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-yf'l WEATHER. Fair tonight and Sat urday; light, southerly winds. No. 18,510. WASHINGTON, D. CX, FRIDAY, JUNE ^1 The circulation of The both daily and Sunday, is greater by many thousands than that of any other Washington newspaper. COWTA1MIXO OH FAO? M CLOSIWO KEW YORK STOCK ?|OTATIOX1 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ONE CENT ACTS ONLOANS BILL Committee to Favorably Re port "Shark" Measure. AMENDED BY SENATORS Bate of Interest Out to One and One Half Per Cent a Month. MATT?TT? AMOUNT MADE $100 Stricter Regulation of Insurance Companies Poing Business in District la Approved. After directing amendments to make It more drastic, the Senate EH strict com mittee today ordered a favorable report on the Galltnger 'loan shark" bill. The amendments, which are to be draft ed by a subcommittee composed of Sen ators Galllnger and Curtis, reduce the rate of Interest from 9 to 14 per cent per month, reduce the amount of money that can be loaned at that rate from S300 to $100, and require that. In case a contract Is made for a higher rate of interest than Is authorised, the one mak ing the loan shall forfeit the interest and one-fourth of the principal. The "loan shark" bill occupied much of the attention of the committee today. Soon after It was taken up, It became evident that there was strong objection to such a high rate of interest as 2 per cent, provided in the bill as introduced. To compromise the divided sentiment. It was proposed that the rate be made 1% per cent a month, and that rate received the assent of a majority of the committee members present. There is talk that an amendment will be offered on the floor 11 xing the interest at 2 per cent, but no definite announcement to that effect has been made. I he reduction in the amount that can be loaned at such rates also figured In the compromise. There was some feel ing that no legislation should be passed allowing n rate of interest greater than " P?r cent, but a majority of the com mittee agreed that provision should be made for small loans at a greater rate. Penalty Is Favored. Senator Curtis urged the adoption of the amendment providing for the forfei ting of interest and one-fourth of the principal In case a greater rate of Inter est than the bill allows is charged. He maintained that such a penalty would be an important factor In having the law obeyed. The committee was in accord with him. Senator Pomerene opposed the measure. He urged that there should be no legisla tion to recognize loans at more than B per cent. The committee gave its approval to the Wll aimed to hurry up the construction of the new buildings for the Central and M Street High schools. After the sites for the new schools were purchased the Com missioners found they had some money left, and they have recommended the pas sage of legislation that will enable them to use the balance in the employment of architects and draftsmen to prepare the plans for the buildings. It is the bill to carry out that recommendation to which the committee today gave Its assent blUJ 1.ookln? to the stricter reg ulation of Insurance companies that do business in the District were au 10 be reported. One of them provides new legislative control over neaith and accident companies. The oepartment of insurance of the Dls frtr ? 1 the Pres?nt regulations for such companies were not satisfac . thi* bU1 rpP?rted today will nv S .?! Apartment more control over those companies by compelling re ports?f their condition to be made ?o ?Ct offlc'als and to allow those officials to make inspection of the b??Hs of the companies. The bill provides that no health, acci dent or life insurance company in the ?? hCtK! ? ,ssu** for a greater death benefit than *.>?>, or a greater weekly indemnity than unless the company has *>-,,?>, assets, or a greater death benefit than $JAW. or ?^ter SS"i.'?S5S{y** to ?*> ?. Must Make Reports. The other insurance bill to receive the committee s O. K will have the effect of compelling all insurance companies doing business in the District to make annual reports to the department of insurance. I nder the present law only foreign com A Kmar re<iu,red to make such reports. northeast?fiv?nf .^xtenfI,on ?r Grant street 57M, ??r?L, lts pre8?nt terminus near S?tli street east to its present terminus rl?Stle place northeast and to ex tend Deane avenue from its present ter minus west of 48th street easf to Its present terminus east of 46th ^reetalso *as ordered reported to the Senate' with *JLecommendati?n that it pass .o tSKSJ-jui ?" ?h "" Dl",rl" lying rween Van Buren street Nicholson street 'and r?? Creek Park, and a bill to efv? a title to the present occupant of lot 53 ? SZrl Srker'8 ?u?^onfo5?