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G_STAR SILVER'S ADOPTION | 10 BE PARLEY AIM Senator Pittman Designated i to Lead Campaign of U. S. Delegation. By the Associated Press 8. S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT SEA, June 3.—A rise of silver’s star to & shining station in the world’s mone- tary firmament appeared today to be, an important American aim at the ZLondon Economic Conference. i Senator Key Pittman, lanky Nevadan, who will carry a background of first- | hend mining experience to the council | On World Flight chambers, took the lead in developing & program to restore the white metal to & conspicuous place in the money systems, Prominent in the silver policy is a proposal to use silver to supplement gold in the note cover of central banks. Directs Silver Plan. | With world trade clogged by Testric- | tions which many countries have placed in foreign exchange transfers because of depletion of their central bank re- serves, the hope is expressed in the American delegation that this silver plan will take root he tentative monetary policy sug- s “optional use of silver to a reason- ges gold required as le percentage of the e Pfor currency issues. When such option is exerted such silver cover 1s to be maintained by such banks purchas- ing silver below an agreed commodity pr"?‘;\ls. in the belief of Senator Pitt- man, would provide a balance wheel !qlr effectively stabilizing the white mzl.ld Pittman, a veteran of the Nome go! yush, was selected to concentrate on silver and kindred monetary quesuon; after the delegation met last night an decided to split up the topics on the program. Hull Studies Tariffs. t is suggested that the gold cover . of{"en(l‘nl lgagnks might be reduced from the traditional 40 per cent reserve to | 25 per cent, with the option that silver may be substituted for & fifth of the gold. The low price of silver is described lsr(‘l:eflan&g Oriental goods in the markets of the world and thus provid- ing s depressing influence on price vels h"l!‘le Chinese are understood to favor @ reasonable restoration of price to facilitate their purchase of needed ‘American machinery and other goods. Secretary Hull, head of the delega- tion, is expected to concentrate during the preliminary studies on means for modepraflnz tariffs. He indicated the | nations need to decide early in the| conference whether to continue conci-l tions of economic extremities which, he said, have slashed international trade | from $50,000,000,000 annually to less than $12,000,000,000. BANK DEPOSITORS URGED TO ORGANIZE Philadelphia Banker Suggests Na- tional Body to Meet in Wash- ington June 10. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 3—Forma~ tion of a national committee of de- positors in restricted and closed banks, to “Aght for the rights of depositors @s distinct from the corporate rights Upper: The red, white and blue monoplane Century of Progress with James Mattern at the controls, photographed as it streaked off from Floyd Bennett Field. Brooklyn, N. Y., on a round-the-world flight. Lower: Mattern (left), intently serious, is listening to some advice from one of his mechanics, Stanley Kirsch, just before the hop-off. —A. P. Photos. DENIES KIT PROBE BEFORE CONTRACT Douglas Says He Investi- gated Matter After Award to Be Vier Firm. MORGAN EXCUSED, Wants to “Sit Out” Re- mainder of Senate Inquiry Into His Firm. (Continued From First Page.) By the Associated Pres: of banks,” was announced yesterday by Frank H. Schrenk, Philadelphia banker. Schrenk, president of the North City TTrust Co. of Philadelphia and chair- | man of a group of restricted banks in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve dis-| trict, said invitations would be sent to | Despite his experience with report- ers, photographers and a lap-siiting midget, J. P. Morgan wants to “sit out” the remainder of the Senate Com- Fechner that the conservation director had the outhority to buy them, and to send him a letter prepared by the Budget Bureau and approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt. giving Fechner the specific authority. | though he was officially excused as a - BUTWILL RETURN mittee investigation into his firm, al-| all closed banks in the country to form Fechner ceid he ordered the kits committees in each Federal Reserve district and to send representatives to a meeting in Washington June 10. “There are approximately 20,000,000 depositors involved throughout th United States,” Schrenk said. “Many of these people with substantial sums deposited in restricted or closed banks are compelled to seek assistance from the welfare agencies. We feel the Gov- e'nment is under a moral obligation to help and protect them.” Schrenk said A. Mitchell