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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and colder tonight: mini- mum temperature about 39 degrees; to- morrow cloudy and slightly colder. Tem- peratures—Highest, 76, at 4:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 56, at noon yesterday. Full report on page 11. New York Stock Market Closed Today 32,063. Fouerends Entered as second class matt Washington. er -3 BISHOP GANNON'S INDICTMENT WITH ADA L. BURROUGHS IS HELD INVALID Justice Proctor Rules All Ten Counts Fail to Show That | Anti-Smith Treasurer Knew About Unreported Funds. PROSECUTOR IS READY TO APPEAL DECISION| Statute of Limitations Will Pre- | vent Reopening of Case if Higher | Court Upholds Ruling—Prelate | Was Charged on Last Day of Time Limit. Indictment of Bishop James Cannon, jr., and Miss Ada L. Bur- roughs, former treasurer of the| Virginia Anti-Smith Committee, | was declared invalid today by | Justice James M. Proctor of the District Supreme Court, who sus- | tained a demurrer against con- spiracy charges growing out of a| grand jury investigation of the 1928 anti-Smith campaign funds. | Mencken Regarded Marriage Dangerous, Painter Declares By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 12— Nikol Schattenstein, who came over from Vienna several years ago to paint gortrflh_& today told of the one he made of H. L. Mencken, the editor. It was dur- ing the trial of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray that Mencken sat for the painting. 2 like to attend that trial,” Mencken told the artist. “I would like to find out why a person would do such a thing.” “It is dangerous to be a hus- band,” remarked Schattenstein. “Yes," replied the editor; “I would rather be an aviator.” Mr. Schattenstein is now much amused by the incident, because Mr. Mencken, “instead of becom- ing an aviator, got married.” JOHNSON DEMANDS DIREGT U. 5. RELIEF Californian Joins Borah Plea for La Follette- Costigan Bill. in By the Associated Press. Another powerful plea for direct Fed- eral help for the unemployed was made in the Senate today by one of its out- standing Republican independents, Hiram Johnson of California. Joining Senator Borah of Idaho in advocacy of the La Follette-Costigan measure, the Californian demanded that Congress accord to suffering human beings the same measure of WASHINGTON, 4 ITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen D. C, ny Star. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932—FORTY-SIX PAGES. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,297 TWO CENT HOOVER WON'T RUN IN NORTH DAKOTA'S PRESIDENTIAL POLL Active Drive in Behalf of Roosevelt Launched by Homer S. Cummings. TEXANS BACK CAMPAIGN FOR GARNER NOMINATION Former Democratic Chairman to Carry Fight to Foes of New Yorker. | Political confabbing today brought two significant developments—Presiden! Hoover will keep out of the North Dakota primaries next month, and forces for Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Demo- cratic presidential nominee plan to carry the battle against him to the foes. Friends of the President in North Dakota, calling themselves the “real Re- publican™ party there, argued success- fully that little benefit could accrue from his entrance in that primary. Mr. Hoover received indirectly reports | of conditions in North Dakota. Only one day remained for filing when the final decision to stay out was approved. Roosevelt Leader Active. being decided, preparations for more definite organization of pro-Roosevelt forces in the Democratic camp went ahead at the Capitol in conferences initiated by Homer S Cummings of While the White House course was | IGLASS BILL GIVEN UICK APPROVAL BY BANK COMMITTEE Sponsor to Call Up Measure in Senate Some Time During Today. HOUSE CONSIDERATION IS PROMISED EARLY Senator Renews Assurances That Propesal Will Not Be Used to Inflate Currency. By the Assoclated Press The Senate Banking Committee quickly gave its approval today to the emergency meoasure opening the Federal Reserve system for cashing of new paper held by the Nation's banking in- stitutions. Senator Glass. Democrat, Virginia, {vas authorized to take his bill imme- diately before the Senate and he an- nounced that would be done during the day. The committee acted after a one- hour session, during which additional safeguerds to protect the Federal Re- serve from a loose inflationary process were put into the bill. The legislation faces prompt enact- | ment in the Senate, but likely will not | be taken up until Monday. Speaker | Garner promised quick House considera- tion. FEBRUARY 12, 1932, NATION OBSERVE ‘Attack of Colds Routs U. S. Grou P PIUS. CELEBRATES ATTACK ON CHAPE) BEGUN AS FOREIGN QFFICIALS DISCUSS PEACE POSSIBILITY ‘U. S. Minister Calls Meeting i at Invitation of Shanghai ‘ Merchants to Mediate on Permanent Basis. ‘BIG PUSH’ LIKELY SOON; ‘WOOSUNG SIEGE RESUMED ‘Bri!ish Ship Warned to Take New Position—Battle Area Will En- circle International Zone if Jap- anese Carry Out Threat to Open Fight in Nantao. B the Associated Pre: SHANGHAI, China, February ;IZ.