Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1935 — Page 1

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RAY CHARGES PLOT TO BORN BAKER TAVERN Slot Machines, Beer and Unstamped Liquor Seized in Raid. OWNER IN FLORIDA Shavings, Kindling Found in Basement, Sheriff Alleges. Staging a midnight raid on Baker's Tavern, a popular night spot at 7502 N. Keystone-av Sheriff Ray and a “small army” of deputies seized slot machines, a large quantity of unstamped liquor and uncovered an alleged arson plot. Tipped by one of the participants in the alleged plot, Sheriff Ray swore in four special deputies, enlisted the aid of the Fire Department and the prosecutor’s office and surrounded the tavern last night to await developments. He was accompanied by Special Deputies Paul Rochford, Charles Ford, Maxwell Meith and William Lewis; Henry Mueller, chief deputy .sheriff; Deputies Francis Dux, Paul Shuppert and Arthur Reeves; Chief Bernard Lynch of the Fire Prevention Bureau; Capt. John Miller of the Broad Ripple Fire Department, and Henry O. Goett, deputy prosecutor. Seize 22 Cases of Beer Chief Lynch and Capt. Miller carried chemicals to extinguish the flames, if the alleged arson plot materialized. After watching for two hours, they entered the tavern, according to Sheriff Ray, finding a bag of shavings and several bundles of kindling arranged in the basement for the starting of a fire. The Sheriff and his deputies then raided the residence adjoining the tavern, occupied by Paul R. Brewer, 38. Sheriff Ray said they seized 22 cases of beer and 60 bottle of assorted liquors. Only two bottles of liquor bore state excise stamps, he said, and the only licenses in evidence were a Federal liquor license and a state store license. Game Machines Found Two slot, machines and several game machines were seized in the tavern, Ray said. Under arrest, all charged with vagrancy, are Brewer, Lester Lambert, 46, of 1107 Madison-av, and Clarenre Lacy, 43, of 17 W. Arizonast. Charles Baker, owner of the tavern, left for Miami, Fla., recently. Brewer is held under SIOOO bond and Lambert $2500. Lacey was released on his own recognizance. Brewer, Sheriff Ray said, declared Baker told him to get in touch with Lambert. He did so, according to Sheriff Ray, and Baker and Lambert met at the tavern.

Price Reported SSO, Expenses Both Brewer and Lacey, according to Sheriff Ray, signed statements implicating Lambert, who, Brewer said, admitted to him he was to get S3OO for burning the tavern. J h \ later changed this figure to SSO and expenses. Sheriff Ray quoted Brewer as saying. Lambert, according to statements to the sheriff, was to give Lacey $25 and cancel a $35 debt owed him by Lacey. The tavern was to be burned, the sheriff said he was informed, at 10 last night. This was explained by Brewer, Sheriff Ray said, with the statement that Lambert told him to "take everything you own out of the tavern because I am going to burn it tonight.” •GENEROUS' FATHER IS FINED. GIVEN TERM 75 Cents Annually for Support of Children Held Too Little. The "generous” gift of 75 cents a year for the support of his two children earned Joseph Bailey, 1631 Hoefgen-st, a fine of SIOO and costs, and a sentence of 90 days on the Indiana State Farm today in a hearing before Juvenile Judge John F Oeckler. According to the testimony of Mr. Bailey's former wife, Mrs. Marie Grisso, mother of the two children. Mr. Bailey has given her $5.20 for the support of the children in the last seven years. That amount was given her. she said, when Mr. Bailey was called into Juvenile Court seven years ago and agreed to pay $5 a week. COY CONFINED TO HOME State WFA Director Quarantined With Aattack of Scarlet Fever. Wayne Coy. state and regional WPA director, is quarantined at his home. 3715 N. Meridian-st. with scarlet fever. Mr. Coy, who was stricken three days ago, is not in serious condition, his nurse reported. Other members of the family have recovered from the disease within the last week. Times Index Amusements 6 Births. Deaths 15 Books 11 Bridge *’, 8 Broun . 1 1 Comics 17 Crossword Puzzle 17 Curious World ** 17 Editorial 12 Financial ’ 13 Junior Aviation 2 Radio ’ e Serial Story *"* ig Sports 14-15 Woman's Pages 8-9

The Indianapolis Times LOCAL FORECAST: Unsettled and colder tonight; tomor row partly cloudy.

