Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1931, Page 1

WEAT HER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) i somlgh late tonight and tomorrow; b warmer tonight; minimum temperature about 37 degrees. est, 52, at 4:30 p.m. Tem| yesterday; lowest, 30, peratures—High- at 4:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 16. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31714, Enrrehed "Wa nd class matte « nd, Sese matter WASHINGTON, D. 0 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, LONGLINES FORMED BY LOAN-SEEKERS AT BUREAU DOORS Bonus March Reaches Large Proportions, With Plenty of Funds on Hand. THRONG OF APPLICANTS ALL OVER U. S. REPORTED Bpeed on Cash Pledged—1,000 Checks Mailed—Priority for Needy Asked by President. By train and by hitch-hiking, driv- ing their own automobiles and hobbling on crutches, there came today to Wash- ington a picturesque ection of | America’s doughboy pairiots of 1918 in: a jubilant march on that citadel of | governmental benevolence, the Veterans Bureau. Some were well dressed, some were shabby, some retained a semblance of military bearing, and some were broken in body, but all were in good humor over the lure of their common objective —a Federal loan on their bonus certi- fcates. There was no “right dress” to the| heterogeneous army which “fell in” to- day at the Veterans' Bureau, in response to a mobilization signal given by Con- gress Iate yesterday in its enactment of the loan legislation. Form in Long Lines. cross- Hoover Statement ROME APPROVES BRITISH NAVY PLAN; PXPECTPARS . (London Pact Then Will Be Expanded Into Five-Power Agreement. U. S. READY TO ACCEPT PROPOSED SETTLEMENT Warship Building Holiday Until 1936 for Italy and France to Result From Accord. Says Plans Have Been Made To Give Needy Veterans Loan Preference. President Hoover issued the fol- lowing statement late yesterday after the Senate had passed the veterans' bonus loan bill over his veto: Although I have been greatly op- posed to the passage of the bonus legislation in its provision for loans from the Treasury to people not in need, now that it 1s lJaw we propose to facilitate the working of it in every way possible. Inasmuch as the physical task of making loans to 3,500,000 veterans, or even half that number, who might apply will require many months, even witn the most in- tensive organization, I hate re- quested Gen. Hines to give complete priority to applications from vet erans who are In need and have asked him to set up some machinery for the certification of these cases, especially giving regard to the cer- tification of the veterans' service or- ganization and the various relief or- ganizations dealing with unemploy- ment. ‘The recent survey of the larger cities show, in the opinion of the administrator of veterans' affairs, that about 6 per cent of the total number of veterans in industrial centers are now receiving support from local unemployment and other relief committees. ‘This bill will relieve some of the burden now being carried by these committees, but as the amount pos- sible for many veterans to borrow under the bill is so small, it is urgently necessary that the local committees shall continue their service to many veterans. I wish to compliment the veterans’ service organizations for their co- operation in undertaking a cam- paign among all veterans, urging them not to take advantage of the Inan_provisions except in cases of abzolute necessity. 1 understand they are placing it on the ground of assistance to the | By the Associated Press ROME, February 28—Great Britain and Italy today reached an accord in principle for the settlement of all naval problems left pending by the London Conference of last year, The accord will bs submitted to the French foreign minister, Aristide Briand, in Paris tomorrow, and if he accepts it’| a five-power treaty carrying limitation of all categories of naval tonnage will emerge. Inasmuch as Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson of Great Britain had already reached an agreement in prin- ciple with the French before initiating the conversations here, M. Briand's ac- ceptance of the British-Itallan accord was expected almost as a matter of course. Mr. Henderson himself was so hopeful | | that he said a complete solution of the | | differences between France and Italy | would be reached in Paris “if the talks | | there are as satisfactory as they have | Federal Government in minimizing | the amount of money we shall be called upon to borrow