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THER. rer Bureau Forecast.) and colder with mi re about 30 degree ir with rising temperatu p.m. m. t port on Page 9. inimum tem- tomorrow . Highest, i lowest, 44, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as sec post_office, \Wa. WETS CLOSE CASE WITH EXHIBITION OF LIQUOR UTENSILS Stills, Charred Kegs and Raw Materials for Manufacture Shown at Hearing. No. 29,934, VALUE FOR COMMERCIAL USE DOURTED BY EXPERTS Drys to Get Hearing Tomorrow. Hill Says €0 Representatives Will Hit Prohibition. BY G. GOULD LINCOL A1 exhibit of cooking utensils which | may be converted into stil of corn, of corn sugar and malt ex triet from whi r may be dis tilled and of Navoring extracts to give “whisky™ a “rye” or “bourbon” taste | ind of charred kegs to improve and homemade liquor featured r hearing of the “wets"” be te judiciary subcom mittee considering legislation to modify or to strengthen the prohibi- tion laws, | enator Reed of Missouri produced the utensils and other materials used in making illicit liquor and closely questioned, James M. Doran, a chem- in the employ of the prohibition unit, and Gerald P. Murphy of the | enforcement squad here in Washing- 15 to their use. Doran admitted that these utensils and materials might be used to make liquor, but denied that they were used to produce liquor in “commercial quantities.” Mr. Mur- phy ulso sald they might be used, ut such improvised stills here. Hill Heads Dry Foes. of cans | | DEBT NEGOTIATIONS |French Finance j Will go to London before making any sald he had not found many | d class matter shington, D. Woman Candidate Appalled by Sex’s Voting Ignorance By the CHICAG norance of ated Press April 1 “The woman voter appalling,” s Bertha Baur, unsuccessful candidate for Republican congressional nomina- tion, who takes her defeat with a smile, “They are fgnorant of politics,” satd Mrs. Baur, speaking of men- bers of her sex, whom she met at the polls. “I saw many come to vote without ever having register- ed. Some wanted to take their ballots home. Some wanted thelr relatives to into the booths and help them to mark their ballots.” PERET COMING HERE IN MAY T0 RESUME | { Minister First Going to London to Discuss Payment. By the Assoclated Pres PARIS, April 15.—-Le Soir today says that Finance Minister Peret will leave for Washington in May, where he hopes to be able to sign a debt agreement with the United States. News from Washington regarding debt negotiations continues favorable, | the Associated Press learns. M. Peret i | llrfl]’) to Washington because of the desire of the British government to incorporate in its next budget the first year's payment by France. When M. Peret returns from Lon- don the French Parliament will ad- Journ during the period of the gen- eral department and the | i h WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926—SIXTY-TWO PAGES. AMUNDSEN AIRSHIP STARTS GOO-MILE | LENINGRAD FLIGHT Journey From Oslo Hampered Early Today by Heavy Mist Over Sweden. DIRECTION GIVEN CRAFT BY RADIO AT VAXHOLM | i King and High Officials Greet Craft ‘ Upon Arrival at Swedish Capital Yesterday. By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, April 15.—The dirigible Norge of the Amundsen- Ellsworth Arctic expedition, which left Oslo, Norway, early this morning, sent a wireless message at 3:55 p.m. reporting that she was 60 miles from Leningrad. The message from the dirigible sald that the ship, which will land at Trotsk, a suburb of Leningrad, was advancing slowly because of a fog, which made it difficult to maneuver easily. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, April 15.—Flying eastward over Sweden, across the Baltic Sea and over the Gulf of Fin- land, the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar expedition airship Norge was on her way to Leningrad today. | The Norge established communica- | tion by wireless with the Vaxholm station near Stockholm at 5:40 o'clock this morning. She reported that she | had entered a zone of mist extending cross almost the whole country. The commander could not tell his position, but said he thought the direction he was taking was correct. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MACKS TAKE EARLY LEAD OVER GRIFFS Baumgartner Gets Mound Assignment for A’s in PARTICULARS OR PARKING BAN AND ONE-WAY RULE | ; URGED ON DOWNTOWN STREETS Eldridge and Fenning See Former Course as Ulti } mate Solution—Hesse Believes Men Are Mak- ing Too Many Arrests for Trivial Violations. ‘While suggestions for changing the traffic regulations poured into the ¢ Foening Star. * Fenning They are: Complete elimination of all parking in the congested area dur- every cit, P) Means Associated Prass. Declares Hammer’s Charges Absolutely Untrue Commissioner Frederick A. Fen- ning struck back today at Repre- sentative Hammer of North Caro- lina, who charged before the House District committe yesterday taat the Commissicner had mis- handled the funds of his wards in real estate transactions. The ac- cusation was branded by Mr. Fen- ning as “absolutely untrue” in a prepared statement fssued at the District Building. It follows: “Representative Hammer is re- ported as saying that I have un- lawfully profited by investments made by me with trust funds. This is absolutely untrue. “Records at the courthouse will show that no single investment was ever made by me without the authority of the court first had been obtained. % “The sald records will also show as to investments on which a com- mission was charged for making the loan, the entire amount of such commission went, in each case, to the ward and was set out in the schedule of the ward's income. In other words, the ward's estate re- ceived the entire amount of such commissions. “In every case in which no com- missfon was received by me, that fact, as the records at the court house will show, has been stated under oath.” SICKNESS SENDS COOLIDGE T0 BED Engagements Canceled as President Takes Treatment for Indigestion. | President Coolidge suffered an at- tack of indigestion while at his desk | shortly before 11 o'clock this morn- | ing and was compelled to go to his | i Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers block and the regular cd tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,928 TWO CENTS. NATION-WIDE PROBE OF GUARDIANSHIPS 15 GIVEN APPROVAL [House Veterans’ Committeg Votes to Begin Inquiry in D. C. Tomorrow. LOCAL CONDITIONS FIRST TO BE INVESTIGATED Representative Luce Warns Against Delay in Studying Past. Urges Remedial Legislation Investization of the administration of guardianships for mentally incom- vetent beneficiaries of the Veterans' Bureau will start tomorrow before the committee on World War vet- legislation. The committee ,at a meeting today, adopted two resolutions for Investi zatlon of zuardianship matters to de- ermine what recommendations the committee will make for legislation to correct any evils found to exist. One of these resolutions covered &n investigation of conditions in the Dis- trict of Columbla, which have re- ceived publicity because of Represen- tative Blanton's attack on Commis- sioner Frederick A. Fenning, and vne covered guardianship matters all over the country. The investigation the District of Columbia is to be made first, with hearings starting tomorrow morning. | It was declared at the meeting t | that about $3.000,000 a year ishould go to mentally incompet: veterans of the World Wa out the country is being Representative Bullwinkle of North Carolina moved that Chairman John- son of the veterans' committee be di- rected to introduce a resolution for i council, lieaded by Representative Hill of Calls for Bearings. office of the traffic director today, fol- | ing business hours. room, and after receiving attention | investigation of ull matters of guar- Maryland, a candidate for the Re- publican nomination for the Senate on a “wringing wet” platform. a large group of Congressmen filed statements declaring that prohibition had brought about worse conditions in their districts. Mr. Hill an-! nounced that 60 members of the| House would file these statements. President Samuel Harding Church of the Carnegie Institute of Pitts- burg, with some 6,000 students testified that conditions so far as drinking is concerned had become vastly worse since prohibition was enacted into law. The hip flask was responsible, he said. Senator Reed, the “wet’” member of | Ainance minister, it is affirmed by those who are closely in touch with him, will take advantage of the op. portunity to cross the Atlantic and close negotiations at Washington. GROUNDWORK IS LAID. There has been every indication that conferences designated to bring about a settlement of the French and Jugo- Slavian war debt to the United States would be initiated if the Senate ap- proves the Italian agreement which is to be voted on next Wednesday. Secretary Mellon and French Am- bassador Berenger have conferred a number of times since the unsuccess- the Senate committee, and Senator Harreld of Oklahoma, a “dry,” the| only members of the committee in| attendance at the hearings today,| clashed over procedure. It was finally decided there would be no session this | afternoon, and that the “drys” would | ziven their innings tomorrow | morning at 10 o'clock. The wets, Julien Codman, their attorney have completed their testimony, though they still have about 2! hours of time remaining of the 24 hours originally allotted them. Mr.