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PARIS, May 7 () —Paul Gosgo- lov, who assassinated President Doumer, was described today by the head of the French secret service as ' & “member of a bolshevik organiza- tion.” When he was arrested yesterday the man admitted that he was a Russian, but said he was the head of a “Fascist” organization which was opposed to bolshevism. By kill- ing M. Doumer, he said, he hoped to involve France in a war with Soviet Russia. The first statement by the police yesterday said the prisoner was not in possession of all his faculties, but today three alienists examined him and pronounced him sane and re- sponsible for his crime. Shortly after that he was ar- raigned before a magistrate and formally charged with the assassina- tion. It was expected that he would be brought to trial quickly. On Monday the court will appoint an attorney for the defense. By the Associated Press PARIS, May 7.—The body of Paul Doumer, beloved and venerable 75- year-old President of France, lay in state in the green Toom of the presi- dential palace today, the victim of an assassin’s gun, while France, from end to end, was bowed in sadness and in horror. After lingering throughout the night in a coma and delirium, while a stafl of physicians worked feverishly in a vain atterapt to save his life, the aged President Cied at 4:37 am. at Beaujon Hospital, where he was taken after the tragic shooting yesterday. President Doumer will be buried on ‘Thursday in the Pantheon, beside Vol- | taire, Victor Hugo and Rousseau. its highest honors. There will be serv- ices in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, to which the cortege will proceed from the Elysee Palace. ‘ An election to select a new President will be held at Versailles next Tuesday. When the end came the entire French cabinet was assembled in & room at the hospital next to that oc- cupied by M. Doumer. At his bed- side were hie wife, his two daughters, Mesdames Eymery and Fournier, and | several of his physicians. Pathetic Death Scene. It was a pathetic death scene. M Doumer lay on a simple iron bedstead in the huge, bare room. Throughout the night the physicians worked over him. They gave him a number of transfusions of blood and used oxygen to_spur his failing heart For a_time hope for his recovery was held. Shortly before midnight, after oxygen had been used and a narcotic was admisistered to soothe him, Dr Louis Mourier, director of public heaith, said the President's condition was slightly improved. At 12:45 am, however, Francois Pietri, minister of the budget, an- nounced that he was not doing as well as he had been. At 1:30 am. Premier Andre Tardieu arrived at the hos and this was taken as an indicati that the President’s condition had taken a grave turn. A minute later the physicians issued a bulletin saying his condition was becoming more and more grave. “Cerebral symptoms are aris ing,” the bulletin said, “and the lesion at the base of the skull is becoming more marked.” Doumer Astonished. A short time later the procurator general, a number of police officers and Dr. Paul, official medical expert, ar- rived at the hospital and this was taken by the waiting crowds to mean the end was near. A male nurse ing the rcom, said that some time before midnight M. Doumer had expressed iment at finding self in a al bed end he was told have had an automobile ac- cident.” 45 one of into a period of impe d grown Hope given up 15 the cabinet assembled in the in which M. Do P of the Senate and Chamber of ved wutes ued on Page 2 WASHINGTONIAN HELD IN HOLLYWOOD PLOT before 4:37 am Column 2.) Apparent Extortion Conspiracy De- | clared Aimed at Joan Crawford. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 7.—An appar- ent extortion plot aimed at Joan Craw- ford, film actress. was being investi- gated today by the district attorney's office, with the announcement one man was in technical custody for investiga- tion. District Attorney Buron Fitts, who helped trap the suspect, admitted the man in the asserted plot was from Washington, D C. Miss Grawford appealed to Fitts yes- terday, saying she had an appointment | at her studio with the man. Two in- vestigators were placed in an adjoining room, but, Pitts said, the sound re- cording device fafled to register conver- sation. Radio Promm on Page B-6 | Ex-Envoy Dead } MAJ. GEN. ENOCH CROWDER. GEN. CROWDER DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Former Ambassador to Cuba Known as Originator of BOVEOT THREATS HONDLLL BREACH Personnel Declared to Be Inviting Trade of Pacific Coast Firms. LEADERS IN MOVE FACE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES Mrs. Massie Decides to Sail Despite Request to Remain for Hawaiians’ Trial. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, May 7.