Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight; minimum temperature about 35 degrees; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, probably followed by rain at ‘Temperatures—Highest, 55, at nlsgt. 2:30 pm. yesterday; lowest, 37, at 6:30 Full report on page 9. a.m. today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 e e e i it i e WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931—FORTY-SIX PAGES. Entered as seco post office, \Wa. BONUS BILL PASSES AS T6-10-17 BALLOT IN SENATE DEFEATS PRESIDENT'S VETO Measure Now Becomes Law, Since House Approved It Yesterday Despite Hoo- ver’s Opposition. No. 31,713. UPPER CHAMBER VOTES AFTER 3-HOUR DEBATE King of Utah Is Only Democrat to! Support Chief Executive in Op-| posing Legislation Increasing | Loan Value of Adjusted Com-| | pensation Certificates. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate, by a vote of 76 to 7, today overrode President Hoo- wer's veto of the soldiers’ bonus Joan bill and passed the bill a sec- ond time. The bill now becomes law, since fhe House yesterday afternoon mlso voted to pass the bill not withstanding the President’s dis-| @pproval. The vote in the Senate was tak- en after a three-hour debate in which the President’s veto was praised by Senator Bingham of Connecticut and was criticized by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and other supporters of the bonus | loan bill. Supporters of Veto. The Senators who voted to sustain the President’s veto were: Republicans—Bingham, Connecticut; Boran, Idaho; Fess, Ohio; Goff, West | Virginia; Gould, Maine; Hastings, Dela- ware; Hebert, Rhode Island; Metcalf, Rhode Island; Morrow, New Jersey; Moses, New Hampshire; Phipps, Colo- Tado; Reed, Pennsylvania; Smoot, Utah; Waicott, Connecticut; Waterman, Colo- rado, and Watson, Indiana. 16. Democrats—King, Utah. 1. ‘Total to sustain the veto—I17. Those Senators voting to override the veto were: Republicans — Blaine, Tow: * . Dakota; McNary, Oregon; Norbeck, South Dakota: Nor- braska North Dakota Nevada; Patterson, Missouri; Pin Robinsen, Indiana; Schall, Minnesota: Ehertridge, California; Steiwer, Oregon; ‘Thomas, Idaho; Townsend, Delaware; ‘Vandenberg, Michigan—36. | Democrats—Ashurst, Arizona; Bark- | ley, Kentucky: Black, Alabama; Blease, South Carolina; Bratton, New Mexico; Brock, Tennessee; Broussard, Louisiana; Bulkley, Ohlo; Caraway, Arkamsas; Connally, Texas; Copeland, New York; JDill, Washington; Fletcher, Florida; George, Georgia; Glass, Virginia; Har- ris, . Harrison, Mississippl; Hayden, Arizona; Heflin, Alabama; XKendrick, Wyoming: McKellar, Tennes- see; McGill, Kansas; Morrison, North Carolina; Pittman, Nevada; Ransdell, Louisiana; Robinson, Arkansas; Shep- pard, Texas; Smith, South Carolina; Steck, Iowa; Stephens, Mississippi; Tydings, Maryland; ; Walsh, Massachu- ; Wheeler, Mon- tana, and Willilamson, Kentucky—39. Farmer - Labor — Shipstead, Minne- sota; 1. Total voting to override the veto—76 Only One Pair. Senator Gillette, Massachusetts, an- nounced that he would have voted to sustain_the veto, but that he had a pair with Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Senator Hawes of Mis- sourl | Senators | bill originally and_today vo ! tain the veto. They were Senator| Watson of Indiana, the Republican | Jeader, and Senator Waterman of Col- orado. Waterman did vote on the original passage of the uill, but it was| announced at the time that he wculd | have voted for the measure. The House, by a vote of 328 to 79, | yesterday afternoon jammed the bill through over the veto. | bill originally | passed the Senate, the vote was 72 0| 12 in favor of it Senate leaders had hoped to bring the bonus loan bill immediately 10 a vote when the § ssemb way o Senator | Vandenberg of Michigan, however, a (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) ROWBOTTOM PLEADS | NOT GUILTY TO BRIBE Indiana Representative to Be Tried in April on Postal Appoint- ment Charges. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, February 27.