolulu We'd nesday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Officials At
 Night g Club Last
 Night g In IIoIdup

Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dec. 1, Louis Pappan. 42, feder- al internal revenue agent, and George Stewart form CT police detective captain were shot to death at a Sheridan night club East of the city, early today.
 Two employees of the cub, Tyre Park and door man G R Mccullough are
 being held for investiga- ton. Both men claimed the slain men were atten7ot ing a holdup.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Jones And Wales Resign g Fire Dept.
 Replaced at Once

Eliminating efforts of city councilmen to replace George Jones as driver of the Nome Fire Department horse team, the receipt of his resignation was official ly acknowledged last night at 8 PM. by the Fire Con- mittoe, Harry Hagen chair man and Alvin Polet.
 At the same time Blake Wales, who has been serV- ing in the capacity of ensi- neer of the department, al- so stated that he wished to leave the department at the same time.
 Chairman Hagen of the Fire Committee stated to- day that the notice was giV en Commjttee-member A. V-n Polet about 7::45 PM. yesterday and that arrange mcnts were immediately made to replace them. He asked them at the station if they wished to leave and both of them signi1ied in the affirmative.
 Bud Curtis, who original ly took care of the horses was placed in the position of driver until the next reg ular council meeting when a choice will be made from applications rendered. Fred Yenney was appointed by the fire committee as engi- neer, but due to temporary illness at present his father '. F. Yennev is nov takinq
 Continued On Page ForA
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Woman Suffers
 Odd Death Fall
 Flight Of Stairs
(By The Associated PresS)

Los Angeles, Dec. 4, - Police said that Mrs. Sarah Harring, 58, wife of a De- troit electrical engineer was either murdered or the victim of one of the most unusual accidents to be re- corded.
 Her crumpled body was found yesterday by her IT, year-old daughter Martha, at the foot of a stairway in 5heir home at Compton.
 The prong5 of a pair of scissors had been driven in- to her brain; her head was wounded severaly and par 5ie.es of a glass tumbler were imbcdded in her face.
 &ha may have tripped, t Was stated, coming down stars.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
; 'o]ice Gu')e'ue Student Rioters
 In Cairo Egypt
(By The Associated pressl

N"
 Cairo, Dec. 3, - Police suppressed rioting students shouting anti-British slog- ans last night and made sev eral arrests.
 The outbreak was clim- aXed with a general fight after students had Lombard ed officials with stones.
 Earlier the crowd attack ed the home of Mahmound Pasha, liberal leader, pro- claiming their resentment over the failure of the lib- erals to join the WAFD na- tionalist party opposing the British domination in Egg ypt.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
BIC BATTLE IS
 PENDING EAST
 AFRICAN WAR
(By The Associated PresS)

(By The Associated Press)
 Undated, Dec. 4, - Italian and Ethiopian troops girded themselves for the long heralded de- cisive battle on the East African front.
 From Asmara port of ent- ry and fascist colony, came a report that skirmishes be tween the opposing armies on the Northern front were becoming hotter, and a ma jor engagement seemed nearer at hand.
 Italian officers said that periodic exchanges of fire showed that the forces of Seiassie were pressing in with considerab-a force az 2.nst the front lines beyond Makale.
 An ominous note sound
  ed in Rome. Troops which expected to depart for the southern front are still ir Italy, and the home defens- es are being frightened. All naval leaves have been withdrawn. Some of the sea forces of Italy are concen- trating at stragetic points against the possibilities of Mediterranean hoStilities.
 In Paris, the spokesman for diplomatic circles said that Premier Laval would seek an agreement with Sir Samuel Hoare on how much Ethiopian territory to offer MuSsolini as a basis for peace.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Work On Trade
 Agreement With
 Britain Is Begun
(By The Associated Press)

