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The Washington times., 1937-12-03
ice AUTHORIZES
RAIL FARE RAISE

Q.N.sJ. The ICC today author
lied western and southwestern
railroads to increase passenger
fares approximately $2,500,O0O a
year. The roads have already filed
tariffs for these increases, effec-
tive within 10 days. The increases
are:
One way tourist sleeping cars
from 2 to 2.25 cents per mile, and
corresponding increases in round
trip.
Round-trip coaches, with 30-day
limit from a basis Of 18O per cent
Of one way 2 cents per mile to a
basis of 100 per cent. All-year ex-
cursion fares 10 per cent increase.
Round trip, station-to-station,
first class, with six months limit
from a basis of / 2-3 cents for one
way to 1916 cents for one way.
One-way transcontinental spe-
cial coach fares, now is cents,
to be increased 14.5 per cent, and
round-trip transcontinental, with
six months limit excursion fares,
increased approximately 1884 per
cent.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
JOHN DIS KIN
TO ADOPT BABY

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Q.N.S0.
Behind q heavy veil of secrecy,
preparations were being made to-
day to raise to the royalty of
riches an infant girl-a founding
who will bring to Mrs. Muriel
McC Cormick Hubbard some meas
ure of consolation for the death
Of her husband last December and
her own childlessness.
The granddaughter of the late
John D. Rockefeller, ST., whose
wealth, inherited from her mother,
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mick was set at 100000, has
found small comfort in her for
tune since death robbed her Of
her husband, Major Elisha Dyer
Hubbard.
Quietly she has made her adop-
ton plans and today at Lone Tree
Farm, near Middletown, Conn, the
arrival Of the new little princess
a real Cinderella. was awaited.
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D. C. Population
Is on the Boom

The Nations Capital will
smash all its own records for
population increase when It
comes time to record the next
official census In 19A0.
Official estimates Of popu-
/ IatiOn for the District, made
q year ago by the Census Bu-
reau, placed the local pOpula-
tiOn at 619, 900, as compared
with tOday's figure Of 637 900.
IN the last official census Of
1880 the p populations was
486,S69.
The first census Of the
Capital, taken In 1890, showed
3 population Of 1908. It
was not until the census Of
1870 that the population
reached the six-figure stage
when it was recorded at 131-
7O9. During the 3O-year span
from 1900 to 1880, the District
population increased 2OS,151.
with two years to 60 before
the next official census, the
District population has in
creased more than $4,000,
according to the estimates Of
the Census Bureau.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 8 UNSO.
A woman speed pilot and a Rus
Sian-born airplane designer roared
southwark in seperate planes to-
day attempting to set, respective
ly, nonstop speed records between
New York and Miami, Fla, and
New York and Havana.
Major Alexander P. de Seversky,
designer of the SeverSky line Of
speed planes and holder Of the
worlds amphlbion speed record,
hoped off from Floyd Bennett
Airport here at 11:17 a. m. (EST)
today, just seven minutes after
Miss Jacqueline Cochran. famed
woman pilot and holder Of the
women's world land plane record.
lifted her ship off the same run.
way headed for Miami.
Both pilots are flying the Sever
sky executive model" a low.wing
monoplane, reputed to fly close to
300 miles per hour.
Miss Cochran hopes to break
the 5-hour, 45.minute record set
by Major Seversky for the New
York-Miami dash last year.
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sector Of the International Set
tlement that they had made
serious mistake.
American Marines assigned to
the settlement were ready to fight
at the drop Of a hat when Japan
staged its victory parade" in
Shanghai today. But, nothing
serious occurred until the barri,
cade was thrown up.
Then Col. Charles Price, Marine
commander, accompanied by Capt,
r. A. Boone, motored to the scene
In q rickety car and called over
Horiguchi. Boone did the talking
APOLOGIZE, MOVE
'This is Col. Price with me-"
he said. "Tell that little guy "a
Japanese officer) if he doesn't
clear away that barricade he'll
have the United States to deal
with, and tell him to come along
with US"
His lips quivering with emotion
Horiguchi relayed, the message.
The Japanese Immediately began
moving the barricade and apollo
gizing with the explanation theS
didn't know they were in the
American sector.
Colonel Prices prompt action
forestalled contemplated japanese
action in the Bubbling Well re
gion and saved British troops the
trouble Of driving the Nipponese
back into Hongkew.
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2.431,264, was the third largest,
followed by Detroit, with 1870
and Los Angeles, with 1,48e, 1913.
OTHER LEADERS
The population in 1887, of other
leading cities, based on a census
bureau enumeration formula. fol
low:
Cleveland, 9S9,771; st. Louis,
s4O,954; Baltimore, sS1,s5s; BoS-
ton, 792,6SO; Pittsburgh, 70O,76o;
San Francisco, 682, 1901; Milwau-
kee, 624,243; Buffalo, 59S,257;
Minneapolis, 4s6.17S; New Or
leans, 4S5,934; Cincinnati. 47O.'
116.
Newark. 452.90O; Kansas City,
Mo-, 42s.S5s; Seattle, 3S4.675; In
dianapolis. S83,138; Rochester,
340,43O; Jersey City, 323, 3,783;
Louisville, S35, ala; Portland, Ore,
318,346; Houston, 350,870; Toledo,
3O9,779; Columbus, 310,875: Den.
yer, 299,775: Oakland, 309,S14.
st. Paul, 2S5.623; Atlanta, 1885,.
857: Dallas, 29s, ,024; Birmingham,
29O,39S; Akron, 272,740; Memphis,
2S7,625: Providence, 25S, 1924; San
Antonio, 261, ,987; Omaha, 222, SIS;
Syracuse, 223, 500.
Population of leading foreign
cities included: Toxic, $685., 900;
Paris, 4.SS3,OOO: Berlin, 4,242, 900;
Moscow, S,572,OOO; Shanghai, g..
100000.
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Chinese Girls DEFY
Japanese Troops

