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. THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1922 isa [arcounetth te GUNSHOT ICT (COMMISSION CANT| Three British Aviators Now cS tapgees Juries received by her fivelyear-old IN CONNECTION WITH ‘gon when a Ward truck ran ‘over him at 126th Street ana Tnira] THE WARD MYSTERY “Avenue, Sept. 21, 1918. Peters was gj j{ then fourteen years old, Mr. Weeks a moted. Mrs, Blanchard said he looked Pe — _ eset called on her Walter Ward imself had been at her house and had offered her $500, which she had | refused. ‘The case is still pending in y) the court, she sald, Mr. Weeks said he would have the fi story carefully investigated, but that a he put very little dependence on the CT. acourscy of her memory, : Mra, Walter S. Ward was under- {Bsliv atooa to be in White Piains ready to a * To Leap From Police Patrol Wagon in Philadelphia, PHILADELPHIA, June 6.—John| Cross examinatron of George W. Clenzo, held by the police here as a! Burpee, valuation engineer for the suapect in connection with the kill ing of Cinrence Peters by Walter 3.| Manhattan Elevated Railway Com- : Value at $59,284,420, Now Claims $107,436,110, (5) wppear, Her nurse and mald, Mise Ward, to-day made three attempts|P@0y, was commenced to-day, by { Imlu Barrows and Miss Amy Mild. ‘ ke 4 jto leap from a patrol wagon that|Clarenoce J. Shearn, counsel for the i appeared at the court house with ae ae 46) men a ies ean a uptown pollce| Transit Commission, in its attempt | Allen R. Campbell of counsel for : : Hall. He. Wan shackled nung city | to disprove the Mknhattan Company's Be)" 39) Ward. foot and lodged in the Central Staz|“l@ims Sf $107,436,140 value as the ‘ <! County Judge Bleakley, in swear- tion, cost to reproduce the elevated lines All efforts to ostablish that John Cienzo, gunshot victim held here, .is the mysterious “Jackson” in the Ward case have failed, Lieut. Bel- shaw, head of the Murder Squad, said to-day. Belshaw, however, in an effort to shake the calm and ailence of the rig prisoner, will give him the “third The killing and many of the facts con- ee Et Serta) degree’’ to-day. « nected with it have become notorious. i As a result of the receipt of a tele-| Sell its property at all, “and then “— Go not Know Whethér oF not 3 gram from the wife of Cienzo, who]again it is not obliged ta sell what TopAle! these tacte will be pi tak to yen } a lives at Wakefield, Mass,, which is|the Transit Commission would pick iP not from Northampt he 7 2* or to the Supreme Court Grand Jury the slain Peters formeriy lived, eo. | Out for sale and leave us stranded Yi tbe © sng in the Grand Jury for June, took }Pe87" occasion to deny that he is is a pro- Bile? © fessional associate of John F, Bren- 582°" nan, Ward's counsel, hare “Judge Bleakley said: ‘During the of Mamhattan and the Bronx, The Transit Commission's valuation, experts say the “L’’ lines are worth $55,217,949, At one stage of the cross-examina- tion to-day, counsel for the Company reminded the Commission that the Manhattan Company is not obliged to a past month an act of homicide has }® &r> been committed within the county. weer J juve , Which has not been discharged, But . loloe have communicated with tho| With some derelict property." wile? in view of the statement of certain Wakefield authorities asking them to] ‘And again counsel for the com- Fei. Sewepapers that counsel for the per- "ss check up on Cienzo and learn all|pany hinted that “if the Manhattan “2% son connected with the killing is a i Peete A taply 1s Cheeta teeny | lease should be terminated and the| rhe tn/eé British aviators on | Major Biake and Capt McMillan, ‘ioe Partner of mine, I would suggest that és : Whether Cienzo will ultimately be | °MP&2Y Cceupy and operate its prop-} 4144 «round the world” fight are, They were photographed in the fey + the District Attormey take the mat- * connected with the Ward case or not, /°ry as an independent system, It] 4, ent: Lieut, Col. Br y a6" ter before the Supreme Court Grand vil: ‘ he will be held until the origin of hig] would need every one of those sub- sah re hea AI hed plane in which they started: Trying : to Circle the Globe in an Airplane / Sixteen, then. The woman also said BAe! hs Wille : . f Sha Chbe Hhat two days before the