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FUNERAL OF F. s. DELAND.
Services at Family Home-Inter
meut in Rock Creek Cemstsrv

Rev. DR.. J. J. Muir. pastor Of Temple
Baptist Church. ofiiciated at the fu-
neral services this afternoon for
Francis s. Deland. veteran Of the civil
war, and for more than half q century
an employe Of the once Of the auditor
for the War Department, who died
Wednesday night. Services were held
at the residence, 1859 Spring road
northwest, at O'Clock. and inferment
was in Rock Creek cemetery.
The pallbearers were: George NJ.
Newell. chief Of the division Of review
ers in the ofiice Of the auditor for the
War Department, and L. b. Williams
Of the same ONCE: c. N. Richards. Can't.
Fred Beall. John L. Fletcher and E. p.
Rhoderick.
Mr.. Deland 10 survived by his wife.
who was Miss Sarah Fletcher Of De-
troit, Mich, and by six daughters and
one son. as follows: Mrs. Eva b.
Shomo Of Royersford. Pa: Mrs. Dorsey
d. MCPHERSON Of this city, Mrs. NeIfie
D. Drsxsl Of Los Angeles, Cal; Mrs.
Margaret Henderson Of Forest Glen,
Nd; Mrs. Grace d. Jackson Of Chevy
Chase, Nd: Mrs. George q. Price 81
Baltimore. and y. Harold Deland ol
Philadelphia.
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Believed Steamer Sank Janu-
AIRY is, Carrying Down
t Passengers and Crew.
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST
SAID TO AGGREGATE 301
Speculation Regarding the Disaster
Varies From Submarine Attack
to Internal Explosion.

LONDON. January 29.-The British
and African Steam Navigation Com
pany's liner Appam, it is feared. has
been lost. The mystery takes first
place in the news of the morning
newspapers today. and they are all
agreed that the prospect that she will
ever come into port may now be re-
garded as hopeless.
Shipping experts believe the steamer
sank about the 18th of January, north
west of Madeira. From the prevailing
winds it is figured that the catastrophe
occurred some distance north of the
point where one of her lifeboats was
found.
Loss of Lives Placed at Sol.
At the Lloyd office of the Elder
Dempster line agents of the steamer
the belief was expressed that the total
loss of life would aggregate 301-
eighty-seven first-class and eighty-one
second-class passengers and 1913 mem
bers of the crew.
Most of the passengers were English
and residents in London. while ma
jority of the crew were natives OF
Liverpool Capt. H. G. Harrison of the
steamer was one of the Oldest and most
reliable officers in the company's
service.
Speculation regarding the cause Of
the catastrophe varies from sub
marine attack to an internal explosion.
The value of the liner and her cargo is
estimated at fully s1,500.000.
High Reinsurance Rates Result.
A very high rate for reinsurance is
being quoted on the steamers Adriadne
and Clan MacTavish, which are over
due on voyages over the same route
as the Appam took.
Shipping men say there is little like
lhood that the Appam could have sue
cumbed to storm without notifying
the world with her wireless. which
was of the latest type.
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region of Dvinsk. Our artillery in
the Lake Sventen region dispersed .

tuc 1<Ahe StSut6u Ic6lVh OASbVAcOA 2
large German force.
The Germans celebrated Emperor Will
Hams birthday, but no particular
animation was observed in their
lines.
On the middle Stripa there were fire.
quent skirmishes between scouting
parties. During. the night Of Janu-
cars dashed up to the enemy's wire
entanglements on the Buczacz road
opening fire against a large working
party. The cars guard put them 10
fight. INJECTING heavy losses.
North Of Boyan our patrols. using hand
grenades. dislodged the enemy from
three craters formed by mine explo-
sions. In the same region small par
ties of the enemy attempted to take
the offensive, but were driven back
by our fire. After withdrawing his
detachments the enemy launched a
cloud of gas.
On the Caucasus front: In a fight in
the region west Of Melazghert we
took as prisoners II officers and 214
men and captured large quantity OF
arms and munitions, including tens
of thousands of cartridges and many
ammunition carts. Our troops, pur-
suing the fleeing enemy. entered the
town Of Khynynsskala. between Err
zerum and Mush. close on his heels.
Here they found, besides the troops
whom they took prisoners. large re-
serves of munitions and supplies for
the Turkish army. The Turks are
fleeing toward Mush.
In Persia. south of Lake Urumiah, we
defeated large Turkish forces. pur-
suing the enemy. who fed precipi-
lately. We took as prisoners nu-
merous Turkish regulars and Kurd-
ish irregulars, and captured large
quantities of arms. munitions. med
ical supplies and some thousands OF
cattle. Southeast OF Hamadan, near
Kandehan pass. we drove the enemy
back southwark.
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All Caught Unprepared.

