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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,695. Entered as second cla: post office, Washington, D. REPUBLICANS MOVE 10 SPEED WORK T0 AVOID EXTRA GALL Night Sessions Agreed _Upon to Complete Necessary Supply Bills. matter . No. Baby Falls 2 Floors; Father Leaps to Aid; Child Alone Bruised . By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, February 9.—Rulow Edward Johnson, 16 months old, lured by the realm beyond an unlatched door, fell to the ground from the third floor fire escape of an apartment house here yesterday. His father Rulow_Johnson, terrified, leaped through & third-floor window after him. Physicians said the child suf- fered only a bruise on his head and a slight injury to one shoul- . The father escaped un- NAVY BILL SLASHES FUND BY §36,310,00 Enlisted and Commissioned Personnel Reduced; Four Battleships Curtailed. SENATE ACTION ON BONUS TO AWAIT LOWER HOUSE Hoover Writes Robinson Relief Bill to Be Interpreted Sym- pathetically BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Plans were laid by the Republican members of the Senate in conference today to drive ahead and complete the annual supply bills and thereby pre- vent a special session of Congress | By the Assoclated Press. niter u“pc; 4 Sharp curtalment of the naval es- The Republicans agreed to hold | tablishment in the next fiscal year be- lons beginning tomorrow night, | Came certain today. ‘The House re- :gx,;u:!,, o i necessary to | ceived from its Appropriation Commit- tee the annual supply bill, providing e e obisiution. to pay in cash | SM#4:342.000, & cut of $36,310,000 from . the current year. the soldlers’ bonus is concerned, it was snnounced that the Semate Pinance| Overriding a request by Secretary Committee would wait until the House [ Adams for more commissioned officers, took action. the committee recommended a sharp decrease in Naval Academy classes, Can Buy Anything. with drastic provisions to limit demands Senator Watson, Republican leader, | of naval aviation on line officers. took up the statement made by Secre- | If approved by Congress, the appoint- . |ments to Annapolis allotted to each tary Hyde of the Department of ASTl- |y mber of ‘Congress would be reduced culture regarding the so-called com-|from four to three, with 5499 retained promise agreement on relief legislation. | as the maximum limit of active com- The Republican leader said it was|missioned officers. Adams Tec- his interpretation of the agreement and | ommended an increase from four to five of the Hyde statement that money|in appointments and the addition of loaned to people in the drvugbhlfst;xck- more than 2,000 officers. be used to buy K gnl‘trn? %":‘e‘s‘on made the distinction $3,451,000 Below Budget. between money to loan for the purposes| Excepting the second deficiency meas- of rehabilitation and money to give for | yre, today's is the last of the big ap- the purchase of food. propriation bills for congressional ac- He said that under the agreement tion at this session. It is $3,451,000 1o money was provided to give to those | jess than the budget estimates. in distress for the purchase of food or | Economies were effected in reducing anything else. He made it plain, how- | ships of the line and their crews. With- ever, that the farmer in the drought- | drawal of four battleships, three by Lon- stricken area would be able to borrow | don treaty terms; curtailment of en- money, using as collateral, if necessary, {listed Navy personnel from 84,700 to the crops they wovld raise this year. 79,700 and Marine Corps strength of Huaving borrowed the money on securi- | 18,000 to 17,500, and a smaller outlay ty. it was the Republican leader's |for construction of new craft figured iought, they could use it for any pur- |in the siash. ~In addition, old sub- pnu“‘rellfied to farm rehabilitation. marines and destroyers, as well as old The Hyde statement, however, | Crulsers, are to be dropped from 'the the pa; 965,000 for construction of 10,000-ton o A compromise | g ynch cruisers this year, the bill al- Robinson. oms are aried. tor. modermization of funds are for modern| lon o the battleships New Mexico, Mississippi from President Hoover 10 |ang Idaho. Authorization for this Benator Robinson Arkansas, the { work js pending in the House, the Sen- Democratic leader, assuring ate having already approved it. Robinson that the drought relief meas- | "y, the committee’s report, Repre- interpreted *fairly and | gentative French, Republican, Idaho, Tisve of the Naval Sub-committee, vessel, . itor laced in reduced commission with a e eotar The liier Tol- View D . lent’s . '0l= 1 ship. pring, he , lows, to Senator Robinson: | Ariinsas also would be Withdrawn. “My dear Senator: “ rsation this morning To Draw From Reserve. 1 - .