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Evening star., 1935-11-09
JAPAN'S EMPEROR
is I'LL WITH COLD
1ndisposition Keeps Hirohito
From Mock Warfare of
Army on Coast.

By the Associated Press.
KAGOSHIMA, Japan. November 9.
The Japanese army launched its an
nual grand maneuvers today. with En-
peror Hirohito unable to join his troops
In the field because Of cold.
While thousands Of Kagoshima
school children and citizens prayed in
shrines for the recovery Of the En-
peror. who remained In the imperial
headquarters. units of the army drove
forward to the coasts Of Kagoshima
Bay, seeking to repel an enemy"
army into the sea, from which 1t was
supposed to have landed.
The Emperor came to this port with
other high officials of his court yes
terday aboard the converted battle
cruiser Hiyei.
The theoretical campaign was set to
last four days.
The campaign will end Tuesday and
grand review Of all participating
troops by Hirohito win be held We'd
nesday at Miyajonojo.
The troops engaging in the game
slere estimated at $4,000. 4
Evening star., 1935-11-09
K|NGSFORD-SM|TH
SEARCH CONTINUES
Faint Hopes Still Held That
Lost Flyer May
Be Found.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlements,
November 9.-Desperate aerial search
ers for Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith,
missing nearly two days on speed
flight from England to Australia, re-
fused today to abandon hope Of res
cuing the world-famous aviator.
Contrary to earlier belief, it was
learned that the missing aces plane
could remain afioat indefinitely if he
had been forced down with his CO.
pilot, Tom Pethybridge. on the Bay
of Bengal, where they were last seen
fighting through a monsoon.
Planes and ships searched fruitlessly
throughout the day for the missing
flyers. however, and darkness fell with
no further word Of their fate.
Royal Air Force Joins Search.
Royal Air Force planes scared north,
nearing the Siamese frontier, to start
q systematic scanning Of the stormy
waters from Victoria Point, above the
Malay Federated States.
~ eaA1Co 1ASAocCs "2Ao aod3AdoA4CA
his own flight from England to Aus
tralia and placed himself at the orders
of the Royal Air Force after flying
past Kingsford-Smith's ship over the
bay, followed the flying boats at q
slower speed.
Earlier today, two of the Royal Air
Force ships returned from a dawn
flight over the bay and coastal jungle
islands. having found no trace of the
men, then missing SO hours.
Another squadron Of bombing
planes was held in readiness to give
any necessary aid.
Melrose, taking OF for the North,
said he would fly low over the water.
following Kingsford-Smith's route
over the Bay of Bengal where he had
passed the lost Australian pilots, fly
ing low about $50 miles from shore.
Previously Lost for Days.
Hour after hour passed without any
word from Kingsford-Smith, whose
monoplane was equipped with wire
less set, but the 38-year-old flyer, a
former member of the Royal Air Force
who has flown both the Pacific and
the Atlantic, has often been lost for
days, only to emerge from danger
safely.
In this latest Of his adventures he
1see KINGsFoRD-sMITH, Page ~
Evening star., 1935-11-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
ROME, November 9.-Fascist steps
to quiet agitation against Great Brit
ain and other nations imposing sane
tions on Italy checked today mount.
ing italian fear of a European con-
fiict.
Despite the silence which the gov
ernment maintained over converse.
tions between Premier Mussolini, Sil
Eric Drummond, British Ambassador
and Count Charles de Chambrun
French Ambassador, usually well in
formed sources said they saw indica'
tions of progress toward q definite
Anglo-I Italian understanding.
In the absence of any oncial an
nouncement to this effect, however
these sources were cautious about pre-.
dieting the actual extent of any such
