Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER . Unsettled tonight and probably local change in temperature. Temperature for twen ended at 2 p.m. toda. 2 p.m. today: lowe Fuli report on thundershowers; little tomorrow, -four hours i | | Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. - The hend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Star. Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherw se credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, All rights of publication of speetal dispatches herein are also reserved. E Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,778 No. 28,18+ 5 omee Was Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, 1 ). (., TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921-TWENTY-E IGHT PAGES. s — TWO CENTS. FAVORABLE REPORT OND.C. OWNERSHP OF CAR LINES MADE Special House Subcommittee | Acts in Effort to Solve Street Car Problem. 1 APPROVES KELLER BILL BY VOTE OF 4 T0 3 Proposal to Send All Traffic Bills to Full Committee Is Lost. The Keller bill for municipal own- ership of the street railways in Washington today was ordered fa- vorably reported to the full House District committee when it meets to- morrow by the special subcommittee which has been considering a num- berof bills to solve the street rail- way problem in the National Capital. The Keller bill was approved by a vote of 4 to 3. “Those voting in favor were Representatives Lampert of Wisconsin, Walters of Pennsylvania, who reserved the right to change his vote in the full committee; Ham- mer of North Carolina and Kunz of Tllinois. Those opposed were Repre- sentatives _Zihlman of Maryland. chairman of the subcommittee: Sproul of Illinois and Woods of Virginia. Representative Lampert made a mo- tion to report the Keller and Hammer bills. Representative Sproul deman ed a separate vote on the two bil The Hammer bill was defeated on tie vote, three to three, with Repre- sentative Sproul not voting. Representative Hammer's bill, which | was introduced yesterday, provides for ! establishing the maximum street car | rate at 7 cents, four tokens for 25 cents. | Those voting in favor were Represen-| tatives Lampert, Hammer and Kunz. Those voting against were Representa- tives Zihlman, Walters and Woods. Moves to Report All Representative Lampert then mbved that all other bills now before the sub- committee relating to the traffic prob- Jem should be reported to the full com- mittee tomorrow without recommenda- tion. At the opening of the meeting today Chairman_Zihiman_explained the es sential differences between the Woods | Dbill, which proposes to levy an excess ! profits tax on the earnings of either! treet car company after a fair return cn their valuation has been allowed:! the Ball-Focht bill, which has been reported favorably by the Senate com- mittee, granting the right tv the street car lines and the Potomac Electric Tower Company to merge; the Keller bil] for municipal ownership; two bills by Representative Hammer, one pro- viding for four fares for 25 cents and the other to abalish? ‘public ities commission. Representative Sproul read a letter from Engineer Commissioner Kutz in regard to a hearing by the Public Utilities Commission for lowering | street car fares and the motice sent to the companies. “If the Public} Utilities Commission is thus trying | to give the people of the District a proper rate of fare, 1 do not see any ! reason why we should act _precipitate- 1y now,” he said} Mr. Kunx Argues. i Representative “Kunz argued that | the Public Utilities Commission had | | 1 | Four hundred additional { that COMPROMISE REACHED ON PEACE RESOLUTION INCLUDES BOTH BILLS A compromise draft of the Knox-% Porter resolution to end the state of w with Germany and Austria s agreed upon today by repub- Hean conferces of the Senate and House. The the republic compromi: ns planned to get to a vote in_the nd in ihe Sen- er in the week, in order to place it in President Harding's hands before the < end congressional rece: “The compromise resolution, it was id, follows the House plan of de- claring the state of war with Ger- many and Austria at an end, stead of repealing the war decia for reserv nemy alien pro s of the treat rianon and other ‘ments were said to tined. post- have been re FOES OF FIGHT FAIL TOHALT CONTEST Court Refuses to Entertain Motion—Justice to Leave Town. By the Associated Press. JEN Chancellor Stevenson today declined strained from staging the Dempsey- Mr. Stevenson, however, in declin- ing to act on the petition, gave the clergyman departed to look one up. Mr. Stevenson explained wax leaving town Iate today could not hear the argument. Through counsel the delegation sought order directing Promoter Taex Rickard to show cause why an injunction restraining the bout should not be issued. A decision was ex- pected early this afternoon. No one was in court representing Rickard. Plan Protection for Throng. Meanwhile Mayor Hague was