SHANGHAI, Dec. 8 G.N.SJ.
Scores of Chinese girls openly de.
fled the armed might of Nippon
today as Shanghai's captors staged
a victory march" through the
city'S International Settlement.
Japanese police seized a large
number Of young Chinese beauties.
dressed in RED Cross gowns, col
lecting funds to aid China's cause,
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600 Pickets Mass
Before Ford Plant

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 Q.N.S0-A
mass picketing demonstration was
staged today at the Ford assembly
plant here, where Local 325 of the
United Automobile Workers of
America has called a strike. Ap-
proximately 600 men were in the
picket lines today as employees en-
tered the plant, according to union
officials.
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u. S. Threat
Prevents
Trouble
Copyright, 1887, by International
News Service.)

Copyright, 1887, by International
News Service.)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 3 G.N.S).
''Tell that little guy if he doesn't
clear away that barricade. he'll
have the United States to deal
with"
These words, translated into
japanese by a nervous inter-
prefer, Robert Horiguchi, a
graduate of the University Of
Missouri School Of Journalism.
served to avert a serious interna-
tional incident here today.
SEE THEIR MISTAKE
They had the effect of con.
vincing Japanese troops who
had erected a barricade at
Myburgh and Bubbling Well
roads in the American defense
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Officer Makes
Troops Remove
Street Barrier
French Hostility
Joins to ROHt
InUnderS

SHANGHAI, Dec. 3 GN.SJ.
United States Marines today forced
Japanese troops to withdraw from
the American-defended sector Of
the International Settlement.
An ultimatum from Col. Charles
F. B. Price, commanding the
United States Fourth Marines, to
japanese forces who had invaded
American territory following the
explosion of a hand grenade dur
ing a victory march" by 5000
Nipponese troops. prevented what
might possibly have developed into
a serious international incident.
LITTLE GUY" OBEYS
Through an interpreter, Colonel
Price ordered:
'Tell that little guy "a japanese
officer) If he doesn't clear away
that barricade, he'll have the
United States to deal with"
After a spirited harangue, the
officer apologized with the expla-
nation they didn't know they were
in the American sector. The Jap
anese tore down the barricade they
had erected at Myburgh and Bah
bling Roads.
EVACUATION ORDERED
Orders then were issued by the
Japanese high command clearing
all Japanese troops from the In
ternational Settlement. They have
withdrawn into the Hongkew area.
The victory march" explosion
resulted in the death of a Korean.
who hurled the bomb, and the
wounding of three Japanese
troops. The Korean was shot
down and died later. A veritable
reign Of terror followed the Incl
dent.
The parade was held over the
protests of American and other
foreign officials of the Internap
tional Settlement. Tonight,
French authorities told Japanese
military officials that under no
circumstances would they allow o
second parade, planned in the
French concession tomorrow. The
Japanese cancelled the march.
The japanese parade, staged to
demonstrate Nipponese superiority
over everyone else in the settle.
Continued on Page 6, Col. u
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population in 1887.
The Census Bureau reported the
population Of the United States
July 80 was 129,257, 900, an In
crease of $4,000 over a year ago.
NEW YORK SECOND
New York City, with a popula-
ton of 7,42s,1S5, continued in
second place among the worlds
large cities, being topped by Lon
don's S,201.818.
Chicago, with population Of
S,6s2, ,7O1, was the sixth largest
metropolis in the world and the
second largest in the United
States.
Only five American cities had
more than 100000 inhabitants.
Philadelphia, with population Of
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
Woman Succumbs
To Dread Infection