Palmer, ey General under the Wilson ad- tion, had volunteered his serv- ices as counsel for the committee. SRR HOUSE RAIL BILL VOTE IS POSSIBLE TODAY | Kelly Plan to Put Truck and Bus Subsidiaries Under Meas- ure Defeated. ¢ Associated Press o House today resumed considera- | of the administration’s railroad senization bill by defeating an amendment by Representative Kslly, Republican, of Pennsylvania, to place m bus and truck subsidiaries of rs under the measurs. The 0 to 30. ught to have the amendment the ground that under the be possibl Iroads and to effect = airman Rayburn of the House rstate Commerce Committee sal amendment would apply Summer resorts and other sub- " by Repre- $, of labama, who said the committee had n rejected it Democratic lead final vote on s hoped that a the measure, already passed by the Senate, could be reached | Representative Byrns of Ten- the Democratic leader, said off vote were 1 Monday. | 3 Yor ader, ooposed the Kel aying there was no ing interstate motor by and_truck transportation, and that it would be unfair to force the issue into the railroad bill. CONVICTED IN RIOT Seven Blamed for Disorders Cost- zepresente Republican nent, g k ing 13 Lives in Switzerland. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 3 ().— Leon Nicole, Swiss Socialist leader, and six others were convicted today of hav- ing caused the sanguinary political riot which cost the lives of 13 persons the night of November S.. Eleven defend- | bought from the company because he | | felt similar kits supplied by the Army were “inferior,” and that he considered | the BeVier offer “well worth consider- ing.” He went on to say thet he was not | | satisfied he had the authority to make witness yesterday. He told newspaper men he expects to be back Mgnday when the hearings . are resumed. 'm not absolutely certain” he smiled. “You can’t be certain of any- the contract, adding: “Nobody had instructed me to make the contract. I asked Mr. Howe over the telephone whether I had authority and he said I had. I asked him to confirm it in writing and the letter from him came the next day to my office ” “Who gave you instructions to sign | the contract?” Senator Black, Democrat | of Alabama, asked. “Nobody." Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, asked Fechner if he did not think his actions had cost the Gover: ment “$173,000” through the purch: thing. But I think I'm coming back. Then, head bent forward a little, he started for the committee room door, but stopped. Some one asked hm about the history of the bloodstone, set in a gold crescent, which he wears as & watch charm. History of Bloodstone. “Oh that,” he sald, pointing with a big forefinger. _“Well, now, Il tell you about it. My father's mother was J. Pierpont's daughter. She had that made. It was the Pierpont coat of arms on one side. She gave it to her father. Her father gave it to my father. He wore it day in and day out. I don't think I would have known him without it. My father gave it to me.” “Does that tell the story as he started away. “Wait a moment,” pleaded one of the questioners. “Your father’s father gave it to vour mother’s brother——" “No, no,” chuckled the head of Mor- an & Co. He went over the history f the bloodstone again in detail “I still don't——" began one of his questioners, but this time Morgan was definitely on his way to the door. “An Unpleasant Joke.” Earlier he had shown that he regard- ed the incident Thursday, when a fem- inine midget was plumped into his lap, as a joke on himself. He said, however it was “very unusual and somewhat unpleasant.” | But the banker told Chairman Fletch- | er that he did not want p(lliulcgluphe: snappe * ‘replied Fechner. “If ‘we can show you the same kits at 75 cents, will you take steps to the contract?” asted Reynolds. said Fechner. brought cut from Fechner that he hed not asked other companies to submit prices. The latter said he had beccme acquainted with Be Vier only nce this came up.” i Fechner told comm ttee members that he was “not, satisfied” with some of the the Army contending buying goods made with he asked 8 of were cheap labor . Questioned by members of the com- 3 he Be Vier com- ofit of 15 per cent | several of whom the scen MATTERN ON SOLO WORLD-GIRDLING | feyerel o woom sce | He laughed heartily in talking about FLIGHT UNSIGHTED khe episode to Fletcher and Senator dams, Democrat, of Colorado. | "1 don’t blame the photographers,” he informed the committee chairman. “I don’t want to stand in the attitude of rbor Glace in six or seven hours | knocking mea out of their jobs.” ing here, over Ireland in per- | The chairman of the Banking Com- or 18 hours, and over Paris in | mittee, however, kept the cameramen hours, if ideal conditions |out until just before the recess. Then | he said they might come in. Morgan : | nodded to show there were no hard feel- Looks Like Eagle. ings and went to a balcony outside to The plene looks in the air like a pose with his son, Junius. gigantic eagle. | — ~— y 7 and the, CULBERTSON ACCUSED (Cont st Page.) over H after I I or prevail The bullet-shaped body wings are dappled with red, white and | blue splotches to simulate feathers and tne red stream-lined “pants” over the wheels are in the shape of ouistretched Selection Committee. talons. The name of the ship is painted on| LONDON, June 3 (#).