Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1926, Page 2

VOIGT AND HUFTY: WINNERS AT GOLF D. C. and»Nm;thu and South Champions Have Easy Time at Chevy Chase. Twe amateur champions, one title holder of the Distriet of Columbia and That Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning knew a month after he took the oath as District that by v prohibited from practiging hefore Government departments, having heen oficially =o notified by Winfleld Scott, Commissioner of Pensiona, was emphasized in divect testimony and the other the North and South cham jon, wor thair first round matches in | v“‘e Chevy Chase Club’s invitation golf | tournament today. Pagze Hufty of the Clonzressional Country Club. North and South champion. defeated A. L. ! Houghton of the Manor Club. by 5 and | 3, and George .J. Voizt of Bannock. ! biirn, the Districi amateur champion defeated Walter R. Tuckerman Chevy Chase, 2 and 1 | Both Hufry and Voigt played excep: | tionally fine golf to win their matches. Hufty. at the sixteenth hole. had par 1e for a score of 70, and when Voigt def ed Tuckerman on. the seven. teenth the Distriet champion had a 4 for a score of T1. Unigt and Tucker man were square the turn. but Voigt secured five 3% on the last nine | holes to defeat the home club veteran | on the enteenth hole ckerman was putting poorly, although his other | <hote were superior 1o th f Voigt. | H Bond of Baltimore won his | fivst Aicht mateh from Perry R. Hoo- | ver of Indian Sprinz. & and 5: John F. nmbia defeated D. viumbia, 3 and i of the Manor Club de- | Smead of Columbia. 4 and Pitt of Manor and R. T. | hinzion finished their | nd went to the nine. jarl MeAlee feated 1. A 3 Harry € Harrell of W, match all squa teenth hele Second Flight Results, flicht resulte follow Norman. Washinzton. defea ! Cornwell, 4 and .3: Roger mbs, | Sirkeide. defeated G Orme. Colum- R Hatch. Colum. | Childress. Chevy | Stead, jr.. | H. Green { R Mur. eorge L. | "o A H. K. | w oher w sefonal. 1 up kiburn, defeated nto. # and 6 Henry Washington. defeated | Washington, 1 up | T. H. Lowe, Chevy | r. €. Knox. Indian 3: George P. James, K. Procto nsen Nicholson H. Davidson. in 20 holes: Maj Chase. defeated Spring. 1 and Columbia. defeated Toronto, 4 and Fourth-flight resulis f Reid, Toronto. defeated ¢ ney. (‘hevy Chase, Baker defeated It Spring. * and 1 Din, defented W 4 1onal. I oup in 19 holes: 1. M. ston. Bannockburn. defeated TWheeler. Chevy Chase. 4 and 3 | Vet'ren. Baltimore, defeated 8. R. Ap- | Columbia, 2 and 10 Dr. A, M. | v. Philadelphia. defeated Paul Chevy Chase. 3 and 2: Marshall | an. jr.. Manor, defeated Dr. T.| Chevy (] 1 up. George Voigt s Favorite, 1. Voigt of Bannockburn, D<trict amateur golf champion. win- ner of the Indian Spring tourney last week and medalist in the present fcurnament. was installed as favorite tn annex the annual Spring invitation | event of the Chevy Chase Club as the | elimination stages got under way to- day Voigt's remarkahle 69 to win the | qualifying round vesterday. equaling par and setting a new competitive rec- ord for the course, more than any ather factor convinced students of the a i igh | irt- | L Indinn slum ngres John. | vl LW | Ing claims {R. 1 cross-examination when Representa. tive Schafer. Republican, of Wiseon- #in, was the first witness last night hefore the Gibson subcommittee of the House Distriet committee when it re- sumed it hearing in the caneus room of the House Ofce Ruilding. Roth Mr. Schafer, who is himself a World War Veteran, and Representa- g | ing between himself and Mr. Bar- ied with further deliberation. tive Blanton. author of the charges against Commissioncr Fenning and a member of the Gibson subcommittee. had received identical letters from the Pension Bureau. which stated that: ““The records of this burean show that Frederick A. Fenning of this elty was admitted practice before this bureau November 6. 1909, torney. The records further show that he was prohibited from prosecut- before the bureau under section 109 of the Penal Code from July 5, 1917, to March 16, 1919, reason of the fact that he had ac- cepted office under the United States as captain. Q. M. Department, U S. »m which he was honorably dis. charged as major on March 15, 1919, Barred on 2 Office. he record further shows that July A, 1925, Mr. Fenning informed th's bu. rean that June 5. 19023, he took the oath of ofice as Commissioner of the Distriet of Columbia and requested to be advised whether that fact harred him from further prosecution of claims hefore the hureau. in response 1o which he was advised. Jduly 10, | Assun | that his appointment as Commissi of the District of Columbia did pro- hibit him from prosecuting anv claims for pensian under section 109 of the United States Penal Code. whereupon the records of the bureau were noted 1o the effect that he was under said section 109, from June 5, 1925, po. hibited from prosecuting claims for pension Mr. Schafer asked to be heard by the committee, and urged that legisia- tion he promptlv presented o the House to limit the number of wards |one person can represent In the Di trict of Columbia. assuring the com- mittee that such a measure would he unanimonsly passed by the House. He vigorousiy protested against sllowing # “monopoly™ of this kind to continue, protested that Mr. Fenning * to reap a rich harvest from those whe Commissioner e of that office he was | as an at-| Was Notified He Was Disqualified in Federal Cases After Becoming Commissioner, Record Shows. Hospital Aides Testify | morning. | ! had put this patient in the cold pack continues | nt in the Nation's wars,” | that Mr. Fenning for one hoy in his district Fenning has not seen for six vea and that the checks Mr. Fenning for. ;\-ardu are far less than he receives as res. ix guardian Charges Tllegal Practice. Questioned