—Harry E. Rowbottom, Representative from the first Indiana district, pleaded not guilty in Federal Court here today to charges that he accepted bribes for his influence | talks “might be resumed.” b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. nd class matte| shingten, D. C. “From Press to Home 2 Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular e tion i3 delivered to Washington homes X ¥ (#) Means Associated as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,525 TWO CENTS. Press. .Drought Aid Delay Explanation Asked Of Doak by Senate Caraway Charges Hyde Has Held Up Relief Distribution. By the Asaocinfl'i Press. | ‘The Senate today called on Secretary | Hyde to inform it why he has not made the $20,000,000 drought relief com- promise fund available and when he proposes to do so. i ‘The action was taken on adoption without debate of a resolution by Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas. In a preamble, Caraway said the Secretary of Agriculture had failed to make the aporopriation available “with- out justification,” although Congress provided it should be immediately available. This was stricken out at the request of Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut. _ The Seed Loan Office will be ready to (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) BOULEVARD FUNDS RAPPED IN HOUSE $2,700,000 Item Is Hit as Second Deficiency Bill Reaches Conferees. There was spirited opposition in the House today over the $2,700,000 for the Mount Vernon Boulevard, especlnlly‘ over the statement that this road is to| cost $462,000 a mile, when the second“ deficlency appropriation bill was sent to conference. i ‘The conference started at 2:30 o'clock | this afternoon with an agreement thati the House conferees must come back to the House for a vote in the House on the boulevard item. | Chairman Snell of the rules commit- | tee raised the objection to this item| and asked that the House be given a| chance to vote on the proposition. He | said, in part: “If I understand the situation cor- rectly, it was discussed in another body | that that road is going to cost $462,000 | a mile. I cannot understand or con-| ceive how any road could cost that amount of money, even if it is Govern- ment money.” Garner Raps Senate. | Minority Leader Garner asked whether other amendments placed on this bill by the Senate had been carefully exam- ined by the House leadership. He said that glancing at the record this morn- ing, it appeared to him “that the other | body has gone absolutely crazy on the | matter of appropriations. The mere matter of $2,000,000 does not amount to much,” he said, “but $100,000,000 does amount to much.” wHR called d upon the House conferees impress the conferees for the Senate “that there is a limit some- | ag!n about this matter of appropria- o) Chairman Wood of che House Appro- priations Committee said he is in hearty sympathy with Mr. Garner's statement. I do not know whether or not we can | convince them that there is a limit, but the fact is that they are the limit.” In replying to Mr. Snell, Mr. Wood (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. U. S. IMMIGRATION BILL HIT BY ALIEN PROTECTOR | ot | Abtel Davis Declares Proposed Law | Makes No Provision for Re- union of Families. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 27.—President Abel Davis of the Immigrants’ Protec- tive League today condemned, in a| statement, the immigration suspension | bills now pending before Congress as “contrary to American principles” be- | cause they make no provision for the | reunion of separated families. | “Separation of families,” said Mr. | Davis, “is quite as inhumane, anti- | social and contrary to American inter- ests in the case of the naturalized cit- | izen and resident alien as in the case | of our native-born people. The league | believes that no legislation suspending | or limiting immigration should be | adopted which raises any additional | barrier to the admission and reunion | | of families of citizens or aliens already | ! residents of the United States.” | CONFERS WITH GANDHI | Attempt at Peace Negotiation Re- sults in Disagreement. NEW DELHY, India, February 27 (#). —Mahatma Gandhi and the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, had a long confer- ence today and after its conclusion it was understood they had failed to agree on a vital point of the pending peace negotiations. After the meeting Gandhi said the ‘This was taken to mean that it would be again necessary to refer the subject matter | of the conversation to the British Gov- ernment for a decision, The Mahatma let it be known that | he would stay in New Delhi, at least for a few days. He called a meeting of the Nationalist Congress Working Com- mittee for tonight. | too | eral courtroom heavily guarded and un- | the amount to be spent to acquire 4,500 CAPONE CONVICTED INCONTEMPT CASE: GIVEN SIX MONTHS Judge Brands Affidavit Con- cerning lliness as “Glar- ingly False.” TRIAL BAEJ_ON FAILURE TO FACE JURY IN 1929 Refuses to Leave Seat at Court and Answer Phone Call From London During Hearing. By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, February 27.