Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and continued warm today and tomorrow; gentle to moder- ate southwest winds. Temperatures— Highest, 89, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64, at 5 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 10. he iy Stae. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. P) Me: ans Associated Press. — — No. 1,420—No. 32,177. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE = ")Y BONUS MARCHERS DEFIANT AS CITY ASKS LEADERS T0 LEAVE' THURSDAY “Expeditionary Force” In- tends to Stay Here Until Congress Acts, Glassford Is Told by Heads. COMMISSIONERS OFFER RIDES FOR 50 MILES House Petition for Vote on June 13 Gets 145th Signature, but “Joker" Is Seen in Possibility of Before Then. Borah Denounces Drive. Adjournment Bonus expeditionary forces from far-flung points converged on the Washington front last night as some 3,000 advance marchers de- clined an ultimatum-like invita- tion to leave town after their seige of the Capitol next Wednesday and announced they are here tc stay until Congress passes the bonus bill. Encouraged by the prospect of a roll call vote on the Patman | bonus bill on June 13—if Congres is in session that late—chief strategists of the motley army served notice at a “‘council of war” last night that, food or no food, shelter or no shelter, the veterans will not “surrender.” Additional divisions of the im- promptu army—reputedly organ- ized by the Workers Ex-Service- men’s League, a Communist body —flltered into the Capital by freight train, truck and afoot yes- terday as the District Commis- sioners made proposals for a wholesale evacuation next Thurs- day morning. Rations Are Depleted. With rations for the campers de- pleted and funds almost exhausted, the harassed Commissioners told league leaders that municipal trucks will be ready to transport the veterans 50 miles toward their homes following the “big parade” to the Capitol Wednesday. Food and shelter were promised until ‘Thursday morning. After that those who choose to stick it out here will have to look to others than the munici- pal officials for sustenance. The i provised barracks in southeast Wash- ington will be closed. due to insanitary conditions, it was stated. The way was paved for a vote on the bonus bill late vesterday. when the 145th signature was obtained on a peti- tion circulated in the House. Adjourn- ment of Congress before the day set for the vote was seen as a possible *joker.” Borah Resents Force. “Not a dollar for the veterans as long as they remain here in Washington,” was the emphatic declaration of Sena- tor William E. Borah of Idaho yester- > - 1 will not vote for the soldiers’ bonus bill,” said Senator Borah, “and even if I had been for the passage of such a bill, I would be against it now with these veterans in Washington, seeking by their bodily presence and numbers, amounting to force. to compel Congress to pass this legislation. Nor will I vote for a dollar for them for any purpose while they remain in the National Capital.” ) The Idaho Senator took the view that an effort on the part of the veterans to march on Washington and by their ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) HINDU LEADER HELD «Brains” Behind Bombay Trouble Caught After 8 Months BOMBAY. India; June 4 (). —Uma Shankar Dixit, called the “brains be- hind the national congress movement in Bombay." was arrested today after eluding capture for six months The authorities said they believed him responsible for much of the picketing, looting and other forms of civil dis- obedience which continued despite the imprisonment of the nominal leaders of the Nationalist organization | Time—Turning | | BY THOMAS R. HENRY. HE Army of Bewilderment is| | “digging in." On a flat field back of the | Navy Yard a motley assemblage | of middle-aged men from New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vlrglnln.‘ | Tennessee and Texas were trying yes- | ; terday to build a military cantonment | out of such scraps as they could gather and to whip themselves into some semi- military sort of organization. Most of them were veterans of the Great War. Some unquestionably saw service overseas, There were quite a | few war medals pinned to their shirts. | They are converging on Washington | | from all parts of the United States. | | They are intrenching on the edge of a new No-mans land, volunteer shock troops in a new sort of war, No Jobs Back Home. Their overt purpose is to bring pres- sure on Congress for the immediate | payment of a soldiers’ bonus. That is | what the leaders say rather vehement- Iy when they are asked why they are | movement. The Army of Bewilderment ““Bonus Marchers” Just Like Recruits Under Fire First to Uncle Sam Again for Help. | here. There are no jobs back home. The mortgages are being foreclosed on their homes. Their children are hun- gry. Most of their problems would be solved if they could get from the Na- tional Treasury a few hundred dollars each. Then they could throw the money