rapprochement.
Two facts were clear:
Italy proceeded with its prepara.
tions for meeting the worst thai
League of Nations sanctions could Of.
fer, should the negotiations for un.
derstanding in Europe and peace with
Ethiopia fail.
Also. Italy's colonial armies estab-
lished themselves solidly In newly
conquered territory with no apparent
thought of turning back.
To aid the European negotiations
nevertheless, an authoritative source
Evening star., 1935-11-09
MAIL PILOT IS KILLED
AS PLANE CRASHES
Ship Falls in Street of Suburb Of
Fort Worth Shortly After
Take-Off.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex, November 9.
Cliff Maus, 80, Braniff Anyways mail
pilot, was killed early today when his
plane crashed In q street in suburban
Riverside.
Maus was flying alone from Dallas
to Fort Worth and carried no mail.
He left Dallas, his home, at 4:10 am.
His plane was functioning perfectly.
airport attendants said.
A half hour later, Riverside resi-
dents reported they heard the crash,
az miles from the Fort Worth Air
port. The pekae did not bugA
Evening star., 1935-11-09
UTILITIES WARNED
|. ON COLEMAN RULE
Lands Says Law Is Valid
Pending High Tribunal
Decision.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The New Deal was embarked today
on an effort to get utility holding COM
panies to take the first step of COM
pliance with the 1885 public utility
act.
Abiding to the Baltimore Federal
Court decision declaring the whole act
unconstitutional, Chairman James M
Lands Of the Securities Commission
said the law sis valid until the Su-
preme Court declares otherwise.
He warned holding companies that
If they do not register with the Securi-
ties Commission by December l.. as
provided in the act, much of their cor
porate activity thereafter will be
tainted with questionable legality.
The registration section calls for GER
tain information about the companies
on which the commission will base its
determination as to which ones should
be permitted to continue in opera
ton. The act provides for the eventual
elimination of utility holding firms
considered uneconomic or unnecessary
splitting up Of those whose area OF
operations Is deemed too widespread,
and regulation Of the remainder.
Registration Urged.
Lands, in a press interview yester-
day, sought to show registration would
be the wisest step for the utilities firms
to take, and he also said 1t was "about
time" they informed their stockhold-
ers whether they intended to do so.
If they decline to register, he said,
their subsequent actions, such as issu-
ing securities, negotiating contracts
acquiring other companies, and even
performing sales and service contracts
would be in doubt as to their legality.
Referring to the registration forms
which, he said, call for only a small
amount of information about finances
and operating structure, he said:
I'VE have purposely made this a.
simple as possible. It calls for no un.
usual disclosures and places no heavy
burdens. They can take this way, ol
they can refuse to register-then they
won't know where they are; neither
will the public nor the stockholders.
The act of registering, Lands EN-.
phasized. will not prevent the com
panies from fighting the act In tn,
courts.
There Is full opportunity all alont
the line to contest our every action,
he said.
President Roosevelt declined to com
ment on the Baltimore decision yester.
day, saying he had only seen the head
lines in the newspapers and had no
had time to study the ruling.
Meanwhile, utility shares In tn,
New York market scared l to OF
more points to reach new tops for tn.
last two years. Some other stock
were carried along with them.
Lands noted at his press confer.
ence that 5000, 900 utility issue!
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Value of Gasoline Trade Names
Is Doubted IL, Report by N. r. 4.