\o\l COTTON MARKET BREAKS UPON HEARING REPORT Decline of From Six to Fourteen Points Follows, But Normal Is Soon Restored. NBW YORK, June 2.?The first gov jmment report of the season on the com ing cotton crop was issued today, and while It showed a condition far above the ten-year average, coupled with a sub stantial increaeae in acreage, it was with out any material effect on prices. The condition of 87.8 per cent was higher an expected, comparing with 82 last year, 7f?7 in the big-crop year of 1908 and 80.9 per cent the ten-year average. On the other hand, the Increase In acreage was rather smaller than looked for, the official figures being 4.7 per cent as compared with last year, or 35,004,000 acres, and while the condition figures Inspired considerable speculative liquida tion or selling, under which the market broke to a net loss of about 6 to 14 points, prices were steadied by trade buy ing at the decline, and prices within half .it hour of the publication of the report re not more than a point or two under closing figures of yesterday on the ;.ew crop months. Melody Wins the Acorn Stakes. EPSOM DOWNS. England. June The Acorn stakes of 1,000 sovereigns, for two year-old fillies, distance fire furlongs, run here today, was won by Melody, owned by Charles Carroll of New Tork and Paris. Charmian was second aad the Adula Ally third. Eleven horses BIG DAY FOR MIDDIES Diplomas Are Awarded Mem bers of Class of 1911. SOON IN NEW UNIFORMS Graduates Rejoice at Completion of Four Years' Course. NEED OF AN EFFICIENT NAVY Possibility of War Emphasized in Address of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop. Special Dispatch to Tb*> Star. A XN A POL. IS, Md.. June 2.?"Out of the wilderness, out of the wilderness, and no more rivers to cross," sang the members of the class of 1911 as they wiggled and twisted through the long armory at the Naval Academy In a joyous serpentine dance today. With the coveted diplomas for which they had worked hard the last four years, and which they had only a short time before received from the hands of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beek man Winthrop, waving aloft, the young officers marched through the yard and thence into Bancroft Hall, where a rapid change was made into new uniforms. These uniforms are different in cut, and, of even more importance, bear a narrow band of gold on the sleeves to show that the wearers are "passed midshipmen." With the armory well fllled, the brigade of midshipmen, minus those about to graduate, paraded on the main floor un der arms. The graduating class marched in separately and took the seats assigned them shortly after 10 o'clock. Opening of Exercises. The booming guns of the short battery had announced to the town that the United States steamship Dolphin, bearing Assistant Secretary Winthrop and an official party, had arrived from Wash ington during the night, and that all was in readiness for his coming ashore. When the party reached the outside of the armory the word was passed inside the building- that all was ready. Imme diately the brigade of midshipmen, un der command of Lieut. W. Steele, came to "attention," while the band^played a' few strains from a military march as the officials, headed by Supt. John H. Gibbons, Mr. Winthrop ahd the former's personal aid, Lieut. Adolphus Andrews, marched down the length of the room and took places on the platform. Capt. Gibbons immediately introduced Representative Lemuel P. Padgett, presi dent of the board of visitors, who de livered the "farewell" address to the graduates. Need of Powerful Navy. Expressing the belief that any future war in which the United States may en gage will largely, if not entirely, be de cided by a battle or battles on the sea, Mr. Winthrop said he was strongly Im pressed with *the necessity of maintaining a navy sufficient in power to diminish to a minimum any danger of losing control of the sea. "Graduating at twenty-two you will have about forty years of active service before you. and although we are all most desirous that war /Shall not check the peaceful progress of the nation, we must recognize that this country since its in ception has never enjoyed forty years of peace uninterrupted by war. The aver age period between wars of this country' has been only a few months over twenty nine years, so If anything like this ratio is preserved in the future you will prob ably see active service. "Understand me, that I am most de sirous of continued peace, and sincerely trust that the agitation for arbitration treaties and an international tribunal with adequate power to enforce its or dained decrees, will bear fruit, but he who believes that International peace has arrived and that no more wars will oc cur enjoys an optimism greater than I can acquire. "The control of th% sea will. In my opinion, be the crucial turning point of any war in which we may be engaged, and it? is, therefore, evident how incum bent it will be upon you so to maintain the material and personnel allowed us by Congress that it may always be at the highest point of efficiency." TRINITY CHURCH EXHIBIT. Corporation in New York Owns Property Worth $13,700,000. NEW YORK, June 2?The annual re port of Trinity Church Corporation shows that the receipts of the parish for the past year were $865,000, the largest item being $700,000 from real estate rents. Pew rents