—A breach be- tween the United States Navy and civil- ian Honolulu widened today, with merchants apprehensive of a threatened boycott by the naval personnel. ‘The rift, first caused by the Massie assault case in September and the mis- trial of the natives charged with the attack, spread steadily and had its lat- est impetus in the conviction a week ago of the four defendants in the Fortescue-Massie murder case. They were Mrs. Granville Fortescue, her son- | in-law, Lieut. Thomas Massie; Albert 0. Jones and E. J. Lord, naval enlisted men. The four, who subsequently ob- | tained a commutation of sentence, were | convicted of the revenge slaying of Joseph Kahahawal, suspected as one at- tacker of Mrs. Thalia Massie, wife of War Draft Act. Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, former hing was spas- | T | bomb damag Ambassador to Cuba and genius behind the national draft act during the World War, died early today at Walter Reed Hospital from the effects of a general physical breakdown aggravated by an attack of pneumonia. He was 73 years old. and at the time of his retirement from active service was one of the most prominent officers in the Army. The War Department announced that Gen. Crowder’s funeral would be held Monday morning with military burial | in Arlington National Cemetery. Serv- | ices will first be held at 10 o'clock in | the memorial chapel of the Army Med- | jcal Center, followed by those in the cemetery. Several months ago Gen. Crowder be- came seriously ill in Cuba and was| | brought back to this country for treat- | | ment. He was taken to the hospital on | a stretcher. The severe strain under which he mobilized the greatest draft Army in the history of America and trenuous official duties that gave him | : in late years had unde mined | ‘e pation 1 give e | his physical strength. For some time it | had been apparent that he could not recover Known as Legal Expert. Gen. Crowder was considered one of the outstanding legal experts of the | Army and at one time served as judge | | advocate general. He was the first| | American Ambassador to Cuba, having | been appointed in 1923. He resigned | in 1527, and had gone back to Cuba on a visit when he was stricken about two { months ago. | The former judge advocate was un- | married. He is survived by {wo sis- | ters, Miss Nelle Crowder of Los An- geles and Mrs. Albert T. Duvall of | Louisville, Ky., who had come to Wash- | ington during’ the serious stage of his | | illness. | | Lauded By Baker. | Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of | | war, when informed of Gen. Crowder's ! death, seid his cares1 had been “one of | the most eminent contributions the American Army has made to the people of the United States.” Baker said he had talked with the he real- his flags flying.” Gen, Crowder and Brker were closely associated during the World War. Crowder was judge advocate general and Baker was head of the War De- partment. | Originated Draft System. | Routine Army orders which, in_the early 80s removed Lieut. Enoch Her- bert Crowder from Cavalry field service ! to an instructorship in military science at the University of Missouri, resulted |in development of one of the outstand- | ing legal experts of the United States | Army and laid the foundation for un- administrative and diplomatic Arrived st the Crowder decided to s tock @ degree in that Ultimately he became | general of the Army, and ested with | provost_marshal general powers early in the World War, it was he Who orig- |inated the draft system which drew (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WINDSOR HOME BOMBED judge advocate Woman May Die Husband Unhurt. | WINDSOR, Ontario, d the From Injuries. May 7 (#)—A home of Alex sor early today old wife so that | Romaniw in and injured his 2 | she may die. The bomb to the house and year hrough two floors of ced the bed on which eping. The husband was not injured. | sie’s uncle, | know™ the officer. Outside Trade Invited. | While the boycott movement was still | beneath the surface, it was understood certain personnel at Pearl Harbor naval station had written Pacific Coast firms, suggesting they open branch stores at Honolulu. It also was understood offi- cial circles at Pearl Harbor let it be known personnel making such requests could be disciplined by the Navy. The whole city was watching mean. while developments in the scheduled re- trial of four Hawaiians of mixed blood charged with assaulting Mrs. Massie. Retrial depends entirely on whether Mrs. Massie remains in the islands to testfy. John C. Kelley, public prosecutor, made public a statement calling on Mrs, Massie to remain as a witness. Mrs. Massie announced she planned to | sail for the mainland aboard the | steamship Malolo Sunday. Clarence Darrow, chief of the defense counsel for Mrs, Fortescue and her codefend- ants, said Mrs. Massie had decided to remain. Robert Bell of New York, Mrs. Mas- | sald he “honestly didn't | what she would do. It was| learned on good authority that Mrs, Fortescue, to whom the prospect of her | daughter “running away” from a re-| trial was