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WEATHER. <. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonigh r: little change in temperature erate northwest winds, H noon today: lowest, 3, at Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 t: tomorrow mod- ighest, 74, at 5 a.m. today. £ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’ d as sec office, W Enter post 29,998, ond class matter ashinzton, D. C WASHIN GTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926-FIF Y PAGES. . (/) Means Associated Press. CHILE INFORMS .. OF DECISION T0 END - ARICA NE Ambassador Here Believed to Have Handed Santiago Note to Kellogg. . TROOPS STILL GUARD LASSITER'S RESIDENCE General Hissed by Chileans Amid Anti-American Cries—Peruvian News Vendor Beaten. Re the Ascociated Press The Washington end of the Tacna Arica negotiations apparently was hrought to a crisis today when the Chilean Ambassador visited the State Department and informed Secretary Kellogg of the positive stand taken by his zovernment. No one at the department or at the emt would discuss the subject, but it was assumed Ambassador Cro- chaga handed to Secretary Kellogg the note sent him from Santiago say tng that Chile considers the diplomatic negotiations for settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute with Peruto have | aban- | terminated automatically by donment of the plebiscite arrange: ments at Arica. Confers With Secretary. The Chilean plenipotentiar: conference with the Secretar hour. Immediately after: Kellogg left for the White House, where the cabinet was assembling for its regular semi-weekly session. Administration officials manifestiy were much concerned over the pra pect of a complete collapse of Ameri- can intervention in the dispute, and particularly over the unusual state- ment made public here last night by former President Alessandri of Chile, in which he declared Chile had not heen treated fairly in the negotiations and that consequently the United States had lost the friendship of the Chilean nation. Direct Reply in Doubt. Whether any direct reply will be made to Alessandri has not been indi- cated. It is regarded as certain. how- ever. that some way will be found to inform the world fuily of the abundant evidences of Chilean unfairness now in possession of the government. and to place the blame for failure of the nego. tiations squarely upon Chilean offi- { cials, ! ‘Alessandri’s statement was described today as entirely unofficial by Ambas-| sador Cruchaga, who went the lensth | of saying he had not even read the| statement. enor Alessandri's statement i that of a private citizen. and does not | represent in any sense the official at titude of the Chilean governmen! said the Ambassador. i Held Action Insult. | ction of the Tacna-Arica plebisci- tary commission in adopting a resolu- | tion declaring Chile had frustrated the | plebiscite was an insult to Chile, Al kandri's statement declared. i “\Ve have not met with justice nor fairness.” the Chilean said. “In reply | to what is said in some newspapers of | this great country to the effect that | Chile has lost the friendship of the ! rth American Government. 1 could that the American Government has also lost the friendship of Chile.” | Declaring that “I devoted my great- | est efforts and all of my energies to the service of pan-Americanism and to the noble ideal of bringing abous | closer relations” with the United | States. the former President said: “If Jaunched that campaign because I loy- | ally helieved in the repeated utter- ances of the American Government. which had been reiterated since, to ! the effect that this couniry measured | all American states with the same unit of justice and right. “Did Not Keep F: “The form and manner in which the | proceedings for the fulfiliment of the | arbitral award rendered by the Presi-! dent of the United States have been| conducted show that these actions did not keep faith with those state-| ments which served as the basis for | my attitude | The experience thus gained will| move me to devote all the energies| which I still possess to preach before | the American world the postulate | that, in opposition to the Monroe doc- | trine. we must stand and proclaim. all | together and united, ‘Latin America | for Latin Americans.’ LIMA, Peru, June 18 (#).—The gov- ernment has ordered the transport Rimao at n 1o take on the entire Peruvian | Tacna-Arica plebiscite staff and leave on Sunday for home, SANTIAGO AWAITS REPORT. Ambassador Has Not Yet Told of De- livering Note. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 18 (#).