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REPORT OF
SIMSTALK
INCORRECT
U. S. Admiral in Brief Reply to
Sec'y. of Navy Denby De
clares Parts of Speech Were
Garbled Said Nothing Not
Said Before in Book and in
Speeches.
LONDON, June 10. (By the As
sociated Press.) Tlio reply ot Rear
Admiral Sims to the request of Sec
retary of the Navy Denby for un ex
planation of his speech hore Tuesday,
expresses the opinion of Admiral
Sims that some parts of the speech,
to which objection had been taken,
had been garbled. This was learned
unofficially but on good authority,
here today.
In his answer which is not long,
Admiral Sims declares ho said noth
ing in his address which he had not
said before in speeches in tlio United
States and In his book.
Admiral Sims did not seem perturb
ed by reports that the United States
Benate had taken action calling for
an investigation of his speech, but ex
pressed curiosity as to when the sen
atorial inquiry would be begun." "I
am returning on June 15," he said.
Too Knergetic Perhaps
LONDON, June 10. (By the As
sociated Press.) Rear Admiral Wil
liam S. Sims made no direct mention
ot Americans in sympathy with the
Irish republican cause today In an
address at a luncheon given in 'liis
honor by tho American Luncheon
club.
"Perhaps we have used too ener
getic adjectives on some occasions,"
he said, "but let us hope that will be
amicably explained away."
Admiral, Sims paused a moment
and then added:"
"But I am going on doing the same
thing."
This declaration brought from the
two hundred guests a repetition or
v the upronrous applause .which had
greeted the remarks of Wilson Cross,
vice president of the American Cham
ber of Commerce In London, in In
troducing Admiral Sims.
"He is stung again, but he says he
will stand by what he has said," Mr.
Cross told the assembled company.
"I want to assure him that this com
pany will stand by him and so will
nil full-blooded, true, honest think
ing Americans.
Labor Asks Recall
DBNVER, June 10. The recall of
Admiral Sims from England and hiB
dishonorable discharge from the
United States navy by President
Harding, If his remarks in London
on the Irish question are found to be
correctly quoted, was demanded In a
resolution presented today in the an
nual convention of the Metal Trades
deparment of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
The resolution, presented by Timo
thy Healy, head of the Brotherhood
of Firemen and Oilers, urges that the
full force ot tho American Federa
tion of Labor be asked to co-operate
and assist in the repudiation of the
"slur cast upon the American peo
ple, upon their honor and their intel
ligence by Admiral Sims."
Secretary of the Navy Denby was
commended for his "straightforward
and emphatic Americanism in do
Handing an explanation from Ad
miral Sims," and the resolution de
manded that ''If he finds the admiral
(Continued on page bIx.)
RECOGNITION BY
DENVER, Colo., June 10. Immedi
ate recognition of the Irish republic,
withdrawal of the British troops from
Ireland and the refund by Great Bri
tain of the 19,000,000,000 loaned by the
United States is demanded in the reso
lution tentatively drafted by Irish
sympathizers to be submitted to the
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor next week.
This resolution, it was learned today
has been decided upon at a meeting
of delegates with Irish sympathies.
The committee that will complete the
document is headed by Peter J. Ilrady
of New York.
The Irish sympathizers will ask the
federation to call upon President llar-
Masked Mob Beats
Up 'Tim' Sullivan's
Pal; Death Expected
DAYTON I A, Fla., Juno 10.
The death of Lorlllard Rey
nolds, for more than 30 years
intimate associate of "Big Tim"
Sullivan, 'New York polltfciiin,
was momentarily expected today
as the result of wounds received
when a mob of masked men se
verely beat and shot him last
night at Seabreeze, a fashion
able beach resort in the suburbs
of this city. Reynolds re
ceived a bullet in the left breaHt
which missed his heart by less
than an inch. '
Reynolds was tho owner of
the Seabreoxe Opera house,
which ' with several residences
was destroyed by fire a week
ago and because of rumors that
he was responsible, feeling
against him had been high. Ho
was overpowered last night
while standing near tho ruius
of the theater and during tlio
struggle was beaten about the
head and shot.
