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force. Four years ago, when IL was
clear that no other force of federal re-
serves could be obtained from Congress
j reluctantly gave my approval to a
pay bill in order to obtain the advan-
tage of training and discipline which
the measure provided Further study
OF the subject and of the situation
evoked by the war has made IL clear
to me that such Legislation would be
mistake
Under the federal Constitution, the
National Guard. or organized militia is
primarily a state force instead Of a
rational reserve. and | do not believe
that any effective national citizens
army can be created out OF force
dominated by forty-eight separate
sovereignties. For nearly fifteen years
strenuous efforts have been made by
the federal government as well as by
the state authorities to increase the
number Of the guard. yet it has re-
NAMED nearly stationary. The ratio
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NEW TRIAL is ORDERED
IN "HEART BALM" SUIT
Mrs. Ida May McNabb Given An
other Opportunity to Obtain $780,
600 Damages From j. S. Kinney.

Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court today directed new trial
of the suit for 100000 damages for
alleged breach of contract to marry
filed by Mrs. Ida May McNabb, a widow
of Milwaukee, Wis. against John s.
Kinney of Palatka, Mich, reputed a
millionaire mine owner.
The order was based on the mandate
of the appellate court which recently
set aside a verdict for $500 damages
rendered in favor of the widow by a
jury last spring. No date has been set
for the rehearing.
Attorney Charles Poe represents the
widow Attorneys Frank J. Hogan, d.
W. Baker and Harriet Freebey ap-
peared for the defendant.
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avoid duplication of work. organized
from their number a joint committee
representing the whole profession in all
it's branches. whether mechanical. cleo
trical, mining or civil. the last term
covering all branches of engineering
not otherwise especially described. The
engineers enrolled in these societies
and therefore represented by this joint
committee number more than $4,000
I'm the United States Army there are
30 officers in the Engineer Corps.
These men stand in the front rank of
the profession. For high character, for
engineering skill and experience in
their particular lines, they have no su-
periors; but in number they are wholly
Inadequate should a serious situation
arise to demand their services
IF a war should arise or if we were
put on the defensive, as against inva-
sion, engineers would be needed at once
to prepare, place and maintain mines
in all our harbors: to construct en-
placements for large guns and light
earthworks and trenches. along our
many miles of coast. and to do a multi
tude of other duties.
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Disclosed by Inquiry.

Inquiry in official circles here de-
veloped the fact that Capt. Won Papen
was the host at a luncheon given at
the Chevy Chase Club last June, at
which the guests We're Assistant Sec
rotary and Mrs. Breckenridge and Capt.
Powell Clayton of the general stan of
the army and Mrs. Clayton. Count Won
Bernstorff. the German ambassador:
Dr. Dumba. the Austrian ambassador,
and Nine. Dumb a. Prince and Princess
Won hatfield, Baron and Baroness
Zwiednek, Prince Hohenlohe and other
members of the German and Austrian
emba ssies TO the number of about a
dozen
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge de-
clined to discuss the matter in any
phase
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Rear Admiral Chester Asks
Support for the President
in Army and Navy Matters

Among the administrators defenders
at yesterdays sessions of the National
Security League convention was Rear
Admiral Colby NJ. Chester. u. S. N, re-
tired. who reminded the league that
under the Constitution the President
alone is vested with authority to rec
ommend to Congress naval and military
improvements.
IF you don't like the way the Presi-
dent handles this problem" he said,
you have the recourse Of turning him
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Audience in Ignorance of Fire.

CHICAGO, January "a fire which
it is estimated today did $1,000 damage
in tailor shop on the fourteenth floor
of the Majestic Theater building. burned
audience in the Majestic Theater which
occupies the first floor, was ignorant of
the flames above. No one in the theater
knew of the fire until the performance
was over.
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Morgan Shuster Going to the Orient.

SAN FRANCISCO, January CIV.
Morgan Shuster. former Philippine com.
missioner, is to sail from here today
for the orient. He said he was on his
way to the Philippines for a vacation,
and he termed reports that he was
going to the orient on Q mission for
President Wilson - mere Illusion"
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Wants Kelley's Appeal Expedited.

