Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1931, Page 1

WEAT ‘Weather B ollowed by (. Cloudy, tonight or early tomorrow morning; not Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,710. Entered as second class matte; post office, Washington, HER. ureau Forecast.) rain beginning late r D. € 18TH AMENDMENT UPHELD AS VALID IN SUPREME COURT'S CLARK CASE RULING Unanimous Opinion Delivered by Justice Roberts Holds State Legislatures Were Given Right to Ratify. OVERTHROWS CONTENTION| CONVENTIONS REQUIRED ¥ribunal Declares Congress Has Full Authority to Determine Method to Be Used in Voting Approval for Addition to Federal Constitution. B the Associated Press. | The eighteenth amendment was Bustained as valid today by the Supreme Court. The court’s decision was unani- mous. The decision was delivered by Justice Roberts before a crowded " court room. He stated that Con- gress was granted complete juris- diction to decide the mode of ratification and that it had the right to refer the amendment to legislatures for ratification. Under the decision the Gov- ernment will continue its efforts to enforce the Volstead law. The ruling was handed down in the Government's appeal from | the decision of Federal Judge ‘William Clark of New Jersey, who held the amendment invalid be- cause improperly ratified. Quashed Beer Indictment. Judge Clark contended that to be valid the amendment should have been * submitted to State conventions for rati fication rather than to State Legisl tures. This view the court found un- tenable, ‘When William H. Sprague and Wil- liam J. Howey were brought to trial before Judge Clark on a l:hlr{;.cl pos- uznlnf and transporting 50 half bar- rels of beer, he quashed the indictment, holding the prohibition amendment in- ; valid. In an exhaustive opinion he took the | position that as the eighteenth amend- ment attempted to transfer to the Fed- eral Government jurisdiction over rights yeserved to the le it should have been submitted to them in State con- ventions for raf tion. He held that its ratification by State Legislatures was insufficient to make it effective. The Government appealed at once. v Thedliupl‘!l'g!mc;‘n‘xn expedited thet Df;; e , he oral arguments ::out lnmonlh. although counsel for the defendants sought spproximately three months’ more time., Chief Justice Withdrew. Contending the gquestion raised by Judge Clark had already been before the Supreme Court in the national prohibition cases, Sclicitor General Thacher in a brief argument declared the court had disposed of the contro- versy. Julius Henry Cohen and Selden Bacon, counsel for the defendants, con- | tended amendments granting new po ers to the Pederal Government over the people must be submitted to the p?nple, for approval. As the eighteenth lmendr‘xeent pro- posed to grant such powers it was in- valid, they insisted, because it had been submitted to State Legislatures for rati- fication, instead of conventions. Chief Justice Hughes withdrew from the case. stating he would take no part in its decision because he had filed a brief in a previous prohibition casc, which, in his judgement, disqualified him from participating. ‘The controversy turned on the in- terpretation to be placed by the courts on article V of the Constitution which | provides that amendments shall be valid when ratified by the legislatur: of three-fourths of the States or by conventions in three-fourths of the States “as the one or the other mode of entification may be proposed by Con- ress.” 2 Judge Clark held the language should be construed as modified by “principles of political science” and that such ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TWO BUILDINGS BOMBED Chicago Twine Mill and Bakery Rocked by Blasts. CHICAGO, February 24 (#).—Two black powder bombs were set off early today, doing a total damage of $2,200. One shattered practically every win- dow in the five-story twine mill of the giant International Harvester Co. works on the west side, the front of a small bakery on the south side belonging to Joseph Wukins. While labor trouble is believed re- sponsible by investigators for the Inter- national bombing, the bakery was be- lleved damaged because Wukins has been selling & pound loaf of bread for [ 7 cents while his competitors were charging 10 cents. ‘The other wrecked | JUSTICE OWEN J. ROBERTS. SCHOOL FOOD BILL FLAYED AT HEARING |Parade of Prominent Resi- dents Voices Opposition to $30,000 Measure. ‘The proposal for a congressional ap- | propriation to provide free lunches for | undernourished school children in the Washington schools is believed to have | received a setback by testimony today during a two-hour hearing on the Mc- Leod bill, which proposes -$30,000 for | caring for these children under direc- tion of the Health Department. | Pleas in behalf of the undernourished | children were made by Isaac Gans, for- mer member of the School Board and |a past president of the Washington !chnmbcr of Commerce, and by John J. Noonan, retired capitalist, who backed the reduced carfare for school