Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (TU. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; heavy frost, with temperature low, at avout 32 degrees tonight; warmer tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 42, at noon today: lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. losing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Cl N Iintered as second class matter No. post office, Washington, D. C. BLANTON DEMANDS FENNING IMPEACHING IN FORMAL CHARGES Controversy on Guardianship Thrown Into Judiciary Com- mittee by Texan’s Action. 29,938. LONG LIST OF CHARGES IS GIVEN IN LENGTHY STATEMENT TO HOUSE Zihlman Names Subcommittee to In- vestigate . C. Conditions as Veterans’ Body Decides on National Survey. The impeachment of District Commissioner Frederick A. Fen- ning was demanded in the House today by Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who charged high crimes and misdemeanors in a lengthy statement read in the House. This automatically throws the Fenning controversy. into the judiciary committee, com- posed entirely of lawyers, for consideration. Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee today ap- pointed a subcommittee of five members, authorized at a special meeting of the committee last Friday, to investigate Commissioner Fenning's activities as guardian, other persons who have been asso- ciated with him and various institutions of the District govern- ment. This subcommittee will have as its chairman Representative Gibson. Republican, of Vermont, who presented the resolution for investigation and who is also a member of the House veterans’ committee, which today started on an investigation of guardian- ships for mental incompetent beneficiaries of the Veterans’ Bureau. The other members of this subcommittee are Representative Bowman, Republican. West Virginia; Representative Houston, Re- publican, Delaware; Representative Gilbert, Democrat, Kentucky, and Mr. Blanton. PLAN NATION-WIDE INQUIRY. The House veterans’ committee today backed away from its promised investigation of guardianship in the District of Columbia and started an inquiry regarding the guardianship situation all over the country. ; This backward action of the veterans’ committee made neces- sary a reconsideration of a resolution adopted last week providing specifically that the guardianship investigation should start with an inquiry regarding guardianships in the District of Columbia, prac tically all of which are held by Mr. Fenning. The action today also contradicts the positive statement made Saturday night by Chair-| man Johnson of the veterans’ committee, after a conference with Republican House leaders, that the veterans’ committee would to- day start an investigation of guardianships in the District of Co- lumbia. ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1926—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. i Accused and Accuser. Above: Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, against whom, Representa- tive Blanton of Texas (below), brought impeachment proceedings in the House today. COMMITEE VOTES GBSONPLAN OHN {Will Study Guardianship Problem From Another Angle, However. | | century [ Holding it could deal only with | committee DRYLAWNEVERHAD FAIR TRIAL, GLAIMS HEAD OF W. . T. 0. Patronage, Leakage and Propaganda Spread Blamed by Mrs. Boole. NO ACTION YéfiAKEN ON ANDREWS’ TESTIMONY Enforcement Chief to Return to Stand and May Be Asked About Beer Statement. BY G. GOULD LINCOL “Enforcement has never had a fair dent of the National Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union, appearing to day before the Senate committee at the hearings on proposals to modify or strengthen the prohibition laws. ‘Political patronage, leakage through the permit system, connivance in the violation of law, and spread of propa- ganda that it is not obligatory to obey a law unless you believe in it,” were some of the reasons given by Mrs. Boole for her statement. The witness took a shat at Gov. Al Smith of New York and other officials of the Empire State during her testi mony. Her home, she said, is in New York. No State Code. “Much testimony has been offered concerning the Intolerable conditions in New York City and State,” said Mrs Boole. “We call attention to the fact New York has no State code, and that he governor of the State and the mayor of New York City are both ac | tiv Iporters of the movement to legalize he sale of beer and wine, and that not withstanding all the evidence present {ed, there are officials who are doing their duty and thousands of good citi {7ens