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U.S. Minister to Abyssinia Beaten After Auto Mishap

Knocked Down by Policeman After His Car Runs Over Woman’s Foot.

Attack on Southard Follows Protest at Arrest of Chauffeur.

Photo of Addison E. Southard

By the Associated Press.

ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, January 18.—Addison E. Southard, United States Minister to Abyssinia, was knocked down yesterday during an altercation with several policemen after an automobile accident.

Reports of the incident today said Mr. Southard’s car, with the Minister driving, ran over an Abyssinian woman’s foot. She was only slightly hurt, but when the car stopped and Mr. Southard was about to inquire the extent of her injuries, a native policeman ran up and arrested the Minister’s chauffeur. Southard protested and there was an argument. Several other policemen arrived and in the scuffle Southard was knocked down.

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Ethiopian Warriors Attack Furiously on All Fronts

RAINS SERVE TO AID NATIVE DEFENSE FORCE

Picture titled "Ethiopians Hail Captured Trophy" showing a crowd of men behind and to the side of a small captured armored vehicle that has a man standing in it's top hatch.

DESSYE, Ethiopia. Jan. 10. (U.P)—Ethiopian warriors, their fury a white heat after months of restraint, are attacking Italians on all fronts, reports to Emperor Haile Selassie’s war headquarters indicated today.

Aided by rains pouring weeks before they were due, the warriors are reported to be attacking at every possible point, hoping to break the Italian morale—which is believed here to be below par. For weeks the Italians have made no advance while Ethiopian guerrilla bands have constantly attacked isolated outposts at night.

Reports to headquarters today told of an Ethiopian annihilation of an Italian tank and machine gun detachment on the far southern front in which many Italians were killed and one officer captured. The reports said the Ethiopians used tanks, and these were believed to be the ones captured long ago at Anale and reconditioned for use against their original owners.