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WEA' . (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably occasional rain to- night and tomorrow; warmer, with lowest temperature about 54 degrees tonight; colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 54, at noon today; lowest, 39, at 4 am. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 15,16 & 17 B-5. No. 33,180. post office, Wi DAVISIN DENES WFEWAS SHD ON FV OFHERDEATH Tells Coroner’s Jury She Called “Good Night, Dar- ling” to Him. SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW TERMS OF HEIRESS’ WILL “I Loved My Wife and Wasn’t Interested in Monetary Affairs,” He Says. BY JOHN H. CLINE, Stafl Correspondent of The Star. PINEHURST, N. C., March 5.—Be- fore a gaping crowd of socially promi- nent spectators, H. Bradley Davidson, jr.. of Washington, D. C., today gave a coroner's jury a graphic account of the events preceeding the mysterious death of his 22-year-old bride. The wife, formerly Miss Elva Stat- ler. adopted daughter of the late mil- lionaire chain hotel owner, was found dead in the garage on their fashion- able estate here last Wednesday morning. Davidson said he last saw his bride of two months when he kissed her good night about five hours before she was found dead. He said they occupied adjoining rooms. and that a few minutes later she called to him: darling." Denies Income Statement. The husband indignantly denied saying he intended to live on his wife's income, but admitted he gave | up a job in Washington at her re- quest to live with her here. Standing fast in the face of ques- tions framed in an effort to show he knew he was principal beneficiary under her will, Davidson denied knowing the contents of the docu- ment. “She asked me to read it” he said, “but I never did so. I loved her and wasn't interested in monetary effairs.” “Were you ever abusive your wife?” Pruette asked. “Of course, I say no.” he replied. *I should say it was just the con- trary.” He said he had talked to a doctor concerning her physicial condition. “We both wanted a child,” he said, “but we were afraid her health ‘wouldn't stand it.” He added it developed later she was not going to have a child. Davidson, in answer to a question. said he had played golf the day after toward he returned from his wife's funeral. ! “I felt that I had to do something.” Davidson told the jury his wife suffered a head injury some time ago which necessitated insertion of a silver plate. “This injury made her nervous at times and caused severe headaches. She wouldn't take drugs, but often went for rides in the early morning. ‘This seemed to relieve her.” M. G. Boyette, attorney for David- son, then asked several questions designed to show the latter’s willing- ness to co-operate with investigators. Davidson said he agreed to an autopsy ‘“reluctantly” because he didn't like the idea of his wife's body ! being handled in this manner. Husband Called First. Prosecutor Pruette opened the in- quest at 10:15. Witnesses who went with the heiress on her last party were excluded from the room. Davidson, although present with his brother, Richard, was not asked to leave. ‘The spectators gasped when Pruette called Davidson as the first wit- ness. A titter of laughter ran through the room when the solicitor found himself without a Bible to swear the witness. The coroner produced one from his car. : Davidson was grim of face as the State began its questioning. He testi- fied he was married January 3, coming to Pinehurst shortly thereafter. Coming down to the night before his bride met her mysterious death, Davidson said he and his wife and their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Campaigne, had dinner at their home. He testified they had tea at § o'clock and one highball before dinner Denies Being Intoxicated. “We had nothing to drink after | dinner,” he said, “and we left for| the charity ball about 11 pm. We had perhaps two drinks there. I danced twice with my wife.” At 1:30 am.. he said, the party left the dance and went to Montesanti's spaghetti house. “Were you intoxicated after getting there?” Pruette asked. “I was not,” (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) CONDEMNED SLAYER GETS NEW REPRIEVE Roosevelt Grants 30-Day Execu- tion Stay to Charles Harris. President Roosevelt today granted a 80-day reprieve to Charles Harris, condemned to be electrocuted in the District Jail on March 12 for the murder of Milton (Milsie) Henry, Washington gambler, shot to death here on April 21, 1832 The second reprieve granted to Har- ris, the action of President Roosevelt postpones the electrocution to April 11. Attorney General Cummings an- nounced the presidential action. It 1s understood the reprieve came as a result of a request from Department of Justice officials working on the case. Agents of the department have been interviewing witnesses and desire more time to gather additional evidence, it 1s said. At the beginning of the year, Presi- dent Roosevelt granted Harris a 60- day reprieve after a committee, headed by Charles Edward Russell, the writer, had presented an appeal to the White House. Henry is being represented by Neil Burkinshaw and Nugent Dodd. attorneys. They were formerly con- nected with the Department of Jultlfl‘.