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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
ITALIAN STATEMENT.

ROME, September :. via Paris. Septcm-
her =:
In the Tolmino sector. during the night
of September q. the enemy, after vio-
lent artillery and rife fire, attacked
our positions on Mrzlivrh Monte
Nero. Although favored by fog and
darkness. the attack was completely
repulsed. with heavy loss On the
lower IsonZo the enemy bombarded
San Pietro, Sasso Liano and Monfal-
cone. Several of the inhabitants
were killed. We removed two float
ing mines from the river.
"In the upper camonica valley our ar
tillery opened fire on the enemy in
Preseua basin. In Val Concei tval-
ley of the Ledro), the night of Sep
TENDER ). one of our attachments by
a bold stroke destroyed saw mill
and the electric plant at LenZumo.
north OF EeZzeGc2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
CLUB AID
TO FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
Recent Campaign Results in Collec.
ton of $4Q01List of
Assistants.

AS result of two-week campaign
for members of the ''penny-a-day" club
for Friendship House. 324 Virginia ave-
nue. southeast. the insti tuition is today
$500 richer. This is by no means the
only thing accomplished through the
campaign, however. for hundreds of per-
sons in Washington and the vicinity
have become interested in the work be-
ing done by Friendship House.
While the dues" of the club were
only a penny day. large percentage
of the contributors gave more One
woman in the west. reading Of the cam
paign in the newspapers, sent her check
for $50. No mean proportion of the fund
raised. however. came through the lesser
contributions-even the PENN es-do-
mated by newsboys and other children,
many Of whom had at one time been the
beneficiaries Of Friendship House.
Boxes Provided for Donations
Boxes for the donations were kept in
practically all the large theaters and
several of the motion picture houses,
the drug stores and department store.s
in the business district.
Business men Of Washington who as
sisted in making the affair success
lncludeu george +. hllltan, who do
mated boxes: Lewis Thayer. who do
mated posters: A. Brylawski. who in adj
dition to allowing the use of the vari-
Gus theaters under his supervision also
donated slides and boxes. and the
Steamer Auto Company and Barnett
Taxicab Company. which donated the
use of automobiles. These are in addi-
ton, of course, to the managers of the
various stores and theaters which al
lowed the use of their places for col
lecting money. Henry Lansburgh also
promised to furnish cake and ice cream
for 4 benefit to be held at some future
date.
Those in Charge.
Mrs. Milo E. Atkinson had charge
Of the campaign. Included among those
who assisted in it were Mrs. W. G.
Stuart. Miss Ruth MCGOWAN. Mrs. ].
Reed. Miss Frances Brady. Mrs ].
Hunter, Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. K. Holmes,
Miss F. Abbott, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs
NJ. Miles. Mrs. Andrew Anderson, Miss
F. Johnson, Mrs. Charles Dalziel, Mrs
kempton. Mrs. A. Young, Mrs. H.
Smith. Miss A. Hughes, Mrs. NJ. Lind
say. Mrs. J. Lindsay. Miss Pyles, Mrs.
G. Bradbury, Miss Mercer Smith, Mrs.
c. l.. Barnett. Miss Carr. Miss Hooper,
Mrs. Burklin. Miss Burklin. Mrs. Cliff,
Miss harrington, Miss Arthur, Mrs Z.
J. Briggs. Mrs. r. E. Briggs, Mrs.
Rugg. Miss Hinton. Miss S. Davis. Mrs
Pond, Miss Moser, Miss l.. Youngs, Mrs.
Forrest, Mrs. +. Fl. Clapp and Mrs. S.
Artz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
Administrators Defense Program.

The administrations program for
strengthening national defenses prob
ably will make impossible any reduc-
ton in military and naval appropria-
lions, but otherwise it is proposed to
have general pairing down wherever il
is practicable. Large river and har-
Dor and public building bills will be
opposed.
Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury is
planning to make tour of the coun-
Try soon to inspect government owned
buildings and investigate the needs of
communities which are seeking new
federal buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
ECONOMY is TO BE THEME
OF COMING CONFERENCE
President Wilson and Senate and
House Leaders to Consider Pub
lie Expenditures.

