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talked, each with a hand on the arm
of the other. They told each other how
sorry they were to sever their official
relations
Finally Mr. Bryan remarked that he
knew the President was a buav man
and that he would not detain him
longer.
The two men who have stood together
during- the last two years In one crisis
after another rose to their feet simul
taneously and clasped hands.
"God Bless You/' They Exclaim.
?*God bless you." said each, as their
hands touched. Mr. Bryan then gave
another grip to the President's hand
and left the White House.
Mr. Bryan, accompanied by Secretary I
Tumulty, walked, down the steps.
Waiting near the steps were a woman
and two small children Mr. Bryan
shook hands with all three. On the
way from the White House to the
executive offices the former Secretary
of State and Mr. Tumulty walked arm
in arm. talking confidentially.
As Mr. Bryan walked from the White
House he was met by J. J. Jusserand.
the French ambassador, and Col. Vig
nal, the new military attache of the
French embassy, who were calling to
pay their respects to the President.
While the colonel, in the dress uni
form of the French army, stood at
salute, the ambassador advanced quick
ly and shook hands warmly with Mr.
Bryan.
Photographed With Writers.
A newspaper photographer was wait
ing at the executive offices and asked
Mr. Bryan to pose for a picture with
Mr. Tumulty. He readily consented,
but insisted that an assembled group
r,f newspaper men be included in the
picture.
"That is. I want them in the picture
if they are willing to be taken with
me." said Mr. Brvan.
bryansFgcessor
SUBJECT OF GOSStP
Former Premiers, Root and
Knox. Among Those Listed
as Possibilities.
PRESIDENT HAS 30 DAYS
TO MAKE HIS SELECTION
Chances Considered About Even That
Eobert Lansing Will Beceive Per
manent Appointment.
Gossip as to the successor of Mr Bryan
took a wide range today, and even in
cluded mention of republicans as possi
bilities. Under the law the President has
thirty days within which to make an
appointment.
Representative Flood of Virginia, who
is to be chairman of the House commit
tee on foreign affairs, is in town, and ran
over the names of several men whom he
thought would be under consideration by
the President. Naturally, he expected
the President would find sufficient avail
able timber in the democratic party from
*"hich to choose a Secretary of State, but
in case of demand for a bi-partisan
cabinet his m.:id went first to former
Secretary of State Root, and Philander
C. Knox, former Secretary of State and
former Attorney General. Both also
served in the United States Senate.
Hr. Moore May Not Be Chosen.
Mr. Bryanfe friends eay that they do
not expect the President will consider
John Bassett Moore, formerly coun
selor of the department and a recig
nised authority on international law, a
republican as well, because of the per
sonal feud between Mr. Moore and Mr.
Bryan. They say Mr. Bryan would
regard his appointment as a personal
affront.
The chances are about even that
Robert I^ansing, counse.or for the
State Department, will be the suc
cessor of Secretary Bryan. The selec
tion is not by any means a certainty,
and President Wilson will do nothing
for a month about choosing the man
who will sit to his right at the cabinet
meetings. As it stands today. Mr.
Lansing is probably the choice against
the field, but there are reasons why
he may not be named.
Gossip as to the next Secretarv of
State extends into a wide field. Rich
ard Olnev is prominently brought for
ward. but ir is pointed out that Mr.
Olnev Is too well advanced in years
to again undertake the duties of the
office. His wife does not wish to re
turn to Washington. Mr. ulney made
these facts known to the President
when he was offered the ambassador
ship to England and the chairmanship
or the federal reserve board.
Readjustment Suggested.
A readjustment of the cabinet so as
to bring A Mitchell Palrr.tr of Penn
sylvania into the list of the piesl
dent s advisers is also suggested.
These suggestions are based upon the
idea that present members of the cab
inet will not tak#* kindly to an out
sider being placed over them as pre
mier of the cabinet, and will prefer
that one of their owr number be ad
vanced to the State Department, let
ting an outsider into one of the posi
tions made vacant by the promotion.
