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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight; cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and cooler. Highest, 87, at 2:30 p.m, yesterday; lowest, 61, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as second class matte post office, Washington, D. C PHILADELPHIAVOTE: NOMINATES VARE. FOR SENATE SEAT No. 29,968. Effort of Some to See Adr BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | | | publican Winner Runs Third to Pepper and Pinchot in Other Parts of State. nominated Vare for ileman on the at hand alone re- have | face of tho retur ! The size of the has perc the wet in both the Vare made his nomination Wharton Pepy jon a platform s “Machine” Candidate Polls 548,-5:2‘(‘ ::““:;)oii‘({"_()ml\ L 449, Against Senator's 434,331, | in gn speeche {on a simil in Tabulations Up to Date. on conte BEIDLEMAN HOLDS LEAD IN GUBERNATORIAL FIGHT| s Mr. Vare stood ! Anti-Saloon League. claimed both Pinchot “satisfactory."” May 19— Mellons Backed P By | . The Mellons lead over | yollon of the 1N NOM- | and hi r in thei lican and o Asso PHILADELPL A Press, A Wil 1 per. Andrew W department o Mellon, fa control of the Repub Representati we Fisher, golng to Mellon in the wind-up ad rival by Gov ¢h WET SUCCESS, MELLONS’ FAILURE SIGNIFICANT IN KEYSTONE RAC ever, Held Far-Fetched-—Wheeler Discounts Victory of Liquor Forces. The Pennsylvania voters in the Re- | Pepper | WASHINGTON, '~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, | | ninistration an Issue, Ho f | | of the campalgn to make a personal appeal for their election. In a desperate effort to ward off defeat, the Mellons, Senator Pepper nd Mr. Fisher sought to make the | Coolidge i n issue in | the camr h Mr. Vare and | Pinchot natorial race declared for President Coolidge | fes, and Mr. Beidleman | s admiration for the | President, it is difficult to see how resident Coolidge and his administra- | tion really could be considered an is. sue in the camp Had they de- unced the President, instead of | praising him, then the issue would | have been fairly joined. In some | quarters, however, the defeat of Sen- | ator Pepper will be hailed as a re- | for the administration. | This is the first primary in which | the administration has taken so prom inent a part, with Secretary Mellon, | one of the Presidant’s chief advisers, | dvocating the re-election of Pepper s an indorsement of President Coo idge. In Illinois, where Senator Wil liam B. McKinley was struggling fo his political life last month, the ad rinistration remained entirely aloof in Pennsylvania of such nce scarcely is calculated to encourage tha interjection of the ad- | (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) As bot in the r s won.” and 1 have lost. Will Take Short Rest. - the remainder of the week I| to rest up and loaf around | un. After that I sh burg and go on with n zovernor just as if not! prened.” Senator on the p: Pepper made no comment other than to remark CANPAGH INQURY Dp or to con | Expenses of Pennsylvania ng until ‘e”oflu l‘mc“mm A All I want now is a cup m‘ anary Seem Sure of Investigation.” ix made. coffee.” Returns from 5 the 8,281 tricts in the State are a plural per. The vote | F et fone linvesl Eation orhex | penditures in the Republican mary campaign in Pen: seemed assured today when the ate, by a vote of 59 to 13. adopted a resolution offered b, Democrat, Missouri, cr Senate committee with to inquire into any primary { election campaign this vear. The adoption of this resolutic came as a climax to more than an hour of spirited debate and colloquy over the Pennsylvania primary When Senator Reed of first introduced the resolu inquiry | | ...548,449 ..43 the plu in the city of I ponsible for his le ta retur: 1 outlying district 3 wed he re- ceived a heavier vote than his oppo nents had predicted for him. Sen ator Pepper ran first, however, in the totals for the State outside of Phil-| adelphia, with Gov. Pinchot second Returns from 6,174 of the 8,181 « tricts in the State for Republican candidates for governor showed Bei- | dleman leading Fisher by 60,667. The Beidleman vote was 556,109 and that for Fisher, 495,442, | objection to its immediate considera The 163 missing districts in Alle| tion by Senator of Pennsyl gheny County, which includes Pitts-|vania. Later a motion was made to burgh, are not expected to change|take up the resolution for immediate materfally the Vare lead in the State. | consideration, which was carried, 45 There still remained 1,789 districts | to 34. outside of Philadelphia and Allegheny Resolution Was Approved mmlxllymm report. These are mostly small districts in the rural sections| ymmediatel r 2 rlets in y there followed 2 mo ?nd lhf: Vare managers indicated no ! tion on the approval of the resolution fear that they would seriously reduce | jtelf, The resolution as adopted b¥ he Representative’s big margin. the Senate follows: “Resolved, That a spe In Allegsheny County Senator Pep- | per maintained a lead