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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
VIENNA HEALTHY CITY.
Birth Decrease Is Accompanied by
Increased Average Life.
cign Correspondence OF The Star.

VIENNA February 20. 1918
Some interesting figures have been p,lb-
1shed regarding the birth and death
rates in Vienna. whicl, show that the law
of progressive decrease i'm the size OF
families prevails here as in all other cen
tiers of high civilization in Europe. One
hundred thousand fewer children were
born in the last decade than in the pre-
ceding one. and this despite the fact that
the population of the city. owing to i'm
migration and the extension of its
boundaries. is 800, coo greater than it was at
the beginning OF the century. In the last
ten years the birth rate has fallen from
about % to about ~ per 1,COo.
Fortunately, the death rate also shows
considerable. though not so great. de-
cline having fallen from about Is to H.
pc 1.GU1 in the same period. Vienna
vUI!G appeal To be one of the healthiest
ca2tals of Europe. as far as figures go.
hut the decline IN the death rate IS
chiefly consequence of the smaller num-
Der of babies born. since mortality is far
higher IN the first year of life than at
am other time
IN 1907 1.OO infants died as against
go" PERSONS over sixty years of age: in
l!i1 the corresponding figures were 6.OOC
ana I'thsi. The decrease in births is ac-
conpanied 10y an increase in average
longevity, there being nearly ~ per cent
more octocenar,an deaths now than there
were ten Years ago
Tho decline in birth rate is also no.
tiCeable IN most other towns i'm Austria
particularly among the German popula
ton. consequently the slavs iu the mon
arcay. who are chiefly peasants are gain
Ing ground numerically at the expense OF
their TcutOnic fellow-countrymen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
FOUR MEXICANS KILLED
BY AMERICAN TROOPERS
Firing on United States Officers Pro
vokes Lively Skirmish on In
ternational Boundary.

Ell PASO, Tex. March Sin a running
fight on the border near Douglas Ariz
early Yesterday between Mexican soldiers
and troopers of the 9th United States
Cavalry four MeXicans were killed. None
OF the American troops was killed OF
wounded, according to advices received
here.
Four American army officers walking
on the American line three miles from
Douglas are reported to have been fired
on by forty regular Mexican soldiers pa
trolling the border out of Aqua Prieta,
opposite Douglas. Sixteen of the negro
troopers of the 9th rushed to the place OF
the firing, and a spirited skirmsh en-
sued.
The American soldiers We're holding
their position at ,he international line
when reinforced by two troops of the 9th
The MeXicanS were routed, leaving -four
killed on the field and others struggling
through the brush wounded. 1t is said
cited that they overstepped the boundary
and pursued the MeXicanS for some dis
lance.
The fight caused great excitement al
Douglas The townspeople armed them
selves and went to the boundary. be-
lieving the Mexican soldiers We're attempt
ing to invade the United States. Within
a few minutes hundreds of citizens We're
at the place, armed and ready, while cow
bows rushed in from nearby ranches.
Although Maj. Gen. Wood, chief -of-sta If
of the army called upon the commandins
officer at Douglas AriZ.. for a full re-
port on the alleged killing of four Mex
leans i'm a border fight with 9th Cavalry
troopers, nothing had been heard of the
affair today Army officers reiterated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
P. O. D. APPOINTMENTS.
Changes in the Personnel of the
Auditors Office.

The following changes in the personnel
of the office of the auditor for the Post
Office Department have been announced
bv the auditor. Charles \. kram:
Raw C.r;nstead of Missouri. promoted
from clerk, class =. 81, 400. to clerk, class
3, 81 600: Louis r.. Noe of Iowa, promoted
from clerk class L. $1,000 to clerk. class
.. 81. 400; Miss Emma Fisher of Pennsyl-
yania. promoted from clerk, class J..
81. 300 to clerk. class =. Sl.f Ike H.
Hunt of Tennessee, promoted from clerk.
class 81 100, to clerk. class =. X.ip.
Mrs. Mary \. Burns of the District of
Columbia. promoted from clerk.
class T., Si,Hn, to clerk, class J.
81 go: Mrs Fannie X Cunningham
class T. Sl.e0r. TO clerk. class |, S1.2oo:
Miss Dorothy Hunt of Texas, promoted
from clerk class l., 81 900, to clerk. class
/ 81 goo: Harry G. Weeks of Maryland re-
instated as clerk. class l. $40 per an
mum; Miss Amy NJ. Carter of Illinois.
promoted from operative. to clerk. class
F.. 81 zoo: Miss Anna Speich of Nebraska.
promoted from operative. to clerk. class
T.. $1,000: Miss Flossie Mckauglan or
North Carolina promoted from operative,
TO clerk. class L. $1,000; Miss Sarah
Whitehead of Indiana. promoted from
operative. to clerk. class T.. Sl.Ve0; MISS
Vera A. I.awton of Wyoming. appointed
as operative: Mrs. Adelaide u. Boyd vi
North Carolina. appointed as operative
Miss Nina McGlothin Of missouri, APP
pointed. as operative: William :. heiser
of Arkansas. a clerk OF class :. sl.Up'
per annum. died February g; Andrew NJ
McBath of Tennessee. assistant chief of
division, at S2.WI9 per annuin, uled feu-
ruary p: William Riordan Of New York,
clerk of class =, l,63o per annum, dled
February Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
ONLY "CASCARETS"
IF CONST|PATED
Salts. Calomel and Cathar-
tic Pills act on bowels as
pepper acts in noStrilS.

