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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16

In the course Of his speech Mr.. TaN-
enner referred to an agreement alleged
10 ave been made by tho du Pont
Powder Company TO supply its products
10 Germany. He charged that In this
agreement the Delaware ton
was pledged to impart to Germany any
secrets that might come into it's pos
session relative TO the science of powder
making.
At the same time. according to Mr..
Tavenner, the du Fonts had. relations
with the United States which give the
company the bcneht OF any secret
knowledge that American naval officers
mfeh have as TO powder processes.
Mr.. Tavenner said the agreement with
Germany was signed by a man who Is
now sitting In the United States Sen.
ware, member OF the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs and former chairman Of the
committee.
Mr.. Tavenner was called to order by
speaker Clark for referring to the Sem
ator in violation of House rules
Mr.. T%avenner then withdrew his re-
mark concerning Senator du Pont.
Scores Navy Officers.
The speaker referred to Major-Gen.
Charles W Humphrey as AN officer of
the du Font Powder Company and to
the connection OF Rear Admiral Brown
Son with the International Nickel Com
uany. Discussing Rear Admiral
Rrownson's relations with the so-called
nickel trust Mr.. Tavenner said re
maintained his home I'm Washington,
where he is no doubt of moro value
to the international Nickel Company
through his contact with naval on
Gals than he you'd be any place else
Mr.. Tavenner charged that the war
magnates" were making millions and
millions out Of the trouble in Europe.
ut is not to the interest OF these
men that the war shall be brought to
a sIeedy close he SAID. 1T Is not to
their interest that the United States
shall not become involved in the Eu-
Korean war. but that Il shall become In
volved. The more war the more profits.
II the war trust hackers peace would
actually Toe n calamity. Wal Is un-
profitable to all save the war trading
monsers. Why not make war unprofit-
able ever to them by taking all profit
out OF war and preparation for war.
Congress can do It easily by manufac-
turing all of its own munitions and
chips"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
SPORT.

The pari-mutuel bill amending the
anti-gambling law so as to legalize bet
ting on horse races under the pari-mu-
tuel system, was passed by the Nevada
Assembly, 3S to 12. 1t now goes to
Governor Boyle for signature
Thirty women bowlers of Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul, composing six teams,
staged feature event at Minneapolis
at the International Bowling Associa-
tons tournament and attracted : rec.
ord crowd of spectators. No unusual
scores were made.
Mrs. Jackson Gouraud, formerly Miss
Jennie Crocker, of San Francisco, de-
MES her marriage to Prince Miskineff,
which was officially reported in Lon
don last June. She is noted horse
woman and is said to have the finest
dog kennels on the coast.
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist who
fled to Europe after being sentenced
to year in the federal penitentiary
for violation of the Mann act, will be
eXtradited and returned to Chicago on
charge of conspiracy, according to a
statement by Charles F. Clyne, Unit
ed States district attorney.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
suffraqette Method Releases Girl.


Pueblo-The hunger strike. en-
ployed by Jean Carre, pretty girl, who
walked from Salt Lake City to Delta,
$50 miles, and held here for in
vestigation by local police after rail
road men had bought her ticket from
Delta to Fort Worth, Texas, was a
complete success. She was released
after being in the city Jail four days,
during which time she refused both
food and water. Thursday, threatened
with a fine if she did not answer ques-
tions, she said she'd starve until re-
leased. When she finally was freed,
the girl triumphed in a woman's way
and proceeded to tell what the police
wanted to know. She said she was
driven to the walking trip by the per-
secutions of an undesired suitor, a
friend of her fathers, who followed
her and her mother after her fathers
death, from Cleveland to Kansas City,
and then to Salt Lake City. She
feared to leave Salt Lake City on a
train, lest he follow her, so she
walked. Just to show there were no
hard feelings, she recounted more of
her adventures, later leaving for Fort
Worth.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
}. w. Hair Dies; Worth $500, 900.

