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BITTER CONFLICT L ARISES ON RELIEF Payne’s Statement Opposing Federal Fund Releases Storm in Senate. (Continued From First Page. ing own responsibilities to aid the peo- “It would be so much more coura- if the President would stand out starkly in_his own person as denying| relief to the hungry and suffering for | political reasons instead of dragging in the Red Cross” said Senator Caraway. Senator - Copeland of New York in- terrupted, declaring that he could not believe that the Red Cross would do “such a thing.” “I know that the action of this Cen- tral Committee does not represent the | sentiment of the millions who have contributed to_the Red Cross" said Senator Caraway. “The organization ought to rid itself of these men.” Senator Copeland insisted that “it was most. unfortunate and that there must be some mistake about it.” { Protest Letter Cited. The New York Senator added that he ‘had recently received’ a letter from a man in New York who expressed resent- .. ment because the Senate had put through an appropriation to relieve suf- fering instead of permitting the Red Cross to carry on through voluntary contributions. “This man wrote me that because of ‘his resentment he had contributed $10,000 to the Red Oross,” said Senator Oopeland. “I am glad that he did. I expect t6 contribute' myself to the Red ,Cross. I hope that if this action was ‘really taken by the Red Cross as reported here today it will he repudiated at once.” Senator Trammell of Florida demand- ed that Congress put h legisla- tion without delay to pay in cash the soldiers’ bonus. He declared that “it is appalling that the Government has not come to the rescue of suffering in this country long ago.” Senator l'{fl'flson of Mississippi said that he believed the Senate Finance Committee, which is holding hearings on the cash bonus for the World War veterans, would report favorably some measure for the payment of a cash bonus. Hoover Attitude Incomprehensible. At this. point Senator Bingham of Connecticut sought to have placed in the record a statement made by Sec- retary Mellon before the Senate Fi- nance Committee today attacking the cash bonus. Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, who had the floor, ‘objected, however, wishing to address the Senate at this point. “The President of the United States is the president of the American Red Cross,” said Senator Rohjnson. “The announcement has been made that President Hoover has said that no funds shall be provided through appropria- tions of a general character to aid the whole country in the drought-stricken greas. The attitude of the President incomprehensible to his most inti- mate friends. “Before Mr. Hoover became President, he was recognized as a leader of relief movements throughout the world. At the time of the close’of the World War he came to Congress and asked for $100,000,000 to be appropriated to feed Europeans who were in great distress. He came again in the name of mercy and asked for $20,000,000 to be -appro- ted to feed hungry . At committee of Congress raised the question whether it would not be, to provide the funds voluntary contributions to the and other charities. Mr. Hoover at that time called attention to fact that the of many were deplef of their ibutions during the war and to unity Chests in this country. was that the money | CHARLES M. SHINN. REMOVAL OF SIGNS AT CROSS STARTED Prince Georges County Wom- en Meet to Talk About Clean-up of Roads. A wrecking crew of the General Out- door Advertising Co., visited the site of the Memorial Peace Cross at the inter- section of the Bladensburg and Defense Highways early today and commenced the destruction of billboards surround- |° Journalist Dies ,B s ¥ i ing this American Legion monument on the historic battlefield of Bladensburg. ‘The work of removing the half a dozen huge boards of the company was being done under direction of John E. Shoemaker, Washington manager, who is co-operating fully with civic forces in the campaign to improve the ap- pearances of the highway approaches leading into the National Capital. Women Meet at Mount Rainier. By a coincidence the wrecking crew went out this moi while the Prince Georges County tion of Women's Clubs was preparing to meet in Mount Rainjer to discuss the outdoor sign situation in the county. This an- ization has fought long and hard to clean up the situation at the Peace Cross, which the Edgar Snyder Post erected in memory of the World War dead of Prince Georges County. Mr. Shoemaker has surveyed condi- tions in the Wasl territory and as a result decided that the signboards in the immediate vicinity of the Peace Cross should come down next. This is at one of the most traveled intersec- tions in the entire Washington terri- tory. Thousands of motorists going or coming from Baltimore pass the monu- ment and those coming from Annapolis also enter the Bladensburg road at this mflnt. The site is of general historic terest because of the battle in the War of 1812 that resulted in the burn- ing of the Capitol by the British. Billboards Block View. Realizing some time ago that its bill- boards then were dangerous to traffic conditions because they obscured vision at the curve, the General Outdoor. Ad- vertising Co., caused them to be set back to a safe distance. In other ways, too, the company has spught to improve conditions at the intersection. 