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Community Fund Workers Seek $200,000 in Pledges Fund workers reported SI 18,537.94 pledged today, bringing the drive aggregate to $221,293.83 which is 30.5 per cent of the goal. Volunteer workers in the sixteenth annual Indianapolis Community Fund campaign today worked to bring the subscription mark to $200,000 by noon. At yesterday’s meeting, first in the 10-day drive. $102,755 was reported. Report sessions are being held in the Claypool.

Gather Moss It’s the damp, mosslike substance that makes the difference, it seems. Baby turtle mailers will do well to remember this. Also, the box must be strong, of wood, and well ventilated. Postal authorities were worried about the baby turtle situation. They asked the Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, about it. The went into the matter with some care. Their report is printed in a recent issue of The Postal Bulletin, the daily paper of the Postoffice Department. “There is no cruelty in shipping baby turtles by parcel post when packed in a damp, mosslike substance inclosed in a strong, well-ventilated, wooden box,” the bureau decided. We just thought you’d like to know. You might want to mail a baby turtle.

CUBAN STORM MAY KIT UPPER FLORIDA Property Loss Untold, One Killed by Hurricane. By United Press HAVANA. Oct. 22. —A hurricane that took at least one life and caused property damage whipped across eastern Cuba today and on northward, threatening the Bahama Islands and possibly tne upper Floride coast. Oriente Province, in extreme eastern Cuba, bore the brunt of the storm. Crops were flattened and communications disrupted, making impossible to estimate property damage and possible further loss of life. In Santiago at least one person was killed. Barocoa and Guantanamo were cut off from all communication with Havana. The United States naval radio at Guantanamo failed late last night. President Roosevelt, returning from his vacation cruise, was well out of the storm area. The cruiser Houston was due to land him at Charleston, S. C., early tomorrow. SNOW FLURRIES ADD TO MONTANA DISTRESS Severe Quake Before Midnight Keeps Victims on Alert. Bj/ United Press HELENA. Mont.. Oct. 22.—Biting winds and snow flurries today accentuated the need for relief in caring for more than 400 refugees from homes wrecked by a series of earthquakes. The refugees were being fed and sheltered at a transient camp. Construction crews were rushing work to provide other shelter, while other laborers were razing structures made unsafe by the shocks. Light earth rumblings, climaxed by a moderately severe shock shortly before midnight, kept citizens on the alert.

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The Indianapolis Foundation gave $25,000 yesterday, an increase of SSOOO over its contribution last year. The donation was reported by the gifts division, of which Harold B. West is chairman. Other contributions reported by this division were C. P. Lesh Paper Cos.. $1100; Hugh McK Landon, $2000; Arthur R. Baxter, $2500; J. H. Aufderheide, $3000; R. C. Aufderheide, $1000; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coleman, SIOOO, and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Efroymson and family, $4400. A. W. Metzger, chairman of the national corporations division, reported his workers had raised 20.8 per cent of their quota of $21,250. Four large gifts in this division included Allison Engineering Cos., $300; W. T. Grant Cos., $125; the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cos., $750, and Ford Motor Cos., SSOO. A 100 per cent contribution was made by employes in the state office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation. They pledged $156.50. Other large employes contributions are: Furnas Ice Cream Cos., $121.50; Pcper Package Cos.. $910.70; Standard Nut Margarine Cos., $339; HyRed (Mid-Western Petroleum Corp.), $122; Lieber Brewing Corp., $100; Indianapolis Drop Forging Cos.. $300; Indian Refining Cos., $135.50: Wadley Cos., $130.50; Wells & Bauer Cos., $102.50. and the Gibson Cos., $360.25.

TOWNSEND BACKERS GATHER FOR PARLEY 3000 Expected to Attend National Convention at Chicago. By United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 22.—The vanguard of more than 3000 delegates to the national convention called by Dr. F. E. Townsend, pension plan originator, reached Chicago today. Three state officials and the president of a powerful labor union have been announced as principal speakers for the four-day'session which starts Thursday. MARKET IS NERVOUS AFTER HEAVY TRADING industrials Bog Down as Utilities and Rails Come to Front. By United Press NEW YORK. Oct. 22.—Tire stock market churned nervously today in trading that for the first two hours reached the highest level in more than a year. Recent leading industrial shares underwent profit-taking. Chrysler losing two points. As the industrials bogged down, utilities and rails came to the fore. Trading quieted some in the third hour, but utilities continued to climb.

