Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1927, Page 1

he Foening Shar. * WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy; occasional light rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder tonight. Temperature—Highest, 55, at 3 p.m. yesterda . at T a.m. today. Full report on page 5. ; TIVI‘; only evening ool in Washington wi An?ci-ted Press news service. ®(losing N.Y. Stocks and Bor;ds. Page 14 Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,246 23 ey v 1927—-FORTY PAGES. ) Means Assoc 1 FEBRUARY d Pro TWO CENTS. SENATE STRUGBLES tered as second class matter Washington, D. C. No. 30,248. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, 'Big Diamond Rush Firemen, Fearing N CHANG TAKES OVER LAST CAPITAL CITY OF SUNCHUAN-FANG 'Manchurians Enter Nanking, Presaging Battle With Can- tonese for Shanghai. FORMER DEFENDER SEEN ELIMINATED AS FACTOR | Near Panio Prevails as Deserters From His Army Straggle Into Native Section. the Associated Press. . . SHANGHAI, February 23. ~Near panic prevailed.in the native quarter of Shanghai today as deserters and stragglers from the broken army of Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang continued to arrive in increasing numbers and rumors were that they were planning « wholesale looting of the prize city. French authorities strengthened the defenses about their cnnress(on,fl\\'h\ch yesterday was bombarded by a Chinese warship which had deserted Marshal Sun's cause and gone over to the Cantonese. The French quarter was struck by five shells and the native section by five more because of defec- tive guns and poor marksmanship. The intention was to shell Marshal * Sun’s arsenal by firing over the city and the shells fell short. Refugees Pouring In. In spite of the incident in the Fren(‘hpquflrter. thousands of refugces poured into it from the native section | as the situation outside became more tense. The French consul general lodged a | protest with the commissioner of for- | eign affairs as a result of the bom- | bardment, but he did not doubt that | the arsenal was the only target and believed that the sailors were not i ing to hit the French concession. Meanwhile the strike abated appre- | ciably. It was estimated that 30,000 of the 100,000 which were on strike yesterday had returned to work. The | majority of the inside force at the | post office went back and transporta-| tion services were nearing normal operations again. Executions Are Stopped. Probably as a result of protests by Chinese public bodies, public execu- tion in the Chinese city have been stopped, but it was understood the. several beheadings had ‘taken place ihad covered the 1432 In South Africa To Occur Friday By the Associated Press. POTCHEISTROM, Transvaal, South Africa, February 23.—A dia- mond rush, which is expected to he the greatest in history, will occur Friday, when the Grasfontein farm, where precious stones were recently overed, is opened for claim staking. It estimated that between 20,000 and 30,000 runners will race, and as the choice claims are be- lieved to be relatively few in num- ler, there ave bound to be many disappointments, DF PINEDD'S PLANE DAMAGED BY SEAS Italian Flyer’s Start for Main- land Halted After Perfect Trip Over Ocean. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, February —Dispatches from the Island of “ernando Noronha say that Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo announced today that his plane, the Santa Maria, was damaged In the Bay of St. Antone, making his debarture for the Brazil- ian mainland impossible for the pres- ent. The damage to the plane was said Py ! to have been caused by heavy seas. Comdr. de Pinedo has put behind him one of the most hazardous sec- tons of his “four-continent” flight. He landed on the water off the little island Fernando Noronha, about 135 miles from the Brazilian ‘mainland, yesterday afternoon, after a 12-hour non-stop flight across the Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands. Bad Weather Balks Plan. Only bad weather prevented him from going right on to the mainland of the South American continent. When his seaplane Santa Maria miles from Port Canico, Cape Verde Islands, to Fernando Noronha he found he had sufficient fuel to carry him on to Port Natal. It was 2:40 p.m. when the watching populace sighted the plane, After circling over the island several time, it continued westward, but heavy seas off the coast and un- favorable weather conditions, making impossible a landing at Port Natal, forced a return to the island. The Brazillan cruiser Barroso, waiting in the harbor