—Guns blazed again across the ;Chapei ruins tonight while the iAmerlcan. British and French Ministers were discussing at din- r the possibilities of restoring | peace. They had met at the invitation of Nelson T. Johnson, United States Minister to China, whohad assistance he said had been given banks | Last for One Year. Connecticut, former chairman of the been asked by the city's Chinese In a memorandum opinion, Jus- tice Proctor ruled that all 10 counts of the indictment were bad because they fail to allege as a fact that certain contributions were known to Miss Burroughs, as treasurer of the committee. The indictment charged Bishop Can- non and Miss Burroughs with conspi ing to violate the Federal corrupt prac tices act by failing to report funds con- tributed by E. C. Jameson of New York for the last presidential campaign. Prosecutor to Appeal. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wilson. in charge of the Cannon prosecution. announced he would note an appeal to the District Court of Ap- peals from the decision of Justice Proc- tor, istice Proctor held there was no need under the circumstances for a de- cision on the question of constitution- ality of the corrupt practices act. which had been attacked in the demurrer on the ground that the contributions were used in the election of , presidentiai electors, who have been held to be State and not Federal officials. ‘The court heard arguments of coun- sl last December, but Justice Proctor had been prevented by illness from ren- dering an opinion earlfer. The opinion held that the indictment failed in each of its counts to charge that the questioned donations were “re- ported and accounted for to Miss Bur- roughs, the treasurer, or that she had knowledge thereof.” May Conclude Case. It was the belief in court circles that if the Court of Appeals also sustains the demurrer the district attorney's office will drop further prosecution, as a new indictment would be impossible under the statute of limitations. The last in- dictment was handed down on the eve of expiration of the three-year limita- tion period. Opinion Is Quoted. The memorandum opinion invalidat- ing the indictment reads: “Several counts of the indictment accuses the defendants, Ada L. Bur- Toughs, mittee to influence election of presi- dential and vice presidential electors, and James Cannon, jr. as her accol plice. with violating the corrupt prac- tices act by failing to file statements of certain contributions made for the com- mittee. Other counts accuse the de- fendants with conspiracy to commit the offenses described in the counts men- tioned above. Every count is grounded upon an alleged failure to report con- tributions made by one Jameson for the committee, rather than directly to it. There is no allegation as to whom any contribution was actually delivered by Jameson or that the recipient made any report or accounting to Burroughs, the treasurer, nor is it shown that she had knowledge thereof. _ “The defendants by demurrer_chal- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) treasurer of a political com- | and business. He made his speech in the resump- tion of debate which followed an in- formal agreement that a vote would be had on the bill Mond:=y. Vote Agreement Fails. Shortly after he concluded. however, an attempt to set a time for a vote failed when Senator Thomas, Demo- crat, Oklahoma, objected that he had some more to say on the measure and such an agreement might prevent him from saying it. The Senate adjourned shortly afterward without reaching any agreement. | _Referring to an assertion by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, that | “everything is sound except that we are in a stew or panic that cannot | 1ast.” Johnson said if that were true | “Then repeal your reconstructior act.” | “There never was such an act passed in peace time” he said. “Repeal it if there is no panic. The very fact that |1t was enacted and the fashion in which it was enacted demonstrated | there must be scme kind of relief—not | | only to the banker and the railroad | | people, but rellef to God's common | people of this land.” Johnson said the difficulty with relief | legislation passed thus far was that | “it all began at the top.” | “Raids on the Treasury.” “We finally come down to the bottom to aid those unable to aid themselves,” he said. “Inarticulate are they. but they are human beings, just ltke you and me.” Talking about “raids on the Treas- ury.” Johnson said the Government had “gambled away A couple hundred mil- lion dollars in the wheat pit and in the cotton market.” “I objected to $250.000.000 being |awarded the international bankers | under the moratorium.” he said, | today we find that moratorium a dud— it has aided no one in reality.” | The decision to defer the vote until Monday had been reached tentatively | earlier today because many Senators (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . 'STRIKERS ATTEMPT FIRES Fail to Destroy Granada Disorders. Buildings in GRANADA, Spain, February 12 (#). | —Strikers unsuccessfully attempted to burn two movie theaters, a church, a convent and the governor's palace last night and early today. extinguished the blazes with damage. A minor panic was caused by the fires in the movie houses, were many women and Street cars resumed operati today |and some stores opened. PRESIDENT PRAISES MELLON IN TREASURY POST CHANGE!| Secretary’s 11 Years’ Service Valued by Nation, He Says, Accepting Resignati President Hoover paid a high tribute to Andrew W. Mellon for his 11 years of service as Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter made public today accepting Mr. Mellon's formal resignation as head of the Treasury Department. Mr. Hoover's letter in full reads: February 12. “My dear Mr. Mellon: “I am in receipt of your resignation as Sepcretary of the Treasury, which I, of course. accept. “There is little need for me to com- ment in apopreciation of the 11 years of service you have given to your coun- try. I know of no more magnificent tribute that has come to a public serv- | ant than the universal expressions of the press and the public toward you during the past few days. “I am in hopes that your new and | important responsibilities will prove congenial, and I am well aware of the extent of the burdens which you are undertaking out of a sense of patriotic uty. AU ish to take this occasion to again express the feeling of personal loss I have after these years of association in the cabinet. “Yours faithfully (Signed) “HERBERT HOOVER." Regrets Leaving Treasury The President’s letter was in response to the following letter from Mr. Mellon dated February 8: “Dear Mr. President: “I hereby tender my resignation as Secretary of the Treasury, to take effegt at your convenience or at such time as you may desire me to assume my duties s Ambassador to Great Britain, “It has been nearly 11 years since I came to the Treasury. I have found it on—Mills Steps In. | a period of absorbing interest and count it the highest privilege to have had this opportunity for public service. I am leaving the Treasury with the greatest respect for its organization and for the many able men whose support and assistance to me have been so in- valuable. “I am also leaving with the highest regard for you and your administration, of which I have had the honor of being a part. going to London, I shall miss perticulaily the pleasant daily as- sociation with you here and regret the severance of the ties which have grown 1p curing the long period we have been together in Washington. | “Faithfully yours (Signed) “A. W. MELLON, Secretary of the Treasury.’ Resignation Delayed. Mellon had delayed resigning his post until his successor, Ogden L. Mills, was given his commission as Secretary and was ready to take oath of office. Last night President Hoover received formal notice from the Senate that the new Treasury head was approved. He is- sued the commission forthwith and the oath-taking was set for today. Simul- taneously, Arthur A. Ballantine will be advanced to the Undersecretary post vacated by the new chief. Mellon is the third man to leave the Hoover cabinet, Mills the thirteenth to enter it. The death of James W. Good caused Patrick Hurley to be made Sec- retary of War. James J. Davis re- signed the Labor portfolio to enter the fin-u and Willlam N. Doak succeeded m. No date has been set for Mellon's departure for London, but it probably will be within three or four weeks, after » rest in some sunny Southern spot. L3 “znd | Firemen | little | in_which | ngldren. | Democratic National Committee. He said the New York Governor was ac- quainted with his view that the time has come “for an aggressive fight." After conferring with Senator Hull of Tennessee and others on the Roose- ivelt candidacy, Cummings said the Governor “can be elected serious difficulty. He 1s so far in the Although getting the Roosevelt or- ganization more firmly under way, Cum- | mings denied reports that he was to | have charge of the Governor’s pre-con- | vention campaign. Only One of Many Friends. “It is misleading to assume