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3 WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today, tomorrow cloudy and slight= 1y warmer, probably occasional rain; light, variable winds tomorrow. Tem- peratures—Highest, 49, at 3 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 25, at 7 a.m. yesterday, Full report on page A-9. () Means Associated Press. he Swnda WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Y St “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to city and suburban homes by The Star's exclusive carrier serv- ice. Phone National 5000 to start delivery. No. DOLLAR DEVALUNG MEASURE 13 SWEPT THROUGH HOUSE BY VOTE OF 360 10 40 Opposition Is Smothered as Democrat Majority Shouts Down Amendments—68 of G. 0. P. Support Roosevelt. 1,505—No. 32,772 COMMITTEE OF SENATE STILL CONSIDERING BILL - Fletcher Expects Report Tomor- row, and Passage This Week Is Hoped For—Silver Bloc's At- tempt to Make Change May Cause Delay in Legislation. By the Associated Press. The Roosevelt dollar-devalua- tion bill last night swept through the House to passage by a smoth- ering majority of 360 to 40. A noisy impatient membership rushed the measure through the final stages, with debate almost entirely shut off at the motion of Democratic leaders, their huge voting strength Republican leaders complained time and again of “gag rule,” and charged the Democrats with ig- norance of the measure they were passing. One Republican, Beedy of Maine, went so fa- as to assert that “not 12 men” of the 435 in the House could explain its pro- visions to their constituents. G. 0. P. Concentrated on Board. But the Democrats. relying confi- dently on the leadership of President Roosevelt. shouted down all amend- ments except those offered on behalf of the administration, and demanded & Toll-call vote to put ali. Republicans and Democrats alike, on record as op- posing or supporting the President Realizing they fought a hopeless cause {rom the start and had slightest chance of defeating the bill, the opposition concentrated upon an ef- fort to put a board in charge of ex- penditures from the $2.000.000.000 stabilization fund. The bill specified that it be administered by the Secre- tarv of the Treasury. When the question was put to an oral vote. the proponents of the amendment shouted their loudest. The c dent Democrats laughed when thev demanded a rising vote and were borne cut when the count showed 168 against the amendment to 73 in favor of it While the House was considering the bill. Secretary Morgenthau explained Government financing plans to the high ‘officers of the Federal Reserve System and received assurances of their sup- port. The conference extended over several hours and gave opportunity for a thorough review of the financial sit- uation. Senate Bill in Committee. A total of $10.000,000.000 borrowed in the next five and one-half ry amendment voted gned to facilitate In the Senate the devaluation mea ure was still in the committee stage The Banking Committee there held brief hearings which will be continued tomorrow with Prof. George F. Warren, author of President Roosevelt's mone- tary program, on the stand Senate leaders hoped to get the meas- ure through this week, but in view of a move by the silver bloc to attempt an amendment to the bill to aid in re- habilitating the white metal, some felt it might take longer. The potency of administration pressure, however, was Tealized. Chairman Fletcher hopes to report the bill late tomorrow, but opponents, jed by Senator Glass. Democrat, of Vir- ginia. think they have a possible chance of an adverse committee vote. The measure will be brought up on the Senate floor as soon as possible after the committee acts. Passage Dy 8 big majority in the Senate is v tually conceded. Specifically the measure proposes four things. It would Give the Treasury title to all the Nation's monetary gold stock, including that of the Federal Reserve banks. Fix 60 per cent of the dollar's pres- ent gold content as the upper limit of the gold value of the dollar after re- valuation. Provides $2,000,000,000 Fund. Equip the administration with a fund of $2.000,000,000 obtained from the added value of the gold after devalua- tion of the dollar, the fund to be used FAIR WORKERS HELD AS C.W. A. ‘BROKERS’ Los™ Angeles Pair Arrested on Charges of Collecting Job **Commissions.” he Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, #January 20.