—Trouble has the sides of the fuselage. Under the | arisen over the choosing of an English “Arranged” English Team, Says | is the Department of Commerce license cuns.b?c“usif.nl:‘h lhse‘re&lgnaélun 0\1‘ two - | members ol e Selection Committee. NR 2901 E. There is no mdlo equip-| Moy U S opiained that Ely Culbert- son, New York bridge expert, had “ar- | ranged the team he proposed to play | against” and that this is usurping the committee’s functions. ] WEATHER IS GOOD. | Newfoundland Conditions Reported Ex- i cellent for Flight. | F% ST. JOHN'S, Newtoundiand, June 3| SNAKE SILENCES HORN (#).—Fine weather with good visibility and a strong westerly wind today REDMOND, Oreg., June 3 ().—When ,1gan & Co. " | As wing on either side and on the rudder | bridge team to meet a group of Ameri-| WASHINGTON PECORA PRESSES TAX EXAMINATION Returns of Lamont’s Son, Stanley and Ewing Now Special Objective. (Continued From First Page.) 1 | |no public indication of law_ violation. | | Specially examined was the 's | | partnership agreement, made public this | | Week by the Senate committee. It showed that J. P. Morgan, the | senior partner, has dominant power over the firm, its operations and its make-up. A new angle of this agreement came out today when committee members said that although equal liability was shared | by all members of the firm, the division of profits is graduated depending upon1 the importance and seniority of the | individual partners. | | The detailed allocation of profits still | |1s secret. May Conclude Tuesday. | The session yesterday ended the { second week of inquiry, and the com- mittee hopes to conclude by Tuesday inight, turning to scrutiny of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. the following week. Pecora still has a mass of evidence to | present on the Morgan financing in creation of the Van Sweringen railroad empire through the Alleghany Corpora- tion. Also he has s final list of selected clients of the firm, which investigators say shows one group was sold Johns- Manville stock at cost and others had t pay a little more. After reading to young Lamont a list of several thousand shares immediately after the junior partner took the stand yesterday, Pecora suddenly asked: “Did you sell this stock on December 30, 19302 Before Lamont could reply, Davis was | on his feet, calling the question “not | fair.” Davis and Pecora argued the point in another one of the several alterca- tions they have had since the inquiry began. Finally Chairman Fletcher ruled the question pertinent and Pecora | Tepeated his question. “I have no recollection of that,”| Lamont said. Lamont had been sitting beside Junius S. Morgan, the son of J. P. Morgan, when his name was called. He had to push his way forward to take the oath. Lists Blocks of Stock. After he gave his name and address, | Pecora listed the following blocks of stock and asked the junior partner if | he had sold these at the time specified 11,500 Continental Oil. 200 Durium | Products, 300 Hall Electric Heating, 237 P. R. Mallory Co., 1,000 Shamrock ; Oil & Gas, 500 State Street Invest- ment Co., 350 Investment Corporation of Philadelphia, and 1,000 Simms Pe- troleum “That is not fair,” interrupted Davis, standing behind Lamont’s chair. “No notice was given that the individual transactions of the partners would be gone into. I don't believe it enters the I scope of the inquiry.” “I have learned of no fixed procedure since I have been counsel of this com- | mittee,” Pecora replied. “This com- mittee or any Senate committee may |ask any question it desires.” “I. don't believe any man in this room could give an accurate rgply | about such transactions without prior | notice,” Davis_contended. i “We'll give him time to inform him- self,” Pecora retorted. Morgan sat nearby during the inter- | change, hands folded, listening intently. | “But if you go into the individual! | transactions of 20 men we'll be here | |until the snow flies,” Davis protested. | | “I submit it is not fair play. It was |fair to give us notice of the matter, | wanted and I submit it was supplied with & thoroughness that could not be | excelled. I insist on