The men talked of for this promotion
are Secretaries Dane. McAdoo. Garrison
and Houston. Mr. I.ane is regarded as
ineligible. He was born in Canada and
? ould not become President by reason
of hts foreign birth Under the law the
Secretary of Stat* would become Presi
dent in event of the death of the Presl- j
dent and Vice President. This ineligi
bility extends only to the presidency, >
though. a-.d if Mr I.ane were Secretary
of Stat?- h?- could not become President,
the ne*t m li .*? to that honor being the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Has No Love for Frills.
?
As to Mr. McAdoo It is pointed out
that be <?? essentially a business man,
direct and forceful and that he has no
love for the frills and trimmings that
go with the position of premier of the
cabinet.
Secretaries Garrison and Houston
a--e, in the order named, discussed, but
both are poor men financially and the
honor of being Secretary of State costs
about $25,000 a year at a minimum
reckoning This is double the salary
of the office.
Mr J?ansing would be objectionable
as an outsider if the presumed feelings
of present cabinet members are con
sidered. but if cabinet members have
no sensitive feelings on that point he
is the man the President may turn to.
The President has found Mr Lansing
able and tactful, with a broad under
standing of international law and
American public feeling. If Mr Lans
ing has developed no hobbies that are
obnoxious to the President he stands a
still better chance.
May Have Difficult Task.
Tt was asserted today that the Presi
dent will have a most difficult time se
curing a man of national standing for
Secretary of State if the President is
to follow the policy he pursued in Mr.
Bryan's case- that of running the State
department himself. Few big men will
care to drop out of si?ht that way, ft
was Indicated. The arduous duties that
would confront a Secretary of State
should there be war with Germany
would likewise operate against a man
of national prominence accepting the
place.
Ambassador Page, at London. Is sug
gested as a possibility, his duties there
having made him familiar with the
work that would be required In the
fttate Department, but this suggestion
was not thought to be one that would
turn otat a reality.
SAYS FAREWELL
TO OFFICE DU1Y
m
His Formal Parting Today
With Associates of the
State Department.
MAKES BRIEF ADDRESS
TO FORCE OF EMPLOYES
Also Has a Short Talk With News
paper Men Who Gather
About Him.
PROMISES LATEB STATEMENT
Will Explain in Detail the Reasons
for His Resignation From the
Cabinet?Future Plans Not
Matured.
Mr. Bryan was up early today to be
gin closing up his affairs at the t?tate
Department. Before breakfast he took
a long horseback ride alone through
Rock Creek Park, and then, returning
to his home. Calumet place, formerly
the mansion of Gen. John A. Logan, . e
ceived one caller, Louis F. Post, as
sistant secretary of labor, who stopped
on his way to his office to speak a
word of regret at the Secretary s de
parture.
Mr. Bryan said he would issue nis
promised statement, giving in detail
his reasons for resignation, some time
todav after the note to Germany has
been'Started on its way to Berlin. |
When Mr. Bryan started for his office
Mrs Brvan walked down the drive with
him to his carriage, and at the ap
proach of the couple John BaIT>-JJJ?
old State Department coachman, wnoi
for many years has driven tke car
riages which are assigned to the Sec
retarv. got down from his box and, h*t
in hand, told them both how muc'1
regretted to see Mr. Bryan go and how
much he had appreciated the Secre |
tary's kindnesses.
Many to Say Good-Bye.
As the Secretary drove to his office,
probably for the last time, he passed I
throngs of government clerks on their j
wav to office reading in the morning
papers the news of his resignation
He was surrounded by score# who |
wanted to say a word of good-bye as
he entered his offices.
In Mr. Brvan's dramatic resignation j
Observers iii some quarters professed
to see a development in this country
of the European idea of responsible
cabinets answerable to public opinion.
In nearly all constitutional European I
countries it has been the custom for I
an entire cabinet to resign office upon
some such manifestation of public dls-1
approval as an adverse vote in the leg- 1
islative body. But in such case the
consequence has been a more or less
complete reversal in the political con-j
structlon of the cabinet which was
able to influence the action of the I
executive. Since the beginning of the
present war many of the European
cabinets have thus been reoo?atrt?ct-1
ed but. with the single exception of
Italy, all of the change, have been
caused by popular desire tomeet the
internal question and perhap? to|
strengthen the constitutional rulers in
the conduct of the war.
Farewell to Associates.
