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LEONARD STEUART GETS SHRINE POST Capital Shriners to Welcome | New Imoperial Outer Guard on Arrival Tomorrow. Spacial Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. June Amid scenes of unusual hrine joieing. Leonard P. Steuart known in Washington business circles vesterday was unanimously elected to the position of Imperial outer guard. the first step in the Shrine | ladder which will eventually place him as the imperial head of the Shrine in North America Other Imperial Council officers elect ed were: Imperial potentate. David W. Cros- land, Aleazar Temple. Montgomery, Ala.; imperial deputy potentate. Clar ence M. Dunbar, Palestine Temple, Providence, R. I.: imperial chief rab- ban. Frank C. Jones, Arabia Temple, Houston, Tex.. imperial assistant rab- han, Leo V. Youngworth. Al Malatkah Temple. Los Angeles. Calif.: imperial high priest and prophel, Esten A Fletcher, Damascus Temple, Roch ester, N. Y.; imperial treasurer, Wil- Mlam & Brown. Syria Temple, Pitts- hurgh; imperial recorder, Benjamin W. Rowell, Aleppo Temple, Boston: | imperial Oriental guide, Thomas J. Houston. Medinah Temple. Chicago: imperial first ceremonial masier, Ea l: C. Mills, Za Ga Zig Temple, Des Motnes: imperial second ceremontal | master. Clifford Ireland. Mohammed | Temple. Peorfa. 1lL.; imperial marshal, John N. Sebrell, jr. Khedive Temple, re. well | In Line for Head of American Shrine WARptS -EWINE LEONARD P. STEUART. FRENCH DEBT PACT, PASSED BY HOUSE, GOES TO SENATE (Continued from F McFadden, McLaughlin of Michigan, McLaughlin of Nebraska, MacGregor, Norfolk. Va; imperial captain of guards, Dana §. Willlams, Kora Tem- | ple, Lewiston, Me. Return Is Delayed. Owing to the fact that the sessions | of the Imperial Council here were ex- | tended today, Potentate Chavies D.{ Shackelford today telegraphed local Shrine headguarters that the Almas | special train will arrive in the eliy to- morrow night at & o'clock instead of tonight. as was originaliy planned. Potentate Shackleford urges th the same program of welcome ar- ranged to honor Mr. Steuart in his| election as imperial o | ionight _be carried night. The Glee Ciub. all units have been requested to be ou hand fully uniformed e fer. ‘This order to ! has also been sent the Washington S| them to participate stration to a favor Philadelphtn has Temple into its he tn be a wonderful The W i ington delegation. headed by Poten tate Shackelford, has headquarters in the Bellevue-Stratford, and is aeting | as host to man) g lEIll]‘l(‘“.' FEach evening a concer! is given at| the hotel by the Almas Military' Band in addition to serenades. 7The Arab Patrol, les ilonor, Orien Band. and Drill Corps. receiving on-each punlic a fatier ing degree of T Nut Band Is One of falling nembers of | to enable | in this demon- | Almas ren < proviv Feature. features sl and attentinr under the leade; Fookes. This orea on and refinemen ube” band. i in ¢ only Shriners, bu ing for its odd musi nid s demand. not ed of Wao The legion of Honor, compc Shriners who served in th War, has been an Interesiin: whenever it haa been on parud HEADS D. C. INSTITUTIONS. New Shrine Official Became Master Mason in Capital in 1905. Leonard P identified witl Steuart is prominently | number of hanking | and other b enterprises in Washington. He i president and a director of tle Northeast Ravings RBank. presideat and a director of the Standard Coal Co., a director of the ! Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. and a director and treasurer of the Provi- dent Finarce Co. Mr. Steuart has held portant posts in the Mas order. Raised to the degres of A Ma j ®on in Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14. on August 16, 1905, he subse quently served as in 1914, and since 1917 hs as tress urer. He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in'La Favetts Chapter, No. 5. In 1912; received hi3 council degrees In Adoniram Council, No. : a and Select Master ir and received degres of Master and wr Templar in Orlent Commander 5. in November, 19 Mr. Steuart rece Rite degrees in Alver. tory. No. 1, in June, 1919 A member of Kallin 15. When Washinzion Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star was instituted. in 1920. Mr. Steuart | was elected as its first patron and | merved through 1921. Created a Nobie Shrine in November, body that Mr. Steusr Dhis* greatest Masonic distinction Flected iliustrious potentate of Almas Temple in 1622, he served in this fice for two years, and bas served representative to the Imperial Couxn-| il without interruption since 1920 Mr. Steuart holds honorary life mem- herghlp'in more than a score of Shrine temples throughout the country CONVENTION CITY SOUGH im- He rotio, * the Mystic! it 13 in this 0 Pageant, “Drills