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Organizes at Noon Tomorrow,
When the Five Members
Will Be Sworn In.
CHIEF JUSTICE COVINGTON
TO ADMINISTER THE OATH
Cannot Be Stated at This Time
What Investigations Will Be Made.
Policy to Be Outlined.

There will be launched at noon to-
morrow a new and important branch
of the federal government--the federal
trade commission. At the same hour
another branch of the government au-
tomatically will be abolished-the bu-
reau of corporations of the Depart
ment OF Commerce, headed by Joseph
f. Davies, who is to be chairman OF
the new governmental organization.
Following the informal gathering to-
day Of the five men who compose the
new commission in tho office of Com
missioner Davies at the Commerce
building. 10th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, Commissioner Davies declared
that 1t had been decided that the COM
missioners-elect would take the oath Of
office at high noon tomorrow Chief
Justice Covington' of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia will
administer the oath.
New Commissioners Confer.
The five men who participated in the
informal conference today are Joseph
E. Davis, commissioner Of corporations;
William ]. Harris. director of the cen
sus; William H. Parry, former editor
of the Seattle st-Intelligencer;
George Rublee of New Hampshire and
Edward Nash Hurley of Illinois, presi-
dent of the Illinois Manufacturers AS
sociation. Mr.. Rublee was not confirmed
by the Senate and was given q recess
appointment
Commissioner Davies declared that
six reports on which the bureau Of cor
porations had been engaged had been
completed today and the new federal
trade commission would be able to
start at noon with a clean slate. He
was unable to state the exact length of
the period of transition from the
bureau of corporations to the federal
trade commission, so far as the ocm-
plete personnel Of the bureau Of cor
porations is concerned.
Not Ready to Announce Inquiries.
It will take a little while for shaking
down the new bureau and getting the
machinery oiled. he said. Commission
er Davies said further that he was ua-
prepared today to state what tnvestiga-
tions would be made by the commits
sion at the start.
Following the administering Of the
oaths tomorrow the commission will
Immediately begin session to discuss
its policies. and to take up the question
OF appointments. the most important
Of which Is the secretaryship.
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TO RENEW POSTAL REQUEST.
Merchants Committee to Ask Post.
master Praeger for Mail Branch.

Members of the downtown business
mems committee. which is working for
the re-establishment of postal facili-
ties in the Post ONCE Department
building. at a meeting held today de-
cided to renew their request to City
Postmaster Praeger for the facilities
desired. Chairman Isidor Grosner
read to the committee a letter recently
received from Assistant Postmaster
General Roper. in which he stated the
department would have to be guided
entirely by the recommendations Of Mr.
Praeger in the matter OF branch post
oh(ees.
Mr. Roper suggested that tho COM
mittee confer with Mr.. Praeger again
and expressed tho hope that tho facili-
ties which are wanted will be provided.
At the meeting today the committee
decided to call upon Mr.. Praeger and
renew its request The committee ID
composed of Isidor Grosner. chairman
Lem Towers, jr- e. A. Harris. Charles
Muncaster. Carl Brodt and l. Jacobs.
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ELEVEN PRISONERS TO DIE.
Arkansas Legislature Fails to Abol-
ish CAPITAL Punishment.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. March ID
Eleven prisoners held under sentence
of death at the state penitentiary will
be electrocuted, three of them this
month, as a result Of the failure OF
the legislature to pass bill abolishins
capital punishment. it was announced
today.
Four Of the condemned men are white
and seven are negroes. The first elec-
trocution will be next Friday. Gov.
HAYES had announced he would permit
no capital punishment in the state un-
til after the adjournment Of the legts-
lature and that he would commute the
sentences of those men condemned to
die, II the bill abolishfng the death
penalty passed
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JEWISH MM1GRANTs DUE.
Preparation for Reception Urged by
Hebrew Aid Society.

NEW YORK, March i5.-The need of
preparation for the reception of large
numbers Of Jewish people who are ex-
pected to emigrate from Europe to this
country At the end OF the war was
urged by President Leon Sanders Of
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
AID society OF America at its sixth an
nual meeting here yesterday. Various
ci,ies of the country were represented
y The Immigration problem also was
discussed by United States Senator
lame. p. MARITIME of New Jersey, John
p Dsnsmore. solicitor of the Depart
ment OF Labor: Anthony caminetti,
Commissioner general Of immigration,
IA 81. Frederick c. Howe, commits
sioner Of immigration Of this city.
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ACCEPTS CARRANZA's APOLOGY
Suain Will Send Another Minister
to Mexico.