—Two women were arrested here today by Federal agents on charges of con- spiracy to defraud the Federal Gov- ernment through arranging and col- Jecting “comnussions™ and “brokerage fees” from truck owners who“ebtained Civil Works Administration ments. They were Miss Laurette Hasker. 24, assistant in the office of James T. Richey, C. W. A. purchasing agent here, and Mrs. Emily C. Paddleford, 43. The arrests followed charges of C. W. A graft and waste made by John . Elliott, vice chairman of the State mocratic Committee. i Affidavits made before a United States commissioner here, resulting in the issuance of warrants, set forth that | to make certain that there is no ex- f operate on the 30-hour week, minimum | backed by | the? assign- | Entered as second class matter. post office, Washington, D. C. Bremer’s Release on Ransom of $200,000 Expected Shortly |Negotiations With Victim Said By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, January 20.—Following a secret conference of authorities direct- ing the hunt for kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer, held for $200,000 ransom, it became known late today that nego- tiations were about to be opened with his abductors for his release, possibly within 24 hours. City. county, postal and other Fed- | eral officers participated in the confer- ence which was preceded by a state- ment from Chief of Police Dahill that Eremer, whose death was threatened in the first note demanding ransom, “is O. K.” and that there was “no need to start worrying until Sunday or Mon- day.” (Joseph B. Keenan, Assistant Attor- ney General, who has been directing the Department of Justice's drive JPANESE AVAT HIROTA'S ADDRESS Peace Pronouncement Ex- pected by Parliament to Reconvene Tuesday. e Associated Press) TOKIO, January 20.—An expression of confidence that the United States will e entually recognize Japan’s roie as a mainstay of peace and stability in Eastern Asia was anticipated in au- thoritative circles today as a feature of Foreign Minister Koki Hirota's address at the reconvening of Parliament Tues- day. Despite an unpleasant reaction here to a recent speech by Stanley K. Horn- beck. chief of the Division of Far East- ern Affairs in the American State De- partment, Hirota was expected to affirm a conviction that Japanese-American relations are improving. (Mr. Hornbeck did not mention the Japanese-sponsored state of Manchukuo 7 Manchuria by name, but indicated Copyright, 1934. by Amesican policies, with regard to the state, in the assertion that the Stimson | formula of mon-recognition of govern= | ments made by swords was still fol- lowed by the United States. A Japan- ese foreign office spokesman called the speech “unfortunate and untimely.”) To Expound Nation's Policies, Its long new year recess ended, the Diet will begin the actual work of its annual session when the two houses meet to hear Hirota expound the gov- ernment’s policies He also was expected to make the first official pronouncement on the em- pire’s delicate relations with Soviet Rus- sia_and China. Other speeches will be those of the prime minister. Viscount Makoto Sgito, on the state of the empire, especially the domestic situation. and of the finance minister. Korekiyo Takahashi, on the government’s 2.112.000,000 yen (currently about $633.600.000) budgct for the fiscal vear beginning April 1 Viscount Salto is working at present on the is: the swollen defense estimates of the army and navy and their domination of the imperial pol- iey. thus producing a frontal clash with military magnates and civilian poli- ticians that is likely to endanger the life of the cabinet. Confers With Leaders. Instead of spending the week end at the seashore. as is his custom, the aged premier is in Tokio conferring with po- litical leaders. During the past week he urged the presidents of the major parties to convince their followers the (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) DREADED BERI-BERI PERILS CANADIAN TOWN Disease Which Attacks Rice Eat- ers of China Causes 2 Deaths. g Nine Others IIL By the Associated Press PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, January 20.