Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) by rain tonight not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday: m%. day. f e No. HOOVER REBUFFS SENATE IN REFUSAL 10 RETURN NAMES 1,347—No. 31,666. OF COMMISSIONERS President, in Statement, Charges Politically Inspired Effort to Raise a “False” Power Issue. NOMINATIONS RESTORED TO EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Continued Battle Seen, But Next| Action Doubtful—White House| Message Asserts Prerogatives of | Office Are Not to Be Sur- rendered. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover yesterday de- clined to send back to the Senate the nominations of Chairman George Otis Smith and Commis- sioners Draper and Garsaud of the Federal Power Commission. This means that the Federal power commissioners will be kept on the job despite the reconsider- ation by the Senate of the votes by which that body confirmed their nominations. At the same time the President charged the Senate, when it sought the return of these nomi- nations, with attempting to raise “a false issue.” Companies No Issue. He declared “there is no issue for or against power companies” in the reten- tion of the power commissioners on the Job, and added: “The resolutions of the Sellate may have the attractive political merit of giving rise to a legend that those who voted for it are ‘enemies of the power interests,” and, inferentially, those who voted against it are- ‘friends of the wer interests,’ and it may contain a ope of symbolizing me as the defender of power interests if I refuse to sacri- fice three outsanding' public servants and allow the Senate to dictate to an administrative board the itment. of is subordinates, and if I refuse to sllow fundamental encroachment by Senate upon the constitutional inde- pendence of the Executive. “Upon these things the pass unerring ji ent.” ‘The foregoing & quotation from a statement issued by the President to the ess. In conclusion, the President said: “I regret that the Government should be absorbed upon such questions as the action of the Power Commission in em- ployment or non-employment of two subordinate officials at a time when the condition of the country requires every constructive energy.” The Senate has had the matter of the Power Commission appointments before it almost the entire week, to the ex- clusion of other business. Senate Retaliates. In his formal message to the Senate the President said, after reciting the various steps which led up to his com- missioning the three power commis- | sioners: H “1 am advised were constitutionally made. cannot admit the power of the Senate to encroach upon the Executive func- tions by removal of a duly appointed executive officer under the guise of re- consideration of his nomination. - gret that I must refuse to accede to the equest.” When the President's message was, read to the Senate, that body promptly retaliated by restoring to the executive calendar of the Senate the nominations | of the thres power commissioners. Under these conditions the nomina- tions may be called up and rejected at any time by the Senate. What course the Senate will now pur- sue remains to be seen. Senator Walsh of Montana, author of the motions adopted by the Senate Priday night re- | consicering the votes by which ,the Senate confirmed the nominations of | the three power commissioners, ex- pressed the opinion during the debate in the Senate yesterday that it would be impossible to take the question people will “these lppomtmm'.; | whether the power commissioners prop- | erly held office into the courts. 1f that were the case, he said, it would be a futile thing for the Senate now to reject the nominations Senator Walsh moved, however, to re- store the three names to the executive calendar. His motion was carried by & votewof 36 to 23, with the old coalition of insurgent Republicans and Demo- cra‘s uniting against the ivgular Re- lican forces and a few of the Demo- (Continued on Page 4, Column at 1 Full report on page 7. cloudiness today, followed or ‘tomorrow; 42, at 3 pm. 0 pm. - Entered as second clas, post office. Washington That Victorious Effort Is Enough, He Said About Presidency Plea. MEMJIRS TO START | Will Be Published in The | Star Serially Beginning Tomorrow. BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER. Author, War_Correspondent, A. E. F. Staft Officer at the Front. | “I had been at a hard job of Dlow-l ing,” said Capt. John J. Pershing one day & we tramped the