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_ Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 ‘ No. 31,625. post office, WORK IS RESUMED BY 71ST CONGRESS WITH JOBLESS AID AS MAIN PROBLEM Right of Way for Relief " Measures and Supply Bills Is Promised by Leaders of Both Parties. QUESTIO: OF SPECIAL SESSION IS IN DOUBT Progressives Seek Muscle Shoals, Zame Duck and Anti-Injunction Action, but Deny Plan to Filibus- ter on Appropriations With View to Forcing Extra Sitting. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Entered as second class mattes ‘Washington, D. C. Tramps Find Hams ‘Growing’ on Trees After Truck Wreck By the Associated Press. ASHLAND, Wis,, December 1. —Tramps, encamped near here, awoke yesterday morning to find pork sausage and picnic hams “growing™ on tree branches. Investigation revealed that a meat truck had been wrecked during the night with such force that the sausages and hams were hurled into the air, many of the bundles sticking on the branches of nearby trees. CBSON 1S BELEVE MSUNDERSTOODON AR TREATY STAND Vote for French View at Geneva Heid Limited to Naval Accords. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Dispatches from American corre- spondents in Paris alleging that the WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1930—FORTY-TWO PAGES. LOST JOB BECAUSE] HE KNEW T00 MUC, PITTS' GUARD SAYS Senes Testifies in Smith Co. Trial About Removing Trunks of Records. COLORED WITNESS TELLS OF DESTROYING BOOKS Former Servant Describes Trip to Florida and of Efforts to Hide His Identity. ‘Testifying he had been discharged as the personal bodyguard of one of the defendants because he “knew too much,” Anthony Senes was the outstanding wit- ness today at the trial of the F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy case in District Supreme Court. Marked interest was displayed by the defendants—G. Bryan Pitts, C. Albert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr.—in several sharp verbal exchanges between benwing ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Seventy-first Congress, con- | United States, through Ambassador fronted by major problems of|Hush 8. Gibson, has decided to side relief for unemployment and|¥th France and her allles to uphold 2 the Versailles treaty have upset the -drought, met at noon today fOr| e, .q ang pleasant routine of Wash- ‘its final" session which ends at ington's diplomats. ‘noon March 4, 1931. Senator Borah, chairman of the For- President Hoover has sought in eign Relations Committee, is seeking conference with leaders of his more information as to the motives g arty and those of the oppo- | Which have prompted the head of the mnpto gflng agreement that the [ American delegation at Geneva to act right of way shall be given reiief measures and the annual appro- priation bills. Response to the President’s request for such co-| the part of Mr. Gibson ht have operation has been promptly given | been m‘:fi» m Yo belleve that by the Democratic as well as the | mind but the naval wu’m‘“ Republican, although the Demo- Had Naval Pacts in Mind. cratic leaders have not given over their right to oppose administra- tion measures and to support in so many different ways by different nations. He thinks that more discretion on in & manner which could be interpreted | U2d Senes and Frank G. Raichle of defense counsel. The witness and the lawyer M ADY FoR USINESS glared and shouted at each other throughout the cross-examination. Holds Resignation Forced. The former bodyguard declared he was forced to sign a letter of resigna- tion addressed to his employer, Pitts, by his successor, Emile Linedorffy in the Smith Co. offices in New York City, December 12, 1929. . He said he signed ler circumstances at the same time a statement in which he re- leased Pitts from all.responsibility in financial transactions between the pair. “Is it not a fact that you were dis- because you got Pitts’ valet ited,” Raichle demanded. “He got ink automatically,” the witness responded. “I was discharged because I knew too much.” “Have you any grievance against Mr. Pitts now?” “No. I kind of feel sorry for s Senes told the jury he had signed his resignation and the release because OIL CONSERVATION POLICY OF HOOVER UPHELD IN COURT District Appeals Ruling Holds | Wilbur Had Right to Reject | 5,000 Applications. Removal of Army Stables Is Blow To Officers Here Mounts Brought From Fort Myer Lack Spirit, They Declare. The_ quartermaster stable at Nine- teenth street and Virginia avenue, where recently were quartered such famous steeds as those of Gen. Pershing and | that ridden by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, quietly passed out of existence on No- FHN DAVIS STAYS AWAY PENDING INQUIRY AS SENATE T ;Office of Senator Allen Pre- | pared-for Retiring Secretary, but He Awaits Decision. Saturday’s Circulation, 11! my‘lMIMI"I."