fair play.” | | "“Does the witness say he cannot an- " Pecora demanded, looking past | Davis to Lamont. “This is not an orderly procedure,” | Davis put in with equal firmness. “If the witness can't answer let him say 50, Pecora said. “I'm perfectly willing' to give him an opportunity to inform hims:lf.” Fletcher interposed “It's up to the chair to rule” and told Pecora to pro- ceed. . “I haye no recollection of that,” La- mont replied when again asked the question. Pecora then suggested the recess so the witness could prepare him- seif “to answer it fully.” | Morgan No Longey Needed. | J. P. Morgan was notified yesterday his presence would not be required fur- ther as a witness. In addition to young Lamont, Ewing and Stanley, the part- ners directed to return were the elder | Lamont, Arthur M. Anderson, Harold Stanley and George Whitney, the member who has done most of the testifying. In discussing the days of 1929, when the market headed abruptly for the depths, Whitney told in a matter of fact manner yesterday how Mogan & Co. pledged $40.000,000 as its share in lan operation thaf bought 1,146,609 shares in 37 corporation stocks between October 24 and November 11 and then completed liquidation some time the | following Marck The shares were bought for $137.- 705 and sold for $138,820,060, Whitney said, “though there was no | thought of any profit.” “At one time our book loss was $40,- 000,000," he added. J. A. EWING DE! i | IES LOAN. |Canadian Disclaims Advance From Morgan & Co. MONTREAL, June 3 (#)—Joseph Armitage Ewing, legal adviser of the Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada, sald | yesterday, he had never received loans, personal or otherwise, from J. P. Mor- “Joseph Armitage Ewing, Sun Life urance Co. of Canada (legal ad- | viser)” appeared on a list made public in Washington as of persons receiv- ing personal loans from the Morgan | concern ROOSEVELT PLANS CRUISE ON POTOMAC TOMORROW to Be Discussed With | Senator Robinson and Lewis Douglas During Trip. Problems President Roosevelt is planning to take a cruise on the Potomac tomor- row aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia He hopes to be able to leave the White House before 11 o'clock and plans to return soon after nightfall. With him on this river excursion to- morrow will be Senator J. M. Robinson | of Arkansas, majority leader of the | Senate, and Mrs. Robinson; Lewis Douglas, director of the budget, and Mrs. Douglas; Col. Louis M. Howe, the President’s confidential secretary, and Miss Marguerite Le Hand, the Presi- dent's private secretary. It is the President’s intention to combine busi- ness with pleasure. He hopes to be 'New President D. SATURDAY. Educator ! | DR. HAROLD WILLIS DODDS. HAROLD W. DODDS HEADS PRINGETON Is Interna-| tionally Known as Authority | on Political Subjects. By the Assoclated Press. PRINCETON, N. J, June 3—Prof. Harold Willis Dodds, political expert and counsellor to nations, yesterday was chosen by the Princeton University board of trustees as president, to suc-; ceed John Grier Hibben, who was killed recently in an automobile accident. Only 44 years old, Dr. Dodds appears some years younger, despite a life of crowded activity since he emerged with a bachelor’s degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania in 1909, Dr. Dodds will take over the admin- istrative chair from Edward D. Duffield, who has been acting president since Dr. Hibben retired a year ago. Others Are Promoted. At the same time announcement was ! made of the selection of Luther P.| Eisenhart as_dezn of the Graduate | School and Robert Kilburn Root as ! dean of the faculty. The election of Dr. Dodds was by unanimous _vote. The trustees also elected Duffield chairman of the board and named Prof. De Witt Clinton Poole, former American charge d'affaires at| Moscow and a veteran of the American consular service, director of the School | of Public and International Affairs, a) newly created office. Dr. Doods was notified of his e]ec—" tion by a committee of the trustees.| No plans have been made for his in-| auguratior. He left last night for a brief vacation on Cape Cod. | The seiection of Dr. Dodds is a de-| parture from the practice of choosing | theologians or philosophers since the foundation of the university. | Two presidents of Princeton were | younger when chosen, Aaron Burr, who was 32, and Samuel Davies, who was 36. Dr. Dodds was born June 28. 