and upon the fact that loans upon the bonus cer- tificates exhaust the protection of veterans’ families under the endow- ment insurance features of the cer- tificates. Taking Gen. Hines' survey of the number of veterans being assisted by local committees as a basis, it would appear that if the loans were | confined to needs, the drain on the | ‘Treasury may be limited to 10 per | cent of the potential lllhllll‘ created by the law ‘There was, however, a degrez of order, a8 the veterans formed thems lves into long lines leading to the portals through which they must pass lo obtain their money, The wheels of action started as a matter of fact yesterday aft rnoon, shortly after the Senate by an over- whelming_vote passed the_legislation over the President's veto. But the big march on the Veterans' Bureau assumed | huge proportions this morning as two long lines formed at two different doors of the burcau. P}°nty of money was on hand, accord- ing to officials, to meet the demands for the present. | Not only at the central office and ! regional office of the bureau here, but throughout the country today. the soldiers of the Nation were reported in throngs to be asking for all they could borrow. It was a widely varied throng that besieged the two doors of the Veterars' Bureau here. Men hailing from all rts of the country, were present to CARAWAY DEALS eEzaE NEWRAP ATHYDE One' of the most spectacular cases DrOUght Aid. Progress Will| was that of Jack Tasey, a veteran, who | sald he had hif Take“Ten Years to Com- plete, Says Senator. | from Los Angel 3 all night, he sald. waiting to get his money today. After listening to his! story, Veterans' Bureau officials ar- ranged for the homeless veteran to have a room tonight at the Soldiers and Sailors’ Home, he will be given his | joan wnd thus be cnabled to ride back | genate again today against Secretary | A picturesque figure in the line-up A Hyde's administration of the drought was Eunnmx Wolf of Mescelearo, N.|relief loan fund. ' By the Associated Press. Senator Caraway blasted away in the | ished, and hopes tomorrow afternoon to | obtain fuil agreement with ti | When that 15 accomplished the text of been here.” On Way to Paris. He left for Paris. with A. V. Alexan- der, first lord of the admiralty, and British admiralty experts, two hours after the negotiations had been fin- French the new accord will be submitted to the governments of the United States, Japan and the British dominions signa- tory to the tripartite treaty of London for their final approval and the elabo- ration of a five-power limitation docu- ment. Negotiations which led to the accord | have been carried on here for the past largely by admiralty expcrts, foliowing similar negotiations in Paris, where all but the final detalls were ironed out. Yesterday Premier Mus- solini himself took over Italian direc- tion of the conversations and (his morning gave his approval to the agree- ment. Then a brief joint communique was issued. It read: 2 “As the result of friendly conversas dons, ‘carried on in a spirit of cordial collaboration, which the ministers, Hen- and Alexander, have had in-the last few days with the head of the government and with Ministers Grandi and Sirianni, an accord has been reached on the principles of questions which remained in suspense after the London Naval Conference. Must Get French 0. K “The terms of the project must still be submitted to the French government, and Ministers Henderson and Alexan- Mex., an American Indian. He ap- “At th gured in full regalia, with a horsehair | At "! n' o Al:"E:“ur:lM""ga elmet and beaded 'shirt. Over ihis !5 traveling.” he said, “he will need | years to put this law into effect.” i colorful shirt, however, he wore an American_overcoat. ncle Sam to-k | The Senate yesterday adopted a reso- {lution by the Arkansas Democrat to ex- care of me." he raid, in perfect Ameri- can En without trac { accent. | -4 s "were' given | P!ain “immediately” why Hyde had not carried out the law and to state when Coffee and sandwiches were given free to the veterans on the I ptreet #ide of the building near the regional | he intended to do s0. Deplored By Others, Other Senators deplored what they | office, at 1540 I street, by the District called the fallure of Congress end the der leave for Paris today for this pu pose. 1f the French government agrees the proposals will be submitted to the governments « of the United States, Japan, Great Britain and the British dominions who were represented at the Naval Conference