Lad, in Coma 68 Days, Awakes, Sobs

By 7 imes Special OPENCERVILLE. Oct. 22—A 4-year-old boys sobs today brought joy to a sorrow-stricken mother and to his physician. The boy is Robert Shockley, who for the 68 days has been in a coma, the result of injuries received when he was run down by an automobile. The youngster wept today when Dr B. O. Shook was discussing his condition with his mother. ‘That s the first time that the boy recognized we were talking about

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1935

BAKERS DENY PRICE FIXING Convention Lays Blame for Bread Cost Increase on New Deal.* By United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 22.—Charges by New Deal officials that the American Bakers’ Association planned to increase the price of bread brought a biting denial from the bakers’ convention today. A resolution, drawn up after a letter from Donald E. Montgomery, consumers’ counsel for the AAA, had been read at the convention, was sent to Washington last night. Mr. Montgomery inferred that the bakers planned the price increase. “In answer to your letter, your 15 questions are all like the proverbial question, ’Have you stopped beating your wife?’ ” the resolution said. “All of your questions are predicated on an erroneous assumption that we are assembled here to raise the price of bread one cent. This is not so. This convention is not called for the purpose of increasing the price of bread, nor has any convention in the 38 years of this association’s existence concerned itself in fixing the price of bread. Criticism Called “Unfair” “The price of bread is a completly localized matter subject to widely varying factors. Your letters assumes that we are meeting to do something illegal as well as impossible. It is erroneous and unfair in its implications.” Henry Stude, Chicago, who read the Montgomery letter to the accompaniment of jeers and laughter, said any bread price increases are the result of AAA policies, which raised the price of ingredients. CORRECTION In a National Consumers' Council statement in The Times Oct. 16 it was erroneously stated that the total cost to bakers of all ingredients in a one-pound loaf of bread is about 3.6 per cent. It should have read 3.6 cents.

WELSHANS GUILTY, FACES LIFE TERM Slayer May Request New Trial for Killing. Convicted and given life imprisonment for slaying his sweetheart, Thomas W. Welshans, 22, is to be sentenced Friday in Criminal Court. His attorneys today were considering an appeal to the verdict returned last night after three hours’ deliberation by a jury of eight women and four men. Formal motion for anew trial may be filed. The youth, a taxi-driver, shot and killed Mrs. Mary Ferguson Hamberg early June 3 at the home of her father, Paul E. Ferguson. Unrequited love for the girl, known in walkathon contests as ‘Bicycle (Turn to Page Three)

STEVE’S PLEA ASSAILED IN STATE’S BRIEF Questions Raised Already Answered by Supreme Court, Is Claim. CHARGED WITH SLANDER Former Klan Leader’s Action for Freedom Lashed by Lutz. J. Edward Barce, assistant attorney general, is to go to La Porte this afternoon to file a supplemental brief defending the state’s motion to quash D. C. Stphenson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The former Ku-Klux Klan leader, serving a life sentence in State Prison for the murder of Miss Madge Overholtzer. Indianapolis, is suing Louis Kunkel, state prison warden, for his release. The brief, signed by Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr., Mr. Barce, Joseph McNamara and William E. Bussell, deputy attorneys general, charges that all of the questions raised by Stephenson in his suit have been decided by the Indiana Supreme Court and, further, that the La Porte court has no right to review the actions of the Hamilton Circuit Court. It is pointed out that the Hamilton court, in which Stephenson was convicted after a change of venue from Marion County, is a court of jurisdiction equal to the La Porte court. Stephenson raises the objection that the transcript of evidence from Marion to Hamilton counties was not signed and hence not a true transcript. Charged With Slander The state, however, charges that the Hamilton County Court's jurisdiction was affirmed by the Supreme Court when the Klan leader lost on appeal. Stephen is charged in the brief with making slanderous statements to the effect that Judge Will Sparks, the trial judge, and now serving on the United States Court of Appeals, entered into a conspiracy to “frame” him. “Coming from one who once told the citizens of Indiana, I am the law,’ one could scarcely expect any respect for any court or magistrate?’ the brief observes. “When he was ‘the law, he used his high position and influence for the promotion of public corruption and personal vice, which eventually lodged him in the state prison for life,” the brief concludes in asking Circuit Judge Wirt H. Worden to sustain the motion to quash.

