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Evening star., 1916-08-05
MONTANA GETS ESTATE
OF MAN LOST At SEA
Sinking of British Ship Presents
Troublesome Problem for the
State Department.

The sinking of the British ship Clan
McNaughton, by a German submarine,
February 3, 1915, gave two departments
of the United States government. not to
say the British government, a vast
amount of work which has just ended
by turning the whole question at issue
back to the state of Montana.
Alfred Mattinson of South Hampstead.
England, was we'll known in Montana
He owned 100 shares in the capital
stock of the May Day Mining Company
of Livingston, Mont. He was pas
seneer on the Clan McNaughton and
lost his life. His mining stock was
sent to the State Department. which
had considerable correspondence with
the British ambassador and also for
warded the stock to the British gov
ernment for disposition.
The British government returned the
property to the State Department to be
dealt with in the United States. saying
that the asset in question did not de-
volve upon the King OF Great Britain
bachelor whose paternity was in doubt
and died intestate.
The State Department put the mat
ter I'D to the Treasury Department.
which referred the subject to the So
Ncitor of that department That off,
cial decided that the property, and any
other belonging to Mattison. escheated
to the state Of Montana. Acting Sec
retary Newton of the Treasury today
forwarded the mining stock and cor
respondence to the secretary of state
Of Montana.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
Preparedness Measures.

Hundreds of automobiles have been
chartered and many hotel reservations
made by New York business houses as
a preparedness measure to insure the
services of their employees in the event
of the street car strike causing COM
plete tie-up of the city's ordinary
means of transportation.
Washington Square report that rooms
in blocks of from five to twenty have
been reserved by financial and mercan-
tile houses. Many of the firms have
distributed schedules among their en-
ployes showing how thev can reach
the lower part of the city by ferrying
to New Jersey, trolleying on the other
side and ferrying back to Manhattan
again
Owners of river craft, motor boats
and barges are said to be arranging
'jitney" services, and plans have been
made to use the Coney Island and AL
bany boats if the strike persists.
The surface car companies are con-
verting the upper floors of their car
barn into dormitories for the use of
strikebreakers and also are accumu-
plies.
In the face of the police figures in
dicating that half the normal number
of cars were running. w. D. Mahon
president of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes, asserted that two-thirds of the
employees had quit. Mahon said he would
ing of the executive board of the ANAL
gamated association, and that during his
absence William h. Fitzgerald would be
In charge of the strike.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
CLAIMS DESTRUCTION
IN RAID ON ENGL AND

AMSTERDAM, August 5.-The fol-
lowing semi -offlcial statement supple
rnenting the German official version of
the Zeppelin air raid on the eastern and
southeastern coasts Of England on the
night Of August 2. has been published
here:
AT Harwich the naval force 1 the
harbor was twice attacked and the
dock and railway works were abun-
dainty bombarded.
I'm the counay OF Norfolk Industrial
buildings and searchlight installations
at Norwich were successfully attack
ed Then bombs were dropped on
Lowestoft where number of fires
broke out in factories.
British sea planes which attacked
the airships were forced to retreat"
Evening star., 1916-08-05
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP NOTES.

Under the direction of Stable Sergt.
James D. Powers the harness equip
ment of Battery B was packed yester-
day. each set in separate bag. Four
horses of Battery B will be taken with
the organization to Bisbee, and the
other eleven will be left behind to be
used in drills by Battery A.
Mess Sergt. John T. Kelly. manager
Of Battery BIS canteen, had laid in a
large supply of candies for the men
en- route and when they get on the
border. Heretofore his canteen has
handled nothing but smoke shop ar
ticles.
Sergt Rickard, together with Pri-
Yates Brooks. Glaze, Ferber, Garman
and Watts. left Camp Ordway yester-
day for the rife range, to remain with
the cavalry troop until its return 10
camp.
O. NJ. Sergt Coolidge and Private
Wilson, son of Secretary Wilson. De-
partment of Labor, returned from the
rifle range last night, to remain IN
charge of the camp and to get all re-
cruits. Soon after they arrived they
obtained the application for enlistment
of Bernhardt A. Waldermaler OF the
Evening star., 1916-08-05
COL ORED TROOPS SEND
BULK OF MONEY HOME
Men of Company B, First Separate
Battalion, Keep "Small
Change" Only.