The minister of munitions admitted
that the entente allies were all caught
unprepared and had to organize armies.
England, he said, had to create an
army. Asked if he thought the war
would end in a deadlock, the minister
said that such a thing must not be
thought of for a moment.
ut may take a long time" he said,
"but we must crack the nut before we
get at the kernel Wearing down tn :
outside by attrition is too long and
would not be smashing. pulverizing
victory. Pressure on the enemy is be-
coming greater. They are spreading
their frontiers temporarily. but are
becoming weaker in a military sense
and the process of strangulation will
squeeze them more and more.
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High School Ex.Cadets to Meet.

Former high school cadets have been
urged to attend a meeting to be held
in the Perpetual building, 18th and E
streets northwest, tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. Plans for forming a
permanent military organization COM
posed Of former high school cadets are
to be discussed. -
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WAR ONLY BEGINNING,
CLAIM OF LLOYD GEORGE
Mistakes Will Be Retrieved and Vic.
tory for Allies Is Assured,
Says Minister.

LONDON. January 81 think that
for US the war is only beginning" said
David Lloyd George. minister OF NUM-
tons, in an interview with the Lon
don correspondent of the Milan Secolo,
but I am absolutely confident of VIC
tory because, although we have made
mistakes in the past. England and her
allies are now taking counsel together
and will be stronger because they unit
ed. BY next spring we shall have for
the first time more munitions than the
enemy, and our superiority In men is
unquestioned. Besides this, Germany's
financial position is growing worse
daily
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CHANGE IN COURT RULES.
Motions Hereafter to Be Heard Fri.
day Instead of Saturday.

Because the congestion of the motion
calendars of the District Supreme
Court has been relieved, the justices
today abandoned the hearing of mo-
tions Saturdays Hereafter these pre-
liminary matters will be discussed be-
fore the courts Friday afternoons. Be
fore last year. when the Saturday mo-
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REVOLUTION IN MINDS
OF GREEK POLITICIANS
Viennese Surgeon Who Visited
King Constantine Sees
Grave Situation.

LONDON, January 29.-"The idea of a
revolutionary movement of the grayest
character is not absent from the minds
of responsible politicians in Athens
said Prof. Baron Eiselberg, the noted
Viennese surgeon. in an interview on
his return home after a professional
visit to King Constantine of Greece,
according to the Morning Posts Buda-
pest correspondent
Prof. Eiselberg. the correspondent
adds, found the wound caused by the
removal of one of King Constantine's
ribs during an operation seven months
ago had not yet healed properly. ow-
ing to the kings worry over Greek
politics.
Political influence Strong.
king Constantine the correspond
emit says, although most popular with
the army, seems totally powerless
against the political influence of Eliph-
therios Venizelos, the former premier,
and. although ne did not like to own it,
You could clearly discern his feelings
on the subject
Despite the German influence which
is working energetically to counteract
the influence of NJ. Venizelos the peo-
PIE follow him almost blindly and are
slowly but certainly dragging the
country to it's doom. NJ. Venizelos is
in close relations with representatives
of the entente powers"
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Representative Conry to Speak

Representative NJ. F. Conry of New
York is announced to speak at meet
ing Of the Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
citation Monday evening in the lecture
room Of the Chapel of the Nativity.
18th street and Massachusetts avenue
southeast. Several literary numbers
also are to be given.
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j. S.ASKED T0PR0TEST
ALLEGED CRUEL ACTS
German Foreign Office Makes Com.
plant Against French
and British.