In his closing hours at the depart- 1
ment Mr. Bryan bade farewell to his
associates there, looked after minor
executive matters, received newspaper
correspondents, made a tour of the
State. War and Navy building to call
informally on executive colleagues and
turned over the affairs of his office
this afternoon.
As soon as he reached his office
the official day Mr. Bryan called in
Chief Clerk Davis and went over the
messages, also arranging to meet the
employes of the State Department at
r ?Then the Secretary started out alone to
visit government officials in the building. I
He first went to the War Department to
see Secretarv Garrison, who was not in I
hi* office. Mr. Bryan wrote a short note
and left it with Mr. Garrison s messenger
Assistant Se<-retarv of War Breckinridge
was next on the calling list. He, too. was
away, and the Secretary of State left
word with his clerk.
"Now I want to see my old friend. Gen.
Mclntyre." Mr. Bryan said, as he left
Mr Breckinridge's office. A messenger
escorted him to the bureau of insular af
fairs where Mr. Bryan and Gen. Mc
lntyre, chief of the bureau, chatted for
several minutes Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Roosevelt was next honored by
a visit from the Secretary With him
Mr. BryaJi conferred about ten minutes.
Arms About Newspaper Men.
When Mr. Bryan came out of Mr.,
Roosevelt's office he was surrounded
by newspaper men. Throwing his arms
around two of them, he led a procession
to his office. When the customary
crowd of correspondents, larger than
usual, had gathered around him, Mr.
Mr Bryan said:
"Well gentlemen, you see I am not
late today. Sometimes I have been
late particularly so yesterday Did you
ever see an old hen trying to gather
her chickens beneath her in the even
rve got an old hen," one of the
newspaper men replied.
"Doesn't she sometimes seem fussy
and Irritable." the Secretary continued.
"Yea, eometlmes she picks me, was
j th.'%>i|?'I^often have felt like the old
hen in iome respects. I have been try
ing to keep a number of International
secrets covered up under my wing, so
to speak If sometimes I have seemed
cross and Irritable, it Is because I have
been afraid that some of the secrets
would creep out. Of course, you don't
Question the old hen's good Intentions
and I hope that you won't question
mine So much for friction.
"As for news I have none to give you.
Tou know It all."
Flan* Call on Fresldent Wilson.
The Secretray said that he expected
to see President Wilson a little later
and that he planned to leave the De
partment at 1 o'clock.
"I do not expect to return. It Is
probable that I will receive tbe mem
bers of the diplomatic corps at my
home From there, also, I will make
public a final statement regarding my
resignation. That will be given out
as soon as the American note to Ger
many has been dispatched, which, I
am assured, will be sent this after
noon Mv tenure of office officially
ends when the note goes but I un
derstand Counselor Lansing already
has been appointed Secretary of state
*d Interim."
Asked as to his personal plans for
th? future. Mr. Bryan said that none
had been formulated and that he ex
pected to remain In Washington for
* KoUowl'ng his audience with the
: newspapermen the State Department
! TorcJ. including the Secretary ad In
terim. Mr. i^nslng. Assistant Secre
taries Osborne. Adee and Phillips;
heads of departments, clerks and
stenographers filed In to bid the Secre
tary farewell.
Address to Employes.
Secretary *ryan'? farewell address
to the employes follows:
"> was net willing to leave the offloe
RESIGNS FROM THE CABINET.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
without having: an opportunity to say
good-bye to you all. It has been very
pleasant to be associated with you, and
I would feel very badly if any of you
could justly feel that I have not been
fair to you during my conduct of this
office.
"The rewards of life are not to be
found in either the money we make
or the honors that we enjoy. The
money is necessary to provide for our
needs, and the honors are pleasant if
they indicate confidence on the part of
those who confer them, but the real
reward of life is in the affection that
we feel for each other. It is in the
food will which we feel is entertained
or us and the best reward that, we
carr receive is appreciation accom
panied by good will.
Words of Appreciation.
"In leaving: you f want to assure you
all, every one of you. and that without
distinction, without reference to the
position that you occupy or the emolu
ments which you receive, T want to as- |
sure you all that I appreciate the spirit j
of co-operation that has manifested it- !
