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Hlffhe«i Temperature YoMrrriai. CI. Lowest WcduPS ght. 36V. For 'details of the* WeatherSec Tag'e '?}*,' : .BANK SAVINGS INCREASE.. In ; four months.- from* : January 31, 1313. to •Tune A. 191$. the deposits In the 11 associ •ued savings banks of . San i Francisco have increased from tsios.oos,73e on January -31■ to 8203,893,968.58 . on June 4. The deposits on June 14, 1912 were ' $J»0,537,2'- , e.OC ' VOLUME .114.— 27.. LAX SYSTEM IS BLAMED FOR THE VALLEJO WRECK . — - 1 Coroner's Jury Asserts That Thirteen Met Death in In ■■■ ■.-■.. ■ terurban Crash Because Operating Plan Did Not Enforce the Rules as Set Down in Company's Books CROWD CLAMORS TO HEAR EVIDENCE Session Held in Vallejo Hall to Accommodate Specta tors —Superintendent Mc- Intyre in His Testimony Charges Disobedience- Carmen Deny All Blame Verdict in Napa Wreck Blame Fixed for 13 Deaths The verdict b\) the Solano count]) coroner s . jury in the in quiry into the accident near Vallejo, in which 13 persons were fatted, follows: •That the 13 victim* ' camp to their death on the I»th day of June In Solano county by a colli sion of the north hound train \«>. c anil the southbound train >o. 5 of the ,San Francisco, Mips Val ley and Call-toga railroad. Said collision —fas due to the extreme laxity of the operating system in not enforcing the rules; as con tained in the book of rules I- ■ ned by said company. ,, . (Special Dispatch to The Call) VALLEJO,- June 26.— Blame for the wreck of the two electric trains of the TSan Francisco, Napa Valley and Cal- Istoga railroad here last Thursday in ■which 13 persons were killed-and 50 Injured, was laid tonight to "the ex treme laxity of the operating system in not enforcing , the rules as con ned in the book of rules issued by tee company.' The coroner's jury ; reached a verdict at 7 o'clock after listening all day to thetestimony of witnesses. . Train Dispatcher Edward J. O'Leary was the roan In the limelight. The; dispatcher's testimony, however, showed the * officers of the company had not taken care to instruct him at length In Hi" duties of his office nor nrkod him to study the book of rules <•••!■ -he took the responsibility. He stated he was asked no questions shout his ability as a dispatcher, nor ■was any examination of hie fitness made. HEMKS rOVDI (TOH> (VII. ». | O'L«eary testified the wreck would have been avoided had' the rules laid down in the company's book been com plied with. lie stuck -to . his former testimony, saying: Forest Richman, conductor of the northbound train, had not called him for orders. Richman, although severely injured in the wreck, was able to testify. He ' s«aid be • ailed up O'Leary before he left the Vallejo wharf and received the reply, "no orders," in a voice he recog nized as the dispatcher's. Because Dr. B. J. KlOtS is the elec tric railroad company's local physician, he was disqualified from officiating as t coroner at the hearing. The duties of that position were delegated to Arthur Lindauer, justice of the peace. When the case was called at 10 o'clock there ■was such a crowd present that Justice Lindauer decided to hold the hearing , in San Pablo hall, where a portion of the crowd that clamored for admission could hear the testimony. The coroner's jury was composed of Michael Horan, A. White, Charles Winchrll. Robert W. Walker, James Marshal!. Bert Thurber, T. V. Collins, James Megai ry, Charles Bowman, A. J. Stephens,. E. Sutler and A. Fawcett. .7. M. Raines, district attorney, con ducted the examination of witnesses. J .Representatives of the state board of railroad commissioners, Superintend ent M. Mclntyre. John T. fork, attor ney, and other officials of the railroad company were present. MeI.VrVRE i;m»i,\i\s SYSTEM Superintendent Mclntyre was. the first witness and testified in substance as follows: "Trains are- operated by written or .'rrs and oral orders. Which are issued by th* dispatcher,, and these orders have full control ovrr all cars and ; trains. No one but the dispatcher has \ the authority to issue orders. "Oral orders are given train >' crews i •when they leave terminals and oral orders are issued when the order is "JC© orders." The only other time that such