‘fn’“&”&'é’,}’ém at once that the | Naval aviation was allowed $31,140,- proposed additional drought relief | 000, a Teduction of $1,180,000, but the measure was suggested for the purpose | report said the branch would have of real aid to the weakened credit sit- | completed its five-year expansion with uation in the drought area, and that in {1,000 planes early in the next fiscal the administration of it the Secretary |year. It noted that 11,740 enlisted of Agriculture assures me he has no|men were in the branch and urged the other intention, and that he will inter- | Navy be required to draw commissioned pret it fairly and sympathetically. aviators from the Naval Reserve and “Yours By o HOOVER” | T svold what 1 termed -enormously - ) 'o avoid wl Syt torted” numbers of junior officers Disturbed by Hyde. now in aviation. the comimittee recom- Pres 2 o1 mended reducing the number of regular U e Ko Foy i | oficers assigned to tne air by increas. understood, had been disturbed over the | 108 ffom 70 Tl pilots Hiyde statement and had requested fur- | 01 dyty Dex 3 3 - e provision to prevent a pro :':;r zlx'femu?uor';rtehz:n}z:’ ‘:(H&ueuc?::;‘;g- motion “hump” would prevent expan- mise agreement on relief. sion in the number of officers avove The President’s letter and his personal | the grade of lieutenant commander in conversation allayed the fears ¢ ‘Sen- | the Naval Air Corps. At present there stor Robinson that the compromise are 35 above this grade. agreemeet might not be effected in Another committee change designed bringing real relief to the drought- to reduce the large discharge of sur- SOcknT ATeR plus_academy graduates, expected to When the Senate met at noon, Sen- number 200 next June, would prevent ator Caraway of Arkansas questioned | #ppointment from enlis! ranks of Benator Smoot, chairman of the Finance | candidates who have not had nine Committee, about the attitude of that | months service at sea. o committee toward soldiers’ bongs legls- blle ok rgut b Jation. Caraway has a bill to pay the | be_educating a large_surplus of boys bonus in cash now before that com- mittee. He gave notice some time ago that he would move to discharge the Finance Committes from further con- sideration of his bill if it did not act within & reasonable time. ‘The Arkansas Senator asked Senator Bmoot if he would interpose no objec- tion to the discharge of his committee from further consideration of the bonus (Continued on Page 2, LISBON, Portugal, February 9.— ied o0 Page 3 Ok GRONER NOMINATION Nearly 2,000 troops, sailors and police TO BENCH FAVORED vere sosded oy tovara runcrai has occured as a consequence of an- < nouncement_of government intentions Subcommittee Named to Study Ap-|to increase the price of bread. g Fifteen hundred troops set out for pointment of Proctor as the island Saturday and yesterday the Hitz's Successor. " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) THREAT TO RAISE PRICE OF BREAD CAUSES RIOT Lisbon Sends 3,500 to Madeira Is- lands to Control Strike Following Official Announcement. By the Associated Press. destroyer Guadinana left with others who will assist in preserving order. Sixty Lisbon police accompanied the Sp—————— troops. The Senate Judiciary Committee| An official decree has transferred " jurisdiction of the islands to the Azores, today ordered a favorable report to|yyoce governor, Col. Silva Leal, em- the Senate on the nomination of Judge | barked ‘yesterday for Funchal to open D. Laurence Groner, now a Federal lnxfla:!ll)i{ty-u 0 BNl Castired .| Inhabitants of Funchal declared a Judge in the Eastern district of VIr-| v mriday with announcement that ginia, to be an associate justice in the 2000 tons of foreign grown wheat were District of Columbla Court of Appeals. |to be imported duty free and that the price of bread would go up. Some riot- d.ffii.ifimsffifiu';u'fi 2?""5.43' ing followed and several strikers and #in and King of Utah a subcommittce DrRRLIReN to consider the nomination of ames M. Proctor, a local attorney, who was selected few days ago by President SLAYER DYNAMITES SELF Hoover to be & justice in the District TR R Supreme Cou ceeding Justice Wil- | Shattered Body of Pennsylvanian am 0D m pecently elevated | pound After Murder of Wite. When_hearings were held on Judge| INDIANA, Pa., February 9 (P).—Aft- Groner two weeks ago some objection t0 | er killing his wife with a pick handle, him was raised by witnesses, who based | prank Verhovcek, 42, went to the cellar their complaint on the handling of &|of their home, at Coy, a mining village case which was tried before him in|near Homer City, and killed himself Federal Court in West Virginia seven | with a charge of dynamite last night. ears ago. The subcommittee which |gis body was blown to bits, iv-nem the t, however, decided confirmaf n - ably will come up for action at ‘the next executive session of the Senate. Radio Programs on Page A-12 he #Fp MONDAY, FEBRUARY WASHINGTON, U. 5. CLAIMS PITTS KEPT 3 MILLIONS OF SMITH FUNDS Opposes Plea of Convicted Embezzier for Bail in Appeals Court. FUND IS HELD HIDDEN TO ASSIST HIS ESCAPE Concealing Witness and Buying