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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
SIEDLCE'S PART IN WAR
MADE SUBJECT OF SKETCH
Important Railway Junction Recent
1y Captured by Germans Described
by National Geographic Society.

The city of Siedlce, recently captured
by the German army marching east
from Warsaw against Brest Litovsk, Is
described by the National Geographic
Society in sketch of the geography of
Europe's battlefelds The, war primer
reads:
trial or commercial Importance, is an
important railway junction, which
binds the trunk line railways, Warsaw
Petrograd and Warsaw Moscow, by a
north -and-south line, beginning at the
fortress Ostrolenka and ending at Lub-
lin. One of the lines from Siedlce runs
south to Lukow. and then turns east
through Meshirjetsche and Brest
Litovsk. On the railway front, Siedlce-
Lukow, the German army which cap
tured Warsaw was united to that be-
fore which Ivangorod fell. Lukow was
taken by the Ivangorod troops about
the same time that the city to the
north was won.
"Sierlce lies about fifty-six miles east
southeast of Warsaw. Lukow is twenty
miles southwest of Sierlce, while Brest
Litovsk is fifty-five miles from Lukow
and sixty miles from the northern city
Siedlce is about thirty-one miles south
Of the Warsaw -Petrograd railroad. and
from its junction main line branches
northeast to the important city of
Minsk, while another branch runs east.
past Brest Litovsk to Gomel, a manu-
featuring town and an entrepot for
agricultural products.
There is little more than the rail
way junction and the seat of the gov
eminent administration at Siedlce. 1t
plays small part in assembling the
agricultural products of the district,
and the Oginskis have embellished the
little town with a beautiful palace and
well planned gardens. The population
Is about $4,000, of which the Jewish
element is more than two-thirds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
BOY INSTANTLY KILLED.
Son Of William Fink of Berwyn
Run Down by Train.
.respondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BERWYN, August 2l.-William Fink.
jr.. ten-year- old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fink Of Berwyn Heights. was
struck and instantly killed by a freight
train at the Berwyn crossing of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad shortly
before noon yesterday. The boys skull
was crushed and his arms and legs
were broken. He was on his way to the
post Office at Berwyn. and after an ex-
press train going north had passed
stepped to the southbound track In
front OF the freight.
j. L. Shipley, justice of the pea ce.
summoned jury of inquest, with ].
Fred Keefauver foreman. and after ex-
aiming the crew of the train verdict
was returned generating the crew and
holding the railway company RESPONSE
BILE for failure to provide adequate pro-
lection at the Berwyn crossing. There
are no gates or Waterman at the cross
Ing, an automatic bell being the only
means Of giving warning.
The body of young Fink was taken
to the undertaking establishment of
Gasch brothers in Bladenshurg, and in
terment will. take place tomorrow in
the ceMetery adjoining St. Johns
Church, 9eltsv1lla. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
WILLS FILED FOR PROBATE.
Estates Bequeathed by Mrs. Virginia
Bulkley and H. w. Denison.

The estate left by Mrs. Virginia Bulk
ley is valued at $4,000 by the petition
for the probate of her will filed by At
torney Frank Stetson for the executor,
the National Savings and Trust Com
pany. The property comprises stocks.
bonds. real estate notes and valua BILE
real estate. The bulk of the estate is to
be distributed among the children and
grandchildren of the testatrix
Henry Willard Denison. who died in
TOXIC. Japan. in 1914, after a service
of thirty-four years as legal adviser
of the japanese department of foreign
affairs. had $4,000 invested in mort
cages on Washington real estate. A
petition for the probate of his will and
Boylan of Kansas City, Kan. has been
filed by Attorney Arthur HELEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Clergymen Among Benefciaries.

The Academy of the Sacred Heart Of
Mary of this city is given 500 and
certain china, silverware and furniture
by the will of Rebecca McL0ghlin,
dated October 80. 1912. and flied for
probate. The jeweiry belonging to the
deceased is left to the Dominican Sis
tiers of Sinsinowa Mound, Wisconsin.
other requests include 500 each to
Rev. Francis X. Bischoff, Rev. Paul
Griffith and Rev. Edward L. Buckley.
Elizabeth Bischoff Ia to have 5000 and
certain household and personal e6ectb.
Rev. Charles M. Bart 10 given $500, and
the remaining estate is to be distrib-
uted among the children of william c.
Horgan. a brother Of the tsstatrix.
James r. Shea is named as executor
and is given certain books, papers and
bric-a-brac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Need of q Civic Hall.
BOSTON PAPERS FOR SALE.
Morning Herald and Evening Tray
eler to Be Put I'm at Auction.

