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i, i 1" 4 L EVE LUNACY CASES HANDLED BY FENNING PUT IN RECORD 1926, impeached, " 5 : . €, T URINS 6, COOLIDGEHASTEN SENATOR GUESTS Breakfast Conference De- velops Prospect of Early ning could not be Mr. Dyer sald. When the House voted without opposition to the resolution, Mr. Rankin demanded a record vote, say- ing he wanted to see wny certain members did not vote, as they had ' applauded the speech of Mr. Luce.! G LVOGTLO l"flam PRONITER TLERKSINCREASE | NEW COURTHOUSE ing Fee on Bonds—Rudolph Submits Recom- o PR i % & 2 p ommittee Action Ordered. | mendations for Legislation. Score of 77 on Indian Spring! Boxers Who Met at Arcade| The resoiution as agopiea by wne | Treasury Employes Add 3129; J S Course Leads in Qualify- | Acquitted—Did Not Know to $113.70 Already Given. 408 Zihlman Urges Erection of Building—Action at This House 18 as follow “‘Resolved, That the committee on the judiclary be, and it is hereby. di rected to inquire and report whether the action of the Houss is necessary be turned over for,use by the police as A 1ist of 408 lunacy cases compiled b a central police headquarters, thus the clerk of the Supreme Court of June Adjournment. had another conference at the White 1y, ha 15 his guests 10 representing no particular i Jup or section, but all Republicans. i he President said afterward that the islative situation was discussed in an informal way, but that no matter | ar eat importance was brought | up for discussion. Those who attended this conferen tors Lenroot of Wisconsin Ldge of New Jersey, Reed of Ienn svlvania, Warren of Wyoming, Ernst Kentucky, Howell of Nebraska | ‘atson of Indiana, McMaster ofl nth Dakota. Cummins of Towa and| rnald Maine. The impression given the President was that the Sen-| ate disposing _of business at | a rate which indicates at this time] that it may be possible to adjourn very shortly after the first of June. T expressed themselves| s zet away from yeturn 1o their that this feeling the Senate hody candidates for re to ket back to to hecome ac is expected to of unusual President Coolidge breakfast House is its e Senatoy Washington and explaining throughout who are anxious in_order ed in wh itical campaign especially in those con where proposed modifica Volstead law is looming| important factor. cagerness fo early adjourn- exists among members of the as well the Senate, the exist n States elec 1heir tively be a tituencie: the as the District, in which Frederick A Fenning received $8,412.05 in_attor- ney's fees, §46,129.60 In commissions as guardian and $7,504.43 in commis sions on bonds, hetween March 7, 1 and May 1, 1925, in_addition to vious lists prepared by the Veter Bureau and the auditor of the preme Court of the District of active cases since May 1, 1925, was put into the record of the hearing by the Gib son subcommittee of the House Dis trict committee in the caucus room of the House Office Building last night This list_also appears in the Congres. sional Record today by unanimous consent of the House. Representative Blanton, Democrat of Texas, also read into the record last night article $41 of the criminal code. which, he said, makes it « felony for a guardian. trustee or similar officer to use fiduciary funds intrusied to him and not maKe it known to the tribunal to which he uccounts. Mr. Blanton charged that Fenning in numer ous oftended azainst thi statute. t records of the hea M and tha !ing disclose that he has admitted re. celving er cent commissions on sury upon which he made no accounting to the court or auditor. Mr. Blanton said that this makes Mr. Fenning liable to a charge of em bezzlement under article $41. and he ed the case of the (nited States versus John D. Kinnear, in which h «id there was similar “misappropria n" of funds and the court that it was embezzlement. He told the subcommittee that th court has held that either the linatic wards or their legal representatives or the District Commissioner members of the Police Depars e ment ient has heen advised Because of the Senate and House an early adjournment. it has been | le for leaders of all parties h\| the Senate and House to reach some | form agreement regarding adjourn ment The President has xpressed ! himself being perfec satisfied | with any agreement that may be| reached. He b made nterested it plain that he in what Congres especially in the matter of ap- itions, hetween now and ad ournment than in adjournment itself. esident. while discussing legis matte with his senatorial again reminded them of the im ance of trimming up aporopriation bills other than those included in the general bud estimate and azain sounded w warning that the National Treasury will face a deficit this vear <« the greatest amount of care is given to legislation calling for outlays of public money. BIDS FOR TEXAS WOOL ARE HALTED BY STRIKE Buyers Discgtinue All Efforts to Acquire Record-Breaking Crop. Shearing Under Way. By the Associated Pre SAN ANGELO, Tex.. May 6.—Con tracting of Texas Spring wool has vir- tually ceased here as a vesult of the British strike. More than a dozen wool buvers with headquarters in San An- gelo. known as the leading inland wool market, vesterday discontinued all of- fers AS the foreign market is regarded as the barometer of United States wool prices, the buyers understood thefr companies will await stabiliza- tion or quotations abroad hefore mak- ing further contra With a record crop of long Spring Texas wool pre- dicted. estimated as high as 25.000,000 pounds A port that not more than 2.500,000 pounds had been con- tracted. Shearing is well under way Contracting before the British strike brought a halt to buying, ranged from 34 to 38 cents, with 41 cents as the peak of the season. PARIS PUNISHES MAHER. ew Yorker Gets Five Years and Exile for Part in Raid. ROUEN, France, May 6 (P).