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Evening star., 1915-04-15
WILL SPEED UP SUPPLY
OF MUNITIONS OF WAR

LONDON. April 15.-An important
committee, under the chairmanship Of
David Lloyd George. the chancellor of
the exchequer. to organize and speed
up the supply of munitions of war. was
completed today
The war office, the admiralty and the
board of trade each is represented on
the committee. Complete details as to
the needs of the military departments
and the means at present available to
supply them are being collected. When
the information thus obtained shall
have been examined the work of CO
ordinating the national energies will
be started.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
GERMANS REVAMPlNG
FORTRESS ON THE RHINE

BASEL. Switzerland. April l5--The
German military authorities, according
10 advices reaching this city. are re-
constructing the formidable fortress At
Isteir. five miles from here, on the
Rhine
thar when certain sluice gates are
closed wide stretches of the surround
ing country can be flooded. Observers
in Basel are expressing the opinion
that these preparations are in anticipa-
tion of French offensive being sue
cessful
Evening star., 1915-04-15
DENY LAPSE OF CHARTER
CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME
Fight Made Solely to Compel Just
= nent From Office Of Con-
troller, They Say.
C.IER SUITS NOT FEARED
Attorney Brandeis Announces BE
Will Seek Postponement Tomor-
row, Being Unable to Com
plete His Preparations.

When The Injunction case of the
Riggs National Bank against Johh
Skelton Williams controller of the
currency: William G.. McAdoo, Secre-
1arv of the Treasury, and John Burke
United states treasurer, is called be
fore Justice Mccoy, in the District Su-
prene Court tomorrow. Attorney Bran
deis will ask for a postponement, as
he has found it physically impossible
to complete the preparation of the gov
erumentS case
other Developments in connection
with the charges of the Riggs National
Bank that John Shelton Williams ana
other Treasury officials have persecut-
ed the bank and have tried to wreck
il consisted principally of denials OF a
number of interesting stories that have
obtained circula tion in connection with
The charges.
Among the most important Of these
is a report that the big banking inter-
ests of the country, led by the National
City Bank of New York and the Stand
ard Oil Company. have combined to
put forth the Riggs National Bank as
the fighter of the office of the control
lcr Of the currency because of gen.
"rai dissatisfaction among the banks
Of the country with their treatment in
the Office of the controller.
There is said to be no truth in this re-
port, and the statement was made today
in behalf of the bank that the bank stands
solidly OIL its own case as presented In
the documents already made public,
notably its bill Of complaint filed in the
District Supreme Court The bank, 1t is
sa i'd, has entered into no combination
whatever. and the only support it has
asked has been moral support Of other
banks, as shown in its letter to other
ranks, printed elsewhere in The Star to-
Evening star., 1915-04-15
DARDANELlES ATTACK
DELAYED BY WEATHER

LONDON. April 15.-Responsibility
for the delay in the operations Of the
allied fleet against the Turkish posi-
tions on TIL. I,ardanelles again has
been placed on the unfaNorahle wcath
conditions.
Telegraphing Tuesday, the Times
Mytilene correspondent says heavy gen
eral rains have fallen In the eastern
Aegean and that these doubtless will
prevent operations III the straits for
several days.
The CORES pondent adds that NJ.
SeniZelos, the former Greek premier,
is expected to visit Mytilene imme-
diateIy on his political tour through
the Aegean Islands.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
TURKS ARE REPULSED
IN ATTACKS ON BRITISH

LONDON. April l5.-The Turks, ac-
cordne to an official report issued by
the India Office. who had collected a
force of 1900 regulars with twenty
eight guns and some $4,000 kurds and
Arabs. attacked the British positions
at kurna. Ahwaz and Shaiba, in Mes
opotam mia. on March Il. They were
driven off. however, leaving 300 pris-
British.
The British casualties, according to
the report, were ninety-two men
wounded.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Italy Returns German Mail.

C,HIASSO, via Paris. April 15.-Several
thousand parcel post packages mailed
from Germany to the United States, after
being delayed here for some time, have
been returned to the senders by the postal
because the British and
French governments have given notifica-
ton that parcels addressed to German
citizens in the United States will be
seized whenever they are found on ship
hOa ard
Evening star., 1915-04-15
ANOTHER BRITISH SHIP
TORPEDOED AND SUNK

LONLON, April 1o.-The British steam
ship Ptarmigan has been torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine near
the North Hinder lightship in the
North sea Eleven sailors of the Ptar-
migans crew of twenty-five were
saved.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Cider Alcoholic in Three Weeks.