con- ferrinz with the heads of the fire and police departments and Rickard con- cerning protection of those who turn out for the bout. Seven hundred policemen will form 2 human wall extending four blocks beyend the rim of the octagonal are- n#, and nobody witheut a ticket for the big show will be allowed to pass police and 300 firemen are to be posted within the massive pine saucer. War on Ticket Fakers. Police will be instructed to detain ny one presenting a_ counterfeit ticket. In this way they hope to learn the source of the fake pasteboards. Rickard offered to reimburse the city up to $23.000 for expenses in ap- prehending and prosecuting persons reported to have scattered spurious tickets over the country, Mayor Hague and | said. Plan to Win by Knockouts. Counsel for the reform bureau an- nounced that he would try: to show the Dempsey-Carpenticr affair was a prize fisht and not a boxing match, that it would attract gamblers and pickpockets to Jersey City and taken no action until they saw that the District committee was determined to force them to act. He said thatj the commission knew according to| that it would demoralize the youth of the community. He said he as prepared to intro- 3Y CITY, N. J., June 28.—Vice to act on a motion by the Interna- tional Reform Bureau for an order directing Promoter Tex Rickard to show cause why he should not be re- Carpentier bout in thix city Saturday. |, that he WHITE HOUSE HELP PROMISED DISTRICT INVATERPROBLEN Secretary Christian Will call| Attention of Crisis to Gen. Beach. | | | | | | %SURVEY OF CONSUMPTION | INDICATED TO CONSERVE | | —_— :Curmiling of Enormous Usage in | Government Departments Would Relieve Serious Situation. Consumption of water in the Dis-| trict has reached such an alarming| state that the White House today w considering an investigation of the situation, with a view ducing, i possible, immediate economies in the of water in the government de partmen With a report before him showing, that the conduit one day last week delivered §1,000,000 gallons of water, although it is built to hundle but from | sixty-five to sixty-eight million sal- | fel ry Christian today | said that id for Lrig. Gen Lansing H. chief of engincer of the Army, to if any steps can be taken to prevent waste of water. urvey Is Likely. en. Beach's statement | of | the situation indicate ghat cconomies ! imay be effected, it is considered prob- ¢ tha il be taken looking | towar of .water consump- tion that would cover not only fed-| representatives of the bureau per-|eral departments, but use of water in | | mixxion to apply to another vice homes und private cestablishments. chancellor for xuch an order and the |Most government departments are metered. but waier department offi- cials believe that the per capita con sumption of water in the departments | lis ‘much greater than it should be. The per capita consumption for the | District at large is 170 gallons a day. | whercas a 1s0-gallon consumption | should be the outside per capita| quota, it is claimed | The District Commissioners have no authority for regulating the use o water by the wovernment. althoush' they have adopted regulations design ed o restrict the sumption of wi ter by individ in the matter sprinkling lawns and sidewalks. The superintendent of public buildings and grounds has shut off another ave nue of water consumption by closing the fountains in the public park: Federal Conxumption Henvy. From three to five million gallons of filtered water are used daily' by the government printing office. the bureau of engraving and printin and_other government buildings for, condensing purposes, it is stated. Recommendariop has been made that this water could be saved if an.aB-| ditional turbine were installed at the navy yard power plant and connec- tion made between that plant andi the government buildings which now ! {use filtered water in generating steam ifor light and power nurposes. How: ever, to install the additional turbine and to make the necessary conmec- tions between the navy yard plant land the government buildings would Jcost, it is estimated, a million doliars. Suggestions have been made to Scc retary Christian to the effect that if ! all the departments should get behind a program for economy which would limit the amount of water used t {the actual needs of the buildings, & |saving of several hundred thousands {gallons of water daily would result.. Gen. Beach is known to rezard the | of cepted the invitation of Mr. Lloy the British governim George, the . minister, for the| able to a remewal. but 82, the ‘prime minister, | led to careful reconsideration by | proposed conference, between repres ! {roni opposition from U United | | sentatives of northern and southern} & and Austr 1t ,‘ Ireland and the British premicr. i i that the British | s ia iwill- be-a panied by | sion will be influ- Sir James will be accompanied by | & JIIT 5 public opinion in | all the ministers of the Ulster