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ACCUSED OF MAIL FRAUD.
Manager of Cleveland Grain Com.
pany Victim of Federal Raid.

CLEVELAND, January S.-Post Office
Inspector Birdseye and Deputy United
States Marshal Gauchat today raided
the offices Of the Central Stock and Grain
Company, 1912 Engineers building. seized
books and papers Of the company and ar
rested Robert Howard Parker, manager,
on charge Of using the mails to de-
fraud.
According to the postal authorities,
Parker did business all over the United
States in what he termed his newspaper
advertisements spread auction in grain -
obtaining sums ranging from $40 to $50
from investors. Parker is charged spe-
cifically with defrauding w. C. Painter,
PearsbYrg, Va. October TO-. 1913. 49,.
Government officers have letters from
persons in many states claiming they
lost money with the concern.
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EXTRA TUITION PLANNED.
Cornell Faculty Considering Increase
for Backward Students.

ITHACA, N. Y, January s.-A plan to
increase by $50 per year the tuition of
backward students is being considered by
the Cornell University faculty. In his
last report Prof. Charles H. Hull. for
mer dean Of the College Of Arts and Sci
ences. recommended that a student who
has failed to pass his examinations In
all his required work and who Is not so
delinquent as to be dropped should be
called upon to pay extra tuition.
Pointing out that in ten years OFT stu
dents have come under the formal dis
appreciation of the faculty of the col
lese on account of inferior scholarship,
Prof. Hull says that much time. energy
and money is being wasted by the uni
yersity upon such persons Referring
to his plan. he says that under it there
would be more revenue and fewer unde-
sirable students.
IF the university were to mark its
disapproval Of slothful students In a Ian
guage understood by the people. in
money. it might find change in the
parental attitude, and, therefore. Of the
youthful attitude toward work." he says.
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ROCKVILLE ANDCOUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Miss Priscilla Beall Dawson Is Mar
ried to Robert Watts
Farmer.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, January S, 1914
Miss Priscilla Beall Dawson, daughter
of Mr.. John L. Dawson of this place.
and Robert Watts Farmer, young mer-
chant of Redland, this county. were mar
ried last evening in Christ Episcopal
Church here, the rector, Rev. Thomas A.
Haughton-Burke, officiating. 1t was an
event of more than usual interest. and
was attended by a large gathering. The
church was decorated with evergreens,
cut flowers and potted plants.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She was attended by her
sister. Miss Margaret Dawson, as maid
Georges county as bridesmaid. The
best man was e. Leo Spurrier of Mount
Airy, Md, and the ushers were Edward
S. and ]. Somerville Dawson. brothers
of the bride; Thomas Dawson. cousin
Of the bride, of Rockville, and DR..
Carleton N. Etchison of Gaithersburg.
The marches were played by Miss
Mary Almoney OF Rockville. Little
Misses Helen and Madeline Brooke and
Masters Harry and John Dawson.
the flower bearers.
Following the ceremony, the members
of the bridal party were entertained
at the home Of the brides father. Mr.
evening for their honeymoon trip
Miss Conroy Married.
Miss Mary Florence Conroy. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Conroy of this
vicinity, and Raphael Thomas Offutt Of
Poolesville, this county, were married in
st. Mary's Catholic Church here yester-
day morning. the ceremony being per-
formed by the pastor. Rev. John T. Coo
lahan, in the presence Of a small company
of relatives and friends of the couple
Father CooIahan also celebrated nup-
tial mass. Immediately after the cere-
mony the young couple departed for their
honeymoon trip. The bridegroom Is
son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. Jerome Offutt.
For several years the bride taught in the
public schools of the county.
Sheriff B. Peyton Whalen has appointed
additional deputy sheriffs as follows: Jo-
seph B. Pulliam, Eli G. Cooley. Mareen d.
Darby. James T. Bean and Charles e.
Norris.
The trustees Of the county almshouse
have elected Harry Riggs president of
the board to succeed Charles ]. Lyd-
dane.
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NICKELS AROUSE SUSPICION.
New Issue, With Letters Around
Edge, Stir Chicagoans.

