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¢h WASHINGTON, JUDGES IN CHICAGO ELECTEDONLIQUOR A * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g FRIDAY, WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this afternoon and possibly tonight; cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer, followed by showers tomorrow night. Highest, 86, at 3:15 pan. vesterday; lowest . at 6:15 a m. today. Full report on Page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 29,942 The only evening in Washington wil Associated Press service. per the news Star. ¥* Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,955 TWO CENTS. FENNING RENEWS - PLEA FOR CHANCE Entered as second class matter - __post office, Washington, D, C. BERENGER SUBMITS it 1. 12 ~ FORMAL PROPOSAL No. b €, APRIL 23, 1926—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. () Means Associated Pr Mongolian Bandits Rob Danish Flyer And Strip Plane By the Associated Press Seized in Cleveland | By the Associated Press. FORDEBT PAYMENT American Commission Takes Offer Under Advisement. Early Decision Forecast. MEETING ON QUESTION CALLED FOR TOMORROW “Safeguard” Clause Still Looked Upon in Paris as Absolutely Necessary to Accord. nce today submitted - deh The proposition wa visement by the American Debt € mission until tomorrow, when it meet again. w Ambassador Berenger, who has been | given full power by I tiate with this country, appeared be- fore the commission at the meeting today to present the French offer. He was before the commission less than 30 minutes. His statement was made entirely in French with the commission English transia tions of the complicated new settle- ment proposed. The groundwork for the offer heen carefully canvassed in recent conferences between the Ambassador and Secretary Mellon, and it was indi- nce to nes: | cated that the commission would not | | | | be long in making its decision. Smoot Denies Accord. Denial that there has been any reement reached for the settlement the French debt along the lines indicated by newspaper reports dur ing the past few was made in the Senate today Senator Smoot chairman of the finance committee and a member of the American Debt Commission. The que was brought Senator Harrison, Democrat, of M ippi, while the Senate was waiting e debate to begin on the motion of Senator Reed of Missouri for a recon sideration of the vote by which the ltalian debt settlement was ratified “In view of what the papers are printing.” said Senator Harrison, “The Senator from Utah might tell us wh: ement is being reached with Fra of ion up by ate on the rgument was made that if t did not accept the proposal offered the United States might not get anything, He. then recalled that nlthough tRI€ country was unable to reach an agreement with France on it< debt, some time ago, that press reports now indicate that a new offer is heing made by Franc Says Offer Was Made Today. Senator Smooth repliied that none of the information that has been car- ried in the press during the past week has come from any member of the American Debt He then informed the the Debt Commission eting this morning, rench Ambassador presented a proposition. Senator Smoot said he had not had time since the meeting even to read the proposal and there. fore did not know the details, but that there would be another meeting tomorrow. “I can say to the Senator,” Senator Smoot continued, “that there has heen no tentative agreement.” 1 was wondering if that wa way over—that one man worked it and the others on the Debt Comm sion agreed to it,” said Senator Harrison. Senator Smoot again no agreement has been France; that the propos put before the commi Senate that held brief at which the s the asserted that reached with tion was only fon today, and that the commission will decide what | the settlement is to be. Premier Briand informed the for- el ate on \Wednesday that an agree- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) FIRST TURKISH WOMAN Stamboul Law School Graduate Serving Necessary Term as Clerk of Court. By the Associated Press CONTANTINOPLE Nigu Hanoum, the woman to demand the judicial functions, on hel v to the bench. She has been ap- pointed clerk of the municipal court of Constantinople. Six months in this capacity are required of a woman be- fore she may be made a judge. Turkey's first feminine aspirant to the judic! will_receive the very moaest sal: serving her si to ex is -month term as clerk of the court. She is a graduate of the Stamboul Law School. Three other graduates from this institution have applied for similar appointments, but have mot yet been nominated. PROBE ELK CHIEF’S DEATH Officers Seeking to Determine if Gen. Patterson Was Suicide. DALLAS. Tex., April 23 (®).