—Two deaths and nine other serious cases were reported to- day in what authorities feared was an outbreak of the dreaded Oriental dis- ease, beri-beri, scourge of the rice- eaters of China, at Cance Pass, near | here. Police Constable M. J. Condon re- ported he investigated Thursday the deaths of the two Chinese at Cance Pass and found several others seri ously ill. Dr. J. C. Thomas said it was feared beri-beri attacked the men, but he weculd not express a definite opinion | until_post-mortems were held. Beri- beri is characterized by partial paraly: sis, swelling of the legs and dropsy. Upon in Parley of Authorities. WASHINGTON, D. Kidnapers Decided to Be “0. K.” against kidnapers, intimated in an ad- dress here last night that he believed Bremer was dead) |. Well authenticated sources. who de- clined to be quoted, indicated that ac- tual contact with the young banker’s | abductors might be made tonight or | Sunday with his release expected soon after in Minneapolis or near that city. | From the same sources came hints that this contact with the men who abducted young Bremer Wednesday would be ~made by Walter Magee. wealthy St. Louis contractor and friend of the captive banker, through an un- identified third party, close to Magee The note demanding the ransom and threatening death to Bremer was found | shortly after his abduction on the back- door steps of Magee's office. Later in the evening_Arthur Nelson former mayor of St. Paul. and Chief Dahill_left police headquarters for an undisclosed destination. They failed to return after more than an hour fand " (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) MARKETING PACT BINDS L FIRMS ‘85 Per Cent of Crude Produc- ers Sign 12-Billion-Dol- lar Agreement. By the Associated Press. The $12.000.000,000 oil industry last night was operating under a purchase and market agreement bearing the ap- proval of Secretary Ickes, code admin- | istrator. Ickes approved the marketing pact— a substitute for the controverted price- fixing schedule proposal—after weeks of study. The agreement was designed to stabilize an industry rocked by price troubles, and it was changed from the pact proposed by members of the in- dustry. The administrator termed the agree- ment. which was_signed by producers of an estimated 85 per cent of the Na- | tion’s crude run to stills, “in many in- stances a forward step.” He added. however. that “in approving this agree- ment, frankly I am experimenting.” 0il Code Keeps Line Intact Members of the oil industry viewed the marketing agreement as not apply- ing to those who did not sign it, but they pointed out that the operation of the ofl code. a separate document would virtually bring the remaining producers under the provisions of the agreement Ickes, in announcing his signature to the agreement, mentioned the effect of this phase “There are.” he said. “groups of operators which claim certain savings in the cost of distribution and there- fore claim the right to sell gasoline at prices below those generally prevailing The marketing agreement will not place any restrictions on these operators where their supplying companies are not signatories of the agreement.” Pacts Can Be Canceled. There was inserted into Ickes' reser- vations the provision that he might cancel the pacts at any time should he deem such action advisable in the public interest. “The suggestion has been made.” Ickes said. “that these agreements may tend to create a_monopoly. I will r allow such a result to obtain and I s not hesitate to cancel these agreemen! (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | | ON LEWD PERFORMANCES New License Commissioner Says Shows Given for Profit Rather Than Art Must Go. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 20.—Salacious plays produced with artistic intent may continue on Broadway. License Com- | missioner Paul Moss ruled today, but |he said those given for profit only | must go. |~ The new ccmmissioner told his thea- ter inspectors that certain burlesque shows come in the latter group. “While I will not set myself up as a censor,” he said, “filthy and lewd shows must go.” He said he would proceed cautiously against the shows that are criticized, | but that he wanted to guard theater-| geers from being degraded by “the type | of production staged in many theaters.” Actor Files as Bankrupt. LOS ANGELES, January 20 (®).— Saying he had assets of only $300 in | personal effects with which to meet obligations of $34,082. Grant Withers, movie actor and former husband of Loretta Young, filed a voluntary bank- uptey petition today. I.CKES SENDS OUT HIS AUDITORS TO CHECK SPENDING OF BILLIONS Public Works Administrator Ickes, under whose stewardship billions of dollars are being spent to speed re- covery, has established a Nation-wide auditing and inspection system to guard against waste and irregularity. A field force of 50 auditors has been sent into the various States to keep tab on important public works projects, and this number will be doubled as | g)ls program proceeds, it was learned e y. Howard