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‘The truth can come only with on ‘-Farly yesterday morning three other men, Salvatore Troia of No. 615 East 14th Street, thirty-eight and single; Vincenzo Battaglia of the same address, thirty-three and single, and Giuseppe Palastro of No. 234 Avenue A, thirty-four and married, were arrested by Detectives Festa, Ertola and Terminello, Firearms were found in the rooms of all three and they were formally held on ehArges of violating the Sullivan law, ‘wut it was stated that more serious evidence’ against them was in the ssion of the police. plete identification of the body the boy found in the Hudson River Piermont, near Nyack, on Satur- wos made yesterday by iuseppe’s father. , The little body was sadly diefig- red. Dr. Schultz, who had examined t, said it had been rolling and wash- ing along the bed of the river be- ween a week and a fortnight and hat the rocks it had struck accounted its ‘disfigurement. There was ater in the boy's lungs, 6o it was fest he had been drowned. When the fathcr was askéd how knew it was his boy, he said it “by the teeth and the finger ils and toe nails, His little boy had a decaying tooth which well remembered, and he had cut little fellow’s finger and toe najls so often that he knew just how they grew. He had previously iden- tified the clothing. “Those are my boy's feet,” he said. “I take his stockings off every night. They are his feet. His hands. [ iknow his hands.” For a moment he could not talk, then continued. “The teacher in the school take his € picture, he was so pretty. It is my sure. He tells me that. Between i# teeth in the front and in the up- ers there is a hole, and one of them black,” He asked if the murderers “hurt “Bim much," and when told the boy <a not been hurt, but drowned, the father said: “He alive when they throw him into ie water? He so little he can't fight em. He can't help himself, Such o# little feller, such a little feller,” he sobbed. “If I had the money you would be alive maybe, Such a little ¢dfeller, who couldn't do no harm, Who sM@tuugh ut the big hat I bring home emand put on the baby. The teacher duke his picture"—— am After that Salvator had just one Wish left in the’ world. He wanted to “ive his little boy the only tning inat tamained to give him, a funeral that ‘Would testify to bow much he had beloved. So to-morrow the body be taken to the Varotta tene- intand about Wednesday or Thurs- there...will be the big funeral. there would be a solid bronze jn and that everything would also in keeping. While the father was in Nyack, Giuseppe's mother was yery sick at home. For three weeks she had becen: in a state bordering on prostration. Also, in two or three weeks she is cted to bear another chil it was 6 o'clock last night when Salvatore Varotta got back to Po- lice Headquarters in New York. He was almost as sick’ as the little boy's ‘mother, Detectives had to help him out of the automobile which had brought him from Nyack and led Rip into the room set aside for the) ise of the Italian Squad. Almost the first thing he asked for! the picture of his little boy, which he | had loaned to the police to aid them | ip their search. Detective Sergt. Mi- | chael Fiaschett!, chief of the Italian! Squad, who had been a sort of Rock | of Gibraltar to the Varottas all! through their trouble, gave him the picture. Salvatore took it, kissed it, fondled it and blessed it. , “What could they have had against! mew little boy?” he asked the detec- | t! “When I knew It was his body I galy wanted to die. What harm he do any one? He was born a veil on his face, and we always going tw be lucky, iow.” he asked, “can I go and tell swhis. mother that Giuseppe ts dead?” After a time Varotta was taken Headquarters to the tenement in t 18th Street. His wife was wait- at the:door, When he told her $10,000 GEM THEFT AT ASTOR'S HOME THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUNE GOMPERS URGES VERSAILLES PACT (U.S. NAVY VETERAN HARVEY AND SIMS FEDERATION FICHT MAY STAND WHEN HODENY POC, ENEMSOF LABOR PEACE VOTED Sneak Thief Looted Two Many Issues Before Conven- President's Significant Remark Rooms in Afternoon, Es- caped by Front Door. tion Opening in Denver | To-Day. | | Shows What He Will Do on Treaty. NOT A CLUE FOUND,! PENVER, June 13—Unemployment, MAY NOT TRY NEW ONE. Believed Robber Was Fright- ened Away While in Midst of Search, The police are as silent to-day as they have been from the very first about the theft of between $5,000 and $10,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from the home of Vincent Astor on the afternoon of June 4. The robbery was committed by a sneak tMef who entered the residence, No, 840 Fifth Avenue, by a door on the 65th Street side and, although there are thirty-five servants em- ployed in the house, got to the sec- ond floor and rangacked two rooms. One