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Evening star., 1915-01-02
FOREIGN.

An American hunter was killed and
another wounded by Canadian soldiers
near Fort Erie by shots fired into
their boat to force them to submit to
arrest, and a coroner's jury decided
that the killing and wounding were
accidental; kinsmen, repudiatine the
verdict, demanded a thorough investi-
cation through the State Department
Reports of the significance of the SUD-
pressed insurrection in the Philippines
were officially described as extraya-
gantly exaggerated: commercial inter-
ests, opposed to independence, were
accused of fomenting the uprising. In
nuentlal Americans in Mexico, making
representations regarding chaotic and
anarchic conditions, have urged the
administration to intervene: forces un-
der villa concentrated attack on the
port of Tuxpam, held by Carranza
troops; Provisional President Gutierrez
issued proclamation granting gen
eral amnesty to political prisoners.
Because war in Europe prevented ex-
change of ratiflcations on the forma /
date, the convention for safety-at-sea
failed of adoption as the law of ma
tions. A new election law, providing
ten-year term for the president. was
promulgated in China Among those
who died during the week were the
Maharajah of Sikkim; H b. H. Broad
ley. member of the British parlia :
ment.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
AMERICAN COUNTESS DEAD.
Wife of Count de Buisseret a Daugh-
ter of Mai. Gen. Story. U. S. A.

Information has reached Washington
Of the death at Brussels Wednesday of
Countess de Buisseret, formerly Miss
Caroline Story, daughter of Maj. Gen.
Story, U. S. A.
Details of her illness are lacking, 1t
was known two weeks ago that she
was suffering from the effects of an
operation. but such has been the diff
Guilty of communicating with Brussels,
even through diplomatic channels, that
little further news had been obtained.
The Netherlands minister, NJ Van
Rappard, has been interchangeable in his
efforts, and it was through him that at
last announcement came.
Count de Buisseret was secretary of
the Belgian legation at Washington
when he married Miss Story; was later
Belgian minister here, and now repre-
,, sents his country in Russia.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
Next Largest Expenditure.

Anti-tuberculosis associations spent
the next largest sum, amounting to a
little over 100000. Care of patients
in dispensaries and by visiting nurses
cost almost as much, approximately
$S60.000. The growth of the open-air
school movement is shown in the fact
that last year more than 100000 was
spent for this purpose. as against s10,-
900 expended five years ago. State and
city boards of health spent s200,0OU
directly on tuberculosis work.
In the last five years the percentage
of money spent from public funds has
steadily increased from SO per cent in
1909 to 69.3 per cent in 1913, and 66.S
per cent last year.
New York state spent more money
last year in the tuberculosis campaign
than any other two states in the Union,
due largely to the increased and rapid
ly developing movement for city and
county care of the tuberculous, Penn
sylvania, which has occupied second
place for the past four years, was
superseded last year by Illinois, with
Massachusetts, in fourth place and Col
orado in fifth place
Evening star., 1915-01-02
M0T0R1sT ASKS JURY TRIAL,
Three Charges Lodged by the Police
Against William Trew.

William Trew was arraigned in the
Police Court today on charges of ope-
rating an automobile while under the
influence of liquor. speeding and COL
liding, and demanded a jury trial
through his attorney, Robert I. Miller.
Trew, who was arrested yesterday
afternoon on 9th street near D street
by Policeman Moran, after he is al
legged to have struck and knocked
down a man. is also charged by Police
man C. E. Mansfield with being intoxi-
Gated and by Policeman ]. w. Kidwell
with speeding.
1t is stated a policeman was riding
in the machine with Trew during the
alleged violations.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
Plans to Cut Meat Bill.

With plenty of pork and all the chick
ems we wanted, we should be able to
cut our expenditure for meat down
almost to nothing. Less than dollar
a week would get US what beef and
mutton we needed for a change. There
is a probability that we will be able
to buy even beef and mutton at a
price far below what we would have
to pay in town. Several of the nearby
farmers now cooperate informally in
the killing of sheep and calves. and
there is talk of organizing a regular
club and butchering beef animals as
Evening star., 1915-01-02
W. H. LA TOILETTE DIES.
Nephew of Wisconsin Senator Was
an Employe of Census Bureau.