BOSTON. August 21.-Notice of sale
at auction of all property of the Bos-
ton Herald. Incorporated. publishers of
the Morning Herald and of the Evening
Traveller, was published today. The
sale, which will take place September
IA. has been ordered because of a de-
fault in payment of semi-annual in
terest on mortgage bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Southern Sociologists to Meet.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 21.-The
1916 meeting of the Southern Sociologi-
cal Congress will be held March 81 to
30 in New Orleans, according to secre-
tary j. e. McCulloch OF this city. The
time and place committee met yester-
day at Blue Ridge, N. c. Conservation
Of health Will be the general theme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
INDICTMENTS OF FOREIGN
CONSULAR AGENTS o. KID
Department of Justice Approves
Action of U. S. District Attor-
ney at San Francisco.

The Department of Justice is in full
accord with the action of the United
States district attorney at San Fran
cisco in bringing about indictments Of
British and German consular officials
neutrality laws.
1t is known that the Attorney Gen.
erals position is that there is no i'm
munity attaching to consular officers of
a foreign government, that they are
commercial. not diplomatic. representa-
tives and are as liable as any one else
to punishment for violations of the
country's laws. though their prosecu-
ton rests in the discretion of the gov
eminent as a matter of policy
on1cials here were consulted when
seven men were taken several weeks
ago from New York to San Francisco
to give evidence in the British neutral
lty cases. General instructions were
given to lay before the federal grand
jury any cases where it was clear neu-
trality violations had been committed
Indictments Made Public.
SAN FRANCISCO, August o1.-Alle-
cations that the imperial German con-
sulate and A. Carnegie Ross, British
consul at San Francisco, furnished
S25o.ooo, directly and Indirectly, to men
under indictment for violations of the
neutrality of the United States were
made in indictments made public by
John w. Preston. United States district
attorney.
1t was alleged in the indictments, re-
turned July S, that the German con-
sulate placed S246,5OO to the credit of
Joseph l.. Bley and H. Kaufman, who
conveyed the same amount to c. d.
Bunker & Co. of San Francisco, in Sep
TENDER, 1914.
c. d. Bunker and the firm of c. D.
Bunker Co. were indicted in connec-
ton with the alleged delivery of sup
plies by the steamer Sacramento to
German warships off Valparaiso, Chile,
late in 1914
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Washington Woman Honored.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 21.-Miss.
Catherine r. Watkins. superintendent
of public kindergartens of Washington.
D. c., was elected president last night
Of the international Kindergarten
Union, which is holding its annual
convention here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
project IS APPROVED
BY CARDINAL GIBBONS
Thinks There Should Be Hall Here
as Memorial to Wash.
ington.

The plan to erect in this city a
building dedicated to the memory Of
the first President Of the land and to
serve as a national civic center Is ap-
proved by Cardinal Gibbons in a letter
which he has sent to the George Wash
ington Memorial Association.
The ground formerly occupied by the
old Pennsylvania railroad station has
been set aside by Congress as the site
for the proposed structure, and the
George Washington Memorial Associa-
ton now is engaged in raising the ST.
Cardinal Gibbons Letter.
In his letter Cardinal Gibbons. says:
ANY movement that Is calculated to
keep fresh in the memory of the Amer
lean people the patriotic spirit. heroic
deeds and consummate craftsmanship
of George Washington cannot fail to
meet with my hearty approval.
Il am, therefore. strongly in favor of
the projected undertaking in honor of
the Father of His Country, and my
judgment is enlightened by the distiu-
guished names recorded in the docu-
ment which you are pleased to send me.
Il am pleased to see that you make
mention of the memorable address is
sued by Bishop Carroll, my predecessor
in the see of Baltimore. on the occa
sion of the death of the first President
of the United States"
Need of Civic Hall.
The document to which Cardinal Glib
bons refers is a prospectus of the
George Washington Memorial Associa-
ton OF the memorial it saws:
The National Civic Hall is to meet
the need, long neglected, of providing
at the Capital city of the nation, in the
one city which belongs to all the peo-
pie OF the United States, a building
which will be the center of noble activ-
tiles. a gathering place for the molding
of public opinion and the inspiring OF
the people for the accomplishment OF
great enterprises"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Cherrydale Band Engaged for Fete

The Cherrydale brass band is to fur
nish music a the lawn fete to be given
on the night of August IS by the Junior
Christian Endeavor al the NJ. P. Church,
Cherrydale, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21
Ready to Fire Statutes.