by Mr. ing the letter from the Pension Bu- rean, Mr. Schafer stressed the fact that Mr. Fenning had practiced for A month and a day illegally and that while an Army officer he prosecuted claims against Government depart- mentx contrary to law and knowingly. Mr. Blanton called attention that this letter “shows that notice was brought to him July 6, a month after he as. sumed office, that this practice was contrary 10 law and that whatever h did after July 6, 1925, was knowlngly Blanton regard whom Mr. | | to he simple-minded. to wander off ! J | in the woods at night, where he had | tic. as the deputy United dtates mar |of res:raint and q |cials whom he has had in attendance THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOX [FENNING BARRED AS ATTORNEY ON TAKING OFFICE, SCOTT SAYS Bowman and Houston forced Mr. Sullivan to admit that he pe sonally knew nothing about the e ored man's disappearance, it hav- | Ing happened some time before he went to work at the institution: that “he himsell had not fonnd the skull, hut that it had bheen given to him; that he had not reported it to the superintendent and that he was not producing it with the idea of leav ing the impression with the sub- commitiee that some official of the | institution was guilty of foul play. Man May Have Fallen. In reply to a series of questions, he admitted that there waa ill feel- nard. He said hix thought was that | there might have heen negligence on the part of attendents In allow- ing the colored man, who was said probably fallen against the stump | of a tree and died from exposure. | He testified that no other part of the human body had been found, as far as he knew. Representative Gil- bert of Kentucky questioned Mr. | Sullivan along the line that he seem- | ed to be interested in concealing | more than he told. Sullivan denied that he was to pro- | tect uny one. Mr. Blanton Thomas Q. tendant at St. K Law, formerly in charge of a there. He questioned them closely | regarding the case of Joseph Wal- | conis. A new patient at Kt. Fliza- | beth’'s, who was put in a cold pack and allowed to remain there for seven h and when he was taken out was found to be in a very weak condition, followed by convulsions, | and died in the hospital the next| trying Miller, formerly an heth's, and Mr. Law testified that Felix A. Cop- | sey, an attendant whom Mr. Bianton | had sought to produce as a witness | ast night but who is now on vacation. by direction of a doctor. In reply to A number of questions, Mr. Law said that during his 12 vears at the institu- | ton. where he graduated from the ! nursex’ school. he never knew of any | other patients helng left in a pack for | seven hours and that he thought heink teft in for such & long time might have been responsible for the man's death, He said the records showed that the | doctor's direction had heen to leave the | patient In the pack until he quieted down. lle said that if the patient auieted down in less than the seven hours the attendant was to hlame for his death in leaving him in ionger. Officials to Be Called. Mr. Miller substantiated Mr. Law's testimony and hoth protested that they ald not know of the cold pack being given to patients as punish- ment, but a8 & m humane method ting their nerves than the old recourse of putting them in straitfackats. Both of these wit- nesses protested that they had ne grievance against the institution or any officials there and that each had ieft the fnstitution of his own accord. Mr. Gibson stated that District offi- At the hearings for several nighta WAItNg to testify will be called us wit- nesses at the opening of the hearing this evaning. These include Municipal Architect Harris and Assessor Rich. | called as witnessen | | Stanlay, fof C. H. | 8en Wu. an undersecretary JURY IN'WAN CASE STILL DEADLOCKED Court Will Inquire Again Be- fore Adjournment if Verdict Is Reached. Na verdict had heen reached early this afternoon by the jury In the case of Ziang Sun Wan, the Chinese st dent, charged with murder in connec tion with the death of Ren Xen Wu. an undersecretary at the Chinese Edu cational Mission, In 1919, Justice | Hoehling is expected to call the jurors into 1t before adiournment tine o learn If they are hopelessly dlvided, or if they think a verdiet may be reach As usual in such cases, a number of rumors were heard about the court- | house as to the way the ballots were going. but there was nothing authen- shals assigned to guard the jury kept their vigil some 10 or more feet from the door of the juryroom and could not hear anything. even if they had been inclined to inform others. ‘ourtroom Crowded. 10 the The courtroom was crowded at o'clock, when many expected Jurors would make a report to the court. Justice Hoehling was in his but no word came from the nited States Attorney Gordon and ssistant United Riates Artorney Horning were at the thouse last night, as were also the counsel for the defense. Attorneys Wilton .J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and A. Owasley anxiously awaiting a report from the jurors. Justice. Hoshling also remained within eall, The prisoner was kept in the cell- reom immediately helow the room in which the jurors were deliherating over his fate, When the_jury had not agreed by 10 a'clock Jusiice Hoehling ordered them locked up for the night, and Wan was taken back to the jail. He was at the courthouse early thix morning and remained in the ceilroom throughout the day. United States Attorney Gordon was not prepured to expreas an opinion to- duy as 10 his course of action in the unother istrial of the Wan ince the charge is capltal the prosecutor would hesitate, it ix thought, to ask for & nolle pros Attorney Lambert stated that in case of another disagreement he would file a motion (o have bail fixed for the accused und would