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A—2 ¥x¥ WIEKERSON'S PAST - RULINGS DEBATED Blaine Charges Judge Is Hold- ing Up Decision in Which Glenn’s Firm Is Involved. By the Associated Press. Issuance of an injunction by Judge James H. Wilkerson of Chicago in the railway shop case of 1922 was criticized and defended today in hearings before a Senate committee on his nomination : as Circuit judge. The- injunction was brought to the fore aiter Senator Blaine of Wisconsin - had charged Wilkerson, now a Federal district judge, with holding up a de- cision in a case in which the law firm of Senator Glenn of Illinois is engaged until his nomination is acted upon Glenn. who favors the Wilkerson ap- ! pointment, said he was advised the Jjudge already had acted in the case Independents Study Records. Republican independents have said “ they were scanning Wilkerson's record in the shopmen case to determine whether to approve his nomination. It was brought up today by Senators Borah of Idaho and Walsh of Montana Senator Walsh said the temporary injunction was based on reports from United . States marshals and not evi- dence, and that no notice had been given the workmen “Even if notice should have been given,” Glenn replied, “notice was given on the permanent injunction and no evidence was presented in opposition Walsh said that did not explain why Judge Wilkerson issued the temporary injunction without notice. It was a great national emergency.” Glenn said. “Officers of the Federal Government may have made a mistake, but the whole country was paralyzed, wrecks were occurring daily Even a five-day notice, Glenn added, might have resulted in many deaths. Pending Demurrer Cited. “I have reliable information,” Blain® told Benater Glenn earlier in today's hearing, “a demurrer was filed by the firm which you are a member before Judge Wilkerson and that Judge Wilkerson has deferred judgment until after his nomination for judge has been acted upon.” Blaine said the demurrer was filed in £ a civil suit growing out of the extradi- tion proceedings against Jatob Factor, a British subject F Glenn replied that he was advised the demurrer had been overruled He added that Wilkerson had been in- dorsed by former Senator Deneen of Tllinois, who was appearing on the r side of the case 0“11‘)\(0( Glenn explained that he had studied the cas> more thoréughly and that a motion to dismiss is now pending before the judge The motion which Wilkerson ruled against was an earlier procedure, Glenn said. FINAL LEGISLATIVE STEPS ON FINANCE PLAN DUE TODAY (Continued From First Page) Treasury Department for $500,000.000 | at the earliest possible date. “Further details regarding this esti-| mate are set forth in the letter of the | director of the Bureau of the Budget, | which is transmitted herewith.” McFadden Attacks Plan. Representative McFadden, Republic- an, Pennsylvania, an opponent of the bil, said Congress was putting a Gov- ernment corporation into the accept- * ance business on a 12-month basis. . “The handling of these frozen ac- ceptances, especially Germany's, will be + very embarrassing to this country,” he < sad “A lot of acceptances are fraudulent | and unsecured. I don’t know whether they will try to unload them on the corporation, but I think Congress should know what it is dcing “This corporation is a super-bank.| Many people believe that, since every ! other panacea has failed, we might as | * well try inflation.” Representative Stafford, Republican, Wisconsin, Teplied that the corporation was prohibited from taking acceptances not payable in United States currency and not guaranteed by the holding bank He said the allocation of the $200,000000 to closed banks was an ¥ improvement on the original House bill The vote was viva voce and did not result Only a few “noes” report ‘was received the House at 1:45 p.m. and leaders prepared to take it up immediately, promising a final vote fore nightfall PL, HELD COMMUNISTIC. erence e from SAVANNAH, Ga. January 22 (#).— Representative Homer C. Parker of the Zfirst Georgia district today assailed the $2,000,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corporation as “the most decided step toward Communism any civilized gov- ernment has ever taken with the po: sible cxception of Russia a statement to the Savannah he criticized his Democratic col- for following the plans of the an minority in that and other legislation “even against their own con victi 1 the (Finance Corpora- one of our Democratic )as been in Congress for ears” he sald. “I asked question: ‘Do you favor discussed tion) bill witk leaders w more than him the di the bill? He thought he w I 5 favor i it stated that he did no would vote id to vote but said a d not majority f The ve 50 and 100 am is clusive the memb sary R asserted in an that the $2,000,- ruction Finance Corpo- prove economically un sound. He declared the co:poration “another evidence of Government in- of Lusiness a dire Jar 000,000 Rex ration would of the Federa- siness, advocated gn to compel the inquish the field of that individual ini America great e camy ivate business 10 which made SENATE PLANS HEARING ON HOUSE TARIFF BILL By the Assoclated Press, The Senate Finance Committee de- cided today to begin public hearings tomorrow on the Democratic House +tariff bill The m tisan tarifl commission of sev bers, with changes under the flexible provision subject to approval by Con- gress, and an international conference looking to elimination of excessive tar- iffs and trade barriers Senator _ Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan, has introduced a substitute for the House bill. His measure would ) mem- liberalize existing flexible provisions by o reccommend transfer of goods from the permitting the Tarifl Commission “{ree to the dutiable list and vice versa wre provides for a non-par- | DAY, JA NUARY 929 Al Smith Receives | 90 Cents a Word For His Writings By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 22.