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Complete Wire leports rUMTED PMESS, tlie Grea Service i TTD Press SPORTS CLOSING STOCKS WEATHER Cotf tonight, lowest temperature about 5 degrees; Sunday cloudy ONE vtltTI V. TW 20 Entered as vonA-- matlr rpvtC Postuf Ace.Piutuirch i. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY; 14, 1931 rnirv nn Worn Lru Passes 20 Million Drouth Relief Measure IN TWO SECTIONS SECTION Which Destroys vW Mil i -sffi 'P if, 1 LJL 4 IIIIIIIKIIIM I wJlMlfewnin. ir A I 1 Church H. LANDER Staff Writer The elections already had been boy cotted by Republicans and Socialists.

Berenguer said that the Liberal statement did much to clarify the (Continued on Page 5) SEEK TO IDENTIFY VICTIM OF 'RIDE' Man Slain in Auto in Beaver County Allegheny and, Beaver County detectives today sought to trace the identity of a slain man, believed the victim of gangster's through "tattoo marks on his arms. The body was discovered by. the Rev. L. W.

-Lytle, pastor of United Presbyterian Church, Hanover, and his wife, beside Route No. 18, near Mechanicsburg, late yesterday. The man had been Shot twice and evidently had been pitched from an auto after all identifying marks had been removed from his clothing. State police at New Brighton said the -man was of Italian or Grecian birth, about 28, five feet four inches in height, weighed about 135 pounds, and had dark brown hair. SCRIPPS-HOWARD PRESIDENT WINS ON COMPROMISE AS BATTLE ENDS Funds to Be Used Only in Drouth Area as Loans on Security DOES NOT INCLUDE AID FOR CITY POOR Measure Now Goes to House With Speedy Action Expected BULLETIN WASHINGTON The Senate today approved the S20.000.000 drouth relief compromise.

The Senated voted to adopt the conference report on the Interior Department appropriation bill. The report now goes to the House, where speedy adoption is expected. The compromise is in the form of an amendment to the Interior Department bill. WASHINGTON Bacon and beans or some substitute for such staples to a maximum value of $20,000,000 are to be voted drouth-stricken farm families today by a talked-out Senate. An hour's taste of a night session obtained unanimous agreement last night to vote on the relief measure by 2 p.

m. today. The fight is almost over. Most opponents of the compromise relief program concede their inability to defeat the appropriation. The administration views the appropriation as primarily designed to rehabilitate credit in the drouth areas.

But under an interpretation by Secretary Hyde, borrowers may use Federal loans to purchase food. House leaders have agreed to this compromise measure. Fewer than 20 votes definitely oppose it in the Senate, according to the estimate of Minority Leader Robinson. The next step toward enactment would be taken by the House. The Senate and the White House have battled almost three months over this issue.

Chairman McNary of the Agricultural Committee first introduced in the Senate a relief measure which would have permitted food loans. He said it represented the recommendations of the Agriculture Department. President Hoover challenged the food loan policy. The Senate stood by the McNary bill and passed it, but the House reduced the appropriation to $45,000,000, limiting loans to the purchase of feed, seed, fertil- Continued on Page 5) TROLLEY DERAILING BRINGS FIREMEN Street Car Jumps Track and Hits Alarm Box All downtown fire apparatus was called at Grant Street and Fourth Avenue during the rush hour this morning when a crowded Castle Shannon street car jumped the tracks, knocking over a fire alarm box and sending in an alarm. Passengers were shaken up and pedestrians scurried for safety when the vehicle left the rails and continued over the pavement.

Traffic was rerouted down the Boulevard of the" Allies and over Smithfield Street. While workmen were trying to get thevcar back on the tracks another inbound Castle Shannon car jumped the tracks at Third Avenue and Grant Street. Gertrude Fisher. 22, of 300 block Catherine Street, Mt. Washington, injured.

TODAY INSIDE Page Amos 'n Andy 11 Church News 6 Comic Pages 18-19 Editorial 4 Facts on Income Tax 12 Finance 12 For Ginger's 18 Hey wood Broun i 2 Hollywood Film Shop 3 1 Dare Say 3 Movie Stars 3 Mr. Fixit 11 Neighborhood Tales 2 Mrs. Howe's Letter 8 Music Review. 11 Pictorial 20 Radio Page 11 Society News 7 Sports 9-10 Story of Sue 8 Theaters What's Going On What's in Fashion. Younger Set 7 7 Sen nnnRtTPnNfr ate PAGES.

ICE HAMPERS FIGHT TO HALT S30.000 FIRE Flames, Starting From Overheated Furnace, Discovered by Pastor FROZEN HYDRANTS DELAY FIREMEN Traffic in Streets and on Three Trolley Lines Disrupted The East Street Baptist Church and parsonage. East and Creek Streets, North Side, were destroyed by fire today with an estimated loss of $30,000. The flames, which started from an over-heated furnace in the church, were discovered by the pastor, Rev. William L. Schoeffel.

