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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cooler tonight—tomorrow falr—gentle to moderate northwest and north winds. Highest, 86 at 3:30 lowest, 63 at 6 a.m. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 o ¢ ¥ h e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 o “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. * Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,382 Entered as second class matter No. WASHINGTO! THURSDAY, JUNE 3, TWO CENTS. () Means Associpted Pr y | 29,983, post _office, Wa; SENATE PROBERS shington, D. C. |SELECTION OF NORGE’S ROUTE | ONE OF MOST DIFFICULT TASKS URGE SHEI_V'NG[] Care Had 1o Be Taken to Avoid Many Menacing Subcommittee Renort Calls| for Indefinite Postpone- | ment of Action. HOLDS NO PROVISION | FOR REFERENDUM EXISTS ) Law Held to Call for Fall Snpport‘ of Every Official as It ; Stands. By the Associated Press | Indefinite postponement of all pro- ! posals for modification of the dry laws and for a national prohibition referendum was recommended toda by the Senate prohibition committe This action still is subject to ap. proval by the judiciar committee, of | which the prohibition committee is a | part, but it is expected to concur. | Text of Means' Report. The report of the prohihition com-| mittee was drawn by Chairman Means. | It said The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was | ratified according to a proctamation of ! the Secretary of State, January 29, | 1919, We believe this amendment to | be morally right and economically wise, 0 long as this amendment part of our fundamental la duty of all officers. leg tive and judiclal ment. i “The advocates of modification of the prescii prohibition laws propose ! 10 weaken the same. They seek to di- rectly or indirectly authorize the man.- | ufacture and sale of intoxicating bev- ! erazes. ] “The Constitution is a grant of pow- | ers. Those powers are limited and| #uch limits are not to be transcended. | A national referendum is not pro- | » Vided for, and it is our belief that it | was not the intention of the framers | of the Constitution that a national referendum would ever be attempted. | No laws have been enacted which pro. vide a machinery for the holding of | such a referendum.” Wets Are Not Surprised. The subcommittee’s decision did not | surprise the mod, nists. In an- ticipation of it th alveady have in troduced severai their bills as amendments administration measure for tening enforcement. now on the Senate ndar. There is | little likelihood. however, that this' bill _“‘lll come 1o a yote at the present | mession. v Only three of the five members of | the committee were present when the mubcommittee acied. They w Means, Goff, West Virginia, and Ha reld, Oklahoma, all Republicans. The other members are Walsh, Democrat, Montana, a dry, and Reed, Democrat, | Missourl. a leader of the wets. COAST GUARDSMEN KILL SKIPPER IN RUM SEARCH Bpeedboat Captain. 70. Felled by Machine Gun—No Liquor Was Aboard, However. By the Associated Pr SEATTLE, Wash., ne 3.—Paul Pietrowsky, 70, skipper of an un- named speedy cabin launch, was fa- tally wounded yesterday by machine gun fire from Coast Guard Cutter 269 near Acorte, Wash.. when he bran dished a shot gun at guardsmen who #ought to board his ship in search of lguor. Boatswain John H. Davis. com- manding the cutter, ordered the gun- ner to fire at Pietrowsky when the aged skippe: raised his weapon to his ehoulder as the hoarding party ap- proached, according to a report re- ceived by Capt. F. G. Dodge, Coast Guard commandant here. Pletrowsky was wounded twice in | the leg, the report said. First ald was | administered, but he died on board the ! cutter en route to the Port Townsend Marine Hospital. | No liquor was found on the boat,' Davis reported. { is al . it is the | tive, execu. | to aid in its enforce- | KAISER'S FORMER YACHT | BRINGS $6,100 AT SALE! Nohab Sold at Auction in Miami to Cover Liens—Cost Hundreds of Thousands Originally. By the Associated Press. | MIAMI, Fla., June 3.—An antiquat- | ed relic of former Kaiser Wilhelm’s | floating household, the one-time pala- tlal yacht Nohab, has been sold at| auction here for $6,100. The original | cost of the vessel was well into six | i | figures. | The sale was by the United States marshal to satisfy libels, but Federal | officials held the opinion that District | Judge Rhydon M. Call would not con- firm the sale because the price receiv- ed was out of proportion to the cos of the vessel and the amounts of liens against her. The auction was held vesterday and | the purchaser announced his name as | A. Reh He said he was interested | 'ohab only as an investor. i JAPAN HOLDS U. S. CLERK.! Consulate Employe ;Ins Taking | Photographs in Fortified Zone. TOKIO, June 3 P).