CITY COUNCIL OPENS TRUCK DEAL INQUIRY Works Board Accused of Ignoring Low Bid. The City Council began an investigation of Works Board buying today following a report that the board ignored a low bid in purchasing two trucks. John A. Schumacher said he understood the board paid $9600 for two trucks when they could have bought similar vehicles from another company for SISOO less. Not wishing' to take any action until board members had been consulted, the Council delegated Dr. Theodore Cable to make an investigation. He will report at the next meeting.

RUTH NICHOLS GIVEN CHANCE TOMVER Still in Critical Condition: Flying Aid Dead. By United Press TROY, N. Y„ Oct. 22.—Ruth Nichols, society aviatrix, appeared today to be winning a brave fight against death from injuries in her latest airplane crash. Dr. Emmet Howd, who has been attending Miss Nichols since her giant Condor crashed here yesterday, fatally injuring Pilot Harry Hublitz, said no evidence of internal injuries has been found. He could not say. however, that she was out of danger. A three-fold inquiry into the crash began at the Troy airport today. Four occupants of the plane who received only minor cuts and bruises were questioned. They were Gladys and -Nena Berkenheiser, sisters. and the men they married shortly before they took off on the flight that ended in the crash—Raymond Hanes and William Holt. Jumps on Dare: May Recover COVINGTON. Ky.. Oct. 22 —William Koester, 13, climbed a telephone pole. A playmate dared him to jump. He did so. landing on a concrete pavement. He may recover.

him; the first time we have had any indication that he is recovering his mental faculties,” Dr. Shook said. This is evidence that the youngster is improving, the doctor said, adding that the boy recognized him and although his right arm is paralyzed he used his left hand for a handsake. Robert will be taken to the hospital in three weeks for removal of the piaster cast which encases him from his ankles to lower ribs. An X-ray will be taken of his fractured legs and also of the multiple fracture of the skull.

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Chilling! Elmer and Lew Worried Almost Sick About Their Babies.

BY HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent -mjTLWAUKEE. Oct. 22.—The ■*■*■*■ Johnson brothers of Ashland, Wis., (Lew on your right and Elmer on the left) were face to face with a pretty heavy problem today—that of supplying a pitful of snakes with long underwear. At least with underwear or overwear, or something. Winter is the time, the Johnson boys say, when even the most deadly of reptiles might up and die with a cold in the head, or back, or rattle, or wherever it is a snake has a cold, and the Johnson boys ought to know for they were in town today with 75 of the squirming little fellows they play mam and dad to the year around. “Even the large, poisonous snakes have a vulnerable spot in the common cold,” Lew said. Elmer nodded. tt K tt YES,” it was Elmer this time and Lew’s turn to nod. "And there are no cough drops for snakes. Take Bessie there, for instance. ’ He poked Bessie, a large, devilish-looking creature who looked more like the head of the family than the mother. “Last winter Bessie took down (how can a snake take down, we ask you?) with a cold and coughed and sneezed until we finally had to give her eucalyptus oil, which is very nasty stuff, indeed, to have to give a snake. As an added precaution, though, we pack those cases we carry them around in with hot water bottles. One night it got so cold we put ail 75 of the snakes in bed with us. “This winter, I was thinking we might get some sort of pneumonia jackets for them—like long underwear or maybe even just plain shorts.” Elmer giggled and Bessie hissed, but a sharp look from the seriousminded Lew brought a halt to their fun. a a a ‘‘O EALLY,” Lew put in, “we -TV have to be very careful with our pets in the winter. When a snake gets sick, it’s more trouble than an old man. Now, Bessie, there—” Bessie curled her head under her and looked out sheepishly—“when she was sick, we had to handle her like a baby. She sulked and fretted and Elmer and I had to take turns walking the floor with her at night.” “Aw, she wasn’t quite as much trouble as all that, Lew,” Elmer said, coming to the defense of Bessie. “That eucalyptus oil did the trick, didn’t it, Bessie?” And F’mer gave Bessie a gentle little nudge with his cane. Bessie hissed gratefully. INDEPENDENTS TO ASK COURT AID IN ELECTION Beech Grove Group's Actior Comer After State Board Ruling, Independents seeking a pi- „e on the ballot in the Nov. 5 el ,cion in Beech Grove today decided to take their case to court. Russell Dean, counsel, announced. Action followed refusal of the board to accept the independent slate, following an opinion from the State Election Board, on the ground that the petition was not filed within the 30-day limit required by law.