‘. TWO CENTS. POLICE USE TEAR GAS . AND CLUBS ON REDS IN CAPITOL GROUNDS ists Fly as Mob of Alien Sym- pathizers Storms East Front of Building [SEVERAL DEMONSTRATORS SEIZED; PLACARDS TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT (P) Means Associated Press. Legislators Watch Battle Following Protest of Hundreds Against “Discriminatory Legislation.” While Senators and Representatives watched from the Capitol's porticos, police of the Capitol and the metropolitan forces this after noon staged a hand-to-hand melee with several hundred Communists who attempted to hold a demonstration against “discriminatory legislation.” Tear gas bombs and police clubs finally were brought into play when it appeared the police would be unable otherwise to cope with the disorderly mob which stormed the east front of the Capitol. Scenes of wild confusion reigned for more than half an hour about the Capitol grounds as the demonstrators fought with their fists against the detalls of police and headquarters detectives, Most of the casualties were confined to inflamed eyes, caused by the acrid fumes of half a dozen tear bombs exploded during the riot- ing, and blackened eyes or bloody noses received during the hectic free-for-all fighting that followed the tearing down of a doz: ards raised by the agitators. 5 e Fight Begins at Noon. Among those taken into custody was a man who was collared as he was alleged to have attacked a policeman. He gave his name as Pandalis Kuldon of Detroit.- He was taken into the Capitol pol headquarters by Policeman G. M. Stuart of No. 7 precinct, an wudtaten to the first precinct station to face a cglrge conduct. The fight began at noon, just as Congress was convening. The agitators, claiming to be delegates to “the National Cont!ren'ce for Protection of the Foreign Born,” arrived at the Capitol in groups of twos and threes and by a prearranged signal formed into a $olid mass in the Capitol plaza. Simultaneously, there appeared over the heads of many of the participants placards bearing such inscriptions as S measures of their party if in their made it clear they are not in favor elected the Sj there was no other way for him to ob- tain money with which to move his tl;\ély. He sald his salary was $100 a Wi The witness. called by the Govern- ment, testified, on direct examination. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) nately, the ificance of his vote has beenl’eomld.;r‘:d ice trea 3 That would be a blumr: which Mr. Gibson is incapable of making.” President Hoover's ofl comseryation policy, announced in a press interview in March, 1929, and interpreted by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur in an order to General Land agents to reject 5,000 pending applications for permits vember 20 under one of the last orders issued by Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, just before he retired. At Fort Myer today it was stated Gen. Summerall long had cherished the idea of doing away with the town stable James J. Davis failed to present him- | printing of Aliens.” self in the Senate today to be sworn in as Senator from Pennsylvanis. Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam- paign Funds Committee was prepared to ask the Senator-elect to step aside pending . inquiry into reports of addi- They were booked as John “Down With Discriminatory Legislation” and “Down With Finger- Three of the marchers were taken to No. 6 precinct, where they were booked on charges of disorderly conduct and assault. As were led into the station a tear gas bomb was mysteriously libera almost driving the police from the station. - Zilic, 41 years old, a blacksmith of Mr. Borah's views seem justified in the light of Mr. Gibson's statement at Geneva, which has just been received here in full. ting his vote legislation can the close of the the it thro before wtthn:'xt'hmolmomcon 1| Police the to prospect for oil on Government lands, was upheld today in a majority opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The opinion was written by Justice Charles H. Robb and concurred Mr. “action was held to ‘be & valid exercise of Executive power in FIND DEAD WOMAN INROOM WITH MAN Called by Neighbor Who Smelled Gas and Heard