—An official | report to American - Consul-general | Edwin L. Neville and another to the ! Japanese foreign office today con- firmed the arrest of Louis Vogelweid, | clerk in the American consulate at Nagasaki, on a charge of photograph- Ing in a fortified zone. 1t is belleved, however. that the charge will be dropped on the ground that Mr. Vogelweid took the photo- graphs without knowledge that he was on forbidden territory. Enraged Bull Kills Man. lin Condhjem go di- D.C. PLANWINS !and adopting the Capper amendment | ! Utah, Weller of Maryland and Wil { zona | committee to sustain the wishes of the i people of the District against a pro- { who would otherwise have to be Weather Conditions—S; pecial Forecast Service Established to Meet Need. ent of the the North ed yester- by Capr n. In This i the serond inst BY CAPT. ROALD AMUNDSEN LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. By Wireless and Cable to The Star. NOME, Alaska, June 3.—When it was decided that the airship should fly from Rome to Kings Bay, the most important thing was to find the best route, As mentioned by Capt. Amundsen in the first part of this narrative, the original plan was to fly from Rome over France to Pulham and from there with only one landing AND rect to Kings Bay. But when our pilot, Col. Nobile, studied the weather con. ditions over the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean during the months ELLSWORTH. of April and May, he got some doubts about this route. The flight over the ocean would, ac- cording to his opinion, be very risky because weather in that ~season changes very frequently and is char- acterized by heavy winds. So other routes had to be examined. After some difficulty a route over re- glons with more quiet weather in the two months was found. During the conference in Oslo it was decided that if possible our alirship should fly over Russia. The expe- dition addressed an inquiry to the Russian authorities asking them if there existed in the western part of Russia any hangars or mooring masts where the ship could land on its flight to Spitzbergen. Friendly Service. Fortunately, the answer was favor- able. Near the little town of Gat- schina, famous for its old and beauti- ful imperial Summer residences, some miles south of Leningrad, a big shed existed. After it had been examined by Capt. Nobile and Lieut. Riiser- Larsen it was definitely decided that the Norge should land there. ‘With a friendliness that we shall re- member forever the Russian govern- ment declared that they would with- out cost to the expedition, repair the shed, which was a little damaged, not having been used for several years. ‘The distance from Leningrad to Kings Bay was so long, however, and not without meterological perils that it was not deemed advisable to cover it in one flight. This is not to sav that it was longer for the Norge fly- ing range, but the technical experts of the expedition had always to remem- ber that the flight would not have be- gun until Kings Bay was reached and they had to take all poseible prec: tions to protect the ship on the w Therefore it was decided to erect a mooring mast in the little town of e northeastern part of “olumn 1) FOR MOTHERS' AID | | Senate, by Vote of 41 to 35.1 Approves Capper Measui$ | on Public Welfare. After reversing its previous action placing administration of home care for dependent children under the Board of Public Welfare, the Senate this afternoon passed the bill in the form in which the people of the Dis trict of Columbia had requested it. The bill now goes to conference with the House, which had several months ago adopted the plan advocated by Senator Wadsworth.of New York. to] create a separate mothers’ aid board. The final passage of the bill was obtained without a record vote, but there was a roll call on the adoption of Senator Capper's amendment, plac- ing administration under the Board of Public Welfare. The vote was 41 to 35, as follows: Borah Among Opponents. Those voting in favor of the Di trict of Columbia plan: Republicans Senators Bingham of Connecticut. Butler of Massachusetts, Capper of Kansas, Couzens of Michigan, Cum- ming Towa, Deneen of Illinoi Frazier of North Dakota, Gillett Massachusetts. Goff of West Virginia, Gooding of Idaho, Greene of Vermont, Harreld of Oklahoma, Jones of Wash- ington, Keyes of New Hampshire, | La Follette of Wisconsin, Lenroot of | Wisconsin, McLean of Connecticut. McMaster of South Dakota, McNary of Oregon, Metcalf of Rhode Island. Norbeck of South Dakota, Oddie of Nevada, Pepper of Pennsylvania, Phipps_of Colorado, Pine of Okla- homa, Reed of Pennsylvania, Robin son of Indiana, Sackett of Kentucky. | Shortridze