Denver.-James w. Hair, 70 years
old, wealthy coal operator and oil
man, died at his home, 3006 East Col
fax avenue, leaving legal tangles be.
hind him which threaten to involve his
large estate for many years to come.
The property left by him is estimated
at close to 100000, but lawsuits start
ed before his death and still pending
in the courts here and at his former
home in Pittsburg leave the question
of title to his fortune undecided. The
circumstances of Hairs life leave two
separate families, each claiming the
right to his name and estate. In his
youth he married a girl IS years of
age, who bore him seven children
Twenty years ago he met another wo
man, Miss Rose c. Deahl, and left his
wife for her. OF this union was born
a son, James w. Hair, Jr.. who is
named as his chief heir in his will.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
YVES

Michigan Democrats pledged to
President Wilson their support for re-
nomination and reelection at their
state convention at Lansing.
Fire, starting in the University
Club kitchen ON the fifth floor, almost
destroyed the Board of Trade building
in Omaha, causing property loss of
100000
The Chicago municipal tuberculosis
sanatorium, termed by experts the
largest, finest and most comprehen-
sively equipped in the world, has been
dedicated.
Mrs. B. o. Coates, wife of Pasa-
dena, Cal, physician, who sued Jack
Cudahy Dec. l. for $4,000, declaring
he had assaulted her and broken one
of her ribs, died at Los Angeles.
The net profits of the Portland Gold
Mining Company for the year 1914 was
s59O,594, according to the annual re-
port of President Frank G. Peck, pre-
sented at the annual meeting in Chey-
enne, Wyo.
The cocktail one-step," the newest
dance novelty, has been invented by
Miss Claudia Dana, dancer at a Chi
cago restaurant, as an aid to digestion,
TO take the place of the conventional
appetizer. "A good brisk dance before
a meal is as effective and more fun
than cocktail she says, "and better
than an after dinner liqueur or a glass
between courses"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
GEN ERAL.

The trial of Harry X Thaw on an
indictment charging him with conspir-
acy was set for March /, instead of
Feb. %.
Mardi Gras Day marking the end
of the reign of Rex, king of the car.
nival of 1915, was observed at New
Orleans with elaborate festivities.
More than 10000 tons of food has
been sent to Belgium up to Jan. 20
by the commission for relief in Bel
gium, according to its twelfth weekly
report.
A message from Saltillo, seemingly
confirmed by another message to the
Carranza agency at San Antonio, Tex,
says Saltillo has been taken by Gen.
Euialio Gutierrez from the Villa
forces.
News of the death at Nice, France,
of Mrs. Ellen Mary Mcclellan, widow
of Mai. Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan, was
received by her son, Geo. Brinton Nc.
CleHan, former mayor of New York.
Pneumonia was the immediate cause
of her death.
After fasting sixty days, Louis
Roth, a tailor at Palo Alto, Cal, was
given few spoorfuls of orange juice
on advice of a physician and by per.
suasion of his wife Gradually his ra.
tions will be increased. Roth was con.
vinced that fasting would cure him of
a digestive disorder
District Attorney Perkins announced
at New York that he had investigated
and established as unfounded certain
charges made against John A. Dix, for.
mer governor of New York and others,
in connection with the pardon granted
by Dix, when governor, to Albert T.
Patrick, the slayer of William Marsh
Rice.
That Federal Judge Aston G. Day.
ton of the northern district of West
Virginia was prejudiced against labor
unions was the burden of most of the
testimony heard at Wheeling, w. Va,
by the congressional subcommittee in.
vestigating charges against the jurist.
An immediate embargo on the ex-
portation of wheat as preventative Of
further increase in the price OF
bread, is recommended to the federal
government in the report of Mayor
Mitchel's food committee of New York
submitted by George w. Perkins, the
chairman.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
ATTACKS KILLED WIFE.
is CHARGE OF RUDY 9. MEYERS
AGAINST WALTER MCDOWELL.
Woman's Husband Fires Five Shots
Into Brain of Enemy, but Doctors
Find Only One Wound.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Frederick, Colo-Rudy b. Meyers,
an employe of the Evans mine at Fire
sthone, fired six shots from a revolver
at Walter Mcdowell, Brighton farm
er, when they met in front of the
Frederick drug store. His first shot
brought Mcdowell to the ground, and
then Meyers stood over him, with the
revolver against his head and fired
five shots more. A hurried examina-
ton revealed, only one wound in Nc
Dowells head, but it is believed that
five bullets entered at the same place.
There is no hope for his recovery.
According to Meyers, Mcdowell
called at the Meyers home Feb. 3, in
Meyers absence, and attempted to as
sault Mrs. Meyers, prepossessing
young woman. She seized a butcher
knife and drove him from the house,
but few minutes later collapsed and
soon passed into convulsion that
caused her death in the early morning.
Leaving her body in an undertaking
establishment at FiTestone, Meyers
started out to find Mcdowell. When
they met Meyers at once began shoot
ing, without any warning, and con
tinued until his revolver was empty.
Then he walked out into the middle
of the street and raising his empty
revolver above his head, shouted:
Il have killed man and wish to
give myself up. Will someone call an
officer"
woman stepped up to him. He
handed his revolver to her and few
minutes later surrendered to Town
Marshal Runyan.
Mcdowell, whose home is on a
ranch near Brighton, is married and
has two children. Recently he has
been operating a hay baler near Fire
stone.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
WASHINGTON.