—Al- fred E. Smith, author. receives 80 cents a word for his writings Strangely enough, he doesn't write. He makes notes on old en- velopes and from them delivers a speech which is taken down by & stenographer and used for news- paper or magazine articles. He's working on a book now and its being done the same Way. ATTACK ON VERDIGT IN YORK CASE VAIN in Claim of Inconsistency Convictions Rejected by U. S. Supreme Court. There was no inconsistency in the| verdict of a District Supreme Court jury which convicted three colored men of first-degree murder for the slaying of Lamar W. York, a prohibition agent in April, 1930, the United States Su- preme Court ruled today. The court heard argument by John | H. Burnett of counsel for the defend- ;th( John Borum, John Logan and | Milton Guy, for about 15 minutes. Chief Justice Hughes then interrupted Bur- | nett and informed him the court de- | sired to hear no further remarks from | either side. While a formal decision remains to | be entered in the records, the Chief Justice left no doubt the ruling would be contrary to the request of counsel for the defendants. Acquitted as Trigger Man. Mr. Burnet argued the jury's verdict was inconsistent, because Borum, Logar and Guy, on separate counts, were in- | dividually ~acquitted of holding the pistol with which York was killed, and {yet were collectively found guilty of | shooting the agent. on another count The defense attorney had barely fin- ished outlining the leaal fechaicalities involved before Associate Jusiice Me- | Reynolds inquired whether he pelieved | 1t “consistent for a jury to possess a | reasonable doubt on three or more counts and yet be certain on the charges incorporated in an additiona! count. Mr. Burnett was attempting to | explain his position on. this phase of | the issue when he was halted, and the case disposed of. Chief Justice Hughes explained the only issue involved had been definitely settled in a recent decision in the case of James Dunn, defendant in a whisky cese, who was acquitted of sale and possession, and convi~ted on the same set of facts of maintaining a nulsance. It had been argued in that case that | the verdict was inconsistent. but the Supreme Court ruled consistency fs not necessary. Goes Back to Appeals Court. James A. O'Shea, chief of counsel for | the defendants, and Willlam H. Collins, assistant United States attorney, who canducted the prosecution in the lower ccurt, were not heard today. The case went to the Supreme Court when the Court of Appeals asked in- structions on whether the conviction on the fourth count could be sustained in vicw of the acquittal on the first three | counts of the indictment. The Court |of Appeals now must rule against the | defendants. HAITI PROPOSES U. S. | LOAN REFUND TO END __(Continued From_First Page.) the request of Senator Hiram W. John- son of California, who asked for the figures in connection with a Senate in- vestigation at Washington. _The text of the reply was cabled to Washington and made public by the Foreign Office. It listed 15 bond issues {of the government, the Mortgage Bank |and cities, totaling $296.112,000 during | the 10 ars and said they were made | through the National City Bank of New York; Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co.: Hall- garten & Co.: Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; the | Guaranty “Trust Company and the | | Grace National Bank of New York. No commission, it said, had been paid in excess of 1 per cent although some issues were sold at a discount. The Cosach_obligations issued thus far, it sald, tothl $275,596,601. Full de tails of the Cosach organization were [#iven. although the government denied | the nitrate combine has anything to do with the debt moratorium, ' CZECHS SEEK 30 MILLION. Budget Group Drafts Bill for Foreign i Credit. | PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, 21 (#).—A bill ordering January | the govern ! ment to negotiate for a foreign credit | up to 1,000,000,000 kronen (about $30,- 000,000) was passed in the Budget Com- mittee of the Chamber of Deputies today The minister of finance said the mea; was necessary because the | budget deficit for the first 11 months of 1931 amounted to $17,000,000. In- | creased taxes could not be expected | to bring in much money immediately, { he_said Dispatches from Paris was ready to ext:nd a loan 000 francs ($24,000,000) on of such legislation. said France ot 600,000, the basis PERU PETITION CONSIDERED. Ambassador Says Senate Will Get Appeal. LIMA, Peru, January () —Am- bassador Manuel Freyre Saniander at Washington has informed the Peruvian | | government that the American State Department would transmit to the | United States Senate’s Banking Com- mittee Peru’s petition for further in- ation of foreign loans to Peru The foreign -office had instructed the Ambassador_to ask for the inquiry to | bring out whether any Peruvians other | than Juan Leguia, son of former Presi- | dent Augusto B. Leguia, had received commissons for premoting loans. Wit- nesses in the senatorial investigation of eign securities at Washington testified a commission was paid to Juan a EVERYDAY CLUBTJINES | Annual Banquet Is Attended by More Than 250. The annual banquet of the Everyday Club, composed of employes of the | Washington Sanitarium, was attended by more than 250 members and guests last night in the hospital gymnasium, Due to the health program promoted by the club, it was reported that 87 of the 174 employes of the hospital lost no time from work last year because of illness, The aim of members has been to maintain a perfect health record throughout the year. The annual re- Committee TRIAL OF MRS, JUDD GOES INTO RECESS Admissibility of Suit Case as Evidence in Slaying Is Disputed. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, January 22.—Winnie Ruth Judd's counsel started a court battle today when the State offered its exhibits of receptacles in which the bodies of Anges Anne Lerol and Hedvig Samuelson were sent from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Prompt objection was made by Paul Schenck and Herman Lewkowitz of the defense as the State brought to the court rcom in the murder trial the first of its major physical evidence—a suit case which contained parts of the body of Miss Samuelson when it was found October 19 in a Los Angeles rail- way station. The State contends both women were slain by Mrs. Judd on October 16. In addition to the suit case, a hat box and two trunks were gwalting sub- mission_when_argument over admissi- bility of the first threw the court into recess while counsel and judge con- sulted authorities. Suit Case Exhibit Protested. Attorneys Schenck and Lewkowitz argued the suit case did not come un- der the rule by which the other recep- tacles might be entered in evidence, since it contained “only parts of the body of Miss Samuelson, and nothing else” Mrs Judd is on trial only for the murder of Mrs. Leroi in the present case. The two trunks and the hat box, defense indicated, would not be pro- tested, since they were understood to have contaired portions of bodies and material pertinent to both the Leroi and Samuelson cases. Court Takes Second Recess. The interruption of the State's hith- erto rapid progress came while the first witness of the day, John D. Washing- ton, colored. head porter at the Phoenix Union Station, was on the stand. ‘Washington rolled his eyes toward Mrs. Judd, seated at the counsel table, identifying her as a woman whom he had helped aboard the Southern Pa cific train for Los Angeles at 8 o'clock on the night of October 18. After a_recess of 15 minutes Judge Howard C. Speakman called the juiy | back into the court room, only to dis- miss it in custody of bailifls while court again went into recess at 10:4° am. until 1:30 pm. ‘The fast-moving parade of State wit- nesses, i unnerving the once apparent- ly_calm and confident defendant When @ prosecution psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Catton of S8an PFrancisco, walked | by her chair yesterday she sprang to her feet. “Get out of here! T won’t have you near me!" she shouted. “You talked about me. I won't have it.” The first State witness yesterday de- tailed the last living moments of Mrs. Le Rof and Miss Samuelson and the as- serted impersonation by Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Le Roi in placing a telephone call Others traced the trunks from the Le Roi-Samuelson home to the railway station. Mrs. Ernest A. Smith, an employe of the clinic where Mrs. Le Roi was en- gaged an technician, testified she re- ceived a telephone call the day follow- ing the slaying of Mrs. Le Roi. “This is Mrs. Le Rol.” Mrs. Smith testified the voice sald. “Is Dr. Brown there? Sammy's brother has arrived and we are taking him to Tucson. Will you give the message to Dr. Brown?" State Charges Impersonation. The voice, Mrs. Smith testified, was that of Mrs. Judd. The State con- tends Mrs. Judd impersonated Mrs. Le Rol in order to forestall investigation of Mrs. Le Roi's disappearance. Dr. Brown, who also talked to the purported “Mrs. Leroi” in the forenoon of October 17, corroborated Mrs Smith’s testimony. Evelyn Nace, physicians’ secretary at the Grunow Clinic, told of playing bridge at the Leroi-Samuelson apart- ment on October 16, with & physician friend making the fourth. She was the last to leave, Miss Nace said, at about 9:45 pm. at which: time Mrs. Leroi and Miss Samuelson were preparing for bed. Mrs. Judd had not arrived. al- though she had been expected to spend the evening there. B. H. Jurgemeyer. street car motor- man-conductor, testified that the night of October 16 his northbound car car- ried Mrs. Judd toward the apartment either at 9:40 or 10:25. At 11:25 she boarded his car traveling south, he testified, and asked for a Brill street transfer. Her own home was at 1130 | East Brill street. Jenny R. McGrath and Gene Cun- ningham, neighbors of Mrs. Leroi and Miss Samuelson on North Second street, told of hearing three shots about 10:30 p.m., October 16—one shot with a slight pause following, and then two in quick succession. Trunks Sent to Los Angeles. Richard Schwartz, truck driver, said he moved a large trunk from 2929 North Second street to 1130 East Brill street after 10 p.m. October 17, at Mrs. Judd's | request. H. U. Grimm, owner of the cottage court at 1130 East Brill street, told of ransperting & large trunk, a small| trunk, a suit case, hat box and satchel from the Judd apartment to the railway station on Sunday, October 18 Beverly Stallings and H. W. Boutchee, | baggage clerks, testified to handling and checking the trunks, and to their hav- ing been consigned to Los Angeles. Boutchee, under _cross-examination, testified Mrs. Judd’s left hand was ! tandaged when she appeared at the station to check her trunks. Mrs. Judd's left hand was bandaged when she sur- rendered in Los Angeles. A bullet was extracted from the base of her third| finger. PRESS CLUB BALL TOMORROW NIGHT: 24th Annual Event to Follow In- stallation of Newly Elected Officers. The twenty-fourth annual inaueural ball of the National Press Club will b held tomorrow night after the newl clected president, Bascom N. Timmons, correspondent_of the Cleveland News and Houston Chronicle, is inducted into office. Part of the installation ceremony will be broadcast. The guests of honor will be Speaker Garner, who will present to Mr. Timmons a gavel made from the horn of a Texas longhorn off a ranch where the new president worked as a cowboy in his youth. Arthur H. (Bugs) Baer