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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair with lowest degrees _tonight; temperature about 42 tomorrow increasing cloudiness and colder. tures—] , 64, at 33, at 3 a.m. today. on page 9. ‘Temperal Y Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 31,362, post office. Wi Entered as second class matter ashington, D. C. DRY QUIZ REFUSES YALE PROFESSOR'S VIEWS N WRITING Irving Fisher Should Be Heard in Person, Chair- man Graham Holds. COACH STAGG DEFENDS EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT Tells House Committee Youth Bet- ter Off and Poor Children Have Fairer Chance. Chairman Graham today refused to permit Edwin C. Dinwiddie to read a statement on prohibition by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale at the prohibition hearings of the House Judiciary committee, The chairman held that Fisher ‘was such a well known dry advocate that he should appear and be ex- amined on his views. He reserved the right, however, to have the state- ment introduced later if Fisher could not attend next week. At the same time it was announced that the committee would meet to- morrow to continue hearing dry witnesses, although it was indicated the session might last but half a day. By the Associated Press. Alonzo Stagg, who has won his way %o prominence by coaching the big Maroon elevens of Chicago University, was recorded today before the House %\:du:hry committee, along with a group sharing the md.whmm amendment should The white haired athletic director, Tiands to veuthiel sthicie for 3 v you athletes for 38 : said that it was his observation that the young men and women of today Where the Sate Of OCIeAnD was p o ’m’"‘l‘i icants was pro- “With the breaking down of home Do “Spporounities for beme men, ) unities for misle tremble to think,” he said, “what this Tevolt of youth might have led to were prohibition laws not in operation.” After Stagg, Arthur H. Hood of Phila- delphia, an idan the fllgf“{he 4 dt 3’ l:\lh;d. pres. "Budd_ Automobile Body ‘Works; David Lupton, a steel manufac- turer, and G. Renwick Hogg, a carpet manufacturer. Wets Described as “Fanaties.” Preceding both Hood and Stagg, the | ha committee had heard the anti-prohi- bitionists described as “fanatics” by Carlton M. Sherwood, executive secre- tary of the Citizens’ Committee of One ‘Thousand of New York City. Under Qquestioning by Representative La Guar- dia, Republican, New York, he men- tioned Senator Willlam E. Borah, Re- publican, Idaho: Senator Carter GI Democrat, Virginia; William Green, president of the American Federation :Lu':vr, :aul:zemben’:! the board of ectors of the organization, and Gif- ford Pinchot, now candidate for the governorship of Pennsylvania. ll;l:lh:le whi (k‘-l’;kedmdll;hletlc dh‘!ctl:r was interesf oung people, particularly boys. He haz been coach at_Chicago for 38 years, In the pre-prohibition days, he said he could remember “beer-drunken men,” fights, young men “chipping in ther to buy kegs of beer to take out big lots nearby and get good and soused.” Economist Drafts Brief. As Stagg testified those in charge of the witnesses appearing in support of prohibition held a brief indorsing the eighteenth amendment, prepared by Prof. Irving Pisher of Yale, the well known economist. the committee room and it was unde- cided whether the brief would be ready at_today's session. tagg, whose name is known to col- lege students throlighout the Nation, is one of the veteran coaches of the Western Conference, an organization composed of 10 big universities in the Midwest. “We got our drama at first hand and in the raw from the saloons and the was continuous in pre-prohibition days,” said S 3 i plctured the “quieter” In contrast, he streets of today. “I am interested in young people and gnmculnly in boys and young men,” e went on. “My interest in the wel- fare of young men is the outgrowth of gratitude, gratitude that I escaped the effect of environment and conditions to which so many of my playmates were subjected and by which they were handicapped for life.” Saloons Substitute for Movies. “My home training in comparative verty was all that could be desired, ut the environment in which I played was for from helpful. The saloons were our substitutes for the movies, the theater, the motor car, the radio, the seashore, reading and all. In bad luck men drowned their sorrows at the bar; in good luck, they celebrated it there. “The children of most of the families of our block grew up under the shadow of these recurring debauches, in which they and their mothers ran the chance of a beating. Nobody can paint the effect of those conditions on the grow- ing boys and girls, of which there are many. “For over 38 years I have been con- nected with the University of Chicago and I have happened to live riear one of the main thoroughfares, Before pro- hibition drunken men were quite com- mon on the street, now only occasional. “There has been a tremendous gain 1n social and economic conditions among the poorer classes as a result of pro- hibition and the children have profited (Continued on Page 4, n umn 1) S IR MALADY REACHES MACON. MACON, Miss., March 13 (#).