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ARGUMENT Is DELAYED.
New 1nformations Probable Against
Doctors Accused of Violating Law.

1t is probable that new informations
VIII be filed in the Police Court charg-
ing Dr. Thomas ]. Kemp and DR.. Z. c.
Barstow with violation of the phar-
macy law. In that they are alleged to
have Illegally prescribed and furnished
certain drug.
Following the arrest Of the two ply
sicians. their attorneys filed motions
to quash the informations against
them. on the ground. in part, Of fall
ure to alleee that Charles NJ. McCann.
jr-. who sWore out the warrants
against the defendants, was addicted
to the use Of the drug. Arguments
on the motions were to have been
heard before Judge James L. Pugh
today in the Police Court, but the at
torneys were notified that new infor-
nations probably would be filed.
Assistant Corporation Counsel George
Taggart stated today that he was not
positive that he would file new in
formations, but that he was consider
ing doing So
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CRUC1FIx ONLY THING SAVED
Everything Else in Church at Mes
sines Destroyed BY Gunfre.

LONDON, March 10.-With the sole
exception Of a crucifix. which was un-
touched. everything in the church at
Messines, a Belgian town six miles
south of Ypres. was destroyed as the
result of fire following a lombard
ment of that place by heavy guns, ac-
cording to a report of the eyewitness"
with the British headquarters staff,
whose story includes description of
the remarkable resistance of medieval
buildings to shell hre.
Great blocks of masonry were blown
of the Messines Church. the belfry
was shot away. and the interior was
completely burned out, but the frame
work, though irregular in outline and
full Of gaping holes is still standing,
the writer says. defiant amid the sur
rounding ruins. 1t was in the center
Of very fine oak screen.
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CONNECTICUT MURDERS
MAY YET BE SOLVED
New Britain Police Think Man Held
in Delaware Knows of
Double Crime.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. March 1o.-In
an effort to determine the identity of
Peter Krakus, alias Peter Melba, and
Bernard Montvid. alias Charles Moras,
held in Wilmington, Del. for the kill
ing of Patrolman Francis Tierney and
the shooting of three other officers and
two citizens last Saturday. Detective
Bamforth of this city mas gone to Will
mington.
1t is the opinion of the police here
that krakus knows something about
the murder of Rev. Joseph Zebris.
pastor of the Lithuanian Church here,
and his houSekeeper. Eva Gillmanaitis,
February 8. The Wilmington police
sent word that evidence was found on
both men that they were in New
Britain about the time of the murders,
and the Waterbury police assert they
have information showing Montvid was
In that city two days after the mur-
der. They do not recognize krakus
On the men were found drawback
slips for railroad fares paid between
New Britain and Waterbury and be-
tween other New England cities
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short. but every effort has been made
to remedy this condition. Flour, coal
and other commodities that must nee
essartly be imported have not been
City obtains from the Indians have
been as plentiful as the times justify
Priests Unmolested.
Having heard that tho American
newspapers were reporting that Cath
olic priests had been the subjects of
mistreatment and that they were SUI
fering abuses in their prison. / author
lied the correspondent of La Prensa
and the local secretary of the Associ-
ated Press to interview the clergymen
themselves and discover of their own
accord how they were being treated.
The following is an extract from the
report made by the correspondents and
published in La Prensa:
After many of the priests had sin
gly informed us that they had not been
maltreated they requested Canon Huan
Climaco Ramizar to voice the senti-
ments of the entire group. The ven
cradle prelate spoke as follows:
I'VE have been we'll treated by all
the chiefs and officers. who. ! believe.
belong to the staff Of Gen. Castro. We
have not been molested in the least.
and know that this Is due to orders
greatly obliged for the consideration
shown US. We receive our food from
our homes. We are allowed to receive
those who wish to call on us ard we
have the freedom of the building and
walk through all the corridors and
halls"
They are lodged In what was for
merly the building occupied by the de-
partment of war and marine at the ma
tional palace.
I'VE have daily communication
with Father Paredes, who Is working
to solve the situation"
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GERRY's YACHT owENA HERE
Representative and Party to Go Via
Panama to Pacific Ports.