Two alarms called 10 North Side companies to the scene, but the blaze, fanned by a high wind, had gained such headway it was impossible to save the two-story brick building. Hydrants Frozen Frozen water hydrants hampered firemen on their arrival. After the second alarm, hose was laid for more than quarter of a mile to reach additional hydrants. Traffic in East Street was blocked and street car service on the Evergreen, West View and East Street lines disrupted. Rev.

Schoeffel and his wife. Mrs. Georgina Schoeffel, were at breakfast when the fire started. Library Destroyed Included in the loss. Rev.

Schoeffel said, was his library which he valued at more than $1,500. Rev. Schoeffel said services would not be held tomorrow because it would be impossible to secure a location and notify members of the congregation in time. The building was erected in 1907. and Rev.

Schoeffel has been pastor of the congregation of about 100 persons for three and a half years. JAIL CHORUS GIRLS IN RAID ON SHOW 1 1 -n Chicago Police Halt Carroll's Musical Comedy By The I nited Press CHICAGO Earl Carroll's musical comedy "Sketch Book," in one scene of which an almost nude girl and three men stood in a bath tub and threw water at each other, was raided last night by police. The manager," James Carroll, brother of EarL two comedians and 28 chorus girls were arrested. They were taken in patrol wagons to a police station and charged with taking part in an obscene performance. Later all were released on bonds of $1,000 each.

At the police station, the of them still in their stage costumes, literally "swarmed all over the place," a blushing policeman related later. John L. Garrity, theater manager, said he was at a loss to understand this raid. "Unless," he added, "it was be cause of that scene in the Chicago cabaret where a cop comes in, pays no attention to a dead man on the floor, and arrests one customer for parking his car too near a fire plug." FIREMEN DON MASKS Smoke Fills Penn Avenue Building Before Blaze Is Discovered Firemen donned smoke masks to locate afire in a three-story brick building in the 600 block Penn Ave nue early today. The fire started in the kitchen of the Italian, Restaurant conducted by A.

Marsili, firemen said. Smoke filled the building before the blaze was" discovered. Loss was placed at $500. man sweetheart, are scheduled to die at Rockview, February 23. Their last chance to have their sentence commuted will be Wednesday, when an appeal for them will be before the State Pardon Board at Harris-burg.

The death of Irene's mother was the turning point in her life, according to the neighbors and teachers who knew her. Mrs. Barbara Harris was the neighbor whom Irene summoned when her mother was dying. She had known Irene from babyhood. "Irene was so tiny and frail when she was born, her parents didn't think she would Harris said.

"p1 SPANISH CABINET OUT; LIBERAL RULE IS NEAR Republican Factions Hope for Control as Parliamentary Ejections Are Postponed King Meets Leaders 0) iiuvi GROCER INSISTS KLINE'S REPORT MEET CHARGES Will Ask Council Hearing if Mayor's Probe Proves to. Be Whitewash HE WOULD QUESTION SUCC0P AND KERR Award of Contracts Indirectly Involves City Executive, Says Former Director John D. Houston, wholesale grocer who initiated charges of favoritism in canned food bids by the Department of Supplies, will ask Council for an open hearing, with the proviso that he be allowed to question certain witnesses, if Mayor Kline's report to Council does not constitute a satisfactory answer to his charges. "If the Mayor's report tries to whitewash Director of Supplies Succop. I will ask Council for an open hearing, provided they will bring before them certain witnesses whom I would like to question, together with pertinent city records," Houston said today.

"The witnesses should be present, because there would be no use in my merely telling Council the same things I have already given them in writing Secret Hearing Concluded Mayor Kline yesterday concluded his secret probe of charges that Succop had permitted the L. H. Parke Company of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, to enjoy a virtual monopoly in canned goods orders for, Mayview and other, city institutions by preferring its high bids to those of lower bidders. -Kline announced thati he and City Controller Kerr would start work at once on a report to Council. He hoped to have the report completed in time to present to Council Monday.

Houston listed these persons as those whom he would like to question in event of an open hearing before Council: Director Succop and his staff. Controller Kerr and his in- -spectors. Dr. James S. Hammers, superintendent of Mayview.

Dietitians from Mayview. John M. Irwin, vice president of the Parke Company. J. C.

(Jerry) Cronin, salesman for the Parke ComDanv. "In case, of ft hpnrincr hpforo ril, I would like Council to invite Mr. xrwin and Mr. Cronin. Houston said.