The bill to bar products of child la
Dor from interstate commerce was
passed by the House by vote of 232
to "A.
Members of the Senate itself NAV
be dragged into the investigation of
the lobby for and against the shin
purchase bill.
The government ship purchase bill
as an amendment to the Weeks naval
artillery bill, was passed by the House
Wednesday by vote of 215 to 121.
American attaches of the United
States embassy in Mexico City, lately
attached to the Brazilian legation, will
Leave Mexico City if all other diplo-
matte representatives depart.
Formal announcement of the candi-
dacy of Mrs. William Cumming Story
of New York, president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
for second term is made. The cleo
tion will occur in April during the an
nual congress. Her only opponent is
Mrs. George Guernsey, state regent of
Kansas.
Count Bernstorff the German am
bassador, presented 20 the state de-
partment a note from his government
announcing that Germany stands
ready TO consider receding from its
announced intention of attacking Brit
ish merchantmen, if Great Britain will
withdraw its efforts to prevent food
stuffs from going to Germany for the
civilian population.
Memorial services for the dead of
the battleship Maine were held in Ar
lington National cemetery. Patriotic
organizations and United States troops.
marines and bluejackets participated.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
FOREIGN.

Seventeen Spaniards OF means, ex-
PEELED from Lorraine, in Baden, by the
German authorities, arrived in Geneva
A large shipment of copper packed
in casks which were labeled sugar"
and put aboard the steamship Carmen
was seized at Copenhagen.
Helen, Baroness Abinger, widow of
the third Baron Abinger, who was said
to have been the first British peeress
of American birth, died in London.
Henry Van Dyke, the American min
lister at The Hague, turned over s5, 900
to the Netherlands Red Cross Society
on behalf of the American Red Cross
The Bundesrat at Berlin decided to
appropriate all the domestic stocks of
oats, with the exception of seed oats
and the grain necessary for fodder for
horses.
A Vienna Cabinet order forbids the
use of barley after Feb. 10 for pro-
ducing malt. The decree aims at Sc
curing the available supply of barley
as a substitute for wheat.
Raoul Davidot, a French prisoner OF
war, returned to Germany from visit
to his home in France, where he was
permitted to go, by order of Emperor
William, to see his dying mother.
Guadalajara, second largest city in
Mexico, fell into the hands of the Villa
troops, according to telegram re-.
ceived at Ell Paso, Texas. General
Villa describes his victory as complete
The reported expulsion of all for
eigners from that part of upper AL
SAGE still occupied by the Germans has
been confirmed, and it is also stated
that complete evacuation by the civil.
ian population has been commenced.
Two members of Sofas aristocracy
are reported to have been killed and
ten others injured when bomb was
exploded at a masked ball attended by
diplomats and representatives of the
most exclusive society of the Bull
garian capital
Prince George of Serbia, who has
been in Italy, recovering from wounds
that have obliged him to use crutches,
expressed the belief at Rome that the
war would surely end in the triumph
of the allies but admitted that this
would require enormous sacrifices, es-
pecially OF men.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
nlIRlNG TUE pkcT WEEK
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Dispatches from Ambassadors Ger
ard at Berlin and Page at London an
nounced Tuesday that both Germany
and England will refuse the American
shipping demands.
Chancellor Lloyd George declares
the war will cost the allies 100000
100000 during the current year, and
that England can carry its share OF
expense for five years.
Refugees who have been expelled
from Alsace-Lorraine declare that the
Germans are making extraordinary
preparations to resume the offensive
in that region. More than 1000 200
Germans are being assembled along
the Rhine, according to the refugees
reaching Paris.
The following announcement was
made by the Overseas News Agency
at Berlin: Field Marshal Won linden
burg's third battle of the Mazurian
Lakes will prove more disastrous to
the Russians than the other two, from
present indications. 1t is believed that
10000 Russians were captured"
The air wing of the British navy
made another massed attack on the
German positions along the Belgian
coast in an effort to destroy or dam
age the submarine base at Zeebrugge,
the guns at Ostend and Middlekerke,
and the ,aerodrome at Ghistelle. While
the British airmen were dropping their
bombs on the gun positions, the supply
trains and barges and the trawlers
used in mine laying and mine sweep
ing operations. eight Frenchmen at
tackled the Ghistelles areodrome, thus
preventing the German airmen from
making an attempt to cut off the Brit
ish machines.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
Six Troopers Plead Not Guilty.