—Offi- continued an investigation into the death of Gen. William H. (Billy) Patterson, commander-in- chief of the and Navy the lodge's funmaking who was found sho! home here yesterday under circum- stances indicating suicide. The body Jay in a bathtub attired in full lodge cers toda 74, Army " Patterson, bride of a few as away when the shooting Coolidge Going to Celebration. It was announced at the White Touse today that President Coolidge {1l attend the celebration to be held in Willlamsburg, Va., M 15, inci- dent to the 150th aniversary of the 1doption of a resolution by the Vir zinia Assembly directing its dele zates to the Continental Congress to uppert the movement for the Declaration of Independence. The President will make an address. 1 new offer | for the settlement of its $4,000,000,000 | will | and he left | ad | o0 said that anciis | Italian settlement, | Commission. | the Ttalian settlement was put | ont | n affairs committee of the French | of $10 a month while} organization, | to death in his | o1 Thirty valued at $100,000, w Federal dry agents here Three men, one of whom is to have attempted to officers to release the other were arrested. The seizure of the men taining the I d trac labeled from New York to the Paint and Varnish Co.” tious concern. The agents acted on received by N. S. Clark, chief for the | | i two, two con made as a truck liquor from the Each drum was and had been shipped “leveland a ficti- drove Cleve- | | HUGE BUL TREN N STOCK ARET i _ | Lowering of Rediscount| Rates Sends Shares Soar- ing on Exchange. i | By the Assoviated Press. W YORK, April 23.—A gigantic bull movement in stock prices got un- der way on the New York Stock E: change today as a result of the une: pected reduction in the New York Federal Reserve rediscount rate. Prices of scores of issues jumped 1 to 12 points on the first outburst of buying, with indications that total sales for the day would approximate 500,000 shares | Professional bhear traders |ently were caught mapping by { Reserve Bank's action, many of the rge blocks of stocks appearing on he tape representing the covering of hort commitments “at the market.” ‘ommission houses also reported a swing increase in’ public participa- | tion, and a renewal of activity on the [ part of “bull” poolk, whose operations are facilitated by cheap money. “Big | four” common stock led the advance ! | by soaring 12 points to 185%. | Fidelity Phenix Insurance jumped 6 | points and Atlantic Coast Line v gain of 71z points in Gen ctric was lost by the trad lling on the good news" followed the announicement that | ock would be split up on a four-for-one basis and a dividend of | 75 cents a share declared on the new ! stock after the plan had been ap-| proved by the stockhoides Practi- | cally all the standard rails and in-' dustrials participated in the tpward | T | demand noted for the seas dend-paying issues. Trading was in enormous volume, | total sales exceeding 1,500,000 s res before the end of the third hour. A stupendous investment demand also developed in the bond market, with indications that the record-break- ing volume of $25,570,000 for a single day's sales, established on December 11, 1924, would be broken before the | end of the session. BAN ON RUSHHOUR PARKING MAY 60 le ned divi- | Eldridge-Hesse Report Also Asks End of Leaving Autos Headed to Curh. Lifting the restriction on rush- hour parking on I and G streets, abolition of angle parking where it is now permitted on downtown | streets, and the establishment of a | one-hour parking limit on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue beiween Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets were recommended to the District Commissioners today in a joint report on traffic prepared by Traffic Director M. 0. Eldridge and Chief of Police Ed- win B. Hesse. | The report prepared at the direc- tion of the Commissioners also recommended the elimination of a number of minor regulations from ! the District traffic code, which the ! traffic director and the police chief have agreed are unnecessory and can be abolished without jeopardiz- ing either motorists or pedestrians The recommendations covered three closely typewritten pages, but were not made public. Conslderation Delayed. The Commissioners had planned to take action on the recommendations today, but through a misunderstand ing coples of the joint report were | not submitted to Commissioners