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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasfonal showers and storms _tonight and tomorrow: not much change in temperdlure. Highest 86, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, thunder- t at 5 a.m. today. Full repors page 4. Cloging N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Che Foen ny Star. “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 th e papers are-printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,664 T 9C © Entered as seco No. 29,992. [ ohie Waeningion nd class mattes D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1926—FORTY - PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. L ONG LINES WA“‘EB;EXPULSION MAY AWAIT SENATOR USING EXCESSIVE FUND IN RACE! |Upper Body Sole Judge ‘of Membership—Lorimer and Newberry Ousters Recalled in Light of Pennsylvania Primary. S R FOR PRIMIARY PAY, SAYS PINCHOT MAN Most of “Workers” Received $10 Bills. Declares Pitts- burgh Attorney. VYARE’S HEADQUARTERS REPORTED AS BUSIEST Anybody Who Spends Enough Can Swing His City's Elections, Witness Asserts. BY G. GOULD LINCOL “Anybody who spent enough money oould swing Pittsburgh in an elec- tion.” This was the statement this morn- ing of Frederick Beutel, a Pittsburgh 'attorney and teacher of business law in the University of Pittsburgh, and &lso chairman of the Pinchot speak- ers and meetings committee in that city, before the Senate committee in- vestigating the recent Pennsylvania primaries. Mr. Beutel testified that he person- ally had watched the Pepper-Fisher and Vare-Beidleman headquarters paying off watchers and workers after the primary election. He described a line at the Pepper- Fisher headquarters on Wednesday, the day after the election, 200 feet long. The men in this line, he esti- mated, were paid off at the rate of from 200 to 300 an hour. All day Thursday the paying continued active- 1y, and on Friday the paying seemed to continue constantly; on Saturday there was little activity. Says Most Got $10 Bills. The witness said that it was an ex- ception when a man got a single bill when he was paid off. : Most of the money was in $10 bills, he said. One man came away from the paymaster, he said, with a role, apparently of $10 bills, as fat as he could hold in his hand. 3 The workers apparently were paid on_certificate and slips of paper. Mr. Beutel testified that he also wisited the Vare-Beidleman headquar- ters. He had first been attracted there, he said, early Wednesday morn- ing by a crowd which was apparently clamoring for money. The Vare head- quarters were right next door to the Pinchot headquarters. The crowd in the Vare headquarters was even larger, he said, than at the Pepper headquarters; apparently they were not as expeditiously handled. Tear Bomb Routs Crowd. Mr. Beutel said_that a tear bomb exploded in the Vare headquarters while paying off and drove the crowd into the street and payments cnuldI not be resumed for about an hour. “No gas masks were available in Pittsburgh,” commented Senator La Follette. Mr. Beutel said that the banks in Pittsburgh usually put a tear bomb in a bag of money so that it will explode if it is not _properly opened. Payment by the Vare people, he said, continued at headquarters until Thursday evening and was then transferred to the office of an alder- man and he understood was con- tinued during the next week. The scene at the Vare headquarters while they were paying off the watch- ers, Mr. Beutel said, was “lke a run on a bank.” Scarcely less amazing w: description given by T. Hennr nut, chairman of the Pinchot Phila- delphia committee, of the conduct of elections in Philadelphia. Mr. Walnut told how ballot boxes were opened after a municipal court judge election last year in Philadelphla and it was found that the votes varled by a| hundred to each division from the re- turns given out by the election of- ficlals. He estimated that easily 50, 00 votes might be changed by ma- nipulation in the Philadelphia election if it is necessary. Acquitted of Frauds. “Were election officials in these wards where the ballot boxes were opened in that election prcsecuted?” asked Senator Reed. the es. “What happened to them?” “They were acquitted,” replied Mr. Walnut. Senator Reed wanted to know if like conditions had obtained in the recent primaries in Philadelphia. “All 1 say is that conditions like that obtain generally in elections in Philadelphia,” replied Mr. Walnut. “Has any one asked to have the ballot boxes opened