supposed e ; he ie was eel gas They will try to carry out the idea of Sir Ross Smith, who in- tended flying around the world but was killed in a practice flight. ‘pap > dury. bullet wound is clearedup. The bullet} stations now referred to as non- oe) ba. sesie hs 3 will be compared with police revolver . jess __ “It is, however, my duty to say to ‘ Willan deed here Of “ACuuAAOS that operating: therefore to call them non-| b4 ” + you that I am not a partner of the ; : Cienzo may have been connected with | °Perating seems to be rather a mis- ** ©" counsel referred to and I am not en- — il a blackmailing plot here last week, in | nomer."' oe Nal age Lalaeraw as 4 which blackmailers of a Moorestown, | Mr. Burpee was asked it he would E N. J., undertaker escaped in an auto 72%. am prohibited from so doing by under detectives’ fire. bedpoto drt she ated optiel tual ie statute. his parents. Two operators went to] The wound, in the opinion of medi-}40 Pay $107,000,000 for the “LL prop- FN we erive. “If, however, the District Attorney | Haverhill, Mass, to-day on that cal experts, does not appear to be] erty in view of the fact that the Man- eone errand. more than a week old. This is one of | hattan division of the ‘'L'’ lines shows vv) 8 his discretion elects to place the! airs, Ward wan quoted several] the main reasons advanced by Bel-la defloit of $1,160,000 for 1992. te GP vive facts before you it is well that you/days ago as saying shaw for his reluctance to credit! replied any such recommendation should be advised: “I could clear up this mystery if the} Clenzo’a connection with the Ward | would be guided by the circumstances, “Make a thorough and searching] !@W¥ers would only allow me to talk,’ | Case, as the bullet wound through his} “put here you see for some years “investigation ot thie matter. sum- She denied there was any woman in|] ®tm has apparently been inflicted] past you have the division operating the case, ressed o within the last week, whereas the it," 1 a Z nN; a Each Other,” Her Platform Lead Conspiracy — Will ; ae of profit five years from now would Sie rest until you have heard every par- It ts believed that if Mra. Ward is SENATE BONUS BILL be $1,000,000 a year, which would not mane allowed to tell all she knows her tes- provide 2 per cent. on the capital to Pacify World. Answer Critics. ( Tew + Peas ce migra sage aes have} timony may go @ long way toward] FORCES LONGDELAY tock. Now, such being the case, and —__—— eens $7" determinea w or not a crime| clearing up the mystery, But there the period involved covering seven or] «teay Sunshine” artived on the] WASHINGTON.’ une 6.—The has been committed. And if you find| is a possibility of a legal battle be- eight years, those facts would cer- ‘a crime has been committed indict the] teen the Ward lawyers and District} McCumber to Be Busy on|tainly be taken into consideration by| Baltic, here from Liverpool. to-day. | British and Italian Ambassadors and Attorney Weeks over her appearance Tariff for Several you, would they not, in recommend-|The Baltic brought 600 passengers, {accredited representatives of other before the Grand Jury. Dav ing a price to bankers for purchase?"'}119 in the first cabin. The most] foreidn nations were assailed to-day She cannot be made to reveal any- ays. ‘Yea, alr; those facts and all the at- - cerrul one was Mra. Ada L. Gris-|in the Senate by Senator Watson, FORD MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT IF ASKED BY PEOPLE Would Listen to Call Pro- vided He Doesn’t Have to Spend Any Money. DETROIT, June 5 (Associated Press).—Henry Ford has in- timated privately that he would run for President “if the people of the country desire him to do 680,"" but “he would refuse to spend any money to bring about his nomination or election."