St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 26, 1926

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y BRIGGS . Pat. Otten a he indictments al # Brereing the 61 defendants @ bdringing in - coast guardsmen were alleged > = 7 = No, 126, one of the men ar- 7 a _ the synai Secured through — Paying Tenants for Those Vacant Rooms POST-DISPATCH WANTS The Only Evening Paper in St. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Louis With the Associated Press News Service a ee ne ee _- “you. 78 78, NO. 141. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1926—32 PAGES, % ———eEeV—XKXKX—~ a Ss ¢ . £ 5 be BS ¥ 6 3 y ties believed, was responsible for | millions of dollars’ ' worth of liquor to this country an- » hualily. It was considered the ' “backbone of rum row.” A ‘suite » of offices was maintained in the _ East River Savings Bank Building, and general headquarters were in Lexington avenue. Dwyer, whose full name is Wii- | iam V. Dwyer, was named in the , indictment, together with his higi:- er-up confederates and members of the ring’s seagoing vessels. The tu have been in his pay. __ Papers seized in possession of ; the first men arrested in the round- up in December showed that there Vas collusion between some mem- ' bere of the coast guard and the syndicate, Federal authorities |= Codes for an elaborate sys- _ tem of signals for communication i wtween the alleged confederate @o&st guardsmen and _ the rum F _ Sips were found among the seized _ bapers. » Nicholas Brown, boatswain an% Sitamanding officer of coast guard ta Teed in the first round- -up, was » Nicted. Papers seized after the _Mrest of Philip J. Coffey. alleged _ “pay-off man” for the ring, con- tained a notation showing that * had been paid to Brown by ~ the ring. Conspiracy Charged. The indictment charges that Part of the conspiracy plan was to Sttempt to induce certain officials — Municipalities in New York State to aid in the fllegal trans-- Portation and importation of liquor, Boorse 1 were operated from foreign haa ® “Rum Row.” and others Operated between Rum Row / 4nd the American shore. the in- | > dictment charges. | — third indictment charges athe oe John J. Me Cambridge | * vease! whom Sent the American ans ‘illiam J. Maloney, to sea cody i Creign coastwise trade in oo n unseaworthy condition _ ea crew of 12 men lost their The w of the Ives and children of some PARTLY CLOUDY; LOWEST TEMPERATURE TONIGHT 26 THE TEMPERATURES. wa. . es Ga AS ee ee SO MB. Whe a a ct cee DM Pe Me gos ase 33 Oe eee oe tZmnoon ..... 34 eS Me t,o 55 aE ag "SS eae) : tee ee ee Pane a ob 6 bo ee 30 3 a ee ee ee i. gi ae “6 ™ Highest yesterday, 35, at 7:30 p. m.; lowest, 25, at 7:30 a. m. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday: not much change in temperature; the lowest tonight will be about 26. *RE READY TO SERVE. ON THE WORLD COURT URY Missouri: Part- ly cloudy to- night and Wednesday; somewhat colder in extreme nortn partion tonight and in northeast portion Wednes- day. a other individuals were indicted | Mlinois: Cloddy ind somewhat un- settled tonight and Wednesday; colder in north and central portions. Sunset today, 5:15 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:12 a. m. Stage of the Mississippi River it St. Louis, 2 of 1.2 feet. RUSSIA HAS PURCHASED 12,000 FORD TRACTORS 70 Per Cent on 10,000 Machines Paid in Cash, Balance on 10 Months’ Credit, Detroit Says. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Jan. 26.—The Soviet newspapers today announce. the conclusion of a contract between the Soviet Government and __ the Ford Co. for 12,000 tractors, on nine months’ credit. The papers express elation over the news, de- claring it a great Soviet achieve- ment in the United States. They also voice satisfaction that ‘the Ford Co. demanded no guaran- tees on behalf of the Russian offi- with a mere agreement concluded with the Amtorg Trading Corpora- tion. who perished gave as-— having the leaders of | So Cate indicted. | iis ens Federa! authorities 1 Roney ta I an owner of the : Pati, 0. race track in Cincin- brace ne of the Mount Royal Rr to ne in Montreal. In addi- ons 8 alleged wholesale liquor Gem Dwyer Maintained the * restaurant in this city until aS padlocked by the Federal This restaurant was “pay station” rdsmen in sistance in used | for the coast | confederacy’ wit EGontinece on Page 3, Column 3. ty the Associated Press DETROIT, Jan. 26.