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January Building Permits.

Building permits issued last month
involved total expenditure of $685.
546, it was announced by the District
building today. OF this amount $644,-
545 represented new buildings and
$4,000 repairs. Distribution Of i'm
provements in the respective sections
of the city was as follows:
Buildings-Northeast, $32.760; south
east. $35,250; northwest. $159.o0o:
southwest. $500; county. $411,335;
total. $644,545.
Repairs, etc.-Northeast. s3,160
southeast. s3.197: northwest, ST.. 40s
southwest, $1,000; county, $1s,976;
total, $4,000.
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under the treaty Of the United states
with Prussia. signed In 1855. the An
pam win be declared . war prize ana
turned over to the German prizs crew,
The passengers undoubtedly WIN be
liberated shortly"
Prince Won Hatsfeldt declined to dis
cuss the result Of his conferences with
Consul Won schilling. which lasted for
only a short time.
The same strict barrier against Wis
itors boarding the Appam which OBJ
tanned yesterday was still in force to-
day. Lieut.. Berg reiterated the decla-
ration that under no circumstances
would any one BE- permitted on board
until the status OF the Appam had been
d %sns. p the DATED States govern
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Yvette Guilbert's Recital.

Yvette Guilbert, the famous French
song interpreter. appeared at the Be-
lasco Theater yesterday afternoon in
recital of unusual interest and rare en-
tertainment, because of the peculiar
art of the singer. which some years
ago made her one of the leading favor
ties of the day. While Nine. Guilberts
art is no less convincing than when
last she was heard in Washington, her
program has undergone a change in
character, embodying songs Of serious
purpose, with still enough of the gay
and f1ippant to preserve the charm of
coquetry which made her famous in
her earlier days.
Gowned in gold embroidered black,
she sang two golden legends" of the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. La
Naissance du Christ" and La Mort du
Christ that were impressive. Then
followed songs of the time of Marie
Antoinette. English folksongs and sew
enteenth century refrains, all serving
to exhibit the art of the singer.
Emily Gresser, violinist, assisted at
the recital with numbers by Nivaldi,
Tartini and Niels w. Gade, and Ward
stephens was the piano accompanied,
Nine. Guilbert will supplement her
program OF yesterday AFTERNOON ny d
second one at the Belasco Theater
Friday. This one will deal with
Ten Types of Women" from the
middle ages to the present day.
Nine. Guilbert presents these songs In
the costumes of the varying periods.
and acts as well as sings them. The
types portrayed will be various, and
furnish a wide range of character
study, including woman, the inconsol-
able, the coquette, the hypocrite, the
forsaken. the audacious, the cunning,
the faithful, the wise, the fatal. and
nellie" One group is from the middle
ages, one from the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. one group from
the 1880 crinoline day, and the final
group ultra modern, ultra realistic,
tragic and categorical.
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detailed account of the capture that ha
come from the Appam.
This is Capt. Harrison's story or the
Appam's capture as Foster told 1t:
Thought It Tramp Steamer.
'Tt was a bright, clear day when we
were captured. We were moving along
ut a fair rate of speed, when suddenly
in the distance 1 saw what appeared
to be an ordinary tramp steamer. Grad
ually she came closer. We did not
fear her and continued ahead. with no
attempt to escape, nor without making
preparations to combat her as we GER
tainly expected no attack.
suddenly the tramp fired shot from
a small gun across our bows. l I'M
mediateiy hove to. AS | did the false
forecas tle head. made apparently or
canvas or some other fiimsy material
fell away and revealed battery OF
huge guns
"It Immediately was apparent that
resistance was useless. so we surren-
dered without offering resistance.
Trip Across Atlantic.
The next chapter of Fosters version
of Harrison's narrative as to how the
small crew of Germans piloted the
Appam successfully across the Wid'h
of the Atlantic with the Appam crew
and passengers in subsection was
graphic and romantic.
And aboard the Appam, roster
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Burton Holmes Lecture.