1889, | in Utica, Pa. the son of Rev. Samuel and Alice A. Dunn Dodds. Prof. Dodds’ | father now is professor emeritus of biblical doctrine at Wooster College. After his graduation from Grove City College Dodds took up graduate work at Princeton and received a master’s | degree in 1914. Three years later he | was awarded the degree of doctor of nhilosophy in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Internationally Known. In 1919-20 he was assistant professor | of political science at Western Reserve | University and later lectured on the| subject at the University of Pennsvl- vania, Swarthmore and New York Uni- versity. Dr.” Dodds is internationally known | as an authority on plebiscites, electorial | practice, and municipal government. | He has been described as “the best known North American in Central and South America” In 1922, upon nomi- nation by the State Department, he was chosen by the President of Nica- 'ragua to be electoral adviser. He served for two years A year later he became technical ad- | viser to the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary ) Commission, of which Gen Pershing | was chairman. In 1928 he was chief | adviser to the National Board of Elec- tions of Nicaragua. As chairman of the Committee on Political Education of the American | Political Science Association he brought | about important conferences of Gov- ernment officials and Government | theorists. I JU ROBOT PLANE SETS NON-STOP RECORD Hawks Cuts 4 Hours and 10: Minutes Cif Own Coast- to-Coast Mark. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 3.—Los Angeles and New York are only 13 hours 26 minutes and 15 seconds apart to Prani Hawks, | When he set down his “fiying labora- | tory” at Floyd Bennett Field at 10:18 o'clock, Eastern standard time, last| night it ended a non-stop solo flight | from Los Angeles which broke Hawks' | Sportsman Dead | the best for a non-stop cross-conti- own record by 4 hours and 10 minutes. He established the record four years ago. While the Hawks time yesterday is WILLIAM MULDOON. WILLIAM MULDOON DIES AT AGE OF B Noted Health Expert Was Veteran of Civil War—Had Stage Career. nental flight, it is not the swific=* plane time between the two coasts. Capt. James Haislip spanned the continent last year in 10 hours and 19 minutes, but his flight was not non-stop. 4 Althouxhufluwkx flew alone, he said | e was really a “passenger,” the plane being handled most of the way by a | robot pilot. Only when darkness came neer Butler, Pa, did Hawks take over | the controls. His gasoline supply was | nearly exhausted as he landed. | At one time during the afternoon,' Hawks said, he had no idea over what part of the country he was flying, but two hours later he sighted Kansas City and knew that the robot was piloting a straight route. A great part of the 2440-mile journey was flown at & height of 15,000 feet. | By the Associated Press. | PURCHASE, N. Y., June 3.—Wmu.m: | Muldoon, State boxing commissioner | and grand old man of athietics, died today in his 89th year. | The veteran sportsman, a noted ex- | pert on health methods, originator of | the “health farm idea” and intimate of { leading sports figures for half a cen-| | tury, succumbed at 3:40 am. on his | estate here. Only nine days ago he celebrated his 88th birthday. His first experience with a sick-bed was three years ago when he fell from a horse. Later ha racovered and anncunced he would “live for many more years,” but the tell-tale ailments of old age began to take toeir toll, and on his last birthday he was confined to ' his home. Served in Civil War, During his career Muldoon was & crummer boy in the Civil War, a forme. | Graeco-Roman wrestling champion of the world, ex-actor and czar of boxing | in this State. | He was a farm boy, sturdy and 15.| —_— Opposition, However, Causes No Great Worry Among Democratic Leaders. By the Associated Press. The retroactive feature of the House bill to permit payment of gold con- tracts in legal tender meney aroused the main opposition there was to it today in the Senate, but prcmpted no great worry among the Democratic e when he enlisted for the war between | Enactment by nightfall was sought. |the States. His next regular job was| Chairman Fletcher of the Banking On the New York Pollcf force. From | Committee sald it was “necessary to get | ‘iers e Went to professional wrestiing, | as early action as possible” because | including the Orient. of the Treasury, plans for refinancing _ Then came the business of training T e reat TaGie prize fighters. John L. Sullivan, Boston | ? strong boy, was “tamed” by his stern Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of methods at a time when the unruly Michigan, asked if the ccmmittee had Sullivan badly needed conditioning. The considered an amendment to restrict | story goes that the taming process cul- its operations to future obligations. minated in a rough and tumble in Fletcher replied in_the affirmative. which Muldoon's wrestilng skill con- but added such a Lmitation would | vinced the boxer he had better behave. “destroy