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Evening star., 1914-02-08
BANK DEFENDS SECRECY.
But Examiner Maintains Right to
Deive Into Records.

NEW YORK, February "a national
bank examiner has an unquestionable
right to take into his possession TEN
porarily any papers or effects OF a bank
under eXaminatio about which there is
any question for the purpose of such in
vostigation concerning them as he may
think necessary reads part of a state
ment issued today by Charles Starek, ma
tional bank examiner for New York city.
whose right to impound. temporarily, the
records OF a bank had recently been ques
toned by one &C the national hanks OF
this city
According to MI. Starek this is the first
time sine" the passage of the national
banking act, fifty years ago, that the
question has been raised Mr.. Starek
says in his statemen: that the position ne
assumed in connection with the New
York bank has been sustained by the con-
troller of the currency.
The bank president who denied Mr..
Starek's authority to take possession of
books and other documents insisted that
Il bank exercised toward its depositors
professional privileges and was for this
reason in duty bound to keep its books
and records private.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
DEAN MEETS STUDENTS
Henry Craig Jones Has Conference
at West Virginia Univer-
sity Law School
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND Md, February =
Dean Henry Craig Jones of the West Nir-
ginia University Law School, recently
elected by the regents to ill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF Dean Charles
Hogg. arrived in Morgantown TO-DAY from
Washington for a conference with the
law faculty concerning the work of the
school for next year. Dean Jones will
not assume his new duties until next
july but the conference is for the pur-
pose of outlining the courses and the
sched Jules of the professors for next
year.
This evening at the presidents house
DIR. and Mrs. Thomas l.. Hodges enter
tanned the entire undergraduate member
ship of the law school and the faculty,
complimentary to the new dean. The
students were Introduced to the dean
and the new members of the law faculty
made better acquainted with the students.
Prof. Oliver McCaskill of Chicago, who
at the beginning of the second semester
was elected professor of court practice.
equity and pleading. has already assumed
his duties.
Dean Jones comes from George Wash
ington University.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
RECORDS ARE DEMANDED.
Department of Justice Sues to Com
pei Railroad to Show Books.

LOUISVILLE. Ky February IA man
damus suit has been filed in federal court
here by George Relic, United states
district attorney. against the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company. seek
ing to compel the railroad to produce
for use in the interstate commerce COM
missions investigation of the road will
correspondence in the companYs eXecu-
tive offices.
The suit was brought at the direction
of United States Attorney General Nc
Reynolds. following the alleged refusal of
the railroad officials to permit the inter-
state commerce commissions examiners
to have access to and to inspect certain
records and correspondence on file in the
Louisville and Nashville offices in con-
nectoa with the investigation instituted
by the government upon the resolution
of Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee.
According to the government attorneys
this suit is for the purpose of deciding
d new point in connection with federal
investigations and vii! test the meaning
of a section of the Hepburn law which
provides that all accounts records and
memoranda shall be open to the inter
state commerce commission. The hearing
on the mandamuS action will come up be-
fore the federal court here February ID.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
READY TO PROBE STRIKE.
Congressional Investigators in Den
yer to Study Coal Mine Conditions.

DENVER, col. February Word was
received here today that the congress
sional investigating committee would ar
rive in Denver tomorrow to begin its in
quiry into strike conditions in the south
crn Colorado coal fields. Gov. Ammons
when informed of their early arrival. said
he would offer the committee every con-
venience in his power to aid them in their
work.
At headquarters Of the United Mine
Workers of America, whose members are
on strike. it was stated that no definite
plan had been formulated by the union
as to how they would address the com
mittee and that they probably would
wait until called on before attempting to
present any of the mass of testimony
regarding the strike which the union has
collected to lay before the committee.
The committee consists of Representa-
tives Martin -. Foster. chairman: John
NJ. Evans, James + Brynes, Richard w.
Austin and Howard Sutherland.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
AGREEMENT |NSURES
SAFER OCEAN TRAVEL
Alexander Reveals Convention
Adopted by Nations at Lon
don Conference.
Strict Inspection. North Atlantic
Patrol and Other Reforms
Are Provided For