—Al Capone was convicted of contempt in Federal HAT DOES MVEVLLON KNow ABOUT TREASURY Court today and sentenced to six menths in County Jail. Judge Wilkerson. in announcing his decision declared it was evident that the affidavit which attempted to show Capone was ill and in bed when he was wanted by the Government two years ago, was “glaringly false.” The effect of the afidavit, the judge declared, was to “hamper the admin- istration of justice” and “this court is not to be tampered with.” ‘The contempt consisted of Capone's failure to appear before a Federal grand jury in 1929. He sent an affidavit accompanied by a doctor’s certificate, from his Miami, Fla., home that he was ill to risk a trip to Chicago. Later, the Federal attorney charged, it was learned that Capone had been at the races and had made a trip to Bermuda during the time of his alleged {llness. During the hearing Capone produced two physicians and two nurses who tes- tified that the defendant was really ill at the time he refused to come to Chi- cago. They said removal from the mild climate of Florida to the rigorous north might cause a relapse. The gang leader returned to Chicago Friday secretly and kept himself secluded until the case was called. He slipped into the Fed- ;:bserved on the three days of the hear- ing. Carelessness ndmitted. Judge Wilkerson held that the fact that Capone finally appeared before the grand jury and was questioned made no difference as far as his contemptu- ous act was concerned. The point was, he said, that the respondent had caused to be sent up to Chicago an afdavit which he knew to be false in an at-| tempt to influence the court. Capone's attorney, Benjamin Epstein, had argued in his final pl:a that Ca-! pone did not read the affidavit signed by his doctor. Ebstein said it was ad- mitted the affidavit drawn. Judge Wilkerson interrupted to say, “It certainly was carelessly drawn. It was trifling with the court.” The court allowed Capone his free- dom under the same bond of $5,000 and a continuance of 30 days Monday to prepare his appeal to' the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, It ordered the prosecution not to prepare the order of committment until next Monday. The defense pleaded unpre- paredness for an appeal in view of the state of the record and suddenness of the decision. Quick Appeal Planned. Epstein said there “certainly was” an appeal possible from a citation for con- was carelessly terpt of court and he indicated he| would lose no time making the appeal. The precautions taken to prevent any attack on the gang chief continued to the very end of the trial. After the Judge had announced his @ecision, a swarm of balliffs descended on the court | room to hold the spectators in the seats until Capone had been taken out. Es- corted by a squad ot detectives, he was rushed downstairs and whisked away in a squad car as a crowd began to gather, Today’s sentence was the first ever passed on the notorious gangster in Chicago, but he spent nearly a year in prison in Pennsylvania for carrying concealed weapons in Philadelphia. Capone snubbed London while await- ing conclusion of the hearing and re- fused to leave his seat to answer a transatlantic telephone call for, he sald, “I don’t know any one in London.” Shortly after Jacob I. Grossman, assistant United States district at- torney, resumed the final argument, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PASS MONUMENT -BILL President Gets Measure Removing Limit on Land Purchase. The House today agreed to Senate amendments to the Cramton bill to enlarge the Colonial National Monu- ment at Yorktown, Va., and sent the bill to the President. The measure removes the limit on acres of land in the monument, BOMBING STIRS CONVENT Three Are Exploded, but Brothers Escape Injury. GORIZIA, Italy, February 27 (#).