Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. U7, & Weathe Fair tonight; storms: cooler southwest winds. Highest. 89, at A%, at & a.m. tod: Full report on pa Dureau tomorr at noon t night Forecast ) ow thunder moderate cday; lowest, Closing N. Y. Stocks n;nl Bonds, Page 30 e s, /e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Fhening Entered as se: o post_ office. 29,994, Washingto cond class matter D. C. WASHINGTO! D. C MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1926k FENNING INNOGENT 'REPLACEMENT OF FOUR BRIDGES | | BRAZIL WITHDRAWS ORTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. 92,386 106,051 Saturday's Circulation, Sunday’'s Circulation, TWO CENTS. PROPOSED IN $13,236,806 ESTIMATES | FROM LEAGUE OVER Engineering Heads Suggest Rebuilding Chain MORALLY AS WELL AS LEGALLY, SAYS BRIEF OF COUNSEL Lawyers See Abuse of High Privileges of House in Con- | duct of Prosecution—All Charges Are Denied. D. C. OFFICIAL DECLARED TO BE UNIMPEACHABLE Commissioner Is Not Civil Officer of U. S., Says Document—Ran- kin Plea Against Defendant Said to Avoid Prevailing Court Decisions in Its Citations. Submitting vokiminous legal au- thority to support their contention that Frederick A. Fenning, District Commissioner, is not subject to re- moval from office by the House—hut declining to rest their case on this point alone, and pleading that the 1udiciary committee, in justice to their client, report to the House on the merits of the case as well as the law—counsel for Commissioner Fen- ning filed their brief in his defense with the subcommittee of the House Judiciary committee today. The brief, by Frank J. Hogan. Levi Cooke and Thomas P. Littlepage, representing Mr. Fenning, is the final Argument tn be considered by the House judiciary committee before re- porting on the impeachment charges wzainst the Commissioner, and follows hy three days the brief submitted by Representative Rankin, Democ of Mississippl, acting for the proponent of the charges, Representative Thomas Rlanton. Democrat, of Te Judiciary committee is expe meet in executive session this and make its report. Explaining that threshold of these question —Is a Commli of the District of Columbia a afficer of the United States.' removable from of fice on impear * the pro- visions of the Federal Constitution?” was found by the committee, and now the primary question of law upon . The ed to week ‘upon the very proceedings™ the which the committee invited the sub. | mission of authorities, the brief sets forth at the outset tha: the committee, in fairness to Mr. Fenning. should not confine its report to this question alone. We do not desire, that the subject referred to the com mittee on the judiciar under the terms of House resolution 225 shallhe disposed of solely upon the ground of the impeachability of a Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Wants Report on Merits. ““Serious charges were presented to the House of Representatives by a member thereof under the high priv flege conferred and under the corresponding obliza tions imposed by that privilege. This committee. with the utmost liberality has permitted the proponent of 1hose charges to endeavor to make proof thereof. With equal liberality the committee has afforded the respond ent full opportunity to meet the charges. as well as aliegations not embraced in the charges as presented to the House, but added thereto dur- ing these hearings. The charges, and each and all of them, have been met squarely. The respondent has consistently refused to ask this com- mittee to dispose of this case because, a= matter of law, he is not an officer | subject to impeachment and because, as matter of law, the House of Repre- sentatives has no constitutional pow- ers which can be interposed or in any wise exercised to effect his removal from the only office which he holds. The case has been fully heard on its merits. It should be, we respectfully submit, reported to the House by this committee on its merits,"" In the course of their argument counsel for Mr. Fenning chauge that the Rankin brief, filed a few days ago with built up an argument hy “avoiding applicable decisions™ and in one case auoted the dissentinz opinion of the Court of Appeals instead of the pre- valling opinion. which was the apinion of the court. Asks Rebuke Be Given While the brief confines itself al- | most wholly to Jaw, counsel for clude their plea with the hope that the committee will see fit to report to the House that Mr, Fen ning is not an impeachable officer and that there is no justification of the charges presented against hir but “that this committee may e consider it within its province to call to the attention of the House the crass violation of its high