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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
TWO AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

II must have been during an attack
of indigestion or in the reaction from
writing one Of his best sellers that
the anonymous author of Getting
Wrong Start" tMacmillans) thought
over his past life and wrote about
it, He must have had a surfeit of
reading about eugenics besides. He
was born of decent parents, brought
up in a Western town and was put
through college; against all these
things he rails, though he describes
no special hardships and probably en-
ioyed his life at the time as well as
most people. He interrupts himself
frequently to assure us that he is only
writing to help young men. though 1t
Is hard to sec what encouragement or
warning is to be drawn from his pres
ent dyspeptic views. He seems to be
proud that he has abstained from
drink and tobacco, but looks on other
vices more leniently. After while
he started as a lawyer In mining
town. where he seems to have had d
pretty good time. though he is re-
luctant to admit It, lie gave the law
up and became a newspaper reporter
in Chicago; that life also he dspar-
ages. At last in middle life he met the
right girl, married her. took To writ
| ing fiction and wrote best sellers.
! His wife is the one person that lac
| praises Enthusiastically, no doubt he
| cause he expects her to read his book
| and to know who the author Is, and
! with his present life and what he re-
| CARDS as success he is satisfied We
have found no cause for his disma
views in his condolences, We doubt
very much whether he went through
life with them and we fail To see whai
| help his book can give any one, younG
! or old.
Following on the description of his
TAIL life, Donald Lowrie accounts FOL
his doings since he got out in IN,
Life Out OF Prison" mitchell Ken
nerley. New York;. The story OF tn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST BOOKS
Robert W. Service in New Vein-Mrs Ceroulds
Excellent Short Stores-An ldyl Of Country Life.
A Romance Based on Ethics-Stories Of Vermont
America Through an English Wallets Eyes.
Two Polly.ish Heroines-The War From Various
Viewpoints -Pcturesqueness in America.

Is very funny for a while, ana the
story OF the drunken debauch the I'M
fortunate Britisher is put through in
Paris by two wild Americans is capt.
tai. When transferred to America
Ruggles becomes something of bore.
chiefly because the author prefers to
satirize certain foibles of society in
stead of making the valet see the COM
moner phases Of life.
A strange picture of Russian life Is
told by Jehudsyh Steinberg in In
Those Days" which George Jeshurun
has translated (The Jewish Pub.ica-
ton Society OF America, Phila delphia).
An old veteran, a Jew. tells how he
was torn from his home as boy to
be trained for the army; he describes
the humiliation and persecution OF the
Jewish conscripts and how they fought
when the time came. There are vigor
and poetry in the story. but 1t is so
full OF Jewish technical terms and
illusions that notes are provided.
A hysterical detective tale by John
Selborne is called THE Thousand
Secrets" (Mitchell Kennerley, New
York;. The hero and narrator is a
secret service man who loses his head
at every step and describes his feelings
instead Of looking for clues. At criti-
cal moments he rushes of TO report a,
headquarters. After a number Of alb
surd crimes have been committed fol
no particular reason. an explanation
is given in order to end the story. The
authors aim seems to be to violate
every rule for this class Of fiction.
The war story by win Lexington
Comfort. Red Fleece" recently re-
viewed in THE Sun, is published by
the George II. Doran Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
LANGUAGE TEXT BOOKS,

The preparation Of text books for
the instruction Of youth goes on in
cessantly. owing chiefly to the need
of meeting the requirements OF school
boards or Of complying with the de-
mands OF fashion In teaching. though
once in a while a teacher tries to put
through an idea OF his own. good or
bad. In the last few weeks a number
of these on variety of subjects have
come TO us. Among the books devoted
to language We have "A First Year
Latin Course" by James Il. Smiley and
Helen l.. Storke american Book Com
pany), with all the attractive features
Of modern school books fine clear
type and instructive pictures. 1t is
based on the system that starts in at
| once with translation, and, We infer,
conversation; assumes the study of
Cesar and is an efficient specimen Of
it's kind. The text OF Cesar Gallo
War. Books |, and H." has been edited
by Ernest Riess and Arthur l.. James
| lAmerican Book Company, with a
great abundance OF notes. pictures and
many fine maps, supplemented by a
synopsis Of grammar and exercises for
composition.
"A German Grammar" by Carl Har-
ris Phi. d. (American Book Company,
follows the old system Of sticking TO
grammar and explaining the difficult
ties that must be encountered instead
OF putting them on. The Elementary
German Composition" by Frederick
Wilson Truscott and Simeon Conant
Smith american Book Company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03

