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Evening star., 1915-04-08
DEADLOCK IN ENGLAND
OVER LIQUOR QUESTION

LONDON, April .. 1916 p.m-The
cabinet having failed to come to a de-
cision ON the drink question, no settle
ment il expected until parliament
meets next week. The impression is
growing that the government will con-
tent itself with bringing In a measure
prohibiting the sale of spirits. Even
this step will not be exclusively a gov
ernment policy. since nothing can be
done without consultation with other
parties. -
four and Andrew Bonar Law, are be-
lieved already to have given privately
their assent to whatever action may be
taken, provided no measure for total
prohibition be considered at this time
Evening star., 1915-04-08
obregon's Report.
Exposition Making Money.

SAN FRANCISCO, April S.-The Pan
ama-Pacifc exposition has issued a
statement of its operations from the
opening day, February 20, to March 81,
which shows q net income for the
period of $85,410.64. The statement
shows a total income of $s23.SS2.07 and
total expenditures of $73S,471.43. which
includes a twenty-thousand-do re-
serve for contractual obligations.
Total admissions for the period were
2,024,704.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
SHIP LOBBY INQUIRY CLOSES.
Committee Will Meet Again in Fall
to Draft Report.

Sidney e. Morse of New York, secre-
tary of the transatlantic steamship
conference. testified before the Senate
ship-lobby inquiry committee today
that his organization had taken abso-
lutely no interest in the ship-purchase
bill.
His testimony concluded investiga-
ton of allegations Of lobby in con-
nection with the bill, and Chairman
Walsh announced that the committee
would meet again in the fall to draft
Its report
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Some Hint.

From the Boston Transcript.
Hello. Blank! Where are you going
in such a hurry"
ITO the post office to put up kick
about the wretched delivery service"
Whats the trouble?
why. that check you promised to
send me ten days ago hasn't reached
me yet"
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Vice Presidents House Robbed.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April s.-Ihe
home here of Thomas r. Marshall. Vice
President Of the United States. recently
was entered by burglars. Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall are visiting
relatives Of Mrs. Marshall In SCOTS
dale, Ariz, where they went after Mr..
Marshall had represented President
Wilson at the dedication of the Pan
:ama-Pacihc exposition at San Fran
cisco.
No silvervare or jewelry was found
In the house by those who tnvesti-
Hated,
Evening star., 1915-04-08
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Alfred D. McCurley and Daniel Ma
honey Charged With HOUSEKEEPING.

Alfred D. McCurley and Daniel Ma
honey were held for the action OF the
grand jury in $1,000 bonds each today
in the Police Court on charge OF
housebreaking.
The defendants. who were arrested
by Policemen Beckett and wright OF
breaking into the store of Adolph Mat
tern, 452 D street northeast, early yes
terday morning.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
GERMAN STATEMENT.

BERLIN, via London, April 8. $40 PINT
The hghting between the Meuse and
the Moselle continued yesterday. On
the plain of the Woevre, east and
southeast of Verdun, all French at
tacks failed. In the Combres hills
forces of the enemy which have at
certain places penetrated into our
outer trenches were driven back by
counter attack. Battalions of the en-
envy which advanced against our po-
sitions from the wood Of Selouse,
north of St. Mihiel. were driven back
into the forest with very heavy
losses.
Bitter flghting at short range is again
going on in the forest Of Ally. In
The forest to the west Of Apremont
our troops are in pursuit OF the en-
emy. who made an unsuccessful at
tack. Their attacks on positions
north of Flirey, as we'll as two even
ing attacks to the west OF the lie
Pretre forest, broke down under our
fire. and they sustained heavy losses
Three French advances during the
night in the lie Pretre forest fafieo-
The total Of French losses along the
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Deceptive Time.

From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Governess-How long Is it since
Rome was founded?
Little Fanny-Rome was founded
2,S4S years ago.
Aged Grandmother-Dear me! How
time does slip awayi
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Rejects Suffrage Amendment.