Ru- dolph and Bell for their consideration before the convening of the semi- weekly board meeting. As a result, it 1s not likely that the question of eliminating the so-called superfluous | regulations will be considered until Tuesday’s meeting of the board of Commissioners. In the meantime, however, the Commissioners plan to study the report individually. The proposed lifting of the ban on parking during the rush hours on | ¥ and G streets and the return to| parallei parking on all downtown | streets are the suggestions offered by Maj. Hesse for cutting down the number of traffic arrests which have | been made at an unprecedented rate since the beginning of the vear. One-Hour Limit on Avenue. Establishment of a one-hour park- ing limit on the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue between Four-and: half and Sixth streets has been urged for sometime by merchants in that vicinity. The present congested zone now ends at Sixth street and Penn- sylvania avenue. The commissioners several weeks ago directed Maj. Hesse and Mr. Eld- ridge to recommend for scrapping any regulations which they believe to be unnecessary with a view to ement, with a strong investment | |4 | Building. | fore | Codman of Boston, their counsel, | ing the municipal authoriti ! of Chicago, and that it has supported | prohibition cas | borders | those communities to help the Chicago ISSUE, SAYS MAYOR Government of Country Is Threatened by Condition, Dever Tells Senators. SAYS PUBLIC SALE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FROM CITY Urges Impartial Body to Study State of Nation Under Prohibition. Believes Remedy Possible. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The fair name of Chicago was vigorously defended by Mayor William | E. Dever before the Senate judiciary | ihcommittee at the prohibition hear-| ings today. | Mayor Dever insisted that public selling of liquor had heen driven out | of the city limits. He admitted that | there is a vast horde of bootleggers| and prohibition law violators in the big towns in Cook County “But the authorities of Chicago have no more control in those towns than s Senate committee,” said Mayor Conditions have been created in this country, particularly in Chicago and other big Mayor Dever which make it imperative that thing must be done.” cities, Urges Study Commission. Just what should be done, Mavor Dever id he was unable to say. His recommendation to the committ was that some kind of an impartial | bhody be created to study thoroughly the conditions existing under proRi- bition. He expressed confidence that | with the. information so obtained it | would be possible for American statesmanship to evolve a remedy. Mayor Dever insisted that there was no one today qualified through actual knowledge to say what cours | whould be adopted. Conditions hav> arisen, however, he said, in Chicago, | where officials of the Government, in- | cluding judges, are elected on one question alone, and that is whet 3 they are for or against prohibition. | Such a condition, he said, {s intolera- ble and eventually will undermine the | Government of the country itself. Andrews Back on Stand. Gen. Lincomn C. Andrews was put on | the stand as a_witness for the drys ay and told the committee the rlous steps which he has instituted in the vear of his service as head of prohibition enforcement to bring about | more effective enforcement of the | rman Harreld of the Senate committee, announced at the close of the hearing today that the hearings would be definitely closed tomorrow. The drys still have 2 hours and 3 minutes time in which to com- Jlate their case. The wets still have Ternaining an hour. In order better to accommodate the crowds who clamor for admission 'fo the committee | room, Chairman Harreld announced| the hearings tomorrow would be held| in the majority caucus room on the third floor of the Senate Office| Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel | for the Anti-Saloon League, will oc- cupy the final hour for the drys to- morrow. The rest of the dry time will be gtven over to the testimony of Gen. Andrews and one or two others. Wants College Editor Called. Senator Reed of M i just be- the close of today’s hearing asked that the editor of the Yale Daily News be requested to appear tomorrow, siice that publication re- cently printed a denial of the testi- mony given by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale, who appeared for the drys. It | was agreed that if the editor of the Yale Daily News was present tomor- row he would be heard out of a part of the