A. Gray, Beloit, Wis., manu- | facturer, has been made direttor of the division of inspection of the P. | W. A and will supervise a special in- spection of all projects from start to finish, with a view to checking closely |on engineering phases. The field in- | spectors will see to it that plans and specifications approved by the P. W. A. | board are adhered to rigidly in execu- | tion of the project. | The inspectors also have been ordered ling of all projects. independently of | any accounting systems employed by | the States and cities which have been allotted funds. | A force of 120 accountants and cler- ical employes is functioning at head- quarters in the Interior Department. In the field there have becn created nine | auditing districts, with offices in New York_City, Chicago, St. Paul, Denver, | San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas | | City and Richmond. Each office main- | tains a close liaison with headquarters here. | The auditors are given an intensive course of instruction here before being | sent to far-flung stations. These men | are chosen after careful investigation |of their character and professional qualifications. | " 'The inspection division watches not only engineering procedure, but labor | and wage provisions of the public works | act, to make certain that all projcctsi a truck operator paid Mrs. Paddleford | travagance in choice of materials or | wages and other features of the act. $5 and $16.60 as commissions. Witnesses declared that more than | 80 per cent of the truck owners work- ing for the C. W. A. were paying off brokers. H~ said the brokerage may | methods used in carrying out the huge enterprises now going forward with public money. | George H. Parker, chief accountant | of the P. W. A.. pointed out today that the Goverr 1¢ D % L) Gray has been an executive for many years. Recently he was executive vice president of the Yates-American Ma- chine Co. of Beloit, and prior to that | | was with the Ryerson Steel Co. of Chi- 9 | with marine and airmail subsidies under C., SUNDAY MORNIN AIRMAIL CONTRAGT HEARING MAY LEAD U. . T0 PROSECUTE Special Attorney’s Assistant| Appointed to Review All Testimony. ‘OBSERVERS’ POSTED AT CAPITOL SESSIONS Farley Orders Files Returned by Brown to Be Checked for Missing Papers. A sudden move by the Department of Justice, interpreted as presaging pos- sible prosecution, yesterday climaxed the Senate investigation of sensational charges of irregularity in connection former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, Attorney General Cummings announc- ed the appointment of Col.~Carl L. Ristine of Missouri as a special assistant to the Attorney General to supervise a Department of Justice inquiry into the charges and “to conduct all legal pro- ceedings which may be found td be necessary." The appointment of a special assistant to take charge of a particular case in the department usually follows collec- tion of damaging evidence and often means that court proceedings are under | serlous consideration. “Observers” Posted at Hearing. It is known that special agents of the | Department of Justice have been posted | as “observers” in the heafings at the Capitol before Senator ack's com- mittee and that they had orders to obtain transcripts of all testimony alleg- | ing improper awards of mail cantracts, destruction of (®vernment files and other irregularities. Former Postmaster General Brown meanwhile had returned to the Post Office Department two official files bear- | ing on ocean and airmail contracts with the explanation that he had been “amazed” to find them among his per- sonal papers. He indicated his belief that he was the victim of a “con- spiracy of character assassination.” These files were involved in charges that important _correspondence had been burned by Brown's order. Names of Col Charles A. Lindbergh and Herber: Hoover, ir. have been mentioned by witnesses before the Sen- ate committee in connection with alle- gations of undue influence brought to bear on former postal officials handling airmail contracts. Col, Ristine to Review Data. A formal announcement of Col. Ris- tine’s appointment late vesterday said the new special assistant has been in- structed to “review the testimony given in connection with steamship and air- mail contracts before the Senate com- mittee, of which Senator Black is chair- man. and any other evidence which may be available.” The “other evidence” information secured by po-tal inspec- tors assigned by Postmaster General Farley to investigate the disappearance