CHICAGO. January s.-Hundreds OF
persons yesterday became suspicious OF
the new issue of buffalo nickels with de-
pressed letters around the edge and teie-
phoned to banks and the United States
sub-treasury here to ask IL they were
counterfeit.
They were informed that the nickels
with the depressed letters were perfectly
good. The first issue of the new nickels
had raised letters about the edge, threby
lessening the time the coins could be used
as the letters would soon wear of In
many instances stores and street car con-
ductors refused to accept the issue, be-
lieving them to be counterfeit.
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F. B. HYDE EXHIBITS
SOUTH SEA PICTURES
Washington Writer and Photog-
rapher Lectures on Trip
Through Islands.
Saws tuberculosis Has Resulted From
Adoption by Natives of Euro 81
:
pean Dress in Some Cases.

Frederick B. Hyde, Washington
newspaper and magazine writer and pho
tographer. who made trip through the
South Sea Islands last year with Mrs.
Hyde and was made titular chief of one
Of them, exhibited some remarkable NOV
ing pictures and photographs taken dur
ing the trip at a special performance at
the New Masonic auditorium this morn
ing, following a recent production of the
pictures at the Belasco Theater for the
benefit of st. Johns Orphanage =:
Mr.. Hyde invited a large number of
his friends to see the pictures and de-
livered running fire Of comment and
explanation, by way of a lecture, in con-
nection with them. The pictures includ-
ed scenes in Tahiti, New Zealand and
Samoa
He took exception to the view Of the
missionaries in the islands Of the latter
group in their teaching of the natives
that their native costume contains elet
ments of immodesty, and declared that
tuberculosis has resulted in many cases
among these natives in conseauencesof
Spearing Fish Under Water. ?
One interesting set Of pictures shown
was tudI VI. d udIN6 VI AdiitI spcaIiu6
fish under the water. and another was
Of splendid waterfall, 700 feet in height,
with a picturesque old French fort at Its
top. Mr.. Hyde. characterized the gov
eminent of the French in Tahiti as q
wise one, and instanced the encourage
men given by the government to the per-
petuation of native customs and enter
tainments.
He showed pictures of the celebrated
surf bathing by boys with carved surf
boards" and another group of pictures OF
waves sixty feet high breaking on a
reef a mile away from the camera
The 14th Of July. the anniversary of the
fall of the Bastille in France. which is
celebrated there as a national holiday as
the 4th of July Is celebrated In the
United States. is observed as a feast
and fete day in Tahiti by the natives, he
said 'Papeete the capital, he told his
audience. has two moving picture thea
tiers now. and the natives. go raving
mad over exhibitions Of American cow
boy plays"
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THREATENS PEACE AGREEMENT
Garment Workers and Manufactur-
ers Stirred Over Chief Clerk.

NEW YORK. January s.-The peace
agreement signed at the close Of the gar
ment workers strike Of nearly four years
ago is threatened with abrogation In an
ulttmatum sent yesterday by the Cloak
Manufacturers Association to officers of
the International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union and of the joint board of the
Cloak and Skirt Makers Union.
The source Of contention is DR.. Isaac
A. Hourwich, chief clerk of the Cloak
and Skirt Makers Union. Under the
terms of the protocol both the union
and the manufacturers are entitled to
employ a chief clerk. whose real office
is to act as conciliator. The manufac-
turers assert that DIR. Hourwich has
stirred up more trouble than he has
averted, and want him displaced. The
unions have a. membership of more than
sixty thousand.
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the portion of the building that was not
burned Some little water damage was
done to the house. liz d street, and the
intense heat broke a number Of the
windows.
Long before midnight the supply of
coal carried by the fire department was
exhausted and the supply contracto.
had to get several teams out to furnish
fuel to keep the engines going. 1t was
not until after daybreak this moi mug
that Chief Wagner felt able to send
some of the companies to their quarters.
He realized that firemen would have to
be kept on duty all day and again to-
night, he said. and he wanted them to
get some rest.
Escaped Falling Wall.
Chief Wagner returned to the fire
shortly after o'clock this morning. hav-
ing absented himself only long enough to
eat breakfast, and an examination of
the premises disclosed that bulged wall
on the D street front of the building was
the only thing that prevented the fire.
men from removing the burning hay and
quickly extinguishing the last spark.
too near the building for safety, the chief
directed them to cross to the north side
of the street. few minutes later part
Of the wall fell
Fire Marshal Nicholson was at the fire
most of the night. This morning he
the structure and contents, He later
stated that he thought the loss would
amount to between $4,000 and $4,000,
and 1t may go higher. 1t will be inn
possible to determine the exact amount,
he SAX. until a moro careful examina-
ton can be made. The firm carried a
blanket insurance, and the loss is fully
covered.
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New Zealand, Mr. Hyde said, is tattooed

