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Evening star., 1915-02-10
Commuters Lawyers
File Brief Against B. & O

Combating the attempt of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad to Justify Its
proposed increase Of Communication fares
on the Metropolitan branch on the
ground of the suggestion contained in
the first decision of the interstate COM
merce commission in the so-called 5
per cent rate increase case that pas
senger traffic was not producing its
just portion of the revenue. John b.
Daish and ]. Raymond Hoover. local
attorneys, representing the Metropol-
itan branch commuters, declared that
the commission had no reference to
the commuters service.
Their brief filed says that the road
has failed to prove the reasonableness
of the rates. and numerous decisions
of the commission are cited to show
the unreasonableness of increasing
rates to territory which has been
built up as a result of them. The at
| torneys declare that the Washington
| Communication service cannot be COM
pared with the New York service,
| where better equipment Is used. and
| where there are such features as club
and chair cars. An opinion of the In
| terstate commerce commission Is cited
| to show that commutation service is
distinctly local and not comparable
| between localities.
Communication service" says the brief.
has been said to be 'by-product; an
incident to through traffic This Is
| certainly true when distance trains
make stops at residence stations near
large centers. Communication service Is
more: 1t is stimulator Of traffic."
Metropolitan Branch Service.
Declaring that standard communication
service must have such frequency OF
trains. such speed. such stops, such
character of equipment as has been OIL
may be reasonably asked by the pa
irons. and pointing to the number OF
| whims in the way of parlor cars and
club cars that have been met in some
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Evening star., 1915-02-10
PRUSSIAN DIET STIRRED
BY REBEL SOCIALISTS
One Says Party Refuses to Support
Government and Demands
Termination of War.

AMSTERDAM. via London, February
10.-In submitting the budget to the
Prussian diet August Lentze. the min
lister of finance. declared that economi-
cally Germany was able to cope with
the war for long time.
After Herr Lentze had spoken Herr
Firsch. social deputy. created scene
by asserting that the socialist party
refused further to support the gov
ernment and demanded the termination
of the war. DIR. Karl Liebknecht, an
other socialist. interrupted the speech
of the conservative member, Herr Hey
Gerbrand. who was expatriating on the
unity of the German peoples, declaring G
You have no right to speak in the
name of the people.
This utterance caused a great COM
motion and there were numerous cries
of Shame" but quiet was soon re.
stored.
The budget was sent to committee.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
PARIS WOMAN TO FACE
COURT WITH DESCLAUX

PARIS. February 1o.-Mme. Bechoff
will be brought before a court-martiaI
the end of this month, charged with
having received army rations which
had been appropriated by Army Pay
master Desclaux. She is the wife of
a Paris dressmaker and she was taken
into custody at her home in this city
four days ago. The preliminary in
vestigation of her case is now COM
pleted. 1t is charged she knew these
military stores were stolen when she
received them.
Paymaster DesclauX also will appear
before the court, as will an army mail
carrier named Daugiat. who is charged
with having been an accomplice. The
mail carrier carried packages from Des-
claux's quarters, near Rheims. to Nine.
Bechoff's house, in Paris.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
FRENCH ONCE READY TO QUIT.
GERMANS FOR PEACE LATER
Party in Republic Willing to Cede Territory
to Teutons Prior to Battle of Marne.
Foe Sues Afterward.

so tense as to necessitate the resigna-
ton of Adolphe Messimy as minister
of war and the formation of a minis
try of national defense.
after the battle of the Marne Ger
many proposed peace through EXPIRE
mier Joseph Caillaux. Offering to give
up the provinces of Alsace and Lor-
raine. with the exception of Strassburg.
receiving in exchange a small zone on
the North sea coast extending from
Calais to Dunkirk. France. in addition,
was to acknowledge the annexation of
Belgium by Germany.
THE answer to this proposal was
the signing of convention by the al
lies to make no separate peace. After
this M. Caillaux was appointed to an
important position in the pay corps.
but later was relieved of this post and
sent on a mission to Brazil"
Evening star., 1915-02-10
Japanese Bound for London.