of these was Mr, Astor's, the other that of his cousin, Capt. Rich- ard Peters, late of the army. rom Mr. Astor the thief took a platinum watch and chain set with! sapphires and pearls and a black onyx clock set with diamonds, From Capt. Peters'’s room, which adjoined, were stolen a gold cigarette holder, presented to him by the Knicker- bocker Club and a gold cigarette case set with diamonds, the gift of Mr. Astor, both presents having been made to Capt. Peters in recognition of his military service overseas. So far as can be learned, the only other things taken were some articles of clothing which were in a suitcase, As the 65th Street door was appar- ently not forced by the sneak thief, it Is believed that he gained entrance either because the door had been left open throuxh tinadvertence or be- couse he possessed a key to it. The robbery occurred about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and about half an hour later Capt. Peters dis- covered it. He found his room and Mr. Astor's In disorder as if the thief had been frightened off while in the midst of a search ior more valuabies. Capt. Peters at once notified the Fast 67th Street Police Station and Detective Frank Dishley and one or two of his colleagues came to the Astor house and made an Inspec- tion of the premises, without, how- ever, discovering any clue to the thief. Neither the police nor any one in the Astor home would dis- cuss the gobbery to-day. MRS. STILLMAN ON HAND FOR TRIAL Banker's Wife in Poughkeepsie— To Name “Clara” and “Helen” in Divorce Answer, POUGHKEEPSIE, June 13.—Mrs, Anne U, Stillman arrived here to- day to attend the hearing in the di- voree action brought against her by James A. Stillman, The hearing is heduled to begin at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning before Referee Dantel J, Gleason. It will continue Thuraday and Friday, it was stated to-day, the open shop, wage reductions, re- lations with Europeu: labor federa+ tions, disarmament, the Irish ques- ition and recognition of the Russian | Soviet Government, and more than @ score of other major issues were before the forty-first annual conven- tion of the American Federation of Labor, which opened fora two weeks’ session here to-day. More than 5600 delegates from all sections of the United States and Canada, headed by President Samuel Gompers and the Executive Council of the federation, marched to che Municipal Auditorium, where the meet.ng opened with addresses of welcome by Gov. Shoup of Colora lo, Mayor Bailey and other State ani (municipal officials, | he first order of business after the seating of the delegates was an ad- dress by Samuel Gompers reviewing | the accomplishments of the federation during the past year and urging a more active opposition on the part of organized labor to its enemies. | The Executive Council's report, a document of many thousand words, setting forth the many issues that face union labor, with recommenda- tions to meet the situation, was then read. | President Gompers and the Exesu-| tive Council, it was learned to-day, have taken steps to adjust the situation brought about by the withdrawal of | the Carpenters’ Union in the Build. ng Trades Department of the federat.on. | The council remained in session un- til midnight last night considering the matter, but no announcement was made. While the federation administra- tion was making plans to bring about peace in the department, oppo- nents of the carpenters were plan- ning to bring a resolution before the convention demanding that the union be ousted if it failed to com- ply with the decisions of the National , Board of Jurisdictional Awards. President William L. Hutcheson of | the carpenters said that his organi- | zation would not recede from. its | stand and was ready to fight the matter out on the convention floor, No debate was acheduled for the convention to-day, as the greater, part of the time will be taken up with preliminary routine and the} introduction of resolutions. The Executive Council of' the fed- eration in its annual report says the trade union movement in America “has successfully defended :ts position against the organized effort of anti- union employers.” “It is true,” says the report, “that the organized employers are still mak- ing strenuous efforts to destroy trade unionism and that in many directions the campaign to reduce wages con- tinues. What ts equaljy true is that these movements continue with con- stantly decreasing vigor and effect and that their momentum of threo months ago has been dissipated.” { The council's report covers a wide range of subjects. Among its recom- mendations are: ‘That the federation indorse a joint resolution to be presented in| Congress proposing an amendment | to the Constitution under which all | measures finally enacted by Congress would be valid under the Constitu- | tion whenever called into question. That the excess profits tax be re- tained by the Federal Government i Use of Wilson-Made Agree- ment Might Be Wiser in, Helping the Allies. By David Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON, June 18 (Copyright, 1921).