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Evening star., 1915-02-23
SEEK TO RETAKE ESCAPED
P00LROOM PRISONERS
Annapolis Ohcials May Obtain In
dictments Against Rod and
Gun Club Visitors.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, February 23.-In-
terest in the poolroom raid on the Pa
tuxent Rod and Gun Club at Myers sta
tion. near the Prince Georges county
line. the middle of last month. has been
renewed by a move made by States
Attorney Nicholas H. Green to effect
the recapture of the men who are re-
portsd to have escaped after reaching
this city The men caught in the raid.
almost $50 in number, complained of
their treatment while under arrest, and
more than a score of them escaped.
States Attorney Green furnished Sher-
III John E. Potee the correct names of
twenty-five of the alleged fugitives,
and suggested that the Washington
police be ASKED to assist in capturing
them. All the alleged fugitives are
residents of Washington. it is reported.
and should much trouble be experienced
IN effecting their return, 1t Ia stated.
they may be indicted when the grand
jury meets.
Maj. Sylvester, chief Of police of
Washington. has not yet been requested
to make the arrests. 1t Is proba BILE.
however. that such a request will be
made some time this week.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
SEARCHING FOR BODIES
OF THREE MISSING MEN
Harbor Police Securing Potomac and
Eastern Branch, But With
out Success.

A second request for a search for
Walter W Moran, former bank clerk.
who disappeared from his home, 1882
Park road northwest. last Wednesday
morning, has been made to the police.
The young man wrote his brother a
note telling of his determination to
drown himself, the police were inform
ed, and it is feared his body Is in the
river or Eastern branch.
Lieut.. Dean of the harbor precinct
had members of his command make a
search of both sides Of the river
from Chain bridge to Alexandria and
up the Eastern branch as far as Ben
ming bridge. The policemen who made
the search failed to find the missing
mans hat or anything to indicate that
his body was in the river.
The search will be continued from
day to day until something happens to
solve the mystery of Moran's disap-
pearance While the police are search
ing for the body OF the former bank
clerk they are also looking for the body
of James w. King. Philadelphia law
yer, banker and writer. who disap-
peared from the Raleigh Hotel January
5 under circumstances which suggested
the possibility of his having jumped
overheard.
Mr.. King left the hotel after mid
night, having visited this city with a
friend because he was under a severe
nervous strain, as 1t was thought the
change would benefit him. He was last
seen in q drug store on Pennsylvania
avenue, where he stopped and inquired
the way to the river. Relatives of the
missing man say 1t was enormously re-
ported that he had been seen in Phila-
delphia since he disappeared from this
city.
A third missing man. whose body is
thought to be in the river. is William
Eugene Cogswell, twenty-seven years
old, 1888 34th street northwest. He dis
appeared from a steamboat December z.
Notes sent to relatives gave the infor-
nation that he had concluded to end
his life by drowning.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
COMMANDER J. B. BRIGGS
DIES AT HOME. HERE
Retired Naval oficer's Funeral Will
Be Held at Everett,
Mass.

Commander John Bradford Briggs
q. 8. N, retired, died yesterday morn
ing at his residence. 1928 K street
northwest. Death was due to heart dis
case. Funeral services are to be held
at Everett. Mass. and interment Is to
be in Woodlawn cemetery there.
Commander Briggs was born in Chel
sea, Mass, March 1, 1s49. He was grad
uated from the Naval Academy in 1859
and served at sea for the next twenty
years or more. For several years he
was an instructor at the Naval Acad-
emy-
During the Spanish-American war he
was executive officer of the battleship
Baltimore at the battle of Manila bay
He was afterward commander Of the
Baltimore and of the Concord during
the days of the Philippine insurrection
He was a member of many societies,
including the Spanish War Veterans,
Society of the Carabao. Manila Bay So
ciety and the Society of Descendants
of the Mayfiower.
A son. Dr. John B. Briggs, jr., and a
grandson survive him.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
THINKS WAR PROVES
VALUE Of SUBMARINE
Former Rear Admiral Bowles Rates
It as Effective for Offense
and Defense.