?elf. the devotion which you have ex
hibited, and I want to assure you that
my good will will follow each and all
of you, and if at any time or at any
place we should chance to meet I want
you to feel that it will not be an in
terruption of what I am doing; and it
will not be unappreciated if you will
make your presence known.
"The fact that we have been asso
ciated together Is all the Introduction
we require, and if I can go out feeling
that you entertain for me the same
kind of feeling that I entertain for
you It will be one of the most pleas
ant memories for me."
GEEEK KDJG MUCH BETTER.
Hope Expretted That in a Few Dayv
He Will Be Out of Banger.
PARIS, June ?. 2:15 p.m.?The HavaS
News Agency has received a dispatch
from its correspondent at Athens, dated
today, who says that King Constantlne
of Greece began to show great im
provement at midnight last night and
this amelioration has continued. The
hope Is expressed, the correspondent
says, that within two or three days the
king may be pronounced out of danger.
Bulgaria to Get Guni.
LONDON, June A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen
says:
' "The Danish ministry has receives
word from Berlin that the automatic
guns destined from Denmark for Bulga
ria, wht'h It ?ia recently reported had
been seised by the Germans, are on
th?lr way to Bulgaria."
British Air Baid on Ghent.
AMSTERDAM, via London, June 9-?
The Telegraaf'a Sas Van Oent, Holland,
correspondent says heavy damage at
Ghent hat resulted from a British air
raid. The correspondent adds that no
details of the raid are available. Ghent
Is twelve miles northeast of Saa Van
Gent.
Recognition of Meritorious Act.
MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, command
ing the 2d Division at Texas City, has
published a general order commend
ing Pirst Lieut. Kenneth P. Williams,
infantry, and Private Ralph D, Ramp,
lit Infantry, for meritorious conduct
In the service. In February last, at im
minent risk, they saved Private R. W.
Kendall, 23d Infantry, from drowning
in Galveston bay by voluntarily going
to his rescue in a small flat-bottomed
motor boat, without a rudder, on a high
sea and during a high wind. Private
Ramp has been recommended for a
certificate of merit. Lieut. Williams
was formerly In the ranka, serving as
ft private in the J 8th Infantry fratn
July, lift, until July. 1*01, ^fcen he
was appointed a seoaad lieutenant la
the 1st tbfahtry.
1
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PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK
AT FLAG DAY EXERCISES
Rites Scheduled for June 14 011
on Treasury Department
Plaza.
The official program of Flag day ?*
ercises, to be held on the south plaza
of the Treasury Department building
June 14, has been announced by Chief
Clerk Wilmeth of the Treasury De
partment. The President is to be the
orator of the day, and Secretary Mc
Adoo it to (preside and also deliver an
address. The exercises are to begin at
noon.
A selection by the Marine Band,
march. "The Stars and Stripes," is to
be the first number. Then the mighty
chorus of 180 voices Is to sing the
patriotic anthem, "March of the Na
tion." The President then will speak.
Accompanied by the chorus and the
band, Henry H. Tallmadge will sing
the solo, "The Star Spangled Banner."
The chorus, with the voices of the
audience blending, accompanied by the
band, will then sing the national an
them, "America." The band will close
the exercises with a march, "The Na
tional Emblem."
The band will be led by Lieut. W.
H. Santelmann. Donald B. MacLeod
will direct the chorus, which is now
holding weekly rehearsals. W. H.
Holmes, Jr., Is the accompanist and will
play the piano for the choral numbers.
Personnel of Chorus.
The chorus 1s made up of:
Sopranos?Dorothy Barnard. Marion
Collleon, Mary E. Moran. Lillian Bon
ner, M. E. J ones, Delia Burlingame.
G. I. Barry. Harriet Lowell, K. Wood,
A. O. Tansill. A. C. Breen. J. Bailey,
N. Corrlgan, H. B. Fisher. S. M. Ten
nant. R. L. Lindsey, Emma Thomas,
F. M. Johnson, L. H. Johnson, Ella Un
derwood, Jennie I. Penn, Helen A.
Smith, Minnie L. Barker, Z. B. Wil
liams, O. M. McAllister. M. E. Danks,
Edna P. Robinson, K. T. Brown. F.