* William T. Kronberg, editor of a Dearborn newspaper and one of the leaders in the Dearborn “Henry Ford for President’ Club, is responsible for the statement. person who admits the killing Is a} thing her husband told her about the WASHINGTON, June 5—The sol-| ‘endant circumstances,’’ was the an- tet 4 man of wealth. Do not be swayed by| Shooting unless it was before a third al B iit nok it sented in “> Dassion or prejudice. Give this man|Pe#n. But she may be required to} Ve! staid dautias leo Ia ah $1,000,000 profit in 1926, as I remem-]anna of the lecture platform, but also sere - tell of other matters, such as who|the Senate for several days, it was ber it also includes property that {s]as the Little Lady with a Big Mes- yey vhis rights, but give him no more! was in the Ward home the night of|said to-day at the office of Chairman|not the original Manhattan and I be- Se ee atin ua late ee” rights than the poor unfortunate who] the shooting and who called or tele-| McCumber of Nie Senate Finance |Ileve if you separate the Manhattan|®*&¢. She is here to make us laugh. is unable to obtain counsel. The same] phoned. , Committee. Senator McCumber has|leased property from the extensions} “I've been making England laugh, ‘rr rules of evidence apply to either. The Other witnesses subpoenaed are|been so busy with the Tariff Bill, it}in the Bronx and from the lines in/said Mrs. Grisson, ‘‘and now I'm “'t'same degree of proof is required in| George 8. Ward, father of Walter; |was said, that he has not found op-|Queens you will find that the antict-|poing to make America laugh and then fram ‘each tnstance, Lulu Barrows and Amy Mild, em-|portunity to complete the report|pated earnings are something like be- Tiilnedt. Gaabda-duuahinedand Analy we “This may come to you your| ployed in the Ward home; several}which {8 to accompany tht bonus] tween 5 and 7 per cent.” Lid oh BERNE a: y eure’ duty. Your interests and my inter-|aelghbors, witnesses to the finding of }measure when it is presented. Mr. Shearn then sprang a surprise|the whole world will be chuckling— Sr ests are identical. It is the interest | the body, and officials who have since] Meantime, the programme with re-]on the traction men when he quoted/and then our troubles will go away. O41} of every citizen of this county t worked on the mystery. ward to Senate pepneestion of the Ne oh Horde oo ete aoe Wat the enlightened countries or this this matter be sifted to thi eorge adjusted compensation measure re-| Appeals gtowing out of a franchis Win» and the truth determined in tho Wort: ae jas Spotl tet dee igrreted sine very indefinite. aie 3, tax ae in which ieelipaneniies ie: peceea ty, laugh with and not ri "est space of yime consistent with jus- the legislation will lead to a long|vated Company's brief stated in part. ¥ - HP |e bse remained’ 8, tbe, heekground In 1915 and ‘16, Mrs. Grisson says, the Bitish Government sent her with with speeches and statements made by them relating to American tariff and trade. The Indiana Senator, one of the adminitsration leaders, charged that there was a foreign propaganda against the pending Tarif Bill. Sena- to Watson asserted that Sir Auck- land Geddes, in an address in Call- fornia last March, in which he was quited as urging use of British ships for carrying American commerce as one means of aiding trade between the United States and Great Fritain, had “gone entirely outside the bounds of ce." fight, some Republican leaders are} ‘There hus never been any real Following Judge Bleakley's sugges- pried Sonaee beenan te baled strongly opposed to sidetracking the|dispute between the company and the propriety." [ *=="tion und his charge, Mr. Weeks an- ajentio, when he wae] tarift for its consideration public authorities in this litigution as Senator Watson told the Se ate that : ree cs aeavenie: Whee be was en ee * to actual values. ‘The following data] ® Cargo of laughter to the trenches. | wien the Tarlc Bill was reported put woula| PHONEY $20S AND $5S have been assumed on both sides to] Since then she has lectured over half] there were two courses open to those row mgrning and will conduct the in- have been satisfactorily established | of Europe. tn charge—to refrain from general de- t Vestiption in the Ward. case, | “sive $100,000 to. put the gang in ARE IN CIRCULATION [iy tn0 proofs. ‘The actual valacs of| A reporter who asked Mrs, Gris- - i Jai Mr. Weeks hopes to get from relator’s property on the second Mon-]| son for Mr. Grisson's first name, was FT ate eck ae Been SUL} nim all the details of the alleged|Goverament Warns of Sparious day ef Santer, 1909, allowing for] pulled into the Little Lady's state- blackmail plot which young Ward Hewerve Notes. depreciation, was 284,420."" room. ‘My husband," she said, ‘ted an sald cost him $30,000 