wets’ time. The closing argument for the wets, it is expected, will be made by Julian At the outset of his testimony to Mayor Dever-said that it was his aim to keep Republican politics out of h testimony, but that the Chicago news: papers had printed the statements of U'nited States Attorney Olsen, attack- s of Chi- cago, and that he felt he must reply to them. He said that Olsen had made a statement in Omaha, Nebr., vesterday to the effect that the mayor of Chicago was the only official who had sought to do his duty. “This pussyfooting of Mr. Olsen is too late,” sald Mayor Dever. He said that the practice of making charges against officials and then denying them was “a by-product of the Vol- stead law, Council Supports Acts. Mayor Dever said that the Demo- eratic party controls the City Council all of his acts looking to law enforce- ment. Replying to a charge by Mr. Olsen before the Senate committee that the Chicago police are not co- operating to wipe out violations of the prohibition law, Mayor Dever called httention to the fact that of the 28 before the Kederal tourts in Chicago now pending 26 Were brought in by the city police. Mayor Dever said that Chicago is ity 25 miles long, that on the city were large communities, some of them with populations of 60,000 or 70,000, and that there has never been any effort on the part of Federal or local or county officials in a ~(Continued on Page 5, Column | Rock ONLY 92 TODAY. AGREEMENT MADE ON PLANNING BILL No Compromise Yet Reached by Conferees on Park Link Measure. An agresment was reached today be tween Senate and House conferees on the bill to reorganize the National Capital Park Commission into a city planning agency. The conferees were not able, however, to reach any agreement on the bill for the comple tion of the connecting Creek and Potomac Parkway. in which case the question at issue is whether the $600,000 needed should be taken wholly from the District surplus or he divided fifty-fifty between the United States and District Govern- ments. On the ark and planning bill the Senate confe es vielded to the House on the provision that only one of the four additional members of the com- mission should ba a bona fide resident of the District. The Senate had voted for two District members, while the House provided that only one should be a local resident. Experts to Be Employed. The House conferees vielded to the Senate in striking out the paragraph which would have required officials who are members of the Park and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) WEST VIRGINIA’S GUNS SET WORLD’S RECORD Anti-aircraft Batteries Score Nine Direct Hits at Moving Target 12,000 Feet Up. By the SAN PEDRO, Calif., April 2 United States steamship \West Vir- ginia has established a world record in anti-aircraft gunnery. Nine direct hits were scored on an aerial sleeve target April 19, In a single salvo, Navy officers said today. The hits were made by the starboard fivednch guns of the superdreadnaught. The four-inch battery ripped a 16- foot cylindrical sleeve, towed across the ship's beam at a speed of 70 miles an hour by a torpedo plane at an alti- tude of approximately 12,000 feet, Gunnery officers declared the effec- tiveness of the anti-aireraft battery was established from the fact that a bombing plane loaded with explosives could mot reach that height. Daughter of Head of Volunteers in Auto Collision. SOUTHAMPTON, Long Island, N. Y., April 23 (P).—Miss Theodora Booth, daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America, was in the hospital here today suffering from injuries received last night, when her automobile col- lided with another car. Miss Booth was returning to her parents’ Summer home at Bluepoint, N. Y., when the accident happened. Miss Booth served with the Vol- unteers of America during the World War, U. S.-Cuba Treaty Signed. HAVANA, April 23. (®.—A con- sular treaty between Cuba and the United States was signed vesterday. It provides for lcoser consular re- lations between the two countries and affords a medium for the ex- change of commercial information. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 23.