Take CasCaret tonight and
thoroughly cleanse your Liver,
Stomach and Bowels. and you
will surely feel great by morn
ing You men and women who
have headache. coated tongue,
can't sleep. are bilious. nervous
and upset. bothered with sick.
yassy. disordered stomach, or
have backache and feel all worn
out.
Arc YOU keeping your bowels
clean with CasCarets-or merely
forcing a pas agcway every few
DAYS with salts, cathartic pills or
castor oil: This i important
Cascarcts Immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, re
move tho sour. undigested and
fcrmenting food and foul gases;
take the excess bile from the
liver and carry off the consti-
pated waste matter and poison
from the intcstines and bowels.
Remember. a Cascaret tonight
will straighten you out by morn
ing. A Io-cent box from your
druf list means healthy bowel
action; clear head and cheer
fulness for months Don't for
get the childreu.-Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
THREAD TRUST" SUED
IN Federal. COURTS.
Petition Charges Attempt by
British Concern to Create
a Monopoly.

TRENTON, y. j.. March 3.-The so
called thread trust was attacked by the
federal government in a civil antitrust
suit. filed here today. seeking the dis
solution OF the alleged attempted mo
nopoiy by the coats interests of Grea
Britain of the thread trade of the United
States. including that OF the American
Thread Company itself a consolidation
of fourteen American companies
Unfair Methods Charged.
Under the domination of J. and p
Coats LtdD of Great Britain it is al
legged that the interstate and foreign
thread trade in this country has beer
restrained by combinations and unfair
competitive methods.
The court is asked to order the disin-
tegration Of all the combinations In this
country controlled by the Goats into
such units as will restore competition
and to restrain the continuance or un-
fair competitive methods alleged IL
necessary to accomplish this result tine
court is asked to appoint receiver 1ol
the properties.
Following were named as defendants:
y Named as Defendants.
Jersey the Thread Agency New Jersey
the Spool Cotton Company New Jersey
the Clark Thread Company New Jersey
the Clark Mile-end Spool Cotton Compan!
(New Jersey. George A. Clark & Brother
New Jersey. j. and P. Coats. Inc
Rhode Island; James Chadwick anc
Brother. Ltd. Great Brittany; Jonas
Brook and Brothers. Ltd. Great Brittany
Frank e. Haley, Summit, n j.; Rober
C. Kerr (Montclair, n. j.; E. Martin
Phiiippi, Newark. n. j.; Joseph G
Wylie, New York city: Joseph Palmer
Manchester. England: Frank III. Roby
Manchester England: Thomas Glen
Coats, Glasgow, Scotland: John William
Clark, Newark. n. j.; Walter p. Neel
New York city; Robert B. Symington
New York city; James Valentine. New
ark. y. j.: Joseph Bowker, Manchester
England: ]. o, M Clark. Newark. n. J..
and c. Bion Allen, Pawtuckett, r. /.
The petition. signed by Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham and James A. Fowler
assistant to the Attorney General. wa:
filed by United States Attorney Vreeland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03