Officials Are Silent Mayor Kline said he would make no statement until his written report had been submitted to CounciL Asked what action Council might take, President of Council Herron said he would have nothing to say until he had received the Mayor's report. Members of Council indicated they would expect a report from Kline when they referred Houston's charges to the Mayor. Franklin P. Booth, who was the Director of Supplies a score of years ago, pointed out ttoday that it was strange for Council to permit Kline to investigate charges, in which he was indirectly involved, since the Department of Supplies was respon (Continued on Page 5) KING GEORGE TOLD TO LEAVE BRITAIN Hereford Man Servea Notice on Mon arch That He Is "Outsider" Br The Lnited Preu LONDON King George has received "notice to quit," The Daily Herald revealed today claims that the British throne belongs to him. Hall sent a copy of his eviction notice to The Daily Herald, addressed to George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, Esquire, Buckingham Palace, London.

It said: "I am of legitimate royal descent from King Edward I. I claim the crown. You are an outsider. Therefore, leave' the country." BANDIT KILLS VICTIM Inn Keeper Shot While Resistinc Robbery Attempt Br Th.l"BltJ Free TREVOSE, Pa. Edward a mils, 45, proprietor of the Blue Spruce Inn here, was shot and killed today while resisting a robbery attempt.

The bandit snatched $500 from his victim and escaped with two companions in an auto, police reported. Oldest Yale Man Dies CINCINNATI, O. E. P. Brad-street.

100, Yale's oldest living graduate, died at his home in Hart-well early today, following a two-weeks illness. Marriase Fails 2 The business venture of Florence Walton has succeeded, but her marriage has Reports from Paris say she has divorced Leon Leitrim, with whom she formerly made a success on the European stage in a dancing act. The two left the stage two years ago, and Miss Walton opened a modiste's shop in Paris. Now Leitrim is going to Hollywood to enter the movies. HALL FOES SEEK COURT ACHON Council's Consent to Purchase Nicola Plot Spurs New Move Legal action to restrain the County Commissioners from actually purchasing the "Nicola site," Ruskin and Fifth Avenue, for the proposed $6,000,000 Town Hall appeared near today as opponents of the Oakland location laid plans for renewing their fight.

Following a three-hour hearing before a capacity audience in City Council's chambers late yesterday, at which opponents presented a varied array of arguments against the measure, Council unanimously adopted an ordinance granting the city's consent to purchase of "Nicola site." The ordinance, approved yesterday by eight members of Council sitting as a Committee on Finance, will be formally enacted at Monday's regular meeting and sent to Mayor Kline for his signature. Kline has given no indication of his position on the issue, although he had been asked to veto it by a delegation representing the Allegheny County Town Hall Association, advocates of a downtown location for the auditorium. His approval is expected, however. Combining with the North Side Town Hall Association, residents of the "Nicola site" neighborhood and citizens from other points in the County, the Allegheny County Town Hall Association has threatened court action to stop purchase of the (Continued on Page 2) 20 FIREMEN INJURED IN FIRE AT FACTORY Betsy Ross House Guarded as Flames Sweep Philadelphia Plant By The I'nitrd Pre PHILADELPHIA Twenty firemen were felled by smoke, fumes and falling debris as they battled a fire in the Loud Brody Company 's plant last night. Heavy smoke rising from 150 gallons of burning oil on the third floor of the building prevented firemen from entering the building 'for an hour.

Damage was estimated at $100,000. The famous Betsy Ross House nearby was guarded by firemen who feared flying sparks might reach, it. High EDWARDS, WAR LEADER, DIES Ex-Commander of 26th Division Fails to Survive Second, Operation By The Coifed Tress BOSTON Major General Clar ence R. Edwards, retired, a hero of two wars during his 39 years of military service, died today. The-war-time commander of the Twenty-sixth (Yankee) Division was 71.

Death followed a second operation performed yesterday to relieve an intestinal disorder against which the soldier "had waged a month-long fight at the Massachusetts General Hospital. General Edwards was stricken shortly after celebrating his seventy-first birthday anniversary New Year's Day. Because of his advanced age, it. was feared ether might seriously affect his heart. So he underwent the first operation with only a local anesthetic.

Afterward he smoked a cigaret. Several days ago calls went forth for volunteers to submit to blood transfusions. Of hundreds of offers, (Continued on Page 5) EAGLES-DRY AGENT HEARING DELAYED Government Halts Case Involving Raid A "hearing on the charges of the New1 Kensington Eagles that dry agents posed as members to enter their clubrooms and gather evidence was delayed in Federal Court today on request of the Government. The petition to quash a search warrant under which the clubrooms were raided on Nov. 19.

and sup press evidence, was filed by the Eagles in the name of Paul Wainer. a member, yesterday. No date for the hearing was fixed after the government moved for a postponement due to the absence of witnesses. IRENE'S LIFE "Her mother borrowed a pair of doll's shoes to use for. Irene's bootees.