hills of Man- | churia, “when I received word I had been appointed a cadet at West Point.” “The plower,” I thought. “That fits you." He was then a military attache with Kuroki’s army in the Russo-Japanese War, and known in the American Army as “Black Jack” Pershing, “Datto” Pershing, the white chief who had he WITH DAILY EVENE WASHINGTON, PERSHING FINDS AMBITION MET IN LEADING U. S. ARMY | COL. FREDERICK PALMER. promotion the best he could hope was | that when he was 63 he might have “Colonel, U. 8. A, Retired,” engraved on his calling card—unless war gave him a chance or he was struck by the brought peace among the quarrelsome Mohammedan dattos of Mindanao. He had been old in his class at West Point. In taking his turn at linear lightning of presidential favor. A sturdy, wholesome fellow, a West Pointer at sight, this Capt. Pershing, (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) BULLET MYSTERY BAFFLES INQUEST Limerick Death Testimony Further Conflicts—More Witnesses Ready. Another description of the precise circumstances at the time Beulah Lim- erick'’s family was summoned to her death-bed will be sought from the first witness when the coroner’s in- quiry reconvenes tomorrow—Mrs. Ethel Annadel of 2412 Fourth street northeast, | a sister of the slain girl. The versions given at the hearing | yesterday and Friday were substantially the same except where they conflicted with testimony offered by Lyman Green, the Casualty Hospital interne, who pronounced Miss Limerick dead. Less than 10 of the half a hundred witnesses under subpoena have been examined. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, cor- oner, said last night he doubted if the inquiry could be brought to a close tomorrow. Officials feel that too much time has been spent in hearing testimony with only an indirect bearing on the death, and an effort will be made, Dr. Nevit said, to get to the witnesses regarded as most important. Three Men May Testify. Three of four men held for investiga- tion in Miss Limerick's death probably will be given an opportunity to take the stand tomorrow. Since they are technical defendants, it will be optional with them as to whether they will testify. Sergt. John Flaherty, in charge of the homicide squad, testified yesterday that the squad’s investigation failed to disciose_the presence of a bullet hole in the floor under Miss Limerick's bed, & find later reported by Patrolman Rob- ert F. Langdon of No. 5 precinct, Who has been held for questioning in the case since Priday a week ago. | Langdon was detailed to guard the | death house early on the morning of | January 2, before suspicion fell on him. | He later ‘Teported finding a bullet hole | in the floor under the bed, recovering | the slub from beneath the floor, and an | exploded cartridge in a coffee cup in the kitchen which adjoins the death | room. | Detectives of the homicide squad, led | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) AT MAN FOUND SLAIN ON BANK OF STREAM Finding of Body Puzzles Char- lottesville, Va., Police—Believed Thrown From Car. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., January 10 (). —Officers tonight were attempt- |ing to solve the brutal slaying of an unidentified white man, apparently | about 40 years old, whose body was | found late today on the bank of a stream flowing into Mechums River. | _ A small wire had been twisted around | the man’s neck and a small towel stuf- | fed into his mouth. The forehead and | head bore half a dozen deep gashes. | Officers believe the man was thrown from an automobile and over the rail- ing of the bridge some time last night. REFLECTIONS MAKE SUN BRIGHTER IN TIMBER THAN IN OPEN AREAS Shiny Leaves and Light-Colored Bark Intensify Rays, According to Lake States Forest Station. By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, January 10.