that I am in sole charge of the candidacy of pearing in the public press are too sweeping. who are co-operating in the movement in Washington has that purpose { mind. My interest in his nomination is based upon my admiration for him and didate the party can name., He is the natural choice of a great majority of the Democrats of the country.” Mr. Cummings said Gov, Roosevelt would run well in every State in the Union. “He can be elected without serious difficulty,” Cummings continued. “He would give a virile, forward-looking ad- ministration, dealing comprehensively with the deep-seated ills that afflict our country.” “Can’t Stop Roosevelt.” Cummings also took a shot at the velt. “Any attempt to thwart the instinc- tive desires of the party cannot suc- ceed, and ought not to succeed.” he said. “Such an attempt would be in- jurious to the party prospects, and if cuccessful, would create such an un- happy situation that any thoughtful Democrat would shrink from its con- sequences.” Cummings was chairman of the Dem- ocratic National Committee in 1919 and {1920. At the Madison Square Garden convention in 1924, he was chairman of the Committee on Resolutions which drafted the Democratic platform. The Roosevelt sentiment in the South continues strong, it was reported by Democratic members of Congress who have returned to Washington after at- tending funerals for the late Repre- sentatives Percy Quin of Mississippi and | Samuel Rutherford of Georgia. The announcement by ~Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic nominee in 1928, that he was a receptive candidate for the presidential nomination caused con- siderable irritation among Southern Democrats, the returning Senators and Representatives reported. Cummings _represents, in_part, the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BAKER QUIZZED AGAIN IN MURDER OF CHILD Conflicting Stories Declared Told in Attack on 7-Year-0ld Dorothy Lutz. By the Assoclated Pres: PHILADELPHIA, = February 12— Michael Mantycka, 38-year-old unem- ployed baker, underwent another ques- tioning today as police continued their ! investigation of the killing of 7-year-old | Dorothy Lutz. He was the last of 60 suspects who remained in custody. Subjected to nu- merous questionings since his arrest ‘Wednesday night, three days after the child’s body was found in an untenanted house near her home. police said he had told several conflicting stories. A shirt found by investigators in his home has been turned over to a chemist to determine if stains on it were made by blood. The investigators also found a pair of trousers and another garment zoaking in a bucket of water in the ome. Chemists also are examining seven strands of hair found in the child’s hand. Police believe they were torn from the head of the attacker. WOMAN CHARGES ATTACK Honolulu Police Investigate Report of Kissing Episode. HONOLULU, February 12 (#).—Police today investigated a complaint of Mrs. Fannie Tribus, 40, that she was attacked by & man late Wednesday night. “He held me and kissed me,’ she said. “I finally succeeded in freeing myself, hit him over the head with a milk bottle and he ran away.” Radio l’romm; on Page C-2 without | lead that, in my judgment, his nomina- | tion is & foregone conclusion.” he said. Gov. Roosevelt,” said Mr. Cummings. “Statements to that effect recently ap- | “I am but one of many of his friends | { to assure his nomination. My presence in| my feeling that he is the strongest ean-,and congressional leaders. so-called movement to “stop” Roose- | 1t is expected by the administration to relieve the national credit strain and | take billions of now ineligible paper from the banks—principally the smaller institutions—and convert it into nego- | tiable paper. | The Pederal Reserve is placed in com- | plete command of the new paper to be | | negotiable in its system—a vote of six | | of the eight members of the board being necessary on all propositions. Provisions of the legislation a: | for one vear of life. | In providing for permanent revision of the reserve laws to allow for redis- counting of now ineligible paper in cases of emergency upon application of | a group of five banks, the Banking | Committee today stipulated that the { banks must first exhaust all of their | eligible paper before making lpplicn»; tion for the additional help. Senator Glass today informed _the | committee member banks of the Fed- | eral Reserve system now hold $8,500.