who are obeying the law. and even New York i benefits of prohibition. Other witnesses put on by the drys at the hearings today | James Cannon, jr., chairman of the, commission ’ of temperance and | cial service of the Methodist Episcopal {Church South, and Philip King of | Washington, famous Princeton foot 'ball player of more than a quarter | ago, who appeared for on publication of Christian Science Church. Drys Have 13 Hours Left. At the outset of the hearings Sen. | ator Harreld of Oklahoma. chairman, announced that the drys still had 13| hours and 15 minutes in which to pre- | S0 the | the | trial,” declared Mrs. Ella Boole, presi-| opponents of prohibition and sup- | aping some of the | were Bichop | While Mr. Blanten was making his charges he digressed to explain to the House the action of Fenning in| certain cases. He was interrupted by Representative Luce. Republican of Massachusetts, who has been lead ing the filibuster in the veterans’ com mittee against investigzation of local guardianships. District of Columbia. violated his oath | and the law by violating the prov ons of section 5498 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in that he acted as attorney, and received fees | | and commissions, in violation of such law. the penalty prescribed for such | violation being a fine of not more than | | 85,000 and imprisonment for not more | [ than one vear. I | ferred to it by the House, the World | I !sent testimony and the wejs two ours and a half. i War veterans' legislation committee | Ar'\';?_gu,‘;;fi“""‘yn‘:u;’;:‘r'";:';0’;‘r' ‘_‘:’:‘ today Voted against consideration of | torgay constdered the testimony given the Gibson resolution providing for | b Gan. Tincoin C. Andrews. hend of | a thorough investigation of guard-|prohibition enforcement, during the ianship conditiong among veterans |wet hearings, but decided to make no here, but attacked the problem from |statement regarding Gen. Andrews' those matters which had been re- SECOND VOLCANO THREATENS HAWA (Kilauea Expected to .Join | Mauna Loa in Pouring Out Molien Stream. By the Associated Press. HILO, Territory of Hawali, April 19.—Leaving a village buried in it | wake, a stream of lava continued to shoot forth from the volcano Mauna vesterday, beating a fiery path from the crater down to the sea Engulfed under 50 feet of lava, the community of Hoopuloa was covered by the molten mass. Fifteen build ings were destroyed. The post office was the last to go. It burst into flames at 8:30 a.m. Then the racing mass coursed its path to the sea. sending forth a charge of steam as it struck the water. As the lava con- tinued to pour into the sea the ocean started boiling until it was bubbling several hundred feet from land The rampaging volcano turned a deaf ear to the prayers of old Hawaiian kahunas. who implored Pele, a Hawailan goddess assoclated | with' the volcano Kilauea, not to destroy their homes. The volcano, which is situated in the Hawailan national park, belched forth a fiery stream which in four service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Saturd: Sunday” (®) Means Associated Pri §Britain May Grant U. S. Ships Right of Search in Bahamas By the Associated Press LONDON, April 19.—The Eritish government has a plan for assisting the United States to tight- en its control over rum runners. The plan does not go as far as a new treaty, but. according to offi- cial circles, will take the form' of permission for American revenue cutters to visit the Bahamas and co-operate with British ships in carrying out searches for contra band liquor. The arrangements are purely ex- perimental and will be tried for a year or 8o to see how far they are successful in stopping the smug: gling of liquor. Other steps, with the object of making it difficult to obtain clearance papers by fraud, also are likely td be taken by the authorities here WINTER PREPARES FOR LAST STROKE Freezing Tonight, and Then| Real Spring, Weather Prophet Declares. | | | this country the difficulty of 0.5, SENDS LEAGUE REFUSAL TOPARLEY Notification Issued That Country Will Not Join Court Conference. By the Associated Prass Formal notification that the United States will _not participate in the World Court conference in Geneva September 1 has been sent the Ameri- can legation at Bern for delivery to the League of Nations. The conference was called to con- sider the reservations attached by the Senate to American adherence to the World Court. The United States Secretary Kellogg and President Coolidge it was decided that Ameri- can adherence could be made effective only through correspondence