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3 Q.NS). J..
Pretty, 20-yearold Mrs. Theodore
Bliss of Chicago, was dead here
today, a victim Of the Streptococ-
Gus veridanS. She succumbed late
yesterday in st. Mary's Hospital.
More than $50 persons volunteered
transfusionS but none met require
ments.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
LudendOrff Still
In Serious State

MUNICH, Dec. 3 GN.SJ.-Gen.
Erich Ludendorff, famous German
World War commander, suffering
from a bladder ailment. is still in
serious condition, his physicians
reported today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
Story Playing U. S., Britain,
France, Laid TO MuSsOlir1i

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 8 GN.s).
An article in the newspaper
Popolo dItalia. believed to have
been written by Premier Musso.
lini. today violently attacked the
United States. Britain and France
for aliegedly planning economic
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
Rutland Warns
OF Cold Neglect

Health Officer George C.
Rutland warned the public today
against neglect Of colds.
He pointed out that neglected
colds may be fore-runners of
pneumonia. He said nearly 1000
cases Of pneumonia already have
been reported this year and that
on November 80, 10 cases of the
disease were reported within the
"a hours.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
HEALTH COOP.
0. X IF own
'CASH IS USED
McC Carran's View
On Hole Group

Government employees may go
as far as they like in the direction
of cooperative disqualification or
Socialized medicine so long as they
do not use Government funds for
this purpose without congressional
authorization.
This seems to be the attitude
of congressional critics Of the
HOLC experiment in group hos
pitalization, now under fire by the
American and District Medical
Associations as well as members
of Congress. The Hole plan is
being studied by Corporation
Counsel Seal to determine whether
the new organization has been
properly incorporated.
ASSEMBLING DATA
Senator Pat McCarran CD Of
Nevada, a member of the Appro-
priationS and District committees
of the Senate, said today that he
had received an acknowledgment
from the Hole Of his inquiry as to
the nature Of their plans for CO.
operative disqualification and med
ical treatment, and the source Of
4 the funds to be used to finance it.
The Hole reply merely said they
were assembling the information
sought by the Senator and would
communicate with him later.
"I will give them another day
or two to answer inforn1ztiveiy."
Senator McCarran said. "If I
do not hear from them in the
next few days I will have some
thing to say.
NO CRITICISM
IT have no criticism of the
new move by DR.. Paul Pearson
of the United States Housing
Authority and other Govern"
ment officials and employees to
work out a plan for the benefit
Of Government employees gen
orally so long as they do not use
Federal funds to finance it.
"The thing I am against is
the diversion of Federal funds
appropriated for other purposes
to the use Of these new organi-
cations which have not been
authorized by Congress.
"Any group of citizens has
the right, Of course, to go as far
as they like in the direction Of
cooperative medical treatment
or in cooperative programs Of
any other kind so long as they
use their own money in carrying
out their plans.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
HOMER MARTIN BANNED

DEARBORN, Mich, Dec. 8
UN.S0.-An invitation to Homer
Martin, president Of the CLOS
United Automobile Worker
Union, to speak before the Dear.
born Rotary Club today with with
drawn,
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strangulation Of the worlds
relationships.
The article was inspired by
recent suggestions, published in
New York, that Anglo-American
trade negotiations might prove
the starting point for opposition
to the totaIitarian states.
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TAsHI LAMA DIES

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 3
d.N.so.-The Tashi Lama, spirit
ual ruler Of Tibet, died near
Jkekundo, Western China, Novem-
ber 80, after IS years in exile.
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N. Y. Waiter Killed
In Robbery at Club

NEW YORK. Dec. UN.S0.
Shot in a futile attempt to pre-.
vent a holdup at La Paloma Club
last night, Antonio -LargariS, 48,
. waiter. died today. The ban
dts escaped with $500.
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THIS THIEF AIR-MINDED