The number of saloons in the District
of Columbia has been reduced from 639
in 1893 to i91 at the present time accord
ing to the annual report of the excise
board. made public today. The present
number is the smallest since the excise
law was adopted, March ). 1898: in fact.
as far as the records of the excise hoard
show, there have never been fewer sa-
looms in Washington than at the present
time. The reduction has been brought
about by gradual elimination.
During the license year that ended
October 81, 1912, the excise board granted
514 barroom licenses. 80 of which were
for hotels, Is for clubs and 431 for bar
rooms, according to the report. The num-
Der of wholesale licenses issued during
the same period was 12o 1t is stated
that II applications for barroomS and I
applications for wholesale liquor houses
were rejected during the year.
License Applications Pending.
From November I. 1872 until today. Ill
applications for barroom licenses have
been filed, the report asserts. OF this
number, it is said, 4s5 have been granted
and 13 rejected. leaving 13 applications
yet to be acted upon.
From March ), 1912, to the present time.
the report sets forth, siXty-four persons
have been convicted on charges of vio-
lating the law. OF this number nine
were licensed dealers, it is said. The
total amount of fines imposed by the Po-
lice Court in these cases was $14, 725, Of
which amount 5000 has been paid,
leaving a balance of $3.50 uncollected.
The balance is due to the fact that a
number of persons convicted serve out
workhouse sentences instead of paying
the fines imposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
MADRID GANG ROUTED.
New Police Official Ferrets Old Span
ish Prisoner Swindlers.
srondence of The Star.
MADRID. February 20.

MADRID. February 90 1913.
About eight years ago gang of GRIM
inals, admirably organized, first began to
work the Spanish prisoner swindle. Con-
suls OF nearly every nation have not
ceased appealing to the Madrid police
to put an end to these exploits. To the
great credit Of the new, director general
Of the police. Senior Mendez Alanis. the
gang has now at last been discovered.
The chief of the gang was one EusebiO
Rico. proprietor OF the house at IS Luz
chano street, and he was assisted prin-
cipally by his brother and his father
in-law and Il private secretary Rico's
house was specially built for the purpose,
and provided with false doors, secret
rooms and go on, in order to battle the
police. Daily hundreds of letters were
dispatched to the four corners Of the
earth. inviting the foolish foreigners to
lift the treasure hidden somewhere BY a
bankrupt prisoner in Madrid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, o,:.. work badly; fer
ment into stubborn Jumps and
cause sick, sour, gassy stomach!
Now, Mr.. or Mrs. Dyspeptic. jot
this down: Pape's Diapepsin di-
gests everything. leaving nothing
to sour and upset you. No difference
how badly your stomach is dis
ordered. you get happy relief in
five minutes, but what pleases you
most is that it strengthens and
regulates your stomach SO you can
eat your favorite foods without
fear.
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes-they are slow. but not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
CAR WARS ON sUFFRAGIsTs.
Russian Police Put 'Votes for Won.
en- Speeches Under Ban.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 3-Wom-
an suffrage has come under the ban of
the Russian police. At a number of
meetings in celebration of the so-called
..woman's day.. speeches by suffragettes
were vigorously suppressed. In spite of
this, however. resolutions were adopted
declaring that "only the enfranchisement
OF women can remedy the misery of
their condition in Russia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Why Hair Turns White.
From st. Nicholas.

The color of the hair is due to iron,
which is picked up by the cells of the
hair follicle in the little factory in the
skin where hairs are made. AS one gets
older, the little cells which work at
manufacturing hairs grow weary, and
they will not take ny as much iron a.
they once did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
ENLISTING RIBBON WORKERS.
n.
Silk Weavers and Dyers Endeavor to
Extend Strike Lines.

PATERSON. n. j., March 3.-Attempts
to call out the ribbon workers in SYM
pathy with the silk weavers and dyers
marked the opening of the second week
of the strike here today. Ten thousand
workers are out, it is estimated. and every
big dye shop in the city is closed. The
tie-up in the silk mills is almost as COM
plete.
The strikers demand fat ei4ht-hour
day and increased pay. Policemen were
on guard at all the factories this morn
Ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
German Movie" Films Boycotted.

BERLIN. February 20. r9l3
Owing 10 a breach with the German
film manufacturers. the International film
convention has pronounced boycott
AGAINST all film purveyors. film theaters
and film hiring depots which continue to
take hlms from German manufacturers.
The German market is still almost on.
t.scly dependent on foreign firms included
~ the International convention hence
apparently. they have no choice except to
hoy colt German manufacturers or prac-
Cally close the thea:ers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
BERNHARDT AS MEPHISTO.
Rostand's Translation of Faust a
Paris Stage Possibility.
oroiyn Correspondence Of The Star.

