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Evening star., 1915-01-18
BRESNAHAN DENIES SWAP
OF BALL PLAYER FOR DOG
Additional Ahidavits Submitted by
Organized Base Ball in Fed
eral League Suit.

CHICAGO. January 1s.-Additional
aff1davits were filed today in the United
States district court by various Off
cials of organized base ball supporting
their contentious that the Federal
League was not entitled to the relief
asked in it's suit for the dissolution Of
the national commission and it's aff1li-
ated clubs as violators of the federal
antitrust act.
In one of the affidavits. Roger Bresna-
han, now manager OF the Chicago Ma
tionals. denied that while manager of
the St. Louis Nationals he traded Booth
Hopper. a pitcher. for a bird dog in a
deal in which Dick Kinsella. then own
er and manager of the Springfield, Ill,
base ball club, figured.
THE statement that l traded Hopper
for a bird dog is an absolute false
hood, and 1 would suggest that Mr..
Hopper be communicated with, as he
can verify my statements as can Kim
sella."
Bresnahan included in his affidavit a
description Of negotiations he had last
fah with Federal League officials rela-
tive to accepting the position of man.
lager for the Brooklyn Federals.
Herman D. Seekamp. manager and
treasurer of the American Base Ball
and Athletic Exhibition Company of st.
Louis, operating the ST. Louis Nation
ais. deposed that he had no knowledge
of the alleged bird-dog incident, and
that his records showed that the serv-
ices of Hopper were purchased in
August. 1913. by the ST. Louis Nation
ais for $4,000.
In a sworn statement Charles W.
Ebbets. president Of the Brooklyn Ma
tionals. declared that the National
League of Professional Base Ball
Clubs. at its birth. forty years ago.
shouldered the heavy responsibility OF
cleansing Americas national pastime
of the evils Of gambling. bribing of
players. deliberate violation of con-
tracts by players. intemperance and in
subordination.
An affidavit touching the decision of
the national commission on the COM
plant of Herbert Juul of the Cincin-
natl Nationals was filed by August
Hermann.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
SMITH MCPHERSON DIES.
Federal Judge for Fifteen Years
Once Representative in CONGRESS.

RED OAK. Iowa. January 1s.-Smith
MCPHERSON. for fifteen years Judge of
the federal court in the southern Iowa
district, died last night at his home
He had been i'll for six months, heat
exposure superinducing severe indiges-
tion in Kansas last July.
Judge Mcpherson was sixty-five wears
old. He had been one Of the republican
leaders of Iowa since 1870. but the
many important Offices he held were
chiefly in line with his profession, be-
ing district attorney, attorney general
and Judge. He served in Congress one
year.
Judge McPherson's decisions on rate
cases brought him into controversies
with Attorney General Barker of Mis-
souri, and with other prominent public
men.
Acting with Federal Judge Phillips
Of Kansas City. Judge Mcpherson in
1905 issued a temporary injunction re-
straining Missouri officers from enforc-
ing the maximum freight law In 1909
venting the state of Missouri from en-
forcing the 2-cent passenger law, de-
claring he believed it confscatory The
United States Supreme Court in 1913
upheld the constitutionality of the .
cent passenger and the maximum
freight laws
Evening star., 1915-01-18
ORDER FOR AL1MONY.
George Breitenbach Directed to Pay
Wife $40 a Month.

Justice Mccoy has ordered George
Breitenbach to pay his wife, Carrie A.
Breitenbach, temporary alimony of SAC
per month pending the determination
of her suit for legal separation.
The husband in his answer. filed by
Attorney Raymond B. Dickey. denied
that he was cruel and abusive to his
wife, but admits that on two or three
occasions he may have used language
which was slightly Incorporate.
The husband admits slapping his
wife on one occasion. but alleges that
he was seriously provoked. He al
leges that his wife had been neglect
ing his home and returned that morn
ing in the wee sma' hours" When he
inquired for an explanation. he says.
she responded In Indifferent and in
sultins language, and, overcome by an
ger, he slapped her with his open hand
on the cheek.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Kaiser Decorates Generals
Who Won Over the French