The province of Manitoba. Canada,
today through it's attorneys filed a re-
quest with the Supreme Court of the
United States for early disposition of
the appeal of Thomas Kelley, million
aire contractor. arrested in Chicago for
eXtradition to Manitoba to answer to
charges of obtaining $1,000 900 by false
pretenses in the construction of the
parliament building at Winnipeg. Kel-
ley has appealed to the court from the
action of the Chicago federal courts in
refusing on habeas corpus proceedings
to release him from arrest
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Depends Upon Carranza.

What will be the course of the sem
ators insisting upon some intervention
in Mexico remains matter of conjec-
ture. If affairs under CarranZa ap-
pear to improve there is apt to be no
further move to force the administra-
TONS hand. But should it develop that
Carranza cannot handle the situation,
those who demand action will be heard
from again.
The report has been received here
also that some of the men upon whom
Carranza relies to uphold his govern
ment are in reality ready to strike out
for themselves.
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Must Depend Upon Schools.

with comparatively small standing
army as the avowed policy of this
country" said Gen. Nichols. 1.-The ma
ton must of necessity depend upon the
military schools to furnish the officers
to train volunteers when volunteers are
called and to help supply the officers
needed for the regular army at other
and all times Therefore, the govern
ment should aid the military schools
in material ways so that they may ex-
pand and do the highest sort of work
possible"
Gen. Nichols gave it as his opinion
that 100000 men would be a safe mini
mum for the regular army. He con-
tinued:
Accepting the two policies mention
ed-first a small regular army. and
second, an army of citizen soldiers
volunteers the pertinent question
arises and goes to the heart of prepar-
edness: From what source are the Of
ficers to command these troops to be
drawn? The training of an officer re-
uuires years. The question actually
presents a problem as yet unsolVed in
this country, and yet it is a problem
that admits of ready solution in
rapid. conservative and economical way
through proper use of the military
colleges and schools. The method lies
in federal aid to these institutions.
war Oepdf tAuSAI 0SAeAooS'
THE Department of War has been as
generous in dealing with the military
schools as the law would allow. The
law, however, should be amended so
as to give the Secretary of War wider
discretion in utilizing funds placed at
his disposal These funds should be
larger desirabl law would be one
under which a direct bonus might be
given each military school for every
one of it's graduates accepted by the
War Department for the reserve Of
ficers' corps. 1t might be advisable to
adopt both these proposals. There is no
doubt that the military schools fur
nish the only means at present for
building up a reserve officers corps.
They should be aided by the govern
mant generously in order that they
may perform their important function
adequately"
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To Hold 1918 Biennial Meeting Here

The Bricklayers. Masons and Plas-
terers International Union has select
ed Washington for it's 1918 biennial
meeting. according to information re-
cefved by Chairman Chris J. Gockeler
of the joint conventions committee.
The convention usually lasts about two
weeks, and there are about 500 dele
gates in attendance. Washington was
selected as the result of an invitation
extended in behalf of the joint commit
tee by the delegates from this city to
recent meeting OF the union in
Toronto, Canada
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-22
INTERCESSION BY THE u. S.
EFFECTIVE WITH ALLIES
German, Austrian, Turkish and Bull
garian Consuls, Held at Saloniki,
Released From Custody.

Through the good Offices of the
United States. the German, Austrian,
Turkish and Bulgarian consuls at Sa-
loniki. who have been held under ar
rest by the allies on board a French
warship in the harbor. are to be re-
leased.
The consuls were arrested soon after
the military occupation of Saloniki on
the charge that they were commune
eating military information to the Bull
garians outside of the city to direct
an attack upon the town by enemy
aeroplanes.
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Officer Takes His Coat.

The party had only dry tortillas to
eat during the journey, and at every
stop officers demanded money. One Of
ficer took Mr. Trumbo's coat
Mr.. Trumbo's story of the blowing up
of a passenger train near Puebla with
twenty-three casualties is the first in
timaton of such tragedy to reach he
border.
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TWENTY-THREE PERSONS
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Passenger Train Blown Up Near
Puebla, Mexico, Supposedly by
Zapata Adherents.