privilege which these hearings have disclosed “We have hereinhefors sald that there = no const nal power, save that of impeachmen:, which is lodged in the House of lepresenta- tives, in relation to the removal from office of one duly appointed thereto. But there is a constitutional power which the House of Representatives has over its own members, and the exercize of which we venture to sug- geat this case calls for. “On the 19th of April last a mem- ber of this House arose in his place on the floor to address the House on a question of the highest privilege. There and then 34 specific charges against the respondent were solemn! and deliberately laid before the House of Representatives. These did not represent words spoken in the heat of debate, without preparation and due deliberation. In the light of the evidence now taken as regards every one of the matters set forth in those argumen Mr. s the charges, it is conservative to say that ; given hope to many citizens of South | service. the record of the Congress of the T'nited States discloses no membership than that which this case presents. Constitution 1s Cited. “Qur Constitution wisely provided that Senators and Representatives shall not be questioned in any other place for any speech or debate in pither Heusze tArticle 1. section 6, paragraph 1. But the framers of the Constitntion co em\\hum_!hm ’:\(‘\! ' (Conlinued em Page 3, Column 2) the brief states, | by such membership | .| tive statement make the ! the committee, | con- ! not only | 928, Involving a nt inted for ming July 1 to the Comml over the appro . have been sub | mitted oners by the deps t | ¢ the recommenda- sloners today estab- 1 precedent by tearing asunder | the veil of secrecy which has guarded | the estimated nceds of the District in past ye The new policy, accord- ing to Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, has the approval of the i of the Budget. The final Dis- budget as framed for the Budger | however, will not be revealed. 3 I d In engineering activ- ief among them items for re- Bridge, the i Recom- mendatio: he roadway floor of the High- dge and the construction of tion pier on the north abut- | ment of the old Aqueduct Bridge and the removal of the canal span over Bridge, Resurfacing Highway and Making Old Aqueduct Structure Recreation Pier. Estimates of the needs of the vari- | that ous divisions of the engineer depart- ! bridge to replace the M street bridge ment of the District government for | . | of a viaduct and span to carry Mich 286,806, an increase | the next fiscal | | Numerous public improvements are | | | | i bridge. the construction of a across Rock Creek and the erection igan avenue over the tracks of the | imore and Ohio Rafiroad tracks. he water department’s principal | recommendations are for the installa- | tion of a 12-Inch main {n Alabama ave- | nue southeast from Eranch avenue to nd the erection of er tower of 160,000- gallon capacity at the Reno reservolr. | ‘The plumbing inspector recommend. | ed the construction of a new public | convenicnce station at or near Wis- consin avenue and M street, while the Highway Department urged ex- ‘ensive street repair and resurfucing vork, paving and grading and the ex. | tension and widening of streets. Appropriations for 1927 and the needs recommended for 1928, accord- | jng to the various divisions of the| Enzineering Department, follow ! ewer Division — Appropriations | nted for 1927 for sewers total} sr also are made for resur.|$1.518.413. and the needs recommend. | d by the sanitary engineer for the | scal year ending June 30, 1928, ag- | regate $3.120,013. They are: For/| cleaning and repairing sewers and for | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.} 5 KILLED, 75 HURT | Two-Story Building Wrecked i by Explosion of Gas at Gary, Ind. B the Assoriated Press GARY, Ind. June 14.—Five men were killed, four of them instantly, by of the Illinois Steel Co. early today <eventy-five ofhers were injured. a | dozen of them seriously, when the | two-story brick building was wrecked. | About a hundred men | ploved at the plant. The force of | walls, breaking arms and legs. Fes: cue was difficult, because the huild- ing was shattersd, burying the vie- tims in the debris. : Two hours after, the blast rescuers still were searching the wreckage for other victims. The injured were taken to the steel company’s hospital here and to-the eity hospital. Many of those injured suffered only minor cuts and bruises. Emergency calls were sent out to | adjoining suburbs for physicians and nurses, Roof Hurled High in Air. It was ahout 9 a.m. when, with a roar that was heard two mile: faway, the blast hurled the roof of the | plant high in the air and heaved out | the