and Durbar Remain on Shriners’ Program. PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (#). Selection of next vear's convention city, scheduled today, held first place in the interest of nobles attending the fifty-second Imperial Council session, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine With the two gigantic Shrine pa rades over, the thousands of visiting nebles gave their attention to the re maining events on the program, which incinded numerous drills and the allegdrical pageant and Shrine dpr- bar. - The latter, postponed because | of rain Tuesday, was scheduled for | tonight and will bring to a close the colorful events of the session. | | | | | | | | | | | | $100,000 Loss Follows Explosion in Hoffman House, Bedford. Pa. Spacial Dispatch to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md. June 3 The pisturesque Hoffman House at Bedford, Pa, a favorite place for tourists, was destroyed by fire late yesterday. The loss being $100,000, partially covered by insurance. The fire came from a gasoline ex- plosion while men were exchanging tanks in the kitchen. John Wyant, an employe, was hurled feet by the blast. A waiter was slightly in- Jured. The hotel had about 30 guests, many of whom lost all their belong ings. Embers from the hotel fired the barn of Bert Amos. 500 vards away, which was destroved. { Michener | ton of Minnesot | Stobbs | Maniove | bone i Lankford, | 7aro, “has achleved | Al g Madden, Magee of Pennsylvania. Ma- gee of New York. Magrady, Mapes, Inrtin Massachusetts, Merritt, Miller. Miils. Montgomery, Moore of Ohlo, Morgan, Murphy, New- . Patterson, Periman, Pratt, Purnell, Ramseyer, Ransiey, Reed of New York, Reld of Tifnois. Robinson, Robsion, Rogers, Rowboitom. Sanders of New York, cott, Seger, Shreve, Simmons, Sin. nott, Snell, Sosnowski. Speaks, Sproul of Tilinois, Sproul of Kansas, Stephens, Sirong of Iansas, Strong of anfa. Strother. Summers of n, Swing, Taber. Taylor ot Temple. Thompson, Tiisor se. Tinkham, Tread way, X ‘pdike, Vaile, Vestal, Vincent, Wainwright, Wason, Watres, Watson, Welch, White of Kansas, e of Maine, Willlams of Illinois, amson, Winter, Wolverton, Wood, Woodruff, Wurzbach, Wyant, Zihl man--184. Bl Porter Penns Waghin West Vv Favor Plan. ats . for—Aswell, Aufl der "k of New York, Black of d of Virginia, Bloom, inkle, Carew, Connery Massachuseits, Crisp, Crosser, Cullen, Dickinson of Missouri, Diek stein, - Doughton, Douglass, Doyle, Drewry, Fisher, Fletcher, Fulmer, Goldsborough, Hawes, Hi Hill of Alabama. .Jacobstein, Kindred. Kunz, Lea of Cali Lindsa inthicum, McDuffie, ceney in _of Louisiana Morrow. 0O'Con wde Isiand, O'Conner of of New York, Peery, <pearing. Tucker. Vin- Democrats Demo: B of Kerr fornia Ma Moody Quayle, | son of Georgia, Whitehead, Whitting ton 1 Progressive-Socialist dia—1. otal for— epublican: Beck Browne Clague, Wisconsin, ear, Hall Dakota, Keller, Knutson, Michaelson, Nelson of Wis Newton of Missouri, Rath Schafer. Schneider, Thurston, Voigt, Wheeler Democrats against—Abernethy, All good, Almon. Arnold, Avres, Bell, Blanton, Hox, Brand of Gegrgia, Briggs, Browning, Busby, Byrns, Can- eld, Cannon, Carter of Oklahoma, hapman, Collier, Collins, Connally of Texas, Davis of Tennessee, Dom inick. Driver, Edwards, Eslick. ivans, Garrett of Texas, Gasque, Gl bert, Green of Flo rison, Hastings, Hill of Washington, Howard, Huddleston, Johnson of fexas, Jomes, Kincheloe, arsen, Little] Tozier. McClintic, McKeown, lan. McReynolds, McSwain, Mansfield. Milligan, Moore of Morehead, Nelson of Missourd, Oliver of Alabama. Parks, Ragon, Rainey, Rankin, Ra Reed of Arkansas. Romjue, Rubey. Rutherford, Sabath, Sanders of ‘Texas, Sandlin, Shallenberger, Somers, Stedman, Stevenson, Swank, Taylor of Colorado, Thomas, Tillman, Underwool, Upshaw, Vinson of Ken- tucky, Warren. Wilson of Louisiana, Wilson of Mississippl, Wingo, Wood. rum. Wright —88. Farmer-Labor against—Carss, We- fald, 2. Socialist against—Berger, 1. Independent against-—Kvale, 1. Total against—112. Paired for—Republicans, Johnson, 8. D.; Thatcher, Tolley, Sweet, Vare, .. Democrats, Gallivan, Gardner, La: Tydings, Moore of Virginia, 5. Total—10. Iaired against—Republicans, Pea- vey, Sinclair, 2: Democrats, Bankhead, Bowling, Cox. Deal, Hudspeth, Hull of ‘Tennessee, Pou, Steagall, 8. Total 10. Speaker Longworth did not vote. Sixty-six others were not recorded on for—La Guar- Andresen. Cooper of of North against consin Lowry, McMil Major, ! the roll call. — DR. J. L. BROWNE TO PLAY AT CONGRESS IN CHICAGO Notre Dame Music Director Named Official Organist of Coming Encharistic Gatherings. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 3.