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WEATHER (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers late tonight or tomorrow: somewhat colder tomorrow: moderate fresh winds, mostl Highes to Temperatures lowest, 57, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as seco post_office, No. 29,941, FULL INVESTIGATION OF GUARDIANSHIPS PLEDGED BY HOUSE; BLANTON IS HAILED _ Al Members Present, But Few Republicans, Rise to Express Approval of Wide Probe of Fenning Work. DR. WHITE INCLUDED IN HOUR-LONG ATTACK ! 3. at noon; at 6 a.m. today Washington, FENNING’S 22 PER CENT FEE. EXCESSIVE, ARNOLD ADMITS | veteran was southwest. nd class matter D. C. the Veterans’ Bureau, that a com- mission of 22 per cent received by Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning from a mentally incompetent war sive”; that in a large number of cases he never re- ceived less than 10 per cent per an num as a fee; that Bureau was cognizant of the fact that Mr. Fenning ‘“constantly op- posed transfer of his wards from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,” and decision to call Mr. Fenning, the clerk and auditor of the District Supreme Court and the records, were high lights of the House veterans' committee today. The committee’s action in calling upon Mr. Fenning to testify was in the nature of acceding to a request made to Chalrmar Johnson, Repub- Representative Replies to Denun- | ciation by Northwest Citizens for | His Action in Asking Impeach- | ment of Commissioner—Denies | Cowardliness in Drastic Step. The House pledged itseli today to | a full and fair investigation of the| guardianship charges against District | ,Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning | in a remarkable demonstration. i Aiter Representative Blamou.{ Democrat, of Texas, who has led the | offensive against Mr. Fenning, had ! vigorously discussed this subject for| more than an hour in the House, in- cluding in his attack Dr. William A.| White. director of St. Elizabeth’s, he | appealed to the House as follow | “I want all of you who are back ing me in a proper investigation of | this matter to stand up.” All Stand but About 20. i Promptly all of the Democratic side arose, applauding, and most of | those on the Republican side, not| mere than 20 Republican members | remaining in their seats. It was a| « very unusual procedure, and never | for more than 10 years has there! heen a similar demonstration in the | House. Mr. Blanton was vigorously | applauded from both sides of the chamber during his address. i Mr. Blanton gained the prh-uen-" of the floor on a question of personal privilege. He first offered headlines | from the Washington Post on a news- | 2 ticle containing Edward F. | < denlal of & statement made | the House “on Monday by Mr. Blanton. Chairman Snell of the rules committee made & point of order. Says Headlines Accused. Mr. Blanton pointed out that the | headlines said his statement was false | and called the attention of the Speaker to “where the charge is made that my statement made here in the House of Representatives in my repre- | sentative capacity was false. Then ' T call the chair's attention to the ! following, which appeared in The | Star | When Mr. Snell renewed his ob- | jection Mr. Blanton said, “It has been | held by a uniform line of precedents | that where a member of the House is | charged with making a false state. | ment in his representative capacity | it is privileged.” The Speaker sustained the point of | order, saying that: | ““The only thing that appears of | record is that this gentleman says that the statement that he was in - | dicted is false and the statement thai | f he was in jail is equally false. That | does not impute to the gentleman (from Texas) some dishonorable-| motive or purpose.” { Quotes Star Article. Me. Blanton injected, T have the judgment of the court here in the District of ,Columbia to show that my 3 was absolutely true in every replied: “That isa ques- | tion of fact. The only question for the | House to decide is whether this state- ment in the newspapers affected the gentleman in his capacity as a mem ber of the House or imputed motives 1o him which were improper.” Mr. Blanton then renewed his re- quest for recognition under pers privilege on another tack. He “In The Washington day, April 20, 1926, appeared: ‘Citi- zens denounce attack on Fenning; Northwest group brands accuser un. American and cowardly.’ Then it | says: ‘We deplore and denounce as un-American, unpatriotic and op- | nosed to all the laws of justice’ the impeachment 1 made of Mr. Fen. | ning.” | . “I submit it is not required that the article mention my narfg, but tunder | the precedents of the House any state- | ment which singles out some one with- out mentioning him by innuendo or otherwise, which imputes motives that affect & person in his standing or af- fect his integrity is a question of priv- ilege. It is well known to evers one | in this House and to every one in this | city that I am the one who preferred impeachment charges in -this matter | and this paper states that was un-| American, unpatriotic and cowardly. “It imputes this motive to the one who preferred impeachment charges against Mr. Fenning. When a mem- her in his representative capacity .presents impeachment charges he certainlycannot be charged with being unpatriotic or with doing a cowardly act.” The Speaker read the e in question, stating: “This is a_part of a Jesolution adopted by the Northwest Suburhan Citizens’ Association. The “hair thinks that, while the gentleman | from Texas is not mentioned specifi- cally, 1t is the plain intention to rharge that any member of the House who made these charges, whether | they are true in fact or. not, was un- patriotic and_insulted the dignity of the House. The chair thinks that founds a question of privilege.” Blanton Begins Attack. Mr. Blanton took the floor amid vigorous applause. Opening his at- tack on Commissioner Fenning and Di. White, he said: “I have shown that for 23 years continuously Dr. William A.- White, who is the superintendent of St. zabeth’s Hospital for the Insane, has confederated with Frederick' A. enning and has named him com- imittee in every single petition he has iiled. He was not able to name one other person whom he had ever named as committee or recommended mmittee other than Mr. Fenning 3 long years.” < ini2A lican, of South Dakota, today by the Commissioner in_writing. On motion of Representative Ran. kin, Democrat. Mississippi. it W agreed to put the Commissioner unde oath and demand that he waive im. munity. Mr. Fenning will take the stand on completion of the testimony now being glven -by Maj. Arnold, and which was interrupted today by the {hour of adjournment. Text of Fenning's Letter. Mr. Fenning's letter, read to the -ommittee by Chairman Johnson, fol- lows: “Hon. Royal C. Johnson, ouse of Representatives, Washington, D. C. fy Dear Congressman Johnson: In_connection with the hearings now being conducted by the World ¢h WASHINGTON, Veteran Bureau Official Says Charge Ci by Rankin Was Too High—Commissioner to Take Stand. Admission by Maj. Davis G. Arn-|of Which vour are chairman, I observe | old, national guardianship officer of |In the press that frequent questions | | | the Veterans', | | | | now | table in the Congressional Record and ed in Case| wre asked pertaining to estates in which I am acting as committee, which_questions cannot readily be an swered by the persons to whom they are propounded. Thix leads me to suggest that undoubtedly the inquiry | being conducted will be faciii- | tated if I am called before your com mittee at a very early date. “As to specific cases in which the members of your committee desire to interrogate me I shall be glad, when it_is possible for you to do so, if you will communicate in advance with the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and ask that he send the files of such cases to your committee room in the custody of an assistant clerk. You will appreciate, am sure, that if this course is adopted the committee will have the benefit of the officlal records pertain ing to such cases. “Yours very truly, ¥.AL “Comm Virtually the entire morning session | of the committee was given over to | joint analysis of the reports made by Mr. Fenning on the wards he has a This was Mr. NING, oner, . . onducted by Rankin_from by Maj. Arnold from a report by Her bert L. Davis, auditor of the District Supreme Court. In all, reports were examined and on the last, in the case of Neils P. J. Erenbjerg, Mr. | Rankin discovered that on June 23, 1923, Mr. F mission of ing to $500. Now. Maj. Arnold.” said Mr. “(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) amount- War Veterans' legislation committee, HOODLUM FASCISTS TTACK AMERICANG Outbreak Following Attempt of British Woman to Kill Premier Is Reported. By the Associated Press. BASLE, Switzerland, April 22.