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Evening star., 1915-05-31

age of food was serious only in Mexico
City. where the Villa-Zapata govern
ment controls. The message follows:
Scarcity Of food while general is not
serious, except in Mexico City, where
Zapatistas have been unable to cope
with tho situation. Carranza is pre-
pairing now to alleviate conditions, and
will better them when constitutionalist
forces enter. Grain and provisions now
being gathered to supply city. Other
parts Of country report no such harass-
ing conditions. VIII be able to weather
shortage until harvesting of next
crop.
Not a single case of death reported
from starvation in entire country
This years crop will be three-fourths
Of normal. At this time much pro-
visions are being imported. and the
opening of communication with Mex
leo City will bring flood of orders by
merchants for foodstuffs from the
United States
'Constitutionalist government in
states where conditions are the worst
is distributing corn and -four and SELL
ing them at cost price. 1t is utterly
false that there is any possibility Of
famine. Conditions are mending daliy
with the increase of transportation
facilities due to success of constitu-
tionalist arms"
Evening star., 1915-05-31
CONFEDERATE IN G. A. R. LINE.
Col. Felix Rosenberg of U. S. W. v.
Occupies Carriage in Parade.

Today. for the first time SO far as
is known to local members of the G.
A. r., former Confederate officer. who
later was an officer in the Spanish war.
rode in the annual Memorial day pa
rade of the G. A. r. Col Felix Rosen-
berg, a national officer in the United
Spanish War Veterans. of Cleveland,
Ohio, occupied one of the carriages in
the parade. with other officers of the
organization.
In the civil war Col. Rosenberg was
an officer in the famous Kershaw's
Brigade of South Carolina troops. The
brigade of which he was a member,
with another brigade of Confederate
troops. held Marye's Heights. at the
battle of Fredericksburg. Va. in face
Of seven assaults by large bodies of
Union troops. Kershaw's South Car
olinians were posted behind a stone
wall alongside a sunken road, from
which position they moved down the
advancing Federal troops like wheat
before the scythe," as a survivor ex-
pressed 1t.
Col Rosenberg is to return to Cleve-
land tonight.
Evening star., 1915-05-31

HOOTY THE OWL SAT UP ABOVE.
looking for one something is likely to
spring out of the darkness and catch
US. Listen!'
They listened with all their might.
and sure enough down below were light
or Old Man Coyote-this very minute.
They hugged each other and held
their breath until all was still
again. 1t was very clear that they
would not be at all safe if they VEN
tured down on the ground. So they de-
cided to stay right where they were.
They did their best to go to sleep, but
they were not sleepy. There were too
many strange sounds to permit them
to go to sleep It seemed as il morn
Black Shadows began to retreat and
the Jolly Sunbeams came dancing
through the Green Forest. The birds
began to sing, and then all though OF
being lonesome left Bumpy. Grumpy
and Frumpy. Quite suddenly they felt
very big and brave: Had they not
spent a night out in the Great World?
They scrambled down from the tree
to hunt for breakfast. which was not
at all difficult to find. for there were
things. Then they continued on their
journey into the Great World. Never
were there such big trees! Never we're
there so many OF such beautiful flowers!
never nau tne pIruS sung SO SWeetIy
or jolly round. bright Mr.. Sun shone so
brightly! Yes, indeed, the Great World
was truly a. wonderful and beautiful
place.
There were hollow logs and old
stumps to explore. There were old
nests to climb to and examine. In fact
there was SO much to see and do that
they quite forgot that there could be
dangers to watch out for. and SO they
grew careless. They poked their sharp
little noses into holes without first find
ing out If the holes were empty, and
thus it was that Frumpy very nearly
disappeared from these stories alto
gether.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
WREATHs FROM WHITE HOUSE.
President Wilson Sends Flowers to
Graves of Several.

