Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1935 — Page 1

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, I UNS TO END Jederal DOLE i fBl NOVEMBER! B Ark-RelieKMliciaKl’ush II Program ’!'<» End a’E Direct Relief July 17. — <U.R> — I xßti. ”f •■'l""" 1 ’* today pointed W f i,u employment ’ B- •..u.vd > nd »K federal doles, ' B and f'» •' ll l,v N‘> vember I- ■> ( plan to liave sonle 3 ’ soo '’ ■\ f vdv at work Dy that time ” B <a..ess in forcing posubdivision* to provide for mu uneiuplovables unfit "'"■ak- ad'.'ti'ay of the jolt pro"’B -■ work-relief camhas I’ eii if. progress more B"“c-' months with only a comtew persons riven Jobs, Wadcnm-tiaiioii announced two to prove expensive can la' ended within ■ mon Its. S The promise of works proI; admir.isti-dor Harry L. Hop ,j sa . nnihiins of dollars will ''cry state by " 1 to -tart transferring ■tfr-ini reli-f rolls to federal, H The fact that the need for - relief has declined -- j | ) .’ w i ! | l the exception of a in Man h. since R already has works pi ogress projects Yetk 1 . vlabama. IndiE and. Washington, D. j is exiiected to act la-’er this W „n re. eiiini. i.da'.ions for Ar- . I Fioii'i.i Ini.ana, Kentucky. Efl X--a OklaM B> and Pennsylvania. ■ iropped from K persons t ost the ■ ... i H es-itnated eon who tfi $12«M..921 • .lune. A cointable, month by mon.h: ;J nK Persons On Federal H Relief Expenditures f 162.31f1.127 *» . Je.’ i-.ilnl H 2.185.526 lo.l'.l.l"! —KI IW't’.tll 141.635.660* —l7 IM >,32 123.768.634 ■ X FIVE) ■HIVE ON ■iHCHISEIERS S e Starts Campaign On Bisoline Tax Refund B Chiselers July <U.R) — -office ■I th— da'e auditor Lawrence today combined their' in a state-wide campaign ' gasoline tax refund I ls that the state is • between $1.... mm and $200,- ■■■ of fraudulent (, i. sasolin, taxes, Sullivan ’ha his department i conduct a concerted drive :^B s t the practice. ® Indiana law. farmers. ■Mtion companies and others i Ea '"iin» other than in auto|s may obtain refund of fB* B’*“ 8 ’*“ fours ent tax on all purchased. '■“i'-iu said he had reports' onmlrt-ds n f p Prsonv . w-ere >• <la "n ; for tax refunds on used in pleasure cars The affidavit of the has been the ( ,nlv proof ' ■“'“•but .Sullivan said he to establish a sys'em of claims. Barce, deputy attorney 8,,.’. and toward Rheav. of B‘7 ( i, " dil ° r ' s offkp . were conduct the drive. W eet Fair Stands S Must Be Licensed a ’ thp Hocalur Free r must purohaee store r yhaik ' h ”' d <> f B , bUre ‘ ,U Bta,ed toda y : ®SLT. U5 ° and th « Brt bur-au. (> ' tainHl at ,he auto J deceives ® Revenue Share tor u ohn w T >’ ndail B»count U S Chft:k tor 52.424.02 l com ßllar<> Os the lnterest ! 1 ommon school revenue i . S ® hare wa « based on ' »111 £ 1 atten4l »»ce- The i B‘“«itetot)i IStributed t 0 the B attendance.