AMSTERDAM. via London. January
1s.-Emperor William. who witnessed
the battle north OF Scissors. in which
the French were driven back across the
River Aisne decorated on the field Gen.
Won Lochow and Lieut.. Gen. Wishura,
who commanded the victorious troops.
On Gen. Won Luchow he bestowed the
Order Of Merit and on Lieut.. Gen.
Wishura a commandership Of the Or
der of the House of HohenZollern.
According to the German accounts of
the fighting, the French, during the
past month, had occupied in the region
of scissors a network OF trenches on
the right bank of the Aisne, which ex-
tended away to the north. January Z
the French commenced a heavy bonn
bardment, in which the Germans suf-
fered severely, some of their trenches
being wrecked and their machine guns
buried.
The following day the French attack
ed and penetrated into the German
trenches, from which they could not be
driven. Heavy fighting, man against
man. followed day and night until jan
uary II. the Turcos battling bravely
with rifle. bayonet and knife. On the
18th the Germans began a counter at
tack and the French soon were driven
from the German trenches and also
their own and were chased from the
HeiehtS: inen tpeV occupied Iresh po-
sit1ons half way down the slope.
The French, expecting further Ger
man attacks on their left, sent rein
forcements to that wing. The Germans.
however. attacked on the center and
right, the French being taken COM
pletely by surprise. Within three min
utes the Germans captured the first
line of trenches. and that afternoon the
entire border of the plateau was in
German hands
The position Of the French troops ad-
vancing against the German right be-
came desperate. and they surrendered
the 14th, when the German right wing
commenced an encircling movement
The German artillery, it is claimed,
now commands the Aisne valley.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
URGES TELEPHONE BILL.
Representative Lewis of Maryland
Advocates Federal Acquisition
of Properties.

Government acquisition of the tele-
phone properties of the country was
advocated before the House post Office
committee today by Representative
Lewis of Maryland. author of bill for
that purpose. and by Samuel II. Bell of
this city, representing the Interna-
tiona1 Typographical Union committee
on postal telegraph and telephone. Mr..
Lewis said the telephone companies
have "squatted.'' or pre-empted. "A
profitable function properly belonging
to the government.
Mr.. Bell told of the profits OF tele-
graph service. and predicted that a
government ownership of the tele-
phone. as proposed by Mr.. Lewis, with
the modern equipment of the telephone,
usable for the dual purposes of tele-
phone and telegraph. would enable cut
ting rates to the public to half and re-
imburse the government for installa-
tion within less than twenty years.
The committee has no present in
tention of taking any action on the
subject at this session of Congress. at
least
Evening star., 1915-01-18
WOULD c0AxAMERIcANs HOME.
North Dakota Legislature Anxious
Over Exodus to Canada.

A memorial resolution from the leg
islature of the state of North Dakota
is to be filed in the near future at the
Capitol for the consideration and action
of the House and Senate. The resolu-
tion. which memorializes Congress to
take some action which will encourage
the return of former American citizens
to the domains of Uncle Sam. was
passed unanimously by the legislature
now in session in North Dakota. Copies
of the document have been sent to the
representatives and senator's from
south Dakota and to the President of
the United States.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
sHIPWRECKED SAILORS SAFE.
The St. Louis Brings Sixty From the
Obidense and the Pilgrim.

NEW YORK, January 1S-The steam
ship St. Louis. arriving here yesterday
from Liverpool, brought as passengers
sixty shipwrecked sailors. members Of the
crews Of two vessels recently lost in the
Atlantic. One of these was the Norwe-
gian steamship Obidense, which left New
York November "a with cargo for Rot
terdam and was caught in a gale and
wrecked off the English coast January 1
while on the return voyage
Eighteen members of the crew of the
American bark Pilgrim, lost in December
off the Atlantic coast while bound from
Newport News to Buenos Aires, also were
on the st. Louis. The men were rescued
by the steamship Thelma and landed at
hlrkwail. Scotland. Only one life was
lost. Earl Hoyde, aged twenty-one. the
cabin boy. going down while trying to
reach the lifeboats
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Ship Sailings Published in Berlin.

LONDON, January 18.-According to
the latest German newspapers that have
reached here, the American embassy in
Berlin has issued a notice stating that
several American cotton steamers are
now making direct trips between Amer
lean and continental ports. Persons de-
sirous of obtaining cargo room for the
return trips, the notice continues. can
apply to any American consul in Ger
many for the names of steamers. the
dates of their departure and other par
ticulars.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
SOCIALISTS PLAN PEACE MOVE.
Those Of Europe Hope for Co-0pera-
ton in United States.

COPENHAGEN. via London. January
1s.-The conference Of socialists of
neutral countries which opened here
yesterday was very slimly attended.
Denmark. Norway, Sweden and Holland
were represented by four delegates
each and Italy by one. Neither the
United States nor Switzerland sent
delegates.
The Danish socialist leader. NJ.
Stauning. who presided. said that an
appeal would be made to all neutral
governments to use their efforts in the
direction Of arbitration. 1t was hoped
soon to call a general meeting Of inter-
national socialists from every power
and a proposal to this effect from Italy
and Switzerland was now under dis
cussion. He expressed the hope that
American socialists would hold a peace
conference later in the United States.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
TEuToN1C ALLIANCE FIRM.
German and Austrian Statesmen Ex.
change Pledges of Support.

