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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-25
DENIES TERM "|D|OT|C"
APPLIES TO AMERICANS
Capt. Won Papen Regards Printing Of
Private Letter as "Deuced
Bad Form"

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, September %.
Capt. Franz Won Papen. military at
tache to tho German embassy at WASH
ington, who is here with Prince Won
Hatzfeldt of the embassy. denied to-
day that the expression 'fdiotic Yam
KEGS" contained in the letter intrusted
to J. F. j. Archibald and intercepted by
the British authorities. was intended to
apply to American people.
1.-The much discussed letter was to
my wife," he said. 'In passing, 1t may
be said that publishing a mans letter
to his wife is deuced bad form. When
the British authorities at Falmouth
found these letters on Mr.. Archibald
they pounced with avidity on the two
words that have made all this trouble.
Only an Excerpt Printed.
"They published only an excerpt OF
my letter. thus changing its meaning
entirely. My wife, or any one else read
ing the letter from start to finish,
would have gathered that the express
sion idiotic Yankees referred to the
publishers of New York newspaper.
The newspaper had been calling US
conspirators and other Objectionable
oD1IneIS.
after a portfolio containing certain of
our private papers had been stolen
from one of our men on the train. In
writing to my wife 1 dealt with these
publications. Not word did the Brit
ish publish about those parts of my
letter"
Expects to Return to His Post.
Capt. Won Papen, who insisted that
L., ha
amicable discussion and not as an in
terview, said that he was here for a
few DAYS to visit the exposition and
amuse himself.
Capt. Won Papen and the prince will
leave next Tuesday for Mexico. it was
announced today. Both men maintain
silence as to their exact destination and
the object of their visit to the southern
republic.
Won Papen Assigned to Mexico.
There are no officials of the German
embassy in the city to explain why
Count Won Papen and Prince Hatzfeldt
are going to Mexico. Ever since Capt.
Won Papen became involved in the in
cident which led to President Wilson
request for the recall of DR.. Dumba.
the Austrian ambassador, 1t has been
intimated in official quarters that the
captains offense was no less serious
than the ambassadors and that some
similar action might be taken in his
case.
Won Papen also is assigned by the
German government as military at
tache to it's legation in Mexico, and he
might with propriety pay visit to
Mexico City. Prince hatfield has no
connection with the Mexican legation,
but is a close personal friend of Capt.
Won Papen's.
Officials learned of the military at
tache's impending departure without
comment, but with some interest. 1t
was not made clear whether they re-
garded it as a move to clear the situa-
; ton or whether they expected the cap
tain would return to the United States.
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e.
ditions have been restored it will not
be possible to determine how readily or
how completely the business of the
country has adjusted itself to the new
conditions" The new conditions" re-
ferred to were the tariff. financial and
ANTITRUST laws passed by the democrats
which the President said in the letter
the country had demanded for two
decades.
End of War Awaited.
The President went on to say that
when the European war has ended and
cleared the atmosphere, 'instrumen-
talities already created will be ready
and in operation which will show just
where the laws are working in har-
mony with the facts and where they
are not
In both letters the President virtually
holds out to the business world the
promise that if the tariff. banking and
trust laws do not work well he would
favor such revision as was proper.
The position of advisers of the adj
ministration, in answer to attacks by
republicans upon the tariff, has been
that unsettled European conditions
prevented anybody from intelligently
determining what the present tariff will
do, and how they affect the business
of the country. The European sky must
clear before light can be thrown upon
the democratic legislation that will be
under fire next year from republicans
The democratic claim has been that
the new federal trade commission is
clothed with wide powers that prac-
tically make it a tariff commission.
in conjunction with the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce, if the
administration desires at any time to
put it to work collecting data relating
to the tariff and to business. Much
of this data will be collected right
along, in the regular order of business
of the trade commission and will be
available when called for. but it would
be little trouble for it to go into special
schedules of the tariff, if desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-25
Fined for Operating Pool.