On short visit to this city, the hand
some steam yacht Owena of Providence.
R. l.. is lying at anchor at the upper
end Of the harbor. The vessel, which
lis owned by Representative Peter G.
Gerry of Rhode Island, arrived here
from New York last evening and viii
remain for week or ten days.
With Mr.. Gerry and party aboard, she
will then leave here for the West In
dies. and through the Panama canal to
San Francisco and Pacific coast ports
The Owena was built at Leith. Scot
land, in 1907, and was recently pur-
chased by Mr.. Gerry from a Boston
owner.
She Is handsome craft Of 426 tons
register, 1874 feet 8 inches long, 25 feet
l Inch beam and IA feet deep. Her
triple expansion engines give her a
speed of about sixteen miles an hour.
She Is equipped with radio and is a
modern craft in every respect.
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W. H. osGooD TO LECTURE.
Will Tell of Fur Seals and Other
PribiIof Islands Animals.

A joint meeting of the Washington
Academy Of Sciences and the Biologi-
cal Society is to be held tomorrow
evening in the auditorium OF the New
National Museum. when a lecture will
be given on the fur seals and other
animals of the Pribilof Islands by Will
fred H. Osgood Of the Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago.
Mr. Osgood spent the summer of 1914
as one of the party of Investigators.
including three Americans, two Cana
dams and one Japanese, making spe-
ciai study of the fur seal. it's habits.
its economic status and the admins
trative and international questions In
volved in its preservation and manage
ment. The American seal herd. which
once numbered millions. is still quite
large and has been called the most
Wonderful display of marine life in the
Beside the fur seals. there are other
interesting animals on the Pribilofs.
including large rookeries of birds.
herds of reindeer and breeding colonies
Of the Immense northern sealions. The
lecture VIII be illustrated by stereopti-
con and motion pictures
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GETS PERSONAL REPORTS.
Archbishop Of Mexico Confers With
Cardinal Gibbons on Conditions.

NEW ORLEANS. iarch 10.-Cardinal
Gibbons was given a personal report
here on conditions in Mexico as regards
the Catholic church. II became known
today. when late yesterday he received
in conference Archbishop Mora Del
Rio. head OF the church in the south
ern republic. who recently came to
New Orleans from Vera Cruz. The car
dinal did not discuss the conference
other than to say the archbishop re-
ported all his clergy as having been
imprisoned and that the situation was
deplorable.
Cardinal Gibbons said he now IL in
correspondence with President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan. having brought
the reported condition to their atten-
tion.
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AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.
VIENNA. March 10.

"On the front north of the Nistula a
lively artillery duel continued Mon
day. South of Lopuezno Gin the
Kielce region) Russian attacks were
easily repulsed. In the region of Cor
lice an attack which we carried
through resulted in the capture of ad-
ditional prisoners The positions won
have been maintained despite several
attempts of the enemy to regain
them.
attacks are being made
by the enemy on the Carpathian
front, sometimes with strong and
sometimes with inferior forces.
Tuesday violent Russian attacks at
several points which reached our en-
tanglements were beaten back with
heavy enemy losses. In these battles
more than six hundred men remained
in our hands as prisoners. Unfavor-
able weather conditions again are
prevailing in the Carpathians. They
demand quite extraordinary efforts
from the army corps employed on this
front
I'm continuous contact with the en-
and night and several times have
been obliged. in the great cold and
the deep snow. to carry out attack
ing movements or stand upon the de-
fensive. generally against superior
enemy forces. Unlimited praise is
due the behavior of our brave troops,
as we'll as to every individual TAX
ing part in these battles"
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OF CHRISTIANS BY TURKS
ABOUT JERUSALEM NOW IS FEARED

