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and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 p.m. today; lowest, 39, day. Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. WEATHER. Falr and somewhat warmer tonight Highest, 81, at at 4 a.m. to- Che #n ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ey Star. I Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press I exciusively entitied the une for republication of sli uews disputc cregited to st ur mot otherwies credited ‘o th paper and aiso the local news publisied herviu All rights of publication of sje dispatches Lerein are alao rescrvcd. Yesterday's Net Circalation, 92,767 No. 28,166. Entered as® second-class matter post_office Washinston, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1921 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. /' TWO CENTS. SADIT ALL BEFR INUS ANDINBOOK, SIS TELLS DENB Some Parts of Sinn Fein { Speech May Have Been Garbled, Is Opinion. ADMIRAL UNPERTURBED i« BY SHAFTS OF CRITICS & May Have Used “Too Strong Ad- jectives,” But Intimates He Will Do It Again. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 10.—The reply of Rear Admiral Sims to the request of Secretary of the Navy Denby for an explanation of his speech here Tues- day, expresses the opinion of Admiral Sims that some parts of the speech. to which objection had been taken, had been garbled. This was learned un- officially, but on good authority, here today. In hisgmewer Admiral Sims declares that_he said nothing in his address which he had not said before in epeeches in the United States and in his book. Admiral Sims did not seem per- turbed by reports that the United States Senate had taken action calling tor an investigation of his speech, hut expressed curiosity as to when the senatorial inquiry would be be- #un. “I am returning on the Olmpic June 15, he said. “I don’t suppose I could book an earlier passag Further Statement Later. Admiral Sims declared he probably would not make any further state- ricut until his return to the United S-utes. He is busy with a volumnious cn-respondence, which averages about seventy letters per day from friends in_England. Rear Admiral Sims made no di- -t mention of Americans in sym- pathy with the Irish republican cause 1oday during a forty-minute address at.a luncheon given in his honor by the American Lunchecn Club. Adjectives Possibly Too Emergetic. In an apparent allusion, however, to his remarks of last Tuesday., when he addressed the English-Speaking Union, Admiral Sims said: “Perhaps we have used too ener- getic adjectives on some occasions, but let us hope that will be amicably explained away.” he admiral paused a moment and then added: “But I am going on do- ing the same thing.” Gets Uproarieus Applause. This declaration brogeht from, thes200 guests a repetition of the uproarious ap- plause which had greeted the remarks of Wilson Cross, vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in London, in introducing Admiral Sims. “He is stung again, but he says he will stand by what he has said.” Mr. Cross told the assembled company. “I want to assure him that this company will stand with him—and so will all full- blooded, true, honest-thinking Ameri- cans.” Mr. Cross alluded to the marked cor- lity with which Admiral Sims had licen entertained by men among the most notable in the country since his irrival in England, and he presented e admiral in the characterization usu- ally applied to Washington, “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. Admiral Sims in _replying said he had attempted on all occasions to say what he wanted to say, and he be- lieved he had always told the truth £+ he understood it. He was afraid ad gone to excess in telling the 1-uth. and he feared he had done so the other day—at least in the opinion of certain people,” he added. Quotes His Crities. The admiral said he had been ac- claimed by critics as “the most popu- Jar British admiral in the American vy,” and had been accused of being e ritish. “I am.,” continued the admiral. Similarly, 1 was accused of being pro-French after I had been naval at- tache in Paris four years. I am pro- British, pro-French and pro-allied.” Admiral Sims declared he also had been criticised for advocating an Anglo-American treaty. This was not %0, he said, but he did believe that a decent companionship and brother- hood of the two English-speaking peoples would make such a treaty un- ary. if that is something I say I hope they’ll make the he added. The admiral recounted his war-time experiences of the cordiality of the relations between the allied naval commands, interspersing his remarks with anecdotes and drawing enthu- siastic outbursts of applause and con- vulsive laughter from his auditors. Sir Thomas Lipton. Lord Inchcape. Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sir Hall Caine, the Earl of Lindeay, Vice Ad- miral Albert W. Grant, Lord Riddell, Lord .Charnwood. Capt. Leske, R. N, and numerous other naval officers, to- gether with representatives from the embassies, were among the guests. NO CABINET ACTION. Secretary Denby Declares He Will Handle Matter Himself. Secretary Denby said today before entering the cabinet meeting that he did not plan to bring to the attention of the President or the cabinet the speech of Rear Admiral Sims at Lon- don. in which the admiral attacked Irish sympathizers in the United States. The naval Secretary said the matter was one he could handle him- self without bothering the President. Mr. Denby has not yet received a reply to his cablegram to Admiral Sims, inquiring whether the admiral was correctly quoted in press dis- patches published in this country. He will await a reply before taking further action. BOMBERS TRY TO [ | BIG BOOTLEGGERS® TRUST WIDE, IS CHARGE NATION Liquor Flows Freely Anti-Saloon League Officer Tells House Committee. Charges that “certain brewers” and men prominent in big city financial affairs have organized a bootleggers’ trust which spreads far and wide and has made law enforcement extremely difficult were made today before the House rules committee by Wayne B. ‘Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti- Saloon League of America. Mr. Wheeler appeared in support of the request of Chairman Volstead of the judiciary committee for a special rule to give his beer and prohibition tightening-up bili right of way in the House, but the committee adjourned SIMSHARVEY HELD “GOLD DUST TWINS” Senator Harrison So Calls Admiral and Ambassador, Asking Inquiry. Rear Admiral Sims and Col. George Great Britain, were designated in the Senate today by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi as “the gold dust twins,” now representing the United States in England. The Mississippi senator, who put through the Senate a resolution call- ing upon the naval committee to in- vestigate Admiral Sims' recent speech on the Irish, today suggested that President Harding or Secretary Hughes of the State Department { might well cable Col. Harvey and ask lfor an explanation of his speech, de- livered in London some time ago, in which Col. Harvey asserted that the only reason the United States went to war was because it was afraid not to fight. Senator Harrison urged Senator Mc- Cormick of Illinois, who so vigorously protested against the reported speech of Admiral Sims to the Secretary of the Navy. also to raise his voice in protest agains the speech of Col Harvey, and to request the President to cable “even at this late date” to ask an explanation. Senator Harrison insisted that Col. Harvey’s speech had been an insult to the entire American people, whereas Admiral Sims’ speech was an insult only to a part of the American peo- ple. He read from an editorial by Col. Harvey written in May, 1917, praising President Wilson's war message to Congress to the skies. The Wilson war message, Senator Harrison pointed out. gave vastly different reasons for going to war than did Col. Harvey in his London speech. _— MRS. BERGDOLL PAYS FINE OF $23,000 TO AVOID JAIL Mother of Convicted Draft Desert- ers Pays for Self and Others. PHILADELPHIA, June 10.—Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of the Bergdoll brothers, convicted Army de- serters, saved herself and her four co- defendants charged with conspiracy to aid Grover C. and Erwin R. Berg- doll to evade Army service, from go- ing to jail by paying today $23,000 in fines recently imposed by the United States district court here. GRAB $50,000 SATCHEL, FIRING AS THEY FLEE! PITTSBURGH, June 10.—Robbers this afternoon attacked James Neel, assistant superintendent of the Boggs & Buhl departpent store, and Wil- liam Stagerwald, another employe, as they left the store for the bank with the morning receipts. Neel was wourfded and one of the attacking force was arrested. The others escaped in an automobile. The automobile was drawn up to the curb in Federal street. Just as Neel, carrying a satchel said ito contain cash and securities to the amount of $50,000, turned from the doorway a man sprang from the automobile and opened fire. Neel went down with a bullet throuzh his abdomen. B — CHAIRMAN GOOD RESIGNS. After serving twelve years in Con- gress, Representative James W. Good of the 5th Towa district, who for the last two years has been chairman of the House appropriations committee, re- signed today to begin the practice of law in Chicago. It had been known for some months that Representative Good contemplated this step, but he wanted to remain until the last of th appropriation bills, which he person- ally handled in the House, had been passed. Representative Good as chairman of the appropriations committee stood for government economy and reported appropriation bills more than $4,000.- 000,000 below department estimates. | He also led the fight for adoption iof the national budget system. BLOW UP HOMES OF TWO MEN ACTIVE IN DRY WORK By the Associated Press. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, June 10.