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ALLIED VICTORY
CERTAIN. EVENT
SAYS SIR JOHN
B YFREDERIckr PALMER.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Via London, March 25.-It
was In the drawing room Of the resi-
dence which he makes his office that
Sir John French, commander Of the
British Expeditionary forces In France
received me today. On the long table
before the British field marshal were
4 number Of maps and reports. Other
wise the commander who directs the
British army's operations in France is
disassociated from the details Of the
different departments situated in the
other offices about the town., whose
heads report to him Immediately upon
a telephone.
This Is the outcome Of the great
European was as seen by Field Mar
shall Sir John French.
."There IL no doubt Of it. was
never SO confident of victory as now.
am as confident as Grant was when
he took command Of the army Of
Potomac. He kept at It, and SO shall
we.' 49,
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don office of the company advised me
to give up all idea of reaching Rus
STA and return to America, but as I
saw the soldiers go marching through
the streets had a feeling that
would like to help. and give her
hand like she did for America in the
war for independence. There were
many other Americans in Paris like
myself I found. and we soon had
formed the American Volunteer Corps.
had also been to the Russian EN-
bassy in Paris and had offered my
services to the Russian government in
the engineering corps. and a few days
before the American Volunteer Corps
was enrolled with the foreign legion.
received note and card from the
Russian ambassador informing me of
a boat leaving Scotland for Norway.
and route by which I might reach
Petrograd. the card was for the war
office In Petrograd. where I event
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NAMES LEADERS
TO HEAD WORK .
BEGUN BY CLUB
President Nicholson An
nOunces Committees on
Finance, House and Other
Important Matters.

The following committees and com
mittee chairmen have been named by
President Nicholson of the CONNER
cial club, to have charge of the work
which will come up during his tenure
Of office:
Standing Committees.
Finance-H. A. Dill. chairman: A
D. Gayle, S. w. Gaar, George L. Gates
o P. Nusbaum.
House<Charles D. Slifer, chair
man; L. g. Browne. J. i. Peltz.
Press and Printing--Frank G. Pick
ell. chairman; II. C. Hasemeier. Frank
H. Haner.
Public Krone
chairman; Eben Louck, vice chairman
Lewis hin. Matthew Won Pein. F. r
Charles, Charles Johanning, Adam g
Feldman, A. L. Jenkins.
Public Service Corporations--Geo
e. Seidel, chairman: w. X. Bradbury
vice chairman, e. H. Harris, Elbert
Russell, Omar Hollingsworth, $. w
Keynes, DR.. S. c. Markley. Thomas
Tarkleson, G. o. Ballinger.
Membership-John F. Mccarthy
chairman; Glen A. Gaar, vice chair
man; Gilbert Scott, Jesse A. Bailey
E. A. Feltman, r. B. Mather. Karl
Meyer, Edgar Norris, J. F. Harnady
E. B. Knollenberg, c. H. Igelman, c.
E. Thomason, George H. Dilks. W. H
Bartel. Jr.. M. L. Kirkman, Herman
Pardeick, ]. A. Conkey. w. L. Morgan
Education-George H. Knollenberg,
chairman: R. L. Kelly, vice chair
man; Dr. S. E. Smith, H. r. Robinson.
w. W. Keller, w. q. Carr, S. N. Jen.
kins, Alfred Bavis. Jonas Gaar, Dwight
E. Young.
New Industries-R. G. Leeds, chair
man; w. F. Bockhoff, vice chairman;
Henry Goldfinger, o. G. Murray. E. A
Fisher, Nimrod H. johnson, T. A.
Greenstreet. George LIE Boutillier. E.
r. Lemon. H. J. Hanes, w. C. Seeker,
John NJ. Lontz, J. H. Mills. Wilfred
Jessup, Jacob Lichtenfels, Hans Kohl
Insurance-George H. Eggemeyer
chairman: E. NJ. Campfield. vice
chairman; A. w. Gregg, w. ]. Rob
bins, F. S. Bates. Fred ]. Bartel, W.
F. Starr. Oren A. Miller.
Public Health-William II. Romey
chairman; William H. Quigg, vice
chairman; D. A. L. Bramkamp. Dr.
Charles Marvel. DR.. George B. Hunt
D. w. Dennis, Paul L. Ross, Albert
G. Ogborn.
Legislatior-John L. Rupe, chair.
man; C. B. Beck, vice chairman. S. +.
Nicholson, E. G. McMahan, c. w. Cald-
we'll, Walter McConaha, E. p. True.
blood.
Taxation-Fred II. Lemon, chair.
man; B. B. Myrick, vice chairman; L.
C. Bowman. A. N. Chamness, Charles
q. Shiveley, DR.. M. F. johnson, w. O.
Wissler.
Programme. F. Hiatt, chairman;
Charles w. Jordan, d. S. Coe.
Entertainment-Cha D. Slifer
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DR.. Leichliter Of Dayton,
Opens Ten Weeks Insti-
tute With Address on Sun
day School Efficiency.
RUSSELL LEADS 176
Faculty Expects Enrolment
of Four Hundred at Sec
ond Session Scheduled for
March 81.