Economy in appropriations is to be
the subject of a conference between
President Wilson and Senate and
House leaders before Congress con-
venes in December. 1t is learned that
the President plans to give this prob
lem much personal attention, and will
discuss it with his cabinet officers
when they are completing their esti-
mates of expenditures for the coming
wear
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24
ODD BITS OF NEWS,

Cottage Grove, Ore.-Bert Nokes
set hen and then decided to move
to Spokane, 500 miles distant. He
shipped biddy, her nest and all, by
express, and twelve Of the fourteen
eggs hatched.
Wichita, Kan-Whenever Mrs. Louis
Fisher tries to telephone, her right
arm and side become numb and she
becomes unconscious. Her affliction
is a case of nerves. Several years
ago she received shock while tele-
phoning.
Morgantown, w. Va.-Twenty years
ago Lewis NJ. Runner left home for
Washington to patent device. He
had never been heard from since un-
til recently, when he returned home.
His wife, who had always said he
would come back, welcomed him with
open arms.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24

both glaring examples Of misnomer.
No more interesting stretch Of nature
lies out of doors than the "Bad
Lands" yet the name leaves 4 most
unfavorable impression on the minds
of the reader east of US, and no one
puts it on his route sheet Of western
trip. The "Black Hills!" That name
signifies something and has a large
element of sentiment for us who know
them, but sounds highly uninteresting
to one unacquainted with their beauty
and their grandeur. No scenery in the
Pyrenees can surpass that in the
southwestern part of South Dakota:
yet do thousands and thousands of
tourists feast on it's attractions?
Seeing the Good.
The bad or unfavorable impression
made on the mind of the newspaper
and letter readers to the east of us
by emphasizing only the extreme
downward limit of the mercury, the
extreme upward drift of the snow, the
extreme dryness of drought, the
deed of drunken Indian, the fact
that coyote was sighted in the dis
tance, that kid saw a. rattlesnake,
that our hills are black, that the Mis-
souri, washes its banks, has kept thou
sands of prospective settlers and
investors out of this country, retard-
ed it's settlement and progress by
years.
There is no moral to point in all
this, perhaps; it is just protest
against the noticing and mentioning
only the sensational and disagreeable
and a petition to all my readers to
look around and realize and spread
the news that right around us we have
Goods Own Country" Where the
Mighty Missouri Rolls Down to the
Sea.-The Dakota Farmer.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24

Springfield, Ill.-Mrs. Isabella Ar
mold, who weighed 400 pounds, died
recently. It was necessary to hold
the funeral on the porch as the cof-
fin was too large to pass through the
doorway. Ten pallbearers were re-
luired.
New Manchester, Ind.-For 80 days
hog belonging to C. o. Hudgleson
lived off the fat of it's own body. The
hog got into huge stack of straw
and couldn't get out. It weighed $50
pounds, but when found had shrunk to
less than 100 and was still alive.
*******
Biddeford, Me.-James Sargent has
the original human calf. It has hu-
man skin, covered with human hair.
A luxuriant beard hangs from it's
chin. When it attempts to below, it
emits sounds resembling a child cry
ing. Otherwise it is a normal calf.
Rulo, Neb.-Years ago Arthur Ly-
tie, fisherman, located his hut on
small sand bar lying near the Mis-
souri, shore. Dirt washed onto the
bar, and now it is the size of two
sections. Lytle turned farmer and
has made small fortune. Neither
Missouri nor Nebraska demand taxes
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24
GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND
(By Observer)

(By ObServer)
You know the result. And the
same conclusion follows in the case of
empire.
The writer came to Brown county
thirtyfour years ago and some years
later had to go down to the Twin
Cities and take in Buffalo Bill Wild
West show in order to get a close
look at an Indian. Even the bleached
bones of the extinct buffalo had been
picked up and shipped off for CONNER
cial purposes prior to that time. And
yet, even today, such is the result Of
sensational stories sent out by local
papers and sent to eastern papers,
friends in the east think l am in
hourly danger of an Indian massacre
or of being tramped to death in a
stampede of ponderous bison. There's
a tribe of Indians on Long Island
didn't you know it? Look it up. Yet
do the summer resorters build barri-
C1uCS 4O1 COllllOu ACAuSC DO VIC
New York and Brooklyn papers fly
danger signals and forecast a mas
sacre if an unusual sound breaks the
stiffness?
The Minnesota immigration COM
missioner tells me as an actual fact
that one broiling July day three or
four years ago perspiring lady limp
ly sagged off train at the Union
depot at St. Paul and asked the near
est policeman the way to the-1CE
PALACE.
Such was the result of the wrong
kind of publicity. If you lived in Min
neapolis in the late '90's, everywhere
you went in the east you were bonn
barded with questions as to your per-
sonal experiences with Harry Hay.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24
Glen MuriS
Cash Hardware