Bonds Under Assumed Name Are Charged. Charging among other things that G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the board of the F. H. Smith Co.,, has possession of between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 of the proceeds of the al- leged embezzlements for which he is now under sentence of 14 years in the penitentiary, the United States today filed in the District Court of Appeals its opposition to the application there pending to admit Pitts to bail. The Government also contends that Pitts attempted to conceal a witness in Florida; sought to persuade Samuel J. Henry, former president of the com- any, to remove to Canada to prevent s appearance as a witness against Pitts, and that the Pitts has purchased approximately $250,000 worth of for- eign bonds under the name of J. T. Jones. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court last week dis- missed a habeas corpus proceeding by which Pitts sought release from jail and on the next day denied a second application by Attorney T. Morris ‘Wampler looking to the same end. ‘Wampler last Friday asked the Dis- trict Court of Appeais to permit bail and under the rules the Government had until the close of today to note opposition, Anadale Bares Plot. Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds and Assistant United States At- torney Neil Burkinshaw today filed a number of affidavits in support of their contention that Pitts is not entitled to be admitted to bail pending the de- cision of the appellate tribunal. One of the affidavits is signed by C. Elbert Anadale, former secretary of the company, who was convicted with Pitts, in which he declares he heard Pitts tell Henry to remove himself to Canada. Henry also made an affidavit as to the suggestion to him from Pitts. ‘The attention of the Court of Ap- peals is called by the Government to the 14-year sentence imposed on Pitts. and it is advised that Pitts has amassed and now has secreted between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000, “which funds will be available to him in any effort he might make if released on bail to escape serv- ice of said sentence.” The Government also calls attention to four other indictments still remain- ing to be tried, charging Pitts with fel gk the court that prior fo the recent trial in which Pitts was convicted, made efforts to secret witnesses, whose names are not given, who might be used against him. Escape Cache Charged. ‘The trial, according to the opposition of the Government, revealed that Pitts directed the remo of books, records and papers of the F. H. Smith Co. when they were being sought by the United States to be used before the grand jury. Pitts, it is claimed, maintained under an assumed name for a period of five years in one place a list of bonds and securities, largely of foreign issue, solely for the purpose of having readily avail- able means whereby he might escape possible imprisonment. Pitts is alleged to have asserted that he “somehow will escape service of a sentence in a penitentiary.” Lastly, the Government contends that the point of law relied on in the habeas corpus proceeding in which the bail is asked has already been decided ad- versely to the contention of counsel for Pitts by the Court of Appeals in the case of Arnstein vs. the United States. It requests the court to deny the peti- tion of Pitts_for his release on bail. Pitts won a court victory Saturday when Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court ruled that no- tice of a civil suit served on Pitts at the District Jail was illegal. Pitts, through Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, R. H. Yeatman and George D. Horning, had protested service in & suit filed by Mrs, Grace Cauldwell ask- ing receivership for the Jefferson Apart- ments. He contended he is a resident of Florida and is technically in this Jjurisdiction only because of attendance at a court trial. Justice Bailey,issued an order quash- ing service in the suit. BREAD PRICE “WAR” RESULTS IN ARRESTS Five in .Chicago Suburb Jailed as 2,000 Picket Stores of Bakers and Grocers. By the Associated Press. .CHICAGO, February 9.—Police of the Humboldt Park district said today they were fearful of possible violence in the fight of residents to force the price of bread from 10 to 6 cents per pound loaf. ‘While quiet prevailed yesterday more than 500 persons milled through the streets Saturday night, jostling police who attempted to break up their dem- onstration. ‘Two squad cars and special details of officers were necessary to quell the crowd which paraded the streets, bear- ing banners of deflance to the bakers and their injunctions. Two women, two men and & youth of 14 years were ar- rested on disorderly conduct charges during the early stages of the demon- stration. Injunctions were obtained Saturday by the bakers when they complained to the courts that members of a mothers’ league were picketing their shops and groceries handling their