—First steps toward the mak+ ing of a treaty of peace between the United States and Germany will he immediately after Congress passes the Knox-Porter resdlution this week. This became known officially to- day. Until the Congressional resolu- tion is out of the way, international negotiations cannot be begun. The resolution itself does not bind Ger- many or in any way establish peace with Germany. This fact is recog- nized by President Harding and his associates. They believe, however, that when Congress passes the reso- lution a certain psychological unrest will have been allayed, because, so far as domestic laws are concerned, the phrases “duration of the war” and “the present war emergency” used in so many statutes will have been wiped off the law books. Mr. Harding realizes that the peace resolution of Congress goes only part of the way and that he must then negotiate a treaty which will establish diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany, The Executive has felt that it was unnec- essary to move in that direction until Congress had expressed itself, Now with the prospect of an early passage of the Knox-Porter resolution, Mr. Harding feels that the responsibility for the next step is upon him. He has indicated that hg will not delay action, « Piet In response to an inquiry as to whether the Treaty of Versailles would be used as a basis for peace- making with the Central Powers, it was significantly pointed out that the President had not withdrawn the statement made in his address to Congress, namely, that it might be Wiser to “engage under the existing treaty” than to attempt a new treaty with Germany. The truth of the matter, as ex- plained at the Department of State, is that the United States is not deal- ing with Germany at all but with the Allies, Nominally Germany signs the treaty, but having given away all her rights to the Allies, the latter must say whether the provisions of the new treaty with Germany are satisfactory. And it is the purpose of the American Government to write the kind of treaty that will bring harmony rather than discord to the ranks of the Allies. The practical problem of making the Versailles Treaty effective as be- tween the United States and Ger- many {s one that Secretary Hughes has been working on for some time. taken SHOT 10 DEATH BY BRITISH SOLDIERS, American Pensioner in Ireland Killed—New Style of Fight- ing in Belfast. ° LIKE “NO MAN’S LAND,” Anybody Who Showed His Head Risked Death While Firing Was Going On. LONDON, June 13 (Associated Press).—A despatch to the London Press Association from Dublin to- day said that ‘Thomas Rush, thirty- five, said to be an American’ Navy Pensioner, was shot to death yester- | day evening at Lisacul, near Castle- | reagh, by Crown forces, | BELFAST, Ireland, June 18 (Asso- clated Press.)—Rioting last night added four more victims to Balf, week-end death toll, three being killed in renewed disturbances in York Street, and the fourth being shot dur- ing sniping activities {n Kashmir Road, in the Falls division of the city. | A peculiar feature of the York Street outbreak was furnished by the fact that the combatants for the| most part adopted the method of firing through windows and shy- lights, from which bullets flew in all directions. The area became a yeri- table No Man’s Land and it was only at the gravest risk that the police even in armored cars dared enter the danger zone, comprising Warren and Small Streets, which radiate from York Street toward the docks. | While passing the area in a lorry Special Constable Sturdy was killed. The other three victims were civilians. Military armored cars opened ma- chine-gun fire and restored order. While the shooting was proceeding ia Kashmir Road a church service Was being held in the Church of the , Holy Redeemer. The congregation | became considerably alarmed, | Military authorities were patrolling the York Street area to-day, ©: | | Two former soldiers were shot dead last night on the street by three un- known persons, The Camlough District of Newry was the scene this morning of an- other shooting, the third in a week. The victim was a young man reputed to be a Sinn Felner, He was taken from his home by a gang of men and murdered. He leaves a widow and three small children, SEE a i; GEN. GOMEZ DIES FROM PNEUMONIA Leader in Cuban Revolt Against Spain and Prominent Statesman Succumbs at Hotel Plaza. Gen. Jose M. Gomez, former Presi- dent of Cuba, died at the Hotel Plaza at 145 to-day. He had been iI! for some time with pneumonia. His con- dition this morning became such that a consultation of physicians was held. Members of the family were at the | bedaide when the end came. Gen. Gomez was second President! of Cuba, leader of the Liberal Party and popular army commander. From’ , cident. 