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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
CARS AGAIN RUNNING.
Arbiters to Adjust Strike Which
Has Tied Up Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE. r. L., July 11.-Nor-
NAL service was restored today on the
trolley lines of the Rhode Island Com
pany throughout the state. upon which
service has been almost entirely sus-
pended for the past two days because
of the strike of 400 union employees.
Under an agreement reached early to-
day Mayor Joseph II. Gamer will act
as chairman of board of three arbi-
traitors. to whom will be referred the
wage and working conditions.
II was expected that the names of
the other two arbitrators would be an
nounced today. One was to be select
ed by the company and the other by
the union.
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Announces He Will Not Wait
for Carranza Commanders
to Make First Move.
WILL ATTEMPT TO REOPEN
COAL FIELDS AT MONCLOVA
Southern Pacific Operating in So.
nora Declared Hostile to First
Chiefs Regime.

TORREON. Mexico, July l7.-Gen.
Villa has announced that he will not
wait for Carranzas commanders to
make the first move. He has given out
a plan for active campaign in the states
of Neuvo Leon and Coahuila, and will
attempt to reopen the coal fields about
Monclova. Sabinas and Barroteran.
Gen. Raoul Madero, brother of the
late president, is here today fronl
Paredon, a town east of Torreon, to
confer with Villa. Madero, it was
stated, will be in charge of the major
operations east Of here. Villa has given
orders that repair work on the rail-
roads to the coal mines be expedited.
Villas artillery is under command of
Gems. Jose Maria Jurado and Manuel
Saavedra, although the latter now Is
in the hospital.
Villa has ordered all saloons closed
and promised severe punishment for
any one detected selling intoxicants.
Does Not Admit Loss of Cities.
The machinery of the railroad shops
that was taken from Aguascalientes Is
being installed here. 1t is not admitted
by Villa that Saltillo has been lost, and
the claim of Carranza's agents that
Piedras Negras had been taken was
denied.
Following is statement of those
portions of the national railways that
Villa claims to control: Freznillo. Ia
catecas to JuareZ: Jiminez to Rosario;
Torreon to Parras; Torreon to En-
paine de Tile Paredon to Reata: Reata
to Sauceda; Reata to Pfedras Negras:
Paredon to Saltillo: Seltillo to Car
neros; sabinas to Rosita; Barroteran
to Musquiz: Torreon to Durango; Du-
range to Canadian; Durango to Mena;
Durango to Llano Grande, and Velar-
dena to Pedricena.
Railroad Called Hostile.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. July 1.-THE South
ern Pacific railroad operating between
Nogales and Guaymas in Sonora. Mex
leo, has been declared hostile to the
Carranza regime by a notice in Span
ish posted today at Aqua Prieta by
Gen. Gales because of the transporta-
ton of troops of the rebel Gov. May
torena."
The notice says that all Southern
Pacific relations henceforth will be
considered hostile, and passengers rid
ing thereon do so at their own risk,
and the trains will be subject to at
tack by the Carranza troops.
road company will take the matter up
with the State Department at Wash
ington.
Two former customs employees at
Aguas Prieta. who are charged with
being spies in having attempted to
movement encompassed Thursday.
when 5000 Carranza soldiers are said
to have routed Villa forces near Cabul-
Iona, were to be executed today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
GEORGE W. ToLAND DIES.
Native of Philadelphia, But Resident
Here for Last Thirty Years.

George W. Toland, for the last thirty
wears a resident of Washington. died
today at his home, 2204 Q street north
west. He was native of Philadel-
phia, Pa, being of one Of the old
families of that city. He had been i'll
for many months.
Funeral services are to be private.
Interment is to be in Arlington ma
tional cemetery. Mr.. Toland was one
Of the three months volunteers dur
ing the civil war. He leaves in ad-
dition to his wife, two daughters.
Mrs. John Bassett Moore and Mrs.
Harry Ransom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Public Favor

Public favor, while easily won by all honest
product sincerely advertised is easily lost I'M
less the public is repeatedly reminded Of the ex-
istence of that particular product and its desir-
ability.
business man, know of any better medium for
placing your establishment in the ever-shifting
searchlight of public favor than the columns in
The Star, which reaches twenty-seven out of every
thirty homes in the residence section of Washing
ton, and is used by each family as the standard
guide of where to buy?
If you don't-jon the ranks of those who as
socate the words Star" and results" as inevitably
as advertising and prosperity" Hold on to
what you have and get more. The Star can help
you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
LONG TRIP FOR LUMBER.
Steamer Must Travel 10000 Miles
Up and Down Both Coasts.

