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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
MEXICAN OUTLAWS RAID
SOUTHERN TEXAS VILLAGE
Man and His Son Killed-Cavalry-
men From Fort Harlingen Are
Hurried to Sebastian.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Au-
gust 6.-Mexican outlaws today
raided the village of Sebastian,
thirty-seven miles north of here,
killing a man and his son.
United States cavalrynen from
Fort Harlingen, twelve miles dis
tant, have gone to Sebastian.
Fifteen rangers and armed mon have
started from nearby points for Sc
bastian, and practically every man In
Harlingen has armed himself prepar-
ing to hunt for the outlaws.
The dead are A. L. Austin, president
Of the Sebastian Law and Order
League. and his son.
The league recently forced several
men of bad reputation to leave Sebas-
tian. which is little more than a scat
tering of farmhouses, with some cross
roads stores. Austin and his son were
running a corn shelter early today,
when armed Mexicans galloped up and
took both into the brush nearby.
There Austin and his son were killed.
Yesterday a band Of Mexicans raided
a ranch In the Sebastian section. steal
ing five horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
UPHoLDs DEATH PENALTY.
Tennessee Judge Decides Capital
Punishment Still Operates There.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August "a
Newport. Tenn. special says Judge
Hicks of the circuit court yesterday
held that capital punishment as pen
atty for murder still operates in Ten
nessee. The recent legislature passed
a bill abolishing capital punishment ex-
cept in certain cases, and then recessed
for a month. After the recess the gov
ernor vetoed the bill.
In a habeas corpus case involving
bail for a prisoner charged with mur-
der the claim was made that the bill
had become a law automatically. For
mer Gov. Ben. w. Hooper was attorney
for the prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
THINKS MORE OPEN CARS
WILL REMEDY TROUBLE
Utilities Board Submits Suggestion
to w. r. & E. Co. to Meet
Patrons Complaint.

Operation of additional open cars as
means of removing complaint against
the practice of passengers standing be-
tween seats today was suggested to
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company by the public utilities COM
mission. The company is asked to
make an early reply to the suggestion.
Under date Of April 15. 1913, the COM
mission notified the company that open
cars could be substituted for closed
cars on the basis of five open cars to
furnish the service supplied by eight
the order prohibiting passengers Yrom
standing on the running boards. AS
result many complaints have been
made overt the practice of passengers
standing between seats on open cars.
In it's letter to the company today the
commission states:
Recognizes Objection to Practice.
"The commission recognizes the OBJ
lection to the practice of passengers
standing between the seats and there
fore believes that this space should
not be taken into account in calcu-
lating the capacity of cars While
open cars have much greater seating
capacity than the closed cars. these
restrictions reduce the standing room
in open cars to such an extent that the
capacity of the two types of cars. in
Guiding standing passengers, is nearly
the same.
"It. therefore. appears to the commits
sion that the capacities of open cars
and closed cars do not warrant the sub
stitution Of only five open cars for
eight closed cars, and that they should
be considered on the same basis, and
when open cars are operated the same
number of open caIs should be placed in
service as is called for by the schedule
based on closed car operation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
GEN. TRACY NEAR DEATH
Unconscious for Nine Days, Without
- Nourishmeut in Any Form.

NEW YORK. August 6.-Gen. Benja-
min F. Tracy. Secretary of the Navy
when Benjamin Harrison was Presi-
dent. was at deaths door today. 1t was
said. sustained alone by his vigorous
vitality.
For nine days Gen. Tracy. who Is
eighty-four years old. has lain uncon-
scious and without nourishment in any
form. His physicians say the remark
able resistance he has shown to his all
ment. paralysis, is due to a lifetime of
temperate and regular habits.
For several days his death has been
expected hourly. it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06

