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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-10

Syracuse. May 9.-Theodore Roosevelt tonight gave out the following state ment:
 "On the night of the day that the dis aster occurred l called the attention of our people to the fact that the sinking of the Lustania was not only an act of simple piracy, but that it represented piracy accompanied by murder on vast CT scale than any old time pirate had ever practced before being hung for his misdeeds.
 T called attention to the fact that this was merely the application on the hign seas and at our expense of the principles which when applied on land had pro- duced the innumerable hideous tragedies that have occurred in Belgium and in northern France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-10

and there will be military and naval escort.
 The body of Mime. Marie De Page. wife of Dr. Antoine De Page, medical director of the Belgian Red Cross, Is among the identified dead. Mime. De Page recently lectured in the United States on condl. tions in Belgium and collected funds for the sufferers of her country.
 The body of the Rev. Orr Jacobus, an American, has been identified.
 The body identified as Frederick is that of c. T. Frederick, Harvard geologist.
 Additional names of identified American dead were ascertained today as follows:
 Hugh Compton, aged iI, son of the president of the Booth line.
 J. B. Turnbull, Bridgeport. Conn.
 Edward Allis, New York city
 w. Walker, presumably of New York.
 Miss Mcknight 3 East Ninth street, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-10
SEVERAL OF DEAD TO
 BE BURIED TODAY

Queenstown, Maj g.-Mrs Albert C.. Milicks of Los Angeles and Miss Dorothy Conner of Washington and New York. first cabin passengers. are among the sur vivors of the Lusitania.
 No trace has bten found of the two daughters, Anna and Gwen, of Lady AL Ian of Montreal Their mother is the wife of Sir Montagu Allan, director of the Allan line.
 Lindell Bates, bother of Lindon Bates. Jr. of New York. ,rrived in Queenstown today seeking Lindpn.
 A number of ideitified dead. including probably several Americans, will be buried on Monday. The funerals will be public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-10

J. H. Barr, E. L. Brown, w. S. Brown,
 w. M. Cosby, Geo. c. Crawford, Culpepper Exum, w. H. Hassinger, Robert Jemison,
Evening star., 1915-04-30
PRESIDENT DIRECTS PROBE.
Asks Attorney General to Investi
gate Alleged Conspiracv.

President Wilson today directed At
torney General Gregory to make an
investigation SO that the government
may be informed Of the complaint
filed yesterday in Milwaukee. to deter
mine whether the Allis-Chalmers Com
pany has entered a conspiracy with
the Bethlehem Steel Company or 9TH
ers to ship shrapnel shells to Europe.
Tho action. brought under the dis
cover5" statute of Wisconsin. is a
state affair. but as It contends that GER
tain federal statutes are being vio-
lated the Attorney General was d.
rected to investigate that phase espe-
cially. Of1cials know of no law to
prevent shipments of ammunition as
articles of commerce and they assume
it Is contended the neutrality laws are
being violated in some other way.
State Department officials said they
could see no way in which the federal
government could be involved in the
suit, unless it concerned something
moro than the right of American manu-
facturers to sell munitions to the bel
ligerents.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
TAXI COMPANY VALUES
TO Be DISCUSSED JUNE !

Tentative valuations established by the
public utilities commission on tho proper
ties Of the Federal Taxicab Company. tho
Auto Livery Company and the Barnett
Taxicab Company will be considered by
the commission at the public hearing to
be held Monday. June Z. Final approval
of the valuations will be followed by the
commission giving immediate considera-
ton to the question Of taxicab rates in
the District of Columbia. The utilities
board already has established valuation
on the property OF the Terminal Taxicab
Company. 1t is expected that the ques-
tion Of rates will be taken up before July l.
The commission is in receipt of q
communication from Attorney c. o.
simmons. suggesting regulation
which would require the local gas light
companies and the Potomac Electric
POWER Company to make monthly In
spections of meters to ascertain the
consumption Of gas and electricity, and
upon completing such inspection to
make out ard leave on the premises a
statement showing the date and hour
of the inspection, the registering of
the meter and how much gas and cleo
trictty had been consumed during the
time since the taking OF the last read
ing. Attorney simmons also proposes
that the proposed regulation provide a
penalty for making a false statement
on such certificate.
In his letter to the commission At
| torney Simmons states that he believe.
such regulation will be OF great bane-
ft to the District He says that he
thinks that a corporation should be-
fined for allowing a meter to remain ir
use when 1t has knowledge that the
| meter is defective and fast He sue.
gests that the inspection of meters b,
| the bureau of standards should be free
| to the property owners. He claims tha,
| the charge made by the bureau is abso.
lutely prohibitive. and that many per.
| sons will pay bills which they believe
unfair rather than pay the bureau Of
standards for tests
Evening star., 1915-04-30
WOMEN PLAN DEMONSTRATION
Suffragists to Invade Wall Street
While Delegation Calls on O'Gorman,

