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Revolutionary Committee Said
to Be In Control of Situa-
tion at Lisbon.
TROOPS ARE POWERLESS
IN FACE OF POPULACE
Costa, Leader Of the Democrats and
Former Premier, Said to Have
Been Assassinated.

LONDON, May Is. 1f:le pm.-A news
agency dispatch received here from
Madrid declares there has been
ceived in the Spanish capital informs
tion of a grave revolutionary movement
in Portugal One report Is that a rev.
olutionary committee is IN control OF
the situation at Lisbon. This informs
tion has reached the Spanish ministry
Of the interior. Rebellion is said 10
have broken out at Ciombra, Oporto,
Lisbon and Santarem.
Fugitives reaching Bada5ose describe
the situation as extremely menacing,
Telegraph and telephone communicas
ton has been severed. and the troops
appear to be powerless TO control ths
people.
The Fabra News Agency, from whoss
agent this dispatch comes, gives IL out
under reserve, but at the same tina
says 1T believes the information prots
ably is correct.
DR.. Costa Reported Killed.
A dispatch from Madrid to Reuter- Z
Telegram Company says It is reported
there that DIR. Alfonso Costa. former
premier Of Portugal, has been assassr-
mated in Lisbon
DIR. Costa was leader of the demo-
cratic party in Portugal In ADDITION 10
having been premier he had served also
as minister of finance and minister OF
justice. He was the author of the law
providing for the separation of church
and state and other anti-cleric3ll
measures.
He had been described as an un-
compromising advocate of armed
revolution, and several times he has
been sent into exile. He was i'm
prisoned as ringleader of the unsuc-
cessful revolt in January of 1905.
Attempts upon the life of DIR. Costa
have not been infrequent. He was at
tackled by a man armed with a knife
tember of the same year plot 10
assa Ssinate him was unearthei. In
February of 1915 a young man named
Jose Silvas attempted to kill DIR. Costa
at Oporto. After this experience he evil
IDENTIFY went to Spain. for a news dis
patch received in April said he had
suddenly left that country.
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WEEKLY CIRCULATION STATEMENT
AFFIDAVIT.

AFFIDAVIT.
soemnly that tho above statement represents
only he number O THE EVENING SUNDAY
STAR circulated during the
19lb-that copies sold delivered
furnished mailed, valuable to bona
fde purchasers the copies SO
counted in the ONCE
In tho of Sunday
agents. from whom few returns Of unsold
have not been received.
FLEMING NEWBoID
Business
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.
District of Columbia,
subscribed o before me this fifteenth day
May AID. 1915.
e. E. RAMEY,
(Seal) Notary Public
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A large number Of American saddles
have been imported by Greece for use
In tho army.
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Press Says President Wilson's
Note Will Leave No Doubts
in Germany.
NEUTRALITY GREATER
AID THAN WAR, is CLAIM
Papers Resent Allusion to Humane
and Enlightened" Attitude
of Teutons.

LONDON, May 15.-All the morning
newspapers commenting on the Amer
ican note to Germany applaud the dig
nifty and firmness with which the doc
ument is couched.
The Daily News suggests that.
though it would be difficult after the
official defense for the sinking of the
Lusitania and the expressions Of sat
isfaction of the German newspapers
over the incident, the German govern
ment may take President Wilson's
irony at it's face value and declare that
the submarine commander acted in ex-
cess of his orders"
There are certain things left in OBJ
security in the otherwise extremely
lucid demands"
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Called Definite Challenge.

Tho Daily Graphic in an editorial on
tho note has this to say: THE American
note is a definite challenge, and 1t ts DIFF
ficult to see how either country can evade
an issue so clearly stated. It remains to
be seen whether Germany will face war
with the United States rather than
abandon the practice OF numbering non
combatants and neutrals upon tho high
seas"
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Yelled in a Mist.

The Daily News adds: "A guaranty
of immunity for neutral vessels from
attack evidently would not meet the
case. while the result of a failure to
comply with the American govern
ment's confident expectation is veiled
in mist of scrupulously friendly
words. But it will be very rash as
sumption on Germany's part If she
persuades herself that there Is nothing
behind the veil"
The Daily Express says that President
Wilson and Secretary Of State Bryan must
have smiled some when describing Ger
man influence as always on the side OF
Justice and humanity"
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his Apperson $50 Jack Rabbit" and
the writer. with a view to, obtaining
information concerning the road con-
ditions between the National Capital
and Mount Vernon, accompanied him.
Starting from The Star office, the
route was westward on Pennsylvania
avenue, turning to the left into 18th
street and down through the Monu-
ment grounds and Potomac Park.
Crossing the Highway bridge. we kept
straight ahead. avoiding the macadam-
lied road to the right at the Virginia
end of the bridge. Passing through
Brick Haven. three miles from our
starting point. we motored over Bel
gian block roadway. which eventually
connected UP with a macadamized road.
This roadway parallels the railroad
tracks nearly the entire distance to
Alexandra. We/passed Four Mile run
at ~ miles and soon entered the little
village of Potomac. So miles. The
speed limit through here is ten miles
per hour. A good macadam road eX-
tends through the village. At 81 miles
we turned sharply to the left over
bridge above the railroad tracks, avoid
ing the first road to the right on the
far end of the structure and keeping
straight ahead, later coming directly
into Washington street. Alexandria.
This broad thoroughfare was followed
until King street, In the heart of Alex
andria. was reached, when we turned
20 the right. Alexandria via this route
measured 7.6 miles from Washington.
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EFFICIENCY RUN RESULTS.
One Franklin Car Travels &c.
Miles on Gallon of Gasoline.