— Charles Maher of New York, has been sentenced in jail and 10 vears banishment from France by the Rouen participating in an attempt b the safe of a motion picture theater here last vear. His omplices, two Italians, were given 7 and 8 vyears solitury confinement, respectively, and 10 vears banishment. Another accomplice Frenchman, was killed by the police when the men were leaving the theater after a fruit less three-hour attempt to open the to 5 years assizes for to r a The railroad by the House, business before the Senate. The commerce committee held another meeting on Shipping Board maiters. Joint committee on postal rates is in session Judiciary subcommittee held an other executive session on prohibi tion bills Distric heid further vivisection bill. abor bill, passed is the unfinixhed of Columbia committee heari; on anti- F A;n'il birculation Daily. . . 100,846 Sunday . 108,310 District of Columbia. & MING NEWBOLD, Business Manager of TR EVENING cand SUNDAY STAR. does solemnly ru that the actu; n ber of copies of the papers named. Strbuted during the month of April, A.D. 326, was as follows DAILY Less adjustments Total daily net circulation Total average vet paid circulation Daily average number of copies for service. elc.. datmiEa Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Copies. Days 108,419 1¥ 100,165 = 100,816 Copies. 110.318 110,232 Less adjustments.. Sunday net circul e met paid Sunday ci *nuimber copies for sery Average Sunday net circulation. FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager ne this Subseribed and_sworn to before 6th ARy of May, 1026, (seal.) ELMER F. YOUNT, m can prosecute suits against Mr. Fen ning under thi< luw., Chairman Gib<on of mittee put into the reco; dum prepared for Mr. Fenninz in re gard to taxicab companies monopoliz ing parking space in the public streets adjacent to hotels. the subcom 1 2 memoran Recommendations Are Submitted Mr. Gibson also inserted recom mendations which the subcommitteo had asked Commissioner Rudolph to submit with a view to legislation improve thé administration of muni cipal affairs, Commissioner Rudolph's recommendations follows: First, that members of the Board of Commissioners should be relieved from membership on the Public Utili- ties Commission. He called attention that a bill for this purpose is pending before the House District committee. Second. that the act of March 1, 1921, providing thut the Commis- sioners, with the officer in charge of public buildings and public p and the superintendent of the (¢ itol, shall constitute the Zoning Com- mission, should be amended to pro- vide for a zoning commission con- sisting of District officials, such a the surveyor, inspector of building and the assistant to the FEngineer Commissiner in charge of building construction. and that the present Zoning Commission should be created a hoard of appeals from the decisions of the proposed zoning commision thus relieving the Commissioners of onerous duties to hold hearings as members of the Public Utilities and Zoning Commissions. Urges Anual Assessment. Third, that provides that the law which assessments of property he made every two should be amended so as to pro- vide that such assessment shall be made annually. The reason for this is that increase in the value of prop- erty. which has been very rapid re- centiy, should be reflected in the ax- now real vear: ments at an earlier time than it| is under the present law Fourth, that there should be some legislation modifying the law which provides for assessments against abutting property owners for road- way improvements, known the Borland law. There is quite a gen- eral feeling that the law should be repealed in its entirety, he illinz to agree to this, but it seems to him that the assessments for roadway improvements at least should be contined to the original construction of the pavement and not_apply to maintenance or to re- surfacing. Congress has recently provided a gasoline tax law, based on the fact That the use of highways by motor vehicle traffic tends to the wearing ut of the roadway surface, it was added, and it would seem that the maintenance of the road should be covered by a tax on gasoline and perhaps a higher tax on trucks and other heavy motor vehicle traffic which cause injury to roadway s faces, for which abutting proper owners should not be taxed. Fifth, that the power of the Com- misstoners to make police regulations should be extended. The Commission- ers have had difficulty In the courts in sustaining regulations because they have been unable to show that simi- Jar regulations existed in other juris- dictions so_as to comply Wwith the definition of the word “usual.” The word “reasonable” is also believed to be unnecessary, as the courts have power. upon general principles, of de- claring void all regulations which are not “reasonable.” Further, the pow- ers of the Commissioners to enforce police regulations have been limited by law to imposition of a fine. The Com- missioners believe that they should be empowered to enforce regulations un- der a statute which would authorize the fining or imprisonment of the vio- lator. Fir> Department Data Given. Commissioner Rudolph stated that the Commissioners forwarded to Con- gress the draft of a bill to extend their powers so as to include munici- al general powers, and this bill is now pending before the House Dis- trict committee. This bill contains a number of other features which the Commission¢rs believe to be outstand- ing, and the Commissioners will be glad to have legislation along this line. Mr. Gibson ‘inserted in the record report of the chief engineer of the Iive. Department, asked. for ‘by the subcommittee, showing the organiza- tion, personnel and location of each unit of the Fire Department A letter from Justice” Hoehling in regard to various salaries hic has re- ceived from the Georgetown Univer sity Law School since 1910 also was put in the record. Blanton Apologizes. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Blanton stated: "I may have given an intimation that I thought his decision in court on the revaluation case of the Capital Traction Co. might have had some influence upon his salary as a lecturer in the Georgetown Uni- Versity Law School and thereby have cast some aspersion upon Justice Hoehling. After having heard the justice, I want to withdraw any intl- | mation whatever that I questioned the integrity of his decision. I believe it was wrong, but the only one that he could give in view of the fact that the attorney for the people acquiesced in the contention of attorneys for the apital Traction Co. for increased aluation.” Mv, Gibson inserted a report from the presiding judge of the Police Court regarding the number of cases pdled, fines collected, the history of the old court building, and a recital of ‘the need for a new building, witlf. the suggestion that the old building held | wrote, | dding that Congress might not be | releasing space in the District building. Mr. Blanton offered a motion that Chairman Gibson be instructed to re- port to Chairman Madden of the House appropriations urgent need for a new Building, which had been upon this subcommittee by per investigation of the property on . and to ask Chairman Madden to have the apy ns committee provide funds for uilding in the second _deficieney - bill now being dra‘ted. Mr. Blanton said on invesdzation he had found there is adequate space in Judiciary Square for a suitable Police Court Building. “1t ought o be buili this Summer said Mr. Blanton. “We lought not to go away and leave hu !man beings suffering as they are in | that bullding. 1f a new central police | headquarters is needed. well and good: let them have the old Police Court | Building. What we must see ix that there is an adequate Police Court | Building erected.” Report Is Favored. On suggestion of Representative Rowman, Republican, of \West Vir- ginia, it was decided that the Gibson Subcommittee should report to the reral committee today with instruc- Chairman Zihiman of the District co: m of the sul - case to th mittee and to measure imme stantive law for A report from District. asked for olice Court mpre this b appropri ommittee to present appropriations com introduce a legislative tely providing sub the appropriation the auditor of the by the subcommit " \Was nest put in the record. giv regarding 980 autopsies the coroner’s office. | My then put in a report | from Ty Director M. 0. Eldridge | calling attentio | trattic act inz et perforn . which seem |in opposition 1o each other, in regard {10 the rewssuunce of oper:i per mits. One these provides for | charge of &1 for renewals and the other indi there should be re. newals without charge. The traffic di o ates {rector explamed that sufficient funds| | had not been provided to permit re. {ssuance of more than 150,000 per mits | “In that think | right,” said Mr. G “and this | should be straightened out.” Mr. Blan | ton declared that the matter would be | expeditiousiy straightened out if the Senate could be prevailed upon to pass 1 bill already approved by the House |and which has been pending for a month and a half on the Senate cal- endar. Blackman Case Br Mr. Blanton put into the record a statement of the case of Policeman | H. C. Blackman, who. with three other | policemen, had worked in a depart- ment store at $6 a day ¢ four days which he had off in lien of Sunday. These four policemen were ordered to pay the §24 they had earned by this extra work into the police fund and when, on advice of counsel. Policeman | Blackman refused to do this e was fined with loss of pay the 1 director is nght Up. Mr. Blanton empha fended any law or police regulation and declared Commissioner Fenning's treatment of him was an “outrage.” He read into the record letters which 1. Davis, a prominent local attorney and former assistant to the districtattorney, had voluntarily and gratuitously written to Commissioner Fenning, stating that this case ought to have reconsideration and that Mr. Davis' sole thought and purpose was to aid one unjustly and illegally punished. The whole of was put into the record, and latei Mr. Bowman called as @ witness Toseph Donoghue, an attorney for Po- liceman Blackman, who confirmed the statement previously made by Mr. Blanton. Commissioner Fenning had written to Mr. Davis that the case was closed. Mr. Blanton said: “Jle has closed the case of officer after officer who was illegally pun- ished and dismissed. There is just one case that is not closed and that is the case of the people against Fenning.” Many | | | this correspondenc Drive Taxis. Mr. Bowman asked if a number of policemen and firemen were driv. ing taxicabs on their time off from duty. Mr. Blanton said that this was true. Mr. Bowman thought it was difficult to differentiate hetween driv ing a taxicab and working in a de- partment store on a policeman’s day off. He was surprised that those driv- ing taxicabs were allowed to con- tinue while the policeman working in a department store was deprived of his earnings, fined an even larger amount and made to lose his pay for three weeks. Mr. Blanton asked the co-operation of the subcommittee to prevent what he termed another injustice being done police and firemen, a large number of whom are now living in Virginia because, he said, they ean live there cheaper. The District Com- missioners, he said, are today fixing s a resolution to compel all of police and firemen to live in the District. Mr. Blanton and Mr. Bowman agreed that any policeman and fireman should be allowed to spend any free time he has in earn- ing money to support_his family. Tells of Denmdrk Trip. James E. Toner, a supervisor in St. Elizabeth's for 40 vears, who ac- compunied Mr. Fenning on his trip to Denmark with one of his lunatic wards, was closely questioned re- rding that trip. He said it took days of his vacation, that he had never received