in London." If today's accord is accepted by the French and written into the blank spaces of the London treaty, it will settle, at least until 1936, long-standing differences between France and Italy over the relative size of their fleets. The Ttalian contention has been that | Italy must have parity with France | because of her “locked” position in the | Mediterranean. while the French de- manded additional tonnage for Atlantic and colonial waters. Political Aspects Vital. Details of the arrangement were not | made public today, but in Italian circies it was said that the political aspects, | as well as the naval, were of high im- portance to Italy, The fact that Italy had oeen treated | on an equality with France in eveiy| 1 | | of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. Among the Red Cross wom- en presiding over the coffee cups early this morning were Mrs. Harry C. Barnes, Mrs. Margaret Robbins, Mrs. | adminisiration to provide relief for the Ralph Bee. Miss Edria May and Miss | unemployed Katherine Donnellan. Calling attention to “disquieting re- ports of unemployment in ihe East’ Separation Discarded. | Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, Although an effort was made at first | said the problem of taking care of those to separate the veterans into two dif- | out of work must be dealt with ferent, groups at the Vermont avenue | Scnator Walsh, Democrat, Massachu- and I street entrances to the bureau, | setts, said the administration had made according to the nature of their ap- |it clear in the beginning it considercd plications, this separation scon broke | the problem was no concern of the Fed- down and questions were being an- | eral Government. swered at both places alike As a matter of fact. however, the | main entrance to the bureau on Ver- | mont avenue near H street was taking | care principally of those veterans who | had previously made a loan and whose | certificates were on file in the central office. Thix office was also helping vet- erans to fill out their notes of appli- cation The two lines ebbed and flowed, but the one at the regional office appeared 0 pe the longer. Iigexteided westward | on'I street and m¥ind the corner on | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) | FILM ACTOR CHARGED | AFTER GAMBLING RAID William H. Boyd's Home on Coast Paided—Movie Figures Flee Into Night. By the Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Calif, February 28— Willlam H. Boyd, 45, stage and film actor. was charged with possession of | gambling paraphernalia and liquor after a police raid which broke up a , party at his hcme early today. Walter | L. Catlett, 42, and Pat O'Brien, 31, were arrested on intoxication charges. | Men and women in evening dress, | many of them said by officers to be | film playgrs, fled through doors and windows as six policemen, under Lieut. | James Johnson, burst in upon what they described as a “well equipped gam- bling room and richly furnished bar.” Police said roulette wheels and dice tables and “mare than a ot liguor was seized, Boyd formerly played on the New York stage, but has appeared in sev- eral motion pictures in the past twn years. One of his most parts was in “The Spoiler version of the Rex Beach novel. He and his wife, Dora Boyd, New ‘York actress, were divorced recently. Mrs. Boyd was known to the stage as Clara Joel. Catlett and O'Brien, ar- Tested with Boyd, are film actors. Police said they had seized a home motion picture projection machine and had ad o cl e against Boyd of possessing obscene pictures. Radio Programs on Page B-12 \BANNED FOR * Lack of Courage Suggested. “Doesn't, the Senator think,” §:=nator Borah, Republican, Idaho, asked, "that in view of the administration’s attitude there has been a lack of courage on the part of Congress in carrying out its program?”’ Senator ‘Thomas, Democrat, Okla- hara, said he had proposcd a spect committee to handle relief measures “If Congress had displayed the same lack of purpose and courage even that would have done no good,” Borah re- plied A widespread reduction in wages after the adjournment of Congress was pre- dicted by Senator Barklcy, Democrat, Kentucks. He said Congress was ad- journing for nine months “without any (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SOVIET WHEAT IN MEXICO 18,000 Tons Being Unloaded at Tam- pico, Paper States, MEXICO CITY, February 28 () Exce'sior said today that a shipment of 3000 tons of Russian wheat arrivd vesterday at Tampico aboard the Nor- weglan freighter Steinstad. The paper's Tampico correspondent said that aithough the vessel came from a Canadian port its cargo was known to be of Russian origin. Th: wheat is being un‘oaded and shipped by railroad for distribution in Central Mexico. Charge That Majority in Brings Action by By the Associated Pre TORONTO, Ontario, February 28.