first days is interesting, as are some
OF the experiences OF released con-
victs that he relates. lie secured en-
ployment on a San Francisco news
paper at once: then he began to travel
about the country lecturing on prison
abuses. Those in sympathy with his
ideas and with those OF the people who
are seeking to do away with punish
ment for crime may be interested in
the catalogue OF places he visited and
the often trivial occurrences he re-
cords to most readers the latter por-
ton Of the book will prove tiresome,
We ina CINE. II reads like the story Of
any itinerant Snowman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
BOMB WRECKS HOUSE
OF NEW JERSEY MAYOR
Police Force Had Been Discharged
On Ground Town Was So Orderly
They Were Not Needed.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-The home OF
Mayor Daniel Hermann of Gutenberg
n j., suburb, was wrecked early to-
day by the explosion of bomb. hole
was torn in the wall of the house, win
dows were broken, and the entire com
munity was awakened. No one was
injured.
Mayor Hermann discharged the Gut
tenburg police force of eight men six
teen months ago on the ground that
they had no work to do. and that the
town was SO orderly no police were
needed. The police took the matter
to the courts, where it is now pending
When the bomb exploded this morning
the police We're holding their annual
ball.
Asleep in the mayors home at the
time of the explosion were the mayor
his three brothers and his mother The
Gutenberg police, although officially
discharged. are Investigating. The
bomb thrower escaped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
100000 BODIES BURIED
IN TRIANGLE, SAYS WRITER
Bloodiest Fighting of War During
Three Assaults Upon Polish
Capital, Is Claimed.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON, March 6.-There are 100, 900
soldiers buried in triangle only few
miles in size between Warsaw and
Skierniewice, according to a CORE
spondent who has just completed a trip
by automobile over this portion of the
fighting line.
This stretch of country he re-
marks. Sin three assaults on the Polish
capital probably has seen the bloodiest
fighting of the whole war
"A bridge near Bloni,'' writes the cor
respondent, marks the nearest ap-
proach which the Germans have thus
far made to Warsaw. The bodies of
1000 Germans and nobody knows how
many Russians lie here.
Two miles to the left are the ruins
of Rokttvo Church. The tall spire
stands archlike. completely pierced by
shell fire. The gap made by the shells
is twenty-five feet deep and thirteen
feet across. and the walls of the arch
are In some places only two inches
thick. When asked to account for the
phenomenon the peasantry, crossing
themselves. point to the madonna
within.
Not far away is the skeleton of a
great estate once owned by Prince
Urbetsky. whose death early last year
led to a memorable murder trial
Twelve acres of the magnificent forest
which surrounded the estate have gone
for fuel already, and an aerial attack
has left little Of the once stately man
sion.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
ATTITUDE OF GERMANS
TOWARD NEUTRAL GOODS
Prize Court Rejects Claim for Com
pensation for Cargo of
British Vessel.

LONDON March 1S.-N'hat is as
sumed to be the attitude OF the Ger
man government respecting liability
for neutral goods on British vessels
sunk by German submarines is set
forth in an article in the Cologne Ga
zette, as telegraphed from Amsterdam
by the correspondent of Reuters Tele-
gram Company. The article deals with
the rejection by the prize court at
Hamburg of claim for compensation
made by the owner of neutral goods on
a British ship bound for Norway,
which was sunk by a submarine.
The decision of the prize court" says
the Cologne Gazette. lis based on the
view that, according TO the German
claimed for innocent neutral goods on
board destroyed enemy vessels. The
question is not settled in international
treaties, nor even in the declaration OF
London There is. therefore. nothing
recurring Germany-especially in view
of the fact that owing TO her geo
graphical position in the naval war 1t
is impossible to bring the enemy's ships
into German prize court--to pay com
pensation in such circumstances.
Were II otherwise. before sinking
any ship the commander of a German
war vessel would be troubled with APP
doing to the enemy by sinking the
ship might be less than the damage to
the German empire involved in the lat
ter having TO pay compensation Tor
neutral cargo destroyed with the yes
sci owing to the short time at his
disposaI il would be impossible for the
commander Of a warship to ascertain
the facts III this regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