Burton Holmes closed his course of
lectures yesterday afternoon at the
New National with an illustrated talk
on California and the San Diego Ex-
position" With a preliminary view Of
Coronado beach. which depicted fash
ionabIe summer life at that resort on
the Pacific. and another of the United
States aviation camp. with motion
shown flights and landings by military
instructors and students, the exposi-
ton was shown in films which pic
tured "a city fresh from sunny SPAIN"
1.-The Painted Desert exhibit Of the Pueb-
los Of New Mexico and a succession
of views illustrative of the scenic and
architectural beauties of the exhibit
tions. Other notable features of the
tour included trip to the Sequoia Ma
tional Park, among the biggest big
trees in the world" hike across the
high Sierras with a distinguished cav
alcade." 'panoramas of the falls and
cascades of the Yosemite" and a pic
turesque pilgrimage to Lake Tahoe.
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS RAIDER
WHICH CAPTURED THE APPAM
Exciting Battle Fought With Clar McTavish
North of Madeira Islands, Where
Other Vessels Met Doom.

steamship Corbridge with a cargo OF
5000 tons of coal. The Moewe dld not
sink the vessel. but sent crew aboard
and held her as collier.
For three days the Moewe was IN
active, and then the British admiralty
transport Dromonby hove in sight Jan,
was captured and sunk. Before that
day was over the raider had met and
destroyed the British steamship Au.
thor carrying 5000 tons of general
cargo, and the admiralty transport
Trader with 5000 tons of sugar.
No ship of the enemy was sighted the
18th, but the 18th the British steam
ship Adriadne crossed the raiders path
and was sent to the bottom with her
cargo of 5000 tons of wheat.
Liner Appam Encountered.
Next day. January Is. there appeared
the biggest prize of all. the liner APP
pam, carrying 5000 tons of general
merchandise. including a large guam
uty of cocoa.
The Moewe approached the liner fly
ing the British ensign and exchanged
salutes with her. When she was close
enough to cross the Appam's bow she
ran up the German flag and lowered
the false forecastle, disclosing her
armament. The detailed story of the
capture is still untold. as no one has
come ashore except Lieut.. Berg. and
no one has been permitted to go aboard
except those officials whose duties re-
CURED them to do so.
No one knows where the Moewe came
from. except the prize crew aboard the
Appam, nor where she went after the
battle with the Clan McTavish.
Moewe Ship of Mystery.
The seas were supposed long since to
have been swept clean of all German
vessels except those of the under
water type, as no reports of the activ-
ity of German raiders had been re-
ceived since the auxiliary cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm sought refuge in
Hampton roads last spring.
The Moewe is a ship of mystery, be-
cause her existence as raider had never
been suspected. There are several Ger
man merchant vessels bearing that name,
but the only warship-a cruiser-was re-
ported sunk early in the war.
Accepting the Moewe as one OF the ner-
chant vessels. shipping men here are at
loss to account for her armament One
report current here had it that the Moewe,
fully armed. has slipped out of the Kiei
canal, the base of the German fleet, and
ran the gauntlet of the British blockade.
Another report said her armament in
Guided guns as large as those Of ten-inch
caliber
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and the complicati ons that follow make
a noteworthy comedy.
Garden.

Julia Dean. who has many Washing
ton admirers, will be pictured on the
screen at Moore's Garden Theater Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday in The Ran
son." an adaptation Of one of Richard
Harding Davis stories. Wednesday and
Thursday New York's latest sensational
film play, THE DEVILS Prayer Book"
will be shown. Friday and Saturday
Margarita Fischer will be pictured in
her latest Photographic effort, The
Dragon" a gripping drama. brfstling
with strong situations. The program
every day will include other stellar fea-
lures and orchestral accomplishments.
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NEWPORT NEWS. February 2.-Ac-
cording to the story told with great
reserve by Lieut.. Berg to Collector
Hamilton when he formally reported
his presence in American territorial
waters late yesterday. the Moewe cap
tured the Appam, bound from Dakar,
French West Africa, for Liverpool
after a brief show of resistance. Janu-
airy IS, sixty miles north of the Ma
deira Islands. On board the Moewe
then were the crews of five vessels,
previously captured, all of whom were
transferred to the Appam.
From all reports. the raider is a con-
verted German merchantmen. with
false canvas forecastle concealing
battery of guns of fairly large caliber.
January II she engaged in battle an
armed Australian trader. the Clan Nc
lavish, which she sank after an excit-
ing combat, with a loss of fifteen men
killed on the Clan McTavish.
Causes Great Excitement.
From all reports there was great ex-
element aboard the Appam during the
battle between the Moewe and the Clan
McTavish, although the liner was
about ten miles away at the time. The
Clan McTavish was armed with only
one or two small guns for defensive
purposes, but her encounter with the
Moewe was described by the COM
mander Of the latter as an exciting
combat" The fact that the Moewe
sustained no damage in the fight is
accepted as indicating that her guns
were of larger caliber and longer
range, as the Clan McTavish was sunk
Tho Appam, in charge of the prize
crew. steamed hurriedly back to the
scene and rescued four members of the
crew of the sinking Clan McTavish
who were struggling in the water.
Ordered to America.
Later under orders from the COM
Mander Of the raider. Lieut.. Berg
headed his prize for American port and
parted company with the Moewe
Nothing has been seen or heard of the
raider since, and the Appam steamed
ACROSS the ocean on an uneventful voy-
age, reaching the Virginia capes at
5:<5 yesterday morning.
January 10 the Moewe captured and
sank the British steamship Faringfold.
carrying 500 tons of copper ore. Later.
the same day, she captured the British
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Cosmos New Bill.