orders are issued is when inhere are no train order blanks in the telephone booth. When' blanks* are used the conductor and motorman both get copies of the order. ■ ■•From v what 1 can learn * the dis patcher save No. 5 orders at Collins Continued on. Page 2, Column 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SCOTT'S MILLIONS AROUSE LONDON Counsel for Those Trying - ; to Break Will, Alleges Secret? Visit by Lady Sackville k LON'DOX, .Tine 26! — Suggestions of possible highly interest i:: develop; ments were Introduced today to "fight for the millions," as the public calls the suit over the will of the late Sir John Murray Scott. The will leaves 000.000 to Lady SackviUe, a relative of a former British minister at Wash ington. Frederick Smith, counsel for those who are trying to* break the will, men tioned an alleged secret visit to the baronet's house by Lady Sackville. The lawyer said 4 «hat the Sackvilles were known in the Scott family under the nickname of "The Locusts." while in the servants" hall Lady Sackville was referred to as the "Earthquake.". WILSON ASKS MONEY FOR LYNCHED MAN'S HEIRS President ; Send* 3lcssase to Congress Urging Appropriation At An ''Act ' , of Grnee" r.-rV ' - ■ - '".'■ WASHINGTON, June 26. —President Wilson senf a message to congress to day urging thai as an "act of grace" a suitable appropriation be made for 1 the heirs of Angelo Albano, an Italian J subject : lynched in Tampa, Fla , on j September 20, 1910. At the time of the lynching Albano was in custody charged with a crime not described In the message. The message was based upon a sugges tion from the Italian government that $G,OOO be paid the heirs and a request by Secretary Bryan that this course be followed in view of the action of the United States in cases of other foreign victims of mobs in , this country. - INSPECTION OF MEAT ABROAD TO BE STUDIED Two Experts Will Be Dispatched. One to A astralia and >ew Zealand, / the Other to South America WASHINGTON, June 26.— Secretary Houston decided today to send , two ex perts abroad to study meat inspection conditions in the countries which may become sources of supply to the United States as a result of meats being placed on the free list In the proposed tariff bill. One will visit Australia and New Zealand, while the otlxr will take in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Dr. A. D. Melvin,".chief of the bureau of animal industry, probably will be chosen to make the latter trip. • •• —-•—■ - APPRAISE MORGAN ESTATE Property Valued at $.100,000,000 la Left by Multimillionaire ' v•T^ NEW YORK. June —The whole of the J. P. Morgan estate has a : value of about $100,000,000 according to an un official estimate here credited to i Thomas E. Rush, counsel to State Comptroller Sohmer, who has been in Europe the last month examining the books of the Morgan houses in London and Paris to determine the value Of the late financier's holdings. MEN DROWNED WITH WIVES I ■ ■ -..- ■ _____ ■: , - "•' a;' t;'- Only One Person Iμ Saved When Motor Launch CapHlzes EDMONTON, Alberta, June 26— Six ! persons were drowned when, a motor launch upset in the river today. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Rodman C. Hoop er, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mered,ith. Mrs. Case, wife of Manager Case of the west"end branch of the Imperial bank, and a mechanician. Mr. Case alone was saved. • WOMAN GETS STOLEN GEMS Jewel* ■ Are Stolen From Drouot House, Paria. In I Hi vI Ik PAIUSV June 26.—Thieves by an art ful ruee "succeeded in obtaining pos session of a large quantity of valu able jewels In the,public salesrooms at Drouot house in . broad daylight today after stealing the porters keys. The stolen gems were then taken to a well known Paris woman. - They included a necklace of 60 large pearls. "[ ■?., UNSCRAMBLERS YET HOPE Meßeynolds Still Trying to Settle Un mrrsr»-r Plan Before Tuesday WASHINGTON, June —After a long conference today with Secretaries Garrison and-Lane over the . latest proposals for carrying out the disso lution of. .the Union Pacific merger, Attorney General Mcßeynolds-still was hopeful of an agreement between the government \ andi the t railroad before Tuesday, the time limit./ WHITE STAR TO PAY $500 London Court <.lye» Arrnrdw to : Irish Fnrnier Whose Son , Wen I,out LONDON, June 26,• —The king's bench j court today gave judgment in favor I of Thomas Ryan, an Irish : farmer who broußht salt against the White Star Steamship company to recover dam- : age* for the loss of his son in the Titanic ' disaster. The judge* awarded Ryan $500, : which had be'en : agreed upon. ;A i similar award was made lin two other cases. .- FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED Maurice 1,. Foulquler, While. Tditlnc Monoplane, I* Killed ». OH A LONS-Sl'R-MAKN R, Trance, .June 26— The French aviator. Maurice L. Koulquier, while testing J a mono plane, < for the first j time, ; fell from a height; of 250 feet this evening and was killed. "The People's '?News paper" I SAX FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913—PAGES 1 TO 10. WALL STREET DID NOT ACCEPT GOLD BRICK OF LOBBY i Propositions Put Up to r Financier Included Dreams | of Influence to Be Ex erted at Capital LAUTERBACH CLAIMS ■ HE DID NOT PHONE David Lamar and Others to Be Called Before Com mittee of Congress * ■ "WASHINGTON. .Tune 23.—The story of an effort to sell a gold brick to Wall street and how it v.as foiled was told in part to" the senate "lobby" investi gating committee tonight,, at one of the most sensation , producing \ sessions it has held in its stormy career. It was a 1 tale of how influence was to be exerted in the seats of the mighty in Washington :to prevent unfavorable investigations into the doings of the street, of how law suits that the finan cial /interests of New York would not like were to be prevented and of how the gold, brick seller was generally to protect the interests of the clients he sought in the political game in the J capital. ,-•*" '' : ' '■ ■ - ■'-•■ > ■'■ Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, one of the prominent democrats of the house, mentioned for secretary, of war In the preinaugu ra tion days and a close friend of the president, told the story," and Edward Lauterbach. a New York lawyer, * and Representative Daniel .1. Kiordan :of New York ; gave the committee '"some* light on ita 'details. PLOT IS FOII.KO According to Mr. Palmer, Lewis Cass Ledyard. another New York lawyer, was the man who was largely instru- , mental in foiling the plot. The, name. of ; the man who proposed to .do all ' these 'things, in Washington was not given to the committee, although Mr. Palmer acknowledged "that lie had strong, suspicions ,of his identity. / .: Mr. Palmer told ih»%.. committee that he resprestrntatio is of * influence in Washington » hail gone ?, s-o :\ far -as to bring in the names of the speaker, of the majority leader in the "house and of at least two other prominent members whose names he did not give. He said that after Mr. Ledyard • had been en gaged in many .telephone conversations with the man who had all these goods for sale in Washington he had met Edward Lauterbach, a New York at torney, under the supposition that Lauterbach was representing the user of the telephone. ; , ' ' LAITERB.UH DENIES Lauterbach was in the committee , room and listened to all the testimony of Mr. Palmer, who spent nearly two hours on the stand. Later he denied that he had tried to secure employ ment with big interests in New York lon the strength of supposed power in the capital. He swore that his only effort was to "restore the entente cor diale" he had previously enjoyed with Morgan & ; 4"o. and which. -\ lie thought, had been broken because of hi* friendly relations with David Lamar. whom he described as a "Wall street* operator" who usually operated on the "bear side of the street." As a \ result of Mr. Lauterbach's tes timony, th* committee probably will call Lamar, George V. Baker of the First National bank of New, York, Paul D. Crayath, Francis ;-Lynde t Stetson and Mr. Ledyard, all New York: attorneys, and Charles Steele of Morgan & Co. - : : l.auterbach explained.i his ; conversa tions 5 with Mr. Ledyard; by saying.' that he had -J talked with him about the al leged interest of Congressman Hiordan In his employment by the Union* Pacific railroad. "■■■/■ ■.