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Evening star., 1914-07-23
REVENUE CUTTER BEAR
SAILS FOR THE ARCTIC
Will Attempt to Rescue Twenty-Five
of Wrecked Stefansson Explor-
ing Ship Karluk.

NOME, Alaska, July 23.-The revenue
cutter Bear, with Capt. Robert Bartlett.
master of the wrecked Stefansson ex-
ploring ship Karluk, aboard. will sail to-
day for the arctic to take off the eighteen
white men and four Eskimos of Bartletts s
command. who are marooned on Wran-
sell Island. where they sought refuge
after the Karluk was crushed in the ice
north of Herald Island last winter.
The Bear will carry provisions enough
to last nine months. She will first take
mail to Point Barrow. stopping at all
government stations en- route. 1t is ex-
pected that twelve days will be consumed
making the voyage to Point Barrow. aft
er which the Bear will turn westward
and try to make her way through the ice
foes to Wrangell Island, off the north
eastern coast of Siberia.
Capt. Bartlett said the Karluks men
will run out of provisions about the mid
die of August. and the Bear will make
every effort to reach them before then.
They should, however, be able to subsist
on game. in which Wrangell Island
abounds, If the rescue party is delayed.
The power schooner p. ]. Adler, which
arrived from the arctic yesterday with a
big cargo of furs. reported that ice condi-
tions along both the American and ST.
berian shores of the arctic are the worst
ever known.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
GRAND JURY PROBING
CHICAGO DEATH PLOT
Evidence Claimed to Prove Frame.
Up to Kill Inspector
Dannenberg.

CHICAGO, July 23-Charges of
police corruption and evidence to
sustain his accusation that the
death of a detective in a levee fight a
week ago was the unexpected result of
a plot by levee characters to murder w.
c. Dannenberg, chief morals inspector,
were taken before grand jury yesterday
by Macklay Hoyne, states attorney.
NJ. L. C. Funkhouser, second deputy
superintendent Of police in charge of the
morals department. was among the first
witnesses. He is believed to have told of
the relations between detectives of the
regular police bureau and those in the
morals department.
A half dozen levee characters, bartend-
ers, walters and a chauffeur or two, all
believed to have knowledge of the plot,
were subpoenaed but did not reach the
witness stand during the afternoon.
big jim Colosimo, cafe owner, arrest
ed Tuesday. charged with the obstruction
of justice, spent several hours Of the
afternoon in close conference with the
states attorney Hoyne denied that Col
osimo had been granted immunity, and
the cafe owner went before the in
quisitors after announcing that he would
tell all he knew of the police shooting.
Levee Resort Owners Desperate.
sThe states attorney declared he had
evidence to prove that owners Of resorts
Evening star., 1914-07-23
POLICEMEN ACT KINDLY
BOGUS PANHANDLER
Some New York Guardians Of the
Law Ever Ready to Give
Money.

NEW YORK, July 23.-A special agent
for the department Of charities who. dis
guised as beggar. told hard-luck tale
to policemen, filed a report today in
which he stated that forty-seven from
among fifty approached are ready to lend
a helping hand, and some even a helping
dime to a poor fellow who is hungry.
The special agent visited all parts of
the city, and only three policemen whom
he approached refused to listen to his
story. The others helped him by sug-
gesting where he could apply for food
and several tried to get him a job.
Commissioner Of Charities Kingsbury
was particularly interested to learn how
many of the police would direct his coun-
terfeit panhandler to the recently estab-
lished municipal free employment bureau.
Only three of them made this suggestion,
SO coupled with praise for their good
sense and kindness some Information
will be given the force on the usefulness
of this bureau to men out of work.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
ANXIOUS T0LEARN
WHERE THEY STAND
New York Representatives in
Congress Plan to Call on
President Wilson.