Some of them kept back only half a
dollar. All of the so to 100 colored
men comprising Company B, 1st Sep
arate Battalion, D. c. N. G.. encamped
at Naco, Ariz.. gave up from two-thirds
to three-quarters or more of their pay
as soldiers in the service of Uncle
Sam, and sent 1t back home.
This is the word that comes to Wash
in gton of how the colored soldiers con-
slider their dependent families at home
Lieut.. Arthur C. Newman. in command
of the company, is responsible for the
way it was done. On his suggestion
every soldier of the company, every
man Jack of them having some one at
home to whom money would be useful.
contributed his share II was put INTO
the hands of a company officer, who
saw that it got to its destination;
The amount sent home is not definite
ly known in Washington. Some OF the
men were not entitled to much money
when paw day came around. But even
these. as word comes from the border;
did their part and gave up of their -
or SO.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
BRUSSELS WILL NOT PAY
5000, ,0OO- MARK FINE

LONDON, August 5.-The city of
Brussels has refused to pay the fine of
100000 marks imposed by the Ger
mans in consequence of the demonstra-
tion which took place at the Belgian
capital on July II. the national fete
day. says a dispatch from The Hague
to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
A serious crisis is expected.
Acting Burgomaster Lemonnier. the
dispatch adds, has sent a letter to Gen.
Won Bissing. the German governor of
Belgium. fatty declining to pay the
fine. He says 1t was imposed on the
public because of its patriotic senti
ment, and therefore is illegal and in
admissible.
The director of the Belgian National
Bank at Antwerp has been deported by
the German authorities. says a dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
from The Hague, because of his re-
fusal to pay them 4OoO0o, 900 francs in
exchange for a mere paper receipt"
Evening star., 1916-08-05
CIVIC AGENCIES TO URGE
SENATE'S PENSION PLAN
Appeal to Conferees on District Bill
in Behalf of Firemen and Po-
licemen Arranged.

Preparations went forward today on
the part of numerous civic agencies
for making an appeal to the conferees
on the District appropriation bill to
retain the police and firemen's pension
provisions as adopted by the Senate
Edward F. Colladay, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
with members of the special legisla-
tive committee of the federation, pre-
pared to take the matter up actively
while committees of the police and fire.
mems associations also planned to give
every assurance to the conferees that
the bill in it's present form is accept
able generally to the members of the
two departments.
The bill provides for the retirement
of superannuated and disabled fire.
men and policemen at half pay. Other
cities which have the haif-pay plan in
operation are New York. Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston. Baltimore, Pitts
burgh, Detroit, Buffalo. San Francisco.
Milwaukee. New Orleans, Los Angeles.
Jersey City. Kansas City. Seattle, Den
yer. Portland. Atlanta, Spokane, Nash
Vile, and a number of smaller cities.
Evening star., 1916-08-05

Catholic University and Victor Ohm
sted. Washington newspaper man.
Sergt Willis Bryant, 6th Section.
Battery A. returned to duty yesterday
after period in the post hospital.
where he was sent following injuries
which he received in a section race
when his horse fell. He is walking
with cane. as his limb is still little
stiff
Lieut. Noyes. Battery B, took the re-
cruits out yesterday for mounted drill
Albert F. White. whose enlistment in
the infantry expired, has re-enlisted
in Battery B. He has been assigned as
Battery cook, and Mess Sergt. Kelley
says he is some cook.
Eddie Roach, regimental supply SER
geant, insists on his men keeping a
spot1ess supply tent. 1t is really the
cleanest tent in camp, and not a spot
can be found anywhere, and everything
is always in its place. He is assisted
in his work by Frank Dorsey, butcher.
The mechanics of Battery have
been kept very busy seeing that all of
the equipment is in good order. The
work is in charge of Chief Mechanic
Charles A. Keefe, who is assisted by
Mechanics Archie Bernau and George
Well
Evening star., 1916-08-05
READY TO START ON TRIP.
Hughes Reaches New York to Begin
Speech Making Tour.

NEW YORK, August 5.-Charles E.
Hughes came to this city early today
from his home in Bridghampton. L. l..
prepared to leave at s:35 o'clock to-
night for his trip to the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Hughes, who will accompany him
on the campaign trip. will join him
here this afternoon. William r. Will
cox, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, plans to go as far as
CHICAGO with the Hughes party. The
chairman said he would not announce
the personnel Of the Chicago head
ouarters force until he had conferred
with the western leaders in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes will spend to-
morrow in Niagara Falls. The nominee
is to make twenty-six speeches during
his tour through the west.
Evening star., 1916-08-05