London, Dec. 4, Copy right 1885 by Associated Press The United States has undertaken prelimin- ary work toward the esta- blishing of a reciprocal trade agreement with her greatest foreign customer Great Britain, authorita- tive souces disclosed Tues day night.
 This move follows close ly on the conclusion of the trade agreement with Can ada.
 It was learned that sur veys are under way in Lon- don and Washington to de- ternline the practicability of benefits of 2 reciprocal agreement.
 An agreement may be en tered upon by next sum- mer, it was stated.
 American exports to Or. Britain have fallen off to scarcely 15 percent of their former high points. These exports are principally raw cotton, tobacco and a wide variety of raw mater ials, machinery, semi-fnish ed products and some met als.
 Imports to America from Great. Britain are mostly finished manufactured pro- ducts.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Italian And Ethiopian Troops Ready For Big Battle
Prison Breaks
 Keep Officials
 Busy On Hunt
tBy The Associated Press)

tBY The Associated freSS)
 Undated Dec. 4, Prison officials of two states trail ed escaped convicts while authorities began an invest igation.
 Three of the men have died and one is critically wounded as a result of yes terday's hunt for five fug- itives from the Muskogee, Oklahoma city jail.
 A sixth convict has been killed and a detective was wounded. Officers pursued three Tennessee penal con- vets who eluded Jhcm af- ter escaping and carving with them 8 deputy V'ard- en who W2s later freed.
 Three prisoners were re- captured atter a break from the Massachusetts state pri son. Two other convicts were killed after a truck driver had been beaten to death.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Huge Sum Been
 Subscribed Esl l
 Day to Treasury
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 Washington, Dec. 3, - The quick and complete subscription of the nine hundred million dollars cash money sought by the U. s. Treasury, was an- nounced by Secretary Mor genthau Monday night.
 The books were opened Monday morning and clos ed Monday night. This re- presents the largest raise of new funds this year.
 The books remained op- en indefinitely however, to exchange either notes or bonds of four hundred and eighteen million dollars in two and one-half percent notes maturing December fifteenth.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
PAIR LOST 8
 DAYS FOUND
 BY AIRPLANE
(By The Associated press)

(By The Associated press)
 Anchorage, Dec. 4, - The Star Airways report ed receipt of a wireless message which said that pilot Estoi Call and Stan ley Hermanson, Anchor age druggist, had been found injured and nearly frozen, after an airplane accident six miles East of Ekman.
 The message said that each had suffered leg injur- ies when Calls plane crash ed eight days ago. The message gave no other de- tails of the injured pairs experience during the long wait for aid.
 Pilots Kenneth Neese and Steve Mills of the Star Air ways reported the recovery of the missing men-
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
So3 4oass.2orelaen
 2Iedse They Not
 EIa;nciic Hot Cargo
By The Associated Press)

By The Associated PreSs)
 San Pedro, Dec. 4, -Ral- lying to a personal plea by Harry Bridges, fiery labor leader, eight hundred un- ion longshoremen in San Pedro, pledged themselves not to handle hot cargo from gulf ports.
 Bridges obtained passage at T meeting last night, of 2 resolution to suspend work until the results Of the contract meeting at Houst- on today can be learned.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
Court Battle Is Looming Result
 Wounding Scr
(By The Associated Pressl

(By The Associated PreSSl
 Santa Barbara, Dec. 4, - A court fight between Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Longcope, divorced from her husband Jesse Livermore, over the custody of their two sons appeared in prospect,
 Jesse Jr., 16, is still in a critical condition from a gun shot wound, which his mother is accused of hav- ing inflicted in an attempt to kill him.
 Friends intimated that Livermore might institute court proceedings to have the court order revoked which gave the children's s custody to his divorced wife.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
RELAPSE SUFFERED

Reports today stated that Chas. L. Calkins who re- cenJ-y lafy Nome for the states and has been in San Francisco for some time, under medical care, suffer- CT a slight relapse yester- day,
 The indications were ser ious enough to cause Mrs. Calkins to prepare for a flight to Fairbanks and thence to the States to join her husband.
 Mrs CalkinS is to leave by plane at the first break in the weather.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04
General Taking
 No Orders From
 Foreign Powers
(By The Associated Press)

Peiping, Dec. 4, Gen eral Sheh Cheh Yuan, com mander of the Peiping and Tientsin garrison told news paper correspondents that he was taking no orders from any foreign power".
 He said today that he ex- pected the reforms advocat-
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-04

ed for North China by Gen. eral Ho Ying Chin, war minister and emissary from the central government, would become effective in the very near future.
La gaceta., 1935-07-16
IRUPTURA DE RELACIONES
ENTIRE LOS NAILS Y LA
IGLESIA CATOLICA

