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Evening star., 1915-06-18
FOR OUTING NEXT SUNDAY
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
Wanderlusters Will Walk Along the
Canal From Cabin John
Bridge.

Plans are complete for the Sunday
outing of the wanderlusters of WASH
ington. They are to walk along the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, starting
from Cabin John bridge at 2:45 pm.
The leaders are to be Frank Lawson
and John Rosson. Despite the rain
Wednesday evening. party Of hfteen
visited the lily ponds at Kenilworth
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Rosson led, W. Palmer Hall. who
was to have headed the party. being
prevented from doing so by sickness
In connection with the walk for Sun
day, an explanatory statement was is
sued by the committee in charge today
1t says:
Diversity of Tastes.
There is such a diversity of tastes
among the wanderlusters that it some
times keeps the committee busy in ar
ranging a walk which will give the
most satisfaction at any particular
time Some like to walk fast. some
slow; some like lots of climbing, WITH
quite little excitement thrown IN
some smooth, easy walking. Durlne
the hot months, however, good oea
ITO satisfy this last class the walk
along the canal has been arranged.
Ii is all smooth paths. with shade all
the way The walk proper will end at
the Chain bridge, but with the oppor-
tunity of continuing to Georgetown.
Walk Offers Contrasts.
THE canal is quite a contrast to the
far-stretching steel rails which bind
our great continent from ocean to
ocean The water itself is so quiet
the motion scarcely being noticeable,
and the slow moving boats are drawn
by our faithful donkeys. There is no
| hurry. Everything is done method
ically but with the idea there is but
one life here and it is foolish to rush
through 1t and. lose what enjoyment
there might be. So II you want nice
cool and easy walk join the wander
| lusters Sunday. The stiffness of the
canal waters and life on the one side
and the hurry and hustle of the Poto-
mac on the other where it scrambles
/ over the rocks in it's journey to the
sea will give you something with
which to divert your thoughts. The
path is narrow but long and will ac-
commodate every one who wishes to
join"
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Delegates of District Depart.
ment U. S. W. V. to Hold
Annual Meeting.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
BY COMMANDER WILSON
Election of Officers Scheduled as the
Main Business of the Even
ing Session.

The Depa rtment of the District Oh
Columbia. United Spanish War Vet
Grams, is to begin its sixteenth an
nual encampment sessions tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Pythlan
Temple. The closing session is to be
held at o'clock. Department Com
mander H. C. Wilson is to preside.
The afternoon session will be taken
up by the reports of the department
officers covering the activities of the
order for the past year and in con-
sidering resolutions and enactments.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year will be the main business of the
evening session.
Commander Wilson announces the
appointment of the following commit
tees for the encampment:
On credentials-Dep Adjt.
Joseph j. Harvey, chairman; John
Murphy tUrell Camp, c. w. McCaf-
frey miles Camp.
on solutions-Richard l.. Lamb
Lawton Camp, chairman; James +.
Byrne CASTOR Camp. William Hender-
son (Harden Camp.
Encampment Mem bership.
The following named officers and dele
gates vi tilc OTSdHlZdlloi coHStllule liiC
membership of the encampment:
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. i
Past Commander-in-ch John Lewis
Smith. Past Department Commanders
| Jere A. Costello, J. Walter Mitchell and
G. f. Rausch, Department Surgeon
Samuel l. Harmon. Commander Charles
J. P. Weber. Senior Vice Commander NJ.
| ]. Gill. Junior Vice Commander p J.
Doe. a l,rie
Hintenach. Daniel J. Leahy, Charles
| w. McCaffrey. George W. Nairn, Howard
! NJ Peter and William F. Ulrich; dele
gates. O. Ledoux. Thomas A HOLE,
Harles A. H. Bailey. F. w. Parrish and
l.. d. Snyder: qlternates. Edwin T. Davis
Adoph Graef, James F. Harbin. Robert
f. Culin and Richard L. Trice.
Lieut.. Richard j. Harden Camp. No.
depart rtment Commander H. G. Wilson
Department Quartermaster Harry B.
! Coulter, Department Adjutant Chaplain
w. |. Jenkins. Past Department Com
manders u. V Chisholm and James r
/ Greeley. Commander William T. Her
ritage. Senior Vice Commander ]. J. Muir
roster. Past Camp Commanders Charles
J: Harlow. William Henderson, Harry A
Walsh, c. V. Sayer, Benjamin l.. Tub.
man, A. c. Mckelvey. John A. Gallahel
and William A. Bowling; delegates
Shaw. W. C. Johns, H. L. Leslie. william
J. Sammond, William l.. Mattocks and
J. w. Wilson: alternates, ]. W. Eubank
J. S. Cornish. Thomas ludlow, w. E
Thorne. John Casey, NJ. NJ. Cronn, f. B
Doran and H. J. Sherwood.
| Col. James s. Petit Camp, No 8
! Past Department Commander S. 6. Nav.
| son, Past Camp Commanders F. W. Alex
ander. w. w. Fentress. w. B. Hudson
| r. B. Leach, II. j. Peckling. J. l.. May
| A. NJ. Russell, H. V. ShuItleff and r. H
Wood Commander W d. Huston Senior
Vice Commander L. E. FELTON,. Junior
Vice Commander c. S. Taylor; delegates
w. E. Cevestine and d. l.. Ford al
! ternates, w. Holt and J. ]. Hartnett.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
FRANK BRANCH, C0L0RED,
IS STABBED FATALLY
Scott Stewart, Also Colored, Accused
Of Crime and Held for Grand
Jury's Action.