‘ . > “Good night, | | fuehrer Adolf Hitler's postponement Entered as second class matter ashington. D. C. |Holmes in Coma, With Death Only ' Matter of Hours Oxygen and Injections of Glucose Fail to Halt Failing Condition. Oliver \'Vendell Holmes has lapsed into a coma, it was learned today after his attending physicians paid & noon visit. Mark Howe, a former secretary, said the venerable justice was sink- ing steadily and his death was only a matter of hours. The former Supreme Court associate no longer was able to take nourish- ment, Howe said. The next scheduled visit of Dr. Thomas Claytor, heading the phy- sicians attending Holmes, was 8 o'clock tonight. Despite the administration of oxygen and injections of glucose the 93-year- old retired jurist was said to be losing ground steadily. TALK WITH SIMON |Believed Offended by British Charges Germany Is Rearming. (Copyrizht. 1935 by the Associated Press) BERLIN, March 5.—Reichsfuehrer Hitler today postponed his scheduled | conference with Sir John Simon, Brit- | ish foreign secretary, “on account of a cold.” but Berlin diplomatic circles | expressed the opinion that Hitler was offended by yesterday's British white | paper. These diplomatic circles character- | ized the side-stepping of the confer- | ence Thursday as “a diplomatic form” | of cancelling the long-expected talk completely. (The British white paper, given to | Parliament in connection with the | British government’s plea for an in- | crease in military expenditures, al-; ! luded to charges that Germany was | rearming and said: “This rearma-, ment. if continued at the present rate, ! unabated and uncontrolled, will ag-| gravate the existing anxiety of Ger- many's neighbors and may conse- | | quently produce a situation where | peace will be in peril.”) Criticized by Paper. The diplomats, as soon as they had heard of Hitler's postponement, im- mediately jumped to the conclusion that Hitler was angry. His newspaper, the Voelkischer Beo- ! bachter, commented adversely on the ' | British white paper. The article was | believed inspired by Hitler himself or | by Alfred Rosenberg, the chief of the newspaper and head of the Germanic | pagan movement. The newspaper, commenting on the white paper, declared: “It is regrettable that England ap- parently does not know what is essen- tial for conferences with Germany. “Its only reason is to justify British armament, but it is noteworthy that Great Britain published the book be- fore the Berlin conference. England obviously believes she can thus strengthen her own position.” Throat Trouble. Hitler’s physicians were responsible for his calling off the conference with Sir John. They described his, illness | as “cold and throat trouble.” The postponement came as a sur- prise to the German public and to foreign quarters here because of re- peated official denials that Reichs- fuehrer Hitler had throat trouble. LONDON IS ASTONISHED. Officials Believe Hitler Wants Delay for Survey. LONDON, March 5 (#).—Great | Britain’s statement on the expansion of empire defenses with direct criti- cism of Germany was held responsible today in unofficial circles for Reichs- ! of his conference with Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary. Official circles declined to comment, but the officials appeared astonished at the sudden postponement of the | visit of Sir John and Capt. Anthony Eden, scneduled for Thursday. It was understood announcement of the postponement was received in London at 12:30 p.m., the British Am- bassador at Berlin apparently receiv- ing it at about the same time the press was informed. “Caught Unprepared.” The impression seemed to be that the government's white paper, to Parliament, containing a plea for in- | creased military expenditures, and referring to German armaments, caught Hitler unprepared and he | wants more time to consider the sit- uation. ‘The British government showed it officially believed the postponement in the meeting at Berlin was actually | due to the announced illness of Hitler. | As proof of this official vlewpolnt,) it sent a message to the German lead- | er expressing the British government’s regret at his illness and the govern- ment’s hopes for his speedy recovery. EX-KING’S NEPHEW TO ACCEPT THRONE Prince Ananda, 11 Years Ofd, May Succeed Prajadhipok of Siam. By the Associateq Press. BANGKOK, 8iam, March 5.