-Dr. J. lewis Browne. director of music at the Universily of Notre Dame, has been appointed - official organist for the Eucharistic Congress, June 20-24. One of the most widely known organists in the West, Dr. Browne is the composer of a number of masses and other music, including an English opera. Dr. Browne will play the immense outdoor organ now being constructed for the Chicago Lake Front Stadium. French Delegates Sail. HAVRE, France, June 3 (#).—The first French contingent of delegates to the Eucharistic Congress, to be held at Chicago, sailed yesterday aboard the steamer Paris. The 325 prelates were headed by Cardinal Charost, Mgr. Landrieux, Archbishop of Dijon,.and Mgr. Andre Du Bois de la Villerabgl, Archbishop of Rouen. Mgr. Nichols Dobricic, primate of Jugoslavia, also was a member of the party. SHOT THROUGH HEAD. NORFOLK, Va., June 3 (®.—Con- sclous even after one of two bullets he had fired had passed completely through his brain, Willard F. Peck- ham, 38, was on the verge of death at a local hospital last night, but he was still talking rationally. Peckham, ‘who left a note explain- ing hig intention of taking his own life after blood poisoning had set in :trm, in the northern,gection of this ye Lampert. | ida, Hammer, Har- | Lanham, | Ken' | THE EVENING PEVSERDENANDS " CEAVIPOFDL Charges of Misrule Serve to Enliven Proceedings at Fenning Hearing. Charges that the District govern- ment needs a thorgugh housecleaning: that out of the $71,000 worth of Dis- trict government contracts last year with the Rudolph & West Co. $50,000 was awarded without competition, and that Commissi)ner Fenning, while wearing the uniform of an officer in the United States Army during the war, displayed “brutality” toward two women, served, among other things, to_enliven the hearing by the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee, which continued its in- vestigation of municipal administra- tion in the caucus room of the House Office, Bullding 1ast night. Capt. Julius 1. Peyser, formerly a member of the Washington Board of Education and now departmental commander of the American Legion, urged = olean-up of the municipal ad- ministration. He declared that the “big five,” previously mentioned and identified at the hearings, dominate city aftairs. He reviewed his fight for reform in the School Board, tes- tifying he was ordered to vote for former Representative James T Lloyd if he expected to hold his job, and charged that some of his support. ers on the board had been “bribe by appointment “plums” being given (0 their relatives { Rudolph & West Contracts. There was put into the record a re- | port from a Baltimore firm of auditors Indicating that out of the $71,000 worth of hardware business in one year done with the District govern- ment by the firm of Rudolph & West, in which Commissioner Rudolph holds onethird of the stock, $50,000 was awarded without competition show that all contracts made by the Commissioners in which one Commis- sioner is interested shall be vold. An afdavit by Dr. Herman Schoen- feld, former consul at Riga, and now a professor at George Washington University, was laid before the Gib- son subcommittes. This reviewed ex. periences his wife and daughter had with Mr. Fenning. Virtually the same story was related to the House ju- diciary committee. M. O. Eldridge, director of traffic, supported testimony previously given to the committes by Sergt. Milton D. Smith of the traffic squad that the district attorney's office is not co-op- erating In traffic cases. Director Eldridge said he was “very sorry” to sy this is a fact. John O. Savage. for eight months a patient in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital having been sent there from a Fed- eral penitentiary, where he was serv- ing a sentence for fraud, and who was instrumental in bringing about a grand jury investigation of conditions in St | Elizabeth’s following the alleged mu: |der by guards of Willlam Green. an inmate, testified at length last night. s having been knocked down and severely beaten. Lewis months later from those injuries, Sav- jage claimed. The death certificate | sald he died from paralysis and pneu {monia. Savage also mentioned the |case of another patient. Richard | Speaks. in May. 1925. who, he said, was beaten so severely that he died the next day, and the death certificate | gave as the cause, “‘paresis, duration | three months.” | According to Savage's testimony, | Frank M. Finottf, for many vears chief clerk at St. Elizabeth's. had taken out a license as an undertaker jand it was “the understanding” that | he handle such deaths as the hospital | authorities did not wish to have in- vestigated. FENNING ON STAND UNDER DIRECT QUIZ BY OWN ATTORNEY (Uontinued from First Page.) { court machinery in this case also. Mr. | Fenning testified that he received a check of $150 from Miss Cunningham |and it was divided equally between imself and Mr. Rogers. Charge . 