of approxi-|of five, consisting of three members elected from the majority political 10,060 over Vare, as returns ' '“’r county were tabulated. | party, one of whom shall be a progre: Wm(j;,s”:"‘ *0y-aeheny prar e Republican, and of two member S iy Vare's 62/ from the minority political p: and Pinch {shall be forthwith appointed by the President of the Senate, and said com issue | mittee is hereby authorized and in- the campalgn. | gtrycted immediately to investigate of the State felt|hat money, emoluments, rewards or agency “for the|things of value, including agreement 1 and desire for | or understanding of support for ap- @ return of personal libe and non-| pointment or_election to office, has interference ~ with American right which the Constitution of the United States originally granted them.” His nomination and election nex November, he sald, would force con sideration of the prohibition issue by the national Republican party. By | virtue of the office, he contended, he | would be a delegate at large to the 1928 Republican national convention | and would be in a position to present a moditication plank which the draft ers of the party platform would be compelled seriously to consider. Philzdelphia Lead Huge. Philadelphla gave Vare the vote which put him In the lead through- out the State. Senator Pepper ran | first outside of the city. The city | vote was, V 334,495; Pepper, 113,- | 367; Pinchot, 28,056 i Gov. Pinchot's heaviest vote was | in the anthracite mining counties, some of the industriui sections and 8 few agricuitural districts. | of the The indorsement of his candidacy by | the Un of Philadel- | ead in | the entire om the | Missouri i the mod; sed to stre: 4 le said the peopl that he a sa expression of their v eation ! expended, or shall hereafter be prom |ised, contributed, expended or made y any person, firm, corporation committee, organization or association to influence the nomination of an, person as the candidate of any politi- 1 party or organization for member- hip in the United States Senate or to contribute to or promote the election of apy person as a member of the United States Senate at the general election to be held in November, 1926." The remainder of the resolution con- sists of instructions for the guidance of the committee in carrying on the inquiry. Debate Is Spirited. The results of the -primary in Penn- sylvania gave rise to a spirited debate /lvania gave rise to a spirited debate, with Democrats heralding it pression against the admin and with Senator Reed, Pennsylvania, declaring that the outcome hinged on 4 Mine Workers and the | the wet and dry question. State Federation of Labor was re-| In the course of the colloquy Sen- flected in returns from countles em. | ator Harrison read newspaper articles bracing a large pe: 4 of the | in which it was hinted large sums members of these orga ns. of money had been spent in the Pen Vare, now serving his cighth term as | sylvania primary. After Senator Har- a member of the House, long has been | rison had concluded, Senator Reed, active in State and Philadelphia city | Missourd, introduced a resolution pro- politics. He was born in Philadelphia | viding for the appointment of a Sen- 58 years ago. Barly in life he entered | ate committee to inquire into expendi- politics with his brothers, with whom | tures in primary and election cam- he also engaged in the contracting | paigns this year lusiness. After holding eeveral cit. 2 =4 " offices, he went to the Legislature and Denies Heavy Expenditures. then to the national House of-Repred| Answering the speech of Senator sentatives. Harrison and the comment of Senator Upon the death of his brothers he | Reed of Missourl, Senator Reed of assumed the leadership of the political | Pennsylvania declared: “I do not for organizations which they had built up | a moment believe that there has been in Philadelphia and has remained in | wholesale corruption, and I do not vontrol since. believe that any candidate or group Willlam B. Wilson of Blossburg, Sec- | spent anything like $2,000,000. The vetary of Labor in President Wilson's | figures referred to are the usual ex- cabinet, was the Democratic nominee | agzerations that follow an exciting for United States Senator. He was | primary contest.” unopposed. At this point Senator Reed of Penn- Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell of Phila- | sylvania paused to say that he be- dephia was leading for the Democratic | lieved the State failed to recognize gubernatorlal nomination, with Judge | tHe services rendered it by Senator Samuel E. Shull in second place. Pepper. He said in his opinion the voters wanted to express their views 20 DIE IN FAMINE. on the prohibition law and they thought this was the only oppor- tunity they would have S Japanese of Shinchiku Province Are Facing Starvation. TOKIO, May 19 (P).