LONDON, August 6.-The oc-
cupation of Ivangorod by Austro-
German forces is announced Off
cially in both Vienna and Berlin.
With the great Russian fort
resses of Warsaw and Ivangorod
captured and the fall of Riga, the
capital of the Baltic provinces,
imminent, the Austro-German on
slaught has reached its high tide
in the east, and the next step will
be the German emperor's tri-
umphant entry into the Polish
capital.
That event is likely soon to be
followed by the pronouncement
of a united and semi-autonomous
Poland, embracing not only the
territory wrested from the Rus
slams, but the Austrian crown
land of Galicia.
Meantime the Russian armies
are lighting their way backward
toward Russia proper, inflicting
blows on the invaders wherever
possible, trying to fend them off
the railways running north and
south, in order that the ends of
the German nippers may not
meet, and, in closing, bring disas-
ter to Russian arms.
The position of the army of
Grand Duke Nicholas now is a
matter of solicitude, as the occu-
patton of Warsaw is believed to
be a prelude to a greater purpose,
that of enveloping the retreating
forces.
the effect Of Warsaw's capitulation on
the northern front as follows:
The enemy is slowly advancing, but
the Russian armies in the Narew and
Iomza directions.
In the vicinity Of Riga the Germans
received a severe check on the Misa
river. They were forced to. withdraw
to Ekau. several miles to the south
ward"
Contests German Advance.
Petrograd reports show the grand
duke has retired to the right bank of
the Vistula both at Warsaw and Ivan
gorod. destroying bridges at both
points and contesting the German ad-
vance across the river.
Back of the retiring Russians is the
vast morass of central Poland with few
and primitive roads, making
impossible a quick movement
Of guns and supplies; while back of
Warsaw the only fortress available as
q rallying point for the Russians is
Menaced by Won Buelow.
Thus the Russians are menaced by
Gen. Won Buelow's columns bending
southwark and by Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's southern army bending
northward.
The occupation Of Warsaw now is
centering attention on a series of i'm
portant events that are being arranged.
First will be the selection of a German
governor. Reports indicate the ap-
Dointee will be German prince, pos
,ibly q son Of the German emperor, or
an Austrian archduke. who will be
vested with authority akin to that
and to his marshals as kings of occu-
Berlin reports . council to. be held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
MELVILLE STEWART DEAD.
Baritone Comic Opera Singer Sup
ported Leading Stars.

NEW YORK, August 6.-Melville
Stewart. for many years one of the chief
baritone singers Of comic opera tn the
country, died yesterday at his home in
Seagate. L. I. He was recently a men,
ber Of the cast Of Broadway musical
comedy. For several years he was lead
ing man with Fannie Rice and Della Fox
and sang in -F1orodora," San Toi" and
many other comic and light operaA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
GEORGE G. McMURTRY DEAD.
Prominent Financier Succumbs After
Illness of Two Months.

NEW YORK, August George G.
McMurtry. chairman Of the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company. a sub
sidiary of the United States Steel Cor
poration, died suddenly at Atlantic
City, N. j., early today.
Mr. McMurtry, who also was a director
of the American Can Company, the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
way Company, Pittsburgh Trust Com
pany and other large companies. had
been in poor health for two months
Two days ago, however, he was re-
ported to be in a much improved con-
dition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Joliet Warden Resigns.

CHICAGO. August 6.-Warden Ed
mund NJ Allen Of the Illinois state
penitentiary, at Joliet. declared today
he would resign because Gov. Dunno
has denied him the privilege of living
outside the prison in which his wife
was murdered.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. August 6.-The
resignation of Warden Allen was re-
ceived and accepted today by Gov. Dunno.
who by telegraph directed Deputy War;
den Ryan to assume charge Of the Joliet
prison until Aliens successor was Sc
lected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Army Corps Survivors to Meet.

Col. Stanton Weaver, Junior vice COM
mander of the Department Of the Poto-
mac. g. A. R., has called q meeting Of
the survivors of the 23d Army Corps
residing in this city for next Tuesday
night at G. A. r. headquarters, when
plans for q corps reunion to be held
during the q. A. r. encampment will
be discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
UNVEIL BEETHOVEN STATUE.
German Singers Gather in Golden
Gate Park for Ceremonv:

SAN FRANCISCO. August 6.-German
singers from various parts Of the coun-
try gathered in Golden Gate Park today
for the dedication Of the statue of
Beethoven. presented to the city by the
Beethoven Maennerchor Of New York
The ceremony was to culminate q cele-
bration of Beethoven's centenary by the
German auxiliary to the Panama Pacific
exposition. George B. Alstadt. president
Of the New York society, was to deliver
the presentation address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Death of Mrs. Eva W. Brodhead.

