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GERMANY NOT TO sTARvE.
Government Convinced Conserving
of Supply Will Avert Famine.

BERLIN. March 10. via London,
March 20.-In the reichstag today
Count Frederick Won westarp. report
Ing upon the deliberations of the bud
get committee, said the committee re-
garded the measures taken by the gov
ernment to conserve the food supplies
as absolutely necessary.
Tho committee. Count Won westarp
continued. was fully convinced as the
result Of a careful investigation that
the food supplies in the country would
last until the next harvest and that
their replenishment for a longer pc
riod was assured.
I'VE are all convinced" said Count
Won Westarp. that the enemy's plan to
starve US out will not succeed"
LONDON. March 2o.-German news
papers reaching here contain the an
nouncement by the Berlin city council
withdrawing its restrictions regarding
the use Of wheat -four in bread. which
formerly could not contain more than
10 per cent of wheat flour. According
to the announcement, all wheat bread
may now be baked without penalty.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
DISAPPEARANCE OF MAIL
LEADS TO ARREST OF FOUR
Employees Of River Steamers and
Two Young Women Are
Held.

Wilmer Jones. former purser on the
steamer Northumberland. was arrested
in Cleveland. Ohio, last night in con-
nection with an investigation that Is
being made to trace several packages
of registered mail matter said to have
disappeared from tho steamer while
Jones was employed there. Post ONCE
Inspector Hal Mosby has gone to
Cleveland to get the prisoner.
Howard Jones, assistant engineer on
the steamer Three Rivers. was arrested
in this city last night by the post office
inspector and Detectives Burlingame,
Mullen. Pratt. Forteney, Warren and
O'Brien and held for the post Office au-
thorities.
The detectives also arrested Emma
Pumphrey, 1922 31st street northwest,
and Eva Shanks, 227 6 street north
west, in connection with the case.
Howard Jones gave his address as 227
G street and the former purser Is said
to reside in Baltimore.
Howard Jones. Miss Shanks and Miss
Pumphrey, it is stated. probably will
be used as witnesses against the man
under arrest in Cleveland. A charge Of
violating the postal laws was pre-
ferred against them today and they
were turned over to the marshal.
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designed to force a passage to Kilid

designed to force a passage to Kflid
Bahr and Chanak Ka1essi
Fire from the Turkish batteries was
Information ~ Obtained from other
sources. the Havas correspondent de-
clares. The PROV Of the French battle
ship Gaulois was touched by mlhe'
but the damage can be repaired "a IN "a =
chored at tho Island Of Navria-
The British battle cruiser lnnexibie.
which was hit on the bow by Shells
also steamed out Of tho straits con-
exploded on her deck Is reported to
have killed forty men and wounded
many others.
One Turkish fort, the name Of which
is not given, Is said to have been
seriously damaged. while many OF Its
The dispatch says the allied warships
re-entered the straits at $50 yesterday
(Friday) morning and resumed the
bombardment with great violence.
Turks Are Reinforced.
Important Turkish reinforcements
have arrived to man the fortif1cations
on the coast and Gulf Of Smyrna, ac-
cording to dispatches from Mitylene.
Troops are hard at work repairing the
forts damaged by the bombardment of
the allied feet. The fort Of Castrakt
is reported to be unchanged. Mines
will be placed in the vicinity OF
Clazomene, few miles west of Smyrna.
from Turkish batteries
illuminate the waters of the gulf and
those along the coast at night.
A Havas dispatch from Athens says
that mine sweeping in the Dardanelles.
which began at 4 am. Friday, was In
terrupted by a shower of shells from
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WAR AGAINST SPARROWS
CONSIDERED BY DISTRICT
Birds Have Become Public Nuisance.
Traps and Poison
Suggested.

Early effort may be made by the Dis
trict government to reduce the city's
large population Of English sparrows.
Both the health department and the de-
partment OF trees and parkings are
considering the matter, and the Com
nissioners discussed 1t at their last
board session.
The sparrow is considered by the
local authorities to have become a pub
lie nuisance. but how to get rid Of it
is a problem.
DR.. Fisher Of the biological survey of
the Department of Agriculture has
been asked for an opinion and has re-
piled by recommending the use of
traps. He stated that by using a trap
he caught all but eleven birds Of a
large flock on the grounds of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Strychnine. properly applied, has been
suggested, but 1t Is stated that the ap-
plication OF this extremely poisonous
drug must be in the hands Of an ex-
pertenced man, at the feeding place of
the birds. DR.. Fisher also suggested
that cheap way to drive sparrows
from Objectionable roosting places is
to shoot with Roman candles through
the trees on dark nights when there is
general quiet in the vicinity Of the
operation.
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A Message to Advertisers