Frank Branch, colored. fourteen years
old. 1241 22d street northwest, was stab
bed to death last night while in Washing
ton Circle, where hundreds of persons
were listening to band concert. Scott
Stewart. colored, sixteen years old, 2l4i
1. street northwest, his confessed slayer,
Evening star., 1915-06-18
FRENCH LABOR ACTION
PLEASING TO FEDERATION
Officials Confident Other Countries
Will Join in World Convention
to Stop War.

Word from Paris that the French
labor organization had approved the
proposal of the American Federation
or Labor that world labor conven-
tion be held at the same time and
place as the peace convention to even
tually terminate the European war en-
couraged officials of the federation to-
day. They expressed confidence that
other countries will soon follow the
lead of France in indorsing this pro-
posal.
The world labor conference was pro-
posed by the American Federatio of
Labor executive committee in reso-
luton adopted at the federations con-
vention in Philadelphia last November
The resolution declared that the
convention of the A. r of L., in view
of the general peace congress which
no doubt will be held at the close of
the war for the purpose of adjusting
claims and differences, hold itself in
readiness and authorize the executive
council to call meeting of repre-
sentatives of organized labor of the
dfHerent nations to meet at the same
time and place, to the end that sue-
Sestlons may be made and such action
taken as shall be helpful in restoring
fraternal relations, protecting the in
tersts of the toilers and thereby as
sistlng in laying foundations for a
more lasting peace
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Negro Held on Assault Charge.

James Harper, colored. was held for
the action Of the grand jury in $500
bonds today in the Police Court on a
charge of assault with dangerous
weapon Thomas Ennis. also colored.
told Judge Pugh that Harper had stab
bed him ove- the left eye with knife.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Might Have Been Official Mail.

Whether the piece of mail matter
shown by a comparison of receipts to
be missing was an official communi-
cation has not been revealed. but it
Is known that diplomatic correspond
ence was sent from Washington on
the Adriatic.
I While various reports have been in
circulation as to the interference with
mail since the outbreak of hostilities
in Europe. the protest from Sweden is
the first official communication on the
subject.
Unofficially it was stated in allied
diplomatic circles that there had been
various instances of interference with
official mail in this country, and that
the Russian embassy had evidence of
six cases in which mail had been tam
pered with on United States railway
mail cars.
Evening star., 1915-06-18

was arrested by Policeman Peterson OF
the seventh precinct
Stewart claimed that he used his knife
in self-defense, saying Branch and
companion came to where he was seated
on the grass, renewed a difficulty they
had earlier in the week, and the stab
bing resulted.
I'VE are going to double up on you
is what Stewart told the police Branch
said to him.
Alleges He Was Attacked.
This, Stewart said. was followed by an
attack, and he took his knife from his
pocket, opened it and cut at Branch.
Stewart disappeared from the circle as
soon as he realized what he had done.
and it was not until the wounded boy
was being taken to a nearby drug store
that many persons in the circle knew OF
the tragedy.
DR.. Macdonald. ambulance surgeon at
Emergency Hospital, responded to a call,
examined the boy as he lay In the drug
store and pronounced life extinct Coroner
hewitt held an inquest at the morgue to-
day Several witnesses were examined.
and the jury reached a verdict holding
Stewart for the action of the grand jury
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Other Camps in List.

Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp, No. A.
Past Department Commanders George
H. Harries and DR.. S. Clifford Cox;
Senior Vice Department Commanders
Charles A. Williams; Commander Emil
Walter; Senior Vice Commander Will
liam P. Davis: Junior Vice Commander
BERTHE C. Farrar; Past Camp Command
ers ]. Ligon King. Francis b Wheaton,
Evening star., 1915-06-18

There are no producing nickel mines
in the United States, the domestic pro-
duction being by-products of copper
reHnerieaj .. =. ..-t
Evening star., 1915-06-18
Expects British Approval.

FRANK Morrison. secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, said
that the labor convention of England,
to be held in September, undoubtedly
would approve the plan.
The idea of the proposal" said Mr..
morrison, lis correctly stated in the
resolution. We feel that when the war
is concluded and peace re-established
adequate measures should he taken and
proper care exercised by the peace con-
gress to protect the working ma sses-
those who hear the brunt of fighting"
Evening star., 1915-06-18

The seniors of the New York Uni
versity College voted to forbid the
wearing of mustaches by all students.
Formerly only freshmen were forbid
den to wear this adornment.
Evening star., 1915-06-18
SWEDENPROTESTS
. MAIL Interference
Complaint Lodged With State
Department That Pouches
Are Opened.

The first official protest growing out
of reports of Interference with mails
since the outbreak of the European
war was before Secretary Lansing OF
the State Department today with re-
quest for action.
The complaint in point was that
lodged with the Secretary by Swedish
Minister Ekengren. who, in a letter
written on instructions from his gov
ernment, stated that United States mail
pouches destined for Sweden had been
broken open in England. that letters
had been opened and censored and that
one registered unit had been retained.
letters, or packages, sealed up in one
parcel for given place.
The communication recited two spe-
cific instances of interference with
United States mail for Sweden. pointed
out that such acts were in violation OF
the provisions of the world postal con-
vention and asked that appropriate &C
tion be taken
Tries to Prevent Complication.
Postal officials have aimed to pre-
vent just such a complication. The day
Italy declared war they ceased routing
way. No mail for Germany or Austria
has been sent on ships touching at
ports of the allies.
When Dutch lines for Rotterdam an
nounced they would call at Falmouth
the postal authorities notified the lines
that they could not carry German mails.
In every instance the stea mship lines
Cancelled calls at Falmouth rather than
lose the mail pay.
1t was said at the Post Office Depart
ment today that no request had yet
been made by the State Department for
informal ton on Swedish mails. and that
no complaint of those mails being
opened had been lodged with it.
May Seek Protection of Mails.
While State Department officials de-
clined to indicate what. If any action.
would be taken, it was said in diplo-
matte circles that representations prob
ably would be made by the United
States to Great Britain asking that
special precautions be taken to pro-
tect American mail passing through
British territory.
The two specific cases mentioned
were one involving mail sent on the
American steamer New York, when she
left May %. and the other pouches car
ried by the British steamer Adriatic,
which sailed May 81.
In the former case it was asserted
that out of twenty-nine registered
letters and packages. seven arrived in
| Sweden opened, while the greater part
of the other mail had been censored.
| OF the Adratic's mail, which arrived
| in Goth burg June 9, several letters
were said to have been opened and one
registered unit to have been retained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-22
FOR OLD WASHBURN!

Following are some of the good
things being said about Washburn
college and the endowment cam
paign:
Frederick Courtenay Barber, di-
rector-general: Now is the time to
push hard. Topeka will never
stop until the goal is reached.
Judge T. f. Carver: There is
nothing of greater value to COM
rnunity than a first class education
al institution. Washburn is of that
standard and deserves support.
A j. Stout, principal of the To-
peka high school: No small per-
centage of the students of Wash
burn college are Topeka high
school graduates. Washburn is es-
sentiaIly a Topeka institution and
the citizens should give the college
liberal support.
of the biggest things in Topeka and
Kansas and we should show our
loyalty.
Dr. S. S. Estey: Washburn is
peculiarly a Topeka institution. 1t
deserves every assistance in this
financial campaign.
Arthur Mills: The growing of
Washburn means the raising of the
standard for Topeka socially as
well as commercially.
Robert Stone: L hope the men
will take up the work of doing
something after supper.
w. w. Webb: This is the most
important task for Topeka this
year. Washburn is no small asset
and the business men of the city
and others should show that they
appreciate this fact by giving both
their time and their money in
bringing the campaign to a success
full close.
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ROUT AUSTRIANS RIGHT To KANSAS
Rock Island Receivership Suit
Is Filed in Topeka.
Local Federal Courts Have
Jurisdiction i'm Case.

