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WEATHER. (U. 8. Wenther Buresu Forecast) . Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; in temperal it about 32 itures .m. y. Full * Towess 30, report on page 9. ture; lowest to- 45, at 4:15 at 7:30 am. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,717, post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. he “oening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931—FORTY-TWO PAGES. ##» DEMOERATS URGE BETTERTIVS AS SLOGAN FOR 153 Al Smith Confers Secretly With Raskob and Chiefs of Party. DEPRESSION IS RESULT OF GREED, SAYS WALSH Benate Leaders Shy at Liquor as| Tssue—Robinson Hits Repub- lican Stand. By the Associated Press. Senate Democratic leaders today de- manded that economic rehabilitation be made the dominant political issue as the party chieftains assembled here for a @iscussion of policies. Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and Robinson of Arkansas in speeches in the Senate waved aside the prohibition controversy and insisted the economic depression be faced as the party prob- Jem. At the same time, Chairman Raskob of the Democratic National Committee went into conference with Alfred E. Smith, presidential candidate in 1928, and other party leaders to map out the program for Thursday's session of the committee. Drys Protest Violently. ‘Raskob was faced with a violent pro- test from Democratic members of Con- gress against any attempt to bring up an anti-prohibition resolution at the. ‘Thursday meeting. Mr. Smith, arriving early from Raleigh, N. C., added his voice to the rising uproar against any discussion of issues by the national committee. “This is no time to be setting up " shouted Walsh in the Sen- Robinson said the Republican lead- on a campaign Walsh said the depression was caused | by “financial exploitation and stock manipulation since the war,” which | gave a false impression of economic | cconditions. presidential candidate in 1928 was met at the station by Chairman Raskob of the National Committee, but the two went into , while Mrs. Smith stopped at a hotel. ‘Whereabouts Secret. Officers of the National Committee would not disclose Mr. Smith’s where- abouts immediately. It was suggested the former Governor would not remain here until Thursday, when the meeting of the National Committee has been called, but would return to New York later in the day and come back to wi for the Democratic session. ngress were interpreting Mr. statement in Raleigh yesterday that (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ol e PARK FUND ENLARGED Yorktown Appropriation Increased by Substitute Bill. The Ip&mp‘flofl for extending the Colonial National Park at Yorktown, Va., was increased from $500,000 to 000,000 when the House late yester- substituted the Senate bill for one ‘which had previously been reported by the House committee and passed it. ‘The measure goes to the President to- day for his signature. —_— TWO ESCAPE BLAST Driver and Helper Flee as 20 Bar- rels of Gunpowder Explodes. MILLERS FALLS, Mass, March 3 (#).—Twenty barrels of gunpowder so- Jution and gun cotton on a truck ex- ploded in the center of this town to- day. The driver and his helper es- caped uninjured. ‘Warned by the explosion of one bar- yel, the two men leaped from the truck and were just out of range when the entire load blew up. The explosive had an estimated value of $2,000 and was consigned to Brattleboro, Vt, from Boston. , | Prench admiralty. ACTION ON MUSCLE SHOALS AWAITED BY UPSET SENATE Second Deficiency Blll AlSO Faced as Con— gress Seeks to Orderly By the Assoclated Press. Pent up feelings, tensed as last chances for much-desired legislation withered and died, held Congress in a tight snarl today as it sought to wind up the sessicn in orderly fashion. The Senate, far the most upset of the two branches, found itself at work until 3 o'clock this morning, deadlocked in a filibuster over a copyright bill which really had vital interest for only a handful of members. Muscle Shoals Veto Expected. It recessed then, and met again at 10 o'clock, expectant of the veto message cf President Hoover on the Muscie Shoals operation resolution. It faced, too, the task of cleaning up work on the second deficiency appropriation, a hundred-million-dollar measure, whose passage was imperative. ‘This was subjected to the withering cross-fire of conflicting efforts ®n behal of other legislation. Senator Reed, Re- End Session in Fashion. publican, Pennsylvania, was determined, against odds, to put through the Jenkins immigration bill restricting the alien influx by 90 per cent. Senator Hebert, Republican, Rhode