— Chile has not yet notified the United ! States Government that she considers | as no longer required the good offices ! proffered by Secretary of State Kel. Jogg for a direct settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute betwecn Chile | and Peru. i The explanation given in gover ment circles is that Senor Curchage. the Ambassador at Washington, has | not vet informed the government here ! that he has delivered the note to this effect. The delay on the part of the | Ambassador in presenting it is inter. preted as being due to a request Ly Secretary Kellogg to postpone such acti i v H ction in the hope that there may yet ! {"7¢ be found some formula acceptable to | both Chile and Peru for a settlement | of the controversy. Capital Filled With Talk. ‘The Chilean capital .is filled with talk about the course the territorlal] | i dispute has taken, but the people gen- erally are lacking in concrete infor- mation as to just what has been done and what is taking place, because the government is maintaining absolute silence. Modification of the Monroe doctrine and the slogan “Latin America for the Latin Americans” were urged by Deputy Edward Matte, Chilean repre- sentative on the Tacna-Arica plebis- citary commission, in an address be- fore the Chamber of Deputies on the plebiscitary situation. His speech was loudly applauded. Matte wee Deputy (Continued on Page 4, Column OTIATION {on the §1 | chamber Transport Ordered for Peruvians. t ! | Arica, Chile, to be in readi- | ] to cut the term of Father of Triplets ‘Asks Federal Aid— " Gets Book on Babies Does the Government offer a “premium’ on triplets? was a ques- tion asked Representative Wilson, Democ sippi. today by a | constituent whose wife gave birth to three sor The father. Charlie negro, of Hattiesburg, Miss. in a letter if the Government not help a poor fellow in McCollum, ked will such a A Government bulletin on how raise bables was all that Mr. Wil- son could offer. JUNE 30 PROPOSED FOR ADIOURNMENT House G. 0. P. Leaders Agree to Advance Date for End of Session. | Br the Associated Press. | The Republican House steering com- | mittee today agreed to ask for sine die | adjou jday, June 30, at 5 p.m. | on this date will be called up in the | House Monday. and is expected to receive the approval of the leaders of both Senate and House. i Forced to Change Plans. ! The committee decided that to seek | adjournment on Saturday, June 26, | s at first contemplated, would unduly | hasten consideration of the deficiency I appropriation bill, which includes pro- v | vision for the new Federal buildings | throughout the country to be started | this vear. A number of important measures, |tangled in the churning currents of j controversy, probably will doned until ‘the next session. | _Some leaders oppose adjournment | without final action on the rivers and | harbors bill. which has been passed | by the House and has been the sub. | ject of a committee hearing on the | Senate side, with the bitterly con. troverted lllinois waterway provi {still the chief stumbling-block way of its progress. Confident of June 30 as Date. Other leaders. however, are confi- dent a majority would vote for ad- journment ‘sine die June 30. They are expected to offer a resolution to | this end in the House Monday, and it | will have the support of Speaker | Longworth, Representative Tilson, he Republican floor leader, and Chair man Snell of the rules committee, who | discussed adjournment plans yester- day with President Coolidge. Adjournment twelve days hense also meets with favor among Republican leaders in the Senate, and Senator Robinson, the Democratic floor leader, thinks it would be a good thing for the Nation. Chairman Madden of the | House appropriations committee. on | the other hand, has indicated that he would oppose adjournment pending final action on the rivers and harbors bill. With June 30 loming as adjourn- ment day. the fate of farm relief legis- lation becomes a matter of conjecture. n addition to the rivers and harbors hill, hope seems to have diminished be- low the vanishing point for action on the French debt settlement, Muscle Shoals, coal and prohibition legisla- tion. Bills to Be Pressed. Farm relief, the radio control bill and a deficiency appropriation meas- ure which will permit work to start 000,000 public building pro- gram will be pressed to a vote if pos- sible. The Senate expects to vote this week on the McNary equalization fee bill. which is before it as a rider to the administration co-operative marketing measure already passed by the House. If it should be approved it would have to be sent to conference with House *managers.’ and that alrcady has voted down a hill framed along similar lines by Chairman Haugen of the agriculture committee. If it is defeated in the Senate., the co-operative marketing bill still could be passed, in the opin ion of leaders. JAPANESE MAY TAKE CUE FROM PRESIDENT Coolidge's Opposition to Universal | Military Training Hailed by Officials. By the Associated Press. TOKIO. June 18.—Premier Wakat- uke, Foreizn Minister Shidehara and ther prominent Japanese have pub- licly expressed satisfaction over the information coming from the White House last Tuesday that President | C‘oolidge does not favor military train- | {ing in colleges. The effect of this in- Qdication of the President’s attitude is expected to he reflected in Japan's next budget. The last budget voted by the Diet contained an appropriation of 1,000,000 ven (§6500,000) for militar he schools of pan, bu now undger way to ¢ ail this and ude of the - come to the Tokio govern- use for ex- it dent is we ment because it gives an e3 + further trenchment in milit penditures. sir n officials. Military training in tie schools here is highly unpopular { among the students and it is believed be abandoned altogether. ment of Congress on Wednes- | | A resolution proposing adjournment be aban- | training in | movement | PEPPER AIDE SAYS 31 COUNTIES TOOK Report Shows $1.620,000 Was Total Expenditure. WHEELER NOT CALLED T0 RESUME TESTIMONY Wood Declares He Signed Notes. Holds Deficit Will Be About $25,000. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. penditures for the Pepper-Fisher ticket in 31 western and middle coun- ties of the State, except Allegheny County, totaled about $172,000, Col Iiric Fisher Wood. chairman of the Pepper-Fisher campalgn committee { for those counties, today told the Sen- | ate committee investigating the re cent primary election in Pennsyl vania. Col. Wood estimated that unpaid amounting to §7.854 could be pared down to §5.000 in giving his estimate of the total expenditures. | Col Wood submitted to the com- mittee a copy of his report filed ves- terday in Harrisburg in accordance with the election laws. Wheeler Is Excused. morning session of the Senate tigation dragged. For more than an hour the committee retired h invi half | port submitted by Col. Wood. lof the Anti-Saloon League. was on ing. but he was told he would be called later, and the final word was that he would be excused until 3 p.m. today. Only a few more witnesses remain to be heard m the Pennsylvania pri- mary investigation, it was said fol- lowing the session today. New d velopments might add to the number of witnesses, however. The Senate committee has still to obtain informa- tion regarding expenditures by county committees of the various political organizations. It is possible that the committee will send some one 1o Penn- dvania to obtain this information, that a member or members of the committee may go to the State for that purpose. $1,620.000 Was Spent. Reports filed in Harrisburg vester- day by the various commitiees sup- porting the Peppes-Fisher ticket showed a total spent for that ticket of more than $1,620.000 which are con- siderably higher figures than the total brought out so far by the Sen- ate committee. Col. Wood told the committee that | the total receipts of his committe { from contributions were $141,492.5 | He sald that $75,000 had been raised to meet expenses at banks in Pitts- burgh on notes of $50,000 and $25,000 made by himself. He said that the committes now has on hand $49,389.- 19, which will be used to pay off nart of these notes and to pay bills which have not vet been settled and which on thelr face amount to some- thing more than $7.500 | "The deficit of the committee, Col. Wood estimated, was about $25.000 | plus the amount of the unpaid bilis. | Local Bills Not Included. “These items of expense do not in- clude money raised in the counties xpended locally. do tenator Reed. Demo- | (Continued on Page 4, Column’4.) |MITCHELL LEADS HAGEN | IN SPECIAL GOLF PLAY British Star 4 Up at End of 36 Holes in 72-Hole Match for Big Purse. By the Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER. SUSSEX, Eng- land, June 18.—Abe Mitchell, Brigish professional. was 4 up on Walter Hagen, American star, after 35 holes, at the close of today's play in thelr 72-hole match for match play honors and £500 a side. Mitchell would have finished the first round 6 up on Hagen if he had been able to take advantage of his opportu- nities on the greens. but loose putting cost him several holes, Hagen found at least one bunker on nearly every hole. and was mostly struggling for the ball. 8 The cards for the first 18 holes: Out— Hagen . Mitchell . In— fiagen . i\Mitchell . KILLING FROST IN NORTH. < Damage to Crops. | EOSTON, June 18 (®.