— Prince Ananda, 11-year-old nephew of former King Prajadhipok, has ac- cepted the invitation to succeed his uncle on the Siamese throne, it was announced today. ‘The announcement said the shy young prince is awaiting further de- tails from Siam at Lausanne, Switzer- land, where he” has been studying in an exclusive school. Ch WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1935—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. HITLER POSTPONES SENATE DECISION ON FARLEY PROBE EXPECTEDTODAY Post Office Committee to Decide Action on Long Resolution. POSTMASTER GENERAL DENIES ALL CHARGES Louisianan Asked by Senators to Name Witnesses and Reveal Evidence. . BY J. A. O'LEARY. ‘The Senate Post Office Committee may decide this afternoon what action it will take on the resclution of Sena- tor Long, Louisiana Democrat, seek- ing an investigation: of Postmaster General Farley, who late yesterday filed with the committee a lemgthy denial of the various charges in the Long resolution. After a day /n which developments came thick and fast in the Long- Farley controversy, the Post Office Committee adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock today, when, Chairman Me- Kellar said, it is hoped a decision will be reached. The committee sent a letter to Long last night, asking him to submit by | noon today “the names of witnesses! whom you propose to call and the sub- | stance of the evidence which you propose o rlicit from each.” “take a little time” to prepare the information the Senate Post Office Committee had asked him to sulmit today. “l probably will get that up to- night or tomorrow,” Long added Subcommittee Named. Another step taken late yesterday was appointment of a subcommittee to examine overnight the stack of |data from the P. W. A. files, sub- | mitted to the Senate yesterday after- | noon by Secretary Ickes in response ito a Senate resolution. This reso- ilunon, sponsored by Long, asked for any records relating to concerns men- | tioned by Long in his charges against Farley in the Senate. It also asked for any data which may have re- lated to Mr. Farley “or any concern with which Mr. Farley has been or is now identified.” In a letter of transmittal accom- panying the data, Secretary Ickes stated he had “never made or caused to be made any investigation of Post- master General Farley.” The com- mittee designated Senators Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina: Byrnes, Democrat. of South *Carolina, and | Barbour, Republican, of New _Jersey, to report today on the substafice of data in the Ickes report. In his letter to the Senate com- mittee, made public last night, the Postmaster General replied in detail to the various charges in Senator Long's resolution. He summed up his answer by saying he wanted to “deny the base insinuation of the Senator from Louisiana that I have at any time used the power and prestige of | my office for personal financial gain or private interest.” Resolution Quoted. Farley's letter began as follows: “The resolution states that ‘whereas it has been reported that James A Farley, acting as Postmaster General and in various other capacities for the United States Government has conducted a private business for the selling of materials to persons engaged in doing public construction work for the United States Government, and that in some instances concerns buy- ing materials from the said concerns in which the said James A. Farley is interested have received contracts through as many as three low bidders being disqualified.’ “I have conducted no private busi- ness since I have occupied the posi- tion of Postmaster General of the United States. Prior to March 4, 1933, I resigned as president and di- rector of the General Builders' Supply (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) PROBEOF N.R.A. | T0 OPEN THURSDAY Senate Finance Committee to Call Richberg as First Witness. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The Senate Finance Committee de- cided today to open its investigation of N. R. A. Thursday with Donald Richberg, former counsel of the Re- covery Administration and now di- rector of the National Emergency Council, as the first witness. The committee debated the conduct of the inquiry for more than an hour in closed session today, but in the end Chairman Harrison announced that no plans had been made beyond the calling of Richberg. Harrison said a subcommittee probably would be named to plan the future course of the investigation. There were indications of a sharp division within the committee between those who want to hurry up the in- vestigation in order to begin framing new legislation and those who want an unrestricted and unlimited inquiry into the administration of N. R. A. Harrison be called first “in order that we may get a picture of the N. R. A. situa- tion as it