LONDON, January 2s.-The foreign
Office has made public a note from the
German foreign Office transmitted
through James w. Gerard, the Amer
lean ambassador to Germany. relating
to alleged cruelty on the part Of French
and English troops toward German
prisoners. The British government
gives unqualified denial to the charges
The note requests the Washington
government to transmit a protest
against this violation of international
law" to both the British and French
governments.
Alleged Cruelties.
The instances Of alleged cruelty cited
are:
"First-During the battle at Guise-
'Jongeux, August 30, 1914, q French
officer ordered a severely wounded Ger
man officer to be placed on the ram
part Of a French trench under the fire
Of German artillery, with the object Of
having him killed by German bullets.
"Second-On January Is, 1915. in the
neighborhood of Scissors, French
troops placed two captured German
soldiers on the rampant Of their trench,
which was under German fire, and
agonizing hours.
Third-Between March 10 and IT, 1915,
British troops in front Of their trenches
at Apbers tied a wounded German officer
to tree and opened fire on him when he
waved his handkerchief to the German
lines. and repulsed by firing the German
attempts to free him from his desperate
position.
Evidence given at German military in
quiries into these Incidents" says the
curacy."
Unqualified Denial.
The British reply to the charges is an
unqualified denial from Field Marshal
French. in command Of the troops at the
time Of the alleged cruelties, which is sup
ported by statements from officers along
the front where the cruelties are alleged
to have occurred. In his denial Gen.
French says:
The reports show that nothing is
known of the i'll treatment of German
prisoners. On the contrary, there were
no trees in that locality to which a
German off1cer could have been tied, as
alleged. The general officer command
ing the Indian corps specifically reports
that there was no maltreatment what
ever. but that German wounded were
rescued with heroism by Britishers."
Gen. French adds that the evidence
Is conclusive that there were no such
occurrences as charged. The support
Indian troops cites number Of in
stances where Indians rescued Ger
mans who had been abandoned between
the lines by their own forces.
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WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED
ITALIAN STATEMENT,
ROME, via London. Janu0rv N.


Artillery activity has been particularly
intense on some parts of the Carnia
frontier. On the upper Isonzo Thurs
day evening. after a violent artillery
preparation, the enemy in force tried
to dislodge us from our positions
The enemy was repulsed the first
time. He renewed attacks with
fresh troops for the second and third
times. but was driven back with
heavy losses. and finally took flight.
On the heights west of Gorilla GU.
troops reoccupied part Of the ground
abandoned the night of the Gath and
consolidated the position. Thursday
In this zone there were some arttl.
lery duels and machine-gun and Are.
bomb encounters.
On the Carso one Of our detachments
pluckily raided an enemy trench
southwest of San MARITIME.
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District Supreme Court.

EQUITY DIVISION 1-Justice Anderson.
| Bernheim Distilling Company agt.
Lynch; L. F. Cooper appointed trustee
bond. 5000; plaintiffs attorney. M. d.
Rosenberg; defendants attorney, Leo A.
Rover.
Parnin agt. Parnin: order for aIimony
plaintiffs attorneys, Archer & Smith and
Glenn Willett: defendants attorney. NAL
colin Hufty.
EQUITY DIVISION 2-Justice Mccoy
Dunan agt. Pierce: A. A. Alexander
appointed guardian ad litem (by Justice
Could plaintiffs attorney. H. L Quinn !;
defendants attorneys. w J. Lambert, E.
A. Newman and D. w. ,O'Donoghue.
Burgdorf agt. Edwards ct al: motion
to dissmis bill and amended and sup
Elemental bills denied; with leave to
costs as against defendant No. 1 plain
tiff's attorney, w. G. Gardiner; defend
ants attorneys. John Ridout and w. w.
Edwards.
Warner agt. Warner; order of ALI
mony pendente lite: PLAINTIFFS attorney.
George L. Whitford; defendants attor-
ney, G. H. Laleger.
Adams agt. National Savings and
Trust Company: demurrer overruled
with costs. with leave to answer in
twenty days: plaintiffs attorneys, D.
E. Fox. F. B. Fox and N. K. Fox; de-
PENDANTS attorney. Frank Stetson.
Brackhagen agt. Commercial National
Bank; ordered on calendar; plaintiff 8
attorneys. MILAN & Smith: defendants
attorneys. F. s. Swindell, H. A. Grant
and D. w. Baker.
Campbell agt. Campbell; decree of
November 25 set aside, and original
amended and supplemental bills dis
missed with costs: plaintiffs attorney,
William Henry White; defendants at
torney, John Ridout.
Conway agt. Conway: rule returnable
two days after service: plaintiffs at
torney, George F. Havell.
CIRCUIT DIVISION 1 Justice Gould
Hurwitz agt. Commercial Garage;
leave to file additional plea and sub
stitute affidavit in ten days granted;
| plaintiffs attorneys, E. l.. Gies and E.
B. Frey: defendants attorney. A. l..
Newmyer.
Landreau agt. Hege; set for trial in
first week Of May; plaintiffs attorneys,
NJ J. Mcnamara and D. w. Baker; de-
PENDANTS attorney. John Ridout..
Fisher agt. Laubheimer; judgment by
default; plaintiffs attorneys. Hamilton,
Yerkes & Hamilton.
Chatard agt Mearns; time to file sub
stitute affidavit Of defense to February
4; plaintiffs attorneys. Tucker. Ken
yon & Macfarland: defendants attor-
| neys, Douglas, Ruffln & Obear.
CIRCUIT DIVISION 2-Justice stat
Schlatter agt. Marks: motion to strike
out declaration overruled. with ten
days to plead; plaintiffs attorney, w.
P. Plumley; defendants attorneys.
Darr, Peyser & Koenigsberger.
Carroll agt. Deviny; plea amended
and motion to strike out amended sec
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THE COURTS.
q. S. Court Of Customs Appeals.