and was fol-] 1: behooves thone who are lucky| This revelation brought George W.]on March 18th of heart failure." h lied. meth fs rs On thet point lateness S| towed by a demand for 976,000 11086. | soougn vo have $20. Federal Roserve| Murray, counsel for the comasety, to| Then she cried. Mr, Weeke said he had heard noth-| _ Miss Barrows 1s nurse of the two] i otes or $5 silver certificates in their] his feet with the explanation that] ‘‘But I musn't give in like that ing more from Philadelphia and hud} Ward children and has been spokes.) ocis to look at them well, because] R. R. Rodgers, who wrote the briet| said the woman who wants ever not yet received the finger prints of] ™an for both Mr. and Mra. Ward] there are counterfeits of them in cir-| from which the figures were quoted] one to laugh. ‘‘Ho told me to look * the prisoner, John Cienzo, bebe esis os pte weal to Lhe culation, sctording ee Paring sent) was the attorney for the Interborough mpgs ae tt nd buck up, and I'm Grand . } statements from them. 8 was IM} out to-day OY. Desvarnin Strong my and not the Manhattan] 80! at a ard eae tre Tey bas wo mem: | ne Ward home the hight of the kil. | tre: Federal rerve Bank of New York. | Crevated Railway Company, Bip Conapball Riuart; -adctnen Teas Walter Ward lives. There are sov-| ing and has sald the shooting did not} Both noter ana om the Federal Keserve) ot he signs for the Manhattan|#enger, described Mrs. Grisson as the | (hired .SBTE. Ohta free trade eral New Rochelle men on the hold-| tuke place there. She may be able to} “rs. “soy note has a picture of Cleve-| Railway Company," Judge Shearn re- | “Lady Sunshine Seats ee Str | injured {nduatry and Iabor in Amert- over May jury and they have shown] tell the Grand Jury about alleged] jand on it and as this has been badly | plied. Campbell is managing director of the |. and six times a protective tariff much interest tn the Ward onae,| visitors or telephone calls to the| engraved the spurious note may thus be!” Counsel for tho Manhattan Com-| Times Publishing Co. and a director | io. tgreq prosperity to the country. There are two vacancies in the jury.| Ward home. detected, The numbers on the bill look pany contended that the $59,284,420)!" Associated Newspapers Ltd,, and disesziiss “Palisa The members are: An important point to be decided a they had been put on with pen and Auckland B. Cordner, foreman, In-|to.day is whether to submit the case The $5 note has been printed with a surance, No. 146 Meadow Lane, New|to the May or the June Grand Jury. | pJue neal which Is in too light Ink. ‘The Rochell Whittethore, paper] it is believed it will be turned over large ‘'V’’ on the bill is also too pale, ~ «supplies, Milton Road, Rye; George H.| to the May body instead of the June| The number of the note tx printed too Roth, merchant, Mt. Kisco; J. Wilson} as intended Saturjay. The question | dark. This counterfelt ts likely to de- Gordon, manager, No. 15 Morris Crén-|arose when it was suggested that | celve the carclem handler of money, cent, Yonkers; Hdward H. Codding,| Judge William F. Bleakley, in charge AGE retired, No. % Pintard Avenue, New] or the June jury, might object be- | $160,000 SHORTAGE IN BANK’S ACCOUNT: reply to general attacks as they were made, The first course had been de~ cictedg upon, he continued, in the hope that’ Senate-action could be speeded up, but this policy now would be changed. The Indiana Senator contended that the arguments advanced by the Democrats against the bill were the same arguments that had been ad- vanced against every protective poenaed?’ Mr. Weeks was asked. “I do not want to say just now, asthe value of the ‘ property in| 1909 was based on historical method and has nothing to do with big men of Britain's motion picture industry, is here to arrange for the A i . the. prices quoted to-day, on basi8) snowing of historical films. Relatives of Convicted Men OF coRy tO reproduce. Other passengers included Miss , wy WW Tt was axreed by both sides that] sanct Cameron of East Orange, N.| Make Emergency Ward ‘ Necessary. the ‘‘L’? lines, as originally built] 5" home from a @elightful eight months in Burope; Lieut. Col. John A fainting bee which required the would be dividend earners were it not for the tid \ucks, eaiensivne. ei4!