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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
KILLS WOMAN AND CHILD
Deed of Man Believed to Be Insane,
Who Subsequently Commit
ted Suicide.

ALEXANDRIA. La, January 29.-
Bryan David, believed to have gone
suddenly insane, today entered the
home of Daniel E. Mann, a prominent
merchant of Alexandria. who was alb
sent at the time, shot and killed Mrs.
Mann and their six-year-o old daughter
Regina and few minutes later killed
himself. David, who was said to have
been a stranger to the Mann family,
was twenty three years old and came
to Alexandria few weeks ago from
Dallas. Tex, where he had been EN-
ployed
David's first victim was the Mann
child. who was fired upon as she opened
the door in answer to his knock. She
sank to the floor fatally wounded and
died a short time afterward.
Mrs. Mann Next Victim.
Mrs. Mann. who was i'll, left her bed
was shot and instantly killed as she
threw herself between David and the
wounded child in an effort to protect it.
Stepping over the forms of his vict ms.
David leisurely walked to the front
porch of the Mann home and, seating
himself in a chaiEsdrank the contents
of a bottle of poison and died while be-
ing taken to a hospital.
Just before going to the Mann home
David shot at three-year-o Stafford
Lawrence. a nephew. while the latter
was playing in the yard of the Law
renee home. The bullet missed the
child. but its face was badly powder
burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Bill in the Senate
to Abolish Capital
Punishment in D. C..

A bill to abolish capital pun
ishment in the District of Colum-
bia was introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin. 1t was referred to
the Senate District committee.
The bill provides that the pun
ishment for murder in the first
degree shall be imprisonment for
life. The punishment for murder
in the second degree is made i'm
prisonment for not less than
twenty years.
1t is provided that if at the
time of the passage of the pro-
posed law any persons are con-
fined in Jail who have been SEN
fenced to death the Supreme
Court of the District shall COM
mute their sentence to life i'm
prisonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Germans EnguIfed
Perish MiserabIy, Is
Report From Russia

LONDON. January ga dispatch
from the Petrograd correspondent of
Reuters Telegram Company says that
prisoners taken during the last few
days by the Russians confirm reports
of the terrible condition of the Ger
man troops in the Pinsk marshes.
where a rapid thaw released such vast
quantities of subterranean water that
all the enemy works have been wreck
ed as completely as if they had been
bombarded by heavy batteries.
Not only have thousands of caissons,
quantities of munitions and numerous
guns been engulfed, the dispatch says.
but various intrenched detachments of
troops and often l1rge ones have been
cut off and. having been unable to ex-
tricate themselves from the narshy
labyrinth, they perished mia1rably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
TRIAL TRIP SUCCESSFUL.
Battleship Oklahoma Makes Speed
of % Knots an Hour

CAMDEN. N. j., January 29-The
battleship Oklahoma, built for the
government by the New York Ship
building Company. returned to the yard
of the company today after a success
full trial trip off the New England
coast. 1t will be three or four months
before the big warship is turned over
to the government. There is a great
deal Of interior work yet to be done
and much secondary armament to be
mounted.
REQUIRED by specifications to do eos
knots an hour, the Oklaho ran 20
knots for three straight hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
TO REMOVE EMBARGO ON CORN.
B. & o. Railroad Takes Step in
Favor of Exporters.

BALTIMORE, Md, January 2s.-The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad announced
TODAY that, effective January 81. the
road will remove its embargo on corn
shipments for export through Balti-
more which originate on connecting
lines west of Pittsburgh. Bellaire and
Parkersburg.
The embargo against shipments of
grain for export through Baltimore
was placed December IA. since which
time it has been modified with respect
to points on the Baltimore and Ohio
lines.
The action taken today is the first
modification OF the embargo - affect
ing connecting lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Is Greeted Enthusiastically.

