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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12
DR.. ME1KELJoHN IS HoNoRED.
Guest at Luncheon of D. C. Amherst
Alumni Association.

Or. Alexander Meikeljohn of Amherst
College was the guest of honor at a
luncheon at the Cosmos Club today the
hosts being the officers and members of
the District of Columbia Amherst Alumni
Association. Those present were Secre-
tary Redfield of the Department of Conf
merce: Judge Ashley NJ. Gould. president
of the association: Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith, vice president: Barry Buckley. sec
Rotary; Evans Browne. treasurer and the
following members of the association: Ru-
dolph Kaufman. Gilbert H. Grosvenor.,,
Robert Lansing. Rev. r. Randall Hooes,,
Representative F. H. Gillett; Representa-
tive E. T. Rainey. Representative Allen
T. Treadway. Rev. John Britain Clark.
Rev. w. E. de Riemer. DR.. w. D. Bige-
low, Edwin NJ. Bliss, Rev. George D. Lit
tie, f. o. Merchant, Arthur G. Baker.
Harry G. Kimball, Ralph Kicker. ]. L. c.
Chestnut. E. T. Allen, c. D. March. Philip
Mark Smith. Charles L. Bliss. E. NJ. Hill
dreth. A. V. Cushman and NJ B. Cush-.
man.
President Meikeljohn and Mrs. Nickel
john are guests in Washington Of Seer :
tary and Mrs. Redfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12
SIGNS THE ALASKA BILL
President Wilson Surrounded by
Friends Of the Railroad
Measure.

President Wilson this afternoon signed
the Alaskan bill. Members of the Senate
and House who worked for the passage
of the bill and Secretary Lane were in
vited to be present
A mastodon. which probably was roam
ing about the ice and moss fields OF
Alaska $1,000 years ago or more
furnished the ivory tusk from which
was carved the peDholder used by Speak
er Clark yesterday in signing the Alaska
railroad bill Vice President Marshall
used the same antique today when he
wrote his name to the bill. An Alaska
Indian at Skagway made the trinket
fashioning it in imitation of a totem pole
The pen point is of Alaska gold. The pen
and holder were furnished by John e.
Ballaine of Seattle and Alaska. who will
present them to the territory of Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12
TO INVESTIGATE LAWS
FOR DISTRICT CHILDREN
Attorney General Names Commits
sion for Revision and
Codiication.

For the purpose of going thoroughly
into the laws affecting children in the
District of Columbia and the procedure
before the local Juvenile Court, Attorney
General McReynoids today named a COM
mission of five members. The commission
will be composed of Bernard FleXner, an
attorney of Louisville, Ky. who has
made special study of juvenile court
laws and juvenile courts. chairman; Miss
Julia c. Lathrop. chief of the children's
bureau of the labor department; Rev. DR..
William ]. Kerby, professor of sociology
at the Catholic University; William II.
Baldwin. chairman of the Juvenile court
committee of this city. and Walter c.
Clephane. an attorney. also of this city,
who is chairman of the Board of Trade
committee on charities and corrections
The commission rs delegated to go
thoroughly into the question of amend
ment. revision and codification of the
laws in force in the District of Columbia
pertaining to children and TO the iuris-
6iction. practice and procedure of the
Juvenile Court of the District. and to
advise the Attorney General of the needs.
accompanying their report with a draft
of such a code as il believes would give
the District satisfactory laws upon the
subjects in question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12
Date for Astor-Huntington Wedding

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE wedding
of Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington
and Vincent Aston will take place
April 80, it is announced by friends of
the family. The ceremony will be in
the Church of st. Margaret in Stats.
burg, n. Y, and the reception will be
held at Hopeland House. the home of
the brides parents, near Staatsburg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12
Ferries Garry 10000, 600 in Year.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 12-More
commuters ply daily across San Francisco
bay than over any similar body of water
in the world. Statistics given out today
show that during 1918 more than 10000.
600 passengers were carried between this
city and Oakland, Alameda, Richmond
and Sausalito, by the five companies
operating ferries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-12

has been trying for years to get action
such as that which was taken by Presi-
dent Wilson.
Jenkins killed Benjamin N. Shepherd
in this city January a. 1894 July 5. 1884
he was sentenced to hang, but President
Imprisonment November II, 1894.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
OU|MET WELL Up
IN TESTING PLAY
American Golfer Gets Another
IT in British Open Cham
pionship.