NEW YORK. February IO.-Among
the passengers sailing today for Liver
pool on the steamship Adriatic were
three officers of the japanese navy,
who declined to divulge the nature of
their mission other than to say that
they were Students. They were Com
mander Yamasaki. Lieut.. Commander
Y Otori and Lieut.. J. Morimoto COM
mander Yamasaki. who has gray hair,
said the party came from the naval
academy at Toxic. and that It's destina-
tion was London.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
AMBASSADOR GERARD
ANNOYED IN THEATER

BERLIN. February 10, via London
While Ambassador Gerard and a party
from the American embassy were at
tending a theater last night they were
greatly annoyed by a man in the audi
ence who protested because they were
speaking English.
When this man was informed that his
remarks were directed against the
American ambassador he began a loud
and violent TRADE against the United
States for permitting the expectation
of arms.
The man was finally suppressed.
Evening star., 1915-02-10

PARIS, February 10.-Certain French
newspapers today reprint. with the con-
sent of the government censors, an ar
ticle published in the Democratic de
Delemont stating that previous to the
battle of the Marne party existed in
France which was ready to sign a
peace treaty. at the same time ceding
to Germany the towns of Briey and
Nancy. French Lorraine, the Island of
Madagascar and the protectorate of
Morocco, as well as paying an fndem-
nifty. The article continues:
Gen. Joffre. the French commander
in-chief; President Poincare and most
of the cabinet ministers were opposed
to the plan, but the situation became
Evening star., 1915-02-10
ROER LEADER REPORTED EXECUTED
RY GERMANS FOR HIS TREACHERY

PRETORIA, Union> of South Africa
February 10, via London.-Certaln
newspapers of Pretoria have pubnshed
a report that Lieut.. Col. S. G. Maritz'
the Boer officer who has been at the
head of the rebellious movement IN
South Africa, has been executed by the
Germans for treachery.
Maritz's movement was suPpoi tsu ~
Afr;ca There is as yet no official con-
firmation of this report
According to the. story, Lieat. Go,.
the Union of South Africa otnciais 10 1of
INC s;f no shared He was informed,
1,o however. that no conditions could be
Evening star., 1915-02-10
ALLIES AEROS BOMBARD
FORTS AT ADRIANOPLE

MITYLENE. via Paris, February 10
Several English and French seaplanes
flew over Turkish Thrace yesterday
according to dispatch from Tenedos
Two of the machines went as far as
Adrianople. dropping bombs on the
forts.
The Turks are said to have been un-
prepared for bombardment. as they
did not expect allied aircraft to venture
SO far inland.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
AMERICANS TO RELIEVE
DISTRESS OF THE POLES

BERLIN, February 10.-Ernest Bick-
nell and Henry James. jr.. representa-
tives of the Rockefeller Foundation.
left Tuesday for Vienna on their way
to Roumania, where they will negotiate
for a supply of grain for the people of
Poland who are in distress.
now reached 100000 marks (s125.000).
Evening star., 1915-02-10

, granted, and that the government
would be as free to execute him as it
would be free to put to death the rebel
Vessels
Lieut.. Col. Maritz left the camp on
the understanding that besides surren-
dering himself he would try to bring
in the German artillery. Then followed
German attack on kakamas, and it is
suggested in the newspaper accounts
that Maritz led the Germans to Kaka-
mas with the intention of handing
them over to the government forces.
When this treachery was discovered
the Germans are reported to have
promptly attacked kakamas, but to
have been driven off with severe losses
Maritz then was arrested. and it is said
that he probably was executed without
further ceremony.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
WOMEN KEEP AUSTRIANS
I FROM JOINING COL ORS

GENEVA. February 10.-Austria is
experiencing great difficulty, especially
in Hungary. it is reported at Innsbruck,
in fmobilizing the landsturm of the
classes from the years 1873 to IS. .,
which were recently called to the COL
ors.
Women are said to be preventing the
men, many of whom are grand1athers,
from leaving their homes
Evening star., 1915-02-10
GERMANS FORCE CONSULS
TO HAUL DOWN FLAGS

AMSTERDAM, via London. February
10.-The TELEGRAPH today publishes a
dispatch saying that the German COM
mander at Bruges. Belgium. ordered all
the consulates there to haul down
their flags and remove the coats of
arms.
The consuls. the dispatch adds, in
cluding the representative of Turkey
protested, but the order was enforced
in some cases with violence, and in ad-
dition the consulS were compelled to
surrender all their arms
Evening star., 1915-02-10
Canada to Send Gold.