each gallon Of gasoline sold under a
trade name q tantalizing uncertainty" l"
After sketching the history Of gaso-
line, the report said:
"TAe tendency IN the market, Of
course, Is to push sales as far as pos
sible to the higher octane gasoline
because Of It's higher price.
"The consumer Is informed that
nothing Is too good for his car and
that If he wishes to treat It well he
should give it the highest octaine
gasoline.
"The effect Of this action Is simply
to waste his money. Since the ordi-
nary automobile engine Is constructed
(see GASOLINE, Page -
Evening star., 1935-11-09
By the Associated Press.


The N. r. A. consumers division
reported today that gasoline sold un-
der q trade name has q "tantalizing
uncertainty"-and furthermore that
the ordinary motorist who. buys high
octane (high test) fuel wastes his
money. 49,.
Both remarks were made In the
divisions second issue Of new bulle-
tin titled "The Consumer"
Gasoline sold by so-called major
companies. the bulletin Said, has q
fair amount Of uniformity, but the
practice Of swapping and exchange
which occurs In the quick adjustment
Of local markets and the miscellane-
ous sctivities Of Il independent give
Evening star., 1935-11-09
EASTMAN CHARTS
WORKERS COURSE
Doubts Government Man.
aqement of Railroads Will
Be Necessary.
BY the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, November 9.-The
possibilities of Government manage
ment Of railroads were discussed TO-
day by Joseph B. Eastman. Federal
co-ordinator of transportation, but he
expressed doubt that such Q step will
be necessary.
Addressing the annual organization
conference of the Brotherhood of
Railway and Steamship Clerks, East
man charted policies which he said
rail employees might wisely pursue
with respect to the introduction by
the railroads Of labor-saving plans,
practices and devices"
Urges Acceptance of Plan.
Emphasizing the carriers need for
greatest operating efficiency at low
est possible cost" Eastman told his
listeners that although consolidation
and unif1cation economies would
throw some men out of work in the
immediate future there will be more
jobs in the long run if you accept
these economies now"
eff you do not" he warned, "if you
insist that two men must do work
that could be safely and efficiently
performed by one, you are helping to
close the door against future increase
in employment opportunities"
Declaring that some rail workers
might think Government operation
would be the solution of their present
difficulties, the speaker said this idea
is in no way shocking to me and there
is much to be said for it."
Unwilling to Urge Step.
Eastman said he had been unwilling
to recommend such step under pres
ent conditions, but added:
"It is at least possible that, regard
less of any theoretical considerations.
we shall reach the state which many
other countries have reached, where.
as a practical matter, 1t will be neces-
sary to take the railroads over because
they have ceased to be an attractive
field for private capital and enterprise
and no other alternative will be open.
While expressing doubt that I'VE
shall come to that pass" Eastman
added that If Government manage
ment should be necessary he would
flight with all the strength that Is In
me" for q business rather than q
political administration Of the roads.
Under Government ownership. East
man said, the carriers would continue
to compete with other forms Of trans
portation, and for that reason it would
still be necessary to cut operating ex-
penses to "the lowest reasonable min
imum consistent with good and at
tractive service"
Evening star., 1935-11-09

which Tor "a years mas peen engaged
In local charitable work both as an
individual group and in cooperation
with other organizations, also has
lent its support to the Star council
and is undertaking the pledging not
only of its entire car-driving mem
bership but Of friends and relatives.
The District Federation Of Music
Clubs, which Is composed Of 30 fed
Grated music clubs in ali parts of
the city, with IN aggregate membs
Evening star., 1935-11-09
CAFFERY IS SAVED
FROM DEATH PLOT
U. S. Ambassador Marked
as Cuba Opens War
on Criminals.
pv tb. Aeso.;ot.a pres.


HAVANA, November 9-An official
appeal called the people Of Cuba into
campaign to 'exterminate" GRIM
inals today after high source dis
closed that a plot to assassinate
United States Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery had been frustrated.
The first fruits of the drive fol-
lowed at once, with announcement Of
the arrest of four persons accused Of
planning to kidnap or kill Police
Chief Col. Jose Pedraza.
The master plot" against Caffery.
authorities said, was baked by Cuban
Army intelligence agents on the eve
of the assassination day.
Plot Halted by Arrest.
Twenty-nine men were said by
army agents to have sworn to kill
Caffery-the first intended victim of
terrorist campaign-with the slay-
ing set for last Friday. The arrest Of
the leader the day before halted the
plot.
Army authorities said they believed
the plot arose from desire by radicals
to draw American Intervention in
Cuba, thus provoking revolution.
With a majority of the 20 suspects
still at large, Secretary of the In
terror Macmillan Smith summoned
all Cubans to aid a drive to "exter-
inmate a sect of dangerous
criminals who must be faced as
tigers. grown vicious on the taste of
human flesh"
'Tntolerable Savagery."
TT is impossible for a civilized city
to tolerate such savagery as Havana
has been suffering" he said.
Self preservation demands civic CO.
operation. You are only asked to
watch what goes on about you and
report any suspicious occurrence at
once to the nearest police station to
make it possible to prevent acts Of
terrorism that may strike those you
love.
1.-The government Is strong enough
to defend itself and punish the guilty,
but you can help avoid lamentable
consequences.
PLOT FACTS LACKING HERE
Evening star., 1935-11-09
BOXER IS QUZzED
.0N TORCH Staying
IN MONTGOMERY
Charred and Shot Body of
Man Found Two Miles
From His Auto.
FACE UNRECOGNIZABLE:
FINGERS BURNED AWAY
Colored Suspect Questioned on
Missing Resident of Doubs
in Murder.
BY a stafY Correspondent Of The Star.