walls in a shower of bricks. Workmen nearby were unable to explaln what they had seen. They said the blast was iike a thunderhoit | {out of a clear sky The explosion was on what is known | as the saturation floor of the b products plant. While no authorita could be obtained. it | was generally attributed to gas. Fire departments were summoned. but | there was little in the debris that was { inflammable and nearby bufldings | were not endangered { The wrecked building was about i half a hlock long. with a sheet metal { roof. | Five of the serfously | were not expected to recover. The dead were TLeslie R. Richardson, a | foreman, and tour negroes. Steel eompany officials expressed themselves as puzzled by the explo- sion. and an Investigation was begun {at once. | MRS. McPHERSON SOUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Police Hunt for Woman Recem- bling Evangelist at Room- ing Hpuse. | By the Amsorciated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mase. June 14. Police todav hegan search for a woman said to resemble Aimee Semple McPherson, missing Los Angeles ‘vangelist, who registered at a lodging | h in this eit aturday night. She left yesterd, after Informing the eper that she had found a her and would go to visit him. The | proprieior of the lodging house told police that the woman, who gave her name as Nason. resembled published | photographs of Mrs. McPherson, and 2dmitted that she was an evangelist. | She said she had been at Mrs. Mc. | Pherson’s Los Angeles Temple on IMay 18 when the announcement was | made that the evangelist had been { drowned. 1 el ‘i News of Duggan Lacking. | PARA, Brazil, June 14 (®).—News was lacking this morning regarding | the whereabouts of Bernardo Duggan. | i Agentine fiyer, and his two com- { panions, who left Paramaribo for this | city yesterday morning. Their plane | | was Jast s | French Guiana, | day. at 9:20 a.m. yester- INCOKE OVENBLAST injured men | an explosion. believed due to gas in | their program, five candidates on the | a coke oven of the by-products plant | “La Follette Progressive Republican” |that the entrance of the new Braz were em-| the explosion hurled them against the | passing over Cayenne. | control: LA FOLLETTE MEN REVEAL 17 PLANKS | | n 1 Pay Tribute to Dead Chief o Anniversary of His Birth. Hit World Court. — | By the Associated Press, l electing the anniversary of the | th of their late leader to announce | ticket which will oppose the regular Republican slate in Wisconsin this fall, today made public a platform of 17 planks, i This declaration of principles was | signed by Herman L. Ekern, eandi. | date’ for gevernar; Henry A. Huber, for leutenant governor: Theodore | Dammann, for secretary of state; Solo- mon Levitan, for state treagurer; John W. Reynolds, for attorney general, and John J. Blalne, for United States Senator. | | .. Will Oppose Leagus. i The oficial synopsia of the platform | lidted th& following *“‘promises: to the | people’: 1 “Progressive leadership—Carry on | that record of constructive achieve- ments hegun by Senator La Follette | 30 vears ago, which has made Wis. | consin known throughout the world as | a model commonwealth. “Foreigh policy—Opposes entrance | into the League of Nations and de- | ounces administration and Senators | who voted to put the Unjted States into the League’s World Court as a hetraval of sacred public trust: with- | draws United States from World Court; condemns ‘“dollar diplomacy”; denounces foreign Idebt settlements which shift hurden to American tax- payers; asserts constitutional right of | Congress to voice in foreign affairs; favors outlawry of war, abolition of | conscription and referendum on peaca or war: condemns use pf armed forces | {as collection agency for International | bankers; demands reduction of na- |And who thus is entitied to withdraw Count tional war expenditures: opposition to | universal military training. | Holds Economy Imperative. “Economy - and taxatlon—National | retrenchment and economy impera- tive: commends Wisconsin for econo. mies which made unnecessary for the | first time in 20 vears any State taxes | on real or personal property: urges | local economy with readjustment in | assessments, especlally of farm prop- | erty: commends income and inheri- | tance taxes, reducing taxes on prop- | erty and asks amendment to prevent | evasion; condemns reduction by last ! Congress to reduce millionaire's taxes | and leave burden on small producers: asks abolition of nulsance taxes and | demands complete publicity of Fed. ! erai tax returns. | “Agrienlture and labor —-Favors | State and National legislation to pro- | tect Wisconsin cheese. butter and | other farm products against dishon- | est competition