WHEELING, W. Va. April l5.--Cider
ceases TO become Il soft drink three
weeks after II has been made, accord
ing to a ruling jdst made by Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Fred .. Blue. lie
holds that the sale of cider after that
time is violation of the states pro-
Iibition laws cider. according to
Commissioner Blue, accumulates more
alcohol weekly and by the time three
months have passed becomes true ap
plejack.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Considered Greatest Print Sale

NEW YORK, April 15.--Artists and
art collectors asserted today that the
auction of the etchings and engravings
in Gen. Brayton Ives collection, con-
cluded here yesterday, constituted the
greatest print sale ever held in .meri-
ca The total sales amounted to $547,-
391. This marked 1t as one of the
most important art auctions ever con-
Quoted here. although the sum derived
several times has been exceeded.
Evening star., 1915-04-15

today that many bullets fell on Amer
lean soil yesterday during the fight
ing between the Villa and Carranza
forces at Matamoros, but that no one
was injured. He said desultory firing
continued throughout the day, but that
no serious engagement had been
fought.
Sends Aeroplane to Border.
First Lieuts T. Dew. Milling and
Byron Q. Jones and eight enlisted men,
with an aeroplane from the Army Aria-
ton School at San Diego, Cal, were or
dered to Brownsville last evening to aid
in the enforcement of neutrality at that
Grande at Matamoros.
Because of the circuitous course of the
river between Brownsville and Mata-
moros and the heavy growth OF vegeta-
tion lining the river banks, an aeroplane,
in the opinion of army officers affords
the best means OF patrolling that section
Of the border.
Villa Seems to Be Victor.
Gen. Villa appears to have gained the
upper hand in the first day of the battle
} yesterday with the forces of Gen. Obregon
near Celaya and vicinity, according to
consular advices to the State Department
from San Luis Potosi. From other points
as well it was reported that in the strue-
gle. in which officials estimated 45 900
men are engaged. the first fruits of VIC
tory are with the army Of Gen Villa.
Gen. Obregon Is declared to have been
surrounded and his retreat cut off from
all directions, according to one report
AS the firing line is extensive, detailed
advices have not reached here from
Gen. Villas headquarters and the final
outcome of the fighting is still doubt
full.
Victory for Villa would mean the re-
sumption of communication by rail and
wire between Mexico City and the
American border while success by Gen.
Obregon would divide the Villa -Zapata
forces and destroy the communica-
tion between the northern and south
ern sections of the country
In many quarters here ii is believed
the result of the struggle will have an
important bearing on the general po-
litical situation in Mexico. indicating
which Of the two major factions is to
dominate
State Department Advices.
The State Departments advices were
summarized in the following state
ment:
THE department is in receipt of ad-
vices, dated April 13, from San Luis
Potosi. stating that heavy fighting
around Celaya favors the Villa forces.
which have surrounded Obregon and
two of his subordinate commanders.
The lines extend from Celaya through
Queretaro to La Griega. 1t is estimat-
ed that $1,000 troops are engaged
Obregon.s retreat is said to be cut off
ut La Griega by Gems De Las and Ar
2uInedo.
THE San Luis potosi district is quiet
and in undsputed Villa control. Trains
are i'll operation from San Luis Potosi
to Aguascaiientes. east of San Luis
Potosi, to Las Palmas and south to Sau
Felipe Trains also arrive occasionally
from SaltiIlo."
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Killed Speeding in Central Park.

NEW YORK, April 15.-Benjamin
jackson. a lawyer. was instantly killed
in Central Park today when the auto
mobile in which he was riding alone
era shed into a tree on the side of the
driveway. The police say he was driv-
ing at the rate of dfty-five miles An
hour,
Evening star., 1915-04-15
FOUR DUTCH TRAWLERS
ARE SEIZED BY GERMANS

MUIDEN. Netherlands, April 15.--The
local owners Of the steam trawling
fleet have been notified that four of
their trawlers flying the flag of Hol-
land have been seized by German war
ships and taken into Cuxhaven.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
F. M, Smith Heads Mormon Church

Lamont, Iowa. April 15-Frederick
NJ. Smith of St. Joseph, Mo. was elect
ed president of the reorsanized Church
of Latter Day Saints to succeed the
late Joseph Smith. according to an an
nouncement today. The request of the
former prophet naming his son as his
successor was complied with last night,
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Patrick Lloyd, 108 Years Old, Dead.

