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The Washington times., 1938-03-19
GUNS COMPEL
ACCEPTANCE OF
severe TERMS.
Diplomatic Contact
To Be Renewed


WARSAW, March 10 (IN.S9.
The warlike crisis between IAthu
ania and Poland was brought ID
an end today as the Lithuanian
government formally accepted the
Polish ultimatum and agreed to
restoration Of normal diplomatic
relations between the two coun'
tries.
Lithuania's notification Of It's
decision was given to Poland IN q
note handed to the Polish minister
to Estonia by the Lithuanian min.
lister there.
The note said:
by order Of my government.
I have the honor Of stating that
the Lithuanian government de-
cided today to establish normal
diplomatic relations between
Lithuania and Poland, and pro.
poses to establish q Lithuanian
legation at Warsaw.
GENERAL RESTORATION
The Lithuanian government
promises to send a minister TO
Warsaw before March 81 and
guarantees establishment Of d..
rect means OF communication BY
land, sea and air, including
postal communications, between
the two countries, as well as
general restoration Of normal
relations"
In this note, Lithuania com.
Piled with the chief demands Of
the Polish ulttn1atum, which
would have expired at 9 Q. m,
and thereby averted what might
have developed into q serious
European war.
Authorities here indicated that
Poland, likewise. would establish
a legation at Kaunas, Lithuanian
capital, thus terminating the
diplomatic rupture begun between
the two nations in 1920.
10 HOURS BEFORE DEADLrNE
An official announcement said
Lithuania gave in at II a. m.--1O
hours before Polish troops would
have begun marching across the
frontier. Polish government Of.
ftcials stated the note was broad,
cast to the Polish public shortly
after it was received. The an.
nouncement was followed By q
rendition Of the Polish national
The announcer then said:
Only lack Of q suitable
record prevents me from play.
ing the Lithuanian national an,
them. Otherwise should be
extremely glad to do So"
Owing to q strict censorship
IN force here, it was impossible to
confirm reports that the Polish
fleet had set out for the Iathu.
anian coast before the govern.
nent at Kaunas decided to bow
before the Warsaw ultimatum.
SCARE FIZzLEs IN AIR
The break in the tension came
as both nations were speeding
preparations for war-a conflict
that might have dragged Soviet
Russia and other nations into q
conflagration.
As a result Of the Lithuanian
governments decision to accept
he Polish demands, however,
Europe saw another serious war
scare fizzle into thin air-almost
Is suddenly as it arose.
It was believed that Polish and
troops and war planes,
facing each other in virtually mass
formation along the border, would
be withdrawn, and that the two
governments would take quick
action to calm the animositiss
aroused in the people Of each na.
lion.
Before the acceptance Of the
CONTINUED on Page =, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
MEXICO SEIzES
u s., BRITISH
OIL INTERESTS
Row Over Wages
Prompts Action
BY ARTHUR CONSTANTINE

By ARTHUR CONSTANTINE
MEXICO CITY, March 10
TT.NS0-President Iazaro Car
denas today appropriated Mexico's
$500, 100000 petroleum industry.
Assembling his cabinet. he an
nounced his decision to take over
foreign.controlled companies, In
cluding the Araericar-owned Huas-
teca Petroleum concern and Mex
Sinclair Corporation, and the
British-owned Compania Mexicana
De Petroleo FL Aguila.
Cardenas asked the nation to-
stand behind him. The cabinet
voted full approval and congress
win assemble in special session
this afternoon to give him its
support.
OIL PLEDGED
Cardenas pledged that demo
cratic nations Of the world"
would continue to be supplied with
Mexican petroleum. The govern
ment will carry through the gen
eral petroleum administrator,
With workers organizations CO.
. 4 ~ = : q, -
operating.
Ip addition, It was made known, !,
the Mexican government will look
to foreign labor organizations, In
cludfng the American Federation
of Labor and the C1o, for cooper
alton.
SEEKS EXPERTS
These organizations will be-
asked to send technical experts
to Mexico. The government also
will get in touch with financial
centers to obtain monetary sup
port.
In taking over the petroleum IN
dustry, including the foreign
properties, the president acted
with dramatic swiftness.
United States Ambassador Jo-
sephus Daniels kept out OF the
dispute,
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Cincinnati to Get
$2,O92,4O5 us. Cash

u.NS) President Roosevelt to-
day approved a WPA allotment of
82,092, ,405 for street improvements
In Cincinnati, it was announced
by Representative Dixon Cd,
Ohio.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
TREASURY CONDITION

