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suit to I THE WEATHER cloudy and areal Wednesday. Tuesday; colder and cloudy 102nd Year. No. 244 JAPAN HURLS TROOPS ACROSS GREAT WALL IN CHINESE INVASION Seaport Captured After Hot Battle Big War in Orient Looms on Eve of League Session Jap Warships Sent; U.S. Troops Nearby armies of the Mikado inThe vaded China yesterday, crossing the Wall from Jehol and capturGreat ing the seaport of.

and driving Shanhaikwan, after bombarding out a defending Chinese army, According to the Associated Japanese and Manchukuo Press, floated over the City this flags had morning. arrived to support the troops A Japanese destroyer in the harbor and another had been dispatched from Port Arthur. According to Japanese military reports, occupation of the city was completed by the brisk Japanese fighting Monday which nichin after early in the afternoon arrival of a portion of A with the Japanese regiment stationed at Sulchung. Reinforcements Arriving Chinese garrison which had The been stationed at Shanhaikwan was have been withdrawn to said to Chinwang Tao, where reinforcements were arriving. sides were awaiting the Both next portentous developments, which are expected to 'determine whether the trouble will be localized in the area or Shanhaikwan will spread throughout the province of Jehol and involve Peiping and Tientsin.

Lieut. Gen. Kotaro Nakamura, the Japanese commander in Tientain, issued a stern communication to Gen. Chang Hsiao Liang, former Governor of Manchuria and a Chinese military leader, in which it was charged that Gen. Chang's subordinates were entirely to blame for the fighting at Shanhaikwan, "which the Japanese Army was unable to overlook." 'You Will Be Responsible' "IT your forces attempt further, action against, us, a grave situation will of Northern for which you will be entirely responsible," Gen Kotaro declared.

The first Japanese units to be involved in the fighting were under the command of Lieut. Gen. Nakamura and were stationed in the Tientsin and Shanhaikwan district in accordance with the Boxer protocol of 1901 whereby America, Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy were permitted to station troops as a guard the route from Peiping to the over. The Japanese troops from Suichung were placed under the command of Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto, in charge of the control of the South Manchurian Government.

This move meant that Japanese forces in Manchuria for the first time crossed the border of Manchukuo, the Japanese-sponsored state. Each Side Blames the Other Origins of the fighting a at Shanhaikwan remained obscure. Each side blamed the other for beginning the hostilities. The Japanese charged that, folJowing early desultory firing, an agreement was reached Monday morning whereby the Japanese were to be garrisoned at Nankwan, a suburb of Shanhaikwan. Under the agreement, Japanese assert, the Chinese were to retire from that place, but when the Japanese entered Nankwan the Chinese fired on them.

The only casualties reported this Picase Turn to Page 2-Column 6 Paramount Sues Marlene Dietrich notice Dietrich, German film star, received of a $200,000 lawsuit to start her new year, the plaintiff being Paramount Film charges the star with Breachich contract. Suit was filed today in United States Miss District following for Dietrich's to prepare role refusal' the in "The Song of Songs," charges. Special Free Press and Chicago Tribune HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2-Marlene NOT A FIRE IN A YEAR NACHES. Jan.

-Fire Chief lieves Naches had George Nuettner beyear a record fire in 1932. There was not. a sinEle blaze. The August, latest fire was in burned. 1931, when A warehouse HAVE IT RETURNED lose Every day in Detroit folks various things like purses or wraps or umbrellas or brief cases.

Sometimes the family dog or cat runs away. The best way to insure the be lost, is something that may return of tion of the to write a descriploss and order it published in the "Lost and Want column of Free Press Found" Ads. Call Randolph 9400 or. if Ad to downtown, your Store, Cunningham's Woodward Drug Are. The 1831 WHERE JAPANESE INVADED CHINA TE Ho MAN MUKDEN CHINCHO PEIPING TIENTSIN SHANAIKWAN CHINGWANG TAO ELL SEA Here is the scene of the latest Sino-Japanese hostilities which may lead to a major Oriental war.