were $16,000. The parish spent $950,000 for new buildings, $340,000 for the maintenance of its ten churches and eleven schools and $157,000 for taxes. The report records a considerable deficit for the year. Trinity's balance sheet shows that the parish now owns productive property assessed at $18,700,000. .These figures do not include the property used for church es, chapels, schools and burying grounds. The number of communicants reported is H.000, a slight increase. ''Church at tendance throughout the parish," says the report, "has shown no falling off, but. on the contrary, in most of the churches shows a marked increase." LABOR LEADERS PLAN BLOW. May Sue Officials and Manufactur ers, Charging False Imprisonment. SAN FRANCISCO. June 2.?Clarence S. Darrow. counsel for James and John J. McNamara. accused of murder In con nection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times, conferred with local la bor leaders here yesterday over suits which. It was announced, will be started against Los Angeles city officials for al leged "conspiracy and false imprison ment" of men arrested for picketing. Directors of various manufacturing plants, it was announced, also will be made party to the suits, which are to be for $25,000 damages In each case and will amount to about $1,000,000. Darrow expects to leave for Chicago and Indianapolis today to perfect his knowledge of the case. Dr. Galloway Sails for Home. Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, sailed today for the United States from Glasgow. He Is due in New York June 11, and will come direct to Washington. Dr. Galloway had almost a complete nervous and physical breakdown about a year ago, following a severe at tack of typhoid fever. For several months past he has been abroad for the depart ment collecting specimens and studying cultural methods throughout the orient, especially In Japan, Java and China. He iwin resume hie work in the department Immediately oo Ms return. NEEDS OF THE CITY Monday Evening Club Outlines Program of Legislation AT PUBLIC HEARING TODAY | Proposed Abolition of Emergency Hospital Under Consideration. SCHOOL FINANCES DISCUSSED Commissioner Judson Criticises Re port of Board of $rade on the Subject. The suggestion that Emergency Hospital be discontinued was made at a public hearing before the Commissioners of the j District of Columbia today, when the Monday Evening Club presented its plat- J form of "social" legislation, and at the j same meeting another investigation into j the finances of the school system here ; was suggested by Commissioner Judson as a legitimate form of endeavor for so cial workers to follow. It was made clear by Commissioner Judson that he does not believe the recent report of the Board of Trade in regard to the school situa tion amounts to much. He termed that report "ridiculous." I The Emergency Hospital matter came j up during a discussion of the plank of [the club's social legislation platform re garding school nurses and other health 1 subjects. Commissioner Judson introduc ed the topic: "Do you not think that a little negative indorsement would be a good thing? Take, for instance, the Emergency Hospital situation. Do you not think that the club could help a great deal by an adverse report on the proposition to establish another Emergency Hospital? Tt Is easy enough to pass resolutions and indorse projects, but to oppose something takes more nerve." Already Under Consideration. "Yes," said Dr. George M. Kober, mem ber of the club and also a member of the board of charities of the District of Co lumbia. "We have been studying that proposition on the board of charities. Now, the government has taken over the land on which the' Emergency Hospi tal stands, and the hospital people seek to erect a new hospital near the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Emergency Hospital has done a great work here for forty years, but there are now two hospitals much better situated to take care of ?.ae work. One is the George Washington University Hospital and the other is Georgetown University Hospital. "If the Emergency Hospital is abolished when the government tears the building down, then we will have two hospitals doing the work wliere three would bo covering it otherwise, and I think it is in the interests of economical administra tion to advocate that Emergency Hospital be discontinued." Emergency Hospital's appropriations in part are the result of recommendations from the board of charities, through the Commissioners. It was said today, how ever. that the sundry civil bill generally carries appropriations for the hospital, on which the Commissioners have little or nothing to say. Suggests Inquiry Into Finances. Commissioner Judson, who was Intense ly interested in the club's proposition to have the District furnish better health inspection in the public schools, suggest ed to several speakers that the club could do a service to the District by making an investigation into the finances of the schools "to ?see where the money can be distributed better, so that