New Zealand, Mr.. Hyde said, Is tattooed
just below the lower lip.
Exhibiting pictures of the geysers in
action, Mr.. Hyde declared that New Zea-
land has no geysers as great or as pic
turesque as the United States, but his
audience readily agreed with him when
he said that the New Zealand geyser
country is a "fearsome place." as the
pictures showed the steam and boiling
water shooting up in all directions.
The making of copra, which produces
most of the'wealth OF the South seas was
shown in the pictures Of the Samoan
Islands. including the manufacture of
copra from dried cocoanut, after which
it Is shipped to manufacturing centers
for the making of soap, oil and other
things. Many Scenes in Apia were shown,
including the making of kava. the ma
tional drink, and the making OF cloth
from the bark OF the paper mulberry.
Mat making was also shown, some Of the
mats requiring ten years time in labor.
War dances and many other dances of
entertainment and amusement were
shown. :.
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PRESIDENT SENDS GREETINGS.
New Year Salvation to Mexican
People Is Transmitted.

MEXICO CITY, January S.-The Presi-
dent of the United States, through Charge
OShaughnessy. replied yesterday to the
New Year greetings of the Mexican repub-
lie sent him through President Huerta, but
did so indirectly. not using Huerta's
name. To Senior Moheno, minister of for
eign affairs. the American charge said:
II am instructed by my government to
transmit the greetings OF the President
Of the United States to the Mexican peo-
pie, as well as his earnest good wishes
for the prosperity Of the Mexican re-
public"
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RED CROSS RELIEF WORK.
Financial Aid Extended to Sufferers
at Home and Abroad.

Aid has been extended to the dis
tressed districts of Japan, Mexico. Bull
garia and the United States by the
American Red Cross Society. Five thou
sand dollars was cabled to Toxic for re-
lief work among the people of the north
ern section Of japan, where famine is
reported.
A similar sum was sent to the relief
of the Bulgarian war sufferers: $500 was
dispatched to Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
where the people are reported to be In
distressed condition because of food
shortage: $4,000 was forwarded to the
central flood relief committee at Hous-
ton. Tex, and $1,000 was telegraphed to
Preside. Tex, for the relief of the Mex
lean wounded at Ojinaga.
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CUTTER SINKS OKLAHOMA.
Seneca Fires Shells Into Hull of
Wrecked Oil Steamer,

The wreck of the oil steamer Oklahoma,
sunk by shells fired into her hull under
the water line by the revenue cutter Sen
eca, lies in seventeen fathoms Of water,
with at least eight and a half fathoms
over her highest position. The vessel was
sunk in latitude 3s-13-3O and longitude
74-45 west, off the Jersey coast
Two bodies found in one of the Okla
homa's boats picked up by the Seneca
are being brought to Tompkinsville, s. /.
They will be turned over to the coroner
by the Seneca. Capt. Wild, in charge of
the New York station of the revenue cut
ter service, wires this information to the
Washington headquarters in a message
received this morning.
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morning for a conference with John Lind.
He expects to return to the Mexican cap
ital tonight.
WILL COIN HALF PESOS.
Mexico to Turn Out 200, 900 Weekly
to End Coin Scarcity.

MEXICO CITY, January S.-The Mex
lean government today announced its in
tention to coin and distribute half pc sos,
equivalent to 25 cents in United States
money, to the number Of 100000 weekly,
measure which it calculates will re-
lieve the difficulties resulting from the
scarcity Of small change.
The mines in Mexico now sell their sill
yer output through a government COM
mission at rate fixed by the government.
A portion of this is to be turned into
coinage which will revert partly to the
miners in the form Of payment in coins.
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THE SLAM AT SAN FRANCISCO.
First Oil Burning Vessel to Whit the
Pacific Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 4-The
Danish motorship Slam. the first vesSel
driven by oil-burining internal COM
bustion engines to visit the Pacific coast
arrived here yesterday from Copenhagen
via the Straits Of Magellan.
The Siam has no boilers. no stoke hole.
no coal bunkers, no flreinen and no stack.
In two tanks contained in her double
bottom she carries fuel enough to give
her cruising radius Of $4,000 miles. Her
fuel consumption for the trip averaged
about nine tons OF crude oil to the
twenty-four hours. as against forty or
more tons of coal for a steam-driven veo-
sci of similar placement.
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INCREASE IN DEATH LIST.
New York Had 124 Fatal Accidents
at Grade Crossings in 1913;