of California, Smoot of | Democrats—Blease of South Carolina, Bruce of Mary- land, George of Georgia, King of Utah, Neely of West Virginia, Steck of Jowa, Underwood of Alabama, Walsh of Montana and Wheeler of Montana. Total, 41. Those voting against the District of Columbia plan—Republicans: Borah of Idaho, Edge of New Jersey, Hale of Maine, Howell of Nebraska, John- son of California, Schall of Minnesota, Wadsworth of New York. and Willis of Ohin. Democrats: Ashurst of Ari- Bayard of Delaware, Broussard of Louisiana. Caraway of Arkansas, Copeland of New York, Edwards of New Jersey, Ferris of Michigan, Ger- rv of Rhode Island, Glass of Virginia, Harris of Georgia, Heflin of Alabama, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick of Wyoming, McKellar of Tennessee, Mayfield of Texas, Overman of North Carolina, Pittman of Nevada, Rans- dell of Louisiana, Reed of Missouri, Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard of Texas, Simmons of North Carolina, Swanson of Virginia, Trammell of “lorida. and Tyson of Tennessee. Farmer-Lahor: Shipstead of Minne- sota. Total, 35. The vote this afternoon marked the successful conclusion of a vigorous effort by Chairman Capper and the other members of the Senate District liams of Missouri. posed luw advocated by welfare work- ers outside the city. ; The purpose of this legilation is to enable the District to make finan- cial allotments to worthy mothers for the support of dependent children taken from the home and placed in a public institution. Aside from the question of how the FRENCH DEBT PACT GOES TO SENATE House Opposition Loses Fight to Block Approval; Bitter Fight Expected. BS the Associated Press, The £6,847,674.000 French debt- funding agreement is now up to the Senate, with a bitter fight against ratification in prospect. Without waiting for action by the French Parliament, the House late vesterday approved the settlement by a vote of 236 to 112. Previously It had refused, 202 to 40, to send it back to the ways and means com- mittee pending-action &t Paris: Regarded as one of the administra- tion's pet measures, the bill of ratifi- cation is expected in many quarters to add a number of days to the cur- rent session of Congress, despite the efforts of leaders to expedite adjourn- ment. This and farm relief appear to be the major barriers to the desire of many members who are up for re- election to get home to take personal irharge of their campaigns. Protracted Fight Possible. Opponents of the agreement fought | it vigorously during the two days it was before the House, but they con- ceded from the beginning that they had little or no chance to defeat rati- fication or block action. Under Senate rules, the opposition has more lati- tude for a protracted fight. As in the House, the opponents are expected to base their objections on | the liberality of the terms, which spread the payments over 62 years in annual installments graduating up- ward from $30,000,000, until the full amount, which includes interest. is paid. Proponents of ratification hold that the agreement accurately re- flects France's capacity to pay, while opponents contend that this is not the case, and that it is unfair to American taxpayvers, because the United States, in borrowing the funds advanced to France, agreed to pay 41, per cent interest on most of the principal, whereas the settlement provides for a much lower rate. Twenty Republicans Opposed. The settlement was opposed on the | House roll call by 20 Republicans, 88 Democrats, 2 Farm-Labor members, 1 Independent and 1 Socialist, while 51 Democrats and 1 Progressive-Socialist | combined with the Republican ma- Jority in voting for acceptance. The rall call follows: Republicans for — Ackerman, kins,” Aldrich, Allen, Andrew, An- thony, Arentz, Bacharach, Bachmann, | to_one 'and then the other, hut the| Bacon, Balley, Barbour, Beedy, Beers, Begg. Bixler, Boies, Bowles. Bowman, Brand of Ohlo, Brigham, Britten, Bur- dick, Burtness, Burton, Butler, Camp- bell, Carpenter, Carter of California, Chalmers, Chindblom, Cole, Colton, Connolly of Pennsylvania, Cooper of Ohio, Cramton, Crowther, Crumpacker, Curry, Davenport. Dempsey, Dowell, Dyer, Eaton, Elliott, Ellis, Faust, Fenn, Roy G. Fitzgerald, W. T. Fitzgerald, Fort, Foss, Free, Freeman, French, Frothingham, Funk, Furlow, Garber, Gibson, Gifford, Glynn, Good- win, Gorman, Graham, Green of Towa, Griest, Hadley, Hale, Hall of Indiana, Hardy. Haugen, Hawley, Hersey, Hickey, Hill of Maryland, Hoch, Hogg, Holaday, Hooper, Houston. Hudson, M. D. Hull, W. E. Hull, Irwin, James, Jenkine, Johnson of Illinois, Johnson of Indiana, Johnson of Washington, Kahn, Kearns, Kelly, Kendall, Ketch- am, Kiefner, King, Kirk, Kopp, Kurtz, Leatherwood, Leavitt, Lehlbach, Letts, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) “(Continued on Page 4, Column 2. Proof Egyptian Tongue Was Semitic Lost in Fire With Ember and Family By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June which cost the lives of Dr. Aaron Em- ber, his wife, a son and serving maid, destroyed proofs that the Egyptian tongue was a: Semitic language, it has been revealed by Dr. Paul Haupt, di- rector of the Oriental Seminary of Johns Hopkins University. The proofs, the fruit of Dr. Ember’s life work, were lost in the flames which wrecked the Ember home at Windsor Hills Monday. Dr. Ember, 3.