The President entered the hall at S 80
amid long and deafening APPLAUSE. and
soon thereafter began to speak He sat
down to still the applause but the
handclapping and cheering continued
Again. when the President was intro
duced the crowd cheered.
The necessity for quick action was
made the keynote of the Presidents
preparedness addresses in Pittsburgh
and Cleveland on this the first day
of a weeks tour of the middle west
He told of difficulties encountered in
maintaining the peace and upholding
the honor of the United States at the
same time. TWO things. he said. were
told him by almost every one who
came to the White House. One WAS
that the people were counting on him
TO keep them out of war. and in the
next breath, he continued, he was told
that the people counted equally upon
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Tells of Belgian Suffering.

Another passenger was Rev. c. n.
Lathrop of Milwaukee. who has been
engaged in Belgian relief work in
Liege. Dr. fathrop said that 10 tons
Of -four were being distributed each
week in Liege. The wheat coming
from America is being ground by the
Belgians. He said there was great need
of clothing, and that the people in this
particular district were so destitute
that the carpets had been ripped out
OF the hotels end made into shoes.
The Rotterdam encountered the worst
storms in her history on her trip
across, according to her officers Her
fight against terrific gales exhausted
her coal supply and She was forced to
put in to St. Johns. Newfoundland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
One Dead in Family Feud.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, January ga
jackson, Tenn. special says that ID. S.
Harris, forty-five. of Spring Creek, late
yesterday shot and killed his nephew,
Will McClain. twenty-eight. The trou-
BILE is said to have been the result of
family feud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Addition to Powell School,

An amendment providing $500 for
an addition to the Powell School build
ing was agreed to-
An amendment increasing the limit
of cost of the Lincoln memorial from
100000 to $2.594 900. and providing
$263,000 for improvements and addi-
tions to the memorial was adopted.
The Senate committee proposed an
amendment giving the Arlington memo
rial bridge commission $4,000 to in
vestigate and report to Congress on
a suitable design for bridge across
the Potomac river from Washington to
point near the Arlington estate. The
commission was created by law in 1913.
All other Senate committee amend
ments were adopted.
Included in the bill are appropriations
of $2.000.000 for the Alaska railroad
and 100000 for fighting the citrus fruit
canker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
BUILDERS TO BAN|SH
H STREET EYESORE
600, 900 Athletic Clubhouse
and Big Hotel Planned,
Filling Excavation.

The unsightly excavation at the
corner of H street and Vermont avenue.
extending to l street which was the
site of the Arlington Hotel before that
building was torn down a couple of
years ago, and which has long been an
eyesore to Washingtonians and visitors
to the capital, is about to be filled and
there is to be erected upon one portion
Of it large athletic clubhouse and on
the remainder still larger hotel build
ing, according to Information obtained
last night by reporter for The Star.
The athletic clubhouse, which is to
occupy $4,000 square feet, it is said, is
to cost. with the ground, approximately
$1,0G0,U00
Details of the clubhouse project were
withheld last night by the promoter,
who is Charles Henry Genslinger, with
offices in the Southern building. He
built the Manhattan Athletic Club
in New York city and sixteen other
similar clubs throughout the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
First Reports of Disaster.

First reports of the Otay disaster
reached here late Thursday They told
of ranch houses washed away. and of
cattle and stock drowned Investiga-
ton appeared to indicate exceptionally
high water. and word came that the
lower Otay dam was holding.
This dam. started as reinforced con-
crete affair. was changed above the foun-
dation line to a strip of riveted steel set
in concrete, as backbone for a loose
rock dam. Engineering magazines
throughout the country commented on
II and said that when the reservoir was
full the test of the construction would
come The recent rains filled 1t for the
tirst time. Last night the flood. bearing
human bodies. with a frightful amount
of wreckage. including hundreds of rat
tlesnakes from the mountainsides, es-
tablished, seemingly beyond all doubt,
the collapse of the cam. From no other
source engineers said. could this water
have come.
The Tiajuana river was at its highest
in it's history. and reports received here
from Tiajuana say the town is under wa l.
ter The race track. located on the bor-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
DEFICIENCY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
It Carries Many Items Of I'm
portance to the Dis
trict.