TROON, June 12.-Excellent cards
We're returned today in the second
round of eighteen holes of the quail
flying stage for the British open golf
championship. The competitors
changed courses today, those who
yesterday played over the old Troon
course going to the municipal course
and vice versa.
Francis Ouimet. American open
champion, was again followed by a
large crowd. He completed his sec
ond 18 holes in z, which, with his
yestes laws score of ", made his
total 154. This placed him we'll with
in the hundred players qualified for
the final His game today generally
was weak in the approaches. He was
dead bunkered at the second hole,
but got out splendidly
Harry Vardon, the British profess
sional took 79 today, making his
total 152.
James Braid the Scottish player,
did todays round in rs for total Of
ISL
Edward Ray did &c today, finishing
with total of $50.
Harold Weber, of Toledo, o., has
little chance of being among the hum
dred players entitled to participate in
the championship proper of 72 holes
at Prestwick. His score today was
81, and his total III.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
THOS. B. Jones
LIKELY To HEAD
RESERVE BOARD
Believe President Has Chosen
Former Princeton University
Trustee for Governor.
CHICAGO LAWYER AND
AN EXPERT ON BANK INC
President Will Send All Ap-
pointees to Board to Sen
ate on Monday.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Thomas
3. Jones, a Chicago lawyer. former
member of the Princeton University
trustees. and a personal friend Of
President Wilson, has practically been
selected for governor of the Federal
Reserve Board. It was said unoffi-
cially today that his nomination
would go to the Senate Monday.
With the nomination Of Mr.. Jones,
the names Of Paul NJ. Warburg, of
New York; W. P. G. Harding. Of Bir-
mingham. Ala; A. c. Miller. of San
Francisco, and F. C. Simmons, of ST.
Louis, TO be members of the board
are expected to go to the Senate. Sec
retary McAdoo and Coptroller Will
Jams, of the currency bureau, viii be
ex-officio members.
1t was definitely stated at the
White House that the President
would formally announce the per-
sonnel of the board Monday.
Mr.. Warburg and Mr.. Harding are
bankers; Mr.. Miller is an economist,
and at present assistant secretary of
the interior; Mr.. Simmons is msr-
chant; Mr.. Jones, as well as being a
lawyer, is a student and expert in
finance.
With the appointment and organi-
cation of the board, the work of &C
tually organizing the country's new
banking and currency system will get
under way and officials hope to have
il in operation for the crop-moving
period in the autumn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
CASTING OUT
ILLEGAL NAMES
ON PETITIONS
indications Are That Required
Number of Valid Signatures
Will Not Be Found.

About eighty per cent. of the names
so far examined on the doubtful list
of the commission government petit
tions have been thrown out by the
llerks in charge of the work. The
task of sorting the doubtful names
began at o'clock yesterday after
noon and it was predicted at noon
today that it was almost certainty
that the election will not be called
at this time as the petitions will not
have the required number of valid
signatures to warrant the calling of
| special election by the city clerk.
The work of comparing the names
on the petitions has been halted for
the time. The clerks are now at work
on the doubtful list The number of
doubtful names has grown to such
large extent that this move was
ordered by City Clerk Connolly. Up
to the present time about fifty per
cent. of the names passed upon have
been placed in the doubtful column.
Theodore S. Fettinger, secretary of
the Commission Government League,
and City Clerk Connolly had another
conference today. After the confer
ence, Mr.. Fettinger declared that he
did not thing the league will prose-
cute any offenders who deliberately
signed faxed" names or swore false
".
Mr.. Fettinger said, "I do not see
what we could gain by going to
court in this matter. Maybe the ones
who did the work are men and have
families depending upon them. If we
caught them doing this sort of work
before we handed in the petitions,
then we could make an example of
one of them. I do not see how the
league would be benefited and l am
almost sure we will not act
Mr. Connolly sated that he would
not divulge his intentions. 1t was
rumored that the city in the name of
the city clerk will prosecute all Of
tenders
This morning the clerks examined
sixty ?six doubtful names, and of this
number fifty-six We're thrown out and
ten approved In most cases the men
who signed the petitiotns did not vote
at the last general election and were
not eligible to sign the petition.
Yesterday afternoon the clerks ex-
amined 100 names which were in the
doubtful list. From this number
eighty were thrown out and twenty
approved. This number approved
yesterday is far in excess compared
with the number approved this morn
ing.
Mr.. Fettinger was asked this morn
ing If at this time was he prepared to
state whether the petitions had the
required number OF names. He re-
fused to- answer
Members of the league now lamen,
the fact that the paid canvassers
we're aeged to secure names. 1t was
Mr.. Fettingef's fdeH to secure a much
larger list of names so that the
league would have the required mum.
Der of names without the signatures
obtained by the men from the Asso-
ciatedH Charities Bureau or the Mu-
ricipal Bureau.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
MISSING CORNELL
STUDENT LOCATED
Scott De Groat Harris. of East
Orange, Found in De-
catur, III.