— The Capucin Convent of Santa Groci di Aidussina was thrown into conster- nation early this morning by the ex- plosion of three bombs. None of the brothers was injured by the explosives, one of which was placed in a hall leading to the cells and the other two in the garden. By the Associated Pres: PALM_BEACH, Fla,, February 27— | in obulninhpmt office appointments. He will be d April 14 at Evansville. Rowbottom, whose term in Congress expires March 4, was arraigned with approximately 200 other persons charged with violation of liquor and other Fed- '";&'r';&muun and one rural letter carrler were dismissed from the pos'al service in Southwestern Indiana several ‘weeks ago following an investigation by Dej ent of Justice agents. whottom was arrested in Evansville January 27 and was released on $10,000 Joseph Hergesheimer, plylng 2 busy pen at the famous “Little House in Major Alley” here, says he thinks the outlook in serfous fiction is “stupid and uninteresting.” “There s no serious creative writing being dnoe now,” he declared. “There are plenty of books, the kind that a woman can take to her boudoir in lots of 50 or more and in the course of two days send back and get another load. “A work on astronomy, anthropology or any of the exact sciences would be much more to the point. “I think that an undertaking emi- JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER THINKS MODERN LITERATURE IS TRASH Believes Story About Era When Hayes Was in White House Would Be Worth While. nently worth while would be a book about the cock-eyed, cast-iron era of the seventies when Rutherford B. Hayes was in the White House. “Wouldn’t it be of supreme value to 1vorce in the courts of Sonora, Mexico. — DowN Wit HE AFFAIRS? ™Y E RetopNEED 3 7 Smen%a HAS GOT 10 BE § RyYSSIA~ SHoutD B e THE Stw, Srioved ;7‘02 UNseaTen -\wlfl/ v 1 ) SR CHARLES ROSS 5 CIVEN RELEASE Bond Cut to $60,000 in Wife’s Divorce Action, Inventor Is Freed. Sir Charles Henry Augustus Frederick | Lockhart Ross, Scottish nobleman and inventor of the Ross infantry rifle, was released under $60,000 bond this after- noon to answer a suit for maintenance filed late yesterday by his wife, Lady Patricia Ross. Sir Charles, represented by Brecken- | ridge Long, former Assistant Secretary | of State, succeeded in having his bond reduced from $100,000 after a long series of conferences between counsel and court officials today. | The bond was posted by the Indem- | nity Insurance Co. of North America. | Before leaving the court house Sir| Charles shook hands cordially with deputy marshals who arrested him last evening and who maintained guard over him in a hotel room overnignt. Thanks His “Jailers.” “I enjoyed the pleasure of your com- pany.” the paronet remarked earnestly. “This is my first experience with Amer- | ican court officers, and I am deeply grateful for the courtesies 1 have been shown.” Refusing to take seriously his arrest last evening at his Massachusetts ave- nue home, or his subsequent confine- | ment under guard in a hotel rcom | overnight, the amiable 60-year-old in- ventor and consulting engineer jested over his predicament, while waiting for | his counsel to get his release. | “Let's all' have a good time” Sir Charles said, with a wave of cordiality toward members of the press and Dep- uty Mershals John J. Clarkson and Harold Scott. “We've all got a sense of humor, but T'll admit mine is a bit strained at the present time.” The two deputies arrested the baronet at his home, 1619 Massachusctts ave- nue, after gaining entrance by a ruse. When Sir Charles was unable to raise the large bond, demanded in cash or se- | curities, the deputy marshals agreed to the baronet’s proposition that he be| confined to a suite at the Mayflower | Hotel instead of at a police station. Sir | Charles paid all the expenses, and the | trio declared today they had a pleasant evening. Married in 1901. Through her attorney, Edward_ Staf- ford, Lady Patricia, who is from Louls- ville, Ky., said her husband is a multi- millionaire, with 300,000 acres of land In Scotland and vast holdings in Can- ada and the United States. She point- ed out also that he is the inventor and | { manufacturer of the Ross rifie used by the Canadian army in the World War. Since their marriage in Louisville in 1901, it is said, they have fallen into disagreement, and in 1924, the papers i stated, Sir Charles sought & divorce in Louisville, but failed, because he was a British subject, not under jurisdicticn of the court. Four years later, it was | said, he succeeded in obtaining a di- The suit alleged that recently Sir Charles became infatuated with a woman in New York, on the basis of which she instituted divorce proceed- ings in England. The litigation ended in a decision by the House of Lords in ! favor of Sir Charles, it is said. Sir Charles brought with him to the marshal's office this morning a long envelope containing legal papers which, he claimed, were copies of the decision in his favor. The documents, bedecked " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) QUAKES R0CK SONORA GUAYMAS, Sonora, Mexico, February 27 (#).