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Evening star., 1937-04-16

IN several Instances, have been re-
solved in favor Of Mr.. Roosevelt,
so the percentage of error will
very likely fall against him, and
make the result even closer than
the figures indicate.
X X X
The word among the wise
about Farley's predictions is that
he has never mentioned how many
votes he has, but has only said he
has enough. Thus, it appears he is
Evening star., 1937-04-16
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

- RNST HANFSTAENGEL, pop
~ ularly-or at least gener-
ally-known as "Putzi," Is no
- longer, we are told, musician
extraordinary to his harassed fuehrer,
no longer uaison officer between the
great Hitler and the English-speak-
Evening star., 1937-04-16

But every member in the House
and, what is more important,
Franco, Mussolini and Hitler, knew
perfectly we'll that these were only
words and empty expressions.
The British government warn
ed Franco that he is not permitted
to enforce blockade, since his
authority is not recognized by the
British government. To this. the
leader of the Nationalists answers,
Evening star., 1937-04-16
News Behind the News
Senate Lineup Court Plan Close-Roosevelt
Majority Declared Slim.
BY PAUL MALLON,


he
- packing
bill in the Senate.
the world almost daily that the President will
Judiciary
drawn because quits when he is winning
Ordinarily
advisable advertise their confidence
reiteraton
something must be somewhere the inside There
fair careful impartial check dobcheck of the Senate
dcates the inside situation follows
President % votes,
Evening star., 1937-04-16

What going do about it? The best the policy of
the British
the the
like not
Evening star., 1937-04-16

constructing large ships Of the
Queen Mary type.
u
The United States Navy De-
partment has not made any COM
ments yet regarding these new
developments. Two new battle
ships will be started this Summer.
The plans call for 35,O00-ton YES
sells. But it would not be surpris-
ing if, instead, 45,000-ton super
Evening star., 1937-04-16

HE opinions OF the riters this their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN
The Stars effort gue all sides OF questions to
readers although opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Interest Rate
Reflected in
Budget
Electric Light and Other
Costs Depend on Fis-
cal Balance.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

DI DA ID La KtEINOEs
~ HE average person who thinks
that an unbalanced budget in
the Federal Government is q
L thing apart and at best Of
remote interest to him probably would
b surprised to learn that electric
light rates and other costs may be
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Free Coronation Seats,

Holders of the Victoria Cross. the
Albert Medal in gold and the Edward
Medal in silver will be provided free
coronation parade seats in London.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

which 10 are by no means certain.
The opposition has 80 votes
sure and will get at least four more
for a probable total Of 43.
Only two Senators are still
really doubtful, and they will prob
ably vote against.
This means the situation is so
tight as to be really dangerous from
the Presidents standpoint. Mr..
RS minimum is really his maxi
mum. Mr.. Farley is bluffing. The
e{o~Ie ~ toIoy, b1y
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Pigeon Pays Call
On Representative,
Takes Proof Home
Chapman Of Kentucky
Relays appreciation
for Chance Visit.

Representative Virgil Chapman Of
the sixth Kentucky district was work.
ing hard At cleaning up post-congres-
sional session matters yesterday after
noon when 4 winded homing pigeon
fluttered through the window and
settled to the 1oor of-his ONCE.
Chapman regarded it 4 while and
then dictated a message, which he
slipped inside the number ring on the
pigeons leg, and sent the bird on its
way. The note, typed on congression-
al stationery and signed in longhand
by the Representative. read:
ITO the owner of this pigeon:
This beautiful little messenger flew
into the ONCE a few minutes ago
and alighted on the floor beside my
desk. He acts as If he feels very
much at home, and we have really
enjoyed his visit. Wishing him 4
safe, speedy and successful homeward
trip, am starting him on his way.
Sincerely, Virgil Chapman"
The note was timed 2:45 pm.
Three hours later the pigeon few
into the reading room of the Con-
gressional Library, two blocks from
Chapman's office. Claude BARLEY,
clerk on duty at the moment, cap
tured the bird and set it on his desk,
where for while it sharpened its
beak on the edge Of dictionary. A
few minutes later the library sent it
again on its way.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
FOR CHINA
LEAVE BALTIMORE
S. S. Wichita Carrying 10 Bomb
ers, Steel Products and Large
Rolls of Barbed Wire.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSoclateC FIeS.
BALTIMORE, August 28.-The
United States Shipping Boards
steamer Wichita sailed yesterday
bearing beneath her stoutly- protected
decks a cargo of l9 powerful bombing
planes destined for Shanghai, China,
scene OF bitter Sino-Japanese war
fare
Also aboard was big tonnage of
finished steel products topped off with
hundreds OF large rolls of heavy barbed
wire such ss might be used in con-
structing entanglements. Heavy steel
was spread over practically every ac-
cessible open space of the deck and
lashed down with strong steel cables to
protect Grated bombing planes in the
hold.
Officials Of the American Pioneer
Line, operators Of the ship. averted .
sit-down strike of seamen, members OF
the National Maritime Union, by
agreeing to conference early next
week with union representatives to
negotiate bonus for the seamen.
The seamen had demanded 4 bonus
OF $3.50 each because of the nature of
the cargo and the danger of carrying
it to destination in the war zone They
intimated that If the amount agreed
upon at the conference, to be held In
New York, is not satisfactory, they
might strike when the vessel touches
San Pedro, Calf.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Retired Federal
" WOrker Ends Life
At Fouorite Spot
George ". Baxter Is
Found Shot AlOne
Tidal Basin.

