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Evening star., 1916-10-30
LUIS CABRERA DENIES
PUBLISHED STATEMENT
Mexican Commissioner Says He Did,
Not "Authorize" Criticism of
q. s. Officials for Laxity.

NEW YORK, October 3O.-Luis Ca
brera, president of the Mexican commits
sion, now participating in the Joint con-
ference over border difficulties, said here
yesterday that he did not authorize the
statement issued by the Mexican
news bureau in Washington Saturday
assailing American officials for alleged
laxity in dealing with anti-Carranza
propagandists along the border
The statement purporting to be from
me was not issued by me or given out
with my knowledge or consent" Mr..
Cabrera said. "All statements issued,
or which I may issue. will appear
signed by me-"
Regardless Of what his personal atti-
tude may be, the Mexican commits
sioner said he would not. in view of
his official position, issue a statement
Of the character of that of the news
bureau while negotiations were pend
ing between the two governments He
declared that the bureau would be in
structed not to give out further state
ments as coming from him unless they
bore his signature.
representative of the Mexican
news bureau conferred with the Mexi-
can members of the joint body in
Atlantic City recently, Mr.. Cabrera
added, and probably carried back with
him to Washington the impression that
the Mexican commissioners were of the
opinion that the United States should
adopt a f1rmer attitude toward anti
CarranZa propagandists
1t was indicated today that the
American members of the commission
will take no official cognizance of the
statement credited to Cabrera. Sec
retary Lane, it is understood, will ac-
cept without exception Mr.. Cabrera s
denial of authorship.
Mr. Cabrera had not returped to At
lantic City early today. but Alberto J.
Pani and fgnacio Bonillas. the other
members Of the Mexican commission,
were here. and without Mr.. Cabrera
the joint commission resumed it's con-
ference
Evening star., 1916-10-30
FORMER SLAVES TO MEET.
To Hold Their Fifty-Fourth Reunion
Here This Week.

Among the clergymen and laymen
taking prominent part in the fifty
fourth reunion convention of the
former slaves of America. meeting this
week in Cosmopolitan Baptist Church,
y street northwest. Rev. S. p. w. Drew.
pastor. are Rev. w. II. v. b. Taylor
OF Virginia. Evangelist NJ. Z. Banks Of
: Virginia. Evangelist George Berkiey,
, Rev Prince Ram. James Mcdowell of
North Carolina and A. II. Hart Of
Maryland.
The lives of living former slaves
are to be nemorialized in book form,
with pictures and biographical sketch
es. George Berkiey, supposed to be
well over 100 years old. and once
owned by Gen. Robert f. Lee. is one
of those whose biography is said to
have especial interest.
The convention will last until No.
vember 8. with daily services at noon,
$3.50 O'Clock and 1880 O'Clock.
Next Sunday former slaves who have
not been baptized will be baptized at
IL o'clock. Communion will be at 3
o'clock.
Tonight Mrs. Julia Banks will preach
Friday night Calvin Chase will present
DIR. Drew with a loving cup from the
convention.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
PLAN FOR REORGANIzING
WESTERN MARYLAND R. R.
Directors Of Company Will Submit
Proposition to Stockholders in
Baltimore May II.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October so.-Directors
of the Western Maryland Railway
Company, which is controlled by Rock
efeller interests. have formulated a re-
organization plan to be submitted to
the stockholders at a special meeting
in Baltimore November II. The main
feature of the plan provides for the
formation of a new company to alb
sorb the present organization, the
elimination of SOM: $1S.000.000 of the
present funded debt and the segreEa-
tion of the company's large coal prop
critics in West Virginia and adjacent
territory.
Stockholders will be asked to au-
thoriZe a new first and refunding mort
gage for s150.000.000. first preferred
stock to the amount of $1S,000,00 sec
ond preferred nom cumulative per
cent stock amounting to $4,000, ,0O0
and 50,000, 900 Of common stock
Should the plan be approved the
bonded debt of the railway company
will be reduced by almost S16,000.000
and existing interest charges by about
5000, 900 annually.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Immediate HOME RULE
FOR IRELAND is URGED
John Redmond Says Present Situa-
ton Is a Menace to British
Empire.