cabinel, | the United States and the Lritish wth the excepton of Sir Dawson! dominio: i X Bates, whose duties as home secre- | | Dublic opinion in China is vio- tary necessitate his remaining in| lently against a renewal ot the Beltast. i Anzlo-Japancse alliunce, cven a3 binet's decision was reached| threateninz. in casc of ratification, : OF THOSE AROUT TO BE DROPPED FOR THE BRITISH ASK DELAY OF TOKIO IN FORMING NEW JAPAN ALLIANCE O CABINET IN ULSTER | JONSPEACENIV 525 men newal rted con: who are 1 Premier Craig’s Associates Ready to Meet Opponents in London. | | ted Press ! ST, June 28 — Sir James | Craig, the Ulster premier, announced ; today that the Ulster cabinet had ac- liance that th i to fi e cabied 0 reque: n of the time tor the ren.wal months .( of thre venewal of 1 :ott’ British goods in favor h to boy visit to Mount Joy prison to see Ar- thur Griflith, founder of the Sinn Fein. who is under confinement there. READY TO OPEN PARLIAMENT. 1 ESATAGEOF D Former U. S. Attorney Gen- eral Succumbs at His Home —_— | All Sinn Feiners Expected to Ignore | Call to Dublin. DUBLIN, June —Arrangements | for the opening of the southern pat-| |Stalking Issue Confronts Ad- | U, (GoveRivenT | DEPARTMENTS GOOD OF DISARMAVENT KEY T0U. PROBLENS THE SERVICG ministration Everywhere in Trying to Cut Expenses. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The bizzest stol ington to- ' fday is disarmament verywhere the Harding administration turas in its effort to cut down expenses or to re- duce taxes it meets the disarmament problem in some form. It has taken months for the true importance of | disarmament to be appreciated. but! the question s at last gotten xo big that in its solution lies the key to the: domestic and .oreign situation com- | bined. Back of the disarmament problem lies, for-instance, the whole attitude | t - hel - v Meamwhie Eamon 46 Valera, the re. | of American of forelgn governments toward the| publican leader, is in, Dublin still A S L !f\mdlns of their debts to nited | consulting with his colleagues re- l-Stfla:e: How vm:fi?u:;mre’r‘m?"muf"’.‘ garding the invitation to meet the | afford to pay zmnially: how M| represcntatives of Ulster and of the ;-ou‘::_‘ l;mdn:lr;c;):am“ e ! British government in London. It is e B e next war? And while | | understood here that he has paid a o Js e O raln informal | President Harding has sent i feelers to the foreign powers to de-| termine their atiitude toward a re-| duction of armament e the ! same informal responses been | made to the effect that when a plan of insurance has been provided, some thing that will assure the safety ¢ European countries from attack. then a disarmament pgogram will become plausible. v i France, for instance, W ation Among Allies. nts 1o know PLANS CONFERENCE ONRECREANZATION iChairman of Joint Commis- |progress maac i | touching broadiy jing the ‘TEETOTUM’ UNDER BAN WHEN MONEY IS STAKE; FIRST ARREST IS MADE T otuming.” the indoor sport which hzs swept Washington in a gale of popularity exceeding that INACTION INHOUSE SPURS YOUNG G.0P. of plain, old-fashioned Tap shooting,’ come under the ban | of the po e t. Here- after, according to the police, #pin- ners of the top, when meney is ie, will be rrest. i TR under | Eleven First-Termers Call dwater Conference of New Repre- sentatives to Cut “Tape.” sight. both cur and in the it s stated, e of its kind permitted was 1 floor of of the pl 4, being the fi ken to court, o forfei ney the in ‘NOT IN SPIRIT OF REVOLT, ASSERTS LEADER IN MOVE Failure to Accomplish Objects Stirs Young Blood to Step to Make Influence Felt. Representative Ansorge of New York ued a4 statement today asserting that the new republican members tisfied with the Congress at the present special session, and disclosing that he and ten others had joined in a call for a conference tomorrow night of the approximately 160 new republi- can members to discuss the situation. are not meeting in any spirit of id Mr. Ansorge, adding that wanted to cut som« and “substitute ac- | |the House were di by sion to Call Federal Depart- ment Heads Together. It is likely that Walter F. Brown, airmun of the congressional joint commission on reorganization of the departments, will call within three weeks a conference of cabinet mem- nd burcau heads | This meeting, somewhat similar toifor wi are 4 into his ! n +1 session ha accomplished © gathers or tomorro . e CcEaive sa BE toton ks D4 s there definite promise as to director of the budget, will enable|when they will be” he sdded. “There Chairman Brown 1o place before the | #r¢ upward of a hundred first-term supervisory officials of the depart-|Tepubl icans in the Ho: and they all ents preliminary plans for reorgani- | foel. as 1 do. that we have not been nis | permitted to make our influence felt” e proposed mectinz, Mr. Brown! “COngress was called into special 1 today, will be in t ature of a| lon for certain definite purposes, a0y Wil he “sion, at|namely for revision