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WEAT! (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow Temperatures—Highest, 58, day; lowest, 38, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 HER. Entered post offl No. 31,682. jecond class ma shingt D. tter C. The Fpening Star. Associated service. The only evening in Washington wi per the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,911 WASHINGTON, D G, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #%% TWO CENTS. WORKERS PLEDGE SUPPORT T0 CHEST AS DRIVE OPENS Thousands Attend Rally in Constitution Hall—Speeches Are Broadcast. SPECIAL GIFTS UNIT NEARS ASSIGNED QUOTA Red Cross Will Share in Total to Extent of $100,000 for Drought Area Relief. Several thousand workers pledged their support last night as the biggest drive for charity ever undertaken in ‘Washington was launched by the Com- gulrlmy Chest at a rally in Constitution all. Leaders cautioned the solicitors to call upon every possible prospect in order to complete the fund of $1,950,- 154.40 by February 4. Emphasis was laid on the fact that unemployment has caused widespread distress in Washing- ton, taxing the resources of practically institution affiliated with the Chest. Attention also was called to an agree- ment under which the Red Cross will receive from the Chest Washington's quota of $100,000 in the national cam- paign for $10,000,000 to be used in pro- viding food, clothes and other relief for the hundreds of thousands of per- sons affected by the drought. Noyes’ Unit “Bats .750.” An unusually spontaneous ovation was accorded Newbold Noyes, chairman of the Special Gift Committee, when he announced his unit already had obtain- ed nearly three-quarters of the $1,000,- 000 it was assigned to raise. “My erowd,” Mr. Noyes declared, “comes before you tonight batting about 1150. We had hoped to report contri- butions of $1,000,000 tonight, but sick- ness and other causes militated against us. “We still are working, however, and will continue to work. We will be with you at your luncheon meetings starting Wednesday and will report daily on our progress. Perhaps before the campaign closes you will have a chance to ap- plaud the announcemert that we have collected that million.” Feeling Is Strong. ‘The Special Gifts chairman reported ‘Washingtonians in general had a new feeling for the Chest this year. He said workers were being warmly received, “because all the pecple realize the crisis caused by the unemployment situation which confronts the city. “There is no need to sell the Chast. Everybody in Washington knows what it is and what it does. What we must sell is that there are hundreds of men and women without food for themselves and for their children and that they must be fed. Hungry and cold men and women, despairing because of that hunger and cold, are hard people with whom. to deal. The best way is to feed them, and if you put that idea before the public your task is made easy.” Tableau Given. The activities of the crganizations as- sociated with the Chest were depicted in a tableau, “The Heart of Washing- ton.” - This event was directed by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest. Colorful cos- tumes worn by the participants added to the success of the pageant. Judge John Barton Payne, national | chairman, expressed pleasure over the merging of the Chest and Red Cross campaigns. He pointed out that the Red Cross already is feeding 641,000 Peopie 1n 21 States where the drought caused the most deplorable condjtions. “There are no carloads of food,” Judge Payne explained. “The American Red Cross is not fixing any ration for these stricken people. Our chapter workers, neighbors of the afflicted people, study their needs and give them orders on the nearest store for the food they | require.” Red Cross Contributions. | Pointing out he preferred not to| discuss the measure at length, Judge Payne said there was no doubt that the proposed appropriation by Con- gress of $25,000,000 for drought relief had reduced the number of contribu- tions to the Red Cross. He said many ple wished to learn first whether (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) SUSPECT KILLS SELF IN POLICE MACHINE| Shoots Self in Head While Riding Between Two Officers—Held | in Woman's Slaying. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., January 27.—| Emmanuel Kolb, 38, alleged speakeasy | proprietor, shot and Killed himself | carly today as he sat between two| policemen in the police car that was taking him from his home to head- | quarters for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting last night of Mrs. Irma V. McDermott, 35, his alleged sweetheart, | On the way to the station, Kolb complained of being crowded, and as the officers shifted their positions, Kolb drew out a revolver and shot himself | in the head. | According to police, jealousy started the quarrel between Kolb and Mrs.