Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 2

GVENRIGHT TOTR - HATIEN CIVILIANG u.s. Marine Commander Au- thorized to Deal With Revo- ! lutionary Propagandists. Authoriff to bring civillans Haiti Pefore provost courts martial in certjin cases has been granted by Seeretary Denby. fo C31. John M. Rus- 2ell, coramahdifig. Amerjoan Jnarines in Hajti. The sction was 3aid to have’ reésulteg from failure. of civil to comvict persom in ropaganda’ and_libelous staté ants ')?eglrdlnwmlhel President - of i her officials. 3 H‘:ilurlnn“oi&rpl officers_said it~ was necessary to: head off gnmenm‘:s sporadic rebellidns_ in Haitl stireed up by the revolutionaty propaganda. Approved By Dartiguenave. The court-martiol order was f{ssued with _the approval of President Dartiguenave, it is understood. It Wwas said to have been requireq be- emuse of the traditional policy of the Haitian courts to refuse to deal with offenses of the character it covers and which, before the American occupation. impelied the Haitian government to protect itself by summary methods, including imprisonment and execu tion, without recourse to the eivil afier tn tion ter the -ocoupa for ment of the: ueaally orderly civil court procedure, the Haitian govern- ment was denied the power to deal With such offenses in this manner. As . m result, officers said, there were re- peated failures of the civil courts to convict in-cases brought to trial, and the govsrnment found itself without protection against libel, falsehood and Tevolutionary propaganda. Attacks on U. S. Marines. ndition existed, marine offces "aaerted. with regard fo secur- rillous and malicious printed and spbken attacks against the American marines, and the time came when Haftian government authorities ex- pected momentarily to be confronted with armed rebellion, probably not of a serious nature, but in which lives and enforce- ALLEGED BLACKMAILING SLAYERS’ BOND, $100,000 Each of Five Men Is Held in That Amount as ¥dnaper of Boy Who Was Later Killed. NEW YORK, June 13.—Five men charged with kidnaping five-year-old Guiseppi Verotta, whose body was found in the Hudson Saturday. today were held in bonds of $100,000 eagh, after the district attorney's office had tried to have them dtained without il. Assistant District Attorney Sullivan told the court that immediate indict- ment of all five on a charge of first degree murder would be sought. He declared this was the first case that had ever come to the attention of the authorities where a band of black- mailers had carried out their threat to kill. DL Mr. Sullivan asserted the district at- torney’s office had evidence that the defendants for several years have been blackmailing persons in towns along the Hudson river from Albany to New York. PROTEST HIGHER FARES. 300 Church Members to Boycott Washington-Virginia Railway. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 13.—Rev. Dr. D. H. Martin, pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, in a sermon last night at that church, in discussing the increase in fare granted on the Washington- Virginia railway, proposed that his parishioners discontinue patronizing the cars of that line because of the increase, and the members present, numbering about 300, pledged unani. Tmously to comply with the suggestion. Dr. Martin said: “The boycott is an D. C. RESIDENTS URGED.. BY OFFICIALS.TO JOIN: FLY SWATTING HOSTS- Commidsioner Cuna -H: “Ruddiph, Who makes life miserable. for- the flies that light around his home, Jolned with Commissioner Oyster to- day in’ appealing to all residents of the District to enlist in the army of swatters. Enlist for the rest of the summer and wi€ld the swatter every time one of the pests ventures forth from his breeding place, is the Commis- sioner's advice, Health Officer Fowler points out that the fight can be made more effective by seeking the breedings places in dark corners and other out- of-the-way places in the house. INSURANCE OFFICIALS FACE CHARGES IN COURT Fire Companies Formerly Operat- ing in Mississippi Involved in $3,500,000,000 Suit. JACKSON, Miss., June 13—The suit of Stokes V. Robertson, state revenue agent. against 139 fire insurance com- Panies formerly operating in Mis: Sippi, charging them with vioiation of the anti-trust laws, and seeking to collect penalties aggregating about three and one-half billion dollars, reached a hearing on its. merits in the Hinds county chancery court today. Attorneys engaged in the litigation estimate that it will take anywhere from three to six weeks to submit the testimon Practically all of th# evidence for the