1t erected a wall about the monument and Y!nfl\lly indicated its willingness to_help improve appearances. Public sentiment in the neighborhood, this | particuldrly among women's organiza- “Phe country then was in better posi- tion. to make contributions than it is ,” continued Senator Robinson. local Community Chest drives have almost exhausted the resources of the people and the Red Cross is having difficulty in raising the $10,000,000 fund for which it has asked.” Senator Robinson insisted that the $25,000,000 which the Senate has pro- nond mpmpfl!w to relieve suffering not lent. Copeland declared that Red Chairman Payne of the Cross, when appearing before a Senate Com- mittee recently, had been asked whether the Red Cross would handle provided by Congress and had re- plied that 4t would.do what Congress wanted done. McKellar Makes Criticism. Senator NicKellar of Tennessee, and Senator Heflin of Alabama, both sharp- ly criticized the Red Cross for saying now that it could not accept the ad- ministration of the funds for relief ed in the bill as passed by the ate. “It {s & crying shame,” said Senator McKellar, “that we do not put aside every other business beforé the Con- gress and see that proper relief is pro- vided. The people are hungry and by all dictates of humanity the Congress| should see that they are fed.” 1 “It is a serious and remarkal uation,” said Senator Heflin, the Red Croes should take this atti- fude.” The Alabama Senator said that ghe failure to provide prompt relief “is #nough to make bolsheviks and commu- nists” out of the people. Testifying before the House Appr priations Committee on the Senate pro- posal, Payne sald ordinarily the Red Cross could raise $10,000000 in an emergency drjve within 10 days. | It was not until President Hoover, former President Coolidge and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and others made their national appeal for the Red Cross over the radio that contributions in substantial quantities were received, he said. ble sit- " that Answer to Woods. This testimony was given in response 40 a question by Chairman Woods of the committee for such information. The belief that the $10,000.000 fund, along with $5,000,000 set aside for re- lief work from its treasury, would meet the acute drought situation was ex- pressed by Judge Payne “The amount,”. he testified, the Cross set aside from its treas- ury of $5,000,000 (of which there now Temains $2,741,575) plus the $10,000,000 fund will meet the needs. * * * gardless of the helpful considerations, our conviction is that the $10,000,000 fund will enable us adequately to meet the situation.” He sald to date collections on the $10,000,000 fund amounted to $3,869,996. Has Spent $2,860,994. “The Red Cross” he said, “has ex- nded through January 27 $2,860,994 jor drought rellef, of which $329,162 from the Fall seed program, and $2,531,832 for food and ot/ items, in- cluding donated supplies.” ‘The exact amount required to meet the emergency, the chairman continued, depends upon various factors, includin, the effect of the $45.000,000 seed, and fertilizer loans to drought-stricken T e, spetal provison; the defres may special provision; ee em) farmers and planters mpopm up of industry with the warm ‘weather. % it with the usual practice of the Red Cross” Payne explained, *the relief work has been a5 much s possible “which tions, has long been aroused over the def ent of historic spots by erec- tion billboards and other unsightly structures which make the Bladensburg Mm. of vlv‘::m most unn‘txt;rnuve ap- es to ington. every way possible, Mr. Shoemaker assured, his company would co-operate in these plans to clean up conditions along this route. Tt was expected that other billboards of the company in that district would be remows as soon as possible, the General Outdoor Advertising Co. making its tribution in this way towards preparations for the 1932 Bicentennial. More tourists will be coming into Wash- ington over this route for the Bicenten- nial than over any other. Full Co-operation Offered. Residents in' the vicinity of the Peace Cross thought the wrecking crew had been sent out to put up more billboards, but their feeling quickly changed when they saw the work of destruction start- ed. Civic associations in Prince Georges County are just as interested in having dumps and other unsightly structures removed from the vicinity of the Peace Cross which belongs to the whole county. The Federation of Women's Clubs has been one of the prime movers in these efforts. v Mr. Shoemaker indicated that his company would not confine itself to the so-called two-mile zone in removing and reallocating its billboards. Believing that Washington, as the Capital of the Nation, is a distinctive city in which the country as a whole is deeply in- terested, he said he was prepared to ex- tend the work within reason to the metropolitan area. This could be done, he pointed out, either by the destruc- tion of boards or the removal of others off the main highways. BLINDNESS MENACES 20,000 IN MEXICO Oaxaca and Chiapas Stricken With Malady Believed Imported From Africa. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 28.—The health department today estimated that 20,000 persons in Oaxaca and Chi- apas have been stricken with onchcer- cosis, a disease leading to blindness. The malady is believed to have been imported from Africa. Chiapas is the hardest hit, having 15,000 victims. Four sanitary brigades have been or- dered to the two states. local donations of cash and supplies. As local resources become exhausted, we make cash grants to the chap! meet their needs. Due to the gradual depletion of local funds it has become increasingly necessary to supplement the resources of chapters. From the | beginning of the operation to December 31, 1930, 47.5 per cent of the drought stricken expenditures came from local funds; from January 1 to January 27, 1931, only 11.8 per cent of these ex. penditures came from local funds.” “During the first 10 days of January, Payne sald, the needs of hundreds of communities greatly increased due to the exhaustion of chapter and individual resources and demand upon the Cross to feed live stock. “It became apparent that the amount | the disaster would be then at the request while H:dmpeophw 1 | 0| tank filled with fuel oll. | HARLES M. SHINN | DIES AT AGE OF 83 Star Staff Member Believed to Have Been Oldest Jour- nalist in Active Service. Charles M. Shinn, for 33 years a member of the editorial staff of The Evening Star and possibly the oldest journalist in active service in the world, died last night in his 84th year of & sudden heart attack after a few days' iliness. Dean of American newspaperdom, Mr. Shinn's activity and tenacity in the face of the accumulating weaknesses of years were such as hardly ever can have been equaled in this or any other pro- fession. Seldom has there lived so modest and obscure a gentleman with 80 real a claim to the admiration of his fellows. Worked in Midst of Tumult. Day after day, year after year, Col. Shinn sat on the rim of The Star's , “at the end of a telegraph wi This is essentially a place for youth, for there is probably no place on earth so imbued with hurry, con- fusion and nerve strain as that little gap between the turmoil of the out- side world and the eternally hungry mouths of the printing presses. Younger and stronger men came and went. Col. Shinn stayed on and did, up to the very beginning of his last illness, as much work as any man on the desk. He worked incessantly, without the slightest suggestion, spoken or implied, of leniency to age. There were two things that would make him angry— any suspicion that his associates were trying to lighten his burden a trifle here and there and a reflection on some of his political idols. But the former made him by far the angrier. He had conquered age by doing like a_young man a young man’s work with all a young man's enerr{, and any suggestion of favoritism toward him was, he felt, an unjustified insinuation of defeat. For a man of less courage it would have been a fatal position. For him it was an ideal position—a veritable fountain of eternal youth. For there at the end of the telegraph wire he was immersed in the tumultuous stream of the youth of the world. “News’” fter all, is a product of youth. Age cast_on the banks of the unquiet river. Only youth, comparatively speak- ing, does the brave things, the queer things and the crazy things that make news. Born in Kentucky. Col. Shinn was of English descent, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Shinn, and was born in Marshall County, Ky., December 30, 1847. The family later moved to Virginia and settled in Fair- mont, Marion County, which is now a part of West Virginia. During Col. Shinn's early life he studied journalism and all his life has been identified with journalistic work. Politically he was a Republican, and for many years was actively associated with party leaders in winning the State from the opposition. At the age of 20 years he became con- nected with the Fairmont West Vir- ginian, and his journal was the voice and exponent of Republican principles for the county and vicinity. Col. Shinn was a member of Crusade Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, of Fairmont, W. Va., and was the oldest past master of his lodge at the time of his death. He was also an honorary member of Hope Lodge, No. 20, F. A. A. M., of this city. Served in Civil War. He was & member of the Sixth Pres- byterian Church, at Sixfeenth and Ken- nedy streets northwest, of which Rev. Godfrey Chobot is pastor Col. Shinn was three times rejected when seeking to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War, on account of his