to render as- stance if the Santa Maria needed the military headquarters, the execution list which numbered some 30 strike Kiangwel and Kiangkang, which were in the river-at the time the other, Chinese warcraft opened fire. Crews of the two warships were reported to have joined the Cantonese cause also, but did not figure in the bombard- ment, Guns from French vessels had been trained upon the Kiangwei and Kiangkang during the trouble, but did not open fire. The rebellious’ crews of the two ships recovered by Sun’s forces fled shoreward as’ the mlll‘ury authorities approached the craft. Marshal Sun was reported to have reached Shanghai today from Nan- king, capital of the province, which he surrendered to Shantung military forces earlier in the day. -The Shantungese took over the city as a part of their plan to bring troops from the north to aid Sun’s tottering army in the defense of Shanghal sgainst the approaching Cantomese who are lining up south of here. Report Not Confirmed. ‘The reports of Marshal Sun's ar- rival here could not be confirmed, as his whereabouts are supposedly a secret. Marshal Sun, once overlord of five of the richest provinces in China, sur- rendered his last capital in a_desperate effort to prevent Shanghai and the surrounding important territory in Kiangsu Province from falling into the hands of the Cantonese. The series of events in and arcund } Shanghal recently, including the cap- ture of Hangchow south of here by the Cantonese, the general strike of workmen in Shanghai and the bom- bavding incident, all woven into the Cantonese plan to capture this city, has caused Marshal Sun's power to crumble. Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang, military governor of Shantung Province, nom- inally Sun’s ally, but once his enemy, entered Nanking this morning and as sumed control of the city preparatory to sending 30,000 Northern troops to the defense of Shanghai. The move was taken as an indication that Sun has practically been eliminated as a factor in the military situation, the | _ general belief heing that Chang, while | defending Shanghai, will oust Sun! ver his remalning | anghai | province, K is the princip Chang Controls Railroad. i Nanking 210 miles north and west of Shanghal. It is the capital of the province. On entering the cit Chang wiven control of the rail road le southward, thus enabling him to rapidly thrown his Northern army into Shang defense. While the Manchurians pour in from the north in an effort to prevent the prize city fra i tionalist han r in Sun's ranks. Sun in ad sing a_gathering of notables in Nanking prior to Chang" entry, wept, declaring that disloyal 1 city. ontinue to ~ (Continued on m:;}e 3, Column 6) gMystery of Austrian Archduke*s Death May Be on Verge of Solution Today DENY ENGLAND AND ITALY A Scout Reports Aggression to Pacify Public Opinion in Turkey. bassadors By the Associated Press TANTINOPLE, Februa s that England had granted | Italy a free hand against Turkey as| npensation for Italian co-operation | in China so agitated public opinion | here, that the Italian and British am- bassadors today issued public denials. Deputy Mahmoud Bey, chief spokes- man for President Mustapha Kemal Pasha, scouts the idea of Italian ag- gression, but stresses the fact that the reinforced Turkish army is pre- pured for amy eventuality. 3.—1| falling into Na- ' more fuel, got the signal to tow the lane and soon it was anchored {n e Bay of St. Antoine. 'Comdr. de his fellow flyers came Y rest. They thelr plane was in per- fect condition when it landed and ready to continue the journey to the mainland and thence northward to New Orleans, St. Louls, Chicago and New York, after stopping at various South American capitals. ITALY GETS BRIEF NOTE. Flyer Reports Bad Weather While Crossing Ocean. ROME, February 23 (#).—A laconic account of his hazardous flight from the Cape Verde Islands to Fernando Noronha, off the Brazilian coast, was received from Comdr. de Pinedo today by the minister of aeronautics. ‘The flispatch, which was delayed iu transmission, follows: “Fernando Noronha, February 22, 6:10 p.m., local time. Leaving at 1a.m. from Porto Praya (the actual start was made at Port Canico, a short distance from Porto Praya), we flew over Fernando Noronha at 2:45 p.m., (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) SACCO AND VANZETTI ACTION IS DEMANDED French Socialists Insist on Alleged Slayers’ Immediate Death or Release. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 23.