of the cumber, hich be will hecome better acquaint- | $ome, unwieldy and inequitable sys- o chiefs and they | tem of taxation. the passage of a fair SRt | protective tariff and the passage of ure of reorzaniza- |2 Peace resolution. Want to See Action. early three months have passed since the calling of the special ser sion and we want to see action, speli- with a capital A. 2 We believe, with the republican i party, that what is best for the coun- try is best for the party, and we want to’ impress that thought on some of the older members. Many of them have been here so long they seem 1o have forgotten it. “We are not meeting in any spirit cf' revolt. We have come more recentis from th? people. And our opinion shou'd have some weight. Congress is all tied up with red tipe We want to cut out some of that re tape and substitute tion for delav. The seniority rule can 2o too far. We feel that our districts have as much right to representation as has Uncle Joo Cannon’s. “This is not a new thought. I have talked it over with the new members and they believe thag conferences from time to time will serve a good purpose.” Others who signed the call for the con- ference are Representatives Clarke, New York:; Gernerd, Pennsylvania: Knight. Ohio; Hogan, New York: Arentz. Ne- vada: Beck, Wisconsin; Beedy, Maine: Fenn, Connecticut; Funk, Illinois, and Lineberger, California. » complex n will not permit the com- an definitely to outline | At the time of the meet- in I way. and pon the work mission chai ¢ program exeept fore the body. Complete v Necessary, ion must neces- | and d ted s it exists in ! before it can preclude any ing laid down th Although two r work of the . it hoped by all con- that the large task will not a length of tir and to hairman Brown is attack- take su that end snce is called for the purnos idition to that outlined. of getting the work started | in every ficld. Mr. Erown last week in an rview in The Star, asked for the co-operztion of every govern- ment worker. hizh or low, in the work of reorganization. Task Before Commixxion. the major tasks One Chairman Drown and his comm before —_— |is the thorough stu of those bu- reaus in the de nts which have §f i more than one n. This offers ia field for serio 1 detaiied study by on. and its ex he commiss s of the severest commission will one obstacle: h the have to get over. FARE RAISES ORDERED. - SAFE UNDER FOG 4ot Kut7s own figures that a lower | duce affidavits by bureau members to inoi - t | e altuati el A et ad heen com- enger fares Illinois on the | rate ‘of fare could be put into offect the effect that they had interviewed|Witer situation as beinz extremely!liament of Ireland had heen com _ i “nited States w I L L oD act ing yet they had not Dr;de,,.d such a | both principals, and had been told by ! critical, in view of the exc e picted this morning, the council room | N B Iti what insurance the United States will orth Shore and Milwaukee | |, 2 L il ealied Defore the committee | each that he intended to win with | Strain to which the conduit is being Of tiie department of agbiculture. it ear Baltimore. provide against attack by @ Feorgan- n interurban line, were or- Au'planes Await Clear Weath- when a demand was made upon them. | knockout. subjected. He is of the opinion that this city. being selected as the meet. DA Geimany ten yeata hemce. Thel vl to the interstate level \ater wasted in the District can be|ing place of the mew parliament. ¢ Ty 5 B N is today by the Interstate The Jerse: er to Attack Radio-Con- e Sprou od City po v aug- 1 A Representative proul argue v police will be aug s nin e e United States has failed to ratify the | STRICE G I ion. curtailed to a considerable extent.. There against the Hammer bill, which would | mented by 375 detectives from other : 3 g : Ralnst e Tare a8 unjustified, when | cities, The mayor said that any one|and it is believed he will recommend | morning that the members -of the special defensive treaty Whereby e Capital Traction Company. can |arrested next Saturday who had a po- | that a survely be made to determine | Pariament. who were chosen by the | | Ameriva and England wcre to come trolled | ! fo the aid of France in the event of rolled lowa. | southern districts of Treland . would | ; { iznore the summons to the meeting. | BAIL, ot Stkned: The members were summoned by The Army bill, carrying an anrro-!nublxc notice, and the pre was to priatfon_for a new conduit. has not|be excluded from the meeting. Guards Deen signed by the' President. The!nad been selected to prevent disor- | War Department is prepared to begin | ders, at the mecting. : operations looking toward the con-| The arrangements for the meeting| struction of a new conduit as soon as | were based on the vice regal procla- his bill becomes a law, but under the |mation issued last week formally the actual facts in the situation. It was | lice record in Jer: City would be insisted that this was merely a max-:scnt to