youth and physical disability, but served as needed with organized militia and took active part in many activities connected with the Union Army. For this service he was made an honor: member of the Army and Navy Union, and served two years as a colonel on the staff of the commander in chief. Col. Shinn has been connected with The Evening Star since May, 1897. He served as city editor and in many other capacities. For many years he also col tributed articles to various newspapers and magazines. He was one of the or- ganizers of the West Virginia Repub-. lican Association in the District of Co- lumbia, and was its president for 16 years. He also served twice as president of the West Virginia State Society. Col. Shinn was married, at the age of 26 years, to Miss Anna Margaret Fleming, daughter of the late Allison and Martha Fleming of Fairmont, W. Va. Nine Children Survive. Besides his widow, nine children sur- vive Mr. Shinn, as follows: George Cur- tis Shinn, attorney-at-law; Harry Alli- son Shinn of this city, Lieut. Comdr. Herbert L. Shinn, now Haiti; Robert Carter Shinn of Lexing- ton, Ky.; Mrs. S. H. Bush of Madison, Wis.; Mrs. 1. 8. Childs and Misses Flora, Elste and Virginia Shinn of this city. Six grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive, namely: Ralph 8. Childs, Charles M. Shinn, George Curtis Shinn, jr.. Flora Ann Shinn, Margaret Elizabeth Bush and Robert Shinn Bush, and Ralph 8. Childs, jr. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 30, at 2 pm. at his late home, 1302 Floral street. Rev. Mr. Chobot will officiate. There will be/ Masonic services, and burial will be in | Congressional Cemetery. $500,000 DISTILLERY SEIZED IN NEW YORK Plant Comprising Two Brick )uild-“ ings Largest Taken in State | Since Prohibition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. January 28.—A distillery valued at more than $500,000, the largest seized in New York State since the advent of prohibition, was captured last night in Kingston, N. Y., by Fed- | eral prohibition agents. Four arrests | were made. The seized distillery, 10,000-gallon still was operating when | the agents burst in, consists of two | buildings—four-story and three-story | brick structures. In addition to the huge still there were a 2,500-gallon storage tank, 11 empty 10,000-gallon vats, one 5,000-gal- | lon vat, 1,700 m&y gallon containers, 500 gallons of alcohol and a 3,000-gallon } in which a| | DENY POINCARE WORSE PARIS, January 28 (#).—Rumors that Raymond Poincare’s condition suddenly had grown worse went the rounds in Paris last night, but were | his place of employment in Washington. BRADY JURY HEARS | NEW TESTIMUNYl Witness' Tells. of Two Men Seen Shortly Before Time of Explosion. By a Staff Correspondent. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 28.—A new witness entered the Leroy Brady murder trial today and testified he had seen two men near the scene of the B2at Pleasant bombing on the morning of December 29, 1929, when the “gift” package containing the infernal machine was placed on the front porch of the home of Mrs. Ana Buckley, The witness, John H. Quintell of Seat Pleasant, Md., told the jury, which is hearing the case before Judge Robert Moss in the Anne Arundel Circuit Court, that he had encountered the two men a few moments after stepping from' the street car, which he had taken from Man Seen in Automobile. One of the men, Quintell continued, was sitting in an automobile parked at the intersection of Dix street and Roosevelt road, just a few squares from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jchn Hall, where the explosion occurred on Jan- uary 1, 1930. The motor of the car was running, said Quintell, and “a large bundle” was tied on the left-hand running board. The man's profile was sil- houetted against the light of & nearby drug store, Quintell added. This testimony was considered the most important thus far during the trial, which opened Monday. Quintell admitted he was unable to positively identify Brady as either the man he had seen sitting in the machihe or the one whom he met a few moments later. This second man, Quintell continued, suddenly appeared from behind a store, a short distance from the au- tomobile. “I was so surprised to see him,” the witness explained, “that I stopped and Jooked at him. He appeared equally sul because he did the same thing.” Divergence on Alibi. Asked by Special Prosecutor Wilson Ryan if either of the two men bore any resemblance to LeRoy Brady, Quintell, who lives near the scene of the blast, was prevented from replying by De- fense Counsel Hampton Magruder. The next 5 or 10 minutes were de- voted to arguments by the opposing lawyers as to whether or not Quintell should be permitted to answer the ques- tion. Judge Moss finally ended the dis- pute, however, by ruling that “if a man Tresembles somebody, then he is not the person he resembles but is somebody else.” The chief importance of Quintell's testimony hinged on the fact that Jo- seph Troesbeck, & previous witness, had testified that Leroy Brady