—One of the acts of Benito Mussolinl, Italy's Fascist premier, which may have been misunderstood abroad is that of sup- pressing the activitles of lodges of Free Masons and of closing up all branches in Rome. The explanation given a special cor- respondent of The Assoclated Fress when he was in Rome recently was that when Mussolini arrived in power he found a mysterious occult force working against him. When seekinx | to advance state employes on the basis of merit often he found his nominations opposed by a bureau- cratle machine which thrived during the old regime. Inquiry convinced Mussolini that Free Masonry was at the bottom of the difficulty and was exerclsing secret influence whi¢h was disastrous to the natfon as a whole. Applied to Military. The same applied when it came to promotions in the army and navy. Mussolini is described as not op- posed to the benevolent attributes of Free Masonry, such as characterize American lodges, but as unyleldingly hostile to any use of political i: fluence which, as exercised in Italy. declared to have threatened to foil I his attempts to establish the merit ystem. To some persons the Italian lodges were alleged to be too pronouncedly anti-papal in their policics. Hence, Mussolini’s suppression of Free Ma.- sonry has pleased the clerical forces and has considerably contributed to the new entente ‘between the govern- | ment and the holy see. The correspondent heard opinions in Rome that the youthful militant fascisti threatened to cause some dis- ruption to the movement headed by Mussolini. It was learned that windows of the | Soviet embassy in Rome were broken by a mob after the recent unsuccess- ful attempt by Miss Violet Gibson to sinate Mussolini. Foreigners > virtually unanimous that had Mussolini have been tragic anti-foreign repris- als in Rome. Americaris Assaulted. Youthful black shirts on the march behind a flag_down the Corso Um- berto smashed with walking sticks the hats of two Americans who were riding in an open carriage and had fafled to uncover. The tires of an American’s automobile, parked in a public square, were slashed. The Government is said to have re- fused to allow the publication in the newspapers of speeches made in the United States Senate against the Faclst regime. It is declared that Mussolinl is somewhat worrled over the hoodlum tendencies of some of the black shirts and 1s determined to end them. Dispatches from Brussels, quoting from the newspapers, say the Ital- jan Ambassador to Belgium has been summoned to Rome by Mussolini be- cause of the burning of a straw-stuff- ed dummy with a bandaged nose, sup- posed to represent Mussolini, during an anti-Fascist demonstration at La Louviere, by 6,000 Socialists. The Belgian government apologized to the Ambassador, and an inquiry into the affair has been started by the min- istry of the interlor. Attacks on Mussolini by a Socialist newspaper in the free city of Danzig !also are causing trouble, Berlin ad- vices say. The Italian consul gen- eral protested to the Senate of Danzig against the attacks and declared he was empowered to take measures “which might have unfortunate con- uences.” ug‘ha Danzig Senate informed the consul general that there was no law to restrain the press. Argentina Gets Big Loan. NEW YORK, April 22 (#).—A loan of $20,000,000 for the government of Argentina has been arranged by J. P. Morgan and Co. and the National City Co. Public offering of 6 per cent bonds will be made at 98. Radio Programs—tfige 34 been killed there would | FEDERAL EMPLOYES CALL ON COOLIDGE Believe He Will Favor Liberal Retirement Bill if Finan- cially Possible. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Following a talk with President Coolidge at the White House today, a delegation of Government emplo representing the District Federation of Federal Employes felt more hope- ful regarding the President’s attitude toward proposed liberalized ~retire- ment legislation. The group went away from White House with the impres that, while the President did not com- mit himself, he will put his signa- ture to a bill providing for liberal anuities to the Federal employes and a reduction in the age limit for vol- untary retirement If he is shown that there will not be too ¢ drain upon the national Trens a result of this extra expensa, These employes said aftecward that the President appeared very much terested in their welfare and mani- fested a sympathy in the fuiure of the men and women who are work- ing for the national Government. Lehlbach Bill 0. K. Seen. G. W. Ginder of the Treasury De- partment, president of the federation, who headed this delegation, expressed the optimistic opinion that the Pres- dent would approve the Lehlbach bill, which has been reported to the House by the civil service committee of that body, it it ever reaches him. Mr. Ginder added, however, that the Presi- dent made no commitment, and that his own prediction was made merely from the impression he obtained dur- ing this audience with the Executive. The President was represented as saying that while the $1,200 maximum annual annuity provided for in both the Lehlbach and the Stanfield bills sounds to him ofthand as being a triffe high, he may possibly see upon further study of the figures that it is within reason. The