committee demanded the right to organ
iEe without intimidation and wase M
crease from 30 cents to 80 cents an nour.
A letter received by the committee
from Mr.. Hedley said he was at all times
willing to meet the employees of this com
pany." and that he would be glad 10
see the committeeman at his office at noon
today. ,.,
The meeting was marked by enthusiasm.
and the vote to strike was greeted with
cheers which could be heard for docks
around the assembly hall.
The meeting was attended by delega-
tfon from the Central Labor Federatlon
representing $4,000 union men VINO
pledged their moral and financial support
10 the motormen and conductors IN their
efforts to unionize. kilograms We're re
ceiyed from Chicago. Boston and Detroit
making similar pledges
A firm of Boston lawyers wireo ,nat
friends of the carmen's union In that CITY
will advance to you for the benefit or the
amalganated association, on your own
terms 100000 to help you and the New
York carmen in their fight to attain IN
dustrial freedom and independence.
Prompt action was taken by General
Manager Hedley to provide for emergen-
Cies. He notified Max Schmittberger.
chief inspector of police. that strike had
been called on the lines of the New YORK
Railways Company. Inspector Schmitt-
berger at once detailed men to guard the
powerhouses and car barns of the COM
Evening star., 1916-08-05
ATTACK U. S.-DANISH TREATY,
Papers in Denmark Discuss Sale of
West India Isles.

LONDON. August Some of the
Danish conservative papers have opened
violent attack upon the government
over the treaty with the United States
for the sale of the Danish West Indies.
according to a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company
The National Tidende says: In d
question Of such great importance for
the whole nation the government acted
in manner such as it's worst antagon-
lists would not have believed IT capable
Nobody but the Danish government
would have risked such a course"
On the other hand Politiken points
out that Denmark several times at
tempted 70 utilize the islands, but her
efforts were in vain. This paper saws
tnat under the present war conditions
the Islands might become a danger to
Danish neutrality. and that IL might be
difficult for Denmark to defend them
from encroachment.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
Claim to Have Consolidated
Positions in Region of
Peniaki-Tchistopady.
BERLIN REPORTS ENEMY
RETREAT NEAR RATYSE
Petrograd Admits Loss of Rudka-
Miryanskaia, Nineteen
Miles From Kovel. ~

LONDON, August 5, via London, 3:06
p.m.-Russian troops have crossed the
river Sereth south of the town of Brody
and in the region of Peniaki-Tchisto-
pady and have consolidated the cap
tured positions. 1t was officially an
nounced today by the Russian war de-
partment
According to the Berlin Official report.
the Russian detachments which penetrat-
ed the German positions across the
River Sereth near Ratyseye were
forced to retreat. Near Meidzygory
and Tchistopady. the statement adds.
the Russians are making stand on
the southern bank of the river.
Under the pressure OF repeated Ger
man counter attacks against the village
Of Rudka- -Miryanskaia. on the Stavok.
nineteen miles from Kovel. the Rus
slams have evacuated the village and
retired several hundred yards to the
east, says the official statement given
out by the Russian war office last night
The text of the latest Russian official
statement follows:
South of Brody obstinate fighting is
proceeding on the River Sereth. The
enemy made several counter attacks
to the right bank, in the region of
Peniaki-Tchistopady. All these counter
attacks failed and our troops consoli-
dated themselves IN the captured posi-
tions.
Tn the region of the River Bialy
Cheremos. southwest Of Kuty Din the
Carpathians), the enemy launched an
attack with forces amounting to nearly
division against our small infantry
detachments occupying the mountain
passes and forced them a short dis
tance back toward the northeast"
Germans Claim Successes.
Regarding operations elsewhere. the
German official statement says:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg: Northwest of Postavy we
forced the enemy by our fire to aban-
don some advanced trenches, and we
repulsed in the region of Piagla. be-
tween the Narooz and Wisziev lakes.
advances against our field post posi-
tions.
"On the Serwetsch, east of Gorodis-
che, and on the Shara, southeast of
Baranovichi. there were lively hand
grenade battles.
Near Lubieszow northeast Of ko-
veD strong enemy attacks again
failed.
Near Ostrov and in the region of the
east of Sviniuchy enemy enterprises
did not proceed beyond the initial
| stage as the result OF our fire"
Evening star., 1916-08-05
FOUND AFTER FOUR YEARS.
James W. Marshea Located in Aims.
house. But Mind Is a Blank.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. August with
his mind a blank concerning events of
his life since his disappearance four
years ago. James w. Marshea, a
watchmszer known to many Harvard
University men. has been brought to
his home here from an almshouse on
Long Island, N. Y, where searchers
found him.
Marshea is seventy years old. and for
forty years conducted a jewelry store
in Harvard square. After his disap-
peaSance. which was believed to have
been due to mental derangement
caused by worry over slight business
troubles. countrywide search was
made for him. members Of the Masonic
order. in which he was prominent. as
sisting. His family and close friends
had long ago given him up as lost, but
Masonic societies kept up the search
which eventually led to the institution
where he was found.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH
Thomas A. Brown Jumps From 13
Story Window in Atlanta.

