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PRICES Up Investigation By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 25. Waiving senatorial immunity, Senator Davis denied before the Senate Lobby Committee to day he had ever lobbied for or against a sugar tariff or received money for lobbying. The Pennsylvania Republican said If he was the one referred to in published reports that a Senator had received from $100,000 to $150, 000 from a domestic siigar company while the tariff act was under consideration, it was "a contemptible lie." He holds stock worth from $80,000 to $100,000 in the Celotex Company, which makes board out of byproducts of sugar cane. He testified he had never discussed the sugar tariff with B.

G. Dahlberg, president of the company, Davis said he knew the company was interested in the sugar tariff but did not know whether they wanted a high or a low levy. 'Tariff?" inquired Chairman Caraway, of the committee. "I know they were interested in sugar for some glass said Davis. "But what about the tariff?" persisted Caraway.

"I didn't say the tariff," said Davis. "I just knew they were interested in sugar." Senator Davis made an explanation in appearing before the cftm mittee of why he assumed he was the man referred to in the published story. i However, he told the committee, "I heard these rumblings about me last fall and I spent considerable time then in trying to run down the source so that the Nye com mittee could investigate it." 3 VIEWERS NAMED TO ESTIMATE DAMAGE IN STATE STREET At the request of the Central Trust Company, executors of the James J. Lynch estate," President Judge William M. Hargest in the Dauphin County Court to day appointed Henry E.

Fox, E. W. Cow den and Harry Fahnestock, viewers to ascertain damages at properties at 1111, 1113, 1117 and 1119 State street, caused by the erection of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge. The estate claims' that the State took eighty five feet from the properties during the construction of the bridge, and that It interferes with approach to the houses. They also contend that the bridge shuts off air and light.

I THOMPSON VICTOR IN PRIMARIES FOR FOURTH TERM Feb. 25. Mayor William Hale Thompson, past master of the spectacular in politics, today was on top of the political heap In Chicago, temporarily at least. "Big Bill," sometimes referred to as "the builder," Chicago's "Cowboy Mayor," with hat tilted at a rakish angle, rode to victory through a tornado of political fireworks in yesterday's Republican primary for the mayoralty nomination, crushing Judge John H. Lyle, "gangster nemesis" and other Shows Strength Although the 62 year old bom bastic three term mayor of Chicago, rated by some political prophets not so long ago as losing ground in pontics, came back with a bang yesterday, there was a possibility that he would face stiff opposition in the April 7 election, with Anton J.

Cennak, chairman of the Cook county board, who was nominated by the Democrats virtually without opposition. Complete unofficial returns gave Cermak 235,260 against 9829 for John B. DeVoney, his lone opponent. There also was a rumor rumbling In political circles that Dr. Herman Bundesen, coroner of Cook county and a political power, would get Into the April election as an an Independent candidate, to contest with Thompson and Cermak far the right to sit it the mayor's chair during the World's Fair in 1933.

Bundesen, however, has kept his own counsel during the tumultuous campaign, but the rumor hung on that he was only awaiting the primary result before announcing his candidacy, College. DROP OFF SIMPLY SEliMG ukntea HARRIS GLORIA Vol. CI No. 48 18 PAGES Daily except Sunday. Sntered Second Clsaa Matter at the Poet Office Harrlsburg HARRISBURG, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY.

2 5, 1931. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRISBUHO 8INOLB COPIES TWO 7XNT8 Davis Declares He Never Was Intereste BUE TELEGEAPHL in Sugar Lobby DAVIS ON STAND DENIES HE AIDED SUGAR LOBBY Pennsylvania Senator Waives Immunity to Speed The Day Under the Capitol Dome GENERAL Senate continues probe into Service Philadelphia developments. Governor announces old Work men's Compensation Board is through and off payroll Publishers urge support of 000 school of journalism at State Contractors told to speed up work on fire damaged State Edu cation Building. HOUSE Pickles all prohibition repeal measures. To hold hearing probably March 17 on more liberal Sunday laws.

City manager bill among twenty' nine reported for passage. Two minor bills passed finally before adjournment of forty minute session until next Monday at 9 p. m. SENATE Before adjournment for the week last night received measure pro viding civil service for State em ployes with promotions to be made by tests. ALDERMAN DEFERS DECISION ON TWO ASSAULT CHARGES Hears Eleven Witnesses Tell of Attack of Constable Gough After hearing testimony for two hours in city police court late yesterday Alderman John P.