—Frequent earth shocks in the last five weeks have alarmed inhabi- tants of this city. A strong temblor, the fifth in a period of 40 days, was experienced yes- terday morning. No serious damage was caused, but the frightened people | took refuge in open places until the | shaking ended. | Older Generals ‘r Presented Serious Difficulties for Pershing Read What He Did get at the mental processes of folk who put iron dogs and deer on their lawns and dressed the women up in pads and bustles?” Hergesheimer is working on a biog- raphy of Gen. Philip Sheridan, the Fed- eral Cavalry leader. He sald Sheridan had been neglected. The author was “delighted” with the Nobel award for literature. “I am per- sonally & great admirer of Sinclair Lewis,” he sald. . Tomorrow May Be Found on Page 4. VIVIAN GORDON. —A. P. Photo. X-SPOUSE DENIE “FRAMING” ARTS John C. Bischoff, at Lorton, Va., Quizzed in Slaying of Miss Gordon, New York. Investigation of the slaying in New York yesterday of Vivian Gordon, 32- year-old artist, who had offered to tes- tify in the vice probe there, turned to- day to Washington and brought from her former husband, John C. Bischoff, a deputy marshal at Lorton Reforma- tory, a denial of her charge that he had participated in a “frameup” to send her to Bedford Reformatory on an immoral- ity charge in 1923, The accusation naming Bischoff was contained in a letter uncovered by in- vestigators at his home in Audubon, | N. J, after the finding of the body of Miss Gordon, who had been strangled to death with a rope. Denies Knowledge of Letter. From the Federal reformatory in Vir- ginia, where he has been stationed for more than two years, Bischoff said that he knew nothing of the letter, and scoffed at the charge. He does not plan to go to New York as the result of the new development, he said. The letter containing the “framing” charge was written several weeks ago and implicates also a New York police officer, who apparently is the same one who arrested her in 1923. An Associated Press dispatch quotes it in part as follows: “Dear Mr. Bischoff: You have prob- ably heard about the vice investigation now going on in New York City, which is growing day by day, that a number of convicted girls framed by the police and others. Threatens “Whole Story.” “You know that I am one of those girls and that my conviction was caused | by a frame-up between you and Detec tive McLaughlin. You may think that you have had the last laugh, but get this—I am going before the investiga- tion committee this week and intend to tell the whole story of this dirty frame-up. “When T am through it will be just " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SUGAR EXPORT LIMIT PROPOSED IN JAVA Bill to Fix Maximum by Govern- ment Decree Would Confiscate Ships Violating Terms. By the Assoclated Press. BATAVIA, Java, February 27.—The government today introduced a bill ter porarily restricting sugar exports, which under the measure would be banned en- | tirely without government permission The maximum exports for the entire Dutch East Indies would be fixed an- nually under the measure by govern- ment decree. A breach of the regula- tions would be punishable by a fine or imprisonment, and ships carrying such exports would be liable to confiscation. An explanatory memorandum says the bill was formulated in conformity with the Chadbourne five-year plan and that the government is convinced the plan offers a reasonable chance for #mprove ing the sugar market situation. LY WORLDSPAS T0 SCRPPS AN Evening Paper Merged With Telegram—Morning Edition Dies Today. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 27.