Final reports from 1871 participants,
giving the results of last Saturdays
national efficiency run of Franklin deal
ers throughout the United States. show
the grand average of 32.1 miles per
gallon of gasoline. An analysis of the
reports proves that it is possible for a
six-cylinder car to travel fifty five
miles on one single gallon Of fuel.
This was the high record of demon
stration secured at New Haven, Conn.
under the official supervision of Profs.
Lockwood and Prentice of Yale Uni
versty. The lowest record came from
Oil City. Pa. where the cold weather
and heavy road conditions were ex-
tremely unfavorable. David S. Hen
drick, the local dealer. scored 1913
miles. being accompanied by local au-
tomobile editors as observers
Four of the entrants ran 30 miles or
better: fifteen attained mileage of 40
or over: eightythtee identical cars on
the same day were able to travel 30
miles or more on the single gallon Of
fuel. The best record last year was
o1.2 and the lowest l7.2 miles.
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the home of Washington. Since the
close of the touring season last year
there has been constructed a splendid
highway. over an entirely new route.
through an ideal section of the Old
Dominion.
The new stretch starts at the Hunt
ing Creek bridge and extends to within
about two miles of Mount Vernon! while
in the near future the road between
Arlington and Alexandria will be i'm
proved and connect up with the road
which is now open to traffic. A run
was made a few days ago over the
route by Ed b. Terry at the wheel of
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meet the protective requirements Incl
dent to increasing wear and tear. has
been a problem to be ma stored. but this
has been accomplished through the eff
forts of the Mount Vernon Ladies' AS
ISOLATION of the Union.
After viewing the relics in the various
rooms of the old homestead. and a gen
eral inspection of the estate. we started
for home about 4:30 o'clock in the
afternoon. For the purpose of ascer-1
tanning which was the better route
back to the state road. we followed the
old road from the main entrance to the
new highway, which we joined at the
water trough We found this road very
rough in places and the going not
nearly so comfortable as the road which
we followed in the earlier part of the
afternoon at a point two miles farther
south from the watering place. So. for
this reason, the lower road is recom-
mended to motorists who desire 20 take
this trip to the home of Washington.
The distance is only about a mile and
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cious grounds and viewed the historic
home of Gen WASHINGTON According

cious grounds and viewed the historic
home of Gen. Washington. According
to history, it was in the year 1874, by
grant of Lord Culpeper. tract of some
5000 acres became the property of John
Washington and Nicholas Spencer. Half
of this tract descended to Lawrence
Washington. who. in 1743. built resi-
dence and named the estate Mount YER
non. after the British admiral under
whom he served. At Lawrence wash
ingtons death, in 1852, the estate
passed to the ownership of his half
brother. George Washington, who sub
sequently extended the boundaries of
his plantation until they included
nearly 5000 acres.
In 1893, when George Washington
died. the property passed as life in
terest to his widow, by whose will most
of the household effects in the mansion
were, after her death. divided among
her four grandchildren AS a result,
much of the original furniture of Mount
Vernon was eventually scattered. To
retain the appearance of that simplicity
which characterized the home of Wash
ington, to preserve the reverence of his
hallowed shrine, and at the same time
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NEW ENGLAND EXPECTS
INCREASED ROAD VISITORS
Many Auto Owners to Attend A. A.
A. Board of Directors Meet
ing at Boston.