PHILADELPHIA, September 20
John J. Kilcoyne and James Walsh of
Wilkesbarre, Pa. who were recently
indicted on charges of violating the
federal statutes in operating a base
ball pool in which they gave prices for
correct guesses on the results of ma
jor league games. pleaded guilty in the
United States district court here yester-
day and were nned 5000 each by Judge
Thompson,
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Pursuit of Mexicans.

The MeXicans were pursued in brush
to the river. Several hundred Mexicans
on the other side Of the river kept up
a heavy fire to cover crossing of Mex
leans. A large part. If not all, have re-
crossed now t5:20 PM. Mexicans
fired some two thousand shots and our
men about one thousand. Two Mexi-
cans were reported shot in boat cross
ing the river. Several were shot on
other side of the river. Some of the
MeXicans were in uniform and some in
civilian clothes. A captain reported in
tull uniform. Sufficient troops here to
handle situation"
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Standards for Fruit Considered.

Grapefruit must contain at least
seven parts of soluble solids to one
part of acid. and Florida oranges eight
parts of solubles to one of acid in order
to come under the classification Of
nature fruits, according to a tentative
set of standards just issued by the
Agriculture Department. The an
nouncement says the Department.
study of the subject is not complete
and notifications OF the standards are
expected, -
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Excused for G. A. R. Encampment.

The District Commissioners today is
sued an order eXcusing from duty civil
war veterans during the G. A. r.. en-
campment, il it can be done without
detriment to the public interest. The
list includes Gen. E. W. Whitaker, DR..
William Tindall, Maj. E. G. Curtis. Paul
Armstrong. Alfred Cook, William Bur-
nell, r. E. Doyle and w. I'll. H. Hoover
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Plans for Forming Cadet Regiment.

General organization of the High
School Cadets of the District probably
will take place the latter part of next
week, when examinations for commits,
stoned officers will be held. Stephen E:
Kramer assistant superintendent OF
schools, who is in charge of the cadets,
Is completing arrangements. for the
formation of the regiment. Enlistment
blanks probably will be given out the
FIRST part of the week Of October 4.
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rama forces abandoned these trenches
and apparently moved away from the
river all along this section. Gen:
Nafarrate and his staff have assured
officers at Fort Brown that the Car
rama troops have the strictest orders
to stay away from the river.
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ITALIAN STATEMENT.

ROME, September "a. via Paris. Sep
TENDER p:
On the plateau northwest of Arsiero
the strong position of Monte Coston
was stormed by our troops. Our men
by a skillful envelopins movement
already had virtually isolated it.
Enemy columns then tried to check
the progress of our development by
violent attacks on the days of the
nth, 18th and I'D. which broke
against the firm resistance of our
troops.
Yesterday the position fell into our
possession. The Austrians. by di-
viding into groups. sought in various
ways to escape the development.
However, they left 3 officers and 11s
men in our hands, besides great
quantities of munitions. hand gre
nades, explosives and other material
On the Carso. in the evening of the 2Sd,
the enemy delivered an attack
against Ferro di Cavallo wood. re-
Gently captured by US. After an in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-25
WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED

tense artillery action he was obliged
to abandon the attempt.
An enemy aeroplane threw three bombs
on ToneSza. causing neither death
nor damage.
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COURT NOT To PROTECT
RUNNERS" At STATION
Licenses Issued by District Commits
sioners We're Revokable
at Will.

Justice Mccoy of the District Supreme
Court today refused to enjoin the Dis
trict Commissioners from disturbing
Edward johnson, who is a runner or
solicitor at Union station for a rooming
or boarding house. The permit relied
on by Mr.. johnson as the basis for an
injunction suit. when shown today to
the court, proved to be revokable at
the pleasure of the District authorities.
All Licenses Revoked.
Complaints reached the Commission
ers of the methods adopted by such
runners, who are known as white
caps" and a decision was reached to
revoke all such licenses. Maj Pullman
directed the police to arrest any per
sons continuing the solicitation of Wis
itors to the city arriving at Union sta
ton. Several arrests were made, and
Mr. Johnson applied to the District Su-
preme Court for an injunction to pre-
vent police interference
Attorney Fl. l. b. Atkisson appeared
for the plaintiff, and Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel Stephens appeared for
the Commissioners.
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Frequently Arrested.