Hallman held under advisement for ten days the cases of Lawrence Imboden, 22, Maclay street, near Fourth, and Walter Darbrow, 21, charged with felonious assault. Alderman Hallman was thirty minutes late for the hearing which was scheduled for 1.30 o'clock. His tardiness visibly irked Chief of Police George J. Shoemaker, who summoned witnesses and attorneys for the hearing. The Chief made repeated telephone calls to locate the magistrate who arrived at 2 o'clock.

Imboden and Darbrow were charged with felonious assault on Constable E. P. Gough, 2016 North Fifth street, Eleventh ward. Eleven witnesses who were called at the hearing told various versions of the fight January 14 in Fulton street, (Continued on Page 9) i Fire Destroys Pier Providence, R. Feb.

25, (P) The state pier, built in 1914 at a cost of $530,000 was destroyed by fire which was discovered shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. PINCHOT CHARGES DAUPHIN VOTERS BEING IGNORED Four of the five Dauphin county members of the Legislature were bitterly arraigned by Governor Pinchot for opposing his policies in his. weekly radio talk last night. He also said General W. W.

At terbury, a witness yesterday before the Senate Public Service investigating committee "gave a perfect imitation of a railroad president ignorant of the essential business affairs of his own road." Turning his verbal guns against Commissioner James S. Benn he said, "However lukewarm he may be in safeguarding the interest of the public there is nothing lukewarm about his defense of the interests of the utilities. He added that the House inquiry will get (Continued on Page 9) 0) BENN RECALLED ASW1TNESSIN SENATE PROBE Commissioner Again Exam ined; Joyce Tells of Income Coleman Jovce. counsel for Mit ten Management, to day told the Senate investigation committee that the P. R.

T. is still considering the order of the Public Service Commis sion disapproving the purchase of the Quaker City Cab Company stock by the P. R. T. The probe was un der way from 10 a.

m. until noon, when it recessed to 1.30 this after noon. He said the order was handed down December 17, 1929, and that the company had since been involv ed in litigation but not before the Commission. Benn Recalled sleeping peacefully through the more monotonous parts of the testi mony, while Representative P. Rice grinned helpfully on all and sundry from a vertical position on the other side of the room.

Scattered through the caucus room were numerous office workers of Capitol Hill, who had torn them selves away from their duties for an hour or so to lend an ear to the testimony, They leaned forward hopefully when Jim Benn took the stand again at 2.45 o'clock, but for the first fifteen minutes, at least, were robbers held up the Hastings Na tional Bank to day, bound and gagged thirteen employes, including three women, took $27,173 and Late Flashes By Anoclated Preaa Employes Ask to Buy World Papers NEW YORK. The employe of the New York World to day asked Surrogate James A. Foley for permission to purchase the paper on which they work. The request was submitted in open court by Gustave A. Rodgers, counsel representing 3000 men and women who are e'mp'oyed by the World, Evening World and Sunday World.

Bank Bandits Flee With $26,000 NEW ORLEANS. Police announced to day that three hooded bandit, who held up the St. Roch branch of the Whitney Bank and Trust Company just before noon and fled after a gun battle with officers in which an onlooker was wounded, ped with 126.000. L4, was cut with a razor. He suffered lacerations of the scalp and left arm.

The girl, Elizabeth Splow, 22, 547 South Fourth street, Steelton, suffered cuts of the scalp, left shoulder and arm. She was taken to the Harrlsburg Hospital for treatment by Steelton police. Smith was taken to the hospital by Bernard Penick, 622 South Fourth street, Steelton. Steelton police to day calmly stated that they knew nothing of the case in spite of the statement of hospital attaches that borough police brought the woman to the Institution. They declined to say If an arrest had been made or If an investigation is being conducted.

Their answer to every question was: "We don't know anything about it." Patrolman Behman, on duty at the Steelton City Hall, refused to allow a reporter to see the police docket. Paul Reisch, chief of Steelton police, who offered only a day or so ago to punch a reporter's nose, could not be located. Chief Reisch and Patrolman Christian at 12.15 to day arrested Cludles Pollard, 30, Good street, Swatara township, at 7 Good street. They brought a charge of disorderly conduct against him, according to information at the police Btation. It is not known whether he is the man Implicated in the fight MATE GOVERNOR OPENS BOOK DRIVE Two Dauphin county members of Mrs.

Alba B. Johnson, State the House attended this afternoon's chairman of the book drive of the session, Representative George Reed Seaman's Institute of Philadelphia on the extreme left and members By Btaff Photographer, of her committee, who received book this morning from Governor Pinchot (on the right), to open their campaign. PROFIT SELLING IS HARD BLOW TO STOCK MARKET PRICE LISTS New York, Feb. 25, (JP) The vigorous bull market stocks was abruptly interrupted to day, after a disappointed in the absence of any steadily advancing prices, which had added more than 7 per startling testimony. From $5000 to $226,000 The rewards of faithful and loyal service were never more adequately displayed than in the Joyce tes timony when the witness indicated that in 1919 he was an employe of the P.

