St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 7, 1928

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§ Pa ) I wrris explained to the @harvere Senators eaé¢ v & #AT OFF ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The-Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete NO. 245. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1928—30 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS i MORSE Ff STMENT PLAN ML VALUATION Die ded Party Lines, ss Motion Opposed , Reproduction New t sory Is Passed. AND WALSH ORT PROPOSAL . Would Allow Don- UR. Richberg, Counsel Nationa Conference, Hip Take Part in Hearings. post-Dispatch Bureau, ec 20-23 Wyatt Building. ASHINGTON, May 7.—With ty lines broken, the Senate to- } adopted the resolution intro- ‘by Senator George W. Nor- (Prog. Rep.), Nebraska, re- ing the United States Su- e Court to allow Donald R. berg, attorney for the Na- a] Conference for the Valua- of Railroads, to intervene in i. 4 St. Louis & O'Fallon Railroad tion case, the suit which will mine what method of valua- Ma shall be used in determining railroad rate base for the en- 4. @ country. vote was 46 to 31. be Norris resolution was ne- fated by the refusal of the pad attorneys to consent to berg’s appearance in the case s curiae, or friend of the ft, although he presented argu- sig and briefs before the Inter- pCommerce Commission in the nal proceedings and before the fal Federal District Court of which suit obtained ~ merce Commission's finding Norris Explains Rules, Senate ft the Supreme Court rules it be construed to read that an ide attorney could not inter- bina suit before the court un- ‘the permission of both sides ‘Obtained. Norris is president & National Conference for tion of the railroads. Was supported in the 2- F debate by Senators Borah 1) and Walsh (Dem.), con- Pd the two ablest constitu- f authorities in the Senate. ‘Tesolution was opposed prin- y by Senators David A. Reed >) of Pennsylvania, Simon D. B(Rep.) of Ohio and S. G. Brat- Dem.) of New Mexico. Matton stated that while he was ‘Sympathy with Richberg’s he did not beleive the Sen- hould interfere with the pTo- of the Supreme Court. who came to Norris’ sup- Wheeler of mana and Pitman of Nevada, h Democrats. others who opposed the mtion, however, did not state t they were in sympathy with ‘Richberg theory of valuation, eh is that the railroad rate P should be calculated by the unt of money that has been udently invested” in railroad ems. The railroad attorneys e argued that the court should pute the valuation by stressing it would cost to reproduce “systems new at prevailing 4 C. ©. Favors His Plan. n all the railroads are con- ed, there is a difference of at 3 $10, 000,000,000 in the two eon methods. The Inter- Commerce Commission, in |. fai learning that Darrow was to visit ew -Ming the value of the §&t. ® & O'Fallon, leaned toward fs “prudent investment” et, of Pennsylvania argued Pthe Supreme Court rules did Fequire the consent of both % before an outside attorney = intervene, Norris replied he ‘nh informed by Richberg # that such was necessary. admitted that the request of | : might be | > | but contended that some 6 “ton was necessary if the . og the people were to be | ‘ Preme . Court = Would not admit that the =“t@ Was without precedent ited out that the Chief "of the Supreme Court had ® Senate to appoint coun- the: Oregon cases, which ~ the right of the Presi- st officials who had been “€ with the advice and con- the Senate. : Pesolution does nothing han request the Supreme | hear Mr. Richberg,” » Said. “This same course Ee followed by a corporation ’ Other party interested.” wot Assails David Reed. " Obtained from Norris two | mendments in the resolu- | ‘ then attacked Meed’s ar- on Page 3, Column 5. FLYER PUTS NECK IN NOOSE TO KEEP AWAKE ON FLIGHT Lieut. R. V. Thomas Uses Rope to Remain Conscious on Record Attempt. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May 7.