- ,;, ;; " ,^ ; : . '■■';':■'■ ! ' : ' ' Mr. Palmer took ' the stand at his own request. - ' , : VIn, view of the turn -which; your r in-i has taken, ; ;by .reason :'of Judge ■/. Lovett's ";'■_ testimony j yesterday, ,, : he said, "I felt it»my duty ■ to>acqualnt you .' with' ; an experience:; of • my own of that kind, so that you might have the benefit of . it 'if you cared to pursue this branch of the investigation deeply. ;,' "Early In February last, while I wan at - * my home in Pennsylvania, I was called to the telephone to answer what my clerK said was a call from ;; New York. A voice at the other i end of the wire said. "This is Mr. Ledyard." j{-. *j "He spelled his name and said he was Lewis Cass Ledyard, ; and added, : 'You ought to know me, for you have been ! talking with me over the telephone." THE SUPPOSED LED VARD "I said: 'Ton are very much . mis taken, Mr. Ledyard. : V I ; have , never seen you, T have never spoken to you, directly or over the telephone, or had any communication with you. : You will haver to explain yourself a little further. , ""He then went on to . say that if that was ; true there was ; very Strang* and n remarkable ,, conspiracy : ;' a floats in which my name had-been;used, and he then went on to tell me what was to me a -very" amazing story. -'?■'.: '■'.. ;:;"He said that lie had been railed on : the telephone a short time before that by a gentleman who. after some hesitation 5 about giving- his name say ing j> that he ;j was : a representative in congress, final said he was llepre eentative ■ Palmer of Pennsylvania and this person told Mr. Ledyard that he ■was in a , ,; position f by ; reason of ? his membership in the house and his 5 rela tion | with prominent C members of s the house to be of service to interests of which Mr. Ledyard represented, even going so : far ae to say, as I recall It that he : ; thought, the =: money trust in vestigation report could be 'controlled that various investigations then pro ceeding, both in congress . and ■ in the courts, affecting large financial in terests in New York city.'could; be adjusted:*,satisfactorily,; and promising ; most amazing results from his efforts ! here in Washington." • - ■ •■ . • -. :. . ■ GEMS OVERLOOKED BY BRIDE AFTER A HASTY MARRIAGE i Mrs. Harold G. Mitchell Sets Pace for Auto Travel When She Forgets Jewels DR. AXED.IN HURRY UP WEDDING ROLE Hand of Miss . Kathleen : Branyen Claimed Just Be- I fore Manchuria \ Sails ;:•"•■ ■ ■ * //•' ,' '■ '■■'■'' ■■ - • - t ' ■ \ : -' // : '■. ■.'■■;.'■■■ ';■..■"•;- --.;■_ ''.:•''• "i-t:o^ : ~ "y.'-^'M'-M For a real get-the-lic«nse, rout-out- I the-mlnister. , buy-the -trunk?, ' forget s2o.ooo-jewels-in-the-hotel-*afe. get-ar rested-for-speeding and/Istil 1 -catch -the; i boat-for -Hongkong wedding,; all inside j I of an hour. San Francisco, claims , the j speed record. ' /;/,, *,*"'•. ; iShotting; the chutes and bumping the ; bumps in an amusement-park is desul • tory dalliance compared to what two of I j the wealthiest young people of Montana I j went through yesterday 1 between 12 | o'clock noon and 1 o'clock, the time at | which the Manchuria hailed. . V:Comparing the affair to a : Coney, island 'trip, it might be paid that Rev.'Charles I V. Aked stood »at the top of the chute [and that the sailors hauling •up v.the j gang-plank on tlie Manchuria' received I the' happy young couple as they emergedi I I from their whirl through the • human' roulette, the wheel <>r joy ,and the roller coaster. . -/■; .. .-• ;.i/-J ' "..■■;■■ .'.,'■•'lV. ' ■■■■.''l Market street composed a 1 large part I of J the "chutes,',' $i?d a policeman who : I j wasn't in the and tried to arrest I Harold G. MitchetZ of Warm Springs. \ ■ Mont., and the girl who a few minutes'j before had been Miss Kathleen Branyen | of: the same city, fo. getting too flying j 1 a " start on the journey of life, nearly broke up the bridal procession: At that he only iifisdeliie day more interesting and the recovery of the brides $20,000 jewels in the 'Palaee-'hotel safe more of . - <*■* \ ,' •■:• > . *, - ■-:-•■ ■ ' >. • an exploit. , , ■ h -, ■: : . •■ " : ' * . NOT A PRESS AlißM' ..:; },\:- j This wasn't a press agent stunt, for the couple didn't decide .Jα v get married till " Wednesday evening at 9 ' o'clock. They i had been engaged *for more i than a year, and their acquaintance dated back to the ; " tune -, when Harold •G. Mitchell used* to alternate his five .big motor cars as the vehicles in which to take Miss Branven out for a ride. v • Mitchell is : noted" ell through the northwest as a racing driver, and comes from •an extremely wealthy Montana family. The bride is 22 years old and pretty— in fact, pretty enough to suit young Mitchell, who Is extremely finicky. She was in southern California last week, and expected to meet her fiance In San Francisco, where ; they were- to see their mutual friends. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Scanland, and their daughter. Miss Scanland, off for a trip around the world. Doctor Scanland formerly owned a large private hos pital in Montana, which he later sold to the state. He is still the superin tendent of the present state hospital and is active in Montana political affairs. - ..■ "•■■*".■■,■■■■ ■ '-":' ■■ "'f■■■■"■■■• »CAM,AM)S SET «AII. "'. The Scanlands sailed yesterday, on the Manchuria, and at 9 o'clock Wednesday evening Mitchell got. hold of Irvin C. Keeler at .the Press .club. Keeler Is an intimate friend of Mitchell. Mitchell informed .Keeler that -n he wanted to get. married that very even ing to Miss Branyen and sail with the Scanlands next,noon, arid that it was up'toKeeler: to get a license. Keeler did his best, camping in County Clerk Harry Mulcrevy's parlor for four hours, but it was no use, and the wedding had to be put over, till yesterday. ._■ ; Then '.troubles began to pile; up. Delays at the marriage license bureau and the difficulty; of igetUng- hold: of minister on -short notice caused "the wedding to ,<b<» ■ set- for-. 12- .o'clock ;at Doctor* Aked's residence in iSacrameiito street.: Keel«>r was; there as beat" man and Mrs. Scanland as attendant to the bride. ... ; -\\. , : - '. • ' ; ' -■/::" : , ' . ' X', After a corner clipping: automobile trip ; > to the Palace, Keeler bought a couple , : of f suitcase's: and a trunk, f and somehow or other : they were filled and I piled on top of -af taxicab. : ]■:"■ "; V - I "OH II JEWELS!" 0 Breathless i but smiling, the . bridal pair and Keeier. arrived at the dock at 12:50. All three 'heaved sighs of re lief— ten minutes to I spare.' - \ ;.-,- And i then s came',' at shriek'? from the ! bride, j• '-My jewel s." iZ ■ Where.?' , " shout ;'•.-' Mitchell and Keeler in unison. ): "In the hotel '.safe,'.', she sobbed. ;: - , : ~ V : Ket it never be .said that ' Keeler I pave-up hope. r! Shoving: the bride into I the taxi; grain. the two shot up Mar- I ket street to t New*- Montgomery, in I many "minutes:;: fewer. than the, law I allows. r Alive to his duty. a police of ficer I promply : ;.: grabbed,, the. chauffeur I as soon ; ; as t Tie taxi slowed up, and . started to make ; an arrest. - Keeler and the bride ! waited for no I legal procedure. Jumping: out the I door of the taxi, they scurried into the Palace ; and gasped out their troubles I to the clerk. ;,■: Mad * the ..clerk become ! rattled and missed ; the combination "', of J the safe the first time, the story would have ended here, but ho, didn't." and [ Ceeler and a now tearful bride ran out the. door, jewels rafely annexed. V Their original chauffeur was still ! arguing- with the policeman. ' They let ; him argue. , Hailing another taxt, they ! shot down Market street again, and I at :i::>9 drew up alongside, the Man ! ehuria'a gangplank. The Bailors were i drawing the plank aboard, in spite of the bridegroom's entreaties, but when they saw the bride jump from the taxi and fa.ll on her husband* neck, they I I* 91 € H t-€ ti* :p— - ■■■»- • --- ■ - -•.r-;v •;■■...; —-? J "An Independent Newspaper" j CUPID'S SNARE COSTS $100 'Nonqueener" Captured, Loses > : — : r—ri rrr: —; —; —: ; ■ —. —♦ \Miss Cenevieve Scheller, who will become bride in October, j of John D. Rutledge, • thereby making him lose $100 wager. ;' | J. D. Rutledge,: Who Bet "Big Bill" Theite He'd Be Last to Surrender, Will Wed When John l>. limledge. member of ! the Olympic club and former assistant; district attorney, takes for his bride,; next October, Miss:Geneve eller, talented : member of the Los -/Angeles smart set. lie will be called upon to settle a $100 'wager which he made with "Rig Bill" Thcilc at Stanford uni versity • when Theile and Rutledge formed the varsity battery buck in 'OS.: ' vTheilc and llutledge wore members of the same fraternity, the Delta: Up eiloii., ; Both were known on. the cam pus as "nonqueeners." .'ln other words, they :_ took no part in college g'ayeties, confining their social activities to stag parties and long distance admiration of the "coeds.' , '.'' ' , '":; ~• , ; Eacn km ./proud of his record as a "nonqueener." .' and ; one night Theile offered to wager? $100 that his team mate 1 ' would be the first, to join the bene'dlcks'.V.'