S. C. at an annual salary of $5000, while five years later he was paid $226,000 by the P. R. T.l When Gray elicited this information, he expressed regret that he had not inaugurated his career in the P.

S. Joyce also admitted that he re ceives $40,000 annually as a vice president of Mitten Management, Incorporated, but denied that he gets compensation from any other source. cent.ta the price structure equity shares. The market 'was wobbly at the start of trading, was bolstered for a time hy heavy buying at the mail order issues, but declined rapidly after midday, when numerous losses of $2 to $7 a share recorded. Electric power and motion picture issues displayed group weakness.

The decline was checked toward mid afternoon. Trading was in large volume, although failed to approximate yesterday's feverish activity. Eastman, Auburn, worthington and Allied Chemical dropped $5 to $7, while issues losing about $2 to In an endeavor to get a detailed SZT 1 "SEEK1 statement as to the $226,000 receiv ed, Gray announced several items but could not determine the source Johns Manville, Byers, Case, National Biscuit, American Water of some $64,000. He asked Joyce, W0' American and Foreign Pow saying the total was $64,000 short. "Oh no! I'm not short said Joyce, and there was a rip ple of laughter as Gray said: "Ltfeel sure you aren't short any money, Mr.

Joyce, I just said that the explanation of the source of the $64,000, is short!" He denied further that either P. R. T. or Mitten Management ever spent money improperly, for lobbying or other purposes. Joycec said that P.

R. T. pays $8, 000,000 a year in rent to the under liers. Senator Woodward asked Joyce if it had ever occuwed to him that "the city council having been so generous in giving away the city streets to the underliers, the P. R.

T. might find a more generous land lord in the guise of the city council?" Joyce said that P. R. T. pays $8, that John Wanamaker had offered a million dollars for a franchise er.

International Telephone, War ner Brothers, Paramount, Fox, Loews, Electric Power and Light, and Standard Gas. United States Steel fluctuated between gain and a loss of about $1. STEELTON POLICE KNOW NOTHING OF STABBING AFFAIR Take Victim to Hospital but Deny Public Knowl edge of Case Senator Woodward asked Jovce juicl, giri wno whether he had ever heard the story became involved in a fight while attending a party, in South Fourth street, Steelton, last night, Stanford and Joyce replied he had heard it but knew nothing of it. Edwin R. Cox, president of Phila delphia City Council was the first (Continued on Page 2) Hold Up 13 in Bank Hastings, Feb.

25, (ff) Three selling. MARKETS AT A GLANCE New York Stocks heavy; amusement and utility shares lead decline. Bonds irregular; Governments and amusement bonds weak. Curb irregular; profit taking checKs rally. Foreign exchanges easy; Pesata tumbles of a cent.

Cotton barely steady; Southern Sugar steady; better spot situa tion. Coffee lower; easier Brazilian Cables. Chicago Wheat firm; bullish weather re port and fair export sales. corn firm; improved cash de mand. Cattle steady to strong.

Hogs irregular. LIQUOR HIDDEN IN STORE FOUND BY CITY POLICE Woman Is Held in Second Raid on Candy Shop Raiding a confectionery store in Seventh street, near Peffer, for the second time within a week, city police yesterday seized five and one half gallons of alleged moonshine whisky and twenty one bottles of what police termed "fake" cognac. Sam Katz, alleged proprietor, was not in the store when police raided. His wile, Mrs. Rebeka Katz, was ar rested on a charge of illegal posses sion or uquor.

The liquor was hidden behind a false wall, police saia. Sam Katz is now under $3000 bail for a hearing in police court on charges of maintaining gambling Illegal possession of liquor, and possession of questionable literature. was arrested and the literature, liquor and punch boards were seized when police raided the store Friday. According to city police, Katz boasted "they'll never get me." Police who raided the confectionery store yesterday searched the house for two hours before the liquor was found hidden behind a false wall. It was discovered when City Patrolman John Dlener rapped against the wall in a closet in a rear room on the second floor of the house.

Police said several bottles of the liquor found were marked "cognac" and "made in France." The liquor In the bottles was moonshine whisky, and not cognac, police said. Twini Are Born New York, Feb. 25, (ff) Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, wife of Rhode Island state Senator, became the mother of twin girls last night PROEED PROBE COLLECTION OF $200,000 OVER COMMISSION LIMIT Mather Grills Clarks Ferry Witnesses on Bridge Earnings Amid an involved mass of charts, logarithms, graphs, tabulations and statistics, offered by the Clarks Ferry Bridge Company, the Public Service Commission to day continued its investigation, of the toll bridge, which four years ago it allowed gross annual revenue of $85,905.