In order to give Kansas federal
courts Jurisdiction in the case. certi-
fled copy of the auxiliary bill of the
complainant in the case of the Amer
lean Steel foundries against the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railway
for receivership, was today filed with
Mort Albaugh, clerk of the United
States district court.
The original bill of the complainant
was filed April 20. Claims of the
American Steel foundries were to the
effect that the railway company owed
more than s4,997,7O7 due this month
and May, which it would be unable to
pay out of its current resources. Com
plainant also stated that the railroad
was indebted to the foundry to the
extent of $15,818.46, due and unpaid.
for materials.
H. u. Nudge and ]. w. Dickinson
were named receivers for the railroad.
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Get OUR MESSAGE
Germany Receives Reply of q.
s. Regarding Neutrality.
Won BernStrOff Is LabOring I'm
der False Impressions.

Washington, April 22.-The Ameri-
can governments answer to the recent
memorandum of Count Won Bern
storff, the German ambassador, COM
planning that while F,aee United States
had failed to MARKHAM its right to
export foodstuffs to- Germany, it had
permitted the shipment of arms to the
allies, was before the German govern
ment today. The shipment of arms,
the ambassador asserted, was not in
keeping with the real spirit of neu-
trality.
The American note, which had been
finally written by President Wilson,
had been sent by Secretary Bryan to
Count Won Bernstorff, who transmit
ted it to the German foreign office.
The reply is regarded here as a care
fully framed statement of the position
of the United States and, it is believed,
will clear up any doubt that may have
existed as to that position.
The attitude of the American gov
ernment, as outlined in the note, is
that to stop the shipment of arms
during the progress of the war would
be in violation of the neutrality of
the United States.
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OF 17,S3S to Hospitals, $3.50
Have Been Restored.
Report Includes Records Since
First Patient in 1866.
HIGH DEATH RATE IN STATE
Nearly 80 Per Cent or 5,249
Have Died at Hospitals.
More Men Than Women Suffer
Mental Disorders.

OF 1888 men and women sent to
the state hospitals for insane at To-
peka and Osawatomie, 5,659 or 1882
per cent have been restored, accord
ing to a record prepared by j. w.
Howe. secretary of the state board of
control. Last year 377 new patients
were received at Topeka and 257 at
Osawatomie.
The Howe record is complete. 1t
dates from the founding of the Osa-
watomie hospital in 1866 and the es-
tablishment of the Topeka institution
in 1879. During that time total of
S,233 patients-almost SO per cent of
the total-have been released as re-
stored or improved.
Records show a high death rate
among the insane in Kansas. The
Howe figures show that of the 1888
patients treated by the state, total
of 5,249 have died-or slightly more
than 29.3 per cent. OF these 2,07O
died at the Topeka hospital, while
3,179 deaths are reported from the
Osawatomie institution. Last year
there were ST deaths at the Osawato-
mie hospital logical explanation
for the fight among updertakers for
TContinued ON Page Ten.1
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Out of 105 Counties Only
Twelve Report Below 80,
Seventeen Million Bushels
From Last Year Held Over.
SHOULD PRODUCE 1853 MILLION
Based on Former Averages,
This Would Be 1915 Yield.
Less Than 4 Per Cent Of Entire
Acreage Destroyed.

Secretary Mohler of the state board
of agriculture, today predicted anoth-
er record wheat crop for Kansas,
when he estimated condition of the
1915 crop at 92.S per cent on a total
acreage OF S,5s6.30O. This showing is
against a record of 96.5 per cent a
year ago on an s.5So,0O acreage. Based
on a 100 per cent crop OF 20 bushels
to the acre, Kansas under existing
conditions, should this year produce
159 million bushels of wheat. r.
Records by Mohler indicate a wheat
crop second only to the 1S1 million
bushel yield of last year. The previous
record yield in the state was 104 mill
lion bushels in 1903 and 80 million
bushels in 1901.
Less than per cent of the entire
acreage of the state-estimated last
fall at 8,S70,000 acres-was destroyed
during the winter months This is an
excellent showing. Conditions at this
time are ideal for wheat growing. In
but few years in Kansas, Mohler re-
ports, has there been so little damage
from winds and winter killing. The
Hessian fly has not seriously injured
the growing wheat, the report shows
In only s12 of the los counties of
the state are conditions estimated at
less than 20. Sixteen counties report
100 per cent conditions A wide range
of 100 per cent conditions is shown
in the report. Five of the perfect
q, ~
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Russians Allow Them to AID.
prOach to Close Range
Then Disperse Them by a Bay
Onet Charge.

