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WEATHER. (U S Weather Bureau F Increasing Iowed by showers late ton: morrow; w tonight morrow at lowest, 52 Full report on page 9. | loudiness, probably fol 30 a.m. today. orecast.) ight and to- i cooler t noon tod: Closing N. Y. Stocks and B onds, Page 24 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. The o Associa! service. in Washington wit| Saturday Sunday's nly evening paper the ted Press news ¥'s Circulation, i post office, Wa: No. 30,001. Entered as second class matter shington, D. . 8 RUSH OF 200000 WORSHIPERS STOPS CATHOLIC SESSIONS 'Throngs About Altar So| Great Program After Mass Is Abandoned. MICHIGAN BOULEVARD | JAMMED FOR TWO MILES Announcers Plead With Crowds to Leave Field, Which Is Entirely Blocked. Br the Associated Pr CHICAGO, June 21.--Threngs worshipers, intent on approaching as near as possible to the altar and the prelates, halted the program of the first general session of the twenty eighth International Bucharistic Con- gress of the Catholic Church in Sol diers’ Field today after the pontifical | mass had been celebrated. The re- mainder of the program was aban- doned The communion had barely been ended, with John Cardinal Bonzano, | papal delegate, celebrating the solemn | pontifical mass, and the papal blessing had been given, when the rush came. The abandoned program consisted of addresses by Cardinal Von Faulhaber of Munich, Germany, Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne, Aus- tralia, and former Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts, but the enthusiasm of the crowds demanded | the clearing of the field. ! At 145 pm. the announcers still | were urging the crowd to keep away ! from the altar and “leave the field at_once."” Grant Park, on the lake front, where the stadium is situated. was blocked with crowds, and Michigan boulevard, cleared of its ordinary traffic, was jammed for nearly 2 miles by the dispersing thousands. Mass Beneath Golden Dome. Beneath a golden dome Cardinal Bonzano celebrated the m: Including persons massed outside, nearly a quarter million of worshipers braved a light rain to throng the en- trances to the great stadium in| Grant Park. Fully 50,000 of them were unable to gain admittance, but of U. S. Girl Rescued From Attack of Chinese Strangler Br the Associated Press PEXING. June 21.—The Brit- ish consul at Chengtu reports that on June 8 an American woman, < Manly. was dragged from the rickshaw in which she was rid Ing by an unarmed Chinese, who tried te strangle her. Miss Manly was slightly injured. She was rvescued hy hystanders, who hand ed over her ilant to the police. A ence of represenia of the consul the authorities ued a proclamation saving that any Chinese found mo- lesting foretgners would be imme- diately shot. g POINGARE AGREES { Former Premicrs Collahorate in Effort to Form Strong Ministry. By the Ascociated Press. PARIS, June 21.—Aristide Briand relald the corner stone of his tenth cabinet today when he obtalned a promise of collaboration from former Premier Poincare in a combination dedicated solely to placing the na- tional finances on a sound basis. Poincare and Briand together re- celved various members of the former Briand cabinet, including Jean Dur- and, former minister of the interfor, one of the most important members of the radicals, who is expected to represent the moderate wing of that party in the ministry. Thus, Poincare is taken fully into Briand's ‘confidence, and_shares with him the responsibility for the new | combination. After the conference, | Briand declared he would make strong effort, devoid of doctrinal or political consideration, to French finances. “When a house takes fire. the ten- ants, if they .are wise, rush to the pumps instead of discussing doctrines as to the best way of putting out {conflagrations,” he remarked. ““That {15 the style of action needed in France, and we are going to adopt it.” The premier's declaration, taken with those made yesterday, was inter- | preted as meaning that his new cabi-| posal was a blow | net will be recruited from the groups|tige of the delayed the procession of vested prel- ates and clergy for nearly an hour. Starting under the gloomy canopy | of rain clouds that cast off a heavy | mist, the mass, long ore its com- | pletion, was being celebrated under ' a bright sun. & It was “Children’s day" at the congress. A choir of 60,000 school children clad in white and geld, the papal colors, sang tne+“Mass of the The host of children and spectators knelt in unison as the choir pronounced the words, ‘et incarnatus est,” telling of Christ's| inearnation. i Tinkling of chimes and tones of bugles proclaime Vence of the conmsecrated Eucharist at the altar. Chanting of the “Pater Noster,” the Lord's prayer, followed, and