Details OF the convention asreed Il ~
representatives of fourteen nations n
the recent international conference on
safety at sea. held n London. the fan
text Of which viii not be made public
until February Il. We're outlined last
night at the University club by Repre-
sentative Joshua ". Alexander ot Mis-
souri,, chairman Of the House committee
on merchant marine. He was president
of the delegation representing the United
states at the conference.
Representativ" Alexander declared that
it VIII never be possible 10 make abso-
lutely non-sinkable ships. nor win il he
possible to entirely eliminate accidents
at sea, but that if the provisions OF the
convention agreed to by he representa-
tives of the fourteen nations are adhered
10 safer ships will be the result and the
dangers of the sea viii be greatly los
Sened
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Eastern Enthusiasts
Start for Coast TODAY

NEW YORK. February 1.-Colsiderab BILE
interest in the Vanderbilt cup and Grand
Prize races to be RUN on the Santa Mon
lea course is being manifested by the
eastern motor enthusiasts. The advance
guard of the eastern contingent will leave
today. At Chicago the party will be
joined by a number OF enthusiasts Fin
ley j. Porter. manager OF the Mercer
racing team, will leave for the west early
in the week.
All the eastern drivers already are on
their way to the coast. including Spencer
Wishart and I'd PulIen, who will be
teammates of Barney Oddeld on Mercer
cars: Ralph milford, who i TO pilot l. j
Schroeders Peugeot and Ralph De Pal
ma who will handle Mr.. Schroeder's Mer-
eedcs-thc same ear with which De Pal
ma Won the last Vanderbilt cup race and
thu 1Jl2 Elgin race.
The following officials for the Wander
bilt cup race have been appointed: Ref
cree, GeorsS Purdy Bullard, attorney
Evening star., 1914-02-08
PREDICT NEW RECORD
IN SANTA MONICA RACE
Speed Kings Have Taken Prelim-
mary Trips on the
Course.

LOS ANGELES. February such
men as Barney Oldfield Teddy Tetzian
and Earl Cooper. who will drive ears in
tine Vanderbilt cup and Grand Prize
races over the Santa Monica course,
February Il and -, have made pre-
liIninary trips over the course and unite
in predicting q new worlds record in the
Vanderbilt this being the shorter race
OF tho two.
The present world record GS-12 miles
per hour was made by Tetzlaf in a
19c- horsepower Fiat over this same
course. There Will be any number of
cars in the race capable of making bet
ter than 1eo miles an hour. and as there
are only three turns on the course the
average speed should bc Very high.
There iii br a wide difference bctu cen
the iirst Vanderbilt cup race and the
ninth. In that early Gay contest the
winner made the hair-rasng average of
5l.s miles per hour. Both of these auto
mobile contests have histories that are
cxtremclv interesting The Vanderbilt
cup is the oldest race of all. dating from
1srs. The Grand Prize race dates from
1!pS
The Vanderbilt cup takes its name
from its donor. William *. Nandebillt,
jr.. wuo Is we'll known in the world of
sports as an alI-round sportsman. The
deed of gift OF this cup is held by The
Motor Guns Holding Company. Il cor
Vanderbilt cup and the Grand Prize con-
Evening star., 1914-02-08

men on boats OF the former class there
must he tnousuh life boats and RATS ci ar
approved type TO accommodate all the
passengers.
The CONVENTION provides for the wireie>s
equipment 10 he carried by vessels ana
sets forth Just what boats shall maintain
a continuous wireless watch. The poMof
Of the wireless apparatus also is defined
Rules concerning the construction ~
ships are set forth IN great length. Th'-
numb bef and size Of water-tight and mr.
proof buillheads are defined The hght-
ing OF ships also is provided for. ana
rules are stated as to the size and char
acter of signals. one provision pertain
to the lighting Of the boat decks. aui
another To the carrying OF auxiliary light
ing plants.
The convention is thorough IN lis pro-
visions Representative Alexander de
CARED. and If complied with viii make
ocean travel safer than over before The
convention must be ratified by Decenlh.r
- next. and viii become effective iulN !.
1915,
Evening star., 1914-02-08
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

By direction of the President. First
Lieut.. Harold II. Fox. Medical Reserve
Corps. is honorably discharged from the
service of the United States his services
being no longer required.
Maj. James W. McAndrew is assigned
to the 14th Infantry
The resignation of First Lieut. Ben
jamin II. Hiett. Philippine Scouts is ac-
cepted by the President. to take effect
February ., 1914.
The resignation by First Lieut. Fred
eric +. Sondern. Medical Reserve Corps
has been accepted by the President, 10
take effect February e. 1914
Evening star., 1914-02-08