President Wilson sent wreaths OF
flowers to the graves Of Washington,
Grant, Harrison, Mckinley and several
other former Presidents today and to
the grave of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the
Confederate and Spanish war soldier.
The grave at Arlington cemetery con-
tanning many unknown civil war DEAD
was singled out by the president Tor
an especially large wreath.
A wreath Of flowers from the White
House conservatory today adorned the
memorial fountain between the White
House and the ellipse, which was
erected in memory OF Mai. Archibald
W. Butt, military aid to former Presi-
dent Taft. II was the tribute of Presi-
dent Wilson to the memory OF the gal
liant officer who lost his life on the
Titanic three years ago.
In all about fifteen wreaths were dis
tributed from the White House.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
ADAM A. wEsCHLER, AUCTIoNEEl

sAEE Of SA1gAn1s REA6 AdREA Es
TWEEN TffI.ASpA 2sTH ANp ssTH INeT STREETS
sekTTHWSsT FRsTE pWEnIISsa' 5TyaSvED By BRICK AND
By virtue Of powers vested In the undersigned.
under the last will and testament Of Mary e.
FARMLAND. deceased and also by virtue of a
Columbia. holding . Probate Court, Administra-
tion No. 16546. the undersigned trustees will
sell BY public auction, IN front Of the resRsc-
1915, the following described real estate. In the
city Of Washington. District Of Columbia. to
Lot 6& IN etobbs' and Coldren's subdivision Of
Coiumbis, al. recorded in Liber IS. folio %. Of
iumois. frontias So.si 81 feet M % on Pennsyi1.ni.
improved BY tvo-story and cellar frame dwell
A's' iHMEp1ATELY TaEREAFrEa.
Lot 06 in the same subdivision. fronting 20 a
feet on Pennsylvania avenue: area 2,o64 sSuars
feet more or less. with side and rea, :ileys,
ing. No. 25i7 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance in
two eQual installments. payable in one and two
payable emi-annually from day Of sale. secured
cash A deposit Of 500 on each parcel ,,,n. re,
and recording at the cost Of the purchaser.
Terms Of sale to be complied with within If
teen days from day of sale, otherwise the trus-
the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser,
after hve days advertisement of such resale In
some Newspaper published In the city Of WASH
MARY Z. sToBBs,
FRED 9. coLDREN.
Room 800. Union Trust bldg. 18th 4 H SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
GEN. CARRANZA's DENIAL.
Asserts No Merchandise Has Been
Taken From Committee.

The constitutionalist agency here to-
day made public a personal telegram
from Gen. Carranza, which said mo
merchandise had been taken from the
international committee" and added:
Mexico City is now receiving grain
via Toluca. and upon its retaking by
the constitutionalist forces abundant
provisions will be introduced"
Another message said Gen. Carranza
had received word that Eulalio Cutter
rez. former convention provisional
president, had renounced his claim to
the presidency and disbanded his
forces, and joined the Carranza ranks
Evening star., 1915-05-31

Fever

Surrenders to Anti-Kamnia Tablets
In the treatment OF Rheumatic Fever many
physicians employ purgativef, but Or. NJ. p.
Greed thinks that q mild laxative 10 better.
When the patient Is bilious he gives cal
omel in small doses. one-ffth Of grain
, every hour until a grain has been taken.
a half ounce Of citrate of magnesia, with
syrup of lemon to disguise the taste. or hs
Keeps the bowels open with the mild lana
five .Actoids'' The diet should be light
and all animal food should he excluded a.
, far as possible from the dietary: For the
10 Anti-Kamnia Tablets, giving two tablets
eyery to hours as required. These tab
lets may be obtained from all drugEists II
any quantity desired. Ask for AK Tablets.
Unexcelled for Headaches, Neuralgtas and Al
Pain.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
TURKS ARE ROUTED,
|SLONDON REPORT
Official Statement Tells of
Heavy Fighting on the GAL
IipoIi Peninsula.

LONDON. May 81. s:l5 p.m.-Heavy
fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula, re
sulting In the rout Of the attacking
flcial statement given out hero today
The casualties Of the Turks are said
to have amounted to at least 1000. The
British losses are given as 900
An official announcement from Con
stantinople says the French and British
attempted in vain to recapture Tho posi-
tions in their center. said to have been
taken by the Turks
Evening star., 1915-05-31

Thomas w. Spradling of Charleston,
W. Va. aged sixty-six. died at Char
lottesville, Va, from the effects of burns
sustained about ten days ago.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUcTIONEER.
Trustees Sale of Val
liable Business Prop
erty, No. 730 North
Capitol Street.