—Ten thou- . than 20 of his confederates sand tractors have been shipped and {from the River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. to the soviet gov- ernment, but on terms somewhat different than those reported to- day in soviet papers. The terms, as explained at the Ford offices here, were payment in cash for 75 per cent of the entire shipment and 10 months’ credit on the re- maining 25 per cent. CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE I$ REPORTED FROM PRAGUE Shocks a Great Distance Away Con- tinue for Two and a Half Hours. By the Associated Press. PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Jan. °6.—The sefsmograph instruments at the Geophysical Institute at 1:57 o'clock this morning registered what was termed a ‘‘catastrophic earthqyake,”’ a great distance away. The shocks continued for two ana half hours. By the Associated Press. CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, Jan. 26.#-An earthquake shock of considerable violence. was regis- tered on the seismograph of the Puy dc Dome Observatory at 12:55 o’clock this morning. The shock continued for three seconds. Its center is estimated to have been 1250 miles away. RUSSIAN SPY WHO BETRAYED 135 1S SENTENCED TO DEATH Sergius Siniavsky, Former Mem- ber of Czarist Secret Police, Convicted at Irkutsk. By the Associated Press. IRKUTSK, Russia, Jan. 26.— Sergius Siniavsky, 4a professional spy charged by the state with causing the death or betrayal of 135 revolutionists, tenced to death. The prisoner, who served in the Czarist secret police for many vears, was held responsible for the | betrayal of the Yenisscisk Con- gress of Social Revolutionaries, certain Moscow revolutionary or- ganiza@ons, the revolutionary Red Cross, and his own lawyer. CZAR'S DINNER SET FOR SALE 900-Piece Service of Finest Rock Crystal; Wineglass for $15. LENINGRAD, Jan. 26.—Ameri- | cans are to be given an opportunity | by the soviet Government to pur- ehase the former Czar's 900-piece | dinner service, made of the finest rock crystal. t used only when royalty were the press. Jt cost $50, 000, but now »s offered at a fraction of that sum. The smallest wineglass in this set is valued at $15. The only bidders so far are the Hermitage Gallery of Fine Arts and the soviet. Foreign Office, whose offers are not given out. feet at 7 a. m., a f2I1) | cial institutions but were satisfied, has been sen-| This dinner set was/) TRESS RUINED O. G. Whetsel, Under Arrest for Holdups, Ad- M. Soubrette. SHE LOST JOB AND Confession of Youth After Attempt to Rob Theater May Free Two Men.in Prison. A blond soubrette in a burlesque _stock company was the cause of a policeman’s downfall, according to Marlin O. G. Whetsel, 24 years old, forrner policeman, one-time hero of a frustrated payroll rob- bery, and now a confessed parti- pant in three recent holdups. Whetsel and six others. including a woman, are neld at Central Dis- trict while police and Circuit At- torney Sidener co-operate in check- ing the damaging confession of James Walsh, 18, who was cap- tured Sunday afternoon in an at- tempted robbery at the New Grand Central Theater. The confession may reSult in the release from the } penitentiary of two men, who Walsh says are innocent, in con- nection with the $4754 payroll rob- bery at the Missouri Baptist Sani- tarium, Nov. 17, 1923. Whetsel’s record as a policeman | is a good one. He joined the force jin October, 1921, and resigned three times, once to be a chauf- feur of an armored truck. On that job, he was the hero of an attempt- ed holdup at the Johnson Tin Foil Co., 6106 South Broadway, March 15, 1924. He was passing when he heard that a payroll holdup was in progress, and jammed his truck in front of the robbers’ car. One the others were taken later. left Wife for Actress. “T was walking a beat at Grand and Delmar last October when I met this actress,’’ Whetsel related today, telling o? his downfall. “We fell for each other and went around a lot together. I was so much in love that T lett my wife, who has a two-year-old baby, and was about to have another. I quit my job be- cause the actress said she would get a job for me as an advance agent in some show. “She was gitting $60 a week and spending mot of it on me. Then she lost her job.. She worked around in the clubs and cabarets for a while and finally packed up and left town. I was up against it. I had no job, no money and mv wife was sick. I needed money for the baby. After Actress Lost Her Job, “T had met Walsh on my beat. He introduced me to his friends. They were going to get me a joh Somebody suggested we hold up th= Liberty Theater. I fell for it and drove the machine and waited out- side on Dec. 21 when it was robbed. We got $1100 (the