—A noose about his neck was a safeguard used by Lieut. Royal V. Thomas, endurance flyer. to prevent him from falling aslecp in his unaccompanied endurance flight last week, he told the Asso- ciated Press. The rope, Thomas said, was fast- ened at his back in the cockpit and the other end made into a noose around his neck. If over- come by sleep, he said, the noose would choke him back to wakeful- ness when his head fell forward. Thomas said the lessons on en- durance flying learned in his last trip would be of value to him in another attempt which he plans to make within the next week or 10 days. KILLS: HIMSELF WITH POISON AS ‘LAST GREAT EXPERIMENT’ Charles M. Mayer, Assistant in Chemistry at Columbia U., Was Near Doctor's Degree. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—Leaving a note saying “this is the last great experiment in the effects upon the human body” of a chemical com- monly recognized as one of the most deadly, Charles M. Mayer of Yoakum, Tex., an _ assistant in Chemistry, took his life in his room in Columbia University dormitory. Mayer was a graduate student who would have received the de- gree of Doctor of Philosophy this June. He was found today by R. G. Crooks of Yokum, Tex., who occu- pied an adjoining room. The note was timed 4:40 p. m., yesterday. Mayer was described at Colum- bia as a brilliant and popular stu- dent. He was 28 years old and a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he took the degrees of Bachelor and Mas- ter of Arts. GIANNINI] HAS $26,340,000 FOR ENTERPRISES IN ITALY American Banker Announces For- mation of Corporation to Finance Industry and Commerce. By the Associated Press. MILAN, Italy, May 7.—Amedco P. Giannini, New York and Cali- fornia banker, has announced the formation of a new 600,000,000 lira (about $26,340,000) corporation to finance industrial and commercial enterprises in Italy. The capital is to come from shareholders in the Bank of Amer- ica and Italy of Milan. The deci- sion to form the new corporation was taken 2t 2 meeting of the board of directors of the bank, un- der the chairmanship of Senator Scialoga. When the new headquarters of the bank were opened, Giannini ex- plained that the Bank of Americ. and Italy firmly adhered to its policy of abstaining from partici- pation in industrial or commercial enterprises because of its ‘duty to- ward depositors, — eee DARROW MAKING LAST APPEARANCE IN COURT Defends Man on Attempted Bribery Charge in County Where He Began as Lawyer. JEFFERSON, O., May 7.—Clar- ence Darrow, 71, of Chicago, ap- peared here today in what he said would be his last court trial. The trial is that of James Mun- sene of Warren, O., whom Darro‘- is defending against a charge of attempting to bribe Sheriff John Smith of Trumbull County. Darrow, recalling that he started out as a lawyer in Trumbull Coun- ty in defending a man accused of stealing a set of harness, said he wanted to try one more Trumbull County case before he retired. Munsene heard of the desire and Kinsman, O., his birthplace, waited at the village limits. When Dar- row’s machine approached Mun- sene flagged it. Negotiations were completed at Darrow's old home. The case was sent here on a change of venue. , a More Used Cars —Lower Prices Dealers in Used Cars are making displays and prices that will move their stocks during 1928 Used Car Week. Many attractive, serviceable models will be offered at re- duced first payments. Dealers and private owners who have good used cars to sell will list them in the Post-Dispatch Classified Au- tomobile Columns this weex. POST-DISPATCH SAYS HE WANTS 10 BE HANGED FOR KILLING DRUGS Henry St. John Avers He Will Plead Guilty on Condition That He Pay With His Life. SAYS PRISON WON'T | DO HIM ANY GOOD Conference With Police Captain Insists on Death Penalty. Henry. St. John, ernoon that he shot and killed Frank W. Franklin. avenue, was insistent today that he de- served to be, and wants to be hanged for the murder. “I’m just naturally rotten,” he told reporters. “Prison won't do me any good. [ was bad before J] went to the reformatories and I learned lots about crime in the re- formatories and I also learned the use of morphine. “When I came to St. Louis re- cently, I kept straight as long as I had a job. When I was out of work, I bought a revolver for streets. I held up 1” stores before I was caught Friday.” the slayer of her employer, St, John said: know me, but right.” In an interview yesterday Circuit Attorney Sidener, St. John admitted killing