The life Of George w. Baxter, 81.
retired engineer, was ended by 4
revolver shot last night In the SPOT he
loved best
Since he came to Washington As a
boy, he had flshed once or several
times week in the waters of the
Tidal Basin. When he retired five
years ago and didn't know what to
do with himself" he got in the habit
OF fishing there every evening.
He was found sitting on a bench
200 yards from the boat house a little
before 9 o'clock last night. A 81
caliber revolver hung in his hand, and
there was a bullet hole In his rieht
temple.
He had been suffering from heart
trouble, and his spirits were low" his
widow, Mrs. Rhoda Baxter, explained.
He left the house at 3 o'clock, and
We supposed he was fishing, as usual" +"
The body was discovered by Arthur
1sler, l706 F street, and Lillian
Klevetzky, 1914 Seventeenth street,
who notified Park Policeman Edward
T. Costello. An Emergency Hospital
ambulance was summoned, and DR..
E. G. Gordon pronounced Baxter dead.
The body was taken to the Morgue.
Mrs. Baxter said she believed the
revolver was one which her husband
had kept for more than IS years to
protect himself and his family.
Baxter was born in Frederick, Md,
and served for over IS years as q
stationary engineer for the Post ONCE
Department. He lived at 1927 Ham,
lin street northeast. Besides his
widow. he is survived by two sons,
Frank W. and Leroy v. Baxter Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Blockade
Continued From First Page.)