—An Asahi dis- “ SERATEAPPROVES en- | Reed. | on for an | into expenditures there was, committee | seen promised, contributed, made or | v | cour of France, Hugh Gibson of the BASIS OF ARMS CUT TOBETOTALPOWER i i | | | ! | France Gets Concessions Considering Factors War Strength Depends On. n | | By the Associated Press GENEVA, May 19.—Only peace- time armament can be limited by any | conference of nations. This provi al agreement was reached at to- s session of the preparatory dis-| rmament commission, which decided | hat it was impracticable at the pres- | moment to thini of reducing the | In ever, ratifying this conelusion, how the commission agreed to ai vation by M. Paul- our ince. This was to the jeffect that when the subcommittee y frames the exact formula it must ognize that estimated reductions in cace-time armament should take into oun: the military, economic and raphical factors upon which the ar-time power depends and also the ! vapidity with which assistance could | ! be afforded to a state if attacked. | Great Complications Admitted. Thus the admission is made at the very outset of the Geneva deliber ations that reduction of armament is | an exceedingly complicated problem { which cannot be solved in terms of | numbers of troops and guns. Not only economic and population factors | | must be taken into consideration, but | also, in the opinion of France and some other nations, concrete reduc- tions must depend to a considerable | degree on the extent of the effctive | aid which can be rushed to an at- tacked state through operation of a scheme of mutual assistance. The commission decided to appoint a drafting committee, which, after | further generul discussion, will recast | and clarity the agenda and’endeavor | | to separate technical military ques- | tions from purely political problems. The committee includes M. Paul-Bon- i re o | United States, Lord Cecil of Great Britain, Gen. Marinis of Italy, M. Matsuda of Japan, Count Von Bern- storff of Germany, Senor Perez of | rgentina, M. de Drouckere of Bel- | glum and M. Sokal of Poland. Three Powers Show Fear. The United States, Great Britain and Germany appear to be favorable to concentrating discussion upon | limitable tangible armament. On the {other hand, France, Beigium and ! | Italy seem to fear to disarm, believ- | ing that they might be conquered at some time by actually weaker but | potentially stronger nations. I The Italian spokesman has made | known Premfer Mussolini’s idea on the guestion of disarmament, saying: “If you do not take account of every | kind of potential military strength in a country, then you show a desire to weaken a, weak State and strengthen | a strong one. M. Paul Boncour, for France, re-| called that nations could not reduce | armaments unless certain inestimat- ing reductions that the total forces | an enemy could bring against them, in man power or otherwise, could be | taken into consideration. Viscount Cecil warned his colleague: that the commission would be peril- ously near the rocks:if it insisted on golng too far away from tangible | limitable things. Germany Sticks to Locarno. It is the opinion of Count Von Bernstorff of Germany that real progress toward disarmament may be achieved only by limiting the number | of questions to be examined by the commission. He insisted that Ger- many's mnilitary strength was insuf- ficent to guarantee her ® security. Answering the argument of M. Paul Boncour, Count Von Bernstorff said security ‘and arbitration had been ob- tained at Locarno. With regard to the Russo-German treaty of neutrality he sald Germany’s foreign policy was completely dominated by the spirit of Locarno. He exhorted other nations to follow Germany’s footsteps and dis- arm. The evident sincere determinati ntinued on Page | | | of Senator Reed of Penn aid that in all probability Vare is elected he would not have an oppor- tumity during his_six years to vote ~(Continued vn Page 12, Column 2) patch from Formosa says that famine — is threatening the natives of Shin- chiku Province owing to droughtsand poor crops last year. More than 20 persons are reported to have died and the victims are increasing dally. Georgia Man Is Dy Formosan authorities have sent stocks of rice and other foodstufls to the province, hoping to sustain suf- ferers until the Summer harvest. By hbfimn e T MIAMI, Fla., May 19.—E. W. Wells, formerly of Atlanta, was believed dy- in gat a local hospital today, after an altercation growing out of an argu- ment over which State in the Union produced the most beautiful women. H. G. Gunn, a native Georgian, and B. G. Mizell, a Virginian, were held b police after they corried Wells to I the hospital, 3 { French Open Drive on Riffs. FEZ, French Morocco, May 19 (). —-An important offensive Morocean tribesmen was troops under Gen. est reports this afternoon were that vemens was progres:i t -y 4 Over Which Siaie Has Prettiest Women | ing After Fight Mizell said the two Georgians en- tered a houseboat on the Miami River proclaiming the feminine pulchritude of their native State. Their talk at- tracted several strangers from differ- ent States, each championing the cause of their beautiful women. After the