— The undergraduate newspaper, Varsity, published at the University of Toronto, was under suspension today as the re-| sult of & mnpz'mlwml asserting that the majority of the students are prac- tical athelsts. ‘The suspension, which is for the re- meinder of the present term, was or- dered by tbe Students’ Administrative Council The first editorial. which appeared last Tuesday, was followed by Another Thursday in which A. E. P. , edi- TORONTO UNDERGRADUATE PAI;E}—L ATHEIST’ EDITORIAL | diplomatic sense and that the British | ministers came here in such a cordial spirit greatly pleased Italians generally. The matter of ltalian prestige has been uppermost in the minds of the people during the naval neg-tiations and it was taken for granted today that the | solution reached was on a basis satis- fying Italy’s stand for virtual parity. | BRIAND IS OPTIMISTIC Expects Satisfactory Conclusion of | Naval Negotiations. ) PARIS, February 28 (#).— Foreign Minister Aristide Briand was optimistic | today over the result of British and | Italian naval negoilations at Rome. He | told the Associated Press correspondent, ‘I hope to see emerge a solid boa | which will be gosd for navigation.” “That’s all T have to say about the naval accord,” he concluded, declining | 10 g0 Into the matter further until he | was made acquainted with the terms of | the agreement reached at Rome today | between Great Britain and Italy, Expect to Join Pact. Prench officials told the Associated | Press today they expected that the | “naval accord in principle” would be followed by adhesion of PFrance and Italy to the London naval treaty The French foreign office was kept constantly in touch by long-distance | telephone with the detalls of the con- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1., University Are Disbelievers Students’ Council. | tor-in-chief of the paper, took full responsibility and reiterated his charge | that ‘nheum was prevalent at the uni- versity. The matter was brought to the at- tention of the Prov(nl:’nl Parliament | by H. C. Nixon, Progressive leader, who | | demanded an invesiigation ye«urdly.' | Premier George S. Henry declined to | entertain the motion, holding that the Board of Oov’em;(‘laf \:fllvfifilfiy! was_capable o e situation. The Board has tak Got action to Genduncina b a5 untrue. AN LB\ 3 { NRWTE Wo BQOM\‘S;( NEW SPEED RECORD S BY CONRESS Major Legislation Is Com- ProbeDiscovery—Explo- Wilbur Asks Congress to Pun-| pleted Four Days Before Adjournment. By the Associated Press Congressional leaders claimed to have broken all records today with the cal- endar cleared of major business four days before adjournment. The vital legisiation of the short ses- sion all enacted, the weary legislators turned to finishing odds and ends, with tithe to spare before the adjourning hour at noon next Wednesday. | A veto by President Hoover of the | measure providing for Government op- eration of the Muscle Shoals power | plant is awaited on Capitol Hill, but leaders do not see enough votes in sight to enact this over the presidential dis- | approval. The drive for passage of the appro- | priation measures carrying $4,000,000,- | 000 for next year's operation of the Government ended suddenly yesterday | with approval of a conference report adjusting difterences on the naival sup- ply bill. ‘ Second Deficiency Bill Pends. S0 anxious were the congressional chieftains to obtain passage of these bills to avoid an extra session this Spring that they surpassed any previous legislative performance. | The second deficiency bill, providing about $100,000,000 to meet emergency legislation expenditures, still is in con- ference, but its passage early next week is expected. | Also, the Constitutional amendment | fixing a new meeting time for Congress is snared in a conference deadlock be- | tween the Senale and House, Leaders | were doubtful today of ironing out this dispute which revoives about the House provision limiting the second session of Congress to four months. Legislation for new veterans' hospi'als and for continuing the maternity aid law also was in conference. Works on Copyright Bill. The Senate turned to work on the Vestal copyright