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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
ENCOURAGE THRIFT.

II you have no further use for to-
days paper save it for the school
children's playground fund.
Cali Main 5000 and ask for the
nearest public school. and any ac-
cumulation Of old papers will be
sent for.
Yesterdays record was nearly nint
IONS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
.PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
TO PENSION TEACHERS
Central Committee Named for Co.
Operative Work to Secure From
Congress a Law.

Plans for having all public school or
CARNATIONS in the District of Columbia
work together at the next session Of
Congress for the passage of a law whici,
will pension teachers of the public edu-
cational system of this city who have
grown old in service. Were begun yes
terday afternoon at a meeting at the
Franklin School.
AT this time representative were pres
ent from practically every organization
connected with the public schools as well
as several of the higher school official Is
and members of the board of edu rat ion
Herbert u. Brown. chief of the United
States bureau of efficiency. described the
new teachers pension bill which he has
drawn up and which the teachers plan
TO have presented at the next session of
Congress- \ central committee COM
posed of members representing various
organizations, was organized.
Central Committee Members.
This committee is headed by Miss Re-
becca f. Stanley. president of the Teach
ers' Branch of the Woman's Department
of the District of Columbia Section Of
the National civic Federation.
other members are Miss Marion
Clark. president, and Alfred Doolittle
of the High School Teachers Associa-
tion. Roy Clatiin. president of the High
school Teachers Union; Allan Davis,
president of the. High School Princi-
pals Association, Selden Ely. president
of the Supervising Principals Associa-
ton: Miss Adelaide Davis. president of
the Grade School Principals Associa-
ton; Miss Clara Stutz president of the
Grade Schools Teachers Association;
Miss Helen Gordon. president. and Miss
Craighill. member of the Teachers
of the kindergarten Association: Mrs
A. Wilder: president Of the Special
child Study Club; DR.. E. G. Kimball.
president of the Teachers Aid and An
nuity Association: Stephen S Kramer.
president of the Immediate Relief AS
socation: Miss Sara e. Simons, presi-
dent of the English Journal Club; A. T.
Stuart director of intermediate instruc-
tion; Miss Flora Hendley, supervising
principal, sixth division, public schools.
and Miss Alice Deal, a high school
teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Intent and Purpose of Congress.

THAT it appears to be the clear in
tent and purpose of Congress as ex-
dressed in this act to link up and tie
together the various street car lines of
the District and to provide for their
ioint use as one system in so far as the
uses and conveniences of the people of
the District are concerned
That said act of Congress provided
no penalty for failure to comply with
it's provisions. and to that extent it re-
mained practically imperative until
the act of Congress of March T. 1913
THAT the act of Congress of March 4,
1913. creating the public utilities COM
mission of the District of Columbia
nroyides, paragraph 80: That the COM
mission shall inquire into any neglect
or violation of the laws or regulations
in force in the District of Columbia by
any public utility doing business there
in or by the officers, agents or en-
pioyes thereof. or by any person oper-
ating the plant of any public utility.
and shall have the power, and it shall
be it's duty. to enforce the provisions of
CONTINUED on Seventeenth PageD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Is Choice of Attorney General.

There have been a number of as
pirants for the supreme bench of the
District. but the generally known fact
that Mr. HitZ was the choice of Mr..
Gregory prevented most of them from
making a campaign or soliciting the
assistance of influential men. The only
thing that would interfere with the
wishes of Mr.. Gregory, it has been un-
derstood, would be that the President
himself had some one he had preferred
for the honor.
Chief Justice Covington of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today expressed
the hope that the President has decided
upon a justice to fill the vacancy. He
said business at the court was in such
shape that it was almost imperative
that an appointment should be made at
the earliest possible date.
Justice Covington knows nothing as
to who is to be appointed. although he
will probably be consulted before an
nouncement is made. He said today
that if it was true Mr.. Hitz was to be
named there could be no objection on
the part of the court. as Mr.. HitZ was
highly regarded by the bench and bar
of the District was a man of progress
i've tendencies, liberal ideas and high
ideals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
WANTS TRANSFERS
MADE UNIVERSAL
Federation of Citizens Asso-
citation Petitions Public
Utilities Commission.
MAY TAKE 1T TO CONGRESS