state revenue agent is in the form of documentary exhibits and depo- :sitions. Attorneys for the insurance companfes state they will introduce about sixty witnesses for oral testi- mony. MAKING OF TREATY WILL COME AFTER . PEACE RESOLUTION (Contirued from. First Page.) resumed in the House today under a vote at 4:30 stitute for the Knox Senate resolution repealing the declaration of war, was generally admitted. Republicans claimed solid party support for it and many democratic votes. ° Opposing the resolution, Representa- tive Connally, democrat, Texas, said adoption of the resolution would leave Gerfmany free to hold seized American property and permit that country to demand return of all alien and Ger- man property held in the United States. “Germany. which we conquered,” he said, “will become under the measure our equal at the treaty-making table and ‘will make your President cringe and fawn in demanding .that which he won by war.” Representative Burton, republican, ©Ohio, supporting the resolution, said it would h treaty provisions, and the simplest course would be to ratify the treaty of Versailles with reservations, how- ever numerous they might be. “No separate treaty with Germany can afford an adequate solution of the situation,” he said, “as the po- litical and economic future of that country is largely under the control of the allies.”” Lauds Secretary Hughes. Commending Secretary. Hughes “as easily the outstanding_ figure of the new “administration,” Representative Garrett, Tennessee, _acting - demo- cratic ‘leader. told the House that republicans in attempting to force {through the peace resolution. 3p- parently thought the diplomatic pow- ers of the government futile and in- sufficient. “I have thought "that Secr: Hughes, within the brief period of his service as such, demonstreted the fine capacity and good judgment with which he has, I think, very generally believed to be endowed,” said Mi Garrett, “By following Without ex. ception, so far as I have observed, the lines of policy laid down by the last edministration and asserting our n. tional faith with firmness and cou: age, he has becorue easily the ou standing figure of the new adminis: tration. Holland -Seeks to Avaid Tak- ing Part in Worid Quarrels Over Oil Fields. By the Awsociated Press. THE HAGUE, June 13.—From the report of the commission appointed by the first chamber of parliament to in- vestigate the Djambi ol bill, recently passed by the second chamber, it ap- Pears that opposition to final adoplion of the measuré is weak, although a number of members reiterated their stand in favor of state exploitation of the ofl flelds in the Dutch East Indies. These members contend for state ex- ploitation in order. they say, that Holland may avoid becoming a party to a world war which they declare will be the inevitable result of the desire of the great powers to contral the world's supplies of petrol and coal. Before taking further action some of the members expressed a desire for further inform. Dutch government not to wait long before closing & contract with an American concern for (he exploitation of some of these elds. (The bill passed by the second chamber recently nted concessions in the Djambi fields to the Bataafsche Petroleum Company, a Royal Dutch subsidlary, and excluded American in- terests from exploitation in these felds). The report shows that some of the members urged that the Dutch national honor did not allow Holland to_take the objections of the United States into accaunt, and that Holland should Oppose any - attempt-at interference with her legislation or administra- tion, either as regarded the colomies or at home. ; : Generally, it appears, the members approved the attitude of the gov- ernmeat toward the communications of the American minister, expressing the view that Dutch colonial_ and mining legislation was not contrary to the policy of the open door, which was the correct policy, according to their ideas. Some of the members recommended that the government should shortly conclude a contract with another great oil company, similar to that ith the Batavian Company, while others wished to await the result of the experiment involved in the pre: ent contract, CHINA AS WORLD POWER, PREDICTION OF SPEAKER Adviser to President of Republic Declares Country Will Combat Present Troubles. BOSTON. June 13.—China, left alone, will_emerge from her present bitter troubles a strong, self-respecting na- tion. satisfied with the ways of peace. a menace to none and a blessing to mankind. John C. Ferguson, adviser to the president of the Chinese re- public, expressed this opinion todsy in an address at the commencement exercises of Moston University. FREE, GET ALIEN CHEERS. Ellis Island Gives Up 550, Who Are Admitted to Country. NEW YORK. June 13.