theater claimed $5000 was taken) and I got $200 as my share. “Later I helped stick up a jev* elry store near Arlington and Fas- ton avenues. [ went in looked around and signaled that the coast was clear. I got $80. “Then last Sunday J helped in the Grand Central job. I wrote the note which Walsh handed to the manager, and gave him the re- volver. I had told them I wanted to quit and go to work, but they talked me out of it. If T had any sense I wouldn’t be here now.” Whetsel lives at 4646 Mec ‘affery 'place,with his wife. child is now two weeks old. | Besides Walsh and Whetsel the | police are holding persons who de- scribed tuemselves as Walter Kelly, '32, of 1904 Cemple avenue, be an ex-convict, his wife, Kelley, 32; John Moore, 23, 1200 North Fuclid avenue; Ray Rickart, 29, of 2610 Goodfellow avenue, and Richard Bivens, 20, of | 4929 Fountain avenue. The Holdup That Failed. Marie and Walsh state that Kelly drove | ‘hig machine to the Grand Central. ‘Sunday and waited == on bree <a while Whetsel. and ‘went to the theater. in, looked over the ground and | ‘signaled to Walsh, who entered | and handed Manager Spyrous Car- Walsh | ts of the: Emperor and Em-"| 448 a note ordering him into his guests . Empe im-"| Walsh, in his confession, gave in- formation tending to fix responsi- bility for a series of robberies in the last two years, including the ~ Conginued on Page 3, Column 7, 00D POLICEMAN, \QFFICER SAYS mits Leaving Wife for man was caught at the scene and. Whetsel went | HE TOOK UP CRIME, 4 | World —— | | } i } ; | By the Aagsuciated Press. The two confessions by Whetsel | great / RADIO WORLD COURT DEBATE -and His second. Washington, | brought said to! Ry the Associated Pre 8a. of| agreement on the funding of the Morgan | | great quantities of ice jammed at ‘private office. Cardas, who has' jam. ‘The wind has been holding wrestling experience, seized | back the ice pack and the cold Walsh's wrist and disarmed him. weather has solidified it, forming years, Spanish Aviators and Route ‘Across Sea to South America COMMANDA DON RAMON FRANCO Y$ - ViEW PHOTOS CAPTAIN RUIZ DE ALDA HAUGEN 60: ‘OPERATIVE FARM BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Measure Creating Marketing Divi-° sion Carries an Appropriation of $225,009. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, 26.—The Haugen bill to establish a co- -oper: | ative marketing division in the De-| partment of Agriculture was passed | today by the House, 35 to 3. The measure now goes to the| Senate. It carries an appr opriation | of $225,000 to accomplish the work | of the new division the first year. It is designed to aid co-operative marketing organizations in dispos- ing of their crops. 9 In the debate Representative Laguardia (Soc.), New York, said the place for surplus grain “‘is in breweries and distilleries.’”’ Intcr- rupted by a dazen voices, he urged the members not to ‘‘get so excited every time prohibition is men- tioned.” Representative Lozier (Dem.) of Missouri conceded that the bil would do no harm, but contended it would do no good. be ‘Let no newspaper persuade you,’ he urged, ‘that this Congress has entered upon legislation to aid agriculture. Under the undisputed interpretation of this bill, it is im- possible.” Jan, { Senators Reed, Borah, Walsh and Lenroot to Be Heard Tonight. By the Associate? Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Four Unit- ed States Senators will debate the World Court question over radio station WGN tonight and tomorrow night. Senator TLenroot of Wisconsin and Senator Walsh of Montana leaders in the Senate fight for America’s entry into the court, will in the affirmative on the question, “Shall America Enter the Court?’ and Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Borah of Idnho will oppose them. Reed and Walsh will talk tonight at 8 o'clock central standard time and Borah T.enroot will speak tomorrow The Senators will speak in the addresses being here by telephone and | broadcast from WGN. ANGLO- ITALO DEBT AGREEMENT speak night. — LONDON, Jan. 26.—-A complete Italian war debt to Great Britain was reac hed today. Ice Jam ‘Above ‘Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan. 96.—The American Falls was al-| most a bare cliff yesterday when and shut off all water except a few small streams which trickled ovér the precipice. A strong west wind and the present cold snap are said to be responsible for the Port Day from the falls, almost a solid dam in the upper river. There is also a great quan- tity of ice below the falls and the ice bridge is one of the largest in SPANIARDS REACH ~ CAPE VERDE ISLES IN 1Qo6-MILE HOP Commander Franco Com- pletes Second Lap of Air Cruise Across Atlantic to South America. By the Associated Press. ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands, Jan. 26.—Commander Franco's seaplane arrived here at 5:55 o'clock this afternoon, having made the short jump from Porto Praya, on another island of the Cape Verde group, without inci- dent. The Spanish plane had ar- rived at Porto Praya from Las Pal-. mas, Canary a about an hour earlier. By the Associated Press. PORTO PRAYA, Cape Verde Is- lands, Jan. 26.—Commander Franco and his fellow Spanish avi- ators, flying from Palos, Spain, to Buenos Aires, arrived here at 4:19 o'clock this afternoon from Gando Bay, Canary Islands. By completing the hop from the Canary to the Cape Verde Islands, measuring 1056 miles, the Spanish aviators put behind them the sec- ond longest leg of their hazardous trans-Atlantic flight. Their next objective, the Island of Fernando do Noronha, off the Brazilian coast, will take them over 1432 miles of water, the longest sustained flight of the voyage. Today's flight began at 8:30 a. n., Greenwich time. By the Associated Press. LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan. 26.—Commander Franco and two other Spapish aviators today resumed their flight from Spain. to Argentina. They hopped off from Gando Bay, south of here, for the Cape Verde Islands at 8:20 a. m., in their plane Ne Plus Ultra. The plane last Friday left Palos, Spain, whence Columbus sailed to discover a new wortd. The first leg of the flight, about 817 miles, was accomplished in eight hours. Since Friday the plane has been ' overhauled. a Aurora Borealis Affects Telegrap!:. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.- borealis phenomena recurred day throughout the country, caus- ing havoc with wire communic1- tions. The first manifestaion oc- curred at 11:19 a. m. in New York and one minute later made itself, felt in Chicago. While the mani- festations were intermittent, they were sufficient communication virtually in all parts of the coun- try. Currents were felt on both overhead and underground circuits ; ! ; — | et) MAN WHO CUT UP WOMAN'S. BODY ADMITS KILLING “I Lied,” Philadelphia Chi- ropractor Says, Confess- ing How He Strangled Milliner in His Office. ASSERTS SHE TRIED TO BLACKMAIL HIM Threatened to Inform Family When He Re-: fused to Take Her to! Cabarets, He Declares. Special to the Post-Dispatch. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.— David L. Marshall, Philadelphia chiropractor, killed Anna May Dietrich by strangling her last Tuesday night. He murdered the woman, with whom he had been intimate for eight years, because’ She blackmailed him and threat- ened to inform his wife of their af- fairs, his confession says. Me made the _ confession last night to District Attorney Fox. Fifteen hours earlier Marshal] had confessed to District Attorney Tay- lor of Delaware County, at Media, that he had dismembered and de- cayitated the body of the 35-year- old Norwood milliner and dis- posed of the body. In that first confession Marshall had insisted that he chopped up the body after he had found the woman in his of- fice, dead from poison she had taken. After 10 hours the grilling was resumed by local authorities, and after parrying the thrusts of Fox and his aids for 5 hours Marshall virtually collapsed, began to cry ana moaned: ‘I lied, I lied, I lied!” Then Marshall decided to tell the truth. Knew Her for Eight Years. “— knew Miss Dietrich for eight years—since 1917,” he said, as a stenographer took down his every word. “At first she thought § I was single—I did not tell her I was married. Later she found out, somehow, that I had a wife and child. “I always gave her money when she asked for it; she didn’t make muca at her job asa milliner. We got along all right, seeing each other at night, quietly. “Recently she got a cabaret complex. She wanted to go out skylarking at nights. She began to take lessons in the Charleston. I told her I could not go out with her,, I was afraid my wife might find out. Then, too, I began to be afraid of the financial strain, for I don’t make much money. A Fling at Night Life. “But she insisted that I take her out to roadhouses and to “abarets. She threatened to tell my wife about our relations if 1 didn’t take her out. I became desperate. I threatened her with physical vio- lence, I pleaded with her, I begged her, I cajoled her. But she wouldn't listen, she insisted. She wanted to take a whirl at the night life be- fore she became too pld. “Tuesday night the thing came to a climax. She met me at my of- I re- fice. She insisted we go out. fused. We argued. Again she threatened to tell my wife. I was desperate and in a rage. ‘Tl seized her by the throat to shake her; to make her un-lerstand that 1 couldn't and wouldn't. I pleaded with hér to break off our friendship, but she wouldn't listen | “Then—-I don't know what pos- ; | sessed me—the next thing I knew | she was dead before me—on the | ‘Former Offictals of Defunct Depos- | ¢ ho a aiaseuia one floor of my office.’ Butchered the Body. ' i As Marshall continued to tell Fox | and his aids the story of the mur- |, der, he was on the verge of phys- ical and mental collapse. Tears streamed from his eyes. Marshal! killed the woman in his | Mection with the fatlure suite of rooms on the second floor , Globe National Bank | September for more than $4,000,- | of 20 South Seventeenth street. With a hack saw purchased for the | 999, he | purpose and a larze’_ knife, bhutehered the body by sawing off Ee —Aurora | t yo | een ner = no cern eee nen ewan SES to disrupt wire | identify for short periods | corroboration of his | the legs and chopping off the head. and then the neck, and of the different parts of the body in order to prevent identification of the victim. The neck, which police believe bears marks of his — finger grip, has not been found. Renewed effort | find it, for the finger prints upo | it, the investigators believe, wil sion. Mrs. Marshall announced she hadifor a ‘here. left her husban dto his fate. disposing | will be made is] —Secretary Marshall as the slayer. in. $200, 000 the amount he has given at MASSAGES HEART TO RESTORE ACTION DURING OPERATION Cleveland Doctor Puts Hand in Incision After Patient Ap- | parently Is Dead. | i By the Agsociated Press. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. Apparently dead for several min- | utes, Earl F. Hauserman, Cleve- | land manufacturer, is on the road to health today because a surgeon took a chance and had the skill to carry his bold decision through. Hauserman’s heart failed while he was being operated on for ap- pendicitis. Suspending the opera- tion Dr. Theron M. Jackson ste an incision under the heart, into | which he reached and massaged | that organ. Slowly heart action was restored and the surgeon fin- ished the appendicitis operation. Hauserman said, although it oc- curred several weeks ago, he did not know of the affair until he was ready to be removed from the hospital to his home. His curios- ity was aroused over numerous consultations. Dr. Jackson said it was one of those rare cases where the heart and nervous. system -fails under the shock of an operation. “The breathing stops eomplete- ly,” the surgeon said. “With that goes the heart action, possibly not 26.— | entirely, but all except an imper- ceptible thread. “Some scientists say that if you'll just stand by and wait the case will right itself, but I haven’t any faith in that, so when Hauser- man failed I acted.” * |2 G, 0. P, CONGRESSMEN BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT Speaker Longworth, Leader Til- son and Committee Chairmen at White House Board. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Jan. °6.—Presi- dent Coolidge today resumed the practice | of having congressional leaders as his breakfast guests, en- tertaining Speaker Longwortn, Representative Tilson, the Repub- lican leader, and 10 other House Republicans. It was said ‘to Le merely a get-together affair. In addition to Longworth and Tilson, the President's guests were Chairman, Madden of the Appro- priations Committee; Chairman Green of the Ways and Means Committee; Chairman. Parker of the Commerce Committee; Chair- man Sinnott of the Public Lands Committee, and Representatives Magee, New York; Darrow, Penn- sylvania; Newton, Minnesota: Den- ison, Illinois; Treadway, Massa- chusetts, and Hawley, Oregon. Th2 President’s secretary, Everett San- ders, also was present. WOMAN PRACTICES MEDICINE AS A MAN FOR 25 YEARS Secret Becomes Known When Dr. M. V. Mayfield of Mena, Ark., Becomes Seriously Ill. Ry the Associated Press. MENA, Ark., Jan. 26,—Serious illness of Dr. M. V. Mayfield, 74 years o!d, well-known physician of Mena, has disclosed‘ that, although Dr. Mayfield has been practicing here for 25 years as a man, the doctor is a woman. When her secret became known, Dr. Mayfield told friends her par- ants in England needed a son to meet legal requirements to protect property rights. They dressed her as a boy, and as time wore on, the habit became her own. Taking up the study of medicine, she qualified as a physician, but continued to wear men’s apparel. Little hope for the recovery of Dr. Mayfield is held out by physi- cians. 