—Six eases of paralysis resembling the pecu- liar malady reported prevalent in sec- tions of Tennessee, Georgia and Okla- homa have developed in Macon and Noxubee Counties, physicians here an- nounced today. The first case was noted Saturday and since then five other persons have be- come affiicted. All of those stricken are ‘he | miralty, in Pisher was not in | p, Skyscraper Window Washer Injured in Short Fall at Home " By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 13.—Charles Sanstrom made his living wash- ing windows in loop skyscrapers and thought nothing of working 10, 20, 30 stores above the busy thoroughfares. Last night his wife persuaded him to wash the windows of the{r flat, and since it was on the sec- ond floor, Sanstrom did not wear his safety belt. He had just started when he lost his balance and fell to the sidewalk. He was taken to a hospital, where it was found his skull had been fractured and that he had a fair chance for recovery. [TALY T0 BE ASKED 10 YIELD PARITY Serious Effort Is Indicated as Last Hope to Save Sea Conference. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Wireless to The Star and_Ohs Dal: Y N Tt e LONDON, England, March 13.—The London Naval Conference became slightly hectic today. There were many goings .and comings. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and Ambas- sador Dwight W. Morrow saw For- eigh Minister Briand this morning. ‘Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Ambas- sador, called on the American delega- tion to announce the breakdown of the American-Japanese conversations, however, Mr. Stimson informs the press, are still continuing, though “slowly.” Prime Minister Macdonald meanwhile has talked with Reljiro Wakatsuki, chairman of the Japanese delegation, and is seeing first Dino Grandi, chief of the Italian group, and then M. Briand. There is little doubt that a serious effort is now about to be made to get the Italians to abandon their clam to parity with Prance as the last hope of sa the conference. At the same time it is more and more clear, as already reported in these dispatches, that the Japanese are disinclined to enter a three-power treaty without France. They would do so, they imj only on one condition, namely, it :‘lllu the Japanese claims be granted In 1t is confirmed that the British ad- case the French refuse to reduce, insists on raising Great Brit- ain’s cruiser tonnage to 374,000 and the 3 to 200,000, or a total ,000 tons above the R‘% ‘This increase would appl to say, to seems a three-power or a five-power treaty. London Plays Up Parley News. It is learned, however, that an addi- tonal reason for this increase is the ad- type t} 1:3.1“ o g T'M of 6-inch-gun cruiser to corre to America’s new dpmwud 9,500-ton 6-inch-gun type and at the same time ve a total of 58 cruisers. The admiralty plans would thus give Great Britain 58 cruisers to our 40. It is significant that the London (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) ——— ITALIAN STAR LINE GETS LARGE DAMAGE AWARD $105,000 Given Corporation in Ver- dict Against Emergency Fleet Corporation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—A verdict for $105,000 against the Emergency Star Line, was filed with the clerk of the United States District Court today. The t was reached last night after five hours’ deliberation. The Italian Star Line, a Delaware corporation with main offices in Pitts- burgh, sued for $421,000 for damages suffered when officials of the Emergency leet Corporation in 1920 forced the line into equity receivership. It was charged by the line that the receivership was forced, largely by W. Davis Conrad, who was admiralty counsel for the Fleet Cor- poration and who has since died, for the ]l’)!l‘l'rp\)s‘n; 311 getting lt.he reeor'fl:h of the e personal papers of the pres- ident, E. Paul Yl.uem.v‘l > These records and papers, it was said, were wanted to