The Audit Bureau of Calculations is an organ
ization formed by advertisers and publishers to
provide audited circulation data for advertisers.
Publishers who avail themselves of this serv-
ice are required periodically to file with the Audit
Bureau specified information the character
and volume of their circulation and circulation
methods in the form of an affidavit
These statements are subject to audit by the
Bureau at any time without previous warning
just as bank is subject to audit by bank
aminer.
AS The Star Is a member of this Bureau, ad-
vertisers have, therefore, the means for securing
circulation facts verified by independent source
titled to know what he is buying is asked to call
at The Star Office and 60 the last report He
can quickly find out from looking at this report
what he gets for his money spent for advertising.
A copy Of the report will be given to any ad-
vertiser upon application.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
TO ATTEND initial GAME
Section Z Of Lower Stand Is Re-
served for Members of
Board of Trade.

Members of the Board of Trade are
making arrangements for attending the
opening game OF the base ball season
Section K in the lower stand at the
American League Park has been re-
served for the members of the organi-
zation.
The Board of Trade was represented
by more than two hundred members ~
the opening game last season, and this
year an effort is to be made to have
even a larger representation Clark
Griffith. manager of the Washington
team, is member Of the Board Of
Trade.
Announcement has been made that
members desiring seats in section b
must send in their requests to the
secretary Of the board before March 28.
All requests must be accompanied by q
check covering the cost Of the seats.
The public transportation committee
of the board is to hold a meeting next
Friday, when the proposed installation
of jitney bus lines in this city and the
request forwarded to the public utill-
ties commission by the Capital Trac-
ton Company for permission to make
certain track extensions designed to
reMeve traffic at 18th and G streets
northwest will be considered.
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Lost Ships Described.

The British battleship Irresistible
was commanded by Capt the Hon.
Stanhope Hawke and in times Of peace
had a complement of $50 men. She
was the largest Of the three allied bat
tleships sunk. being Of $1,000 tons dis
placement and 430 feet long. The chief
armament of the warship consisted Of
four twelve-inch and twelve stx-inch
guns. She also carried sixteen twelve
Founders, six three-pounders, two max
inns, four submerged torpedo tubes and
was protected by Krupp armor. The
speed Of the warship was eighteen
knots an hour. She was built In 1898
at cost OF s5.000,000.
The Ocean was commanded by Capt
Arthur Hayes-Hadler and had a crew
of $50. She was Alb feet long and of
1880 tons displacement. Her arma-
ment was composed of four twelve
inch and twelve six-inch guns, ten
twelve-pounders. six three-pounders,
two maxims. four submerged torpedo
tubes and her armor was of Harvey
nickel make. She was OF eighteen
knots speed and was built in 1898.
The French battleship Bouvet was a
vessel of 10000 tons displacement, laid
down in 1893, with complement Of
62I men. Her armament was two
twelve-inch guns. two 10.s-inch guns,
eight 5.5-inch, eight 3.9-inch, ten three
Founders and ten one-pounders, besides
two torpedo tubes.
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shells are reported to have hit ships, caus-
ing slight damage Two Of the enemy's
batteries were silenced.'
Appeal to American Embassy.


Appeal to American Embassy.
The Sofia, Bulgaria. correspondent Of
Reuters Telegram Company. in q dispatch
dated March 13, which was delayed in
transmission, says:
News of preparations to land allied
troops at the Dardanelles caused a great
sensation in Constantinople. For some
days negotiations have been under way
with the American embassy acting as In
termediary with a view of averting the
bombardment Of the European side of
Constantinople when the allied fleet has
forced the Dardanelles."
'It Is officially confirmed that Russian
squadron has approached the northern
Petrograd correspondent "The appear
ance of the squadron caused a great panic
in Constantinople"
Sixty-Four Of Crew Saved.
PARIS. March 20. via London. 4:4S
p.m-.-Oflcial announcement was made
here this afternoon that sixty-four men
Rave been saved from the crew of the
French battleship Bouvet, sunk in the
Dardanelles March Is. The losses in the
other ships Of the French division which
took part in this action are declared to
be very slight.
No attempt was made by the allied feet
TO develop to the fullest extent its first
general attack on the DardanelleS, which
was launched Thursday. says an Athens
dispatch to the Havas Agency, which
quotes a British officer as authority for
tho statement. Two thousand shells
were fred in a six-hour bombardment
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ish battleship Queen Elizabeth caused
a tremendous explosion at Kilid Bahr.
Several sections of both Kilid Bahr
and Chanak were afire and smoking
furiously
AT o'clock a French ship emerged
from the straits. conveyed by two
other ships. She evidently was badly
island.
THE other ships were still In the
straits when night came. Chanak. In
names. was silhouetted against the
black sky.
Amethyst Cut Gable.
The casualties reported sustained on
the British cruiser Amethyst were the
result OF smart piece of work which
she performed in the Dardanelles when.
IL is stated. she was intrusted with the
dinicult task of cutting the TELEGRAPH
cable connecting Kilid Bahr with cra-
max, says the Malta correspondent of
Reuters Telegram Company, The cor
respondent continues:
She succeeded in lifting and cutting
the cable undetected, and had started
her return journey when she was dis
covered. She then had to run the
gantlet of forts on both aides Of the
narrows, becoming the target of a veri-
table hail of fire. Going at full speed.
although frequently hit, she succeeded
In getting beyond the range of the
guns and reaching the entrance to the
straits"
British admiralty report Issued
March II stated that in the fighting in
the Dardanelles March 10 the Amethyst
made dash into the straits She was
struck by several shells and had twen-
ty-three men killed. nineteen severely
wounded and eighteen slightly hurt.
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OBSERVER DESCRIBES BATTLE
AGAINST DARDANELLES FORTS