—A killing {frost in mid-June was yesterday's addi- tion to freaks of an_unseasonable mmer. Of the six New England ates only Mafae and Vermont failed to report damage to farm and garden which i& much desired by |crops from the “‘white frosts” of the ! early morning. The lowest tempera- ture reported in New England was at Oneco, Conn., where the ther- mometer marked 26 above zero. In upholding the parking regula- tions of Director of Traffic Eldridge, Judge Gus A. Schuldt, in Police Court | today, went back 114 vears and cited ! a section of an old English law that | Geclared that “no one could make a { stable of the king's highway.” | This authority was one of a num- ber used by Judge Schuldt to show | that limitation of parking was reason- able. The court cited also sections of i the traffic act to show that sufficient power was invested in the District | Commizsioners and Director Eldridge. In overruling the mo'.ilou to quash Judge Cites 114-Year-Old Regulation In Upholding Eldridge Parking Rule by Harry Barger, attorrey for David ‘Weiner, charged with illegal parking, Judge Schuldt stated that if this mo- tion were upheld ali power would be taken from the traffic director. He stated also that there were too many technical arguments raised by attor neys to nullify Mr. Eldridge’s regul: tions. The authority quoted by the judge today was from the case of Rex vs. Cro: 1812, 3 Campbell’s Reports, page 224. \ Barger has signified his intention of appealing Judge Schuldt’'s decision, §172,000 OF FUNDS Filed Yesterday| to an inner room to examine the re- | Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel | hand to resume the stand this morn- | Four New England States Report THIS_BUILDING Hiks BEEN REPEATEDLY CONDEMNED &3 SN n"‘ v G e -5 P2 Dy /:} 47 ny g MR, VIGT W e | | o i Wife of Former Bank Head Victor in Alienation Suit Against His Parents. | Mrs. Hilda C. Voigt, wife of ward Voigt. jr. former president {the American Commercial and Sav- |ings Bank. was today awarded a ver- dict for $100,000 damages against her | parents-in-law, Edward Volgt, jewel ter, and his wife, Charlotte Voigt, for ! the alienation of the affections of her | husband. The case has been on trial | several days before Justice Hitz in Cireuit Division No. 2, and the jury | deliberated more than two hours in jreaching its verdict. had placed her damage at $100,000 and i the jury gave her all she asked for ! Through Attorney T. Morris Wam pler,. Mrs. Voigt complained that her husband’s parents had spoken against’ her and had told their son that she was not good enough for him. She also |clatmed that Mrs. Voigt placed locks jon doors and even prevented access to the icebox when she had friends |attending a bridge party at the home | As a result of the actions of the older couple, the young wife said. she and her husband had become es tranged. | The husband as weli as his par lents took the witness stand and de. nied all the charges of the wife. and | the husband asserted that his affec- tions had never heen alienated and declared, that he loved his much nbw as when he married her | He was willing that she should r turn to him at any time. ! Charles W. Darr and Sefton Da | representing the defendants, will the court for a new trial. |BYRD TO FLY HERE | TO GET U S. MEDAL | Will Arrive in Capital Next Wed- nesday to Receive Honor | i From Coolidge. !Sperlal Dispatch to The Star. | RICHMOND, Va., June 15— Lieut. Comdr. Byrd has wirlessed his brother, Gov. Harry Byrd of Virginia, that he | will reach New York June 23 and that he will fly from New York to Wash- | ington to receive from President Cool- idze the gold medal awarded him by ! Congress. The following day he is to | come to Richmond, where he will be | the guest of his brother, and that evening he will appear at the City Auditorium and make a brief address. Comdr. Byrd says that his vessel has been delayed by strong head- | winds and rough seas, but that the boat is being given all the power nec- | essary so that he may reach port in {time to visit Washington. Byrd and other: ! Tuesday and be in New York when the Chantler reaches her dock. Mrs. and Harry F., Jr., the governor's son, will make the trip, and they will be in Washington when the formal presentation of the congressional Tnedal is made. That will take place ednesday afternoon, and that night o