attempt to have the Government drop the chirge he crime for which Wan was tried occurred at the Chinese educa tional missfon on Kalorama road in January, 1919, and was not discov ered for two days. The hodies of Dr. T. T. Wong, director of the misxion Haie, secretary, And of Fen were dis covered, The two latter were in the basemem of the house and Dr. Wong's hody was on the main foor of the building. Dr. Kang Li, & student at the mis sion, discovered the tragedy when he was unable to get an Answer to the door bell and looked into a which was partly open and saw bod. which proved to be that a of ! Dr. Wong. He notified the police and the house was entered and the other bodiex found. Li told the police of having seen Ziang Xun Wan at the mission a few days before und gave them information by which the ac- cused was found in a rooming house window ' D. (., THURSDAY, JOHN HAYS H. IMONT Who will preside over national ora- torical contest on night of ne 4. HAMMONDNAMED oted Engineer t6 Give Din- ner for Contestants—Diplo- mats Evince Interest. John Have Hammond. world-r ‘ontest, in the winm, on the night tional Oratorfeal Washington Au s of the country and the National Capital compete for an opportunity te represent the United Statex in the internationul contest to old next fall, It wax announced to- X ma o Hammond, it ix further an. nounced, ix so Keenly interested in the arization of the Constitution an ita ideals amonz the school children of America through the National Ora torical Contest that he will hold a ban. quet in honor of the seven finalists at his summer home here on Saturday, June AJustices to Be Judges. Chict Justice William Howard Taft and four of hix colleagues on the hench of the Supreme Court will b judges In the national finals. The judges ave: Iusticce Wiliis Von Devanter, George Sntherland, Pierce Butier and Edward Terry Sanford. | It is stated that the judges will lemploy the low point system. This fmethod was employved hy the three local Judges. headed by United States ‘ommissioner of Education John J. | Tigert. who selected Miss Myrtle | Posey 1i-vearvld Eastern senlor, as | the District finalist. Under the low point_system for a speaker to obtain a peifect score he or she would r ceive five points. meaning that each of the five judges accorded wpeaker firet piace. ORATORY CHAIRMAN | ! i i of June 4, when representatives of the | WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT FROM 1846! THROUGH 1919 FIGHTS FOR PENSION Matt Greene, Who Says He’s 106, Claims Unique Record. Declares He Fooled Re- cruiting Officers to Join A E. F. ripping the Charleston to show | young he feels, and laden down with more than a dozen medals of | various descriptions, Rohert Henry | L. Livingston, alias Matt Greene, who | claims he iz 106 years old and a vet eran of all United States wars from i the Mexican horder of "46 1o the World | Winfield Seott. commissioner of pen- | nowned mining engineer, will preside | tion when he arrived after midnight at_the national finals of the third Na- | at the station. | i | the | the AR PROGRAM COST War. arrived here today to get a few pension matters straightened out. | Matt, as he prefers to he called went to the Pension Office today and | presented hix compliments to Col. | sions, under whose {llustrious father venerable sailor-soldier sayvs he fought in 1836 at Chapultepec and Vera Crua, Matt's persistent applications for a pension have heen consistently turn- ed down because of his inability to satisfy officials that he is the Matt | Greene who served from ‘61 to ‘64 as quarter gunner on the Saratoga The aged veteran claima he wax too old to enlist in the Civil War, being at that tims 41, so he changed his name and said he was 34 Asks More Proef. The Pension Office has asked Mait to present more proof as to hix iden- tity, however. and that ia why he came here, alone. from the Soldiers’ Home In Grand Raplds, Mich. Hir white baard flowing far down hin chest and partially obseuring G. A. R. Navy and other | medals and badges pinned to his | faded hlue tunic. a relic of hix serv- | ice in the Mexican War, “Major" Green attracted conmiderable atten- He was taken in charge by Miss | Helen Craven of the Travelers' Aid | Soclety, who had been wired of his | coming, and was put up for night at the Senate Hotel. Thi morning he gathered his yellowed documents together and wax taken to the Pension Office In an automo. blle furnished through the courtesy | of Mrs. Mary Travelers' Ald. Age Placed at 184 Years. A g to the recor of I'ension Office, the “major” s 104 | vears old, and a veteran of “several wars, It was sald today that the office had no knowledge of his claim of having served during the World War as sergeant-major of the 10%th | lho‘ 10 BE HELD DOWN i | | | of voice and displ: Hobday, also of the - | the first | with the Emmert MATT GRE| Regiment, under “Col. Hoffmann of Brooklyn.” Nevertheless, the old man stoutly claims he duped recrulting New York into believing he wi who had been examined and accepted, but who did not want to sesve, and, clean-shaven and “perked-up” to look the part of a much younger man, shipped over- he was with his regi- ment in the Argonne and at Chateau “Thierry. Speaking with remarkable firmness ving keen wit, Liv- ingston said today he was born Janu ary 1, 1820, in Yonkers, N. Y., the son of Robert Ludlow Livingston, a chan- cellor of the State, and the grandson of Philip Livingston. a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He stated he enlisted under Gen. Taylor for the Mexican campaign of 46 against Santa Anna: was with Commodore Perry when he “apened the gates of Japan” in '52; served under Gen. Scott In '56 against Mex ico. was with Custer in his famous campaigne againat the Indlana: fought under Col. Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War and. finally, under Gen. Pershing in the \Vorld War. Has Several Decorations, Hix “decorations” include badges of a half & dozen Grand Army encamp- wents and vy medal for meritor- foux service. Matt sald he enjoved hix tip and never felt better in a hundred vears'™ He attributed his long life to # spar ng diet and regular habits, He said this in his second trip to Washington, Visit being during the cen tennial celebration of 1§ when he marched down Pennsvivania uvenue Guards “T may come hack again, however, to see ahout my pension.” he added. A% he siarted for the Pension Office. THREE MORE GIFTS 70D, . MEMORIAL | Coolidge Against Increase if‘Orqanizations Continue to the | Deficit Will Be Caused Line Up Behind Project to Honor Veterans. WAY 5 CLEARED FOR TRAFFIC BILL Senator King Confers With Traffic Director and Police on Problems Here. The way was cleared ftoday for |action by the Senate on the District traffie hill when Senator King of "tah, who asked for postponement until he leould study the measu conferred {with TraMe Director dridge and ! Supt. of Police Edwin B. Hesse 1" ik amenaments wheh he | offer. | Representative RBlanton of Texas, member of the House District com- mittee, also attended the conference | Following the meeting. Senator King stated that he had his proposed amendments in shape so that action could he obtained in the Senate the next time the hill is reached in the calendar. 1 the hanking act. now the unfinished husiness in the Senate is voted on early today the loeal traffic measure mav he reached on the calendar late in the afternoon. Would Give Appeal Right. The amendments which Senator King sald he would propose when the bill comes up would do the following things: Give motorists the right of agheal the District Court of Appeals in ali ses In which operator permits are voked. Asx the hill was reported h the District commitiee such apr would he. allowed only where the per- mits were revoked nnder the tionary pewer to he vested in the traf. fic dirvec: The King amendment would allaw the appeal also in cases in which tha suspension of the permit is made nan- { datory following convietion for certain | offenses h To make it clear in the hill that tha | new permits to be jssued for perinds of three vears at a time would not pre. clude later action hy Congress chang ing this arrangement. Taxi Section Discussed. At the conference this merning there also was some discussion of the section in the House bill designed to prevent taxicabs from having special stands in front of hotels. but which the Senate committee eliminated Mr. Blanton was Interested in portion of the bill. Senator stated after the conference that inas much as the Senate committee had | gone Into the taxicab feature of the bill hefore eliminating it. he would not take steps to have it resiored 1o i the bill The t of the con will this King affic hill is re t imporia triet legislation remainin upon. for the reason that it the machinery the renewsl more than 100,000 aperators nits which expired Mrch 31. The hill can templates a three.vear permit at a $3 . and the revenue thus ohtained [would Be used 1n extend the ano | matic trafe wignal svstem. Authority | 1o use the permit fees for this pur Pose was written inte the District appropriation act for the next flaeal vear. ot rded us one es of Dis e acted provides of equal importance vislon in the hill giving the traffe director authority to suspend or re. voke operators’ permitx in cases where he believes it wonld be in the publie linterést, aside from those instances | where revokation is made mandatory i following comviction of a serious traf- | fic vielation. After the Se is the pro ate acte on the hill . at Treasury, The banyuet planned by Mr. Ham- | - ¢ . {mond in one of a series of elaborate —_— functions and entertainment features | which are being arranged for vouthful oraters. Announcement ready has been made that they be honor guests at a luncheon to he held at Eastern High School on the £ame of the soundnesa of the golf [and wilitully done and cases fled R Tl ol B S inessed developad hy the former public links after that date were pursued with full | Kiiz. batn'a: and Momie Sencer. o plaver. who is now a member of the |knowledge unlawfull ministrative assistant to Dr. & Dam Bannockhurn Golf Cluh. Volgt. per-| When Mr. Schafer insisted that Mr. | U'"wiiive Aotmant fo Dr. William forming in_trae championship style. | Fenning was not giving hin wards the | iitilion. Mr - Bianton songht. fret wae out in 35 and hack in 34. paral- |sort’of service a guardian should give. |, gacure testimony from Mr. Lehman leling par all the way. His steadineas | pointing out that each needs personai | \ogurding. whe and. e iomeman I shown hy the fact that at only one |attention and some one to whom he | wanoc o8, S0 End fow ook b hole did h» g0 over par. while to offset |can tell his troubles, he sald: It 1 n % had been i ¢ this mistake at (he short tenfh, where (had a relative incomnetent I'd rather | Courthouse, | Falling 10 sorure o saq.|®L the Dewey Hotel and mecured he was trapped. he came back with a have an officer in the German army . i 4 “'statements” from him in reference | o hirdle 3 ar the Twelfth. a 15-font putt | for his guardian than this man. based | Srmaer® wna® anid e Tctled Mr. | ihe tragedy. findinz the hottom of the cup. Hia | on the testimony that I have heard at . in_New York City Wan was sick in bed and was writ ing & letter of condolence on the death of his friends, he sid, when Detectives Burlingame and Kelly entered his room. After some per- | auasion he consented to come (o | Washington to aid in the inveatiga- tion. Police held him for several days vit will have | view of the Contributient of three additional lo-| the Senate cal organizatigna toward the fund-he. | ing raised for the Distriet World War | veterans’ memerial to he erected in| PANGALOS T OR Potomac Park were acknowledged to- ETAIN day by John Poole, treasurer of ihe | GREEK DICTATORSHIP memorial drive. ! The American Women's Legion sent | Bans Ministers Using Autos as One 0 ga to conference. in several changes made by | There ix little likelihood of the Gov- | mmittee from the House of the air services for i,lrmy and Navy . the next vear because of President day of the final speaking. | Coolidge’s insistence that Congress Only Winners to be Named. 