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Evening star., 1914-05-22
TEN WOMEN TO GRADUATE
FROM COLLEGE OF LAW
Sixteenth Annual Commencement
Of Washington Institution at Me-
mortal Continental Hall.

The sixteenth annual commencement of
the Washington College of Law is to be
held in Memorial Continental Hail next
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock At that
time degrees of master Of laws. bachelor
Of law end certificates in patent and
trade mark law are to be conferred.
Representative James NJ. Graham Of
Illinois is to deliver an address.
Rev. Louis Randall of the Rhode Island
Avenue NJ. P. Church Is to give the
invocation.
Judge Stanton J. Peelle is to deliver the
address to the graduates. The degrees
and certificates will be conferred by the
dean. Miss Emma NJ. Gillett
Candidates for Degrees
The candidates for the degree of master
Of laws are Mary O'Toole. Kate Peninah
Johnson. Gertrude Edla Leonard, Kath-
ryn Sellers. Rosalie Mckee Shelton. Adele
Virginia Smith. Emily Alexina Spiimans
Mary E. Sweeney. Eunice Heating War
ner and Elizabeth Irene. Weaver.
Those who are to receive certificates in
O'Toole. William Edgar Chapman, Wal.
ter G. Jones. John A. Tauberschmidt and
G. Holland Williams.
The degree of bachelor of law is to
be conferred on the following: Mary
Lea Kiddoo, Herbert Blase Andrew
Sarah r. Andrew. Lillian Cox Athey.
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, William
Edgar Chapman. Helena Tracey DOGGY.
William Henry Delaney. James Patrick
Greeley. Harry J. Groff, Daniel Curtis
Hall, William S. Hammers, Henry
Hayden, Lydia Hendrickson, Christian
Frederick Himmler, William Clarence
Houghtelin, Francis Albert Huston. Julius
Adam Kaiser, John Meador King Ethel
Lee Lawrence Mary Agnes Cecilia Nc
Garraghy. Donald A. Macdonald, Bess
Melton. Eff1e Meta Miller, Edwin A.
Mooers. J. Homer Smith. chauneey
Depew Snow. Adele Minnie Stewart, AL
bert Temple. May Dennlson Trader
Henry c. Wilson and Eunice Wortham
Wright
The baccalaureate sermon is TO be
preached Sunday at s pm. by Rev. DR..
Samuel II. Greene in the Calvary Baptist
Church, sth and ii streets northwest.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
VOTE ON TOLLS FINAL.
Borah Warns Senate That q. S. Can
not Later Change Construction.

Declaring that the real issue involved
IN the vote on the Panama canal tolls
repeal bill was the construction of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Senator Borah of
Idaho today warned the Senate that If
that measure was passed the United
States would never be able to retrieve
its position and to assert its rights to
pass American vessels through the Pan
anna canal free of toll
IF this were a domestic question. an
economic question alone" said Senator
Borah, we might now take away the
free tolls and grant them later. and we
would not be embarrassed. But if we
do this now. We can never retrieve our
position without suffering dshonor and
losing the respect of other nations. Our
construction of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty now will be considered final by
this country and the nations Of the
world
Evening star., 1914-05-22
SHOT ON TRAIN IN ITALY.
Mrs. Flavelle of Chicago May Re.
cover, Her Physicians Saw

FLORENCE. Italy. May 22-Mrs Mary
Flavelle of Chicago. who was attacked
and robbed in a train near here yester-
day was reported by the doctors better
this morning. They hoped to save her
life. Mrs. Flaveile was found yesterday
with bullet wound in her head. She
declared she had been attacked by a
man. Her assailant left the train at
-trezzo. A separate investigation of the
affair is being made by Lee j. Keena,
American consul general.
Several arrests have been made and the
police believe the assailant of Mrs Fla
velIe Is among them.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
COKE OVENS BLOW OUT.
Production in Connellsville, Pa,
Region Is Greatly Reduced.

CONNELL.SVILLE. Pa, May %
Three thousand coke ovens in the Con-
nellsville region were blown out in the
week ended last night, according to the
tables OF operation as published in the
Connellsville Courier. twenty-five hun
dred of these were in plants owned by
the H. c. Frick Coke Company, a sub
sidiary Of tho United States Steel Cor
poration. Production throughout the
region declined 1900 tons during the
week, and it was reported that coke for
delivery the second half OF the year was
being sold at recession from the pre-
vailing price Of 81.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
SALTILLO PRIZE FOR REBELS.
Federals Abandon Greater Part of
Garrison's Ammunition.