Georgians had won the argument, Mitzell said, a slurring ref- o LIBERAL ANNUITY | decided today to adher { liberal in its provisions than the Bud | the House bill for the { ceptance | believes that lat age limt HALLER PREPARING | president, to meet outside of Warsaw BILL GETS BACKING BY SENATE GROUP Substitutiog of Stanfield Pro- visions in House Measure Expected. ACTION IS POSSIBLE AT TODAY’S SESSION Passage of Amended Plan Would | Send It Directly to Joint Conference. The Senate civil service committee to its previous “tion In support of the stanfield civ rvice retirement bill, which is more | get Bureau bill passed by the House Monda: The committee agreed to substitute enate bill as the unfinished busin before the | Senate, but at the same time it in-| structed Senator Stanfield to recom mend to the te thai all after the | enacing clause of the House hill be stricken out and the more liberal Stan field provisions inserted. May Come Up Today. _The expectation s that the ques tion will come before the Senate short. | after it meets this afternoon and Senator Couzens, cha service committee, said that he ex.| pected a vote would be taken on the ! Stanfield plan. | At the same time, Republican, of Utah, will aguin be | prepared to strongly advocate ac-| by the Senate of the bill | which passed the House, because he the House me: the only one which has a chance of | becoming law at this session lan Will Expedite Ac The object of the civil service com mittee in substituting the House bill | and then amending it by writing in the Senate language is to obtain th proper cliamentary situation. Through this procedure the question could go direct to conference follow ing the action of the er it the Sena ’ own bill would have to be considered hy House again. The most important difference be- | tween the two plans is that the House | bill, which was prepared by the Budget Bur increases the max- fmum annuity from to $1,000, while the Stanfi i ralse the maximum to The | House bill makes no provision for| volun retirement, while the Stan- fleld measure would permit employes to exercise the option of retirement | before the age when re tirement Is compulsory. enator Smoot, | 4s | it | the NEW POLISH ATTACK General Reported to Have 25,000 Men Ready to Fight Pilsudski. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 19.—The Polish gen- eral, Haller, who has at his disposal 25,000 men of all arms and with tanks, is preparing to attack Marshal Pil- sudski, who recently overthrew the Polish government, says the Posen correspondent of the Echo de Paris. “There is a reign of terror in War- saw and fighting has again broken out,” the correspondent quotes Gen. Haller as having said to him. The eneral denied that 80 per cent of the Polish troops supported Pilsudski or that President Wojciechowski had re- signed, “The ministers are prisoners and refuse to accept the situation imposed by violence,” Gen. Haller added. He said he did not believe that Pilsudski would eventually meet with success in his movement. “I have every confidence in the value of the Posen troops,” he de- clared. “It will require time to crush the insurrection, but we shall suc- ceed.” Opposition Ts Strengthening. Information reaching ofiicial sources in Paris from Poland indicates that the opposition to Pilsudski is strength- | ening in Posen and upper Silesia. The Jeaders of the movement demand that Pilsudski immediately legalize his position and summon the National Assembly for the election of a mew instead of within the capital, which is | controlled by his military forces. The Havas correspondent in War- saw reports that 19 generals who were interned after the defense of the Bel- vedere Pala against Pilsudski's forces will be released shortly, an in- quiry having determined that Gen. Rozwadowski and his subordinates conducted the defense in the most hu- mane fashion. fense of the palace are interned near Wilanov, surrounded by Pilsudski forces, but Pomeranian regiments, which were not concerned in the fight- ing at the palace, are being permitted slowly to rejoin their garrisons. Prevented “Greater Revolt.” WARSAW, May 19 (#).—Marshal Pilsudski started his successful mili tary coup to prevent a greater revolu tion, which would have “inundated Poland,” his adjutant, Col. Wiehiawa, declared today. One of the first acts of the new cabinet has been to launch a nation- wide campaign against graft. . . At Posen some deputies are openly advocating the creation of a separate province with home rule. /The Posen leaders say they are willing to accept M. Rataj as acting president, but that the~ refuse to recognize Marshal Pil- sudski, whom they call a rebel. Haller adherents among the stu- | cumference The troops who took part in the de- [ (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.