ATLANTA, Ga, August 5.-Thonas
4. Brown leaped from the thirteenth
story of Jhe Fourth National Bank
building. in the heart Of Atlan,a's
busiest section. today and was Instant
" killed Pedestrians saw Brown
pause for moment on the window
lHdge of doctors office. then jump to
his death.
Brown, who was bookkeeper, had
been IN Ill health and out OF work for
some time He mad been attended by
a physician in the bank building He
was seen to 90 to the thirteenth floor
and enter an ONCE which had been left
open by the janitor.
Brown was sixty-two years old and
left wife and family.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
RU MANIA SAYS BULGAR
RAIDS ARE TOO FREQUENT

AMSTERDAM August 5.-On draw
ing the attention of the Bulgarian gov
eminent to recent incidents on the Bull
garian -Rumanian frontier. such as the
recent attempt Of Bulgarian soldiers
to seize a Rumanian island in the
Danube. the Rumanian foreign min
lister. according to a semi official tele-
gram received here today from Bucha-
rest. said the Incidents were too fire.
quent and not in accordance with the
good relations between the two coun-
tries"
Evening star., 1916-08-05
BURIED UNDER TONS OF MUD.
Bodies of Two Workmen Rescued
From Tunnel. Seven Remain

CLEVELAND. August 5.-Bodies of
two .workmen buried in the explosion
in the water works tunnel here a week
ago Monday night were recovered by
rescue parties today. The bodies had
been buried under tons Of mud, and
rescuers had been digging for a week
to find them. after losing several days
because Of the presence OF gas in the
tunnel.
There are seven more bodies in the
tunnel which have not yet been taken
out.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
ANXIOUS TO GET RECRUITS.
Battery A Needs Only Twenty Men
to Attain Minimum Strength.

Battery A. Capt. L. c. Vogt command
ing. already is beginning to turn its eyes
toward Bisbee It is determined not to be
long outdistanced by the younger Bat
tery B, which is scheduled to leave for the
front Monday afternoon. The officers and
man have set to work to get enough re-
cruits to pull the organization up to mini
mum strength OF 1928 men. Only about
twenty more are needed.
The organization has all Of its equip
ment. and is we'll drilled. The men are
anxious to follow their comrades OF Bat
,arv and are determined to lose no
time in getting the requisite number OF
men.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
NEITHER is PIG IN A POKE"
Champ Clark's View of the Two
Leading Presidential Tickets.

BALTIMORE. August 5-Referring TO
the presidential contest. Speaker Champ
Clark. in an address last night at Leon
ardtown, ST Marys county. said that
whoever wins. the American people are
not buying a pig in poke
Wilson and Marshall and Hughes and
Fairbanks are men of known public serv-
ice. Mr. Clark said. He then devoted his
attention TO the legislative record Of the
democratic Congress
Paraphrasng sentence from a speech
by Roscoe Conkling. the speaker said the
foundation for democratic success in this
campaign rests not alone upon things
written or things spoken. but upon the
arduous greatness OF things done"
Mr.. Clark spoke in the interest, of Rep
resentatiye David J. Lewis candidacy
for United States senator
Evening star., 1916-08-05
Senator Lewis Replies to Ac-
ceptance Speech Made by
Presidential Nominee.
SAYS THE REPUBLICANS
ENCOURAGE THE BANDITS
Criticism of President Wilson's
Mexican Policy Denounced by H.
linoisan as "Treasonable."