PAREDOS. Mexico. May 22-The Of
fetal confirmation of the capture of
Saltillo by constitutionalist forces was
received here last night The federals
under Gen. Mas abandoned a large
quantity Of provisions and a major por-
'ion Of the ammunition held by the gar
r!son.
No news has been received here Of the
entrance into Saltillo of consututionalist
forces.
TAMPICO. May 22.-Gen. Pablo Com
z.les, the constitutionaiist commander
who captured Tanpico from the federal
troops, left with the bulk of his forces
10y train late yesterday for Monterey,
from which city he intended to proceed to
Sdltillo.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Business Men Build Good Road.

SOUTH BEND. Ind, May pa bad
stretch of road. ten miles in length, be-
tween South Bend and Niles. Mich, in
one Cay was transformed to one of the
best gravel bouleyards in this section by
the work yesterday of 7o0 merchants
and professional men. The bankers, law
yers, doctors. editors and manufacturers
of the two towns met here early yester-
day morning and spent ten hours at
road building.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
SENATOR BRADLEY VERY ILL.
Is Reported Today to Be in Critical
Condition,

Senator William o. Bradley of Ken
lucky is in a critical condition at his
apartments here. according to physicians
in attendance. The senator. who is sixty
seven years old, has been in poor health
for several months. and his illness was
aggravated early this month by severe
injuries sustained in a fall near the
Capitol.
Mrs. John G. South. Senator Bradley's s
daughter, has been summoned to Wash
ington from her home in Franklin. KY,
and with her husband is expected to ar
rive at her fathers bedside late today.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
PATENT OFFICE LOSES AGAIN.
Decision Favoring Standard Oil
Trade Mark Sustained in Appeal.

The District Court Of Appeals, in an
opinion by Justice Van Orsdel, sustained
today the finding of Justice Gould of
the District Supreme Court that the
patent office was In error In its ruling
that a request for a renewal of trade
mark registration is to be treated as an
original application.
The decision Is in favor Of the Standard
Oil Company Of New York. which was
denied an application for renewal Of
its trade mark. White Rose" as ap-
piled to refined petroleum.
When the commissioner of patents had
refused the application the company
filed suit in equity for a mandatory
injunction.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
SEVEN WOULD BE CHAPLAINS.
Catholic Priests Offer Their Services
for Army and Navv.

Seven Catholic priests have volunteered
to President Wilson to serve as chap
lafns in the army or navy in the event
Of war with Mexico. They are:
Rev. James H. Maloney, Rev. J. p.
Devane, Rev. Thomas L. Kelley, all Of
the Catholic University. Washington, d.
c.; Rev. John A. Toohey OF Valley Falls,
r. l.; Rev. David J. Moran. St. Peter.
Mimi. Rev. John NJ. Prendergast of Bay
St Louis. Miss, and Rev. F. c. Renier
Of Ames. Ia.
A number Of priests previously have
offered their services to the President.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
PERSECUTION OF TURKS.
Ottoman Government Asks Balkan
Cabinets to End Atrocities.

The Turkish embassy has issued this
statement:
The imperial Ottoman embassy has
been informed that prosecutions of al
kinds. which the populations OF the ceded
provinces have committed against thelr
fellow-countrymen protesting the Mo-
hammedan religion, have caused the OF
toman government to address an urgent
request to the Balkan cabinets in order
to put an end to this persecution which
would compel the Mussulmans to aban-
don their homes. The number OF ennis
grants already has reached 10000"
Evening star., 1914-05-22
OPPOSING S4 CAMP FEE,
ScOUTMASTER QUITS
C. N. Filkins. Head of Troop 43.
Sends Resignation to Commits
sioner Martin.