- 000,000 of usable assets which th: have not rediscounted. However, he | smilingly said he would go through | with the program agreed upon at a | conference between President Hoover llow only | Meyer Asks Early Action. Gov. Eugene Meyer of the Federal | Reserve Board said the bill would re- lease about $750,000,000 of gold. Meyer appeared before the House | Banking Commitiee this afternoon and urged it to act expeditiously on the measure. Earlier Charles G. Dawes, president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, had appeared and outlined | his views in executive session. | Glass today gave renewed assurances | that the bill would not be used to in- }‘lxte the currency. His statement fol- ows “The newspapers, through no fault of their own, but based upon a hastily |prepared and somewhat confusing | statement, have given an erroneous in- | terpretation to the bank measure today | introduced by me in_the Senate and by Representative Steagall in the House. When the hastily prepared | | statement was given out there was not | |any agreement upon the several provi- | sions of the proposed bill: but all of the provisions were still subject to such alterations of their phraseology as those having charge of the measure {might determine. | “The bill, as perfected and intro- duced. is not intended nor will it be used for excessive inflation of the cur- rency. The temporary provision, cov- ering a period of 12 months, merely | authorizes for that time the Federal Reserve Board, should it deem such {action to be in the public interest, to | use the direct obligations of the United | | States as a basis for currency issues. | against which there must be a gold; reserve of 40 per cent. This will en-| able the Federal Reserve banks to maintain a desirable volume of what is known as ‘free gold,’ which means gold in excess of the 40 per cent statu- tory requirement and not including ‘earmarked’ gold. This simply fortifies the gold status of the Federal Reserve banks in this period of extraordinary disturbance. It is altogether probable that the Federal Reserve banks may not find it necessary to make use of this authorization. Provision on Interest Rate. “Another provision of the bill that was introduced is lifted textually from what is known as the ‘Glass bill,’ now in process of consideration by the Sen- ate Banking and Currency Committee, with slight modification of the specific rate of interest which may be charged to organized groups of banks desiring rediscount facilities on other than eli- gible paper and securities. The dis- count rate is left to the determination of the Federal Reserve Board; but in no event shall it be less than 1 per cent higher than the prevailing rate of dis- count_at the Federal Reserve Bank any district using this facility. There must be joint action by not less than five banks in any one group and the great probability is that there will be a great many more should circumstances ever_require the use of this facility. ““The third provision of the bill au- thorizes any le meml bank, 1 exigent circumstances, to get accommo- dation at a Federal Reserve bank on satisfactory security not now permitted | by existing law; but it may do this only after it has used all of its available eligible commercial assets and United States securities and is in immediate need of help to which it may not other- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WOMAN DROPS TO DEATH FROM RESORT HOTEL By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., February 12—Leaving a note in her room, a woman about 30 years old jumped from a ffteenth-floor window of the Claridge Hotel early today. The body, dressed in night clothes, was found on a terrace two floors above the street by a hotel engineer. The woman registered at the hotel late yesterday as Mrs. Clorida Holland of Portland, ‘The note was #s _follows: “To Whom | Town, It May Concern: I did this because it* was impossible to go on.” (Signed) o “CLORIDA HOLLAND.” » LINGOLN BIRTHDAY Homage Paid Civil Leader—G. 0. P. Dinners Planned for Tonight. of Abraham Lincoln today throughout the The memory was honored country. In the National Capital fitting serv. ices were held at noon at the Lin- coln Memorial, to be climaxed this evening by a coast-to-coast radio ad- dress by President Hoover. Wreaths were laid at the foot of the Lincoln statue by Comdr. G. A. Poin- dexter, U. S. N., representing President i Hoover, and Maj. Donald A. Davison, U. 8. A, on behalf of the District Commissioners. the services ecti- cut delivered an address eulogizing the martyred President. Forty or more patriotic organizations in the District joined the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the ' At Geneva Parley |British Delegates to Arms War Conference Also Affected Holy Father | by Illness. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | | By Cable to The Star | GENEVA, Switzerland, February 12— An attack of head colds temporarily routed the forces of the American and British Disarmament Conference dele- gations here yesterday and today. Dr. Kent C. Melhorn, naval surgeon at- tached to the American delegation, was about the busiest man in Geneva, with a dozen men and women under treat- ment for the epidemic which has been prevalent throughout the conference. Ambassador High Gibson was put to bed today, but largely as a precau- | tionary measure and for rest purposes. Theodore Marriner, chief representative | of the State Department. was ill and Rear Admiral Hepburn has been in most of the week. Norman Davis was | a victim earlier in the week, but is| would be a “consolation and comfort” | |around again. | The wives of Comdrs. T. C. Kinkaid !and R. K. Turner, U. S. N, were con- TEN YEARS AS POPE Appeals for Prayer in Message Sent to World by Radio. By the Associated Press VATICAN CITY, February 12.—Pope Pius, celcbrating the tenth anniversary of his coronation, appealed today to all the peoples of the world to join him in a prayer for help from God “at this time of suffering among all the na- tions.” It was his message to the world broadcast through the Vatican “radio station as he stood in St. Peter's Ca- thedral surrounded by his cardinals and tens of thousands who had crowded in to witness the ceremony. H2 expressed thz hope that his words to all and that all would be with him “in prayers that the Supreme Lord of 1l things earthly should cause peace United States in paying homage 10| fined to their hotel rooms, while two to return to the earth.” the Civil War Executive at the Potomac | Park Shrine. Legion colors were es- corted to the ceremony by a detail of soldiers, sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. The United States Ma- rine Band furnished music. Lincoln’s memory was honored also by Congress. In both House and Senate appropriate speeches were made in tribute to the great statesman. Bingham Urges Preparedness. Urging America not to relax on pre- paredness, Senator Bingham declared national defense is the best insurance against the suffering of war. He em- phasized that “we all want peace,” but said the most costly peace is that which results from a great war. while the most reasonable and least expensive peace results from preparedness. The Connecticut Senator asserted that a dollar spent on the air services today is worth more than a thousand dollars spent during wartime In paying tribute to Lincoln, Senator Bingham said: “We take pride in his extraordinary rise from poverty and obscurity to greatness and power. We take pride in his simple, honest character, in his tender human sympathy and in his great courage and determination. His life as an American makes us proud of being Americans. His determination to spare no efforts to preserve the Union spurs us today with a similar de- termination to spare no efforts to pre- serve America.” Chiperfield Addresses House. Representative Chiperfield, tall and vigorous Illinois Republican, told the House that “one lesson taught by Lin- coln that may be helpful at the pres- ent day was his unfaltering determina- tion to stand steadfast before the na- tions of the world for the rights of America.” “Although opposed by the bravest of the brave, he did not fail to speak courageously for the dignity of _the country when it was assailed from abroad and in the overwhelming crisis of those days he spoke In the name of our Nation for the preservation and recognition of its fundamental rights,” Chiperfield said. “Today we are in the midst of a great national crisis and confronted with and threatened by a world cata: clysm which all pray may be averted. It will be averted whenever the people of the Nation are sufficiently impressed with the importance of and need for united action. Great men have come and gone (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BALTIMOREAN FOUND DEAD, PISTOL BY SIDE W. W. Alexander, Official of In- surance Firm, Had Nervous Breakdown Recently. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 12—Walter W. Alexander, vice president of the in- surance brokerage firm of Poor & Alex- ander, was found today shot to death in his apartment here, with a pistol by his side. Alexander had been {ll for several months and had returned only recently after a month spent in New York State recuperating from a nervous breakdown. B olice “&’&’3 X‘lgiundzr was slumped Te) on the bath room floor with a bullet wound through his head. A pistol of .32 caliber, one of its four cartridges exploded, lay beside the body. Alexander was a native of Charles W. and had been engaged in the insurance business most of his adult life. - He joined in the founding of Poor & Alexander 17 years ago, delegation clerks, Jones and Windle, | | were absent from' work under Dr. Mel- | horn’s orders. | Yesterday