Sees Dubats Win Savage Clash With Ethiopians Black Italian Somaliland Troops Storm Fort, Capture it in Bitter Hand-to-Hand Fighting. BY SANDRO SANDRI (Copyright. 1935. by United Press) DAGNEREI. Ethiopia, Oct. 22.—1 saw one of the shamest most vi. ° f E^ hi °P ian inv asion, the capture of the fort at Dagnerei b\ Italian oomaliland native troops. I can certify that black fights black in this war with utter savagery. i ■

Somaliland's fierce Dubats stormed Dagnerei's steep slopes victoriously in the face of fire from two ably manned Ethiopian machine guns and routed the enemy Africans from a position considered impregnable. It was officially reported at home that 50 Ethiopians were killed; that Italian casualties were 14 dead, 40 wounded. Today Gen. Rodolfo Graziani controls all strategic points of the W=bbe Shibeli River plain from the Somaliland border to a point approximately 60 miles north. I followed the Dubats up the steel hill at Dagnerei, saw 10 Italian airplanes skimming low overhead with machine guns rattling death at the intrenched Ethiopians and watched the attackers mop up the defeated but stubbornly resisting defenders in hand-to-hand battle that lasted six hours. I personally saw that a captured Ethiopian machine gun was an English Vickers and that the abundant ammunition beside it was largely the dread dum-dum bullets. Many

BRITAIN MAKES PEACE GESTURE TO MUSSOLINI

The War Today

Bv United Press LONDON—Sir Samuel Hoare extends “olive branch” to Italy as debate in Parliament opens. ROME—Mussolini soon may suggest compromise terms to end war Rome hears. ADDIS ABABA—Dejasmatch Avaleu. high Ethiopian chieftain, wounded in desperate battle near Sudan border in which manv Ethiopians were feared killed. DAGNEREI—Savage battle for Ethiopian fort described bv correspondent who witnessed it.

Ethiopian Force Rebels, Moves on Italians: Slaughter Reported. By United Pres,* LONDON, Oct. 22.—Ethiopian warriors, chafed by inaction and retreat, revolted against the veteran Dedjazmatch Ayeleu in the far north and charged into a death trap near Sudan border, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Addis Ababa reported today. Dedjazmatch Ayeleu himself was seriously wounded and “hundreds” of his rebellious followers whom he led at their insistence into battle were reported killed. Runners who carried the word to Addis Ababa were unable to estimate the number of casualties, but said the reckless Ethiopians were shot down by hundreds by machine guns of an Italian mountain unit. The messengers said Ayeleu, following strategy laid down by Emperor Haile Selassie’s advisers—retreat that would draw invaders into unfamiliar country far from supply bases—tried to dissuade his warriors from the attack but consented to lead them when convinced they were out of hand. Ethiopian government officials waited anxiously for word of the disaster's extent. Haile Sends Doctor By United Press ADDIS ABABA. Oct. 22.—Emperor Haile Selassie today sent a physician by airplane to care for Dejazmatch Ayaleu, one of the empire's most famous battle chiefs, who was wounded yesterday in an unsuccessful attack on an Italian mountain stronghold near the Sudan border. Naval Parley Reported (Copyright. 1935. by United Press) LONDON, Oct. 22.—1 tis practically certain that a five-power naval conference will be held in London before the end of the year, it was officially announced today The exact date for the opening of the conference has not yet been fixed nor have formal invitations been issued, but it was understood from a trustworthy source that the convenience of the powers concerned has been consulted. It was presumed delegates to the conference would be the local ambassadors of the various countries, rather than special delegations. The ambassadors would be given special plenipotentiary powers to act as naval negotiators, it was understood.