President indi- cated that he is not committed to the recommendations regarding liberalized retirement, legislation made recently to the Senate and House civil service committees by Secretary of the Inte- rior Work. Lower Age Also Hoped For. The delegation in this respect left the President with the feeling that he 1s not “bound to support the recom- mendations made by this cabinet offi- cer regardless of whether or not they meet with his personal approval. They also gathered from what the President said during the interview that he would agree to 65 years as the voluntary retirement age. The delegation left with President Coolidge a petition signed by several thousand employes identified with the Federation of Federal Employi It set forth that the annuities provided by the present retirement act have been found to be wholly inadequate as to amounts and that the volun- tary age limit retirement should be lowered, and it requested the Execu- tive to lend his support to legislation providing for a liberalization of the retirement act. Treasury Petition Left. Besides this petition, the delegation left with the President copies of a resolution adopted April 12, at a meet- ing of Federal Employes Union, No. 262, Treasury Department. in which a plea is made for a liberalized retire ment. It was explained that this reso- lution from the Treasury Department employes was presented to the Presi- dent because the employes of that de 2 L “(Continued on Page 2, | ent the | v WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION i 0 RETURN OF LIQUOR FIRMLY OPPOSED BY“DRY" LEADER Dr. Dinwiddie Tells Senators Former Temperance Laws Were Violated. REED IN éJSH OVER ALLOTMENT OF TIME THURSDAY, Greeted With Laughter When De- nying Bias—Calls Critics “Fools and Fanatics.” BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Under a searching cross.examina tion by Senator Reed of Missouri, Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, superintend of the National Temperance Bureau, today gave the Senate judi- clary subcommittee detalls of his ars of work in the interest of tem- perance and prohibition legislation. At the close Senator Reed demanded of the wilness whether he thought that it would be better for America to have light beer sold under proper regulation by the Government, not to be consumed at the places sold, or to have 1,720,000 stills operating illicitly, which he said, was the num- ber estimated to be now in operation. Dr. Dinwlddie insisted that he was totally against the sale of intoxicat- ing beverages, legalized by the Government. For several minutes Senator Reed endeavored to get Dr. Dinwiddie to answer which he thought was the worst condition for the people, and Senator Reed ejaculated: will not say which is ou the worst!" Doubts Reed Description. Dr. Dinwiddie said that if condi- tions should be as deplorable as Sen- | ator Reed described them, then steps should be taken te better them. Hri did not admit that they were so bad, alhough he admitted that there were violations of the law. Senata Gillett of Massachusetts, another member of the Senate com- mittee, asked Dr. Dinwiddie if he thought that the authorization to sell beer would cause the disappearance'( of the 1,720,000 stills to which Senator Reed had refer “No. T do nof Dinwiddie. Mayor Dever of Chicago was put on the stand by the “‘wets” at today's hearing to make reply to the charges of United States Attorney Oleson, ap- pearing as a dry witness earlier in the week, that the police in the city had failed to enforce the State prohibi- | tion law and to co-operate adequately with the district attorney’s office in prohibition cases. Clash at Opening. i There was a clash at the opening of the hearing today over the time al- lotted to the wets and the drys to com- plete the statement of thelr cases. Chairman Harreld announced that the committee had determined to per- mit the drys to have three hours be- sides the hour and 13 minutes left to them out of their original 24 hours_He | said that the wets were to have three hours, including the two and a half hours which remained of their orig- inal 24. He explained that the com- mittee had given the drys additional time because of the length of the was the reply of Dr. | 29 2, APRIL 1926—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. T £ Y P ¢ Foening Star. * / D T s g -‘)" /‘fi& v' N —= Y » The Star” every city bl tion is delive as fast as th Yesterday's ed Press. [ [ BATHIGBEACHES NEASURE PASED Senate Approval of Measure, Already Voted in House, Revives Hopes. ‘Washington was practically assured of adequate bathing beach facilities when the Senate this afternoon passed the bill, already approved by the House, authorizing an appropriation