Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1932 — Page 1
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WETS SWAMP DRYS IN FINAL DIGEST TALLY Repeal of 18th Amendment Demanded by 73 Out of Every 100 Ballots. 46 STATES ASK CHANGE Only 2. North Carolina and Kansas, Urge Retention of Ban on Liquor. (Mn *boini r*iotl* prohibition poll. Fate Onr, Sarond Set tlon.l Repeal of the eighteenth amendment is favored by 73 voters out of every 100 who balloted in the Literary Digest's nation-wide prohibition poll, final tabulation discloses. Os the 4,668 537 ballots returned. 1 233,660. or 26 40 per cent, favored retention ol the prohibition amendment. while 3.431.877, or 73.51 per rent, favored repeal. rhe Indiana vote was 140,100 for repeal and 66.126 for retention. Kansas and North Carolina are the only two states giving a clear majority for prohibition. Kansas voting dry by a majority of 397 voles out of a total of 84.121 ballots received and North Carolina voting dry by a majority of 68 votes out of a total of 64.790 ballots returned. Northeast Is Wettest The wettest section of the United States bs evidenced by the returns in this poll is the group of states from the Mississippi river east to the Atlantic ocean and approximately north of the Mason-Dixon line, with the dampest concentration in the seaboard states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The dryest section of the country includes the belt of states extending from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to the Atlantic with the exception of Missouri, Louisiana and Florida, which three states register higher wet majorities. Six states, giving a return of between 40 to 50 per cent of their total votes for the continuance of prohibition, include Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama. Mississippi and South Carolina, ranked in the order of their greater dry sentiment Nine 4 to l for Repeal Nine states, finally voting more than 4 to 1 wet. are Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey. New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. The nine states voting pver 3 to 1 wet in the final returns include California. Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico. North Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. The fifteen states returning a 2-to-1 majority prohibition are Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine. New Hampshire. Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Utah, Vermont, Indiana, Missouri and Arizona. Nevada heads the wet column with 88.20 per cent of its final vote for repeal, while Kansas, for some weeks during the pbll the only dry state, heads the column for prohibition in the final vote. The drys showed a continuous gam during the progress of the poll, the ratio for prohibition continuance increasing from 15.85 per cent of the total vote of the first week's returns to 26.49 per cent of the final vote. Capita! 3 to 1 Wet The District of Columbia vote is more than 3 to 1 wet. The tenth and final tabulation in the 1930 .Digest poll, giving three options on the ballot instead of two. showed a total tabulation of 4.806.464 votes, of which 1,464,098. or 30.46 per cent, were for strict enforcement. while 1.399.314. or 29.11 per cent, were for modification to admit light wines and beers, and 1.943,052. or 40.43 per cent, were registered in favor of outright repeal. Announcing the final tabulations Saturday, the Literary Digest will says: “The poll now becomes history, a symmetrical edifice of statistical data built for the whole nation, and not for any party or cause, we dedicate It simply and sincerely to service in the search for wisdom by public men in their councils and conventions, their legislatures and executive mansions, at this crisis of the nation's life.'* % The Anal tabulation: For For state Continuance Repeat Alabama 1 594 43* Arizona ,*••*} . Arkanaa* 11J12 California 50.648 166.919 Colorado 14*70 227 Connecticut 11.383 60 959 Delaware 2 442 8.425 Dlst of Columbia .... 3.009 10,509 Florida 11.742 34.848 Oeorcia 14 038 25.479 Idaho 5.513 10.710 Illinois 53.7 8 228.972 Indiana 88.1.-8 140 100 lowa 32 480 57.874 Kaneas .....,. 