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July 1, 1926

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Here's tragedy! effort to make Uncle he Cape Cod Canal indica _more of a failure than had pected. ss « ™ - Harrie needs is 5 > gy ies to have a bali tea 7 » a tlemen who have selected the Lee Highway m ander the Hood's neck of achuarnal nat ‘‘white sities” tages of it. * + 7 ‘ini may be able to prevent spapers from printing the t of the day; but he can’t ‘back fence high enough a. ” a ¥ 7 n airplane defeats three carrier in an aerial race which titely determines that birds de- ig to learn to fly should enroll he aviation service. + * . o Western prairies are on fire, Al; 1y paints a picture dire— ‘al; dly_ isn’t any: myth, h dry, the farmers are ith! Tammany?—they’ll take him ‘ ral. Wiss Democracy, look out! gal. areful how you snub and flout Al; very rare are for him, booze cannot his luster dim, il even sing the Wall Street umn ling to George. o 2 * : ident Coolidge picks a college or as the new Assistant Sec- lof the Navy for aviation, it’s understood there’s to be a ial course of -instruction s desiring to learn the rudi- s of correct flying. a 'es 2 #8 ‘retary Mellon enjoys an e of cablegrams with Monsieur vber. ; s # ing Alfonso leaves Paris eld Lunndn two jumps ahead bunch of anarchists who didn’t to do anything to him but Nowadays a squad of detec- ‘s much more useful than when it comes to hedging a we + or La Follette cuts another - the bread trust, and wants ey General Sargent to butter im. . - . ~ so, it seems, cannot speak in his own seives the justice due him. President takes his pen in © sign the “farm bill.” tin, from which were heard to @ dreadful gypans, was said |) in labor, and people flocked see what would be produced. Eotins until they were quite =e /aidenee,” | ° ' ot. Knowledge? who save - on the high-priced players— s more than one way for the if the fans senatorial ‘gn funds committee are now their _— on blotting paper. Sam impression barn is located in ptailea of the neers in Chicago looks like a j-about way of obtaining the the union without there was a wn’s hand at the throttle of Aked Cincinnati limited, and the engineer who is blamed IN NORTH DANOTA Earlier Returns, However Are From Coolidge Man’s Territory. of ~OENATE PRIMARIES Yet SENATOR IS STRONG IN WESTERN REGIONS Graham, eaaiant, Running 'the rivers and harbors Dill, Well Ahead of His Con- gress Opponent. Fargo, N. Dak., June 30 (By A. P.).—United States Senator Gerald P. Nye, seeking nomination for both short and long terms in today’s Re- publican primary élection, was run- to be ning behind on the returns tabu- lated tonight. L. B. Hanna, Independent, Coolidge candidate for the nomina- tion, held the lead in both contests. The initiaf figures, however, came from the cities, which always have been conceded as Republican strongholds. Strength of the non- partisan league, which supported Nye, is mainly in the rural district, which always report late. or How Figures Stand. With 165 precincts reported at midnight, Hanna had a lead of 3,- 506 over Nye in the race for the long term. The figures gave Han- na 10,184;° Midtbo, 258; Nye, 6,- 678; Stone, 2,441. In the special senatorial election for the term ending March 3, 1927, Hanna had 5,578 to 4,157 for Nye and 1,428 for Stone. Although Hanna had a substan- tial majority from the first precincts to report, Nye showed surprising strength in some normally inde- dent strongholds, and may over- come Hanna’s lead when returns from the western districts are re- ceived. D. tes ust Governor Race Close. Returns were slow. tered precincts from Missouri river, san, showed A few scat- west of the normally nonparti- Maj. J. M. Hanley, Mandan, independent, giving Gov. A. G. Sorlie, nonpartisan, a close race for the Republican guberna- torial nomination. In the gubernatorial contest, 82 precincts gave Hanley 4,661; Mc- Govern, 198; Sorlie, 4,104. Representative Thomas Hall, in- cumbent (Coolidge Republican), had a substantial lead over Fred Graham, npnoartisan, for the Re- publican congressional nomination in the Second district. Twenty-two out of 756 precincts: in the district gave Hall, 1,947; Graham, 842. Townley Apparently Fails. Efforts of friends of A. C. Town- ley, Nonpartisan league founder, to make him the Republican candidate for governor through a “sticker’”’ campaign, apparently failed. With returns from 8&5 counties available tonight the former Non- partisan chieftain had received just one yote, that being reported from Grand Forks county. The Townley campaign launched several days ago, his friends sent out stickers ing his name. Millionaire, 62, Weds Former Girl Clerk, 27 Baltimore, Md., June 30 (By A. P.).