and practices: de- | mands equality for the purchasing power of farmers’ products: abolition | of injunctions in labor disputes; pro- | tection of rights of laborers and farm- ers to organize and bargain collective. | Iy: prohibit profiteering in farm prod. | ncts: demands reduetion in excessive | monopoly tariffs. “Transportation—Repeal Esch-Cum- mins law; restore Rallroad Commis- slon control of Wisconsin rates; re- duce freight rates to pre-war levels; | denounce Wall Street looting of St. | Paul Railroad; pledge continuance of | vigorous policy to stop the Chicago | lake water steal and thereby make immediately possible the St. Law- rence waterway; oppose ship subsidy. Auto Taxes for Roads. “Highways—Continue present law with modifications demanded by ex- perience: use all special automobile taxes, State or Federal, for highway ! construction and maintenance. | “Industry and commerce—Protect pubiic agalnst monopoly and trust continue developing Wiscon- | sin industri Rain Follows Prayer; Town Fasts All -Morning in Petitio | By the Associated Press. | . CHARLOTTE, N. C.. June 14. | Rain, following in several instances i mass prayer meetings, today had Carolina and North Carolina, who ; the two States. Gastonia, N: C., late yesterday was | saving crops in that section. ! visited by the first rain in many days, more | had despaired a few days ago in the | shower flagrant abuse of the privileges of | face of the long drought that gripped | davs. n for Divine Aid unless showers were experienced with. in a few hours. Fasting was the order of the morning in the town until after the conclusion of the At Rock Hill, S. C.. a 15-minute Saturday followed 65 dry Prayer had been offered for four days. imploring Divine ald fx | Due | West, S. C.. and Charlotte are two | | position said at | WINSTON BACK AT DESK. COUNGL SEAT ROW Powers Fear Spain May Fol- low Suit and Reéduce Members to 52. “ALL-AMERICAN LEAGUE” RUMOR IS DISCOUNTED Latin America Expected to Con- tinue in Important Role, With Argentina as Leader. By the Associated Pre GENEVA, June 14.- Brazil has re- signed from the Teague of Nations Notification of this step, received by cable today from Foreign Minlster Pacheco at Rin Janeiro, created con sternation in league circles. The withdrawal follows Brazil's earlfer act In resigning from the! league council because of the refusal of the powers to grant her a perma- nent seat stmultaneously with Ger- many, who was promised one at the Locarno conférence. - | League officials, basing thelr opin fon on Ambassader Mello-Franco's | speech, in which he caid he would awalt the final report of the council reorganization commission, had been confident that the Rin government would not take the final step until the | Suropean chancelleries had the op- | portunity to try diplomatic negotia tions. | | ] Conciliatory Plan Fails. | The powers planned to placate Bra- | zil and Spain by promising them sup-| port for regular re-election as non-| permanent council members, thus! giving them. in effect if not in name, | permanent membership. i League officiais still doggedly hope fan president, Washington Luis, th Fall may bring a change in the Rio government's leagie policy as carried on by President Rernardes and his foreign minlster, Senhor Pucheeon. Although she’ has resigned, Brazil remains a member, by virtue of the | covenant, for twe vears from the ' time the message was sent. It is| Aated Saturday, June 12, 11:35 pm, | and reads 3 “In a statement of reasons sent to Ambassador Mello-Franco and already doubtless published by the League of {Nations and communicated to all its members Brazil resigned her place as a temporary member of the council. Planned ‘Full Reslgnation. “This statement of the Brazilian the end that Brazil awaited the opoprtunity to complete her act by declining the honor to be a member of the league | “Having. just received notice of the convocation of the September a sembly, at which she cannot be repre sented. Brazil feels it her duty to de- clare that this circumstance impoges the. mecessity to formulate now fand | she does formulate it by the present communication) her resolution to with- draw from the league. this dispatch to he considered as the notice pre- scribed by the latter part of article T of the covenant. | “1 take the opporunity to reiterate | f | assurance of my high consideration.” | Brazil now 1= in the same position as Costa. Riea, who gave notic rv(‘ her resignatfon in December. 