| Codman wishes to use this time in| arzument, following the completion of the dry testimony, provided the com- mittee will agree to this. Such an agreement was entered into with Sen- | 1tor Harreld before Senator Reed en- | tered the committee room, but when | Senator Reed insisted upon continuing nd completing his examination of Cien. Lincoln Andrews, begun yes- rerday, the agreement went by the| hoard, and Senator Harreld insisted | that the “wets” must use up their| time now or not at all. 1 Hill First Witness. i Representative Hill was the first | witness for the “wets” today. He | told the committee that the Volstead act permits and legalizes cider and | wine containing possibly from 2.7 to | 11.68 per cent of alcohol. | ‘Today,” he sald, “Congress has the power to permit and legalize similar beverages to be restrictions for use in the home, gress the power to pa legislation in 10 minutes if it desires Mr. Hill cited his own case in Balt more when he was indicted and| charged _with unlawfully manufac- | turing 25 gallons of wine and 30 gal- | lons of cider. His right to make these beverages in his own home, contain- ing the percentages of alcohol indi- cated was sustained by the court and the matter has never been carried to the Supreme Court. Says Decision is Binding. o id, | es. | ““Fhe decision in this case,” he sa “confirming the principles of la tablished in TUnited States versus | + therefore binding on every d States Criminal Court in the Nation. | Mr. Hill said that Gen. Andrews | employed in prohibition enforcement in January of this year had stated that he was satisfled the court has properly interpreted the law in the case of the United States against Hill and in the case of Isner against the TUnited States. Gen. Andrews in his statement sald that the court inter- pretation amounts to this: “That a householder who manufactures in his home for consumptlon clder and fruit juices which acquire by fermentation one half of the 1 per cent or more of alcohol by volume, but which are not nto: ating in fact, does not violate » law, but that the law is violated the fermetation process is allowed to roceed to the point where the ful visit here last year of the Caillaux mission, and although the groundwork for a resumption of negotiations has been laid, American debt officials have refrained from expressing the same optimism as to an early understanding as have some of the French spokes men. | Vote Set for Wednesday. The Senate entered into a unanimous consent agreement vesterday to vote at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon on the Italian debt pact, and administra- tion leaders are confident it will be ratified. The House has already acted on it. Senators opposing the terms fixed by the American debt com- mission may endeavor to have the question returned to the Finance | Committee for further consideration. | An effort first was made to obtain consent for a vote at 2 p.m. Saturday, | but Senator Reed, Democrat, Missou- ri, objected, with the declaration that he regarded the settlement as a “spe- cles of intolerable grand larceny,” Later he declared that if the agree- ment were approved the people would repudiate the action of Congress. Borah Enters Argument. development there were ertes of “Vote, vote,” with Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com- mittee sitting poised and ready to take the floor to stave off immediate ac- sold under Drober |yion He finally arose and announced | ed ¢ that while efforts to get an agreement | were going forward he would discu the proposed amendments to the V stead act. | Meantime Chairman Smoot of the | finance committee, in charge of the bull, reached a compromise with Sen- ator Reed and the proposal for a vote Wednesday was made. Some Senators threatened to block it, but it finally went through, with a provision limit- ing debate to 30 minutes for each Senator, beginning at noon Wednes- day. D. C. PLEA TO BE HEARD.! Arguments for Representation to Be Made Next Tuesday. Next Tuesday, April 20, the judi- ciary committee of the House of Rep- resentatives will hear arguments by District citizens on the joint resolu- | flight to Russia, and soon all hands | The message said the commander had been unable to ascertain his ex- act location, and asked Stockholm to request other wireless stations to en- deavor to get in connection with the Norge with a view to giving her compass_bearings. The Norge passed Trosa, about 60 miles from Stockholm, aut 6:35 am., about