—The fire i tempting to save the almost completed | Dr. Ember, who was 48 years of age, was recognized as one of the au- thorities on Egyptology both in this country and in Europe. He had been credited by Egyptologists with having definitely established, for the first time, a common origin of the Egyp- tian and Israelite tongues. Scholars for years had suspected a connection, Dr. Haupt said, but Dr. Ember -had amassed proof. He was appointed to the chair of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins two years ago in recognition of his research work along those {died from burns received while at-|lines. Hospital physicians said that Dr. CHICAGO, June 3 (#).—Charles Nel- { manuzcript of a hook on which he had | Ember, when he learned that his wife £on, 60, emplored on a farm near Ni 1. zored and trampled by s euraged bull yesterday, ' worked 10 vear published hortly his wife and sen to be safe,. A Aa-| Esterly, { D. C, ANERGAN RETAN WALKEREDLF P MACKENTEBEATEN i Final Score is 6 1-2to 5 1-2 as Britons Win Edge in Singles Matches Today. CAPITAL STAR DEFEATED 2 AND 1 IN CLOSE PLAY Jones Routs Tolley, 12-11—Gunn Victor, 9 and 8—Sweetser Again Winner. By the Associated Press ST. ANDREWSE, Scotland, June 3. The Walker Cup, premier team trophy of amateur golf, will remain in the United States another two years. The American stars, after gaining a lead of three matches to one in yesterda foresomes, came successtully through the singles today. The British put up a gallant fight, however, and the final point score was: America, 61, and Great Britain, |il,. George von Elm's feat in hold- ing Maj. C. O. Hezlet to a tie gave the needed margin to win. Bobby Jones, Jess Sweetser and Watts Gunn | won their matches by good margins. Francis Ouimet was defeated by Roger Wethered, the bright star of the British team; Jesse Guilford fell before Robert Harris, another former British champion; Roland MacKenzie was defeated by E. F. Storey in a close match and Robert A. Garner bowed to Arthur Jamieson, jr. The results today were: Jones defeated Tolley, 12 and 11. Gunn defeated W. G. Brownlow, and 8. Sweetser and 3. Harris. former British champion, de. feated Gullford, 2 and 1. defeated Holderness, of the American team, 5 and 4 2and 1 Score Same A in 1923. The score was the same by which ithe United States won in 1923. A= it | turned out, the match between Von | EIm and Hezlet was the decisive one. The turning point in this contest came at the thirty-first hole, where they were all square. Von Elm was bunkered off the tee, { while Hezlet pulled his tee shot. The American put his approach 2 vards past the pin. while the Britisher's second was 8 vards past. Hezlet putted off line. Von Elm missed his two-yarder for a 4, and Hezlet missed his second putt for the hole. ‘This really defeated Hezlet, as had ished 1 up instead of all square with his American opponent, and the match score would have resulted in ia tie instead of a victory for the Americans. Of course, this close figuring merely concerns the match as it apepared in its closing stages, for in retrospect | there stands out the splendid work of the Americans in the foursomes yes- terday, which really laid the founda- | tion for the victory. and the dedoubt- able shots that came off the clubs of Jones, Sweetser and Gunn in the Americans’ singles victories Americans Get Lead. The Americans wers leading in five ing rounds were completed. With an | edge of three matches to one, achieved in the foursomes yesterday, the over- | seas stars were in a fine position to ! go out in the afternoon and clinch ! the victory. # | pressive showings, piling up the over- whelming lead of nine holes each over Tolley and Brownlow. In their respec- tive matches. Sweetser, after being held all square by Holderness for the first nine, | achieved a lead of 2 up at the end of | the morning round. George Von Elm | 0. Hezlet, while Jesse Guilford led | Robert Harris, one of the British | mainstays, by one hole. Jamieson had Gardner 2 down at i the turn and had increased his lead to 4 when they went to the clubhouse. | Wethered Leads Ouimet. | Wathered was again in his most | brilliant form and was 3 up on Oui- | met at the end of the 1% holes. Ro- land Mackenzie had a ding-dong bat- | tle with Storey, the lead going first " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5, roid DUGGAN RENEWS FLIGHT. Argentine Sportsman Leaves for | San Juan, Porto Rico. | PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, June 3 (#).