—Five hundred and fifty immigrants; the vanguard of nearly 5,000 detained at Ellis Island under the new 3 per cent immigva- tion ruling, were released yesterdsy amid cheers of those temporarily less fortunate. As soon as the inspection formalities can be completed all who are entitled to land will be admitted. “It is likely that upward of 3.000 will be landed,” Commissioner Wallis said. ‘“Those detained were so hrl- gy for.the new country that they were getting a little wild.” > ‘A new ruling permits the landing of any one, otherwise admissible, who was at sea on the evening of June 8. ‘MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1921. CHANGES IN RIGGS BANK OFFICIALS TO, BE MADE TODAY.|ROTARY CLUBS CONVENE CHARLES C. GLOVER, Retiriag president. MR. DANIELS SMILES AT MENTION OF SIMS Ex-Secretary Declines to Comment on Controversy Over Admiral's London Speech. ATLANTA, June 13.—Josephus Dan- iels, former Secretary of the Navy, was the principal speaker today at the thirty-{ third annual graduating exercises at Georgila School of Technology. -:Other ers included former Gov. Nat Har- C. Barrow, chancellor of y of Geatgia. Before leaving Atlanta immediately after the exercises for Chapel Hill, N. C., where he will address the students of the University of North Carolina_tomorrow, Mr. Daniels told newspaper men he had nothing to say for publication regarding the new controversy over Rear Admiral Sims’ recent statements in England. “Unless you have a supply of asbes- tos paper on hand, I'm afraid I cannot give you anything about the Admiral Sims matter,” he said, smiling broad- 1y. FRENCH CABINET CRISIS RUMORED TO BE PENDING PARIS, June 13.—Considerable com- ment is being devoted by the press to rumors of a crisis within the cab- inet resulting from a conflict between Paul Doumer, minister of finance, and Louis Loucher, minister of lib: ted regions, over methods of financ- reconstruction work. cities, including Verdun, Arras, have been unable to ficat the lonas which parliament author- ized them to issue for recomstruction because the ministry of finance holds that the money market ought to be kept free for national loans Loucher, on the other hand, imsists the special municipal uld have the effect of tating the financing of the entire work in the devastated areas through the development of local interest One of these city loans, that issued by Albert, in the Somme, proved a great success. The decrees authorizing the others are said to have been held up by the ministry of finance. The crisis was expected to be reached at one of last week’s cabinet meet- ings. but M. Doumer was ill and did not attend, and no clash developed. A change in the cabinet, with M. Loucheur succeeding M. Doumer as ence of any conflict is not admitted in official circles, although no expalana- tion is given for the holding up of the decrees authorising the loans applied for an approval by parliament. —_— AMERICAN FOUND DEAD. Employe of Burma O0il Company Believed Suicide. SESSION IN EDINBURGH International Association Opens Twelfth Annual Convention With Many Delegates Prestnt, EDINBURGH. Scotiend, June 13.— The ~International Assoeiation of Rotary Clubs began its iwelfth ‘an- nual conventon herd today and win remain in session until Friday. Up- ward of five hundred delegates from rotary clubs in the Unitéd States were | present when Estes Snedecor of Port- ROBERT V. FLEMING, To he elevated to a vice presideney. MILTON E. AILES, To be mew president. TWO KILLED, SIX.OTHERS “MAY BE DEAD IN FIRE Property Loss Nearly $1,000,000, When Lightning Strikes Gaso- line Tank in Utah. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 13.— Two known dead, the probability of At least six others dead in the debris, more than twenty-five injured, many others unaccounted for and a prop- erty loss of nearly $1,000,000 was the toll of the fire which started Satur day night at 6 o'clock at the plant of the Utah Oil Refining Company. when a bolt of lighthing struck a tank containing 1,500,000 gallons of gaso- line distilled. The total loss of life will not be known until the rolls of city firemen and company employes are checksd. The known dead are Walter Rom- ney, fr, and George . Larrabee both nineteen years old, employes at the plant. 5 The loss of life came between 7 and 8 o'clock yesterday, when the tank, which had been burning fiercely all night, burst, scattering its contents with deadly results. EX-PRESIDENT GOMEZ OF CUBA DEAD IN N. Y. NEW YORK. June 13.