—Attempts were made by bomb throwers early today to kill Russell Bowers, thirty-year-old prosecuting attorney of Tuscarawas county, and L. O. Haug, safety director of Dover, both of whom have been active in the enforcement of the prohibition laws in Tuscarawas county. A dynamite bomb was thrown on the front porch of the Bowers home, in New iladelphia, at 0 o'clock this morning from mobile. It exploded, blowing the porch to splinters and wrecking the house, but no one was injured. A dynamite bomb also was thrown on the porch of the Haug home, in the nearby town of Dover, at about the same time, but the fuse did not burn and the bomb failed to explode. Authorities immediately started search, trailing the automobile, and placed Nick Nigro and his son under arrest as suspects. The son was found hiding under the porch of the Nigro home, in Dover. Both men are being heid in the Tuscarawas county % < Harvey, United States ambassador to With Financiers’ Aid, until next week without taking ac- tion on the request. The league offi- cer was not questioned about the al- loged liquor trust and did not go into detalls. Asked if it would mot be possible to take out the beer section and pass it as a special bill, Mr. Wheeler in- sisted it was just as important to include other sections designed to break up indiscriminate traffic in in- toxicants masquerading as medicine. Chairman Volstead of the judiciary committee declared Immediate action Was necessary to prevent the free flow of beer. He insisted that the anti- beer provision and other _tightening- up features should be put through without noise. NEW FISCAL YEAR 10 BRING ANXIETY Demand for Economy From People Means Reduced Personnel July 1. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Comes now very shortly the begin- ning of the new fiscal year, when the governmental departments will take stock of their assets as provided | by the appropriation bills and plan| their activities for the ensuing twelve- month period. It will be a time of anxiety and real distress in many of the departments, which must yield to the necessity of cutting down clerical forces imposed by the new laws tak-| ing effect July 1. The inexorable demand of the coun- try for economy in governmental ex- peénditure will be met to a degree. What the effect will be upon the serv- ice is what will interest the heads of departments. It is generally believed in Congress that many of the clerical positions abolished can be spared without actual detriment to the public business, although that judgment will bardly receive the concurrence of the victims of the reductions. Great Increase in Work. Every head of a department knows | that the work of the branch of gov-! ernmental service of which he is the| head has increased tremendously in the past four years. Part of the in- crease was war inflation, to be sure. but at that there has been an actual and visible addition to the demands of the public service. e country has grown and the activities and re- sponsibilities of departments have EBrown in proportion. Of necessity, many hundreds of clerks will be compelled to leave Washington and return to the states Wwhence they came, to find lessened opportunities for employment _at home. They will add to the number of pegs in their localities for which there are not enough holes. The disturbing thought which dwells in the minds of congressmen is that the reductions effected in ap- propriations will exercise but small influence upon the big problem of re- ducing taxation, which is the bogey n:an of their days and nights. Every man in Congress is harassed c stantly by the pressure from “back home™ for reduced taxes, as well as theit re-allocation along less vex- atious lines, the while they know there is but little real hope for ma- terial reductions. Fall to Find Solution. No satisfaction can be obtained by any one who inquires of Congress as to the outlook for lessened taxes. It is not even possible at this time to “report progress” toward the solution of the big problem. 1t is still in hand, in process of consideration, but lack- ing signs of results pointing to so- tution. i The only comfort congressmen can | take is in the feeling that “their in-| tentions are good” in regard to meet- ling the public’s demands.s It may be | that some of them are not as happy now that they are in Congress, as they were when the election returns came in last November announcing their victory over their contestants for the place. Life is said to be far from one grand sweet song to the average congressman alive to the re- sponsibilities of the present and the outlook for the future. Congressmen who are in touch with “big business” through correspond- ence with consfituents who hold im- portant places {n industry and finance are getting reports of improved con- ditions in the country, however. The improvement is not startling, to be sure, but is nevertheless noticeable. Subject to Economie Law. It is said that realization appears to be increasing, after waiting for the| intervening time since the advent of | the new administration and the as-| sembling of the new Congress, that no miracle, to be wrought by adminis- tration or legislation, can change in the