since the sena- torlal primaries?” asked Senator Reed. “No,” said Mr. Walnut. “The re- sult apparently was so unsatisfactory that every one has quit.” “Isn’'t it a fact,” asked Senator Reed, “that since the election peace has been made by the Vare-Pepper organizations?” ! “1 will answer that this way,” said the witness. “If Harry Baker gets the Vare votes today in the election for State chairman in Philadelphia I would say that they had not made peace, but if W. L. Mellon gets the Vare votes for chairman of the State committee they have made peace.” Why No One Contested. “That would account for no one bringing a contest, wouldn't it?" ask- ed Senator Reed. “Yes, I think it would.” During the hearing today. Col. Smith W. Brookhart, who last Mon- day defeated Senator Cummins for the Republican senatorial nomination in Towa, entered the committee room. The proceedings were temporarily suspended while Coi. Brookhart shook hands with Senator Reed, the chair- man of the committee; Senator La Follette ar d Senator King of Utah, the other members present. Senator King laughiingly remarked, “We are going to investigate you next.” Col. Brook- hart said he was entirely at the com- mittee’s disposal. He said that no_effort had been made to raise funds in the city of Philadelphla and explained that the Pupchot psople felt they had money enough with proper regard to what should be expended in an election. Mr. Walnut testified that he knew there had been 400 watchers at the polls paid by the Pinchot people in Philadelphia. Other watchers, he said, had probably been pald through ward or division leaders, but he believed the maximum number would not run over {Continued on Page 4, Column 2. By the Associated Press. One or several of many fates, up to and including expulsion, may befall any United States Senator who, in the | Jjudgment of his colleagues, expends ve amounts to further his can- didacy, either in a primary or general election. In connection with the present ac- tivities of the Senate campaign In- vestigating committee, it has been pointed out that, while the Supreme Court held in the Newberry case that the Federal Government had no con- trol over primaries, the Constitution makes the Senate the sole judge of Its membership and by a majority vote it m exbel any one whose campaign expenditures are held to have been excessive. The only statute bearing directly upon senatorial campaigns is the cor- | rupt practice act, which compels can. | didates to file statements of expendi-| tures in both primary and general contests. This provides that no can- didate “shall give, contribute, expend, use or promise any sum in the aggre gate exceeding $10,000 in any cam- palgn.” No specific penalty is pro- Vvided for violation of this provision, but the act carries a catch-all penalty of $1,000 fine or one year imprison- ment, or both, for violation of any vrovision. Senators discussing the committee's activitfes r f the late Senator Le Republican, Tilinois, who was expelled by the Senate for corrupt practices. In the more recent case of former nator Truman Newberry, Republi- an. Michigan, the Senate adopted a resolution declaring Newberry was en- titled to his seat, but adding that, whether he had expended $195,000 in his primary campaign, as acknowl- edged, or a few thousand dollars more, “the amount expended was too large: much larger than ought to have been expended.” “The expenditure of such excessive sums in hehalf of a candidate, either with or without his knowledge and consent. being contrary to sound pub. lic policy, harmful to the honor and dignity of the Senate, and dangerous to the perpetuity of a free ment.” the resolution continued, “s expenditures are hereby severely con demned and disapproved.” _ The Constitution gives the Senate | jurisdiction only over the ultimately | successtul candidate who presents himself with a certificate of election, and it is powerless to act against any of the defeated candidates. S NEW YORK IS HOST 10 SIX CARDINALS Foreign Princes of Catholic Church Arriving for Eu- charistic Congress. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June New York City today was the gathering place for seven princes of the Roman | Catholie Church. | Arriving from Europe, Cardinal | Bonzano, envoy of Pope Pius XL, to the International Eucharistic Con- gress in Chicago, and five other dis- tinguished prelates yesterday entered the modern battlements of this city of skyscrapers with medieval splen- dor, acclaimed by countless thou- sands. They were welcomed offi- clally by Cardinal Hayes of New York. Cardinal Bonzano's colleagues included Cardinal O'Donnell, pri- mate of Ireland: Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop of Paris; Cardinal Relg y Casanova, Archbishop of Toledo, Spain; Cardinal Bernoch, Archbishop of Strigonia, Hungary, and Cardinal Piffle, Archbishop of Vienna, all of whom will proceed to Chicago Wed- 1esday on a special train. Surrounded by Throng. Cardinal O’'Donnell arrived from Ireland on the President Roosevelt, while the five other members of the sacred college came on the Aqui- tania, Entering an automobile at a pier, Cardinal Bonzano and Cardinal Hayes were quickly surrounded by an en- thusiastic throng, those nearest Cardi- Bonzano selzing his hand to Kiss his ring. Police struggled to keep back the onrush of men and women, and ceased at a signal from the papal legate, who later halted the proces- sion up Broadway at Fifth avenue to St. Patrick Cathedral to permit a party of New York firemen to kiss the ring. At the cathedral cheering thou- sands ‘were stilled as Cardinal Bon- zano and Cardinal Hayes, clad in their flame colored robes, paused to bestow a blessing on them. Fireboats saluted Cardinal O'Don- nell of Ireland, with their high water screens, and his boyhood friend, Chier Kenlon of the New York Fire Depart- ment, saluted him “caed mille failte” (ten thousand times welcome). Cardinal Bonzano will stay at the archiepiscopal residence with Card- inal Hayes until next Wednesday and the others will be at the Vanderbilt Hotel. PRESIDENT APPROVES BUILDING ESTIMATES Appropriation of $12,500,000 for Five-Year Program Asked for Summer. Estimates calling for appropriations of $12,500,000 to be available after July 1 to carry out the first year’s work under the five-year public build- ings program were approved by President Coolidge today and will be submitted to Congress late this after- noon or Monday. Of this first year's appropriation the sum of $6,000,000 is to be ex- pended in the District of Columbia. These estimates were prepared by the Treasury Department and the di- rector of the budget. The President approved the esti- mates today, after a brief conference with Gen. Lord, director of the budget. This appropriation will be contained in the last deficiency bill. English Yacht Goes Ashore. DEAL, England, June 12 (®).—Sir Howard Frank’s racing yacht Morado went_ashore on Brake Sands_today while on the way to Cowes, Isle of Wight. Although the weather was baa and heavy seas were running, the racer was successfully refloated. Chairs and Canes Fly in Geneva When Red Calls By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA. June 12—Fifty Fascists and anti-Fascists were receiving treatment from physicians today for contusions received during a fight at a mass meeting held by Socialists last night to protest against the kill- ing In Italy of the anti-Fascist Deputy Matteotti, The trouble started when a Communist orator shouted: “Mussolini is @n assasin.” Chairs, canes and \rbnuu ‘were Germans Protest Activities of U. S. Customs Agents | By the Associated Presa. BERLIN, June 12.—The League of German Industrialists has issued a protest against the activities of the American customs attaches in Germany. The industrialists claim the agents violate their “Sover- eignty rights™ by demanding access to bhooks, correspondence, production costs and other of the manufacturers’ affairs on the threat that the firms will be pre- vented from exporting to the United States if the information is refused. The Rerlin office of the United States customs points out that the attaches’ activities are aimed only at protecting American revenue, and that the same system is em- ployed by Canadian and Australlan agents in the United States, whose questions are freely and frankly answered by American manufac- turers. BROOKHART CASE BEFORE 10WA G.0P. Disagreement Forecast, as State Central Committee Is Known to Be Divided. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, ITowa, June 12.