The Spanish ambassador. Juan Riano.
Informed the State Department today that
his government had accepted In principle
an apology which Carranza has offered
for having expelled the Spanish minister
from Mexico recently on the ground that
he was concealing in his legation Juan
Case, a Spaniard whom Car-anza accused
of working in the interests of Gen. Villa
AS Carranza suggested to the Spanish
government that il would be better for
Spain to send another minister it was
said that would be done. 1t had not
been announced who the new minister
will be.
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U. s. WOMEN AID PEACE PLAN.
Delegation to Go to The Hague in
April. Nine. Schwimmer Says.

NEW YORK. March ia delegation
of prominent American women. headed by
Miss Jane Addans, will visit The Hague
next month to attend woman's peace
conference, designed to formulate a pro-
test against the war, Nine. Rosika
Schwimnner of Hungary. who is president
o the Hungarian Womans Suffrage
Association, announces.
Nine Schwimmer, who is in this coun-
try in the interest Of the movement. said
the plan is to have the conference adopt
an appeal to women OF royal blood and
to others Of influence in the warning
countries to help end the war.
For three days beginning April %,
Nine Schwimmer said. she expects from
zoo to 500 American women to take part
in the conference, as well as women OF
kelligerent countries. 1t may be held in
the Peace Palace at The Hague, she
added.
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HEARING IN PASSPORT CASE.
Trial of the Alleged Conspirators to
Open Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, March 16.-The trial Of
Richard p Stegler, Gustave Cook and
Richard Madden, charged with con-
spiracy in obtaining an American pass
port by fraudulent means, was today
set for tomorrow In the federal dis
trict court.
named Capt Boyd. naval attache to
the German embassy at Washington.
and charged Capt Boy-Ed with having
agreed to employ him as a German spy
in England. The passport on which
Stegler was to go to England, 1t Is
charged, was issued in Madden's name,
and Stegler and Madden were brought
together by Cook.
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HENRY H. SESSIONS DIES.
Inventor of Vestibule Anti-Telescop.
ing Device Succumbs at His Home.

CHICAGO, March 15.-Henry II. Ses-
sions, inventor Of the vestibule anti
telescoping device used on most rail-
road passenger cars. the air brake for
street cars and several other railway
devices. died at his home here yesteE-
dav He was born in Madrid. N Y, in
1s47 and was connected with various
railroads in the capacity of master me-
cbanic and superintendent.
Mr. Sessions at the time of his death
,,ice president of the Standard
Sem,ler Company of New York.
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VIOLENT CANNONADING
NORTHEAST OF DUNKIRK

PARIS, March Is. 1:45 p.m.-violent
cannonading is going on at point to
the northeast Of Dunkirk. according to
a dispatch from that seaport to the
Havas News Agency The belief in
bombarding the sand dunes around
Nieuport.
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BENZ PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
Hamburg-American Line Director
Released on 5000 Bail.

NEW YORK March l5.-Carl Benz,
MANAGING director of the Hamburg
American line, pleaded not guilty to-
day to the indictments returned two
weeks ago charging him with being
one of five men in conspiracy against
the United States to supply German sea
raiders in the Atlantic with food and
fuel shipped from American ports. Mr..
Benz was granted a weeks time to de-
muir or change his plea. He was re-
leased on $1,000 bail. The other four
men under Indictment already have
pleaded not guilty.
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SEEKS PEACE IN MEXICO.
Frederico Gamboa, Former Envoy, in
Washington on Mission.

In Washington on a peace mission
which seeks to end anarchy in Mexico,
FREDERICK Gamboa, at one time Mexican
minister here and who was presidential
candidate of the Catholic party of Mex
leo, defends the 'cientiffcos."
He says he is a member of this party
which sought to rule by scientific
methods. but whose title has been un-
Justly used as a term of insult He
denies that they are political grafters.
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France Safeguarding Passports.

LONDON, March Is, 2:30 p.m.--Be-
Ginning today, every person going into
Irranee must be provided with q special
,..sport issued by a French consul.
Furthermore. each individual must carry
an additional document declaring upon
,rbat evidence the passport was issued
and for what purpose it was obtained.
This document, like the passport, must
show the photograph Of the bearer.
Evening star., 1915-03-15
MINE DEATHS EXCEED 1000.
Report for Pennsylvania in 1914
Shows Decrease, However.