AN official estimate of the damage
done gives 5000 destitute. twelve
bridges destroyed. thousands of stone
fences strewed about and more than
l2,roo houses either destroyed or so
badly damaged that they must be re-
built
This physical damage Is for kaso
stIma alone on the island the destruc-
tion was entire. SakuraJima is waste
of punice and lava. naked and desolate
Some conception OF the immensity of
the outpouring may he had when it is
known that the flow of lava pushed its
way across the Gulf of kagoshima,
which is from forty to eighty fathoms
deep. to the mainland. converting an is
land into a peninsula "
Evening star., 1914-02-08
DISCUSSES FOREST FIRES.
of Agriculture Urges
Co-Operation in Precautions.

After a conference on forest fire fight
ing with representatives of eighteen
states. the Department of Agriculture has
issued report Oh the subject. No def
mite plan of action was decided on, but
it WAS agreed that the representatives of
the various states. the timber companies
and the railways should be urged TO CO.
operate in forest protection.
The vAlue of watch towers trails and
telephone lines was discussed and the
conclusion was unanimous that more
could be accomplished by cooperation
of the various agencies than by each
working separately in its own sphere
of interest
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Ships to Be Inspected.

Among the things provided for IN the
convention is an internatio certificate
OF inspection. Before this certificate Will
he issued d ship must have met the
quirements set forth in the convention.
When in foreign ports the presentation
of the certificate viii serve as a suaran-
tee as to the seawoi tniness and safety uf
a ship. The nations which agreed 10 the
convention reserve IN. right to inspect
any ship, however. to sec that the pro
visions OF the certificate are complied
with.
Agreement Was reached between the
nations to ice patrol in the north Al
lantc and the destruction of derclicts
which are menace to navigation. Since
the Titanic disaster the ice patrol work
has been conducted entirely by the nited
States government. Representative Mex
snder stated. The convention provides
that the north Atlantic shall be divided
into two sections by an imaginary line.
The section west oi the line is TO be pa
troliet by the. United States. That east
OF the line Is to be ratrolied 1y tn. na-
tion3 agreeing To the convention or BY
the United States at the expense OF those
NJ:
Evening star., 1914-02-08
URGES NEW BRIDGES.
Representative Carlin Offers Bill to
Provide Two,

\ new Aqueduct bridge, and bridge
spanning the Potomac from Arlington
to Washington are provided for in two
bills introduced in the House yesterday
by Representative Carlin of Virginia.
The entire authorization asked for In
the two bills is s5.500,000. and of this
sum 100000 is to be available imme-
di;itely for the new Aqueduct bridge
which would cost in all sl500OO0: and
sio0O.000 is asked to be Immediately
available for the proposed Arlington
bridge the total cost of which is fig
ured at 100000.
Under the terms of one OF the bil's
the present Aqueduct bridge is to he
sold or disposed of in some other way
under the direction of the Secretary OF
War Electric railways would be al
lowed to use the bridge under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of
War
Evening star., 1914-02-08
GETS TABLET FOR HEROIC ACT.
Artists Working on Frisco Fair Dec
orations Honor Vernon H. Jones.

SAN FRANCISCO. February TN
scribed AS a token of admiration in
saving the life of Salvitora F'lorie.'
bronze tablet was presented by the ar
lists doing decorative work at the Pana-
ma Pacific International Exposition to-
day. to Vernon ii. Jones. sculptor.
Jones submitted to blood transfu-
sion operation November 10, when Florie
another sculptor. seemed about to die
from hemorriIage. The tablet was de-
signed by d. Chamberlain, am exposition
sculptor.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Ashes Fell Like Snow.

''No.cano"s i,n5 supposed extinct III
other portions Of the realm leaped into
synpa thetic action. and ashes fell like
snow as Ear north aS IN. cities Of Osaka
and KOBE a. Tar south as the Benin
Islands and far west as Da!reu. whil.
the All was weighted VITA sulphurous
fumes, aud distant Tokyu itself was
nantled in q sinister yellow cloud. ear
r. ing terror to the masses and producing
among even the most intelligent and
courageous an !ne sea pablo SENSE OF I'M
pending doom.
BY this time the cascades oil lava and
the ceaSeless. merciiess ram vi Inci.ors
had set fire 10 the sugar can. and bamboo
forests Houses burst into lire a. if from
spontaneous combustion at every step.
Arrived at tn shore, the village rs and
peasants dung themselves into sisinpans
Inoored on thc beach or plunged into the
gulf Tht mountain ROW was Il rodrlu.
furnace and the heat Wa uub, ;,r;i !,i,.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
OKLAHOMA CITY Is CHOSEN.
Southern Commercial Congress to
Meet There Next Year.