—Bernardo Duggan, Argentine | sportsman, early this morning started for San Juan, Porto Rico, in. his air- plane on the next lap of his flight from New York to Buenos Aires. He started for San Juan on Tuesday, but { when his plane was damaged in dodg- |ing a fisherman’s boatw SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED. Georgetown Reports Shock 6,000 Miles Away This Morning. A “severe” earthquake was recorded early today on the seismograph at Georgetown University. Director Ton- dorf placed the disturbance at 6,000 miles from Washington in a south- westerly direction, and said it oc- curred between 12:02 a.m. and after 3 o'clock, with the maximum between 12:47 and 1:03 a.m. e, WOMAN BEATEN TO DEATH Brick Wielder Says Victim Had Threatened to “Steal Husband.” DENVER, June 3 (®).—Miss Andora Canto died here yesterday from the effects of a beating. “The Canto woman threatened ‘to take away my husband. T cut her on the head with a knife and then hit her and which was to be | and child had perished and that the | on the head and face with a brick,’ He had believed | frult of bis rcsearch work had heen |sald Mrs. Mabel Avon, who was ar- . ' destroyed, had no desire to-live. .. /rested for the slaying. 4! Jamieson defeated Gardner. captain | . | Storey defeated Roland MacKenzie, | Wethered defeated Ouimet, 5 and 4. | he won that hole, he would have fin-: of the eight matches when the morn- | Jones and Gunn made the most im- | | of Los Angeles was 4 up on Maj. C. | was forced to put back for repairs; 1926—FIFTY PAGES. | | CARROLL GETS YEAR ONPERIURY CHARGE | i Convicted of Lying About Tub Incident—Free on Bail Pending Appeal. By the’ Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 3.—Earl Carroll, | Broadway producer, convicted of perjury in connection with grand jury | investigation of a party in his theater tat which an unclad chorus girl served drinks from a bath tub in which she | was seated, was sentenced today to serve a vear and a day in Atlanta | Federal Prison on each of two counts | and to pay a fine of $1.000 on each. Carroll was originally indicted on six counts. Two referred to his | testimony that there had been no {iiquor served At the party, two to !his statement that no one occupied | the bath tub, and two to his assertion | that he had no list of guests at the party. The guest list indictments were dropped on recommendation of prose- cution. The producer was found not guilty of the liquor indictment, but gullty of the two indictments con- cerning the nude woman in the bath | tub, | Has Year to Serve. The court ordered the fail sentences on the two counts to run concurrently so that Carroll will have to serve a year and a day and pay a fine of $2,000. Sentence was imposed by Judge Goddard, before whom Carroll was tried and convicted. During the trial Joyce Hawley, 17- year-old chorus girl, testifled that she had occupled a bathtub on the stage of the Earl Carroll Theater at Car- | roll's invitation and that she had | been drunk at the time from drinking | liquor served her in the theater. The | jury, by its verdict. asserted {its he- |lief in her first statement, but not in her second. { _The party, described variously as a | Washington birthday celebration, a | party in honor of a man who had | backed Carroll in his theatrical enter- prises and a welcoming ovation to | Countess Cathcart, who had just been released frem Ellis Island, where she had been held on a charge of moral turpitude, was attended by numerous i widely known figures of the theater {and other artistic fields. ’ Witness Well Known. Among those called as witnesses in {the perjury trial were Irvin Cobb, writer: Augustus Thomas, playright, and Al Jolson, blackface comedian. Grand jury investigation of the | bathtub party was begun as the re- sult of published reports that liquor had been served in the theater. Dur- ing the perjury trial Carroll's counsel contended that as the only interest of the grand jury was whether the pro- hibition laws had been violated it was immaterial whether or not the pro- ducer had told the truth concerning the bathtub incident. - He asked -to have the two indictments referring to this point dismissed on this ground, but Judge Goddard ruled that the grand jury had a right to ask any | questions it saw fit and that if the; were answered untruthfully this con- stituted perjury. United