distasteful, insisted on her remaining. Favor Dropping Case. Many citizens of Honolulu, including those most insistent that the attackers of Mrs Massie be brought to justice, would be glad to see the case dropped. | Their reasons, the same as Darrow'’s, | are that the first disagreement and the | freeing of the murder defendants make | it virtually impossible to convict the four men accused. To try the case again, it has been pointed out, would mainly stir anew the | feeling which has been less tense dur- | ing the last few days than for months. They also believe the only other result | would be another mistrial | With all this in mind. and also with an eye on official Washington, where ac- quittal or mistrial of the four men | might hoist even higher the specter of a commission government for Hawaii, these citizens are willing to consider the case closed. ENSIGNS COMMISSIONED Annapolis Graduates Assured of Appointment. All the members of this year's gradu- ating class at the Naval Academy were | assured of appointment &s ensigns of the line when President Hoover af- fixed his signature today to the bill providing for these appointments, de- spite the fact that at this time there are not enough assignments 0 go around in the Navy personnel. The President also signed & measure | authorizing the Secretary of the Navy | to deliver to the Historical Society of Montana the silver service which was in use on gunboat No. 9, named Helena. WETS MJD DRYS TO RALLY Demonstrations Planned in Chi- cago Just Before Conventions. CHICAGO, May 7 (#.—Both pro- ponenis and opponents of prohibition | will hold rallies here before the major political conventions this June The Anti-Saloon League announced the other day it had called a meeting of all interested prohibitionists for June 11, 12 and 13. Yesterday the Crusaders, anti-prohi- bition organization, ennounced a dem- onstration for June 13, the day before the Republican National Convention | opens. |“FLORIDA” MAN SHOT MAMMOTHh WITH ARROW 20,000 YEARS AGO Head of Missile Found in Skull of Extinct Beast Leads | to New Theory of Prehistoric Americans. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, ‘The connection between arrow and Assoclated Press Sclence Editor. | mammoth is a guess based upon the WINTER PARK, Fla. May 7.—The | position in which both lay. This guess finding of an arrowhead in the skull of 3 a mammoth, an extinct elephant, dug 1 s wdypoeL iy, aities iwoset @ wovaer i) up in Florida, was described today at Rollins College. The arrowhead seemingly tells a story of great interest to science, that prehistoric human hunters roamed | Florida about 20,000 years ago. particularly in the Far West, showing that man, mammoth and giant sloths all may have lived together in America long &go. Scientists are fairly well agreed that either man inhsbited America 20,000 years and mcre ago or that in this country the prehistoric beasts survived | The skull and arrow were found near | Flagler Beach a few months 2go, not ‘far below the surface, in a geological until nearly modern times. formation estimated as about 20,000 Jack H. Connery was the member of years old. Scientific studies seemingly | the Rollins College party of scientists verify the interpretation of its sigmifi-| who first picked up the arrow. cance. Prof. J. E. Spurr found that the ma- It was burled st sbout the same | terial of which the arrow head consists depth as bones of sabre-tooth tigers, |is chert, which is related to the quartz dire-wolves and other extinct animalis| group of minerals. recently found in Florida hfinlmtflo-l The Rollins excavating party was gists, Armitage, | headed by Dr. Prank G. N‘ATIONAL EMOCRATIC TICKET T /1 ,/// 7)) WIDESPREAD HUNT MADE FOR §100,000 GIVEN TO MEANS Search Turns to Carolina as U. S. Agents’ Visit to Home Here Is Vain. 'PRISONER BEING HELD INCOMMUNICADO AT JAIL Mrs. McLean Did Not Mark or Record Money for “Ransom” of Lindbergh Baby. A far-flung search for the $100,000 which Mrs, Edward B. McLean gave to Gaston B. Means to accomplish Te- turn ot the kidnaped Lindbergh baby is being conducted by the United States Bureau of Investigation. Investigators apparently disbelieve Means' strange story of having turned the money over to a mysterious per- son, known only as “No. 11,” whom Means mistook for a confidential agent of Mrs. McLean. DEFEAT OF BONUS. | IS REAFFIRMED House Committee Meeting‘ Fails to Develop Request | for Reconsideration. | e i By the Assoclated Press. | The House Ways and Means Commit- tee tcday reaffirmed its action in voting a disposition of the $2,000,000.000 cash bonus issue that is expected to block a House vote this session. Shortly afterward advocates of a new- money bonus payment announced & campaign to keep Congress in session until a vote is obtained. | The committee met for nearly two hours in executive session at the call | of Acting Chairman Crisp, but bruke‘ up without rescinding yesterday's vote which will delay until June use of a discharge petition to force a House vote. Crisp explained that, under House rules, on the next succeeding day after a voie s had on a measure any member vcting with the majority has the right to ask reconsideration. Explained to Committee. “T called the committee together and explained the situation in detail,” Crisp said. “No member who voted in the majority yesterday to make adverse re- Joliet Convicts Give $800 to Buy Gift for Departing Warden By the Associated Press JOLIET, Ill., May 7.