Ell PASO, January 22.-Twenty-three
persons were killed near Puebla recent
ly. when a passenger train was blown
up. supposedly by Zapata adherents,
according to A. J. Trumbo, wealthy
mine owner of the state of Oaxaca
Mexico, who has arrived here.
Only one passenger survived it was
reported. Mr. Trumbo said the train
which was blown up was immedia tely
ahead of the one on which he was
travelling from Mexico City.
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Condition of Release,

The condition of release is that the
consuls shall not resume their function
in Saloniki. but must return to their
own countries.
The State Departments activity in
this case was exercised in pursuance
of the duty it assumed at the outbreak
of the war of looking after the inter-
est of the citizens of most of the war
ring countries.
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To Modify Juvenile Conviction.

Chairman Johnson of the House Dis
trict committee today introduced a bill
to prevent a conviction in the Juvenile
Court from disoualifying any child
from jury duty or from holding public
once. The measure was referred to
the District committee, :
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No Report From Gen. Cavazos.
OPEN FIRE ON MEXICANS.
Customs Officers at Ell Paso Prevent
Several From Crossing Border.

Ell PASO, Tex, January 22-Custom
officers early today opened fire on sew
eral MeXicans attempting to cross the
international border with large bundles
of rags. The MeXicans fed.
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Volley Fired by Bandits.

Several volleys were fired into our
train" added Mr. Trumbo. With him
was II. G. Tanner of Mexico City, who
is convalescing from a bullet wound
inflicted he said. by military officer
when Tanner resented insulting ref
erences to the United States
Mr.. Trumbo reported typhus fever
rampant throughout southern and CEN
trail Mexico. Conditions as to filth and
restitution We're indescriba ble he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-22
Problems Were Considered.

Last spring the five national engi-
neering societies of the United States,
realizing the great need for very
large increase in the numerical
strength of the Engineer Corps of the
army. should the unfortunate contin-
gency arise. appointed separate COM
mittees to consider the problems in
volved. These committees. in order to
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out of Office: but so long as he Is in
Office we should remember that he rep
resents the entire nation, and should
support him in the recommendations ne
makes along this line.
A resolution voicing the leagues
support of the President was intro
duced by Admiral Chester, but was not
acted on
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CAPTURE OF VILLA |
ISEXPECTED SOON
Reported to Be Surrounded by
Carranza Troops at !
Ell Rucia.
TAKES TIME TO MARRY
DESPITE BEING SOUGHT
Bandits Captured Near Guerrero
Several Days Ago Said to Have
Been Executed on the Field. /

PEARSON. Chihuahua. January e.
Francisco villa. according to latest
military reports. was at FL Rucia. thir-
teen miles from here. and surrounded
by Carranza troops. His capture was
expected at any moment, military off,
Gals declared.
Bandits Executed on the Field.
JUAREZ. January ga number OF
bandits reported captured several days
ago near Guerrero were executed on
the field. according to Gov. Ignacio
Enriquez of Chihuahua. The number Of
bandits slain was not given.
1t had been planned originally to bring
the men to Chihuahua City. execute them
and exhibit their bodies with those Of jose
Rodriguez and Miguel Baca Wales No
reason for the change in plans was given
Gov. Enriquez denied reports that
eighteen bandits connected with the Santa
fsabel massacre had been brought to Chi
huahua City and executed. He said that
IN the official report rendered to Carranza
concerning the murder of eighteen foreign
,ers by bandits at Santa Ysabel January
10. the statement was made that although
Gen. Villa undoubtedly was in command
or the men responsible for the massacre
he was not within thirty miles of the
sceIe at ti1e tlfne II occurred.
Villa Takes Time to Wed.
Although supposed to be the object Of
determined search by three Carranza
columns sent out to bring him in, dead
or alive, Villa has found time to be
married and has forsaken his cavalry
saddle to ride in coach with his bride,
according to Gov Enriquez
At least two women, one now in Cuba
and the other in Los Angeles are said
to claim Villa as husband, but Enriauez
said he had authentic information that
Villa had tarried al Bachineva in the
mountains of western Chihuahua, long
enough TO marry.
The man who gave this information
Enriquez said. saw Villa only four days
ago. He confirmed previous reports that
Villa was boasting he would force in
tervention by the United States inside
of thirty days. He asserted that villa
had only a few men with him. Gov.
Enriquez asserted that the man who
made the report and forty other villa
followers, had sought amnesty.
I'VE have three columns after villa"
Enriquez added, land l expect to hear
any time that he has been killed or
captured"
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SAYS TIME IS NOT RIPE
FOR MOVE BY NEUTRALS
A. J. Blethea of Ford Party Reports
Germans Saying They Have suf-
ficient Men and Means.