Senator Lewis, the democratic whip,
the attack upon the administration
made by Charles E. Hughes in his
speech accepting the republican presi-
Dental nomination.
Republican structures upon the ad-
ministration's Mexican policy Senator
Lewis denounced as "treasonable." He
charged that the clause of the repub-
lican platform repudiating interference
in the internal affairs Of Mexico was
responsible for the massacre of troops
at Carrizal.
Not until the captains of the re-
publican party shot at the President
Of the United States did the Mexican
outlaws shoot at the soldiers Of the
American President" he said.
Summons to Carranza and Villa.
The platform declaration Senator
Lewis characterized as a summons to
Carranza and Villa to revenge the en-
trance Of American soldiers into Mexi-
her internal affairs
IT was the republican convention"
said Mr.. Lewis, which slew the SOL
diers at CarrizaI" and he assailed ef-
forts of the republican leaders to make
Mexico the issue without regard to
facts equity or Justice"
Revolt against the government at
Washington as to Mexico-that is the is
sue. he declared. "Denounce the Presi-
dent as to Mexico-for that Is the issue
Make contemplate your own country be-
fore the world whenever you cantor
that Is the ISSUE Humiliate your own fel-
low man by holding his country and his
President up before the world as un.
worthy the support Of his countrymen OF
the respect Of foreigners.
AT last the army is summoned. The
mercenary, the concessionaire, who pol.
lutes the government in power to wrest
the rights from the defenseless and the
weak; The European bondholder. de-
that she shall send her sons to die that
| their blood may give value to that whose
creation was born of robbery and whose
existence Is being maintained by fraud
"Blood-Tarnished votaries."
THE mining buccaneers of the noun
tains. the land pirates of the plains,
pillagers of the poems, oppressors of
liberty. despoilers of homes, murder
ers of justice. come all of you; at last
there is found for you a house in which
you are worshiped as gods and at whose
affairs the innocents are to be sacri-
feed for you to make an election holi-
day. This procession of blood tar
nished votaries, headed now by the
| newly appointed chief of this political
hierarchy, the nominee Of a republican
convention for President Of the United
States. Charles Evans Hughes.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
DEMANDS RELEASE OF TEN.
Joseph Ettor, I. W. W. Leader,
Threatens to Close Every Industry.

DULUTH. Mimi. August 5.-Threats
to close every industry in the United
States unless the ten I. w. w. agitators
in jail here are freed were made by
Joseph Ettor. an I. w. W. leader. at a
meeting Of Duluth socialists last night
when resolutions were adopted de-
manding that Gov. Burnquist bring
about the removal of what the resolu-
tions termed gunner" from the range
strike zone.
The socialists went on record as IA
voring fusion with the I. W. W. and ap-
proving the strike plans of that or
ganization.
Before adoption of the resolution ].
w w. speakers made threats as to
their ability to enforce the demands of
the resolutions. Ettor said that If the
ten men held in Jail on murder charges
were not released they would be
freed"
Evening star., 1916-08-05
Shots Fired at Signal Corps Men.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, August 5.--Four
United States Signal Corps men were
fred on yesterday at a point about half
wav between Maria and Preside. Tex.
according to a report transmitted to
Can. Funston by Col ]. A. CASTOR at
Maria. The report did not say who
6red the shots, but explained that
twsnty ruardsmen Of the 4th Texas In
santry had been sent out to search for
Mexican bandits or snipers.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
INFORMATION IS SOUGHT.
q. S. Consuls to Report on Sinking
of italian Steamer.

American consuls in italy have been
directed to report on the circumstances
under which the italian mail steamer
Letimbro was shelled and sunk by
submarine in the Mediterranean.
Dispatches from London said the sub
had stopped. and that many members
Of the passengers and crew were be-
lieved to have lost their lives. No ON
cial information regarding the tncl,,
dent has been received hArAs -
Evening star., 1916-08-05
EDWARD c. DAVIDSON DIES.
Patent Lawyer, Native of Washing
ton. Succumbs to OyerWork.

BAYHEAD. N. J.. August 5.-Edward
Crawford Davidson. for many years a
patent lawyer in New York city, has died
at his summer home here at the age of
sixty-one His ancestors were distinguish
ed in Maryland and Virginia.
Mr.. pavidson's death was hastened. it
is said. by overwork in the long legal
fight he conducted for the Ansco Com
pany of Binghamton. n. Y. to uphold the
Goodwin film patents. The litigation
lasted twelve years
Mr.. Davidson was born in Washington,
D. C. A widow, two sons and Four
dauhgters survive him.
Mr.. Davidson was the son of the late
Maj. Delozfer Davidson and Henrietta
NJ. Crawford Davidson At the age Of
ten years he entered the offices Of the
late William H. Baldwin. and in 1888
became a partner in the firm Of Bald
win. Davidson & Wright, with Offices
in New York city at 80 Church street
In 1908 Mr.. Davidson withdrew from
the firm and since then had been prac-
ticing alone.
Evening star., 1916-08-05
Pittsburgh Strikers Offer Terms.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, August 5.--Strik
ing street cleaners and teamsters en-
ployed by the city at a meeting here
voted to return to work Monday pro-
ytded the director Of public works,
Robert Swan, consents to the reinstate
ment Of all strikers without discrim-
ination. Director Swan refused to COM
ment when informed Of the mems ac-
ton The strikers, who number 1900.
quit work ten days ago.