The urgent deficiency bill, the first
Of the appropriation bills to reach
the Senate from the House, was passed
yesterday afternoon after a brief dis
cussion by the Senate. 1t now goes
to the House for consideration of the
Senate amendments.
AS passed by the Senate, the bill
carries s13.525.247. an increase OF
s9o1,14O2o over the House bill.
A number of amendments of much
Importance to the District of Column
bia were agreed to in the Senate. SEN
ator Newlands of Nevada succeeded
in having placed in the bill an amend
ment to the item for the central power
street southwest opposite the new
building of the bureau of engraving
and printing to the effect that work
of construction shall not be begun
until the plans for the structure have
been passed upon by the fine arts
commission and approved by the Pres
ident.
To Accept Newlands Amendment.
In offering this amendment. which he
originally laid before the Senate in the
form of joint resolution yesterday,
Senator Newlands explained that the
pans maze IN the once OF the super
vising architect of the Treasury con-
templated the construction of four
huge chimneys 1875 feet high. He said
that the building as planned would
be an eyesore if located on the present
sight. The fine arts commission has
disapproved the plans. it was learned.
Senator Martin. chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. announced
that he would accept the amendment
with the understanding that it could
be looked into and modified, If neces-
sary. during the conference between
the houses on the bill.
The Senate also adopted an amend
ment providing that the central plant
shall provide light. heat and power to
the following buildings in addition to
those originally specified by law: The
Johnson Walker building. known as
the Navy annex: the Interior Depart
ment Office building. the Lincoln Me-
mortal and the Wcmen's Memorial
building-the Red r.oss building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Option on Site Granted.

Ground for the club has not yet been
purchased, but an option has been
granted for it,
The remainder of the space in the
big plot. which is $4,000 square feet
in all, it is said. is to be taken up by
a hotel. Visitors from Chicago have
reported in Washington that they
have seen in the office of Mar
shall g. Cox Chicago architects. de-
signers of the Hotel Blackstone Of that
CITY and numerous other handsome
structures. the plans for the hotel.
Washingtonians who's are connected
with the latter project today professed
themselves to be lacking information
az to essential details of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Overland Relief Party.

An overland expedition also was started
from San Diego. with pontoons and en-
yineering equipment. by which it was
hoped swollen streams might be crossed
and mired roads made passable. No word
came as to its success.
No one here knew tonight what was
going on in the outside world. even as
near as Los Angeles. The wireless, the
sole means of communication. except by
boat. could not begin to handle the bust
ness offered or even the press dis
patches 1t was impossible to estima te
the amount of relief work to be done.
because no word from the stricken val
leys conveyed any idea of the number
or plight of the survivors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Asked to Head Company.

1t is known, however. that Milton E.
Allies, vice president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank. has been asked to head
the company which is to start the new
Washington club, and Mr.. Allies said
last night that he had not yet decided
whether he will do SO or not. in view
of his many duties along other lines.
The architects of the clubhouse are
Barnett. Haynes & Barnett of New
York city, who nave designed some of
the most famous clubs in the country.
The Washington architect in charge
will be George Oakley Totten. 1t is
said by those familiar with the plans
that the club will have Turkish baths
superior to anything in the United
States and sleeping rooms and suites
to crafty the taste of those who are
fond Of the greatest luxury, as well as
more modest apartments. in addition
to a swimming pool which Will be the
largest in Washington. and the usual
gymnasium features of such club.
The plans for the club. it is said, also
include accommodations for women
and woman memberships in the or
pa NJ jZation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Expedition From Warships.

Railroads, highways. telephone, tele-
graph-all ordinary means of commu-
nication and relief were gone. with no
prospect of early recovery. Only the
sea remained, and from it aid began to
come An expedition from the United
States warships in San Diego bay was
started in launches and barges for the
Otay valley Reports were that the
first landing party had been unable to
penetrate the valley, forsreasons not
given The destroyer Lawrence moved
down from her station here and an
chored off the mouth of the Otay river.
which stream ran bank full after being
dry for wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Bernstein Charges Blunder.