early the next day, the party will i proceed to this city. : Comdr. Byrd is expected to be here for two or three days. He is to make a lecture tour, visiting many States | ahd cities. He will display here the { moving pictures taken while he was !in the Arctic circle. VIADUCT COLLAPSES. | Jersey Cit; Structure Falls to | Railroad Yards, Coaches Destroyed JERSEY CITY, _Tons of steel, concrete and iron, forming 100 feet of the Thirteenth street vehicular viaduct through the Erie Railroad storage yards, crashed 20 feet into the yards today, block- ing six tracks and destroying two coaches and-a boxcar. No one was hurt viaduct collapsed when a string of passenger cars broke a restraining bumper and swept away a_steel pier supporting the viaduct. Failure of the airbrakes on the last car was given as the cause. ! Plot Against Kemal Uncovered. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18 (A).— A plot against President Mustapha | Kemal Pasha of Turkey has been dis: i covered in Smyrna, and a number of arrests have been wade. -hf | The voung wife | | for wife as [ oM Attorneyvs | | ¢ | locomotives will leave here | J., June 18 (®). | Victim of Wreck Was Going Abroad | To Marry Fiancee Br the Acsociated Press MASSILON. Ohio. June overseas romance that sult in a wedding in Marseille, France, was brought to a tragic end when Peter Spanos of this city was killed in a train wreck near Blairsville. Pa Spanos left here for New York, where he was to sail for France In Marseille Spanos was to meet and marry his childhood sweet- heart from Greece. FOUR PROBES OPEN IN PENNSY WRECK Limited Reported to Have Run Past Signals in Crash That Killed 15. 18.—An s to re June 15, Four investigations today were under way to determine responsibility the wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Blairsville intersection vesterday in which 15 were killed and many injured. Twelve of those hurt ned at hospitals today. hut condition of all was . reported proved The inquiries were in the hands of epresentatives of the Interstate mmerce Commission, the Pennsyl vania Public Service Commission. the raiiroad and the Westmoreland County coroner. who will hold an in quest later In the month. An official report, issued by the oad shortly after the wreck, said the Cincinnati limited had run through a hloc inst_it_and crashed into the stationary Wi ton express. which chanical trouble. Red flares, the flasman of the Washington train were also still burning after the crash, the statement said.* Witnesses Are Killed. This angle was one of the foremost to come under the scrutiny of the in- vestigators in an effort to learn if the driver of the first of the limited's two was responsible. This engineer, W, C. Gordon of Derry, was killed, as was his fireman, N. L. Hol- lingsworth of Greensburg. The engi- neer of the second locomotive, E. A. McConnell of Altoona. was _also fatally hurt. and his brother, William McConnell, who served as his fireman, was seriously injured. Preliminary inspection of the wrec age was made yesterday by represent- atives of the {investigating agencies concerned, Today the inquiry was ex- tended to examination of members of the crew as well as into other quar- ters, preparatory to the compilation of officlal reports. Injured Woman Improves. Miss Essie Bryan of Owenton, Kj one of the seriously injured, was so much improved at the Latrobe hospital today that surgeons decided it would be unpnecessary to amputate one of her legs, which was broken in two places when she was caught in the wreckage of a berth. Explaining a previous report that her leg had been amputated, relatives said such an oper- ation had been under consideration. Representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Pennsylva- nia Public Service Commission. sjtting with operating officials of the railroad, heard versions of the wreck from sur- viving members of the crews of both trains and signal tower operators in the vicinity of the crash. The inves. tigation was held behind closed doors at the railroad headquarters here. The trainmen were summoned into the room one at a time. . The railroad's loss of rolling stock, material and damaged right of way due to the wreck was placed at $750, ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) im SURELY there are 100,000 Was.uingtonians who will gladly send one dollar or more to honor the living and the dead of the 26,000 from the District ~f Columhia who served their country in the armed forces in_ the Great War. Send to John foole, Treasurer, District of Colum- bia Memorial Commission, Federal-American National Bank. the | HERRIOT CALLEDON' 10 FORM GABINET |Summoned by President Doumergue After Briand Gives Up Attempt. ! By the Associated Pr | PARIS, June 18.