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Approve Proposal For Parking Lot A proposition to convert the rear ut the loUt owned .by Chris Boknecht on Norto Third street into u city 1 parking 1A wan approved by the i city council Tux eday night. Mr. Boknecht offered -the lota . i free if the city would cut the weeds land clean the ground. H-olph Roop public works commVsioner, told the council that it would require i leas than $lO to get the lota in i ehape. The lota, whi. Il are on the west side of tfte alley in the north half, |of the block between Second ands Third atr.ets will accomodate from 18 to flO automobiles. SEVENTEEN ARE HURT AS TRAIN LEAVES TRACK Crack Pennsylvania Train Hits Truck At Upper Sandusky, Ohio Vpper Sandusky, O„ July 17. — I <U.R> The locomotive of the Pennsylvania's crack passenger train. ' the Liberty Limited, exploded in the middle of main street today after striking a truck trailer, i leaving the rails and plunging | two blocks through the center of j town. Seventeen persons were injured, | four critically. Most seriously hurt were the engineer and fireman. R. I). Todd and J. W. Ritchy. both of Fort Wayne, Ind., and two passengers. William Shirlev ,of Youngstown and Peter Haley of Detroit. Robert Williams, Cambridge. O. driver of the truck, was slightly hurt. Roaring through town on its regular non-stop run from Pit'sburgh to Chicago, the train crashed into the truck trailer at the main street The lo- ' comotive wrenched loose from the pasaenger cars. Jumped the tracks and hurtled down the street at right angles to the rails. >Jusl before crashing into a house, it overturned and exploded. Todd and Ritchy were critically scald-

<•<l and suffered possible internal injuries. Meanwhile, nine coaches and sleeping ears hurtled off the rails and ploughed along the side of the track for more than 1000 feet . before crashing into some box cars. Two coaches overturned. I Os the 75 passengers aboard, 14 were injured, only two seriously.! Cause of the collision could not , be determined immediately, pend(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O Lodge To Entertain Mooseheart Graduate, Miss Mildred Fogie of Geneva, a, gr duate of Moosoheart. will be the guest of the Moose lodge at a joint meeting ~f the Women of the Moose and Adams lodge 1311. Friday evening. A short program will be held at ! the lodge hall and Mies Fogle will , give a talk. Miss Fogle was graduated from the institution 1 st June. M mbers of the auxiliary and the , lodge are invited to attend. o ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander Dies At Home West Os Berne Mrs. Jacob NeuenschW'inder, 60, sister of Mose Augsburger, Adame County commissioner, died at her home west of Berne Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock. Death was due to Brights dioea.se and complications l Mrs. Neuenscliwander ins tor- , merly Lydia Augsburger and was born in Fr?n il) township. September 12. 1864. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Augsburger. She wan I married to Jacob Neuenschwander i and they spent their entire married life in the Berne community. There wens no children born to the union. The following sisters and brothers eurvive: Mrs. J. W. Holes, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. J. D. Grider .ind Amos and David Augsburger, Elida, Ohio; Rev. Daniel Augsburger. Dayt*n, Ohio; Mose Augsburger. Adams county commissioner and John Augsburger of Berne; Jacob Augsi burger of Geneva. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at tire i home and ot two o’clock at the Defensless Mennonite church, nortih-, ' west of Berne. Burial wll be in th® church cemetery.

COURT RULING SERIOUS BLOW TO FARM AID Experts Say Process Tax Ruling Will Wreck New Deal Farm Aid Washington, July 17 — (U.R) — * Federal circuit court judgment holding agricultural adjustment administration processing taxes unconstitutional will wreck new deal farm aid plans beyond legislative repair, experts said today, unless the supreme court reverses the lower tribunal. Under the jeopardized AAA program the government has collected $903,548,489 from processors of various basis commodities, j Under existing benefit payment agreements the government is j committeed to pay farmers $1 ,- 599.963,821. • If the AAA taxes followed NRA into the judicial discard, the government would have to dig ini to the treasury for at least the I difference between, collections and existing commitments. The direct charge on the treasury would be increased if processors were able to obtain refunds of taxes already paid. It would be possible to pay refunds or benefits out of the $4,000,600,000 workrelief fund. The number of injunctions and other suite against AAA is creeping toward 200 in justice department files. They come from practically every state —filed by meat packers, flour mills, sausage manufacturers, textile and weaving mills, cotton gins, and manufacturers of specialty foods. Those suits attack processing taxes from all angles. Most of them seek injunctions against further tax collection on the grounds that the processing payments are doing irreparable injury to the processors. Other suite seek refunds of taxes paid. A few. including the Hoosac case which went against the new deal I yesterday, directly challenge con- , stitutionality of the Roosevelt exI>eriment wbieh is NRA'e agriewK tural twin. Majority leader Joseph T. Rob- 1