VIENNA. via London. January IS
On assuming Office Baron Stephan Won
Burian, the new foreign minister. sent
the following telegram to the German
chancellor, DR.. Won Bethmann- n-HollweS.
Both allied powers now have tried
in serious and historical times the
value of an alliance or friendship which
relies on tried faithfulness. on close
of interests. and must form
the foundation of their policy. I beg
of your excellency to give me the same
energetic assistance as my predecessor
had"
The German chancellor replied as fol-
lows:
your excellency may be assured Of
my most confidential cooperation and
unreserved assistance in the solution
of your serious and responsible task.
In the unshaken unanimity and in the
faithful friendship Of the allied pow
ers I perceive an assured guarantee
for the happy issue of the war forced
upon u.s."
Evening star., 1915-01-18
U. S. May Shelter Unemployed.

NEW YORK, January lS.-Anthony
Caminetti, commissioner general of i'm
migration, yesterday inspected the
Ellis Island immigrant station to as
certain, it was announced. just how far
it could be used to shelter New York s
unemployed. The plan suggested in
wolves no expense to the government
Private organizations will provide
meals for the homeless men if the fed
eral authorities will give them a place
to sleep.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
French Children Get u. S. Toys.

PARIS, January 1S.-Gifts of toys
which were sent from America on the
collier Jason were distributed yester-
day to more than 5000 children whose
fathers are lighting for France. The
ceremony was of a semi official char
acter and was conducted at the Hotel
De Vile. The toys were distributed hy
William G. Sharp. United States am
bassador to France. assisted by Nine.
Poincare. wife of the French president.
and Paris city officials, including the
mayor and prefect Of police.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
PEOPLE FLEEING PALESTINE.
q. S. Cruiser Tennessee Lands l.5OO
Refugees at Alexandra, Epvpt.

LONDON. January 1S.-The United
States cruiser Tennessee has arrived
at Alexandria, Egypt. with 1900 refu-
gees from Palestine. according to a dis
patch from the Alexandria correspond
ent OF the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany. The total number Of refugees
now in Alexandria exceeds 10000 and
the greatest difficulty is being expert.
enced in housing them.
The refugees report. the correspond
ent adds. that great numbers of camels
have been collected south of Palestine.
The last part of the correspondents
dispatch evidently refers to the re-
Turkey for an invasion of Egypt.
which would involve the crossing OF
sandy wastes.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
BRITISH NAVAL TUG SINKS.
Crew Probably Drowned When YES
sci Goes Down in Hurricane.

LONDON. January 1S.-The admir-
atty patrol tugboat Char sunk in a
hurricane Saturday off Deal. eight
miles northeast of Dover. as the re-
suit of a collision with a steamer which
was making water badly in the Downs.
The tugboats crew of seventeen. it is
feared, were drowned.
A lifeboat went to help the unknown
ship, which stranded on Goodwin
sands and was being swept by heavy
seas The ship had disappeared when
the lifeboat reached the spot.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
CHAMBERLAIN HAS HOPES.
Senator Believes Congress Will In
crease Efficiency of Army.

Il have strong hopes that laws m
creasing the efficiency of the United
States army will be enacted by Con
gress at the present session., said Sem
ator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman
of the Senate military AFFAIRS commit
tee. today He spoke of the six bills
which he himself has introduced, and
which are now pending before the nlil-
tary affairs committee.
~ hope to have these bills consid-
cred at an early date he said. They
oueb. not to require much debate. ard
if the aroused sentiment of the com
try reaches Washington am sure
these measures. which look to pre-
paredness in event of war, VIII ba
passed promptly.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Frank Appeal Case Docketed.

The habeas corpus appeal of Leo NJ.
Frank, convicted of the murder Of Mary
Phagan, the Atlanta. Ga. factory girl.
was docketed today in Supreme Court of
the United States. The state Of Georgia
NAV now at any time move to have it ad-
yanced for early hearing. Without such
action it will not be reached in the regu
lar course Of business for nearly eighteen
months
Evening star., 1915-01-18
TELEPHONE GIRL SPREAD
ITALIAN INVASION STORY

GENOA, via Paris. January 1S.-"A
false alarm of an Italian invasion was
spread in Trentino by the mistake of
telephone GIRL" says a Venice dispatch
to the newspaper Secolo XIX. "She re-
ported that Italian troops were march
ing toward Sappada. one of the easiest
points for invading Trentino.
"The authorities never questioned the
truth of the report. All night long
roads were blown UP and troops were
rushed toward Sappada. In the morn
ing all was ready for the invaders. but
there was no sign of them. The tele-
phone girl is being prosecuted"
Evening star., 1915-01-18
TWENTY-ONE MEN DROWNED.
Steamer Penarth Wrecked-The
George Royle Believed Lost.