STAMFORD, Conn, Dec. 3
Q.N.S0.-Police here are looking
for an "air-minded thief" who
stole the flying suit belonging to
William Beise, Greenwich aviator.
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
DC. Ranks 18th
In Population
$4,000 Counted
Census Studies Reveal Rapid GrOIUth;
u. S. Figures Rise
copyright, 1887 by International News servcs)

szabe increase in the population of leading cities
revealed today in studies Figures for Washington
637 00O making the city twelfth.
Evev large community shared in the rise of the nations
The Washington times., 1937-12-03
JURY TO HEAR
z CONFESSIONS
IN ROSS TRIAL
TODecide IfMOtive
Was Fear, Greed

61AFFOtCO GOOfCI dOOSG,
Va, Dec. 3.-Greed or fear?
Which caused 17-year-old Walter
L. Ross to stab and then shoot
Elmer j. Davidson, Washington
attorney, to death.
This question was placed
Squarely before the jury trying
Ross here today as the trial neared
its close and Judge Frederick A.
Coleman decided to allow both
confessions Ross made to be intro
duced in evidence.
VIEW OF JUDGE
Extenuating circu m S t a n IS
which 60 to show that Ross made
his second confession intimating
q robbery motive after he had been
refused food and not allowed to
talk to his attorney or his parents
moved the judge to make this de-
cision. In the first confession,
made at Quantico, the youthful
Marine told his captain that he
killed Davidson because he was in
fear Of his life.
Argument over the second con-
fessinn with the jury excluded was
clinaxed when Judge Coleman de
clared:
I'm view Of Ross story to the
jury that he was deprived OF.
food and not permitted to see
his parents while in the Alexan-
'dria jail. I think it is proper for
the, jury to see all confessions.
Ordinarily only the confession
presented by the prosecution is
permissible and other state
ments by the accused are self.
serving declarations"
ROSS SUPPORTED
Another angle introduced in the
trial today bolstering Ross state
ment that the second confession
came under duress was drawn
from Sergt. e. J. McDermott and
Lieut.. Edgar Sims, Of the Alexan-
dria police. They admitted under
questioning from defense counsel
that c. w. Shaw, one Of Ross at
torneys, was kept waiting in Alex
andria three hours while the con-
fession was being taken from the
accused.
DR.. j. S. DeJarnette, superin.
tendent Of the Western State Hos.
pital at staunton, Va, will testify
this afternoon and will close the
case which is expected to go to
the Jury tonight.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair, cold tonight; lowest temperature
20 degrees; tomorrow fair, warmer.
"Details on Page 12)
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red in the rise of the nations
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

honor. Her frock, of garnet
velvet, was made on simple
lines, terminating in slight
train. She carried a bouquet Of
gold chrysanthemums and wore
wreath of gold leaves in her
hair.
Gowned in a costume of Amer
ican Beauty velvet, Miss Lea En-
gel served as maid of honor. She
also carried golden chrysanthe-
NUNS and wore a wreath in her
hair, The remaining attendants
were Miss Thelma Cheek, of
Clarendon: Mrs. Robert Mercer,
Miss Jeanette Barnard and
Miss Marion Mckenzie.
They wore ensembles of tur.
quoise blue velvet and carried
golden chrySanthemumS.
CARRIES MUFF
Little Miss Nancy Lea Glenn
ents. daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
William Clements, attended as
flower girl. She wore a Kate
Greenway frock of turquoise vel
vet and carried a muff covered
with sweetheart roses.
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Good Wishes

The de la Fuentes live in Mira
flores and during her tWo-day
stay Lily hopes to see Lima
with them. Then there is still
another good friend whom she
hopes to see there. The Chill
can Minister to Peru, Senor Su.
bercaseaux, is an old friend OF
Senor Campbell and Lily would.
not go on her way without COM
municating with him and tax.
ing him good wishes from her
family.
After stops in Ecuador and
the northern ports of her own
homeland Lily will be met. in
Valparaiso by her husband. her
grandmother, and her sister,
Sonora de Butenbieck, who will
be remembered in washington
as Senorita Eliana Campbell.
It is about a three-hour trip
from Valparaiso to Santiago
and upon her return Lily's hus-
band is going to declare a holi-
day and they are going to "the
country" for a lengthy sojourn.
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Black, White
Ball Dec. 2l

Mrs. william Laird Dunlop,
jr., has issued invitations to the
Black and White Ball which is
scheduled this season on Tues
day evening, December 81, in
the grand ballroom Of the May
flower
Originated 10 years ago by
Mrs. Dunlop, it is one OF the
outstanding social events OF the
season for the debutantes and
has been compared with the
annual st. Cecelia's Ball in
Charleston. the Philadelphia
Assembly, and the Baltimore
Bachelors Cotillion.
In addition to the seasons
debutantes, the list of invita-
tions includes post debuntantes
and other young ladies from the
Capitals social circle, bachelors
of the foreign diplomatic corps
and the U. S. foreign service,
members of the official group,
including officers Of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, and
bachelors Of resident societyS
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Bal Bohene
Plans Made

