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Evening star., 1936-07-15
WAR Of FACTIONS
IN CHINA FEARED
Three Cornered Offensive
Follows Shutting of
Commanders.
BY the Associated Press.

.
HONGKONG. July 15-A three
c0nered offensive developed today in
China with a new shutting of army
commanders.
Gen. Yu Han-Mou, who yesterday
shifted his allegiance from Southwest
to Central China, was reported NOV
ing his army against cities in North
ern Kwangtung Province. in which
Canton is located. with the support
of five Marking (centraD divisions.
Military observers feared a clash
was possible momentarily.
Canton government officials issued
manifesto calling an extraordinary
session of the Kuomintang Central
Executive Committee with an agenda
consisting mainly of resolutions for
war against Japan.
Informed quarters interpreted the
move as last desperate effort by
the southwest to employ anti-Japa-
nese feelin against Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek, Marking military
overlord and leader of the Nationalist
| party government,
QuOt AhChu
1t was extremely doubtful in the
minds of many whether the Southwest
| could muster quorum of the Kou-
mintang Nationalist party).
| At the same time the Southwest
established an "anti-Japanese allies
headquarters" with Gen Chan Chai-
Tong as commander.
(Gen. Chan was dismissed Monday
by the Koumintang Central Executive
Committee as commander of Kwang-
tung provincial forces and and Gen Yu
was installed at leader)
Backing Gen. Chan were Ii Chun-
Jen. second in command; Chang
Kuang-Nai, chief Of staff, and Dong
Chao-Yuan, field commander.
Chang is famed as commander in
chief of the old 10Th Route Army,
which defended Shanghai in 1882
against the Japanese, and Dong is
known as 1.-The hero of the Woosung
defense" in the same war.
Field Commander Visits.
1t also was regarded as significant
that Tsai TfngKai. field commander
Of the 10th Army, was visiting Canton.
The Central government in Nam
king, through the Kuomintang Gen.
trail Committee, recently ordered dis
solution of the Southwest's political
council and rejection of Canton de-
mandS for war against Japan.
(Canton's call for a committee
meeting apparently was designed to
oppose the orders and some viewed
the manifesto as a Southwest chal-
lenge to Markings Generalissimo
Ciang to invoke fresh measures.)
Marking was reported actively pro-
noting disaffection within the Canton
ranks from which Lieut.. Gen. Tang
Lung -Kwong, assistant commander of
the 4th Army. and two more colonels
have deserted.
Three Marking airplanes flew over
Canton dropping leaflets, an action
looked upon as part of the drive
Canton has purchased 300 more air
planes from Japan, it was reported,
and 100 are expected to arrive shortly.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
DEAN OF COLLEGE
MADE PRESIDENT
DR.. Wilkinson Succeeds Prof.
Morrison as Head of Advent.
ist Institution.
sreciai Dispatch to The Star.

sreciai Dispatch to The Star
TAKOMA PARK. Md. july 15.-
DR.. Benjamin G. Wilkinson, for II
years dean of the Washington Mis-
sionary College here, was elected presi-
dent of the institution yesterday at
the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors. He succeeds Prof. Habey
A. Morrison. who was elected head
of the Educational Department of
the Seventh Day Adventist General
Conference Committee.
DR.. Wilkinson, who Just recently
returned from SiX-month research
tour in foreign countries, is also head
OF the Columbia Union Conference.
He came here in 1900, serving as
chairman of the college board and the
Washington Sanitarium. He was
president of the Columbia Conference
Union for 10 years. Prior to that
time he was in charge of the de-
nominational work covering Europe
and Northern Africa. He had his
headquarters in Paris. The position
to which he was elected yesterday has
been rendered him on several occas-
ions, but he always declined due to
his other Seventh Day Adventist ac-
tivities.
DR.. Wilkinson is an author and
prizes among his papers a letter writ
ten to him by Queen Mary of England,
who lauded his writings. His works
were on theology and in addition to
his writings he was one of the first
of his denomination to participate in
radio broadcasting. He is a grad
uate Of the University of Michigan.
He also studied at George Washington
University. DIR. Wilkinson was born
in Ontario, Canada, and spent his
early days in North Dakota.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
NY. A. STUDENT AID
CONFERENCE CALLED