Three hundred and twenty-seven
persons enrolled In the Bible institute,
which organized at the opening ses-
sion last night at the high school, max
ing an average Of about twenty per-
sons from each Of the churches sup
porting the movement.
The first hour was taken up with
the address by DIR. G. A. Leichliter of
Dayton, Ohio. DR.. Leich1iter, intro
duced a novelty, in the manner of
opening his talk. by walking to the
platform and singing a solo. He
possessed an excellent voice. and i'm
pressed his hearers with the sincerity
of his singing He said that efficient
methods were just as necessary to the
success OF all business enterprises.
RusseII's Class Leads.
The class for adults. taught by Prof
Ebert Russell, proved to be the most
popular, having an enrolment of 176
members.
The class of elementary teachers un-
der Miss Kate Morgan was next in
size. enrolling 20 members. The
assigned topic "The Home" was taken
up for discussion. -.
The classes for teachers Of boys
from 13 to 20 years of age, and OF girls
for the same age, taught by J. T. Giles
and Mrs. Wilson, respectively, took up
organization work only. Twenty-six
enrolled under Mr.. Giles, and thirty
under Mrs. Wilson.
The class on organizing and build
ing up Sunday school taught by Ed
Hasemeier, had an enrolment of Is.
It was found last night, that a thirty
minute study period, following the pre-
Hminary address, would not be suffic-
lent, and Principal F. G. Pickell, dean
OF the institute faculty, said today, that
hereafter fifty minutes would be al
lowed for the class work.
An enrolment Of at least four hun
dred members is expected by the next
meeting which will be held Wsdnes-
day, March 81.
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UNITED STATES
CROWS STRONG
ON GREAT WAR
War Debt of Europe In
creases and New York
Bound to Replace London
as Money Center.
JONATHAN WINFIELD.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The
war debt" Of Europe to the United
States is growing larger day by day.
The trade balances of this nation are
mounting higher and higher, with the
dollar dfsplacing sterling exchange in
the leading money marts Of the world.
The entire financial fabric of the
nations is being woven in a new pat
tern, with the. United States directing
every movement of the weavers.
How will Europe pay the debt
owing to us-particularly Great Brit
ain, France and Russia, the three
belligerents, whose purchasing power
has been almost entirely concentrated
in the United States? Bankers and
economists differ on this subject.
Some say the American securities held
in Europe will be sent back to us in
the attempt to reach financial equilib-
rum; others believe long-term credits
will be established in New York; there
is another theory that Europe will
prefer to send US it's own securities to
be taken up in the money market on
attractive terms.
Europe Holds to Gold
One thing is certain: Europe will
not send us any gold in payment of
her debts, no matter how uneven the
international exchange rate gets. In
the first place, she needs all her gold
reserves for future contingencies; the
United States has more gold than it
requires at the present time, for in
dustry is not, under the present con-
ditions OF depression, taxing the
financial resources of the nation; and
in the third place, 1t is extremely
dangerous to trust gold to ocean ship
ment at the present time.
Should the war continue another
six months, Europe will owe to the
United States, in round figures, bill
lion and a half dollars. This estimate
is made on the basis of the January
showing, when there was an excess of
more than $145.00O,0O0 worth of ex-
ports over imports. These figures are
made over and beyond the millions
owing to Europe through her maturing
obligations in, the United States and
dividends> declared on her holdings Of
our railroad and Industrial stocks.
Russia Holds Credit.
Russia has already established a
credit of many millions in the United
States, and it is rumored that Great
Britain will. in the near future. estab-
lish a credit of more than $1OO, ,0OO, 900
in this country. Such a credit will not
only allow the present huge British
exports of American goods to continue
without confusion or hesitatin, but
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POLICE OF new YORK
SEEK NOTED YECGMAN