an hour after she had establish- ed wireless communication with the Vaxholm station. The airship which arrived here yes- terday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock on a 600-mile voyage from Pulbam, Eng- land, cut loose from the mooring mast at 1:10 o'clock this morning for an additional 600-mile trip through the alr to Soviet Russia. The arrival here of the Norge, after having covered about 1,600 miles from the fying field outside Rome, was the occasion for great excitement. The weather was beautifal and the popu- lace in thousands turned out to greet the monarch of the air, in which it is hoped the North Pole will be crossed by air during the Summer for the first tisw In history. Passing the home of Roald Amund- sen, six miles distant down the Fjord, the Norge dipped her flag in greeting to the people of the village in which lives the famous explorer who is to head the polar flight. Amunsden is now on the way with Lincoln Ells- worth of New York for Spitzbergen, the main base for the start across the pole. ing Is Given Salute. When the aircraft neared the palace | here it circled about. accompanied by three naval planes, faced the palace and saluted King Haakon, who, with glasses in hand, was observing the maneuvers of the Norge from a win- dow. Premier Lykke and other offi- cials watched the scene from the roof of Parliament House. School children were released from their lessons in order that they might witness the ar- rival of the airship. Little difficulty was experienced in tying the great ship to the mooring m War Secretary Wefring greet- 1. Nobile and the members of the | Little time | for the | crew when they landed. was lost in making ready were busily engaged in supplying the gas bags with hydrogen from big tanks which had been brought to the flying fleld. From Leningrad it is ex- pected that the Norge will proceed to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen. RUSSIAN PLANES READY. i Escort Norge to Leningrad | After She Crosses Border. LENINGRAD, April 15 (®).—Mili-| tary and naval forces stationed near | Leningrad, for which the dirigible | Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar expedition was headed today, have been instructed to keep a sharp lookout for the first appearance of | the_ship. The dirigible will land in Trotsk, a suburb of Leningrad. A squadron of planes will meet the Norge at the will ! crowd was ¢ tion, H. J. R. 208, empowering Con-| Russian frontier and escort her to gress to enact a law granting national | the landing fleld. A special train, representation to the District of Co-|carrying a large reception committee, lumbia. Cha{rman Graham of the ju-|left Leningrad last night for the land- diclary committee today notified E. C. Brandenburg, chairman of the citi- zens’ subcommittee on congressional hearings, to that effect. Associated with Mr. Brandenburg on this sub- committe is Edward I. Colladay, as vice chairman, and several others, who will appear at the hearing and | present the case of the District, urg- ing that the judiciary committee re- beverage becomes intoxicating in fact. Andrews Is Recalled. Mr. Hill said that for more than two vears he had been attempting to ob- tain through offical channels a defini- tion of the word “non-intoxicating” in section 29 of the Volstead act. He said that he asked whether cider that contained 2.75 per cent alcohol IS per- missible for use in the home, and that Roy A. Haynes, at that time prohibi- tion commissioner, had replied that | ‘this office is not disposed to take ac- ion against the manufacture for use | in the home of the maker of cider or other fruit juices contalning not more per cent alcohol.” Hill said, however, that Mr. Haynes revoked his decision on this matter when he wrote him in regard to his bill authorizing the manufac- ture of 2.75 per cent beer. After Representative Weller of New York and Representative Sabath of 1llinols had presented statements for the record regarding econditions n their districts during prohibition, port the joint Tesolution to the House with a favorable recommendation in order that the matter may be brought up at the present session. Prepara- tions for the hearing are now in prog- ress. Commons Suspends By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 15.