the entire British delega- tion went to bed with colds. The | weather has been brilliantly sunny, but | Wintry blasts sweep down from the snowcapped Alps to add to the misery | |of Americans who have not been fortunate enough to get rooms at the | | steam-heated hotels. | QUIN WIDOW REFUSES | TO SEEK HIS SEATi | Mississippi Representative's Record | Too Great for Her Efforts, She Declares. | Mrs. Percy E. Quin, widow of Repre- sentative Quin of Mississippi, has an- nounced she will not be a candidate to | succeed her husband at the special elec- | | tion soon to be held. She had been | urged by friends to stand for nomina- | | tion and election, but in a statement issued in Mississippi she sald: | | “I feel that Mr. Quin's record is too great and his memory is too sacred for | me to attempt to succeed him. He had | endeared himself to the hearts of his colleagues and constituents to such an | extent that I feel it would be unwise for | me to attempt to take his place. | “Nevertheless, I want to say that I| appreciate deeply the confidence ex- pressed in me and the honor bestowed | | upon me by the kind friends who urged | me to enter the race, and I want to thank them all for their solicitations.” | At the time that Mrs. Quin made this statement practically all of the prospec- | tive candidates had volunteered to withdraw in the event Mrs. Quin con- | sented to become a candidate, | MOTOR EXPEDITION ENDS ASIATIC TREK Arrival in Peiping Reveals Ro- mance of Barbara Schurman and | Russian Member of Cavalcade. | | | By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, February 12.—The Haard-Citroen expedition reached Peip- ing today after an 8000-mile trek across Asia, and revealed the Romance of Miss Barbara Schurman, daughter of the noted American diplomat, Jacob Gould Schurman, and Vladimir Petro- paviosky, Russian member of the ex- pedition. Miss Schurman, who arrived from the United States several days ago, met her flance on his arrival today. The couple will be married tomorrow at the American legation. Members of the expedition told & thrilling tale of how the love affair almost came to a disastrous end in Chinese Turkestan, Petropavlosky, who went from Peiping into Chinese ‘Turkestan to meet the main expedi- tion, was held captive for three months in Hami, where he had gone to guard supplies and was_besieged by Moham- medan rebels. He finally escaped by automobile into a section of the desert. The adventurers left Beirut, Syria, April 4, 1931. They followed the trail of Marco Polo with tractor-driven au- ‘The leader paid special tribute to the work of Maynard Owen mflm of the National Geographic 4 - Carried to Services. The Pontiff was carried in solemn procession from his private apartments to the Basilica on a portable throne borne on the shoulders of 16 stalwart Vatican attendants in red. As he en- tered the cathedral six silver trumpets | were sounded by Swiss guards. Thou- sands cheeered viva 1l Papa!" and prissts cried in Latin, “Ad moltos an- nos!” meaning “May you live many years longer." Some excitement was created while the Pope was proceeding up the aisle of the church when an elderly man ad- vanced into the aisle as the Pope neared the great altar and tossed an envelope toward him, shouting: “I ask a grace!” The guards around the portable throne immediately surrounded the man | and took him away. Pius wore a white cassock, and in vivid contrast to it a red mantle, em- broidered in gold and studded with jew- els. On his head was the jeweled tiara, or triple crown. He raised his right hand occasionally to blsss the shouting people, who were kept back by wooden barriers lined with papal gendarmes. Thirty-three Nations Represented. ‘The Pope was preceded in procession by a detachment of the Swiss Guards, another of the Noble Guards, then pre- lates of the Vatican and finally a score of cardinals in purple. As the Pontiff was carried up the central aisle the Sistine Choir chanted (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) BEER CAMPAIGN FAILS Mardi Gras Sales Low Because Pay Day Comes Too Late. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Febru- ary 12 (P)—The brewers, who put on “‘drink-more-beer” campaign during the recent Mardi Gras celebration, confessed today they had broken no consumption records. The largest brewery in town sold 264,000 gallons in three days, but it was said the total would have been higher if pay day had fallen before the t;}:"?fi“ instead of coming just a 2 Woman 103 Years 0ld Dies. CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa. Febru- ary 12 ().