QNS0. Treasury balance.
March II, $3.109. .845. .774.s8; inter.
nal revenue, $10.166, ,166,857.61; !;
customs receipts, $14,794,411.79; !;
receipts, $4,426. .730.951.00; expen-
ditures, IS, ,400, 100, ,756.0O.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Us. Embassy Closed
By Barcelona Raids
Staff MOUed to Hills for Safety as Ciy's
Death Toll Passes 1900

BARCELONA, March 19 (I.N.S).-The American embassy
in oyat Spans bobwrecked capital closed today and
members of the staff moved out of the city into the hills for
safety Barceonas residents fearfuy awaited another v
taton from death dealing bombing planes.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
DEMANDS FOR AID


The Department received sew
eral protests and demands for aid
from oil interests affected by the
Mexican decree.
Whatever action the Depart
S1ent does take will be carefully
calculated not to disturb the pres
ent cordial relations that exist
between the United States and
Mexico. o.
It is recognized here that petro-
leum is great natural resource
In Mexico. as in this country, and
there is a certain amount of Ad'
ministration sympathy for Presl'
dent CardenaS in his efforts TO
promote a new deal" in the long
exploited industry.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
U. S. Plans No Protest
On Mexico Oil Decree

QN.S.) The American Govern
ment was officially notified today
of the Mexican governments de-
cision to appropriate the proper
ties of American and British oil
companies.
The news was received calmly
ct the State Department, where
it was indicated that for the time
being, at any rate. there viii be no
protest by this Government.
Secretary of State Hull was re.
luctant to discuss the situation.
He said the Departments advices
had not made exactly clear the
conditions surrounding Mexico's
action.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
man SURVIVES
1,3OO-FOOT FALL

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 G.N.S0.
John McElroy, film studio en-
ploye, sat in his home today and
told friends how it feels to fall
1900 feet and live.
McElroy miraculously escaped
death when he plunged down o
canyon on Mt. Wilson. AS he
started to throw a SNOWFALL at a
friend the soft shoulder of the
Angeles Crest Highway gave way
under foot, hurting him headlong
into the snow-patched ravine. He
rolled, bounced, and tumbled 1900
feet to the bottom of the canyon.
Still conscious when he came to
q stop, McElroy painfully nego-
tiated a two-hour hike back to
the rim. He was taken to a hoSpi-
tai and his cuts and bruises
dressed.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
GIRL TO FACE
MURDER TRIAL

FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 20.
January 10 has been set as the
opening date Of the trial of Mrs.
Evelyn Bajowski, 18-year-old wait
resS who was one of the three
persons originally charged with
murder in connection with the
death of William Warren CAN'T,
elderly farmer of Port Deposit, Md.
Mrs. Bajowski, who has been
held in Baltimore City jail since
the shooting last July, is expected
to plead not guilty. Police claim
she was a weekend guest of CAN'T
prior to the crime and was present
at the time it was committed.
Two others charged with the
murder have already ben tried in
Prince Frederick, Md, Walter
Stinnett, "a, was sentenced to life
imprisonment and his childhood
sweetheart, Mrs. Margaret Abel,
ID, mother Of a 3-year-old daugh-
ter, was given 10 years.
Both accused each other of
planning the Staying of CAN'T to
get his money, about $1,000 of
which he carried in his pocket
when killed. Mrs. Bajowski, who
attended the trials Of Stinnett and
Mrs. Abel, obtained a change of
venue from Prince Frederick to
this city.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Hill Forqives' Maryland,
Asks Old Citizenship
Ex-HOuSe Member
Drops Free State
Tax Feud

Gen. John Philip Hill, descend.
ant Of one Of Maryland's first
families, former member of Con.
gress, war hero and widely known
in Washington's social circles, is
going to apply for citizenship in
the Free State.
General Hill, who left the State
in 1887 more or less in a huff over
tax rows with the city Of Balti.
more that led to suits and counter
suits, announced that on January
he will attend service in historic
st. Anne'S Church In Annapolis.
And on January 3, he further
announced, he will go to the Of.
flee Of the clerk Of the court and
file intention Of becoming a resi-
dent Of Anne Arundel county,
which he points out was named
for his ancestors.
When he left Maryland about
two years ago, General Hill re-
signed his post as chief Of staff
of the Maryland National Guard
and announced that he intended
to become a resident of New York.
About the same time his wife,
Mrs. Suzanne Carroll Hill, also a
member Of a historic Maryland
family, won divorce from him
and married former Senator
Hiram Bingham Of Connecticut,
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
CHAIN store
GAMBLER SLAIN
IN HOLLYWOOD
Big Bill Irwin Believed
Victim of Gang