—Thirteen labor members of the House of Commons were suspended during an all-night sitting of Parliament for willfully ob- structing business. Neville Cham- berlain, Conservative, named the of- fending members and moved that they be suspended. His motion was carried by a vote of 163 to 76. There- upon they withdrew from the House. The House was in committee dis- Senator Reed insisted upon continu- ng_with the examination of Gen. “(Continued on Poge 2, Column 1) | Thomas, cussing clauses of the economy bill when at 6 o’'clock this morning H. former secretary of state for the colonies and Laborite member ! For Willfully Obstructing Proceedings ing field. DANGERS MORE EVIDENT. Accumulation of Ice Gravely Threat- ens Aircraft in Arctic. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LENINGRAD, April 15.—With the Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible Norge headed northward for its flight across the polar void and all preparations completed here for the last stop out- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 13 Labor Members for Derby, moved an adjournment of the debate. The division on the mo- tion proceeded normally, but after the prescribed time the tellers had not returned with the figures. It was re- ported that certain members in the “aye” lobby hall refused to pass the tellers. Committee Chairman Hope de- manded the names of those abusing the rules of the House, and when these were given the proceedings were suspended and the speaker of the House was summoned from his bed. When business was resumed Mr. Chamberlain moved the suspen- sion of the members. Third of Series. . p. Umpires—Messrs. Connolly and Nallin. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. WASHINGTON, April 15.—Wash ington’s American League Champions were called on to face a lefthander for the first time this season when Man- ager Connie Mack of the Athletics designated Stanwood Baumgartner for box duty in the third contest of the infant season. The veteran, Cy perkins, was called on to do the catch- ing, young Mickey Cochrane, whose hitting has been disappointing, being given a rest. Pllot Harris of the Griffmen nomin- ated Leslie Joseph Bush, veteran fast- ball flinger, obtained from the St. Louls Browns, to-carry the hurling burden for the Nationals, and re- tained the youngster Buddy Mvyer at shortstop in view of the prevailing cool weather that might adversely affect old Rajah Peckinpaugh. The small_one, being esti- mated at less than 5,000. FIRST INNIN PHILADELPHIA—Bishop Stan Harrls tossed out Lamar, Bishop taking _second. French rolled to Myer, Bishop moving to third. Sim- mons singled sharply to center, scor- ing Bishop. Simmons stole second. unmolested. rolled to Stan Harris. One run. WASHINGTON—Rice died, Hauser | to Baumgartner, who covered first. Stan Harris sent French back for his fly. Goslin singled to right cen- ter. Joe Harris lofted to French. No runs. 20,000 DESERTING VESSELS FOR . S, Senator Reed Charges Alien Seamen Pouring lllegally Into United States. By the Associated Press. An average of 20,000 aliens are being admitted annually to the United States in violation of the law by desertions of seamen from forelgn ships, Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, declared today before the Senate immigration committee. Two-thirds of the desertions are in New York, the Pennsylvania Senator said. He declared in 1924 desertions at American ports totaled 34,639 and in 1925 the total was 19,710, Capt. R. Williams of the Interna- { tional Mercantile Marine, testifying on the King alien seamen’s bill, declared the desertions were due to the lure ! of higher wages, liquor, women and conditions aboard ship. Lay in Wait for Seamen. During the Summer, he: declared, ‘when business in the Middle West be- comes active, employment agents for automobile factories and other indus- | tries make a business of attempting to_induce seamen to desert and take employment in the Middle West. They hold out the inducement of higher wage and offer to pay their railroad fare, he said. Capt. Willlams sald the British sea- man seldom deserted his ship and the heaviest desertions came from seamen from southern Europe. He suggested the stationing of American agents in these ports to examine seamen taken aboard ship bound for the United States, to determine thelr fitness. He denied that reputable licensed officers aboard Atlantic ships were engaged in bootlegging allens into the United States. Radio Progra;ns—Page 50. y walked. Hauser walked. Perkins | {lowing his appeal yesterday for ideas |on improving the traffic laws, Col. I. | C. Moller, acting director, conferred with Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, as to how the suggestion of the District Commissioners on cutting down the number of arrests by elimi- { nating some of the regulations might be brought about. Col. Moller pro- | fessea himself at a loss as to how to {meet the situation by eliminating fiic rules on which few arrests are made. Commissioner Fenning suggested