In response to one of 500 kilograms
sent out yesterday by Chief of Police
William II. O'Nein, of East Orange,
in an effort to locate the whereabouts
of Scott DeGroat Harris, of that city,
a Cornell freshman, who mysteriously
disappeared from the university, a
telegram was received today by the
East Orange chief from the police of
Decatur, ILL.,, telling of the youths
apprehension.
The Decature police received de-
scription of the missing East Orange
boy yesterday and early this morning
wired Chief O'Neill Of having picked
up a youth answering to the descrip-
tion. The East Orange official at
once wired to hold the boy for in
vestigation. A later telegram gave
positive Identification of young Har-
ris.
Determined to locate the youth,
Chief O'Neill worked all night on the
case The latest word received by
them indicates that young Harris
had been found in a discouraged at
titude, but apparently sound mental
ly He admitted to the Decatur po-
lice, 1t is understood, that over-study
mind temporarily.
William M. Harris. the boys father.
has been notified and will go immedi-
ately to Decatur, where his son Is
being held. Young Harris is eighteen
years old. He disappeared from Cor
nell a week ago.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
MISSING $4,000
OF ED|SON|A CO.
IS UNDER PROBE
Sum Is Alleged to Have Been
Collected Before Bank
ruptcy.

The disappearance of about $4,000
collected by agents of the Edisonia
Company shortly before the bank
ruptcy was the basis of an inquiry
yesterday before Referee Edwin G..
Adams in Bankruptcy Court. Max
well D. Litwin. head of the collection
department of the piano dealing con-
Germ, was the witness.
Attorney Henry A. Heiser. repre-
senting the trustee, examined Litwin.
The latter testified that he was cer-
tain he collected about $4,000 a few
weeks before the failure in Novem-
Der. 1912. This sum, with others, was
turned over to William Zellman and
Thomas O'Grady, promoters of the
company. The show rooms of the
bankrupt were at Broad street and
Central avenue.
The witness recalled once asking
collection from a customer in East
Orange, who gave check for $3.50,
drawn on the East Orange National
Bank October %, 1912. Mr.. Heiser
asked the witness if he were not sure
that $4,000 or $40 900 in collections had
been turned over the Zellman and
OGrady and never accounted for.
Litwin declared he was only sure of
the $4,000 he collected personally.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
ASSERT PROTOCOL
WILL Be READY TO
SIGN NEXT WEEK

WASHINGTON, June 12-That ]
protocol containing the Mexicafj
peace plan will be ready for signina]
by the middle of next week was 4hd
confident belief of high officials herd
today. 1t is believed certain that
Carranza will be party to the planl
His acceptance of the invitation I'D
the representative will reach tia3
mediators today. He is expected I'd
name men already on the ground on
from the membership of the junta|
here But in the meanwhile the mel
diators will go ahead with their pro-
gram and Bryan is very confident
that Carranza will accept the pledge
espoused by the American conmis-
sioners.
The announcement by the mediators
that from now on they would confer
with the Huerta and United States
commissioners present was accepted
here as making for rapid progress
In consequence the state department.
has telegraphed George Carouthers.
its representative with Villa, to pro-
ceed to Saltillo, where he can be Il.
constant touch with Carranza. This
will BILE the President and Secre-.
tary Bryan, as well as Commissioners
with the Constitutionalists' views aif1-
til the Carranzista representatives get
on the job in person.
Sensational stories of alarm felt by
General Funston for his position
about Vera Cruz find no response IN
official quarters. Secretary of War
Garrison considered the situation
sufficiently safe to leave for brief
vacation tour, and the officers Of, the
general staff do not believe any move
ment under contemplation by the
Mexican Federais which would en-
danger the American position They
are much more apprehensive over the
possibility of interfering with the
efficiency Of Funston's men. and are
hoping that they can soon be ordered
back to the States.
With the landing Of the Antilia's s
cargo the Constitutionalists are now
sufficiently equipped with reserxe
ammunition and rapid iirers to make
an immediate advance on Mexico
City Knowledge Of this fact was be-
lieved here to prove potent for high
speed at the Niagara Falls confer-
epppS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
"FUR|ES" FIRE
ANCIENT CHURCH;
KING GUARDED
Fear Stone of Scone More Sc.
riousIy Damaged Than Au-
thorities Admit.