—Mrs. Libie Goldstone, 103 years old, died yesterday at the home of her son, A. F. Goldstone. Burial will be in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Goldstone was born in Poland. merchants to mediate with the hope of establishing a perma- nent peace The diplomats had just reached the demi-tasse stage, when the cannonading began, heavier than usual. From their dining room win- dows on the tenth floor of the Hotel Cathay they could see the gun flashes along both the Japa- nese and Chinese fronts. For a while they watched from the windows, then mounted the stairs to a tower, where they watched the battle through binoculars. Woosung Again Bombarded. The Chapei shooting began sometime after the Japanese fleet in the Whang- poo had resumed the bombardment of ‘Woosung. They fired on the village and the forts and both sides had machine gun sections in action on opposite banks of the river. The Japanese said they had inflicted heavy losses. Japanese airplanes were over both Chape: and Woosung, bombing the lat- ter, but fiying high over Chapei and avoiding the International Settlement. Thus far they had used none of the 500-pound bombs which have been made available to them. The British cruiser Berwick was asked to shift her berth from the anchorage near Woosung and this im- plied warning by the Japanese was taken &s an indication that another heavy bombardment was imminent. Bombs Dropped by Flyers. Johnson arrived shortly after soon after the four-hour truce Mr. noon. of this morning ended. With him were the British and French ministers, and all three had their first experience of the Shanghai campaign when their ves- sels passed through the Whangpoo Nar- Tows near the forts. They saw the Japanese destroyers open fire. and a moment later the cruisers joined in. Mr. Johnson said he saw two shells fall in Woosung, and immediately fires started. He also counted four airplane bombs which dropped in the marshes near the fort but did not explode. The Japanese flect did not forget its manners when the foreign destrovers carrying Mr. Johnson and the British Ambassador passed through the Nar- rows. Mr. Johnson was aboard the U. S. S. Simpson and his British col- league on the gunboat Bridgewater. As they passed ihe Japancse ships | ceased firing and dipped their colors. When they were out of the danger gone | the fire was resumed. Japanese authorities take strong measures in Nantao and South Shanghai in retaliation for al- leged sniping by Chinese at the Japa- nese war vessels on the Nantao water front. The population become panicky and began a hasty exodus to the coun- :ryside. Should fighting occur at Nantao the International Settlement would be encircled by a battle area. Breaking of Truce Charged. Japanese consular officials charged this afternoon that the Chinese soldiers had broken the “mercy” truce author- ized from 8 am. to noon to permit | removal of civilians and wounded sol- diers from ruined Chapei. The Japanese charges said that dur- ing the four-hour period Chinese sol- | diers and snipers fired at least five times on Japanese troops who were standing by in accordance with the truce agreement. It was indicated the charges were being handed to the mem- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) threatened to FRENCH DEPUTIES WOULD GRANT 7 WOMEN RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE Chamber Also Passes Law to “Run-Off’ By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 12—The Chamber of Deputies today voted overwhelmingly to give suffrage to women, but its action must be also approved by the Senate, whose concurrence was believed by many to be doubtful. The suffrage measure was adopted as an amendment to the electoral reform bill which was passed by vote of 311 to 0. Deputy de Monzi's suffrage amend- ment, which would permit women to run for seats in the chamber and to vote for chamber candidates, was adopted by a vote of 319 to 1. The electoral reform bill, which must also be approved by the Senate before final adoption, provides discontinuance of second elections where no majority was obtained in the first. Under it members of the chamber will be elected on one balloting and the candidate ob- Extend Suffrage and Abolish * Elections. taining the largest number of votes will be declared elected. In case of a tie the oldest candidate will get the seat. Under the present system, if no can- didate gets a clear majority, & second ballot is mandatory. Thus the chamber ended almost a week of filibustering by the Left, led riot, the Socialist. The ously for 24 hours tion came, and were ative hall in a body nal gesture of protest led out of the lcg by Herriot in & and disgust. In a sensational speech, Herriot had declared that the measure was in viola- tion of the principles of the republic One section of the measure provided for compuisory votng of all who hold the franchise. (4