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COUNTY BOARD VOTES RELIEF I AT POOR FARM First Step Taken, After 14 Years’ Effort, to Better Living Conditions. * SHEARER FIGHTS MOV& Commissioner Says Letting of Dormitory Contract Is Absolute Waste. After fourteen years of inadequate housing facilities at the Marion county poor farm, county authorities today took the first step to alleviate crowded conditions under which inmates are living. Contract for construction of a men’s temporary dormitory, work to be started at once, with a view to relieving crowded conditions this winter, was let today by county commissioners t,o the Elliott-Myers Construction Company, on a bid of $14,873, The contract was approved by Commissioners George Snider and Dow Vorhies, majority members of the board, with John E. Shearer, minority member, refusing to approve the project. Awarding of the contract paves way for partial solution of evils which have been pointed out by every grand jury since 1914. Relief Urged for Years These grand juries, some of which bitterly condemned the poor farm facilities as “examples of a politically managed institution,” in almost every instance urged immediate relief for the aged and infirm residing in the institution. Refusal of Shearer to approve the contracts and to sign bonds for the construction echoes a long fight between commissioners, in which many plans were advanced as solutions. Shearer today branded the project “an absolute waste of county money, in view of the fact that the entire institution is to be moved to Julietta in 1934.” The transfer will be made under agreement with the state, in which the Central State hospital is to move insane patients to the present infirmary site. Called Immediate Need Snider and Vorhies asserted that inmates must be housed warmly through the winters of 1931-32 and 1933-34. “The dormitory is an absolute need, if further fire hazard is to be prevented,” they declared. Erection of the new dormitory will solve to a great extent, according to commissioners, the perils under which male inmates are forced to live in the present structure. The latter is a three-story, brick building more than thirty years old, and has been condemned by state fire marshal’s office as “a fire trap, unfit for human occupancy.” Less than a year ago State Fire Marshal Alfred Hogston issued an order for immediate vacation of the building, but the order was rescindtd temporarily to permit county authorities to arrange for substitute quarters. Byron Carter, acting superintendent of the infirmary, recently stated that space limitations in the men’s quarters constitute a grave question this winter. IMace Is Jammed More than 500 aged men are jammed into the building, with only bed space allotted to each. Strawtick cots have been crammed into dark and unsafe corridors to accommodate the ever-increasing population, Carter said. Possibility of suit contesting award of the bid to the ElliottMyers company loomed today, with charges of Floyd M. Cooley, head oj: the Cooley Construction Company that the contract was not awarded to thfc lowest bidder. Cooley's bid was $11,700, more than $3,000 under the Elliott-Myer bid. In a statement to The Times. Cooley charged commissioners with ignoring his bid, and indicated he will file suit contesting legality of letting the contract to Elliot-Myer. DEMANDS REAL POLICY Brookhart Warns Democrats Their Alms Must Be Progressive. B<! gcripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—1f the Democrats want to organize the senate, Senator Smith W. Brookhart, lowa Progressive Republican, will vote with them provided they formulate a “genuinely progressive legislative program.” -I am not interested In organization, as such,” Brookhart said today. “What I want is results. •’•But I won’t be fooled by any palaver. I want a specific platform which will provide farm relief, unemployment legislation, immediate assistance for the unemployed as distinguished from a public work program, and other social welfare legislation.”

SENATE CONTEST LOOMS Democrats Will Fight Seating of Thomas D. Schall (Rep., Minn.). By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 13.—John J. Farrell, Democratic state chairman, today announced definitely that the seating of Senator Thomas D. Schall (Rep., Minn.) would be contested when (jongress meets in December. If Einar Holdale, Schall's Democratic opponent, should be seated it might give the Democrats a majority in the closely divided senate.

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Birds First Woman Arrested for Getting Charity Rations to Feed Pigeons Daily.