will be master of ceremonies Mr. Timmons will succeed Eugene §. Leggett of the Detroit Free Press Other new officers to be installed are Raymond P. Brandt, St. Louis Post- Dispatch, vice presidert; Lee Poe Hart. New York Journal of Commerce, secre tary; Charles A. Hamilton, Troy Times treasurer; George E. Durno, Interna- tional News Service, financial secretary, and a board of governors composed of sir Willmott Lewis, London Times: Aubrey E. Taylor, Washington Post Robert S. Plekens, Associated Pre: William C. Murphy, jr. Philadelphia Public Ledger; Ralph E. Collins, New York Sun; George W. Stimpson, the port was made by C. C. Pulver, gen- eral manager of the institution. and the program included zddresses by J. Congress would have the final say on L. Shaw, president of the Board of auch recccmmendations. - Managers, and F. M. Wilcox. Pathfinder, and Lorenzo Martin, Louis- ville Times. Workmen of Ttaly cultivated 500,000 small gardens last Summer. Y | brain. R. WILLIAM C. JUDD is seen here speaking words of encouragement to lsis wife, Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, at her trial in Phoenix, Ariz. She is accused of slaying her former friends, Mrs. Agnes Leroi and Miss Hedvig Samuelson, and shipping their bodies to Los Angeles, Calif, in trunks —A. P. Photo. SURGERY MAY SAVE HOUSE WETS PLAN BRAIN OF GRL BABY 10 FORCE ACTION Doctors Ponder Operation to Bingham Referendum Bill Is Keep Child From Death or | Rejected by Senate—Drys Life of Idiocy. Hail Outcome. By the Associated Press The House learned today of plans by sicians were faced today with the prob- | its anti-prohibitionists to resort to ex- lem of deciding whether to attempt a | traordinary procedure if necessary to major operation on a two-year-old get votes this session on resubmission Brooklyn baby, whose head cavity is two small for normal growth of the By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 22— Four phy- modification of the Volstead act . | Representative O'Connor, Democrat, Without an operation. they said. th® | of New York. said a petition to dis- child probably will die, or If he survives, | charge the Judiciary Committee from grow up crippled and idiotic. On the | consideration of bills for a referendum other hand, an cperation might Save | on resubmission would be used if neces- the child only for a “life of misery. Aty "The third chance is that the opera- | * wanq after a vote of resubmission,” tion, which entails opening the rear |po cid “we will have a vote on modi- part of the skull, might be successful | fication of the Volstead act. We are as- and restore the child to normalcy, i Brthit. We haveino doubbiafithe of the eighteenth amendment and on| Mary in New Role SHANGHAI TROUBLE GROWING SERIOUS Japanese Issue Ultimatum| After Riots and Citizens Ask More Troops. MOVIE STAR GOES TO WORK ON PICKFAIR. By the Assoclated Pres ! SHANGHAI, January 22.—Strained | relations between Chiness and Japa-| nese here appeared to be getting rapidly | worse today as a Japanere admiral is- | sued a virtual ultimatum from his flag- | ship in the harbor and Chinese mer-| chants sent an appeal to Nanking for mora troops. The admiral demanded immediate suppression of organizations hostile to Japanese residents. Chinese shop- keepers formed a ‘“protective corps” | and asked the national government to provide them with guns. i The trouble arose from recent clashes | |in which two persons were killed. Chi- nese merchants say a series of battles on Wednesday precipitated attacks on their shops which are still continuing. The appeal to Nanking, drafted by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, asked for protection “against the savage ac- tions of Japanese rioters.” | | Message Sent to Mayor. The Japanese admiral's flagship is now in the harbor here. A message was | sent by him to Gen. Wu Ten-Chen, | Chinese mayor, and it said unless hi: demands were met “drastic measures” would be taken by Japanese naval au-. thorities to protect their nationals’ | “rights and interests.” The note followed a communication from the local Japanese consul general, | Kuramatsu Murai, to the Chinese mayor, | in which® he also protested against ac- ! tion of Chinese residents which, he said, ! [OKPAIR,: the famous residence of. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, is being enlarged and renovated in anticipation of the Olympic games, when, it is being rumored, European royalty, possibly in- cluding the Prince of Wales, will be house guests of Hollywood's reigning couple. Not content with sujervising the job, Mary occasionally takes a hand in the work herself, as this picture shows. —Wide World Photo. led up to the clashes. i Consul General Murai demanded | especially the immediate dissolution of the Chinese association which has sup»' ported the boycott against Japanese goods and of all other organizations | whose activities are “directed against Japan.” Boycott Severe Blow. He said the serfousness of the tension | between the local Japanese community | and the Chinese is not generally real- g ¥ ! {zed. but it is so serious that the organ- | | izations must be suppressed to prevent even more serious trouble. Japanese | | authorities, he said, have frequently pointed out the necessity of dissolving | the socicties, but no results have been | | obtained. The Chinese boycott against Japanese | goods, which has been in effect since | The physicians, who met in con- sultation, were Drs. Oscar Agnew Spier, Felix Hoffman, Lester C. Spler and Mortimer H. Lewis. The baby's name is revealed only as “Diana.” Permitted Similar Child to Die. In Chicago, 17 years ago, Dr. Harry J. Haiselden was faced with a similar problem. With the parents’ consent he permitted the child to die, saying it was the “most merciful thing to do,” and aroused a storm of criticism. The Brooklyn