42.259 41.882 Kentuekv 28 143 53.882 Louisiana 7.510 33 286 Maine 10 *77 24.794 Marvland 14 31* 46.9*4 Massachusetts 39.184 143.950 Michitan 39 815 141 553 Minneaota 31 475 101.894 Missiaaiopi 19.047 15.305 Missouri 43 890 106.519 Montana ... 4 859 19,995 Nebraska 19.790 33.222 Nevada 305 3.052 New Hampshire * 620 14,529 New .lersev 39,953 174.806 New MesiCO 1.587 4 781 New York 78.92 2 426 894 North Carolina 33 42 32 361 North Dakota 6 *lO 21.205 Ohio 106.287 280.198 Oklahoma 25.026 30.004 or-eon 11 44* 26,271 Pennsylvania 133 317 304 225 Rhode Island 3 43! 18 395 South Carolina 13 382 18 3*l South Dakota 7.110 15 159 Tennessee 27 470 29.132 Texas 38 832 74 527 Utah r 4.650 10 281 Vermont 4937 H.3j Vireinta 27.721 47.817 Wahln*tor> 15 358 4 8 973 West Vir*tr,la 33 6*2 44.741 Wisconsin 20,702 lios?* Wvomtnc 1 832 6.420 State unknown 11.063 16 445 c s Total 1 236.660 3.431.877 Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 51 10 a. m 67 7 a m 54 11 a. m 68 Sa. m 59 12 tnoon>.. 70 9 a. m .... 62 1 p. m .... 70
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VOLUME 43—NUMBER 304
$1,000,000-a-Year Limit on Incomes Is Defeated in Senate
By I nited Press WASHINGTON. April 29—A proposal to limit the income of any person in the United States to $1,000,000 a year and to limit gifts and inheritances to an aggregate of $5 000.000 for any person was voted down today in the senate. There was no record vote because not enough senators joined with Senator Huey Long <Dem.. La.*, to compel the calling of the roll. Senators Robert La Follette <Rep.. Wis.. John J. Blaine (Rep, Wis.i, and Elmer Thomas <Dem., Okla . wanted a record vote, but could not get it. Long offeied the resolution which would have instructed the senate finance committee to frame the tax bill In such a way that “we will put a limit to the swollen fortunes." Senator Samuel M Shortndge (Rep.. Cal.i. objected to consideration of the resolution under unanimous consent rules.
LION BREAKS UP BROADCAST Seven Get Minor Injuries as Beast, in Radio Studio, Panics 200. By I niied Press BOSTON, April 29.—Seven persons nursed minor injuries today after King Leo, an 800-pound, tenfoot lion of the movies, became frightened during his first—and undouoteaiy last—radio interview Thursday night, and ran wild in radio station WBZ. Some 200 men, women and children, assembled in the studio and spectator chamber of the fifth floor of Hotel Bradford to witness his radio debut, were terrified as the beast lunged through a double plate glass window separating the studio from the main control room. Announcer Aidan Redmond coppled from his perch on a ladder. Photographers scrambled from the tops of two pianos. Amid the pandemonium that followed, the hotel’s five elevators were sent to the fifth floor, and into these the spectators were herded and lowered to safety. Leo was cornered, and forced to go through with his scheduled broadcast. Apparently reckoning his performance merited another fling at freedom, the beast took a second flying leap from the broadcast chamber, this time puncturing the double-pancd glass leading into the spectator room, now cleared of guests. For ten minutes the lion roamed from room to room, blood streaming from the glass cuts on his flanks. Trapped in a closet after being saved from policemen's guns by the pleas of his trainer, the animal was recaged and taken away.
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[). S. PROBE OPENS Bankers* Politicians Called by Federal Jury. A score of Indianapolis business men, bankers and politicians were to testify today before the federal grand jury in a secret probe, nature of which officials declined to reveal. Whether sensational developments will mark the end of the investigation late this afternoon or Saturday morning is not known, although it was said a majority of cases before the probe body are of a minor nature. Officials and grand jury attaches declined to comment on presence in the federal building corridors of numerous prominent persons, apparently waiting to testify. Report on the jury s action is expected to b* made immediately on completion of the probe to Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzeil.