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 G.N.S).
Detectives today sought a motive
for the mysterious murder of Wei
don L. big Bill" Irwin, gambler,
who brought chain store methods
of bookmaking to southern Cali
fornia.
His body was found late yesNer.
day in the rear of his expensive
automobile, parked in the heart
Of Hollywood, not far from gam
bling places where stakes soar
high. A single bullet in the back
Of his head had killed him.
REVENGE BELIEVED MOTIVE
Police said they believed the 49.
year-old, 200-pound bookmaker was
a victim of underworld vengeance
and advanced a theory he had
been selling "phony juice" to
smaller bookmakers.
BY that, they explained, he had
been collecting money from them
on the promise they would not be
raided by police. When they were
raided, it was believed one Of them
may have sought revenge against
Irwin.
Clues found by police included
bloody overcoat found in the
car, which did not belong to Irwin,
and a variety of ammunition.
MAY QUESTION STARS
The possibility that Hollywood
notables might be interrogated
arose when it was learned the Dis
trict Attorneys office had an
elaborate file, taken from Irwin fol
lowing a raid, containing the
names and addresses of motion
picture stars, directors and writer's.
District Attorney Buron Fits re-
fused to disclose the names.
Twins police record showed he
had used aliases Of Jack Irwin,
George w. Rogers and H. w. Cur.
rier. He was arrested in PhiladeL
phia on January 6, 1888, for con-
Spiracy to defraud. An empty wal
let was found on Irwin, but police
believed robbery was only Incl
dental to the Staying.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
So DebS Barred for Effort
To Buy Presentation to King

LONDON, Dec. 20 G.N.SO.-You
can't pay out cash to be presented
to King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth Of Great Britain, even
If your cash goes to blue-blooded
peereSSeS.
This was made clear today with
the revelation that So debutantes
have been banned from the 1899
royal court functions, the top
events of London's forthcoming
social season, on grounds that they
sought to pay for presentation to
their majesties.
The Lord Chamberlain, it was
disclosed, soon will send letters
to a number Of peeresses who sub
mitted the names Of the SO debu-
The Washington times., 1938-12-29

tantes, regretfully rejecting their
application for presentation.
Officials said every application
for the 1899 Royal Courts has
been investigated rigidly in line
with Buckingham Palaces deter
mination to stamp out the
"p r NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
racket.
It was stated that the Lord
Chamberlain ascertained the So
debutantes were so anxious to
meet the king and queen that
they paid upwards of $4,000 each
in an attempt to attend the
functions.
Names Of the debutantes and
peereSses involved were not dis
closed.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
COMPASS Il
NetO Type Instrument
Valuable to FlierS

A new type of earth inductor
compass, valuable to fliers and
yachtSmen because it cannot spin,
waver or process as do ordinary
compasSeS, was announced today
by the Washington Institute Of
Technology.
With the new device, a plane
can be kept on its course no mat
ter how sharply it banks or turns,
and In a boat, the rolling and
pitching motion induced by waves
has no effect on the compass read
ing.
The new compass will be pro
duced by Air Track Manufacturing
Corporation, in Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
River Monster CAUGHT

FIR EDE R K, Md, Dec. 20.
William Baer ran a few squeakS
out Of his shoes yesterday.
Taking a stroll along the nearby
Monocacy River, to break in some
footgear, Baer spotted a huge,
wicked-looking critter in the stream
and ran to the store of Henry l..
Ebert to report the news.
HIS eyewitness account Of a mys-
ferrous animal, unlike anything
ever seen in the river, confirmed
earlier reports Of a monster Of
the Monocacy."
The Washington times., 1938-12-29

Ebert investigated, because he
figured the beast might be a six
year-old alligator, five feet long
and well fortified with q full set Of
teeth, which had escaped from q
cage In his establishment last
summer. ALLEY" the alligator, was
believed to nave waddled to the
nearby stream at that time.
Sure enough, the monster"
turned out to be ALLEY" And so
now Ebert has his pet back in it,
cage, and Baer has his brogans
broken in,
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Mates Gift Book
Message Rebounds

