Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, continued cold tonight; mini- mum temperature about 25 degrees; to- morrow increasing cloudiness = and warmer. Temperatures: Highest, 48, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 22, at8:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = = The Foening Sfar, === — No. 30,979. post office, Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, ol sy D. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 99 29, 1929—THIRTY PAGES. * (®) Meant Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 'PLEA FOR DELAY IS REFUSED CAPT. BURLINGAME BY BOARD; PALMIST WILL TESTIFY TODAY THE MYSTERIOUS MRS. BLALOCK DesperateBattle “Is Made for a | Continuance. MRS. BLALOCK IS SMUGGLED IN Many on Hand Fail to Get Admittance | to Trial Room. Mrs. Helen L. Blalock took the witness stand this afternoon and | identified love letters presented in the court as having been written to her by Capt. Burlingame. Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, sus- pended commander of the second police precinct, went on trial to- day before an extraordinary trial board on charges growing out of the sensational accusations of Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, despite the vig- orous efforts of his attorneys to cause a continuance until next week. The blond-haired palmist came " from seclusion for the first time since - her guarded arrival in Washington Thursday night to ap- pear against Capt. Burlingame, pear against Capt. Burlingame. Surrounded by more than a dozen agents of the Department | ot Justice, Mrs. Blalock appeared at the sixth precinct . station, where the trial is being held, and was hidden from the gaze of curlvi ous spectators in a rear room on the third floor of the station house. She remained there until shortly ‘before nocon, when the Juncheon recess was ordered by the trial board, and then, under the protection of the Justice operatives, she was escorted from the building. Conferences Are Held. ‘While in the station house she held & geries of conferences with her attorney, Crandal Mackey, and Representative Blanton of Texas, who first brought the woman's charges against Burlingame to public attention. The trial started 22 minutes behind | schedule and the entire morning ses- "sion was marked by arguments between defense and prosecution attorneys over the plea of the former for a continu- .ance. The request was denied when the United States attorney’s office refused to assure the board that Mrs: Blalock would be produced as & witness after Monday night, when a Federal sub- poena requiring her to appear before the grand jury expires. The initial session of the trial board edjourned at 11:50 o'clock, when the request for a continuance was denied and Walter L. Fowler, assistant cor- poration counsel, who is aiding Cor- poration Counsel William W. Bride in the prosecution of the case, had intro- duced evidence the love letters Bur- lingamé is alleged to have written. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the sixth precinct police station to attend the trial, but only a few of them pould gain admission. When the small room in which the trial is being held was comfortably filled, no one except newspaper men and District and Gov- ernment officials concerned with the case were admitted. Blanton came to the sixth precinct station before the woman's arrival, and when he learned that she had arrived he held a brief conference with her. The palmist did %ot appear to be nerv- ous or excited as she conversed in mumbled tones with Blanton and her attorney. A curious crowd gathered outside of | the. sixth precinct station an hour be- fore the time scheduled for the start . of the trial Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner and chairman of the extraordinary trial board, was the first of the District officials to reach | <the station house. He came in shortly | after 9 o'clock and completed the seat- ; MRS. HELEN F. BLALOCK, Palmist, returned here to testify against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame. —Star Staff Photo. E. M. TAYLOR GIVEN 16-YEAR SENTENCE s ey Justice McCoy Denies Motion for Retrial of Former Policeman. Edward M. Taylor, 28 years old, former policeman, was sentenced today by Chief Justice McCoy in criminal division 1 to serve 15 years in the peni- tentiary. Taylor recently was convicted of an assault. to kill and an assault with a dangerous weapon on William 8. McBreen, employe of a gasoline filling station at 2637 Benning read north- east August 30, 1927. His counsel, Jo- seph Solomon and Vincent Sheehy, noted