Davies. A. N*. Travis, Julia H. Hoffman,
C. P. Freeman. Catherine Campbell.
Eileen F. McKenny, May P. Reid, Anne
K. Rovall, Agnes H. Kearney, Lucie
Bernhard, W. W. Jones. C. E. Cleve
land. S. W. Laing, Grace Williams,
E. F. Van Zandt. M. E. Piepenbring,
M. E. Nelligan, Annie H. Bernardo,
Mary Bowie, Mary C. Canfleld, Bertram
Challice, .Jennie L. Coleman, M. C. Cam
eral. M. C. Devreux, K. P. Frve. Helen
C. Glancv, Cecelia T. Gallagher, Mary
A. Haynes, Alice B. Heyl, Josephine
Hickey, Florence H. Howlett, Alice M.
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE.
ROBERT LAJfSING.
Hoffman, Agnes Icey, Cornelia B. Jett,
Mary A. Koehler, Alice M. Lanahan,
Louise Mack, Maggie E. Martin, Lulu
F. Morgan, Mary D. Shipley, Clara
Speake, Alice M. Spellman, Annie E.
Tom lip, Mary I. Whiteley, Mary E.
Wild, B. J. Comer, V. Stacy and Viola
Matlock.
Altos?Margaret E. Blackistone, Ma
rion K. Ferguson, A. M. Yeatman. Ber
tha M. Holmes, Grace R. H. McGhan, M.
L. Tricou. B. V. Young. F. F. Mullican,
Irene Elliott, K. M. Carmen. Margaret
Robertson, Eunice K. Warner, Ruth
Thompson, Emma Ballman, Effie Her
ron, Helen Jamepon, Helen V. Smith,
M. A. Veamer, Clara Z. Brown. Marga
ret Depue, Louise Frederich, Eva
Jackson M. McDevitt. Ada B. SpenCS,
C. M. MacLennan, F. E. Cross, V.
M. DeMoll. M. E. Downing. E. A. Ire
land, E. B. Melson. A. C. Raedy, M. E.
V. Reilly. L. Sommerville. C. E. Trox
ell. A. E. Thomas. Ra* u nderwood, S.
Westhorpe and J. M. Stone.
Tenors?W. S. Blanchard, P. Buettner,
H. A. Harding. O. P. Kellar. L. U Bear
ley, C. G. Harris, F. A. Birgfeld, J. E.
Haas. E. L. Gibson, H. G. Goelitz, H.
C. Pearson, H. A. Dobson. H. L. Shep
herd, A. H. Smith, A. M. Schroeder, K.
D. McRae, John V. Shea, W. O. Wil
liams, J. H. McWhorter, M. L. Turner,
C. B. Croson, C. R. Hanan, Charles
Stevenson, W. H. Franklin, Frank
Bryan.
Basses?F. I. Evans. H. M. Gillman, L.
G. Graesle, G. F. Johnston, C. E. Rice, J.
M. Sylvester. Willard E. Buell. A. M.
Laster. N. M. Ambrose, C. H. Green, L.
R. Ginn, H. C. l^ong. B. B. Pettus, C. R.
Rowdybush, G. R. Shields, A. J. Whitaker,
J. W. Reid. H. B. Easterling, J. H. Lank
ford, G. P. McPartland, W. F. Carter, F.
B. Farquhar, E. T. Miller, C. R Engle,
H. H. Tallmadge, J. F. Tompkins, V. S.
Jones, W. T. Parrott, C. O. Stevens, R. A.
Shepherd. V. E. Hutchinson. C. K. Gould,
Carl Bock, F. M. Holmes, H. I. Lowe, J.
C. Parrott, G. H. Griffith, B. Steele, M. A.
Donnelly and W. O. Ison.
SECRETARY LANE TO PRESIDE.
Interior Department Flag Day Ex
erciges Will Be Held Monday.
Flag day exercises will be held by
the officials and employes of the In
terior Department Monday In the In
terior court of the department build
ing. Secretary of the Interior Lane
will preside, and the speakers will be
representatives of each of the bureaus
of the department, as follows: Lee T.
