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BITTER IOWA FIGHT DRAWS TO A CLOSE Brookhart, Cummins, Clarke and Others Rest on Oars, Awaiting Vote Monday. By (ha Aswociated Prese. DES MOINES, lowa, June 5.—Can- didates in the Towa primary rested their campaigns tonight, and Monday the voters will express their views upor numerous nationa) issues in volved in the Republican senatorial #izht and at least one important State In the sen: contest Senator Albert B. Cummins, Col. Smith W. Brookhart and Howard Clarke have | Jade extensive campaigns either per sonally or through State-wide organi- ing the issues of farm re. farm credits, the tariff, trans. portation costs and the World Court. Good road: the most important ite subject involved. candidates attempted to in torest the voters in the prohibition «question, but with little apparent suc cess, Brookhart Opens Farm Issue. Col. Brookhart's fight for reinstate ment in the Senate, from which he \as ousted Wto months ago in favor lowa's new Democratic il 1 has enlivened mpaign. He has told the voters th he is nominated Congress, by ement in_ Washington, would d 1 farmerelief legislation | tendent of police. THE SUNDAY MANEUVER OF RANKIN BLOCKS CLOSE OF FENNING INQUIRY Fenning covered a wide range of sub- jects and dwelt on each long enough to bring out the defense view of the question. Referring to the retirement of Sergt. Robert E. Lee, the Commis- sioner declared at the time he was ex- amined last December, along with 125 others who were above the age of 55, 46 were rated in class Of this number there were 14 ysergeants, lieutenants and capfiins and 9 were retired for physical disability on_recommendation of the board of police surgeons. The dismissal of Dr. E. C. Wilson from the position of medical inspector of schools was made on unanimous action of the Board of Commis- sioners. “Why was he removed?” asked Mr. Hogan. “It was my desire to increase the been permitted to work directly With | ¢andards of the medical inspection Mr. Eldridge. 1 can’t understand | oe"the wihools,” replied Mr. Fenning. why Mr. Eldridge should feel Twould | " )i ‘vou know anything about Dr. not co-operate with him when it was [ \ilson's reputation?” lite work,” he observed. ““The or 1t W s ot IFO0N LB phat s forbidding me to transact busi- | p.ve heard, replied the Commis- with him direct may have con- | gioner. He added he gave the doctor ved the impression I was Not €o- | an opportunity to resign and when operating with him.” he refused the Board of Commis- Vigorous exception to that part of | gioners acted. Sldridge letts referring to the DIt ot St 7 Official Records Shown. misplacement of signs was taken by the witness. Unless the sIgns are| o4 of the testimony in the case imbedded n concrete, he declared. | of policeman H. C. Blackman was sl y ‘;grgu;l‘f""”m ha given by Mr. Hogan trom the oficial : BOnB ; records. He summed up the case by 0! = N a m €] e hich' they” found. varlous routing | Lo, ORI O e o ra signs had been switched about, and | peeht - o8 T e SOy e to with which, Capt. Headley added, he |y, over the money they recelved to had no connection whatever. the Police Department. Three ac- Defends “Holding Court.” quiesced and this money was returned : 5 to the store. Blackman refused, on A defense of the practice of “hold- | ;qyice of counsel, and he was tried ing Police Court” in the Trafflc Bu- |70 violating the police regulations. reau to iron out differences u The testimony showed the officers motorists wa 1 acted in the capacity of detectives or who cited his authority for watchmen, although given orders not (Continued from First Page) newspapers at 9 o'clock the following morning. At 2 o'clock that afternoon he went to the scene. “I didn’t re- fuse any lights and did not know of the necessity for them,” he sald, add- ing that Mr. Eldridge “wasn't in of- fice at that time.” Says Order Interfered. His allegéd faflure to “co-operate’ with the director of traffic was laid by Capt. Headley to a police depart- ment order requiring all_officers to transact their business with Mr. El- dridge through the office of superin- “That order pre me from taking matters up with his office,” he said. Since his demotion