wares, forcibly reventing some customers from buying joaves. Reports that Communist lead- ers had pledged more than 2,000 resi- dents of the district to picket the streets in further deflance of the injunctions caused police to stand in readiness yes- terday and toda; 55 BELIEVED DROWNED (). —Fifty-five d toda; | ‘ana 25 were St nimey Srars went passen- rescued before it down, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION P. 0, ening 5 %ff. 9, 1931-THIBTY-TWO PAGES. Gen. Butler Was Assured That His Mussolini Story Would Be Confined to the Limits of Four Walls. NEW WILL TESTIFY ONPOSTAL LEASES Ex-Postmaster General Asks | Blaine Committee for Hear- ing in Inquiry. By the Associated Press. Permission to appear voluntarily be- fore the Senate committee investigating post office leases has been requested by) former Postmaster General Harry S. New. | Mr. New wrote Chairman Blaine say- ing he felt he was entitled to be heard in view of recent testimony in which | his name was mentioned. This testi- mony related to the contested lease at St. Paul, Minn. ‘The letter has not been made public | nor has the former head of the Post Office Department made any public istatement. He is understood to have offered to appear at any time con- venient to the committee and to go into details as to any connection he may have had with the St. Paul or any other lease made while he was in the cabinet under Presidents Hard- ing and Coolidge. Mentioned by Bartlett, ‘Testifying last week, former Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett said the St. Paul lease was executed at the direction of Mr. New and that the late James W. Good, who afterward became | President Hoover's campaign manager | and Secretary of War, was in New's| office when the order to sign was given. | Senator Blaine said he had replied to New that he would be given an| :R)Plonun"y to testify as soon as pos-| e. Bartlett has testified that New rec- | ommended the dismissal of John K.| Fesler, assistant district attorney at St. Paul, after Fesler had presented facts in connection with the St. Paul com- mercial station post office lease to a Federal grand jury. ‘The grand jury reported the lecse was_fraudulent and recommended in- vestigation. Fesler went ahead with the inquiry and was preparing to sub- mit the case to a second grand jury, but a few days before it was to meet |a new district attorney was appointed and Fesler’s resignation was accepted. Signed During Absence. Bartlett also testified that New or- dered the St. Paul lease executed dur- ing his absence, although it was wcll known he was opposed to it. New, Bartlett said, called in Charles F. Trotter, a subordinate official, and instructed Trotter to sign Bartlett's name to the lease. He did so, Bartleit said, placing his own initial under the signature. The lease in question was signed in 1925, eliminating a cancellation clause which had been in the previous con- tract and in return reducing the rental of the building from $120,750 to $120,- | 000 a year. Building Valued at $290, ‘The grand jury held the value of the building was only $290,000. Daily hearings, to last virtually to the end of the session, will be held be- ginning tomorrow by the committee. ‘The witnesses tomorrow will be Mr. Trotter and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Schuneman. Blaine said data concerning more than 400 leases will be incorporated in the record. Leases in Other Cities. Among the cases in which witnesses may be called, he said, are leases in Baitimore, Boston and St. Louis. The chairman predicted the inquiry would show the Post Office Depart- ment’s leasing policy had been unwise and “negligent almost to the extent of culpahility.” The Wisconsin Republican has Inti- mated an attempt was made to block the St. Paul investigation for fear it would “blow up” the presidential cam- paign of 1928, in the midst of which the grand jury was scheduled to moet to inquire further into the lease which | had been pronounced fraudulent by a | previous jury. G0 TO SHIP'S AID Three Vessels Rushing to Help Grounded British Tanker. MIAMI, Fla., February 9 (#).—Tropi- cal radio station here was advised to- day that three ships are steaming to the assistance of the British tanker, Chancellor, ashore at Gallinas Point, off the Coast of Colombia. Navy Dental Officer Dies. SHANGHAIL 9.