''In the Island of Bali" has
now been definitely established
as the title of the Bal Boheme
for this season, to be held at
the Hotel Willard on Monday
night, January 10. Its theme
will be based upon the many
impressive festivals which make
up the colorful and effective
customs of these South Sea Is
landers who are of unique in
terest.
And. incidentally, the ques-
ton that would seem to be some
what agitating, regarding the
costumes-or lack of them-to
be worn at the Bal is easily
settled for all time if one has
early opportunity to catch a
glimpse Of the stunning designs
for Bal raiment which are
emerging every day from the
hands of Miss Bertha NoyeS,
who is the Balls chairman and
designer.
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Miss Hollis Boyd We'd
To Philip Martin, T

The marriage of Miss Hollis
Roberta Boyd, daughter Of
Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd,
to Mr.. Phillip Martin, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Mar
tin. took place Saturday night
at 8 o'clock at the Trinity Epis-
copal Church.
White chrysanthemums and
lighted candles bedecked the
church for the ceremony at
which the Rev. Reno S. Harpe,
rector, officiated.
WEARS VELVET
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore
an ivory velvet frock made on
empire lines with a square neck
line and shirred bodice. Her
double.tiered tulle veil was held
in place with a cluster of gar
denias and her only ornament
was a gold cross. From her
prayer book fell a shower of
gardenias.
Mrs. Henry II. Hutchinson, Of
Bethesda, served as matron Of
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
FarewcH Party for Sonora de Egzinton
Chilean Visitor
Sails Dec. II
ForHomeland
By Flora Macdonald
It is with deep re-

IL 1S WILL ueeP It.
gret that we are 60
ing to have to say "adios
within a few days 10 petite,
brown-eyed Lily Campbell
de Eglinton. She came to
Washington for t h e first
time a little less than a year
ago to visit her parents, the
Commercial Counselor of the
Chilean Embassy and Sonora
de Campbell, and in that
space of time she has come
not only to love our Capital
but to have endeared herself
to all who have met her.
She is married to an Amer
lean, Mr.. Richard Eglinton,
who since his early boyhood
has lived in Santiago. His
mother is a Venezuelan, and
Spanish is more natural to
him than his native tongue.
Twenty Days at Sea
Lily will sail aboard the
Chilean ship, Angel, on the
18th of December and then
will begin 20 interesting days
at sea. True, there are ports
of call en- route and at each
of these she will be met by
friends whom she is most
anxious to see. Then, too, she
has an avid curiosity about
seeing all that she can Of each
country where her ship drops
anchor.
In Havana she will be met
by a very good friend of her
fathers, the Chilean Minister
to Cuba, Senor Emilio Ed
wards Bello, who was a
schoolmate of Senor Camp
bell when they were boys
in Valparaiso.
A brief stopover in Panama
and then on to Peru. There, at
Callao, the port, she will be met
by SenoritaS Mercedes and Ora.
ciela de Ia Fuente, daughters
of the former Military Attache
of the Peruvian Embassy, who
was later appointed Minister of
Foreign Relations of Peru.
When Mercedes and Graciela
were in Washington they lveo
in the same apartment building
that the Campbells resided in,
and so the four girls-including
Eleanor, Lily's younger sister
became close friends.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Betty Burton
Debut Is Set

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence F. Bur.
ton will present their daughter,
Elizabeth Anne, to society on
December %.
The party, which is to be
given at their home on Connecti-
cut Avenue, will be a tea from
4 until Z o'clock.
Miss Burton is among the
many debutantes who are COM
bining their schooling with
coming out" parties. She is
o student at Sarah Lawrence
College and previously attended
Gunston Hall here.
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To Meet Cohens

Although Lily does not per.
sona1ly know the Ben Cohens.
she will early next year, for she
is taking them gifts from friends
of theirs here in Washington.
Ben was counselor of the
Chilean Embassy when his mar.
riage to the fascinating Senorita
Chita Arguella took place. He is
now chief of his country's diplo-
matte service and they live in
Santiago with their small son.
One of the farewell parties
planned for this attractive
South American is the luncheon
which Mrs. VILLA m Francis
O'Donnell, jr., will give Wednes-
day, December 8, at the Army
and Navy Country Club.