HARRISBURG. Pa. March 15.-More
than 1000 lives were lost in and about
the mines Of Pennsylvania in 1914, ac-
cording to statistics made public to-
day by the state department OF mines.
There were 900 men and boys killed
in the anthracite mines. q reduction Of
"a as compared with 1913, and 413 lost
their lives in the bituminous regions, q
decrease Of 1913, compared with the pre-
viouA year.
The number OF persons employed In
and about the mines last year was
37o,e81.
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Netherlands Minister Discusses
Sinking of Frye.

Chevalier van Rappard. Netherlands
minister here discussed with State De-
partment officials today the progress of
negotiations over the sinking of the
American ship William P. Frye by the
German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
Chevalier van Rappard said the Meth.
erlands. as a neutral government, was
keenly interested. as 1t was considered
important precedents might be estab-
lished.
Evening star., 1915-03-15
F. g. Saunders Will Filed

The will of Fenton G. Saunders.
dated May 3. 1913, has been filed for
probate. He leaves his entire estate
TO his mother. Julia L Saunders. and
names her a. executrix.
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Calls Meeting Wednesday.

Chairman Macfarland has called a
meeting Of the executive committee for
wednesday to prepare plan for the
preparation and presentation of the
facts under the instructions of the Joint
committee of the civic organizations.
and he stated today that he hoped and
expected that the executive committee
would be able to complete that plan SO
that it might be submitted to the joint
committee Of citizens very shortly.
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Brazil Seeks $15, ,ooo, 600 U. s. Loan

RIO JANBIRO. March 1b.-Ths Bra
lillian government. Newspaper reports
declare. 10 arranging to noat In New
York q loan Of Sl5.0o0.o00. oftsring q
guarantee Of oustomhouse returns on
american importations.
Evening star., 1915-03-15

other lands is enormous, and, in the
words of q cabinet minister, 1t consti-
tutes "a grave national hemorrhaEe."
Scarcely Enough Men for Oaces.

other lands is enormous, and, in the
words of q cabinet minister, 1t consu-
tutes "a grave national hemorrhage."
Scarcely Enough Men for omces.
In some villages in the Peloponnesus.
Mr.. Moses explains. there remain
scarcely enough men to fill the Offices.
Nevertheless. he continues, emigra-
tlon has been benefit to the country.
for large sums of money are sent back
each year, especially from America, to
families who remain behind, and to
this steady American stream of gold
Greek paper currency. Many of Eu-
ropes backward nations, like Greece,
gathered much Of their early stimulus
from tho money which poured out OF
the rich United States back home
My chief criticism of the modern
that the young men Of good family and
of fortune have not turned themselves
to the economic development of theiI
country. Manufacturing and agricul-
ture have been almost wholly neglect.
ed, and all that one wears and much OF
Politics Curse Of Greece.
THE owners Of estates have con.
sidered them chiefly useful as a foot
hold for a seat in parliament-thato ono.
chambered and often turbulent body
where have centered the chief defects
in Greek development"
Politics has been a curse Of modern
Greece, as well as it was a curse to
ancient Greece. Mr.. Moses concludes
ITO speak the truth" he says. politics
in Greece has meant sordid thing
There are no questions of principle
which divide parties there. but parties
have arisen from time to time In &C
cordapce with ambitions or politica
necessities Of individual leaders-ant
the struggle has been wholly betweef
the ins and the outs.
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Chiffon CHAIRMAN
OF D. c. COMMISSION
Continued from First Page.)
fiscal relations of the District and tax
alton here.