ELMIRA, N. Y, March 25.-While
widespread search was being conduct
ed by the entire police force, posses
OF citizens and members OF the Ma
tional Guard, two rewards, totaling
$4,000 were offered today for the cap.
ture Of Jack Cramner, notorious
yeggman, who is accused of the mur-
der of Chief of Police John Finnell
and Detective Sergeant Charles Grad
well yesterday afteN1oon. The two Of
ficials were shot to death in rooming
house while questioning both. Cram
ner and Westervelt about a series OF
burglaries in this city and Binghamp-
ton. Westervelt, who is under arrest,
lays the blame for the shooting upon
Cramner, but the police doubt his
story.
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HOMES COMMITTEE
DROPPED BY CLUB

There Is telling story in the
abolishment Of the committee on
homes Of the Commercial club.
when the American Seeding Ma
chine company began to boom. there
was a shortage Of homes for working
men," Secretary Haas explained.
Nov the working mems homes are
empty. The club felt that the activ-
tiles must now be directed towards
filling the homes we have"
The homes" committee was the
only one abolished and q new com
mittee was named In its place. It ID
the committee on State and National
Chamber of Commerce and will have
In charge the dealings of the local or.
ganisation with the national associa-
ton. 8. E. Swayne Is chairman.
Committees are bigger this year
than last in a number OF cases. Many
changes have been made in the per.
sonnel Of the bodies which are sup.
posed to do the chief work Of the
club.
Fred Krone, a new director. was
placed at the head of the public i'm
provements committee. r. G. Leeds
heads the new industries committee.
The name of the advertising commit.
tee has been changed to publicity
committee" 1t is headed by Lee B.
Nusbaum, formerly chairman of the
membership committee.
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1t is reported at Cairo that the de-
posed Red Sultan" Of Turkey. Abdul
Hamid H.. has escaped from his Young
Turk captive and is with his admirers
of the Old Turk party. = 49,.
With the allied fleet battering the
defense of the Dardanelles to pieces
and with disorder and dismay holding
sway throughout the Turkish empire,
this entirely creditable item of news
possesses peculiar significance.
Will the Allies put the man whom
Lord Gladstone called The Great AS
sassin" back on the crescent throne +?
1t would be an act of political ex-
pedience which would draw Mortified
protests from every land under the
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TURKISH FLEET
WILL ENGAGE
RUSS SQUADRON

BUCHAREST, March 25.-Turkey's
entire fleet has sailed into tho Black
Sea to give battle to the Russian war
ships, according to dispatch received
here from constantinopie. II success
ful In engaging and defeating the Rus
SLAMS, the Turkish commander will
then attack all the important coast
towns, the dispatch adds. It states
that the Goeben, which was recently
damaged, has been completely repair
ed, and that this battIeship, together
with the 6resIau, forms part Of the
Turkish fleet that has emerged from
the 1osphorus.
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SELL STREET BONDS

EATON, O., March 25.-Bonds In the
sum of $1,345.49 will be sold April IS
by the village of Verona, in the ex-
treme northeast corner of Preble coun-
ty. The issue will be made in order
to obtain funds with which to pay for
the improvement Of Main street in that
village. The bonds bear interest at
the rate Of s per cent and run until
1922.
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|WeatherForecast|
FOR lNDiANA-PartIy cloudy anc
and colder tonight. Friday fair
Colder.
Temperature

FOR RIcHMoND-Unsett and
colder tonight Below freezing. FRI
day colder and mostly fair.
GENERAL CONDITIONS-Stor is
now central over eastern states caus-
ing showers over Indiana and Ohio. A
eold wave over the northwest is caus-
ng temperature near zero on Canad-
an border AS this cold wave moves
eoutheast 1t will cause colder weather
here during the next thirty-six hours.
w. e. MOORE,
Weather Forecaster.
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RUSSIANS DESTROY
TWO BATTAL|ONS OF
TEuT0NIC INVADERS

PETROGRAD, March 25.-Complete
destruction Of two German battalions
in the fierce fighting north of the
Narew river in Poland is announced in
an official statement today In ad-
dition to annihilating these battalions,
the Russians put a third to flight and
also captured 1000 prisoners.
This Russian victory was won along
the battle front extending from
Myszyniec, near the East Prussian
frontier, to Kasidlo, near the Russian
fortress of Ostroleka on the Narew
The official Army Messenger an
nounced today that 100000 men had
been captured by the Russians in
Galicia since January 21. These in
clude both Germans and Austrians.
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REPuLsE RUSSIANS.

