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Today WEATHER: Generally ,falr tonight and tomerrom no chance In temperatdbrc. Temper ntnre at 8 n. m. 72 de srees. Normal tempera tare for Jane 0 for the Inst thirty ?car 70 de cree. Two Monkey Sentences. World Prohibition. Where Is Government? Laying on Hands. NUMBER 11.187. Published every evening (Including Sunday) Entered as second-class matter, at tb postofflce at Was hi net on, D. C. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1919. Closing Wall Street Prices PRICE TWO CENTS. FINAL EDITION 1 n wms By ARTHUR BRISBANE. fCoprricht. 1919 ) Professor Garner, "who confided to this writer years ago his inten tion to study monkey language, is back from his studies and is posi tive that monkeys can ask "Where are you?" and answer "Here I am." That is about all they need to say. The conversation enables Mr. Monkey to locate Mrs. Monkey, and the monkey race goes on. They need no other language, having no thoughts to communicate, no be nevolent plans to carry out Many human beings could get along well If their vocabulary were as limited as that of Professor Gar ner's monkeys. As a matter of fact, hundreds of millions of humans are limited in vocabulary to fewer than 500 words. "With two votes to spare, the woman . suffrage Constitutional amendment passes 'the Senate. Thirty-six States must now vote fox the .amendment to put it in tha Constitution. It is not pleasant to say, but it is probable that thirty six States will NOT vote for jus tice to'women. - 'Some States fear their - colored women, saythey can control col ored men, not colored women. Others fear their white women, say they haven't brains enough to share in making laws. It is prob able that: this Constitutional amendment will be defeated by the States and the women will be com pelled to continue their fight, State by State. They might shorten the fight by making it a party matter, all vot ing for the Presidential candidate of (he. party that displays no sec tional opposition to woman suf. frage. If a party discovered that it had to stay out of power until it allowed women to vote, it would allow ike voting. There is excitement in the Sen ate because the ' Peace Treaty readied Wall Street before it reached Washington. Frank Mnnsey gave a dinner to Lord Norifccliffe after the latter bought he fcrfmdon Times. Munsay had all the big, finan ciers except atocKeieiier, uysoig- 'who died too young:, looked sadly at his.' milk and seltzef. Westing house, Widener, H. H. Rogers, and a glorious, collection, of others listened to the speeches. A news paper man said to Northcliffe: "The interesting thing about the dinner is his: The President of the United'States isn't here, there is no -governor of any State, no member of Congress, no judge, but the GOVERNMENT of the United States is sitting with you at this table." It isn't as bad as it used to be in days when Washington learned from Wall Street what to do. But there is still plenty of governing power in he lower end of New York, and it is in no way remark- able that the text of the Peace Treaty reached the financial gov ernment south of Canal street be fore reaching the other Govern-' ment by the Potomac From England comes the Rev erend Hickson, working at Trin ity Chapel in New York city, curing the sick .by "laying on hands." The reverend gentleman says he is not a Christian Scientist, but something else. He THINKS' that he has cured crip pled children with his hands. If this gentleman could, by laying on hands, cure the sick, it would be interesting, but not important. One scientific invention BY PREVENTING DISEASE can cure more in a day than the total number, upon which the Reverend Hickson could lay his hands ::: a life time. We cleanse the leper now ' by wiping out leprosy. There isn't any to speak of. We save mil lions of lives that were sacrificed to the plague by cleaning up plague spots. We put an end to smallpox by vaccination, prevent yellow fever and malaria by get ting rid of mosquitoes that carry yellow fever and malaria. The world has passed beyond the individual healer, as it has passed beyond the individual stage coach driver. Things arc done wholesale, with science in medi cine and railroads in transportation.- In a world of Bolshevism, dyna mite explosions, red fla?s. with gambling and general disturbance, it pleases to learn of a certain force working always for pure morality. The Anti-Saloon League of America is starting out to spread prch'bit.'on all over the world. ' There will bs interesting developments when the prohibi tionists begin near the London docks, or near La Halle in Paris, or the railroad station in Venice. To persuade English. French, ano Italian workers that what they really w:nt is rood cold wator, with perhaps a little grapa Juice fn it, will offer extraordinary op portunities for convincing eloquence. cast, io me.et Nortfacliffe. feP.Mil,,J1r'- .i, vtHprsaj-aat-sipBijspiis .redone 'TH FsraWeadufrowSg and water mixed. if.H. Harriman, J"ast's "Uo1! f!i!rd ,a fftvor" BURLE SENATE VOTES PEACE TREATY Shortly before 2 o'clock the Senate unanimously ordered In vestigation of the peace trety leak. A moment later, vrlthont debate, the Johnson resolution demanding the State Department Immediate ly make pablle the peace treaty was passed. Consideration of the Hitchcock resolution providing for an investi gation of peace treaty "leaks" was blocked in the Senate this afternoon by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the majority leader. After objection to the form of the Hitchcock resolution, which he de scribed as "hastily drawn Lodge had it tabled. He said. he thought the enaieshould adopt, as a substi tute a resolution nreDared by Sena tor ?