WITH Mrs. Esther Shipp, 18, living in the rear of 129 North East street, the hunger of pigeons came first. Today she was arrested after investigation by welfare workers revealed, they said, that three and four loaves of bread she obtained daily from the soup kitchen on East Maryland street, were used to feed birds which flock to her residence. Held in the city jail, pending appearance before Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer, later today, Mrs. Shipp is said to have admitted obtaining the bread under false pretenses. Welfare workers said she told soup kitchen workers she wanted the extra bread to feed her several children. She had obtained the additional rations the last thirty days, it is charged. The soup kitchen is operated to feed Indianapolis needy. With her arrest, Dewey Meyers deputy prosecutor, said an investigation will be launched to determine if any other patrons of the charity food distribution source are using food for improper purposes. NATIONS AGREE ON REPARATIONS France and Germany Plan for Readjustment. By United Press BERLIN, Nov. 13.—France and Germany have agreed in principle to investigate the entire German financial and economic structure as a preliminary to readjustment of reparations payments, it was disclosed on high authority today. The negotiations are being continued, however, to arrange certain formalities. Premier Pierre Laval of France, upon his return from the United States, proposed reopening of the reparations issue through a German appeal to the Bank for International Settlement. It was to send an advisory commimttee to investigate the German ability to pay. This is the arrangement provided by the Young plan, which France is anxious to uphold in principle. Germany, however, contended that the Wlggin bankers’ committee had reported an adjustment was necessary and that any further examination would be unnecessary and useless. The Germans wanted to include the private debts owed to foreign bankers, chiefly British, and American, in the negotiations. France insisted that the reparations issue should supersede private debts.

NO CONGRESS TRUCE Senator Garner Punctures Hopes for Coalition. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Representative John W. Garner of Texas, likely Speaker of the next house, has punctured all hopes for a political truce in the next congress. House Democrats will judge every measure on Its merits, Garner said in a statement today. Various Republican leaders, including the President’s political secretary, Walter Newton, have called on him since he arrived here two days ago. Garner refused to reveal who had sought a coalition. “My questioners seem oblivious to the rather insulting character of suejj an inquiry, for it amounts to the implication that our representatives in congress are capable of sacrificing the welfare of the country to political expediency,” he said. BANKER SUES HIS FOES Charges Group (inspired to Wreck His Institutions; Asks $3,340,000. By United Press INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Nov. 13. Charging that a group of prominent Kansas City bankers conspired to wreck three banks in which he was interested, P. E. Laughlin, former president of the Federal Trust Company of Kansas City, today filed suit against them for $3,340,000 damages. SENTENCE COMMUNISTS 40 Years Levied Against Eight by Canadian Courts. By United Press TORONTO, Ontario, Nov. 13. The Canadian government won its first major offensive against Communism today -When it obtained a total of forty years in sentences against eight members of the Canadian Communist party. They were convicted through testimony of a mounted policeman who served the Communists several years while gathering evidence. The men were found guilty of charges of sedition and of being members of an unlawful association.

BOY, 18, IS HERO IN VAIN EFFORT TO SAVE BLAST VICTIM FROM FLAME DEATH

A TALE of heroism of an 18-year-old high school boy emerged today from a tragic fire in,a filling station at 5604 East Washington street, where William Cox, 21, of 266 Minkner street, an attendant, was burned fatally Thursday night. It is the story of Richard Hamaker, 5603 East Washington street, who rushed to Cox’s aid as the latter was enveloped in flames when a drum of denatured alco-

LOVE TRAGEDY STORY BARED BY WITNESS Clubman Admitted He Had Wronged Girl, Friend Says at Inquest. BAIL IS DENIED SLAYER Girl Whose Brother Killed Suitor Spared Ordeal of -Testimony. BY PAUL COMLEY FRENCH United Press Staff Correspondent NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 13.—A coroner’s jury today ordered Edward H. B. Allen held without bail for grand jury action, after finding he had shot to death Francis A. Donaldson 111, who is accused as the seducer of Allen’s debutante sister, Rose. The hearing was brief. The coroner’s physician testified as to the actual cause of death—gunshot wounds in the abdomen —and Donoldson’s friend, Albert G. H. Lucas, told of the scene in the Allen apartment when Donaldson was shot. Lucas told the jury that Donaldson had admitted being intimate with the pretty, dark-haired Rose, and judged this to be the reason the Allen family did not approve association between Donaldson and the girl. The jury returned this verdict: “Francis A. Donaldson , died of jshotgun wound in the abdomen inflicted in the Green Hill Farms hotel, Nov. 9, at approximately 9:30 p. m. by Edward R. Allen.” Girl Not Called Rose Allen was not called upon to testify. She has charged her brother and her lather, Horace Allen, with being responsible for the death of her lover. The father, in turn, told of his daughter having been seduced by the young millionaire and said he had pleaded for marirage, only to have the Donaldson family refuse, on the ground the couple were too young. Members of the Donaldson family had accused Allen of attempting to shield his son by resmirching his daughter’s reputation. Lucas waS 1 the chief witness today. On Monday evening, the night of the shooting,” Lucas said, “I received a phone call from Rose Allen. She said she was in the BellevueStratford hotel in Philadelphia and asked me to call Francis Donaldson and have him call her. “I called Skinnie, as we called Donaldson, and then forgot the matter. Within a short time I received another call, this time from Donaldson, who asked that I come to the hotel on a matter of great importance. Found Pair in Hotel “I drove to the Bellevue and went to Rose’s room. I found her sitting in a chair by the window. Donaldson was sitting on the bed. “I asked what the trouble was, and Rose said: ‘I was told to do what Eddie said or get out, and here I am.’ “I suggested that Donaldson and myself call on her father, Horace Allen, to see whether Rose could go back home. We drove to Green Hill Farms and rang the bell of the Allen apartment. We were admitted by a (Turn to Page 18)