BERLIN, March 25.-Repulse Of
Russian attacks in three different dis
tricts of Poland is announced in to-
days official report from the general
staff. It says there was not fighting
of Importance In the western theatre
Of war Wednesday. r.
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ALLIES LOSE 13o GUNS,

Amsterdam, March 25.-The Turkish
statement saying in their defeat in the
Dardanelles, on March 18, the allies
suffered loss OF 10000 men and 130
guns.
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Evening star., 1915-12-19

MontasOn Railroads Braz-A Big
Managed by Amencan the Heart the Amazon Valley

to height of two and three feet and
are often as regular as though they
were made with the plow and the hoe.
Now and then the railway crosses a
coffee plantation. The trees cover the
sides Of the hills; their leaves are OF
such bright green that they seem to
be vanished. The plants grow we'll
and produce abundantly.
That part of Brazil is well watered.
The road crosses many streams. The
air is full of moisture, and clouds hang
low over the mountains and nestle in
the laps of the hills. The scenery is
beautiful.
pasture, and cattle and mules are seen
feeding in grass that tickles their bel
lies. There are great fields of corn. and
now and then one of grain where the
shocks stand up as in the states at
harvest time. The town houses have
gardens surrounding them. There are
orchards of oranges and lemons as
well as of peaches and pears.
Along the track you pass now and
then clumps Of bamboo. There are Oft
en- Towering trees near the stations.
The crowds that come to the trains are
typically Brazilian. They are dark
faced and sallow. Some are negroes,
and on the whole the crowd is not un-
like that at any depot in our southern
white cotton.
The travel is comfortable. Much Of
the rolling stock comes from our coun-
try, and the cars have their seats on
both sides of aisles like our cars at
home. The entrances are at the ends.
middle. The engines are Baldwtns i'm
ported from Philadelphia. On the train
to Rio my conductor was negro as
black as any you will fnd In the kongo.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

MN-AMERIcA is something more
~ than a field for trade and
finance. The coming scientific
congress in Washington, which
aims to promote closer relations along
intellectual lines. Is apt to show that
1t 10 field both for original investiga-
tion and for actual achievement. 1t is
no less SO today than when Alexander
Won Humboldt studied it, or when
Darwin made his famous voyage in the
Beagle.
The United States will be host to the
countries south Of the Rio Grande. just
as 1t was host to the financial confer
ence last May. The State Department
and the Pan-American Union will be
the medium through which this hospi-
tality to the pan-American scientists
will be shown.
The Washington congress is the Sc
quence of the one which was held at
Santiago. Chile, in 1909. to which the
United States sent delegates. While it
Is in session various other scientific
bodies Will be meeting in Washington.
Among these are the International
Congress Of Americanists. the Ameri-
can Anthropologica1 Association and
the Archeologist Institute. Joint meet
ings of the various associations will
be held.
The program of the Pan-American
Scientific Congress is a very compre-
hensive one. 1t gives occasion to re-
view some of the more notable scien-
ti1c achievements of Latin Americans,
and to recall that their learned socie-
ties, in many instances, rank with
those of the United States and of Eu-
rope.
There are national museums in near
1y all these countries, from Mexico to
the Straits of Magellan. Mexico has
been called the Egypt of the western
hemisphere, and its national museum
Is not unworthy of comparison with the
Egyptian National Museum at Cairo.
1t Is one Of the few Mexican institu-
tfons that is not affected by revolution
ary movements.
All these national museums are filled
with objects illustrating the life of the
native peoples. At Lima, in Peru, for
example, it is possible, from the pot
terry and other exhibits, to reconstruct
the Inca civilization.
Astronomical ooservatories also have
been established in several of the
countries. including Mexico. Ecuador
has one at Quito. on the equatorial
line. and the Argentine republic has
Evening star., 1915-12-19