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 90
When a downtown store opened
today, one Of its first patrons
was an angry woman who
made o bee-line for the book
counter. She threw a package
upon the counter and loudly ex-
planned to a sales clerk that it was
q book her husband had given to
her as q Christmas gift. The book
she returned was "A Thousand
Ways To Please A Husband" She
traded it for Live Alone And
Like It."
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
BEAUTY TELLS
OF BUCKNER'S
SLEIGH RIDE
Got No Cash for Trip
To Capital, She Says

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Slim,
attractive Noel Carter, auburn
haired photographers model.
knew nothing Of William P. Buck
ner, jr.'s one-million-dollar Philip
pine bond deal, when she was
"taken for a sleigh ride" to Wash
ington, by Buckner's partner, VIII
liam j. Gillespie.
Asked yesterday to interpret this
remark after she had emerged
from o 35-minute conference with
Assistant u. s. Attorney Malone,
Miss Carter, a vision in Nile green
and fur, laughingly explained she
had gone to the Capital on a high
links" party with several other
Broadway beauties, as Gillespie's
guest.
"GOT NONE OF IT"
Maloney and Department of
Justice agents have charged that
the party was given by Buckner
in honor Of several nationally
prominent legislators whom he
wished to influence in connection
with his gigantic bond deal. He
spent 5000 on the merry-making,
according to Maloney, but Miss
Carter made it plain she got no
part Of it.
Another witness was Mrs. John
r. Schurman, Of Englewood, N. j.,
an old friend of Buckner'S, who
flew down with her husband for
the party.
Maloney, in charge Of the in
vestigation, is anxious to ques-
tion four members of the House of
Representatives who were guests
at the party.
FOUR FACE QUIZ
Buckner is now in California, at
liberty under bail, on a business
visit. There he escorted Loretta
Young, movie star, to church on
Christmas.
Meanwhile, Felipe Buencamino,
member Of the Philippine legisla-
ture, boarded a boat in Manila
and was en- route here to testify
against Buckner.
His ship is due to dock in San
Francisco on January 20. He is
alleged t. be one of two Philip
pine legislators, the Government
asserts, Buckner attempted to
bribe in connection with the bond
deal.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
VFW Post Demands
Restriction Of 'Isms

Describing the Nazi movement
in this country as "Subversive and
traitorous," the Follow Me Post
No. 1880. of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, today asked Con-
gress to enact legislation for the
punishment of persons engaged
in the promotion of any of the
foreign isms'" The organization
said the Nazi movement here is
under the leadership of persons
close to the dictatorial German
government" and further that
members of the German-Ameri-
can Bund have been armed and
trained in the use of arms, with
no other view than to use force
against this Government"
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
WANDERER CASE
VICTIMS NAMED
BY HIS MOTHER
l8-Year-0Id Mystery Is
Finally Solved

CHICAGO, Dec. 20 Q.NS)
The ragged stranger" in the
sensational Carl Wanderer muir
der case has been identified after
10 years as Edward Joseph Ryan
a farmers son, according to a
copyrighted story in the Chicago
Herald and Examiner today.
Breaking her long silence, Mrs
Nellie Ryan. now II, told the
newspaper the mysterious charac-
ter had been her Grant son, the
story stated.
MURDER AT HOLDUP
"The Ragged Stranger" was
shot and killed by Wanderer in a
faxed holdup that also resulted
in the fatal wounding Of Wan
derer's wife.
Wanderer was revealed as hav-
ing hired the man to stage the
mock robbery through which he
plotted his wife's murder. He
double-croSsed the stranger and
killed him, too. He was hanged
for the double crime in 1921.
BURIAL PAID FOR
But "the Ragged Stranger" re-
manned unidentified. The body
was saved from Potter's Field by
Barney M. Clamage, Chicago bust
nesSman, who paid for a cemetery
lot and funeral expenses.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Reisnyder Named
KiWdnis Governor