&elIog,tepublican, of ailnne- sotaj? .which, in his -judgment was able report on the Hitchcock resolu tion by the Senate Committee on Audit and Control of contingent ex penses to which it had been referred. When Kellogg subsequently Intro duced his resolution It was disclosed that its purpose was virtually the same as that sponsored by Senator Hitchcock but that it contained no mention of the name of Lodge and Senator Borah of Idaho in connection with their charges that copies of the peace treaty were in private hands in Xew York city, as the Lodge measure had done. "The enthusiasm of the Senator from Massachusetts appears to have oozed somewhat." Senator Hitchcock interjected sarcastically. "The Senator from Nebraska need not be concerned. He will get all the investigation he desires before we are finished with this matter," was Lodge's rejoinder. "We took up other matters." Acting Secretary of State Polk said as he left Lodge's office on hour before the Senate reconvened. The meeting between Polk and Lodge was described as having been "most amicable." Administration leaders in the Sen ate took the view today that the American people would be satisfied with the Administration's contention that the peace treaty should not be made public in the country, or sub mitted to the Senate for ratification or rejection, until the alterations it was still undergoing are completed and the negotiations it Is still being subjected to are ended. They added that, "in Justice io President Wilson." they would wel come the most thorough investigation of the charges of treaty "leaks" made by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the majority leader, and Senator Borah of Idaho, as provided by the (Conti-ued on Page 2. Column 1 ) MUST CUT OWN HAIR. WINNIPEG. June 6. Beau Brum mell was hit by the geenral. stike here. "Cut your own hair or wear ribbons," men were advised. AUSTRIA TO MOUBX. ZURICH. June 6. The Austrian government has decreed a three-day period of national mourning in pro test against the peace terms, a Vienna dispatch reports. REAL ESTATE FOR RENT BUNGALOW Three-room; Inrjre lot: at Brentwood. Md Address 1612 lat t. N. W 3 Two hours after The Times was on the street Mrs. N. A. Lucas, 1612 First st. N. W., rented her bungalow from the above ad. For golden oppor tunities read the real estate ads in The Times. Phone your ads, Main 5260 FOR INQUIRY OF "LEAK" OF '"mi asi. j i.a.. ii .-i it vIsBm Fair "Kissless Bride" Finds End of Romance In Annulment Court NEW YORK, June 6. The secret romance of pretty young Virginia Reeves Harris Warner. Washington and Philadelphia society bud, and Henry H. Warner, young inspector at the Hog; Island shipyard, came to an end today when a referee recommend ed the annulment of the marriage of the inspector and his "kissless bride." Mrs. Warner is the stepdaughter qf Commander Archibald L. Parsons, of the Philadelphia navy yard. She made her debut in 1M0 after graduating from a fashionaole girl's school. On June 15, 1917, she motored to New York with Warner from a house party at Montclair, N. J., and was married. Warner returned to his wok in the shipyards and his bride to the home of her chum, Agnes Reppler, in Philadelphia. They told no one of their marriage, and when Warner met her later at her parents' 1LE-A11TE ANNAPOLIS, June 6. The nary dares anything. This was the keynote of an address by Secretary of the Navy Daniels to the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy here today. Reviewing the accomplishments of the navy in times of peace as well as war, the Secretary predicted that the Inventive genius of Its men would In the not far distant future develop ships capable of a speed of sixty miles an hour and airplanes with a speed of 200 miles an hour. "We might paraphrase John Paul Jones' phrase, 'I have just begun to fight.' and say of Americans, 'We have Just begun to invent,' " said the Sec retary. Reviews Oeenji Flight. After reviewing the recent trans Atlantic flight and Jelling of the ac complishments of the Navy's great guns on the Western front. Secre tary Daniels expressed the belief that the repair of the German ships, wrecked by their crews when it be came evident thy were to be taken over, was one of the greatest accom plishments of the war. "To put in new boilers would have tafcn months.. and perhaps years," hf ":., ,n , ""'"" f.w, w ,3a,ueu trie welding, and to resort to mechan-! ical patching only where welding was impracticable There were plenty of men who said it couldn't be done, and the repair of these vessels was one of the notable achievement- of the war." The Secretary read a heretofore confidential order, issued in the early days of the war. inviting all officers In the navy, regardless of rank, to submit direct to the Navy Depart- (Contlnued on Page 3, Column 3.) DEALERSAROlED BY'VAULT'ARRESTS The Merchants' and Manufacturers Association has called a meeting of a committee for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to formulate a protest against the arrests of certain mer chants for the use of sidewalk vault openings. Secretary Charles J. Columbus, of the assr-ciation. announced that the committc would moet at the associa tion's office. 