the “Agnus Del,” a prayer to Christ for peace, with the communion or per- sonal reception of the Eucharist taken on this occasion only by the officiat- ing prelate, the mass ended with the papal blessin gand the gospel of St., John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved. H Right Rev. Thoma Heylen, Bishop of Namur, Belgium, and presi dent of the permanent committee of eucharistic congresses, presided. Be side Cardinal Bonzano, 11 other ca dinals were enthroned. Two car- dinals, Michael von Faulhaber, Arch- bishop of Munich. Germany. and Louis Ernest Dubois. Archbishop of Paris; Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Mel- bourne, Australia, and former Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts were the other speaker The English-speaking secton held its sessions in the Coliseum, where at a civic reception last Fri night the Catholic prelates and clergy were wel comed. Angels.” the silvery d the pres- Stadium Is Banked. The mass was celebrated by Cardi- nal Bonzano before the greatest throng of worshipers ever assembied for the rites. The puble stadium. a mile long. was most tier of seats gands jammed i the towering stands ci mission. So dense vierc more than hal? to the top ens of thou all sides of wing for ad the multi the roo styles on either side of tent of Soldiers’ Iie: atanding room withir &olden-topped outdoc altar was packed with spectators. Below in the field in front of the altar stretc a long expanse of whie- the of 60,000 school children. To the west side of the thousands of nuns, the hlack costumes set of capes under black velis The altar, on a & green plat form feet above the field, was overarched by a baldachine of red and gold more than 125 feet hign. topped by a cricifix. Behind the altar, at right, a huge American flag stretched in the breeze Flanking the altar at diagonals were the thrones of 11 cardinals, each | with a red kneeling bench facing the encharistic throne at the center of the | altar. The throne of the papal legate, | under an arched conopy of red velvet and gold. was na a dais at the right of the altar. 3 In white cassocks and capes were groups of acolytes wait- ng at the foot of the 30-foot tiers of steps, carpeted in the middle with cardinal red, which were to be as- | cended by the hishops and other clergy to celebrate the mass. So’ dense did the crowds become at the sides of the field near the ' altar that long before mass began not a few right reverend purple-clad | monsignors were forced to climb as | best they could over railings and camp stools to get to their assigned places. ; The march on the stadfum which began at an early hour continued with ever-swelling lines of humanity until atter 11 o'clock, when all roads | leading to the field were closed more | than half a mile from the gates, with | many who had gained admission as | early as 4 o'clock more than half a of the peri- the vast ex every foot of sight of the ar mass of with white scarlet ¢ ~(Continued on Pgge 3, Column | tionally and fractions of groups in the cham- ber which voted in favor of the late cabinet on issues concerning financial stabilization. This will permit him to retain a number of his present collaborators and take in representatives of those groups now excluded from power, but {which have furnished the principal} part of the majorities given during the last administration in favor of the government’s financial measures. AL SOVET NOVES Birkenhead Renews Threa, to Sever Relations Unless Tactics Are Changed. By the Assoviated Press. LONDON, June 21.—"The Russian government is indeed mistaken if it has formed the view that our in- activity at the moment means the government {is ceasing to observe vigilantly eisewhere.” said the Earl of Birken- head. secretary of state for India, in a public address here last night. “I cannot doubt,” he added, “that unless we observe a change, though none at present is apparent, it will be necessary for us to re-examine the whole question to decide whether or not we will be {ll advised in retain- ing any degree of association with a country whose avowed purpose In every art of the world is to under- mine thix country’s historical great- ness. Lord Birkenhead emphasized that was not in a position to make any announcement on behalf of the government. Nevertheless, he con- tinued, he could not doubt that legis- lation would be required to protect soclety against the recrudescence of the’ general strike or that the. great unprecedented privilege granted trade unions would require some measure of correction. he “MISSING LINK” FOUND? Traveler in Africa Sees Half Man d and Half Ape. LONDON, June 21 (#).