Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) IEht; Slgily Coole oniete; tmrron nl . it; partly cloudy. mpentm"o—flh);m. today; Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 10, 11 & 12 No. 31,459. post office. at noon 9, . today. Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. MORROW VICTORY SEEN AS TRIUMPH FORDRY LAW FOES Scores Personal Success in New Jersev Republican Senatorial Primary. PILES UP 270,000 VOTE OVER FRANKLIN W. FORT Democrats Must Cling to Unem-| ployment and Tariff in November Contest. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Dwight W. Morrow has won a smash- ing victory in the New Jersey Republi- can senatorial primary, defeating his nearest competitor, Pranklin W. Fort, by more than 270,000 votes. The Morrow victory is a personal triumph for the American Ambassador to Mexico, former leader in the business ‘world as partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., and more recently & member of the American delegation to the London Naval Conference. ‘The Morrow victory also will be hailed #s a triumph for the opponents of na- tional prohibition. He took a stand in is first campaign speech for repeal of e eighteenth amendment and for a Teturn of the control of liquor traffic to the individua! States. Representative Fort leaped into the campaign immedi- ately to stand for continuance of the eighteenth amendment. The Morrow victory makes it - tically certain, in the opinion of formed political circles, that the Re- Ppublicans will elect a Senator in New Jersey in November. The menace of the Democrats, who have nominated Alexander Sim) for the long term ana Miss The! Parkinson for the short term, dropped away overnight, in the opinion of many observers. No Longer Have Wet Issue. The Democrats no longer have the | wet issue in this senatorial contest. | ‘They must cling to unemployment and the tariff. In New Jersey, however, the tariff is popular and unemployment Wi today at_the extent of the Morrow victory. It had been expected that the Ambassador would win, but that he ‘would win by such proportions was not dreamed even by his most ardent sup- porters here and a’d New Jersey. Ac- to be heard from, was upwarde of 370,000, Mr. Fort's, 107,000, and former Senator Frelinghuysen's, 43.000. Mr. Morrow, an outstanding figure in the business world and later as a - mat, himself now pitchforked by vesterday's primary into national prom- inence as a political leader. Because of the Nation-wide interest taken in his campaign following his statement de- claring for repeal of the eighteenth amendment he will be looked upon as a leader in the movement for the re- peal of the prohibition amendment. Moses Sees Morrow Victory. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial committee, without comment-| ing upon the wet and dry issue, ex- pressed his entire confidence today in the election of Mr. Morrow in Novem- ber. “Mr. Morrow's overwhelming victory in the New Jersey primary yesterday is the best evidence that the State will ontinue to send Republicans to, the enate,” was the comment of Senator Moses. The wets, through Henry H. Curran, sident of the Association Against the hteenth Amendment, sounded & note of triumph. Mr. Curran, speaking of Morrow’s nomination, said: “This is a great tribute to a great man. The Republicans of New Jersey not only understand Dwight W. Mor- row's unique abilities, but they also are determined to repeal the eighteenth amendment and restore to the peoples of our 48 States their ancient Apnerican right of American self-government in Jocal affairs. Republican leaders of other States may well take the warning before it is too late.’ Claims of Wets Belittled. The Anti‘Saloon League, on the other hand. issued a statement belittling the claims of the wets that the nomination of Mr. Morrow was a great victory for | the anti-prohibitionists. The league's statement said: \ “The nomination of another wet from | New Jersey is about as exciting as the | election of another dry in Maine. Na- tionally it is even less significant. As Maine 50 goes the Nation, while on prohibition as goes New Jersey so goes New York® With reference to prohibi- tion, Mr. Morrow will be merely another wet from New Jersey if he is elected. He is no more wet than former Senator Edge, whose place he would take. “The phenomenal interest in the nomination of one wet to replace an- other is probably on the theory tha Mr. Morrow may become the national wet leader to restore thr liquor traffic. If g0, it is & vain wet hope, because Mr. Morrow has no plans to solve the lLquor problem. The shift in govern- mental responsibility suggested by him |on the police Commissioners today when they made DISMISSAL RULE Recommendations to | A drastic I.l’hunlnl up of discipline e orce