—Lieut. Comdr. Clarence Garcia, smallpox. Calif. Judge Given Tries Deaf Mute Speeder In Sign Language Judge Ralph E. Given, the only jurist in the District courts sufficiently versed in the sign language to converse freely with the speechless and deaf, today tried a deaf mute on a speeding charge in Traffic Court. The judge fined the man $5 on the charge. Frantz X. Winkelbauer of 5035 Forty-first street, the defendant was arrested yesterday by Police- man J. . A. Lewis of the eleventh precinct for speeding on Good Hope road southeast. Judge Given, upon learning that the man was mute, pro- ceeded to question him concerning the charge “heard” his plea and the story of his arrest, all in the sign language. The judge, it was explained later, learned to converse with deaf’ and dumb people several years ago through constant con- tact with them. NEW WITNESS HELD INLIMERICK KILLING Family to Be Quizzed Again on Information Given ~ by Ironworker. ‘The police have located 2 new wit- ness believed to have valuable informa- tion in connection with the fatal shooting of Beulah Limerick, it was learned this afternoon, and the grand jury inquiry may be prolonged to re- ceive his testimony and thai of other witness who, it is expected, will be recalled to substantiate his story. Members of the homicide squad last Friday arrested Frederick George Tay- lor, 47-year-old {iron worker, of 407 Whittier street northeast, and have been holding him for investigation in connection with the case since thal time in the twelfth police precinct sta- ticn house. Taylor and Mrs. Dora Limerick, mother of the slain girl, were brought ~to headquarters and ques- tioned last night. ‘The police declined to disclose what new information was brought out. The grand jury was expected to fin- ish with the case tomorrow, but the police now plan to recall Mrs. Limerick and others of the Limerick family in view of disclosures by Taylor. . Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, reappeared before the grand jury this afternoon. presumably to testify as to what information has been obtained from the new witness. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who con- ducted the inquest, and Deputy Coro- ner Joseph D, Rogers, also were among witnesses. J. T. McMAHON IS GIVEN ANOTHER TERM ON BENCH President Sends Nomination of Police Judge to Senate for Confirmation. John T. McMahon, who has been a judge of Police Court of the District since 1918, was reappointed by Presi- dent Hoover today for another term of six years. Mr. McMahon, who is a Democrat, was originally appointed by President Wilson. He was reappointed for & sec- ond term by President Coolidge. His present term expires on March 1. It is understood that the President’s decision was made upon recommenda- tion of the Attorncy General. Judge Isaac Hitt, also of the District Police Court, will finish his first term on that bench March 17. It was un- derstood that there is a strong likeli- hood of his being reappointed. The Department of Justice, however, has made no recommendation. NAPIER RESIDENTS FLEE SERIES OF NEW QUAKES By the Associated Press. /GTON, New Zealend, Febru- ary 9.—Residents of the devastated Hawkes Bay district were terrified and driven from their temporary shelters by a new series of violent tremors today. ‘The quakes felled many buildings not wholly_destroyed in last week’s tremors and toppled piles of masonry, battered the beaches, forcing the panic-stricken inhabitants to Corps, | sheared off by 4 IEN, 46 HORSES PERISH IN BLAZE | Several Missing After Fire of Possible Incendiary Origin Sweeps Stables. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., February 9.—Fire of mysterious origin destroyed the Oakland Horse Show early today, taking at least four human lives and incin- erating possibly 46 blue-blooded ani- mals trapped in their stalls. Several attendants remained unac- | counted for, but most, if not all, of these were thought to have escaped and failed to report their safety, Fire officials estimated the loss in horses at $300,000. Eighteen car loads of prize animals, valued by their owners at about $2,000,000, had been shipped from the stables, the show having closed Saturday night. Only One Identified. John L. Thoms3, 60, an employe of | Carnation Farm Stables, Pomona, Calif., |and Michael McCarthy, also a Carna- | tion Stable employe, ‘were identified. The bodies of two other unidentified thr:ogrvn& at its height ‘e Was and hy were plunging, snorting and dying in the flames, a woman was seen to dash into the blazing structure as if to rescue a favorite horse. Later a woman’s purse containing 40 cents and a check was found in the ruins. No clue as to the woman's identity could be found except the check, which had been made all but illegible by water. The check was for $3.75, dated December 29, 1930, and the badly mar- red signature appeared to be C. C. Gergiaber. It was drawn on the First National Bank of Ponoma, Calif. Gasoline 1s Smelled. Fire authorities sald they detected the smell of gasoline while fighting the flames, but had no definite evidence of incendiarism. A fire said to have been incendiary was found in the show build- ing the opening night and promptly quenched. Firemen also asserted there had been no regulations prohibiting smoking and that sparks from burning tobacco might have found their way into inflammable material to start the conflagration. The buildings were temporary and | burned quickly. Barns full of plunging, snorting, squealing horses made the scene a bed- lam. Some of the prize animals broke through to the open air with hair and flesh afire. Policemen shot them down to end their agony. McCarthy was believed to have died in an attempt to save Carnation Laven- dula, a $35.000 horse. The charred body of a man was found beside the burned carcass of the valuable mount. Zero Hour, prize winner of the Colorado Na- tional Guard, reached the outside with his blanket afire. He broke a leg in making the getaway and had to be shot. Harold P. Ryan, one of the attend- ants, was injured. Ryan said he saw a man burn to death in a stall. 