of $345,000 for this purpose. At the request of Senator Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina the Sen- ate accepted an amendment specifying that one of the proposed pools should be for colored and the other for the white population. This amendment will necessitate sending the bill to the House for con- currence before it is transmitted to the President to be signed. The bill originally provided for two pools, but did not definitely state that one should he for colored people, although it had been generally understood that that | was the plan. Appropriation Is Needed. It will still be necesary to have the appropriation made in an appropria- tion bill, but the measure just passed {establishes the legislative authority. | Whether it will be possible to have this item inserted in the last deficiency bill ‘before Congress adjourns was not | known today. The passage of this bill is the cul- mination of a campaign carried on by the people of the District since they {were deprived a vear ago of super- vised bathing facilities by the dis- mantling_of the Tidal Basin bathing beach. In the report made to the Senate by Senator Copeland, acting “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ALLEGED SLAYER IS HANGED BY MOB Man Accused by Companion of Killing Scientists, Held in Woman’s Death. By the Associated Press. GULFPORT, Miss., April 22.—Dis- patches from Picayune, Miss., sald that Harold Jackson, held in connec- tion with the killing of two Federal entomologists, was taken from jail at Poplarville early today and hanged by a mob. Jesse Favre,, who recently was con- victed at Bay St. Louisand sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the two entomologists, testified on the stand that Jackson fired the shots that killed them. Favre admitted he was present. The entomologists, J. A. McLemore | and W. M. Mingee, were on a hunt- ing trip when they were Killed and robbed. Favre's trial was marked by orders of the presiding judge that no newspapers published or circulated in the county might contain evidence brought out at the trial, but although the order was disregarded by many papers, no action was taken. Jackson was arrested soon after Favre was captured and was held for two months in jail here. He was not indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis that indicted Favre, but | to Poplarville Tuesday | was taken night for trial on an indictment charging the murder of Mrs. Emaline | During Favre's trial, Chris Pear- son, a witness, said that his wife was killed by “Doc” Jackson. Aurora Borealis Blots Out Radio, U. S. Scientists Definitely Learn Official confirmation that the aurora borealis interferes considerably with radio reception was made by the Com- merce Department today. Observers with sensitive receiving sets stationed in the State of Washington reported that the volume of signals was cut to half during a display of the north- ern lights. Whenever the aurora became brighter or shifted position'the signal strength of stations was materially reduced. TIn listening to stations transmitting on wave lenzths below 350 meters a blanketing effect was noted. and in addition a pronounced swishing was heard in the speaker. From the observations made it was noted that, while the display of north- ern lights produced the blanketing ef- fect on all wave lengths, no_atmos- pheric disturbances were noted in the receiver except on wave lengths be- low 350 meters. Poor radio receptior. in Washington in Midwinter brought the statement from W. . Terrell, chief radio super- visor, that the aurora borealis might cause a blanketing effect on ‘signal strength, ;_, ! !for the District committee, the need for this legislation was summed up las follows: 2 | “The meed for public bathing facili- | ties in the District of Columbia is | beyond question. With an urban | population exceeding half a _million | people, living in a climate subject to | extremely long and hot summers there are avallable for public use only three very small artificial pools on the Monument grounds, which are wholly |'insufficient, even for the children. | Sanitary surveys have conclusively proved that the Potomac River is polluted to such a_degree that it is unsafe at all times for public bathing. Nevertheless, it as well as other pol- luted streams in the vicinity of Wash- ington are used to some extent for unsupervised public bathing, with the result that no less than 20 fatalities from accidental drowning océurred in a brief period in 1925. Used in Other Cities. “The estimate on which the author- ization for appropriation is based con- templates two large bathing beaches or pools, one intended for the white population, the other for colored. suf- ficient, respectively, for 