Troops of the Mikado seized the seaport of Shanhaikawn yesterday after a battle with Chinese. American troops are garrisoned at Tientsin and at the port of Chingwangtoa, down the coast from Shanhaikwan. Legislature May Knock Out Traffic Court as Needless Division Born of Politics Has Helped to Boost Costs of Recorder's Bench By CLIFFORD A. PREVOST -By the simple expedient of repealing a legislative act, the Traffic Division of the Recorder's Court can be abolished, all of the work assumed by the judges of the Recorder's Court, and a net saving to the taxpayers of approximately $160,000 per year effected." Such a the proposal will probably go new Legislature. Judges of the Recorder's Court are less than 10 days behind in WAR ON WASTE save The PEOPLES MONEY their docket, and are in a position take over all the the court the activities of Traffic Division, which functions AS a separate entity, with a staff, of more than 60 clerks, stenographers and court officers.

It has its own clerk, its own journal clerks, stenographers and and occupies other a employees, space which costs the County thousands of dollars a year. If a restaurant maintained in the Recorder's Court Building were closed, there would be sufficient made available for Traffic Violations' Bureau, and the City and County would not have to rent expensive space in A downtown office building. The closing of the restaurant would only result in employees having to go to another building for the noon-day lunch. The creation of the Traffic Court in the 1929 session the Legislature was the result of political manipulation which did not turn out as its sponsors hoped it would. During that session certain lawyers in Detroit did a great deal lobbying for a traffic court, believing that they would be the recipients of appointments to the bench.

But something happened, after the act was approved, and ratified by the people, and former Gov. Fred W. Green did not name the who put the legislation through. There always was some question in the minds of the judges of the Recorder's Court as to the neceswity for the creation of the traffic division. They did not realize that it would grow from a traffic with seven employees, to a separate court with more than 60 workers.

Most 'of them now believe it a. mistake to create the traffic divi- sion. Fines Not Sufficient The court is a revenue producing agency, but the revenues in the way of fines, are no longer sufficient to meet cost of maintaining the entire bench. Judges of the Recorder's Court have not been paid in several weeks. Neither have other employees of the criminal division.

With their docket up to date there is nothing to prevent the regular judges of the Recorder's Court again assuming jurisdiction in traffic and ordinance cases; that is nothing excepting an act of the Legislature. The vote of ratification by the people was taken at a time when voters were saying "yes" to every question put to them involving expenditures of public funds. In 1929, when the Traffic Court was created, the total appropriation for the Recorder's Court was Actress of Old Days, Mollie Revel, Is Dead NEW YORK, Jan. 2-(A. Funeral services were held tonight for Mollie Revel, retired actress, who died in Bellevue Hospital Saturday at the age of 84.

Miss Revel was born in Stratford-on-Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare, and came to this Country as a child. Detroit OVER A CENTURY TUESDAY, New Courage Brings World Hope for 1933 Mental Attitude Much Better in Country, Lippmann Says Sees Early Solution for Major Problems Editor's Note: A careful reading of Walter Lippmann's philosophic essay printed below will help every thoughtful citizen in placing himself in a mood wherein he can enjoy a happier New Year. By WALTER LIPPMANN Although our ability to measure economic events has been greatly advanced in recent years, it is still impossible to appraise the real situation truly by statistical means alone. There is an imponderable and vital element in human affairs which eludes quantitative description but is, nevertheless, the determining force. An audience is watching a play.

Suddenly there is the odor of smoke and a cry that the house is on fire. According to the calculations of the architect, it is possible for the audience to leave the theater easily and quickly if each person goes slowly and quietly to the nearest exit. But if everyone becomes frightened, and if all run for the same exit, the calculations of the architect are worthless. There will be a catastrophe. In short, the safety of that audience depends not merely upon the architects' plans but upon its own This is the imponderable and decisive element.

The Statistical Viewpoint Now if we look at the statistical measures of our own position today as compared with the position 12 months ago, it is difficult to feel certain that there is any radical improvement. of the curves have turned up a little and some have flattened out and some are still pointing downward. The misery of the unemployed is greater than it was; the evil consequences of malnutrition and anxiety are more evident. In public affairs almost none of the great questions that unsettle the world have been conclusively The pressure under which Mr. Roosevelt's administration must function and the problems it will face are dealt with in an article by Mr.

Lippman on Page 7. dealt with. And yet, though there is no way to prove it, I believe that a change has occurred which makes the outlook today deeply different from the outlook 12 months ago. There is hope in the land, not the foolish hope of an automatic revival of the boom, but the kind of hope which men have when they feel themselves equal to their task. For the great event of 1932 was the conquest of panic and the restoration of courage--in high places and among the people.