LONDON, October so.-speaking at
Sligo yesterday. John Redmond. the ma
tionalist leader, urged the immediate put
ting into effect of home rule for Ireland
1.-The present state Of Ireland" said Mr.
Redmond. 'is serious menace to the
British empire and to a victorious end
ing Of the war Ireland's suspicion of
British statesmen and their promises
should be met with trust and home rule
put Immediately into operation. This
would do more to help the successful end
ing Of the war than the alliance of half
a dozen neutrals. Ireland is suf-
fering from a brainstorm A gust of pas
sion has swept the country and a period
of calm is necessary to restore a rational
and sane view Of the causes and the con-
sequences of the tragedy through which
Ireland has just passed.
Common sense is rapidly reasserting
itself and the passion is subsiding. Ire
land has come to believe that she must
not sacrifice the fruits Of forty years of
patient labor in a moment Of anger and
disappointment"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
BODY TO GO TO IOWA.
Funeral Services for William w.
Uttz to Be Held Today.

Funeral services for William W. EttZ,
seventy-five years old. who dropped
dead saturday night while witnessing
a performance in local theater. will
be conducted at o'clock this after
noon at his late home. 709 sth street
Members Of Burnside Post, No. s. G. A.
r.. Of which he was a member, will
attend the funeral as mark of respect
to their dead comrade.
The body will be taken to Fairfield.
Iowa, the former home of the Uttz's.
and inferred beside those of his wife.
who was accidentally killed here last
December. and a daughter who died
many years ago.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
DUMBART0N HOLDS REVIVAL.
Church Has Largest Congregation
Since Its Dedication,

The largest congregation that the
building has held since it's dedication,
many years ago, attended Dumbarton
Avenue NJ. K. Church last night, the oc-
casion being one of the series Of evan
gelistic services now being held by that
church, and attended by person from
all parts of the city.
Rev. D. H. Martin. pastor. last night
received several people on probation,
and music was contributed by the
Berge sisters. evangelistic singers. who
also led those present by singing
some of billy" Sundays hymns. DR..
Martin is assisted nightly by other
Washington pastors. The meeting will
continue this week and next, and al
ready many conversions and requests
for prayer have been announced.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
oUAsHEs go INDICTMENTS.
q. S. Attorney Drops Old Cases to
Help Clear Docket.

United States Attorney Laskey to-
day. with the consent Of Justice Gould
in Criminal Division 1, dropped the
prosecution of sixty indictments in
cases pending in his Office for many
years. The cases were investigated by
the Department Of Justice, it is said.
and directions given to clear the dock
cts of them because further prosecu-
ton was unwarranted.
The eldest case was for an assault,
for which William H. Shaw was tried
in 1880. In that case the jury dis
agreed. Other cases related to addi-
tional charges against persons already
serving sentences. The crimes alleged
run the gamut from non-support to
murder.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
RELATIVES BENEFIC1ARIEs.
Bequests of From $3.50 to $1,000
Made in Will of w. w. Uttz.

Relatives in Michigan. Iowa, Illinois,
Oregon and the District of Columbia
are remembered with bequests in the
will Of William w. Uttz, who dropped
dead in a Washington theater last Sat-
urday. The document is dated March
81 last, and names his brother-in- law.
Frank E Bleakmore. as executor
The out ut-of-town benefciaries receive
from $3.50 to $1,000 each. and Mrs. G..
L. II. Knight of Washington is to have
$500. Mrs. N. E. Bleakmore and Frank
T. Eleakmore each $3.50.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
PRAYER Service for Prohibition.

special service of prayer for the
success OF prohibition in the states
voting on the issue this fall and for
successful national convention OF
the W. C. T. U. to be held in Indian
luolis November II to % il to be held
.omorrow afternoon from to O'Clock
1t W. c. T. u. headquarters. 52z 6th
street northwest. A different minister
fs to be In charge every half hour. All
III the subject are invited
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Promises Court Not to Drink.