LONDON. March 2o.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Tenedos correspondent says he
observed the engagement in the Dar-
danelles Thursday through glass
from the peak of Mount Elias, on Tene-
dos Island. 1900 feet above sea level.
"At o'clock in the morning." the
correspondent says, six British war
ships left their anchorage at the foot
Of Mount Elias. and were followed at a
distance of three miles by a French
squadron The first shots were fred at
1920 o'clock. An hour later a Turkish
warship appeared around the point of
Kildi Bahr, but retired after receiving
heavy artillery greeting from the
allied battleships.
Tho FIRE on the forts began to tell
before noon. There was an explosion
~ Chanak which looked like a powder
magazine. AS the ships drew nearer
The forts tho fire of the latter became
moro accurate Spouts of water rose
all about the ships, and occasionally a
Turkish shell took effect on one or an
other Of them.
French Ship in Flames.
At noon one of the French ships
~as IN flames. 1t left the line and
disappeared from view
Another squadron OF British ships
left Tenedos at 1:45 o'clock In tho aft
ernoon and passed within the entrance
and Joined in the attack on the forts.
The two front ships were badly hit.
Clouds of smoke rose from them for
ten minutes.
AT o'clock shell from the Brit
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SAYS JEWS ARE OPPRESSED,
Berlin Charges Russians With Cruel
ty and Wanton Destruction.

BERLIN, March 20. by wireless
Among items given out by the Overseas
News Agency are the following:
Grand Duke Nicholas Of Russia has
prohibited. ON pain Of death. Jews remain
ing within tho zone occupied by the Rus
sian army in Gaiicia- The commander
Of the fortress at Nowo Georgiewsk
(northern Russian Poland) has been
ordered to take Jewish hostages upon the
occupation of towns and villages and
hang them in case Of treachery on the
part Of the Inhabitants.
TT is officially announced that In the
district Of Oletzko (East Prussta) the
Russians some weeks ago destroyed $50
farms, gao dwelling houses and $40 stables
and barns It is further stated that they
carried away $50 people. among whom
were fifty-two women and sixty children.
and that they killed thirty-two men and
two women Agricultural machines to
the number Of 500 were stolen by the
Russians"
Evening star., 1915-03-20
BRITISH WORKERS YIELD,
Agree There Shall Be No Strikes
During Period of the War.

LONDON, March 2o.-As a result OF
conferences with David Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer, and COM
mfttee Of the imperial defense, work
mems representatives have decided to
recommend to the members Of their
unions that during the period Of the
war there shall in no case be any stop
page Of work, that all differences re-
garding wages or conditions of en-
ployment be referred to arbitration,
and that relaxation Of trade union
regulations be permitted 80 as to al
low the employment of semi-skilled
and female labor.
An advisory committee from tho or
ganized workers will be appointed by
the government for the purpose Of
facilitating the carrying out Of these
recommendations, which are made on
the understanding that the government
will secure from employers assurances
that changes shall be only for the
period OF the war. Mr.. Lloyd George
will now confer with the employers.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
SPRING MAKES HER BOW
ABOUT NOON TOMORROW
If You Have New Hat or Suit
Don't Be Afraid to Wear
Them.