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HUGE PORTLAND STILL SEIZED —__ Federal Officers Arrest Six After Seizing Alcohol Still Portland, Ind., July 17. —(U.R> —Six I men, including a. former prohibiI tion agent, were arrested here last night in a raid by federal officers on a huge alcohol srtill. The officers from the Ohio department of the federal alcohol enforcement division, confiscated a 2,000 gallon still and 1,600 gallons lof alcohol. The still was located lon a farm owned by Clyde McGahey, one mile west of here. Clarence Green, CeUna, 0., the former prohibition agent; McGahey, Russell O'Dell and Lewis I Calanzaro, both Gary; Linas Keller. St. Henry, 0., and Joseph Babo,; PorDand, were those arrested. Green was a member of the fed- 1 eral raiding party which attempted to stop George Adams near Fort Wayne on the night of July 22, | 1831, resulting in the murder of two agents. Green, it was said,' was the man who became entangled in a fence when the shooting, started. Federal officers said that Green i contended he had no connection! wi'th the still but had been to Red-! key with another man and had stopped at the McGahey farm shortly before the raiding party arrived. Then men were lodged in tne: ! Jay county jail. ■“ Washington Twp. Drivers Listed John M. Doan, Washington township trustee today announced th® school bus drivers for the 1935-36 school year in Washington township. The bids for tht six routes ranged from $25 to $35 a month. They were opened Tuesday night before the members of the township adviacry board, The members of the board are: Frank Breiner, .president Din Niblick, vice-president and) John R. Parrish, secretary. The drivers will be: route one, ■ Frank Liniger; route two, Melvin Maloney; route 3,(Ben Eiting, route! four, Carl Barnett; route five. Rob-! 1 ert Eiting, and route six, Frank | Hurst.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .July 17, 1935.

Blind “Mercy” Killer Held a f w *- BP Disclosing, according to the police, that he threw his partiallyblind partner. Hazel May Amnions, of Columbus, O„ out of the thirdstory window of a Boston hotel "as an act of mercy" and "because he loved her too much." Forrest Welles, 36-year-old blind accordionist, is shown above in the custody of Officer Reynolds of the Boston police. Welles, formerly of Detroit, was charged with murder .

ASK EXTENSION OF WATER MAIN I I Fred Reppert Petitions Extension Os Main To Bellmont Addition Fred Reppert presented a petj- I tion to the city counifl Tuesday night requesting the extension of the city waler mains to tjie Bell- . mont park addition. Mr. Reppert stated in h's petition that there are now “about. 20 families living in ’the addition, all , of whom are desirous of using the I city water service.’’ He donate land for the * construction of a well if necessary. I The petition, said that the waterl ; a: the development was exception- .

. a'ly pure and that it had recently been tested. Mr. Reppert concluded by saying that "the expense of extending the mains would eventually be paid by the receip's from the new consumers.” The petition was refered to the water committee. The electric light committee reportd favorably on the petition of the Schaffer Company asking that a light be installed in tTie alley back of their office. A petition was offered to the council beqqu. sting that the city water mains be extended west on North Second street to accommodate seveal citizens inside the corporate limits. It was referred <o the water committee. The board of public works and safety reported that the repairs on the coal si'o at ‘the city plant have been completed. The work was necessary because of the fire at the plant several weeks ago. W. E. Moon made the repairs for $994.75. o MANY VIOLENT STATE DEATHS Auto Accidents, Drowning And Fire Claim Many Victims Indianapolis, July 17. — (U.R) — Automobile accidents, a drowning and a farm home blaze claimed the lives of at least seven persons in ( I Indiana yesterday. Nearly a score' suffered injuries. One person was killed, and five ! others injured in a collision of I two automobi’es on U. S. highway I 50 near Washington las 1 ! night. The victim was Steno Cuffe, 15.' ! Louisville, Ky., who was killed instantly when his skull was crush- ! ed. Col. Clarence A. Tucker, 57, and Major Richard Habbe, CCC officers stationed near here, Harold i Glaze, 25, Clinton, and M'iss Catherine Berger, Louisville, were Injured. Miss Blanche Williams, 18, was killed instantly, when the automobile in which she was riding crash!ed .into a 'truck near Vincennes. Five others were injured. Mrs. Laura Hulvey, Darlington farm woman, was burned to death when gasoline she was spraying on a hog house ignited. Mrs. Mae Byrd of near Adoga suffered pyobablw fatal burns when a kitchen range exploded and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) J

