Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (V7. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow; cooler to- day and tonight. Temperatures: Highest, 79, at 2 p.m. vesterday: lowest, terday No. 1,101—No. 29,944 56, at Full report on Page 7. 4'am. yes. Entered as second class matter post office, shington, D. C. FENNING COOLLY GIVES LIE TO HIS ACCUSER IN CLASH AT HEARING Commissioner’s Denial Draws Unprintable Epithet From Representative Blanton. WAIVES IMMUNITY TO GET CHANCE | TO DECLARE ABSOLUTE INNOCENCE | tricken From Record Texan’s Remark and He Later Apologizes to Large » Crowd Present. laking the stand vesterday in his own defense and waiving immunity, Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning answered in detail and under oath the charges on which he was impeached in the | House last Monday by Representative Blanton of Texas, and after lf\(""y giving the lie to some of the accusations, was, in turn, called a vile and unprintable name in the presence of the men and women who jammed the committee room. Following the suggestion of Representative Gibson of Ver- mont, chairman of the subcommittee of the House District com- mittee which was hearing him, Commissioner Fenning modified his language and Representative Blanton apologized for the term he used. which was then stricken from the record. Commissioner Fenning, meanwhile. continued reading a pre- i pared answer to the thirty-four charges under which he was im- U S PRlSUN DUEIOR ¥ U Ve peached by Mr. Blanton Brings Out Two Factors in His Favor. He brought out two factors which strike at the points which| have been emphasized in the charges against him. First, he quoted the language of the Organic Act of 1878, and | Qusted After 20 Years—No from this showed that he is not a Federal officer and therefore not guilty of violating Section 5498 of the Revised Statutes, which | Reason for Dismissal Given. prohibits Federal officers from prosecuting cases against the | United States, but maintained that he is an officer of the TUNICI- | By the Assnciated Press pal corporation Mr. Fenning stated that— rom the standpoint of fact I have not done one single thing that is a violation of the statute; and from the standpoint of the law the statute does not touch me.” | Second. he showed that there is no law which sets a limit upon | ons to be fixed by the court for services rendered as a | commiss guardian such as he has rendered, nor is there a rule of the Su- preme Court defining the amount of such commissions. Much of the criticism directed at Commissioner Fenning has been based on the allegation_that he reccived commissions in ex ess of 10 per cent, and in so doing violated the law. After answering the charges ning was subjected to a thorough cros one by one, Commissioner Fen- examination at the hands of Mr. Blanton. with other members 6f the subcommittee inject- ing questions. mittee at 10 o'clock tomor I'he cross examination failed to bring out points | Sa which have not heen touched on extensively before. then excused with orders to resume the stand before the com-| W morning. ! He was For more than a month Mr. Fenning has been under a barrage of charges by Mr. Blanton. the floor of the House, M g t Denied an opportunity to make an answer in the Congressional Record to attack against him on FFenning had the first opportunity to face his accuser at the hearing yesterday. In E-}ncludm;: his reply to the nineteenth charge, Mr. Fenning said: “That statement. like many others, is a lie out of whole cloth.” When Mr. Blanton said he would not stand for being called a liar, and asked that the word * ‘lie” be withdrawn, Mr. Fenning replied that he would stand on his statement in the record. Blanton Uses Vile Epithet. Mr. said: “Then you are a dirty, Blanton leaned toward the District Commissioner and —and he called him a vile name— one that the Speaker of the House ordered expunged from the Congressional Record when the English impeachment case was being debated on the floor of the House recently. There were cries of “Throw him out” from the spectators. Chairman Gibson, standing up. expressed the opinion that such ruage should he stricken from the record. Mr. Blanton and he stated that He then asked Mr. Fenning to withdraw his remark. Gibson saird he thought Mr. his statement, and Mr. to modify it in whatever wa Friends advised he would withdraw the epithet. Chairman Ir. Fenning !nigh( be willing to modify enning replied that he would be gIaH - the chairman advised. He then changed 1t to say. “This statement, like many others, is untrue.” Mr. Blanton later apologized to the eommittee and to the audience. par ticularly to the many women who were present. Repeatedly, thereafter, Mr. Fenning used the word “untrue’ ‘in denying some of the Blanton charges, and later during cross examination, when a question of veracity was raised be- tween Mr. Blanton and William F. Franklin, Mr. Fenning commented