one cent from Mr. Fenning, whom he has known since the latter was a_small bov working in the Pension Office. He raid nn official of St. Elizabeth's had directed him to make the trip. and he did it solely on the request of Mr. Fen- ning. He was alzo asked regarding alleged 10 per cent discounts on pur: ch made for lunatic wards, but insisted he had never profited through such discounts and that they were allowed to the credit of the inmate on the books of the Institution. In reply to a question from Mr, Gibson, Mr. Blanton said that he ex- pects to show the subconimittee that A system was worked whereby such agents of St. Elizabeth's Hospital re- ceived a 10 per cent commission on all purchases for the inmates. Mr. fouston put into the record that this could not be done without eollusion with the storekeeper through a false voucher. Miss Elizabeth Rude, a graduate registered ntrse from New Jersey, who had been in the service as a been an inmate of St. Elizabeth’s for a year, was questioned regarding her experiences. Nurse Denies Violence, Lawrence B. Taylor, a nurse at St. Elizabeth’s was questioned at length by members of the subcommittee, especially Mr. Blanton. He denied that he had ever kicked a patient in the stomach, that he had ever used n wet towel to choke patients, that he had ever struck g patient, that he had ever sold drinky on the hospital grounds, that he sold_intox- leating liquors, or thaj he had ever given hot or cold packs or adminis- tered drugs_without orders from a e hfi'never een e 8 committee the i imittee and Chairman | to two sections of the | 10 he| and suspended for 21 days| sized that this policeman had not of-| nyrse during the war and who had ing Round. The score of 77 made yesterday by | George J. Volgt was still low today as the qualitying round in the Indian Spring Club golf tournament neared its end. None of the contestants who I played this morning weve helow 50 | The scores turned In today up to 1 [ o'clock follow: Paul Y. Anderson, Columbia, 84: T. {1, Hopkin: shington, 86; John { Brittan, Chovy Chase, 86; P, W. Cal fen, Washingion. 9 O. L. Veerhoff, | Washington, 93; 0. J. De Moll, Colum- { hia Denise Barkalow, Washing J. M. Porter. Indian Spring B. Hardwick, Washington, 96: TRobb. Banneckburn, 96: J. R Daytona. Fla., 96 W. H Columl Frank S, Smith, shington, 9 P. Worthington, ishington, 103 . Gott, Colum AL HL Dulin| 3, > Voight Plays 77, ge J. Voigt of the Bannock- Golf Club, amateur champlon the District, led a fleld of nearly {79 golfers in the first day’s qualif; ing play of the tourney vesterday with u card of Voigt, playing over an Indian Spring course that as never been in such prime con ditfon ax yesterd: was out in 3% and back in 3% Nis card was five xhots in front of the 82 registered by J. Floyd Brawner, winner of the Town and Country Club event Inst week, and well in front of the rest of | the field. - One of the day ame in Walter R. reai the s Tuckerman a former District 1 took K the ragzed edge all the scores Yesterday found elght 5 and better. Indian ng’s course, carefully groomed for this tournament, is in splendid condition. Only being played, that at the lonz seventh. The rest of the greens are in excellent condition. Forty vards have heen taken off the second hole by construetion of a new tee, and the same distance added to the fifteenth, making the latter hole a 495-yvard fair. Match play starts tomorrow nd the <emi-final and final rounds | are scheduled for Saturday.’ Yesterday's Scores Yesterday's scores follow: e J Voigt Bann 77 ) R Tt Chevy Chase 8¢ 3t Unaituched W.'R. Tuck Bipnine Tree 85 H_K. Comwell. Col H.OF. Wilme, 1S, K50 Hush B Mac Col.. K5 1 W Brawner. Col.. A Roguly. unaitached. 86 & Shiman | dwash KR Momman Wash <R UFL R ombson. Argyle M. Daavid, 108 RO W M CCarter, Cong.. 8 1 x0 " LS Flauts! Bann Wasii R W.E Baker & tier. Kb P B Hoover, T Lester G v Chase. 1 surprises of the sre turned in by of Burning champion <hots and may i the first re in this e on when ifternaon, | scores of s iven. bar ¥ Brawner 1 W, Cole. fc Fu ) 3 negerode, Che R B |s ] | A. Kel Bann i Gray. Manor. Knox. 1. 8 06: 3T Harns 06 M. C I.'S.. 07 M Dozier 0% 1.8 0R Stoddard Dudley W, H Wash Ho Ratson L 9N W. D Haines Kriox, 1. 8. 08: G. H O8: J A Kaderly Baltimore. E. Miller"Bann_ 100:_H. P. Coc 100 Evaue Jones. Beaver Dam Mulvey, %7101 F. L. Hudson 3 W, HWhite, Beaver Dam. 102: Howard T.S.'104: W. A. McKee. 10i: C. G. Peters. Bann . 109, Bann Patterson H i % MASONS HONOR FERBER. { Master of King Solomon Lodge Giv- en Watch Chain and Charm. John J. Ferber, master of King Solo- mon Lodge, No. 31, F. A. A. M. (the v “daylight” Masonic Lodge in the trict of Columbia), was honored at the stated communication of his lodge vesterday afternoon hy about 25 of the more than 50 master Masons who are co-workers with Mr. Ferber on The Star. Mr. Ferber was presented with a token of esteem and regard in the form of a platinum watch chain, with Masonic charm and gold pen: Knife, appropriately engraved. The presentation remarks were made by . Fred Cook. senior grand deacon »f the Grand Lodge of the District, Mr. Ferber making appropriate re. sponse. The visit and testimonial were planned and arranged under the direction of James T. Casebeer. a past master of King Solomon Lodge. Historic Transport at Auction. e Navy transport Hancocl which carrled soldiers to the Philip: pines during the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection: to Vera Cruz and Tampico during the disturb. ances of 1914, and to France during {the World War, will he sold at auc- tion May 21 at Mare Island Yard: Calif. She has outworn her usefulness to the Government ed. He defied Mr. Blanton or any. one else to find a straightjacket at St. Elizabeth’s. He denled that there were any padded cells. He said it was his attitude that it was much better to have a door broken down than to have a brulse on a patient's body. He said he was in charge in retreat 2, which is, according to the records of this hearing, the hard- boiled ward in which only ‘“man- handlers” are on duty. Emilio R. Torres of Tampa, Fla,, who declared he had been ‘“rafl- roaded” into St. Elizabeth’s five times and that he left the institu- tion “whenever he got tired of the place, entertained the subcommittee and the large audience with lurid tales of the strenuous treatment he sald was given by “manhandlers” to patients in retreat 1, retreat ® and Howard Hall. He said he had been in the Army twice and that he owed it to his buddies in the instifution to tell how they were treated there. Dr. Silk Is Recalled. . Dr. Samuel Silk, a senior physician at St. Blizabeth's Hospital, was re. called to the stand by Mr. Blanton because it had been reported to him that, following his previous appear- ance, Dr. Silk had remarked to a friend about “how he had put it over on the committee. Dr. Silk replied that he did not recall. e was ques. tioned by Mr. Blanton regarding the fact that he is given a six-room house on the hospltal grounds, Dr. Silk sald he is a bachelor and has had a house- { keeper part of the time. In reply to questions about “pulling off wild par- ties,” Dr. 8ilk said that he had com- pany, but did not admit conducting ‘twild parties.”” He was questioned re. garding a private gate to which he has a key, and whethér he cannot admit himself and friends to the grounds at any hour of the day and night. Dr. Silk said that this gate was made so that he could drive his automobile in whénever he returned to the hospital, jeorge W. Raughley, an inmate of St. Elizabeth's, formerly in the Navy, as aleo questioned. ~ Mr. Housten brought out that the young man had two years in the Agricultural De- partment of Delaware College, and Mr. Blanton put into the record a letter from_ the ussistant cashier of a bank in Dover, Del., showing that the patient has a considerable bank aecount. ‘The hearing before the Gibson sub- committee ix 1o he continued to- i patient mistru'b réom'oi e Hiee Ufiwggfim one temporury green | A S| of Admission Fee. Frank Dane, alfas Frank Ceccarelli, promotor of the sparring matches un- {der the auspices of the National Cap- ital Sporiing Club at the Arcade Jan- | vary 12 last, was convicted this aft ernoon by a jury tn Criminal Division 2 of violating the anti-prize fight sec- tion of the District code. The penalty under the section calls for imprison ment not (o exceed five years. John Cody of Fort Myer and Philip Raymond of Baltimore, who contest ed in the first bout on that oceasion, were acquitted, At the request of Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John H. Burneti, counsel for the defendants, Justice { Stafforad charged the jury that if <hey were satisfied that the two con- testants did_not_know that an ad- mission fee had been demanded and collected from the spe they should be acquitted Asxistant United St O Ly and Fihelly for the prose- cution contended in their argument 1o the jury that Dane could he held as promoter even if the jurors should | decide to free the other two men | 'The prosecution yesterday afternoon | presented a number of witnesses who told of securing cards of admission for the contests by paving at the box office of the Arcade without being r quired to exhibit membership cards in the sporting club. One of these wit nesses said he had o card but was not | agked to show {t. The Government was unable to brinz home to the con testants knowledge that admissions | were being collected, | FENNING INQUIRY RESOLUTION GIVEN HOUSE APPROVAL (Continved from ¥ es Attorneys | t Page.) minutes, i« not talking for the resolu tion. but against it. I make the point of order that if he is going to take | this time that is allotted in favor of | the yesolution he ought to confine | himself— Holds Luce Within Rights. Npeaker Longworth stated that he was not informed that any time has been allotted in favor of the reso'ution and that Mr. Luce was “entirely with- in his rights." Continuing, Mr. Luce said: *T am pre- senting reasons why the 4,000,000 vet erans of this country should he told | that their rights are not heinz abused | by those who have certuin duties snd | responsibilities in charge. I have not the time. of course, to take up the de- ails, but I want before the ouse ome typical instance of what hus deceived the House and what has blinded the peopie. “I will take up the story as briefly as 1 may to tell you a clerk in one of the bureaus went into an under- | taker's establishment and saw a body ithat had been dissected in part, on which an autopsy had been per. formed. later to see another body on which an autopsy also had been per- formed. Somebody told him it was the body of a veteran. In cross-ex- amination before our committee he was compelled to disclose that he did not know that body wus that of a veteran. He confessed on oath be- fore unother committer he had been I misinformed in this particular and if not guilty of the crime of perjury he was at least guilty of the crime of falsifying or deceit. The original charge has been spread in the news- papers, but not one line was printed in the newspapers disclosing this man as being a falsifier or at least de- | ceiver. "Let us go on with the in- vestigation. Cites Blanton Charge. “A few days later the gentleman from Texas rose on the floor of this House and said this: ‘I wonder if the gentleman from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) knows, and do vou know. that when a vet- {eran dies in St. Elizabeth's Hospital the doctors there cut him up? One dled some time ago where they slit his | head wide open and the undertaker refused to accept him for embalming said he could not embalm a body like that.’ 3 “Whereupon there came before the committee an undertaker, a decent- aprearing man, and stated: ‘I am here of my own accord, no suggestion from any one, to correct {u statement which appeared in a paper Friday morning to the effect that bodies ‘at St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital were in such mutilated condi- tion after they had finished with them that T refused to accept them to prepare for burial. I simply come before your committee to say that statement is not correct. I have never made any such statement as that and, being an ex-service man myself, I do not think I would give such a statement as that to the public to further break the hearts of the loved ones that these men have left hehind.’ Statement W Disclaimed. “Now, what is the next step of this growth of scandal? In a newspaper a few days ago there was this para- graph: ‘Bodies of shell.shocked vet- erans who died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital have be®n sold to Howard University for scientific experiment, the Texan charged, and he pledged himself to put « stop to the practice.’ The . geéntleman from Texas (Mr Blanton) came before our committee this morning and disclaimed such a statement as that, saying he had never made it."” Turning towards Mr. Blanton and pointing his finger at him, Mr. Luce quoted these words: The moving finger writes. and having writ Moves on: nor all Your piety nor wit Shull lure it buck io cancel half a line, Nor will your tears wash out a word ot i epresentative Appleny, lican, of New Jersey, statement made by Mr. ‘Luce, and explained in part by Mr. Bianton, regarding a newspaper account to the effect that Mr. Blanton had charged that bodies of veterans were supplied trom St. Elizabeth’s to the Howard Medical School. Mr. Appleby said he heard Mr. Blanton's statement regarding Howard University before the American Legion and that it had nothing to do with bodies of veterans. ‘Explains Committee's Actlon. Representative Dyer, Republican, of Missouri, a member of the judiciary committee, made a statement to cor- Yect a misunderstanding as to the purpose of the judiciary committee in striking out the words “and for;which he should be impeached,” which had | appeared in the Blanton resolution. Mr. Dyer said that the general under- standing and impression seems to be that the Jjudiciary committee had stricken out these words because it considered that Mr. Fenin was not a proper subject of impeachment. e explained that they were stricken out at the suggestiffy of a member of the judiciary committee because it was shown that they might hamper and | | | Repub- corrected a hinder the committee in its inves tion, 1! ittee_did ot :!EE» st i e Phory” T AR | in executive session. Mr. Blanton, en- concerning the alleged official mis- | conduct of Frederick A. Fenning. a Commlissioner of the District of Co- lumbia, and said committee on the | judiciary is in all things hereby fully nuthorized and empowered to investi- gate all acts of misconduct and report fo the House whether in their opinion the sald Frederick A. Fenning has been gullty of any acts which in the contemplation of the Constitution. the statute laws and the precedents of Congress are high crimes and mis demeanors requiring the interposition of the constitutional powers of this House. “That the committee on the fudi rv. and any subcommittee that it may create or appoint, Is hereby au thorized and. empowered to act by itxelf, or it subcommittee to hold meetings in the City of Washington, . ., and elsewherc. and to send for persons and papers, to administer the customary oaths to witnesses, and to sit_during the sessions of the House and thereafter until said inquiry s completed, and to report to this House. “That said committee he, and the ne is hereby authorized to appoint ch stenographic and clerical assis tance as they may deem necessary and all expensxes incurred by said | committee or subcommittee, including the expenses of said committee when sitting in or outside the District of Columbia, shall be paid out of the con tingent fund of the House of Repre sentatives on voucher« ordered by said committee and signed by the chairman of suid committee or ubcommittee.™ Hines to Testify Tomorrow. s Hines, director of ureau, who was sched today before the vet on matters of Gen. Frank the Veterans' nled to testify erans’ committee guardianships, was asked to appea tomorrow morning. Following hix | testimony. it was Indicated today by | Cha.sman’ Johnson. Republican. of | South Dakota, the hearings wiil be brought to a close. One of the most important amend ments to the act which the committe agreed to removes the time limi for filing claims of compensation. This amendment s designed to nid those | disabled veterans who were rot aware | that they were entitled to compens: tion and because of their iznorance of the law probably never would re- ceive it after their disabilities had been made known. The comniittee heard that a veteran in Benninxz has been seriously (Il with tuberculosts and his mother has been endeavoring to support him. The veter-n, under the amendment, may fle his claim for compensation althoizh the time limit has expired. Other Changes Offered. Other amendments include hospitali- zation of service women in other than Veterans’ Bureau hospitals which have been built especially for male patients; Increase of compensation to $150 in seven cases where veterans were rendered permanently mute from war wounds: discharge of veterans from hospitals with suitable clothing at Government expense: continuation of vocational training for those vet- erans now about to be forced out of school by expiration of law; reinstate- ment of disabled veterans who have dropped insurance because of expense of making up delinquent payment: the missing premiums to be charged to the face of the policy at death and conversion of insurance of the five-year level premium classifications. During the committee's deliberations tered the room and. he said later corrected a statement in a morning paper in which he was quoted as hav- ing said