LONDON. June PA determined
attempt was made by militant suf-
fragettes this morning to burn the
ancient Church of St. Margaret's,
Chipsteead, fourteen miles southeast
of London Three distinct fires, fed
by fire-lighters composed Of squares
of felt saturated with oil, were set by
the larson squad"
The rector, Rev. William H. Stone,
scene. and were able to extinguish
the flames before much damage had
been DONE The church dates from
the twelfth century.
LONDON, June 12-Doubled guards
about King George and in West
minister Abbey were today the ap-
parent result of the attempts of suf-
fragettes to Glow up the Coronation
char in the abbey. Except for the
chape. of Edward the Confessor. in
which the coronation chair sits, the
abbey was today thrown open to the
public as usual, but in its every cor
ner detectives were placed to seek q
trace of those who caused yesterday S
attempts at destructive vandalism.
Indignation against the suffragettes
for the attempt was greatly increased
today when Canon Westlake, of West
Minister admitted there is grave
doubt the chair can be repaired. Full
accounts of the damage done to the
stone of Scone have not yet been
made public, and it is feared that il
was more seriously injured by the
bomb than the authorities admit To-
day the chair which encloses the
stone, was in seclusion under guard
and no one was permitted to pass the
peculiarly craven stone screen which
stands at the entrance to the chapel
of Edward the Confessor.
Loud Kisses for the name of King
George punctuated meeting of suf-
fragettes last night. His majesty was
roundly denounced for refusing to re-
ceive deputation of the 'furies and
speakers freely declared that the
course of the government would be
resisted to the last extremity
When the king dined last night with
the Grand Duke Michael and the
Countess Torby at Hampstead. the
whole force of the palace police was
on duty and greater number of Scot
land Yard men surrounded the royal
party than has been used for months.
These precautions were continued to-
day, the open attacks of suffragette
speakers on the king being feared by
the authorities as preparatory to some
desperate attempt against his person.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
MEN AND WOMEN
IN STRIKE PARADE
$500 Go Out in Sympathy With
Westinghouse Pittsburgh
Employees.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 12-The
refusal Of the Westinghouse COM
panies yesterday to treat with their
10000 strikers was answered today
when the Alleghaney Congenial In
dustrial Union called out the 1,50O
men in the plant of the Union Switch
and Signal Company at Swissvale.
\ parade of East Pittsburgh strik-
ers was formed at 8 o'clock to en-
courage the movement. With FIVE
banks. one of them made up of pip
crs, fully 5000 men and women
marched to the Turtle Creek play
grounds for a meeting before moving
on to Swissvale.
Picket lines were strengthened dur
Ing the night and careful watch kept
on the railroad adjacent to the fac
tories, where the strike is on. Scores
of pickets. wearing gum boots, pa
trolled the banks of Turtle creek at
the point where the armed guards
waded the stream this morning.
Officers of the union say they have
the men well in hand, and express the
belief that there will be no disorder
as long as the county authorities are
In charge Of the strike district.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
GREECE is AGAIN
ON VERGE OF WAR
WITH THE TURKS
a-T-r
Premier's Warning Falls Little
Short of Formal Declaration
of HostiIities.