DENVER, August 6.-Mrs. Eva Will
der Brodhead, we'll known novelist and
short-story writer, died at her home
here after an illness Of eleven months.
She was born at Covington. KY. in
1870, and began literary work at the
age Of eighteen. With her husband.
Henry G. Brodhead. she had lived in
Denver ten yesr[
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
REPORT OFFICIAL EXECUTED.
Arrivals From Chihuahua Say Villa
Ordered City Treasurer's Death.

Ell PASO. Tex. August 6.-Arrivals
from Chihuahua City today declared
that Sebastian Vargas. jr., state
treasurer Of Chihuahua. was executed
Wednesday on orders from Gen. Villa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Continuous Heavy Fighting
Goes on Between Australians
and Turks.
GEN. SARRAIL TOLEAD
FRENCH IN THE FUTURE
Commander Gouraud Supplanted.
Warships Bombard Towns on
Coast Of Anatolia.

LONDON, August 6.-The situation in
the Dardanelles on the front held by
the Australian troops is excellent, al
though there has been continuous
heavy fighting, involving serious cas-
ualties on both sides, according to the
British press representative on the
I Gallipoli peninsula.
'The Turks since their last repulse.
the observer says. ''have shown much
less aggressiveness, seeming more con-
tent to sit in the trenches than to at
tempt an offensive movement. Bomb
throwing and mining now are the chief
methods of warfare, the troops being
kept occupied constantly in building
and rebuilding trenches, which crumble
away rapidly every day. owing to the
soft. sandy soil.
Heavy Turkish reinforcements are
being constantly brought into advanced
positions. showing that the Turks real
ize the Importance Of holding back any
further attempt of the allies to en-
croach on the peninsula"
French View Of Situation.
PARIS, August 6-An official report
given out by the French war office
today reads.
"At the Dardanelles, since the be-
ginning of August, there has been
no striking development to report, the
activity being confined to intermittent
artillery duels and much movement on
the part of aviators.
"The government has decided to re-
place Gen. HI e. Gouraud, commander
Of the French expeditionary force at
the Dardanelles, by Gen. Sarrail, who
has been named -chief of
the army of the Orient.
French Warships Active.
One armored cruiser, two cruisers, tor
pedo boats, dredgers and an aeroplane
ship of the French fleet demonstrated
August 3 and off Sighadjik and Scala
Nova on the coast of Anatolia. August
3 Sighadjik was bombarded and the GUS
tomshouse and part of the Notifications
destroyed
The day following the ar1nored cruiser
bombarded the fortiications Of the Turk
ish quarter Of Scala Nova and a fortified
point to the west Of that town, while the
other vessels of the squadron shelled and
destroyed the village of Spelia. supposed
to be a supply depot for submarines Of
Frances antagonists.
The foregoing information is contained
in a statement given out by the French
ministry of marine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
RUSSIA DETERMINED
ON FINAL VICTORY
Stand Strengthened by En-.
forced Evacuation of War;
saw, Newspapers Say.
NOVOGEORGIEVSK STILL
HELD BY CZAR'S TROOPS
Fortress Prepared for Siege and Is
Already Invested, It Is
Declared.

PETROGRAD, via London. August 6.
The Russian newspapers today are
unanimous in stating that Russias de-
termination to pursue the war to a
victorious end has been strengthened
by the enforced evacuation of Warsaw.
The Rech says: LAS long as the army
is intact we can confidently face the
future"
Novogeorgievsk, nineteen miles north
west of Warsaw, still remains in Rus
sian hands today, notwithstanding the
evacuation of the Polish capital. ac-
cording to information received by the
Russian war office.
The fortress has been prepared for a
siege and it already is invested. 1t
constitutes the only fortified position
on the Vistula river in possession OF
the Russians.
Causes of Evacuation.
ton of Warsaw, according to the war
in great force on the roads toward Os-
trov, from Ostrolenka and Rozan on
the one hand, and the presence of large
across the Vistula river between
1vangorod and Warsaw at Matzievitze." "
A war Office official. reviewing the
situation, said:
already had abandoned the old brick
fortress of Ivangorod on the left side
Of the Vistula. We still hold the right
bank fortif1cations, but inasmuch as
this fort has lost it's Importance with
the abandonment of the left bank of
the position, strictly speaking the only
fortified point in our hands at present
is Novogeorgtevsk.
Left to Own Resources.
According to information at hand
the enemy has been making every ef-
fort to envelop the position and the
fortress has been left to it's own re-
sources, to which end it had long been
prepared.
Our armies in the'forward theater of
war are gradually moving back to the
! positions assigned to them, thus giving
these armies the important advantage
! of shortened front and also of bring
| ing them nearer to the fortiged line Of
K0vno, Grodno and Brest-Litovsk.
THE retreat was carried out not un-
der immediate pressure Of the enemy,
but in consequence of decision taken
Notwithstanding some instances In
which our armies were having partial
enemy backward. With the occupation
of new positions on the left bank of
the Bug and in the direction of Wladi-
mir Wolynsk and Kovel, 1t Is believed
that a serious barrier to the enemy's
progress against Brest-Litovsk has
been erected"
Loss of Warsaw Discounted.
The loss of Warsaw had long been
discounted in Petrograd, and 1t caused
no excitement. The newspapers COM
mented on the fall of the Polish capi-
tai without emotion, referring with re-
gret to it's loss as a necessity, but
which is regarded by them as being
only temporary.
In the vanguard of the German forces
approaching Warsaw are said to have
been fire brigades prepared to combat
any confla grafton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Blot Abandons Hope.