bill, pessed_early in the session by the House. The laiter also had routine affairs to consid-r. Senators Watson of Indiana and Mc- Nary of Oregon, the Repwblican i ers upon whom fell the burden of s ing legislation through the strife-t Senate, smiled today and reported an orderly adjournment in prospect The Republican leaders in the Sen- ate won Democratic co-operation on ¢x- peditingbusiness after a compromise was finally reached on the bilter dis- pute over drought relief. The protocol for American adherence to the World Court still liec unacted upon, but the Senate Foreign Rrla- tions Committec has laid it aside until next December. McMAHON CO.NFIRMED AGAIN FOR JUDGESHIP The Scnate today confirmed Judge John P. McMah-n for another term in the District of Columbia Police Court. The Senate acted immediately following a report filed by Senator King of Utah from the Judiclary Committee Senator King was chairman of a subcommittee which conducted hear- {ings on the nomination, at which sev- eral lawyers opposed reappointment of Judge McMahon, while another delega- tion of local attorneys urged favorable | action i Most of the oppositi-n was based on | the complaint that Judge McMahon | was harsh in his attitude toward coun- sel in court. i Judge McMahon has been on the bench of the Police Court since 1925 and the reappointment is for six vears. Senatr Blaine of Wisconsin was a member of the subcommittee with Sen- ator King in considering the nomina- tion. ' Clemenceau Forecasts End of Great Britain's Power After the War. Tomorrow . in | | The Sunday Star ‘: | Gen. Pershing's story will | be found today on page 4. | fiter !is carrid by an animal |a higher mortality rate than endemic 1931 -TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. r The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. * Y:nerdny's Circulation, Press news 118,819 £ (#) Meadm; Associated Pr TWO CENTS. ANTLNORRIS ‘PLOT TOLDTO SENATE IN NYE PROBE REPORT |Efforts to Defeat Nebraskan| for Re-Election Declared “‘Reprehensibie.” |HITS G. 0. P. LEADERS - FOR ROLE IN CAMPAIGN Rival of Same Name Used to Confuse Voters, Com- L ‘‘Grocer” mittee Asserts. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “The Anti-Norri§ Conspiracy” is the | subject of a report submitted to the | Senate today by the Nye Campaign In- | vestigating Committee, dealing with the 1930 Nebraska senatorial and primary | election. Although the committee report dis- | closes no excessive expenditures, it de- clares that the hearings in Nebraska resulted in showing up “practices which Bomb and Grenade Found in Shallows Near Polo Field Police and Navy Experts sive Is of Foreign Make. | | A three-inch shell of forelgn make | provided a small stir and a larger in- | vestigation this méming when it was' discovered, carefully wrapped in news- | paper and tied with heavy cord, in the | rocky shallows of the Potomac, just off the polo field. The find was made by Pvt. J. F. Con- nelly of the Park Police. Noticing the package he decided to do a little inves- tigating and when he determined its nature he called his headquarters. In turn, two ordnance experts from the Navy were summoned. While they were busily endeavoring to | identify the plece, Park Policeman O. Spears appeared and, just poking around | the shallow water for luck, turned up another fron sphere. “Look at the hand grenade” sald Spears, tossing the device to the ground (Continued on, Page. 2, Column 2.) . MOUNTAIN DISEASE NOW INVADES EAST Spotted Fever from Rockies Is Diagnosis of Fatal Malady Found Here. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Ro'ky Mountain spotted fever h: invated the East The National Institute of Health to- day announced diagnoses of this dreaded malady—or something “clinic- | ally indistinguishable” fram ft—for & group of cases last Spring and Sum- mer in tne District of Columbia, Vir- ginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl- vania and North Carolina, This means that a strain of spotted | fever virus, hitherto supposedly con- fined strictly to the high valleys of | the Rockies which are sparsely pop- | ulated, is at large in the thickly set- | tled rural sections cf the Atlantic sea- | hoard Stales. The causative organism of the disease is one of the mysterious filterable viruses, presumably a living thing so small that it cannot be seen | under the most powerful microscope, | but which will pass through a porcelain | In the Rocky Mountain area it | tick strictly cinfined to that region, and by nothing else. Clinically