c. y. Filkins, scoutmas;er of Troop No.
AZ OF the local council OF the Boy Scouts
OF America, has forwarded bis resigna-
ton to Scout Commissioner 7. S Martin.
to take effect June l. At n joint meeting
of Troops No AZ and No. 81 OF Takom.
and Troop No l OF KensinSton. held last
night in Takoma Hall, Mr.. F1lkins sad
one reason for his resignation was the
action taken by the local council in in
creasing the fee charged the scouts at the
summer camp on the Chesapeake bay
from 81 to 81 a week.
Too High for Many Boys.
charge Of 81 week will profihlt
many boys from attending the camp WHO
might be in a position TO pay 81. he said
MI. Filkins said the camp fee has been
increased. notwithstanding sl.o00 mors
was raised at the recent Boy Scout tag
day than was raised the year before.
Scout Commissioner Martin said today
he had received Mr.. Filkins' resignation.
but that it had contained no references
to the advance in the camp fees.
He said he was surprised to learn that
Mr.. Filkins objected to the raise mas
much as he WAS present at a meeting OF
the Scoutmasters Club December 70 las.
when the recommendation of the council
that a four-dollar -per-week charge ha
made was approved by a unanimous vote.
Largest Troop in City.
Troop No, ~ has membership o,
about sixty boys and is the largest ard
one OF the most active in the local coun-
Gil. Mr.. F'ilkins also is scoutmastcr OF
troop No. / of kensington, Md. and s;lj.
retains his position with that organ!za-
ton. Scout Commissioner Martin said a
successor to Mr.. Fikins as scoutmastc.
of troop No. 4" will be named within :.
day or SO, several candidates for the Do
sition of scoutmaster now awaiting as
signment to a troop.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
To Discuss Clerks Dismissal.

Whether the Washington Chamber oc
Commerce will take up the matter OF the
dismissal of old employees from the gov
ernment service is to be decided upon
by the executive committee at meeting
at noon Tuesday. Fulton Gordon has
written letter to the chamber asking
that 1t take up the matter. Other aues-
tions of Importance 1t is stated, also vii!
be brought before the committee.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
FIRE RUINS AUTO TRUCK.
Blaze of Unknown Origin Causes
5000 Damage at 1117 9TH Street,

Fire at 1117 7th street northwest. caused
about 5000 this morning. An auto truck
was ruined by the fire and horse was
rescued from the building after it had
been scorched.
The building was closed when the fire
was discovered. it Is stated, and nothing
was found to suggest the origin of the
fire.
Fire in the garage at the home of
Charles J. Happier. 133 18th street north
east. today. caused loss of about $1,000.
While kepplers chauffeur was cranking
an auto in the garage the machine back
fired. the explosion setting fire to the
automobile. The machine was badly
damaged, and the flames extended to the
garage, which was almost destroyed.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
New Jerusalem Church Topics.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. May 22-Sunday
school problems were discussed at the
opening of the fourth session Of the
convention of the Church of the New
Jerusalem here today. President f II.
Alden of Philadelphia presided at the dis
cuss!on. Later In the day the opening
session OF the American New Church
League began. at which addresses were
interchanged by the British federation
and the American League.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
CHARGE OF GRAFT ADMITTED.
Seven British Army Officers and
Eight Civilians Plead Guilty.

LONDON, May 22.-Pleas of guilty
were handed down today by seven of the
nine British army officers and all the
eight civilians charged in January last
with graft in connection with contracts
for supplying army canteens.
All the officers except Lieut.. Col. Whit
taker were connected with the quarter
masters department Of the army and had
risen from the ranks. The civilians ac-
cused were employees of Liptons Limited
Sentence was deferred until May rs.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
ADDISON LOSES ON APPEAL.
Realty Broker Declared Not Entitled
to Arlington Hotel Commission.

The District Court of Appeals in an
opinion by Justice Robb sustained the
judgment of the District Supreme Court
that Arthur D. Addison. realty broker,
is not entitled to commission on the sale
of the Arlington Hotel.
Mr. Addison sued for $4,000 The lower
court held against him. and this finding
Is affirmed on appeal.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
District Clerks Get Pay May %.

District employees will receive their pay
envelopes a day early this month. Be-
cause Saturday. May 80, is holiday. the
Commissioners this morning authorized
Disbursing Officer Louis Wilson to issue
the i-monthly pay checks May %,
The order affects all annual employees or
the District
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Should Appeal to White House.