By virtue OF a certain deed OF trust duly re-
corded In I.iber No 3513 folio 39l ct seq Of
the land records OF the District Of Columbia
and at the request Of the party secured there
by. We. the undersigned trustees will sell at
public auction. in front of the premises, FRI
DAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JUNE, AID
1918. AT FOUR.THIRTY O'CLOCK PM the
following described land and premises situate
in the city Of Washington. in the District Of
Columbia. and designated and being lot 3s
in Csbot's subdivision Of lots In square ST.
per plat in Liher y X. folio 2T4 in the
surveyors Office of the District Of Columbia %x
rppt :he south inchessof said lot, heug sub
iect TO the right 20 use the south wall Of build
n: erected said lot. granted To Albert
'ar, and Robert lortnev. trustees. having front
age OF % feet 10y depth Of 100 feet To- an alley
Improved hy tnFee-story. ten and bath brlck
store and dwelling. opposite government printing
oHre. Union station and Post Once.
Terms of sale: One third cash, balance in
aud two years, with interest AT SIX per
reptum per aDnum. payable semi i-annualIy from
day OF sale. secured by decd Of trust upon the
property sold or al! cash. at the option Of the
purchaser A deposit OF 500 will be required
~ the purchaser at the time OF sale. All con-
veyancing. recording. revenue stamps and no
farisl fees the cost of the purchaser Terms
Of sale 10 be complied with within fifteen days
from day of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right to resell the property at the risk and
cost Of the defaulting purchaser. after i've days
advertisement of such resale in some newspa per
published In the city OF Washington, d. c.
JAMES J. KHLROY,
LEO p. HARLOW.
ny1 -d&ds. .exSu Trustees.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
ENTIRE PARTY INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Cook, Daughters
and Nephew, Struck by
W., B. & A. Car.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cook of 225 9Th
street southeast. their two daughters.
Mabel and Edith. and a nephew, Earn
est Barkman, were struck by car of
the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis electric railway while motor
ing to Annapolis yesterday. Every
member Of the family who was in the
car was severely injured. Miss Edith
Cook suffered dislocated ankle and
a number of painful bruises; Mr.. Cook
had two ribs broken; Mrs. Cooks spine
was injured; the daughter. Mabel, was
severely cut on the face and head. All
are under the care of physician and
trained nurse. Earnest Barkman, the
nephew. who was also painfully cut. is
under medical care in Baltimore. said
Miss Cook. Mr.. Cook is employed in
the superintendents ONCE in the
Capitol.
rate Of speed on the Annapolis road"
said Miss Edith Cook, ''and approached
railroad crossing at what / believe
is called Pumphrey station. There was
father slowed down till our car was
barely creeping along. This man held
two flags, one in each hand. In his
left hand was red flag, which was
tightly wrapped about the stick. In
his right hand was a white flag, and
this he waved vigorously"
Warning Came Too Late.
"On seeing this my father started to
cross the tracks, running slowly In low
year. I was sitting In the back seat.
don't know what made me look over
my shoulder. for none OF us heard the
car approaching. I saw 1t coming at
us diagonally from behind and scream
ed a warning to father. He did his best
to get across. but the warning came too
late. Then we were struck. Witnesses
told me that our machine turned three
complete sumersaults. / do not know
for the impact of the collision knocked
us all unconscious"
when I came to my senses the ma
chine was some distance from the
track and facing in the opposite di-
rection from that In which we had
been running. The electric car was
150 yards down the track. The speed
1t which 1t was running when 1t struck
us was appalling"
Miss Cook then told how the party
was taken to Baltimore in car be-
longing to a Mr.. Cunningham of that
city. There they received medical at
tention at the home of relatives and
returned to Washington on the 5:22
o'clock train. She declined to say
whether her father was contemplating
legal action against the railroad.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
Denies Famine Possible.

While the Red Cross was giving out
this statement, the Carranza agency
was making public a cablesram from
Vera Cruz declaring there was no pos
sibility Of famine and that the short
Evening star., 1915-05-31
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW

SMITHS AUCTION HOUSE,
ss3 LOUISIANA AVE. NV.
TUESDAY. JUNE I, AT 10 AN.
IArxe attractive sale of New and Second hand
Furniture. Beds. Dressers, Chnoniers. Wardrobes,
Buffets. Sideboards. Tables, Chairs. Rockers.
Roll and Flat Top Desks, Iron Safe, Rugs. Mat
ting Gas Stoves OIL Stoves. Cook Stoves. etc.
Everything must be sold. regardless Of cost.
have sold my lease and must vacate by June IS.
Lot Of Watches. Silverware. Bric-a Brac, etc.
ROGER r. SMITH, Auctioneer.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
Starving on West Coast.