| McDermott which ended in the shoot- ing of the woman. . RAILROAD SUES MOTORIST Bsys Auto Knocked Three €Cars Into Ditch. BROKEN BOW, Nebr., January 27 P).—Fioyd Havck, the Burlington Rail- ‘emad charged yesterday, while driving his automobile at high speed crashed into a 75-car freight train, knocking three box cars into a ditch, for which Box Attorney General Refuses to Approve Naming of Ernest A. Michel. Minnesota Senator Infers He Will Not Withdraw His Indorsement. By the Associated Press. Attorney General Mitchell and Sen- ator Schall, Republican, Minnesota, en- gaged today in an open controversy over the appointment of a Federal judge in the Midwestern State. The Attorney General, breaking the customary silence of his department, issued a statement asserting it should be “understood, once and for all,” that he could not recommend to the Presi- dent Ernest A. Michel, Minnesota law- yer, indorsed for the post by Schall. The blind Senator immediately re- plied with a statement indicating he would not withdraw the indorsement and charging Mitchell with “less than good taste” in some of his assertions. Submitted One Name. Mitchell, himself a native of Minne- sota, said he believed the people of that State did not want “men appointed to pay political debts.” The cabinet offi- cer indicated also that Schall's reco: mendation of Michel was “unsatisfac- tory” to President Hoover. “Senator Schall,” the Attorney Gen- eral said, “has submitted the name of only one man for this place. * * * It has been the practice, if the initial sugges- tions are unsatisfactory to the Execu- tive, for the Senators to present other names. The time has arrived for that to be done in this case. “There ought to be no difference of opinion,” he continued, “about the qualifications necessary for this judicial office. The man for such a post should (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SCHALL AND MITCHELL CLASH ON NOMINATION OF U.S. e Above: Attorney General Mitchell™. Below: Senator Schall. DELAY IN RELIEF CHARGED BY BLACK Alabaman Holds Political Ad- vantage Will Be Purchased at Price of Suffering. By the Associated Press. While House hearings on the $25.- 000,000 appropriation for Red Cross re- lief continued, Sena Black today charged “deliberate” y of the legis- lation was being practiced. “Even a casual knowledge of the situ- ation existing in our country today is sufficient to demonstrate the callous indifference of those who seem to de- lay and retard relief legislation,” the Alabama Democrat told the Senate. “The political advantage may be deemed a worth-while objective, but it will be purchased at a frightful price of human suffering.” As the House Appropriations Com- mittee moved forward its hearings, which are scheduled to end tomcrrow, | Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers, testified that nearly all of the $22,500,000 appropriated last De- cember under the unemployment emer- gency fund had been -allotted. Meanwhile the Red Cross announced $3,313,348 had been received in its $10,- 000,000 drought relief campaign. John D. Rockefeller sent the largest check of the day, for $250,000. The International Harvester Co. sent a check for $100,000. Hawail reported $8,000 of its $20,000 quota was raised and guaranteed the remainder, while Lubec, Me., sent word that although its factories had been closed for ten months, its quota would be raised. To Speed Up Hearings. Senate proposals for relief were heaped on the House doorstep today, While the Appropriations Committee de- cided to put some speed into hearings on the Senate’s $25,000,000 fund for the Red Cross, that Chamber passed a bill to turn over to drought and unemploy- ment sufferers 20,000,000 bushels of Farm Board wheat. It also seny along a bill to exclude homesteaders from residence upon their lands during 1929 and 1930, if driven off by the drought. ~A dozen minor uncontested measures went through at the same time. The grain proposal passed the Senate without objection at last night's session. ‘The plan is not looked upon with favor by some administration supporters as bursed the value of the wheat. They contend it will amount to a direct ap- propriation of $15,000,000. Conceding that considerable distress existed among _people in _drought- stricken areas, Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) the Farm Board will have to be rein- | FIRING OF WARNING T0RUM SHIP DENIED Officer of Josephine K. Says All Coast Guard Shots Struck Vessel. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Japuary 27.