NEW YORK, March 1o.-From the
many thousands of refugees who fed
from Jerusalem during the past few
months and were taken from Jaffa to
Alexandra by the United States cruiser
Tennessee and other relief ships char
tered by the American ambassador to
Turkey there reached New York
aboard the steamship Carpathia five
missionaries, who expressed keen ap-
prehension for the fate OF Christians
and Jews In Turkey should the allied
fleets force the Dardanelles.
There exists in Jerusalem a very
strong feeling against Jews" said the
spokesman of the missionaries. ''On
January 20 the Anglo-Palestine Bank.
at Jerusalem. was raided by mob of
Turks. The situation was then regard
I'D as being SO critical that Ambassa-
dor Morgenthau sent telegraphic In
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|structions to the commander of the
Tennessee. then en- route from Alexan-
dria to Jana, requesting him to hurry
to Jaffa to be ready for an emergency.
"If the allied fleets force the Darda-
nelles there probably will be a massa-
ere of Christians and Jews at Jerusa-
lem and its neighboring small villages
The clamor for inf1del blood will be
too strong for the authorities"
The party included Miss F. NJ. Parsons
of the Christian Missionary Alliance,
who has spent twenty years in Jerusa-
lem; Miss A. w. Jones of Providence.
r. l., and Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Kelsey
and Mrs. NJ. E. Meader, the last three
being identified with the Society of
Friends.
Commander C. Yannopontis of the
Greek navy, another passenger, said
he was going to Bethlehem. Pa to
purchase new and larger guns and am
munition for the two battleships sold
by the United States to Greece last
year.
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JITNEY PLANS UNDER WAY.
Promoters Engaged in Mapping Out
the Service Routes.

Although the promoters of the pro-
posed jitney bus service in this city
have been working all the morning
mapping out proposed routes. it was
declared that they would be unable to
complete their work and to make an
announcement Of the routes this after
noon.
Barry Bulkley. who 10 directing the
)itney bus installation. declared that
under no circumstances would less
than three routes be used on the first
day the service Is inaugurated. He
expects TO have as many as six. He
said further, that he was unable at
this time to announce the exact date
for the inauguration OF the service,
declaring that this depended upon the
time of the delivery of the 1itney
buses which have been ordered.
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FRENCH STATEMENT.

PARIS, March 10. via London, 3,s5 PM:
North Of Arras, in the region of Notre
Dame de Lorette, tho night was
quiet and the situation Is unchanged.
The Importance Of our progress yes
terday in Champagne is confirmed. A
violent German counter attack made
on Ridge 1876 was vigorously re-
pulsed, and we gained a little ground
along the road from Perthes to
Tahur. On the hill northeast of Mes
nil our infantry. after having car
ried the German works mentioned
in the last communication, reached
a hill beyond.
I'm the Argonne, at Fontaine Madame,
we demolished "A blockhouse and
pushed our trenches eighty meters
forward. Between Four de Paris and
Bollante the enemy. attacking at 4
pm, took from US trenches we had
captured in the morning. However.
a fresh attack gave us possession of
them once more. The enemy then
attacked again. and according to the
latest information the fighting con-
tinueS."
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War Officially Reported

of Baligrod. the Austrans continue
their offensive, notwithstanding their
crushing losses. Near the village of
Studente, the enemy succeeded in cap
turing the advanced trenches of two
Of our battalions In the Uzsok-
Munkacs region the enemy's often
sive was barren tsults.
After a desperate battle the enemy
on the 7th captured the greater part
of Hill 392. near kojiouvka. but Mon
day morning our counter attack was
crowned with success and the enemy
was dislodged from al the trenches
he had captured.
To the northeast Of Klausse we
took prisoners of the remnants of an
Austrian column which our flank had
enveloped"
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FREDERICK W. BEHRENS DEAD.
Succumbs Following Illness Of
Three Months.

Frederick w. Behrens. retired livery-
man, died yesterday at the George
Washington University Hogpital. where
he had been taken about three weeks
ago. He had been i'll about three
months. Funeral services are to bs
held at the family home, 1854 Harvard
street northwest. tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock. Interment is to be at Rocix
Creek cemetery.
Mr.. Behrens was a member of Il. L.
French Lodge. f. A. a. NJ: Lafayette
Chapter and of the Washington Com.
mandery. knights Templar. His widow
Mrs. May Butler Behrens. survives
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TRYING TO SETTLE STRIKE.
Ohio Mine Operators and Employees
Confer With Secretary Wilson.