support an indictment of Yaselll for defrauding the Govern- ment in connection with the purchase of the steamship Liberty Land from the Shipping Board. This indictment was lated dismissed Federal Judj Learned Hand, b - CAROL’S ESTATE BURNS. Hundreds of Peasants Are Made Homeless by Flames. BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 13 () —Fire yesterday swept an estate 25 miles from here owned by Prince Carol, exiled scion of the royal house. Fifty cottages were destroyed and hundreds of peasants made homeless. A strong wind carried the flames from buflding | to building. Fleet Corporation of the United States | CO. Shipping Board in favor of the Italian | fpa he T WASHINGTON, VOTE OF GENSURE FOR LABOR REGIME ASKED BY BALDWIN British Conservative Leader Expects Macdonald to Win Fight Tonight. SNOWDEN MAKES REPLY FOR PRIME MINISTER Organized Conspiracy to Prevent Employment and Discredit Government Charged. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 13.—Former Premier | Baldwin, Conservative leader, opened an attack on the Labor government late today, moving a vote of censure, but took most of the sting out of it by declaring that the government in all likelihood would win on the vote. At the same time he asserted that eventually the cold fact of unemploy- ment would mean the defeat of the Macdonald ministry. Snowden Makes Reply. Mr. Baldwin moved his vote of cen- sure on the government for its attitude toward safeguarding duties in relation to unemployment. He flatly asked whether the Laborites intended at any time to have recourse either to any single duty or to a general duty as a remedy for unemployment. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the Exchequer, who acted in behalf of Prime Minister Macdonald in reply to Mr. Baldwin's criticism said: “It is a fact that ever since this gov- ernment came into office there has been an organized conspiracy. It has been the deliberate policy of certain inter- ests to prevent employment in order to discredit the government.” Newspapers Criticized. He declared that British newspapers had been chiefly responsible for spread- ing a feeling of pessimism, daily print- ing stories about the closing of factories and the laying off of men, attributing the whole increase of unemployment government. The Chancellor attributed the un- certainty existing today to the late con- servative government in leading in- dustries to believe they could get pro- tection and thus preventing them from reorganizing themselves. FOX STOCKHOLDERS ORDERED INTO COURT Stuart and Otterson Must Prove Right to Vote Film Stock. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March Judge Coleman yesterday granted an order requiring H. L. Stuart and John E. Otterson to show cause tomorrow why they should not be enjoined from voting the class B Fox Film and Fox Theaters Corporations stock deposited under a trust agreement made with ‘Willilam Fox last December. The order to show cause also mentioned Halsey, Stuart & Co., of which Stuart is a member, _an Electrical Research Products, Inc., which is headed by Ot- terson. Under the trust agreement the stock was deposited with the Bankers' Trust by Fox. His co-trustees will be ired Friday to show cause also why they should not be enjoined from in- terfering with Fox in his taking pos- session of the stock certificates and why they should not be ordered to “join the plaintiff in directing the Bankers' Trust Co. to deliver the certificates to him.” Fox applied for the injunction Tues- day. e stock in question was voted by him at the recent meeting oi stock- holders of the two companies, under protest from Otterson and Stuart, who claim majority control of stock. uf MURDER AND.KIDNAPING CHARGED IN HORST CASE Accused Men Are Indicted Without Recommendation From Prosecutor. By the Associated Press. WOOSTER, Ohio, March 13.—Joint indictments for child stealing, and sep- arate indictments for first degree mur- der were returned by the Wayne County grand jury lzte yesterday against Charles Hannah and Earl Conold, in the disap- pearance of Melvin Horst, 4-year-old Orrville boy, December 27, 1928, The indictments were returned with- out recommendation from County Prose- upon evidence the prosecutor has ob- tained since the disappearance and dur- for questioning. | Expert Advisers Stationed With income tax returns due by nidnight Saturday, the local office of the deputy collector of Internal Revenue, at 1422 Pennsylvania avenue. will remain open tonight untll 6 o'clock; tomorrow night until 6 o’clock, and