NEW YORK. April 3o.-Five hum
dred women planned to take part in a
demonstration in Wall street this after
noon and to send a delegation to the
Office of United States Senator O'Gor-
man to learn his Views on the proposed
suffrage amendment to the federal Con-
stitution. This was the first of series
of visits to be made by deputations of
members of the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage upon the 435 men,
bers of Congress throughout the coun-
try for a similar purpose.
Senator O'Gorman had consented to
receive the delegates at the request of
Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont Six women,
headed by Mrs. John Rogers. were as
signed to call at the senator's Office
while other suffrage leaders addressed
a meeting to be held in the street in
front Of the subtreasury building.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
MRS. HAN0RE sPAIGHT DIES.
Born in Ireland, But Resident Of
Washington for Sixtv-Oue Years,

Mrs Hanore Spaight. seventyseven
years old. resident of the southwest Sec
ton Of Washington for sixty-one years,
died early this morning at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. c. P. Waite. so3 G
street southwest. Funeral services are to
be held at the residence Monday morning.
thence to ST. Dominic's Church, where
Father Farmer will celebrate mass at 10
o'clock. Interment Is to be at Mount Oil
vet cemetery.
Mrs. Spaight was a native Of ireland.
She was the widow Of James Spaight. and
was the last of a well known family, be-
ing the sister Of the late Thomas. Michael
and William ODonnell. She was one of
the Oldest members of st. Dominic s
Church.
Two daughters, Mrs. Waite and Mrs. W.
4. Burdine, ,,hn and a,.i .hrse sons; I'm snomas' mas
surViya har.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
CYCLIST SERIOUSLY HURT.
James Plummer, Colored, Falls While
Holding On to an Auto.

James Plummer. colored, seventeen
years old, of 1868 Euclid street north
west, fell from his bicycle at 10th and
V streets this morning, striking the
curbing. and is now in serious condi-
ton at Emergency Hospital.
Plummer was ridin. the bicycle north
on 10th street. He was holding by ono
hand to an automobile owned and oper-
ated by Mrs. George MARVEL. 1906 Cal :
vert street northwest. AT 10th and
streets she had to stop her car sud
denly and Plummer was thrown from
his bicycle. When he struck the curb
stone his left eye was lacerated and hs
received number of contusions. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital IN
the ambulance.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
NO REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL.
President Declines to Retire Charles
Nagel From Arbitration Board.

President Wilson has concluded that
there IL no good reason for the with
drawal of Charles Nage1. former Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, from
the arbitration board handling the
wage dispute between the western rail-
ways and their hremen and engineers,
because OF the railway employees pro-
test that as a trustee of the Bush
estate of st. Louis ae is interested in
railway securities-
The President came to his conclusions
after conferences with Federal Judge
Martin A. Knapp. chairman Of the fed
eral board Of mediation and conc1lia-
ton. He takes the position that the
railroad employees know Mr.. Nagel was
a trustee of the Busch estate when he
was selected as an arbitrator, and as
no protest was made then ne sees no
reason for his Withdrawal when an
award IL about to be made. The limit
set for the arbitration proceedings ex-
ptFss today. but the board has power
TO extend It
President Wilson today received
sslegrams from the engineers and fire.
men rstterating their protest
Evening star., 1915-04-30
Inland Navigation Topic of J. H.
Bernhard Before Southern
Commercial Congress.
URGES SUBSIDY SYSTEM
FOR MERCHANT MARINE
Spanish Ambassador Points to Large
Field in His Country for Agri-
cultural Machinery.