1924, legally next December. Membership Now 53. The departure of Costa Rica and | Brazil reduces the league membership | o 53 states. this number Including Argentina, who, although she has not vet ratified the covenant, pays dies | and s represented on hoth the dis- | armament and the councll reorganl- | zation commissions. It i thought by some that Argen tina. will now play & leading role in | Geneva. In place of Brazil. Neverthe- | Jess, the Brazillans' move comes as a | big blow. It is feared this may be tollowed by a similar action by Spain, | | as both nations have been in the same | boat, with Spain announcing cate- gorically that she refuses to be classi- | fled as a secondary power, which non.promotion to a permanent seat | wonld signify in her eves. | There is some specuiation whether | the Brazilian withdrawal will influ-! | ence other Latin-American countries | to do likewise and whether a project | will ba launched to organize an all American league, including the United States, Schism Not Expected. | The plan for enlargement of the council gives Latin America the ex- tra third seat. and the league s giv- ing increased importance to Latin America, hence the leaders do not an- | ipate a schism. | ur'll!;laé\' frankly declare that it is more | {mportant for world co-operation to ! have Germany a permanent member | of the council than Brazil. Germany has steadfastly declined to enter the league {f other nations are given per- | manent council seats at this time. | Both Capt. Carvallo and Capt.| Gama, the military and naval e perts of Brazil. participated in today’ disarmament _discussions, thus indi- cating_unbroken Brazillan co-opera- tion. - The experts debated what cate- gories of armament can be reduced, but no agreement was reached. Undersecretary of Treasury to Re- port to Mellon on Trip Abroad. Gerrard B. Winston, Undersecretar of the Treasury. returned to his desk today after a five-week trip abroad, during which he visited most of the European capitals. He described the trip as for pleasure only and declined to be drawn into a discussion of Europe's fiscal troubles. He made many first-hand ob- servations on that sybject, however, and is expected to report them to President Coolidge and Secretary Mel- lon. Cochetr -Wim‘ 'fennil Crown., | svndicate of Catholic newspapers of | six visiting cardinals from the lawn | hauber of Munich. whe is in the eity, | foined it and escorted the papal legate | known as | after prayer services had heen held | other centers where citizens have }in churches thers during the morn- | held services. 5 ling for showers. Similar services| A veritable downpour drenched this wepe planned for this week. city last night, the fall continuing for ! " Citizens of Chester. S. C.. closed more ihan three hours. ihefr plares of husiness today at 13 | Western North Carolina is also re a.m. and cathered for an hour of ported facing a seriout water short. | praver, the situation bging declare4 | age unl so serlous that crops ild b! ruined svon. the drought s broken PARIS, June 14 (P)+Henri Cochet today won the intefnational hard | courts singles championship, defeating | Rene Lacoste in straight sets at 6—2, | 6—4, 6—3. | - - five d: 'Radio i PkogéfisfPégc 36 : Faais 6aGAN NG PROPO; o LAK Kooe0 CatH el IN SENATE PROBE 3Backer of Pepper Denies He | Expected Certain Men to Repay $300,000. =/ New VENICE . LOTS OoNLY SEVENTY-FIVES THouvSas) COMMITTEE TREASURER e EXHIBITS 18 RECEIPTS THousanp | S PR ~L,CASH = |Declares Rubber Stamp of His Q / Signature Was Used While He Was in Europe. BY. G. GOULD LINCOLN. Loans made by Jnseph R president of the Pennsviva facturers’ Association Republi citizens' campaign committee which worked in the interests of the ticket in the rece primaries, were the su Senate committee’s investi at its morning session today The committee put William H. Fo! vell of Philadelphia, treasurer of the iblican citizens' campaign comm Grund; Manu CATHOLIG LEADERS CONTINUE TOLAND Cardinal Bonzano Blesses Crowd in New York Streets During Big Parade. YORK, June 14.High dig- | nitaries of the Roman Catholic Church | continued to arrive in New York to- | day as part of their journey from dis. | tant lands to attend the Eucharistic | Congress in Chicago | Among those arriving on tha Reyal | Mail liner Orea today were His Grace. | Don Manuel Vieira de Mattos, Arch. ' hishop of Bragn. Portugal. His | Grace, known as the primate of the | Spains and chief shepherd of mare | than five million Portuguese Cath- | olics, arrived unheralded. but later was welcomed by Camilo Camara, | Portuguess vice consul at New York. | He heads the Portuguese delegation | g0ing to the congress and was accom. panied by the Rev. Fontes Ferreira, D.D. Will Leave Wednesday. The archbishep prepared to pay his respects to Cardinal Hayes today and will leave for Chicago on Wed. | nesdavi He brought.a niessage to| Portuguese Amsericans and other | Catholics . of the country which told | them that Catholicism was more | strongly intrenched and making more | progress in Portugal at present than ever before. He said that the voung generation of Portugal was very | ardent in the prastice of Catholicism. | The Anchor Liner Tuscania, from Havre, brought 60 Mmore delegates to the congress when #t docked toda Among them were Faron de Tranno de . Renesse, Viscount Da vignon _and Valentine Briffont of Bel | gium: Francols Veuillot. head of the France: Mgr. Ganci and Rev. Chardo- vine of Paris, Mgr. Lamerand of Namir and R. P. D. Lirenzo of Rome. A third of a milllon New Yorkers today have the blessing of Cardinal BRonzano, the Pope's personal envoy to the congress, extended in what was regarded as the most spectacular and colorful religlous parade in the city's history. Cardinal Blesses Crowd. The vast throng packed in the streets near- St. Patrick’s Cathedral vesterday first viewed him in awe and then cheered. Many dropped to their knees, while others doffed their hats and howed their heads Cardinal Bonzann responded by ex- tending his arms in blessing. ~The parade, consisting of 150,000 soldiers. cadets from parochial schools and members of Catholle organizations, was reviewed by Cardinal Hayes and of the archepiscopal residence in the rear of St. Patrick’s. Cardinal Faul- was unable to take part in the service | hecause of a slight illness. As the procession neared the end of its march the reviewing cardinals to his throne within the cathedral sanctuary. With the cardinals in red, | bishops in purple and priests, monks | and acolytes and pages in their vari- ous habiliments. it was a scene of | rare pageantry. Legate Is Welcomed. Within the cathedral, where only a few thousand could witness the cere- Tonles, the legate was welcomed by Cardinal Hayes and Mariin Conboy, the latter representing the Catholic e train which will carry the cardinals to Chicago Wednesday. the cardinals’ train, ar. | %4 here last night. The seven cars e up the train have been spe- ey Bulll’ for the occasion. and each f binted in red body, chassis and | wheels. COLORFVL SCENE EXPECTED. S e Million Expected to Take Part in Eucharistic Congress. 30, June 14 UP).—Colorful e HICAGD, i 'sately splendor seldom feen in the United States will be resented in the principal ceremonies bt the Twenty-Eighth International Pucharistic Congress here next week, in which clerical and lay pilgrims | from 34 natiops will participate. Thirteen cardinals, approximately 500 bishops, between :‘Nmn nnd":w,om;l T4 the remo corners of | lpl::u::rlfh?xgnd 12,000 nuns will have part In the ceremonies, and congress | officials anticipate that betw 750, 000 and 1,000,000 laymen will bow be fore the holy eucharist during the y&' program. etting= of vichness and heauty {Continued on Fage 3, Column 1] | by { inclosed by any | buildings | the premises, Sheriff to Retire Because Job Has “Made Him Soft” Spectal Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 14 Sheriff John J. Fink of Prince Georges County announces he will not be a candidate for re-election this Fall. He says the long hours, expostre to all kinds of weather apd “too much riding in automo- biles” has softened him physically and he desires to return to his business as contractor in an effort to regain his former health. Fellow officers, however, 1hat persons presuming to takae liberties with the sheriff, would find him anything but “soft” phy- sically. GRAND JURY LAUDS aver PRISON CONDITIONS Lorton and Occoquan Chiefs Praised in Report to Supreme Court Victor P. de Knight. foreman of the District grand jury, teday presented to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a report of the visit made the grand jury to the District workhouse at Occoquan and reformatory at Lorton, Va. The visit was made May 26. The report com mends the conduct of hoth institutions and praises M. M. Barnard and A. C. Tawse, who are in charge. The re- port reads in part “At Occoquan we found most of the prisoners quartered in temporary trame buildings of long standing, but in excellent sanitary condifion. the woman's quarters especially being tm- maculately kept. This and the ad jolning reservation—Lorton—are not means to prevent escape, the prisoners being on the honor system. which gives them con- siderable freedom on the reservations. However, we found several prisoners who had been captured after escap- ing in leg irons, loosely fitted with the clothing between the iron and leg. “This does not interfere with the prisoners’ walking and interferes very little, if any, with their movements while they are engaged in work, but does prevent running in an attempt to escape. “On the whole, we found the prison- ars contented wWith their treatment hearing no complaints to the con- and we learned