WESTMINSTER, Md, Dec. 20.
The Rev. Miles s. Reisnyder, of
Westminster, will take office Janu.
airy as governor of the Capital
District, Kiwanis International.
He was a lieutenant governor for
the district in 1888 and was elected
governor last october at q con-
vention In Roanoke, Va.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Third of Thalbere
Income Will Go
TOACtreSS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 Q.N.SO.
Instead of the millions she is re-
ported to have received from the
estate of her late husband, Irving
G. Thalberg, Norma Shearer,
movie star, is to receive only one
third of the income, or $4,000 a
year. This was divulged in a
statement by H. M. Bardt, of Los
Angeles, vice president of the
Bank of America.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Alexandria Officials to Get
Theirs at GridirOn Dinner

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 20.
Alexandria officials will receive
annual lampooning Thursday
night at the gridiron dinner Of the
city bar association.
In addition to city officials,
Judge Gordon L. Browning, of the
The Washington times., 1938-12-20

Virginia Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals; Judge Walter T. Mccarthy,
of Arlington; Judge William p.
WoolIs, of Alexandria, and mem
bers of bar associations Of Airing
ton and Fairfax counties will be
invited.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20

"AH Aboard! Snow train" Will
Cuppy, noted American humOrist, halls
the snappy season Of frosty excursions
with IA discourse on the ups and downs
Of skiing enthusiasts. A timely and
amusing article that is bound to be
of interest to everyone. In the Ameri-
can Weekly, with Sundays WASH.
INGTON HERALD.TIMES.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
Church Lecturer
Will Speak Here

DR.. Hendrix J. de Lange. mem
Der of the board of lectureship Of
the Mother Church, First Church
Of Christ, Scientist, Boston. Mass,
will lecture at the National Thea
ter at 1910 p. m. tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-12-20
BLIZZARD GRIPS
EUROPE; DEATH
TOLL MOUNTS
London, Other Centers
Coolest in Years

LONDON. Dec. 20 G.NSO 1t
was so cold in all of Europe today
that blocks of ice floated on the
usually warm lagoons of ancient
Venice and raging billiards grip
ped ordinarily mild London.
Throughout the continent the
death toll mounted rapidly.
The unprecedently-frigid blasts
which swept down from the Arctic
to blanket all of Europe as far
south as the Greek Islands,
clutched at the mechanical throat
of the giant clock atop the House
of Parliament. and Big Ben's
normally-resonant boom was trans
formed into a muffled note.
Britain's death toll in the most
severe cold wave Europe has eX-
perienced in threefourthS of a
century. rose today to 39. and the
European death list scared well
above 200
REFUEES SUFFER
Children in refugee camps along
the English asst coast, who had
come from ermany with little more
than the clothing on their backs,
were i'll prepared to face the I'M
Seasonable weather. In response
to reports of their acute suffering,
1000 blankets were rushed to the
children from London.
Twenty unemployed men lay
down in the snow in Oxford circus
in one of the busiest areas in Lon
don, shouting: I'VE want work, we
want bread" Traffic was held
up for 10 minutes while police took
charge of the situation.
Snow and Sleet storms and VIC
lent gales were general not only in
England but throughout Europe
from Russia and northern Scandi-
navia to Italy and reece. Their
mometers dipped to new low rec
ords. Shipping was tied up or
slowed on coasts from Scotland to
reece. Ships battled through
storms in the North Sea and the
Black Sea.
FIGHTING HALTED
The weather called a halt on
active fighting on all fronts in the
Spanish civil war. Heavy rains
drenched the fighting lines, a
message from Burgos, head |
quarters of General Frances
armies. reported. In the northern
mountains, snow was falling
steadily through the night and
early today.
Billiards accompanying sub
zero temperatures persisted in
many parts of Europe.
VenetianS were startled to find
blocks of ice floating in the
lagoonS, and many canals were
deserted, the gondolierS preferring
to seek shelter. Several inches of
snow fell in Milan and Lombardy |
Train traffic through the passes
Of the Alps was slow. In some
cases, trains were unable to get
through.
RIVERS FROZEN
The Somme, the Moselle and a
number of other rivers in Northern
France were frozen for the first
time in many years. Traffic on
the Upper Seine river was at a
StandStill.
In the Baltic region, the cold
was so severe that lakes and bays
were frozen solid during the night.
1ce-breakers tried to open chan
nels for traffic in ports of the
Baltic and Gulf of Finland.
Russia was so hard hit that
frantic orders were sent to foreign
cities for supplies. The terrific
demand for coal, wood, kerosene
and blankets permitted London
Shopkeepers to clear their shelves
of supplies destined for Moscow
and other Russian cities.