St. Elizabeth’s Hospital sold bodies of veterans to Howard Uni- versity. Mr. Blanton declared he had sald he was reliably informed that living, mentally incompetent veterans had been exhibited to Howard Uni- versity medical classes and he thought that practice should stop. The newspaper quotation was the subject of condemnation by several members of the committee yesterday and by Dr. Willlam A. White, the wit- ness. White Ends Testimony. Dr. Willlam A. White. superintend- ent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, com- pleted his testimony before the com- mittee yesterday afternoon, under a system of decorum and friendliness that was in marked contrast with his examination before the House Dis- trict_subcommittee. No question as to the doctor’s integrity, officially or pe sonally, in the guardianship matter was raised by any member, cross examination was directed solely at the witness' knowledge of Mr. Fenning's activities as guardian. Dr. White, however, delivered a vig- orous defense of Mr. Fenning. pro- nouncing him the best guardian the in- stitution ever had. The financial phase of the Fenning matter could not be discussed by the witness, who declared that matter was entirely with the courts ATTEMPT T0 BURN Teachers Aid. Employes of the Treasury Depart- ment today more than doubled the sum which they contributed vesterday to the fund being raised in the District for the erection in Potomac k of a Doric temple to stand us a lasting memoriul to the 26,000 men of Wash pn who served with the American ces in the World War John Poole of the Federal-Amer iean Natfonal Bank, who is custodian of the memorial fund. reported t that employes of the Treasury partment had added § to $113.70 reported yesterday. Other voluntary contributions re- ported today came from teachers of the Johnson and Raneroft Public Schools, employes of the District Building and private Individuals, a total of £374 for the day Teachers of the two & $33.50 to the fund. and clerks other emploves at the District Build ing added $16.50 to contributions al- ready made. The largest receipis for the day were {wo $30 checks presented by | nd Mrs. Stanley M. Rinehart and Smmons Smith, jr. Twenty-five fo De. the Session Sought. of the Tic odiiced 2 Chairma District ce hill prov building n would to enter tion « Poly we authorized ated funds for thi manner as other e trict of Columbia effect that the enti [ the District o by nmittee to in the b the Di into i Police Court new st Under Commissioners for the ere 1sure t Disty Court of th 1 be to 1 purpose penses ¢ This | today reacked ceiving @ rep !judge of the the Gibson personal investis {the 1 Cour is in I its 1 Mt dollar contributions were made by Arthur Hellen, Watson . Miller and H. R. Norton. Miss I L. Sargent and James Sharp both gave $ Checks or cash may be malled in any amount to Mr. Poole, care of the Federal-American Natfonal Bank. by any person desiring to contribute to the memorial to the Capital's veter ans to the District of Columbia Memaor; Commission. Sponsors of the me morial emphasize the fact that no contribution is too small to he sent, as it ix the desire that all Washing ton shall have a part in the raising of the memorial PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR RELIGIOUS FAITH IN GREETING BISHOPS (Continued from First Page) tiex of religion we shall n fail to keep that inspiration which has car- ried us through nearly years “May 1 extend to you and t vast body of communicants a herents represented by you my found appreciation of their good wishes and of their support of our Government and its Chief Executive?” May we all he endowed with the spirit of our Creator and with His wisdom to meet the duties which He has set | for us to perform.” Praising President Coolidge for his { consistent devotion to the duties of his office, Bishop Berry said: “In the name of nearly 29,000,000 members and adherents of our church we con gratulate you upon your determined efforts to secure economy in adminis trative expenditures, and thus lighten the burdens of taxation, Your stead fast stand in behalf of world peace and your influentlal advocacy of a permanent court of international Justice have our cordial approval. “By your rigid insistence upon the enforcement of law. especially that amendment to the Constitution which is intended to destroy forever the diabolism which inheres in Hiquor traffic, vou have earned the gratitude of every patriotic American. Christian idealism which has bheen voiced in all vour public utterances and in legislation upon which you have put ve placed not only the Method.st Church but 411 the churches, under a which we never can fully repay Bishop Berry added that his organi- zation agreed with the President in his position that America must con tinue to maintain an attitude of help. fulness toward other nations and op- pressed peoples, vet carefully avoid- ing entangling alliances “‘and declin- ing to assume foreign obligations out of harmony with the best ideals of the fathers of the Repubiic.” “You were exactly right, Mr. dent,”” Bishop Ber concluded, you declared recently that America cannot maintain itself In a healthy, economic and moral condition by turn- ing all its thoughts unto itself; that selfishness is only another name for suicide, and that a nation that is mor- ally dead will soon he financially dead also. Two Sessions Tonight. Two public meetings will be held by the bishops tonight, in continuation of a discussion of foreign field problems. Bishop Titus Lowe of Malaysia will tell of conditions in the Malay States and Bishop Frederick Fisher will de- scribe needs in India at a meeting at the Foundry Methodist Church, s teenth and Church streets. Rev. Fred- erick Brown F will preside. A second gathering will be held at the Asbury Methodist Church, at which missionary work in Africa will be de. scribed by Bishops Eben S. Johnson, Robert Jones and Matthew W LONDON TIMES FAILS Paper Store Saturated With Gaso- line and Fired—Police Guard- ing Building. y Cable to The Star and the No e L Rewspaper Alancer n American LONDON, England, May 6.