—Former Premier | Herriot, leader of the radical wing | in the Chamber of Deputies, has ac- | cepted the request of President Dou mergue to endeavor to form a new | cabinet M. Herriot | Elvsees Palace after former Premier { Briand had announced that he was | | unable to set up a ministry himself. | | M. Briand gave up his efforts to form | was summoned to th#{ his tenth cabinet because M. Herriot | support of | | had refused to bring t | | the radical party to the new combina- | tion. He announuced that he had | ihf!l\ promised the collaboration of | former President Poincare and had | hoped with this good start to succeed | tn formins a government in which | political quarrels would be abandoned | and a united effort made to solve France's preesing financial probleme. The outgoing premier said that re- | sponsibility for his fallure to form | a cabinet was on M. Herriot, whose | prolonged the negotia- | tions and finally spoiled them. At the same time he was careful tn recognize the good will of M. Poin care, who was ready to undertake an important post in the new mini if a national union government were | realized. AMERICAN WOMEN WIN TENNIS CUP Wightman Trophy Goes to Mary Browne and Eliza- | beth Ryan. ' | hestitations | By the Associated Press | WIMBLEDON. England, June 15. The Wightman Cup. emblematic of | team supremacy in women's tennis, | comes back to the United States. The| American plavers, after a hard battle, | took three of today's matches from the British, making the final score for | the twoday tournament: United | States, 4: England, 3. ! In the final doubles .match. Miss | Mary Browne and Miss Elizabeth | Ryan defeated Mrs. Kitty McKane| Godfree and M Evelyn Colyer, 3—6, 6—2, —4. winning the cup for the| United States. U. S. Men's Team Wi { EAST BOURNE, England, June 18 | (®).—The American men's _team | gained a god lead over the British at the opening of the international lawn tennis matches here today. Both the singles on the program went to overseas players. Howard | Kinsey defeated O. G. N. Turnbull, ! 6—2, 1—6, 6—3. 6—3, while Vincent| Richards won from H. W. Austin, gmmg Cambridge player, 6 6—1, —1. The dmericans need oniy tomorrow’s doubles or one of the two remaining singles to win the tournament, which | serves as a curtainraiser to next week's championships at Wimbledon. Kinsey took the first set from Turn- bull with fine service, backhand work and placements. The Englishman was slow In starting, and netted frequent- ly. The score of the set was 6—2. In the second set Turnbull seemed to have found himself. He took the first three games with fine driving and smashing. Kinsey captured the fourth game on better net play and clever lobbing, but Turnbull ran out the set, | at 6—1. making some good placements. The third set was hotly contested at the start, with several fine rallies and spectacular cross-court shots off Kin- sey's racquet. Kinsey was the stead- ier of the two. and his heavily cut re- turns induced many errors by the Briton. Kinsey won the set, 6—3. In the deciding set Kinsey’s back- hand cut was again working most ef- fectively. He frequently broke through Turnbull’s service and lost his own only once. The set score was 6—3. gt e Boy Shot Mysteriously. NEW YORK, June 18 (®).—With no weapon in sight and all the doors and windows locked, Anthony Lyden, 15 yvears old, was found dead in the home of his_aunt, Mrs, Catherine Murphy. in Ridgewood, Queens, last night from a gunshot wound under the heart, . -Barbee Demoted ) ]‘ After Criticizing Mrs. Greathouse Detective William J. Barbee of the second precinct. who recently charged Mrs. Rebekah Greathouse, assistant District attorney, in charge of llquor prosecutions, with lack of eo-operation, was demoted to uniform officer today by the District Comumissioners. Recom mendation for this action made by Maj. Kdwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, who re ported to the Commissioners that Barbee has “outlived his useful ness as a plainclothes officer of the force.”" Barbee was before the police trial board last month on a charge of intoxication and was acquitted. District officials emphasized that Barbee's demotion was not due to his complamt against Mrs. Great- house. Immediately after the demotion of Barbee Detective James M. Lowrey of the eighth precinct wa transferred to the second precinct to fill the vacancy there in the plainclothes squad and Peliceman Howard W. Smith was