"It wasnt until she was nearly two years old that she learned to stand and it was a great event in Mrs. Crawford's life when Irene tool her first steps. I remember the family was on a camping trip down the river when the little girl made her initial attempt to walk. "Once she had learned to walk, she used to toddle over to my home often, because I was a next door neighbor. "If she had a penny's worth of candy or a bag of cakes which some the older members of her family (Contuwed on Page 3) MvtJv'-W, sss -o 4njpX ins-88" Wind Fans Fire Here is the East Street Baptist Church and parsonage, in rear, with smoke pouring from windows and doors as firemen waged a futile fight to save the structure.

A high wind fanned the blaze and frozen hydrants hampered firemen. Thermometer Temperature readings reported by the United States Weather Bureau: Midnlsrht SSI a. m. 1 a. "Hi 11 a.

'i'a. 5'10 a. 16 16 15 .1 a. 1 1 a. 16 4 a.

in 1 IS 5 a. 181 1 p. is 8 a. 171 2 p. 18 a.

Id' Sunrise 7:16 a. sunset 5:53 p. m. MERCURY TO DROP TOWARDZERO HERE Decline to Within Five De grees Expected Tonight A rapidly advancing cold wave was expected to drive the temper ature down to between 5 and 10 degrees tonight, according to the United States Weather Bureau pre diction. The lowest temperature last night was 15.

The thermometer still stood at that mark at 10 a. m. The cold wave, following last night's rain, overlaid the street with a dangerous skim of ice beneath the snow, and auto traffic was retarded. Two-tenths of an inch of snow fell during the night. Weather Forecaster Brotzman predicted fair and continued cold for tonight, and' fair weather with" a slowly rising temperature for to morrow.

SPINSTER BLOCKS BUILDING OF ROAD Wants $90,000 for House in -Way of Highway; Drives Back Workers Bjr The rnlted Fms WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Maggie Reilly, spinster, still held the fort today, a battalion of workmen with a steam shovel camped just out of range unable to proceed with the new extension of the Saw Mill River parkway. Maggie wants $90,000 for her farm house, condemned for $17,000.

It stands directly in the way of the parkway. Several scouting expeditions were sent out yesterday. Assistant County Engineer George Haight stepped into Maggie's front He knocked on the door. "Who's there?" shouted Maggie, following the question with a barrage of language which caused Haight to retreat speedily. A reporter then went forward.

His knock on the door was followed by an over-ripe tomato, which nearly caused him to become the first cas ualty. 'BOOP BOOP' IS WRONG Helen-Kane Says Phrase Is "Poop Poop-a-Doop' By The I'nited Press CHICAGO Take it from Helen Kane, its inventor, the phrase isn't "boop boop-adoop at" all. It's "poop poop-adoop." "Somebody got it wrong the first time," Miss Kane said as she stopped here for personal appearances. By WILLIAM United Press MADRH3 After years of dictator ship, martial law and rebellion. Spain appeared today to be moving toward a republican form of gov- ernment with such rapidity that the political victors themselves were uncertain what the next move in the constitutional regeneration of the country would be.

Within the space of a few hours the government of Premier General Damaso Berenguer resigned and the king received a decree suspending parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. The next logical development appeared to be the con vocation of a constitutional as sembly, to draft a constitution replacing that of 1876, under which the country still is governed. King Alfonso began consultations immediately after the cabinet resignation with leaders oi tne Liberal party, who forced Beren- guer's resignation, and also with, the Duke of Maura regarding the forma tion of a new government. The Duke of Maura expressed the opinion that a coalition government would De formed. Count Romanones, Liberal leader and former premier, informed Berenguer that the Liberals would not collaborate with the parliament which the government expected to elect in March.

The count de manded a constitutional convention. Why- are men jobless -now? What can be done about it? Are we in danger of Bolshevism? Or Fascism? MOTHER'S DEATH ALTERS THESE AND other pertinent and important economic questions will be discussed in a series of articles by Robert P. Scripps, editorial director of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers. By RUTH ATERS Pittsburgh Press Staff Writer WHEELING. W.

Va. Thirteen years ago in a red house by the side of the road in Benwood, W. Mrs- Martha Crawford, mother of 10 children, died suddenly. She was starting to market when stricken with a heart attack. A little girl, with a round face and dark pigtails, went flying to the home of a neighbor to summon help.

Then she ran home again and just had time to put her chubby hand into the hand of her mother before she died. The little girl was Irene Crawford Schroeder, youngest of the family. Irene and Glenn Dague, her sales THET -VILL Sunday in The Press and continue daily through the week..