Upon his promise not to drink in
toxicating' liquor for one year, August
A. Powell Of 1905 14th street was placed
on probation in the Police Court TODAY.
Powell was charged with threatening
his wife. Susan Powell. The wife told
Judge Muilowny her husband came
home intoxicated and had butcher
knife in his hand. with which he
threatened her. She said her husband
was a good man IL he did not drink.
Powell promised he would not indulge
In tntoxicants again. and he was
Darolcd.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED
ON RED CEDAR SHINGLES

One newspaper publisher in
the west is going to meet the
Observation-Disclosures prob
lem by getting his paper out on
red cedar shingles, according to
an announcement of P. F.
Snyder of this city. Repre-
sentative Albert Johnson of the
third Washington district is to
edit the first edition of the
"shingle" paper. The shingles
are to be imported from Can
ada.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Stricken on Street; Unidentified.

An unidentified white woman about
forty-five years old was taken suddenly
fi in front of 412 9Th street yesterday
.fternoon. DIR. Nolan. member of the
STAN at Emergency Hospital. took
,h,roe of the sick woman and hurried
har 70 the hospital. He found she was
suffering from uremia and her recov-
erv is improbable. Her identity has
NOT been determined.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Best Junior Farmers Visit New York

NEW YORK, October 30.-Twenty-
four boys who won prizes for being
the best junior farmers in California
spent large part of the day here
visiting the produce markets and
studying methods Of distribution. The
boys were sent on their tour across
the continent by the University of
alifornia. They arrived here yester-
"a :. and visited the zoo
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Reports From West Gratifying

CHICAGO, October S0.-Alvin T.
Hert, manager of western republican
headquarters, returned from New York
TODAY. New York and all the repub-
lican eastern states are safe for
Hughes and Fairbanks" he said.
Every report we receive from the
west is gratifying. am convinced
that the republican national ticket will
be elected by q large majority in the
electoral college"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Turkish Offensive in Persia.

PETROGRAD. octobr 2s. via London,
October 30.-The development of a
Turkish offensive movement In the
Hamadan sector in Persia is report
ed in today's Russian omcial state
ment regarding operations on the
Caucasus front. The Turks, who ad-
vanced In considerable force, were de-
teated IN 1 pitched battle and their for
ward movement cheoked. the onlcial
statement says.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
TRANSPORT IS T0RPED0ED.
Saloniki Dispatch Reports Attack o.
Steamer Angelike.

LONDON, October 30-The steamer
AnRelike, conveying volunteers to
Saloniki. has been torpedoed at
Fleves, says a Reuter- dispatch, from
Athens.
No steamer of this name is listed In
nrohahIe tflat the volunteers mentioned
were recruits tor the force being gath
eret BY the provisional government re-
sently formed In crete for the further
sncs' of what is now characterized 40
an CONTEMPLATION" movement =, ny
..,i;n with the entente allies.
Evening star., 1916-10-30

James Ford. colored, died at Freed
mems Hospital this morning as re-
suit OF burns he received at his home.
Indian Head. Nd. yesterday. Ford fell
asleep while seated near a stoves his
clothing t8utted and he was severely
burned bG&ofo relatives were able to
extinruish the fa-nes. Coroner Eeyitt
I've certificate OF accidental death.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Cooperative Buying Plan.

Mr.. Welliver described at length the
plan for a cooperative buying organiza-
tion through which all the farmers sup
plies would be purchased In large quanti-
ties and sold to them at cost. Mr. We'll
liver told Of what had been accomplished
through cooperative buying by the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers Association and
said that the executive committee hoped
TO have Y. f. Booker, business manager
OF the organization. go to California and
make careful study of the system in
use there.
A resolution approving the plan was
adopted and Chairman Welliver said to-
day that IL the other county organiza tions
feel the same way the Fairfax farmers
do about il, Mr. Booker probably would
be sent to California in the near future.
The organization went on record as
favoring a municipal dairy rather than
cooperative dairy, but expressed ap-
proval of the latter in the event Con-
gress would not provide funds for n
municipal dairy.
There was general expression of
opinion that the attitude OF the deal
ers in Washington. as indicated by the
concessions made by several of the
larger ones. had prevented any i'm
rNediate danrer of a crisis in the milk
situation here.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Could Have Destroyed Shipping.