—Wesley Anderson, first mate of the Josephine K., Canadian vessel shelled by the Coast Guard off Ambrose Light Saturday night, told interviewers today that the Guardsmen failed to fire any warning shets. . Anderson declared only three shells | were directed at the Josephine K, and said every gne of them took effect. One | mortally wounded Capt. William P. Cluett, master of the vessel. Inquiry Held Today. The first mate was to be a witness |at the Coast Guard inquiry into the | snooting, convening this afterncon at the guard station in Staten Island. | Other members of the crew of the and tug Dauntless, captured with her, also were to testify. Twenty-one men |in all have been held on charges of | conspiracy to smuggle liquor into New York. “The first intimation I had of the presence of the Coast Guard cutter was when her searchlight picked us up,” Anderson said. “She was not more than 25 yards away. I was at the for- ward hold and as soon as the first chot | was fired I ducked to the engine room “Capt. Cluett was alone in the pilot house, so far as I know, and i can't | say on which shot he stopped our boat, but I am sure it was either the first or the second. Whether it was cne of these or the third that struck him I don't know. “So far as I could judge, out position well outside the 12-mile limit. 1d place it about 15 miles. I 'know of no blank shots fired at | us.” Captain Struck in Hip. Anderson said the captain had been struck 1n the left leg just below the hip. | He was conscious, and he said nothing {about the shooting, the mate declared, but he did ask to have his face bathed | and requested that a pillow be placed | under his head. | “There was a lapse of about 15 min- | utes before the Coast Guardsmen de- | cided to take Capt. Cluett away,” the | mate continued. | _ When the Jesephine K was towed to | the barge office here vesterday, ob- | servers noted that her sides were | scratched, and a story was circulated | that the marks were caused by shelling. | Anderson denied this and said the ves- |sel had been in a minor accident in | Halifax. g | _The British consul general in New | York has been asked to send a repre- sentative to the meetings of the board !of inquiry. Threaten to Bloi By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 27.—Paul Jordan Smith's joke on the art of the | modern school and its critics keeps threatening to backfire. Smith, an author, revealed August 14, 1927, that he was the “Pavel Jer- “Aspiration,’ nation,” four- ultra-impressionistic pic- tures which won international fame. He painted them, he said, without |the slightest knowledge of painting, “just to prove most art critics didn’t know what they were talking about.” ‘The inspiration for the deception was received when a. painting by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Smith, whom he considered the rallroad asked $239 damages. YOU “PAVEL JERDANOWITCH” ART JOKE MAY BE BOOMERANG FOR AUTHOR| Writer’s “Modernistic”’ Pictures, Done to Shame Ceritics, t His Real Fame. being “distinctly of the old school” after it had been exhibited at Clare- mont, Calif. “Exaltation,” the most famous of his works, at one time, Smith revealed, w called “Yes, We Have No Bananas' and cerved as a fire screen in his home. Later it was exhibited in Chicago, New " | York and Boston and received favorable comment in art journals here and abroad. ’ But the fame of the pictures and the reputation they made for “Pavel Jer- danowitch” threaten to outlive the memory of Smith and his joke. Yester- day Smith was “exposed” in Boston. that the pictures will carve a niche in the hall of fame for the mythical an accomplished artist, was criticized as “Pavel.’ | Josephine K. and of the scow Brooklyn | 1| traffic regulations, Now he fears recurring “exposes” or|the distribution of the editions. F AND G STREETS CLOSED T0 HACKS FROM 3TH T0 TTh Driver Must Know Fare Waiting to Enter Areas of Evenings. RULE TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM 8 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT “U” Turns in Same Sections Are | Forbidden by D. C. Heads on | Traffic Director's Advice. The Commissioners today adopted a drastic regulation barring taxi cabs off F and G streets, between Ninth and Fifteenth streets, during the evenings, except when the cabs are on call. The regulation, which goes into ef- fect in 10 days, provides that between the hours of 8 o'clock and midnight on week days and 2 o'clock and midnight on Sundays no taxi shall enter or op- erate on F or G streets in the for- bidden area, except for the purpose of taking on or discharging a passenger or passengers. The regulation continues: “The burden of proof shall be upon said driver or operator (of the