NEW YORK. February 23.-The value
of the submarine as a means Of offense
as well as defense has been fully DEM
onstrated. in the opinion Of former Rear
Admiral Francis 7. Bowles. who resigned
as chief constructor Of the U. S. Navy,
and who has arrived on the steamship
Rotterdam from a two-month stay in
Germany.
server of submarine operations while
end of the war. He expressed the be-
lief that German vessels disguised as
neutral craft, and not undersea bases
were utilized to supply submarines with
fuel and torpedoes. which he thought
explained the ability of the German un-
dersea fighters to reach the Irish sea
and return to their bases.
Ample Space for Fuel.
The latest model Of submarine. he
added, can carry sufficient fuel to cove,
about 1000 miles, and by conserving
this supply Is able to remain as long as
a week from her base.
Heretofore in naval warfare, Rear Ad-
miral Bowles said, submarines have beer
considered valuable for defense only
but now that their offensive power has
been established, he added. should no,
be taken as proof that the day OF the
battleship is past.
THE battleship'' Rear Admiral Bowles
declared, las well as other units Of the
well organized navy. is just as useful
as ever in it's special field. Like the
aeroplane, it is merely that the sub
marine ceases to be an unknown value
Mechanically the submarine has prac.
tically reached perfection, but its size
and cruising radius will now be enlarged
as its means of offenSe is recognized"
What will be the outcome Of this
war;" he was asked.
Germany will win.' he is quoted al
replying.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
= RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
PErRoGRAD. February y:

PETROGRAD, February u:
Fighting continues on the right bank
of the Bobr and the Narew in iso-
secondary Importance occurred near
Grodno, on the Lypskov road. in
which We attacked the Germans.
The guns of the fortress were used
actively and effectively in the fight
ing in the Ossowotz district. On the
road from Lomza we took Jedwabno
after fierce combat. The enemy
took the offensive in considerable
force in the Przasnysz region.
We captured several villages on the
road between Racionz and Plonsk
taking 500 German prisoners on the
left bank of the Vistula.
Attacks of the enemy on the north
bank of the Pilica, in the district of
Lopuszno, were repulsed.
Austrians suffered very heavy losses
at Zakliczyn, in Western Galicia,
February II.
After capturing the heights Of Smol-
nika. east of Lupkow pass, in the
Carpathians, our troops repulsed re-
peated counter attacks of the Aus
trians, who reached a point within a
few PAGES of our positions, but were
forced back with very heavy losses:
The Germans delivered four attacks
against the height of Myto Koziourka
the night of February 20, but were
driven back. We had carried the
hill, which was an important part OF
the enemy's position.
We attacked the Austrians south of
Stanislaus, in Eastern Galicia. and
drove back two brigades, after
combat in which the bayonet some
times was used. We took here 1900
prisoners, including 20 officers, and
several machine guns.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
WIFE SLAYER ELECTR0CUTED.
First Execution Under New Law Is
Made in Pennsylvania.

ROCKVIEW. Pa, February 23.-The
first electrocution in Pennsylvania
under the new law substituting the
chair for the gallows took place in the
death house of the western peniten-
tiary here at 7:14 am. when John
Talap. a frindless foreigner, paid the
extreme penalty for wife murder. The
execution was without a hitch.
Under the law all executions in Penn
sylvania will take place at the new
penitentiary. which is being gradually
constructed here to take the place of
the old prison at Pittsburgh. The death
house is separated from all other build
ings. and its interior arrangement and
appliances for carrying out the death
penalty embody the latest improve
ments now in use In the United States.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
HOWARD GETS APPROPRIATION
University $1o1, 900 Voted by the
House, 200 to IS.

Federal support for Howard Uni
versity for the next fiscal year was
assured today when the House voted
200 to SIS to concur in the Senate
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill restoring the approprta-
ton knocked out by Representative Sis
son of Mississippi on point of order.
The amount involved is 100000. with
out which friends of the institution
have said the university could not
exist.
The vote on the concurrence in the
senate's action in placing this appro-
priation back in the bill came today
when the House sent the bill to con-
ference. Representative Fitzgerald.
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, moved TO concur with the SEN
ate. and Representative Sisson asked
for a separate vote on this particular
item.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Fighting In the West.
Fever Germs Discoverer.
o the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In the article published in The Star
of the 18th you quote me as saying
1T was my husband. you know, who
discovered the fact that a species OF
mosquito carries this germ of in
lection"
In this your interviewer misunder-
stood me- My husband had nothing to
do with this discovery. This vastly
important piece of scientific work was
done by the army medical board, of
which Maj. Walter Reed was chairman.
DR.. Gorgas had no connection with it
and was not a member of the board.
DR.. Gorgas at the time was the head
Of the sanitary department for the city
Of Havana, and he with his assistants
devised and worked out the methods
by which this great discovery was
practically demonstrated.
Will you be kind enough to correct
this statement.
MARIE d. GORGAS.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
HEAVY SNOW IN WEST.
Storm Prostrates Telephone and Tel.
egraph Lines in Five State.