Saturday night until midnight. Income tax experts are also stationed at many banks and department stores throughout the city for the benefit of the public, and in the Treasury Depart- ment, basement floor, near the Fifteenth street entrance. One of the largest crowds ever to besiege the office at 1422 Pennsylvania avenue thronged through the doors yes- terday, with the heaviest ds at noon and shortly after the Goverrament offices INCOME TAX COLLECTION OFFICE REMAINING OPEN LATE THIS WEEK | at Many Points in City to Help Public Make Returns. et out at 4:30 o'clock. Both at noon and in the evening long lines of tax- yers tormed, not only inside the office, ! &'}: reached out onto the sidewalk. One reason assigned for the big crowd yesterday was the fact that most persons evidently believed that the offices would be ¢losed the afternoon of Taft's funeral Tuesday. As a matter of fact, however, in order to avold criticism from the taxpayers who might want to file returns the office was kept open until 6 o'clock Tuesday. This morning there was a steady flow of “customers,” but big crowds are expected from now on at both noon and during the evenings. Returns may be made either direct to the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, at Baltimore, Md, to any of the Government experts in the various department stores and banks, or at the office on Pennsylvania avenue. to the actions and policy of the labor | | 1 13.—~Federal | ! cutor Marion Graven, and were based | ing more than a month that the two' men have been held in county jail here | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Dr. Ballou’s Letter bution of Aueged “Red” D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930—FIFTY PAGES. ening Stae, BRP The tion is delivered to (#) Means Associated “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,518 TWO CENTS. Press. N ISCHOOL HEAD ORDERS SALUTE TO FLAG AS REGULAR EXERCISE Follows the Distri- Literature. ‘While two youthful Communists were being arraigned in Police Court today for distribution of alleged “red” litera- | ture to high school students, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, sent a letter to all officers and teachers of the public school system ordering the salute of the flag for at least one- half of the assemblies of students held each month. Charges against the Communists were nolle prossed. In the order, Dr. Ballou specifies that not only pupils, but all persons who happen to be attending the assembly “shall be required to salute the flag and recite the pledge of allegiance” as prescribed in a previous circular, which '.h;oo lll‘lpermnndent has sent to the scl . In his letter, Dr. Ballou asserts that it has come to his attention that salut- ing the flag is not a part of the exer- cises conducted in the auditorfums of points out, that this likewise may be true of some of the junior high schools. “1 recognize that there are certain | assemblies of students in the audi- | toriums when saluting the flag might | not be the dignified and serious act that | it _should be,” Dr. Ballou has written. | “On the other hand, I am clearly of | the opinion that saluting the flag should | be a regular part of appropriate school | activities, including 'mblies of stu- | dents in the auditorium. Saluting the flag is a part of the opening exercises | in each class room in the elementary | schools. I am of the opinion that pub- | lic school pupils should never be per- &!tfic‘dwwmcag:lger glemsletl“i.h wol old salute the or to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag of plhztr country.” - In accordance with these views, Dr. Ballou's letter to all officers and teach- ers contains the following: “Ordered, that hereafter it shall be the duty of the principal of each (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) the certain senior high schools, and, he NTH PLANET SEEN BY U. . SCIENTISTS New “World,” Larger Than Earth, Is Reported by Harvard Observatory. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 13— Prof. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, today announced receipt of word from the Lowell Observ- | atory at Flagstaff, Ariz, of the discov- ery there of the ninth major planet of | the solar system. The planet, as yet un- | named, is beyond Neptune, and is prob- ably larger than the earth, but smaller | than Uranus. Dr. Shapley hailed the discovery as one of the most important in astron- | omy since that of Neptune in 1846. The years of research which led to the definite determination of the exist- ence of a transneptune body have con- firmed the belief of the late Percival Lowell, brother of President A. Law-| rence Lowell of Harvard, that such a planet existed, Dr. Shapley said. The telegram, which was received by the Observatory this morning, read: “Systematic research begun years ago, supplementing Lowell's investigation for a transneptunian planet, has revealea an object which for seven weeks has in rate of motion and path consistently conformed to transneptunian body at the approximate distance he assigned, fifteenth magnitude. Position March 21 at 3 hours Greenwich mean time was 7 seconds of time west from Delta Ge- minorum, agreeing with Lowell's pre- dicted longitude.” Dr. Shapley sald the distance of the new planet beyond Neptune had not been definitely computed and neither had its orbit been calculated, as far as ! he knew. The known planets until today, were, in order of their remoteness from the sun, Mercury, Venus, the earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is only 28,566,000 miles from the sun at its nearest approach, while ! Neptune is calculated to 2,769,000,- 000,000 miles away. Neptune's passage around the Sun requires 156 years. Neptune was discovered mathemat- ically much in the same way that the existence of the' new planet was first surmised because of certain peculiari- ties in the orbit of Neptune. Lowell's observations of the phenomena led him to deduce the existence of another planet beyond Neptune. Like Neptune, the new body is invis- ible to the naked eye. DR.ECKENER COMING HERE TO RECEIVE GOLD MEDAL New York Aboard Liner Hamburg. By the Assoclated Press. HAMBURG, Germany, March 13.— Dr. Hugo Eckener, famous Zeppelin expert, sailed for New York today aboard the Hamhurg-American liner Hamburg. He will remain in the United States about a week, and the object of his trip is to receive the gold medal of the Na- tional Geographic Society at Washing- ton. He may visit Akron, Ohio, to visit his son Knut, who is ghgaged pelin cnstruction ther in Zep- ¥ L NEW EXTRACT ENDS PAIN FROM CANCER Injections Brought Relief to 1,300 Patients, Physicians Tell Senators. By the Associated Press. Walter B. Coffey, San Francisco surgeon, today told a Senate committee and leaders of the medical profession from throughout the country that he and his associate, Dr. John D. Humber, had caused a breakdown of cancerous tissues in 1,300 patients by administer- ing an extract they had discovered. They do not claim an infallible cure. Dr Coffey and Dr. Humber were called to give counsel on ways and means by which the Federal Govern- ment can assist in obtaining a success- ful cure for the malignant disease. Surg. Gen. Cumming of the Public | Health Service, Dr. George W. McCoy, chief of the Hygienic Laboratory, and | other noted medical authorities also were called to give their opinion as well as to hear the San Francisco doctors. The committee's inquiry grew out of a resolution by Senator Harris, Demo- crat, Georgia, proposing that the Gov- ernment seek means of co-operating with medical authorities in the search for a cancer cure. Commission Is Urged. Urging a national scientific commis- sion to sponsor cancer research and treatment with Federal supervision and monetary assistance, Coffey said the best way for the Government to co- operate in fighting the disease would be to insure assistance to any citizen qualified to conduct investigation. Dr. Coffey suggested that the pro- posed commission consist of the surgeons general of the Public Health Service and of the Army, together with the ranking naval health officer and “two eminent scientists.” Going into his own and his associate’s work on cancer, which has attracted hundreds of patients to their quarters in & San Francisco hospital, Dr. Coffey sald they had discovered a material created by nature that works as an “ac- tive principle” in regulating the growth ot._celln that make up the human body. ‘We are still experimenting,” Dr. Coffey told the committee, d we hope to continue until we prove to the ::’:["_!mc world that out theory is cor- He_then_explained the theory that (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) - U. S. TENNIS STAR LOSES. Wilbur F. Coen, jr., Beaten; Bill Tilden Easy Winner. NICE, France, March 13 (#).—Tak- e‘fimllflltmw ) ldll‘pflnm tg:&u veteran, ‘who 1is attem| a comel this year, defeated Wilbur F. Coen, jr., ranking American star, in the fourth round of the Nice championship today by _scores of 2—6, 6—4, 6—2, Bill Tilden, the United States cham- pion, easily won his fourth-round match, downing Charles F. Aeschliman, former Swiss Davis Cup star, 6—0, 6—3. 