adopt measures Of selt-defense in the
face of lawless attacks upon her
forces by Chinese armies and their
wanton disregard of japanese lives
and property and violations of Japan's
rights and interests in China, it has
always been the desire of the Jap
anese government to minimize the
scope Of the present affair.
However, the Chinese armies by
their repeated outrages and provoca-
tions have intensified still further the
gravity of the situation.
Closed Area Specified.
In these circumstances, with view
to prompting China's reconsideration
and to effecting a speedy settlement,
the Japanese naval authorities found
it necessary to close to traffic of Chi
nese vessels the Chinese seacoast from
80 degrees 4 minutes north latitude
and l22 degrees A minutes east
longitude, to % degrees IA minutes
north latitude and 100 degrees 4s
minutes east longitude, beginning at
6. pm. August Is, 1887.
The above measure is solely one of
self-defense against the lawless acts
OF the Chinese. and applies only to
Chinese vessels. It may be added
that peaceful commerce carried on
by the third powers will be fully re-
spected, the japanese Navy having
no intention Of interfering with it,"
U. S.-Owned Ship Carries Planes.
Another development in the Far
Eastern situation was disclosure by
the Maritime Commission that the
vessel Wichita, which is carrying 19
large bombing planes and a cargo
OF barbed wire to China, belongs to
the American Pioneer Lines, a Gov
ernment-owned concern operating un-
der supervision Of the commission
The boat sailed from Baltimore last
night.
Although the State Depa rtment had
Evening star., 1937-08-28
HIGH DENIED Writ:
AGAINST M|LKUN|T
Court Denies Temporary Or.
der to Restrain Enforce.
ment of Price Rules,
b. the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, August 28.-The statA
Milk Commission scored 4 new victory
yesterday in its court battle to uphold
its price-fixing regulations in the
Arlington n-Alexandria market.
Federal Judge Robert NJ Pollard said
he had denied an application OF Luther
w. High, principal owner Of Highland
Farms Dairy of Washington, for q
temporary restraining order to pre-
vent the commission from enforcing
minimum price provisions.
The commission, which set q mini
mum OF "A cents = quart for milk so1d
in Arlington area, recently
obtained an Injunction restraining
Highland Farms from selling below
that figure.
Since then, the commission said, the
dairy had been receiving orders in
Washington through Highs, Inc.
which operates stores in Virginia
Judge Pollard said the dairy, in
seeking its counter restraining order,
failed to show that it would suffer
severe or irreparable loss If the regu-
lations were enforced.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
PREACHER ADMITS
Staying HIS WIFE
Evangelist Seeks "ConsoIa.
ton" in Bible After KiIIinq
Mate With Hammer,
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
LINDEN, N. j., August 2s-Sad but
calm, ganglng itinerant preacher
was formally charged in Police Court
today with the hammer killing of his
evangelist wife.
II did it, that's ALL" 44-year-o
Lloyd Pusey said quietly as he stood
before Police Judge Louis Rakin to
answer the murder complaint signed
by Police Chief Frank Hickey.
Held without bail for the grand
jury, he was taken to Union County
Jail.
Il loved her very much'' Hickey
quoted him as saying before the ar
ralgnment. Il told her Id never harm
hair of her head and I don't know
why I did it."
Prosecutor Abe J. David said eXlier
Pusey sought consolation" in a Bible
stained with the blood of his wife
he confessed killing In his automobile
last night because she threatened to
leave him.
Hickey said Pusey came to New
Jersey originally from Pocomoke, Nd
The chief said he had two sons.
one now IL, the other IT, by former
marriage, who now were with un-
identified friends in Los Angeles. His
first wife is dead.
Pussy, described as a former farmer
and tavern singer in New Jersey. told
OF months-long continual quarrel as
they drove across the continent from
Los Angeles, stopping of at various
towns to preach.
The quarrel. David quoted Pusey
ended last night when the evangelist,
threatened by his wife alternately
with death and desertion, decided
Id better get in my licks first" and
dashed in her head in his auto as
they neared the end of trip back to
the scene of his soil tilling at Oakland
They met and married last October
in Los Angeles where the woman, the
former Mary Cannon, also A, was
preaching, the reported confession
said, and all was serene until Pusey
learned soon after leaving Los Ange-
les May II that his wife had been
married four times previously.
AS they reached here, David quoted
him. the quarrel was renewed and the
evangelist killed the woman after a
terrific battle" in the front seat of
the car
The preacher, David said, stepped
from the car into the hands of police,
who had started in pursuit when they
were told about moaning woman
in a car" and submitted meekly to
arrest, saying Here I am. I killed
her"
Evening star., 1937-08-28

ago as clerk in the Mellon bank. A
few months later he became a direc-
Tor of the Union Trust Co. and the
Mellon bank.
The son seldom talks OF finance and
business but recalls proudly the years
he was vice chairman of the Yale
Daily News and editor of the Yale
Literary Magazine At Cambridge he
edited the Lady Clare.
Richard Mellon, on the other hand.
finds his relaxation in riding, hunt
ing. fishing and shooting with his
candid camera.
He likes people and they don't have
to be in the social register. AS a boy
he ran around Pittsburgh in a diapi-
dated secondhand fivver while at
tending Shady Side Academy.
When this country entered the
World War he enlisted as COB in
the Navy. After the war he went to
Princeton and then settled down to
business,
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Sportsman Nephe,u, Not Son
Seen as Mellon Empire Ruler
Richard, a Good Mixer,
Has Held Titular Reins
Since "a.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 2s.-Finan-
cial circles forecast today that Rich
ard King Mellon would soon take up
the sceptre of the worldwide financial
dynasty dropped by his uncle, Andrew
w. Mellon.
The 38year-old hard-riding sports
man-rather than Melons scholarly
son Paul-they said, would succeed
the late flnancier statesman as direc-
tor Of the -billion-dollar Mellon
enterprises.
The horseman, known to intimates
as Dick and 'R. X" has held the
titular reins of the empire since 1894
when he succeeded his late father,
Richard B. Mellon, as president OF
the Mellon National Bank.
Paul, only son Of the former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. has also entered
upon a financial career, but friends
say it is a career only by adoption and
that his real interests are in literature
Andrew w. Melons death Thursday
AAbSAe AL ooulildHipGoAl. N. 1 E. ISlIlUNeU
the last Of eight brothers and sisters.
In direct contrast to his uncle, who
was slender, frail and shy. Dick" is a
strapping 6footer and good mixer
He is happiest astride one of his prize
horses and presiding at the family
swanky Rolling Rock Club as master
of the hounds.
He's dark and he's handsome
enough for the movies and hes demo-
cratic
Paul graduated from Yale Uni
versity in 1929
Slender and reticent like his father
he accepted an associate fellowship ir
Yales Berkley College in 1888 after
studying at Clare College OF Cam
bridge University, England.
But Paul went to work four years
Evening star., 1937-08-28
JAPANESE CLAIM
NANKOW SEIZURE
Gateway to Inner Mongolia
Reported Taken After
16-Day Battle.
BY the Associated Press.