girl's mother, 20, said her husband left her after the child's birth because he had wanted a boy. The physicians, terming the girl a cerebro spastic, said her skull had be- come permanently hardened or ossified, with one part overlapping the other. Normally, they siid, a child's skull re- mains soft until the age of 12 They said they believed there was a chance—only a chance, they empha- sized—of a_successful ~ventriculogran operation. ‘That would involve a delicate surgical feat, opening the ventricle, or rear part of the skull, permitting air to enter and giving the brain a chance to expand. May Operate in Few Day: It was not until the was ex- amined by the four physicians that the cause of her subnormal behavior was learned by the distraught mother and grandmother, who have been struggling alone since the father left As little Diana grew from 1 to 115 and finally to 2 y her mother became perturbed at her inability to sit up and to move her head more than a little. Lacking the money for expert medi- cal attention, Diana’s mother took the child to a clinic. One interne said nothing was wrong and counseled the mother not to worry. Another thought her skull might be fractured Finally they went to Dr. O. A. Spier, who said today the case would be re- ferred to Dr. Thomas Bamfor¢ at the Neurological Institute, and if an ope tion is decided upon, it will be per- formed there within a few days Diana’s grandmother was quoted as saying We'd like to way or the other. POLICE VETERAN SLAIN IN HOLD-UP Friend of Commissioner Mulrooney Victim of Bandit While At- tempting to Draw. ee it over with, one By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 22—John Walsh, member of the New York police force 27 years and a personal friend of Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney was shot and killed in a speakeasy holdup last night, Walsh was slain as he attempted to draw_his service revolver instead of complying with the “hands up” order of two youthful robbers. The holdup men escaped in an automobile driven by a third youth Commissioner Mulrooney went to the scene and took personal charge of the investigation. He learned a blonde voung woman, seated in a rear room bad fled from the place immediately after the shooting. Walsh, dressed in civilian clothes except for his uniform trousers, was standing at the bar when the robbers entered. As he reached for his revolver one of them fired at close range, shooting him in the heart and abdomen ROBB TRANSFERRED 70 MILITARY DUTY IN ENGINEER'S OFFICE (Continued From First Page.) Controller General McCarl, the Com- missioners are compelled to award con- tracts to the “lowest responsible bidder,” and the lowest bidders are regarded as “responsible” so long as they have suf- ficient financial backing. Two of them recently have been publicly accused of short-changing their employes in order to appear to live up to provisions of the Bacon-Davis prevailing wage law and one of them admitted it Besides working with ref tractors. the assistant in ch; building program meets constant criti- cism from Congress and the Board of Education whenever construction work slows up. Maj. Robb's departure will leave the Enginser Department short-handed. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Don- ald A. Davison is now acting as En- gincer Commissioner because of the absence of Engineer Commissioner Maj. John C. Gotwals, who earlier this week was ordered before the Army Retire- ment Board. The third assistant is Capt. Hugh P. Oram, who has charge of the Highway, Sewer and Water De- partments. tory con- e of the chair's ruling when this question is pre- sented.” Referendum Plan in Committee. Eerlier in the session House leaders had indicated only one prohibition vote would be allowed. O'Connor, however, is a member of the powerful Rules Com- mittee. The Judiciary Committee has set Feb- ruary 16 for consideration of the refer-, endum plan for State option in liquor control. ‘The Senate rejected overwhelmingly vesterday the Bingham proposal invit- ing referenda by the States on repeal | or modification of prohibition Under a general attack that the resolution was. meaningless, trat. it sought to “pass the buck” down to the States and that it could accomplish nothing, the measure went down, 55 to 15. Its opponents included a number of Senators listed as anti-prohibitionists o supporters of resubmission. The Senate generally refused to re- gard it as a test of the prohibition issue, although it furnished the first | vote of the session on any phase of the liquor topic. Robinson Leads Opponents, The vote drew quickly a statement from Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, execu~ tive secretary of the National Prohibi- tion Board of Strategy, to the effeci “this is a foretaste of what the ‘wets’ may expect on repeal and modificatiop nd nullification proposals in Con- gress.” |~ He termed the attempt a trv at put- | ting over a “fast one” and the result a | eritab'e dud.” | 'Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chief of the Democratic forces, was in the van of the bill's opponents. First he tried to put it back in the Judiciary Committee but, changing tactics, called for a vote, asserting the resolution did not reflect any stand by the Senate. Then Senator | Tydings, Democrat, Maryland, sought | to substitute for the measure a resolu- tion to submit a constittuional amend- ment to the States. Vice President Cur- tis threw this down by ruling it out of order. Bingham Defends Measure. Scnator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut, argued strenuously for his res- | olution, ‘asserting the recent statement of the Anti-Saloon League's new presi- dent, that he was not opposed to referenda by individual States, led.him | to offer it. This question is coming vividly to our notice,” Bingham said. “It cannot | readily be decided by the political par- | ties because scme States, particular these in the South, elect a man because | he is a member of a certain political party.” | _ But the net result was that only eight Republicans and seven Democrats stood by his plan Both the senatorial States were cast for the resolution: Connecticut, Tllinois, Massachusetts | New Jersey. New York and Wisconsin The other three came from Ohio, Mary- land and Nevada. votes of six DRY OPPOSES REFERENDUM PLAN. Barton, Chairman, Asserts Bishop Was Misunderstood. GREENSBORO, N. C., January ).