18, 1921. SPEAK TOGETHER TO-DAY; WATCH "EM (Continued From First Page.) of his leave, saying it would be im- Proper to do so, Interviewed by the. Daily News, he said: “On the point at issue I have noth- ing to say at present, What could I gay? I stick to my speech because I consider that it contained nothing but truth, that it was justified, and that it was patriotic.” The. Admiral's friends say he had Planned to sail for New York Wed- nesday before he received ‘the tecall order, It is believed here among the Ad- miral's supporters that his “stand pat” attitude at the American Luncheon Club Friday, when he stuck to his guns despite Secretary Denby's iret cablegram of inquiry regarding hig first. speech, is the cause of the peremptory order for his return. In an editorlal. the Daily News says: . “The extreme promptitude and curt- ness with which Athiiral “Sims has been recalled testifies in itself to. the force of the explosion “which hts speeches here have caused on the other side of the Atlantic. We tgs no pleasure in any phase vf this tn- The Admiral's speeches seem to us mischievous and indefensible. The effect of them in this vountry and in Ireland is depiorable, and the repercussion in America is in the highest degree undesirable. “The American Navy Deyartment could not do anything else but what it has done, though it might pe-haps have done it with less thoughtiess truculence. The only goo feature in the whole affair is the possibility that it may serve as a warning of the ex- treme caution which it is imperative- ly necessary that public officials, both British and American, should display in dealing at all with the Irsh ques- Admiral Sims’ method of treating ‘Secretary Denby's disciplinary can- cellation of his leave has still further endeared him to his admirers here. He says his arrangements have been in no way altered, “and they know that at Washington. It has been rumored that his friends here are cried a send-off for him Wednes- y- ——_ DENBY IS SILENT ON SIMS’S REPLY Navy. Secretary .to Await Ad- “ mira’ Retuth Before Decid- ing on Pressing Inquiry. WASHINGTON, June 13—Becre- tary Denby still refuses to comment on Admiral Sims's message that he had been quoted incorrectly with respect to his London “jackass” speech. In view of the fact that Mr. Denby yesterday revoked the remainder of | the officer's leave of absence and or- dered him to report in person at the Navy Department, it was indicated that no further steps would be taken in the case until Admiral Sims's re- | turn. It then will be decided, it was) said, whether Secretary Denby would | press his inquiry into the matter. eee! FOUND BURGLARY EASY. Dut Newark B Briet Career ‘Will Close in Court To-Day. Frederick E. Fuchs, seventeen, of No. 122 Milford Avenue, Newark, will be ar- raigned there to-day on charges of burglary and threatening to shoot De- tective Grossbart, in the home of Har- vey Robertson, No. 238 Highland Ave- nue, which he had entered to rob. Grozsbart wrested the pistol from Fuchs before he could fire. Fuchs confeased that he turned burg- Jar ten daya ago and found the plek- ings so easy he thought he would try again. He was recently discharged that her son was dead she fainted. t Detective Sergt. "aschetti, antici. After @ conference between Mrs. #pating that, stepped bebind her and Stillman and her attorneys to-day eon her as she fell. {t became known that her amend- , SANS ON, : : \ Jed divorce answer, to be served GAMERICANS TO TRY (i formaty on Mr. Stillman Wednes- z% HAITIAN REBELS @1y. would name two ‘women be- o sides Mrs. Florence H. leeds. One ie of them wit! be the “Clara” with whon GMarine Corps Officers See Trouble | yo js said to have occupled a west side | Ahead and Prepare | apartment two years ago. The other S |is a woman known as “Helen,” who, for It. it ls charged, made a protracted visit % WASHINGTON, June 13.—A procla-) +, siiiiman on the yacht Modesty, tion has been issued by the com- f lying off 1284 Street In the Hudson der of the American Marines in ye vember, iti, providing that all persons charged hen . 