“I would like to know how the senator would propose to limit income and inheritances,” said Senator Joseph T. Robinson 'Democrat, Arkansas*. “I would put a limit on swollen fortunes.” Long replied, explaining that excess funds would be taken through taxation. “I would not object to consideration of the resolution. but I shall not give it my support," Robinson replied. Reserving the right to object. V-said Senator David A. Reed,” (Representative, Pennsylvania!, “if the committee keeps on the way it is going I don't think there is any likelihood of any one having an income of $1,000,000 a year or an inheritance of $5,000,000.” Senator William E Borah 'Representative. Idaho', r said he did not believe the resolution would have any influence with the finance committee, but his attitude appeared to be sympathetic. Vice-President Charles Curtis put the vica voce vote, and about half a dozen senators appeared to ; vote with Long.
Alice to See New Wonders in U. S. Visit By r nited Perm NEW YORK, April 29—Alice Dill will enter the wonderland of New York's skyscrapers today; not by the rabbit hole, but down the gangplank of the liner Berengaria. Alice is Mrs. Rginald Liddell Hargreaves now'. She will be 80 next Wednesday. On her birthday she will take part In the celebration at Columbia university of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lewis Carroll, author l of “Alice in Wonderland." ' The original of the golden-haired child heroine of the Cambridge Dons underworld fantasy is accompanied by her sister. Miss Rhoda Liddell, and her son. Captain Caryl Hargreavese of the Scots Guards. The exercises at Columbia next Wednesday will mark the close of | the centenary celebration. SENATE TO ACT ON PHILIPPINES Votes Early Consideration of Independence Bill. : By Vailed Press i WASHINGTON. April 29,-The j senate voted today, 39 to 29, to conI sider immediately bills relating to Philippine independence. The decision was taken on motion by Chairman Bingham of the , senate insular affairs committee. Bingham moved to bring before the senate the Hawes-Cutting bill | which would enable the people of the Philippine Islands to vote on the independence question after fifteen years tutelage. If independence ; were voted, it would become effective two years later. GREWSOME WAYS TO DIE CHOSEN BY PAIR I One Woman I -caps Eleven Floors; Another Crawls Under Train. By L nited Pres* PEORIA, 111.. April 29.—Two middle-aged women for whom lives of pain proved not worth living, today chose grewsome ways to die. Lydia Reddock. 49. New' York, a nurse, discharged because her employer believed the nurse was losing her mind, jumped from her eleventh floor room in the Pere 1 Marquette hotel. She left a sealed j note to Miss M. G. Reddock. 153 Cumberland street, Toronto, Canada, supposedly a sister. 11l health was believed the motive of Mrs. Delores Murray, East Peoria, who crawled under the j wheels of a freight car and lay ’ until the train started. DRY LAW SEPARATES TWINS FIRST TIME One of Bachelor Brothers, 66, Gets Six Months’ Still Term. By Vailed /’res* MILWAUKEE. April 29. The prohibition laws separated Rudolph and Herman Knickeibein, 66-year-old bachelor twin brothers, Thursday for the first time in their lives. They had lived since birth on a farm near Saukville, where three prohibition agents found a still last Sept. 15. The next day the brothers were brought here for arraignment. It was their first trip to a large city. They made their second visit to the city Thursday. Rudolph to receive a six montns' sentence and Herman to be freed from charges of violating; the prohibition laws. Rudolph explained to Judge F. A. Geiger that he had operated the still without his brother's knowiedge.
THAT CAPPED CLIMAX! Radio Operator Uses Dynamite Detonator; Gets 212 Cuts. By Vnitcd Pres* LOS ANGELES, April 29.—The device looked like a radio dingus and felt like one. but it turned out to be a dynamite cap. Fred Miller, 22. operator of an amateur radio station discovered his mistake when he attached the contrivance to a storage battery. It blew up. Miller was treated for 212 cuts. HITLER CONTESTS” VOTE Socialist Counsel Charges Improper Exploitation for Hindenburg. By l nited Press MUNICH. BAVARIA. April 29. Hans Frank, counsel for the National Socialist party, filed suit on behalf *of Adolph Hitler today, contesting the result of the federal presidential poll. He charged improper and unconstitutional use of the radio, police and other public institutions m the interests of candidate Hindenburg.