Representatives of the Ohio coal oper-
ators were in conference this morning
with Secretary Wilson Of the Depart
ment of Labor. looking to the settle
ment of the coal strike in the eastern
Ohio fields. The proposition submitted
by the representatives Of the miners
yesterday was given to the operators
at this mornings conference Late
this afternoon Secretary Wilson Is to
meet the miners representatives again
The representatives of the operators
who saw the Secretary this morning
were Judge r. L. Wtldermuth, George
Jones, W. r. Woodford and Mr. Zilinki.
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Ex-Mayor Schieren Dies.

NEW YORK, March 10.-Charles A.
Schieren, formerly mayor of Brooklyn,
who had been at deaths door of pneu-
monia for several days, died at his
home in Brooklyn today. In an adjoin-
ing room his wife lay so i'll Of the
same malady that 1t was thought she
could not. live the day out Mr.
Schieren was seventy-three years old ;
his wife is the same age. They had
been planning to celebrate their gold
en- wedding in November.
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POOR DO[|zE 0BRECON.
SAYS RAILWAY CHIEF
PAM Denies Carranza Commander
Has Curtailed Food to Cause
Mexico City Riots.

VERA CRUZ, March 10.-A declara-
ton that Gen. Obregon had acted in
good faith in his efforts to relieve the
sufferings of the poor in Mexico City
and a denial of charges that he had
prevented the distribution of food sup
plies or otherwise acted in way cal
cu1ated to complicate the situation is
the substance of a statement prepared
by Alberto J. Pani. head OF the National
railways. for Charles A. Douglass. Gen.
Carranza's Washington attorney. who
is now here. 1t is understood that this
statement will be included in one which
Is to be delivered to the State Depart
ment at Washington.
Idol Of Mexico.
Pani asserted that Gen. Obregon was
idolized by the poor of Mexico City and
that conditions there which have
aroused protests were due. not to him.
but to the persistent and adroit oppo-
sition of wealthy residents, instituted
with the object of bringing Obregon
and the constitutionalist cause into dis
repute.
fani is preparing a detailed state
ment of the quantity OF food supplies
which has been shipped into Mexico
City, together with what has been ship
ped out. and by whom, in an effort to
prove untrue charges that Obregon
has deliberately attempted to drive the
people of the city to desperation, using
hunger as a means.
Will Make Cash Statement.
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D. C. PRoBERS TO MEET. I,
First Session of Joint Committee Il
Scheduled for Monday.

Senator Salisbury of Delaware. aft
er receiving a telegram today frorn
Senator Chiffon Of West Virginia, th,
ranking senatorial member of the joint
select committee appointed to invests
gate the fiscal relations of tho Dis-
trict of Columbia and the federal gov
eminent. notified the other members
of the committee that a meeting of the
committee would be held at II oclocs.
ton.
Senator Salisbury said he thought
that all meetings of the committee
should be open.
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Will Be Imperial Chancellor.

LONDON. March 10.-A dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says that according to
Vienna kilograms Count Stephan Tisza,
the Hungarian premier. will soon be
appointed ustro-Hungarian foreign
secretary. The dispatches further add
that the count will be given the title
Of imperial chancellor and will be vest
ed with powers similar to those held
by the German imperial chancellor.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MAN DEAD.
z. P. Brosseau Had Won the Legion
of Honor Ribbon.

CHICAGO, March 10. p. Brosseau,
who for many years was prominent in
Chicago civic affairs and was a member
of the Chicago Board of Trade, died to-
day.
He was one of the organizers of the
local Alliance Franchise and was deco
rated by the French government sew
eral years ago. being given the ribbon
of the Legion of Honor.
MIR. Brosseau was we'll known to
grain dealers throughout the United
States and Canada.
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SEVERAL ITALIAN WARSHLPS SAIL,
PRESUMABLY FOR DARDANELLES

GENEVA, via Paris. March 10.-The
Tribune says 1t has learned from VI
enna that several italian warships have
put to sea, probably bound for the
Dardanelles.
ROME, via Paris. March 1O.-Al-
though declaring that it considers such
an agreement impossible, the Idea
Nazionale discusses report that Ger
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Escape From Sealing Steamer.