T
Camp Lewis Soldier Found
Guilty, But Jury Refuses to
Follow Instructions of Court
and Votes Not to Pronounce
Supreme Sentence.
TACOMA, Wash., Juno 10. Ed
ward Fllion, Camp Lewis soldier was
at noon found guilty of murder In the
first degree for the killing of EarD
Timbs, taxlcab driver, on May 8. The
jury voted not to.liang the defendant.
The jury of six men und six women
had debated on a - verdict for 20
hours before the agrement was reach
ed on first degree without hanging.,
The instructions of the court forced
the jury to find the defendant guilty
in the first degree or to acquit. Fi I
Ion was unmoved when he heard the
verdict read. His father, A. Filion
of Ontario, Canada, the boy's obj
home, was in court.
The evidence in tho case showed
that Filon and three other soldiers.
George W. Sharp, Carl C. Pcrrin and
James Sparks, hired the taxicab of
Timbs here on May 8, drove into the
country, hit Timbs with a rock,
asphyxiated him with chloroform,
and hid the dead body In midarbrush
along a road near Seattle. Fllion did
the actual slugging with the stono.
The soldiers were arrested two
days after the crime while going
over the mountains in Timbs' mat
chine.
" The tf-iril of Sharp has been set for
next Monday. He will be deitmlod
bv W. W. Hastings, former congress
man from Oklahoma. Sharp is a
Cherokee Indian, and was sergeant at
Camp Lewis. He served In France
during the war with the Fourth dl-)
vision.
Mrs. Mallory' llciltoll.
BECKENHAM, Kent, England,
June 10. (Hy the Associated 'res)
Mrs. Molla BJurstcdt Mallory,
American woman tennis champion,
was defeated todny in tho seml-finnls
of tho singles in the tennis tournil-tnont-
In nl-niz'reMa hern bv Mrs. Ileum-
Ijsh, tho English stur, G-4, 6-1.
PRESIDENT HARDING
ding to immediately communicate a
message to congress urging recogni
tion of the Irish republic and formally
protest against the alleged 'liarbar-
ious warfare" being carried on by Brit
ish troops In Ireland. Repayment of
the English loan is asked on the
ground that the British governmen
has failed to pay its interest and was
using the money available for this
purpose to maintain soldiers to sui
press Ireland and other small nations
and lo carry out a great naval exten
slon program.
. "Aproxlmately 95per cent of tho
delegates to the convention are Irish
sympathizers," said Mr. Ilrady who as
serted that support of the resolution
had been pledged by a large majority.
JURY
V DC
I MURDER
DEATH OPPOSED
ghosts did
husband in
SMS WIFE
Weird Murder Case Is Re
vealed By Confession of
Mrs. Dan Kaber, Lakewood,
0., Hired Spooks to Shake
Civility Into Husband, But
They Killed Him.
NEW YORK. Juno 10. Dan F. Kn
ber, wealthy Lakewood, Ohio, publish
er, met death after attacking two for
signers engaged by Mrs. Kaber to pose
as spirits to frighten him into a belter
attitude toward her, according to n
statement which the New York Even
ins World today says Chief of Police
Christensen obtained from Mrs. ivaber
here. The newspaper quotes Chief
Christensen as saying that Mrs. Knber
had consulted
woman medium for,braith, Jr., commander of iho Anvri-
advlco as to how to change her hus
band's attitude toward her. Tlio pub
lisher's surly manner after an Illness
T.,a ool.l is itnua ,ipnQiinn,l t hit vilt '
w
liy advice of this medium, Mrs. Ka-
ber was said to have employed twol,.aI, Legion, of which Onion. -1 lluil
foreigners to appear at her husband's hiraitb was a member an.l nttr the
bedside in the night as ghosts and, as I widow expressed the wish that the
she expressed It "try and shake a little1 1,f,t "''tl arrangements for the
civility into him." I !, "TlM- """.l1',"'0" , 'T',, '"V"
, - , , . . t- i tlmt tho bnrkU will bo in Arlington
Aroused roll, his slumber Mr Kaber Cl.lmt Washington, D. C.