the present in- ctor of traffic, . W. Brown, has vented directly pow pending. Disputing this, however, | nator Cummins, who is fighting t otain a seat he has held for more tim 18 vears, contends that Congre: il be held in session until some satis- | fuctory farm bill is enacted. pporting this contention. Cum- headquarters today pointed to conference in Washington duri the afternoon in which Senator Cum: s and other Senate leaders inter- | in the agricultural situation reached some tentative agreements on provisions of a bill before the Senu Senator Cummins has refused to leave bis duties in Washington to campaign in the State, contenting himself with | wne speech last night by long-distance telephone and radio from the Capital. | Cummins Pledges Aid. | He pledged his continued effort on | behalf of the farmers, and the was hailed by his supporter sufficient rance for the Wwhelming fafm vote of the State, George W. Clarke, his campaign ger, tonight estimated that the wtor would be renominated by L 50,000 votes. The Brookhart manager, Maj. k J. Lund, claims the unseated nator will be nominated by majority.” From some sectic the State, he said, his prelimi e- | purts “indicate a Brookhart land slide.” | The colonel has made the farm | problem and his unseating his chief | declaring that the | ded the lowa election him. His supporters | this has aroused widespread sym- | pathy among the farmers, who, di wtistied with the delay in Washin; on on farm legislation, are 'in tewper again to support Brookhart. Clarke Seeks Harmony. | Clarke, a Des < m: law: a | M a Moines lawyer, L as a candi- much of the n of the Republican continued since ainst Cummins in | 1920, and which reached its most in tense stage in 1924 when the State | central committe 1 Brookbart | out of the party” for his denunciation of President Coolidge. Other Republican Dan B. Reardon of ent L. E. Eickelberg of Waterloo. Rearaon has declared himself a “Cool- idge candidate,” and also advocated modification of the Volstead act. On the Democratic ticket, ¢ Porter, former Assistant Attorney General; J. of Waterloo, J. Ray and George Finch seek the senatorial nomi party, which Brookhart ran andidates are Council Bluffs nde e e of | I holshin: 1 ot ihwolvea, | maniss of ICapt. e governorship is not invelved, | SME AF EPtp CLOT furnished. . John Hammill being unopposed 2 b T For June Weddings. Gude's flowers and decorations fulfill every requirement. 1 s —Adve tisement i | __ SPECIAL NOTICES. MeABOY. WHO WAS WITH THE <8 for himself. G R American Tee Com: now in the e busi Home Office dobts * ontracted oth D. WILLIAMS than’ by myeell 1206 Virginia [ and b, apt. The PAINTING, PAPFRHANGING. C. A MAID- NS 3704 S n.w. (Burleith). Potomac e16e D OF FURN WA RETURY i g \Biniadeiohia or Baith STOR- NT ture from New moie. SMITH'S TRANSFER A AGE co. = D PADDED _V Co Detween Y. and also local movin; imate. THE O.K 24724 18th, WORK-—CEMFE e floors. porch RTHEAST CONC hONCE 500 “OGRAPHED LETTERS, $1 SHOP. 204 Dist. Natl. 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Child Round Trip—Adults 50¢ {jundays, Holidays—Adults. $1 lease District Line Station —Satur 11:30. 3 5:40. % .\unam .30, 4:45. 8 Other davs: 30°36 ¥80 i | Frequent trains retwning. | by Maj. | old minimum age limit. | to I and these still are standing as evid- ances of his friends that “‘a mistake | didn’t have anything to do with your | | demotion.’ nesses, Detectiv ener. the stand, he stated that he |a United | fore the demotion took place, “and I |1 Mur. | indicated a lack of co-operation, but | Files of | did not go into del | officers with | the proper regulation of traffic_than Eldridge was. | Headley at the present hearing, ac- | companied him practice as being in_an order Issu any one, Mr. Hogan said. Raymond W. Pullman. The nning added nothing to the officer said he had sat in “thousands” | jegtimony given by Dr. W. A. White of such cases and that the procedure | on the stand concerning their joint was in vogue in the largest cities of | Lusiness relations and which was ene the country " of the specifications in the impeach- “I might recall here,” he said, “that | ment. He thought the doctor's testi one day Mr. Fldridge called me and | mony explained the arrangement sat. told me to be in my office at a certain | jsf; ily. time. 1 obeyed and he came over| The last specification charged Mr. with Prof. Marvin of the Carnegie | Fenning with deceiving Cong i Institution, He wanted me to give |that he denied he ever opposed s a permit to Prof. Marvin's son, Who | fer of his wards, whereas Dr. Henry Wwas a minor and under the 16-vear- | Ladd Stickney. a Veterans' Bureau 1 was em- | doctor, in a confidential report to the barrassed by the request because it | director of the bureau ged Mr. was a violation of the law and 1 had | Fenning “constantly opposes™ their been emploved to break up such|transfer. The only case he could re- practices. The permit was not|call, Mr. Fenning said, was where the granted. ward had no relatives and the trans “On another occasion he asked me | fer was made for administrative rea- store a permit to his brother | go He never opposed their trans had been revoked ‘for good|fer if the relatives or medical author I did and later the man | jties recommended it, he declared. arrested. I loaned him part of 5 D " Bennett Case Discussed. the money to get him out and even The Bennett case, to which Wilton called up the Police Court. I can't understand why Mr. Eldridge feels | = Lambert, Washington attorney testified and which Mr. Blanton 1 would not co-operate with him.” 3 s | charged was dropped Mr. Fen- Bifferences Broned Out. | T when the Tormer decided to There was no occasion for uttering | “fight” it, was then taken up. The unprintable words about Maj. Hol- | Commissioner said he had been em combe and Ringgold Hart, members | ployed by W. A. Slade, Mr. Bennett’s of the traffic committee on which he | nephew, to draw up a petition in lu served, Capt. Headley said. Although | nacy and that when the case came the trio had differences. they were |for hearing a question of jurisdiction ironed out at voting time, he ex-|was raised and the proceedings dis plained. The nprintable words” | continued. referred to were attributed to Capt. Mrs. lanna Headley by Mr. Eldridge in his| Elizabeth’s Hospital and for “confidential memorandum” to Com-|Mr. Fenning is guardian, w missioner Fenning. | Mr. Bianton had made During _the Shrine convention, allegations in this case and Capt. Headley said, he had expended Fenning explained the matter as the money allotted to him by Con- The woman was sent to gress for the installation of signs, | Gallinger Hospital, a petition in lu- nacy was prepared by the ommis sioners and she was paroled on writ of habeas corpus, pending the adju- dication of the case. The day before the trial she withdrew $5,500 from bank and her attorney, H. Mason Welch, on discovering this, took the money away from her and redeposit- had been made and that restoration |ed it to her credit. Mr. Welch on was in the making.” The witness | the stand testified Mr. Fenning held recalled that last July 21, when he |bim responsible for the $18 interest was bowed in sorrow through a death | which the bank refused to allow, ow. in his family, “Mr. Eldridge came to |ing to the withdrawal. Mr. Welch re. me and said: ‘T'm sorry; T |fused to pay it. it tatEment | Supported by Attorney made in the presence of two - Mrs. Mary V. Bumbrey < Telly and and Seriv- | Who testified Mr. Fenning tricked her = |into signing a petition having himself appointed guardian, told the Commis- sioner, he testified, she desired to get an allotment from her son's Navy pay. Mr. Fenning had no recollection oman’s reading the petition 15 "M Fenning | or of his reading it to her, but main- cumgest some police | tained either practice was “invaria whons he felt sute he | ble” and such must have obtained in co-operation, and the |thiscase. oW (At . J. Louis Taylor, colored attorney, Dovie were | employed by Mrs. Bumbrey in probate 2 proceedings, testified she never com- | plained to him about Mr. Fenning act | ing as guardian. The incident surrounding the at tempt of Miss Margaret Schoenfeld matter to the attention of Mr. and her mother to get possession of Fenning “in the interest of co-opera- | their property during the war, in tion. T believed at that time T was|which Mr. Fenning was charged by not