NEW YORK. January 22.-The Amer
lean steamship New York arrived to-
day from Liverpool and reported hav-
ing experienced one of the hardest pas
sages in her history
Andrew J. Bethea, lieutenant govern
or of South Carolina, who accompanied
Henry Ford on his peace mission to
Europe, was one of the passengers on
the steamship. He left the party in
Germany, from there going to Switzer-
land and thence to England. Lieut.
Gov. Bethea said that from his obser-
vations in countries of both bellig-
erents the time for neutral nations
to move for peace had not yet arrived
I'm Germany the cry is for conserva-
ton of resources" he said. They say
they have sufficient men and means for
equipment. In England 1 found
ment."
Hospital Ship Chased by U-Boat.
DIR. C. ]. Edgar of Hatley, Que, a
major in the British Medical Corps, in
valided home, was another passenger.
He said that for over a year he had
been serving on the British hospital
ship Carisbrook Castle. and that he as
sisted in taking wounded from the
March 10 last, he said, the
Castle was chased for TWEEN
ty-five minutes by German submarine
while off Beachy Head. He added that
at that time the ship had $50 wounded
on board and escaped by outrunning
the U boat.
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May Surrender Briton.

Charge Einstein of the american
legation at Sofia has been instructed
by cable to surrender, if Bulgaria in
sists upon 1t. the British vice consul
there who took refuge in his quarters
when Bulgaria ordered the arrest of
enemy consular officers in retaliation
for the seizure of the consuls at Sa-
loniki
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of it's enlistments to our population is
SO far below that in other English
speaking countries as to make it clear
that some fundamental defect is at
work
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DUTY Of THE WOMAN
SHOULD WAR COME
Continued from First Page)

Continued from flTsl fdseD
ganization positively is not for ag-
erosion, but for protection
Here are the benefits which the
league proposes to give, again quoting
from its circular:
I'VE offer you something far better
than the average gymnasium. We Will
give you. to begin with. thorough
calisthenic drilling under the most ex-
pert military instructors. These are
gymnastics of the most valuable order
gymnastics with a visible result and
a decided purpose. They will give you
straight shoulders, deep lungs and a
splendid carriage. They will give you
first the admirable department and
alert. bearing Of the first-class
militiaman.
These preliminary calisthenics will
be followed by exercises and drills in
the same order as those given to the
male soldier. After these you will be
instructed in indoor bayonet drill, rifle
and pistol target practice You Will
learn how to point and aim. how to
fire, clean and reload a rifle. Fair
weather will see practice marches and
Homen's military camps. with all their
firing You will learn gradually of
sights and wind gauges and their ad-
justments You will be initiated into
all the mysterious and fascinating mill
tary detail. which. when mastered.
spells a cock-sure self-defense. You
will become eventually a self-reliant.
splendidly developed. courageous SOL
der girl. we'll able to take care of
Yourself and q dozen others.
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Senators Watching Situation.