in the face of the “bankers" who threaten to dispossess them and have the satisfaction of telling these fellows what they think of them. That, at least, is what the self-styled leaders say. But conversation with the rank and file, who seem to present & fair cross section of the population, leads to the | suspicion that_there are more signifi- cant subconscious motives which are furnishing the driving force of the The bonus excuse is merely something tangible, something they can understand, afterfa fashion, and talk about. But the fact seems to be that these men are utterly bewildered—just as bewildered as any regiment of recruits marched for the first time into the line of fire. They represent a begin ning crystallization of the great, grow- ing bewilderment of a peopl: They are helpless in the face of a desperate situation. They are huddling t in this helplessness. Old habits, upon them on the dusty drill ficlds of (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) HOOVER STUDYING RELEF AT RAPIDAN Reconstruction Finance Firm Will Confer With Garficld on| Heads Present For | Analysis. )f By the Associated Press. LURAY, Va, June 4 —His mind free of tax bill worries for the moment. President Hoover at his mountain camp today gave another pressing problem— relief—a thorough survey. Present for an analysis of the subject were the men who direct the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. The President has recommended that it be given a billion and a half dollars more to be used, if necessary, to aid in the upward economic climb. This and making available approxi- mately $300,000,000 for help to States, municipalities and counties which have about reached the limit of their re- sources also figured prominently in the deliberations which President Hoover had with President Dawes of the cor- poration, Eugene Meyer, chairman of its board, and its directors. Immediate Action Needed. The situation in Ilinois and some other States is known to require action to give additional funds for the needy as quickly as possible. In addition, the gencral and governmental economic and financial situations naturally figured in the conferences. Undersecretary of the Treasury Bal- lantine was present, as was Secretary of War Hurley. Paul Bestor, Farm Loan Board commissioner, was a guest, as was Henry M. Robinson, California banker whose financial judgment is highly respected by the Chief Executive. The War Department has charge of rivers and harbors and flood-control work. Any substantial increase of that present program is firmly opposed by the administration, as is a bond issue for public works in general One of the subjects talked over in the cool mountain air was prospect of breaking the broad relief program into separate bills, One would include re- lief to the States, another would give the Finance Corporation the additional billion and a half. This would leave the bond issue pro- posal scparate and would enable the administration opposition to be concen- trated on them. Fishes in Rapidan. Not all the day. however, was given | to business. Mr. Hoover, tired from a strenuous week, fished in the Rapidan | and rested. | Mrs. Hoover chatted with women guests, including Mrs. Dawes, Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Bestor and Mrs. Ballantine. The President spent most of the afternoon and the evening in confer- | ence after devoting the morning to re- laxation. The administration’s program for helping business and the unemploy- ment has already keen outlined, but specific steps to be taken and a definite campaign to accomplish them are ex- pected as a result of the week end de- liberations at the Rapidan. At his camp it was said he had not | decided whether to return to his desk | at the White House on Sunday or to | wait until Monday morning. THREE GUILTY IN HOLD-UP CASE WITHOUT A SINGLE WITNESS {in the party to lead a revolt in the | event that a wet plank, seeking re- Capital Youths Convicted Intended Vict In one of the most unusual cases in 1-gal history, three Washington boys were found guilty of an assault with intent to rob the Rockville, Md., Cir- cuit Court yesterday. although the State could not produce a single witness to prove that the alleged crime had ever been committed. The defendants were Charles Crist, 19. 