NEW YORK. January s.-The report of
the National Highways Protective Society
shows that during 1918 in New York
state 124 persons were killed and 40
injured at grade crossings. This COM
pares with a total Of LOT in 1912
The increase Is laid to the increase in
fatal collisions with motor vehicles at
crossings. as thirty-eight were killed in
such accidents last year, against fifteen
in 1912. There were no fatal collisions
with trolley cars.
In New Jersey there were 81 fatalities
at crossings in 1913, against 81 the pre-
ceding year. -...-.-.
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New Zealand Geyser Pictures.

The New Zealand pictures contained
Some. sulendid views Of the. geyser coun-
try, and almost ali o: them showed the
steam, which, he pointed out, constantly
issues from every assure In the ground
He showed pictures of the children OF
the natives. seven to nine years of age.
who, he said. are able to read and write
English exquisitely." Children Of from
eleven to twelve years. of age. be said.
6ren acquire at fourteen to fifteen years
Of age. Each native married woman of
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Mrs. Thom's Will Filed.

The will Of Mrs. Jennie w. Thorn. dated
November 81. 1895. and modified by
codicil Of October Is. 1912, was filed to-
day for probate. A copy of Guido's
Aurora is given to her daughter, Lucy
w. Driver, who Is also to have the estate
inherited by the deceased from her FIRST
husband. Robert p. Baylor. Ten share:
of the stock Of the National Bank Of
Commerce Ii left to her husband, Alfred
p. Thorn, who Ia named as executor.
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HELD IN HEAVY BAIL
BY U. S. COMMISSIONER
Three Are Charged With Having
Used Mails to Defraud Many
Merchants.

PHILADELPHIA. January Son a
charge of having used the mails TO de-
fraud wholesale merchandise dealers and
manufacturers out of many thousands OF
dollars. Charles l.. Greenfield. Samuel
Brown and Myer Rotman. residents OF
this city, arrested last night. were today
held in heavy bail by a United States
commissioner for further hearing Janu-
AIRY 49,
The only witness TO appear against the
accused men at todays preliminary exam
nation was James T. Corteiyou. CHIEF
postal inspector for the Philadelphia dis
trict He testified that many complaints
had been received against them in this
and other cities.
The arrest of the men is said TO be due
to the activities of C. d. West Of the ST
! Louis Credit Mems Association. receive:
for the Great Western Jobbing House OF
ST. Louis.
According to the postal inspectors. the
accused men established the Great West
ern Jobbing House in st. Louis and also
started store in East St Louis and then
had goods to the value OF many thou
sands of dollars shipped TO them from
wholesalers and manufacturers in differ
ent parts of the country.
Goods Shipped Away Secretly.
The goods were then secretly shipped
away, according TO the postal authori-
| ties, and the men failed to pay FOR the
goods, with the result that they were
forced into bankruptcy.
When the Great Western Jobbing House
failed. the creditors could not find any
| of their goods, and an investigation re-
suited in the discovery that the merchan-
disc had been shipped to Philadelphia
and other cities.
The men were taken into custody here
at their places of business. As the al
| legged fraudulent acts are said to have
been committed in ST. Louis. 1t 10 ex-
pected the western authorities viii ASK
| that they be held for removal to that
| city. Greenfield was held In $l2.OOO ball.
and Brown and Rotman In $4,000 each.
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Urges Inquiry Into Lourdes ''Cures.' -

MUNICH, Bavaria, January s.-A reso-
luton requesting the Bavarian govern
ment to investigate the propaganda of
the Lourdes pilgrimages and the 'exag-
gerated and misleading reports of alleg-
ed cures there was adopted today by
the Upper Bavarian Medical Society.
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No Chilean Warships on Sale.

VALPARAISO. Chile. January Sit 10
authoritatively stated here that the Chill
can government will not sell to Greece or
any other country the dreadnought bat
tleships now building for the Chilean
navy in England. Several powers are re-
ported willing to purchase.
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Will Present Ideas.