between the State Department with the 45 signatories to ‘the court protocol Sees No Difficulties. In his note Secretary Kellogg re- called that the league asked the sig- natory governments to indicate to reating the American reservations by the di- rect exchange of notes. It would seem to me to be a mat- ter of regret if the council of the | league should do anything to create the impression that there are sub- invited, but after conferences hetween | y's Circulation, 100,058 s Circulation, 109,411 TWO CENTS. anny FOR LAW RESPECT BY ALL AMERICANS |D. A. R. Head Decries Trend Toward Scoffing and So- cialism in Schools. THOUSANDS PRESENT UNANIMOUSLY CONCUR Retiring President General Given Rousing Ovation as She Voices Principles. ' Appealing for the creation of a ne era of law enforcement and law obedi- ence, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, urged | the Thirty-fifth Continental Congrass at its opening session in the Wash | ington Auditorium ‘this morning | uphold and help enforce the prohtbi | tion laws, saying that “there can be no gegative conduct now; we cannot pick and choose from among the laws those we will ohey and those we will nullify in personal conduct.” “We are at the crossroad as to law enforcement,” Mrs. Cook declared. “On this great issue all conduct is positive. We are either for or we are against law observance and law en forcement! Let us search our hearts and ask ourselves, ‘Do our lives ex emplify the professions of our lips” | We must face this fact squarely. V | must understand that the actions of |each day answer for us this question |and have a very definite effecc upon | the national life of our day and time | “It is for us to show the world i that freedom comeés only through obedience. Let it be understood that | we cannot pick and choose from among the laws those we will obe: and thosé we will nullify in personal | conduct. Based upon a nation-wide survev conducted during my term | of office. it is my deliberate op | that the people of America will never. | repeal the eighteenth amendment Nor do I think we should. I am rather, steadfast that as Daughters | of the American Revolution we should | pledge ourselves not only to do what | soever we can to prevent repeal of | the amendment, but to do our utmos by precept and example to assist | its observance and enforcemen Assails Educational Trends. At the same time Mrs. Cook made a demand for the immediate elimina- tion of ‘loose thinking and thmn | guised. socialistic teachings from | Aterican schdols and colleges.” The | time is at hand, she said, to “inquire | searchingly if business and industry. education and government can with- stand indefinitely the studied and un- | remitting assguits.” “To fail in this {'duty would- be gross negligence of | the duties that belonz to every parent and to every person responsible for | the education and character building of the Nation's future citizens | In each instance Mrs. Cook was in- | terrupted by prolonged applause, °T hare that the said Frederick | vhic 8 v | days made its way to the sea. | Al | another angle, which. in the opinion | testimony at this time. A number of | days made way stantial difficulties in the way of | Which left slight room for doubt that Blanton Accuses Luce. Mr. Blanton, turning to Mr. Luce, gald: “For a week you have been holding up the investigation. finally forced to this action because you went to the rules committee and they gave you orders and your com- mittee was whipped into line Mr. Luce suggested that this should he stricken from the record. *be of inaccuracy,” Mr. Blanton turned to Represertative Rankin, Democrat, of Missi the veterars' committee, who fied that Mr. Blanton had come before the vaterans' committee with these charges and that every mewmber of the minority membership was with him, but that he had been denied an opportunit tion made hy Mr. Luce. Mr. Luce started to explain to the House that this morning an officer of the Veter Fureau was asked whether an® of del had been attention the burean re; in the District he had m: bhut on being official _had m Here Mr. Blanto did not yi fense.” of of Columbi At first jified statement interrupted to say: 1 to you for a de- Bring in Colladay’s Name. demand- 1 to answer 1greed that Mr. Luce t ed if Mr. Bin a2 question. Mr. he would answer e by Mr. Luce was: “Do of vour own knowiec ver brot Di n ou ch that any 1 against any Colum- E the Stickn then told the House: acle the 1 when i Mr. Blanton *“The main obs mittee will f vestigation trict named 1 hobbed up in front occasions.” Republican, ot the ground that & “hringing in a third part ¥ Blanton answered: “He is the de- fender of Mr. Fennin, Representative Green, Democrat, of Florida. then asked: m't it the same man who was ir i himself in the Dist vears ago for crimes and misdeameanor<?’ Mr. rton said, “Yes,” but added that the matter had been disposed of and forgotten #He is the Republican national com- mitteeman in District and you want to shield hiin,” he told his Re publican colleague: Mr. Blanton then asked unanimous consent to put into the Congressional Record a certified statement from the auditor of the Supreme Court of the District showing that since 1917 Mr. Fenning had been paid $95.008.18 guardianship cases. There was no jection recorded and the certificate goes into the Recard. Charges in Impeachment. Mr. Blanton's impeachment charges against Commissioner Fenning follow “Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the highest privilege. By virtue of my office as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, I impeach Frederick A. Fenning, & Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia, of high crimes and misde- meanor: M “I charge that the said Frederick A. ; Fenning, after being appointed to such office by the President of the United | States, and after he had taken the M prescribed oath and ass umed the duties lof the office of Commissioner of the ippi, leader of the fight in| testi- | to present them by objec- | A. Fenning has violated the provisions of section 500 of Title V of the World War veterans’ act of 1924, as amended 1 was by the act of March 4, 1925, which | provides that, respecting compensa- tion and insurance claims filed in said | United States Veterans | courts, no attorney shall receive a ause | of more than $10 in any one case, the | penalty prescribed for its violation be- |ing a fine of not more than $500 and | imprisonment at hard labor for not more than two years. Charges Exorbitant Rates. “I charge that the said Frederick A. Fenning has violated the law and | the rules and practice of the Supreme Court of the District which prohibit any | guardian for a lunatis compensation more than 10 per | centum of his ward's estate or annual {income, in that the sald Frederick A. | committee or inquency | penning in numerous cases wherein | O iy | he Is committee or guardian has re-| AL | ceived exorbitant remuneration, rang- |ing from 12 per centum to as high as |64 per centum, which facts are certi- | fied to by the auditor of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.” Claims Against Government Cited. “I charge that the said Frederick A. Fenning is guilty of what in every State of the Union is commonly known and denominated as the criminal mon law applicable to the District of | Columbia constitutes barratry, in that he has excited, stirred up and foment- ed claims against the Government, and ex parte lunacy suits in the Su preme Court of the District of Co- {umbia, and in that he has especially solicited individuals to employ him as | their attorney | certain claims against various depart- | ments of the Government of the United States, and before the Congress of the United States, and before the courts of the United States; and in that he has solicited indlviduals to employ attorneys with whom he was associated or affiliated to prosecute Claiins and suits for them, wherein he received a division of the fee, and that the sald Frederick A. Fenning is and has been a common barrator. . Fenning has committed the of- fense of champerty, and through di- rect itation has_induced others mpioy him as their attorney-in ; champertous agreements, where- in the; were to be out no expense unless he recovered, in which event he was to be pald a part of the been a common champertor. Dr. White Brought In. “I charge that continuous the past -3 years the said A. Fenning has wrongly conspired and confederated with Dr. Willlam ‘A White, superintendent of St. Eliza- beth's Hospit: an institution of the United States Government, in an im- proper agreement and practice where- by the saild Frederick A. Fenning was given an improper, selfish, mo- nopolistic inside concession, not allow- ed to other attorneys, wherein he was permitted to personally examine all records, correspondence and papers relating to inmates of, such institu- tion, and thereby ascertain which of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) y during Frederick ! Ball Game Called Of. The base ball game today between the Nationals and New York Ameri- cans was called off this afternoon be- cause of cold w c.uher.