234 F street; James M. Brown, 18, 463 G street, and Stanley Selby, 20, 1334 E street southeast. They were sentenced to serve three years each in the Maryland House of Correction. On the night of February 17, accord- ing to the prosecution, the trio, armed with a pistol, attempted to hold up a man and woman in an automobile with Virginia tags which was parked on Con- duit road. As the woman stepped from the car, however, she opened fire with a revolver and shot Crist through the stomach and Brown in the hand. The ‘would-be bandits fled and the woman and her unknown escort likewise dis- appeared and have never been heard from, ‘The boys returned to Rockville, and to nccount for the bullet wounds said they had been held up. -Questioning by Entirely on Confessions. | ims Unknown. | police, however, elicited the story of the attempted robbery of the man and woman. | The confessions were substantiated, | in part, by the circumstantial evidence | of finding a pistol at the spot described | by the boys and the location of a hat | and gloves where the boys said the hold-up was attempted. On the strength of these confessions | and the collateral evidence, State's At- orney Stedman Prescoft sought and se- | cured an indictment charging the three | with assault with intent to rob. | | " When the case came up for trial De- | | fense Attorneys Robert Peter, jr.; Wal- | | ter Dawson and J. Wilson Ryon ob- | | jected to the introduction of the con- | | fessions, and contended the State had ot and could not prove by proper evi- | dence that a crime had been com- mitted. There was no other defense made, | and the issue presented to the court | | was whether the confessions were ad- | missable until the State proved by other evidence that a crime actually kad been | committed. | _ After considering the matter 10 days, | Judge Robert B, Peter ruled that the | confessions were proper evidence. At | the time of the trial, however, he ex- pressed the hope that the case would be taken to the Court of Appeals if his de- | cision should be unfavorabls to the de- fendants, 3 DN SEMATORS TOSTUDY PLANE Dry Stand as Guests of Moses Today. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A dozen Republican Senators, most of them delegates to the Republican National Convention, are to meet today with James R. Garfield of Ohio, slated to be chairman of the Resolutions Com- mittee at the national convention, to discuss the prohibition plank for the party platform. [ 4 The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Congressional Country Club, where Senator Moses of New Hamp- shire is to be the host at luncheon. Mr. Garfield yesterday continued his conferences with Republican leaders on the platform, and particularly on that part of it which will deal with prohibi- tion. He was with Senator Borah of Idaho for upwards of an hour. There was no indication, however, agreement as to the prohibition plank had been reached between the prospec- | tive chairman of the Resolutions Com- mitte and the Senator from Idaho. Borah Stands Firm. Senator Borah said that his own po- sition continued unchanged. He has declared for a plank in the platform urging strict enforcement of the laws and pointing out that if there is a de- mand for repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment, there is a con- stitutional way for bringing about repeal or modification. Beyond that he has been unwilling to go. The Idaho Senator is still standing firmly against a platform declaration pledging the Republican party to re- submission of the prohibition amend- ment. He said that he had not been invited to attend the luncheon with Garfield, but added that he was not to be a delegate to the national con- vention. The conviction is growing. however, that Senator Borah will go to the na- tional convention and jump into the fight over the party flatform if it be- comes apparent that the prohibition plank is to be in any degree “‘wet,” or will seek to place the G. O. P. on record as favoring a resubmission of the eighteenth amendment, certainly unless an alternative plan is presented for the amendment which meets his approval. Silent on Plans. He said yesterday that he “had his plans,” if an attempt is made to write |a wet plank into the Republican na- tional platform. What those plans were, however, he declined to say. The Idaho Renublican State Conven- tion, which picks the delegates to the national convention, meets June 10. Senator Borah has written to his friends suggesting that he be not named a delegate. But whether his wishes in this matter are followed or not— and he expects them to be followed— | he could readily take a place on the| floor of the convention and even in the Resolutions Committee itself. by the simple expedient of obtaining from one of the Idaho celegates a “proxy.” “I probably would not have any trou- ble getting into the convention,” said the Senator with a smile. He insisted. however, that he has not yet changed his plans and at present had no plan for attending the convention. Revolt Move Feared. One of the fears of the Republican leaders has been that Senator Borah might be persuaded by the ardent drys submission of the eighteenth amend- | ment, was adopted by the convention with the approval of the party leaders. | " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HORSE NEARI:Y THROWS BRITISH KING'S SON Duke of Gloucester Forced to Quit Parade for Time Until Mount Quiets Down. By the Associated Press. LONDON. June 4—A horse ridden by the Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George, at the Horse Guards' warade in Whitehall today got frac- tious and caused considerable trouble. ‘The duke showed that he was a good horseman and kept his seat, but he narrowly