an appeal to the Court of Apj and Taylor was remanded. . Counsel for'the prisoner asked for a new trial on the plea that Taylor had been convicted both of an assault to kill and an assault with a dangerous weapon. They claimed that the con- viction of the lesser offense raised a doubt of the guilt on the first count of intent to kill, and that the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of the doubt, according to & decision of the Court of Appeals in the Davis case. The verdict of the jury was inconsistent, counsel claimed. In overruling the motion for a new trial, the court suggested that the Court of Appeals could pass on the counsel’s contention @nd pointed out that the bullet that wounded McBreen had been proved almost to ‘a mathematical cer- tainty to have becn discharged from the pistol which had been issued to Taylor while in the police service, through the testimony of firearms ex- TS perts. Taylor was not indicted until last August, nearly a year after the shoot- ing. The theory of the Government at the trial was that Taylor had had an altercation with another employe of the same filling station earlier in the weck before the shcoting and that he mistook McBreen for the other em- ploye. Assistant United States Attorneys RAIL CONSOLIDATION MEASURE. FAVORED Bill Reported to Senate by Fess, With Recommenda- tion for Passage. By the Associated Press. ‘The rallroad consolidation bill was re- ported to the Senate today with a| recommendation for its passage in order to permit the establishment of a limited number of systems strong enough to| give efficient service at a reasonable cost to the public. The measure, approved a few days ago by the Senate interstate commerce committee, was reported to the Sen- ate by Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, with & detailed explanation of its pur- | pose. It is the hope of the supporters of the bill, the report declared, to create efficient systems neither so large as to be unwieldy or unmanageable, nor too small-to secure economies derived from large scale operation. ‘Would Assure Continuity of Revenue. “A well balanced system,” sald the Fess report, “is otie that has a reason- able opportunity to ‘griginate well di- versified and dependable traffic which assures a continuity of revenue, so that the depression in a single industry will not too greatly affect its total trafic; one which has facilities, equipment, tracks, yard and terminals adequate to the public needs.” ‘The unification 'could -be brought about by merger, - financial control, corporate consolidation or absorption. ‘Two or more railroads could arrange unification of their lines under specific instructions set forth in the bill, the whole proposition to be under the juris- diotion of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The measure would require carriers to give due public notice of an inten- tion to unify, and to make a report to | the governor of each State - through | which their lines pass. Public hearings { would bz required before the commis- ing arrangements for the board, the at- | William H. Collins and Walter M. Shea | sion “so that organizations of shippers, torneys and the witnesses. The other | two members, Tax Assessor Wilkam P. Richards and - Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital, followed shortly afterward and all three posed for photographers on the front steps of the station house. Bride and Assistant Arrive, Corporation Counsel Bride and his as- sistant, Walter L. Fowler, who is aiding him in the prosecution, arrived at the station house about 9:45 o'clock. They were closely followed by William H. Collins, assistant United States attor- ney for ‘the District, who investigated | the Burlingame case for the Gibson | conducted the prosecution. QUAKE IS RECORDED. Disturbance Under Atlantie, Mid- way Between U. 8. and Africa. LONDON, February 23 (#).—An earth- quake of moderate intensity was re- corded at the Kew Observatory at 10:51 o'clock last night. The epicenter was estimated to be under the Atlantic near latitude 30 north and longitude 46 west, or approxi- jchambers of commerce and other com- munity organizations and the stock- holders, bondholders and other creditors of the carriers involved may be heard.” The commission would have powers to deal with the financial and economic contingencies which the unifications | might present, Stockholders Would be Protected. One of the main purposes of the bill (would be to afford minority stockhold- ers the opportunity to refrain from go- ing along against their will with a new plan, to withdraw from an enterprise ' and to liquidate their holdings. “Obviously, however,” the report de- subcommittee of the House. Capt. Bur- | mately midway between Southern United | clared, “this opportunity need not be " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ites and Northern Africa. Prince of Wales Bids Horses Aiicu On Eve of Selling 12 Hunting Mounts By the Associated Press, LEICESTER, England, February 23.