—The con- victs of the Joliet and Stateville Penitentiaries are going to give Warden Henry C. Hill something to remind him of them in the future. They donated $800 yesterday to be used in the purchase of & gift for the warden, who is leaving the prisons July 1 to take charge of the new Federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa. DROP GAS CONTROL, CONCERNSORDERED Holding of Stock in Local| | Company by Foreign Cor- porations Banned. | The Public Utilities Commission in a | surprise move tod: issued an order | compelling the several corporations and ports to the House on all cash bonus | trusts which it declares own and control bilis made a motion to reconsider, That ended the matter.” The committee’s vote yesterday was 15 to 10 for making unfavorable reports to the House. The majority included bership and five Democrats. The committee meeting today Wwas occasioned by desperate demands by sponsors of bonus-paying legislation. Conflicting Positions. | Two conflicting sentiments were in- volved in today’s review: The desire to keep for the House and its leaders credit for killing this $2,000,000,000 ex- penditure, and the question of fair play involved in using parliamentary tactics to defeat the will of many members. As fixed up yesterday, the Patman bill, principal bonus-paying plan, and all other similar measures would be returned to the House with an un- favorable report. To revive them a resolution would have to be introduced and taken up by the Rules Com- mittee. It would be pigeonholed there and a discharge petition could not get it out before June 13. The Republican Na- tional Gonvention meets in Chicago June 14 and Congress will not be sit- | ting then, even though it may have to come back later. WEALTHY RESORT RAIDED Fashionable Patrons Freed M Gotham, but Three ‘Gamblers’ Held | NEW YORK, May 7 (#).—Fashion- ably gowned women and thelr escorts, | gambling with chips representing $100, | $500 and $1,000, were surprised by po- lice raiders in a richly furnished 21- | room penthouse on Park avenue at Fifty-third street shortly after midnight today Gambling equipment valued at $10,- 000 was seized and three men were ar- | rested as “common gamblers.” The 50 men and women patrons were permitted to go. | BOLT FIRES GAS TANKS | LEMONT, IIl, May 7 (#).—Firemen | and 250 volunteers won an all-nignt fight today against a spectacular fire | which, started by a lightning bolt, en- | gulfed two huge gasoline storage tanks | of the Globe Oil and Refining Co. here and threatened 30 others. | The bolt struck one tank of 1,700 barrel capacity during a storm last night and set it aflame with an ex- plosion that rocked the neighborhood. The flames soon spread to a second container, but were checked with chem- icals before getting beyond control. Chemicals were poured on the remain- ing tanks until the fire in the first gradually subsided. It continued to smoulder today. Lindbergh Kidnaping Linked to Assassin Through Document By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 7.—The Lind- bergh kidnaping case has been brought into the investigation into the shooting of President | Paul Doumer, | The ministry of interior an- nounced that a document had bzen found on Dr. Paul Gorgu- Jov, the assassin, in which he re- ferred to himself as chief of a terrorist organization bent on taking vengeance in the United States as well as France. The document said the organization had ped the Lindbergh baby and that he woyld not be return- ed to his & the Washington Gas Light Co. forth- with to divest themseives of the con- trol and ownership of all shares of the Washington Gas Light Co, and to and all elements of control, and all management of the Washington Gas Light Co." and specifically prohibiting them from directly or indirectly holding or voting the stock of the company. The action came on the eve of the annual meeting of the stockholders of is scheduled for Monday. The corporations and trusts which the commission has found own or con- trol the local company include the Chase, Harris, Forbes Corporation of New York; the Public Utility Holding | Corporation of America, of Delaware, | the Central Public Service Co. of Dela- | ware, the Central Public Service Cor- poration of Maryland, the Southern Cities Public Service Co. of Maryland, the Westfield Trust, the Washington & | Suburban Cos, all of which are spe- | ceifically mentioned in the order “and all related or affiliated