Robinson, general land office; Fairfax
Bayard, patent office; W. B. Pettus,
pension office; Jasper L. O'Brien, bu
reau of education; John B. Torbart,
geological survey; E. B. HorTnian,
reclamation service, and Judge J. W.
Thompson, bureau of mines.
The court of the Interior Depart
ment is being handsomely decorated
with flags and emblems. The exer
cises will begin at 1 o'clock and last
a little more than an hour. The salute
of the flag and pledge of allegiance
will be given by the entire assem
blage. Eleven members of a company
of the Engineer Corps, U. S. A., have
been detailed to aid in this ceremony
and will handle the stand of colors.
A section of the Marine Band will
play and a chorus of 100 voices will
sing patriotic songs. The Interior De
partment Glee Club is to sing "The
Recessional." The chairman of the
committee on arrangements for the ex
ercises is Alexander Mosher of the pat
ent office.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK;
CREW BRITISH PRISONERS
IiONDON, June 0, 8:50 p.m.?Official
announcement was made today by Sec
retary of the Admiralty Balfour that
a German submarine had been sunk
and that six of her officers and all
members of her crew, had been cap
tured.
Mr. Balfour announced also that
German submarine prisoners bsrsafter
shall ba aeoorded treatment Identical
with all ether German prisoners la
M IS SELECTED
Assistant U. S. Attorney
Archer Begins Prosecution's
Statement Tomorrow.
COUNSEL IN CLASH
OVER THE CHALLENGES
Wife, Mother and Sister of Former
Broker, Now Accused, Near His
Counsel in Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
Archer will begin the opening: state
ment for the prosecution tomorrow at
the trial before Justice Siddons and a
jury in Criminal Division 2 of John Wil
liam Henry, former head of the bank
rupt brokerage Arm of Lewis Johnson
& Co.. on an indictment charging him
with appropriating to his own use
$41 69 intrusted to him for Invest
ment in stocks by Mrs. Isabel! Barklie
of Wayne, Pa.
The jury was secured before the noon
recess of the court Each side exer
cised the full ten challenges allowed
by law.
The jurors are Arthur M. Connor,
Clifford Wineberger. Francis Endres.
Benjamin M. Mundell. Frederick W.
Chartron, Robert C. Rice. John X.
Harding, William F. Betts. James P.
Bolden. Cyrus Mantz, jr.; George M.
Gordon and William F. Rawlings.
Woodruff a Talesman.
Among the seventy-flve additional
talesmen drawn to complete the jury
panel was Benjamin Woodruff, co^
partner with Mr. Henry in the broker
age firm at the time of its failure last
November. Mr. Woodruff was in at
tendance in court in obedience to the
subpoena, but was accompanied by his
attorney. R. Golden Donaldson. An
agreement was quickly reached that
Mr. Woodruffs name should be stricken
from the list of prospective jurors and
that it would not be necessary even to
examine him as to his qualifications to
sit on the jury.
A member of the National Guard was
also on the list of talesmen, and when
called presented the plea that Congress
had excused all officers and enlisted men
of that organization from jury service.
The court read the provision of the law
and excused the talesman.
The wife, mother and sister of Mr.
Henry sat with him, directly behind his
counsel, throughout the session of the
court today.
The first clash between counsel oc
curred this morning, when the first of
the seventy-flve additional talesmen
was called to a seat in the jury box.
The defense had exercised a challenge
Just before the adjournment yesterday
and claimed that it was the turn of
the government either to announce it
self content with the jury or to exer
cise another of its challenges. United
States Attorney Laskey claimed that
the defense had used only three chal
lenges, while the government had ex
ercised seven, and urged that the de
fense should be required to excuse four
more Jurors or express its content with
the jury as empaneled before the gov
ernment may be required to exercise
another challenge.
Cite# Rule of Court.
Judge Wright insisted that the gen
eral rule of the local criminal courts
has been that challenges or expression
of content must be made alternatively
by the government and by the defense.
Mr. Laskey urged that if this system
were followed in the present case the
government's right of challenge might
be exhausted while there remained to
the defense three or more challenges
by which he could strike as many men
from the jury box and secure other
talesmen against whose admission the
government could make no objection.