children ; |and the free food measure. | Opponents Air Views. | Opponents of the legislation marshal- ed business and civic leaders as wit- nesses in impressing upon the commit- tee that there are already existing | agencies which will care for this situa- | tion if it exists. | They argued that the civic bodies of the National Capital can make ample provision for caring for hungry school | children without the resort to legisla- tion and setting up a new system of systematic school examination. Fowler Is Opposed. Among those who spoke against the bill were Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer; Mrs, Giles Scott Rafter, former president of the Parent-Teacher Congress, who appeared today as one of the speakers for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; Harry N. Stoll, representing the Federation of Citizens’ | Associations, who said that his - ization had unanimously adop! a resolution disapproving the McLeod bill; A. J. Driscoll, president cf-the Midcity Citizens’ Association, apd Charles I, Stengle, a former member of Congress, who said that he was representing the Citizens' Advisory Council. Nocnan Urges Passage. Mr. Noonan pleaded earnestly for emergency action in passing this meas- |ure, which he said meant jife blood for thousands of school children. He quot- ed statistics from District Health Department and compared them with statistics from other places regarding | under-nourished school- childrea. He stated that the figures of the District | Health Department zhow that one-third (Continus 2, Column 8.) DAWES PLANS T0 FILL ' FULL TERM IN LONDON Ambassador Puts at Rest Reports He Will Return to America for Other Duty. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 24.—Gen. Charles G. Dawes today set at rest reports that | he intended to resign as Ambassador to | the Court of St. James and return to | America, either in connection with the imnhcomlnl World Fair at Chicago or | for political work. | | The fair, he said, was “a year ahead | |of itself,” so far as preparations were | concerned, and everything was progress- ing so very favorably that his presence at Chicago was not needed. “Unless some unforeseen circum- | stance arises,” he told the Associated Press correspondent, “I expect to serve my full term as Ambassador. (This | would mean another two years) I see no reason now why I should have to leave here.” | _ He paused and then added, “I am 65 ;y?a;s ’oldA ‘What more should I want to do?” | Red Rioters Wounded. MARTI, Poland, February 24 (#).—A | crowd of 400 unemployed were har- angued here by Communists last night and were aroused to such a pitch that they attacked policemen who tried to maintain order. An emergency squad fired into them, wounding ee. DAILY TELEVISIO ANNOUNCED BY RADIO COMPANY Program Is Sent Out in Three Periods Over Station W2XCD at By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—Estimat- ing there are 10,000 sight-receiving in- \struments in the Nation, the De roreni Original features Co. announces the broadcasting television program over sta- (CD, at Passaic, N. J. being sent ‘out three 30 p subjects” and picture films. The N BROADCAST <h Passaic, N. J. visual portion is transmitted on 2.050 kilocycle and the sound accompaniment on & wave-length of 187 meters over Station W2XCR. lanned for this week include the De Little Sym- phony Orchestra, a mandolin concert, mateh, plano music and a|ing. sul ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1931—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ###% MURDERED WOMAN IS IDENTIFIED AS CLUES ARE SOUGHT Mrs. Vance Smith Vanished Mysteriously From Tappa- hannock, Va., Wednesday. BODY FOUND IN THICKET. WAS BADLY MUTILATED Its Condition Practically Bars Analysis for Poison—No Signs of Bullets Are Found. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOWLING GREEN, Va, February 24.—Positive identification of the mu tilated body of a woman found in a thicket near the Washington-Richmond Highway as that of Mrs. Vance Smith, | lately of Tappahanock but formerly of Charlotte, N. C, was announced here today by Justice of the Peace G. F. Conway. The identification, made last night by Younger Lumpkin of Tappahannock, and corroborated today by several other acquaintances of Mrs. Smith, enabled Caroline County authorities to narrow their investigation to circumstances at- tending the woman's mysterious dis- appearance from & Tappahannock boarding house last Wednesday. ‘The woman, known generally in Tap- | pahannock as “Mics Marie Cleo Free- | man,” left the boarding house in com- pany with & man whcse identity is not known, but who is thought to have been a traveling salesman. Found in Patch of Woods. Nothing had been heard of her until her nude body, mutilated by vultures, was found in a patch of pine woods about a mile and a half from thc main highway, near Doswell. i The gruesome find was made by Wil- | lam Triggs, colored. He notified the | authorities, who removed the corpse tc the local morgue. Lumpkin said he was sure the body was that of Mrs. Smith