2,000 and 1,000 bathers at a time. Beaches, or pools of the type on which the esti- mates are based, are in use in such cities as Baltimore, Cleveland, Chi- cago and & number of other cities. “It is intended to use ctly filtered water, the amount taken from the mains to be reduced by apparatus which will withdraw water from the pools, purify it, and return it to tke pool, providing this is demonstrated to furnish proper purity for bathing.” The report also points out that these pools can be used for ice skating in ‘Winter. The bill to provide financial aid for dependent children was reached again today on the Senate calendar, but went over for later consideration, when Senator Wadsworth of New York, explained that he wanted time when the bill is taken up, to discuss the administrative features. ITALY DENIES PLOT. The Ttalian Embassy yesterday issued a statement declaring that reports from London and Constanti- nople to the effect that Italy and Greece had concluded an agreement for a common action in Asia Minor, and that Italy was going to attack Turkey, re absolutely fantastic.” for Saturday’s Star Must be at The Star Office by 11 P.M. Friday For Sunday’s Star by 530 PM. Saturday Death Notices and Lost and Found accepted up to 10:20 AM. Saturday for Satur- day’s issue, and 10 P.M. Sat- urday for Sunday's issue. |Two Slain, 13 Hurt | ‘In Hindu-Moslem | Riot in Calcutta | By the Associated Press. | CALCUTTA, British India, April 22 —Two Mosiems were killed and 13 injured today in a conflict with the police, following a riot between Moslems and Hindus. Members of the two sects came together when a rumor was circl- Jated that Hindus had kilfed two Moslems., Several Hindus were in- jured by brickbats thrown by the Moslems, bent on taking vengeance for the supposed deaths of their fellows. Police quelled the rioting. THREE FARM AID BILS REPORTED House Committee Sets Prec- edent to Break Long Re- lief Dispute. By the Associated Press. Three farm relief bills—the Tincher measure, backed by Secretary Jardine; the Haugen corn belt bill, and the Aswell commodity marketing bill— were ordered reported to the House today by its agricultural committee. Chairman Haugen said it had been decided that his bill would be called up first, with the others later offered as substitutes, The Aswell bill would set up a system of national co-operative as- sociations for each commodity, with creait from the Government available in time of stress. The Haugen bill would finance sur- plus crops by levying an equalization fee on them, while the Tincher bill would " extend credit to farmers’ co- operative associations. By its wholesale reporting of meas- ures, the committee sought to give the House an opportunity to vote on each of the three plans, which have split the ranks of the committeemen during the long hearings on agricultural leg- islation. Members of the committee express- ed the opinion that still other pro- posed farm relief bills could be called up on the floor as substitutes under the procedure to be adopted. In response to a request for in- formation, Chairman Haugen Was told by Lehr Fess, House parliamen- tarian, that there was no precedent for favorable reports by a House com- mittee on more than one bill on the same subject. Frequently majority and minority committee reports are filed on a bill, but the majority action of a committee always has carried a single bill to the floor, Fess said. ' LANHAM, MD., SWEPT BY DISASTEROUS FIRE Fifteen Houses Reported Ablaze, Trucks Rushed From Capital. Baltimore Asked to Help. A conflagration was sweeping Lan- ham, Md., this afternoon. and calls for help have been sent to both Washing- ton and Baltimore. Fire Chief Watson, who received this word this afternoon, said he al- ready_had dispatched two companies from Washington and had received an additional Request for more if possible. Authorities in Lanham told him, he said, that a request had been sent to Raltimore for State troops to help in the disaster. According to other reports officials received late today, 15 homes were ablaze and ‘the whole town was threatened with destruction. Early information did not state how the fire started. WOULD OUST PHONE CO. LANSING, Mich., April 22 (®).