was ordered by the dismissal for policemen convicted before the Trial Board of drunkenness and other offenses mandatory. This reform originated in the Police Department itself. It was first put into writing by Assistant Superintendent William S. Shelby, who drew up a long Teport recommending numerous changes in the administration of the depart- ment. The mandatory dismissal feature was included in his chapter on dis- cipline and had the approval of the present major and superintendant, Henry G. Pratt, before the present po- lice Commissioner, Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, took office. It has been before the Commissioners for action since shortly after the appointment of Gen. Crosby. The amendments to the police manual, as approved by the Commis- sioners, read: “Conviction on any of the following ) TO TIGHTEN POLICE DISCIPLINE IN CAPITAL Drop Men Convicted Of Drunkcnness and Other OECHSCS by Trial Board Made Mandatory. charges shall carry with it a recom- mendation of removal from the service; provided, that such recommendations shall be forwarded to the Commission- ers by the major and superintendent with his approval or disapproval: “Drinking of intoxicants or the taking of narcotics, unless upon prescription of a reputable physician: or being under the influence of intoxicants or narcotics While on duty. “Malingering, or feigning fliness or d]?bt‘my' to evade the performance of a duty. “Wilful disobedience insubordination. “Wilfully making an untruthful statement of any kind in any verbal or written report pertaining to his official duties as a metropolitan police officer to or in the presence of any superior or intended for the information of any superior officer; or making any un- truthful statement before any court or of orders or (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) STOCKS DEPRESSED BY SELLING ORDERS Values Are Beaten Down Close to Low Levels in Autumn Crash. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 18.—Still another swift shrinkage in the values of equity stocks was haited by what appeared to be powerful ‘banking support today, but it served only to cushion the decline. Pivotal shares were inclined to rally from their bottom levels at times, but failed to make headway. Prices declined swiftly during the | early hours of trading, a long list of important issues losing $5 to nearly $30 a share, but the price list began to resist selling pressure by early after- noon, although some shares continued to work lower. Trading was in enor- mous volume, the ticker falling more than an hour in arrears. Nearly 5,000,- 000 shares were traded by 1:30 o'clock, and indications pointed to another 8,000,000 share day, the second of the year. Bankers Silent. Important bankers still refrained from public comment on the situation, re- calling how wide of the mark were most of the optimistic and reassuring state- ments issued during the Autumn crash. It was pointed out, Hiowever, that with the m):r‘ pwrt.l‘l onmof ‘:.he m-elk tledkw- lic parti on in the market a ly ellmlnl(ertheu was no 't of such another stampede of selling as was witnessed last Fall. A drop of 2 to 3 cents a bushel in wheat futures, canceling yesterday's | gains, and offerings of copper by some | custom smeiters at 11%; cents, another drop of % of a cent, continued to ag- gravate the commodity situation. Bank- ers expressed the ugnmn that no up- turn in business might be expected until commodity prices become stabilized. Wheat, cotton and copper are now around the levels of 1914.. Standard Statistics Co. estimated that commodity prices in the aggregate had declined 812 per cent in the past 10 months. Selling Is General. Although bear selling by professional traders was in large volume, brokers expressed the opinion that it was but a drop in the bucket compared to the wholesale liquidation of holdings by speculators and investors generally Commission houses reported a steady stream of buying orders from investors attracted by the current low levels, but sald orders were mostly for small Jots | and evidently represented cautious ac- cumulation by long term investors. The feebleness of the rally in prices yesterday, the continued heaviness of commodity ?rlcu and reports of slack- ening operation by steel mills and au- tomobile manufacturers, served to in- tensify Wall Street's gloom. By early afternoon a mild rally in stocks developed, and several important shares sald up $1 to $3 from the lowest level of the forenoon. Commission houses, however, were inclined to view ihe upturn with great caytion, in view | of the short life of several such tech- nical rebounds recently. Market Opens Lower. Stocks continued their decline in the initial transactions. Opening deals were in blocks of 1,000 to 8,500 shares, substantially less than yesterday, but supporting orders were lacking and de- clines of $1 to $5 a share were numer- ous. United States Steel quickly tumbled more than $2, getting back to the year's minimum levels. Utilities were "~ con- spicuously weak. ~Standard Gas & ectric and Worthington Pump drop- ped about $5, American Can, North American Columbian Carbon & Afr, Re- duction, $3 or more, and American Telephone, American & Foreign Power, American Smelting, Atchison & Union Carbide, about $2. N POLICE OBEY WOMAN WITH GUN WHO SAID: “ON YOUR WAY, BUMS”| But They Return With Reinforcements and Tear Bomb | to Subdue Defiant Matron. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—They arrested Mrs. Caroline Cezarnecki yesterday, and that was considerable. Mrs, Czarnecki was in the bath when four policemen arrived. poun on the door and she called down to them musically as to her status, and the officers agreed to wait. ‘They were lounging about the porch nonchalantly. They had a warrant that resulted from an argument Mrs. Czarnecki bM; had with l' neighbor, whose name, for purposes of accuracy -::‘d:ull, is hereby set down: Mrs. Hattie Yenkoitevitch. Mrs. Czarnecki completed her bath She donned attire. She descended to the front door. The officers presumed she was ready to join them on the march to the station. . But when the door opened the lady’s d held & revolver which she pointed d_from her lips came “On your wav, bums." ‘The officers dispersed. Had Gallant Fox been among them. he would have finished last. One officer slid down & coal chute. Another beat a bullet around the corner of the house. The others put on & vanishing act that was Wondertul. Mrs. Czarnecki stepped forth and mm firing hither and thither, into ket and copse and in the direction of cops. One officer, out of breath, reached a telephone and called for re- enforcements and plenty of them. A squad of officers was rushed to the scene. Mrs. Czarnecki, out of ammunition, retired to the house. The neighborhood fairly ran with officers of the law. It finally was necessary to hurl a tear bomb through a window before she would come forth, Eventually the army of officers suc- ceeded in getting her to the station. ‘The charge was disorderly conduct, which the desk sergeant, afte g the facts, wrote down in ufl&lm SIMMONS SEEKS - PAY BILL ACTION Hopes for Complete Decision on Measure Some Time This Week. Chairman Simmons of the House sub- committee on District appropriations, who has been blocking the police and firemen's pay increase bill, sald today that he hoped tomorrow to ask unani- mous consent in the House that the bill be sent back to conference. Mr. Simmons intends to hold in- formal conferences today with Senate conferees and is awaiting the return of Speaker Longworth, who is absent from his official duties today. 'As far as I know, everything is mov- ing along toward a final agreement and I hope that there will be no hitches be- fore we can complete action on this bill some time this week,” said Repre- sentative Simmons today. Wants No Changes Made. This hopeful view is expressed by Mr. Simmons as & result of conferences late yesterday and the day before with representatives of the police and fire- men. wrmnnuvc Simmons was represen wanting assurance that the bill will go Lhn!m flu!-ly“i.; agreed to in these conferences and that there will be no further attempt to change it in the conference, between House and Senate conferees. The present basis of compromise, which Representative Simmons ex- pressed the hope would be finally acted upon and approved by both House and Senate, 1s: To_drop out the retirement clause and leave it to the Commissioners to determine what the retirement contri- bution shall be. To drop out the $5-a-month pre- mium to 10 per cent of the Police and Fre Departments, who are putting on an efficiency role. It is understood that the firemen have been in favor of this provision, which originated with Rep-| resentative Simmons, but that in Police Department there is some doubt as to how such a system might work out, with the result that the policemen are not in favor of it. House Changes to Stand. All other House amendments, which have been known as the Donovan-Sim. mons amendments, are to stand, inclu ing the deferred payment plan on | creases to the privates of the Police and Fire Departments Representative Simmons said that under this program, 450 policemen and 307 firemen will receive a $100 increase, 128 policemen and 38 firemen will gei 8 $200 increase and 582 policemen and 360 firemen will receive a $300 increase. The arrangements which are being made by Rrepresentative Simmons for compromising all difficulties on the lice and firemen's pay bill are said to meet the approval of House who have been hopeful that a way would be found to pass this pay increase measure, \JOHNSON WILL SPEAK AGAINST NAVAL PACT | California Senator Expected to| Reply to Stimson Through Radio Forum Tonight. Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, of California, a member of the Senate's foreign relations committee, will speak in the National Radio Forum tonight at 9:30 o'clock in opposition to the rati- fication of the London naval limitations treaty. The Forum, broadcast lbcally through Station WMAL, is arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Senator Johnson is expected to reply in his speech to the arguments ad- vanced by Secretary of State Stimson, who_ strongly advocated ratification «f the treaty in the National Radio Forum of last week. Senator Johnson's position s that the naval treaty does not give the United States a square deal beca'ise it denies the American Navy the right to build as mary 8-inch cruisers as it deems necessary. 120 MOTORISTS FACING STARVATION IN ALBERTA By the Assoclated Press. EDMONSTON, Alberta, June 18.— Isolated by torrential rains which have played havoc with highways and rail- way lines in Northern Alberta, a motor- cade of 120 persons, new homes in the Peace River country, are facing starvation The settlers, stranded at the town of Smith, reported their plight by tele- mgh yesterday and an airplane loaded with bread and meat was immediately started on its way northward. Mexican Mines May Close, MEXICO CITY, June 18 (A).—Sey- !bm is $1. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NEWGAS PLANHITS SMALL CONSUMER, ANALYSIS REVEALS Adding 60-Cent Meter Charge Declared Burdensome to Thousands. COMPANY SEES UNJUST LOAD ON LARGE USERS Ready, However, to Diseuss Rates With Officials on More Favorable Basis. Although the rate schedule fixed by the Washington Gas Light Co. yester- day was heralded as a rate reduction, its actual result, if adopted, will be to incréase the bills of all the small con- sumers, while decreasing the bilis of the large consumers. This is accom- plished by means of the 60 cent “meter service charge” which is added to every bill no matter how small or how large. Stated more accurately, the average monthly gas bill which now is $3.40 will continue $3.40 under the new rates. Bills less than this figure will be in- creased because of the 60 cent service charge. Those bills above $3.40 will be reduced. The present rate is $1 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas for those who use less than 200,000 cubic feet per month. The pro- | posed rates aré 85 cents for consumers using up to and including 2,500 feet and 75 cents for those who use more than 2,500. The 60 cent charge to he added to every bill whether any gas is used or not. \ Hlustration of Proposal. In the case of a consumer who now uses 1,000 cubic feet of gas nis present His bill under the new schedule would be 85 cents plus 60 cents, or $1.45. The result of the new rate to him would be an increase of 45 per cent. The results to those using less would be proportionately greater increases. The Public Utilities Commission states that the average domestic con- sumption of gas per household is 3,400 cubic feet per month. For this con- sumption the bill today would be $3.40. Under the proposed schedule the first 2,500 feet of this would cost $2.125 (2.5 times 85 cents) and the next 900 would cost $0.675 (nine times 7.5 cents). These add up to lm and the 60-cent charge hflnd;: cll;: _ulst t:uauo. the same as under the present rate. Calculating in the same mafiner a consumer now uses 4,000 feet a_month, pays $4, and under the new rate would pay $3.75, a saving of 6%, per cent. A consumer, who now pays $5, would pay under the new rate $4.55, a saving of 9 per cent. Company View Stated. Commenting on the meter charge to- day President G. A. Wood, of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co., sald that the small consumers are now getting bet- ter than an even break in paying their bills, and that the large consumers are helping to pay them. The proposed schedule will help to even up this dif- ference, he said. He explained that there are 15,000 meters installed by the company through which not a single penny worth of gas is drawn. Some of these are in Maryland, he added. but the figures have not been segregated as yet. Although the meters registered no gas, the company must maintain its plant in shape to serve them should all their owners at any time decide to use the average consumption of gas. Further- more meter readers must be sent to read the meters every month, and still further the meters represent a cash in- vestment tied up and idle. If the meter charge is adopted, he said, many of these meters would be disconnected by the householders, and probably only those in actual need of