—The same Republican State central com- mittee, which in 1924 declared the senatorial nominee, Col. Smith W. Brookhart, had bolted the party, is in secret session here today with Brookhart again the center of in- terest. The committee’s first task was to set a date for the State convention, at which the platform will be drafted. But the committee also must take charge of the campaign after the convention and help elect Brookhart, nominated Monday to the Senate for the third time. Possible disagreement was forecast for today’s meeting between members who may wish to oppose Brookhart and those who wish to make a settle- ment with him and end the factional strife in the party. Committee mem- bers were guarded in their comment on the primary. Brookhart, on his way tp Washing- ton to press for farm legislation, has denied that he urged limitation of capital earnings to 5 per cent, in his first address of the campaign. He recommended, he said, that the earn- ings of co-operative organizations be limited to that figure. BANK TELLER KILLS SELF. LEAVENWOBTH. Kans., June 11 (#).—Belleving his $125-a-month sal- ary a bar to marriage with Louise ‘Vanderschmidt, his flancee, daughter of a wealthy merchant here, Glen- wood G. Hines, 23-year-old bank teller, shot himself to death in the ‘Wulfekuhler State Bank here yes- terday. Radiograms were broadcast through- out the East last night and tele- grams sent today in an effort to lo- cate Miss Vanderschmidt, who left Andover, Mass., Wednesday, by au- tomobile for Leavenworth, accom- panied by her uncle and aunt, Miss Emma Vanderschmidt and Fred Van derschmidt, a merchant. Hines' books were found in excel- 1ént condition. Former Deputy Ends Life. PARIS, June 12 (#).—Nicolas Tcheidze, former president of the Georgian Constituent Assembly and a former deputy in the Russian Duma, died last night of wounds self-inflicted. It is asserted that he was suffering from a nervous breakdown. "Mussolini Assassin utilized as weapons in the ensuing combat. ‘oman auditors fled shrieking from the hall wheh a Communist leader began firing a revolver in the air. A large num- ber of persons were arrested, includ- ing some of the Itallan delegates to the international labor conference. A similar Socialist anti-Fascist mass meeting at Basel was marked by a violent demonstration when the Socialists refused to permit the Communists to: participate. LENGLEN SHANPS .. TENISTA Defeats Mary K. Browne, 6-1, 6-0, in Hard Court Final in Paris. By the Associated Press. PARIS, _June 12.—Suzanne Leng- len still i preme. The great French player today defeated Miss Mary K. Browne, thrice American title holder, in the singles final of the interna- tional hard court tennis champion- | ship. The score was 6—1, 6—0. ! Miss Browne was able to take only the second game of the first set. The American made a galant stand | agalnst her scintilating opponent and | scored many beautiful placements by | going to the net. Suzanne, however, | was unbeatable. She used her famous tactics of running her opponent back and forth along the base line, seeming ;.0 put the ball wherever she wanted t. Rain Falls Steadily. Rain fell during the entire first set The court was slippery and the ball heavy. The point score of the first set: Mlle. Lenglen.. 8 Miss Browne. 6 The rain continued to fall until the fifth game of the second set, but de- spite the slippery surface of the court Mile. Lenglen played almost faultless- ly, seeming to gain in power as the match progressed. Miss Browne tried valiantly, but her long experience in court tactics was of little avail against the French wom- an's brilllance, and she was able only to score an occasional point, some of them on seemingly lucky placements. She threatened only once, in the sixth game. Movie Stars in Stands. Douglas Fairbanks and his wife, Mary Pickford, were among the thou- sands who packed the stands despite the rain which continued intermit- tently until the hour set for the match. It was announced that the doubles between Vincent Richards and How- ard Kinsey and Rene LaCoste paired with Jean Borotra would be postponed until after the singles contest. Miss Browne insisted upon playing teday if it were possible because of the necessity of starting for England soon in order to begin practice for the ‘Wightman Cup. Mile. Lenglen and Miss Browne had a chat on the clubhouse steps just be- fore they went in to dress for the match. Each wished the other well and both commented upon the soggy condition of the court. “‘Are these for me?” asked the Amer- ican girl with a smile as three Red Cross nurses, in flowing blue robes, passed. “We both may need them,” Suzanne smilingly replied. CURWOOD, AUTHOR, QUITS IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE Resigns as Director Beoause of “Dishonorable Deposement” of Bill Dilg at Chicago. By the Associated Press. OWOSSO, Mich., June 12.