—A dispatch to the Daily Express from Johannes- burg, Soutn Africa, tells of an un- named traveler who reports having " TOHELP BRAND their activities here and | WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 21, | | EXKAISER T0 KEEP ESTATES, BUTVOTE ALARMS GERMANY 2,500,000 More “Yeas” Cast Than'in Initiative Shows Drift to Radicalism. INJUNCTI&J OF BISHOPS IGNORED BY CATHOLICS Orders of Center Party Also Fail ' to Hold Members—Berlin . Favored Confiscation. [ By the Associated Press BERLIN, June 21.—The vast land ed estates and other properties of Wilhelm Hohenzollern and other for- mer German rulers are safe from con- fiscatfon. A natfonal referendum to decide whether the properties should he expropriated by the state failed to bring out an affirmative vote of the half of the eligible electors, which | was necessary under the law. It would have required an affirma tive vote of about 20,000,000 to have taken away the holdings of the fory {mer ruling houses. The affirmative {vote was 14,889.703 and the negative vote 542311. Fully 60 per cent of [the eligible voters remained away from the polls, while 35 per cent in- dorsed unconditional | More than 500,000 ballots were de. | clared detective. | Bavaria and other nationalist strong | holds rejected the confiscation pro- posal through abstaining from veting. {In the {ndustrial centers such as the | Runr and in Saxony the proposal was | iven its chief support. | Hanover Opposes Hindenburg. In President von Hindenburg's home | 156,584 in favor of taking away the properties. - This was: slightly more { than half the number of thé eligible voters. President von Hindenburg " was a bitter opponent' of the measure | | to confiscate the royal properties and |recently in a personal letter declared | that the adoption of it would be con- | trary to all right and justice. | The defeat of the: eonfiscation pro- to the political pres- Socialists, who strongly favored it. and it is. considered as likely vitally to influence that party's i parliamentary attitude on the question |of joining a future coalition govern- | ment. because of . embittarment -qver; [ their desértion by the Democrats and the Centrists. Both: the inftlative ahd referesdurh’ were financed with Socialist funds. Bill May Be Modified. | It now remains to be seen whether |the Marx-Stresemann government, in !view of the defeat of the proposal for | confiscation without compensation, | will be moved to modify its bill con- cerning roval properties, now before | the Reichstag. This bill, while not | depriving the former rulers completely of their properties, contains provisions |anything but attractive to the one. | time rulers. It provides, among other things, features of a retroactive effact | !in conneetion with settlements with royalties since November, 1918. ¢ It is presumed the nationalist mem- jbers of the Reichstag will seek to lnbzam better terms for the one-time rulers than the government's bill | grants. ! ‘The referendum was attended by {some disorders. There were clashes at rMadgehurx and Halle, whera several Communists were killed. The specter (nf bolshevism, which was injected into ’the last hours of the campaign, helped {the Hohenzollerns. The people ap- parently feared that such dispossession {might be followed by the seizure of private property. None of the members of the cabinet voted. Radicals Are Jubilant. Although confiscation of the former rulers’ property fell short by 5,00 000 votes of the number necessary for adoption, iubilation reigns in Radical (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) it {MEXICO ORDERS CLOSING OF AMERICAN SCHOOL Accused of Violating Constitution. Two-Day Delay to Permit Graduations Asked. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, June 21 (#).—The | American-owned Modelo School, in | Torreon, has been ordered closed by the mayor of the town because of al- leged violation of the Mexican consti- itution. Dudley F. Frost, the Ameri- ican consul in Torreon, has sent a note (1o the municipal authorities request- | ing that the schdol officials be granted A postponement of two days in order | that the graduation exercises may be { carried out. { The charge against the school is | that It has not complfed with the con- stitution, which -provides that instruc- tions imparted by a private institution must not be laical. | encountered in' the northern Katanga | district of the Belgian Congo a curl- tribe of natives whose physical characteristics suggest “the missing 1i ! The traveler described one individ. | ual as halt man and half ape. He was six feet tall and had an excep- long arm, a projecting jaw and a receding forehead. He had the hormal negrnid nose, wooly hair, startling black eves, a straggly heard and was of exceptionally powerful physique. WOMAN TO BE HANGED. ROBERVALE, Province of Quebec, June 21 (#).