Urging the public utilities commits
sion to order universal transfers on the
street railways of the District under
authority of existing law. the Fedora :
tion of Citizens Associations filed a
petition and brief today with the COM
mission. The petition was filed
through William NICK. Clayton, chair
man of the public utilities committee of
the federation, which at it's last meet
ing instructed the committee to take
immediate steps to have universal
transfers adopted.
Mr. Clayton stated today that If the
commission refuses to grant the
petition it is the intention of the fed
Grafton to take the matter to Congress
to have special legislation enacted. He
also safd "the practically unanimous
demand of the people, earnestly pressed
for years, for fair dealing on this mat
ter has been met with stubborn. un-
compromising. unyielding stand by the
railway companies.
While all agree that the best posi-
BILE solution for both people and COM
panies would be the companies mer-
ger and consolidation, Mr.. Clayton
said, the companies, apparently lndlf-
ferent to public sentiment, stand pat
and continue th-ir separate organza-
tions as competing lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Germans Suffer Heavily.

South of the sugar works opposite
Abiaincourt and Pressore as well as
in the wood south of Pressiore, French
artillery and French machine guns
broke the waves Of the enemy's as
saults. The Germans suffered heavy
losses.
Only some detachments of the enemy
We're aole TO reach group of houses
east of Pressiore A tentative ATTACK
by the enemy delivered on Pressiore at
ociock yesterday afternoon was driy-
Ell back with hand grenades This en-
tire region is still under bombardment.
Dut the shell fire has been efficiently
countered by the French
East OF Rheims surprise attack
Dy German forces upon one of our
minor positions III front of Fresnes re-
suited IN failure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
"Means Rip van Wrinkle Sleep

"The commission has now had four
years to deal with this matter and
seems only to have succeeded in tying
it up hard and fast, for the maintenance
of it's present position, that the trans
fer question is a matter of rate and
not natter of right, means but Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep for universal trans
fers.' he said.
When you hurdle across the trans
fer path years of valuations, months
of companies hearings and examina-
tions and then bar over the track the
high jumps of the District courts and
the United States Supreme Court. with
probable reversals and appeals all up
the line, you stretch out marathon
that none can survive.
The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tionS, in pursuance of a duty it owes to
its Constituent bodies. seeks the
shorter and the straighter road to ac-
compliShment We have law of Con-
gress touching this matter which means
everything or means nothing, and We
propose to find out which. We believe
1t means universal transfers. free and
reciprocal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Petition Based on Act of 1894.

The petition filed by the federation is
based on the act of Congress of August
., 1894, requiring all the street rail
ways of the District whose lines con-
meet to enter into reciprocal transfer
relations. Because the act failed to
provide a penalty for non compliance
with its provisions it remained prac-
tically imperative. the petition says.
until the act of Congress of March 4.
1913, creating the public utilities COM
mission. This legislation requires the
commission to enforce all laws pre-
viously passed relating to local pub
lie utilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Probe of Campaign Expenses.

The session will be enlivened and in
terest added by the investigation of
the expenditures of campaign funds.
The democrats propose to probe the re-
publican campaign budget to the
depths. The republicans say they are
ready to come on the carpet and that
the democrats may go as far as they
like"
The only general legislation likely
to be taken up will be bills remaining
uDon the calendar from the last ses-
sion. There will be a general scram-
bic to get these through. well as
pension bills, but their proponents will
have to wreStle with the appropria-
TONS committee at every stage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Sees Russian Menace.

is no reason for rejecting his services
when these may be useful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
NOT MUCH |NV|EW
FOR SHORT SESSION
Time of Congress Likely to Be
Given Mainly to Appro-
priation Bills.
WILL PLAN INAUGURATION

