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COLON, Nov. 14. OP)—Even as the
survivors of the crew of the motor
ship Baden Baden which foundered j
off the Columbian coast Monday
^ rested they recounted their exper
iences during the three days and
nights they spent on the sea as the
storm tossed their open boat about,
and as starvation faced them.
Soon after the freighter sank
they saw a second lifeboat, launch
ed from the freighter, overturn and
carried five of their comrades to
their deaths. When they heard the
•airplane which sighted them, they
were cheered in the ordeal which
they were about to face with no
4 water, two cans of beans, some
cheese and one banana.
The hours wore into days and the j
meager rations were parcelled out. j
Chills and fever came on the open j
boat occupants and they were be-1
ginning to lose their fight in de-,
spair when they finally sighted the
mine sweeper Swan.
The starving men dropped to
j their knees and thanked God for
their rescue from a fate which ap
peared to be evident Captain Hew- i
" itt Watler, of ilbbile, Ala., com
mander of the wrecked Baden j
Baden, was among the survivors
but was suffering from contusions
to his back and possible internal
^injuries.
PLANS FOR FORMATION
CHINESE FLYING LEGION
IffiLED OF BULLETIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. (IP)—
jt War bulletins, calling for the en
listment of 10,000 young Chinese
Americans for the aviation force,
who must promise to serve in any
part of the world, were posted on
bulletin boards in San Francisco,
Portland, Chicago and New York,
4hrew the Chinese of those Chinese
districts into a ferment of excite
ment, while seething throngs of
Orientals gathered before the
boards.
The proclamation, designed to
form a “Chinese Flying Legion,”
the details of a plan for establish
ing four aeronautical schools in dif
ferent parts of the country, came
* over Associated Press wires from
New York, where the greatest ex
citement prevails.
Ml AGENTS IN BATTLE
, WITI GANG AAOOS11NERS
CHELTENHAM, Md„ Nov. 14. (/P)
—A prohibition agent, one of a
raiding party of six, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by al
-gjjeged moonshiners in a pitched bat
tle in the woods near here.
The agent, Harry D. McMunn,
39, was shot when the alleged dis
tillers appeared from a thicket and
opened fire. Three men were ar
rested later and taken to the Up
per Marlboro jail.
A still, several gallons of mash
and liquor were seized near the
scene of the battle.
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SAILS FOR HOME
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Nov. 14.
(/P)—j. p. Morgan sailed lor home
on the SS Mauretania alter three j
months’ vacation in Europe.
!■ HIS RECALL i
LONDON, Nov. 14. UP)—The In- j
dian National Congress cabled Ma- j
hatma Gandhi the text of a reso- j
lution calling upon him to return
to India and “prepare for a united
effective action.”
The resolution asserted that
Great Britain had failed to grant
India’s demands for independence
and declared further the attend
ance of Gandhi at the Round Table
conference is not necessary. The
message also asserted that Great
Britain was using oppressive meas
ures against peasants in Bengal
and other provinces.
Gandhi stole off to Oxford for
a week end with the Master of Bal
liol College and could not be reach
ed for a statement as to whether
or not he will return as requested,
it was said, unofficially, that he
had reached no decision.
Excellent skating weather pre
vails in Seward and both young
and old axe taking advantage of the
excellent winter sport as Second
Lake is now frozen solid.
BUY WHEAT FROM JUGOSLAVIA
PARIS, Nov. 14. UP)—France and
Jugoslavia signed an agreement by
which France undertakes to buy in
Jugoslavia, 10 per cent of her total
wheat imports. France will obtain
l in exchange favored treatment on
I wine.
! LOUGNRAN ADDS ANOTHER
REMHTTO HIS LIST
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. UP)—'Tom
| my Loughran, of Philadelphia, add
! ed another heavyweight to his list
! cf victims Friday night by out
pointing Paulino Uzcudun, Span
iard, in 10 rounds of fighting.
Loughran outpointed Uzcudun in
his ring tactics and was awarded
the decision. There were no knock
downs in the entire event and
Loughran limped through the last
five rounds because of a slightly
sprained ankle.
| BERLIN, Nov. 14. UP) — Repre
| sentatives of American banking
i groups, learning that an agree
! ment between Germany and France
j seems imminent on concurent
j handling of reparations and pri
i vate credits, said a discussion of
| precedence is theoretical because
j foreign creditors and German debt
! ors are getting together every day.
They are discussing what shall
be done after the credits expire
February 28, and according to one
Berlin representative of a large
New York bank: “No matter how
much the French may insist that
reparation shall come first, the
World Bank cannot but take cog
nizance of arrangements made with
regard to private debts.”
MUKDEN, Nov. 14. (J?) — Forty
Chinese were killed in a battle
fought in the vicinity of Kaiyuan.
Two Japanese soldiers were killed.
The clash resulted at an outpost
in the Nonni river area.
Japanese headquarters announc
ed the envelopment of the Japanese
right flank in the Nonni river re
gion by the Chinese cavalry and
said that hostilities would continue
as the Chinese now have two bri
gades strongly intrenched in the
area and peace in that section ap
pears more unlikely than ever.
As the date for the League of
Nations’ Council meeting approach
es, the chances for an early evacua
tion appeared lessened.
General Mah, of the Chinese
army, at Tientsin, said "we will fight
to the last man and bullet. Our
defense plans have been made in
accordance with instructions from
Chang Hsu eh Liang.” Judging
from the movements of the Japan
ese, it is certain that they plan to
launch an attack before Novem
ber 16.
"We have made full preparations
and are determined to defend the
territory to the last ditch,” General
Mah said. "The morale of the
troops is good ahd leaves nothing
to be desired. We will fight as
long as a single soldier remains.”