Outlook for Recovery In large degree the pace of recovery in a crisis like the present one depends upon the capacity of the mass of men to readjust their expectations and their beliefs. The crisis came because millions of men, in their individual affairs and in their public opinions, made mistakes. As long as they refused to admit that they had made mistakes, as personal long as they, commitments believed and that the political dogmas of the period were unimpeachably depression, as long as they identified recovery wtih a return to the status quo ante. the process of readjustment could come only by the brutal compulsion of events. Each step in the liquidation took on the appearance of a disaster and was greeted wtih panic.

Men's opinions were in conflict with their necessities, and because they were powerless to resist the inevitable, they were frightened they such a crisis is that moment despaired. The turning point, in in each particular field of interest men suddenly see the inevitable is really inevitable, and that by doing what is necessary they are really working for recovery, Such a turning point occurred Please Turn to Page 7-Column 3 Al Smith's Chief Strategist, Mrs. Belle Moskowitz, Dies She Helped Map All of Happy Warrior's Great Campaigns NEW YORK. Jan. Mrs.

Belle Moskowitz, who was called "the power behind Al Smith's throne," died today. A heart attack, following a fall on Dec. 8, removed from the political scene the fifty-flve-year-old ly known as No. 1 strategist for grandmother who came to be widethe former New York Governor. For 14 years Mrs.

Moskowitz had one of Smith's most trusted advisors, He rarely wrote a speech, formulated an important policy or decided a grave question without consulting her. When he was Governor, she was a member of his "kitchen cabinet." When he ran for President, she was publicity director for the Democratic National Committee and one of his first-line aides. She fought by his side through all his political battles--and while the crowds background cheered him, mapping she out sat new campaign plans. She called him "the greatest leader of his time--a man of destiny." He said of her: "She had the greatest brain of anybody I ever knew." At Albany today he was told of Free OF SERVICE JANUARY 3, 1933 Press HARMONY PLEDGES AS STATE GOVERNMENT INTO HANDS OF AS GOVERNORSHIP CHANGED HANDS MR. BRUCKER CONGRATULATING GOV.

COMSTOCK ARE MADE GOES DEMOCRATS METROPOLITAN FINAL EDITION 1933 William J. Barr Ends Life in His Grosse Pointe Home His Wife Collapses; Motive for Act Is Not Apparent William J. Barr, secretary of the A Ainsworth Manufacturing committed suicide early Tuesday morning by shooting himself home at Washington Road, through this right temple in his Grosse Pointe Village, police reported. Barr was in bed and dressed 'in pajamas when he fired the shot, William Weigand, chief of the Village police, said. Barr's wife Erma was in 8.

downstairs room, Chief Weigand said, when the shot was fired. She screamed for neighbors to get' help and then collapsed, he said. She was unable to make a statement, but officers declared that they learned Barr had been drinking heavily since New Year's Eve. They said an empty whisky bottle was in a wastebasket beside the bed and that there was another bottle in a downstairs room. No Note Found in Search failed to disclose a they said.

A search of the haute, by officers Barr's body was found lying on the bed. His right hand was outstretched and the gun used was lying between the hand and his head, apparently where it had fallen when the shot was fired. Deputy Coroner Edmund G. Woodman declared the death a suicide after an examination of the body. Officials were awaiting for Mrs.

Barr to regain her composure SO they might determine the motive for his act. Chief Weigand said that he believed excessive drinking was the cause. Under Care of Doctor Mrs. Barr was put under the care of Dr. Walter Bauman.

Mr. Barr been with the Ainsworth concern for several years, officers said. They recalled his battle with three. thugs who robbed the company of an $18,000 payroll Nov. 21, 1925.

The bandits killed Ross Loney, 30 years old, armored truck guard, and shot Walter Radlorff, 25, his companion. Although he carried a pistol, Mr. Barr was surprised and unable to resist. As they fled, however, he produced the pistol and exchanged several shots with the fleeing thugs. Blond Woman Leads Thugs in Car Holdup A blond woman, about 22 years old, held up Albert Hawkins, 2325 Longfellow Monday night with the assistance of two men and robbed him of $9 and his automobile, according to police.

The woman entered Hawkins' automobile at LaSalle Blvd. and Collingwood while one of her partners covered him with a gun and forced him to drive to Wildemere and W. Philadelphia where, police said, he was forced from the car, 18 Pages WILLIAM. J. BARR Father Demands Boy Bandits Pay Wants Sons to Get Maximum Terms Paul Paul said Monday that he wants his two sons put in jail, and that he himself will testify against them in the hope that the boys will receive the maximum sentence for robbery armed.