to millions of Americans not in govern
ment employ"
Should Appeal to White House.
Representative Austin Of Tennessee.
who was responsible for the amendment
in the legislative appropriation act of
1913 which makes it an offense to dis
charge old soldiers from government
service, said today that the veterans of
the country should go to the White
House direct with the statement of the
to resign from the Washington post
office.
II do not believe that the President Of
this country would stand for such a
thing for one minute If the matter should
be brought to his attention" Mr..
Austin said. ut does not seem
human to do such a thing as to
drop these veterans from the service
after all they have done or offered to do
for their country. 1t cannot be said
that their services are no longer requir-
ed, because l know from experience that
there is plenty of work for a veteran to
do in "a large post office such as the Office
in this city. In the post ONCE in my
own city l have worked necessarily to
have the salaries of veterans raised, and
l have succeeded in getting increases for
every one of them. That's what veterans
should get everywhere. and not such
treatment as this
Says There Is Plenty Of Work.
You can't tell me that there isn't
work enough for them. They can stack
letters. run down tangled addresses, all
sorts of things. AS for ineff1ciency.
venture to say that business men here
have not complained about the inefi-
cheney Of the Washington post Office.
Il have heard of G. a. r. men and
veterans being reduced in salary in
some of the departments recently, and 1
think that is bad enough. but / never
supposed that many of them would be
discharged at once. That is beyond my
comprehension.
"As l said before, these mon should
take their cases up with the President.
and then if they are not treated right
announce the facts to the country SO
that every one will understand the situa-
alton.
Precedence for Veterans.
Representative Fred Brltten of Chi
cago, formerly chairman of the civil
service committee Of the Chicago city
council. said:
Veterans should be accorded prece-
dence in the government service. Az
long as the government does not pay
wage sufficient for these older men to
retire on. then they should be retained
in the service at all events. I am strong
for efficiency in the civil service. but my
respect for the G.. A. r. man Is so
strong, and my appreciation of his serv-
ice to his country so deep, that l be-
lieve every one of them in the govern
ment service should be exempt from the
ordinary rules and that we should do
everything to reward him.
There is certainly work enough In a
mo
could be put to work at something. That
is evident"
Evening star., 1914-05-22

forbids the same performance when the
actors are dressed to represent the
characters they are assuming Is plain
ly an invasion of the fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution, which, as
sated. provides for reasonable regula-
tions and laws"
Commissioner Newman this afternoon
said that he presumed the Commissioners
would take an appeal from Justice Gould 8
decision. The question Of what action is
to be taken. however. he said, would not
be determined until 1t has been considered
at board session.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Plan $40, 600, 900 Ship Combine.

LONDON, Nav @-Arrangements were
completed today for the amalgamatior Of
the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship
Company and the British India Steam
Navigation Company, two of the most
impo5tant British shipping concerns, with
a cfpitaI Of over s40.OOOiO0O.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Senator Simmons Back at Duties.

Senator Simmons of North Carolina.
who for the last week has been confined
to his home here with an attack of
measles. returned to his place on the
floor Of the Senate. today, apparently
none the worse for his experience,
Evening star., 1914-05-22
SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD
PROVIDE FOR VETERANS
Representative Knowland of Cali
fornia Urges Passage of a Pen
sion Measure.

Criticism of the dismissal Of eighteen
G. A. R. veterans from the Washington
post office continued about the Capitol
today and yesterday. and was incor-
porated in the discussions of the House
yesterday when Representative J. R.
Knowland Of California demanded of the
leaders of Congress to enact measures
which would put an end to such dis
missals.
Too vigorous a protest cannot be made
against this action,'' he said.
Protected by the Law.
II notice that the Post Office Depart
ment has let out about fourteen and de-
NOTED about twenty-five more recently.
OF course, there may be some good rea-
son for this. but many of the cases are
indeed pathetic, and it seems to me we
ought either in this Congress to enact
some character of retirement legislation
to provide for these dependent employees
of the government or else they should
not in their declining years be thrown out
upon the world and contrary to section
4 of the act of August %, 1912, which
states:
Provided, that in the event Of reduc-
tions being made in the force in any OF
the executive departments, no honorably
discharged soldier whose record IN SAID
department is rated good shall be dis
charged or dropped or reduced in rank
or salary
II notice that the commander OF the
Department of the Potomac, DIR. ]. X
Gleeson. in a recent interview concerning
these diSmissals, said
Many of these men present pathetic
cases. With no prospect of a pension
bill at this session they are literally
thrown out, with little prospect of OBJ
tanning other work. Their age precludes
that but in the majority of cases their
age does not impair their efficiency in the
work they have been performing right
along
Average Age of Veterans.
1T also was found that the average
age of those forced to resign was seventy
three years. Among these. one man who
had served thirty-seven years was sew
enty-four years old, another with thirty
two years of service was seventy, an
eighty y-one-year-old man had spent TWEEN
ty-four years in the service, and two
men, each seventy-seven years of age,
had been twenty and fifteen years, re-
spectively, in the post office. The young
est of the four men removed was sixty
nine years, a second was seventy-one and
the other two were seventy-seven.
TT seems to me it is up to Congress
to try to meet this very serious situa-
tion.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Suggests Solution to Problems
in Connection With Super
annuated Employees.
AROUSED BY CRITICISM
OF GRAND ARMY MEMBERS
Representative Austin Fights for Re-
tention of War Veterans on Gov
eminent Payrolls.