— | ‘Hunting men gathered here today to bid for the horses of the Prince of Wales. | pectedly to say good-by to them. His highness made the round of the| |stalls to see whether all were well pro- | stockholders, the effect upon their stock- vided for and comfortably bedded. He | holdings and the time they became had a pat and kindly word for each of | stockholders would be considered. The | afforded to all stockholders. Those who | tavored the adoption of the plan may be dismissed from further consideration. They cast their lot with the new plan, They stand by their own decision, and if they desire to get out they do so only ! by a sale of their stock in the open | market or otherwise. Nor is the com- mittee satisfied that the opportunity should be given to every stockholder who opposed the adoption of the plan.” In considering the disposal of minority Twelve thoroughbred hunters, known |the handsome creature which had car- ' measure would give specific authoriza- by sight and name to every horseman of this country where horsemen are fegion, were up le—indirect vic- tims of King George's illness, which has deprived the prince of time he once de- voted to them. The horses were brought here from the royal stables at Melton Mowbray yesterday in preparation for the ap pearance on the auctioneer’s block t day, and after they had been put away Ow the night their owner arrived unex- | ried him on | country run, many an enjoyable cros: tion as to how the minority stockholders Miss Muffit, his favorite might be determined, who should come mare, came in for special attention, thz ' within that category and how they prince lingering longer in her stall than should be treated. |in the others. | The grooms could see the British | was pained at parting with his favo {stall with sympathetic interest. “A’, 'ow ‘e loves them,” o said to his mate as the pfice left the | entering Dortmund _Station siables, elr and watched him move from stall to i =R | Three Killed in Train Crash. | _DORTMUND, Germany, February 23 (#).—Three persons were killed and old groom | 20 injured today, when a local train | murders. MISSING WITNESS INGANG MASSACRET FOUND IN DETROIT Chicago Dentist Reports Be- ing Drugged—Unconscious Most of Last Night. WRISTS AND ANKLES BRUISED AND LACERATED Ownership of Death Car Traced—Women Report They Received Threats. Is By the Assoc Press. DETROIT, February 23.—Dr. Loyal Tacker, kidnaped witness in the in- vestigation of the Chicago gang mas- sacre, was found at the corner of Library and Gratiot avenues in the downtown district. here shortly after noon today. He reported he had been drugged and unconscious most of last night. The Chicago dentist, who identified & photograph the police believed to be that of one of the gang slayers, was in & dazed and half fainting condition when picked up by Patrolman Martin Vollmer. His wrists, hands and ankles were bruised and lacerated. DEATH CAR OWNER TRACED. One a Woman, Scen to Leave Garage Before Fire. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—Dr. Loyal Tacker, a witness in the investigation of last week's gang murders, was reported missing to police this morning. It was feared he had been kidnaped. Authorities revealed today that Dr. Four, Tacker, a dentist, identified a plcture | shown him in the detective bureau last Tuesday as that of a man whose tooth he had extracted. The man, police said, was one of the persons who shot and killed seven members of the George (Bugs) Moran gang in & liquor depot on St. Valentine's day. Police declined to reveal the name of the man Dr. Tacker had Iidentified. They sald they feared the dentist had been kidnaped by members of the mur- der gang last night after the informa- tion had leaked out that Dr. Tacker had been in communication with the detective bureau. 