MUSKOGEE. Okla, April 3o-Amer-
ica's key to the door of vast foreign
trade is greater inland navigation. ac-
cording to John H. Bernhard. manager
of the national inland navigation bu-
reau. New York. Mr.. Bernhard, speak
Ing before the Southern Commercial
Congress here today. pointed out that
the United States has the greatest sys-
tenn Of inland water routes in the
world, and that this system virtually
Is idle because of the Indifference of
the public and legal decisions and reg
ulations of government bodies"
Inland water routes are capable Of
more efficient and of a. larger capacity
than is now available" he continued
at from one-third to one-fourth of
the present railroad cost
Mississippi and Rhine Contrasted.
The speaker contrasted the N1issis-
sippi river and the Rhine, a much
smaller river. and one less adapta BILE
to transportation purposes. saying that
IN 1913 the Rhine carried 100000
tons OF freight in $1,000 vessels, while
the Mississippi carried but 211, 900 tons.
lie urged system of subsidies for
our merchant marine, the improvement
OF rivers and harbors. the work to be
In charge of special department. with
cabinet officer at it's head, the for
bidding of rail rate changes to meet
water competition. the construction of
river terminals with belt railways.
throush the cooperation of the fed
efai ana state governments and mu-
inequalities, and the revision of Ameri
can navigation laws
A report OF Don Roberto Brenes Me-
sen, minister to the United States from
costa Rica, urged interma rKettne of
products. and pointed out that no COM
mercial relations "can be permanent
unless the United States extends finan-
cial aid to the agriculture and indus
tries" eoui'-
we need from yor In the north the
ereolt which We enjoy from the Euro
pean nations now at war;" he said.
Large Field in Spain.
Don Juan Riano, Spanish ambassador
at Washington. asserted there Is a
large Held for the expectation to Spain
OF American agricultural machinery and
Implements"
Arkansas was awarded the flag of
merit OF the women auxiliary congress
last night as being the state in the
south that has accomplished most to-
ward civic improvement in the last
year. The flag was held by Tennessee
last year.
The final session Of the congress will
be held tonight. Today's session was
devoted to discussion OF foreign trade,
especial attention being paid to Latin
America
Evening star., 1915-04-30
SAYS HE WAS ILLEGALLY
0USTED FROM POSITION
W. F. Arant Brings Suit to Obtain
Reinstatement as National Park
Superintendent.

The right Of cabinet officers to re-
move government employees in the clas-
sif1ed civil service is questioned in a
suit filed today in the District Supreme
Court by William F. Arant of klamath
Falls, Ore. The petition asks the
court for a mandamus to compel Sec
retary Lane Of the Interior Department
to restore him to the position of super
intendent OF the Crater Lake National
Park, in Oregon, from which position he
claims to have been unlawfully re-
moved by Secretary Lane June 2S, 1913.
Mr.. Arant had held the place for eleven
years.
Justice Stafford. at the request of At
torneys Maddox & Galley of the local
bar and J. H. Carnahan of klamath
Falls. Ore. issued a rule on Secretary
Lane to show cause May IL why a man
damus should not issue to restore Mr..
Arant to office.
Claims he Was in Classified Service.
At the time Of his removal, the petit
tioner says, he was held and recog-
nized by the civil service commission
to be a person in tho classified service,
and by act Of 1912 Congress provided
that no person in the classified service
should be removed unless charges in
writing were formally made against
him and an opportunity afforded to an
swer personally the charges. No such
charge was ever made against him, Mr..
Arant says. and his hrst tntimation was
a request for his resignation from Sec
retary Lane June Z, 1913
Mr. Arant answered. this request with
protest and invoked the provisions
Of the civil service law. The response
to this communication, he says, was a
telegram of June 2s removing him from
office and directing the transfer Of the
property to the new appointee. Mr..
Arant then telegraphed Secretary Lane
that he was willing to make account
Ing, but, declined to surrender the
property connected with the Office.
Removed by o. 8. Marshal.
July 20. 1918. tho United States mar
shall for Oregon, with the new ap-
pointee and posse OF men. he says,
called at the park, and demanded the
surrender. He again refused. Mr.. Arant
says. and the marshal. without a law
full warrant or other legal writ, vio-
lently and with force of arms seized
relator and removed him from said
Office" The marshal then re-entered
the building, the court is told, drove
Mr. Arant's family therefrom, and took
possession of the property. including
the effects Of the relator.
Mr.. Arant says he was unlawfully re-
moved, and has frequently attempted
to be reinstated, notifying the Secre-
tary Of his willingness to resume work,
but has been refused, and denied the
privilege legally belonging to him.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
AUSTRIAN COAST TOWNS
ARE TORN BY RIOTING

LONDON. April so-serious rioting
has occurred during the past few days
at Triest and Austrian seacoast towns,
according to mail advices from Buda-
pest received by the Post The dis
turbances have been due largely to a
further increase in food prices and q
scarcity of flour resulting from large
military reQuisitions. The police on
one occasion were reported to have
charged a mob in a suburb of Triest,
killing several and wounding 800.
Army contract scandals continue to
arouse deep Indignation at Budapest.
Many additional arrests have been
made OF persons accused Of supplying
adulterated food, to the army.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.