1101 Pennsylvania ave nue, at io, and at it) JO Commissioner Kutz will be present The merchants complain that they have suffored severely in thr matter. The arrest of'.nmo and threatened ar rest of others led to the meeting. wmm M DANIELS AMERICAN' IHSIIOP; IX SIVKDEJV. STOCKHOLM. Juno 0 Th- Kight rtv OharlH P Anderson. Episcopal bishop of Chicago: Bishop IJoyd Vin cent, of Ohio, and other American prelates have arrived in Stockholm to confer with Swedish ecclesiastics on plans to bring about a union of the Christian churches of the world. i INSISTS HED CONTROL home in Washington he did not even kiss her for fear her mother would suspect they were in love. It was after Warner's declaration that he "pitied married people who had children," and that he did not care for her any more, that tho "kissless bride" told her parents of the secret marriago, she said. They brought the annulment proceedings. Voluminous testimony was taken behind closed doors In an effort to keep the news from becoming public. Young Warner offered no serious op position to the annulment proceed ings, his attorney merely questioning Mrs. Warner as to her willingness to live with her husband. Mrs. Warner said sho met her hus band only twice after the marriage, without her parents being present. Once was at the Chevy Chase Club In Washington, and another time was in the lobby of a hotel where her parents were staying. URGE LANSING TO TAKE! PARIS, June 6. Frank P. Walsh and ex-Governor Dunne, of Illinois, representing the Irish-American So cieties, called upon Secretary of State Lansing this morning and de manded an immediate investigation of the case of Ireland. At the same time they presented Lansing with a 6,000-word report on conditions in Ireland as they found them during their recent visit. They told Secretary Lansing that they are sending copies ofthis report to Presi dent Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and to Congress. Walsh declared that if the United States falls to take up the cause of Ireland at the peace conference, he will appeal to France and Italy and will demand to know why President Wilson and Secretary of State Lans ing did not carry out the wishes of Congress. SENATE PUTS 0. K. Sympathy of the American people for "tne aspirations of the Irish peo pie for a government of their own choosing" was expressed today by the Senate in adopting an amend ment to Senator Bora'' Irish reso lution. The Borah resolution, to which no opposition developed, urges the American peace delegation to obtain a hearing at Paris for the three Irish peace delegates. The amendment was offered by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts and was adopted unanimously after Sen ator Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, had spoken in its favor. Lodge declared that at the begin ning of the peace conference it would have been improper to pass it. because it was understood that the allies were not to interfere with each other af fairs. "But that objection can no longer exist," he declared. IRISH I f ON IRISH STRUGGLE RUNNING DOWN THE REDS How Wi liam J. Flynn, detective extraordinary, is riding the trail of terrorists in this country. THE GHOST THIEF The true story of a. mysterious marauder who robbed houses in northwest Washington every night for three months, leaving in each home a well-written letter, mocking the pomp of wealth. READ THEM IN The Sunday Times KONEUP GOES WEST TO ISSUE CALL Plans for the nation-wide strike of telegraphers will be perfected at a conference of union officials in Chi cago tomorrow, S. J. Konenkamp, in te.rnational president of the Com mercial Telegraphers' Union of America, announced before leaving Washington for the Illinois metrop olis. Just before calling out the Western Union telegraphers of the southeastern district, following the announcement that Postmaster Gen eral Burleson had restored the lines for operation to their owners, Ko nenkamp asserted that he had no hopes for a peaceful settlement. "Since we are forced to strike la order to protect our right to organ ize and bargain collectively," he said, "I feel that the best place for directing such a fight is from onr International headquarters, fn Chi cago." ' TTpnffectBr4psj9ciaaons. , A general strikeTKpne'nkamp' add' ed,, would affect only the telegraphers or those companies which had just been relinquished from Government control. Operators In the employ of press associations, brokers, etc., would not be called out, he said. "Mr. Burleson's getting out from under doesn't change our situation In the least," Konenkamp declared. Meanwhile, members of Congress who were identified with wire legis lation were frankly "up In the air" today. The unexpected order return ing the lines had shot their program to pieces, and some were of the opln ion that no legislation would now be necessary. It was their understand ing, they said, that the lines were to go back only following the enactment or legislation. Senator KeIloggs bill providing for the return of the wires. with existing rates to remain in effect sixty days, was to have been called up- in mc senate tms aiternoon. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee was to map out its plan of procedure at a conference late to day. Chairman Cummins expressed the belief that Burleson's order might make the committee's bill for the re turn of the lines unnecessary now. STRIKEBREAKERS SPIRITED INTO ATLANTA; WON'T WORK, SAY STRIKERS ATLANTA, Go.. June G. The fifth day of the strike against the South ern Bell Telephone Company broke today with almost every Western Union wire In the Southeastern States silenced by a sympathetic strike of commercial teleerranhers from Richmond to Tampa and from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast. Predictions of the strikers that all strikebreakers would be concentrated in Atlanta when the strike was spread to other Southeastern cities, and that the Atlanta Western Union office alone would be supplied with telegraphers were borne out by events Thursday night and this morning, when dozens of Western Union offices throughout the South cast were closed and the keys mailed to division headquarters in Atlanta. Walkouts AH Over. Telegrams were received at gen eral strike headquarters in batches of (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . &!&&. & FOR STRIKE HE HAS Telegraphers' Union Head Who Ordered Strike BSaMaMa Ba- i .tmk.jmsmz: ". jHHHl 3 ?lillllllllaHillllllllllllllliw BHHfiDHKsrH -AHHH 'iKiimMiJP . iPivBiniP FmfliHH V 'IIMIP'r . viH :4BHHv-- m -J .MBmm " ' J - S. J. KONENKAMP, President of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America who announced 'here today that Postmaster General Burleson's order restoring control of the wive companies to their owners means a "finish fight" between the operators and the Western Union through out the country. The Western Union refused to reinstate "unjustly discharged employes," Konenkamp says. Heart of Bomb Plot Found in Police Following up what is considered by the local police as a "hot trail." Oe tectlve Sergeant Guy Burlingame, in Philadelphia today, will proceed at once to Pittsburgh, where the In vestigation in the anarchist outrages has been shifted. Major Pullman believes Detective Burlingame will have some tangible results to report as soon as he ar rives in Pittsburgh, and that the Identity of the assassin who tried to blow up the residence of Attorney General Palmer, 2312 R street. Mon day night, will be established before many hours have eiapsea. William J. Flynn. chief of the Bu reau of Investigation of the Depart ment of Justice, who Is in New York today, where, armed with important evidence furnished him by Major Pull man and lAspector Grant, he is busy looking up certain clues, may leave for Pittsburgh today to aid in the in vestigation. Look For Boaster. Inspector Grant today sent out a number of his best men to hunt for a Washington man. said to have been emDloved in this city in an important capacity, who made tho boast some tew weeks ago inui me iuiacmi would be heard from before very long. The statement which. Inspector Grant says, this man made the lat ter part of May, was uttered beforo three or four persons, wno reponea this to the police today. "To test the stength of the Bol- sheviki." the man Is alleged to nave boasted." start something and you . will see how strong they and allied I organizations are. ou wait until after June 1. and ace." j The police believe this man will be 1 nnnrthended before the day is over. On Trail of t'entrnl 11 oil jr. It was said bv Major Pullman today that with the arrest of John H John son, of the 1. W. W. organization in Pittsburgh the other day. Federal and other agents have uncovered import ant clues which may lead to the un earthing of Information that will aid In the running down of the entire an archist organization responsible tat the bomb outrages in eight cities. Among the evidence which Chief NOT OF WIRES Pittsburgh, Here Believe Flynn carried with him to New York Is the tan sandal with the fleur de lis design which the Palmer assassin wore the night of the explosion. It is said the man who planted the bomb in Pittsburgh used a hand bag similar to that which the Washing ton anarchist carried to the Palmer residence. The theory has therefore been advanced that although the Pitts burgh organization was only a branch of the anarchist body, the headquar ters of which probably are in New York, the arrest of Johnson and the