NEW YORK. February 10.-The en-
gagement in Ottawa of $2.500.000 gold
for shipment to New York was an
nounced today by an international
banking house here. This is the first
gold to return to this country out OF
the shipments of the metal sent to
ottawa from New York at various
times since the outbreak of war for
the account of the Bank of England. III
payment of American obligations
abroad. The return of the gold was
made possible by the extremely low
rate Of foreign exchange.
Evening star., 1915-02-10

GENEVA, via Paris, February 10
The entire crew of new Zeppelin
which has been missing for four days
was drowned when the airship fell in
the North sea off the coast Of Den
mark during a storm, it Is reported at
Friedrichshafen.
1t is said here that one Zeppelin and
two airships of the Parseval type will
accompany the German troops which
Evening star., 1915-02-10
CREW OF NEW ZEPPELIN DROWNED
WHEN AIRSHIP FALLS IN NORTH SEA

have been detailed to take the field
against Serbia. The Parseval, defiat-
ed and loaded special railroad
trucks. passed through Munich on the
way to Vienna
At a point between the Disc and the
A1sne, French artillerymen have been
successful in bringing down a German
aeroplane. it is claimed. The machine
In flames landed within the German
lines.
Evening star., 1915-02-10

LONDON, February 1o.-The reply o.
Great britain to the American com
mun,cation on the subject of the de-
tention by British authorities of Amer
ic. cargoes destined to neutral Euro
pean ports is virtually completed. and
it probably will be forwarded to Wash
,ngton from the British foreign office
Evening star., 1915-02-10
RRITAIN'S REPLY TO UNITED STATES
IN SHIP DETENTION ABOUT READY

, in few days.
The reply is said to be far more COM
plete than was the preliminary state
ment sent with the acknowledgment
of the note.
1t includes the results of extensive
Investigations into delayed American
cargoes and American trade with Euro
pean neutrals since the beginning of
the war.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
King Decorates Gen. Joffre.

PARIS, February 1o.-A semi official
statement issued this afternoon says:
During the course of a recent meet
ing. his majesty, King Albert of Bel
gium, bestowed upon Gen. Jonre the
der of Leopold. -----
Evening star., 1915-02-10
PRESIDENT POINCARE
ON WAY TO THE FRONT

PARIS. February 10.-President Poin-
care and Alexandra Millerand. minis
ter Of war. left Paris last night for an
other trip to the front.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
Former Mayor Nathan Arrives.

NEW YORK. February 1O.-Ernesto
Nathan. former mayor Of Rome. who
will represent Italy at the Panama :
Pacific exposition. arrived here today
en- route for San Francisco, on the
steamer America.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
Representative Good of Iowa
Causes Severe Clash on
Floor of House.
FREIGHT RATE INCREASES
RESULTED, HE DECLARES
Administration Supporters Call
Statement Absolutely False"
Wilson-Joline Letter Read.

The charge that the President had
Influenced the interstate commerce
commission to grant the per cent In
crease in freight rates to the eastern
railroads, made on the floor of the
House today by Representative Good of
Iowa, precipitated an unusually severe
clash with the Presidents supporters
and elected from Representative Cor
don of Ohio a reply that the charge is
/! absolutely false" The atmosphere
was cluttered with charges and coun-
tercharges, predictions of further in
creases and denials, and the House
read again the letter from President
Wilson to A. HI. Joline, dated April,
1907, expressing the wish that some
thing dignified could be done ito knock
Bryan into cooked hat"
Mr.. Good led up to the charge of in
f1uence on the interstate commerce
commission by reading the democratic
platform planks favoring as low trans
portation rates as possible: then he
read the Wilson -Joline letter and said
that the greatest accomplishment OF
this administration had been brought
about by the increase of freight rates,
in that it would prevent Mr.. Bryan
from going about saying that the man
he had made President is in favor of
cheaper freig ight rates"
Under the present administration,
freight rates have gone higher and will
go higher no matter what the valua
tlon of the roads may be, but in the
next administration we will not have
man in the White House who will
dictate to the interstate commerce
commisson.' Mr.. Good added. The
astern roads asked for an increase. and
at first this was denied them. Then the
papers carried what purported to be
the views of the President to the effect
that he was in favor of an increase"
Evening star., 1915-02-10
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