—Gen. Jose M. Gomez, former president of Cuba, died | at the Hotel Plaza at 1:45 today. Gen. Gomez had been ill for some- time with pneumonia. His condition this morning became such that a con- sultation of physicians was held. Members of the famliy were at the bedside when the end came. Gen. Gomes, second President of Cuba, leader of the liberal party and popuiar army commander, led a life of many vicissitudes. From battle- flelds to quiet government and from palace to prison was his lot. The troubles of his island country were his own and he played a leading part in_most of them “Jose Miguel.” as his countrymen loved to call him, was one of the most active of Cubans in the political and military life of the republic. He was extremely popular as a revolutionary Jeader. general and finally as chief executive. He was born in 1855 of a well-to- do Santa Clara province family. Most of his wealth was held in lands, much of which included sugar estates and cattle ranches. He won his military rank of major eral during the revolution of 1898- §5 ugainst the Spanish rule and, in the reorganization of the government was elected to the assembly. He was then, selected civil governor of Santa Clara. province by the American govern- ment of intervention and was later elected to that post by the conserva- |WOULD REDUCE SOUTHERN SEATS IN THE HOUSE Representative Tinkham Charges Disfranchisement of Negroes. { Conference Called. Determination to bring about a {dccrease in the representation of southern states in the House of Rep- resentatives and electoral college on account of what he charged was dis- franchisement there of nesroes, is expressed in an announcement by Representative Tinkham, republican, Massachusetts, accompanying a reso- lution for an investigation of the en- forcement of the fourteenth amend- ment in the south. Mr. Tinkham elready has petitioned for a conference of republican mem- bers of the House for discussion of véting conditions in the south, and it is expeoted to be held Thursday night. Defeated during the last session and thus far this session in his attempts to force an issue on southern representa- tion, Mr. TInkham said his new reso- lution is drawn in conformity with the opinion of the House census com- mittee that specific instances of dis- | | | undertaken. b He stated Alabama, with a total of 1.143.295 males and females over twenty-one in 1920, cast a vote of 227,295 for congressional candidates of the two major parties last fall: Ar- kansas, 867.292 of voting age, cast a'vote of 189,410: Florida, with 536,614 of voting age, cast 116,364 votes: Louisiana, with 924,184 males and females over twenty-one, cast 91,587 votes; Mississippi, with 878,108 of voting age. cast 70.657 votes; North Carolina. with 1,210,727, cast 522,287 vote: uth Carolina, ‘with 779,991, cast 65,737 votes: Tennessee, with 1 214,947, cast a vote of 395,946; Texas, with 2.257,003, cast 405,828 votes, and Virginia, with 1,207,074, cast 238,803 votes. p: e figures for Georgia. Mr. Tinkham said, were not available. EDUCATORS TO MEET. Dr. Claxton and Others Will At- tend Honolulu Conference. HONOLULU. T. H. May 18 (de- layed) —Five leading educators of the United States will attend the pan- Pacific educational conference to be held in Honolulu August 11 to 21, according to advices received by the commissioner of education. who will act as chairman of the gathering; Dr. F. F. Bunker of the federal school survey commission: Dr. F. L. Burk, president of the State Normal Schoo, in San Francisco; Frank B. per, superintendent of schools in Seattle, and Dr. E. O. Sisson, former com- missionér of education of Idaho and now president of the University of Montana. Letters received by the union re- cently from Japan indicate that se: eral prominent educators fre Ore., president of the intdrna- tiona! association, calied the opening meeting to order. The principal meetings of the con- vention are being held in-Usher Hall but two adjoining halls have been en. gaged for sectional meetings. There ‘were more than 300 affiliated fotary clubs, having an estimated member- ship of about 65,000, represented at today’s session. land, SHIP CRIPPLED BY FIR! HELP UP ON MAIDEN TRIP Buckeye State, Long Delayed, Turns Back to Baltimore, Damaged by Engine Room Blaze. BALTIMORE, M4, June 13.