of ocean and airmail files, supplement- ed by findings of justice agents as- signed to the hearings Farley yesterday turned over to Chief Postal Inspector Aldrich the two files returned by Brown and ordered that a careful inspection be made of them with a view to determining if they contain all the papers previously listed Brown had said these were e files thought to have been burned in the furnace of the Post Office De- partment last March. but S>nator Black 1rlldlc;|u-d there were other papers still “lost.” - may include Attorney Is War Veteran. Col. Ristine, 47-vear-old World War Vete:an and prominent lawyer of the Middle West, was here recently, but has returned temporarily to his home in Lexington, Mo. He is expected back shortly to take charge of the depart- ment’s inquiry. A native of Clay Center. Kans., he was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1910, was city attorney of Lexington from 1911 to 1915, and has been a lead- ing member of the bar in his State for many vears. He is a_member of the Lafayeite County. Mo. State and American Bar Associations. In 1926 he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. During the war he was a colonel of infantry. Subway Balks Inquiry. | Senator Black said vesterday that the resowmtion which he introduced recently tosbroaden the field of the inquiry and o appropriate $25.000 additional for expenses, was prompted by refusal of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad to permit access to its files. Former Postmaster General Brown is chairman of the board of the road, which operates subway trains from New York City to Jersey City and New- ark, N. J. | In recent committee hearings, Chair- man Black apparently has attempted to establish_an_indirect connection be- tween the Hudson & Manhattan and the United Aircraft & Transport Cor- poration through the Pennsylvania Railroad. Minority to Call Brown. | The resolution, which is expected to be reported favorably tomorrow, would grant the committee authority to scrutinize the records of any company | connected in any way with one holding | an airmail contract, even though the | connection be through an “inter- mediary.” | Black said he had not yet seen the correspondence which Brown handed | to Postmaster General Farley. Senator Austin, Republican. of Ver- | mont, said he and Senator White, Re- publican, of Maine, the minority mem- bers of the committee, would insist that | Brown be called to,testify. Black had indicated he did not intend to sub- poenae Brown, and had said the former | Postmaster General had not asked to take the stand. . The committee will resume hearings | Tuesday with John Orgill, Cleveland at- | torney, on the stand. Guide for Readers ...Part One . Part Two General News. Editorial.. . Society.... Part Three Amusements. . . Part Four Conclave of States...Part Four Sports. . i Financial. Classified Ads Magazine. Lost and Found. Clvic Aty <., G, JANUARY 21, 1934 —102 PAGES. * FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ITEX CENTS ELSEWHERE SMITH OFFERS BILL 10 RAISE GAS LEVY Would Boost District Tax From 2 to 4 Cents Per Gallon. A bill raising the gasoline tax in the District from 2 to 4 cents, designed to put it on a parity with the rates in Virginia and Maryland, was intro- duced in the House late vesterday by Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia. The tax is 5 cents in Vir- ginia and 4 in sfaryland The bill also would end existing spe- cial assessments for street improve- ments by abolition of special gasoline tax fund used exclusively for bridge and highway projects and turning the gas tax revenue into the general funds of the District, making it avatlable for all types of public improvements. Smith estimated the increased gas tax woull yield approximately $4.- 000,000 annually in revenue. while abolition of the special assessments for street improvements would save property owners about $500.000 a year The 2-cent gas tax in the last fiscal vear produced $1.930,000. The net increase in revenue under this plan would amount to about $1.500.000 An increase in the District gas tax Smith declared, end the “bootlegging” of gasoline in Virginia. and as far South as the Caro- linas. He said gasoline “bootlegging™ in Virginia had become a “racket” on the part of unscrupulous dealers, who have been successful in evading the higher tax in that State. The provision to abolish the special assessments for street improvements. Smith said. will transfer the burden of taxation for such work from realty property owners to the