ATHENS, Greece. June PA
warning to Turkey, which fell little
short of a formal declaration of hos
tilities, was uttered today by Premier
Venizolos, of Greece, in the Chamber
of Deputies. He was speaking on the
treatment of Greek subjects in Tur-
key.
The premier's attitude showed that
the tension between Greece and Tur-
key was near the breaking point and
that the danger Of war was immi-
nent
M. Venizelos, who obviously found
difficulty in restraining his language
when he spoke of the way in which
the Turks had treated his fellow
countrymen, said:
II do not wish to allow TO escape
me words which cannot be recalled
but I should fail in my duty If l did
not inform the chamber of deputies
that the situation has become grave
even very grave. If a stop is not put
to these conditions. the Hellenic gov
ernment iwllbe forced not to content
itself with joining in the lamentations
of unhappy refugees"
Loud and prolonged cheers greeted
the statement of the premier. who
, AIDED that thousands of Greek refu-
gees had already reached the home
land from Turkey. while thousands
more were only awaiting transporta-
tion facilities "in order to ecape from
their prosecutors" Such a situation
he concluded, could not be borne
much longer.
A vigorous note demanding the ces-
sation of the persecution of the
Greeks and the repair of damage
caused them and their interests has
been sent TO Turkey.
Public opinion in the Greek capita
is greatly excited and demands art
made that the government take i'm
mediate sharp action in the matter
Reports have been current for sew
eral weeks of unrest in the Balkans
and Of the ever increasing aeutenes!
of the situation between Turkey ant
Greece A general feeling has pre-
vailed in Europe that Turkey wa.
preparing for another conflict viii
Greece with the object of reconquer
ing the territory she had lost in tn,
recent war. EXpulsions of Greek sub
iects from Asia Minor as well a,
from European Turkey have been il
progress for some time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Mediators Declare Tha|
Their Original Demant
for an Armisfice WI
Not Be Modified.
CARRANZA'S REPLY ON
WAY TO NIAGARA FALLs
Cabrera and VascOnceI0s Be
lieyed to Have Been Name.
by COnstitutionaIist Chief q.
Representatives to Confer
ence-Situation VERY En-
couraging" Wilson Declares.

NIAGARA FALLS. June 12-Th|
mediators will not officially admit 4
the conference here the Represented
tives General carranza has an
nouneed he viii send to Niagafa
Falls. The South American diplomat
said they could not recede from tssssl
original condition. demanding a}
armistice.
WASHINGTON, June I2.-Generz.
Carranza's reply to the MexIaaz
mediators announcing his Intention 81
sending three delegate TO tn
Niagara conference was received bers
early today and forwarded to Niagarz
Falls
Silent on Armfsfice.
No announcement of the contezit.
of Carranza's reply was made bera
but it was understood the note 1
silent on the subject of an armistiel
and does not give the names of ths
men who will be sent to represent lhs
Constitutionalists
1t is known, however. that Rafan
Zubaran. minister of the interior u
the Carranza cabinet and chief u
the agency here. viii not be among
the delegates. General Carranza con
siders Zubaran Is needed to look aftez
affairs here.
Two of the delegates are almost cer-
tain to be Luis Cabrera, prominenI
figure in the Constitutionalist move.
ment, and Jose Nasconeelos, younz
lawyer. The name Of the third man
was not known here.
Note May Reach Falls Tonight.
Carranza's reply came through q
Washington from SaItilao over
special leased wire, and was puf j
the form Of a note here by Zubarazi
who forwarded 1t by mail to Niagafs
Falls early today. 1t may reach ther.
tonight.
President Wilson today authorfzel
the announcement that he considarl
the progress of mediation at Niagara
Falls as very encoura ging.1
No formal statement was made oi
the basis of the Presidents optimism
1t was said. unofficially. that he ex.
poets mediation to have a successful
outcome within the next few days.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Bankrupt Has Liabilities
of $1,000 and No Assets

John ]. Clingen. of Hanover Town.
ship, in Morris county, today filed
a voluntary petition In bankruptcy
He states that his debts amount to
50, 600. There are no assets Cling
ems debts consist of judgments en-
tered against him in New York city
on suits brought by the V. Cera bone
Construction Company. of 80 Glare
mont avenue, Manhattan.
The suits resulting from his con
tract with the construction company
make his liability on this score 81. $50
The other debts were contracted in
furnishing the apartment