Murphy and asked to be hanged for it. When Sidener said he would recommend hanging, but could not guarantee it as the power of sentence rested with the Judge in the case, St. John seemed depressed and altered his story to say that “a pal named Kline” killed Murphy. Later, he admitted he committed the murder and that “Kline” did not exist. The comparograph, a micro- scopic instrument obtained by po- lice, will be used to compare mark- ings on a bullet taken from Mur- phy’s body with a revolver found on St. John and a shell found in his room. In order to forestall a possible repudiation of his confession and an allegation that he was beaten, police have photographed the prisoner in the nude. St. John, however, repeats that he is a con- firmed criminal, beyond reforma- tion, and wants to die at the end of a rope. EARTHQUAKE IN ANATOLIA CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE News of Disaster Last Thursday Delayed by Disruption of Telegraph Lines. ; OO al ll LOL al al al lalallala led» Lhe ahead By the Associated Press, CONSTANTINOPLE, May 7.-- Disastrous effects in Anatolia of the earthquake last Thursday were reported in messages reaching here yesterday which had been delayed by disruption of the telegraph lines, The village of Daghardi, near Kutaiha, was said to have been destroyed with’two persons killed and 60 injured. One person was killed’ in the destruction of the village of Inekollou, near Broussa. Three other villages were damaged badly and thousands rendered homeless, The recent earthquakes and the fear of more to come have caused a religious stir among the Moslem peasantry who attribute the catas- trophie to the recent action of the Government in renouncing Islam as the state religion and to earlier attacks on Moslem fundamental- ism. ee ee Rise Follows Reports of Cold Rain in Growing District. By the Associated Presa, NEW YORK, May 7.—The price of cotton rose approximately $3 a bale in the New York market to- day on renewed buying inspired by reports of cold rain in the eastern cotton belt. May contracts moved up to 21.49 cents a pound and Oc. tober to 21.23 cents, showing little change from these levels at the close. Relatively firm Liverpool cables served to encourage buying, and offerings were light as a result of jheavy realizing late last week. | Failure of private reports indicat- , | ing an increase of 9.91 per cent in acreage to stimulate accelerated the ad- | vance, : Slayer of Frank Murphy in 22-year-old | “graduate” of three state reforma- | torie , who confessed Saturday aft- | Murphy, druggist, in an | attempted holdup at his store, 825 | Thursday, still | PONFEREES YIELD was worse when I came out. I) $5 from a bum I met on the! teferring to the fact that Ethel | Chappell], clerk in Murphy’s store, | did not positively identify him as | “The little lady didn't | I knew her all, with fr , lands are located. | from where these l¢ : fogs over the mountains. i told friends Mrs, Lehman went to COTTON GOES UP $3 A BALE, aggressive | By GEN. UMBERTO NOBILE. Commander-in-Chief of the Dirigible Italia, Soon to Attempt a Flight to the North Pole. (Copyright. 1928.) KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen (via Telephone From San Paolo Radio Station, Rome), May 7. HE suspense is over. The 7 Italia having accomplished without mishap the second, and from many points of view, perhaps, the most hazardous part of her journey, we can now settle down to the rea) business in hand. A week or a little longer per- haps may elapse before the Italia will undertake a feat not attempted before—a landing at the North Pole. We are all in excellent spirts and full of optimism. When leaving the Baggio air- drome at Milan, just a little over two weeks ago, I felt that if we reached safely our base at Kings Bay, the worst part of whatever ordeal was in store for us would be over. I have had no reason to change my mind since then. From the point of view of navigation and owing to the tremendous differences of tem- perature and atmosphere press- ure, the journey from Stolp, Germany, to Spitzbergen is a Gen. Nobile Tells of Plans For Landing at North Pole s lish exclusively in 8t. >» Gen. § count of the cruise of the Italia potential] Waterloo to