escaped being thrown. At one stage of the protracted struggle, the plunging, kicking animal darted close to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, and they hurriedly backed their horses out of range of the flying hoofs. ‘The occasion was the trooping of the colors, in celebration of the King's 67th birthday anniversary, wkich was yester- day. The duke retired from the parade, and after 20 minutes succeeded in calming his horse. Thereupon he re-| turned and later rode away with the King. . - that any | CHLES PRESIEN: PLAN RADICALRULE DAVILA COUP QUSTS| jFormer Envoy Here Prepares to Set up Socialistic Government. REBELS TAKE PALACE; THREE SLAIN IN RIOT Foreign Diplomats Consider Situa- tion Grave—"Legion” Organ- izes to Protect Homes. BY the Assoclated Press SANTIAGO, Chils, June 4 —A revo- lutionary junta, headed by Carles Da- vila, former ambassador to Washing- ton, overthgew the government of Pres- ident Juan Esteban, Montero tonight and prepared tc estaWlish a socialistic state in Chile. Senor Davila, provisional president, sald he expected to put through ideas he long had held for the nationaliza- tion of industry, complete social opera- tion of all government activities and other social legislation. Efforts to form a cabinet and draft a program for the new regime began immediately after army supporters of Senor Davila seized the presidential palace in a coup which was bloodless except for the killing of three persons and the wounding of 60 in a riot near the palace. The junta, composed of Senor Davila, Col. Marmaduke Grove, Eugenio Matte | and General Puga was expected to pro- claim a socialist republic, anti-for-. eign in administration, but free. the | irtbcls said, from “Russian Sovietism. In Complete Power. ! | His regime was in complete power | | over the nation, with the backing of ali | |armed forces, Senor Davila said. He reported the countiy tranquil 1 President Montero left the palace, ' | presumably for his private home. It was authoritatively reported that he had not resigned. i | All the old officials, except under- | secretaries, f of office. N s0on bustled in nev leaving apout waiting With {urgent business. Huge crowds which formed around the palace when soldiers led by Col Grove descended upon it were non- plussed by the coup. | General Strike in Prospect. The entire Chilean air force, backed | by at least the moral support of the | |army and navy, took pert in the re-| volt. President Montero was under- | stood to have gone to his private resi- | dence. In spite of President Monteros re- | !rusnl to resign, some foreign diplomats | doubted that the United States and { other countries would recognize the new ‘government. There was some talk that | a general strike might dislodge the { junta from power. | e capitcl was und-fended, a “neu- | | tral” army and carabineers offering no,| recistance when the revolutionaries sltormed the palace at 6:30 pm. They| included army air and infantry forces, ! | ®ho came from the rebel headquarters | { (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. iSPEESE BELIEVED SLATED| [AS GOVERNOR OF ALASKA 100 friends and officers what they considered | —— [ Seward Paper Says It Has Au-| thentic Information General ‘Will Be Named. ‘ By the Associated Press ! SEWARD. Alaska. June 4.— The Seward Daily Gateway today said it | had authentic information Gen. James { Gordon Speese will be appointed Gov- | | ernor of Alaska in the near future, after | &n apparent pleasure trip to the Ter- | ritory. , | | The newspaper said Speese has been | making a searching investigation of all| major governmental activities, believed | a prelude to consolidation of depart-! ments. Nothing was known here of any plans | of Gov. George A. Parks to retire. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—22 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. PART THREE—10 PAGES. Society. The Home Gardener—Page 9. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Section — Stage, Screen, | Music, Aviation and Radio. District Nationa! Guard—Page 2. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 2. D. A. R. Activities—Page 3. In the Motor World—Page 4. News of the Clubs—Page 4. Public Library Notes—Page 4. Aviation Activities—Page 4. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. American Legion Auxiliaries—Page 5. Disabled American Veterans—Page 5. Y. M. C. A. News—Page 5. Organized Reserves—Page 5. Marine Corps News—Page 5. Radio News—Page 6. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 7. | Spanish War Veterans—Page 7. Fraternities—Page 8. Serial Story, “Tangled Lives"—Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. 