—Mrs. Emily Sprague Gallop "has heen '$éntenced to hang| October 15 for the murder of her husband, Abraham Gallop, last year. She is forty vears old. Gallop died at Ile Maligne under | and was | suspicious _circumstances v buried. Later the body was exhumed and traces of strychnine were found in the viscera. The cthief witness for the crown, Walter Simpson, testified that Mrs." Gallop ‘confessed ‘ that" stre oisoned her husband because she did not love him. He said she told him that it was he whom she loved and asked him to marry bgs, } D’ANNUNZIO SAYS LISZT PLAYED PIANO. IN SPIRIT Writes to Instrument's Makers ! Telling How Church Bells Were i Drowned by Music. | By the Associated Prees. | GARDONE, Haly. June 21.—The j exile which Gabriele D'Annunzio re- cently imposed upon himself at his | villa here has been broken by a visit { trom the spirit of Franz Liszt, who, the soldier-poet declares. played his | new piano, producing “a beautiful rhythmic tempest.” | In a letter to a firm of Milanese manufacturers, whom he addresses as “My Dear Companions in Sonorous Construction,” the poet describes how upon the arrival of the instrument it began to vibrate, drowning the sound of nearby church bells. ““This ‘is 2 place of mysteries and | prodigies,” he continues. “Not without {trembling I perceived that the shadow of Liszt, who was once a guest here, had_entered the Instrument and was !producing with ooz, tmmatertal fin- §ers & beautiful rhythmic tempest.’ conflscation. | renovate { town. Hanover, there was a vote of ' | to nominate candidates for State and 4 | | ! | Contests Based Mostly Upon | I'stead faw to permit light wines and | nomination for governor and a pro- REMEMBER — NO OUTING R TILL ¥ THESE ARE L FINISHED ! — 1926_THIRTY-TWO PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pres: —— MINNESOTA VOTING i INPRIMARY TODAY State Issues—Fight on at Polls in Maine. By the Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn.. June 21.—Only a hint of such national issues as pro. hibition and farm relief stirred the | surface of campaigning incident to to- day’s State-wide primary in Minnesota congressional offices. The prohibition rufMe appeared in the fourth congressional district, which includes St. Paul, where Repre #entative Osear E. Keller, Republican, favoring the prohibition law, secks re. nomination. One of his opponents, Melvin J. Mass, urges modification of the Vol- heer. He alto came out for placing agrieulture on equal basis with indus- try. The third candidate, Fred A. Snider, backs the prohibition law. Of congressional candidates in the other nine districts. six incumbents were unnfpo-ed for renomination. Of chief interest to the State, how- ever. was the outcome of the races for the najor State offices, including gov- ern Gov. Theodore Christiansen was op- posed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by Mayor George E. Leech | of Minneapolis. Magnue Johnson, former United | States Senator from Minnesota, is| running for governor on the Farmer- Labor ticket.” He is opposed by Tom Davis, Minneapolis attorn Davis was indorsed by the Non-Partisan League Association, while Johnson has the backing of the Farmer-Lahor | group. 4 The Democrats presented an unop. posed slate.: and, therefore, did not appear on ballote. FIGHT ON IN MAINE. Brewster Assailed for School Ald Stand. D, Me., June 21 (#).—A for the Republican Gov. PORTLA sharp contest posed constitutional amendment bar- ring State aid for private institutions were the principal issues before Maine voters in today’'s primary. Gov. Ralph O. Brewster, who was elected two years ago on a platform favoring constitutional prohibition of public money from sectarian schools and was supported by the Ku Klux Klan, was opposed at the polls by Maj. Arthur L. Thayer of Bangor. Thayer has based his campaign prin- cipally on the proposed amendment, which, as submitted by the Legisla- ture, would deprive not only sectarian schools but all private and semi-pri- vate institutions of public aid. The governor, in addition to being assailed for his stand in favor of the amendment, also has had to contend with_the charge that he has favored the Kian in his appointments. The Democratic slate, headed by Krnest L. McLean, mayor of Augusta, candidate for governor, was unopposed for nomination. CHILEAN PRESS DROPS ANTI-AMERICAN TONE Change Attributed to Adverse Comment in Other Latin Repub- lics on Plebiscite Stand. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 21.