LONDON. January is, 2:1S pm
Twenty-one men of the crew OF
twenty-seven Of the British steamer
Penarth were drowned today off the
Norfolk coast. The Penarth. with a
cargo of maize, was sailing for Hull
from the River Plate. She struck Sher-
ingham shoal in heavy gale. and was
total wreck. Six survivors from the
Penarth were picked up by trawler.
The Penarth was small vessel. An
other small British steamer, the George
Royle, also is believed to have been
wrecked in the same locality. She LETT
the Tyne for Saint Nazaire, France.
The flare of rocket signals was OBJ
served by the coast guards at Cromef.
but the steamer disappeared before the
lifeboat reached the scene.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
"0ld Guard" Members Honor Guests.

Members of the Old Guard. who re-
sponded to Presidents Lincoln's call
for volunteers, are to be guests of
honor at a lecture in G. A. r. Hall to-
morrow evening, at O'Clock. Col.
Joseph l. Keefer, by tho aid of a ster-
eopticon, is to describe his "Trip
Around the World" showing pictures
taken in the countries now torn by
war. and in other important centers Of
Europe.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Coroner to Probe Negroes Death.

An inquest is expected to be held
tomorrow at the District morgue by
Coroner hewitt for the purpose OF de-
termining the cause of the death of
Jesse Harris. colored, who died at
Emergency Hospital early Saturday
morning Harris is said to have been
struck on the head with pitchfork
by Howard Moore, another colored
man. Moore escaped, and the police
are looking for him.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Four Perish When Home Burns.

PHILADELPHIA, January 1s.-Four
persons were burned to death yester-
day in a fire that destroyed their home
in the foreign section of this city. -Four
others were injured, one seriously. when
they plunged from the third story of
the burning building. The dead and
injured were all members of the fam
lily of Fritz Skubinsky, who perished n
a vain attempt to rescue his younger
children.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
FIVE GERMAN STEAMERS
ARE SUNK BY MINES

LONDON, January 1s.-The Morning
Posts Stockholm correspondent says:
During the last fortnight Ave Ger
man steamers have disappeared in the
Baltic sea with all their crews. They
were lost by striking mines.
"It is reported that leading members
of German commercial and shipping
circles have collected $50.000 for rela-,
tives of Swedish seamen who have been
lost through disasters in the gulf OF
Finland, due to German mines.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
To Adjust Strike of Printers.

John A. Mof1itt and Rollin B. Mahany,
of the Department of La
bor, this morning were dispatched to
New Orleans. where they will attempt
to adjust a strike of printers there. At
the same time William Blackman
was ordered to Reading. Pa, to ad-
just the troubles of employees of a
hardware firm.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
East Ohio Coal Mines Reopeued.

WHEELING. w. Va. January ls.-A
number of mines in the east Ohio coal
field were opened today on the OPEN
shop basis. but reports to the officers
Of the United Mine Workers declared
that comparatively few men were at
work The first definite eviction orders
are scheduled to go into effect tomor-
row at Rush Run, hve families being
affected. Tents are being provided for
them by the union.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
TROOPS REACH DOUGLAS, AR1z.
March Parallel to Gen. Gales Sol
diers, Who Evacuated Naco.

DOUGLAS. Ariz.. January ia
squadron of the 9th United States Cav
airy. under Maj. Dade. which came
from Eaco abreast of the troops across
the Mexican border of Gen. Gales. who
evacuated Naco. Sonora, yesterday, ar
rived here last night. The Mexican
troops were not expected to enter Aqua
Prieta until today.
The trainload Of household goods and
the wounded, women and children, from
Naco arrived here and crossed the bor-
der to Aqua Prieta.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Human Sacrifices in Indian Rites.

That the Tewa Indians of southwes
America have offered human sacrifices
in their religious rites has been report
ed to the bureau of American ethnol-
ogy of the Smithsonian Institution by
Mrs. c. NJ. Stevenson of that bureau,
who is now gathering data among the
Indians in New Mexico. No details of
the sacrifice service or information as
to whether they are still made has
reached the bureau, according to a
statement made there today.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Death of Rev. DR.. Guttmacher.