II have always thought that the Ger
man emperor could not have been in
Berlin at the moment the junkers had
made everything ready for declaring
war: il he had been he would have sent
for Tirpitz, and on telling Tirpitz that
the British neither would nor could
fight, Ti-pitz would have replied: I
have got to think of what they may or
may not do. Do not go to war for an
other three weeks: give me time to get
all our cruisers and armed merchant
men on the trade routes: if the British
do not fight we can order our vessels
home; if the British do fight we have
got them
"If the Germans had carried out that
plan they could have got into Paris,
compelled peace with France and then
been in ST. Petersburg in a short time
and become the dominant power of
Europe and the world possibly for a
century,
Evening star., 1916-10-30
SAYS GERMANY COULD
HAVE WHIPPED BRITAIN
Lord Beresford Tells How Her Navy
Could Have Wiped Out Eng
lands Commerce.

Admiral Lord Beresford, the English
naval strategist, has written a letter
to Col. r. NJ Thompson. president of
the Navy League, in which he ex-
presses the opinion that had Germany
taken advantage Of her opportunities
at the beginning Of the war she would
have gained victory forthwith. AN
empire. like a man." Admiral Beres-
ford said in his letter. "can be killed
as easily by cutting an artery as by
a stab in the heart" His letter. in
part as made public today by the
Navy League, is as follows:
I'VE escaped a most appalling dan
ger. as IL the Germans had attacked us
first without a declaration of war, and
sent what they could have sent-140
cruisers and armed merchant ships
into our unprotected trade routes,
we would have been brought
to our knees in couple of
months; they could have put down
thousand ships in the first week. and
If we had had three times the num-
Der of dreadnaughts it would have
ayailed us nothing
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Stability Is Endangered.

The speaker said the principal big SUBJ
scribers were public institutions whose
financial stability was most seriously en-
dangered by their subscriptions and that
the interest on the loan. although only
per cent, did not remove the fact that
the rates of private interest are enor-
mously higher
The Vorwaerts says the speaker then
attacked the governments attempts to
secure a separate peace with Russia,
declaring that such attempts, in his
view, were both dishonorable and fruit
less.
Germany" Herr Bernstein is quoted
as having said. should declare her
readiness for an armistice as pre-
limfnary' to a general European con-
gress, which would arrange peace
based on the democratic rights OF all
nations"
Peoples Not in Conflict.
Herr Bernstein declared still. according
to the Vorwaerts, that the great masses
of all nations have no clashihg Of inter
ests and that it is only the comparatively
small minority which have inflated diff
ferences. To expect that the bombing
of open towns would compel nations to
make peace was complete misconcep-
ton of the nations psychology, he said.
Herr Bernstein also denounced the
+imperialstic aims at an expansion Of
power, capitalistic thirst for the exploita-
tion Of monopolies. nationahstic arro-
gance and militarism with obsolete no.
tions Of honor" which, he said, blocked
the way to peace and liberation from
which was essential Interruptions were
frequent during this phase of the speech.
I'VE refuse further responsibility for a
policy we recognize as pernicious," Herr
Bernstein concluded. 1--WE demand its
abandonment and the substitution of a
true democratic foreign policy"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Ruling of Commission.

Mr.. Paulding was prepared to ask the
commission to secure promise from
Mr. Stone that this provision of the
brotherhood's constitution be suspend
ed to allow engineers to testify with
out fear of reprisal. but the commits
sion decided to have only three wit
nesses at this time. one for the car
riers one for the labor organizations
and one for the commission, to be con-
fined entirely to the New York test.
Installation of the light, it has been
estimated, would cost carriers about
Sc, ,000, 900. The brotherhoods contend
the headlight would prove beneficial in
train operation.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
SIX CARS OF COAL
HERE JUST IN TIME
Arrival Prevents Bureau of En-
craving and Printing From
Shutting Down.
REPORTS ON THE SHORTAGE