coming New York campaign. They said
today they are tired of being called names
by the Presidents friends. especially aft
er having borne the brunt of the battle
and after supporting the administration
as far as possible. A statement issued
by Representative Fitzgerald outlines the
plan in general A meeting has been
called in Mr.. F'itzgeralds office next Mon
day to plan line of campaign.
Nv York democrats of the regular Or
ganization have been left out of all po-
litical calculations made by Dudley Field
Malone, William G. McAdoo and other
administration favorites who are now
handling New York politics. according to
the complaints Of the New York repre-
sentatives. With a campaign coming on
apace, and all sorts of mix-ups probable
in view of the criss-cross situation in the
Empire state, the New Workers, Tam
many men and others, want to find out
just where they stand. The Fitzgerald
statement has been indorsed in the main
by practically the entire New York city
delegation. It is as follows:
No Demand for Patronage.
1.-THE city Of New York has twenty
democratic representatives in Congress.
Only one state has as large a democratic
delegation. Most Of them will be candi-
ported the administration since its ad-
vent into power. They have not pestered
either the President or his advisers with
demands for patronage. They have con-
tributed to whatever success the party
has had in legislation. Their success in
the coming campaign may be essential
to the control of the House by the demo-
cratic party.
They have been pictured as the repre-
sentatives of crooks and grafters and po-
litical buccaneers. and their slanderers
profess to be the authorized spokesmen
of the administration. We are confident
such action has not had the Presidents g
approval. The people represented by these
men resent these charges and the men,
bers Of Congress have endured them with
patience and as long as their sef-respect
will permit.
Expect Justice From President.
They are unanimously of the belief
that if they meet the President in per-
son and go over matters of Importance to
the welfare of the party he will adjust the
situation with that justice and fairness
and wisdom which have characterized his
action since he has been in public life
The twenty democrats from the city of
New York will go to the President as
friends: they are confident that they
will be received in the spirit in which
they CO.
Representative Levy of New York city
today said he believed the New York
democrats would have done better always
to stand together. He and Representative
Cantor objected to the use of the words
CRATER" "buccaneer" and crooks" +"
They both said they had never been pic
tured in that way.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED.
Indian Issue in Conference Must Be
Fought Out on Floor.

Conferees on the Indian appropriation
bill completed their work yesterday, but
came to no agreement concerning the
rights Of Choctaws living in Mississippi
to participate in the funds set aside for
the Choctaw nation. The House conferees
opposed the granting of funds to the In
dians in Mississippi. while the Senate
conferees took the Senate view favorable
to the Mississippi Indians The matter
must be fought out on the floor
1t was agreed in the conference that
not more than three Indian warehouses
are to be maintained, the location to be
affairs
Evening star., 1914-07-23

in the levee. made desperate by repeated
raids under Dannenberg, had imported
Rocco Venille. a New York gunman for
the purpose of killing the morals in
spector.
The plot was nearing elimination, he
said. and Venille as leader of a crowd
Of levee characters was about to get
detectives Of the morals squad. when the
latter were saved by the accidental inter
ference of two policemen of the regular
force, who mistook the detectives for
gunner and who, being in plain clothes.
were themselves not recognized The
regulars attempted to disperse the
crowd, the states attorney said. and then
were fired upon. one of them, Birns,
losing his life.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
MEx1cANs HOLD LABOR MEN.
Disposition of Twenty Leaders. De

Aqua PRIETA, Sonora, Mexico. July
23.-Twenty labor leaders, ordered de-
ported from Cananea because of alleged
activity in the strike at the mines and
smelter of the Cananea Consolidated Cop
per Company, are held here under surveil-
lance while the Sonora officials are at a
loss where to send them. The men and
their families were denied admission to
the United States by the immigration
authorities when they We're taken to
Naco. They were brought here to be held
until the problem of their destination is
solved.
Rumors that they might be executed
are not credited here because public SEN
timent is said by officials to hold that
the civil and military authorities of
Cananea exceeded their powers in at
tempting deportation.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
BoMBARDED WITH coURTEsIEs.
Gen. Tanaka of japanese Army Ex-
presses Thanks,

The Secretaries of State and War yes
terday received farewell messages from
Maj Gen. Giichi Tanaka Of the Japanese
army. who. on the eve of his de-
parture from San Francisco. expressed
appreciation of the courtesies extended
to him while in the United States.
To Secretary Bryan, Gen. Tanaka ten
dered respectfully the expression of my
most profound sense of appreciation and
gratitude for such generous courtesies
and treatment with which I have been
practically bombarded everywhere 1 have
passed.
In thanking Secretary Garrison for
courtesies received from him and from
army officers, the Japanese warrior said:
Il have not met in my present tour an
other set of men and officers more con-
genial"
Evening star., 1914-07-23
DIPLOMAT MUST EXPLAIN.
State Department to Act in Alleged
Affront to Norway.

Explanation of the alleged affront Of
fered by Franklin NJ. Gunther. secretary
to the American legation in Norway, to
the harbor master at Chrstiania, prob
ably will be demanded by the State De-
partment without awaiting formal word
from Norway.
national aspects was doubted. That Nor
way will consider the affair personal
matter was the opinion of officials here.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Jumps Overheard at Sea.