was alleged to have attacked th two u ,s expected that the funeral will
men and to have been stabbed to n0 lhc i1(est ever held in t'im iu
death by them in the struggle. , nati. The entire 147th United states
According 'to the newspaper Chief infantry, troops, from Fort .Thomas,
Christen8eii said Mrs. Kaber had do-; Kentucky, various service men's ot
clared that she had refused to pay the ,ganiaitions nnl all the civil clubs in
two foreigners when they reappeured
after the funeral, asserting they had
not fulfilled the role of ghosts as she
had intended and that she would not
Involve herself by paying for murder.
Mrs. Kaber was then said to have
fled to New York to escape the for
eigners without 'advising the Cleve
land police for fear of involving her
self. Mrs. Kaber Confesses
CLEVELAND, June 10. Mrs. Eva
Catherine Kaber bus confessed that
her husband, Dan F. Kaber, was mur
dered with her knowledge in their
Lakewood home two years ago and
Muiinn McArdle, Mrs. Kaber's daugh
ter, has confirmed much of her mother's-
Btory, the Cleveland News an
nounces tills morning on information
telephoned from New York by Police
Chief Christensen, of Lakewood, to
County Prosecutor Stanton hero today.
The "man with the cap" now In cus
tody here. Is the man who drove the
knife twenty-four times into Kaiier's
body, according to the statement at
tributed to Mrs. Knber.
A woman whom Mrs. Kaber says
planned the murder was arrested In
her home here today by Prosecutor
Stanton and Chief of Police Frank W.
Smith. The woman refused to make
any statement.
According to Prosecutor Stanton's
information from. Chief Christensen,
Mrs. Kaber said "two foreigners did
the murder,." and declared tlmt a wom
an arrested by Cleveland officers In
Sandusky, Ohio, Wednesday morning
and noW held In jail here, procured
the actual slayers.
Man With Cap Arrested
"The "man with the cap" was ar
rested here Wednesday and his com
panion, a cousin, who, according to the
statement, Bat at Kaiier's head to stifle
his cries is being sought by police.. :
Mrs. Kuber's alleged confession1 de
clares, according to Prosecutor Stan
ton's Information, that tho two for
eigners went to the Kaber home to
"beat up" Kaber. Instead tliey stub
bed him to death.
Mrs. Kaber and her daughter broke
down and confessed, according to
Stanton's advices from New York,
after being questioned ceaselessly for
several hours by detectives sent to
their cells during the night.
Mrs. Kaber, it was said, Implicated
her daughter 'and her aged mother,
Mrs. Mary Brlckel, now In jull hore, all
of whom are charged with murder and
the woman who was taken in custody
early today.
FROM DEATH TRAP
PERr, HI., June 10. Hfx hun
dred minora, who wore trnpjifd In the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road mine at Mark, ten mileH Houth of
here, when fire started half a mile
from the shaft, shortly before noon,
are all believed to have escaped via
enierKenry shafts. The state rescue
crew sealed the burning tunnel.
GOO MINERS ESCAPE
Woman Jurors Bill
Apparently Defeated
Bonus Vote Grows
PORTLAND, Juno 10 Latest
tabulated returns from tho spec
ial election Tuesday wiped out
tho favorable majority which had
been held by the woman jurors
measure, and the result continued
In doubt. The figures were 54,
924 yes, r.5,002 no. Tho official
canvass will probably be neces
sary to determine finally the futo
of the measure, according to ob
servers of the count.
Newest returns increased the
majority In favor of (lie bonus
measure to more than 48,000.
F
Mil 10 BE
CINCINNATI, Jllio 10. Tho fu
neral of Colonel Frcderirk W. drill
Icun Leiden, who was killed h un im
Itoniobile accident In Irtdlilliupolis,
I will be held Saturday attorno-m in
II, ,1! rlt In,-,,,, ul .-,,, I, t,-l,,, l
' . . ....
,tue eltv. 1 his was ueelilet: upon to-
llay Ilo),u,.t j. nemley oust, Anici-l
which Colonel (lailbralth was a leadt'
will participate.