Congress will reconvene two weeks
from next Monday for the short ses-
sion" which will expire by constitu-
tional limitation at noon March A. The
session is not expected to be eventful
in legislation. as consideration of the
appropriation bills will consume the
major part Of the time. leaving small
room for general legislation.
Chairman Fitzgerald of the House
committee on appropriations arrived
today and was in his Office at the Cap
itol taking up the preliminary work
upon the appropriations.
1T Will be a drive to get the bills
through" said Mr.. Fitzgerald, but of
course. it Will be done. | am sending
out notices this morning to the sub
committees having charge of the Dis
trict of Columbia and the Legislative,
Judicial and executive bills. which will
be the first supply measures taken up.
These subcommittee will probably get
down to business next Monday and it
is hoped that they or at least one of
them Will be ready to report when the
House meets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Teutons Gain Slightly, But Suf-
fer Heavily in Attacks on
AbIaincourt Line.
HAIG TAKES BEAUC0URT,
PUSHING BEYOND TOWN
More Than 5000 Prisoners Have
Been Captured in Ancre Region,
London Announces.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. November 15.--With the
battle between the British and the Ger
mans still raging around the Ancre
brook the Germans have struck the
French lines a hard blow at the other
extremity of the Somme fighting front
attacking early today between Ablain-
court and the Chaulnes woods, south of
the river.
Paris declares that this attack, which
was desperately pressed. with the as
sistance of liquid fire, resulted in a
gain of ground only east of Pressiore
half way between Chaulnes and Ablain-
court. Here the Germans reached a
group of ruined dwellings.
The latest news from the British
offensive in the Ancre region reported
Gen. Haig's troops pressing on beyond
the village of Beaucourt-Sur-A the
ground about which has been we'll con-
So1idated. The taking of more than
5.uo0 German prisoners has been Of
hcially announced.
North of the So.ame Paris announces
progress for the French in the st.
Pierre Naast wood region. where pos
session of dominating ground at Sail
iIsel is facilitating their operations.
Today's official report from Berlin
admits the British captured the village
OF Beaucourt but says that everywhere
else their violent assaults broke down
with heavy losses.
Describing the most recent fighting
the French official statement says:
North of the River Somme we have
made progress to the north of the
wood of st. Pierre Eaast. The activity
of the artillery was fairly spirited
last night in the region of Saillisel.
South of the Somme the bombardment
which has been going on for two days
IN the region of Ablaincourt and Pres
Store took on last night great intens-
ity and was followed this morning by
German counter offensive in which
large forces took part, directed upon
the positions taken by US on the 7th
of November. From the Ablaincourt
sugar works as far as the wood of
chaulnes the attacks We're delivered
with ferocity. beginning at o'clock
IN the morning. In spite of the ex-
tent of this attack and the use of large
quantities of flaming liquids. together
With tear-producing shells, the enemy
was subjected to sanguinary check.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Will Not Contest Suits.
Department to Defend Suits.

Attorney General Gregory has decided
that suits by railroads against enforce
ment of the Adamson eight-hour law win
be defended by the Department of Jus
tice. The defense to be presented in each
case will be worked out between Solicitor
General Davis and other department off,
cials with United States attorneys in
various jurisdictions.
The department today was unable to
determine whether. 1t would be neces-
sary to defend each Of the many suits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Was Born in Washington.