that the probable trouble is not too many regulations, but too many people breaking the regulations now in force. At ths same time, from sources close to the office of the traffic director, came a suggestion that two courses are open to the city heads and the director to reduce the mounting total of arrests for violation of the park- ing regulations—a section of the law which ranked second only to the park- ing light law in arrests in March, These courses are radical and would mean a complete shifting about of the traffic situation here. Designating all streets except the arterial highways and broad avenues a8 one-way streets. Both Commissioner Fenning and the | traffic director are convinced that a| complete ban on downtown parking during business hours is the ultimate | solution of the parking problem. | “While I do not believe the time has| vet arrived when parking should be prohibited in the congested zone, I be lieve that is the final solution,” Com- | missioner Fenning _sald. Similar | views were expressed by the traffic director shortly before he left the| ity on a business trip to Baltimore and Harrisburg. The other suggestion—that maln | streets in the congested zone be made | one-way streets—has already been ten- | tatively worked out fn the office of | the trafic director, but has not yet | been formally suggested. It would| include ~ Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh. Twelfth, Thirteenth and _Fifteenth, | north and south, and D, E, H and 1| streets, east and west. Mr. Elridge left the city with orders | to_Col. Moller to go over the regula- tContinued on Page 2, Column 6.) YT POAET SOON HALTED HERE Passaic Children Prevented From Carrying Banners at White House. | Six children who came to Washing- | ton from Passaic, N. J., to picket the White House in the interest of Federal intervention in the mill workers strike were stopped today by the Metrcpolitan police about 15 minutes after they had entered upon a demon- stration which consisted of walking | slowly up and down the sidewalk and displaying placards relating to the Passale strike. Inspector Evans of the local police, who brought the demonstration to an end, told those in charge of the chil- dren that they were violating the child labor law of the city. He did not quote the law himself, but explained, how- ever, that there was nothing to pre- vent the adults of the party from | ! parading in front of the White House |as long as they desired. The little | representatives of Passaic and their | mothers and other adults accompany- ing them made no especial protest | jand peacefully tucked their banners under their arms and left the scene. Unable to See President. The group first went to the execu- tive office to seek audience with the President to appeal to him personal- iy to interest himself In bringing about a Federal investigation of con- ditions in_the strike areas of Pas- saic. Secretary Sanders informed them that the President was indis- posed and had left his office, and it would not_be possible for them to {see him. The secretary added, how- ever, that in his opinion it is not a matter for the Federal Govern- ment to_interfere. Carl Trocola, spokesman for the group, wanted to present affadavits (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.,) ARLINGTON WATER BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT District Supply Made Available to Virginia Residents After Years of Effort. The citizens of Arlington County, ! Va., now will get their water supply trom the District of Columbia system. The President today signed the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to supply the Arlington County Sanitary Commission with water. minates an earnest effort on the part of Virginia members of Congress to obtain this water supply for a number of years. One of thelr main argu- ments was that the citizens in nearby sections of Maryland have been en- joying this water privilege for some time and that the citizens of Virginia should be treated similarg i MAGNUS JOHNSON This cul- |; PLEA' DISWISSED Action by Elections Commit- tee, However, Will Be Con- tested in Senate. By the Associated Press. The Senate elections committee to- day voted unanimously to dismiss the Minnesota senatorial contest brought by Magnus Johnson, former Farmer- Labor Senator, 1 Schall, Republican. The action of the committee does not end the contest, however, as Sena- tor Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minne- sota, with the support of some of the progressives, plans to make a fight on the floor of the Senate to have the case reopened and additional evidence taken. Supporters of Johnson will