To tho north of the Niemen the enemy
advance guard, having passed Ros-
siany. approached the line of the
River Dubissa yesterday morning. On
the whole front of our contact with
the enemy the artillery fire during
the past few days has become more
intense. and collisions between re-
connoitering detachments more fire.
quent
West of the Nemen and north Of the
Narew the Germans on the 27th and
2Sth delivered isolated attacks at
many places. but none of very de-
cisive character.
In the regions Of kalwarya ana 10 .ne
north of Suwalki we checked an en-
emy offensive without any particular
Between the PISA and Skwa rivers:
during an attack in the sector OF
vancing in the marshy land came
under the crossfire of our machine
guns and were driven back In DIS
order, with heavy losses. In the re-
gion of the village of Tartak the en-
emy unsuccessfully attempted 10
carry our trenches by q sudden at
tack. His attempts to make prog
ress north of Przasnysz and east OF
Racionz and Drobine were equaiiy
futile. Near Starouvzeba the Ger
mans. who opened an offensive. were
Immediately engaged in desperate
battle.
In the Carpathians. near the Czsok
pass, the enemy during the night OF
April 27-2S unsuccessfully attacked a
hill northeast of Lubhia. In the d.
rection of Stry the enemy delivered
repeated desperate attacks in the re-
gion Of Golouetzko, but all were sue
cessfully repulsed with the bayonet.
The army of the Caucasus reports that
IN the nroyinca of Azerbaijan, Persia.
our advance parties have dislodged
the Turks from Kotur. 10 miles
northwest of Tabriz, on the boundary
between Persia and Turkey.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
ASKS FOR REINSTATEMENT.
james Campbell, Former Deputy Sur.
veyor, Seeks Trial On Any Charges.

James Campbell, whose commission
- special deputy surveyor OF the port
Of Baltimore expires today. in COM
pliancs with his own letter Of resigna-
tion. was in conference this morning
with Frank Halstead, chief Of the GUS
toms division, to further his appeal for
reinstatement to his civil service
status. % that he may stand trial on
any charge that may be brought
against him. Mr.. Campbell will un-
doubtedly be accorded tho opportunity
he desires.
He has already applied to Surveyor
Steele for reinstatement. Surveyor
Steele. announcing that he has for
warded the application to Washington,
declared himself opposed to the re-
quest For this reason. Mr.. Campbell
applies in person to the chief of GUS
toms
Evening star., 1915-04-30
PRESIDENT HAS BUSY DAY.
Cleaning Up His Desk That He May
Be Away Until Monday.

number of matters today, so that he
NAV be absent from Washington to-
morrow and Sunday to attend the
christening of his grandson. Francis
Sayre, at Williamstown. Mass, Sun
day. A large number of post office ap-
pointments were signed and announced
and the President signed many other
papers awaiting his signature. This
afternoon and tonight he will dispose
of other business before leaving at
midnight.
At the regular cabinet meeting today
the President considered many depart
mental matters with his cabinet ad-
visers and disposed of some things
there. The President and his party will
return to Washington Monday mora
ing, leaving Wiliiamstown Sunday
Evening star., 1915-04-30
FAIR WEATHER FORECAST.
Moderate Temperature Will Prevail
in Capital Tomorrow.

Fair weather. with moderate tempera-
ture, is predicted by the weather bu-
reau for tomorrow. Nor is there need
to fear about another blow-up this aft
ernoon, as In the past three days, the
weather man says.
Last nights spasmodic rain helped
the returning GOODNESS on it's way. with
the result that today is cooler than
than the day before and the day be-
fore cooler than the day before that.
Yesterdays high mark at the weather
bureau was 81 degrees-Qute a drop
from the l02 degrees of Monday.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
CLERGY WILL NOT SWEAR OFF.
Dean Of Canterbury Says It Would
Impair His Health.

LONDON. April 3o.-The clergy com
prising the lower house of the convo-
cation Of Canterbury gre willing to set
the nation an example in the matter
of temperance, but they are not willing
to abstain entirely from alcohol. This
was the sense OF the meeting yesterday
Of the lower house, which adopted a
resolution inviting the clergy and
laity Of the Church Of England to set
an example of self-sacrifice." in the
matter of alcoholic liquors.
Several members voted only after
being assured that total abstinence
was not expected Of them. The Dean
Of Canterbury said fatty he refused to
swear off altogether He had tried it
before, he said, and found it a failure
In that it impaired his health.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
NEWSPAPERS ARE SUED
FOR PUBLISHING STORY
Wife Of Upton Sinclair Wants DAM
ages for Printing Of News
About Her Arrest.