from the in- mates that the food was good and sufficient. At Lorton, whera the long-term prisoriers are sent, we found under course of construction a group of of permanent character. These buildings are being erected by the prisoners, the brick for which is made on the reservation. A central heating, lighting and cold storage plant is also under construction, with a suitable space for commissary stores. “All these buildings, which have heén and are being erected by the in- mates, incorporate the last word in completeness and rerect great credit for the foresight shown in the general scheme for handling these problems, both for the present and future. Both institutipns are partially self-sustain- | ing, a considerable amount of the food being produced on the farm.” Prisoners Improve Physically. “We found that, generally speaking, the discharged prisoners are mentally and physically in better condition than when brought to the institutions. We found that the institutions are equipped with a considerable amount of machinery of various types for the manufacture of brooms, bricks, over- alls and other garments. The bakery |and kitchen are equipped with mod- ern machinery, as is the laundry. There is a plumbing shop, an elec- trical shop, which we were informed would be enlarged as the needs of the institutions required, and that a ma- | chine shop would be'added as soon as circumstances would permit. We were interested in the discovery of a small shop where all the stationery used at the institution is printed. “We were permitted to inspect in the minutest detail all buildings on of which opportunity the grand jury took full advantage. e found “nothing to criticize ad- versely. On the oiher hand. all mem. bers of the grand jury were loud in their_praise of the splendid manner in which these institutions are man- aged. “‘Although the workhouse and the reformatory are already model insti- tutions, when' the_buildinz_program “Con w'i‘ on P?n the | and Frank J. Gorman, who andled the money and the books of that commf through a grueling examination as to these loans by Mr |signed by Mr. Grundy and Mr. Folwel! | ion which the money was obtained I from the Corn Exchange Bank to pa | “watchers at the polls on primary H 1’11)‘ E Senator Reed ate comn Called Culbertson Liar and|Cv:n o= Was Struck With Pouch, He Tells Probers. chairman of the Sen and Senator King of pin Mr. Folwell down he and Mr. Grundy repaid for these ad f men in Penn made contribu fation clatton By the Associated Press ;l)snini Campaicn Was Underwritten. The clashes within the Tariff Com-| v Folwel declined mission were not alwavs verbal only position. He saic [1t was shown in testimony todar by | i the money to be Commissioner Glassie, appearing he- | cvllected from persons in Pennsyl |fore the Senate tariff investigating | ¥3Nia whe were interested in the can lodaarttee: _and prohably that some of the On one occasion, he sald. Commis sinudialihg Pyt sioner Culhertson, now Minister to Rn et ey | mania. referred to a n by Glas AfRetmer A |as a smolescreen, whereupon Glassie He denied that either | called Culbertson a liar, and ¢ sociatien son hit t ¥ baceo pouch flung act Then Glassie removed his eyeglasses and started around,the table after Culbertenn, but other memhers sep arated them The Tariff Comm and epurred into making the wheat in vestization in 1923, Commi 1 Glassie declared. The inquiry was made rapidly without proper . consideration. under pressure from Commissioner they son, he said. After application for an | and recently linvestigation had been filed by Sidney | "T wouldn't Anderson, president of the Folwell Council of the United States, Says Stamp Was Used. serted, the ission was |from various sources to hu that they looked as work. had been torn off the o same blank. While they weras sign ed by Mr. Folwell's name, he had previously testified that the signature was a rubher stamp. he having gonme to Europe soon after the committee was organized and not returned until Mav 6. The receipts were dated from April 5 to June & You have an abiding faith,” was Senator Reed's comment when Mr. Folwell declared that he believed the tvpewritten receipts had been writ- |ten and delivered at different times. Mr. Folwell admitted, however, that the first time he had seen these re- cefpts was when they were handed {to him by Mr. Gorman this morning in_Washington When Mr. Gorman himself was put on the stand later he cleared up the | matter of the receipts, telling the com- { mittee that they had been prepared all | on the same typewriter and all on | June 5. the date of the last loan made ! by Mr. Grundy. Grundy Asked for Receipts. “n that day, he said, Mr. Grundy The several propositions that have | .10 Hia