base thefr fight on the ground that the commit- tee shut off the investigation without hearing witnesses which the contesant | offered to produce. The first step is | expected to be a motion to recommit the case. POLO INJURIES FATAL. against Senator o | i Army Officer Succumbs After Fall During Contest. FORT BENNING, Ga., April 15 (®). —First Lieut. Harry V. French, Centralla, Wash., attached to Com- pany D, 20th Infantry, died vesterday at the post hospital from injuries re- celved in a polo game here. French was a graduate of West Point Military Academy and the infantry school here. The lieutenant’s horse stumbled while making a turn at the beginning of the second chukker in a game be- tween Fort Benning and Fort Ogle- thorpe. French was thrown to the ground, the horse rolling over him. He suffered internal injuries. Lieut. French served in the World War as an enlisted man with the 135th Infantry. A wife and two children survive. |Rum Bicycle Seized went to bed. Maj. James F. Coupal, U. §. A., the | Veterans' Bureau President's physician, who had been summoned, said after examining the Executive that the latter was suffer- ing from an intestinal disorder, ac- | lation that tmay be fou dianship affecting the wards of the who have guar dians or committes in the United States. This resolution provides that report should be made to the com- mittee for the purpose of passing legis- nd neceseary i companied by palns in the abdomen, |to correct conditions. but that his condition could not be | The Presi- | dent’s heart action and temperature | were normal and it is expected that | is & considered at all serious. he will be up and about tomorrow. Similar to Summer Attack. The President's attack was de- scribed as being very similar to the | M one he suffered early last Summer, | Motions Are Made. He emphasized that the first du:y put the “fear of God” into any { who have violated their trusts. He | said that it is the duty of the commit- tee if any crimes have been commit ed to bring them to the attention of e House. The vote for the investigation of which was sald at the time to have | conditions in the District of Columbia been aggravated by cantaloupe. The President himself referred to last Summer’s attack being merely an old-fashioned stom. ach ache. According to those who saw the President today and dis- cussed his condition with him, today's attack is of a corresponding nature. The President is understood to have | felt ill this morning before breakfast, | but did not consider it necessary t remain away from work the advice of Mrs. Coolidge and others he went to his desk at the usual hour and entered upon his daily schedule of activities. Engagements Are Canceled. His condition became worse, and at 10:45 sent for his secretary and told him to cancel the engagements for the remainder of the day. Those whom the President saw be- fore leaving his office were Frank Nano, the retiring Rumanian charge d'affaires, who was accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State Wright. Col. Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the railway executives; Col. Henry W. Anderson of Virginia, agent for the Mexican Claims Commission; + Senator Gooding of Idaho, and a small party of Republican leaders from that State. PR e TINCHER TO SPONSOR JARDINE’S FARM BILL| Proposals, Embodying Huge Loan | Fund, Will Be Pressed in House. By the Associated Pres A bill to carry out Secretary Jar- dine’s recommendations for farm re- llef legislation, including a Feder: farm board and a revolving tund for credit is to be introdubed and pressed before the House agriculture commit tee by Representative Tincher, I publican, Kansas. Mr. Tincher's bill, which he was preparing today, will provide for a large appropriation from the Trea ury, probably $500,000,000 for extend- ing loans to farmers’ co-operative as- soclations. This credit would be avilable on liberal terms and where needed would be virtually unlimited. BYRD RADIOS “0. K.” “Everything Fine,” and the Chan- tler Is “Great Ship,” He Says. A radiogram, describing the Ship- ping Board steamer Chantier as a ‘“great old ship,” was received today by J. Harry Philbin of the Emer- gency Fleet Corporation, from Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, head of the expedi- tion for Arctic exploration, which is aboard the ship en route to Norway. “Everything fine,” Byrd said. After Hot Chase; Indicates Auto’s Decline in Booze Game Rum-running in the National Cap- ital, heretofore a fruitful source of excitement on the city's streets, threatens to devolve into the gentle art of bicycling, due to the shortage of automobiles, according to the