HARTFORD, Conn, April S.-A pro-
posed constitutional amendment giving
the women the right Of suffrage was re-
jected by the Connecticut house OF repre-
sentatives yesterday, 124 to 1os.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
R. n. HARPER ADDRESSES
WASHINGTON TYP0THETAE
Committee Reports Received at Ses-
sion After Dinner at Hotel
Sterling

At the April meeting Of the Typothetae
Of this city last evening at the Hotel
Sterling dinner was served at o'clock,
after which the regular business was
transacted. The dinner arrangements
were made by Lewis NJ. Thayer. chair
man; Marvin S. Young and G. Rule.
The principal guest and speaker was
Robern N. Harper, president of the Dis
trict National Bank, who delivered an in
structive talk on the relationship Of the
business man and the banker.
After the dinner and Mr. Harpers talk
President Franc E. Sherry assumed
charge of the meeting A committee on
conference with the paper jobbers of the
city. consisting of John Eynon, chairman :;
Joseph l.. Shipley and Lewis NJ. Thayer
made a report, which was adopted.
Another committee appointed to in
vestigate the desirability of incorporat-
ing the association reported that it was
in favor of such move, and at the next
meeting would make a definite recon-
mendation.
Credits Committee Busy.
Charles H. Potter, chairman of a
committee to formulate a protective
credits measure. said the work was
practically completed. and at the next
meeting the committee would make a
report giving details and recommends
tons
c. E. Bright, chairman of commit
tee to recommend a plan for more prof
itably disposing of waste paper and
trimmings. said that its work was near
ing completion.
Charles F. Crane, chairman of the
committee for computing average costs,
as shown by the standard cost systems
in operation in this city, reported facts
on costs of various operations in the
printing industry.
ship of the electrotyper and the printer
were made by James G. Buck. The re-
lationship of the paper dealer and the
printer were presented by r. +. Ma
theirs and George w. Beatty. The at
titude of the paper manufacturers to-
ward the printer was explained by Will
bur w. Langtry. The remainder of the
meeting was devoted to cost talk and
discussions particularly interesting
topic to the members of the organiza-
tion at all times.
Those present were George w. Beat
ty, C. E. Bright, A. H. Brewood. jesse
G. Buck. E. L. Cockrell, Theodore
Crandall. Charles F. Crane. William H.
Delaney, c. Scott Duvall. William John
Eynon. Harry NJ. Forker. Robert \.
Jenkins. F. B, Keyes. Wilbur W,
sween, r. E. Mathers, Charles H.
Megill, Charles H. Potter, B. H Roberts,
H. l. Rothrock. G. Rule. Robert L.
schwerin. Joseph L. Shaw, Franc E.
ford. John F. stoner. Al Tennyson.
Lewis NJ; Thayer. G. P: Vickery. F.
D. Williams and NJ. S. Young.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Mothers Pensions Bill Signed.

ALBANI. N. r, April s.-The bill in
tended to provide pensions for needy
widowed mothers passed by the present
legislature has been signed by Gov
Whitman.
Evening star., 1915-04-08

Let the sleeping infant be placed upon
the retired list
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Need of Boxes Described.

"All the non-combatauts of Belgium.
comprising 6,5Oo.OOO people. are facing
starvation.
The country imports most of its
food. This years harvest was ruined.
The conquerors took most of the ac-
cumulated supply of food The coasts
and borders are closed, rendering regu- :
lar imports impossible.
THE allies cannot feed the Belgian
people: the Germans will not. Industry
has been stopped since August; Bel
GUM is nation of the unemployed:
there is little money
But for the food sent from Amer
tea, by special permission of the Ger
mans. the people would have become
extinct long ago through sheer star
vation 1t will take all the charity Of
America to bring them alive throuch h
the winter.
Most Americans eat too much rather
than too little. What you eat In ex-
cess of your needs-what you waste
would keep some Belgian alive.
VIII you deprive yourself little In
order to help save a brave nation,
which leans upon America as upon a
big, strong. prosperous sister,"
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Permitted to Mail Affidavit.

The proposition which is being pre-
sented to the delegates to the con-
stitutional convention by Chairman
William c. Connor and his committee
allows the elector to forward to the
registry board in his voting precinct
in New York an affidavit which an
swers all the required questions and
son who forwards the affidavit shall
appear before a judicial officer in
Washington, n. G., and take the nee
essary oath, and also have his depart
mental chief clerks signature stating
that he is employed in that office
There Is no opportunity for fraud, 1t
is claimed, and ample time for inquiry
before voting on election day.
Government employees who desire to
exercise the right of franchise in the
state of New York are compelled to
mako two trips a year. one to register
and one to vote. This is an expensive
duty to a man of moderate salary. to
say nothing of lost time and hardship
of travel.
The committee has received a number
of letters from influential delegates.
democrats and republicans. who are in
favor of an amendment. All voters
from the Empire state have been re-
ouested to write their congressman.
county chairman and district leaders.
asking them to do what they can to Sc
cure favorable consideration of the
subject matter.
The constitutional convention con-
vened at Albany. N Y. this week for
the first time in twenty-one years.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
War Officially y Reported.