and his brother, Herman, who also is charged with the bombing, visited Troesbeck’s home in St. Marys County on the day the bomb was left at the Buckley resi- dence. Leroy’s car, Troesback had testified, had an outboard motor strapped to the running board. The Brady brothers, the witness had explained, had come to his home to go duck hunting. Bundle Is Described. Quintell admitted he did not know the contents of the bundle he said he had seen on the running board of the parked machine. “It was large at one end,” he explained, “and tapered away to almost nothing at the other.” ‘The automobile, Quintell continued. was of the closed type and one of the license plates was slanting, “as though it had been tied on and come loose.” He described the clothing of the man whom he met near the store. Asked why he had noticed the individual, Quin- tell responded, “because I was so sur- prised to see him there at that early hour.” It was about 2 o'clock in the morning, he added. The question arose yesterday, during the testimony of the accused man’s brother, Emmett Brady. Special Prose- cutor Wilson Ryan, in an attempt to show Leroy was famillar with the loca- tion and contents of the tool shed and therefore had sn “opportunity” to use the powder and caps in manufacture of the bomb which caused the death of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, 18 years old, and her little sister and brother, ques- tioned Emmett as to the frequency of Leroy’s visits to his mother’s home. Night Session Called Off. A night session scheduled for last night was called off to give Judge Moss an opportunity to study the question. ‘When the trial was resumed this morn- ing, Ryan and Defense Counsel Nicho- las H. Green argued the question. They cited rulings in various cases, includ- ing the famous Mooney-Billings case. J. Hampton ‘Magruder, Chief defense counsel, also joined the argument. The defense attorneys contended that the mere fact Leroy had access to the powder and caps should not be ad- mitted in evidence, unless the State could prove that he had actually made the bomb. Any one could purchase such powder and caps in almost any hardware store in Washington or else- where, and therefore would be liable to suspicion, it was pointed out. This- view was concurred in by Judge Moss, who ruled that the State should proceed with its questioning of Emmett along different lines. The jury, which had been ordered from the court room, was recalled and Emmett resumed the witness stand. JAMES M. PROCTOR TO GET JUDGESHIP, SUCCEEDING HITZ (Continued From First Page.) Groner directed a verdict of acquittal | for the defendant in the case. Among the complaints made at the hearing last week, were that the judge had not allowed Government counsel as much time as the defense and that he had usurped the function of the| jury by the directed verdict. ‘The favorable decision of the sub- committee today was taken as an in- dication that they did not ard the complaint. as sufficient to interfere with his confirmation. The indorsement of the subcommittee will be reported to the Senate Judiciary Committee at its meeting Monday. Judge Groner is now a Federal judge for the Eastern district of Virginia. ARREST MAN IN GROCERY Police Answer Alarm to Find Sus- pect Behind Counter. A middle-aged colored man was ar- rested early today by police who said they found him crouching behind -the counter in a chain grocery at 1255 South Capitol street. The man sub- mitted to arrest, they said, and then led them to a vacant lot where he is alleged to have cached smoked meat .l'.:d sugar already lugged from the re. Responding to an alarm to No. 4 denied today by his rhyllf:i.ln. who said that the health of the patient was Dr. Marvin's Car Stolen. satisfactory. An automobile owned by Dr. Cloyd H. Maryin, president of ‘Wash- ington University, was stolen last night parked on ear T o S | precinct at 1:30 o'clock, officers found the front door of the store open and & glass panel smashed out. They en tered with drawn guns and made th arrest. The alleged intruder, who identified himself as Willlam Hawkins, 42 vears | e s family, Upper: Crowds milling around cou the court room at the third-day session mechanie. Lower: Charles, jr., rt house awaiting a chance to get into of the trial of Leroy Brady, Washington Mrs. Olive Jourdant, cousin of the bomb vietims, and her sonm, awaiting to testify for the State. —Star Staff Photos. BUTLER’S VERSION OF SPEECH AWAITED Secretary Adams Asks Marine Corps General to Explain Musso- lini Complaint. By the Associated Press Becretary Adams waited today for an answer to a letter asking Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler to explain a speech he made in Philadelphia on January 19. ‘The Marine Corps officer was quoted as making remarks about Premier Mus- solini of Italy which drew a formal pro- test from Italian Ambassador de Mar- tino. At the Quantico, Va., which Butler commands, h:‘::‘snillpdu'z be absent. He declined yesterday to comment on the protest or the speech. The Navy