because of a burn on the right knce. He declared Mrs. Smith received such a burn re- cently when she fell against a stove in a restaurant at Tappahanock, where she was employed. Other characteris- tics confirmed this opinion, he pointed out. These included two prominent teeth at the front of the mouth, the brown-black color of her hair, height, ‘weight and age. George Lee, colored waiter at the res- taurant, also viewed the body today and expressed certainty that the body ! was that of “Miss Freeman,” alias Mrs. Smith, Finger Prints Taken, “Half a dozen others have made the same identification,” Judge Conway said, “so we are satisfled there is no doubt as to the woman's identity. Fingerprints have been taken of her fingers for comparison with any prints | that may be found on articles belong- ing to Mrs. Smith at Tappahanock. We have not heard the findings, if any, of the fingerprint expert.” Judge Conway said the body will be! buried here sometime tomorrow. The | condition of the body precludes em- | balming, and it will be necessary to| conduct the funeral not later than to- morrow, it was stated. Identification of the body eliminated from consideration two other pcssible “clues.” At first it was thought the | woman bore a slight resemblance to Mrs. Clara Lizer, former resident of the county, who left for Baltimore last November. Washington police also had suggested that the body might be that of Phoebe Stader of Rahway, N. J., whose nude corpse was driven south from Rahway last week by a man for whom police have laid a nation-wide dragnet. Both suggesticns have been rejected definitely for reasons in addi- tion to the contrary identification. No Bullet Holes Found. Scratches and mud on the face of the body indicated it had been dragged by the feet for some distance before being drcpped, face downward, on the dirt and pine needles of a secluded lane. Scattered near the corpse were several pages of a Washington news- paper. The torn condition of the torso left little hope for ascertaining the direct cause of death. There appeared to be no bullet holes in the skull or elsewhere. Most of the vital crgans are gone, 50 that chemical analysis to determine if poizon was employed are virtually im- practicable. No vestige of clothing or other items that might lend a clue to what appears to have been a most brutal murder has been found. __Dr. John Breaddus, one of the physi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BOMB DISCOVERED ON MACHADO HOME Electricians Who Prepared Lights Celebration Are G Under Arrest. for By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 24.—An ominous note was struck for Cuba's national holiday festivities in celebration of the “Grito de Balre" today with disclosure of the finding of a bomb on top of President Machado's residence last night. A soldier patrolling the roof located the infernal machine, which was de- scribed as small, but capable of doing considerable damage to the top floor, on which the President resides. Twenty electricians, who erected floodlights on the building for today’'s celebrations, were arrested and questioned. A score or more bombs have been set off in the city during the past three days, most of them small and making more noise than they did damage. One of the outstanding events on to- day's program of celebration of the an- niversary of the uprising which initiated the Cuban revolution was the dedica- tion of a new $15,000,000 capitol build- . Others included dedication of a new 700-mile central highway and of- ting | ficial transfer of the city from munici- rs in Alaska, s of Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin, and mwde with the Twen! Oentury pal to Federal jurisdiction. Radio Programs on Page C-3 Associated service. The only evening in Washington wi per the Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 109,288. (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. REGALLOFTALAN ENVOY 15 SUGHT Complaint Against De Mar- tino Charges Campaign to Belittle U. S. Charging that he has been conduct- | ing a campaign to “belittle the Amer-| ican institutions and form of Govern-| ment,” a group of American citizens | of Italian extraction today asked Secre- | tary of State Stimson to request the | recall of Ambassador de Martino by | the Italian government. | Asserting that the Ambassador'’s ac- | tivities are causing “dissension and strife in the United States, and are disturbing the peace of loyal American | citizens of Italian extraction,” the dele- gation asked for an opportunity to ap- pear before the Secretary of State and submit proof of its charges. It was said the complaint is the out- growth of the Ambassador’s activities indemanding a court martial of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and his more recent investigation into the alleged criticisms of the Fascist government by Assistant Attorney General John L. O'Brian. Resolutions Adopted. The delegation’s petition, which was contained in a letter to Secretary Stim- son, included a copy of a resolution criticising Ambassador