entire front again has been extraor-
dinarily heavy. without their gaining
even the slightest success.
An aeroplane of the enemy. coming
from Paris. was forced to descend in
the vicinity OF Rethel. The pilot de-
clared that no news concerning the
French losses In the Champagne
fighting had been given out in Paris
The fighting at Hartmans-W s-Weilerkopf
continues.
There have been no developments in
the eastern arena Of the war. The
weather is bad. and the roads on the
Russian frontier are for the time
being impossible.
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
PETRoGRAD. April 7. via London.
April 8,
In the Carpathians. despite counter at
tacks by the enemy, who has OBJ
tanned large reinforcements detached
from the German and Austrian ar
mics, our offensive continues between
the River Toplia and the region in
the direction of the Uzsok pass.
All the submits of the principal chain
of the Beskid mountains to the west
of the region of the village of UstZ-
zyki Gornia are in our hands and our
troops are capturing in succession
the southern spurs.
April we took about 1900 prisoners
and three guns and several machine
guns.
In the other sectors along our front
there is no essential change. Coli
sions of secondary Importance and
fusillades have been continued.
The German attacks in the region OF
Rosicuvka and Rozanka ceased March
81. after eight weeks OF continued
fruitless attempts to take the Rus
sian positions by assault. The Ger
mans suffered enormous losses.
A German seaplane was sunk OF Libau
April 9. after it had dropped bombs
on the city. The aviators were res
cued and made prisoners.
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.
VIENNA, April :, via London. April 81
Fighting continues on the Carpathian
front.
An additional $50 Russian prisoners
we're captured on the heights east Of
the IAborcza valley. We also took
guns and machine guns and much
war material. including 5000 rifles.
In southeast Galicia only local artll-
lery duels have taken place.
In west Galicia and in Russian Poland
there is no change.
In the southern theater we have bonn
barded Belgrade (Serbia) as a re-
prisal for the shelling Tuesday Of the
open town Of Orsova (southeast Hun
gary).
Evening star., 1915-04-08
CARRANzACLA|MS
VICTORY At CELAYA
Continued from First Page.)
Each side had from 10000 to $4,000
men, according to reports.

Each side had from 10000 to $4,000
men, according to reports.
The first encounter took place near
Salamanca, but Obregon soon retreat
ed to Guaje, where he had massed his
force, according to advices received at
villa headquarters in Juarez.
After a days fight the Carranza lead
Queretaro. the railroad center which
he had held. having been cut off by one
Villa column. while another moved to
intercept him below Celaya. which is
about thirty miles from Salamanca.
One Villa column fianked the enemy
by crossing the Lajax river and the
mountains Of the San Juan de la Vaga.
according to reports, and the other
column has arrived at a mountainous
point which dominates the road through
which the obregon troops must pass.
1t was said in the telegram that OBJ
regon's communications with San Luis
Potosi had been cut off.
obregon's Report.
VERA CRUZ, April S.-Gen. .Obregon
says that he inflicted serious defeat yes
terday on the Villa troops between Co
laya and Irapuato. on the Mexican Cen
trail railroad. 1t was the first big en-
eagement since the evacuation Of Mexico
City.
Gen. Obregon, in his official report, says
that Francisco villa was personally in
command Of his forces. The fighting con-
tinued for some thirty hours, according
to the report, and after the retreat Of
Villas men more than a thousand Of
Villas dead were found on the field.
Four hundred prisoners were taken.
Obregon reported to Gen. Carranza
that he would continue Immediately his
advance.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
Franz Won Pausinger, Painter, Dies.

AMSTERDAM. via London. April g.
A dispatch from Salsburg announces
the death of the Austrian painter.
Franz Won Pausinger.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
WOULD PERMIT VOTERS
TO REGISTER BY MAIL
New York State Club of This City
Seeks to Have Constitutional
Convention Change Law.

Amendment of the law which will per-
mits voters of the state of New York
temporarily resident in the District of
Columbia to register through the mail
is being sought by the New York State
Club of this city. It is said that there
are 1000 New York voters residing in
Washington who are now compelled to
return to their homes to register and
often make second trip to vote.
William c. Connor. chairman of the
club, recently has been in communica-
ton with former Attorney General
Wickersham and former Secretary of
War Stimson of New York relative to
securing action by the constitutional
convention to provide for a change in
the law. Both these gentlemen have
promised to lend their aid to the un-
derta king.
Evening star., 1915-04-08
BELGIAN BABY BOXES"
SHIPPED BY THOUSANDS
Mrs. Joseph R. Darling. Originator
of Idea. Supervises Sending of
Large Quantities.