That figure has been exceeded yearly, annual reports show, for a grand total of more than $200,000 collected from motorists. The hearing was underway this afternoon with George Ross Hull, counsel for the Clarks Ferry Com' pany continuing his cross examin ation of Lynn B. Curry of the Com' mission's engineering staff. His questions this morning concerned for the most part the qualifications of Mr. Curry to make an evaluation of the bridge under investi gation.

Learns Curry's Experience The engineer's career since he worked as a masonry inspector on a barge canal near Buffalo, N. between his junior and senior years in college was meticulously traced year by year. Hull was obviously trying to con trast Curry's experience with that of the engineers of the American Appraisal Company of Milwaukee, (Continued on Page 2) PINCHOT SAYS OLD BOARD IS THROUGH; HOUCK TO CARRY ON As Governor Pinchot here an nounced any further business transacted by the Workmen's Com pensation Board will be "unofficial," Paul W. Houck, chairman at Potts ville, said the old board will con tinue to function. The old board had been dismissed by the Governor and the new board named by him has not been confirmed by the Senate.

Mr. Houck, chairman of the old board, added it will continue to function until the new board named by Governor Pinchot is approved. The old board consists of Paul W. Houck, Shenandoah; John L. Morrison, Greenville, and Joseph E.

Fleitz, Wilkes Barre. The board named by the Gov ernor consists of Arthur C. Dale. Bellefonte; William J. Burchinal, Connellsville, and Edward J.

Hunter, Philadelphia. The old board cleaned un some 300 cases pending before it on Feb ruary IB. At the offices of the board here to day it was said the old commissioners had all gone to their homes. A public hearlne has been set for next Tuesday afternoon before the Senate committee on executive nominations. ac me uovernor omce it was said that while the board mem' bers' commissions are from the date of their appointment "until their successors take office," the old board members named had been removed from the State payroll effective February 20., Six Bandit! Rob Bank Dayton, Ohio, Feb.

25. (JP) Six bandits armed with sawed off shot guns held up Norman W. Burg' meier, manager, and eight employes of the Central Branch of the Union Trust Company in the heart' of the business district this morning and escaped with between $18,000 and $20,000. 1 Would Ban Fruit Juices Washington, Feb. 25, () Legislation to put manufacturers of concentrated fruit juices under restrictions of the Volstead prohibition act was.

introduced to day by Sen atlon Sheppard, Democrat, Texas. 1 Wife Divorce A suit in divorce was filed to day at Dauphin County Courthouse by Mrs. Virginia S. Sanderson, from Nelson O. Sanderson, Bowmansdale, Route No.

1, charging desertion. IRENE SCHROEDER IS i BURIED AT DAWN TO ESCAPE MORBID CROWD Bellaire, Ohio, Feb. .25. Mrs. Irene Schroeder, who was electrocuted with W.

Glenn Dague Monday for the slaying of a Pennsylvania highway patrolman, was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of this town at daybreak to day. Only a few relatives and friends were at the grave. Dague will be buried to day at Dallas, Va. The early hour of burial of the woman who died in the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary, near Bellefonte, was set to avoid crowds. Several photographers were arrested after having been told not to enter the cemetery.

The hearse containing the woman's body left Wheeling at 5.20 a. m. going to the cemetery by a circuitous route of about twenty five CAPONE BACK IN CHICAGO TO ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEA Czar of Gangdom Shows Pleasure Over Victory ol Mayor Thompson By Associated Press Chicago, Feb. 25. Alphonse Ca pone, czar of Chicago gangs, slipped into the Federal building a half hour before his scheduled arraign ment on a contempt of court cita tion to day and eluded the besieg' ing throng of people who clogged the sidewalks about every entrance.

Only newspaper men and those directly involved in the trial were admitted to the courtroom. Courtroom Guarded Police guarded the approach to the court, and a squad of police aioot and mounted patrolled out side to restrain a crowd of several hundred at the street entrances to the building. Capone, accompanied only by his attorney, William F. Waugh, went directly to the courtroom of United States District Judge James H. Wilkerson and evaded the battery (Continued on Page 2) 4 PICKLE PROHIBITION REPEAL MEASURES The House Committee on Law and Order to day voted to lay on tne taoie ail bills before it repeal' ing the State prohibition enforce' ment act this action was consid' ered as equivalent to killing these measures.