States Attorney Buckner, after Carroll had been sentenced, con- sented to a motion by counsel for the producer to admit Carroll to bail pend- ing argument on appeal before the United States Circuit Court of Ap- m(;::}oll'u bail of $5.000 was continued and Judge Goddard granted permis- ision to the producer to leave the jurisdiction of the southern district of New York pending the outcome of the proceedings before the higher court. This is not usual, but was granted because of Carroll's theatri- cal work, which counsel said neces. sitated his leaving the district. Carroll faced a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of $2,000 on each of the counts on which he was convicted. $1,000,000 FIRE IN CUBA, Explosions Near Throw Cartons 2 Miles. NA, June 3 (®).—Fire this ml:rAn}:lA‘ at Regla, across the hay, de- stroyed the warehouse of the Amer- jcan Agricultyral Chemical Co. There were more than 100 explosions of chemicals and gasoline. These threw ashes and cartons, two miles westward to Havana University. The loss is estimated at $1,000.000. Two men were injured during the fi e —————) 100 Havana Radio Programs—Page 3., YEARS. Guatemala Ousts Priests Accused Of Political Work By the Assoctated Press. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salvador, June 3.—The Guate- malan government has deported a number of priests churged with in- terfering in politics. The government also has issued a decree forbidding Jesuit priests from entering the country and pro- hibiting the functioning of foreign priests without special gévernment permits. LASTOF ORATORS * REACHEVTODAY | Interest in Contest at Fever Heat—Finals to Be Held Tomorrow Night. With four of the regional finalists already in the city and the other three due to arrive at Union Station this afternoon, with cheering delega- | tions ranging from 75 to 400, in- terest in the national finals of the third annual national oratorical coen- test, to be held at the Washington Auditorium promptly at 8 o'clock to- mogrow night, is at fever heat today. Three of the finalists, Joseph Mul- | larky, Georgia: Miss Myrle Posey, | District of Columbia, and Herbert Wenig, Los Angeles, were enter tained at a banquet held in their by prominent Georgians last night. The fourth already in Wash- ington is Miss Guita F. Bearman, voung Minneapolis girl, who won in the Chicago finals. Miss Bearman, ac- companied by her mother, Mrs. .A. M. Bearman, arrived this morning. The other three finalists arriving this afternoon are Thomas P. Cleary of St. Joseph's College High School, Philadelphia: Miss Ann Hardin, Loufsville, Ky.. and Miss Helen By- lund, New York City. Big Delegations Coming. Miss Hardin will arrive at 4:15 o'clock. She will be accompanied by Miss Fannie May Baldridge, her chaperon. Cleary will arrive at 5:10 with Walter L. Capelli, secretary of the Philadelphia regional committee in charge of the contest in Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and Delaware, and Rev. Joseph A. Fortesque, head of the English department of St. Jo- seph’'s. Cleary also will bring with him a_delegation from the German- town Girls’ High School. This group will stop at the Cairo Hotel and spend tomorrow sightseeing preparatory to attending the finals in a body. Miss Bylund will arrive with her mother at 3 p.m. Her coach, Miss Clara L. Carson, will arrive at & o'clock tonight. Accompaying Miss Bylund will be a delegation of several hundred from Wadleigh High School, which Miss Bylund will represent in the contest. ‘Wenig and his companion from-the Pacific Coast, John Aiso, attended the competivite drill yesterday afternoon as the guest of The Star. They were introduced to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, who wished them well in tomorrow night’s finals. Mullarky spent yesterday afternoon sight-seeing with a group of Geor- gians. Tomorrow morning begins an inten- sive three-day round of luncheons, banquets and trips for the seven honor regional finalists and their com- panions. At noon tomorrow they will KILLS SWEETHEART DESPITE HIS PLEDGE Thomas B. Brown, 52, Holds Frances Voegele, 37, on Street and Shoots Her. Within 48 hours after his release from custody on a charge of threat, following a promise not to harm a hair of the head of Miss Frances Voegele, 37 years old. his estranged sweetheart, Thomas B. Brown, 52 vears old. a real estate salesman, shot and killed Miss Voegele on Fourteenth street near Euclid early last night. Tuesday morning Brown was taken before Assistant United States Attor ney Ralph Given in Police Court on complaint of Miss Voegele, who had sworn out a warrant charging him with threatening her- life. “I would not harm a hair of her hesd," Mr. Given quoted Brown as promising. Satisfled With