3 ety, ‘The amended answer will allege inciting rebellion will be tried by | fan American military court, the Navy | that Florence Helen Leeds lived with partment announced to-day. | Stillman for three years or more and i Marine Corps officers said this was) was intimate with him at Narragan- ssary to head off impending spo- sett, Miami, Newport, Now York City ic rebellions in Haiti stirred up by and on the Modesty. The answer will e revolutionary propaganda, The court martial order was issued ‘with the approval of President Dart! | Mrs, Leeds's three-year-old son. charge that Stillman is the father of and that the federation oppose pro- Already there have been opportunt- posala for new taxes ani “leave if nothing undone to defeat the intro- | tes for the United States Govern- duction of a turnover, consumption,,ment to find out how the Allies or sales tax.” {viewed the matter, and the attitude That the federation oppose losis! of the great powers is one of ex- tation that has for Its purpose “the further weakening of ‘the Depart. |Pectaney and hope that America ment of Labor.” The report gives the present etreneth of the Federation of Labor at 3,906,528, gs against 4,078,740 in 1920, and says that the slight decrease in members is “naturally due to the large numbers of workers employed.” ———— PIGEONS IN MID-SEA | CIRCLE BOY’S GRAVE One Dove Kitled and Buried With ‘Lad Who Died on Liner— Other Captured, Two white pigeons lighted on the Red Star Liner Finland, which arrived will find it possible to attach her signature to the Versailles Treaty leven though a number of reserva- |tlons or modifications may be made. 'The Frenoh, for instance, place great weight wpon the moral value of America’s signature to the Ver- mailles pact because of the effect such a move would have upon Ger- many, where hope still lingers that the United States will part company with her Allies and make @ separate treaty with Berlin, Another reason for using the Ver- sailles pact instead of a new treaty has to do with preserving America's status in the Supreme Counoil, That from England to-day, when it was four uenave, it is understood. The Haiti- formerly protected themselves by summary methods, including imprison- ‘ment and execution, without recourse to the civil court: ———— —___ Divorce Action Fails Wife's Keeping Back Kaowled | KNEW, DIDN’T NAME WOMAN. Through days out at eea, and the body of thir- teen year old Jankiel Krupin was being given ship's burial over the side. The | steerage passengers, crowding the decks | organization was formed during the war and remained as a league of vic- tors. President Harding feels that |the Supreme Council can be used as a vehicle for many important things. regarded it as a wonderful omen for the He has already availed himself of the battlefield to quiet Government and ‘om the navy ay an undesirable. | from palace to prison was his lot, and|home of Frank Volght, No. 859 South he played a leading part in the trou-|1%#h Street, of $60 in cash and a wed- ding ring. The same night he entered bles of his island country. the’ home of Charles Hetzel, No, 863 “Joso Miguel," as his countrymen Peuth 18th Street, but got nothing, called him, was one of the most active | School and is a graduate of Robert Treat attended Barringer High Cubans in the political and military | School for one ye pS life of the republic, He was born in 1856 of a well-to-do Santa Clara Prov-| JEFFERSON HOME BURNED. ince family, Most of his wealth was a held in Jands, much of which included | Many of Dead Actor's Effects Had sugnr estates and cattle ranches. Reen Removed. He won his military rank of major a al general during the revolution of 1898- | ,RO@ZARDS BAY. Mase, June oom 99 against the Spanish rule and, in the | widow of Joseph Jefierson of Rip reorganization of the Government was |Van Winkle fame, burned early yes- elected to the Assembly, He was then terday. The cause of the fire is un- selected Civil Governor of Santa| known. The house was valued at $10,- Clara Province, by the American | #0, but it ls impossible to estimate the jogs, as the house contained many val Government of intervention, and was | uable furnishings and personal belon ings. The house was closed during the later elected to that post by the Con- | EN. ang Mrs. Jefferson was expected to arrive here within a few days for He held the office servative Party. date to oppose the re-election of Presi- dent Palma, but resigned the candi- dacy, declaring he could not continue the campaign within the bounds of the law, He blamed the United States until 1906, the: summer. . : In 1905 he was the Liberal candi-| che, vemerson, ostate, known ag Boston soon after the death of Mr, Jefferson Mrs. Jefferson built another house near that of her son, Thomas Jefferson, It was learned to-day that some of the more valuable belongings Justice Mullan to-day dismissed the complaint of Mra. Florence MacKensie, |who brought an action for divorce | against Lester MacKenzie because Mrs. i | Mackensie, while knowing the name of ; the co-respondent, withheld her iden- imiperatively Needed at Once, It IS] tity from the court. Justice Mullan lost Necessary ruled that the unnamed woman is en- : Said, for Most Utled to her day in court if she de- F Relief Work. sires to avail of her right to vindicate PUEB — her honor, 10, Col, June 38° (Associated) "ryt action was undefended. Whil Prras).