it will be easier to ask for health inspectors and medical Inspectors." "The schools here cost a great deal more than they do elsewhere, and it is almost impossible to go to Congress to aBk for more trained nurses in the schools or more medical inspectors If some one can point out that the money appropriated is not being spent as economically as it should be. Of course, an investigation into the schools and the finances would be unpleasant, but we must take the un pleasant with the pleasant." "Did not the Board of Trade make a | report recently on the schools?" asked Walter S. Ufford of the Associated Chari ties and member of the Monday Evening Club. , ^ "They did," said Commissioner Judson, "and a ridiculous report It was, too." Later Commissioner Judson, In speak ing of the investigation which he believes the Monday Evening Club could occupy , Its time with some advantage, said that "he hoped the investigation would be dlf- , ferent from that of the Board of Trade, which started out with a dellnlte object | in view." Long Program Submitted. The platform Cor social legislation as presented by the Monday Evening Club Is composed of nineteen planks. They were explained In detail by Mr. Ufford and Oliver Newman. Present at the hearing were the members of the executive com mittee of the club, who are John Van Schalclc. Jr., Frederick L. Siddons, Oliver P. Newman, Mrs. Ella Henderson West, Mrs. Edna K. Bushee, George 8. Wilson, Walter S. Ufford, Charles F. Nesbit, Wil liam J. Kerby and John D. Colpoys. At the close of the meeting Mr. New man presented an outline In brief of the entire platform which the club wants to see adopted. The Commissioners said aft er the hearing that the presentation is of such importance that every attention will be paid to the suggestions. Outline of Club Program. The presentation by Mr. Newman, in part, was as follows: "The Monday Evening Club realises that this program is a big one, which cannot aU be put through Immediately, but It feels a definite, comprehensive plan toward a definite, comprehensive end is essential. The club strongly urges that progress In municipal government and in extension of permanent improvements that will make the city externally beau tiful be continued with unabated seal, and It commends the District Commis sioners for their efforts In this direction, but it also urges most earnenrtly that the Commissioners do all In their power to keep social progress abreast of material, physical progress. "We have made two groups of the sub jects contained in the club's social pro gram. One group Is composed of the things which will require appropriations, and provision for which we urge shall be mads from year to year in the Com mlskmers* estimates. The other group Is composed of the things which require no appropriations; we urge the Commission ers to use their best efforts to obtain legislation pertaining to these subjects in such manner and at such tines as thev deem advisable. The Commissioners wJU that the* A \ have already approved some of the 'features of th^ program. Groups of Subjects. The group of subjects lequiring appro priations to as follows: Elimination of al ley dwellings; public school nurses; hos pital for inebriates and drug victims; new municipal lodging house;, segregation and treatment of feeble minded; chief medical Inspector for public schools; ad ditional visitors for board of children's guardians; removel of Washington Asy lum Hospital to new site already pro vided; acceptance of Straus milk labora tory by the government; public baths, washhouses and public comfort stations; vocational training and guidance in public schools; public playgrounds, including school playgrounds and athletic fields, with adequate supervision thereof on "half and half" basis. Legislative Schedule. The group of subjects requiring legisla tion, but not requiring appropriations, fol lows: Regulation of loan agencies by lim iting interest to 2 per cent per month, making license $100 per annum and au thorizing police scrutiny of agencies; es tablishment of bacterial standard, tem perature requirement and pasteurization requirement for milk and milk products sold In District; compulsory removal to tuberculosis hospital of dangerous tuber culosis patients; amendment of non-sup port law to require fathers to support illegitimate children; stricter regulation of midwifery; use of public school build ings as neighborhood and social centers; better ventilation of street cars, theaters, churches and public buildings. Seaman's Bravery Recognised. The Secretary of the Navy today com mended Harry Waffle of St. Louis, a seaman on the President's yacht Sylph, for gallantry in Jumping overboard from that vessel at the Washington navy yard and rescuing a small boy from drowning May 22 last. The boy went away without telling his name. One Dead, Three Injured. AUGUSTA, Otu, June 2.