HUNTINGDON. Pa, January 1s.-Rev.
DR.. Adolph Guttmacher. a Jewish rabbi
of Baltimore. Md. was found dead in
room of a Pennsylvania railroad pas
senger train near here late yesterday
He was travelling with his wife from
Baltimore to Chicago. Death was due
to heart failure,
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Tarheels to Meet.

The North Carolina Society will hold
its first meeting of the year Friday
evening. January 20. at the Confed-
crate Veterans Hall. 1929 Vermont
avenue. The function is an informal
"at home for officers and members of
the society. The officers are: DR.. Joseph
A. Holmes. president; Thomas NJ. Rob-
ertson. first vice president: Robert H;
McNeill, second vice president. and
r. z. o. Davis, secretary and treasurer
Evening star., 1915-01-18
DEATH OF GEN. T0MPKINs.
Retired Army Officer Was "a Years
Old and Medal of Honor Man.

Brig. Gen. Charles H. Tompkins,
u. S. A. retired. eighty-four years old,
died this morning at his home. 1925 21st
street northwest Funeral services have
not been arranged.
Gen. TompkinS was a native of Vir-
ginia, having been born September II.
1880. He was appointed to the Military
Academy from the state of New York.
He began his military career as a sec
ond lieutenant of cavalry in 1861. He
was a medal-of-honor man. He retired
from active service in 1894
Evening star., 1915-01-18
oms stood upright. lacking room to

some stood upright, lacking room to
fall.
The good practice Of the French
three-inch guns. guided by aeroplanes.
prevented German reinforcements from
debouchinR from the western slope of
the Vregny plateau. and the Germans.
exhausted and discouraged at their
lack of success, retired in a body to
Crouy at noon.
The French retain the mastery of the
suburbs of scissors on the right bank
Of the river and Of the bridge head.
Their front is stronger than ever.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
New German Quarterma,ter General

BERLIN. via The Hague and London,
January 1S.-The appointment of Gen.
Adolf Will Won Hohenborn as quar-
termaster general of the German army.
in succession to Mai Gen Won voights
Rheitz, who died suddenly of heart
failure November 19. has Just been an
nounced
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Bassee has been attempted by the Brit.
French Positions Occupied.

BERLIN, January Is. by wireless to
London, , pm.-The German official
statement given out today refers to ar
tillery exchanges in France: says the
Germans were successful yesterday in
various. encounters of minor impor-
tance, and declares the French have
not recently undertaken any direct at
tacks. German forces occupied French
positions near La Boisselle and In the
Argonne, and the Germans are still
contesting a French advance near
Pont-a -Mousson.
Vienna reports that the Russian
losses near Przemysl in the first in
vestment were 10000 and in the second
investment. up to the present time,
$4,000.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
"Try.0uts" for Glee Club Applicants.

"Try-outs" of applicants for member
ship in the Girls Glee Club OF George
Washington University will be held in
the assembly hall OF the Arts and Sci
ences building. 2Oe3 street northwest.
at l o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
House.
Met at noon.

Met at noon.
Considered miscellaneous bills by
unanimous consent.
Interstate commerce committee con-
cluded hearings on McKellsr bill to
regulate cold storage of food products
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Jack Coombs Signs With Dodgers.

PALESTINE. Texas. January 18.-
Jack Coombs. former pitcher for the
Philadelphia Americans, announced
that he had signed a contract here to-
day with the Brooklyn National
League team.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

Mel al IL am.
Resumed debate on prohibition for
District of Columbia.
Refused by vote of 40 to IS to sus-
pend rules for consideration of prohi-
bition rider on District of Columbia
appropriation bill.
Philippine committee resumed work
on bill to enlarge self-government of
islands.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Moroccan RifIemen Achieve
Fame by Desperate VaIor

SoIsSONs. via Paris. January 1s.-
The rear guard of the Moroccan Rifle
Regiments who covered the retreat of
the French center across the river on
the 14th acquitted themselves with
distinction.
They had been posted in the village
of Crouy. AT o'clock in the after
noon the Germans in serried ranks de-
bouched in the road and advanced to-
ward the village. The rifiemen care
fully concealed their quickfirers and
posted themselves on each side of the
road. Not a sound was made and moth
ing was allowed TO show above the
blackened ruins. The Germans thought
the road was clear and ran to the viii
laee to get shelter from the French
heavy artillery.
When they We're within 500 yards of
the place the rifiemen opened fire sud-
denly. The Germans were surprised.
There was no room TO deploy and they
fell in heaps. Those who could retreat
ed to the brook of Brays.