ST. JOHNS, N. F.. July 17.-In order
that the proper kind of lumber for the
construction of piers and docks NAV
be available at Port Nelson, where the
Canadian government is building a
railroad and steamship terminal on the
shores of Hudson bay, it has been
found necessary, to send a steamer
around the greater part of North
America The steamer Durley Chine,
which left Vancouver, b. c., June 30.
will cover approximately 10000 miles
to land her cargo of Douglas fir at Port
Nelson, which is only about 1900 miles
distant from Vancouver in an air line
Her route lies down the Pacific coast.
through the Panama canal, up the At,
iantic coast to Newfoundland and
thence into Hudson bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
DISCLOSURE OF VALUE
PROFFERED BY CONVICT
Claims He Has Process to Guarantee
Security Of Paper
Currency.

. Without making any advance bar
gain to grant him liberty, the secret
service has directed its agent at De-
troit to investigate the claims of Peter
Feldkamp, now a prisoner in the
Wayne county Jail under conviction of
counterfeiting, that he has a secret to
impart to the government which will
insure the security of the paper cur
rency of the United States against
counterfeiting. A letter received at
the Washington headquarters of the
secret service, written by Feldkamp.
briefly states that he has such a prop
osition to make in exchange for com :
mutation of sentence. without going
into detail.
Feldkamp is recognized as an able
counterfeiter, skilled in chemistry and
photography. The secret service. how
ever, is not disposed to discount before
examination the scheme he wants to
unfold.
Regarded as Clever Counterfeiter.
Feldkamp's .counterfeiting feats with
the aid of chemicals, a Photographic
process and one-dollar and ten
dollar bill have been declared by secret
service men to be of unusual brilliance
and danger to the monetary system.
1t was while experimenting in raising
one-dollar bill to $40 that the pho-
tographer stumbled on his process. HIS
arrest followed before he had an OPP
portunity to perfect it. but since his
enforced stay in the county jail he
has cleaned up few remaining formu-
las and now declares his invention Is
perfect.
wears for his crime. He is to pass his
term in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
PLAN TO OBTAIN GOLD.
France Offers People Certificates for
Metal Money.

PARIS. July 1.-THE ministry of
finance has issued a note regarding
means adopted for resupplying the
treasury with gold. as follows:
The general treasury will be- resup.
piled by joint measures which have
been adopted by the Bank Of France
and the tax Office. Specially engraved
receipts will be given to those who
will exchange their gold for these re-
ceipts. which Upon demand will be ex-
changed for gold.
between the ministries of finance and
commerce all post ofiices will be en-
powered to issue these receipts for
gold after July 49,
"All receipts are exempt from taxa
tien." .....--..,--e. e. ..-.,.- d,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
ONLY ONE SAFE CHANNEL.
Jewish Committee in Petrograd
Gives Directions for Remittances.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE American
Jewish relief committee announced to-
day that it has received : dispatch from
the Jewish Colonization Association of
Petrograd stating the association can
guarantee only such remittances from
residents of the United States to friends
or relatives in Russia as reach the as
sociation through the Jewish relief
committee.
The colonization association. accord
ing to the announcement. declined to
be responsible for money sent through
any other agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
ASK FOR ANOTHER TRUSTEE.
Heirs of Daniel r. Hagner Claim
Death Prevents PROPERTY Sale.

Application was made today to the
District Supreme Court for the ap-
pointment of trustee for the estate
Of Daniel X. Hagner in place of the
late Justice Alexander b. Hagner.
The heirs Of Daniel r. Hagner claim
they are entitled to have premises Nos.
1912 and 1914 H street northwest sold
and the proceeds distributed among
them. but since Judge Hagner's death
there Is no one with power to make
the sale Attorney II. Randall Webb
represents the petitioning heirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
NOW REPORTED PAST CRISIS.
Former Premier of Portugal Said to
Be Improving.