twinkling of an eye conditions subject to inexorable economic law. and that gradually the people are ta kling the causes of discontent and de- pression at their source. The most portentous shadow han; ing over the near future of prosperity in the country is the question as to how the railway employes will take the new orders of the Railway Labor Board, which become effective July 1. Nobody in Washington official-life dares venture a guess whether there are to.be disastrous strikes or mnot, but the majority sentiment appears to be the hope that they will fail to materialize. —_— COL. RIVERS RELIEVED. Col. Tyree R. Rivers, inspector gen- eral, has been relieved from duty at the War Department and detailed as inspector of. the Second Corps Area, with station at Governor's Isiand, N.Y. “The Last Laugh“ By RING W. LARDNER Is one of the funniest stories ever written! Lardner has *taken his place as one of the leading humorists of America, by reason of his peculiar “style” and odd character drawing. This story is the funniest he ever wrote. *The Last Laugh" | | Next Sunday's Star {a few days he would promulgate a | PASS * {pate. GABINET TAKES UP MEXIGAN QUESTION AT MEETING TODAY Discussion Centers on Obre- gon’s ‘Reluctance to Sign Amity Treaty. POSITION OF U. S. FINAL, VIEW OF OFFICIALS HERE Reported Favorable Acceptance Has Not Been Communicated to the §tate Department. The Mexican question was expected to again occupy much of the time to- day of President Harding and his cabinet, with diseussion centering on the continued reluctance of President Obregon to sign a treaty of amity and commerce as a condition to the recog- nition of his administration. Reports Umeonfirmed Here. Formal statements issued in Mexico City asserting that a treaty might be signed after certain modifications have been made have not been com- municated to the State Department, nor have the suggestions met any en- couragement. It is reported that the administration considers that it has Eone as far as it can in opening the way for a restoration of friendly re- lations and that the next move must be made by Mexico. Oll Tax at Issue. It was expected that the new phase of the situation developed by the levy of a 25 per cent tax on petroleum in Mexico and the subsequent protest of the American oil operators probably also would be considered by the cab- net. MEXICO SEES SETTLEMENT. Calles Optimistic and Certain Obregon Can Adjust Difficulties. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 10.—P. Ellias Calles, secretary of the interior, who returned yesterday from an extensive trip throughout the republic, expre: ed optimism over the situation which has arisen between the United States and Mexico relative to recognition be- ing extended the Obregon govern- ment. “I am absolutely sure,” said the sec- retary, “that President Obregon will be able to resolve the so-called con- flict ‘with the United States without disparagement of himseif or the na- on.” He added he did not consider the situation grave and said the entire cabinet was in absolute agreement with the policy outlined by President Obregon. Charges that he is sympathetic with the bolsheviki have been made against Secretary Calles, but he dismissed these allegations as ‘“inconsequen- tial” explaining, however, that he was “a friend of the proletariat and [l defend it but always withia the aw." Peaceful Attitude Found. The entire nation has been pacified, the secretary asserted, and is return- ing to the paths of peace. He said he would make a detailed report of his trip at today's cabinet meeting, at which international affairs may be discussed. Mexico is prepared to agree to the suggestions contained in the mem- orandum brought here from Wash-| ington by Charge d' Affaires Sum- | merlin after certain modifications are made by the United State government, which "1t is confidently expected will be made, and the relations be- tween the two nations doubtless will be most’cordial, according to a state- ment made by Secretary of Foreign Relations Pani to the publishers of the newspapers in Mexico City. The modifications referred to per- tain to amendments of the Mexican constitution, which cannot be effected by presidential decree, but must come as a result of action by the Senate, the newspapermen were informed. Publishers Want Facts. The publishers were shown all the communications which have passed between Washington and Mexico City, including President Obregon's latest answer to Secretary of State Hughes' note. The burden of Obregon's note was declared to be for forbeatance on the part of the United States until its suggestion can be carried out in a legal manner. One of the suggestions made in"the American memorandum was for a claims commission, and, according to the informant of the Associated Press correspondent, Senor Pani asserted that President Obregon readily had agreed on this point and that within decree authorizing the establishment of this commission as far as Mexico is _concerned and also designate its personnel. Yesterday afternoon's conference between