—Crip- pled by a fire caused by a flareback in her forward engine room, the new passenger steamship Buckeye State of the Matson Navigation Company, which sailed at dawn yesterday morn- ing on her maiden trip to California ports, returned to Baltimore today {for repairs. The engine room was fiooded, N Academy fire tugs and the fireboat deluge from Baltimore rendered assistance. Officers of the ship do not blame strikers for the origin of the fire and ‘{ieny rumors circulated to that ef- ect. There were 125 passengers on.the Buokeye State. The ship was to have sailed May 1, but has been held up ever sinoce by the marine strike. The fire came as the climax to an exciting day in shipping circies. Two big ocean steamers—the Buckeye and the Western Comet—were found to have been badly disabled, damage was laid by #nipping men to strikers. When an attempt was made to start Saturday, it was found that the Z investigation dis- closed that the unions, joints and oil cups throughout the extensive oil- ing system had been tampered h The electric system was also disabled, acoording to men employed on the veasel GOV. BLAINE HITS HOME BREW LEGISLATION Wisconsin Executive = Declares Amendment to Enforcement Bill Is “Intolerable Espionage.” MADISON, Wis, June 13.—Gov. Blaine stepped into the Wisconsin pro- hibition controversy again today when he attacked the Olso home brew amend- ment to his enforcement bill .passed in the semate Friday as “intolerable espionage on the home which fritters away public money to prosecute good citizens who have no wrongful inten- tion.” Gov. Blaine recently vetoed a pro- hibition enforcement bill on the ground that it could not be énforced, and later submitted a measure embodying his own ideas. “The bill without the amendment neither permits nor prohibits the manufacture or said. “It simply refuses to inter- fere in such cases. “The amendment puts the private person who possesses grape or appie Juice, which by natural fermentation contains one-half of 1 per cent or more of alcohol on the same basis as the outlawed distillery. “The state authorities will not in- vade the private residence of the citi- zen nor arrest him nor spy him for the purpose of prosecution if he home brew homemade RAILRATE POLICY ISFIXED BY1.C.C. No Horizontal Cut in Freight Charges to Foliow Presi- dent’s Inquiry. In administration eircles it is stated that since President Harding’s recent visit to the Interstate Commerce Com~ mission and his informal conference, events are shaping to indicate that results of the chief executive’'s mani- festation of interest in railroad pro- blems may be expected along these lines: That no horizontal reduetion’ in freight rates .may be expected, al- thougk relief in specific cases will be affdrded, determined by the circum- stances of the case; that passenger rates may not be disturbed until the fall, ‘and that there is unlikelthood of the coal operators and the rail- roads coming to an agreement on so- calied seasonable freight rates on coal. Freight rates on citrus fruits are expected to be affected along with reductions on some farm products. Rate Cut Called Impossible. Prior to the visit of the President to the commission there was consider- able clamor for a horizontal reduction in freight rates. Many delegations had calied on the President and urged that such a reduction be made. It was in response to the numerous de- mands made on him, it is understood. that influenced the President to visit the commission and ask it whether it would be possible to cut freight rates in a horizontal way. ‘The commission listened to him ate tentively, and then polnted out how well nigh impossible it would be tp make a horizontal reduction in freight rates at this time. The commission explained that it hed in proocess the reduction of rates on & good many commodities by joint agreement. The President did not then, and has not since, attempted to influence the com- mission to order a horizontal reduc- tion in rates. ‘There is still a hitch over the pro- reduction in freight rates on citrus fruits because the railroads are insisting that before they will to a reduction the fruit ship- pers on the Pacific coast must agree not to use the water route by way of the Panama canal. The representa- tives of the fruit growers here say the fruit man will never agree to any such arrangement. It is believed, however, it was learned authorita- tively today, that a reduction in freight rates on citrus fruits will shortly be promulgated by the come mission. Rates on Coal Unsettled. A short time ago it seemed probable that a reduction in freight rates on coal. both bituminous and anthresite, again have failed to come to an understand- ing. The railroads proposed to make a out of 25 cents a ton in freight