—The Santiago press is abandoning its anti- American campaign and is warning Congress to cease its jingo tactics and stop trying to arouse the people 10 stampede the government into hasty action on Gen. Lassiter's motion that the Tacna-Arica’ plebiscite be abandoned. Adverse press comment from neigh- boring nations blaming Chile for the failure of the plebiscite is bringing realization that the leaders have over- | played their hands. The slogan ‘“‘Latin America for Latin Americans” has not raised a sympathetic response, as Chile’s sister republics are thor- oughly informed as to where the guilt for the failure of arbitration lies, and are cenusring rather than sympathiz- ing with Chile. (Copyright, 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Hiking 6,000 Miles to New York. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 21 P).—Vincente Mira and Guilermo Nunez have left Montevideo on a hike to New York City. The distance is about 6,000 mile Page 26| Radio Progjams Workman Fails. Goes Back on Job And Falls Again George Limerick, who passes away the time by working on new buildings, fell from the same huild inz twice today hefore deciding to knock off for the afternoon George, who is 13 and full the dauntless. spirit of vouth, spending, a few hours at Walter Reed Hospital, recuperating from cuts and bruises amassed during his two drops this morning. The first time Limerick fell he stumbled through a trapdoor of a new building at Fifth and Madison street, landing some distance helow. He picked himself up. started whistling and_climbed right back to the roof. Stopping over to pick up some tiles, he lost his footing again and went down three stories for the final count, The doctors say that George will be réady to t it again shortly. of is 10 MARINES FIGURE IN LIQUOR CHARGE Officer and Nine Enlisted Men Held in Escape of Bootleg Suspect. By the Accociated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 21.—Nine enlisted men and one officer are under arrest at the marine base here today pending an investigation of alleged liquor deals and the escape of Sergt. Joseph Cerek, who recently gained his freedom from the marine prison while being held on a charge | handling liquor at the hase. The commissioned officer detained is Capt. B. T. Cripps. officer of the day when Cerek escaped. Others held. either on charges of fmplication in bootleg activities or in Cerek's e cape, are. Sergt. W. T. R 0. Dander, Sergts. Will| J. Tolifeon yekmangand Cor © foot ball playe: am A. McGowan and A Corpl: Clarence W, Batchelder and R. §. Cooper and Pvis. | C. B. Goodwin, Alfred W. Broward and Charles S. Farrar. Cerek also was a star on the foot ball squad. Sergt. Ryckman and Corpl. Dander are held on a charge of being impli cated in alleged liquor deals, epgi- neered at the local base. It is expected that court-martial ac- tions will be-taken against some or all of the men now detained. Action against the alleged bootleg acgivity at the marine base was started here some time ago by Gen. Smedley D. Butler in his campaign to make all service men under his command abide by the Constitution they have sworn to upheld, it was said at marine head- quarters here last night. . MADDEN WINS IN BATTLE T0 DELAY ADJOURNMENT House Refers'to Ways and Means * Committee Resolution to Stop Work June 30. By a vote of 130 to 34, the House today referred to the ways and means committee the resolution providing for adjournment on June 30. This action defeated the plans of the House leadership for early ad- journment, with Chairman Madden of the appropriations committee suc- cessful, for the time being at least, in hig filibus to thwart adjourn- ' ment until action had been taken on the rivers and harbors bill. HOUSE FARM COMMITTEE ADJOURNS FOR SESSION By the Associated Prese. Indicating it had no hope of further cffort in the House to enact farm re- lief legislation this session unless the Senate passes the McNary corn belt bill, the House agriculture committee adjourned today until next December. The committee instructed Chairman Haugen to call another meeting if the farm rellef bill is approved in the Senate. It voted to make the first or- der of business next Winter the Tin- | cher bill, to make private stockyards | within 10 miles of public yards comply with the requirements of the public * Seven Die in Wreck. TOURS, France, June 21 (#).— Seven persons were killed and thirty injured in_the wreck of the Paris- Bordeaux Express, which was derailed near Vouvray, 7 miles from Tours, vesterday. At least five of the dead were French, FRENCH GUNS RAKE FOGEOF DAMASCLS ; Rebellion Seething Inside City as Druses Snipe From Gardens Outside. | | By the Associated Press DAMASCUS, June | reigns in Damascus. The holy city of the Near East, | keeper of the tradition of Arabs and Islams, is in a state of siege from without, while rebellion is seething within. A triple row of barbed wire, blockhouses and dugouts bristling { with machine guns and flanked by {artillery encircling the heart of the icity have kept the dissident Druses | from storming the Moslem capital of | Syria. For six months. however, the | dissidents have been holding the once {luxuriant gardens virtually surround- {ing the city. | Barricades and barbed wire en- | tanglements are at every important street corner and command every | square in the very center of the city | to within a hundred yards of the gen- eral staff headquarters of the French army. These defensive measures have maintained a relative calm among the inhabitants within the walls of the ancient capital, but have not com- pletely stamped out rebellious ele- | ments. i Guns Trained on Gardens. 