A new bill will be presented at the
Cosmos Theater beginning with tomor-
rows matinees. The headliner will be
the beautiful water spectacle. THE
Nymphs Of the Fountain comprising
artistic poses by three graceful young
women clad in white. who then perform
fancy diving feats in a large tank with a
rejecting mirror. Silbers and North, who
have been convulsing their audiences with
the laughable sketch, THE Bashful Boob"
will appear for the rest Of the week.
The new acts, novelties to Washington.
will include Florette, the physical culture
girl, in an exhibition Of her art and its
accomplishments: Pierce and Maize, in
dainty offering of songs and dances of
which the costume changes are the strik-
ing feature; Burke and Walsh, two lively
comedians and dancers. in a whirIwtnd
novelty. and another act to be announced
in the program. The Pathe Weekly will
furnish the news pictures and The
Daughter Of the City," featuring Margaret
Clayton and e. H. Calvert will be the OK
traordfnary attraction, shown but three
times daily, beginning at IL :15 pm.
The Sunday concerts from to 10 :30
pm. will feature an unusually large and
classic orchestral program, and next
weeks attraction will include the famous
-Four Bards. Edgar Atchison Ely and
Company in the funniest of piayiets.
"Billys Tombstones'' Norris Baboons
Rice and Franklin and other attractive
vaudeville specialists.
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war loss by the underwriters. however,
and it is believed she will not be an
nounced at Lloyds as having arrived
safely at port, as would have been
done If she had completed her journey
TO England.
The sinking of the other vessels by
the Germans means a large loss to
the underwriters. It probably will
amount to about 100000
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ence with his attorney. but was unable
to say upon what ground 1t would be
based.
Mr.. Bacon arranged to 80 to Norfolk
today to look after the interests Of the
passengers. as the owners Of the An.
pam have directed him to see that nav
are taken care of. He expects that tho
passengers and crews Of captured ves-
sells win be allowed to land from the
ApDam TODAY
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UNDERWRITERS LOSE $3,OOO,OOO
AS A RESULT OF RAIDERS WORK

LONDON, February 2.-Perplexity
regarding the question Of Insurance on
the Appam Is admitted at Lloyds. as
the case is an unprecedented one The
solution of the puzzle depends largely
on the attitude of the United States
government as to whether the Appam
10 to be considered merchantmen or
a German cruiser. She is considered
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RELEASE OF APPAN'S PASSENGERS
WILL BE FORMALLY REQUESTED

NEW YORK. February "A formal
request for the release Of the pas
sengers Of the steamer Appam will be
forwarded to the State Department in
Washington today by Daniel Bacon.
passenger agent OF the Elder-pernpster
Company. Ltd, owners of the captured
vessel.
Mr.. Bacon said tina. he had decided
70 make this application after confer
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Lily Langtry.

Mrs Langtry. the famous Jersey lily
Of England, who is now Lady de Battle,
is making a farewell tour of America
in Keith vaudeville, and will be the
attraction at the B. F. Keith Theater
next week. She will appear at every
performance from Monday matinee till
the following Sunday night, as Lady
Lambert in Ashes a London society
comedy by the author of "As in a Look
ing Glass" She is supported by an
English company headed by Lionel At
will. Leopold Stark and Mile. Gillou.
Julian Rose, creator of ABE Potash"
will be seen in What Happened at the
Wedding" Other acts will be Ruby
Norton and Sammy Lee, in a musical
blend: Frank Thompson. son of Den
man Thompson. with the celebrated
"Old Homestead" double quartet; the
four Meyakos. in Japanese novelty;
Daniels and Conrad; Lucy Gillett, The
Lady from Delft; the Mosconi broth
ers, the pipe organ recitals and the
Pathe news pictorial
Sunday. at and SIS pm. the bill
will present Elsie Janis. Ralph Dun
bars Maryland singers, Will Morrissey
and Dolly Hackett. and other features
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Philadelphia Orchestra Tuesday.