Justice Siddons ruled with the gov
ernment and directed the defense to
exercise other challenges before re
quiring the government to excuse an
other juror or express its content with
the Jury. Judge Wright noted an ex
ception to the ruling of the court and
thereafter in exercising his challenges
saved the exception in each instance.
?Examination of Juror*.
Former Justice Wright conducted
the inquiry as to the qualifications and
disposition of the Jurors on behalf of
Mr. Henry. Assistant United States
Attorney Archer propounded the ques
tions to the jurors for the government.
United States Attorney Laskey is in
charge of the prosecution and Attor
ney T. M. Wampler, former assistant
United States attorney, is aiding Jus
tice Wright in the defense.
Attorney Wright questioned the
jurors closely on their opinions of
stock broking and whether the fact
that the defendant and some of the
witnesses might be engaged in that
business would prejudice them. Many
answered in the negative, but one juror
declared that he had a decided prejudice
against dealing in stocks and expressed
a fear that it might prevent him from
giving a fair and Impartial trial. He
was excused.
Queries as to Bailroad.
Another question propounded to the
jurors concerned the Pennsylvania
railroad and the local counsel of that
corporation. The import of the inquiry
was not made plain, and counsel for
the defense declined to discuss it. The
Jurors were asked If they had any
connection with the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company or were acquainted with
the law firm representing that com
pany In Washington.
This is the first criminal chanre
against Mr. Henry to be brought to
trial following the failure last Novem
ber of the brokerage firm of Lewis
Johnson & Co. Eight Indictments have
been presented by the grand jury*
against Mr. Henry growing out of al
leged transactions with stocks belong
ing to the clients of the brokers.
The Barklie indictment is in sixteen
counts and alleges that Mrs. Barklie in
October, 1912, employed the firm to
buy stocks and it is charged that va
rious checks were sent by Mrs. Barklie
for such purchases from that date until
August, 1914. The stocks, it is stated,
were not delivered to the investor and
the government charges that Mr. Henry
cashed the checks and appropriated
them to his own use.
WIFE-BEATER IS WHIPPED
Charles Dove of Middlebrook, Md.,
Given Fifteen Lashes at
Bockville Jail.
Charles Dove 0f Middlebrook. Md.,
convicted in the police court at Rock
vlll yesterday of wife-beating, was given
fifteen lashes across his bare back
in the Jail yard at noon yesterday.
The blows were administered by Sher
iff Peyton Whelan. This was the first
time In twenty-five years that such a
form of punishment has been given to
a white man tn Rockvllle, it is de
clared.
pove was arrested Monday on the
charge of having beaten his wife. Ruby
pove, Saturday night. Judge Arthur M.
Mace pronounced the sentence. A large
and curious crowd witnessed the punish
ment.
This 1? the third lashing sentence that
Judf* Mac* has meted out in recent
years. The other two men so treated
were colored.
N COURT'S DRAGNET
Ensign Confer and Midship
man Rogers Join "Goug
ing" Defendants.
LATEST TURN IN INQUIRY
SOMETHING OF SURPRISE
| Secretary Daniel*' Letter Amplify
ing Scope of Inveitifjation De
livered to Judge Advocate.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Juno ??On# ^
sign in the navy who became so with
the receipt of his diploma upon gradu
ation from the Naval Academy only
last week and an additional midship
man of the second class were toda\
made additional defendants before th?
court of inquiry which is investipatii w
the "gouging" scandal at the institu
tion.
That the scope of the investigation
misrht from time to time widen and
more midshipmen and former midship
men. now officers, become Involved had
been expected, but that this step would
be taken so quickly was something of
a surprise.
The additional defendants are En
sign W. A. Confer and Midshipman A.
C. Rogers.
Midshipman Rodger* was present when
the announcement whs made by the
court and at once Joined the seven
midshipmen who were defendant?
when th? case opened. The Navy De
partment has been requested to order
Ensign Confer to Annapolis immedi
ately. He is on leave
Telltale Paper Found.
Commander Traut testified yesterday
that the evidence derived from scraps
of paper found outside the examina
tion room tended to show that Confer
had received assistance,, and that a
memorandum In the handwriting of
Rogers contained both questions that
were given In the examination arid
their answers.