ward. If you are from the West River
country today, folks want to know
what special protection you wear
against rattlesnakes. True, there are
snakes in the buttes and sand hills,
but why emphasize the fact? Why
should the only dispatch from that
country be a report of the mirac-
ulous escape of an infant from the
deadly fangs?
The mighty Missouri"
The "Big Muddy" If there ever
was a slander, there's one. No more
majestic stream pours it's flood to the
ocean. How different is the impress
sion left by the pleasing phrase "The
Beautiful Blue Danube" That stream
is glorified in song and story and its
mere mention stirs all the romantic
strain that lies in the human breast.
And yet, as matter Of fact, the DAN
ube is flat, sluggish, yellow, dirty
stream, of about the consistency Of a
bill posters mess. In contrast, the
scenery at most any point along the
Missouri is enhancing. 1t is anyway.
AS boy heard poem or song,
few lines of which have ever re-
mained in my memory; the grand pro-
cession of words and sounds made a
deep impression upon my mind and
gave me conception of grandeur and
dignity that defies expression:
ITO the west, to the west, to
the land of the free,
Where the mighty Missouri
rolls down to the seal"
Just roll that around little over
your tongue and see if it doesn't leave
different impression than to speak
of our noble stream as the "Big
Muddy"
Unsuspected Beauties.
The bad Lands" the "Black Hills
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24
HOLIDAY WARNINGS.

The Pacific Board of Fire Under
writer's, Montana headquarters of
which are at Butte, is sending out
warnings calling the attention of
stores, churches and households to the
increased liability from fires because
Of the holidays. The bulletin:
Holiday fires in stores and churches
while filled with people are usually
holocausts. Light, inflammable deco
rations make fires easy to start and
easy to spread. A match, gas flame
or an electrical defect may do it.
Watch gas jets! Decorations may
be carried against them by air cur
rents.
Watch smokers! Do not permit
them to light cigars inside buildings.
Do not make the slightest change
in electric wiring without consulting
electrical inspector.
Every year in America many chill
dren are burned to death by fire from
Christmas candles.
Do not decorate your Christmas
tree with paper, cotton or any other
inflammable material. Use metallic
tinsel and other non-inflammable
decorations only, and set the tree Sc
curely so that the children in reach
in for things cannot tip it over.
Do not use cotton to represent
snow. If you must have snow use abb
bestos fibre.
Do not permit children to light or
relight the candles while parents are
not present. They frequently set fire
to their clothing instead.
Do not leave matches within reach
of children at holiday time. Candles
are meant to be lighted, and if the
children can get matches they will ex-
pertinent with them. They initiate
their elders.
Do not allow trees to remain inside
buildings after the holidays. The tree
itself ignites readily when needles
have become dry. A large number of
fires usually occur in January from
this cause.
A house of merriment is better than
a house of mourning.
Read your insurance policies!
Before attempting any hasty or i'll
advised decorations which may cause
fire, examine your insurance contracts
and see if the policies contain any
thing like this:
"This entire policy, unless otherwise
provided by agreement indorsed here
on or added hereto, shall be void, etc.,
If the hazard be increased by any
means within the control or knowledge
of the insured"
If you burn, you want your in
demnity; do nothing, therefore, to i'm
pair your contract.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-24

of him, but he cannot vote as his hold
ings are regarded as under the juris-
diction of the national government.
He has resided on the land for %
years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
GERMANY ADMITS
SINKING GULFLIGHT
Submarine Commander Says
He Thought Steamer Was
q British Vessel.
NOTE REPLY TOMORROW
Nebraskan Officers Statement
Increases Belief in Sub
marine Attack.
NOTE REPLY TOMORROW