motorists. where it properly ngs. He also believes the increase in revenues from the high tax may lead to another reduction in the tax rate, which was cut in the cur- rent fiscal year from $1.70 to $1.50. Bill to Tax Importers. Another provision in the bill would carry out a plan proposed by the Dis- trict Commissioners to require licenses and $20,000 bonds of all gasoline impor ers operating in the District. This pro- vision, it was pointed out, would prevent a repetition of an accumulation of back gasoline taxes which had mounted a few months ago to $50.000. and resulted in the Igss of several thousand dollars when one of the importers in arrears went out of business with the tax un- paid. The {mporters’ license fee under the bill would be $5 a year. The importer who failed to pay the tax on scheduled time or failed to file a monthly report with the tax assessor would face a revocation of the license. which could not be reissued for 12 months. RIOT MARKS ARRESTS IN DAIRY KIDNAPINGS Police Engage in Battle of Fists and Clubs With Los An- geles Strikers. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 20— Thirty police and sheriff’s officers en- gaged in a battle of fists and clubs with 100 or more striking dairy work- ers tonight as the authorities arrested two suspects in the kidnaping of three dairy employes. The fight surged in front of the Food ‘Workers’ Industrial Union headquar- ters several minutes before the alrlkersk were routed. ‘Those taken into custody for ques- tioning are Richard Raven and Elmer | Fowler, who police said were identified | by Charles Lopez, Jesus Perez and J. Garavay as the men who kidnapped them yesterday morning as they started for work in a Monte Bello dairy. ‘PRETTY BOY’ FLOYD SEEN HEADED FOR PITTSBURGH Police Teletype Warns Western Pennsylvania Officers to Watch for New York Auto. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 20.—"Pretty | Boy” Floyd, notorious Oklahoma rob- ber is believed by police to be headed | toward Pittsburgh tonight. The State police teletype warned all officers in Western Pennsylvania to watch for him in an automobile bear- ing a New York license. The car was seen about 5 p.m.. on the Lincoln Highway at Findlay, Ohio, xd is believed to contain the gunman, would automatically | 'Graham McNamee Marries New York Weds Miss Ann Simms., His Second Wife. Is Paying Alimony. By the Associated Press ELKTON. Md. Janua McNamee. radio annou caster of sports, was m Ann Lee Simms of New Y tonight The couple motored into this little town. best known for its quick wed- dings. hurriedly secured a license and were married by Rev. William Thomp- son, one of the town's “marrying parsons.” “Tell 'em I'm twice her age” McNamee's only statement The bride told the minister that she was originally from Louisiana Following the bride and groom (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. 20 —Graham fiss here was in HOUSE SEAT BARRED 10 LOUISIANANS Elections Held !llegal in Case of Mrs. Kemp and J. Y. Sanders, Jr. By the Associated Press. A House Elections Committee declined yesterday to recommend seating either Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp, Scnator Huey Long's can ate for Representative from the s Louisiana district, or J. Y. Sanders, jr, her independent opponent Each was named at a separate elec- tion. and the committee found both elections illegal The anti-Loeng faction of Louisiana Democrats hailed the committee’s re- port as a telling blow at the outspoken Senator whose views on a variety of subjects have made him a national figure, Sanders himself called the committee’s decision a “major victory.” State Officials Scored. Long declined to comment The House report charged public officials of the State with having failed in their duty “to carry out the plain mandate of the Constitution of the United States. the State of Louisiana.” The election dispute arose after the District Democratic Executive Commit- | tee met outside the sixth district and nominated Mrs. Kemp as the sole can- didate, and made no provision for the holding of a primary. She was elected on_December 5 polling 5,000 votes. To block this move a Citizens' Com- mittee in the district called an elec- tion of its own and named Sanders as (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Two Amateur Pilots Killed. PAYLOR SPRING. TIL.. January 20 (#.