that Mr. Franklin had an excellent reputation for veracity. Another exchange that greatly amused the large gathering in the caucus room of the House Office Build- ing was when Mr. Blanton, in his vig- orous cross-examination was injecting | statements in a strident and rasping voice, Mr. Fenning mimiced the tone and style in making his reply. Blanton Twic2 Applauded. Twice Mr. Rlanton won applause from the crowd—once when he was excusing his outburst of anger by stating that he had heen working 18 heurs a day on the case, and again toward the close of the hearing. when Mr. Blanton was discussing the ex- clustve privileges to use of certain portions of the streets by taxicab rompanies, and Mr. Fenning asked “How did you expect me to find these things out?” Mr. Blanton replied “‘As Commissioner yvou'd better find these things out.” Sitting in_front of Commissioner Fenning and not more than 15 feet away while he was testifving. was former Representative Frank Clark of Florida, who was author of the resolution that led to an investigation of Dr. Willlam A. White and St. Elizabeth's Hospital more than 20 vears ago, during which hearing Mr. Fenning was a witness and from the record of which hearings Mr. Blanton quoted voluminously in his original charges against Mr. Fenning. Fenning's Point Praised. Lawyers and members of Congress who have been studying the subject said Jast night, after the hearing, that Mr. Fenning. in his reply to the first charge of impeachment placed against wim hy Mr, Blanton, has brought up “trong pem% which will he taken ! June 11, into consideration by the judiciafy committee when it is ready to act on the impeachment resolution. .ln' his defense Mr. Fenning said: “No single case has been presented or ‘can be presented in which I have :(‘lgd as agent or attorney in prose- cuting a claim against the United States in violation of said section. _“I am not an officer of the United States or a person holding any place of trust for profit or discharging any official function under or in connec- tion with any executive department of the Government of the United States or under the Senate or House of Representatives. The organic act of the District of Columbia (act of 1878) 20 Stat. L., 102, pro- vides: ‘The District of Columbia | shall remain and continue a munici- pal corporation as provided in section 2 of the revised statute relating to said District, and the Commissioners herein provided for shall be deemed and taken as officers of sald corpora- tion.! (Section 1).” A second telling point made hy Mr. Fenning in his defense was to brin out for the first time in the guardian- ship investigation the fact that: “There is no law in the District of Columbia nor is there any rule of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lubla which limits the allowance by way of commission, compensation, ex- penses or otherwise that can be made Dby the court in lunacy causes.” He explained to the subcommittee that section 1135 of the Code of Laws, D. C., relates exclusively to the ac- counts of guardians in the probate court, placing limitation on commis- sions allowed such guardians as ‘not exceeding 10 per cent of the principal of the personal estate and on the an- nual income of the estate.'"” Sharp Tilt Results, The cross-examination was enliv- ened by some sharp replies from Mr. Fenning to insistent questioning by Mr. Blanton. At one time he said, “T can give you explanation but 1 cannot give you understanding.” At another time Mr. Fenning said, “‘You sai there and looked very intelligent, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) t he WASHINGTON, SPEAKING WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. Q, SUNDAY OF ‘CURE MORNING, APRIL 25, BRIDG SARGENT REMOVES Leavenworth Physician Is LEAVENWORTH, Kans.. April | | 24.—Dr. Albert F. Yohe, physician at | | the Federal penitentiary here for the has been dismissed by of Attorney General John G. rgent. it was learned today. | Dr. Yohe said he could assign no | reason for the issuance of the order. | | but assumed it was the result of an | | investigation which has been under | | way here for some time. No charges | have heen preferred againet him. so| {far as he knows, the physictan said Other prison officials refused to dis. | cuss the dismissal A week ago B. F. Tice, acting as| chief clerk, was suspended by tele. | graphic order from Attorney General rgent. During his connection with the prison hospital Dr. Yohe came to be| recognized as one of the leading au thorities on the treatment of nar- | cotic addicts. He was a member the prison parole board and, with the superin tendent of prisons and the warden, | passed on thousands of applications | for parole. | | Dr. Stewart McKee, Leavenworth | | physician, was in charge of the prison | hospital today. | Further Probe Planned. Further inquiry into Leavenworth Penitentiary conditions will be made by the Department of Justice. Several reports have been received since the investigation was started several weeks ago, but officials said !last night their study was not com- | plete. Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt. Assistant Attornev General in charge of the case, is maintaining silence and no explanation could be obtained here as to why Dr. Yohe had been dis missed. MAUNA LOA THREATENS T0 RUIN SECOND TOWN Household Goods and Live Stock Moved From Path of Lava Jug- gernaut Bound for Sea. By the Associated Prese HILO, T. H., April 24.—A stream of lava, 250 feet wide, juggernaut of the Goddess Pele, rolled slowly today from the volcano Mauna Loa teward the seaside village of Honomalino, only a mile away. Household goods, with horses and cattle, were removed from ranch houses and the village. Honomalino is close by the village of Hoopuloa, destroyed a few days ago by volcanic flood. Mauna Loa, which was clearly vis- ible from Hilo, apparently was calm but smoke rose from near its lofty summit. The Hawalian volcano observatory recorded two tremors today centering beneath Mauna Loa. Indications were that the volcano's activity was decreasing. Martin Johnson, a ranch manager, who accompanied Prof. Thomas A. Jaggar of the observatory up the mountain, said that of eight or nine cones close to Puuokeokeo, the topmost crater, only one gushed lava. FALL FATAL TO AIRMAN. Killed in Tiny Plane Mitchell Was Advertised to Fly. ANAHEIM, Calit, April 24 (®).— Ray Freeman, 25, an aviator, of Long Beach, was killed here today when the airplane in which he was flying at an air meet at Brea, near here, fell 500 feet. Freeman was flying a plan2 known as the “Humming Bird,” which weighted but 250 pounds. One wing of the tiny plane apparently crumpled. Advance bills distributed by the Brea Air Club, in charge of the meet, stated that Col. Willlam Mitchell would fly the “Humming Bird" dur- ing the afternoon. Col. Mitchell did not appear, however. { Polish Air Chief Killed. WARSAW, Poland, April 24 (#).— Col. Serednicki, acting inspector of the Polish air forces, was killed in a mid-air accident today. Last year he made an air cireuit of Europa. | TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—H PAG General N Local, tional Foreign. Schaols and Colleges—Page 25 Boy Scout News—Page 32 Radio News and Programs and 35. Around the City Spanish War Vetera At the Community Centers—Page 38 Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 35. Y. W, A. News—Page 3. Financial News—Pages 39, 40 and 41 PART TWO0—16 PAGES. and Pages 34 | Kditorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Sociefy Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4 Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4 Tales of Well Known Folk—Page News of the Clubs—Pages 14 and D. A. R. Activities—Page 15. Girl Scout News—Page 15 PART THREE—16 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo play. Music in Washington—Page 5 | Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 9 and 10, ational Guard—Page 10, avy News—Page 11 Distriet Army and > | Veterans of the Great War—Page News—Page 13 Pages 14 and 15, Civilian Army Fraternal News PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Sectlon PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIXN—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—1? PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION— PAGES. Betty: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. SEIZURE OF KAISER'S ESTATES PROPOSED Cabinet Submits Confiscation Bill, But Urges Giving Big Compensation. By the Associated Press BERLIN, The cabinet, acting in accordance with the consti tution, submitted to the Reichstag today a bill for the confiscation of the property of the ex-rulers. This was demanded by 12,500,000 voters in preliminary plebiscite, To indicate its disagreement with the bill, the cabinet appended a dec Jlaration charging that ‘“confiscation without compensation of the entire possessions of the rulers as demanded in the bill runs counter to the princi- ples which must underlie every legis- lative act in a state founded upon law."” The declaration announces the gov- ernment’s determined opposition to passage of the bill by the Reichstag, and adds that a compromise bill is being drafted by the government par- ties which will constitute an accept- able substitute. The compromise bill calls for indemnification of members of the former reigning houses. It pro- poses to settle upon the Hohenzollerns not less than 12.000.000 marks in cash and large landed estates. The Prussian finanee minister, Herr Hoepker-Aschoff, today declared that the provisions of the bill satisfy the Prussian government. This measureably increases the chances of the Soclalists supporting the compro- mise bill, but the parliamentary sit- uation is still much tangled 9 Killed, 71 Hurt in Riot. LONDON, April 24 (#).