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GENEVA, June 4—The League of Nations Financial Committee, express- ing alarm at what it called the grow- ing gravity of the world's financial, in- trial and commercial situation, de- clared tonight that a “courageous pro- gram” of international economic co- operation was more necessary than ever. The value of international trade was probably less than half of what it was two vears ago, the number of unem- ployed had more than doubled and the crisis was becoming worse daily, said a report issued by the committee. Natidnal “restrictive and obstructive” measures rapidly were strangiing inter- national commerce, the report added. Economic Pacts Hit. “The purpose of most commercial treaties concluded today appears to be to sanction and advance the right of reciprocal injury,” it said. Little remains of the equal treatment guaranteed under the most-favored nation clause, the committee reported. It said it considered the “contingent system” expedient and permissible only nder exceptional circumstances. The British-American negotiations for a world economic confercnce were hailed hopefully by the committee. Echoing the annual report of the Bank for International Settlements, it said that only concerted international actior could be expected to bring commercial and financial recovery. Figures Given. A definite settlement of tho repara- tions preblem was greatly to be desired at the conference, which will meet in Lausanne this month, the report added. It gave the following figures on the shrinkage of international trade be- tween 1929 and 1931: United States, 63 per cent; Germany, 49 per cent; Spain, 70 per cent; France, 51 per cent; Great Britain, 45 per cent: Italy, 46 per cent. | The total world trade was $31,000.- 000,000 in 1929, the report said, and $18.000,000,000 in 1631, while figures to date indicate a total world trade of only $15,000,000,000 in 1932. FREIGHTER ON ROCKS IN LAKE MICHIGAN Rescue Boats Dispatched After S 0 S—Crew of 28 Believed in No Immediate Danger. By the Associated Press. CHARLEVOIX, Mich., June 4—The freighter Morris S. Tremaine of Buffalo, with a _crew of 28, was on the rocks of South Fox Island. 30 miles off this port, in Lake Michigan, tonight. Coast Guard boats from three stations and two other craft were dispatched to aid the freighter, which sent out an S O S message, stating that the forepeak and No. 1 hold on the starboard side were full of water. boats could reach the Tremaine before late tonight. Coast Guardsmen expressed the opin- ion that. since the water was compara- tively calm, the crew was in no imme- diate danger. RADICALS IN ;\IEW YORK PROTEST AGAINST JAPAN Police Disperse Several Hundred After March Past Consulate and Gathering in Square. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 4.—Several hun- dred radicals gathereq at Hanover Square today and for 30 minutes pro- cested against “Japanese rmperialism" before 150 police, including 10 mounted men, arrived and dispersed the crowd. Persons in the gathering carried banners labeled “hands off she Soviet Union” and “down with Japanese imperialism.” The demonstrators marched past the Japanese consulate without creating a disturbance or any show of protest. — . Woman, 101, Leaves Home. NEW YORK, June 4 (#).—Mrs. Giacomina Murc, 101 years old, has run away from home, her elderly daughter reported to police today. Mrs. Muro, a native of Italy, can neither read nor write. The daughter said she was in %::el!':m health whecn she dlszypesredl ¥ None of the rescue | Chicago U. President Misses Graduations Because of Mumps ke Associated Press CHICAGO. June 4—Dr. Rob- ert Mayna Hutchins will not attend any of the commencement festivities at the University of Chicago this year. He has the mumps. Frances, 6-year-old daughter of the voung university president Just got out of quarantine and made her father a present of the imps_today. Dr. Hutchins is not seriously ill. but the quarantine sign wiil be tacked on the presidential door for two weeks—and that in- cludes all the graduation and alumni reunions. OGEAN STIL HOES FATEOF HUSIER London and Paris Maintain Watch for Flyer—Has Big Gas Supply. By the Associated Press The fleeting hours that brought a cloak of darkness over the North At- lantic last night inscribed—tentatively, at least—on the long list of missing fiyers the name of Stanislaus Fe Hausner, the non-committal Newark, ) J.. aviator. Thirty-four hours after he lifted his 4-year-old red monoplane from the 3.500-foot concrete runway of Floyd Bennett Field, New York, the 31-year- old Polish-American was unreported either on land or sea. He had hoped to reach London in 31 hours. In the British Isles and in France, beacons cut welcoming ribbens of light in the darkness, but at 7 p.m. (Eastern standard time) no word had come of his whereabouts. ‘Watchers Wait in Rain, At Croyden Airdome, near London, a group of aviation enthusiasts waited silently beneath an overcast sky which sent down a patter of rain. The watch | was duplicated at Le Bourget Field, in | Paris, and at Le Touquet, where 125 air | fans inquired anxiously for word. | Meanwhile, at Newark, Mrs. Martha Hausner, the flyer's attractive young of a year, continued the prayers | bride for hi tently since she waved him a cheery farewell shortly after the take-off at 8:46 am. (E. 8. T.) Friday. | He