boxes of regular cartridges in the fort were inscribed with the property marks of the British government rifle depot and the trade mark of Eley Brothers, Ltd., London. Planes Start Attack Ten airplanes f*om Mustahil , opened a bombardment of the fort at 2 p. m. Dagnerei's redoubts are on a sput of mountains commanding all the plain roundabout and the Ethiopian defenders were well intrenched armed with two machine guns and rifles for every man, but the Dubats swarmed wildly up the hill at'the first explosion of an airplane bomb. High explosives shook the hill and beat at the eardrums. Machine guns spat with their peculiar sound of venom from the diving airplanes. Bullets poured down the hillside from the enemy intrenchments. Near the summit the Dubats broke their formation into scattered files and stormed the summit. So steep was the hill that men fell repeatedly to their knees, to leap up and scurry forward. Machine Guns Devastating The Ethiopians concentrated their force at the right side of the fort and poured machine gun and rifle bullets into the attackers. A flank attack dislodged first a few. then all, with bloody hand-to-hand fights raging between individuals all over the fort. The two Ethiopian machine guns were devastating to the Dubats to the last. A Dubat chieftain cap-1 tured one gun single-handed, killing all its crew. Small groups of Ethi- i (Turn to Page Three) I

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Italy Referred to as ‘Old Friend' as Parliament Opens Debate. By United Pri ss LONDON, Oct. 22.—Great Britain hopes to localize and halt the war between Italy; and Ethiopia without applying military sanctions, Sir Samuel Iloare, foreign secre- : tary, told a crowded House of Commons today in opening a j three-day debate on foreign I policy. Sir Samuel declared Britain does not intend to act alone, and military sanctions are not practicable be- | cause there has been no collective agreement at Geneva to apply them | generally. He indicated Britain will rely on economic pressure. “There is still a breathing space before economic pressure can be applied,” he said. “Can it not be used | for another attempt r-t settlement? Italy is still a member of the | League. “Can not this chance be used so as to make it unnecessary to pro- | ceed further along the unattractive road of economic action against a I fellow member, and old friend and former ally?” Hints at Isolation This reference was regarded as a distinct proffer of the olive branch to Mussolini. Hoare hinted at British isolation from continental affairs if the ; League collapses. “Our critics,” he said, “fail to recognize that most of us regard the | League as a bridge between Great Britain and Europe, and that if the bridge is weakened or broken, cooperation between us and the continent becomes difficult and dangerous.” “While clamoring for no miracles from the League, let us fairly recognize that it has never before shown such encouraging vitality.” Notes France’s Answer “The French answer to our communication is what we felt sure it would be,” he said, referring to the French reply to Britain’s question about whether France would defend Britain if the latter is attacked. “It is completely satisfactory and the solidarity of our two countries is established. In the event of an isolated attack, inconceivable though such madness might be. we and they and the rest of the League wil stand together and resist with full united force.” Peace Bid Expected (Copyright. 1935. by United Press) ROME, Oct. 22. Trustworthy quarters expressed belief today that Premier Benito Mussolini soon would be ready to open negotiations for settlement of the entire ItalianEthiopian dispute. Mussolini was said to be willing to settle the dispute on condition that Britain withdrew its Mediterranean fleet, thr League of Nations postponed action on penalties and Italy was permitted to “consolidate” territory already conquered. It seemed obvious that the conditions would not be acceptable to Great Britain, the League of Nations or to Ethiopia. But after days of mysterious hints and reports of peace proposals, it was 'significant that even such a feeler was put out here.

U. S. Receives Note By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The League of Nations’ communication citing peace measures undertaken by the League, including declaration of a financial and economic boycott against Italy, and a request for this government’s views was received by the State Department today. The State Department, meanwhile, received with studied silence reports that Britain has invoked Articles 12 and 24 of the The Hague convention of 1907 to compel Italian ships bearing war supplies to leave British ports within 24 hours of their arrival. No comment was forthcoming from any official source, and even “off the record” comment was unavailable. The possibility of the United States following suit was regarded as extremely remote. Forces Still Massed By United Press ALEXANDRIA. Egypt, Oct. 22 Fifty-one British warships and three troop transports were in the harbor today, coincident with earlier reports that Italy stil is massing troop 6, airplanes and tanks on the Libyan frontier. Searchlights from a score of warships light up the sky in the evenings, while seaplanes maneuver in the beams.