There was no respite in the fight on
the administration ship bill. The con-
tinuous session grew into the longest
on record.
House.
Met al IL am.
Debate was continued on the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Leaders discussed plans for adopting
the Gore substitute ship bill without
waiting for the Senats's action.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer
Thursday; light variable inds.-
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: High, 35. at pm, yesterday;
low, IS. at 8 am. today
For full report see page II.
Evening star., 1915-02-10
Calls Statement False.

That is a false statement yelled
Representative Gordon of Ohio. Il
have heard republicans on that side
making the charge privately and wink
ing at men. but L never heard ii made
publicly. l heard SO much about it
that 1 went to the President himself
and he told me it was not SO and that
he would as soon think of influencing
the Supreme Court of the United States
as he would to endeavor to influence
the interstate commerce commission.
Nevertheless" continued Representa-
tive Good, after the Interruption,
ninety days after the news of the
Presidents attitude had been flashed
all over the United States, the inter
state commerce commission granted
the increase Representative Good
predicted the same increase for the
western roads.
Representative Foster of Illinois
brought a hand of applause from the
democrats, who had been hearing them
selves abused all the morning, when
he declared: Some one has been
knocking Mr.. Bryan into a cooked hat
every thirty days. but he still stands
incorruptible before the people,"
f he is SO great man. why didn't
Wilson support him for the presidency
in 1882 asked Representative Good.
How do you know he didn't?" snap
ped Representative Foster.
1T has been openly charged in
Snn in ha TO
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"Sit down." roared Representative
Foster.
Il was answering your question:
said the astonished Iowa republican.
Representative Adamson of Georgia
interrupted:
isn't the presidential interference
that is being complained of simply in
reference with the plans of the re-
publican party?"
Exactly" assented Mr.. Foster
Discussion on the interstate COM
merce commission Jagged thereupon.
but Representative Moss of West Vir-
ginia. republican, said "he was tired
of hearing about the influencing of ju-
dicial bodies like the interstate COM
merce commission" He said further:
although the President is the greatest
dictator we have had in the White
House for fifty years, he wouldn't at
tempt to influence the interstate com
merce commission. because that body
would not stand it,
Evening star., 1915-02-10

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Ship $za.a15 in Gold.

Breckenridge, Colo. - Placer gold
amounting in value to s72,3l5 was
shipped during the first two weeks of
August from the Breckenridge district
to Denver. All but $615 was the re-
suit of dredging the stream beds by
four gold dredging boats which are
operated by electric power. The s6l5
was from couple of high-bar placers.
which are operating with only par
tial supply of water.
The placer gold deposits in the
Blue river and its tributaries extend
from the head of Hoosier gulch to the
Grand river, distance of approx
mately over sixty miles. There are
numerous local sources" of gold in
the the hills of the numerous small
creeks and gulches which have con-
tributed literally to the gold enrich
ment of the main stream. There Is
certainly plenty of room for the prof
liable operation of an additional num-
ber OF modern gold dredges in Sum.
init county. besides the four dredge
boats now operated in the Brecken-
ridge district
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Mexico Ineiter Held in Pueblo.

Pueblo.-After melting 500 Pueblo
county Mexicans to prepare to join in
the insurrection against Americans in
southern Texas. according to the Pu-
eblo police, Rudolph Herler, an ennis
sary from Old Mexico, was arrested.
Papers in his possession are said to
prove conclusively that he came here
for the purpose of enlisting local Mex
leans in the ranks of the revolution
lists. The plot which the police say
they nipped in the bud was conceived
by Herler. and he is credited with be-
ing supplied with adequate funds to
carry out the plan. Herler is 43 years
old and presents prepossessing ap-
! 'arance. He is credited with being
one of the fathers of the San Diego
plan. BY this scheme Mexicans are
said to have contemplated the death
of all American males over l6 years
old In Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
and part OF Colorado. making up the
territory secured from the republic at
the south by the United States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Faded Sentiment.