a dirigible airship. The fact that the Italia has emerged practically without a scratch from such a trial must commend itself to technicians as conclusive vindication of those who pin theif faith as I do to the semirigid type of air- ship. Given satisfactory mete- orological conditions, a landing at the Pole from the Italia should not offer unsurmount- able difficulties, We have aboard, among our various ar- ticles of equipment, several es- pecially constructed devices ready to be used for just sucn an attempt. Thanks to these contrivances, the men who land Will never be physically sever-d from the airship. It will be pos- sible, in case of danger, for them to regain the Italia even if it should be drifting rapidly away. The cross given me by His Holiness, the Pope, .-ill be en- trusted by me to the landing party and we shall all kneel and give our thanks to God when the cross has been safely planted iu the eternal ice at the top of the world. the Post-Dispatch will pub- ( Louis Nobile’s progressive ac- as the expedition proceeds. a er 10 The PRESIDENT f UN FLOOD CONTROL Senate and House Commit- | The ~ AT SPITZBERGEN tees Alter Bill in Three After White House Conference. Particulars jated Press. WASHINGTON, May Mississippi flood control bill was. House and! changed today by the Senate conferees to meet the views of President Coolidge as expressed to them at a White House confer- nee earlier in the day. b. —The i Three changes were made in the measure as Originally passed by the | Senate and amended by the House. The most important was that lim- | iting the liability of the United} States to provide flowage rights to. lands adjacent to the lower Mis-| sissippi which have not heretofore | been subjject to overflow. The second was that the report! of the army engineers as to proj-} ects for flood control on the Mis-' Sissippi tributaries shall be pre- sented to the Mississippi River Commission instead of the special board of three engineers set up by the bill to compose the differences between the Army engineers’ plan for flood control and that pre- pared by the Mississippi commis- sion. The third change is that the Fed- eral Government should be limited in acquiring floodage rights to those lands which hertofore have been subjected to overflow be-| cause of the construction of levees on the opposite side of the river The amended conference repore was submitted to both Houses im- mediately after its adoption. The House will consider the conference report first. AUTHOR OF ‘WILD MARRIAGE’ FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE University of California Instructor Charges Wife, a Scenario Writer, With Desertion. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Cal., May 6.—Dr. Benjamin Harrison Lehman, novel- ist and associate professor of En- glish at the University of Califor- nia, has filed suit for divorce against Mrs. Gladys Collins Leh- man, said by friends to be a scena- rio writer in Hollywood. Dr. Lehman's first novel, “Wild | Marriage,” attracted attention | about a year ago because of “ad- vanced’ opinions expressed. Fe Iollywood about the time the boot was completed, and added that they had agreed to a “tria] separa- tion.” The divorce complaint charged | desertion. | SINCLAIR’S APPEAL ARGUED By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 7.—Argu- ments on the appeal of Harry F. Sinclair from a sentence to serve | tic and to the North Pole itself. | weather | Citta di Mialano. three months in jail and pay a $500 fine for contempt* of the United States Senate, were begun today before the District of Co- lumbia Court of Appeals. Sinclair was convicted of violat- ing the section of the. criminal, code making it a misdemeanor to) refuse to answer questions asked) by a Congressional committee per- | tinent to the subject under inquiry. | Ife declined to answer questions, |. of the Teapot Dome Committee.. NOBILE’S AIRSHIP ARRIVES SAFELY Italia Encounters | Heavy Snow and Head Winds on Flight From. Norway to Arctic Base. By the Associated Press, KING'S BAY, Spitzbergen, May | ‘.