Senor Pani and the news- men was the result of a virtual demand by the publishers of Mexico City to be enlightened on the true state of affairs existing between Mex- ico and the: United States. ‘BAD CHECK” BILL. Pomerene Measure Now - Goes to House. The Pomerene “bad check” bill to prevent the issuance of bad checks or drafts in the District of Columbia was passed by the Senate today without de- ‘The bill now goes to the House. ! Today’s News in Paragraphs Attorney Clayton for citizens’ associa- tions claims Utilities Board has created street car merger problem. Page 1 Cabinet takes up Mexican question at meeting today. * Page 1 New fiscal year to bring cuts in federal service here. Page 1 Gen. Beach ready to begin work on new D. C. water conduit immediately after Congress grants authority. Page 1 Admiral Sims to answer Secretary Denby’s request -for explanation of London speech. Page 1 Gen. Harris declares criticisms ~ of slacker lists are ngwarranted. Page 3 Bolshevik ‘ambassador offers aid to ‘Turkish nationalists. Page 4! Greel steamer strikes mine—many lives | believed lost. Page 10 ert parachute jumper drowns Tiver. Page 13 Delegates t0 A. F. of L. convention will present resolution demanding_recog- nition of Ircland. Page 1 British split with France scoffed at in London. - Z ' | cou Page 13 ing the public NEW WATER TUNNEL VITALNEED OF D.C. Gen. Beach to Begin Work “Ten Minutes” After Con- gress Grants Authority. “We will start work on a new con- duit within ten minutes after we are given the necessary authority,” Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engi- neers of the United States Army, de- clared today in a statement. giving emphasis to a fear which engineers have expressed repeatedly during the; 1ast few months—that unless the pres- ent conduit is relieved at the earliest time possible Washington may be con- fronted without warning with a water famine. Gen. Beach said a vast amount of preliminary work has been done in anticipation of Congress providing this “most vital of all District needs. When the conferees on_ the Arm: bill take up the item of $200,000 ap- propriated by the Senate for start- ing the conduit they will find the project has been urged by the Secre- tary of War, the Federal Power Com- mission, the chief of engineers of the Army, Maj. M. C. Tyler, author of the Great Falls water supply and power development plan, upon which the Senate's action is based; the board of engineers for rivers and harbors, the District Commissioners and others who have made expert studies of the critical water situation. Land Owned by Government. Fortunately for Washingtonians, who are depending upon an obsolete water supply line that may go out of commission at any time, the govern- ment now owns practically all the lang that will be required in connec- tion with the laying of the proposed new conduit, so that no time will be lost through condemnation proceed- ings, the Army engineers pointed out today. With an initial appropriation of $200,000 the engineers say it will be possible _during the next twelve months to complete plans and sur- veys, clear the right-of-way for the conduit, do the necessary grading for the filtration plant. which is to be located on the Dalecarlia reservoir site, and. in short, to lay the general foundation for the project upon which a considerable portion of the super- structure can be built during the sec- ond year. It is believed the third year will see the completion of the work. 1t {s assumed, in the event Congress authorizes the improvement engineers have characterized as “imperative,” if life and property in the District are to be protected, that Maj. Tyler will be selected to direct the work. At present Maj. Tyler is the District en- gineer officer. He is directing the con- struction of the Key bridge. District citizens also are hopeful of the House concurring in the Senate's Great Falls power development item, which is an amendment to the Army bill. It is the belief of many that since the Great Falls project is de- signed to pay for itself in thirty years and will promote great econ- omy the House may approve it on that score. ; Cost of Power Projeet. Advocates of power ° legislation pointed out today that while the total cost of the Great Falls develop- ment will be $32,216,000 it will re- quire only $13,600,000 to carry out a portion of the project—the con- struction of the Chain bridge dam— Which will generate enough energy to meet Wabhington's light and pow- er needs for many years When the demand for current ap- proaches the capacity of the Chaln bridge plant, Which, it is estimated, will generate 323,230,000 kilowatt hours, the project can be expanded to its full conception through the Ibulldlng of a dam at Great Falls, which will cost $18.616,000, making | the total cost $32,216.000. 