Island, held on fast for the passage of the Vestal copyright bill, against which two Democrats, Trammel of Florida and Dill of Wash- ington, waged a determined talking campaign. Suppcrters of oil embargo legislation apparently had lost their last hope dur- ing the long night session. It was virtually impossible to enact their pro- posal in the remaining time. Farm Aid Bill Adopted. The sum total of accomplishment in the night session was one farm aid bill, a measure to slap a 10 cents a pound tax on yellow olemargerine, thus shutting out its competition with butter, and confirmation of a number of minor nominations. Repeated _efforts for adjournment §| were made and fafled. Quorum_calls (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) [TALY'S LOAN NEED HELD TREATY SPUR Repercussions on Economic Situation in U. S. and Europe Seen in Agreement. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The details of the Franco-Italian- British naval agreement will not be re- ceived officially in Washington until next Wednesday, the reason being that eleventh-hour readjustments are neces- sary to meet certain demands of the It is considered in official quarters here, however, that these readjustments are of a minor im- portance and cannot in any way inter- fere with the agreement, which will | definitely bring France and Italy into the London naval treaty and make that treaty one of the outstanding in- struments for the stabilization of Europe. Official quarters in Washington are full of praise for the great diplomatic skill of British Foreign Secretary Ar- thur Henderson and for the statesman- like wisdom shown by Benito Mus- solini and Aristide Briand. Their agreement was suggested to the French and Italian governments by Secretary Stimson through Ambassador Gibson early in December, last year. Corner Stone Laid by Hoover. The French and Italian naval ex- MACHINE GUN GANG SLAYS CHICAGOAN bling House in Flare-up of Underworld Feud. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 3.—Fve machine gunn:rs shot and killed one man and wounded another early today, but failed to explode a huge bomb which they tossed with one of their victims, into the basement of a gambling establish~ ment conducted by James Hackett in suburbn Blue Island. The victims were William Mayer, 45, a caretaker at the Hackett place, and Hilario Rodriguez. Mayer was shot to death as he ran out of the place when his attention was attracted to shots fired at Rodriguez after Rodriguez es- caped from the basement. Rodriguez ;"-:lwelmded and was taken to a hos- Gambling Feud Blamed. atiempt oy s Ohikago Sambins S - . o syndi- te to “muscle into" Blie Island gamb- territory. iriguez was standing on a street corner waiting for his wife when the five men arrived in an automobile. One of them demanded his money, and when he w‘d he had none he was struck in face with a pistol, which shattered his jawbone, Another of five lighted & fuse of the bomb, which . One bullet inflicted a wound. Then a fusillade of felled Mayer, and the machine. in the fuse. Had it , it would have wrecked the perts, left to themseives, could not, how- | Puilding. ever, agree, and, it is stated, would not have agreed even now had the British secretary of state not taken the matter in his own bands and dealt with Sig. Mussolini and M. Briand directly. In doing this, he changed the aspect of the problem from a purely technical into a political one. Nevertheless, the corner stone of the new understanding was laid by Pres- ident Hoover, Secretary Stimson and Aml Gibson. To the American Government, how- ever, the question as to who is respon- sible for change in the attitude of the French and Italian government is of no consequence. The main thing is that an agreement has been ed and 1; is bt;ped here that the lxreeme?nt may have far-reaching consequences Europe and the United States. It is believed in official quarters here that the Pranco-Italian agreement will have an immediate repercussion on the peclitical problems between France and Italy. ese are the ns of the nationality of Italian Tunis, which is a French protectorate, and of Italian colonial expansion in Northern Africa toward Lake Chad. Arms Parley Hopes Brighter. Both these problems appeared hope- less as long as the annual controversy between Prance and Italy existed. Con- versations between the two governments were proceeding in a friendly manner until the Pranco-Italian antagonism be- came apparent during the London Naval Conference. It is expected here that both governments will now resume their friendly conversations and reach an agreement before long. If the French and Itallan govern- ments