NEW YORK, July 23.-John j
Murphy of Columbus. Ohio, committed
suicide at sea by jumping overheard
from the steamer Advance, July IS, ac-
cording to officers of the vessel, which
arrived here yesterday from Cristobal
The body was recovered and later buried
at sea.
Evening star., 1914-07-23

Some men are candidates for Office be-
cause they can't help it, but usually it
is because the people can't help it.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
81 .o HlegkaD 0Nan
4 The Searchli8ht q! 8 'aiE
= HAnNT
DESTROYING Jerusalem's Walls.


Other memories Of the race are to be
sacrificed upon the altar of progress. IT.
reverent civilization, bent upon the con-
quest of the moon, the capture and sub
lection of the eluding atom. the over
throw of the last of the bacteria, and
the development of a scientific race ac-
cording to plan and specification. now
finds the ancient walls of Jerusalem in
its way-and these walls must go.
Many modern improvements are trans
forming the Holy City" The old walls
are now being offered for sale by the
government as building material for prof.
ects under construction They have a
circumference Of nearly three miles and
rise in places to a height of forty feet.
Within their shadow. Mark Twain wept
bitter tears upon the tomb of his illus
trious ancestor. Adam
The venerable city has grown rapid
ly during recent years that the popula-
ton without its walls is already consid-
erably greater than that within. This
influx of people has proved too great a
strain upon the city's prehistoric ar
rangements for water supply. and it is
now determined to equip Jerusalem with
u modern waterworks system. an cleo
tric light and power plant. and street
car network.
Ancient Jerusalem is to be tricked out
like modern bride and in her fashion
plates from New York she finds no men,
ton of walls and battlements
Expert Engineering for Small Cities.
The University of Wisconsin. the great
utilitarian institution. goes from one prac-
teal innovation to another. The latest
, development is a plan to give small cities
and towns in the state the benefit of ex-
pert engineering.
| The plan is now in active operation. as
an activity of the extension division of
the university, and a number of small
communities Of the state soon will be en-
| joying municipal and sanitary engineer
ing service that hitherto has been beyond
their meager appropriations.
+, Any community desiring advice in
gard to its sanitation in general, or sew
! erage. water supply. etc. has but to ap
| peal TO the university. These requests
| are turned over to an expert municipal
! and sanitary engineer, who is in the en-
| pioy Of the university. This official gives
| the matter just much thought as ne
| would to q private contract. He does not
| hesitate to call upon any department OF
| the university for assistance. and even
| goes 80 far. whenever necessary, as to
| consult an outside expert.
| This inspection and the resultant re-
| ports are considered merely preliminary
survey. They do not give the community
| free complete plans and specifications.
| They tell the town just what Is the mat
| ter with 1t. 1t is then up to the munici-
| pality to engage an expert In private
! practice to do the work In this way
| the university helps both the municipaIi-
ties and the engineering profession.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Two Killed by Lightning.

ITHACA, N Y, July 23.-During
storm at Dryden, near here. yesterday.
Bruce Lamont. a well-to-do farmer. and
Dean Allen, a farm hand, were struck
by lightning and killed.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
CUNTHER TRIED TO SHIELD
INVALID FROM ALARM
Secretary of U. s. Legation at Chris.
tiania So Explains Harbor
Incident.

CHRISTIANIA, July 23.-Franklin NJ.
Gunther, secretary Of the American 1e-
cation. has given the following state
ment to the Associated Press regarding
allegations made hy Norwegian papers
that he had assaulted the harbor mas
ter of Christiania several days ago. when
that official ordered the steam yacht
Pauline. on which Mr.. Gunther was a
guest, to shift her anchorage.
THE occurrence in question grew out
of the apparently great anger and vio-
lent attitude of a Norwegian harbor
police official because an English yacht
had anchored in a certain location in
the harbor. A prominent Norwegian
gentleman and myself were guests of
an American gentleman and his wife
aboard the vessel.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Explains His Position.