ION the west coast the inhabitants
are reported as starving. Acapulco Is
practically without food supplies. and
conditions are most distressing in all
that region When a boatload of corn
was brought into Acapulco the rush
of the people was so great to get some
of the grain that several children were
trampled to death and number of
women injured.
"In Mexico City the situation is very
grave, and the shortage in all cereals
is felt intensely. As early as March a
hundred thousand persons were re-
ported suffering from hunger. Condi-
tions have grown steadily worse. and
many are starving. Mules. horses and
oxen have been killed or exported. as
food supplies that remain fabulous
prices have been reached, so only the
rich can buy.
"Epidemics Of smallpox and typhus
fever prevail, and medicine is prohib-
itory in price. The city has 100000 in
habitants in danger of perishing from
hunger, misery and epidemtcs. Serious
food riots have taken place. While the
government was distributing some corn
to relieve the food situation a crowd
of 5000 people gathered. by far larger
than the amount Of corn available for
distribution. On account of the state
of weakness to which hunger is bring
ing this people and the heat and the
crush of the crowd, anxious not to re-
turn with empty hands, about $50 peo-
pie tainted and had to be carried to the
Red Cross station to be attended"
Evening star., 1915-05-31
Asiatic Coast Bombarded.

a Reuter- dispatch from Athens says
the captain of Greek ship srrivfne
at Piraeus reports that warships OF the
allies on May 25 bombarded Adalis
Makri. kakara and other places along
the coast of Asia Minor. destroying
government buildings and public works
About the same time heavy firing was
heard at Samos from the direction or
the Gulf Of Smyrna.
Petrol Depot Destroyed.
British warships also are reported TO
have bombarded and destroyed "A petrol
depot on the Asiatic coast from which
German submarine is supposed to
have obtained supplies.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
Mail Payments Heaviest.

The Office force is now at work on
the accounts that were paid by check.
it being estimated that the payments
sent by mail are the heaviest in the
history of the District.
Delinquent realty accounts will be al
lowed to run until next March. when
they will be listed as delinquent. and
the property advertised for sale. After
tomorrow, however, the collector may
exercise at any time the privilege OF
restraint and sale in unpaid personal
accounts.
Evening star., 1915-05-31
TAX OFFICE EMPLOYEES
BUSY T0TALING PAYMENTS
Property Owners Get Last Chance
to Pay for 1915 Without In
curing Penalties.

Property owners today are afforded
their last opportunity to pay their
taxes for 1915 without mourning
penalties.
Tomorrow the penalizing of unpaid
accounts att the rate of ! per cent a
month will commence, but owners VINO
mail checks before midnight tonight
will escape shis extra burden.
While othdr employees of the District
were enjoying a holiday, members of
the tax ofic+, including Ben L. Prince,
collector, spent today at their desks
totaling UP the months payments. 1t
will be seven or eight days before the
exact amount received during the
month can be ascertained.
Evening star., 1915-05-31

Three little Possums shiverfng with fright.
Dear, dear. dear! Such q sorry sight!
Evening star., 1915-05-31

LONDON-PALACE HOTEL, BLOOMSBURY
Just opened; central for all parts; 800 rooms
orchestra. nrst-clsss in every way; inexpen.
sive; rooms from 81: en- pension. &. 30. Write
for booklet. 366 9Th ave.. New York.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, democratic boss of Pennsylvania and an unsuc- eessful candidate for the senate last fall. passes into the "lame duck" class by Wilson's favor and has been ap- pointed member of the Federal Court of Claims. In the interval between shifting from political shirt sleeves in- to judicial ermine. Mr. Palmer pauses to remark that Wilson will be renom- mated despite the fact that the Balti- more platform declared in favor of a single term for the President.
 It is understood that Palmer has a letter from Wilson on this subject, and that the President feels that the Balti- more convention merely committed the democrats in Congress to action limit ing the presidential incumbency to one term.
 Wilson's intellect and sophistry were never better displayed than in the making of such an argument. The Bal timore platform is by DO meBns unln- telligible. It says: I've favor single presidential term and to that end urge the adoption of an amendment to the constitution, making the President of the United States ineligible for reel ection, and we pledge the candidate of this convention to this principle"
 On this platform Wilson was elected and the democrats carried Congress. They have done Dothing in Congress to bring about "the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution" and now, Wilson, by means of letter to Palmer, seeks to avoid the "principle" to which the Baltimore platform says he is "pledged."
 However, discussion of the subject is interesting only as showing demo cratic inconsistency; for in a practical sense, the candidate of the Baltimore convention has already shown himself to be a one.term President.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16
Department Red Tape