are able to reach an agreement n? they h-lve tlox:je“7 we{h:be more eom; plex naval question, rospects of the coming general dhumpnmem con- ference will be much hter than this administration ever anticipated. It is possible that President Hoover may be induced to take a more active part in the coming international negotiations than would have been the case had the French and the Italians not reached a naval agreement. But while these political aspects of the Franco-Italian understanding are (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) “SUICIDE” LEAP WAS ONLY TO TOSS BRICK DOWN SMOKING CHIMNEY Head of Chicago Bureau Drops 8 Feet to Awaken Janitor and Get Action on Nuisance Complaint. By the Assoclated Press. | 3.—A lot has been ran to the window sill and poised him- office 5 a cane with a curved Mr. 5 Oflnflhglmdhhwfl— L flwy-nEllled back, but he ?m""'w‘é'ho- , got free and leaped out A moment later he came crawling Hackett said he knew of no reason for the attack, but the police held the theory that it resulted from his refusal to join a powerful gambling syndicate. e SOVIET ARMY LEADS, Strongest in World, Says Reply to Charges France Is Inimical to Russia. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 3.—Foreign Minister Aristide Briand told the Chamber of Deputies today that Soviet Russia has the most formidable army in the world Replying to charges by Marcel Cachin, Communist deputy, that France was inimical to Soviet Russia and was harboring a “White army,” he declared }‘!’:‘; charges “both unjust and ridicu- “The Prench government,” he said, “has no knowledge of such organiza: tions and it is stupid to talk about ‘White army existing in Paris while Rus- sia herself has the most formidable arm which exists in the world. “It is probable that there are in Paris men who meet and have ideas against the Russian regime. The beauty Bomb Failure Saves Gam-| DECLARES BRIAND ™ of French hospitality is that it per- mits the presence of persons of differ- ent conflicting ideas, but the govern- ment has no contact with these various elements. M. Cachin knows that France has always labored for peace and his accusations are both unjust and ridiculous.” OUSTED CITY MAYOR Charles Bowles Seeks Election to Recorder’s Court—Held Post Three Years. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 3. —Charles Bowles, who was recalled as mayor of Detroit tisan primary yesterday for judge of Recorder’s Court. Bowles will contest in the A?enl elec- tion with Judge John P. Scall was appointed to fill the the Recor has jurisdiction over cases arising within the city of Detroit. , who HALFHOLDAYBIL GECOMESLAW WIT HODVER SENATURE President Signs Measure Providing for Short Satur- day for U. S. Employes. BUDGET DIRECTOR SETS COST NEAR $13,000,000 Estimate Was $27,000,000 Before 44-Hour Week for "Postal Workers Was Adopted. The bill providing for Saturday half holidays the year round for the em- ployes of the Federal and District gov- ernments became law today when Presi- dent Hoover affixed his signature to it shortly before noon. Mr. Hoover signed the measure soon after receipt from the Bureau of the Budget of a report which made no re- vision of the earlier estimate of nearly $27,000,000 as the entailed cost of such a change in the routine of Government working hours, but which the director of the budget estimated would be re- duced to a llitle less than $13,000,000 under the bill as it finally passed Con- ess. Cost Estimated at $13,000,000. The original estimate had been made on December 8, 1930, and since then the Budget Bureau has made no detailed revision of the costs of operating on a Saturday half holiday. That estimate, however, included ':!)pro!lmlhly $13,- 000,000 for the Postal Service employes. Recently Congress passed a bill pro- viding a 44-hour week for employes of the Postal Service who are exempted from the Saturday half-holiday law. and the rtment T esti- mate, and now, it is understood, they are included in the Saturday half holi- day. With the exclusion of the postal serv- ice employes, it was said at the Budget Bureau today that a “rough estimate” would place the cost of this new law at slightly less than $13,000,000, account- ing for other changes also. Some Postal Workers Included. of the Saturday half hon:;w ive Was House and yesterdsy and the | measure was at Saturday. ‘The latest capitulation by the Civil Service Commission, on January 31 last, showed a total of 71,252 Federal execu tive and civil emp) ‘Was| res do not include, 3 diciary’ employes el of the Army, on office duty civil employes as the District of Columbla government is concerned, the number as