Promise. Miss Voegele, appearing satisfied with the promise and stating she merely wanted a safeguard against future molestation by Brown. told Mr. Given she was quite willing that he be released. and he w On the warrant Mr. Given made a memorandum to the effect that it was to be served at an instant notice from Miss Voegele upon repetition of any threat. Yesterday afternoon. about & o'clock. Brown waited for Miss Voegele to ge! off the street car and enter her apart. ment in the Olympia apartment. at 1368 Euclid street northwest. just east of Fourteenth street. His car was parked a short distance away on Fourteenth street. When Miss Voe- gele got off the street car, Brown met . sugar,” he {J reported to Come on; lets go to din- ner." She declined and an argument fol- lowed. He tugged at her arm and when they reached the machine, still arguing. Brown tried to push her in. Then. while a crowd gathered, he pulled a pistol from is pocket and began shooting. He later told police he fired five shots at Miss Voegele, intending to save the sixth for him- self. The last shot was fired accident- ally, however. Three shots entered the girl's body, any one of which would have been fatal, according to physi clans. Meanwhile hundreds of spectators swarmed about the scene of the shoot- ing, while Brown was placing the body of the woman in his automobile. Au- tomobiles were dispatched for police men, and Traffic Policeman J. R. Jen- | kins arrived from Fourteenth and U | streets almost at the same time an- other machine brought Motor Cycle Policeman Walter H. Sconyers to the spot. Body Rushed to Hospital. The two policemen arrested Brown. Miss Voegele's body was removed from Brown's automobile and taken to Garfleld Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. From Brown himself, from previou events and from statements of wit- nesses at the scene, police constructed the following account of the shooting: After an acquaintanceship of five months, Brown and Miss Voegele had an argument at Fourteenth and Fair. mont streets, in a lunchroom last Sun- day night. She sought a warrant on the ground that he had threatened her life. He was released on his prom- ise to behave himself. No search was made of his person, and it is not known whether he had a pistol at that time. Miss Voegele, it is stated, did not charge thaf he had one. Aftér the shooting yesterday, Po. “"(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 3.—The United States is not the only country ex- periencing _unseasonable weather. France and Mexico are being drenched with rain, while portions of Cai are in the grip of a cold spell. Cables bring these meteorological tidings: There is not an inch of France on which- rain is not falling, Paris ad- vices say, except in places in cen- tral Auvergne, where it is snowing or hailing. A tempest of almost cyclonic vio- lence accompanies the rain along the coast of Brittany. It is playing havec with small craft, and harbors are filled with stormbound shipping. A | tidal wavs oecurred yesterday at the Summer resorts glopg. the Lolre Torrential Rains in France and Mexico Matched by Freak Cold Wave in Canada River. At Pornic the water rose 10 feet in as many seconds. Consider- able damage was done on shore. Toronto reported heavy overcoats and furnaces were in order last night following a phenomenal drop in the temperature after a week of Mjd- summer weather. A light frost was noticeable on the ground. Records show that just one year ago heat prostrations were occurring in To- ronto. At Hamilton there was a freak June storm during the night, with a heavy fall of large hailstones. In Mexico rains for the last few days throughout a considerable por- tion of the country have done much material damage. Railroad trains have been delayed by washouts In _various uctlo_ns.’._ % FENNING ON STAND UNDER DIRECT QUIZ BY OWN ATTORNEY Hogan Examines Commis- sioner on 34 Specifications Put Into Charges. EVIDENCE IS OFFERED ON HEADLEY DEMOTION Blanton's Last Three Witnesses May Be Heard Before Ses- sion Ends Tonight. Failure of Representative Blanton's three remaining witnesses to appear at the opening session of the House Judiciary subcommittee’s investigation of the impeachment charges against Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning today enabled Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, to begin the presen- tation of his case, with Mr. Fenning as the second and possibly last wit ness. Mr. Blanton's witnesses prob- ably will be placed on the stand this afternoon. f After receiving documentary evi- dence from Daniel E. Garges, secre- jtary of the Board of Commissioners, with reference to several decisions which Mr. Blanton has attacked, Mr. | Hogan sent Mr. Fenning to the