-Capt. A. J. Renkel, a Jeweler, of Augusta, was killsd, his wife suffered severe Injuries and his 8on, Louis, and daughter, Vivian, were badly bruised as the result of a rear end collision between their automobile and a buggy last night on the Savannah road near Otis creek. Charged With Buying Senate Seat. MADISON, Wis., June 3.?The Blaine resolution, declaring that Senator Isaac Stephenson bought his seat In the United States Senate, and requesting that body to Investigate his election, was recom mended by the senate judiciary commit tee iiurf night for adoption. "I had rather make one man laugh once than one hundred men cry one hundred times," says GEORGE M. CORAM The "Yankee Doodle" oo medlan writes an article for our Sunday Magazine, which Is as funny as any bf his plays and lots more inform ing as well. He tells why he has succeeded, and good naturedly points the way for others. "The Two-Dollar Heart" Is a psychological study of the American theatergoer. The conclusion of it Is that there to very little psychol ogy In the average Ameri can audience. The two-dol lar heart to, in fact, the 10 3M0 heart. But read Cohan's article in the nest I9i i GRADUATES. COLD STORAGE AS AID TO C0U.ECHNG RENT Market Man's Unique Method Results in a Fine of $25. I4>cking a man In a cold-storage room for half an hour without his consent constitutes a simple assault within the meaning of the District Code. An opinion to that effect was rendered today by Judge Pugh, who fined Frank I* Averlll, president of the Arcade Mar ket Company, |25 in the Police Court for compelling Samuel Boxwell to spend an unpleasant thirty minutes in the mar ket company's cold-storage plant several days ago. The fine was paid. Defendant's Statement. The defendant told Judge Pugh that Boxwell. who has a stall in the mar ket, owed the company rental for the storage of meats. Boxwell had deferred settling the account several times, and Averlll decided to force payment. "When Boxwell entered one of the cold-storage rooms to get some of his meat I locked the door on him?and kept It locked for about thirty minutes," Av erlll told the court. . The complainant said he was an unwill ing prisoner and let the fact be known by sundry cries for assistance and wall pounding, until the door was unlocked. . Court's Adverse View. "No, the weather Isn't a mitigating circumstance nor can imprisonment* for debt be tolerated. That was abolished about a century ago," the court advised counsel for the defendant during the tat ter's argument. Avertll's attorney asked for the dismissal of the charge upon the Kund that no physical violence had n offered the complainant. ROOT OFFERS PLAN TO ELECT SEITORS Wants Plurality Vote of State Legislatures to Decide the Question. Senator Root's bill providing for the election of United States senators by a plurality vote of the state legislatures will be reported to the Senate Monday, with the recommendation of the Senate committee on privileges and elections that it pass. The bill provides that If no person re ceives a majority vote within twenty days after the day upon which the legislature first oonvenes In joint assembly, then the person who thereafter receives a plural ity of the votes of the . joint assembly, a majority of all members being present and voting, shall be held duly elected. The committee recommends an amend ment providing that the person getting the greatest number of votes must re ceive at least one-third of all the votes of the legislature. Conflicts With Direct Tots. The reporting of this measure may com plicate the action on the resolution for an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people. When the direct elec tion resolution was reported from the Sen ate judiciary committee three of the members of that committee declared their preference for the *?oot hllL They took the general position that Om legislation was aimed to prevent, dead locks in legislatures and consequent lack or representation of states in the upper house of Congress and that the Root plan would altord a remedy without a radical change in the method of choosing senators. The Root bill Is expected to receive the support of senators opposed to the direct election resolution. Whether or not It will receive the support of other senators who have been counted on to vote in favor of the direct election plan is still undetermined, but the friends of the direct election resolution claim they are assured of sufficient votes to pass it by the required two-thirds vote. CHANCE FOE COMMISSIONS. One Hundred Civilians Will Be Se lected for Lieutenants. There will be a competitive examina tion, beginning September 5 next, for the selection of about one hundred civilians for appointment as second lieu tenants in the cavalry, field artillery and infantry of the United States Army. The examinations will be conducted at I various military posts as convenient as practicable to the homes of the candi dates. Persons desiring to enter the competition are requested to make ap plication to the adjutant general of the army. Candidates must be citizens of the United States, unmarried, and of good moral character, and must pass the pre scribed physical and mental examina tions. They must be not less than [twenty-one, nor more than twenty seven years of age, and In all other respects eligible. Examination as to physical qualifications will conform to the standard required of recruits, ex cept that any applicant whose degree of vision is less than 20-40 in either eye, or is color blind for red, green or violet, will be rejected. The mental ex amination is divided into two parts? the# preliminary and the competitive? both conducted at the same place, the [competitive examination following im I mediately after the preliminary. Graduates of recognized colleges and universities, and of Institutions classl . fled as class A and class BA, at which army officers are detailed as instructors of military science and tactics, will be exempt from the preliminary examina tion. NAVY DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Appointments and Promotions Of i flcially Announced. I Recent changes In the classified service of the Navy Department are announoed I as follows: Appointments?Bureau of navigation: Wllmer C. Appleby, copyist at $840; Frederick M. Schanze, copyist at $840; John "P. Meyers. Jr., copyist at $840. Bu reau of ordnance: Maurice Kebesky, mes senger boy at $400. Bureau of construc tion and repair: Arthur J. Pallansch, by reinstatement, clerk at $1,000. Bureau of supplies- and accounts: Rembert T. Nel son, laborer at $800. Secretary's office: James S. Kean. clerk at $1,400. Promotions?Offioe of naval Intelligence: Miss Nellie Huff, from clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,300. Bureau of supplies and accounts: Frank E. Hickman, from la borer at $660 to assistant messenger at $720; Charles W. Lewis, Jr., from laborer at $600 to laborer at $600. Bureau of con struction and repair: John K. Willis, from clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,100. Transfer and promotion?Julius F Ho lubovich, from copyist at $840, bureau of navigation, to clerk at $1,000, office of naval Intelligence. Resignations?Hydrographlc office: Ar thur W. Moree, nautical expert at $1,000 Secretary's office: J. B. Corbett, clerk at $1,800. Bureau of construction and repair William F. Davidson, clerk at $1,100. NO TROUBLE IN HONDURAS. Rumors of Another Revolutionary Outbreak Said to Be Pklse. CEIBA, Honduras, June 2 (By Wire less to New Orleans).?No credence is given here to rumors of another re volutionary outbreak In Honduras. The * sport that martial law was declared last week because of a threatened in surrectionary movement along the Sal vadorean border Is erroneous. Martial law was proclaimed through out the republic March 20. following the termination of the revolution led by Qen. Manuel Bonilla. That order, which was Issued to facilitate the re- i establishment of peace, was never rescinded. No rumors of an uprising in any part, of the republic have reach*} Celhe. CHARGE OF FORGERY Four Men Indicted for Defraud ing Western Union Company. CONSPIRACY ALSO ALLEGED Sam of $465 Said to Have Been Se cured on Bogus Orders. OTHER TRUE BILLS RETURNED ?? Isadora Oppenhelmer, Accused of Embezzlement; William Johnson, Housebreaking: and Larceny. Thomas Wynn, Owen T. Brennan. alias Joseph E. IHiBkin; Edward J. Read and Reeves "Wood, alias R. ?E- Hood, were indicted today by the grand Jury on charges of forgery and conspiracy grow ing out of the securing of $466 from the Western Union Telegraph Company on alleged bogus money transfer telegrams. Wynn and Wood had been in the employ of the company as telegraph operators and become familiar with the cipher code in which telegrams for payment of money were transmitted from one office of the company to another. The indictment charges that the four men entered Into a conspiracy May 1 to defraud the tele graph company. In furtherance of the alleged unlawful agreement, it Is charged, one or more of the four men forged and passed upon the local agent of the W est ern Union Company three money trans fer telegrams, one for $75, one for $90 and one for $300. The.first two telegrams were^nade pay able to and the money received by Keaa, it is alleged, and the third telegram was made payable to Wynn. who, it l. claimed, received the $300 for which the telegram called. Wynn and Wood are under arrest, i ne other two men have not been located. Alleges Scope of Conspiracy. The Indictment charges that the scope of the alleged conspiracy was the securing of $1,000 from the company, but the scheme was discovered before half the in tended amount had been realized. Seven counts are set out in tbe indict ment. The first, after setting forth the business methods of the Western Union Company In the matter of transferring money from one office to another, and the fact that it had such offices at Atlantic, Iowa, and In this city, gives the mean ings of the cipher or code words used in transmitting money. This count charges that the four men Indicted, being con versant iwltth the company's business methods, and knowing its secret code foi transmitting money, made and. forged a telegram reading: "Atlantic, Iowa May L "Transfer Agent, Washington, D' c-; "Pay to