LISBON. July lS. via Paris. July II.
3:35 a.m.-Dr. Alfonso Costa, former
premier of Portugal. is reported to have
passed the crisis Of his illness. He has
improved steadily since an operation
which was performed early in the
week.
President Braga called today at the
hospital where DIR. Costa is a patient,
and was permitted to talk with the
leader of the democrats of the country
for three minutes, although physicians
had issued orders that no visitors were
to be admitted to his room.
A Madrid dispatch announced We'd
nesday the death of DIR. Costa in Lis
bon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
LIST GOES TO VATICAN.
Recommendations From Which to
Choose Archbishop's Successor,

CHICAGO, July 17.-Recommendation
of the Chicago archdiocese for a sue
cessor to the late James Edward Quig-
ley, Archbishop of Chicago. today went
forward to Archbishop John Bonzano,
apostolic delegate to the United States,
at Washington. Archbishop Bonzano
will in turn forward the list of rec
concentrations to the Vatican
The list was compiled following a
conference yesterday of the irremova-
BILE rectors and the bishops of the arch
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diocese 1t was said two lists of three
names each went forward, but under
the terms of a papal edict those who
attended the conference were pledged
not to make public any of the details
of the session or names of the candi-
dates recommended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
TO TORPEDO
STEAMSHIP 0RDUNA

CONTINUED from First Page.)
steamer Orduna desire to express their
heartfelt appreciation and admiration
OF the mastery manner in which you
Unanswered and handled your steamer
during the sudden and deliberate at
tack made upon it on the morning OF
July 9 at am. by German subma-
Irine."
The Orduna's passengers included the
Baron and Baroness Rosenkrantz. Law
renee johnson, jr., of Philadelphia: W.
10. Smith Of Chicago, and F. NJ. Morz of
Winnipeg.
Describes Attack in Detail.
Baron Rosenkrantz, one of group,
with the captain on the bridge, de-
scribed the attack in detail.
I'VE left Liverpool about 2:3O o'clock
on the afternoon of Thursday, the sth.'
he said. AT 5:55 o'clock by my watch.
the first missile. torpedo. was fired.
"a few minutes before that. how
ever, we saw a small sailing ship just
ahead of us. She had two American
flags painted on the side that was
turned to US. She was broadside to us
ana seemed to be beating up the wind.
We could see her over the bows.
Capt. Taylor apparently became sus-
picious of this boat. We noticed that
the course of the ship was Immediately
changed. that the little vessel ahead
would be given a wide berth. l could
see that we could pass far astern OF
her if we kept to the new course.
Some of those aboard believed that
the sailing ship was hiding a subma-
rine behind her. OF this l can't say"
Thomas H. Graham of Liverpool. one
Of the passengers on the deck at the
time, interrupted Baron Rosenkrantz to
express his firm conviction that such
was the case.
Sees Torpedo Coming.
1--WE passed the sailing ship at a con-
siderable distance. Having done this
most of US forgot her." Baron Rosen-
krantz continued "A few minutes
after we had left her behind / looked
through my glasses over the sea and
saw a white streak coming toward us
through the water. l wasn't sure frst
it was streak, such as the wake of
torpedo or the periscope of a sub
marine, but the question was soon set
tied.
1T was a torpedo. We could see il
coming toward us at high speed. When
it appeared to be half mile or so on
the Orduna seemed to jump ahead and
a second afterward to swerve to one
side. 1t looked then as If the torped"
would strike us aft. But it didn't. 1t
passed not more than ten yards behind
the rudder. churning up a white wake
of foam as it passed by"
The passengers. including Baron
Rosenkrantz, turned their glasses then
upon the sailing ship and tried to make
out her name.
Mr.. Graham said that he thought she
was "Normanie" He could not see
clearly the letters painted on her. hut
was rea soma bly, certain that it was the
''Normandie'' or a name similar to that.
Maritime records here contain no Nor
mamie in the list of sailing vessels. A
near approach to this name, however, is
hot Of ha ha RI, nd
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No. 5 lifeboat to splinters. A second
torpedo was fired almost fmmeoiateiy
afterward. which also struck the snip
on the starboard side. The two tor
pedoes struck the ship almost simulta
neously. Both these were discharged
by a German submarine from dis.
lance variously estimated at from 200
to 500 yards. No warning of any kind
was given
Lord Mersey bitterly assaiied the
German government. saying the ACT
was "a murderous attack. because u
was made with a deliberate and wholly
unjustifiable intention of killing the
people on board.
or the testimony of second cabin
self as a French subject who stated
that he had heard an explosion SINH
lar to the rafting of Maxim gun.
Lord Mersey said:
Witness Not Believed
81 do not believe this gentleman. His
demeanor was very unsatisfactory and
there was no confirmation of his story.
1t may be worth noting that Leith. the
Marconi operator. who was in the sec
ond-class dining room, speaks of but
one explosion. In my opinion there was
no explosion of any part of the cargo.
Dwelling on the instructions to Capt.
Turner. Lord Mersey said: 1T was
| made abundantly plain to me that the
admiralty had devoted most anxious
care and thought to questions arising
out of the submarine peril and that
they had diligently collected all avail
| able information likely to affect the
voyage OF the Lusitania. do not know
who the officials are to whom these
duties were intrusted. but they deserve
| the highest praise. Capt. Turner was
| fully advised as to the means which. in
| the view of the admiralty, were best
| calculated TO avert the peril lie
likely to encounter.
Advice Not Followed.
| 1T is certain that in some respects
Capt. Turner did not follow the advice
given him. 1t may be. though ] seri-
ously doubt it, that had he done so his
ship would have reached Liverpool in
safety. But the question remains:
Was his conduct that of a negligent or
an incompetent man? The conclusion
| have arrived at is that blame should
not be imputed to the captain.
! The advice given to him, although
meant for his most, serious and careful
| consideration, was not intended to de-
prive him of the right to exercise his
that might arise time after time in the
navigation Of his ship. His omission
to follow this advice 1 nall respects cannot
fairly be attributed either to negli
gence or incompetency.
He exercised his judgment for the
best. and though others might have
acted differently and perhaps more
| successfully, he ought not, in my opin-
ion, to be blamed. The whole blame
| for the destruction Of life in this ca
| tastrophe must rest solely on those
who plotted and those who committed
the crime"
| The report will be presented to both
houses of parliament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
ITALIAN STATEMENT.