2, referring to violation of the World War veterans’ act in that Mr. Fenning charged a fee in excess of $10 for prosecuting a vet- eran’s claim, was answered by the witnees with the statement that he never received any fee for services be- | fore the Veterans' Bureau or for prep- aration of any pepers for any claims | there. { The third charge, specifying that | Mr. Fenning in accepting more than | 10 per cent as committee violated the !law, was denled emphatically by the witness, who reiterated his previous declarations that there is no law or rule of court limiting the amount of commissions in lunacy cases. In con- nection with this charge Mr. Hogan turned to the eleventh specification, which pointed out that Mr. Fenning received commissions as high as 94 per cent. Mr. Hogan took up all the specific instances mentloned in the eleventh charge and read to the committee from the court documents the fact that the fees did not exceed $8 each for services rendered throughout the year. The Income of these various estates did not exceed $26 per annum. He pointed out that, viewed from the standpoint of percentage, the com- mission was considerably higher than 10 per cent. However, he emphasized the small amount of compensation re- ceived for the management of the es- tates. When the hour for recess arrived Mr. Hogan still was reading these figures. Mr. Blanton stated yesterday that he could not give any more time to the case after today and gave no in- timation as to who would succeed him to cross-examine Mr. Hogan's wit- nesses. He announced today, how- ever, that he would remaln with the committee until noon tomorrow. Miss Schoenfeld Testifies. A number of witnesses were called by Mr. Blanton yesterday afternoon. Miss Margaret H. Schoenfeld told of an attempt to get possession of her property at 3448 Thirty-fourth place durihg the war, after the occupants’ lease had expired. She called at the house and sald the tenant summoned Mr. Fenning, who threatened to get a warrant for her arrest if she did not leave in 10 minutes. Mr. Hogan developed from the witness that in addition to Mr. Fenning several neighbors came in, and all advised her and her mother, whom she re- called accompanied her, that posses- sion could not be obtained without a court order. No denial of the threat by Mr. Fenning was sought by Mr. Hogan in the cross-examination, but the witness sald that Mr. Fenning and the others left the house before she did. Subsequently, possession of the , property was obtained through court proceedings. Over the objections of Mr. Hogan and Representative Hersey, Repub- lican, of Maine, Mr. Blanton was able to have Willlam R. Browning testify that three years ago the National Savings and Trust Co. charged him one-half of 1 per cent in addition to 6 per cent interest for a $12,600 ldan. Mr. Fenning later held the notes and has its first girl taxi|in his system, was found on Talbot's | cautioned Mr. Browning that he was in arrears in !ham Mre Hogan/ : Repre- | sentative Gilbert quoted a statute to | ie mentioned Frank Lewis, a patient. | died six | ination, Maj. Arnold said it was at his | suggestion that the meeting was held |'at night, as the hour Mr. F | wanted o visit the bureau was oc- | cupled with another engagement. { Fenning s | correspondence file in United States Attorney STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, Peyton Gordon, recently reappointed by Presi- dent_Coolidge and confirmed by the Senate, was sworn in yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court. AUTO RACES FLODD, LOSES, FIVE KILLED Driver Reaches Bridge Just as Water Sweeps It Away. Children Saved. By the Associated Press PAWHUSKA, Okla., June 3.--Six persons were dead today as the result of a storm that swept over northern Oklahoma last night, according to re ports reaching here. Five of the vie- tims were drowned and the sixth struck by lightning. Those drowned were all members of one family. The Blackert family, five of whom were drowned, was enroute to Hominy, Okla., in & motor car, when a four-foot wall of water, rushing down Rock Creek, washed away the approach to! a bridge as the automobile started( across. Hearing the roar of the on-coming wall of water, Blackert had speeded up the car in an attempt to cross the stream before the rise struck the bridge. Seven persons were in the car, but two of them, children, were washed ashore. About six inchs of rain fell in the vieinity of Hominy during the storm. Water rose to over four feet in the houses of 50 families living along the Rescue crews were at however, and further expected. The creek was a half mile wide in places. Considerable damage was done by the storm in Osage, Pawnee and Tulsa counties. At Cleveland sev- eral buildings were blown