stands today.” Amusements . Comics ... Features Finance .. | A-15-16-17 .. A-9 Senator Long said today it would | ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION l | BELGRAND SPURNS HONSMAESHFT gion Backs Vinson Bill, Rejects Patman’s. By the Associated Press. | Open warning that the American ’ugion has no intention of accepting ] a compromise on the $2,000,000,000 | bonus payment, was given to Congress | today by Frank N. Belgrano, jr., Le- | gion national ccmmander. After urging the House Ways and Means Committee to approve the Vin- son bonus payment bill instead of the Patman bill with its currency expan- sion provisions, Belgrano was asked by Representative Treadway (Repub- lican) of Massachusetts. “Would you prefer payment of the adjusted compensation certificates with deduction from the face value of interest on loans obtained, or would you prefer no apple at all?” “No Compromise.” Belgrano reminded that the last Legion convention opposed deduction of interest and added: ‘We feel that there should be no compromise so far as the Legion is concerned. I don't believe that the Legion commander or Executive Com- mittee has any right to compromise because I am thoroughly convinced that if we stand. legislation will be passed by Congress to give us the whole apple.” Belgrano and other Legion repre- sentatives appeared before the House group after the committee, in a heated discussion, had rejected. 14 to 6. a Republican motion to call upon the Treasury and Veterans’ Administra- tion for an expression of their atti- tude toward bonus payment. John Thomas Taylor, legislative rep- resentative of the Legion, opened the attack on the currency expansion fea- tures of the Patman bill by saying: “The American Legion does nut‘ want its legislation for payment of | the adjusted compensation certificates | tied to any other type. Fears Defeat. “We do not want a stone tied around our bill that will drag it down to de- feat.” ‘The Legion witnesses indorsed the Vinson bill, which does not specify how the money to pay the two-billion- dollar bonus should be raised. “How would you finance the Legion bill?” asked Representative McCor- mick, Democrat, of Massachusetts. “The Appropriations Committee of the House would pass on that,” Taylor replied. “And it is the job and pre- rogative of the Secretary of the Treas- ury to decide that.” “Do you favor two billion dollars in 's a perfectly unfair question.” “In other words,” McCormick pur- sued, “you come up here and tell us you want the bonus paid and have nothing to say about how it should be paid?” “It's correct,” Taylor answered. “Well,” interposed Representative “(Continued on Page 3, Column 5. BROTHERS ARE HELD New Yorkers Accused of Robbing Car of Capital Woman. NEW YORK, March 5 (P).—Charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of a bag from an automo- bile owned by Elisie Martens of 1915 Connecticut avenue, Washington, D. C, Carl Rano, 26, and his brother, | crews succeeded in putting Prancis, 22, were placed in a police line-up here today. AND IF YOU .KEEP QN LIKE THIS-YOU'LL END UP IN JAIL! UNDERSTAND ? Big Bridge Caisson CarryingDynamite Runs Wild in Bay 10,000-Ton Juggernaut on Sinking Trip. By the Assoclated Press. o Star The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. kKR Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,607 Some Returns Not Yet Received UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. @ (McCARRAN PLAN LOSES Sieo BYTIE VOTEINREPORT 'ON NEW WORK BILL TROOPS REPORTED MOVED INBALKANS Rejects Compromise — Le-| of Waves Escapes Tugs | Turks Said to Be Gathering | Forces on Greek Border in Civil War. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.—The | rampage of a dynamite-laden steel caisson was checked early today off San Francisco’s golden gate when tugs’ lines aboard the 10,000-ton structure. The huge “jinx" caisson, discarded | from use on the golden gate bridge construction project, broke away from two tugs last night. Four men were aboard it. Endangering shipping, it reared wildly 5 miles out in the Pacific while one of the tugs raced back to | port 1o obtain more gear. ‘The four men finally were taken aboard one of the tugs and with the added equipment the caisson was again taken in tow Reputed to be the largest structure of its kind ever built, the caisson was | being towed away from Oakland to be dynamited and sunk near the Farallon Islands. S MINERS WALKOUT AP ENVISONED Lewis Holds New Contra}cts on Wages Only Chance to Avoid Crisis. By the Associated Press. A Nation-wide cessation of work in the bituminous coal fields on April 1 unless new wage contracts are negotiated in the meantime was held out as a possibility today by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine ‘Workers of America. Unless new wage agreements are reached