gas would keep their meters. Thus the company would be able more accurately | to forecast its needed supply of gas, and | could get along on considerably reduced plant facilities, at a cash saving. Electric Rates Cited. ‘The same problem exists here in the electric field, but that is handled by a ! “minimum bill” and not by a meter | charge. According to this system, there | is a minimum bill of 75 cents wver month. If a householder uses 75 cents worth of electricity or less, he pays 75 cents. If he uses 80 cents worth, 40 cents is all he pays. The effect of the “meter charge,” however would be that if & householder used 60 cents worth of gas, he would pay $1.20, and if he used 50 cents worth, he would pay $1.10. Admitting that many of the smail consumers would have increased gas bills under the proposed rates, Mr. ‘Wood said that the rates proposed were the least favorable the company was willing to offer, and that if the Public Utllities Commission wanted more fa- vorable rates his company would be ready to “talk business” with them. ‘The commission will have the rate schedule before it for discussion at its regular meeting tomorrow. Whether it will do anything about it is highly problematical. The rates were submit- | ted conditionally upon the passage by Congress of the bill to merge the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. with the George- ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) CITY OF CHICAGO ALOFT 160 HOURS Hunter Brothers Seek Endurance Record Held by St. Louis Robin. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—The refueling endurance fiight plane City of Chicago had been aloft 160 hours at'8 a.m. to- day. The plane, piloted by two broth- ers, is attempting to surpass the record of 420 hours, set last year'by the St. Louis Robin. The flight is strictly a Hunter family affair. x!l'm: brothers, Kenneth and d lrleur!fuikd ll;d p!"? other lane by Hunur.ptmlr brothers. Kenneth is only eral of the principal silver mining groups today Were considering suspen- :l.o‘nnol hllJ & do:enfl mlnflA;OIulr of ing sllver prices. ut - 2,4 miners would be laid off. e Radio Programs on Page C.7 21 years oid. Kenneth and John are using the same plane they flew last September for 263 consecutive hours in a former attempt to sul the world record. At that time mhne was known as the Chi- o e Chicago y _of 4:40 pm. (C. D. T.) lnst ‘ednesday. nt_aloft at strik A, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. b in Wa service. The only evening paper ington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,893 (@) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. TRIPLE DEADLOCK FOR HOYLAKE LEAD Jones Turns in 70 and Score Is Equaled by Cotton and Smith. By the Associated Press. HOYLAKE, England, June 18— Henry Cotton, young British profese | sional, scored 70 in the first round of the British open golf championship to | tie Bobby Jones, American amateur, for the lead. Macdonald Smith made it a three-cornered tie for -first place by | completing his round in 70 strokes, | shortly after Cotton tied Jones. | A few minutes before Smith finished, “Long Jim" Barnes 'had returned a | score of 1. Jones finished several hours ahead of Cotton and his mark stood against the attack of half a hundred others until the young Briton equalled it. Horton Smith was close to the front with a 72 and Don Moe and Leo Diegel scored 74 each. George Von Elm, with a 9 on one hole, had to be satisfied with 81. Had Chance to Beat Jones. A par 4 at the eighteenth would have enabled Cotton to slip a stroke under Jones and make a new course record, but he took 5. He pulled his tee shot to the rough and his iron shot rolled into a bunker. He was well out, but missed A 6-foot putt for the par. He had a! long putt for a birdie 4 at the sixteenth, | but missed and took 5. With a great chance to take the lead, Mac Smith's putting touch failed him and he took 5s on three holes. He was brilllant on the putting green going out, playing the first nine holes in 33 strokes, and started home with a rush, only to falter at the close. The greatest hazard faced by J‘onea and the others was tall grass arund the greens, To play approaches a shade too strong meant that the ball would roll through short rough into a hay field where a niblick was needed. This cost Jones two strokes and contributed to Von Elm’s tragic nine. Trouble on 12th and 15th. As soon as Jones settled down he made no real errors until the twelfth, where he took 5, and at the fifteenth, where he hooked his drive and found a bunker with his second. His only other disappointments were long putts, which slipped by the cup or hung on the edge. He ‘holed one long one at the tenth and another at the seventeenth. His second shot to the eighteenth found grass back of the green, but he chipped within four feet and holed the putt. A gallery of 2,000 or more trailed Bobby Jones as he went to the first tee. The Atlantan started nervously, | broke his stance when something dis- | tracted his attention, took a walk | around the teeing ground and tried| again. He cut the corner of the dog- | leg start too close and found a bunker. His third was just off the green to the | left. He chipped well and took 5 on the par 4 hole. Jones played his second from the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ATHLETICS LEADING INDIANS, 3-0, IN 2ND Philadelphia and Cleveland Open | Crucial Five-Game Series in Shibe Park. | PHILADELPHIA, June 18.