lr- of classified employes was given proximately 3,500 and per diem ers, mechanics and laborers, about 3,000 the it time, the number always Al presen! varying. In addition to these there are 2,800 school teachers, 1,309 policemen and 900 firemen. D. C. Officials Stud~ Law. It was said at the District Buildinng today that the school teachers naturally would not be affected by the new law. and while it was believed it was certain the police and firemen also would not be affected, officials said they would have to study the law before deciding definitely on this point. ‘The bill affects all Government em- ployes, except those in the fleld service of the Department of the Interior and employes in the Panama Canal Zone. It provides that four hours’ werk, clusive of timg for luncheon, shall con- titute a day's work on Saturdays throughout the year, with pay for the day the same as on other days when full time is worked. All classes of em- ployes are effected by it, whether on a per diem basis or not. It will mean for the Government de- partments in Washington an_extension (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PERU JUNTA FREES 22 REBEL CAPTIVES AR NOMINATED FOR BENCH General Who Resisted Federal éhf.%,:é F&t‘ Troops at Callao Is Among Army Officers Liberated. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, March 3.—Twenty-two | i army officers taken prisoner after an unsuccessful released by the new provisional govern- ment. airplane uprising at Lima and|g last July, was nominated in a non-par- | Callao Priday, February 20, against the i I COMMUNS RoT HALTS ASSENBLY Two Hurt as Troopers Use Clubs to Disperse 200 Albany Demonstrators. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, March 3.—Shouting and tumult amounting to a virtual small riot by 200 Communist demon- strators brought the Assembly ses- sion to a halt shortly after the session began today. State troopers seized dem- onstrators by the dozen and ejected them from the chamber while others in the galleries shouted and waved their i M Ei;ii was drowned out by a shout from man in the rear of the Assembly cham. ber who said he wanted to speak “in behalf of the children that are hungry.’ Capitol Steps Are Cleared. The t of troopers toward the individual was a signal for the begin- ning of shouts from the demonstrators. While the demonstration was pro- in the Assembly chamber an- other group of Communists was holding apitl, ‘They -“&mfim‘:"'x,f'mfi mu who had been ejected from the building. tol steps. a;dtbn. and again scattere and hooi” at the constabulary. Some the ip formed lines and down State street while specta- cut al was wearing brass knuckles. Page Struck Over Head. After the main body of the demon- strators had Capitol surround the executive mansion. William Bell, a in the Senate, was & casualty. nggt.ha fighting in the Assembly gallery he went to the assistance of a trooper who had been knocked down and was himself struck over the head with a stick carried by one of the rioters. NOMINATIO'N IGNORED Prospects for confirmation of Repre- sentative Jonas, Republican, North Carolina, as district attorney for West- ern North Carolina fade yesterday udiciary Committee the session failed How a single regiment of the 3d Division wrote one of the most brilliant pages in our mili- tary annals. Read Gen. Pershing’s pital, where t | his head. () Means Associated Press. Bonus Loan Lines In New York Block Entrances to Stores By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 3.—Mer- chants in West Thirty-fourth street are complaining that lines of ex-soldiers waiting to apply for compensation loans are ruin- ing their business. Thousands of former service men, lined up in the street await- ing turns at the clerks’ desks, ff customers from ground-floor stores. Today the police moved the line around to the Thirty-fifth street side. where there is less trade to be inter- fered with. JEWELER HELD UP AS CROWDS PASS Harry Slavin Slugged After Trying Vainly to Call Help From Street. Unable to atfract attention of many persons passing by his jewelry store at 843 Seventeenth street today, Harry Slavin, 35 years old, the proprietor, was badly beaten on the head by a robber who escaped with $610 in cash and Jewelry. Forced by the robber to kneel behind the counter, Slavin was beaten on the head with a pistol butt and left lying on the floor. Visited Store Yesterday. The robber entered the store for the first time yesterday, Slavin told police, and requested to be shown jewelry, which he said he intended to buy for his sweetheart. He left after examin- ing several rings, the proprietor said. The robber made his second