1 should keep down appropriations ij {as to avert a deficit In the national In the context this vear only the!treasury before the end of the next names of the speakers receiving firs fiscal year. putt for a hirdie 3 at tha 400.yard eizhteenth rimmed the cup. leaving | him a putt of less than half a vard to hreak 0 | Hufty Proves Class, | The fine score of the District cham- nlon was only one incidant in a day | marked hy fine golf on the part of come of the entrants and mediocre | nlay on the part_of o ers. Page! Hufty of Congressional. Pinehurst North and South amateur champion proved hie class by scoring a 4 to finish second to Volgt. C. A. Fuller, Chevy Chase Club champlon. was far aff hisx usual fine game. turning in a | poor 84, He found the greens not ta his liking. Six voungsters made e first 16 in Hufty, Frank Roesch. J6hn K. Brawner. R. A. Loftus, Tle Vere Rurr and Harry G. Pitt. “The first round found Veigt pitted against Walter R. Tuckerman, ace "F the Chevy Chase Club, a former ! winner of hoth the Chevy Chase event ind the District championship and ane af the steadiest players ahont the cflv. while another fine hattle was | cheduled in the match hetween A. 1 Honghton of Manor and Page Hufty ¥aigi's record-hreaking score fol | Towe Gen. Treat Has Trouhle. Maj. GGen. Charles G. Treat. I, S. A.. tired, ona of the leading plavers of | the Chevy (‘hase Club. went along well until he reached the sixteenth hale. where he was in the ditch,| struck a bhridge. went in the ditch | again and wound up with a total of 2 for the hole. John W. Brawner came within inches of securing a 1 on the 195.vard thirteenth hole, his iall stopping less than & inches from the cup. Four plave McAleer, | C. B. —H. L. Bond, 3d: B. Murphy and « ed for two places at | #® in flizh Mupphy and | Hateh did not avpear for the pia; off and the places were awarded by default to Rond and McAleer. Today'e first-round pairings follow, with qualifying scores: Firat flight—4 Houghton. (98) va &r‘il Hufty. Congressional A" MeCook Dunlon. Chevy Chase (80 2 M Raeraon. Columbia. (81 Tbnockutimn. (apy e ! iy Chevy chase (771 Saltimors (851 v, Soring (B11C 9 F SrBher r Colimbia YT Barl MeAtesr Soead. Copumbin R imgton (77). va. R._J. Morma . Cornwell. Columbia (A5 Rjrkeide (84). C. B R Manor 4 ') Voirt. | R "racker: | onx. B. Hoover | RArawner (10 VTR H Hareell, 2\ va L AL nov | rank R Toftus, Che Washington ‘1' Roker G Ofime. Columbia Murphy, Bannockburn (82 : inson. Toronto (88): H. D. Nicho) ington (8%). ve. . Davidson. Rnox. indian_ Spring _(R5) H,Lowe. Chevy Chase (83) Toronto' (R3). ve. G. in (R4). James. rd Right—J. R. Maxwell. Merion. Pa. ve. L. B Plait, Chevy Chase (88) G. R. Holmes. Indian Sprink (88). ve, K. J. Fielder. Congressjonal (R8); W. C. Evans. Columbia_ (A7) ve. H. F. Kranss, Baonock: burn (R7): 'W. H. Finckel. ir. Columbia (88). e E. J (88): C. B. Asher. Columbia (88). Ve, Reeve Lewls. o Chage (87); E.'S. Smith. Col (88). vs. W. E_ Richardson. Manor (R8): 1.+ L. Hopkins, Washington (R%). va, C. R. Hough, Copgrensional (Af): B. L. Taslor Congreasional (R7). V. J. M. Leaveil. Indian Soging (87) : Fourth = flight - C. C. Courtnes. Chevs chage Ao B fugh Reia Toronte (PoL W. Baker. Chevs Chase (80) Y. P Eltna B angres LSRN ¢ onesier. Cheve Chi W el Jopnuon, Bannockburn '{ w rea. Baltimore ‘i 2se . rial 3 ail"Rerd, Chevy chase (01} “RoDini el aughey, Mariem Pa. (90): E. Roberts Bal- ve. 3 E. | them. | about | Veterans? | the xubcommi | guard at these hearings. “It i my opinion. based not on prejudice. but on the testimony I have heard. that Mr. Fenning is unquali fied to act as Commissioner, either legally or morally. and it is a mad state of affairs in the National Capital that this should he permitted to con- tinue." Limit Agreed Upon. Chairman Gibson assured him that the veterana' committee, of which he is also & member, is pressing legisla tlon to take care of ali of these lunacy cases for veterans in the District without any expense whatever to The Gihson subcommittee, he said. must keep in step with the vet. erans’ committee In guardianship mat- ters. and there is a general agree. ment that the limit of one person 1o five wards is entirely satisfactory. | Mr. Gibson said that Gen. Hines, | director of the Veterans' Bureau, has agreed to withdraw all guardianships from Mr. Fenning and that Gen Hines approved placing a limit of five wards to any one guardian. When Mr. Schafer asked. “How Mr. (iibson answered that ee intends to produce legislation to care for them. Mr. Rlanton Aeclared, “The hurden is not thoze who are not World War | | on any committee but on all 435 mem. | | hers of the House and 96 members of the Senate.” Mr. Schafer insisted that “Congress must not adjourn un- 1il th.s mess ix cleaned up.” At the opening of the meeting last night Mr. Gibson made a statement resenting published statements that the qommittee “fays the court.”” He waid Jthe committee “is not engaged in any assauit on the judiciary. It re- gards the judges as men of Integrit One member did express his opinion as an individual, but that is not the ce of the committee, There is no n to criticize sharply the on any testimony thus far.” Blanton Charges Carelessness. Mr. Blanton added this statement: “There is no question about the in- tegrity