Gen. Blot commanded the military
forces of the government overthrown
with the assassination of President
Guillaume. officials here inferred from
his withdrawal from the country that
Blot had abandoned hope Of being
elected to the presidency.
News dispatches from Port au Prince
said the national assembly was await
ing word from Gen. Bobo as to wheth-
er he desired the Office. Assurances
that his army will disarm on it's ar
rival at the capital are thought to in
dicate that there will be no further
fighting, and that the revolutionists
will establish a government.
Earlier advices from Admiral Caper-
ton said warning shots fired by the
survey yacht Eagle at Cape. Haitien
had kept the revolutionists out of that
city. Only a small force of marines
was on duty ashore, and a warning
was sent that any attempt to enter
the town would be met by the guns
of the American warships. The battle
ship Connecticut is now of the port
with additional marines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Admiral Caperton Sends Tug
OsceoIa to Gonaives to Pro-
tect CuStomhOuse.
FORT RATIONALE OCCUPIED
BY THE. AMERICAN FORCES
Col. Cole in Military Charge Of Port
au Prince-Haitian Parliament
to Select President Sunday.

Revolt has broken out again in
Haiti, this time on the western
coast, at Gonaives.
Rear Admiral Caperton, in
charge of the United States expe-
dictionary forces, has dispatched
the naval tug Osceola with forces
to protect the customhouse.
The admiral today reported the
occupation of Fort Rationale, in
Port all Prince, by American
forces without resistance. The
American marines are quartered
in the barracks.
Col. Cole, commanding the
marines landed from the battle
ship Connecticut, is in military
charge of the town, and Capt.
Beach has been assigned to handle
civil affairs.
A session of the Haitian parlla-
ment to select a president has
been called for Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Peace Prospects Brighter.

Hopes for a peaceful settlement OF
the disturbances in Haiti were bright
ened by receipt of a message from
Rear Admiral Caperton, commanding
the American naval forces at Port au
Prince and Cape Haitien. announcing
that the troops of Resolve Bobo, leader
of the successful revolution. would
disarm on their arrival at the capital.
Gen. Bobo's men are reported en- route
from Cape Haitien to Port au Prince,
and should arrive there in six days.
The following abstract of Admiral
Caperton's report was given out:
Gen. Blot left Cape Haitien for San
to Domingo on the morning Of the 4th
instant Th, troops of Gen. Bobo have
met with no further resistance In the
north of Haiti, and Bobo's troops are
said to be marching to Port au Prince,
where they will probably arrive in
about six days. Gen. Bobo's repre-
sentatives have promised that his
troops will disarm upon arrival at
port an Prince g,esy9 Y 80
Although Cape Haitiens is quiet. out
breaks are reported at Petitgoabe,
Miragoave and Jacmel. The Haitian
committee at Port au Prince has tele-
graphed the authorities at these places
directing them to maintain order. and
Admiral Caperton is of the opinion
that the order Of the committee will
be effective"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday;
gentle to moderate northeast to east
winds.
Temperature past twenty-four hours:
High. so, at pm. yesterday; low,
50, at s am. today.
For full report see page 13.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06

CONTINUED on Second PaGe.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Confer for Nearly Two Hours.