At the opening of today's proceedings
Capt. Russell, president of the court,
delivered to the judge advocate a let
ter from Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels amplifying the precept under which
the court is acting, to include an in
vestigation of every phase of the prep
aration of questions by all the depart
ments of the academy.
Relates Suspicious Circumstances.
Commander F. A. Traut, head of the
| department of modern languages at
the Naval Academy, testifying late
I yesterday, told of suspicious circum
I stances surrounding the first examina
tion in his department. Testimony
previously had been given to' show that
the papers which Midshipman J. P.
Moss claimed to have received by mall
from an anonymous source and the
contents of which were distributed as
"dope" were papers that had been pre
pared by the Instructors for the ex
amination in modern languages.
One mocning, according to the testi
mony, after the examination papers
had been prepared, as Commander
Traut and Prof. Fernandez, one of the
instructors in the commander's depart
ment. were about to look over the
papers. Prof. Fernandez told the com
mander he thought he had placed *
paper with a distinguishing sentence
on it on top of a certain package of
papers. When this package was ex
amined by the two this particular
paper was not on top. There were a
few other papers containing the nam*
sentence in the package, and although
Prof. Fernandez was somewhat dis
turbed over the incident, the com
mander suggested to him that perhaps
the particular paper had got in amont
the other papers. In the light of sub
sequent events, however, the incident
was regarded as significant.
Another suspicious circumstance, re
lated by Commander Traut, occurred
about a week later. One of the in
structors reported to the commander
that some one evidently had tried to
get into his desk, as there were marks
as though tools had been inserted to
spring the lock of a drawer. The com
mander did not think, however, that
this had been accomplished But owing
to the fact that the drawer contained
duplicate keys to various other draw
ers the commander decided to remove
the examination papers to his home
Scraps of Papers Found.
On the morning of May 20, the com
mander testified, an hour after the first
and second class examinations in mod
ern languages had taken place there
was found a large pile of pieces of pa
pers torn up. They had on them an
swers to examination questions and
when they were pieced together it was
found they were sheets ordinarily used
by midshipmen. Later two sheets wer#?
found containing answers completely
worked out. One was labeled: "This
is the third part of the first question."
The scraps of paper were compared
with examination papers and the writ
ing finally was identified. The matter
was reported to the superintendent,
who ordered an investigation.
| After the first examination It was no
ticed that a number of the midshipmen
had passed examinations out of propor
tion to their work during the year.
The Dismissed Middies.
The nature of the charges against
the three midshipmen dismissed was
made known yesterday for the first
time. R. Byers and J. W. Cronan of the
third claas were caught In an attempt
to steal examination papers from the
rooms of the department of mathemat
ics and C. C. Gill of the second class
was adjudged guilty by an investigat
ing board of attempting to bribe a
civilian employe to secure papers for
the examination in electrical engineer
ing.
Scope of Inquiry Broadened.
Secretary Daniels today broadened
the scope of the court of Inquiry now
sitting at the Naval Academy so that
its report will include a summary of
methods employed In safeguarding ex
amination questions, the means em
ployed in placing responsibility in caae
of their loss, as well as recomenda
tions for the improvement of existing
conditions.
It has been established by the testi
mony that there is no definite system
of preparing or guarding examination
questions at the Naval Academy; that
the head of each department attended
to these matters, and in different ways,
and that a considerable number of per
sons are in possession of the ques
tions for a period of some length before
the examination. ,
Officer* Elected by B'rith Abraham.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June !>.?At
the concluding session of the conven
tion of the Order of B'rith Abraham
last night, Leon Sanders of New York
was elected grand master for the sev
enth consecutive term. Other officers
elected are:
First deputy, Gustave Hartman, Wash
ington, D. C.: second. Lazarus Davis,
Boston; third. Max IT. Schoen, Pennsyl
vania; fourth, Michael Landau. New
Jersey; fifth, Dr George 8ultan. Illi
nois; sixth. Hyman Jacobs. Connecticut,
seventh, Julius Guttman, Missouri,
eighth, Hyman Winick, Baltimore,
ninth, Herman Rosenberg, Ohio; as
semblyman, Jacob Eaton, Rhode Island
The secretary is Max L. Hollander,
New York: treasurer, David Goldberg,
New York.