—The com- | bined New York Telegram, Evening | first appearance today. ‘The first edition, on the streets early this forenoon, carried the mastheads of all three newspapers, thus signalizing the end of the World newspapers as separately conducted by Joseph Pulitzer | and his heirs for almost half a century | and sold to the Scripps-Howard inter- ests shortly after midnight. | In its news story of the change, the combined World-Telegram announced | that the Morning World and the Sun- | day World would not be published here- after. New Edition Larger. The World-Telegram carried Asso- | clated Press dispatches and carried ! many of the departments that appeared in the old World. These include certain comics and the articles of some of the World special writers. The old Telegram ran about 32 pages. The first edition of the World-Telegram | had 44. | _The final edition of the Morning | World was bringing a premium this morning. Newsstand operators boosted their prices to 10 or 15 cents. One | dealer in the Grand Central area was |asking a dollar. Few coples were | available, | On the minute at midnight, Surro- gate James A. Foley decided that Jo- seph Pulitzer's will did not enjoin his three sons from disposing of their news- paper trust. Less than two hours later, in a Wall street office, the sale was consummated by the three Pulitzer brothers, Ralph, | Joseph, jr., and Herbert, and Roy W.| | Howard, chairman of the board of the | Scripj Howard, for a sum estimated at | $5,000,000. $500,000 Cash Payment. The contract provides for a cash pay- |ment of $500,000, $2,000,006 in notes, | $500,000 cash within 90 days and $2,000,- 000 more contingent upon the profits of the new enterprise. The physical properties, such as building and machin- ery, are not involved in the sale. ‘The Pulitzer brothers issued a state- | ment saying economic condicions had |made the sale “inexorable” and that $500,000 of the proceeds would be dis- tributed to employes. “The trustees cannot pretend that it is anything but a painful duty to pass | But there is a fortunate mitigation in | the spirit of the new ownership which ‘tradiuan, May it carry on that tradi- |tion with the fullest measure of public | service and success.” Called Paper's Re-Birth. Mr. Howard referred to the sale as | “rot the death of the New York World, but its re-birth.” | “Along with our pride in the staff of the Telegram, whose successful efforts over the past four years have paved the way for this consolidation,” he said, “is a deep sense of responsibility to | the loyal readers of the World. “We realize that they will look to us for a continuation of the policy which | has made the World respected not only inNew York but throughout the Nation | —in every quarter where liberality of | thought, ~independence and frecdom | from entangling alliances are appre- | clated as journalistic virtues.” | Surrogate Foley ruled that he held | jurisdiction only over the legality, ad- visability and necessity of disposing of "(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | | World and Morning World made its| | the World newspapers into other hands. | is thoroughly hospitable to the World | THO BLANE BILLS WILL BE DELAVD FORNENT CNGRESS Foreclosure and Securities Sale Measures Definitely Postponed for Session. DISTRICT COMMITTEE PAYS ZIHLMAN TRIBUTE Hull, Palmer and Hall Make Fare- well Speeches as They Near End of House Service. ‘The House District Committee today definitely postponed until the next Congress further consideration of the two Blaine bills, one to regulate for- closure of mortgages and deeds of trust, and the other to regulate the issuance and sale of stocks, bonds and other securities in the District. ‘The committee then paid tribute by the speeches of individual members to Chairman Zihlman, who is retiring at the close of the present session. Rep- resentatives Hull of Wisconsin, Palmer of Missourl and Hall of Indiana made their farewell speeches, as they will not be in the next Congress. Following the motion to definitely lay aside the Blaine measures, the committee, by a unanimous vote, adopted a resoluticn offered by Rep- resentative Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, for the appointmert of a spe- cial committee of six who also will be in the Seventy-second Congress “to make a thorough study of the subject matter in the two Blaine bills and to submit a report and recommenda- tions to the District Committee in the Seventy-second Congress, when or- ganized, for such consideration and action as that committee may deem it advisable to take.” Need Held Recognized. In the resolution it was set forth that the committee “recognizes the need for a revision of the law relating to mortgages and foreclosures in the Dis- trict and the necessity for protective measures as to the sale of all securities and is cognizant of the lack of regu- lation of this very important branch of