Mrs. Cinilbralth expressed tho tfo-
Hlre this morning to, he allowed to re
main alone- witn tlio Dotty nil any.
BASEBALL SCORES
NEW YOHK, June 10. Babe Ruth
made his seventeenth homo run today
In tho third Inning ot the Yankees'
game with Cleveland. There was no
one on base.
American
At Boston: R. It. E.
St. Louis 3 7 ii
Boston 7 12 0
Batteries: Davis, Burwoll and Sov
creid; Myers und Ruel.
At Philadelphia:
Chicago B 7 1
Philadelphia 0 5 1
Butteries: Kerr and Schalk; Rom
mell and Perkins.
At New York:
Cleveland 8 20 1
Now York 0 18 1
Batteries: liagby, Mails and Nana
maker; Muys, Shawkey and Schnng.
' National
At 'ittsburg: II. If. E.
Boston 4 12 1
Pittsburg - 1 10 1
Batteries: Scott and Gibson; Uluz
nor, Carlson and Schmidt.
At Cincinnati: ;
New York .'. 14 0
Cincinnati 3 12
Batteries: Toncy, Sallee and Snydor
Rlxcy and Wlngo.
Mrs. Bergdoll Pays
Uncle Sam $23,000
To Keep From Jail
4. 4.
PHILADELPHIA, June 10.
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother
of tlio Bergdoll brothers, con-
vlcted army deserters, saved
herself and her four co-defend-
ants, charged with conspiracy to
aid Grover C. and Krwin K.
Bergdoll to evade army service,
from going to Jail today by pay-
'. Ing $23,000 in fines recently lili-
posed by the United Stales dls-
trlct court here.
Portland Hends Money.
.PORTLAND, Ore., June 10.
Mayor George L. Baker today wired
1 1,500 to Pueblo, Colo., for flood
relief. The money was taken from
the "community chest."
Budget mil Signed.
. WASHINGTON, June 10. Tho bill
eKtnhllshlng a budget system of gov
ernment expenditures whs signed to
day by President Harding.
UNION
SAFE SAKS
S.
Venerable President of A. F. L
makes An Eloquent Address
Before Annual Convention
Declares Labor Movement
Is More Practical and Pro
gressive. DENVER, Juno 10. "As iong us I
live, no mutter how placed, I shall
endeavor to pursuo my HTe's work un
til the end."
With this pledge of service to the
perpetuity or the American labor
movement. President Samuel Romp
ers of the American Federation of La
bor closed his address today before
the annual convention of tho federa
tion's metal trades department.
"When that end comes," added the
veteran labor leader, "I hope I may
lie conscious so as to express to my
fellows past and here tho Justice and
tho confidence that I have In them
and the respect I have for them and
tho hope for tho perpetuity of th
great American labor movement."
President Gompers urged tho metal
trades unions to be optimistic as to
the future, asserting that the pres
ent reaction would not bo lUBtlng.
Organized labor, he declared, Is go
Ing to hold all that it has gained and
lias, made a successful fight ngaiiiBt
its enemies.
Labor Is Safe
"The Amerlcnn labor movement Is
safe," said the labor chief. "It Is
progressive. It Is less fantastical but
It is more practical."
A resolution was presented to the
convention urging the department to
call upon tho civil service commis
sion, secretary of the nuvy and sec
retary of war to immediately dlsU
charge all aliens In tho government
employ who do not Immediately qual
ify for citizenship.
Owing to tho fail tiro of committees
to report tho convention of the build
ing trades department was adjourned
until tomorrow.
Before adjourning tho convention
received a resolution from the Amal
gamated Sheet Metal Workers de
manding that stops bo taken to
have tho organized workers if the
country boycott -British manufactured
goods and mntorlals until Great Brit
ain stops Its "war of repVlsnls, killing
of peoplo and destruction of property
In Irulnnd."