‘ of Columbia, | c receiving as| offense of barratry, and what the com: | to prosecute for them charge that the said Frederick | amount he recovered, and that thel said Frederick A. Fenning is and has | | of the majority, will achieve the | same resuits. ! Fifteen minutes before the hour of | adjournment arrived, the committee | heard from fts first | had been given over to wranglings | on how It should proceed. A'though | | the witness, Maj. Davis Arnold, na- | tional guardianship officer of the { Veterans' Bureau, was able to make but little progress, he testified that | no “delinquency” among the guard- | fanship cases here had been brought | to his attention. | The committee’s investigation is being conducted by considering two | bills placed before it, according 1o ! the House rules. These bilis, one by ! Chairman Johnson of South Dakota and the other by Representative Kindred, Republican, of New York, place the control of guardianships | in the hands of the Veterans' Bu- reau and the wards' money in the United States Treasury. By holding | hearings on these two bills, the ma- | ‘ jority of the committee declared they would be in a position to learn of | the exact conditions in the District | as well as throughout the United | States. Johnson Plans Bill. To guard against any technicality | preventing rapid progress which he urged today, Chairman Johnson an- nounced he would introduce a bill in the House this afternoon dealing with Government control of incompetent veterans and thelr estates in the Dis- trict. Representative Rankin, Democrat, | Mississippi, led the fight against the action taken ultimately by the com- | mittee. He Intimated it was another {attempt to block the investigation ! which that body itself last Thursday |had decided should be undertaken.| {“I may be wrong,” he declared, “but it impresses me as another attempt to prevent the investigation into con- !ditions in the District of Columbia. We ought to go ahead with the charges of mishandling and misap- | propriation of funds of the disabled veterans in the District.” The course taken by the committee itoday was steered by Representative Luce, Republican, of Massachusetts, who Friday prevented action on a | point of order against a quorum. Fourteen members were present to- {day, and after considerable discussion {on the question of reading testimony into the record from hearings two years ago, Mr. Luce asked: “What is the regular order of the | committee?" | Moves to Limit Bills. { “To act on the resolution of the | gentleman from Vermont, Mr. Gibson, to consider guardianship matters in the District,” replied the chairman. “May we have that read”? asked AMr. Luce. The resolution could not be found and then Mr. Luce said: “What legislation has been referred by the House? *I move that we con- sider only the bills referred to us. I make a joint of order that the regular order is out of order. Until the House instructs us, we have no powers to in- vestigate.” This stand createc a lengthy dis- cussion around the committee table, b“é Mr. Luce's point won out in the end. ‘Mr. Rankin charged that Mr. Luce’s (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | third rys in and out of Congress have de- | manded that Gen. Andrews resign or | be removed from office, alleging that his testimony regarding the sale of | non-intoxicating beer for consumption | witness and | ! {in t e a bonefid A : Fiinean Wor |Guetiity Sgot (UNMER hway SAbter 1w |1 ey e When | adjudication, and not prosecuted in | sesgions and part of this, the third, y | Gen. Andrews is to return to the| witness stand at his own request. His purpose is to explain in detail the provisions of the administration bill designed to strengthen the en- forcement_law, which has been in- troduced by Senator Goff of West Virginia. It is probable that Gen. Andrews will be questioned as to his previous statements regarding the sale and use of non-intexicating beer when he takes the stand. Mellon Behind Secretary Mellon, 1t was learned | through officials of the Treasury De- partment, will stand firmly behind Gen. Andrews. Both Bishop Cannon and Mr. King told the Senate committee that the churches for which they spoke were strongly opposed to the modification of the prohibition laws and stood squarely behind the enforcement of | the law. Bishop Cannon said that he ap- peared as the representative of the largest Protestant denomina- tion in the country. with a member- ship of over 2,600.00, and with over | 2,300,00 Sunday school scholars and | With about 300,000 members of young peoples’ societies. He sald. “The eighteenth, commonly called the prohibition amendment, cannot be