receiving co-operation from In- | Mr. Blanton with “abusive" language spector Headley.” The witness said [toward them. was explained. When he believed the facts as given him to | summoned to the Schoenfeld property be true at that time and the state- | by the then occupants, he found E. O. ments made of his own knowledge to | Irish of the Department of Justice in_ St whom s dis Cooke, now vague M ence of his work at that time. He ras charged in the letter with offer- sistance. Headley's reason for ‘“not in public about the case’ was based on assur- pt. talking until yesterday awful col When Mr. Eldridge was called to conference with Mr. sked him to could secure Eldridge Is Questioned. Under questioning by Mr. Hogan, Mr. Eldridge said he brought the | whic | warned ‘flance of the will of the electorate as be accurate, and that he would “stand | and Philander Johnson already there. by both Mr. Fenning said he told the Schoen “On Capt. Headley's return to the|felds they could not get possession stand he was asked by Mr. Hogan if | without an order of the court and in he did not know that the order de-|the “words that followed” he threat- moting him was signed by Acting|ened to get a warrant. Such an in- Superintendent Evans and the wit- | strument was obtained, he added, and ness replied the only official notifica- | orders were given to serve it if an- tion he received was the action of the | other attempt was made to get the Board of Commissioners, signed by |property without court order. — Daniel I. Garges, secretary. Turning| A ‘‘correction” of testimony given to the Eldridge r he’ said: by Representative Hammer, Demo- B crat, North Carolina, that Mr. Fen- ning told him the law regarding zuardianship fees here was from 1 to 10 per cent, was made by the Commis- sioner, who declared he said there wa: no law on that subject, but the prac tice was to charge within that range. plains Chauffeur’s Job. When Mr. Fenning took office he found a fireman driving the official of Commissioner Rudolph, and the practice had been in existence for many years. Mrs. I'enning usually rides down to work with him in the morning, and several times has stopped at different places on the way home, he explained, adding that there are not many instances of this kind. In addition to the official car, Mr. Fenning personally operates a car of his own, which he has used several times in the pursuit of his official duties and at his own expense, he said. At this point Mr. Fenning volun- teered the statement that when he was appointed Commissioner he de- cided not to take on any new business in_guardianship of lunatics and that true in it. “It appears from this letter 1 told people T would not co-operate with Mr. Eldridge. 1 have too much sense for that. 1 was more interested in Mr. Eldridge will tell vou T gave public expression of my approval of his selection.” The witness told the committee he saw a letter written by Mr. Fenning to Representative Butler of Pennsyl- vania. which stated there were no charges preferred against him and no trial was held. Legal Point is Cited. As a legal defense of the charge by Mr. Blanton that Mr. Fenning “wrongfully” demoted the inspector, Mr. Hogan. Friday night, read into the record that provision of the law stating that inspectors can be re- turned to the rank of captain by the Commissioners without trial by the police trial hoard. “1 question the right fo the Com- missioners to demote me,” Capt. Headley continued, “notwithstanding the act which says inspectors may be returned to the rank of captain. I am famillar with that clause in the law and I doubt whether the Com- missioners have a right to take my monetary rights away without due process. 