fiscal relations Of the District and tax
alton here.
Senator Salisbury suggested that It
would be advisable for Mr. Browne to
get in touch with other citizens Of the
District opposed to the half-and half
plan in order that those who had that
opinion might cooperate In presenting
their arguments to the committee.
IT make this suggestion SO that du-
plication of work may be avoided" said
Senator Salisbury.
Residents Of the District who are
rare and hard to and" replied Mr.:
Browne. 'It would be difficult to f1nd
any great number of persons who
would come out and say that they were
opposed to the halfand-half plan"
Il have a letter. received today said
Kenzie. protesting against the half
and-haf plan. 1t might be a good
thing for you to join with him. is.you
feel lonesome"
Mr.. Browne commented upon the
method of taxation in the District. de-
Glazing that there had been gross dis
elimination" in the matter OF taxing
various pieces OF property in the Dis
trict, and that while improved property
was, as a rule. taxed up to two-thirds
Of its value. as provided by law. un-
improved land was taxed much below
the statute requirements.
Committees Announcement.
The statement given out by the COM
mittee at the conclusion of the meeting
was as follows:
The committee decided to have nc
public hearings until the 18th OF Sep
tember, at pm. at which time any
one who wants to be heard will be
t4 hAfnrA
the committee, but the committee de-
sires very much that organizations Sc
iect not exceeding two representatives
committee. This is done to economize
time.
IN the meantime. the committee di-
rects any one interested in any view OF
the subject before the committee to
file briefs not later than the 1st of
August. In filing these briefs the com
mittee would like to have six copies of
each brief, so that each member OF the
committee may have one. The purpose
Of this Is to give members OF the com
mittee an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the facts and conten-
tions of the parties Interested.
The committee will not be inclined
to hear any one orally who does not
file brief of his contentious by the
1st Of August.
1.-The committee calls attention OF
every one to the duty of the committee
which is. under the law. as follows:
""To prepare and submit to Con-
Rress q statement of the proper pro-
portion of the expenses of the govern.
ment Of the District of Columbia, or any
branch thereof. including interest on the
funded debt, which shall be borne by the
said District and the United States, te-
spectively, together with the reasons upon
which their conclusions may be based.
Briefs and oral arguments must be
confined to the subject. All brief:
should be directed to the chairman Al
Washington"
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GEORGE HIGGINS MOSES
SKETCHES GREEK LIFE
Gives Timely and Instructive Com
mentary Upon Present
Events There.

With indecision marking the attitude
Of Greece toward the Anglo Russo French
and Turkish struggle on the outermost
fringe of the Balkans, and while her po-
litical leaders are working for and against
the continuance Of neutrality. general
sketch of this modern kingdom prepared
for the National Geographic Society by
George Higgins Moses, United States min
lister to Greece and Montenegro In 1909
1912, forms q timely and instructive COM
mentary upon present events there. In
the last two generations the interests OF
Greece have expanded SO rapidly as to
awaken in the minds Of many of its pa
triots ambitions Of eastern empire, 4 re-
inspiriting Of Byzantium's dust.
Modern dwellers in Greece feel them.
selves to be the direct descendants Of
Byzantine Greeks and Of the heroes OF
classic Greece, Mr.. Moses writes, and, he
continues, their life has shown a persist
ent continuity which warrants theil
claim; for. whether their land has beer
ruled by Roman emperor, Frankist
duke, a Venetian baillie or Turkish
pasha. the thread Of Hellenic existence
has remained unbroken. Their religion
| their tongue and their traditions have sur
| vived all change Of masters and all formi
! of dominion. and Greek character is much
the same today as 1t was two thousand
years ago.
Greek Life Unchanged.
! In many respects Creek life today
also is the same as 1t was at the birth
Of Christ. says this writer. who ha.
seen Greek peasants blowing with
bent sticks. just as Adam may have &C.
complished his blowing after being
banned from Paradise. Athens, the
| splendid of old. and today becoming
the Paris Of the Levant." however. &C.
cording to Mr.. Noses, is distinctly a
modern city. It has wide and gay
| streets, dotted with small parks. and
adorned with many handsome public
| buildings, most of them gifts OF rich
Greeks who have spent in tho mother
country money earned abroad.
Greeks swarm the seas for living
as of old. he says. and. as Of old. their
sociabiiity draws them from the coun-
try to the towns and cities. One-tenth
Of the population Of Greece is to be
found in Athens and Piraeus. The
drain Of emigration from the rural dis
| tricts to native cities and to cities in
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sLINGSBY VERDICT APPEALED.
Legitimacy Suit in Case Involving
$7O,OOO Again to Be Argued.

LONDON. March Is. 4:1s a.m.-An ap-
peal has been entered against the re-
cent verdict IN the slIngsby Legitimacy
suit. under which the son of Charles
r. Sl,nssby of San Francisco was de-
clared to be tho legitimate heir to the
$70o.o estate of the slingsby family
in Yorkshire. The case will be argued
again IN the court of appeals
The suit involves the question
whether an infant born in San Fran
cisco and declared to be the lawful
son of Charles r. Slingsby and his
wife Dorothy Is the rtghtful successor
10 the Slingsby estate. The contestants
charged that a child born to Mrs
Sltnssby In 1910 in San Francisco and
which was the rightful heir. died and
that another child was substituted
ior IL.
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ENORMOUS SHOT FROM
oNEo IN THE EURO
WAS STRUCK
TEIEF
AND IIFTEp HI TREE.
PHOTO ------zsEAaA
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Eitel Was Watched.