the whole act.” # - “But it won't destroy the credit of Hinsel “Biveuy W DN, the Government,” Vandenberg shot _When he left the boxing business and Nad devoted himself to the health farm idea Senator Johnson, Republican, of Cali- | he became a millionaire. Presidents, fornia, acked Whv itewas necessary to | bankers, and titans of industries were make the resolytion retroactive |numbered among his patrons and Fletcher revlied it was essential, so stanch friends. During his stage career, he appeared with Maurice Barrymore, Rose Coghlan. Robert Downing and other stars, playirg strong man” roles in such vehicles as “Spartacus and the Gladiators.” A year ago he underwent an operation for an abdcminal disorder, and lately! he had been suffering from exheustion brought on by warm weather and arthritis. | Since his 88th birthday anniversary last week Muldoon had slowly weak- ened. Early last evening his adopted | daughter, Miss Margaret Farrell, said | he suffered another “weak spell,” which his doctor, Henry T. Kelley, described as a heart attack. After he fell from a horse three | there would be no difference between | new and old Government obligations, which, he sald, wonld “destroy the mar- ket for new obligations.” Continuing in his explanation of the bill, Fletcher said it would create one system of mcney and that “no one could claim he had lost anything.” Senator Kean (Republican), New Jer- sey, asked If it were not true that the Government had paid it; bonds in gold for 100 years, even during the Civil War. “That's true” Flelcher replied. “That’s the trouble now. We are car- ried away by this fetish for gold. We are trying to get away from it.” 1 | i CLAIM CONFESSION OFKIDNAP SUSPECT {Police Report Ex-Convict Ad- mitted Abduction of Miss McElroy. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, June 3.—Walter H. McGee, former Oregon convict, was said by police to have confessed today that he was one of the men who kidnaped | Miss Mary McElroy, 25, daughter of City Manager H. F. McElroy, a week 2go today and collected $30,000 ransom for her release. Thomas J. Higgins, chief of detectives, sald McGee admitted he and Clarence Stevens, now being sought by police, were the actual kidnapers who went to the McElroy home, forced Miss McElroy to leave her bath, dress and accompany them in a motor car. Higgins said McGee told him his bx:other. George McGee, and Clarence Click had acted as guards to the city manager’s daughter while she was being held 29 hours in a house near Kansas City, Kans. McGee told him, Higgins said. that Windell Johnson and the others ar- restez with him in Amarillo, Tex., yes- terday, had no actual part in the ab- duction but that he had picked them up in Oklahoma on his way South to aid him in passing part of the $30,000 ransom money paid by McElroy. 1n custody here for investigation were Miss Lucille Cates, said by officers to be McGee's former wife; C. L. Click and Abe Starr, the latter a Leaven- worth, Kans.,, junk dealer, who police sald they believed was not implicated in the kicnaping, He was held for ques- tioning. b A Federal grand jury was scheduled to reconvene today to inquire into the case. “That's the man,” said Miss McElroy and her father, after vie: ictures of McGee. dlly Mrs. Elizabeth Cates, mothe. of Miss Cates, told police McGee had threatened her daughter in these words: “If you ever squeal, I'll kill you. There are 20 in my gang and if I dor.'t get you some one else will.” HOUSE TO SUPPORT SENATE IN RAISING VETERANS’ FUNDS (Continued From First Page.) whose disabilities are presumed to have been incurred by war activities. Still unable to stay within the allotted sum of £64,902,000, the Veterans' Adminis- tration revised its rating system and began cutting into the combat wounded compensations. The Roosevelt bill now stands with $169,902,000 allotted to the combat wounded of the World War and $106,~ 659,000 for Spanish-American War pensions. Clark Switches Vote. 5 Connally’s proposal would have car- ried without the intervention of Ciar- ner had not Senator Clark, Democzat, of Missouri, switched from “aye” to “no” before the result was smnounced to make a tie. This would have defeated the amend- ment, but Garner, for the first time taking advantage of his constitutional privilege to vote in case of a deadlock, ?Bst his vote with the administration orces. Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisana, raised a point of order, declaring “the chair hhl.ssno vote.” “He one and has already cast it,” Garner shot back as the galleries mr‘:d. Thirty-nine Democrats, including Garner, and 4 Republicans voted for 'htu?szgfl;?:eflgn“mn‘ while 16 Demo- craf 'publicans and Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, it. The Senate also added $2,000,000, half of which would go toward expenses of housing neuro-psychiatric patients in State institutions and the remainder for hospitalizing non-service connected cases where beds are available. Tydings Wins Amendment. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, also won an amendment to permit domiciliary care for veterans of the Boxer rebellion and Philippine w: rection with permanent disabilities, Senator Borah (Republican). Idaho, vears ago, Muldoon required the con- 1 declared commented that at one time the Gov- ernment had paid in silver as well as gold. Reed Cites Fourteenth Amendment. The Pennsylvania Republican, Reed, | the proposal “involves the | most_serious question of national dis- henor that has arisen in Congress in my_ recollection.” He also challenged the constitution- ality of the measure, but said it was “}rlnorez lnapo{tantlto r?nslclle§1 this f;om‘ the standpoint of national honor than = to split hairs on the constitutional con- | _WEST PALM BEACH, Fia. June 3 struction.” () —Rzlaiives and friends will share Reed cited the fourteenth amendment , in more than $250,000 left by Raymond of the Constitution, denying the right 'Dupuy, who began his engineering of Congress to question the validity of jcareer as a water boy on a railroad. the public debt and also the “due pro- | Dupuy. 73, died May 14. H~ had homes cess of law” section of the bill of rights. | in Palm Beach and Norfolk, Va. He stant attendance of a nurse. Miss Far- rell, a practical nurse in White Plains, was assigned to Muldoon by Dr. Kel by Muldoon. DUPUY LEAVES $250,000 Estate of Ex- Virginia Railroad Man. Family Inherits was a former president of the Virginian Dr. Dodds climbed to the presidency on solid foundation, from & lecturer on politics, his first Princeton post, in 1925. The next year he was appointed ate professor and two years later became a full professor. i H> married Miss Margaret Murray of Halifax, Nova Scotfa, in 1917, i ‘ Two New Deans. | | Prof. Eisenhart, the new dean of the ! graduate school, is a distinguished |scholar in the field of geometry, and | since 1925 has been dean of the faculty. Two years ago he was president of the Assocation of American Colleges, and | frequently is called Into consultation by other institutions on programs of study. During the war he organized and directed a special course of navi- gation for officers of the United States Navy. i Prof. Root, who succeeds to Dean Eisenhart’s position, is a Chaucer scholar and an authorily on eighteenth century English literature. Undergrad- uates consider him one of the most in- teresting lecturers in the university. Six feet tall and with the set-up of a trained athlete, Dr. Dodds has been | described as “striking” in appearance. | His thick, black hair is closely trimmed !and parted on the left side; he wears | rimless spectacles, and is frank and outspoken when questioned, but is in- _clined frequently to assume the role of i listener. Dr. Dodds' home overlooks a golf course and he spends much time there. | His other form of recreation is garden- |ing. He cultivates a big plot and goes |at it vigorously. HURLEY ACCLAIMED NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 3.—Former Secre- tary of War Patrick J. Hurley, appear- ing at a banquet in his honor given by the Chicago Alumni Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, was introduced by L. A. Downs, president of the Illi- nois Central Railroad, last night, as | “the next Republican candidate for ! the presidency of the United States.” The theme of Hurley's address was a able to discuss legislative matters with | y' the Senate leader and administrative “sound economic plan,” and not estab- affairs with his budget director, and|lishment of a dictatorship, as the an- at the same time to indulge in rest!swer to America’s future welfare, ants were acquitted. brightened the prospects of James J. A E. Wells tried to toot the horn on | arq‘recreation. | More than 30 persons were wounded when soldiers fired machine guns while endeavoring to disperse manifestants, gathered to prevent a meeting of con- servative factions that climaxed a flery campaign of verbal attacks and coun- ter-attacks between the Left and Right of §wiss politics, " = his motor car he received nothing but flight around the world. silence for his efforts. Pressing a From the western tip of Nova Scotia | couple of times extra for good measure to Newfoundland the sky was clear, | and still getting no noise, he lifted the with bright sunshine. A brisk south- | hood to investigate. A slender, 4-foot westerly wind prevailed on the Nova | long snake was curled c.onsentcdly about Scotia seaboard, veering to westerly off | the horn. Wells hasn't