—-After a romance of one year, Miss Martha Wilson Stanford, until recently a clerk in the Baltimore custom house, today became the bride of Edward W. Davis, Wilkes- Barre, Pa., millionaire chain store owner. The marriage license gave the bride’s age as 27; Davis as 62. The couple will sail on the Levia- than within a few days for a honey- moon in Europe. Prison Superintendent White Crjtically Il Portland, Oreg., June 30 (By A. P.).—Luther C. White, superinten- dent of Federal prisons, suddenly taken ill here yesterday while en route from McNeil Island peniten- tiary to Denver, was in a critical condition tonight. Attending phys- icilans said he was in a state: of coma and had but a slight chance of recovery. Row Boat Upsets; 2 Girls Are Drowned Franklin, Pa., June 30 (By A. P.).—Two girls were drowned in the Allegheny river near Dotter this afternoon when their rowboat up- to for was when bear- for ex- for kill di- de- “A and that of set in midstream. The dead: Clara nee, 16, and. Jane Forsythe, 15. Rivers Bill Is Laid Over: CHILLAUX DEMANDS Plan to Aajourn Saturday (1S RIVE IP POWER an oe ieee Session to Follow Deficiency | Measure Passage Today; Radio Legisla- tion Is Left in Doubt. —" By ALBERT W. FOX. Adjournment sine die of Con- gress day after tomorrow now ap- pears virtually assured. The con- troversial question of disposing of which kept all adjournment plans up in the air, was ironed out in the Sen- ate shortly before 4 o’clock yester- day afternoon, thus paving the way for the Senate acceptance of the resolution already framed by the House ways and means committee, providing for adjournment at 3 p. m. Saturday. The House resolu- tion will Ye acted upon as soon as the Senate passes the deficiency bill. After of negotiations be- tween leaders Of various groups in- terested for or against the rivers and bill, the ~ following unanimous consent agreement was proposed by Senator Jones, of Washington, the Republican whip, and adopted: “Ordered, by unanimous consent, that the bill, H.R. 11616 (the rivers and harbors bill), cial order for at 2 o'clock Dp. the hour of 2 p. m. on the calendar day of December 20, 1926, no Sen- a day harbors December 14, m. 1926, bill, on December 21, 1926, no senator shall speak more than once or longer than 15 minutes on the bill or any amendment. The bill shall not be laid aside except by unani- mous consent.’’ With this matter out of the way, the. rest of the Senate’s program is smooth sailing. The deficiency bilk has been reported, and will be taken up today. The radio bill re- mains the unfinished business with its ultimate fate in doubt. Senator Robinson, the Demo- cratic leader, apnroved the unani- mous consent agreement. Inasmuch as efforts were being made to ad- journ Congress on Saturday, he said, this seemed to be the best dis- position to make of the bill. The Senator added that he was heart and soul for the bill, but was con- vinced the interests of thdse who he made o EE | sedis the bill would not be jeop- |ardized by pcstponing consideration | in and that after | | Senator Simmons said the agree- the manner set forth agreement. by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 8.) LENROOT, ALWAYS KORY, ASKS BEER REFERENDUM Senator Declares Wisconsin | Proposal No Violation of Constitution. WILL SUPPORT MAJORITY Ripon, Wis., having June 20 (By A. P.). After been glassed as a “dry” in his official life, Senator Irvine L. Lenroot tonight asked a referendum vote on modification of the eighteenth amendment in open- ing his campaign for nomination for another term in the Senate. Senator Lenroot’s opponent, Gov. John J. Blaine, seeking nomination as a progressive, has indicated in various utterances his disapproval of sumptuary legislation. “IT voted to submit the eighteenth amendment,’ Senator Lenroot said. “IT have voted for all which has been enacted for its en- forcement and shall continue to do so. “We must all admit, however, that conditions are not as good as we expected when the amendment was adopted. I believe the senators and representatives from Wiscon- sin would welcome a definite ex- pression through an official refer- endum upon this question because it affects the personal habits of the people. : “If the majority favor of modification, I should sup- port it in the Senate, believing that it would not violate the eigh- teenth amendment.” The modification referred to is contained in the referendum order by the Wisconsin legislature and would permit beverages containing 2.75 per cent alcohol. The senator asserted that as long as .he was a member of the Senate he ‘‘would not vote for any legislation that violates the eighteenth amendment. ENGINEERING FORCES IN CHICAGO) GO-OUT “White-Collar Strike’ May Tie Up $10,000,000 in City’s Projects. - Chicago; June 30 (By A. P.).