Edward J. Read, 511V4 street northwest, Washington. D. C. homily kitchen from Mrs. Mary Read Atlantic. Iow^; caution. M. T. A. This telegram. It Is alleged, purported to be a genuine money transfer telegrair to pay Edward J. Read $75. the sum being expressed In the code word "kitch en," when theu Payee -had been satisfac torily Identified, which requirement was contained In the word "caution" In the alleged bogus telegram. The second count charges that the men or some one of them. In furtherance ol the scheme to defraud, cashed the tele gram at the local office of the company and received $75 In cash for it. Additional Counts Outlined. In the third count It is charged May * last the men forged another telegram from Atlantic, Iowa, also made payable to Read and purporting to come from Mary Read. This telegram contalne< the words "elongate sudden," which, the Indictment says, meant In the cipher code $90- The cashing of this order It made the basis of the fourth count ol the Indictment. The defendant Wynn Is made the payee of the third alleged bogus telegram con cerning the alleged forgery of which the fifth count of the indictment treats. Thu order is also dated at Atlantic, Iowa, and directed to the company's local agent. It reads: "Pay Thomas Wynn, care F. S. Wynn, purchasing agent Southern railway, special cognate digest from Wil son Bros. & Co.. Atlantic, Iowa, vigilant. By the cipher code, it Is claimed, this tele gram was an order on the local agent to pay $300 when the payee had been satis factorily identified; that. May 8, the tele gram was cashed by the company on the presentation of one of the four men in dicted, is the charge contained in the sirth count of the Indictment. A common law conspiracy Is chargec against the four men by the last count in the indictment, in which it is allegec they combined and agreed on a scheme to mulct the telephone company to th< extent of $1,000. Criminal Libel Charge Ignored. The grand Jury Ignored the charge ol criminal libel presented to It against Nettie M. Post. It was charged Mrs Poet wrote a letter to a sister of Mrs Fannie Liebman, living in Sharpsburg Md., which reflected on Mrs. Liebman The sister forwarded the letter to Mrs Liebman. who sued out a warrant. Mrs Post was held in the Police Court undei bond for the action of the grand Jury. Other indictments returned today wen I-adore Oppenhelmer, embezzlement, anc William Johnson, housebreaking and larceny, s TAKES CHARGE OF OFFICE. Samuel H. Adams Becomes Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Samuel H. Adams of Chicago, recently selected as first assistant secretary of the interior, has taken charge of the office as successor to Frank Pierce, who resigned to practice law. The latter served during the regime of former Secretary Richard A. Ballinger. The oath of office was ad ministered to the new official by Assistant Chief Clerk Acker of the Interior Depart ment. Mr. Aoams has been in Washington for some days past getting thoroughly ac quainted with the duties of the position which he has Just assumed. In this work he has been assisted by Mr. Pierce, who, it is expected, will remain at the depart ment for several days longer so as to be of assistance to his successor In the event any Intricate problems come up for adju dication. Fire Sweeps Iva, 8. C. ANDERSON, 8. C., June 2.?Fire of un known origin practically destroyed the entire business section of Iva, this coun ty, early yesterday morning. The loss Is estimated at $15,000, with small in surance. Iva has no Are protection. Turkish Student Wins Price. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 2.?The Tale Art School announces that J. / H. Halladjian, a student from Anltab, Tur key, is the winner of the Ethel Child Walker prise and the Tale anatomy prise, two of the meat coveted awards of the t Chairman Gary for Federal Regulation of Corporations. CITES CASE OF RAILWAYS Denies That the Proposition Leads to Government Ownership. CALLS SHERMAN ACT ARCHAIC Head of Steel Corporation Again Heard by Committee Investi gating1 the Steel Trust. Governmental control, even 1# W should extend to the point of fixing prices. Is the only solution of the prob lem of protecting the consumer and the producers of steel products In tbte country was the opinion expressed to day by Mr. Gary of the United 8tatee Steel Corporation to the House steel trust Investigating committee. Judge Gary gave this dictum with great earnestness in the course of an exceedingly frank statement to the committee. "Are we. then," asked Mr. Littleton, "brought face to face with the propo sition to abandon our system of open competition and engrafting a new in dustrial policy upon the country7" "I believe we are," replied Judge Gary. "We must find some middle ground be tween the obligations of the Sherman a at upon the one hand and ruinous competi tion upon the other." "Does not such an alternatives lead te government ownership?" he was asked. "It does not. You have governmental control over prices to be charged by the railroads and you have governmental