corporations, companies, trusts and persons by what- ever term described.” ‘The action follows a long drawn out hearing, held last Septembey, at which the intricate network of “control by foreign corporations and trusts exer- cised over the local company were thoroughly investigated, The facts de- veloped at that hearing and since are incorporated in the order in a 14-page statement of facts. The Utilities Com- mission and the Commissioners long ago decided to institute an action in Equity Court under the terms of the La Follette anti-merger act, to compel these corporations to rid themselves of control of the local company. It is understood that the action today, which is taken under authority of the public utilities act, is ancillary to the contem- plated suit in equity, and that the suit will be filed later, if necessary. TWO SHOT BY BUTLER Japanese Suicide After Wounding New Jersey Horsewoman. PRINCETON, N. J, May 7 (®— Mrs. Dorin Boice, owner of a string of show horses and former wife of Nel- |son B. Boice, was shot and seriously | wounded by her Japanese butler today | in_her home, on Cedar Grove road. The butler, Isainu Yanashita, entered | her room and shot the woman with an automatic pistol. One bullet struck |her in the arm and another in the back. The butler ran as she fell. Larry Daly, a groom, met the butler and was shot in the head, later dying. The butler then fired a bullet into his own head and dropped dead. Mrs. Boice made her way to a tele- phone and called State police. TAX INSTALL.MENTS 0.K.’D R . N. Y., May T (®)— Finding itself $3,100,000 short on tax collections this city today began accept- ing payment of municipal taxes in in- stallments of $5 and upward. Mayor Charles E. Owen said such payments would be accepted on both current and delinquent taxes. Slated for Japanese Po! TOKIO, May 7 (). —Hachiro Arita, Japanese Minister to Austria, will be appointed vice minister of foreign af- fairs next week, it was learned today. Speclal agents of the Justice Bureau made a thorough hunt for the money yesterday afternoon at Means' expen- sive home, 112 Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md., but are said to have found HOOVER AID SEEN FOR SILVER PARLEY ;Action of Congress Urged by [ Jones After Call on President. By the Assoclated Press. After a conference at the White | | House, Senator Jones, Republican, of | | Washington, said today he was “satis- | | fled” that President Hoover would in- | | vite an international silver conference | if Congress would present him with a | concrete proposal for remonetization of | the metal. Hoover Seems Interested. | Jones, chairman of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee and a member | | nothing of importance. It is understood a similar search will be made of the Means' property in | Concord, N. C.. where the self-styled | scientific detective said he took the money several weeks ago in connection with his efforts to recover Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr. Refuses to Describe Stranger. It was on a return trip from Con- cord with the money, Means has de- andria, Va, by a strange man who | whispered the magic code number “Eleven,” thereby identifying himsell as an authorized agent of Mrs. Mc- Lean, under a special code devised by Mears at the outset of the negotiations. Means has refused to give a descrin- tion of the stranger, holding this to be “confidential” He claimed to have been making an intensive search for the stranger at the time of his spectac- | ular arrest Thursday by the Depart- | ment of Justice, whose agents trailed Means' automobile eight miles before halting him at Scott Circle. ‘Today Means was being held incom- municado st the District Jail, fol- clared, that he was approached in Alex- | of the Finance Committee, said he had |lowing failure to make bond of told the Chief Executive people on the | $100.000 demanded by the Government to insure Means' appearance in_court. West Coast were.strongly interested in | ;. gdgar Hoover, director of the Bureau the renabilitation cf silver. | of Investigation, ordered that Means He said the President seemed in- | be allowed to see no one but his attor- terested. | ney or wife, after reporters had ob- “I feel satisfied, although the Presi- | tained interviews with the prisoner at dent didn't say so,” Jones said, “that the fail yestercay. /if & concrete proposal is placed before | Means is exvected to be indicted by | him it will be submitted to the inter- | ested powers.” Asked if he had suggested any “con- | crete proposal,” Jones recalled _the speech in the Senate this week by Sen- ator Borah, Republican, Idaho, point- | |ing to the rehabilitation of silver as | Looks to Borah. | Jones suggested that Borah might have such a plan, saying the Idahoan had “given the matter a whole lot of | study.” | “We ought to submit something to the President,” he said. | Jones said he had talked briefly with | the Washington Gas Light Co., which | the Prealderit atao donoerniing Hily ke sage to Congress and the people d livered in the last two days. e (GOTHAM PIER FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL $2,000,000 Blaze at Giant Cunard Line Structure Stopped After Fight of More Than 20 Hours. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—A fire which wrecked the glant Cunard Line Pier, doing more than $2,000,000 damage and killing one man, was under control early today after a fight of more than 20 hours. About 300 firemen suffered injuries from heat, smoke, fumes or minor mis- haps. With all leaves canceled and every fireman in the city on duty, fire fighters struggled all day and all night to quench the flames, which swept | great pige pilings from underneath the concrete dock and steel superstructure. The last section of the 1,000-foot pler, which is at West 13 street, col- | lapsed ‘last night, leaving only a bulk- | head standing. The fire apparently started in a boiler room underneath cause the builders had striven to make hard to combat. The firemen had to chop holes in the floor and descend into terrific heat. The liners California and De Grasse were removed from piers nearby to save them from destruction. Much mer- chandise was lost. Chief John J. McElligott was among those who collapsed from smoke and exhaustion. The man killed was a bystander. A hose line broke, snaked and fractured his skull. the pler about 7 am. yesterday. Be- | the structure fireproof, the flames were | the District grand jury when it reports | Tuesday. Mrs. McLean, her attorney, | Nelson T. Hartson, and her butler, oni, testified yesterday at a ing. Many Angles Investigated. A s while are inves- the entire Republican c-mmittee mem- “cease and desist from exercising any |one of the three pathways to world m‘i‘;{’:;",,,i‘,‘,’;“&.,:"l::{:c RGN o e | | recovery. | case, | besides Means were involved in alleged plot to defraud Mrs. McLean by taking advantage of her sorrow over the disappearance of the baby of her friends, the Lindberghs. It is not improbable that other ar- rests will be made as the inquiry prog- | resses. The Government detectives are con- ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) 6.0.P . DRY PLANK ASKED AT CALIFORNIA SESSION Resolutions Committee Frames Ap- | peal for Enforcement Despite Wet Majority on Floor. | By the Associated Press. |~ SEATTLE, May 7.—By a vote of 2¢/ 0 9 the Resolutions Committee of the | Republican State Convention here early today voted for & plan favoring strict | enforcement of all prohibition laws. The K preparatory to today’s convention. In the face of an apparent wet ma- jority on the convention floor, the com- mittee passed a plank favoring “our | continued support of the eighteenth 2mendment and State prohibition laws | and urge upon Congress that adequate | funds to provide for effective enforce- | ment be appropriated. 'TOKIO REMAINS OPPOSED Conclude Non-Aggression Treaty | With Manchuria. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, May T7—A | January, would rema‘: shelved here. | government of Manchuria had lessened the need for such a pact. He suggested | that Moscow conclude a non-aggression pact with the new Manchurian govern- | ment. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 7.—A woman stood on the shore line of Lake Michigan yes- terday and made a decision—a decision by which she risked the lives of her rescue the small son of a neighbor. courage was The homemade raft on which her son, Jack, 10; Willard Duft, 8, and Bridgt 8, were floating, MOTHER RISKS LIVES OF SONS IN FUTILE EFFORT TO SAVE BOY | Youths, 10 and 12 Years Old, Sent Into Lake Michigan in Attempt at Rescue. water. Jack swam to shore and reached his mother. “And now,” she commanded, “go out and save that boy.” With hesitation Jack jumped back two young sons in a futile effort to | into the lake as Mrs. Baillies turned to | Morris. | *“You, too,” she ordered, “must help j | save that boy.” Morris removed his | outer garments and dived into the lake. Jack's strength gave out, but Morris reached young Bridge and brought him to shore, just as a Coast Guard crew rescued young Duft from the raft. But Morris brought a dead boy to shore, Mrs. Balllies tried dead of shock and a skull injury, suffered when he fell from the Tajty includizg the possibility that others | vote followed night caucuses TO PACT WITH SOVIET | Spokesman Suggests That Moscow government | spokesman said today the question of a non-aggression pact with Soviet Rus- sia, such as was proposed by Russia last Meanwhile, he said, the establishment | of a buffer state by setting up the new HOOVER OBTAINS RESULTS IN DRIVE FORECONOMY PLAN Willingness to Co-operate Evidenced in Congress After Appeals. “SWARM OF LOBBYISTS” ASSAILED BY PRESIDENT | Pleads for Re-establishment of Confidence by Ending Delays in Balancing Budget. By the Associated Press President Hoover’s militant drive for an orderly and