found out yet Newfoundland. vrh»kmdotlnnmn'u’ Mattern on the first stretch of his Mrs. Roosevelt will leave tomorrow by airplane for California, where she will visit Elliott Roosevelt, the second | of the Roosevelt sons, who has re- cently become associated with an air transportation company, with head- quarters in California. She will be eway 10 days or 2 weeks, good sportsmanship of Amer- icans,” he said, “will not allow them to condemn our new leaders until their methods have been given a fair trial. ‘We have got to have an awakening of citizenship, a complete discharge of the individual responsibilities of citizenship. Freedom must, be based on education A Railway. Found Slashed Beside Road. BATON ROUGE, La., June 3 (@) — | Harry Zelko, 65, a fruit buyer of Co- | lumbus, Ohio, was found by a roadside across the Mississippl River from here early today, serlously slashed and hacked, apparently with a knife. Phy- giclans’ described bis condition as crit- | cal. Training Ship Chicago-Bound. MONTREAL, June 3 (#).—After three days in the port of Montreal, the schooner Sorlandet, pride of the Nor- weglan sea cadets, whose training ship she is, today was on her way to the World's Fair at Chicago. Their Baby Missing CHILD TAKEN FROM HOME BY “NURSE.” EVERAL days ago a woman posing as a “visif nurse” came tq the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sneed, Cincinnati, Ohlo, and took away their b-week-old daughter Pansy, saying the child had to be treated for an abdominal ailment The “nurse” or baby haven't been seen since, giving Cincinnati police their most bafling mystery in years. Kidnaping motive 1 is discounted because the Sneeds are very poor. In photo are Mr, and Mrs. Sneed to and their 3-vear-old daughter Dorothy. The Sneeds went to Cincinnati 10 til —A. P. Photo. night. ‘months ago from Hiawasaee, Ga. 3 | Two years ago she was legally adopted; tuberculosis or ‘neuro-j ments, and hospital treatment for such veterans with other diseases or injuries. Pleading for still smaller cuts in veterans’ allowances, Senator Cutting described the economy act as “in- famous” and said there had been “catastrophic epidemics of suicides” in every hospital in his State and Arizons because of fear on the part of veterans of the cuts announced to become opersa~ tive July 1. “1 have known President Roosevelt for 40 years and have the highest affec- |tion and admiration for him,” he said, (“but if all these cases coming up went before Franklin Roosevelt there | wouldn't be any need for corrective | legislation. They are not coming up | before him, but before others in the | administration.” Robinson Fights Vainly. Senator Robinson of Arkansas tried vainly to stem the tide of the opposi- tion by proposing Cutting’s own 25 per | cent amendment which Byrnes had ac- |cepted on behalf of the administra- tion. This was defeated 51 to 25. Mbifli{:n‘l l"A:oweV!lli. voted for the | more T onnally proposal, alon with other administration leaders. . Robinson of Arkansas and Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, both conceded some injustices were in the regulations to take effect July 1, but said the President should be given an opportunity to remedy them. “The President has no purpose “to commit himself or his administration to any rules or regulations that will work injustices to beneficiaries of vet- erans’ allowances,” Robinson said. Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona, said he preferred to let Congress make the corrections because “Congress com- mitted the wrong—not the President.” NEW SECURITIES LAW NOTYET IN EFFECT Chairman March of Trade Com- mission Says Act Will Be In- forced After July 27. By the Associated Press. Provisions of the national securities act regarding fraudulent statements and practices “are now in effect.” Chairman March of the Federal Trade dcommlsslun said in a statement yester- ay. However, March said, the provisions requiring registration statements on new securities issues “for all practical purposes of the act will not be in full g:firn!;?neun!!fl wt days following the e ‘nactment.” Thi e at date was “Securitles which were placed in the market prior to May 27 or which may be placed and sold up to and including 60 days from the date of enactment,” March said, “will not come undér the registration requirements of this “For new securities scld subsequ to the 60-day period, the act. will be; full force and the issuers must file with the commission the tion statements and other data the act.” by Orchestra Winners Tonight. ELMHURST, Il., June 3 () —Offi- clals of the national school orchestra contest, which begen yesterday, an- nounced winners in various classes of competition would not be revealed un- after conclusion of the program