—A demand that “American capitalism either ex- ecute Sacco and Vanzetti at once or release them" was placarded on the deadwalls of Paris today over the | signatures of a number of well known French socialists. “Six years in the face of death!” is the flaming headline of the poster. A call is made for a mass meeting at the Bal Bullie, a hall in the Avenue De L’'Observataire, to “set up this cry 86 the Americans cannot fail to hear i Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- | zetti, Italians, were convicted in 182 of the murder of a shoe company pay master and guard at South Braintree, Mass., ‘in April, 1920 | " Since their conviction there has been almost continual agitation for their release among radicals abroad. American diplomatic missions in Paris, Sofia, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and | Montevideo' have been bombed or | threatened. i The State Department, taking cog- ln!zflm‘e of the situation, last June | advised all American diplomatic rep- | resentatives abroad to take adequate ! precautions against further outrages. COMMITTEEO.K.S PLAN T0 CONTINUE GIBSON'S INQUIRY Effort “to Do What Is Neces- sary” to Keep Up Survey of District Authorized. $106.000 ANNUAL SAVING IS DECLARED POSSIBLE Chairman of Investigating Group Reports on Work Done Already. a unanimous vote the House ot committee today authorized “to do whatever may be necessary” to continue the life of the Gibson subcommittee, which is investigating the municipal adminis- tration, during the time that Con- gress will not be in session and with the appropriation which has already been authorized, but none of which has been expended, available for the expenses. This action was urged by Repre- sentative Blanton, who declared that the Gibson subcommittee is doing “the most important work that could be done under the District commit- tee’s jurisdiction.” This sentiment was also also emphasized by Repre- sentatives Reid, Illinois; Hammer, North Carolina; Underhill, Massa- chusetts; Gasque, South Carolina, and other: 1 Distr an effort Gibson Quslines Work. The action to continue the system- atic investigation under the leadership of Representative Gibson was taken after he had made a preliminary re- port covering considerable remedial legislation that has already been passed and a number of studies that are vet in progress. Mr. Gibson reported that the recom- mendations of his committee will eventually result in direct saving to the District Government and tax- payers of at least $106,000 annually as follows: $9,500, by doing away with the publication of the tax sales list; $6,000, by manufacture of auto tags at the District Reformatory; $15,000, by merging of the District supply needs with the general purchase agency of | the Federal Government; $30,000, by | reorganization of the work in the | recorder of deeds’ office; $10,000 by similar action in the office of register of wills; and $36,000, by additional production of brick at the District Workhouse. Recommendatfons relating to the collection of taxes will also result in reducing. _the , uncoliecied District taxes by approximately $100,000 a year, Mr. Gibson pointed out. Tax Law Faulty. Mr. Gibson said in regard to taxa~ tion that testimony before the sub- committee disclosed that the opera- tion of the present personal tax law is lamentably faulty and that many persons liable to file personal prop- erty returns not only failed to do so, but the District lacks power to enforce prompt payment of such taxes. “The report of the auditor for tie fiscal year 1926 shows that the | amount $454,092.34 was due to Dis-| trict as unpald personal taxes for that year. The total amount due the | District as delinquent personal taxes | up to June 30, 1926, was approxi- mately $1,000,000.” ! He said that a change must be made in the present law to provide more adequate means for com- pelling the fling of returns and prompt payment of tax. The sub- committee has made the following recommendations on taxation sub- Jects. First, suggestions for improving the ‘method of assessing and collecting taxes on vehicles and motor cycies by (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) POISON RUM DEALER HIT HARD IN BILL New York Measure Provides Man- slaughter Penalty if Death Results. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., February 23— The Assembly codes committee today unanimously reported the Jenks' bill which would make a person who sells poison liquor which results in.death guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. In accordance with an understand- ing with the introducer of the bill Assemblyman Edmund B. Jenks, Re- publican, of Broome, champion of the Legislative dry forces, the bill was amended slightly from its original form. Originally it also would have included the gift of poison liquor resulting in death as a basis for manslaughter conviction. The offense is now limited to the sale of such liquor for beverages purposes. Under the terms of the proposed legislation, conviction of the sale of poison liquor for beverage purposes would be a felony punishable by five years' imprisonment, if such sale does not result in death of any drinker of the beverage. | | | | i | By the Associated Press of NEW YORK, February 23.—A 40- ear .mystery surrounding the dis; | appearance of Archduke Johann, of Austria was belleved on the verge of solution here today, in possible iden- tification of the missing nobleman as John Orth, who died here in 1924. Orth, shortly before his death, told Mrs. Charlotte Fairchild of this city, that he had sent a letter to the vati- can at Rome, containing an authorita- tive account of the unexplained fatal shooting of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria at the royal shooting-box at Meyerling. The letter was not to be opened, he sald, until February 23, 1927. M Fuirchild said she believed ) | that private papers and photographs | from England. expected with the | | I;vuv" would reveal Orth as Archduke The archduke was officially declared dead in 1911, and his $8,000,000 estates were sold. Archduke Johann, a second cousin of Emperor Franz Joseph, abandoned his title in 1889 and adopted the name of Johann Orth after a dispute with the emperor. William M. Priestly, connected with the disposal of Orth's estate, said the history of the man for his iast eight or ten vears fails to connect him with RUDNER GASE GOES T0 JURY IN GANTON Heavy Guard Thrown About Court and Jail as Toledo Gang Threatens Coup. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, February 23.—The fate of Ben Rudner, indicted for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton ed- itor, was placed in the hands of the jury at 10,13 a.m. today. At the conclusion of the court's charge balliffs ordered every one from the courtroom except the attorne: the Rudner family and newspaper men. As the 10,000 word charge was being read the room was guarded by Sheriff Ed Gibson and nine deputies. The pre- caution was taken as a result of re ports reaching Mayor S. M. Swarts that gangsters from Toledo were en route to Canton to liberate Rudner.if he is convicted. The corridors of the courthouse were kept clear, and only 60 persons were permitted in the courtroom, as com- pared with 300 yesterday. Canton today was armed against gangsters reported in anonymous warnings to city officials as planning a jail delivery of Rudner if he is con- victed. After receipt of the warnings the Stark County Jail was hastily con- verted into an ammunition storehouse, double guards were placed at doors and, at street entrances near the jail. A machine gun protected the jail door and police and deputy sheriffs patrol- led streets near the jail and court- house. DIVORCE DECREE TO MRS. WOODHOUSE Granted in Paris on Complaint of Husband’s Discourtesy and Coldness. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 28.—A decree of divorce was granted today to Mrs. Dorritt Stevens Woodhouse from Charles Douglas Woodhouse, both glv ing Paris addresses. They were mar- ried in New York in September, 1918, Mrs. Woodhouse complained of her husband’s discourtesy and coldness. An unsuccessful reconciliation meet- ing was held on January 28. WON ALIENATION VERDICT. Awarded $465,000 Against Husband's Parents—Cut to $125,000. BURLINGTON, Vt., February (P).—Dorritt Stevens Woodhouse, to whom a divorce was granted in Paris today, came into prominence here several years ago through a million- dollar alienation sult against the par- ernts of her husband, who live in this city. The jury awarded her $465,000, the largest verdlict in an alienation suit ever returned in the United States, according to court records. udge Sherman R. Moulton, who pre- el:;ed,greduced the award to $125,000. RUSSIANS WARNED OF U. S. BOURGEOISIE Statement Over Name of American Points Out Danger to Cause of Oppressed. 1US B. WOOD. The St and Chicazo Daily By Cable 0 e Copyright, 1027, the MOSCOW, February 23.