SHIPS SMOKE-BOUND Virginia Forest Fires Tie Up Norfolk Harbor. By United Press NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 13.—Forest fires in Tidewater Virginia and in several eastern counties of North Carolina, creating dense clouds of smoke which extended far out to sea, have tied up shipping activities along the Virginia seaboard, and caused property damage estimated at millions of dollars. No ships have left Norfolk harbor since 9 p. m. Wednesday because of smoke and fogs. The Norwegian steamer Sydfold went aground in the harbor Thursday and the pilot boat Virginian ran fast in the mud at Cape Henry but later was floated. AGED MRS. THAW DEAD Succumbs to Ulncss at Paris Home; Sons Rush to Bedside. By United Press PARIS, Nov. 13.—Mrs. Benjamin Thaw Sr., 70, of Pittsburgh, died today at the family home in Paris (after an illness of three months. A son, Benjamin Thaw of the United States embassy staff in London, arrived Thursday afternoon, when his mother’s condition became alarming, and was at the bedside when she died. Another son, Colonel Thaw of Pittsburgh, also was present. Funeral plans have not been made.

hold exploded, and Cox ran screaming into the street. Cox died this morning at city hospital -of the burns. Richard, who was working with his widowed mother, Mrs .Corrine Hamaker. in the Corrine dining room at the East Washington street address, heard the •explosion in the filling station across the street, and looked into the street to see Cox running from the fire, his clothing in flames.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1931

City Will Open $230,000 Hope Chest

A GREAT big hope chest will be dedicated Sunday'' afternoon between 1 and 3 o’clock at the James Whitcomb Riley hospital grounds. The hope chest Is the new $230,000 Indiana Rotary Convalescent home. And it well may be called a hope chest for Hoosierdoom’s sick and crippled children, as each bed in its interior

Not So Smart Intelligentsia of Today Are Breaking Down Future, Says Author.

By United Press ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13.—American intelligence is on the decline because of the low birth rate among college graduates, according to Dr. Albert E. wiggam, New York educator and author. Wiggam, speaking before 7,500 Missouri school teachers at their annual association meeting today, predicted that “democracy will not outlast the present century unless the healthier and more intellectual people marry earlier and have at least three children.” As the ablest offspring of the laboring classes rise “into higher ranks they cease to have children, and thus" the masses are being bled whiter and whiter of their best blood,” he said. He advocated devising “new ideals, education and economic procedures to overcome this tendency.” If colleges were to depend solely on children of present graduates for their future students “within 200 years their buildings would be empty,” according to Wiggam, who estimated that graduates of women’s colleges “are - furnishing the country just about one child to every three graduates.” At the present birth rate, he said, 1,000 Harvard or Yale graduates would have only fifty descendants left in six generations. CONFER WITH MAYOR ON BELT ELEVATION Railway Officials Discuss Plan of Continuing Project. Continuation* of the Belt railroad track elevation project was discussed today at a conference of Union railway officials with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Whether the work will be pushed forward more rapidly this winter, to employ more men, was not announced Y)y the mayor, who will confer with works’ board member! regarding the project. Main purpose of the conference today was to consider track elevation procedure, A. H. Moore, city engineer, who attended the meeting, reported. Officials from the railway who met with the mayor were B. C. Byers, Union railway superintendent, and T. R. Radcliff, engineer for the railway. TRIAL SETTING RECORD Embezzlement Hearing in Fifth Day in Criminal Court. Longest embezzlement trial in the history of Marion county’s criminal court went into its fifth day before a jury today. Lane Robertson, operator of a former Indianapolis music hoyge, is alleged to have embezzled $1,996 from the Hoddroff Sales Company, an Illinois corporation, from which the local firm purchased musical instruments. Defense contends Robertson can not be held liable for the alleged misuse of funds because the alleged crime was committed by the company as a whole.