PARIS. February 90, 1919.
VI. Edmond Rostrand. who has come to
Paris In connection with the revival of
"Cyrano de Bergerac' at the Porte st.
Martin Theater. has admitted. in an in
erview. that his translation of Goethe s
- aust'-which he completed twenty
years aso-may be staged at no distant
date at the Theater Sara Bernhard with
the divine Sara as Mephistopheles and
l-e BarGy as Faust.
NJ. Rostand added that lie Bargy will
next season produce La Derniere Mutt
&c Lon juan long poem-play, which
VI Rostand wrote some fifteen years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
REALLY DOES" PUT STOMACHS IN
ORDER At ONCE PAPE'S D|APEPS|N.
Time it! In Just five minutes there Will be no lndl-
gestion, Sourness, Heartburn, Gas or Dyspepsia.

sure. Diapepsin is quick. positive
and puts your stomach in healthy
condition so the misery won't
come back
You feel different as soon as
Diapepsin comes in contact with
the stomach-distress just van
ishes-your stomach gets sweet.
no gases. no belching, no eructa-
tons of undigested food, your
head clears and you feel fine.
Put an end 10 stomach trouble
by getting a large iifty-cent case
Of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug
store. You realize in five minutes
how needless it Is to suffer from
indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach Observation-Disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
.BURLE|CH SERIOUSLY I'LL
Senator-E Elect OF Maine De-
tanned in Baltimore, With
Physician Attending.

BALTIMORE. March "-tnited States
Seuator-clcct Edwin Chich Burleigh of
Augusta Me. * i'll at TIC Hotel Elmer
son. With him is Dr. X H. Stubbs of
augusta. his private physician. who &C
cowpapici him Ia Baltimore. Mr.. Bur
lci.t'S condition is said to be serious. but
hi physician is WORKING hard with him
in tn, hope that he may nc able TO con-
tinuc his, journey to Washington tomor-
row 81 n. can take. the oath OF Office
Saturday Manager Hampstead OF tAa
Hotel Emerson received long distance
telephone message from Boston request
ing that Il room II" reserved for Mi.
RurloiGh Late Saturday afternoon Mr..
Burleigh and his physician arrived at the
hotel.
Illness Prevents Departure.
Manager Hampstead had only been able
to give Mr.. Rurlcigh and his physician
the room for Saturday night. owing to
the large number az reservations made
nv persons sor the Inauguration. Yestc"-
day morning DR. Stubs called upon Mr..
Hampstead and requested that he he al
lowed 10 keep the room until tomorrow
morning. as Mr.. Burlcich was very i'll
and could not stand tho journey to
Washington Ii Was arranged That Mr..
Burleigh and his physician could keep
their room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Telephones for Officials.

Inserts the provision. proposed by the
Senate allowing telephones in residences
or not exceeding six officials of the Dis
trict of Columbia government appropriates
$500 as proposed by tho Senate. in addi-
ton to uncxpended balances for purchase
of tablets to mark historical places in the
District of Columbia inserts the provision
requiring testing &c certain materials of
the District of Columbia government by
the bureau of standards.
Appropriates S1:c09 for repaving C
street from LIST to tth street northeast
$4,000 for paving I'D street from kalo-
rama road To S street. and strikes out
the appropriation of S.u.c,e. proposed by
the Senate. fer paving n street north
rho appropriation of $4,000 proposed
by the Senate, for a vaduct and bridge
to carry Benring road over the tracks OF
railroads is stricken out
Appropriates S194.2J0. instead of $780,
600 as proposed by the House and 500.
4oo as proposed by the Senate. for con-
struction OF suburban roads and sub
urban streets. Provides that 10th
street northwest shall hereafter be
known and designated as Avenue of
the Presidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Senate Amendment Dropped.

The provision proposed by the Senate
recurring the corporation counsel to be
appointed by the President is stricken
out.
1t increases the pay of the assistant
n.orgue master from $3.50 to $500 and of
the -hostler and janitor from S36p to $50
i'm the coroner's office. 1t appropriates
S3320 @. as proposed BY the Senate. for the
erection of shelters in the Farmers Pro-
duce Market, and inserts the provision
proposed by the Senate. relating to the
fish wharf and market and for the per-
sonal services in connection herewith.
Increases the salary of the superin-
tendent of repairs in the municipal archi-
tects Office from Siroo to S1.SCo; in
creascs the salary of the assistant sur
veyor from 81 800 to S2,CN.
Free Public L:brary-Provides for the
library exactly as proposed by the House
except an additional assistant in charge
of periodicals at $1,000 Is provided for.
Appropriates $1,000. as prop osed by the
Senate. for the library for the blind for
one year only. The provision. proposed
by tho House. making an allowance of
s3G0 each to the purcha sing officer and
the secretary of the board OF charities for
maintenance of a vehicle is restored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
LOCOMOTIVE EXP[ODES;
j, TWO MEN FATALLY HURT
Train Bearing Inauguration
Visitors to Washington
Blocked for an Hour.