Secretary, however, ex- pected Butlerls version of the speech POLICEMAN KILLED J. Richard Rhodes Dies in Motor Mishap Near Westminster. J. Richard Rhodes, member:of the Maryland State Police, was instantly killed shortly before noon today when he crashed into an automobile near Westminster. Rhodes was on his motor | cycle approaching Westminster from Eldersburg on the Washington High- way when the automobile, coming from the opposite direction, driven by Miss Lillian Shipley of Westminster, made a .1;'111 turn. e officer struck the automobile head on, his skull being crushed by the impact. An inguest was to be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Rhodes of Willlamsport, Md. He also is sur- vived by his widow. Help It Rise T T T TITTTTTTE T e TETET 1] | Jicitation. /| ability and_intelligence. BAR T CRAMTON DEFEATED IN HOUSE |Democrat Beaten When He Tries to Prevent $10,000 Salary for Work. | (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) By rising vote of 105 to 43 the House | late today rejected an amendment to the | independent offices appropriation bill | which would have precluded Represent- | ative Cramton of Michigan from ployment as an associate director of the | George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission at a salary of $10,000 a year. This_ bill carries $338,195 for the com- ‘mission. ‘The fight on Representative Cramton, who was defeated for renomination and is to retire from Congress on March 4, was started by Representative Warren of North Carolina, a Democrat. He offered an amendment stipulating that | no officer of the Bicentennial Commis- sion should receive a salary in excess of $1.000 a year. Representative Warren sald he understood from newspapers that Mr. Cramton “is to get a $10,000- a-year job. I don't think this House,” he said, “should deliver such a salary to him.” Representative Warren continued that he would not object to any job that Mr. Cramton might obtain, but so far as this particular assignment is concerned, “there are thousands of men in the United States who would like to celebrate Washington’s Bicentennial as a labor of love and without pay.” Representative Tilson of Connecticut, Republican floor leader, ssserted that while various members of Congress and other public citizens are serving on the Bicentennial Commission, the name of Representative Cramton had never been sted by Cramton himself and that if he should get-this appointment it would be absolutely without self-so- Mr. Tilson gave credit to Mr. Cramton as a man of extraordinary Mr. Tilson also said that he did not understand that Mr. Cramton has yet been ap- pointed and that if such reports had gone abroad they constituted “an un- fortunate slip.” There was laughter in the House at Tilson’s mention of “an unfortunate slip.” The House rejected the Warren amendment without a roll call. The newspaper reports were based upon a statement made at the White House last week by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of the commission. Senator Fess made this statement fol- lowing & conference with President Hoover. He said he had proposed the appointment of the Michigan Repre- sentative, who was defeated at the elections last November, and that Pres- ident Hoover had given him to under- stand that the appointment would be made. It was further stated by Senator Feas that Representative Cramton would re- ceive a salary of $10,000 a year. HOWELL TO RENEW DRY BILL BATTLE Measure, Shoved Back on Regular Calendar, Loses Status as Unfinished Business. As soon as the War Dernrtmem. ap- propriation bill is com}) leted by the Senate, Senator Howell of Nebraska will make an effort to have the Senate re- turn to the consideration of his pro- hibition bill for Washington, he said today. ‘The bill was displaced as the un- finished business yesterday, when the Senate voted to give the right of way to the War Department appropriation bill. This had the effect of putting the prohibition bill back on the calendar, where it was before it was taken up for consideration last week. It will be nec- essary for the Senate to vote to take up the bill again before it can regain the privileged status of unfinished Senator Howell said toda renew efforts to get the prol before the Senate whenever the oppor- tunity presents itself. It may be that the War Department bill will require the rest of today, in which case no move to return to the prohibition bill will be taken until tomorrow. 60 HELD IN RIOTS MADRID, January 28 (#).