The witness said he had been arrest
ed once, when asked by c. W. Miller
on cross-examination how many times
he had been arrested. It was brought
out that O'Leary had been arrested a
number of times here and In Detroit,
Mich. The witness then said he meant
he had been arrested once and con-
victed.''
o'Leary. under many questions by
Miller, was unable to fix the time of
many of the happenings he related. He
also said the men he had voted were
strangers to him and he could not give
their names.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-25
Testify to Collections Made for
Democratic Campaign in
Indianapolis.
WITNESSES AT THE TRIAL
OF MAYOR JOSEPH E. BELL
Voters Bought ''for the Price Of a
Drink" Last November, Ac-
cording to Evidence.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, September 20
Saloonkeepers continued their process
sion to the witness stand when the
trial of Mayor Joseph E. Bell. charged
with election conspiracy, was resumed
today, and told of making contribu-
tions to the democratic campaign fund
last fall. City employees, most of whom
were indicted with the mayor. were
named as collectors of this fund.
About 100 saloon owners told yes
terday of contributing almost $500 to
the democrats. 1t was understood
about 100 more were to testify.
The court bailiffs marshaled the wit
nesses Just outside the courtroom door,
and as rapidly as one man was ex-
cused another was sent in to take mis-
place in the witness chair.
States Price Of Votes.
Voters were bought for 10 cents. the
price of a drink" in the election last
November. according to Edward J. (Big
Chief iOLeary. O'Leary, who has
into the courtroom in wheel chair.
He said he had been in a hospital for
some time with a fractured hip. The
witness told of a conversation he as
serted he had with Mayor Bell, during
which the mayor told him to do as
you have always done"
What had you always done at cleo
tion?" Prosecutor A. J. Rucker asked.
IT told the mayor I had voted repeat
ers,, replied the witness. O'Leary tes-
tilted he had bought fifteen voters and
that he had given eight Of them ''the
price of drink, 10 cents" He said
he had bought suppers for three others.
cndpfpndQnf
holds a city contract, gave him $40 on
election day, OLeary asserted. and told
HIM: Go after them. You know how
to get them"
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TURKISH STATEMENT.

TURKISH STATEMENT.
CONsTANTINOPLE. September "A. vis
London, September p.
Our accommodating detachments at
tackled with bombs enemy trenches
near Anafarta, infiicting losses.
Near Ari Burnu our artillery on the
right wing destroyed enemy trenches
part of his Notifications and two OBJ
servation posts. and sank two sailing
vessels laden with mining timber.
Wednesday night on the same wing we
exploded a mine.
Tuesday. near Seddul Bahr, we de-
stroyed an enemy patrol. consisting
of one officer and nine men. Our ar
tillery silenced an enemy battery and
forced the retreat of a torpedo boat
which approached Hissarlik Burnu.
Our coast batteries drove away an en-
envy torpedo boat which approached
the narrows, and they successfully
bombarded enemy troops near Morto
Limon and hostile artillery near
Hfssarlik.
BELGIAN STATEMENT.
PARIS. September 70:
The activity of the enemy has mani
tested itself in cannupading of our
trenches to the south of Newport
and in the neighborhoed of Dixmude
where a struggle in, which bombs
and much firing were employed
against the German works and bat
teries has also taken place.
No infantry action is reported.
SERBIAN STATEMENT.
NISH, Serbia, September ~. via Lon
don, September rs:
On Monday We prevented the enemy
from proceeding with fortification
work near Volachnitza, northwest OF
Vishegrad Gin Bosnia. near the Ser
bian western frontier).
GERMAN STATEMENT.
BERLIN, September 24s
No German statement has been re-
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WOULD REVISE LAWS
j TO HELP BUSINESS