21.—Desolation | tillery of the villages and the gardens near Damascus, where the dissidents (are concentrating, are daily and Hundreds of of | June 15, 16, 17 and 18, a particularly | severe bombardment occurring on the 18th, when French airplanes bombed |the neighhorhood of Damascus un- interruptedly for two and one-half Although some of the shells pa over parts of the city itself before reaching their objectives be- ond the walls, Arab urchins played in the streets, apparently oblivious to their screech. Occasionally the erack of a lone dissident rifle is heard as a sniper takes a_pot shot at some French sol- dier. The dissident forces holding the garden have been estimated at be- tween 1,200 and 2,000. They have no artillery save two small anti-tank guns, Soltan Pasha Attrache, commander- in-chief of the Druse armies, which have been fighting the French troops in the Djebel Druse for nearly a year, sends a message to the American peo- ple through the Associated Press. Gives History of Revolt. He outlines the causeés of the revolt against French rule, the good inten- tions of those who have risen in oppo- sition to the French, denies violation of the rights of the Christians in Syria and begs for the sympathy of America in behalf of the Syrian cause. The statement is written entirely in the Druse leader's own hand from his headquarters in the Houran Moun- tains, where he is grouping his forces for a counter-attack upon Salkhad, his southern capital, recently captured by the French, or, as some experts be- lieve, for a drive around the French army's left wing and a dash upon Damascus, abandoning the Druse bat- tlefield. Brought by Lieutenant. The message was brought to the Assoclated Press correspondent by one of the Soltan's trusted lieuten- ants, who succeeded in crossing the ring’ of ' steel. barbed wire, block Summer, long-awaited guest of a coal-strike-wearied populace. will ar- rive here officially late tonight, her- alded probably by the flashing and booming of nature’s own pyrotechnics of the skies. It'seems that Summer always plans to arrive on the longestsday of the year, and this being it, the hot sea- son’s crack flyer, the Solstice Special, will roll into town at exactly 11:30 p.m. The official arrival of Summer, however, is just a necessary tech- nicalit; according to R. Hanson Weightman, forecaster at the Weath- er Bureau. Just to prove that, me- teorologically, Summer may delay its “physical” appearance for a while vet, he announced that there is still no real beating heat in sight. The greeting which Nature may of fer tonight or tomorrow to Summer equinoctial return will probably take the form of thundershowers, Mr. Wejghtman declared. The weather, Bombardments by airplanes and ar- | " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) British Official Reported Poisoned By Indian Woman By the Associated Press LONDON, June 21 Charges that a British officer, Maj. Travers Edward Madden, was poisoned while he was controller of pal aces of the famous Indian Mah: jah of Alwar were made in court today in a libel suit The allegation was made hy Mrs Laura Elizabeth Madden. the major's widow, who s suing Earl Winterton, undersecretary of state for India, for libel alleged to have heen contained in a leter from the Indian office concerning the major's death. Mrs. Madden charged that the major was wilfully poisoned in 1916 by a woman in the mahara- jah's househoid. She also accuses the Indian authorities of condoning the alleged murder. WRITS ARE 1SSUED dered Into Court in Move for Liberty. Nine writs of habeas corpus were |issued today for the release from St. | Elizabeth's hospital of that number | five of the writs and Justice Hoehling the remaining ones. All require Dr W. A. White, superintendent of the hospital, to have the men in court next Friday and to show cause why they should not be set at liberty | torney George F. Curtis filed all the applications. District Commissioner Fenning is committee of one of the applicants. William Meigan, who says he enlisted at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1872, and was on parole from Soldier's Home at Hampton, Va.. when he was arrested and taken to St. Elizabeth’s. Meigan savs he gets a pension of $30, but is allowed only $2 a month for spend ing_money. William West a duly licensed cap tain in the merchant marine, who was in command of a boat that carried war material between New York and France during the World War, is also included in the list. He was sent to St. Elizabeth's by the Public Health Service at New Orleans. He testified in_the congressional investigation. The others who seek liberty are discharged from the Army in Novem- ber 1898, Michael Powel who was honorably discharged from the Army William F. Gaffney, the World War and was honorably dis- charged in October, 1919; James E. Martin, honorably discharged August 5. 