— A “white collar’’ strike, the first among professional engineering employes of the city, today tied up approximately $4,000,000 in bridge construction and promised to affect a total of $10,000,000 in projects. Technical engineers of the board of public improvements, health and building departments, draft and municipal incinerator employes, numbering more‘than 700, walked out'‘in an attempt to enforce de- mands for increased pay..« should be i City projects on which work ceased included: A $2,000,000 wa- ter tunnel; the $2,500,000 Western avenue pumping station; water pipe extension work totaling $650,- 000; bridges to cost in excess of $4,000,000. The engineers seek a 30 per cent wage increase, their scale now ranging from $160 month, -_— to $650 «a ATTEMPT TOKILL KING ALFONSO FOILED IN PARIS Spanish Rulers, in London, Are Put Under Heavy Guard * Once. TWO ANARCHISTS SEIZED Paris, July 1 (By A. P.).—The Matin asserts that the life of King Alfonso of Spain was menaced while in Paris by five men who came from Argentina. The men had passports issued at Buenos Aires. The plotters were rounded: up by the police. Two of them proved to be Spaniards and notorious anarch- ists——Abadia Francises Ascaro and Bonaventure NDuretti. Ascaro at- tempted to fire upon the police, but was overpowered. Both conspirators, the police say, confessed that they had come to legislatioay Paris expressly to kill Alfonso. The prisoners were found to have ample funds, three carbines and 240 cartridges. — Ascaro refused to explain from whom he received the 1,000 pesos found on him. The pair’s accomplices have not yet been arrested. The Matin says Ascaro was found in the possession of a receipt for an automobile.- The machine was of Italian make and Ascaro is said to (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 1.) DUD GRENADE KILLS. 41 POLISH SOLDIERS Suspected That Old War Relic Detonated Old Mine Un- der Men’s Feet. Kowel, Volhynia, Poland, June 30 (By A. P.).—Two officers and 39 soldiers were killed today when a wartime grenade found ina field exploded. About 30 others were injured, some severely. A company of the Thirty-fifth to Kowel from maneuvers. While crossing a field the soldiers came upon a dud hand grenade. One man picked it up and the whole company gathered round. The sol- dier accidentally dropped the gre- nade. It hit his hobnailed shoes and exploded. An investigation was instituted and some of the investigators re- port that the company was march- ing over a concealed wartime mine. It has not been determined if the suspected mine was detonated by the grenade. 26 Pickets in Canton Killed by British Fire . London, June 30 (By A, P.’).— Twenty-six pickets are reported to have been killed by mashing gun fire from British armed motorboats, says a dispatch to the Daily Express from Hongkong. ; Two British motorboats, armed with machine guns, were escorting sampans carrying supplies to a Canton government picket boats at- tempted to interfere and the British are said to have opened fire. ator shall speak more than pen | or longer than one hour upon the | or more than once or longer | than 30 minutes upon any amend- | ment; and that after 3 o’clock p. m. | regiment of infantry was returning | British steamer lying off Shameen. | ~ TO MOBILIZE DEBT ORY REFERENDUM Nb OTATES SOUGHT BY WET ASoOCIATION Mellon's Promise Not to ‘Stayton Says Receipts Force Bond Issue Is Held Insufficient NO RATIFICATION IF Pledging Gold Attacked; | $300,000,000 Loan Not Able to Save Franc. (Special Cable Dispatch.) Paris, June 30.— CLAUSE 7 REMAINS | Joseph Caillaux | ' Have Grown to Nearly $900,000 a Year. WHEELER ON FRONT BENCH AT HEARING Body's Charactartention of Pennsylvania Candidates Brings Laughter. (By the Associated Press.) Turning its spotlight on the po- this evening received a cable from|litical activities of the association Washington giving unofficial assur-j| against the United States will! rance that not apply Article 7 amend- campaign funds the prohibition ment, the Senate of the Berenger | sommitee learned yesterday that it accord, which provides for the mo-|is paving the -way for referendums bilization of the debt and issuance} on cf bonds for public sale whenever America might demand. The cablegram was signed Secretary of thé Treasury Mellon. promised M. would never It Callaux that America envisage such proced- ure and that the article was merely included as a convention and matter of form. : Mr. Calliaux replied to the Treas- ury Department at Washington that this assurance insufficient and that Article 7 must be eliminated from the