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AWAIT ‘BREAK’ IN LINDY HBNT Norfolk Negotiator Missing on Mystery Hop With Navy Aviator. By United Press NORFOLK. Va., April 29 —Developments were expected today in the negotiation of John Hughes Curtis | with a group of men representing ! themselves to be the kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Curtis and Lieutenant George L. Richard, navy flier, left Norfolk Thursday afternoon by airplane for m unknown destination. They had | not returned early today. Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage. : U. S. N. retired, brought into the negotiations because Lindbergh re- ! turned from his Paris flight on the admirals ship, announced at midnight that he had talked to Lindbergh at Hopewell by long distance telephone. The Rev. Harold Dobson-Peacock. also brought in as a Lindbergh emissary because he was dean of the cathedral at Mexico City when Lindbergh flew there and met Anne Morrow, disappeared from his home during the afternoon and was gone seven hours. The motor yacht Marcon lay at the submarine base at the Norfolk navy yard. She had been fueled and provisioned since Wednesday. The various activities, coupled with the Marcon's long and unexpected idleness, seemed to indicate clearly an unfavorable turn, if only a brief one, in Curtis’ negotiations. It was certain that Curtis had expected to make another cruise in the Marcon Wednesday. He telephoned Lindbergh on his arrival from the last cruise, of 4'i days, and awaited a message from the “kidnaping” group, making an appointment for another contact by water. The Marcon's departure was postponed from hour to hour. Then Curtis and Richard flew away.
‘Such Music!' Madame Jeritza Needn’t Pay Composer’s Claim, Court Rules.
By L nited Press VIENNA. April 29—Madame Maria Jeritza of the Metropolitan opera is no "tuppeny he'iv'nny singer who must have music composed for her," Jeritza told a court here.
She won a suit for 45,000 shillings brought against her by Max von Oberleithner, a composer. who claimed he was commissioned to write music for her. Jeritza told the court that the composer's wife told her, “allow my husband, who is dying, to compose for you.” A crowded court room was entertained by Jeritza's t e s t imony. “To prevent Herr von
Oberlei t h n e r from dying. I arranged for him to see the director of the opera, who told him that such catch-penny music would never do for Madame Jeritza." the opera star said.
ABDUCTION FEARED Young City Woman Hunted in Three States. Fear that a young Indianapolis woman has been abducted led to a police search today in three states. The young woman is Miss FI or- ; ence Jordan. 27, formerly of Kansas City Mo., who has been a resident j of this city for several months. She was reported missing today by Ray Anders, 5207 College avenue, her employer. Miss Jordan left all her belongings at the home of E. F. Klee. 5145 Broadway, where she resided, police were told. Anders told police Miss Jordan re- j centiy complained to him that she 1 had been followed by an unknown man while making a train trip from her home in Missouri. Miss Jordan is said to have stated that the stranger carried a revolver and that she feared abduction.