—The sun’s rays are brighter in pafts of Northern timber lands than tn open areas. : A study of light intensity in the Chip- pewa National Forest, made by the Lake States Forest Experiment Station at the University of Minnesota, showed in a | report issued today that in many in- | stances rays penetrating the woodlands have an intensity of 140 per cent of skylight. The reason is reflection. Direct light rays, the report said, break through the trees and are re- flected from the shiny leaves and light- colored and bark of the aspen birch. ‘This reflection adds to the intensity of the beam. In pine forests the intensity is less— due to that tree’s dark bark. | ‘This study has proven an aid in re- | forestation of the Northland. The for- | est men have learned that pine and | birch saplings are less likely to die from | insufficient light when placed in aspen | stands. In a similar study Dr. Henry A. Erik- son, head of the university’s physics de- partment, is making a research into the intensity of light under water. He is perfecting & device to measure this in- tensity down to a depth of 800 feet. Its use, Dr. Erikson said, will be to “correllate our knowledge of light in- tensity of different wave with CORNERED BANDIT ATTEMPTS SUIIDE Hold-Up Man’s Gun Fails‘in Effort to Shoot Policeman After Store Robbery. A chain-store bandit, who fired a bullet into his head when police closed | in on him yesterday afternoon, was reported on the verge of death at Cas- ualty Hospital last night. John Boyd, 34 years old, of Philadel- phia, the hold-up man, turned the gun on himself after it had misfired twice as he pointed it at the three police- men who had cornered him and his companion, Theodore Roosevelt Brewer, 26 years old, of Winston-Salem, N. C. Brewer surrendered and was lodged in the fifth precinct on a charge of rob- The capture of the two hold-up men was effected through the alert detec- tive work of Gordon Hooff, 19-year-old grocery clerk of 320 Tenth street south- east, who trailed the robbers for nearly an hour and finally came upon them in Garfield Park, Second street and Vir- ginia avenue southeast, where the shoot- antic & Pacific Tea Co.'s grocery store about 2 o'clock, after waiting a short time outside until the store had cleared of customers. Larger Sum Overlooked. Accosting . the manager, William Driscoll, 55 years old, of 510 I street southeast, they held the store official and a clerk, Louis McKenzie, 20 years old, of 509 B street southeast, at bay | and took all of the money from the cash register, estimated at $21. A considerably larger amount of cash, | secreted beneath the counter to be| called for by an express messenger, was | overlooked by the bandits in their haste to finish the “job” and get away, store officials told police. Hooff, a former employe of the store, passed 'the establishment a few mo- | ments after the hold-up men left the | place and ran into a nearby alley. Mc- Kenzie recognized Hooff, told him of the robbery, and the latter set out after the men in an_automobile driven by W. P! Caton of 2528 Pennsylvania ave- nue southeast. Caton and Hooff drove to Ninth and B streets southeast, where they learned that the two men they were trailing had boarded a street car at Eighth| street and North Carolina_ avenue southeast. Caton went to the fifth| precinct and summoned police, while Hooff haled a truck.and followed the electric car to Eighth street and Vir- ginia avenue southeast, where he saw the men. Police Car Overturns. ‘The two bandits, accosted by Hooff, admitted they got on the street car at ‘Elzhth street and North Carolina ave- nue, but said they were workers ‘“‘on their way home” and advised him to| “beat it."” . Hooff followed at a safe distance, to Seventh and I streets southeast, where he recognized a friend, and told him to call_police. Policeman Joseph Bowers | of No. 5 precinct, rushing to answer the call, was slightly injured when his police car overturned at Seventh and I streets southeast in attempting to avoid colliding with a truck. He es- caped with slight scratches and abra- ons. Trailed by the youthful clerk, Boyd and Brewer walked out Virginia avenue and into Garfleld Park, where they turned back and met Hooff in the cen- ter of the park for the second time, De- manding to know why he continued to follow them, the men were told that Hooff was onhis way home, and Boyd ordered him to “get going.” Revolver Misses Fire. Policeman C. J. Stewart, who mean- while had been told by Pvt. Bowers the route taken by the robbers, arrived on the scene at this juncture. Boyd drew his revolver, leveled it at the on-coming policeman and pressed the trigger. The gun missed fire, whereupon he turned it upon himself and pulled the trigger twice. The revolver missed fire on Boyd's first attempt at suicide, but on the second try he sent a bullet into his right temple. Brewer was taken to the fifth pre- cinct after Boyd had been carried to Casualty Hospital. He admitted the hold-up, and threatened to kill himself if given the opportunity. He would give no further details concerning himself or Boyd other than the identity of