4 or, er left his home at 9:30 last night to go to his office. Early this morning his wife reported to police that he had not returned. All police stations in the city were immediately notified and given descriptions of the dentist. From a group of photographs in the detective bureau, Dr. Tacker quickly identified one. “I extracted a tooth from the front part of the upper jaw,” he said. Believed Driver of Car. It was the same man, police said, as the one identified as the driver of the car in which the murder gang left the scene of the massacre. One of the witnesses who saw the car in the vi- cinity of the garage where the shoot- ings occurred had said that one of the driver's front teeth was missing. Today's statement that the man identified by Dr. Tacker “was one of the occupants of the death car” was the first positive declaration by the po- lice that they believed they knew who killed the Moran gangsters. They had previously said they hoped to know the slayers' identities soon and that they were on the trall of the gang. Auto Ownership Traced. Ownership of the car used in the massacre was traced to a mysterious and apparently fictitious “James Mor- ton of Los Angeles.” The machine, a 1927 model touring car closely resembling the type used by the police department for their ‘mobile squads, was purchased from a second- hand car dealer December 15. The buyer entered the place, walked over to | the car and said: “How much for that buggy?” ‘William Robinson, the salesman, told im $750. "So,ld." sald “James Morton of Los Angeles,” producing a roll of bills from which he paid the price asked. He drove the car away. The police admitted the possibility that Morton may have resold the car in the interim between its purchase |and the day of the murder, but they doubted it. In any case, Morton held the key to the car's ownership. The automobile, which was found Thursday night in a private garage | which apparently had been set afire to destroy it, was sold when new to Frank J. Wilson, Cook County commissloner. Wilson later sold it to an automobile sales agency, which in turn sold it to Irving Reiger, who turned it in at the sales agency from which “Morton” bought it. A few days after “Morton” became owner of the car, two men reated rooms overlooking the Cartage Co. garage in which the gang execution took place last week. “Cherchez la femme" entered the case for the first time today with the story of a woman living near the garage in which the murder car was found. She told of seeing four persons come from the garage a few hours before the fire, and that one of the four was a woman, A woman's slipper was found in the garage. Names Bob Up in Probe. One result of the inquiry brought a strong police suspicion that a new gang seeking To seize control of the North Side booze business from the Moran gangsters may have committed the The name of Danny Vallo was mentioned as its leader. Tony Capizzio, Raymond Schulte, Claude Maddox, Jack McGurn, S8am Laverde and Tony Florentino were some of the names that bobbed up in the police in- vestigation. The description of Flor- entino compares closely with that of the man who applied at the North Avenue Hospital for treatment of burns. Ownership of an acetylene gas tank found in the garage near the wrecked automobile was traced to Roy Eckman, who told of renting the garage several months ago, He planned to use it as a brewery, he sald, but became frightened. Eckman is. employed by Dominick Capizzio, brother of Tony, who operates was de~ :gqed ln_d [} wxn overtwrned, ., “The Circus” Cafq, a gangster hangor .\Go%t‘{x:utd on 2, Column 1) COOLIDGE DEFENDS ISOLATION POLEY America at Peace With World, President Says in Address at Auditorium. Declaring that in George Washing- ton's day “an alliance meant the band- ing together of two or more nations for offensive and defensive purposes against certain other nations either ex- pressed or implied,” President Coolidge last night addressed an audience which nearly filled the Washington Audito- rium, gathered there for the annual Midwinter convocation of George Washington University, The President, defending America's traditional policy of isolation, asserted that the United States was on friend- ly terms with every great world power with the exception of Soviet Russia and said thay-the uncertainties which exist- ed south of the Rio Grande have been eased, as have the disorders in Central America. Continuing his views on the subject of international alliances in ‘Washington's time, the President said: “The alliance was a purely artificial creation. It had no reference to an as- soclation of practically all nations in an attempt to recognize their common in- terests and discharge their common obligations. While we should at all times defend our own independence and maintain our sovereignty, we should not forget that all nations as well as all individuals have natural and inalienable rights ‘of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,’ in the words of