of the court, but 1 do think from the chief justice down all six of them have been careless and neg. ligent, and there iy quite a good deal of room for improvement.” Mr. Gib- son commented: ‘““That is an individ- ual opinion.” Mr. Blanton called as next witness Morris J. Sullivan, who worked as a the Lorton Reformatory about four months while M. M. Bar- nard, now in charge of all of the penal institutions, was superintend- ent at Lorton. At the request of Mr. Blanton Mr. Sullivan produced a P! wkull which he sald had heen found about a mile from the Lorton build- ing and told of a report he had heard about a colored man disappearing one night from the dormitory and never being seen afterwar Questions by Representatives Gib- (90) J. P. Gilmore (Congres- 91). ed to qualify: Pl e . M. Brown, '“nnon: 8. aggaman, Chey, w‘:lh.”i' ® o Hillser: Chevs " P. Reeside, Chevy Chngé: John Chevy Chase, and D. L. Thomson, ~ BA—F. Wfi.cnl‘nnlv\, Chevy Chase: L. W. L " hia. LK otner "Florine. Reaver Dam: G. D. K . Wash ] tric ipgton. e G. t. Chevr Chase. ¢ S o Y e '&T‘wm« Comumbia. 9—Maior H. Robb, Bannockbura, | |died after being in a cold pack for | having worked in the dalry. | found none. Lichtenberg had heen at the Court. | house six or seven davs. getting for Dr. White information regarding cases in which he had signed papers for | Mr. Fenning for the information of the committae it he should again he called as a witness. Mr. Gibson asked Mr. Sanger and | Mr. Lehman to produce the records I the case of Joseph Walconis, who | seven hours, | Corrects Former Story. Mr. Bilanton also questioned Mr. Sanger concerning the death of a man who wax sald to have been found dead In a cow stabl but who, Mr. Sanger said, on looking the case up he had found died in a ward after When Mr. Blanton insisted that the hospital anthorltles should bring Mr. Copsey back from his vacation to tes- tify before the committee, Mr. Gibson sald that if this witness I8 a con- iderable distance away and is com- ing back within a reasonable time there was no particular hurry be. cause the committee had other wit- nesses in prospect. Mr. Blanton also questioned Mr. Sanger about the ‘“wild parties” which he claims Dr. ik took part in and ahout a “private gate” put in for Dr. 8ilk's convenience. Mr. Sanger sald he had attended one party only at Dr. Silk’s residence, that it wasn't at all wild, that it broke up hefore midnight and that the gate in question was not a pri- vate gate to which Dr. Silk alone had a key. Mr. Blanton recalled Mr. ILehman 10 the stand, who testified that there were two conflicting stories regarding the death of the man said to have been found dead on a cot in the cow barn. One story, he said, was that the man died on a cot in the dairy and the other thai he died in the medical service hospital. He was directed by Chairman Gibson to pro- duce the official records in this case, S o CALL FORTIETH LEAGUE * SESSION FOR JUNE 7 Agenda Comprises 24 Items, In- clucing Reorganizing in Connec- tion With German Admiseion. By the Associnted Prese. GENEVA, May 13.—The fortieth session of the council of the League of Nations has been summoned for June 7, in Geneva, under the presi- dency of Foreign Minister Unden of Sweden. The agenda comprises 24 items, in- cluding reorganization of the counvil in connection with Germany's admis- slon, and consideration of the progress made toward convocation of interna- tional disarmament and economic con- terences, AR L NEW YORK, May 13 (#).—Six ten- ants were injured when an explosion which police believe was caused by a bomb wrecked the lower floors of a tenement house at 355 \est Thirty- seventh street early today. Two policemen rescued the victims from heneath A mas of hroken furni- ture and plaster. Firemen searched the - bullding for other victims, but All of the injured re- fused to go to a hospital. The explosion was accompanied by & flame that could be Seen for blocks. ' First Trial in December, 1919, The first trial of the aecused man was begun in December, 1919, and lasted into January, when a verdict of guilty as Indicied was returned Wan was sentenced to he executed in December, 1920. hut noted an ap- peal 1o the District Court of Appeals, The conviction was sustained by that tribunal and a writ of certiorari se- cured from the United States Suprem Court which reversed the finding « the Jower courts and ordered a new trial on the ground of ‘“third de- gree” methods of the police in ob- taining the statements. A second trial was held last January hefore Justice Stafford in Criminal Division 2 and resulted in a disagreement of the jury, which was reported to stand 10 | for acquital and 2 for conviction. The third trial was completed ves- terday afternoon when .Justice Hoeh- ling at 4:45 finished his charge to the Jury and told them the responsibility of ‘deciding the case wax in their hands. T ! oday in Congress Semate. The hranch banking bill proh- ably will he voted on by the Sen. Ate early this afternoon. If this in possible, the Senate will devote the remainder of the day to hills on the calendar. Judiciary committee held execu- mession on legislation to strengthen the prohibition law, but final action was deferred until tomorro Military affairs committee met to consider Army Air Service bill. Committee on territories held meeting on proposed legisiation for the Philippine Islands, Agriculture committee continued hearings on the bill to.regulate importation of milk and cream into the United States, Special tariff committee continn- ed hearings on the operations of the Tarift Commission. House. House today considers conference report on naval appropriation bill. Agricultural relief measure be- fore the House for amendments. Bubcommittee of appropriations committee in executive session on second deficiency appropriation