Otto Praeger. postmaster of Washing
ton, aroused by the criticism of Grand
Army of the Republic men, which fol-
lowed dismissals of civil war veterans
from city post office employment today
brought forward possibility of a gov
ernment old-age pension system, such as
New Zealand has. as a solution of
problems which arise in connection with
so-called '.superannuated" government
employees.
MI Praeger urges such an old-age pen
sion system. In an interview with a re-
porter for The Star today he made it
clear that he spoke personally and has
no authority to speculate as to the policy
of she Post Office Department in the dis
cussions now going on as to what Shall
become of so-called "superannuated'
clerks.
He pointed out that because of his
position he has been obliged to abstain
from comment on the controversy now
going on between the Grand Army of the
Republic and the Post Office Department,
as well as other executive departments
of the government, but said that he per-
sonally regretted the necessity for the
changes in the city post Office force which
have resulted in old soldiers either los
ing their positions or facing a prospect
of doing SO.
Points Out Exaggeration.
Il can say nothing about the report
made by the G. A. r. officials that there
Is a law" Mr.. Praeger said, "forbidding
the discharge of government employees
with good records as such who are old
soldiers. If there is such a law and the
G. A. r. is to take it into the courts 1
That phase of the situation l cannot
discuss. But l have seen "a statement
published that eighteen old soldiers have
been separated from the service of the
city post office, and l am sure that that
was an unintentional exaggeration of
facts / have been informed by G. A. r.
officials, as l recall the statement, that
not more than six out of the eighteen
separations affected old Federal soldiers.
Another misstatement that ! read
somewhere Is that twenty-five reductions
in salary affected old employees. The
twenty five demotions resulted from a re-
adjustment of salaries to the character
of services performed, and the changes
concerned the young and middle-aged as
well as the old.
LAS to the removals. the facts are that
in the scheme of reorganization that has
been worked out fifteen of the eighteen
men and women are superfuous; their
services are not needed, the work as
signed to them being absorbed by the
regular force in the slack time. To con-
tinue them in their positions under these
circumstances would be to pension them
without warrant Of law and to the detri-
ment Of the service, at salaries ranging
from $500 to 81, 800 a year. About one
half of them are on the rolls for 500
per month.
Evening star., 1914-05-22
{ hope that the peace negotiations would

of hope that the peace negotiations would
bear fruit.
Among the subjects of particular inter-
est to cabinet members was the report
that the Mexican constitutonalist lead
ers had decided to send a representative
TO Niagara Falls.
Expected Within Few Days.
This was announced exclusively in
The Sunday Star of May 10. Jose Vas
conceios, now at Montreal on a flnan-
cial mission for Gen. Carranza- is un
derstood to be the man chosen to go to
Niagara Falls. 1t was said by men in
close touch with the constitutionalists
that he would arrive there within the
next few days.
The question of taking this step has
been the subject of several informal
conferences between representatives of
the constitutionalists and Of the WASH
ington administration recently. and 1t
is understood that Gen. CarranZa has
given his consent.
Hope for the Future.
Though 1t was understood that the
Carranza agent would not go as a party
to the actual mediation, the decision to
send a representative who would inform
the mediators of the purposes and hopes
of the constitutionalists was regarded
as encouraging for later negotiations.
should agreement be reached between the
United States and the Huerta govern
ment.
Further reports of progress of the
negotiations at Niagara Falls were re-
ceived by the President during the night
from the American commissioners, but
nothing was made public regarding the
nature of the dispatches.
Evening star., 1914-05-22

like service and like responsibility brings
| to millions Of Americans not in govern
meut employ"
Evening star., 1914-05-22
Sought Best Umbrella.

well, We always tried to get under the
hest umbrella responded Mr.. Mellen
with a. smile THE fact is a germ was
working in the public mind in our favor
and we obtained thereby the legislation
We needed"
Reading the Prayer from the Hills
M Folk asked Mr.. Mellen IL he knew
what was paid for it
81 do not know, but it was worth what
we paid for it.
Were you consulted about is?'
"Yes. I think made some suggestions
Now ,hat opening sentence" said Mr..
Folk. ~ will lift up mine eyes to the
hills sounds very much like you
"Oh, governor" exclaimed Mr.. Mellen
Have you not read the Bible? That
sentence is from the Scriptures
so this Prayer from the Hills sup
nosed to come from the people, in reality
came from the New Haven?"