stand |and immediately began a direct exami- nation on the 34 specifications set | forth by Mr. Blanton in the Congres- sional Record of April 19. Headley Case Taken Up. Mr. Garges' evidence concerned the action of the Board of Comissioners in the following cases: The retirement | of Sergt. Robert E. Lee, the demotion | of Inspector Albert J. Headley, the j approval of the Police Trial Boar | findings in reference to Policeman | Blackman, the resignation of Dr. C. ! J. Murphy. police surgeon; the re- ! moval of Dr. E. C. Wilson, school | physician; action on pending insurance legislation and on the chiropractors ! bill Mr. Fenning was asked at the out set of the examination if he had been a candidate for the office which he now holds, and he replied he never | knew that his name was considered. On June 1, 1925, he was informed | that he was under consideration, and had an interview with President Cool idge. On the following day he in formed the Executive he would accept the appointment. His confirmation by the Senate was several month- after the Headley demotion, ne de . when he began the prac- | tice of law, Mr. Fenning said, he took up the guardianship practice and since then it has occupied the greater part of his time. Foregoes Statement. Mr. Hogan told the committee he would make no opening statement, | but would take up each one of the 34 specifications in their order, so | the committes could follow. He ex- plained there had been presented, with no regular order, a number of matters bearing no relation to the charges. \ Charge No. 1, setting forth that Mr. Fenning violated the law by | practicing as an attorney while Com. | missioner, was first discussed. Under | questioning. the witness denied that | he appeared at any time in person | for the transaction of private business | for a client before any Governmert | department. | _Mr. Hogan then turned to charge | No. 21, which he said bore a relation to the first specification and which declared Mr. Fenning caused Michael | Flaherty to be adjudged of unsound | mind and obtained his own appoint- | ment as committee. The witness ex- {plained Mrs. McKenna, Flaherty's | sister, employed him by letter on May 119, 1925. to take necessary steps for | the appointment of a guardian, She | had been referred to him by Red | Cross officials at the Naval Hospital {here. Mr. Fenning declared in the ‘suhsequent proceedings he did not ap- {pear in court, but that Paul V. | Rogers, his law associate, transacted | the legal business. Explains Norris Case. 22, also considered by Mr. Hogan in connection with the {first specification, dealt with the Norris case. Mr. Fenning declared Mrs. Norris came to his office and that he prepared a petition at her re- quest for the adjudication of her husband to be of unsound mind. The petition was presented in court by Mr. Rogers. Mr. Fenning said he wrote three letters to the Veterans' Bureau on behalf of Mrs. Norris. Charge No. 23, declaring that Mr. Fenning, when Commissioner, ap- peared in court for clients and so- licited business, then was considered by Mr. Hogan. This dealt with the case of Lieut. Frank D. Allen, now in St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Mr. Fen- ning declared his first knowledge of the case occurred when Edward Al len, the brother, and a cousin, Mrs. Annie Piquette of this city, visited him at his law offices. They consent- ed to his acting as committee, and Mr. Fenning declared he told them: ‘‘Hav- ing taken the position of Commission- er, I could not give personal attention to court appearances, and if 1 took the case, it would have to be handled by Mr. Rogers." The latter actually carried out the duties that followed, he testified, and at no time did the Commissioner ap pear in court. Furthermore, Mr. Fen- ning said, no relatives had requested that he retire as committee. After his | appointment, however, he notified the Navy Department that all money due | the ward should be sent to Mr. Fen ning. Charge No. Letter File Is Shown. The file of correspondence, showing 100 letters sent and received in the Allen case since Mr. Fenning became | Commissioner, was exhibited to the committee by Mr. Hogan. It was de- veloped that as yet Mr. Fenning has received no compensation in the Allen case, as the annual accounting h2s not yet been filed. ¢ The Cunningham case, under charge Wo. 24, whcih stated that Mr. Fenning violated the World War veterans act by accepting a fee in prosecu a claim against the Government, t! was taken up in connection with the first charge. The witness’ explanation of the matter was that Miss Betty Cunningham, sister of the incompetent, employed him to have her appointed guardian, Mr. Rogers attended to the (Contlnued on Page 4, Column 2)