rates, provided the operators would accept a like cut. The operators, thus far, have declined to join with the railroads in sharing the burden of a reduction in freight ratea Secretary of Commerce Hoover has for weeks been giving this particular subject attention. He took it up at the insistence of the cabinet, which believed that a smart reduction in freight rates on coal at this season of the year would stimulate buying for next winter and whioch would, of ocourse, reduction. CHARLES C. GLOVER, " 'RIGGS BANK HEAD, TO RESIGN TODAY (Continued from First Page.) krown men of the city, being to the fore in civic and business life. He is largely interested in the Washington Railway and Electric Company, be ing a director and-chairman of the finance committee of that corpora- tion. Mr. Ailes joined -the staff of the Riges National in 1903, as a vice FIRE DESTROYS VIADUCT. Loss About $100,000 at Army Base ' Structure. possesses om that|wine for his own use in his home. rence. “The federal authorities may do this if they choose, but the state will BULLFIGHTER IS KILLED. tive party. He held the office uatil 1906. In 1905 he was the liberal candidate to oppose the re-election of President Palma but resigned the candidacy, president. having resigned from a government position to acoept the place. s = He was born in Sidney, Ohio in 1867 He is primarily a farmer, a2 man of sextreme measure, but sometimes it i8] “It is hard to make me believe that advisable, necessary and justifiable, as| Secretary Hughes is lacking in abil well as effective. If the decision of | jty to deal with the big things of the the Interstate Commerce Commission | world. even though he be handicapped ‘authoring the increase in fares on theé | by a Harvey or humiliated by a Sims.” country will attend the confe; RANGOON, Burma, June 13.—The 'body of D. M. McCaulla, an Amer. Fican, employed by the Burma_oil | company, was found in a hotel here not priate money to spend for | yesterday under circumstances sus- home.” appro; this invasion of the * {out of business, for the people are.not ~ % WALTIMORE, Md., June 13.—Acting {Washington-Virginia railroad lines Soes into effect as proposed, the com- muters should seek other means of transportation.” Dr. Martin urged the people to peti- ytion Congress to investigate the de- !cision of the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine the reason *why the decision was made in favor of the rallroad company. He also de- clared that if the railroad cannot op- ,erate on its present rates it should go able to pay ‘highér rates, and nobody. ‘would ask or expect the railroad to op- erate at a loss. SYMPATHY FOR SIMS. yheeds Paper Fails to See Wherein Admiral Incurs Criticism. LEEDS, England. .June 13.—The Yorkshite Post. commenting today on the Admiral Sims-incident says: “There will be-general sympathy in this country for Admiral Sims,.that ‘breesy sailor.4nd joveterate friend of. Great Britain, who ofice moré has got into hot water in_thé -United-States, for his plain speaking. about Angle- American relations. - = “It would be unfortungte if.ti tion taken regarding Admiral-Sims - were construed into evidence. of a definjte attitude on the part of the American government towgrd. . Irish auestiorf. - < “The United States authorities may take the view that Admiral Sims, as an officer of the American Navy, has gone beyond his province in publicly touching on such matters outside his own country. In fact, it is difficult to see on what grounds the admiral has 3aid himself open to special criticism, Beeing that he has said tl things Defore in America and told them with complete candor in.his war book, #Victory at Sea.’” PRINTERS BACK ON JOBS. READING, Pa., June 13.—Union job printers in the largest establishments here, who have been on strike, re- turned to work today on a compro- mise agreement. They will work forty-four hours a wee kinstead of forty-eight. and st a reduection in wages from $38 to $35 a week. Men in most of the other job offices re- turned to work some days ago. P ——— ‘| PRINTERS END STRIKE. YWN, N. Y., June 13.