1 don't believe Congress ever intended that a head could be cut off over night.” Holding up the copy of the Eldridge letter, Capt. Headley said: “I was demoted on the report of Mr. Eld- rid “Oh, no, captain,” interrupted Mr. Hogan, “you were demoted by order of Acting Superintendent Evans. in fairness to you T will say Mr. Eldridge did complain about the lack of _co-operation.” Mr. Hogan then asked if W. Pearce Rayner, former chairman of the traffic committee of the Board of Trade and who testified for Capt. Your Boy’s Vacation An_eight weeks' t (rip"in "the West. Sight. Beaing ok lp:ale eities. tour of Yellowstone Park, ek i, ¥kt “Beakt Recton ™ Roden, Fishing, " Horseback” Riding. O Fodeo. Yellowstone-Colorado Camp Trip 1811 Eye St. N.W. | Washington, D. C. Main 284 MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Leaves 7th St. Whar? Dally 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. - RoundTrip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ to the committee room. The witness replied in the affirmative and Mr. Hogan stated he asked it “only to show interest and activity.” Mi. He: of Mr. Cafe and Lunch Counter on Steamer Ly Mt. Vernon not oren on Sundays exal ion STAR, any such cases brought to him would) be turned over to other attorneys. “Then you didn’t decide to destroy vyour practice before you knew you would be confirmed by the Senate, did you?” asked Mr. Hogan and the witness replied in the negative. For the purpose of correcting any impressiof§ that the committee mem- bers, by the nature of their ques- tions, may have ‘reflected their atti- tude in the case,” several Represent- atives inquired of Mr. Fenning If he ever knew them prior to the hearing. In all cases except one Mr. Fenning professed to be a total stranger to the members. That one exception was described by Mr. Gorman as_concern- ing a request he made on Mr. Fen- ning that a police sergeant be pro moted. Later the man was demoted. —— DAWES’ AID SOUGHT IN MOVE TO RESCUE McNARY-HAUGEN BILL (Continued from First Page) ence, Insisted that the proposed amendments did away with the “subsidy” for farmers which has been under fire from opposition quarters. ow the Senators from the cotton states will view the proposal that lht’, equalization fee shall apply immedi- ately in the case of cotton remains to be seen. The original plan was to} grant the cotton farmers two years leeway before the equalization fee should work in their case. Success of Bill Doubted. F'rom sources in_ close touch with the situation in the Senate it was learned last night that the friends of this legislation cannot produce enough votes to put the bill through, even with these amendments. On the Re- bublican side of the chamber there are Senators who do not believe in the principles of the legislation, and there are others who will declare that the Dill is unconstitutional. On the Demoeratic side, there is a group insists that the relief the farmer should have can only be had through a reduction of the tariff on the things which he has to buy and better tment in the matter of freight r This same group does not see why the Democrats should pull_the chestnuts out of the fire for ihe Republicans and help put through farm relief legislation. 1f Congress adjourns without enacting such legis lation, then so much the worse for the Republican party in the West, is the view they take of it. Other Democratic Senators, it is said, oppose the legislation because they believe it would injure the cot- ton’ exehange: During the debate in the Senate vesterday afternoon there was a call for an immediate vote on the farm bill, and when this was prevented unanimous consent was asked by Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi, for a vote on the measure at 5 o'clock. Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, however, ohjected, Frazier Defends Bill. Senator Fraz It publica of North Dakota d the Senate in support of the faym bill, declaring that the farmers were en®tled to it, even if it was a subsidy. Congress, he said, did not hesitate to come to the aid of “special interests” when its aid s demanded by them. He the Senate that if the bill tuiled the aroused farmers would send men to Congress who would put through_much more radical legisla- tion than the pending bill The appeal, signed by six Senators or the nomination of Col. Brookhart for the Senate in the lowa pri marles, made no mention of Senator Cummins, but was confined to argu ments why Brookhart should be chy Its effect in lowa is problem- I'riends of Senator Cummins that this unsought advice from otitside the State would cause re- sentment among the voters. Senator Cummins has been a strong supporte of the McNary-Haugen bill, and other