—The Cal- cutta correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph says 9 persons were killed and 71 injured in teday's Moslem- Hindu rioting there. Two New Features In Monday’s Star “Women Who Have Unusual Tasks in Government Service” A daily, illustrated article of special interest to Washing- tonians. “The Marriage Meddler” A new serial by that clever writer, HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR. For Monday’s Star RETIREMENT PLAN - OFFERED BY LORD [Coolidge Studies Compromise Scheme and Is Expected to Approve It. | | President for his study a plan prepared by Brig. Lord, director of the oudget, to tirement act governing Federal em- | ployes. This plan. which was drafted | along lines suggested by the Presi- dent, is expected to serve as a com- promise for the main features con- |tained in the Lehlbach and'Stanfield retirenient hills. which are now pend- ing in Congress, The new scheme, while it increases | the annual annuities now paid to re | tired emploves, will, it is understood cost the Government several millions | less than either the Lehlbach or Stan- field bill Although its features have not been made public, it has been intimated that the total annual cost to the Gov. ernment will not be in excess of §21.- 000,000, and that the age limits for | optional retirement will remain the | same as they are under the present | retirement law. It has been Inti- | mated also that it is more ltheral than | the propc made recently to Senate and House civil service com- mittees by Secretary of Interfor Work. which provides for a maximum sal ary of $320. It is surmised that the proposal will hoost the present maxi- mum annuity up to $1.000, which is $200 less annually than the maximum provided in the Lehlbach and Stan- field bille, Coolidge Plans Study. It was said at the White House ves terday that the President intends to devote some part of today studying the plan. With the plan Gen. Lord submitted the report of the Govern- ment actuarles estimating the cost to the Government of the Lehlbach re- tirement bill and several other plans that have been proposed. These fig- ures are said to be absolutely com plete and they make it possible for |the President” readily to determine just what these various proposals will cost. | The President has heen insistent regarding the matter of what it all is to cost the Government. He made this evident to the various individuals and groups who have discussed the subject with him. His answer to the latter has generally been to the effect that he approved of the general fdea of belng more liberal and that he wanted o see legislation making this possible enacted at this session. but before he would commit himself to any plan he wanted to know p cisely what the cost would be. explained that as a result of the re. duction in taxes the Government is sailing dangerously close to a deficit. and considerable thought must be given to each bit of legislation, au- thorizing an outlay of public money especially so if the authorization is to be for an annual expenditure for an indefinite future period. Approval of Principle. The President is said to have ap proved the principle contained in the Lehlbach and Stanfield bills, but he thought their total annual cost to the Government would be more than the Treasury could stand. He also has manifested opposition to the pro- posal to retire employes under 70 years of age. b Aside from the objections the Presi dent has offered. the impression i gained by those who have discussed the matter with him that he will get hehind some plan for liberalizing the retirement act hefore the end of this session, and it is the bellef of several White House authorities that the plan he will support is the one Gen. Lord has prepared. To congressional leaders with whom he has discussed the legislative pro gram for the remaining days of the present session the President is known always to have mentioned re. tirement legislation. He has insisted that it be given some place upon the preferred list of legislation. LEMIEUX MAY BE ENVOY. Speaker Reported Chosen for Wash- ington Embassy. OTTAWA, Ont., April 24 (P).—The Journal today says it learns on reliable authority that Rodolphe Lemieux, speaker of the House of Commons, has been offered the appointment of Canadian Ambassador to Washington. 1t is believed, the paper adds, tnat r. Lemieux Will enter upon his new Quties at the close of the present ses- sfon of Parliament. Coolidge has before him | provide for a liberalization of the re.| the | I 1926.