de Martino's ac- tivities which was recently adopted at a conference in New York City. The | resolution reads in part: “Whereas in the recent Butler-Mus- | solini incident, and also in connection with a formal address by Assistant At- torney General John Lord O'Brian, the Italian language newspapers, under the control of Ambassador de Martino, were absolutely anti-American and of the rankest sedition and vulgarity in the | treatment of said incidents, and the United States and fts people were made to appear as inferior in every respect, and the apology given by this Govern- ment was said to have been due to the | fear this Government entertains of the | Fascists and Mussolini and, | “Whereas, for the exccution of its | program of terrorism in this country | the Fascist government has honey- combed the United States with Fascist | spies of the Itallan secret police, who come here in the guise of immigrants under the quota laws.” | The communication to Secretary Stimson was signed by Dr. Charles Fama, national chairman Defenders of the American Constitution; Joseph Lib- erto, president of the Itallan World | War Veterans' League; Luigi Antonini, | vice president of the International | Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union; Giro- | lamo Valentini, general manager of the Italian daily newspaper, Il Neuvo Mondo, all of New York, and the Rev. Amedeo M. Riggio, pastor of Christ Methodist-Episcopal Church, Newark, N. J, and the Rev. M. C. Marseglia, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, ‘Washington. CITY HEADS ORDER 2 POLICE DISMISSED| Trial Board’ Sentences Given Kelly | and Batchelor Are Confirmed. ‘The District Commissionars today or- dered Policemen C. E. Kelly, eighth pre- cinct, and L. E. Batchelor, fourteenth precinct, dismissed from the force, con- firming sentences of the Police Trial Board. Kelly, for years a pitcher on the police base ball nine, was dismissed for threatening the life of his command- ing officer and making untruthful state- ments to him; Batchzlor for firing six bullets into the house of Lieut. E. T. Harney of the harbor precinct, after having been refused an interview with his wife, Lieut. Harney's daughter. One of the bullets struck a child in the house, inflicting a slight wound. Neither officer appealed from the de- cision of the Trial Board. "MANHATTAN | NIGHT" A Thrilling New Novel by WILLIAM ALMON WOLFF || Begins on page B-6 of TODAY'S STAR “A MASTERPIECE OF MYSTERY FICTION.” Mexican Fruit Trees Whipped by Peasants For Failing to Bear By the Associated Press. TEXCOCO, Mexico, February 24.—Fruit trees of the nearby Huexotla region which bore a pocr crop this year were sub- Jected today to a severe lashing, with the admonishment that they do better next season. After a series of native dances and other formalities, a score of the best physical specimens of the tribal manhood administer 10 lashes each to upward of 50 trees, using leather straps espe- cially made for the ceremcny. The whipping takes place at exactly 10 a.m. MEET N SECRET ON SCHOOL FARES Members of Operating Com- panies Confer With Utilities Officials Today. Details of the law enacted last week | calling for reduced fares for school chil- dren on street cars and busses will be discussed at a meeting behind closed doors today at which members of the various operating companies and offi- cials of the Public Utilities Commission will be present. ‘The matters to be discussed are, primarily, what rate shall be charged for the school children (the law pro- vides that it shall not exceed 3 cents), how many tickets shall be sold at- one time, whether there shall be a time iimit on the use of the tickets sold, how transfers shall be issued to hold- ers of the school tickets, whether the tickets shall take the form of paper strips or tokens, and the like. ‘There is one proposal that the tickets be sold in lots of 10 for 30 cents, thus giving the purchaser enough tickets to last a week, but it is not known how the commission will react to this. Notices of the meeting have been sent to the Washington Railway & Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co., the Washington Rapid Transit Co. and the Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines, Inc. STOCKS GO HIGHER IN HEAVY TRADING Market Again Bounds Upward, but Profit Taking Retards Ad- vance in Prices. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 24.—The stock market began the new week with a fast- moving rally today, although it met profit taking after gains of 1 to 4 points had been recorded in a wide list of issues. . Turnover in the first half hour reached the large total of 900,000 shares, and as the upward movement gained momentum the ticker got as much as eight minutes behind the market. Al- lied Chemical, Auburn Auto and Case rose 4 to 4';, but Auburn lost all its gain. Shares up 3 to 3% included American & Foreign. Power, Standard Gas & Electric, American Telephone, Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse, while American Power & Light, Ameri- can Tobacco “B,” Bethlehem Steel, Radio and Coca Cola rallied 2 to 23. United States Steel made a new high at 150%, where it was 53 above last Saturday's close. Trading turned dull after realizing had chipped ncminal amounts from the highs, and the coppers were brought forward as new leaders. Anaconda ad- vanced 2 points. Rails were soft. New York Central, Atchison and Frisco lost about 1%3. Call money renewed at 1'; per cent. ONE KILLED IN R[OTING 29 Injured When Communists and Socialists Stage Demonstration. ZITTAU, Germany, February 24 (#).