Peiping dispatches published at
; Moscow said that documents found
| in possession of a white guardist,
1 who was arrested on his arrival at
! Moscow from Harbin, gave conclus
1 ive proof that Japanese military
| authorities are preparing to provo
| cate action against Russia. Dis- j
: patches said that the documents'
1 showed that the white Russians are j
; cooperating with the Japanese in
I these purported preparations.
A fresh brigade of troops have
left Tokyo for Manchuria. On their
i departure they were cheered by the
Japanese people. The War Office
| announced that General Son jo,
! commanding in Manchuria, had
been instructed to demand an eva
cuation from the Nonni area by
General Mah of the Chinese, by not
later than November 25.
I The alternative to evacuation
I would be "effective steps by Japan,”
! the Chinese General was informed.
| THE STOCK MARKET
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SEATTLE, Nov. 14. (&)—Yester
day’s quotations on the stock mar
ket:
Alaska Juneau .15%
American Can .81%
Borden .49 %
Canada Dry .19%
General Motors .27%
International Nickle Can *.10%
International Tel. & Tel.16%
Kennecott Copper .15%
Radio .11
Reynolds Tobacco (b) .39%
Richfield Oil .No Sale
Standard Oil of Calif.34%
Standard Oil of N. J.35
Standard Oil of N. Y.14
Union Oil of Calif.17
U. S. Steel ..68%
Cities Service .-.7%
Durant Motors .1%
ORDERS GENERAL ELECTION
WELLINGTON, N. Z., Nov. 14., (IP) j
—One of the last acts of Parliament ■
before its adjournment was to or
:ler a general election in New Sea
.and on December 2.
PI-ilf GHOUP WILL
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 13.
[&)—Twenty-two ships to be built
at a cost of $122,500,000 will be the;
objective of the big Navy group at j
the next Congress according toj
Representative Britten of Illinois, j
who said “authority will be sought j
to have the keels of these vessels |
laid down during the next fiscal!
year. - I
At the same time, Representative j
Britten, who is chairman of the,
House Naval affairs committee, de- •
dared he and Senator Hale, chair- i
man of the Senate Naval commit
tee, will press upon Congress the
construction program contemplat
ing the expenditure of three quar
ters of a billion dollars in a few
years.
Meanwhile, President Hoover’s
committee, appointed to investigate
statements aimed at the President
by the Navy League, prepared to
hold an organization meeting. The
Secretary of the Navy announced
he is in complete accord with Mr.
Hoover’s policies and has no idea
of resigning as has been reported.
STAGE ACTOR DEES
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 14. </P)—Rob- j
ert Williams, noted young stage j
and screen actor, died of periton-;
itis following an appendicitis op-;
eration.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (/P)—Theo
dore Dreiser, author, returned to
New YPrk from the Kentucky coal
fields insisting that he was not
capable of committing adultery as
charged in the indictment handed
down by the Eell County grand
jury.
The author denounced Harlan
County authorities and coal mine
operators for labor conditions there.
He asserted miners’ children are
dying of starvation every week
there and predicted that the miners
will revolt unless changes are ef
fected.
LONDON, Nov. 14. (A3)—Sir John
Simon, the new Foreign Secretary,
is going to Paris for the League of
Nations’ meeting on Manchuria
and it was announced that Ambas
sador Charles G. Dawes will ob
serve the proceedings for the Unit
ed States.
In London, the opinion is that
the issue will be brought down to
earth at this session and some sort
of definite plan for dealing with
the situation in Manchuria may
be evolved.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 14.
(/P>—The Board of Trade of Chi
cago has perfected machinery to
put an end to the bear raiding on
grain markets, a delegation of
members headed by S. H. Strawn,
assured President Hoover.
The President, in a statement
given out last July, charged that
raiding by the grain speculators
was depressing prices and result
ing in heavy losses to farmers, and
today’s visit of the Strawn delega
tion was interpreted as a move to
persuade the President that legis
lation to prevent “short selling” is
not necessary. In some quarters
it had been anticipated the Presi
dent might recommend such legis
lation to the next Congress.
Mr. Strawn revealed that the
President had called upon the Chi
cago Board of Trade for explana- .
tion of short selling practices in
the grain pit there and that the
committee had come to Washington
to supply him with the required in
formation.
Meanwhile at Chicago, wheat
climbed to the highest price since
last May in another wave of heavy
buying. Prices soared from 2% to
3 cehts above Tuesday’s closing fig-v
ures; July wheat going to 70. Corn
advanced from 2^ to 3 cents and
oats were up 1 cent.
JAMMU. India, Nov. 14. . (P)—
The crisis on the Kashmir bound
ary has ended with the arrest of
2,000 Moslems by British troops.
One youth was killed by an un
necessary volley, fired by the Ma
harajah’s bodyguard and as a re
sult the English army must face
another trying situation Monday
when the Moslems will stage a dem
onstration in the dead man’s honor.
Troops are being held in read
iness in case of further clashes be
tween the two sects.
INDIA BE IN TURMOIL
| LONDON, Nov. 14. (P)—If Eng
land does not grant a complete self
government to India that country
will be “plunged into turmoil and
suffering again, Mahatma Gandhi
who is here representing the Indian
National government, said.
j NEW YORK, Nov., OP)—Bu
llions of dollars lost to American
private investors in foreign se
curities, is disclosed in a survey
just completed by the New York
American.
The survey covering the entire
field of the American public fi
nance in foreign fields since the
war showed great depreciations in
at least 90 percent in American
stocks and bonds during that per
iod, characterized as, “America’s
attainment of it’s financial ma
jority”.