Directors of the southern Commercial
Congress. at their annual meeting yester-
day, selected Oklahoma City. Okla. as the
place for the convention next autumn.
The board approved plans for the
American commission of municipal en-
ecutives to make an investigation in
European countries and participate in
the Anglo American peace celebration
in London next July.
All the standing committees of the
congress were reelected
Evening star., 1914-02-08
To Stop Smuggling Over Ice.

OGDE-NSBTRt; y. y. February =
To stop smuggling across the ice bridge
over the St Lawrefce river said to have
been going on extensively. to the detri-
ment of merchants at Cornwall Ont,
the Merchants Associat ton of that town
has petitioned the Canadian government
to station special customs detectives
along the border. 1t is claimed that cot
ton goods coal oil by the barrel. tobacco
and shoes have been smuggled into Can
ada in large quantities.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
PLANNING PIPE LINE.
Hearings on Scheme of Conveying
Oklahoma Oil to Gulf.

Hearings on the plan to build d pipe
line from the Oklahoma oil fields To the
Gulf of Mexico. to carry oil for navy use,
will begin here tomorrow. Commissioner
Sells of the Indian bureau and Com
mander Boyd of the navy. representing
the two departments of the government
Interested, will conduct the investigation.
which is the result of Senate resou
ton.
The first witness will be H. Lee Foster
of the Indian Territory Illuminating
Company Next Friday independent oil
operators i'll Oklahoma will appear.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
JAPANESE DISASTER
NOW TOLD IN DETAIL
Mail Brings Stirring Word Pic
ture of Eruption of
Sakuralima.
BEAUTIFUL KAG0SHIMA
PARTIALLY DESTROYED
Lava Pushed Its Way Across Gulf
to Mainland. Making Island
Peninsula.

SAN FRANCISCO. cal. February -
The first detailed account of the terrible
eruption OF Sakurajima. on the southern
coast of japan, as received here today
by mail from the Tokyo correspondent
of the Associated Press. places the loss
OF life conservativeiy estimated. al "seN-
,ral hundred"
Not only was the island ~ Sak1ra Jirna
with its dozen villages. flooded hy a tor
rent Of flaming lava and buried under a
hail Of incandescent rocks, but the besau-
,isuI city oI kagoshima. overlooking the
Golden Gate OF Japan. WAS partially DC
stroyed, several towns and villages on
the mainland TO the east were sore hit
and the villages of ->kamindzu. Nokoy-
anna and keikc were literally swallowed
up by the molten lava. Until they are
dug cut no specific count of lives lost
will be possible The account follows
While Tokyo audience of japanese
was assembled at the Imperial Iheatef,
viewing moving pictures of H." Last
pavs of Pompeii. the subtcrranean tires
Of their own empire, imprisoned for more
than A century. were surGiuS upward
beneath the Isle of Sakurajirna- III the
southernmost part OF the realm Soon
began an eruption so fierce and terrible
as to take place at Once with the his
toric deIuonstrat tiors q: N@SuVius-
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Cuts City Employees Salaries.

BOSTON; February ..-Saaries of sew
eral hundred city employees, raised by
Mayor Fitzgerald in the last two months
of his term. Were reduced by Mayor Cur
ley today to the original figures. At the
same time the mayor announced that po-
'icemen and tiremen who had received in
creases ranging from sfoo to 200 and
employees earning less than Sl,2oD year
would not be affected by the reductions.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Denizens Of the Segregated
Districts Abiding by the
New Enactment.
NO CAUSE is DISCOVERED
FOR TEST IN THE COURTS
Denial of Intention to Violate Law.
U. S. Attorney to Instruct
the Police.

Dark and gloomy for the first time in
many years were the houses in the
red light" districts of the National
Capital last night
rs soon as the police notified the pro-
rrietresses of the houses in the two
segregated districts yesterday after
noon that President Wilson had signed
the Kenyon bill and that the law had
gone into effect whereby it was an
oHense to conduct their houses all of
them locked their doors and excluded
visitors
IL was reported that one of the
houses in the ''division' south of
ehhsyiVania avenue would be kept
open last night for the purpose of test
ing the constitutionality of the law
foiicemen. however. who had been de-
'alfed IN that section, reported that no
men had been admitted to any of the
placcs. Inc proprietrcss of the house
mentioned denied that she had anv in
tcn1Ou of violating the lau-
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Earthquake Second Warning.