away. e e witness there was nothing unusual about the transaction Maj. Davis G. Arnold, national guardianship officer of the Vetera Bureau, another Blanton witness, sketched briefly the nocturnal visit of Commissioner Fenning to the bureau a few weeks ago, to look at the papers in the Norris case. Under cross-exam. nning Mr. rved as attorney for Mrs. Eliza Norris, committee for her hus- band. At the suggestion of Mr. Hogan, the witness placed in evidence the entire the Fred C. Hall and Norris cases. The purpose of the Hall fille was to clear up the charges made by Representative Green of Florida that the Commis- sioner, as committee for the ward, had made o effort to facilitate the tran: fer of the veteran from $t. Elizabeth's Hospital to a bureau institution at Augusta. Ga., which was desired by the parents. The correspondence showed Mr. Fenning had left the mat: ter of transfer to the medical author- itfes and it was they who recommend- ed against it, owing to the man's mental and physical condition Maj. Arnold also was asked about the fees charged by Mr. Fenning for representing veterans’ claims before the bureau, and he replied that after an investigation it was found that in no case had the law been violated. When the Blanton charges of violat- ing the World War veterans' act were made on the floor of the House, the witness sald the director of the bureau ordered a-thorough investigation and found nothing to warrant prosecution. Mr. Blanton stated he was not “'sat- isfled” with the- major's testimony, and bluntly announced he would en- deavor to “impeach” it. He questioned him closely about Mr. Fenning's visit to the bureau and sought to bring out that several days were required be- fore the Norris file was turned over to Arnold by the Washington guardian. ship office. In support of this he pro- duced a memorandum requesting the papers, dated April 21, and signed by a Col. McMfllan, and another docu- ment to show they had been delivered April 26. In spite of this, Maj. Arnold stoutly maintained he was called on the telephone at 4:156 o'clock by Mr. Fenning, that he in turn called 1. McMillan and by 4:30 o'clock the papers were on his desk. At that hour he had to keep an engagement with Mrs. Arnold and Mr.]l-‘eknning visited the bureau at 7:30 o'clock. Maj. Arnold then was asked by Mr. Blanton if he knew of the $75 fee re- celved by Mr. Fenning and Paul V. Rogers from Mrs. Eliza Norris, and the witness said he did, but thought there was no violation of the law, as it concerned legal services looking to the appointment of the woman as com- mittee for her husband. Headley Case Figures. . Representative Hammer, Democrat, of Ngrlh Carolina, testified regarding a conversation Mr. Fenning had with him. The Commissioner said he was allowed by law to charge from 1 to 10 per cent commissions for services as committee and that he had never charged over the 10 per cent maxi- mum. He also told Mr. Hammer, the witness sald, that “he demoted Head- Jey because the inspector and Eldridge could not get algng. Both could not be superior in authority,” Mr. H‘ln\- mer recalled, adding that Mr. Fen- ning sald they were ‘“continually on the outs with each other.” Mr. Blanwen attempted to offer ex- cerpts of My. Fenning’s defense state- ment before' the Gibson committee and his letter to Representative Madden, which was refused admission to the Congressional sRecord. The commit- tee thought that all the statements should go In, but Mr. Blanton said he was not willing to present Mr. Fen- ning’s defense for him. The commit- tee’s suggestion was based on the fact that Mr. Fenning himself would take the stand and ample opportunity ‘would be given to obtain any admis- sions possible at that time. Mr. Blanton then declined to offer: the statements, AMERICANS RETAIN WALKER GOLF CUP; MACKENZIE BEATEN _(Continued from First Page.) Englishman had a one-hole advantage at the noon hour. Jones was the first to finish the morning round and set a fine example for the other members of the Ameri can team, showing Tolley his dust throughout the round. The English- an won only one hole, the sixteenth, where Bobby put his second into a bunker from a difficult lie. His nib- lick was short and he picked up. Bobby went out in even fours and came home in one under fours. The former British champion’s game at no time even approached the American’s. Tolley's break-up came after the third stroke. Laying his second on the green with holable distance. he missed a birdie 3 and never seemed quite the same again. He pulled his drive on the second out of bounds and sliced the next into the rough. His second shot at the fifth went into the short heather. All these holes went to the American. Tolley Takes Brace. Tolley braced just a little at the seventh, but the