Another resolution urged the ex
ecutive council of tho department to
Investigate tho possibility of-establishing
a national building material
supply company. This Is tloclarod
necessary as It Is alleged building
nintorlal supply dealers have allied
themselves with tho different ele
ments and associations that are. try
ing to destroy tho building trades un
ions. Y, 2 DEAD
PORTLAND. Ore., Juno 10. Frank
D. Wilson, injured when an automo
bile plunged over a 400-foot cliff from
the Columbia river lie lull way at
Bridal Veil, Ore., yesterday, died at a
huHpltal this morning. Mrs. Marga
ret Garland, who was in tho machine
with Wilson, was instuntly killed ill
the accident. Deputy sheriffs yes
terday searched for a supposed third
victim as a result of Wilson's mum
bled statement when picked up In a
dazed condition that two women were
in the car with him, but failed to
find another body. They finally aban
doned the search, believing Wilson
was delirious and that there wus no
third victim.
Wilson was a Portland real estate
dealer. IIIh son today said he did not
know Mrs. Garland.
IDEA DEFEATED
DENVER, Colo., Juno 10.--Dolc-gates
to the convention of tho motnl
trades department of the American
Federal ion of Labor tills afternoon
by an overwhelming vote defeated
the proposal designed to bring nbout
the organization of one big motal
trades union in tho United States,
Bomb Throwers Try
To Kill Bone Dry
Officers in Ohio
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio,
June 10. Attempts wero made
by bomb throwers today to kill
Russell Rowers, lid years old,
! prosecuting uttorney of Tus- -f
curuwas county, and L. O.
Muuk, safety director of Dover,
botli of whom have been active
In enforcement of tho problbi-
tion laws in Tuscarawas county.
' A dynamite bomb was
thrown on the front porch of the
Rowers home In New Philndel-
phlu at 1:30 a. m. from a pass-
lug automobile. It blew tho
porch to splinters and wrecked
the house, but no one was in-
jured. A dynamite bomb was
also thrown on the porch of tho
Hang homo in Dover at about fr
the sumo time, but it failed to
! explode.
Nick Nigra and his son Chaun-
cey of Dover, wero arrested as
suspects. Tho son was found
hiding under tho porch of tho
Nlgro homo. '
PEGGY HOPKINS
SEIS
Attorneys for Chicago Actress
Ask $100,000 Fees and
$10,000 a Month Alimony
From Millionaire Lumber
man Testimony High.
CHICAGO, Juno 10. A "larger al
lowance than was over awarded in
divorce case in tho United States. '1
was demuuded today by attorneys for
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, actrous, to
fight the, divorce Biilt of her husband
J. Stanley Joyce, millionaire lumber
man. Judge Subnth is hearing her
application for $100,000 attorney's
fees and $10,000 a month alimony.
"Barton French, New Yorksociety
man is charged with keeping Mrs.
Joyce In his homo for a tlmo," Wey
mouth Klrkland of defence counBcl
stated. "We are entitled to get tes
timony from his house servants. -
"Henri Lotolllor, Paris.'-Journalist,
Is charged with motoring with hor
from Cherbourg to Douville. We are
entitled to examine the chauffeur.
"Due da D ureal is charged with
Impropriety with hor at tho Claridgo
hotel of Paris. Wo are entitled ta
take depositions from tho hotel ein
ploycs. ; .
'.'('AH of this will take a gigantic
Bum of money and Joyce must pay."
IS
' BELMON8 PARK, N. Y., Juno 10.
Gouler, a selling plater, and a 10 to 1
shot, today established a world's
record in winning the Baysldo hand!
cap. He ran the mile and a furlong in
1:49 flat, a fifth of a second under the
time Bet by Man O'War at Aqueduct
Inst year.
URGES 1APAN TO
OSAKA, Jnpan, Juno 10. Resolu
tions providing that a petition bo sent
to tho Japanese government asking it
to take the Initiative In communicat
ing wth the United States and Great
Britain for the purpose of calling a
conference relative to disarmament
have been ,aBscd unanimously by the
disarmament committee of tho cham
ber of commerce here. The commit
tee also decided to conduct an investi
gation with a view to gathering more
information regarding armament restrictions.