by otdu SOIreSpOnuent OI Inc otdI'
ROCKVILLE, Nd, November o.
A colored boxer who claims to be the
stepson of Manuel Silva of Doubs,
Md. whose abandoned car was found
near the spot where the unidentified
body of a torch murder victim was
discovered this morning, was being
questioned by States Attorney James
H. Pugh this afternoon.
The suspect was brought to Rock
vile for questioning as Montgomery
County police pushed their investiga.
ton Of the circumstances surrounding
the death of a youth whose charred
body, believed bullet ridden. was dis
covered beside the Rockville Bealls.
vile road about IA miles from here.
Abandoned Car Found.
Within miles of the body high
powered sedan, containing smears on
its upholstery, which police think
we're caused by burns, and matt
of blood-soaked hair, was found.
The man being questioned identi-
fled himself as Alfred Brown, 21.
professional prize fighter, of 81 South
Baltimore street, Baltimore, who
claims to have spared with Joe
Louis and other noted pugilists under
the name of Young Bobby Burns.
Brown claims he started for WASH
ington in Silva's car yesterday, but
had a fiat tire and left 1t on the
roadside.
Reports Seeing Machine.
Harold Ward of Jacksonville, how.
ever, told police he saw the machine
near his home between 10 and IL
o'clock last night. There were two
men in it at that time, he said.
According to the story told police
by Brown, Silva is married to a woman
said to be employed as cook to .
Washington physician.
Brown also said that Silva was a
seaman by profession, but had been
unemployed for about four years. On
Thursday afternoon, he said. man
who looked like a Spaniard came to
the Silva home at Doubs end told the
seaman he had job for him.
Left for Baltimore.
Silva, according to Brown, left about
2 pm. to go to Baltimore with the
stranger, presumably to take the job.
When he left home. Silva was wear.
ing gray trousers and white shirt.
Brown said.
A hasty examination of the body by
DR.. Upton D. Nourse of Jacksonville
disclosed a hole in the forehead at
the hairline above the nose and an.
ether in the back Of the skull, be.
heved caused by a bullet.
Burns Seen Deliberate.
Sergt. Joseph A. Nolte and Police.
man Riggs Griffith of the Montgomery
force said the victim undoubtedly had
been murdered and then burned in an
effort to prevent Identification.
The burns had enveloped so COM
pletely that only spot on the back
between the shoulder blades was not
discolored. The fingers were burned
(See MURDER, Page A.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
POLICEMAN KILLED
CHASING GUNMEN
Companion Of Jersey Trooper Con.
tinues Pursuit, but Is Out
distanced.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
ELIZABETH, N. j., November o.
State Trooper Warren G. Yenser was
fatally wounded today by shotgun fire
from q fleeing automobile on the State
highway near Avenel.
Yenser and Trooper John Matey
were on night patrol and had stopped
at Sand Hill, 6 miles south of New
Brunswick, when q couple with Penn
sylvania license plates roared by.
They jumped into their car and
gave chase. overhauling the car in
Avenel. Matey was driving and
Yenser blew his whistle to call on the
car to stop. Instead it pulled away
but Matey again overlook it.
Then, without warning, q single
blast came from q shotgun. Yenser
got It full In the face.
Matey fired several shots at the
car and continued the chase, but on
the outskirts of this city he lost the
machine.
After asking o filling station oper-
ator to notify police headquarters he
took Yenser to the Elizabeth Hospital
where he died.
The slayer's car later was found
abandoned in the Elizabeth port Sec
ton of this city. The shotgun
double e-barreled sawed-off weapon
was on the floor. The rear window Of
the machine was broken and there
was blood on the cushions.
An unidentified man was picked up
by the police for questioning. Police
said they found q roll of bills and q
large amount of silver In his pocket.
Police announced later that Ed
ward Metelski, rs. former Newark
resident, who escaped from Q North
Carolina prison farm three months
ago, was being held on an open charge
without BAH in the n Restigation Of
the slavinRts e.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Kingsford. Smiths
England-Australia
Record Is Lowered
BY the Associated Press.