National Youth Administration Of
ficials will confer here next week
with prominent educators from all
over the country to shape the N. Y. AS
student aid program for the next
year, Aubrey Williams, executive di-
rector, announced today. Sessions
will begin Monday and continue
through Saturday.
Approximately 40 representatives OF
colleges, universities and public school
systems have been sent invitations to
attend the conference, williams said.
The group will include college presi-
dents, public school superintendent
and specialists in education.
The educators will help draft poll
cies for N. Y. A. assistance to $4,000
students Of high schools, colleges and
graduate schools.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
STATE WINS RIGHT
TO CONDEMN SPAN
West Virginia Authorized to Ac-
quire Harpers Ferry Rail-
road Bridge.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July IS.
The right Of the State of West Vir-
ginia to condemn the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry
to be used for temporary highway
crossing, was upheld by Judge D. H
Rodgers at special term of Circuit
Court here yesterday. At the same
time he denied the plea Of the Har-
pers Ferry Bridge Co., which has also
sought to get control of the old B
g. o. crossing for a temporary high
way bridge to take the place Of its
old bridge, which was washed out
during the March floods.
Judge Rodgers held the company
had no right to intervene.
The court also overruled' the de-
murrer Of the railroad company and
held the State had the right to con-
denim and authorized appointment OF
five viewers" or jurors from Jeffer-
son County to make an estimate On
the value Of the old bridge in so far
as 1t lies in West Virginia.
A parallel action on behalf OF
Maryland is pending in Maryland
courts.
The action affects only the old
bridge case and does not affect the
question of the bridge company's Z
franchise. Negotiations covering that
have been in progress intermittently
between the company and the States
for some time, but no authoritative
announcement concerning progress
has been made.
The bridge company sought the old
railway bridge with the intention Of
converting it into temporary cross
ing, for which 1t would charge toll
pending restoration of the old bridge.
The States sought the bridge for the
same purpose, a temporary crossing,
without toll, and in the meantime
they are proceeding with plans to
erect toll-free bridge across the
Potomac somewhere in the vicinity of
Harpers Ferry, the exact location still
being under study.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
-FOUR LANES URGED
FOR CHAIN BRIDGE
Fairfax C. of C. Holds Mar
rover Span Would Be
"Poor Judgment"
srt cial Dispatch to The Star.

sEt Clal DlSpdICI 10 Inc SldI.
FAIRFAX, Va, July 15.-Opposition
70 the construction of a two-lane
bridge over the Potomac River to take
the place of the present Chain Bridge
was voted at last nights meeting of
the Fairfax County Chamber Of Com
merce.
State Senator John w. Rust. who
offered the resolution, declared the
bridge is one of the principal outlets
of the county and should provide at
least four lanes Of traffic. He declared
the construction of two-lane bridge,
in view of the increasing traffic prob
lem, would constitute poor judgment" !"
The resolution provided that the
secretary Of the Chamber of Commerce
write to Senators Carter Glass and
Harry Flood Byrd, District Commits
sioner Melvin Hazen and Representa-
tive Howard w. Smith and urge their
support in the movement for a wider
span. The aid of other organizations
throughout the county also was asked.
Miller Named President.
Francis Pickens Miller of Fairfax,
was elected unanimously to head the
trade body for the coming year, sue
ceeding Writ H. Ferguson, who de-
clined reelection.
The new president, a former Yale
lecturer. is secretary of three national
ly known organizations-the National
Policy Committee, the Southern Policy
Committee and the Public Affairs
committeeman has been a member
Of the chamber for several years.
Other officers were elected as follows:
Writ H. Ferguson. grst vice presi-
dent; John w. Brookfield. second vice
president: Miss Mary Walton McCand-
nsh, treasurer, and Mrs. Florence
Jodzies, secretary
New Directors.
Members of the Board of Directors
elected to fill expiring terms include:
Centreville district, r. D. Wharton
and James C. King; Dranesville dis
trict, Mrs. G. Ashley Money and Maur-
ice Fox; Falls Church district. William
J. Cleveland; Lee district, Mrs. J. E.
Staub; Mount Vernon district. j. w.
Cox and G. C. Gillingham, and Provi-
dence district, Wells A. Sherman and
Frances p. Miller.
Town of Fairfax, Senator Rust;
town Of Falls Church, Walter B. Fol-
lin; town of Herndon, Mrs. Harry
Sager, and town of Vienna, Mrs. Mary
Cullen.
At large, Herbert Haar, Robert D.
Graham, w. T. Woodson and DR.. Will
liam Meyer. Franklin Williams was
elected a director for life.
A vote of thanks for his services
was given the retiring president and
to Division Supt. Of Schools and Mrs.
w. T. Woodson, at whose home an
outdoor membership dinner was
served prior to the business session.
Senator Rust, who is president Of
the Manassas Battlefield Park, urged
the attendance of all members of the
chamber at the celebration on the
battlefield July 81.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
0PERA GROUP TO SING
TRIAL BY JURY" HERE
Sylvan Theater Event on Tuesday
to Be Sixth Summer
Festival.