herman Bernstein. the author. who
also left the party at Stockholm. said
All important blunder was made when
members of the party were virtually
forced in d humiliating manner to sign
a pledge declaring their opposition to
President Wilson's policy Of national
defense. He joined with the other
members of the party in giving credit TO
Henry Ford for undertaking the mission
While at Falmouth the German and
Austrian passengers on the Rotterdam
were subjected to A rigid examination
by the British authorities
Among the passengers on board was
r. W. Flournay, chief of the bureau OF
citizenship in the state Department.
Mr. F1ournaY was sent abroad Septem-
Der ! to inquire into the misuse Of the
American passport, according to state
ments made at the time by Washing
| ton officials. lie said he had visit ed
the principal helligerent countries but
refused to make any comment on his
| iS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Seventeen Bodies From Bay.
Town Completely Wiped Out.

Many injuries were reported from
Tijuana Hot Springs. where a hotel
collapsed. A cloudburst. reports had it.
caused the flooding of the San Luis
Rey and San Pasqual valleys. The
town of San Pasqual, an ancient viii
lage. .cuddled in the mountains in a
fertile valley, was said to have been
wiped out altogether.
Nothing was known as to the fate of
the towns of San Luis Rey and Ocean
side, in the path of the San Luis river.
but if the food was of the reported
magnitude. it seemed impossible that
the former could have escaped ami
hiIation. Oceanside is a summer re-
sort, with two good sized hotels and a
population Of about 900. The San Luis
Rey valley contains one of the great
Miller and Lux cattle ranches, which
dot the state for 700 miles and are
known to cattlemen throughout the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Ford Voyagers Return.

Sixty seven members of the Ford
peace expedition came home on the
Rotterdam. Most of them had pre-
pared statements of their views on the
expedition. and these statements were
distributed among the newspaper men
who boarded the steamer at quar-
dntlne. 'Autocratic leadership was
blamed by most of the voyagers for
the lack of success that attended their
enterprise.
state Senator Helen Robinson OF
Denver asserted that certain ideas
fostered by leaders of the party and
which they attempted to impose on the
delegation created discord." Although
the mission did not measure up to its
ideal, she said. il helped to mobilize
the idea of peace in four European
neutral nations. and showed those peo-
pie that the United States is not. as
they have been led to believe, a buZ-
zard nation.
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain, who
left the expedition at Stockholm, de
clared that while the motive and inten
ton of the mission was sincere il was
a failure because 1t Was '.an autocratit
rather than democratic orgsrliza ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
DWELLS ON u. S. HONOR
IN CLEVELAND SPEECH
Grave When Saying He Knows Not
What Single Day May
Bring Forth.
AFRAID OF NOT BEING READY
Denies Having Some Particular
Danger in Mind and Bids People
When Considering Problem.

CLEVELAND. January %
President Wilson. speaking as, he
said. 'solemnly." warned the ma
tion tonight that the time may
come when he cannot both keep
the United States out OF war and
maintain its honor. He declared
that the country must be pre-
pared to defend itself and pre-
pared at once.
America is not afraid OF anv-
body. he said Il know | reflect
your feeling and the feeling OF
all OF our citizens when | say the
only thing | am afraid OF is not
being ready to perform my duty.
] am afraid OF the danger of in
adequacy: | am afraid of the dan
ger OF not being able to expires;
the chief character OF this coun-
try with tremendous might and
effectiveness whenever we are
called upon to act in the field of
the worlds affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
THREE IN ENGINE ROOM
KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED
Officers and Passengers Confirm Re-
ports of Attempt to Keep De-
tails From Public.
81 FORD voYAGERs RETURN
"Autocratic Leadership" Blamed
for Lack of Success Attending
Peace Mission to Warning
Nations Abroad.