WATCHES EITEL CASE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
ASSOCIATION
QUITS BUSINESS
ASS Of ProdigiOus
Achievement Disappointed
In Pledges.

GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Nov. l5.-The
great tobacco association. which has
sold hogsheads of tobacco represent
ing approximately S6,O00,0O in elev-
en- years, and which advanced the
price from an average of 81 to 9
cents, has declared this year pool
off.
The board of directors of the Plant
ers' Protective Association met atits
headquart- at GAINESVILLE Friday to
ear reports from the various coun
ties representeI in the association
with reference to a resolution adopt
ed at its last meeting to the effect
that unless 1875. 900 acres were pledg-
ed by OCTOBER % last. all who had
pledged for the lSl5-19l6 1917 crop
would be released from obligation
Hereunder. 1t being ascertained
the said amount had not been pledg-
ed all Hedges we're declared off.
The tobacco of the 1914 crop which
has not been sold will be given care
full consideration and be sold to the
best advantage possible.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
PURELY PERSONAL.

Tom Kelly. who has been for the
last six months at Theological in
situte in Philadelphia studying th'
various branches of the jswelrs bu'-
mess, has returned home and is now
with his father. M. D. Kelly.
Bishop c. E. Woodcock preached
q. Grace Episcopal church Sunday
morning.
Prof. A. M Stcsles, Of the State
Normal School at Bowling Green.
visited dozen or more of the coun-
ty schools with Supt Foster Las
week. to get first hand information
about rural school conditions. H
xcressed himself highly pleased
with all he saw and was enthusiastic
over the city High school.
Mrs. Edgar Bradshaw and SON,
George, moved into their new bun
gslow on East 18th street yesterday
James A. Smithson has gone to
GreenviIle to spend some time with
his daughter, Mrs. M. R. 81, the.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
SALT=SALT


We bought car loads Of Ohio River Salt, and
| its good Cooperage and Dry. Special Price on
i Barrel Lots.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
Brother Saves Brother.

The following instance of courage
on the Western front is told by a
writer in the December issue Of the
Woman's Home Companion. Il
know of two brothers," she says.
~ no fought side by side. and VIII, n
one Of them hsd risked his life to
save one OF our 75's fell, badly
wounded. the other threw himself
out OF the trench. without even
thinking Of the terrible danger that
tareatenedhim 90 every side-gsth.
cred up his brother under q bail Of
bullets. making himself a target for
the enemy's fire. and carried him on
stretcher. He was wour ded in the
eye by bit of shell and covered
with blood; but still he slipped oR
bis overcoat in the rain OF the north
ern night to cover the shivering body
Of his younger brother"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
BIG SUCCESS
Was The X. P. 0peretta, Moth
er Goose, Friday Night.

The operetta at the Tabernacle
Friday night under the auspices of
the X. of P. lodge was a success in
every way. 1t was greeted by a big
house and the excellent program of
music and the farce comedy Of IAN
Obstinate Family" and the operetta
Mother Goose" all combined to
make fine show. The best local tai
ent was seen in the casts and every
one deserved praise.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16

sum to make a national park at the
70 IT If the mountain. Zone man in
New York has volunteered to sub
scribe S10.0 and to find nine other
men to do the same" The Daugh-
ters Of the Confederacy. with sub
scriptions already in hand. are to un-
dertake the completion Of the sum.
The whole South" we are told lis
enthusiastic over the proposed plan
Borglum has been there twice, and
says. It is the most wonderful thing
in the world"
The Stone Mountain monument
idea. we are told. was born of sever
al brsits. and its accomplishment
will be due to many men and women.
William H. Terrell originated the
idea with his proposal to erect TEN.
ole at the summit of the mountain.
his plan having been changed By Mr..
Borglum. who believes it would be
more fittingly carved at the base. In
an editorial in the Hearst newspapers
more than a year ago. John Temple
Graves advocated q heroc statue Of
Gen r ebert E. Lee at the top Of the
mountain. The grouping Of figures
and temple was the design Of Mr.,
Borglum.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-16
THIS MAN is FOR
CHEAPER COURTING.

The average salary in our rail-
road shops and stores says young
manin the December Woman's Home
Companion. is fifteen week. Our
boys say it cost three OF that to keep
company with a girl.
F" The movies, the lake. the jit-
news, boat hire. an occasional show
lit eats up the dimes. And the
boys say it must be done-what a
need in this town is get togethk
club with the cost Of courting cut
down."