Petrograd, April 22.-Thrown back
from the principal SUBMITS of the
Carpathian mountains to the plains
of Hungary. the forces of Austria are
now attempting to relieve the weak
ness of their position along the CEN
ter of the Carpathian front, namely,
the Mezolaborcz-LUpkow region, by
two parallel outflanking movements,
one operating in the direction of Stry,
which is trying to bend back the Rus
sian left, and the other in the vicin-
ity of Gorlice in an effort to surround
the Russian right.
The results of these attempts have
been officially announced in Petro-
grad. The tactics of the Russian
forces were to invite the enemy to ad
vance by nonreSistance. Not a shot
was fired until the range was very
close. The Russians then suddenly
charged with the bayonet with the re-
suit that the Austrians were com plete-
ly routed, the Russians taking an un-
usually large number of prisoners.
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STEALS WHOLE HAREM
Rich Turk After One Beauty Gets a
Whole Dozen.

New York, April 22.-Somewhere in
the general direction east of Suez and
proceeding in a more general direction
as fast as IL beauties who once
adorned a harem will permit him., is
Hassen Mehmet. In Smyrna is Ali
Ben Barbum, who once had a harem
and now devotes all his time to sharp
ening an ak.
List, then, to this tale of a raid on
d harem brought to port today by
Basil Maymaris, former teacher of
English in the international college at
Smyrna, and weep for Ali Ben.
Hassen Mehmet, a Turk, had a rich
father who indulged him in his wan
derlust. When Hassen came to Smyr-
ma his eye fell upon Zuleika, jewel of
Ali Ben's harem. Followed days and
nights of signaling. So it was ar
ranged that there should be a flight
from the harem but when the day of
the fight came Hassen found 2 Zulei-
kas awaiting him at the trysting place.
Rather than lose the Zu1eika of his
dreams Hassen gathered them all to
his bosom and made a graceful exit
from Smyrna.
Any one knowing their whereabouts
please write Ali Ben.
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Deadlock in Austrian Negotia-
tiOns Has Been Broken.
Strong Turkish Army Ready to
Fight for ConstantinOple.
BOMBARDED BY WARSHIPS
Encampments Being Shelled
by the Allies.
Artillery Fighting in Progress
in Northern Russian Poland.

London, April 22.-The deadlock in
the negotiations between Austria and
Italy has been broken and hopes of a
settlement of the questions at issue
without resort to arms have been re-
vived in Rome.
1t is not known by persons other
than those closely concerned what
change has taken place to relieve the
apparently hopeless situation, but
Rome assumes that either Austria or
Italy has made some concessions.
Italy has been represented previous
ly as demanding in their entirety
Trent and Istria districts as well as
the Dalmatian islands in the Aegean,
whereas Austria was believed to be
willing to yield only a comparatively
small part of this territory.
A strong Turkish army is preparing
to offer resistance to the land forces
with which the allies expect to attack
the Dardanelles fortifications from the
rear. An Athens dispatch says the
Turks have entrenched themselves
strongly along the coast of the Gulf of
Saros. 1t is in this vicinity, according
to unofficial advices, that twenty
TCOn1inued on Page Two.l
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WHAT EAST HAS DONE.

The east has contributed ap-
proximateIy a half million dollars
to Washburn college. If the east
has been interested to that extent
in Washburn college Topeka, which
has benefited through the generous
pifts of the easterners should have
no hesitancy in subscribing at least
$500, 900 at the present crisis I'm
the history of the institution. 1t Is
estimated that since the founding
of Washburn college that nearly
S4.OO0.OOO has been expended in
Topeka by Washburn students.
This is figuring on the basis that
each student spends $3.50 year.
The Washburn College Bulletin
published in December, 1906, says:
kansas was settled by the New
Enelander. He came here under
the New England Migration society
to fight for liberty and to estab-
Iish a free government He came
to stay, and declared it his two
fold purpose ''tO make Kansas a
college," Later he was reinforced
by the "Andover Band" the MEM
bers of which organized "a college,
in determination at least before
leaving the halls of Andover.
Washburn was the result of these
two dreams of purpose, and the
most valued contributions of the
east are the lives and services of
those valiant pioneers, among
whom are Richard Cordley and
Peter MacVfcar, Harrison Hannahs
and Harvey Rice.