Mr.. Hensley purposes to lay before Mr..
Bryan his ideas as to Informally getting
into communication with the representa-
tives of the naval powers in Washington
to ascertain the views of their govern
ments, and will be guided largely by the
Secretarys advice. His idea is to write
letters in his capacity as an individual
member of Congress to the various am
bassadors, asking them the sentiment Of
their home governments
The Hensley resolution framed in SYM
pathy with the recent declaration Of Win
ston Churchill, first lord Of the admiralty
Of Great Britain, requested the President,
80 far as he can do so, to use his in
huence to consummate" an agreement
among nations Ito suspend naval con-
struction programs for a year to lessen
the peoples burdens and avoid waste of
investment in war material"
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PUSHES NAVAL HOLIDAY
Hensley Would Sound Diplomats as
to Views of Great
Powers.

Diplomats in Washington may be
sounded soon by congressional advocates
of a naval holiday with view to get
ting expressions from the foreign gov
ernments in support of the project
Since the passage by the House Of the
Hensley naval holiday resolution and
the introduction of a similar resolution
by Senator Thomas of Colorado. the ad-
vocates of suspension of naval con-
struction for a year have been planning
a campaign to bring the proposal to a
definite conclusion.
Representative Hensley Of Missouri,
author of the House resolution, although
not fighting the two-battleship naval
program for this year, has conferred
with many of the members of the House
in the past few days as to the course
to be followed. He will talk with Sec
rotary Bryan at the State Department
upon Mr.. Bryan's return to Washing
ton next week, and later on with Presi-
dent Wilson.
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Hopes for Cure for Others.
X-Ray to Be Tried.

Bremner has shown improvement, but
Just how permanent it may be his friends
do not know. DR.. Kelly is watching the
case closely, it is said, and in addition
to the radium treatment will try the lat
est device in X-rays upon Bremner.
This treatment is said to hold out as
much hope for cancer patients as the
radium. and is many times cheaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-08
BRE|MNER HOPES'CASE
MAY BENEFIT OTHERS
Congressman Undergoing Radium
Treatment Willing, if Neces-
sary, to Be a Sacrifice.

Smiling Bob" Bremner's willingness to
make any sacrifice or go through any or
deal that will help suffering humanity in
the future is shown in word received
from the sick bed of the New Jersey
congressman, now in the sanitarium of
DR.. Kelly at Baltimore, taking the ra-
dunn cure
Hopes for Cure for Others.
Il may never get welI,' Bremner told
Secretary Tumulty yesterday. and he
made the remark with a smile and a
courage that has marked his everyday
life, but If the treatment will develop
anything to help suffering humanity l
will be satisfied, God knows, 1 hope that
radium or some other cure will become
reality in short time"
Bremner was reading Emerson's essay
on Friendship" while he was talking to
Mr.. Tumulty and other friends. He
reads constantly. His sunny smile and
cheerful disposition have won him the
heart of everybody in the hospital, 1t is
said.
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CLOSING IN ON oJINAGA.
Gen. Villas Rebels Are Now Pre-.
pairing to Renew Attack.

PRESIDE. Tex, January Seen.
Francisco Villas constitutionalists were
today reported to be slowly closing In on
Ojinaga. preparatory to a renewed at
tack. The rebels are understood to be
awaiting the arrival of more ammuni-
ton.
Everything was quiet at the Mexican
border town, where the federal garrison
is making ready to resist another attack.
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Lind TOLD WILSON
POLICY IS SUCCESS
So Described Result in Mexico
During Famous Confer
ence on Cruiser.
INQUIRIES MAY Be MADE
OF REBEL FACTION CHIEFS
Measures in Preparation for Possible
Conditions After Huerta's Fall
Under Consideration.

Word has reached Washington that
when President Wilson and John Lind
held their famous conference on board
the cruiser Chester Mr.. Lind expressed
the belief that the waiting policy of the
United States government toward Mex
leo was rewarded with success. The
President is said to have been well salts
fed with the report Of his personal rep
resentative.
Much interest will attach to Mr.. Lind's
proceedings. now that he is again on
Mexican soil.
Measures in preparation for the new
conditions that must arise If his judg-
ment as to the probable elimination of
Gen. Huerta at an early date Is we'll
founded probably would include a line
Of important inquiries, directed to fac
tional leaders who might be expected to
undertake the government of Mexico, in
a provisional way at least, after Huerta's
retirement
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O'Shaughnessy at Vera Cruz.

VERA CRUZ, January 8.-Nelson
O'shaughnessy. charge d'anaires Of the
American embassy at Mexico City. ac-
companied by his wife. arrived here this