himself and Boyd. ‘Thirty-four dollars was found in the possession of the two men. Brewers' fingerprints were taken at police headquarters after he faced head- at the 7 o'clock the micro-organisms existing in the water.” | D. A. R. Activities—Page B-6. Do LIBERIA IMPOSES SLAVERY BY WHIP, SAYS U. S. REPORT Pressure for Abandonment of | System So Far Consid- ered Unavailing. SUNDAY MOR “PAWNING” LABOR PLAN STRONGLY DENOUNCED Republic in Africa Often Aided by ‘Washington Given Reform Pro- posals by Commi By the Associated Press. Liberia, founded as a refuge for freed men upon whom the scars of bondage still were fresh, was pictured to the world yesterday as a nation in which slavery was imposed by whip and chains. Piteous appeals from ignorant black natives ran through the pages of a re- port of an investigating commission sent there at the request of the State Department. The department made the report public last night. ‘The commission consisted of Cuth- bert Christy, chairman, appointed by the League of Nations; Charles Spur- geon Johnson, appointed by the United States, and Arthur Barclay, appointed by Liberia. The commission recommended radi- cal changes in various government in- stitutions to bring to an end the con- ditions. Pressure Is Exerted. Severe pressure has becn brought to| bear by the United States spon Liberia to meet the commission's recommenda- tions, but so far the department con- siders the steps taken inappropriate and inadequate. President King and Vice President Yancy, both of whom were mentioned in the testimony, resigned early in De- cember when the State Department | first insisted that action be taken to| meet the commission’s findings. Going beyond slave conditions, the commission investigated the practice of “pawning,” under which relatives, and particularly women, were given as se- curity for loans or indebtednesses. “The commission finds that although classic slavery carrying the idea of slave markets and slave dealers no longer ex- ists as such in the Republic of Liberia, slavery as defined in the 1926 Anti- slavery Convention does exist. Pawn- ing is also recognized in the social econ- omy of the republic.” Use Natives as Pawns, The commission found no evidence that leading citizens participated in domestic slavery, but that there was evidence that some Americo-Liberians took natives as pawns and abused the system by taking women to attract laborers to their land. Systematic intimidation and {ll treat- ment on the part of government offi- cials, messengers and frontier force sol- diers was found to have been used for recruiting forced labor for motor-road construction, for building civil com- pounds and military barracks and for porterage. This type of labor was said in many instances to have been diverted to pri- vate use on the farms and plantations of high government officials and private citizens, The report said there was no evi- dence that the Pirestone Plantation Co. “consciously employs any but voluntary labor on its leased rubber plantation— but this, however, was not always the case when recruiting was subject to government regulations, over which the company had little eontrol.” It added all the company’s laborers are free to terminate their employment at will. Critical of Recruiting. Reeruiting under conditions of crim- inal compulsion, “scarcely distinguish- able from slave raiding and slave trading,” was found in connection with shipments of contract laborers to the colony of Fernando Poo, under an ar- rangement. with Spain and to French Gabun. The feeble efforts of the chiefs to protect their natives when the frontier ce came to gather them was shown (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Educational News—Page B-4. and At Community Centers—Page B-6. PART TWO—S8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Comment. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Army and Navy News—Page 6. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radlo. Screen NG EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” UP) Means Associated Press. NI JANUARY 11, STRICTER ELECTION LAW URGED BY NYE Corruption Threatens Repre- sentative Government, He Tells Radio Audience. Declaring that the growing practice of spending large sums of money in political campaigns is a direct incentive to corruption, Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, chairman of the Sen- ate Campaign Funds Committee, in a radio address last night emphatically urged a tightening up of laws governing primaries and elections and stricter lim- itation of campaign expenditures. The address was made through Station WMAL in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the Nation-wide net- work of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Senator Nye cited the use of large sums of money in 1930 primaries and general elections in a number of States on such a scale as to “invite corrup- tion.” “Corruption cannot exist without money to spend,” he declared. ‘Warning on Corruption. Solemn warning that corruption of our election system and our Govern- ment will “ultimately bring upon us a disease that would destroy the Repub- lic and representative Government” was voiced by the North Dakota Sen- ator. The most dangerous of & variety of influences at work today which threat- en our representative form of Govern- ment, Senator Nye said, is the use of large expenditures in the conducting of political campaigns. This situa- tion, he said, forms the most important issue confronting American Govern- ment today. Senator Nye called upon all voters of the Nation to “stand out and un- compromisingly and jealously rebel against and guard against the corrup- tion of our election system and fight it, whether its sponsors are Republican or Democratic leaders.” ‘The primary system of choosing can- didates for public office, Senator Nye pointed out, grew out of a wholesome desire on the part of the people of the sountry to escape from corruption preva- lent in the older convention plan. ‘Would Not Go Backward. “Certainly we don’t want to go back to that convention plan simply to make it easier and cheaper for selfish in- terests to accomplish their purpose,” he said. “If the repeal of the primary laws is not the cure for the lls growing out of huge ‘campaign_expenditures, then what is the remedy? I think there are three positive things that can be done. Frst, there should be a tightening up of our law governing the conduct of elec- tions, both general and primary. Sec- ond, there should be stricter limitation by law of expenditures; and, finally, there should be an awakening on the part of people to rebellion against money holding such _sway as it does in some " (Continued on Page 2, £olumn 2.) DENIED FLOOR, PARKS In the Motor World——Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. Marine Corps Notes—Page B. Fraternities—Page 6. News of the Clubs—Page 6. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 6. Radio—Page 7. PART FIVE— PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Pinancial News and Classified Adver- tising. Organized Reserves—Page 5. Serial Story, “Golden Dawn"—Page 11. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— Page 11. Gold Star Mothers—Page 11. District National Guard—Page 11, Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 11. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. News of the Music World—Page 19. Reviews of the New Books—Page 20. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 21. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. RETARDS SESSION Arkansas Democrat Repays Repub- licans for What Party Termed “Gag Rule.” By the Assoclated Press. An_Arkansas Democrat—Representa- tive Parks—yesterday repaid Republic- an leaders of the House for applying what the minority party termed the “gag rule.” Representative Garner of Texas, the Democratic leader, attempted to get 30 minutes’ time on next Monday for the Arkansan to discuss proposed appropria- tions for food for the hungry. The request was denied. Shortly afterward, Parks suggested there was not a quorum present. It took 25 minutes to call the roll. Seven times during subsequent pro- ceedings, Parks inte with re- marks about 5,000,000 people hungry” and ended his 5-minute speeches with: “Although it grieves me profound- ly, I must suggest the absence of a quorum.” he made this s stion Moon Mullins; Mutt an Mr. and ‘lar Fellers. d Jeff; Mrs.; T ; Brutus; the Smythes; Little Orphan Annie; High- lights of History. Each time suggesf it took about 5 or 6 minutes to get a | 1931—110 PAGES. =* Liquor Ager Blamed For Interference InRadio Reception By the Associated Press. BILLINGS, Mont., January 10. ~—8Seeking the source of annoy- ing interference with radio re- ception, radio dealers assert they have traced the trouble to an electrical whisky “ager.” ‘Today they warned that unless the use of the machine is dis- continued they will enlist the ald of prohibition authorities to seek out the nuisance. Prohibi- tion Agent John Parker, the dealers point out, would be doubly pleased to find the machine. He '1: one of the interference vic- ims. INPRISONED AN FREED I TUMNEL Other 19 Men Too Large to Push Through, but Early Rescue Is Expected. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif, January 10.— Through an opening tco small to ac- commodate his companions, one of the 20 men imprisoned in Camp Mitchell tunnel crawled to safety tonight. The other 19 were safe and could be touched by rescuers. Hope of getting all of the men out immediately led to the erroneous report that the 20 were freed. After Oscar Nelson, smallest member of the trapped crew, crawled through, another tried to follow through the opening. The opening was too small. Some obstacle which the rescuers could not cut through necessitated a detour of the four-foot rescue tunnel and delayed releasing the other 19, who )l:ld been imprisoned more than 24 jours. AMENDMENT URGED TO ANTI-TRUST ACT Committee Would Limit Actions to Cases Where Restraint Hurts Public. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 10.—An amend- ment to the Sherman anti-trust act, limiting actions for restraint of trade to cases in which such restraint is deemed detrimental to the public, has been proposed by a committee of the National Civic Federation. The federation's commission on in- dustrial inquiry, headed by James W. Gerard and including Matthew Woll, Secretary of Labor W. N. Doak, Owen D. Young, Daniel Willard, Samuel Insull, John W. Davis and two score others, proposed this amendment: “That the words ‘in restraint of trade’ shall be deemed and interpreted to mean only such restraint of trade as, having due regard to the interests of producers, workers, consumers and dis- tributers, shall be to the detriment of the public.” 170 BURIED WORKERS ARE BELIEVED DEAD Men Removing Debris After Ecuador Slide Caught Under Second One. By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, January 10. —Little hope was held tonight for the rescue of any of 170 track workers who were bfiried .when a huge land- slide roared down upon them without warning. The accident occurred near Huigra, 73 miles from Guayaquil, at about 5 o'clock this morning. The men were engaged in removing the debris of an- other slide, which had occurred about 10 o'l:lntckdlln the FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TRADE WIND HEADS EAST FOR AZORES Weather Conditions Excel- lent for 2,045-Mile Flight From Bermuda. By the Associpted Press. HAMILTON, Bermuda, January 10.— iy Stae. E== l TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE 510000000 RELIEF FOR FARM VICTIMS AIM OF RED CROSS Judge Payne Makes Proposal to Hoover as Congress Moves for Action. INCREASING DEMANDS MAKES APPEAL VITAL Watson Predicts Quick Response, Confident Drought Sufferers Will Be Cared For. By the Associated Press. Plans for relieving the suffering caused by the drought took form yes- terday at both the White House and Capitol. A public appeal for $10,000,000 with which to purchase and distribute food, clothing and other necessities to stricken farmers was recommended to President Hoover by Chairman Payne of the Red Cross. Meanwhile, administration leaders in the House took steps to untangle the legislative snarl that has kept that $60,- 000,000 drought loan appropriation bill in a pigeon hole for nearly a week, Chairman Wood of the Appropriations Committee announced the Rules Com= mittee would be asked to give the meas~ ure a special legislative status by which it can be sent Quickly to conference with the Senate. Another effort to bring this about by unanimous consent failed today, again through the objection of La- Guardia, Republican, New York, who says he considers the measure discrim- Mn.BerylletlndLbflt.WlflhmB.{?dl MacLaren, American aviators, headed eastward for the Azores today in their Bellanca monoplane, Trade Wind, on the second leg of a commercial flight | Judge to Paris. They carried a load of more than 3 tons, including 300 gallons of gaso- line, 20 gallons of oil, and 250 pounds Th of varied cargo, the first ever carried in an ocean jump of such magnitude. The start was made st 12:15 pm. local time (11:15 a.m. Eastern standard time).. Weather conditions were excel- lent, although the roughness of the harbor waters forced the to taxi {gren.et;rlylmuebdvre it got up in The fliers expected to take about 21 hours for the flight to the Azores, ar- riving there about 8:15 a.m. (Eastern