Continued from First Pageo
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Not oMcial Carranza Raid,

Although no Carranza troops partici-
pated officially in yesterdays fight,
there is question whether some in
subordinate men did not join the raid
ers or their covering party. The
trenches at Progreso were constructed
little more than two weeks ago by
Carranza troops, who. at that time,
notified American soldiers that they
had no intention of firing on Ameri-
cans.
About week ago the regular Car
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-07-09
GROWING COALITION.

There is every prospect that before
the end of the summer two or three
of the Balkan powers will join the
allies in the war against Germany
and Austria. Correspondents OF Am
erican papers sojourning in Spain
are making the prediction that be-
fore another winter campaign begins
that country will also throw its lot
with the allied powers. Portugal is
ready at any time to furnish the Eng
lish aid, that country being Under
agreement for both an offensive and
defensive alliance with Great Brit
ian. If these forecasts should prove
to be well founded the Teutons
would find themselves fighting vir-
tually the whole of Europe except
the Netherlands and the Scandinay-
ian countries, insignificant in size,
wealth and population as compared
with the billegeHts. These develop
ments will occasion little surprise
Every nation knows that the triumph
of Germany would mean that Tor a
time at least every other country in
Europe would have to take secondary
place. The Germany cry of Ger
many over all" has just as inevitably
led to this combination as the con-
quests of Napoleon ultimately led to
the battle of the nations that really
broke his power and ended the dream
of France dominant in continental
Europe.
Just little more than 100 years
ago, following the ill fated campaign
in Russia, France found every nation
| in Europe in arms against her. Prus-
STA, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Eng
land, Spain, Saxony, all in quick sue
cession joined the coalition before
which even the mighty Napoleon was
destined to reel, stagger and ulti
mately fall. The failure of the cam
paign in Russia gave waiting nations
the long sought opportunity to crust
the power that was becoming lfort
and more menace to the liberty d
every other nation. They closed il
! and after the great battle Of I.iopsic
aptly described as the Battle of thu
Nations" an iron ring was draw
around France and it's hitherto irwin
chile conquerer from which Their
was no escape. No doubt within tn
next twelve months we shall wines
again a repetition of history Thi
time it will be the kaiser and TIL
German empire against whom othe
nations will fight for self-preseTva
ton.
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titled to protection as is the inoften-
sive woman who walks along he
streets of our cities depending upon
our civilization and the majesty of
the law to guard her person against
harm. The sinking of the Ius ana
was not only violl:ioa of the laws
of nations but it was the most das-
tardly crime of the century. It was
cold blooded and premeditated MUIR
der. The massacre of st. Bartholo-
new was not more horribly planned
or more cruelty executed than this
deed on the high seas, prepretrated
under the sanction aud ty tile orders
Of government that processes an
unusually high degree Of culture and
civilization. God save the mark
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-07-09
THE LOCKER LAW.