—Sixty university students were arrested here TELLS QUIZ BROTHER OF RUM CAPTAIN SWORE VENGEANCE (Continued From First Page.) ferring liquor. Both times she got away. The inquiry was recessed until later in the day at the request of Consu! Campbell, who said he desiréd to pro- duce members of the liquor ship's crew to testify to the alleged intoxication of Schmidt. Schmidt, recalled to the stand, had again testified that he was sober. He produced a chart which had been used by Capt. Cluett and pointed to two positions marked on it, both of which were within the 12-mile limit. It has been the ship owners’ contention that their craft was outside United States of in- quiry yesterday that the Josephine K was gighted two and a half miles south- east of Ambrose Lightship and was boarded four and a half miles from the light, In denial of & statement by Wesley Anderson, first mate of the rum-runner, Schmidt said he was not intoxicated at the time of case. He was sup- ported in this by members of his crew and his superior officers. Says Shelling Was Necessary. Answering a question by Consul Gen- eral Campbell, Schmidt testified it would have been impossible to catch the auxil- ary schooner without shelling her. She was drawing away at g l4-knot clip, he said, while the cutter could make only 12 knots. The significance of the speed launch as the cutter bore down iter of boats was revealed by Schmidt. He said Capt. Mario Laudi of the barge Brooklyn told him the craft held hi-jackers who were in the process of transferring his cargo when the cutter appeared. ‘The Brooklyn already had been boarded by ten men from the depreda tory speedboat, Schmidt told the board of Inquiry, and they had backed the (ransterting “some heavy secke to their own craft. 4 o The arrival of the 145 ended this piece of piracy. Then the Government men got in thelr work. . The. witness swore he had fired the six warning shots req Guard regulations gun on the Jt hine K, and denied lace outside the 12- United States jur- He thus contradicted two points made by Anderson, who declared the shelling occurred 15 miles offshore and the first a'.hh:: th the - g&u t::“r of the e su) cture Cln::hn vessel. e Schmidt, a veteran of the Coast Guard service, indicated the exact posi- tion of the beginning of the chase. He testified he pursued the Josephine K about, two and said he was about e ey mbrose when he opened fire. ‘That put him about 10 miles off shore. ds _that the /AUDIT OF BANKRUPT FIRM UNDERTAKEN Department of Justice Men Scan Books of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. The Department of Justice today its audit of the books of Swart- zell, Rheem & Hensey, mortgage bank- ing house, for which receivers were ap- pointed yesterday. The investigation is being made under instructions from United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who announced yesterday he had received “reliable in- formation of the possibility of a viola- tion of law growing out of the conduct of the affairs of the company.” It was also learned today that ape- cial agents of the Bureau of Investi- gation, Department of Justice, will be ass] to the case as soon as the audit is completed. It is expected this will require several days. ‘The recelvers, Jullus I. Peyser and Henry P. Blair, went to the company's office on Fifteenth street yesterday and took possession of its books and records | The receivers were appointed by Justice William Hitz after the firm had filed a })etlflon in voluntary bankruptey. n the petition flled with the court by the company, the volume of its busi- ness was fixed at $18,000,000. The detalls of the investigation are in the hands of Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, who assisted in the pr tion of F. H. Smith Co. officials recently. Aside from legal developments in the case of the firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, one of the first effects of its voluntary petition in bapkruptcy was the halting of construction work on the new buildings of the West- chester Apartment development and the New Shoreham Hotel. Builders Await Settiement. ‘The bankrupt mos banking firm acted in the original ancing on both of these projects, and due to the bankruptcy proceedings _the builders of these two projects, both decided to stop construction work pending settle- ment of the resulting legal tangles, or until some satisfactory arrangements had been made. Gustave Ring, president of the West- chester Development Corporation, an- nounced today that work had been halted w building of the huge apartment development along Cathedral avenue between Thirty-ninth street and Glover Parkway. Plans for the resumption of work there, he’ said, now are under way and construction may be renewed shortly, after certain y on the ne ‘was under way, p"“o"mf" n”;:‘ perty was refinanced by means of & from & X o s oan was paid off. ‘Harry M. Bralove, builder of the New ‘Hotel, large residential hotel project on Calvert street, between Con- necticut avenue ‘Twenty-e! street, announced that work had lwppdonthemwunlto(lhhmfld- ing. This project was financed Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. U. S. FINANCE UPSET BY BONUS PAYMENT FEARED BY MELLON (Continued From First Page.) and improvement in their condition verspl and destructive con- these ‘would Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- gan, asked whether the Treasury or the veterans were best able to judge of what was best for them. “ veteran bly is probal better able to judge for himself, but the in a better Treasury is - tion to judge for the group as & ‘whole,” “In