BY the hSSocIated Fress.
PORT DARWIN, Australia, No.
vember Sir Charles Kingsford-
Smiths 1888 England-Australia
solo record was lowered today by
a fellow Australian, H. F. Broad
bent.
Broadbent, landing here six
days, 81 hours, 10 minutes after
leaving Croydon, beat Kingsford-
Smiths record by z hours, 28
minutes.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
CHINA CLIPPER ROARS
NORTH FOR CALIFORNIA
Carrying O,5OO Extra Pounds,
Huge Ship Clears Acapulco
Harbor in SO Seconds.

BY the Associated Press.
ACAPULCO. Mexico, November o
(Via Pan-American Anyways Radio -
The heavily LOADED China Clipper, her
four 800-horsepower motors at full
throttle, roared up of this city's
mountain-guarded harbor at 6:25 am,
c. s. T. T:25 am, e. 8. T) today
and headed for San Diego, Calf, 1900
miles north.
Her goal, San Francisco, where she
will inaugurate regular California
China mail and passenger service No
vember 20, the Clipper hoisted her
own Is tons and 50,500 pounds addi-
tional load, IL tons Of it gasoline, into
the air In so seconds.
Her commander, Capt. Edwin G.
Musick. reported she easily cleared
the hills lying about Acapulco. to
which port she flew yesterday from
Miami, Fla.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
$2,225 q Month Alimony Asked. d.

LOS ANGELES, November VII
Temporary alimony Of $2,225 month
was requested yesterday Of the su-
perior Court by Mrs. Robey Bacon,
former actress, pending trial of the
divorce suit brought by her husband,
Lloyd Bacon, noted film director. She
said she would file q cross-comphint
in the divorce action.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

ship Of some 1000. has strongly in
dorsed the safety campaign and re-
quested the support Of tts amiiated
clubs and their individual members
In the movement to make Waning
ton streets and highways safer.
The safety campaign Of the Fed
Grafton is being conducted under
Evening star., 1935-11-09
d. C.. Federation of Music Clubs
Joins Star Safety Campaign
Sunshine and Community Society Also
Supports Council and Starts
Pledging Members.
Traffic Deaths November 9C92; Same PERIOD l934-l0'
October a. the

Believing that its work promoting eshetc washington
tct Columbia Federation Music with The Evening
Safety Council the campaign accident toll
OF streets and highways Of the city
Coumba
Evening star., 1935-11-09
La Guardia Takes Rest.

NEW YORK, November H.-
Mayor r. H. La Guardia entered
Mount Sinai Hospital for q weeks rest
and observation yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
STORM DISSlPATED
Weather Bureau Allays Fears Of
Hurricanes Return.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, November .
R).-A terse Weather Bureau advis-
ory. Storm has dissipated," today
cheered coastal residents who feared
the return Of the post-seasonal hurri-
cane which killed 10 persons In the
Bahamas and South Florida.
"All warnings are down on the
Florida coast" the bureau said.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
PLOT FACTS LACKING HERE.

State Department Declines Comment
on Cuban Reports.
BY the Associated Press.
State Department authorities said
last night they had no previous
knowledge Of reported plot to kill
United States Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery in Havana.
Lacking official information, ofhcials
declined to comment.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
A. A. A. DROPS WORKERS
ON TEMPORARY STATUS
officials Announce Dismissals
Will Continue at Rate of
10 to IS Daily.

The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has begun to drop a
large group Of temporary workers
taken on under 60-day appointments
to clean up corn-hog, cotton and
wheat contracts coming in from
farmers as the year ends.
T. Weed Harvey said the reduction
was customary and that from now
until the last of the month, dismissals
would be at the rate Of 10 or Is daily.
Clerks and auditors are the class
involved.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
China Bans Silver Export.

HONGKONG. November @.--
The government today banned the ex.
port Of silver coins or bullion.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

,tses SAFETY. Page =,
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(See UTILITIES, Page ~
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(see GASOLINE, Page ~
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(See MURDER, Page A.
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(See WAR. Page A.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

20 O. Weather Bureau ForecastS
Cloudy and warmer tonight and tomor-
row, probably occasional light rain today;
lowest temperature tonight about SO de-
grees. emperatures-Highest, 81, at
$3.50 pm. yesterday; lowest 80, at am.
today. Full report on page A.