Mr.. HitZ. when appointed to the De-
partment of Justice February 3. 1915.
and assigned to work in the Court of
Claims. was a resident of Chevy Chase,
Md. and a practitioner at the District
bar He has been close personal
friend of Mr.. Gregory. frequently TAX
ing motor and other trips with the
cabinet officer.
Mr.. Hitz is Washingtonian. From
1899 until shortly after the beginning of
the present administration he was asso-
ciated with the law firm of which Wayne
MacVeagh is member. Mr.. Hitz was
born here the son of John Hitz the first
consul of Switzerland to the United
States His father was for many years
associated with Alexander Graham Bell
and was for a number of gears in charge
of the Volta bureau in Georgetown, the
son being a graduate of Georgetown Law
School and Harvard University.
1t is understood that Mr.. HitZ was
selected for the bench from eight
names submitted to the Attorney Cen
eral some of the active candidates and
others put forward by friends and ad
mirers. William Henry White, former
ly an assistant corporation counsel for
the District of Columbia. and j. NJ
Gudger, jr., of North Carolina, former
ly a representative in Congress- are
two of these. The name of John F.
Lasky. present United States attorney
has also been mentioned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow: :
colder tonight, with freezing tempera-
ture: moderate northwest winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending at pm: Highest. Al. at pm.
yesterday: lowest, "a, at am. today.
Full report on page II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Text of the Document.

The petition in full follows:
The petitioners respectfully show to
the honorable commission:
THAT said Federation Of Citizens AS
sociations is voluntary unincorporat-
ed body of residents of the District
of Columbia, made up of delegates duly
elected to said federation By the vari-
Gus citizens associations in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
THAT said citizens associations, hav-
ing their habitat in the different sec
tions of the District, are composed of
several thousands of citizens of the
United States, resident taxpayers in
the District of Columbia.
That said Federation of Citizens As
sociations was organized May 20, 1910.
and has held regular stated meetings
since, its present meeting place being
in the Municipal building of the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t is fully officered
and transacts its business through
standing and special committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Constant Users of Street Cars.

THAT the members of said citizens
various street railway lines operating
in the District of Columbia and are
dependent upon said railways for
transportation to and from their re-
spective places of business i'll said
District.
That said Federation of Citizens
Associations was represented both by
petition and by counsel at a public
nearing ordered and held by the pub
lie utilities commission on october 20,
1913, in the matter of transfers be
tween street railways in the District
OF Columbia
That SAID matter is still before said
public utilities commission, no decision
Of record having been handed down
therein.
That the Congress of the United
States by act dated August 2, 1894 t2S
Stat, p. 2l) provided: Section 5. That
the Metropolitan Railroad Company is
hereby authorized and required i'm
mediateIy to make reciprocal transfer
arrangements with street railroad com
panies whose lines now connect with
ITS lines and to furnish such facilities
therefor as the public convenience may
require; Provided, That every
street railway company in the District
of Columbia whose lines connect, or
whose lines may hereafter connect.
with the lines of any other street rail-
way company is hereby subjected to
the same requirements as to transfers
and upon the similar conditions
AS in this section provided in the case
of the metropolitan RailrOad Company
and the lines connecting herewith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15

sworn Net Circulation. Month Of October.
1915, Daily Average. 5ss91, Sunday. bs,O7l.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12
Bursum, Road Builder
l(Gailup Independently

H.. Q. eursum stated that he was In favor
of good roads, and If he was elected the peo-
pie would get them. H. O. Bursum and one
or two other corporation controlled Repub,
leans were IN complete control of the New
Mexico state senate and house Of represent.
atives last session and the session before
that, They. had 4 twothIrds majority Ia
the house and in the senate and II Mr.. Bur.
sum had desired a bill passed for good roads
he could have passed. III over the veto Of
Governor Mcdonald, II II were true, as he
inferred, the governor might have vetoed it
had such a bill been Introduced. Mr.. Bur
sum Is trying to catch votes on that Kind Of
blarney, when his records show that he is
not In favor Of such legislation.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12
Are We All Readyl