Mrs Joseph r. Darling of 2204 Cathe-
dral avenue. originator of the Belgian
baby boxes of food combinations. the
contents of which were designated by
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, has been in New
York this week supervising the ship
ment of large quantities of these boxes
to the starving Belgians. The secretary
of one large wholesale grocery house
in Brooklyn told her that his concern
has shipped more than 10000 of these
boxes. and she saw preparations for fill
Ing many more.
Forty societies IN one college have
pledged that they will send boxes
monthly, each member contributing 10
cents a month society in Pittsburgh
has ordered 1.425 boxes. This informa-
tion is on the authority of officials at
the headquarters of the Belgian relief
committee. II Broadway. n. Y, in their
report to Mrs Darling.
Mrs. Darling requested Or. Wiley to
plan the ideal conSignments for relief
of children. convalescents and adults,
the cheapest food list containing only
the elements necessary 10 keep a human
being alive.
List of Articles Revised.
AS DR.. Wiley planned his boxes they
exceeded the parcel post limit in
weight. To remedy this defect and also
to replace some articles not always
found in the retail grocery stores. his
lists have been revised. SO that persons
wishing to donate boxes might have
them packed by their grocers.
Since January these boxes have beer
on sale in the retail grocery stores OF
the United States. The commission for
relief in Belgium made arrangements sc
that the purchaser was relieved of al
concern about his box after he bought
1t. 1t is carried free of shipping charge
from the counter of the American store
to the door of the needy Belgian. Even
parcel post charges are refunded.
The need for these boxes of food
| com mbinations is thus described in A
statement sent out by the Belgian re-
lief commission:
Need of Boxes Described.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-10
A CRITIC OF THE BOY SCOUTS

A CRITIC OF The BOY SCOUTS.
ERNEST Thompson Seton, who is
not an American citizen, and whose
criticismsI !of American institutions
are matters of official record, has
chosen strange time in which to
train his guns against the Boy Scouts
of America. If it is not the purpose
Of Mr.. Seton to disrupt, or try to dis
rupt, the organization and to place
serious obstacles in the way of the
canvassers who are seeking $200,O0U
with which to finance the movement
we are unable to understand the rea'
sons for his latest explosion.
Mr.. Seton, formerly chief Scout Ex'
ecutive was retired by the national
executive committee because, as Mr.
James E. West, who succeeded him
explained, he failed to become a citi.
zen Of the United States, and further
because of his evidently hostile atti.
tude toward American institutions
dear to the hearts Of all patriotic
boys. Mr.. West said tina: 20 continue
in suci position man holding such
views and persistently refusing to be.
come citizen of this country was in.
consistent with the aims, ideals and
purposes Of the organization. MR.
West is right.
Mr. Seton should devote his ener.
gies to higher pursuits than. the work
of embarrassing movement which,
stands for organized patriotism
among the youth of America. The
statement that the Boy 5sScoutsgsis be.
coming a military movement Is not
supported by the facts so far brought
to light. 5r- .q ,s..g
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-10
Viola Allen 1mmortalizes In Film
! The Greatest Work Of Famous
= Author, F. Marion Crawford.