PEIPING, August 28.-Japanese
military authorities today claimed
complete occupation of strategic Man.
kow Pass, the 12-mile-long gateway
to Inner Mongolia. after bloody 16-
day battle in which Chinese troops
contested every inch of the way.
Trustworthy sources said that the
victory had cost about $500 Japanese
lives.
japanese Follow Railroad.
The victorious japanese forces now
are f1anking westward along short
section of the Pingsui Railroad. which
the Chinese still hold above the pass.
japanese forces, which previously
claimed capture of Kalgan, the Chinese
military base north of Peiping, now are
deploying eastward from Hsuanhua,
flanking the north side of the railway
and sandwiching 10000 Chinese troops
between 40-mile fronts.
A wide gap in the Japanese lines
still would permit the easy fight of
the Chinese to the southwest toward
Tatung in Shansi Province, it was
said.
japanese domination of the steep
walled gateway to Inner Mongolia
was believed to have been offset by
the dynamiting of railway tunnels by
the retreating Chinese, making them
useless for railway traffic.
Great Wall Breach Reported.
Previously it had been reported that
part of Japan's North China Army
Of 10000 men had broken through
The Great Wall and were closing in
vlselike on the stubborn defenders
Of NankoW Pass
Japanese battalionS were said to
have skirted Chinese positions, clam
berlng over precipitous Lodges and
into the valley behind the Chinese
A whole japanese regiment was sew
cred from the main force and its base
of supplies before it succeeded in
turning the Chinese flank on 4,200-
foot ledge commanding the pass.
In this North China conflict the
Japanese are outnumbered nearly
two to one. The Chinese strength has
been estimated at 225,000.
Evening star., 1937-08-28

no comment on the Wichita's sailing,
there was some speculation as to
whether this shipment would test
Japan's peaceful blockade"
Press statements from Japan dur
ing the last few days have quoted
Japanese officials as saying the block
ade would not be imposed upon foreign
vessels carrying ammunition and war
supplies to China.
Conflict in Statements.
There were other statements, how
ever, in which japanese naval spokes-
men, whose names were not disclosed,
had said the japanese Navy would
exercise the privilege Of pre-emption
to search ships to determine if they
were carrying war supplies to China.
Shipment of the airplanes to China
is legal under United States law, since
| the neutrality law has not been in
voked.
Should President Roosevelt invoke
this law, shipments of arms, ammuni-
ton and other materials of war from
automatically would be banned.
Exports Have Increased.
During the last two months exports
to both Japan and China of airplane
equipment and other materials which
might be useful in a military conflict
have increased, records Of export IL
censes disclose.
Hull announced at his press confer
ence that the situation in Shanghai
as 1t affects civilians apparently was
easier than it had been for several
days.
He said he had not received any
response from either Japan or China
to his warning yesterday that those
nations must respect all of America,
rights and interests in the Far Eas,
and that they would be held re-
sponsible for any damages to Ameri.
cans.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
100 Are Drowned.

HONG KONG, August 28 (P).-More
than 100 persons were reported today
TO have drowned when a motor boat
overcrowded, capsized in the swift
Yuling Ho River in Southwestern
Kwangtung Province. Many victims
were women and children
Evening star., 1937-08-28
Shelling Woosung
Cripples Two Firms
u. S. Cable Service
By the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, August 28.-Heavy
japanese bombardment of the
Woosung area, II miles north of
Shanghai, today crippled facil-
tiles of two cable companies
Commercial Pacific Gables and
Eastern l. Northern.
Officials of the companies said
they did not know when service
would be restored, because it was
impossible for repairmen to enter
the war zone.
Meanwhile the American Mac
kay Co. strove to carry the heavy
volume of dispatches diverted
from the other concerns.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
China
Continued From First Page }