—The dirigible Italia was safe at) her base today awaiting favorable | weather as final preparations were made for a series of trips over unexplored wastes of the Arc- being extremely unfavorable’ conditions, Gen. Nobile! brought the airship from Vadsoe, | Norway, some 700 miles across the | Arctic ocean, to King’s bay in 1614 hours and made her fast to the’ mooring mast of the base ship| Despite A high wind was blowing and the dirigible was forced to stay an- chored to the ship for many hours since it was impossible to put her in the hangar used by the Norge when Nobile flew from here ov2r the North Pole in 1926, A heavy snowfall and contrary winds were encountered through- out Saturday night on the flight here. The Italia, however, was in constant wireless communication with the base ship and the Geofy- siske Institute at Tromsoe, which supplied detailed data on the weather. The ship was sighted near South Svydkap in Southern Spitzbergen yesterday morning. It Kept out- side the coast line because of heavy | Gen. Nobile, after making Green Harbor at noon, was forced to ma- neuver the craft for an hour before he could bring her to the base ship’s mooring mast. Gen. Nobile plans several flighis during the next two months explor- ing parts of the Arctic regions hitherto unvisited or about which there is controversy. He also plans to revisit the North Pole, which he first flew over in the _ dirigible Norge last summer. FAIR TONIGHT, TOMORROW. WITH RISING TEMPERATURE THE seer PE RATUCRES a. D. vesterday’ s high, 73 (4 p. m.; (6 a. ™.}. IF ONLY THE FLOODS COULD BE VETOED 00-2 DS View Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow. Missouri: Fair and warmer to- night and tomor- row; increasing cloudiness. warm- er in east and south portions. Illinois: Fair tonight and to- morrow, but in- creasing cloudi- ness tomorrow. warmer, Sunset, 6:59; Sunrise (tomor- row). 4:55. Stage of the | Mississippi, 12.1 | feet, a fall of 0.4: | : road. | ing the resignation. |} a negative reply it was PEASANTS MARCH UPON RUMANLAN CAPITAL: PROTES AGAINST PREMIER 200,000 at Meeting That Takes Oath to Over- throw Cabinet—Regents Refuse Their Demand. REFUSAL TO PAY TAXES ANTICIPATED Passive Resistance Pro- gram Suggested—10,000 Troops on Guard and Planes Follow Column. By the Associated Press. ALBA JULIA, Rumania, May 7. —Peasants were marching on Bucharest today to demand a change of Government. Meanwhile the regency had refused the request of leaders of the peasants who had gone ahead by train. After a Sunday meeting of 200,- 000 peasants and laborers had sworn to do everything possible to remove the present Government and had broken up in confusion, the crowd lingered for two hbdurs while several leaders made fiery speeches. Then two long columns started a five-day march to Buch- | arest. Ten army planes flew over Alba Julia surveying the ranks of the peasants us they trudged toward the capital. Marchers Not Organized. It was stated that each peasant was participating in the march on his own initiative and without the | authorization of Julio Maniu, lead- er of the National Peasant party. The march on Bucharest Was re- garded as a popular manifestation, 'and since the marchers were un- armed no bloodshed was expected. Maniu and I. Michalaki, another leader, went to the capital ahead of the peasants, traveling by rail- They carried the demand of ‘he Assembly,that the Government headed by VintNa Bratiano resign. Maniu was informed that he re- rency saw no occasion for demand- In the face of said in Bucharest the Peasants’ party may 'now adopt passive resistance to- wards the present Government, in- cluding ‘the nonpayment of taxes, in order to embarrass it. The Associated Press correspond- ent who rode from Klausenburg (Cluj) toward Bucharest met many peasants moving toward the capil- tal with banners which were un- furled. Others were sitting around camp fires by the roadside. To frustrate any attempt at open revolution the Government de- ployed 10,000 troops at strategic points outside this town with ma- chine guns and airplanes. No at- tempt was made, however, to mo- lest the peasants, Premier Bratiano at Bucharest said that knowing the real state of things, the country’s desire for peace and the impossibility of any revolutionary act, he had assented to the holding of the Congress of the peasants. He termed it merely an episode in the