If the decision of Judge Edging'
ton. of Memphis, is sustained by the
supreme court, one of the best and
most effective of our prohibition
laws will be nullified. The locker
law. held unconstitutional, is abso-
lutely necessary to make PROHIBITION
really effective in Tennessee II
this law is knocked out there VIII De
no way to reach the club nuisance.
An avenue for the notification CT the
law will be opened that unstrnpulous
men will be quick to sieze. II inc
clubs and fraternal organizations OF
the state are permitted to dispense IN
toxicating beverages the prohibition
laws will be partial and unfair Ger
tain citizens will possess privileges
that are denied others.
There can be no compromise upon
the issue of selling liquors. II 1t is
right to dispense them as beverages
in the club it is equally as permls'
sible to dispense them over the bar
in the open saloon. Because ce'tam
citizens have little more OF this
worlds goods than others should uo'
make them immune from laws passed
for the public good, Wherever the
prohibition laws have been enforced
fairly and impartially great gooo re
suited to the community. Assuredly
if there are defects in the ahti locker
law that make this legislation vole
they should be cured at the next ses
sion of the legislature for there car
be no genuine prohibition in Tennes
see as long as the club nuisance Il
| tolerated.
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Sober men, those whose brains are
never befuddled with liquor, should
hold all offices, high and low. But it
is especially important that only
strictly sober men, absolute teetote-
lers preferably, should be placed in
charge of prisoners. 1t takes a clear
brain all the time to properly control
and manage convicts with justice to
all. Men who are liable to cloId
their brains with liquor are not safe
guardians of any one entrusted to-
their care. particularly Of prisoners
who generally come from the most
depraved classes Of society.
There is another and more import
ant reason why men who get drunk
should never have the care or custody
of convicts and that is that only
moral, absolutely moral men, should
be placed over our penal institutions.
Their lives should be an example to
the prisoners. Their conduct should
be such as to win the respect of the
unfortunate culprits who are con.
| fined to their custody. Men are not
sent to prison alone for the purpose
| of punishment. That is an idea that
| will not stand the test of twentieth
century civilization and the spirit of
| Christianity Men are sent to prison
to deter others and for reformation.
How can a man who drinks liquor to
excess, successfully inculcate in phi
soners a desire for a new and better
life, is proposition that we cannot
answer.
Where there are both men and wo-
men prisoners in the same camp, as
is the case in many county work
houses, decency shudders at the
thought of placing any but men Of
unimpeachable morals and ungues-
toned habits in charge of the phi
sons. This is assuredly a statement
about which there will be no contro-
versy. 1t is unnecessary to enter
upon any extended discussion TO
prove its soundness. 1t is to be
hoped that these observations Will
cause an awakening of the public
conscience upon the Importance OF
proper convict supervision.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-07-09
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION.

AS the result of a campaign for
better schools Anderson county IN
East Tennessee has developed a plan
where twenty-eight modem, wen
equipped, and centrally iorated
schools are to take the place OF sew
enty-five poorly constructed and IN
differently located buildings. Al
ready half of the new schools have
been erected and the others will be
built within the next two years, CIV
ing to that county one of the most
complete and modern school equip
ments in all of the South, one in fact
that will compare with the schools
of the North and West.
The bane of our school system,
at least one of its chief defects has
been the lack of coordination. we
have scattered even our meagre re-
sources until the results hs'e been
largely indifferent. One gocd, cen
trail school, we'll equipped, taught by
capable instructors, where Grade
work can be successfully done is
worth half dozen or more little one
room, one teacher schools Exper
fence has demonstrated the efficiency
of school consolidation and il all pro
gressive communities fewer and better
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-07-09
REGULATING JITNEYs.

That jitney lines should be regu-
lated was apparent at the last SEES
sion of the legislature and an act was
passed authorizing municipal corpor-
ations to require indemnity bonds
from them. This act has recently
been declared unconstitutional by the
circuit court at Memphis. The case
will be appealed but in the meantime
there will be no law for safeguarding
the interests and rights of the pub
lie.
The iitney is a common carrier,
Without any cost it has assumed
franchise rights in the streets OF the
cities of the country. 1t is operating
in competition with the street rail
ways. In the congested sections OF
some cities the jitneys are little less
than nuisance, UnquestlonaDly
they add very greatly to the dangers
Of traffic in the cities. Many OF them
are operated by men who have every
dollar that they posses invested in
the jitney. Suits for damages against
these owners would be almost futile
For these reasons it strikes us an al
together reasonable requirement that
the operators of the jitneys should be
required to make indemnity bonds.
Whether or not the jitney will be
q permanent institution is PROPOSE
ton that only time can determine
This is matter that must depend
upon the profits that are to be made
It looks like very doubtful invest
ment. In any event 1t will be very
long time before the street railways
Of America are forced out of bust
ness.