} erence was made to their State, and | during the fight w hi. _‘ f!»llt_)\\_ d, Wells s ALUCK WiLD & piece of pimber, MAY 19, 1926—-FORTY-TWO PAGES. * ¢ Foening Staf service. Yesterday’s (#) Means Associated Press. | Pensvivmy | Weatrer ., INDIcATIOYS 'TRIP TO BREAK GLOBE-GIRDLING _FURTS’ RETENTION TIME RECORD STARTED BY PAIR; of Journey to Reduce Travel Mark Now 35 Days 21 Hours. al Dispatch to The Star. EW YORK, May 1 worli—how much smaller the development of the airp Thirteen yvears ago the earth was days, 21 hours, minutes and 4-5 of a second. On or efore June 24 the sphere may learn that its girth has materially decreased perhaps by seconds, perhaps by hour A small because of ane? 's cir- Early this morning Morrls Titter gineer, and John Goldstrom, writer on aviation, left New York aboard the Aquitan on the first lap of a race to prove that the airplane has closed a little more of the diminishing space between meridlans—not by miles, of | course, but by hours, in which human | counted. 1 -y one knows that an airplane ' or da; |15 I mapped out an itinerary will travel more swiftly than a train or a steamer. Titterington and Gold- strom want to know just what this means to the old human project of ircumnavigation. For 13 = years Mears' record has stood. There was the war, there were political troubles after the war; there were difficulties ind immediate urgent interest Last year _Goldstrom flew )00 miles in Europe. aerial transportation over systems there: lington, aeronautic inventor and en-|he already knew those of the United State: During the past year he has n which the airplane figures as the means of travel over more than half of the route. In only a few cases schedule call for special arrange- ments. For the most part the two " (Continued on Page 3, Column 3) does his FRENCH DEBT PAGT Action Will Be Taken This Session—Expected to Delay Adjournment. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge has made it very apparent that he wants the French debt agreement ratified before this session of Congress comes to a close. He has turned a deaf ear to sugges- tions from a number of Republican leaders in the Senate and the House that this matter be shelved until Con- gress meets again next December. This was the opinion expressed at the White House today by Representa- tive Longworth, Speaker of the House, and Representative Tilson of Connec- ticut, Republican leader, who con- ferred separately with the Executive regarding this and other important legislation. Following their talk with the Presi- dent, Speaker Longworth and Leader Tilson went back to the Capitol to carry the President’s views. Both ex- pressed themselves as being in hearty accord with the President. Will Delay Adjournment. This, however, is going to longer delay adjournment of this session. These leaders doubt if Congress will be able to close now before June 15. They intimated June 20 would be nearer to the actual closing day. Ad- journment, however, wiil depend greatly upon the speed with which the Senate disposes of the debt. The House in all probability will tackle the proposition within the next two weeks, and_should be_through with TEACHERS' ANNUITY BILL IS APPROVED House Committee Orders Fa- vorable Report Before It Is Printed. The House District committee to- day ordered a favorable report on four measures, principal among them being the revised school teachers' re- tirement bill to conform with the re- duction ordered by the Budget Bu- reau and the President. After considering the Police Wom- en's Bureau bill for amendment a special meeting on Saturday morning was ordered to give exclusive con- sideration to this measure. The committee ordered a favorable report on the bill granting annual leave to park policemen the same as to members of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department. Action Is Expedited. In ordering a favorable report on the school teachers' retirement bill unusual actfon was taken by order- ing a report on a bill which has not yet been printed. The bill was in- troduced, yesterday by Chairman Zihl- man. Only one amendment was ap- proved’ today. The teachers' organi- zation had agreed to all other amend- ments, but asked that the Govern- ment éontribution should be continued for the same 40-year period as that of the teachers, instead of 30 years, as proposed by the Budget Bureau, and the committee acquiesced in the teachers’ request. The bill as reported provides for a maximum annuity of $1,400; contribu- tions by the teachers of from 4 to 8 per cent, most of them paying the higher percentage, and & $15 a_year (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) RESOL for a memorial to both the living NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT D.C. Am;rican Legion Urges Support Of Plan for Memorial to Soldiers DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE AMERICAN LEGION WHEREAS, It is with feelings of gratification that the members of the Department Executive Committee of the American Legion have observed the progress that is being made in the fund raising campaign District of Columbia in the World War, and, WHEREAS, The speedy consummation of this project is a thing highly to be desired, in order that the memorial may be completed, Executive Committee of the Department of the District of Columbia, the American Legion, in meeting assembled this 10th day of May, 1926, that we, as survivors of those whose memory is to be so beautifully memorialized, do hereby earnestly request all members of the American Legion resident in the District of Columbia and all others to make their personal contributions without delay, and, i ‘| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we do hereby express our thanks to Mr. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the District of Columbia Memorial Commission, and the members of that commission, as well as those who are aiding them in their work, and those who have con- tributed, or who subsequent to this appeal, do contribute, for their support of this memorial project, which will give to the Nation’s Cépi- tal City another shrine dedicated to patriotism and good citizenship. UTION and the dead who represented the RESOLVED, by the Department man of the civil | Planes Will Be Used by Americans for 11,000 Miles| He studied the | 1 | AS PARSS RGED Park Body, Capper and Zihl- man Ask Hunt and Wash- ington be Saved. Retention of Forts Washington, Md., and Hunt, Va. which lie opposite | about 14 miles down the Potomac | River, for future development as a | part of the park system of the Dis- trict of Columbia and its metro- | politan district is urged by members | of Congress and, of the National Cap ital Park and Planning Commission, | the latter charged with the duty of | extending the city’'s park system, not only within the environs of the city, but in Maryland and Virginia as well. | Senator Capper of Kansas, chair | an of the Senate District committee and Representative Zihlman of Mar: land, chairman of the House District committee, hoth members of the National Capital Park and Planning | Commission by virtue of the chair- | manships they hold in Congress, today | express.d themselves as strongly opposed to the sale of these two Potomac River forts, and indlcated that they would take prompt steps | in the direction of retaining them as | recreation centers on the Potomac | for development at a future date | when their value will have inereased. | Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, chief of | engineers of the United States Army and chairman of the National Capitai Park and Planning Commission, and Maj. U. 8. Grant, 3d, United States | Army Engineer Corps, a member of the commission and its executive of- ficer, also unqualifiedly stated that the two posts should not be allowed to slip from the hands of the Federal | Government by sale to private parties. Thinks Sale Unwise. Senator Capper said that it would be most unwise to allow these posts to be sold now, only to acquire them for | park purposes later at many times their present value. He said that the | property should by all means be re- tained by the Federal Government, and that, while he is strongly in favor of it, and would take any necessary | action to cause its retention, yet at | this time his mind was open as to the best method. In order to reach some conclusion on this point, he said, he would con- fer with Maj. Grant, and it it was desirable to introduce a bill specifi- cally transferring this land to the Na- tional Capital park system, then he ! would take that method. If it were | believed better to have the land transferred by executive order, which the President would have authority to do, then he said he would follow that course. Mr. Zihlman said that he would bring the matter up before the next (Continued on Page 2, Column §) SHOREHAM TO SHUT DOORS THIS MONTH| Hotel Going Out of Business. Furniture and Building Will Be Sold. The Shoreham Hotel at Fifteenth | and -H streets will close its doors at | the end of the current month. Louis S. Levy, the receiver today secured an order of Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court authoriz- ing him to make sale of the furniture and other contents of the hotel. Levy | asked that his bond be increased to $60,000, as he has on hand more than $25,000, and will get a larger amount from the sale of the goods. Levy says a number of the guests of the house have expressed the wish to purchase at private sale the furni- | ture in their rooms and he asks per- | mission of the court to make such | sales at not less than the appraised | value of the articles. He also wants | to arrange to dispose of the remaining | equipment at public auction. The ! furniture was appraised in excess of | $52,000. The hbtel building is advertised for sale May 25 to satisfy a second deed of trust, on which is due $126,178.11, and fs subject to a first trust of $800,- 000 and accrued Interest of $25,000. The approaching dull Summer season | is assigned by Mr. Levy as his rea- son for stopping the conduct of the business and disposing of the contents of the building so that he may vacate. The receiver also submitted a cash statement to the court in which he ! disclosed he received $121,637.73 and | change | continued