appear- ance at 11 o'clock this morning, and after examining a wrist watch and ring, hedpuued & pistol from his rear pocket and ordered Slavin to “stick 'em up.” Meanwhile, Slavin waved frantically no avail. The robber forced him be- hind the counter, snatched several rinez and watches from the counier, struck him on the head and fled through a rear entrance. Staggers to Telephone. Slavin sald he was momentarily dazed and when he did recover suffi- clently he staggered to a telephone and summoned police aid. Slavin was taken to Emergency Hos- six stitches were taken in He left the hospital after treatment. Slavin said the thief was closely shaven and appeared to be about 25 years old. He wore a gray hat and overcoat, Slavin said. He told police he would be able to identfy the man. Police are inclined to believe the robber escaped through the rear en- trance of the building, but proprietors of shops in the vicinity said they did not see any one pass who answered the thief’s description. UNMASKED BANDITS RAID POST OFFICE AT CLEMSON Three Employes Held at Bay as Two Robbers Scoop Up Cash and Stamps. By the Associated Press. CLEMSO! . C., 3.—Two unmasked men held up three employes of the post office nere this morning and escaped with all the stamps and cash on hand. The amount was not immediately determined. ‘The men entered the post office through a rear door. While one of them held E. Goodman, postmaster, J. E. King, his assistant, and E. C. Jen- kins, a clerk, at bay, the other scooped the cash and silver. said he had not completed but he believed the men had e Socal post ofics community and a check, Fire Traps Family in Beds—One FIVE BURNED TO DEATH | JCENT CASH FARE Pupils to Use Tickets; Trans- fers and Limitation of Hours Before Utilities Group. The Public Utilities Commission to- day scrapped the plan announced yes- terday of allowing school children to series of hurried conferences was held allow the children to ride only on presentation of a printed ticket. to pedestrians passing the shop, but to | IOUIS free or pay transfers are now but that no new transfer points would New Yorker comj delay in putting into effect the terms of the reduced-fare bill with the promgtness with which the bonus bill was administered after its by President Hoover. Gen. Patrick said that the general impression is that the bill became effective immediately after it was signed by President . He fons govern- g the reduced fares shall be made by the Public Utilitles Commission and said the comm is working on the regulations as fast as it can. BLAST INJURES SCORE Starts $30,000 Movie Fire—Blamed on Arson Gang. ‘YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 3 (#). score of persons received minor injuries in an explosion early today followed by a $30,000 fire at the Lin- coln Theater, a neighborhood movie loss in the past year. nfli gasoline and ether were y. Yesterday’s Circulation, 119,417 TWO CENTS. NYE CLEARS DAVIS, BUT SAYS TICKET SPENT 700 MUCH Campaign Inquiry Yields Nothing to Reflect on Senator’s Integrity. $622,928 EXPENDITURE IS DECLARED EXCESSIVE Pennsylvania Hails Report as Nail- ing Lies—Blames Sugar Charge on Political Foes. By the Associated Press. The Senate Campaign Funds Com- mittee today condemned as excessive the expenditures of the Davis-Brown ticket in last year's Pennsylvania Re- publican primary, but upheld the integ- rity of Senator Davis. The report was presented by Chair- man Nye without comment. Davis im- mediately issued a statement saying the committee’s assertion it had found nothing reflecting upon his ‘honor, “nails one lie.” He went on to say he had been charged with having received a $10,000 campaign contribution and not report- ing it. This charge was investigated by the committe, he said, and found PLAN 5 REETED =5 = this morning and orders are expected T | to be issued sometime today which will | & sHEEH FE & F VERMONT G. 0. P. SEEKS SUCCESSOR TO GREENE Partridge, Now in Office, or Bur- lington Lawyer Will Get Senate Seat. tor L. Greene. The honor will fall to Frank lican nomination in this State is tanta- )nl'“w if nominaf continue m'mwu'uh was appointed to the office until a Mr. Austin, 54 years old, is a grad- uate of the University of Vermont, former ma of St. Albans and for- mer t of the Vermont Bar Mr. 3 is a of Am- herst and mm%m formerly was Minister to Venezuela and consul general at Tangler. He is 68 years old. PINK SLIPS, $23 WORTH, LEAD FORGETFUL DRIVER COURTWARD Motorist Pulls Out License and Traffic Tickets, Long Child Saved by Leap. March 3 ().—Tral Story Tomortow in * Tlye Evening Star their beds, 8 man and his wife burned Neglected, for Policeman.