2 i §\\ R Radi> Programs on Page C-2 U. 5. INTRODUCES DOHENY EVIDENGE Roberts Ridicules “Loan” to Fall—Defense Describes Long Friendship. By the Associated Press. After counsel had outlined prosecu- tion and defense contentions in the bribery trial of Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oll man, today, the Government began the introduction of documentary evidence, among it being the order by President Harding in 1921 placing juris- diction of naval oll reserves under the Navy and Interior Departments. Doheny is charged with giving Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior in the Harding cabinet, a bribe of $100,000 to influence his award of the Elk Hills naval oil lease to a Doheny company. In a brief outline today, Owen J. Roberts, special prosecutor, sketched 0| of the the jury the arguments that the Gov- ernment would make in its effort to prove that Doheny gave Fall the money as a bribe, asserting that Doheny had said he expected to make $100,000,000 out of the lease. Defense Sums Up Case. Hogan, who followed him, summed up the defense and said that Doheny might have expected to make $100,000,- 000 over a period of 30 or 40 years after the expenditure of $100,000,000 or $150,- 000,000. He also indicated that he would attempt to show that the oil man bid for the lease through “patriotic motives.” Amplifying, Hogan declared that his client’s company made bids for the contracts only after being urged to do so for the Nation's welfare by Rear Admiral J. K. Robison. Hogan also repeated that Doheny was told by the naval admiral that an Oriental country was menacing the West Coast of the United States and that a naval oil lease at Pearl Harbor, Hawail, might prevent the approach of an alien fleet. Doheny’s company was given a contract at Pearl Harbor and this gave it preference to the Elk Hills lease. Denby Correspondence Enters. As Roberts introduced documents and letters written and received by Fall, Hogan told the court that he and Rob- erts had agreed that either side could use anything introduced. Roberts also introduced correspondence between Fall and the late Secretary Denby of the Navy concerning the handling of the oil reserves. Fall's correspondence with Rear Admiral Robison regardj the re- serves also went into the records. The defense attorney declared the money was given to Fall as a loan. Hogan, dwelling on the friendship between his client and Fall, back to the time in ‘1886 when the pair first met in Kingston, N. Mex. They were friends from that time on, Hogan continued, asserting that it was only natural that Fall should turn to | him in 1921 after he found himself in financial difficulties and wished to buy an_addition to his New Mexico ranch. Doheny gave Fall the $100,000, Hogan added, but said it had nothing to do with the awarding of ghe oil lease to the former's company. Fall was convicted of receiving the Lribe from Doheny and is at liberty pending an appeal. The Doheny trial began yesterday, after a two-day post- ponement, due to the death of Justice Edward Terry Sanford and Willlam Howard Taft. = Roberts _outlined the Government's (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) JUDGE DISMISSES TRAFFIC CASE BECAUSE FIGURES DON'T LIE Man Arrested for Lack of Emergency Control Convinces Court With Measurements of Girl Passengers. Because figures don’t lie, Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court yesterday dismissed the charge against Arthur H. Walter for failure to have emergency control of his car by reason of having three girl companions in his coupe when he was xuksd up by police Tuesday. ‘The figures supplied the court were extensive and conclusive measurements of the three girl passengers, and to the court’s satisfaction it was proved that Walter, at the time of his arrest, had perfect control of the situation. The Q;‘led:! e; considerable sur- {)rlu wi pleaded not guilty to he charge'gnd d ded an explana- tion from leman defendant. “Here went HUSTON SAYS RIVER GROUPCANBEHELD L0BBY COMMITTEE' Denies It Is Political Organi- zation, Naming Many Who Co-operated. PURPOSE TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION, HE ASSERTS Brock, Tyson, Underwood and Shields Are Listed as Friends of Association. By the Associated Press. Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, today | informed the Senate lobby committee | that the Tennessee River Improvement Association, of which he is a former president, had as its purpose the in- fluencing of legislation, and added that he thought it might properly be called a “lobby committee.” Huston, testifying for the second day on activities of the association in con- nection with Muscle Shoals legislation, denied, however, that it was a political organization and named a number of prominent men who had co-operated in its work. Among these, he said, were Senator Brock, Democrat, of Tennessee, the late Senator Tyson of Tennessee and the late Senator Underwood of Alabama, former Senator Shields of Tennessee and E. B. Stahlman, Nashville publisher. All Work Above Board. He asserted that all work done by the association was open and above board and said those p-rt(clacclnc in its efforts believed that the ition they advocated was for the terests of their section. The Improvement Association had urged acceptance of the bid of the American Cyanamid Co. for Muscle | Shoals. A bill which would award the | power project to the Cyanamid com- pany is now pending in Congress. | Huston asserted that he had received | no money from the association and said he did not expect to. “But its purpose is to influence legis- lation?” Walsh “That’s right,” Huston said. “Then it could properly be called a lobby committee?” Walsh continued. * the term ‘lobby’ is sufficiently broad to include the work of this or- ganization,” Huston replied. today's testimony. Huston said he un- derstood that secretary was seri- ously ill in a Detroit hospital, and Chairman Caraway of the committee remarked that he had received a tele- gram from the hospital that Worthing: ton was suffering from hardening of | the arteries. Huston said he would attempt to go to Detroit and attempt to arrange with Worthington to obtain records of the association that the committee has asked. “There is nothing on this green earth that we need to conceal from this committee,” the Republican chair- man said. Huston sald he understood the asso- ciated power companies had con- tributed some money to the Tennessee association in 1925, and added that he had received money from the Union Carbide Co. once or twice. He said he sent money to Worthington from New York in 1929 “many times.” Huston, who was president of the Im- | provement Association before he be- | came Republican chairman, defended (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) - |POLICEWOMAN DIES SAVING 3 FROM CAR Mother of Four Children Gives Her Life to Keep Pupils From Being Struck. By the Associated Press. GARY, Ind, March 13.—Mrs. Pearl A. Lanham, traffic policewoman, mother of four children, was killed here yes- terday by an automobile at a street intersection. She gave her life to save three school children who were in danger of being struck by the car. Mrs, Lanham was stationed at the Glen Park School to protect children from traffic. She had just escorted a across the street and was re- turning for another group when a car driven by John E. Nichols, 35, of Grif- fith, a Gary suburb, approached. The three children darted to meet her. She ran forward and screamed a warning which sent the children scurrying back to the sidewalk. She was unable to avoid the automobile and was struck and killed. Nichols was held on & charge of manslaughter. Mrs. Lanham's four children range in age from 1 to 8 years. Her hus- band, James H. Lanham, is a railroad employe, but has been out of work most of the Winter. clared, drawing from his pocket two sheets of paper covered with figures. “That first one,” Walter explained, “is a ‘mure of how the inside of my car looked when the three girls were riding beside me.” ‘The other s dealt with the fig- ures of the girls. The girl seated next to Walter, it was shown, was 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 102 pounds. SENATE COALITION BEATEN ON GEMENT AND SUGAR DUTIES Motions to Reconsider Made by Nye Are Voted Down, 47 to 38. HARRISON AND THOMAS ENGAGE IN SHARP CLASH Mississippian Takes Floor to De- liver Tirade Against Alleged Vote Trading. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The old progressive Republican- Democratic coalition took a drubbing today in the Senate again on sugar and cement duties in the tariff bill The new combination of regular Repub- licans, augmented by Democrats and progressive Republicans who earlier stood fast with the coalition, rode rough shod over the coalitionists. The new machine rolled along relentlessly. Action came on motions to reconsider the votes by which sugar and cement duties in the tariff bill were adopted last week. Both motions were made by Senator Nye of North Dakota, a Repub- lican progressive. The first vote came on sugar. The motion to reconsider was defeated by 47 to 38. The coalition was beaten on cement by a vote of 47 to 38. While the totals were the same, the roll calls were not identical, several shifts of Senators from one side to the other being recorded. Roll Call on Sugar. ‘The sugar roll call follows: For reconsideration: Republicans—Allen, Blaine, Borah, Brookhart, Capper, Cutting, Frazier, La Follette, McMaster, Norbeck, Norris, Nye and Robinson of Indiana—13. Demmnu——ankle(y}a Black, Bratton, Brocl Caraway, nnally, e, Glluk.' Harris, n, H:wu,olsggx\, McKellar, Overman, Pittman, Sheppard, Simmons, Steck, Stephens, Swanson, Walsh of of Total, 38. Against reconsideration: Democrats—Ashurst, Broussard, Cope- land, Dill, Fletcher, Hayden, Ransdell, Thomas of Oklahoma and Trammell—. Republicans—Baird, Bingham, ens, Dale, Fess, Glenn, Goff, borough, Gould, Greene, Grundy, Hale, Hastings, Hatfield, Hebert, Howell, Johnson, Jones, Kean, loch, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Patterson, Phipps, Pine, Schall, Short- ridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Sullivan, Thomas of Idaho, Townsend, Vandenberg, Wal- cott and Waterman—38. Total, 47. Lumber and Oil Action Urged. ‘When the vote on cement had been announced Senator Harrison of Missis- sippi, Democrat, immediately rose and demanded that amendments taki lumber and oil off the free list an placing duties on them be presented for consideration. Charges have been made by coalitionists, of whom Senator Harrison is one, that the defeat of the coalition has been brought about by a deal to 1 senatorial votes on sugar, cement, lumber and ofl. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) [ NEW FRENCH BUDGET VOTED BY DEPUTIES Tardieu Gets 476-112 Majority After Being Beaten by 6 Votes on Minor Issue. BY JOHN GUNTHER. (By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1930.) PARIS, France, March 13.—France’s new budget was voted by the Chamber of Deputies today after exactly 24 strenuous hours of uninterrupted debate during which Premier Andre Tardieu’s government was once defeated and twice voted confidence amid stormy scenes. ¥ A revenue of 50,400,000,000 francs ($2,016,000,000). expenses of 50,200,000~ 000 francs ($2,008,000,000), with a pre= sumptive surplus of 200,000,000 francs ($8,000,000), roughly constitute she chief budget figures which were laid before the Senate at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Chamber, fagged out, promptly adjourned for a whole week. Premier Tardieu is thus fairly free of domestic troubles for a short interval and can go to the London Naval Con- ference this week end without much danger that the Chamber will stab him in_the back. The motion on which the premier was defeated by six votes concerned free education of children in the state secondary schools. This vote made the Left groups happy, but it was not con- sidered a vote of confidence and did not upset the government. On strict budget matters, M. Tardieu got a handsome majority. The final vote was 476 to 112, exceeding the gov= ernment’s expectations. BLACKMER C;\SE REVIEW ASKED BY U. S. COUNSEL Importance of Request He Be Made to Return to U. 8. Is Cited by Pomerene and Roberts. By the Associated Press. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, Government counsel in the protracfed ofl cases, today, in a petition to Supreme Court, asked the high tribunal to review the authority of the Govern- ment to compel Harry M. Blackmer, now abroad, and sought as a witness, to return to this country. Referring to proceedings which have resulted in securities valued at $100,000 belonging to Blackmer being seized by the marshal here, the petition declared “it is a matter of grave importance to Next to her sat a girl of 5 feet 5 inches, weighing 122 pounds. On the latter's lap sat another girl 5 feet 6 inches. weighing 112 pounds. The judge did not think it necessa to accept the invitation of Walter to inspect the car, which sat outside the court. He agreed that Walter had had the situation well in hand and the case ‘was dismissed. Y X the administration of justice and the trial of criminal cases that the right of the United States to compel a citizen to return to the United States and give testimony on behalf of the Govern- ment in a criminal case should be promptly recognized. Blackmer has been residing abruad for the last several years and has refl to return to the United States.