While the Mexican situation was not
ventilated in the Senate chamber to-
day-the Senate having adjourned I'M
til Monday-some of the members of
the Senate We're today keeping in close
touch with the course of events in the
southern republic Reports from the
border to one of the senator's, it was
learned, indicated that conditions were
worse. if anything, in Mexico today
than they were forty-eieht hours ago
The information, which came in the
form of telegram, stated that Car
rama was "a joke" in Mexico;' that in
many parts of the country he had no
influence whatever, and that he was
afraid to go into some sections of the
country, not because of Villa and his
followers, but because of the hostility
of the people themselves.
One organiZa ton, it was said, was
ready today with 5000 men to take the
field against Sarranza whenever the
time seemed to be ripe, and this was
not connected with the Villa forces
Statements to the effect that Mexicans
had been killed and that those killed
had been guilty of the massacre of
Americans last week were discounted.
The fact that MeXicans had been kill
ed was not denied. because MeXicans
were killed almost daily, but that they
were connected with the murder of the
Americans was doubted. 1t is easy
enough to kill Mexican and then
label him murderer of Americans, it
was pointed out.
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plan. and the doing of them would he
progress in the right direction. In
my view il is idle to talk of develop
ing the National Guard itself into an
adequate army for national defense,
and amy such attempt would inevitably
MI in the failure of the whole move
ment'
Justice Henry Stockbridge of the
Maryland court of appeals presided at
the morning session of the convention,
and Col. Franklin Q. Brown of New
York presided at the afternoon ses-
sion The convention will come to an
end tonight with a great banquet at
the New Willard Hotel. at which Sena-
tor Lodge, former Attorney General
Wickersham, and former Assistant At
torney General Beck will speak
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other Lines of Activity.

To women of less intrepid spirit.
and others having other reasons for not
wishing to enter this form of work.
other lines of activity are to be opened,
such as nursing, etc.
Many ..don'ts" are given for those be-
coming members. They follow: Don't
talk too much. Don't be militant; be
military. Don't be aggressive: be con-
cjliatory Don't lose your head; others
NAV go with it. Don't shirk: work"
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Dispersal of the Bandits
Who MasSacred Americans,
But Gen. Villa Not Captured

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, January
22.-Reports of the capture of Gen.
villa, or of persons known to have taken
part in the Santa-Ysabel massacre. in
which eighteen foreigners were killed,
on January 10. are untrue. according to
Gen. Luis Herrera, who today distated
the following statement:
The bandits who assaulted the train
carrying some Americans We're attacked
by forces of the Santa Ysabel garrison
at a point called La Jaya and We're COM
pletely dispersed and four of them
killed.
No Report From Gen. Cavazos.
With regard to the direct pursuit of
Villa, Gen. Cavazos was charged with
this task. and as he is at present at
Guerrero, no report so far has been
received from him in this office regard
ing his campaign.
We have three competent guerrilas
engaged exclusively in pursuing bandit S
who assaulted the train in which the
Americans rode
Rumors were current here all day yes
terday concerning the capture of Gen.
Villa Many people who know the coun-
try about San Geronimo generally scout
the idea of Villas capture.
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Traces Defect to Source.

41dSCS 4S1CSt " 0ouASS.
ut seems to me that these defects
can be traced directly to the fact that
the National Guard is in fact state
military force which we are also re-
curing to do duty for the national
government. So long as such forces
their police duties and to rely wholly
upon citizen soldiery for that purpose.
What is even worse. there has grad
ually grown up among our laboring
classes the feeling that the only SOL
diers with whom they are practically
represent different class of
the community and are maintained for
the purpose of being used against them
Instead of regarding the mi1itiamen as
a citizen training to perform his duty
of defending the country in case of real
war. the labor man has come to re-
gard him as a representative of capital.
being trained as a policeman against
la Dor.
4S Sovcreignties Too Many.
In his letter Mr.. Root said of the Ma
tional Guard:
I'm time of peace they are rendering
a most useful service by training IN
the elements of military service great
number of young Americans to Whom
the President may turn when he seeks
suitable men to be appointed ofncers
in the national army. The idea. how
over that these forty-eight different
bodies of troops. with officers appointed
by forty-eight different governors. can
be made the basis for developing an
effective mobile national army is quite
absurd. An effective army must be built
nm ON the principle of complete unity
of control. This can never be attained
bv developing forty-eight dlHereh.
bodies under officers appointed ny
different governors anu
~ ~ the time of war, under the direc-
ton of forty-eight different comman-
ders-in chief"