Commotion. majarity of ‘the United States Supreme Court, it was held that the Executive is em- powered to make temporary withdraw- - public interest, to be interfered with | including the Midwest Oil case, in which | tonal expenditures in his primary cam- paign. The Campaign Committee will inquire further into _information $195,000 primary expenditures in behalf of the Davis-Brown ticket in addition to th already studied by the com- THER ORES DES g g s 0 s B S 100-Year-Old Leader to Be g etee gl Rl Buried Among Her “Boys,” " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) The additional expendtiture was uncovered by com= ount _covered itures and unpaid bills, Nye said. it Promised Supplemental Report. Vauclain had promised the Nye Com- | Z% particularly. These sald, howevey, that they do not intend filibuster t. “t'he ennimr;ent ufi bi ‘merel lor ition ly jug about a Special Congress the Progressives will hold new e the balance of power in both Senate and House. , the opening sessions of the Senate and House passed off quietly and without important incident. In_the Senate, as soon as & guorum had been developed, certificates of newly elected Senators for the present short session were read. Six of these Sena- tors were sworn in, Hastings of Dela- ware, Bulkley of Ohio, McGill of Kan- sas, Brock of Tennessee, Gary of Wyo- ming and Williamson of Kentucky. Neither James J. Davis, Senator-elect of Pennsylvania, nor Dwight W. Mor- row, Senator-elect from New Jersey, was on hand today to take the oath of office. ‘The Nye committee, lnvntlflltln‘ cam- paign expenditures in Pennsylvania, asked Mr. Davis not to seek to take his seat today, but to wait until after the committee had before it a supplementary | report of expenditures made for the Davis-Brown ticket in the Republican imary. ‘The committee is to hold a gmn; Wednesday. _The belief is gen- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —_————— DAVIS INQUIRY KEEPS | DOAK FROM OFFICE| Former Secretary's Resignation Is! to Taks Effect When He | Becomes Senator. By the Associated Press. There was confusion at the Labor Department today as to who was; Secretary of Labor, if any one. William N. Doak of Virginia went through the form of taking the oath of office, with pictures being taksn and formalities carried 1 actu Inquirers were told he was Secretary of Labor; and his lecessor, Senator-elect es J. vis, said he (Doak) had “assumied the office.” 1t devel however, that the resig- nation of Davis was written to become with f vote ce, Britain and Japan in a mat- ter which apparently concerned mostly' rtu- France and Germany. It is unfc nate that the Ama!lmn vou“n:ouh * (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) N. S. BOWLES CONTEMPT PENALTY IS AFFIRMED Was Accused of Representing Him- self as Attorney After Dis- barment. The action df the District Supreme Court in holding Norman 8. Bowles, a former member of the bar who had been disharred by that tribunal, in con- tempt of court for holding himself out as a lawyer after the disbarment, was sustained today by the Court of Ap- peals in an opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb. The lower court sentenced Bowles to pay a fine of $100 or be com- mitted to jail for 30 days. The attorney had been disbarred July 2, 1921# following charges by the Grievance Committee of the bar after he had been convicted with Nicky Arn- stein of a charge of bringing stolen | securities into the District and served & sentence of two years. Bowles was granted a full and unconditional pardon October 15, 1928. In the following De- cember the Grievance Committee called the attention of the lower courts to letters sald to have been written by | Bowles threatening the institution of sults if the persons addressed failed to make settlement of certain claims, and asked that Bowles be cited for contempt of court. The citation was made, and his con- viction and sentence by six justices of ! the lower court followed. i Brokers Get 6 Years. ST. LOUIS, December 1 ().—William and Fred Young. investment brokers, who failed last March for approximate- ly $2,300,000, were sentenced today by Federal Ju C. B, Paris to serve six years each Leavenworth Prison for using the mails to defraud. The broth- ers pleaded guilty October 30. Summoned by a neighbor, police broke into a gas-filled room at 701 ¢ | Newton street early this morning and found the body of Mrs. Florence Mur- ray, 40-year-old proprietess’of a grocery at Newton street and Georgia avenue, slumped over a table beside a couch on which sprawled a middle-aged man, partially identified as Jack Cook, an automoblle mechanic, said to, room there. On the floor beside the pair was a blood-stained - pint bottle, half full of gin. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt ordered an autopsy. An inquest will be held at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Woman Dead About an Hour. ‘The woman had been dead about A cursory examination disclosed no marks of violence, was unconscious, but responded to first-aid treatment and later was taken to Em icy Hospital, where doctors expect to recover. So far he has been unable to give any articulate version of what occurred. A neighbor Hvln{oon the floor above, Robert H. Thornton, told police he heard the couple in a nolsy argument about 2 o'clock this morning. He said he heard a man’s voice cry out a threat and unmistakable sounds of a scuffle. Man Attired in Underwear. ‘The furnishings of the meager room, however, were in good order when police | arrived. Mrs. Murray’s body, clad a bathrobe, was seated at the table, and Cook, attired in his underwear, lay full length upon a couch. A small gas heater was beside the gfl)r with all the jets open. Coroner evitt said the heater was defective and that the flame might have gone out of its own accord. Doors and windows | were tightly closed, but there had been no attempt to stop possible leaks, nor ‘were any notes found in the room. Thornton smelled gas when he arosé, about 7:30 o'clock this morning, and traced the scent to Mrs. Murray's room, to which he called f»llce. Neighbors said it was their under: standing that Cook was married. Sev eral times, they said, his daughter and several indcl ren visited with him at the Newton street address. Police, however, were unable to obtain their names. Mrs. Murray's body was removed to! the District Morgue, where an inquest may be held. W. T. PAGE, HOUSE CLERK, ATTENDS ICONGRESS OPENING FOR 62D TIME lRecall.l 1881 Session When Flock of Potential Presidents an hour when her body was discovered. | ;. in | President at a press als of public lends without formal proclamation. Congress has the right to disaffirm such action, it was pointed out. Mandamus Nature Defined. In reversing the judgment of the lower court, which had granted a man- damus against Secretary Wilbur, the majority opinion points out that man- damus is not awarded as a matter of right, but in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, to remedy and not to promote a wrong, to compel the per- formance of an actual duty rather than to direct the performance of an act which will work public or private mis- chief. “The President was in a position,” says the majority opinion, “to know when the public interest required par- ticular portions of the people’s lands to be withdrawn from entry or location; his action inflicted no wrong upon any private citizen and, being subject to saffirmance by Congress, could occa- sion no harm to_the interast of the ublic at large. In the present case, ?m orders, issued through Secretary Wilbur, were intended to meet an emergency occasioned by the great overproduction of oll and gas, waste incident thereto and other public considerations. It would take a very clear case to justify a court in arrest- ing and suspending the action of the Executive taken in the public interest. The record does not present such a Van Orsdel Dissents. A lengthy dissenting opinion was ren- | | Months ago “Mother” Jones made the interview that | request that she be lald to rest when ed Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel gzidln:y that a mere statement by the “there will be a complete conservation of governmental ofl in this adminis- tration” is “merely the statement of a future policy which may or may- not be adopted and would have tu be put into effect by & formal proclamation by the President before it could justify i the remotest degree the action taken by W‘I;EI'III ‘Orsdel claims that Wilbur acted outside the nwg of his power in the suspension of the oil-leasing act, since 1he was “totally without power to act certain statutory conditions had g‘e‘r‘} complied with—namely, the issu- ance of a proclamation by the Presi- ~"(Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) PISTOL VICTIM FOUND IN WRECK OF AUTO Chicago Police Probe Sunday Morning Tragedy, Summoning Ballistic Experts. the Associated Press. l’CH'lCAGO, December 1.—A battered motor car carecned crazily down & gtreet here yestcrday, in full sight of many motorists and early morning v opan fo 7oL i TR e e, the | 100th birthday anniversary, May 1 last, |keep up the remarkable resistance. | to keep going, Dr. H. H. Howlett said.