considered or understood apart from the legislation which preceded it. It is the highwater mark obtained after 75 years of effort by the American people to reduce to a minimum the ad- mitted evils from the treffic in intoxi- cating liquors. Quotes Constitution. “The one and the only purpose of the eighteenth amendment is, to quote the words of the preamble to the Constitution, to promote the general | welfare” by the restriction of the activitles of the indiyidual cjtizen in the manufacture, the sale, the trans. | portation, the exportation and the importation of intoxicating Hquors | for beverage purposes. “The fundamental question, there- fore, before this committee is Whether the 'eighteenth amendment and the enforcement act, commonly called the Volstead law, do promote the general welfare. 1f mot, will the legislation under consideration by this commit- tee, if adopted, assist in that purpose? “No proper answer can be given to this question without some consider- | ation of previous conditions and of past liquor legislation. It 18 difficult for the younger generation to visu- alize, or indeed even to credit, the actual conditions which existed in the good old days when -men put their feet on the brass rail and blew the foam off the glass. Distilleries Running Full Blast. “1, In those days great distilleries and breweries were running openly and legally fully blast, manufacturing hundreds of millions of gallons of in- toxicants; saloons running up to the tens of thousands (over 175,000 in all) were found on the prominent corners of every village, town and city, and intoxicants were sold and drunk pub- licly by men and women in hotels, high and low, intoxicants were sold in city and country clubs and were served at practically all public din- ndrews. | | | | | | Radio Program&—P_age 30 ners and bangquets. To drink until one was a silly fool, or under the (Continued on r_;ge 5, Column 4. | the afr. i the Thousands View Display. From the sea. the a'r and the land thousands viewed the colorful display. Army airplanes arrived a -few hours fter the village was wiped out. but the view from the gir was obscured Dby the dense steam &nd smoke. The heat, at an elevation of 3,000 foet. was described as “intense,” but the, @ men succeeded in obtaining pictures. Huge clouds of steam hung over the ocean, rising to a_height of sev- eral hundred feet. As the lava struck the water- tremendous rockets steam would shoot into the ai ering the entire region about the bay. Last night this great highway of fire, soaring almost coursed its way along the parts of the southern coast of the island into the sea. churning the blue waters of the Pacific into gey- sers of steam and gradually creating | a new peninsula. Heavens Seemed to Open. As seen from @ steamer last night. the {llusion was conveyed that the heavens had opened like some colossal superinferno to spill a chan- nel of molten rock down the slopes of a great mountain into the sea. Witching this 1,000 foot-wide cur- rent of lava are a trio of 400-foot sentinels of fire at the source of the flow, casting a crimson reflection over twe entire island, while at the ocean edge, where thunderous explosions Thark the meeting of the lava and \water, prismatic steam clouds ward. S A the steamer Halekala at noon_ yesterday the Associated Press correspondent said hundreds stood awe-stricken by the spectacle. Tast night's prodigious flow tended to frighten rather than amaze a con- Siderable portion of its audience. Residents of other sections sought re- aseuring statements from Dr. J. A. Jagmar, dean of volcanologists, who predicted present eruptions and who has watched craters of the Hawaifah Telands become disturbed for the past 15 years. Kilauea May Erupt. of severe el?:lm&‘f‘aku yes- y afternoon rockes auea, on 'tgx:fla}astern slope of Mauna Loa Mountain. This followed by a series of avalanches from the Halemaumau Pit, causing the general impression that Kilauea will become active soon. The flow from the Waichinu crater appeared to recede last night. = The crater was coverad by a heavy mist while sections ‘there were being ed with rain. drfx':\sfi;‘e from the fact that the present flow is considerably smaller than the last disturbance of 1919, which at- tained a speed of 40 miles an hour When it crashed into the Pacific. vol- “analogists claim the spectacle _is aImost comparable, and predict there fs indication of the lava flow in- creasing. Residents Are Warned. Residents and spectators in the southern vicinity of the island have been warned of the danger from a v outbreak. “e!