NEW YORK, January o.
An external explosion, probably
caused by mine. disabled the
Holland-America liner Ryndam
off the English coast somewhere
between Deal and Falmouth. on
her way from New York to Rot
terdam. according to officers OF
the Rotterdam. sister ship,
which arrived here tonight.
The Rotterdam was at Fal-
mouth at the time the Ryndam
met with her accident. and the
officers OF the former vessel said
thev were informed that a mine
undoubtedly caused the explosion.
Three members OF the Ryndam
engineroom force were killed and
several injured. but none OF the
passengers was hurt. The Ryn-
dam was able to make her way to
Gravesend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Dwells on Nations Honor"

Again and again the President spoke
o. the nations honor. He declared the
real man believes his honor is dearer
than his life and a narion's honor is
Gearer than it's peace and comfort. He
said II had been difficult to keep the
United States out of the war and he
felt he had proved he was a man of
peace when possible.
Regret that the question has come
up IN a campaign year was expressed
by Mr.. Wilson.
Let us forget" he said. that this
Is year Of national elections" The
preparedness issue, he added should
have nothing to do with politics
For the first time during his present
tour the President spoke of the navy
and Of the coast defenses. The lat
ter. he said. are good in quality but
not IN quantity
Some people say that the navy ranks
second. he declared. but the experts
agree II ranks fourth. He added il
should be increased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Favor Advance on Suez.

All Turkish as well as German senti-
ment is for an immediate advance on
the Suez canal, says the Daily Nails
correspondent today in describing fur
ther Impressions gained on his trip to
the Balkans. Owing to his dark COM
plexion the fact that he wore a
5ez and besanss of .n% his Perfect per9es.
which -as. the mediums of conaynunica~
ton between Turks and foreiggers. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Speaks With More Gravity.

The President spoke in Cleveland
tonight with more gravity and force
than he has shown during any of his
previous addresses on preparedness
He was applauded frequently and
when he spoke of defending the ma
tons honor the cheering was tre-
r1endous.
Let me tell you very solemnly YOU
cannot postpone this thing" he de-
clared. Il do not know what a single
day may bring forth. / do not wish 10
leave you with the impression that
am thinking of some particular danger
Il merely wish TO tell you that we
are daily treading amid intricate
CANCERS The dangers that we are
treading among are not of our own
making and not under our control.
think no man in the United States
knows what a single week, a single
day, single hour may bring forth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
Confirm Stories of Secrecy.

Officers and passengers on the Rot
terdam confirmed the stories which
reached here by cable in regard to the
extra ordinary precautions taken by the
English authorities to prevent details
of the mishap to the Ryndam from
becoming known. They said, however,
that it was common gossip at Fall
mouth that three bodies had been re-
moved from the crippled liner.
When the Rotterdam reached Fall
mouth she was boarded by British navy
officers. who took ashore Alexander
Kapper. a second-class passenger
kapper was permitted to return after
being questioned for several hours by
the British authorities. In the Downs
the Rotterdam was held up by Brit
ish patrol ship and all German mail re-
moved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
SAN PASQUAL, MOUNTAIN
COMMUNITY, DESTROYED
Fate of San Luis Rey in Doubt, But
Believed to Have Been in
Path of Destruction.
U. S. WAR VESSELS SEND AID
Death and Desolation in Otay VAL
ley From Broken Dam May Now
Be More Than Equaled by
Cloudburst Disaster.

SAN DIEGO. Cal. January q
(bv wireless to San Francisco).-
|One hundred lives have been
lost. as nearly as any estimate can
show. and charming little valleys
for fifty miles north OF the Mexi-
can line lie desolate tonight from
floods and cloudbursts.
With the death toll in the Otay
valley seemingly established at
fifty, and all relief agencies work
ing in that direction, reports
reached here late today of floods
sweeping the San Luis Rey and
San Pasqual valleys, doubling the
loss of life. With communication
almost altogether cut off. it was
impossible to list accurately the
number of dead; conjectures and
meager reports alone were avail
able.
Seventeen Bodies From Bay.
Seventeen bodies were taken out of
San Diego bay before nightfall. These
had been swept down the Otay river
when the lower dam went out late
Thursday. and the current of the flood
was thought to have carried many
others out to sea.
The town of San Diego is virtually
undamaged and supplementary re-
sources are available to replace it's
regular water supply, cut off by the
breaking of the dam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
WEATHER.

Rain and warmer today: Monday part
ly cloudy: moderate east to south winds.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: Highest, ~. at 1o midnight yester-
day: lowest. S6. at yesterday.
Full report page 3.
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