revelations he is said to have made, may lead Federal agents to the bot tom of the conspiracy. Watch Group Ilere. Although no one here has yet been placed under arrest. Major Pullman's men are closely watching a certain group of men, said to belong to the "Red" organization here. Major Pullman announced today that while the local radicals will be permitted to hold their meetings as hereto fore, every one of these meetings (Continued on Page 2, Column 0.) R LONDON, June 6. Frank criticism of tho BrlUsh drama was the keynote speeches at the inaugural - , meeting of the British Drama League yesieraay, tne wcu-Known actress. Lena Ashwell. inveighing against the "rottenness, lowncss and futility" of the pre3ent-day theatrical entertain ments. Henry Arthur Jones, asked by a representative of the Daily News for his view of this position, replied at once: "The English drama on the whole has never been in o degraded a condition as it is today." TAKE BEZX-ANS BEFORE MEALS and see how Una good alcestlon makes you tt. Advt. DEGRADED DMA ROUSES III IRE MERELY GAVE UPOPERA IN OF LIS, HE HOT1 Congress will go sbeod and prang , to- early passage its resolutions prcn ' Tiding for return o ilia telegrapfe' and telephone properties to tbfr original owners The Senate Interstate Commerce t Committee, at a special meeting t&s I morning, decided that Postmaster' General Burleson's order of yests$ ' day announcing return of operatise control to the owners constitutes- release of some responsibility-, bat not actual control, in connection with the properties. BorieseB SetaJ&s CestreL Burleson himself in. & letter to tl committee today expressed &- desir to correct any Impression that h had turned bade anything but eo trol of operation. 9c after adopttefr an amendment to continue -existiwr rates for ninety days- instead ef sixtje cays, as provides, in tne original res plutlon, the commute decided If stand pat on the Eallss wlre-retars. measurfe as submitted Itv tha Sen&taw ;BurJtefiFreTtef to the" cBwiCe , lOUOWSt' - --c "An order issued by sxe yesteroar r relative, to the operation of the tele- graph and telephone systems "has been construed by some as actual re turn bf the properties to the owners. No such- action has been taken by mo nor is any contemplated. This order simply dissolves the operating board , appointed by me under date of De cember 13. 1918; and directs- that the systems be again operated by the reg ular operating officials under Govern ment supervision. "Responsibility of the .Government to these systems in no wise ceases. Retsm Is Near. "It being evident that these- prop erties are to be returned in the very" near future, it was necessary for tho. Postmaster Geneal to take steps im mediately to set up the regular oper ating organization of the companies, so that when the properties are turn ed back it can be done without con-J fusion or interruption to the service. , which was the purpose of the order. "This order is no wise affirms the legislation pending- before your com-' mittee or before Congress. It will enable the companies to begin stepg immediately to prepare the data and collect their information to be sub- ' mitted to the State commissions for t tho rate cases, which will probably ( be taken up Immediately after the period of Government control. ' "I am attaching copies of the or der and statement made by me at tho time same was issued."" Kingsbury explained there had bees, an error in the official statement Is sued last night by the Postoffice De partment. "The publicity bureau in its head ing written over the text of Mr. Bur leson's order was unfortunately mis-" leading," Kingsbury declared. "It l stated that the telegraph and tele phone wires were being returned to their respective owners by Burle son. The publicity department tried to recall this heading- but apparently Lt was too late as the statement al-4 ready had been sent out. Senator Kellogg began by asfch Kingsbury if the order meant reUaJ quisnment or federal control. "No,"' answered Kingsbury. "Then Burleson turned back there sponslbillty and kept the control,1 .h-eiiocg observed. Retains Powers. I 1 "The order merely means that tS companies will now operate their own wires for the Postmaster GneraI Kingsbury explained. "We will still have to report to the wire control board." ; "The authority of the operating' board is now transfered to the Post master General," Senator Fernald, Maine, suggested. "Kxactly," answered Kingsbury. "Burleson still has the same powers, over the companies as he had before?' asked Kellogg. "Yes," replied Kingsbury. A3IKRICANS CHANGE TO PBAGCTLV Headquarters of American interests, in the former Austro-Hungarian em-! pire are rapidly being transferred, fom Vienna to Prague, capital of Czecho-Slovakia, according to official advices today to the Czecbo-Slovafc commissioner here. The advices also quoted the address of Czech Minister of Finance Alois Rasin in presenting: the first budget to the national as sembly at Prague that every dollar the United States and. the allies have, loaned the new republic will be re--paid. , j 4 1 ;1 ( i p