agreement which the Sen- ate ratifies. The finance. minister is a friendly and sympathetic attitude in the present feeling at Washing- ton, but since the funding runs sixty-two years, France must pro- tect herself against the future. M. Caillaux is also demanding the in- clusion of a safeguard clause in the convention, warning Secretary Mel- lon by cable that it will be practi- cally impossible to secure ratifica- tion by the French -parliament wn- less some such concession is offered by America. New Formula Sought. ' Attempts to find some formula permitting the salvation -of the franc before next Tuesday, when the government is pledged to out- line its policy before parliament, is being sought by Caillaux, who to- day ordered the new governor of the Bank of France, M. Moreau, to summon Benjamin Strong, gover. nor of the Federal Reserve’ Bank of New York, and Montague Nor- man, governor of the Bank of Eng- land,-to Paris from the Riviera, where they are sojourning since the pourparlers with M. Robineau were broken off last week. The experts’ committee, by Raoul Peret last month, com- pleted its report, which recom- mends stabilizing the franc at be- tween 175 to 200 to the pound sterling and 36 to 40 to the dollar. This admits the impossibility of fur- ther strengthening the franc through artificial means, which. was considered the sole means of ob- taining ratification through goy- ernment intervention, with Ameri- can and English aid bolstering up the franc a few points during the debate. The dissolution of parliament is now considered the sole solution, as only two alternatives are available —a capital levy or .sale of govern- ment monopolies. The left house, with an eye to the 100,000 votes employed on the government rail- named (CONTINUED ON PAGE 18, COLUMN 2.) 9 OR 10 CENTS’ JUMP IN TAX RATE LIKELY eee — — District Auditor will Lay His Recommendation Before Commissioners Today. The District tax rate for 1927 will be $1,75 per $100 of real or tangible personal property, with a possibility that it may be as high as 1.80. The 1926 rate was $1.70. This was the impression current in the District. building. last night, following conferences between Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, and his aides. Maj. Donovan will recommend to the commissioners to- day a rate he deems sufficient to meet the appropriations for the new. fiscal.year. He would not reveal his recommendation in advance. The total budget for 1926-1927 exceeds $36,000,000. That part of it to be raised by, taxation amounts to approximately $34,500,000, the remainder of the revenue consisting mainly of water rents and gasoline tax. \eee” 15-DAY FLORIDA EXCURSION. Leave Washington July 16th. Fare $25 to $86. Savannah, $22. Hava days, $59.75. Atlantic Coast Line R. R., N.W. Phone Main 7835.— {sae H St. Adv, iconsin, | by | ordered. pointed out that he realizes there is} . Havana, 22.4 the wet and dry issue in six States besides New York and Wis- where elections have been Capt. Smyrna, ciation, nois, William H. Stayton, of Md., founder of the asso- said these states are IIli- Missouri, Colorado, Califor- nia, Montana and Nevada, each of which has an initiative and referen- dum clause in its constitution. Pe- titions are now being circulated, he added, with a view to forcing the issue at the polls. ba Appearing in response to a/sub- pena, Stayton occupied the stand during two sessions and uf@er questioning by Senator King (Dem- ocrat), Utah, told of the political activities of his organization and disclosed that it is a growing con- cern with 760,000 members and that its receipts now are close to half a million dollars a year, or about on a par with those of the Antisaloon league. Reed Yields as Questioner. Senator Reed (Democrat), Mis- souri, chairman of the committee, who has conducted the bulk of the examination since the inquiry be- gan three weeks ago, stated that he had been “‘slanderously”’ called a wet and so would turn over the questioning of Stayton to some dry member, so that there could be no charge of an effort to cover any- thing up. Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- sel of the Antisaloon league, who already has submitted to two days of questioning by Reed and whose examination will be resumed this week, was,an interested spectator on the front row while Stayton was telling of the inner workings of the major organization enemy of the Antisaloon league. While the committee was inquir- ing for the first time into the oper- ations of wet organizations, the Senate voted it an additional $40,- 000 so that it can carry its investi- gation into IJlinois and a number of other States where charges of slush funds have been or may be made as the senatoria! campaigns progress. ’ ; Hearings Planned. The investigators hope to con- clude the present phase of their inquiry, dealing primarily with the Pennsylvania primary, by the end of this week and begin hearings in Chicago late in July on the Illinois senatorial primary in which it has been charged $3,000,000 was spént on behalf of Senator William B. McKinley, Republican, and Frank L. Smith, his successful opponent. Stayton was on the stand less than two hours and will be recalled later after the books of his organ- ization have been audited by rep- resentatives of the committee. He appeared entirely at ease and sat well back in the big witness chair with his hands clasped under his chin most of the time. To. Senator. King’s rapid-fire questions he gave such a fast vol- ley of answers that even the of- ficial stenographers had difficulty in keeping up and finally the Utah senator had to request that he speak more slowly. Stayton said his organization was nonpartisan, supporting publicans and Democrats alike either the primaries or general elections—the requirement being that the candidate be favorable to repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment and the Volstead act. Com- mittees of the association cooper- ate with committees for the candi- dates, he explained, and the associ- ation sends out literature and ar- ranges mass Meetings. This was done in Pennsylvania, he said, testifying that $3,500 was sent to Charles 8S. Wood. Pennsyl- vania representative of the associa- tion, to arrange for mass meetings ‘and that letters were sent to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 1.) Chicago in Re- ‘peared many times before the annette Index to Today's Issue. Pages 1---Hanna Leads Nye in Primary. Congress to Adjourn July 3. France Asks Debt Pact Change. Six States to Vote on Rum. Inquiry in D. C. Affairs. —To End Secret School Sessions. Dr. Johnson to Head Howard. »-——British Mine Bill Moves On. 4——-Farm Bill Before Coolidge. 5——Italian Press to Cut Down News 6-——Editorials. 7-8—Society. 9——Tells of Society Failure. 10——-Nancy Carey’s Page. 11—-Magazine Page. 12—-Weather and Vital Statistics. 13—Accuse U. S. Cutter in Attack. 14-16-16-21—Financial. 17-18-19—Sports. 20—Radio and Comics. 21—-Next Week in the Theater. 21-22-23-—Classified Ads. 22——Ivanhoe. 24-The News in Pictures. SOUTH ROUTE FOR LE BOULEVARD SELEGTES Thoroughfare Will Wind 7 Miles Through Arling- ton iciionnk OPPOSED BY + twe GROUPS — Selection of | the so-caHed south- erly route for the Lee boulevard through Arlington county, Va., was announced last night by Dr. S. M. Johnson, director of the Lee High- wav association. From the Virginia end of the Arlington Memorial bridge to Falls Church, Va., the route selected by the association winds for seven miles through. the county and does not touch several of the towns in the county which have asserted their claims to recognition, de- manding a straight air-line route from the bridge to Falls Church. The Lee boulevard is to be 200 feet in width and run for 110 miles into Virginia from Washington, connecting the National from the end of Arlington Memori- al bridge with the Shenandoah Na- tional park, if plans of the Lee Highway association are carried to fruition. Three routes were under con- sideration—-the » southerly route, the ‘“‘palisades’”’ route, which would skirt the Potomac palisades, and the ‘“‘straight-to-the-bridge’’ route, which would run on a direct line from the Arlington bridge to Falls Church. The route. chosen by the associa- tion was announced by Dr. John- son at a meeting last night in the Washington auditorium, which was presided over by Secretary of Com- merce Herbert Hoover. Cheers greeted the announcement. The route is as follows: From Virginia terminus of Arl- ington bridge, along Columbia island to a point of intersection with the main axis of the Mall; thence along that axis to Radner Heights, the north side of the boulevard Heing the north qurb of Whipple street; thence through Fort Meyer Heights along Potomac street; thence through the Porter Woods by a southerly direction to- ward the wireless towers; thence through Pénrose, skirting the ceme- tery and passing through the Hen- derson, Garrison and Adams tracts, crossing the Wilson boulevard just west of Garrison, crossing Four Mile creek at a point near Terrey- son and skirting the Lothrop tract; extending to Fort Buffalo at the intersection of the Wilson boule- vard with the Leesburg-Alexandria pike. | Whether tae boulevard will con- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 2.) PROFESSOR CHOSEN AVIATION SECRETARY President Names E. P.' War- ner to New Post in Navy Department. (By Asseciated Press.) Edward