| Menge, who werved throughout the improvements. coupest for the vet! World War with one or another of/°P¢ning pf an emergency hospital Oa ee a reid the fact that} the Scottish divisions; James M.|ward in an ante room of the County — ; aig leaned 46 the intsnecougit cml ay nae A ery Fete de de Court in Brooklyn attended the sén- worth more alone than with the ex- Lveuin A who says Britain at last tencing to-day of four men who had William R, Roane, merchant, Irving-|‘%®, May Jury having been extended |, tne gccounts cf the First National] tensions and third tracks added. Mt-] is” awakening to the importance of| pleaded guilty to or been convicted ton; Edward J, Cordial, manager, | UOtl June 16. It was the inquiries of fo) uy of Union Bridge, Md., it was vaid| Murray sald further electricity and electrical devices, and] ot felonies. Four women screamed ei an A peal Rooker the May body that prompted the|ig day at the office of Comptroller of Burtlened with the load that the Sultus Kahn of the Union Trust Com-lanay dropped unconecious in the ag ap . ath apa] Westchester officials to rearrest Ward | the Currency Criusi> er. Interborough assumes (o put on Ite] oe or Cleveland, O. soubse of the proceedings.and Matorn Irving Avenue: Port Chester; Joecun {8d require him to give $50,000 in-} jg, ¥. Olmatead, cashier of tre bank, |we are perfectly willing ‘to produce} PT °cermany to-day," Mr, Kahn| sary Hroderick devoted all her time ¥ . i N t er $15,000 bond i ated j d i . Mary \ MoCoriess, real estate, Watson Ave-| "Another important adtion to natiia | meameoiae Cbs seedll Ladl lll ALAR eee ee cha tian leased | sald, “there are only two classes of] to resnacitating. thom r important question to settle offer was selued Wy oie, the lower class—living from] [gidor Nilve pleaded guilty to rot nue, Ossining; William L. Saunders, retired, No, $66 Palivades Avegue,| '* WHether to take before the Grand 1» hearn who sald hand to mouth—and the profiteer, Rochelle; Luke A. Van Zandt, retired, | cause John I, Brennan, Ward's coun- ore” White Plains; William B, Breewe, re-| sei, is a law partner of Ju Bleak. ‘ tired, No, 15 Abendroth Place, Port] ley, * om Chester: Russell equa, retired.! ae, Weeks said it made no differ ed ence to him which jury considers the} WASHINGTON, June 5.—Shortage of = Bouth 11th Street, Mount Vernon; |Ce#® doth having equal powers, and} ,+ jeast $150,000 has been uncovered $ released from jail. He fenrs that s] fF ‘ ” bery. As Judge Martin sentenced J f rrr - ; That would be quite ting. Harrison; Fred C. Mason, account- crete he knows will “get” him at the t * *liy, Germany appears prosperous; | 4 his young wife screamed, ‘ Z what he said he knows about the case, rtinlt would give more consideration to the] 1¥ bf cues) Sing Sing " ant, No. 33 Comell Place, Yonkers: | shortly before midnight Gheritt Wer- | aggoPbucot has told a atralghtfor-| future than to the present in arrive Sigs eae cnen tyery cad | fainted (aad pad ep agrees 4 nor, fntendent, 7 . rt, Kahn cal dd. » minutes late: uls Zen- No. 2 South Ninth venus, “Mount | BF took to Cunningham a photograph | arg atory,"” said Attorney McCarthy. | ins at @ fair valuation Mr. sheart | Mtr 2 A. jon ther slipped from her chair Vernon; Chester P. Vorhis, marble] ®t from Philadelphia of Joh} ..o¢ course, there have been a few|told him to keep in mind the probabil- —— pelnhta mnie MOR Free ee En r ‘ id C - y of e elevated c - unconscious cotractor, Scarsdale; Herbert J,| “'eD#% the wounded private deteo- | aiscrepancies, but in the main his|ity of the elevated lines being dis-] POVERTY HALTS BETTER unconacigss to tan years -snpriagn: tive it was thought might be the has been of great assistance to|mantied some day Yat suacet Vauiens Seniante missing “Jack.” Cunningham said it tie catoheater Gaunty officials, Although the Manhattan Company ; nd, carriage manufacturer,| ¥# 5°t @ picture of the man he knew 1 will not have Cunningham made|has included non-operating property Hartedale, und Leander Horton, re-|4% J¢ Jackson, the second man 6hot}the scapegoat in this murder. I amin {ts estimates of value, Mr, BRearn tired, No. 47 Sound View Avenue,|?