The New Mexican would like to make the
respectful query as to whether the citizen
ship Of Santa Fe has been organized ready
to tackle the work Of handling the state ed
ucational~ convention We should like to ask
II all the civic bodies have, for instance,
been organized into a citizens committee or
something Of that kind, prepared to get the
greatest and most effective amount. of work
out of all the /. organizations and all the
boosters, whose aid is vitality necessary II
this convention is to be made a success.
The convention is a little more than a
month distant.
This is no time for anyone to get the idea
that he can let George do it'p
1t appears to us that it is about time the
citizens Of Santa Fe were thus organized.
We should have completed a well oiled ma.
chine, whose driving wheels and cogs are
the Merchants Association, the Chamber Of
Commerce. the Woman's Board Of Trade,
the Santa Re Woman's Club. church and
other organizations.
Does anyone think we can pull this con
vention off unless we do have?
Everybody in Santa Fe is going to have
to get in the harness for this job. If we
wait until convention time to hitch up we
are likely to have a stampede.
Splendid work has already been done.
chiefly by the Merchants Association. But
we have Just got started. We must have
team work by all the civic organizations.
And the time is nov. A
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12

million dollars would be spent in
such a away as " accrue 10 the per-
'spnal and political benefit Of IA. o.
Bursum.
This possibility is strongly re-
.pugnant to- the average eitizeHss
conception Of the way in which pub
liz office should be. regarded It
smacks too strongly i'm fact, of
utilizing public office or political
power for private ends. 1T is
perhaps unnecessary to say that
such a conception of public office
has Been chiefly responsible for the
evil effects suffered by the tarritofy
and state from the political and Of
fetal activities Of tho organization
with which for some fifteen Or
twenty years Mr.. Bursum has been
closely affiliated.
We believe the Mogallon road
building exploit is typical Of Bur
sum methods, Of the use to which
Mr.. Bursum applies his political
and official domination,
VIZ submit that a man with such
methods and such ideals Of pub
lie service would be a most unde-
as a governor; and that the
service would suffer gravely
were he to be elected to the execu-
tive chair.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12
Beautiful Pictures of
Mesa Verde Park

0nesof the most beautiful specimens OF
printing recently turned out by a railroad
company is Ieaflet with a Camera In the
Mesa Verde National Park. Southwestern
Colorado now being distributed by tho
Denver & Rio Grande railroad AIthough OF
interest to the archaeological, 10 also
appeals to the tourist and other persons In.
tefegted in The strange and outoftheway
places Of America. Pictures. ot the largest
and most typical ruins, SURROUNDED by an arr
tistic border design copied nom pottery
found In the homes OF the vanished race OF.
cliff dwellerss are the principal features Of
the publication. A contour map Of the
Mesa Verde national park shows the loea'
ton Of the canyons. mesas. ETC. whore the
are found.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-10-12
The Strange Silence

The Carlsbad Current has the
following: :
Neither the Republican press, the
Republican orators, the Republican
publicity agents, nor the RepnbH-
can candidates for state offices IN
.New Merico this gear are pointing
NTH a great degree of pride to the
.OffcSaL record of the Republican
candidate for goUernor. Some Of
The Voters IN NeW MeGico who hare
not hUed ~ the state fUe gears OF
more may not be familiar witb the
management of the state peniten-
tiary uhen Mr.. Bufstm Vas con-
dactng the affairs of that mstita-
ton. 1t might be interesting to
some of the nea0 0rriCdIS to hear
Mr.. BarSum dilate on has erpe-
whi1e IN charge Of the peni-
tertiary, and kow he came TO Qait
has Job.
The state campaign has been in
progress for a month and III. O.
Frank Hubbell and other
Republican candidates have been
campaigning over a large part of
the state. During all that time the
records Of these men in public Of
fee have not been mentioned by the
candidates nor their press bureau.
The Democratic campaigners, on
the other hand, are basing their
on the records of the Demo-
cratic candidates and on the rec
ord of five years of Democratic
administration in the new state.
They are pointing to the splendid.
record of A. A. Jones as assistant
secretary of the interior and as a
Mexico empire builders point
ing out the specific achievements Of
Mr.. Jones for the development of.
the West and the Southwest and in.
of square dealing between.
government and settler. They point.
to his distinguished ability as
shown in his public service.
The Democrats point to the adj
ministfaiion Of w. c. Mcdonald as.
governor of New Mexico as an un-