—In cgming days of the great struggle of workmen, peasants and all oppressed classes against their imperfalistic op- pressors, the American bourgeoisie will be among our most dangerous enemies, says a Statement published over the name of an American, Dun- can, here on the occasion of the ninth anniversary celebratioh of the red BY J rmy. The newspapprs are filled with proclamations of the peaceful inten- nobility. Radio Progr;ms—Page 27 1 tions of the red army. The belligerent intentions of neighboring states ‘r: held to have influenced relations be tween England and Moscow, 23 High School Girl Makes Perfect 500 in Rifle Test By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Febr call her “'Sure Shot Ma Lake View High School, because 16-year-old Mary V seeking a R. O. T. C. marksman’s medal, shot 500 out of a possible 500 with an Army riffle to win not only the badge, but four honor bars as well. For the medal she had to count with 80 out of 100 prone shots, but a check showed every try good; in- stead of making 85 out of a possible 100 to win her first bar, she made a perfect score, and repeated while trying for a 90 and two 95s to win the other coveted bars. — FAVORS ASSESSING ‘They ry” now at House Group Would™ Levy Cost of Valuation Against Corporations Here. The House District committee today ordered a favorable report on the bill fathered by Senmator Capper, which has already passed the Senate, pro- viding for an assessment by the Pub- lie Utilities Commission on the public utilities to pay the cost of a new val- uation of public utilities properties. The committee unanimously voted to support an effort to have restored to the second deficiency appropriation bill, which was reported to the House yesterday, the budget recommendation of $400,000 to be appropriatéd and contract authorization for an addi- tional $500,000 for a new Police Court building. Several memberes of the committee spoke vigorously as opposed to the principle of the Senate bill to assess public utilities for funds to make val- uations of local utility plants. Repre- sentative Reid was one of those who declared this procedure “unAmerican,” but he and Chairman Zihiman both recommended action as an emergency measure. Action Held Necessary. Representative Underhill said this was a matter of such great importance that” snap judgments should not be taken and made a motion to lay the measure on the table, but Mr. Reid said it was so important that it should not be laid on the table, as failure to make the valuations would mean an increase in telephone, gas and electric light rates to consumers because the Public Utilities Commission other funds to make a valuation as an offset to the valuations set up by the publie utilities corporations. / The vote on this measure was in- differently made and did not indicate any great enthusiasm on the part of the membership. In the course of his report, Mr. I Gibson, referrad to the conditions of congestion at the Police Court. “Political Ring” Hit. Representative Reid propo | by the District legislative committee to have the Police Court building item restored to the second deficiency Dill. After most of the members had spoken regarding the urgent need for a new Police Court building and Representa- {tive Underhill had given assurance that an amendment would be offered to insert it in the bill the committee voted unanimously to support that amendment. AL While the effdrt “to make a killing on the public building program, as d { closed by Mr. Gibson, was under dis- cussion Mr. Blanton stated that the District Commissioners could control the stacking of the jury if they would, but that a political ring was dominant. Representative Gibson insisted that “the same ring has the ear of the President. It now proposes to take the appointment of the corporation counsel from the District Commission- ers and intrust it to the President. He appointed a counsel supposed to interests he was supposed to oppose.” The committee adjourned when a PUBLIC UTILITIES appear for the people, a man who was | hand-in-glove with the public utility | MELLONDENIES | | | | ] | :Says No Official Offer From France to Begin Payment Here Received. No official offer from France tol begin payment under the terms of| the unratified Mellon-Berenger debt | agreement for funding the $4,000,000,- 000 France debt to this country has | been received at the Treasury, Secre-| tary Mellon sald today. A recent visit to the Treasury however, was made by Robert Lacour-| Gayet, financial attache of the French | embassy here, for the purpose, Secre- | tary Mellon thought, of checking over | the figures of the agreement. M Lacour-Gayet was in conference for some time with Ogden L. Mills, under- secretary of the Treasury-designate, and it was understood did go over in| some detail the figures of the Frameo: American debt settlement. Mellon Is Insistent. No new significance appeared to be attached today to the recent visit of | the financial attache, which was dis- | closed shortly after his conference, and Secretary Mellon insisted that the Treasury Department as yet had re- ceived mo official notification from France of any desire to begin pa ment under the terms of the unrati- fled agreement. Advices from Parls, cluding reports from Premier Poin- care himself, continued to indicate that France was seriously considering with the American Government the matter of making payments even| though the French Parliament and | the American Congress have as yet| failed to approve the accord. Silent on Policy. Secretary Mellon declined to make any pronouncement of policy on the part of this Government on the ques- tion of whether the United States could accept from France such pay- ments. Difference of opinion is knowr. to exist among experts in Washington as to whether this Government could receive the payments, which under the funding agreement would begin at_about $30,000,000 a year. Some who thought on the matter were inclined to accept any proffered advances on account. The French have been paying interest on their debt for the purchase of war supplies bought after the armistice. But they have made no payment recently on the rger part of their obligation con- tracted in the form of 'loans for the prosecution of the war. Complications Are Seen. It was also feared that acceptance of the debt payments under the agree- ment scheduled could not legally be done and that complications of far- reaching difficulties might ensue. A debt compact has been approved by the House of Representatives hero d is pending in the Senate, but Senate leaders have indicated that it will not be brought up in the Senate luntil after the French Parliament takes action. i however, in- | | i Ia WOULD PAY U. S. LIKE BRITAL | Poincare Tells of Negotiations Going on in Washington. PARIS, February 23 (P).—Equality of treatment for the United States and Great Britain in payments of war | ebts is the policy of the Poincare government as disclosed in a letter from the premier to the finance coun- mittee of the Chamber of Deputies, 1 &glven out yesterday. Premier Poincare confirmed reports (Continued on Page 7, Column 2 END AIR MAIL CONTRACT. Route® Between Philadelphia and Norfolk Abandoned. : Cancellation of the air mail contract for the route between Philadelphia and Norfolk via Washington was a nounced today by the Post Office De. | partment, the Philadelphia Rapid | |Fransit Air Service, the contractor, having requested a release. ] {appear and discuss the proposal. { with only eight and a balf legislative The se: as a clash occurred between Representative Underhill, endeavoring to bring up the insurance code bill, and other members, who were claiming that the Sunday closing bill had right of way. NS a0 Will Probe Liguior Charge.. ATLANTA, February 23 (#).—The Federal grand jury today began an in- vestigation of the Atlanta Co-operative Club dinner given here January 17 in| The bill apj honor of Carl t of Kansas |for e City, internationsl presi It was | corn when was passenger-carryis the ‘Sesquicentennial - Expositi had been suspended for the Winter. over by the New York-Atlanta air mail that service begins operation. Corn Borer Bill Signed. operated primarily Ing line during on and Loss of Jobs, Set Kiev Club on Fire d Prese vine, February e sentences have been p: on 10 firemen convicted. Six, in- cluding the chief, will be shot; two were sentenced to 10 years’ solitary confinement and two must serve five years in prison. The chief pleaded that the men set the fires fearing they would lose their posi tions because of a long perfod of inactivity. The firemen were arrested sev- eral days after they had been com- mended for heroism and skill in fighting fires in_the Trade Union Club of Kiev and the headquarters of a navigation company. It was charged that they deliberately set the buildings ablaze for excite- ment. BLOCK SENATORS, TR TONCARAGUA Administration Bloc Checks Borah’s Proposal Pending Views of Kellogg. By the Associated Press Administration Senators temporarily blocked action today en Senator Bo- rah’s proposal that the Senate foreign relations committee go on tour this Summer in Mexico and Nicaragua. Taking the view that the American jovernment should be given an oppor- tunity to say whether it thinks such a trip advisable in the present situation, | the administration bloc on the com- mittee put through a motion under which the committee directed Senator Borah, as chairman, to inquire whether Secretary Kellogg desires "'I May Embarrass Kellogg. The resolution will be taken up at