Trial BY jury" a Gilbert and Sulli-
van operetta, will be presented by the
Estelle Wentworth Opera Group in the
Sylvan Theater at the Washington
Monument next Tuesday as the sixth
Summer festival of the season. 1t will
begin at pm. and will be preceded
by half-hour concert by the Wash
ington Civic Orchestra, conducted by
S. Page Ford.
The cast for the production, which
was presented here last Summer. in
cludes Ira Meyer, Harry Yeide, Ray
Baine, Walter Perry, Richard Hill,
Nina Norman and Virginia Weldon,
supported by a chorus Of 80 voices.
Tickets are now on sale at the
A. A. A. bureau, the Willard and
Washington Hotels and other down.
town agencies.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
MANSFIELD MAY RUN

BOSTON, July Is R.- close pohti.
cal ally Of Mayor Frederick w. Mans
field Of Boston said last night papers
were being circulated for Mansfield as
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for United States Senator
The announcement came from City
Assessor David B. Shaw.
The mayor is In Europe on vaca-
ton.
II Mansfield enters the race he will
oppose Gov. James M. Curley for the
Democratic nomination to the seat
now held by Senator Marcus A. Cool
idge, Democrat of Clinton. Coolidge.
away on vacation, has not announced
his plans.
Evening star., 1936-07-15

floor show became hysterical. Even
men knelt down and prayed.
There was an awful lurch of the
boat, but after that the ship was
still. Then 1t listed to starboard.
Crew Gives Instructions.
Members OF the crew ran through
the boat shouting orders to put on
life preservers and go Immediately
to the boat deck.
Women crying and men screaming
fought their way through the COM
panionways They we're flying past
me like shot. They crowded up the
steps, yelling to the people in front
to hurry.
Officers assured the people that
there was no immediate danger.
THE passe. gers became calm and
orderly when they found that the
ships were wedged fast together and
were in no immediate danger Of sink
ing. In about 10 minutes they began
to- transfer the passengers to the
Golden Harvest, which had not been
damaged as badly as the State of Vir-
ginia.
They we're all jovial after they got
over. The nervous tension was over,
and they were ready to joke about 1t. ="
John E. Raine, general manager Of
the Automobile Trade Association,
viewed the near-disastrous end Of the
organizations outing as a mighty
close shave"
If the freighter had been going
knots faster" he said, 1T would
have sliced us in two"
Pays Tribute to Nice.
Tribute was paid today to Gov Nice
by fellow passenger.
Harold Kolmer, State game depart
ment official, who also is treasurer OF
the Automobile Club of Maryland, said
he was standing near the executive
when the order was given for the pas
sengers of the Virginia to board the
freighter.
Kolmer said several persons tried to
hurry the Governor to safety, but he
held back
Get those ladies off first" Kolmer
quoted him. "I'll take my chances with
the balance of the boys"
The executive refused to leave until
assured women aboard had been trans
ferred to the Golden Harvest.
Kolmer said the officers and crew OF
the Virginia were certainly to be COM
mended" for their GOODNESS and courage
in the emergency. He praised them
for their efficiency in staving of a
panic among the steamers passengers.
"An In Days Work."
The rescue was all in a days work
to Capt. Woodall, veteran skipper OF
the bay ferry.
Capt. Woodall, who has sailed Ches-
apeake waters for 43 years, sail and
steam, admitted, however, that the
feat of transferring the passengers
from ship to ship, in pitch darkness
with less than IA feet of water be-
meath his keel. was "ticklish."
1T was the worst situation the
Pittsburgh has run up against" he
said.
IF the accident had happened In
deeper water. the danger would have
been considerably greater" he said
1.-THE bow of the freighter cut the
Virginia from the deck line to the
waters edge. 1t made pretty big
hole
Capt. Wodall who is So, has partici-
pated in about 10 bay rescues aboard
the Pittsburgh. a comparatively new
ferry. The Pittsburgh is known as
Smoky Joe, Jr," after the old ferry
Philadelphia, or Smokey Joe"-hero
of countless mishaps in the Chesa-
peake.
Capt. Woodan said temporary
gangplanks were rugged to the hurri-
cane deck of the ferry and the pas
sengers taken aboard swiftly and
without confusion About 70 regular
passengers were aboard the ferry.
Evening star., 1936-07-15