—Neither the Anti-Saloon League nor any other temperance and prohibi- tion organization will give countenance to a prohibition referendum, Dr. A. J. Barton of Wilmington, chairman of the national organization's Executive Com- mittee, declared here yesterd: spoke at the sixteenth biennial conven- tion of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League Dr. Barton's declaration was made in |answer to recent dispatches quoting Eishcp Ernest G. Richardson of Phila- delphia, recently elected head of the ational Anti-Saloon League, as seing 10 objection to a prohibition referen- | dum if the vote is confined to the sep- arate States and not made Nation-wide. | Caustic reference was made in Dr |¢Barton’s address to a letter of congratu- | lation addressed by Henry H. Curran. | president of the Association Against the | Prohibition Amendment, to Bishop | Richardson on “your plea for a referen- dum by the States.” “I am sure Bishop Richardson was misunderstood and misquoted,” asserted Barton. “Bishop Richardson is & | new man in the national work of the | league and inadvertently he might have | used words which would have been mis- understeod or distorted. “At any rate, I am sure he is per- | fectly sound at heart on the principles | and policies of the Anti-Saloon League. Mr. Curran bas his labor for his pains in ‘writing the bishop & letter of con- gratulation. “Doubtless Mr, Curran knew this in advance. It is in perfect accord with his spirit and methods and with the spirit and methods of his organization that he should have offered such an affrent to Bishop Richardson and the league.” League It — g The first telephone service in the Island of Mull, Scotland, has just been cpened. He | i the beginning of the strained relations in Menchurla, has been a severe thorn in the side of Japanese business, the largest part of whose foreign trade i with China. Many Japanese mer- chants have felt the pressur> keenly, Japanese sources have admitted. An apology also was demanded by the consul general from the mayor, as i well as the arrest and punishment of the Chinese responsible for the élash | and compensation for the medical ex- penses of the Japanese who were in- jured in the encounter. Troops Held in Readiness. Japan has dispatched an aircraft carrier. four destroyers and a special landing party to Shanghai. Tokio dis- patches said that, in addition to the force already ordered here, other naval craft were being held at the Japanese base at Sasebo for quick movement in case of necessity, Numerous Jesser street brawls in the Japanese portion of the international settlement followed Wednesday's dis- orders, and heavy police patrols, com- posed mainly of “White” Russians, guarded the streets. The American and Canadian trade commissioners took further steps to keep more of their countrymen from coming to China in the expectation of flying Chinese military planes for big | salaries. There are no such jobs. American flyers now here are Tom { Derby and H. S. Mead of San Jose, | Calif’; Vincent Schmidt of New York, | Henry Reynolds of Washington, D. C.. | and another whose name could not be | learned. The Canadians are Charles Doyle, Jones Evann and John Hansen of | Vancouver. R. H. Geary of London, On- tario, and Charles Bulger of Prince Rupert. “AUNT EMMA” TELEGRAM AND BARREL OF GREASE CLUES IN PRISON BREAK _(Continued From First Page.) Investigators have learned where thesc weapons were bought and they are now on the trail of the purchasers. The unauthorized barrel of grease ar- rived at the prison a few days before receipt of a similar consignment that had been ordered through regular channels. Much of the inquiry has centered around the shipment of the gun-loaded barrel. Apparently some one outside the prison learned of the order for grease and substituted the arms shipment which was forwarded to the prison shoe factory ahead of the regular grease supply The telegram concerning “Aunt Em- ma" was dispatched simultaneously with the shipment of the guns. A previous telegram, naming several of “Aunt Emma’s supposed “relatives,” is thought to have referred to the success- ful purchase of the guns, Staff Changes Made. Mr Bates said the guns were received at the prison only three days before the dash for liberty was made. He refused to confirm a report a guard was in- | volved in the conspiracy, but pointed out several administrative changes al- ready have been made One guard committed suicide a few days after ‘he break and another was arrested re- | cently on a charge of ‘“receiving con- traband.” In the latter case. Mr. Bates explained, the ‘contraband” was money, not guns, If further administrative changes are | made. it Was learned, they will be based not on conspiracy charges but on laxity jwnnlwr such a shake-up would affect Warden White, who is slowly recover- in enforcing discipline. Supt. Bates declined to discuss |ing from gunshot injuries to his arm ireceived when he escaped from his | captors. “That depends on his condition,” Mr Bates commented. “He is still in the hospital.” Fontaine, Linked With Leavenworth Break Claims to Be Canadian. OTTAWA, Ontario, January 22 (#) The Department of Immigration has issued an order for a board of inquiry to sit at Windsor, Ontario, to :nvesti- gate the citizenship of Harold Fon- taine, a resident of the border city whose deportation to the Uniled States has been sought by the immigration officers of the country. Fontaine gave himself up to Windsor police early this week to answer a six- year-old charge of assault. Eut he is wanted by United States authorities for alleged participation in an escape from Leavenworth Penitentiary in which three convicts were killed. Fon- taine is suspected of having aided in the prison break from the outside. He had been released from the peniten- tiary a short time before. Although born in Chicago, Fontaine claims Canadian citizenship having served In the Canadian army during the war. Colored Man Was Held in Old Germantown Hold-up. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 22.—With scant information on which to work, | police of Montgomery County, assisted by two detectives from Baltimore, are running down every possible clue to the identity of the three colored men | Horace D. Waters, 79-year-old store- | keeper of Old Germantown, Md., and | wounded his clerk, Richard A. Ben- ! nett, 68, in a futile attempt at robbery. Last night the officers took into cus- tody Julius Beckwith, colored, of Wash- ington, And after subjecting him to | questioning here took him to Old Ger- mentown to see if Mr. Bennett could | identify him as one of the bandit trio. { The clerk told police that he was posi- tive Beckwith was not one of the mee who entered the store, and he was re- teased Colored Men Questioned. The four colcred men held in the Rockville Jail were further questioned Jast night by county officers and De- ective Sergts. M. J. Dunn and William J Flynn of Baltimore police, who were assigned to the case by Gen. Gaither, police commissioner for Baltimore City, at the request of State’s Attorney Sted- | man Prescott. Police claimed they re- ceived little information of value. | Three of these men, Herman Moore, 35; | Milton Warren, 42, and Quaint Terry, | 65, all residents of the old German- town neighborhood, were in the store | when the murder took place The fcurth-man held In the Rockville Jail is Bud Prather, colored, of German town and Washington, who, police s; is the man three strange colored men asked to see when they appeared in the vicinity of the crime early in the day Wednesday. He was arrested early yes- terday. No charges have been placed against any of these men. Interest in the case was expressed by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland yesterday afternoon through Maj. E. Brooke Lec. Gov. Ritchie expressed his sympathy and offered any assistance needed in connection with the clearing up of the cold-blooded murder and assault Funeral Services Today. Funerai services for Mr. Waters will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the family residence at Old Ger- mantown, _ with interment in the Neelsville Cemetery. Canon Arthur B. | Rudd. recently cailed to be the rector of Christ’s Episcopal Church at Rock- | ville, will have charge of the serv- ices. The board of directors of the PFarmers’ Banking & Trust Co. of Rock- ville, of which Mr. Waters was a mem- ber at the time of his death, will act as_honorary pallbearers. Bowie F. Julian R.. Willam and Eugene Waters, Bache Albert and J. Hampton Jones will be the active pallbearers Late yesterday afternoon State At- torney Prescott, who is conducting the search for the murderers in conjunc- tion with Chief Alvie A. Moxley of county police, established the fact that the automobile - in which the three bandits escaped was an old touring car bearing District of Columbia ! license tags. With this information Sergt. Guy L. Jones and Detective Theodore Vollten visited Washington and searched through colored settle- ments, with the co-operation of Wash- ington police. without any definite re- sults being obtained. Mr. Waters was shot through the heart and in the hip by one of the two bandits who entered his store, while a third bandit waited outside in a machine. Shot When He Resisted. Police believe the bandits had re- ceived information that Mr. Waters was in the habit of carrying consider- ! able money on his person, as they made no attempt to rob the cash drawer, but made directly for the aged merchant and shot him down when he resisted their attempts to search his clothing for his wallet. Mr. Bennett, the clerk, was shot in the right arm as he came forward in the store, believing the bandits were customers. ‘The bullet which p.erced his arm is also believed to have been the one which entered Mr. Waters' hip, as those present stated that but two shots were fired. The bandits who did the shooting was armed with a .45-cabiler gun, the autopsy con- ducted yesterday showed. A .32-caliber revolver with a skeleton handle, f>und on a nearby bridge after the crime, may have been thrown away by the second handity police believe. This gun is being examined for finger- prints. ' § | who Wednesday night shot and killed | KLEIN EXPECTS 0., 10 LEAD RECOVERY Declares Ardor of American People Will Manifest Itself. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 22.