—Philadel- phia was leading Cleveland at end of the second inning today. The score was 3 to 0. The Athletics squared off with Cleve- land today in a five-game series for the American League pennant lead at Shibe Park. Four games will be played at Shibe Park and then the two teams dash to Cleveland Saturday for one Eun! on Sunday, to return immediately ast. FIRST INNING. CLEVELAND—Morgan walked. Sewell lined into a double play, Mahaffey to Foxx. Porter was hit by a pitched ball. Hodapp doubled to left, sending Porter to third. Averill fouled to Simmons. No_runs. PHILADELPHIA—Bishop tripled to right. Bishop as hind threw out Haas. Cochrane walked. Simmons was safe on Lind's error, Cochrane stopping | S8y at second. Foxx singled to center, scoring Cochrane and Simmons went to third. Miller doubled to center, scar- ing Simmons and Foxx went to third. Boley lined into a double play, Hodapp to Lind. Three runs. SECOND INNING. CLEVELAN] grounded D—Seeds Myatt flled to Miller. fanned. No to Lind Tuns. DELPHIA—McNair ed to Mahaffey was called on Bishop doubled to right. Haas Seeds. i No N Brock and Schlee Return to Florida From Pacific Trip Flyers Who Broke Record Going West Finish Eastward Flight. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fia., June 18.— William 8. Brock and Edward F. Schles, transcontinental fiyers. arrived over the | Jacksonville municipal airport at 12:55 p.m., Eastern standard time, and headed at once for Jacksonville Beach, the fin- ish of their round-trip flight to San Dl;_g'?e. Calif. lane to the beach, where it made a circle, flew over the | finish line and then went back to the Municipal Airport to land. The tide was too high for a beach landing. The aviators appeared at the 16 hours and 44 minutes after they | took off from San Diego, Calif, last night. ‘The rance of the fiyers brought great relief to officials and me- chanics, who feared they might have been forced down in the Far Western wastes, since no definite word of them had been recelved since the California take-off. The flyers encountered muggy weather over this section of Florida. The motors appeared to be functioning per- fectly and the plane was traveling at a good speed. In landing at the airport, which is about 20 miles from the beach, the fly- ers overshot the runway and went into a fence. The plane was tilted on its side, one wheel was broken, but the men were unhurt. On arriving here the men disclosed that they had eome down at Tallulah, La. at 9 a.m. today to take on 50 gal- lons of fuel, thus explaining the delay in their arrival. LOUD RADIO NOISE BANNED INCAPITAL Owners Who Tune Up to More Than Whisper to Face as Much as Year in Jail. Radio loud speakers im the District hereafter must be tuned down to a whisper or their owners are liable to go to jail. A new regulation designed to curb the radio “maniac,” adopted by the District Commissioners, today, follows: “That it shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association, firm or corporation knowingly or wantonly 0 use or operate or cause to be oper- ated any mechanical device, machine or apparatus or instrument for the in- tensification of the human voice or of any sound or noise, in any public or private place in such a manner that the peace and good order of the neighbor. hood Is disturbed.” Other Rules Amended. At the same time other sections of the police regulations, such as the ones commanding quiet in hospital zones, were amended to include radio noises among the prohibited sounds. The penalty for violation of the regu- lation is the general one of a fine not to exceed $40, in default of which the judge may impose & jail sentence not | to exceed 364 day ‘The usual jail sentence imposed for default of a $40 fine, however, is 40 days. The various law-enforcing depart- ments of the District government have been considering the menace of the loud-speaker for some time, month the news was allowed to leak out that the corporation counsel had | been asked if he would draft some legisiation designed to curb the thought- less souls who prevented their neigh- bors® sleep by twirling