another committee session tomorrow. In volcing their opposition, adminis- tration Senators expressed the view that a visit of a senatorial committee to the Central American republics just at this time might prove embarrassing to the State Department in its han- dling both of the Nicaraguan situation and the controversy with Mexico over oil and land laws. Chairman Borah, under whose tute- lage the trip would be made, is openly opposed to the administration’s Nica- raguan policy, and has expressed sym- pathy for the Mexican-recognized Sacasa group, which is opposing the Nicaraguan regime recognized by the United States. The Senator also is counted a doubtful supporter of Presi- dent Coolidge’s policy toward Mexico. . Fight on Flear Probable. Bhould Secretary Kellogg turn thumbs down on the resolution, ad- ministration Senators probably will un- dertake to kill it on the Senate floor. A favorable report is expected, but days remaining in this session, oppo- nents of the move might be able to smother it by means of a filibuster. Regarded as a fresh challenge to the adminstration’s Central American policy, particularly with respect to Mexico and Nicaragua, the resolution was offered late yesterday by the com- mittee’s chairman, Senator Borah, Re- publican, Idaho, and immediately re- ceived the support of a coalition of Democrats and Republican insurgents. The action surprised administration Senators, but they refused to indicate what stand they would take if the resolution reaches the Senate floor. “We want to find out the facts and keep informed,” Senator Borah de- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) | MILLIONAIRE KILLED; | SUICIDE, SAY POLICE| George F. Porter of Chicago Shot " Himself in Wife's Presence, Is Report. i | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—George | F. Porter, reputed millionaire and realtor, was found shot to death to- day in his apartment. The police | said there was a bullet wound in his forehead. The body was not moved pending the arrival of a deputy cor- oner. Porter, a member of an old and socially prominent family here, shot himself, the police said, in the pres- ence of his wife, who was Mlle. Mima | Manziarly, formerly of Washington | and India. They were married in Oota- camuns, India, on June 3, 1925. Her | mother, Mme. Manziarly, lives In Paris, France. Porter left three letters, one of which said he had reached “the end of the rope.” He had been in ill health for some time; In 1912 Porter was | Western treasurer of the Progressive national committee, George French Porter was born here in 1881. His real estate invest- ments wege large. He was a Yale graduate of 1903. The widow before her marriage was known as a writer and librarian. i | SLAYER OF TWO CAUGHT. | Half-wit Nebraska Farmer Offers No Resistance to Officers. YUTAN, Nebr., February 23 (#).— | Frank Marsh, half-wit farmer, who | shot and killed two farmers and seri- | ously wounded three others yesterday ‘was captured on the Otto Munn fari three miles south of here today afte an_all-night search. Marsh, who was sitting near a fence offered no resistance, permitting 2 posse to tle him up with a rope. $3,000,000 Bank Closes MARIETTA, Ohio, February 23 (#). —The Central National Bank, with re- sources listed at approximately $3,- 000,000, failed to open today. Notice posted by the bank stated the insti- ropriating $10,000,000 tution had been closed by order of of the p Signed today” by by | troller of the currency had been N 3 the board of directors and the con- noti- | turned OVERBOULDERDAM BILL FOR 28 HOURS {Repeated Motions Made to Displace It Beaten—Re- cess at 5 0’Clock. FINALLY OBTAIN QUORUM AFTER MANY “ARRESTS” Reluctant Members Develop “Ill- ness” During Night—Johnson Fights Hard for Measure. Repeated motions to displace the Boulder Dam bill as unfinished busi n of the Senate were voted down this fternoon. The ssion of the Senate which began yesterday at 11 a.m. dragged along for 28 hours, with the filibuster against the dam bill still in full swing. Under unanimous consent previ ously entered into, the Senate is to take a recess at 5 o'clock this after- noon and to meet at 8 o'clock tonight to consider bills on the calendar. This promises a respite for the tired fili- busterers. Senator Ashurst of Arizona, one of the leaders of the filibuster, moved to take up the veterans' loan bill in place of the Boulder Dam measure. His motion was voted down, 43 to 31 Robinson Proposal Wins, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, then obtained unanimous consent for the consider- ation of the veterans' loan bill for one hour, beginning at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. Another attempt was made by Sen ator Ashurst to displace the Boulder Dam bill. He moved to substitute the alien property bill. The Senate him down by a vote of 44 to 20. Senator Curtis, Republican leader, moved to fake up the so-called pro- hibition enforcement reorganization bill and to displace the dam bill. He s first asked unanimous consent to take up the prohibition bill, but this was denied. Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor: nia, who has led the fight to force a vote on the dam bill, urged the | Senate to vote dawn the Curtis mo- tion. He pointed out that a special rule was to be given in the House on the Boulder Dam bill this week. Its passage there, he said was assured. If the BouldersDam bill is laid aside in the Senats now, he said he was afraid it would not be possible to get @ vote on it this session. Opposition Is Determined. The vociferof of the o) i tion. "oty Balf & dozen 1n musber, heéaded by Ashurst and Cameron of Arizona, held on with the HI?:::; d;hla. V] the Curtis motion 3 Senator Bruce of hndw, launched an attack on the prohibition reorganization bill, criticizing partic- ularly those provisions which would place the fleld agent of the prohibition enforcement unit under the civil service, After Senator Bruce of Maryland had completed his criticism of the prohibition bill and Senator Norris of Nebraska had spoken in favor of keeping on with the Boulder Dam bill, Senator Edge of New Jersey took the floor also against the motion to take up the prohibition bill. > Senator Curtis then withdréw his motion to take up the prohibition bill, declaring it was apparent that tho motion would lead to long debate. Tho fizht to put through the Boulder Dam bill then continued. Senator Reed of Missouri addressed the Senate In fas vor of the bill. With the coming of daylight dozens of Senators who had successfully re- sisted the officers of the law during the night while efforts were made to compel their attendance trooped into the chamber to Keep company with the little band of the faithful who had been on watch all night, and the fight went on much as though there had been the usual overnight recess. Hangovers of 1l Humor. But the day’s session was not with- out its hangover of ill humor, engen- dered malinly by those sleepy-eyed Senators who had been brought to their desks at odd hours of the early morning by assistant doorkeepers. Many of them made free display of their displéasure at having their peaceful slumber rudely interrupted by what one of them, Reed of Mis- souri, chardcterized as “an inexcus- able outrage.” The session had begun at 11 o’clock yesterday morning and Johnson in- sisted that the Senate go on because he feared his bill was having its last day in court for this Congress. Dur- ing the early night it was a com- aratively easy matter for the party ‘whips” “to keep enough Senators present to enable the world's greatest deliberative body to function. Some Senators, among them Blease of South Carolina and McMaster of South Dakota came in early in evening clothes and the situ- ation was so much’ to their liking that they decided to stick it out. But as the morning hours rolled around they realized that their dress would be a little incongruous, so they made hasty trips home to change to sack suits. Thirty-six Present at Midnight. While Senators lounged. around their seats or in the cloak rooms and the marble room the Senators from Arizona, Cameron and Ashurst, re- lieved each other during the filibuster. As the clock hands began to point toward midnight many Senators si- lently departed for their homes and a quorum call Jjust before midnight showed only 36 of the 95 Senators present. Then began the first of a series of futile efforts for a recess. Finally David S. Barry, the sergeant-at-arms, was directed to bring in the absentees and while the rush calls were going over the wires the Senate sat idly by, Then after a while Barry was upon for a report and the Sendte was furnished with a bit of comedy. Standing on the dias at the right. hand of President Pro-tempore Moses, Mr. Barry sald: “‘Mr. Bayard could not come because he is getting ready to go out of town to attend a funeral tomorrow, At Mr. Borah's residence there is no answer. Mr. Broussard is {ll. At Mr. Capper's residence there is no answer. “Mr. Caraway's telephone, it is said, has been discontinued. Mr. Couwens has gonlz to bed|i-|l. M';. Dale sald that he would come later if necessary, but he was in bed. Mr. Dill is coming. Several Senators chorused ?