CHATHAM. N. t., April 15.-Patrick
Iloyd is dead at Milbank, near here, in
his 1OSth year. He was horn in Linz
erick, ireland, st. Patricks day, 1903.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
WATER F|LLSE-4H HULL
ISU. S. DIVERS REPORT
Plunger Lies in 288 Feet of Water.
Other Submarines to Be
Surveyed.

HONOLULU. r. H.. April 1.-THE SUI
perstructure OF the submarine F-4 is
caved in and the hull is filled with
water. probably from seepa ge. accord
ing to report made by Chief Gunner's
Mate George D. Stillson. who descend
ed to the ocean floor and examined the
wreck late yesterday. after Frank
Crilly. diver. had located the sub
marine earlier in the day.
Stillson. who made a patrial survey
of the hulk. reported that. aside from
the damage to the superstructure, he
was unable to find any other holes. and
that the top plates were not crushed
in. One of the lines used by the search
ers In their attempts to locate the F-4, 4,
lad foued in the superstructure. Work
was to be begun today 1t was an
nounced to free the fouled line. and to
make others fast to the submarine
Two lines are already fast to the
wreck
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Under Water Two Hours.

Neither Crilly, who was under water
two hours. nor Stillson. who was sub
merged for an hour and a half. suffer-
ed ill effects. although, according to
official announcement by naval officers,
the submarine is lying at a depth of
2SS feet.
A board of investigators named yes
terday by Rear Admiral Charles b. T.
Moore, commandant of the Honolulu
navaI station, made an examination of
the submarines, FL. F. and F-3, the
remaining vessels of the f1otilla sta
toned at Honolulu. The members of
the board are Capt. Sumner L. w.
Kittelle, Lieuts. Milton S. Davis and
Hugh Brown. and Capt. Charles L.
Westcott of marines. all of the United
states cruiser Maryland.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
Bullets Fall on American Soil.

Maj. Gen. Funston, at Brownsville,
Tex. reported to the War Department
today that many bullets fell on Amer
lean soil yesterday during the fight
ing between the Villa and Carranza
forces at Matamoros, but that no one
was injured. He said desultory firing
continued throughout the day, but that
no serious engagement had been
fought.
Evening star., 1915-04-15
WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday: not much
change i'll temperature; light to mod
crate northerly winds
Temperature past twenty-four hours.
High, 81. at pm. today, low, 50, al
. m. today.
For full report see page q.
Evening star., 1915-04-15

The university must be practical The
worth of every university Is measured
lcontiRued on Seventeenth Page.l
Evening star., 1915-04-15

Continued on Fourth Page.J
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY. MARCH 3 1915
DEATH RATE STATISTICS.
14.1 Per 1000 In 1918 Compared With
1879 In 1912.

14'1 Per 1000 In 1918 Compared With
1879 In 1912.
Westinghouse death rate in 1913 Of
14.1 per 1000 OF the estimated popula-
ton In the registration area of the
United States compared with 1879 per
1000 in 1912 is shown in report by
the census bureau. The number of
deaths In the registration area, con.
tanning about two-thirds of the popula-
ton, was approximately S90,948.
Washington state showed the lowest
rate, being S5 per 1000, while New
Hampshire's was the highest, with
III. The lowest rate shown in 1913
by any Of the fifty registration cities,
with populations Of 100000 or over in
1910, was that for Seattle, which was
S.4, while Memphis showed the highest.
with 20.8 rl6t@
The average age at death for both
sexes from all causes combined was
1913; for males alone, 1872; for females,
4O.6. Nearly 18 per cent of all deaths
were Of infants under one year of age,
and more than 25 per cent were Of
children under five years. ..'
The death rate from tuberculosis de-
clined from 1495 per 100000 popula-
ton in 1912 to 1916 in 1913. The rate
from cancer rose from 63 per 100000
in 1900 to 78.9 in 1913. The number of
suicides was 9,998, the rate being 1873
per 100000 compared with 16 in 1912.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
SAVES WOMAN FROM BULL