"My boys used to be the dearest things in life to me." he said. "but now they are crooks. neither their mother nor I ever want to see I can to get them' put in jail for them again. do everything the longest time possible." The boys, William, 18 years old, and Frank, 14, Monday confessed having robbed their father's jewelery store at 1672 S. Fort Lincoln Park, $5,000 worth of jewelry, in a fake holdup last November.

thought we were smart," William said in a cell Monday, "but guess not. One thing, though, I will. never go to work, you can bet on that." Mr. and Mrs. Paul did not visit their sons Monday.

The father said that the only time he wanted to see his sons again was when he testiPlease Turn to Page 2-Column 3 New Cornell Play to Close in 2 Weeks NEW YORK. Jan. 2-(A. The News Katharine Cornell's play "Lucrece," which opened here last month. will close.

after two more weeks and that she will then 20 into rehearsal for Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn." THREE CENTS Takes Oath as Governor Simplicity Marks His Inauguration; Other Officials Sworn In Executive Faces Test with New Legislature By FRANK G. MORRIS LANSING, Jan. 2 Without pomp or display, Michigan's government passed quietly today the hands of the Democratic Party to be revised, modernized and generally, nearby church tolled the noon hour, William A. Comatock raised his right band and swore faithfully to carry out duties of the governorship to the best. of his ability--thus achieving at last the office he has sought in four elections.

Approximately 2,000 persons, crowding the chamber of the House of Representatives to capacity, cheered lustily as the new Governor lowered his hand and kissed Mra. Comstock at his side. About 5,000 persona greeted him later at reception in the Executive Office. Other Officials Take Office 018. with fines for the year estimated at $100,000, to be charged as a credit against the appropriation.

By 1931, the Traffic Court was in full swing, and by that time the Court cost had jumped to a grand total of $505,272, with $94,000 credited to the general fund. But in this year the Traffic Court alone was costing $65,300 and the Violations Bureau $102,888. The grand total for 1932 $468.410, with the Traffic Court costs up to $72.140 and the Violations Bureau costing $102,360. In the present fiscal year, ending July 1, the cost of the Recorder's Court is estimated at $426,922, with Traffic Court costs up to $78,590 and the Violations Bureau placed at $85,310. By abolishing the Traffic Court the Recorder's Court can again be placed upon a self-sustaining basis, members of the bench of that court believe, with the possibility of additional revenues to be made available for the general fund of the City.

Three Are Killed as Train Hits Car Victims Include Man, Wife and Child JACKSON, Jan. 2--Three persons met instant death on the Ganson St. crossing of the Grand Rapids Division of the Michigan Central Railroad about 3:20 o'clock Monday afternoon when a light truck was by passenger train No. 108. The dead are: Grant Raymond, 32 years old; his wife, Ollie, 33, and Raymond's stepdaughter, Virginia Blay, 14.

Raymond was driving the machine. Their identification was established about three hours after the accident through a letter written by the girl addressed to a friend in Jackson. Holiday Throngs See Ice Carnival Girl Crowned Queen as 5,000 Cheer More than 5,000 spectators Monday night watched Mayor Frank Murphy crown Miss Viola Wellfonder, 2550 Virginia Park, queen, of the Michigan Winter Ice Carnival at Olympia in a colorful spectacle that formed the high spot to the second day of New Year's festivities in Detroit. Skating, parties, theaters and night clubs attracted thousands throughout the City, As Queen Viola ascended her throne, her courtiers, youths and girls in red hunting garb, clowns and slim figures in form-fitting skating sweaters, seated themselves about her. The shields of a dozen nations hung above their heads.

The band played and the "All Nations Revue" started amid the fanfare of national anthems. The revue was an interlude in the rapidfire succession of skating contests that started in the afternoon and continued until late in the evening. Proceeds of carnival will be turned over to Mayor's Unemthe ployment Relief Committee. Former Gov. Alex J.

Groesbeck was honorary director of events, while Frank Cody, superintendent of schools, was honorary referee. The list of acting officials, was headed by Judge John D. Watts, director of events, and Edward Gloster, referee. Leading Skaters Participate The contests were participated in by leading skaters of the United States and Canada. Organizations represented in the carnival were Olympia Skating Club, Detroit; the London Skating Club, London, and the Michigan Figure Skating Club, Detroit.