best he could do was to get halves until the eleventh. Thera Jones holed a 25-vard clip for a birdie 2 and followed this with a birdie 3 on the twelfth. Tolley played the “road hole,”” the seventeenth, in most rag. ged fashion. trying an almost impos- sible shot across a bunker to the nar row green. The ball went into the road, from which the Englishman took two shots and finally finished with a 7 to Jones’ safe 5. Tolley end ed the morning round by picking up after the chipping short from a steep bank beyond the eighteenth green The morning round cards Out— 1lford Harris In— Guilford Harria Out— Storay Mackenzie S Storey MacKenzie Out— Gunn Brownlow In— Gunn Brownlov Out— Wetherad Ouimet Tn— Wethered Ouimet Out— Jonen Tolley In— Jones Tolley Out— Yon Elm Hezlet PO e D7 N wa Dn e 2o e an ae sa e aa e e e s ee an a3 D WG e A9 e ;e O Dh ah aa s oa Db sk me e B3 oD eo v 2e 23 on oo an o ae 43 sa wa PO Tn— Von Eim Hezlet Out— weetsor Holderness Tn— Sweetaer Holderness . Out— Jamiesaon Gardner In Jamieson Gardner PPN P 2o oo 2 ax aa Ga s B aD oa e R T o wa oo Sh sa Je Ua e AR sk ss a3 eD a3 EE Pa oo Da s 2a ss oAb ke a ss aa au 5 British Fight Doggedly. The British began the afternoon round faced with the necessity of clos! ing in sufficiently on the doubtful matches to acquire 5 points for a tie or 6 to win, and they set about the task doggedly. Sweetser's lead was cut to 1 up when Holderness holed a 3-vard putt for a 3 on the nineteenth. Sweetser has had trouble with his stomach since his victory in the amateur championship at Muirfield and did not seem in the best shape when he | started out this afternoon. | Oufmet was overstrong with his ap- proach to the nineteenth in his match with Wethered. while the Britisher laid his dead and won the hole 5 to 3, to become 4 up. Von Elm was away on his approach, and Hezlet holed a 15-yarder for the hol;. 3 to 4, reducing Von Elm's lead to 3. Harris and Guilford both sank their putts for fours on the nineteenth and went to the twentieth with the American still 1 up. Gunn became 10 up on Brownlow when the Irish player took three putts on the first of the afternoon holes. Tolley’s Defeat Worst Jones' victory on the twenty-fifth green over Tolley by 12 up and 11 to play was the soundest drubbing ever administered to an opponent in the annals of the Walker Cup competi- tions. Bobby shot seven consecutive fours to win the match, after ending ADOLPH EAHN President JUNE 38, 1926. AT ST. ELIZABETH'S House: Approves _Blanton Plan for Investigation by Controller General. Controller General McCarl would be instructed to investigate conditions at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane under a resolution which was passed by the House late yesterday after- noon without a dissenting vote, and sent to the Senate. The administration of St. Eliza- beth's and conditions there affecting patients have been inquired into be- fore the veterans’ committee and the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee and are being pre- sented by Representative Blanton be- fore the House judiciary committee in support of his impeachment charges against Commissioner Fenning. Introduced by Blanton. ‘This resolution for investigation by the controller general was introduced by Representative Blanton, who is prosecuting the charges against Mr. Fenning, and was urged for passage by Chairman Graham of the judiclary committee, which is now consider- ing the impeachment charges. Mr. Graham said he thought the con- troller general could conduct the in- vestigation more economically and efficiently than a congressional com- mittee, The controller general would be authorized to subpoena witnesses and inquire into the treatment of patients, the methods of committing them, the disposition of their property and the finances of the hospital. In reply to a question from Representative Under- hill, Republican, of Massachusetts, Mr. Graham said the controller gen- eral stated the investigation will cost nothing, as he can make it with his present staff. Mr. Graham also sald that the judiclary committee had unanimously reported the resolution and urged its passage. Graham and Connally Debate. ‘The only debate on the resolution was a spirited colloquy between Chair man Graham and Representative Connally, Democrat, of Texas, as follows: Mr. Connally—Reserving the right to object, why provide for the control- ler general to conduct the investiga- tion? Why not the committee of this House? Mr. Graham—Simply because it can be done more effectively and quickly and with the kind of investigation that we want. In that connection al- low me to say that this is Mr. Blan- ton’s resolution. The committee has considered and has unanimously re- ported it and asks its passage. Mr. Cdnnally—I have no disposition to