New England is confidently looking
forward to an increased number of road
visitors, despite the fact that this year
the call of the Pacific coast is be,ng
really recognized for the first time.
With nearly 100000 car owners now
travelling the highways. 1t is saie ~
say that many thousands at one 'ihe
or another during the year yield 10 the
wanderlust which is latent in every
motorist.
In entertaining the annual meeting
of the board of directors of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association May IL ana
Is, Boston will signalize wEat m'gn'
be considered an official opening OF the
road season in New England. Presi-
dent John A. Wilson has made clear
to the directors that they are at I'D
erty to bring with them as many mem
bers as possible to participate IN the
meeting and also in the entertainment
which will be interSpersed.
Former president of tire A. A. A. ana
the present head of the Massachusetts
state association. Lewis K. Speare, mas
arranged for local committee' OF
which Chester l. Campbell is the chalr
man. This committee will take IN mana
the historic ride over the route once
followed by Paul Revere. which Will
take place the morning of the second
day, with moving picture accompani :
ment, in order that the event may pc
reproduced in the A. A. A. ciuos
throughout the country.
The Massachusetts Automobile Club
not only has offered to take care OF the
cars of members who tour to Boston,
but this pioneer organization viii also
provide cars for those who are unable
to make the trip over the road.
Monday will be devoted to the bust
ness affairs CT the association. with the
annual banquet in the evening. Tuesday
being given over entirely to the enter
tainment Boston and it's vicinity are
repletA witlF historical reminders, be-
sides which it's attractive suburbs and
many seaside resorts offer innumerable
attractions for motorists.
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two miles to the south of the watering
trough we found to be smoother and
in better condition for motoring than
the old road. The road at 15.5 miles is
sign posted and we had no difficulty in
following this route, which brought us
up to the private entrance to Mount
Vernon, large sign to the right of the
big white gate informing us of this
fact. So turning to the left in front of
the gateway at III miles and contin-
uing over good dirt road of the ordi-
nary country type, We paralleled the
Mount Vernon property and turned into
the old road to Mount Vernon at la
miles, and arrived at the main entrance
to the grounds after having covered
1871 miles. The distance via this route
is slightly longer than the old route,
but over a much better road.
* r
Inspection of Mount Vernon.
After paying 25 cents at the entrance,
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ing the electric car tracks again at
Clark station, turned to the right into
the military road. and in short time
were once more crossing the Highway
bridge and passing through Potomac
Park. Owing to the construction work
now under way, motorists are advised
not to take this route, but to follow
the road past Four Mile run through
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a half longer, but is we'll worth it

Following the same route back to
Alexandria, we changed our itinerary
somewhat and after crossing the rail-
road bridge just south of Potomac post
Office kept straight ahead. turning to
the right at the macadamized roadway
short distance to the western termi-
nus of the bridge. This brought us
through Del Ray. Just after crossing
Hume station, on the electric car line,
we found a new road under construc-
ton, and had proceeded but a short
distance when we found the road
blocked, where a large steam shovel
was engaged in cutting down the grade
into East Arlington.
Improving Mount Vernon Avenue.
This new road when completed will
extend as far north as East Arlington,
connecting with the macada mixed road
past the Arlington national cemetery
and also with the one from the High
way bridge westward to the cemetery.
We managed to follow the detour
which had been provided alongside of
the road being cut through, and, cross
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BY HOWARD S. FISK.

a MOTOR trip which 10 proving
~ quite popular these days not
"A only among local motorists,
but out-of-town tourists as
well ic thaf To Mount Nernon
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Little ANNOYING Tricks.
Buys Mondex Shock Preventer,

y. Q. Dunk, president of the Puritan
Machine Company, Detroit is authority
for the statement that the concern has
purchased outright the entire stock and
assets of the MondeX shock preventer
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AUTOISTS ARE ENJOINED
TO BE MORE CONSIDERABLE
little Forethought Will Save Neigh
bors From Some Most Discourte-
Gus Annoyances.

The text of our sermon this morning.
brethren and sisters. is CONSTITUENCIES
"a large word. and it means lot; but it
is exercised little, announces Motor
Print
"hen You are out on the high road on
a radiant day and another motorist
comes toward you and you see that his
tire strap has loosened and he is about
10 lose tire, what do you do? Why,
you slow up, of course, signal to him to
slow up. and then call his attention to
the unbuckled strap
mighty good of YOU" says he.
Don't mention it, says you.
And you wave your compliments and
benediction and let in the clutch
Engine Chugs Disturbs Sleepers.
That same night, about IL 80. you de-
hVer friend wife at the family porte
cochere You still have to drive the car
10 the garage three blocks away Your
race is bit dusty. You decide to wash
up before taking the car away. Once
you begin tdying up, you have your
shoes to brush and your cap to exchange
LOT nat And there is still time to light
a fresh cigar
A distant bell tolls IL and yet your
q Z SiuSSHuS away OuI IN front.
And quite audible. And your neighbors,
peculiarly abnormal, having retired be-
Iore II O'Clock, are turning in anguish in
their four-posters, expressing hopes that
your crank-shaft will burst in 1900
pieces, thousand of them hitting YOU
soundly on the knee
Really, you can't blame them
Little Annoying Tricks.
The writer is one of YOU. He belongs
to your clan He knows two motorists
who are guilty of different little annoying
tricks similar to the one described There
is Mr.. Jones who keeps his horn snarl-
ing every half minute until his wife
comes down to the car Mr. James
doesn't like to waste electricity; he pre-
fers to express his Impotence by racing
his motor. 1t is successful method and
usually summons the wife in five minutes
In the meantime every one in the block
is in torture.
1t can readily be seen that those who
might complain at police station against
such discoartesy are justified. The dis
courtesy is almost at the point of
uncouthness.
We must all be more considerate.
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Inspection of Mount Vernon,

After paying 25 cents at the entrance
we walked leisurely through the spa
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Secures Saxon Agency.