II you have a new spring hat or q
new spring suit and are afraid to wear
them because it might be rushing the
season." you need have no fear after L.
o'clock tomorrow. In fact, after 11:51
o'clock tomorrow the wearing Of spring
things will be perfectly proper, for just
nine minutes before noon tomorrow,
spring. that is, Official spring is
scheduled to arrive.
Ohicials Of the Naval Observatory
stated today that the arrival Of Official
spring" can be figured down to a second
or fraction thereof II necessary. This
year, however, spring will arrive on the
minute, nine minutes before noon. and
split-second watches will not be needed
to know just when it gets here.
There Is every Indication, officials of
th the Weatner bureau stated today. that
the spring which Is scheduled to arrive
tomorrow will be a close cousin to the
real article. Fair weather is forecasted.
ana the temperature will remain prac-
tlcally unchanged. 1t is predicted.
Cold Weather General,
With tho snow limo extending into
southern Mississippi. killing frosts,
freezing temperatures in Texas and
northwestern Louisiana and prediction
OF their extension eastward tonight
through Alabama, Mississippi and
Georgia to central Florida, the south
Is being treated with somewhat un-
usual weather.
March records for low temperature,
however. the weather bureau saws.
have not been broken, but there has
been steady run of cool weather be-
low the average, with no unusual
warm spells. The south is not the
only part Of the country experiencing
the cold weather, as in the western
part Of the country low temperatures
exist over the interior districts.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
KARLSRUHE /
SUNK IN WEST INDIES
British Admiralty Issues Version Of
Destruction Of German
Cruiser.

LONDON, March 2o.-The secretary
Of the British admiralty announces
that there Is every reason to believe
that the German cruiser Karlsruhe
was sunk in tho neighborhood OF tho
West Indies at the beginning Of No
vember and that those of her crew who
were rescued reached Germany early
in December in the steamer Rio
Grande. which had been acting in
concert with the Karlsruhe.
Crows Arrival Reported.
A Copenhagen dispatch OF March is
said q local newspaper published a.
story emsnating from q German mer-
chant that tho crew OF the Karlsruhe
had arrived In Germany early IN De
cember on the steamer Rio Negro (not
Rio Grande). The Rio Negro reached
Swinemunde December from Brat
A previous report had asserted that
the Karlsruhe had been blown up by
an explosion and that portion OF
her crew had reached Swinemunde.
Still another report had the Karlsruhe
lying on one of the Grena dine Is
lands in the Caribbean. having been
wrecked IN storm or destroyed by an
explosion.
Several times the Karlsruhe has been
3
gagements with enemy warshfps, but
this seemed improbable. as neither the
British nor French admiralty depart.
ment made any such claim.
Saw Karlsruhe Wreckage.
NEW YORK, March 2o.-Edward
Wadsworth of Newark. n. j.. q pas
senger aboard the steamer Parma.
which reached port today from the
West Indies. said that he had seen in
Grenada two life buoys with the word
karlsruhe on them and that several
German officers caps had been washed
ashore in Charles bay. Grenada, ana
picked up by a fisherman.
Mr.. Wadsworth said that there was
report in the West Indies that the
Karlsruhe had run ashore on reef
and had been blown up by her officers
to prevent her being captured. Ac-
cording to this rumor. Mr.. Wadsworth
said, the officers and crew of the
Karlsruhe put to sea on one of the
ships which the Karlsruhe had cap
tured and which accompanied her.
Mr.. Wadsworth said that the rumor
was unverifed and was not credited
by many of the white residents of the
island.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
SENTENCED FOR SH0PLIFTING.
Carrie B. Travis, Pleading Guilty to
Two Charges, Fined $40.

Pleading guilty to two charges OF
shon1iftinr a woman, who gave her
name az Carrie 3. Travis. was SEN
fenced today in the Police Court to
nav a fine OF $50 or. in default of the
f,ne 10 serve sixty days on each of the
charges.
lowny was to the effect that the de,
fandant entered 7th street store and
.enIa hottie of perfume. Later, it
was testified, she took two waists from
a department store:
The defendant;; who ,oM MAS ,bs arrested eoNrt by
was the first time she had ever been
charged with larceny. Il got drunk"
she said. "and took the things"
Evening star., 1915-03-20
LOSSES TOTAL $500, ,ooo, 900.
More Than 4, 500 Villages and Towns
DESTROYED in Russian Poland.