BERLIN. via London. May fs.-The
Admiralty announced to-day that there
wns no Longer any doubt that the Amer
lean steamer Gulfight was sunk by a
torpedo fred from German submarine.
The announcement says that the COM
mander OF the submarine alleges as a
reason for his action that he thought the
steamer, was British vessel He adds
that size was conveyed by two patrol
boats and he was unable TO make close
investigation.
Il IL believed here that the German
admission Of tire ,orpedo.Hg Of the Gulf
'Igh.-which Is one of the pclnts raised
In President Wilson's note-will have a
bearing or the German reply. the main
points Of which are now probably known
To the officials IN Washington. II has
been held By tho legal counsellors o;
TIE Admiralty here that .he American
Goverrwert would have FIRST Of all 10
prove that the Gulflight had seen sent
70 the bottom by German submarine.
The German reply 20 the United States
note will be furnished 10 the German
papers Cor publication Sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
FEAR TWO MT. SINAI
INTERNES DROWNED
Searchers Find Canoe Young
Physicians Used Upset in
Lake George.

GLESs FALLS, n. Y. May 2s.-Af.er a
search OF forty-eight hours hope has
been abandoned OF finding the bodies OF
Drs. David r. Anderson and Norris
Kusch. internes at Mount Sinai Hospital.
New York. who are believed to have
been drowned yesterday afternoon In a
heavy windstorn on Lake George. where
they arrived Sunday 20 spend their va
cations. The canoe they had used was
found this morning three miles from
where they are thought TO have lost their
lives.
The two young physicians were a,
Bolton-on-Lake George. guests at the
T. r. Braley cottage. Yesterday after
noon they set out for a canoe trip. max
ing for Paradise Ray. From there they
proceeded TO Turtle Island. whore Eras-
mus Smith en,reated them TO remain
with him over night because o. the
roughness OF the lake. The young men
declined the invitation and started on
the return trip.
The canoe IL believed to have capsized
q short distance of Turtle Island. where
the water is 1l5 feet deep. DR.. Kusch's
father and Prof. Boas Of Columbia Unit
versity, friend OF Anderson. arrived
to-day at Bolton to aid In the search
for the bodies.
Or. Anderson and Or. Kusch had been
i1ternes al Mount Sinai Hospital, Fifth
avenue and Tooth street, for year and
a half. Anderson's home was In salt
Lake City. Ctah and kusch lived In this
city. Each was about o5 years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
WALK, WALK, WALK
Is THE U. S. WARNING
Death Rate After the Age of
40 Is Increasing in This
Country.

WASHINGTON. May 2s.-The United
States Public Health Service has issued
a warning TO the public. Here Il Is:
"The death rate after the age Of 10
Is increasing in spite OF more sanitary
modes OF living and greater protection
against communicable disease. The ex-
pectation of life after 40 Is less than
It was thirty years ago. This Is due
largely to Increased prevalence OF the
diseases OF degeneration.
The muscles. arteries and other or
gans Of those who. as a result of sed-
entary occupation or indulgence. take
too little exercise Degenerate. Heart
disease. kidney disease and other Ills
follow.
Take exercise. Take daily exercise.
Have a hobby that gets you out OF
doors. Walk to your business, to your
iressmakers. walk for the sake of walk
ing Join walking club and keep
your weekly score OF miles. Keep chick
ems. make garden. wheel the baby
or play golf. or any other game. but
take two hours outdoor exercise every
day.
Gymnasium work is good for those
who like II and can afford II. but avoid
heavy athletics Dom. try to be a
strong man Tho champion athletes die
young. he moderate, persistent, daily
exponent OF exercise.
You may not burn the family car
rage. as Benjamin Franklin suggested.
but at least. as he advised. walk, walk.
walk"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
Note to Follow in Few DAYS,
Warning Warning
Factions.
INTERVENTION MAY BE
ULTIMATE OUTCOME
Thousands Dying of Hun
ger in Cities and Riots
Are Raging.