CHICAGO. February ga wind
snow and sleet storm Frustrated tele-
phone and telegraph wires in Iowa
western Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska
and South Dakota. according to ad-
VICES received today by the telegraph
companies.
Many poles have been blown down
and several cities were cut of from
wire communication.
Telegraph service out Of Chicago &c
TIE west was badly hampered early to.
day. and the companies said there wa,
little prospect Of Improvement for a
least twenty -four hours.
In South Dakota tYafiio was delayed
- an railroads, and on several branch
lines drifting snoW stopped all trains.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
CHRISTENS HER DAUGHTER.
Duchess Talleyrand Gives Second
Child Name of Helene Violette.

PARIS, February %. 4:35 a-m.-The
daughter born last Thursday to the
Duchess Talleyrand, who was Anna
Gould New York before her mar
riage to Count Boni de Castellane
whom she later divorced. has been
christened Helene Violette. This is the
second child born to the duchess since
her second marriage. The first was a
boy, now six years of age.
The Duke of Talleyrand. who has been
attached to the French mission with
the British military forces as an auto
mobilist. has been given a leave of alb
sence, and 10 now In Paris with his
wife.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
SHIP PURCHASE BILL
PROBLEM At CAPITOL
Conferees to Discuss Situation-Va.
rance of Views in
the Senate.

What to do with the government ship
purchase bill is the problem confront
ing Senate and House conferees. to
which the measure was referred last
week. and the conference committee
will meet tonight to discuss the situa-
tion.
Senator Fletcher, chairman of the
Senate conferees. said that an effort
would be made to reach an agreement
whereby the measure could be report
ed back next Saturday in accordance
with the unofficial agreement between
democratic and republican senators.
There is, however, no obligation to re-
port the bill on that date.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Weeks Bill With Amendment.

Technically. SO far as the Senate is
concerned. the bill under consideration
is the Weeks auxiliary naval bill. The
ship purchase bill was added in the
House as an amendment and the Sem
ate failed to concur. The only possible
way of meeting objections of insurgent
democrats is to provide for termination
of the proposed government venture
within two years after the European
war and against the purchase of ships
| of belligerents. Even this would not
satisfy the republicans of the Senate,
and the bill in any form will be talked
ITO death.
Evening star., 1915-02-23

CALAIS. via Paris, February 70
Warning of tho approach Of the Yep
peIin. which bombarded this city and
killed five civilians yesterday morntns'
was given the sentries by the throp-
bin1 of the engine as it approached
RAPIDLY from the sea at a height OF
about 1000 feet. The airship new
straisht across tho city toward the
Fontinette station.
The first missile fell when the Yep
pelin was above the point where the
railroad tracks intercept. 1t went
through the foot bridge and struck the
track leading to Dunkirk. The airship
then rose somewhat higher in the air
and dropped five bombs in rapid sue
cession. All fell in the vicinity OF the
railroad. One burst In the courtyard OF
houses close to the grade crossing. de-
molishtng a shed and breaking WIN
dows. The occupants of the houses,
awakened by the explosion. escaped
without injury.
Child Alone Is Saved.
Other bombs fell in the garden and
on the roof of little house IN the
Evening star., 1915-02-23
GERMAN STATEMENT.

BERLIN, February 2A via wireless to
LondOns
In the western arena Of the war: Inc
Calais fortress was freely bombarded
during the night Of February LIZ
with missiles from an airship.
Yesterday the French again delivered
an attack in the Champagne district
to the north of Perthes, but with de-
creased forces. Each Of their ad-
vance movements broke down under
our fire. At ALLEY and Apremont the
French forces were driven back to
their positions after having first Sc
cured some minor successes. In the
Vosges the Sattlekopf, to the north
of Muehlbach, has been taken by
storm. Otherwise there has oeen
nothing of Importance to report on
the western line.
In the eastern arena OF the nSntlns
An advance attempted by the Rus.
together from Grodno. moving in a
northwesterly direction, resulted in
failure. The number of cannon taken
in the pursuit of the Russians after
the battle of the Mazurian lakes has
been increased to over 800. and in
cludes ten pieces of heavy caliber.
To the northwest OF OssoWetz, nortn
of Lomza, and in the vicinity OF
Przasnysz the fighting continues. On
the Vistula. to the east OF FLOCK; Nv we
have advanced farther INTO the Wys-
zogrod district.
In Poland, south of the Vistula, an ad-
vance by a Russian division on our
positions on thes Rawka river has
been repulsed.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
BRIG. GEN. COUGH DEAD.
British Army Leader Took Promi'
nent Part in Retreat From Mons.