¥ Ward. Cunningham has made #0] wijting to co-operate with the District | pointed out that under the transit law Port Chester. many conflicting statements about] attorney in every way, but I will not] the city is prohibited from taking over Justice A. H, F. Seeger in Supreme | (ther things, however, the Westoheg- | permit my client to go before the|such non-operating property. Mr Court signed an order returnable this | t* suthorities are not ready to accept |Grand Jury unless under certain con- | Burpee sought to justify the Inclusion a afternoon for the production of James bs Pi sri Clgne ua age lo ditions. Sap b Bapaed conditions is}of all pebeata ions and non-operating : ee ean mobile, pe eS |. Cunningham and requiring District aurice J. eCarthy, Cunning-|that he will not compelled to sign | property in the estimates on the the-| ment of service m co Weeks to oy pl why |ham's lawyer, who expects to-day tol, waiver of immunity. ory that the city mht operate the] hearing before the ‘Tronstt Commissios MISS BLANCHE SWEET SeRRCRDRES US Dat DA Selena er tocmsoirow, pala: he oraild. Pose | that ener ee een grote | Manbetian “"L" as a gystean Imdb IAcIT in view of the fact that tho com: WILL MARRY NEILAN from the Westchester County jail, | #ble to-morrow, said he would per-|that Peters was shot before 2.20 in] pendent from the Interborough, and eer es net mesting ite expenses, and sob lies where he is heid as a materia! witness. | m!t Cunningham to testify before the |the morning and can substantiate this| therefore find it 1 be we economical tO} would not have the money to carry out The Pinkerton Agency, employed] Grand Jury only if he was granted] fact, I mean to get my client out of] re-ostablish and equip that kind of! any such order, CAR SERVICE IN QUEENS Won't Presi Company. Straitened financial circumstano of the New York and Long Island ‘Trac- tion Company gained it a stay in the imposition of any order for impro ment, Half an hour later Joseph Friedman was sentenced to five years in Sing Sing and his mother had a fit of hystertes, followed by a faint. The fourth woman to faint was the mother of Frank Savasta, sent up for five years for stealing an auto- LOS ANGELES, June 5.—Miss Rianche, Sweet. motion picture actress, by the District Attorney, immunity. ‘We are in the case to clear] property. Wiliam e a ee Din and. Marshall Nellan, motion picture jon from Lawyer Sullivan, o' it up and make It an A BC proposi-| “No much thing in contemplated or] COMPANY. Nad tha Home HANEe cena he) mducer and director, will be married counsel for the family of Clarence tion.”* oe within the bounds of possibility.” Ml] tered into between his company ant i ‘i New York some time this Pons Peters, to go as deep!y as possible in- District Attorney Weeks said today] Sheurn retorted as hie reminded the| Bridge Operath Company, whe ncoording to word received here from witness of the commission's plan off the latter was furnishing ten good curs'Netian and confirmed by Pete Smith, BPP be the lite of the former sailor during | tion,” from which it was learned that] he had not decided whether he would 7 sa unification, for replacements. ntative, last three years a the aid of Cunningham 1s fearful of his life if’ grant immunity to Cunningham. “ son, described not only as the Polly-]| Republican, Indiana, in connection a swer. ‘I might say again that that/ 60! om 1,000 U. s. TROOPS Order Sending All Home by pliance many and some of the Allied powers, a small force of American trovps is to be maintained at Coblenz on the Rhine beyond July 1, the date set originally for completion of American evacuation of German terrtory that d bate In the interest of speed or to] tain at Coblenz Major Gen. Allen and two battalions of the Eighth Infantr: scheduled to have sailed for home on June 20, The length of time the troops will be kept on the Rhine, Mrf Weeks said, had not been determined fantry already has been withdrawn, and the two remaining battalions, with supplementary units, make up a force of about 1,500 men now at Coblenz, which will quoted in the Court of Appeals brief le Anglo-Newfoundiand Development FOUR WOMEN FAINT 1,000. “s Herbert W. Thompson, one of the] IN BROOKLYN COURT OUR MEN ON RHINE’ -marched with their regpective . units to the A. F. G. Swimming GASOLENE PRICE. KEPT ON RHINE July 1 Changed, Leaving Return Date Open. WASHINGTON, June 5—In com- with requests from Ger- Secretary Weeks announced to-day ion had been reached to r ‘The Secretary said the troops would not come home this month, but would stay on the Rhine “beyond July 1 The ist Battalion of the 8th In- be redueed to MUST ALL PROVE THEY CAN SWIM COBLENZ, June 5. (Associated Press).