obstruct any investigation of St Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum. It ought to be investigated. but it occurs to me that the responsibility belongs to this House, and that to delegate it to some department without any respon- sibility will probably result in a very unsatistactory investigation. | Mr. Graham—The gentleman knows of course, that the controller general is the watchdog of the House. Mr. Connallv—But the gentleman }hll no right to throw the responsi bility on my colleague. The gentle- man stands here today as the chair- man of the committee on the judiciary reporting a matter from his com- mittee, and if the gentleman's com- mittee does not approve it and does not believe in it he ought not to re- port it. Mr. Graham—Did the gentleman ever know me to report anything that I did not have authority to report from my committee, or to make a re- port that I did not believe in? Mr. Connally—That i why 1T am surprised at the gentleman trying to throw the responsibility upon the xe{;ilerrc\lnhlrom lT!x-s (Mr. Blanton). Mr. Graham—I throw no ri o bility on anybody S Mr. Connallv—I wanted to know why the House, according to the gentleman’s statement., admits its own inability to investigate this. and says that the Controller General can do it more efficiently and better than the House. Big Business Taxes. Incorporated business enterprises in the United States having a net income in 1923 of § 000,000 paid $2,572.- 000,000, or more thar. 27.7 per cent. in taxes to Federal, State and local Gov- ernments. —— e the morning round 9 up for the last seven holes: Jones ... . Toliey CRL i After reaching the turn in the after- noon 4 up, Sweetser lost the short twenty-ninth 4 to 3 by a wide tee shot. He got back the hole at the thirty- second, which he won 4 to 5, to be- come dormie 4. He got a half in fours at the thirty-third, giving him the match, 4 up and 8 to play. ;’I'he cards: ut— Sweetser . Holderness . In-— Sweetser ... Holderness Other afternoon Out— Gunn ... Browniow . In— Gunn . . Browniow Out— Harris Guilford ", In. Harma . Guilford .. (Guilford two tee sho teenth.) OQut— Wethered Ouimet . The cards a8 —39 5 3 3 4—3 43 it 3 —5 5 4 4 D4 4 4 434 445 e up the match after sending out of bounds on the seven- In— Wethered Quimet . Out— Jameson . . ardner In— Jamieson Gardner ARTHUR J. SUNDLUN Treasurer MEMBERS OF AMSTERDAM DIAMOND EXCHANGE oft. Aaknne. THIRTY-FOU. 935 F DIAM R YEARS AT Street ONDS And Other Precious Stones JEWELERS PLATINUMSMITHS GEN. AMOS FRIE! By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, June 3.—Maj Gen. Amos Fries, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington, D. C.. was re. elected president of the Sojourners Clubs, at_the national convention yes- terday. The organization consists of military men who are Master Masons. GOLDSTROM NEARS DECISIVE POINT If He Fails to Make Connec- tion for Harbin at Chita Trial May Fail. BY ANNA LOUISE STRONG, Special Correspondent of Tne Star and North American Newspaver Alliance MOSCOW, June 3.—Tomorrow morn- ing John Goldstrom, correspondent of The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance, will know almost certainly whether his attempt to travel around the world in record time i8 to succeed or fail. He will reach Chita at an early hour and his suc cess in making a connection for Har- bin is the point upon which the whole trip depends. The transsiberian train upon which he is now traveling turns north at Chita, travels along the hor- der of Manchuria and reaches Vladi vostock much too late for Goldstrom's purposes. The transsiberian train which goes to Harbin will not reach Chha for two days yet. which would make Gold strom’s margin at Yokohama one of minutes rather than days. He mav be able to catch a freight, however, or to hire a locomotive for the 20-hour | journey. At Harbin Japanese planes will pick him up for the 1.160-mile flight to Yokohama. At dawn today Goldstrom arrived at Irkutski, in the days of the (zar a raflroad stop for exiied convicts bound for the Siberian gold fields. They left the train chained together for a long tramp over the Winter storms. Dur ing the day Goldstrom's train skirted the southern end of ke Baikal, the largest lake in Siberia. 500 miles long At dusk the train drew into Ver khneudinsk. the capital of the Mon golians of Burlat Republic, one of the scores of minor republics of varied nationalities operating under the pr tection of the Russian Soviet. (Copytight. 1926. by North American News. Daper Alliance s WHITTEMORE, DENIED RETRIAL, T0 APPEAL Tuesday Set Tentatively as Sen- tence Day for Convicted Bandit. By the Assomated Press BALTIMORE., Md.. June 3.