Denver.-Despite the fact that the
federal officials announced that each
of the six members of Troop f, Fifth
cavalry, arrested on the charge of rob
bing the Walsenburg postoffice of two
packages of currency totaling $4,000
had made confessions, they entered
pleas of not guilty when arraigned be
fore Judge r. E. Lewis, on the advice
of their attorney. The six soldiers
have been in the county Jail for sew.
eral weeks. They appeared in court
in full uniform.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
Peterson Prohibition Bill Passed,

Denver.-The Colorado House OF
Representatives r do" passed the
Peterson prohibits, A bill with only
the absolutely necessary provisions
required by the wording of the con.
stitutional amendment adopted last
fall, permitting the sale of intoxicante
for medicinal and sacramental pur
poses. Wholesale druggists and re.
tail druggists, the only class of mer-
chants permitted to handle liquors un.
der the provisions of the original bill,
were deprived of that right.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
EIkton to PAY $4,000 Dividend.

Colorado Springs.-A total of $4,000
will be paid in dividends by the Elk.
ton Consolidated Mining & Milling
Company Feb. "a, to stockholders ol
record.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-02-20
Bread at is Cents a Loaf.

Pueblo.-The price of bread in Pu.
eblo has been increased from &c to
7hc loaf Large loaves will sell for
15c. The former price was 1Oc.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

with little success and makes the fol-
lowing report and suggests that Amer
icus surrender her franchise in the
Georgia state league.
Americus, Ga, May Is, 1915.
To The Citizens of Americus:
We the committee appointed at the
meeting of the Citizens of Americus
held Yesterday morning at the City
Hall for the purpose of securing sub
scriptions of a sufficient amount to
guarantee the salaries of the Americus
Base Ball Team for the present season,
beg to submit the following report:
First: Your committee believes that
it has made a thorough canvass, both
of the individuals and the business men
of the city and that in so doing the
matter has been clearly and squarely
brought to the attention and consider
alton of these parties
SGCOIlu.
committee in presenting this matter to
the people of Americus has been thor
ough and painstaking in every respect
and in a business like way presented.
Your Committee is unanimously of the
opinion that it would be very poor
business policy for the people of Am
ericus to give up the franchise In the
Georgia State League and that in so
doing, Americus will be placed in
very unfavorable light in the press OF
the State. Your committee also be-
Iieves that the team thus far has been
managed and maintained at minimum
Icost and that it would be possible to
retain the franchise for the present
season at smaller expense. than ever
before
However, after the reception given
your committee by the Citizens and
Business Men of Americus, we do not
feel that the officers and directors of
the Americus Base Ball Club would be
warranted in continuing their efforts
to longer hold the franchise. While
we believe that a good Ball Team is
one of the very best advertisements
which any city could have, and that
such is especially true at this partic-
ular time yet, in view Of the reception
that has been given us in our efforts to
insure financial support and the atti-
tude assumed by those who in our
opinion should support the team, we
respectfully suggest that the franchise
be surrendered and that the same be
disposed of to the best advantage by
those in charge.
Respectfully Submitted.
T. "A. LITTLEJOHN,
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY,
j. E. MATHIS,
J. W. HARRIS, JR.,
E. H. HYMAN,
L. G. COUNCIL,
The Committee.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
The Standing

TOday's Games
WaycrO5s at Americus.
Brunswick at Thomasville.
Lo,aan at Valdosta.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