the Government AID gwen 20 meet tne urought
crisis There is the customary implication that
any one who opposes New Deal policies wants to
starve the people and that there is something
inherently wicked in having foodstuffs In reserve
against shortage. Mr.. Wallace scornfully recalls
that during the period Of breadlines in 1882 we
The well-intentioned Secretary Of Agriculture
would be on more solid ground If he attempted
to solve the problem of distribution, rather than
holding doggedly to the New Deal system Of cur
ailrnent and destruction. Three years tryout
of the abundance of scarcity theory has con-
vinced few Of Its soundness.
tcop-right. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-15
MILK FED TO SAVE cow

WOODSTOCK. Ont, July IS (R.-
Milk was being fed by T. r. Dent to
his world champion Holstein COW,
Springbank Snow Countess. last night
in an attempt to save her life.
The Holstein gave birth to a full
calf yesterday which died and there
were fears the mother may not sur
vive, owing to the heat.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
Titulescu to Remain.

BUCHAREST, July is R.-For-
eign Minister Nicholas Titulescu,
after a meeting with King Carol and
the Rumanian cabinet. indicated last
night he would remain in the gov
eminent. The decision was inter-
preted as a victory for Titulescu over
Nad and anti-Semitic induenceA
Evening star., 1936-07-15
M'MULLEN UNDER KNIFE
Son of Assistant Surgeon General
Stricken in Savannah.

SAVANNAH, Ga, July IS (R.-John
McMullen, II. son Of DR.. John Nc
Mullen Of Washington, D. c., assistant
surgeon general Of the United States
Public Health Service, underwent an
appendicitis operation at the Marine
Hospital here yesterday;
DR.. McMullen and his son were
travelling through Savannah when the
youth was stricken. The boy Is re-
ported resting comfortably.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
AND/OR THE DEVIL.
CERTAIN local utilities

AND/OR THE DEVIL.
CERTAIN local utilities ex-
n ecutive is pondering these
~ warmish days the possibility
4 \ of an inconceivably radical
change in the nature Of contracts.
1t grows. Interestingly enough, out
of the challenge of deeply religious
manufacturer to the position of a
utility firm that certain power fail
ure during storm was an act Of God.
The failure had forced the CUSTOM
er's plant to shut down and he refused
to pay the hourly service rate during
the period of idleness.
God would not do such a thing"
the patron insisted. God loves me
and I love him"
The act in question, he insisted, was
Of the devil.
The company was impressed with
the mans argument, even to the point
of granting him the rebate.
The local man IS wondering If con-
tract forms shall have to be amended
to read:
Acts OF God and or the devil.
X x x X
LOVE.
ITS love," an operative reports,
"when the man becomes so en-
crossed that he driues through red
lights.
But it can't last il he continues
to do it.
STREET SCENE.
1T WAS am. when an automobile
going west on Irving street cast
wheel Bringing the car to a sharp
standstill at the curb, two young men
got out and tried to mend matters
They failed and later left for corner
garage, returning with a mechanic
Amid shouted protests Of frantic
neighbors. the wheel was finally
banged and coaxed back on the axle
all three men fiat on the street and
working by light from fiashlight.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
Beetle Laughs at Poison.

The destructive diabrotica beetle
has given California vegetable grow
ers q problem, by proving immune to
most insecticides.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
MAN, 80, SOUGHT
Has Been Missing From Home
Here Since Monday.

Police have been asked TO search for
a s0-year- -old colored man, Eli Hines,
who has been missing from his home
at COS Fifty-sixth street northeast
since Monday morning.
The mans daughter, Betty Powell,
told police her father had SIS and in
tended to go to a nearby store when
he left home.
Evening star., 1936-07-15

Suddenly they were Niagaraed with
a food of good old Potomac water
Scrambling upright, the wheel again
slipping and their clothes dripping
they were forced to note one of the
city's largest street sprinklers just
veering by.
Such language!
And such applause from the neigh
borsi
MEDITATION.
! The contempldtive life, nlathe-
n,dticdlly speaking, is approximately
tUice as possible in Lafayette Park
as it used to be.
The neDly remodeled square
across the Avenue from the White
House now has 140 benches, as
against mere 20 when Dorkmen
started the process of bringing
chaos out OF order and, subse-
Quently, order out OF chaos.
There are those Uho say the park
noD resembles q corner OF BoSton'S
famous Common, in Which COM
mon and uncommon people hare
been leading deeply rleditdtive
eristences for so many years.
y
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
7 Asst Spring Elizabeth Shirley En-.
nochs, well-known Washington
newspaper woman, was one of the
members of the United States Supreme
Court in the skit depicting that august
body on the annual program of the
Women's National Press Club. Thi!
Summer she is taking a course ir
constitutional law at the George Wash.
ington University
Her trends declare it is the influence
of the characterization she gave as 6
jurist. Mrs. Ennochs is inclined II
agree with them.
X X y
FISH STORY.
WHEN a certain young Washing.
w tonian went bass fishing at the
Delcarlia Reservoir out Conduit road
way, he brought back a fish story
and what story But fortunately fol
him he has proof.
Evening star., 1936-07-15
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LoNGWORTH