MY sole connection with the affair
was that 1 insisted that an American
invalid lady on board should not be
frightened and insulted by the conduct
of the official. who unexpectedly
climbed aboard while the lady's hus-
band, who had chartered the vessel,
had gone ashore.
There was no physical clash between
myself and the official, and the un-
scrupulous published ex-parte state
ments as to improper language having
been used by me are absolutely false.
l was informed by the captain of the
vessel that he was perfectly willing at
all times to comply with the harbor
regulations.
However, my official position pre-
vents me from giving the facts or ex-
pressing my opinion regarding the con-
duct of the official 1 have declined to
deny or comment upon the statements
appearing in the Christiania papers, and
feel confident that the Norwegian au-
thorities will take proper cognizance
of the offense to myself and the
others
Evening star., 1914-02-17
SENECA WILL BEGIN
ICE FLOE OBSERVATION
Revenue Cutter in Shipshape for
Battle With Great Drifts Down
the La brador Coast.

NEW YORK. February I1.-Tbs. r.y-
ehue cutter Seneca. Capt. =. L. Johnson.
Is ready for ice observation duty rec
olnmenGed By the international confer
ence on safety at sea following the
Titanic disaster. Stores and coal have
been taken aboard the Seneca. engines
overhauled and everything IN shipshape
tor a three months battle with the Ice
which threatens the steamship lane be-
tween New York and European ports.
The Seneca will leave here Thursday
and will steam direct to Halifax. She
will make the latter port her headuuar-
ters. but will leave there immediately
after reporting and begin search for
the great ice fioes which drift down the
Labrador coast at this season
The duty of the Seneca's officers VIII
be to determine the probable course of
the great ice masses and of their drift,
keeping them in sight constantly and
sending out each night a radio warning
to vessels. The ice observation will con-
tinue until about April, and most of this
time the Senaca will be at sea pursuing
her perilous work At intervals OF
three weeks she will put into Halifax
for supplies.
The revenue cutter Miami now at Key
West. will assist in the work The Miami
is expected to come up the coast next
week, but by that time the Seneca will
be off Labrador.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
NAVAL PROGRAM DISCUSSED.
Bill Before House Committee Today
for Final Determination.

The nava' appropriation bill with its
sl45.O00,000 appropriation was before
the House naval committee today for
tinal determination of what is to be
the administration construction pro-
gram.
Two battleshipe and accompanying
small craft have been recommended by
Secretary Daniels and are understood
to have the Endorsement OF President
Wilson.
Provision for manufacture Of torpedoeS
at the Washington navy yard will be
made, it was SAID today at the Capitol in
the appropriations bill. The bill will carry
Sl.Uo9.oou for the manufacture of tor
peioes, a much larger item than usual
\ naval officer interested in the Wash
ington yard said today that without the
addition Of new machinery the yard is
already equipped to produce torpcdoes
1t Is the understanding that the Wash
ington navy yard will fare exceedingly
well in the appropriation bill.
Representative Humphrey Of Washing
ton and Representative Curry of Cali
fornia appeared before the committee to-
day urging a larger feet of torpedo boats
for the Pacific coast
Evening star., 1914-02-17
MONROE INQUIRY RESUMED,
Officers of Ill-Fated Steamer Tell of
Conditions Before Crash.

PHILADELPHIA. February l7.-Ex-
animation of officers OF the steamship
Monroe. sunk by the Nantucket off the
Virginia coast January 20. with tn. loss
of orty-one lives. was resumed TODAY he
fore the United States steamboat IN
spectors. who are trying Capt. osmv,
Berry of the Nantucket. charged with
negligence. Joseph f. GateIy. second Of.
ficer of the Monroe. under cross-.x,m;n..
ton. could not give any definite. jnfor,,a
ton as to the speed of the Monroe an ~
night of the disaster except that sbe w.
sometimes running full speed somet,,,..s
half speed. and that occasionally the Chi,
was stopped in the fog.
John II. Perkins chief engineer .. -,
Monroe. testified to what the ensin. ~,
the ship was doing that night IL. -
not in the engine room when tho ...,a.
sion occurred. He did not hear the .ga,'
eral alarm bell sounded. He expressed
the opinion that some Of the Passengers
the ship sank.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
NEW YORK MENACED BY !,
SNOW-FILLED STREETS
Water Plugs Covered and Fire Ap-
paratus Confined to
Limited Area.