promoted to precinct detective and assigned fo the eighth precinct. RANKIN ASSALED a was FOR FENNING BRIEF {Commissioner’s Counsel Say, He Goes Outside Record in Final Reply. Counsel for District Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning today asked the subcommittee of the House judiciary committee considering impeachment charzes against the respondent either ignore the hriefs submitted by proponents of the charges, or els {hrow the case open again for argu- ment on “the facts In a letter to Representative George S. Graham. chairman of the judiciary committee, counsel for Mr. Fenning—Frank J. Hogan. Thomas P. Littlepage and Levi Cooke call his attention to the fact that it was agreed that briefs “confined to questions of law” mitted hy opposing counsel, and that the “facts are submitted to the com mittee on the record.” The letter was sent after Repre sentative Rankin had placed in_to day's Congressional Record his final brief, and which was intended as an answer to the brief filed by Mr Fenning's counsel on Monday Letter From Counsel. Mr. Fenning Y'he letter from counsel declares ““The proponent’s first brief, erro nerously entitled ‘Brief * * * for the Government of the United States' and erroneously signed by Mr. Rankin as counsel for the Government, and pro-| ponent’s reply brief, with like erro neous title. have attempted to deal largely with alleged facts. We say ‘alleged facts,’ because these two briefs, as any one familiar with the record before vour committee will im mediately observe, teem with refer ences to alleged facts utterly unsup- ported by the record. Indeed. a mere ding of proponent’s briefs discloses references to matters with relation to which there is not an iota of evidence in the record. ““The purpose of this communica tion is to advise the committee on judiciary that respondent and his counsel are relying upon the agree- ment and the ruling to the effect that this committee’s sole consideration of matters of facts will relate to those facts proved by the sworn testimony of witnesses and the documentary ex- hibits received upon the hearings, and that no representations or misrepre- sentations of fact contained in any paper outside of ‘the record’ (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) |GEN. AGUINALDO CAwBLES PROTEST TO PRESIDENT Philippine Leader Opposes Bacon Bill Giving Separate Government to Moro Provinces. By the Associated Press. MANILA, June 18.—Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino hero of the insurrection against the United States after the Spanish-American war, has cabled to President Coolidge a protest against the Bacon bill recently intro- duced in Congress, it was learned to- day. The Bacon hill would create a separate territorial government for the Moro provinces of the Philippine | Islands. It was indicated at the White House in Washington last Tuesday that al- though the President had taken no definite position respecting the Bacon bill, he felt that friction between Christian Filipinos and the Moslem Moros might be eliminated by means. be consulted, it was said, and if it ap- peared the bill would accomplish the desired results the administration would support it. Autoist’s Head Run Over While He Works Under Car| Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 18— Patri®® Stakem, 24, Lonaconing, this county, is in a critical condi- tion at Miners' Hospital, Frost- burg, from a fractured skull. He was run over by an automobile early this morning while under his car making repairs, with his head extending out in the roadway. He ‘was returning from work when en- gine trouble developed. The driver of the car which ran over him was unidentified, as he speeded up after a woman in the car who had evidently divined what happened screamed. Sta- kem's three companions took him to the hospital. Radio Progr: a:ms— o should be sub-| \mon‘ which ‘the facts’ were ‘submitted to| this | Gen. Wood and others would | Page 3& s Circulation, 98,492 " TWO CENTS. CONFEREES WAVER BETWEEN ANNUITY OFS1,080 ANDST, 140 ‘Compromise Appears Nearer | on Retirement Bill—Action Likely Next Week. STANFIELD FEELS SURE | OF COOLIDGE’S SUPPORT ‘Crzsts May Be Somewhat Above Figures Desired by Executive. Actuaries to Report. ipromise propositions for t of the differences be tween the Senate and House on lib. lized retirement legislation for Government emploves are being con idered by the conferees, it was learr the maximun r and the other understood Jurse of the meeting afternoon | iourned and to the enable wries calculate the new proj According to reliable reports at