TINE administration put Henry Wallace to explain
responsibility the cost to the
sumer of rising prices dramatze
Evening star., 1936-07-15
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Continued From First Page.)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-07
THE AMERICAN LEGION
LOOKS TO RETTER GOVERNMENT

No other idea recently advanced car
ries with it the potential benefits to fu-
ture generations in the United States
embodied in program undertaken this
wear bv the American Legion on ma
tional scale. Already several states, in
cluding California, have embarked upon
the program as planned by Legionnalres.
Under the name of the Boys State
program, the Legion is sponsoring edu-
cation of youths of high school age IN
social and government economics. This
is to be accomplished by forming regu-.
lar "state governments" complete with
governor, legislature, commissions and
other departments. Youth will be at the
helm. Actual problems, met from day
to day by the adult officials in state
and county governments, will be met by
the Youngsters. Their work will parallel
that actually done by the officials they
represent.
The result will be an increasing inter-
est among boys and girls in the things
which go in state and county capitals,
not to mention the doings of national
leaders. A greater understanding will
be given to those who will, not so very
far in the future, be called upon to take
over actual management On that day
in the future, there will be difference,
however. 1t will be the difference be-
tween trained men at the head OF gov
ernment, and unframed politicians.
Politics has been grab bag for too
long. 1t is high time such program
as that of the American Legion is put
into effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
FOR HEARING OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL

No. 2716
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, In and For the
County Of Imperial.
In the Matter of the Estate of
CHARLES H. WESTMORELAND
Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that Clara Westmoreland and Roy
Westmoreland have filed with the
Clerk of this Court a petition for
the probate of the will of Charles
H. Westmoreland, deceased, and
that Friday, the 18th day of Deem
Der, 1896, at the hour of 2 o'clock
P. M. of said day, in the court room
of said court in the court house in
the City of Ell Centro, County of
Imperial, State of California, has
been appointed as the time and
place for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested
may appear and contest the same,
and show cause, if any he has, why
said petition should not be granted.
Dated: November %, 1886.
EDWARD H. LAW,
Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy.
tSeaD
HICKCOX & PROVENCE,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
N30-D10 inc
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-07
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN
ON THE MARITIME COMMISSION

President Roosevelt is expected, before
congress convenes, to announce appoint
ments to the IT, S. Maritime Commission,
created by the last congress. c. F. Rey-
nolds, traffic manager of the port Of
San Diego, is the only southern Califor-
nian proposed for membership. 1t is i'm
perative for the development of this re-
gion that a southland man be named to
the commission. Therefore it is suggest
ed that Imperial Valley residents urge
Reynolds appointment by letters and
kilograms to President Roosevelt, James
A. Farley and Daniel C. Roper, secretary
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-07

George s.. Parker, who has oeen
inventing and marketing parloi
games since way back in the pre-
lotto era. emerges from the Wrack
of the election landslide to remark
that the ancient and genteel sport
of playing games around the living
room table is going just as strohs
as it ever was
The sport seems to have begun,
according to Mr.. Parker back II
1943, or thereabouts, when some
one brought out a game, caileo
Mansions of Happiness.
This game swept the country ana
then gave way to variety OF sue
cessors: and, somehow, to hear MI.
Parker call the roll on these sue
ceeding games is to get a picture
of a homely, comfy side OF AM
erican life that goes on, uninter-
rupted, through wars and depreS-
sions and complaints about the de-
cline of the American home.
After Mansions of Happiness
and wouldn't you like to know what
that game was, and how 1t was
played?-there came such old Ia
vorites as crokinole and caroms, in
which you snapped little doughnut-
shaped pieces of wood around
polished board and made your
fingers sore.
And then, around 1890, someone
brought out tiddledewinks, and
sober citizens spent hours trying
to snap one bone disc into a glass
cup with another bone disc.