William H. La Toilette. a nephew of
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin, died
today at the residence of the senator,
1920 18th street northwest, after an
illness of about three weeks.
Mr.. La Toilette, who was twenty-six
years old, had been employed in the
census bureau for about two months.
He was a native Of Plankinton, S. d.
His home was in Madison, Wis, where
the body will be sent for burial
Evening star., 1915-01-02
Decorating a Correspondent.
I'm the Pail Mall Gazette

Mention of iron crosses recalls the
fact that one Of the few civilians ever
decorated with the iron cross was the
late Mr.. Archibald Forbes, the war cor
respondent. who received it for his
work in the Franco-German war, in
which he represented the Daily News.
It is almost needless to add that iron
crosses were not scattered promiscu-
ously in those days, and that to get one
was regarded as a high honor Today
their production is keeping krupps
busy.
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MORE THAN $50, 100000
FOR WAR ON WHITE PLAGUE
Statistics Quoted Show Expenditures
in United States for the Year
Just Closed.

Statistics prepared by the National
Association for the Study and Preven-
ton of tuberculosis show that more
than $20,50O,0O0 was expended in the
United States in 1914 in the campaign
against tuberculosis. More than half
of this vast amount. or 66.s per cent,
was public funds, either federal. state,
county or municipal, the remainder
having been the contribution of priv
ate philanthropy.
Institutional care and treatment of
consumptives in hospitals and sana-
toria, the report shows, made up the
largest part of the total expenditures.
More than s17.3O0.000 was spent for
this purpose. with an additional $685.
900 for special treatment of tubercu-
lous insane and prisoners.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

land left between Etain and Haute-
cour, between Hermeville and Warcq.
watching for any sign of advance by
the enemy through these two inviting
corridors. stumbling every now and
upon the same mission. and adding
their weekly quota to the list of killed
and wounded.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
DAY IN CONGRESS.
;enate:

Met at II am.
Former President Taft opposed
the Philippine independence bill
before a committee.
Debate was resumed on the i'm
migration bill;
Met at noon.
The Indian appropriation bill
was debated.
Representative Gardner intro
duced q bill to add 5000 men to
the Coast Artillery Corps.
Representative Moss of Indiana
spoke in favor of rural credits
legislation.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

we'll Later in this month Mr.. Brown
is going to kill calf, and he has Of
fered me quarter. at cents a pound
for the whole quarter. and 10 cents
for the hind quarter. AS we will have
plenty of ice. we can use up quarter
of veal even should the weather be
warm.
I have just finished an icehouse that
will hold about ten tons of Ice and the
total cash expenditure was only 1885.
1 did the work myself, a good deal of 1t
at night by lantern light. Natural ad-
vantages reduced the work to mini
mum. / made an excavation just below
the crest of the hill that comes up from
the pond The back of the roof is flush
with the ground In front the house is
seven feet from floor to peak of roof.
four feet being below ground and three
above In a trench from just below the
level of the floor, and sloplng on down
the hill until it ran out. 1 laid three
inch pipe. so there will be ample drain
age.
Sawdust for Insulation.
The back and side and front walls,
where they are below ground, 1 simply
shored up with posts and some old lum-
ber found around the place. The front
and side above ground 1 made with
double walls of new inch lumber, the
space between being filled with saw
dust, which the boys hauled from a
sawmill less than a mile away. There
also is plenty of sawdust for packing
the ice as we put 1t down. There was
no expense connected with this item,
as the owner of the sawmill was glad
to have it hauled away.
The icehouse faces the north, and
with the double walls and sawdust In
sulation where it is above ground. am
assured there should be practically no
melting, even in the hottest weather.
Ten tons of ice should give US all we
/ want for our own use, and l hgure
there will be enough to sell to neigh
| bors to pay me back what the tcehouse
cost and what it will cost me to have
| the ice crop harvested. The ice on the
pond now is almost thick enough to
cut. but I decided to wait until there Is
at least six inches. There's a chance,
of course, that by waiting I'll fail to
get any ice at all. but the advantage of
thick ice over thin for putting up Is SO
| great 1 decided to take the risk. 1t
| will have to finish up as a very unusual
| winter, indeed, If the ice OF our pond
fails to reach six inches.
| Jim's Invention Adopted.
When the ice is ready to cut. I plan
| to take two or three days of my 1915
leave and hire a man or two to help
me. The plan of getting the ice up the
| hill, which l am going to try, was de-
vised by Jim, my oldest boy. am
! going to sink post deep in the grouno
close to the ice-house door. To this
Evening star., 1915-01-02
War Lowers Price.