po- ice. Depleted profits and repeated seiz- ures of bootleg cars have worked con- siderable hardship on the liquor gen- try, it is sald, and pedal-pushing con- sequently has come into its own. A wild dash under the new order 6f things took place only last night on the thoro of 'the Southwest, Witk Detective Howasd Ogle, renown. ed pursuer of fleeing dry ldw viola- tors, pushing his car onward in close pursuit of the flying coattails of a wrecklessly pedaling suspect. Pedestrains jumped for their lives as they heard the plercing jinglé of the fugitive's bell and noted the oscil- lations of his legs on the careening vehicle. The handicap was too great, however, and the suspect leaped from his two-wheeler in Knox Court and escaped. Ogle returned to the station house triumphantly bearing’ the confiscated bike av leged ‘“cawny nd a blf.fllllfi of six quarts of al- t eating green | S | House District Against | was taken following a statement hy !Eepresonmli\'v Gibson, Republican, of | Vermont, who is & member of the committee and wk !‘\(mself has a resolution pending see! ing a general investigation of admini: jtration of District institutions a | agencies, designed primarily to clean up the Fenning matter. Mr. Gibson said: “An investigation has been made by the gentleman from | Texas (Mr. Blanton), which shows that | the condition “is very bad. It shows | that Mr. Fenning has received $75,000 irom the Veterans' Bureau alone and | $110,000 from all cases in which he | has been acting as guardian.” He contended that this is a condi- i tion which should be investigated, and |sald that members of the veterans’ | committee owe it to Congress to pre- sent the facts. The motion to hold hearings o guardianships in the District of Ci .lumbia with a view to remedying con- ditions was made by Representative Johnson of South Dakota, chairman of the committee, and was carrled. The motion for a general investiga- tion of conditions throughout the country was made by Representative Milligan, Democrat, of Missouri, and was carried. ‘Warns of Lack of Time. Representative Rankin, emocrat, uf Mississippi, said that if the matter in- volved is a subject for impeachment, it is “our duty to report the matter to Congress.” He said that unless some things are not explained and if “the information is brought to our at tention that indicates officials should be impeached, it is our duty to bring it to the attention of the House. Representative Luce, Republican, of assachusetts, warned the committee |against “biting off more than we can |chew.” He said that no matter how flagrant the deeds have been by guar- dians, it is more important to close | the door against further happenings than to investigate what has already occurred. He advised the committee to devote its attention to the more im porant duty of corrective legislation in view of the coming adjournment Mr. Luce pointed out that it would be almost out of the question to work in the afternoon and in the morning both while the members of the committee are crowded by other activities. He argued that anything like un adequate investigation cannot be made and anything attempted in a short time before adjournment would make it ini- possible to submit a corrective measure before the end of tha session. Says Criticism Demands Probe. Mr. Bulwinkle insisted that there should be an investigation in view of | the persistent criticism. The conunit | tee, he said, should find out if men iacting as guardians “have donc | things like Mr. Fenning did in the District of Columbia. which is wrong He declared that the Veterans' B {reau did know what fees were bein paid to Mr. Fenning. He urged th: there should be a Federal admin'stra tor for the District of Columbia guar- dianship cases. Mr. Rankin said that if charges against Commissioner Fenning made in the resolutions now pending before the rules committee are true, then there should be impeachment pro- ceedings. Mr. Johnson explained the situation | that ‘exists throughout the -wuntry. He counseled the commitiee that “we should not waste precious time in in | vestigations which would imperil leg. islation.” He made it clear, however, that he is not opposed to the investi- gation. He said that the investigation might disclose insufficient bonds beins required for _corrupt guardians throughout the United States. Discusses “Local Furor.” Mr. Johnson also discussed the “lo- cal furor,” expressing the opinion that the investigation will show no wast- ing of funds in the District of Colum- bia, but he expressed the opinion that it might show high fees have heen charged,, He emphasize? thit a simi- iContinued on Page & Coluwma i i | { 1 B