r. Viola Allen has tmmOrtallZed Ine
White Sister" in film. This master.
piece of the late F. Marion CrawforG,
one of the worlds foremost authors,
is now presented to the public in the
greatest plOtoplay ever produced.
The genius of this famous actress
has been the means OF bringing out
the intense dramatic action, all the
delicate touches of pathos, all the
lights and shadows Of Mr.. CraWford's
greatest work, with unsurpassed ex.
cellence. Essanay has spared no ez<.
pense in the making of the most ela'b-
crate settings to fulfill the multifari'
Gus scenic conditions of the play,
with the result that Tie White Sis.
ter is as perfectaasphotoNSy in eve-y
respect as it is possibleatG construct.
Although this is Miss Mlens first
appearance in photoplay, her wide ex.
perience on the stage, her great tai.
ent and the fact that she has the
type of beauty that photographs ex-
ceptionally well, has combined to win
her an unparalleled success in her
work. 2 , s
Miss Allen entered into this new
field with great enthusiasm. She was
a warm personal friend of the author
of "The White Sister," and Of his
family, and it was. largely through tie
interest of the latter in t:e filming
OF the book, that Nhe consented to
enact the role tn 9@btch she made
such signal suoeBss bn the Fpeak.
ing stage. 'ssHf4sS
She grew more, enthusiastic Is the
work progressed and took an active
part in criticizing and reviewing the
various scenes, with the result that
she ias created masterpiece.
II have been wonderfully interested
in the production of this play" sine
declared. "In fact, it has been a rev.
elation to me. The wonderful tec-l-
nical apparatus of the Essanay stu
dios, the care and watchfulness of
all detail, as we'll as the skilled work
in making the play a thing of life and
beauty and action, is a marvel to me.
"There is nothing wish for more
than that this play make tremend-
GUS success, which, not speaking OF
my own sincere, efforts, the work Of
:Essanay assuredly. warrants"
[ssssNfiss Allen showed wonderful adap:-
ability in fitting herself to the differ
tent conditions of working on the
speaking stage$to that in photoplays.
Eshe not only grasped all the essen
|tials with 2siickness and ease, but
Through :ier personality created such
an ATMOSPHERE that players with
whom she Ehads never taken any parts
were ensblad e. act with entire har-
mony With herrinterpretation Of "The
White sitter."
Richard Tfayers, who played op-
posite, ,,iMiss Allen; was one of the
strong factors in making this play
Suci a success.
At the Grand Theater tonight and
Saturday.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-10
RAILROADS IN VAR.

III the railroads have meant sc
much to France. England and Ger
many at war, with their comparative
ly small areas and relatively shor,
distances, what would they mean tc
this country, under like circum
stance, with great cities 5000 miles
apart, with population of almost
loO,WO,00O scattered over 2974,OOO
square miles of territory and con
fronted with the immediate necessi
ty OF greatly increasing the industrial
output and transporting the products
to the place of utilization, of devel
oping untouched and remote rc
sourceses and of organizing and mo-
bilizing large armies?
IF our railroads are ever called
upon to assist in the nations defense
what would it 'be worth to the Ameri.
can people to have allowed these rail-
roads the necessary funds required
for the needed double and quadruple
tracking, extension of lines, modern
izing of all equipment, and the en-.
largement of the terminal facilities
necessary to prevent congestion:
What would happen to america II
its railroad transportation system
broke down when called upon by the
people of the country to aid in he1
defense? These are pertinent ques
tions.
'Next, then. to an adequate army
and navy, if not, indeed, of equal i'm
is the condition OF the rail-.
roads Of the United States as fac.
tor in national preparedness. Only
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-10

III Donna Angela sChiaromonte returns
home from a sitting at a famous ar
lists studio with Giovanni Severi, a
young officer who is in love with her,
and finds that her father has been
killed. ~
Her aunt, the Marchesa, who is
in love with the officer and .is ex-
tre:nely Jealous of her niece; takes
charge of the castle. She takes oc-
casion to destroy will leaving the
property to her niece. Because there
was no civil marriage, the property
reverts to her husband. The Marche-
sa then. takes the title of Princess
Chiaromonte, while Donna Angela,
with no name Ior. fortune, goes to live
with fonmer nurse in a humble cot
tage. $685..
Giovanni is suddenly ordered to
Egypt at the head of a commanc.
Shortly afterwards word comes tina:
he and all his troops have been way
laid and killed Donna Angela is
overwhelmed with grief and enters d
convent. In two years she takes the
vows and becomes '"T.e White ro.s-
ter"
Five years after his disappearance
Giovanni returns, the only survivor
Of the expedition. He had been
wounded and captured and made a
slave until his escape. He is over
whelmed with grief to find his be-
trothed has taken the veil. He does
everything to persuade to, renounce
her VOWS, but she stands firm. /
Finally Giovanni, who mas seen pu:
in charge of powder magazine, is
injured in an explosion. ;HeIis taken
to the convent hospital. Tie gdoctor
tells him that his life can, g'be saved
by the amputation of his arm. Go.
vanni refuses to consent, saying he
prefers to die. "The White Sister"
pleads with him, but he will not yield.
~ But the kindly Mgr Sarasenesti,
who has been watching the couple for
some time and sees low desperately
both are in love, gets a special cls-
pensation, so that "The White Sis.
ter" can leave the convent and the
sisterhood. The sweethearts are
then reunited.