President Wilson and the watch
fsl waiting" policy m Mexico have
come to the parting Of the ways.
The President issued an appeal
yesterday to the American people TO
contribute funds to the Red Cross for
the relief Of the starving people OF
Mexico.
This appeal was taken TO commit
the Administration to the task Of
se ne that the food supplies reach
interior points whether or not the
warning factions are willing.
The President has two courses open.
Il is believed, to recognize either Car
rama OF Villa or Intervention.
II was announced at the White
House that a statem, will be issued
In a few days which will carry warn
Ing to tho factions In Mexico that
they may expect action by the United
States uni ,ss cont.tions are greatly
and speedily improved.
The Red Cross also issued an ap-
peal for funds and supplies as the re-
suit of reports from Consuls and
others OF starvation In Mexico.
People are eating the flesh OF mules
and other animals. Food riots are re-
ported in many cities. Unless some
thing is Gone at once pestilcnce Will
sweep the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
Position at Bubic Also Won.
Bringing Captured Teu-
tons Up to 5000.
TROOPS CONCENTRATE
IN BALTIC PROVINCES
Falkenhausen Brings Sol
diers From West and More
Are Oh the Way.
Special caoi. De.pdtch TO The sus


LONDON. May ss.-importan, an
cesses are announced tonight In the
official statement of the Russian Gen.
eral Stan.
In the Shawl region the strongly for
tilted position at Buble was captured.
with 1000 prisoners. The Third Cau-
casian Corps captured fortifications o,
the Pigany front, together with G,oOo
German and Austrian prisoners and s!x
heavy guns and six field guns The
German cf.ic.al statement issued in Ber-
lin to-day admits the loss Of six guns.
Heavy losses were In".cted upon the
Germans northeast OF Sienawa. and
Thursday night tho Third Caucas.a,
Corps carried Sienawa by assault. TAX.
ing 1000 prisoners and five guns.
The statement follows:
In the Shawl region our troops
captured strongly fortified position
at Bubie, taking 1000 German prts-
oners on the lower Duossa there
has been stubborn lighting
In Galicia the lighting on the san
continues with intensity. Thursda-
offensive against the enemy's positions.
northeast OF Slenawa in,iict!ng heavy
losses.
To-day We captured for,iications
on the Iigany front, where the Third
Caucasian Corps captured 5000 GER
mans aud Austriars and six heavy
guns and siN field guns
South and east Of Radyrnno the
enemy has been prOfiting from a CON
siderable superiority In artillery fire
and has gained a certain amount of
ground.
on both banks OF the San. east o'
foussakow. near Z,OtIowiCe, the
enemy after furious fighting for sew
sral days has succeeded in cap,uring
fresh trenches from two of our bat
talipis. Between the great marshes
between the DnIcster and Dolina the
enemy, who began a series ut resoiute
attacks Tuesday. was repulsed nearly
everywhere. According TO the latest
information the Third Caucasian
Corps. resunling the offensive on the
night OF the 27th. carried Sicnawa
by assault, took 900 prisoners and
captured live guns.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
SUBWAY SEATS SIZE FIXED.
Each Citizen Entitled to u7.7S
Inches. Joe JOHNSON Finds,

The Public Service Commission has
decided that every New Yorker seated
in street car is entitled TO 1873 linear
inches OF space. 1t notified all the COM
panies yesterday that this must be the
basis OF computation hereafter.
For long time the corporations have
been pleading for "A precise definition
OF the rule. "a seat for every passen-
ger" They asked how much room be-
longed to each person on seats running
lengthwise OF the car. Joseph Johnson,
chief OF the commissions transit bureau.
was assigned to find out.
He reported that an investigation "of
500 separate cases on the subway. sur
face and elevated lines showed that the
average space occupied was l7.7s inches
He arrived at this figure by adding 500
measurements and then dividing the
sum by 500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
SAYS HE INVENTED THE TR0T
Col. Diamond, -. Declares These
Modern Dances Are Old.

That the hesitation waltz is twenty
five years old was the statement made in
the Supreme Court yesterday by Col
Marc Diamond. 75 years old. who has
been tangoing in vaudeville with Nine
Arina Delaware, 65.
Col. Diamond appeared before Jus
tice Ford and jury to defend n suit
by Miss Matte Sheridan. president OF
the Hungry Club, to recover commits
sions aggregating $4,000 from Col. Dia.
mond and Nine. Delaware on the ground
that she discovered" them and got them
vaudeville engagement.
Col. Diamond. who described himself
as Soldier, artist. composer and in
ventor of the standard waltz and turkey
trot," said he was doing the modern
dances years before they became popular
and that when he did the hest ton
quarter of a century ago he used four
steps instead of six. He gave an, illus
tration OF the ancient hesitation after
court had adjourned. The case was not
finished