ST. JOHNS. N. F.. March 10.-The
wireless operator and ten men Of the
sealing steamer Erik. caught In the Ice
off Bay Bulls. fifteen miles south Of here,
came ashore over the ice today, having
left their ship last night No later word
has been received from the Erik, which
has about 120 men on board. Earlier re-
ports were that the Erik had ESCAPED
from the ice with three other sealers,
Evening star., 1915-03-10
Denunciation Of Rumors in France.

PARIS. March 10. 1920 am. - The
government again called attention to-
day to the dissemination of false news,
such as the reported suspension by
order of all correspondence between
soldiers and their families and the
requisition of public school buildings
for the use OF the sanitary department.
A semi-official note says these rumors
are absolutely false and tend to de-
moraliZe the people.
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many has agreed with Italy that If
Austria refuses territorial concessions
desired by Italy no objections would
be offered by Germany to an attack
upon her present ally, provided Italy
triple entente powers. The newspaper
calls such a plan folly" and says it
would mean a betrayal Of Italy.
Evening star., 1915-03-10
Hone to End Labor Dispute.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, March 10
With both the miners organization and
the operators Of the New River coal field
opposed to a strike, a settlement of the
differences is expected to be made at a
conference of Thomas Haggerty Of the
International executive board of the
miners and operators. at the headquar-
ters Of the latter in New York
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iected and the use to which this money
was put. The funds on hand are said
to have been turned over to Jose PeralA
Il. cashier of the Bank of San Luis
Potosi. who. Pani asserts. was tho
choice both OF the poor and the cons
trtbutors
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RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
PETROGRAD, via London, March 10,

''On the whole front between the
Nfemen and the Vistula the fighting
Monday was Of an extremely desper-
ate character. Our cavalry captured
part of a supply column which was
falling back on the village Of Seiny.
''1n the region Of Augustowo a bat
tie has begun two versts (about
mile and a half) from the station of
Augustowo.
THE artillery Of ossowetz is sue
cessfully engaging the enemy's siege
batteries.
AN attack by the Germans on the
Kolno and Lomza roads was repulsed.
ITO the south Of Khorjele the en-
emy is bringing great forces into the
fighting line. The Germans who took
the offensive south of Drobin were
repulsed with heavy losses.
"On the left bank Of the Vistula, in
the Pilica region. the action is alter
nately offensive and defensive. We
have captured prisoners and machine
guns.
TN the carpathians, in tho region
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William B. Nelson Conscious.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. March 10.-Con-
tinued Improvement in the condition Of
william r. Nelson. editor Of the Kansas
city Star, was announced today by Mr..
Nelson's physicians. Mr.. Nelson regained
consciousness last night, and today con-
versed with members of his family. His
condition, however. is regarded by his
physicians as serious.
Evening star., 1915-03-10
Owner of the Dacia Protests.

PARIS. March 10. 1910 am-E. N.
Breitung of New York, owner Of the
steamer Dacia, has entered a protest
against the seizure of his vessel by the
French maritime authorities. He has en-
gagged Paul Govare, president Of the
French Association Of Maritime Law, to
defend his interests.
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Foreigners in No Danger.

1.-The resident foreigners are absolute
ly in no danger whatsoever. When I
levied the extraordinary assessment on
the merchants, bankers. business and
professional men in general in an ef-
fort to alleviate the poverty-stricken
conditions of the poor the foreigners
minister of France, petitioned the first
chief at Vera Cruz to be exempted from
its provisions. Mr.. Carranza granted
their request. and since these foreign
merchants have been very favorably
disposed to our cause.
"It is utterly false that I have pre-
vented food at any time from entering
Mexico City or at any time took sup
plies from the city to furnish them to
the army.
lowing to the depredations OF the
Zapatistas the water supply has been
Evening star., 1915-03-10
WASHINGTON C. C. WINS
IN BOWLING CONTEST

The Washington Country Club
defeated the Chevy Chase Club
last night In special bowling
match on the alleys of the latter
by . score of three games to one.
Five contests were scheduled,
but after Chevy Chase had won
the first the yiaitOrs look three
straight. The Washington Club
lost the drst settO by 435 to 47S,
bot II captured the next three by
good margins.
The match was preceded by a
dinner given by DIR. Loren John
son.
The scores of the Ramen follow.