the county jail for ninety days imum fare and that the Public Utili- | under acts governing undesirables. ties Commission would still have the | % right to investigate the possibility of | Declines to Interfere. a lower fare. Representative Walters| oo e N0 1 june 25— Prosecutor Pierre P. Garven of Hud- * eontended that any legislation fixing a rate would mean throwing the ques- | b 1 of tion 1ate the coutts. | son county. in which jurisdiction the Carpentier-Dempsey fight will be afford to carry people for le: ttack by Germany. { The zuarantees against war adopted by France have been a big standing larmy—a tremendous item in her bud- | get. { ”Similarly Great Britain has not been convinced that she can dispens i with her navy. She does not know American plans or protensions an unprovoked Fog off the Virginia capes delayed iToday’s News . i today i o- in Paragraphsjci] o copecon oo o Armament is key to effort of fi"‘i“"\radlo-conlrolled battleship lowa. A istration to cut expepses. Page ‘telenhonc report received by the Navy Subcommittee votes to send Keller bill Do SRR AN broviding for D. C. ownership of trol- | Department from the cpmmandant et The authors of the vari s | 1! n : 3 ! nihe authors of the varlous b S Were | staged next Saturday. has declined (| most favorable circumstances it isisetting today as the date for the a A o D arh Io shout gisu| levs to full commiites. Tage 1]of the Harapton roads naval base said ing which they discussed their re-|interfere with the bout. considered improbable that a new |sembling of the parliament under the ing friction between America and|Charles J. Bonaparte, who was-Attorney 'none of the planes had left there at spective bills. Representative Woods | water supply line can be built and|home rule act. The only membersi L and. “The vers ugsestion of a | General in Presidont Roosevelt's cabi. (noon, but that all were held in readi- Tt 1t his Il was net Dasecd |DR. CRAPTS EXPLAINS MOVE. |Put Into operation under five vears. |expected to attend however, were| batter understanding Dbetween Eng-| net. died at the age of seventy at his |Ness to “hop off” and that the attack he would then be in favor of the Ba How Washington, with a growing i possibly some of the Senators, as the ish-gpeaking peoples is made now home near Baltimore. Page 1 had not been postponed for the day. Sinn Fein, which elected virtually all population. is going to solve the {days’only in whispers lest it be the|{gter cabinet accepts invitation to Lon- | Wait for Fog to Lift. Focht bill, allowing the street car companies to merge. Mr. Woods demanded a separate vote on the proposal to send all the traffic | bills to the full committee without| recommendation, as an amendment to | the Lampert motion. This proposal was defeated four to three. Those vot- ing for it being Representatives Zihl- man, Walters and Woods, while those in oppositin were Representatives Lampert, Sprul, Hammer and Kunz. WILL ASK ZONE PLAN. i W. R. & E. Wants New System if Revenue Is Reduced. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company will ask for a zone sys- tem of fares if the Public Utilities Commission reduces the present rate! to an amount that would only meet the needs of the Capital Traction ! Company. | William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, made this statement today at a hearing before the utilities com- mission, called for the purpose of fix- ing a date for the public hearing on street car rates. Col. Charles W. Kutz, chairman of the commission, announced at noon that the public hearing will open in the boardroom of the District build- ing at 10:30 o'clock on Thursday, July 14 Brought Storm of Protest. When the proposal was made more than a year ago to meet the needs of the suburban lines of the Washington | Ttailway and Electric Company by di-| Viding the city into zones and regu lating the fare according to the dis- | tunce a passenger rides. a storm of | protest arose from all parts of the District. The commission decided that While a zone system would be equit- | able in principle, the city seemed | united in opposition to such a plan| and it was rejected. | At today’s meeting of the commis- sion Willlam McK. Clayton, attorney for the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations.-said he wanted it made clear that the federation is not insisting upon separate rates of fare for the twp companies. Position Ix Explained. “What we are asking” said Mr. Clayton, “is that the present rate of fare on the Capital Traction lines, which we regard as unreasonable, be reduced. Now, if the commission finds that it would be better to reduce the fare on both systems to an amount that would keep the Capital Traction from earning more than it needs we would be satisfied. “Such_action_would_mean,”_replied (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent of the international reform bureau, aannounced here today that the ap- plication of the Rev. Robert Watson for an injunction in the chancery court at Jersey City to stop the Dempsey-Carpentier fight was only the first move to be made by the bu- {reau in its effort to prevent the fight. He - said there were many courts in New Jersey competent to issue an injunction, and that if unsuccessful in one, representatives of the bureau would renew the effort in others. “You may rest assured.” said Dr. Crafts, “that Mr. Watson, who is president of our bureau. has evidence to support his case. All the world knows that the match is a prize fight and not a boxing contest such as is permitted by the New Jersey law, but it takes specific evidence to prove the contention. —_— FRUIT HOPES FADING. Apples, Cherries and Berries Fail in Valley of Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON. Va., June 28.—With the apple crop doomed several months ago by the very severe sleet and snow storms in the valley of Vir- ginia. and a subsequent complete failure of the cherry crop, a summer absolutely S without™ fruit’ seems to have arrived as a reality. The failure of the berry crop, which is nearly always good locally, is at- tributed by Tarmers in this section to the activities of the birds, prob- ably made doubly ravenous because of the lack of other fruit. Thus an- other hope for fruit fades from the minds of local farmers. RELIEVED OF UNKIND LAWFUL WIFE, BLIND BIGAMIST REGAINS HIS SIGHT By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 28.—A statement that she and her con- ferees had cured a victim of hys- terical blindness by relieving him of his lawful wife and allowing him to remain true to the woman he had wedded in bigamy was made before the National Social Conference last night by Miss Frances Perkins, owner-member of the New York state industrial com- misson. ' Miss Perkins’ address, which was greeted by a moment's hush, fol- lowed by exclamations of surprise, ] problem of depending for five years more on an obsolete conduit, which | engineers say may go out of comm sion at any time, is a matter that is| receiving the serious thought of high | officiale in the government. {"Nelson S. Thompson, chief engineer ! in the supervising architect's office of the Treasury, today expressed grave concern over the outlook. It is his opinion that unless something is done to reduce the consumption of water | Washington may find itself faced by a calamity without warning. He be- lieves the government should appro- priate a million dolldrs if necessary to enable the departments that now | generate steam to obtain power by i establishing _connections with the | at the navy yard. s it would be a big saving in the long run in dollars and cents if the departments would abandon their individual system steam plants and! tie up with the navy vyard plant. In a communication to Francis R. Weller, chairman of the water supply | committee of the Board of Trade, Mr. | Thompson said: i “It is very obvious that the practice | of using city water for condensing purposes is not only an engineering and economic blunder of the worst description, but in this case it is jeopardizing the safety of the single | water conduit to the city by placing upon it an additional strain amount- | ing to 7 per cent of its total safel capacity. . “You and I both know that if this conduit fails, at least 10 per cent of | the people of Washiggton will perish as the result of drinking infected wate . | The people of Washington yester- day began to heed the appeals of the {}lst‘ncs government lto save water. esterday’s consumption went to 69,805,520 gallons. ey still was a topic of discussion to-~ day. “It was ultra-modern, to say the least,” one.of the delegates said. “The man had come before the board seeking industrial compen- sation,” Miss Perkins said. “He was blind, yet his eye reflexes were perfect. ' Investigation revealed the victim.to be suffering from neurosis. We suspected some fear was preying on his mind. Ques- tioning brought out the truth. “The man was living in bigamy with a woman who. by all moral laws, was his wife because she loved him and he loved her. The first wife had been unkind and he had deserted her.” l | balloting last month the Irish repub- ied the front door with a sledge ham- he members of the. lower ‘house, let t be known some time ago that it would ignore any summons for a meeting of this body, a creature of the home rule measure. Before the lican parliament decided that the elections should be regarded as, elec- subject of attack by the Sinn Fein element. who look upon a closer rela- tionship between England and the United States as somehow inimical to a free Ireland. As for Japan Into a new all ain, which means not only that the she is just entering nce with Great Brit- tions to the Irish grepublican flegis- ; e i e Tative body and not’to the home rule e i amt o parliament = jthat of the United States. but that the The military forces in Dublin last +English genius for shipbuilding and night raided the offices of New naval invention is at the disposal of Ireland, the newspaper of Arthur the Japane All the talent of Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein, 2 the Eritish navy is available to the whe is In Mountjoy prison’ There CHARLES J. BONAPARTE. Japanese for training and upbuilding was no one in the building. which is| of a navy. Such an intimacy is the located in Great Brunswick street,| BALTIMORE, June 28.