-'ttutl edge accepted the lr»«er and the money was placed in the fraternity house strong box. /-vThelle is now practicing law in B» - kersfieWi and is still a bachelor. Rut MACKAY'S MOVE PUZZLES WIFE; RETAINS LAWYER Mother Still Unable to Ex y plain Trip to Europe With Children —Brother of- Taft Is Consulted fSn»<"!»' ; -Dt«p»toh,to.Tli* C*lo ■ ,-, • -.' ■ .-■? SFAV YORK, Jane 26. — tor. care fully reading: the accounts of her hus band's departure for ; Europe with their, three children' yesterday, Mrs. Clarence H. ! Mackay, apparently much disturbed, ordered a motor car and started for New York to consult with Henry "W. Taft. her personal lawyer. Mr. Taft is a brother "; of for 1 v} I si den Ta ft.,' ''•'<, Mr. Taft left his office not* long after Mr.«. Mackay left Roslyn. L, I. It was assumed that ho ; went to the town house; , .. ■ ■ --. -s. -■■■■■ ■■■"-. .' - - ■;■- ■■•- "■■■.■■■■ ' :. ■ -,»■.*■-■• -i .■' *■ i~ which Mr?. ilaekay recently leasedi and ....• t _.~ ' '.•ii.!"',' : !v.' '••;■ : .--~V* - :> v. : - '." ■■-?•■?'''■■ - was there. to meet'his client. / ■ : r ; ,' > Mr. TafL .said that possibly later lie might make a Statement regarding- Mrs. ■■'. Mackay's affairs. -■ ... - ■ • .>i :.■'■'■ Mrs.-.Mackay, .admit ting she had- re tained Mr. Taft. was rio more prepared' to give" a■•:reason- today than she. was vesterday-for ? the elaborate precautions with which Mi. Mackay departed. . She had her first knowledge of t the sailing of her husband" and children from the newspapers. ' ■ rf^/Hy:.'; , :-''';: pi;': " ...'"','" ' • —' .' *"* '". , ; ? ; ■■:'■■.■" ■'". ' * PASSENGER CARS DERAILED Broken Axle «,anwi< \<-«'ldenl In Salt ■ I.like Train ' V-fpfiffi j<, • - - ONTARIO.' Cai. June 26.—A broken ' axle, caused the derailment of three cars of a'fl Salt Lake passenger iraln : as Jt pulled into ? the station here to night None was injured. . . ... . ... - ... ■ ■ ; ■- - « WEATHER FOBECAST: fLoedj: light "ggffHnOp morning:: so nth west-wrtn<?« LEADS %HEM ALL THE CALL ltads all Sal Francisco news papery iin its increase in Jpne business with 5,i60 inches to ; the the same days ledge on tbe other hand,- is making preparations for : his -marriage to the pretty Lbs Angeles belle. , Miss Scheller is the daughter of L. C. Scheller, v treasurer and general man ager of ', the* Union Hardware company of Southern California. She is a musi cian and : ;Vocalist:. and ,was, graduated from Notre Dame , college with high honors. Miss - Schiller's parents ■ an nounced her engagement to , Mr. Ilut ledge at a luncheon given at the home of ; the bride elect In '. Los 'Angeles Wednesday. -i i\ . . * ~, - ; Mr. itutledge was • a member of • the cja.ss of 1910 at Stanford.-' He won his "S" on the baseball diamond In '08 and was elected to membership In the Skull and ■■'■Snakes honorary .society the fol lowing year, /.He was : appointed ■; as sistant ; district attorney under Charles M. Fickert in 1911, but was forced to resign , last -year because of his increas ing private business-. The couple will: make San Francisco their home after.! the ceremony. HETCH HETCHY IS URGED AT HEARING BY COL. BIDDLE Army Engineer Tells House Committee Project Would Be Most Economical ' .: : " ?:■ .;.•■' and ; Feasible ■ » : ; WASHINGTON. June 26.