standard time) Sunday morning. The distance for the , the f e Journey toward Paris 3045 les. FRENCH ON LOOKOUT FOR PLANE. Prepare to Receive Ship at Either of Two Places. LE BOURGET, France, January 10 () —All seaboard aviation posts, from Biarritz to Nantes, were instructed to- day to be on the watch tomorrow and thereafter for the monoplane Trade Wind, which left Bermuda today on a flight to Paris by way of the Azore: Authorities today made p: at both Surenes Pond, in tI River Seine near Paris, and at Enghien Lake to receive the ship, which is equipped :‘(t&rponmons for coming down on the rations [MAN AND WOMAN FOUND MURDERED IN BASEMENT Strange Automobile Seen Leaving House—Blood Stains in Yard Are Discovered. By the Associated Press. VANDEGRIFT, Pa., January 10.— The bodles of Mrs. Frank Jones, 35, and Jay Zillefrow, 38, were found tonight in the basement of the Jones residence, near here. They -had been shot to death, apparently after a struggle. ‘The double slaying was discovered by a neighbor when he called at the house. Police said they were unable to find & revolver in the basement. Blood stains were found in the yard. Neigh- bors told investigators that a strange automobile was seen leaving from near the house about 9 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Jones had been shot several times. Zillefrow's body had been badly battered and a preliminary examin tion failed to reveal bullet wounds, though officers said" they believed he had n shot. The husband of the dead woman is emplo{ed at a road construction camp. He told police he left for work at 7 a.m. today and knew nothing of the shooting until advised by officers. He also was quoted as sa) he y could gdvance no motive for the killings. tion loans { have oonundad”'.:e Cross vn“ any :I:gmdm of relieving all distress due to ught. On the basis of the appeal for the leaders expected the dllwwflmat 000,000 amendment to the loan bill could be eliminated. ‘Wood's effort today to obtain unani- mous consent for a conference on the food loan amendment was the fourth he has made this week. On each oc~ La Guardia's get Congress to appropriate “If they need a campaign, well and good,” he sald. “Payne would be the last to ask Congress for money. It B et e, e tod 01 low haj the Red Cross.” e La Guardia said in a statement “that Payne's appeal bore out statements he had made on the conditions in the cities and the need of immediate relief. Government Must Provide. “The crisis is beyond private relief. geh' luchtthl'é th]el N:‘flknnll Govern=- nt must naturally take ce and provide relief,” he said. i The New Yorker is sponsoring a bill to appropriate $30,000,000 with which the Red Cross would be authorized to {)urchne and distribute food and cloth- ng to the unemployed of cities as as_to farmers. Democratic objectors were anxious for a House vote on the food loan amend- ment. Representative Garner, the party leader, asked that this be taken at once. Byrns of Tennessee, Sabath of Illinois and Parks of Arkansas joined in the demand. x Chairman Snell of the Rules Com- mittee said it would meet on Monday to formylate a special rule under which the bill can be sent to conference. Representative Ragon, Democrat, Ar- kansas, proposed an investigation of the effects of drought and unemployment g a committee of seven House mem« TS, His resolution would Emm that the committee report wit 25 days. would pe instructed to “investigate the health and the social and economic con= ditions of persons in drought and im- dustrial areas. URGES RUM FOR THOSE TAKING OATH NOT TO BECOME DRUNK Director of Association Against Prohibition Holds Repeal of 18th Amendment Not Necessary Under Plan. By the Associated Press. A plan under which, he said, liquor might be manufactured and sold with- aut repealing the eighteenth amend- ment—hinging upon the oath of each pur that he would w hmnl‘;rml- toxical -was proposed A J. Seelman of Milwaukee, ."amewr" of iation the ition .Seelman argued the _eighteenth amendment “does not prohibit alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes when not lml?flnc." Anl;i that uqu::bh “intoxicating when modera sumed.” He contended its sale uurmm would not be illegal if used ‘To carry out this plan it would for Congress to use its power: inf the term “intoxicating liquors” as meaning * ‘which in~ toxicate.” Seelman use a permif system, and have each permittee amined and given the oath. If he not keep the oath and became cated he would be liable to