Proceedings yesterday:
Present: Presiding Judge Montgomery
and Associate Judges Smith. Barber Lie
Vries and Martin.
| The following decisions were handed
No. 1886. c. D. jackson & Co. agt.
United States; opinion by Montgomery.
presiding judge; granite, a manufac,
ture of marble waste. crushed and
screened. was assessed by the collector
at 20 per cent as an earthy or mineral
protested that it was properly dutiable
at Is per cent as an unenumerated
manufactured article; the board OF gen
eral appraisers overruled the protest
of the importers and the decision Oh
the board is affirmed.
No. 1893. George w. Sheldon & Co.
agt. United States; opinion by Mont
gomery, presiding Judge: merchandise
was in force was not withdrawn for
consumption until after the passage OF
the act of 1913; the importers pro-
tested against the penalty for under.
because of the change of duty on this
class of goods from specific to ad
valorem, which penalty would not have
accrued under the act of 1909; the
the protest of the importer and the de-
cision of the board is reversed.
No. 1897. United States agt: Geisen-
heimer & Co.: opinion by Smith. asso-
ciate judge; metal drums, the contain,
ers of sulphide of sodium, were assessed
by the collector at 20 per cent as cylin-
drical or tubular tanks or vessels; the
importers protested that the drums
were properly free of duty as usual
containers: the board of general ap-
praisers sustained the protest Of the
importers and the decision of the board
is reversed.
No 1898. United States agt. J. Bene
ct al; same issue as No. 1897, supra;
n
No. 1911. Maltus & Ware agt. United
States: opinion by Barber. associate
Judge; tulip bulbs were assessed by the
collector at 500 per 1000 as tulips;
properly dutiable at SO cents per 1000
as bulbs cultivated for their flowers
or foliage; the board of general ap-
praisers overruled the protest of the
is reversed.
Nos 1888 and 1896. Wright & Graham
Company ct al, agt. United states;
United States agt. Wright & Graham
associate Judge; in an importation of
tea part of the coverings or containers
was held by the board of general ap-
praisers to be free of duty, and part
holding the containers to be free of
duty is affirmed. and the decision hold
ing them dutiable is reversed.
No. 1890. F. A. Koch & Co. agt. United
judge; certain surgical instruments
were assessed by the collector at 80
per cent as nippers and pliers; the inn
porter protested that they were proper
~ dutiable at 20 per cent as manufac-
lures of metal; the board of general
appraisers overruled the protest of the
importer and the decision of the board
is reversed.
No. 1904 United States agt. ]. E.
Bates: opinion by Martin. associate
Judge: the importer protested against
the additional duty assessed upon an
importation of straw hats because of
alleged undervaluation: the board of
general appraisers sustained the pro-
test of the Importer and the decision of
the board is affirmed.
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RUSSIAN sTATEMENT.

PETR0GRAD. January -. via Lsnds.
January -
In the region OF Riga there was some
cannonading. During . lombard
msnt Of schlok German asroplanss
while regulating enemy artillery
firs. dropped bombs at several points
In the Plakanan district our artillery
scored . number Of SUCCESSES. Sew
srai zeppsiins dropped bombs IN The
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TURKISH STATEMENT.

CoNsFANTINOPLE, January e. via
London, January 20s
Irak front: The enemy is intrenchinr
in the region Of Felahie. There has
been . feeble and intermittent ar
tillery duel Near Kut-el-Amara
there is no change in the situation.
Caucasus front: Artillery engagements
and outpost skirmishes have been
continued.
Dardanelles front: January IS q hos
tile monitor fred some thirty shells
in the direction of Akbach withouf
success. Our airmen threw two bombs
against the monitor, which stoDped
firing and retired.
Evening star., 1916-08-13
OF
OF THE woRL

Charles Prince of Pau tuncle of two
aviators and brother of the former
mayor of Boston), Paul Rockwell and
Mrs. Leila Morse Rummel. daughter of
S. F. r. Morse. inventor of the electric
telegraph, lifelong friend of Lafayette
and painter of the Lafayette portrait
which hangs in the New York city hall.
How much did we receive from
France in revolutionary times, and how
will the account finally balance?
Not one tand least of all the marquis)
had an idea of the old figures; and
never have ! seen a printed French ref
erence to them.
Note, we have had but two years. so
far. in which to pay back" Benjamin
Franklin, in his first two years as
plenipotentiary to the court of France,
secured only $1.000.000. In 1873 he got
100000 more; in 1850, $500. 900; in 1881,
100000. and in 1882. $1,200.0Oo.
And SO on.
D'Estaing's fleet came to us after we
mad been at war two years. in 177S, and
Rochambeaus 5000 French troops ar
rived in the fifth year of the war.
We have margin, so to speak.
The French know II.
They simply rejoice at us.
What touches them most Is that ac-
companying every dollar of our pay
ment on account has come the touch
of personal effort-unpaid surgeons,
nurses, chauffeyHs, ambulance men.
auxiliaries. the personal effort of COL
Evening star., 1916-08-13

French crave to tell about us. Their
ually on the hunt for them, pending the
time when France can do justice in
some grandiose way to the vast col
lective friendship of Americans.
They know vaguely more of our re-
lief, hospital and ambulance work than
you might imagine possible.
The Paris papers recently have re-
joiced in approximate estimates. The
Lecture Pour Tous. for instance lit is
monthly magazine published by the
house of Hachette), adds up between
December 81. 1914. and April l. 1915,
more than 10000. 900 collected in
America for the allies"
At the same time it notes the impossi
bility of doing justice to individual
gifts on the spot in Paris-like James
Stillman handing checks for $4,000
and $4,000, respectively, to the Paris
municipality and the prefecture of the
Maritime Alps for widows of French
soldiers; Frank Gould furnishing 5000
ready-made houses for war-zone vic
Tins: Mrs. Edith Wharton, with her
hostels and cloakrooms. feeding and
dressing 10000 from head to foot. and
the children of the frontier work. by
which Lawyer Coudert, Mrs Peter
Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. Robert Bliss and
others have rescued 1000 little Alsa-
tians (many of them being wounded)
in seventeen country houses and two
magnificent chateaux. How list the
unlisted? James Stillman hands over
Evening star., 1916-08-13
We can't prolong
life, so we must &C.
compIish more with
our lives.
His First rip

TT came rolling down the in old, high-whee.
. soid-tre machne-one of the things they called
automobile back yonder in the primitive ages of the industry
Rims dashboard and hubs caked with mud-a leath-
erette suitcase roped on the back.
Everybody turned to look. But he was looking and
had great deal see
Passing chaueurs in fine frenzy of inspiration de-
ghtfuy to the occasion and delivered expert opinions
the chatting sidewalk crowd.
But the boy from the country chugged ahead-he didn't
give hang about appearances know there any
The banter and rdcue didn't eaze him. These city folk
couldn't understand what it and that
creaking ramshacke into town.
The Lord only knows how far he had how much
farther he'll 60 Men who make the best of the best at
hand are bound to ride far.
They special quality of gasoline-the "Determi-
nation Brand"
One of these days he'll come back and in style This
just survey he wanted to size the fighting ground And
when he does watch for him. He has acquired
the habit of sumountng dculties-of getting where he
wants to go-He' laugh last.
Evening star., 1916-08-13

lecting clothes. relief supplies and food
They know that the names of 500 900 in
dividual donors are on the books of
the American Relief Clearing House
in Paris while 10000 American chill
dren adopt the same number of French
war-orphans through the committee of
American fraternity. and engage to pa
them 10 cents per day each for a couple
of years.
But-no-what touches them most of
all is that 10000 American boys slipped
off. incognito. to fight for France, ex-
actly as young Lafayette ran AVA
from his father and the French king
to sail and fight for us.
They crave to record these things
upon imperishable stone.
They want to carve them on tn,
pedestal of the New York Liberty stat
ue-the Bartholdi monument of Lib
erty Enlightening the World"
Quite appropriate, you say, but
Do not worry.
They do not mean the Liberty in New
York harbor Two years after Bar
tholdi presented his colossal work TO us
Americans had a copy of IL made.
nothing like SO large. of course but
still heroic, and presented il to Paris.
1T stands on a bridge Of the Seine
Liberty looks down the river toward the
Atlantic-toward America. The two
Liberties signal each other with their
torches.
STERLING HELLO.