su pervision of national banks. There Is no approach to governmental ownership In either case." Judge Gary said he was convinced that the Sherman act will not suffice to pro tect the public against the possibility of industrial aggregations controlling prices and that the alternative must be some kind of governmental supervision w ft Ion will say to manufacturers that they ean not charge higher than specified prices. Stability of Prices Desirable. Explaining his opinion that gov si a mental supervision would be de^rabie, he said that it Is more valuable to the pro ducer, the consumer and worklngman to have stability of prices than to have de moralization of prices In time of panto and higher prices when times are good. Mr. Gary made earnest profeeslon te the committee of the poiloy of the steel corporation as to obeying the Sherman act. declaring that It was the policy of the finance committee, ot which he was chairman, of the execu tive committee and. Indeed, of the cor poration itself. He declared that at the forthcoming meeting of International steel makers In Brussels, the project of establishing an International Iron and steel Institute along the lines of the American Institute, will be consid ered, but that It will not be accom plished by the violation either of law or moral ethics. Mr. Gary admitted that the United States Steel Corporation sometimes sells steel rails abroad lower than It does at home, but he insisted that In Its net result this policy was not prejudicial to the domestic consumer, since it kept the Industry active In this country and maintained stability of prices. Cannot Control Prioea. Mr. Gary declared that the United States Steel Company Is not In a position where It can control prices. "We can keep prices down." he said, "but we cannot put them up." Elaborating that statement he said that frequently within the past few years the independent makers of steel rails have urged an Increase In the piioe of the rails, but that the steel corporation re fused to put them up, and In consequenoe the other makers dared not Increase their prices. But an Increase In prices Is Inevitable in the near future, he said, owing to the increase in the cost of production. The cost of producing steel rails had Increased $3 a ton In the past ten years. Mr. Gary said he did not believe In unchangeable prices, but he was op posed to changing prices by general agreement, since that would be clear violation of the Sherman act. He told the committee how prices had been maintained In the past, through the gen eral Interchange among steel makere of their experiences, difficulties, eta, and the knowledge which each manu facturer thus obtained of the general state of the trade. Domestic Output. Mr. Gary said that his corporation does not handle more than #0 per sent of the domestic output of steel. Be said the United States steel Corporetien was a holding corporation for the nine or more subsidiary companies, and that, of course, the parent company oonld di rect the output and operations or the subsidiaries. . He declared that the value of the port business was the dominating for the formation of the T nlted Mates Steel Corporation, and he was sure tap the subsidiary companies oould not do one-fourth the buslneae they now so w they were disorganised. This advantage was derived from n?? combined talent, experience, physical fa cilities, finances and general knowledge of the various companies. He explained how the cost of production In each mm was oompared with others, and where one mill was running higher In cost steps were taken to correct the trouble. Predicts Federal Control. Early In his testimony today Mr. Gary declared that -nforced publicity and gov ernmental control of corporations must come, even as to prices. He said he be lieved the Sherman anti-trust law was too archaic to deal with modern situa tions and never could fully prevent great combinations of capital. What the Lnlted States Steel Corporation wanted, he said, was some responsible and official depart ment of government to whom it could go and say: "What prices can we charge and just what can we dor' "Personally. I believe the Sherman act," said Mr. Gary, "does not now and never will prevent the organisation of great combinations of capital. I believe we must come to enforced publicity and governmental control of corporations. ?*EK) you mean government control even as to prices?" Mr. Stanley asked. "Yes even as to prices. So far as I am concerned, speaking for the United Steel Corporation, I would be very glad if we could know exacUy wh^e we^staad and oould be free from thed*"**" criticism of the public. I wish we oouw go to some responsible goveimmentni source and say. Here are our facts; here is our business; here Is our property and our cost of production, and could be told just what prices we could ehaive aad just what we could do. ., Mr. Gary said the real problem was net I the making ot Wg foots, Nt It ey rather the establishment of a dstefee understanding of the legal rttuatloa. | "Do I understand that xsn *