—Allen Harwood, 23, of Donnellson, and John Mikeska, 24, of Paylor Spring, were killed today by the crash of their biplane in a ravine in back of the city hall here. Both were ama- teur pilots. Witnesses said the motor stalled at an altitude of about 500 feet. | | Actress at Elkton as well as the laws of | VAY NAME LIQUOR . BOARD TOMORROW Lee| Commissioners to Meet to Consider Members of Control Body. With President Roosevelt expected to sign the District liquor bill within 24 hours, the District Commissioners to- morrow will take up for quick action the questicns of cont:ol board mem- bership and whether there shall be one or two women members. Decision as to the appointment of the three control board directors, who will pe charged directly with adm tration of the law, was delayed yester- day by a decided difference among the Commissioners as to the number of women to be named. Commissioner George E. Allen. who had direct supervision over the prepa- ration of the liquor control bill, ar- dently advocated the naming of two women, but at the time was unable to convince his associates, Melvin C Hazen, president of the board, and Maj. John C. Gotwals, engineer Com- missioner. Hazen was just as insistent that only one woman be named. The caused the first split of any con- uence among members of the board Other Problems Up. It is expected that the board ap- pointees will be announced shortly after the bill is signed, Adoption of regulations governing the liquor business, approval of other busi- ness arrangements. including forms of bonds, license applications and the of- ficial petitions against the granting of licenses. and provision of adequate quarters for the board are scheduled for early attention, District officials are prepared to or- ganize early this week for a flood of business as soon as the measure be- comes law, since hundreds of applicants and others are affected by the law More t 100 names have been Sug- gested to the Commissioners for the liquor board appointments. and many have strong political backing. The Commissioners declared yesterday they had reached no final decision as to any appointment At the same time. however. specula< tion appeared to center around the " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) AMERICANS HELD IN SPAIN EXPECT MADRID PARDON Quartet Convicted of Attacking Civil Guard Foresee Freedom Next Week. By the Associated Press MADRID. January 20.—An official anncuncement of their sentences for attacking a Mallorca civil guard and a simultaneous government pardon early next week were in prospect to- night for four Americans. American Ambassador Claude G. Bowers said he was informed ghat the | government was actually trying to | shear through the red tape necessary for issuing the pardon, but probably would have it ready Monday. when the Supreme Court’s verdict is expected to be formally given out. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton B. Lockwood of West Springfield. Mass.. Roger F. Mead of New York and Edmund A Blodgett of Stamford, Conn.. were sen- tenced to six months and a day im- prisonment, ¢ SUICIDE LEAVES NOTE BLAMING Leaving a note saying gambling had caused him to become so hopelessly involved in debt that he did not know “which way to turn,” Myer Lewis, 25- year-old Government Printing Office employe, shot himself to death last night in his home, 1713 Seventh street. Lewis, members of his family told Policeman George,Cooper, second pre- cinct, fired a bullet through his head a few minutes after returning home. His mother, Mrs. Katie Lewis, who was scheduled to enter a hospital tomorrow for treatment for diabetes, collapsed when his body was found sprawled across the bed in his room. She was treated for hysteria. Returning home after a brief ab- given by Codéper, went directly to his room on the second floor. A few min- utes later his father, Isaac Lewis, who conducts a second-hand furniture store on the first floor, called him. Receiv- ing no response he went upstairs and | found his son lying on the bed with a .38-caliber pistol nearby. On a table a few feet away, was & | note, written in pencil on the back of a typewritten letter. “Dear mama: * * * I have gambled 5 cent T had and made, and 1 \ sence, Lewis, according to information | LURE OF GAMBLING FOR HIS ACT | owe so much that I do not know which | way to turn * * *.” he wrote. =« * X ¥ X | number of times, but it seems that I just did not have the will power. It | seems like Jimmy's place was a magnet, drawing me to it all the time.” The note also asked that his debts be paid out of a life insurance policy. | first floor, neither heard the report | of the gun, they told Cooper. The re- | volver, they said, had been taken from |a bureau in the father’s bed room. Lewis, Cooper said, evidently was sit- | ting on the side of his bed when he fired the shot. The slug went through | his head, struck a wall, ricocheted to coat, which was hanging on the back | | Traffic Bureau. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald, after issuing a certificate of | Funeral arrangements were not com- Surviving Lewis, besides his parents, are two brothers and a sister. “I have tried to give up gambling & | Although both parents were on the | | the opposite wall, rebounded to Lewis' | | of the door, and dropped into a pocket. | | It was found by Policeman J. O. Hite, | | suicide. released Lewis’ body for burial. | RAISING VETERANS' PAYMENTS SPIKES REVOLT IN* SENATE | Contest Continues for Even | Better Treatment, as Well as Pay Restoration. UPPER HOUSE IS LIKELY TO REMOVE PART OF CUT First Test to Come in Action by Subcommittee on Independent Offices Appropriation. BY G. GOULD LINCOL: President Roosevelt’s exe: e ore ders liberalizing war veterans' compen= sation by $21,000,000 has eased the si uation in the Senate which threatened a revolt against the administration to obtain better treatment and elimination of pay cuts ernment workers But while the President’s action has given administration leaders in the Senate hope they will be able to hold the lines so far as concessions to the veterans are cc has by no means put an end f still better treatment for veterans and for the Governm If the adm. a last-ditch figh tion of pay to the G for of the 15 per cent cu information must Senate Democrats likely to be pay rest | Upper House. Also Favored in House. The hope has been expressed by Dem- ocratic leaders in the Senate th: President will tal but will acqu: pay as the S it does not go too far Furthermore, it has been lea among the D there _are tho: the Senate amer offices bill so t will not s Democratic leade through voted for any one 10 o so-called economy s dependent offices A n the House would have there see the majo: I wish on this questio tion a s complete ther delay 1ally to tration would Many Democr they d_be mad The Republican Senate. who have the President o line for p nator Shipstead of r-Labor. will support full pay restoration. he sa Fess Backs Restoration, Senator McNary of Oregon, make Gover rther liberaliz compensat to for the for still erans terday had gone American gram, and t x met. except v E: 7 there should be more d for the Spanish-American War veterans. He plans to call another confercnce c publicans after the Committee shall have rep: dependent offices bill to ‘The assistant Repul Senator Fess of Ohio. only just to the Government w to restore their pay, and immediatel He would prefer that there be n tion in the coming fi the pay of members of Cc members of Congress n with voting for their own ga The movement in favor of full resior- ation of pay to the wos rs rece small salaries. ith perhaps a gradu- ated restoration of pay to those in the higher salary brackets, seems to be gaining ground. provided full restora- tion of pay for all the workers cannot be carried. It was pointed out. for ex- ample, that a 15 per cent cut to a worker receiving only $1.200 or less was a most serious matter. The first test will come in the su committee of the Committee on Ap- propriations which meets tomorrow morning to continue consideration of the independent offices appropriation bill. which carries the items for Gove (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) JOHNSTOWN MAYOR BANS SUNDAY TRADE Will Even Block Choir Singers to Probe “Absurdity” of Blue Laws. on L By the Asseciated Press. JOHNSTOWN, Pa, January 20.—A much perturbed and a little deflant citi- zenry tonight faced a Sunday without movies. sodas or gasoline as Mayor Eddie McCloskey prepared to show the people just how “ridiculous” blue laws are anyway. Every business house got orders from policemen today to “pull down your blinds tomorrow and keep them down” under an edict of the mayor that s | blue law of 1913 will be enforced to the last letter. ‘The mayor said he will back up the old law so well “that the paid chorr singers will not be permitted to appear in_the churches.” It started when the City Council told McCloskey to close Sunday shows. This incensed the flery mayor, so he ordered everything shut up. “The Council wants to be ridiculous,” | sald McCloskey. “I am going to show just how insane blue laws can be.” Several groups of alarmed citizens prepared to protest the whole thing as soon as the mayor gets back from Hare risburg, where he went on business toe