opposition fight against the Government, which, he said, enjoyed the confidence of the people. One resolution passed by the Congress was interpreted as mean- ing that if Maniu obtained powe- he might recommend the abolition of the regency, which rules for the 6§-year-old King Michael, and this in turn might leave the door open for the return of former Crown Prince Carol either as a regent or as King. The resolution read: “This Congress reiterates {ts monarchial sentiment, but declares that the form of the Government depends entirely upon its concep- tion by the people, who possess the privilege to change the existing form if they consider a change de- sirable.” “We Are Not Bolsheviks.” While Maniu and other leaders were addressing 200 of the move important delegates in the munict. pal theater, an enormous crowd rathered outside and cheered. Maniu took the correspondent dy the arm and led him to the balcony where they could survey the crowd. “Took at that mass of humani- ty,” Maniu said. “It could be paralleled only in lberty-loving America. It is not a mob. It is an orderly, peaceful assemblage. We are neither revolutionists nor bolshevists. We want an honest government. “Dropping their plows and shov- els, these legions of peasants and 'toilers have tramped hundreds of | | wearisome miles in order to join ‘the universal demand for the over- throw of the They will return to their homes as »~resent Government. Continued on Page 3, Column 3. First —-Seterauntional Photo. JULIO MANIU. HIEF in a peaceful demonstra- tion of 200,000 against the rule of Premier Bratiano in Rumania, PEASANTS’ OATH TO DRIVE OUT GOVERNMENT THAT IS ‘PLAGUE TO THE COUNTRY” By the Associated Press. ALBA JULIA, Rumania, May 7. ITH raised hands, the W peasants at yesterday's huge meeting of protest, at which they demanded a change in Government, took this oath: “We swear to the great and good God to fight a righteous fight against the Government which is a plague to the coun- try and which was nominate! by a decree wrung from King Ferdinand -n his deathbed. W:: swear that a new Rumania shall be created which shall stand for freedom and justice to all of Rumania’s brave sons.” STREET CAR MEN VOTE WEDNESDAY ON STRIKE wee te Group of 1800 Picks Date, Remaining 3000 Ex- pected to Follow Suit. Eighteen hundred members of the Street Car Men’s Union today voted unanimously to take a strike vote next Wednesday in view of the recent announcement by the Board of Directors of the Public Service Co. that their wages would be reduced approximately 9 per cent, effective June 2. The remaining 3000 members of the union are scheduled to meet tonight at Jeffla Hall, Jefferson and Lafayette avenues, where the night and “split-watch” men gath- ered this-morning. It is regarded as a foregone conclusion that the strike vote will be authorized. The referendum on suspension of work will, if passed, authorize the officers of the union to call a strike at such time as shall suit the purposes of the union. Among the speakers at the fore- noon meeting were William BRB. Fitzgerald, international vice-presi- dent of the union, and Edward Mc- Morrow, a representative of the in- ternational, who are here for the emergency. The union wants an increase !n wages of five cents an hour, which would bring the maximum to 72 cents an, hour, and improved worx- ing conditions. The company pro- posed a decrease in wages on the ground that the decreased revenue from bus competition would not bear higher operating costs. Both sides to date have ignorad a clause in the working agreement calling for arbitration of such dis- putes by the Public Service Com- mission. PIONEER IN X-RAY KILLS SELF ay — ey Dr. C. FE. Kdmund Kells, New Or- leans Dentist, Was in Ill Health. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 7.— Dr. C. E. Edmuttd Kells, interna- tionally known dentist and the first member of his profession to use X-ray in the practice of den- tistry, shot and killed himself in his office here today, Desponden- cy over ill health was attributed us the causé by police. Dr. Kells had undergone 27 operations and amputations in re- cent years to his left arm, which had become infected through his experiments with X-ray. His sight also had become impaired. Asso- cilates said fear of losing his other arm and blindness had caused him to become | de *sponde nt. ——— ne nme SENATE AMENDS - TAX BILL By the Aasoclated Pres, WASHINGTON, May - 7.