ATLANTA Ga. April 3o.-Reports re-
ceived here today from various cities in
the south indicated that practically
every daily newspaper. which a year
ago printed a story alleging that Mrs.
Mary Craig Sinclair, wife of Upton Sim
clair. the novelist, had been arrested in
New York, was being sued for damages
ranging from $4,000 to 10000. Suits
were being brought in the various
cities on Geographic requests from Mrs.
Sinclair's attorneys in Mississippi.
The article complained of stated that
Upton Sinclair, his wife and several
other persons had been arrested IN
connection with demonstration in
front of the building where John u.
Rockefeller had his offices. The demon
stration was said to have been intend
ed as protest against alleged conal-
tions in the Colorado coal strike region.
The report stated, however, that Mrs.
Sinclair had been released.
Evening star., 1915-04-30

vading forces. While the attention o,
the defenders Of the peninsula was thus
distracted the English troops came
ashore almost unmolested at a point
some distance up the coast.
The use by the British Of an auxil.
iary fleet of donkeys was first an
nounced by the Athens newspaper
Chronos, which received a telegram
from Its correspondent at Lemnos stat.
ing that the animals, laden with ig-
nited petroleum." caused a panic among
the Turks when they were driven into
the trenches.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
GERMANS ADVANCE
ON PRUSSIA BORDER
New Offensive Aimed at Rich
Baltic Provinces-Austrians
on Cars Soil.

LONDON, April so.-A general Ger
man offensive movement once moro Is
under way along the entire Prussian
border from Ti!sit to the Nistula river.
The German advance this time evident
ly Is aimed at the Baltic provinces.
whi-h ore rich In crops and other food
-oplise.
y special dispatch received here re-
-arts that the Austrians have occupied
Novoselitsv. on the border of Bessara-
bia and are now advancing victorious
ly into Russian territory.
There has been some revival of ac-
tivity along the line in Russian Poland,
where improvement in weather condl-
tions has led the Germans to make M a
number of isolated attacks These.
however, according to Petrograd. ad-
vices. have been repulsed-
Heavy Losses inflicted.
Crossf1rez Of Russian machine guns
easily repulsed an attack between the
PISA and Skwa rivers. in the sector of
krucha-Serefine. The enemy was driv-
en- back in great disorder, anq with
heavy losses. under the deadly hail.
q In the region of the village of Tartak
the enemy attempted surprise attack,
but this was beaten. according to Pet
rosrad. attempts to make progress
north Of Przasnysz and east Of Racionz
were equally futile. it is declared.
while near Starouveba the Germans
were engaged in desperate battle after
they had opened their offensive.
Austrians have made several desper-
ate attacks in the Carpat hfans. partic-
ularly in the region of Golouetzko, but
all Of these have been beaten back, ac-
cording to official Russian claims.
In the fighting along the River Me
men. which has for the past several
days been marked by the intensest ar
tilery engagements, the advantage
rests with the forces of the czar.
Austrian official reports comment on
the nerceness Of the artillery. attacks.
On the heights Of the Opir valley Rus
sian infantry attacks have failed. ac-
eording to Vienna
Evening star., 1915-04-30
CHRISTIANS AGAIN PREY
Renewal of Massacres by Kurds ir
Armenian Lake Van District
Reported.

JULIA. Transcaucasia, April 20. via
Petrograd and London. April 80. 4:O5
p.m.-A renewal of the recent mass
acres of Christians in Armenia is now
in progress in the whole district of
Lake Van.
Conflicts between tho Armenians and
the Kurds are daily becoming more
obdurate. An exceptionally fierce en-
gagement is occurring today at Sha-
tasch.
Evening star., 1915-04-30
DONKEYS BEARING DUMMY GUNS
SUCCEED IN TRICKING THE TURKS

LONDON, April ao.-ons thousand
donkeys loaded with dummy baggage
and guns played an important part in
aiding the landing of British forces in
the Dardanelles. says a Tenedos dis
patch to the Daily News under date Of
Thursday A point on the coast was
selected for the Decentralization Of the
newest type of cavalry" which was
viciously attacked by the Turks. who
were under the impression that it con-
stituted the advance guard of the in