— A bystander was shot dead and 4 police officers and 25 demonstrators were injured in a clash last night between Communists and Nat 1 Socialists. ‘The Ccmmunists attacked a torch- light procession arranged by the Nasis, throwir : | cer bottles, rocks and lumps of ice. It was hours before the police could quell the disorder. CONSENT DECRE PPLSEDBY HEEGH Notifies Commission He Will Not Agree to Fixing Rates | by Court Order. | People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech | today served notice in writing on the | Public Utilities Commission that he would not be a party to any arrange- ment to change the system of fixing electric rates in Washington which would leave in force a decree of court, however modified. He stated that he would agree to some sliding scale ar- rangement set up in a bilateral agree- ment between the commission and the company, but held that a decree of court governing the arrangement would be a “direct impediment to proper regu- lation.” Seeks to Avold Misunderstanding. Mr, Keech’s letter was written, as he sald. “to prevent any possible misun- derstanding as to my position.” He was present at a conference on February 16 at which the commission and officials of the Potomac Electric Power Co. sought to reach a compromise on the commission’s threatened court action to modify the consent decree which now governs the annual fixing of electric rates in Washington. This conference was abortive, as the corporation offi- cials sajd they could not bind their company in advance of its meeting of the board of directors of the corpora- tion which is to take place tomorfow. A second conference has been arranged for next Monday. Text of Keech's Leiter, The text of Mr. Keech's letter follows: “Referring to the conference held | February 16 in your offices with officials of the power company for the purpose of considering rates of that company, I was impressed by the statement of Gen. Patrick (Mason M. Patrick, chair- {man of the commission) that the method by which this was to be ac- complished was not the question at that time. From this I unders| and 1 believe others present likewise did, that while the commission ente:tainsd the view that a sliding scale was de- sirable, it held an open mind as to the manner in which this was to be put into effect. It seems desirable to me at this time that the commission see to it that the bar (consent decree), which has prevented it from functioning as | was intended by the public utility acr, | be removed. Sliding Scale Favored. “It is my belief that the consent decree has been and will continue, if merely modified, a direct impediment to proper regulation, if for no other reason than it tends to divest the body charged with the regulation of utilities in this jurisdiction of one of its prime powers. With few exceptions all who took part in the conference of Monday entertained the view that a sliding scale was desirable, both to the power company and to the general public. It was stated by the commission, as well as by representatives of the com- pany, that through this scheme con- stant litigation and strife has been avoided. “It, therefore, appears to me that a bilateral arrangement premised on a sliding scale method would satisfy all parties concerned, the parties to it be- ing the Public Utilities Commission and the Power Company. The sole change as a result of the adoption of this course would mean that the court would be eliminated from the picture and the be- fore-mentioned hindrance, as a result of the court appearing in such arrange- ment, removed. Cites Commission’s Authority. “Paragraph 1R of the law vests the commission with authority to sanc- tion a so-called sliding scale or other financial device upon an ascertainment (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Second Division In Hard Battle READ Tomorrow's Installment of PERSHING'S MEMOIRS in The Evening Star Gen.' Pershing’s story will be found tod.y‘on page 4. s, COMMISSION PRODS GAS COMPANIES 10 ACT IMMEDIATELY | Utilities Body Irked at Delay in Replying to Inquiries on Adjustments. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS ARE FILED BY CONSUMERS Officials Tire After Waiting for Nearly Two Weeks Without Re- sponse From Distributors. Irked by the delay of the gas com- panies in answering its request for in- formation relative to the existing gas situation, the Public Utilities Commis- sion today demanded immediate re- sponse. For nearly two weeks the commission steps the companies have taken to com- ply with its orders directing a reduction in gas pressures to a maximum of 8 | inches, and the readjustment of gas ap- | plianices s0 they will operate efficiently under the new pressures. Writes to Companies. When the morning mail failed to yleld the awalted reply, the following letter was dispatched to both the Wash- ington and Georgetown companies: “‘On February 11, we wrote you ask- ing that you state ‘the number of ad- Jjustments which have actually been made’ under the requirements of the commission in its letter of January 22, ‘and also the average number of month- ly adjustments made prior thereto.” “We have not received this informa- tion to date. “On the same day we asked you as follows: “ ‘Will you notify us as soon as pos- sible as to what measures you have actually taken to bring pressures to the 8-inch maximum authorized pend- ing any survey of your system to de- termine general adjustments thereto.’ “We have not received this infor- mation. “Will you kindly furnish same at once?” The information sought from the companies is regarded as of utmost ce by the commission in con- nection with its present investigation into the cause of the deluge of com- plaints over high gas bills. Making Pressure Tests. Compliance with the 8-inch maxi- | mum pressure regulation, it is believed at the commission, may bring gas bills back to the normal average, as the opinion prevails among its members that the increased pressures which were coupled with the improper adjustment of gas appliances, unqu ably are responsible for some of the higher gas bills. The commission, however, is hav- ing tests made to determine precisely what effect varying pressures have on ,u consumpiion. These tests are be- ng made by Elmer G. Runyan, the com- mission's gas engineer. The commission also is anxious to ascertain the rate at which adjusi- ments are being made on gas appli- ances. The last report from the com- panies, indicated that adjustments were being made ‘at the rate of 5000 a month, but unless this work is ex- pedited, it was sald, more than two years will be required for the read- justment of the appliances of the 126,000 gas consumers in the District. The action of the commission to Temedy present conditions, has not served to stem the tide of complaints from indignant gas consumers. Thirty- nine additional protests over high bills were added this morning to the bulging complaint files. Nineteen of them were received at the commission and the other 20 were acknowledged by Richmond B. Keech, peorle’.: counsel before the Public Utilities Commission, who is making an independent study to determine the cause of the unprecedented number of complaints over gas bills. Two of the complaints received by Keech, came from sections in nearby Maryiand, but these will have to be ignored, he said, because neither he nor the commission has jurisdiction beyond the boundaries of the District line. Asks Additional Data. Aside from an analysis of the com- plaints filed in his office, Mr. Keech also is reviewing the pressure report of Bert H. Peck, the commission’s chief engi- neer, who disclosed the existence of the abnormal pressures. Mr. Keech declared he was going over this report again, hoping it would shed further light on the cause of the com- plaints. He is not satisfied that the in- creased pressures alone are responsible for present conditions. Some of the complaints sent to his office, Mr. Keech said, do not give him all of the data he would like to have in connection with his investigation. In a number of cases, he has written to the complaintants asking for addi- tional information. To enable a fair and impartial study, Mr. Keech said he desired consumers to forward him information showing the amount of their bills in November and December, 1929, the entire year of 1930 and January, 1931. If all this data cannot be furnished, he declared, he desired as much of it as is possible. has waited for a report showing what | found to be as high as 12 and 14 inches, | sideration PROBE OF TARIF GIFT CHARGE 1S ASKED IN SENATE [ - iIBorah and Robinscn Demand | Inquiry Into Statement | Member Got $100,000. NYE DECLARES REPORT FOUND WITHOUT MERIT Caraway, Lobby Committee Head, Silent—One Member Threat- ens Libel Action. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Borah of Idaho today called upon the Senate Lobby Committee to investigate a report published in the New York World today, declaring that evidence had been submitted to show that & member of the Senate had re- celved sums aggregating $100,000 to $150,000 from the head of a domestic sugar company interested in obtaining a high sugar duty while the Hawley- Smoot tariff bill was before Congress. The Idaho Senator said he had been assured that the Lobby Committee, headed by Senator Caraway of Arkan- sas, would proceed with the investiga- tion if the matter were formally called yw the attention of the Senate itself. | Robinson Also Asks Probe Secnator Robinson of Arkarsas, the Democratic leader, said that he, too, believed an inquiry should be made into this report. Senator