After the outbreak of the European
war copper sold considerably below
the yearly average, but toward the
close of the year the price showed
notable Improvement.
New Mexico and Michigan are the
only two states recorded in the report
as showing an increase in copper pro-
duction over the figures for 1913 Arizona,
Montana, Nevada. California, Tennessee
and Alaska all show a decrease, while
Utah is reported to have shown practi-
cally the same figures for both periods.
Arizona continues to hold first place as
the state producing the greatest num-
ber of pounds of the metal, with an
output of 3S0,000.000 pounds.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
NATIONAL.

President Wilson urged the passage of
the coast guard bill merging the revenue
cutter and life-saving services, making it
an administration measure Champ Clark,
Speaker of the House, declared himself
not a candidate for President In 1916.
AS non-enforceable and destructive of
local government, national prohibition
was denounced as dangerous by former
President Taft Former President Roose-
welt paid a visit to a New York city
municipal lodging house. sampling the
food. R. H. Ashton was named a mem
Der of the industrial relations commission.
Gabe E. Parker resigned as register Of
the Treasury to assume his new duties
as commissioner for the five civilized
tribes. The Land Bank of New York. to
extend banking facilities to agricultural
districts. was organized. Federal cavalry
was Withdrawn from the Colorado strike
region. Among those who died during
the week are: Col. Arthur Macarthur.
grand master Of the Knights Ten1plar Of
the United States; Charles NJ Hail. noted
chemist; Rear Admiral H L. Howison.
United States Navy, retired; Rev. Pat,
rick w. Riordan, Archbishop Of San Fran
cisco.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

Scores of pretty young French and
Belgian girls, gayly decked with their
national colors, sell papers in London
streets.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
The Price You Are
Paying for Eggs
r"-riGu Correspondence of The Star.

Should make you realize the
advantages of poultry rails
ing.
There is profit in poultry
raising as a business or side
issue. but don't overlook the
fact that producing chickens
will give you big returns.
To get started read The
Stars classified poultry adver-
tisements; to keep going right
consult the Poultry News,
which appears in each Sun
day Star.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
PRODUCT OF COPPER, 1914,
SHOWS MARKED DECREASE
q. S. Output Value, $152, 400, 900, as
Compared With $1S9, 900
in the Previous Year.

The copper production of the United
States in 1914 will show a marked de-
crease from that of 1913, according to
figures and estimates collected by b. S.
Butler of the United States geological
survey. At an average price of about
1875 cents pound. the 1914 output has
a value of s152.4o0,C0O, compared with
$1s9,795.0O0 for the 1913 output. The
large decrease in production in 1914
was due, it is claimed, to curtailment
of production during the latter part of
the year on account of the reduction in
tonnage exported to Europe.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

have the nerve to let him pay me for
ice that l didn't want and couldn't
use. 1 am under no obligations to the
other man. but I reckon I'll not lose
anything by placing him under obli-
cations to me. He has some of the
finest white rock chickens in this part
of the country, and If he feels like 1t
I'll let him give Jane setting OF eggs
in the spring. and thus introduce the
blood of a new strain into our flock.
Giving Chickens Close Study.
We are giving pretty close study to
our chickens right now, with view
to entering upon fixed program with
the coming Matching season. We now
have white leghorns and white rocks
in about equal numbers. and the thing
we are trying to determine is which is
the more profitable breed for us to
keep, as we have made up our mlnds
that beginning with the coming season
we shall keep only one breed.
So far the white rocks have the leao
in egg production by margin OF more
than 10 per cent. though the whlte
|leghorn is supposed to be the greatest
egg producer in the world and is kept
almost exclusively on the Dig com .
mercial egg farms. 1t is true that II
takes more feed to get dozen eggs
from the rocks than it does from the
Ileghorns, but this advantage Is more
than Offset by the superiority OF tne
rock as a table fowl. With broliers
there doesn't seem to be any marked
difference. The rock makes a bigger
and better bird, but the leghorn ma
lures earlier and reaches oroiler SIZE
on less feed. 1t Is with fowls. mems
that have passed their usetulHess ,tss
er, that the difference is marked. "A "A
leghorn hen seldom gets fat. She Is
little and stringy. not fit for roast
ing at all and not much good Ior
stewing. A two-year-old rock hen. on
the other hand, is easy to fatten, Is
tender enough to bake, and when stew
ed and served up as potpie sne
makes a dish fit for king.
Rocks Have the Call.
With the rocks and leghorns. even
in egg production, therefore, our
choice undoubtedly would go to the
rocks. With the rocks leading their
rivals 10 per cent in the number of
eggs they give US, there isn't any
question as to the choice. The leg
horns have until about the middle of
March before the decision will be
finally made, but they'll have to do
some pretty tall hustling during the
under the wire winner. Even should
the leghorns beat the rocks laying IN
January and February. we Will not pc
able to lose sight of the fact that the
rocks gave US most eggs in Novem-
her and December, when eggs were
bringing the years top price.
Neither breed is laying as we'll now
as it was a couple of weeks ago, but
poultrymen tell me the hens are mere
iy taking a rest and that they VIII
start in again soon. We had an egg
output in November and December
above what is considered a good aver
age on commercial plants, and after
a spell of heavy production. the ex-
perts say, hens always lay off while
to rest.
Even with the reduced output we are
getting now. there is a very gratifying
margin of profit between the cost Of
feed and the market price Of the eggs
Evening star., 1915-01-02
US. COURT OVERRULES
PLEAS FOR IMMUNITY
New Haven Directors Must Answer
to Indictments Of Criminally
Violating Sherman Law.