1903; Noal C. Johnson, former Army man; George R. White, who was honorably discharged May 4. 1924 and Robert W. Bro wnof Virginia. who claims he was sent there by a court that has jurisdiction over his person. FENNING LISTS REFUNDS. Asks Court for Right to Repay Com- * missions to Estates. District Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning today submitted to the Dis- trict Supreme Court petitions in 40 cases in which he is committee of insane persons to be gllowed to credit their estates with the commissions received by him from the bonding com- panies on account of premiums paid by him for his bonds as committee. Judge James Francis Smith signed orders in 23 of the cases granting the request of Commissioner Fenning, and Chief Justice McCoy is expected to 1 i | 17 cases, which. bearing odd numbers. | happened to fall {n his court. Attorney W. W, Millan, represent- | ing Mr. Fenning, said that he and the Commissioner are going through the open cases as rapidly as possible to ascertain the amount of rebate to be credited to each, and will file similar petitions from time to time. When the cases are disposed of the closed cases will be investigated with a view of taking similar action in ther. A total of 14 orders had been sign- ed last week, which, added to the 40 of today, brings the number of re- bates to 54. than 100 cases, it is stated, and it may be some time before the court's at- tention is called to all the rebates. The average return to the estates of the wards in today's rebates was about $25, making a total of $1,000 or- dered to be refunded. Chairman Dyer of the subcommit- which cond'icted extensive hearings of impeachn ent charges against Com- missioner Fenning, expects to dispose of this matter at a meeting of the full judiciary committee on Wednesday. There was no intjmation today about what the subcommittee intends to report. The fact that this is an unusually large subcommittee and that many members of the full judi- clary committee took an unusual in- terest in the hearings makes it prob- able that the full committee will feel itself prepared to pass upon the sub- committee report when it is p* e on Wednesday. Summer’s Official Arrival Tonight lhr believes, will continue cool. witn tendencies decidedly more springlike than summery. “Summer may be at hand, from an astronomical standpoint,” the fore- caster explained, “but we cannot let that influence us in determining what the weather will be in the immediate future. Broadly, of course, it means a gradually warming process, but there are so many climatological con- ditions that bear on weather condi- tions that it is impossible to depend on astronomical signs.” The sun rose thi orning at 4:36 o'clock, and it will set this evening at :26 o'clock, affording Washington fts longest stretch between dawn and dusk to be experienced in 1926. This condition is brought about by Mother Earth's decision to tilt toward her old friend, Sol. In Winter her affections grows cold, and she tilts away. As she leans toward the sun, the latter beams broadly and the season of romance. seaside splashing and picnics is upon FORNINE PATIENTS Men From St. Elizabeth Or-! |of war veterans. Justice Hitz signed | At- | Frank L. Smith, who was honorably | ., . who | served in the Rainbow Division during | take similar action in the remaining | Mr. Fenning has more | tee of the House judiclary committee, | 5. TWO CENTS. GREENFIELD SAYS HE GAVE $125000 TOVARE CAPAGN ;Tells Reed He Indorsed Rep- | resentative’s Notes and Then Paid Them. \DENIES HE ATTEMPTED | TO HIDE CONTRIBUTION Real Estate Operator Avers He Heard Nothing Between Vare and 0'Connor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ert M. Greenfield, “angel” of the campaign to the extent of $125, 000, was put on the grill by Senator Reed of Missourf, rhairman of the | Senate campaign investigating com mittes, at today's inquiry into the recent Pennsvlvania primaries. | Whiie Seuator Reed was examin!ng Mr. Greenfleid. John S. Fisher suc. | cessfol candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsyl vanta; his unsuccessful opponent, Fd. rard E. Beidleman, and W. Harry Baker, former chairman of the Re- publican State committee and now