—Former Crown Prince Frederick Willlam would like fo visit the United States. He has been talking about it for some time, but has been discouraged somewhat by those whose advice he has asked. Recently it was pointed out to him that conceptions of his part in the war, which appeared to exist in America, would expose him to un- reducing traffic arrests. A number of conferences hive been held be- tween them. pleasant comment, and that a visit {here mizht he embarrassing hoth to his admirers and to the American |Crown Prince Abandons Trip to U. S. Because of Possible Embarrassment Government. Consequently, he will not go, at least for the present. The former crown prince is describ- ed as finding life irksome in his house at Oels amidst his 30,000-acre estate. Just now he is in Switzerland, but his freedom of movement is restricted. All western Europe is closed to him, as well as Italy, Poland, Russia and the Balkans. His presence in Austria would cause political commotion, and Scandinavia doesn’'t amuse him. America, however, touches his imag- ination and excites his interest, and he intends, as he has said, to see it some day. links between | HOUSEBREAKER ADMITS 2 OF 17 ACCUSATIONS Entering Coal Office and Store. oday in 2 of the 17 housebreaking s with which he is charged, Paul G vki, alias Paul Amis, was held for the action of the grand jury on a bond of § assistant United Pleading guilt nted before the g Grayzyki was arrested Tuesday by Precinet Dete A. Schenck and John W. Wise, rgt of No. 4. He is said to be a former resident of Baltimore and has been in Wa on several months. ce Court toda. was charged with breaking into the Griffith Coal Co.. 20 venth street southwest, and the store of Henry H. 9 Seventh street southwest. nd was set by Judge MacDonald upon the rec of Mr. Given. PRESIDENT 10 GET AGTUARIES REPORT Gen. Lord Expected to Send Figures to Executive This Afternoon. | George H. ommendation Figures prepared by Government actuaries at the request of Presi dent Coolidge showing the estimated cost to the Government of several plans proposed for the liberalization of the retirement act, for which the President has been waiting before making up his mind as to the merits one of these proposals, were given to Brig. Gen. Lord, di- rector of the budget. These figures will be placed in the President’s hands late today or to. morrow, Gen. Lord said today, follow- ing a brier conference with the former. Considerable importance is at- tached to these estimates principally because the President has time and again, when asked for an opinion regarding liberalizing the retirement act, said he would not commit him- self to any one proposal until he has been shown definitely just what the cost is going to be to the Fed- eral Government. To advocates of this legislation the President repeatedly said he did not want any guessing or approximate estimates. His contention is that his support of this proposed legislation depends entirely upon the cost. He approves the principle involved and would be glad to see the employes of the Government treated more liberally when they retire from active service than is now the case, but he is appre- hensive of too great a drain upon the Treasury. The figures prepared by the actu- aries and presented to Gen. Lord to- day include an accurate estimate of the cost to the Government of the Lehlbach liberalization bill, which has been reported out by the House com- mittee on civil service, as well as an estimate of several other plans. Gen, Lord, while discussing the sub- ject today, would give no idea of the estimated total cost as figured out by the actuaries’ report. QUSTED PASTOR STICKS 70 POST, SCORING FOES Minister Who Accused Parents of Ignoring Children Claims Ex- pulsion Vote Illegal. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 23.—His | charge in‘a sermon that parents of his congregation were not devoting the proper amount of attention to their children has resulted in unseat- ing of the Rev. L. W. Benedict, pastor of the Parkland Baptist Church here, but the pastor refuses to abide Dy the decision. Recently, the pastor worl his point at a regular meeting of the church, which has a membership of 1,160, by a majority of six votes, but when members of the church forced a busi- ness meeting during midweek prayer services last night he lost by a vote of 176 to 100. The Rev. Mr. Benedict declared that the vote was illegal and that he was voted out by “steam roller” tactics. He plans to preach his regular sermons Sunday, despite the vote last night, which, in effect, declared the pulsit vacaat. Paul Grayzyki Pleads Guilty to Bobo, all | the defendant | | commanded today | tession during the t SENATE SUMMONS ENGLISH T0 TRIAL Federal Judge Must Answer| Charges of Usurpation on May 3. Federal Judge George W the eastern Illinois dis by the appear at its bar on May 3 at 12:30 p.m. to answer charges of usurpation of power and other “high misde- meanors” in office. The summons issued by the Senate sitting as a court for