NEW YORK, January 2.-The federal
district court overruled today the pleas
of immunity interposed by John L.
Billiard, James S. Elton and William
Skinner to Indictments charging them
with criminal violation of the Sher-
man law in connection with their acts
as directors of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
pany.
Messrs. Elton, Skinner and Billiard
claimed that they were entitled to i'm
munity because of testimony given by
them before the interstate commerce
commission prior to the return of the
indictments. The courts decision means
that they will now be called upon to
plead to the indictments which in
clude eighteen other well known men,
all directors or former directors of the
road.
Other Pleas to Be Heard.
Arguments on other immunity pleas
presented by Edward D. Robbins. di-
rector and general counsel of the rail-
road company: George F. Baker and
T. Dewitt Cuyler remain to be heard.
Mr.. Robbins claims he is immune
because he was examined by the fed
eral grand jury which indicted Charles
,. Mellens Lnen president OF the NeW
Haven, and Edison ]. Chamberlain and
A. H. Smithers, president and chair
man, respectively. of the Grand Trunk
Railway Company, and because he was
witness before the interstate COM
merce commission.
Mr.. Baker claims immunity because
he testified before the Pujo inquiry.
Mr.. Cuyler asserts that he Is immune
because he furnished the federal grand
jury with the copy of the traffic agree
ment between the New Haven and the
Grand Trunk companies.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
TAKING A FAMILY
BACK TO THB SOIL
Being the Experiences Of q Gov.
ernment Clerk Who Sets Ont
to Lower the High Cost Of
Living.

A>o oouol tHc JOYS OF nOEsklliln time
are all they are cracked up to be-for
| those who do not have to participate In
the actual killing. don't know
whether Nature intended me to be a
farmer or not: but know mighty well
she didn't cut me out to be butcher.
I'm not going to enter into a dis
cussion of the details. Suffice to say
that the hog is killed, and now the
| other members of the family, at least,
are looking forward to the feast. There
is to be sausage. into the making Of
which there shall enter only lean and
| tender pork. with just enough fat to
give it proper juiciness. The tender
loin will be sliced thin and fried as an
| accompaniment to buckwheat cakes
not the ready prepared, self-rising
kind, but old-fashioned black buck
wheat flour ground between stones in a
water-power mill.
The loin cuts will go largely into the
sausage, but the shoulders and spare
ribs will be eaten fresh. I've often
seen the heads of hogs displayed on
the stands in Center Market, but l
don't think it ever occurred to me that
they were actually to be eaten. But
since l now have come more inti-
mately into contact with the subject l
cannot see any reason why the head
should not be as desirable an article of
human food as any other part of the
animal. Ours is to be prepared in
some mysterious "down-south" way.
and is to constitute the piece de re-
sistance for tomorrow's dinner, when
the Turner's and Robinsons are to be
with us.
Memorial to Vanished Corn.
I don't know just what the culinary
procedure is to be, but I've heard the
expression hog and hominy" so often
the past few days that / am under the
impression that the head is to be stuffed
with hominy, probably as a memorial
to the amount of corn his pigship made
way with before he was ripe for kill
ing.
We haven't yet reached the hominy-
making stage in our farming adven-
ture, but Jane bought about peck of
it from one of our neighbors who has
the reputation of being a master of the
art. We have had several messes of 1t,
and it is so much superior to the fac
tory-made article we used to buy at
the stores that 1 think we shall try 1t
ourselves next year.
Just for sake of the experience, I
am going to try curing and smoking
hams and bacon, and some of the side
meat am going to put down In bi inc.
We haven't any SmokehouSe, but
hogshead, in which some of our goods
were packed when we moved from
town, is to be made to serve the pur-
pose. l read in a farm paper that for
a small quantity of meat hogshead
or even a barrel made as good smoke
house as ever was built. There is
plenty of hickory wood and corncobs
for the fire. and as we shall take
lot of pains and follow the most ap-
proved method in curing the meat We
ought really to have something extra
good in the way of hams and bacon.
If the enterprise pans out well, next
year I want to raise four or five hogs
and put down enough meat to do us
through the winter.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