as friendly | to Rumax The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 100,458 TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE CLEARED BY CULBERTSONOF SUGAR TARIFF PLOT Former Commissioner Denies President Compelled or Tempted Him to Resign. RAPS SENATOR NORRIS FOR USING HIS PAPERS Post in Rumania Accepted Because Position Here Was Intolerable, Committee Is Told. By the Associated Prees Summoned from Rumani he is American Minister, William € ulbertson, former tariff commis- sioner, today told the special Senale ariff investizating commitiee that - resigned from the commission he- cause his position had hecome int erable and not because he was e ed off or tempted off. He defended President Coolidge in his relations with the Tariff Commis- sion and criticized Senator Norris Republi Nebraska, who brought about the investigation with a serief of speeches in the Senate, and Come missioner Costigan for using his pr vate papers without his consent These p: he declared, we: purely private and were never in tended to be anything else. Norris’ Charges Denied. v denying Senz orris’ charges that efforts wejye made at the White House to coerce him into changing his stand on_the sugar case, he asserted that “the President never so much as inti- mated that I change my position in the sugar case, and I never did it. “The President my view; of course, he continued. “He alwa; respected I respected his, ne tried to me unduly nor was he at any a party to the efforts which made by disappointed appli- ints and lobbyists to frighten me a more tractable position on the ff Commission o far as 1 was ever aware, my snal relation with the President fter the inci sugar case as it ude led me to time were dent concerning th before. His att ! believe that he viewed the sugar ir cident as I did—namely, as an honest difference of opinion on what wouid promote the public interest. Liked (oolidge Foreign Policy. “While I disagreed at times with | the President on tariff and Tariff | Commission matters, 1 agreed with his foreign policy, and I was glad to rept under him the post of Minister 1 resigned from the Tariff Commission, therefore, not be cause 1 was forced off, not because 1 was tempted off, but because 1 wanted to leave. To stay on the Tariff Commission was worse than futile, it was to continue tu lend my name as a sanction to a situation which for me had become intolerable.” Declaring he had not furnished Sen ator Norris with the material on which he addressed the Senate, Mr. Culbertson said he first knew of the Senator's speech when he read it in the Congressional Record after it had reached Bucharest, and that he did not know of the use of his papers as testimony by Mr. Costigan until he reached the United States May 7. “I was never informed, directly or indirectly, that any one desired or in- tended to publish my papers,” he add- ed. “When 1 went abroad I did not | leave with my friends records to be jused to justify my conduct while a member of the Tariff Commission. Regarded Talk as Private. “My personal conversations with my colleagues were never rded by me as official communications for pub-. lic use. I have no doubt that they thought they were acting in the pub- lic interest. I am obliged, however, to say that I gave them no permission to_produce my papers.” Deploring any tendency to increase or decrease the tariff by politics, he said Congress unfortunately had left the elastic tariff section open to more than one interpretation, and if it did not wish to make the law more defi- nite ft should abolish the commission. “I beleve the Constitution requires in the administration. of the elastic tariff section a judicial procedure, a -jentific finding of the facts and a decision upon the public record,” he LONDON COAL PEACE PARLEY DEADLOCKED Miners Will Not Recede, Cook Says. Determined to Stand on Hours and Pay. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 19.—“The position is a deadlock,” said Secretary A. J. Cook of the miners federation today in speaking of the government's pro- posal which comes before a miners’ national delegate conference here to- morrow. The miners, he asserted, would not agree to any alteration of hours or wages. A full meeting of the miners' execu- tive committee held today to consider the government’s proposals is under- stood to have prepared recommenda- tions to be made to the delegate conference. FENNING INQUIRY PUT OFF. House Judiciary Committee Holds Up Action Until Tomorrow. The House judiciary committee, which was scheduled to begin its in- quiry today into the impeachment charges brought against Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning by Representa- tive Blanton, Democrat, Texas, post- poned its initial meeting until tomor- row morning at 10 o'clock. Absence from the city of several members, including Chairman ham, of Pennsylvania, who had re- turned to his home district for the elections. was assigned ne of the s expended $04,203.79, leaving a walance on hand of §27,433.94. reasons’” for the delay