Animal, Inaamed by Red Sweater,
Pursues Her to Trolley.
Boulder, Colo.-The presence of mind
and prompt action of Larry Fox. a
motorman of Denver and Interurban
car out Of Boulder. saved Edith Fair
from death or serious injury.
Wearing a red sweater Miss Fair,
who Is housemaid at the home of
Frank Anderson, on the eastern limits
Of the city, started for the junction to
Intercept the car to Denver. While
hurrying across vacant lot she heard
the believing Of big bull.
One glance was sufficient to warn
Miss Fair that she was the object of
attraction Of the maddened animal.
The terrified woman fed toward the
railway track with the enraged beast
not more than fifty yards behind her.
The interurban car at this moment
shot around the curve. but short
distance away. Motorman Fox was
quick to see the young woman's dan
ger, and after turning off the current
and applying the brakes jumped from
the vestibule, seized her by the wrist
and lifted her to the car almost at the
same instant the animal brushed
against the coach. ~ s.-...
Miss Fair. who had tainted when the
exc1tment was over. was soon revived.
but postponed her trip to Denver.
August Harding. the owner of the
bull. says he has never known the
animal to act unruly before. and at
tributes its antics to the red sweater
Miss Fair was wearing.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
OLD HOTEL FOR HOMELESS.
st. caroIine's Court Once Was Social
Favorite In Chicago.

st. caroIine's Court Once Was Social
Favorite In Chicago.
Chicago.-St. Caroline's Court hotel.
which forty years ago was the center
of many Of Chicago's social functions,
will become shelter for unemployed
and homeless men.
The famous hostelry is richly deco
rated in marble tiling and art work
imported from France. Marble STAIR
cases. a rotunda with art glass win
doWs. inlaid wood and art work in the
ballroom still remain to recall the old
time splendors of the structure.
The use Of the hotel has been grant
ed to the Christian Industrial league,
which plans to provide free lodging to
as many men as safely can be accom-
modated. Mattresses and blankets will
be provided for 800. Shower baths
also will be installed. Coffee and rolls
will be given the men every morning
without charge.
The hotel will be maintained by
funds given by charities.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
WHO SWALLOWS DICTIONARY?

Question Disturbing Missouri LeeisIa.
tors-Have Already Lost Three.
Jefferson City, Mo.-The house dis
covered recently that it was struggling
along without dictionary when q res
olution was introduced to buy new
one for use of members. '.&
I'D like to know what became of
the big dictionary we bought two years
ago" Representative J. M. Bowers
asked. "5@ss. ,..
No member volunteered information,
"I'd like to know what became of
the dictionary we had four years ago."
Bowers persisted.
Silence. I'll Fl. .f".s5.a-.
I'D like to know who took the die
tionary we bought six years ago." he
demanded. .#.~ a.
More silence. G4... .r.: 4
"Well, it's getting pretty tough when
they steal dictionary from Missouri
legislature" remarked the gentleman
Whereupon the house bought anoth-
er dictionary. ~
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
ANY SHAPE TRUNK CAN GO.

Baggage Smashers In Despair, but
Commerce Commission Is Firm.
Washington. = The ladies triumph
again and carry to victory with them
the trunk makers, costumers, actors
everybody who uses those newfangled
five sided trunks with conical protu-
berances. slant sides and unconven-
tional tops. ...g t.s-
The interstate commerce commission
told the railroads they cannot exclude
pentagOhal trunks from the regular
baggage service. The railroads want
ed to charge excess rates on any trunk
not cut on the square.
The commissions decision has filed
the baggagemasters with despair. La
mented one in the Pennsylvania serv-
ice: ..... .N.
"Just imagine trying to fill baggage
car with conical trunks, trunks with
slant sides and trunks cut in every
shape from doughnut to a starfsh
What are you going to put on top Of
trunk shaped like the pyramids, eh?"
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
ANIMALS AND BIRDS TO TALK.
So Says Garner, Who Has Spent Years
Studying Monkey Language.