Nye of North Dakota, chairman of the Senate Cam- paign Investigating Committee, which in the World report was credited with unearthing the evidence in the case, said that he believed an inquiry should b2 made, although he insisted that as far as his committee had gone in the matter there had been nof to re- flect on the integrity and honesty of the Senator whose name had been bl'gtl'll’ht :nmku‘:iz matter. s expec that the Lobl P mittee will now go ahead with flim- quiry, summoning witnesses to aj before it. Senator Caraway mym & meeting of his committee this after- noon. Before the matter was called '.n w:he ln‘:ngeon 'o:r the Senate by Sen- Borah, Senator N; - lowing statement: e i YWY sonssy AN rman Nye of the Campaign In- vestigating Committ - lov.s:}r‘ngt:hu'ment: tee, issued the fol unfortunate that be any menticn made of u‘:eumfaullm referred to in a certain Tnewspaper story this morning. In view of the absence of substantiating and conclusive evi- dence, there ought to be no serious con- S RS om what conf I the in point I have mm ads that the allegations were without merit and that they will remain without merit in my mind until something more substantiating was affory oo ded than has Fears Injustice Done. “The committee investigat! cam- paign expenditures found no x:‘:{ule to proceed upon the basis of allegations made, and after careful consideration closed its books to further consideration upon the subject. I fear a great in- Justice is being done the Senator who :aw- party involved in the newspaper Ty. “In view of the fact that these stories have been so widely n:zl:ed I am sure a thorough sifting of the facts ought to be made to the end that mo reflection be permitted to remain and ;::énglmtrefléct‘ upon on:(. who, in all al Y. innocent of wrong- doing in this connect. i % Caraway Is Silent. “The allegations in this connection were called to the attention of both the lobby and campaign funds investigating committees. When the Campaign In- vestigating Committee found no cause for action in its jurisdiction I sub- mitted to the chairman of the Lobby Committee such allegations and facts as had been encountered, which alle- gations and facts in all probability do not add to the information that had been originally laid before the Lobby Committee. “It would not surprise me if the Lobby Committee has found the alle- gations without merit and will report Just as the Campaign Committee will report that nothing was found refiect- ing.on the honor, honesty or integrity of the Senator involved as these charges related to any subject under their jurisdiction.” Senator Caraway, chairman of the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee, declined to comment today on the newspaper Teport. Libel Action Threatened. One Senator, whose name has been mentioned in private conversations in connection with this report, declined today to make any public comment upon it. He intimated, however, that he would sue for libel if his name was used in connection with the story. The New York World today the story, under a Washingtan date- line, stating that the evidence in the case had been submitted to the Senate Lobby Committee. A ding to the re- " (Continued ¢ Column (Continued on P: Model Student, Without K By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, England, February 24. —This picturesque old English univer- sity town has suddenly become the scene of one of the most bafing death mysteries that Scotland Yard has to deal with in months. It is the “mystery of room 23” in Sid- ney-Sussex College where the trussed-up dead body of an 18-year-old university graduate. Francis John Charles Ellis, ‘was discovered yesterday. The most searching investigation by experts from Scotland Yard has as yet been unable to determine how this quiet, hard working ambitious young student with no known enemies, bad associa- tions or striking eccentricities could have met death in his room where there were no s of & s yet be found hand and f a smothering band of handkerchiefsgver his mouth. - 8o far only one point nbou‘the ch'e b DEATH MYSTERY STIRS CAMBRIDGE; SCOTLAND YARD EXPERTS PUZZLED nown Enemies, Found Suf- focated—No Signs of Struggle. has been definitely established, that death was dye to suffocation. was determined by the noted paf Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who came here from London on an urgent summons and carried out a post mortem early today. The theory that Ellis was ths victim of hazing has beem given up, there was Vestigators said they found. it knpestible TS 58 y foun: to believe that the irtricate job of bind- ing which the body revealed could have been done by Ellis himself. There was & suggestion that he might have been prompted to e: nt by the of a society of students who have been studying “magic” but it developed today that he had never taken any interest in this soclety’s doings. Mrs. Ellis, the victim's mother, who is the widow of a well known , hurried to Cambri and today was giving every aid to the Scotland Yard jmen investigating the case. 7 .