—Aroused by what he described as the “dishon- orable deposement” at the Chicago convention of Bill Dilg, James Oliver Curwood, the writer, and one of the Nation's leading conservationists, to- day resigned as a director of the Izaak Walton League of America and as a member of the editorial staff of its magazine, Outdoor America. ‘The resignation was contained in a letter to Charles W. Folds of Chicago, president of the league, a copy of which Curwood made public today. “I am taking this rather tardy ac- tion,” the letter said, “because never in the history of American sports- manship has a more prejudiced or un- fair serles of acts been perpetrated than those which resulted in the dis- honorable deposement at the Chicago convention of Bill Dilg, the man who has meant more for conservation in this country and the world than any man who ever lived. “In getfing this course for myself I take off my hat to Bill Dilg and glory in the true American spirit and sportsmanship which made. him re- sent as an insult—after having work- ed foyr years without a cent of sal- ary—the nominating committee's rec- ommendation that he be glveg a pen- sion of $6,000 a year for life.’ French Flyer Off to Moscow. + WARSAW, Poland, June 12 (P).— Capt. Georges Pelletier Doisy, French aviator, flylng from Paris to Tokio, took off for Moscow this mornini He arrived here from his s point, Villacoublay, near Paris, - terday. 4 3 5 .4 4 4 4 2 2 0 1 JOSEPH WINSTON COX, D.C. WEST POINTER MADE COMMANDER Joseph W. Cox, Jr., Graduate of Western, Wins Highest Cadet Honor. JR. West Point’s highest cadet has been won by Joseph Winston Cox, jr., 20-year-old son of a prac- ticing attorney of this city residing at 1850 Monroe street, who, on enter- ing his senior ¢, has been ap- pointed cadet first captain and regi- mental commander of the Corps of Cadets. Cadet Cox's appointment as first captain; which elevates him to leadership of the entire cadet corps, was announced in orders read today to the Corps of Cadets. “Of all the gifts that can be con- ferred upon a cadet,” said the an- nouncement of his appointment by the ‘West Point authorities, “‘of all prizes that can be won, of all awards that are possible to obtain, this of first captain is the highest and greatest and best. The position carries with it a responsibility, an obligation,”that no college cl: president could possibly have. He is the leader of the entire corps. It need scarcely be said that only the cadet of the highest type and excellence would ever be chosen for this responsible position.” Cadet Cox was graduated from ‘Western High School in June, 1923, and was admitted to the Military Academy as appointee of Representa- tive Hooker of the fifth congres- sional district of Virginia, on cer- tificate from Western without men- tal examination. Although then un- der the entrance age requirement of 17 years, young Cox was permitted to remain at the academy at his own expense until he was sworn in as a cadet on his 17th birthday, July 30, 1923. v Cadet Cox was a member of the high school cadets during his first three years at Western. During his senior year there he played on the foot ball team. Among his other distinctions at ‘West Point, Cox has been a mem- ber of the foot ball' sqead for the past two vears, and has 'further shown his interest in athletics by being assistant manager of the hockey team last year and this year. He was temporary cadet. corporal in 1924, cadet corporal in 1926, class secretary in 1925 and 1926 and has been cadet chapel Sunday school teacher for the past two years. Chile Instructs Ambassador Here On Tacna Stan honor By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, June 12.—A dispatch to La Nacion from Santi- ago, Chile, says it has been learned in authoritative quarters thers that the Chilean government de- cided to take a decisive attitude on the Tacna-Arica problem and that it has sent instructions to the Chilean representatives in Washington and Arica. The na- ture of the instructions could not ined. be’l'h‘:ccmm ndent adds that the international situation is delicate. CRASH KILLS FOUR SPEEDING TO YALE, Two Students and Woman| Companions Die on Way Back From Party. By the Associated Press. GUILFORD, Conn., June 12.—A speeding automobile which crashed into a big elm tree here early today brought death to four persons, two Yale students and’ their woman com- panions. The dead are: George M. Kopperl. Galveston, Tex., a Yale freshman, driver of the car. William H. Cushing, Brookline, Mass., Yale junior and base ball let- ler, TWO KILLED, THIRD SHOT ! IN ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP Man and Woman Slain by Bandits When 25 in Office Fail to Raise Hands. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 12.—A man and woman were killed and another woman was probably fatally wounded when four armed robhers made an unsuc- cessful attempt today to make off with the week’s pay roll in the offices of the Sunglo Co., wholesale import- ers, in est Thirteenth street. Josephine Defrori, 20, and_Samuel Winterbottom, 50, were killed by the robbers’ bullets, and abeth Schu- macher was seriously injured. There were about 25 persons in the office when the robbers appeared with drawn revolvers and ordered that all hold up thefr hands. No one obeyed, and the robbers opened fire and then RETIREMENT BILLS CHANCES DININH Little Hope for Senate Plan, and Session May End With No Legislation. There will be no further action in conference between the Senate and House on the so-called liberalized clvil service retirement measure be- fore next Wednesday, and unless some agreement is reached in con- ference between Wednesday and Sat- urday of next week chances will con- sequently diminish of any retirement legislation being passed at this ses ston. The report coming from the con- ference yesterday that the vote was 4 to 2 in favor of the Senate bill, which carries a maximum annuity of $1,200, means little toward solution of the deadlock, Chairman Lehlbach | of the House civil service committee explained today. Representative Cel- Democrat, of New . York, voted ith the Senate conferees, but his vote has no weight in an eventual solution of the problem. The Repub- lican conferees on behalf of House must be satisfied before final action is taken, and they are pledged to accept nothing beyond the Senate agreement to the bill as it passed the House, which is the Budget Bureau plan for a $1,000 max) imum annuity. No Agreement Made. 1t was authoritatively stated today ter man. Mrs. Edwin R. Reeser, New Haven, Miss Dorothy Klernan, New Haven. Mrs. Reeser and the two men were instantly killed when the roadster, loaned to Kopperl for the night, was virtually demolished against the tree. Miss Kiernan was breathing when persons living nearby, awakened by the crash, rushed to aid the injured. She died a few minutes after being taken to a Guilford hospital and be- fore she could give an account of the accident. The automobile belonged to C. F. Sheldon of New York City, a fresh- man at Yale, who said he had let Kopperl, his roommate, take the car last night, and that Kopperl, Cushing and the women had gone to a dance in Woodlawn, a nearby town. The party was hurrying home about 2 o'clock when they crashed into the tree. Cushing was the son of Dr. Harvey D. Cushing, famous brain specialist of the Harvard Medical School. The youth made his major letter last year as an outfielder. } Kopperl played on the freshman jfoot ball team. His mother, who is in New York City, was notified. 15 YEARS GIVEN MAN WHO HELD UP STORE tive or tentative, regarding the even. tual action in the conference between the Senate and House. Friends of the Government employes have been considerably encouraged by @ persistent suggestion that the re- tirement bill may be brought back into the House for another vote independ- ent of a conference report. Chairman Lehibach stated emphaticaily toda that it is absolutely impossible for such a vote to be had in the House. Whatever action the House may take will be only upon report by the con- ferees. Unless the conferees reach some decision before the end of next week there is scant chance that the retirement bill will be acted upon at all at this session. Denies Disagreement Plan. Mr. Lehlbach denied emphatically the truth in certain published articles to the effect that he might be jockey- ed into a position where he would re- port a disagreement on the measure by the conferes when any one in the House might offer a motion to re- cefve and concur in the Senate amend- ment. Mr. Lehlbach stated positively that the only opportunity the House will have to vote will be on an affim- ative conference report. T CHILD AID REPORT Life Sentence Also Imposed on Ne- gro for Stabbing Woman to Death. Perry A. Smith, a young white man, was sentenced today by Jus- tice Stafford in Criminal Division 2 to serve 15 years in the penitentiary. Smith had been employed formerly at the store of D. A. Schulte, Inc., Fifteenth and G streets, and had been discharged. March 18, about 9 o'clock in the evening, with his face smeared with yellow paint, Smith appeared at the store and at the point of a