RAILWAY. y. J., March 3.-The loco
motive of a Washington-bound special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad ex-
ploded as it drew into this town today,
fatally injuring the engineer and fire.
man and blocking for an hour the rush
of passenger traffic to the inauguration.
The eight cars behind the locomotive
carried 30 members of the I'd Corps OF
Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
from Salem: Fortunately these cars did
not leave the tracks and no none was
hurt.
The engineer, j. A. Hemmrick of New
ark. was hurled from his cab against a
building and his skull was crashed. Ed
ward Muniey. the fireman. was burned.
Both were rushed to hospital at Eliza
beth N j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Local Institutions.

I
Institute.
Local Institutions.
.Appropriates $50 for road construction
at the Home for the Aged and Infrm
appropriates $500. instead of $50 as pro-
posed b.? the Senate, for barn and ware
house at the National Training School
for Girls: appropriates $500 for d:sin-
fecting plant at the tuberculosis Hos
pital.
ApprOpriates $1,000 as proposed by the
Senate. instead of 5000. as proposed by
the House. for the Washington Home for
Foundlings- Municipal Lodging House:
Appropriates for the superintendent at
Sl.20O. and strikes out the salary of $3.50
for a foreman: strikes out the provision,
proposed by the Senate. admitting sur
vivors of the war with Spain to the Tenn
porary Home for eX-tnion Soldiers and
Sailors inserts the. provision. proposed
by the Senate. fixing the amount to be
reimbursed the United States for ex-
penses of INDECENT insane IN the hospital
for the insane at S119,s'G.01.
Inserts the provision. proposed by the
Senate. with reference to the reclamation
and development Of the Anacostia river
and flats.
Provision for Parks.
Strikes out the appropriations OF $4,000
for KHngle Valley Park and $4,000 for
Piney Branch valley ParH.. and apprO-
PIRATES S25.DG0. instead Of 5,O19, as pro-
posed by the House and $40 600, as pro-
posed by the Senate, for condemnation OF
small park areas.
Strikes out the provision. inserted by
the Senate. for plan for acquisition and
development of parks and Fairgrounds:
increases the pay of an assistant en-
gineer from S1..pO to $1,000 in the water
department: inserts a provision limiting
the display of sign boards on vacant
property.
Public Utilities Commission.
Inserts. as section of the bill. .--e
provision proposed by the Senate for a
public utilities commission.
Inserts in lieu OF the excise law, pro-
posed by the Senate. the substitute.
adopted by the House. and fixes closing
hour for bars at l am.
Inserts the provision. proposed by the
Senate, eXempting from taxation house,
hold property belonging to persons in the
public service taxed by states or terri
tories: strikes out the provision. inserted
BY the Senate, with reference to speed Of
automobiles Inserts section II, proposed
by the Senate and commonly known as
the "anti-merger law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
FUNDS FOR DISTRICT
Appropriation Bill Carries To-
tai of $11,395,999.
ADOPTED By C0NFEREES
Measure Retains Public Utilities
and Anti-Merger Amendments.
PROVISIONS OF EXCISE LAW
Some Increases in Salaries of En-
ployes-Small Sum for Parks.
Public Schools.
ADOPTED BY CoNFEREEs
PROVISIONS OF EXCISE LAW

The ccnferces on the District OF Co
lumbia appropriation bill yesterday reach
ed a comp etc and unanimous agreement
on tho items in dispute between the two
houses As agreed upon, the bill carries
a total of Sill .39J,999. against So 2O,1'i
Il proposed by the House. and S11,Iol ,999
a. proposed by the Senate.
The conferees retain in the bill the pub
lis utilities amendment and the anti
merger amendment. as put on by the
Senate.
They adopt the House substitute for the
excise amendment with a further amend
ment fixing the closing hour of bars at
O'Clock am. and the opening hour at
o'clock am.
The confcrees agreement disposes or
other items IS follows
In the executive Office of the Commls-
sioners the bin increases the pay OF one
c,erk from 81 3Ot to 81. 100, a storekeeper
from 5000 TO 81 $50. driver from S4s0 TO
$500 an engineer or cOmputer from Ni.'"o
to 81 Sps and the amount for temporary
employees i'm the plumbing division from
81 100 10 s. 40: increases the pay or the
assistant cashier in the collectors office
from 81. 100 to 81 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03

their conviction that if the American
troopers fired on Mexican soldiers ii was
in defense. after an attack had been
made upon them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-03
Cause Not Determined.

The cause of the explosion has not
been determined The locomotive was
opposite a factory when the boiler sud
denly burst. 1t shot upward from the
trucks and landed on the track sixty
feet ahead.
Debris was strewn over the three west
bound tracks and a long string of WASH
ington- bound trains was halted.
An emergency crew cleared the tracks
at 1923 O'Clock and traffic was resumed.