before April 1, Lewis said at a Senate Interstate Commerce Sub- committee hearing on the Guffey bill, the miners will have no right to enter the mines that day “and there will be no work.” The union leader carefully avoided any reference to a strike, but left no doubt in the minds of his audience that the union had no intention of permitting its members to work with- out contracts. Conference to Resume. _ A conference of operators and the union leaders is scheduled to resume on March 11 wage negotiations which started February 18, but were ad- journed pending completion ot the hearings on the Guffey bill to regu- late the soft-coal industry as a public utility. At the opening of these conferences, Lewis demanded a 30-hour week and & basic daily mininlum wage of $5.50 for the miners. The demands were rejected. Lewis told the subcommittee today the present “‘demoralized” state ot the operators had mada it more difficult to reach a settlement on the wage ques- tion and minimized the chances of negotiating new contracts before the existinb agreements expire at 6 mid- night on March 31. Contributing to the “demoralisa- tion,” Lewis said, was the operators’ voluntary reduction of their realiza- tion from production of coal. Pope Warns of ‘Wanton Nudity’ In Paganized Life of Today By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, March 5— Pope Pius today delivered a bitter at- tack against nudism in addressing Rome's Lenten preachers on the eve of Lent. “The paganized life of today.” de- clared his holiness, “afflicts all open and attentive eyes, a life so specific- ally, so paganly dedicated to pleasure and to the search for pleasure. “It is a life so specifically ton. Its wantonness surpasses on many oc- casions that of the ancient pagan life. “It 15 called—with a horrible word and with horrible blasphemy—the cult of nudity.” Speaking slowly and with emphasis, the Pope went on: “In the olden times, nudity was in art. but one could not say that it was in life, meither in Rome nor in Greece.” i The Pontiff then called attention to “another paganizing tendency.” He described it as “the unconscious- ness of the offense that is rendered continuously to ‘virtue by placing it in peril as one does through the mania of ueln;neverythlu. of en- joying everything.’ The Pope then expressed his “high confidence that your words and ex- hortations in these directions will not be extended without some fruit.” He invited the preachers, in their sermons, to “pay particular attention to the truly afflicting and desolating contradiction which one sees even among the faithful, even among those who frequently practice their devout between the faith in which they believe and the life they prac- tice, between their professed faith and their life with its strong pagan tend- 4 (Copyright. 1935. by the Assoclated Press.) | bombing planes and heavily armed | loyal troops smashec into massed rebel | forces in the Strume area of Salonika | today and official reports of ‘“heavy fighting” indicated a speedily mount- ing casualty list in Greece's civil war. Prevailing More Strongly Wag ¢ Amendment Backed Than Before, However. $4,000,000,000 FUND IS DIVIDED AMONG 8 GENERAL PROJECTS President Given Leeway to Shift 20 Per Cent of Any Fund to Build Up Any Other Which Needs} Strengthening. BULLETIN. 112 to 12 in committee. The vote | bership of the committee. prevailing wage proposal. feated in committee by a vote of offered as a substitute for the so: as follows: A shift in the vote on the McCarran prevailing wage amendment to the work-relief bill, which would make it pos- sible for the administration to defeat that amendment, was reported at the Capitol late this afternoon. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Minus the McCarran prevailing wage amendment, President i Roosevelt's $4,880,000,000 work-relief bill again was reported to the gsenate today by the Appropriations Committee, The McCarran amendment failed of adoption by a tie vote ot accounted for the entire mem- This represents a gain in strength in the committee for 'the Before the bill was reported to the Senate the first time, the McCarran amendment had been de- 14 to 9. The aye and no vote on the McCarran amendment, which was -called Russell amendment, was | Ayes—Copeland, New York; Thomas, Oklahoma; Adams, Colo- ATHENS, March 5. Govemmmt‘rado: McCarran, Nevada; Overton, Louisiana; O’'Mahoney, Wyo- | ming, and Truman, Missouri, Democrats; Nye, North Dakota; Stei- wer, Oregon; Dickinson, Iowa; Townsend, Delaware, and Carey, | Wyoming, Republicans. | | { Byrnes, South Carolina; Tydings, Maryland; Russell, H Noes—Glass, Virginia; McKellar, Tennessee; Hayden, Arizona; Georgia; Meanwhile, in Vienna, a wave of | Coolidge, Massachusetts; Bankhead, Alabama; McAdoo, California, apprehension swept through the city | when