The fourth concert Of the Philadel-
phia Orchestra, Leopold stokowski,
conductor, will be given at the. New
National Theater next Tuesday. The
soloist is Florence Hinkle. soprano.
Miss Hinkle. who has appeared with
all the great symphony orchestras and
at tho great music. festivals through
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Strand.

So urgent have been the demands. it
is declared, that the return of THE
Battle Cry of Peace" is announced for
next week at the Strand Theater.
The Battle Cry of Peace" tells a
vivid story of interest which has been
adapted by Commodore ]. Stuart Black
ton from Prof. Hudson Maxim's book.
"Defenseless America" The film de-
picts what might happen if this coun-
try were invaded by a foreign foe. In
it's pictures are seen Admiral Dewey.
Secretary of War Garrison, Col. Roose-
welt, DR.. Lyman Abbott. Mai Gen.
Leonard Wood and Admiral Sigsbee.
with screen and stage stars including
Charles Richman. Norma Talmage, L.
Rogers Lytton. Louise Beaudet, Harold
Hubert, Evart Overton. Mary Maurice,
Capt. Jack Crawford. Joseph Kilgour,
Teft johnson. William Ferguson, Frank
Holland, William Humphrey and others.
The theater will be appropriately dec
Grated and special music will be fur
nished by an augmented orchestra.
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Social Maids"

Next week Joe Hurtig's Social Maids
will appear at the Gayety Theater in
new show with elaborate scenery.
handsome costumes and ingenious and
original electrical effects. It Is mu-
steal burlesque. entitled Busy Little
Cupid" with book by Leon Berg and
music by Will H. Vodery. In the
principal roles are George Stone and
Eta Pillard. exponents of the modern
art of dancing. who exploit all the
modern dancing fads. with many orig
inal and daring creations of their own.
The company includes Billy Baker,
Billy Foster. Jack Pillard. Marty Sea-
mon, Jessie Hiatt and the Jewell Sis
tiers, with a beauty chorus of thirty.
Much of the comedy element is to be
found in the efforts Of two drol1 char
acters to dispose of a new device for
the manufacture of noodles.
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which was written especially for her
to display to the greatest advantage
her versatile talents. The production
pictures many novelties. Harry Pilcer.
who has been associated with Mile.
Deslys as her dancing partner since her
first visit to this country. is pictured
as her chief support in the photopIay.
Monday and Tuesday Marie Doro will
appear in Edith Bernard Delano's
tanciful romance. The White Pearl"
Wednesday and Thursday The Old
Losee. Louise HUFF and Creighton Hale
pictured in the principal parts. and
Friday and Saturday valeska Suratt
will be featured in The Immigrant"
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N. Y, Philharmonic Tomorrow.

The second concert Of the Philhar-
monte Orchestra will be given tomor-
New National Theater.
Harold Bauer, one of the worlds
great pianists. will be the assisting
artist. playing Schumann's Concerto
in A minor, op. "a.
been arranged by Conductor Stransky
including the Dvorak Symphony. No. A.
in g major: the Tschaikovsky over
ture, Romeo and Juliet" and LISTS
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
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Owing to an extension of her New
York engagement and a special series
of performances which had already
been booked for Havana, Cuba, Ruth
st. Denis. it is announced. will give
but one special matinee in Washing
ton, at Polls Theater. Monday after
noon February Z. Miss st. Denis will
be assisted by Ted Shawn, her dane
ing partner, and a company of solo
dancers, with an ensemble of girls
trained by Miss st. Denis herself.
The prgram selected will comprise
her most famous oriental. classic and
modern dances, including The Pea
cock an East Indian legend, arranged
from the poems of Lawrence Hope.
The Tamboura,' an Egyptienne bal
let of the time of Rameses II. THE
Nature Rhythms,' a series of dances
representing the hours of the day.
"Omika." an idyl of Japan. Dances
of the South Seas The Spirit of the
Sea-" and advertisements from the lat
est modern dances, completing her pro-
gram with THE Dance of the Five
Senses" a symbolic dance of India.
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Nine. Louise Homer February II.