Experience Delay In Light System The new ornamental lighting system on Second street may not be 1 completed before the Dcatur Free Street Fair during the first week in . Auguat. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse told the city council at ite regular me ting Tuesday night. The delay may be caused by the failure of toe new WPA pr gram to begin promptly. A number of relief workers are being employed on the project/ Mayor Holthouse told the council that in a telephone couveiuaticn with Virgil Simmons. Slate WPA head, and in an interview with a state engineer, he had been informed that the impr vement would be pla. ed on th? preferr.d list and i would lx? approved as soon 'O the new program is put into effect. i'n c*b? it is imp ssibl? to complete the job before Fair week the street wifi not be torn up until later.

yi _ o FRANCE SEEKING e. iBUDGET BALANCE -1 J French Cabinet Risks Political Ruin In Economy Move k ’ Paris, July 17. — (U.R) — Cabinet 1 ministers risked political ruin to- . day by announcing to the country , 28 emergency decrees, striking j nearly every home in France, in I their pledged effort to ba'ance the i ! budget and keep the currency in- , i tact. .! Civil, servants, war veterans, II farmers, the great general confedI era I ’.ion of labor —all politically po- •! tent —were hit, and even before the | decrees were made pubi-.c in toI day's official journal a bombardment of protest was opened on Premier Pierre Laval and his coal-1 ition cabinet. Determined that he will take: . France 'through its economic cri- ! sis with flags flying high, Laval ' | prepared to address the nation by I wire’ess tonight or tomorrow — ■ I probably tomorrow —to defend his I 'lcourse sturdily and ask all French- . men to cooperate with him in his effort No restc re normal conditions. His task if a formidable one. Confronted with a budget deficit upward of 10,000.000.000 francs : ($663,600,000). the country realized that if its currency was to be main-1 ' tained, economies must be effect-, ■ ed. Fearful of a repetition of the ' ! former collapse of the franc, national leaders decided that the cur- ' curency must be maintained. But j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 18L-T. Days Till The t. FREE STREET FAIR and I Agricultural Exhibit

MRS.WALEYIS SENTENCED TO 20-YE AR TERM Woman Kidnaper Will Serve Term In Milan, Michigan, Prison Taoonrt, Wash. July 17 —(UP) — Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley was sentenced to 20 years in the fed- 1 eral women’s detention farm prieon | at Milon, Michigan today by Federal Judge E. E. Cushman for her | part in the kidnaping of 9-year-old G -orge Weyerhaeuser. . J Mis. Waley was convicted iby a I jury Saturday on charges of violat-1 ing the Lindbergh kidnaping law and of conspiracy to kidnap. Her husband. Hurmon Metz Waley is serving 45 years in McNeil's Island prison for his part in the northwest’s greatest kidnaping. The buxom Utah girl who "got in trouble," ben ause she followed her ev-convict husband with utmost 1 impassivity, showed no emotion whatever. Twice the 19-year old wife etterrr ted to plead guilty with her, busband but her iplea was refused by judge Cushman when both her attorney ond her husband said she had no early knowledge of the kidnaping of the young timber fortune Cieir. The court sentenced Mrs. Waley to serve 26 yeure on each of the two counts but said the s. ntences would run concurrently. Mrs. Waley Stood between her attorneys, John Fran, is Dore of Seattle and Steve O’Brien of Tacomu, while the judge passed sentence. She said nothing and turned readily when United States Marsh 1 A. J. Chitty touched her arm and bade i her follow him from toe court room. She will be Ir Id in Tacoma City ' jail until a wafden and matron ar- • rive from the Michigan prison to ; t ike her there. Wheat Thrashing Well Underway The thresuing of wheat kt well underway in Adams county. Farmers are busy with th? job and several combiner are operating in dis-