financing. “The committee faels it is unable to give in the remaining days of Congress the time and study that should be given to the subject matter of this legislation, which is very far-reaching and of the utmost importance. It would be im- possible in these last few days of this | Congress to obtain the consideration of these measures on the floor of the House that should be given them.” Keyser Is Witness. Chairman Zihiman appointed on this special committee Representatives Me~ Leod of Michigan, Whitley of New York, Loofbourow of Utah, all Republicans. and Norton of New Jersey, Tarver of Georgia and Patman of Texas, all Democrats. Paul D. Keyser, representing the In- vestment Bankers' Association of Amer- ica, was a witness before the committee today in opposition to the Blaine bills. Representative McClintick of Ohio ob- Jected to reopening the hearing and Representative Hull said that only aa hour remains to dispose of this meas- ure and that the time should not ke frittered away in hearing opponents, who already have had their day in court before the Senate and have con- sumed practically all the time before | the House committee. Representative Patman said he had no intention of fillibustering, but that | he would insist on reading the bill by | paragraphs for amendments and that | he would insist on hearing witnesses so | that the committee might report out a carefully considered measure. McClintock Asks Delay. “If he pursues this course,” said Rep- resentative Hull, “there will be no chance cf getting through this legisla~- tion, so it is a waste of time to con- sider it further naw.” Mr. Patman said that careful study made by him shows this can be real dangerous legislation, as well as helpful legislation. Representative McClintock then made the motion to pcstpone fur- ther consideration, which was adopted by a 6-to-3 vote. Those voting for it were: Representatives Stalker, New York; Hall, Indiana; Palmer, Missouri; McClintock, Ohio; Loofbdurow, Utah, and Patman, Texas. Those voting in opposition were: Representatives Hull, Wisconsin: Norton, New Jersey, and Zihlman, Maryland. Representative Patman, in replying to Column 6.) SOVIET SENDS BIG GOLD SHIPMENT TO GERMANY Bullion Will Secure Credits and Goods Sold to Russians—Heavy Guard Is-Provided. By Cable to The Star. RIGA, Latvia, February 27.—The fifth shipment of Soviet gold hullion of eight metric tons arrived during the night here. The greatest secrecy is being maintained about the shipment, but it Is known that well armed Soviet officials transferred the cargo to a German pas- senger railroad car leaving at midnight for Berkin, The gold shipments total 29 tons and are to secure German credits and goods for the Soviet Union. (Copyright, | T (Continued on Page 1931) ‘The antiquated charge of “smoking | in a garage” was placed against John Cafardi, 23 years old, of 4329 Ellerslie street southeast, today after his lighted cigarette ignited gasoline fumes and damaged his truck in a garage just in the rear of the Court of Claims and a stone's throw from the White Hcuse and State, War and Navy Building. The charge, which veteran police officers say is the first to be pressed in nearly 10 years, was placed against Cafardi, driver for the West End Laundry, after he had driven the truck into the Swann Garage, 717 Seven- teenth street. Polige say Cafardi was sitting at the |OLD CHARGE REVIVED AFTER FIRE | IN GARAGE NEAR WHITE HOUSE Truck Driver, First in Nearly Ten Years, to Face Ac- ! cusation of Violating “Smoking” Law. driver's wheel when he tossed the GAS PR REPORT HELD INCOMPLETE NOREFACTS ASHED Commission Wants to Know Effect of Conversion Burn- ers and Heaters. CHEVY CHASE CONSUMER APPEALS TO MARYLAND Specific Questions Put to Company on Pressures and Correcting of Appliances. Zihlman Protests 200 Per Cent Boost In His Bill for Gas A 200 per cent increase in his gas bill has caused Representative f‘x;;d fl fit:lhmln '&o‘f"Mnrylmd o oin_in the prof ove '.:‘bmz&m P er high r. Zthiman sent to the Utllities Commission wdl; .Pflbllc of a letter he wrote to Washington Gas Light Co., com~ plaining that his bill for January, amounting to $15.45, was 200 per cent in excess of the amount’ he usually pays. The complaint was turned over to Bert H. Peck, chief engineer of the commis- sion, for investigation, “This bill is 200 per cent more than I am accustomed to receive, with the exception of a bill for one month some time ago,” Mr. Zihlman