'With both the Chain bridge and Great Falls stations in operation, the total generating capacity will be 664.640,000 kilowatt hours annually. Maj. Tylers report shows that either the proposed Chain bridge sta- tion, operated to meet present needs, or both the Chain bridge and Great Falls plants. operated jointly when 2 market has been established for 211 the power that can be generated, %ill produce substantial savings for the benefit of the government and Washington users of electricity. Joint Use Is Proposed. roposed to use the. Chain br}:lgl: dpevalopment in conjunction with existing steam plants which generate power. According to ' the Tyler remort, current could be_ pro- duced at this station at a cost of 7.9 mills per kilowatt hour,.whereas the cost of producing power in the steam plants is 1 cent per kilowatt hour. with coal figured at $3.60 a ton. ASsuming that all the power which ja be developed at both.the Chain Sridge and Great Falls dam sites could be sold, the cost of delivering the energy to the substations. it is estimated would be 6.75 milis per kilowatt hour. 1t is in this comnection that power advocates say the proposition has a direct relation to the question of merg- of the District, 2R ol /72;_““. . /’f/;, 7 s/ { HOUSE D. C. COMMITTEE PROMISES TO GO AFTER LOWER PRICE FOR GAS Promise that the House District committee will soon make an in- vestigation and urge legislation toward a reduction in charges for gas in Washington, was made at the street car merger hearing to- day before the House District com- mittee. In reply to questions, William McK. Clayton, acting as counsel for Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations, said that the Public Util- ities Commission has allowed the gas company to increase its rate to $1.25, on which it is now receiv- ing a profit of 18 per cent. Representative Hammer of North Carolina said: “The gas company is _the worst offender of all the public utilities in Washington and we are going to get after them next.” ADMITS HIRING MEN \Wife Confesses Having Wom- an Get Two, But Only to “Beat Up” Victim. By the Associated Press. HUDSON, N. Y., June 10.—Mrs. Eva !der in connection with the slaying of her husband in Lakewood. Ohio, nearly two years ago, today confessed getting a midwife she had consulted to hire two men to beat up her hus- band in order to change his harsh at- titude toward her. She denied that she had intended that he be killed. Chief of Police Christensen of Lake- wood made this statement today to a representative of the Associated Press on the train that was carrying him, Mrs. Kaber and her daughter, Miss Marian McArdle, back to Cleveland. Chief Christensen, however, denied a report that the two men had been ordered to pose as ghosts. He also stated that Mrs. Kaber had not im- plicated her daughter. The woman's departure followed a grilling by police officials that began last night and lasted until early this morning. Stenographers were called, and it was understood that both the women made statements. It was nearly 4 o'clock before the GLAYTON BLAMES UTILITIES BOARD FOR MERGER ISSUE Attorney for Citizens Says Public Utilities Act Has Not Been Enforced. HOUSE COMMITTEEMEN ORDER PROBE AT ONCE Commission Asked to Appear at Meeting Tonight to Answer Charges. The Public Utilities Commission of i the District was charged before the | House District committee today with {not having enforced the public util- |ities act as intended by Congress in | having created the street car prob- {lem that now exists in the National WHO KILLED KABER Kaber, charged with first degree mur- | ROY HAYNES MADE PROHIBIION HEAD Ohio Editor Is Appointed Fed- eral Commissioner to Succeed Kramer. The appointment of Maj. Roy C. Haynes of Hillsboro, Ohio, as federal prohibition commissioner to succeed l.h)hn F. Kramer was announced for- jmally at the White House today. The announcement followed a conference between President Harding and Sec- | | retary Mellon of the Treasury Depart- | ment. Confirmation by the Senate is! not required. Mr. Haynes is forty years old and has been editor of the Hilisboro Dis- patch since 1908. He has been active in Ohio politics and civic matters for a number of years. He was among President Harding’s earliest suppoft- ers for the presidency. He became an ‘original Harding man” as far back as January, 1917—more than three | years prior to the Chicago convention —and is known to have been effective and vigorous in his support of the candidate throughout the campaign period. - Anti-Saloon League Backing. Besides the support of Senator Willis of Ohio and a number of other prominent state leaders, Mr. Haynes had the indorsement of various trade and civic bodies and the Anti-Saloon League. He has been prominent in temperance matters. He served for Several year sas head master of the Miami Military Academy, at Oxford, Ohio, and it was through this service that he acquired the title of major. He is prominent in the Methodist Church and was a member of the Gen- eral Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church in 1916. In 1912 he was a candidate against Representative Simeon D. Fess for the republican nomination for Congress, but was de- feated. Maj. Haynes is expected to arrive in Washington late this afternoon and to assume his new duties just