taxi cab) to show that he had previously ascertained the need of his vehicle on said street; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the crossing of F or G streets by such vehicles at intersect- ing streets.” “U” turns on F and G streets, be- tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets, by any vehicle are also barred by another regulation adopted at the same time. Traffic Director Recommends Rule. The new regulation was adopted on the recommendation of Assist. Supt. E. W. Brown, in charge cf the Traffic Bu- reau. The exact language of the pro- posed regulation has been debated for | sometime, and a previous wording, | which would have prevented street cars from entering F street, was turned down. Brown's original recommenda- tion, dated December 2, says: “With the increasing vehicular traffic and the increasing number cf public vehicles, traffic congestion is becoming more acute in the congested area, pas- ticularly F and G streets northwest be- tween Ninth and Fifteenth streets. Sees Two Congestion Faetors. “From personal observation of traffic conditions on these streets, I find there are two outstanding contribution fac- tors to traffic congestion in these streets. One is the slow moving taxi- cabs using these sireets for the pur- pose of picking up passengers, and the other is the vehicles, both public and private, making what is known as ‘U’ turns between intersecting streets, which seriously interferes with ihe free move- ment of traffic and frequently causes accidents.” Inspector Brown then recommended the text of a regulation which would forbid “public vehicles” from using F street, excepl on call, but since the words “public vehicles” included street cars, the regulation was turned over to Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride for redrafiing. In Inspector Brown's original recommendation there was nothing said about placing the burden | of proof that he had been summoned on the defendant arrested under this rule. This appears for the first time in a draft of the regulation prepared by | Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward | W. Thomas on January 12, the text of which was adopted by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride without change when he recommended the regu- | lation to the Commissioners for | adoption. This regulation must, like all other be advertised for 10 days before it becomes effective. Only on two previous instances have | the Commissioners taken steps to al-| leviate traffic congestion on F and G | streets by prohibiting taxicabs from | cruising empty on these thoroughfares. These restrictions were temporary, how- ever, and were adopted during the | Shrine convention in 1923, and again | during the presidential inaugural week in March, 1929. 'DEFEAT OF ROBSION | PUT ON KLAN PAPER/ | : Kentuckian Says Fellowship Forum Caused Rejection of U. S. Senator. By the Assoclated Press. Testimony that circulation in K?n-‘ tucky last Fall of special editions of the | Fellowship Forum, Ku Klux Klan news- paper, cost former Republican Senator Robsion the election in that State, was | given before the Senate Cnmp‘llgx"ll Funds Committee today by Gordon | Huff, Loulsville newspaper man. Huft testified the Forum circulation was opposed by every one at Republican s, because it revived the “religious prejudice” of the 1928 cam- religion was not an issue He said the publicity also cost the re- election of Representative Craddock, Republican, in the fourth district, and played a part in the defeat of Mrs. Langley in the tenth district. Huff, who served as director of pul licity for the Republican State Cen ‘Committee during the election, said 100,000 copies of a special Kentucky edition of the Forum were received at State Committee headquarters, but were considered by all the Republican leaders as “so bad” that 40,000 coples were burned before the election and 30,000 afterward. Robsion, he added, was the “only Re- publican in Kentucky” who approved of He said he did not believe Robsion knew the MISTER. Paa'i\_!?:-'lfl 0 CRMCISM CAN BE RAISED, AGAINST? AMAN THE SUPERB THE NYE COMMIT COMPLETES ITS WORK. MUSSOLINI DENIES CHARGE OF BUTLER | Duce Sends Message to En-| voy Saying He Never Ran Over Any One With Car. | A cablegram of protest from Premier | Benito Mussolini to the Italian Ambas- | sador, Nobile Giacomo de Martino, to- | day added fuel to an international flare- up kindled by Brig. Gen, Smedley D. | Butler, “the fighting Marine,” in a re- | cent speech at Philadelphia. The Navy | Department has called upon Gen. But- ler for an official explanation, it was learned today, and the State Depart- ment, attempting to scoth ruffied feel- ings, has assured the Italian Ambassa- dor