The David S. Hendrick Company Inc,
announces that 1t has closed contract
to represent the Saxon line in this
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Leaving Alexandria.

From King street we turned to the
left into South Alfred street, which we
found asphalted as far south as it ex-
tends at Franklin street. On arriving
1T Franklin street we turned to the
right and after going one square turn
ed this time to the left into South
Patrick street and headed for Hunting
Creek bridge. Passing a row of hot
houses on the left side of the road, we
made a slight descent and at SIS miles.
crossed the bridge over Hunting creek.
The new highway to Mount Vernon has
been constructed from the far end of
the bridge.
At S.S miles We found fork to the
left, with a large sign on a post point
ing in the direction of Mount Vernon.
This was the old route and it is from
this point on that the new roadway has
been constructed. Disregarding the sign
at the fork, we continued over the new
road. The road in many places is quite
wavy and motorists should follow the
directions on the signs at intervals
along the road. requesting traffic to
keep to the center of the road. The
edges of the highway are still in
rough state in many places, but ere
long this will all be in good shape.
lsrge~roller is still on the ground and
with the final rolling there will be an
IDEAL road to this historic spot on the
Potomac river.
When the odometer of the machine
registered 13.4 miles we came to an
other fork in the road and likewise
another sign at the fork, indicating
the distance to Mount Vernon as two
miles This fork is where a large con-
crete watering trough has been con-
structed. and, like the road at Hunting
creek is another portion of the old
road to Mount Vernon. We disregarded
this sign also and stuck to the smooth
gravel highway until we reached a
point I5.5 miles from our starting
Iyh 10 " Of 10 gravel rnad-
way behind US and turned sharply to
the left over smooth dirt road.
i1her of TIE two roads referred to
leads to Mount Vernon, but the one
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city. The new line includes fours ana
skies of the latest improved type. The
new models were placed on display 40
the local salesroom, 1926 Connecticut
avenue. during the past week.
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climbing in every city and village in
the United States.
X :;
Once the Rambler made what might
be called a census of the houses in
Washington which this vine wells. OF
late years it has been spreading its
green mantle over part of the marble
terrace of the Capitol.
In Washington are many noteworthy
examples of the wistaria which makes
a gorgeous purple display in its season,
which is early spring. Last Sunday
the Rambler made photographs of two
of the distinguished wistaria houses
in Washington. one on the west side
of Dupont Circle. between New Hamp-
shire avenue and P street. and the
other at the northeast corr.er of Massa-
chusetts avenue and 18th street.
The Dupont Circle house is of green
stone and the house at the lnterSec-
ton of Massachusetts avenue, 18th and
L streets, is a well preserved frame
with a two-story porch and futed pill
lars at the front. It's front is nearly
hidden under the foliage of wistaria
and the trunks of the vines are as
thick as the trunks of good-sized trees.
In the case of the Dupont Circle house
the vine has been trained to frame
the windows, instead of covering them,
and in spring it bears it's blossoms
not only along the cornice of this
three-story and basement house, but
the fagpole which rises from the roof.
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ssSlLENCERS" FOR CANNON

81 7ANY weird and fanciful stories
lWII come from the theater of war,
Sv0 though it is considered probable
that a majority of such stories are con-
ceived and written not in the theater of
war, but outside of it, and in numerous
instances a long way from the theater
of operations. There is a FEASIBILITY
though in a narrative from somewhere
in France" that in the French artillery
they have succeeded in adapting a silencer
to the famous Observation-Disclosures field
guns-guns that are very similar to
though a trifle smaller in caliber than
the three-inch guns in the United States
field artillery.
When the Maxim silencer was invented
the claim was made for it that it would
make the report of rifle inaudible at
a distance Of a few yards. but that
eventually it might be applied to cannon.
In the matter Of small arms it is well
known today that the silencer has lived
up to the claims made for it, and in the
case Of privately owned firearms the
silencer has sometimes been found at
tached.
So far as military rifles are concerned
it Is not known, at least to civilians. that
the silencer is being used, though. OF
course, it may be where quiet. secret
shooting is very much desired. Some OF
attachment of the silencer to soldiers
rifles were expense, increase of weight to
the soldiers equipment and disturbance
Of the balance of the gun. Some military
critics feel that such objections are trivial
when compared with the value Of nom
betrayal of a position by the sound OF
firing
Many things may betray the position