—Appeal to the United States) wry. MacKenzie knew the a mber of Commerce for relief sub- in her name co-respondent, in complaint swore that the defendant was indis- riptions for Pueblo was made to-day yay Gov. Shoup, James L, Lovern, Presi- emt of the City Council of Pueblo; de Le Gann, President of the Pueblo EBLO APPEALS “FOR $500,000 AID names are unknown to plaintif.’ je Cham. veree. Army Ri tates that Pueblo's need fe ‘beyond the resources of the com- ‘munity, that subscriptions have been Bight and that haste is tmperatiy Five hundred thousand doll tly needed as a bare minimu most relic pion rifle shot of the 7th Regiment and ereet “with one or more women whose William Kennelly, jr., former cham- later Major in the 165th Infantry (old , - soul of the Ind who had died of fever the day before. | ‘The ‘pigeons circied the ahip as the AAVass sentiment with respect tod body splashed in the waves, and then 4fmament. If America made @ sep- flew toward the deck. One waa arate treaty and dissociated herself dashed against a mast and fell dead to! from the Allies she would no longer the deck, while the other lighted grace-|have a valid claim to membership in fully on the rail, The steerage passen- | that Supreme Council. era insisted upon burying the dead one| And since it is Mr. Harding’e in- in the sea, and his mate watched the, tention to elimin American par- Preparations from the rail, and then | ticipation in those clauses of the rmitted himself to be taken captive | treaty cove: ‘the League. of Ni 7 Captain Candy, Bain were carriers | tions, the United States would havi ‘miles away from land, "| no voice in the Council of the League Gandy brought on his pigeon | itself, which is a somewhat larger and will keep it as a pot. body ‘than the Supreme Council, Indeed, if America bad joined thi League of Nations, the Supreme Council would have vanished entirely, as all members of that organization are represented on the Council of the eof Nations, It was when Lioyd George saw the status of the e of Nations made uncertain machinery of the Supreme Council to James Faneral To-Day Funeral services will be held this afternoon at his fate home in Hayonne, N. J., for James P. Snedden, who died | Saturday at Johns Hopsins Hospital rations foi Tetsiae at allenbea. Oho bat Leagu complication of disea: fe body will | atone (uncertain be cremated, At the time of his death | yeceuee, Of, A in that Mr. Bnedden was directing head of the | 2° janta of the Babcock & Wilcox Boller Supreme Council, Rompany, ‘which consolidated ‘with the | The French concurred in the move Stirling oiler Com , of which B. ment and it is the Supreme Council! ~- vow of J. P. & Oo. | which rules Burope to-day. President Harding has.made he he suddenly revived the of the dead actor had been removed to New York. UNION CHURCH TO BE ERECTED WITH 3 ALTARS Edifice Will Enable Services to Be Held by All Christian Denominations. Governmen —_——>——_—_ Mexico to Pay Interest on Foreign Debt July 1. MEXICO CITY, June 13.—Payment of interest on the Mexican foreign debt will be resumed on Jutff1 and the na- tional budget of expenditures will be increased 20,000,000 peso# for that pur- se, Announcement to this effect was made last night by Hmanuel Padres Acting Secretary of the Treasury dui ing the absence of Adolfo de la Huerta. He said that the debt on which interest Id be paid included sums owed to Banke which formerly issued paper cur- PITTSBURGH, June 13.—On the rency. peak of Laurel Hill, a historic spot in Fairfield township, is to be a union church, in which all Chris- tian denominations can hold ser- vices, It will have three altars, One will be consecrated by the Catholic Church, Joseph R. Mellon, brother of the Secretary of the Treasury, will direct the building of the edi- fice, which will be called “The Chureh of the Wilderness." Con- struction will start at ones. that one of the principal objects of his foreign policy will be to establish close intercourse with other nations by personal conference. The Supreme Coune!! affords such an opportunity, and it is a safe prediction that the form of America's new treaty with Germany, or rather the reservations to the Versailles Treaty, will be di cused informally at the Supre Council and the approval of t powers obtained before the revised t is submitted to the American nate, TEXT OF REPLY FROM SIMS MADE . PUBLIC BY DENBY “Report of Statements, Incorrect and Inferentially Wrong,” Is Plea. WASHINGTON, June 18.