unconfirmed reports indicated | Turkish troops were gathering on the | Greek frontier because of the civil war in Greece. Border Guard Strengthened. The same reports said the Bulgarian | border guard had been strengthiened in view cf the situation in Greek Mace- donia where loyal government troops are a desperate drive to sup- press the rebellion Some refugees frcm the fighting | ready are said to have arrived at | Petritch in Bulgarian Macedonia The Greek government troops were | moving in a mass offensive against the Macedonian rebels. Even as they swung into action 21 | bombing planes left the Sedes Air- | drome to co-ordinate a bombing attack | against the rebels in the north. | The troops, moving forward, sur- rounded one rebel battalion at Poroi, and these were reported to have laid down their arms. Other revolutionary | troops were captured at Nigritta. Attack Is Sudden. The mass attack came with stun- ning suddenness in view of the gov- ernment’s announcement yesterday that the rebels had one day in which to lay down their arms. The sudden offensive indicated that Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris and his ministers intended to clean up the re- | bellious situation without the loss of an hour’s time. No official word was heard in Athens as to the whereabouts of former Pre- mier Eleutherios Constantine Veni- zelos, whom the government accused of leading the rebellion. It was as- sumed, however, that he was still in Crete. It was rumored that one of the rebel warships, the light cruiser Helles, was standing by in Crete with steam up ready to transport the 71-year-old “Grand Old Man of Greece” to some foreign haven of refuge. Aircraft Restricted. Beginning tomorrow and until fur- ther notice, the Greek government prohibits all private and commercial m:h from landing in Greece. Al- ready the government has stopped the circulation of private or commercial automobiles. With the Bourse closed, all business is at a standstill. Athens today ap- peared to be in the veritable throes of war. The government was round- ing up all suspected sympathizers with the rebel cause and holding them for courts-martial. The rebel warships were denied a haven of refuge at Salonika and were prevented from making contact with the land forces by speedy government action in mining Salonika Harbor. Gen. George Kondylis, minister of war, addressed a proclamation to the rebels in which he characterized Ve- nizelos as “a mad former prime min- ister” and placed upon his shoulders the responsibility for any further bloodshed. The rebel fleet was reported to be steaming out of its retreat in Souda Bay, off the Island of Crete. Put Into Aegean Sea. It was reported to have put out into the Aegean Sea and to be moving along the Cyclades, a group of islands off the east coast of Greece, Gen. Kondylis in his proclamation gave the rebels today to “declate your intention to capitulate.” “Venizelos must have been actuated by a spirit of madness to have em- barked upon a rebellion against the government,” his statement said. “The government has no intention of killing its citizens. Against the rebel forces in Eastern Macedonia, however a large army air force has been massed. Should it be necessary to bring these into action, responsi- bility will rest upon a mad former prime minister.” . Despite the fact that the mining of Salonika harbor appeared to have di- vided their strength, the Cretan reb- els were still deflant. Newspapers said the population of Crete has risen up against the rebels, their hostility augmented as a result ted government air at- | Democrats; Hale, Maine; Keyes, | South Dakota, Republicans. i S e———t |GEORGIA GUARDSMEN IN STRIKE DISTRICT; Converge on Manchester to Pre- serve Order in Textile ‘Walkout. By the Assoclated P.ess. LA GRANGE. Ga, March 5.— Seven picked companies of Georgia National Guardsmen, veterans in | strike duty, converged on Lagrange | and Manchester today to preserve or- | der in Georgia's latest textile labor | walkout. More than 350 troops were ordered out last night when Gov. Eugene Tal- | madge proclaimed martial law for the | strike areas in response to petitions | from public officials and 1,069 mill | workers. About 350 Guardsmen left Atlanta this morning, while the re- mainder moved in from Barnes- ville, Ga. Adjt. Gen. Lindley Camp com- manded his famous “flying squadron” which last Fall broke up flying squadrons of pickets in the general textile strike and later saw duty at the Richmond Hosiery Mill strike at Rossville, Ga. The troops ordered here have been trained specially in the use of riot guns, tear and nausea gas and other equipment to put down disturbances. GIRL 1S KIDNAPED: EX-CONVICT HUNTED Youth Said to Have Staged Ab- duction in Front of Store. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 5.