After a reville and a retreat had
been missed. Cornish finally nerved
himself up for the ordeal of setting off
the piece. He loaded. grabbed the
lanyard connecting the firing mechan-
ism, turned his back. closed his eyes
and fired. Nothing serious happened,
aside from the gun going off. Now Joe
is a brave man, and he will fire salutes
all day long. provided enough digni-
taries could be provided to make 1t
necessary.
Capt. Spencer Bliss, Quarterma ste r
Corps. has had hard battle to fight In
camp. He has five "huskies" working
about his headquarters handling the
thousands of pounds of rations that are
issued each day, aside from attending
to the personal wants of Capt. Bliss.
Soon after the captain arrived in camp
he learned the names of his men. and
began calling for them to do chores.
He would only want one at a time, but
when he would call Joe" three of them
would come on run. He would call
Tom" and two would come. They were
very prompt in answering, and several
violations of American neutrality
were nearly averted in instances where
there were disputes as to, which one
was called.
Bliss saw the trouble and was in a
quandary. He thought of every means
Of distinguishing them, until there
came that bright idea that has made
his work easy. He lined up those five
"huskies," off1cially termed them Bliss
Musketeers." He named the tallest
man No. !. and went on down the line
until he reached the smallest, who is
No. 5. He now calls for them by num-
bers, and in between his wants sits
down and tries to work out that old
problem Of what's in a name"
W. W.
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manded by Capt Oliver c. Terry, is al
ready for the big fray which will come
in a few days. Capt. Terry says 1t is,
and he ought to know, for he has been
following his reel carts about the coun-
try every day when he is not out look
ing for a horse which has run away
with a sergeant or a private or two.
1t has been said that if Capt. Terry is
as lucky in battle maneEvers as he is
in recovering his runaway horses the
District of Columbia contingent Will
never go down to defect.
About twenty miles Of very fine wire
is lying somewhere along the-foads
around this part of the country. Just
where it is the Signal Corps officer will
not tell. He says it's there, and will
keep the commanding general in touch
with his commands every minute of
the time they are in the field looking
for the enemy. Terry taboos the stunt
of having orderlies rushing out and
bringing the messages. He says the
wire is quicker. and. besides. the order
ly may be shot, apparently overlooking
the fact that the wires, too, may be
cut.
At any rate. Capt. Terry had all his
men sitting around him yesterday GO
ing over the maps, which have been
made by his command. of the parts of
the country hereabouts. Rumor has it
that Terry is looking for the wire
which is lying along the roadways
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21

tragic drama Gnos happily.
Well. the crowd increased and. in the
meantime. John had gone into the
icebox and stabbed piece of meat SO
that the blood would run. 1t ran on
the carpenter, who was engaged in Ak
ing a crack in the woodwork of the
icebox Then when the crowd appea red
closer. No. / pointed to the carpenter.
saying:
He's the man that kills these fellows
around here. when 1t is not worth while
to load the gun.
That's what started some one after
the constable.
All was staged for the big murder.
The bugles sounded retreat, the strains
Of The Star Spangled Banner came
over from the direction of the parade
grounds. but the gun did not 60 off,
John turned to his audience. saying
with much display of disgust:
They've forgiven him"
Capt. Bitss still has No. ! mueketeer
and the eenstAbls lost q case.
1vesxtA1aG - - saaAinsss tor tha big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-21