as soon as his predecessor can arrange theé affairs of his office for his departure. Other Vacameies Remain. Reorganization of the prohibition enforcement agency still is far from complete. Appointments remaining to be made include an assistant commis- sioner, who will succeed D. S. Bliss, and a number of district and stat. supervisors. The new commissioner also will face the task of reorganiz- ing the field forces, which recently were materially reduced because of a lack of funds to pay salaries. Favored Over Fairbanks. The final choice for the position of 1l { { car jand not the request women were taken from police head- |prohibition commissioner has rested quarters. A patrol wagon, in which was ! for some time, it is understood, be- placed a blanket and a pillow for Mrs. [tween Mr. Haynes and another Ohio- Kaber, took them to the 30th streetlan x e ers hey were looked ‘up | o5 emvion Exlrbasks of Boeingfielt. | Eogsivh o Soon afterward an ambulance drew up at the station and a physician entered. Police officials, as well as the physician, Tefused to say who had been attended. Asked to Kill Kaber. I CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 10.—The filing of a sworn statement by Mrs. J.| fideral prohibitio a brother of the late Vice President. ! Administration officials have indicated that Mr. Fairbanks would be given a place in the government service, and it has been suggested that he may be ap- Ppointed to the diplomatic corps. Appointment of John A. D. Appleby of Oklahoma City.. Okla., as supervising n agent for the south- ‘Wade, a fortune teller, with Prosecutor | western department, which includes the Edward C. Stanton that Mrs. Eva Cath- erine Kaber had asked her to kill' Dan F. Kaber, her husband, 2 wealthy pub- lisher, was the outstanding local feature of the case. Mrs. Wade was questioned by Prose- cutor Stanton and city and county de- tectives for two hours. Tried to Scare Husband. NEW YORK, June 10.—A newspaper quotes Chief Christensen as s#ying that Mrs. Kaber had consulted a womin medium for advice as to how to change her husband’s attitude toward her. The publisher’s surly manner after an ill- ness was said to have occasioned the wvisit. By advice of this medium, Mrs. Ka- ber was said to have employed two foreigners to appear at her husband's bedside in the night as ghosts and, as she expressed it, to try and shake a little civility into him. Aroused from his slumber, Mr. Ka- ber was alleged to have attacked the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and several coun- ties in Texas, also was announced today by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair, 2s was that of Emerson E. Hunt of Mitchell, 8. D., federal prohibition agent for the northwestern department, which includes the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. —_— JOYRIDERS ARE JAILED. Carrying out his announced inten- tion of imposing severe punishment on joyriders, Justice Siddons in Crim- inal Division 1 today sentenced Al- phonso Thomas, William E. Noel and Frank Noel, all colored, to serve three years in the penitentiary. The men took & taxicab April 25 last without consent of the owner. They pleaded suilty. O'Neill, | Paul a young white boy, Capital. This charge was made by William McK. Clayton, attorney for the Fed- eration ¥ Citizens' Associations. rep- resentin® thirty-eight citigens asso- ciationa’ w-ganized cleven vears ago primari% to get relief in the street tetion and who worked for more th&n two vears in getting the utilities act passed. Representative Kunz of Illinois, democrat; Representative Lampert of Wisconsin, republican, and Ilepre- sentative Keller of Minnesota. repub- lican, insisted that the Public Utilities Commission_shouid be called before the House District committee to an- swer this charge "We want them to tell us why they did not enforce the law as enacted.” these members of the committee said. The meeting adjourncd until § o'clock this evening and Chairman Zihlman of the subcommittee on street car merger was directed to call the Commissioners und the corporation counsel to attend the night hearing. Suggestn Merger Methods. Speaking for the Federation of Cit- izens' Associations. Mr (Clayton ad- vised the committee that if the Com- missioners will not act a short cut across lots to forcing a voluntary merger can be made by two methods of procedure: 1. Exercise the power Congress has reserved to repeal the charters of the Street car companies, with the under- standing that Congress will give a new charter to the merged company. 