The committee decided to hold a public hearing on all legislation be' fore it liberalizing the Sunday blue laws. Representative Himes, of Arm. strong county, chairman of the committee, said this hearing prob ably would be held March 17 if arrangements can be made. The "wet bills which were laid on the table inclded the Beyer bill providing for a referendom on the prohibition question and three bills wnich would have repealed th Armstrong Snyder State enforcement act. Action on the bill sponsored by Representative Greeby, Philadelphia, amending the search warrant provisions of the prohibition law was indefinitely postponed.

The bill would nave required that affidavits for search warrants aver personal knowledge of the sale of intoxicating liquor. The Sunday laws which were considered and upon which a hearing will be held include two local option measures and two reDealers of the blue laws and a fifth woul permit Sunday baseball. 3 Seize Car of Beer Corporal Powell, of the State Po lice, and Trooper Hoobs seized a box car of alleged beer on a railroad siding at Bunker Hill. Leba non county, Two men were arrest ed, according to reports received at the local State Police barracks. Flight to Be Refuge of Handy Man the Next Time Chicago, Feb.

25. The next time somebody asks Eugene Gerhardt, who picks up pin money fixing radio sets, to double for the family phy sician ne may say "no, no" and run, he told Evanston police. Yesterday, he complained to po lice, he was called to fix a radio in the home of Mrs. Joseph Kay, who interrupted his work to ask him to take something out of her eye. He was doing his best to comply when Mr.

Kay walked in, said "ah ha," adding that It would cost him exactly $1000 to keep from being killed. Gerhardt said he didn't happen to have the $1000 in his pocket but knowing a thing or two about the Installment plan, promised to pay nothing down and the next payment at a later meeting. When he kept the rendezvous he brought a detective with him. He carried a complaint charging attempted extortion. Mr, Kay was arrested.

miles, while cars bearing relatival went by another route. Brief services were conducted the Rev. H. O. Teagarden In whose church at Dallas, W.

Dague once was a Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Schroeder's 5 year old son, Donnie, was at the grave. He dropU ped a rose on the bier as the casket was lowered. Later the news photographers visited the cemetery and took pictures of the grave in which the body of Irene was interred.

Sheriff Duff, said he took the photographers into custody to pre vent bloodshed. Re added that relatives of the dead woman demanded that the photographers be kept away from the cemetery, and If they were not "there would be a The principal protester was John Crawford, father of Irene, Duff said. PROTEST STOPPING VALLEY CARS AT SECONJVWALNUT West Shore Cites Inconveniences to Housewives and Working Men i. Proposed stopping of Valley Rail ways cars at Second and Walnut streets to permit Harrlsburg Railways cars to use the tracks between Walnut and Market, has stirred up considerable comment ill cross river towns. Housewives, who market in Har rlsburg, are outspoken in their opposition to the withdrawal of the cross river cars from the Square.

It is they who will have a long walk through heavy traffic td Chestnut street market. "And all the way back with heavy market basket," as one woman put it, adding: "ItH drop us off a lot farther (Continued on Page X) CONTRACTORS TOLD TO HIRE MORE MEN, SPEED EDUCATION STRUCTURE Indications are that the Educa tion Building, damaged by first last fall to the extent of $840,000, will not be completed before mid summer. Secretary of Property and Sup plies James F. Malone has called a conference of all the contractors and sub contractors for to day to speed up work on the structure. The delay has been the result lit part of the suit now pending in the Supreme Court to decide whether financial responsibility for the fire losses rests with the contractors at the Commonwealth.

Until a decision is reached in that there is little hope of moving ahead very rapidly. But other features enter into the situation also and these will have to be threshed out and agreements reached before the work can go ahead as speedily as Secretary Malone desires. This is not the fault of the Secre tary, who is anxious to have the building completed as soon as possible, nor does any responsibility rest with former Secretary B.E. Taylor. The delay lies primarily with.

the fire, and the financial snarl re suiting over the question as to who' shall stand the loss, the State or the, contractors. No matter which way the Su preme Court may decide, and the decision is expected within a ver few days, those familiar with the buildings are very much of the opinion that it will not be completed before mid summer, although it may be possible to have most of the office section ready (or occupancy in the late spring. To Check RaskobY Wetness Washington, Feb. 25, QP) When Chairman Raskob of the Democratic National Committee, arrives here shortly he will be advised by Congressional leaders to steer away from the prohibition Issue at the March 5 meeting of the committee, THE WEATHER Wednfdj, rebrur? SS, I Ml. Harrlibarr and Vicinity, alt Etera Penniylnnra: Fair to alfbt, Tbaradar partly iloadyt net much ebanrt in temperature.

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