the trial of the impeachment brought against the judge by the House. After Judge English appears he will be given time to make answer to the charges, and then the House will adopt a replication to that. time for the trial then would be fixed. An_order notifying thé House that the Senate had resolved itself into a of was case court and was ready to receive the managerg for the House was proved. May Be at Special Session. Replying _to Senator Swanson, Democrat, Virginia, Senator Cummins id it was the conclusion of member: of the judiciary committee that .the trial could be held at a special session of the Senate. He added, however, that in one case the Senate had de cided the House should remain in al. The Senate previously had resolved itself into a court for disc the preliminaries of the trial. Dawes Also Takes Oath. Senator Cummins of lowa, chair- man of the Judiciary Committee, ad- ministered the special oath to Vice President Dawes as the presiding officer of the court. dent in turn administered the special oath to Senators in groups of ten. When the name of Senator Ble Democrat. South Carolina, was Senator Willlams, Republican, ouri, said that, while this Senator had asked to be excused from sitting in the trial, the rules provided that each Senator must take the cath. The South Carolinfan, however, walked out of the chamber. Senator Blease asked to be excusea | vesterday because of his close personal relationship with Representative Dom- inick, Democrat, South Carolina, one of the managers on the part of the House in the prosecution of English. Senator Blease returned to the chamber later and took the oath. FOREST FIRES BURN 30 SOUARE MILES Mar{y Homes Threatened by Three Blazes in Prince Georges County. Three menacing forest fires, one of which ' was started by an escaping bootlegger, played havoc with a total of 30 square miles of timebrland in Prince Georges County, Md., vester- day and last night, damaging more than a score of homes and drawing out the entire country- side with water buckets, spades and other implements to fight the en- croachment of flames on homesteads in the vicinity of Lanham, Forest- ville and Waldorf. . The charred tracts were smoulder- ing this morning and the fires had apparently spent themselves. Resi- dents of the affected areas were look- ing hopefully at the clouded skies for rain, which would eliminate the menace, recognizing that another clear day with a brisk wind might fan the embers into perilous propor- tions. The Lanham blaze was the most spectacular and widespread. Starting | southwest of Lanham near the Penn- sylvania Railroad tracks and eating its way through the region of Mec- Carthy Station, on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis electric line, this fire gained its initial headway over an area of about a square mile and, with the wind shifting out of the west into the south, proceeded in a northeasterly direction in_fan shape (Continued on Page lumn Radio Programs—Page 38| The | on of | The Vice Presi- | Mis- | threatening or | SHANGHAIL, April Lieut. Botved, Danish airman, who is flying from Copenhagen to Tokio. arrived nere today and reported that bandits at Ninghai, where he landed last Monday, had stripped his afrplane. Lieut. Botved said he was forced to land at Ninghal owing to a Jeak in the gasoline tank. He and his mechanician had a thoroughly bad time with the bandits. who stole everything they could get thefr hands on, and would ha had the plane itself but fo vigorous defense of the aviator. The bandits stole all the alrmen’s personal belongings and the sp: parts of the machine, and a deflated the tires. Lieut. Botved and his companion had to mount continual guard, with the result that they were unshaven and un- washed for § ys and arrived here unkempt and fatigued. D. A R.VOTE GOES wich “Party” in Wee Hours of Morning Wait. Amid the informa | 400 plebeian ham sandwiches being eagerly munched by | patriots, the Daugh | can Revolution were officially told at {2 o'clock this morning that Mrs. Al red J. Brosseau had been duly elected their president genera), having polled | | 1,610 of the 1,690 votes cast. Through the long hours of | night and_int morning the faithful delegates and a | large number of their guests had awalited the report of the tellers. Once | they sought to adjourn. That was close to midnight, but when word | came that the tellers were almos through counting the ballots the mo- tion was abandoned. Like eons the minutes ticked on snd still no joyvous sound filtered the through the wall of the room where on of the ballots was