— South Bend and Mishawaka police to- day hunted for Dorothea Emmons, aged 17, and Russell Austin, aged 23, an ex-convict. The latter is reported to have kidnaped the girl as she sat in an automobile in front of a grocery store near the outskirts of South Bend. JEWS RETURN TO BERLIN BUT ARE ARRESTED Few Released Promise to Leave Country—Others Sent to Concentration Camps. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 5.—A score or more of Jews who returned to Berlin within the last few weeks in the hope the anti-Semetic campaign had abated, | were promptly arrested and most of ! them held, it was learned today. Some few were released, however, when they promised to leave the coun- try immediately. The others are be- ing held at police headquarters pend- ing a transfer to the “educational camp,” which is a concentration camp as far as the Jews are concerned These were advised that since they had been abroad for so long they must become indoctrinated wjth the Nazi weltanschauung, or n, before being permitted to resume residence in Germany. — JAPAN IS SILENT Non-Committal Toward U. 8. Sil- wver Policy. TOKIO, March § (#.—A foreign office spokesman said today that Ja- pan’s attitude toward the United New Hampshire, and Norbeck, The amendment was lost through the parliamentary practice that a tie vote defeats a motion. Three Switch Vote. Adams, O'Mahoney and Truman, Democrats, who supported the Mc- Carran amendment, previously had voted against it in committee. All three, however, voted in the Senate in favor of the amendment when it was adopted, 44 to 43. The Russell amendment provides for the “security” wage planned by the administration for 3,500,000 em- | ployables on relief rolls, but empowers President Roosevelt to apply the pre- vailing wage if necessary to prevent disturbance to private wage levels. Before approving the measure, the committee adopted an amendment breaking down the $4,000,000,000 work- relief fund into eight general types of projects, with a provision giving the President power to shift 20 per cent of the total of any project to any other project. This would give the President an $800,000,000 flexible fund. Text of Amendment. *The amendment follows: “Provided that except as to such part of the appropriations made herein as the President may deem necessary for continuing relief as authorized under the Federal emergency relief act of 1933, as amended, this appro- priation shall be available for the fol- lowing classes of projects, and the amounts to be expended for each class shall not, except as hereinafter pro- vided, exceed the respective amounts stated. viz: “Highways, roads, streets and grade crossing elimination, $800,000.000: ru- ral rehabilitation, $500,000,000; rural electrification. $100,000,000; housing, $450,C00,000; projects for professional and clerical persons, $300,000.000; Civilian Conservation Corps, $600,- 000,0C0; public projects of States or political subdivisions thereof, $900.- 000.000; sanitation, prevention of soil erosion, reforestation, forestation and miscellaneous projects, $350,000,000; “Provided further, that not to ex- ceed 20 per cent of the amount so aliocated and herein appropriated may be used by the President to in- crease any one or more of the fore- going limitations if he finds it neces- sary to do so in order to effectuate the purpose of this joint resolution.” This amendment was adopted, 14 to 6. The ayes were: Glass, McKe]- lar, Hayden, Thomas, Byrnes, Russell, Coolidge, Bankhead, O'Mahoney, Mc- Adoo, Truman, Nye, Steiwer and Nor- beck. Those opposed were Copeland, Hale, Keyes, Dickinson, Townsend and Carey. Designed to Meet Criticism. The amendment seeking to break down the appropriation for work-re- lief is understood to have come from administration sources and designed to meet the criticism which has been leveled against the bill that the Presi- dent is to spend $4,000,000,000 in any way he may desire without any check by Congress. The bill has been thrown into the Senate again with the McCarran pre- vailing wage amendment still a ma- jor issue. Senator McCarran said after the committee meeting that he would move the adoption of his amend- ment when the bill is taken up in the Senate. Administration leaders claim they will be able to defeat the prevailing wage amendment this time. In fact, these administration leaders have in- sisted that the bill would not be brought before the Senate again vntil 1t could be passed in a shape ratis- factory to the President. Senator McCarran declared he saw no break in the lines in support of the prevailing wage amendment Or- ganized labor is still strongly back- ing that amendment. The bill was reported to the Senate States’ silver policy was non-commit- tal. in virtually the same form that it left (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)