So Says Garner, Who Has Spent Years
Studying Monkey Language.
Los Angeles, CAL There will come
day." says R. L. Garner, who tutored
Maeteriinck in the ways Of animals,
when all animal and bird life will be-
come articulate. A dream? Cannot
the bee teach us higher communism
the quick. effective elimination of
the unfit and shirker? Cannot the
birds tell us their secret Of flying?
Would we not like to know why the
oriole, the oven bird or castle building
ant are so much better engineers than
we?"
Garner says he thinks the gorilla and
ch1mpanzee more civilized than man
because they are more homogeneous.
He spent twenty-five years studying
these animals in the Kongo and after
vacation will return there. It is
from the gorillas and chimpanzees, he
says. that will come the first twin
cables from which scientists will hang
a bridge on which man and his lesser
brothers of the world will meet in
oracular converse"
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
WIRE NETTING ON PALACE.
Royal London Home Protected From
,gz Aerial Attack. H


@ Aerial Attack. .l
London.-The north wing of Buck
ingham palace is now being covered
with a wire netting about twenty feet
above the roof. This is the wing con-
tanning the living apartments of the
royal family. H.. as,
Additional anti-air craft guns have
been placed in the neighborhood of the
palace, one having been set up in the
center of Green park in the last week.
II Zeppelin should, be seen hover
ing over the palace there are at least
a half dozen guns which would open
fire upon it. III. E,..
Additional preparations are being
made almost every day to fight air
ships over London. d sE
While many Of the art treasures in
the museums have been removed to-
places Of greater safety, there have
been vigorous complaints in some news
papers that valuable pictures, sculp-
lures or objects Of art should still re-
main exposed to the possibility of
aerial attack on the galleries. I..a
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
:PRINCE-CH|'A|PLA
I LOVED D I !. BY | TROOPS |'||
Brother Of Of Saxon )Il. King Always
In Thick Of Flight.
HEROIC FIGURE IN THE war.

Conducts Religious Exercise. at the
Front and is Never Stopped by
Bursting shel!s--Fsriend, Of French
Prisoners, Who Send Message. to
Relatives Through Chaplain. ,s .a
Berlin.-There is perhaps no more
popular man in the Saxon army than
his royal highness Prince Max Will
helm August Albert Of Saxony. Prince
Max is not soldier, but'a chaplain.
The Father Max" Of whom SO many
stories are related by the Saxons is
none other than the, younger brother
Of the present King Frederick III. of
Saxony. ;7
4 German writer said Of him re-
Gently:
"Of all the heroic and picturesque
figures who have appeared in the
tragic drama of the present war, none
is more striking than Chaplain Prince
Max of Saxony, the only person of
royal blood serving In spiritual ca
pacity with any Of the armies now
battling in Europe.
"This humble man of God is to be
found wherever the battleSis thickest,
attending the wounded, giving extreme
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
TEXAS GOVERNOR
!. :. NOT A POLITICIAN
! Farmer: Banker Ferguson Prom
tsas a New Regime,

Austin, Tex.-James e. Ferguson of
iemple. banker and farmer, inaugural
ed governor on Jan. 10, is the first man
to go direct from active business life
into the office of chief executive OF
Texas. All of his predecessors had pre-
Viously held political Office of some
kind. - -
Governor Ferguson issued a state
ment in which he said he hoped to see
more miles Of railroad built in Texas
In 1915 than in any previous year; the
number Of silos increased at least ten
fold; more permanent highways built;
a new record in the matter of immigra-
ton to the state: more hogs and cattle
raised than ever before and q greatly
increased yield of corn and other grain.
There was not hint of politics any
where in the message.
Those intimately acquainted with the
governor say his administration will be
free from that species Of politics which
st1rs up class antagonism: there will be
no pitting of the farmers against the
corporations. Having been a farmer all
MS life and a banker for many years,
he wants these two interests to be
friendly and cooperate. In his younger
days he was railroad laborer, and he
helped to build many miles Of track.
During his campaign for governor he
promised that he would not permit
any liquor legislation. either pro or con,
on that subject If he could prevent it.
Since the election the higher courts
have nullif1ed the liquor laws in some
essential particulars. and it is known
that bills will be introduced dealing
with the provisions thus voided, and
the Prohibitionists claim working ma
jority in both houses. =,
Lieutenant Governor W. p. Hobby of
Beaumont, like Mr.. Ferguson. never
held public Office and belongs to the
conservative business element. He is
owner and editor of the Beaumont En-
terprise.