Villa and Zapata were usual. more
lenient with priests tnan Carranza O.
Oregon, he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

Kansas City. Mo-: Robert F. Maddox,
Aeianta, Ca: E. T. Meredith, Des
MONIES. Iowa: William H. Stevenson,
F..tsoursh; John II. Fahey. Boston ex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
RETIRES BOND ISSUES
OF SOUTHERN BUILDING
Owner Decides to Reduce Trusts by
$3.50, 900. Leaving $500, 900
in Effect.

The First National Fire Insurance
Company, owner of the Southern
building. at 18th and H streets north
west. has decided to retire two bond
issues secured on its property. One
issue is for si50.ooo and the other for
S52S.ooo The company has secured
possession Of all the bonds except
$1,000 worth, and this sum is to be de-
posted with the Munsey Trust Com
pany to settle with bondholders on
presentation.
The deeds of trust will be released by
the Munsey Trust Company, which was
substituted today by Justice Mccoy in
place OF the United States Trust Com
pany. named as trustee under the
trusts.
The release of these two trusts will
leave the property subject to one trus,
for 100000, held by the Equitable Life
Assurance Company of New York, it is
stated. The owner of the property was
represented by Attorneys J. S. Easily
Smith and James B. Archer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
SAW PRIESTS IN RAGS.
Bishop Currier of Cuba Tells of Mex
lean Church Conditions

Conditions among Catholic priests
and nuns in Mexico were described as
'-deplorable" by Bishop Currier of Ma
tanzas. Cubt. who has talked with
Secretary Bryan.
He recently travelled from Havana TO
! New York with several Spanish and
Italian priests expelled by Gen. Obre-
gon. The priests were in rags and
told him that under present conditions
in Mexico il was almost Impossible
for Catholic priests and nuns to stay
there.
The bishop said Matanzas was crowd
ed with Catholic refugees from Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

The amateur golf champion of the
United States, Francis Ouimet, ar
rived In Washington last evening and
registered at the New Willard. After
spending the day here on private bust
ness, Mr.. Ouimet will leave this even
ing for Pinehurst, where he is entered
in the different spring tournaments.
Incidentally, it may be stated that Mr..
ouimet is the champion golfer of
France and also holds the Massachu-
sets state title, demonstrating that he
Is some golfer. He was surrounded
with photographers this morning in
the lobby Of the New Willard and when
seen by a Star reporter said:
II fully expected to play little golf
here on my way south. but Z, l was {. de-
and will have to walt until later in the
season to have a look at your courses.
which have heard are very good ones.
I am anxious to play here and you can
rest assured I will get into one of the
tournaments before the year is out
Wanted to See George Sargent.
Il was exceedingly anxious TO see
George Sargent, as he is one of my
best friends. ] would have wired him
had I been able to play here. The
Chevy Chase Club has the cleverest and
most gent1emanly professional in the
soh business and 1 will never forget
his kindness to me when we paired up
in the Brookline open tournament last
season.
Except for a. couple of rounds within
the past two weeks / have not played
golf in three months. I believe in taking
q rest II gives one chance to catch
up with yourself | think I shall be ali
right this season. / am in fine physical
condition and l don't worry about a
thing. as you know that would be fool
ish''
The advantage OF being a champion,
and such a champion, is that fellow is
never lonesome. or. at least. never alone.
Hr- OuiHet has as a companion j. H.
sullivan. jr.. and he will accompany the
champion through the south and back
home. The reporter intimated that
Ouimet had dropped Sullivan in Phila-
delphia and was going south alone.
What. drop Suily?" cried Ouimet II
might as well lose my right arm. We
are pals forever and d day. No, sir
10 dropping Sully"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
MARYLAND BODY AIMS
TO REPEAL BLUE LAWS
H. Winship Wheatley Of Hyattsville
Elected President of New
Association.