artenition to the fact that he been pending before the Senate|had not reecived any receipts for these judicfary committee to modify prohibi- |15 loans. Mr. Gorman told the com tion will he reported to the Senate |mittee, however, that they had all with the recommendation that they |been entered in his account book. be indefinitely postponed. | whicn, under the lr. must be fled - e T | with the State officlals. ru?e’:m?:fi‘{x“m:af reached Y e the book for the committee's examina ay after considering | yjo, A1l the entries in the book. he the report of the subcommittee, which | (14 were made on the dates given in also advecated postponement. By re-|the hook and concurrently with the porting the bills to the Semate with | transactions. the recommendation for indefinite| It was expected that the committee { postponement the way is left open|would begin its hearing today with {for a vote on anv of these measures | some of the officials of the Vare cam if a move should be made to takePaign and, indeed, the first witness Shemiiup. frors ARG caletme,. - take| Called was Thomas Watson. chairman The list of bills includes the resoly. | of the Philadelphia city committee for tion of Semator Bruce seeking ftoiVare. Mr. Watson was not on hand amend the eighteenth amendment |howeevr, and Senator Reed then called with a view to making possible the | M- Folwell. The Vare witnesses and adoption here of the Canadian plan | Representative Vare himself, the suc of government supervision over liquor cessful candidate for the senatorial land the propasal of Senator Edge of | Nomination. will be heard later. | New Jersey to amend the Volstead ally Backed Fisher. law to permit beverages non-intoxicat- | Ceain ing in fact as hstitute Mr. Folwell, in reply to questions [ieasnts lhit atitre: ot st o } by Senator Reed, described a meeting | per cent alcoholie content | of Pennsylvanians called in the latter i | part of March, out of which grew the T 7 ! organization of the Republican citi FREN ! zens' campaign committee. This com ENCH FRANC FALLS | mittee was originally formed. he said, L in the interest of John S. Fisher for TO NEW LOW RECORD |the subernatorial nomination. Later. ! he said, it also supported Senator Pep. . | per. He testifled that lha s vice resident of the Pennsylvania Manu Reaches 36.57 to a Dollar—Gov-| fycrurers' Association and aleo presi ernment Fac i dent of the Pennsylvania Manufac- n s coanaloynat turers’ Casualty Insurance Co. Prompt Action. “Has the Manufacturers' Associa tion taken any part in politics or have [P Ty S {its officers sent out letters advocating i tes PARIS, June 14.—The French franc { the election or defeat of con ! office”” asked Senator | todag tumbled to a new low record | £05, POHHICA! i for all time. reaching 36.57 to the dollar and 173.25 to the pound sterling. Reed. Economists feel that the govern- “I can't say,” was the reply. Denies Working for Funds. { ment will now be obliged to decide on financial measures and to settle the Mr. Folwell said that Alba V. John- | son, a retired capitalist of Phila- | | delphia, had been elected chairman of ipnliu(’a! eri; which is expected to | eventuate. he moneta situation {can be solved, they insist, only by however, t bute as | he individuals | | | | M ssie in ritten the finane Mr mitree 1 i iced for the ecom h were give ns to the com- 5 Th 0 a personal £18.000 made y impressed with the in the writing of these re- Senator Reed asked Mr. Fol- it did not seem to him tha had all been written at one time inay aggrezat. loans were in additlon on was whipped | contribution of about by Mr. Grundy. Appare; eipts well say so,” replied Mr He admitted though they the | bertson | power,” he | was giver | the 1 everything in his “The {mpression President wished to be hurried through, commission }raflpv—vm{ the agitation outside. I felt that if the investigation should be | conducted it should be done in order- | : Iy fashion. There was no reason for |the commission to tongue hanging out tnquiry.” SENATE COMMITTEE ' TO REPORT DRY BILLS Will Recommend Indefinite Post- ponement of All Proposed Modifications. o s0on run with in making its | the | the meeting at which the Republican | citizens' campaign committee was or- | ganized and that he himself had been chosen treasurer. { radical measures that would cause a temporary but serious economic de- rangement. This derangement can be avoided, they say, only if it is possible for the government really to disre- gard all partisan considerations and 1 the nt measures tuation gequires. & “Were any arrangements made for raising money at this meeting?"” asked Senator Reed. “*No. Mr. Folwell said that he himself had had noth do with raising the (Continued on Page 2, cmumfix