Six carloads of coal which arrived
in this city yesterday saved Uncle Sam
from the embarrassment of shutting
down the bureau of engraving and
printing, the Treasury. the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the State, War
and Navy building. The six cars
brought about fifty tons each. which
Chief Clerk Wilmeth of the Treasury
says will permit the buildings men
toned ito squeeze through about five
days. If the six cars had not arrived
and the weather bureau had turned on
a cold snap today, there is every
probability that some of the buildings
mentioned would have closed soon.
The four elevators of the interstate
commerce commission were stopped on
account of the shortage of coal again
today. These elevators are run by hy-
draulic pressure, and those in charge OF
the building were unwilling to take a
chance of running them without suf-
ficient pressure. They were stopped
for two hours.
Chief Clerk Wilmeth held consulta-
tions with bureau chiefs and coal men
today. the result being that a message
has been sent to the mines asking for
first hand and special information. The
contractor for the Treasury Depart
fHcUl anu flS bureaus say tHeat He w III
not fail on any delivery. although the
bureau of engraving and printing,
which uses a lot of coal, is just at
present running on a very scant mar
gin.
Conditions at Other Buildings.
A report on the coal used by the De-
partment of Commerce, made today,
shows the following:
Main building-We use about $50
tons of anthracite tpea) coal year.
Have 100 tons on hand and seventy
five tons more are now being put in.
This will fill the bunker to its capacity.
Daily consumption from one to five
tons.
Bureau of standards uses about
1000 tons of anthracite (buckwheaO
coal a year. 1t has $50 tons on hand.
plant will use bituminous coal Supple
mental contract for this service signed
by the Secretary of the Treasury yes
terday. Survey will use about forty
tons of coal per month. None on hand
at the present time. However, the
buildings of the coast and geodetic sur
vey are connected with the central
heating plant for the Capitol. House
and Senate Office buildings, from which
they are now deriving their heat.
Bureau of fsheries-Uses anthracite
(egg) coal. Consumes about 100 tons
year. At the present time it has six
tons on hand; an order has been placed
for eight tons more which will fill its
bunker. Arrangements will be made to
store about twenty-fv tons in yard.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
ZELDA IS PRINCESS
OF NEW BLOOMS
Gets Large Majority of Votes
at 1916 chrysanthe-
mum Exhibit.
BIG CROWD SEES THE SHOW

The most extensive straw vote" yet
taken in Washington was polled in the
Department of Agriculture this morn
ing. More than 100 votes were cast.
and the overwhelming majority declar-
ed Zelda the princess new bloom"
of the sixteenth annual chrysanthe-
mum show, under the auspices OF the
bureau Of plant industry
The Zelda is one of the 1916 POM
pom seedlings and universal favorite.
The other 1899 plus exhibition plants
were paying her tribute today.
The show opened promptly on sched-
ule at o'clock this morning with sew
eral "come-early-and-av avoid the-rush"
devotees waiting at the doors. They
had come thus early to see the Japa-
nese performers fed" but they merely
witnessed the last few getting their
for fear that they might lose their
good form. are not fed after they once
begin to show color. That's a little
behtnd-the-scenes information a Star
reporter got.
First to Cross Threshold.
The first person admitted to the 1916
mum" show was Chief Clerk JONES Of
the bureau of plant industry. He gave
them all the "once over" and started
Tor the Department of Agriculture
buildings with SO enthusiastic a de-
scription that by noon all of the de-
partment officials in the city, including
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman, who
has just returned from a campaigning
tour, had been down to see for them
selves.
During the first hour after the show
opened more than $50 persons came in
by actual count, and they kept coming
all day. During the noon hour there
were more than 500 visitors. most of
them from the bureau of engraving
and printing. The show will be open
all day every day during the week from
northwest. It's the one biggest free
show in Washington this year. and
Uncle Sam invites all his subjects to
come and see the best products of his
greenhouses.
No Restrictions on Admissions.
But Uncle Sam is not restricting the
show to American citizens, by any means
The show is of international character, as
some of the best plants originated In 9TH
er countries. Japan. England, France and
far-of Australia. In fact. the principal
display Is Of the japanese exhibition
plants which have been developed to per-
lection in other countries.
In evidence Of their patriotism, quite a
group Of Japanese, several of them from
the legation, came to pay their respects
They were well acquainted with many of
the more than 1000 Japanese show plants
and greeted them as old friends.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Primary Aim of School.

Schools for tuberculosis children, DR..
Woodward said. should ordinarily con-
tinue at least six days each week. and
without ordinary periods of school va
cation. AS the primary aim of such
school is the improvement, and, If
possible, the cure. of the patients. such
continuity of supervision and treatment
is necessary.
From an educational standpoint it is
advantageous, since under such conditions
the sick children can be given instruction
each day that does not overtax their
strength and yet in the long run make
satisfactory progress by reason of con-
tinuity of training.
impossible for him to state what his con-
clusions would be with respect to the
matter until a study of the situation had
been completed.