Jefferson, and, while we should fail disgracefully in our mission in the world if we did not protect those rights for ourselves, we should also fail if we do not respect them in others.” Leaders of Capital Present. Both the President and Mrs. Coolidge were awarded honorary degrees of doc- tors of laws, presented before the com- mencement gathering by Dr. Cloyd Marvin, president of George Washing- ton University. The audience included members of the cabinet and U diplomatic corps and leaders in the business, official and social life of the Capital. After his resume of the position of the United States with regard to other countries, Mr. Coolidge declared: “This is the position which I judge Washington wished his country to occupy.” In paying tribute to Washington, the President said that he was the superior of Jefferson as a statesman and was a better business man than Hamilton. “Of course,” ne sald, “our citizens meet the citizens of other countries in | 8 commercial rivalry in the market places of the world. That will always continue. It is the natural and inevitable result of foreign trade. But it does not raise any issue between our Government and " (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) PERSHING VISITS HOME OF MARSHAL FOCH Admittance to Sick Room Denied, but American General Has Talk ‘With Invalid's Wife. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 23—Gen. John J. Pershing, making his first visit since his attack of the grip, called at the home of Marshal Foch today. ‘The rule against the non-admittance of visitors to the marshal’s room, which has been in force ever since ne took to his bed a month ago, was not lifted in favor of Gen. Pershing any more than it had been for Premier Poincare, Gen. Von Weygand and other personal friends, but the commander-in-chief of the A. E. P. had a long talk with the marshal's wife. “I was delighted to hear that Mar- shal Foch was making such excellent | progress toward recovery,” Gen. Per- shing said as he left the Foch home. Bulgar John D. Ends Life, SOFIA, Bulgaria, February 23 (#)— Andrea Zankov, often called the John D. Rockefeller of Bulgaria® because he was the richest man in the country, committed suicide today. A huge financial enterprise which he had been promoting recently collapsed. Radio Progr.ams—l;age 7 Maryland and Virginia News Pages 12 and 13. ANDSIO %, 'WAS ANKIOUS W To CroosE . Caravan Rescued After Mutiny in Snowbound Desert Women and Children Saved by Being Hud- dled Together. By the Associated Press. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., February 23. —Rescued members of the truck cara- van snowbound for five days in the Red Desert today told a story of suffering, mutiny and military rule established to keep them together. Fifteen men, women and children of the party, which numbered 60, were brought to Rock Springs yesterday and the remainder were expected to reach here today. % Herman C. Keiser, president of the company rating the trucks, said he was compel to “take control” to ke the group_together. _Three men, suf- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) S A0 YEARS IN CELL PLANS COURT FGHT Solitary Confinement Pris- oner, With Record Believed Unparalleled, Sees Hope. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, February 23.—Jesse Pom- eroy, for 54 years a prisoner behind the walls of Charlestown State Prison, thinks he has found a loophole in the verdict and sentence which kept him in solitary confinement 40 years. Since the days in the now misty past, when Gov. Rice commuted the death | sentence which had been imposed upon him at the age of 14 for the slaying of he | Horace Millan, Pomeroy has appealed to every governor of the Commonwelath for & pardon, but now he will take his plea to the courts, Through J. L. Farquhar, his attorney, he plans to ask the Supreme Court of the State to consider his contention that although the jury Yound as a fact that there had been no premeditated malice in the killing, it nevertheless found him guilty in the first degree when, according to Pomeroy, he was only guilty, if at all, in the second de- Tee, Furthermore, the lifer will assert that the verdict was never recorded. As a third ground, he plans to contend that when Gov. Rice commuted the sentence jof hanging he did so to “solitary imprisonment at hard labor for life.” Pomeroy says that the statutes provide for no such punishment. Pomeroy probably has served one of the longest sentences in history, and it is belleved here that his 40 years in solitary confinement are without paral- lel in the records of criminal juris- prudence. SCHUMANN-HEINK WILL LEAVE STAGE Given Great Ovation, She An- nounces Retirement at End of This Season. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 23.—While New York music critics were proclaim- ing her still one of the greatest con- traltos of all time, Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink told the Associated Press yesterday that she will bring to a close at the end of this season her career of more than half a century e e e ring Wi ) (over the ificent ovation she re- ceived yesterday, when she sai once again the role of Erda, “Mother " in “Das Rheingold” at the Metropolitan Opera House, Mme. Schumann-Heink announced that she will devote the rest of her years to teaching. “I shall sing sometimes—yes,” she sald, “but only for my soldier boys. My ice bel to vol 'm as long as there is anythi left of it at all.” k!:’pel.‘gcmmnn-flgiggk is now in l‘x‘e‘; sixty-el year, 15 prepar herself to return mext Summer to (Kansas City, where all through the hottest part of last Summer lec- tured three times a week to a class of 200 puplls, and next Autumn, she says, she will return to New York and postscript to her notable i HALDEMAN STARTS ONTARIC-CUBA HOP Pilot for Ruth Elder Expects to Reach Havana This Afternoon. | By the Associated Press. WINDSOR, Ontario, February 23.— George W. Haldeman, pilot for Ruth Elder in her unsuccessful attempt to span the Atlantic, left the Walkerville airport near here at 3:49 am. today in an attempt to make a non-stop flight to Havana, Cuba. Haldeman was ac- companied by James Hayden, mechanic. Haldeman sald he expected to arrive at ‘the Havana airport at 4 p.m., East- e time, today. Previously he had planned to fly to St. Petersburg, Fla., but changed his mind just before taking off. He is fiying a Bellanca plane. Declared “Sporting Venture.” " At ‘the Walkervifie atrport ‘officials sald the plane of Leonard Flo, Ann Arbor, Mich., aviator, was fueled and ready for departure at 2 o'clock this afternoon on another flight, with Ha- vana as the destination. Haldeman said his flight was “merely a sporting ven- ture.” Haldeman’s course was charted by way of Cincinnati, Atlanta and Tampa. ‘Wheel-deep in snow, the plane strug- gled a bit in the take-off, hampered by & load of 4,369 pounds, but was off the ground 16 seconds after the wheels be- ! gan to roll. “n'l'he &hl? carried zrszunlluns of gaso- e an gallons of oil. Haldeman has been scheduled to go from Detroit to St. Petersburg, Orlando and Tampa, Fla., on business, and de- cided as a “sporting venture” to add the additional 325 miles beyond Tampa and attempt the non-stop flight to Havana. Wings Painted Yellow. Haldeman's plane carries the num- ber “NC 274-E” and has blue fuselage and yellow wings. Flo, formerly a member of the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, has tried twice unsuccessfully to make the non-stop flight to Havana. In his first flight & year ago he was forced down at Parris Island, S. C., by fog. Flying solo a few weeks ago, he was taken ll and was forced to land at Key West. STIMSON ON WAY HERE FROM MANILA nor General, Who Is Expected to Become Cabinet Member. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, February 23.—Governor | General Henry L. Stimson, who is ex- pected to occupy a place in the cubinet of President Herbert Hoover, sailed yes- terday for the Uniied States aboard the liner President Plerce. S ‘Thousands of persons were at the pler to give the governor general a cheering farewell. Mr. Stimson has announced that he would stop in Toklo and lunch infor- mally with Baron Tanaka, premier of Japan. LILY LANGTRY BURIED. JERSEY, Channel Islands, February 23 (A —In 'this island, famous for its lllies after which she was named, lish actress, was laid to rest today. Services were held at St. Savior's Church, after which the body was in- terred in the family grave. Among the mourners were Lady Malcolm, only child of the actress; George Malcolm, a grandchild, and Mrs. Peat, for many years the “Jersey Lily's” companion. Lily Langtry, whose marriage name was Lady De Bathe, died at Monte Carlo on February 12. Thousands Bid Good-By to Gover-| PAY BILL'S DEATH KNELL SOUNDED IN HOUSE BY W00D -Lehlbach Measure Has Smalf Chance to Pass at This Session, He Says. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN IS QUERIED BY CELLER P — Asks If He Does Not Comsidey Lower Branch Group's Action as Unfair, The death kneil of the Lehlbache Brookhart-Celler pay relief bill to core rect inequalities under the Welch pay act, as interpreted by Controller General McCarl and administrative officers, wag sounded in the House today by Chaire man Wood of the House appropriations committee, In discussing the legislative provisior§ in the second deficiency appropriation bill, directing the Personnel Classificae tion Board to reclassify positions so ag to bring the Welch pay act within the intent of Congress, Mr. Wood sald: “It is apparent to a large number of members in this House that the Lehle bach relief bill will not pass at thig session; therefore in drafting this bill the appropriations committee sought to do away with the misinterpretations of ::helpuy act by Controller General Mce arl.” Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York, asked Mr. Wood if he did not consider the action of the appro- priations committee unfair when =& comprehensive bill had been reported from the legislative committee. Mr, Wood answered that it was apparent to everybody that the Weich pay bill as construed by the Controller General was not the intent of Congress. Con= grass, he said, never intended that those in the higher grades should be jumped up a whole grade with salary increases of from $500 to $2,000, while the little fellow received only a meager amount, “We all were led to belleve when the Welch pay act was passed,” said Mr, Wood, “that we were giving substantial increases to those in the lower sal grades who were getting hardly enougl money on which to live.” MARINE RECALL VOTE REVERSED BY SENATE Dill Navy Bill Amendment Rejecte ed as Funds Are Voted to Start Cruiser Program. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate today reversed its vote of yesterday which called for early withe drawal of all Marines from Nicaragua. By a vote of 48 to 32, it rejected thd amendment of Senator Dill, Democrat, ‘Washington, which was inserted yester< day in the Navy Department appropria« tion bill. Funds were voted to begin the new cruiser construction program. The money, amounting to more than $12,« 000,000, was included in the appropria= tion bill. ‘The vote was taken after the Senate had reversed itself on its decision of yesterday by which funds would have been withheld for transporting Marines to and from Nicaragua and after a pro- posal to prevent Marine occupation of Haitl also had been rejected. Of the total amount allotted for be« ginning the cruisers, $200,000 would ba available immediately to start five cruisers and the rest after July 1, to complete the work on these and start another five. GIRLS BELIEVED VICTIMS OF RARE FOOD POISONING Serum to Combat Botulism Rushed to Stricken Chicago Trio by Plane From Champaign. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—Despite the use of antitoxin serum brought from the University of Illinois, at Chame paign, by airplane, three young women were in critical condition today, suffer« ing from what doctors believed to be botulism, a rare type of food ’“"’mfif' ‘The girls—Catherine Whaley, Lucille Cummings and Wilhelmina "Heckel— became violently ill shortly after eating ‘Wednesday night. Their condition became gradually _worse until yesterday, when a plane was chartered by Swift' & Co.,, their employers, to bring the special serum from Champalgn. There only was enough serum in Chicago to treat one patient, doctors said. Due to the fact that a roommate, Clara Mendenhall, who also had eaten the meal, did not become ill, physicians said they could not be sure that food caused the poisoning. 4":l;i!mn[wn clearing house, $4,606,« ‘Treasury balance, $79,907.265.58. Customs receints, $34,943,038.25. New York clearing house exchange, $1,696,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $194,000,000. Vanishing Cats Trailed to University When Humane Society Takes War Path By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Til, February 23.—Curi- osity (purely scientific) killed a cat; and the Humane Society has become wroth. A member of the Monocoan Fraternity at Northwestern University obtained the cat from the Humane Soclety’s shelter. ‘He sald his mother wanted it. But his mother didn't, ‘What has become—the soclety in- quired today—of that and the several other cats obtained by fraternity mem- bers from the shelter and never since alive? What connection is there between the cats (living) that ge shelter, -num&"fi:fl(«d‘)‘m‘ fmn: from time e g 5 the university w(’;!gy s heated denials re were cats had been used in lnlmnk‘:.i:lx tions, except In a perfectly man- ner. It was true, the ty learned, that some of the cats later were killed :? sacrifices ‘huu. broader understanding D’;.:‘M;w Lt no cruelty had been soclety, however, is ‘pushi investigation; 'I:n e ton; and there was ‘s