| to s as She Wished. ‘While her “boys” in all sections of the country today sincerely mourned her passing, the body of “Mother” Mary Jones, 100-year-old labor cru- sader, will remain until Wednesday in the little farm house near Silver Spring, Md., where death came to her quietly late last night after months of illness. | News of the death of “Mother” Jones, | as she always will be known' in the ranks of organized labor, brought many tributes during the day from men with | whom she was closely associated in 60 years of battling for the rights of the laboring classes. Only her nurse and {riend, Mrs. Walter Burgess, with whom she spent her last months on earth, was at her bedside, at 11:55 o'clock, when the feeble eyes of “Mother” Jones closed on 100 years:of throbbing life. Since “Motber” Jones celebrated her in the midst of affectionate friends, she had been struggling for life for many weeks on a diet of brandy and mor- | g:lu. Her body had withered, and only T indomitable heart enabled her to ‘Then it finally ceased to beat, too weary Burial Wish Observed. her end came in a plot at Mount Ol-| vet, Ill, beside the bodies of five of | her “boys” slain there years ago dur-| ing one of the many labor wars in| | which she had participated. This wish will be carried out by her friends. For two days the body of the militant crusader, who lived to see fulfilled her wish to live a hundred years, will lie in state at the home of Mr. and Mrs.| Burgess, where she came about two| ears ago to rest from the years of fit- | ul life that had drained her strength. Then the body will be taken to St. Ga- | briel's Catholic Church for funeral services on Wednesday. Rev. William Sweeney, her friend and assistant pas- tor of the church, who had adminis- tered extreme unction to her as far back as September 14, will say the requiem mass. . Funeral Plans Tentative, Only tentative arrangements have been made thus far for the funeral, which will be attended by men high and low in the ranks of labor. Follow- ing the services at St. Gabriel's Church, the body will be taken by friends to Mount_Olivet aboard a special car of (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) DR. MANINI RIOS ELECTED Diplomat-Newspaper Man to Be- come Uruguayan President. 1 G Ez‘:}p pfl"tly be the next of Uruguay, to Dr. whose four-year ends Dr. President Juan B. term Radio s mission to say “30 days.” mittee a supplemental report at the time expenditures in behalf of Davis and Brown had been found to total $268,000. This report was not forth- coming, however, Nye said, addis committee probably should be held re- sponsible for not seeking it earlier. Davis retires today as Secretary of Labor in the Hoover cabinet. Room 210 in the Senate Office Building was being for him. Flowers were on his , but Davis did not appear. The room formerly belonged to Senator Allen, Republican, Kansas, who was de- feated month. Reed to Offer Credentials. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania sald after adjournment today that he would present the credentials of Mr. Davis in the Stnate tomorrow. Chairman Nye of the Slush Pund Committee reiterated his determination to block the imme- diate seating of Davis, if he presents himself tomorrow, until the committce has further opportunity to examine a supplemental report on campaign ex- penditures, which is understood to show an_additional $190,000. Under these conditions, if Mr. Davis (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 15 MEN ARE SOUGHT; MISSING IN 2 BOATS Pacific Coast Guards and Naval Forces Conducting Inten. sive Searches. By the Assoclated Press. . SAN PEDRO, Calif, December 1.— The fate of 15 men and 3 boats was velled by the Pacific today as Coast Guardsmen and naval forces prepared to conduct searches for them off the' Southern California coast. ‘The purse seiner Fidelity, and her crew of 11, missing since November 21, were objects of a search off the Santa Barbara Islands by two Coast Guard patrol boats. The Fidelity disappeared in a windstorm. A small boat carrying four internes of the San Diego County Hospital was missing off the Coronado lands, 20 miles west of San Diego. The four men, Jules Matherman, Byron Zaning, Charles A. Foulks and A. H. Fogg left San Diego early Saturday morning. New York, and Kuldin was also booked was 2 native of Turkey and a woodwor] Detroit. Rose Stein, who said she was a dressmaker and lived at 3818 Heath avenue, New York city, was :ooked 1t hea : charge of disorderly conduct. She sai was dfl.