P. Warner, professor of aeronautics at Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, was nominated by President Coolidge yesterday to be Asgistant Secretary of the. Navy in charge of aviation. Mr .Warner is an authority on aerodynamics and aeronautical en- gineering, having been a specialist in this field for 10 years, during which time he has studied aviation in the United States and abroad. During the investigation by the President's air board last winter he testified as ap expert and has ap- eral board of the navy. Prof. War- ner’s course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is part of the post-graduate training of naval | officers specializing in aviation. His studies have also had to do with commercial aviation. HOUSE BODY ORDERS Capital. FULL INVESTIGATION -OFDISTRICT AFFAIR Bill. Curbing ‘Guardians’ Practices Forwarded to President. GIBSON ADVOCATES &, FENNING : REMOVAL iia Body Will Today for Action Upon | Blanton’s Charges. | Meet Passage of the general world war bill, Commissioner veterans’ ending a demant for President, marked th meeting of the House committee to determine peachment charges against him. judicia bert, of Kentucky, a-similar demand regarding Dr. A. White, superintendent EKlizabeths hospital. Mr. attack. also covered what scribed as the ‘‘system”’ erns Washington. of son, of Vermont, provided. for) thorough investigation of local af fairs during the summer committee of seven. Mr. Gilbert declared there should be no quibbling over the question of whether Mr. Fenning peachable. The should be accepted is gladly .by the appointed him,” he de Representative Graham, man of the judiciary commit- tee, aes a “derogatory” to his committee, and made an impassioned defense of it. Graham He was greeted With laughteg from a group of Democrat ¥" he declared the committee hk sued the commissioner’s ¢: a spirit of candor and truth, he shouted in reply: “I stand by that statement spite of your jeering. laughs. N amount of diatribes or inconsider ate remarks can crush the truth.’ The judiciary subcommittee dis- cussed the case for more than three hours and is to make its report to- day. No announcement as to the subcommittee’s decision was made, except that one by Representative Dyer, chairman, that its conclusions were unanimous. Whether thi Defends Course, the evidence and. law coupled with the declaration at the outset that Mr. Fenning is not impeachable ag prepared by Mr. Dyer, or on a s5ug- the House could not be ascertained. " The likelihood is that it turned on Mr. Dyer’s report, which was merely a digest without any con- clusions. If the ‘‘unanimity’’> of action turned on a conclusion, the subcommittee’s report is unfavor- able to Mr. Fenning. Amendments Accepted, Final passage of the general world war veterans’ bill was ef- fected when the House concurred in Senate amendments. In s0 do- ing the House accepted the Senate that’insofar as the District is con- cerned, the veterans’ bureau direc- tor may limit the number of wards any one guardian may have. limits Mr. Fenning’s world war he now has, as Director Hines has said he would apply that limit. The bill now goes to the President. The District committee’s action >District affairs this summer was that resolutions pending ,in the mittee investigation may be lost in the last-minute shuffle. subcommittee was attended by at- tack on Mr. Fenning by Representa- tive Hammer, of North Carolina. who also assailed Frank J. Hogan, Mr. Fenning’s attorney. Mr. Hammer said he did not con- done the way in which Represen- tative Rankin, of Mississippi, and Blanton, of Texas, had presented - the case against the commissioner, but for Mr. Fenning’s attorney he | had ‘‘nothing but censure.” robbing them under the letter of — the law, but taking every cent he) could in a way that no one of pro- fessional reputability could an | prove.” Adoption. of a resolution providing for the . carrying a provision | Fenning’s wholesele guardianship practice and his removal by the eve of the Vv the im- Demand for removal of Mr. Fen- ning, voiced by Representative Gil- was coupled with W. St. Gilbert’s he de- which gov- The House District committee, at the instance of Representative Gib- by a sub= ima- “responsibility — Gilbert’s remarks as unanimity turned on the digest of' he gestion as to the form of a report: the full committee shall make ta: amendment .to its local provision: This . veterans to five instead of the 75° for a subcommittee investigation of | taken in view of the probability — Sneate and House for a joint com- ty 4 we z Mr. Fenning, he said, had been he “commercializing the soldiers—not ‘a The commissioner's con- 14 iPoueis UND ON ‘PAGE a, COLUMN 2.) 7 * 2 a