the dials and turning everything on full. Instantly a shower of congratulatory letters de- scended upon the Commissioners from the victims of the too-enthusiastic radio “maniacs.” “I implore you,” said one victim, “to do something to stop the loudspeaker noise in the District. My home, for which I made many sacrifices, is prac- tically ruined, and my nerves are shat- | tered because of this constant unneces- noise day and night. sleeping porch and thought of the fresh, cool air there, but it is useless because of the noisy loudspeakers. “I am a radio fan. My radio gives me great pleasure. But I use it low enough in tone to confine it to my four walls Winter and Summer. We have a law against the crowing rooster and it is strictly enforced, then why not one against the %w peaker? I would gladly uuhlnfe the two evils in favor of the rooster!™ Another wrote: “I have been driven out of five urants, and I began to (Continu Page umn 3.) Early this | CANNON CHALLENGE WIRED T0 TINKHAM Representative Called “Cow- ardly” for Charges Made in Immunity. | By the Associated Press Representative Tinkham of Massa- | chusetts was challenged by Bishop | Cannon today to repeat his cnluu' | agalnst the dry leader in a way which would make him subject to prosecution | for libel. Speaking in the House, Tinkham late yesterday said the Southern church- man “will stand convicted in the eyes of all honest men of having appropri- ated” ‘to his own use money given to him to prosecute the anti-8mith cam- paign of two years ago. This assertion was made after he had reviewed Cannon's refusal to tell the Senate lobby committee of the dis- bursement of $48,300 given him by E. C. Jameson of New York to promote the Hoover cause in the South. Passing through Louisville, Ky, last night, Cannon read of Tinkham's state- ment in the newspapers and immediate- 1y dispatched the following telegram to Washington: “When Representative Tinkham shall give to the press over his personal sig-' nature the statements reperted by the press as made by him today on the floor of the House of Representatives where he is immune from prosecution for libelous statements, he may com- mand the respect of honorable men, but making such statements on the flogr of the! House, where he knows his im- munity from prosecution, brands him as & blustering, cowardly Con:reumln‘ appealing especially to his wet Roman Catholic Boston voters to retain him in_office.” Before the lobby committee Jameson testified he gave Cannon $65,300. Of this amount the bishop reported the expenditure of $17,000. Later he con- tended the remainder was expended in a manner which made it unnecessary that a report be filed. Tinkham appeared before the com- mittee and charged Cannon with a violation of the corrupt practices law through his failure to report the entire sum, an assertion which he repeated yesterday. Cannon repeatedly refused to answer questions on his political activities when before the committee and con- tended such an examination lay outside the committee’s authority. On this point he was upheld by a majority of the committee. A report on the Cannon episode was prepared for introduction t the committee. chairman. Cara of | | Arkansas.” It consisted only of the| transcript of the bishop's testimony and contained no recommendations for | | action against him. NINE DIE AS LIGHTNING HITS BELLS OF CHURCH Bolt Strikes Belfry While Peasants | Ring Message to Fellows to Pray During Storm. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 18.—A dispatch from Schoarsch, near Faga- rasch, Transylvania, today said that three persons were killed and six fatal- ly injured when lightning struck the | tollidg church bells of a church sheltar- | ing a crowd in a terrific storm there. | Three peasants, frightened by the | storm, climbed the church belfry and | swung the bells with their hands in | signal to the remainder of the crowd to kneel and pray. Just as they knelt lightning struck the belfry and the three were killed. | The church caught fire and six died | |later of burns received. A larger num- ber of others were burned badly. The DISTRICT BILL DIES AS SENATE ADOPTS CONFEREES' REPORT ON' DISAGREEMENT |Accepted Immediately. With- out Taking Record Vote on Submission After Bingham Explains Situation. CONFEREES DISCHARGED FROM FURTHER SERVICE Only Course Left Said to Be Ap- proval of Continuing Resolution Already in House for Current Expenses of District of Columbia Government. The District appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was re- garded as virtually dead this aft- ernoon after the Senate unani- mously adopted the report set- ting forth the failure of the con- ferees to reach an agreement on the Federal contribution to the municipal budget. The Senate agreed to the