that a thorough investigation will be made. “I have never taken an American on amotor car trip around Italy, neither have I run over a child, man or wom- ments attributed Philadelphia speech that Mussolini had run over and killed a child, dismissing the incident with the remark, “What is one life in the affairs of a state?” Envoy Makes Protest. Gen. Butler, according to report, in his speech stated that a friend of his who had visited Italy and was taken all over the country on a 12-day trip by Il Duce in his special armored car, was a passenger when the child was struck and killed. When the American cried out in horror, according to the story. Mussolini did not stop, but dismisced | the affair with a remark and continued | on his way. As soon as the story of the general's speech was published by a Philadelphia paper the Italian Ambassador protested officially at the Sgate Department. The cablegram of protest from Mussolini, it was stated today, was received after the Ambassador’s protest had been made. The Navy Department, it was said to- day, has asked Gen. Butler to explain the remarks attributed to him. Gen. Butler, on duty with the Marine Corps East Coast Expeditionary Force at Quantico, Va., had not replied today to the inquiry and Secretary Adams said the Navy would take no action pending his answer. Fellow Marine Corps offi- cers here declined to comment. Report Is Awaited. It was stated at the Navy Department that Maj. Gen. B. H. Fuller, com- aandant of the Marine Corps, has been asked to assemble the facts in the mat- ter for submission to the Secretary of the Navy. When this report and the statement of Gen. Butler are before him the Secretary of the Navy will determine whether disciplinary steps may be neces- sary. Officials of the Italian embassy de- scribe Butler’s story as mischievous and absurd. Even aside from Mussolini’s emphatic denial, they said, the pressure of business of ' Duce is such that he could not spend 12 days traveling with an American citizen or any other man, regardless of his importance. The only time I'Duce has had an American as an automobile guest, as far as attaches at the embassy can remember, was a tew years ago when Mussolini took the wife of a_ distinguished American from Rome to Ostia, a distance of a few miles. Another remark attributed to Butler in_the Philadelphia speech was that “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SLAYS WIFE AND CHILD, THEN TAKES OWN LIFE Virginian Uses Shotgun and Poison in Jealous Rage—Two Others Threatened. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., January 27.—Ervin B. Taylor. 55, in a jealous rage killed his young wife, Hilda Bradley Taylor, 21, and a little son, 4, at the home of his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eph- riam Bradley, 1 mile from Spottswood, about 8 o'clock this morning and then took his own life A single-barrel sawed-off shotgun was used to kill ths wife. Only wound- ing the child, he poured poison into its mouth, then swallowed the re- mainder and died from its effects. He also had threatened the lives of his wife’s mother and a colored servant. Railroad Plans $1,000,000 Repairs. PENSACOLA, Fla., January 27 (®) —Officials of the Louisville & Nashville Rallroad announced here today that approximately $1,000,000 will be spent coples were burned, and probably would feel “hurt” when he read his testimony. in water front and track improvements in Pensacola. Only Six Jobless Veterans Continue, March to Capital Remnants of Saturday’s Army of 200 Lunch in Elkridge. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ELKRIDGE, Md., January 27.—A footsore and weary little band of six men was all that remained today of the army of unemployed World War'| Veterans that enthusastically started out Saturday from Philadelphia, 200 strong, to march to Washington to ap- peal directly to Congress and Presfdent (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) U. . DEPORTATION METHODS AR HT Treatment of British Forced to Leave Under Inquiry Here and Abroad. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 27.— The cases of | British nationals who have been deport- ed from the United States and who have complained of the treatment re- ceived af the hands of American au- thorities. are being investigated both in London and Washngton. Hugh Dalton, undersecretazy for for- eign affairs, told the House of Ccmmons yesterday that such compiaints had been recelved from time to time and that representations had been made to the State Department by the British Ambassador. He said he was confident that such cases would receive the full considera- tion of American authorities. Capt. Peter MacDonald, Conservative member for the Isle of Wight, insisted on a statement regarding the case of S. P. Eaden, recently deported from the United States after 20 vears’ residence there. Capt. MacDonald wanted to know whether any protest had been made regarding Eaden's treatment by American authorities and whether any :;asnn had been given for his deporta- on. Dalton answered: “I think it would be in the best interests of Mr. Eaden if Capt. MacDonald and I had a pri- vate conversation about it.” CORRESPONDENT DEPORTED. Canadian Said to Have Admitted Com- munistic Beliefs. DETROIT, January 27 (#).