spotted fever does not pre- sent many clear-cut differences from endemic typhus, and ordinarily would be diagnosed as such. The difierences, outside the spotted fever belt, are so elusive that they can be de‘ermined | »nly by exheustive laboratory procedure. | Thus the virus may have been gaining ! headway in the East for some time without being suspected. The Natirnal Institute of Health has been on its trail recently, but, due to¥ the far-reaching implications, has hesi- tated to voice its suspicions until ‘the Iast doubt was removed that its workers bad their hands on a disease strain | that differed materially from either endemic or old-world typhus and whose | behavior was very close indeed to that of spotted fever. [ Worse Than Typhus. While spotted fever differs in its viru- lence from place to place, it is generally considered a more serious disease with typhus. There is no specific cure. The Public Health Service has been manu- facturing for many years in Montana a vaccine which greatly reduces the | danger of contracting the disease and | ¢ k b — { (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ‘ | PRISON WORK TIRES NUN Mother Concepcion Seeks to Spend Rest of 20-Year Term in Cell. MEXICO CITY, February 28 (®).— Counsel for Mother Concepcion Acevedo de la Llata announced today that they would seek to hav: her transferred here from the Tres Marias Prison colony, where she is scrving a 20-year sentence after conviction as the moral author of | appear to be as reprehensible as any | of the better known forms of fraud and | corruption.” | These practices were engaged in, the report asserts, to defeat the renomina- tion and re-election of Senator George W. Norris, Progressive Republican, Attacks G. O. P. Leaders. ‘The committee report attacks the so- called Republican candidate, W. M Stebbins, who was defeated by Norris | 1ssue with that ish Workers Who Sell Data to Newspapers. By the Associated Press. Punishment, for employes of the Gov- ernment selling papers or information concerning Government records and for those purchasing the data, has been pro- posed to Congress by Secretary Wilbur. His recommendation for such legisla- | tion, contained in a letter sent yester- day to Chairman Nye of the Senate Public Lands Committee, was the out- growth of charges by Ralph 8. Kelley against the administration ‘of the In- terior Department, published in articles the latter sold to the New York World. Signs Paper Contract. Kelley, sald Wilbur, entered into con- iract with the World before severing his connection with the. land office. The contract provided the sum to be paid | him would be cut in half if he were discharged before offering his resigna- tion. Kelley first made public his charges in an open letter to Wilbur, resigning his post. tion the resignation was rejected and he was discharged. A question of public policy is thus squarzly presented,” wrote Wilbur, “whether a newspaper for its own profit can, with impunity, pay a gov- ernment employe to write for it dis- closures of confidential government rec- ords and to remain in government serv- ice while he is doing so, so that the newspapers may have the benefit of his use of those documents and of his supposedly voluntary resignation.” Payer Ts Attacked. Since the World has been sold, Wil- bur said, he had no wish to push the peper. though he termed he conduct of the old management ntemptible."” “I do strongly ask, however,” he con- cluded, “that your committee devote itself to the constructive job of render- ing repetition of such a job impossible.” MAN, 50, HELD IN QuIZ OF GIRL’S KIDNAPIN Prisoner Id;i;ed nsWPermn Who Sought Lodging for Self and Little “Niece.” By Uie Associnted Press. LOS ANGELES, February 28.—Wil- llam J. Snow, 50, was held today in connection with the supposed kidnaping of Virginia Brooks, 10, missing frnm‘ her home in San Diego since Febru- | ary 11. Police said Snov had been identified | by boarding house proprietors as the | man who applied to them for room and | | lodging for his “little niece, whose mother | died in Portland, Oreg., receniiy. | Snow's picture was sent to San Dlego | for possible jdentification. He emphatically denied any connec- tion with the Brooks case and said he had spoken about lodging for an imagi- nary niece “for amusement.” FOOD REPORT EXPECTED Capper Subcommittee Probably to| Make Findings Public Monday. | ‘The Capper Subcommittee of the Senate on food prices probably will be | ready Monday to make public a report | on the hearings it