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December 11, 1928

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PAN-AMERICAN PARLEY ACTS TO HALT WAR IN BOLIVIA; LEAGUE ALSO GETS APPEAL; PEACE COMMITTEE NAMED Hughes and Four Other at Once Convene to Plan Conciliation. COOLIDGE OPENS SESSION President Pleads for Orderly Settlement of Disputes Between Nations. ARBITRATION FACES TEST Delegates View Present Clash as Gravest South America Has Had in Years. Committee Holds Session. Committee Issues Statement. Text of the Resolution. PARLEY ACTS TO HALT WAR IN BOLIVIA Clash Viewed With Anxiety.

By Special to The New York Times

At opening session of Internatl Conf of Amer States on Conciliation and Arbitration, pleads for orderly settlement of disputes between nations

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PARAGUAY APPEALS TO NATIONS LEAGUE; Plea for Intervention in Dispute With Bolivia May Reach Council Today. CHILE OFFERS MEDIATION La Paz Rejects Gondra Arbitration--Bolivian Troops ReportedMobilizing in Border Dispute. Chile Offers to Mediate. Bolivia Protests to Powers. PARAGUAY APPEALS TO NATIONS LEAGUE Bolivia Rejects Arbitration. Mexican Chairman Hopeful. Believes Bolivia Will Accept. Bolivia Reported Mobilizing. Retired Soldiers Go to Asuncion. Intervention Forecast in Brazil. Reports Being Stoned. Ministers at Lima Confer. Says United States Holds Key. Recapture of Fort Denied. Chile Pledges Neutrality. Hoover in Touch but Silent.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Paraguay appeals to League of Nations; Bolivia rejects arbitration offer; E Ayala says he was stoned by Bolivians; U S and other parties to Gondra Conv said to hold key to settlement; comment; censorship established on Bolivian press; Chile offers mediation

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LEAGUE STATESMEN STRIVE TO MEET US ON NAVY AND COURT; Briand Would Postpone Arms Meeting to Afford Hoover Chance to Give Views. COURT REVISION PUT OFF An Acrimonious Exchange of Grievances, by French and Italian Delegates Reported. LATIN AMERICANS IN PLEA Cuba, Chile and Venezuela Ask More Active Part in League for South America. Seek Bigger Role in League. Briand Pleased, but Puzzled. STRIVE TO MEET US ON NAVY AND COURT Naval Disarmament Up.

By Carlyle MacDonald. Wireless To the New York Times

Cuba, Chile and Venezuela ask more active part in League for South America

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Notable Deaths

Juho Kekkonen (forester)

1928Juho Kekkonen, Finnish forestry manager and tenant farmer (born 1873)[†]

Juho Kekkonen was Finnish head of forestry, logging caretaker and tenant farmer. He was also known as the father of Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland.