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Evening star., 1916-01-06
Facts of Interest

The auditors report from
the years record in The
Stars pressroom developed
some interesting facts:
Ist. Each day required an
average OF -I7o miles OF
paper over three feet wide
to print the average daily
edition. ::
ed. The average number
OF papers per minute from
each of the three presses for
every moment that they
were running throughout
the year was 40, or from
the three presses, 1920
papers per minute.
sd. The average speed at
: which the paper travelled
every moment the presses
were running was little
over ten miles per hour.
\ 4th. The quantity of
paper and ink required to
print the average daily edi-
ton of 72,364 papers. when
of twenty-four pages. was
over 10000 pounds, or fifteen
tons, of paper and over 500
pounds of ink each day.
u...I A,,>., C:-o,J.A:
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Austrian Foreign Office Has
Not Replied to Ambas-
sador PenfieId.
NO PROOF A SUBMARINE
SENT LINER TO BOTTOM
One of Ships Officers Thought" He
Saw the Wake of
Torpedo.

Ambassador Penfield cabled to-
day he had presented informally
to the Vienna foreign Office the
American governments request
for any information on the de-
struction of the British liner
Persia. and at the time of filing
his dispatch had received nc
reply.
American Consul Garrels al
Alexandria reported that the al
fdavits he has gathered from the
Persia survivors give no more
proofs that submarine tor
pedoed the liner, or regarding its
nationality, than were contained
in his first dispatches.
All Seeking Information.
Ambassador Penheld was instructed
to ask the Austrian government in
formally for any information it might
have on the Persia which would de-
velop the facts in the case and help
the American government decide how
the liner was destroyed. Consul Garrels
was instructed to get affidavits for the
same purpose.
So far the only actual statement
tending 20 prove that the ship was tor
pedoed came from one of the officers oi
the ship. He said he saw what he
thought was the wake of a torpedo. Nc
submarine was seen at any time
Further dispatches from Amba ssa dor
Penfield are expected at the State De-
partment, probably late today. and al
any event tomorrow. Meanwhile other
consular agents along the Mediter-
ranean coast are, like Consul Gar
rels. seeking further information.
Situation at standstill.
The absence of further definite ad-
vices is holding the situation, so far as
any action by the United States is
concerned. at a standstill.
Chairman Stone of the Senate foreign
relations committee discussed the sit
uation with the President today and
talked of other questions expected to
come up at a meeting of the committee
tomorrow. particularly Senator Falls
resolution for information on the rec
ognition of the CarranZa government
and Information on the Mexican ques-
ton.
The President told Senator Stone no
additional information of Importance
had been received on the Persia Incl
dent, and expressed the hope that until
the government had formulated its pol
icy there be as little discussion as pos
sible in the Senate.
Senators Simmons and Overman Of
North Carolina asked President Wilson
today il any further information about
the death of Consul McNeely had been
received. Mr.. McNeely was from North
Carolina. The President told them that
no new facts had come to the govern :
ment within the last two days. but
that every effort was being made to
obtain additional information
Evening star., 1916-01-06
French Are Hammering
Foes Trenches in West:
Berlin Claims RepuISe

LONDON, January 6.-The French are
pounding heavily on the Ger;na n
trenches in the Champagne and be-
tween Scissors and Rheims, and claim
to have inflicted notable damage by the
bombs rdments.
French hand grenade attack against
the German lines northeast of lie Mes
nil was easily repulsed. German army
Headquarters in Berlin announced to-
day.
Allied artillery has been uninterrupt-
edly shelling the important town OF
Lens, northeast of Arras.
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Claims of Fourth Circuit.

North Carolina is in the fourth circuit
the other states included in the circuit
being South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia. The President has
been told, and will be told again, that
this circuit has not received recognition
on the supreme bench in such long time
the lawyers and judges believe their can
didates should be considered Every one
of these states will have candidates in
the field. Solicitor General Davis of the
Department of Justice is from West Vir-
ginia, and looks today to be the strongest
man yet mentioned. Virginia will put
forward choice SO soon as the senators
and representatives can agree upon a
man.
Representative Montague is talked
Of South Carolina will come forwar rd
| with Justice c. A. Woods of the SUI
! preme court of that state. His name
was mentioned when Justice Mercy
nolds was named to the court 1t is
| understood that the Maryland demo-
Gratis will lose little time in present.
ing man from that state South Caro-
Ina is to tell the President that no
South Carolinian has been placed on the
I Supreme Court bench since 1904; Vir-
ginia will have a somewhat similar
tale of woe. and West Virginia will
claim that that commonwealth has
never been represented on the court.
Senator Newlands Sees President.
President today. He said he believed
that if the nomination went to a demo-
crat 1T should go to Secretary Lane of
California, not only because of his le-
gal learning, but because of his wide
knowledge of transportation and COM
mercial problems in the country "As
a member of the interstate commerce
commission Mr.. Lane was statesman
1urist and administrator" said Senator
Newland-
If for any reason Mr.. Lanes nomina-
tion was not advisable, Senator New
lands hoped, he said, the President
would select former President William
H. Taft.
'His pre-eminent fitness is conceded"
i'd Senator Newlands; and his no
litical independence and tolerance in
the appointment of southern demo-
crat to the chief justiceship and of two
other southern democrats as associate
justices should be emulated The south
should give unanimous support to such
movement in his behalf and should
not permit itself to be drawn into a
contest for local candidates. The feel
ing of respect and effection for Taft is
increasing every day, and / do not be-
lieve the President could do anything
more acceptable to the country than
make this appointment"
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Name of Rev. H. R. Salisbury
Not Included in the List Of
Steamer PerSia'S Survivors

The name of Rev. Homer p Salisbury
of Takoma Park, ID. c.. was on the pas
senger list of the p. and Q. steamship
Persia, but is not included in the list of
survivors of the recent disaster that met
that vessel. according to report received
by the American embassy in London.
According to the records of the steam
ship company, Mr.. Salisbury boarded the
Evening star., 1916-01-06
TEUTONS FORCED BACK
TO SECONDARY LINE
Russians Said to Have Pierced leu.
tonic Positions in Vicinity
of Czernowitz.
FATE OF TOWN IS IN DOUBT
Fall Before Cars Advance Expect.
ed to Have Important Infu-
ence in Swaying
Rumania.

LONDON. January 6.-The
Times learns from its Petrograd
correspondent that the Russians
have pierced the enemy's posi-
tons in the immediate vicinity of
Czernowitz. compelling their op-
ponents to fall back to their Sec
ondary line and definitely assume
the defensive The dispatch.
dated Wednesday, SAYS that the
enemys losses have been enor-
nous i'll these engagements and
also i'll the neighborhood of
Czartorysk, where he was pressed
back westward for several miles.
While the fate of Czernowitz
itself is obscured in conflicting re-
ports. it appears evident that the
Russians dominate the Bukowina
capital. Unofficial dispatches from
Petrograd state that the Aus
trians have evacuated the town
under pressure from the Russians
holding the heights above it.
while from Austrian sources the
information has been received
that the Austrian troops have
been withdrawn from a portion
OF the city.
Unable to Break Line, Is Claim.
After prolonged artillery Gre the
Russians attacked again along the
front in Galicia and Bukowina, but
were nowhere able to break the AUS
trian lines. according to the statement
by the Austro- Hungarian war office re-
ceived here today.
Czernowitz lies in a deep valley. The
town itself is not of great strateSical
value. except for its railroads. Its fall
is likely to have greater political than
military significance. as an outstanding
success by the Russians at this time
would be likely to have a far-reaching
effect on Rumania.
Fighting of Fierce Character.
A dispatch to a Berlin newspaper
from the Bukowina front describes the
fighting there since Christmas day as
unexampled The Russians have con-
over 200 guns and three di-
visions of infantry on a front Of three
Quarters of a mile. The battle reached
its height December 2S. when the Rus
slams attacked fourteen times. and
there was furious hand-to- hand fight
ing.
The Times Petrograd correspondent.
Tuesday, says, in the
opinion of the military critics there.
the approach of the Russians to the
railway line running from Salestchitky
to CzernowitZ has greatly lessened the
value of the former point for the Aus
trians.
May Have Cut Railway.
1T is quite possible the correspond
ent adds, that the Russian cavalry
has cut the line, but there is no con-
firmation of the report that we have
occupied Czernowitz. which in itself is
not a tempting bait for either bellis-
erent The preponderant importance
the enemy attached to the possession
Of the Styr river is reflected in the
is described as the SsYa of the south
and the permanent ure of which
would secure to a foe lasting front
from Pinsk to Galicia, provided its
shores were converted INTO an UNI
broken fortress.
In view Of the enormous strength OF
the enemy's fortified lines in the south
ern theater the military critics warn
the public against pitching their hopes
too high.
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Women Taken or First.

THE twelve women were taken of
first and then the men as we were able
to move them. Some of the crew said
that boat load landed on the Ohio
side. but ] don't know.
I'VE lost all the books. including the
passenger list. and l don't know how
many were on board. The boat will be
a total loss, about $3O,000."
Capt. Berry and the other survivors
were taken care of here, and will pro-
ceed to their destinations by train
later In the day.
The Kanawha had made the landing
at Little Hooking. Ohio. and was pro-
ceeding down stream when the pier
was struck, tearing a hig hole in the
side of the vessel The boat continued
down the river for some distance be-
bore it sank. and then it turned over
on it's side and fioated as far as Lamps
Landing, five miles below.
The boat went down in three minutes
after it started to sink, according to
the captain.
The passenger list of the kanawha
was made up chiefly of West Virginia
and Ohio produce men.
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Proposes Having Fair Tax Levied on
District, Federal Government
Making Up Deficit.
Advocates Liberal Appropriations for Beautfcadon Of City
and Equal Payment Of Interest on the Capitals
Funded Debt.

The abolition OF the haandha plan of paying the expenses
of the District of Columbia advocated the report OF
the Joint select committee submitted to Congress today
In its place the committee recommends the adoption of plan
the District will pay fair and fixed
which shall be used alone for the District and the federal
all of that collected by taxation to
meet the needs of the District
SPLIT INTEREST ON DEBT.
that the the funded debt
should paid moneys from the Treasury the
United States half from the of the District and the
other from the money OF the federal government
The committee gives its unanimous conclusion that the
the District should be fixed and certain
that Congress should pursue definite policy of
regular liberal appropriations having only the
moral and physical advancement of the city, but also
beauty and grandeur municipal expression of the
nation home
Evening star., 1916-01-06
SIX LIVES ARE LOST
AS KANAWRA SINKS
Four Washingtonians Among
Saved From Disaster
on Ohio River.
TRAIN TAKES RESCUED
TO PARKERSBURG, W. VA.
Some of the Missing Are Thought to
Have Reached Shore on the
Other Side.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, January g.
1t is reported here that six lives were
lost when the river packet Kanawha
overturned and sank few miles below
this city last night. Reports from Gal
lipolis set forth that Pusser Bert Wolfe
and Steward LLOYD Gee. Watchman
Arthur Beaver and three passengers were
drowned. Two of the passengers were
women They were Mrs E. c. Atkinson
of Racine Ohio. and Mrs. Campbell of
Pomeroy, Ohio.
Among the passengers taken off the
boat and brought here on the rescue
train were four Washingtonians. They
we're Mr.. and Mrs. f. W. Edgarton and
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hoblitzell. Among
the others on the rescue train were Mr..
and Mrs. William Burdette of Gallipolis,
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lawrence of
Long Bottom, Ohio; E. P. Landon of
Reedville, Ohio; E. c. Atkinson, Racine.
Ohio, and Emef fson Wright of Emerson,
Ohio.
Survivors in Parkersburg.
Capt Brady NJ Berry and sixty-two
Of the passengers and crew arrived
here carly today on a special train sent
out by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to pick up the survivors scat
tered along four miles of river front
on the West Virginia side. Capt. Berry
said that while he saw no one in the
water and did not know that any had
been lost, he felt there had been fataIi-
ties, and was waiting for daylight to
return to the scene of the disaster,
where a thorough search would be
made on the West Virginia and Ohio
shorej of the river.
I'VE were moving swiftly down
stream with the flood about 7:25 o'clock
last night, with a crew of about forty
men and some twenty passengers on
board" said Capt. Berry.
THE weather had been bad but about
that time Just as we were approaching
the lower end of the lock wall on the
West Virginia side we were struck by
severe storm Ordinarily light
shines out from the mast on the wall.
but last night there was no light there,
and before we knew what was hap
pening the kanawha had struck the
iron pier a little forward of the boil
ers and started to SINK
Confusion in the Darkness.
ct shouted for the boats and in a
very few minutes the men were get
ting out the four lifeboats we had on
board. The cries of the passengers
reused the men at the lock. They put
out a yawl and came to our assistance.
The lights had gone out within a min
ute after we struck and there was
great confusion. But we managed to
gel the people on the hurricane deck
and as the kanawha turned on her
side kept them moving toward the top
while we were taking them off. The
Kanawha continually turned and when
we finally got the last man ashore he
was clinging to the bottom of the boat.
as she had turned completely over and
was drifting down stream bottom ..de
up.
IAN hour or more elapsed from the
time we struck until all were of and
passengers and crew were constantly
being landed on the river shore until
Evening star., 1916-01-06
URGED FOR VACANCY
ON SUPREME BENCH
Messrs. Taft. Lane and Allen
Put Forward by Their
Friends.

The Supreme Court vacancy was the
subject of several conferences at the
White House today, but President Will
son has done nothing beyond listen to
the recommendations that have been
made to him. He will continue to lis
ten and read letters and kilograms OF
recommendations and suggestions for
some days to come, but would like to
make the nomination as soon as pos
siole, owing to the crowded business of
the court.
Senators Simmons and Overman called
to urge the President to select Justice
W. r. Allen of the supreme court Of
that state for the vacancy. They told
the President of the long and honorab BILE
service of Justice Allen on the North
Carolina bench. They also told the
President that 1t has been many years
since North Carolina was represented
on the bench.
Evening star., 1916-01-06

survivors, shivering in the cold. were
strung out through distance of four
miles When saw that all were off l
shouted to the crew who had taken the
last load away and they came back and
Evening star., 1916-01-06
Provisions of Early Laws.

The appropriation act of February /
1875. contains the following provision:
That the sum of s1S2,500 in currency.
or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and is hereby, appropriated
for the payment of the interest on the
bonds of the District of Columbia,
known as 1856 bonds. due on February
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1916-01-06

"Our Army Most Be Reformed Before We
Can Have An Adequate Defense,''
Says Frederick Palmer. And he explains it must be
standardized army, with kind of troops and not
four kinds, is proposed through the establish
ment of the continental army: Read this article in
Tlle Sunday Star ~a%
Evening star., 1916-01-06
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy. much colder tonight.
with cold wave. Tomorrow fair. con-
tnued cold fresh northwest winds.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: Highest, 64. at ESQ pm. yester-
day: lowest, 2S, at 2 pm today.
Full report on page 49,
Evening star., 1916-01-06

sworn Net Circulation. Month Of Deeember.
1915, Daily Average. s4.40I, sunday. 6s,os3
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
Aid TO Sleep,

There are two very simple but ef-
fective remedies for that kind of sleep
lessness that comes from overwork or
nervous exhaustion. One is to have
the feet very warm. Put unem against
a rubber bag filled with hot water. A
rubber bag is better than an earthen
bottle, as it will retain the heat for
hours. The second method is much
more simple. Discard the pillow, turn
over and lie on the stomach with
hands clasped under the forehead to
lift the head a trife. This will often
send one to sleep.
When you are tired and nervous a
good rubbing all over the body with
the lotion here given will be very rest.
full. Lie quietly in bed after the rub.
bing for half an hour and you will then
feel quite equal to taking up the daily
tasks again. Here is the lotion: Di
luted alcohol, six ounces; cologne wa
ter, six ounces; tannin. ten grains.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
Testing Quality Of Ale.

At one time Shakespeare's father is
said to have served as an ale conner
or tester In the olden days the ale
conner tested only for sugar, and a
musty land doubtless ale-soaked)
chronicler tells us that it was the
custom OF these testers to enter a
tavern, call for a pot by accident
(sic) spill a puddle" on bench and
sit in the puddle for half an hour by
the clock" If the conner could rise
with due dignity from his seat, all
was well; but woe to the tapster whose
ale glued the leather breeches of the
tester to the bench-there was sugar
in his ale; which brings us, by the
well-worn route of anecdote, nearer
home.
1t has been a long jaunt for the old
nag and far cry from the inventive
I-tye to the alembical methods of one
Harmon Gansevoort who, as a pioneer
brewer in Albany, N. Y, is said to
have loaned a particular zest to his
brew by washing his leather breeches
in it. Chacun a son gout.-Exchange.
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Nothing Too Hot.

Chabert, the fire king, who was a
popular favorite in London many years
ago, claimed to be able to swallow
arsenic and other poisons with i'm.
punity. Visitors to his entertainment
were requested to come provided with
phosphorus, prussic acid. arsenic and
oxalic acid. which he proceeded to
consume before their eyes. taking an
antidore afterward which was sup.
posed to neutralize their effects.
Then, to show that he was as i'm.
pervious to heat as 10 poison, he would
take raw leg of lamb into an oven
heated to 220 degrees and remain in.
side until the joint was cooked, when
it was carved and handed around to
the audience. The performance con
cluded by Chabert rubbing red-hot
shovel on his head and face and allow
ing anyone who wished to drop molten
sealing wax on his tongue and hands
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
Boy First to Kill Bear,

Dorset Ringler seventeen, of Trout
Run is the first Lycomlng pa coun.
ty hunter this season with bear to
his credit. Ringler and Floyd Bowen
another Trout Run lad, were returning
from an unsuccessful coon hunt at one
o'clock the other morning when they
heard something crashing through the
brush, and a moment later a large
black bear passed 20 feet in front of
them and started to climb an oak tree
Bowen was the first to fire and
missed. At the report of the gun the
bear started down the tree, and as it
touched the ground Ringler sent a bull
let into its heart. killing it instantly.
Returning to the village of Trout Run,
five miles distant, the boys awakened
their fathers, who accompanied them
to the scene and helped get the car
cass home. The bear weighed 225
pounds.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
HARD TO DEFINE VULGARlTY
What One Generation Condemns An.
other May Have Considered
Distinctly Proper.

There is nothing more difficult to
define than vulgarity. 1t is often mere
ly something one dislikes in some
body's manner of speech or behavior.
Webster's dictionary defines "vul-
gar" in the modern sense as lacking
cultivation or refinement; rustic. boor-
ish; also, offensive to good taste or
refined feelings; low, coarse, mean,
base"
And "vulgarity" 1t defines as gross
ness or clownishness of manners or
language; absence of refinement;
coarseness."
The half of these definitions might
safely be cast aside. 1t is absurd to
define vulgar" in the present sense
as rustic; low, mean. base. "
When we say that anyone is vulgar
we mean chiefly that he is, in Web
ster's words, offensive to good taste" "
and that is about as near an explana-
tion as we can go.
AS to what good taste is, who can
inform US? To say that it is the taste
of the best people does not get us
much farther, for we have then to dis.
cover who are the best people. And
is it the best people who have ever
lived that we must follow, or the best
people who are living now? The best
people nowadays would consider II
vulgar to get drunk at table; but the
best people of bygone times were OF
a different opinion.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
Not the African Variety.

Snooks was one of those conceited,
make-believe, bold hunters, and was
always spinning his yarns about his
experiences in Africa, and he gener-
ally wound up by saying he never yet
saw lion he feared. One night, after
he had finished EARNING, he was little
taken aback by one of his audience,
Vho said:
That's nothing. have lain down
and actually slept among lions in their
wild, natural state"
Il don't believe that. I'm no fool, "
said the bold hunter.
Its the truth, though"
"You slept among lions in their wild,
natural state?"
"Yes, l certainly did"
Can you prove it? Were they AT,
r.can?"
"Well, not exactly African lions.
They were dandelions."
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-01-01
Germans Lead in Wireless.

There are about ten wireless sta.
tions in France, the most powerful be.
ing that of the Eiffel tower. The Ger.
mans have many more, and especially
the great station of Nauen, with a
constant transmitting power of 5000
miles, occasionally raised to 1900
miles. They have a similar post in
Spain, and another at Sayville, l.. l.,
opposite New York. The three pylons
of the latter, each nearly 500 feet high,
with the antennae and all the appa.
ratus, were manufactured in Germany,
and sent from Rotterdam to Hoboken
by Holland-Amerika steamer. When
the cables connecting America with
Germany were cut she had already
prepared a perfect substitute, or near
ly so.