LONDON. Fet uary 23.-Brig. Gen.
John F. Cough. who took a prominent
part in the retreat from Mons. and who
since then has several times been men,
toned In official dispatches. has died
of wou ds received last Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Cough was born in 1871,
the son of Gen. Sir Charles Cough. He
had seen service in various campaigns,
and in 1903 was awarded the Victoria
Cross. while in command of the Brit
ish force at Daratoleh. Africa. He
was an aid-de- camp to King George.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Rule for Monticello Bill.

The proposal to purchase Monticello,
the home of Thomas Jefferson. gained
fresh impetus today when the House
rules committee voted to report a rule
for consideration of bill for that pur.
pose. The bill appropraites not to ex
ceed 100000. The estate Is owned by
Representative Jefferson NJ. Levy OF
New York. who has indicated his willing.
ness to sell the property,
Evening star., 1915-02-23
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.
VIENNA, via London, February .

VIENNA, via London, February ..
Along the front in Russian Poland and
West Galicia only artillery duels and
infantry skirmishes have taken place.
In the Carpathans numerous Russian
attacks continue, and there have been
attacks also in the western sector.
mostly at night. All these attempts
to penetrate our lines were repulsed
with great losses to the enemy,
South of the Dniester big battles are
developing. A strong hostile force
was repulsed yesterday after long
fight. Two thousand prisoners and
four guns and lot of war material
were captured.
Since the end of January we have
taken in the Carpathian battles 81
officers and 40.S00 men. 0 guns and 81
machine guns.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
War Officially Reported

violent. 1t lasted for a first period
of six hours, followed by a period of
five hours. Fifteen hundred shells
were dropped in all quarters of the
town. What remains of the cathe-
dral was made a special target, and
suffered seriously. The interior of
the vaulted roof. which had resisted
until now. was burst. About twenty
houses were fired and twenty civil
ians killed.
To the east of the Argonne. between
Malincourt and the Meuse. our bat
terry found q German battery and
blew up its ammunition wagons.
Along the remaining part of the front
there is nothing to report.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
he Russian general stan the Bourse oa.

the Russian general staff the Bourse Ga
zette says:
According to the opinion Of military
authorities the loss Of an army corps. a
reported from Grand Duke Nicholas
should not be considered a catastrophe.
This corps. with its flank exposed, had to
take on itself all the blows of an over
whelming enemy.
'On account of the extreme rapidity
of the enemy's advance. this corps was
unable to AFFECT counter maneuver."
Fighting In the West.
Artillery engagements have been the
distinguishing feature Of activity along
the western battle front during the
past twenty-four hours, with the
French claiming the destruction of a
heavy German gun at Lombaertzyde
and admitting that Rheims again has
been violently bombarded. $4,000 shells
being hurled into the city Twenty
civilians are reported to have been
killed.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
FRENCH STATEMENT.

PARIS, February =. via London, $40
PINT
There is nothing of importance to ADD
to last nights communication. West
of Lombaertzyde the enemy made
ready to deliver two infantry attacks.
which. coming under our fire. could
not be carried home.
The bombardment Of Rheims. reported
yesterday evening, was extremely
Evening star., 1915-02-23
INDIAN BILL IS REPORTED.
Measure as Laid Before Senate Car
ries Total of $11,255, 1866.

The Indian appropriation bill was re-
ported by the Senate committee last
night carrying $11. 1865, an increase Of
33,535,741 over the House bill.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Disappears Over Sea.

in favor of Howard University, Speak
er Clark announced as conferees on the
bill Representatives Fitzgerald, Sher-
ley and Gillett.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
BRITISH STATEMENT.