being reached. Every person in the Wash- fngton Auditorium knew what the word would be, but some measure of the anxieties of past years must have | lingered, and the delegates were loath to depart to hotels and homes until they had heard for themselves. Sandwiches, Not Ballots. Suddenly the back doors of Auditorium flew open. talion Chief Tom O'Connor of the ire Department. y for a man in full evening . bearing above his head a huge of—not tabulated sheets from the | tellers’ chamber—but, far more ac- ! ceptable, delicious, fat, well buttered | ham sandwiches. Up to the sacred percincts of the president neral’s platform the pro- ession marched in pompous fashion. On the table before Mrs. Anthol the decis the 1 sound of some s many hungry ters of the Ameri- | o the wee ones of the! | TOHELP PROBERS Can Give Them Authentic In- formation on Which to Act, Commissioner Says. CITES WISCONSIfi CASE DATA AS INACCURATE { House Veterans’ Committee Con- | erans’ T0 MRS, BROSSEAU ECoL Scott “Throws” Sand-| tinues Examination of Davis on Guardianship Questions. While the House World War Ve legislation committee, inquir ing into guardianships of mentallv incompetent veterans throughout the United States and the District of €o lumbia was continuing its examina tion of Maj. Davis G. Arnold, na tional guardianship officer of the Ve: erans’ Bureau, today, Commissione: Frederick A. Fenning issued anothe plea to be given an opportunity tu appear before the various House, in vestigating committees to present “au thentic information on which to base their inquirfes.” In a prepared statement issued to the press, the Commissioner said: s is well known, | have repeat- edly urged that I be called in order that the various comittees conductinx investigations might have authentic information upon which to base their inquiries. The desirability and the importance of proceeding in this way is illustrated by the report that terday I was criticized for continuf: to act as committee of one of my wards, who, some years ago, was transferred by the Veterans' Bureau | to Wisconsin, and it appears that the | there in Wisconsin. | i i In marched | clearing | statement was made that there should have been a guardian for him ‘out Cites Letter of Brother. - “I am persuaded that the gentle {man who made this complaint do not know that I have in my posses- sion a letter from my ward's brother, who lives in Wisconsin, in which he states that the ward is not a bona fide resident of Wisconsin, and in which he asks me to continue to care for my ward's affairs until such time as he, the brother, qualifies as con- servator.” With the view of obtaining legisla tion at this session of Congress to remedy alleged irregularities in guard- janship matters through the United States, the committee voted today to ask the House for unanimous consent to hold its inquiry this afternoon. This was granted and the sessions will be resumed at 2:30. When the session opened today. Representative Gibson, Republican Vermont, took up the cross-examini tion of the witness. Mr. Gibson wanted Maj. Arnold's position on whether the present law, permitting = maximum commission of 10 per cent, was too high and the witness replied | Wayne Cook rested a vase of glorious | he did not think the beneficiaries of beauty roses: | American old-fashioned reposed an bouquet of in her arms!the Government should be deprived of 1 cent under any conditions. Along beautiful flowers. One sight of the on- | this line of reasoning, he said, he { coming travs and the American | beauties were swept aside with one movement and the bouquet was dis- carded with anothe It was tch tch-can” lall rules were forgotten as the amble for the sandwiches got un- r way. When it was all over Mrs. Cook stood holding a plebian “ham- on-wheat,” where the formal boguet had been heforc, and each of the | national officers was calmly munch- i inz one. Just when it seemed that the delegates and suests in | andience would have to go hungry, | the mysterious walter appeared with second tray, and a little later with a third and a fourth. 1. Scott the The “angel” of the “party Col. Walter Scott. In the archiv of the Daughters of the American Revolution are listed many deeds of kindness sponsored by Col. Scott. But it is pretty safe to that none was ever appreciated more b the individual daughters than the “party” he “threw” early this morn- ing. And it was a real party, indeed, Miss Elizabeth Ellicott Poe was car- | ried to the platform from the press table and made the official cheer leader. Using her own sandwich to direct the cheers she called ou “All right, one ‘ray, ray Seott, hip, hip— “Ray, ray, ray, U. “m'e-r-i-c:a—- Scott, Scott, Scott.” “Hail, the Gang's All Here.” And the haughty Daughters of the Angel.” 