—Gordon Cascadden, special European correspond- ent for several American newspapers, was deported to Canada for one year by American immigration officers yesterday. John L. Zurbrick, district director of immigration, sald the action was taken because of Cascadden’s admitted ap- proval of Communistic doctrines. Cascadden is a Canadian citizen and Is 47 years old. RECEIVER IS NAMED FORW. B. & A. LINE Subsidiary Company Also Is Taken Over by Order of U. S. Court. George Weems Williams, Baltimore attorney, was appointed receiver for the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway on an order signed by Judge Morris A. Soper in the United States District Court at Baltimore to- day. The action was taken on a petition filed by R. E. Duvall Co., Inc., of Wash- ington. At the same time, Judge Soper named Albert E. Towers as receiver for the Annapolis, Chesapeake Bay Power Co. a subsidiary of the electric railway. The iatter appointment was made on tion of George Baker Schroeder, a citi- zen of New York. In Mr. Schroeder’s petition the allegation is made that the Annapolis, Chesapeake Bay Power Co., was not able to $30,000, dus Derc:rynl:egrgm e In this action it was said that the assets of the company exceeded its debts and that the current earnings ex- ceeded the interest on certain out- standing bonds. The Chesaj Bay Power Co. assented to the appointment of Mr. Towers as receiver. Manager Makes Statement. ‘The Duvall Co., with offices here in the Franklin National Bank Building, in its petition alleged that the railroat owes the plaintiff $3,246.25 for cross ties recently purchased. The petition was drawn by Attorney Willlam F. Kelly, associate of P. J. J. Nicolaides, with offices in the Union Trust Build- ing, and filed by Attorney John T. Tucker of Baltimore. The following statement was made by Harry T. Connolly, vice president and general manager of the W, B. & A. Electric Rallroad and the Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay Power Co.: “The appointment of a receiver of the W. B. & A. Electric Railroad Co. was made necessary by impairment of the railroad’s revenues through continuous falling off in traffic. The road, like other interurban roads, is subject to compe- tition of motor busses, motor trucks, and private automobiles. This com- petiiion we have nct been able to over- come, even by new equipment, reduc- tions in fares and decreases in runnini time. Consequently, the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad Co. finds itself in the same unfortunate position as some of the steam roads and an increasing number cf electric urban and imterurban roads. “The appointment of a receiver of the Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay Power Co, is a consequence of the receivership of (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) LARGE DIAMOND FOUND CHEROKEE, Calif., January 27 (®). —A rough diamcnd, estimated by miners to be worth $1,500, was found in the tailings of the old Cherokee hydraulic gold mine here yesterday by a schoolgir], Cora Jackson. In the last 50 years 475 diamonds have been picked out of the hydraulic tallings, but no systematic attempt ever has been made to mine the stones. Cora’s diamcnd weighs 27 carats. WOMAN WHO GAVE HER HUSBAND TO ANOTHER CONTESTS HIS WILL Divorced Widow Says She Prepared Wedding Dress for | Second Wife, 14 By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 27.—Love so great that she gave her husband in marriage to Phoebe Armstrong, & woman 14 years younger than herself, is professed by Mrs. Stella Marlenee in contesting the will of her divorced hus- band, Dr. Charles L. Marlenee. “I even prepared Phoebe's wedding garments for her,” she testified in Su- perior Court yesterday. “She always ex- erted a sort of hypnotic influence over e Dr. Marlenee, an optician, died last Are Nee'ded More Than Ever Before This Year in the Years Younger. September of injuries received in a fall from a ladder. His estate was valued at $500,000 by Mrs. Stella Marlenee and $125,000 by the widow. “Stella asked me to marry Dr. Mar- lenee, saying I could make him happy,” Mrs. Phoebe Marlence, who was will the bulk of the estate, testified, “but 