wrote, “and there must be something wrong with the meter. I therefore request an in- spection of the meter at once.” Dissatisfied with the Washington .Gu Light Co.’s reply to a request for information regarding steps it has taken to comply with orders directing a re- duction in gas pressures and a check Up on gas appliances, the Publi Utilities Commission today called on the company for more explicit data. The company's long-awaited response to the commission’s letters asking for the desired information was received at the commission in the morning mail. But the commission considered the re- ply incomplete, and immediately dis- patched another letter to the company conl g a number of ques- tions relative to its activities in correct- ‘n"’l'he e'::m report to the y's mission today followed a demand made Tuesday for information which or- :;mnny sought on February 11, Th elay had irked the , an led it to send the order for t Tesponse to its Orders Heater Tests. Probing mm cause of th unpreceden lood n(mcamvhlnh ove high gas bills, the commission toda: also directed its enging staff, which is now investigating mmm phases of the gas situation, to undertake an ex- haustive series of tests to determine the efficiency of gas hot-water heaters anc automatic conversion burners installec in a number of furnaces by the ga: g e engineers were in- structed to study the i of the conversion burners in various types of furnaces, as well as the consumption in typical storage and instantaneous hot-water heaters. These tests, the commission believes, will show whether such appliances are responsible to any extent for many of the complaints over mounting gas bills. Appeals to Maryland. In the meantime word came from Baltimore that Parker Dodge of 1331 G street had appealed to the - land Public Service Commission to co- operate with the District commission to eliminate “outrageous conditlons” in Chevy Chase due to the overloading of gas mains. Mr. Dodge declared that the Georgetown Gas Light Co., which serves Montgomery County, has overloaded the mains in” Chevy Chase in order to run gas house-heating plants, and that as a result gas is being wasted and bills of consumers are going up. Mr. Dodge lives at 9 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md. In his complaint to the Maryland Commission, he inclosed a copy of a letter he sent to the :IS company com:paring his recent bills with those dating back to 1927, The gas company's reply to the com- mission’s request for information which was signed by President G. A. G. Wood, read: “Pursuant to your letters of January 22, February 3, and February 11, we wish to inform you that we have been progressing rapidly with your present (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) . HOUSE DROPS BILLS ON REAPPORTIONMENT Census Committee Tables All Measures Affecting Member- ship in Body. By the Assoclated Press. . Reapportionment legislation at this session was killed today when the House Census Committee voted to table all measures to increase House member- ship, By 13 to 8 the committee put aside the Thurston bill to increase the mem- bership from 435 to 485, the Edwards bill to increase the membership to 462 and the Knutson bill to postpone the reapportionment, effective beginning March 4, for 2 years. With this action the reapportionment announced by President Hoover in No- vember, on the basis of the 1930 census, will go into effect at noon March 4. g{:{:r it 21 States lose 27 seats to 11 s, lighted cigarefte to the ground near the truck. The flames, spreading quickly, partially destroyed the truck and did slight damage to the garage. ;;tga.l damage was estimated at about Attendants at the garage held the fire in check with fire extinguishers until the arrival of six fire companies. ‘The unusually large number of com- panies responded use the fire was dangerously close to the surrounding Government hzudinu posting_ 984, collareral, which heAm police_he ded to forfeit, third precingt police releliged Cafardi. % William Tyler Page, House clerk, will send out notices to the 32 States affected 1 minute past 12 o'clock noon March 4 advising them of their new representation in the House. Although the House Judiciary Com- mittee approved the Sparks resolution, no action will be had this session be- cause the measure provides for a con- stitutional amendment, necessitating g-[u'.flguon by three-fourths of the . la Radio Programs on Page D-3