Senators ‘oring that legislation, outside the six who signed the appeal, undoubtedly resent the request for the election of Brookhart over Cummins, Text of the Appeal. > text of the appeal signed by the x Senators follows: “The eyes of the Nation are upon the primary election to be held in lowa. on Monday, June “The undersigned desire to call the attention of the people of Iowa. to the fact that wholly apart from the re- sults within the State, of which the people are the best judge, the result of the primary Monday will have an enormous influence upon the determi- nation of certain great public ques- tions now hanging in the balance at Washington. Above all, the primary will be re garded as a. test of the assumed right of the United States Senate to over- ride the statutes of a sovereign State and to expel from the Senate a mem her duly elected under the laws of his State by a majority of the ballots legally cast in the election. “The umweating of Senator Smith W. Brookhart was in deliberate viola- tion of the laws of lowa and in de- it was solemnly expressed at the polls. See Aetion Decided. “This unprecedented action raises an issue greater than any man or any political organization. Towa will de- cide Monday whether or not that ac- tion 1s to recelve the stamp of public approval and to stand as a precedent for the future. ¥ “Senator Brookhart was a_brave, able and faithful member of the Sen' ate. In the courageous discharge of his duty here, in the service of his State, he incurred the lasting enmity of certain powerful interests. 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March, “Entry of the Bojars” .. .Halvorsen “Rhapsody Norweglenne,” N6:S ..o .....Svendsen Norweglan military marches, collected and arranged by the celebrated composer and major in the Norwegian army, Ole Olsen: a. “Garmo Marsch.” b. “Krigermarsch’’ (“Nord Trondelagen”) “Reveljemarsch” + (“Tronderske Motiver") Characteristic, “Rustle of Spring” . ...Sinding Trombone solo, s Enchantment” Principal musician, Clark. Symphonic episode, “A Chant “rom the Great Plains”..Busch “Coronation March, Opus 13"... Suite, “Peer Gyn a. “Morning, allegretto pastorale. b. “Ases Death,” andante dolorosa. “Anitra’s Dance,” tempo di mazurka. d. “Dance of the Imps,” allegro molto marcato. Marines’ hymn— ot “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.’ ADMIRAL McGOWAN ILL. Former Navy Paymaster in Hos- pital at Columbia, S. C. COLUMBIA, [ Rear Admiral of the South Carolina Highway Com mission and former chief paymaster of tha United States Navy, is seriously ill at a hospital here. physiclans said toda dmiral McGowan was carried to a hospital yesterday after he became ill on a downtown street. His illness was attributed to the heat know that the action they are to take Monday will be accepted at Washing- Pryor Robert 1. .Svendsen ...Griege s, June 5 (AP).- ton as an expression of the attitude | of the people of the great Ceniral West toward the question of farm les: islation. The nomination of Senator okhart will convince the that the farmers can no longer b deceived by mere stures from hington and that their just rights and interests cannot safely e trifed wWith. The people of the great of Towa thus have an opportunity one blow to assert their right to name their own representatives in the Sen- ate and to have those representatives seated, free to serve their people without censorship from any other quarter.” CLARKE DECRIES MOVE. Cummins Manager Hits Tactics of ate Insurgents. Iowa, June 5 (#) arke, campaign man- nator Albert B. Cummin: tonight issued a statement declarini lTowa preferred “tot clean her own house” when informed that roup of Senators in Washington had made public @ statement criticizing the Sen- ate tor the unseating of Col. Smith Brookhart. Cummins’ opponent in primary Monday for the Repub n senatorial nomination. Towa Republicans are not meved to tears nor, in fact, red over the interference in the primary of this little group of arrogant and meddling insurgents. The statement that the Nenate in un scating Brookhart did so in defianc of the will of the people of low ridiculous on its face. At the vember, 1924, election 300,000 Repub. licans deliberately voted