—The American soldiers who wish to remain with the oc- cupation troops must prove their ability as swimmers. Major Gen. Henry T, Allen has ordered that the American doughboys be Pool, and ‘must swim at least fifty yards. Those unable to do so will be taught. The order was issued because several soldiers were drowned last summer in the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. INVESTIGATION PROVIDED FOR nate Grants Additional Powers to Committee Making Inquiry, WASHINGTON, June 6. The Senate to-day cleared the way for an investigation of the high price of gasoline by ¢on- ferring adgitional powers on the Senate Manufacturers Committee. An amendment was adopted to the McKellar Investigating Reso- jution recently pass*d giving the Committee power to subpoena witnesses and pay for having & record of the hearlhgs made, Display iver. he, 78, ope for \eetebisrt oes ot TALES LOST * AS STEAMER SINKS AFTER EXPLOSION Vessel With Tourists on Board Goes Down After ‘Explosion. BUENOS AYRES, June 5.—Prof. Kemmerer, instructor in” economies at Princeton University, and family were among the six sw of a disaster to the steamer Villa Franca, which sank in the Parana River yesterday with a loss of mare than 74 lives. The Villa Franca sank off Hohe« nau, Paraguay. e The steamer ‘had on board tounste for Iguazu Falls, The explosion oc- curred at 1.40 o'clock in the morn ing. It is sald the vessel sank #0 quickly that the passengers had no time to dress or seek lfeboats, The vessel carried thirty cabin passengers, seventy second class pas- sengers and in the cargo were 100 drums of naphtha. A survivor says the sleeping passengers were awak- ened by cries of alarm and rushed on deck to find the vessel enveloped in flames. A few seconds later there was a heavy explosion which caused the boat to fill ahd stuk rapidly nearly, mile from the Paraguayan shore. —_———e—__. LATONIA ENTRIES. LATONIA, Ky,, Dune 5.—The morrow’s race are as follow: FIR! sWay Combs, 102; Honor Man, 107: Ri 108; Ben Bolt, 110; Green Gold, 110; Clintonvilte, 115. SECOND RACE—Purae $1,500 for thre an elghth.— Daughtery, 100; *Countens, 102; Bac 108; Grace Minard, 105; Papaska, 11( han, 110; Legal, 111 (THIRD RACE—Purve § maiden colt and geldings: two-y a hi furlongs.—Bd Pi ‘Glencol Kent Li. 116; La Orb," 11 thrope, Mayor “Carroll, “115; jearer, Rencelaw, entries for to- for three-ye *Tomahol, Sands of Pleasure, 118; Rep, KIETH RACH—Purse $6,000 added; the Inaugural Handicap; for three-year-olds and ) a sixteenth.—(a)Cher~ (a\Frank W.. 102; Kinburn 4; 123; Adyor 05. (a) Whitney-Goldblatt entry. SIXTH RACK—Purse $1,500; claimingy for two-year-ol ward: ‘four and a iB Pn Paviowa, 108: Graham,’ 110; fi iy TH sane ue kPa pore for three-year-olds an one mi ch ‘Pulna, 108" Biddle Landes 107 110; W id. Weather clear, track fast a. cate BOY CLEARED IN DEATH DUE TO FIGHT, TRENTON, June 6.—Harry lep- chak, fifteen-year-old inmate of the State Home for Boys at Jamesburg, to. day was exonerated of blame for caua- ing the death of Michaeo Polotti, an- other fifteen-year-old inmate of the home, during @ fight yesterday. Phyni« clans declared death Was due to shock, and it was 4 clear case of “agcidental death.” Advt. on page 8 Notice to Advertisers ‘Display advertising «ype copy and Beata Tete Oe Pematirena. to onter at teemas at ‘ma race, rte Jorn euy co alaing ower te i, ‘cad "relonss wat 3 » rings ty Tus World must be feesived by Maurdey Sunday Main Sheet copy, t not ‘been received Be we wth bas nol, been de, omitted the order of latest order. Display copy or, orders released later wided above, whi en omitted will not serve rn disowunte of any character, contract er THE WORLD Di—gD,. FIREY.—CARL R. CAMPBELL CHURCH, Monday, 6 P. M. HOADLEY.—LIBBIE, CAMPBELL Fu. ERAL CHURCH, Monday, 5 P. M, LATTA, — EDITH ADELE. CAMPBELY FUNERAL CHURCH, Monday, 3 P. M. MAY¥.—CATHERIND. CAMPBELL ¥FUv ERAL CHURCH, Tuesday, 2 P. M, STEWWEL.—FRANK H. CAMPBELL FUs NERAL CHURCH, Monday, 4 P. M, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, ee.