ROME, July 16. via Paris, July 1s'
In the upper Val Camonica the enemy.
having advanced through the Fene-
rodolol and Brizi passes, made an
attack in force against our positions
near Rifugio Garibaldi, but was re-
pulsed with loss. leaving few pris-
oners in our hands.
Our troops, after driving back the ad-
versary. occupied the two passes.
which are, as is known. at height
of more than 10000 feet.
In Carnia the enemy. profiting by fog
and darkness. delivered during the
afternoon and evening of July IA
two determined attacks on Mount
Cogliano and Mount Pizzo Avostano
Both attacks were repulsed. The
enemy's ascertained loss was thirty
three dead. including one officer.
In the Isonzo region the situation at
Preppipappy is unchanged. The en-
envy by small attacks. especially at
night. and by heavy artillery fire is
continually seeking to cause us
losses. to hamper our slow advance
and. above all, to force our batteries
to reply, and thus reveal our posi-
tons.
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Judge J. P. Bradbury Dead.

POMEROY, Ohio, July 17.-Judge ].
p. Bradbury. former chief justice of the
| here today. He was seventy-seven years
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
COMPARES FIGURES
ON FIRE INSURANCE
Ratio of Losses to Premiums Paid in
District Shown to
Be Low.

Ratio of fire losses to the net pre-
miums received by fire underwriting
companies in the District of Columbia
have been the lowest. in the last ten
years, of all states east of the Missis-
sippi river, according to figures con-
| tained in the last report Of the Mis-
souri, insurance department., just re-
ceived by Charles F. Nesbit. superin-
tendent of insurance Of the District Of
Columbia. The ratio in the District Of
fire losses to net premiums Is shown to
be 40.67 per cent. Colorado. with a
ratio of 1923 per cent, is slightly lower
than the District of Columbia. while
California, in the ten-year period.
showed a loss ratio of 1913 per cent, ac-
counted for principally by the San
Francisco fire.
Figures for Ten-Year Period.
Figures for the District of Columbia
for each year of the ten-year period. as
| shown in the report, are as follows:
1905. 16 per cent: 1906. IA per cent; 1907,
81 per cent; 1908, 33 per cent: 1909, 80
per cent; 1910. As per cent; 1911. 70 per
cent; 1912, so per cent; 1913, As per
cent; 1914, 10 per cent.
Divided into f1ve-year periods. the
figures show that the average annual
loss ratio for the five years. 1sos-1s0s.
inclusive, was 25.2 per cent, while the
average annual loss ratio for the five
years last past was So per cent. fnd1-
eating that the ratio of hre loss to net
premiums received more than doubled
in the last five years of the ten-year
period
Regarded as Significant.
These figures become significant. in
view of frequent complaints in the
District of Columbia of increased rates
for fire insurance in the last few
years. The report of the Missouri in
surance department states that fire in
surance sis a profitable business as
whole, unless the losses absorb more
than SIS per cent Of the net premiums"
IF it is true.' said Mr.. Nesbit. dis
cusslng the statement of the Missouri
department., land it is generally con-
cedec by all students of insurance
that the business of fire insurance is
Improbable if the ratio of losses is
greater than 55 per cent, it is evident
that If Washington Is to have reduced
fire insurance premiums the fire losses
must first be reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
WEEKLY CIRCULATION STATEMENT
AFFIDAVIT.