—An attempt was made last night to burn the London Times Building. TH paper store in the machine room was discovered afire and it was ascer- tained that it had been saturmted with gasoline which had been poured beneath the sliding iron door of the room. It was necessary to call in a fire brigade to extinguish the fire after the staff had fought it with buckets of water and chemicals. Ivery ef- fort was made to keep the affair a secret_and the -bullding was guarded by police today, who inquired as to the business of all visitors hefore ad- mitting them. (Copyright, 1926, by North American News- paper Alliance. ) Silent on Enn;emvent NEW YORK May 6 UP.—Hugh Dillman, divorced from Marjorie Rambeau, will stand by anything Mrs. Horace E. Dodge says regarding re. ports that they are engaged. He won't say ves or no. Mrs. Dodge, widow of the automobile manu tacturer and one of the world’s wealthiest women, recently bought a $3,000,000 home at Palm Beach and Dillman visited her there. PTG le-neu Envoy Recalled. HONOLULU, May 6 (P).—Arata Aokl, Japanese consul general, h: been ordered to return to Tokio. No reason has been given or dute an- nounced for his departure from Hawail. Nippu Jiji, the Japanese languag: paper, says Aokl will be succeeded by Kazue Kuwashima, first secre- tary attached to the Japanese em- in Honolulu since June 2, 1925, Clair, with Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell presiding. Stanch support of the policy of the Mexican government was voiced last night in an address by Bishop George A. Miller of Mexico Clty. Religious disturbances in Mexico the last few months have been caused by refusal of certain churches to obey the Mexican laws as written into the constitution of 1917, he asserted. . “There is no religious persecution in Mexico and the Mexican govern- ment is not trying to drive churches from the nation.” Bishop Miller de- clared. “The Methodist churches and Meth- odist schools there have not been in- terfered with, except in a few cases of mistakes that were quickly cor- rectéd. The Methodist institutions there have not met with the diffi- culties that the Catholic churches and schools have because we are obeying the Mexican constitutional laws." Law Explained. Explaining that the new Mexican constitution provides that the admin- istrative officers of all Mexican churches and schools shall be Mexi cans by birth, Bishop Miller said this restriction on outsiders was written into the constitution “to put to an end, once and for all, the interference of forelgn governments in domestic Mexican affairs. “The Methodist Church could easil comply with this new law because in 1917 an indigenous Mexican Meth- odist Church already had ben estab- lished. Mexico today is in the process of a social renaissance comparable to that revolutionary transformation which brought an enlivened civilization to Europe centuries ago, Bishop Miller said. He pleaded for a sympathetic understanding by the American Gov- ernment and citizens of the aims, ambition and progress of their Mexi- can neighbors. Bishop Willlam F. Oldham of Ar- gentina declared that the Monroe doc- trine had , outlived its purpose and should be merged into a larger “pan- Americani . understanding which would plaé the South American na- tions on a_more equal footing with the United States. Bishop Blake of Paris, describing European conditions, pointed to Ger many as the “religious prize of the world,” &nd declured that the Catholic Checks should be made pavable ! And the | ir stamp of approval has | prepat ! pieted which w Building i Wl i 'LIONS CLUB TO AID BOY IN HOSPITAL | Youth, 15, Main Support of Fam- ily, Under Treatment for Spinal Curvature. 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John W rps, has been at Omaha, Neb city for duty rector of public_buildings parks of the National connection with sanitary of the buildings, grounds ar ways controlled by Medical Anty » this dai Meehar relieved and erdered t the office of the and 7 Po inspections d water- d Ortega Prepares Order. MEXICO CITY, May 6 (@) Attor ney General Ortega is preparing a efr cular letter in which he will instruet all district attorneys to take the stey necessary to the nationalization of church property March Gas Tax, $78.169. he gasoline tax vielded $7 the District’s coffers in cording report submitted mmissioner Cuno H. Rudolph toda Tax Assessor William 1. Rich- ards. This is an increase of almo £11.000 over the corresponding mon of 1923 8,169,435 Marct PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. RACE—The Mount 4oy i Washingto FIRST L e 2000 Burton Lochay T 13 SECOND —Purse, $1.300 olds #Buddy o $Maid of Orl i $Golden Box ... 116 tP. H. Faulconer entry iWalter J. Salmon entry THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.300 maiden d-vear-olds and up: 17 *Trpecutter 100 *Blue Mose enate 08 Dienifs *Hearthreaker . *Two Hearts FOURTH (Spring ) furlongs Maid of Orleans 1 o 1 { Forexone ", tCourting 1Walte FIFTH R ing b te and 0 yards 100 116 Hunter Boy.""" laimine 101 Dubner’ mlico Home! RAC . Highwayman gy Faenza Halb W SIXTH RACE 3.year-olds and up: & (irlongs Happy Birthday. 100 Majuba *Dieam Daddy.. 85 Foretell Herate ~11 103 Sea Sand 11 Miss Favette. . 80 *Kt. of Merel 2d 10 Donges ...... 113 claiminz 100 SEVENTH RACE—Puree, $1.300; claim- rolds: 1 miles. .. 108 *Buttercun S 118 3eBiliy Mann. Brown ., Chureh was gaining religions and po- litical dominance of Europe due to conditions resulting from the war Restriotions against _Catholics Germany were removed in post-wi days, and the Vatican was quick see its possibilities there, Bixhe Blake said. If the Methodist Church decides to withdraw from European fialds, he de- clared, it will shrivel as the result. to 100