Richard shouted to his mother who tore a blanket from a cot in the dining room. Richard grabbed the blenket and ran after Cox. Meanwhile, Robert Moffitt, 18, son of Mrs. Florence Moffitt, a widow, 72 North Layman avenue, saw Cox running in a frantic effort to extinguish the flames, and pursuing him, knocked Cox to the street.

will have a small hope chest, or cedar box for the clothing of the sick children. The chests, unique as lockers in hospitalizatipn, feature the appointments of the new three-story structure. John Nelson of Montreal, third international vice-president of Rotary International, shown in the upper left photo, will make the main address at the dedica-

OGDEN WILL FACE GRANT GRAND JURY

Attorney-General James M. Ogden left today for Marion, where he will appear before the Grant county grand jury this afternoon, upon summons secured by Prosecutor Harley Hardin, whose office Ogden is investigating. Ogden was acocmpanied to Marion by Merle Wall, a deputy attor-ney-general, who will join with George W. Hufsmith, a fellow depsßl,ooo BANK BOOTY Five Armed Men Flee With Pay Roll Funds. By United Press RAHWAY, N. J„ Nov. 13.—Five armed men held up the Citizens National bank here early today and escaped with SBI,OOO. Employes of the bank had reported early to make up a number of pay rolls. One of the holdup men stood outside the bank doors. Another remained at the wheel of an automobile, keeping the engine running. Three entered the bank with drawn guns. One walked behind the teller’s cage, seized a large quantity of bills that were being arranged in piles and put them into a small suitcase. He then backed to the door and ran to the automobile while his two companions remained inside the bank, covering the retreat. The two sentinels then backed out of the bank and were joined by their companion, who w'as guarding the front door. All three leaped into the waiting automobile and sped away. LIBERAITFLAYsf HOOVER La Follette Says President Has Protected Capitalists. By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—The federal government has failed throughout the depression to take constructive action to combat economic distress, Governor Philip La Follette of Wisconsin charged at a dinner inaugurating a nation-wide movement in behalf of a liberal press. Speaking before 1,000 progressives at the first of thirty dinners in a campaign for funds for the Victor Berger foundation, La Follette charged President Hoover was protecting capitalists at the expense of the middle and home-owning classes. RUSH TO PAY TAXES Delinquent Penalties Be Pressed Until After Saturday. Taxpayers who were unable to meet payments when the fall deadline ended Nov. 2, flocked to the courthouse today to take advantage of the extension of payment time by Treasurer Clyde E. Robinson. Robinson will not assess delinquent penalties against persons who pay the second annual ffix installment today or Saturday. The office will be open until 4 this afternoon and Saturday. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 50 10 a. m 49 7a. m 48 11 a. m 51 Ba. m 48 12 (noon).. 54 9a. m 48 Ip. m 54

At that moment, Richard tjhrew the blanket over the burning man, and rolled him over and over in the street. When the flames were extinguished, Richard, a small boy for his age, picked up Cox and carried him to a doctor’s office. “Richard has always wanted to be a doctor,” his mother said today, “but I didn’t want him too. You know it’s so expensive. But I’ve changed my mind now. Rich-

tory exercises and dinner to be held on the hospital grounds. Upper Right Photo—The convalescent home’s portico and entrance. Lower Left—Two of the hospital’s inmates exploring one of the hope chests. Lower Right—A view of a section of one of the hospital ward rooms.