the Chinese business and residential
section. thousands of natives had
taken refuge in Nantao.
The attackers, divided into squad
rons of four ships each, swept over
the sector several times, leaving death
and destruction in a half-mile area.
Shrieks of the war-maddened Chi
neSe populace rushing wildly IN every
direction mingled with the groans of
the dying and the roar of the spread
ing flames. Nantao became a veri-
table inferno.
Aim Merely to Terrify.
The raid was another of Japan's
remorseless campaigns to terrorize
non-c -combatant areas Chinese au-
thorities said the airmen had no par
ticular target, but were only trying Ito
terrify and intimidate helpless citi-
Gems
Each of the four bombing squadrons
was followed by protecting pursuit
ships, Time and again they droned
down out of the clouds to dart their
deadly cargoes earthward.
Some of the explosives killed and
wounded many laborers who were re-
pairing a railroad. The raid came at
the busiest hour of the day.
1t was possible the airmen were try
Ing to destroy the South Station of
the Shanghai -HangchoW Railroad and
the Shanghai municipal administra-
tive buildings, but if so their aim was
bad. Their bombs, instead, reaped a
shocking harvest of death among the
hun1blest of Shanghais civilian popu-
latlon.
Seek Any Haven.
Whole masses of shrieking humanity
moved in giant waves toward any
haven Of safety only to find the way
cut off on all sides.
When they clamored at the gates
OF the French concession, to the north
and west, they were turned away. The
French concession already was over
flowing with Chinese refugees from
the war-torn zones of Shanghai
Barred from the French concession,
the maddened throngs fled toward the
Whangpoo River to the east In other
districts some of the fear-crazed men,
women and children thrust themselves
through barbed-wire entanglements.
The most tragic aspect of todays
slaughter was presented by the scores
of little children. Lester Hospital
alone admitted 100 OF the wounded
little ones.
Fears of the raid, in retaliation for
the Chinese bombardment of Hongkew,
had caused wild evacuation of non
combatant Chinese even before the
japanese bombers attacked.
The flood of refugees taxed the al
ready overburdened relief facilities in
the International Settlement.
New Theater Of War.
Meanwhile, both belligerents were
feverishly preparing for fresh destruc-
ton in a new theater of war, ranging
from 20 to 40 miles inland from
Shanghai.
The Chinese have powerful defense
positions and heavy troop concentra-
tlons In this area to hold back the
freshly arrived reinforcements of the
invading japanese Army. Chinese
sources estimated these at 10000.
Already the battle zone had shifted
to Lotien, about IL miles to the
northwest of Shanghai This brought
. degree Of calm to Shanghai, where
whole square miles of civilian property
had been devastated In the two-week
Shanghai campaign-leveled by land
and air bombardment without giving
either side the slightest military ad-
vantage.
Evening star., 1937-08-28
LLOYD'S BOOSTS RATES
Freight to Far East and Through
Mediterranean Affected.

LONDON, August 28 P).-Lloyd's
rates yesterday on freight shipments
to Far Eastern waters and through the
Mediterranean.
Because Of the Chinese-Japanese un-
declared war, present rates on ship
ments to Hong Kong were increased
one-eighth Of per cent, to ports
south Of Shanghai, one-half per cent;
to Japan. one-eighth per cent.
Rates through the Straits Of
Gibraltar or other waters near Spain
were stepped up from one-fourth of
per cent to 3 per cent on regular
liners Increases we're ordered for
other classes OF shipping.
Evening star., 1937-08-28

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 2s.-Mrs.
Margaret Fillmore's S48,750 suit
against her mother, Mrs Charlotte
Shelby, dipped back into the legen-
dairy William Desmond Taylor case
again today with Mrs. Shelby's denial
from the witness stand that she killed
the ace silent film director.
Late in yesterdays court session
Clyde Murphy, Mrs. Shelby's attorney,
asked her fatty:
Did you kill Taylor?"
Mrs. Shelby replied emphatically
that she did not.
Mrs. Shelby is the mother of Mary
Miles Minter, screen belle of the 2Os,
who was Taylor,s f1ancee at the time
he was found shot in his swank Holly
wood bungalow in 1922
Mrs. Flllmore's suit is to recover
funds held in a deposit box jointly
by her and her mother.
Mrs. Shelby declared she never was
told she was q suspect in the Taylor
case, although she had heard her
name had been mentioned in connec-
ton with it. She said she did not
know until after Taylor's death that
there had been a romance between
him and Miss Minter.
One of Mrs Fillmore's lawyers,
Richard Cantillon, objected when Mrs
Shelby testified she had been exoner-
ated Of any connection with the Tay-
lor case He contended this was 4
matter of hearsay.
Murphy declared District Attorney
Buron Fits was under subpoena and
would be called If necessary to
afirm the exoneration.
Earlier this week Mrs Fillmore tes-
titled she had received $4,000 for
protecting her mother from unneces-
sary publicity after Taylor was killed
She saic she did not believe her
mother slew Taylor.
Mrs. Shelby denied paying any
money for. or receiving, protection in
the Taylor case.