—116 PAGES. WLKINS DOG TEAN ATIANS POLARSEA FLYERS STL LOST “Sandy” Smith’s Party to Push On—Hopes to Reach Barrow Wednesday. DETROITEK 70 HOP OFF TODAY OR TOMORROW Three-Engined Plane to Carry Five. Sighting of Wilkins by Eski- mos Confirmed. BY FREDERICK LEWIS EARP. Spactal Correspondent of The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April “Sandy” Smith's overland party the Detrolt Arctic expedition has reached the roast of the Polar Sea. Fragmentary messages from him Fri- day night conveyed the information that with Earl Rossman, Robert Waskey, the radio operator, and one | native and a dog team, he intended | to push on northwestward to Point Barrow, and hoped to reach there by Wednesday. For a time early last evening the | 1ocal radio listeners — Howard F. | Mason, chief operator of the expedi | tion: Lieut. H. G. Messer, Technical | Sergt. C. G. Clark and Pvt. Philip W. | Read of the military telegraph office | here. thought that Capt. George H.| ! Wilkins, commander of the expedi tion. who left here by plane a week | azo Thursday for Barrow, was tryin, communicate, hut the messages never developed It is possible that other distant sta- tions. 100 weak to be read, were re | sponsible for the call that sounded like Wilkins. Finds Traces of Wilkins. ‘The local radio men were unabie to get messages o Smith, who evidently s of the opinfor that the three-| engined plane already has hopped for | Barrow. Further confirmation came | from Smith last night that Eskimos on their way from Point Barrow had | | seen a plane fiying over Thetis Island the day Capt. Wilkins left Fairbanks, but so far we have been unable to learn which way the plane was flying. As soon as compass adjustments are made the Detroiter wil hop for Barrow—probably Sunday or Monday morning. Testing the compass just installed means a test flight, after which the plane must be refueled and loaded. This will take the better part of a day as every ounce of high grade gasoline must be strained through chamots skin Two questions are uppermast in the minds of the people of Fairbanks— when will Maj. Lanphier hop to Point Barrow in the Detroiter and what day. hour and minute will the clock stop in the model cafe at Tenana. Five to Go In Detroiter. | The clock will stop shen the fce gnas out of the Tenana River. moving {a raft connected with the works of | the timepiece. Virtually avery solvent citizen of this part of Alaska is repre- sented in a jackpot, which will go to the man who guessed nearest to the exact instant. In the Delroiter will go five men who have recently become a part of the life of this hustling little town— Majf. Lanphier, in command of the party since the departure of Capt. Wilkins for Barrow nine days ago Charles Wisely. his pilot: “Andy” Hufford, Wright engine mechanic Howard Mason, chief radioman of the expedition, and your correspondent. TWhen Maj. Lanphier decided to take the Detroiter to Barrow he called a conference of the party and every de. tail of equipment necessary for the success for the venture hoth in flight and case of forced landing was con sidered. Temperature Far Below Zero. Wil E. Hudson. cameraman with musher, was appointed supply officer. Hudson hasn't overlooked a bet from safety match boxes to snowshoes Hudson was photographer with the Harvard Museum expedition and spent 29 days mushing from Debarkation Point, on the Arctic Coast, to Fort Yu- kon. The weather on that heart breaking trip ranged from 20 to 65 degrees below zero and the members of the party had only 16 days’ rations for the 29 da) Maj. Lamphier : (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) RS S A - NEW TIME COSTS CHICAGO ABOUT 342 YEARS' SLEEP 3,000.000 People Turn Clocks Back for Ninth Seseion of Day- light Saving. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 24.—Chicago lost about 342 years of sleep tonight. The loss of slumber, considerably above the wusual Saturday night quota, was due to the ninth annual advent of daylight-saving time in the city and suburbs, where 3,000,000 peo- ple set watches and clocks ahead an hour each. Chicago _and suburbs and towns within a 30-mile radius will run on the daylight time until September 23 in all lines of business. The railroads will continue to operate on Central time, except in the case of suburban trains, which will run according to the daylight-saving schedule. CHARLES BRYAN TO RUN. Files for Democratic Nomination for Governor in Nebraska. LINCOLN, Nebr., April 24 (#).— Former Gov. Charles W. Bryan stirred up Nebraska's political cauldron again today by simultaneously fil- ing as a Democratic gubernatoriai candidate and issusing a statement in which he censored the present State Republican administration for its “excessive expenditures.” Mr. Bryan did not run for re-elec- tion in 1924 owing to his rampaign for the Vice Presidency. Indications rremlhal hehwl& thve a clear field | n the race for the Democratic nom- ination, A r _has checked Hud- Sunday Star. the, expedition and an experienced | has been no inclination on the part of The Star is Sunday morni * l Reaches Arctic Coast MALCOLM SMITH. (Copsright hy North American Newspaper __“Alliance 1 CHANGE IN FRENCH | OFFER NECESSARY T0 GET APPROVAL Commissioners Hopeful Due| to Increase Over Terms | Caillaux Proposed. | Br the Assnciated Prese | France's new proposal for settling | ar $4,000,000,000 war debt to the| United States was given