8. A, spirit once more, echoed after her. | Then a “ray, ray” was given for Mrs. Cook. Finally somebody suggested the congress “call it a_day with one more for everybody.” It | was given with vim. The party on in full swing after that, and ever: hody started singing. _Everything from “Those Impatient Blues” down to “Hail, Hall, the Gang's All Here" was tried at least once. regular session later this morning they were undecided as to whether they had really s#ng the full chorus through. Some said the naughty word was omitted, but others were not sure. Anyhow, nobody was Kick- ing. Just before the tellers came out with the report on the election Col. there presented Miss Poe with a huge apple pie, which she ate before the {envious eyes of the audience. - The tellers reported that 1,704 votes were cast yesterday, but only 1,690 were legal. Of these Mrs. Brosseau and her ticket polled 1,610. Mrs. ~(Continued on Page 2. Column 2) _ for Saturday’s Star Must be at The Star Office by 11 P.M. Friday For Sunday’s Star by 5:30 P.M. 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. the | was | American Revolution, schoolgirls in | When the delegates reassembled in | Scott went again to the rostrum and | | | | i | St. El ! Bureau. thought Mr. Fenning received “too much” for his services. Maj. Arnold advocated one man as a public guard ian for all the Government's wards and fand suggested that control of their estates be lodged in the Veterans' Bu- reau. Denies Suspicion Existed. Questioned by Mr. Gibson on the ad- visability of a guardian maintaining constant contact with his ward, Maj Arnold declared it depended upon the condition of the ward. In cases where there is a bad mental disease, he thought it inadvisable. Asked if he ever looked into the relations of Dr. William A. White, superintendent of abeth’s Hospital, with Mr. Fen- ning, the witness replied he only knew “they were great friends, relatives and partners in business.” He further de- clared “in the past” there was no sus- picion directed at either of them. Dr. White, the witness added, is looked upon as a man of great responsibility. The only concern of the guardianship service is to see that the beneficiaries get a proper guardian, he continued, adding, “Mr. Fenning 1s looked upon as a proper guardian.” Since the report of Dr. Stickne contact officer of the bureau, stating that Mr. Fenning “constantly opposes the transfer of his wards" to other hospitals, Maj. Arnold said the Com- missioner has been appointed guard- ian in only one case by the Veterans' In 1918 the bureau recom- mended his appointment in_one casec land in 1919 it recommended 51; in 1920 13, 2 in 1921, 4 in 1922, none in 1923. 2 in 1924 and 2 in 1925, and none in 1926 “so far.” Praises Woman’s Work. Mr. Gibson questioned the witness at length regarding the activities o Miss Marks at the bureau and wanted to know if he took any original pari in recovering “at least a million doi lars” which the bureau was pay out to unlawful guardians, Maj. Ar nold paid high tribute to her ability, but added sho acted under his direc tion. In the work of determining who had not filed annual statements as to the disposition of the wards’ estates, Maj. Arnold said before the task was begun more than 46 per cent of the guardians had made no report. Of this number 10 per cent never will bo recovered, because the funds were fi1 the hands of close relatives who kep: no accounting of the funds spent, he said. In March of this year, following nation-wide tour of regional guardi: ship offices, the witness testified he recommended to Gen. Hines, director of the Veterans' Bureau, that because too large commissions were beinc charged the veterans the law shoul! be changed so the wards' estates would not be depleted. Luce Raises Objection. Representative Rankin, Democrat, Mississippi, asked the witness to pro- duce the record of a case at St. Eliza- beth's Hospital where a deceased sol- dier's body, from which the head had been severed and the spine extracted, and which was in a badly decomposed condition, had been refused by “Fen- ning’s undertaker,” and an effort had been made to get the Veterans’ Bu- reau undertaker to send it home to the parents. Representative Luce, Republican, Massachusetts, raised a point of order on this question, but Chairman John- son, Republican, South Dakota, over- (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.)