MASSIE JURY RUMORED 10-2 FOR ACQUITTAL Heavy Police Guard Thrown About Courthouse to Avert Riot. MISTRIAL IS EXPECTED Darrow Confident Quartet of Honor Killers Will Be Liberated. BY DAN CAMPBELL United Presi SUB Correspondent HONOLULU, April 29.—Police lines were drawn about the old judiciary building today as a precautionary measure, as the jury deliberating the fate of four Ameri- , cans in the Joe Kahahawai honor slaying trial remained deadlocked. "We are taking every precaution to prevent demonstrations against the jury” Police Chief Charles F. Weber told the United Press. 'Thus jfar, there have been no untoward incidents, but the 'elements’ in this case carry potentialities. The police cordon was so vigilant that even newspaper men armed j with credentials, had difficulty reaching the courthouse. Meantime, in a nearby hotel, the four accused of killing Kahahawai |in revenge for an alleged assault on Mrs. Thalia Fortescue Massie—- ; Lieutenant, Thomas H. Massie, her husband: Mrs. Grace Hubbard Fortescue, her mother, and E. J. Lord and A. O. Jones. United States sailors—arose, facing another day of | taut nerves as they awaited the jury’s report. Cross Section of Life The jury composed of a cross section typical of the racial mixtures of the south seas, began its delibj erations Wednesday night. It was ! reported today to stand 10 to 2 for j acquittal, with no definite prospects of an agreement. This racial mixture caused Chief j Weeber to establish police lines. Feeling has been bitter since five : island hoodlums beat and assaulted j Mrs. Massie last September, and ; tension increased when a jury tried | the alleged attackers, one of them j Kahahawai. and failed to reach an j agreement. There were no outward indicat tions of trouble today, but it was believed Weeber possibly based his precautions on “grapevine” rumors 1 from the native sections. Challenge Every One During the night and early morning policemen stood behind stately palms surrounding the judiciary building and stepped forth to challenge every one approaching. Weeber said he had ordered riot guns mounted at strategic, hidden ! points. Radio patrol cars, carrying so many lethal weapons they resembled wartime tanks, also were drawn up around the building. "We intend to take no chances of a public disturbance or uprising," Chief Weeber reiterated. The jury was up early to resume' its deliberations. All were grim and some w'ere sullen as they marched, under a bailiff s sharp eye. from their hotel to the jury room. Hung Jury Expected Speculation as to their verdict was general. A hung jury generally , was looked for because of the racial composition of the panel. In this event, Prosecutor John Kelley is expected to demand an early retrial. A second mistrial, under territorial law, is equivalent to acquittal. Like the defendants, Clarence Darrow, Chicago attorney, was up early today, and with Mrs. Darrow j went for a short walk before break- ' fast. Darrow visited Captain Ward K. Worthman, commanding officer of the submarine base at Pearl harbor, Thursday night, then sat on the beach at Lanai, notching the surf. He continued confident, in contrast to the defendants, who face from twenty years to life in Oahu prison. STATE CAR BIOS TAKEN Governor Concurs on Need for 46 Small Autos. Bids on forty-six small touring cars or coupes, with replacement allowances, were received today by the state highway department. Tabulations of the bidders will be presented at a commission meeting for action next week, according to Ralph Simpson, assistant director.
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GREETINGS TO EMPEROR Hoover Congratulates Nippon Ruler on His Birthday, By T nited Pres* WASHINGTON. April 29—President Hoover today sent birthdaygreetings to Emperor Hirohito of Japan. “I extend to your imperial majesty cordial birthday greetings and best wishes for your continued happiness and well-being," Mr. Hoover cabled. sues” park” operator Walter Shrine Assert* Spine Hurt by Pool Suction PipeWaiter Shrine filed suit in superior court four today asking $2,500 damages from Edwin E. Thompson, operator of the Longacre park and pool, for injuries Shrine claims he sustained when sucked into an outlet drain pipe in the pool. Shrine's suit asserts that mi Aug. 4. 1930. he was caught in an undertow current t the pool
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FIVE HIGHEST JAPANESE OFFICIALS IN SHANGHAI ARE WOUNDED BY BOMB
WORLD NEW AT 87 Blind 20 Years, He Regains Sight