—The beliet that America, of all the nations “hit in this world-wide catastrophe,” is likely to be the first ty recover was expressed by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, in an address | last night at the sixtieth annual dinner |of the Silk Association of America | He asserted the “zeal of the youthful pioneer, the venturesome promoter, the daring enterpriser,” still remained in the United State: “This same ardor.” he said has so often had not a little to our boom-tide excesses. may, throug some immutab) of compensations, be likewise, in part at least, responsibie for the hoped-for acceleration of our recovery.” Aftermath of War. Dr. Klein quoted Paul M Warburg, prominent banker, as saying the only way to control booms ana thelr subse- Igurm depressions was to “sit on | bulge.” “This _raises the “as obvious question,” he continued 10 just how that acrobatic feat can be accomplished when the ‘bulge’ is the embodiment of an amazing Nation-wide exuberance—a consuming_ desire to ‘live too fast'— such as that which manifested itself in this country after the Civil War and again after the World War. In fact, this would seem to be an inevitable aftermath of the distorted war-time psychology, an evidence of the’ unspent momentum cf the conflict with all its fantastic abnormalities, mental as well as_physical.” In discussing the period following the Civil War and the panic of 1873 Dr. Klein recalled that “at one time dur- ing these hectic years 200 railroads were bankrupt and a third of the country’s railway mileage was in the hands ‘of receivers.” Proceed With Caution. “In the light of this experience,” he sald, “it would seem indeed to be prudent to explore very carefully every remedial proposal of large-scale capital investments (especially those pledging the public credit, as did the vast rail- way promotions two generations ago) which might be too fixed and of re- tarded productive capacity. “If such undertakings are to yleld revenues fairly promptly, they would certainly seem to be worthy of serious | consideration. But having in mind our present grave fiscal problems in strug- gling with formidable amounts of solidy frozen assets, it certainly is the better part of wisdom to procced with all possible caution in considering any abnormal fixed-capital commitments.” OHIO G. 0. P. VOTE FOR HOOVER PUTS HIS “HAT IN RING” tinued Prom First'Page) 2ea(lo The New Hampshire primery leads all he rest, taking place on March 3. Fight Would Bring Comprom’se. The opinion is growing in Demoratic circles that while Gov. Roosevelt of New | York may be nominaiéd for Prc-idcnt, it will be impossible for form>r C-v i Smith to obtain the nominat the other hand, Gov. tain strength enough, the fight, to block. favorite-son candidates, the of Roosevelt. Such a situati lead to the selection of a comy-cmis2 candidate. It'is obvious that afic® guch a collision bééween the Roosevelt ‘a3i Smith faction§ it would be impossible to nominate Smith. Just what course | the former Governor of New York will pursue he has not yet indicated. In some quarters it is still insisted that he will be found reconcfled to the nomi- nation of his old friend, Franklin D, Roosevelt Ohio will have a total of 55 delegates | In the Republican National Convention this year, a sizable block of. delegates. | Indiana, a neighboring State, is ex- pected to get in line for the Hoover nomination before long. In 1928 In= diana sent a delegation to the conven- tion instructed for Senator “Jim” Wat- son. Senator Watson is an avowed candidate for renomination for the Sen- ate this year. He is Republican leader of the Senate and as regular as they | come in party matfers. Illinois Repub= licans are going to be for Hoover, too, in the National Convention, according to all the information, and that State in 1928 had its favorlte son candidate, Frank O. Lowden. With this group of big, populous Midwest States b-cging his renomination, the Hoover campaign managers will feel they can indeed rest comfortably. Campalgn Probe Anticipated. With the early approach of the pri- mary elections and the selection of delegates, it is expected that the Senate will soon put itself in readiness to in- vestigate campaign expenditures by i providing for the appointment of a special committee to inquire into the various presidential campaigns, as well as those for the Senate. In 1926 Sen- ator Norris of Nebraska offered the resolution which called for thie appoint- ment of a Campaign Investigating Committee, which was headed by Sena- tor Gerald P. Nye of North 'Dakota. That was one of the most active in- vestigating committees the Senate has had, and there is a bill pending now, framed by Senator Nye and other members of the committee to revamp nn'd strengthen the corrupt practices act. Who will offer the resolution provid- ing for A Senate campaign investigat- ing committee has not yet been de- termined. Senator Norris may do. it again. In 1928 there was a committee which investigated the operations on behalf of candidates for the presidential nomination of both parties, headed by Senator Steiwer of Orcgon. OHIO G. 0. P. BACK HOOVER, 46-2 COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 22 (#).— A solid Ohio delegation for President Hoover at the coming Republican na- tional convention was virtually assured today by an overwhelming victory of his friends in the State's Central Commit- tee. The President was indorsed for re- nomination, and was given what amounts to a free hand in the selection of delegates by the committee yesterday, when only 2 committeemen out of 48 offered opposition Fred W. Warner of Marion, Ohio, former State Committee chairman, and Gomer Jones of Gallipolis, committee- man of the tenth Ohio congressibnal district, made the futile attempt Warner was a leader of the faction that supported the late Senator Frank B. Willis in the contest with Hoover for Ohio’s delegation four years ago. After a resolution proposed by War- ner for selection of con:ention delegates by district and county organizations was tabled a proposal that the President's campaign manager pick the delegate candidates was carried by acclamation. “Walter Brown cannot select the delegates in my district!” Warner shout- ed when the resolution was declared adopted. Brown, Postmaster GCeneral, is re- garded by many as the President’s cam- paign manager, In a dispute at the close of the meet- ing Chairman Edward D. Schorr said the Hoover vote was “unanimous ex- cept for Warner and Jones,” but the latter contended 15 of the committee- (men remalned silent,