First rub the chest or throat with
Omega Oil; then soak piece OF tian.
mel with the Oil and put it around the
neck or throat. and cover with piece
of dry flannel. This simple treatment
usually gives relief. Trial bottle LOG.
Evening star., 1915-01-02

But that doesn't mean, necessarily, that
we are making money on chickens We
fed those pullets from five to seven
months before they began to lay eggs
at all. and we have got to get that
money back out of the present surplus
before there will be any actual profit.
The eggs we get during the next three
months will tell the story. for when
eggs get plentiful and therefore cheap
in the spring there is very little mar
gin to be expected above the cost of
feed
Evening star., 1915-01-02
Situation in United States.

The United States government. in a
note to Great Britain, made vigorous
protest against uniustifiable detention
of neutral ships and cargoes; the Brit
ish government announced that the
note would be answered in the friendly
spirit in which couched; President
Wilson declared that Great Britain
would face claims for damages done to
American shipping through unlawful
detention of cargoes. A world wide
conference of neutral nations. to be
held in Washington, to devise inter-
national rules for the protection OF
neutral rights, was proposed by Ven
ezuela. Refugees OF various nationali-
lies were conveyed from Jaffa, Syria,
to Alexandria, Egypt. by the u S.
cruiser Tennessee. The German noti-
fication was received in Washington to
the effect that American consuls in
Belgium must be acceptable to the
military government and asking with
drawal of certain consuls. Neutral in
spection of detention camps in Russia
was again urged by the United States.
The Servian government returned
thanks of the Servian people for
Christmas gifts from America for chill
dren orphaned by the war.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
THE WEEK
Epitome of Events EndinE Janu-
ary 2, 1915.
PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR.

The triple entente between Norway.
Sweden and Denmark for the defense
of neutral rights was regarded as pre-
dieting a closer political union to con-
tinue after the war. Bourgainville. the
largest of the Solomon Islands. pos
session of Germany, was seized by the
British. Berlin reported the blowing up
of a monument to Poles loyal to Rus
sia by Polish revolutionaries in War
saw, as an expression of hostility to
Russia. Bruno Garibaldi, grandson of
the Italian liberator. was killed in
for the French. Denial was
given to reports that Japan was send
ing an army to the European battle
fronts. Servia was reported planning
an invasion of Hungary.
Evening star., 1915-01-02
Military Operations.

Thirty French and British ships
bombarded Pola, Austrian naval base
on the Adriatic. French troops occupy
half the village of Steinbach. in AL
SAGE, after demolishing many houses to
dislodge the German garrison occupy
ing the rest of the town. The advance
OF the Germans against Warsaw was
checked at the Bzura river, where the
struggle against the Russian forces
continued. Austrians In Galicia suf-
fered defeat, and were reported in
Petrograd to be fleeing through the
Carpathian passes. Russia claims de-
feat of Turkish forces in a sanguinary
battle in the transcaucasus.
The allies captured tine village of st.
Georges, Belgium. which was subse-
quently heavily bombarded by the
German garrison. Seven German aero
planes dropped bombs over Dunkirk,
on the French coast. The French sub
marine Curie was lost in Austrian wa
ters. Four of seven aeroplanes which
raided German warships assembled at
Cuxhaven were destroyed. all but one
pilot returning to the British convoy
ing warshipS.