the Capitol the maximum annuity of | $1.130 was proposed by the Senate | Broup in the hope of uniting the di- | vergent views that have existed since | | Government ac to cost figures on the conferences hegan. Reports are to the effect that the Iouse group made a counter proposition of §1,050 | First Sign of Accord. | Under ex nuity f= § | ment afrer | House 1, $1.000, by Fo the highest an the Senate adhered to th Lehlbach bill. mal The fons 10 day= fore. with a difference of $200 between them in the matte m annuity. The meet ing developed the first 1 | n of a possible adjustment o | the difference It i< understood position of £1.140 ng a max vear and 30 3 This plan. if wot the emplove entitied to the mount $35 a month. as | present law of $60 a month * unders e Senate pla Mj compror raise the ehn tribution of the employe to the retire ment fund from nt of salary o at present. to 4 per cent. The use bill carrying the $1.00 y House bill carrying the $1.000 annuit cent that the Senate is computed by of §1 | pr d Ximu gainst tl It s fur. Optional Clause in Issue. Another outstanding difference he. | tween the two bills was that the Senate measure would permit optional | retirement of employes several vears before the age of compulsory retire- ment. while the House made no pro- vision for optional retirement. but | voted for a flat compulsory retire- : ment at 0 vears for clerks and lower | age limits for mechanics and railway | postal employves as under the present law It was believed today by those {in touch with the situation that the ;Fena(o conferees are willing to yield to the House on this point of optional retirement. which leaves the question ‘of the annuity and the employes’ con- "nhu!! n as the important factors at | fssue. | Although no statement has been made by the caonferees as to the | chances of reaching an agreement { based on the proposals made vester- day. those interested in seeing the | legislation go through were en- couraged by the knowledge that the conferees had gone so far as to call upon the actuaries for additional calculations as to the cost of liberal- izing the retirement law under the ! different plans. The belief prevails that this development indicated that the conferees were at least giving | very serious consideration to the latest proposition for settlement. May Finish Next Week. The new figures of the gctuaries | may not be ready in time for another meeting of the conferees today, but they are expected by tomorrow. If it |is found that the latest suggestions can be made the basis for agreement the conferees probably will complete their labors early next week. The question is assuming increasing inter- est to the veteran Government em- Dloves. including those already re- tired, in view of the talk of a possible adjournment of Congress at the end of next week. In some quarters the impression ex- isted today that the figure of $1,140 ! was as low as the Senate conferees { would go below their original maxi- mum of $1,200. After the compromise proposal at the meeting vesterday afternoon the Senate group withdrew from the ses- sion temporarily to permit the House managers to talk over the proposition A few minutes later final adjourn- ment of the meeting for the day was taken, with the decision to communi- cate imediately with the actuaries as !to the new cost figures. The bill passed by the House would have made the annual liability of the Government to the retirement fund $29,000 less than existing law, and the bill passed by the Senate would have made the Government's liability sev- eral million dollars® more than exist- ing law. Just how these estimates would be altered if the compromise <hould be agreed to is not known and is the factor to be supplied by the | actuaries. Stanfleld Sees Coolidge. | Senator Stanfield, who called on | president Coolidge today, said that | the compromise to be agreed upon lpromb}y will consist of a bill retain Ing the retirement age limits in the | House bill, which was prapared along { the lines laid down by the President, | but will boost the maximum annuity from $1.000, as provided in that bill, to a figure somewhere between $1,100 d $1,200. ang ot Stanfield said he expected the conferees to reach an agreement Within the next 48 hours, and he ex- pressed the confident belief that even though the compromise bill will pro- vide annuities in excess of the amount set by President Coolidge as | being _satisfactory and desirable at | this time, the latter will sign the bill when it comes to him. Those who have discussed liberalized . (Cuntinued on Page 5, Column #)