AoNDONs r reOfu1ry ~, HOO Psmss
Tho enemy continues to show consid-
cradle activity: in the neighborhood
of Ypres several attacks and counter
attacks have occurred. At o'clock
in the morning Of February II the
enemy exploded an elaborate series
of mines. which destroyed one Of our
trenches. A new line was prepared
a short distance in the rear and i'm
mediately occupied. Any attempts at
further progress have been COM
pletely frustrated.
Near Givenchy our infantry. after q
successful bombardment. captured
trench of the enemy and blew 1t up.
An attempted attack by the enemy
along La Bassee canal was easily re-
pulsed by our artillery.
To the south of the River Lys there
has been an increase in artillery ana
rifle fire, in which our troops showed
marked superiority. Along. the re-
nainder of our front there has been
nothing more than artillery duels;
The thick weather has Handicapped
the work of air craft.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
ZEPPELIN BOMBARDS CALAIS
AND FIVE CIVILIANS ARE KILLED

Rue Dognien. An old man and little
girl asleep in the garret and the family
which occupied the cottage on the
ground floor. consisting of the father.
mother and two children, were buried
in the ruins. All were killed except
one child, baby five months old.
which was taken uninjured from the
twisted mass of brick and plaster.
The front of the house was cut off as
cleanly as though it had been done by
a gigantic knife.
The violence Of the explosion shook
the neighboring houses to their foun-
dations and broke all the windows
within a wide radius.
Disappears Over Sea.
After dropping the bombs the Zep-
pelin disappeared rapidly over the sea.
1t evidently was manned by pilots we'll
acquainted with the locality. since it
came from the sea directly to Fon-
tinette, crossing the city at the point
of its greatest width.
A long German pennant attached to
sack containing sand was found on
the roof of a house near one of those
demolished and was handed over to the
military governor.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
District Militia Camp.

A Senate amendment increasing the
appropriation for the expense of camp
of the District militia from $25,s00 to
$4,000 was agreed to. Another Senate
amendment increasing the amount for
expenses of target practice and
matches to $4,000 also was agreed to.
Provision for Gallinger Hospital.
At meeting of the conferees on the
District bill yesterday afternoon 1t
was decided to increase the limit of
cost of the proposed Gallinger munich
pal hospital from 100000 to s1,00O.o 900
OF this amount S150.000 is to be made
Immediately available.
1t was agreed. also. to allow $1s5,000
for the construction of municipal fish
market and fish wharf. of which $685.
900 is to be Immediately available.
These were the main increases allowed
by the conferees over the SIouse bill.
The conferees failed to reach agree
ment on three items, all Senate amend
mentS. The first and most important
was that striking from the bill the
Johnson rider doing away with the
-and-half plan of appropriating for
the district The second was an ap-
preparation for public convenience
station at 18th street and Maryland
avenue northeast. and the third was
for $4,000 to help in the construction
Of new emergency hospital.
Sterling Bill Approved.
The Senate District committee late
yesterday. after being polled by the
chairman, Senator Smith OF Maryland,
reported favorably the Sterling bill,
which provides for an investigation by
a congressional commission of the rs
| cal relations between the federal gov
ernment and the District Of Columbia
| and also the method of taxation in the
District. This course was taken SO as
to advance the interests of such an in
vestigation in place of the johnson
rider to do away with the half-and-
| half plan. This proposal for an In
vestigation has many friends In tho
House. including Representative Un-
derwood, the majority leader.
An amendment placed in the bill in
the Senate at the instance of Senator
Lee of Maryland proved an obstacle in
yesterdays deliberations of the con-
| ferees. 1t provides that the examina-
tions. inspection. rules and regulations
concerning the milk supply of the Dis
! trict of Columbia shall be applied alike
| to each state shipping milk into the
District"
The House conferees declared that
| this would give Maryland and Virginia
| a monopoly on all milk sold In the Dis
| trict, for 1t obviously would be impos-
| sible for the District to provide for an
inspection service in states that do not
adjoin the District. Included among
the latter are Pennsylvania. West Vir-
ginia and New York, from each of
which, it Is said, milk is shipped here
for sale. 1t was tentatively agreed
that the Lee amendment. regardless OF
the objection of the House men. should
] remain in the bill.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
REPORT TO SENATE
ON DISTRICT BILL
Continued from First Page.)

apparatus and equipment. $755: for
maintaining and keeping in good order
and for the purchase of reference books,
$500. An amendment increasing to
$1,000 the sum for the purchase Of ref
erence books for the meteorological
laboratory was agreed to. The Senate
amendment of $4,000 for repairing the
public creamatory was not agreed to.
The Senate amendment increasing the
amount for the support of convicts
from $4,000 to $4,000 was agreed to.
The Senate amendment for the install
chine in the Washington Asylum was
agreed to. A Senate amendment of
$1,000 for new boiler at the Industrial
Home School was agreed to.