The next warning came sunday Jan
uary II. in the form of severe earth
auakes. accompanied by resonant deep
cannonadins from the heights If Saku-
rajima With increasing violence. came
shock after shock Houses topplei. bric',
walls cruInbled and from far hen..s.th
seemingly from some vast cave ol
echoes. rose d horrible sound Of grind
ing and roaring. UP through thu uHaking
crust of the earth.
BY Monday morning the midnight glow.
that had spread like = scarlet canopy
over the vent of the volcano changed
to an imTnea surably lofty column of
twisting smoke laced with flames and
shot with the trail of fiery missiles
Dawn changed To twilight y great
shower of ashes rained u1 the panic
stricken population. The ashes became
flowing cinders and the cinderS flaming
rocks. Sparkling lava. gushing from tn.
mouths OF the several CraterS. leaped
down from cliff To cliff and ledge and
ledge.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Warships Were Dispatched.

AS soon as the authorities at Toxic
had an inkling of the serious nature of
the disaster dozen warships were dis
patched to the gulf. They found the
waters fariously asitated and thicklv
crusted with pumice stone.
BY the 18Th Kagoshima was Virtually
vacant. From the Island of Sakuraiitfl;,
rescue parties took OF thirty three. is
landers- Those that remained We're with
ou. food
For A week the volcano continued
;ntermittentiy its flow Of white-hot lava
and bonbardment OF incandeScent elm
ders- The poidest inhabitants ventured
Evening star., 1914-02-08
steamers speeded to Rescue.

from kasoshi'na :, dozen steamers
came fun speed 10 thu rescue Their
prompt aid and that of sailing and row
ing craft saved thousands from drown
ing.
But IN the meantime things were not
gong well In kasoshnla- y strong east
VINO allied tine streets with hot ashes
and red hot cinders- Houses began to
collapse under the weight or TO catch
firc from the cinders
There followed a mad rush OF ti,. in
haotants. Thoroughly infected with the
terror of the burned and crazed island
ers. toF the railroad station Splendid
a!scipiine there saved the dav Eox
freisht ears We're backed onto the. sid
ings aud with remarkable prouiptness
fhe crowds we're carried Ilorthward 10
safety.
10 thc westward began Il steady flight
along the highways. y number OF &Iner!-
cans. among them several missionaries.
escaped in this direction. walking some
of The twenty miles in the blackness OF
night.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
TAKEN FROM THE JURY.
Court Stops Suit for Damages
Against Railway Company.

Special DISPATCH TO The STAT.
CUMBERLAND. Md. February -
Judge Henderson took from the jury
the damage suit of Solomon Holloway
against the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road for $4,000 damages for the loss
of a leg. in having been run down by
a train at "a crossing here.
Halloway. who is a tinworkcr. came
from Mount Jackson, Va. He claimed
that he lost his leg in an effort to save
a little girl from being run down. The
child could not be produced in court
and ii was the contention of the rail-
road company that Halloway was in
toAicated and was a trespasser.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
ANDY AND PHIL INVENT
AN INTERESTING GAME
Both Digging Hard for Buried
Treasure From Maps Made
by Each Other.
. Ne.tal.l L, 81. u liz lnni.s

Gea Hicks told Maude Mudinkc~'-
fortun" This morning. telling Maude she
was goinc 70 h. married :; times ami
have ~ children. ami Maude IS VERY
haprs. Gen wants to tell steve Hard,
fortune. bur steve says no. sir II.
knows what she'd tell; shed - y. Nas
in his fortune he lad got 10 aarry ';en.
and hell he blamed if he viii,
Hen Van Ness Was sent ovcrNo th~
school committee rooms for nca hu
u. Of rattans todaN. and didcrf t"r'
nack Miss Palmer sent t. Hens lkpuse
10 SEQ ii hc HAD ,:tini home. and h. h.a
Hen said pe had vent for the rattaA
bur they diJcnt hav, none. and told ny
TO cum back next d:iy. SO he thought - =
wouldcnt want HIM To return 10 school
without them and fsd Went honr ="
wait II, ~ next