formal offi-| cial serutiny vesterday by the Amer fcan Debt Commission, with indica- tions that changes would be necessary t~ assure its approval 1 Taking up the offer as the possible basis for an agreement. the commis- | sion discussed it for an hour and a| half and then decided fo mest again | tomorrow. While some members be- lieved revision undoubtedly would be necessary. the fact that Ambassador | Rerenger exceeded the best offer made | by the unsucessful mission of Joseph Caillaux last year reacted well with | the commissioners, who are hopeful of a quick and satisfactory conclusion of | the negotiations. Immediately on conclusion of the commission’s seesion yvesterday S ator Smoot of Utah, one of its mem- bers, went back to the Capitel and called up the Belgian debt agreement. : and by doing so brought into action | Sanator Reed, Dsmocrat, of Missour, who renewsd his attack on both the debt commission and the administra- tion. Senator Borah, Republican, | ldaho. and others who opposed the terms they said the commission had allowad at the expense of the Amer ican taxpayers. | Toatal Offer $7,000,000,000. It was generally understood that the total of the French offer was in the proximity of $7.000.000,000. including | interest payments over the 82-vear | period. This is almost $1.000.000,000 | higher than the Caillaux proposal. Some doubt existed in the commission, however. on the advisability of accept- ing an initfal payment of only $2 000,000, as against the $40.000.000 an nual firet payment at ons time offered by_Caillaux The French argument is understood to be that the depreciation in the ex- | change value of the franc makes it | more severe for France to meet fl!’ firse pavments now than would have been the case last vear. One reflec- tion of the American attitude is that France's internal debt is correspond- ingly lowered. One of the problems worrying the | negotiators is believed to be an in clination of the French to insert some kind of a clause which would come to the aid of France in case the Ger. | mans defaulted on reparations. There | the American commissioners even to consider such a proviso, which is he!d to be flatly against the policy of this Government. Two Offers=Compared. Some of the time of yesterday's meeting was taken up with a com parison of the offers of Caillaux and that now before the commission. | In explaining the Belgian debt to the Senate, Senator Smoot said the Americans had foregone the interest on the post-war debt hecause of a pro- | vision in the Versailles treaty, signed by President Wilson. but not ratified by the Senate. This provision would! have had Germany reimburse Belgian debtors in bonds. “We took the moral obligation into consideration,” he sald, “but T want to say that Belgium Is golng to have difficulty in meeting the payments she has obligated herself to make.’ Leaving the moral question aside, he sald. the settlement was about the best that could have besn obtained. It returned about 55 per cent of the principal, he contended, and ahout 47 per cent of the Interest charged at | the rate of 5 per cent up to the date the settlement .was reached. Senator Borah objected to the re- version to the Paris agreement, de- claring he could not understand wky that document was now brought in (Continued on Page 6, Column 7.) RESCUERS NEAR MAN IMPRISORED IN MINE Tells Them He Is All Right, But Foot Is Caught—Companion Was Killed. By the Associated Press. IRON RIVER, Mich., April 24— Rescuers continued tonight their ef- forts to free Felix Norman, imprisoned by a cave-in at the Forbes mine near here last night. The rescuers have been able to carry on conversation with Norman, and the head and shoul- ders of Matt Coronski, who was killed in the earth collapse, are visible to the workmen. Norman said he is getting plenty of air and feels all right. His foot Is caught in the rock, he said. Rescuers were within six feet of the imprisoned man this afternoon. The cause of the cave-in has not (®) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and ng to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. DRY LAY UPHELD AND ATTACKED IN FINAL ARGUMENTS Wheeler 2nd Codman Close Hearing With Broadsides at Foes’ Testimony. HARRELD IS OPPOSED TO MAKING ANY REPORT [Efl‘ort to Strengthen Volstead Act Expected to Be Only Action by Subcommittee. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “Two things only havs been proved at this hearinz. That the wets want liquor with a kick in it, although they are not agreed on how weak a drink they will accept, nor on either their method or the reason to allege for get- ting it; and the drys want prohibi- tion.” This quotation from Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti- Saloon League, epitomizes his closing argument for the drys at the Senate prohibition hearings yecterday after- noon. Julien Codman of Beston, counsel for the wets, placed their contention before the Senate committee as fol- lows “Mayor Dever of Chicago implored vou, as 1 do, to recognize there is a great problem to be solved. During these hearings we have presented the facts. Will you tackle the problem or will you sit supinely by while the drys continue to insist upon this prohibi- tion law and injuries come to the body politic? Are you going to deal with this problem as men or shove it aside for other men to deal with in the future?” Between the two contentions there is a divergence as broad as the United States itself. Harreld Opposes Report. Scarcely had the echoes of the last speaker's voice died away when Sen- ator Harreld, chairman of the Sen- ate subcommittee of the judiciary committee, which has been holding the hearings, made a formal an- nouncement declaring that in his opinion the subcommittee should make no report on the general ques- tion as to whether prohibition was g00d or bad, effective or ineffective, and that he doubted whether the full judic’ary committee had any author- ity to make such a report unless specifically delegated to do so by the Senate. Tne subcommittee, however, has before it for report to the full com- mittée varfous bills and resolutions either strengthening or modifying the prohibition laws. The predictions made last night were that the sub- committes would eventually report favoring the bill introduced by Sen- ator Goff of West Virginia, a mem- ber of the subcommittee, recom- mended by Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, head of prohibition enforcement, to strengthen the Volstead act. The bills and resolutions introduced by Senators Bruce of OJaryland, Edge and Edwurds of New Jersey, looking to repeal of the gighteenth amendment so as to permit the Gov- | ernment to sell and distribute liquor, and seeking to modify the Volstead act so as to permit wine and beer, or beer alone, are likely to be re- ported to the full committee adverse- Iy, if reported at all Large Crowd at Hearing. The wets and the drys, who for three weeks have held the center of the stage in Washington, yesterday completed their cases for and against prohibition. The closing session of the hearings was without sensational inci- dent, though the arguments of both Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Codman were listened to with the keenest interest by the large crowd which filled the big marble caucus room of the Senate Office Building, and both were loudly applauded when they concluded The hearings closed without a matching of wits between Senator Reed of Missouri on the one hand and Wayne B, Wheeler on the other. It had been expected that the general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League would take the stand as a witness during the hearing of testimony and would be cross-examined by Senator Reed, a past master in the art. But the time for the submission of testi- mony ended with the morning session yesterday, and the hour remaining to the drys was to be devoted only to argument. A statement issued by the wets at the close of the hearing expressed re- gret that Mr. Wheeler had not taken the witness stand, as he had sald earlier in the hearing he would do, and had failed to subject himself to a cross-examination by Senator Reed. Senator Reed, the statement sald, wanted to inquire of Mr. Wheeler about the funds and expenditures of he Antl-Saloon League and reports l\ml the league had been engaged in a campaign to collect a million-dollar fund to help elect dry Senators and Representatives. Reed Is Absent. Senator Reed did not attend the afternoon session. Indeed for the greater part of the time, only two members of the subcommittee were present for these final fireworks, Sen- ator Walsh of Montana was absent from the city and either Senator Gil- ett or Senator Goff were absent part 1 | of the time vesterday afternoon. Gen. Andrews, who was attacked by some of the drys becausa he re- pifed to a hypothetical question by Senator Reed a week 250 to the ef- fest that beer non-intoxicating, in fact, if sold for home consumption alone, would aid in the enforcement of the prohibition law. was the final witness for the drys vesterday. He sald that he did not favor any change in the prohibition law so as to per- mit the sale of beer. Statements were {ssued yesterday by leading offi- clals of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union and of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcor Church approving Gen. Andrew' stand and promising co-operation The statement of the later organi- zation, made by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary, was as fol- lows: “Gen. Andrews’ statement that he does not favor any change In the law &0 as to permit the sale of beer. and his further comment indicating the abse- been determined. Coronski, who was :‘vnrl;lnl near Norman, was crushed to eath, 3 lute impracticability of such sale (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.\ 3