—Rich ard Reese Whittemore. denied a new | trial for the slaying of a Maryland penitentiary guard. announced from his jail cell today. in the absence of his counsel. that he plans to carry his case to the Maryland Court of Ap peals. Under the law the appellate court cannot entertain an appeal until sen- tence—in Whittemore's case death or life imprisonment—has heen imposed. Tuesdav has been set tentatively by Criminal Court Judge Eugene O'Dunne as the sentence date. It does not pay to hecome oo stagey in this world The Beauty of the NEW=—nd the Comfort of the OLD! T'S become proverbial Old Shoe!” Comfort—if it was built the latest style developm: Arch Support Shoes that and Comfort! Arch Support Footwear A “Family Arch Sup- port model. smartly atyled in patent leather. Black Satin. Black or Blonde kid. $6.50 AAA to E wide. HOOVER DECLINES TEXTILE GZARDOM Prefers to Remain Secretary to Assuming Post Like That Held by Hays. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Herbert Hoover has been asked to become czar of the textile Industry after the fashion of Will Hays in the motion picturs industry and Judge . Landis in base ball. But Mr. Hoover prefers to remain as Secretary of Commerce. Last vear there was talk ing of making him czar of the radio industry. Several of the big indus tries who feel that the Landis and Haves idea was a successful one naturally look to Washington for some one of national prestige who will appeal to their own members in the ironing out of internal difficulties Looking for Standardization. What the textile industry wants i standardization in production, mar keting and distributing methods 1o prevent overstocks and ruinous com petition. Representative of the Amer ican Coton Manufacturers' Associa- tion have just been meeting here dis cussing with Mr. Hoover a plan for the setting up of research and in- formation bureau for the cotton tex- tile industry. Mr. Hoover expressed his sympathy with the plan and will give the advice of his department as much as possible toward making 1t a success. The Secretary pointed out that his participation could be of an advisory nature only because the in- stitution was to be private in charac ter. Details Still Undecided. Details of the plan have not been decided upon and will not be until rep- resentatives of the New England cot- ton manufacturers meet in a joint con- ference in New York on June 10. with the group which has been in confer ence here. o The incident is indicative of a re- cent tendency among business men of the country to consult the Depart ment_of Commerce and particularly the Secretarv himself. Probably at no time in recent vears has one man had as much influence with industry as has Mr. Hoover. His views are not always accepted, but the consen sus is that he has endeavored to bring about higher standards in the business world and has sought 1o bring the Government into_helpful relationship with business. The De partment of Commerce is now one of the largest departments in the Government. It has some bureaus and divislons which are whole depart ments in themselves. Department a Vital List. Mr. Hpover is one of the few men left in Government who were in im portant executive positions during the war, and he has maintained the same Who wouldn't want that sort of broad view toward business organi- | zation and the doing of governmental | tasks which was characteristic here | when the war organization was going |in full force Mr. Hoover has demonstrated that | the Department of Commerce can he |come a vital link between business and Government It has gone he vond the dreams of those who sponsored the idea before «‘ongress {less than a generation ago. Although | the second last of the departments to ! be created. it has passed virtually all {of the others in point of contact with | the outside world. Last vear it is | estimated that more than 2.000.000 |inquiries from business men were answered by the department. Whether this is a natural evolution or is due | to the ability of the man temporarily {in charge of the department will | hardly be known until future Secre |taries of Commerce essay the same | extensive role that the incumbent has | mapped out for himself as the friend | and advisor of business (Copyright. 1926.+ S e | ASK $12,500 DAMAGES. i Suits aggregating $12,500 have been ‘mcd against the Washington Railway {and Electric Co. by Bernard S. French land his wife. Sallve L. French. Mrs. French was injured March 22. when her automobile was in collision with a street car at Third and H streeta northeast. She places her personal injury damages at $7.500 and the hus- | band asks §5,000 for the loss of her | services and the expense incident to her injuries. Attorney Thomas F. Burke appears for the plaintiffs. | MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTS. MONTREAL. June 3 (#). 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