That beautiful sentiment eventually
dies a sad death would seem to be
demonstrated by story told the
other night by southern congress
man.
Smith, who lives in the suburbs. was
about to hustle for the Communication
train some time since, when his wife
followed him to the door as usual to
make sure that his shoes were tied
and that he hadn't forgotten his neck
tie.
Say, John" renectively remarked
the good woman as they reached the
veranda, do you know that this is the
fifteenth anniversary of our wedding?"
"Why, 80 1t is," returned John. do
ing some hasty mental arithmetic. Il
will bring you home a nice bunch Of
roses"
Roses are very sweet" was the
practical response of mother. but you
had better make 1t some oysters to
fry for supper
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
Bride-To-Be Killed.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-On their way
to be married at Fairplay in four
Gay-old honeymoon car" in which
they planned to take motor bridal
tour. Mrs. Della Edgar, 35, and John
Lewis. both of Cripple Greek, were
crushed beneath the automobile when
it skidded, struck rock, pushed up
an embankment and fell backward
upon them. Mrs. Edgar was killed.
dying ten minutes after another auto
party had extricated the couple. and
Mr.. Lewis was fatally hurt.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
ORDER HAD HIM "IN THE AIR"
sostswain's Mate considerably Mud
died by Command That Was
Entirely New to Him.

In all the naval services tradition is
strong. AS Chief Boatswain McCar-
thy, U. S. N, has shown in an article in
'The Proceedings of the United States
Naval Institute" the adherence to GUS
tom extends to the manner in which
the boatswain's calls are varied for
different occasions. and even, in the
old navy, at least, 1t extended to the
way in which the officers gave their
orders.
The language used in passing words
was the vernacular of the sailor rather
than academic English, and the officer
who did not know that usually got poor
results from the boatswain's mate, who
had his own ideas about passing the
word, and got muddled in interpreting
any unusual order.
On one occasion, the officer of the
morning watch gave this order:
'Boatswain mate, scrub down with
rapidity." This was new one, and
after causing the officer to repeat the
order three times, the boatswain's
mate become desperate. He grabbed
a deck bucket. and forced it into the
hand of the nearest apprentice, whom
he started on his way with a push that
sent the youngster reeling, and fol-
lowed him with this shout:
Go to the captain of the hold and
ask him for bucketful of it! l never
heard of anything to scrub deck with
but sand and lime, and don't know
anything about these new 'soogy-
moodgies' ANYWAY" Com
panion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-21
]. JAkINO FOUND SLAIN
COAL CAMP MERCHANT MUIR
DERED FOR HIS MONEY.
La Plata County Business Man Was
Shot Through the Head at
Parin's Peak
western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Durango, Colo-Shot through the
heart from behind and with two holes
in his head made with an ice pick,
John Jakino, so, a saloon man and
merchant of Parins Peak, coal min
ing camp four miles from here, was
found dead in his place of business by
his wife. He had been murdered as
he was about to close the saloon. His
body was found near the rear door
with the door key. covered with blood,
clutched in his hand.
The murderers were frightened
away by porter, who heard the shot,
before they obtained any money. The
lock of small drawer containing sew
eral hundred dollars was partly bro
ken off and $40 in a cash register was
lost to the burglars by the sticking of
a key, when they tried to open it.
The authorities are offering 500 re-
ward for information leading to the
arrest of Tyrolean and an Italian.
who had been hanging around the
camp for several days, One is named
Joe Spot, an Italian, about 20 years
old. and rather heavy and of medium
eight The other is Felix Cavernao.
Tyrolean, 35 years old, who wore
khaki trousers, corduroy or black coat,
and weighed IFS pounds. He has
small reddish mustache.
Jakino was known to carry several
thousand dollars on the fifteenth of
every month to cash pay checks for
the miners. This was the money the
murderers sought.