effective economy pro- gram in Congress already has achieved a measure of success. Despite sporadic criticism and a de- gree of political watchfulness among party leaders, there were manifesta- tions today of the same co-operative willingness which crowned with ex- traordinary success the early part of the congressional session. Most heartening was the reconstruct- ed tax bill, approved by the Senate Finance Committee, ready for report to the Senate Tuesday or Wednesday, and facing prospects of speedy and favorable disposal. Lobbyists Assailed. ‘The President, in clipped phrases, yesterday issued the first of a series of appeals to the people for understand- ing and support of his economy de- mands. He did not repeat the lash- ing given Congress in the message of the day before, but struck a note pleas- !ing to Congressmen by dressing down “the locust swarm of lobbyists who | haunt the halls of Congress seeking | selfish privilege.” The witnesses and buttonholers rep- resenting sectional interests have been regarded by many members among chief causes of jangled nerves and peculiar legislative antics of the session. { While the Senate Pinance Committee was executing its strange quick-change show on the tax bill, the members were never free of knowledge that outside their door stood a veritable swarm of men in high and low degree, waiting to cajole, plead or threaten on behalf of their particular interest. Mr. Hoover said it was an issue now between the people and these lobbyists as well as an issue “of the people against delays and destructive legisla- tion which impair the credit of the United States.” Says Issue Is Non-Partisan. He was emphatic in stating the econ- omy question is not a controversy be- tween the President and Congress, and that the program is and must be non- partisan, just as it was when “proposed by me and particularly accepted by the leaders of both political parties last December." The President's statement follows in full: “The issue before the country is the re-establishment of confidence and speed toward recovery by ending these delays in balancing the budget through immediate passage of revenue measures and reduction of governmental expendi- tures. It is not a partisan issue. This was one of the most important steps of | the non-partisan program for restoring stability proposed by me and patriot- | fcally accepted by leaders of both politi- cal parties last December.” “Effective programs, projects, esti- mates and possibilities for both econ- omy and revenue have been presented and are known in every detail. “Ihis is not a controversy between the President and Congress or its mem- bers. It is an issue of the people against delays and destructive legislation which impair the credit of the United States. It is also an issue between the people and the locust swarm of lobbyists who haunt the halls of Congress seeking selfish privilege for special groups and sections of the country, misleading members as to the real views of the people by showers of propaganda. “What is urgently required is imme- diate action upon and conclusion of these questions. This is a serious hour which demands that all elements of the Government and the people rise with stern courage above partisanship to meet the needs of our national life.” Mr. Hoover had a brief joke with the correspandents before reading them his new appeal, during which he became stern and emphatic A _typewritten sheet lay upon his Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) |COURT ACTS TO | ( T0 FREE FALL TOMORROW |Change in Commitment to New Mexico Prison Ordered by Justice Bailey. | By the Associated Press. Action intended to release Albert E Fall, convicted former cabinet officer, |from the New Mexico State Peni- tentiary, where he is serving a prison sentence of a year and a day for bribery, !was taken today by Justice Jennings Batley of the District Supreme Court. On petition of the prosecutcrs who secured Fall's conviction, Justice Bailey | ordered Fall's commitment amended so | the former Secretary of the Interior will | not have to stay in jail until his $100,000 fine is paid. ‘The commitment read that Fall should “stand committed until such fine shall be paid,” and these words were elimi- nated by the crder of the court. The amended petition was imme- diately forwarded to Warden Swope of the New Mexico Penitentiary. Tele- graphic orders will be sent the warden, but officials did not know whether he would honor them and release Fall to- morrow, the day set by the department, The papers will not reach Santa Fe until tomorrow night or Monday. Fall, convicted of accepting $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny to influence his action in leasing the Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve to Doheny's company, be- gan serving his sentence last July 20 and the department figured that under the Federal prison rules allowing time off for good behavior he should be re-