pistol, drove two clerks into the cellar. After robbing the cash drawer of $275 he locked the outside door as he departed. One of the clerks broke the cellar window and notified police, who ar- rested Smith three hours later at his home. Petronius Don Henderson, colored, will spend the rest of his natural life In the penitentiary. Judge Stafford gave him this sentence as the result of Henderson's conviction of murder in' the second degree. Henderson stabbod Matilda B. Jackson, also col- ored, March 25 last, with a knife with which he was nicuring his nails. Henderson claimed the woman fell on the knife. - Robert Steele, young white 'man, ‘was given a term of six years in the penitentiary. He was convicted of four charges of housebreaking and larceny. Justice Stafford fixed the penalty at six years in each case, but permitted the terms to run concur- rently. Three years in the penitentiary were dmposed on Eugene A. Smith, colored, who stole an automobile May 14 last "| belonging to Harold J. Winckless. Ed- ward A. Wormley and Bernard Brown, both colored, were given the choice of a fine of $500 each or 90 days in jail for violation of the Volstead act. Provinces Get Autonomy. ATHENS, .Greece, June 12 (#).— President Pangalos has signed a de- cree granting local administrative autonomy to Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly. Those provinces will elect councils on August 22 to serve for four years, thus satisfying thelr long- felt desire for local government. Radjo Progrgim—l’age 3L GIVEN SENATE Q. K. Amendment Places Home Care Under Control of Welfare Board. The Senate today unanimously ap- proved the report of the conferees providing that home care for depend- ent children in Washington shall be administered by the Board of Public ‘Welfare. In presenting the conference report, Senator Capper, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, explained that the House conference accepted the' Senate bill with one amendment, which sets forth that application for financial assistance shall be referred to a stand- ing committee of the Board of Public Welfare. This amendment retains the basic principle, fought for by the peo- ple of the District, of placing ths function under the welfare board. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, asked Chairman Capper, ‘when the conference report was sub- mitted today, if the amendment means that the administration of this ald will be in the hands of a special committee devoting all its time to the work. 3 Senator Capper explained that it means the Board of Public Welfare shall appoint from its ownt member- ship a committee to pass-on these applications for assistance. To this Senator Copeland replied that, next to having the other bill, “this is probably the best we can hope to get.” Senator Copeland referred to the plan of Senator Wadsworth, Republi- can, of New York, which was opposed by the people of Washington because it provided for a board to administer child aid entirely independent of the Board of Public Welfare. Local in- terests felt it would have been a mis- take to begin setting up independent boards for certain functions immedi- ately after Congress has madé it pos- ible to co-ordinate welfare work in ‘Washington by creating the new Board of Public Welfare. The only step remaining to be taken on this legislation is for the ;iuo‘l'x‘n to act on the conference re- the | that there §& no agreement, either posi- ! ! | Ing: PRESIDENT WAITING: ON SARGENT T0 GET REPORT ON FENNING Will Make No Move Until He Receives Advice on Aspects of Case. DECISION EXPECTED LAST OF NEXT WEEK Justice Department Unlikely to Act Before Judiciary Committee Gives Its Findings. Final disposition of the long-drawn out Fenning case rested today with the House judiciary committee and the Department of Justice, with fndi cations pointing to definite action the latter part of next week. While President Coolidge let it be known yesterday that he will not in- terfere in any way with the case until he has heard from the Department of Justice, which, at his request has been watching developments and studying their legal aspects, it seemed improb able that the Department of Justice would make any recommendation pending the findings of the House judiclary committee. Action by this body was evidently delayed to some extent today by the inability of Frank J. Hogan, chief of defense counsel, to present his brief on the law in the case until Monday. While Mr. Hogan was expected to hand this brief to the committee today. he