—Charles J.|natural outzrowth of the Japanese- when the soldiers arrived and smash. | Bonaparte, Attorney General during the- Roosevelt administration, died at Belle Vista, his country home near here today. Mr. Bonaparte had been fn_poor health for about a year, suffering from a heart affection. which became complicated with kidney trouble. He Wwas seventy vears old. His widow who has been an invalid for many years, survives. Upon_his return to private life at the end of the second administration of President Roosevelt, Mr. Bon parte resumed the practice of la in which he continued active until his health began failing about a year ago. At that time he suffered an mer. The offices were thoroughly wrecked. IRISH WIDOW AIDING PEACE. Mrs. Skeffington Acting for De Va- lera in London. LONDON, June 28.—Mrs. F. Sheehy Skeffington, widow of an Irish lead- er who was executed following the Easter Monday riots in 1916, has played a prominent part in bringing about recent developments relative to peace in Ireland, it is said in!acute heart attack, which was' fol- statements printed in_ the Graphic |lowed by several others of a less and Sketch. Mrs. Skeffington is|severe nature throughout the last twelve months. He went to his country home in April. Since then he had been grad- wally losing ground. Last Thursday he ,suffered the heart attack which resulted in his death today. While Mr. Bonaparte was known to be in indifferent health®his death came as a great surpr Descendant of the Great Napoleon. Born June 9, 1851, in the house at park avenue and Center street, he Was the son of the late Jerome Na- Poleon Bonaparte and the late Susan May William Bonaparte. His pa- ternal grandparent was Jerome, King of Westphalia, whose romantic wed- ding to the beautiful Betsy Patter- son of this_city has become history. The great Napoleon was his grand- uncle. s Entering the cahinet of President Roosevelt in 1905 as Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Bonaparte was transferred to the attorney generalship in 1907, continuing in that position until the ond of the Roosevelt administration. Mr. Bonaparte first came into na- tional prominence when he helped-or- ganize_the National Civil Service Re- $orm League and took a great part in securing_the adoption of the merit System in federal service. He also S7as active in the organization of the Natlonal Municipal League and was its president for & time, 2 now in London, and the two news- papers say she is unofficial ambas- sador of Kamon De Valera and has acted as an _intermediary between him and Prime Minister Lloyd George.. Interviewed by the Sketch, which asked whether a definite proposal from the British government would be a necessary preliminary to the proposed meeting of Mr. De Valera and Sir James Craig, premier of Ul- ster, Mrs. Skeffington said: 1 think there will have to be a meet- ing first. Probably it will be neces- sary to -ask the government to ar- range for such a meeting. Most of the cabinet of the Irish republic are in jail, and arrangements must be made for them to gttend the meet- mg.” SENATOR OFF FOR RIGA. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 28.—United States Senator Joseph I France, accom- panied by his sccretary, Mr. Wagson, left fof Riga tonight, having receiv- ed permission to enter Russia, where he is to study general conditions. Senator Krance expects to reach Moscow before the end of the present R British alliance. It may mean British neutrality in the event of a_conflict between the United States and Japan, but meanwhile it does mean British- Japanese partnership in preparation for any war of the future Viewed With Apprehension. It is not exaggerating a bit to say that the view here is one of apprehen- sion concerning the effects of the British- Japanese alliance if once renewed. The government here hopes it will not be re- newed, though nothing formal or in- formal, dircet or indirect, has been said { on the subject to any other government. Those who had hoped the league of nations would put an end to alliances are put to task in_explaining how it is that Japan and England ere entering into an offensive and defensive-alliance. The answer usuzlly made is that with the United States out of the league the strongth of each power depends upon special combinations with other powers, and until America comes forward with a better plan for an association of na- tions to embrace all countries and par- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U. S. TO GET $400, FROM DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT How Uncle Sam will come by the lioi's share of the gite receipts of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight at Jersey City Saturday was explain- ed in a formal statement issued today by the bureau of internal revenue. The estimate of the total to be received by the government was_ $400,000, of which $160,000 would come direct from the esti- mated gate reciepts of $1.600.000. Dempsey's estimated share of the gate receipts, $300,000, would yield The government $137.510 in income and_ surtax, the statement said, while from Carpentier's share of $200,000 the government would re- eelV)fl‘l.Sw. House passes Willis-Campbell anti-beer don peace parley: de Valera consults| NEWPORT NEWS, June 28.—An- Arthur Griffith. Page 1|nouncement was made from the Hampton roads naval base at 11:1n that zero hour for the air attack on the radio-controlled battleship Towa has not been set, the fog off the coast continuing to hold. A number of planes are out over Hampton roads and Chesapeake bay, but none of 'them is looking for the battleship and will not begin the search until zero hour is announced. Bombing planes at the naval base, Reform bureau official and five Jersey clergymen attempt to stop Demp- Carpentier fight. Page 1 Chairman Brown of joint commission on | departmental reorganization plans con- ference with cabinet members and bu- | reau chiefs. Page 1 Inaction in House spurs first-term re- publicans to issue call for conference 10 cut “red tape.” Page 1 City Senator Walsh scores treatment of |[angiey Field and Yorktown. are anx- wounded men in_ convention 4ddress | jgusly awaiting word from sca. The age 2|planes at Yorktown were sent out Dr. Lec Frankel takes positon as di- Tector of welfare work in P. O. De- partment, serving without pay. from the naval base yesterday after- noon. Somewhere within 100 miles of the Page 2|coast. between Capes Hatteras and City Club revising plans for new club- | Henlopen, the old battleship Iowa. op- Toige Page 3 |erating under radio control, is wait- ing to begin her dash for the main- land against the aerial bombing de- X plane: ‘The ma- t the ability of air- an enemy fleet, rep- Towa, in attempting it Shipping Board lays plans to ask aid of attorneys (o clear Up many suits. Page 3 Viviani summons disarmament commis- sion to meet in Paris. Page 4 Swedish Society opens convention here. . Page 7 Martial law ordered in Mingo, W. Va., mine zone. Page 9 craft to “‘stop’ resented by the to reach the coast. Secret instructions from the Nav: Department giving the minute the battleship was to begin her coast- ward movement were opened at dawn by Capt. F. L. Chadwick of the bat- tleship Ohio, the vessel from which the Jowa, unmanned, will be operated and maneuvered by Tadio impulses in her attempt to elude the airmen. On instant notice from the Ohio._ the squadron of scouting seaplanes will go out and attempt to locate the lowa, which, under instructions, is given a free rein as to the course 1o be pur- sued in attempting to reach the coast, with the one restriction that she keep within 100 miles of the mainiand. The locating of the battleship forms the first and one of the most important phases of the problem. Dummy bombs, filled with concrete instead of powder and weighing up to half a ton, are to be used in the “at- tack” on the Iowa. the airmen being required to test their ability to hit the moving target at a minimum height of 4,000 feet. Bill by vote of 250 to 93 after heated debate. Page 13 Lack of care for disabled veterans as- Sailed at Detroit meeting. Page 13 Bakers given until July 10 to comply e 15w fixing welght of bread. Page 13 British coal strike is ended. Page 13 Report that Versailles treaty will be Teeubmitted to Senate Stirs irrecon- cilables. Page 13 000 IN REVENUE In addition to tire 10 per cent tax on the gate receipts, brokers, who resell tickets at a price of more than 50 cents above the establish- ed price will have to pay half of their profit to the government, it was added. Profit received by the promoter, referee. timekeeper. sparring partners. the principals in the minor bouts which preced the main event and even the contrac- tors who erected the great stadium, would have to account for their WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER GIRARD, 11, June -While Mrs. Catherine Harmon sat in a cell in the county jail at Carlinville holding her fourteen-month-old baby a coroner's jury at an inquest here yesterday re- turned a verdict charging her with income in their tax returns, it was *|murdering her _ nineteen-year-old explained. Besides all of these |stepson. Thomas Harmon. with an ax. sources of revenue, the atement |She was held for grand jury investi- mentioned transportation taxes and gatton. Mrs. Harmon did not face the jury, preferring to remain in Juil during e inquest. sale taxes on soft drinks and the & per cent tax on the rentals of motion picture films.