Ciudad V~aticano, Julio 10
La precaria tregua entire ell Va
ticano Y los Nazis alemanes ter
min6 aver cuando ell Papa, por
medic de Su 6rgano official, vi
gorosamente atac6 la politica re
ligiosG de Hitler. Los nazis tie
men a varios curas Y monjas en-
campamentos de concentration.
Las leyes de sterilization de
Alemania estan siendo atacadas
por las orgQnizaciones cat6li :
cas-.
Una penosa situaci6n sc ha
creado en- Alemania, dice ell OS-
servatore Romano. Segun ell DR..
Prick Wilhelm, ministro del in
terror, la ley de sterilization
debe ser Observable por los ca
t6licos aunque contra la ense =
nanza de la iglesi ay condena-
da por la ley divina.
La gaceta., 1935-07-16
LA LEY Y LA POLICIA DE
DEL CONDADO
J lhOnbreS.

Los comision2dos del conda-
do infoh aron aver al jefe de
la policia de transito, LUcien
Byron, que no alprobaran el pas
go de sueldoS Y cuentas de csc
cuerpo hasta que Sc dilucide ba-
10 que ley funciona legalmente
ell departamento.
Byron manifesto que el y sus
hombres seguiran trabajando
haSta qeu ell asunto Sc determi-
he claramente.
Ell abogado del condado, Mr.,
Sutton, mantiene que la ley
Garbled, aprohada en- la Ultima
legislature, es Unconstitutional
porque solo puede a~plicarse a un
condado, ell de Duval. ESta ley
Ipone la p0licia de transito, en-
les condadoS de mas de 155 900
habitantes, bajo Ia jefatura del
sheriff y Senala sueldos mas ba
jos de los que aqui Sc pagan.
La gaceta., 1935-07-16
DE RADIO
Estaci6n WDAE Y kaC

Estaci0n WDAE y Fadena
Columbia 500, orquesta de
5:15, solo la verdad !;
$50, orquesta rusa; sos, no.
'~ticiaS; 500, orNlesta de La Por
tie; els, Gang be Virginia
Verrill; 6:35, aus pApos 1880,
intermedio d%ramatico; 7:45, or
questa de Prima 100, Lud Glus
kin; $50, Stoopnagle y Budd;
.9:45, Jerry Cooper; 10 100, or
|questa de Hoff; 10:45, Ted Flo
IritO; 100, o<spesta sinf6nica
de Portland, y 1870, orquesta
de Hogan.
Estaci6n de Clearwater Y ca
dena Nacional :45, huerfana
Ana; 6:30, rs as; 600, pro-
gram VNBC; 6:15, Tony y Gus;
TO, orquesta de Reisman; 1880,
%orquesta de concerto; 500 ban
da Goldman; $50, orquesta Du
ohins 900, opereta Die File
dermaus'; 10:15, orqueSta de
Meyer; 0:30, 6rgano; II 100, or
questa de Pollock, y II 80, Ar
lie Simmons.
La gaceta., 1935-07-16
nA LA MUJER
Ell marido co&lsn valor de 100000 |
Una ~sentencia del sibunsG Supreme

sshcia, per ell nero hecho de
sentarse a leer ell peri6dico en-
una butaea jrIto a la chimenea'
lor al hogan.
Por 10 visto, ell marido en-
question .pertenecia a la varie-
dad pS comGn dee maridos: a
'esa ole Sc da eNtodos los eli
maS@en todaS las epocas, y que
Sc Tende a granel: tai es su
abun&ncia. Y, sin embargo, Sc
mejante marido ha sido adju-
dicado al precio exorbitante de
Glen mil duros... iIm9ginese
que sumas fabulosas alcanza-
ria~un marido que Sc saliese de
10 ordinario!
Este sorprendente veredicto
del Tribunal Supreme de los Els
tados Unjdos va a t1acer refle-
xionar a mas de una mujer.
Mas de una - a preguntarse 81
no tendra ella tambien en- su
marido, sin saberlo, IN vslioso
specimen. Semejante idea. Sc
prestara q risuenas conjeturas
y a I&atas sorpresas. Algo asi
como ~aquellas a las que suele
entregarse ell que posee un bile
tie de loteria y hace suposicio-
mes de 10 que lie puede tocar; o
la algeria de quien deScubre
que la joya antigua que Sc tenia
arrinconada en urf caj6n, sin
concederle ningGn valor, 10 po-
see y grande.
N. r.