had then 525 gallons of gasoline, | enough, Hausner estimated, to keep him | aloft for 52 hous§ on the lonely journey | he hoped eventually would land him in ‘Warsaw, Poland, 4.375 miles away. | Mrs. Hausner, refusing to heed the ominous silence that marked the flight, went to St. Casimir’s Church in Newark for evening devotion, accompanied by Rev. Paul Knappek, her husband’s friend and her constant companion since he left. ‘Will Sit Through Night. “I think he is going straight to War- saw,” Father Knappek said. “Mrs. Hausner thinks so, too. Yes, we are both confident he is safe’ and will make it all right.” | " They planned to sit through the night awaiting reports. Twoscore or more ships plying be- only assume none had sighted the scar- let_monoplane. Some optimism was forthcoming from reports from London that the last 1.250 miles of Hauser's route to the British coast would have to be fought against a 30-mile head wind. Such a breeze, meteorological experts said, would delay the heavily loaded plane considerably. The Star’s Sunday Political \ \ \ \ 1 | Review Pages B-2 and B-3 | will be found on l‘ | | | is safety she had said intermit- | SPEED ONTAX BILL URGED N SENATE Agreement Forecasts Enact- ment Tomorrow, Following Quick House Action. By the Associated Press The billion-dollar revenue bill to bal- ance the budget sped to the threshold of congressional completion yesterday as the House adopted the compromise measure with a shout of “ayes.” A few minutes later the Senate gave unanimous consent for consideration beginning tomorrow noon and leaders of both parties confidently predicted the gigantic tax-raising legislation would be in the hands of President Hoover by tomorrow night. Action Demanded. ‘There were demands for immediate action on the Democratic side as the | conference report on the tax bill | reached the Senate early in the after- ! noon. Senator Watson of Indiana, the | Republican leader, however, said he had been informed of objections against the bill calling for debate. He was given unanimous consent for considera- tion tomorrow, A fight is in prospect against the modification made by the Senate and House conferees in the power company tax of 3 per cent. This levy was changed in conference to apply to con- sumers of electrical energy instead of upon the gross receipts of the power ccmpanies. “Every practical man in this cham- ber knows the Senate is going to ap- prove this bill, and let us do it now," asserted Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona. Move on Deficit. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas. also urged immediate action, and when consideration was put over, both Sen- ators Watson and Harrison of Missis- sippi, the Democratic tax leader, pre- dicted Senate approval tomorrow. The Treasury’s official estimate of the yield as submitted to the House by | Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and 118.500,000, which with the expected savings through the economy measures and cuts in supply bilis totaling $350.- 000.000 is expected to meet the expected deficit of nearly $1,500.000.000. Quick action came in the House after | three hours and a half of debate. Mak- ing a final appeal to his colleagues to | lay aside objections and vote for adop- {tion of the compromise, Crisp moved that the House adopt the report. ‘ Action Cheered. Speaker Garner quickly put the ques- tion and a roar of “aye overwhelmed the scattered shouts of “no,” the latter mostly from the Democratic side of the chamber. “The conference report is adopted,” Garner said, banging his gavel. Before any one could make a de- mand for a roll-call vote. Crisp moved the House adjourn, and then it was too late. Cheers went up as the members filed from the chamber, the onerous task of raising taxes completetd. Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader, concluded the debate from his side with a warning | that he would “hate to think what will (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) - Schooner Afire. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. June 4 () — ‘The schooner Silvia II of Halifax | registry, was burning off St. Pierre | Miquelon today. Her crew abandoned tween the British Isles and America | the vessel and headed for the French| sent not a word, and landlubbers could | islands in their own boats, a message | from the steamer Manchester Commerce received by East Coast Radio Signal Service here said. | Means Committee was placed at $1.