conducted 10 days ago. | subcommittee inquired into wholesale and retail prices of bread, milk and meats and data on sugar pri also gathered some | 5. |OLDEST FIRE CHfEF “V-VILIV‘ After an investiga- | in the primary. It also attacks Samuel Board and former Governor of Nebraska, and Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, as parties to the “conspiracy” to defeat Senator Norris. It gives its attention also to “Grocer” George W. Norris and Victor Seymour, | who was an assistant in the office of | the vice chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee last Summer. Both “Grocer” Norris and Seymour have been indicted for perjury in con- | mection with their test'mony before the Senate committee. Sees Plot Against Voters. The report shows that Stebbins | sought to induce “‘Grocer” Norris to file as a candidate in the primary against Senator Norris “with the object of con- fusing the voters and making 't impos- sible to determine for which George W. Norris they were voting. ‘The admitted purpose of this move was to force Scnator Norris to with- draw from the Republican primary and | run as an independent candidate. Taking »: the part played by Me~ Kelvie in alled conspiracy, the | report says: “Mr. McKelvie testified | that he personally had sought to force a | withdrawal by Senator Norris from the | Republican primary by the issuance of | public statements.” $10,000 Fund Mentioned. It also calls attention to the fact | McK<lvie had placed in the hands of | “one Max V. Beghtol” funds amounting | to $10,000 to be expended in support of Stebbins in the primary election. ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WOMAN ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE Lila Jimerson Freed by Supreme Court Jury at Second Trial. By the Associated Press BUFFALO, N. Y., February 28.— Lila Jimerson, Cayuga Indian woman, | twice tried for the murder of Clotilde Marchand last March, was acquitted to- day by a Supreme Court jury. ‘The jury brought in its verdict at am., after having been locked up overnight. The case was given to the jury at 4:50 p.m. yesterday. The trial began February 16. The State contended throughout the trial, at which Supreme Court Justice Alonzo G. Hinkley prexided, that the woman, once known as “Red Lilac” of the Cayuga Indians, had instigated the murder of Mrs. Clotilde Marchand so that she might be more free to carry on her admitted intimacy with Henr) Marchand, artist and husband of the murdered woman. The defense introduced testimony to prove that Lila had no knowledge of the crime, either before or after its commission, and that others had mo- tives at least equally strong for desir- ing the death of Mrs. Marchand. 10:07 SNOW COVERS WEST DENVER, Colo., February 28 (A).— Snow and rain had fallen ovcr a wide Western area_today, bringing’ much needed relief from a general moisture deficiency in agricultural districts. Weath'r Bureau reports in Denver last night said snow fell in all the Rocky Mountain States and that snow or rain, to varying extent, covered the sector be- tween Central Nebraska and Oregon. There was a general snowfall in Northern Montana and in Yellowstone National Park. A trace of snow was reported 1 Phoenix, Ariz, and Aubu- querque, N Mex, RETIRE, BUT EXPECTS TO DIE IN HARNESS Cleveland Honors George A. Wallace, 82, Who Has Served Department 62 Years. By the Associated Pre CLEVELAND, February 28.—Still ex- pecting to die “in the harness,” the country’s oldest active fire chief will re- G\rehfrom his office in this city tomorrow hiefs retires from duty, but will live at fire house the rest of his life and will to alarms wherever he chooses. ml&fl- until @octors practically for him at a banquet tonight while digni- taries of the city honor him. All over the city “Wallace day” pla- cards and banners proclaimed the occa- sion. A parade of firemen was planned, with Mike and George, veteran fire horses from Lorain, Ohio, at its hea Only a few weeks ago Mike and George were also retired. Repeated izzled chief has been hero. o he was badly gassed yere asphyxi- ated disaster, eatment him. en 123 persy the Cleveland o but wouldn't take medical McKelvie, member of the Federal Farm ! ALL FIXTURES NEED ADIUSTING TO USE NEW GAS MIXTURE Federal Engineer Reports to Gen. Patrick on Natural- Artificial Combination. BUREAU TO TAKE OVER TESTS BEGUN BY RUNYAN Experiments Started by Commis- ’ sion's Engineer Will Show Effeot of Pressure on Consumption. The combination of artificial and natural gas now being