‘m N Fllie 1ater. was, taken 56 %@uw tear A score of Capitol police, under Capt. supmé.x the crowd and tore 603: the signs, mgpunt them underfoot. - & px { McKeesport, Pa.; Rose Markle, 34, dressmraker, 1800 Seventh a Iphia. | disorder then began with leaders of the the police, at .Congeu and at the Government in m.fa woman agitators shook their fists and shouted mmfitu they t‘geir_colleuuel resisted the forcible efforts of the police to disperse em. Ii:spector William 8. Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau, stood in the plaza with a score of headquarters detectives - tail of metropolitan police, sent his men to the aid of the his | Policemen and a number of spectators rushed in to aid the radicals and a number of off threatened attacks by members of the mob. the strugg! up surrounded a constantly growing circle of excited sgonc{a rs, the polic e n firing the tear gas devices, the explosions of which gave.rise to reports that shooting had begun. Agitators, police and many spectators were affectéd by the fumes of the gas and weeping was general. News and movie photographers were in the thick of thlng The police mixed in with the resistin the officers had to use their clubs to wu's and they, too, suffered so much that picture taking was halted. Impromptu orators perched on the Capitol steps answe the tirades of the Communists . Shouts of “take them away,” them all in jail,” came from the men and women who ji steps and platforms of the building, while answering shouts of “down with emperialism” and “down with the dirty cowards” arose from the radicals. Reserves Are Called Out. Several women with tears streaming down their cheeks shouted to other woman companions “Don’t wipe your eyes, let them see it.” Reserves were called out while the mob was still milling at the monument and loitering in adjacent streets, Sirens of reserve police patrols were heard and a rush was made to form into a compact group. Police had arrested two men and re- leased them after crossing the street marking the Capitol grounds. After the refusal of the crowd to disperse, more arrests were made. Among these, one was a woman who gave her name as Helen Roberts, 17 years old, of Baltimore. She was accompanied in the patrol wagon by a man who gave his name as F. Dengalo. Small groups carried their taunts against the police down the streets lead- ing from Garfield Monument and slowly the avenues surrounding the Capitol were cleared. Almost -deserted, the Capitol Plaza, where the demonstration was started, was littered with torn and trampled placards. The fighting between the police and the demonstrators moved slowly down the driveway leading to the foot of the Capitol grounds, where Maryland avenue intersects, and here the mob made another stand against the officers. Traffic was tied up while a score of police- men battled indiscriminately with the rioters. During the rder a number of the radicals fell down or were knocked down and their comrades soon pitched in and waged fist fights with the police. The | group finally was chased far down Maryland avenue. After the demonstration was over the radicals reassembled at 1337 Seventh street and announced that they would march on the White House. However, this plan failed to develop and at 2:30 most of them left the city in the busses which brought ‘them here from the North. T B prol against diserimination Petition to Be Presented. and “terrorism.” § Early today leaders of the “National Conference,” arranging the demonstra- tion, said that 500 delegates represent- ing 1,000 organizations with a total of 270,000 members would converge on the | §ration, Capitol “individually.” A committee of 50 demonstrators was designated to present to the House and Senate copies of the petition, which I “THIRTY DAYS” PENALTY IN RADIO|® STATION MINOR Federal Commission Would of Police Court Judge. By the Associated Press. ‘The Radio m; jon wants per- like the Police Court judge gives offender a lnnnfli’c umaflm over his misdeeds, the aerial mmume':m% <hm"l“ stations & silence in which to resolve to Just broadeasters, U’ sald the report, mrrsure is the OFFENSES URGED in response to . (Continued on Page 32, Column 4.) BIG SHIPS PASS CANAL Fewer Vessels, but Gains in Indi vidual Tonnage Shown, . By the Assoclated Press. i Either bigger ships are being bullt “Panams Canal. Like to Sentence in Manner the license or refusal to renew. Many lntmt.\om.‘ 1s, the report said, do not war- ran