other words,” Couzens said, “the Mills replied. Treasury Department is better able-to on what is best for the veterans first | than the veterans themselves. I think de iness wi its. Schmidt didn’t know which one them wounded Cluett, but at the second shot the Josephine K hove PLAN TO DEMAND BONUS GIVEN UP Self-Appointed Leader of Marchers Finds Others Reached Goal First. John Alferi, self-appointed leader of the “army” of unemployed World War veterans, who tramped from Philadel- phia to Washington to appeal to Con- gress and President Hoover for the en- actment of cash bonus legislation, took to the road today for the return trip without carrying out his plans. Alferi was sore, mentally as well as physically, for when he arrived in Wash- ington late yesterday after the 138-mile trek, he discovered that a group of men who deserted his army in Elkton, Md. on the second day of its march had beaten him to the goal, grabbed off all the glory he had expected to receive, and left him with only a hollow victory and two blistered and aching feet. So there was nothing left for him to do but start back home, and this he did pronto after visiting the various newspaper today as a result of riots instigated by Meptisen sroupe. - Reports reaching sev srrests had e =2 Been’ made AN offices and bewailing his fate. Alferi, with five footsore and weary survivors of his original “army” of 200, plm'lded into Washington shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and went directly to the Capitol to rul Repre- sentative Welsh of Pennsylvania. And to his utter amazement, he said, he ld he was too late, that his “dele- gates” arrived earller in the day, pre- sented their appeals, shook with Mr, Welsh, and posed for photographs. ‘Now what was left for me to do?” Alferi asked dejectedly. “I carried out the plans as originally mapped out to march to Washington. The men who deserted and got here first bummed rides from friendly motorists. That was not on the program. It was unfair to me and the men who stuck by me | Bt that's nok the eSpianation ut '8 nol offered the veterans 'h?wud on Mr. there was no agreement on the part of the men as how they were to make the trip. ‘men ere unable to d, were just les, “out Tuck.” the dis- he fact Alferi, however, insists sent in his army was due # that he was not “a general in buck private, men wanted t | the Treasury would affect the veterans k™ Watson, who there is some question of good taste for to assume to argug how it Committeemen began _questioning Mellon before he had read his state- ment, with Couzens, long one of critics, leading the examination. Referring to Mellon's assertion it would “kill” the bond market for the Gavernment to float a large loan at this time, Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massa- chusetts, asked if it was not very diffi- cult to float any private security at the present time. S “No,” Mellon replied. “But a large part of such security is being held until there is & more favorable market.” “Then there has been a grest ¢: preciation in the issuance of privax securities?” Walsh asked. “There was, but it has been im- proving.” “There has been a marked revival in the market since the first of the year,” Mills interjected. ding to Senator Barkley, Dem- ocrat, Kentucky, Mr. Mills estimated that the public débt had been retired by $3,459,000,000 more in the last 10 years than required by law. Mills added that half of the sum of Treasury surpluses which had been applied to the debt came from lquidation of war assets. “We cut the debt by more than $3,- 000,000,000 required,” interjected Sena tor Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, “by overtaxing the people.” Fears Benefit Destruction. Senator Couzens remarked “it is a strange coincidence that we have retired the public debt by an amount in ex- cess of what was necessary which is just equal to what we now want to give to our soldiers.” put in Mr. Mellon, “but the | country was in a better condition to pay that amount then it is now. It was entirely different from going out now for fresh capital. “To put it another way,” added Mills, “we now propose to wipe out the bene- fits of sound financing by the Treasury c:v;re th;"hg'p Lfluyem" 5 na ‘atson, Republican, Indiana, uke? Mfl!i:’ 'hPrt inu';el’est the Govern- ment woul ve pay to float a $3,400,000,000 bond issue now. “It's an enormously difficult question to answer,” Mills said, “but I would estimate somewhere between 4! and 4% per cent.” Mellon denied the Harrison eonten- :I&x:dmt the people had been over- “These rates were not reduced enough,” insisted Harrison, “bec: the untrue estimates of the Treasury.” “They were the best estimates that humans could make,” sald the Secre- on one side of Senator presided over the com- mittee, then read !ecreobry Mellon’s sta b, . Secretary Mellon sat on the oth side of Watson at the head of t-haolou“ table. answer Sena- d' leaned over ing when, he addressed rfim. elm‘:ld even th; nlrcpould:( the measure h-q aiready had an effect on the bond market by de-