bill. Gibson subcommittee of House District committee continues hear- ing on Commissioner Fenning charges and administration of the municipal government, in caucus room of House Office Building to- night at 7:30 o'clock. Naval affairs committee holds hearing on line personnel. Interstate commerce committee conducts hearing on coal legisia- tion. Elections committee in executive session on Walters-Bailey contest- ed election case. Indian affairs committee contin- ues hearings on Indian courts. Foreign affairs committee holds regular meeting in executive ses. aion. Ways and means committee in executive session on miscellaneous matters. Joint committee on public lands continues hearing on Northern Pacific land grants. Judiciary committee holds regu- lar meeting in executive session. Rules committee reports rule for rivers and harbors bill, with @ Hmit of 12 hours’ debate. second and third honors will he a [ nounced. the relative standing of all of tre speakers has heen revealed. This is not felt necessary this yvear, partic- ularly in as much as the title of dix- trict finalist automatically entitles the speaker (6 the three-month tour of Furope. A handsome loving cup will be given the national finahst, Foreign diplomats are taking articular interest in the national { Ainals this year in as much as repre sentatives of five countries will com- » { tional have honor. heen received for the June 4 | Japanese and Mexican Ambassadors MRS. COOLIDGE TO AID. Will Lay Corner Stone for Y. W. C. A. Building. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge will lay the corner stone at ceremonies for the new building of the Young Women's Christian Assocfation. now under construction at 17th and K streets, on the afternoon of May 24. Announce- ment of Mra. Coolidge’'s presence At the ceremony was made today by Mrs. Fred E. Wright, chairman of the building committee. who peinted out the great interest shown hy M Coolidge the association’s ne building. ‘The new structure. hesides heing an administration building. will contain a swimming pool, bhowling = alleys, gymnasium, club rooms and other recreational features. YEN CABINET REFORMED. Chinese Ministry Was Named Last Week for Emergency. PEKING May 13 (®).—The emer- gency cabinet formed late last week . 'W. Yen has been reorganized. in eking advices on May 7 said the Yen cabinet would resign shortly after its formation in favor of Li Chin- lin, former civil govenor of Chihll Province and chief of the allied Chi. nese forces against the Kuominchun (Natlonal army). REBELS ATTACK TOWN. Mexican Band Repulsed by Garri- son in Port on Pacific Coast. MEXICO CITY, May 13 (@) —El Universal says today that 100 rebels attacked Zihuatanejo, a Pacific port in the state of Guerrero, hut were de- feated by the local garrison. “‘The rebels belong to a band com- manded by the Vidales brothers, divided. into two groups after a cent defeat in Acapulco. —o- STILL BLAST KILLS FIVE. Children Ranging in Age From 8 to 11 Years Victims, WILKES-BARRE, Pa., May 12 (). —Five young daughters of Mr. and Mre, Ignatz Shedlowskl were hurned Inst night following an explosio, still, Two olhpred Midean, ans mother were rescu v 5 The dead are: Eleanor, 11; Helen, 10; Mary,9; Anna, T; and Aghes, . In the two previons vears A | fare much better. ete here next Fall for the interna- | g, o Acceptances. already | wadaworth of New York, speaking from .the British. German \,,/; (he President that the time has | : hor ¢mouth | much larger number in his party. i an m“:":v‘; a | Through the courtesy of the ambas. children and the | sadors and ministers of pan-American This Is the helief of Congressiona' | leaders who are sponsoring legisla- | tion looking toward the developraent of these services who have recently discussed the matter at the White House. They doubt very much if the Army air bill will anthorize an expenditure greatly in excess of the appropriation for “the present and it is doubted if the Na The President’s moat recent confer- ence regarding this item of govern- mental expense was held at the House today with Senator chairman of the Senate military committee, He arrived for the Senate to start conm-| sidering the matter of air develop- | ment for the Army and that he was | desirous of learning directly from the President just what his views are regarding the proposal to spend $40.- 000,000 annually for five vears for the purpose, After discussing the varfous features involved the New Senator went away without any in his mind as to the Prosi. dent’s position. The five-year air program for the Army provides for 1.800 new planes and a personnel of 1514 officers, an increase of 403 over the present num- her, and 16.000 enlisted men. an in- crease of 6.300. This program is con tained in the bill as it passed the House, and is now ready for the Sen- ate to consider. . Senator Wadsworth said the cutting will be done first in the matter of men and officers. When this has been ac- complished the remainder of the bill can be reduced accordingly. He sug- gested that it might be possible that the bill when it passes the Senate will authorize the appropriation for the in- crease in planes. but will extend the program. possibly to 10 years instead of 5. This may meet the President’'s ap- proval, but it is known that Army of- ficers who are familiar with the sub- ject contend that this is not desired, because the whole situation reggrding aviation may completely change in 10 vears. o Sbl il in a check for $100 in accordance with action taken at the annual convention of the legion recently. The letter of the legion inclosing the check was #igned by Mrs. Myrtle . Shangh. nessy, treasurer. A gift of $25 from the trea the Voteless District of League of Women Voters was sent in by Alice Rogers Hager, corresponding seeretary. The donation was