— Quo warranto proceedings designed to compel the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. to show cause why it should not be forced to surrender its franchises and discontinue doing business in Michigan were instituted in the State Supreme Court-today by Andrew B. Dougherty, attorney general ‘i@ attorney general charged the company for several years has been “merely the screen behind which the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., its owner, has sought to operate in this State as an unregulated and unlawful Tnnoml,\:" . A BROSSEAU AEETDBYD AR First Ballot Cast Carries Ticket Into Office—Mrs. Helmick Honored. Mrs. Alfred Brosseau of Connecti- cut, treasurer general under the re- tiring administration of Mrs. Anthony | Wayne Cook, today automatically be- came president general of the Daugh- | ters of the American Revolution im- mediately after a single delegate to | the Thirty-fifth Continental Congress cast the first ballot in the Washington Auditorfum. At the same*® time her entire cabinet went into office with her. Without opposition from any quar- | ter Mrs. Brosseau and her coalition ticket needed but one vote under the regulations of the society to be elect- ed.” When the ballots are counted it | probably will be found that several | thousand delegates went through the | formality of going to the polls and officially recording their choice. But the first vote was all that was needed, <o far as Mrs. Brosseau and her run- ning mates are concerned. | | | | | | D. C. Women Get Posts. | Elected with Mrs. Brosseau was one | woman who claims the District of Columbia as her official residence, | Mrs. Eli A. Helmick, the wite of the | inspector general of the Army, and at least two others who reside in the | National Capital part of the time, Mrs. Adam Wyant, the wife of the Representative in _Congress from Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Herbert M. Lord, wife of the director of the| budget. ! The entire Jist of new national | officers, who will be formally induct- | ed into office Saturday, follows: Mrs. | Brosseau, president general; Mrs. | Matthew Brewster of Louisiana, chap- | lain general; Mrs. Samuel W. Earle of | Illinois, recording secretary general; | Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Ohio, or- nizing secretary general; Mrs. Wyant, treasurer general; Mrs. Lord, | corresponding secretary general; Mrs. | Helmick, registrar general; Miss Alice Louise McDuffee of Michigan, his- | torian general; Mrs. Gerald Livingston Schuyler of Colorado, reporter gen- eral to the Smithsonian Institution;| Mrs. Horace M. Farnham of Vermont, | librarian general. and Mrs. J. S. Fre- linghuysen of New Jersey, curator general. Thus, only for the second time in the long history of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a new cabi- net of national officers will go into | their positions by acclamation. The " (Continued on Page 5, Column . BANK CASHIER MISSING: FEAR $35,000 SHORTAGE First National of Parkersburg, W. Va., Reports Employe Last Seen April 14 in Nearby Town. By the Associated Press. PARKERSBURG, W. Va,, April 22. Willlam M. Smith, cashier of the First National Bank of Parkersburg, has been missing since April 14, and a shortage of approximately $35,000 is indicated in his accounts, C. T. Hiteshew, vice president of the bank, announced today. The announcement when Hiteshew returned from Bal- timore, where he notified Federal fieserve Bank officials of the situa- on. Smith’s bond | was made | is more than suf- ficient to cover any loss, the vice president said. The bank was doing business today as usual. Smith, according to the authorities, went to Willlamstown by trolley car on April 14, and was last seen going toward the railroad station in that town. He had resided in Parkers- burg for many vears, and has worked his way up from minor ghanking positions to the cashier’s poft. Prior to his disappearance he had been il and had worked only a few days in three weeks. MISSING FLYERS FOUND. Portuguese Naval Officers Were Forced Down in Sea Near Madeira. FUNCHAL, Madeira, April 22 (®). Lieuts. Moreira and Neves Terriera, the Portuguese naval aviators missing since Tuesday, when they left Lisbon on a flight to this port, were brought in here today. Their plane wds forced down in the sea Tuesday near ‘Porto “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier .system covers lock and the regular edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed. Circulation, 103,357 TWO CENTS. FRANGEPROPOES A0 YEARLY PAYNENTONDEBT Reported Agreement Calls for $100,000,000 Annually Later—Limit Is 62 Years. MELLON SEES AGREEMENT BEFORE CONGRESS GOES | Italian Pact Ratified, 54-33, But Reconsideration in Senate Must Precede Signing. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 22.