2. Let Congress fix a fare on the Capital Traction line at a reasonable return. It was stated by Mr. Clayton that the Capital Traction Company had testified before the Public Uulities Commission that it could operate now at a rate of four fares for 25 cents. and he and members of the committ estimated that the <apital Traction ' Company could reduce fares to 6 cents and stili make a reasonable return. Representative Lampert made the following statement: “If you had the vote and were elect- ing your own officers in the District you would have scttled the street car problem long ago. 1 want to do that which will give the most immediate relief to the people of Washington— good service and low fare in the short- est length of time. Mr. Clayton argued that the Publ Utilities ~ Commission has always granted the request of the companies of the people. He called attention to _their attitude in giving the Capital Traction Com- pany an increased fare which it did not want, in order. ax the Public Ltilities Commission claimed. he said, not to do an injustice 1o the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pany. In doing this. he said. the Public Utflities Commission notonly had done an injustice 1o the people of the District who pay car fare. but it had violated the public utilities act in giving the Capital Traction Com- pany an unreasonable and unfair rate return. He said that estimates of a fair return for street car operation is 6 per cent. but that the Public Util- ities Commission as allowed the Capital Traction Company a return of 12 per cent, after hundreds of thou- sands of dollars have been spent in improving its equipment and in salaries. Says Board Protects Roads. In reply to questions Mr. Clayton said that he could not see how the Woods bill would bring about the desired result, although it would be @ step in the right direction. The Citizens’ Associations. he said. do be- ks lieve, that the street railw: com- panies should be taxed on the net re- turns rather than gross receipts. He assured the committee that Congress has all the rights necessary o re- peal the charters because in all the underlving charters of the stfeet car lines such a right is reserved. He charged that the Public Utilities Com- mission “‘undertakes as public policy to protect one strect car system against competition by the other. There is now before the Public Ttilities Commission, he said, a peti- tion from the Federated Citizens' As- | sociation that the rate allowed is not as provided by law and asked for & hearing looking towards a fare rate. Mr. Clayton supplied the committee with a large volume of statistics showing the earnings of the Capital Traction Company and the compara- tive service rendered by the two com- panies. He put into the record a re- POTt On the street car merger made to the Federation of Citizens' Assoc tions on May 21, making seven defini recommnda . as follows: (1) Against the merger of the P. E. P. Co. and the Capital Traction Com- pany. (2) Against an excess profits tax to force a merger. (3) Against placing Traction Company in an the Washington Rail Co. 4 (4) Offering a new charter to the merged utility. (5) For Congress to fix a rate until a service-at-cost plr can be put into operation. (6) In view of the fact that the Cap- ital Traction Company had express- ed a desire to reduce fares, he asked for a hearing for reduced fare. (7) For a new public utilities com- mission, which will devote its entire the Capital way under and Electric two men and to have been stabbed | was given a similar sentence on a|time to this problem in the interest of to_death by them in the struggle. Mrs. Kaber then was said fo have fled to New York to ‘escape the for- eigners, without advising the Cleve- 1and police for fear of involving her- self. Refused to Pay Foreigners. . According to the newspaper, Chief Christensen said Mrs. Kaber had de- clared that she had refused to -pay the two foreigners when they reap- peared after the funeral, asserting they had not fulfilled the role of ghosts as she had intended and that she would not involve herself by pay- ing for murder. Capt. Carey‘ characterized stories concerning an alleged consultation with a medium . and the hiring of foreigners 1o pose as spirits as news to him. He steadfastly refused to comment on the character of the state- ments made by the women. He said he had agreed with the Ohio authori- ties to maintain silence, and- that the case was not out of hia jurisdiction. g : S . s joyriding charge. the people. MAIL SACK FULL OF BONDS MISSING WHEN THIEF SHO WS GUARDS CACHE By the Associated Press.. SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 10.— ‘Whereabouts of a mail sack, said to contain between $150,000 and $180,000 worth of bonds,. stolen from a. Southern Pacific mail car here May 19, remained’a mystery today, following failure of Roy, Gardner, mail bandit. sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment, to find the ~pouch when taken by federal officers to the place he said it was hidden. Gardner was taken from the route from San Francisco to Mc- Neil Island prison. Barney McShane, a special agent, said Gardner told federal officers in San Francisco he hid the sack containing the bonds under a tree near this city the night before the robbery of another train.' Search under the tree indicated by Gard- ner, however, failed to reveal tne bonds. The bandit told the officers that he had been “double-crossed™ and that some one else had taken the sack. 3 No information concerning the ownership of the bonds was public.