uty, in pushing the Hardin investigation to its close Saturday. Upon leaving Indianapolis, Ogden remained confident of success, which means that he believes the grand jury will indict Hardin. “I will have a statement to make before the grand jury, but, of course, can not disclose the nature of it,” the attorney-general declared. Hardin had him subpenaed, together with letters upon which Ogden based his South Bend speech, in which he charged that “Marion is seething in corruption.” * Following this speech, the attor-ney-general was invited to appear before the Grant county grand jury and prove his statements. He secured the appointment of Hufsmith as deputy prosecutor and the court narrowed the probe to an investigation of Hardin’s office. Following verbal attack upon the investigators, Hardin launched a belated counter-offensive by bringing his own witnesses before the grand jury and charging that Hufsmith and his cohorts had intimidated them. The summons for Ogden is part of this retaliatory move. MERCURY DROP DUE Mark of 40 Is Probable by Saturday Morning. Another drop in temperatures is predicted for tonight, and readings will be near 40 Saturday morning, the weather bureau forecast today. Overnight, thermometer fell to 48, eleven degrees lower than at the same time Thursday, and seventeen degrees under the maximum in the last twenty-four hours. J. H. Armington, weather bureau chief, said cloudy conditions will prevail in the next * twenty-four hours, but rain, except for drizzles, is not probable. Slight mercury climb is expected Saturday. KILL, FLEE WITH S2O Two Bandits Slay Proprietor of Princeton Restaurant. By United Press PRINCETON, Ind., Nov. 13. Harve McGarrah, 65, was shot to death here today when he resisted the attempt of two bandits to rob his restaurant. The men seized S2O and escaped. McGarrah was sleeping in the restaurant when the men entered. One of them fired when McGarrah picked up a chair and started to fight. * The men are said to have fled toward Evansville. SCHOOL CITY WINS~CASE —f Wayne Township Must Pay $31,419 for Transfer of Pupils. Wayne township school authorities must pay the Indianapolis school city $31,419.13 to cover costs of transfers of pupils from attendance in the township to city schools in the last three years, Superior Judge William Pickens ruled today. Officials of the township’s schools said they will issue bonds to meet the judgment.

ard showed a quality that deserves the best reward. YOUNG Moffitt sustained burns on the hands when he knocked Cox to the street. Cox, an employe of the Guarantee Tire and Rubber Company service station in the rear of the East Washington street address, was pumping air into the drum when it exploded, saturating Cox’s clothing with the burning fluid.

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ARMIES MASSED FOR NEW CLASH IN MANCHU ZONE Soviet-Controlled City Is Threatened, as Chinese Resume Attack Along Nonni River Front. JAPANESE FACE POWERFUL FORCE Occupation of Tsitsihar Will Involve Russia;’ Moscow Warned Against Sending Troops to Guard Railway. BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Press Staff Correspondent TOKIO, Nov. 13.—The possible beginning of the longexpected battle of Tsitsihar was reported today in press reports of anew clash between Chinese and Japanese troops along the Nonni river front. An official announcement said Manchurian cavalry under commandsof General Ma Chan-Shan in Heilungkiang province clashed with a Japanese patrol in the Nonni river sector.

Japanese Outnumbered By United Press MUKDEN, Manchuria, Nov. 13. — General fighting in the Nonni river Valley was renewed, today a few hours after Japanese military headquarters here announced the discovery of Chinese plans to begin “a decisive battle.” Outnumbered 10 to 1, the Japanese admitted their troops were in a desperate situation, unless hastily dispatched reinforcements already had reached the scene of the conflict. All reports here agreed that the concentration of Heil un g kiang troops under General Ma ChanShan at Anganchi, on the Chinese Eastern railway numbered more than 20,000. The latest announcement of Japanese strength placed its number pt only 2,000. General Shige:*u-HonjO, Japanese commander in Manchuria, announced that he had exhausted every means to avoid a conflict with Ma Chan-Shan. He said that Japanese Consul Shimidzu at Tsitsihar had requested General Ma on Nov. 11 to adjust the Heilungkiang province situation in a peaceful manner, and that Ma refused. Shimidzu reiterated his request the next day, and General Ma assertedly failed to answer, heightening the tension between rival forces. Never Will Surrender By United Press PEIPING, China, Nov. 13.—Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, nominal ruler of Manchuria and ally of China, declared today that the Manchurian troops never would surrender the Tsitsihar area to Japanese. Informed that a Japanese “ultimatum” had been delivered to the Chinese General Ma Chan-Shan to give up Tsitsihar, Chang said. “We will refuse to accede. We will defend our territory to the last.” # Chang said he would refuse to surrender Tsitsihar because General Honjo’s ultimatum was an expression of his personal opinion and not the official demand of Tokio. “Furthermore, Honjo’s representaties did not have adequate credentials and the Japanese already had started a vigorous offensive, prior to expiration of the time limit of the ultimatum,” he said. The Japanese legation denied that an ultimatum had been delivered or that a battle was under way. Soviet Denies Report By United Press MOSCOW, Nov. 13.—Official .circles insisted today that reports of Soviet munitions being sent to the Chinese in Manchuria are “pure inventions.” Well-informed persons believe the Soviets are making every effort to avoid a conflict. Dawes Goes to Paris By United Press LONDON, Nov. 13.—Charles G. Dawes, United States ambassador to the Court of St. James, departed for Paris today to represent his government at the League of Nations council meeting Monday on the Manchurian conflict. U. S. Marks Time By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—State department efforts to end the Manchurian quarrel were slowed down today, but just momentarily. Officials are “standing by” until the League of Nations council meets in Paris next Monday. The league statesmen are expected to pick up the Chinese-Japanese quarrel where they left it a month ago. They may adopt some new plan of peace. Then the United States will have to decide whether it will co-operate.