Brunswick leads the Georgia State
League teams in stolen bases with
81, through the games played Thurs
day, May 13. The others are as fol-
lows: Valdosta %, Thomasville %,
Americus %, Dothan 16, Waycross 13.
Brunswick leads the Georgia State
League teams in double plays through
the games played Thursday, May 13,
with 19. The others are as follows:
Waycross II, Valdosta II, Americus Z
Dothan 6, Thomasville 5.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
MUCKALEES KEEP
SLIPPING: TEAM
LOSES IS To 4

hTe Muckalees lost yesterday 13 to4.
Waycross got an early start and ran
away in the first fey innings.
Blansit, who started for Americus,
was ineffective. This coupled with er-
rors lost the game.
Spaugh relieved Blansit and pitched
a pretty game. Wagnon and Powers
were the stars with the willow.
Box score:
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

Brunswick leads the Georgia State
League teams in sacrifice hits through
the games played Thursday, May 13,
with %. The others are as follows:
27, Dothan 26, Americus
%, Waycross %, Valdosta 10.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
BASEBALL SEEMS
DOOMED IN CITY
COMMITTEE MEETS WITH LITTLE
ENCOURAGEMENT AND RECON-
MEND THE GEORGIA STATE
LEAGUE FRANCHISE.

The committee appointed yesterday
to canvass the city and secure funds
to finance the Americus ball club, met
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results,

I'oihan 2, Valdosta l.
Brunswick 4, Thomasville 2.
Waycross 13, Americus 4.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
BRUNSWICK 4, THOMAsvILLE 2.

THOMASVILLE, Ga, May 15.-Mc-
Farland, aided by locals errors, won
yesterdays game, to 2. Thomasville
got two on Parker's single and Braz-
ier's homer in the first but was never
dangerous thereafter Errors and slow
fielding gave Brunswick all her runs.
Score by inings r.
Brunswick ..........00 900 112 000-4
Thomasville 200 900 000-2
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

Brunswick leads the Georgia State
League teams in fielding with an av-
erage of .957. Waycross and Thomas
vile are tied for second, with .955
each. Americus has made the most
put-outs, Dothan has the most assists
and Brunswick the least errors. Here
are the figures through Thursdays
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
With Dick Jen1ison
And His Dope Book

Brunswick leads the Georgia State
League teams with the bat with all
average of PIT, through the games
played Thursday, May 13. Americus
is second and Dothan third. Dothan
has made the most hits and Brunswick
has scored the most runs. Here are
the figures.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

Summary-Sacrifice hits, Antiey,
Selph; two base hits, higgins, Rey-
nolds, Candy; three base hit, Power;
stolen bases, higgins 2; bases on balls,
off Antley 2; struck out, by Antley s.,
by Blansit 8. Time of game, 1:50. UNI
pire, White. Innings pitched, by Blan-
sit 2 2-3, hits.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15

Dothan leads the Georgia State
League teams in slugging with 181 to-
tai bases on their hits. Americas is
second and Brunswick third. Bruins
wick leads in doubles, Valdosta in
triples, Waycross in home runs and
Americus in extra bases. Here are the
figures through Thursdays games:
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results

Memphis 8, Atlanta 2.
Little Rock 5, Mobile 2.
New Orleans 3, Nashville 2.
Chattanooga s, Birmingham 5.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
The Standing

GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results
Admission 2, LAGRANGE /.
Rome 4, Newman 2.
Griffin s, Talladega 6.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-15
DOTHAN 3, VALDOSTA /.

VALDOSTA, Ga, May 15-Valdosta
could not hit Hodge effectively yester-
day and Dothan won fast game 2 to
/. The fast fielding of the locals and
the hitting of Parks featured. Score
by innings: r.
DOthan ...............00 600 OOl-2
Valdosta ............O 900 900 1901
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
Humor of German Law.

The Green Bag gives the following
instances of humCr in German courts:
in Berlin not long ago an ironwork
er was sent to prison because he had
laughed at a policeman. 1t appears
that as this man was proceeding along
a street one day his risibilities were
aroused by the sight of a particularly
stout policeman giving chase to d dog
The offender was promptly hailed to
court and sent up for scandal
"A German, in attempting to board a
moving train. fractured his leg. After
six months in a hospital he was dis
charged. whereupon the state railway
department at once prosecuted him for
infringement of regulations.' He was
fined a sum equivalent to So
Upon entering an omnibus man
trod on the foot of a woman. who was
So inceused by the incidsnt that she
remarked that he walked like hen.
For this term of reproach the lady was
fined 20 marks"