was unable to complete it in time. Chairman Graham of the judiciary committee has previously announced that with receipt of Mr. Fenning's de fense the committee would go into executive session and “dispose of the case. President Awaits Advice. Pending receipt of advices from the Attorney Gereral, President Coolidge has no intention of aeciding what ac tion to take, if any at all. Not until then will the President give any consideration to the case Whether or not he has any convic- tions of his own at this time, before carefully reviewing the evidence and advices he is to receive from Attorney | General Sargent, has not been made {known at the White Ho even though Mr. Coolidge yesterday after noon, during his Friday conference with newspaper correspondents, for the first time since M. Fenning has been under congressional fire broke his silence and mase known what { steps he has taken preparatory to dis- i posing of the case. | The President requested the De. partment of Justice several weeks {820 to follow carefully the proceed s in the hearings being conducted by the several subcommittees of the House, and asked that he be later advised as to what action should he taken. The President asked the de. partment also to advise him specif ically upon what he considers the two major angles in the case; namely, whether he, as President, should take any action to protect the interests of the District of Columbia as a result of anything that has been revealed i in the committee hearings, and should he do anything to protect Commis- sioner Fenning from being unjustiy and unfairly accused. Department Follows Case. It was explained further by the President’'s spokesman, while dis cussing the case, that officials of the Department of Justice, in compliance with the President’s request, have been following the case carefully and have been examining the records of the hearings, all the while giving par- ticular attention to the legal points involved. Before preparing its report for the President the department will await the final conclusions of the House judiclary committee, which has just completed its hearing of the charges against Commissioner Fen- ning and the latter's defense. ‘The President, in discussing the matter and explaining what he has done thus far to act intelligently and fairly when the time comes, wanted it understod by the public that his mind is open and that his request for advices and recommendations from the Department of Justice should not be taken to infer that he was prejudg- ing the case. As for the moral aspect and the question of whether or not Com- missioner Fenning has destroyed his usefullness as a public officer, Presi dent Collidge will determine this phase of the case himself, but In view of the fact that several intricate legal questions have arisen during the hearing of the evidence, he thought it_best to be advised by the legal officers of the Government. Besides, the President has not had the time to follow the publication of the testi mony submitted, nor will he bave time to read the voluminous report of the proceedings if they are sent to him for consideration. Will Expect Review. ‘What the President expects from the Attorney General is a review, in idigest form, of the entire congres- sional proceedings in order that he may familiarize himself with all that was presented.in these hearings, and an expression from the Attorney Gen- eral as to the legal questions involved. The President wants the Attorney General to advise him whether or not he thinks Commissioner Fenning has violated any laws in following his practice as committee and guardian for mentally ill veterans, or whether he has violated his trust as an officer of the Government. The Attorney General's report is expected to be an Impartial analysis of the evidence and of the recommendations to Congress by the District committee and by the judiciary committee. The President has made it very plain that he has no intention of act- ing hurriedly. Those who know him will say that it has been the Presi- dent's policy always to remain loyal and to maintain confidence and to not misjudge friends or those whom he has appointed to public office. He stands by them, no matter how serious charges against them may ap- pear at first hand, until it has been proved that the charges are true and that there is some reason for him to remove his confidence. Mr. Hogan today denied the state- ment in the brief of Representative Rankin, Democrat, Mississij that (Continued on Page 2, Column