Friday afternoon. February II. at
the New National Theater. T. Arthur
Smith will present as the attraction
for the ninth Of his Ten Star concert
series." Louise Homer. tho great con-
tralto.
American born and bred. Nine. Homer
has won a place in tho front rank. of
the great singers Of today. For several
seasons past she has been one Of fhe
stars Of the Metropolitan Grand Opera
Company. and is great favorite as
q concert artist.
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"The Masked Model"

Next week at the New NATIONAL
Theater Washington will be given an
opportunity to pass Judgment on a
new musical production. Tho Masked
Model" which is described as an un-
to-date comic opera, rich in light
tuneful music. especially its waltz
numbers. The book and lyrics are by
Harry B. and Robert Smith. and the
The cast includes Frank Doane-
John e. Young, Thomas Conkey. Don,
aid Macdonald. Arthur Stanford, Eu-
gene Revere, Katherine Galloway.
Texas Guinan. Mary Robson, Ethel Du
Ere Houston. Eva Condor and lillian
Charles.
A weeks run Of the production.
which opened at Atlantic City Monday
evening. should insure q smooth and
finished performance here.
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Crandall's.

At Crandalrs Theater Sunday and
Monday Robert Warwick will be pic
tured in THE Fruits of Desire" a
photoplay founded on the novel. The
Ambition of Mark Truitt. Alec B.
Francis. Madaline Traverse and Dorothy
Fairchild are also in the picture cast;
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
Clara Kimball Young will be featured
in THE Yellow Ticket" story of Rus
sian life and of Jewish persecution.
Friday and Saturday Lillian Walker
will be pictured In Green Stockings
an adaptation from the stage play
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beauty and a very keen artistic per
ception. The Mozart and Beet ar1as
which she will sing are particularly
adapted to her voice and style.
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"A World of Pleasure"

The Winter Gardens fall production,
"A World Of Pleasure" a musical ex-
travaganza in two acts and twelve
scenes, comes to the Belasco Theater
next week. In addition to the custom
matinees Wednesday. Friday and Sat-
urday. The big New York cast Of 1856
persons includes Clifton Crawford,
Clare Rochester. Conroy and LIE Marie,
Collins and Hart, Franklin Bate, Nc
Mahon. Diamond and Chaplow, venita
Fitzhugh. Dan Healey. Rosie Quinn,
Maurice Diamond. Avelling and Lloyd.
Emily Miles, Helen Con- and 100 others.
The Winter Garden always goes in
for magnificent scenery, striking and
bizarre costumes and popular music,
and in "A World of Pleasure" there is
an abundance of all of these. There
are also several ideal pictures, such as
The Melting Pot" scene, in which
hundreds of soldiers. dressed in CONT
mental European military costumes,
enter a huge pot and are soon trans
Another effect shows the Atlantic fleet
passing In review down the Hudon,
with a huge battleship blowing head
on toward the audience.
feature. The music is by Sigmund
Romberg and the book and lyrics by
Harold Atteridge. j. c. Huffman has
staged tho production.
Newman on Peru" Sunday.
At the Be1asco Theater Sunday even
ing and Monday afternoon at o'clock
Mr.. Newman will give his travel talk
on Peru" the realm Of antiquity and
romance. the home Of Spanish tradi-
ton and old world stateliness, whore
one still meets the hidalgo. in all his
dignity. Mr.. Newman went in a pri-
vate car into the Andes to the highest
point touched by any railroad in the
world and across the continental divide
to Huancayo. The pictures he took
will reveal q maze OF scenic grandeur
and tho everyday life of strange Indian
tribes in colorful costumes. The tin
erary includes also Lima. the city built
by Pizarro; Cuzco. the one time center
Of the vast Inca empire; Areouipa, with
its afr Of antiquity: Callao and Mol
other points Of supreme interest.
"The House Of Thousand Candles"
George Middelton's dramatization of
Meredith Nicholson's The House of
Thousand Candles" will be the Offer
ing of the Poll Players next week. It
d
| of mystery, in a certain Indiana town.
John Glenarm has been named as the
heir TO the wealth of an eccentric old
millionaire, who. in order to prove
hts grandson's fitness for the fortune,
pretends that he IL dead. 80 he can
observe the youth when the RESPONSE
bility falls on his shoulders. One Of
the provisos Of the old MANS will 10
that young Gienarm shall marry
certain girl within q year. Glenarm
| IL opposed in his suit by q younE
lawyer, who has been named as the
| executor of the will. The lawyer
hopes to win the girl. thereby eliminate
ing the grandson as the heir.
| The story IL told with q wealth Of
dramatic situations, and in picturesque
dialogue. It hac its first performances
| in this city with e. M. Holland In the
leading role.
A. n. Van Buren, will be seen In the
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