Rebeiliug against eating cold Sunday
dinners, cooked Saturday, and protesting
against having to worship in cold
church because the janitor cannot per-
form any work. such even building
a fire, the Anti-Blue Law Association,
which effected a permanent organization
| in the offices of H. Winship Wheatley.
| in the Bond building. last night, today
| launched it's campaign to have the op
uressive blue laws Of Maryland Of the
vintage of 1928 repealed by the next
| legislature.
4 number of residents Of towns adj
jaccnt to the District in Prince Georges
county attended the organization meeting
of the association last night. The cleo
ton resulted in the selection of II. Win
ship Wheatley of Hyattsvlle as president
and W. II. Trathen of Tuxedo, Md. as
secretary These will be the only officers
of the association at present.
Platform of the Association.
With the launching of it's campaign of
F., publicity intended to develop public
opinion in favor of the repeal of the laws,
Mr. Wheatley today gave out the plat
form on which the association stands.
part OF some of the Prince Georges
| citizens to show that the association
is designed to promote the sale of spir-
ituous liquors. said Mr.. Wheatley.
This is entirely untrue The assoc
citation is made up of law-abiding citi-
zens. who want the blue laws repealed
so that they can do other things than
remain home ami twiddle their thumbs
| on Sundays, and who are in favor of
"a a p
| On this matter the platform of the
association says: There is no member
| of the association who would encour-
age in the slightest the opening of
| unlawful places in the county, and. on
| the other hand, every member of the
association is heartily in favor of their
prosecution to the fullest extent of the
| law until they are driven from the
county"
Sunday Cooking Prohibited.
The blue laws prohibit Sunday work
| by cooks in our homes and janitors
| in our churches" says the platform.
They have been enforced by the sheriff
| SO as to prohibit the purchasing of
minor articles of dire necessity and
the doing of minor work. Everything
| in the laws prohibits a twentieth CEN
tury observance, such as buying soda
/ water or candy or tobacco. it Is de-
clared Even milk and ice dealers can
serve only Customers
! Men are not prepared. upon the only
! day of recreation they have says the
! platform, ito be content with q per-
| fectly idle mind, and yet under this
statute no recreation of any kind is
permitted
The following compose a committee
! OF ways and means selected last. night
to promote the interests Of the asso-
citation: H. Winship wheat1ey, J. r.
| Pryor of Landover and W. H. Gibbs
| of East Tuxedo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
After Southern Title.

ouinaet is due in Pinehurst tomorrow,
which will give him a week for prac-
t'ce prior to the amateurprofessiona /
four-ban match scheduled for March
cS and % The following Nonda y
March 29-is the time set for the quail
flying round of the north and south
championship.
On the return trip Ouimet probably
will stop off at Baltimore to see Alec
Campbell, the former Brookline pro-
fessional. who now Is located at the
Baltimore Country Club. The champion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

will then proceed to Atlantic City for
rounds at Mortified and Seaview, pos
slbly taking part in the Invitation
tournament over the Absecom links
lOuimet inquired about ,thc spring
dates of the Chevy Chase and Columbia
County clubs tournaments, and should
the champion be pressed very hard the
local golfers may be able to land him on
his return north from Pinehurst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

g. Vernon Stinchecum, prominent in
! the United States Indian service af-
fairs and resident of Baltimore. has
accepted the superintendency of the
kiowa indian agency and will take up
his residence at Anadarko, Okla,
April l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18

Fiftytwo years service as nun ii
Catholic converts is the record of Sis
ter. Boniface Corr. who died at St
Agnes Hospital in Baltimore at the
age of seventy mine years. She was
born in Ireland and was a sister OF
charity of the ST. Vincent de Paul So.
ciety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
CHOSEN TO HEAD
TRADE COMMITTEE
H. A. Wheeler Selected by Di-
rectors of U. S. Chamber
of Commerce.
COOPERATION PLANNED
WITH FEDERAL BODY
Business Men to Do Everything in
Power to Assist Govern
ment Commission.

| Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, former
| president of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, is to be chairman
of the committee to be appointed BY
| the national chamber to cooperate
with the federal trade commission on
business matters affecting the welfare
of American industries.
| Two other big men who are to pc on
/ the committee of the chamber which
| is to be known as the federal trade
committee, are Guy T. Trip. chairman
| OF the Board, Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company, and W. L.
Saunders, president Of the lngersoil-
Rand Company of New York.
This information was obtained today
! from John H. Fahey of Boston, presi-
| dent of the chamber, following the
morning session of the board OF direc-
tors of the organization, when is holo
| ing Its annual spring meeting at ma
| tional headquarters here, in the RIGGS
4 building.
| Purpose of Chamber.
THE idea of the chamber Mr.. Fahey
said, "is to obtain the services on the
committee Of prominent, able men. VINO
have the time and the disposition to
work, We realize what tremendous
task there Is before the federal trade
commission, and the business men in
1.-THE national chamber wish to do every
thing in their power to assist the COM
mission. AS soon as the commission
lis fully organized and in running or
der our committee will have confer
ence with it to see how the business
men of the country can best serve
The directors probably will finish
their deliberations this afternoon and
go to their homes. The directors de-
/ cide,i to appoint special committee
to consider plans dealing with labor
exchanges and the question of unem-
ployment. Secretary Of Labor Wilson
has requested the chamber to cooper
I ate with his department in this work:
The board also voted to appoint special
committees TO consider the establish
ment of a national tariff commission.
the creation of a national budget and
questions pertaining to the question Of
/, rural credits legislation
Test Income Tax Case.
| The board decided to make a test
| case in the courts of the regulation of
| the Treasury Department which re-
! quires business men in making income
tax returns to account for gains on all
| their transactions, but does not allow
them to deduct or offset losses.
| 1t was pointed out that as the regu-
| ial1On StdHuS IL d liidii SELLS wv pioSSs
:, of real estate at the same time. one
| showing a profit of $1,000 and the other
| a loss of $1,000. he must report the
$1,000 profit as income, but is not al
lowed to offset the $1,000 loss on the
other piece of property.
| New Executive Committee.
| 4 new executive committee was elect
| ed, as follows: Il. G. fshett, chairman
| Charleston, S. c.; l.. c. Boyd, Indian
| apolis, Ind: Franklin Conklin, New
| ark, y J.: Joseph H. Defrees, Chicago
| William H. Douglas, New York; John
! Joy Edison, Washington: Alfred I. Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-18
Use Sand to Dress War Wounds.

Advices that on account of the short
age of absorbent cotton in the Wa
fields of Europe sterilized sand is he
ing experimental with as dressing foi
wounds are being received by surgeons
and others in this country who have
been taking an interest In the war re
lief work American Red Cross head
quarters and other agencies for dis
tribution of surgical supplies are re
ceiving repeated requests for shipments
Of absorbent cotton and dressings.
Growing is a lot of comfor; 10 some
men
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-31
FRENCH DOCUMENTS
GIVE TURKS AN IDEA

the United States stationship, Scorpi-
on. While the vessel still lay at It's
moorings off Kabatash, Turkish mo-
torboats patrolled the adjacent wat
ers constantly, while at the jetty,
which the crew and visitors of the
Scorpion had to use. police officials
inquired closely into the purpose Of
every trip to or from the vessel. A
little later the Turkish government,
on the plea that the moorings Of the
Scorpion were no longer safe, in
sisted that the vessel take new
station in the Golden Horn, beyond
the new and old bridges, at a point
where British submarines could not
endanger it. The protests OF Ambas-
sador Morganthau against this I'M
complimentary procedure on the part
of the Turkish government were use
less. The commander of the Scorpi-
on. Captain Morton, said that the
suspicious on which the Turkish gov
eminent had acted were devoid of all
justification.