anthgr. izéd at the annual meeting of lsw league May 3. An additional subseription of $15 frem the employes of the Department of Commerce wan recorded today, a wax also an appropriation of $10 from the funds of the ¢ ress Heights Citizens’ Association. I On%e Lo an ‘appeal Mra. rge (. Seibold war mother, the Grant ¢ of the G. A. R.. voted Tuesday night to contribute fimancially to the sup- port of the drive, Henry John- son presided at.the meeting, which was held in G. A. R. Hall. The Park View Women's (lub is another clvic hody to join in the eam- paign. The club voted at a recent meeting in the Park View School to appropriate $25 from fts treasury toward the memorial temple. Mrs, Thomas H. Faris presided. A number .6f other civic and pa triotic organizations are planning to heip awell the memorial fund at meet. Ings to be held in the near future. Checks should be made payable to John Poole, treasurer, at the Federal- American National Bank. TOKIO ACTS IN SPY CASE. Appeals to Moscow to Release Jap- anese Arrested on Border. TOKIO, May 13 (#).—The foreign office today cabled to Moscow for the release of Hidelchi editor of iy of ced by ol star e, Ladies i, the magazine Industriai World. arrested by Soviet police on the Siberian-Chinese bor charges of being a military Novori was taken at Manchull, where the Chinese Eastern Ratlway crosses the Chinese frontier into Si- Wn‘e_krmng and Divorce. A Cleveland (Ohlo) judge declares that 75 per cent of the divorces | granted by him were In cases where | U the wives worked outside of the home. berla, and is said to have had Jap- anese maps in his possession, yori, one of the most prominent Buddhists in Japan. lectured in the nited Siates last vear while on his Way feem Japan to Moscow. Miss Mellon to Be Wedded to Bruce At Cathedral Kecretary of the Treasury Melion today announced the date of the wed- ding of his daughter, Miss Allsa Mellon, and David K. Este Bruce, as . May 28, at 12 o'clock. in Chapel of the Washington Right R James K. Bishop of Washington, will perform the ceremony and probably will he assisted by an Episcopalian clergyman, & friend of Senator and Mrs. Bruce from Baltimore. Bethlehem Chapel is small, and the invitgtions to witness the ceremony will be confined to certain oMcials and | their families and friends of the Mel- lon and Bruce families. Miss Mellon will have four attend- ants, while Mr. Rruce will have a Pan-American nion be used for the m’g witt take phace at- 1% Bul tion, whieh by Bishop May 29 o'clock, and to this a much larger company will be invited. The President and Mrs. Coolidge, the Vice President and Mrs. Dawes. all of Mr. Mellon's colleagues in the cabinet. with Ambassadors, Ministers and other diplomats and many from all branches of social and official are expected to attend the reception, Delay in isuing announcement of the date for the wedding came through the fact that each Ambas- sador and Minister of a Pan-American country had to gain consent from his government for the use of the Pan- American Buifding. Mr. Bruce has been confined to the Union Memorial Hospital in Balti- more for about a week, following an operation there for the extraction of A wiadom tooth. He felt no ill ef- fecta from the operation, however, when he left the hospital today, and plans to .return to his post i{n the State Department Monday. A Columbia | of Many Strict Economy Measures, [ By the Awsociated Pry ATHENS. Greece, May 13.—Gen Theadorus Pangalos. whe was slected | President of Greece last month, to- ;:In\ reiterated his intention of retain- |ing all the powers in his hands, de claring the people hy their vetes had said: heodort © must dr must pour out and Theo- k. x announced upon llation as President that he wonld relingnish all the atorial rights which he axsumed early in January The Presldent savs hix sole pre- weeupation is economy. He has there re dismissed the British naval mis- on. which will sail for home next week. and has reduced the number of the French military mission. The British police mission will rematn. Gen. Pangalos asserts that Greeee “must live on dry hread” for some months to assure the future prosper- ity of the country. Among his econ omy mensures is the suppression of motor ears for the use of the gavern- | ment ministers. IWILBUR 0.K.'S SENTENCES Captain and Navigator of Orion to Lose 30 and 20 Numbers. Secretary Wilbur has approved court - martial sentences involving losses of 30 numbers for Comdr. Louis Gulliver and_20 numbers for Lieut. William MeK. Reifel, captain and navigating officer. respectively, of the collier Orfon. which grounded at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay last De. cember. The ship was badly damaged | and is still awaiting repairs. The findings of the court held that the ship had turned northward too soon after clearing thie harbor en- trance In view of the heavy seas run- ning and her deep draft. LOS ANGELES TAKES AIR. Heads Out to Sea—Will Fly Over New York Today. LAKEHURST, N. J., May 13 (®).— The dirigible Lot Angeles left her mooring mast shortly hefore noon and headed out to sea. Comdr. Rosendahl planned over New York later in the da: )h;on Has Farm Plan. A new farm aid plan was suggested in the House vesterday hy Repre sentative Blanton, Democrat, Texa who proposed that the surpius offi- cers of the Army and the “land- lubbers” of the Navy he sent “back to the farm with the rank of cotton chopper and corn planter.” do | to fly —_—— Urgeés New Catapults. New airplane catapult equipment on the battleships New York, Texas, Florida, Utah, Arkansas and Wyo- ming, would be authorized under a bill Representative Miller. Republi- h.. passed by the House and sent the Senate ost $1,350,000, . 4 Fifteen hundred delegates attended a recent conference in Delhi for the organization of a prohibition leasue of India.