The opening conference yesterday aft
ernoon lasted nearly two hours. and in
this time Paul Fuller, sr.. Of New York.
who was sent to Mexico by President
Wilson to investigate conditions. laid
before the American diplomats a state
ment of all the facts he had gathered.
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19
"Old Hen Much Better Stuff Than
Bay Rum, Ink or Lemon Extract

mol and tobacco juice" lemon ex-
tract, white mule and just plain
'sQnirr0 whisky. whose habitat is
oklahoma, the following recipe Of the
latest t%rrtrant. with which dwcllcrs in
dry West Virginia are cooling their
coppers, is given i'm the interests Of
sc!-nce and those O~klahomans who
just must have a drink at any price:
"One peck of cornmcal, six pounds
of brown sugar, four ounces Of cay
cnne pepper and ten gallons of rain
water. This mixture is placed in a
washtub and left to the tender mer-
cies Of the hot sun"
Nftrr this "sottiu'" for three wccl,s
the manufacturer has what it famiI-
iarly known as "Old Hen" and dis
eliminating West Virginlans pro-
nOunce it some drink"
According to word which is porco-
lating out Of West Virginia, cold
Hem was thus named because, like
an egg. it takes about three weeks OF
setting before it matches. and then
II has a kick that makes one want 10
vote the bull moose ticket. II also
has another likeness to the product
Of a hen. an egg, because after set
ting" three weeks it has an OdOr very
much unlike the fragrant tuberose,
but very similar TO an egg that was
laid by a hen which violated all the
laws of cuTcnics.
Those who have gone ''up against"
this latest concoction in West Vir-
ginia say ii looks like liquor, but
smells Ike what Sherman said war
was, and that hitting the pipe" Is a
mild sensation compared with the
Worninp after a nights Filtration
with "Old Hen"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19
WET WEATHER HAS
PREVENTED OWL
Traction Engineers Useful to Prepare
Grounds for
Wheat.

SALTWATER, Sept. 15.-With wet
weather prevailing in many parts of
Oklahoma throughout July and part
Of August. early blowing for wheat
was not always practicable. on
ground that escaped the pillow during
the months alluded to, a heavy crop
of grass and weeds usually resulted.
County agents in their weekly field
reports to State Agent w. ID. Bentley
at saltwater, tell Of efforts to induce
the farmers to take time to firm this
soil before putting the wheat drill on
rewly-plowed ground.
Where ground is plowed at a shall
low depth and not sufficiently
packed, weeds and grass may be ex-
pected to make a rank growth in the
young wheat. Difficulty is also likely
to be experienced in drilling in the
crop. The county agents are urging
,he farmers to pillow these seeds un-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19

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gave men any ne ,"'" ,TI,l sra,,
sot me "''l S'oyN ,'"'' L. 'L,iit
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puiv "Lru9, i"' IL, 81 S'J,' ria az
l"'s," vu" 1h35m Ho No
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m'|L'9 ~ We ~ tm, az nmd iots
1a' "" 20 H. F gI,I .,,,. nra1u5 tbo
Smr '''E W t5is "ntsiJo f,ncL' Utboro
~, 'rd,9 ~ s Con-
tt"ri' "io ~ m hHaao'ainr
f ~ ,h, r,atod nan and nc soon ne
the breeding season is over he turns
the hens u of the pens and only
keeps the males confined. His head
is level. He is making money on his
fowls, and there is not a farmer IN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19

Has Demonstrated That Wonderful Variety of Crops Can Be Grown in 0klahOmt

der at a good depth and TO follow tho
pillow with the disk. This plan will
hasten the decay of the vegetable
matter and give the young wheat a
better chance.
ON many farms, particu arly in the
bottoms, this rank growth of weeds
las made blowing extremely difficult,
Farmers using traction engines have,
i'm some cases, experienced less diff
Guilty I'm plowing under this great
growth.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19

isn't 1t dreadful to- see the way
those boys are fighting ?' exclaimed
the agitatcd old lady.
"'Tis so, madam answered the
man with sporting instincts, who was
an Interested observer of the combat.
Neither one Of them seems to know
the value Of an uppercut.'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19

(By JOHN w. FLENNER)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-As a
substitute for red ink" wood alcO-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-19
Poultry on the Farm

Costly Equipment Not Essential and Food supply Can BE Raised Right
ON the Premises.
By ] HOWARD sLEDD, Mounds Okla-The Worlds Poultry Expert