\:asnn Loa rises 13,675 feet, being the second largest volcano in Hawaii and among the world's largest active folcanos. It is several hundred feet lower than Mauna Kea. Because of its long slopes, Mauna Loa was named by_the early Ha- wailans, meaning long mountain. It started its eruptions in 1823. The % "of these ,disturbances was A series mched in 1919, when the flow became; devastating for the first time. 11.000 feet into | Having dashed a freak snowfall into the surprised face of shivering April. the Wintry elements will take a final frigid fling tonight before scurrying out of the way for a spell of real Spring weather, now in the | offing, it was disclosed today by Fore- caster Charles L. Mitchell. Boreas' trick tonight will be the rare feat of making the Xhermomeler' believe it is still January, forcing it | to register a temperature of freezing. | The seance will be short-lived, how ever, and by tomorrow the mercury will ‘have started a decided upward trend. Mr. Mitchell said. | The forecast for Wednesday Is | “much warmer,” and this holds good as far as the weather vision of the forecaster can discern. While no | further inclement or unseasonable weather is in immediate prospect, the Weather Bureau won't guarantee that there will not be a few more cold snaps yet, extending possibly into May. Records of the bureau show that esterday’s snowfall was not without precedent. Traces of snow have been registered as late as May. On Ma: 10, 1906, snow fell here heavils enough for official recognition, while the temperature was 38 degrees, as compared with vesterday's low mark of 35. Snow traces were recorded also on May 9, 1923, when the temper- ature was 39 degrees, and on April 25, 1919, when the mercury dropped | to 35 degrees. Half an inch of snow | fell April 14 and 15, 1923, with the | temperature hovering around 32 de- | such direct communication,” = Mr. | Kellogg said. “This Government does not con- sider that any new agreement is nec- essary to give effect to the condi- tions and reservations on which the United States is prepared to adhere to the permanent court.” Secretary Kellogg pointed out that the reservations “are plain and un equivocal, and. according to their terms, they must be accepted by the xchange of notes between the United natory to the statute of the parlia- ment court before the United States can become a party and sign the pro- tocol.” “If any machinery is necessary to give the United States an opportunity to participate through representatives for the election of judges. this should ervations have been adopted and the United States has become a party to the statute of the Permanent Court of Internatio Justice. “If the states signatory to the statute of the Permanent Court desire to con- fer among themselves, the United States would have no objection what- ever to such a procedure, but under the circumstances it does not seem ap- propriate that the United States would send a delegate to such a conference.” French Franc Drops. PARIS, April 19 (#).—This morning the French franc touched a new low level at 9:10 oclock. It was quoted at 30 to the dollar. At 10:45 o'clock, however, it had returned to 0, which was Saturday's post-bourse quo- grees. tation. By Consolidated Press. RENO, Nev., April 19.—That “Chick- ens” are “Gold Diggers” many a man has learned to his sorrow in the cities, but it has remained for the miners and ranchers in the open spaces of the Far West to turn the gold-digging proclivi- ties of the real domestic bird into an asset, sometimes of no mean propor- tions. While mining has been reviv- ing in various parts of the West and booms of a mild nature have been de- veloping, ranchers in California_foot- hill districts and desert areas of Neva- da keep large flocks of poultry on gravel claims because of their gold- finding abilities. The bright shimmery Chickens in West Real Gold Diggers And Work Gravel Claims for Owners| vellow grains of pure gold attract the fowls and are promptly devoured. The owner examines the crop of every bird killed and frequently garners a rich harvest. With fine gold worth $21 an ounce, a few chickens soon collect sufficient to maintain many flocks. A poultry. owner near Rackerby, Calif., recently secured more than $200 from the crops of a small flock he had kept for several months in a small area of gold-bearing gravel. Near Fal- lon, Nev. a hunter realized over $40 by panning the gravel in the crops of wild ducks he had bagged. Many rais- ers of chickens, turkeys and ducks in the foothills have discovered nuggets as big as small. marbles. Separated 30 Years, Two brothers who were lost from each