distributed over a portion of the District gas system as made necessary the readjustment of all gas appliances using the mixture in order to get proper combustion, J. H. Eiseman, gas engineer of the Bureau of Standards, today told Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utllities Commission. Mr. Eiseman conferred with Gen. Patrick for more than an hour in his office in the District Building, going over various phases of the investiga- tion of the gas situation which the commission requested the Bureau of Standards to make, because it does not have the proper laboratory equipment to undertake the various tests. WIIl Test Appliances. The Bureau of Standards, it was an- nounced, not only will make a series of analyses to determine the effect of the mixed natural and manufactured gas on different types of appliances, but_also will take over the tests started by Elmer Runyan, the commission's gas engineer, to ascertain the effect of VArying pressures on gas consumption. Mr. Runyan was unable to complete his tests, it was said, because gas pres- sures in the commission's laboratory did not exceed 6 inches, whereas the com- mission was_particularly anxious to learn the effect on consum of pressures ranging between 8 and 14 inches, the scale of variance found.by Bert H. Peck, chief engineer of the com- in his recent pressure of the gas distribution system. The - reau of Standards, therefore, was re- quested to take over this of the investigation and complete it. Carbon Trouble Studied. The lysis of the mixture of natural and artificlal gas was ht by the commission to show the combination is causing the car- flame, thus creating a potential danger T p— e pressure believes will show whether the excessive pressures found in the ’ll distribution system are responsible for the flood of complaints over high gas bills. g Mr. Eiseman told Gen. Patrick, how- ever, that he did not believe that an 8-inch pressure would cause any in- crease in gas consumption, mhnw are adjusted to operate tly st that pressure. Maj. Patrick pointed out, however, that gas appliances had not been ad- justed for the higher pressures, but that reports from the gas company indi- cat'd that this work is now being done the commis- extensively, as a result of sion’s order. Keech Reports Complaints. In view of the information given Gen. Patrick by Mr. Eiseman, it was indicated that the commission will con= tinue to push the gas company vigor- ously until all appliances are reas justed to operate efficiently on the 8- inch pressure recently allowed. Spe- cial attention, it was said, must be given consumers whose appliances are burning the mixed natural and arti- ficial gas. While Gen. Patrick was conferring with Mr. Eiesman, Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel, who is conducting an independent investigation of the gas situation, turned over to the commission a file containing 86 of the written com. laints over high gas bills received at is office. Mr. Keech told the commission he did not believe that these complaints were explained by the extended period and, therefore, should be inves- tigated to determine the cause ‘of the TAX HEAD WILL TALK ON RADIO FORUM NET International Problems to Be Dis- cuesed Tonight Over Colum- bia Chain. Internal revenue and income tax problems will be discussed by David Burnet, commissioner of internal reve- nue, in a talk in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of the Columbia Broadcastirg System, tonight. Mz. Burnet's address will be heard locally on station WMAL, commencing at 9:30 o'clock. Commissioner Burnet will not confine himself to a technical discussion of probe lems affecting the Revenue Bureau, al- though he will offer some advice re- garding the proper manner of filing in- come tax returns. The internal revenue commissioner has been connected with the Government's revenue service since February of 1910. He was named com- missioner in August, last year, following the resignation of Robert H. Lucas. R French Distance Flyer Lands. SAINT MAXIMIN, France, Fel 28 (#).—The French aviator J Lebrix, who was attempting to est new endurance and distance over a closed circuit, was forced to land near here today after he had been in zhfi air 52 hours and had covered 4,813 ‘miles. Trotsky Hit by Malaria. ISTANBUL Turkey, February 28 (). —Leon Trotzky, former Soviet has been livi who ing in bh: breul“k ";:th the Sovi n 5 from malaria since ::cfl, mt_rtn'hghznl of his ay. denied reports, current Mm 3 t«h-t’hll present condition was