—The Senate today knocked out of the House tax bill the provision to 2#'- low the proposed reduction in the | corporation tax to apply retroac tively on last year’s income of cor porations on which taxes are pay; - able this year. Under the modification the re- duced corporation rate would go, | Continacd on Page 2. Golamm 2 into effect on this vear's Income. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TELL OF $6 T0 $11,000 SPENT Norris Out the Least Amount and Curtis the Largest of Eight Testify- ing in Senate Inquiry. BORAH HAS NOT PAID OUT A CENT. George’s Outlay About $75 and Goff’s $60—Com.- mitteemen to Visit Smith and Ritchie. By the Asscciated Press. WASHINGTON, May 7.—A rap- idly moving line of presidential candidates trooped to and from ths witness stand today at-the opening of the Senate’s investigation into campaign expenditures of 1928. They were assured by Chairman Steiwer of the investigating com- mittee that the proceedings were not designed to injure or aid any man’s political fortunes. Norris’ of Nebraska, Curtis of Kansas, Borah of Idaho, Walsh of Montana, George of Georgia, Goff of West Virginia, Hitchcock of Ne- braska, Hull of Tennessee, all were there to testify, furnish figures, if there were any, and to say that they had no agreement with other candidates. Goft of West Virginia, who {fs opposing Secretary of Commerce Hoover in his home State, epitom- ized his stand with the assertion that he was sending out literature to emphasize that he was nobody's “stalking horse.”’ Curtis furnished figures totaling a few thousand dollars covering Kansas, New York, Oklahoma, Missouri, the District of Columbia and his own receipt of ‘a thousand dollars. Incidentally the Kansan said he expected to win and that he had become convinced that President Coolidge would not con- sent to be drafted. Norris repeated the assertion that he made last week that he hal spent $6 for an advertisement in a Nebraska paper which he had not ordered. Borah had spent nothing. Walsh had figures of $1190.65; George had $75 and a hotel bill. Curtis organizations had reported expenditures of $11,468.57. Goff's total to date was $60. Hitchcock's total was $1744.85. Hull's organi- zation had spent $1000. Norris First Examined, Senator Norris asked to bé6 heard first because of a committee meeting. He was sworn and BStic- wer asked him to tell of expendi- tures of his campaign and the scope of it. Norris was smoking a pipe. “IT have not been a candidate.” the Nebraskan said. “I have not wanted to be and haven't been in any sense. Against my wish my name was put on the ballot in Wisconsin and Nebraska, although I could have stopped it. “IT have not spent anything. After the primaries in these states, I received a letter from a Ne- braska editor asking me te pay $6 for an advertisement. “He gaid he had not been au- thorized to run it but I paid it. I hope this will not induce others te bill me. “T have seen other advertise- ments in papers for me. All showed on the face who paid for them.” No Norris Fund Raised. Steiwer asked if Norris contem- plated any expenditures before the national convention, and Norris said he did not. .He added that when he decided not to withdraw his name in the Nebraska primary, he asked that no expenditures be made on his behalf. He said no fund had been raised for hig can- didacy. Norris referred to mock conven« tions held by university students. He said a California school had nominated him for the presidency over Herbert Hoover and an Ohio school had nominated him for the vice presidency. “So I think I have a cinch oa one job,” he remarked, | Senator Barkley of Kentucky said the inquiry was to include “means ‘and methods.” and he asked if Norris knew of any move- ment in his behalf by any organi- zations. Norris did not. Senator Bratton of New Mexico, inquired if Norris knew whether any corporation had spent money for his campaign. He did not. Neither did he know why Secre- tary Hoover withdrew frem the Wisconsin primary. “Hoover and 1 had no uniere