'STOCKS GO HIGHER IN BRISK TRADING Industrial, Utility and Specialty Shares Participate in Advance. men By the Associated Pr NEW YORK, February 9.—The stock market today vigorously carried forward the advance of last Saturday. In the most active trading of the year all de- partments except the rails rallied briskly, with resultant gains of 1 to about points in most of the leading industrial, utility and specialty shares. ils, helped by the favorable decision on the Standard of New York-Vacuum merger, were strong, the Standards ris- ing a point or more. Westinghouse, American Tobacco B, Johns-Manville, Bethlehem Steel, American Can, man Kodak and Allied Chemical rallied 2 to 2%, and there were advances of 1 to 1% in General Motors, American Telephone and United States Steel. Auburn Auto soared 6. New York Central was heavy for a }une, but more than recovered a 1-point 0ss. Call money renewed at 1% A g bviplvod DEATH CHEATS SUICIDE Man Tries to Kill Self, but Dies by Accident. CHICAGO, February 9 (#).—Peter He is Hanson meant to be a 3 dead, but the manner of his death was per cent. “From Press Pl (UP) Means Associated Press. to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion i5 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers i @ printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 114,926 Sunday’s Circulation, 123,662 TWO CENTS. SENATE T0 PROBE. |ADAMS CALLS OFF CANNON'S VIRGINIA Officials of Three Banks Are Summoned for Wednesday by Committee. BISHOP, IN HOSPITAL, SILENT AFTER TRIAL Methodist Prelate, Exonerated Sat- urday, May Give State- ment Later. The Senate Campaign Funds Com- mittee has decided to inquire into the handling of anti-Smith campaign funds in Virginia in 1928 by Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Officials of three banks have been summoned to appear before the com- mittee Wednesday afternoon. They ‘were announced as follows: Perry Seay, vice president of the American Bank & Trust Co., Richmond; B. T. White, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, Blackstone, and J. A. Booker, cashier of the Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Blackstone, all Virginia institutions. ‘Two subpoenas are being prepared. One is understood to be for a local bank official. 2 Bishop Cannon, exonerated here Sat- urday night of a series of unnamed charges by a committee of 12 elders of his church, testified before the Sen- ate Lobby Committee last year that he received over $65,000 from E. C. Jame- son of New York for use in the drive against Alfred E. Smith, Demo- cratic presidential candidate. Only about half of this amount was accounted for, however, the bishop walking out on the committee without informing it what was done with the remainder. Would Trace Remainder. Chairman Nye of the Campaign Funds Committee said today he would make every effort to trace the remainder of the anti-Smith fund. His committee recently was empowered to investigate 1928 campaign activities under a reso- ]‘}lgnn ul.:y Senator Glass, Democrat, Meanwhile Bishop Cannon remained sllent today, but was visibly cheered by the outcome of his hearing. He remained in Sibley Hospital, rebuilding his strength for a return to his duties. “I may make a statement later on,” said the prohibition leader of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, “but at present there is nothing I care to dis- Bishop Cannon is suffering from an attack of arthritis, which has crippled him badly, and upon leaving the scene of the hearing at Mount Vernon Place Church Saturday night prior to the verdiet of the board of 12 ministers clearing him, said that the strain of the investigation had taxed him to the utmost. Decision Called Blunder. The decision of the board, holding that the charges did not show cause to suspend Bishop Cannon, pending trial by the General Conference in 1934, was rapped by Rev. Costen J. Harrell of Richmond, one of Bishop Cannon's ac- cusers, who termed it a “blunder,” ac- cording to the Associated Press. Dr. Harrell said the charges, which never were made public, were filed “for the cause of righteousness and for the church.” “We were sure at that time that we were right,” he added, “after we heard the evidence in Washington this week, including some very astonishing ad- missions by Bishop Cannon, we were doubly sure that we were right. The committee did not vote with us, but time will doubtless reveal their blunder.” Other Accusers Silent. There was