other for 30 years, but through all that period lived but 40 miles apart, yesterday werg reunited when their automobiles scraped fenders at Thir- teenth street and Rhode Island ave- nue. | That was the strange story told here today by a traffic officer who happened { by as the slight accident occurred and listened in on the rejoicing of the brothers. They are Clarence Williams of Washington and George Williams of Baltimore. The two, obeying traffic rules, pulled to a stop and gave each other their nuneqnner their machines sideswiped 40 Miles Apart, Brothers Reunited by Auto Mishap at| Thirteenth ,street. Puzzled for a second at the similiarity of names and by faint memories of long ago, the brothers wera convinced of their re- lationship after putting together piece by plece information of their earlier years. They had been put in orphanages as children and on being discharged George went to the Monumental City and Clarence made his home here. Neither knew the other was living. The traffic officer did not take the street addresses of the men and they could not be located today because of the long list by the name of Williams in the city fllrect!-l-. States and each of the 48 states sig-| naturally be considered after the res- | the. 4.000 delegates and 2,000 gue: who crowded the big auditorinm gave | these sentiments enthusiastic ‘in- | dorsement. It was in a setting of in- { tense patriotism that the president | zeneral spoke, and when she declared | that “we have not outgrown our Con- | stitution” the audience arose as a unit in a tumultuous demonstration of unanimous approval “The Constitution of the United States,” Mrs. Cook continued, “is the Declaration of, Independence written jnto organic law—the charter of ‘American _liber It came fnto ex- istence after bitter experience had proved the futility and’ tragedy of loose confederation. It has endured every test of time and circumstance, Its principles should be held invio- late. Should Guard Fundamentals. “Such modification and expensions of it as the growth of the Nation and the natural evolution of our sys- temeof Government makes necessary should be framed in harmony with the spirit of the original. Tt should be jealously guarded against radical attacks and attempts at subversion of its fundamentals, the inherent constituents of this great instru- | ment of democratic Government. It | has not served its full purpose in the | world: it has yet before it a far ang a fair goal, to be attained not by fi | quent change and amendment, but | through steadfast adherence to the | principles laid down by the framers." | Above the head of the speaker floated | the flag of the original thirteen col- onies, which has® greeted so many continental congresses of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution that it has long since passed into the tra- ditions of the society. On a table before her stood a large bouquet of American Beauty roses. Behind sat the national officers and in the or- chestra and gallery were grouped the women whose right to membership in the society is based upon ancestry from the founders. In such a gather- ing the mere mention of the United States Constitution was sufficient to signalize a demonstration. Mrs. Cook referred to the Consti- tution in connection with the new auditorium _the Daughters of the American Revolution will build in back of Memorial Continental Hall, the new edifice to be known as Con- stitution Hall, and “intended to serve as the eternal protest of the patriotic women of America against destructive attacks on the Federal Constitution. Mrs. Cook was delivering her last ad- dress of welcome as the president general of the Daughters of the ‘American Revolution. By virtue of the soclety’s constitution, she auto- matically retires Saturday and in her place a new leader ‘will bring the vresent congress to a close, and at the sutset of her remarks the speaker vaid tribute to the enthusiastic sup- sort she has received everywhere luring the three years of .her ad- ministration. Every State Represented. «Such assemblies as this,” the presi- dent general said, “bring camaraderie and understanding. Through those privileged to be present and to be of the congress its spirit will be trans- planted to many thousands represent- i ed, but not of our present fellowship. This is our largest Continental Con. gress, the greatest ever assembled in the history of our organization. OM- cially in attendance upon the floor of this auditorium this morning are dele- gates representing every State and (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) | |