By l nitrd Prrss NEW YORK. April 29—He groped in darkness for twenty years. He was blind. The only world he knew was one of sound and feeling. And, at 87. It seemed he never would see sunshine and trees and buildings and beloved faces again. Then physicians operated on the eyes of Jacob Lieberman in the home of the New York guild for the Jewish blind. His eyes were bandaged for days. Finally they were uncovered. He blinked, smiled. a a a “ A H. I see!" His face brightxYened. “I am richer than Rockefeller. I have been born again." Years seemed to drop away. He looked younger, happier. Friends he had known only by their voices became visible. He looked at himself in a mirror and chuckled. For the first time he saw his snow-white hair and beard. He was proud of the military carriage, still retained, a reminder of service in the Russia imperial army. He lighted his own cigaret—for the first time in twenty years. Downstairs he walked unfalteringly and came out into the world he had not seen for a fifth of a centuryan* HE was amazed at the traffic. higher buildings, new-type cars and the changed streets. He looked for airplanes. He smiled joyously at trees showing new ieaves. Back at the home he took a bath, unaided. Then he put on anew suit, combed his hair and adjusted his tie. He stroked his beard and looked at himself. *T don't know what to say or do." he said. “I couldn't be happier with millions.’* ROLPH TOMAKE DAWN-DUSK HOP Governor to Breakfast in Capital: Dine at Home. By United Pres* WASHINGTON. April 29—Governor James Rolph Jr. of California plans to have breakfast Saturday in Washington and dinner the same evening in Los Angeles. Rolph called upon President Hoover today and discussed his plans for a dawn-to-dusk airplane dash across the continent. He will fly in a monoplane piloted by Colonel Roscoe Turner, former army aviator. ‘•lt, will be the first one-day transcontinental passenger flight in the history’ of American history." the Governor said. ”1 expect to have breakfast here about 4:30 a. m. and dinner at the Biltmore hotel | in Los Angeles promptly at 7:30 p. m.” Governor Fred B. Ealzar also a white house visitor, will accompany, Rolph on the flight. Bishop Urges Philippine Liberty By Vailed Press ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., April 29 —lndependence for the Philippine islands was advocated today by Bishop Edwin F. Lee of Manila and Singapore, in his report to the, board of bishops of the Methodist! Episcopal church, in session here.
Short Selling Leaders of the nation are concerned mightily about the effects of “short selling" on the New York Stock Exchange and prosperity in general. Much has been written in defense of and opposition to the practice. John T. Hawkins. Times market editor, today w-rites the first of three articles, giving the ’meat” of the arguments of J. Edward Meeker, stock exchange economist, as given in his book, for short selling. Turn to Page 22. The second will appear in Saturday's home edition.
WATCH FOR FRAUD ( Deputy Prosecutors Will Probe Poll Complaints. “All of my deputies will report at 5:30 Tuesday morning, ready to take any action necessary to assure an honest election." asserted Proeecutor Herbert E. Wilson today. "The deputies.” said Wilson, “will be available all day to investigate any complaints of fraud or improper balloting. I am pointing out to all election boards that because of prospects of a close primary there are likely to be recounts and that any dishonesty uncovered will be prosecuted by me.” Phone numbers of the prosecutor’s office which may be called on election day to register complaints are Lincoln 6561 and 6562 and Riley 4864.
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RAPS GOTHAM GRAFT Episcopal Prelate Calls for Housecleaning. By I'nited Press NEW YORK. April 29—Bishop William T. Manning, prelate of the Protestant Episcopal church, today denounced corruption in New York City's municipal government and called upon Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to lead forces against it. He was speaking ut services at St. Paul’s chapel to commemorate the anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. Samuel Seabury, counsel to the Hofstadter committee now investigating municipal affairs, was one of the speakers. SOCIALITE IS LOSER IN RACE FOR CONGRESS Son of Marshall Field, Chairman, Beaten by Few Votes. By Vnited Press CHICAGO, April 29 —Final official returns today showed James Simpson Jr.. North Shore socialite son of the Marshall Field chairman, lost by seventy-three votes his race for nomination as a Republican congressional candidate. A recount of the election in which official figures gave Ralph E. Church, veteran state legislator, a lead over both Simpson and the incumbent congressman. Carl Chindbloom, is expected. The final figures were Church, 29.324; Simpson. 29,251, and Chindbloom, 23,783. Hoover Party to Rapidan WASHINGTON. April 29,-Mem-bers of President Hoover's “medicine ball cabinet" and several close friends will accompany the President and Mrs. Hoover to their Virginia fishing camp Saturday at Rapidan.