DIVORCE
NEW
RECORD
TOICIO, June 10. (By Associated
Press.) Determined nntl-bolshevlki
uprisings In the Ural mountains re
gion and at Petropavlosk, about 200
miles Bouth of Tobolsk, are reported In
semi-orflclal advices received here. It
Is said that Petropavlosk has been
occupied by the nnll-bolsheviks and
1
D EATH LIST
AT50D.L0SS
Unofficial Reports After a
Careful Survey of Situation
Show First Reports Not Ex
aggerated Flood Waters
of Platte at Denver Show
Decline. , v
DENVER, Juno 10. A ensus of
deuths and property unmnKo In thfc
flooded areas of Coloradu. Instituted
by tile Associated Picks, has estab
lished the fact that it probably will ha
several duys at least before anything
iiko an accurato estimate of tho lives
lost or of tho duniuge done can be
made. The census, made by tele
grams sent to the mayors of towns
in the flooded ureas, Is only nrtlally
ompleted.
In northern Colorado is is estab
lished that four persons were drown
ed at Sterling, one man died of ex
posure at Union, where a Hock Island
train wus wrecked lust Tuesday night
and one man wns drowned and an
other is reported missinir In Denver. '
In the Pueblo area, embracing the
territory from tho city of Pueblo
along both sides of the Arkansas river
to tlio Kansas line, the reports thus
fur received us as follows:
In Pueblo, 47 bodies reported re
covered In tho city Itself and ' ten
others recovered on the St. Charles
Mesa. A list compiled by tho Red
Cross, fixes tho number of missins at .
i.iu. property damage estimated at
from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. Un
official estimates of the dead, nlace
tho figure at around 600.
To tho east of Pueblo, Holly,, close
to the Kansas line, reports no Uvea
lost and no serious damage done.
Mnnznuola reports eight bodies re
covered from tho Arkansas but ' no
lives lost in tho immedlnte vicinity. -Tho
mayor of Munzanola says the
flood caused no damage in the town
itself, but ho estimates the damage to
farms, crops, irrigating systems and
from loss of livestock In the vicinity '
nt close to half a million dollars. '
Las Animas reports four dead, but
jio authentic 'estimate of prooerty
dumuge has been sent out from there.
La Junta reports eighteen dead In
tlio district near the city, with no of
ficial figures given out on. tho prop
erty damage. '
Heports from other towns In the
flooded areas are expected during the
day.
DENVER, June 10. The flood
waters of the South Platte rlvor con
tinued to recede during tho night and
this morning only railroad yards and
property on. tho Immediate banks ot
the stream were still Inundated,- At
tlio water recedes the flooded area U
left behind a foot deep In mud and
slime. Arthur Medarls, chief of the ,
municipal inspection bureau has or
dered Bevoral carloads of lime spread ;
over the district as a sanitation meas
ure., ' . 1
OAKLAND, Cal., June 10. With
only a few hours left to live, Orrlrl
Maglll; a local mining engineer, was
married to Mrs. Sara W. CaUundon
In a locul hospital, culminating a ro
mance of ten years. ' Maglll died a(
few hours after the ceremony.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Terri
torial courts ot Hawull are given ju
risdiction over cases Involving viola
tion ot tho prohibition act under ay
bill passed today by the senate.
Ninety per -cent ot the school chil
dren in the UnZlted States have one or
more decayed teeth.
OF
START DISARMAMENT
the movement from Mocsow of ' rein
forcements for soviet troops In Siberia
is difficult as the antl-sovlet elements
control various points along the Trans
Siberian railroad.
KeKrts from Seoul slate that Kore
an communists are holding meetings
with Chinese bolshevikl at Harbin. It
Is said representatives will be sent to
the International communist congress'
In Moscow. .:
TOKIO, June 10. The steamer
Talyo Maru, formerly the German
liner Cape Finisterre, sailed from Yo
kohama yesterday for San Francisco
on her maiden voyage under the Jap
anese flag. She had on board 1000
passengers, Including Seklien Aral, a
distinguished Buddhist priest, who ts
on his way to Hawaii to dedicate a
temple. He will later visit America
and conduct an extensive Investigation
ot conditions In that country.
$20,000,000
I