for the Democratic candidate in preference to Brookhart This was the voice of lowa. It was these Republican voters of lowa that unseated Brookhart—not the Senate. All the Senate did was to count the George ager for to be wa Itepublicans also know Senator Cummins has been and now ix their greatest champion in the bat tle for farm relief legislation. The eves of the on are on the cause agriculture. The battle is on and must be fought out—Cummins with his commanding ability, extensive ex perience and great prestige will ¢ 23 that fight to its conclusion publican: cither by Brookhart's demagoguery or by the meddling of this little group | of already outside States. Towa is able and much prefers to sh her own linen and clean her own udiated Senators from Senators referred to are Norris and Howell of Nebraska, Frazier and Nye of North Dakota and La Follette, Wiscontin, Republicans, and Ship- ead, Minnesota, Farmer-Labor mem- ber. : The Argonne Me- ridian Hill and Rock Creek Parks, combines advantages of a loca- Situated between tion, cool, convenient and comfortable, with light, airy, spacious apartments. This fact may be ascertained by a casual visit. The Argonne 1629 Columbia Road Northwest ot %ter ‘A-G-W-H not a new broad- casting station, but the world’s quick- est, most depend- able AutomaticGas Water Heater— Main 6385. 713 G St. N.W. amuel McGowan, head | suntry | much | in lowa went to the polls and | that Towa re. | re no longer to be deceived 1926— PART 1. ALLEGED PLOTTER - DENIES CHARGES Man Involved in Osage Mur- ders Says He Was Forced to Confess. By the Associated Pross. PAWHUSKA, Okla., June Hale, alleged by Federal officers to have been the “master mind” of a plot to kill members of a wealthy Osage Indiau family in order to get theis wealth, took the witness stand here late today on behalf of his nephew, Lrnest Burkhart, who is charged with the slaying of W. E. | Smith, Osage County rancher. Smith, | with his Osage Indian wife and a servant girl, were killed in an explo- sion which wrecked thelr home March 10, 1923, Hale related his experiences as a cowboy from his youth in Texas and Oklahoma. His present occupation, he said, is that of a cattle man. He leases 4,000 acres of grazing land in Osage County Denies Planning Murder. He declared the first time he met Asa Kirby, who is alleged to have seen hired to dynamite the Smith home, was in a pasture where Kirby was operating a still. Hale said there were 30 or 40 persons present, who had come “probably to get a drink,” | and that he had no private conversa- tion with Kirby. He met Kirby two other times, he said, but there was no conversation | relating to any murders, Kirby was killed soon after the ex plosion when he attempted to hold up a store in southern Kansas. 5—W. K | Forced Confession Charged. Hale will take the stand again Mon {day to continue his testimony. | Burkhart ended his testimony after denying all the charges that have been made against him. which implicated {him in the slaying of Smith and Henry Roan, an Osige Indian. He declared that an alleged confession made at uthrie, “was signed when Frank {Smith, Federal agent, forced him to do isv at the point of a gun ! . | For Autoists and Vacationers. | Beautiful free pictonal hook of Delaware | Water Gap and 'Pocono Mountain reg | Tells of dehghtful County P { Adverts | ablic nt | WINS PRIZE DEBATE. iRnbecca Applestein Takes Honors at Law College. the annual hington College { Law, which was held last night at the | colleze. 1315 K street, were awarded |10 Rebecen Applestein of the fresh | man class. The subject debated wa tesolved, That arbitration boards with compulsory powers should be § vided for by the United States jent to settle disputes between jemployers and wage earners.” | _The judges of the debate were | Mary Lewis. faculty adviser of col Mrs ah Anderson | E Free | will be awarded | Applestein and to Joseph | m who received second commencement exercis ednesday_evening " BOOKS BOUGHT rPEARLMAN'S, 933G St. I'W. — nvironment With- | First honors in { debate of the W es to Miss Silve honor {2 s next W out Reproach 2548 Mass. Ave. N.W. Open Daily and Sunday | Until 9 P.M. For Further Information See Your Broker Special Chevy Chase Offering Here an opportunity to purchase a brand-new Chgvy Chase Home on terms of $300 cash and $77.50 monthly, in- cluding all interest. Its loca- tion is splendid — just two squares off Connecticut Ave- nue and within a short distance of the public school. This property is attractively finished and s situated on a 60-foot- front lot, with garage. Only $9,750 Hedges & Middleton, Inc. Reall 1412 Eye 8t. NW. Franklin 9503 is CERTAINTEED HOUSE PAINTS Gallons $4.00 4.00 3.00 125 Covering capacity anproximatels 330 sq. ft. per L two « sa. it per gallon. “two' coais, depending 0. 