- | [0PER CENTPAYCUT 1S VOTED BY SENATE FORU. 3. EMPLOYES GETTING OVERST 000 |Flat Rate Adopted by 38 to 27 After Efforts to Get Graduated Scale and High- er Exemptions Fail. | {TWO COURSES ARE OPEN | FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES President’s Furlough Plan Will Be | Considered This Week—AnotLer Opportunity May Be Presented in Conference Because of House Stand for $2,500 Minimum. A flat 10 per cent pay cut f all Federal and District employes !receiving $1.000 a year or more was adopted by the Senate late vesterday, 38 to 27, after repeated efforts to obtain a graduated scaie or to have the reductions start at a higher figure had failed. As the bill came from the Ap- propriations Committee it applied the 10 per cent slash to all em- ployes, and the only change that mustered a majority was the clause inserted on motion of Sena- tor Tydings, Democrat of Mary- land, saving from any reduction those workers who now get less than $1,000 a year. The Tydings amendment, as construed in the debate preceding its adoption, would not mean an exemption of $1,000 on all salaries, but simply that those whose salary is under $1.000 a year would not be cut. Two chances still remain for a possible change in the flat 10 per cent cut edict before the economy bill is finally enacted. Furlough Plan to Be Considered. | | The first is the proposal of Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, to substitute the furlough plan, as rec- ommended by the President, which will be put to a vote in the Senate late Monday or Tuesday. If this should be defeated the economy measure in all probability will pass the Senate with the pay cut section as it stood last night. | " The second remaining chance to ob- tain a more liberal salary provision then would come in conference. The House, in passing the bill a month ago, a&l- lowed an exemption of $2,500 1 salaries, with an 11 per cent cut ap- plying to the portion of a salary above that figure. If the Senate passes the measure with a 10 per cent cut on all salaries of $1.000 or more, the conferees | could consider compromises between the | terms of the House and Senate pro- visions. In both the Senate and House the pay cuts are intended to last only for the coming fiscal year | As to the outcome of the furlough substitute vote early this week, leaders said last night no poll has been taken. Some said there was a good deal of support for it, while others were in- clined to believe yesterday's decision (would stand. What the conferees might do in that event is a mere mat- ter of conjecture at this time. Estimate on Savings. ‘The flat 10 per cent cut on all sal- aries, as it came from committee, was estimated to save the Government $121,050,000. In presenting his amend- ment to exclude from the cut those re- ceiving less than $1.000 a vear, Senator Tydings estimated that it would cut $2.000.000 from the total contemplated by the committee. Some others cal- culatea last night it might amount to as much as $4.000,000. There are 124,678 employes in the group receiving less than $1,000. They include charwomen, employes in the Indian ficld service, and civilians in the Engineer and Quartermaster Corps fieid services. The Senate committee excluded enlisted personnel of the An Navy and Marine Corps from the 10 per cent cut provision The furlough plan has been estimated to amount to between $80,000,000 and £90.000.000. The Senate committee. in reporting the economy bill, figured that the House plan of allowing a $2.500 | exemption on all salaries and applying | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Kills Self in Paris Hotel. | _PARIS, June 5 (Sunday) (#)—George H Howard, ir.. socially prominent resi- | dent of San Francisco. Calif., was found | dead today in a hotel with a bullet wound through his head. Police said he committed suicide. Heat Kills Man, 63. CHICAGO, June 4 (®).—Charles M. Boyce, 63, of Highland Park. N. J.. died of heart disease, superinduced by the heat, today while visiting his brother. RAIDERS FIND GAMBLING HOUSE | IN PRINCE GEORGES ABANDONED “Grapevine Information” Blamed for Failure to Get Evidence in Notorious Place. ‘Three carloads of Prince Georges | County police “raided” the notorious | gambling establishment on the Bladens- burg road last night, but found only an abandoned house, due, it is said, to “grapevine information” concerning the roj raid. Chief of Police J. J. Crowley, who led the “raid” shortly before midnight, said there was no evidence of any illegal activity, that only three persons were seen there, one of whom was ), and that all the furniture in the estab- lishment was covered over. The police visit came as numerous civic groups prepared to complain about | the continued operation of the ectah- lishment before the county commission- ers Tuesday. However, word that the establishment was to be raided spread , throughout the county, and as early as |7 pm. the impending raid was being idiscus‘ed in the town hall at Mount | Rainier. The gambling paraphernalia had been removed from the place by that time, it was said. Police were aroused over the failure of their raid and were endeavoring to fix responsibility for the “tip off.” Chief Crowley saif “We did all we could.” The establishment reopened about a month ago, despite a report submitted by the April grand jury, celling upon the county authorities to keep it closed. It had been closed since the previous |mx, during which time James La Fon- taine, alleged proprietor at that time, | sarved a jail term for violation of the l ome tax law.