7 EX-BANKERS OF DENVER HELD FOR $4,000,000 CRASH| itories Indicted by U. S. Jury on Forgery Charges. | Ry the Associated Prem. ‘ DENVER, Colo., 246.— Jan. | grand jury in con- | of the! here last | by a Federal became known today. indicted are Herman § B. it Those Gates, Gordon Hillis. Frank. Ia | Bishop, Will F. Bishop, D. H. S&ta- | ley, John Q. Adams ahd Mary | | Minty. | Forgery of notes, false entries | and missing funds to the amount of $1,500,000 are alleged, : ee ae ee Melion Gives $25,000 to Library. WALLINGFORD, «‘onn., Jan. 26. Mellon of the Trens- ury, with a gift of $25,000, an- library Choate School —_—— Melis d the Scenes With Colonel House Another Exclusive Feature in the Post-Dispatch Begins Sunday, January 3lst a WR Sa i ghey veh PROS ‘ 3 RESERVATIONS | aon syivania fathered, but UICKLY FOR WORLD COURT. — SS Maioriti Support Clauses of Swan- son’s Resolution for U. S. Adhesion. FINAL DECISION LIKELY THIS WEEK Substitute Proposals by Moses and Williams of | Mj 0 cael eae Considered By the Associated Presse. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Almost by unanimous vote the Senate late today attached to the World Court resolution the qualifying reserva- tions agreed upon by the court's supporters. Friends and enemies of the court joined in voting the reservations into the instrument of ratification, upon which a final vote probably will be reached to- morrow. Post-Dispatch Bureau, i 20-23 Wyatt Bidg. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26,-—Oper- ating under the cloture rule adopt- ed yesterday, the Senate today got down out of the clouds of general debate on the World Court. and began consideration of <he resolu- tion of Senator Swanson (Dem.), of Virginia, proposing American adherence to the Court protocol. The impression prevailed that un- less the opponents of the Court should resort to new dilatory tac- tics, a final vote on the resolution would he had before the end og the week. The first matter taken up was Reservation No. 1 in the Swanso. resolution, providing that adher- ence by the United States to the Court, “shall not be taken to in- volve any legal reiation on the part of the United States to the League of Nations, or the assump- tion of any obligations by the Uni- ted States under the Treaty of Ver- sailles.”’ Friends of the Court maintain that this is merely a statement of an existing condition, but put it into the resolution in order to quiet the fears of “over timorous souls.” Reservation Approved, - In the first vote, the Senate late today approved, 89 to 1. the first of the Swanson reservations. Senator Frazier (Rep.) of North Dakota cast the lone vote against it. The second Swanson reservation, providing that the United States. have a voice in the selection of Judges, was approved, 83 to 8, with Senators Blease, Borah, Frazier, La Follette, Moses, Reed of Missour!l, Shipstead and Williams voting in the negative. The third Swanson reservation, proposing that the United States pay its fair share of the expenses of the court “as determined by the Congress of the United States,” was approved, 89 (te 3, with Sena- tors Blease, Frasfer and Harreld voting in the negative. Next the Senaté approved, 91 to 1, the fourth Swanson reserva. tion, proposing that the United States may withdraw from the court at any time, and that. the court statute cannot be amended without the consent of the Unit- ed States.’ Senator Blease cast The session opened with half an hour’s wrangle over the form of (a unanirrous consent agreement | governing the form of procedure to 'Seven former officials of defunct | be followed in voting on the Court |Denver banks have been indicted | proposal. As finally perfected, the agreement provides that any pro-~ posed amendment filed up to 1 p. m., yesterday, the hour of the vote on cloture, may be offered as an amendment to the pending Swan- reservations, and that after these reservations have been per- fected, Moses and Senator Willlams ‘Rep.). of Missourt. shall have the right respectively to offer their resolutions as substitutes for the Swanson plan. The Moses substitute is the plan \which Senator Pepper of Penn- later re- jected in order to go along with the administration. Williams’ plan, mentioned by name in the unanimous consent agreement, was published yesterday. It requests the President to ascertain through Contineed on Page 3. Columa 3 ~ @