—The | BTl 2in of naon Job printers beginning G o May 1 for forty-four-hour wee! printers pfices in Jamestown on the fort: -hour week and at the old rate wages. | STRIKE DECLARED OFF. Rermsiional officers at Washington, Seembers of the Marine Engineers' emeletsl Association in this city alled their strike off and applied for ‘Twenty-five of the men Expressing doubt as to how Presi- dent Harding might regard the peace measure, which entered the domaip of negotiaton, Mr. Garrett declared: “It shall not at least escape notice of history that as a senator and a candidate he advocated a reso- lution designed to interfere with the constitutional prerogatives of his pre- decegsor. for which as President he says he will not stand.” Sees Loss of Advantage. Passage of the resolution, the demo- cratic Jeader assérted, would throw away every moral and physieal ad- vantage now held by America. Touching on the demand to bring American troops home from Germany, Mr. Garrett declared that “if the President wishes to scuttle he may bring them home tomorrow, and in all {he world there is ;o power 10. stop £ Mr. Garrett said the principal argu- ment far peace by resolution was that the United States might more easily lend Germany money for the purchase of American goods. . FATHER AND SON KILLED. ‘Wife of New York Man Also In- jured in Wreck in Spaifr. | MADRID, Juns 12.-=Alfred Blumenthal and his fourteen-year-old son were killed and Mrs. Blumenthal was seriously injured in the wreck of the Madrid express train near Vill: verde on Saturday. The home of the Blumenthals is New Yor! Mr. Elumenthal's brother is conneet- ;‘dr with the banking house of Lazard eres. . ——— THANKS FOR AID IN WAR. Mission to Express Gratitude of France to Canada. HAVRE, June 13—The new French liner Paris, sailing for New York next Wednesday on her maiden voyage, will take a special mission, headed by | Marshal Fayolle, elected by the France- | America_Soctety. lc\nf to Canada to thank that country for her aid to Fr';:ce d\im:s the mu—. e mission wi open a Franeo- Canadian exposition train at Montreal, Tt is taking for presentation to iby Symbolizing France adter Her vietors: sym nce after aring the Fremch inscription:. T8 W] 'r)uud out the bleod of her sons for the liberty of the world, from grateful France.” AMBUSH VICTIM MAY: DIE. Former . Tennesses m Sherift Has Bullet in Spine. NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 13.—Floyd McKissick, well known citizen of the ‘western section of Maury county, and former deputy sheriff, who was shot from ambush in Mount Pleagant Sun- day midnight, is being brought here this morning with a bullet in his spine and probably fatally wounded. ‘The shot, it is reported, came from the direction of a negro restau NORFOLK, Va., June 13.—An over- turned bucket of boiling tar this tarted a fire on the Army m:n‘nv!td.uln which threatened to ructure. Loss is es- About one-balf laze was confined to the via- the property of W. R. & E. President Tells How to Get Four Tokens for 25 Cents. ‘With two stipulations, the Washing- ten Rallway and Electric Company could go back to four tokens for 26 cents, William F. Ham. president of the company. stated today. The provisos laid down by Mr. Ham are: t, that the rate for electric current be restored from 8% to 10 cents per kilowatt hiour; second, that legislation be enacted by Congress re- lieving the companies from paying crossing policemen, from m{!ng the cost of track paving and providing for a tax on the net instead of the gross earnings of the roads. If the first proviso were adopted by the utilities commission without pas- sage of the legislation, the Washing- ton Railway and Electric woyld be content with 2 straight 7-cent fare in lieu of the present rate of four tokens for 30 cents. Although it has been indicated that the commission. at its melifln‘ h‘l"h:;: pres- ent rate after April 1 read as follows: “That these rates of fare shall take effect at 12:01 o'clock a.m., ASP“ 1, 1921, and continue in force until 12:01 o'clock am., September 1, 1921. On September 1, 1931, the mates of fare herein authorized shall be restored aytomatically to those in effect on Qstober 18, 1919, ynless, on or before September 1, 1921, the commission shall have ordered otherwise.” - The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company, however, has not made known any intention of sing a reopening of the rate case :mn Lp if the util- tember 1. It developed today that ities commission takes the initiative in reopening the rate case it would have to give companien t;‘-nty days’ tes a proceeding it must give the ptilities a ten-day no- ties of the intention to hold a hegring and another ten deys before:the date us bably could not -be made effective before August 1, a month before the expira- tion of the existing order. — s KAHN FETED BY ROYALTY. BRUSSELS. June . 12.—Otto - Kahn, American financier, was entey- tained at dinner lust might in the royal by and gesting suicide. A revolver was found, it is stated, and there are re- Dorts ‘that McCaulla was in financial ifficulties. 