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Explosive Is Hurled On to Platform at Fete in Emperor’s Honor. AMERICAN IS GRILLED Seven Men Arrested: Plot Believed Hatched by Koreans. BY RANDALL GOULD United Prr** Staff Correapondent SHANGHAI, April 29.-The ftva highest Japanese officials at Shanghai. who played the most important roles in the recent Sino-Japanese j engagement, were wounded today by a bomb explosion aimed to annij hilate Japan's Shanghai leaders. The bomb was thrown on the reviewing platform at a Japanese military parade. Japanese marines, investigating the attack, surrounded the home of W. S. Hibbard, an American em- ! ployed by the Shanghai department of public works, which has charge of Hongkew park, where the explosion took place. Hibard was questioned and released. He was detained because he intervened to protect one of the suspects from the crowd. Seven men were arrested, including the park keeper, who was said to be a foreigner. One man was beaten severely by the Japanese crowd. Three of the men were believed to be Koreans. All but three were freed later. Easy Target for Bombs One of the three, Fino Ki, 25, wa* believed to be the actual thrower of the bombs. He was held at Japanese gendarme headquarters. Fifteen thousand Japanese celebrating Emperor Hirohito’s birthday, saw a bomb explode at the feet of officials on the reviewing stand where they were an easy target for the bombers. The crowd was singing the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo." The wounded, respective heads of the Japanese military, naval, diplomatic, and consular services here, were: Minister Mamorti Shigemitsu, right leg broken, will be incapacitated for four or five months. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, commanding naval forces, wounded in face and eyes, may lose sight. General Is Wounded General Yoshinori Shirakawa, commanding Japanese troops, thirty wounds, especially serious about the face. Consul-General Kuramatsu Mural, left leg injured, expected to recover in three or four weeks. General Kenkiehi Uyeda, who commanded the Ninth division in the Shanghai fighting, left foot smashed, bones in right foot broken, both hands broken. Lieutenant Colonel Walter Drysdalc. American military attache, and the French, British and Italian military attaches left the platform only a few seconds before the bomb ex. ploded: Another bomb fell on the platform, but did not explode. There were ten men on the platform at the time of the explosion In adidtion to the wounded officials, j Dr. T. Kawabata, a leader among -Japanese civilians, was slightly hurt. Second Bomb Safeguarded Japanese troops constructed a barricade around the second bomb. It was found on the ground near the reviewing stand. The bomb consisted of a metal box one foot long, four inches wide and two two inches deep, and was believed to contain nitroglycerin. Hongkew park ts technically under jurisdiction of police of the international settlement, but there were only a few police there this morning and all had left the park before the Japanese celebration began. The park is in the midst of Chinese territory, but is considered an extra-settlement area, such as certain roads outside the settlement. The entire area is occupied bv the Japanese military at present, however. Martial Law Ordered British Minister Sir Miles Lamp- , son, who. with American Minister Nelson Johnson, had drafted a compromise apparently acceptable to , the Chinese and Japanese, called at I the Japanese consulate to express * his regrets. Diplomats believed that the true* negotiations probably would be broken off. The Japanese established rigid martial law m the Hongkew area and in North Szechuen road. Japanese believed that ConsulGeneral Murai would resign in keeping with the Japanese tradition that inferior officers are responsible for the safety of their superiors It was considered likely that a court-martial would try the chief of the consular police and the commander of gendarmes. Truce Hopes Wane By Vnitrd Press GENEVA, April 29.—League of Nations officials -/ere dismayed by the attack on Japanese officials at Shanghai, fearing that hopes ol an armistice might be delayed indefinitely. Diplomats had hoped Saturday extraordinary assembly of the league would be able to reach an agreement in the Shanghai situation enabling Japanese evacuation to begin immediately.