1 told them I would not consider it until I was convinced they could not get along together. Later Stella wrote me she would have gotten a divorce herself if the doctor hadn’t.” His divorce was obtained in Vegas, Nev.,, in September, 1917. SENATE DISPLACES HOWELL MEASURE WITH WAR PROJECT Effort to Be Launched to Reconsider District Dry Bill, However. COMPROMISE CLAUSE IS OFFERED BY BORAH Senator Declares It Is Not Neces- ‘sary to Invade Homes With- in Capital. The Senate this afternoon displaced the Howell District prohibition bill as the unfinished business by voting to take up the War Department appro- priation bill, This action puts the prohibition bill back on the calendar, where it was be- fore consideration of it was begun last week. It does not, however, prevent Senator Howell from making further ef- forts between now and March 4 to have it taken up again. It no longer has the privileged status of being the un- finished business, however, and would require an affirmative vote of the Sen- ate to restore it to that position. Reed Motion Passed. Ordinarily appropriation bills are taken up from time to time by unani- mous consent without destroying thé privileged satus of the unfinished busi- ness, but today Senator Blaine of Wis- consin refused to give unanimous con- sent to temporarily take up an appro- priation bill, Thereupon Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, in charge of the War Department supply bill, made a motion to proceed with that bill. Senator Howell told the Senate if this motion was adopted it would place the prohibi- tion bill back on the calendar where it was before it was taken up. ‘The motion of Senator Reed, dis~ placing the Howell bill, was adopted s oag < fore the prohibition measure was laid aside, Senator Blease, Demo- crat, of South Carolina, who has ob- Jected to Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, also had < long list &‘( offer if thz‘fl 't«u?ul had been o 4 sidered further. o Norris Sounds Warning. Dry Senators in favor of the Howell bill told Senator Howell they believed he could secure enough votes to take his blll up again later on even if it was set aside now. Senator Norris of Nebraska, however, warned his col- leagues not to deceive themselves as to the effect of taking up the War Depart- ment bill by vote. Senator Norris ex- pressed the belief that if a vote was taken to lay aside the Howell bill now it ‘lou:g be 'dl?l.dbe mrth'hu session, be- cause there other appropriation bills following the war supply measure. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, mi- nority leader, said he would support the taking up of the War Department bill because it is apparent that the local prohibition bill would require a consid- erable time and because notice has been given that a great many amend- ments would be offered to the prohi- bition measure. Howell Offers Compromise. A compromise search-warrant clause for the District prohibition bill was bzen put forward for consideration by Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, following an afternoon of debate yes- terday during which that section of the bill in its present form was attacked and defended. A motion late yesterday by Senator Hawes, Democrat, of Missouri to send the entire bill back to the Judiciary Committee for further study was beaten, 45 to 28. Senators Borah, Walsh of Montana and George of Georgia, all lawyers, united yesterday in the belief that the search warrant terms of existing law are ample to cope with the method of bootlegging which Senator Howell con- tends is followed in Washington. Nebraskan Defends Bill. ‘The Nebraskan, in defending his bill as written, explained again that en- forcement officers here cannot catch bootleggers who use private dwellings as storage places because evidence of a sale on the premises is needed to obtain warrants and, he said, sales are never made at the storage place, Senator Howell was supported in yes- terday's debate by Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment; Brookhart, Re- publican, of Iowa, and Trammell, Dem- ocrat, of Florida. Trammell later sup- ported the compromise offered by Sen- ator Borah. Before offering his substitute pro- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) NOBILE'S RESCUER HURT IN PLANE FALL Capt. Einar Lundborg, Swa-i'{ah Ace, Has Had Romantic Ca- reer as Soldier. By the Assoclated Press. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 27. —Capt. Einar Lundborg, the Swesmn jed | aviator who rescued the Italian, Gen. Nobile, after the disastrous Italian Polar flight, was seriously injured to- day when his plane crashed from 140 feet during a practice flight. e 25 Radio Programs on Page C-3 Community Chest d Cross