1 KMOW YoU DON'Y PLAY BuT COME ONER AMD WATCH US 1'LL RIDE HOVE | QurTThere GOWNG Yo CATCH FORAWHWLE. ITH YOU. '™ o THE_ 1130 declaring he could not continue the campaign within the bounds of the Jaw. He blamed the United States government. MADRID, June 12—FErnesto Pastor, Mexican Toreador .died today as a re. sult of the injuries suffered last Sun- day in the bull ring here. Poker Portraits—Asking a Friend to Watch the Game.—By Webster. AU R1GuT IF You'tt WHAT'S ALLTH' ACES FoR? WHAT KunD OF A HAND 15 THAT , ANYWAY ? THREE OF ONE KIND SCOTT BONE CONFIRMED. Former Pablisher to Be Governor of Alaska. ‘The nomination of Scott C. Bone, former publisher of Washington and Seattle newspapers, to be Governor of 3.!:';';5:’ ‘was confirmed today by the LINNEY HEARING SET. Congress Committee to Take Up Contested Nominations. Public hearings on the nomination of Frank A. Linney to i Protests against confirmation have been filed by leading negroes of that state alleging attempts by Mr. Lin- ney, as chairman of the republican executive committee of North Caro- lina, to eliminate the negro vote, 2 letter over his signature having been produced before the subcommittee, in which it is stat “In_the future the republican party’s policy will be to let the negro stay out of polities.” WOMAN PUT ON TRIAL. Mrs. Lewen Charged With Having Slain Boy for Revenge Against His Father. DETROIT, Mich., June 13.—Trial of ~eight of scheduled to begin in recorder’s court here today. Nearly fifty witnesses bave been home May 11, an body was found in & swamp on the ¢astern outskirts of the city. His face was buried in mud. C. E. SWIGART DIES. Was Retited Pay Clerk of Army. After ‘an illness of three weeks, Charies Edwin Swigart, retired piy clerk of the United States Army, died at his home; 1312 Euclid street, yes- terday aftefnoon at 1:15 o'clock. - Born in Logansport, Ind., fifty-fo Jyears ago, Mr. Swigart came to this Gity in_his youth. He entered the Army -from 'this “city. While sta- flomed at Fort Riley, Kans., about eleven years ago, he suffered a stroke of ‘apoplexy, from which he néver en- tirely recovered. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- \ion of the United States. i Surviving him, besides his wite, Lou- are twe brothers; E&Q erset, Md.. and b > R R the soil. a philosopher, a lover of the J. Whitcomb Riley and Ben King style Nothing suits Mr. Ailes better than to get out on his 185 acres of land in Loudoun county. Va, unless it is to be on the upper Po- tomac when the water is clear in late September or October, with the black bass biting well. He is a graduate of the National Law School of this city and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1890, but never practiced. remaining in the Treasury and gradually working through the classified positions to the assistant secre! S £ He is a republican in politics, bas written much on financial topics, hav- ing for years been the author of the National City Bank's monthly finan- authority, until the cial letter, a real u gt close personal ., is also & day editor. He is al e e ot friend of F. A. Vanderlip, the National City Bank. Mr. Ailes is a member of the Metro- politan, Coemos, National. . Press. Chevy Chase, Columbia and ‘Washing- ton Country clubs. Mr. Fleming’s Experience. e Robert V. Fleming, who is to vlabprummt and cashier, is one of the sggressive younger bankers of Washington. He served his aprea- ticeship with the institution, and , moved up to assistant cashier, until a year ago, when he was made shier. ufle :ia the author of the present method of conducting settlement of clearings in_ Washingten. by wire through the Treasury with the Rich-y mond regional reserve bank, with credits and debits credited or charged to the reserves carried with that in- stitation. He is @ Washington prod- uct, son of the late Robert 1. Fleming. Charles Carroll Glower, jr., is asso- ciated with W. J. Flatber, jr.. in the. bond and investment business. e has been & director of the bank for some years, a member of the stock exchange, and is well and favorably in business circlea. M‘n{h‘ Dlnl:.m't. ‘Willlam Flather, ce president; Joshus Evans, jr. vice president: A. V. Nevius, assistant cashier; Ge O. Vass, assistant cashier: E. M. Amick, - auditor, and Frank Hogan, attorney of the —_— FATHER: AND SONS DROWN Boat Sinks in Channel, Taking Lives of Three. BALTIMORE, Md., June 13.—When" the small boat in which they were to cross Bear creek and paco to Nlflul’: Point k YANK FOUND DEAD. . Mystery Surrounds Desth of Pri- .vate Elliott in Germany. 2 ‘12 —Private Jere- COBLENZ, .v%-;;u”_k fa Seen