the Sac Paulo railway. and none which
has cost SO much in such a short dis
tance. The grade is SO steep and the
rainfall so heavy that the roadway has
been lined with drains and cutters from
bottom to top. The cutters are of brick.
and they are as beautifully constructed
as those of a city park. The bricks are
covered with tar to prevent the yege-
tation from springing UP between them
The concrete work is equal to that of
the Panama canal. In places the
streams, flowing down the mountains,
are carried under the track in pipes or
In open work CT concrete; and here and
there long terraces of stone uphold
the embankments. The culverts are as
well finished as though they were in
the streets of a city, and there are
as though they were made by a sculp-
tor.
The terminals of the road are of the
same nature. The station at Sac Paulo
is one Of the finest in South America.
The cars are finished like the Pull
mans of the United States, and the en-
gines are polished as though they
were Jewels.
The ride over the Sac Paulo railway
Is through sorae of the most beautiful
scenery of the tropics. Leaving San
tos on the way to the mountains, you
pass through a dense jungle Of veg
citation like that at the foot of the
Htmalayas. Everything is intensely
tropical. The woods are SO thick that
you cannot see more than twenty feet
from the track. Here and there tall
palms rise above the other growth.
and there are trees loaded with orchids
of many varieties. The orchids seem
to choose the dead trees as their
homes. They wrap themselves around
the gray limbs and make them green
again. The same conditions obtain all
the way up the mountains. On my
way / saw millions of orchids and 1
could have gotten wagon load at any
stop within few yards of the track.
They were free and l could have had
all I wished for the asking. Some of
the trees are bent down with the
weight Of the orchids. The trunks and
branches are gound together with
went from Sac Paulo to Rio de
Janeiro over the Central railway of
Brazil. This road is owned by the
federal government. 1t is about 1900
600 passengers a year. 1t goes north
ward from the capital up the Rio Sac
Francisco to Pirapora. distance of
about 500 miles, and from Rio south
ward to Sac Paulo. forming. the trunk
line between the two chief cities Of
the republic.
The distance from Sac Paulo to Rio
Is about as far as from New York to
Washington, and the trip takes twice
as long and costs twice as much. Leav-
ing Sac Paulo you travel all the way
through the highlands. You pass
through beautiful valleys spotted with
trees. and in places the scenery is not
unlike the rolling parts OF Ohio and
Pennsylvania. In the distance the
trees look much like ours, but when
you come closer you see palms and
bamboos and other tropical growth.
The more level land is devoted to
farming. Here there are fenced fields
with gates leading into them. The
farmhouses are of brick covered with
stucco. They are mostly small. those
OF the common people being of only one
story and not more than fifteen feet
square. There are many ant hills. At
nrst you think they are hillocks, made
In the course Of cultivation. They rise
Evening star., 1915-12-19

vanced research work at this institute
is supplemented by a very practical
campaign against mosquitoes and
other disease-breeding insects
The American military administration
in Cuba and the subsequent work in
Panama, with the high record for eff
cheney, was paralleled by the effective
work at Rio, Santos and other Brazil
ian ports. This effectiveness radiates
from the Cruz Institute and the person
ality of the director.
Another Brazilian chapter in medi-
cal progress under a native Brazilian is
the little-known Garden of Serpents-
scientifically the Serotherapic Institute
at Butauta. The head of this institute
is DR.. Vital Brazil.
There are seven hundred acres in this
Garden of Serpents, which lays no claim
to being another Eden. The special
purpose is to obtain serum for the
prevention and cure of the effects of
snake bites. The venomous serpents in
the hot and moist forests of Brazil are
comparable to those in India
There are two kinds Of rattlesnakes,
scientifically known as bothrops and
croatiols. Each venom requires a spe-
cial antidote or serum. The institute
also provides serums for all snake
bites. and for pest, diphtheria and te-
tanus, which are obtained by the usual
methods. The snakes are kept in small
parks containing dome shaped shelters.
and surrounded by wall and ditch.
The serums are from young and sound
horses and asses. which receive injec-
tfons of venom at intervals of five or
six days. A years treatment Is re-
quired to produce an effective serum
Evening star., 1915-12-19

with discovering and classifying hun
dreds OF new palm trees.