no_statement, however, from either of the other clerical ac- cusers—Dr. Forest J. Prettyman of Bal- timore, Dr. I. P. Martin of Abingdon, Va., and Dr. J. T. Mastin of Richmond. These accusers could still bring the charges up again at the General Con- ference, but it was said this would not be_done. ©One thing that the trial accomplished, it was pointed out, was to establish precedents for the conduct of a similar hearing if such a case ever arose in the church again, The board of clergymen conducting the hearing, which was presided over by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of Birming- ham, was forced to develop procedure, as it was the first time that a bishop of the Southern Methodist Church was under investigation on grave charges. |SPANISH KING CALLS ELECTIONS IN MARCH People to Have Parliament and Guarantees Revoked Under Rivera Dictatorship. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, February 9.—Spain looked forward today to a new constitutional life, evolved by duly elected represent- atives of the people. For the first time since the advent of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship in 1923, constitutional guarantees were restored and parlia- mentary elections called. A decree signed by King Alfonso pub- lished in the official Gaceta set March 1 as the day for balloting on deputies for the new Cortes, and March 15 as the day for balloting for senators. The King himself will open parlifment March 25, ‘The decree also restored the old con- stitutional guarantees and lifted the press censorship, reinstituting other things, freed freedom om of an writing, of la BUTLER TRIAL, BUT | CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY, GIVES REPRIMAND Italian Embassy Gets Copy of Correspondence and Incident Is Closed. NO EXPLANATION MADE FOR CHANGING PLANS Marine Expresses Regret to Secre- tary for Causing Embarrass- ment to U, 8, By the Assoclated Press. There will be no court-martial for Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler of the Marine Corps. Instead, after expressing regret for his recent “indiscreet remarks” con- cerning Premier Mussolini of Italy, the outspoken officer drew yesterday = sharply worded reprimand from Secre~ tary Adams, which included a hope the incident would have “a saultary effect on your future conduct in matters of this character.” At the request of State Department officials the Navy Department furnished Ambassador de Martino of Italy a copy of the correspondence. The trial, which was scheduled to start a week from today in Philadel- Phia, was ordered canceled after Butler had acknowledged making remarks de- rogatory to Premier Mussolinl. Officially Ended. The transmission of the correspond- Butler continued today to maintain the silence he has mm"m":’ ‘word was under Llfl;‘: came from the under assurance would not get out of Butler's concluding sen- “I very greatly regret this incident and the fact um’my indiscreet remarks have caused eml ts to the Government.” Adams Ends Arrest. Adams’ reply said in part: You are informed * * * that the Navy Department cannot express too clearly its disapproval of the conduct of any of the naval establish- ment in making remarks which tend to embarrass the international relations of the Government. Such action vn the part of an officer of your rank and lengih of service merits and receives the unqualified condemnation of the :::ey l:;;l:clhm;nnt :n‘n: for their utter- ) ou here- hynrlepnm:‘nned“' t, you are e action automatically Gen. Butler of the arrest, undu"m he has confined himself to quarters at the deumuco station, which he com- Both the State Department and Italian embassy indicated t.h: llv.'ldu&np had been closed for them Wwhen, after the Italian complaint about the speech, the State Department dispatched an apolegy to Mussolini, which was ac- ;::gr:eu, dsecnhry Stimson said the imand instead = Gy ine of court-martial was Hoover Action Rumored, Whether President Hoover a hand in softening the u‘::enhtk: the brilliant Marine was not deter- mined. Walter Newton, one of his sec- retaries, sald as far as he knew Mr. Hoover had had nothing to do with it. Maj. Henry Leonard, counsel for Butler, said he was bound by a gen- (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) TRIAL OF DAUGHERTY IN BANK CASE BEGUN Fund Misapplication Charged to. Brother of Former Attor- ney General. By the Assoclated Press. WASHINGTON COUR? HOUSE, Ohio, February 9.—Mal & Daugherty, former president of tht closed Ohio State Bank, was called to trial today on the first of 16 indictments charging him with misapplication of funds. Attorneys expected the first two days entries and misapplication of funds and- credit with fraudulent intent. Daugherty, a brother of former United States Attorney General Daugherty, was indicted Count 3 ol e of pettiodl and Tt 1% organization du: the so-called elec~ tion period. Pz ‘Three motives for the calling of elec- | the tioms were listed in the royal decree,