While the carnival at Olympia provided a high spot to the day of festivities, skating rinks throughout the city were thronged. Theaters and night clubs attracted, thousands who were not from attending the many coming parties for Miss 1933. drowsy holiday air hovered over downtown Detroit, stores and offices were closed and the streets had a Sabbath Thin hustle at Belle Isle caused skaters to go elsewhere. Palmer and River Rouge Parks, however, were thronged. Frozen boat canals attracted hundreds of Detroit chil- dren.

Mayor Receives Officials Mayor Murphy's annual reception for department heads featured the day at the City Hail. Charitable agencies in the downtown section served their customary meals Monday, following the New Year's fare Please Turn to Page 2-Column 4 COLOMBIAN 'ARMADA' STARTS TOWARD PERU PARA. Brazil, Jan. Four Colombia naval vessels carrying munitions, supplies and 1,000 soldiers, Gen. Vasquez Coba, were reported to have sailed up the Amazon today toward the region of Leticia on the Peruvian border, The other elective State officers were lined at foot of rostrum.

After administering the oath to the new Governor. Chief Justice John S. McDonald, of the Supreme Court, turned to the other new Administrative Board members and swore them into office collectively. John K. Stack, elected Auditor General, was ill at his home in Escanaba and took the oath there.

Although the ceremony marked only the third Democratic victory in 78 years, it was as simple an inauguration as the Capital ever, has seen. Accustomed to witnessing parades, cannon fire, balls and banquets when a new Governor arrives to take charge of the official business of the State, Lansing appeared shocked by the lack of display. But Gov. Comstock had insisted on simplicity, declaring that pretentious revelry is neither in keeping with the times nor with the attitude with which the Democratic Party takes over the reins of gOVernment. There was no music, no long speeches, only a few flowers.

The affair was over within a half hour. Brucker Congratulates Victors Wilber M. Brucker, the retiring executive, was an amiable master of ceremonies. He introduced the new officials to the audience: made a short talk in which he congratulated them and offered the co-operation of the Republican Party, and made numerous witty remarks that convinced the throng he was truthful in declaring that he retires without holding animosity toward the victors. Gov.

Brucker presented Mrs. Brucker in turn, presented Mrs. Comstock to the audience, The arduous task of greeting viaitors began in the Executive Office at 2 o'clock. For hours the second floor of the Capitol was jammed with men, women and children crowding toward the Administrative Board chamber. State Police estimated that more than 5,000 persons had shaken handg with the new officers and their wives when the doors were closed at 5 o'clock.

The ceremony ended tonight with 8 dinner at which 30 intimate friends of Gov. and Mrs. Comstock guests. Besides the new Chief Executive, those sworn in to office were Lieut. Gov.

Allen E. Stebbins, Secretary of State Frank D. Fitzgerald, the only Republican state officer to surPlease Turn to Page 4-Column 1 Love Gone, She Ends Life in Bed of Roses LONDON, Jan. 2-(A. and brilliant social life; then hardship and tragedy--this wag the story bared here tonight with identification of a woman who shot herself on a rosestrewn bed in Paris a week ago, as Mrs.

Nina Williams, former wife of Douglas Williams, member of a New York stock brokers firm. Ten days ago the woman, who was Russian by birth, put her fiveyear-old daughter in school at Seven Oaks, Kent, and left for Paris. Two days later the woman was found dead on a bed strewn with roses. The phonograph was just as she had left it, with the needle at the end of the record, Wagner's Star." Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages Editorial Edgar A. Guest, Good Morning 0 Westbrook Pegler Radio Programs Walter Lippmann State News The Screen 4 Culbertson on Bridge Crossword Puzzle Society Silhouettes 10 Personal Problems 11 Dorothy Lee Collyer's Comment 14 Financial 15 "Barter and Sail," Serial 17 Comics 17 Minute Mysteries 18 Pictorial Review 18 Around the 18 Harold Teen Comic 18 Dick Tracy Comic 00 Dr.

Joseph Fort Newton 20 Quillen's Observations Dr. Evans on Health 1D MRS. BELLE MOSKOWITZ her death, and then hastily boarded a train for New York. Mrs. Moskowitz was leaving her home last month for her desk in the former Governor's skyscraper office when she fell down the steps.

Her arm was fractured and her wrist was broken, but her recovery was expected. Then last Thursday came the heart attack which caused her death late today. At her bedside were her husband. Please Turn to Page 2-Column 1.