solemnly swear that the above represents
only the of copies of THE SUNDAY
STAR circulated during the seven days ended July
furnished or mailed for valuable
returnable to
unsod the of Sunday papers
town agents. a few returns Of unsod papera
have not yet been received
LEROY W. HERON,
Advertising Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.
District of Columbia, S.
Subscribed and sworn to before me seventeenth
day of July AID. 1918
e. RAMEY,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
GERMAN STATEMENT.

No official statement on the progress
of the war was received from Berlin
today. Yesterdays statement follows:
BERLIN, July 16, via London, 1921
PINT
In the western theater: During one Of
the enemy's attacks in the neighbor-
hood of Souchez we lost a trench in
the section south of the cemetery on
July 10.
Repeated attempts made by the French
to take away from us the positions
we had captured in the Argonne
failed. The positions are firmly I'm our
hands French attacks delivered yester-
day and the day before to the west
the Argonne forest failed in the face
of the north German landwehr. who
inflicted large and sanguinary losses
on the enemy in bitter hand hand
Since June 20 our troops have
fought continually in the Argonne
and to the west Of that forest. with
the exception of short Interruptions
In addition to the gain in territory
and booty in materials. a total of
116 officers and 1000 French prison.
ers has been reached up to the pres
ent.
On our front which joins the Argonne
are in progress. Attacks made by
the enemy in this region were re-
pulsed without difficulty. In the
neighborhood of Leintrey, to the
east of Luneville. there have been
outpost engagements, Our aviators
dropped bombs on enemy troopers in
Gerardmer dn the Vosges noun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
.EUR0PE'S WHEAT FIELD
ACREAGE SHOWS A GAIN
Wars Ravages Apparently Have
Not Affected Planting as
Much as Expected.

wars ravages apparently have not
turned the European wheat fields tc
battlefields as extensively as generally
was supposed, according to figures
gathered by the Department of Agri.
culture and announced today. No fig.
ures are available from Germany OIL
Russia, although it is supposed thai
in Germany the acreage probably has
been increased and that Russia's acre
age still is the worlds largest But If
the wheat countries of the northern
hemisphere, where the acreage ordi.
narily approximates 240,000,000 acres
eight show estimated paintings Of
153,S25,000 acres, against 1862. 0OC
acres last year. The conclusion is thai
despite the apparent billion-bush
crop in the United States the farmers
of other countries have been spurred
into efforts to increase their own pro-
duction.
Russia Has 10000, 900 Acres.
Russia's acreage during the last few
years has averaged 100000 acres. The
United States comes second with &c.
$4,000 acres. an increase of II per cent
over last year. British India has 3d.
$4,000 acres. against 2s.464 900 last
year; France, 14.142,000 acres, not in
Guiding wheat area in the region occu-
pied by the enemy. which in 1914
amounted to s6O,170 acres. against
16.04S,000 last year; Canada's acreage
increased from 10,293,00O acres to r.
$4,000; Italy has 12,52s.00O an increase
of SO per cent; Spain, 9.7s4.000, an in.
crease of IL per cent; Hungary Drop
err has s.105.000. against S,623,000 last
year: Rumania. 4S05. 600 against <
21s.D00 last year; Denmark shows a
slight decrease; Great Britain, 10 per
cent increase; Luxembourg, per cent
increase; Switzerland. 1O.1 per cent in
crease; Japan, l per cent decrease, and
Tunis, Is per cent increase.