ness make their services necessary.
In the contract for the horses which
are being ridden by the officers and
men in the camp in the performance
I'of their military duties, and IN the
contract for the mules of the machine
gun pack train. is proviso that should
the country be plunged into a war
of such proportions as to make it
horses would be turned over to the
government for a monetary consider
alton. So the District OF Columbia
Militia Is ready with men. and with
mules and horses are Intelligent
enough to get the military features
down to a fairly good point within the
| few days covering the encampment.
To Ask for Horses.
When II comes time to figure up the
estimates for the National Guard Of the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year
beginning next July. Gen. Harvey says
that he is going to include in the esti-
mates an amount sufficient for hiring
| enough horses to turn out the mounted
| organizations for a service drill on
| Saturdays and Sundays and at least one
night a week. Contracts will be made
| SO that the same horses may be OBJ
tained every time the outfit Is turned
| out and the horses will be given the
! same position in the drill each time.
Along with this contract will be the
proviso that In the event of war, or the
| calling out of the militia. the horses
will be sold to the government. BY
making such provision, Gen. Harvey
| believes that half the battle of the now
much discussed preparedness for ma
tional defense Will have been won.
| There will be trained men and trained
| horses as we'll as mules.
A little scouting around this camp.
particularly at the mess time, when the
fine Chow" 10 being served out to the
men. would give an investigator the
| impression that q troop or two Of Boy
Scouts wass participating IN the en-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
What the War Moves Mean
Bv J. w. T. Mason Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

there are serious difficulties in the
way OF .2nsuring the safety of ship
from the recciI Of 4 gun so huge as
the latest Krupp monsters.
Even il this dancer could be over
come, the ship would be little more
than barge, quite incapable of high
speed 1t would h? impossible for
her to escape the British fleet.
The most effective artillerv in the
present war is the French Soixante-
Quinze which is a three inch gun
worked with maximum efficiency at
range OF a few thousand yards. The
forty-two centimeter guns which the
Germans used to destroy tie forts OF
Iiege, Antwerp and Maubeuge hava
been of little use for field operations.
Artillery. in fact, can quickly over
reach itself in the field. A gun with
a range OF twenty-six miles may find
it's pTincip',I utility in bOmbaruing
towns at a distance, which cannot be
overcome by an asasulting army But
battles are not won bv bombardinS
distant towns. The intervening army
has to be driven off first.
The forty-two kilometers, therefore,
probably will have to wait for their
laurels until the next war has ad-
vanced military science beyond its
present attainment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

United Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-11 a. m. -
Count Won Zeppelin. defending the
killing of civilians by his airships'
asks how it is possible to tell where
even a cannon she'll will strike. For
instance" he adds, ''the shells from
the new Krupp guns have reported
range of forty-two kilometers.'
Forty-two kilometers is twenty-six
miles Reports have been in circula-
tion since the outbreak Of the wal
that Germany possesses guns compet-
ent to fire across the twenty-five
miles Of the strait Of Dover, but Count
Won Zeppelin is the first German OF
recognized standing to confirm the
rumor.
A gun capable Of firing into Eng
land from the French coast woulG be
of some value to the Germans if they
could reach Calais and mount tn
rifles opposite Dover.
But even here the damage done
would be local, for the coast line
curves quickly and moves other Eng
lish towns beyond the twenty-stx mile
range. 1t is possible the guns might
be mounted On specially constructed
steamers and lombard England more
effectively from mid-channel. But
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
Jitney Bus Lines Grow.

rI1nited Press Leased Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 9.-Mo
tor buses are beginning to appear on
the streets here, following the dem
onstration of the iitney buses that q
small touring car can be operated al
profit, charging five cent fare
provided the route is not over two
miles long The buses are going aft
er the long haul business of the stree,
cars.
A twenty-five seat motor bus with
a uniformed crew, began operations
today on Main street, running out tc
Fortieth and Main. It's schedule Is
from six a. m. to midnight Other
buses Of the same capacity are under
construction here.
When the car was out on trial
trip, yesterday, two aluminium repro
ductions of cent pieces, nine inches
in diameter. glistened on either side
A government agent spied them and
ordered their removal. The owner
covered the emblems and appealed tc
Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
WILL -.
HAVE TO PAY IT
Five Bia Packing Plants Fined $25.
600 Each for Violation Of
Antitrust Laws.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. J
JEFFERSON. CITY, Mo-, Feb. g.
Five big packing companies we're ad,
judged guilty of violating the anti
trust laws by the Missouri supreme
court today. Each was fined $4,000
which must be paid by March IL. The
companies adjudged guilty are:
Armour and Co., Swift and Co.. Morris
and Co., Hammond Packing Co, and
the ST. Louis Dress Beef and Provis-
ion Co. ..
Suits were filed by Governor E. w.
Major when he was attorney general
and PENALTIES asked that the concerns
be ousted from the state. The custer
petition was dismissed with an ad
monition from the court to the firms
which in effect told them to "be
good in the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
RUSSIA