He sustained second degree burns on the legs, body, face and hands. Earl Perry, 27, of 132 Good avenue, another attendant, suffered burns, but was reported recovering at the hospital. Perry was trapped in a small room in the building, and was seared by flames so intense that a large feteel girder supporting the roof buckled.

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Four Japanese cavalrymen were killed and one was captured. The Chinese engaged Japanese forces in a three-hour clash south of Anganchi, on the Chinese Eastern railroad, a dispatch from the Asahi correspondent at the front said. The Nippon Dempo correspondent at Tsitsihar confirmed the report. There were some Japanese casualties. May Involve Russia The Japanese were reported to have occupied the Chinese outpost north of Tashing after the clash, thus advancing their front line of defense northward toward Anganchi and Tsitsihar. Extent of the fighting in tho Nonni area was not stated definitely. It was known that Japanese reinforcements had been sent up to protect the river railroad bridge and that some 20,000 Chinese troops had been concentrated near Anganchi. Some press reports said there had been no major encounters, merely skirmishing, as the Japanese advanced their outposts northward. The developments again threatened to involve Soviet Russia, which has joint control with China over the Chinese Eastern railroad, running some twelve miles north of the Japanese line of defense. Utimatum Is Reported Press reports that General Shlgeru Honjo, Japanese commander in Manchuria, had delivered an ultimatum to General Ma Chan-Shan, Chinese commander in Tsitsihar, demanding he surrender the area to Japanese control, could not be confirmed officially. Competent sources said it was quite possible that the occupation of Tsitsihar and Anganchi, as threatened officially Thursday, now was impending. Occupation of Tsitsihar by troops friendly to Japan would involve the question of the Soviet’s attitude, because of its influence there. The Asahi correspondent said Chinese and Russians had agreed that direct transportation of goods from Russia to Manchuria on the Chinese Eastern would “enable Russia secretly to supply ammunition and transport troops if desired. Warns of Troop Movement It was believed Moscow and Chinese officials had agreed that the Soviets had the right to station troops along the Chinese Eastern, if desired.” Japan has warned Moscow against sending trops to guard the railroad, and Russian sources here said they doubted the report. Repairs on the Nonni river bridge have been ’ completed by Japanese engineers and train service will be resumed Saturday. Such service would strengthen the forces of Japan in any effort to advance toward Tsitsihar. Attack Is Started By United Press GENEVA, Nov. 13.—Japanese artillery and cavalry have begun attacking Manchurian troops in the Tsitsihar area, China informed the League of Nations council today. Dr. Anfred Sze, Chinese representative, notified the council that a Japanese ultimatum to General Ma Chan-Shan, demanding that he surrender Tsitsihar v to Japanese control, expired at midnight. The attack was started later, he said. “Flagrant violations” of promises which Japan made to the League of Nations council was charged by Dr. Sze, in communicating the latest Chinese note to the league secretariat. Fighting Is Resumed By Unfied Press TOKIO, Nov. 13.—General fighting between Japanese and Chines* has started north of the Nonni river bridge, advices received today indicate. The Japanese charged that a general attack had been ordered by the Chinese commander, General Ma Chan-Shan. The Japanese forces were operating south of the Chinese concentrations near Anganchi. General Chang Hai-Peng, friendly to Japan, was understood to be operating independently against the troops of General .Ma in a flank movement,