—Rear Admiral William 8. Sims, in a cablegram to Secretary of the Navy Denby, made public to-day, says: Statements that were at- tributed to me were not cor- rectly quoted. Context mis leading and garbled. Report of statements incorrect and inferentially wrong. Statements actually made were substantially the same as repeatedly made in public in America and in my book, “The Victory at Sea,” and in public address at meeting held for increasing good rela- tions between English speak- ing peoples. CANNOT APPEAR AT MEYER HEARING Despite ‘Court Ruling Against Privacy, City Representative Is Barred Out. Assistant Cofporation Counsel Thomas F. Curley went to-day bef the Meyer Legislative Investig .ting Committee and demanded that he be permitted to attend the “secret” ses- sion of a sub-committee, composed of Senators Theodore Douglas Robinson and Maxwell 8. Harris, which is ex- amining Tax Commissioner Rich4rd Williams of Queens, ‘The committee refused to permit his attendance, and it was stated that Senator Schuyler M. Meyer, the Chair- man, had promulgated the order of refusal, Mr. Curley said he had advised Commissioner Williams not to answei any questions, as this was an inqui before a sub-committee, which he con- tends is an illegally constituted body. This advice.-was given the day before Supreme Court Justice Whitaker gave his decision against sub-committers of one. SAFEST WAY TO SHIP HOOCH IS BY SAFE Thirsty Man in Toledo Got ‘Combination’ by Mail and Presumably Is Happy. An expensive but sure-fire method of shipping hooch has been evolved by a retired New York liquor dealer, who has a big stock of wet goods and a lot of old store fixtures on hand. A friend wrote him from Toledo, O., that the sup- ply had run out, that it was im- possible to get any more from Canada and that the city was closely watched as to shipments. “They open and search sus- picious looking packages,” wrote the Toledo man. The New Yorker had among his possessions a commodious old safe. He had all the interior fittings re- moved, packed in six cases of fine old whiskey, closed the door and turned the combination, Then he shipped the safe to his friend in Toledo, and said friend, having been given the combination by mail, speedily opened the treasure box. P, S.—In due course the safe will come back empty to be loaded and started on another tour. Y Z y WN Monday, June 13th: Louisiana Sweets: 59c value. 24 POUND BOX Milk Chocolate Covered Fresh Pineapple: Our regular 79¢ goods, POUND BOX smaller boxes wrapped in red, The assortment of swee: pleasing. Thirst Quenchers Candy drops in enappy Wimpy preety, Wg "yf “OP COPPALLLZILIE yf NY A POUND PROFIT i]s => =, ) ] Specials |peeesete June 14th: Nut Nougat: 59c Special Attractions for Flag Day Our Flag Combination so they form a reproduction of is both gréat PACKAGE COMPLETE Flag Day Kisses and put up in decorated box. ; tify Wf entree . HERO OF TWO WARS WILL NOT CONTEST SEPARATION SUI Lieutenant’s Plea That Sal: ary Is About to Be Reduced Wins Cut in Alimony. Lieut, Charles H. Schepke, U. 8. N., hero of two wars and wearer of the Congressional Medal for conspicuous bravery, appeared before Supreme Court Justice Aspinall in Brooklyn to- day In the separation suit brought by Gertrude Schepke, who asked for $200 a month alimony. Lieut. Schepke said he would not contest the suit, but thought the ali- mony demmnd was excessive bechuse his income is only $395 now and will soon be reduced to $26 a month, It was agreed that he shall pay $25 a week. His wife lives at No, 514 64th Street, Brooklyn, Lieut. Schepke won the Congres- sional Medal in 1904 when he was on the battleship Missouri. There was a fire which reached the powder maga- zines. In a series of explosions thir- ty-flve’ men were killed, but Schepke went downto the magazines and fought the flames and carried out bodies at the risk of his life, In the Battle of Santiago in the Spanish War he won another decora- tion by jumping overboard from the battleship Indiana and rescuing five Spanish sailors who were drowning. “Why are you not contesting this suit?” Justi spinall “Well, during. the World War I was stationed at Queenstown,” said ‘the Lieutenant, “And my wife stayed in New York having a grand old time— ‘ets and that sort of thing. Be- I am going to C a soon to gone three years, and if my wife separation I think she ought it.” q asked him. sid be wants to have Degree of We A. f SCHENECTADY, Maude Adams, N, the degree of master of arts at the 125th commencement of Union College here, She is the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Union. LONGEVITY The autobiography of Luigi Cornaro has passed through forty English editions. At the age of forty, this six- teenth century Italian nobl¢- man was a dissipated wreebs But, by reforming his way of eating, he regained hi: health and lived to be nearly a hundred. The wholesome foods which he ate in moderation were strikingly similar to those served at CHILDS. For instance, fre: succulent vegetables, ‘temptingly pre- pared and cooke: 3 Dy Chocolate Covered 24¢ FLAG DAY POUND BOXES Assorted Jelly Circles: Our regular 49¢ goods. POUND BOX 39¢ Comprised of a number of white and blue paper arranged “Old Glory.” 1 i 1 9 i In assorted flavors, wea; in Red, White and Blue anes - packace 19¢ FA That favorite | VA variety pack- G4 axe. Uj Yj POUND BOX s CY, V) //,