403 Pearl Gray ... $1T6" 418 Colonial Ivor 2 437 Brown 0 | No. 448 Outeide White) ! 1.3 e I;‘IA)’OH VARNISH ries dust-free in 3 h enough over night o be waiked gn O Gallons No. $3.00 WE! A General Purpose Paint 260 1% Pt. 45cPt. 30cQt. $2.25 Gal. BRUSH SPECIAL inch 2 _inch Bristles Vulcanized in Rubber Expert Paint Advice Free MUTH Quality Since 1865 ||| 710 Thirteenth St. N.W. 1 U. S.-MEXICAN RIFT FEARED; PRESSURE HERE IS INCREASING (Continued from First Page.) from continuing their old-time educa- tional and religious work. 1t is known to this writer that one of the most powerful American ofl groups, which was a pioneer in the Mexican petroleum fields, is so thor- oughly discontented with' the outlook that it is pulling up stakes and trans- ferring its activities to Colombia. Other American oil Interests—like the Dohenys—seem disposed to fight it out in Mexico and take chances. But the other group, above referred to, looks upon the situation as hopeless and destined to end in aisaster and ruin for any foreign interests that care any longer to adventure in Mexico. Parleys Still Go On. The flight of capital out of Mexico, along the lines of the American ofl interests now deserting the country, Mexicans of the old Diaz stock and fiber. It has been estimated that more than a million of such-persons are now voluntary exiies in foreign countries, many of them in our South- western border States. They have fled, like the Russian “emigrees” hav fled, to bide their time abroad. wai ing and hoping for the return of a regime that will put the Mexican house in order on lines commanding foreign respect and confidence. Officially, the United States con- tinues to parley with Mexico on terms of diplomatic amit Unofficially, the correspondence is lagging and drag | When We Will Build You a Handsome One for $8.00 Per Month Which is Less Than Rent! HIES For Estimates mendation and estimate. Estimate Cheerfully i . i Given is accompanied, as it has been for u | long time, by the fiight of better class | <imply phone us and a representative will call the size of your lot, style of house, etc., then 200 K St. N.E. | northeast —qg ging in a manner that causes hoth Ambassador Sheffield at Mexico City and his superfors in Washington dis may and fills them with hopelessness. Three months ago, on March 6, the United States Senate asked Secretary Kellogg for precise information about the violation of American rights in Mexico. In response, Mr. Kellogg on April 10 submitted to the Senate the voluminous correspondence axchanged with Mexico regarding the two laws regulating section 1 of article 27 of the Mexican constitution. These are the laws that make it possible for Mexico, retroactively, to dispossess and conflscate agrarian lands and petroleum properties held by foreign ers prior to the 1917 constitution. Mr. Kellogg showed the Senate that he has incessantly demanded from Mex ico assurances that the Mexican alien land law promulgated on January 21 1926, does not in fact, as it does on its face, abrogate well established American property rights. The State Department continues to ask these assurances. It continues not to get them. (Copyright. 1926 ) GIRL’S DRESS .A;IRE. Daughter Seriously Burned Sparks From Father's Cigar. Sparks from her father nited the thin Summer dre f Vioi: Frazier, 14 vears old, 1633 Gales stree last night, the dress blazing up and causing serious burns to the girl Viola was preceding her father ou! of the door at the time. The fathe William Theodore Frazier, and a r tive threw a coat about her smothered the flames. 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