re- port without taking a record vote as soon as it was presented by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut,. chairman of the Senate conferees. The House voted yesterday to insist upon its disagreement to the Senate :mendments in the appropriation The Senate’s ‘action automati- cally discharges the conferees from further service, so that there is nothing in conference now between the houses. Asked off the floor a short time later if this meant that the bill is dead, Sen- ator Bingham answered affirmatively and indicated that the only course left is to put through the continuing reso- lution, which has already been intro- duced in the House and which will take care of the current operating ex- Penses without any new projects. Bingham Answers House. After the report had been a to, Senator Bingham made a brlelmlddrus in which he again emphasized that the Senate/conferees were willing at all times to compromise with the House on the Federal contribution, but that the House conferees had shown no wil- lingness to compromise. The Connecticut Senator also replied to some of the statements made during the debate in the House yesterday, par- ticularly to the statement of Repre- sentative Simmons, who said he had reason to believe the bill would not fail. Senator Bingham said he know what basis Mr. Simmons had for expressing the belief that the bill would not be permitted to die, ad that nothing was said by the five Senate conferees that would give Mr. Simmons such a belief. Senator Bingham also read in the Senate newspaper items quoting Rep- resentative Garner of Texas, House minority leader, as saying that the thing to do is to let the Senate “make its bluff” and then proceed to pass the bill at this session. Senator Bingham also took occasion to tell the Senate that the report of the conferees was unexpectedly laid before the House yesterday, and that under the customs and rules it should have been submitted to the Senate first. Senator Bingham told his colleagues the report setting forth the disagree- ment was sent over to the House by messenger for the purpose of obtaine ing the signatures of the House con- +ferees, and that after they had signed It, it was taken before the House. Sen- ator Bingham declared it seemed to the Senate conferees that this was “not exactly a courteous” course. When Senator ‘Bingham concluded his remarks no one arose to object to or take issue with the position of the Senate conferees that the House should make some compromise and not ask the Senate to yleld entirely. President Visited. While the Senate was acting on the report of the conferees a committee of six members of the Board of Trade called on President Hoover and asked his aid in breaking the deadlock. When they left the White House they said the President listened to their request with interest, and said he would give it every consideration. A further indication that the District blll is looked upon as doomed came a short while later when Senator Tydings of Maryland offered as an amendment to the second deficiency bill the item of $250,000 to abolish one of the rail- road grade crossings near Takoma Park, which was one of the new ijecll car- ried in the local supply bill. ‘The item calls for a subway under the B. & O. tracks either at Chestnut street or near the corner of Fern place and Piney Branch road. The amend- ment was referred to the appropriations committee. There was a large attendance of the Senate present while Chairman Bing- ham told of the efforts that had been made to effect a compromise. Referring to the fact that the report of the con- | ferees was taken up in the House yester- day, Senator Bingham said: “According to custom and our rules, when_one body asks for_ 1 peasants remained rootad to the spot. (Continued on Page Norman F. Hardy, 900 block of K street southeast, arrested for ‘“crying wares in the street, to-wit, blackber- ries,” lost his voice when brought into Police Court today and left without a | fine. | Policeman C. L. Hayden of the ninth | precinct arrested Hardy near the sta- tion house yesterday afternoon. The | man was escorted to the preeinct sta- | |tion and subsequently released under | collateral. 1 “My good fellow, this officer tells me BLACKBERRY CRIER LOSES VOICE IN COURT AND GAINS FREEDOM Judge Schuldt Takes Man’s Personal Bond, Following Weak Vocal Demonstration. that you were disturbing the neighbor- hood in Northeast by selling your ber- ries. You should know better than that. How loud can you yell?" asked Judfe Gus A. Schuldt. “I want to get an idea what you were doing.” “Blackberries!” said Hardy in a small voice. “My, my, is that the best you can do?" queried the magistrate. “I could scarcely hear you across the bench.” Hardy nodded, and the judge took his personal bond.