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PETRoGRAD, Feb. e.-colIapse Of
the German movement against War
saw is believed to be Imminent. The
Russian movement In eastern Prussia,
originally designed to lift the pressure
on the Russian defensive positions
west Of Warsaw, has been completely
successful.
The Germans are Withdrawing their
troops from the positions along the
vistuIa and in the Gumine-Borjimow
regions and are hurrying them north
into east Prussia to meet the Russian
advance which Is being we'll main
tanned. (.
While the troops remaining are
making a brave showing, officials OF
the general staff declare that the long
delayed forward movement of the Rus
clan army which must result in the
expulsion Of Germans from POLAND,
soon can be begun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
Illinois Legislators Call Each
Other Liars and Are Kept
From Fighting by the
House Officer.
soUABBLE OVER VOTE
speakership Deadlock Continues With
Fifty-fourth Ballot Taken With
out Any Selection
Made.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb 9.-Three
democrats took the spotlight in the
house this morning to call one anoth-
er liars while fruitless balloting pro-
ceeded in the election or speaker.
Lee O'Neill Browne and Michael Igoe,
leaders of opposing democratic fac
tions, and Daniel Donahue, of Bloom.
ington. Browne follower, exchanged
epithets. Igoe started the trouble In
the second ballot by introducing a
resolution for. adjournment until the
republicans could notify the secretary
that they had agreed on candidate
for speaker.
Donahue raised point OF order
land Igoe charged him with represent
ling Browne. Donahue counter-charg
ed that Igoe had refused to go into
conference after having signed the
conference call 1goe declared the
statement untrue and said he was at
"tbe conference with fourteen other
democrats when the man whom Dona
hue represents came into the confer
ence and said he would not take part
in any conferences unless all demo
Gratis were present"
! DO you mean me?" shouted Browne
! to which Igoe paid no attention AMI
continued speaking.
IF you mean me, you're a liar and
Ia little snof,y shouted Browne.
| You're another said sIgoe and
Browne started for him when tho
apologized for the language he used
! von
ed Igoe's motion out of order. Arthur
Roe introduced another providing
! elimination of candidates by dropping
names of the lowest on each ballot
Mitchell offered sub that the highest
man on the next ballot be declared
temporary speaker. Mccormick rails
| ed point of order and Stevenson
ruled that the constitutional majority
OF seventy-seven would be required tC
elect Roe's resolution was lost and
roll calls proceeded with no solution
of the deadlock in sight. The first
ballet taken, the firty-fourth, resulted
Shurtleff, It; Browne, 32 Tice, 90:
Bippus, IS: Kane, 13; Shanahan, Z:
Igoe, 5; Jackson, /; Boyd, 1; Richard
son, 2: F. J. Ryan, 1; Burns, 1 Brink.
man, 1; Huston /: Graham, 3; Turn.
baugh, 8; Sonneman, Q; German, 1;
Rine1art, 2; Purdunn, 1; Scanlan, 1.
The effort of dry" republicans to
get releases from their Anti-Saloon
League pledges SO that they could vote
for Snanahan, failed, Superintendent
Mcbride CT the league, refusing to
accept Shanahan.
On the second ballot, Thomas Cur.
rams vets voted for Shanahan
i"Dry" democrats have appointed
Kane and Hubbard as a steering com
mittee to engineer bi-partison com.
bine on Shurtleff or Tice. Igoe, De-
vine and Rinehart constituted them
selves a committee of administration
democrats to cooperate in this move.
The dry republicans have not yet
appointed a CORES ponding committee.
Only the Curran vets are blocking a
straight republican vote for Shurtleff.
The senate VIII meet tonight after a
two weeks recess and will adjourn for
two weeks more to await completion
of the recount of ballots in the two
contested districts.