f-erent parte of the county. At the Bellmjnt farm, east of DeI eatur 12 acres of wheat were ) threshed yesterday. The crop aver- j 1 g<i 32 one-half bushels per a. er, ' I William Bell stated. 1 The Burk Elevator company quoted 69 cents on 60 pound to the bushel wheat and 68 cento for num- • ' ber two wheat, 58 pounds to the bushel. The crop this year is averaging between 30 and 35 bushels. So far ! no average of 40 bushels has been i reported. Some of the new wheat ■ | ii? being sold. o Quarterly Bills Due This Month The quarterly rural light and i power bills and the quarterly city , water bills are due this month. July 20 is the last day for paying! _ the bills without paying the pen- , ' alty. City light and power bills , I are also due by the twentieth. 0 ! HUNT DAUGHTER OF MURDERESS Lie Detector Show Dead Man’s Mother-In-Law Telling Truth Chicago, July 17. — (U.R) —Police 1 today hunted the 10-year-old daugh- ' ter of Mrs. Evelyn Smith, former burlesque atrip dancer, hoping to 1 find a clue to the whereabouts ot her mother, wanted with her Chin-! ( ese consort, Harry Jung, for the j murder of Ervin Lang. After lie detector tests had failed to shake (he story of Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, admitted instigat- 1 or of the slaying of Lang, her son-! 1 in-law, police turned to other ave-I < nues. . They learned from Louis Frank, | t tailor shop proprietor, that for four ’ years Jung operated a laundry next 1 door to his shop, and that the s Chinese, Mrs. Smith and the girl I lived in the rear ot the laundry t during that time. Discovery of the € girl may lead to 'the arrest of her f mother, police believe. i n Jung is in danger of being assassinated by Chinese tsng men, Ser- t geant William Bowler, chief of the police Chinatown detail here, said today. Bowler doubted that Jung: is a "hatchet man" or even a Nong member. Bowler pointed out that Jung js not known in Chinatown, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Bryce Thomas To Training Camp Bryce Thomas, principal of the Central school, will leave Thursday morning for Fort Knox, Louisville, Kentucky, for 15 days instruction in the federal reserve | corps. Mr. Thomas is a captain in battery D of the 325th field ar- ■ tiilery. A series of broadcasts will be given over station WLW, Cincinnati, each Friday night at 6:15 p. m. CST. These broadcasts will deal with preparedness, najtiona.l defense and similar subjects. Cincinnati reserve officers will conduct the broadcasts. SCHOOL BOARD OFFERS GROUND Lot At First And Jackson Offered For Use As Parking Lot The Decatur School Board has offer d the use of ite lot, northeast ' corner of First and Jackson streets. , for a parking lot The offer will in all probability be accepted iby the city, if the additional 56 feet on the west nan be obtained. The school board met last night and voted to turn over the lot to the ; city tor free iparking purposes, providing a driveway wue made from First street. The lot is the site of the old opera house and high school gym. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner reported to the council and Mayor Holthouse that the lot could be filled in and leveled at email expense. The school board lot has a front’ ge of 132 feet on First street and 76 feet on Jackson street. An additional 56 feet facing Jackson street adjoins toe lot on the west and if this stretch can be obtained it will provide a space 132 by 132. It would accommodate a number of automobiles. f details can be worked out in the n xt f. w days, work on preparin the grounds will begin at once. The city administration is desirious of locating several tree iparking lots noir the up-town shopping district. The first perking lot established on First street is practically completed and more than 100 care park there on Saturday evenings.