its ‘s-rr-mry. sat in the committee room |awaiting their turn to be heard. | Again and again Senator Reed | sharply warned Mr. Greenfield to an- | swer the question and not to interject his opinions into his testimony. i Says He Paid Notes. Mr Greenfield loperator in Pt who is a real estate delphia on a large . a director of five banks and :pr-sn]en of ‘& mortgage com- | pany, told the committee that he had | :ndorsed Representative William . Vare's notes for a total of $100,000 that he had obtained the money on |these notes and had used it as his personal contributicn to the \Vare | campaign. Three of these notes were | made, he said. one for $30.000 at the People’s Bank and Trust Co. on [ May 4 a second. for $35,000, at the |®ame bank on May 10, and the third { for §35.000. at the Metropolitan Trust | Co. on May 10 | "I wanted to contribute to i Vare's campaign.” s Mr. G :nold, “and I did not have the on hand. 1 told Mr. Vare that 'he would give me this aecommoda tion paper I would turn the money over o his campaign. and that | the notes came due 1 { _“Are these notes paid yet” | Senator Reed | "I paid them.” said the witness Who paid you? “Nobody." Was Limited on Loans. “‘Your credit iz good in those banks.” | said Senator Reed. ‘‘Couldn't you { have borrowed the money vourself | without zetting notes from Mr. Vare?" | Mr. Greenfield said that he was an | officer in those banks and therefore | limited in the amount he might bor {row. For that reason. he said. he | g0t Mr. Vare's paper. ‘When Mr. Vare was on the stand several days ago he testified that he recalled signing a note for $100,000 with Mr. Greenfield, which was nego- tiated at the Metropolitan Trust Co The total sum of the notes regard- ing which Mr. Greenfield testified to- day equals the sum of the notes of which Mr. Vare told the committee. Mr. Greenfield said today that he had | indorsed no other notes with Mr. Vare | for money to be used in his campaign | outside of the three which he men- i tioned. Senator Reed trained his fire upon Mr. Greenfield right from the start of his testimony today. He read to the witness testimony given by the latter when he appeared before the Senate committee on June 9, during which Mr. Greenfield said that he was not the treasurer 'of the Vare | committee and that while he hall | solicited contributions to the Vare campaign fund and had turned them over to Treasurer Watson, amoutning to about $50.000, “I had no other con- nection with the campaign.” Admits Making Statement. Mr. Greenfield admitted that he made these statements. “It has since come out that you had something else to do with the | campaign,” sald Senator Reed. “I asked to be excused at the time |1 appeared before the committee June 2 because 1 had important business | to attend to in Philadelphia,” said Mr. | Greenfleld. “I said I'd come back. { You did not ask me if 1 had made a contribution nor how much I had contributeed. I thought that if I sald I had contributed $125,000 it might be considered boastful on my part. 1 knew that my contributions would appear in the report of the treasurer of the campaign committee and would be given here. I had no intention and haven't any now of concealing anything." “I don't care to haggle about it,” said_Senator Reed, “but the record speaks for itself.” | Mr. Greenfield told the committee ithat he did not have any other con- | nection with the Vare campaign ex. icept as a member of the business man’s committee. Became Rich Since 1913. The president of that committee, he said, was Frank H. Tuft, president of { the Metropolitan Trust Co. He him | self, he said. was chairman of the finance committee and had collected approximately $50,000. He said that there were about 100 members of the business men's committee, all men of ! standing in Philadelphia and of con- | siderable means. _Questioned ahout | his own interests, Mr. Greenfield said that outside of his real estate business he was largely Interested in banks and a mortgege company, and that he was a director of a number of large com- mercial businesses. He was asked if he had any manufacturing interests. He said that he did not think so, but that his interests were so wide he coudn't recall them all. Most of his | wealth, he said, had been accumulated since 1913. He started in life with practically nothing. Senator Reed wanted to know it he had made money out of war contracts, but Mr. Greenfleld said that he had had none. The witness was question- ed about his connection with Thomas W. Mitten of the Philadelphia Rapid Traneit Co.,, and how much money Mr. Mitten had contributed to the Vare campaign. In reply to the lat- ter question Mr. Greenfield sald, T don’t know: Mr. Mitten is in Europe.” “\Whem did_won_fivst_talk _with _in (Continued on Page 4, Column 6 asked | | |