NEW YORK. February lT-With an
army of 1900 men the New York street
cleaning department today continued its
attack on the mass of snow ttiat has
blocked the streets since Saturday. An
additional snowfall Of nearly five nrhes
yesterday swamped tl.e department l"i'
several hours. but large gangs we're kept
busy all night. with the result that some
thing near the normal conditions OF traffic
Were restored early today on the main
lines of travel. The total snowfall Sat
urday and yesterday was l4.9 inches
Conditions all over the greater city yes
terday caused Robert .Adamson, fire com
missioner to order firemen to clear the
approaches of all engine houses ana as
sist the street cleaning department IN
uncovering water plugs. IN many PaT'S
Of I'M, CITY il was impossible yesterday
for the fire apparatus to go more t!an a
block or TWO from stations. and '"min!s-
sioner Adamson feared that IN the event
of a biz fire his department "oud ~
helpless.
ting food supplies continue to some eH-
tent today Milk dealers reported DELAYS
in transportation, and after reCeiN Nliis
their supply they experienced dlIilcuitS
in making deliveries because OF me deep
snow in the streets Coal dealers wer''
also hard hit by the storm aud All dc
liyerios we're in small lots where II was
possible to make any at all
some retail dealers explained that there
was no probability of either a rood fam
inc or a coal shortage. Present condi-
tiups would have to become much worse
thay said. to bring about serious short
age.
missioner estimates that two weeks VIII
he REQUIRED to remove the SNOW lie "s
tinated that the cost to tne CITY would
be about SGon,1s' Yesterday l5't' carr,
loads of snow We're removed ana the total
for the mast three days was :4.4s9
Evening star., 1914-02-17
KING THROWN FROM HORSE
AND LEFT ARM is BROKEN
Albert I of Belgium Meets With Ac.
cident in Forest of
Seienies.

BRt sSElS. Belgium. February IL
Albert /. King of the Belsians broke his
left arm today. He was thrown from his
horse while riding in the forest Of Seis-
MES. not Iar from thu battlefield OF
Waterloo
his majesty & escape from more serious
inJurT Vas narrow one. Exaggerated
reports Of the accident caIised much pub
lie concern iii the Belgian capital The
king 5 physician, however. alayed anxiety
by Il bulletin describing the injury and
declaring that 10 grave consequences
were likely to ensue from the accident
AS the kings general health is good and
he is a young man.
King Albert l is thirty-eight reals ole
He succeeded his uncle Leopold Decem-
ber Il. 1859 He married Princess Eliza
beth of Bavaria iii lg,p and the roval
couple have three children.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
House Leader Scheduled to
Have Conference With the
President Tomorrow.
BREAK WITH CONGRESS
REGARDED AS UNLIKELY
Doubt Today Whether Wilson Will
Veto Immigration Bill Because
of Literacy Test.

MaioritA l1e;lder InderWo"d of ihe
House is scheduled for a conference with
President Wilson tomorrow on III" pro
posed rcpeal of fAe provision Of III" Pan
anna canal tolls act "xeartins American
cnastNiSe vessels from payment of tolls.
Mr. .nderwood voted for this act. has
not substantially changed his mind as I"
its wisdom and is a stickler for the plat
form promises Of the Baltimore conFen-
tion. which went on record as favoring
discrimination in behalf - American
vessels.
It is pretty weli known that tn. House
democrats have NOT far enihused over
the proposed repeal and that the Presi-
dent will hav" to make himself clear b.
fore they agree to change front on the
question.
Evening star., 1914-02-17
Four Men Die of Exposure
Aboard Stranded Italian
Bark Castagna.
SEVEN BROUGHT ASHORE
BY LIFE-SAVING CREWS
Steamer Roma. Six Hours on Reef,
Reaches Port-Vessels Damaged
IN North Atlantic.

Mi-i-LFLEET. Mass, Tesae,ar l.. .
-Four men persisted today when ~.
Italian bark 'IStagma str.,k oa th,
outer hai of osp- God. a nlilc ana a ,..ir
south cf the Cahopus Hollow Iii. -savitfs
station. s"V'n seamou. all uearl. ur
conscious From exposure. N.ro htouen;
ssn"r" y the lifesayrrs Tie f.,rz. n
'"rps,'s Of capt. Cara and three sailors
were ieft IN the rigging. VII, r. ,ns men
iith ias'ird themselves during the itoIrs
Ct darkness T. avoid hciing eacripl uscr-
board y tha st'as That swept ii. derA
Iiis Castaslia. from Montrrid.u for
hoston. with phosphate rock. Struct the
bar carly TODAY during a bimdius NOV
storm and sixiy mil. northwest gal.
Ihe beach patrol sighted her - dawn
- Yards off shoir With ~. surf hr.an-
ing over her and threatening Ia pound
her to pieces