DESTRUCTION OF TELEGRAMS TOLD Witness Tells Os Orders To Destroy Utility Bill Wires Washington, July 17—(UP) —An evesdropping witness told the senate lobby inqquiry today that ihe overheard a statement that "superiors” of R. P. Herron, associated , gas >ind electric bond salesman, gave orders that jll records of the mysterious Warren. Pennsylvania. 1 utilities bill protest telegrams ibe destroyed. The testimony was presented by A. F. Christensen, telegraph operator in the Warren office, where Herron dispatched 1,200 telegrams to D. J. Driscoll, D., Pn.. over signa tures t .ken from a city directory. He testified he overheard the remarks during o conservation 'between R. P. Herron, bond salesman for the associated gas and electric Co., and J. A. Fisher, manager ot the Warren Western Union office. He said the conversation occurred July 10 just as the senate and house lobbying committees started their inquiry into utilities lobbying. IHerron was alleged by witnesses to have dispatched hundreds of telegrams to rep. D. J. Driscoll, D., Pa., opposing the Wl'.ieeler-Rayburn utilities bill and signed them with (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) County Agent Talks To Lions Club Tuesday Lawrence E., Archbold, jeounfy agent addressed the meeting of the Lions Club whkh was held Tues- I day night in the Rice Hotel. ' Mr. Archbold gave un interesting talk and outlined the activities 1 which will take place during the < Decatur Street Fair and Arricultur- 1 al Show here August 5 to 10. i He named the various agricul- i tural shows which will bake place I each day and pointed out the bene- i fit received 'by the farmers and I merchants from the show. Walter Krick was in charge of 1 the program. 1 o 1 WEATHER 1 j Generally fair tonight and I Thursday, becoming unsettled < extreme north portion; little change in temperature.

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ROOSEVELT IS DETERMINED TO PUSH TAX PLAN President Wants Tax-Rich Measure Passed This Session Washington, July 17 — (U.R) Renewed determination by administration leaders to keep congress in session until action is completed on President Roosevelt’s tax proposals today focused attention on the house ways and means committee. The group not only is considering the tax proposals but also has under discussion the Guffey coal bill, demanded repeatedly by the president as the only salvation for the bituminous coal industry. A subcommittee, under the chairmanship of Rep. Samuel B. Hill. D.. Wash., has been considering the Guffey bill for several weeks and has held extensive hearings. But unability of members to agree on terms of the measure, and the drive on the tax problem by the full committee has resulted in. prolonged delay. Committee members appear ready to go ahead with the tax bill under full steam, and temporarily sidetrack the Guffey bill. Members predicted that, if this were carried out the tax bill would be before the full House within two weeks. House hopes for early adjournment were dashed yesterday when leaders maneuvered to table an adjournment resolution by Rep. Braswell Deen, D„ Ga. The vote was 259 to 86. Adjournment forecasts ranged from August 10 to Sept. 1. President Roosevelt, convinced that he has a strong case, revealed at a White House press conference today that he is determined on enactment of his legislative program this session despite hopes of many congressmen for early adjournment. Mr. Roosevelt, as a lawyer, recalled laughingly that it is an old trick of the defense when ita case is weak to ask that It go over until the next session of court. He feels that it is what is happening in congress now in the

drive for adjournment without the enactment of measures that Ihe considers desirable, such as the tax program. I For the third time in as many I weeks. the president repeated that he wanted the tax measure put through at this session, although he pointed otf* (’■ixt he had not discussed it recently with (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Gypsy Gang Robs Berne Man Today A gang of gypsies stole several dollars from a Berne man this afternoon, Sheriff Dallas Brown was informed. The gypsies used the old “blessing game.” After pasing their hands over the man while telling his fortune, they departed. Later ’he man discovered his pocketbook was missing. LEAGUE PLANS TO STUDY CASE League of Nations Likely To Consider Threatened War London. July 17 —(UP) —Consideration of the explosive Abyssinian crisis in the League of Nations was regarded as asured today when tlie government decided to send Anthony Eden, its minister for League affairs to Genieva Tuesday to attend a league council meeting. When the council last met, it wan agreed to meet July 25 —next Thursday—to consider bhe crisis if Italian and Abyssinian negotiators had neither liquidated 'border clashes nor named on impartial chairman to cast *a deciding vote on them. The ibig powers tried hard for weeks to sidetr"' k council consideration. Recent ..plomatic activity has been indicated as aimed at trying to suippert ilbaly against Abyssinia, however, and the news of Eden’s assignment was regarded as indirect notification that this course has been adopted. Unless there is a change in the present attitude of the British and French government the liklihood seemed to 'be that Italy would be Invited to arraign Abyssinia as slave ridden and unfit to be a league member. Unless small nations objected with sufficient energy, this would prepare the way for legalization of on Utalian war on Abyssinia.