—An agreement on the settlement of the French war debt the United States is expected is confirmed in official _ The basts of the settlement will be initial payments of $25,000,000 annu ally, rising to $100,000,000 until the limit of 62 years fs reached. A compromise {s expected with ref erence to the safeguard clause, havin to do with France's ability to meet th: payments in case Germany should de- fault in her reparation installments The representatives of the French government will maintain that for in terior political purposes the safeguar clause on which former Finance Min ister Calllaux insisted ought to be in corporated in the agreement. It is said, however, that there is a way arriving at an implied safeguard thu: will not involve a spectal clause in the agreement. OFFER STILL TO BE 0. K.'D Mellon to Call Debt Commission to Pass on Terms. By the Associated Press. With approval of the agreement for settlement of the $2,000,000,000 Italix war debt voted by the Senate, atten- tion turned today toward the negotiu | tions for funding the $4,000,000,009 French debt. The bitter fight over the Italian set- tlement, however, has not been end- ed with the 54-33 vote of the Senate {late yesterday, cpponents having laid the basis for reconsideration, and the agreement, already ratified by the House, will not be sent to the Presi dent pending this action. Secretary Mellon, chairman of the American Debt Commission, now hopes for a settlement of the French idebt to the United States before ad journment of the present session of Congress. Body May Meet Tomorrow. This was indicated plainly today at the Treasury, where it was learncd that the way toward an understanding between the two countries had been facilitated by informal conversations between Secretary Mellon and Ambas- sador Berenger, and that a meetlg of the American Debt Commission re- | open the matter probably will be called for tomorrow. These developments followed closely upon the heels of announcement fron Paris that the long-pending gquestion of France's debt to the United States, which now stands at $4,304,000,000. had virtually been settled, and re- mained only to be signed. Secretary Mellon would not go so far as to say that a settlement had been reached between himself and Ambassador Berenger, as had been indicated in the dispatches from Paris Their conversations, Secretary Mellon said, had been altogether informal without a definite proposal of terms having been offered. It was true, however, the Secretary indicated, that the matter of the French debt ques tion was much further along the road to_successful settlement. The Caillaux negotiations, which left the matter suspended indefinitely, and the informal interchanges of opinion n the interim had helped to pave the way for the formal negotiations to open perhaps tomorrow. It was evi dent Secretary Mellon today was much more hopeful than he has ever ap peared concerning the prospects for success. Premier Briand, meanwhile, has told the foreign affalrs committee of the French Senate that an agreement in principle has been worked out by the American Secretary and Ambassador Berenger, and that a definite agree- ment soon will be signed. Commercial and political debts are to be merged under the plan, the com- mittee was informed, and annual pay- ments are to be made over a 62-year period, beginning at $25,000,000, and graduating up to $100,000,000. Provi- sion would be made for revision in the future, but the “safeguard clause,” dealing with France's ability to pay in case of default by Germany on repa- ration payments to her, would be abandoned. Evokes Strong Protest. This clause was insisted upon by the French in former negotiations, but was objected to by the American com- missioners because of their unwilling- ness to complicate funding arrange- ments by conditioning payments by one nation upon any action by an- other. Evidence that some French senators have not changed their minds about it was disclosed in vehement protests which followed the premier’s appearance before the foreign affairs committee. Despite the Senate's vote on the Italian agreement, the prospect of lengthy discussion before final action can be taken confronted the Senate today. Senator Reed, Democrat, Mi: souri, vigorous opponent of the settle- ment, voted in the affirmative on its ratification to pave the way for a mo- tion to reconsider. - He took similar action with respect to an amendment offered by Senator Howell, Republican, Nebraska, another opponent of the plan, who has con- tended that in effect it cancels the principal of the debt and obligates Italy to pay only part of the interest he believes should be collected. This amendment would require an agreement from Italy to issue bonds equal to the amount of the debt, which would be payable annually in the amount it has agreed to pay each year to the United States on account of in- terest and principal. By voting against this amendment Senator Reed placed himself in a position to move its re- consideration as the chief talking point of the renewed fight against the settlement. 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