— Colonel John Biddle, « army '; engineer in charge j of federal improvements in California! J told the house committee on public lands ' today that *;the, Hetch ; Tetchy reservoir project" was 'the.; most economical, , most feasible ; -; and "generally 'best plan of I water supply for San Francisco and ad jacent' regions. ;_;"".';■'•''■';,. ■; ■ t:y..y/; ' lie said that not on'y the W«t*r «up* I ply of .San Francisco,' .but that of Oak- ; land; and -A la tn oda, we re* very poor now.:. ■■', City Attorney occupied th« aft | ernooti pession describing.; the urgent j need ,of San r »Francisco for additional ' waters for* a .new; supply-project. , -' He told of the amicable agreenieni c>f the j city and j Modesto * a" d Tv r 1 ock'/ sections ] intervening between San, Francisco and j I the . Hetch Hetchy ? basin and ; ; Insisted j thai t\ congress should ,ac t, a.< f quickly as I possible. ' ' ** GLENDALE ROBBER CAUGHT J liny Diamond Arrested at Hold Beaeb , ' nml Stolen Vlocfj- Ik Itcc-overed ' ■ - 0 ■-,--■ MA I;>H FIELD. Ore.;. June 20. — Ray ; 'l)imond, the ■■ iilend al g'j Mink :'■ robber, : ■■ ,;.-.■■•■.•■.■■ ■. ■•.'••■ • • .-■■■■-.;.— ■•.■«.■.;.■, ■..-»...i: ........ .... ', j appeared ■in <;o'd :■ Beach ? to-lay and was L placed under arrest by the sheriff of j Curry county. ■ Ife had the ■■-entire j ; ■:■■! ..:>■ >■.■-..■. ■-.- >...«. ~ ......... ..... , ' . argount, $3,290, ; taken from the Glen dale bank in his possession. 1 PEICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT IS ATTACKED BY LEADER MANN IN CONGRESS Author of White Slave Law Criticises , Woodrow Wil son and Attorney General Mcßeynolds for Procedure in Diggs-Caminetti and Western Fuel Cases —"Ac- tiqn Is Pure Hypocrisy, ,, He Says of Executive's Order to Press Charges J SPEAKER DENOUNCES ELDER CAMINETTI j McNab ; Made Administra tion "Beg. Question," Re publican Spokesman in the House Asserts —He De mands That All' Informa tion in Department of Jus tice Be Published at Once ' —Kahn Expects Favor able Action Tomorrow on Resolution for Inquiry : (Special. Dispatch to The* Cell) WASHINGTON',. June 26.—Represent ative Mann "of Chicago, author of the white slave law and republican floor leader :in the house, severely criticised tlfe president and attorney general in a speech today because of their action 'in the case of former United States I Attorney McNab at San Francisco. *• lie declared that McNab had "made th* president and attorney general not only, beg the question, . but eat their words." -'."'.r. ~ "•-". -* He was sarcastic- and denunciatory in his references^ to Commissioner of Immigration Caminetti and his son. and declared that all the papers must jbe submitted to the public. '"In -order to make a law effective■ it must be put upon the statute books; it must be constitutional, and it must be enforced by the administrative offi cers through the aid of the courts," said Mr. Mann. "And when -we hear that the chief law officer of the gov ernment and the chief magistrate of the country have permitted themselves to be used to prevent the enforcement of a r great moral reform law, like the white ' slave law, we have a right to make inquiries and give consideration to the case. . . CALLS CAMIXETTI UNFIT "The violations of the white slave law lin -these cases were : under such circumstances and conditions as to make all men blush, who are men," con tinued Mr. Mann. "This youth of 27 with children of hi? own is oX such" tender age and experience as to make it /necessary to have his father at th*» trial to protect* him, he having only seven : lawyers retained in his case. ~ "The elder ("amlnettl has recently been -appointed commissioner, of immi gration, and one of his principal duties is to enforce the white slave law in the case of aliens brought to this coun . try. , Imagine a man ,in that position . whose .principal- object at this time seems to be to leave his office and go to the side of his son under indictment and soon to be tried for white slave offenses. Is he the proper man to be placed in charge of the enforcement of the white slave act in the bearing upon ; -immigrants? DEMANDS Ell CI I-ESS PUBLICITY" »• "I demand that the administration shall make ■ public all information: which has been sent by Mr. McNab to the department of Justice, in order that ft may be determined whether 'there has been any other crooked ? work "In Continued on ; I'agce \3, Column <1 PANAMAS Unexcelled in style and quality. Prices from $5 to $50. STRAW HATS in exclusive models. Knox straws, $4 and up. Carroll straws, $3. On display at — i> V Paul T. Carroll's ■ HAT STORE: . 70S Market St. 25 Geary St. j