Any Alaska man who tries to secure a patent from the general land office at Washington gets tangled up in red tape until he wishes he had been a painted savage running loose in un- charted wilds where no government oc topus ever reached out it's meddlesome claws.
 The game is worse in Alaska than anywhere else. Ever since the pestif. erous Plnchot and the ghoulish Glavis tried to immortalize themselves by their effort to prove that any man who seeks to sequester a few acres of Alas ka land for his own use is thief and a swindler, the general land office has been stringing out more red tape each year. Thus they curry favor with the muckrakers and necessitate the em- ployment of more clerks in the bureau.
 Suspicion has long been abundant that the chief function of a Washing ton bureaucrat is to expand the work of his bureau by multiplication of rec ords. A big corporation that would keep books and manage it's business by government methods would go into the bankruptcy court in a year, even though it started with the capital and income of the Standard Oil company.
 Under the reign of the truly great reformer Colonel Roosevelt, host of gumshoe men were turned loose on the suffering public. Succeeding adminis- tratious have kept these useful persons going and they have swarmed over Al aska. Special agents infest the whole territory. When a man applies to pat ent four dollars worth of hill and hol- low an agent comes around and tries to work up a case against him. If the agent fails to discover a mare's nest the applicant is permitted to trundle along the crooked and narrow path that leads to a patent Among other things be has to make affidavit to lot of rubbish that the special agents re- port ought to have disposed of,
 Samples of useless red tape are found in the newly invented requirements that the applicant for patent to min ing claim must get af1davits that there are no hot or medicinal springs on any part of his land, and that DO Indian or native is squatting on any part of it, and that none of it is Included in any proposed allotment to Indians. You would think the special agents gum shoe report would cover all that stuff.
 Getting title 10 townsite on the pub- lie domain costs about three times as much as a private corporation would do it for. Valdez can testiJy to this.
 Solomon observed, "There be three things too wonderful for me. Yea, four that I'm blest if l know" or words to that effect. If he had lived in the United States in the twentieth century and tried to do business with the gen. eral land office he wouldn't have wor ried about the little things that were too wonderful for him 5000 years ago. Valdez Miner.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

Delegate Wickersham is reported to have purchased the pair of locked moose borus that were turned over to the Red Cross fund at Fairbanks. The horns are a novelty inasmucb as it is evident that the two moose to whom they belonged died while fighting, as their horns are locked in such a man uer that it is impossible to get them apart without breaking them-Ex
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

One of the biggest deals that has ever been turned in Wrangell came to a close last Tuesday evening when a company of Seattle capitalists, repre- sented by J. c. Calvin and Sam Silver man, purchased the property of the Stikine Mining Company, at Devils Bl- bow, about one hundred miles up the Sukiue river from Wrangen says the Sentinel.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

The Baltimore American very ap' propriately remarks that if the demo- crats have "set business free" they turned it out to graze after they had burnt over the pasture with tariff leg islation.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

Judgment amounting to S4O0 and costs was given to Harvey and com- pauy by the commissioner at Mccarthy against the Copper River and North western railroad. The case was for damages based on a mistake in sending a message over the telephone system.
Douglas Island news., 1915-06-16

"SITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- modations, American or European plan. For terms apply to Dr. l.. F. Goddard, Sanitarium, Alaska.-Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-22
CITIZENS ACT
ON NEW CONSTITUTION
Council of State in China Would
Have People Settle Question of
Republic or Monarchy.

PEKING, China, September 22.-The
council of state. sitting as the pro-
visional congress, advised President
Yuan Shi-Kai today to call citizens
convention before the end of the pres
ent year to act on a new constitution
which will settle the question whether
China is to be al republic or a mon
archy.
The provisional constitution provides
that citizens convention called by
the people must approve constitutional
changes. but the memorandum of the
council of state suggests that Yuan Shi-
kai may devise other proper and ade-
quate means to consult the peoples
VIII with the view that n fundamental
solution be found, so that the general
situation may be settled and the peo-
pies mind be eased."
This recommendation transfers the
responsibility to Yuan Shi-Kai. II is
generally believed he will call cit
liens convention promptly, although
there are rumors that he will designate
the council of state as a citizens con-
vention, thus avoiding the necessity of
holding an election.