LONDON. March 20. 2:17 pm-Sta-
tistics published in Petrograd concerning
losses to property in Russian Poland as
a result Of the German invasion. forward
ed today to the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany, give the total number of towns and
larger villages destroyed as ninety-fve.
1t Is said that $500 small villages were
devastated, 1000 Of them having been
burned.
These figures apply to ten Polish
provinces. The damage is estimated at
more than 100000.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
GOES 33,74O MILES FOR $45.
Refused Entrance to U. S. and Bra.
zil, at Last Finds Friends,

NEW YORK. March jonathan
Cohen. the ship-ridden immigrant who
has been travelling back and forth be-
tween this country and Brazil since
last May on tho liner Vasari, trying
TO recover his mental equilibrium SO
that he may enter either tho United
States or Brazil, has found a friend
in the Hebrew Shelter and I'm
migrant Aid Society of America. The
society announced that IT will try to
end his travels by having him admit
ted to this country.
Cohen came here Ia May, 1912, from
Evening star., 1915-03-20

trails, and while It IL undoubtedly an
neutral commerce to be excluded from
the blockaded area, It 10 . recognised
of war"
The declaration Of London and all
law specifically ruled, however. that
"the blockading forces must not bar
access to the ports or coasts Of neu-
trails" 1t Is on this point which the
be . notification Of blockade. would be
in the view Of officials here Q violation
Of previous rules. For that reason
further development. Of the British
policy in specific cases 10 awaited with
keen interest.
Evening star., 1915-03-20
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.


PETRoGRAD, Gareb 70. via Lsnasn,
March 2os
After . battle on the left bank of the
Niemen ~e occupied veyses. Our
cavalry pursued tho Germans retir-
ing on Heyne.
In the direction of Przasnysz and Os-
trolenko actions continue for possess
sion Of isolated villages and heights.
In the Carpathians the enemy on the
18th attacked fruitlessly our posi-
tions on the front Of Cenjnovitze,
Gorlice, Ropitza, Bousskaia and in
the direction OF Mankaes and Stry.
on the other fronts nothing Of impor-
tance occurred.
In the direction Of Myszyn;ec and Os-
troienko. in the Vakh region, We re-
pulsed March 1S German counter at
tacks, In which the enemy's infantry
suffered heavy losses.
with q View Of enveloping our flank
the Germans threw across the marsh
es four squadrons Of cavalry. Our
artillery discovered them and by
sudden attack annihilated them.
In the region Of Ossowetz the evening
or the 18th we ascertained that the
enemy was working In the construc-
tton OF new trenches. About 10
o'clock at night the fortress artillery
opened violent FIRE on these works,
causing the enemy such heavy losses
that he was compelled in some places
to cease his work OF trenching.
An unsuccessful bombardment Of Osso-
wetz lasted from o'clock in the
morning until dark.
In the Bobr marshes, near Eastrzembe,
We captured a German aeroplane,
with an officer.
Lieut.. Gen. Lyssovski was wounded
yesterday while directing the opera
ton OF his division.
Numerous German deserters who en-
tered our encampments near Iodno-
rojetz during the last few days had
been wounded at the beginning of
the war. and when considered cured
were assigned to service in the rear
OF the German army. In view, how
ever. of the urgent necessity for
fresh troops, these men lately had
been drafted into the active army.
They declared that they preferred to
desert rather than to meet certain
death in battle.
Near Przemysl the night Of the 18th
We captured an enemy advance post
without firing shot and took nifty
six prisoners.
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AUSTRIA ALSO "BL0CKADED. %
Fleet in Adriatic
Ordered to Seize Vessels.

ROME, via Paris, March 20.-Com-
manders of tho Anglo-French fleet in
the Adriatic sea, according to advices
from Ancona, have been notified by
their governments that the transpor-
tation of goods Of any kind to or from
ports on the Austrian coast IL prohibit
ed under the terms of the allies new
naval policy and that steamers carry
ing such cargoes are to be seized.
Evening star., 1915-03-20

Brazil. He was ordered deported after
he had been in this country two years,
on allegations concerning his sanity.
and was sent back to Rio de Janeiro,
Rio refused to permit him to enter
Brazil, and he was sent back to New
York. New York sent him back again.
Thursday he reached New York for the
third time. He had Travelled 3s,74O
miles on one $45 ticket
Evening star., 1915-03-20
PROBABLY ON PEACE MISSION.
Col. E. N. House Confers With U. S.
Ambassador in Berlin.

BERLIN, March 20, via London. II rs
p.m--col. e. M. House Of New York
and Texas, reached Berlin from London
Friday morning, and at once went into a
long conference with James w. Gerard,
the American ambassador. Col. House
will be the ambassadors guest while in
Berlin. It is generally believed that Col.
House is working in the interest Of pos
sible peace.
E. G. Lowry, attached to tho American
embassy In London. is at present in Ber-
in In the interests Of German prisoners
in England.